Text: | The Lord will come and not be slow |
Author: | John Milton, 1608-74 |
Tune: | ST STEPHEN |
Composer: | William Jones, 1726-1800 |
1 THE Lord will come and not be slow,
His footsteps cannot err;
Before him righteousness shall go,
His royal harbinger.
2 Truth from the earth, like to a flower,
Shall bud and blossom then;
And justice from her heavenly bower,
Look down on mortal men.
3 Rise, God, judge thou the earth in might,
This wicked earth redress;
For thou art he who shalt by right
The nations all possess.
4 The nations all whom thou hast made
Shall come, and all shall frame
To bow them low before thee, Lord,
And glorify thy name.
5 For great thou art, and wonders great
By thy strong hand are done:
Thou in thy everlasting seat
Remainest God alone.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The Lord will come and not be slow |
Author: | John Milton, 1608-74 |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | The Christian Year: Advent; The Church: The Kingdom of God |
Source: | Cento Psalms, 85, 82, 86 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST STEPHEN |
Composer: | William Jones, 1726-1800 |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | G Major |