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The Sword Bathed in Heaven

Author: George Richards Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: Wake thou, my sword, Jehovah said

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Wake thou, my sword, Jehovah said

Author: George Richards Hymnal: Hymns for the Use of the Society of United Christian Friends Professing the Faith of Universal Salvation #d437 (1817) Hymnal Title: Hymns for the Use of the Society of United Christian Friends Professing the Faith of Universal Salvation Languages: English

Wake thou, my sword, Jehovah said

Author: George Richards Hymnal: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #A38 (1808) Hymnal Title: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs

The Sword bathed in Heaven

Hymnal: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #CLIV (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Hymnal Title: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs First Line: Wake thou, my sowrd! Jehovah said Lyrics: 1 Wake thou, my sword! Jehovah said, It woke, obey'd the high command; And bath'd in blood on Jesus' head, Smote down the Man of God's right hand. 2 Why leap'd the blade from mercy's sheath? Why wrapt for slaughter gleam'd the sword, That kills—and makes alive from death? What rouz'd the vengeance of the Lord? 3 Stern justice drew the weapon forth: Soft mercy aim'd the mortal blow: Then judgment past on all the earth: Now, truth a seal'd release can show. 4 All hail! great plan of plans divine! First counsels of the might God! Before all worlds this one design, Was grav'd on archives, writ in blood. 5 The heav'ns may perish—earth decay; Suns turn to night—and moons wax pale: Th' Almighty love of Calv'ry's day; The blood of Christ can never fail. 6 What he bagan, ere time begun, Eternity shall but complete; Nor hell in arms against the Son, The triumphs of the cross defeat. Topics: The Death of Jesus, who Died for All; Who tasted Death for Every Man Scripture: Zechariah 13:6-7 Languages: English

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George Richards

1755 - 1814 Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Author of "The Sword Bathed in Heaven" Richards, George, born near Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1755. For some years he was Purser and Chaplain in the United States Navy, and also taught a school in Boston. In 1789 he became an Universalist preacher, ministered at Portsmouth, New Haven, 1793-1809, and from 1809 in Philadelphia, where, his mind having given way under trouble, he died by his own hand, March 16, 1816. With S. Lane he edited the Universalist Hymn Book, published at Boston, 1792. This was one of the earliest collections of that body. It contained 49 of Richards's hymns. In 1801 he published A Collection of Hymns, Dover, New Hampshire, which contained 6 additional hymns by himself, and in 1806, also at Dover, a second edition of the same, greatly enlarged, with another 26 hymns. Of these the following are in common use at the present time:— 1. 0 Christ, what gracious words. The Gospel Message. This hymn appeared in the Boston Collection, 1792, and is the best of the early Universalist hymns. In the Andover Sabbath Hymn Book, 1858, it is given as "Saviour, what gracious words." In this form and also in the original, it is found in several collections. 2. Long as the darkening cloud abode. Easter. This hymn in modern collections, as the Songs of the Sanctuary, 1865, No. 687, is composed thus: stanza i. and ii., 11. 1-4, are from Richards, and the rest of the hymn, 3 stanzas of 8 lines in all, is anonymous. Additional hymns by Richards, from both the Boston and the Dover collections, are in modern Universalist hymn-books. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)