Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Awake my tongue thy tribute bring
Topic: God/Omniscient
Writer: John Needham
Composer: John Hatton
Meter: LM
Tune: Duke Street
Hymn Number: 12
Page Number: 011, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsAWAKE, my tongue, thy tribute bring
To Him who gave thee pow'r to sing;
Praise Him who is all praise above,
The source of wisdom and of love.
How vast His knowledge! how profound!
A deep where all our thoughts are drown'd;
The stars He numbers, and their names
He gives to all those heav'nly flames.
Thro' each bright world above, behold
Ten thousand thousand charms unfold;
Earth, air, and mighty seas combine
To speak His wisdom all divine.
But in redemption, O what grace!
Its wonders, O what thought can trace!
Here, wisdom shines forever bright;
Praise Him, my soul, with sweet delight.