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HAMBURG. L. M.

ÅRR, FROM A GREGORIAN CHANT, BY LOWELL MASON.

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Incomprehensible glory.

1 GOD is the name my soul adores,
The almighty Three, the eternal One:
Nature and grace, with all their powers,
Confess the Infinite Unknown.

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;
Thy ministers are living flame.

5 How shall polluted mortals dare
To sing thy glory or thy grace?
Beneath thy feet we lie afar,

And see but shadows of thy face.

6 Who can behold the blazing light?
Who can approach consuming flame?
None but thy wisdom knows thy might;
None but thy word can speak thy name.

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132 From everlasting to everlasting.

1 ERE mountains reared their forms sublime,

Or heaven and earth in order stood,
Before the birth of ancient time,
From everlasting thou art God.

2 A thousand ages, in their flight,
With thee are as a fleeting day;
Past, present, future, to thy sight

At once their various scenes display.

3 But our brief life's a shadowy dream,
A passing thought that soon is o'er,
That fades with morning's earliest beam,
And fills the musing mind no more.

4 To us, O Lord, the wisdom give
Each passing moment so to spend,
That we at length with thee may live
Where life and bliss shall never end.

HARRIET AUBER.

REY. GEORGE BURDER.

LUTON. L. M.

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Omnipotence and wisdom.

1 COME, O my soul, in sacred lays,
Attempt thy great Creator's praise:
But O what tongue can speak his fame?
What mortal verse can reach the theme?

2 Enthroned amid the radiant spheres,
He glory like a garment wears;
To form a robe of light divine,

Ten thousand suns around him shine.

3 In all our Maker's grand designs,
Omnipotence, with wisdom, shines;
His works, through all this wondrous frame,
Declare the glory of his name.

4 Raised on devotion's lofty wing,
Do thou, my soul, his glories sing;
And let his praise employ thy tongue,
Till listening worlds shall join the song.

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THE Lord is King! lift up thy voice,
O earth, and all ye heavens, rejoice!
From world to world the joy shall ring,
The Lord omnipotent is King.

2 The Lord is King child of the dust,
The Judge of all the earth is just;
Holy and true are all his ways:
Let every creature speak his praise.

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.

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1 LORD of all being! throned afar,
Thy glory flames from sun and star;
Center and soul of every sphere,
Yet to each loving heart how near!

2 Sun of our life, thy quickening ray
Sheds on our path the glow of day;
Star of our hope, thy softened light
Cheers the long watches of the night.

3 Our midnight is thy smile withdrawn;
Our noontide is thy gracious dawn;
Our rainbow arch thy mercy's sign;
All, save the clouds of sin, are thine!

4 Lord of all life, below, above,
Whose light is truth, whose warmth is love,
Before thy ever-blazing throne
We ask no luster of our own.

5 Grant us thy truth to make us free,
And kindling hearts that burn for thee,
Till all thy living altars claim
One holy light, one heavenly flame.

OLIVER W. HOLMES.

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CREATION L. M. D.

FRANCIS JOSEPH HAYDN.

138 The heavens declare His glory.

1 THE spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue ethereal sky,
And spangled heavens, a shining frame,
Their great Original proclaim:
The unwearied sun, from day to day,
Does his Creator's power display,
And publishes to every land
The work of an almighty hand.

2 Soon as the evening shades prevail,
The moon takes up the wondrous tale,
And nightly, to the listening earth,
Repeats the story of her birth;
While all the stars that round her burn,
And all the planets in their turn,
Confirm the tidings as they roll,
And spread the truth from pole to pole.
8 What though in solemn silence all
Move round the dark terrestrial ball?
What though no real voice nor sound
Amid the radiant orbs be found?
In reason's ear they all rejoice,
And utter forth a glorious voice;
Forever singing as they shine,
"The hand that made us is divine.'

JOSEPH ADDISON.

139 Jehovah's sovereignty.

1 FATHEP of all, whose powerful voice
Called forth this universal frame!
Whose mercies over all rejoice,
Through endless ages still the same;
Thou by thy word upholdest all;

Thy bounteous love to all is showed;
Thou hear'st thy every creature's call,"
And fillest every mouth with good.

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.
Let all who owe to thee their birth,
In praises every hour employ;
Jehovah reigns! be glad, O earth,
And shout, ye morning stars, for joy!

JOHN WESLEY.

LYONS. 10, 11.

FRANCIS JOSEPH HAYDN.

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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

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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:
In this our strong tower for safety we hide;
The Lord is our power, The Lord will
provide."

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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.

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