Hymn
An Humble Offering to Jehovah
The perfect world by Adam trod
Was the first temple built by God;
His fiat laid the corner-stone,
And raised its pillars one by one.
He hung its starry roof on high
The broad expanse of azure sky;
He spread its pavement, green and bright,
And curtained it with morning light.
The mountains in their places stood,
The sea, the sky, and all "was good."
And when its first pure praises rang,
The "morning stars together sang."
Lord, 'tis not ours to make the sea
And earth and sky a house for thee;
But in thy sight our offering stands,
An humbler temple, "made with hands."
An Humble Offering to Jehovah — Text from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, 1886. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/an-humble-offering-to-jehovah
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote An Humble Offering to Jehovah?
The words of An Humble Offering to Jehovah were written by Nathaniel Parker Willis; the version here was published in 1886.
Is An Humble Offering to Jehovah public domain?
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What is the metre of An Humble Offering to Jehovah?
An Humble Offering to Jehovah is in Long Metre (8.8.8.8). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Joy in Heaven For a Repenting Sinner, The Effusion of the Spirit; or the Success of the Gospel and As thy Days, So Shall thy Strength Be.