Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Before Jehovah's awful throne
Topic: Creation
Writer: Isaac Watts
Composer: Franc Guillaume
Meter: LM
Tune: Old Hundred
Hymn Number: 1
Page Number: 007, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBEFORE Jehovah's awful throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone;
He can create, and He destroy.
His sov'reign pow'r without our aid,
Made us of clay, and form'd us men;
And when like wand'ring sheep we stray'd,
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 heav'ns 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!