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Text:The heavens are not too high
Author:George Herbert, 1593-1633
Tune:MACDOUGALL
Composer:Calvin Hampton, 1938-1984

403. The heavens are not too high

Refrain:
Let all the world in every corner sing, my God and King!
Let all the world in every corner sing, my God and King!

1 The heavens are not too high,
his praise may thither fly;
the earth is not too low,
his praises there may grow.
Let all the world in every corner sing, my God and King! [Refrain]

2 The Church with psalms must shout,
no door can keep them out;
but, above all, the heart
must bear the longest part.
Let all the world in every corner sing, my God and King!

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: The heavens are not too high
Author: George Herbert, 1593-1633
Refrain First Line: Let all the world in every corner sing
Meter: 66. 66 with Refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 1985
Tune Information
Name: MACDOUGALL
Composer: Calvin Hampton, 1938-1984
Meter: 66. 66 with Refrain
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Copyright The Church Pension Fund



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