Common Praise ‎#255

255. God is a name my soul adores

1 God is a name my soul adores,
the almighty Three, the eternal One;
nature and grace with all their powers
confess the infinite unknown.

2 Thy voice produced the sea and spheres,
bade the waves roar, the planets shine;
but nothing like thyself appears
through all these spacious works of thine.

3 Still restless nature dies and grows;
from change to change the creatures run:
thy being no succession knows,
and all thy vast designs are one.

4 A glance of thine runs through the globe.
rules the bright worlds and moves their frame;
of light thou form'st thy dazzling robe.
thy ministers are living flame.

5 How shall polluted mortals dare
to sing thy glory or thy grace?
Beneath thy feet we lie afar,
and see but shadows of thy face.

6 Who can behold the blazing light?
Who can approach consuming flame?
None but thy wisdom knows thy might,
none but thy word can speak thy name.

Text Information

• First Line: God is a name my soul adores
• Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  Ecclesiastes 1:4-8
  ;
  Genesis 1:9-10
  ;
  Genesis 1:16
  ;
  Isaiah 33:14
  ;
  Job 26:14
  ;
  Psalm 29:3-5
  ;
  Psalm 77:19
  ;
  Psalm 104:1-4
• Topic: Creation

Tune Information

• Name: BRESLAU
• Harmonizer: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, 1809-1847
• Meter: LM
• Key: G Major
• Source: German traditional melody