Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Father how wide thy glory shines
Topic: Christ's Coronation and Glory
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: Hymn 41
Page Number: 119, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFATHER, how wide thy glory shines!
How high thy wonders rise;
Known through the earth by thousand signs,
By thousand through the skies.
These mighty orbs proclaim thy pow'r,
Their motion speaks thy skill;
And, on the wings of ev'ry hour,
We read thy patience still.
Part of thy name most glorious stands
On all thy creatures writ;
They show the labors of thy hands,
The impress of thy feet.
But when we view thy grand design
To save rebellious worms,
Where justice and compassion join
In their divinest forms--
Our thoughts are lost in rev'rent awe,
We love and we adore;
The brightest angel never saw
So much of God before.
Here thy great name appears complete
And thought can never trace
Which of the glories brighter shine--
The justice or the grace!
Though language fails, we must proclaim
Jehovah's wondrous ways,
And through eternity the same
Shall be our theme of praise.