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

232. 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 awful purity!

4 Oh, 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: L.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 2010
Topic: General Hymns: God the Father
Tune Information
Name: WESTMINSTER (TURLE)
Composer: James Turle, 1802-1882
Meter: L.M.
Key: C Major



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