2 Shine to his praise, ye crystal skies, The floor of his abode ; Or veil in shades your thousand eyes, 3 Thou restless globe of golden light, 4 Winds, ye shall bear his name aloud 5 Thunder and hail, and fire and storms, 6 Shout to the Lord, ye surging seas, Let wave to wave resound his praise, 7 While monsters sporting on the flood, In scaly silver shine, Speak terribly their Maker, God, And lash the foaming brine. 8 But gentler things shall tune his name To softer notes than these ; Young zephyrs breathing o'er the stream, 9 Wave your tall heads, ye lofty pines, 10 Let the shrill birds his honours raise, And climb the morning sky; While grov'ling beasts attempt his praise, 11 Thus while the meaner creatures sing, 205 St. Helen's—p. 177.] 2d P. M. 6 lines 8s. GOD, of good th' unfathom'd sea! Who would not give his heart to thee? Who would not love thee with his might? O Jesus, lover of mankind! Who would not his whole soul and mind, 2 Thou shin'st with everlasting rays: Angels with both wings veil their eyes; 3 Astonish'd at thy frowning brow, Who then can that vast love express Thou sweetly orderest all that is: Yet, self-sufficient as thou art, See all their brightest glories fade: What then to me thine eyes could turn? In sin conceived, of woman born, A worm, a leaf, a blast, a shade! 7 Hell's armies tremble at thy nod, And, trembling, own th' almighty God, Sovereign of earth, hell, air, and sky: But who is this that comes from far, Whose garments roll'd in blood appear? 'Tis God made man, for man to die! 8 O God, of good th' unfathom'd sea! Who would not give his heart to thee? Who would not love thee with his might? O Jesus, lover of mankind! Who would not his whole soul and mind, With all his strength, to thee unite ? 206 Litchfield-p. 11.] C. M. Home God in persons three; Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Of thee we make our joyful boast, 2 Present alike in every place, 3 In wisdom infinite thou art, 4 Whate'er thou wilt, in earth below, Thou dost in heaven above; But chiefly we rejoice to know Th' almighty God of love. 5 Thou lov'st whate'er thy hands have made; Thy goodness we rehearse, In shining characters display'd Throughout our universe. 6 Mercy, with love, and endless grace, 7 Wherefore let every creature give But chiefly, Lord, the thanks receive, 207 Park-street-p. 97.] FIRST PART. L. M. GOD, thou bottomless abyss! Thee to perfection who can know? O height immense! what words suffice Thy countless attributes to show? Unfathomable depths thou art! O plunge me in thy mercy's sea! By faith, before my ravish'd eye, 2 Eternity thy fountain was, Which, like thee, no beginning knew; Greatness unspeakable is thine, Greatness, whose undiminish'd ray, When short-lived worlds are lost, shall shine, When earth and heaven are fled away : Unchangeable, all-perfect Lord, Essential life's unbounded sea, What lives and moves, lives by thy word; 3 Thy parent hand, thy forming skill, Or shuns or meets the wand'ring thought, done: 4 Heaven's glory is thy awful throne, Heaven, earth, and hell, stand all display'd Job-p. 103.] SECOND PART. THOU, true and only God, lead'st forth Th' immortal armies of the sky: |