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Now the full glories of the Lamb
Adorn the heavenly plains;

Sweet cherubs learn Immanuel's name,
And try their choicest strains.

O may I bear some humble part
In that immortal song;

Wonder and joy shall tune my heart,
And love command my tongue.

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PARENT of good! thy works of might I trace with wonder and delight; Thy name is all divine.

There's naught in earth or sea or air,
Or heav'n itself, that's good or fair,
But what is wholly thine.

2 Immensely high thy glories rise;
They strike my soul with sweet surprise,
And sacred pleasure yield:
An ocean wide without a bound,
Where ev'ry noble wish is drown'd,
And ev'ry want is fill'd.

8 To thee my warm affections move,
In sweet astonishment and love,
While at thy feet I fall;

I pant for nought beneath the skies;
To thee my ardent wishes rise,
0 my eternal All!

4 What shall I do to spread thy praise,
My God! through my remaining days,
Or how thy name adore?

To thee 1 consecrate my breath;
Let me be thine in life and death,
And thine for evermore.

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THE WORKS OF GOD.

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God's love displayed in creation.

1 HALL, great Creator, wise and good!
To thee our songs we raise.

Nature, thro' all her various scenes,
Invites us to thy praise.

2 At morning, noon, and ev'ning mild,
Fresh wonders strike our view;
And while we gaze, our hearts exult,
With transports ever new.

3 Thy glory beams in ev'ry star,
Which gilds the gloom of night;
And decks the smiling face of morn
With rays of cheerful light.

4 The lofty hill, the humble lawn,
With countless beauties shine;
The silent grove, the awful shade,
Proclaim thy pow'r divine.

5 Great nature's God! still may these scenes
Our serious hours engage!
Still may our grateful hearts consult
Thy works' instructive page!

6 And while in all thy wondrous works,
Thy varied love we see;

Still may the contemplation lead
Our hearts, O God, to thee!

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Works of God.

THE spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue ethereal sky,

And spangled heav'ns, a shining frame,
Their great Original proclaim.

2 Th' unwearied sun, from day to day,
Does his Creator's pow'r display,
And publishes to ev'ry land
The work of an almighty hand.

3 Soon as the ev'ning shades prevail,
The moon takes up the wondrous tale,
And nightly to the list'ning earth
Repeats the story of her birth:

4 Whilst all the stars that round her burn,
And all the planets in their turn,
Confirm the tidings, as they roll,
And spread the truth from pole to pole.
5 What though in solemn silence all

Move round the dark terrestrial ball?
What tho' nor real voice nor sound
Amidst their radiant orbs be found?

6 In reason's ear they all rejoice,
And utter forth a glorious voice,
For ever singing, as they shine-
The hand that made us is divine.

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All things dependent on God 1 WE sing th' almighty pow'r of God,

Who bade the mountains rise, Who spread the flowing seas abroad, And built the lofty skies.

2 We sing the wisdom that ordain'd The sun to rule the day;

The moon shines full at his command,
And all the stars obey.

3 We sing the goodness of the Lord,
Who fills the earth with food;
Who form'd his creatures by a word,
And then pronounc'd them good.

Lord, how thy wonders are display'd,
Where'er we turn our eyes:

Whether we view the ground we tread,
Or gaze upon the skies!

5 There's not a plant nor flow'r below,
But makes thy glories known;
And clouds arise, and tempests blow,
By order from thy throne.

6 On him each moment we depend;
If he withdraw, we die.

Oh may we ne'er that God offend,
Who is for ever nigh!

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The riches of divine goodness.
ET the high heav'ns your songs invite;
Those spacious fields of brilliant light,
Where sun, and moon, and planets roll,
And stars that glow from pole to pole.

2 Sing earth in verdant robes array'd,
Its herbs and flowers, its fruits and shade;
Peopled with life of various forms,

Of fish, and fowl, and beasts, and worms.
3 View the broad sea's majestic plains,
And think how wide its Maker reigns.
That band remotest nations joins;
And on each wave his goodness shines.
4 But O! that brighter world above,
Where lives and reigns incarnate love!
God's only Son, in flesh array'd,
For man a bleeding victim made!
5 Thither my soul, with rapture soar;
There in the land of praise adore!
The theme demands an angel's lay,
Demands an everlasting day.

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∙Sun, Moon, and Stars, praise the Lord. 1 FAIREST of all the lights above,

Thou sun, whose beams adorn the spheres,

And with unwearied swiftness move,
To form the circles of our years;

? Praise the Creator of the skies,

That dress'd thine orb in golden rays;
Or let the sun forget to rise,

If he forget his Maker's praise!

3 Thou reigning beauty of the night,
Fair queen of silence, silver moon,
Whose gentle beams, and borrow'd light,
Are softer rivals of the noon;

Arise, and to that sovereign Power
Waxing and waning honours pay,
Who bade thee rule the dusky hour,
And half supply the absent day!

5 Ye twinkling stars that gild the skies,
When darkness has its curtain drawn;
That keep your watch with wakeful eyes,
When business, cares, and day, are gone
6 Proclaim the glories of your Lord,
Dispers'd through all the heavenly street,
Whose boundless treasures can afford
So rich a pavement for his feet!

7 O God of glory, God of love,

Thou art the sun that makes our days;
With all thy shining works above
Let man attempt to speak thy praise!

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The Ministry of Angels.

1 GREAT God! what hosts of angels stand,
In shining ranks at thy right hand,
Array'd in robes of dazzling light,
With pinions stretch'd for distant flight!

2 Immortal fires! seraphic flames!

Who can recount their various names?
In strength and beauty they excel;
For near the throne of God they dwell.

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