Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1850
Compiler: Silas W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: Eternal Power whose high abode
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: 106
Page Number: 147, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsETERNAL Power! whose high abode
Becomes the grandeur of a God:
Infinite lenghts beyond the bounds
Where stars revolve their little rounds.
Thee, while the first archangel sings
He hides his face behind his wings;
And ranks of shining thrones around
Fall worshipping, and spread the ground.
Lord, what shall earth and ashes do?
We would adore our Maker too:
From sin and dust to thee we cry,
The Great, the Holy, and the high.
Earth from afar hath heard thy fame,
And worms have learnt to lisp thy name;
But Oh! the glories of thy mind
Leave all our soaring thoughts behind.
God is in heaven, and men below:
Be short our tunes; our words be few;
A solemn reverence checks our songs,
And praise sits silent on our tongues.