7. Divine Omnipresence. w In the uttermost parts of the sea, there shall thy hand lead mo.Psalm cxxxix. (C. M.) 1 WHERE from thy spirit shall I stretch The pinions of my flight? spacious range, Would overwhelm my soul : Thine awful thunders roll. With matchless speed I rode, That bounds the ocean's flood, Must guide the wondrous way, The fabric of my clay. Are both alike to thee; BLACKLOOK. 8. Divine Justice, Job ix. And swift transfix the rebels heart; 2 See Pharoah plunging in the tide, See Babel's tyrant mad with pride, While worms his deity devour. Presume to challenge wrath divine ? DOPDRIDGL. a God's Determinations. " None can stay his hand, or 'say unto him what doest thou ?"-Dan. iv, (C. M.) Hang on his firm decree, Nor borrows leave to be. With all the fates of men, Drawn by th' eternal pen. To sceptres, and a crown, And treads the monarch down, My fate with curious eyes, Or what bright scenes shall rise. 6 In thy fair book of life and grace, May I but find my name, WATTS, L. P. 10. Divine Goodness. " My people shall be satisfied with my goodness.com Jeremiah xxxi. (C. M.) To every soul abound, Where all our thoughts are drown'd. % Its streams the whole creation reach, So plenteous is the store, Enough for evermore. A rock that cannot move, WESLEY, 11. God's Dominion. waves of the sea." --Psalm xciii. (P. M.) Raise their rebellions to confound thy reign; 3 Ye tempesta rage do more, ye floods bo still, And the mad world submissive to his will; Built on his truth, his church must ever stand, Firm are his promises, and strong his hand; See his own sons, when they appear before him, Bow at his footstool, and with fear adore him. WATTS. 12. God's Eternity. Deut. xxxiii. (C. M.) But still maintain their prime, And ever is his time.. The present and the past, And sees our ages waste. And vast destruction come! And wait their fiery doom. And flame melt down the skies, WATT. 13. Psalm xcv. (L. M.) Leviathan lies still and fears ; And cleave along their foaming way. 4 The scaly flocks amidst the sea, To thee their Lord a tribute pay ; WATT.. PROVIDENCE 14. Divine Protection. (C. M.) Sailors are still thy care, And breathe in tainted air. High on the broken wave, Nor impotent to save. Ovedient to thy will, At thy wommand is sti}). |