LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Isaac Watts
| | Transl/Adapt: | John Wesley
| | Dates: | 1706,1743
| | Bible Refs: | Mt 6:9
| A Collection of Hymns (Methodist)
| 1889
| 316
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 621
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 49
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 6
| New English Hymnal
| 1985
| 207
| The English Hymnal
| 1906
| 635
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MUSIC
 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 233
| No key
| Songs of Fellowship 1
| 596
| D
| Living Praise
| 265
| Eb
| Hymns of Faith
| 281
| Eb
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 151
| Eb
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 115
| Eb
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 180
| Eb
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 182
| Eb
| Believers Hymn Book
| 217
| Eb
| Believers Hymn Book
| 322
| Eb
| Believers Hymn Book
| 459
| Eb
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 108
| Eb
| STELBAP
| 69
| F
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Alternate Tunes
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| 1. Eternal Power, Whose high abode
Becomes the grandeur of a God,
Infinite lengths beyond the bounds
Where stars resolve
their little rounds!
2. The lowest step
around Thy seat,
Rises too high for Gabriel’s feet;
In vain the favored angel tries
To reach Thine height
with wond’ring eyes.
3. Thee while the first
archangel sings,
He hides his face
behind his wings,
And ranks of shining
thrones around
Fall worshiping,
and spread the ground.
4. Lord, what shall earth
and ashes do?
We would adore our Maker, too;
From sin and dust to Thee we cry,
The Great, the Holy, and the High.
5. Earth from afar
has heard Thy fame,
And worms have learned
to lisp Thy Name;
But, O! the glories of Thy mind
Leave all our soaring
thoughts behind.
6. God is in Heaven,
and men below;
Be short our tunes,
our words be few;
A solemn reverence
checks our songs,
And praise sits silent
on our tongues.
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