Text:My God, how wonderful thou art
Author:Frederick William Faber (1814-1863)
Tune:WESTMINSTER
Composer:James Turle (1802-1882)

729. My God, how wonderful thou art

1 My God, how wonderful thou art,
thy majesty how bright,
how beautiful thy mercy-seat
in depths of burning light!

2 How dread are thine eternal years,
O everlasting Lord,
by prostrate spirits day and night
incessantly adored!

3 How wonderful, how beautiful,
the sight of thee must be,
thine endless wisdom, boundless power,
and aweful purity!

4 O how I fear thee, living God,
with deepest, tenderest fears,
and worship thee with trembling hope
and penitential tears!

5 Yet I may love thee too, O Lord,
almighty as thou art,
for thou hast stooped to ask of me
the love of my poor heart.

6 No earthly father loves like thee,
no mother, e'er so mild,
bears and forbears as thou hast done
with me, thy sinful child.

7 Father of Jesus, love's reward,
what rapture will it be,
prostrate before thy throne to lie
and gaze and gaze on thee!

Text Information
First Line: My God, how wonderful thou art
Author: Frederick William Faber (1814-1863)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Adoration; Devotion; Future hope (6 more...)
Tune Information
Name: WESTMINSTER
Composer: James Turle (1802-1882)
Meter: CM
Key: C Major



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