4. Ye mists and vapours, hail and snow, And you who through the concave blow Swift to perform the mandates of his word, Whirlwinds and tempests, praise the'almighty Lord. 5. Praise him, old monuments of time, O praise him, ye in youthful prime; Praise him, who shine in beauty's excellence, And praise him, thou sweet age of innocence. 6. Let the wide world his praises sing, From whom its various blessings spring: Let echoing anthems make his praises known, On earth his footstool, as in heaven his throne! 69. L. M. WATTS. Praise to God from all nature. 1. NATURE with all her powers shall sing God the creator and the king: Nor air, nor earth, nor skies, nor seas, 2. Begin to make his glories known, 3. All mortal things of meaner frame, 4. Yet, mighty God, our feeble frame Attempts in vain to reach thy name; The strongest notes that angels raise Faint in the worship and the praise. 70. c. M. MRS. ROWE. Praise to the God of nature. 1. BEGIN, my soul, the lofty strain, A sacred hymn of grateful praise 2. Bear it, ye winds, on all your wings, To distant climes away, And round the wide-extended world The lofty theme convey. 3. Take the glad burthen of his name, 4. Let harmless thunders roll along 5. Long let it warble round the spheres, And echo through the sky; Let angels with immortal skill Improve the harmony: 6. Whilst we, with sacred rapture fired, 71. c. M. LIVERPOOL COLLECTION. Praise to the God of nature. 1. HAIL, King supreme! all wise and good! 2. At morning, noon, and evening mild 3. Thy glory beams in every star 4. The sunny hill, the dewy lawn With thousand beauties shine : The silent grove and awful shade Proclaim thy power divine. 5. From tree to tree, a constant hymn 6. Great nature's God! still may these scenes Our serious hours engage! Still may our grateful hearts consult Thy works' instructive page! 72. P. M. ORATORIO OF ABEL. Nature calling man to devotion. 1. How cheerful along the gay mead 2. The myrtles that shade the gay bowers, 3. Shall man, the great master of all, 4. The Lord, who such wonders could raise, My lips shall incessantly praise; My soul shall be rapt in my God. 73. L. M. ENFIELD. Praise to the Lord of nature. 1. THOU, through all thy works adored, Great power supreme, almighty Lord! Author of life, whose sovereign sway Creatures of every tribe obey! 2. To thee, most high, to thee belong 3. Planets, those wandering worlds above, 4. From thee proceed heaven's varied store, 5. Tempests obey thy mighty will; 6. Yet pleased to bless, kind to supply, The tribes of earth, and sea, and air. |