Text: | Nature with Open Volume Stands |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | ELTHAM |
Composer (melody): | Nathaniel Gawthorn |
Editor: | Erik Routley |
Harmonizer: | Samuel S. Wesley |
1 Nature with open volume stands
to spread her Maker's praise abroad;
And ev'ry labor of His hands
shows something worthy of a God.
2 But in the grace that rescued man,
His brightest form of glory shines;
Here, on the cross, 'tis fairest drawn
in precious blood and crimson lines.
3 Here His whole name appears complete;
nor wit can guess, nor reason prove,
Which of the letters best is writ,
the power, the wisdom, or the love.
4 O the sweet wonders of that cross
where Christ my Savior loved and died!
Her noblest life my spirit draws
from His dear wounds and bleeding side.
5 I would for ever speak His name
in sounds to mortal ears unknown,
With angels join to praise the Lamb
and worship at His Father's throne!
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First Line: | Nature with open volume stands |
Title: | Nature with Open Volume Stands |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1977 |
Topic: | Jesus Christ: His Cross |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ELTHAM |
Composer (melody): | Nathaniel Gawthorn |
Harmonizer: | Samuel S. Wesley |
Editor: | Erik Routley |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | e♭ minor |
Copyright: | Music Copyright © 1977 in ECUMENICAL PRAISE by Agape. (A Division of Hope Publishing Co.); International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved. |