Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Before Jehovah's awful throne
Topic: Public Worship/Opening and Closing
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune: Old Hundred
Hymn Number: 521
Page Number: 190, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBe-fore Je-ho-vah's aw-ful throne,
Ye na-tions, bow with sa-cred joy;
Know that the Lord is God a-lone;
He can cre-ate and he de-story.
His sovereign power, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and formed us men;
And when like wandering sheep we strayed,
He brought us to his fold again.
We are his people-we his care-
Our souls, and all our mortal frame:
What lasting honors shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to thy name?
We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs,
High as the heavens our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.
Wide as the world is thy command!
Vast as eternity thy love!
Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.