Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Thy goodness Lord our souls confess
Topic: Adoration of God
Writer: Thomas Gibbons
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: CM
Tune: Downs
Hymn Number: 356
Page Number: 125, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTHY goodness, Lord, our souls confess;
Thy goodness we adore;
A spring whose waters never fail,
A sea without a shore.
Sun, moon, and stars Thy love attest
In every golden ray;
Love draws the curtains of the night,
And love brings back the day.
Thy bounty every season crowns
With all the bliss it yields,
With joyful clusters loads the vines,
With strength'ning grain the fields.
But chiefly Thy compassion, Lord,
Is in the gospel seen;
There, like a sun, Thy mercy shines,
Without a cloud between.