Charles Sumner: “Among the assemblies of the great A greater Ruler takes his seat; The…”

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Among the assemblies of the great A greater Ruler takes his seat; The God of heaven as judge surveys Those gods on earth and all their ways.

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Sumner poetically describes the divine judgment over earthly rulers and their actions.

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Charles Sumner: “Among the assemblies of the great A greater Ruler takes his seat; The God of heaven as judge surveys Those gods on earth…”