Near Haydn's death, in Vienna, 1809, when he heard for the last time his
magnificent chorus, "Let there be Light!" he exclaimed, "Not mine, not
mine. It all came to me from above."


"NOW TO THE LORD A NOBLE SONG."

When Watts finished this hymn he had achieved a "noble song," whether he
was conscious of it or not; and it deserves a foremost place, where it
can help future worshippers in their praise as it has the past. It is
not so common in the later hymnals, but it is imperishable, and still
later collections will not forget it.

Now to the Lord a noble song,
Awake my soul, awake my tongue!
Hosanna to the Eternal Name,
And all His boundless love proclaim.

See where it shines in Jesus' face,
The brightest image of His grace!
God in the person of His Son
Has all His mightiest works outdone.

A rather finical question has occurred to some minds as to the theology
of the word "works" in the last line, making the second person in the
Godhead apparently a creature; and in a few hymn-books the previous line
has been made to read--

God in the _Gospel_ of His Son.