Sovereign of All the Worlds on High

Sovereign of all the worlds on high

Allow my hum­ble claim;

Nor

while a worm would raise its head

Disdain a fa­ther’s name.

My Fa­ther God! How sweet the sound!

How ten­der

and how dear!

Not all the me­lo­dy of Heav’n

Could so de­light the ear.

Come

sac­red Spir­it

seal the name

On mine ex­pand­ing heart;

And show

that in Je­ho­vah’s grace

I share a fi­li­al part.

Cheered by a sig­nal so di­vine

Unwavering I be­lieve;

Thou know’st I Ab­ba

Fa­ther

cry

Nor can the sign de­ceive.

On wings of ev­er­las­ting love

The Com­fort­er is come;

All ter­rors at His voice dis­perse

And end­less plea­sures bloom.