The Cyber Hymnal ‎#10474

10474. How Vast Is The Tribute I Owe

1 How vast is the tribute I owe
Of gratitude, homage, and praise
To God, who gives all I possess,
The life and the length of my days!

2 When sorrows I dreaded were come,
I poured out my sighs and my tears;
To Him, who alone can relieve,
My soul breathed her vows and her prayers.

3 My heart throbbed with pain and alarm,
And paleness my cheek overspread;
When sickness pervaded my frame,
My soul on my Maker was stayed.

4 When death’s awful image was nigh,
And no mortal able to save;
Thou brightened the valley of death,
And lit up the gloom of the grave.

5 In mercy Thy presence dispels
The shades of calamity’s night,
And turns the sad scene of despair
To morning of joy and delight.

6 Great source of my comforts restored!
Thou healer and balm of my woes!
Thou hope and desire of my soul!
Thy mercy no plague can oppose.

7 How boundless the gratitude due
To Thee, O Thou God of my praise!
The fountain of all I possess,
The life and the light of my days!

Text Information

• First Line: How vast is the tribute I owe
• Title: How Vast Is The Tribute I Owe
• Author: Thomas Jervis
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: A Selection of Psalms and Hymns by William Emerson (Boston: Munroe, Francis & Parker, 1808), alt.
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: DEVOTION
• Composer: Anonymous (1916)
• Meter: LM
• Key: A Major
• Source: The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (New York: James Pott & Company, 1916)
• Copyright: Public Domain