The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#174

174. The starry firmament on high

1 The starry firmament on high,
And all the glories of the sky,
Yet shine not to thy praise, O Lord,
So brightly as thy written word.

2 The hopes that holy word supplies,
Its truths divine and precepts wise,
In each a heavenly beam I see,
And every beam conducts to thee.

3 Almighty Lord, the sun shall fail,
The moon her borrowed glory veil,
And deepest reverence hush on high
The joyful chorus of the sky.

4 But fixed for everlasting years,
Unmoved amid the wreck of spheres,
Thy word shall shine in cloudless day,
When heaven and earth have passed away.

Text Information

• First Line: The starry firmament on high
• Author: Robert Grant
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Worship: Holy Scriptures

Tune Information

• Name: HAMBURG
• Arranger: Lowell Mason
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Gregorian
• Notes: Alternate tunes: #168, 336, or 51.