Together in Song ‎#454

454. Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness

1 Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness,
bow down before him, his glory proclaim;
gold of obedience and incense of lowliness
bring, and adore him: the Lord is his name.

2 Low at his feet lay your burden of carefulness,
high on his heart he will bear it for you,
comfort your sorrows, and answer your prayerfulness,
guiding your steps in the way best for you.

3 Fear not to enter his courts in the slenderness
of the poor wealth you would reckon to own:
truth in its beauty and love in its tenderness,
these are the offerings to bring to his throne.

4 These, though we bring them in trembling and fearfulness,
he will accept for the name that is dear,
mornings of joy give for evenings of tearfulness,
trust for our trembling and hope for our fear.

5 Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness,
bow down before him, his glory proclaim;
gold of obedience and incense of lowliness,
bring, and adore him: the Lord is his name.

Text Information

• First Line: Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness
• Author: John Samuel Bewley Monsell, 1811-75 (alt.)
• Meter: 12 10.12 10 dactylic
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1999
• Scripture:
  1 Chronicles 16:29-33
  ;
  1 Peter 5:6-11
  ;
  Isaiah 6:1-5
  ;
  Isaiah 60:1-6
  ;
  Matthew 2:1-12
  ;
  Psalm 20:5
  ;
  Psalm 29
  ;
  Psalm 55:22
  ;
  Psalm 72
  ;
  Psalm 96
  ;
  Romans 12:1-2
• Topic: Comfort; Confidence; Epiphany; Fear; Glory of God; Hope; Humility; Obedience; Our Gifts to God; Our Love to God; People of God; Purity; Sincerity; Worship: Gathering; Worship: The Offering

Tune Information

• Name: WAS LEBET
• Meter: 12 10.12 10 dactylic
• Key: D Major
• Source: From a MS 'Choral-Buch' of Johann Heinrich Reinhardt, Uttingen, 1754
• Notes: A lower setting will be found at No. 160