8 The raging fire, the roaring wind, 9 Two worlds are ours: 'tis only sin The mystic heaven and earth within, 10 Thou, who hast given me eyes to see 250 I Give me a heart to find out Thee, PRAISED the earth, in beauty seen 2 I praised the sun, whose chariot rolled 3 O God! O Good beyond compare ! 251 L 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, 2 Lord of heaven! beyond our sight Whom have I in heaven but Thee? 3 Lord of earth and heaven! my breast I was lost; Thy accents mild 252 Source of every joy I know, O should once Thy smile divine LORD, when we Creation scan, What Thy power has done for man; Then our conscious tongues agree 2 Every note that cheers the vale, 4 But, when we Redemption view, 5 When we think what we have been, Now from sin and sorrow free, 6 When we hear our Master say, More than life we owe to Thee. 253 O 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! 254 UR Father sits on yonder throne, O° He reigns throughout the world alone, 2 He knew us when we knew Him not; His favours came to us unsought; 3 He keeps us now, securely keeps, With vigilance that never sleeps, 4 He gives us hope that we shall be 5 Then let us, while we dwell below, 255 To all His will with meekness bow, TH HE Lord who died on earth for men And watches o'er His own. 2 For them He offers daily prayer, 3 Their every wish, and want, and woe, They share His trials here below, And soon shall share His throne. 4 He guards and blesses them from high, With such a Friend above the sky, |