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.
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!
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;
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;
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,
Through everlasting ages shine, With undiminished rays.
God Knoweth us.
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;
Within the curtains of my bed I lie in sight of God.
No Hiding from God.
1 LITTLE children should obey
Everything their parents [teachers] say; God is watching all day long,
Whether they do right or wrong.
2 Every action He can tell; Every secret thought as well; Nothing that we do or try Can escape His searching eye.
God Omnipresent.
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;
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,
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.
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.
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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