LYRICS
| Meter: | 9 8 9 8
| | Writer(s): | Thomas Rawson Birks
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| | Dates: |
| | Bible Refs: |
| Hymnal Comp to Book of Common Prayer
| 1890
| 77
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 68
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 72
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MUSIC
 Living Praise
| 218
| A
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 667
| A
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 706
| Ab
| Hymns of Faith
| 572
| G
| Songs of Fellowship 1
| 527
| G
| Believers Hymn Book
| 450
| G
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Alternate Tunes
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| 1. The mighty God, the Lord hath spoken,
and bid the trembling earth draw nigh:
the silence of long ages broken,
he speaks in thunder from the sky.
2. Forth from the heavenly Zion shining,
in perfect beauty he appears:
love, wisdom, majesty combining,
bright are the diadems he wears.
3. He speaks and all the nations tremble;
heaven, earth and hell his voice obey:
in solemn awe his saints assemble,
the world's dim shadows flee away.
4. O who can stand when thou appearest
in robes of majesty divine?
Though now each contrite sigh thou hearest,
what terrors then will round thee shine!
5. O mighty God, O Lord most holy,
prepare us for that solemn day:
O shield and guard us, save us wholly,
thy pardoning grace to us display.
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