Hymns and Anthems.

BOOK FIRST.

1.

FATHER of all, in every age,
In every clime adored,

By saint, by savage, and by sage,
Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!

Oh, not to earth's contracted span
Thy goodness let us bound;

Nor think thee Lord alone of man,
While thousand worlds are round.

To thee, whose temple is all space,
Whose altar, earth, sea, skies,
One chorus let all beings raise,
All nature's incense rise.

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GLORY to God in the highest,
And peace on earth;

Good will towards men.

III.

CREATOR-SPIRIT! thou the first,

To be through time unending;
Whose word was, "Light," and light outburst,
In myriad streams descending;

O, fill our souls with light divine,
Till radiant in thy beams they shine,

With thine own essence blending!

IV.

LORD, thou art not alone

In courts by mortals trod;

Nor only is this day thine own
When men draw near their God:

Thy temple is the arch

Of yon unmeasur'd sky;

Thy Sabbath, the stupendous march

Of grand eternity!

GOD of the ocean, earth, and sky,

In thy bright presence we rejoice; We feel thee, see thee, ever nigh,

And gladly hear thy gracious voice:

We feel thee in the sunny beam;

We see thee walk the mountain waves; We hear thee in the murmuring stream, And when the tempest wildly raves:

God, on the lonely hills we meet;

God, in the vale and fragrant grove; While birds and whispering winds repeat That God is there-the God of love.

VI.

O GOD! who mad'st earth, sea, and air,
And living creatures, free and fair,
Thy hallow'd praise is every where;
Hallelujah!

Yea, woods, and winds, and waves, convey

To the rapt ear a hymn, and say,

"God, who hath made us, we obey!" Hallelujah!

LET us, with a gladsome mind,
Praise the Lord, for he is kind;
For his mercies aye endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.

Let us blaze his name abroad,
For of gods he is the God;

For his mercies aye endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure:

Who, by his wisdom, did create
The painted heavens, so full of state;
For his mercies aye endure,.

Ever faithful, ever sure:

Who did the solid earth ordain
To rise above the watery plain;
For his mercies aye endure,

Ever faithful, ever sure.

All living creatures he doth feed,

And with full hand supplies their need; For his mercies aye endure,

Ever faithful, ever sure.

Let us, therefore, warble forth
His mighty majesty and worth;

For his mercies aye endure,

Ever faithful, ever sure.

VIII.

BLESSED be thy name for ever,

Thou of life the Guard and Giver!
Thou canst guard thy creatures sleeping,
Heal the heart long broke with weeping:
God of stillness and of motion,

Of the desert and the ocean,

Of the mountain, rock, and river,
Blessed be thy name for ever!

Thou who slumberest not nor sleepest,
Blest are they thou kindly keepest.
God of evening's parting ray,

Of midnight gloom, and dawning day,
That rises from the azure sea

Like breathings of eternity;

God of life! that fade shall never,
Blessed be thy name for ever!