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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 26, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 43.

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God Is Great

By Kenelm Hungerford

KENELM HUNGERFORD.
O’ER the bosom of the ocean roll the waves forever on, Ever moving toward the beaches that the breakers beat upon; And the murmur of their washing on the sandy margin there, Rises ever, like the crying of a mighty ocean prayer.
God would surely hear the ocean, if it really were a soul; For its billows are so mighty, and so solemn is its roll. Surely God would hear the ocean, with its many miles of wave, Could it cry to him for pity; it is certain he would save.
But can God, who is so mighty, hear a prayer so small as mine? Does he know this tiny corner where his graces never shine? Will he listen to a mortal, lost with millions of his kind? Am I not too unimportant for his omnipotent mind?
God is great, and God is greater than the foolish thoughts of men; He who rules the mighty billows, rules the dewdrop in the glen; He who rules the briny waters, rules each pearly drop of dew That upon its crystal bosom doth reflect the heaven’s blue.
God is great, and God is great enough to hear each humble cry That appeals to him for mercy from beneath our domed sky; And so mighty is our Father that the smallest he can see. This I know, and thus I praise him for his blessed love to me.
Boengoeran, Soerabaya, Java.