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Text: | Most Wondrous Is Of All On Earth |
Author: | N. F. S. Grundtvig |
Tune: | [Most wondrous is of all on earth] |
1 Most wondrous is of all on earth
The kingdom Jesus founded,
Its glory, peace, and precious worth
No tongue has fully sounded.
2 Invisible as mind and soul,
And yet of light the fountain,
Its brightness shines from pole to pole
Like lights from lofty mountain.
3 Its secret is the Word of God,
Which does what it proposes.
Which lowers mountains high and broad
And clothes the waste with roses.
4 Let foes against the kingdom rage
With hatred and derision,
God crowns its reign from age to age,
And brings it to fruition.
5 Its glory rises like the morn
When waves at sunrise glitter,
Or like in May the verdant corn
As birds above it twitter.
6 It is the glory of the King
Who bore affliction solely
That He the crown of life might bring
To sinners poor and lowly.
7 And when His advent comes to pass
The Christian's strife is ended,
What here we see as in a glass
Shall then be comprehended.
8 Then shall the kingdom bright appear
With glory true an vernal
And bring His saved a golden year
Of peace and joy eternal.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Most wondrous is of all on earth |
Title: | Most Wondrous Is Of All On Earth |
Author: | N. F. S. Grundtvig |
Meter: | 8, 7, 8, 7. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1928 |
Topic: | The Church |
Notes: | Danish first line: Vidunderligst af alt paa Jord; Translator: J. C. Aaberg |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Most wondrous is of all on earth] |
Meter: | 8, 7, 8, 7. |
Key: | F Major |