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Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Great is the Lord our God (FL)

Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book

Date: 1882

Compiler: Fillmore Brothers

Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers

First Line: Great is the Lord our God

Topic: Church/Zion

Writer: Isaac Watts

Composer: Aaron Williams

Meter: SM

Tune: Dover

Hymn Number: 49

Page Number: 020, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

GREAT is the Lord our God,

And let his praise be great;

He makes his churches his abode,

His most delightful seat.



These temples of his grace,

How beautiful they stand-

The honors of our native place,

The bulwarks of our land!



In Zion God is known

A refuge in distress;

How bright has his salvation shone

Through all her palaces!



In every new distress

We'll to his house repair;

We'll think upon his wondrous grace,

And seek deliverance there.