The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6511

6511. Trembling Before Thine Awful Throne

1. Trembling before Thine awful throne,
O Lord, in dust my sins I own;
Justice and mercy for my life
Contend; O smile, and heal the strife.

2. The Savior smiles; upon my soul
New tides of hope tumultuous roll;
His voice proclaims my pardon found,
Seraphic transport wings the sound.

3. Earth has a joy unknown to Heaven,
The newborn peace of sins forgiven;
Tears of such pure and deep delight,
Ye angels, never dimmed your sight.

4. Ye saw, of old, on chaos rise
The beauteous pillars of the skies;
Ye know where Morn exulting springs,
And Evening folds her drooping wings.

5. Bright heralds of the eternal will,
Abroad His errands ye fulfill;
Or, throned in floods of beamy day,
Symphonious in His presence play.

6. Loud is the song, the heavenly plain
Is shaken with the choral strain;
And dying echoes, floating far,
Draw music from each chiming star.

7. But I amid your choirs shall shine,
And all your knowledge shall be mine:
Ye on your harps must lean to hear
A secret chord that mine will bear.

Text Information

• First Line: Trembling before Thine awful throne
• Title: Trembling Before Thine Awful Throne
• Author: Augustus L. Hillhouse (ca. 1816)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Appeared in the Christian Spectator (New Haven, Connecticut: April 1822)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: SAMSON
• Composer: George F. Han­del, 1685-1759 (arr.)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 13453 67115 65321
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain