The Eternity of God

King Eternal and Immortal !
We, the children of an hour,
Bend in lowly adoration,
Rise in raptured admiration,
At the whisper of Thy power.
Myriad ages in Thy sight
Are but as the fleeting day ;
Like a vision of the night,
Worlds may rise and pass away.

All Thy glories are eternal,
None shall ever pass away ;
Truth and mercy all victorious,
Righteousness and love all glorious,
Shine with everlasting ray :
All resplendent, ere the light
Bade primeval darkness flee ;
All transcendent, through the flight
Of eternities to be.

Thou art God from everlasting,
And to everlasting art !
Ere the dawn of shadowy ages,
Dimly guessed by angel sages,
Ere the beat of seraph-heart ;
Thou, Jehovah, art the same,
And Thy years shall have no end
Changeless nature, changeless name,
Ever Father, God, and Friend !