43. 2. Thy brightness unto them appears, A sound of God comes to my ears, 3. They sing because Thou art their Sun: For where heaven is but once begun, 4. Enlighten with faith's light my heart, Then shall I sing and bear a part J. Mason. I. All the World Sing. 10.4.6.6.6.6.10.4. ET all the world in every corner sing LE My God and King! The heavens are not too high; His praise may thither fly : The earth is not too low; His praises there may grow. 2. Let all the world in every corner sing The church with psalms must shout; But, above all, the heart Must bear the longest part. Let all the world in every corner sing George Herbert. 44. God Alone. L.M. 6 lines. ONE else but Thee, for evermore, I. No One, All, we dread, believe, adore; Great Earth and Heaven shall have their day, But Thou remainest, on Thy throne 2. None else we praise! in every form, In Grandeur, Beauty, Truth, but Thee 3. None else we love! for sweeter grace The heirs of life, the lords of death, 4. None else we trust! our flesh may fail, 5. Yea, none but Thee all worlds confess, S. J. Stone. 45. God in Creation. L.M. 6 lines. I. THOU art, O God, the life and light Are but reflections caught from Thee: Through golden vistas into heaven; 3. When night, with wings of starry gloom, 4. When youthful Spring around us breathes, 46. And every flower the Summer wreathes Where'er we turn, Thy glories shine, The Divine Nearness. Thomas Moore. L.M. I. THERE'S not a bird with lonely nest, 2. Each barren crag, each desert rude, And Thou dost bless the wanderer there, 3. In busy mart and crowded street, Thou, Lord, art near, our souls to bless 4. And every moment still doth bring Widely they spread through earth and sky, 5. And we, where'er our lot is cast, While life, and thought, and feeling last, Baptist W. Noel. 47. The Universal Presence. I. FATHER and Friend, Thy light, Thy love, Thy glory fills the heavens above, And all the earth is full of Thee. 2. Thy voice we hear, Thy presence feel, Whilst Thou, too pure for mortal sight, Involved in clouds invisible, Reignest the Lord of life and light. 3. We know not in what hallowed part L.M. Of the wide heavens Thy throne may be ; 48. 4. Thy children shall not faint nor fear, I. ΤΗ Sir John Bowring. The Word of God in Nature. HERE is a Book who runs may read, And all the lore its scholars need, Pure eyes and Christian hearts. 2. The works of God, above, below, Are pages in that Book, to show 3. The glorious sky, embracing all, Wherewith encompassed, great and small, 4. One Name, above all glorious names, 5. The raging fire, the roaring wind, 6. Thou, who hast given me eyes to see Give me a heart to find out Thee, And read Thee everywhere. C.M. F. Keble. |