With every angel's form and size, 4 His providence unfolds the book, 5 [Here, he exalts neglected worms. 6 Not Gabriel asks the reason why ; 7 My God, I would not long to see 8 In thy fair book of life and grace, ` 10 t WATTS'S LYRIC POEMS. 7's. Cookham 36. Alcester 213. GLORY to th' eternal King, Let all heaven his praises sing, 2 Through eternity he reigns 11 In unbounded realms of light; He the universe sustains As an atom in his sight. 3 Suns on suns through boundless space, With their systems move or stand; New orbs rise at his command. 4 Kingdoms flourish, empires fall, 1 B. FRANCIS. 11 L. M. Ulverston 179. Islington 40. Gould's 272. The Wisdom of God. 1 WAIT, O my soul, thy Maker's will; Tumultuous passions, all be still; Nor let a murmuring thought arise; His ways are just, his councils wise. 2 He in the thickest darkness dwells, 3. Performs his work, the cause conceals But tho' his methods are unknown, Judgment and truth support his throne. 3 In heaven, and earth, and air, and seas, He executes his firm decrees; And by his saints, it stands confest 4 Wait then, my soul, submissive wait And 'midst the terrors of his rod, Trust in a wise and gracious God. BEDDOME. 12 (First Part.) C. M. Liverpool 83. Exeter 4. The Goodness of God, Nahum i. 7. 1 YE humble souls, approach your God For he is good, immensely good, 2 All nature owns his guardian care, But nobler benefits declare, The wonders of his love. 3 He gave his Son, his only Son, "Tis here he makes his goodness known 4 To this dear refuge, Lord, we come ; A safe defence, a peaceful home, 5 Thine eye beholds, with kind regard, Their humble hope thou wilt reward 6 Great God, to thy Almighty love, STEELE. 12 (Second Part.) C. M. Staughton 264. 1 Liverpool 83. God is Love, 1 John iv. 8. AMID the splendours of thy state, With the soft radiance of the moon 2 Nature through all her ample round 3 Thy justice, holiness, and truth, But the sweet charms of sovereign grace 4 Sinai, in clouds, and smoke, and fire, But Sion sings, in melting notes, 5 In all thy doctrines and commands, In ev'ry work thy hands have fram'd, 6 Angels and men the news proclaim That God the Lord is Love. 13 L. M. Derby 169. Rothwell 174. Portugal New 263. The Loving-kindness of the Lord, Ps. lxiii. 7. 1 AWAKE, my soul, in joyful lays, And sing thy great Redeemer's praise; He justly claims a song from me, His loving kindness, O how free! 2 He saw me ruin'd in the fall, Yet lov'd me notwithstanding all; He sav'd me from my lost estate, His loving-kindness, O how great! 3 Tho' num'rous hosts of mighty foes, Tho' earth and hell my way oppose, He safely leads my soul along, His loving-kindness, O how strong! 4 When trouble, like a gloomy cloud, Has gather'd thick and thunder'd loud, He near my soul has always stood, His loving-kindness, O how good! 5 Often I feel my sinful heart Prone from my Jesus to depart; But tho' I have him oft forgot, His loving-kindness changes not. 6 Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale, Soon all my mortal powers must fail O! may my last expiring breath His loving-kindness sing in death! 7 Then let me mount and soar away MEDLEY. 14 C.M. Michael's 119. Brighthelmstone 208. WHE With scorn divine he turns his eyes 2 He bids his awful chariot roll, 3 Why should the Lord that reigns above Say, Lord, and why such looks of love 4 Mortals, be dumb; what creature darcs Ask no account of his affairs, But tremble and be still. 5 Just like his nature is his grace, Great God, how searchless are thy ways, DR. WATTS'S LYRICS. 15 11's. Geard 156. Broughton 172. The Mercy of God, Psalm Ixxxix. 1. 1 THY mercy, my God, is the theme of my song, The joy of my heart, and the boast of my tongue; Thy free grace alone, from the first to the last, Hath won my affection, and bound my soul fast. 2 Without thy sweet mercy I could not live here, Sin soon would reduce me to utter despair; |