2 The Father's love shall run
Through our immortal songs;
We bring to God the Son
Hosannas on our tongues:
Our lips address
The Spirit's name

With equal praise,
And zeal the same.

3 Let every saint above,
And angels round the throne,
Forever bless and love

The sacred Three in One.
Thus heaven shall raise

His honours high,

T

When earth and time
Grow old and die.]

HYMN 40. H. M.

God the Father's throne
Perpetual honours raise;
Glory to God the Son,
To God the Spirit praise;

And while our lips
Their tribute bring,

HYMN 41.

Our faith adores
The name we sing.

OR THUS.

10 our eternal God,
The Father, and the Son,

And Spirit all divine,

Three mysteries in one,

Salvation, power,

By all on earth,

And praise be given,

And all in heaven.]

THE HOSANNA;

or, Salvation ascribed to CHRIST.

HYMN 42. L. M.

1H Who reigns on a superior throne

TOSANNA to King David's Son,

We bless the Prince of heavenly birth,
Who brings salvation down to earth.

2 Let every nation, every age,
In this delightful work engage;
Old men and babes in Zion sing
The growing glories of her King.

1

HYMN 43. C. M.

HOSANNA to the Prince of Grace:

Zion, behold thy King;

Proclaim the Son of David's race,
And teach the babes to sing.
2 Hosanna to th' incarnate Word,
Who from the Father came;
Ascribe salvation to the Lord,
With blessings on his Name.

HYMN 44. S. M.

1H of David, and of God;

OSANNA to the Son

Who brought the news of pardon down,
And bought it with his blood.
2 To Christ, th' Anointed King,
Be endless blessings given;
Let the whole earth his glory sing,
Who made our peace with Heaven.

HYMN 45. H. M.

1Hof David's ancient blood;
OSANNA to the King,

Behold he comes to bring
Forgiving grace from God:
Let old and young
Attend his way,

And at his feet
Their honours lar

2 Glory to God on high;
Salvation to the Lamb;
Let earth, and sea, and sky,
His wondrous love proclaim:

Upon his head

Shall honours rest,

And every age

Pronounce him blest

END OF THE THIRD BOOK OF HYMNS.

SELECTED

FROM VARIOUS AUTHORS.

HYMN 1. L. M.

Old Hundred. [*]

Being of God. Ps. civ.

e 1 HERE is a God-all nature speaks,

THE

Through earth, and air, and sea, and skies ;

o 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 flowery 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

HYMN 2. C. M.

STEELE.

Tunbridge. [b *]

Goodness of God. Nahum i. 7.

YE humble souls, approach your God,

With songs of sacred praise;

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;

o 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;

Their humble hope thou wilt reward,

With bliss divinely free.

o 6 Great God, to thy almighty love
What honours shall we raise?

Not all the raptured songs above
Can render equal praise.

HYMN 3. C. M.

STEELE

Mitcham. Arundel. [*]

God the Creator.

ETERNAL Wisdom, thee we praise,

Thee the creation sings;

With thy loved name, rocks, hills, and seas,
And heaven's high palace rings.

g 2 Thy hand,-how wide it spread the sky!
How glorious to behold!

-Tinged with a blue of heavenly dye,
And starred with sparkling gold.

3 Thy glories blaze all nature round,
And strike the gazing sight,

Through skies, and seas, and solid ground,
With terror and delight.

4 Infinite strength, and equal skill,
Shine through the worlds abroad;

e Our souls with vast amazement fill,
And speak the builder-God.

e

-5 But still the wonders of thy grace
Our softer passions move;
Pity divine in Jesus' face,
We see, adore, and love.

HYMN 4. C. M.

WATTS.

Bedford. [*]

Sovereignty and Dominion of GOD.

a 1 KEEP silence all created things,

And wait your Maker's nod;

My soul stands trembling while she sings
The honours of her God.

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 Chained to his throne a volume lies, With all the fates of men;

With every angel's form and size,
Drawn by th' eternal pen.

-4 His providence unfolds the book,
And makes his counsels shine;
Each opening leaf, and every stroke,
Fulfills some deep design.

5 (Here he exalts neglected worms,
To sceptres and a crown;

And there, the following page he turns,
And treads the monarch down.

6 Not Gabriel asks the reason why,
Nor God the reason gives;
Nor dares the favourite angel pry
Between the folded leaves.)

e 7 My God, I would not long to see
My fate, with curious eyes;
What gloomy lines are writ for me,
Or what bright scenes may rise.

-8 In thy fair book of life and grace,
O may I find my name,

Recorded in some humble place,
Beneath my Lord-the Lamb.

HYMN 5. L. P. M.

WATTS.

St. Helen's. [*]

GOD's Name proclaimed. Ex. xxxiv. 6—8.

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 heaven adored, "Down to the earth my footsteps bend в 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 pardoning love is ever sure,

"When penitential sorrow mourns; "To millions, through unnumbered years, "New hope and new delight it bears;

"Yet wrath against the sinner burns."