The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12982

12982. God Of The World! Thy Glories Shine

1 God of the world! Thy glories shine
Through earth and Heav’n, with rays divine;
Thy smile gives beauty to the flower,
Thine anger to the tempest power.

2 God of our lives! the throbbing heart
Doth at Thy beck its action start—
Throbs on, obedient to Thy will,
Or ceases, at Thy fatal chill.

3 God of eternal life! Thy love
Doth every stain of sin remove;
The cross, the cross—its hallowed light
Shall drive from earth her cheerless night.

4 God of all goodness! to the skies
Our hearts in grateful anthems rise;
And to Thy service shall be giv’n
The rest of life—the whole of Heav’n.

Text Information

• First Line: God of the world! Thy glories shine
• Title: God Of The World! Thy Glories Shine
• Author: Sewall S. Cutting
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: The Psalmist by Baron Stow & Samuel F. Smith (Boston: Gould, Kendall & Lincoln, 1843)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: AMES by Lowell Mason

Tune Information

• Name: DWIGHT
• Composer: Bellini (arr.)
• Arranger: Joseph P. Holbrook
• Meter: LM
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain