105 L. M. God only wise.
Awake, my tongue; thy tribute bring To him who gave thee power to sing; Praise him who is all praise above, The source of wisdom and of love.
2 How vast his knowledge! how profound! A depth where all our thoughts are drowned; The stars he numbers, and their names He gives to all those heavenly flames.
3 Through each bright world above, behold Ten thousand thousand charms unfold; Earth, air, and mighty seas combine To speak his wisdom all divine.
4 But in redemption, O what grace! Its wonders, O, what thought can trace! Here, wisdom shines for ever bright; Praise him, my soul, with sweet delight.
106 L. M. Grace.
My God, how excellent thy grace! Whence all our hope and comfort springs; The sons of Adam in distress, Fly to the shadow of thy wings.
2 Life, like a fountain rich and free, Springs from the presence of my Lord, And in thy light our souls shall see The glories promised in thy word.
107 L. M. Creation and redemption.
Give to our God immortal praise; Mercy and truth are all his ways: Wonders of grace to God belong; Repeat his mercies in your song.
2 Give to the Lord of lords renown, The King of kings with glory crown: His mercies ever shall endure, When lords and kings are known no more.
3 He built the earth, he spread the sky, And fixed the starry lights on high: Wonders of grace to God belong; Repeat his mercies in your song.
4 He fills the sun with morning light, He bids the moon direct the night: His mercies ever shall endure, When suns and moons shall shine no more.
5 He sent his Son with power to save From guilt, and darkness, and the grave: Wonders of grace to God belong; Repeat his mercies in your song.
6 Through this vain world he guides our feet, And leads us to his heavenly seat: His mercies ever shall endure, When this vain world shall be no more.
108 L. M. The reconciliation.
O love, beyond conception great, That formed the vast, stupendous plan, Where all divine perfections meet To reconcile rebellious man:
2 There wisdom shines in fullest blaze, And justice all her right maintains— Astonished angels stoop to gaze, While mercy o’er the guilty reigns.
3 Yes, mercy reigns, and justice too; In Christ they both harmonious meet; He paid to justice all her due; And now he fills the mercy-seat.
109 L. M. What is man? Psalm 8.
Lord, what is man? Extremes how wide In this mysterious nature join! The flesh to worms and dust allied, The soul immortal and divine.
2 Divine at first, a holy flame Kindled by heaven’s inspiring breath; Till sin, with power prevailing, came; Then followed darkness, shame and death.
3 But Jesus, O amazing grace! Assumed our nature as his own, Obeyed and suffered in our place, Then took it with him to his throne.
4 Now, what is man, when grace reveals, The virtue of a Saviour’s blood? Again a life divine he feels, Despises earth and walks with God.
5 And what, in yonder realms above, Is ransomed man ordained to be! With honor, holiness, and love, No seraph more adorned than he.
6 Nearest the throne, and first in song, Man shall his hallelujahs raise; While wondering angels round him throng And swell the chorus of his praise.
110 L. M. Love—that passeth knowledge.
O love of God, how strong and true! Eternal and yet ever new: Above all price, and still unbought; Beyond all knowledge and all thought.
2 O, wide-embracing, wondrous love, We read thee in the sky above; We read thee in the earth below, In seas that swell and streams that flow.
3 We read thee best in him who came To bear for us the cross of shame; Sent by the Father from on high, Our life to live, our death to die.
4 O love of God, our shield and stay Through all the perils of the way; Eternal love, in thee we rest, For ever safe, for ever blest.
111 C. M. Nature and grace.
Father! how wide thy glory shines! How high thy wonders rise! Known through the earth by thousand signs, By thousand 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 rebellious worms, Where justice and compassion join In their divinest forms,
4 Our thoughts are lost in reverent awe, We love and we adore; The brightest angel never saw So much of God before.
5 Here the whole Deity is known; But thought can never trace Which of the glories brighter shine, The justice, or the grace.
6 Now the full glories of the Lamb Adorn the heavenly plains: Bright seraphs learn Immanuel’s name, And try their choicest strains.