For thee in course the planets roll, 4 For thee the earth its produce yields, And plants and trees adorn the fields, 5 May we, too, Lord, with zeal pursue HYMN XLVII. L. M. Praise to the Creator. 1 Before Jehovah's awful throne, 2 His sov'reign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and form'd us men ; And when like wand'ring sheep we stray'd, He brought us to his fold again. 3 We are his people, we his care, 4 Wide as the world is thy command, Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand, 5 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heavens our voices raise; And earth with her ten thousand tongues Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. HYMN XLVIII. L. M. To the invisible Author of nature. 1 Thy hand unseen sustains the poles, On which this vast creation rolls; The starry arch proclaims thy power, Thy pencil glows in every flower; 2 In thousand shapes and colours rise Thy painted wonders to our eyes; While beasts and birds with lab'ring throats, Teach us a God in thousand notes. 3 The meanest part in nature's frame, The voice of Nature proclaiming God. 1 There is a God, all nature speaks, Through earth and air and seas and skies. See, from the clouds his glory breaks, When the first beams of morning rise. 2 The rising sun, serenely bright, O'er the wide world's extended frame, Inscribes in characters of light His mighty Maker's glorious name. 3 Diffusing life, his influence spreads, And health and plenty smile around, And fruitful fields, and verdant meads, Are with a thousand blessings crown'd. 4 Almighty Goodness, Power divine, The fields and verdant meads display; And bless the hand, which made them shine With various charms profusely gay. 5 For man and beast, here daily food In wide diffusive plenty grows; And there for drink, the crystal flood In streams sweet winding gently flows. 6 By cooling streams and soft'ning showers, The vegetable race are fed; And trees and plants and herbs and flowers, Their Maker's bounty smiling spread. HYMN L. L. M. Praise to the Lord of nature. 10 thou, through all thy works ador❜d! 2 To thee, Most High! to thee belong 3 Planets, those wand'ring worlds above, 4 From thee proceed heaven's varied store, 5 Tempests obey thy mighty will; 6 The varying seasons all are thine, 7 To thee, of life th' eternal spring, HYMN LI. P. M. Gad the life and light of the world. 1 Thou art, O God! the life and light 2 When youthful spring around us breathes, HYMN LII. L. M. The voice of God in his Works. 1 The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens a shining frame, Their great original proclaim. |