The Cyber Hymnal ‎#9984

9984. God Is A Spirit, Great And Just

1 God is a spirit, great and just;
We His dependent creatures are:
His pleasure called us from the dust;
His goodness keeps us, and His care.

2 He dwells enthroned in light on high;
He lives throughout the boundless whole;
Invisible to mortal eye,
Unsearchable by human soul.

3 To feeble man ’twas never giv’n
The great mysterious One to know,
To scan the majesty of Heav’n,
Or make His essence known below.

4 Enough for us, His sovereign Word
Reveals Him as the God of love,
The just, the ever gracious Lord,
Who can but righteousness approve.

5 Unfolds His blissful Heav’n above,
And glory for His children there;
While those who slight His offered love
Shall sink to darkness and despair.

6 There, also, is enough revealed,
To guide us in the way we go;
And what His wisdom has concealed
Might be but misery to know.

7 O, then adore th’eternal Mind
With wonder, gratitude, and fear;
Nor seek what man may never find,
The knowledge of His essence here.

Text Information

• First Line: God is a spirit, great and just
• Title: God Is A Spirit, Great And Just
• Author: Henry Ware, Jr.
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: "The Incomprehensibility of Deity," 1811
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: MAINZER
• Composer: Joseph Mainzer (1841)
• Meter: LM
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: Public Domain