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6 Great God! how infinite art Thou!
What worthless worms are we!
Let the whole race of creatures bow
And pay their praise to Thee.

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1 Now let our infant voices raise
(By Him with power endued)
To God a hymn of grateful praise,
And sing that God is good.

2 He made the sea, the mountains high,
The sun's refulgent flood;
And all beneath His azure sky
Tells us that God is good.

3 Our rosy health and bounding limbs,
Our pleasures and our food,
Are freely given to us by Him,
And prove that God is good.

4 And all His ways of providence,
Though oft misunderstood,
When reason bows to flesh and sense,
Proclaim that God is good.

5 But if we taste His sov'reign grace,
And His salvation prove,
Eternal mercy we shall trace,
And sing that God is love!

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Infinity of Jehovah.

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1 SHALL foolish, weak, short-sighted man Beyond bright seraphs go,

The great Almighty God explain,
Or to perfection know?

2 His attributes divinely soar
Above the creature's sight;
And prostrate seraphim adore
The glorious Infinite.
3 Jehovah's everlasting days,
They cannot numbered be;
Incomprehensible the space
Of thine immensity.

4 Thy wisdom's depths by reason's line
In vain we strive to sound,

Or stretch our labouring thoughts t' assign
Omnipotence a bound.

5 The brightness of Thy glories leaves
Description far below;

Nor man nor angel's heart conceives
How deep Thy mercies flow.

6 Thy love is most unsearchable,
And dazzles all above;

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They gaze, but cannot count or tell
The treasures of Thy love.

God Unchangeable.

1 THROUGH endless years Thou art the
O Thou eternal God!

Ages to come shall know Thy name,
And tell Thy works abroad.

2 The strong foundations of the earth
Of old by Thee were laid;

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same,

Thy hands the beauteous arch of heaven
With wondrous skill have made.

3 Soon shall this goodly frame of things,
Formed by Thy powerful hand,
Be like a vesture laid aside,

And changed at Thy command. 4 Thy bright perfections all divine, Eternal as Thy days,

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Through everlasting ages shine,
With undiminished rays.

God Knoweth us.

C.M.

1 THOU God of justice, power, and grace,
Who would not fear Thy name?
Thine omnipresence fills all space,
Thine eyes through nature flame.
2 No secret thought can ever shun
The notice of Thine eye;

From Thee concealed no act be done,
For Thou art ever nigh.

3 Thine eye surveys the ground I tread,
Whene'er I rove abroad;

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Within the curtains of my bed
I lie in sight of God.

No Hiding from God.

1 LITTLE children should obey

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Everything their parents [teachers] say;
God is watching all day long,

Whether they do right or wrong.

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2 Every action He can tell;
Every secret thought as well;
Nothing that we do or try
Can escape His searching eye.

God Omnipresent.

C.M.

1 LORD, how Thy wonders are displayed
Where'er I turn my eye!

If I survey the ground I tread,
Or gaze upon the sky!

2 There's not a plant or flower below
But makes Thy glories known;

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And clouds arise, and tempests blow,
By order from Thy throne.

3 All creatures, numerous as they be,
Are subject to Thy care;

There's not a place where we can flee,
But God is present there.

4 In heaven He shines with beams of love,

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With wrath in hell beneath,

"Tis on His earth I stand or move,
And 'tis His air I breathe.

Searcher of Hearts.

1 ONE glance of Thine, eternal Lord,
Pierces all nature through;

Nor heaven, nor earth, nor hell afford
A shelter from Thy view.

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2 The mighty whole, each smaller part,
At once before Thee lies;
And every thought of every heart
Is open to Thine eyes.

3 Though greatly from myself concealed,
Thou seest my inward frame;
To Thee I always stand revealed
Exactly as I am.

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All Seen by God.

S.M.

1 THE word of Christ the Lord,
With whom we have to do,
Is sharper than a two-edged sword,
To pierce the sinner through!
2 Swift as the lightning's blaze
When awful thunders roll,
It fills the conscience with amaze,
And penetrates the soul.
3 He sees His people's fears,
He notes their mournful cry;
He counts their sighs and falling tears,
And helps them from on high.
4 He sees the wicked too,

And will repay them soon,
For all the evil deeds they do,

And all they would have done.
5 Since all our secret ways

Are marked and known by Thee,
Afford us, Lord, Thy light of grace,
That we ourselves may see.

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