Woof and Away to Lock Haven, PA: A Flying Blog by Jasper the Dog

Creation

The spacious firmament on high

409

The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

LMD

Modality

G Major

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Author

Joseph Addison [1672-1719]

Composer

Franz Joseph Haydn [1732-1809]

Language

English

Publication Date

1985

Scripture

Psalm 19:1-6

Last Five Uses

• Used on Sep 15, 2024 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Feb 04, 2024 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Apr 15, 2017 20:00 as the Response I at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Jan 24, 2016 10:00 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Sep 13, 2015 10:00 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA

Poem Words (Three verses)

The spacious firmament on high,
with all the blue ethereal sky,
and spangled heavens, a shining frame,
their great Original proclaim.
The unwearied sun from day to day
does his Creator's power display;
and publishes to every land
the work of an almighty hand.

Soon as the evening shades prevail,
the moon takes up the wondrous tale,
and nightly to the listening earth
repeats the story of her birth:
whilst all the stars that round her burn,
and all the planets in their turn,
confirm the tidings, as they roll
and spread the truth from pole to pole.

What though in solemn silence all
move round the dark terrestrial ball?
What though no real voice nor sound
amid their radiant orbs be found?
In reason's ear they all rejoice,
and utter forth a glorious voice;
for ever singing as they shine,
"The hand that made us is divine."