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Divine Knowledge from Creation

Hymnal: The Hartford Selection of Hymns from the Most Approved Authors #XXVI (1799) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Creation Proves the being and perfections of God; Creation Proves the being and perfections of God First Line: The book of nature open lies Lyrics: 1 The book of nature open lies, With much instruction stor'd; But till the LORD anoints our eyes, We cannot read a word. 2 The knowledge of the saints excels The wisdom of the schools; To them his secrets God reveals, Tho' men account them fools. 3 To them the sun and stars on high, The flow'rs that paint the field, And all the artless birds that fly, Divine instruction yield. 4 The creatures on their senses press, As witnesses to prove Their Saviour's pow'r and faithfulness, His providence and love. 5 Thus may we study nature's book, To make us wise indeed! And pity those who only look At what they cannot read. Languages: English

Divine Knowledge from Creation

Hymnal: The Hartford Selection of Hymns #XXVI (1802) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Creation Proves the being and perfections of God; Creation Proves the being and perfections of God First Line: The book of nature open lies Lyrics: 1 The book of nature open lies, With much instruction stor'd; But till the LORD anoints our eyes, We cannot read a word. 2 The knowledge of the saints excels The wisdom of the schools; To them his secrets God reveals, Tho' men account them fools. 3 To them the sun and stars on high, The flow'rs that paint the field, And all the artless birds that fly, Divine instruction yield. 4 The creatures on their senses press, As witnesses to prove Their Saviour's pow'r and faithfulness, His providence and love. 5 Thus may we study nature's book, To make us wise indeed! And pity those who only look At what they cannot read. Languages: English

Christ the Beloved described

Hymnal: The Christians Duty, exhibited, in a series of Hymns #LXXIV (1791) Topics: Being and Perfections of God First Line: Fair Salem's Daughters ask to know Lyrics: 1 Fair Salem's Daughters ask to know Why I should love my Jesus so; What are his Charms, say they, above The Objects of another's Love? 2 Yes, my Beloved, to my Sight Shews a sweet Mixture, Red and White; All human Beauties, all divine, In my Beloved meet and Shine. 3 White is his Soul, from Blemish free; Red was his Blood he shed for me; The Fairest of Ten Thousand Fairs; A Sun among ten Thousand stars. 4 His Head the finest Gold excels; There Wisdom in Perfection dwells, And Glory, like a Crown, adorns Those Temples once best with Thorns. 5 Compassions in his Heart are found, Hard by the signals of his Wound: His Sacred Side no more shall bear The cruel Scourge, the piercing Spear. 6 His Hands are fairer to behold Than Diamonds set in Rings of Gold; Those heav'nly Hands that on the Tree Where nail'd, and torn, and bled for me. 7 Tho' once he bow'd his feeble Knees, Loaded with Sins and Agonies, Now on the Throne of his Command, His Legs like Marble Pillars stand. 8 His Eyes are Majesty and Love, The Eagle temper'd with the Dove; No more shall trickling Sorrows roll, Thro' those dear Windows of his Soul. 9 His Mouth that pour'd out long Complaints, Now smiles, and cheers his fainting Saints; His Countenance more graceful is Than Lebanon with all its Trees. 10 All over Glorious is my Lord, Must be belov'd, and yet ador'd; His Worth if all the nations knew Sure ev'ry one would Love him too. Languages: English

Strength from Heaven

Hymnal: The Christians Duty, exhibited, in a series of Hymns #CCCXXIX (1791) Topics: Being and Perfections of God First Line: Whence do our mournful Thoughts arise Lyrics: 1 Whence do our mournful Thoughts arise? And where's our Courage fled? Have restless Sin and raging Hell Struck all our Comforts dead? 2 Have we forgot the Almighty Name That form'd the Earth and Sea? And can an all-creating Arm Grow weary, or decay? 3 Treasures of everlasting Might In our Jehovah dwell; He gives the Conquest to the Weak And treads their Foes to Hell. 4 Mere mortal Power shall fade and die, And youthful Vigour cease: But we that wait upon the Lord, Shall feel our Strength increase. 5 The Saints shall mount on eagles Wings, And taste the promis'd Bliss, 'Till their unwearied Feet arrive Where perfect Pleasure is. Scripture: Isaiah 60:27-30

God is a name my soul adores

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #17 (1828) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Being and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 God is a name my soul adores, Th'Almighty Three, the Eternal One! Nature and grace, with all their powers Confess the Infinite unknown. 2 From thy great self thy being springs; Thou art thy own original, Made up of uncreated things, And self-sufficience bears them all. 3 Thy voice produced the seas and spheres, Bids the waves roar and planets shine; But nothing like thyself appears Through all these spacious works of thine. 4 Still restless nature dies and grows; From change to change the creatures run: Thy being no succession knows, And all thy vast designs are one. 5 How shall affrighted mortals dare To sing thy glory or thy grace? Beneath thy feet we lie so far, And see but shadows of thy face! 6 Who can behold this blazing light? Who can approach consuming flame? None but thy wisdom knows thy might, None but thy word can speak thy name.

Eternal God, almighty cause

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #18 (1828) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Being and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Eternal God, almighty cause Of earth, and seas, and worlds unknown! All things are subject to thy laws; All things depend on thee alone. 2 Thy glorious being singly stands, Of all within itself possest; By none controll'd in thy commands, And in thyself completely blest. 3 To thee alone ourselves we owe; Let heav'n and earth due homage pay: All other gods we disavow, Deny their claims, renounce their sway. 4 In thee, O Lord, our hope shall rest, Fountain of peace and joy and love! Thy favour only makes us blest; Without thee all would nothing prove. 5 Worship to thee alone belongs, Worship to thee alone we give; Thine be our hearts, and thine our songs, And to thy glory we would live. 6 Spread thy great name through heathen lands; Their idol-deities dethrone; Subdue the world to thy commands, And reign as thou art, God alone.

Ye sons of men, in sacred lays

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #37 (1828) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Being 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 flgiht 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!

Praise to the Creator

Hymnal: The Christians Duty, exhibited, in a series of Hymns #LXXIII (1791) Topics: Being and Perfections of God First Line: Eternal Majesty on High Lyrics: 1 Eternal Majesty on High, Thou God of Pow'r and Love, Thy Hands have spread the starry Sky, And form'd the World above. 2 This Globe below shews forth thy Might, Thy Goodness and thy Skill; The Sun, the Moon, the Day, the Night, Thy Pleasure do fulfil. 3 Beasts, Birds, Fish, Insects all declare Thou art the mighty God; Fire, Hail, and Storms, Earth, Water, Air, Declare thy Name abroad. 4 Trees, Mountains, Rivers, Rocks, and Plains, Gardens, and fruitful Lands, Proclaim "The God of Goodness reigns;" And will while Nature stands. 5 All Things below, and all above, God, Wise, Good, Great proclaim; Then let the Children of his Love Delight to bless his Name. 6 The heav'nly Father, and the Son, And Spirit we adore; 'Tis now as 'twas when Time begun, And shall be evermore.

God glorious, and Sinners saved

Hymnal: The Christians Duty, exhibited, in a series of Hymns #LXXV (1791) Topics: Being and Perfections of God First Line: Father, how wide thy Glory shines! Lyrics: 1 Father, how wide thy Glory shines! How high thy Wonders rise! Known thro' the Earth by Thousand Signs, By Thousand thro' the Skies. 2 Those mighty Orbs proclaim thy Pow'r, Their Motions speak thy Skill; And on the Wings of ev'ry Hour We read thy Patience still; 3 Part of thy Name divinely Stands On all thy Creatures writ, They shews the Labour of thy hands, The Impress of thy Feet. 4 But when we View thy grand Design To save rebellious Worms, Where Wisdom Pow'r and Goodness shine, In their most glorious Forms; 5 Our Thoughts are lost in rev'rend Awe; We Love, and we adore; Thy holy Angels never saw So much of GOD before. 6 Here GOD hath made his Nature known, And Thought can never trace, Which of his Glories brightest shone, In our Redeemer's Face. 7 O the sweet Myst'ries of that Cross Where Jesus lov'd and dy'd, Her noblest Life my Spirit draws From his dear wounded Side. 8 Now the full Glories of the LAMB Adorn the heav'nly Plains; Sweet Cherubs learn Immanuel's Name, And try their choicest Strains. 9 O may I bear some humble Part In that immortal Song! Wonder and Joy shall tune my Heart, And love command my Tongue. Languages: English

The Works of Moses and the Lamb

Hymnal: The Christians Duty, exhibited, in a series of Hymns #CXIV (1791) Topics: Being and Perfections of God First Line: How strong thine Arm is, mighty God! Lyrics: 1 How strong thine Arm is, mighty God! Who would not fear thy Name! Jesus, how sweet thy Graces are! Who would not love the Lamb? 2 He has done more than Moses did Our Prophet and our King; From Bonds of Hell he freed our Souls, And taught our Lips to sing. 3 In the Read-Sea, by Moses' Hand, Th' Egyptian Host was drown'd; But his own Blood hides all our Sins, And Guilt no more is found. 4 When thro' the Desert Israel went, With Manna they were fed: Our Lord invites us to his Flesh, And calls it Living Bread. 5 Moses beheld the promis'd Land, Yet never reached the Place; But Christ shall bring his Followers home, To see his Father's Face. 6 Then shall our Love and Joy be full, And feel a warmer Flame; And sweeter Voices tune the Song Of Moses and the Lamb. Scripture: Revelation 15:3 Languages: English

God shining into the Heart

Hymnal: The Christians Duty, exhibited, in a series of Hymns #CCXXXVII (1791) Topics: Being and Perfections of God First Line: Praise to the Lord of the boundless might Lyrics: 1 Praise to the Lord of boundless Might, With uncreated Glories bright! His Presence gilds the Worlds above; The unchanging Source of Light and Love. 2 Our rising Earth his Eye beheld, When in substantial Darkness veil'd; The shapeless Chaos, Nature's Womb, Lay buried in the horrid Gloom. 3 "Let there be Light," JEHOVAH said And Light o'er all its Face was spread; Nature array'd in Charms unknown, Gay with its New-born Lustre shone. 4 He sees the Mind, when lost it lies In Shades of Ignorance and Vice; And Darts from Heaven a vivid Ray, And changes Midnight into Day. 5 Shine, mighty GOD, with Vigor shine On this benighted Heart of mine; And let thy Glories Stand reveal'd, As in our Saviour's Face beheld. 6 My Soul, reviv'd by Heav'n-born Day, Thy radiant Image shall display, While all my Faculties unite To praise the LORD, who gives me Light. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:6 Languages: English

God glorious, and Sinners saved

Hymnal: The Christian's Duty #LXXV (1801) Topics: The Being and Perfection of God First Line: Father, how wide thy Glory shines! Languages: English

God is every where

Hymnal: The Christian's Duty #CXXV (1801) Topics: The Being and Perfection of God First Line: In all my vast Concerns with thee Scripture: Psalm 139 Languages: English

Salvation, Righteousness, and Strength in CHRIST

Hymnal: The Christians Duty, exhibited, in a series of Hymns #CXXXII (1791) Topics: Being and Perfections of God First Line: JEHOVAH speaks, let Isr'el hear Lyrics: 1 JEHOVAH speaks! let Isr'el hear; Let all the Earth rejoice and fear, While GOD's eternal Son proclaims His Sov'reign Honours and his Names: 2 "I am the Last, and I the First, "The SAVIOUR-GOD, and GOD the Just; "There's none beside pretends to shew "Such Justice and Salvation too. [3 "Ye that in Shades of Darkness dwell, "Just on the Verge of Death and Hell, "Look up to me from distant Lands; "Light, Life, and Heav'n are in my Hands. 4 "I by my holy Name have sworn, "Nor shall the Word in vain return; "To me shall all Things bend the Knee, "And ev'ry Tongue shall swear to me.] 5 "In me alone shall Men confess "Lies all their Strength and Righteousness; "But such as dare dispise my Name, "I'll clothe them with eternal Shame. 6 "In me the LORD, shall all the Seed "Of Isr'el from their Sins be freed; "And by their shining Graces prove "Their Int'rest in my pard'ning Love." Scripture: Isaiah 45:22-24 Languages: English

God shining into the Heart

Hymnal: The Christian's Duty #CCXXXVII (1801) Topics: The Being and Perfection of God First Line: Praise to the Lord of boundless Might Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:6 Languages: English

Gratitude to God

Hymnal: The Christians Duty, exhibited, in a series of Hymns #CCCXIII (1791) Topics: Being and Perfections of God First Line: When all thy Mercies, O my God

Gratitude to God

Hymnal: The Christian's Duty #CCCXIII (1801) Topics: The Being and Perfection of God First Line: When all thy Mercies, O my God Languages: English

Thy ceaseless, unexhausted love

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #32 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Being 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.

To God, the universal King

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #39 (1828) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Being and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 To God, the universal King, Let all mankind their tribute bring; All that have breath, your voices raise, In songs of never-ceasing praise. 2 The spacious earth on which we tread, And wider heavens stretch'd o'er our head, A large and solemn temple frame To celebrate its Builder's fame. 3 Here the bright sun, that rules they day, As through the sky he makes his way, To all the world proclaims aloud The boundless sov'reignty of God. 4 When from his courts the sun retires, And with the day his voice expires, The moon and stars adopt the song, And through the night the praise prolong. 5 The list'ning earth with rapture hears The harmonious music of the spheres; And all her tribes the notes repeat, That God is wise, and good, and great. 6 But man, endow'd with nobler powers, His God in nobler strains adores; His is the gift to know the song, As well as sing with tuneful tongue.

GOD Holy, just and Sovereign

Hymnal: The Christians Duty, exhibited, in a series of Hymns #CXIII (1791) Topics: Being and Perfections of God First Line: How should the sons of Adam's Race Scripture: Job 9:1-9

The Works of Moses and the Lamb

Hymnal: The Christian's Duty #CXIV (1801) Topics: The Being and Perfection of God First Line: How strong thine Arm is, mighty God! Scripture: Revelation 15:3 Languages: English

God is every where

Hymnal: The Christians Duty, exhibited, in a series of Hymns #CXXV (1791) Topics: Being and Perfections of God First Line: In all my vast Concerns with thee Lyrics: 1 In all my vast Concerns with thee, In vain my Soul would try To shun thy Presence, Lord, or flee The Notice of thine Eye. 2 Thy all-surrounding Sight surveys My Rising and my Rest, My public Walks, my private Ways, And Secrets of my Breast. 3 My Thoughts lye open to the Lord Before they're forme' within; And ere my Lips pronounce the Word He knows the Sense I mean. 4 O wond'rous Knowledge, deep and High! Where can a Creature hide? Within thy circling Arms I lye, Beset on ev'ry Side. 5 So let thy Grace surround me still, And like a Bulwark prove, To guard my Soul from ev'ry ill, Secur'd by Sov'reign Love. Pause 6 Lord, where shall guilty Souls retire, forgotten and unknown? In Hell they meet thy dreadful Fire, In Heav'n thy glorious Throne. 7 Should I suppress my vital Breath To 'scape the Wrath Divine, Thy Voice would break the Bars of Death, And make the Grave resign. 8 If wing'd with Beams of Morning-Light, I fly beyond the West, Thy Hand, which must support my Flight, Would soon betray my Rest. 9 If o'er my Sins I think to draw The Curtains of the Night, Those flaming Eyes that guard thy Law Would turn the Shades to Light. 10 The Beams of Noon, the Midnight Hour Are both alike to thee; O may I ne'er provoke that Pow'r From which I cannot flee. Languages: English

Eternal Power! whose high above

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #13 (1828) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Being and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Eternal Power! whose high abode Becomes the grandeur of a God; Infinite lengths, beyond the bounds Where stars revolve their little rounds. 2 The lowest step above thy seat Rises too high for Gabriel's feet; In vain the tall Archangel tries To reach the height with wond'ring eyes. 3 Lord, what shall earth and ashes do! We would adore our Maker too; From sin and dust to thee we cry, The Great, the Holy, and the High! 4 Earth from afar has heard thy fame, And worms have learned to lisp thy name; But O! the glories of thy mind Leave all our soaring thoughts behind. 5 God is in heaven, but man below; Be short our tunes; our words be few: A sacred reverence checks our songs, And praise sits silent on our tongues.

Great God, in vain man's narrow view

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #19 (1828) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Being and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Great God, in vain man's narrow view Attempts to look thy nature through. Our lab'ring pow'rs with rev'rence own, Thy glories never can be known. 2 Not the high seraph's mighty thought, Who countless years his God has sought, Such wondrous height or depth can find, Or fully trace thy boundless mind. 3 Yet, Lord, thy kindness deigns to show Enough for mortal men to know; While wisdom, goodness, pow'r divine Thro' all thy works and conduct shine. 4 O! may our souls with rapture trace Thy works of nature and of grace, Explore thy sacred truth, and still Press on to know and do thy will!

All-pow'rful, self-existent God

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #21 (1828) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Being and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 All-pow'rful, self-existent God, Who all creation dost sustain! Thou wast, and art, and art to come; And everlasting is thy reign. 2 Fix'd and eternal as thy days, Each glorious attribute divine, Thro' ages infinite, shall still With undiminished lustre shine. 3 Fountain of being! source of good! Immutable dost thou remain; Nor can the shadow of a change Obscure the glories of thy reign. 4 Nature her order shall reverse, Revolving seasons cease their round; Nor spring appear with blooming pride, Nor autumn be with plenty crown'd: 5 You shining orbs forget their course; The sun his destin'd path forsake; And burning desolaton mark Amid the world his wand'ring track: 6 Earth may with all her pow'rs dissolve, If such the great Creator's will: But thou for ever art the same; "I am" is thy memorial still.

Praise to the Creator

Hymnal: The Christian's Duty #LXXIII (1801) Topics: The Being and Perfection of God First Line: Eternal Majesty on High Languages: English

Christ the Beloved described

Hymnal: The Christian's Duty #LXXIV (1801) Topics: The Being and Perfection of God First Line: Fair Salem's Daughters ask to know Languages: English

Salvation, Righteousness, and Strength in CHRIST

Hymnal: The Christian's Duty #CXXXII (1801) Topics: The Being and Perfection of God First Line: Jehovah speaks, let Isr'el hear Scripture: Isaiah 45:22-24 Languages: English

Strength from Heaven

Hymnal: The Christian's Duty #CCCXXIX (1801) Topics: The Being and Perfection of God First Line: Whence do our mournful Thoughts arise Scripture: Isaiah 40:27-30 Languages: English

God is a Spirit, just and wise

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #29 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Being and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 God is a Spirit, just and wise; He sees our inmost mind. In vain to heav'n we raise our cries, And leave our souls behind. 2 Nothing but truth before his throne With honour can appear. The painted hypocrites are known Through the disguise they wear. 3 Their lifted eyes salute the skies, Their bended knees the ground: But God abhors the sacrifice, Where not the heart is found. 4 Lord! search my thoughts, and try my ways, And make my soul sincere: Then shall I stand before thy face, And find acceptance there.

What is our God, or what his name

Hymnal: Church Hymn Book; consisting of hymns and psalms, original and selected. adapted to public worship and many other occasions. 2nd ed. #317 (1838) Topics: Being and Perfections of God Languages: English

God is a name my soul adores

Hymnal: Church Hymn Book; consisting of hymns and psalms, original and selected. adapted to public worship and many other occasions. 2nd ed. #318 (1838) Topics: Being and Perfections of God Languages: English

Eternal God, Almighty Cause

Hymnal: Church Hymn Book; consisting of hymns and psalms, original and selected. adapted to public worship and many other occasions. 2nd ed. #319 (1838) Topics: Being and Perfections of God Languages: English

Great God, thy glories shall employ

Hymnal: Church Hymn Book; consisting of hymns and psalms, original and selected. adapted to public worship and many other occasions. 2nd ed. #320 (1838) Topics: Being and Perfections of God Languages: English

Great God, how infinite art thou

Hymnal: Church Hymn Book; consisting of hymns and psalms, original and selected. adapted to public worship and many other occasions. 2nd ed. #321 (1838) Topics: Being and Perfections of God Languages: English

'Twas God who hurl'd the rolling spheres

Hymnal: Church Hymn Book; consisting of hymns and psalms, original and selected. adapted to public worship and many other occasions. 2nd ed. #322 (1838) Topics: Being and Perfections of God Languages: English

What is our God, or what his name

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #16 (1828) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Being and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 What is our God, or what his name, Nor men can learn, nor angels teach; He dwells conceal'd in radiant flame, Where neither eyes nor thoughts can reach. 2 The spacious worlds of heavenly light, Compar'd with him, how short they fall! They are too dark, and he too bright, Nothing are they, and God is all. 3 He spoke that wondrous word,and lo! Creation rose at his command: Whirlwinds and seas their limits know, Bound in the hollow of his hand, 4 There rests the earth, there roll the spheres, There nature leans, and feels her prop: But his own self-sufficience bears The weight of his own glories up. 5 The tide of creatures ebbs and flows, Measuring their changes by the moon: No ebb his sea of glory knows: His age is one eternal noon. 6 Then fly, my song, an endless round, The lofty tune let Gabriel raise; All nature dwell upon the sound, But we can ne'er fulfil the praise.

Great God, how infinite art thou!

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #20 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Being and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Great God, how infinite art thou! How frail and weak are we! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee. 2 Thy throne eternal ages stood, Ere seas or heav'n was made; Thou art the ever-living God, Were all the nations dead. 3 Nature and time all open lie To thine immense survey, From the formation of the sky, To the last awful day. 4 Eternity, with all its years, Stands present to thy view. To thee there's nothing old appears; Great God! there's nothing new. 5 Our lives thro' various scenes are drawn, And vex'd with trifling cares; While thine eternal thought moves on Thine undisturb'd affairs. 6 Great God, how infinite art thou! How poor and weak are we! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee.

Twas God who hurl'd the rolling spheres

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #23 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Being and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 'Twas God who hurl'd the rolling spheres, And stretch'd the boundless skies; Who form'd the plan of endless years, And bade the ages rise. 2 From everlasting is his might, Immense and unconfin'd: He pierces through the realms of light, And rides upon the wind. 3 He darts along the burning skies; Loud thunders round him roar: All heav'n attends him, as he flies; All hell proclaims his pow'r. 4 He scatters nations with his breath; The scatter'd nations fly: Blue pestilence and wasting death, Confess the Godhead nigh. 5 Ye worlds, with ev'ry living thing, Fulfil his high command: Mortals, pay homage to your King, And own his ruling hand.

Holy and rev'rend is the name

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #28 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Being and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Holy and rev'rend is the name Of our eternal King. Thrice holy, Lord! the angels cry, Thrice holy, let us sing. 2 Holy is he in all his works, And saints are his delight; But sinners and their wicked ways Are hateful in his sight. 3 The deepest rev'rence, homage, love, Pay, O my soul to God; Lift with thy hands a holy heart To his sublime abode. 4 Thou, righteous God! preserve my mind From all pollution free; Thine image form within my breast, That I thy face may see.

My God, thy boundless love I praise

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #33 (1828) Meter: Irregular Topics: Being and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 My God, thy boundless love I praise; How bright on high its glories blaze! How sweetly bloom below! It streams from thy eternal throne; Through heav'n its joys for ever run, And o'er the earth they flow. 2 'Tis love that paints the purple morn, And bids the clouds, in air upborne, Their genial drops distil; In ev'ry vernal beam it glows, And breathes in ev'ry gale that blows, And glides in every rill. 3 It robes in cheerful green the ground, And pours its flowery beauties round, Whose sweets perfume the gale; Its bounties richly spread the plain, The blushing fruit, the golden grain, And smile on ev'ry vale. 4 But in thy gospel see it shine With grace and glories more divine, Proclaiming sins forgiv'n. There faith, bright cherus, points the way To realms of everlasting day, And opens all her heav'n. 5 Then let the love, that makes me blest, With cheerful praise inspire my breast, And ardent gratitude; And all my thoughts and passions tend To thee, my Father and my Friend, My soul's eternal good.

Great are the mercies of our God

Author: Paul Henkel Hymnal: Church Hymn Book; consisting of hymns and psalms, original and selected. adapted to public worship and many other occasions. 2nd ed. #326 (1838) Topics: Being and Perfections of God Languages: English

Some seraph lend your heavenly tongue

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #15 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Being and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Some seraph lend your heavenly tongue, Or harp of golden string, That I may raise a lofty song, To our Eternal King. 2 Thy names how infinite they be! Great EVERLASTING ONE! Boundless thy might and majesty, And unconfin'd thy throne. 3 Thy glories shine of wondrous size, And wondrous large thy grace; Immortal day breaks from thine eyes, And Gabriel veils his face. 4 Thine essence is a vast abyss, Which angels cannot sound; An ocean of infinities Where all our thoughts are drown'd. 5 Thy myst'ries of creation lie Beneath enlighten'd minds; Thoughts can ascend above the sky, And fly before the winds; 6 Reason may grasp the massy hills, And stretch from pole to pole; But half thy name our spirit fills, And overloads our soul. 7 In vain our haughty reason swells, For nothing's found in Thee, But boundless inconceivables, And vast eternity!

Give to the Lord, ye sons of fame

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #22 (1828) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Being and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Give to the Lord, ye sons of fame, Give to the Lord renown and pow'r; Ascribe due honours to his name, And his eternal might adore. 2 The Lord proclaims his pow'r aloud, O'er the vast ocean and the land; His voice divides the wat'ry cloud, And lightnings blaze at his command. 3 He speaks, and howling tempests rise, And lay the forest bare around: The fiercest beasts, with piteous cries, Confess the terror of the sound. 4 His thunders rend the vaulted skies, And palaces and temples shake. The mountains tremble at the noise, The valleys roar, the deserts quake. 5 The Lord sits sov'reign o'er the flood; The Thund'rer reigns for ever King; But makes his church his blest abode, Where we his awful glories sing. 6 We see no terrors in his name, But in our God a Father find. The voice, that shakes all nature's frame, Speaks comfort to the pious mind.

When in dark and dreadful gloom

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #24 (1828) Meter: Irregular Topics: Being and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 When in dark and dreadful gloom, Clouds on clouds portentous spread, Black as if the day of doom Hung o'er nature's shrinking head: When the lightning breaks from high, God is coming--God is nigh! 2 Then we hear his chariot wheels, As the mighty thunder rolls; Nature, startled nature reels, From the centre of the poles: Then the ocean, earth, and sky, Tremble as he passes by! 3 Darkness, wild with horror, forms His mysterious hiding-place: Should he from his ark of storms, Rend the veil and show his face, At the judgment of his eye, All the universe would die. 4 God of vengeance! from above, While thine awful bolts are hurl'd, O remember thou art love! Spare!--O spare a guilty world! Stay thy flaming wrath awhile, Let the bow of promise smile!

Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me through

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #25 (1828) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Being 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 pow'rs. 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.

Songs of immortal praise belong

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #27 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Being and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Songs of immortal praise belong To my almighty God; He hath my heart, and he my tongue, To spread his name abroad. 2 How great the works his hand has wrought! How glorious in our sight! And men in ev'ry age have sought His wonders with delight. 3 How most exact is nature's frame! How wise th' eternal mind! His counsels never change the scheme That his first thoughts design'd. 4 When he redeem'd the sons of men, He fix'd his cov'nant sure; The orders, that his lips pronounce, To endless years endure. 5 Nature, and time, and earth, and skies, Thy heav'nly skill proclaim. What shall we do to make us wise, But learn to read thy name? 6 To fear thy pow'r, to trust thy grace, Is our divinest skill; And he's the wisest of our race Who best obeys thy will.

With eye impartial, heav'n's high King

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #30 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Being and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 With eye impartial, heav'n's high King Surveys each human tribe; No earthly pomp his eyes can charm, Nor wealth his favour bribe. 2 The rich and poor, of equal clay, His pow'rful hand did frame; All souls are his, and him alike Their common Parent claim. 3 Ye sons of men of high degree, Your great Superior own; Praise him for all his gifts, and pay Your homage at his throne. 4 Trust in the Lord, ye humble poor, And banish ev'ry fear: The God you serve will ne'er forsake The man of heart sincere.

The promises I sing

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #31 (1828) Meter: Irregular Topics: Being and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 The promises I sing, Which love supreme hath spoke; Nor will th'eternal King His words of grace revoke. They stand secure And steadfast still: Not Sion's hill Abides so sure. 2 The mountains melt away, When once the Judge appears; And sun and moon decay, That measure mortal years: But still the same, In radiant lines, His promise shines Through all the flame. 3 Their harmony shall sound Thro' my attentive ears, When thunders cleave the ground, And dissipate the spheres. Midst all the shock Of that dread scene, I'll stand serene, Thy word my rock.

Sweet is the mem'ry of thy grace

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #34 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Being and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Sweet is the mem'ry of thy grace, My God, my heav'nly 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.

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