Hymn
Creation and Providence
LORD, when our raptur'd thought surveys
Creation's beauties o'er;
All nature joins to teach thy praise,
And bid our souls adore.
Where'er we turn our gazing eyes,
Thy radiant footsteps shine;
Ten thousand pleasing wonders rise
And speak their source divine.
The living tribes of countless forms,
In earth, and sea, and air;
The meanest flies, the smallest worms
Almighty pow'r declare.
Thy wisdom, pow'r, and goodness, Lord,
In all thy works appear:
And O! let man thy praise record,
Man, thy distinguish'd care!
From thee the breath of life he drew;
That breath thy pow'r maintains;
Thy tender mercy, ever new,
His brittle frame sustains.
Yet nobler favors claim his praise,
Of reason's light possess'd;
By revelation's brightest rays,
Still more divinely bless'd.
On us thy providence has shone
With gentle smiling rays:
O, may our lips and lives make known
Thy goodness and thy praise!
Creation and Providence — Text from A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy, 1814. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/creation-and-providence
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Creation and Providence?
The words of Creation and Providence were written by Anne Steele; the version here was published in 1814. The library holds 47 more hymns by Anne Steele, including A Safe Retreat and Pardon and Rest for the Weary Soul.
Is Creation and Providence public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy, published in 1814. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of Creation and Providence?
Creation and Providence is in Common Metre (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Christ the Foundation of the Church, Morning: Grateful Praise and The Interperter.