Hymn: God the all-terrible!

  • Title: God the All-Terrible!
  • First Line: God the all-terrible!
  • Hymnal: The Hymnal: published by the Authority of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
  • Denomination: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.); Northern Presbyterian
  • Publisher: Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work
  • Publication Date: 1895

Author(s)

  • Author Name: Henry F. Chorley
  • Born: 1808
  • Died: 1872
  • Gender: M
  • Author Name: John Ellerton
  • Born: 1826
  • Died: 1893
  • Gender: M

Full Text

1 God the All-terrible! King, who ordainest Great winds Thy clarion, the lightnings Thy sword; Show forth Thy pity on high where Thou reignest, Give to us peace in our time, O Lord. 2 God the Omnipotent, Mighty Avenger, Watching invisible, judging unheard, Save us in mercy, O save us from danger; Give to us peace in our time, O Lord. 2 God the All-merciful! Earth hath forsaken Thy ways of blessedness, slighted Thy word; Bid not Thy wrath in its terrors awaken; Give to us peace in our time, O Lord. 3 God the All-righteous One! man hath defied thee; Yet to eternity standeth thy word, Falsehood and wrong shall not tarry beside thee; Give to us peace in our time, O Lord. 4 So shall Thy children with thankful devotion, Laud Him who saved them from peril abhorred; Singing in chorus, from ocean to ocean, Peace to the nations, and praise to the Lord. Amen.

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