From sin and dust to thee we cry, Leave all our soaring thoughts behind, L. M. 14. The Spirituality of God, John Iv. 24. 1 THOU art, O God! a spirit pure, Invisible to mortal eyes; Th' immortal, and the eternal King, 3 Thou great Invisible! what hand 5 My soul, thy purest homage pay, More shall this please than sacrifice, 15. 1 C. M. The Infinite. SOME seraph lend your heavenly tongue, Or harp of golden string, That I may raise a lofty song, 2 Thy names how infinite they be! 3 Thy glories shine of wondrous size, 4 Thine essence is a vast abyss, Where all our thoughts are drown'd 5 The myst'ries of creation lie 6 Reason may grasp the massy hills, 7 In vain our haughty reason swells, L. M. God supreme and self-sufficient. 16. WHAT 1 is our God, or what his name, Nor men can learn, nor angels teach; He dwells conceal'd in radiant flame, Where neither eyes nor thoughts can reaco 2 The spacious worlds of heavenly light, Compar'd with him, how short they fall! They are too dark, and he too bright; Nothing are they, and God is all. 8 He spoke the wondrous word, and lo! Whirlwinds and seas their limits know, 4 There rests the earth, there roll the spheres, 5 The tide of creatures ebbs and flows, 6 Then fly, my song, an endless round, 17. 1 L. M. The Incomprehensibuity of Goa. GOD is a name my soul adores Th' Almighty Three, the Eternal One! Nature and grace, with all their powers, Confess the Infinite unknown. 2 From thy great self thy being springs; Thou art thy own original, Made up of uncreated things, And self-sufficience bears them all. 3 Thy voice produced the seas and spheres, Bids the waves roar and planets shine; But nothing like thyself appears Through all these spacious works of thine.. 4 Still restless nature dies and grows; S How shall affrighted mortals dare Beneath thy feet we lie so far, 18. (306.) L. M. Unity of God. 1 ETERNAL God, almighty cause Of earth, and seas and worlds unknown All things are subject to thy laws; All things depend on thee alone. 2 Thy glorious being singly stands, By none control'd in thy commands, 5 To thee alone ourselves we owe; Let heav'n and earth due homage pay⚫ All other gods we disavow, Deny their claims, renounce their sway 4 In thee, O Lord, our hope shall rest, 5 Worship to thee alone belongs; Worship to thee alone we give; 6 Spread thy great name through heathen lands Their idol-deities dethrone; Subdue the world to thy commands, 19. G (29) L. M. God incomprehensible. REA I God, in vain man's narrow view Our lab'ring pow'rs with rev'rence own, Thy glories never can be known 2 Not the high seraph's mighty thought, Who countless years his God has sought, Such wondrous height or depth can find, Or fully trace thy boundless raind. 3 Yet, Lord, thy kindness deigns to show Enough for mortal men to know; While wisdom, goodness, pow'r divine grace, O! may our souls with rapture trace 20. (32.) C. M. God eternal and unchangeable. GREAT God, how infinite art tho.! How frail and weak are we! 2 Thy throne eternal ages stood, 3 Nature and time all open lie Eternity, with all its years, Stands present to thy view. To thee there's nothing old appears; 5 Our lives thro' various scenes are drawn, And vex'd with trifling cares; While thine eternal thought moves on |