2 Each evening shows thy tender love;
Each rising morn thy plenteous grace:
Thy waken'd wrath doth slowly move;
Thy willing mercy flies apace.

3 To thy benign, indulgent care,
Father, this light, this breath we owe;
And all we have, and all we are,

From thee, great Source of being, flow.
4 Thrice Holy! thine the kingdom is,
The power omnipotent is thine;
And when created nature dies,
Thy never-ceasing glories shine.

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Goodness and mercy.

C. M.

LET every tongue thy goodness speak,

Thou sov'reign Lord of all;

Thy strength'ning hands uphold the weak,
And raise the poor that fall.

2 When sorrows bow the spirit down,
When virtue lies distress'd,
Beneath the proud oppressor's frown,
Thou giv'st the mourner rest.

3 Thou know'st the pains thy servants feel, Thou hear'st thy children's cry;

And their best wishes to fulfil,

Thy grace is ever nigh.

4 Thy mercy never shall remove

From men of heart sincere :

Thou sav'st the souls whose humble love

Is join'd with holy fear.

5 My lips shall dwell upon thy praise,

And spread thy fame abroad;

Let all the sons of Adam raise

The honours of their God.

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The only wise God.

THOU, the eternal Lord,

Art high above our thought;
And worthy to be fear'd, adored,
By all thy hands have wrought:
None can with thee compare,
Thy glory fills the sky;
And all created beings are
As nothing in thine eye.
2 Of thine unbounded power,
To thee the praise we give;
Omnipotently great, and more
Than heart can e'er conceive:
Whene'er thou wilt proceed,
Thy work can none withstand,
Or frustrate thy determined deed,
Or stay the' Almighty's hand.
3 Thou, Lord, art wise alone;
Thy counsel doth excel;
Most wonderful thy works we own,
Thy ways unsearchable :

Who knows the mystery,

The judgments can explain,

Of Him whose eyes in darkness see,
And search the heart of man?

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Glory, mercy, grace.

C. M.

FATH

ATHER, how wide thy glory shines,
How high thy wonders rise!

Known through the earth by thousand signs,
By thousands through the skies.

2 Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power; Their motions speak thy skill:

And on the wings of every hour
We read thy patience still.

3 Part of thy Name divinely stands,
On all thy creatures writ;
They show the labour of thy hands,
Or impress of thy feet:

4 But when we view thy strange design,
To save rebellious worms,
Where vengeance and compassion join
In their divinest forms:

5 Here the whole Deity is known,
Nor dares a creature guess
Which of the glories brighter shone,
The justice or the grace.

6 Now the full glories of the Lamb
Adorn the heavenly plains;
Bright seraphs learn Immanuel's name,
And try their choicest strains.

7 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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Wisdom and goodness.

LEST be our everlasting Lord, Our Father, God, and King! Thy sov'reign goodness we record, Thy glorious power we sing.

2 By thee the victory is given: The majesty divine,

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Wisdom and might, and earth and heaven, And all therein, are thine.

3 The kingdom, Lord, is thine alone,
Who dost thy right maintain,

And, high on thy eternal throne,
O'er men and angels reign.

4 Riches, as seemeth good to thee,
Thou dost, and honour give;
And kings their power and dignity
Out of thy hand receive.

5 Thou hast on us the grace bestow'd,
Thy greatness to proclaim;

And therefore now we thank our God,
And praise thy glorious Name.

6 Thy glorious Name, thy nature's powers, Thou dost to us make known;

And all the Deity is ours,

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Through thy incarnate Son.

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Goodness.

GOD, my hope, my heavenly rest,
My all of happiness below,

Grant my importunate request,

To me, to me, thy goodness show;
Thy beatific face display,

The brightness of eternal day.
2 Before my faith's enlighten'd eyes,
Make all thy gracious goodness pass;
Thy goodness is the sight I prize:
O might I see thy smiling face:
Thy nature in my soul proclaim,
Reveal thy love, thy glorious name.

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Immanuel, God with us.

TERNAL depth of love divine,

ETERNA

In Jesus, God with us, display'd;

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How bright thy beaming glories shine!

How wide thy healing streams are spread! 2 With whom dost thou delight to dwell? Sinners, a vile and thankless race!

O God, what tongue aright can tell

How vast thy love, how great thy grace!

3 The dictates of thy sov'reign will With joy our grateful hearts receive; All thy delight in us fulfil;

Lo, all we are to thee we give.
4 To thy sure love, thy tender care,
Our flesh, soul, spirit, we resign;
O fix thy sacred presence there,
And seal the' abode forever thine.

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Infinite love.

THOUSAND oracles divine
Their common beams unite,

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That sinners may with angels join,
To worship God aright.

2 Triumphant host! they never cease To laud and magnify

The triune God of holiness,

Whose glory fills the sky.

3 By faith the upper choir we meet,
And join with them to sing
Jehovah, on his shining seat,
Our Maker and our King.

4 For God, made flesh, is wholly ours, And asks our noblest strain;

The Father of celestial powers,

The Friend of earth-born man.

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God is Love.

C. M.

REAT God! to me the sight afford T To him of old allow'd;

And let my faith behold its Lord,
Descending in a cloud.

2 In thy revealing Spirit come,
Thine attributes proclaim,

And to my inmost soul make known The glories of thy Name.