Text: | God is the name my soul adores |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | UXBRIDGE |
Composer: | Lowell Mason |
1 God is the name my soul adores,
Almighty, high, Eternal One:
Both heaven and earth, with all their powers,
Proclaim the Infinite Unknown.
2 Thy voice ordained the rolling spheres,
And bade the countless planets shine;
But nothing like thyself appears
Through all these spacious works of thine.
3 Still restless nature dies and grows,
From change to change thy creatures run;
Thy being no succession knows,
And all thy vast designs are one.
4 A glance of thine runs through the globe,
Rules the bright worlds, and moves their frame;
Of light thou form'st thy dazzling robe;
Thy ministers are living flame.
5 How shall polluted mortals dare
To sing thy glory or thy grace?
Beneath thy feet we lie afar,
And see but shadows of thy face.
6 Who can behold the blazing light?
Who can approach consuming flame?
None but thy wisdom knows thy might;
None but thy word can speak thy name.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | God is the name my soul adores |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Publication Date: | 1886 |
Topic: | Worship: Attributes and Providence of God |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | UXBRIDGE |
Composer: | Lowell Mason |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: #47, 514, or 365. |