INSTRUCTIVE HYMNS. PART I. OF GOD THE CREATOR. (The Hymns in Part I. correspond with those in Part II.) 225. The Power of God in the Works of Creation. V. 1. 7-10. or 1-6. 10. 1 NOW let a spacious world arise, At once th' obedient earth and skies 2 Dark was the deep, the waters lay 3 He bids the clouds ascend on high; 4 The liquid element below Was gath'red by his hand; 5 With herbs and plants, a flow'ry birth, Ere there was rain to bless the earth, 6 Then he adorn'd the upper skies, The moon and stars in order rise, 7 Out of the deep, th' Almighty King 8 He gave the lion and the worm 9 Adam was form'd of equal clay, 10 Thus glorious, in the Maker's eye, He saw the structure from on high, 226. The fatherly Care of God in our Preservation. 1 ALMIGHTY Father, gracious Lord, 2 In life's first dawn, my tender frame Long ere I could pronounce thy name, 3 Each rolling year new favours brought, But ah! in vain my labouring thought, 4 While sweet reflection, through my days, 5 Yes, I adore thee, gracious Lord, That I have known thy sacred Word, 6 Lord, when this mortal frame decays, 7 Then shall my joyful powers unite, 227. The Word of God. 1 FATHER of mercies, in thy Word For ever be thy name adored, 2 Here may the wretched sons of want Riches above what earth can grant, 3 Here the fair tree of knowledge grows, 4 Here the Redeemer's welcome voice Attend the blissful sound. 5 O may these heavenly pages be And still new beauties may I see, 6 Divine instructor, gracious Lord, Teach me to love thy sacred Word, 228. The Omnipresence of God. 1 LORD, thou with an unerring beam My rising steps are watch'd by thee, 2 My thoughts, scarce struggling into birth, 3 To thee the hidden paths of life Nor steals a whisper from my lips, 4 Where from thy Spirit shall I stretch Or where, through nature's spacious range, 5 The beams of noon, the midnight hour, O! may I ne'er provoke that power, 229. The glorious Majesty of God. 2 By thee, the victory is given, And strength, and might, and earth, and And all therein are thine. 3 The kingdom, Lord, is thine alone, 4 Riches as seemeth good to thee, 5 Thou hast on us the grace bestow'd, And therefore now we thank our God, 6 Thy glorious Name, and Nature's powers, Through thy incarnate Son. 230. God as manifested in reference to his Creatures. 2 To God the Son belongs, Immortal glory too, Who bought us with his blood, From everlasting woe; And now he lives, and now he reigns, 4 Whose new-creating power Almighty God! to thee Be endless honours done, The undivided Three, And the mysterious One: Where Reason fails with all her powers, 231. Holiness to the Lord. 1 HOLY and reverend is the name Of our eternal King; Thrice holy Lord the angels cry, |