Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1848
Compiler: S W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: Where are the fathers who guided our youth
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: 10s 8s and 7s
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Hymn Number: 89
Page Number: 121, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe Lord of lords and King of kings
In realms of bliss exalted reigns;
Ah! Who can touch the trembling strings,
And hymn his praise with equal strains?
The grandeur of his works may show
In beams of lasting, heavenly light,
To all who love their radiant glow,
The wisdom of his boundless might.
But Zion, on thy portals fair,
His wondrous name resplendent shines,
And every child of wisdom there
Shall read it in the clearest lines.
Yes, there we learn that God is love!
The lucid truth let angel choirs
(Circling the shining throne above)
Resound upon their golden lyres.
With deep astonishment they saw
Immanuel, the Virgin's Son!
And heard, with fixed and sacred awe,
The Lord of glory cry, 'Tis done!
But quit the endless theme, my soul,
And wait resigned a brighter day,
Above mortality's control,
To wake a more enraptured lay.
The crown of life, the harp of gold,
And palm of victory, all proclaim
That nobler songs shall yet unfold
The glories of Jehovah's name.