O quickly come, dread Judge of all

O quickly come, dread Judge of all. Lawrence Tuttiett* (1825-1897). Based on the last chapter of the Bible, Revelation 22: 12 and 20, this hymn was first published in Tuttiett’s Hymns for Churchmen (1854), and included in the Second Edition of A&M (1875). Although beginning with a reference to Advent, it was rightly placed in the ‘General Hymns’ section, because the four stanzas refer to other aspects of the divine presence: 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 fearLike clouds dissolve when Thou art near. O quickly come, great King of all;  Reign all...