Hymns for Youth ‎#168

168. Before Jehovah's Aweful Throne

1. Before Jehovah's aweful throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone,
He can create, and He destroy.

2. His sovereign power without our aid
Made us of clay, and formed us men;
And when, like wandering sheep, we strayed,
He brought us to His fold again.

3. We are His people, we His care,
Our souls, and all our mortal frame;
What lasting honors shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to thy name?

4. We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs,
High as the heavens our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.

5. Wide as the world is thy command,
Vast as eternity thy love;
Firm as a rock thy truth must stand
When rolling years shall cease to move.

Text Information

• First Line: Before Jehovah's aweful throne
• Title: Before Jehovah's Aweful Throne
• Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
• Alterer: John Wesley, 1703-1791
• Meter: L M
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1966
• Scripture:
  Psalm 100

Tune Information

• Name: WINCHESTER NEW
• Meter: L M
• Incipit: 51566 54334 32554
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Adapted from Musicalisches Handbuch, Hamburg, 1690