Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) ‎#1

1. Before Jehovah's awful throne

1 Before Jehovah’s awful throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone:
He can create, and He destroy.

2 His sov'reign power, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and form'd us men,
And, when like wand'ring sheep we stray'd,
He brought us to His fold again.

3 We are His people, we His care,
Our souls and all our mortal frame:
What lasting honors shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to Thy name!

4 We’ll crowd Thy gates with thankful songs,
High as the heavens our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise.

5 Wide as the world is Thy command,
Vast as eternity Thy love;
Firm as a rock Thy truth must stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.

Text Information

• First Line: Before Jehovah's awful throne
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1870
• Topic: Public Worship: Praise and Adoration; God: as Cratior and Preserver, praise to; God: Praise to; Goodness of God: praise for; Gratitude: for merices; Majesty of God; Praise: hymns of genearl praise; Thanksgiving: for Providential mercies; Works of God; Worship: hymns of opening; God : as Creator and Preserver, praise to
• Notes: Author from index: Watts

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