Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: To God most awful and most high Lyrics: 1 To God most awful and most high,
Who formed the earth, the sea, the sky;
To Him on whom all worlds depend,
Our humbled hearts in sighs we send.
2 Will He who hears the ravens cry,
Reject our prayers, and bid us die?
Will He refuse His keep to yield,
Who clothes the lilies of the field?
3 Pale famine lifts at His command,
Her withering arm, and blasts the land;
The harvests perish at her breath,
Her train are want, disease, and death.
4 But when He smiles, the desert blooms,
New life is born among the tombs;
O’er the glad plains abundance teems,
And plenty rolls in bounteous streams.
5 Father of grace whom we adore,
Bless Thy large family—the poor;
The poor on Thee alone depend,
Continue Thou the poor man’s friend.
6 Content to live by toil and pain,
May we eternal riches gain;
Meanwhile, by Thy free goodness fed,
Give us this day our daily bread. Used With Tune: ST. JOHN'S HIGHLANDS Text Sources: Sacred Poems and Hymns, (New York: D. Appleton, 1854)
To God Most Awful And Most High