Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Rise rise my soul and leave the ground
Topic: Praise
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 184
Page Number: 209, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsRise, rise my soul, and leave the ground,
Stretch all thy thoughts abroad,
And rouse up ev'ry timeful sound,
To praise th' eternal God.
Long ere the lofty skies were spread,
Jehovah fill'd his throne;
Or Adam form'd or angels made,
The maker liv'd alone.
His boundless years can ne'er decrease,
But still maintain their prime;
Eternity's his dwelling place,
And ever is his time.
While like a tide our minutes flow,
The present and the past;
He fills his own immortal now,
And sees our ages waste.
The sea and sky must perish too,
And vast destruction come!
The creatures - look! How old they grow,
And wait their fiery doom.
Well, let the sea shrink away,
And flame melt down the skies;
My God shall live an endless day,
When th' old creation dies.