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Hi! My Dad was trying to remember the words to this hymn last night. I only knew different words to the same tune. I thought he was humming Fairest Lord Jesus! I may have glanced at this hymn before but I didn't know it. I found 5 verses in the Methodist hymnbook and the Redemption hymnal. I found 9 online at hymnary.org, and that had a link to page scans of "A Choice Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs. From this I learned that there are 21 verses recorded! “A Sacred Poem by Benjamin Rhodes (born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, in 1743, died 1815. (Part 1) "My heart and voice I raise, To spread Messiah’s praise: Messiah’s praise – let all repeat: The Universal Lord, by whose prolific word Creation rose in form complete! Let there be light – he said- then sullen darkness fled, Obedient to his high command! And massy orbs above Began to shine- and move- Sustained by His Almighty hand. Creation’s utmost bound, (how high, or how profound) Declares his Majesty divi...

Sorry if some of these are blurry, don't know why that happened but hopefully if you click on them, it should become clear. I found these encouraging. Hope you do too. Most quotes from the book "Dangers of a shallow faith." The last is a prayer from today's devotional.