Scripture Verse

God…hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in Heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth. Philippians 2:9–10

Introduction

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William F. Hurndall (1830–1888)

Words: Fred­er­ick L. Hos­mer, 1878. Pub­lished in The Thought of God, first ser­ies, 1885.

Music: Wood­oaks Will­iam F. Hurn­dall (1830–1888) (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Frederick Hosmer
(1840–1929)

Lyrics

O name, all oth­er names ab­ove,
What art Thou not to me?
Now I have learned to trust Thy love
And cast my care on Thee.

What is our be­ing but a cry,
A rest­less long­ing still,
Which Thou alone canst sa­tis­fy,
Alone Thy full­ness fill?

Thrice bless­èd be the ho­ly souls
That lead the way to Thee,
That burn up­on the mar­tyr rolls
And lists of pro­phe­cy.

And sweet it is to tread the ground
O’er which their faith hath trod;
But sweet­er far, when Thou art found,
The soul’s own sense of God.

The thought of Thee all sor­row calms,
Our anx­ious bur­dens fall;
His cross­es turn to tri­umph palms
Who finds in God his all.