The Lord Will Come and Not Be Slow (John Milton)

468 The Lord Will Come and Not Be Slow

1 The Lord will come and not be slow,
   His footsteps cannot err;
   Before him righteousness shall go,
   His royal harbinger.
   Truth from the earth, like to a flower,
   Shall bud and blossom then;
   And justice, from her heavenly bower,
   Look down on mortal men.

2 Surely to such as do him fear
   Salvation is at hand!
   And soon his glory shall appear
   And dwell within our land.
   Rise, God, judge thou the earth in might,
   This wicked earth redress;
   For thou art he who shalt by right
   The nations all possess.

3 The nations all whom thou hast made
   Shall come, and all shall frame
   To bow them low before thee, Lord,
   And glorify thy name.
   For great thou art, and wonders great
   By thy strong hand are done:
   Thou in thy everlasting seat
   Remainest God alone.
                         John Milton
                         The Methodist Hymnal, 1964 edition

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One of the fifteen hymns that John Milton wrote, and it only occurs in under a hundred hymnals. The versification varies widely, too. Some split this up into six verses instead of three.
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