Christ My Song - 1547
Resting on thy footstool, Lord! - The Throne and Footstool
(John S. B. Monsell/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
The Throne and Footstool.
"Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool." (Isaiah 66,1)
1. Resting on thy footstool, Lord!
looking upward to thy throne,
treasuring each tender word
thou dost utter to thine own;
thine unseen perfections rare
imaging from things we see;
if thy footstool be so fair,
O, how bright thy throne must be! PDF - Midi
2. Awful and invisible!
girt with clouds and veiled in light,
great Creator! who dost dwell
far beyond the reach of sight:
blessed be the kindly share
of thy light which falls on me;
if thy footstool be so fair,
O, how bright thy throne must be!
3. Low in heart from all my sin,
high in hope from all thy love,
still without, yet from within
catching those soft gleams, that move
round about me everywhere,
filling all the world with thee;
if thy footstool be so fair,
O, how bright thy throne must be!
4. Mighty God, who didst victorious
rise unto thy throne again,
and the place of thy feet glorious
didst in mercy make for men:
thee to follow be my care,
and my prize thy face to see,
learning on thy footstool fair
fitness for thy throne and thee.
John S. B. Monsell, Hymns of Love and Praise, 1877, 93-94.
Hymn title from the index, page 173.