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Text:Great God, Whom Heaven, And Earth, And Sea
Author:Augustus Toplady
Tune:MENDON
Arranger:Samuel Dyer
Media:MIDI file

8200. Great God, Whom Heaven, And Earth, And Sea

1 Great God, whom Heaven, and earth, and sea,
With all their countless hosts, obey;
Upheld by whom the nations stand,
And empires fall at Thy command.

2 Beneath Thy long suspended ire,
Let every antichrist expire;
Thy knowledge spread from sea to sea,
And distant nations bow to Thee.

3 Then show Thyself the Prince of Peace,
Command the din of war to cease;
With sacred love the world inspire,
And burn its chariots in the fire.

4 Let earth beneath Thy reign of love
A universal Sabbath prove:
Jesus her peaceful king adore,
And learn the act of war no more.

Text Information
First Line: Great God, whom Heaven, and earth, and sea
Title: Great God, Whom Heaven, And Earth, And Sea
Author: Augustus Toplady
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: Poems on Sacred Subjects, 1759
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: MENDON
Arranger: Samuel Dyer (1828)
Meter: LM
Key: Bâ™­ Major
Source: German melody; Supplement of Samuel Dyer's Third Edition of Sacred Music, 1828
Copyright: Public Domain



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