Hymns, Selected and Original ‎#17

17. God is a name my soul adores

1 God is a name my soul adores,
Th'Almighty Three, the Eternal One!
Nature and grace, with all their powers
Confess the Infinite unknown.

2 From thy great self thy being springs;
Thou art thy own original,
Made up of uncreated things,
And self-sufficience bears them all.

3 Thy voice produced the seas and spheres,
Bids the waves roar and planets shine;
But nothing like thyself appears
Through all these spacious works of thine.

4 Still restless nature dies and grows;
From change to change the creatures run:
Thy being no succession knows,
And all thy vast designs are one.

5 How shall affrighted mortals dare
To sing thy glory or thy grace?
Beneath thy feet we lie so far,
And see but shadows of thy face!

6 Who can behold this blazing light?
Who can approach consuming flame?
None but thy wisdom knows thy might,
None but thy word can speak thy name.

Text Information

• First Line: God is a name my soul adores
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1828
• Topic: Being and Perfections of God; The Incomprehensibility of God

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