Pass We All Through Waves of Judgment

Pass we all through waves of judg­ment

For our sins

on ho­ly ground

Where ac­cus­ing cries are si­lenced

By the Ark’s tri­umph­ant sound.

Now the words of Him once smit­ten

Armor us in rock and shield

And their fount on pag­es writ­ten

Cleanse

and sa­tis­fy as meal.

Let us heed their signs of warn­ing;

Watching al­ways lest we fall;

Gath’ring man­na ev­ery morn­ing;

Kneeling ’for the Lord of All.

May our minds arise from id­ols

From whence ev­ery sin be­gets.

Let no heart in sec­ret si­dle

Back to ways we must for­get.

We

a ris­en ho­ly na­tion

Share as one the blood and bread

By which we have shed cor­rupt­ion

Whole in­side our ris­en Head.

Therefore with new eyes of judg­ment

We shall watch. And clothed in light

Give the sev­ered flesh no mo­ment

But adjudge it cru­ci­fied.

Hearts un­saved will seek em­brace­ment

Of earth’s id­ols de­mons share.

They

from hid­den halls of tor­ment

Offer joy but bring des­pair.

But now God gives new de­sires

Of our heart from His above;

Lifting long­ings ever high­er

In His ways of peace and love.