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{ "title": "O quickly come, dread Judge of all", "author": "", "tune": "Melita", "number": "243", "lyrics": "O quickly come, dread Judge of all;\nFor, awful though thine advent be,\nAll shadows from the truth will fall,\nAnd falsehood die, in sight of thee:\nO quickly come; for doubt and fear\nLike clouds dissolve when thou art near.\n\nO quickly come, great King of all;\nReign all around us, and within;\nLet sin no more our souls enthrall,\nLet pain and sorrow die with sin:\nO quickly come; for thou alone\nCanst make thy scattered people one.\n\nO quickly come, true Life of all;\nFor death is mighty all around;\nOn ev'ry home his shadows fall,\nOn ev'ry heart his mark is found:\nO quickly come; for grief and pain\nCan never cloud thy glorious reign.\n\nO quickly come, sure Light of all;\nFor gloomy night broods o'er our way;\nAnd weakly souls begin to fall\nWith weary watching for the day:\nO quickly come; for round thy throne\nNo eye is blind, no night is known.", "first_line": "O quickly come, dread Judge of all;" }