2 See where it shines in Jesus' face,
The brightest image of His grace;
God, in the person of His Son,
Hath all His mightiest works outdone.
3 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.
4 O, may I reach that happy place,
Where He unvails His lovely face,
Where all His beauties you behold,
And sing His name to harps of gold.
Rev. Isaac Watts, 1709. Ab.

79

The Majesty and Mercy of God.
Ps. lxviii.

1 KINGDOMS and thrones to God belong;
Crown Him, ye nations, in your song;
His wondrous names and powers rehearse;
His honors shall enrich your verse.

2 He shakes the heavens with loud alarms; How terrible is God in arms!

In Israel are His mercies known,
Israel is His peculiar throne.

3 Proclaim Him King,pronounce Him blest;
He's your defence, your joy, your rest;
When terrors rise, and nations faint,
God is the strength of every saint.
Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719.

TRIBUTE. 8.7.4.

35

Sir JOHN GOSS (1880-1800),

DENNIS. S. M.

HANS GEORG NAEGELI (1773-1836), 1832. Arr. by WILLIAM BATCHELDER BRADBURY (1816-1868), 1849.

But sent the world His truth and grace By His beloved Son.

name, Whose favors are

di- vine.

83

1 COME, Sound His praise abroad, And hymns of glory sing: Jehovah is the sovereign God,

The universal king.

2 He formed the deeps unknown,
He gave the seas their bound;
The watery worlds are all His own,
And all the solid ground.

3 Come, worship at His throne,
Come, bow before the Lord,
We are His work, and not our own;
He formed us by His word.

4 To-day attend His voice,

Nor dare provoke His rod;

Come, like the people of His choice,
And own your gracious God.

Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719. Ab.

Arr. by JOHN P. WILKES, 1861.

84

nev-er fail; Hail ce-les-tial Goodness hail.

Mercies that never fail.

Though unworthy, Lord, thine ear Deign our humble songs to hear; Purer praise we hope to bring, When around Thy throne we sing.

3 While on earth ordained to stay. Guide our footsteps in Thy way, Till we come to dwell with Thee, Till we all Thy glory see.

4 Then with angel-harps, again
We will wake a nobler strain;
There, in joyful songs of praise,
Our triumphant voices raise.

Rev. Benjamin Williams, 1778. Ab.

37

FULTON. 7.

WILLIAM BATCHELDER BRADBURY (1816-1868),

God infinite and eternal.

2 Thy throne eternal ages stood,
Ere seas or stars were made;
Thou art the ever-living God,
Were all the nations dead.

3 Eternity, with all its years,

Stands present in Thy view;
To Thee there's nothing old appears,
Great God, there's nothing new.

4 Our lives thro' various scenes are drawn,
And vexed with trifling cares;
While Thine eternal thought moves on
Thine undisturbed affairs.

90

Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748), 1709. Ab.
God our Help, and Security.
Ps. xc.

1 O GOD, our help in ages past,

Our hope for years to come;
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home:

2 Before the hills in order stood,

Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God,
To endless years the same.

3 A thousand ages, in Thy sight,
Are like an evening gone;

Short as the watch that ends the night,
Before the rising sun.

ST. ANN. C. M.

4 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;
They fly, forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.

5 O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,

91

1

Be Thou our guard while troubles last, And our eternal home.

Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719. Ab. and sl. alt

Resignation to God's Will.

SINCE, all the varying scenes of time
God's watchful eye surveys,

O who so wise to choose our lot,
Or to appoint our ways?

2 Good, when He gives, supremely good; Nor less when He denies;

E'en crosses, from His sovereign hand,
Are blessings in disguise.

3 Why should we doubt a Father's love,
So constant and so kind?
To His unerring gracious will
Be every wish resigned.

4 In Thy fair book of life divine,
My God, inscribe my name;
There let it fill some humble place
Beneath my Lord, the Lamb.

Rev. James Hervey (1714-1758), 1746. Alt.

WILLIAM CROFT (1677—1727), 1708.