Text: | When All Thy Mercies, O My God |
Author: | J. Addison |
Tune: | EAGLEY |
Composer: | James Walch |
1 When all Thy mercies, O my God,
My rising soul surveys,
Transported with the view I’m lost
In wonder, love, and praise.
2 Unnumbered comforts on my soul
Thy tender care bestowed
Before my infant heart conceived
From whom those comforts flowed.
3 When in the slipp'ry paths of youth
With heedless steps I ran,
Thine arm, unseen, conveyed me safe
And led me up to man.
4 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts
My daily thanks employ;
Nor is the least a cheerful heart,
That tastes those gifts with joy.
5 Thro' every period of my life
Thy goodness I’ll pursue;
And after death, in distant worlds,
The glorious theme renew.
6 When nature fails and day and night
Divide Thy works no more,
My ever-grateful heart, O Lord,
Thy mercies shall adore.
7 Through all eternity, to Thee
A grateful song I’ll raise;
But, oh! eternity’s too short
To utter all Thy praise.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | When all Thy mercies, O my God |
Title: | When All Thy Mercies, O My God |
Author: | J. Addison (1712, abr.) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1930 |
Topic: | Praise |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | EAGLEY |
Composer: | James Walch (1860) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | B♭ Major |