556. S. M. Stennett.
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Adams, John G. (John Greenleaf) and Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell)
Surpassing Glories of Eternity.
1How various and how new
Are thy compassions, Lord!
Each morning shall thy mercies show,--
Each night thy truth record.
2Thy goodness, like the sun,
Dawned on our early days,
Ere infant reason had begun
To form our lips to praise.
3But we expect a day
Still brighter far than this,
When death shall bear our souls away
To realms of light and bliss.
4Nor shall that radiant day,
So joyfully begun,
In evening shadows die away
Beneath the setting sun.
5How various and how new
Are thy compassions, Lord!
Eternity thy love shall show,
And all thy truth record.