Father of All! Whose Powerful Voice

Father of all! whose powerful voice
Called forth this universal frame;

Father of all! whose powerful voice
Called forth this universal frame;
Whose mercies over all rejoice,
Through endless ages still the same;
Thou by thy word upholdest all;
Thy bounteous love to all is showed,
Thou hear’st thy every creature’s call,
And fillest every mouth with good.

In heaven thou reign’st enthroned in light
Nature’s expanse beneath thee spread,
Earth, air, and sea, before thy sight,
And hell’s deep gloom, are open laid;
Wisdom, and might, and love are thine;
Prostrate before thy face we fall,
Confess thine attributes divine,
And hail the sovereign Lord of all.

Thee, sovereign Lord, let all confess
That moves in earth, or air, or sky,
Revere thy power, thy goodness bless,
Tremble before thy piercing eye;
All ye who owe to him your birth,
In praise your every hour employ:
Jehovah reigns! be glad, O earth!
And shout, ye morning stars, for joy!

The Lord’s Prayer