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See! from the clouds his glory breaks,
When the first beams of morning rise.

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The rising sun, serenely bright,
O'er the wide world's extended frame
Inscribes in characters of light,
His mighty Maker's glorious name.

3

Diffusing life, his influence spreads,
And health and plenty smile around;
And fruitful fields and verdant meads
Are with a thousand blessings crown'd.

4

The flowery tribes, all blooming, rise
Above the weak attempts of art;
Their bright inimitable dyes

Speak sweet conviction to the heart.

5

Ye curious minds, who roam abroad,
And trace creation's wonders o'er,
Confess the gracious power of God,
And bow before him and adore.

47.

God acknowledged in the Blessings of Spring.

1

GREAT God! at whose all-powerful call
At first arose this beauteous frame:
Thou bidst the seasons change, and all
The changing seasons speak thy name.

2

Thy bounty bids the infant year,
From winter-storms recover'd rise;
A thousand grateful scenes appear,
Fresh opening to our wondering eyes.

3

The new delight, how great to see
The earth in vernal beauty dress'd!
While in each herb, and flower, and tree,
Thy opening bounty stands confess'd.

4

Aloft, full beaming, reigns the sun,
And light and genial heat conveys;
And while he leads the seasons on,
From thee derives his quickening rays.

5

Indulgent God! from every part
Thy plenteous blessings largely flow;
We see we taste- let every heart
With grateful love and duty glow.

48.

The Elements the Messengers of Jehovah.

1

WITH Songs and honours sounding loud,
Address the Lord on high:

Over the heavens he spreads his cloud,
And waters veil the sky.

2

His hoary frost, his fleecy snow,
Descend and clothe the ground;
The liquid streams forbear to flow,
In icy fetters bound.

3

He sends his word and melts the snow;
The fields no longer mourn:
He calls the warmer gales to blow,
And bids the spring return.

4

The changing wind, the flying cloud,

Obey his mighty word;

With songs

Praise

and honours, sounding loud, ye the sovereign Lord,

49.

God acknowledged in the Blessings of Harvest.

1

FOUNTAIN of mercy and of love!
How rich thy bounties are!
The rolling seasons, as they move,
Proclaim thy constant care.

2

When in the bosom of the earth
The sower hid the grain,

Thy goodness mark'd its secret birth,
And sent the genial rain.

3

The spring's mild influence, Lord, was thine;
The plants in beauty grew;
Thou gav'st refulgent suns to shine,
And soft refreshing dew.

4

Those various mercies from above
Matur'd the swelling grain;

A bounteous harvest crowns thy love,
And plenty fills the plain.

5

We own and bless thy gracious sway;
Thy hand all nature hails:
Seed-time nor harvest, night nor day,
Summer nor winter fails.

50.

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 moons and hours, Heaven, earth, and air are thine; When clouds distil in fruitful showers, The source is love divine.

4

Those wandering cisterns in the sky,
Borne by the winds around,
With watery treasures well supply
The furrows of the ground.

5

'The thirsty ridges drink their fill,
And ranks of corn appear:
Thy ways abound with blessings still;
Thy goodness crowns the year.

51.

The Year crowned with God's Goodness.

1

ETERNAL Source of every joy!

Well may thy praise our lips employ,
While in thy temple we appear,
Whose goodness crowns the circling year.

2

Wide as the wheels of nature roll,
Thy hand supports the steady pole;
The sun is taught by thee to rise,
And darkness when to veil the skies.

3

The flowery spring, at thy command, Embalms the air, and paints the land: The summer rays with vigour shine, To raise the corn and cheer the vine.

4

Thy hand in autumn richly pours
Through all our coasts redundant stores ;
And winters, soften'd by thy care,
No more a face of horror wear.

5

Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days,
Demand successive songs of praise :
Still be the cheerful homage paid,
With opening light, and evening shade.

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Oh may our more harmonious tongues
In worlds unknown pursue the songs;
And in those brighter courts adore,
Where days and years revolve no more.

52.

The Bounties of Providence acknowledged.”

1

FATHER of lights! we sing thy name,
Who kindlest up the lamp of day:
Wide as he spreads his golden flame,
His beams thy power and love display.

2

Fountain of good! from thee proceed
The copious draughts of genial rain,
Which through the hills, and through the meads,
Revive the grass, and swell the grain.

3

Oh ne'er may our forgetful hearts
O'erlook the tokens of thy care;
But what thy liberal hand imparts,
Still own in praise, still ask in prayer.

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So shall our suns more grateful shine,
And showers in sweeter drops shall fall,
When all our hearts and lives are thine,
And thou, our God, ador'd in all,

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