THE earth and all the heavenly frame Their great Creator's love proclaim; He gives the sun his genial power, And sends the soft refreshing shower.

2.

The ground with plenty blooms again,
And yields its various fruits to men;
To men, who from thy bounteous hand
Receive the gifts of every land.

3.

Nor to the human race alone,
Is thy paternal goodness shown;
The tribes of earth, and sea, and air,
Enjoy thy universal care.

4.

Not e'en a sparrow yields its breath, Till GoD permits the stroke of death: He hears the ravens when they call,The Father and the Friend of all!

41. C. M.

The universal Goodness of God..

1.

LORD! thou art good; all nature shows
Its mighty Maker kind:

Thy bounty through creation flows,
Full, free, and unconfin'd.

2.

Whate'er our eyes behold, proclaims
Thy infinite good-will;

It shines in stars, it flows in streams,
And bursts from every hill.

3.

It spreads through all the spacious main,
And through the heavens more wide;
It drops in gentle showers of rain,
And rolls in every tide.

4.

Long has it been diffus'd abroad,
Through years and ages past;

And its rich stores, all bounteous God!
For ever still shall last.

5.

Through the vast whole it pours supplies;
Spreads joy through every part:
LORD! let such love attract our eyes,
And captivate our heart.

6.

High admiration let it raise,

And kind affection move;

Employ our tongues in songs of praise,
And fill our souls with love.

42. P. M.

The God of Mercy adored.

PRAISE to GOD, the great Creator,
Bounteous source of every joy,
He whose hand upholds all nature,
He whose word can all destroy!
Saints, with pious zeal attending,
Now the grateful tribute raise;
Solemn songs to heaven ascending,
Join the universal praise.

2.

Here indulge each grateful feeling;
Lowly bend with contrite souls;
Here his milder grace revealing,
Here no awful thunder rolls:
Lo! the eternal page before us
Bears the covenant of his love,
Full of mercy to restore us,
Mercy beaming from above.

3.

Every secret fault confessing,

Deed unrighteous, thought of sin, Seize, oh seize, the proffer'd blessing, Grace from GOD and peace within: Heart and voice with rapture swelling, Still the song of glory raise; On the theme immortal dwelling, Join the universal praise.

43. P. M.

Divine Love.

1.

MY GOD! thy boundless love I praise:
How bright on high its glories blaze!
How sweetly bloom below!
It streams from thy eternal throne;
Through heaven its joys for ever run,
And o'er the earth they flow.

2.

'Tis love that paints the purple morn, And bids the clouds, in air upborne, Their genial drops distil;

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In every vernal beam it glows,
It breathes in every gale that blows,
And glides in every

3.

rill.

It robes in cheerful green the ground,
And pours its flowery beauties round,
Whose sweets perfume the gale;
Its bounties richly spread the plain,
The blushing fruit, the golden grain,
And smile on every vale.

4.

In thy blest gospel see it shine
With grace and glory most divine,
Proclaiming sins forgiven;

There Faith, bright cherub, points the way
To realms of everlasting day,

And opens all her heaven.

5.

Then let the love which makes me blest,
With cheerful praise inspire my breast,
And ardent gratitude;

And all my thoughts and passions tend
To thee, my Father and my Friend,
My soul's eternal good!

6.

Dart from thy own celestial flame
One vivid beam, to warm my frame
With kindred energy;

Mark thy own image on my mind,
And teach me to be good and kind,
And love and bless like thee.

44. C. M.

God kind and merciful.

LET every tongue thy goodness speak,
Thou sovereign Lord of all!

Thy strengthening hands uphold the weak, And raise the poor that fall.

2.

When virtue in distress appears,
When griefs the heart invade,
Thy love the drooping spirit cheers,
Thy mercy lends its aid.

3.

Thy hand supports our tottering days,
And guides our giddy youth;
Holy and just are all thy ways,
And all thy words are truth.

4.

Thou know'st the pains thy servants feel;
Thou hear'st thy children's cry;
And their best wishes to fulfil,

Thy love is ever nigh.

5.

Thy mercy never will remove

From men of heart sincere,—

From those whose humble, fervent love
Is join'd with holy fear.

45. c. M.

The Compassion of God.

HOPE of the wretched! thou alone

The broken heart canst bind,
Canst ease the deepest pangs we feel,
And raise the sinking mind.