Author: Anne Steele Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #9527 Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: There is a God, all nature speaks Lyrics: 1 There is a God, all nature speaks,
Through earth, and air, & seas, and skies,
See, from the clouds His glory breaks,
When the first beams of morning rise:
2 The rising sun, serenely bright,
O’er the wide world’s extended frame,
Inscribes, in characters of light,
His mighty Maker’s glorious name.
3 Diffusing life, His influence spreads,
And health and plenty smile around,
And fruitful fields, and verdant meads,
Are with a thousand blessings crowned.
4 Almighty goodness, power divine,
The fields and verdant meads display;
And bless the hand which made them shine,
With various charms profusely gay.
5 For man and beast, here daily food
In wide diffusive plenty grows!
And there, for drink, the crystal flood
In streams sweet winding, gently flows.
6 By cooling streams, and softening showers,
The vegetable race are fed,
And trees, and plants, and herbs, and flowers,
Their Maker’s bounty smiling spread.
7 The flowery tribes, all blooming, rise,
Above the faint attempts of art,
Their bright, inimitable dyes,
Speak sweet conviction to the heart.
8 Ye curious minds who roam abroad,
And trace creation’s wonders o’er,
Confess the footsteps of the God,
And bow before Him, and adore. Languages: English Tune Title: MALDEN
There Is A God