Author: Steel Hymnal: A Selection of Psalms and Hymns #CCXII (1790) Topics: Fasts and Thanksgiving First Line: Great ruler of the earth and skies Lyrics: 1 Great ruler of the earth and skies,
A word of thine Almighty breath
Can sink the world, or bid it rise:
Thy smile is life, thy frown is death.
2 When angry nations rush to arms,
And rage, and noise, and tumult reign,
And war resounds its dire alarms,
And slaughter spreads the hostile plains
3 Thy sovereign eye looks calmly down,
And marks their course, and bounds their pow'r;
Thy word the angry nations own,
And noise and war are heard no more.
4 Then peace returns with balmy wing,
(Sweet peace! with her what blessings fled!)
Glad plenty laughs, the vallies sing,
Reviving Commerce lifts her head.
5 Thou good, and wise, and gracious Lord
All move subservient to thy will;
And pace and war await thy word,
And thy sublime Decrees fulfil.
6 To thee we pay our grateful songs,
Thy kind protection still implore;
Oh, may our hearts, and lives, and tongues
Confess thy goodness and adore. Languages: English
Praise for national Peace