From Oremus Hymnal
Before Jehovah's awful throne,
the nations, bow with sacred joy:
know that the Lord is God alone;
he can create, and he destroy.
His sovereign power, without our aid,
made us of clay, and formed us men;
and when like wandering sheep we strayed,
he brought us to his fold again.
We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs;
high as the heavens our voices raise;
and earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.
Wide as the world is thy command;
vast as eternity thy love;
firm as a rock thy truth shall stand,
when rolling years shall cease to move.
Historical Notes
Author
Isaac Watts (1674-1748), alt. by John Wesley (1703-1791)
Meter
LM
Sound Files
Old Hundredth,
Winchester New,
Wareham,
Wells
Other Comments
Sources
Hymnal, Number, Tune(s)
| Hymnal
| Number
| Tunes Used
|
| Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1826
| 154
|
| The Year of Praise, 1867
| 323
| Eisleben
|
| The Anglican Hymn Book, 1868
| 187
| Dort
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1871 (Hall & Whiteley)
| 409
| Wareham
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1874 (Goodrich & Gilbert)
| 409
| Hebron
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1874 (Tucker & Rousseau)
| 409
| St. Faith
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1874 (Hutchins)
| 409
| Old Hundredth
|
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland), 1874
| 40
| Mamre
|
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard, 1875-1924
| 516
| Old Hundredth, Penshurst
|
| A Church of England Hymn Book, 1879
| 238
|
|
| The Universal Hymn Book, 1885
| 465
|
|
| The Hymnal Companion, 1890
| 54
| Old Hundredth
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Darlington)
| 473
| Hesperus
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Parker)
| 473
| Winchester New
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Hutchins)
| 473
| Old Hundredth
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Tucker & Rousseau)
| 473
| Warrington
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Helfenstein)
| 473
| Old Hundredth
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Messiter)
| 473
| Beccles
|
| The Church Hymnary (Scotland), 1902
| 380
| Old Hundredth
|
| Church Hymns, New Edition, 1903
| 368
| Old Hundredth
|
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition, 1904
| 317
| Penshurst
|
| The Book of Common Praise (Canada), 1908
| 388
| Old Hundredth
|
| The Hymnal 1916 (US)
| 309
| Winchester New
|
| Church Hymnal for the Christian Year, 1917
| 100
| Mamre
|
| Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1919
| 359
| Old Hundredth
|
| Church Hymnal Revised, 1920 (Hutchins)
| 441
| Old Hundredth
|
| The Oxford Hymn Book, 1925
| 187
| Gillingham
|
| The Book of Common Praise (Canada), 1938
| 351
| Old Hundredth
|
| The Hymnal 1940 (US)
| 300
| Winchester New
|
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised, 1950
| 370
| Old Hundredth
|
| Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1960
| 334
| Old Hundredth
|
| Anglican Hymn Book, 1965
| 236
| Old Hundredth, Wells
|
| The Hymn Book 1971 (Canada)
| 13
| Old Hundredth
|
| The Hymnal 1982 (US)
| 391
| Winchester New
|
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard, 1983
| 197
| Old Hundredth
|
| Hymns for Today's Church, 1987
| 15
| Old Hundredth
|
