"Divine Sovereignty"

A hymn written by Joseph Irons in Zion’s Hymns. (in short meter, as in “Soldiers of Christ, Arise”)

“Divine Sovereignty”

1. The God of heav’n maintains
His universal throne;
In heav’n, and earth, and hell, he reigns,
And makes his wonders known.

2. His counsels, and decrees,
Firmer than mountains stand;
He will perform whate’er he please,
And none can stay his hand.

3. All worlds, his will controls,
And his eternal mind
Fixes the destiny of souls;
Takes this, leaves that behind.

4. Jacob by grace he sav’d,
Nor gives a reason why;
But Esau’s heart he left deprav’d;
And who shall dare reply?

5. What, if the potter takes,
Part of a lump of clay,
And for himself a vessel makes,
And casts the rest away?

6. Who shall resist his will?
Or say, “what doest thou?”
Jehovah is a sov’reign still,
And all must to him bow.

7. My soul shall still adore
My God in all his ways;
His sov’reignty I can’t explore,
But I will trust his grace.