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God the Omnipotent! King, who ordainest

by Henry F. Charley (1808–1872) · by John Ellerton

Representative text

As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 84.

Verse 1

God the Omnipotent! King, who ordainest Great winds Thy clarions, the lightnings Thy sword; Show forth Thy pity on high where Thou reignest, Give to us peace, O most merciful Lord.

Verse 2

God the all merciful! earth hath forsaken Thy precepts holy, and slighted Thy word; Bid not Thy wrath in its terrors awaken; Give to us peace, O most merciful Lord.

Verse 3

God the all righteousness One! man hath defied Thee; Yet to eternity standeth Thy word; Falsehood and wrong shall not tarry beside Thee; Prosper the right, O most merciful Lord.

Verse 4

So shall we render Thee thankful devotion, For Thy deliverance from peril and sword, Singing in chorus from ocean to ocean, “Thine is the power and the glory, O Lord.”

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