2414. High in the Heavens, Eternal God

1. High in the heav’ns, eternal God,
Thy goodness in full glory shines;
Thy truth shall break through every cloud
That veils and darkens Thy designs.

2. Forever firm Thy justice stands,
As mountains their foundations keep;
Wise are the wonders of Thy hands;
Thy judgments are a mighty deep.

3. Thy providence is kind and large
Both man and beast Thy bounty share;
The whole creation is Thy charge,
But saints are Thy peculiar care.

4. My God, how excellent Thy grace,
Whence all our hope and comfort spring!
The sons of Adam in distress
Fly to the shadow of Thy wing.

5. From the provisions of Thy house
We shall be fed with sweet repast;
There mercy like a river flows,
And brings salvation to our taste.

6. Life, like a fountain, rich and free,
Springs from the presence of the Lord;
And in Thy light our souls shall see
The glories promised in Thy Word.

Text Information
First Line: High in the heav'ns, eternal God
Title: High in the Heavens, Eternal God
Author: Isaac Watts (1719)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: The Psalms of David, 1719
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tunes: ANGEL'S HYMN, William Tans'ur, 1700-1783; DEPAUW, Robert G. McCutchan, 1930; DUSSELDORF, William H. Havergal, 1849; ELNO, German chorale arranged by Conrad Kocher, 1786-1872; HAMBURG, Lowell Mason, 1824; HIGH IN THE HEAVENS, Mitch Cervinka, 2000; TRURO, Williams' Psalmodia Evangelica, 1789; WARE, George Kingsley, 1838
Tune Information
Name: FEDERAL STREET
Composer: Henry Kemble Oliver (1832)
Meter: LM
Incipit: 33343 55434 44334
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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