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1 GREAT First of Beings! mighty Lord Of all this wondrous frame! Produced by thy creating word,

The world from nothing came.

2 Thy voice sent forth the high command-
"Twas instantly obeyed;

And through thy goodness all things stand,
Which by thy power were made.

3 Lord! for thy glory shine the whole;
They all reflect thy light:

For this in course the planets roll,
And day succeeds the night.

4 For this the earth its produce yields,
For this the waters flow;

And blooming plants adorn the fields,
And trees aspiring grow.

5 Inspired with praise, our minds pursue
This wise and noble end,

That all we think, and all we do,
Shall to thy glory tend.

Steele.

2. L. M.

Being of God. Ps. civ.

Hamburg.

1 THERE is a God, all nature speaks,

Through earth, and air, and seas, and skies;
See, from the clouds his glory breaks,
When the first beams of morning rise:

2 The rising sun, serenely bright,
O'er the wide world's extended frame,
Inscribes, in characters of light,
His mighty maker's glorious name.
3 The flow'ry tribes all blooming rise
Above the weak attempts of art;
The smallest worms, the meanest flies,
Speak strong conviction to the heart.
4 Ye curious minds, who roam abroad,
And trace creation's wonders o'er,
Confess the footsteps of your God,
Bow down before him and adore.

Kent.

3.

Gracious.

H. M.

Ex. xxxiv. 6.

1 INDULGENT God! how kind

Are all thy ways to me,.
Whose dark, benighted mind

Was enmity with thee;

Carmathon.

Yet now subdued by sovereign grace,
My spirit longs for thine embrace.
2 How precious are thy thoughts,
That o'er my bosom roll;

They swell beyond my faults,
And captivate my soul;

How great their sum, how high they rise,
Can ne'er be known beneath the 'skies.
3 Preserved in Jesus, when

My feet made haste to hell;
And there should I have been,
But thou dost all things well:
Thy love was great, thy mercy free,
Which from the pit delivered me.

4 A monument of grace,

A sinner, saved by blood-
The streams of love I trace
Up to the Fountain, God;
And in his sacred bosom see
Eternal thoughts of love to me.

Watts.

4. L. M.

Condescension of God.

Rothwell.

1 THY favors, Lord, surprise our souls 3
Will the Eternal dwell with us?

What canst thou find beneath the poles,
To tempt thy chariot downward thus ?

2 Still might he fill his starry throne,

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And please his ears with Gabriel's songs;
But heavenly majesty comes down,

And bows to hearken to our tongues.

3 Great God! what poor returns we pay
For love so infinite as thine!

Words are but air, and tongues but clay,
But thy compassion's all divine!

Needham.

5.

C. M.

Lanesboro',

The Holiness of God. Ps. cxi. 9.

1 HOLY and reverend is the name Of our eternal King :

Thrice holy Lord, the angels cry;
Thrice holy, let us sing.

2 Heaven's brightest lamps with him compared,
How mean they-look, and dim!
The fairest angels have their spots,
When once compared with him.

3 Holy is he in all his works,
And truth is his delight:
But sinners and their wicked ways
Shall perish from his sight.

4 The deepest rev'rence of the mind,
Pay, O my soul, to God;

Lift with thy hands a holy heart
To his sublime abode.

Whitfield's Col. 6. 11. Portuguese Hymn.
Divine Mercy. Ps. Ixxxix. 1.

1 THY mercy, my God, is the theme of my song, The joy of my heart, and the boast of my tongue, Thy free grace alone, from the first to the last, Hath won my affections, and bound my soul fast. 2 Without thy sweet mercy I could not live here, Sin soon would reduce me to utter despair;

But through thy free goodness my spirits revive, And he that first made me still keeps me alive.

3 The door of thy mercy stands open all day, To the and the needy,who knock by the way; No sinner shall ever be empty sent back,

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Who comes seeking mercy for Jesus' sake.

4 Thy mercy in Jesus exempts me from hell; Its glories I'll sing, and its wonders I'll tell; 'Twas Jesus, my friend, when he hung on the tree, That opened the channel of mercy for me.

5 Great Father of mercies! thy goodness I own,
And the cov'nant love of thy crucified Son;
All praise to the Spirit, whose witness divine
Seals mercy, and pardon, and righteousness mine.

7. 7.

God is love. 1 John, iv. 8.

Turin.

1 EARTH, with her ten thousand flowers,
Air, with all its beams and showers,
Ocean's infinite expanse,

Heaven's resplendent countenance;
All around, and all above,

Hath this record-God is love.

2 Sounds among the vales and hills,
In the woods, and by the rills,
Of the breeze and of the bird,
By the gentle murmur stirred;
All these songs, beneath, above,
Have one burden-God is love.

3 All the hopes and fears that start
From the fountain of the heart;
All the quiet bliss that lies
In our human sympathies;
These are voices from above,
Sweetly whispering-God is love.

Meth. Col.

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L. M. Old Hundred.

God self-existent and immutable.

1 ALL-POWERFUL, self-existent God,
Who all creation dost sustain !
Thou wast, and art, and art to come,
And everlasting is thy reign.

2 Fixed and eternal as thy days,
Each glorious attribute divine,

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