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Text:With Songs and Honors
Author:Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
Tune:BEDFORD
Composer:William Wheale (? -1727)

35. With Songs and Honors

1 With songs and honors sounding loud,
Address the Lord on high;
Over the heavens He spreads His cloud,
And waters veil the sky.

2 He sends His showers of blessing down
To cheer the plains below;
He makes the grass the mountains crown,
And corning valleys grow.

3 His steady counsels change the face
Of the declining year;
He bids the sun cut short his race,
And wintry days appear.

4 He sends His word, and melts the snow;
The fields no longer mourn;
He calls the warmer gales to blow,
And bids the spring return.

5 The changing wind, the flying cloud,
Obey His mighty word:
With songs and honors sounding loud
Praise ye the sovereign Lord!

Text Information
First Line: With songs and honors sounding loud, Address the Lord on high
Title: With Songs and Honors
Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) (1719)
Meter: C.M.
Publication Date: 1985
Scripture:
Topic: Worship: Adoration and Praise
Tune Information
Name: BEDFORD
Composer: William Wheale (? -1727) (c. 1723)
Meter: C.M.
Incipit: 53165 43251 76653
Key: D Major



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