3 By cooling streams and soft'ning show'rs The vegetable race are fed ;
And trees and plants, and herbs and flow'rs, Their Maker's bounty smiling spread.
4 The flow'ry tribes all blooming rise Above the faint attempts of art ; Their bright inimitable dyes
Speak sweet conviction to the heart. 5 Ye curious minds, who roam abroad, And trace creation's wonders o'er, Confess the footsteps of the God, And bow before him and adore.
HYMN 133. S. M.
Praise to the Creator.
ALMIGHTY maker, God!
How wondrous is thy name!
Thy glories how diffused abroad Through all creation's frame ! Nature in every dress
Her humble homage pays;
And does a thousand ways express Her undissembled praise.
And oft to God, my soul! ascend
In grateful songs of praise.
HYMN 134. C. M.
The God of Nature invoked.
HAIL, great Creator, wise and good!
To thee our songs we raise;
Nature, through all her various scenes, Invites us to thy praise.
2 At morning, noon, and evening mild, Fresh wonders strike our view; And while we gaze, our hearts exult With transports ever new.
3 Thy glory beams in every star Which gilds the gloom of night; And decks the smiling face of morn With rays of cheerful light.
4 The lofty hill, the humble lawn, With countless beauties shine : The silent grove, the awful shade, Proclaim thy pow'r divine.
5 Great nature's God! still may these scenes Our serious hours engage; Still may our grateful hearts consult Thy works' instructive page!
6 And while, in all thy wondrous works, Thy vary'd love we see;
Still may the contemplation lead Our hearts, O God, to thee!
The Perfections and Providence of God.
LIFT your voice, and joyful sing Praises to your heav'nly King;
For his blessings far extend, And his mercy knows no end, 2 Be the Lord your noblest theme, Who of gods is God supreme; He, to whom all lords beside Bow the knee, and veil their pride : 3 Who asserts his just command By the wonders of his hand :
He, whose wisdom, thron'd on high, Built the mansions of the sky : 4 He, who bade the wat'ry deep Under earth's foundations sleep; And the orbs that gild the pole Through the boundless ether roll;
5 Thee, O sun, whose pow'rful ray Rules the empire of the day; You, O moon and stars, whose light Gilds the darkness of the night.
6 He with food sustains, O earth, All who claim from thee their birth; For his blessings far extend,
And his mercy knows no end.
HYMN 136.
The same subject.
ET us with a joyful mind
Praise the Lord, for he is kind:
For his mercies shall endure, Ever faithful, ever sure.
2 Let us sound his name abroad, For of gods he is the God: Who by his wisdom did create Heav'n's expause, and all its state:
3 Did the solid earth ordain How to rise above the main : Who, by his commanding might, Fill'd the new-made world with light: 4 Caus'd the golden-tressed sun All the day his course to run; And the moon to shine by night, 'Mid her spangled sisters bright.
5 All his creatures God does feed, His full hand supplies their need: Let us therefore warble forth His high majesty and worth.
6 He his mansion hath on high, 'Bove the reach of mortal eye: And his mercies shall endure, Ever faithful, ever sure.
HYMN 137. L. M.
Public Worship. Psa. Ixv.
OR thee, O God, our constant praise In Zion waits, thy chosen seat; Our promis'd altars there we'll raise, And all our zealous vows complete. 2 O thou, who to my humble prayer Didst always bend thy list'ning ear, To thee shall all mankind repair, And at thy gracious throne appear. 3 Our sins, though numberless, in vain To stop thy flowing mercy try; For thou wilt purge the guilty stain, And wash away the crimson dye. 4 Blest is the man, who near thee plac'd, Within thy sacred dwelling lives ; Whilst we at humbler distance taste The vast delight.thy worship gives.
GOD is the Lord, the heav'nly King,
Who makes the earth his care;
Visits the pastures ev'ry spring,
And bids the grass appear.
2 The clouds, like rivers rais'd on high, Pour out, at thy command, Their wat❜ry blessings from the sky, To cheer the thirsty land.
3 The soften'd ridges of the field Permit the corn to spring; The vallies rich provision yield, The grateful lab'rers sing.
4 The little hills on ev'ry side Rejoice at falling show'rs;
The meadows, dress'd in all their pride, Perfume the air with flow'rs.
5 The barren clods, refresh'd with rain, Promise a joyful crop;
The fields, with verdure fill'd, again Revive the reaper's hope.
6 The various months thy goodness crowns, How bounteous are thy ways!
The bleating flocks spread o'er the downs, And shepherds shout thy praise.
HYMN 139.
Universal Praise.
To bless thy chosen race, In mercy, Lord, incline;
And cause the brightness of thy face On all thy church to shine.
2 That so thy gracious way
May through the world be known; Whilst distant lands their homage pay, And thy salvation own.
3 Let all the nations join
To celebrate thy fame;
Let the whole world, O Lord, combine To praise thy glorious name.
4 O let them shout and sing,
In humble pious mirth;
For thou, the righteous Judge and King, govern all the earth.
The pleasure of Public Worship. Psa. lxxxiv. REAT God, attend, while Zion sings The joy that from thy presence springs; To spend one day with thee on earth, Exceeds a thousand days of mirth. 2 The sparrow chooses where to rest, And for her young provides a nest; But will my God to sparrows grant Those pleasures which his children want?
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