# The Judge — Olney Hymns character guide

> The Judge in Olney Hymns by John Newton.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-olney-hymns

## Who they are

God as the righteous judge of all the earth.

## In the story

### [The Importunate Widow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/106-the-importunate-widow)

The unjust judge who neither feared God nor regarded man, yet granted the widow's request for his own quiet's sake.

### [God Speaking from Mount Zion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/17-god-speaking-from-mount-zion)

Will appear at the last day; slighted love will turn to wrath.

### [On the Earthquake. Sept. 8, 1775](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/68-on-the-earthquake-sept-8-1775)

The one who draws nigh and will come down to judge; sinners will cry for earthquakes to hide from his frown.

### [The Tolling Bell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/74-the-tolling-bell)

God is depicted as the Judge who pronounces the eternal fate of every soul at the tribunal.

### [Thunder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/83-thunder)

The Judge is described as hastening down at the final day, before whom sinners must stand.

### [For a Garden-Seat or Summer-House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/96-for-a-garden-seat-or-summer-house)

The avenging Judge with terrors on his brow, whose frown is to be feared on the approaching day.

### [I: Solemn Addresses to Sinners](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/i-solemn-addresses-to-sinners)

The one who will sit in judgment on the last day, before whom the rich, great, and wise will tremble and be self-condemned.

### [Prepare to Meet God](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/4-prepare-to-meet-god)

The Judge is depicted as having wrathful eyes and a dreadful sentence for the wicked, but as a Friend to those who trust in His name.

### [A Living and a Dead Faith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/71-a-living-and-a-dead-faith)

The righteous Judge's ear is offended by insincere professions.

### [Not of Works](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/75-not-of-works)

God as the Judge who will come to pronounce final doom.

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