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Text:Judge eternal, throned in splendor
Author:Rev. Henry Scott Holland (1847-1918)
Tune:RHUDDLAN

417. Judge eternal, throned in splendor

1 Judge eternal, throned in splendor,
Lord of lords and Kings 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 clangor
Cries aloud for sin to cease;
And the homesteads and the woodlands
Plead in silence for their peace.

3 Crown, O God, Thine own endeavor:
Cleave our darkness with Thy sword:
Feed the faint and hungry peoples
With the richness of Thy Word:
Cleanse the body of this nation
Through the glory of the Lord.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Judge eternal, throned in splendor
Author: Rev. Henry Scott Holland (1847-1918)
Meter: 8. 7. 8. 7. 8. 7.
Publication Date: 1950
Topic: The Kingdom of God on Earth: The Nation; Christ: Judge; Country, our (2 more...)
Copyright: From "Songs of Praise." By permission of the Oxford University Press.
Tune Information
Name: RHUDDLAN
Meter: 8. 7. 8. 7. 8. 7.
Key: G Major
Source: Welsh traditional melody
Copyright: From "Songs of Praise." By permission of the Oxford University Press.



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