+JMJ+
Before this throne
I will come
for judgement
to here
you daily call me
I cannot but come
your call is all
I sleeping hear or waking
here angels surround
saints and blesseds watch
my sins must waft
a stink to heaven
and at this throne
judgement surely comes.
still your faithful sheep
round me kneel
in calmness, grace
and none recoil
my imposture you must
all of you must
surely
see
I have sinned against
heaven
and before thee
surely stain
the pews
the rails
the stoop
the housling cloth
I catch your eye on calvary
and turn down
that even now
you most clearly see
Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, esto mihi Jesu.
light
you
yourself
before me
judge me
love
grace
You raise me up
wash me and hold
in your hand,
my face
and part my lips
and fed me
your very flesh
and love
fills my eyes
with radiance
my soul is healed
with truth
how can I hold to earth
how can I to time adhere
what is time and space collapsed
eternity enters me
my soul more spacious than the heavens
God
is
dwelling
here.
Before this throne
I will come
for judgement
Jesu mercy then
as now
clothed and in my right mind
I rise from your feet
and am sent forth
not me but you
not me but you
not me but you
a message to shout from housetops
a gospel to proclaim.
Doxos 