1. Great God! how infinite art thou! What worth-less worms are we!
2 Thy throne eternal ages stood,
Ere seas or stars were made:
Thou art the ever-living God,
Were all the nations dead.
3 Eternity, with all its years,
Stands present in thy view;
To thee there's nothing old appears-
Great God! there's nothing new.
4 Our lives thro' various scenes are drawn,
And vexed with trifling cares;
While thine eternal thought moves on
Thine undisturbed affairs.
5 Great God! how infinite art thou!
What worthless worms are we!
Let the whole race of creatures bow,
And pay their praise to thee.
1 I SING th' almighty power of God,
That made the mountains rise,
That spread the flowing seas abroad,
And built the lofty skies.
2 I sing the wisdom that ordained
The sun to rule the day;
The moon shines full at his command,
And all the stars obey.
3 I sing the goodness of the Lord,
That filled, the earth with food; He formed the creatures with his word, And then pronounced them good.
4 Lord! how thy wonders are displayed Where'er I turn mine eye!
If I survey the ground I tread,
Or gaze upon the sky!
5 There's not a plant or flower below
But makes thy glories known;
And clouds arise, and tempests blow.
By order from thy throne.
6 Creatures that borrow life from thee
Are subject to thy care;
There's not a place where we can flee
But God is present there.
2 Immortal glory forms his throne,
And light his awful robe;
While with a smile, or with a frown,
He manages the globe.
3 A word of his almighty breath
Can swell or sink the seas; Build the vast empires of the earth, Or break them as he please. 4 On angels, with unvailed face
His glory beams above;
On men, he looks with softest grace,
And takes his title, Love.
1 HOLY and reverend is the name
Of our eternal King;
Thrice holy Lord! the angels cry;
Thrice holy let us sing.
2 The deepest reverence of the mind,
Pay, O my soul! to God:
Lift with thy hands a holy heart
To his sublime abode.
3 With sacred awe pronounce his name
Whom words nor thoughts can reach ;
A broken heart shall please him more
Than the best forms of speech.
4 Thou holy God! preserve our souls
From all pollution free;
The pure in heart are thy delight,
And they thy face shall see.
1 GREAT Ruler of all nature's frame!
We own thy power divine;
We hear thy breath in every storm,
For all the winds are thine.
2 Wide as they sweep their sounding way,
They work thy sovereign will;
And, awed by thy majestic voice,
Confusion shall be still.
3 Thy mercy tempers every blast
To them that seek thy face,
And mingles with the tempest's roar
The whispers of thy grace.
4 Those gentle whispers let me hear,
Till all the tumult cease;
And gales of paradise shall lull
My weary soul to peace.
2 "Fear not," said he,-for mighty dread Had seized their troubled mind,"Glad tidings of great joy I bring, To you and all mankind.
3 "To you, in David's town, this day,
Is born of David's line,
The Saviour, who is Christ, the Lord,
And this shall be the sign;-
4 "The heavenly babe you there shall find To human view displayed,
All meanly wrapped in swathing bands, And in a manger laid."
5 Thus spake the seraph-and forthwith Appeared a shining throng Of angels, praising God, who thus Addressed their joyful song:6" All glory be to God on high,
And to the earth be peace; Good-will henceforth from heaven to men Begin, and never cease!
3 No more let sin and sorrow grow,
Nor therns infest the ground:
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.
4 He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love.
1 AWAKE, awake the sacred song
To our incarnate Lord!
Let every heart and every tongue
Adore th' eternal Word.
2 That awful Word, that sovereign Power.
By whom the worlds were made-
Oh happy morn! ilustrious hour!-
Was once in flesh arrayed!
3 Then shone almighty power and love,
In all their glorious foras,
When Jesus left his throne above,
To dwell with sinful worras.
4 Adoring angels tuned their songs
To hail the joyful day;
With rapture then let mortal tongues
Their grateful worship pay.
5 What glory, Lord, to thee is due!
With wonder we adore;
But could we sing as angels do,
Our highest praise were poor.
1. Angels rejoiced and sweetly sung
At our Re- deem er's birth; Mor-tals, a
wake; let every tongue Proclaim his match-less worth, Proclaim his match-less worth.
1 ANGELS rejoiced and sweetly sung
At our Redeemer's birth;
Mortals! awake; let every tongue
Proclaim his matchless worth.
2 Glory to God, who dwells on high,
And sent his only Son
To take a servant's form, and die,
For evils we had done!
3 Good-will to men; ye fallen race!
Arise, and shout for joy;
He comes, with rich, abounding grace
To save, and not destroy.
4 Lord! send the gracious tidings forth,
And fill the world with light,
That Jew and Gentile, through the earth,
May know thy saving might.
4 He comes, the broken heart to bind,
The bleeding soul to cure,
And, with the treasures of his grace,
Enrich the humble poor.
5 Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace,
Thy welcome shall proclaim,
And heaven's eternal arches ring
With thy beloved name.
1 CALM on the listening ear of night,
Come heaven's melodious strains,
Where wild Judea stretches far
Her silver-mantled plains.
2 Celestial choirs, from courts above,
Shed sacred glories there,
And angels, with their sparkling lyres,
Make music on the air.
3 The answering hills of Palestine
Send back the glad reply;
And greet, from all their holy heights,
The day-spring from on high.
4 O'er the blue depths of Galilec
There comes a holier calm,
And Sharon waves, in solemn praise,
Her silent groves of palm.
5 "Glory to God!" the sounding skies
Loud with their anthems ring-
"Peace to the earth, good-will to men,
From heaven's eternal King!"
2 To spread the rays of heavenly light,
To give the mourner joy,
To preach glad tidings to the poor,
Was his divine employ.
3 Mid keen reproach and cruel scorn,
He, meek and patient stood;
His foes, ungrateful, sought his life,
Who labored for their good.
4 In the last hour of deep distress,
Before his Father's throne,
With soul resigned he bowed, and said,-
"Thy will, not mine, be done!"
5 Be Christ our pattern, and our guide,
His image may we bear;
Oh! may we tread his holy steps,-
His joy and glory share.
1 The Saviour! what a noble flame Was kindled in his breast, When hasting to Jerusalem,
He marched before the rest!
2 Good-will to men, and zeal for God, His every thought engross; He longs to be baptized with blood, He pants to reach the cross. 3 With all his sufferings full in view, And woes to us unknown, Forth to the task his spirit flew ;
'T was love that urged him on.
4 Lord, we return thee what we can;
Our hearts shall sound abroad;
Salvation to the dying man,
And to the rising God!
5 And while thy bleeding glories here
Engage our wondering eyes,
We learn our lighter cross to bear,
And hasten to the skies.
1 WHAT grace, O Lord, and beauty shone
Around thy steps below;
What patient love was seen in all
Thy life and death of woe.
2 For, ever on thy burdened heart
A weight of sorrow hung;
Yet no ungentle, murmuring word
Escaped thy silent tongue.
3 Thy foes might hate, despise, revile,
Thy friends unfaithful prove;
Unwearied in forgiveness still,
Thy heart could only love.
4 Oh, give us hearts to love like thee!
Like thee, O Lord, to grieve
Far more for others' sins than all
The wrongs that we receive.
5 One with thyself, may every eye,
In us, thy brethren, see
The gentleness and grace that spring
From union, Lord! with thee.
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