3 O God! O Good beyond compare! Bishop Reginald Heber [1827]. Bedford. 17. WILLIAM WEALE, Mus. Bac. 1 THY goodness, Lord, our souls confess, A spring, whose blessings never fail, 2 Sun, moon, and stars, Thy love attest Love draws the curtains of the night, 3 Thy bounty every season crowns 4 But chiefly Thy compassions, Lord, There, like the Sun, Thy mercy shines Thomas Gibbons, 1784. 1 YES, God is good; in earth and sky, From ocean-depths and spreading wood, "God made us all, and God is good." 3 The merry birds prolong the strain, 4 I hear it in the rushing breeze; 5 Yes, God is good, all Nature says, By God's own hand with speech endued; 6 For all Thy gifts we bless Thee, Lord; John Hampden Gurney, 1838-1851. |