Sunday's Hymn: Before Jehovah's Awful Throne

Before Jehovah’s awful throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy:
Know that the Lord is God alone,
He can create, and he destroy.

His sovereign pow’r, without our aid,
Made us of dust, and formed us men;
And when like wandering sheep we strayed,
He brought us to his fold again.

We are his people, we his care,
Our souls, and all our mortal frame;
What lasting honors shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to my name?

We’ll crowd thy gates with thankful songs,
High as the heavens our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.

Wide as the world is thy command,
Vast as eternity thy love;
Firm as a rock thy truth must stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.

—Isaac Watts

This hymn seems to be more popular among Seventh-day Adventists than anyone else, at least if you’re counting You-Tube videos of it. But I’ve found two performances that aren’t, as far as I know, associated with SDA groups. The first is a youth orchestra with congregation and choir, and the second is done by a Mennonite chorale.

Other hymns, worship songs, sermons etc. posted today:

• Hallelujah! Let Praises Ring! at Graces Daily
• The Simple, Earnest Prayer at The Happy Wonderer
• Lifting Up Our Hearts - 27 at The Upward Call
• An ocean of glories and wonders at Blogging Theologically
• Imputed Righteousness at Tried With Fire
• Lord’s Day 22, 2014 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Your weekly dose of Spurgeon: Novel ideas vs. the laws of God at Pyromaniacs

Have you posted a hymn (or sermon, sermon notes, prayer, etc.) today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by contacting me using the contact form linked above, and I’ll add your post to the list.

Comments

[Merry T.]

Thanks for featuring this great hymn. Issac Watts wrote many solid hymns that are still sung today. My church sings Before Jehovah's Awful Throne from the Trinity Hymnal using the Park Street tune.

[rebecca]

I wish I'd been able to find a video using Park Street.