Worship — Attributes and Providence of God
My God, how wonderful thou art!
- No. 79
- Words Frederick W. Faber.
- Singing key B♭ major
- 5 stanzas
Sung to HOWARD (hymn 114)
Words
⤢ Full screenMy God, how wonderful thou art!Thy majesty how bright!How beautiful thy mercy-seat,In depths of burning light!
How dread are thine eternal years,O everlasting Lord!By prostrate angels day and nightIncessantly adored!
How beautiful, how beautiful,The sight of thee must be!—Thine endless wisdom, boundless power,And awful purity!
O how I fear thee, living God!With deepest, tenderest fears;And worship thee with trembling hopeAnd penitential tears.
Yet I may love thee too, O Lord!Almighty as thou art;For thou hast stooped to ask of meThe love of my poor heart.
About this hymn
As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «79», reference line «546, 120, 114.» in italics (sing to the tune of hymn 546, 120 or 114); five numbered stanzas in the right column of p. 29 below hymn 78, «Frederick W. Faber.» in italics at the end. The first word «MY» is set in capitals and small capitals. The print sets a thin space before «!» and «;» («art !», «bright !», «light !», «Lord !», «adored !», «be !—», «purity !», «God !», «fears ;», «art ;»); it is closed up here. «The sight of thee must be!—» keeps its exclamation mark and dash; «O how» (stanza 4) has no comma, as printed. 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 C. M., 8.6.8.6).
- Source
- The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
- Where
- Worship — Attributes and Providence of God · No. 79 · printed page 29
- Music
- The hymnal prints no music for this hymn; its words are set here to the music of this tune.
- Checked
- lyrics verified · 2026-09-30
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