Let distant times and nations raise
The long succession of thy praise,
And unborn ages make my song
The blest employment of their tongue.
But who can speak thy wondrous deeds?
Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds;
Vast and unsearchable thy ways,
Vast and immortal be thy praise.
30. L. M.
Divine Power and Grace.
GIVE to our GOD immortal praise;
Mercy and truth are all his ways;
Wonders of grace to GoD belong:
Repeat his mercies in your song.
Give to the Lord of lords renown;
The King of kings with glory crown:
His mercies ever shall endure,
When lords and kings are known no more.
He built the earth, he spread the sky,
And fix'd the starry worlds on high;
Wonders of grace to God belong:
Repeat his mercies in your song.
He fills the sun with morning light,
And bids the moon direct the night:
His mercies ever shall endure,
When sun and moon shall shine no more.
He sent his Son with power to save
From guilt, and darkness, and the grave;
Wonders of grace to GoD belong:
Repeat his mercies in your song.
Through this short life he guides our feet,
And leads us to his heavenly seat:
His mercies ever shall endure,
When time and death shall be no more.
31. P. M.
Divine Power and Grace.
GIVE thanks to GOD most high,
The universal Lord,
The sovereign King of kings,
And be his grace ador'd:
His power and grace
Are still the same,
And let his name
Have endless praise.
How mighty is his hand!
What wonders hath he done!
He form'd the earth and seas,
And spread the heavens alone:
Thy mercy, LORD!
Shall still endure,
And ever sure
Abides thy word.
His wisdom fram'd the sun
To crown the day with light;
The moon and twinkling stars
To cheer the darksome night:
Are still the same,
And let his name
Have endless praise.
Jesus, his Son, he sent
To save us from our woe,
From error, sin, and death,
And every hurtful foe:
Thy mercy, LORD!
Shall still endure,
And ever sure
Abides thy word.
Give thanks aloud to GOD,
To GOD, the heavenly King,
And let the spacious earth
His works and glories sing:
His power and grace
Are still the same,
And let his name
Have endless praise.
32. P. M.
Power and Goodness of God.
YE that delight to serve the LORD,
The honours of his name record;
His sacred name for ever bless:
Where'er the circling sun displays
His rising beams, or setting rays,
Let lands and seas his power confess.
Justice and truth he ever loves,
And the whole earth his goodness proves;
His word its firm foundations laid;
And by the orders of his mouth,
Wide as they shine from north to south,
Were all the starry armies made.
He gathers the wide flowing sea,
(Whose proudest waves his laws obey,)
In the vast storehouse of the deep:
He spake, and gave all nature birth;
And winds, and waters, heaven, and earth,
His everlasting orders keep.
His goodness, equal to his power,
Loads with its blessings every hour,
And spreads the wide creation o'er:
On the whole earth his bounties rest;
Through the whole earth his name be blest;
Since all receive, let all adore.
Power and Goodness of God.
YE sons of men, with joy record
The various wonders of the LORD;
And let his power and goodness sound
Through all your tribes, the earth around.
Lo! the high heavens your songs invite,Those spacious fields of brilliant light, Where sun, and moon, and planets roll, And stars, that glow from pole to pole.
View the broad sea's majestic plains,
And think how wide its Maker reigns:
That band remotest nations joins,
And on each wave his goodness shines.
But oh that brighter world above,
Where lives and reigns eternal love!
Thither, my soul! with rapture soar,
There in the land of praise adore.
God the Creator of Mankind.
GOD of our lives, whose bounteous caré
First gave us power to move!
How shall our thankful hearts declare
The wonders of thy love!
From thy almighty forming hand,
We drew our vital powers;
Our time revolves at thy command,
In all its circling hours.
Heaven, earth, and sea, and fire, and wind,
Display thy wondrous skill;
But we review ourselves and find
Diviner wonders still.
Wisdom and goodness round us shine;
Our form proclaims thy praise;
And with our tongues our hearts shall join
To celebrate thy grace.
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