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Sweet is the memory of thy grace

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 234 hymnals Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Sweet is the mem'ry of thy grace, O God, my heavenly King! Let age to age thy righteousness In sounds of glory sing. 2 God reigns on high, but not confines His goodness to the skies. Through the whole earth his bounty shines, And ev'ry want supplies. 3 With longing eyes thy creatures wait On thee for daily food; Thy lib'ral hand provides their meat, And fills their mouths with good. 4 How kind are thy compassions, Lord! How slow thine anger moves! But soon He sends His pard'ning word To cheer the souls He loves. 5 Creatures, with all their endless race, Thy pow'r and praise proclaim; But saints, who taste thy richer grace Delight to bless thy name.

Our souls with pleasing wonder view

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 23 hymnals Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Our souls with pleasing wonder view The bounties of thy grace; How much bestow'd, how much reserv'd, For those that seek thy face. 2 Thy lib'ral hand with worldly bliss Oft makes their cup run o'er; And in the cov'nant of thy love They find diviner store. 3 Here mercy hides their num'rous sins; Here grace their souls renews; Here hope, and love, and joy, and peace Their heav'nly beams diffuse. 4 But oh! what treasures yet unknown Are lodg'd in worlds to come! If these th'enjoyments of the way, How happy is their home! 5 And what shall mortal worms reply? Or how such goodness own? But 'tis our joy, that, Lord, to thee Thy servants' hearts are known. 6 Since time's too short, all-gracious God, To utter half thy praise; Loud, to the honour of thy name, Eternal hymns we'll raise.

Ye weak inhabitants of clay

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 21 hymnals Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Ye weak inhabitants of clay, Ye trifling insects of a day, Low in your native dust bow down Before th' Eternal's awful throne. 2 Let Lebanon her cedars bring, To blaze before the sov'reign King; And all the beasts, that on it feed, As victims at his altar bleed. 3 Loud let ten thousand trumpets sound, And call remotest nations round, Assembled on the crowded plains, Princes and people, kings and swains. 4 Join'd with the living, let the dead, Rising, the face of earth o'erspread; And, while his praise unites their tongues, Let angels echo back the songs. 5. The drop that from the bucket falls, The dust that hangs upon the scales, Is more to sky and earth and sea, Than all this pomp, great God! to thee.

Up to the Lord, who reigns on high

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 70 hymnals Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: Up to the Lord, who reigns on high, And views the nations from afar, Let everlasting praises fly, And tell how large his bounties are. He overrules all mortal things, And manages our mean affairs; On humble souls the King of kings Bestows his counsels and his cares. Our sorrows and our tears we pour Into the bosom of our God; He hears us in the mournful hour, And helps to bear the heavy load. In vain might lofty princes try Such condescension to perform; For worms were never rais'd so high Above their meanest fellow-worm. O could our thankful hearts devise A tribute equal to thy grace, To the third heav'n our songs should rise, And teach the golden harps thy praise.

Let ev'ry tongue thy goodness speak

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 214 hymnals Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Let ev'ry 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 sorrow bows the spirit down, Or virtue lies distress'd, Beneath some proud oppressor’s frown, Thou giv’st the mourners rest. 3 Thou know'st the pains His servants feel, Thou hear'st thy children cry; And, their best wishes to fulfil, His grace is ever nigh. 4 His 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 rise The honours of their God.

Ye sons of men in sacred lays

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 26 hymnals Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Ye sons of men, in sacred lays, Attempt the great Creator's praise: But who an equal song can frame? What verse can reach the lofty theme? 2 He sits enthron'd amidst the spheres, And glory like a garment wears; While boundless wisdom, pow'r, and grace, Command our awe, transcend our praise. 3 Before his throne a shining band Of cherubs and of seraphs stand; Ethereal spirits, who in flight Outstrip the rapid speed of light. 4 To God all nature owes its birth, He form'd this pond'rous globe of earth, He raised the glorious arch on high, And measur'd out the azure sky. 5 In all our Maker's grand designs, Omnipotence with wisdom shines. His works, through all this wondrous frame, Bear the great impress of his name. 6 Rais'd on devotion's lofty wing, Let us his high perfections sing: O let his praise employ our tongue, Whilst list'ning worlds applaud the song!

Lord, thou hast searched, and seen me through

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 327 hymnals Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me through; Thine eye commands with piercing view, My rising and my resting hours, My heart and flesh, with all their powr's. 2 Could I so false, so faithless prove, To quit thy service and thy love, Where, Lord, could I thy presence shun, Or from thy dreadful glory run? 3 If, mounted on a morning ray, I fly beyond the western sea; Thy swifter hand would first arrive, And there arrest thy fugitive. 4 Or should I try to shun thy sight Beneath the spreading veil of night: One glance of thine, one piercing ray, Would kindle darkness into day. 5 The veil of night is no disguise, No screen from thy all-searching eyes; Thy hand can seize Thy foes as soon Through midnight shades as blazing noon. 6. O may these thoughts possess my breast, Where’er I rove, where’er I rest! Nor let my weaker passions dare Consent to sin, for God is there.

Praise ye the Lord! 'tis good to raise

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 224 hymnals Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Praise ye the Lord! 'tis good to raise Our hearts and voices in his praise: His nature and his works invite To make this duty our delight. 2 He loves the meek, rewards the just, Humbles the wicked in the dust, Melts and subdues the stubborn soul, And makes the broken spirit whole. 3 His saints are precious in his sight; He views his children with delight; He sees their hope, he knows their fear, Approves and loves his image there.

Grace, 'tis a charming sound!

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 845 hymnals Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Grace, ’tis a charming sound! Harmonious to the ear! Heav'n with the echo shall resound, And all the earth shall hear. 2 Grace first contriv'd a way To save rebellious man; And all the steps that grace display Which drew the wondrous plan. 3 Grace leads my roving feet To tread the heav'nly road; And new supplies each hour I meet, While pressing on to God. 4 Grace all the work shall crown, Through everlasting days; It lays in heav'n the topmost stone, And well deserves the praise.

Thy ceaseless, unexhausted love

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 116 hymnals Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Thy ceaseless, unexhausted love, Unmerited and free, Delights our evil to remove, And help our misery. 2 Thou waitest to be gracious still; Thou dost with sinners bear, That, sav'd, we may thy goodness feel, And all thy grace declare. 3 Thy goodness and thy truth to me To ev'ry soul, abound, A vast, unfathomable sea, Where all our thoughts are drown'd. 4 Its streams the whole creation reach, So plenteous is the store; Enough for all, enough for each, Enough for evermore. 5 Faithful, O Lord, thy mercies are! A rock that cannot move: A thousand promises declare Thy constancy of love. 6 Throughout the universe it reigns, Unalterably sure; And, while the truth of God remains, His goodness must endure.