A Selection of Hymns ‎#I

I. A Song of Praise to God

1 To God the universal king
Let all mankind their tribute bring:
All that have breath, your voices raise,
In songs of never-ceasing praise.

2 The spacious earth on which we tread,
And wider heavens stretch'd o'er our head,
A large and solemn temple frame,
To celebrate its builder's fame.

3 Here the bright sun that rules the day,
As thro' the sky he makes his way,
To all the world proclaims aloud
The boundless sov'reignty of God.

4 When from his courts the sun retires,
And with the day his voice expires,
The moon and stars adopt the song,
And thro' the night the praise prolong.

5 The list'ning earth with rapture hears
Th' harmonious music of the spheres;
And all her tribes the notes repeat,
That God is wise, and good, and great.

6 But man endow'd with nobler pow'rs,
His God in nobler strains adores:
His is the gift to know the song,
As well as sing with tuneful tongue.

Text Information

• First Line: To God the universal king
• Title: A Song of Praise to God
• Author: Dr. S. Stennett
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1792
• Topic: God; Praise to God, from the whole creation
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

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