4 He fills the sun with morning light, He bids the moon direct the night: His mercies ever shall endure,
When sun and moon shall shine no more. 5 He sent his Son with power to save From guilt, and darkness, and the grave: Wonders of grace to God belong; Repeat his mercies in your song.
6 Through this short life he guides our feet, And leads us to his heavenly seat;
His mercies ever shall endure,
When time and death shall be no more.
33. L. P. M.
God the unfailing Source of Good.
1 GIVE to the Lord, in cheerful songs, The praise that to his name belongs, Whose goodness still unceasing flows; Repeat his name with grateful mind, Who, ever good and ever kind,
No change, nor variation knows. 2 Sovereign alone of earth and sky! On thee, for every hour's supply, Thy various creatures all depend; Man, whom thy light has given to know The source whence all his blessings flow, Views in his God his kindest friend!
3 Yet still our notes we'll higher raise, To celebrate in ardent praise
Eternal life through Jesus given; Thy gracious messenger he came,For ever blessed be thy name!
And pointed out the way to heaven.
Praise to God for his Greatness and Mercy.
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:
Glory be to God on high!
God, whose glory fills the sky.
2 Favoured mortals, raise the song;
Endless thanks to God belong;
Hearts o'erflowing with his praise,
Join the hymns your voices raise.
3 Call the tribes of beings round,
From creation's utmost bound;
Where the Godhead shines confessed,
There be solemn praise addressed.
4 Mark the wonders of his hand!
Power, no empire can withstand;
Wisdom, angels' glorious theme;
Goodness, one eternal stream.
5 Awful Being! from thy throne
Send thy promised blessings down;
Let thy light, thy truth, thy peace,
Bid our raging passions cease:
Glory be, &c.
The Blessings of Divine Worship.
1 GOD in his earthly temples lays Foundations for his heavenly praise; And loves to see that worship rise, Which forms his offspring for the skies.
2 His mercy every house attends,
Whence pure devotion's flame ascends;
And ever lends a gracious ear,
Where churches join in praise and prayer.
3 To men of pure and pious hearts,
All real good their God imparts;
With grace he crowns them here below,
And endless glory will bestow.
4 His blessing yields a large increase
Of wisdom, and of sacred peace;
While ripening holiness and love,
Prepare their souls for joys above.
5 Father supreme! whose sovereign sway,
All worlds, all beings must obey;
May our first wish and object be,
On earth, in heaven, to dwell with thee.
36. c. M.
Sincerity and Hypocrisy.
1 God is a spirit just and wise,
He sees our inmost mind:
In vain to heaven we raise our cries,
And leave our souls behind.
2 Nothing but truth before his throne
With honour can appear;
The formal hypocrites are known
Through the disguise they wear.
3 Their lifted eyes salute the skies,
Their bended knees, the ground;
But God abhors the sacrifice,
Where not the heart is found.
4 Lord! search our thoughts, and try our ways,
And make our souls sincere;
Then may we stand before thy face,
And find acceptance there.
The Excellency of the Gospel.
1 GOD, who in various methods told
His holy will to those of old,
By his beloved Son, displays
Ilis truth and grace, in latter days.
2 We have the volume which records
Our Saviour's character and words;
And in our rising Lord was given
The pledge of life, the hope of heaven.
3 There, knowledge of the noblest kind
Expands and elevates the mind;
The heavenly doctrine, plain as true,
Instructs, reproves, and comforts too.
4 How brightly there thy glories shine,
Wisdom, and goodness all divine;
Whate'er can fill the soul with love,
And form it for the joys above!
5 Christians! while grateful songs ye raise,
Improve the gospel which ye praise;
And aid its progress, till the Lord
Hath blessed all nations with his word.
Praise from the Works of God.
1 GREAT Cause of all things! Source of life!
Sovereign of air, and earth, and sea!
All nature feels thy power, and all
A silent homage pay to thee.
2 Waked by thy hand, the morning sun
Pours forth to thee its earlier rays,
And spreads thy glories as it climbs;
While raptured worlds look up and praise.
3 The moon to the deep shades of night.
Speaks the mild lustre of thy name;
While all the stars that cheer the scene,
Thee, the great Lord of light, proclaim.
4 And groves, and vales, and rocks, and hills, And every flower, and every tree;
Ten thousand creatures, warm with life,
Have each a grateful song for thee.
5 But man was formed to rise to heaven;
And, blessed with reason's clearer light,
He views his Maker through his works,
And glows with rapture at the sight.
6 Nor can the thousand songs that rise,
Whether from air, or earth, or sea,
So well repeat Jehovah's praise,
Or raise such sacred harmony.
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