Praise to the Living God

Verse 1

Praise to the living God! All praise be to his Name, Who was, and is, and is to be, Always the same! The One Eternal God Before what now appears: The First, the Last, beyond all tho't His timeless years!

Verse 2

Formless, all lovely forms Declare his loveliness; Holy, no holiness of earth Can his express. Lo, he is Lord of all! Creation speaks his praise, And everywhere, above, below, His will obeys.

Verse 3

His Spirit floweth free, High surging where it will: In prophet's word he spoke of old, He speaketh still. Established is his law, And changeless it shall stand, Deep writ upon the human heart, On sea, on land.

Verse 4

He knoweth every thought, Our secrets open lie. End as beginning clear to his All-seeing eye. With perfect poise he binds, Accordant to the sense, To wrong the doom, to right the joy, In recompense.

Verse 5

Eternal life hath he Implanted in the soul; His love shall be our strength and stay While ages roll. Praise to the living God! All praise be to his name, Who was, and is, and is to be, Always the same.