A dark and silent world
In shapeless void lay furled
Beneath the great creating Hand
The Word of power rang
And light from darkness sprang
The night withdrew at His command
The day before Him stood
And God declared it good
The vagrant vapors heard
Assembled at His word
The silent seas and hills obeyed
Again His power spoke
The vales to verdue woke
The rising skies His wealth displayed
The worlds before Him stood
And God declared them good
His word of wisdom willed
The fields and forests filled
The creatures came at His decree
Then on this earth He breathed
His image bright bequeathed
That man a living soul should be
The man before Him stood
And God declared him good
Upon earth's ordered frame
Sin's curse of chaos came
And man to dark and void returned
But God's incarnate word
Once more the darkness stirred
Till hearts anew with brightness burned
And where those souls have stood
Their God shall call them good