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Worship — Attributes and Providence of God

Eternal Source of every joy

  • No. 69
  • Words Philip Doddridge.
  • 3 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Eternal Source of every joy,
Well may thy praise our lips employ
While in thy temple we appear,
To hail thee Sovereign of the year!
Wide as the wheels of nature roll,
Thy hand supports and guides the whole;
The sun is taught by thee to rise,
And darkness when to vail the skies

2

The flowery spring, at thy command
Perfumes the air, adorns the land;
The summer rays with vigor shine,
To raise the corn, to cheer the vine:
Thy hand, in autumn, richly pours
Through all our coasts redundant stores;
And winters, softened by thy care,
No more the face of horror wear.

3

Seasons and months, and weeks and days,
Demand successive songs of praise;
And be the grateful homage paid,
With morning light and evening shade.
Here in thy house let incense rise,
And circling Sabbaths bless our eyes,
Till to those lofty hights we soar,
Where days and years revolve no more.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «69», reference line «518, 667, 994.» in italics (sing to the tune of hymn 518, 667 or 994); stanza 1 begins at the foot of the left column of p. 26 below hymn 68 (its first four lines) and continues at the top of the right column (its last four lines, with no stanza number); stanzas 2–3 follow in the right column; «Philip Doddridge.» in italics at the end. The first word «ETERNAL» is set in capitals and small capitals. The print sets a thin space before «;», «:» and «!» («year !», «whole ;», «land ;», «vine :», «stores ;», «praise ;»); it is closed up here. «Well may thy praise our lips employ» and «And darkness when to vail the skies» end without punctuation, «hights» and «vail» are spelled so, all as printed. No meter is printed (the text is L. M. D., eight lines of 8 syllables). The lines are printed flush, without indentation.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Worship — Attributes and Providence of God · No. 69 · printed page 26
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-09-30