To God, their Creator,
Let all creatures raise
The song of thanksgiving,
. The chorus of praise!

2 Though hid from man's sight
God sits on his throne,
Yet here, by his works,
Their Author is known;
The world shines a mirror
Its Maker to show,

And heaven views its image
Reflected below.

3 Those agents of power,
Fire, water, earth, sky,
Attest the dread might
Of God the Most High
Who rides on the whirlwind
While clouds veil his form;
Who smiles in the sunbeam,
Or frowns in the storm.

4 By knowledge supreme,
By wisdom divine,
God governs this earth
With gracious design;
O'er beast, bird, and insect,
His providence reigns,
Whose will first created,
Whose love still sustains.

5 And man, his last work,
With reason endu'd,
Who, falling through sin,
By grace is renew'd;
To God, his Creator,
Let man ever raise
The song of thanksgiving,
The chorus of praise!

HYMN LXVI. 10 & 11s M.

The unrivalled power and dominion of God.

1 Jehovah reigns! let every nation hear, And at his footstool bow with holy fear; Jehovah reigns! unbounded and alone, And all creation hangs upon his throne; He reigns alone; let no inferior nature Attempt to share the throne of the Creator.

2 This earthly globe, the creature of a day, Though built by God's right hand, must pass away;

And long oblivion creep o'er mortal things The fate of empires, and the pride of kings;

Eternal night shall veil their proudest story, And drop the curtain o'er all human glory.

3 But fix'd, O God! for ever stands thy throne;

Jehovah reigns, a universe alone;

Th'eternal fire that feeds each vital flame, • Collected, or diffus'd, is still the same; He dwells within his own unfathom'd essence,

And fills all space with his unbounded presence.

5 But O! our highest notes the theme debase,

And silence is our least injurious praise; Cease, cease your songs: the daring flight control;

Revere him in the stillness of the soul; With silent duty meekly bend before him, And deep, within your inmost hearts adore him.

God's dominion and decrees.

1 Keep silence all created things,
And wait your Maker's nod!

My soul stands trembling while she sings
The honours of her God!

2 Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown,
Hang on his firm decree;
He sits on no precarious throne,
Nor borrows leave to be.

3 Unnumber'd ages ere the skies
Were into motion brought,

Whate'er through endless years shall rise, Stood present to his thought.

4 His mighty voice bids ancient night
Her endless realms resign;

And lo! ten thousand globes of light
In fields of azure shine.

5 His wisdom with resistless sway
Guides the vast moving frame;
While all the ranks of beings pay
Deep rev'rence to his name.

HYMN LXVIII. C. M.

God's sovereign dominion.

1 Almighty God! thy pow'rful word
From nothing all things brought ;
Earth, seas, and skies, by thee their Lord,
With matchless skill were wrought.

2 By thee preserv'd, the whole remains
A proof of power divine;

And all which this great whole contains,
By sov'reign right is thine.

3 Sun, moon, and stars, thy views fulfil;
Through thee each planet rolls ;
Earth, seas, and skies, obey thy will;
Thy power the world controls.

4 Thou over all art Lord supreme ;
All else from thee derive;

No being can dispute thy claim,
Nor independent live.

5 To thee, and thee alone, we bow,
To thee alone would live;
All that we have to thee we owe,
Ourselves to thee we give.

6 Accept what now, with faith and love,
We to thy will resign ;

And let thy grace preserve, improve,
And perfect, what is thine.

Wisdom, power, and goodness of God displayed in creation and providence.

1 We sing th' almighty pow'r of God,
That made the mountains rise,
That spread the flowing seas abroad,
And built the lofty skies.

2 We 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 We sing the goodness of the Lord,
That fill'd the earth with food,