The Cyber Hymnal ‎#10620

10620. Our Souls With Pleasing Wonder View

1 Our souls with pleasing wonder view
The bounties of Thy grace;
How much bestowed, how much reserved,
For them that seek Thy face!

2 Thy liberal hand with worldly bliss
Oft makes their cup run o’er;
And in the covenant of Thy love
They find diviner store.

3 Here mercy hides their numerous sins;
Here grace their souls renews;
Here Thine own reconcilèd face
Doth heav’nly beams diffuse.

4 But O! what treasures yet unknown
Are lodged in worlds to come?
If these th’enjoyment of the Way,
How happy is their home?

5 And what shall mortal worms reply?
Or how such goodness own?
But ’tis our joy that, Lord, to Thee
Thy servants’ hearts are known.

6 Thine eyes shall read those grateful thoughts,
No language can express;
Yet when our liveliest thanks we pay,
Our debts do most increase.

7 Since time’s too short, all gracious God,
To utter half Thy praise,
Lord, to the honor of Thy name
Eternal hymns we’ll raise.

Text Information

• First Line: Our souls with pleasing wonder view
• Title: Our Souls With Pleasing Wonder View
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, by Job Orton (J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: BELMONT by William Gardiner, BURLINGTON by John F. Burrowes, CHRISTMAS EVE by Peder Knudsen

Tune Information

• Name: CREDITON
• Composer: Thomas Clark
• Meter: CM
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: Public Domain