Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Great God the nations of the earth
Topic: Latter Day Glory
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 215
Page Number: 204, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGreat God, the nations of the earth,
Are by creation thine;
And in thy works, by all beheld,
Thy radiant glories shine.
But, Lord, thy greater love has sent
Thy gospel to mankind,
Unveiling what rich stores of grace
Are treasured in thy mind.
Lord, when shall these glad tidings spread
The spacious earth around,
Till every tribe and every soul
Shall hear the joyful sound?
O when shall Afric's sable sons
Enjoy the heavenly word;
And vassals long enslaved, become
The freed men of the Lord.
When shall the untutored heathen tribes,
A dark bewildered race,
Sit down at our Immanuel's feet,
And learn and feel his grace?
Haste, sovereign mercy, and transform
Their cruelty to love;
Soften the Tyger to the Lamb,
The Vulture to the Dove.
Smile, Lord, on each divine attempt
To spread thy gospel rays;
And build, on sin's demolished throne,
The temples of thy praise.