2 The Father's love shall run With equal praise, And zeal the same. 3 Let ev'ry saint above, The sacred Three in One. His honours high, When earth and time HYMN 40. H. M. TO God the Father's throne Perpetual honours raise ; Glory to God the Son, And while our lips Their tribute bring, Our faith adores HYMN 41. OR THUS. O our eternal God, 1 And Spirit all divine, Salvation, pow'r, And praise be given, 1 Three mysteries in one, By all on earth, And all in heaven.] THE HOSANNA, or, Salvation ascribed to CHRIST. HYMN 42. L. M. 'H Who reigns on a superior throne: OSANNA to King David's Son, We bless the Prince of heav'nly birth, 1 H HYMN 43. C. M. TOSANNA to the Prince of Grace: H HYMN 44. S. M. TOSANNA to the Son Of David, and of God; Who brought the news of pardon down 2 To Christ, th' Anointed King, 1 HYMN 45. H. M. HOSANNA to the King, Of David's ancient blood; Behold he comes to bring And at his feet 2 Glory to God on high; Upon his head Shall honours rest, And ev'ry age Pronounce him bless'd. END OF THE THIRD BOOK OF HYMNS. HYMNS SELECTED FROM VARIOUS AUTHORS. HYMN 1. L. M. Old Hundred. [*] Being of God. Ps. civ. HERE is a God-all nature speaks, 11 Through earth, and air, and sea, and skies; See, from the clouds his glory breaks, When the first beams of morning rise. -2 The rising sun serenely bright, O'er the wide world's extended frame, Inscribes in characters of light, His mighty Maker's glorious name. o 3 The flow'ry tribes all blooming rise, Above the weak attempts of art; e The smallest worms, the meanest flies, Speak sweet conviction to the heart. -4 Ye curious minds, who roam abroad, And trace creation's wonders o'er, e Confess the footsteps of the God;a Bow down before him-and adore. 1 STEELE. HYMN 2. C. M. Tunbridge. [b*] For he is good, immensely good, And kind are all his ways. 2 All nature owns his guardian care, In him we live and move; • But nobler benefits declare The wonders of his love. e 3 He gave his Son, his only Son, To ransom rebel worms; 'Tis here he makes his goodness known, In its divinest forms. e 4 To this dear refuge, Lord, we come; 'Tis here our hope relies : • A safe defence, a peaceful home, When storms of trouble rise. -5 Thine eye beholds, with kind regard, The souls who trust in thee; o 6 Great God, to thy almighty Love, Not all the raptur'd songs above. HYMN 3. C. M. STEELE. Mitcham. Arundel. [*] God the Creator. 1 ETERNAL Wisdom, thee we praise, Thee the creation sings; With thy lov'd name, rocks, hills, and seas, g 2 Thy hand,—how wide it spread the sky! -Ting'd with a blue of heav'nly die, 3 Thy glories blaze all nature round, Thro' skies, and seas, and solid ground, g 4 Infinite strength, and equal skill, -5 But still the wonders of thy grace Our softer passions move; e Pity divine in Jesus' face, a 1 HYMN 4. C. M. Bedford. [*] K My soul stands trembling while she sings WATTS. e 2 Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown, Hang on his firm decree; He sits on no precarious throne, Nor borrows leave-TO BE. 3 Chain'd to his throne a volume lies, With all the fates of men; With ev'ry angel's form and size, - His providence unfolds the book, 5 (Here he exalts neglected worms, And there, the following page he turns, 6 Not Gabriel asks the reason why, Nor dares the favourite angel pry, e7 My God, I would not long to see -8 In thy fair book of life and grace, Recorded in some humble place, WATTS. HYMN 5. L. P. M. St. Hellen's. [*] 1 ATTEND, my soul, the voice divine And mark what beaming glories shine, Around thy condescending God! To us-to us, he still proclaims, e His awful, his endearing names; Attend, and sound them all abroad. d 2" Jehovah I, the sovereign Lord, "The mighty God, by heav'n ador'd, "Down to the earth my footsteps bend: e "My heart the tenderest pity knows, "Goodness, full-streaming wide o'erflows "And grace and truth shall never end. 3 "My patience long can crimes endure, "My pard'ning love is ever sure, "When penitential sorrow mourns; "To millions, thro' unnumber'd years, "New hope and new delight it bears; "Yet wrath against the sinner burns." |