The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6663

6663. Thou Judge of Quick and Dead

1. Thou judge of quick and dead, before whose bar severe,
With holy joy, or guilty dread, we all shall soon appear;
Our cautioned souls prepare for that tremendous day,
And fill us now with watchful care, and stir us up to pray.

2. To pray, and wait the hour, that wondrous hour unknown,
When, robed in majesty and power, Thou shalt from Heaven come down
The immortal Son of Man, to judge the human race,
With all Thy Father’s dazzling train, with all Thy glorious grace.

3. To damp our earthly joys, to increase our gracious fears,
For ever let the archangel’s voice be sounding in our ears;
The solemn midnight cry, Ye dead, the Judge is come,
Arise, and meet Him in the sky, and meet your instant doom!

4. O may we thus be found obedient to His Word,
Attentive to the trumpet’s sound, and looking for our Lord!
O may we thus ensure a lot among the blest;
And watch a moment to secure an everlasting rest!

Text Information

• First Line: Thou judge of quick and dead, before whose bar severe
• Title: Thou Judge of Quick and Dead
• Author: Charles Wesley (1749)
• Meter: SMD
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Al­ter­nate tunes: GÖTTINGEN, in The Prim­i­tive Meth­od­ist Hymnal, ed­it­ed by George Booth (London: Prim­i­tive Meth­od­ist Pub­lish­ing House, 1889), num­ber 1007; SOUTHWELL (DAMAN), Will­iam Da­man, Psalmes of Da­vid in Eng­lish Me­ter, 1579

Tune Information

• Name: DIADEMATA
• Composer: George Job Elvey (1868)
• Meter: SMD
• Incipit: 11133 66514 32235
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1868
• Copyright: Public Domain