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HYMN 176. P. M.

Concluding hymn of General Praise.
ALL nature, hear the facred fong!
Attend, O earth, the folemn ftrain !
Ye whirlwinds wild that sweep along ;
Ye darkening ftorms of beating rain;
Umbrageous glooms, and forests drear ;
And folitary deserts, hear!

Be ftill, ye winds, whilft to the Maker's praise The creatures of his power aspire their voice to raife.

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O may the folemn breathing found Like incenfe rife before the throne, Where he, whofe glory knows no bound, Great cause of all things, dwells alone. "Tis he we fing, whofe powerful hand Balanc'd the skies, outspread the land; Who fpoke-from ocean's ftores fweet waters

came,

And burft refplendent forth the heav'n-afpiring

flame.

3 One general fong of praise arife

To him whofe goodness ceafelefs flows;
Who dwells enthron'd beyond the skies,
And life, and breath, on all bestows.
Great source of intellect, thine ear
Benign receives our vows fincere :

Rife then, our active powers, your task fulfil, And give to him your praise, refponfive to our will. Partaker of that living stream

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Of light, that pours an endless blaze,
O let thy ftrong reflected beam,
Our understanding, fpeak his praise :

Our fouls, in steadfast love fecure,

Praife him whose word is ever fure:
To him, fole juft, our fenfe of right incline,
Join every proftrate limb, our ardent spirits join.
5 Let all of good thefe bofoms fires,
To him, fole good, give praifes due:
Let all the truth himself infpires,
Unite to fing him only true.

To him our every thought afcend,
To him our hopes, our wishes, bend.

From earth's wide bounds let louder hymns

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In ardent adoration join'd,
Obedient to thy holy will,
Let all our faculties combin'd,
Thy juft defires, O God, fulfil.
From thee deriv'd, eternal king,

To thee our nobleft powers we bring :
O may thy hand direct our wandering way,
O bid thy light arife, and chafe the clouds away.
Eternal Spirit! whofe command
Light, life, and being, gave to all;
O hear the creature of thy hand,
Man, conftant on thy goodness call:
By fire, by water, air, and earth,

That foul to thee that owes its birth, By thefe, he supplicates thy bleft repose, Abfent from thee no reft his wandering fpirit knows.

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AGAIN the Lord of life and light
A God! A God! the wide earth shouts

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Barbunla 4

Darwin 54

Edinburgh Call. 121
Lorenzo de Medici
translated by Roscoe 149

Mrs. Steele, altered

Faith adds new charms to earthly bliss
Far from the world, O Lord! I flee
Far from these scenes of night
Father ador'd in worlds above!
Father of all! in every age

Father of all! eternal mind!
Father of all! omniscient mind!

Father of our feeble race,

From all that dwell below the skies

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Hall. Walker's Coll. 11
Walker's Coll.

Glory be to God on high !
Glory be to God on high!
God moves in a mysterious way
God of my childhood and my youth
God of the sabbath, hear our vows
God of mercy! God of love!
God of eternity! from thee
God who is just and kind
God to correct the world

Greatest of beings, source of life,
Greatest of beings, source of life,
Great God, in vain man's narrow view
Great God! our joyful thanks to thee,
Great God how infinite art thou!
Great God! thy peerless excellence
Great God whose universal sway
Great God! whose all pervading eye
Great framer of unnumber'd worlds
Great Lord of angels! we adore
Great ruler of all nature's frame!
Great ruler of the earth and skies

Happy the meek whose gentle breast

Doddridge

Taylor 112
Doddridge 118
Patrick 91

Jervis altered 13g
Dyer 12

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Hark! the glad sound the Saviour comes! Doddridge

Hear what the voice from heav'n proclaims Watts 121

How are thy servants blest, O Lord!
How blest the sacred tie that binds
How happy is he born and taught
How still and peaceful is the grave
How vast is the tribute I owe
How rich thy gifts almighty King!

If solid happiness we prize
Imposture shrinks from light
In the soft season of thy youth
In sleep's serene oblivion laid

Jehovah reigns! let every nation hear

Keep silence, all created things

Let children hear the mighty deeds
Let coward guilt with pallid fear
Let heav'n arise! let earth appear!
Let party names no more
Let us with a joyful mind
Let men of high conceit and zeal
Let none be envious when they see
Let songs of praise from all below
Lo, God is here! let us adore
Lord dismiss us with thy blessing

Sir H. Wotton

Edinburgh Coll.
Jervis 100

Kippis altered 139

Cotton 85

Scott 67

88

Salisbury Coll.

Hawkesworth 147

Birmingham Coll.

69

Calamy 10

Watts 41

Exeter Coll.

104

Lord of nature! source of light!

Lord thou hast search'd and seen us thro'

Lord thro' the dubious path of life

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