WHO made the world, so fair and bright, And hung it up in space: And made two orbs to give it light, And set them in their place?
Who binds the water in the clouds; Who rules the raging sea; Who holds the overflowing floods, At whose rebuke they flee?
Who formed the everlasting hills, Which tower to the sky?
Who made the sparkling little rills, That laugh and bubble by?
Who made the trees, the grass, the flowers,
The little birds so gay;
Who gives the sweet, refreshing showers,
And sends the sun’s bright ray?
‘Tis God alone, who can create, Who made the earth and sun, The Firmament so vast and great;
Who “Spake, and it was done.”
And He made man, and when he fell, Devised a plan in love,
To save him from the depths of hell, And give a home above.
Then let our hearts go forth to God; All praise to Him be given!
Well bless Him, and adore, and laud, The Lord of earth and heaven. R.
ML 08/20/1899