And all our raptur'd pow'rs confess
That God, our God, is love!
1 YE humble souls, approach your God
With songs of sacred praise;
For he is good, immensely good,
And kind are all his ways.
2 All nature owns his guardian care,
In Him we live and move;
But nobler benefits declare
The wonders of his love.
3 He gave his Son, his only Son,
To ransom rebel worms;
'Tis here he makes his goodness known
In its diviner forms.
4 To this dear refuge, Lord, we come;
"Tis here our hope relies;"
A safe defence, a peaceful home,
When storms of trouble rise.
1 ETERNAL Wisdom, thee we praise!
Thee the creation sings!
With thy lov'd name, rocks, hills, and seas,
And heav'n's high palace rings.
2 Thy hand how wide it spread the sky!
How glorious to behold!
Ting'd with the blue of heav'nly dye,
And starr'd with sparkling gold.
3 Thy glories blaze all nature round,
And strike the gazing sight,
Thro' skies, and seas, and solid ground,
With terror and delight.
4 O what stupendous pow'r and skill
Shine thro' the worlds abroad!
Our souls with vast amazement fill,
And speak the builder God.
5 But, O! the wonders of thy grace
Sublimer passions move;
Glory divine in Jesu's face
1 THY way, O God! is in the sea;
Thy paths we cannot trace;
Nor comprehend the mystery
Of thy unbounded grace.
2 Here the dark veils of flesh and sense
Our captive minds surround,
Mysterious deeps of providence
Our wond'ring thoughts confound.
3 When we behold thy awful hand
Our earthly hopes destroy,
In deep astonishment we stand,
And ask the reason why?
4 As thro' a glass we dimly see
The wonders of thy love;
How little do we know of thee,
Or of the joys above!
5 "Tis but in part we know thy will;
We bless thee for the sight:-
When will thy love the rest reveal
In glory's clearer light?
6 With rapture shall we then survey
Thy providence and grace;
And spend an everlasting day
In wonder, love, and praise.
1 PRAISE to the Lord of boundless might! With uncreated glories bright;
His presence gilds the worlds above,-
Th' unchanging source of light and love.
2 "Let there be light!" Jehovah said;
And light o'er all the earth was spread;
Nature, array'd in charms unknown,
Gay with created lustre shone.
3 But in the mind, when lost it lies
In shades of ignorance and vice;
"Tis God himself whose vivid ray
Transforms its midnight into day.
4 Shine, mighty God! with vigour shine
On this benighted heart of mine;
And let thy glories stand reveal'd,
As in the Saviour's face beheld.
6 My soul, reviv'd by heav'n-born day,
Thy radiant image shall display;
While all my faculties unite
To praise the uncreated Light.
1 HOLY, holy, holy Lord,
God the Father and the Word,
God the Comforter, receive
Blessings more than we can give:
Mixt with those beyond the sky,
Worshipping the Lord most High,
We our hearts and voices raise,
Echoing thy eternal praise.
2 One, inexplicably Three,
One in grandest Unity;
God, incline thy gracious ear,
Us thy lisping children hear!
Thee-while man the sinner sings,
Angels shrink behind their wings;
Prostrate seraphim above
Breathe unutterable love.
3 Happy they who ever rest,
With thy heav'nly presence blest!
They the heights of glory see!
Sound the depths of Deity!
Fain with them our souls would vie;
Sink as low, and mount as high:
Fall, o'erwhelm'd with love, or soar;
Shout, or silently adore!
1 WHO can describe the joys that rise
Through all the courts of paradise
To see a prodigal return,
To see an heir of glory born?
2 With joy the Father doth approve The fruit of bis eternal love;
The Son with joy looks down, and sees
The purchase of his agonies.
3 The Spirit takes delight to view
The holy soul he form'd anew;
And saints and angels join to sing
The growing empire of their King.
1 ETERNAL hallelujahs
Be to the Father giv'n;
Who lov'd his own
Ere time begun,
And mark'd them out for heav'n.
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