God Hath Commanded All Men Every Where to Repent

Representative Text

1 Repent, the voice celestial cries,
Nor longer dare delay;
The soul that scorns the mandate dies,
And meets the wrathful day.

2 No more the sovereign eye of God
O'erlooks the crimes of men;
His heralds now are sent abroad,
To warn the world of sin.

3 O sinner! in his presence bow,
And all your guilt confess;
Accept the offer'd Saviour now,
Nor trifle with his grace.

4 Soon will the awful trumpet sound,
And call you to his bar;
For mercy knows th' appointed bound,
And yields to vengeance there.

5 Oh! hear the Saviour's gracious call,
While he prolongs your days;
Now yield your hearts, and prostrate fall,
And weep, and love, and praise.

Source: The Minstrel of Zion: a book of religious songs, accompanied with appropriate music, chiefly original #129

All representative texts • Compare texts ^ top

Author: Philip Doddridge

Philip Doddridge (b. London, England, 1702; d. Lisbon, Portugal, 1751) belonged to the Non-conformist Church (not associated with the Church of England). Its members were frequently the focus of discrimination. Offered an education by a rich patron to prepare him for ordination in the Church of England, Doddridge chose instead to remain in the Non-conformist Church. For twenty years he pastored a poor parish in Northampton, where he opened an academy for training Non-conformist ministers and taught most of the subjects himself. Doddridge suffered from tuberculosis, and when Lady Huntington, one of his patrons, offered to finance a trip to Lisbon for his health, he is reputed to have said, "I can as well go to heaven from Lisbon as from Nort… Go to person page >

^ top

First Line:	Repent, the voice celestial cries
Title:	God Hath Commanded All Men Every Where to Repent
Author:	Philip Doddridge
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

^ top

Tune

AZMON

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) adapted AZMON from a melody composed by Carl G. Gläser in 1828. Mason published a duple-meter version in his Modern Psalmist (1839) but changed it to triple meter in his later publications. Mason used (often obscure) biblical names for his tune titles; Azmon, a city south of C…

Go to tune page >

[Repent! the voice celestial cries]

HUNNYS

All tunes published with 'God Hath Commanded All Men Every Where to Repent'^ top

Timeline

^ top

Arrangements

Store

Piano/Organ Festival Hymns for Organ, Brass, and Timpani—Set 7 HYMNS FOR PIANO Improvisations on Hymns of Praise More Piano/Organ...
Choral ACCLAMATION ON "AZMON" More Choral...
Instrumental Worship the King Sing It Simply (25 Congregational Hymn Accompaniments for Piano, with opt. Guitar, Bass, and Handbells) BRASS ACCOMPANIMENTS FOR HYMNSINGING More Instrumental...
Handbells Ring New Songs to the Lord, Vol. 1 (easy settings of praise and worship songs blended with traditional hymns) O FOR A THOUSAND TONGUES Ring New Songs to the Lord, Vol. 1 (easy settings of praise and worship songs blended with traditional hymns) More Handbells...