Adventist Pioneer Library

Worship — Attributes and Providence of God

Thy goodness, Lord, our souls confess

  • No. 82
  • Words Thomas Gibbons.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Thy goodness, Lord, our souls confess,
Thy goodness we adore;
A spring whose blessings never fail,
A sea without a shore.

2

Sun, moon, and stars, thy love attest
In every cheerful ray;
Love draws the curtain of the night,
And love restores the day.

3

Thy bounty every season crowns
With all the bliss it yields;
With joyful clusters bend the vines,
With harvests wave the fields.

4

But chiefly thy compassions, Lord,
Are in the gospel seen;
There like the sun, thy mercies shine
Without a cloud between.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «82», reference line «70, 120, 204.» in italics (sing to the tune of hymn 70, 120 or 204); stanzas 1–4 in the lower part of the right column of p. 30, «Thomas Gibbons.» in italics at the end. The first word «THY» is set in capitals and small capitals. The print sets a thin space before «;» («adore ;», «ray ;», «yields ;», «seen ;»); it is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. 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. 82 · printed page 30
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-09-30