HYMNS AND SACRED SONGS. 1. Have mercy on us, God most high. 1 HAVE mercy on us, God most high, Who lift our hearts to Thee; Have mercy on us, worms of earth, Most holy Trinity; Most ancient of all mysteries, Before Thy throne we lie; Have mercy now, most merciful, Most holy Trinity. 2 When Heaven and earth were yet unmade, When time was yet unknown, Thou in Thy bliss and majesty Didst live and love alone; Thou wert not born, there was no 2. Praise we our God with joy. 1 PRAISE we our God with joy With Parent's love o'erflowing; He with a mighty arm The bonds of sin hath broken, And to our burden'd hearts The words of peace hath spoken. 3 Graces in copious stream From that pure fount are wellWhere, in our heart of hearts, [ing, Our God hath set His dwelling. His word our lantern is, His peace our consolation, His sweetness all our rest, Himself our great salvation. 1 My God, how wonderful Thou art! Thy Majesty how bright! How beautiful Thy Mercy-seat In depths of burning light! How dread are Thine eternal O everlasting Lord! [years, By prostrate spirits day and night Incessantly adored. 2 How wonderful, how beautiful The sight of Thee must be, Thine endless wisdom, boundless power, And awful purity! O, how I fear Thee, living God, 3 Yet I may love Thee too, O Lord, Almighty as Thou art; Bears and forbears as Thou hast With me Thy sinful child. 4 Only to sit and think of God, Earth has no higher bliss. 4. O Thou immortal Light divine. 1 0 THOU immortal Light divine, 4 Thou solely didst the worlds create, Subsisting still by Thy decree; Thou art the light, the glory great, And prize of all who hope in 5 O Lord, most holy, wise, and just, Author of nature, God of grace; Grant that as now in Thee we trust, So we may see Thee face to 6 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 6. Oh, grant us, with Thy Saints on high, Thee through all time to glorify. And Holy Spirit, Three in One; Full of glory, full of wonders. 1 FULL of glory, full of wonders, Mid Thine everlasting thunders, Thine eternity is round Thee, 2 Thou art grandly, always only, 7. 3 Speechlessly, without beginning, Life that never grows. 4 Glories over glories streaming, Change and intertwine: Holy Godhead. 1 HOLY Godhead, One in Three, 3 Light of lights, when falls the Ruler of the earth and sea, Hear us while we lift to Thee Holy chant and psalm. 2 Light of lights, with morning shine Lift on us Thy light divine, Breathe on us her balm. ev'n, Let it close on sin forgiven, 4 Holy Godhead, One in Three, Hope to bear the palm. 1 JESUS is God! the solid earth, The ocean broad and bright, The countless stars, like golden dust, That strew the skies at night; The wheeling storm, the dreadful The pleasant gladsome air, [fire, The summer's sun, the winter's His own creations were. [frost, 2 Jesus is God! the glorious bands Of golden angels sing Songs of adoring praise to Him, Their Maker and their King. He was true God in Bethlehem's crib, On Calvary's cross true God; He who in Heaven eternal reign'd, In time on earth abode. 3 Jesus is God! let sorrow come, 11. Worth while a thousand years of life To speak one little word, 4 Jesus is God! Oh, could I now 5 Jesus is God! If on the earth Crown Him, the Virgin's Son. 1 CROWN Him, the Virgin's Son, The God Incarnate born, Whose arm those crimson trophies won Which now His brow adorn. Awake, my soul, and sing Of Him who died for thee; And hail Him as thy glorious King Through all Eternity. 2 Crown Him, the Lord of Love; Behold His hands and side,Rich wounds, still visible above In beauty glorified: No angel in the sky Can fully bear that sight, But downward bends his burning eye At mysteries so bright. 3 Crown Him, the Lord of Peace, Whose power a sceptre sways From pole to pole, that wars may |