596 Christian Responsibility

 

1. Judge eternal, throned in splendor,

Lord of lords and King of kings,

with thy living fire of judgement

purge this land 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 all those who do not know thee

with the richness of thy word;

cleanse the body of this nation

through the glory of the Lord.

 

 

 

Words: Henry Scott Holland 91847-1918), alt. Music: Komm, o komm, du Greist de Lebens, melody from Neu-vermehrtes und zu Ubung Christl.Gottseligkeit eingerichetes Meiningisches Gesang-Buch. 1693