4 Their doctrine does its sacred sense

Through earth's extent display ;
Whose bright contents the circling sun

Does round the world convey.. 5 No bridegroom, for his nuptials dressed,

Has such a cheerful face;
No giant does like him rejoice

To run his glorious race.

6 From east to west, from west to east,

His restless course he goes;
And, through his progress, cheerful light

And vital warmth bestows.

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Addison. The Heatens declare the Glory of God. Ps. 19. 1 THE spacious firmament on high,

With all the blue, ethereal sky,
And spangled heavens, a shining frame,
Their great Original proclaim.
The unwearied sun, from day to day,
Doth his Creator's power display,
And publishes to every land

The work of an almighty hand.
2 Soon as the evening shades prevail,

The moon takes up the wondrous tale,
And nightly to the listening earth
Repeats the story of her birth;
Whilst all the stars which round her burn,
And all the planets, in their turn,
Confirm the tidings, as they roll,
And spread the truth from pole to pole.

3 What though, in solemn silence, all

Move round this dark, terrestrial ball;
What though no real voice nor sound
Amidst their radiant orbs be found ;-
In reason's ear they all rejoice,
And utter forth a glorious voice,
Forever singing, as they shine,
6. The hand that made us is divine."

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Ps. 19.

1 TURN to the stars of heaven thine eyes,

And God shall meet thee there;
Exalt thy vision to the skies,

His glory they declare;
Day speaks to day, night teaches night,

The wonders of their frame,
And all in harmony unite

Their Maker to proclaim. 2 Earth has no language, man no speech,

But gives their voice a tongue; Their words the world's foundations reach;

Their hymn in heaven is sung ;
Pavilioned there in glory bright,

As from a blooming bride,
The sun comes forth in floods of light,

With all a bridegroom's pride. 3 Glad, like a giant for the race,

His orient flame ascends, Soars through the boundless realms of space, And in the west descends;

His heat the vital lamp bestows,

The firmament pervades,
In ocean's darkest caverns glows,

And earth's profoundest shades.

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WATTS. The Glory of God in Creation and Providence. Ps. 104. 1 MY soul, thy great Creator praise ;

When, clothed in his celestial rays,
He in full majesty appears,

And like a robe his glory wears.
2 The heavens are for his curtains spread;

The unfathomed deep he makes his bed i
Clouds are his chariot when he flies,

On winged storms, across the skies.
3 The world's foundations by his hand

Are poised, and shall forever stand;
He binds the ocean in his chain,

Lest it should drown the earth again.
4 The swelling billows know their bound,

And in their channels walk their round;
Yet, thence conveyed by secret veins,
They spring on hills, and drench the plains.

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WATTS. The Same. Ps. 104. 1 GOD from his cloudy cistern pours

On the parched earth enriching showers;
The grove, the garden, and the field,
A thousand joyful blessings yield.

2 What noble fruit the vines produce !

The olive yields a shining juice:
Our hearts are cheered with generous wine;

With inward joy our faces shine. 3 He sets the sun his circling race,

Appoints the moon to change her face;
And, when thick darkness veils the day,

Calls out wild beasts to hunt their prey. 4 Fierce lions lead their young abroad,

And, roaring, ask their meat from God;
But when the morning beams arise,

The savage beast to covert flies. 5 Then man to daily labor goes ;

The night was made for his repose ;
Sleep is thy gift, that sweet relief

From tiresome toil and wasting grief. 6 How strange thy works! how great thy skill!

And every land thy riches fill;
Thy wisdom round the world we see ;
This spacious earth is full of thee.

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WATTS.
The Same. Ps. 104.
1 VAST are thy works, Almighty Lord ;

All nature rests upon thy word;
And the whole race of creatures stands, "}

Waiting their portion from thy hands.
2 But when thy face is hid, they mourn,

And, dying, to their dust return;
Both man and beast their souls resign:
Life, breath, and spirit, all are thine.

3 Yet thou canst breathe on dust again,

And fill the world with beasts and men; A word of thy creating breath

Repairs the wastes of time and death. 4 His works, the wonders of his might,

Are honored with his own delight;
How awful are his glorious ways!

The Lord is dreadful in his praise.
5 In thee my hopes and wishes meet,

And make my meditations sweet;
Thy praises shall my breath employ,
Till it expire in endless joy.

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Ps. 104.

1 O LORD my God! how great art thou !

With honor and with glory crowned ; Light's dazzling splendors veil thy brow,

And gird the universe around.
2 Spirits and angels thou hast made;

Thy ministers a flaming fire;
By thee were earth's foundations laid;

At thy rebuke the floods retire.
3 Thine are the fountains of the deep;

By thee their waters swell or fail;
Up to the mountain's summit creep,

Or shrink beneath the lowly vale.
4 Thy fingers mark their utmost bound;

That bound the waters may not pass ; Their moisture swells the teeming ground, And paints the valleys o'er with grass.