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[The following lines were given to Mr. Robinson by the late James Montgomery, and have never before been printed.]

GOD THE CREATOR.

Hallelujah! Praise the One
God o'er all, the first, the last;
For He spake and it was done,
He commanded, it stood fast.

At His word, from darkness light,
Harmony from discord broke,
Weakness started into might,
Beauty out of dust awoke.

Fire and water, air and earth,

Heard His voice and hushed their strife, Death itself, by wondrous birth, Grew the parent of all life.

Plant and flower, and herb and tree,
Sprang spontaneous from the sod;
Sun and moon and land and sea,
Day and night, behold their God.

Fishes, fowls upon the wing,

Beasts and all that creep or fly, Every breathing, moving thing Peopled forest, flood and sky.

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But while all was fair and good,
All according to His will,
None their Maker understood,

Mind and thought were wanting still.

God, His glory to display,

With His image crown'd the whole,
Breath'd His spirit into clay,
And made man—a living soul.

Hail the high, the holy One,
God o'er all; the first, the last ;
For He spake, and it was done,
He commanded, it stood fast.

JAMES MONTGOMERY.

The Mount, near Sheffield.

Printed by Richardson and Son, Derby.