Judge Eternal, Throned In Splendor

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1 Judge eternal, throned in splendour,
Lord of lords and King of kings,
with thy living fire of judgment
purge this realm of bitter things:
solace all its wide dominion
with the healing of thy wings.

2 Still the weary folk are pining
for the hour that brings release:
and the city's crowded clangour
cries aloud for sin to cease;
and the homesteads and the woodlands
plead in silence for their peace.

3 Crown, O Lord, thine own endeavour;
cleave our darkness with thy sword;
cheer the faint and feed the hungry
with the richness of thy word;
cleanse the body of this nation
through the glory of the Lord.

Source: Ancient and Modern: hymns and songs for refreshing worship #580

Author: Henry Scott Holland

Holland, Henry Scott, D.D., son of G. H. Holland of Gayton Lodge, Wimbledon Common, was born Jan. 27, 1847, at Ledbury, Hereford, and educated at Eton and at Balliol Coll., Oxford (B.A. 1870, M.A. 1873, D.D. Aberdeen 1903). He became Senior Student of Christ Church, Oxford, in 1870, was ordained D. 1872, P. 1874, and has been Canon of St. Paul's, London, since 1884. His hymn, "Judge eternal, throned in splendour" (Prayer for the Nation), appeared in the Commonwealth for July 1902, and is in The English Hymnal, 1906, No. 423. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)  Go to person page >

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First Line: Judge eternal, throned in splendor
Title: Judge Eternal, Throned In Splendor
Author: Henry Scott Holland (1902)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7
Language: English
Notes: French translation: "Eternel, aux cieux tu regnes" by Flossette Du Pasquier; German translation: "Herr, um den die Engle singen" by Johann Christoph Hampe
Copyright: Public Domain

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RHUDDLANDULCE CARMENPICARDYOtherHighcharts.com
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RHUDDLAN

RHUDDLAN is a traditional Welsh tune used by harp-playing folk musicians. Named after the historic village in northern Wales, the tune was published in the musical edition of Edward Jones's Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards (1800). The harmonization is from the 1906 English Hymnal. Sin…

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DULCE CARMEN


PICARDY


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