3 Let everlasting thanks be thine,
For such a bright display,
As makes a world of darkness shine
With beams of heavenly day.
4 My soul rejoices to pursue
The steps of Him I love,
Till glory breaks upon my view
In brighter worlds above.
SRAEL, in ancient days,
Not only had a view
Of Sinai in a blaze,
But learn'd the Gospel too:
The types and figures were a glass
In which they saw the Saviour pass.
2 The paschal sacrifice,
And blood-besprinkled door,
Seen with enlighten'd eyes,
And once applied with power,
Would teach the need of other blood,
To make the sinner's peace with God.
3 The scapegoat on his head
The people's trespass bore,
And, to the desert led,
Was to be seen no more;
In him our Surety seem'd to say,
"Behold! I bear your sins away."
4 Dipt in his fellow's blood,
The living bird went free;
The type well understood,
Expressed the sinner's plea,
Described a guilty soul enlarged,
And by a Saviour's death discharged.
5 Jesus, I love to trace,
Throughout the sacred page,
The footsteps of Thy grace,
The same in every age!
O grant that I may faithful be
To clearer light vouchsafed to me!
YOME, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire; Let us Thine influence prove; Source of the old prophetic fire; Fountain of life and love.
2 Come, Holy Ghost, for moved by Thee.
The prophets wrote and spoke :
Unlock the truth, Thyself the key;
Unseal the sacred book.
3 Expand Thy wings, celestial Dove,
Brood o'er our nature's night;
On our disorder'd spirits move,
And let there now be light.
4 God, through himself, we then shall know If Thou within us shine;
And sound, with all Thy saints below,
The depths of love divine.
GLORY in the Word we find, When grace restores our sight; But sin has darken'd all the mind, And veil'd the heavenly light.
2 When God the Spirit clears our view, How bright the doctrines shine! Their holy fruits and sweetness show The Author is divine.
3 How blest are we with open face
To view thy glory, Lord,
And all thine image here to trace
Reflected in thy word!
4 O, teach us, as we look, to grow
In holiness and love,
That we may long to see and know
Thy glorious face above.
ERALDS of creation! cry,—
Praise the LORD, the LORD most high! Heaven and earth! obey the call,
Praise the LORD, the LORD of all.
2 For He spake, and forth from night
Sprang the universe to light:
He commanded, Nature heard,
And stood fast upon His word.
3 Praise Him, all ye hosts above,
Spirits perfected in love;
Sun and moon! your voices raise,
Sing, ye stars! your Maker's praise.
4 Earth from all thy depths below,
Ocean's hallelujahs flow,
Lightning, vapour, wind, and storm,
Hail and snow! His will perform.
5 Vales and mountains! burst in song;
Rivers! roll his praise along;
Clap your hands, ye trees! and hail
GOD, who comes in every gale.
6 Birds! on wings of rapture soar,
Warble at His Temple door;
Joyful sounds from herds and flocks,
Echo back, ye caves and rocks!
7 Kings! your Sovereign serve with awe;
Judges! own His righteous law;
Princes! worship Him with fear;
Bow the knee, all people! here.
8 Let His truth by babes be told,
And His wonders by the old;
Youths and maidens ! in your prime,
Learn the lays of heaven betime.
9 High above all height His throne,
Excellent His name alone;
Him let all His works confess,
Him let every being bless.
ET us with a gladsome mind
Praise the Lord, for He is kind;
For His mercies shall endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.
Let us sound His name abroad,
For of gods He is the God,
Who by wisdom did create
Heaven's expanse and all its state;
2 Solid earth He did ordain
How to rise above the main ;
And, by His commanding might,
Fill'd the new-made earth with light;
Caused the golden-tressed sun
All the day his course to run;
And the moon to shine by night,
'Mid her spangled sisters bright.
3 All His creatures God doth feed,
His full hand supplies their need;
Let us therefore warble forth
His high majesty and worth.
He His mansion hath on high,
Past the reach of mortal eye;
And His mercies shall endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.
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