Divine and Moral Songs: attempted in easy language for the use of children with some additional composures HI. How glorious is our heavenly King

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Divine and Moral Songs‎#HI

HII

Text:	How glorious is our heavenly King
Author:	Isaac Watts

How glorious is our heavenly King,
Who reigns above the sky!
How shall a child presume to sing
His dreadful majesty?

How great his power is none can tell,
Nor think how large his grace;
Not men below, nor saints that dwell
On high before his face.

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Not angels, that stand round the Lord,
Can search his secret will;
But they perform his heavenly word,
And sing his praises still.

Then let me join this holy train,
And my first offerings bring:
Th’ eternal God will not disdain
To hear an infant sing.

My heart resolves, my tongue obeys;
And angels will rejoice
To hear their mighty Maker’s praise
Sound from a feeble voice.

Text Information
First Line:	How glorious is our heavenly King
Title:	How glorious is our heavenly King
Author:	Isaac Watts (1715)
Meter:	8,6,8,6
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1866
Notes:	Public Domain.