The Cyber Hymnal ‎#9592

9592. Great God, Let All My Tuneful Powers

1 Great God, let all my tuneful powers
Awake, and sing Thy mighty name;
Thy hand revolves my circling hours,
Thy hand from which my being came.

2 Seasons and moons still rolling round,
In beauteous order, speak Thy praise;
And years, with smiling mercy crowned,
To Thee successive honors raise.

3 To Thee I raise the annual song,
To Thee the grateful tribute give;
My God doth still my years prolong,
And ’midst unnumbered deaths, I live.

4 He bids each season on my soul
Its sweetest, kindest influence shed;
And all the periods, as they roll,
Shower countless blessings on my head.

5 My life, my health, my friends, I owe
All to Thy vast, unbounded love;
Ten thousand precious gifts below,
And hope of nobler joys above.

6 Thus will I sing, till nature cease,
Till sense and language are no more,
And, after death, Thy boundless grace,
Through everlasting years, adore.

Text Information

• First Line: Great God, let all my tuneful powers
• Title: Great God, Let All My Tuneful Powers
• Author: Ottiwell Heginbothom, 1744-1768
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: PENTECOST
• Composer: William Boyd (1864)
• Meter: LM
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain