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Hymn: Thy goodness Lord our souls confess (FL)

Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs

Date: 1853

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: A Campbell

First Line: Thy goodness Lord our souls confess

Topic: Nature

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: CM

Tune:

Hymn Number: Song 10

Page Number: 137, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

THY goodness, Lord, our souls confess;

Thy goodness we adore;--

A spring whose blessings never fail;

A sea without a shore.



Sun, moon, and stars thy love attest

In ev'ry golden ray;

Love draws the curtains of the night,

And love brings back the day.



Thy bounty ev'ry season crowns

With all the bliss it yields,

With joyful clusters loads the vines,

With strength'ning grain the fields.



But chiefly thy compassion, Lord,

Is in the gospel seen;

There, like a sun, thy mercy shines,

Without a cloud between.



There pardon, peace, and holy joy,

Through Jesus' name are given;

He on the cross was lifted high,

That we might reign in heav'n.