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Text: | The Heavens Are Telling |
Author: | Joseph Addision, 1672-1719 |
Tune: | THE HEAVENS ARE TELLING |
Composer: | Franz Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809 |
The heavens are telling the glory of God,
The wonder of His work displays the firmament.
In all the lands resounds the word.
Never perceived, ever understood,
ever, ever, ever understood.
The heavens are telling the glory of God,
The wonder of His work,
The wonder of His work displays the firmament.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The heavens are telling the glory of God |
Title: | The Heavens Are Telling |
Author: | Joseph Addision, 1672-1719 |
Meter: | Irregular |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1972 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Book Four: Occasional Selections, Gospel Songs and Hymns; God: Creation of |
Notes: | The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth His handiwork. Ps. 19:1. But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee. I Kings 8:27. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | THE HEAVENS ARE TELLING |
Composer: | Franz Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809 |
Meter: | Irregular |
Incipit: | 51112 22316 217 |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Notes: | M.M. 96 |