Let God the Father and the Son, And Spirit be a-dored, 1. WHY should I vex my soul and fret 2. As flowery grass, cut down at noon, So shall their glories vanish soon, 3. Then let me make the Lord my trust, 4. I to my God my ways commit, And cheerful wait his will: Thy hand, which guides my doubtful feet, 5. Mine innocence shalt thou display, 6. The meek at last the earth possess, 1. Trust in God. Ps. 55. ii. GOD shall preserve my soul from fear, If he command their aid. 2. By morning light I'll seek his face, The night shall hear me ask his grace, 3. I cast my burdens on the Lord, 4. My highest hopes shall not be vain; 3. Jehovah, as a shade, shall run, Attendant on thy right; 4. Jehovah's strength, Jehovah's love, Thy wandering guide, thy fears remove, 687. An unconverted State. 4. O, while I breathe to thee, my Lord, 5. Then shall the mourner, at thy feet, 215 And, grateful, own how kind, how sweet, Thy condescending grace. [Hy. 212. 689. 1. GREAT King of glory and of grace! 2. From Adam flows our tainted blood; 3. We live estranged afar from God, With haste we run the dangerous road 4. And can such rebels be restored? Such natures made divine? 5. We raise our Father's name on high, To bring rebellious strangers nigh, Childhood of Jesus. 1. O WISDOM! whose unfading power Beside th' Eternal stood, To frame, in nature's earliest hour, [Hy. 584. 2. Yet didst thou not disdain awhile 3. But, in thy Father's own abode, 4. So may our youth adore thy name! 2. Who yet suspends the lifted sword, Great is our guilt, our fears are great, To penitence and prayer. 3. Kind Intercessor, to thy love 4. Though justice near thy awful throne Let God the Father and the Son, And Spirit be a - dored, Where there are works to make him known, Or saints to love the Lord. 1. GREAT is the Lord: his works of might Demand our noblest songs; Let his assembled saints unite 2. Great is the mercy of the Lord: 3. His Son, the great Redeemer, came 4. They that would grow divinely wise, Our fairest proof of knowledge lies 3. He smiles, we live; he frowns, we die; We hang upon his word; He rears his mighty arm on high, We fall before his sword. 4. He bids his gales the fields deform; 1. JEHOVAH, God! thy gracious power On every hand we see; O may the blessings of each hour 2. If, on the wings of morn, we speed 3. Thy power is in the ocean deeps, 4. From morn till noon-till latest eve, Thy hand, O God, we see; And all the blessings we receive, 5. In all the varying scenes of time, 694. The Saviour exalted. 4. Nor time, nor distance, e'er shall quench The fervor of his love; For us he died in kindness here, For us he lives above. [Hy. 139. 5. O may we ne'er forget his grace, 1. THE head that once was crowned with thorns Is crowned with glory now; A royal diadem adorns 2. The highest place that heaven affords, 3. The joy of all who dwell above, To whom he manifests his love, 4. To them the cross, with all its shame, 5. They suffer with their Lord below, 6. To them the cross is life and health, Nor blush to bear his name; Still may our hearts hold fast his faithOur lips his praise proclaim. 1. ONCE more, my soul, the rising day Once more, my voice, thy tribute pay 2. Night unto night his name repeats, 3. "T is he supports my mortal frame; 4. A thousand wretched souls are fled And yet thou lengthenest out my thread, 5. Great God, let all my hours be thine, Then shall my sun in smiles decline, 3 Let God the Father and the Son, And Spirit be f a-dored, 9 698. Where there are works to make him known, Or saints to love Christ our Righteousness. [Ps. 71. iv. 699. 1. My Saviour, my Almighty Friend, 2. Thou art my everlasting trust, And, since I knew thy graces first, 3. My feet shall travel all the length And march with courage in thy strength, 4. When I am filled with sore distress, 5. How will my lips rejoice to tell My soul, redeemed from sin and hell, 6. Awake, awake, my tuneful powers; Gratitude. the Lord. [Hy. 87. 1. WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, 2. Unnumbered comforts on my soul From whom those comforts flowed. 3. When in the slippery paths of youth With heedless steps I ran, Thine arm, unseen, conveyed me safe, 4. Ten thousand thousand precious gifts 5. Through every period of my life, The glorious theme renew. 6. Through all eternity, to thee |