UNCHANGEABLENESS AND FAITHFULNESS. 4 There is a way for man to rise An Advocate with God. 5 These, these prepare us for the sight Of holiness above; The sons of ignorance and night 56 T. BINNEY. C.M. GOD, enshrined in dazzling light My soul is filled with awe to feel I see myself, all stained with sin, 3 But, O my God, Thy Son hath died! 4 My sins are dark, but over all 57 W. W. HOW. UNCHANGEABLENESS AND FAITHFULNESS. C.M. BEGIN, my tongue,some heavenlytheme, speak some boundless thing; The mighty works, or mightier name, Of our eternal King. 2 Tell of His wondrous faithfulness, 3 Proclaim salvation from the Lord, 4 Engraved as in eternal brass, The mighty promise shines; 5 His very word of grace is strong D. L.M. JEHOVAH, evermore the same, Unchanging and unchanged art Thou; And while Thy creatures wax and wane, In Thee there is no ebb or flow Systems may rise and fade away, And nature weaken in her frame, Within Thyself there's no decay, For evermore Thou art the same." 2 Nor would we have Thee change, O Lord, All things are shifting on the stream, 60 LO D. THOMAS. 886.886. ORD God, by whom all change is wrought, By whom new things to birth are brought, In whom no change is known! Whate'er Thou dost, whate'er Thou art, Thy people still in Thee have part! Still, still Thou art our own. 2 Ancient of Days! we dwell in Thee; Out of Thine own eternity Our peace and joy are wrought; And make secure and sweet abode 3 Each steadfast promise we possess; The unfailing Helper close we clasp, 4 Spirit who makest all things new, T. H. GILL. LOVE AND GOODNESS. 61 FOR the beauty of the earth, Lord of all, to Thee we raise 3 For the joy of human love, Brother, sister, parent, child, 78. Lord of all, to Thee we raise 5 For Thy church that evermore 62 Lord of all, to Thee we raise 8.7. GOD is love! His mercy brightens 2 Chance and change are busy ever, 3 E'en the hour that darkest seemeth LET every voice for praise awake; Let every heart the joy partake; And with this truth sweet music make. Our God is love! 2 Uncounted gifts, from day to day. One great hope lighting all our way, Through His dear Son, bid each to say, Our God is love! 3 How strong these words from heaven to cheer, To kindle love, to banish fear, 4 O Father, when the night is nigh, 5 Then, when the brief, low strain is o'er, MY song shall be of mercy: Come, ye who love the Lord, Who know that He is gracious, Who trust His faithful word; Tell out His words with gladness, With me exalt His name, Whose love endures for ever, To endless years the same. 2 My song shall be of judgment; Ye who His chastenings feel, O faint not, nor be weary! He wounds that He may heal; Yea, bless the hand that smiteth, And in your grief confess That all His ways are wisdom, And truth, and righteousness. MY God, I thank Thee, who hast made The earth so bright; So full of splendour and of joy, So many glorious things are here, 2 I thank Thee, too, that Thou hast made Joy to abound; So many gentle thoughts and deeds That in the darkest spot of earth 3 I thank Thee more that all our joy That shadows fall on brightest hours, That thorns remain; So that earth's bliss may be our guide, And not our chain. 4 For Thou, who knowest, Lord, how soon Our weak heart clings, Hast given us joys, tender and true, So that we see, gleaming on high, 5 I thank thee, Lord, that Thou hast kept The best in store; We have enough, yet not too much A yearning for a deeper peace Not known before. 4 High throned on heaven's eternal hill, In number, weight, and measure still Thou sweetly orderest all that is: And yet Thou deign'st to come to me, And guide my steps, that I, with Thee Enthroned, may reign in endless bliss. 5 Fountain of good! all blessing flows From Thee; no want Thy.fulness knows; What but Thyself canst Thou desire? Yet, self-sufficient as Thou art, 3 Astonished at Thy frowning brow, Earth, hell, and heaven's strong pillars Terrible majesty is Thine! [bow; 3 Who then can that vast love express Which bows Thee down to me, who less Than nothing am, till Thou art mine? Thou dost desire my worthless heart; This, only this, dost Thou require. 6 O God, of good the unfathomed sea! Who would not give his heart to Thee? Who would not love Thee with his O Jesu, lover of mankind, [might? Who would not his whole soul and mind, With all his strength, to Thee unite? SCHEFFLER, trans. J. WESLEY. 68 0 L.M. LOVE of God, how strong and true! Eternal and yet ever new; Uncomprehended and unbought, Beyond all knowledge and all thought. 2 O love of God! how deep and great! Far deeper than man's deepest hate; Self-fed, self-kindled like the light, Changeless, eternal, infinite. 3 O heavenly love, how precious still, 69 THE H. BONAR. D. C.M. HE Lord is rich and merciful, O come to Him, come now to Him, His comforts they shall strengthen thee, 2 The Lord is glorious and strong, O trust in Him, trust now in Him, He shall be to thee like the sea, His wind that bloweth healthily, The Lord is wonderful and wise, O learn of Him, learn now of Him, And with His light thou shalt be blest, 3 And though we turn us from Thy face, THERE'S not a bird with lonely nest, In pathless wood or mountain crest, Nor meaner thing, which does not share, O God, in Thy paternal care. 2 Each barren crag, each desert rude, Holds Thee within its solitude; And wander wide and long, Thou hold'st us still in kind embrace, O Love of God most strong! 4 The saddened heart, the restless soul, The toil-worn frame and mind, Alike confess Thy sweet control, 5 O Love of God most kind! And filled and quickened by Thy breath, And Thou dost bless the wanderer there, 73 3 In busy mart or crowded street, No less than in the still retreat, 4 And every moment still doth bring Icend 2 Thy ways are love; though they trans- 3 Thy thoughts are love, and Jesus is 4 Thy chastisements are love; more deep 5 Thy heaven is the abode of love; May there, when time's dim shades remove, Be gathered home to Thee! 6 Then with Thy resting saints to fall Adoring round Thy throne, When all shall love Thee, Lord, and all 2 3 5 ELIZA SCUDDER. C.M. THY goodness, Lord, our souls confess, Thy goodness we adore; A spring whose blessings never fail, A sea without a shore. Sun, moon, and stars Thy love attest In every golden ray: Love draws the curtains of the night, Thy bounty every season crowns, With joyful clusters loads the vines, There, like a sun, Thy mercy shines, Pardon, acceptance, peace, and joy, Through all the wide celestial plains; 2 Through nature's works its glories shine, 3 O give to every human heart, All vocal with your Maker's praise. 5 Ye saints, with joy the theme pursue, Its sweetest notes belong to you; Called by your condescending King For ever round His throne to sing. DODDRIDGE. 75 YE L.M. YES, God is good; in earth and sky. From ocean depths and spreading wood Ten thousand voices seem to cry, "God made us all, and God is good." 2 The sun that keeps his trackless way, 4 And man, in louder notes of praise, 4 These prompt our song that "God is 2 seas, And heaven's high palace rings. 2 Thy hand, how wide it spreads the sky! Tinged with a blue of heavenly dye, 3 Thy glories blaze all nature round, With terror and delight. 4 Infinite strength and equal skill 5 But the mild glories of Thy grace, Pity divine in Jesus' face, 77 I WATTS. There's not a plant or flower below 5 Creatures, as numerous as they be, 6 His hand is my perpetual guard, 78 SING WATTS. 8.6.8.6.8.8. INCE o'er Thy footstool, here below, 4 But shows, O Lord, one beam of Thine; O how shall these dim eyes endure Or how our spirits, so impure, Anoint, O Lord, anoint our sight, 79 C.M. THERE is a book who runs may read, 2 The works of God above, below, 3 The glorious sky, embracing all, C.M. 4 One name, above all glorious names, SING the almighty power of God, That made the mountains rise, That spread the flowing seas abroad, And built the lofty skies. 2 I sing the wisdom that ordained The moon shines full at His command, 3 I sing the goodness of the Lord That filled the earth with food; 5 The raging fire, the roaring wind, 6 Thou, who hast given me eyes to see J. KEBLE. |