PRAISE and Thanksgiving, Divine Providence and Government, Mission and Nativity of Christ, Office and Mediation of Christ, VIII. Sufferings and Death of Christ, XV. Repentance and Conversion, 141 151 The Influence of God's Holy Spirit, 1. Peur 93 PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. HYMN 1. L. M. 1. BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne, 2. His sov'reign pow'r, without our aid, 3. We are his people, we his care, Our souls and all our mortal frame: 4. We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs; Firm as a rock thy truth must stand, 1. MY God, my Life, thy various praise Thy grace employ my thankful tongue, A 3. But who can speak thy wondrous deeds 1. YE HYMN 3. c. M. humble souls approach your God 2. All nature owns his guardian care; 3. He gave his Son, his only Son, 'Tis here he makes his goodness known 4. To this dear refuge, Lord, we come ; A safe defence, a peaceful home, 5. Thine eye beholds with kind regard Their humble hope thou wilt reward 6. Great God, to thy almighty love HYMN 4. c. M. ・LORD, when our raptur'd thought surve Creation's beauties o'er; All nature joins to teach thy praise, 2. Where'er we turn our gazing eyes, 3. The living tribes of countless forms The meanest flies, the smallest worms, 4. Thy wisdom, pow'r, and goodness, Lord, In all thy works appear: And, O! let man thy praise record, 5. From thee the breath of life he drew; His brittle frame sustains. 6. Yet nobler favours claim his praise, 7. On us thy providence has shone O may our lips and lives make known HYMN 5 L. M. ! 1. GIVE to our God immortal praise When lords and kings are known no more, 3. He built the earth, he spread the sky, His mercies ever shall endure, When suns and moons shall shine no more. 5. He sent his Son with pow'r to save From guilt, and darkness, and the grave. Wonders of grace to God belong: Repeat his mercies in your song. 6. Through this vain world he guides our feet, And leads us to his heav'nly seat. His mercies ever shall endure, When this vain world shall be no more. HYMN 6 L. M. 1. FROM all that dwell below the skies, Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, HYMN 7. P. M. 1. I'LL praise my Maker, whilst I've breath; 2. Happy the man, whose hopes rely And earth, and seas, with all their train. His truth for ever stands secure; He saves th' oppress'd, he feeds the poor; And none shall find his promise vain. 3. The Lord pours eyesight on the blind; The Lord supports the fainting mind; . He sends the lab'ring conscience peace; He helps the stranger in distress, The widow and the fatherless, And grants the pris'ner sweet release. |