HYMN II. L. M.

A paraphrase of the same.

I

NING to the LORD with joyful voice;
Let ev'ry land his name adore;
The British isles shall send the noise
Across the ocean to the shore.

II

Nations, attend before his throne
With solemn fear, with sacred joy:
Know that the LORD is God alone;
He can create, and he destroy.

III

His sov'reign pow'r, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and form'd us men;
And when like wand'ring sheep we stray'd,
He brought us to his fold again.

IV

We are his people, we his care,
Our souls and all our mortal frame:
What lasting honours shall we rear,
Almighty maker, to thy name?

V

We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs; High as the heav'ns our voices raise:

And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.

VI

Wide as the world is thy command;
Vast as eternity thy love;

Firm as a rock thy truth must stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.

HYMN

HYMN III. L. M.

The one living and true God.

I

TERNAL God, almighty cause

ET

Of earth and seas and worlds unknown, All things are subject to thy laws;

All things depend on thee alone.

II

Thy glorious being singly stands,
Of all, within itself, possest;
By none controul'd in thy commands;
And in thyself completely blest.

III

No other can thine honours claim,
No higher deities there are;
No rivals bear thine awful name,
Nor fellow-gods thy glory share.

IV

In thee, O God, our hopes shall rest,
Fountain of peace and joy and love!
Thy favour only makes us blest,
Without thee all would nothing prove.

V

Worship to thee alone belongs,
Worship to thee alone we give;

Thine be our hearts, and thine our songs,
And to thy glory may we live!

VI

LORD, spread thy name thro' heathen lands, Their idol deities dethrone;

Subdue the world to thy commands,

And reign, as thou art, GoD alone.

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HYMN

WE

HYMN IV. L. M.

Praise for temporal blessings.

I

E bless the LORD, the just, the good, Who fills our hearts with joy and food; Who pours his blessings from the skies, And loads our days with rich supplies.

II

He sends the sun his circuit round,
To cheer the fruits, to warm the ground:
He bids the clouds, with plenteous rain,
Refresh the thirsty earth again.

III

'Tis to his care we owe our breath,
And all our near escapes from death:
He helps the weak, and guards the strong;
Safety and health to God belong.

THRO

HYMN V. C. M.

The immutability of God.

I

HROUGH endless years thou art the same,
O ever blessed God!

Ages to come shall know thy name,
And tell thy works abroad.

II

The strong foundations of the earth
Of old by thee were laid;

By thee the beauteous arch of heav'n
With matchless skill was made.

III Soon

III

Soon shall this goodly frame of things,
Form'd by thy pow'rful hand,
Be, like a vesture, laid aside,
And chang'd at thy command.

IV

But thy perfections, all-divine,
Eternal as thy days,

Through everlasting ages shine
With undiminish'd rays.

V

Thy servants' children, still thy care,
Shall own their fathers' God;
To latest times thy favour share,
And spread thy praise abroad.

CAN

HYMN VI. C. M.

God incomprehensible.

I

AN creatures to perfection find
Th' eternal uncreated mind?
Or can the largest stretch of thought
Measure and search thy nature out?

II

'Tis high as heav'n, 'tis deep as hell;
And what can mortals know or tell?
Thy glory spreads beyond the sky
And all the shining worlds on high.

God is a king of pow'r unknown;
Firm are the orders of his throne:

If

If he resolve, who dare oppose,

Or ask him why or what he does?

IV

He wounds the heart, and he makes whole;
He calms the tempest of the soul:
When he shuts up in long despair,
Who can remove the heavy bar?

V

He frowns, and darkness veils the moon,
The fainting sun grows dim at noon :
The pillars of heav'n's starry roof
Tremble and start at his reproof.

HYMN VII. L. M.

The all-seeing God.

I

LORD, thou hast search'd and seen us through;

Thine eye commands, with piercing view,
Our waking and our sleeping hours,
Our heart and flesh, with all their pow'rs.

II

Our thoughts, before they are our own,
Are to our God distinctly known:
He knows the words we mean to speak,
Ere from our op'ning lips they break.

III

Within thy circling pow'r we stand;
On ev'ry side we find thy hand:
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
We are surrounded still with God.

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