13881. The Truth Of God

1 Can truth divine fulfillment fail?
Sooner shall star-crowned nature die!
Truth is the very breath of God—
Part of His own eternity!

2 Earth’s every pulse may cease to flow,
And every voice be heard no more
The forest crumble on the mount—
The sea corrupt upon the shore;

3 The moon’s supply of light expire,
The sun itself grow dense with gloom,
And fairer systems, sphered afar,
Dissolving, own the common doom.

4 But long as stands Jehovah’s throne,
Long as His being shall endure
So long the truth His lips proclaim
Remains inviolably sure.

Text Information
First Line: Can truth divine fulfillment fail?
Title: The Truth Of God
Author: Thomas H. Stockton
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: Stand Up for Jesus! A Christian Ballad (Philadelphia: T. H. Stockton 1858)
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tunes: ABSCHIED by Wenzel Müller, ALLMÄCHTIGER GOTT by Johann Crüger, WARRINGTON by Ralph Harrison
Tune Information
Name: ABENDS
Composer: Herbert Stanley Oakeley (1874)
Meter: LM
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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