Hymns for Advent and Christmas/Advent III.
III.
Eternal Judge of all,
Attend unto our prayer,
Reject not, Lord, our earnest call;
Thy humble servants spare.
Prepare us for that Day
Of everlasting doom,
When Thou wilt call Thy saints away
Unto their heavenly Home.
Lest we, before Thy throne,
When all for judgment stand,
Should shrink beneath Thy angry frown,
Amid the ungodly band.
But rather give us grace
In holiness to grow,
Thy blessed footsteps, Lord, to trace,
And follow Thee below.
That when the archangel's voice
And trumpet wake the dead,
Placed on Thy right we may rejoice
In Thee, our risen Head.
That, as on earth with pain
We fought in Thee our fight,
So in Thee, by Thee we may gain
The joy of endless Light.
Now to the Father praise,
And to the Only Son,
And to the Holy Ghost always,
Eternal Three in One.