He makes the grass the hills adorn, And clothes the smiling fields with corn; The beasts with food his hands supply, And the young ravens when they cry.
His saints are lovely in his sight; He views his children with delight; He sees their hope, he knows their fear, And looks, and loves his image there.
Works of creation and providence.
REJOICE, ye righteous, in the Lord, This work belongs to you:
Sing of his name, his ways, his word, How holy, just, and true.
His mercy and his righteousness Let heaven and earth proclaim; His works of nature and of grace Reveal his wondrous name.
His wisdom and almighty word The heavenly arches spread, And by the spirit of the Lord Their shining hosts were made.
He bade the swelling waters flow To their appointed deep; The flowing seas their limits know, And their own station keep.
Ye tenants of the spacious earth, With awe before him stand; He spake and nature took its birth, And rests on his command.
He scorns the angry nations' rage, And breaks their vain designs; His counsel stands through every age, And in full glory shines.
Works of creation and providence.
YE holy souls, in God rejoice,
Your Maker's praise becomes your voice, Great is your theme, your songs be new: Sing of his name, his words, his His works of nature and of grace, How wise and holy, just and true.
Justice and truth he ever loves,
And the whole earth his goodness proves, His word the heavenly arches spread; How wide they shine from north to south! And by the spirit of his mouth Were all the starry armies made.
He gathers the wide-flowing seas; Those watery treasures know their place In the vast storehouse of the deep: He spake, and gave all nature birth, And fires and seas, and heaven and earth His everlasting orders keep.
Let mortals tremble, and adore A God of such resistless power, Nor dare indulge their feeble rage:
Vain are your thoughts, and weak your hands; But his eternal counsel stands,
And rules the world from age to age.
128. s. M. WATTS.
The works and law of God.
BEHOLD, the lofty sky Declares its maker, God; And all his starry works on high Proclaim his power abroad.
The darkness and the light Still keep their course the same; While night to day, and day to night, Divinely teach his name.
In every different land
Their general voice is known; They show the wonders of his hand, And orders of his throne.
Ye British lands, rejoice, Here he reveals his word; We are not left to nature's voice
To bid us know the Lord.
His statutes and commands Are set before our eyes; He puts his gospel in our hands, Where our salvation lies. 6.
His laws are just and pure, His truth without deceit, His promises for ever sure, And his rewards are great.
THE spacious firmament on high, With all the blue æthereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great original proclaim.
The unwearied sun from day to day Doth his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land
The work of an almighty hand.
Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth:
Whilst all the stars which round her burn,
And all the planets in their turn,
Confirm the tidings as they roll,
And spread the truth from pole to pole.
What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball; What though nor real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found:
In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice; For ever singing as they shine, "The hand that made us is divine."
130. C. M. LIVERPOOL COLLECTION. Contemplation of the divine works.
Look round, O man! survey Speak of creating power;
See, nature gives a different robe To every herb and flower.
See, various beings fill the air, And people earth and sea; What grateful changes form the year! How constant night and day!
Next raise thine eye; the expanse above A power unbounded shows; See, round the sun the planets move, And various worlds compose.
Then turn into thyself, O man!
With wonder view thy soul;
Confess his power who laid each plan, And still directs the whole.
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