3 Each rolling year new favours brought
From Thy exhaustless store;
But, ah! in vain my labouring thought
Would count Thy mercies o'er.
4 While sweet reflection through my days,
Thy bounteous hand would trace;
Still dearer blessings claim my praise,
The blessings of Thy grace.
5 Yes, I adore Thee, gracious Lord,
For favours more divine,-
That I have known Thy sacred word,
Where all Thy glories shine.
6 Lord, when this mortal frame decays,
And every weakness dies,
Complete the wonders of Thy grace,
And raise me to the skies.
7 Then shall my joyful powers unite
In more exalted lays;
And join the happy sons of light,
In everlasting praise.
YOD of my life, through all my days,
grateful powers
G Mygmy all sound Thy praise;
My song shall wake with opening light,
And cheer the dark and silent night.
2 When anxious cares would break my rest,
And griefs would tear my throbbing breast,
Thy tuneful praises, raised on high,
Shall check the murmur and the sigh.
3 When death o'er nature shall prevail,
And all its powers of language fail,
Joy through my swimming eyes shall break,
And mean the thanks I cannot speak.
4 But, O! when that last conflict's o'er,
And I am chained to earth no more,
With what glad accents shall I rise
To join the music of the skies!
5 Soon shall I learn the' exalted strains
Which echo through the heavenly plains;
And emulate, with joy unknown,
The glowing seraphs round the throne.
6 The cheerful tribute will I give,
Long as a deathless soul shall live :
A work so sweet, a theme so high,
Demands and crowns eternity.
ATHER, how wide Thy glory shines!
How high Thy wonders rise!
Known through the earth by thousand signs,
By thousands through the skies.
2 Those mighty orbs proclaim Thy power;
Their motions speak Thy skill;
And on the wings of every hour
We read Thy patience still.
3 Part of Thy name divinely stands
On all Thy creatures writ;
They show the labour of Thy hands,
Or impress of Thy feet.
4 But, when we view Thy strange design,
To save rebellious worms,
Where vengeance and compassion join
In their divinest forms;
5 Our thoughts are lost in reverent awe,
We love and we adore ;
The first archangel never saw
So much of God before.
6 Here the whole Deity is known,
Nor dares a creature guess
Which of the glories brightest shone,
The justice, or the grace.
7 Now the full glories of the Lamb
Adorn the heavenly plains!
Bright seraphs learn Immanuel's name,
And try their choicest strains.
8 Oh! may I bear some humble part
In that immortal song!
Wonder and joy shall tune my heart,
And love command my tongue.
L.M. 6 lines, triplets. J. WESLEY. 1739.
From the German of JOHN ANGELUS.
GOD, of good the' unfathomed Sea!
Who would not give his heart to Thee?
Who would not love Thee with his might?
O Jesus, lover of mankind!
Who would not his whole soul and mind,
With all his strength, to Thee unite?
2 Thou shin'st with everlasting rays:
Before the insufferable blaze
Angels with both wings veil their eyes;
Yet, free as air, Thy bounty streams
On all Thy works; Thy mercy's beams
Diffusive, as Thy sun's, arise.
3 Astonished at Thy frowning brow,
Earth, hell, and heaven's strong pillars bow;
Terrible majesty is Thine!
Who then can that vast love express,
Which bows Thee down to me, who less
Than nothing am, till Thou art mine?
4 High-throned on heaven's eternal hill,
In number, weight, and measure still
Thou sweetly orderest all that is:
And yet Thou deign'st to come to me,
And guide my steps, that I, with Thee
Enthroned, may reign in endless bliss.
5 Fountain of good! all blessing flows
From Thee; no want Thy fulness knows :
What but Thyself canst Thou desire?
Yes self-sufficient as Thou art,
Thou dost desire my worthless heart :
This, only this, Thou dost require.
6 Primeval Beauty! in Thy sight,
The first-born, fairest sons of light
See all their brightest glories fade:
What then to me Thine eyes could turn?
In sin conceived, of woman born,
A worm, a leaf, a blast, a shade! 7 Hell's armies tremble at Thy nod, And, trembling, own the' Almighty God, Sovereign of earth, hell, air, and sky : But who is this that comes from far, Whose garments rolled in blood appear 'Tis God made man, for man to die. 8 O God, of good the unfathomed Sea! Who would not give his heart to Thee? Who would not love Thee with his might? O Jesus, lover of mankind!
Who would not his whole soul and mind,
With all his strength, to Thee unite?
LORY be to God on high,
God whose glory fills the sky;
Peace on earth to man forgiven,
Man, the well-beloved of Heaven.
2 Sovereign Father, heavenly King!
Thee we now presume to sing ;
Glad, Thine attributes confess
Glorious all, and numberless.
3 Hail, by all Thy works adored!
Hail, the everlasting Lord!
Thee with thankful hearts we prove
God of power, and God of love!
4 Christ our Lord and God we own,
Christ, the Father's only Son,
Lamb of God for sinners slain,
Saviour of offending man.
5 Bow Thine ear, in mercy bow,
Hear, the world's Atonement, Thou!
Jesus, in Thy Name we pray,
Take, O take our sins away!
6 Powerful Advocate with God,
Justify us by Thy blood;
Bow Thine ear, in mercy bow,
Hear, the world's Atonement, Thou!
7 Hear, for Thou, O Christ, alone
Art with Thy great Father One;
One the Holy Ghost with Thee;
One supreme, eternal THREE.
ALVATION! O the joyful sound!
What music to our ears!
A sovereign balm for every wound,
A cordial for our fears.
2 Buried in sorrow and in sin,
At hell's dark door we lay;
But we arise by grace divine
To see a heavenly day.
3 Salvation! let the echo fly
The spacious earth around;
While all the armies of the sky
Conspire to raise the sound!
4 Salvation! O Thou bleeding Lamb,
To Thee the praise belongs;
Salvation shall inspire our hearts,
And dwell upon our tongues.
Glory, honour, praise, and power,
Be unto the Lamb for ever:
Jesus Christ is our Redeemer.
Hallelujah! hallelujah!
Hallelujah! praise the Lord!
LORD, our God, how wondrous great
Is Thine exalted Name!
The glories of Thy heavenly state
Let men and babes proclaim.
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