Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Great former of this various frame (FL)

Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns

Date: 1818

Compiler: Rice Haggard

Publisher/Printer: John Norvell

First Line: Great former of this various frame

Topic: God Perfect

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: LM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 220

Page Number: 209, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Great formetr of this various frame,

Our souls adore thine awful name;

And bow and tremble while they praise

The ancient of eternal days.



Thou, Lord, with unsurpris'd survey

Saw'st nature rising yesterday;

And as tomorrow, shall thine eye

See earth and stars in ruin lie.



Beyond an angel's vision bright,

Thou dwell'st in self-existent light;

Which shines with undiminished ray,

While suns an works in smoke decay.



Our days a transient fall around;

Let death consign us to the ground;

Let the last general flame arise,

And melt the arches of the skies;



Calm as a summer's ocean, we

May all the wreck of nature see,

While grace secures us an abode,

Unshaken as the throne of God.