5 'Tis mercy calls,-let all their tribute bring
Of grateful homage to our heavenly King!
With ardent love our hearts should glow,
And heaven's sweet work begin below,
And strive with those around his throne,
To praise the great Almighty One:

The Almighty hears, and gives us leave to call On him the Judge, the Guide, and sacred Lord of all.

48. P. M.

The universal Providence of God.

THE mighty GoD who rolls the spheres,
And storm and fire and hail prepares.
And guides this vast machine,-
His powerful hand our life sustains,
And scatters all those joys and pains
Which fill this chequer'd scene.

2 His piercing eye at once surveys,
Where thousand suns and systems blaze,
And where the sparrow falls :

While seraphs tune their harps on high,
His ear attends the softest cry,
When human misery calls.

3 Eternal God! who shall not fear,
And trust, and love, with soul sincere,
Taine awful glorious name!

While man, thy creature, swift decays,
Time has no me a ure for thy days ;-
Thou ever art the same.

49. L. M.

The constant Providence of God.

TERNAL Source of every joy!

Well may thy praise our lips employ

While in thy temple we appear,

Whose goodness crow..s the circling year.

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2 From thee all creatures seek supply; To thee they lift the asking eye, Receiving from thy bounteous hand Whate'er their various wants demand. 3 Wide as the wheels of nature roll, Thy hand supports and cheers the whole; By thee the sun is taught to rise.

And darkness when to veil the skies.

4 Seasons, and months. and weeks, and days,
Demand successive hymns of praise;
Still be the cheerful homage paid,
With morning light and evening shade.
5 Oh may our more harmonious tongues
Hereafter join in nobler songs,

And through eternal years adore
The GoD of love, the God of power!

50. c. M.

The Constant Providence of God.
OW many are thy thoughts of love!
Thy mercies, LORD! how great!
Life is too short, and words too few
Their numbers to repeat.

2 In all thy works, we see thy hand,
Thy footsteps, LORD! we trace;
Thy goodness how divinely free!
How wondrous is thy grace!

3 Thy power, our ever present guard,
From every ill defends;

While numerous dangers hover round,
Our help from tree descends.

4 When storms of strong temptation blow, Or floods of sorrow roll,

Thou art the help and refuge too
Of the afflicted soul.

5 The riches of thy boundless love,

O LORD! to us extend,

Since we, for all we want or wish,

On thee alone depend.

The Perfections and Providence of God.
IGH in the heavens, eternal GOD!

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Thy goodness in full glory shines;
Thy truth shall break through every cloud
Which veils and darkens thy desigus.
2 For ever firm thy justice stands,

As mountains their foundation keep;
Wise are the wonders of thy hands;
Thy judgments are a mighty deep.
3 Thy providence is kind and large;
Both man and beast thy bounty share;
The whole creation is thy charge,
Thy saints are thy peculiar care.

4 O GOD! how excellent thy grace!
Thence all our hopes and comfort spring;
In fear, in trouble, and distress,
We'll seek the shadow of thy wing.

5 The living bread thy word bestows,
Will fainting souls with strength renew:
There mercy like a river flows,
And brings salvation to our view.

6 Life, like a fountain rich and free,
Springs from the goodness of the LORD;
And in the presence we shall see
The glories promised in thy word.

52. c. M.

Providence merciful though mysterious.

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OD moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform :

He plants his footsteps in the sea,

And rides upon the storm.

Deep in unfathomable mines

Of never-failing skill,

He treasures up his vast designs
And works his sovereign will.

3 Ye fearful souls! fresh courage take;
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy, and shall break
With blessings on your head.

4 Judge not the LORD by feeble sense,
But trust him for his grace;
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.

His purposes will open fast,
Unfolding every hour:

The bud may have a bitter taste,
But sweet will be the flower.

6 Blind unbelief is sure to err,
And scan his ways in vain;

God is his own interpreter,
And he will make them plain.

53. c. M.

Providence kind and bountiful.

1 THY kingdom, LORD! for ever stands, While earthly thrones decay;

And times submits to thy commands,
While ages roll away.

2 Thy sovereign bounty freely gives
Its unexhausted store;
And universal nature lives

On thy sustaining power.

3 Holy and just are all thy ways; Thy goodness all divine;

In all thy works, immortal rays
Of power and mercy shine.

4 Thy praise, O God! delightful theme!
Shall fill my heart and tongue;

Let all creation bless thy name
In one eternal song.

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54. L. M.

The Bounties of Providence praised.
'ATHER of light! we sing thy name,
Who kindlest up the lamp of day:
Wide as it spreads its cheering flame,
Its beams thy power and love display.
2 Fountain of good! from thee proceeds,
In plenteous drops, the genial rain,

Which through the hills, and through the meads,
Revives the grass, and swells the grain.

3 Oh ne'er may our forgetful hearts
O'erlook the tokens of thy care;
But what thy lib'ral hand imparts
Still own in praise, still ask in prayer!
4 So shall our suns more grateful shine,
And showers in richer drops shall fall,
When all our hearts and lives are thine,
And thou, O GOD! adored in all.

55. c. M.

Divine Bounty crowns the Year.

1 'TIS by thy strength the mountains stand,

God of eternal power!

The sea grows calm at thy command,
And tempests cease to roar.

2 The morning light, and evening shade,
Successive comforts bring;

Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad ;
Thy flowers adorn the spring.

3 Seasons, and times, and days, and hours,
Heaven, earth, and air, are thine;

When clouds distil in fruitful showers,
The Author is divine.