2 The heaven and the earth, the water and air,
To thee owe their birth-subsist by thy care;
While angels are singing thy praises above,
We mortals are bringing our tribute of love.
3 How wondrous thy grace, to send from on high
To save our lost race, the Saviour to die;
Invested with glory, on high thou dost sit,
While angels adoring, bow down at thy feet.
4 How soon will thy seat of judgment appear!
Prepare us to meet, and welcome thee there;
The witnessing spirit in all shed abroad,
And bid us inherit the kingdom of God.
1 COME! sound his praise abroad,
And hymns of glory sing;
Jehovah is the sovereign God,
The universal King.
2 He formed the deeps unknown;
He gave the seas their bound:
The watery worlds are all his own,
And all the solid ground.
3 Come! worship at his throne;
Come, bow before the Lord:
We are his work and not our own;
He formed us by his word.
4 To-day, attend his voice;
No more provoke his rod :
Come like the people of his choice,
And own your gracious God.
1 GOD, in his earthly temples, lays
Foundations for his heavenly praise;
And loves to see that worship rise,
Which forms his offspring for the skies.
2 His mercy visits every house
That pays its night and morning vows;
But makes a more delightful stay,
Where churches meet to praise and pray.
3 There let the church rejoice and sing
The hill where living waters spring;
Angels his heavenly wonders show,
And saints shall praise him here below.
4 He guides their footsteps lest they stray,
He feeds and clothes them all their way;
He guards them with a powerful hand,
And brings them to the heavenly land.
1 THE Almighty reigns! exalted high,
Above the earth, above the sky:
Though clouds and darkness veil his feet,
His dwelling is the mercy-seat.
2 Rejoice, ye righteous, and record
The sacred honors of the Lord;
None but the souls that feel his grace,
Can stand with joy before his face.
3 O ye who love his holy name,
Hate every work of sin and shame; He guards the souls of all his friends, And from the snares of death defends. 4 Immortal light and joys unknown Are for the saints in darkness sown; Those glorious seeds shall spring and rise, And the glad harvest bless their eyes.
1 COME, thou Almighty King!
Help us thy name to sing,
Help us to praise :
Father all glorious,
O'er all victorious,
Come and reign over us,
Ancient of days!,
2 Come, thou all-gracious Lord!
By heaven and earth adored,
Our prayer attend :
Come, and thy children bless,
Give thy good word success,
Make thine own holiness
On us descend.
3 Never from us depart;
Rule thou in every heart,
Hence, evermore !
Thy sovereign majesty
May we in glory see,
And through eternity
Love and adore.
1 GREAT author of all nature's frame,
Holy and reverend is thy name;
Against thee who shall lift his hand?
Before thy terrors who can stand?
2 But blest are they, O gracious Lord,
Who fear thy name and keep thy word;
Thy wisdom guides, thy power defends
Their life, till life its journey ends.
3 O that my soul, with awful sense
Of thy transcendent excellence,
May close the day, the day begin,
Watchful against each darling sin.
4 Never, O never from my heart
May this great principle depart;
But act with unabating power
Within me, to my latest hour.
A blessing on the Church implored.
1 To bless thy chosen race
In mercy, Lord, incline,
And cause the brightness of thy face
On all thy saints to shine.
2 Thus may thy wondrous way
Throughout the earth be known,
Till distant lands their tribute pay,
And all thy glory own.
3 Then all the desert plains
Shall blossom as the rose,
Reviving in the gentle rains
Which God, our God, bestows.
4 Then God, on every land
Shall constant mercies shower,
And the whole earth in awe shall stand
Of his resistless power.
5 Let all the nations join
To celebrate thy fame,
And the wide world, O Lord, combine
To praise thy glorious name.
41. L. M.
Divine light implored.
1 O SOURCE of uncreated light!
By whom the worlds were raised from night,
Come, visit every pious mind;
Come, pour thy joys on human kind,
2 Plenteous in grace, descend from high,
Rich in thy matchless energy;
From sin and sorrow set us free,
And make us temples worthy thee.
3 Thrice holy fount! thrice holy fire!
Our hearts with heavenly love inspire;
Our frailties help, our hearts control,
Subdue the senses to the soul.
4 Chase from our path each noxious foe,
And peace, the fruit of love, bestow;
And, lest our feet from wisdom stray,
Protect and guide us in our way.
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