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Great God, how infinite art Thou!

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 322 hymnals Topics: God Eternal and Unchangeable Lyrics: 1 Great God, how infinite art Thou! How frail and weak are we! Let the whole race of creatures bow And pay their praise to Thee. 2 Thy throne eternal ages stood, Ere earth or heaven was made; Thou art the ever-living God, Were all the nations dead. 3 Nature and time all open lie To Thine immense survey, From the formation of the sky To the last awful day. 4 Eternity, with all its years, Stands present to Thy view; To Thee there's nothing old appears, To Thee there's nothing new. 5 Our lives through various scenes are drawn, And vexed with trifling cares; While Thine eternal thought moves on Thine undisturbed affairs. Amen. Used With Tune: DUNDEE

Let Us with a Gladsome Mind

Author: John Milton Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 558 hymnals Topics: God His Unchangeableness Refrain First Line: for his mercies shall endure Lyrics: 1 Let us, with a gladsome mind praise the Lord, for he is kind: Refrain: for his mercies shall endure, ever faithful, ever sure. 2 Let us sound his name abroad, for of gods he is the God: [Refrain] 3 He with all-commanding might filled the new-made world with light: [Refrain] 4 All things living he does feed; his full hand supplies their need: [Refrain] 5 He his chosen race did bless in the wasteful wilderness: [Refrain] 6 He has with a piteous eye looked upon our misery: [Refrain] 7 Let us then with gladsome mind praise the Lord for he is kind: [Refrain] Scripture: Psalm 136 Used With Tune: INNOCENTS

Abide with me, fast falls the eventide

Author: Henry F. Lyte Appears in 1,732 hymnals Topics: God Unchangeable Scripture: Luke 24:28 Used With Tune: EVENTIDE

Psalm 89

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 50 hymnals Topics: God Unchangeable; Love of God unchangeable; Unchangeable God First Line: For ever shall my song record Lyrics: For ever shall my song record The truth and mercy of the Lord; Mercy and truth for ever stand, Like heav'n, established by his hand. Thus to his Son he sware, and said, "With thee my cov'nant first is made; In thee shall dying sinners live, Glory and grace are thine to give. "Be thou my Prophet, thou my Priest; Thy children shall be ever blest; Thou art my chosen King: thy throne Shall stand eternal like my own. "There's none of all my sons above So much my image or my love; Celestial powers thy subjects are: Then what can earth to thee compare? "David, my servant, whom I chose To guard my flock, to crush my foes, And raised him to the Jewish throne, Was but a shadow of my Son." Now let the church rejoice and sing Jesus, her Savior and her King; Angels his heav'nly wonders show, And saints declare his works below. Scripture: Psalm 89

Psalm 89 Part 5

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 37 hymnals Topics: God Unchangeable; Love of God unchangeable; Unchangeable God First Line: Yet, saith the Lord, if David's race Lyrics: "Yet," saith the Lord, "if David's race, The children of my Son, Should break my laws, abuse my grace, And tempt mine anger down; "Their sins I'll visit with the rod And make their folly smart; But I'll not cease to be their God, Nor from my truth depart. "My cov'nant I will ne'er revoke, But keep my grace in mind And what eternal love hath spoke Eternal truth shall bind. "Once have I sworn (I need no more) And pledged my holiness, To seal the sacred promise sure To David and his race. "The sun shall see his offspring rise And spread from sea to sea, Long as he travels round the skies To give the nations day. "Sure as the moon that rules the night His kingdom shall endure, Till the fixed laws of shade and light Shall be observed no more. Scripture: Psalm 89:30-52

Great is Thy Faithfulness

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 198 hymnals Topics: God His Unchangeableness First Line: Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father Lyrics: 1 Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father; there is no shadow of turning with thee; thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not; as thou hast been thou forever wilt be. Refrain: Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see: all I have needed thy hand hath provided - Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me! 2 Summer and winter and springtime and harvest, sun, moon, and stars in their courses above, join with all nature in manifold witness to thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love. [Refrain] 3 Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide, strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! [Refrain] Scripture: Genesis 8:22 Used With Tune: FAITHFULNESS

O God, the Rock of Ages

Author: Edward H. Bickersteth Appears in 203 hymnals Topics: God Eternal and Unchangeable Lyrics: 1 O God, the Rock of Ages, Who evermore hast been, What time the tempest rages, Our dwelling-place serene: Before Thy first creations, O Lord, the same as now, To endless generations, The Everlasting Thou! 2 Our years are like the shadows On sunny hills that lie, Or grasses in the meadows That blossom but to die: A sleep, a dream, a story, By strangers quickly told, An unremaining glory Of things that soon are old. 3 O Thou, who canst not slumber, Whose light grows never pale, Teach us aright to number Our years before they fail! On us Thy mercy lighten, On us Thy goodness rest, And let Thy Spirit brighten The hearts Thyself hast blessed! Amen. Used With Tune: MIRIAM

Praise to the living God!

Author: F. Henry Edwards Appears in 66 hymnals Topics: God Unchangeable Scripture: Malachi 3:6 Used With Tune: LEONI Text Sources: Based on a fourteenth century yigdal

O God, our help in ages past

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,268 hymnals Topics: God the Father Eternal and Unchangeable Lyrics: 1 Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope in years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home, And our eternal home! 2 Under the shadow of Thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure; Sufficient is Thine arm alone, And our defence is sure, And our defence is sure. 3 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received her frame, From everlasting Thou art God, To endless years the same, To endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone; Short as the watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun, Before the rising sun. 5 Time, like an ever rolling stream, Bears all its sons away; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day, Dies at the opening day. 6 O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come! Be Thou our guard while life shall last, And our eternal home, And our eternal home. Used With Tune: ARISE, ALL WHO ON EARTH DO DWELL

God's Love Eternal and Unchangeable

Author: L. H. C. Meter: Irregular Appears in 25 hymnals Topics: The Eternal and Unchangeable Love of God, commemorated in Hymns of Thanksgiving First Line: O my distrustful heart Lyrics: 1 O, my distrustful heart How small thy faith appears! But greater, Lord, thou art, Than all my doubts and fears. Did Jesus once upon me shine? Then Jesus is forever mine. 2 Unchangeable his will, Tho' dark may be my frame; His loving heart is still Eternally the same: My soul thro' many changes goes; His love no variation knows. 3 Thou, Lord, wilt carry on, And perfectly perform The work, thou hast begun In me a sinful worm: Midst all my fears, and sin, and woe, Thy spirit will not let me go. 4 The bowels of thy grace At first did freely move: I still shall see thy face, And feel that God is love. Myself into thine arms I cast; Lord, save, O save, my soul at last. Scripture: Psalm 42:11