HYMN-BOOK. 1 PART I. SECTION I. GOD THE FATHER: HIS PRAISES. L. M. ALL people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice; 2 The Lord, ye know, is God indeed; 4 For why? the Lord our God is good, 1 His truth at all times firmly stood, S. M. NOME, sound His praise abroad, hymns of glory sing; Jehovah is the sovereign God, 2 He form'd the deeps unknown; 1. 2. 3 Come, worship at His throne; 4 3. To-day attend His voice, 7s & 6s. EET and right it is to sing, The God of Truth and Grace: Eternal praise be Thine! 2 Vying with that happy choir, Our subject is the same. 3 Father, God, Thy love we praise, Praise by all to Thee be given, Till we in full chorus join, And earth is turn'd to heaven. L. M. 1 BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne, 4. 2 His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and form'd us men; And when like wand'ring sheep we stray'd, He brought us to His fold again. 3 We'll crowd Thy gates with thankful songs, Firm as a rock Thy truth shall stand, 10s & 11s. 5. 1 WORSHIP the King, All glorious above; Our Shield and Defender, The Ancient of days, [praise. Pavilion'd in splendour, And girded with 2 tell of His might, O sing of His grace, Whose robe is the light, Whose canopy space! His chariots of wrath Deep thunder-clouds form, [storm. And dark is His path On the wings of the 3 Frail children of dust, And feeble as frail, In Thee do we trust, Nor find Thee to fail : Thy mercies how tender! How firm to the end! Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend! 4 O measureless Might! Ineffable Love! While angels delight To hymn Thee above, The humbler creation, Though feeble their lays, With true adoration Shall lisp to Thy praise. 6-8s 2nd Metre. 6. 1 'LL praise my Maker while I've breath; I'LL Praise shall employ my nobler powers; My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures. 2 Happy the man whose hopes rely On Israel's God: He made the sky, And earth, and seas, with all their train; His truth for ever stands secure; He saves the' opprest, He feeds the poor, And none shall find His promise vain. 3 The Lord pours eye-sight on the blind; The Lord supports the fainting mind; He sends the labouring conscience peace; He helps the stranger in distress, The widow, and the fatherless, And grants the prisoner sweet release. GOD THE FATHER: BEING AND PERFECTIONS. ศ. L. M. OD is a Spirit none can see, He ever was, and e'er shall be ; Present where'er His creatures dwell, [hell. Through earth and sea, through heaven and 2 His eyes, with infinite survey, View all the realms in full display; |