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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 your gates with thankful songs,
High as the heaven our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill your 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.
Amen.
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: | 1970 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Peace and Security; Worship of God |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WINCHESTER NEW |
Meter: | L.M. |
Source: | "Musicalisches Handbuch," Hamburg, 1690 (adapted from) |