256 L.M. BLEST Trinity! from mortal sight O Holy Ghost! thou Love Divine ! 4 Eternal Father! thee we praise; To thee, O Son! our hymns we raise; My God, thy boundless love I praise; How sweetly bloom below! 2 'Tis love that paints the purple morn, 3 It robes in cheerful green the ground, And pours its flowery beauties round, Whose sweets perfume the gale; Its bounties richly spread the plain, The blushing fruit, the golden grain, And smile in every vale. 4 But in thy word I see it shine With grace and glories more divine, Proclaiming sins forgiven; There Faith, bright cherub, points the way To realms of everlasting day, all her heaven. And opens 5 Then let the love that makes me blest With cheerful praise inspire my breast, And ardent gratitude, And all my thoughts and passions tend. 258 7s. In Creation.-Ps. 148. MONTGOMERY. HERALDS of creation! cry, "Praise the Lord-the Lord most high!" 2 For he spake, and forth from night 3 Praise him, all ye hosts above,- Sun and moon! your anthems raise; 259 L. M. THERE is a God !-all nature speaks, Thro' earth, and air, and seas, and skies; See! from the clouds his glory breaks, When the first beams of morning rise. 2 The rising sun, serenely bright, O'er the wide world's extended frame, Inscribes, in characters of light, His mighty Maker's glorious name. 3 Ye curious minds, who roam abroad, And trace creation's wonders o'er, Confess the footsteps of your God, And bow before him, and adore. 260 C. M. Majesty.-Ps. 18. STERNHOLD. 261 S. M. Grace.-28.103. MONTGOMERY. 262 C.L. M. In Nature. Он, bless the Lord, my soul! His grace to thee proclaim; And all that is within me join To bless his holy name. 2 Oh! bless the Lord, my soul! His mercies bear in mind: Forget not all his benefits: The Lord to thee is kind. 3 He will not always chide; He will with patience wait; His wrath is ever slow to rise, And ready to abate. 4 He pardons all thy sins, Prolongs thy feeble breath; And ransoms thee from death. 5 Then bless his holy name, Whose grace hath made thee whole! Whose loving-kindness crowns thy days; Oh! bless the Lord, my soul! MUHLENBERG. SINCE o'er thy footstool here below Such radiant gems are strown, Great God, about thy throne! With glittering diamonds fraught, Flinging o'er earth the golden shower, But shows, O Lord, one beam of thine: What, then, the Day where thou dost shine! 4 Ah, how shall these dim eyes endure Or how our spirits, so impure, ELLEVER. C. M. 1. The Lord descended from above, And bowed the heavens most high, 9:3 And un derneath his feet he cast, The darkness of the sky. 264 L. M. D. In Nature.-Ps. 19. ADDISON. FABEN. 8s & 7s. D. 1. Lord, thy glo- ry fills the heaven; Earth is with its ful-ness stored; Un-to thee be glory 265 Holy, holy, holy, singing, Lord of hosts, thou Lord most high. Grace. S. F. KEY. 266 85 & 75. 2 This dull soul to rapture raise; Found thee lost, and kindly brought thee 3 Lord, this bosom's ardent feeling WATTS 267 C. M. Omnipresence.—Ps. 139. In hell they meet thy dreadful fire, 2 Should I suppress my vital breath Thy voice would break the bars of death 3 If winged with beams of morning light, 4 If o'er my sins I think to draw The curtains of the night, Those flaming eyes that guard thy law Would turn the shades to light. 5 The beams of noon, the midnight hour, Are both alike to thee: Oh, may 268 H. M. Truth.-Num. 23: 19. DODdridge. Abides so sure. 271 C. M. FATHER of glory! to thy name And bid us rebels live. 2 Immortal honor to the Son Who makes thine anger cease; Our lives he ransomed with his own, 3 To thine almighty Spirit be Whose influence brings us near to thee, 4 Let men with their united voice 5 Let faith, and love, and duty join, Let saints in earth and heaven combine |