2. Raised from depths of mental blindness, Sown in tears, Joy appears, Beaming with Heaven's kindness. 3. Gracious Lord, thy love possessing, THERE's not a star whose twinkling light And cheers the solemn gloom of night, 2. There's not a cloud whose dews distill And clothe with verdure vale and hill, 3. There's not a place in earth's vast round, Where skill and wisdom are not found, 4. Around, beneath, below, above, There Heaven displays its boundless love, 5. Then rise, my soul! and sing his name, And all his praise rehearse, Who spread abroad earth's glorious frame, And built the universe. 368. c. M. MILTON. Restoration of pure worship. [Psalm lxxxv. 11, and lxxxvi. 9, 10.] 1. THE nations all whom thou hast made 2. Truth from the earth, like to a flower, And justice, from her heavenly bower, 3. For great thou art, and wonders great 369. P. M. MONTGOMERY. Praise to God for his mercy and truth. [Psalm cxvii.] 1. . ALL ye nations, praise the Lord; 2. For his truth and mercy stand, 3. Praise him, ye who know his love, ROSCOE. Praise to the God of nature. 1. WHO gave the sun his noon-day light? Who taught the moon to shine by night? Whose hands the sheet of heaven unroll'd, All set with stars like drops of gold? 2. Who gave the winds their course to know? The ocean tides to ebb and flow? And day and night preserve their bounds, And changing seasons know their rounds? 3. Could man conceive the vast design? Could he the grand machine combine,.... Stretch his weak hands from pole to pole, And bid them on their centre roll? 4. Could man, with all his skill, compose The humblest blade of grass that grows? Or at his will ordain to be The smallest insect that we see? 5. 'Twas God who gave creation birth, 6. Bow then to God, O all that live! Who fashion'd by his mighty hand Sun, moon, and stars, and sea, and land. 371. L. M. MONTHLY REPOSITORY. A morning hymn. 1. AGAIN the morning's beams proclaim 2. Thine everlasting love is spread 3. But man, thy favoured creature, shares 4. O be it my unwearied aim To merit this distinguish'd name; Is weak, is vain, compared with this. 372. L. M. BISHOP KEN. A morning hymn. 1. AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun 2. By influence of the light divine 3. Lord, I my vows to thee renew; 4. Direct, control, suggest this day, That all my powers, with all their might, 5. All praise to thee, who safe hast kept And hast refresh'd me while I slept : Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wake, I may of endless life partake. |