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Nature with open volume stands Christ crucified; the wisdom and power of God

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book III, no. 10.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 10

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 6 stanzas

IN HYMNALS

149 listed at Hymnary.org

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 6 stanzas as Watts printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

SHARED WORDSthe verse shares the line's wording ECHOproposed by an AI model, confirmed by a separate check Not the author's own notes

AMONG THE SCRIPTURES

The stanzas at the centre; around them, every book its heading and its echoes come from, Old Testament on the left and New on the right. Choose a stanza or a book.

a line echoes this verse its heading or an echo comes from here

STANZA I

Nature with open volume stands

To spread her Maker's praise abroad;

And every labour of his hands

Shews something worthy of a God.

No line of this stanza quotes a verse closely; it is the hymn's own confession.

The passage it draws on most

Its book prints no verse above this hymn. Of the verses its lines share most wording with, this is the one the whole hymn draws on, chosen by an AI model from those the word matching found. Not the author's own heading.

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 1 CORINTHIANS 1:24 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE OPEN IT BESIDE THE PAGE

Its place in the book

Book III of the hymn book, “Prepared for the Lord's Supper”, holds these hymns in this order: 48 hymns. This is number 10. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 10 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Nature with open volume stands

Where hymnals place it

Printed hymnals list, for each hymn, the Bible passages it goes with, so a church can choose a hymn for the day's reading. Gathered from the hymnals Hymnary.org catalogues, editors have tied this hymn to 1 passage in 1 book. One square is one passage; a ringed square is one the hymn's own lines echo. Point at a square to read it; click to open it beside the page.

Psalms 1

PSALM 19:1

1The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.

a passage hymnals tie it to one its lines echo (0)

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