How sweet the joys, the crown how bright,
Of those who to thy love aspire!
All creatures praise th' eternal Name!
Ye hosts that to his court belong,
Cherubic choirs, seraphic flames,
Awake the everlasting song!
Thrice holy thine the kingdom is,
The power omnipotent is thine;
And when created nature dies,
Thy never-ceasing glories shine.
Amsterdam.] HYMN 208. 8 lines 7's & 6's.
LORIOUS God, accept a heart
That pants to sing thy praise;
Thou without beginning art,
And without end of days:
Thou, a spirit invisible,
Dost to none thy fulness show;
None thy Majesty can tell,
Or all thy Godhead know.
2 All thine attributes we own,
Thy wisdom, power, and might:
Happy in thyself alone,
In goodness infinite;
Thou thy goodness hast display'd,
On thine every work imprest;
Lov'st whate'er thy hands have made,
But man thou lov'st the best.
3 Willing thou that all should know
Thy saving truth and live;
Dost to each, or bliss or wo,
With strictest justice give:
Thou with perfect righteousness
Renderest every man his due :
Faithful in thy promises,
And in thy threat'nings too.
4 Thou art merciful to all
Who truly turn to thee!
Hear me then for pardon call,
And show thy grace to me:
Me through mercy reconcil'd,
Me, for Jesu's sake forgiven;
Me receive, thy favour'd child,
To sing thy praise in heaven.
Angels' Hymn.] HYMN 209. L. M.
TOLY as thou, O Lord, is none !
H Thy holiness is all thy own;
A drop of that unbounded sea
Is ours, a drop deriv'd from thee.
2 And when thy purity we share,
Thy only glory we declare;
And humbled into nothing, own,
Holy and pure is God alone.
3 Sole, self-existing God and Lord,
By all thy heavenly hosts ador'd;
Let all on earth bow down to thee,
And own thy peerless majesty :
4 Thy power unparallel'd confess,
Establish'd on the Rock of peace;
The Rock that never shall remove,
The Rock of pure, almighty love.
Kingswood.] HYMN 210. 7's, 6's, & 1 8. HOU, the great, eternal God,
Tart high above our thought!
Worthy to be fear'd, ador'd,
By all thy hands have wrought:
None can with thyself compare,
Thy glory fills both earth and sky:
We, and all thy creatures, are
As nothing in thine eye.
2 Of thy great unbounded power,
To thee the praise we give :
Infinitely great, and more
Than heart can e'er conceive:
When thou wilt to work proceed,
Thy purpose firm can none withstand;
Frustrate thy determin'd deed,
Or stay the Almighty Hand.
3 Thou, O God, art wise alone;
Thy counsel doth excel;
Wonderful thy work we own,
Thy ways unsearchable;
Who can sound the mystery,
Thy judgments' deep abyss explain :
Thine, whose eyes in darkness see,
And search the heart of man.
Randall.] HYMN 211. C. M.
1B Our Father, God, and King!
LEST be our everlasting Lord,
Thy sovereign goodness we record,
Thy glorious power we sing.
2 By thee the victory is given:
The majesty divine,
And strength and might, and earth and heaven,
And all therein is thine.
3 The kingdom, Lord, is thine alone,
Who dost thy right maintain;
And high on thy eternal throne,
O'er men and angels reign.
4 Riches, as seemeth good to thee,
Thou dost, and honour give;
And kings their power and dignity
Out of thy hand receive.
5 Thou hast on us the grace bestow'd,
Thy greatness to proclaim;
And therefore now we thank our God,
And praise thy glorious name.
6 Thy glorious name, and nature's powers,
Thou dost to us make known;
And all the Deity is ours,
Through thy incarnate Son.
Old Hundred.] HYMN 212. L. M.
ETERNAL the wean War of a God;
TERNAL Power, whose high abode
Infinite lengths, beyond the bounds Where stars revolve their little rounds: 2 Thee while the first archangel sings, He hides his face behind his wings: And ranks of shining thrones around Fall worshipping, and spread the ground 3 Lord, what shall earth and ashes do? We would adore our Maker too! From sin and dust to thee we cry, The Great, the Holy, and the High!
4 Earth from afar hath heard thy fame, And worms have learnt to lisp thy name; But O! the glories of thy mind
Leave all our soaring thoughts behind!
5 God is in heaven, and men below:
Be short our tunes; our words be few!
A solemn reverence checks our songs,
And praise sits silent on our tongues.
Middletown.] HYMN 213. 8 lines 7's.
TOLY, holy, holy Lord,
1 H God the Father, and the Word,
God the Comforter, receive
Blessings more than we can give;
Mixt with those beyond the sky,
Chanters to the Lord most high,
We our hearts and voices raise,
Echoing thy eternal praise.
2 One, inexplicably Three,
One, in simplest unity:
God, incline thy gracious ear,
Us thy lisping creatures hear!
Thee, while dust and ashes sings,
Angels shrink within their wings;
Prostrate seraphim above
Breathe unutterable love.
3 Happy they who never rest,
With thy heavenly presence blest:
They the heights of glory see,
Sound the depths of Deity:
Fain with them our souls would vie;
Sink as low, and mount as high;
Fall, o'erwhelm'd with love, or soar;
Shout, or silently adore!
China.] HYMN 214. C. M.
AIL! holy, holy, holy Lord!
Whom One in Three we know ;
By all thy heavenly host ador'd,
By all thy church below.
2 One undivided Trinity,
With triumph we proclaim;
Thy universe is full of thee,
And speaks thy glorious name.
3 Thee, holy Father, we confess;
Thee, holy Son, adore:
Thee, Spirit of Truth and Holiness,
We worship evermore.
4 The incommunicable right,
Almighty God, receive!
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