Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: When all thy mercies O my God
Topic: Praise
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 199
Page Number: 223, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWhen all thy mercies, O my God
My rising soul surveys;
Transported with the view, I'm lost,
In wonder, love, and praise.
Thy providence my life sustain'd,
And all my wants redress'd,
When in my mother's arms I lay,
And hung upon her breast.
When in the slipp'ry paths of youth
With heedless steps I ran;
Thine arm unseen convey'd me safe,
And led me up to man.
Ten thousand thousand precious gifts
My daily thanks employ,
Nor is the least, a cheerful heart,
That tastes those gifts with joy.
Thro' every period of my life
Thy goodness I'll adore;
And after death in distant worlds
Thy boundless love explore.
Thro' all eternity, to thee
A joyful song I'll raise;
But O, eternity's too short
To utter all thy praise.