HAMBURG. L. M. ÅRR, FROM A GREGORIAN CHANT, BY LOWELL MASON. ་ 130 Incomprehensible glory. 1 GOD is the name my soul adores, 2 Thy voice produced the sea and spheres, Bade the waves roar, the planets shine; But nothing like thyself appears Through all these spacious works of thine. 3 Still restless nature dies and grows; From change to change the creatures run: Thy being no succession knows, And all thy vast designs are one. 4 A glance of thine runs through the globe, Rules the bright worlds, and moves their frame; Of light thou form'st thy dazzling robe; 5 How shall polluted mortals dare And see but shadows of thy face. 6 Who can behold the blazing light? 132 From everlasting to everlasting. 1 ERE mountains reared their forms sublime, Or heaven and earth in order stood, 2 A thousand ages, in their flight, At once their various scenes display. 3 But our brief life's a shadowy dream, 4 To us, O Lord, the wisdom give HARRIET AUBER. REY. GEORGE BURDER. LUTON. L. M. 133 Omnipotence and wisdom. 1 COME, O my soul, in sacred lays, 2 Enthroned amid the radiant spheres, Ten thousand suns around him shine. 3 In all our Maker's grand designs, 4 Raised on devotion's lofty wing, THE Lord is King! lift up thy voice, 2 The Lord is King child of the dust, 3 He reigns! ye saints, exalt your strains; Your God is King, your Father reigns; And he is at the Father's side, The Man of love, the Crucified. 1 LORD of all being! throned afar, 2 Sun of our life, thy quickening ray 3 Our midnight is thy smile withdrawn; 4 Lord of all life, below, above, 5 Grant us thy truth to make us free, OLIVER W. HOLMES. CREATION L. M. D. FRANCIS JOSEPH HAYDN. 138 The heavens declare His glory. 1 THE spacious firmament on high, 2 Soon as the evening shades prevail, JOSEPH ADDISON. 139 Jehovah's sovereignty. 1 FATHEP of all, whose powerful voice Thy bounteous love to all is showed; 2 In heaven thou reign'st enthroned in light, Nature's expanse before thee spread; Earth, air, and sea, before thy sight, And hell's deep gloom, are open laid: Wisdom, and might, and love are thine; Prostrate before thy face we fall, Confess thine attributes divine, And hail thee sovereign Lord of all. 3 Blessing and honor, praise and love, Co-equal, co-eternal Three, In earth below, in heaven above, By all thy works, be paid to thee. JOHN WESLEY. LYONS. 10, 11. FRANCIS JOSEPH HAYDN. 10 WORSHIP the King all-glorious above, And gratefully sing his wonderful love; Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of days, Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise. 20 tell of his might, and sing of his grace, Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space; His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form, And dark is his path on the wings of the storm. 3 Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite? It breathes in the air, it shines in the light, It streams from the hills, it descends to the 2 The birds, without barn or store-house, are fed; From them let us learn to trust for our bread: His saints what is fitting shall ne'er be denied, So long as 'tis written, The Lord will provide." 3 When Satan appears to stop up our path, And fills us with fears, we triumph by faith; He cannot take from us, though oft he has tried, The heart-cheering promise, "The Lord will provide.' 4 He tells us we're weak, our hope is in vain; The good that we seek we ne'er shall obtain: But when such suggestions our graces have tried, This answers all questions, "The Lord will provide." 5 No strength of our own, nor goodness we claim; Our trust is all thrown on Jesus's name: 66 6 When life sinks apace, and death is in view, The word of his grace shall comfort us through: Not fearing or doubting, with Christ on our side, We hope to die shouting, "The Lord wil provide." JOHN NEWTON. |