The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16400

16400. Almighty Lord! Before Thy Throne

1 Almighty Lord! be­fore Thy throne
Thy mourn­ing peo­ple bend!
’Tis on Thy par­don­ing grace alone
Our dy­ing hopes de­pend.

2 Dark judg­ments, from Thy hea­vy hand
Thy dread­ful pow­er dis­play;
Yet mer­cy spares our guil­ty land
And still we live to pray.

3 How changed, alas! are truths di­vine,
For er­ror, guilt and shame!
What im­pi­ous num­bers, bold in sin,
Disgrace the Chris­tian name!

4 O turn us—turn us, migh­ty Lord
Convert us by Thy grace;
Then shall our hearts ob­ey Thy word,
And see again Thy face.

5 Then, should op­press­ing foes in­vade,
We will not sink in fear;
Secure of all-suf­fi­cient aid
When Thou, O God, art near.

Text Information

• First Line: Almighty Lord! be­fore Thy throne
• Title: Almighty Lord! Before Thy Throne
• Author: Anonymous
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: A Collection of Hymns for the Use of Universalist Societies and Families, (13th ed.) by Hosea Ballou (Boston: Universalist Church of America, 1842)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: KING'S NORTON by Jeremiah Clarke, LAMBETH by Wilhelm A. F. Scholthes, LIBERTY HALL from Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, 1810

Tune Information

• Name: KISHON
• Meter: CM
• Key: g minor
• Source: Carmina Sacra, 1841