Lo, God Is Here!

 

VERSE 1

Lo, God is here! let us adore,

And own how dreadful is this place!

Let all within us feel His power,

And silent bow before His face.

 

VERSE 2

Lo, God is here! Whom day and night

United choirs of angels sing;

To Him, enthroned above all height,

The hosts of Heaven their praises bring.

 

VERSE 3

Gladly the toys of earth we leave,

Wealth, pleasure, fame, for Thee alone;

To Thee our will, soul, flesh, we give,

O take, O seal them for Thine own!

 

VERSE 4

Disdain, not, Lord, our meaner song,

Who praise Thee with a faltering tongue.

To Thee may all our thoughts arise

A true and ceaseless sacrifice.

 

VERSE 5

Being of beings, may our praise

Thy courts with grateful fragrance fill!

Still may we stand before Thy face,

Still hear and do Thy sovereign will.

 

VERSE 6

In Thee we move. All things of Thee

Are full, Thou Source and Life of all;

Thou vast unfathomable sea!

Fall prostrate, lost in wonder fall.

 

VERSE 7

As flowers their opening leaves display,

And glad drink in the solar fire,

So may we catch Thine every ray,

And thus Thy influence inspire.

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