GOD IS A NAME MY SOUL ADORES

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.