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The Infinity of God

Author: Watts Hymnal: SHPW1844 #1 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Great God! how infinite are thou! Lyrics: 1 Great God! how infinite art thou! What worthless worms are we! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee! 2 Thy throne eternal ages stood, Ere seas or stars were made; Thou art the ever-living God, Were all the nations dead. 3 [Nature and time quite naked lie To thy immense survey, From the formation of the sky, To the great burning day.] 4 Eternity, with all its years, Stands present in thy view; To thee there’s nothing old appears – Great God! there’s nothing new! 5 Our lives through various scenes are drawn, And vexed with trifling cares, While thy eternal thought moves on Thy undisturbed affairs. 6 Great God! how infinite art thou! What worthless worms are we! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee! Topics: The Perfections of God Languages: English

The Eternity of God

Author: Watts Hymnal: SHPW1844 #2 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Lord, raise my soul above the ground Lyrics: 1 Lord, raise my soul above the ground, And draw my thoughts to thee; Teach me, with sweet and solemn sound, To praise the eternal Three. 2 Long ere the lofty skies were spread, Jehovah filled his throne; Or Adam formed, or angels made, The Maker lived alone. 3 His boundless years can ne’er decrease, But still maintain their prime; Eternity’s his dwelling-place, And ever is his time. 4 While like a tide our minutes flow, The present and the past, He fills his own immortal NOW, And sees our ages waste. 5 The sea and sky must perish too, And vast destruction come! The creatures! look how old they grow, And wait their fiery doom. 6 Well; let the sea shrink all away, And flame melt down the skies, My God shall live an endless day When the old creation dies. Topics: The Perfections of God Languages: English

The Power of God

Author: Burnham Hymnal: SHPW1844 #3 (1844) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: God is my everlasting King Lyrics: 1 God is my everlasting King; God is my Strength, and I will sing; His power upholds my feeble frame, And I’m victorious through his name. 2 Devils retreat when he appears; Then I arise above my fears, And every fiery dart repel, And vanquish all the force of hell. 3 Through the Redeemer’s precious blood, I feel the mighty power of God; Through the rich aid divinely given, I rise from earth, and soar to heaven. 4 [Dear Lord, thy weaker saints inspire, And fill them with celestial fire; On thy kind arm may they rely, And all their foes shall surely fly.] 5 Now, Lord, thy wondrous power exert, And every ransomed soul support; Give us fresh strength to wing our way To regions of eternal day. 6 [There may we praise the great I AM, And shout the victories of the Lamb; Raise every chorus to his blood, And triumph in the power of God.] Topics: The Perfections of God Languages: English

The Sovereignty of God

Author: Watts Hymnal: SHPW1844 #4 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Keep silence, all created things Lyrics: 1 Keep silence all created things, And wait your Maker’s nod; My soul stands trembling while she sings The honours of her God. 2 Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown, Hang on his firm decree; He sits on no precarious throne, Nor borrows leave TO BE. 3 Chained to his throne a volume lies, With all the fates of men, With every angel’s form and size, Drawn by the eternal pen. 4 His providence unfolds the book, And makes his counsels shine; Each opening leaf, and every stroke, Fulfils some deep design. 5 Here he exalts neglected worms To sceptres and a crown; And there the following page he turns, And treads the monarch down. 6 [Not Gabriel asks the reason why, Nor God the reason gives; Nor dares the favourite angel pry Between the folded leaves.] 7 My God, I would not long to see My fate with curious eyes; What gloomy lines are writ for me, Or what bright scenes may rise. 8 In thy fair book of life and grace, O may I find my name Recorded in some humble place, Beneath my Lord the Lamb. Topics: The Perfections of God Languages: English

The Wisdom of God

Author: Watts Hymnal: SHPW1844 #5 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: The Lord, descending from above Lyrics: 1 The Lord, descending from above, Invites his children near, While power, and truth, and boundless love Display their glories here. 2 Here, in thy gospel’s wondrous frame, Fresh wisdom we pursue; A thousand angels learn thy name, Beyond whate’er they knew. 3 Thy name is writ in fairest lines; Thy wonders here we trace; Wisdom through all the mystery shines, And shines in Jesus’ face. 4 The law its best obedience owes To our incarnate God; And thy revenging justice shows Its honours in his blood. 5 But still the lustre of thy grace Our warmer thoughts employs; Gilds the whole scene with brighter rays, And more exalts our joys. Topics: The Perfections of God Languages: English

The Wisdom and Knowledge of God

Author: Beddome Hymnal: SHPW1844 #6 (1844) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: God's ways are just, his counsels wise Lyrics: 1 God’s ways are just, his counsels wise; No darkness can prevent his eyes; No thought can fly, nor thing can move, Unknown to him that sits above. 2 He in the thickest darkness dwells; Performs his works, the cause conceals; But though his methods are unknown, Judgment and truth support his throne. 3 In heaven, and earth, and air, and seas, He executes his firm decrees; And by his saints it stands confessed, That what he does is ever best. 4 Wait, then, my soul, submissive wait, Prostrate before his awful seat; And, ‘midst the terrors of his rod, Trust in a wise and gracious God. Topics: The Perfections of God Languages: English

The Wisdom and Goodness of God

Author: Medley Hymnal: SHPW1844 #7 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: God shall alone the refuge be Lyrics: 1 God shall alone the refuge be, And comfort of my mind; Too wise to be mistaken, He, Too good to be unkind. 2 In all his holy, sovereign will, He is, I daily find, Too wise to be mistaken, still Too good to be unkind. 3 [When I the tempter’s rage endure, ’Tis God supports my mind; Too wise to be mistaken, sure, Too good to be unkind.] 4 [When sore afflictions on me lie, He is (though I am blind) Too wise to be mistaken, yea, Too good to be unkind.] 5 What though I can’t his goings see, Nor all his footsteps find? Too wise to be mistaken, He, Too good to be unkind. 6 Hereafter he will make me know, And I shall surely find, He was too wise to err, and O, Too good to be unkind. Topics: The Perfections of God Languages: English

The Justice and Goodness of God

Author: Beddome Hymnal: SHPW1844 #8 (1844) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: Great God; my Maker and my King Lyrics: 1 Great God! my Maker and my King, Of thee I’ll speak, of thee I’ll sing; All thou hast done, and all thou dost, Declare thee good, proclaim thee just. 2 Thy ancient thoughts and firm decrees; Thy threatenings and thy promises; The joys of heaven, the pains of hell – What angels taste, what devils feel; 3 Thy terrors and thy acts of grace; Thy threatening rod, and smiling face; Thy wounding and thy healing word; A world undone, a world restored; 4 While these excite my fear and joy, While these my tuneful lips employ, Accept, O Lord, the humble song, The tribute of a trembling tongue. Topics: The Perfections of God Languages: English

The Loving-Kindness of God

Author: Medley Hymnal: SHPW1844 #9 (1844) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: Awake, my soul, in joyful lays Lyrics: 1 Awake, my soul, in joyful lays, And sing thy great Redeemer’s praise; He justly claims a song from me; His loving-kindness, O how free! 2 He saw me ruined in the fall, Yet loved me notwithstanding all; He saved me from my lost estate; His loving-kindness, O how great! 3 [Though numerous hosts of mighty foes, Though earth and hell my way oppose, He safely leads my soul along; His loving-kindness, O how strong!] 4 [When trouble, like a gloomy cloud, Has gathered thick and thundered loud, He near my soul has always stood; His loving-kindness, O how good!] 5 Often I feel my sinful heart Prone from my Saviour to depart; But though I have him oft forgot, His loving-kindness changes not! 6 Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale; Soon all my mortal powers must fail; O may my last expiring breath His loving-kindness sing in death! 7 Then let me mount and soar away To the bright world of endless day, And sing with rapture and surprise, His loving-kindness in the skies. Topics: The Perfections of God Languages: English

The Everlasting Love of God

Author: Kent Hymnal: SHPW1844 #10 (1844) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: 'Twas with an everlasting love Lyrics: 1 ’Twas with an everlasting love That God his own elect embraced; Before he made the worlds above, Or earth on her huge columns placed. 2 Long ere the sun’s refulgent ray Primeval shades of darkness drove, They on his sacred bosom lay, Loved with an everlasting love. 3 Then in the glass of his decrees, Christ and his bride appeared as one; Her sin, by imputation, his, Whilst she in spotless splendour shone. 4 O love, how high thy glories swell! How great, immutable, and free! Ten thousand sins, as black as hell, Are swallowed up, O love, in thee! 5 [Loved, when a wretch defiled with sin, At war with heaven, in league with hell, A slave to every lust obscene; Who, living, lived but to rebel.] 6 Believer, here thy comfort stands – From first to last salvation’s free, And everlasting love demands An everlasting song from thee. Topics: The Perfections of God Languages: English

The Mercy of God

Author: Mrs. Steele Hymnal: SHPW1844 #11 (1844) Meter: 11.11.11.11 First Line: Thy mercy, my God, is the theme of my song Lyrics: 1 Thy mercy, my God, is the theme of my song, The joy of my heart, and the boast of my tongue; Thy free grace alone, from the first to the last, Has won my affections, and bound my soul fast. 2 Thy mercy, in Jesus, exempts me from hell; Its glories I’ll sing, and its wonders I’ll tell; ’Twas Jesus, my Friend, when he hung on the tree, Who opened the channel of mercy for me. 3 [Without thy sweet mercy I could not live here; Sin soon would reduce me to utter despair; But, through thy free goodness, my spirits revive, And he that first made me still keeps me alive.] 4 [Thy mercy is more than a match for my heart, Which wonders to feel its own hardness depart; Dissolved by thy goodness, I fall to the ground, And weep to the praise of the mercy I found.] 5 The door of thy mercy stands open all day, To the poor and the needy, who knock by the way. No sinner shall ever be empty sent back, Who comes seeking mercy for Jesus’s sake. 6 Great Father of mercies, thy goodness I own, And the covenant love of thy crucified Son; All praise to the Spirit, whose whisper divine Seals mercy, and pardon, and righteousness mine. Topics: The Perfections of God Languages: English

The All-Sufficient Mercy of God

Author: Burnham Hymnal: SHPW1844 #12 (1844) First Line: All glory to mercy we bring Lyrics: 1 All glory to mercy we bring, The mercy that reigns evermore, The infinite mercy we sing, The mercy eternal adore. 2 The mercy converting we prize; In mercy forgiving delight; For conquering mercy we rise, We rise and triumphantly fight. 3 [And when we are wounded by sin, And scarcely a prayer can repeat, The mercy that heals us again, Is mercy transportingly sweet.] 4 What though in the furnace we fall, Free mercy the Saviour proclaims; Free mercy in Jesus we call, And glorify God in the flames. 5 For mercy upholding we pray; For mercy confirming aspire; And mercy will bear us away To God and the glorified choir. Topics: The Perfections of God Languages: English

The Everlasting Mercy of God

Author: Hart Hymnal: SHPW1844 #13 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8 First Line: God's mercy is for ever sure Lyrics: 1 God’s mercy is for ever sure; Eternal is his name; As long as life and speech endure, My tongue this truth proclaim. 2 I basely sinned against his love, And yet my God was good; His favour nothing could remove, For I was bought with blood. 3 [That precious blood atones all sin, And fully clears from guilt; It makes the foulest sinner clean, For ’twas for sinners spilt.] 4 He raised me from the lowest state, When hell was my desert; I broke his law, and, worse than that, Alas! I broke his heart! 5 My soul, thou hast, let what will ail, A never-changing Friend; When brethren, friends, and helpers fail, On him alone depend. Topics: The Perfections of God Languages: English

The Faithfulness of God

Author: Watts Hymnal: SHPW1844 #14 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme Lyrics: 1 Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme, And speak some boundless thing; The mighty works, or mightier name, Of our eternal King. 2 Tell of his wondrous faithfulness, And sound his power abroad; Sing the sweet promise of his grace, And the performing God. 3 Proclaim, “Salvation from the Lord, For wretched dying men”; His hand has writ the sacred word With an immortal pen. 4 [Engraved as in eternal brass, The mighty promise shines; Nor can the powers of darkness rase Those everlasting lines.] 5 He that can dash whole worlds to death, And make them when he please, He speaks, and that almighty breath Fulfils his great decrees. 6 His every word of grace is strong As that which built the skies; The voice that rolls the stars along Speaks all the promises. Topics: The Perfections of God Languages: English

The Holiness of God

Author: Watts Hymnal: SHPW1844 #15 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: How shall I praise the eternal God Lyrics: 1 How shall I praise the eternal God, That infinite Unknown? Who can ascend his high abode, Or venture near his throne? 2 Heaven’s brightest lamps, with him compared, How mean they look, and dim! The holy angels have no spots, Yet can’t compare with him. 3 Holy is he in all his works, And truth is his delight; But sinners, and their wicked ways, Shall perish from his sight. 4 None but his favourites may draw near, Who stand in Christ complete; Those holy ones shall all appear And worship at his feet. 5 In Jesus’ image shining bright With rapture they adore The holy, holy, holy Lord, Topics: The Perfections of God Languages: English

The Holiness of the Three-One God

Author: Burnham Hymnal: SHPW1844 #16 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: The Father is a holy God Lyrics: 1 The Father is a holy God; His holy Son he gave; Who freely shed atoning blood, A guilty world to save. 2 The Spirit brings the chosen race, A holy Christ to view; And while by faith they see his face, Their souls grow holy too. 3 In holiness the saints delight, While here on earth they dwell; By faith they wrestle day and night, More holiness to feel. 4 The Holy Spirit leads them on, His holy truth to know; Inscribes his laws in every son, And works obedience too. 5 He makes them feel the cleansing grace, That flows through Jesus’ blood; Unites in love the holy race – The new-born sons of God. Topics: The Perfections of God Languages: English

The Harmony of the Perfections of God

Author: Tucker Hymnal: SHPW1844 #17 (1844) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: O Love, beyond conception great Lyrics: 1 O Love, beyond conception great, That formed the vast stupendous plan, Where all divine perfections meet, To reconcile rebellious man. 2 There wisdom shines in fullest blaze And justice all her rights maintains; Astonished angels stoop to gaze, While mercy o’er the guilty reigns. 3 Yes, mercy reigns, and justice too; In Christ they both harmonious meet; He paid to justice all its due, And now he fills the mercy-seat. 4 Such are the wonders of our God, And the amazing depths of grace, To save from wrath’s vindictive rod, The chosen sons of Adam’s race. Topics: The Perfections of God Languages: English

Glory and Grace in the Person of Christ

Author: Watts Hymnal: SHPW1844 #18 (1844) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: Now to the Lord a noble song! Lyrics: 1 Now to the Lord a noble song! Awake, my soul; awake, my tongue! Hosanna to the eternal name, And all his boundless love proclaim! 2 See where it shines in Jesus’ face, The brightest image of his grace! God, in the person of his Son, Has all his mightiest works outdone. 3 The spacious earth and spreading flood Proclaim the wise, the powerful God; And thy rich glories from afar Sparkle in every rolling star. 4 But in his looks a glory stands, The noblest labour of thy hands; The pleasing lustre of his eyes Outshines the wonders of the skies. 5 [Grace! ’tis a sweet, a charming theme! My thoughts rejoice at Jesus’ name! Ye angels, dwell upon the sound! Ye heavens, reflect it to the ground!] 6 O may I live to reach the place Where he unveils his lovely face, Where all his beauties you behold, And sing his name to harps of gold! Topics: The Perfections of God Languages: English

A New Song to the Lamb that was slain

Author: Watts Hymnal: SHPW1844 #19 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Behold the glories of the Lamb Lyrics: 1 Behold the glories of the Lamb, Amidst his Father’s throne; Prepare new honours for his name, And songs before unknown. 2 Let elders worship at his feet; The church adore around; With vials full of odours sweet, And harps of sweeter sound. 3 Those are the prayers of the saints, And these the hymns they raise – Jesus is kind to our complaints, He loves to hear our praise. 4 [Eternal Father, who shall look Into thy secret will? Who but the Son shall take that book, And open every seal? 5 He shall fulfil thy great decrees; The Son deserves it well; Lo! in his hands the sovereign keys Of heaven, and death, and hell.] 6 Now to the Lamb that once was slain, Be endless blessings paid; Salvation, glory, joy remain For ever on thy head. 7 Thou hast redeemed our souls with blood, Hast set the prisoners free, Hast made us kings and priests to God, And we shall reign with thee. 8 The worlds of nature and of grace Are put beneath thy power; Then shorten these delaying days, And bring the promised hour. Topics: Person of Christ Languages: English

The Deity and Humanity of Christ

Author: Watts Hymnal: SHPW1844 #20 (1844) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: Ere the blue heavens were stretch'd abroad Lyrics: 1 Ere the blue heavens were stretched abroad, From everlasting was the Word; With God he was; the Word was God; And must divinely be adored. 2 By his own power were all things made; By him supported all things stand; He is the whole creation’s Head, And angels fly at his command. 3 [Ere sin was born, or Satan fell, He led the host of morning stars; (Thy generation who can tell, Or count the number of thy years?)] 4 But lo! he leaves those heavenly forms; The Word descends and dwells in clay, That he may hold converse with worms, Dressed in such feeble flesh as they. 5 Mortals with joy behold his face, The eternal Father’s only Son; How full of truth! how full of grace! When through his eyes the Godhead shone. 6 Blest angels leave their high abode, To learn new mysteries here, and tell The loves of our descending God, The glories of Immanuel. Topics: Person of Christ Languages: English

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