5. Thy heaven is the abode of Love; 36. O blessed Lord, that we May there, when time's dim shades remove, The thought of God. J. D. Burns. I. ONE thought I have, my ample creed, So deep it is and broad, And equal to my every need,— It is the thought of God. 2. Each morn unfolds some fresh surprise, And rising in my inner skies Shines forth the thought of God. 3. At night my gladness is my prayer ; And every care is pillowed there 4. I ask not far before to see, 5. To this their secret strength they owed 6. Be still the light upon my way, My rest by night, my strength by day, O blessed thought of God! C.M. F. L. Hosmer. 37. I. God Omniscient. LORD, Thou hast formed mine every part, L.M. Mine inmost thought is known to Thee; Each word, each feeling of my heart, Thine ear doth hear, Thine eye can see. 1.2. Though I should seek the shades of night, 39 And hide myself in guilty fear, 38. To Thee the darkness seems as light, 3. The heavens, the earth, the sea, the sky, 4. O may that Spirit ever blest I taste Thy presence, Lord divine ! Robert Allan Scott. Wisdom, Light, and Love. 1. MOST ancient of all mysteries, Eternal Wisdom, Light, and Love ; 2. How wonderful creation is, Thy work, which Thou didst bless; 'Tis but the hiding of Thy power, Divine Almightiness. 3. How beautiful the angels are, Thy saints, in radiant dress ; They're but the shadow of Thy light, C.M. 4. Infinite Goodness, Thou art dear 5. We look up in our littleness Our comfort is Thou art so good, 6. O wondrous in Thy holiness, Give them the wings of faith and lové, 39. 1. IN The Eternal Word, FW. Faber. N the beginning was the Word: It gleamed with quick creative power, 2. Thy Word, O God! is living yet, New harmony creating still, 3. And, as that Word moves surely on, Streams further out athwart the dark, And night grows into day. 4. O Word that broke the stillness first, Sound on, and never cease, Till all earth's darkness be made light, " 5. Till selfish passion, strife, and wrong, Thy summons shall have heard, And Thy creation be complete, O Thou Eternal Word ! Samuel Longfellow. 40. The Heavens declare the Glory of God. L.M.D. I. THE spacious firmament on high, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, The unwearied sun, from day to day, And publishes to every land 2. Soon as the evening shades prevail, While all the stars that round her burn, Move round this dark terrestrial ball; J. Addison 41. 42. I. 1. COME, O come, in pious lays 2. Come, ye sons of human race, 3. So this huge wide orb we see ΤΗ HOUSANDS of thousands stand around Ten thousand times ten thousand sound C |