Sunday's Hymn: O Quickly Come, Dread Judge of All
I’ve never heard of this one, and I can guess why it’s not popular. But it does seem appropriate to our world circumstances.
Have you ever sung it?
O quickly come, dread Judge of all;
For, awful though thine advent be,
All shadows from the truth will fall,
And falsehood die, in sight of thee:
O quickly come; for doubt and fear
Like clouds dissolve when thou art near.
O quickly come, great King of all;
Reign all around us, and within;
Let sin no more our souls enthrall,
Let pain and sorrow die with sin:
O quickly come; for thou alone
Canst make thy scattered people one.
O quickly come, true Life of all;
For death is mighty all around;
On ev’ry home his shadows fall,
On ev’ry heart his mark is found:
O quickly come; for grief and pain
Can never cloud thy glorious reign.
O quickly come, sure Light of all;
For gloomy night broods o’er our way;
And weakly souls begin to fall
With weary watching for the day:
O quickly come; for round thy throne
No eye is blind, no night is known.—Lawrence Tuttiett
Other hymns of worship songs for this Sunday: