Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: The righteous Lord supremely great
Topic: Rejoicing in God
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 93
Page Number: 097, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe righteous Lord, supremely great,
Maintains his universal state;
O'er all the earth his pow'r extends,
All heaven before his footstool bends.
Yet justice still with power presides,
And mercy all his empire guides;
Mercy and truth are his delight,
And saints are lovely in his sight.
No more, ye wise, your wisdom boast,
No more, ye strong, your valor trust:
No more, ye rich, survey the store,
Elate with heaps of shining ore.
Glory, ye saints, in this alone,
That God, your God, to you is known;
That you have own'd his sovereign sway,
That you have felt his cheering ray.
Our wisdom, wealth, and power we find,
In one Jehovah all combin'd;
On him we fix our roving eyes,
And all our souls in raptures rise.
All else, which we our treasure call,
May in one fatal moment fall;
But what their happiness can move,
Whom God the blessed deigns to love?