FATHER of mercies, in Thy word
What endless glory shines!
For ever be Thy Name adored
For these celestial lines.
2 Here the Redeemer's welcome voice
Spreads heavenly peace around;
And life and everlasting joys
Attend the blissful sound.
may these heavenly pages be
My first, my chief delight;
And still new beauties may I see,
And still increasing light.
4 Divine Instructor, gracious Lord,
Be Thou for ever near;
Teach me to love Thy sacred word,
And view my Saviour there.
THE Spirit breathes upon the word,
And brings the truth to sight;
Precepts and promises afford
A sanctifying light.
2 A glory gilds the sacred page,
Majestic as the sun :
It gives a light to every age;
It gives, but borrows none.
3 The hand that gave it still supplies
The gracious light and heat;
His truths upon the nations rise;
They rise, but never set.
4 Eternal thanks, O Lord, be Thine
For such a bright display,
As makes a world of darkness shine
With beams of heavenly day.
YOD, in the Gospel of His Son,
Makes His eternal counsels known;
Where love in all its glory shines,
And truth is drawn in fairest lines.
2 The prisoner here may break his chains,
The weary rest from all his pains,
The captive feel his bondage cease,
The mourner find the way of peace.
3 Here faith reveals to mortal eyes
A brighter world beyond the skies:
Here shines the light which guides our way
From earth to realms of endless day.
4 O grant us grace, Almighty Lord,
To mark and learn Thy holy word,
Its truths with meekness to receive,
And by its holy precepts live!
PPROACH, my soul, the mercy-seat,
Where Jesus answers prayer;
There humbly fall before His feet,
For none can perish there.
2 Thy promise is my only plea,
With this I venture nigh ;
Thou callest burdened souls to Thee,
And such, O Lord, am I.
3 Bowed down beneath a load of sin,
By Satan sorely prest,
Fightings without, and fears within,
I come to Thee for rest.
4 O wondrous Love! to bleed and die,
To bear the Cross and shame,
That guilty sinners, such as I,
Might plead Thy gracious Name.
Cerus loves to answer prayer;
YOME, my soul, thy suit prepare,
He Himself has bid thee pray,
Therefore will not şay thee nay.
2 Thou art coming to a King,
Large petitions with thee bring;
For His grace and power are such,
None can ever ask too much.
3 Lord, I come to Thee for rest,-
Take possession of my breast;
There Thy blood-bought right maintain,
And without a rival reign.
4 While I am a pilgrim here,
Let Thy love my spirit cheer;
As my Guide, my Guard, my Friend,
Lead me to my journey's end.
1 IVE thanks to God most high,
The universal Lord,
The sovereign King of kings,
And be His grace adored.
His power and grace
Are still the same;
And let His Name
Have endless praise.
2 How mighty is His hand!
What wonders hath He done!
He formed the earth and seas,
And spread the heavens alone.
Thy mercy, Lord,
Shall still endure;
And ever sure
Abides Thy word.
3 Give thanks aloud to God,
To God the heavenly King;
And let the spacious earth
His work and glories sing.
Thy mercy, Lord,
Shall still endure;
And ever sure
Abides Thy word.
ONGS of praise the angels sang,
Heaven with hallelujahs rang,
When Jehovah's work begun,
When He spake, and it was done.
2 Songs of praise awoke the morn,
When the Prince of Peace was born;
Songs of praise arose when He
Captive led captivity.
3 Heaven and earth must pass away;
Songs of praise shall crown that day :
God will make new heavens and earth ;
Songs of praise shall hail their birth.
4 And shall man alone be dumb,
Till that glorious kingdom come?
No! the Church delights to raise
Songs of joy and hymns of praise.
5 Saints below, with heart and voice,
Still in songs of praise rejoice;
Learning here, by faith and love,
Songs of praise to sing above.
1 THOU who art enthroned above,
Thou in whom we live and move,
Good it is with joyful tongue
To resound Thy praise in
When the morning paints the skies,
When the sparkling stars arise,
All Thy favours to rehearse,
And give thanks in grateful verse.
2 Sweet the day of sacred rest,
When devotion fires the breast,
When we dwell within Thy house,
Hear Thy Gospel, pay our vows,
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