Saturday, January 10, 2015

God is the Name My Soul Adores, Isaac Watts, 1706

GOD IS THE NAME MY SOUL ADORES,
THE ALMIGHTY THREE, THE ETERNAL ONE;
NATURE AND GRACE, WITH ALL THEIR POWERS, 
CONFESS THE INFINITE UNKNOWN.

HOW SHALL POLLUTED MORTALS DARE
TO SING THY GLORY OR THEY GRACE?
BENEATH THY FEET WE LIE AFAR, 
AND SEE BUT SHADOWS OF THY FACE.

WHO CAN BEHOLD THE BLAZING LIGHT?
WHO CAN APPROACH THE CONSUMING FLAME?
NON BUT THY WISDOM KNOWS THY MIGHT
NONE BUT THY WORD CAN SPEAK THEY NAME.


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