Majesty and Power

Representative Text

1 The Lord our God is clothed with might,
The winds obey His will;
He speaks, and in His heavenly height
The rolling sun stands still.

2 Rebel, ye waves, and o’er the land
With threatening aspect roar;
The Lord uplifts His awful hand,
And chains you to the shore.

3 Ye winds of night, your force combine;
Without His high behest,
Ye shall not, in the mountain pine,
Disturb the sparrow’s nest.

4 His voice sublime is heard afar;
In distant peals it dies;
He yokes the whirlwind to His car,
And sweeps the howling skies.

5 Ye sons of earth, in reverence bend;
Ye nations, wait His nod;
And bid the choral song ascend
To celebrate our God.

AMEN.

Source: The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal: official hymnal of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church #54

Author: Henry Kirke White

White, Henry Kirke, a gifted English poet who died early in life, was born in Nottingham, England, March 21, 1785. Very early he manifested a remarkable love for books and a decided talent for composition. But his parents were poor, and he was apprenticed in early boyhood to a stocking weaver, from which uncongenial servitude he escaped as soon as he could and began the study of law; but later he was converted and felt called to the ministry. The story of his conversion from deism to Christianity is briefly but beautifully told in the poem titled "The Star of Bethlehem." He entered St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1805 as a servitor; but died October 19, 1806, in the second year of his college course, when only twenty-one years of age. In… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: The Lord our God is clothed with might
Title: Majesty and Power
Author: Henry Kirke White
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

ST. ANNE

Though no firm documentation exists, ST. ANNE was probably composed by William Croft (PHH 149), possibly when he was organist from 1700-1711 at St. Anne's Church in Soho, London, England. (According to tradition, St. Anne was the mother of the Virgin Mary.) The tune was first published in A Suppleme…

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TAPPAN (Kingsley)


LOBT GOTT IHR CHRISTEN


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The Psalmist #139

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The Psalmody #119

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The Psalms and Hymns, with the Doctrinal Standards and Liturgy of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America #H31

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #D237

The Psaltery #d262

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The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #76a

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d1016

The Sacred Lute #d319

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The Sanctuary Hymnal, published by Order of the General Conference of the United Brethren in Christ #97

The Service of Song for Baptist Churches #d850

The Service of Praise #d303

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The Social and Sabbath School Hymn-Book. (5th ed.) #248

The Southern Psalmist #d792

The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d833

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The Springfield Collection of Hymns for Sacred Worship #124

The Tabernacle #d308

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The Union Harp #59

The Vestry Hymn Book #d444

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The Wesleyan Sacred Harp #279a

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The Wesleyan Sacred Harp #279a

Universalist Hymn Book #d511

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Worship in Song #113

Worship in the School Room #d158

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Worship in the School Room #220

Zion's Hymns, for the Use of the Original Free-Will Baptist Church of North Carolina #d251

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