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Hymn.

Divine Attributes in general.

1 THOU, true and only GOD, lead'st forth
Th' immortal armies of the sky;
Thou laugh'st to scorn the gods of earth;
Thou thunderest, and amaz'd they fly.

2 With downcast eye th' angelic choir
Appear before Thy awful face;
Trembling, they strike the golden lyre,
And thro' heav'n's vault resound Thy praise.

3 In earth, in heav'n, in all Thou art:
The conscious creature feels Thy nod;
Thy forming hand on ev'ry part

Impress'd the image of it's God.

4 All things in Thee live, move, and are,
Thy pow'r infus'd doth all sustain ;
E'en those Thy daily favours share,
Who thankless spurn Thy easy reign.

5 Thy sun Thou bidst his genial ray
Ålike on all impartial pour:

On all who hate or bless Thy_sway,
Thou bidst descend the fruitful show'r.

6 While those at length, who scorn'd Thy might, Shall feel Thee a consuming fire:

How sweet the joys, the crown how bright, Of those who to Thy love aspire!

Hymn.

Trinity (as in the Litany.)

1 HAIL! holy, holy, holy LORD!
Whom ONE in THREE we know ;
By all the heav'nly host ador'd,
By all Thy church below.

2 One undivided Trinity

With triumph we proclaim:
Thy universe is full of Thee,
And speaks Thy glorious Name.

3 Thee, holy FATHER, we confess;
Thee, holy SON, adore;
Thee, SPIRIT of truth and holiness,
We worship evermore.

4 The incommunicable right,
Almighty GoD, receive!

Which angel-choirs, and saints in light,
And saints embodied, give.

5 Three Persons equally divine
We magnify and love;

And both the choirs ere long shall join
To sing Thy praise above.

6 Hail! holy, holy, holy LORD!
(Our heav'nly song shall be,)
Supreme, essential ONE, ador'd
In co-eternal Three!

Hymn.

Trinity (as in the Litany.)

1' HOLY, holy, holy LORD,

GOD the FATHER, and the WORD!
GOD the COMFORTER, receive
Blessings more than we can give!

2 Mixt with those beyond the sky,
Chanters to the LORD most high,
We our hearts and voices raise,
Echoing Thy eternal praise.

3 One inexplicable Three;
Three in simplest Unity;

GOD, incline Thy gracious ear,
Us Thy lisping creatures hear!

4 Thee, while dust and ashes sings,
Angels shrink within their wings;
Prostrate seraphim above

Breathe unutterable love.

5 Happy they, who never rest,
With Thy heav'nly presence blest:
They the heights of glory see,
Sound the depths of Deity!

6 Fain with them our souls would vie;
Sink as low, and mount as high;
Fall, o'erwhelm'd with love, or soar;
Shout, or silently adore!

Hymn.

Trinity (as in the Litany.)

1 A THOUSAND oracles divine
Their common beams unite,
That sinners may with angels join
To worship GOD aright;

2 To praise a Trinity ador'd
By all the hosts above;

And one thrice holy GOD and LORD
Through endless ages love.

3 Triumphant host! they never cease
To laud and magnify
The Triune GOD of holiness,
Whose glory fills the sky.

4 Whose glory to this earth extends,
When GOD himself imparts,
And the whole Trinity descends
Into our faithful hearts.

5 By faith the upper choir we meet,
And join with them to sing,
JEHOVAH, on His shining seat,
Our Maker and our King.

6 But GOD made flesh is wholly ours,
And asks our noblest strain;
The FATHER of celestial pow'rs,
The Friend of earth-born man!

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Hymn.

Trinity (as in the Litany.)

I GIVE immortal praise
To GOD the FATHER'S love,
For all my comforts here,

And better hopes above :

He sent His own eternal SON
To die for sins that man had done.

To GOD the SON belongs
Immortal glory too,

Who bought us with His blood
From everlasting woe:

And now He lives, and now He reigns,
And sees the fruit of all His pains.

To GOD the SPIRIT'S Name
Immortal worship give,

Whose new-creating pow'r

Makes the dead sinner live:

His work completes the great design,
And fills the soul with joy divine.

Almighty GOD! to Thee

Be endless honours done,
The undivided THREE,

And the mysterious ONE:

Where reason fails with all her pow'rs,
There faith prevails, and love adores.

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