Hymn: For by what other name
- Title: For by what other name
- First Line: For by what other name
- Hymnal: Songs and Hymns of the Earliest Greek Christian Poets
- Denomination:
- Publisher: Christian Classics Ethereal Library
- Publication Date: 1876
Author(s)
- Author Name: Allen W. Chatfield
- Born: 1808
- Died: 1896
- Gender: M
- Author Name: Gregory of Nazianzus
- Born: 329
- Died: 389
- Gender: M
Full Text
1. O Thou, the One Supreme o'er all! For by what other name May we upon Thy greatness call, Or celebrate Thy fame? 2 Ineffable! to Thee what speech Can hymns of honour raise? Ineffable! what tongue can reach The measure of Thy praise? 3. How, unapproached, shall mind of man Descry Thy dazzling throne; And pierce, and find Thee out, and scan, Where Thou dost dwell alone? 4. Unuttered Thou! all uttered things Have had their birth from Thee: The One unknown! from Thee the springs Of all we know and see! 5. Mindful, and mindless, all things yield To Thy parental sway For Thou to all art life and shield: They honour and obey. 6. For round Thee centre all the woes Of night and darkling day, The common wants and common throes; And all to Thee do pray. 7. And all things as they move along In order fixed by Thee, Thy watchword heed, in silent song Hymning Thy majesty. 8. And lo! all things abide in Thee, And through the complex whole, Thou spread'st Thine own Divinity, Thyself of all the goal. 9. One Being Thou, all things, yet none, Nor one nor yet all things; How call Thee, O mysterious One? A worthy name who brings? 10. All-named from attributes Thine own, How call Thee as we ought? Thou art unlimited, alone, Beyond the range of thought. 11. What heaven-born intellect shall rend The veiling clouds above? Be Thou propitious! ever send Bright tokens of Thy love! 12. O Thou the One Supreme o'er all! For by what other name May we upon Thy greatness call, Or celebrate Thy fame?