8 The raging fire, the roaring wind,
Thy boundless power display:
But in the gentler breeze we find
Thy Spirit's viewless way.

9 Two worlds are ours: 'tis only sin
Forbids us to descry

The mystic heaven and earth within,
Plain as the sea and sky.

10 Thou, who hast given me eyes to see
And love this sight so fair,

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Give me a heart to find out Thee,
And read Thee everywhere.

PRAISED the earth, in beauty seen
With garlands gay of various green;
I praised the sea, whose ample field
Shone glorious as a silver shield:
And earth and ocean seemed to say,
Our beauties are but for a day.

2 I praised the sun, whose chariot rolled
On wheels of amber and of gold;
I praised the moon, whose softer eye
Gleamed sweetly through the summer sky;
And moon and sun in answer said,
Our days of light are numbered.

3 O God! O Good beyond compare !
If thus Thy meaner works are fair,
If thus Thy bounties gild the span
Of ruined earth and sinful man,
How glorious must the mansion be
Where Thy redeemed shall dwell with Thee!

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ORD of earth! Thy forming hand Well this glorious frame hath planned; Woods that wave, and hills that tower, Ocean rolling in its power;

All that strikes the gaze unsought,
All that charms the lonely thought;
Friendship, gem transcending price,
Love, a flower from Paradise:
Yet, amid this scene so fair,
Should I cease Thy smile to share,
What were all its joys to me?
Whom have I on earth but Thee?

2 Lord of heaven! beyond our sight
Rolls a world of purer light:
There in love's unbounded reign
Parted hands shall meet again;
Martyrs there and prophets high
Blaze a glorious company;
While immortal music rings
From ten thousand seraph strings:
O that scene is passing fair—
Yet, shouldst Thou be absent there,
What were all its joys to me?

Whom have I in heaven but Thee?

3 Lord of earth and heaven! my breast
Seeks in Thee its only rest:

I was lost; Thy accents mild
Homeward lured Thy wandering child:
I was blind; Thy healing ray
Charmed the long eclipse away.

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Source of every joy I know,
Solace of my every woe,

O should once Thy smile divine
Cease upon my soul to shine-
What were earth or heaven to me?
What have I in each but Thee?

LORD, when we Creation scan,

What Thy power has done for man;

Then our conscious tongues agree
How much man must owe to Thee.

2 Every note that cheers the vale,
Every sweet that scents the gale,
Every blooming flower we see,
Tells that joy we owe to Thee.
3 Every breath that heaves the breast,
Every sound by voice expressed,
Every thought the mind sets free,
Tells that life we owe to Thee.

4 But, when we Redemption view,
Gaze on all Thy love can do,
Lord, our grateful hearts agree,
How much more we owe to Thee.

5 When we think what we have been,
Sunk in sorrow, lost in sin;

Now from sin and sorrow free,
More than joy we owe to Thee.

6 When we hear our Master say,
"Death is vanquished, come away;"
Then it is that we must see,

More than life we owe to Thee.

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WORSHIP the King all glorious above; O gratefully sing His power and His love; Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of days, Pavilioned with splendour and girded with praise. 2 O tell of His might, O sing of His grace,

Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space; His chariots of wrath the deep thunder-clouds form, And dark is His path on the wings of the storm. 3 This earth with its store of wonders untold, Almighty! Thy power hath founded of old, Hath stablished it fast by a changeless decree, And round it hath cast like a mantle the sea. 4 Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite ? It breathes in the air, it shines in the light, It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain, And sweetly distils in the dew and the rain. 5 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail, In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail: Thy mercies how tender, how sure to the end, Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend!

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UR Father sits on yonder throne,
Amidst the hosts above:

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He reigns throughout the world alone,
He reigns the God of love.

2 He knew us when we knew Him not;
Was with us though unseen;

His favours came to us unsought;
His love has wondrous been.

3 He keeps us now, securely keeps,
Whatever foe assails,

With vigilance that never sleeps,
With power that never fails.

4 He gives us hope that we shall be
Ere long with Him above;
That we shall there His glory see,
And celebrate His love.

5 Then let us, while we dwell below,
Obey our Father's voice;

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To all His will with meekness bow,
And in His name rejoice.

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HE Lord who died on earth for men
Now fills His Father's throne ;
He loves us as He loved us then,

And watches o'er His own.

2 For them He offers daily prayer,
And all His prayers are heard;
He tends them with unceasing care,
And feeds them from His word.

3 Their every wish, and want, and woe,
To Him are fully known;

They share His trials here below,

And soon shall share His throne.

4 He guards and blesses them from high,
While they are toiling here:

With such a Friend above the sky,
What have His flock to fear?