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Rev. Philip Doddridge, publ. 1755.

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2 Thou callest what was not

To life and conscious pleasure;
And beings round Thee spread

In numbers without measure;
Thy nature all is love,

And works of boundless skill
Unceasingly employed,

Thy schemes of love fulfill.

3 Thou speakest, and 'tis done;
When but Thy word was given,
The frame of nature rose-

The earth and starry heaven.
Thy will throughout the world
Such deeds of power show,
As creatures else would think
Beyond all power to do.

4 'Tis Thine alone, to live

And reign supreme for ever.
Life's Thine to give or take,

We breathe but by Thy favor.
The soul that rules in us

We have, Most High, from Thee;
Were such Thy will, it dies,

But Thou must ever be.

5 What we, immortal King,
Are of Thy nature knowing,
Thou hast Thyself revealed,
Thy works and counsels showing.
Creation speaks Thy power,
More clearly still Thy Son
Displays Thy wondrous grace,
And makes Thy mercy known.

6 Yet, what we learn of Thee
With shadows here is shrouded;
But soon we hope a light

And vision all unclouded,
When we to God shall come,
No shade or veil between;
And there His glory see,

As we ourselves are seen.

7 Meantime would we below

Ne'er cease our honors bringing;
Despise not, Lord, the praise
Our stammering tongues are singing:
When we shall rise to Thee

In realms of light above,
In higher, nobler strains,
We'll sing the God of love.

Joh. Sam. Dieterich, 1721-1797, Tr.

63 THORNE. 10. 10. 10. 10.

Edward H. Thorne, 1834

1. Honor and glory, thanks-giving and praise, Mak er of

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2 Thou art the Father of heaven and earth;
Worlds uncreated to Thee owe their birth;
All the creation, Thy voice when it heard,
Started to light and to life at Thy word.

3 Onward the sun and the moon on their march
Span with the rainbow the firmament's arch;
Stars yet unknown. and whose light is to come,
Find in creation their place and a home.

4 Earth with the mountain, the river, the plain,
Sky with the dew-drop, the wind, and the rain,
Beast of the forest, wild bird of the air,
All are Thy creatures, and all are Thy care.
5 Ocean the restless, and waters that swell,
Lightnings that flash over flood, over fell,
Own Thee the Master Almighty, and call
Thee the Creator, the Father of all.

6 Yea, Thou art Father of all, and Thy love
Pity for man that is fallen doth move;
Sharing our nature, though sinless, Thy Son
Came to redeem us, by Satan undone.

7 God in three Persons! give ear to our prayer;
Thought, word, and deed in Thine image repair;
Guide us in life, and protect to the last;
And, at Thine advent, Lord, pardon the past.

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Rev. Edward A. Dayman, 1868.

64 CREATION. L. M.

Arr. from Franz Joseph Haydn, 1798.

1. The spacious firm-a- ment on high, With all the blue e the real sky,

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And spangled heavens, a shin - ing frame, Their great Orig i-nal proclaim.

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2 The unwearied sun, from day to day,
Does his Creator's power display,
And publishes to every land
The work of an almighty hand.

(Or to Gilead.)

3 Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth;

4 Whilst all the stars that round her burn,
And all the planets in their turn,
Confirm the tidings as they roll,
And spread the truth from pole to pole.

5 What though in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestrial ball? What though nor real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found?

6 In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice; For ever singing, as they sing, "The hand that made us is Divine."

Joseph Addison, 1712.

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3 Thy providence is kind and large;
Both man and beast Thy bounty share;
The whole creation is Thy charge,
But saints are Thy peculiar care.

4 My God, how excellent Thy grace!
Whence all our hope and comfort springs;
The sons of Adam, in distress,
Fly to the shadow of Thy wings.

5 From the provisions of Thy house
We shall be fed with sweet repast;
There mercy like a river flows,

And brings salvation to our taste.

6 Life, like a fountain rich and free,
Springs from the presence of my Lord,
And in Thy light our souls shall see
The glories promised in Thy word.
Rev, Isaac Watts, 1719.

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