Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: How sweet the praise how high the theme
Topic: Public Worship/Gratitude and Praise
Writer: B Skene
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 638
Page Number: 383, 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.
Th' 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 rul'd 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.