A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy ‎#29

29. Great God in vain man's narrow view

1 Great God, in vain man's narrow view
Attempts to look thy nature through.
Our lab'ring pow'rs with rev'rence own,
Thy glories never can be known.

2 Not the high seraph's mighty thought,
Who countless years his God has sought,
Such wondrous height or depth can find,
Or fully trace thy boundless mind.

3 Yet, Lord, thy kindness deigns to show
Enough for mortal men to know;
While wisdom, goodness, pow'r divine
Thro' all thy works and conduct shine.

4 O! may our souls with rapture trace
Thy works of nature and of grace,
Explore thy sacred truth, and still
Press on to know and do thy will!

Text Information

• First Line: Great God in vain man's narrow view
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1814
• Topic: Charact6er and Perfections of God; Character and Perfections of God; God incomprehensible

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