3. Fountain of being! Source of good! 4. Earth may with all her powers dissolve, 24. C. M. The Divine Perfections unchangeable. 1. THROUGH endless years thou art the same, Ages to come shall know thy name, 2. The strong foundations of the earth, By thee the shining worlds on high, 3. Soon shall this goodly frame of things, Be like a vesture laid aside, And chang'd at thy command: 4. But thy perfections, all divine, Through everlasting ages shine 5. Thy servants' children, still thy care, 25. c. M. The Foreknowledge and Providence of God. 1. LET the whole race of creatures lie 2. Ten thousand ages ere the skies All the long years and worlds to come, 3. If light attend the course I 'Tis he provides the rays; go, And 'tis his hand which hides the sun, 4: Trusting his wisdom and his love, I would not wish to know What, in the book of his decrees, Awaits me here below. 5... Be this alone my fervent prayer, Or joys or sorrows,-may they form 26. c. M. God omnipresent. In all my vast concerns with thee, To shun thy presence, LORD! or flee 2. Thy all surrounding sight surveys My public walks, my private ways, 3. My thoughts lie open to the Lord, 4. Oh wondrous knowledge, deep and high! Within thy circling power I lie, 5. The beams of noon, the midnight hour, Are both alike to thee: Oh may I ne'er offend that power, 27. L. M. God omnipresent. 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 powers. 2. My thoughts, before they are my own, 3. Within thy circling power I stand; 4. Amazing knowledge, vast and great! 5. Oh may these thoughts possess my breast, 28. C. M. Divine Power. 1. ETERNAL GOD! thy works of might 2. Thy awful thunder fills the air, Resounding through the sky; While vivid lightnings 'midst the gloom, Proclaim JEHOVAH nigh. 3. He comes; all nature prostrate lies, Earthquakes and dreadful storms announce 4. The howling winds, the beating rain, These in tremendous concert join'd, 5. Great GOD! we trust the matchless strength Of thy almighty arm, Which, 'midst the wreck of thousand worlds, Could shelter us from harm. 29. L. M.... The Greatness of God. 1. My God, my King! oh may thy praise 2. Oh may each opening morning bear 3. Thy works with sovereign glory shine, Let Britain round her shores proclaim |