Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: Begin my tongue some heavenly theme
Topic: Trusting in the Promises of God
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 78
Page Number: 065, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBegin, my tongue, some heavenly theme,
And speak some boundless thing;
The mighty works or mightier name,
Of our eternal King.
Tell of his wond'rous faithfulness,
And sound his power abroad;
Sing the sweet promise of his grace,
And the performing God.
Proclaim salvation from the Lord,
For wretched dying men:
His hand did write the sacred word,
With an immortal pen.
Engrav'd as in eternal brass,
The mighty promise shines;
Nor can the powers of darkness rase
These everlasting lines.
He that can dash whole worlds to death,
And make them when he please;
But speaks, and that almighty breath,
Fulfils his great decrees.
His every word of grace is strong,
As that which built the skies;
The voice that rolls the stars along,
Speaks all the promises.
He said, "Let the wide heav'n be spread,"
And heaven was stretch'd abroad;
"Abra'm, I'll be thy God," he said,
And he was Abra'm's God.
O might I hear thy heavenly tongue,
But whisper, "Thou art mine!"
Those gentle words should raise my song,
To notes almost divine.
How should my leaping heart rejoice,
And think my heaven secure;
I trust the all-creating voice,
And faith desires no more.