The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4412

4412. My God, How Wonderful Thou Art

1. My God, how wonderful Thou art,
Thy majesty, how bright;
How beautiful Thy mercy seat
In depths of burning light!

2. How dread are Thine eternal years,
O everlasting Lord,
By prostrate spirits day and night
Incessantly adored!

3. How beautiful, how beautiful,
The sight of Thee must be,
Thine endless wisdom, boundless power,
And awful purity!

4. O how I fear Thee, living One,
With deepest, tenderest fears,
And worship Thee with trembling hope,
And penitential tears!

5. Yet I may love Thee too, O Lord,
Almighty as Thou art;
For Thou hast stooped to ask of me
The love of my poor heart.

6. Oh then this worse than worthless heart
In pity deign to take,
And make it love Thee, for Thyself
And for Thy glory’s sake.

7. No earthly father loves like Thee,
No mother, e’er so mild,
Bears and forbears as Thou hast done,
With me, Thy sinful child.

8. Only to sit and think of God,
Oh, what a joy it is!
To think the thought, to breathe the name,
Earth has no higher bliss.

9. Father of Jesus, love’s reward!
What rapture it will be,
Prostrate before Thy throne to lie,
And gaze and gaze on Thee!

Text Information

• First Line: My God, how wonderful Thou art
• Title: My God, How Wonderful Thou Art
• Author: Frederick W. Faber (1849)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Jesus and Mary, 1849
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: DUNDEE, Scottish Psalter, 1615; GLOSSOP ROAD, J. W. Phillips, in The Primitive Methodist Hymnal, edited by George Booth (London: Primitive Methodist Publishing House, 1889)D; ORTONVILLE, Thomas Hastings, 1837; WESTMINSTER (TURLE), James Turle, 1843

Tune Information

• Name: AZMON
• Composer: Carl G. Gläser (1828)
• Arranger: Low­ell Ma­son (1839)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 51122 32123 34325
• Key: G Major
• Source: ar­ranged in Mo­dern Psalm­ist, 1839
• Copyright: Public Domain