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Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
Author: Walter Chalmers Smith Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 227 hymnals Topics: Attributes of God Lyrics: 1 Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
In light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
Almighty, victorious, Thy great name we praise.
2 Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
Nor wanting, nor wasting, Thou rulest in might;
Thy justice, like mountains, high soaring above
Thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love.
3 To all, life Thou givest, to both great and small;
In all life Thou livest, the true life of all;
We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,
And wither and perish– but naught changeth Thee.
4 Great Father of glory, pure Father of light,
Thine angels adore Thee, all veiling their sight;
All praise we would render; O help us to see
'Tis only the splendor of light hideth Thee! Used With Tune: ST. DENIO
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
Songs of immortal praise belong
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 126 hymnals Topics: The Catechism Works and Attributes of God Lyrics: 1 Songs of immortal praise belong
To my almighty God:
He hath my heart, and He my tongue,
To spread His name abroad.
2 How great the works His hands have wrought!
How glorious in our sight!
And men in ev'ry age have sought
His wonders with delight.
3 How most exact is nature's frame!
Th' eternal God, how wise!
His counsels never change the scheme
That His first thoughts devise.
4 When He through Christ redeemed our race
He fixed His cov'nant sure;
His precious promises of grace
To endless years endure.
5 Nature, and time, and earth, and skies
His heavenly skill proclaim;
But they alone are truly wise,
Who know in Christ His name. Used With Tune: LANESBORO
Songs of immortal praise belong
Dependence on God for salvation
Appears in 19 hymnals Topics: God Attributes of First Line: My soul with expectation doth Scripture: Psalm 62 Used With Tune: [My soul with expectation doth]
Dependence on God for salvation
Lord! thou hast searched and seen me through
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 328 hymnals Topics: Worship Attributes and Providence of God Lyrics: 1 Lord! thou hast searched and seen me through;
Thine eye commands with piercing view
My rising and my resting hours,
My heart and flesh, with all their powers.
2 My thoughts, before they are my own,
Are to my God distinctly known;
He knows the words I mean to speak
Ere from my opening lips they break.
3 Within thy circling power I stand;
On every side I find thy hand;
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.
4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great!
What large extent! what lofty hight!
My soul, with all the powers I boast,
Is in the boundless prospect lost.
5 O, may these thoughts possess my breast
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest;
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there! Used With Tune: MILLER
Lord! thou hast searched and seen me through
There's a wideness in God's mercy
Author: Frederick W. Faber Appears in 933 hymnals Topics: Worship Attributes and Providence of God Lyrics: 1 There's a wideness in God's mercy,
Like the wideness of the sea;
There's a kindness in his justice,
Which is more than liberty.
2 There is welcome for the sinner,
And more graces for the good;
There is mercy with the Saviour;
There is healing in his blood.
3 For the love of God is broader
Than the measure of man's mind,
And the heart of the Eternal
Is most wonderfully kind.
4 If our love were but more simple,
We should take him at his word;
and our lives would be all sunshine
In the sweetness of our Lord. Used With Tune: WELLESLEY
There's a wideness in God's mercy
God is the refuge of his saints
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 469 hymnals Topics: Worship Attributes and Providence of God Lyrics: 1 God is the refuge of his saints
When storms of sharp distress invade:
Ere we can offer our complaints,
Behold him present with his aid.
2 Loud may the troubled ocean roar;
In sacred peace our souls abide;
While every nation, every shore,
Trembles, and dreads the swelling tide.
3 There is a stream whose gentle flow
Supplies the city of our God,
Life, love, and joy, still gliding through,
And watering our divine abode.
4 That sacred stream, thy holy word,
Our grief allays, our fear controls;
Sweet peace thy promises afford,
And give new strength to fainting souls.
5 Zion enjoys her Monarch's love,
Secure against a threatening hour;
Nor can her firm foundation move,
Built on his truth, and armed with power. Used With Tune: MILLER
God is the refuge of his saints
Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb
Author: Ray Palmer Appears in 59 hymnals Topics: Worship Attributes and Providence of God Lyrics: 1 Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb
To search the starry vault profound;
In vain would wing her flight sublime,
To find creation's outmost bound.
2 But weaker yet that thought must prove
To search thy great eternal plan,
Thy sovereign counsels, born of love
Long ages ere the world began.
3 When my dim reason would demand
Why that, or this, thou dost ordain,
By some vast deep I seem to stand,
Whose secrets I must ask in vain.
4 When doubts disturb my troubled breast,
And all is dark as night to me,
Here, as on solid rock, I rest;
That so it seemeth good to thee.
5 Be this my joy, that evermore
Thou rulest all things at thy will:
Thy sovereign wisdom I adore,
And calmly, sweetly, trust thee still.
Used With Tune: HEBRON
Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb
Lord of all being, throned afar
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes Appears in 449 hymnals Topics: Worship Attributes and Providence of God Lyrics: 1 Lord of all being, throned afar,
Thy glory flames from sun and star,
Center and soul of every sphere,
Yet to each loving heart how near!
2 Sun of our life, thy quickening ray
Sheds on our path the glow of day;
Star of our hope, thy softened light
Cheers the long watches of the night.
3 Our midnight is thy smile withdrawn,
Our noontide is thy gracious dawn,
Our rainbow arch thy mercy's sign,
All, save the clouds of sin, are thine!
4 Lord of all life, below, above,
Whose light is truth, whose warmth is love,
Before thy ever-blazing throne
We ask no luster of our own.
5 Grant us thy truth to make us free,
And kindling hearts that burn for thee,
Till all thy living altars claim
One holy light, one heavenly flame! Used With Tune: MILLER
Lord of all being, throned afar
There is a book that all may read
Author: John Keble Appears in 187 hymnals Topics: Worship Attributes and Providence of God Lyrics: 1 There is a book that all may read,
Which heavenly truth imparts;
And all the lore its scholars need,
And all the lore its scholars need,
Pure eyes and Christian hearts.
2 The works of God above, below,
Within us, and around,
Are pages in that book, to show
How God himself is found.
3 The glorious sky, embracing all,
Is like the Maker's love,
Wherewith encompassed, great and small,
In peace and order move.
4 The dew of heaven is like thy grace,
It steals in silence down;
But where it falls, the favored place
By richest fruits is known.
5 Thou who has given me eyes to see,
And love for what is fair,
Give me a heart to find out thee,
And read thee everywhere. Used With Tune: WOODLAND
There is a book that all may read
Practical Atheism exposed; or, the Being and Attributes of God asserted
Appears in 25 hymnals Topics: Attributes of God; Attributes of God First Line: While men grow bold in wicked ways Lyrics: 1 While men grow bold in wicked ways,
And yet a God they own,
My heart within me often says,
"Their thoughts believe there's none.
2 Their thoughts and ways at once declare,
(What e'er their lips profess)
God hath no wrath for them to fear,
Nor will they seek his grace.
3 What strange self-flattery blinds their eyes!
But there's a hastening hour,
When they shall see with sore surprise
The terrors of thy power.
4 Thy justice shall maintain its throne,
Though mountains melt away;
Thy judgements are a world unknown,
A deep, unfathom'd sea.
5 Above the heavens' created rounds,
Thy mercies, Lord, extend;
Thy truth out-lives the narrow bounds,
Where time and nature end.
6 Safety to man thy goodness brings,
Nor overlooks the beast;
Beneath the shadow of thy wings
Thy children chuse to rest.
7 [From thee, when creature-streams run low.
And mortal comforts die,
Perpetual springs of life shall flow,
And raise our pleasures high.
8 Though all created light decay,
And death close up our eyes,
Thy presence makes eternal day
Where clouds can never rise. Scripture: Psalm 36:1-2
Practical Atheism exposed; or, the Being and Attributes of God asserted
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