Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: How sweet the praise how high the theme
Topic: The Church/Growth and Future Triumphs
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: L Mason
Meter: LM
Tune: Anvern
Hymn Number: 460
Page Number: 167, 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.
The 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.