
Author: Mary O. Page Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: O God! ere Heav’n and earth were planned Lyrics: 1 O God! ere Heav’n and earth were planned,
Adoring silence worshipped Thee;
Now vast the universe doth stand,
The temple of Thy majesty.
2 Its walls are wrought of sapphire bright;
Its countless spires are starry flame:
Suns on the boundless ether write
The sovereign beauty of Thy name.
3 An earthly temple, by Thy grace,
This day we dedicate to Thee;
Deign to make here Thy dwelling place
O Thou that fill’st immensity.
4 Fold us beneath Thy sheltering wings,
As here we worship at Thy shrine;
Ours be the peace Thy presence brings,
The glory and the praise be Thine. Used With Tune: LUTON Text Sources: Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home (Boston: New England Universalist Publishing House, 1866)
O God! Ere Heav'n And Earth Were Planned