Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: There's not a tint that paints the rose
Topic: God/In Creation
Writer: <no first name given> Wallace
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 52
Page Number: 034, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThere's not a tint that paints the rose
Or decks the lily fair,
Or streaks the humblest flower that blows,
But God has placed it there.
There's not a star whose twinkling light
Illumes the distant earth,
And cheers the solemn gloom of night,
But goodness gave it birth.
There's not a cloud whose dews distill
Upon the parching clod,
And clothe with verdure vale and hill,
That is not sent by God.
There's not a place in earth's vast round,
In ocean deep, or air,
Where skill and wisdom are not found;
For God is ev'rywhere.
Around, beneath, below, above,
Wherever space extends,
There heaven displays its boundless love,
And pow'r with goodness blends.