Scripture Verse

When the Son of man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory. Matthew 25:31

Introduction

Words: Will­iam W. Hull, A Col­lect­ion of Pray­ers for House­hold Use (Ox­ford, Eng­land: J. Park­er, 1828), page 80, alt.

Music: Frei­burg Ger­man folk song, 16th Cen­tu­ry (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Hull (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Once He came, how meek and low­ly,
Kind, and full of love for men;
Judge su­preme, un­err­ing, ho­ly,
Soon He comes on earth again.

Be the ter­rors and the bless­ing
Of that day be­fore us now,
Every grate­ful heart pos­sess­ing,
Cheering ev­ery thought­ful brow.

Grateful, that in form and feel­ing,
One of us, to earth He came;
Thoughtful, for He died re­veal­ing
All our hope and all our shame.

May the Sav­ior here have known us
Heedful of His words and way,
And th’al­migh­ty Judge will own us
On His last and dread­ful day.