4 O wondrous knowledge, deep and high!
Where can a creature bide?
Within thy circling arms I lie,
Beset on every side.

5 So let thy grace surround me still,
And like a bulwark prove,
To guard my soul from ev'ry ill,
Secured by sov'reign love.

31—C. M. D.

Omnipotence.

Hymn 24. Add.

1 THE Lord our God is full of might,
The winds obey his will;

He speaks, and in his heav'nly height
The rolling sun stands still.
Rebel, ye waves, and o'er the land,
With threat'ning aspect roar;-
The Lord uplifts his awful hand,
And chains you to the shore.

2 Ye winds of night, your force combine;Without his high behest,

Ye shall not, in the lofty pine,
Disturb the sparrow's nest.
His voice sublime is heard afar-
In distant peals it dies;

He yokes the whirlwind to his car,
And sweeps the howling skies.

3 He lives, he reigns in ev'ry land,
From winter's polar snows
To where across the burning sand,
The blasting meteor goes.
Ye nations, bend, in rev'rence bend:
Ye monarchs, wait his nod,
And bid the choral song ascend,
To celebrate your God!

32-L. M.

Invisible.

Hymn 25. Add.

1

WITH deepest rev'rence at thy throne,
Jehovah, peerless and unknown,

Our feeble spirits strive, in vain,

A glimpse of thee, great God, to gain. 2 Who, by the closest search, can find Thy mighty, uncreated mind?

Nor men, nor angels can explore

Thy heights of love, thy depths of power. 3 We know thee not; but this we know, Thou reign'st above, thou reign'st below: And though thine essence is unknown, To all the world thy power is shown. 4 That power we trace on every side; Oh may thy wisdom be our guide! And while we live, and when we die, May thine almighty love be nigh.

33-P. M.

Ever living.

1

THE Lord Jehovah lives,

THE

Hymn 26. Add

And blessed be my Rock; Though earth her bosom heaves And mountains feel the shock; Though oceans rage and torrents roar; He is the same for evermore.

2 The Lord Jehovah livesThe dying sinner's Friend: How purely he forgives

The follies that offend:

He wipes the penitential tear,
Bids faith and hope, the spirit cheer.

3 The Lord Jehovah lives,
To hear and answer prayer,
Whoe'er in him believes

And trusts his guardian care,
A Father's tender love shall know,
Whence living streams of comfort flow.
4 The Lord Jehovah lives,

Salvation to secure:

The title that he gives

Will be forever sure:

'Tis drawn in characters of blood,

'Tis issued from the throne of God.

34-C. M.

1

1I

Hymn 28 Add.

God known by his Works.
SING th' almighty power of God,
That made the mountains rise,
That spread the flowing seas abroad,
And built the lofty skies.

2 I sing the wisdom that ordain'd
The sun to rule the day;

The moon shines full at his command,
And all the stars obey.

3 I sing the goodness of the Lord,

That fill'd the earth with food;
He form'd the creatures with his word,
And then pronounced them good.

4 There's not a plant or flower below,
But makes thy glories known;
And clouds arise and tempests blow
By order from thy throne.

5 Lord, how thy wonders are display'd,
Where'er I turn mine eye;

If I survey the ground I tread,
Or gaze upon the sky.

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

35-L. M.

Hymn 29. Add

1

THERE

Voice of Creation.

seems a voice in ev'ry gale,
A tongue in ev'ry op'ning flower,
Which tells, O Lord, "the wondrous tale"
Of thy indulgence, love, and power.
The birds that rise on quiv'ring wing,
Appear to hymn their Maker's praise,
And all the mingling sounds of spring
To thee one general chorus raise.

2 And shall my voice, great God, alone,
Be mute midst nature's loud acclaim?
No, let my heart with answ'ring tone,
Breathe forth in praise thy holy name.
And nature's debt is small to mine,
Thou badest her being, bounded be,
But-matchless proof of love divine-
Thou gavest immortal life to me.

3 The Saviour left his heav'nly throne,
A ransom for my soul to give;

Man's suffering state he made his own,
And deign'd to die that I might live.
But thanks and praise for love so great
No mortal tongue can e'er express,
Then let me, bow'd before thy feet,
In silence love thee, Lord, and bless.

36-C. P. M.

MY

The Love of God.

Hymn 27. Add.

Y God, thy boundless love I praise;
How bright on high its glories blaze,
How sweetly bloom below!"

It streams from thine eternal throne;
Through heaven its joys forever run,
And o'er the earth they flow.

2 'Tis love that paints the purple morn,
And bids the clouds, in air upborne,
Their genial drops distil;

In every vernal beam it glows,
And breathes in every gale that blows,
And glides in every rill.

3 But in the gospel it appears
In sweeter, fairer characters,
And charms the ravish'd breast;
There love immortal leaves the sky,
To wipe the drooping mourner's eye
And give the weary rest.

4 Then let the love that makes me blest
With cheerful praise inspire my breast,
And ardent gratitude;

And all my thoughts and passions tend
To thee, my Father and my Friend-
My soul's eternal good.

37-C. M.

Love of God.

Hymn 3. B. 2.

1 COME, ye that know and fear the Lord,

And lift your souls above:

Let ev'ry heart and voice accord,
To sing that God is love.