3 From Thee, through an eternal now,
The Son, Thine offspring, flow'd;
An everlasting Father Thou,
An everlasting God.
4 Nor quite display'd to worlds above,
Nor quite on earth conceal'd;
By wondrous, unexhausted love,
To mortal man revealed!
5 Supreme and all-sufficient God,
When nature shall expire;
And worlds, created by Thy nod,
Shall perish by Thy fire:
6 Thy Name, Jehovah ! be adored,
By creatures without end;
Whom none but Thy essential Word
And Spirit comprehend.
HEE, mighty God, my soul adores,
Thou great mysterious Three in One;
Nature and grace, with all their powers,
Confess Thee,-Infinite, Unknown.
2 Thy voice produced the seas and spheres,
Bade the waves roar, the planets shine:
But nothing like Thyself appears
Through all these spacious works of Thine.
3 Still restless nature dies and grows,
From change to change the creatures run; Thy Being no succession knows,
And all Thy vast designs are one.
4 A glance of Thine runs through the globe,
Rules the bright worlds, and moves their frame;
Of light Thou form'st Thy dazzling robe,
Thy ministers are living flame.
5 How shall polluted mortals dare
To sing Thy glory or Thy grace
Beneath Thy feet we lie so far,
And see but shadows of Thy face.
6 Who can behold the blazing light?
Who can approach consuming flame?
None but Thy Wisdom knows Thy might,
None but Thy Word can speak Thy Name.
REAT God, how infinite art Thou!
How frail and helpless we !
Let the whole race of creatures bow,
And pay their praise to Thee.
2 Thy throne eternal ages stood,
Ere seas or stars were made;
Thou art the ever-living God,
Were all the nations dead.
3 Nature and time quite naked lie
To Thine immense survey,
From the formation of the sky
To the great burning day.
4 Eternity, with all its years,
Stands present in Thy view;
To Thee there's nothing old appears;
Great God, there's nothing new!
5 Our lives through various scenes are drawn,
And vexed with trifling cares;
While Thine eternal thought moves on
Thine undisturbed affairs.
6 Great God, how infinite art Thou!
How frail and helpless we !
Let the whole race of creatures bow,
And pay their praise to Thee.
MY God, how wonderful Thou art !
Thy majesty how bright!
How radiant Thy mercy-seat,
In depths of burning light!
2 How dread are Thine eternal years,
O everlasting Lord!
By prostrate spirits, day and night,
Incessantly adored.
3 Thou glorious God, how beautiful
The sight of Thee must be ;-
Thine endless wisdom, boundless power,
And awful purity!
4 O! how I fear Thee, living God,
With deepest tenderest fears!
And worship Thee with humble hope,
And penitential tears.
5 Yet I may love Thee, too, O Lord,
Almighty as Thou art;
For Thou hast stooped to ask of me
The love of my poor heart.
6 O, then, this worse than worthless heart
In pity deign to take,
And make it love Thee, for Thyself
And for Thy glory's sake.
YLORIOUS God, accept a heart
That pants to sing Thy praise:
Thou without beginning art,
And without end of days;
Thou, a Spirit invisible,
Dost to none Thy fulness show;
None Thy Majesty can tell,
Or all Thy Godhead know.
2 All Thine attributes we own,
Thy wisdom, power, and might :
Happy in Thyself alone,
In goodness infinite,
Thou Thy goodness hast displayed,
On Thine every work imprest,
Lov'st whate'er Thy hands have made;
But man Thou lov'st the best.
3 Willing Thou that all should know
Thy saving truth, and live,
Dost to each, or bliss or woe,
With strictest justice give:
Thou with perfect righteousness
Renderest every man his due;
Faithful in Thy promises,
And in Thy threatenings too.
4 Thou art merciful to all
Who truly turn to Thee!
Hear me, then, for pardon call,
And show Thy grace to me;
Me, through mercy reconciled,
Me, for Jesu's sake forgiven,
Me receive, Thy favoured child,
To sing Thy praise in heaven.
HOU, the great, eternal God,
Art high above our thought!
Worthy to be feared, adored,
By all Thy hands have wrought.
None can with Thyself compare ;
Thy glory fills both earth and sky;
We, and all Thy creatures, are
As nothing in Thine eye.
Of Thy great unbounded power
To Thee the praise we give,-
Infinitely great, and more
Than heart can e'er conceive :
When Thou wilt to work proceed,
Thy purpose firm none can withstand,
Frustrate the determined deed,
Or stay the Almighty Hand.
Thou, O God, art wise alone;
Thy counsel doth excel;
Wonderful Thy works we own,
Thy ways unsearchable :
Who can sound the mystery,
Thy judgments' deep abyss explain?
Thou, whose eyes in darkness see,
And search the heart of man!
L.M. 6 lines.
Psalm cxiiv.
HEN Israel out of Egypt came,
And left the proud oppressor's land,
Supported by the great I ẨM,
Safe in the hollow of His hand,
The Lord in Israel reigned alone,
And Judah was His favourite throne.
2 The sea beheld His power, and fled,
Disparted by the wondrous rod;
Jordan ran backward to its head,
And Sinai felt the' incumbent God:
The mountains skipp'd like frighted rams,-
The hills leaped after them as lambs!
3 What ail'd thee, O thou trembling sea?
What horror turned the river back?
Was nature's God displeased at thee?
And why should hills and mountains shake?
Ye mountains huge, that skipped like rams?
Ye hills, that leaped as frighted lambs ?
4 Earth tremble on, with all thy sons,
In presence of thy awful Lord,
Whose power inverted nature owns ;
Her only law His sovereign word!
He shakes the centre with His nod,
And heaven bows down to Jacob's God.
5 Creation, varied by His hand,
The omnipotent Jehovah knows ;
The sea is turned to solid land,
The rock into a fountain flows,
And all things, as they change, proclaim
Their Lord eternally the same.
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