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Text:Eternal Power, whose high abode
Author:Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
Tune:IVYHATCH
Composer:B. Luard Selby, 1863-1919

207. Eternal Power, whose high abode

1 Eternal Power, whose high abode
Becomes the grandeur of a God,
Infinite lengths beyond the bounds
Where stars revolve their little rounds:

2 Thee while the first archangel sings,
He hides his face behind his wings;
And ranks of shining ones around
Fall worshipping and spread the ground.

3 Lord, what shall earth and ashes do?
We would adore our Maker too!
From sin and dust to thee we cry,
The great, the holy, and the high!

Text Information
First Line: Eternal Power, whose high abode
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
Refrain First Line: LM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1986
Topic: Dedication Festival; The Christian Year: Festivals and Other Holy Days: Proper
Tune Information
Name: IVYHATCH
Composer: B. Luard Selby, 1863-1919
Meter: LM
Key: G Major



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