THE PERFECTIONS OF GOD in alphabetical order,from 1 21 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST in alphabetical order, from 59 50 51 52 54 56 57 58 70 93 94 100 99 104 Graces of the Spirit, in alphabetical order, from 107 148 THE CHRISTIAN - Castle-Street, Nantwich, Italy. Being of God proclaimed by creation. HE spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. 2 The unwearied sun, from day to day, Doth his Creator's power display; And publishes, to every land, The work of an almighty hand. 3 Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly, to the listening earth, Repeats the story of her birth: 4 While all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the-tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. 5 What though in solemn silence all Move round this dark, terrestrial ball; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found: 6 In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice; Forever singing, as they shine-"The hand that made us is divine." HYMN 2. C. M. Steele. Stade, St. Martins, Barby. Condescension of God. ETERNAL Power, Almighty God, Who can approach thy throne? Accessless light is thine abode, To angel eyes unknown. 2 Before the radiance of thine eye, The heavens no longer shine; And all the glories of the sky Are but the shade of thine. 3 Great God, and wilt thou condescend To cast a look below? 4 To this vile world thy notice bend, 5 How strange! how awful is thy love! HYMN 3. C.M. Watts's Lyric Poems. Carthage, St. Anns, St. Davids. Condescension of God." 1WHEN the Eternal bows the skies, To visit earthly things, With scorn divine he turns his eyes From towers of haughty kings. 2 He bids his awful chariot roll Far downward from the skies, To visit every humble soul, With pleasure in his eyes. 3 Why should the Lord, that reigns above, Disdain so lofty kings? Say, Lord, and why such looks of love Upon such worthless things? Mortals, be dumb; what creature dares Dispute his awful will? Ask no account of his affairs, 4 But tremble, and be still. 5 Just like his nature is his grace, All sovereign and all free; Great God, how searchless are thy way How deep thy judgments b HYMN 4. C.M. Watts's Lyric Poems, Abridge, Canterbury. Decrees and Dominion of God. 1 ΚΕ EEP silence, all created things, 3 Chain'd to his throne, a volume lies, 5 Here, he exalts neglected worms 6 Not Gabriel asks the reason why 7 My God, I would not long to see My fate with curious eyes, What gloomy lines are writ for me, Or what bright scenes may rise. In thy fair book of life and grace, O may I find my name Recorded in some humble place, Beneath my Lord the Lamb! HYMN 5. C. M. Rowe: TH Devizes, St. Anna, Canterbury. Eternity of God. HOU didst, O mighty God, exist Ere time began its race; Before the ample elements Fill'd up the void of space. 3 And when the pillars of the world, 2 5 Forever permanent and fix'd, HYMN 6. L. M. Needham. YE Portugal, Wells, Shoel. E humble saints, proclaim abroad The honours of a faithful God; How just and true are, all his way How much above your highest praise! The words his sacred lips declare, Of his own mind the image bear; What should him tempt, from frailty Blest in his self sufficiency. [free, 3 He will not his great self deny : 4 Or backward hasten to their source; Swift through the air let rocks be hurl'd, And mountains like the chaff be whirl'd; 5 Let suns and stars forget to rise, Or quit their stations in the skies; Let heaven and carth both pass away, Eternal truth shall ne'er decay. 6 True to his word, God gave his Son, To die for crimes which men had done; Blest pledge! he never will revoke A single promise he has spoke. YE HYMN 7. C. M. Steele. X E humble souls, approach your God With songs of sacred praise, For he is good, immensely good, And kind are all his ways. 2 All nature owns his guardian care, In him we live and move; But nobler benefits declare The wonders of his love. 3 He gave his Son, his only Son, 4 To this dear refuge, Lord, we come; 'Tis here our hope relies; A safe defence, a peaceful home, When storms of trouble rise. 5 Thine eye beholds, with kind regard, The souls who trust in thee; Their humble hope thou wilt reward With bliss divinely free. 1 6 Great God, to thy almighty love, HYMN 8. L.M. Watts's Lyric Poems. 1WHAT is our God,or what his name, Nor men can learn,nor angels teach; He dwells conceal'd in radiant flame, 4 There rests the earth, there roll the There nature leans, and feels her prop; HYMN 9. C. M. Rippon's Select. HOL Of our eternal King: orb name Thrice holy Lord, the angels cry; 6 Thou holy God, preserve my soul HYMN 10. L. M. Watts's Lyrics. Green's Hundredth, Angel's Hymn. Th' Almighty Three,th' eternalOne! 5 2Heaven's brightest lamps with him com- 1 HYMN 11. C. M. Smart. St. Anns, Huddersfield. God incomprehensible. or b Trembling beneath thy feet; How mean they look and dim! [par'd,CELESTIAL King, our spirits lie, The fairest angels have their spots, And wish, and cast a longing eye, When once compar'd with him. To reach thy lofty seat. 2 In thee, what endless wonders meet! 4 5 Lord, here we bend our humble souls, And awfully adore; HYMN 12. C.M. Watts's Lyrics. Xor b St. Asaphs, Bedford, Stade. Infinity of God. 3 Thine essence is a vast abyss, Where all our thoughts are drown'd HYMN 13. C.M. Watts's Lyrics. & or b Canterbury, Bedford, Abridge. Sovereignty and grace. 1 THE Lord, how fearful is his name! How wide is his command! Nature, with all her moving frame, Rests on his mighty hand. 2 Immortal glory forms his throne, And light his awful robe; While with a smile, or with a frown, He manages the globe. 3 A word of his almighty breath Can swell or sink the seas; Build the vast empires of the earth, Or break them as he please. 4 Adoring angels round him fall, In all their shining forms, His sovereign eye looks thro' them all, And pities mortal worms. 5 Now let the Lord forever reign, And sway us as he will, Mick, or in health, in ease, or pain, are his favourites still. HYMN 14. C. M. Braintree, Irish, Devizes. COME, ye that know and fear the 3 Jesus, the gift of gifts, appears, To shew, that God is love. Sinai, in clouds, and smoke, and fir, 5 Angels and men the news proclaim HYMN 15. L.M. Upton's Selection, 3 Wells, Old Hundred, Portugal. O thou, my soul, in sacred lays, HYMN 16. L. M. Rippon's Select. Spirituality of God. |