← God is the name my soul adores Hymns and Tunes (1888) · No. 59

God is the name my soul adores

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.