Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Almighty Maker God
Topic: God Perfect
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 285
Page Number: 268, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsAlmighty Maker, God!
How wond'rous is thy name!
Thy glories how diffus'd abroad
Thro' the eternal creation's frame.
Nature in every dress
Her humble homage pays,
And finds a thousand ways t' express
Thine undissembled praise.
My soul would rise and sing
To her Creator too,
Fain would my tongue adore my King,
And pay the worship due.
Create my soul anew,
Else all my worship's vain;
This wretched heart will ne'er be true,
Until 'tis formed again.
Let joy and worship spend
The remnant of my days,
And to my God, my soul ascend
In sweet perfumes of praise.