Divine Attributes in general.
1 THOU, true and only GOD, lead'st forth Th' immortal armies of the sky; Thou laugh'st to scorn the gods of earth; Thou thunderest, and amaz'd they fly.
2 With downcast eye th' angelic choir Appear before Thy awful face; Trembling, they strike the golden lyre, And thro' heav'n's vault resound Thy praise.
3 In earth, in heav'n, in all Thou art: The conscious creature feels Thy nod; Thy forming hand on ev'ry part
Impress'd the image of it's God.
4 All things in Thee live, move, and are, Thy pow'r infus'd doth all sustain ; E'en those Thy daily favours share, Who thankless spurn Thy easy reign.
5 Thy sun Thou bidst his genial ray Ålike on all impartial pour:
On all who hate or bless Thy_sway, Thou bidst descend the fruitful show'r.
6 While those at length, who scorn'd Thy might, Shall feel Thee a consuming fire:
How sweet the joys, the crown how bright, Of those who to Thy love aspire!
Trinity (as in the Litany.)
1 HAIL! holy, holy, holy LORD! Whom ONE in THREE we know ; By all the heav'nly host ador'd, By all Thy church below.
2 One undivided Trinity
With triumph we proclaim: Thy universe is full of Thee, And speaks Thy glorious Name.
3 Thee, holy FATHER, we confess; Thee, holy SON, adore; Thee, SPIRIT of truth and holiness, We worship evermore.
4 The incommunicable right, Almighty GoD, receive!
Which angel-choirs, and saints in light, And saints embodied, give.
5 Three Persons equally divine We magnify and love;
And both the choirs ere long shall join To sing Thy praise above.
6 Hail! holy, holy, holy LORD! (Our heav'nly song shall be,) Supreme, essential ONE, ador'd In co-eternal Three!
Trinity (as in the Litany.)
1' HOLY, holy, holy LORD,
GOD the FATHER, and the WORD! GOD the COMFORTER, receive Blessings more than we can give!
2 Mixt with those beyond the sky, Chanters to the LORD most high, We our hearts and voices raise, Echoing Thy eternal praise.
3 One inexplicable Three; Three in simplest Unity;
GOD, incline Thy gracious ear, Us Thy lisping creatures hear!
4 Thee, while dust and ashes sings, Angels shrink within their wings; Prostrate seraphim above
Breathe unutterable love.
5 Happy they, who never rest, With Thy heav'nly presence blest: They the heights of glory see, Sound the depths of Deity!
6 Fain with them our souls would vie; Sink as low, and mount as high; Fall, o'erwhelm'd with love, or soar; Shout, or silently adore!
Trinity (as in the Litany.)
1 A THOUSAND oracles divine Their common beams unite, That sinners may with angels join To worship GOD aright;
2 To praise a Trinity ador'd By all the hosts above;
And one thrice holy GOD and LORD Through endless ages love.
3 Triumphant host! they never cease To laud and magnify The Triune GOD of holiness, Whose glory fills the sky.
4 Whose glory to this earth extends, When GOD himself imparts, And the whole Trinity descends Into our faithful hearts.
5 By faith the upper choir we meet, And join with them to sing, JEHOVAH, on His shining seat, Our Maker and our King.
6 But GOD made flesh is wholly ours, And asks our noblest strain; The FATHER of celestial pow'rs, The Friend of earth-born man!
Trinity (as in the Litany.)
I GIVE immortal praise To GOD the FATHER'S love, For all my comforts here,
And better hopes above :
He sent His own eternal SON To die for sins that man had done.
To GOD the SON belongs Immortal glory too,
Who bought us with His blood From everlasting woe:
And now He lives, and now He reigns, And sees the fruit of all His pains.
To GOD the SPIRIT'S Name Immortal worship give,
Whose new-creating pow'r
Makes the dead sinner live:
His work completes the great design, And fills the soul with joy divine.
Almighty GOD! to Thee
Be endless honours done, The undivided THREE,
And the mysterious ONE:
Where reason fails with all her pow'rs, There faith prevails, and love adores.
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