(I started this poem in 1993 and rewrote it a song version on Grace Notes, our Stevenson and Samuel album in 2001. A sermon in Fitzroy by Jonny Hanson inspired a 2019 version, bringing Uganda into verse 3 and Job 26 into the "chorus".)
I gazed across the Himalayas
Looked into the eye of God
He winked at me in the dawning
With a reassuring nod
Mountains glistened in the sunlight
The art of the Creator
Scientists only glimpse his thoughts
And even then a whole lot later
The world has more than seven wonders
More than seven wonders
And all this is merely a whisper of God
Only gossip of the power that thunders.
I stood on the rim of the Canyon
My mouth hung open wide
I was in awe just peering in
Never mind what went on inside
I sense creation screaming
And I’m listening as best I can
But eternal glory is way beyond
The grasp of this mortal man
The world has more than seven wonders
More than seven wonders
And all this is merely a whisper of God
Only gossip of the power that thunders.
I’ve looked up the Nile at Murchison Falls
Reaping unfailing love
Felt the torrent of God’s good grace
Little splashes of heaven above
Caught the image of God’s best creation
In a wide eyed child like grin
Giving me hope to carry on
On an earth beautiful and broken
The world has more than seven wonders
More than seven wonders
And all this is merely a whisper of God
Only gossip of the power that thunders.
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