Adventist Pioneer Library

Worship — Closing Hymns

To God, the only wise

  • No. 268
  • Words Isaac Watts.
  • 3 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

To God, the only wise,
Who keeps us by his word,
Be glory now and evermore,
Through Jesus Christ our Lord.

2

Hosanna to the Word,
Who from the Father came;
Ascribe salvation to the Lord,
And ever bless his name.

3

The grace of Christ our Lord,
The Father's boundless love,
The Spirit's blest communion, too,
Be with us from above.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «268» (large) with the reference line «11, 89, 601.» in italics beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 11, 89 or 601); the hymn opens the right column of p. 88 (beside the end of hymn 266's stanzas) and ends there with «Isaac Watts.» in italics. The first word «TO» is set in a capital and a small capital (the O is wider and taller than the lower-case o of «God»). The print sets a thin space before «;» («came ;»); it is closed up here. The printer's curly apostrophes are written straight («Father's», «Spirit's»). Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's («Word» with a capital in stanza 2). No meter is printed (the text is S. M., 6.6.8.6, like the three tunes of the reference line).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Worship — Closing Hymns · No. 268 · printed page 88
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01