7.

Divine Omnipresence. w In the uttermost parts of the sea, there shall thy

hand lead mo.Psalm cxxxix. (C. M.) 1 WHERE from thy spirit shall I stretch

The pinions of my flight?
Or where thro' nature's

spacious range,
Shall I elude thy sight?
> Scal'd I the skies; the blaze divine

Would overwhelm my soul :
Plung'd I to hell, there should I hear,

Thine awful thunders roll.
3 If on a morning's darting ray,

With matchless speed I rode,
And flew to the wild lonely shore,

That bounds the ocean's flood,
4 Thither thy hand, all-present God!

Must guide the wondrous way,
And thine Omnipotence support,

The fabric of my clay.
The beams of noon, the midnght hour,

Are both alike to thee;
O may I ne'er provoke that power,
From which I cannot flee.

BLACKLOOK.

8.

Divine Justice,
“Who hath hardened himself and prospered fo.com,

Job ix.
I AT God's command the lightnings dart,

And swift transfix the rebels heart;
Farth trembles at his look, and cleaver,
And legions sink in living graves.

2 See Pharoah plunging in the tide,

See Babel's tyrant mad with pride,
Graze with the beasts, hear Herod roar,

While worms his deity devour.
3 Great God, and shall this soul of mine,

Presume to challenge wrath divine ?
Trembling I seek thy mercy seat,
And lay my weapons at thy feet.

DOPDRIDGL.

a

God's Determinations. " None can stay his hand, or 'say unto him what

doest thou ?"-Dan. iv, (C. M.)
1 LIFE, death, and hell, and worlds unknown

Hang on his firm decree,
He sits on no precarious throne,

Nor borrows leave to be.
2. Chain'd to his throne a volume lies,

With all the fates of men,
With every angel's form, and size,

Drawn by th' eternal pen.
3 Here he exalts neglected worms,

To sceptres, and a crown,
And there, the following page he turns,

And treads the monarch down,
My God, I ne'er would long to see,

My fate with curious eyes,
What gloomy lines are writ for me,

Or what bright scenes shall rise.

6 In thy fair book of life and grace,

May I but find my name,
Recorded in some bumble place,
Beneath my Lord the Lamb.

WATTS, L. P.

10.

Divine Goodness.

" My people shall be satisfied with my goodness.com

Jeremiah xxxi. (C. M.)
1 THY goodness, and thy truth, to me,

To every soul abound,
A vast, unfathomable sea,

Where all our thoughts are drown'd. % Its streams the whole creation reach,

So plenteous is the store,
Enough for all, enough for each,

Enough for evermore.
3 Faithful, O Lord, thy mercies are,

A rock that cannot move,
A thousand promises declare
Thy constancy of love.

WESLEY,

11.

God's Dominion.
“ The Lord on high is mightier than the mighty

waves of the sea." --Psalm xciii. (P. M.)
I GOD is the eternal King. Thy foes in vain,

Raise their rebellions to confound thy reign;
In vain the storms, in vain the floods arise,
And roar, and toss their waves against the skies,
Foaming at Heaven, they rage with wild commotion,
But heaven's high arches scorn the swelling ocean.

3 Ye tempesta

rage do more, ye floods bo still, And the mad world submissive to his will; Built on his truth, his church must ever stand, Firm are his promises, and strong his hand; See his own sons, when they appear before him, Bow at his footstool, and with fear adore him.

WATTS. 12.

God's Eternity.
“The Eternal God is thy refuge."-

Deut. xxxiii. (C. M.)
'1 HIS boundless years can ne'er decrease,

But still maintain their prime,
Eternity's his dwelling place,

And ever is his time..
2 While like a tide our minutes flow,

The present and the past,
He fills his own immortal now,

And sees our ages waste.
3 The sea, and sky must perish too,

And vast destruction come!
The creatures-look how old they grow,

And wait their fiery doom.
( Well, let the sea shrink all away,

And flame melt down the skies,
My God will live an endless day,
When th' old creation dies.

WATT.

13.
Divine Sovereignty.
" The sea is His, and he made it."

Psalm xcv. (L. M.)
GOD of the seas, thy thundering voice
Makes all the roaring waves rejoice,
And one soft word of thy command,
Can sink them silent in the sand.

Leviathan lies still and fears ;
Anon he lifts his nostrils high.
And spouts the ocean to the sky.
The largest monsters of the deep,
On thy commands attendance keep,
By thy permission sport and play,

And cleave along their foaming way. 4 The scaly flocks amidst the sea,

To thee their Lord a tribute pay ;
The meanest fish that swims the flood,
Leaps up and means a praise to God.

WATT..

PROVIDENCE

14.

Divine Protection.
“ I will bring my people from the depths of the
sea."-Psalm Ixviii.

(C. M.)
1 IN foreign lands and realms remote,

Sailors are still thy care,
Thro' burning climes they pass unhurt,

And breathe in tainted air.
2 When by the dreadful tempest borno

High on the broken wave,
We know thou art not slow to heai,

Nor impotent to save.
The storm is laid, the winds retire,

Ovedient to thy will,
The sea that roars at thy command

At thy wommand is sti}).