While in each herb, and flow'r, and tree, Thy blooming glories shine confest! 4 Aloft, full beaming, reigns the sun, And light and genial heat conveys; And, while he leads the seasons on, From thee derives his quick'ning rays. 5 Around us, in the teeming field, Stands the rich grain, or purpled vine; At thy command they rise, to yield The strength'ning bread, or cheering wine. 6 Indulgent GOD! from ev'ry part Thy plenteous blessings largely flow; We see we taste-let ev'ry heart With grateful love and duty glow. 1 88. Common Metre. BROWNE. REAT first of Beings! mighty LORD Produc'd by thy creating word, The world from nothing came. 2 Soon as thou gav'st the high command, And for thy pleasure all things stand 3 Thy glories shine throughout the whole, For thee in course the planets roll, 4 For thee the earth its product yields, And various plants adorn the fields, 5 For thee the sun dispenses heat, 6 Let us, too, LORD! with zeal pursue 1 That all we think and all we do R 89. Common Metre. WATTS. EJOICE, ye righteous, in the LORD, Sing of his name, his ways, his word, 2 His mercy and his righteousness The flowing seas their limits know, 5 Ye tenants of the spacious earth, 6 Thy glorious works our thoughts engage; 1 90. Common Metre. WATTS. The wisdom of GOD in his works. SON He has my heart, and he my tongue, 2 How great the works his hand hath wrought, 3 How most exact is nature's frame! His counsels never change the scheme 4 Nature and time, and earth and skies, What shall we do to make us wise, 5 To fear thy pow'r, to trust thy grace, Is our divinest skill; And he's the wisest of our race, 1 PART IV. Perfections of God. 91. Common Metre. WATTS. The divine glories above our reason. OUR reason stretches all its wings, And soars above the skies; But still how far beneath thy feet 2 LORD! here we bend our humble souls, And awfully adore: For the weak pinions of the mind Can urge their flight no more. 3 Thy glories infinitely rise 4 In humble notes our faith adores 1 While angels strain their nobler pow'rs, And sweep th' immortal string. 92. Long Metre. WATTS. GOD incomprehensible. CT' eternal, untreated Mind? AN creatures to perfection find |