| 1 | Eternal Power, Whose high abode
Becomes the grandeur of a God:
Infinite lengths beyond the bounds
Where stars revolve their little rounds. |
| 2 | Thee while the first archangel sings,
He hides His face behind His wings;
And ranks of shining thrones around
Fall worshiping, and spread the ground. |
| 3 | Lord, what shall earth and ashes do?
We would adore our Maker too!
From sin and dust to Thee we cry,
The Great, the Holy, and the High! |
| 4 | Earth from afar has heard Thy fame,
And worms have learnt to lisp Thy name;
But O! The glories of Thy mind
Leave all our soaring thoughts behind! |
| 5 | God is in heaven, and men below:
Be short, our tunes; our words, be few!
A solemn reverence checks our songs,
And praise sits silent on our tongues. |
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| 1 | Eternal Power, Whose high abode
Becomes the grandeur of a God,
Infinite lengths beyond the bounds
Where stars revolve their little rounds! |
| 2 | Thee while the first archangel sings,
He hides his face behind his wings,
And ranks of shining thrones around
Fall worshiping, and spread the ground. |
| 3 | Lord, what shall earth and ashes do?
We would adore our Maker too;
From sin and dust to Thee we cry,
The Great, the Holy, and the High. |
| 4 | Earth, from afar, hath heard Thy fame,
And worms have learned to lisp Thy name:
But O! The glories of Thy mind
Leave all our soaring thoughts behind. |
| 5 | God is in heaven, and men below:
Be short our tunes; our words be few:
A solemn reverence checks our songs,
And praise sits silent on our tongues. |
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| Book | Reference | Bible Text |
| Genesis | 18:27 | And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes: |
| Psalm | 8:3 | When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; |
| Psalm | 147:5 | Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. |
| Ecclesiastes | 5:1,2 | 1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. 2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. |
| Isaiah | 6:1-7 | 1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. 4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. 6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. |
| Isaiah | 57:15 | For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. |
| Romans | 1:20 | For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: |
| Revelation | 7:11 | And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, |
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