He form'd the creatures with his word, And then pronounc'd them good.

4 Lord, how thy wonders are display'd,
Where'er we turn our eyes,

If we survey the ground we tread,
Or gaze upon the skies.

5 There's not a plant or flow'r below,
But makes thy glories known;
And clouds arise, and tempests blow
By orders from thy throne.

6 Creatures (as num'rous as they be)
Are subject to thy care;
There's not a place where we can flee,
But God is present there.

HYMN LXX. C. M.

Omnipresence and providence of God.

1 Great God, how vast is thine abode !
Mysterious are thy ways!
Unseen, thy footsteps in the air,
And trackless in the seas.

2 Yes, the whole peopled world bespeaks Thy being and thy pow'r,

'Midst the resplendent blaze of day,
And awful midnight hour.

3 Nor all the peopled world alone,
Rich fields and verdant plains,
But lonely wilds by man untrod,
Where silent horror reigns.

4 The howling wind, the beating rain,
The sea's tumultuous roar,
These in tremendous concert join'd
Proclaim thy boundless power.

5 Through all creation's widest range
The hand of heaven is near;
Where'er I wander in the world,
Lo! God is present there.

HYMN LXXI. C. M.

Omnipresence, wisdom, and goodness of God.

1 My heart and all my ways, O God,
By thee are search'd and seen;
My outward acts thine eye observes,
My secret thoughts within.

2 Attendant on my steps all day,
Thy providence I see,
And in the solitude of night
I'm present still with thee.

3 No spot the boundless realms of space Whence thou art absent know;

In heaven thou reign'st a glorious King,
An awful Judge below.

4 Goodness, and majesty, and power,
Through all thy works are shown;
Richly display'd in nature's frame,
And richly in my own.

5 To all my parts their place and use
Thy wisdom had assign'd,
Ere yet these parts a being had,
But in thy forming mind.

6 Ten thousand thousand times my
I've to thy goodness ow'd;
Thy daily care preserves the gift,
Thy bounty first bestow'd.

life

7 Lord, if within my thoughtless heart Thou aught shouldst disapprove ; The secret evil bring to light,

And by thy grace remove.

8 If e'er my ways have been perverse,
Or foolish in thy view,
Recall my steps to thy commands,
And form my life anew.

HYMN LXXII. C. M.

Providence.

1 Lord! when our raptur'd thought surveys Creation's beauties o'er,

All nature joins to teach thy praise,
And bid our souls adore.

2 Where'er we turn our gazing eyes,
Thy radiant footsteps shine;
Ten thousand pleasing wonders rise,
And speak their source divine.

3 The living tribes of countless forms,
In earth, and sea, and air;

The meanest flies, the smallest worms,
Almighty power declare.

4 Thy wisdom, power, and goodness, Lord,
In all thy works appear;
And O let man thy praise record;
Man, thy distinguish'd care.

5 From thee the breath of life he drew;
That breath thy power maintains ;
Thy tender mercy ever new,

His brittle frame sustains.

6 Yet nobler favours claim his praise,
Of reason's light possess'd;
By revelation's brightest rays,
Still more divinely bless'd.

7 Thy providence, his constant guard
When threat'ning woes impend,
Or will th' impending dangers ward,
Or timely succours lend.

8 On us, that providence has shone,
With gentle, smiling rays;

O let our lips and lives make known
Thy goodness and thy praise.

HYMN LXXIII. C. M.

Divine goodness.

1 Lord, thou art good; all nature shows Its mighty author kind;

Thy bounty through creation flows,
Full, free, and unconfin'd.

2 The whole in every part proclaims
Thy infinite good will;

It shines in stars, it flows in streams,
And bursts from every hill.

3 It fills the wide, extended main,

And heavens which spread more wide; It drops in gentle showers of rain, And rolls in every tide.

4 Still hath it been diffus'd and free, Through ages past and

Nor ever can exhausted be,

gone;

But still keeps flowing on.

5 Thro' the whole earth it pours supplies,
Spreads joy through all its parts;
Lord, may thy goodness draw our eyes,
And captivate our hearts.