5 In heaven He shines with beams of love,
With wrath in hell beneath!
Tis on His earth I stand or move,
And tis His air I breathe.
6 His hand is my perpetual guard,
He keeps me with His eye,
Why should I then forget the Lord,
Who is for ever nigh?
Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving.
-Ps. 95. 2.
SING to the Lord Jehovah's name,
And in His strength rejoice;
When His salvation is our theme,
Exalted be our voice.
2 With thanks approach His awful sight,
And psalms of honour sing;
The Lord's a God of boundless might,
The whole creation's King.
3 Earth with its caverns dark and deep
Lies in His spacious hand;
He fixed the seas what bounds to keep,
And where the hills must stand.
4 Come, and with humble souls adore;
Come, kneel before His face;
O may the creatures of His power
Be children of His grace!
In all places of His dominion.-Ps. 103. 22.
GOD of Almighty power,
How glorious are Thy ways!
Angels Thy majesty adore,
All creatures speak Thy praise.
Wherever earth is fair,
Or brighter worlds extend,
Almighty Sovereign, Thou art there,
Creation's Lord and Friend.
3 And where the stars are not,
Nor sun hath ever shone,
Beyond the flight of human thought,
There Thou art all alone.
Heaven is Thy glorious throne,
Earth does Thy footstool seem,
But Thy redeemed Thou dost own
Thy richer diadem.
5 And while they bless Thy name,
Hell trembles at Thy rod;
Earth, heaven, and hell Thy power proclaim,
All things proclaim Thee God.
Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.-Ps. 83. 1.
EJOICE, ye righteous in the Lord;
This work belongs to you;
Sing of His name, His ways, His word,
How holy, just, and true!
2 His mercy and His righteousness
Let heaven and earth proclaim:
His works of nature and of grace
Reveal His wondrous name.
3 His wisdom and Almighty word
The heavenly arches spread :
And by the Spirit of the Lord
Their shining hosts were made.
4 He bids the liquid waters flow
To their appointed deep;
The flowing seas their limits know,
And their own station keep.
5 Ye tenants of the spacious earth,
With fear before Him stand;
He spake, and nature took its birth,
And rests on His command.
6 Lord, let our hearts in Thee rejoice,
And bless us from Thy throne;
For we have made Thy word our choice,
And trust Thy grace alone.
And there was the hiding of His power.-Hab. 3. 4.
1 HOW excellent, O Lord, Thy name
In all creation's lines!
Spread through eternity, Thy fame
With rising lustre shines.
2 These lower works, that swell Thy praise
High as man's thoughts can tower,
Are but a portion of Thy ways,
The hiding of Thy power.
3 Oh! shouldst Thou rend aside the veil, And show Thy dwelling-place,
The souls which Thou hast made would fail;
'Twere death to see Thy face.
4 Can none behold that face and live?
Yea, sinners may draw near:
The Lord is kind and will forgive,
His love shall cast out fear.
5 Millions before His presence stand,
Who feel, while they adore,
Fulness of joy at His right hand,
And pleasures evermore.
It is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves.--
Ps. 100. 3.
GIVE thanks to Him who made
Morning light and evening shade;
Source and Giver of all good,
Nightly sleep and daily food;
Quickener of our wearied powers,
Guard of our unconscious hours.
2 O give thanks to Nature's King,
Who made every breathing thing:
His, our warm and sentient frame;
His, the mind's immortal flame:
O how close the ties that bind
Spirits to the Eternal Mind!
3 O give thanks with heart and lip,
For we are His workmanship:
And all creatures are His care;
Not a bird that cleaves the air
Falls unnoticed; but who can
Speak the Father's love to man?
4 O give thanks to Him who came
In a mortal suffering frame-
Temple of the Deity-
Came for rebel man to die;
In the path Himself hath trod,
Leading back His saints to God.
All Thy works shall praise Thee, O Lord.-Ps. 145, 10.
PRAISE ye the Lord, immortal choir,
In heavenly heights above,
With harp, and voice, and souls of fire,
Burning with perfect love.
2 Shine to His glory, worlds of light,
Ye million suns of space,
Ye moons and glistening stars of night,
Running your mystic race.
3 Ye gorgeous clouds, that deck the sky
With crystal, crimson, gold;
And rainbow arches raised on high,
The Light of light unfold.
4 Shout to Jehovah, surging main,
In deep eternal roar :
Let wave to wave resound the strain,
And shore reply to shore.
5 Storm, lightning, thunder, hail, and snow,
Wild winds that keep His word,
With the old mountains far below,
Unite to bless the Lord.
6 His name, ye forests, wave along:
Whisper it, every flower:
Birds, beasts, and insects, swell the song,
That tells His love and power.
7 And round the wide world let it roll,
Whilst man shall lead it on ;
Join, every ransomed human soul,
In glorious unison.
8 Come, aged man, come, little child,
Youth, maiden, peasant, king;
To God in Jesus reconciled,
Your hallelujahs bring.
9 The Omnipresent Deity!
Maker of earth and heaven,
The great Redeeming Majesty!
To Him all praise be given.
Let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually.
-Heb. 13. 15.
1 LORD of the world's majestic frame,
Stupendous are Thy ways;
Thy various works declare Thy name,
And all resound Thy praise.
2 The heavens Thy matchless skill display, With all the stars of light,
The splendid sun that rules the day,
The silver moon by night.
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