FATHER, how wide thy glory shines! How high thy wonders rise! Known through the...
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FATHER, how wide thy glory shines! How high thy wonders rise! Known through the earth by thousand signs By thousands through the skies.
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Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power, Their motions speak thy skill; And on the wings of every hour We read thy patience still.
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Part of thy name divinely stands On all thy creatures writ; They show the labour of thy hands, Or impress of thy feet.
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But when we view thy strange design To save rebellious worms, Where vengeance and compassion join In their divinest forms;
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Here the whole Deity is known, Nor dares a creature guess Which of the glories brightest shone, The justice, or the grace.
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Now the full glories of the Lamb Adorn the heavenly plains! Bright seraphs learn Immanuel's name, And try their choicest strains.
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O may I bear some humble part In that immortal song! Wonder and joy shall tune my heart, And love command my tongue.
