2 From thy almighty forming hand,

We drew our vital powers;

Our time revolves at thy command,

In all its circling hours.

3 Heaven, earth, and sea, and fire, and wind, Display thy wondrous skill;

But we review ourselves, and find
Diviner wonders still.

4 Wisdom and goodness round us shine;
Our form proclaims thy praise;

And with our tongues our hearts shall join
To celebrate thy grace.

5 Oh may our frame which rising grew
Beneath thy forming hands,

Be ever studious to pursue
Whate'er thy will commands !

35. s. M.

The Mercy of God to frail Man.

GREAT GOD! we sing thy praise,

Whose mercies are so great;

Whose anger is so slow to rise,
So ready to abate.

2 High as the heavens are raised
Above the ground we tread,
So far the riches of thy grace
Our highest thoughts exceed.
3 Thy power subdues our sins;
And thy forgiving love,
Far as the east is from the west,
Doth all our guilt remove.

4 Thy pity, gracious Lord!

To those who fear thy name, Is such as tender parents feel:

Thou know'st our feeble frame.

5 Our days are as the grass,

Or like the morning flower;
If one sharp blast blow o'er the field,
It withers in an hour.

6 But thy compassions, LORD!
To endless years endure:
And ages, yet unborn, shall find
Thy promised mercy sure.

36. P. M.

Never-failing goodness of God.

AGAIN to GOD your cheerful anthems bring: With all your lips and hearts his goodness sing;

With sacred joy his wondrous deeds proclaim";
Let every tongue be vocal with his name:
The LORD is good, his mercy never ending,
His blessings in perpetual showers descending.
2 His goodness never fails; the dawn, the shade,
Still see new beauties through new scenes display'd:
Succeeding ages bless this sure abode,

And children lean upon their fathers' GoD:
Man, through the whole extent of his duration,
Draws from this source the purest consclation.
3 Burst into praise, my soul! all nature join;
In praise her works harmoniously combine:
While human years are measured by the sun,
Yea, while eternity its course shall run,
His goodness in perpetual showers descending,
Exalt in songs and raptures never ending.

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37. L. M.

The Goodness of God acknowledged in temporal and in spiritual Blessings.

BLESS, O my soul! the living God;

Call home the thoughts which roam abroad Let all the powers within me join

In work and worship so divine.

2 Bless, O my soul ! the GoD of grace ;
His favours claim thy highest praise ;
Let not the wonders he has wrought,
Be lost in silence, and forgot.

3 The vices of the mind he heals

Aud soothes the pain which nature feels;
Redeems our sculs from sin, and saves
Our wasting lives from threatening graves.
4 Our youth decay'd his power repairs;
His mercy crowns our growing years;
And, while he present good supplies,
Bids perfect bliss in prospect rise.

5 He showed his power by Moses' hands,
And gave to Israel his commands;
But made his truth and mercy known
To all the nations by his Son.

6 Let the whole earth his power confess;
Let the whole earth his goodness bless:
The gentile with the Jew shall join
In work and worship so divine.

33. c. M.

The shortness of Life, and the Goodness of God.

1 TIME what an empty vapour 'tis,

And days how swift they are!

Swift as the feather'd arrow flies,

Or like a shooting star.

2 Yet, mighty God! though swift our days, More swift thy bounties are ;

Of smaller number, tardier pace,

The moments of the year.

3 'Tis sovereign mercy finds us food.
And we are clothed with love :

While grace stands pointing out the road,
Which leads to joys above.

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4 Thy goodness runs an endless round;
(All glory to the LORD!)

Thy mercy knows no narrow bound;
Wide be thy name adored.

5 Thus we begin the lasting song;
And when our days are o'er,
Let age to age thy praise prolong,
'Till time shall be no more.

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39, P. M.

God the unceasing Source of God.

SING

to the LORD, in cheerful songs, The praise that to his name belongs, Whose goodness still unceasing flows; Repeat his name with grateful mind, Who, ever good and ever kind,

No change, no variation knows : O thou, our GOD and Father too! Our grateful homage is thy due. 2 Sovereign alone of earth and sky! On thee, for every hour's supply, Thy various creatures all depend; Man, whom thy light has given to know, The source whence all his blessings flow, Views in his GOD his kindest friend : O thou, our GoD and Father too! Our grateful homage is thy due.

3 Yet still our notes we'll higher raise,
To celebrate in ardent praise

Eternal life through Jesus given;
Thy gracious messenger he came,
(For ever blessed be thy name ;)
And pointed ont the way to heaven;
O thou, our GoD and Father too!
Eternal praises are thy due.

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40. L. M.

The Universal Goodness of God.
HE earth and all the heavenly frame
Their great Creator's love proclaim;
He gives the sun his genial power,
And sends the soft refreshing shower.
2 The ground with plenty blooms again,
And yields its various fruits to men;
To men, who from thy bounteous hand
Receive the gifts of every land.

3 Nor to the human race alone,

1s thy paternal goodness shown;
The tribes of earth, and sea and air,
Enjoy thy universal care,

4 Not e'en a sparrow yields its breath,
Till Goo permits the stroke of death.
He hears the ravens when they call,-
The Father and the Friend of all.

41. C. M.

The Universal Goodness of God.
ORD! thou art good; all nature shows,
Its mighty Maker kind:
Thy bounty through creation flows,
Full, free, and unconfined.

2 What e'er our eyes behold, proclaims
Thy infinite good-will;

It shines in stars, it flows in streams,
And bursts from every rill.

3 It spreads through all the spacious main,
And through the heavens more wide;
It drops in gentle showers of rain,

And rolls in every tide.

4 Long has it been diffused abroad.
Through years and ages past;

And its rich stores, all-bounteous GCD!
For ever still shall last.