2 Not the high seraph's mighty thought,
Who countless years his God has sought,
Such wondrous height or depth can find,
Or fully trace thy boundless mind.

3 And yet thy kindness deigns to show
Enough for mortal minds to know;
While wisdom, goodness, power divine,
Through all thy works and conduct shine.
4 O, may our souls with rapture trace
Thy works of nature and of grace;
Explore thy sacred truth, and still
Press on to know and do thy will.

152.

S. P. M.

The Majesty of God.

1 THE Lord Jehovah reigns,
And royal state maintains,

His head with awful glories crowned,
Arrayed in robes of light,

Begirt with sovereign might,

And rays of majesty around.

2 Upheld by thy commands,
The world securely stands,

And skies and stars obey thy word;
Thy throne was fixed on high
Ere stars adorned the sky;
Eternal is thy kingdom, Lord.

3 Thy promises are true;
Thy grace is ever new ;

WATTS.

There fixed, thy church shall ne'er remove,
Thy saints, with holy fear,

Shall in thy courts appear,

And sing thine everlasting love.

1 ETERNAL Wisdom, thee we praise; Thee all thy creatures sing;

WATTS.

While with thy name rocks, hills, and seas,
And heaven's high palace, ring.

2 Thy hand, how wide it spread the sky!
How glorious to behold!

Tinged with a blue of heavenly dye,
And decked with sparkling gold.

3 Thy glories blaze all nature round,
And strike the gazing sight,

Through skies, and seas, and solid ground,
With terror and delight.

4 Almighty power, and equal skill,

Shine through the worlds abroad,
Our souls with vast amazement fill,
And speak the builder, God.

5 But still, the wonders of thy grace
Our warmer passions move;
Here we behold our Saviour's face,
And here adore his love.

1 IS there a God? Yon rising sun

In answer meet replies,

Writes it in flame upon the earth,
Proclaims it round the skies.

ANONYMOUS.

2 Is there a God? Hark! from on high His thunder shakes the poles;

I hear his voice in every wind,

In every wave that rolls.

3 Is there a God? With sacred fear, I upward turn my eyes;

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"There is!" each glittering lamp of light,
"There is!" my soul replies.
4 If such convictions to my mind
His works aloud impart,

O, let the wisdom of his word
Inscribe them on my heart.

155.

C. M.

God unchangeable.

TATE & BRADY

1 THROUGH endless years thou art the same, O thou eternal God;

Each future age shall know thy name,
And tell thy works abroad.

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

By thee the beauteous arch of heaven,
With matchless skill, was made.

3 Soon shall this goodly frame of things,
Created by thy hand,

Be, like a vesture, laid aside,
And changed at thy command.
4 But thy perfections, all divine,
Eternal as thy days,

Through everlasting ages shine,
With undiminished rays.

156.

L. M.

SPIRIT OF THE PSALMS

Omnipresence of God.

1 FATHER of spirits, nature's God!
Our inmost thoughts are known to thee;
Thou, Lord, canst hear each idle word,
And every private action see.

2 Could we, on morning's swiftest wings,
Pursue our flight through trackless air,
Or dive beneath deep ocean's springs,
Thy presence still would meet us there.

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3 In vain may guilt attempt to fly,
Concealed beneath the pall of night;
One glance from thy all-piercing eye
Can kindle darkness into light.

4 Search thou our hearts, and there destroy
Each evil thought, each secret sin,
And fit us for those realms of joy,
Where naught impure shall enter in.

Omniscience and Omnipresence of God.

WATTS.

1 LORD, thou hast searched and seen me through;
Thine eye commands, with piercing view,
My rising and my resting hours,

My heart and flesh, with all their powers.
2 My thoughts, before they are my own,
Are to my God distinctly known;
He knows the words I mean to speak,
Ere from my opening lips they break.
3 Within thy circling power I stand;
On every side I find thy hand;
A wake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.
4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great!
What large extent! what lofty height !
My soul, with all the powers I boast,
Is in the boundless prospect lost.

5 O, may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest,

Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.

Wisdom and Knowledge of God.

1 AWAKE, my tongue; thy tribute bring To Him who gave thee power to sing ;

NEEDHAM

Praise Him who has all praise above, The source of wisdom and of love. 2 How vast his knowledge! how profound! A depth where all our thoughts are drowned! The stars he numbers, and their names He gives to all their heavenly flames. 3 Through each bright world above, behold Ten thousand thousand charms unfold; Earth, air, and mighty seas combine To speak his wisdom all divine. 4 But in redemption, O, what grace! Its wonders, O, what thought can trace! Here wisdom shines for ever bright; Praise him, my soul, with sweet delight.

159.

C. M.

Almighty Power and Majesty of God.

H. K. WHITE

1 THE Lord our God is clothed with might; The winds obey his will;

He speaks, and in the heavenly height

The rolling sun stands still.

2 Rebel, ye waves, and o'er the land
With threatening aspect roar;
The Lord uplifts his awful hand,
And chains you to the shore.

3 Ye winds of night, your force combine;
Without his high behest,

Ye shall not, in the mountain-pine,
Disturb the sparrow's nest.

4 His voice sublime is heard afar;
In distant peals it dies ;

He binds the whirlwinds to his car,
And sweeps the howling skies.

5 Ye nations bend; in reverence bend;
Ye monarchs, wait his nod,