He bears the whole universe;

He bears the whole universe; He can bear my little heart; The image of the Invisible, Revealing all God’s heart. All things cohere, subsist in Him, The Holding Center, Keeper strong. The universe His worth proclaims: Christ as reality, its song.

Through His Word, all things have life; Everything, of Him, to Him; And in the heavens now, He stands Lord of Lords, King of Kings. In Him we live, in Him we move; In Him we are, have life and breath. In wisdom great He metes the earth, Apportions each their hill and heath.

This One and I—unified, Mingled and incorporate— He bears me in His mighty hand— On Him my hope is set. The universe in which I live Is sometimes turbulent with storm, But all I wish to see therein— His mighty, lovely, lordly form.