With deepest reverence at Thy throne

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With deepest reverence at Thy throne

Author: Edmund Butcher
Tune: HEBRON (Mason)
Published in 22 hymnals

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1 With deepest reverence at thy throne,
Jehovah, peerless and unknown!
Our feeble spirits strive, in vain,
A glimpse of thee, great God! to gain.

2 Who, by the closest search, can find
The eternal uncreated mind?
Nor men nor angels can explore
Thy hights of love, thy depths of power.

3 That power we trace on every side;
O may thy wisdom be our guide
And while we live, and when we die,
May thy almighty love be nigh.

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #67

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Author: Edmund Butcher

Butcher, Edmund, born at Colchester, Essex, in 1757, and brought up as a linen-draper. After undergoing a preliminary training for the Unitarian Ministry, he was appointed to the charge of Leather Lane Chapel, Holborn, in 1789. From thence he removed to Sidbury Vale, Sidmouth, in 1798. Died April 14, 1822. Memoir in the Christian Moderator, 1827. His works include Picture of Sidmouth; Tour through various parts of England; Sermons, to which are added suitable Hymns, 1798; and the Substance of the Holy Scriptures Methodized, 1801. His hymns were given in the two latter works, in the Protestant Dissenters’ Magazine (of which he was some time editor); in Kippis's Collection, 1795; the Christian Guardian, 1802-1808; Aspland's Selection, 1810… Go to person page >

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