The secret evil bring to light,
And by thy grace remove.

7 If e'er my ways have been perverse,
Or foolish in thy view,

Recall my steps to thy commands,
And form my life anew.

92. L. M.

The all-seeing God. Ps. cxxxix.

1 LORD! thou hast searched and seen me thro';
Thine eye commands, with piercing view,
My waking and my sleeping hours,
My heart and flesh, with all their powers..
2 My thoughts, before they are my own,
Are to my God distinctly known:

He knows the words I mean to speak,
Ere from my opening lips they break.
3 Within thy circling power I stand;
On every side I find thy hand :
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.

4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great!
What large extent! what lofty height !
My soul, with all the powers I boast,
Is in the boundless prospect lost.
5 Could I so false, so faithless prove,
To quit thy service and thy love,
Where, Lord, could I thy influence shun,
Or whither from thy presence run?
6 Could I the wings of morning gain,
And fly beyond the western main,
Thy swifter hand would first arrive,
And there arrest the fugitive..

7 Or should I try to shun thy sight
Beneath the spreading veil of night,
One glance of thine, one piercing ray,
Would kindle darkness into day.

8 O may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin; for God is there.

93. C. M.

The universal Presence and Providence of God. 1 GREAT God, how vast is thine abode ! Mysterious are thy ways!

Unseen thy footsteps in the air,

And trackless in the seas.

2 Yet, the whole peopled world bespeaks
Thy being and thy power,
'Mid the resplendent blaze of day,
And awful midnight hour.

3 Nor all the peopled world alone,
Rich fields and verdant plains,
But lonely wilds by man untrod,
Where silent horror reigns.

4 The howling wind, the beating rain,
The sea's tumultuous roar,
These in tremendous concert joined,
Proclaim thy boundless power.

5 Through all creation's widest range,
The hand of heaven is near :
Where'er I wander in the world,
Lo! God is present there.

Universal Goodness of God.

1 LORD! thou art good: all nature shows
Its mighty author kind :

Thy bounty through creation flows,
Full, free, and unconfined.

2 The whole, and every part, proclaims
Thine infinite good will;

Its shines in stars, and flows in streams,
And blooms on every hill.

3 We view it o'er the spreading main,
And heavens which spread more wide :
It drops in gentle showers of rain,
And rolls in every tide.

4 Long hath it been diffused abroad,
Through ages past and gone;
Nor ever can exhausted be,

But still keeps flowing on.

5 Through the vast whole it pours supplies,
Spreads joy though every part:
O may such love attract my eyes,
And captivate my heart!

6 My highest admiration raise,
My best affections move!

Employ my tongue in songs of praise,
And fill my heart with love!

95. L. M.

The Divine Goodness. Ps. xxxiv. 8, 9. 1 TRIUMPHANT, Lord! thy goodness reigns Through all the wide celestial plains; And its full streams redundant flow Down to the abodes of men below.

2 Through nature's works thy glories shine; The cares of providence are thine : And thou hast raised within our frame, A fairer temple to thy name. 3 O give to every human heart,

To taste and feel how good thou art; With grateful love and reverent fear, To know how blest thy children are. 4 Let nature burst into a song :

Ye echoing hills, the notes prolong! Earth, seas, and stars, your anthems raise, All vocal with your Maker's praise ! 5 Join, O my soul! the general song, To thee its sweetest notes belong; Blest above all by love divine, To praise is eminently thine.

96. C. M.

God's Foreknowledge and Decrees.

1 KEEP silence, all created things, And own your Maker's nod;

My soul stands trembling, while she sings
The honours of her God!

2 Life, death and hell, and worlds unknown,
Hang on his firm decree :
He sits on no precarious throne,
Nor borrows leave to be.

3 Unnumbered ages, ere the skies
Were into motion brought,

Whate'er through endless years should rise, Stood present to his thought.

4 His mighty voice bade ancient night Her endless realms resign;

And lo! ten thousand globes of light
In fields of azure shine.

5 There's not a sparrow nor a worm
O'erlooked in his decrees:
He raises monarchs to a throne,
Or sinks with equal ease.

6 If light attend the course we go,
"Tis he provides the rays;
And 'tis his hand that hides the sun,
If darkness cloud our days.
7 Trusting thy wisdom, God of love!
We would not wish to know,
What in the book of thy decrees
Awaits us here below.

8 Be this alone our fervent prayer;
Whate'er our lot shall be,

Or joys or sorrows, may they form
Our souls for heaven, and thee!

97.

C. M.

God, the Creator. Gen. i.

1 O LORD, how excellent thy name !
On all thy works, behold
CREATOR-God,-engraven fair
In characters of gold.

2 When formless was the earth and void,
He spake,-Let there be light!
O'er the dull mass his spirit moved,
And scattered ancient night.

3 The glorious firmament he spread
To part the earth and sky,

And fixed yon radiant orbs to shine
Within their spheres on high.