4. LORD! how thy wonders are display'd, 5. There's not a plant or flower below, 6. Creation, vast as it may be, There's not a place where we can flee, 7. Thy hand is our perpetual guard; 79. c. M. Praise to God for His wonderful Works. 1. REJOICE, ye righteous, in the LORD; Sing of his name, his ways, his word, 2. His mercy, and his righteousness, 3. By his creative word of might 4. He bade the swelling waters flow The flowing seas their limits know, 5. Ye tenants of the spacious earth, 6. His glorious works our thoughts engage; 80. P. M. Praise to God for His wonderful Works. 1. ALMIGHTY Power! amazing are thy ways, Above our knowledge, and above our praise; All thy vast works thy excellence display: How great, how fair, how wonderful are they! 2. Thy hand the wide-extended heavens uprais'd; The wide-extended heavens with stars emblaz'd; Where each bright orb, since time was first begun, Hath roll'd a planet, or hath shone a sun. 3. Stupendous thought! how sink the human race! Mere atoms in the boundless fields of space! Yet e'en to us, O LORD! thy care extends; Thy love supports us, and thy power defends. 4. We see thy hand in all that round us lies,— Thy grace in all thy various, rich supplies: Almighty Power! how glorious are thy ways! How far above our knowledge and our praise! 81. c. M. Wisdom of God in His Works. 1. SONGS of immortal praise belong Be thine our heart, our life, our tongue, 2. How great the works thy hand hath wrought, 3. How most exact is nature's frame ! Thy counsels never change the scheme 4. Nature, and time, and earth, and skies, 5. To fear thy power, to trust thy grace, THERE is a GOD,' all nature speaks Through earth, and air, and seas, and skies; See, from the clouds his glory breaks, When the first beams of morning rise! 2. The rising sun, serenely bright, 3. Diffusing life, his influence spreads, 4. The flowery tribes all blooming rise, Speak sweet conviction to the heart. H 5. What man that views creation round, 83. C. M. The God of Nature. 1. HAIL, great Creator! wise and good, 2. Thy glory beams in every star 3. The lofty hill, the humble vale, 4. Great nature's GOD! still may these scenes 5. And while, in all thy wondrous works, Still may the contemplation lead Our hearts, O GOD! to thee. |