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Text:To God the Great, the Ever Blest
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:MISSIONARY CHANT
Composer:Heinrich Christoph Zeuner
Media:MIDI file

6570. To God the Great, the Ever Blest

1. To God, the great, the ever blest,
Let songs of honor be addressed;
His mercy firm forever stands
Give Him the thanks His love demands.

2. Who knows the wonders of Thy ways?
Who shall fulfill Thy boundless praise?
Blest are the souls that fear Thee still,
And pay their duty to Thy will.

3. Remember what Thy mercy did
For Jacob’s race, Thy chosen seed;
And with the same salvation bless
The meanest suppliant of Thy grace.

4. O may I see Thy tribes rejoice,
And aid their triumphs with my voice!
This is my glory, Lord, to be
Joined to Thy saints, and near to Thee.

Text Information
First Line: To God, the great, the ever blest
Title: To God the Great, the Ever Blest
Author: Isaac Watts (1719)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: The Psalms of David
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tune: OLD 100TH, attributed to Louis Bourgeois, 1551
Tune Information
Name: MISSIONARY CHANT
Composer: Heinrich Christoph Zeuner (1832)
Meter: LM
Incipit: 33331 22771 11132
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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