34. L. M. WATTS.
GOD exalted above all praise. 1 ETERNAL Pow'r! whose high abode Becomes the majesty of GOD;
Infinite lengths beyond the bounds Where stars revolve their little rounds!
2 Far in the depths of space, thy throne Burns with a lustre all its own: In shining ranks beneath thy feet, Angélic pow'rs and splendors meet. 3 LORD! what shall feeble mortals do? We would adore our Maker too: With lowly minds to thee we cry, The Great, the Holy, and the High! 4 Something we learn from nature's frame; Thy word has more reveal'd thy name: Yet still thy greatness, LORD! we find, Leaves all our soaring thoughts behind. 5 GOD is in heav'n, and man below:
Short be our tunes, our words be few: -A sacred rev'rence checks our songs, And praise sits silent on our tongues.
35. C. M. WATTS.
GOD the proper object of praise.
1 AWAKE, ye saints! to praise your King, Your sweetest passions raise;
Your pious pleasure, while you sing, Increasing with the praise.
2 Great is the LORD, and works unknown Are his divine employ ;
But still his saints are near his throne, His treasure and his joy.
3 Heav'n, earth, and sea, confess his hand, He bids the vapours rise;
Lightning, and storm, at his command, Sweep through the sounding skies.
4 All pow'r that gods or kings have claim'd Is found with him alone;
But heathen gods should ne'er be nam'd Where our JEHOVAH's known.
5 Before the true, the living GOD, We bow with faith and fear; He makes our churches his abode, And claims our honours there.
36. P. M. WATTS.
Praise to GOD the universal sovereign. 1 LET all the earth their voices raise, To sing the choicest hymns of praise, To magnify JEHOVAH's name:
His glory let the heathens know, His wonders to the nations show, And all his mighty works proclaim.
2 The heathens know thy glory, LORD! The wond'ring nations read thy word; And here JEHOVAH's name is known: Our worship never shall be paid To gods which mortal hands have made ; Our Maker is our God alone.
3 He fram'd the globe, he built the sky, He made the shining worlds on high, And reigns complete in glory there: His robes are majesty and light; His splendor, how divinely bright! His temple, how divinely fair!
4 Come the great day, the glorious hour, When earth shall feel his saving pow'r, And distant nations fear his name: Then shall the race of man confess The beauty of his holiness,
And in his courts his grace proclaim.
1 SING to the LORD a joyful song; Earth, to his praise the note prolong, Till realms remote his acts have known, And man's whole race his wonders own.
2 Great is the LORD, and great his praise; What god like him our fear can raise ? Not such as heathen lands afford, Created first, and then ador'd.
3 Let ev'ry people, ev'ry tribe,
Pow'r, glory, strength, to him ascribe; Yield to his name the honours due; Oft to his courts your way pursue.
4 Before the beauty of his shrine, Ye saints, in low prostration join; Ye natives of each distant shore, His pow'r revere; his name adore.
38. C. M. WATTS.
A hymn of praise to GOD.
1 AMONG the princes, earthly gods, There's none hath pow'r divine; Nor is their nature, mighty LORD! Nor are their works like thine.
2 The nations thou hast made shall bring Their off'rings round thy throne; For thou alone dost wondrous things, For thou art God alone.
3 LORD! I would walk with holy feet: Teach me thine heav'nly ways; And all my noblest pow'rs unite, In GoD my Father's praise.
39. P M. WARRINGTON COLLECTION. The GOD and Father of Christ to be praised. 1 O COME, all ye sons of Adam, and raise A song unto God; how lovely his praise! Adore him who reigns in his glory above, And fills the wide earth with his tokens of love.
2 His breath is your life, your reason a ray Effus'd from his light to guide all your way; He heals your diseases, your wants he supplies,
And wipes away tears from the penitent's eyes.
3 Dash down your false gods of silver and stone;
Him worship who made earth and heav'n alone,
His prophet, his son, his salvation receive, Flee, flee from perdition, obey him and live.
4 O Father of men! in mercy command The gospel to shine on all human land; That far as the sun e'er diffuses his flame, Thy praises may rise in Messiah's great
40. C. M. WATTS. Reverential worship.
1 SING to the LORD JEHOVAH's name, And in his strength rejoice:
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