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Hymnal Number
569Resource Type:
Keys included:
Bb
About this Hymn
Frederick Faber attempted to write hymns in the style of both Wesley and Newton, and in this hymn he expresses the contrast between the greatness of God and the unworthiness of poor, fallen human beings. Yet Faber dared to believe that the Lord would receive us by his grace.
Lyrics
Verse 1
My God, how wonderful thou art, thy majesty how bright, how beautiful thy mercy-seat, in depths of burning light!
Verse 2
How dread are thine eternal years, O everlasting Lord, by prostrate spirits day and night incessantly adored!
Verse 3
How wonderful, how beautiful, the sight of thee must be, thine endless wisdom, boundless pow'r, and awesome purity!
Verse 4
Oh, how I fear thee, living God, with deepest, tend'rest fears, and worship thee with trembling hope, and penitential tears!
Verse 5
Yet I may love thee too, O Lord, almighty as thou art, for thou hast stooped to ask of me the love of my poor heart.
Verse 6
No earthly father loves like thee, no mother, e'er so mild, bears and forbears as thou hast done with me, thy sinful child.
Verse 7
Father of Jesus, love's reward, what rapture will it be prostrate before thy throne to lie, and gaze, and gaze on thee.
My God, how wonderful thou art, thy majesty how bright, how beautiful thy mercy-seat, in depths of burning light!
Verse 2
How dread are thine eternal years, O everlasting Lord, by prostrate spirits day and night incessantly adored!
Verse 3
How wonderful, how beautiful, the sight of thee must be, thine endless wisdom, boundless pow'r, and awesome purity!
Verse 4
Oh, how I fear thee, living God, with deepest, tend'rest fears, and worship thee with trembling hope, and penitential tears!
Verse 5
Yet I may love thee too, O Lord, almighty as thou art, for thou hast stooped to ask of me the love of my poor heart.
Verse 6
No earthly father loves like thee, no mother, e'er so mild, bears and forbears as thou hast done with me, thy sinful child.
Verse 7
Father of Jesus, love's reward, what rapture will it be prostrate before thy throne to lie, and gaze, and gaze on thee.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: Frederick W. Faber, 1849, alt.
Music: James Turle, 1835
Music: James Turle, 1835