LYRICS
| Meter: | 11 11 11 11
| | Writer(s): | Walter Chalmers Smith
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1876
| | Bible Refs: | Is 40:6-8; Dan 7:9; 1 Ti 1:17; 1 Ti 6:16
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 242
| Australian Hymn Book/With One Voice
| 1977
| 80
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 61
| Baptist Hymnal
| 1956
| 43
| Believers Hymn Book
| 1981
| 396
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 366
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1960
| 1960
| 344
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 2000
| 2000
| 6
| Common Praise (Anglican C. of Canada)
| 1998
| 393
| Common Praise: Hymns Ancient & Modern
| 2000
| 474
| Complete Mission Praise
| 2000
| 327
| Hymnal - A Worship Book
| 1992
| 70
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard
| 1983
| 199
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 372
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 9
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
|
| 25
| Hymns of Faith
| 1964
| 18
| Hymns Old & New, Complete Anglican Editi
| 2000
| 314
| Hymns Old & New, New Anglican Edition
| 1996
| 242
| Living Praise
|
| 103
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 34
| Mirfield Mission Hymn Book
| 1955
| 191
| New English Hymnal
| 1985
| 377
| Presbyterian Hymn Book
| 1990
| 263
| Songs of Fellowship 1
| 1991
| 234
| Songs of Praise
| 1925
| 271
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition
| 1931
| 535
| STELBAP
|
| 223
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 401
| The English Hymnal
| 1906
| 407
| The Hymn Book of Angl & Unit Ch Canada
| 1971
| 26
| The Hymnal 1940
| 1940
| 301
| The Hymnal 1982
| 1982
| 423
| Together in Song: The Australian HB II
| 1999
| 143
| Trinity Hymnal
| 1961
| 35
| United Methodist Hymn Book
| 1989
| 103
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MUSIC
 Living Praise
| 103
| A
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 34
| A
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 61
| Ab
| Hymns of Faith
| 18
| Ab
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 25
| Ab
| Believers Hymn Book
| 235
| Ab
| Believers Hymn Book
| 396
| Ab
| Songs of Fellowship 1
| 234
| G
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 9
| G
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Alternate Tunes
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| 1. Immortal, invisible,
God only wise,
In light inaccessible
hid from our eyes,
Most blessèd, most glorious,
the Ancient of Days,
Almighty, victorious,
Thy great Name we praise.
2. Unresting, unhasting,
and silent as light,
Nor wanting, nor wasting,
Thou rulest in might;
Thy justice, like mountains,
high soaring above
Thy clouds, which are fountains
of goodness and love.
3. To all, life Thou givest,
to both great and small;
In all life Thou livest,
the true life of all;
We blossom and flourish
as leaves on the tree,
And wither and perish—
but naught changeth Thee.
4. Great Father of glory,
pure Father of light,
Thine angels adore Thee,
all veiling their sight;
But of all Thy rich graces
this grace, Lord, impart
Take the veil from our faces,
the vile from our heart.
5. All laud we would render;
O help us to see
’Tis only the splendor
of light hideth Thee,
And so let Thy glory,
almighty, impart,
Through Christ in His story,
Thy Christ to the heart.
6. **alt verse***
7. Thou reignest in glory,
thou rulest in light,
thine angels adore thee,
all veiling their sight;
all laud we would render:
O help us to see
‘tis only the splendor
of light hideth thee.
8. Great Father of glory,
pure Father of light,
Thine angels adore Thee,
all veiling their sight;
all laud we would render:
O help us to see
‘tis only the splendor
of light hideth thee.
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