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4. His voice sublime is heard afar,
In distant peals it dies;

He yokes the whirlwind to his car,
And sweeps the howling skies.

5. Ye nations! bend-in reverence bend;
Ye monarchs! wait His nod,

And bid the choral song ascend
To celebrate your God.

L. M.

1. LOUD hallelujahs to the Lord,

H. K. WHITE

From distant worlds where creatures dwell, Let heaven begin the solemn word,

And sound it dreadful down to hell.

2. High on a throne His glories dwell,
An awful throne of shining bliss:
Fly through the world, O sun! and tell
How dark thy beams compared to His.

3. Let clouds, and winds, and waves agree
To join their praise with blazing fire;
Let the firm earth and rolling sea
In this eternal song conspire.

4. Wide as His vast dominion lies,

Make the Creator's name be known;
Loud as His thunder shout His praise,
And sound it lofty as His throne.

5. Jehovah 't is a glorions word!

O, may it dwell on every tongue!
But saints, who best have known the Lord,
Are bound to raise the noblest song.

6. Speak of the wonders of that love
Which Gabriel plays on every chord;
From all below, and all above.
Loud hallelujahs to the Lord!

WATTS.

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1. My God, my King, Thy various praise
Shall fill the remnant of my days;
Thy grace employ my humble tongue,
Till death and glory raise the song.

2. The wings of every hour shall bear
Some thankful tribute to Thine ear;
And every setting sun shall see

New works of duty, done for Thee.
3. Let distant times and nations raise
The long succession of Thy praise;
And unborn ages make my song
The joy and labor of my tongue.

4. But who can speak Thy wondrous deeds?
Thy greatness all my thoughts exceeds:
Vast and unsearchable Thy ways,
Vast and immortal be Thy praise.

WATTS.

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1. BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne,

Ye nations bow, with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone;
He can create, and He destroy.

2. His sovereign power, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and formed us men;
And when, like wandering sheep, we strayed,
He brought us to His fold again.

3. We are His people; we His care;
Our souls, and all our mortal frame:
What lasting honors shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to Thy name?

4. We'll crowd Thy gates, with thankful songs,
High as the heaven our voices raise;
And Earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise.

5. Wide as the world, is Thy command;
Vast as eternity Thy love;
Firm as a rock Thy truth shall stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.

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L. M.

1. O RENDER thanks to God above,
The fountain of eternal love;

Whose mercy firm, through ages past,
Hath stood, and shall forever last.

2. Who can His mighty deeds express,
Not only vast, but numberless?
What mortal eloquence can raise
His tribute of immortal praise?
3. Extend to me that favor, Lord,
Thou to Thy chosen dost afford;
When Thou return'st to set them free,
Let Thy salvation visit me.

4. O render thanks to God above,
The fountain of eternal love;

His mercy firm, through ages past,
Hath stood, and shall forever last.

L. M.

WATTS.

1. HE reigns-the Lord, the Saviour reigns;
Praise Him in evangelic strains;
Let the whole earth in songs rejoice;
And distant islands join their voice.

2. Deep are His counsels, and unknown;
But grace and truth support His throne:
Though gloomy clouds His way surround,
Justice is their eternal ground.

3. In robes of judgment, lo! He comes;
Shakes the wide earth, and cleaves the tombs;
Before Him burns devouring fire!

The mountains melt, the seas retire!

4. His enemies, with sore dismay,
Fly from the sight and shun the day:
Then lift your heads, ye saints on high,
And sing, for your redemption's nigh.

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1. HIGH on a hill of dazzling light

The King of glory spreads His seat,
And troops of angels, stretched for flight,
Stand waiting round his awful feet.
2. Thy winged troops, O God of hosts,
Wait on Thy wandering church below:
Here we are sailing to Thy coasts;
Let angels be our convoy too.

3. Are they not all Thy servants, Lord?
At Thy command they go and come,
With cheerful haste obey Thy word,
And guard Thy children to their home.

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1. COME, O my soul, in sacred lays,

WATTS.

WATTS

Attempt thy great Creator's praise:
But, oh, what tongues can speak His fame!
What mortal verse can reach the theme!

2. Enthroned amid the radiant spheres,
He glory like a garment wears;

To form a robe of light divine,

Ten thousand suns around Him shine.

3. In all our Maker's grand designs,
Omnipotence, with wisdom, shines;

His works, through all this wondrous frame,
Declare the glory of His name.

4. Raised on devotion's lofty wing,
Do thou, my soul, His glories sing;
And let His praise employ thy tongue,
Till listening worlds shall join the song!

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1. SAY, how may earth and heaven unite?
Say, how shall men with angels join,
What link harmonious may be found,
Nature discordant to combine ?

2. Loud let the pealing organ swell!

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Breathe forth your soul in raptures high! Angels with men in music join;

Music's the language of the sky.

L. M.

1. WITH all my powers of heart and tongue, I'll praise my Maker in my song; Angels shall hear the notes I raise, Approve the song, and join the praise. 2. To God I cried when troubles rose; He heard me, and subdued my foes: He did my rising fears control,

And strength diffused through all my soul.
3. Amid a thousand snares, I stand
Upheld and guarded by Thy hand;
Thy words my fainting soul revive,
And keep my dying faith alive.

4. Grace will complete what grace begins,
To save from sorrow or from sins;
The work that wisdom undertakes,
Eternal mercy ne'er forsakes.

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1. O THE immense, the amazing height, The boundless grandeur of our God, Who treads the worlds beneath His feet,

And sways the nations with His nod! 2. He speaks, and lo! all nature shakes; Heaven's everlasting pillars bow; He rends the clouds with hideous cracks, And shoots His fiery arrows through.

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