Thy name we worship and adore
World without end for evermore:
Vouchsafe, O Lord, we humbly
pray,

To keep us safe from sin this day:
O Lord have mercy on us all ;.
Have mercy on us when we call :
Thy mercy, Lord, to us dispense,
According to our confidence:
Lord, we have put our trust in thee,
Confounded let us never be: Amen.

555.

Ambrose.

T. 205.

MEET and right it is to sing,
At all times, in every place,
Glory to our heavenly King,
To the God of truth and grace;
Join we then with sweet accord,
All in one thanksgiving join:
Holy, holy, holy Lord!
Never-ceasing praise be thine.
2. Vying with the heavenly choir,
Who declare thy praise above,
We on eagle's wings aspire,
On the wings of faith and love:
Thee they sing, with glory crown'd;
We extol the slaughter'd Lamb:
Lower if our voices sound,
Still our subject is the same.
3. Father, God, thy love we praise,
Love, which gave thy Son to die:
Jesus, full of truth and grace,
Thee alike we glorify:
Spirit, Comforter divine,
Praise by all to thee be giv'n,
Till we in full chorus join, (heaven.
When this earth is chang'd for
C. Wesley (ad.)
556.*

(659.)

T. 132. ALL glory to the sovereign Good, And Father of compassion,

To God, our help and sure abode,
Whose gracious visitation
Renews his blessings every day,
And takes our griefs and fears
Give to our God the glory. (away,
2. The heavenly hosts with awe
show forth

The praise of their Creator:

All creatures both in heaven and
Whate'er exists in nature, (earth,
Speak their divine Original,
Impress'd most wisely on them all :
Give to our God the glory.
3. What is created by our God
Enjoys his preservation;
And he extends o'er all abroad
His fatherly compassion: (grace
Throughout the kingdom of his
Prevail his truth and righteousness:
Give to our God the glory.

4. In my distress I rais'd with faith
To God my supplication;
My Saviour rescu'd me from death,
And gave me consolation;

This makes me with both heart and
voice

Before the God of grace rejoice :
Give to our God the glory.

5. The Lord hath ever to his flock

Our

Kept without separation;
He doth abide our shield and rock,
peace and our salvation;
He leads us with a mother's care,
Protects from danger, guards from
Give to our God the glory. (fear:
6. As long as I have breath in me
I will sound forth his praises :
His precious saving name shall be
Exalted in all places: (adore
My heart, with all thy strength
The God of grace, the God of power,
And give him all the glory.

7. Ye who profess his sacred name, 7. Thy chastisements are nought
Give to our God the glory:
but love:

Ye who his power know and pro- When we our sins confess,
Give to our God the glory; (claim, We thy forgiveness richly prove;
Rejoice from all vain idols freed, 'Tis thy delight to bless.
The Lord is God, is God indeed:
Give to our God the glory.

8. Thou count'st thy children's
sighs and tears,

When they before thee mourn;
No tear too mean to thee appears
To put into thy urn.

8. Now then before his face appear, With praises and thanksgiving; With awe his holy name revere, And join with all the living, 9. Thou, when we sink oppress'd To extol the wonders he hath Dost us with pity view, (with grief, wrought, (thought: Administering thy kind relief, His mighty deeds, surpassing And lasting comfort too. Give to our God the glory. J. J. Schuetz. 10. Why need we mourn, as in

(660.)
557.* T. 14.
I'LL praise thee with my heart and
O Lord, my soul's delight, (tongue,
Declaring to the world in song
Thy glory, praise, and might.
2. Thou art the eternal source of
The source of lasting bliss; (grace,
From thee unto the human race
Flows all true happiness.

despair,

And grieve both day and night?
On him we'll cast our every care,

Who gave us life and light.

11. Has he not tended us and fed,
Ev'n from our earliest days;
Our souls with loving-kindness led
Through many dangerous ways?
12. God never yet mistakes hath
In his vast government: (made
Is bless'd in the event.
No, what he doth permit or aid

3. What are we? what do we posWhile here on earth below, (sess, Which thy great love and tender- 13. Then murmur not, but be reDo not on us bestow? (ness To his most holy will; (sign'd 4. Who spread the lofty firmament Peace, rest, and comfort thou wilt My soul, in being still.

(scend

And starry skies around?
Who makes the dew and rain de-
To fructify the ground?-

5. Who doth preserve our life and
Our ease and safe abode? (health,
Who doth secure our peace and
Our ever-gracious God. (wealth?
6. On thee, almighty Lord of hosts,
Depend our life and all; (coasts,
Thou keepest watch around our
Protecting great and small,

(662.)

(find,

P. Gerhard.

T. 195.

558.*
GOD reveals his presence;
Let us now adore him,
And with awe appear before him:
God is his temple,

All in us keep silence,

And before him bow with rever

ence:

Him alone-God we own;

He's our Lord and Saviour:

Praise his name for ever.

2. God reveals his presence,
Whom the angelic legions
Serve with awe in heavenly re-
Holy, holy, holy,
(gions:

Sing the hosts of heaven;
Praise to God be ever given:
Condescend-to attend
Graciously, O Jesus,

To our songs and praises.

3. O majestic Being,

Were but soul and body
Thee to serve at all times ready:
Might we, like the angels
Who behold thy glory,
With abasement sink
And thro' grace-be always,

In our whole demeanour,

To thy praise and honour.

4. Grant us resignation,

Hearts before thee bowed,

(thee, before

With thy peace divine endowed: As a tender flower

Opens and inclineth

(shineth;

beneath,

God with God wast man with man,
Man to save from endless death.
3. Thou for our griefs didst mourn,
Thou hast our sickness borne:
All our sins on thee were laid;
Thou with unexampled grace
All the mighty debt hast paid,
Due from Adam's helpless race.
4. Thou hast o'erthrown the foe,
God's kingdom fix'd below:
Conqueror of all adverse power,
Thou heaven's gates hast open'd
wide;

Thou thine own dost lead secure,
And to life eternal guide.

To the cheering sun which 5. Above the starry sky
So may we-be from thee

Rays of grace deriving,
And thereby be thriving.

5. Lord, come dwell within us,
While on earth we tarry;
Make us thy blest sanctuary:
O vouchsafe thy presence;
Draw unto us nearer,
And reveal thyself still clearer :
Us direct and protect;
Thus we in all places
Shall show forth thy praises.

559.*

Terstegen.

T. 341.

(663.)
THOU, Jesus, art our King;
Thy ceaseless praise we sing:

Thou reign'st, enthron'd on high; Prostrate at thy feet we fall:

Power supreme to thee is giv'n,
As the righteous Judge of all,
Sons of earth and hosts of heaven.
6. The seraphim in light

To sound thy praise unite;
All their choirs thy glories sing:
Who shall dare with thee to vie,
Mighty Lord, eternal King,

Sovereign both of earth and sky! 7. The venerable train,

Patriarchs, first-born of men, And the Apostles of the Lamb, By whose strength they faithful prov'd,

Join to extol his sacred name Blessing and honour to our King, Whom in life and death they Till he in glory shall appear. 4. Hail, Lamb once slain, thy pre

(God,
Hath brought us sinners nigh to
Worthy art thou alone:
Accept, O Lord, Ancient of days,
Thy universal church's praise,
Here and around thy glorious
throne.

(665.)
561.* T. 101.
THANKSGIVING, honor, praise,
and might

(der'd, Unto the Lamb of God be ren

Sealing thus their faith with Who brought us to his kingdom's

The Lord, whose boundless grace we 2. To be his priests and witnesses