God of the World! Thy Glories Shine

God of the world! Thy glo­ries shine

Through earth and Heav’n

with rays di­vine;

Thy smile gives beau­ty to the flow­er

Thine an­ger to the tem­pest pow­er.

God of our lives! the throb­bing heart

Doth at Thy beck its act­ion start—

Throbs on

obe­di­ent to Thy will

Or ceas­es

at Thy fa­tal chill.

God of eter­nal life! Thy love

Doth ev­ery stain of sin re­move;

The cross

the cross—its hal­lowed light

Shall drive from earth her cheer­less night.

God of all good­ness! to the skies

Our hearts in grate­ful an­thems rise;

And to Thy serv­ice shall be giv’n

The rest of life—the whole of Heav’n.