Amid Eternal Silences

Adapted from Frederick William Faber’s “The Eternal Word”

Amid eternal silences,
None hears but He who speaks.
O marvelous! O worshipful!
Our God, we do confess.

Creation waiting in His mind,
The galaxies are black.
O marvelous! O worshipful!
Our God, we do confess.

No song or sound is even heard.
His glory rends the dark.
O marvelous! O worshipful!
Our God, we do confess.

Christ, creating, still He sits,
The Spirit, hov’ring, still.
O marvelous! O worshipful!
Our God, we do confess.

His majesty expressing not,
No eye yet sees His light.
O marvelous! O worshipful!
Our God, we do confess.

In love, in wisdom, and in power,
He speaks, Eternal Word.
O marvelous! O worshipful!
Our God, we do confess.