Scripture Verse

The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth. Isaiah 40:28

Introduction

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Short Hymns (Bri­stol, Eng­land: E. Far­ley, 1762), Vol­ume 1, num­ber 641.

Music: St. Ber­nard (Ri­chard­son) Toch­ter Si­on (Co­logne, Ger­ma­ny: 1741). Ar­ranged by John Ri­chard­son (1816–1879) (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Ri­chard­son (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

Blest be our ev­er­last­ing Lord,
Our Fa­ther, God, and King!
Thy sovereign goodness we re­cord,
Thy glo­ri­ous power we sing.

By Thee the vic­to­ry is giv’n;
The majesty divine,
And strength, and might, and earth, and Heav’n,
And all therein, are Thine.

The kingdom, Lord, is Thine alone,
Who dost Thy right main­tain,
And high on Thine eter­nal throne,
O’er men and an­gels reign.

Riches, as seemeth good to Thee,
Thou dost, and hon­or, give;
And kings their pow­er and dig­ni­ty
Out of Thy hand re­ceive.

Thou hast on us the grace be­stowed
Thy greatness to pro­claim;
And therefore now thank we our God,
And praise Thy glo­ri­ous name.

Thy glo­ri­ous name and na­ture’s pow­ers
Thou dost to us make known;
And all the deity is ours,
Through Thy in­car­nate Son.