4 He with earthly cares entwineth
Hope and comfort from above:
Everywhere His glory shineth
God is Light, and God is Love.
ET every voice for praise awake;
Let every heart the joy partake;
And with this truth sweet music make;
Our God is Love.
2 Uncounted gifts from day to day,
One great hope lighting all our way,
Through His dear Son, bid each to say,
Our God is Love.
3 How strong these words from heaven to cheer, To kindle love, to banish fear,
And all things high and pure endear!
Our God is Love.
4 O Father when the night is nigh,
That veils for ever earth and sky,
Be this the heart's last melody;
Our God is Love.
5 Then when the brief low strain is o'er,
This truth divine shall with us soar,
And make sweet music evermore;
ORD, may thy glorious name employ
My holy fear, my humble joy;
My lips in songs of honour bring
Their tribute to the heavenly King.
2 Earth, and the stars, and worlds unknown
Depend precarious on His throne;
All nature hangs upon His word,
And grace and glory own their Lord.
3 His sovereign power, what mortal knows?
If He command, who dares oppose?
With strength He girds Himself around,
And treads the rebels to the ground.
4 His mercy, like a swelling sea,
Sweeps all our load of guilt away;
And since His Son came down and died,
Mercy and truth are on our side.
5 Each of His words demands our faith,
That we may rest on all He saith;
His truth inviolably keeps
All He hath promised by His lips.
6 Since Thou hast said, with gentle voice,
I am thy God," I will rejoice;
Filled with Thy love, may I proclaim
The honour of Thy glorious name.
YOME, ye that know and fear the Lord,
And raise your thoughts above;
Let every heart and voice accord,
To sing that "God is Love."
2 This precious truth His word declares
And all His mercies prove;
Jesus, the Gift of gifts appears,
To show that "God is Love."
3 Behold His patience, bearing long
With those who from Him rove;
Till mighty grace their hearts subdues,
To teach them "God is Love."
4 The work begun is carried on
By power from heaven above,
And every step, from first to last,
Declares that "God is Love."
5 O may we all, while here below,
This best of blessings prove;
Till warmer hearts, in brighter worlds,
Proclaim that "God is Love."
1 HERE is an Eye that never sleeps,
Beneath the wing of night;
There is an Ear that never shuts,
When sink the beams of light.
2 There is an Arm that never tires,
When human strength gives way;
There is a Love that never fails,
When earthly loves decay.
3 That Eye is fixed on seraph throngs;
That Arm upholds the sky;
That Ear is filled with angels' songs;
That Love is throned on high.
4 But there's a power which man can wield,
When mortal aid is vain;
That Eye, that Arm, that Love to reach.
That listening Ear to gain.
5 That power is prayer which soars on high,
Through Jesus to the Throne,
And moves the Hand which moves the world To bring salvation down.
1 LORD, Thou hast searched and seen me
Thine eye surveys, with piercing view,
My rising and my resting hours,
My heart and flesh, with all their powers.
2 The thoughts that are not yet mine own,
To God are all distinctly known;
And all the words I mean to speak,
Ere from my opening lips they break.
3 Within His circling power I stand;
On every side I find His hand;
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.
4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great!
What large extent! what lofty height!
My soul, with all the powers I boast,
Is in the boundless prospect lost.
5 O may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.
1 ET us, with a gladsome mind, Praise the Lord, for He is kind:
For His mercies shall endure
Ever faithful, ever sure.
2 He, with all-commanding might,
Filled the new-made world with light:
For His mercies shall endure
Ever faithful, ever sure.
3 All things living He doth feed,
His full hand supplies their need:
For His mercies shall endure
Ever faithful, ever sure.
4 He His chosen race did bless,
In the wasteful wilderness :
For His mercies shall endure
Ever faithful, ever sure.
5 He hath with a piteous eye,
Looked upon our misery:
For His mercies shall endure
Ever faithful, ever sure.
6 Let us, then, with gladsome mind,
Praise the Lord, for He is kind :
For His mercies shall endure
Ever faithful, ever sure.
EGIN, my tongue, some heavenly theme,
And speak some boundless thing;
The mighty works, or mightier name,
Of our eternal King.
2 Tell of His wondrous faithfulness,
And sound His power abroad;
Sing the sweet promise of His grace,
And the performing God.
3 Proclaim "salvation from the Lord
"For wretched, dying men;"
His hand has writ the sacred word
With an immortal pen..
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