To thee my heart, Eternal King!

Would now its thankful tribute bring,

To thee its humble homage raise

In songs of ardent, grateful praise.

2 All nature shows thy boundless love,

In worlds below and worlds above;

But in thy blesséd word I trace

The richer glories of thy grace.

3 There what delightful truths are given;

There Jesus shows the way to heaven;

His name salutes my listening ear,

Revives my heart and checks my fear.

4 There Jesus bids our sorrows cease,

And gives the laboring conscience peace;

Raises our grateful feelings high,

And points to mansions in the sky.

5 For love like this, O, may our song

Through endless years thy praise prolong;

And distant climes thy name adore,

Till time and nature are no more!