Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Great God whose universal sway
Topic: Supplication
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 86
Page Number: 091, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGreat God, whose universal sway
The known and unknown worlds obye,
Now give the kingdom to thy Son,
Extend his pow'r, exalt his throne.
The sceptre well becomes his hands,
All heav'n submits to his commands;
His justice shall avenge the poor,
And pride and rage prevail no more.
With pow'r he vindicates the just,
And treads th' oppressor in the dust;
His worship and his fear shall last,
Till hours, and years, and time be past.
As rain on meadows newly mown,
So shall he send his influence down;
His grace on fainting souls distills,
Like heav'nly dew on thirsty hills.
The heathen lands, that lie beneath
The shades of overspreading death,
Revive at his first dawning light,
And deserts blossom at the sight.
The saints shall flourish in his days,
Drest in the robes of joy and praise,
Peace, like a river, from his throne
Shall flow to nations yet unknown.