4 Lightnings, that round the Eternal play!
Thunders, that from his arm are hurled!
The grandeur of your God convey,
Blazing, or bursting on the world.
5 From clime to clime, from shore to shore,
Be the almighty God adored:
He made the nations by his power,
And rules them with his sovereign word.
Solemn call to Praise. Ps. xcv.
1 COME, sound his praise abroad,
And hymns of glory sing!
Jehovah is the sovereign God,
The universal King.
He formed the deeps unknown;
He gave the seas their bound;
The watery worlds are all his own,
And all the solid ground.
Come, worship at his throne;
Come, bow before the Lord:
We are his work, and his alone;
He formed us by his word.
To-day attend his voice,
No more provoke his rod;
Come, make his heavenly paths your choice,
And own your gracious God.
5 Thus you the joys will share,
Which from devotion rise;
And every day your souls prepare
For bliss, that never dies.
The Pleasures of Religion.
COME, ye who love the Lord!
And let your joys be known:
Join in a song with sweet accord,
And thus surround his throne.
The sorrows of the mind
Be banished from this place!
Religion never was designed
To make your pleasures less.
3 God, your eternal Friend,
No present good denies;
And when the scenes of time shall end,
Will call you to the skies.
There shall you see his face,
And never, never sin;
There, from the rivers of his grace,
Drink endless pleasures in.
The sons of God have found
Glory begun below:
Celestial fruits, on earthly ground,
From faith and hope may grow.
G Then let our sorrows cease,
And every tear be dry;
We're travelling through the paths of peace
To fairer worlds on high.
The One Living and True God. Ps. lxxxvi. 1 ETERNAL God! Almighty cause
Of earth, and seas, and worlds unknown!
All things are subject to thy laws;
All things depend on thee alone.
2 Thy glorious being singly stands,
Of all within itself possessed;
By none controlled in thy commands,
And in thyself completely blessed.
3 Worship to thee alone belongs,
Worship to thee alone we give ;
Thine be our hearts, and thine our songs,
And to thy glory may we live.
4 Spread thy great name through every land,
In every heart erect thy throne;
Subdue the world to thy command,
And, as thou art, reign God alone.
Prayer for Spiritual and Eternal Blessings.
1 ETERNAL Source of light and life:
Supremely good and wise!
To thee we pay our grateful vows,
To thee, lift up our eyes.
2 Our dark and erring minds illume
With truth's celestial rays;
Inspire our hearts with sacred love,
And tune our lips to praise.
3 Conduct us safely, by thy grace,
Through life's perplexing road,
To pleasures which for ever flow
At thy right hand, O God!
The Divine Blessing implored. Heb. xii. 9. 1 ETERNAL Source of life and thought! Be all beneath thyself forgot,
Whilst thee, great Parent-mind, we own, In prostrate homage round thy throne. 2 O may we live before thy face, The willing subjects of thy grace; And through each path of duty move With filial awe, and filial love!
Pardon and Peace from God.
1 FAR from mortal cares retreating,
Sordid hopes and fond desires,
Here, our willing footsteps meeting,
Every heart to heaven aspires.
From the fount of glory beaming,
Light celestial cheers our eyes,
Mercy from above proclaiming
Peace and pardon from the skies.
2 Who may share this great salvation?
Every pure and humble mind;
Every kindred, tongue and nation,
From the dross of guilt refined:
Blessings all around bestowing,
God withholds his care from none;
Grace and mercy ever flowing
From the fountain of his throne.
3 Every stain of guilt abhorring,
Firm and bold in virtue's cause,
Still thy providence adoring,
Faithful subjects to thy laws,
Lord! with favour still attend us,
Bless us with thy wondrous love;
Thou, our Sun and Shield, defend us;
All our hope is from above.
1 FATHER adored in worlds above!
Thy glorious name be hallowed still;
Thy kingdom come with power and love,
And earth, like heaven, obey thy will.
2 Lord! make our daily wants thy care,
Forgive the sins which we forsake:
And let us in thy kindness share,
As fellow-men of ours partake.
3 Evils beset us every hour;
Thy kind protection we implore:
Thine is the kingdom, thine the power;
Be thine the glory evermore!
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