Hymn
God's Condescension
- Theme
- Creation
O Thou to Whom all creatures bow
Within this earthly frame;
Through all the world how great art Thou!
How glorious is Thy Name!
In heaven Thy wondrous acts are sung,
Nor fully reckon'd there;
And yet Thou mak'st the infant tongue
Thy boundless praise declare.
When heaven, thy beauteous work on high,
Employs my wondering sight;
The moon, that nightly rules the sky,
With stars of feebler light;
O what is man, that, Lord, Thou lov'st
To keep him in Thy mind?
Or what his offspring, that Thou prov'st
To them so wondrous kind?
O Thou to Whom all creatures bow
Within this earthly frame,
Through all the world how great art Thou!
How glorious is Thy Name!
God's Condescension — Text from Hymnal, 1871. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/gods-condescension
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Is God's Condescension public domain?
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What is the meter of God's Condescension?
God's Condescension is in Common Meter (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same meter can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Lovest Thou Me? Feed My Lambs, The Holiness of God and Calm On the Listening Ear of Night.