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.

105

2

THOU, 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.

8 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!

106 (15)

L.M. 6 lines.

C. WESLEY.

Psalm cxiv.

WH

HEN Israel out of Egypt came, And left the proud oppressor's land, Supported by the great I AM, 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 skipped like frighted rams,The hills leaped after them as lambs! 8 What ailed 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.

107

L.M. 6 lines.

C. WESLEY.

Is the LORD's hand waxed short?-Numb. xi. 23.

THY hand, Lord, cannot shortened be That hand which plagued the' Egyptian

race,

Which brought Thy people through the sea, Which led them through the wilderness; Which hath to us so often given

Drink from the rock, and bread from heaven. 2 That hand hath opened wide mine eyes; That hand, which now by faith I see, Measures the floods, and spans the skies, And grasps the winds,-and covers me! It brings the blind through ways unknown, It holds,-it lifts me to a throne.

8 Kept by that hand, I cannot fear

Lest earth or hell should pluck me thence:
I trample on temptation near,
Supported by Omnipotence;

Possest of boundless power divine,
Of boundless love,-for Christ is mine!

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L.M.

Psalm cxxxix.

TATE & BRADY.

THOU, Lord, by strictest search hast known My rising up and lying down:

My secret thoughts are known to Thee, Known long before conceived by me. 2 Surrounded by Thy power I stand, On every side I find Thy hand: O skill for human reach too high! Too dazzling bright for mortal eye! 8 If up to heaven I take my flight,

"Tis there Thou dwell'st, enthroned in light; If down to hell's infernal plains, "Tis there almighty vengeance reigns. 4 Or should I try to shun Thy sight, Beneath the sable wings of night; One glance from Thee, one piercing ray, Would kindle darkness into day.

5 The veil of night is no disguise,
No screen from Thy all-searching eyes;
Through midnight shades Thou find'st the
As in the blazing noon of day.

[way,

6 Search, try, O Lord, my reins and heart; If evil lurk in any part,

Correct me where I go astray,

And guide me in Thy perfect way.

Psalm cxxxix.

WATTS.

IN all my vast concerns with Thee,

In vain my soul would try

To shun Thy presence, Lord, or flee
The notice of Thine eye.

2 Thy all-surrounding sight surveys
My rising and my rest,

My public walks, my private ways,
The secrets of my breast.

3 My thoughts lie open to Thee, Lord,
Before they're formed within;
And, ere my lips pronounce the word,
Thou know'st the sense I mean.
4 O wondrous knowledge, deep and high!
Where can a creature hide!
Within Thy circling arms I lie,
Beset on every side.

5 So let Thy grace surround me still,
And like a bulwark prove,

To guard my soul from every ill,
Secured by sovereign love.

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7s & 6s.

C. WESLEY.

THOU, my God, art good and wise,
And infinite in power:

Thee let all in earth and skies
Continually adore!

Give me Thy converting grace,
That I may obedient prove,
Serve my Maker all my days,
And my Redeemer love.

2 For my life, and clothes, and food,
And every comfort here,

Thee, my most indulgent God,
I thank with heart sincere;
For the blessings numberless,
Which Thou hast already given;
For Thy smallest spark of grace,
And for my hope of heaven.
S Gracious God, my sins forgive,
And Thy good Spirit impart!
Then I shall in Thee believe,
With all my loving heart;
Always unto Jesus look,
Him in heavenly glory see,
Who my cause hath undertook,
And ever prays for me.

4 Grace, in answer to His prayer,
And every grace bestow,
That I may with zealous care
Perform Thy will below:
Rooted in humility,

Still in every state resigned,
Plant, almighty Lord, in me
A meek and lowly mind!

5 Poor and vile in my own eyes,
With self-abasing shame
Still I would myself despise,
And magnify Thy name:
Thee let every creature bless;
Praise to God alone be given:
God alone deserves the praise
Of all in earth and heaven.

111

86,86,887.

WINKWORTH.

From the German of J. J. SCHUTZ.

ALL praise and thanks to God most High,

The Father of all Love!

The God who doeth wondrously,
The God who from above
My soul with richest solace fills,
The God who every sorrow stills;
Give to our God the glory!