These could I number, yet, my God, Thy providence preserves me safe, Nor days, nor nights, nor months, nor years, Nor centuries would e'er suffice To sound th' unfathom'd depths of love, Mercy and Truth united....Psalm lxxxv. 10. 1 WHE WHEN first the God of boundless grace To rescue our apostate race From mis'ry, shame, and sin. 2 Quick thro' the realms of light and bliss, The joyful tidings ran; Each heart exulted at the news, That God would dwell with man. 3 Yet 'midst their joys they paus'd awhile, And ask'd, with strange surprise, "But how can injur'd justice smile, "And hither bring rebellious men, 5 "Their tears, and groans, and deep distress "But ah! must truth and righteousness 6 So spake the friends of God and man, 7. The son of God attentive heard, 8" Behold! my vital blood I pour, "Let angry justice now no more 9 He spake, and heav'n's high arches rung, 1TH 20. 11s. Whitfield's Col. Mercy of God....Psalm lxxxix. 1. HY mercy, my God, is the theme of my song, The joy of my heart, and the boast of my tongue; Thy free grace alone, from the first to the last, Has won my affections, and bound my soul fast. 2 Without thy sweet mercy, I could not live here, Sin soon would reduce me to utter dispair; But thro' thy free goodness, my spirits revive, And he that first made me still keeps me alive. 3 Thy mercy is more than a match for my heart, Which wonders to feel its own hardness depart Dissolv'd by thy goodness, I fall to the ground, And weep to the praise of the mercy I found. 4 The door of thy mercy stands open all day, To the poor and the needy, who knock by the way; No sinner shall ever be empty sent back, Who comes seeking mercy for Jesus's sake. 5 Thy mercy in Jesus exempts me from hell; Its glories I'll sing, and its wonders I'll tell 'Twas Jesus, my friend, when he hung on the tree, That open'd the channel of mercy for me. 6 Great Father of mercies, thy goodness I own, 1 Omniscience of God....Psalm cxxxix. Nor heav'n, nor earth, nor hell afford 2 The mighty whole, each smaller part, And ev'ry thought of ev'ry heart eyes. 3 Tho' greatly from myself conceal'd, 4 Since, therefore, I can hardly bear How vile and black must I appear, 5 But since my Saviour stands between, 6 Thus, tho' a sinner, I am safe; 7 What wond'rous love....what mysteries, 22. C. M. Blacklock. Omniscience and Omnipresence of God....Ps. cxxxix. 1 1L ORD, thou, with an unerring beam, Surveyest all my pow'rs; My rising steps are watch'd by thee.... 2 My thoughts, scarce struggling into birth, With thine immensity. 3 To thee the labyrinths of life Nor steals a whisper from my lips 4 Behind I glance, and thou art there; And 'tis thy strong, Almighty hand 5 Such knowledge mocks the vain essays Nor can my reason's soaring eye PART SECOND. 6 Where, from thy Spirit, shall I stretch Or where, thro' nature's spacious range, 7 Scal'd I the skies, the blaze divine 8 If on a morning's darting ray, 9 Thither thine hand, all-present God, 10 Should I involve myself around. The clouds would shine like blazing noon, 11 'If in thy being so enclos'd, 1 How vain th' attempt to fly, 23. L. M. Anon. Power of God....1 Sam. xv. 29. ЈЕН He fram'd the earth, he built the sky His promise is," I'll give you rest”- |