God's Control over the material and spiritual Worlds.
1 INFINITE Power, eternal Lord,
How sovereign is thy hand! All nature rose to obey thy word, And moves at thy command.
2 With steady course thy shining sun Keeps his appointed way, And all the hours obedient run The circle of the day;
3 The raging fire and stormy sea Perform thine awful will, And every beast and every tree Thy great designs fulfil ; -
4 While my wild passions rage within, Nor thy commands obey,
And flesh and sense, enslaved to sin, Draw my best thoughts away.
5 Great God, create my soul anew; Conform my heart to thine;
Melt down my will, and let it flow, And take the mould divine.
1 ALMIGHTY King! whose wondrous hand Supports the weight of sea and land; Whose grace is such a boundless store, No heart shall break that sighs for more;
2 Thy providence supplies my food, And 'tis thy blessing makes it good; My soul is nourished by thy word; Let soul and body praise the Lord!
3 My streams of outward comfort came From him who built this earthly frame; Whate'er I want his bounty gives, By whom my soul forever lives.
4 Forgive the song that falls so low Beneath the gratitude I owe ! It means thy praise, however poor; An angel's song can do no more.
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.
Providences of God recorded. Ps. 78.
1 LET children hear the mighty deeds Which God performed of old,
Which in our younger years we saw, And which our fathers told.
2 He bids us make his glories known, His works of power and grace; And we'll convey his wonders down Through every rising race.
3 Our lips shall tell them to our sons, And they again to theirs, That generations yet unborn May teach them to their heirs.
4 Thus they shall learn in God alone Their hope securely stands,
That they may ne'er forget his works, But practise his commands.
Commemoration of God's Benefits from one Generation to another.
1 HEAR, O my people; to my law Devout attention lend;
Let the instruction of my mouth Deep in your hearts descend.
2 My tongue, by inspiration taught, Shall parables unfold,
Dark oracles, but understood, And owned for truths, of old;·
3 Which we from sacred registers Of ancient times have known, And our forefathers' pious care To us has handed down.
4 We will not hide them from our sons; Our offspring shall be taught
The praises of the Lord, whose strength Has works of wonder wrought; -
5 That generations yet to come. Should to their unborn heirs Religiously transmit the same, And they again to theirs ;-
6 To teach them that in God alone Their hope securely stands; That they should ne'er his works forget, But keep his just commands.
God the Deliverer of Nations. Ps. 44.
1 O LORD, our fathers oft have told, In our attentive ears,
Thy wonders in their days performed, And elder times than theirs.
2 As thee their God our fathers owned, Thou art our sovereign King; O, therefore, as thou didst to them, To us deliverance bring.
3 To thee the triumph we ascribe,
From whom the conquest came; In God we will rejoice all day, And ever bless his name.
4 Arise, O Lord, and timely haste To our deliverance make; Redeem us, Lord, if not for ours, Yet for thy mercies' sake.
Israel saved from Enemies. Ps. 76.
1 IN Judah God of old was known, His name in Israel great;
In Salem stood his holy throne, And Zion was his seat.
2 Among the praises of his saints. His dwelling there he chose; There he received their just complaints Against their haughty foes.
3 From Zion went his dreadful word, And broke the threatening spear, The bow, the arrows, and the sword, And crushed the Assyrian war.
4 What are the earth's wide kingdoms else But mighty hills of prey?
The hill on which Jehovah dwells
Is glorious more than they.
5 What power can stand before thy sight, When once thy wrath appears ?
When heaven shines round with dreadful light, The earth lies still, and fears.
6 When God, in his own sovereign ways, Comes down to save the oppressed, The wrath of man shall work his praise, And he'll restrain the rest.
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