Great God Attend, While Zion Sings

25 Great God Attend, While Zion Sings

1. Great God! Attend, while Zion sings
   The joy that from Thy presence springs;
   To spend one day with Thee on earth
   Exceeds a thousand days of mirth,
   Exceeds a thousand days of mirth.

2. Might I enjoy the meanest place
   Within Thy house, O God of grace,
   Nor tents of ease, nor thrones of power,
   Should tempt my feet to leave Thy door,
   Should tempt my feet to leave Thy door.

3. God is our sun, He makes our day;
   God is our shield; He guards our way
   From all the assaults of hell and sin,
   From foes without, from foes within,
   From foes without, from foes within.

4. O God, our king, whose sovereign sway
   The glorious hosts of Heaven obey,
   And devils at Thy presence flee,
   Blest is the man that trusts in Thee,
   Blest is the man that trusts in Thee.
                         Isaac Watts
                         The Methodist Hymnal 1964 edition

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Cyberhymnal inserts a verse:

4. All needful grace will God bestow,
   And crown that grace with glory too!
   He gives us all things, and withholds
   No real good from upright souls,
   No real good from upright souls.

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