The Incomprehnsibility of God

Verse 1

God is a name my soul adores, the almighty Three, the eternal One; nature and grace with all their powers confess the infinite unknown.

Verse 2

Thy voice produced the sea and spheres, bade the waves roar, the planets shine; but nothing like thyself appears through all these spacious works of thine.

Verse 3

Still restless nature dies and grows; from change to change the creatures run: thy being no succession knows, and all thy vast designs are one.

Verse 4

A glance of thine runs through the globe. rules the bright worlds and moves their frame; of light thou form'st thy dazzling robe. thy ministers are living flame.

Verse 5

How shall polluted mortals dare to sing thy glory or thy grace? Beneath thy feet we lie afar, and see but shadows of thy face.

Verse 6

Who can behold the blazing light? Who can approach consuming flame? None but thy wisdom knows thy might, none but thy word can speak thy name.