3 Thy glories blaze all nature round, 6 Yet nobler favours claim his praise, 4 Infinite strength, and equal skill, 5 But still the wonders of thy grace HYMN 22. L. M. Doddridge. Antigua, Castle Street. God's goodness to the children of men. 1YE E sons of men, with joy record Of reason's light possess'd; By revelation's brightest rays Still more divinely bless'd. HYMN 24. C. M. Cowper. St. Anns, Barby, Stade. The mysteries of Providence; or, light shining out of darkness. 1GOD moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, He treasures up his bright designs, 3 Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take, The various wonders of the Lord; And let his power and goodness sound, Through all your tribes the earth around. 2 Let the high heavens your songs invite, Those spacious fields of brilliant light; Where sun, and moon, and planets roll, 4 And stars, that glow from pole to pole. 3 But O! that brighter world above, Where lives and reigns incarnate love! "God's only Son, in flesh array'd, For man a bleeding victim made. 4 Thither, my soul, with rapture soar, There, in the land of praise - adore; The theme demands an angel's lay, Demands an everlasting day. HYMN 23. C. M. Steele. X Irish, Braintree, Christmas. Creation and Providence. 1 ORD, when our raptur'd thought Creation's beauties o'er, [surveys All nature joins to teach thy praise, And bid our souls adore. 2 Where'er we turn our gazing eyes, 4 Thy wisdom, power, and goodness, Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. 5 His purposes will ripen fast, 6 Unfolding every hour; The bud may have a bitter taste, Bedford, St. Martins. Mysteries to be explained hereafter. Gre hid from mortal sight; [ways REAT God of Providence! thy Wrapt in impenetrable shades, Or cloth'd with dazzling light. 2 The wondrous methods of thy grace 3 But in the world of bliss above, 4 HYMN 26. C. M. Addison. * 2 His presence shall my wants supply, Gratitude for divine mercies. Part I. It gently clear'd my way; Bedford, St. Anns, York. Gratitude for divine mercies. Part II. 1WHENpale with sickness, oft hast thou With health renew'd my face; 3 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts HYMN 28. L. M. Addison. God our Shepherd. THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, 2 3 4 Dunstan, Castle-Street. Grace and Providence. LMIGHTY King! whose wondrous hand AL Supports the weight of sea and land; From Satan's malice shields my breast, 1HOW OW are thy servants bless'd, O Lord, How sure is their defence; Eternal Wisdom is their guide, Their help Omnipotence 2 In foreign realms, and lands remote, 4 The storm is laid, the winds retire, The sea, that roars at thy command, 5 In midst of dangers, fears, and deaths, HYMN 31. L. M. Upton. Luton, Shoel, Eaton. 3 The stormy winds did cease to To him who hath our lives presen HYMN 33. L. M. Evans's Coll. 4 Gratitude for journeying mercies. 1 'TWAS God who kept me by his pow'r: His goodness, O my soul, adore Preserv'd by him, to him I raise This monument of grateful praise. 2 Many go out and ne'er return, But leave their families to mourn The sad irreparable blow, Hasty, and vast, and awful too. 3 Others return'd in safety, find, Fled from the earth, some lovely mind, Embrace in vain the breathless clay, And wish to grieve themselves away. 4 What woes beyond my powers to count, What sorrows to unknown amount Might have occur'd to wound my heart, And bid my brightest scenes depart! 5 But God (his name my soul shall bless) Still crowns my house with life and peace; My life he crowns with every good, HYMN 34. And will be known a gracious God. 6 What can I do but ask his grace, Still to enhance my debt of praise; Jesus, my soul to thee I bring, HYMN 32. C. M. Madan's Coll. * 2 Not e'en a sparrow yields his breath, UNIVERSAL PRAISE. C. M. Watts's Lyrics. & Parma, Pembroke, Knaresboro'. Universal Hallelujah. PRAISE ye the Lord, immortal choir, fill the realms above; Praise him, who form'd you of his fire, And feeds you with his love. Shine to his praise, ye crystal skies, The floor of his abode; OUR little bark, on boist'rous seas, Or veil in shades your thousand eyes By cruel tempest tost, 2 We to the Lord in humble prayer 3 4 Before your brighter God. Thou restless globe of golden light, Whose beams create our days, Join with the silver queen of night, And own your borrow'd rays. Winds, ye shall bear his name aloud, Through the ethereal blue; For when his chariot is a cloud, HE glorious armies of the sky. To thee, Almighty King! Triumphant anthems consecrate, And hallelujahs sing. But still their most exalted flights Fall vastly short of thee; How distant then must human praise From thy perfections be? Yet how, my God, shall I refrain, When to my ravish'd sense, Each creature, in its various ways, Displays thy excellence? The blushes of the morn confess That thou art much more fair; When in the east its beams revive, To gild the fields of air. The singing birds, the whistling winds, And waters murmuring fall, To praise the first Almighty Cause, With different voices call. Thy numerous works exalt thee thus, And shall we silent be? No. rather let us cease to breathe, Than cease from praising thee. 1 HYMN 37. L. M. Evans's Coll. G Italy, Portugal, Shoel, Leeds. Praise to God through the whole of our existence. OD of my life, through all its days, My grateful powers shall sound The song shall wake with opening light, thy praise; And warble to the silent night. 2 When anxious cares would break my rest, And grief would tear my throbbing breast, Thy tuneful praise I'll raise on high, And check the murmur, and the sigh. 3 When death o'er, nature shall prevail, And all its powers of language fail, Joy through my swimming eyes shall break, And mean the thanks I cannot speak. 4 But O! when that last conflict's o'er, And I am chain'd to flesh no more, With what glad accents shall I rise To join the musick of the skies! 5 Soon shall I learn th' exalted strains, Which echo through the heav'nly plains; And emulate, with joy unknown, The glowing seraphs round thy throne. HYMN 38. L. M. Watts's Lyrics. Old Hundred, Wells, Psalm 97. HYMN 36. L. M. Doddridge. E Becomes the grandeur of a God: IN Newcourt, Nantwich. Praise to God for his unnumbered mercies. VN glad amazement, Lord, we stand Amid the bounties of thy hand; How numberless those bounties are! How rich, how various, and how fair! Infinite length beyond the bounds Where stars revolve their little rounds.. 2 The lowest step around thy seat Rises too high for Gabriel's feet; In vain the tall archangel tries [eyes. To reach thine height with wond'ring 3 Lord, what shall earth and ashes do? We should adore our Maker too; From sin and dust to thee we cry, The Great, the Holy, and the High! 4 Earth from afar has heard thy fame, And worms have learnt to lisp thy name; But O, the glories of thy mind Leave all our soaring thoughts behind. 5 God is in heaven, but man below; Be short our tunes; our words be few: A sacred reverence checks our songs, And praise sits silent on our tongues. SCRIPTURE. Nought we can ask to make us blest HYMN 41. L. M. Beddome. Portugal, Green's Hundreth. Usefulness of the Scriptures. 10W precious is thy word, O God, "Tis for our light and guidance giv'n; It sheds a lustre all abroad, And points the path to bliss and heaven. 2 It fills the soul with sweet delight, It quickens its inactive powers; It sets our wandering footsteps right: HYMN 39. C. M. Rippon's Selec. Displays thy love, and kindles ours: Barby, St. Davids. The inspired word, a system of knowledge and joy. HOW precious is the book divine, By inspiration given! Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine, HYMN 40. C. M. Dr. S. Stennett. *. 2 Here, mines of knowledge, love, and joy 5 Our numerous griefs are here redrest, And all our wants supply'd: 3 Its promises rejoice our hearts; Its doctrines are divinely true; 4 Knowledge and pleasure it imparts; It comforts and instructs us too. 3 Riches above what earth can grant And lasting as the mind.. Here the fair tree of knowledge grow 4 Here the Redeemer's welcome void 6 Divine Instructer, gracious Lord! |