By A Collection of Hymns

      C.M.
      1 FATHER, how wide thy glory shines!
      How high thy wonders rise!
      Known through the earth by thousand signs
      By thousands 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 Part of thy name divinely stands
      On all thy creatures writ;
      They show the labour of thy hands,
      Or impress of thy feet.

      4 But when we view thy strange design
      To save rebellious worms,
      Where vengeance and compassion join
      In their divinest forms;

      5 Here the whole Deity is known,
      Nor dares a creature guess
      Which of the glories brightest shone,
      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.

      7 O may I bear some humble part
      In that immortal song!
      Wonder and joy shall tune my heart,
      And love command my tongue.