ADORATION OF THE DIVINE PERFECTIONS.

63. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts." Isa. vi. 3. p. M.

1 HOLY, holy, holy Lord

God of Hosts! when heaven and earth
Out of darkness, at Thy word,
Issued into glorious birth;

All Thy works around Thee stood,
And Thine eye beheld them good,
While they sang with sweet accord,
Holy, holy, holy Lord!

2 Holy, holy, holy!-Thee,
One Jehovah evermore,
Father, Son, and Spirit! we,
Dust and ashes, would adore.
Lightly by the world esteemed,
From that world by Thee redeemed,
Sing we here with glad accord,
Holy, holy, holy Lord!

3 Holy, holy, holy !—All

Heaven's triumphant choir shall sing, While the ransomed nations fall

At the footstool of their King:
Then shall saints and seraphim,
Harps and voices, swell one hymn,
Blending in sublime accord,
Holy, holy, holy Lord!

64." Who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in working.”

Isaiah xxviii. 29. P. M

1 THOU, the great, Eternal God,
Art high above our thought;
Worthy to be feared, adored,

By all Thy hands have wrought.
None can with Thyself compare:
Thy glory fills both earth and sky:
We, and all Thy creatures, are
As nothing in Thine eye.

2 Of Thy great unbounded power,
To Thee the praise we give ;—
Infinitely good, and more

Than heart can e'er conceive. When Thou wilt to work proceed, Thy purpose firm can none withstand, Frustrate the determined deed,

Or stay the Almighty hand!

3 Thou, O God, art wise alone;
Thy counsel doth excel;
Wonderful Thy works we own,
Thy ways unsearchable.
Who can pierce the mystery?

Who Thy secret counsels scan?
Thine, whose eyes in darkness see,
And search the heart of man!

65.

"Canst thou by searching find out God?" Job xi. 7. C. M. double.

1 SHALL foolish, weak, short-sighted man Beyond archangels go,

The great Almighty God explain,
Or to perfection know?

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His attributes divinely soar
Above the creature's sight;
And prostrate seraphim adore
The glorious Infinite.

2 Jehovah's everlasting days,
They cannot numbered be;
Incomprehensible the space
Of Thine immensity:

Thy wisdom's depths by reason's line
In vain we strive to sound,

Or stretch our labouring thought to assign
Omnipotence a bound.

3 The brightness of thy glories leaves
Description far below:

Nor man, nor angel's heart conceives
How deep thy mercies flow.
Thy love is most unsearchable,
And dazzles all above:

They gaze, but cannot count or tell
The treasures of Thy love!

66.

"The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine."
Psalm lxxxix. 11. L. M. double.

1 FATHER of all, whose powerful voice Called forth this universal frame; Whose mercies over all rejoice,

Through endless ages still the same. Wisdom, and might, and love are Thine. Prostrate before Thy feet we fall,

Confess Thine attributes divine,

And hail Thee sovereign Lord of all.

2 Thee, sovereign Lord, let all confess,
That move in earth, or air, or sky;
Revere Thy power, Thy goodness bless,
Tremble before Thy piercing eye
All who owe to Him your birth,

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In praise your every hour employ.
Jehovah reigns! be glad, O earth!

And shout, ye morning stars, for joy. 3 Blessing and honour, praise and love, Co-equal, co-eternal Three!

In earth below, in heaven above,
By all Thy works be paid to Thee.
Thrice holy Thine the kingdom is;
The power omnipotent is Thine;
And when created nature dies,
Thy glories shall for ever shine.

67.

"The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.”
Psalm xxix. 4. L. M.

1 ETERNAL God! eternal King!

Ruler of heaven and earth beneath!
From Thee our hopes, our comforts spring:
In Thee we live, and move, and breathe.

2 Thy word brought forth the flaming sun,
The changeful moon, the starry host:
In Thine appointed course they run,
Till in the final ruin lost.

3 At Thy command the storm is dumb;
And to the sea Thy power hath said,
"No further shalt thou dare to come,
And here shall thy proud waves be
stayed."

4 Thy sway is known below, above,
And full of majesty Thy voice!
And, as it speaks in wrath or love,
The nations tremble or rejoice.
5 The final, awful hour is near,

Time paces on with ceaseless tread, When opening graves that voice shall hear, And render up the sleeping dead. 6 Oh, in that great decisive day,

May we be found in Christ, and stand, While flaming worlds shall melt away, Accepted, owned at Thy right hand !

68.

"Thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end." Psalm cii. 27. L. M.

1 GREAT Former of this various frame, Our souls adore Thine awful name, And bow and tremble while they praise The Ancient of eternal days.

2 Before Thine infinite survey,
Creation rose as yesterday;

And, as to-morrow, shall Thine eye
See earth and stars in ruin lie.

3 Beyond the highest angel's sight,
Thou dwellest in eternal light,
Which shines with undiminished ray,
While suns and systems waste away.

4 Our days a transient period run,
And change with every circling sun;
And while to lengthened years we trust,
Before the moth we sink to dust.