26 27 YE humble souls, approach your God 2 All nature owns his guardian care; 3 He gave his well beloved Son, 'Tis here he makes his goodness known, 4 To this sure refuge, Lord, we come, A safe defence-a peaceful home, 5 Thine eye beholds, with kind regard, 6 Great God, to thy almighty love THY goodness, Lord, our souls confess; A spring, whose blessings never fail- 2 Sun, moon, and stars, thy love declare Love draws the curtains of the night, 3 Thy bounty every season crowns, With joyful clusters loads the vines, There, like a sun, thy mercy shines, 28 f 29 5 There pardon, peace, and holy joy, WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, Transported with the view, I'm lost From whom those comforts flowed. Thine arm, unseen, conveyed me safe, 4 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts 6 Through all eternity, to thee But oh! eternity's too short ETERNAL POWER-almighty God! Who can approach thy throne? To angel eyes unknown. 2 Before the radiance of thine eye, Are but the shades of thine. mp 3 Great God, and wilt thou condescend To this vile world thy notice bend- f 4 How strange! how wondrous is thy love! With trembling we adore: Not all th' exalted minds above Its wonders can explore. 5 While golden harps and angel tongues mp Great God, permit our humble songs f 30 31 D AMID the splendors of thy state, 2 In all thy doctrines and commands, In every work thy hands have framed, 3 Sinai, in clouds, and smoke, and fire, But Zion sings, in melting notes, 4 Angels and men, the news proclaim COME, ye that know and fear the Lord, Let every heart and voice accord, To sing-that God is love. 2 This precious truth his word declares, 3 Behold his loving-kindness waits, 4 And oh that you, whose hardened hearts May hear the gospel's milder voice→→ f 32 ་་ 5 Oh may we all, while here below L. M. Duke Street. Dunstan. THUS saith the high and lofty One, My name is God-I dwell on high- 2" But I descend to worlds below; 3" The humble soul my words revive, And ease the sorrows of the mind." mp 4 Lord, may thy pardoning grace be nigh, Lest we should faint, despair, and die: mf Then shall our grateful voice declare, How free thy tender mercies are. 33 Faithfulness of God. THE promises I sing, Which sovereign love hath spoke; His words of grace revoke: They stand secure And steadfast still; Not Zion's hill Abides so sure 2 The mountains melt away, When once the Judge appears; And sun and moon decay, The promise shines 3 Their harmony shall sound When thunders cleave the ground, And dissipate the spheres ; 'Midst all the shock Of that dread scene, I stand serene, Thy word my rock. 34 35 mp P f FAITHFUL, O Lord, thy mercies are; A Rock that cannot move : 2 Throughout the universe it reigns, And while thy truth, O God, remains, 6s & 45. The Trinity. COME, thou Almighty King, Help us thy name to sing, Help us to praise ! Father all glorious, O'er all victorious, Come, and reign over us, 2 Jesus, our Lord, arise, Now make them fall! 3 Come, thou incarnate Word, Come, and thy people bless, On us descend! 4 Come, holy Comforter, In this glad hour! Thou, who almighty art; 5 To thee, great ONE in THREE, Hence evermore! Italian Hymn. |