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29. C.M. LIVERPOOL COLLECTION.

The power of GOD.

1 WAS GOD who hurl'd the rolling

spheres,

And stretch'd the boundless skies;Who form'd the plan of endless years, And bade the ages rise.

2 From everlasting is his might,
Immense and unconfin'd:

He pierces through the realms of light,
And rides upon the wind.

3 He darts along the burning skies;
Loud thunders round him roar:
All heav'n attends him as he flies,
And hell proclaims his pow'r.
4 He speaks, and nature's wheels stand still,
And leave their wonted round:
The mountains melt; the trembling hills
Forsake their ancient bound.

5 He scatters nations with his breath;
The scatter'd nations fly:
Blue pestilence, and wasting death
Confess the Godhead nigh.
6 Ye worlds, with ev'ry living thing,
Fulfil his high command:
Mortals pay homage to your king,
And own his ruling hand.

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GOD exalted above all praise.

FTERNAL Pow'r! whose high abode
Becomes the grandeur of a GOD;

Infinite

Infinite lengths beyond the bounds
Where stars revolve their little rounds!

2 Far in the depths of space thy throne
Burns with a lustre all its own :
In shining ranks beneath thy feet,
Angelic pow'rs and splendours meet.
3 LORD, what shall feeble mortals do?
We would adore our Maker too :
With lowly minds to thee we cry,
The Great, the Holy, and the High!

4 Something we learn from nature's frame:
Thy word has more reveal'd thy name:
Yet still thy greatness, LORD, we find,
Leaves all our soaring thoughts behind.
$ God is in heaven, and man below :
Short be our tunes, our words be few :
A sacred rev'rence checks our songs,
And praise sits silent on our tongues.

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The majesty of God.

KEEP silence, all created things,
And own your maker GOD!
Our trembling souls with awe profound,
Would spread his name abroad.,

2 Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown

Hang on his firm decree;
He sits on no precarious throne,
Nor borrows leave to be.

3 Unnumber'd ages ere the skies
Were into motion brought,

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Whate'er

Whate'er through endless years should rise

Stood present to his thought.

4 His mighty voice bids ancient night
Her endless realms resign;
And lo! ten thousand globes of light
In fields of azure shine.

5 His wisdom with superior sway
Guides the vast moving frame;
Whilst all the ranks of beings pay
Deep rev'rence to his name.

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The dominion of GOD.

KINGDOMS and thrones

to GOD belong;

Crown him, ye nations, in your song; His wondrous names and pow'rs rehearse; His honours shall enrich your verse.

2 His name JEHOVAH sounds on high:
He rides and thunders through the sky:
Ye saints, rejoice before his face;
Exalt the wonders of his grace.

3 The widow and the fatherless
Fly to his aid in deep distress :
In him the poor and helpless find
A judge that's just, a father kind.
4 He breaks the captive's heavy chain,
And pris'ners see the light again;
But rebels, that dispute his will,

Shall dwell in chains and darkness still.

5 He shakes the heav'ns with loud alarms : How terrible is God in arms!

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Behold his fainting foes expire,

Like melting wax before the fire.

6 Proclaim him king, pronounce him blest;
He's your defence, your joy, your rest:
When terrors rise, and nations faint,
GOD is the strength of ev'ry saint.

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Everlasting praise.

MY GOD, my king, thy various praise
Shal fill the remnant of my days;
Thy grace employ my humble tongue,
Till death and glory raise the song.
2 The wings of ev'ry hour shall bear
Some thankful tribute to thine ear;
And ev'ry setting sun shall see
New works of duty done for thee.
3 Thy truth and justice I'll proclaim :
Thy bounty flows, an endless stream;
Thy mercy swift, thine anger slow,
But dreadful to the stubborn foe.

4 Thy works with boundless glory shine,
And speak thy majesty divine :
Let Britain round her shores proclaim
The matchless honours of thy name.
5 Let distant times and nations raise
The long succession of thy praise;
And unborn ages make my song
The joy and labour of their tongue.

6 But who can speak thy wondrous deeds ? Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds:

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Vast and unsearchable thy ways!
Vast and immortal be thy praise !

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The greatness and goodness of GOD.

LONG

as I live, I'll bless thy name,
of eternal love!

My work and joy shall be the same,
In the bright world above.

2 Great is the LORD, his pow'r unknown;

And let his praise be great :
I'll sing the honours of thy throne,
Thy works of grace repeat.

3 Thy grace shall dwell upon my tongue;
And while my lips rejoice
The men that hear my sacred song
Shall join their cheerful voice.

4 Fathers to sons shall teach thy name,
And children learn thy ways;
Ages to come thy truth proclaim,
And nations sound thy praise.
5 Thy glorious deeds of ancient date
Shall thro' the world be known:
Thine arm of pow'r, thy heav'nly state
With public splendour shown.

6 The world is manag'd by thy hands,
Thy saints are rul'd by love;
And thine eternal kingdom stands,
Tho' rocks and hills remove.

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