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Text:Great God in vain man's narrow view

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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