The Cyber Hymnal ‎#332

332. And Will the Great Eternal God

1. And will the great eternal God
On earth establish His abode?
And will He, from His radiant throne,
Accept our temple for His own?

2. These walls we to Thy honor raise;
Long may they echo with Thy praise;
And Thou, descending, fill the place
With choicest tokens of Thy grace.

3. Here let the great Redeemer reign,
With all the graces of His train;
While power divine His Word attends,
To conquer foes, and cheer His friends.

4. And in that great decisive day,
When God the nations shall survey,
May it before the world appear
That crowds were born to glory here.

Text Information

• First Line: And will the great eternal God
• Title: And Will the Great Eternal God
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751
• Meter: LM
• 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: Doddridge wrote the words for the opening of a chapel at Oakham.

Tune Information

• Name: ROCKINGHAM (Miller)
• Arranger: Edward Miller (1790)
• Composer: Carl P. E. Bach
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 13421 35655 17655
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain