# God Is Great and Good

- Source: McGuffey's Second Reader (second-reader.gutenberg.org), Public domain, William Holmes McGuffey, 1879, via Project Gutenberg
- Reading level: Grades 1 and 2
- Subjects: Poems, Nature
- Topics: each, good, great, through, bird, both
- Length: 123 words, about 1 min
- Original: <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14668>
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GOD IS GREAT AND GOOD.

- I know God made the sun  
  To fill the day with light;  
  He made the twinkling stars  
  To shine all through the night.
- He made the hills that rise  
  So very high and steep;  
  He made the lakes and seas,  
  That are so broad and deep.
- He made the streams so wide,  
  That flow through wood and vale;  
  He made the rills so small,  
  That leap down hill and dale.
- He made each bird that sings  
  So sweetly all the day;  
  He made each flower that springs  
  So bright, so fresh, so gay.
- And He who made all these,  
  He made both you and me;  
  Oh, let us thank Him, then,  
  For great and good is He.

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## Picture credits

- illustrator not named in this edition, Public domain (<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14668>)