With countless rays
Declare his name,
Prolong the theme,
Reflect his praise.

4 Let all the creatures join
To celebrate his name,
And all their various powers
Assist th' exalted theme.
Let nature raise,

From every tongue,

A general song

Of grateful praise.

5 But oh! from human tongues
Should nobler praises flow;
And every thankful heart
With warm devotion glow :
Your voices raise,

Ye highly blest,
Above the rest
Declare his praise.

HYMN 28. C. M.

The God of Nature invoked.

1 HAIL, great Creator, wise and good! To thee our songs we raise :

Nature, through all her various scenes, Invites us to thy praise.

2 At morning, noon, and evening mild,
Fresh wonders strike our view;
And, while we gaze, our hearts exult
With transports ever new.

3 Thy glory beams in every star
Which gilds the gloom of night;
And decks the smiling face of morn
With rays of cheerful light.

4 The lofty hill, the humble vale,
With countless beauties shine:
The silent grove, the awful shade,
Proclaim thy power divine.

5 Great nature's God! still may these scenes
Our serious hours engage;
Still may our grateful hearts consult
Thy works' instructive page!

6 And while, in all thy wondrous works, Thy varied love we see,

Still may the contemplation lead
Our hearts, O God! to thee.

HYMN 29. C. M.

Devout Contemplation of Creation.

1 Look round, O man! survey this globe; Speak of creating power;

See nature gives a different robe
To every herb and flower.

2 See various beings fill the air,
And people earth and sea;

What grateful changes form the year!
How constant night and day !

3 Next raise thine eye; th' expanse above
A power unbounded shows;
See round the sun the planets move,
And various worlds compose.

4 Then turn into thyself, O man!
With wonder view thy soul;
Confess his power who laid each plan,
And still directs the whole.

5 And let obedience to his laws
Thy gratitude proclaim,
To him, the first Almighty cause,
JEHOVAH is his name.

HYMN 30. L. M.

Universal Praise.

1 CELESTIAL Worlds! your Maker's name
Resound through every shining coast;
Our God a nobler praise will claim,
Where he unfolds his glories most.

2 Stupendous globe of flaming day!
Praise him in thy sublime career;
He struck from night thy peerless ray,
Gave thee thy path, and guides thee there.

3 Ye starry lamps, to whom 'tis given Night's sable horrors to illume,

Praise him who hung you high in heaven, With vivid fires to gild the gloom.

4 Lightnings, that round th' Eternal play! Thunders, that from his arm are hurled! The grandeur of your God convey, Blazing, or bursting on the world.

5 From clime to clime, from shore to shore, Be the almighty God adored :

He made the nations by his power,
And rules them with his sovereign word.

6 At once let nature's ample round
To God the vast thanksgiving raise:
His high perfection knows no bound,
But fills immensity of space.

HYMN 31. C. M..

Praise, the peculiar Duty of Man.

1 LORD of the world's majestic frame!
Stupendous are thy ways;

Thy various works declare thy name,
And all resound thy praise.

2 Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power,
Whose motions speak thy skill;
And, on the wings of every hour,
We read thy glory still.

3 And while these radiant globes of light, That shine from pole to pole, In silent harmony unite

To praise thee as they roll;

4 Oh! shall not we of human race
The glorious concert join?
Shall not the children of thy grace
Attempt the theme divine?

5 Not all the feeble notes of time

Can show forth God's high praise :
Nor all the noblest strains sublime
That earth or heaven can raise.

6 Yet this shall be our best employ,
Through life's uncertain days:
And, in the realms of boundless joy,
Eternal be thy praise.

HYMN 32. P. M.

Praise from the Creation.

1 My soul, praise the Lord!
Speak good of his name,
His mercies record,

His bounties proclaim:
To God, their creator,
Let all creatures raise
The song of thanksgiving,
The chorus of praise!