BRATTLE STREET. C. M.

Ignace Pleyel. (1757-1831) 1791. Arr. by N thum Mitchell. (1770-1853.) 1812. 1st time.

2d time.

I.

soar;

May I with sweet assurance claim

A portion so divine?

This only can my fears control,

And bid my sorrows fly;
What harm can ever reach my soul
Beneath my Father's eye?

2 Whate'er Thy providence denies,
I calmly would resign,

For Thou art good and just and wise :
O bend my will to Thine.
Whate'er Thy sacred will ordains,

O give me strength to bear;
And let me know my Father reigns,
And trust His tender care.

3 Thy sovereign ways are all unknown
To my weak, erring sight;
Yet let my soul adoring own

That all Thy ways are right.
My God, my Father, be Thy name
My solace and my stay;

O wilt thou seal my humble claim,
And drive my fears away.

Miss Anne Steele. (1717-1778.) 1760

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God's Way best for us.
2 We cannot see before us,
But our all-seeing Friend
Is always watching o'er us,

And knows the very end;
And when amid our blindness
His disappointments fall,
We trust His loving-kindness

Whose wisdom sends them all.

3 They are the purple fringes
That hide His glorious feet;
They are the fire-wrought hinges
Where truth and mercy meet;
By them the golden portal

Of Providence shall ope,
And lift to praise immortal
The songs of faith and hope.

Miss Frances Ridley Havergal. 1872. ab.

128

"He bowed the Heavens."
Ps. xviii.

2 On cherub and on cherubim

Full royally He rode;

And on the wings of all the winds
Came flying all abroad.

3 He sat serene upon the floods,
Their fury to restrain;

And He, as Sovereign Lord and King,
For evermore shall reign.

4 The Lord will give His people strength Whereby they shall increase;

And He will bless His chosen flock
With everlasting peace.

5 Give glory to His awful name,
And honor Him alone;

Give worship to His majesty
Upon His holy throne.

4 Infinite strength, and equal skill, Shine through the worlds abroad, Our souls with vast amazement fill, And speak the builder God.

5 But the sweet beauties of Thy grace Our softer passions move;

Pity divine in Jesus' face
We see, adore, and love.

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Rev. Isaac Watts. (1674-1748.) 1706.

Omnipresence and Omniscience of God.
Ps. cxxxix.

I JEHOVAH, God, Thy gracious power
On every hand we see;

O may the blessings of each hour
Lead all our thoughts to Thee.

2 If on the wings of morn we speed
To earth's remotest bound,
Thy hand will there our footsteps lead,
Thy love our path surround.

3 Thy power is in the ocean deeps,
And reaches to the skies;
Thine eye of mercy never sleeps,
Thy goodness never dies.

4 From morn till noon, till latest eve,
Thy hand, O God, we see;
And all the blessings we receive,
Proceed alone from Thee.

5 In all the varying scenes of time,
On Thee our hopes depend;
Through every age, in every clime,
Our Father, and our Friend.

Rev. John Thomson. (1782-1818.1 185▼

2 God reigns on high, but not confines His goodness to the skies;

Through the whole earth His bounty shines, And every want supplies.

3 With longing eyes Thy creatures wait
On Thee for daily food;

Thy liberal hand provides their meat,
And fills their mouths with good.
4 How kind are Thy compassions, Lord,
How slow Thine anger moves!

But soon He sends His pardoning word
To cheer the souls He loves.

5 Creatures, with all their endless race,
Thy power and praise proclaim;
But saints that taste Thy richer grace
Delight to bless Thy name.

4 I pass the gloomy vale of death, From fear and danger free;

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And in His temple spend.

Tate and Brady. 1696.

Praise for Creation and Providence.
Heb. iii. 4.

I I SING the almighty power of God,
That made the mountains rise,
That spread the flowing seas abroad,
And built the lofty skies.

2 I sing the wisdom that ordained
The sun to rule the day;

The moon shines full at His command, And all the stars obey.

3 I sing the goodness of the Lord, That filled the earth with food;

He formed the creatures with His word, And then pronounced them good.

4 There's not a plant or flower below
But makes Thy glories known;
And clouds arise, and tempests blow,
By order from Thy throne.

5 Creatures that borrow life from Thee
Are subject to Thy care;
There's not a place where we can flee,
But God is present there.

EISENACH. L. M.

Johann Hermann Schein. (1586—1630.) 1628

2 O God, my heart is fixed, 't is bent,
Its thankful tribute to present;
And with my heart my voice I'll raise
To Thee, my God, in songs of praise.

3 Thy praises, Lord, I will resound

To all the listening nations round:
Thy mercy highest heaven transcends,
Thy truth beyond the clouds extends.

4 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.
Tate and Brady. 1696.

I THE Lord, how wondrous are His ways,
How firm His truth, how large His grace:
He takes His mercy for His throne,
And thence He makes His glories known.
2 Not half so high His power hath spread
The starry heavens above our head,
As His rich love exceeds our praise,
Exceeds the highest hopes we raise.

3 Not half so far has nature placed
The rising morning from the west,
As His forgiving grace removes
The daily guilt of those He loves.
4 How slowly doth His wrath arise!
On swifter wings salvation flies:
And, if He lets His anger burn,
How soon His frowns to pity turn!