Eternal God, enthroned on high

Eternal God, enthroned on high

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1 Eternal God! enthroned on high!
Whom angel-hosts adore;
Who yet to suppliant dust art nigh,
thy presence I implore.

2 O guide me down the steep of age,
And keep my passions cool;
Teach me to scan the sacred page,
And practice every rule.

3 My flying years time urges on,
What's human must decay;
My friends, my young companions gone,
Can I expect to stay?

4 Can I exemption plead, when death
Projects his awful dart?
Can medecines then prolong my breath,
Or virtue shield my heart?

5 Ah! no--then smooth the mortal hour,
On thee my hope depends;
Support me with almighty power,
While dust to dust descends.

6 Then shall my soul, O gracious God!
(While angels join the lay)
Admitted to the blest abode,
Its endless anthems pay.

7 Through heaven, howe'er remote the bound,
Thy matchless love proclaim,
And join the choir of saints that sound
Their great Redeemer's name.

The Hartford Selection of Hymns from the most approved authors, 1799

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First Line: Eternal God, enthroned on high
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Source: Williams Collection
Language: English
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A Collection of Evangelical Hymns #d43
A Collection of Hymns for Public and Private Worship approved by the Presbytery of Charleston #d40
A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home #337Image
A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #d70
A Collection of Spiritual Hymns: adapted to the Various Kinds of Christian Worship, and especially designed for the use of the Brethren in Christ. 2nd ed. #827Image
A Prayer Meeting and Revival Hymn Book . 27th ed. #d125
A Prayer Meeting and Revival Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d82
A Selection of Hymns #d57
A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors.: including a great number of originals: intended to be an appendix to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns. (Woodward's rev. and corr. ed.; Sterotype ed.) #524Image
A Selection of Hymns & Psalms: from the most approved authors: principally from Watts & Rippon: together with originals #374Image
Additional Hymns, Adopted by the General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church in North America, at their Session June 1831. 2nd ed. #161Image
Christian Psalmody, in Four Parts; containing Dr. Watt's Psalms Abridged; Dr. Watt's Hymns Abridged; Select Hymns from Other Authors; and Select Harmony: together with directions... (2nd. ed.) #SH219Image
Hymn and Tune Book for Use in Old School or Primitive Baptist Churches #516Image
Hymns for Christian Melody #792Image
Hymns for Social and Private Worship, Altered to a Devotional Form #d16
Hymns, Selected from the Most Approved Authors, for the use of Trinity Church, Boston #53Image
Parish Psalmody #d154
Parish Psalmody #d156
Sacred Poetry #331Image
Sacred Poetry: consisting of psalms and hymns, adapted to Christian devotion, in public and private, selected from the best authors, with variations and additions #H.LVImage
Sacred Poetry: Consisting of Psalms and Hymns, adapted to Christian Devotion, in Publick and Private. New Ed. #d92
Sacred poetry: consisting of psalms and hymns adapted to Christian devotion in publick & private. New ed. #d93
Select Hymns #d107
Select Hymns: adapted to the devotional exercises of the Baptist denomination (2nd ed.) #520Image
Select Hymns: the third part of Christian Psalmody; with directions for musical expression (Stereotype ed.) #219Image
Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, intended to be an Appendix to Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns. (1st Am. ed.) #DXXIVImage
Supplement to Watts: a Selection of More than Five Hundred Hymns, from the Most Approved Authors on a Great Variety of Subjects ... #d107
The Baptist Hymn Book: comprising a large and choice collection of psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, adapted to the faith and order of the Old School, or Primitive Baptists (2nd stereotype Ed.) #1215Image
The Baptist Hymn Book, in Two Parts #d146
The Baptist Hymn Book: original and selected: in two parts #684Image
The Christian Harmonist: containing a set of tunes adapted to all the metres in Mr. Rippon's Selection of Hymns, in the collection of hymns by Mr. Joshua Smith, and in Dr. Watt's Psalms and Hymns... #86Image
The Christian Hymn Book #d143
The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d146
The Christian Psalmist: being a collection of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs compiled from the most approved authors, and designed as a standard hymn book for public and social worship #637Image
The Church Hymn Book #d229
The Halifax Selection of Hymns: intended as a Supplement to Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns #d103
The Hartford Selection of Hymns from the Most Approved Authors: to which are added a number never before published #CCLXVIITextImage
The Hartford Selection of Hymns from the most approved authors to which are added, a number never before published. #267Image
The Hartford Selection of Hymns: from the most approved authors: to which are added a number never before published (2nd ed.) #CCLXVIITextImage
The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #1242Image
The Psalms and Hymns, with the Catechism, Confession of Faith, and Liturgy, of the Reformed Dutch Church in North America #A161Image
The Psalms and Hymns, with the Doctrinal Standards and Liturgy of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America #H666Image
The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D.: to which are added select hymns, from other authors; and directions for musical expression (New ed.) #D219Image
Village Hymns #d127
Village hymns for social worship, selected and original: designed as a supplement to Dr. Watts's Psalms and hymns (Stereotyped ed.) #550Image
Village Hymns for Social Worship, Selected and Original: designed as a supplement to the Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts (6th ed.) #550Image
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