Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: O might I once mount up and see
Topic: Praise
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 191
Page Number: 217, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO might I once mount up and see
The glories of th' eternal skies,
What little things these worlds would be!
How despicable to my eyes!
Had I a glance of thee, my God,
Kingdoms and men would vanish soon;
Vanish, as though I saw them not,
As a dim candle dies at noon.
Then they might fight, and rage, and rave,
I should perceive the noise no more
Than we can hear a shaking leaf,
While rattling thunders round us roar.
Great All in All! Eternal King!
Let me but view thy lovely face;
And all my powers shall bow and sing
Thine endless grandeur and thy grace.