LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Frederick William Faber
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1849
| | Bible Refs: | Lev 16:2; Rev 22:4; Ps 139:14; Is 37:15
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 10
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 64
| Church Family Worship
| 1988
| 341
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 363
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1960
| 1960
| 335
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 2000
| 2000
| 7
| Church Hymnal Revised
| 1920
| 425
| Complete Mission Praise
| 2000
| 468
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition
| 1904
| 321
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard
| 1983
| 102
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 169
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 1922
| 169
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 51
| Hymns for Today's Church 2
| 1988
| 369
| Hymns of Faith
| 1964
| 11
| Hymns Old & New, Complete Anglican Editi
| 2000
| 458
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 73
| Mirfield Mission Hymn Book
| 1955
| 197
| New English Hymnal
| 1985
| 410
| Oxford Hymn Book
| 1925
| 250
| Sing Glory
| 1999
| 202
| Songs of Fellowship 1
| 1991
| 395
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition
| 1931
| 581
| STELBAP
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| 321
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 556
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 370
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 468
| The English Hymnal
| 1906
| 441
| The Hymnal 1916
| 1916
| 221
| The Hymnal 1940
| 1940
| 284
| The Hymnal 1982
| 1982
| 643
| Trinity Hymnal
| 1961
| 31
| Universal Hymn Book
| 1885
| 24
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MUSIC
| Name: | WESTMINSTER
| | Meter: | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| | Writer(s): | James Turle
| | Dates: | 1843
|
 Baptist Hymn Book
| 64
| C
| WTK
| 85
| C
| Hymns of Faith
| 11
| C
| Songs of Fellowship 1
| 395
| C
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 51
| C
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 73
| C
| Believers Hymn Book
| 128
| C
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 169
| C
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Alternate Tunes
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| 1. My God, how wonderful Thou art,
Thy majesty how bright!
How beautiful Thy mercy-seat,
In depths of burning light!
2. How dread are Thine eternal years,
O everlasting Lord,
By prostrate spirits day and night
Incessantly adored!
3. How wonderful, how beautiful
The sight of Thee must be,
Thine endless wisdom,
boundless power,
And awesome purity!
4. O how I fear Thee, living God,
With deepest, tenderest fears,
And worship Thee
with trembling hope
And penitential tears!
5. Yet I may love Thee too, O Lord,
Almighty as Thou art,
For Thou hast stooped to ask of me
The love of my poor heart.
6. No earthly father loves like Thee;
No mother e’er so mild
Bears and forbears
as Thou hast done
With me, Thy sinful child.
7. Father of Jesus, love’s reward,
What rapture will it be
Prostrate before Thy throne to lie,
And gaze, and gaze on Thee.
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