3 Perish each thought of human pride; Let God alone be magnified: His glory let the heavens resound, Borne from the earth's remotest bound. 4 Saints, who His full salvation know, Saints, who but taste it here below, With angel voices join to raise The chorus of eternal praise. 7s. 100 Christ, that died... maketh in 1 tercession for us.-Rom. 8, 34. LORY be to God on high, GLO God whose glory fills the sky; Thee with thankful hearts we prove 4 Christ, our Lord and God we own, Peace on earth and man forgiven. C.M. 101 In this was manifested the love of 1 God.-1 John 4, 9. FATHER, Why wonders rise! ATHER, how wide Thy glory shines; Known through the earth by thousand signs, By thousands through the skies. 2 Those mighty orbs proclaim Thy power, Their motions speak Thy skill, And on the wings of every hour We read Thy patience still. 3 But when we view Thy strange design To save our rebel race, Our souls adore with awe divine 4 When sinners break the Father's laws, The dying Son atones; Oh, the dear wonders of His cross, Wonder and joy shall tune my heart, C.M. 102 What is man that Thou visitest him?-Ps 8, 4. LORD our God, how wondrous great Is Thine exalted name! The glories of Thy heavenly state 2 When I behold Thy works on high, 3 Lord, what is man, or all his race, That Thou shouldst visit him with grace, And love his nature so! 4 That Thine eternal Son should bear Made lower than His angels are, 5 Let Him be crowned with majesty, 6 Jesus our Lord! how wondrous great Is Thine exalted name! The glories of Thy heavenly state, 103 1 8.6.8.8.6. God is light.-1 John 1, 5. TERNAL Light! Eternal Light! How pure the soul must be, (sight, When, placed within Thy searching It shrinks not, but, with calm delight, Can live and look on Thee. 2 The spirits that surround Thy throne Since they have never, never known 3 Oh, how shall I, whose native sphere 4 There is a way for man to rise An offering and a sacrifice, 5 These, these prepare us for the sight The sons of ignorance and night 7s. 104 How much owest thou unto my 1 Lord.-Luke 16, 5. LORD, when we creation scan, See what Thou hast done for man, Then our grateful hearts agree, What a debt we owe to Thee. 2 Every note that cheers the vale, 3 Every breath that heaves the breast, 4 But when we Redemption view, 5 When we think what we have been, Now from sin and sorrow free, Our own selves we owe to Thee. 6 When we hear our Master say, "Death is vanquished, come away, Heaven awaits you," we must see, Lord, how much we owe to Thee! C.M. 105 Thy sins are forgiven.-Luke 7, 43. SALVATION: O melodious sound 1 To wretched, dying men! Salvation, that from God proceeds, 2 And may a weak, degenerate soul, 3 The lustre of so bright a bliss 4 My Saviour God, no voice but Thine 5 My Saviour God! this broken voice C.M. 106 so great salvation.-Heb. 2, 3. 1 SA ALVATION! O the joyful sound! A sovereign balm for every wound, 2 Buried in sorrow and in sin, 3 Salvation! let the echo fly 107 1 112th. Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth iniquity?-Micah 7, 18. GREAT God of wonders! all Thy ways Fill the wide earth with grateful praise, 108 His mercy is everlasting.-Ps. 100, 5. 1 THY HY ceaseless, unexhausted love, Delights our evil to remove, And help our misery. 2 Thou waitest to be gracious still; Thou dost with sinners bear; That saved, we may Thy goodness feel, And all Thy grace declare. 3 Thy goodness and Thy truth to me, To every soul, abound; A vast, unfathomable sea, Where all our thoughts are drowned, |