LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 8 8 8 8 8
| Writer(s): | Lawrence Tuttiett
| Transl/Adapt: |
| Dates: | 1854
| Bible Refs: | Rev 22:20
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 75
| Hymnal Comp to Book of Common Prayer
| 1890
| 69
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition
| 1904
| 371
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 227
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 1922
| 204
| New English Hymnal
| 1985
| 13
| Oxford Hymn Book
| 1925
| 49
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 67
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 173
| The English Hymnal
| 1906
| 462
| Trinity Hymnal
| 1961
| 243
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MUSIC
| Name: | VENI CITO
| | Meter: | 8 8 8 8 8 8
| | Writer(s): | John Bacchus Dykes
| | Dates: | 1868
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Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 531
| Eb
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 204
| F
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Alternate Tunes
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| 1. O quickly come, dread Judge of all,
For, awful though Thine advent be;
All shadows from the truth will fall,
And falsehood die, in sight of Thee.
O quickly come, for doubt and fear
Like clouds dissolve
when Thou art near.
2. O quickly come, great King of all;
Reign all around us, and within;
Let sin no more our souls enthrall,
let pain and sorrow die with sin.
O quickly come, for Thou alone
Canst make Thy scattered people one.
3. O quickly come, true Life of all;
For death is mighty all around;
On every home his shadows fall,
On every heart his mark is found.
O quickly come, for grief and pain
Can never cloud Thy glorious reign.
4. O quickly come, sure Light of all
For gloomy night broods o’er our way;
And weakly souls begin to fall
With weary watching for the day.
O quickly come, for round Thy throne
No eye is blind, no night is known.
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