And everlasting Father art,
By all the earth adored.
2 To thee all angels cry aloud;
To thee, the powers on high,
Both cherubim and seraphim,
Continually do cry,
3 O holy, holy, holy Lord,
Whom heavenly hosts obey,
The world is with the glory filled
Of thy majestic sway.
4 The apostles' glorious company,
And prophets crowned with light,
With all the martyrs' noble host,
Thy constant praise recite.
5 The holy church throughout the world,
O Lord, confesses thee
- The eternal God, who was, and is,
And evermore shall be.
1 BLESS, O my soul, the living God! Call home thy thoughts that roam abroad; Let all the powers within me join
In work and worship so divine.
2 Bless, O my soul, the God of grace!
His favors claim thy highest praise;
Let not the wonders he has wrought
Be lost in silence and forgot.
3 The vices of the mind he heals,
And cures the pains which nature feels;
Redeems the soul from sin, and saves Our wasting lives from threatening graves. 4 Let the whole earth his power confess; Let the whole earth his goodness bless; Let all the powers within it, join In work and worship so divine.
1 GREAT Source of life! our souls confess
The various riches of thy grace;
Crowned with thy mercy, we rejoice,
And in thy praise exalt our voice.
2 By thee Heaven's shining arch was spread,
By thee were earth's foundations laid,
And all the scenes of man's abode
Proclaim the wise, the powerful God.
3 Thy tender hand restores our breath,
When trembling on the verge of death;
Gently it wipes away our tears,
And lengthens life to future years.
4 And when by thee our souls are led
Through unknown regions of the dead,
With joy triumphant shall they move
To scenes of nobler life above.
1 To God, the only wise,
Our Saviour and our King,
Let all that live beneath the skies
Their humble praises bring.
2 "Tis his Almighty love,
His counsel and his care,
Preserves us safe from sin and death,
And every fatal snare.
3 He will present our souls
Unblemished and complete
Before the glory of his face,
With joys divinely great.
4 Then all the chosen seed
Shall meet around the throne;
Shall bless the conduct of his grace,
And make his wonders known.
5 To our Redeemer, God,
Wisdom and power belongs;
Immortal crowns of majesty,
And everlasting songs.
1 O, COME, loud anthems let ussing,
Loud thanks to our Almighty King:
For we our voices high should raise
When our salvation's Rock we praise.
2 The depths of earth are in his hands;
The powers of nature he commands;
The hill, the vale, the sea, the sky,
Subjected to his empire lie.
3 0, let us to his courts repair,
And bow with adoration there;
For God, the Lord, enthroned in state,
Is with unrivalled glory great.
4 Into his presence let us haste,
To thank him for his favors past;
To him address in joyful songs
The praise that to his name belongs.
Tate & Brady.
1 My soul, repeat His praise,
Whose mercy is so great;
Whose anger is so slow to rise,
So ready to abate.
2 High as the heavens are raised
Above the ground we tread,
So far the riches of his grace
Our highest thoughts exceed.
3 The pity of the Lord,
To those who fear his name, Is such as tender parents feel; He knows our feeble frame.
4 Our days are as the grass,
Or like the morning flower;
If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field,
It withers in an hour.
5 But thy compassions, Lord,
To endless years endure;
And children's children ever find
Thy promised mercy sure.
1 GLORY be to God on high!
God, whose glory fills the sky;
Peace on earth to man forgiven,
Man, the well beloved of Heaven.
2 Favored mortals, raise the song;
Endless thanks to God belong;
Hearts o'erflowing with his praise,
Join the hymns your voices raise.
3 Call the tribes of beings round,
From creation's utmost bound;
Where the Godhead shines confessed,
There, be solemn praise addressed.
4 Mark the wonders of his hand!
Power, no empire can withstand;
Wisdom, angels' glorious theme;
Goodness, one eternal stream.
5 Awful Being! from thy throne
Send thy promised mercy down;
May thy light, thy truth, thy peace,
Bid our raging passions cease.
1 BE thou, O God, exalted high;
And as thy glory fills the sky,
So let it be on earth displayed,
Till thou art here, as there, obeyed.
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