Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: High in the heavens eternal God
Topic: God/Perfections
Writer: Isaac Watts
Composer: George Burder
Meter: LM
Tune: Luton
Hymn Number: 22
Page Number: 009, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHIGH in the heavens, eternal God,
Thy goodness in full glory shines;
Thy truth shall break through every cloud
That vails and darkens thy designs.
Forever firm thy justice stands,
As mountains their foundations keep:
Wise are the wonders of thy hands;
Thy judgments are a mighty deep.
My God, how excellent thy grace,
Whence all our hopes and comfort spring;
The sons of Adam, in distress,
Fly to the shadow of thy wing.
Life, like fountain, rich and free,
Springs from the presence of my Lord;
And in thy light our souls shall see
The glories promised in thy word.