Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Great God attend while Zion sings
Topic: Public Worship/Opening Hymns
Writer: <no first name given> Watts
Composer:
Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: 680
Page Number: 408, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGreat God, attend while Zion sings
The joy that from thy presence springs;
To spend one day with thee on earth,
Exceeds a thousand days of mirth.
Might I enjoy the meanest place,
Within thy house, O God of grace,
Not tents of ease, nor thrones of power,
Should tempt my feet to leave thy door.
God is our sun, he makes our day;
God is our shield, he guards our way
From all th' assults of hell and sin,
From foes without and foes within.
All needful grace will God bestow,
And crown that grace with glory too:
He gives us all things, and withholds
No real good from upright souls.
O God, our King, whose sovereign sway,
The glorious hosts of heaven obey,
And devils at thy presence flee;
Blest is the man that trusts in thee.