5796. Righteous God! Whose Vengeful Phials

1. Righteous God! Whose vengeful phials
All our fears and thoughts exceed,
Big with woes and fiery trials,
Hanging, bursting o’er our head;
While Thou visitest the nations,
Thy selected people spare;
Arm our cautioned souls with patience,
Fill our humbled hearts with prayer.

2. If Thy dreadful controversy
With all flesh is now begun,
In Thy wrath remember mercy,
Mercy first and last be shown;
Plead Thy cause with sword and fire,
Shake us till the curse remove,
Till Thou com’st, the world’s Desire,
Conquering all with sovereign love.

3. Every fresh alarming token
More confirms the faithful Word;
Nature (for its Lord hath spoken)
Must be suddenly restored:
From this national confusion,
From this ruined earth and skies,
See the times of restitution,
See the new creation rise!

4. Vanish, then, this world of shadows,
Pass the former things away:
Lord, appear! appear to glad us
With the dawn of endless day
O conclude this mortal story,
Throw this universe aside!
Come, eternal King of glory,
Now descend, and take Thy bride!

Text Information
First Line: Righteous God! Whose vengeful phials
Title: Righteous God! Whose Vengeful Phials
Author: Charles Wesley (1750)
Author: John Wesley (1750)
Meter: 77.77.87.87
Language: English
Source: From Hymns Occasioned by the Earthquake, by John & Charles Wesley, 1750
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tune: SAGINA, Thomas Campbell, 1825
Tune Information
Name: HOLY PLACE
Composer: John David Brunk (1911)
Meter: 77.77.87.87
Incipit: 33355 43222 26753
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Note: This hymn can be difficult to sing, as the meter is slightly irregular.



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