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And th above the waters and;

From wiem diena, memy springs.
4 Wis friends all tries that Ire and move,
The mighty Lan, and Eng of kings:
Tank Him, wie heveny Name is
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From vim steal memy springs.

1144 Pad Praise ge the Lord, &c.
1 Past Gal, who in the bolest ¿wells;
Pie Him, whose power in heaven ex-
Praise Him, whose might all might
Paise Him, whose greatness passeth
Prise Ein with trumpet's thrilling

Paise Him with harps and psalteries.
2 Praise Him with timbrel's measured beat;
Paise Him with pipes where dancers

Prise Em with cittern's sounding
churi;

AND HYMNS

Prise to the well-tuned cymbals sing,
Paise let your loudest cymbals ring:
Praise, all that breathe, O praise the
Lari

1145 The light shined in darkness. John i.

1 Goo moves in a mysterious

way

His wunders to perform;
He plants His footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.
Deep in unfathomable mines
Of never-failing skill

He treasures up His bright designs,
And works His soverain will.

2 Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take,
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy, and shall break
In blessings on your head.
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust Him for His grace;
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.

3 His purposes will ripen fast,
Unfolding every hour;
The bad may have a bitter taste
But sweet will be the flower.
Blind unbelief is sure to err,

And scan His work in vain:
God is His own interpreter,
And He will make it plain.
1146 God is love. I John ir.

1 We cannot always trace the way
Where Thou, Almighty One, dost
But we can always, always say
That God is love.

2 When chilling fear the bosom wrings,
The restless soul to heaven above
As to her sanctuary springs,
For God is love.

3 When mystery clouds our darkenedy
We check our dread, our doubts

prove;

Herein the soul sweet comfort bath,

That God is love.

4 The entanglements which restless thought,
Mistrust, and idle reasoning wore,
Are thus unravelled and unwrought;
For God is love.

5 Yes, God is love: a thought like this

Can every gloomier thought remove,
And turn all tears, all woes, to bliss:
For God is love.

1147

God loved the world. John v.

1 EARTH, with her ten thousand flowers,
Air, with all its beams and showers,
Ocean's infinite expanse,
Heaven's refulgent countenance,
All around, and all above,
Bear the record-God is love.

2 Sounds among the vales and hills,
In the woods, and by the rills,
Of the breeze and of the bird
By the gentle summer stirred;
All these sounds beneath, above,
Have one burden-God is love.
3 All the hopes and fears that dart
From the fountain of the heart;
All the quiet bliss that lies
In our human sympathies:
These are voices from above
Sweetly saying-God is love.

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