The heavens de-clare Thy glo-ry, Lord;
In ev-ery star Thy wis-dom shines;
But when our eyes be-hold Thy Word,
We read Thy Name in fair-er lines.
The roll-ing sun, the chang-ing light,
And nights and days, Thy power con-fess;
But the blest vol-ume Thou hast writ
Re-veals Thy jus-tice and Thy grace.
Sun, moon, and stars con-vey Thy praise
Round the whole earth, and nev-er stand;
So when Thy truth be-gan its race,
It touched and glanced on ev-ery land.
Nor shall Thy spread-ing gos-pel rest
Till through the world Thy Truth has run;
Till Christ has all na-tions blessed
That see the light, or feel the sun.
Great Sun of Right-eous-ness, a-rise;
Bless the dark world with heaven-ly light:
Thy gos-pel makes the sim-ple wise,
Thy laws are pure, Thy judg-ments right.
Thy no-blest won-ders here we view
In souls re-newed, and sins for-given:
Lord, cleanse my sins, my soul re-new,
And make Thy Word my guide to heaven.