Scripture Verse

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Psalm 19:1

Introduction

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Sewall S. Cutting
1813–1882

Words: Sew­all S. Cut­ting, in The Psalm­ist, ed­it­ed by Bar­on Stow & Sam­uel F. Smith (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Gould, Ken­dall & Lin­coln, 1843), num­ber 152. God of all Good­ness.

Music: Dwight, ar­ranged from Vin­cen­zo Bell­in­i (1801–1835) by Jo­seph P. Hol­brook, in Songs for the Sanc­tu­ary, ed­it­ed by Charles S. Ro­bin­son (New York & Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: A. S. Barnes, 1868), page 205 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tune:

  • Ames (Ma­son) Low­ell Ma­son, in The Bap­tist Hymn and Tune Book, ed­it­ed by John M. Ev­ans (Phi­la­del­phia Penn­syl­va­nia: Am­er­ican Bap­tist Pub­li­ca­tion Soc­ie­ty, 1871), page 54. Ap­parent­ly adapt­ed from Ames (von Neu­komm), by Si­gis­mund Rit­ter von Neu­komm (1778–1858). Non-stan­dard time sig­nature (🔊 pdf nwc).
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Joseph P. Holbrook (1822–1888)

Lyrics

God of the world! Thy glories shine
Through earth and Heav’n, with rays divine;
Thy smile gives beauty to the flower,
Thine anger to the tempest power.

God of our lives! the throbbing heart
Doth at Thy beck its action start—
Throbs on, obedient to Thy will,
Or ceases, at Thy fatal chill.

God of eter­nal life! Thy love
Doth every stain of sin remove;
The cross, the cross—its hallowed light
Shall drive from earth her cheerless night.

God of all goodness! to the skies
Our hearts in grateful anthems rise;
And to Thy service shall be giv’n
The rest of life—the whole of Heav’n.