3. Let noise and flame confound the skies,
And drown the spacious realms below,
Yet will we sing the Thunderer's praise,
And send our loud hosannas through.
4. Celestial King! Thy blazing power

Kindles our hearts to flaming joys;
We shout to hear Thy thunders roar,
And echo to our Father's voice.

5. Thus shall the God our Saviour come,
And lightnings round His chariot play;
Ye lightnings, fly to make Him room!
Ye glorious storms, prepare His way!

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L. M.

WATTS.

1. THE Lord, how wondrous are His ways!
How firm His truth! how large His grace!
He takes His mercy for His throne,
And thence He makes His glories known.
2. Not half so high His power hath spread
The starry heavens above our head
As His rich love exceeds our praise,
Exceeds the highest hopes we raise.
3. Not half so far has nature placed
The rising morning from the west
As His forgiving grace removes
The daily guilt of those He loves.
4. How slowly doth His wrath arise!
On swifter wings salvation flies:
And, if He lets His anger burn,
How soon His frowns to pity turn!

WATTS.

1. LET God arise in all His might,
And put the hosts of hell to flight;
As smoke, that sought to cloud the skies,
Before the rising tempest flies.

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2. He comes arrayed in burning flames;
Justice and vengeance are His names;
Behold His fainting foes expire
Like melting wax before the fire.

3. He rides and thunders through the sky;
His name, Jehovah, sounds on high;
Sing to His name, ye sons of grace;
Ye saints, rejoice before His face.

4. The widow and the fatherless
Fly to His aid in sharp distress;
In Him the poor and helpless find
A Judge that's just, a Father kind.
5. He breaks the captive's heavy chain,
And prisoners see the light again;
But rebels, who dispute His will,
Shall dwell in chains and darkness still.

L. M.

WATTS.

1. SING to the Lord that built the skies, The Lord that reared this stately frame; Let all the nations sound His praise,

And lands unknown repeat His name.

2. He formed the seas, and formed the hills,
Made every drop and every dust,
Nature and time, with all their wheels,
And pushed them into motion first.

3. Now, from His high, imperial throne,
He looks far down upon the spheres;
He bids the shining orbs roll on,

And round he turns the hasty years.
4. Thus shall this moving engine last,
Till all His saints are gathered in;
Then for the trumpet's dreadful blast
To shake it all to dust again!

5. Yet, when the sound shall tear the skies,
And lightning burn the globe below,
Saints, you may lift your joyful eyes,
There's a new heaven and earth for

you.

WATTS.

1. TH' Almighty reigns, exalted high
O'er all the earth, o'er all the sky;
Though clouds and darkness vail His feet,
His dwelling is the mercy-seat.

2. O ye that love His holy name,

Hate every work of sin and shame:
He guards the souls of all his friends,
And from the snare of hell defends.

3. Immortal light, and joys unknown,
Are for the saints in darkness sown;
Those glorious seeds shall spring and rise,
And the bright harvest bless our eyes.

4. Rejoice, ye righteous, and record
The sacred honors of the Lord;
None but the soul that feels his grace
Can triumph in His holiness.

1. No change of time shall ever shock
My firm affection, Lord to Thee;
For Thou hast always been my rock,
A fortress and defense to me.

2. Thou my deliv'rer art, my God;

WATTS.

My trust is in Thy mighty power:
Thou art my shield from foes abroad;
At home my safeguard and my tower.
3. To Thee I will address my prayer,
To whom all praise we justly owe;
So shall I, by Thy watchful care,
Be guarded from my treacherous foe.

TATE AND BRADY.

1. THOU, Lord, who rear'st the mountain's height,
And mak'st the cliffs with sunshine bright,
O, grant that we may own Thy hand
No less in every grain of sand!

2. With forests huge, of dateless time,

Thy will has hung each peak sublime;
But withered leaves beneath the tree
Have tongues that tell as loud of Thee.
3. Teach us that not a leaf can grow
Till life from Thee within it flow;
That not a grain of dust can be,
O Fount of being! save by Thee;
4. That every human word and deed,
Each flash of feeling, will, or creed,
Hath solemn meaning from above,
Begun and ended all in love.

STERLING.

1. O COME, loud anthems let us sing,
Loud thanks to our Almighty King;
For we our voices high should raise,
When our salvation's Rock we praise.
2. The depths of earth are in His hand,
Her secret wealth at His command;
The strength of hills, that threat the skies.
Subjected to His empire lies.

3. The rolling ocean's vast abyss

By the same sovereign right is His;
'Tis moved by His almighty hand,
That formed and fixed the solid land.

4. O let us to His courts repair,
And bow with adoration there;
Down on our knees devoutly all
Before the Lord our Maker fall.

TATE AND BRADY.

1. My God, in whom are all the springs
Of boundless love and grace unknown,
Hide me beneath Thy spreading wings,
Till the dark cloud is overblown.

2. Up to the heavens I send my cry,
The Lord will my desires perform ;
He sends His angels from the sky,

And saves me from the threatening storm.
3. My heart is fixed: my song shall raise
Immortal honors to thy name;
Awake, my tongue, to sound His praise,
My tongue, the glory of my frame.
4. High o'er the earth His mercy reigns,
And reaches to the utmost sky;
His truth to endless years remains,
When lower worlds dissolve and die.

5. Be thou exalted, O my God!

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Above the heavens where angels dwell;
Thy power on earth be known abroad,
And land to land Thy wonders tell.

L. M.

WATTB.

1. GIVE to the Lord ye sons of fame,
Give to the Lord renown and power;
Ascribe due honors to His name,

And His eternal might adore.

2. The Lord proclaims His power aloud
Over the ocean and the land:
His voice divides the watery cloud,
And lightnings blaze at His command.

3. To Lebanon He turns His voice,

And lo! the stately cedars break;
The mountains tremble at the noise,
The valleys roar, the deserts quake.