154. Praise to God for Creation and Redempt 1 (C.M.) LET them neglect thy glory, Lord, Who never knew thy grace, But our loud songs shall still record 2 We raise our shouts, O God, to thee, 3 'Twas he (and we'll adore his name) 4 Hosanna! let the earth and skies Rocks, hills, and vales, reflect the voice, 155. Praise to God from all Creatures. 1 THE glories of my Maker God, My joyful voice shall sing, And call the nations to adore Their Former and their King. (C. M 2 "Twas his right hand that shap'd our clay, 3 We bring our mortal powers to God, 4 Let grov'ling beasts of every shape, And rocks, and trees, and fires, and seas, 5 Ye planets, to his honour shine, Praise him in your unwearied course, 6 The brightness of our Maker's name [56. Redemption, and Protection from Spiritual 1 Enemies. (C. M.) ARISE, my soul, my joyful powers, And triumph in my God; Awake, my voice, and loud proclaim, 2 He rais'd me from the deeps of sin, 3 The arms of everlasting love N 4 The city of my bless'd abode, 5 Satan may vent his sharpest spite, 6 Arise, my soul, awake, my voice, 157. Praise for Christ's Victory. (C. M.) 1 Ho OSANNA to our conqu'ring King! His troops rush headlong down to hell, 2 There bound in chains the lions roar, 3 Hosanna to our conqu'ring King, Ten thousand songs and glories wait, 4 Thy victories and thy deathless fame, The triumphs thou hast won. 158. I Praise to God. (L. M.) PRAISE, everlasting praise be paid To him that earth's foundations laid; 2 Praise to the goodness of the Lord, 3 Firm are the words his prophets give, 4 Each of them powerful as that sound, On which the wheel of nature rolls. 5 Whence then should doubts and fears arise? 60 for a strong, a lasting faith, 8 Our everlasting hopes arise Above the ruinable skies, Where the eternal Builder reigns, And his own courts his power sustains. 159. Thanksgiving for Peace. (L. M.) 1 GR YREAT ruler of the earth and skies, A word of thy Almighty breath, Can sink the earth, or bid it rise: Thy smile is life, thy frown is death. 2 When angry nations rush to arms, And rage, and noise, and tumult reign, And war resounds its dire alarms, And slaughter spreads the hostile plains; 3 Thy sovereign eye looks calmly down, And marks their course, and bounds the Thy word the angry nations own, [powe And noise and war are heard no more. 4 To thee we pay our grateful songs, O may our hearts, and lives, and tongues, 160. Universal Praise. (P. M.) 1 PRAISE the Lord, who reigns above, And keeps his courts below; Praise the holy God of love, And all his goodness show: 3 |