The Lord is judge, before His throne

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The Lord is judge, before His throne

Author: William Goode
Tune: ROCKINGHAM (Mason)
Published in 18 hymnals

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1 The Lord is judge—before His throne
All nations shall His justice own:
Oh may my soul be found sincere,
And stand approved with courage there.

2 The Lord, in righteousness arrayed,
Surveys the world His hands have made;
Pierces the heart, and tries the reins,
And judgment from on high ordains.

3 My God, my shield! around me place
The shelter of the Savior’s grace;
Then, when Thine arm the just shall save,
My life shall triumph o’er the grave.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16690

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Author: William Goode

Goode, William, M.A., born in Buckingham, April 2, 1762, and received his early education, first in that town, and then under the care of the Rev. T. Bull, a Dissenting minister, at Newport Pagnel. Having a strong inclination for Holy Orders, he left the business in which he was engaged with his father, and, in 1780, entered Magdalen Hall, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1784, and M.A., 1787. On taking Holy Orders in 1786, he became curate of Abbots Langley, Herts; then of St. Ann's, Blackfriars, and subsequently rector of the latter parish, adding thereto one or two lectureships. He died April 15, 1816. Mr. Goode's interest in foreign mission work was very earnest, and took a practical turn in assisting to found the Church Missionary So… Go to person page >

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