Text: | Before Jehovah's Aweful Throne |
Alterer: | John Wesley, 1703-1791 |
Author: | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
Tune: | WINCHESTER NEW |
1. Before Jehovah's aweful throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone,
He can create, and He destroy.
2. His sovereign power without our aid
Made us of clay, and formed us men;
And when, like wandering sheep, we strayed,
He brought us to His fold again.
3. We are His people, we His care,
Our souls, and all our mortal frame;
What lasting honors shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to thy name?
4. We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs,
High as the heavens our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.
5. Wide as the world is thy command,
Vast as eternity thy love;
Firm as a rock thy truth must stand
When rolling years shall cease to move.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Before Jehovah's aweful throne |
Title: | Before Jehovah's Aweful Throne |
Author: | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
Alterer: | John Wesley, 1703-1791 |
Meter: | L M |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1966 |
Scripture: |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WINCHESTER NEW |
Meter: | L M |
Incipit: | 51566 54334 32554 |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Source: | Adapted from Musicalisches Handbuch, Hamburg, 1690 |