Adventist Pioneer Library

Worship — Attributes and Providence of God

My God, how wonderful thou art

  • No. 79
  • Words Frederick W. Faber.
  • 5 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

My God, how wonderful thou art!
Thy majesty how bright!
How beautiful thy mercy-seat,
In depths of burning light!

2

How dread are thine eternal years,
O everlasting Lord!
By prostrate angels day and night
Incessantly adored!

3

How beautiful, how beautiful,
The sight of thee must be!—
Thine endless wisdom, boundless power,
And awful purity!

4

O how I fear thee, living God!
With deepest, tenderest fears;
And worship thee with trembling hope
And penitential tears.

5

Yet I may love thee too, O Lord!
Almighty as thou art;
For thou hast stooped to ask of me
The 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
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-09-30