But heavenly Majesty comes down, 3 Great God! what poor returns we pay For love so infinite as thine! 6 Words are but air, and tongues but clay, But thy compassion's all divine. HYMN 46. B. 2. L. M. Portugal, Truro, Dunstan. Condescension of God. 1 UP to the Lord, who reigns on high, And tell how large his bounties are. 2 [He that can shake the worlds he made, 3 God, that must stoop to view the skies, And manages our mean affairs: 5 Our sorrows and our tears we pour 7 O! could our thankful hearts devise A tribute equal to thy grace, To the third heaven our songs should rise And teach the golden harps thy praise. HYMN 99. B. 2. C. M. Abridge, Christmas. Decrees of God. 1 LET the whole race of creatures lie Abas'd before their God; Whate'er his sov'reign voice has form'd He governs with a nod. 2 [Ten thousand ages ere the skies All the long years and worlds to come 3 There's not a sparrow nor a worm 4 If light attend the course I run, 5 Yet I would not be much concern'd, The volumes of his deep decrees, 6 When he reveals the book of life, HYMN 67. B. 2. C. M. Dominion and immutability of God. 1 GREAT God! how infinite art thou! What worthless worms are we! Let the whole race of creatures bow, 2 Thy throne eternal ages stood, 3 Nature and time quite naked lie 4 Eternity, with all its years, Stands present in thy view; To thee there's nothing old appears- 5 Our lives through various scenes are drawn, And vex'd with trifling cares; While thine eternal thought moves on 6 Great God! how infinite art thou! 9} PSALM 93. L.M. Old Hundred, Portugal. Dominion, elernity and immutability of God. 2 But ere this spacious world was made, 3 Like floods the angry nations rise, Vain floods, that aim their rage so high! At thy rebuke the billows die. 4 Forever shall thy throne endure: Thy promise stands forever sure; And everlasting holiness Becomes the dwellings of thy grace. 10 PSALM 93. 1st Part. P. M. 1 THE Lord of glory reigns, he reigns on high : His robes of state are strength and majesty. This wide creation rose at his command, Built by his word and 'stablish'd by his hand. Long stood his throne ere he began creation, And his own Godhead is the firm foundation. 2 God is th' Eternal King: Thy foes in vain Raise their rebellion to confound thy reign. In vain the storms, in vain the floods arise, And roar, and toss their waves against the skies: Foaming at heaven, they rage with wild commotion, But heaven's high arches scorn the swelling ocean. 3 Ye tempests, rage no more; ye floods, be 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. PSALM 93. 2d Part. P. M. Dalston, St. Giles. 11} 1 THE Lord Jehovah reigns, His head with awful glories crown'd; Array'd in robes of light, Begirt with sov'reign might, And rays of majesty around. 2 Upheld by thy commands, The world securely stands; And skies and stars obey thy word; And dash like waves against the shore. 5 Shall beat their madness down; Thy throne forever stands on high. Thy promises are true, Thy grace is ever new: There fix'd, thy church shall ne'er remove : Thy saints with holy fear Shall in thy courts appear, And sing thine everlasting love. 12} Repeat the fourth stanza, if necessary. HYMN 70. B. 2. L. M. 1 GOD of the seas, thy thund'ring voice 2 If but a Moses wave thy rod, The sea divides and owns its God; |