General (Vol. 3)
Judgement
- I bow as at the end of life,
Receiving justice from Your hand;
No other who can read my heart,
No other who will understand. - I am content with nothing less,
No man nor office of the court;
None who will know what I have done,
None who will know what you have sought. - If Caesar should take all I have,
Including all my liberty,
It shall not count a thousandth part
Compared with what You give to me. - You would not idly set a task
Nor stint the bounty of Your Grace
That I might give all that You ask
And earn Your fatherly embrace. - And if I claim this place for me
How could I then usurp Your place
By judging others on the grounds
Of what I see on the surface? - Your justice floats on mercy's stream,
Enlivened by our Saviour's blood;
I bow before Your judgment seat,
In penitence assured of good.