Hymns for Christian Devotion Part 21

3 To them remains nor place nor time; Their country is in every clime; They can be calm and free from care On any sh.o.r.e, since G.o.d is there.

4 While place we seek, or place we shun, The soul finds happiness in none; But with a G.o.d to guide our way, 'Tis equal joy to go or stay.

132. C. M. Eng. Bap. Coll.

Providence Kind and Bountiful.

1 Thy kingdom, Lord, forever stands, While earthly thrones decay; And time submits to thy commands, While ages roll away.

2 Thy sovereign bounty freely gives Its unexhausted store; And universal nature lives On thy sustaining power.

3 Holy and just in all its ways Is Providence divine; In all its works, immortal rays Of power and mercy s.h.i.+ne.

4 The praise of G.o.d--delightful theme!-- Shall fill my heart and tongue; Let all creation bless his name, In one eternal song.

133. S. M. Watts.

A Holy G.o.d. Ps. 99.

1 Exalt the Lord our G.o.d, And wors.h.i.+p at his feet; His nature is all holiness, And mercy is his seat.

2 When Israel was his church, When Aaron was his priest, When Moses cried, when Samuel prayed, He gave his people rest.

3 Oft he forgave their sins, Nor would destroy their race; And oft he made his vengeance known, When they abused his grace.

4 Exalt the Lord our G.o.d, Whose grace is still the same; Still he's a G.o.d of holiness, And jealous for his name.

134. C. M. Tate & Brady.

G.o.d's Condescension.

1 O Thou, to whom all creatures bow Within this earthly frame, Through all the world how great art thou!

How glorious is thy name!

2 When heaven, thy glorious work on high, Employs my wondering sight,-- The moon, that nightly rules the sky, With stars of feebler light,--

3 Lord, what is man, that he is blessed With thy peculiar care!

Why on his offspring is conferred Of love so large a share?

4 O Thou, to whom all creatures bow Within this earthly frame, Through all the world how great art thou!

How glorious is thy name!

135. L. M. Wm. Taylor.

G.o.d the Universal Benefactor.

1 G.o.d of the universe! whose hand Hath sown with suns the fields of s.p.a.ce, Round which, obeying thy command, Unnumbered worlds fulfil their race:

2 How vast the region, where thy will Existence, form, and order gives!

Pleased the wide cup with joy to fill, For all that grows, and feels, and lives.

3 Lord! while we thank thee, let us learn Beneficence to all below; Those praise thee best, whose bosoms burn Thy gifts on others to bestow.

136. L. M. C. Wesley.

The Holiness of G.o.d.

1 Holy as thou, O Lord, is none!

Thy holiness is all thine own; A drop of that unbounded sea Is ours, a drop derived from thee.

2 And when thy purity we share, Only thy glory we declare; And humbled into nothing own, Holy and pure is G.o.d alone.

3 Sole self-existent G.o.d and Lord, By all the heavenly hosts adored!

Let all on earth bow down to thee, And own thy peerless majesty.

137. 6s. M. Drummond.

Unity of G.o.d.

1 The G.o.d who reigns alone O'er earth, and sea, and sky, Let man with praises own, And sound his honors high.

2 Him all in heaven above, Him all on earth below, The exhaustless Source of love, The great Creator know.

3 He formed the living flame, He gave the reasoning mind; Then only He may claim The wors.h.i.+p of mankind.