Hymn: Thou, Lord, who rearest the mountains' height
- Title:
- First Line: Thou, Lord, who rearest the mountains' height
- Hymnal: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.)
- Denomination: Unitarians and Universalists
- Publisher: Ticknor and Fields
- Publication Date: 1866
Author(s)
- Author Name: John Sterling
- Born: 1806
- Died: 1844
- Gender: M
Full Text
Thou, Lord, who rear'st the mountain's height, And mak'st the cliffs with sunshine bright; O, grant that we may own Thy hand No less in every grain of sand! With forests huge, of dateless time, Thy will has hung each peak sublime; But withered leaves beneath the tree Have tongues that tell as loud of Thee. Teach us that not a leaf can grow, Till life from Thee within it flow; That not a grain of dust can be, O Fount of being! save by Thee; That every human word and deed, Each flash of feeling, will, or creed, Hath solemn meaning from above, Begun and ended all in love.