Imágenes de páginas
PDF
EPUB

12

4 For Thy Providence, that governs
Through Thine empire's wide domain;
Wings an angel, guides a sparrow:
Blessed be Thy gentle reign.

5 But Thy rich, Thy free Redemption,
Dark through brightness all along;
Thought is poor, and poor expression:
Who dare sing that awful song!

6 From the highest throne in glory
To the Cross of deepest woe!
All to ransom guilty captives!
Flow, my praise, forever flow.

Robert Robinson. 1778.

1 What shall I render to my God
For all His gifts to me?

CM.

Sing, heaven and earth, rejoice and praise

His glorious majesty.

20 let me praise Thee while I live,
And praise Thee when I die,

And praise Thee when I rise again,
And to eternity.

3 Mysterious depths of endless love,
Our admiration raise:

My God, Thy Name exalted is
Far above all our praise.

13

John Mason. 1683.

C. M.

1 WHILE Thee I seek, protecting Power!
Be my vain wishes stilled;

And may this consecrated hour
With better hopes be filled.

2 Thy Love the powers of thought bestowed;
To Thee my thoughts would soar.
Thy mercy o'er my life has flowed:
That mercy I adore.

3 In each event of life, how clear
Thy ruling Hand I see!

Each blessing to my soul more dear,
Because conferred by Thee.

4 In every joy that crowns my days,
In every pain I bear,

My heart shall find delight in praise,
Or seek relief in prayer.

5 When gladness wings my favoured hour,
Thy Love my thoughts shall fill:
Resigned, when storms of sorrow lower,
My soul shall meet Thy will.

6 My lifted eye, without a tear,
The lowering storm shall see;

14

My steadfast heart shall know no fear:
That heart shall rest on Thee!

Helen Maria Williams. 1788.

C. M.

1 WHEN all Thy mercies, O my God,
My rising soul surveys,
Transported with the view, I'm lost
In wonder, love, and praise.

2 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts
My daily thanks employ;

Nor is the least a cheerful heart
That tastes those gifts with joy.

3 Through every period of my life
Thy goodness I'll pursue;

And, after death, in distant worlds,
The glorious theme renew.

15

4 When nature fails, and day and night
Divide Thy works no more,
My ever grateful heart, O Lord,
Thy mercy shall adore.

5 Through all eternity to Thee
A joyful song I'll raise:
But oh! eternity's too short
To utter all Thy praise.

Joseph Addison. 1728.
L.M.

1 AWAKE, my soul, in joyful lays,
And sing thy great Redeemer's praise;
He justly claims a song from me,
His Loving-kindness, Ŏ how free!
2 He saw me ruined in the fall,
Yet loved me notwithstanding all;
He saved me from my lost estate,
His Loving-kindness, how great!
3 Though numerous hosts of mighty foes,
Though earth and hell my way oppose,
He safely leads my soul along,

His Loving-kindness, O how strong!
4 When trouble, like a gloomy cloud,
Has gathered thick and thundered loud,
He near my soul has always stood,
His Loving-kindness, O how good!
5 Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale,
Soon all my mortal powers must fail;
O may my last expiring breath
His Loving-kindness sing in death!
Samuel Medley. 1787.

16

1 GLORY be to God on high,
God, whose glory fills the sky:
Peace on earth to man forgiven,
Man, the well-beloved of Heaven.

7s.

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,
Lord 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 Hear, for Thou, O Christ, alone,
Art with Thy great Father one;
One the Holy Ghost with Thee;
One supreme, eternal Three.

17

Charles Wesley. 1739.

10, 11. 1 YE servants of God, your Master proclaim, And publish abroad His wonderful Name; The Name all-victorious of Jesus extol; His kingdom is glorious; He rules over all. 2 God ruleth on high, almighty to save;

[ocr errors]

And still He is nigh; His presence we have:
The great congregation His triumph shall sing,
Ascribing salvation to Jesus our King.

3 Then let us adore, and give Him His right.
All glory and power, and wisdom and might,
All honor and blessing, with angels above,
And thanks never ceasing, and infinite love.
C. Wesley. 1745.

18

19

GENERAL PETITION.

Gloria in Excelsis.

1 To God be glory, peace on earth,
To all mankind good will!

We bless, we praise, we worship Thee,
And glorify Thee still:

2 And thanks for Thy great glory give,
That fills our souls with light;

O Lord, our heavenly King, the God
And Father of all might!

3 And Thou, begotten Son of God,
Before all time begun;

O Jesus Christ, Thou Lamb of God,
The Father's only Son:

4 Have mercy, Thou that tak'st the sins
Of all the world away!

Have mercy, Saviour of mankind,
And hear us when we pray!

C. M.

5 0 Thou, who sitt'st at God's right hand,
Upon the Father's throne,
Have mercy on us, Thou, O Christ,
Who art the Holy One!

6 Thou only, with the Holy Ghost,
Whom earth and heaven adore,
In glory of the Father art

Most high for evermore.

Unknown. 1703. a.

L.M.

Splendor Paternæ Gloriæ.

10 Jesus, Lord of heavenly grace,
Thou Brightness of Thy Father's face,
Thou Fountain of eternal light,

Whose beams disperse the shades of night!

« AnteriorContinuar »