(which shows that Watts’ inspiration had begun to rise), Wesley transformed it into a majestic expression of pure worship:
“Before Jehovah’s awful throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone,
He can create and he destroy.”
He was equally successful with Watts’ third stanza:
“Infinite power, without our aid,
Figured our clay to human mould;
And when our wandering feet had strayed,
He brought us to his sacred fold.”