Hymns from the Morningland Part 15

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Let all the world abroad In cheerful praise unite To bless the name of G.o.d, Creator, Lord of might.

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He made the sea and land, The pastures rolling wide, The mountains towering, grand, The streams that ceaseless glide;

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The cattle on the hills, The flocks afield that rove, The birds, whose music fills The silence of the grove;

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The heavens that, day and night, His matchless power declare, The sun and moon, whose light Illumines everywhere.

V

Let man, creation's lord, His rightful homage give To Him Whose mighty word First called his soul to live.

VI

And with the heavenly host, Our Sovereign Lord adore, And Son, and Holy Ghost, Both now, and evermore.

I

Thou Saviour of our sinful race, We sing the fulness of Thy grace; Lord, as our songs in rapture soar, On us Thy loving-kindness pour.

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There is no merit of our own, No plea to offer, save alone That Thou hast died upon the tree, To set our sin-bound spirits free.

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O, when the world, in awful fear, Beholds the Judge of all appear, Be this our joy on that dread day, That Christ hath borne our sins away.

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When in the land of bliss divine, Our souls in robes of beauty s.h.i.+ne, This be our song before the throne, Not ours the beauty, Thine alone.

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To Thee, O G.o.d, be glory given, And to the Christ, the King of heaven; And to the Holy Spirit, blest, Be praise for evermore exprest.

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Where the Lord reveals His presence, Glory lights the sacred place, And the soul in adoration Falls before the throne of grace.

II

Seraphim, and saints in wonder, Lift their songs where Christ is set, And employ, in sacred homage, Harp, and palm, and coronet.

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Light of lights, no light approacheth,-- Sun, nor moon, nor stars of night, Flood the noon-tide and the darkness With such radiance of delight.

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Beauty of the King Immortal!

Ere we rise to where Thou art, Let the glory of Thy presence Chase the darkness from our heart.

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O Love of G.o.d, surpa.s.sing far The loves that human hearts unite, Far from our ken as yonder star That sheds its radiance on the night;

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High as the heavens, and deep as h.e.l.l, Broad as the world's infinite need,-- None but the Christ that love can tell, And none its winning power impede.

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Glory to G.o.d! that love exprest Came in the gift our need required, And in the Christ our lives are blest, And by His love are souls inspired.

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And from the manger to the cross, And at the noon-day and the night, He bore the burden of our loss, Nor shunned the anguish and despite.

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And 'twas the love of G.o.d He showed, When, crowned with shame, He meekly died;-- No gifts by bleeding love bestowed, So great as Jesus crucified.

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O G.o.d of our salvation, Who in Thy glorious might, Didst speak, and all creation Arose from brooding night; And chaos, and confusion, To form and order sped, While lo! in rich profusion The earth its beauty spread.