The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6361

6361. The Starry Firmament on High

1. The starry firmament on high,
And all the glories of the sky,
Yet shine not to Thy praise, O Lord,
So brightly as Thy written Word.

2. The hopes that holy Word supplies,
Its truths divine and precepts wise,
In each a heavenly beam I see,
And every beam conducts to Thee.

3. Almighty Lord, the sun shall fail,
The moon forget her nightly tale,
And deepest silence hush on high,
The radiant chorus of the sky.

4. But, fixed, for everlasting years,
Unmoved amid the wreck of spheres,
Thy Word shall shine in cloudless day,
When Heaven and earth have passed away.

Text Information

• First Line: The starry firmament on high
• Title: The Starry Firmament on High
• Author: Robert Grant, 1770-1838
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ALSTONE
• Composer: Christopher E. Willing (1868)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 55651 32123 45653
• Key: C Major
• Source: Ap­pen­dix to Hymns An­cient and Mo­dern, 1868
• Copyright: Public Domain