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GOD MANIFEST IN NATURE.

167.

L. M.

*MRS. STEELE.

Nature proclaiming God.

1 THERE is a God all nature speaks

Through earth, and air, and seas, and skies: See, from the clouds his glory breaks When the first beams of morning rise. 2 The rising sun, serenely bright, O'er the wide world's extended frame, Inscribes, in characters of light, His mighty Maker's glorious name 3 Diffusing life, his influence spreads, And health and plenty smile around: The fruitful fields and verdant meads Are with a thousand blessings crowned. 4 The flowery tribes all blooming rise Above the faint attempts of art: Their bright, inimitable dyes

Speak sweet conviction to the heart. 5 Almighty goodness, power divine, The mountains, forests, streams display; They speak the hand that drew their line, And gave them all their bright array. 6 Shall we, who trace his works abroad, Refuse to own his skill and power?

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O let us here confess our God,
And bow before him, and adore.

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T. MOORE.

Ps. 84.

God the Life and Light of the World.
1 THOU art, O God, the life and light
Of all this wondrous world we see;
Its glow by day, its smile by night,
Are but reflections caught from thee.
Where'er we turn, thy glories shine,
And all things fair and bright are thine.
2 When day, with farewell beam, delays
Among the opening clouds of even,
And we can almost think we gaze
Through golden vistas into heaven,
Those hues that make the sun's decline
So soft, so radiant, Lord, are thine.

3 When night, with wings of starry gloom,
O'ershadows all the earth and skies,
Like some dark, beauteous bird, whose plume
Is sparkling with unnumbered eyes,
That sacred gloom, those fires divine,
So grand, so countless, Lord, are thine.
4 When youthful spring around us breathes,
Thy spirit warms her fragrant sigh;
And every flower the summer wreaths
Is born beneath thy kindling eye.
Where'er we turn, thy glories shine,
And all things fair and bright are thine.

169.

L. M.

MISS WILLIAMS.

God seen in the Revolutions of Nature. Ps. 84. 1 My God! all nature owns thy sway: Thou giv'st the night and thou the day;

When all thy loved creation wakes,
When morning, rich in lustre, breaks,
And bathes in dew the opening flower,
To thee we owe her fragrant hour-
And when she pours her choral song,
Her melodies to thee belong.

2 Or when, in paler tints arrayed,
The evening slowly spreads her shade,
That soothing shade, that grateful gloom,
Can, more than day's enlivening bloom,
Still every fond and vain desire,
And calmer, purer thoughts inspire
From earth the pensive spirit free,
And lead the softened heart to thee.
3 As o'er thy work the seasons roll,
And soothe, with change of bliss, the soul,
O never may their smiling train
Pass o'er the human sense in vain ;
But oft, as on their charms we gaze,
Attune the wondering soul to praise;
And be the joys that most we prize,
The joys that from thy favor rise.

170.

C. M.

WATTS.

God seen in Nature and Grace.

1 ETERNAL Wisdom, thee we praise; Thee the creation sings;

With thy great name rocks, hills, and seas, And heaven's high palace rings.

2 Thy hand, how wide it spread the sky!
How glorious to behold!

Tinged with the blue of heavenly dye,
And starred with sparkling gold.

3 Thy glories blaze all nature round,
And strike the gazing sight,

Through skies, and seas, and solid ground,
With terror and delight.

4 Infinite strength and equal skill

Shine through the worlds abroad,
Our souls with vast amazement fill,
And speak the builder, God.
5 But still the wonders of thy grace
Our softer passions move:
Pity divine in Jesus' face
We see, adore, and love.

171.

C. M.

MONTGOMERY.

God seen in his Works.

1 THE God of nature and of grace
In all his works appears;

His goodness through the earth we trace,
His grandeur in the spheres.

2 Behold this fair and fertile globe,
By him in wisdom planned:
'Twas he who girded, like a robe,
The ocean round the land.

3 Lift to the firmament your eye
Thither his path pursue :
His glory, boundless as the sky,
O'erwhelms the wondering view.

4 He bows the heavens;·

the mountains stand

A highway for their God;

He walks amidst the desert land
"Tis Eden where he trod.

5 The forests in his strength rejoice:
Hark! on the evening breeze,
As once of old, the Lord God's voice
Is heard among the trees.

6 If God hath made this world so fair,
Where sin and death abound,
How beautiful, beyond compare,
Will paradise be found!

172.

L. M.

All Things speak of God.

*DYER.

1 GREAT Cause of all things! Source of life! Sovereign of air, and earth, and sea!

All nature feels thy power, and all
A silent homage pay to thee.

2 Waked by thy hand, the morning sun
Pours forth to thee its earlier rays,
And spreads thy glories as it climbs,
While raptured worlds look up and praise.

3 The moon to the deep shades of night
Speaks the mild lustre of thy name;
While all the stars that cheer the scene
Thee, the great Lord of light, proclaim.

4 And groves, and vales, and rocks, and hills,
And every flower, and every tree-
Ten thousand creatures, warm with life,
Have each a grateful song for thee.

5 But man was formed to rise to heaven;
And, blessed with reason's clearer light,
He views his Maker through his works,
And glows with rapture at the sight.
6 Nor can the thousand songs that rise,
Whether from air, or earth, or sea,
So well repeat Jehovah's praise,
Or raise such sacred harmony.

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