Vain man! Thy wis­dom fol­ly own

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Yet earth par­takes Thy gra­cious sway:

Vain man! Thy wis­dom fol­ly own

Lost is thy rea­son’s fee­ble ray.

O God, Thou Bottomless Abyss

lyricist: Ernst Lange, 1714
Composer: Ralph Harrison, 1784
Hymn 1

...Yet earth par­takes Thy gra­cious sway:

Vain man! Thy wis­dom fol­ly own,

Lost is thy rea­son’s fee­ble ray....

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Yet earth par­takes Thy gra­cious sway:

Vain man! Thy wis­dom fol­ly own,

Lost is thy rea­son’s fee­ble ray.

O God, Thou Bottomless Abyss

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