145 C. M. WATTS. Decrees and Providence of God. 1 LET the whole race of creatures lie Whate'er his mighty hand has formed 2 Ten thousand ages ere the skies All the long years and worlds to come 3 Trusting thy wisdom, God of love, 4 Be this alone our fervent prayer,— Or joys, or sorrows, may they form "God, with whom is no Variableness." 1 ALL-POWERFUL, self-existent God, 2 Fixed and eternal as thy days, Each glorious attribute divine, With undiminished lustre shine. 3 Fountain of being! Source of good! 146. 4 Earth may with all her powers dissolve, 147. I AM, is thy memorial still. C. M God Omnipresent. ANONYMOUS. 1 THERE's not a place in earth's vast round, Where skill and wisdom are not found, 2 Around, within, below, above, There heaven displays its boundless love, 3 Then rise, my soul, and sing his name, Who spread abroad earth's wondrous frame, 4 Where'er thine earthly lot is cast. 148. L. M. Providence Mysterious. ANONYMOUS 1 THY ways, O Lord, with wise design, 2 With feeble light, and half obscure, Poor mortals thine arrangements view, 3 They neither know nor trace the way; Nor shall the weakest fail or die. 4 My favored soul shall meekly learn GENERAL PRAISE. 149. L. M. Praise to the great Jehovah. TATE & BRADY 1 BE thou, O God, exalted high; 2 O God, our hearts are fixed and bent And, with the heart the voice, we'll raise 3 Thy praises, Lord, we will resound 4 Be thou, O God, exalted high; 150. 7s. M. Adoration. SALISBURY COLL 1 HOLY, holy, holy Lord, 2 Though unworthy, Lord, thine ear, 3 There no tongue shall silent be; That, through heaven's capacious round, 4 Lord, thy mercies never fail; Be thy glorious name adored. 151. 10s. & 11s. GRANT God Glorious. 1 0, WORSHIP the King, all glorious above, And gratefully sing his wonderful love, Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days, 2 Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite? 4 Father Almighty, how faithful thy love! 152. 153. C. M. Invitation to offer Praise. HEMANS 1 PRAISE ye the Lord; on every height Ye angel hosts, ye stars of night, 2 O fire and vapor, hail and snow, 3 Mountains and rocks, to heaven that rise Creatures of life that wing the skies, 4 Judges of nations; kings, whose hand O youths and virgins of the land; 5 Praise ye his name, to whom alone 7s. M. Praise to God. 1 LET us, with a gladsome mind, MILTON. |