Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) ‎#123

123. God of Everlasting Glory

1 God of everlasting glory,
filling earth and sky,
everywhere your wonders open
to our searching eye:
in our telescopic probing -
light-years from our world,
in the atom's theoried structure
science has unfurled.

2 As we push man's frontiers forward
into outer space,
reaching for the stars and planets,
still your hand we trace;
in the lab'ratory's silence,
where your secrets hide,
there the marvels of creation
are for us supplied.

3 In the open book of nature
faith remains unmoved -
patterns of the Master Builder
by each fact are proved;
so with rev'rent hearts we ponder
all the grand design
of the universe around us,
wrought by hands divine.

4 Through the course of human hist'ry
has your purpose run,
and in substance have we seen you
in your glorious Son:
he it was who came to save us
and our hopes to raise -
God of everlasting glory,
your great name we praise!

Text Information

• First Line: God of everlasting glory
• Title: God of Everlasting Glory
• Author: John W. Peterson (1965; Mod.)
• Meter: 8.5.8.5.D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1990
• Scripture:
  Psalm 8
  ;
  Psalm 19:1
  ;
  Psalm 104:31
  ;
  Romans 1:20
  ;
  Colossians 2:9
• Topic: God's Work: Creation; God: Glory of; Knowledge
• Copyright: © 1965, John W. Peterson Music Co.; You may download one copy of this song for your own personal use. To make copies or to perform the work you must get permission from John W. Peterson Music Co. or through your license with Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI).
• CCLI Number: 274426

Tune Information

• Name: BRETON ROAD
• Composer: John W. Peterson (1965)
• Meter: 8.5.8.5.D.
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Text and tune © 1965, John W. Peterson Music Co. All rights reserved. Used by permission.