559    148th     W. Gadsby
“Great is the Lord.” 1 Chron. 16. 25

1 The works of God proclaim
  The greatness of his power;
  Jehovah is his name;
  The saints his name adore;
  All creatures are at his control;
  He rules and reigns from pole to pole.

2 Such his omnipotence,
  And such his justice too,
  A world he drowns at once,
  Except a very few;
  He sends his millions down to hell,
  And yet is just and holy still.

3 But, O my soul! admire;
  He looks with smiling face;
  Though awful is his ire,
  Yet boundless is his grace;
  Mercy and justice here agree,
  To save a guilty wretch like me.

4 That Zion might be free,
  The angry powers of hell
  As settled by decree,
  Upon the Saviour fell;
  ’Twas in this way the Lord did show
  What his almighty love could do.

5 [Justice unsheathed its sword,
  “Awake,” the Father cries,
  “And smite the Son of God,
  My Fellow, from the skies;
  Fall on him with thy wrathful power
  Nor spare him in the trying hour.”

6 Justice obeyed the word;
  The Lord a victim fell;
  Shed all his vital blood;
  Then spoiled the powers of hell;
  He rose and triumphed o’er the grave,
  And ever lives the church to save.]

7 Here I with wonder see
  The Lord is great indeed;
  Great is his love to me,
  And all his chosen seed;
  He’s great, and Zion shall record
  The greatness of the mighty Lord.