'Tis by Thy Strength the Mountains Stand

The choir of Bonny Doon Church, California, gives a virtual performance of "'Tis by Thy Strength the Mountains Stand". The words are by the famous 18th century English hymn writer Isaac Watts and the setting is by the early American composer Timothy Swan. (Many thanks to Nick Littlestone for providing photos)

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'Tis by thy strength the mountains stand,
God of eternal power!
The sea grows calm at thy command,
And tempests cease to roar.
Thy morning light and evening shade
Successive comforts bring;
Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad;
Thy flowers adorn the spring.
Seasons and times, and moons and hours,
Heaven, earth, and air are thine;
When clouds distill in fruitful showers,
The author is divine!
Those wandering cisterns in the sky,
Borne by the winds around,
With watery treasures well supply
The furrows of the ground.
The thirsty ridges drink their fill,
And ranks of corn appear;
Thy ways abound with blessings still--
Thy goodness crowns the year.