34. L. M. WATTS.
GOD exalted above all praise. 1 ETERNAL Pow'r! whose high abode Becomes the majesty of GOD;
Infinite lengths beyond the bounds Where stars revolve their little rounds!
2 Far in the depths of space, thy throne
Burns with a lustre all its own:
In shining ranks beneath thy feet,
Angélic pow'rs and splendors meet.
3 LORD! what shall feeble mortals do?
We would adore our Maker too:
With lowly minds to thee we cry,
The Great, the Holy, and the High!
4 Something we learn from nature's frame;
Thy word has more reveal'd thy name:
Yet still thy greatness, LORD! we find,
Leaves all our soaring thoughts behind.
5 GOD is in heav'n, and man below:
Short be our tunes, our words be few:
-A sacred rev'rence checks our songs,
And praise sits silent on our tongues.
35. C. M. WATTS.
GOD the proper object of praise.
1 AWAKE, ye saints! to praise your King,
Your sweetest passions raise;
Your pious pleasure, while you sing,
Increasing with the praise.
2 Great is the LORD, and works unknown
Are his divine employ ;
But still his saints are near his throne,
His treasure and his joy.
3 Heav'n, earth, and sea, confess his hand,
He bids the vapours rise;
Lightning, and storm, at his command,
Sweep through the sounding skies.
4 All pow'r that gods or kings have claim'd
Is found with him alone;
But heathen gods should ne'er be nam'd
Where our JEHOVAH's known.
5 Before the true, the living GOD,
We bow with faith and fear;
He makes our churches his abode,
And claims our honours there.
36. P. M. WATTS.
Praise to GOD the universal sovereign.
1 LET all the earth their voices raise,
To sing the choicest hymns of praise,
To magnify JEHOVAH's name:
His glory let the heathens know,
His wonders to the nations show,
And all his mighty works proclaim.
2 The heathens know thy glory, LORD!
The wond'ring nations read thy word;
And here JEHOVAH's name is known:
Our worship never shall be paid
To gods which mortal hands have made ;
Our Maker is our God alone.
3 He fram'd the globe, he built the sky,
He made the shining worlds on high,
And reigns complete in glory there:
His robes are majesty and light;
His splendor, how divinely bright!
His temple, how divinely fair!
4 Come the great day, the glorious hour,
When earth shall feel his saving pow'r,
And distant nations fear his name:
Then shall the race of man confess
The beauty of his holiness,
And in his courts his grace proclaim.
1 SING to the LORD a joyful song;
Earth, to his praise the note prolong,
Till realms remote his acts have known,
And man's whole race his wonders own.
2 Great is the LORD, and great his praise;
What god like him our fear can raise ?
Not such as heathen lands afford,
Created first, and then ador'd.
3 Let ev'ry people, ev'ry tribe,
Pow'r, glory, strength, to him ascribe;
Yield to his name the honours due;
Oft to his courts your way pursue.
4 Before the beauty of his shrine,
Ye saints, in low prostration join;
Ye natives of each distant shore,
His pow'r revere; his name adore.
38. C. M. WATTS.
A hymn of praise to GOD.
1 AMONG the princes, earthly gods,
There's none hath pow'r divine;
Nor is their nature, mighty LORD!
Nor are their works like thine.
2 The nations thou hast made shall bring
Their off'rings round thy throne;
For thou alone dost wondrous things,
For thou art God alone.
3 LORD! I would walk with holy feet:
Teach me thine heav'nly ways;
And all my noblest pow'rs unite,
In GoD my Father's praise.
39. P M. WARRINGTON COLLECTION. The GOD and Father of Christ to be praised. 1 O COME, all ye sons of Adam, and raise A song unto God; how lovely his praise! Adore him who reigns in his glory above, And fills the wide earth with his tokens of love.
2 His breath is your life, your reason a ray Effus'd from his light to guide all your way; He heals your diseases, your wants he supplies,
And wipes away tears from the penitent's eyes.
3 Dash down your false gods of silver and stone;
Him worship who made earth and heav'n alone,
His prophet, his son, his salvation receive, Flee, flee from perdition, obey him and live.
4 O Father of men! in mercy command
The gospel to shine on all human land;
That far as the sun e'er diffuses his flame,
Thy praises may rise in Messiah's great
40. C. M. WATTS.
Reverential worship.
1 SING to the LORD JEHOVAH's name,
And in his strength rejoice:
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