Above the heavens where angels dwell;
Thy power on earth be known abroad
And land to land Thy wonders tell.
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High o'er the earth His mercy reigns,
And reaches to the utmost sky;
His truth to endless years remains
When lower worlds dissolve and die.
THE TUNE.
Haydn furnished it out of his chorus of morning stars, and it was christened “Creation,” after the name of his great oratorio. It is a march of trumpets.