Sunday Hymn: The God of Abraham Praise
Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 06:00AM The God of Abraham Praise
The God of Abraham praise,
Who reigns enthroned above;
Ancient of everlasting days,
And God of love:
Jehovah! great I AM!
By earth and heav'n confessed;
I bow and bless the sacred name,
For ever blest.
The God of Abraham praise,
At whose supreme command
From earth I rise, and seek the joys
At his right hand:
I all on earth forsake,
Its wisdom, fame, and power;
And him my only portion make,
My Shield and Tower.
He by himself hath sworn,
I on his oath depend;
I shall, on eagle's wings upborne,
To heav'n ascend:
I shall behold his face,
I shall his power adore,
And sing the wonders of his grace
For evermore.
The goodly land I see,
With peace and plenty blest,
A land of sacred liberty
And endless rest;
There milk and honey flow,
And oil and wine abound,
And trees of life for ever grow,
With mercy crowned.
There dwells the Lord our King,
The Lord our righteousness;
Triumphant over the world and sin,
The Prince of Peace
On Zion's sacred height
His kingdom still maintains,
And glorious with his saints in light
For ever reigns.
The whole triumphant host
Give thanks to God on high;
Hail Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
They ever cry:
Hail Abraham's God and mine!
I join the heavenly lays
All might and majesty are thine,
And endless praise.
Reader Comments (1)
You've introduced so many new hymns to me, and this is another. The words are wonderful.
Many of the hymns I have been posting lately are new to me, too. Our new little church (which was just officially made a member of the Midwest Presbytery of the OPC!!) uses the Trinity Hymnal. One of our members, Dan,a gifted musician, choses all the music. We are being exposed to many new hymns and it's been wonderful. Some of them are rather hard to sing at first, but the lyrics are so doctrinally rich and so beautiful that I'm glad we are being stretched in this manner!