1 THERE is a God, who reigns above,
Lord of the heav'n, and earth and seas;
I fear his wrath, I ask his love,
And with my lips I sing his praise.
2 There is a law which he has writ,
To teach us all, what we must do;
My soul, to his commands submit,
For they are holy, just, and true.
3 There is a gospel rich in grace,
Whence sinners all their comforts draw;
Lord, I repent and seek thy face,
For I have often broke thy law.

4 There is an hour when I must die,
Nor do I know how soon 'twill come;
How many, younger much than I,
Have pass'd by death to hear their doom.

5 Let me improve the hours I have,
Before the day of grace is fled;
There's no repentance in the grave,
Nor pardon offer'd to the dead.

HYMN 2.

C. M.

Colchester. St. Ann's.

Watts.

His condescension. Isa. lxvi. 2.

1 WHEN the Eternal bows the skies,
To visit earthly things;

With scorn divine he turns his eyes
From towers of haughty kings.

2 He bids his awful chariot roll,
Far downward from the skies,
To visit every humble soul,
With pleasure in his eyes.

3 Why should the Lord, who reigns above, Disdain so lofty kings?

Say, Lord, and why such looks of love
Upon such worthless things?

4 Mertals, be dumb ;-what creature dares Dispute his awful will?

Ask no account of his affairs

But tremble, and be still.

5 Just like his nature is his grace,
All sovereign and all free;

Great God, how searchless are thy ways!
How deep thy judgments be!

HYMN 3.

C. M.

Blacklock.

Elgin. Martyr's. Chapel.

Omniscience and Omnipresence. Ps. cxxxix.

1 LORD, thou with an unerring beam
Surveyest all my powers;

My rising steps are watch'd by thee,
By thee, my resting hours.

2 My thoughts, scarce struggling into birth,
Great God, are known to thee;
Abroad, at home, still I'm enclos'd
With thine immensity.

3 To thee the labyrinths of life
In open view appear;

Nor steals a whisper from my lips
Without thy listening ear.

HYMN 4. C. M.

Walsal. Plymouth.

Prov. xv. 3.-Heb. iv. 13.

1 THE eye of God is every where
To watch the sinner's ways;
He sees who join in humble prayer,
And who in solemu praise.

2 One glance of thine, eternal Lord,
Can pierce and search us through;
Nor heav'n, nor earth, nor hell afford
A shelter from thy view!

3 The universe, in every part,
At once before thee lies;

And every thought of every heart
Is open to thine eyes.

4 Prepare us, Lord, to pray and praise
With fervent, holy love;

And fit us by thy word of grace
To worship thee above.

Cambridge. Swanwick.

Watts.

His glories in redemption. Isa. xliv. 23. 1 FATHER, how wide thy glory shines! How high thy wonders rise!

Known thro' the earth by thousand signs,
By thousands through the skies.

2 But when we view thy strange design,
To save rebellious worms;
Where vengeance and compassion join
In their divinest forms;-

3 Here the whole Deity is known;
Nor dares a creature guess-
Which of the glories brightest shone-
The justice or the grace.

4 Now the full glories of the Lamb
Adorn the heav'nly plains:

Bright seraphs learn Emmanuel's name,
And try their choicest strains.

5 Oh, may I bear some humble part,
In that immortal song!

Wonder and joy shall tune my heart,
And love command my tongue.

Halifax. Braintree.

1 INDULGENT Father, how divine,
How bright thy beauties are!
Through nature's ample round they shine,
Thy goodness to declare.

2 But in thy nobler work of grace,
What brighter mercy smiles

In our benign Redeemer's face,
And every fear beguiles! ■

3 Such wonders, Lord, while we survey,
To thee our thanks shall rise,
When morning ushers in the day,
Or evening veils the skies.

4 When glimmering life resigns its flame,
Thy praise shall tune our breath;
The dear memorials of thy name
Shall gild the shades of death.

5 But oh, how sweet our song shall rise,
When freed from feeble clay;
And all thy glories meet our eyes
In one eternal day!

Love of God. 1 John iv, 8.

1 COME, ye that know and fear the Lord, And lift your souls above;

Let every heart and voice accord,
To sing that God is love.