Christian Worship Praise From All Nature.
Begin the high, celestial strain,
My raptured soul, and sing
A sacred hymn of grateful praise
To heaven’s almighty King.
Ye curling fountains, as ye roll
Your silver waves along,
Repeat to all your verdant shores
The subject of the song.
Bear it, ye breezes, on your wings,
To distant climes away,
And round the wide-extended world
The lofty theme convey.
Take up the burden of his name,
Ye clouds, as ye arise,
To deck with gold the opening morn,
Or shade the evening skies.
Long let it warble round the spheres,
And echo through the sky;
Let angels, with immortal skill,
Improve the harmony;-
While we, with sacred rapture fired,
The blest Creator sing,
And chant our consecrated lays
To heaven’s eternal King.