HYMN 22. L. M. [#]
Mercy and Truth.

1 GIVE to the Lord immortal praise,
Mercy and truth are all his ways;
Wonders of grace to God belong;
Repeat his mercies in your song.

2 Give to the Lord of lords renown,
The King of kings with glory crown;
His mercy ever shall endure,

When lords and kings are known no more.
3 The Jews he freed from Pharaoh's hand,
And brought them to the promised land:
Wonders of grace to God belong;
Repeat his mercies in your song.

4 He saw the gentiles dead in sin,
And felt his pity work within :
His mercies ever shall endure,
When death and sin shall reign 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 vain world he guides our feet, And leads us to his heavenly seat;

His mercies ever shall endure,

When this vain world shall be no more.

HYMN 23. L. M. [#]

God is Love.

1 WHEN my astonished eyes behold My Maker's works, below, above, And read his name in lines of gold, I surely know that God is love. 2 When I observe his written word, His promises of grace I prove; With joyful heart I praise the Lord, For Scripture saith that God is love. 3 What gentle streams of pleasure roll! What quickening from the mystic Dove! divine fills all my soul,

Now peace

And I can shout, My God is love.

4 Now heavenly courage I'll put on,
For far away my fear is drove;
I'll bow before the living Son,
And loud proclaim, My God is love.

HYMN 24. C. M. [#]

Victorious Grace.

1 JOIN every heart and every tongue,
And sing Jehovah's praise;
Come, shout the wonders of his love,
The victories of his grace!

2 Far as the circuit of the sun

He makes his mercy known;

To every soul through every land
He sends its blessings down.

3 So let his highest praise be sung,
By all, through every clime,
While moon and stars reflect their light,
Or suns propitious shine.

HYMN 25. S. M. [#]
Restoring Grace.

1 THE Lord on high proclaims
His Godhead on the throne;
Mercy and Justice are the names
By which he will be known.

2 Ye dying souls, that sit

In darkness and distress,
Look from the borders of the pit
To his restoring grace.

3 Sinners shall hear the sound;

Their thankful tongues shall own,
Our righteousness and strength are found
In him, the Lord, alone.

4 In him shall Israel trust,

And see their guilt forgiven:
Our God will make the gentiles just,
And take the saints to heaven.

HYMN 26. L. M. [#]
Blessings in Nature.

1 GREAT GOD, at whose all-powerful call
At first arose this beauteous frame,
By thee the seasons change, and all
The changing seasons speak thy name.

2 Thy bounty bids the infant year,
From winter storms recovered, rise;
When thousand grateful scenes appear,
Fresh-opening to our wondering eyes.
3 Aloft, full-beaming, reigns the sun,

And light and genial heat conveys,
And, while he leads the seasons on,
From thee derives his quickening rays.

4 Around us, in the teeming field,

Stands the rich grain, or purpled vine; At thy command they rise, to yield

The strengthening bread, or cheering wine.

5 Indulgent God, from every part

Thy plenteous blessings largely flow ;
We see, we taste; let every heart
With grateful love and duty glow.

HYMN 27. L. M. [#]

Seed-time and Harvest.

1 THE rising morn, the closing day,
Repeat thy praise with grateful voice;
Both in their turns thy power display,
And, laden with thy gifts, rejoice.

2 Earth's wide-extended, varying scenes,
All smiling round, thy bounty show;
From seas or clouds, full magazines,
Thy rich, diffusive blessings flow.

3 Now earth receives the precious seed,
Which thy indulgent hand prepares,
And nourishes the future bread,

And answers all the sower's cares.

4 Here, spreading flocks adorn the plain; There, plenty every charm displays; Thy bounty clothes each lovely scene, And joyful nature shouts thy praise.

HYMN 28. C. M. [#]

Blessings of God in Nature.
1 HAIL, great Creator, wise and good!
To thee our songs we raise :

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

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

3 Thy glory beams in every 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 vale,
With countless beauties shine;
The silent grove, the awful shade,
Proclaim thy power divine.

5 Great nature's God, still may

Our serious hours engage;

these scenes

Still may our grateful hearts consult
Thy works' instructive page.