O Day of God, Draw Nigh

O Day of God

draw nigh

In beau­ty and in pow­er;

Come with thy time­less judg­ment now

To match our pre­sent hour.

Bring to our trou­bled minds

Uncertain and afraid

The quiet of a stead­fast faith

Calm of a call ob­eyed.

Bring jus­tice to our land

That all may dwell se­cure

And fine­ly build for days to come

Foundations that en­dure.

Bring to our world of strife

Thy sov­er­eign Word of peace

That war may haunt the earth no more

And de­so­la­tion cease.

O Day of God

draw nigh

As at cre­ation’s birth;

Let there be light again

and set

Thy judg­ments in the earth.