Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#290b

290b. Immortal, Invisible

1. Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
In light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
Almighty, victorious, thy great Name we praise.

2. Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
Nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might;
Thy justice like mountains high soaring above
Thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love.

3. To all, life Thou givest, to both great and small;
In all life Thou livest, the true life of all;
We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,
And wither and perish, but naught changeth thee.

4. Great Father of glory, pure Father of light,
Thine angels adore thee, all veiling their sight;
All laud we would render; oh, help us to see
'Tis only the splendor of light hideth thee.

Text Information

• First Line: Immortal, invisible, God only wise
• Title: Immortal, Invisible
• Author: Walter Chalmers Smith (1867)
• Meter: 11.11.11.11
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  1 Timothy 1:17
• Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 19
• Notes: Text by Scottish pastor Walter Chalmers Smith, from Hymns of Christ and the Christian Life (1867), alt.

Tune Information

• Name: ST. DENIO
• Meter: 11.11.11.11
• Incipit: 16427 51332 1
• Key: G Major or modal
• Source: Welsh folk tune, alt.
• Notes: Welsh folk tune ST. DENIO, from Dr. Watts’s Psalms and Hymns, Set to New Music (1800), alt. and arr. as in The English Hymnal (1906).