FULL of providential love,
7s & 6s. Psalm lxv. A Harvest Thanksgiving.
1 FULL of providential love,
Thou dost thy sons sustain,
Send thy blessings from above
In earth-enriching rain;
From thy river in the skies
Streams through airy channels flow,
Bid the springing corn arise,
And cheer the world below.
2 Kindly do the showers distil,
Taught by the art of God,
A ...read
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GIVE me the enlarged desire,
7s & 6s. Psalm lxxxi. 10.
GIVE me the enlarged desire,
And open, Lord, my soul,
Thy own fulness to require,
And comprehend the whole
Stretch my faith's capacity
Wider, and yet wider still;
Then with all that is in thee
My soul for ever fill! ...read
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GIVE me the faith which can remove
6-8s.
1 GIVE me the faith which can remove
And sink the mountain to a plain;
Give me the child-like praying love,
Which longs to build thy house again;
Thy love let it my heart o'erpower,
And all my simple soul devour.
2 I want an even strong desire,
I want a calmly-fervent zeal,
To save poor souls out of the fire,
To snatch them from ...read
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GLAD was my heart to hear
S.M. Psalm cxxii.
1 GLAD was my heart to hear
My old companions say,
Come, in the house of God appear,
For 'tis an holy day.
2 Our willing feet shall stand
Within the temple door,
While young and old, in many a band,
Shall throng the sacred floor.
3 Thither the tribes repair,
Where all are wont to meet,
And joyful in the house of ...read
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GLORIOUS God, accept a heart
7s & 6s. The same subject.
1 GLORIOUS God, accept a heart
That pants to sing thy praise:
Thou without beginning art,
And without end of days;
Thou, a Spirit invisible,
Dost to none thy fulness show;
None thy majesty can tell,
Or all thy Godhead know.
2 All thine attributes we own,
Thy wisdom, power, and might;
Happy in thyself alone, ...read
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GLORIOUS Saviour of my soul,
7s & 6s.
1 GLORIOUS Saviour of my soul,
I lift it up to thee;
Thou hast made the sinner whole,
Hast set the captive free;
Thou my debt of death hast paid,
Thou hast raised me from my fall,
Thou hast full atonement made;
My Saviour died for all.
2 What could my Redeemer move
To leave his Father's breast?
Pity drew him from above,
And ...read
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GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken,
8s & 7s. Psalm lxxxvii.
1 GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God!
He, whose word cannot be broken,
Formed thee for his own abode.
On the Rock of ages founded,
What can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation's walls surrounded,
Thou may'st smile at all thy foes.
2 See, the streams of living waters,
Springing from ete ...read
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GLORY be to God above,
8-7s.
1 GLORY be to God above,
God from whom all blessings flow;
Make we mention of his love,
Publish we his praise below;
Called together by his grace,
We are met in Jesu's name;
See with joy each other's face,
Followers of the bleeding Lamb.
2 Let us then sweet counsel take,
How to make our calling sure,
Our election how to make
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GLORY be to God on high, And
7s & 6s. Matthew i. 23.
1 GLORY be to God on high,
And peace on earth descend!
God comes down, he bows the sky,
And shows himself our friend:
God the invisible appears!
God, the blest, the great I AM,
Sojourns in this vale of tears,
And Jesus is his name.
2 Him the angels all adored,
Their Maker and their King.
Tidings of their humble ...read
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GLORY be to God on high, God, in
8-7s. A Funeral Hymn
1 GLORY be to God on high,
God in whom we live and die,
God, who guides us by his love,
Takes us to his throne above!
Angels that surround his throne
Sing the wonders he hath done,
Shout, while we on earth reply
Glory be to God on high!
2 God of everlasting grace,
Worthy thou of endless praise,
Thou hast all thy b ...read
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GLORY be to God on high, God, whose
7s. "Glory be to God on high" &c. (Communion Service.)
1 GLORY be to God on high,
God whose glory fills the skies;
Peace on earth to man forgiven,
Man, the well-beloved of heaven.
2 Sovereign Father, heavenly King,
Thee we now presume to sing;
Glad, thine attributes confess,
Glorious all, and numberless.
3 Hail, by all thy works ad ...read
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GLORY to God, whose sovereign grace
L.M.
1 GLORY to God, whose sovereign grace
Hath animated senseless stones;
Called us to stand before his face,
And raised us into Abraham's sons!
2 The people that in darkness lay,
In sin and error's deadly shade,
Have seen a glorious gospel day,
In Jesu's lovely face displayed.
3 Thou only, Lord, the work hast done,
And bared th ...read
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GOD is a name my soul adores,
L.M.
1 GOD is a name my soul adores,
The almighty Three, the eternal One;
Nature and grace, with all their powers,
Confess the Infinite unknown.
2 Thy voice produced the sea and spheres,
Bade the waves roar, the planets shine:
But nothing like thyself appears
Through all these spacious works of thine.
3 Still restless nature dies and ...read
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GOD is gone up on high,
4-6s & 2-8s.
1 GOD is gone up on high,
With a triumphant noise;
The clarions of the sky
Proclaim the angelic joys!
Join all on earth, rejoice and sing;
Glory ascribe to glory's King.
2 God in the flesh below,
For us he reigns above:
Let all the nations know
Our Jesu's conquering love!
Join all on earth, rejoice and sing;
Glory ascr ...read
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God is in this and every place;
C.M.
1 God is in this and every place;
But O how dark and void
To me! 'tis one great wilderness,
This earth without my God.
2 Empty of him who all things fills,
Till he his light impart,
Till he his glorious self reveals,
The veil is on my heart.
3 O thou who seest and know'st my grief,
Thyself unseen, unknown!
Pity my helpless u ...read
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GOD is the refuge of his saints,
L.M. Psalm xlvi
1 GOD is the refuge of his saints,
When storms of sharp distress invade;
Ere we can offer our complaints,
Behold him present with his aid!
2 Let mountains from their seats be hurled
Down to the deep, and buried there,
Convulsions shake the solid world,
Our faith shall never yield to fear.
3 Loud may the troubled ocean ...read
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GOD of all consolation, take
C.M.
1 GOD of all consolation, take
The glory of thy grace!
Thy gifts to thee we render back
In ceaseless songs of praise.
2 Through thee we now together came,
In singleness of heart;
We met, O Jesus, in thy name,
And in thy name we part.
3 We part in body, not in mind,
Our minds continue one;
And, each to each in Jesus joined,
We ...read
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GOD of all grace and majesty,
C.M.
1 GOD of all grace and majesty,
Supremely great and good!
If I have mercy found with thee,
Through the atoning blood,
The guard of all thy mercies give,
And to my pardon join
A fear lest I should ever grieve
The gracious Spirit divine.
2 If mercy is indeed with thee,
May I obedient prove,
Nor e'er abuse my liberty,
Or sin again ...read
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GOD of all power, and truth, and grace,
L.M. Ezekiel xxxvi. 25, &c.
1 GOD of all power, and truth, and grace,
Which shall from age to age endure,
Whose word, when heaven and earth shall pass,
Remains and stands for ever sure;
2 That I thy mercy may proclaim,
That all mankind thy truth may see,
Hallow thy great and glorious name,
And perfect holiness in me.
3 Thy sanctifyin ...read
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GOD of all-redeeming grace,
8-7s.
1 GOD of all-redeeming grace,
By thy pardoning love compelled,
Up to thee our souls we raise,
Up to thee our bodies yield:
Thou our sacrifice receive,
Acceptable through thy Son,
While to thee alone we live,
While we die to thee alone.
2 Meet it is, and just, and right,
That we should be wholly thine,
In thine only will delight, ...read
