2 Rebél, ye waves, and o'er the land
With threat'ning aspect roar;
The Lord uplifts his awful hand,
And chains you to the shore.

3 Ye winds of night, your force combine;
Without his high behest,

Ye shall not, in the mountain-pine,
Disturb the sparrow's nest.

4 His voice sublime is heard afar;
In distant peals it dies;

He yokes the whirlwind to his car,
And sweeps the howling skies.

5 Ye sons of earth, in rev'rence bend;
Ye nations, wait his nod;

And let unceasing praise ascend

In honour of our God.

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Omnipotence and grace.

L. M.

HE earth, with all her fulness, owns
Jehovah for her sov'reign Lord;
The countless myriads of her sons
Rose into being at his word.

2 His word did out of nothing call
The world, and founded all that is;
Launch'd on the floods this solid ball,
And fix'd it in the floating seas.
3 But who shall quit this low abode-
Who shall ascend the heavenly place,
And stand upon the mount of God,
And see his Maker face to face?

4 The man whose hands and heart are clean That blessed portion shall receive;

He who by grace is saved from sin,
Shall with his God in glory live:-

5 He shall obtain the starry crown; And, number'd with the saints above, The God of his salvation own,

The God of his salvation love.

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Bounteous in mercy and goodness.
Y Maker and my King,
To thee my all I owe;

MY

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Thy sov'reign bounty is the spring
Whence all my blessings flow.
2 The creature of thy hand,
On thee alone I live;
My God, thy benefits demand
More praise than I can give.
3 0, let thy grace inspire

My soul with strength divine;
Let all my powers to thee aspire,
And all my days be thine.

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From everlasting to everlasting.

L. M.

RE mountains rear'd their forms sublime, Or heaven and earth in order stood, Before the birth of ancient time, From everlasting thou art God. 2 A thousand ages, in their flight, With thee are as a fleeting day; Past, present, future, to thy sight

At once their various scenes display. 3 But our brief life's a shadowy dream, A passing thought, that soon is o'erThat fades with morning's earliest bean, And fills the musing mind no more. 4 To us, O Lord, the wisdom give,

Each passing moment so to spend, That we at length with thee may live

Where life and bliss shall never end.

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Omniscience.

C. M.

LORD, all I am is known to thee;

In vain my soul would try

To shun thy presence, or to flee
The notice of thine eye.

2 Thy all-surrounding sight surveys
My rising and my rest,

My public walks, my private ways,
The secrets of my breast.

3 My thoughts lie open to thee, Lord,
Before they're form'd within,
And ere my lips pronounce the word,
Thou know'st the sense I mean.

4 0 wondrous knowledge! deep and high :
Where can a creature hide?
Within thy circling arms I lie,
Beset on every side.

5 So let thy grace surround me still,
And like a bulwark prove,

To guard my soul from every ill,
Secured by sov'reign love.

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Omniscience and omnipresence.

C. M

ATHER of spirits, nature's God,

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Our thoughts are known to thee;
Thou, Lord, canst hear each idle word,
And every action see.

2 Could we, on morning's swiftest wings,
Fly through the trackless air,
Or dive beneath deep ocean's springs,
Thy presence would be there.

3 In vain may guilt attempt to fly,
Conceal'd by darkest night;

One glance from thy all-piercing eye
Can bring it all to light.

4 Search thou our hearts, and there destroy

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Each secret bosom sin,

And fit us for those realms of joy,

That we may enter in.

THE

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Immutability.

THIS, this is the God we adore,
Our faithful, unchangeable friend,
Whose love is as great as his power,
And neither knows measure nor end:
"Tis Jesus, the first and the last,

Whose Spirit shall guide us safe home;
We'll praise him for all that is past,
And trust him for all that's to come.

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PRAIS

Infinite in wisdom.

L. M.

RAISE ye the Lord! 'tis good to raise
Your hearts and voices in his praise:

His nature and his works invite

To make this duty our delight.

2 He form'd the stars, those heavenly flames;
He counts their numbers, calls their names;
His wisdom's vast, and knows no bound,-
A deep where all our thoughts are drown'd.
3 Sing to the Lord! exalt him high,
Who spreads the clouds along the sky;
There he prepares the fruitful rain,
Nor lets the drops descend in vain.
4 He makes the grass the hills adorn;
He clothes the smiling fields with corn;
The beasts with food his hands supply,
And the young ravens when they cry.
5 What is the creature's skill or force?
The sprightly man, or warlike horse?
The piercing wit, the active limb?
All are too mean delights for him.

6 But saints are lovely in his sight;
He views his children with delight:
He sees their hope, he knows their fear,
He looks and loves his image there.

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Infinite condescension.

GOD, of good the' unfathom'd sea,
Who would not give his heart to thee!
Who would not love thee with his might!
O Jesus, lover of mankind,

Who would not his whole soul and mind,
With all his strength, to thee unite!
2 Thou shin'st with everlasting rays;
Before the' insufferable blaze

Angels with both wings veil their eyes;
Yet free as air thy bounty streams;
On all thy works thy mercy's beams,
Diffusive as thy sun's, arise.

3 Astonish'd at thy frowning brow,
Earth, hell, and heaven's strong pillars bow:
Terrible majesty is thine!

Who then can that vast love express,
Which bows thee down to me,-who less
Than nothing am, till thou art mine!
4 High throned or heaven's eternal hill,
In number, weight, and measure, still

Thou sweetly ord'rest all that is;
And yet thou deign'st to come to me,
And guide my steps, that I, with thee
Enthroned, may reign in endless bliss.
L. M.

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Wisdom, justice, truth.

HINE, Lord, is wisdom, thine alone;
Justice and truth before thee stand:

Yet, nearer to thy sacred throne,

Mercy withholds thy lifted hand.