The Voice of Praise ‎#41

41. God is a name my soul adores

1 God is a name my soul adores--
The Almighty Three, the Eternal One;
Nature and grace, with all their powers,
Confess the Infinite Unknown.

2 Thy voice produced the seas and spheres,
Bade the waves roar and 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 the creatures run:
Thy being no succession knows,
And all thy vast designs are one.

4 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.

5 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

• First Line: God is a name my soul adores
• Author: Watts
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1873
• Topic: Attributes of God: Immutability; Greatness of God

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