Great God! Beneath Whose Piercing Eye

Great God! Be­neath whose pierc­ing eye

The earth’s ex­tended king­doms lie;

Whose fa­vor­ing smile up­holds them all

Whose an­ger smites them

and they fall.

We bow be­fore Thy heav­en­ly throne;

Thy pow­er we see

Thy great­ness own;

Yet

cher­ished by Thy mild­er voice

Our bo­soms trem­ble and re­joice.

Thy kind­ness to our fa­thers shown

Their child­ren’s child­ren long shall own;

To Thee

with grate­ful hearts

shall raise

The tri­bute of ex­ult­ing praise.

Led on by Thine un­err­ing aid

Secure the paths of life we tread;

And

free­ly as the vi­tal air

Thy first and nob­lest boun­ties share.

Great God

our guard­ian

guide and friend!

O still Thy shel­ter­ing arm ex­tend;

Preserved by Thee for ag­es past

For ag­es let Thy kind­ness last!