Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: How sweet the praise how high the theme
Topic: Christ/Worship
Writer: Benjamin Skene
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune: Brewer
Hymn Number: 103
Page Number: 041, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHOW sweet the praise, how high the theme,
To sing of him who rules supreme;
Who dwells at God's right hand on high,
Yet looks on us with tender eye!
Th' angelic host, in countless throngs,
Recount his glories in their songs,
And golden harps salute his ear;
Yet our weak praise he deigns to hear.
The planets roll, their orbits round;
Unnumbered worlds, in space profound,
Are ruled by him, by him controlled;
Yet he's the Shepherd of our fold.
Exalted high upon his throne,
The universe is all his own;
Untold the honors he doth wear,
Yet we are objects of his care.