God, Who in Various Methods Told

lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1707
Composer: Robert Earnshaw, 1918

God

who in va­ri­ous me­thods told

His mind and will to saints of old

Sent down His Son

with truth and grace

To teach us in these lat­ter days.

Our na­tion reads the writ­ten Word

That book of life

that sure re­cord:

The bright in­her­it­ance of Heav’n

Is by the sweet con­vey­ance giv’n.

God’s kind­est thoughts are here ex­pressed

Able to make us wise and blessed;

The doc­trines are di­vine­ly true

Fit for re­proof and com­fort

too.

Ye Bri­tish isles

who read His love

In long epis­tles from above

(He hath not sent His sa­cred Word

To ev­ery land) praise ye the Lord.

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