Adventist Pioneer Library

Worship — Attributes and Providence of God

God is the name my soul adores

  • No. 59
  • Words Isaac Watts.
  • 6 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

God is the name my soul adores,
Almighty, high, Eternal One:
Both heaven and earth, with all their powers,
Proclaim the Infinite Unknown.

2

Thy voice ordained the rolling spheres,
And bade the countless planets shine;
But nothing like thyself appears
Through all these spacious works of thine.

3

Still restless nature dies and grows,
From change to change thy creatures run;
Thy being no succession knows,
And all thy vast designs are one.

4

A glance of thine runs through the globe,
Rules the bright worlds, and moves their frame;
Of light thou form'st thy dazzling robe;
Thy ministers are living flame.

5

How shall polluted mortals dare
To sing thy glory or thy grace?
Beneath thy feet we lie afar,
And see but shadows of thy face.

6

Who can behold the blazing light?
Who can approach consuming flame?
None but thy wisdom knows thy might;
None but thy word can speak thy name.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «59», reference line «47, 514, 365.» in italics (sing to the tune of hymn 47, 514 or 365); stanzas 1–3 in the left column of p. 23 below hymn 58, stanzas 4–6 at the top of the right column, «Isaac Watts.» in italics at the end. The first word «GOD» is set in capitals and small capitals. The print sets a thin space before «;», «:» and «?» («One :», «shine ;», «run ;», «frame ;», «robe ;», «grace ?», «light ?», «flame ?», «might ;»); it is closed up here. Four lines are too long for the column and turn over («powers,», «thine.», «run;», «frame;» set on a line of their own); they are joined to their verse lines here. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is L. M., 8.8.8.8).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Worship — Attributes and Providence of God · No. 59 · printed page 23
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-09-29