HYMN
I.
JEHOVAH
reigns
,
let
every
nation
hear
,
And
at
his
footstool
bow
with
holy
fear
;
Let
heaven's
high
arches
echo
with
his
name
,
And
the
wide
peopled
earth
his
praise
proclaim
;
Then
send
it
down
to
hell's
deep
glooms
resounding
,
Thro'
all
her
caves
in
dreadful
murmurs
sounding
.
He
rules
with
wide
and
absolute
command
O'er
the
broad
ocean
and
the
stedfast
land
;
JEHOVAH
reigns
,
unbounded
,
and
alone
,
And
all
creation
hangs
beneath
his
throne
:
He
reigns
alone
;
let
no
inferior
nature
Usurp
,
or
share
the
throne
of
the
Creator
.
He
saw
the
struggling
beams
of
infant
light
Shoot
thro'
the
massy
gloom
of
ancient
night
;
His
spirit
hush'd
the
elemental
strife
,
And
brooded
o'er
the
kindling
seeds
of
life
;
Seasons
and
months
began
the
long
procession
And
measur'd
o'er
the
year
in
bright
succession
.
The
joyful
sun
sprung
up
th'
etherial
way
Strong
as
a
giant
,
as
a
bridegroom
gay
;
And
the
pale
moon
diffus'd
her
shadowy
light
Superior
o'er
the
dusky
brow
of
night
;
Ten
thousand
glittering
lamps
the
skies
adorning
,
Numerous
as
dew
drops
from
the
womb
of
morning
.
Earth's
blooming
face
with
rising
flowers
he
drest
,
And
spread
a
verdant
mantle
o'er
her
breast
;
Then
from
the
hollow
of
his
hand
he
pours
The
circling
waters
round
her
winding
shores
,
The
new-born
world
in
their
cool
arms
embracing
,
And
with
soft
murmurs
still
her
banks
caressing
.
At
length
she
rose
complete
in
finish'd
pride
,
All
fair
and
spotless
like
a
virgin
bride
;
Fresh
with
untarnish'd
lusture
as
she
stood
Her
Maker
blest
his
work
,
and
call'd
it
good
;
The
morning
stars
with
joyful
acclamation
Exulting
sung
,
and
hail'd
the
new
creation
.
Yet
this
fair
world
,
the
creature
of
a
day
,
Tho'
built
by
GOD's
right
hand
,
must
pass
away
,
And
long
oblivion
creep
o'er
mortal
things
,
The
fate
of
empires
,
and
the
pride
of
kings
:
Eternal
night
shall
veil
their
proudest
story
,
And
drop
the
curtain
o'er
all
human
glory
.
The
sun
himself
,
with
weary
clouds
opprest
,
Shall
in
his
silent
,
dark
pavilion
rest
;
His
golden
urn
shall
broke
and
useless
lie
,
Amidst
the
common
ruins
of
the
sky
:
The
stars
rush
headlong
in
the
wild
commotion
And
bathe
their
glittering
foreheads
in
the
ocean
.
But
fix'd
,
O
GOD
,
for
ever
stands
thy
throne
;
JEHOVAH
reigns
,
a
universe
alone
;
Th'
eternal
fire
that
feeds
each
vital
flame
,
Collected
,
or
diffus'd
is
still
the
same
.
He
dwells
within
his
own
unfathom'd
essence
,
And
fills
all
space
with
his
unbounded
presence
.
But
oh
!
our
highest
notes
the
theme
debase
,
And
silence
is
our
least
injurious
praise
;
Cease
,
cease
your
songs
,
the
daring
flight
controul
,
Revere
him
in
the
stillness
of
the
soul
:
With
silent
duty
meekly
bend
before
him
,
And
deep
within
your
inmost
hearts
adore
him
.