Hymn
Exhortation to Worship
Before Jehovah's awful throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy:
Know that the Lord is God alone;
He can create--and He destroy.
His sov'reign pow'r without our aid,
Made us of clay and formed us men;
And when like wand'ring sheep we strayed,
He brought us to His fold again.
We are His people, we His care,
Our souls and all our mortal frame:
What lasting honors shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to Thy name?
We'll crowd Thy gates with thankful songs,
High as the heavens our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise.
Wide as the world is Thy command,
Vast as eternity Thy love;
Firm as a rock Thy truth shall stand
When rolling years shall cease to move.
Exhortation to Worship — Text from American Lutheran Hymnal, 1930. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/exhortation-to-worship
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Who wrote Exhortation to Worship?
The words of Exhortation to Worship were written by Isaac Watts; the version here was published in 1930. The library holds 248 more hymns by Isaac Watts, including Arise, O King of Grace, Arise and Praise to our Creator.
Is Exhortation to Worship public domain?
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What is the metre of Exhortation to Worship?
Exhortation to Worship is in Long Metre (8.8.8.8). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, God's Goodness to the Children of Men, Ride on! ride on in majesty! and With broken heart and contrite sigh.