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His praise in softer notes declare,
Each whispering breeze of yielding air,
And breathe it to the soul.

4 Let man, by nobler passions swayed,
The feeling heart, the reasoning head,
In heavenly praise employ :
Spread the Creator's name around,
Till heaven's wide arch repeat the sound,
The general burst of joy.

HYMN 18. L. M. [#]

Praise.

1 Now to the Lord, who built the skies,
Let grateful songs of praise arise;
By all that dwell beneath the sun,
Now be his grace in concert sung.
2 Far as the rolling planets move
He spreads his mercy and his love;
Through every land, and every clime,
The wonders of his goodness shine.

3 So let his praises be expressed,
From north to south, from east to west,
And every living thing adore

His name while sun and moon endure.

HYMN 19. C. P. M. [#]

Creating and redeeming Love.

1 YE angels, that surround the throne, Where your Creator's name is known, Through all the realms above,

Your greatest skill in praising try,
And all your golden harps employ,
To sing creating love.

2 But, O, ye children of his love,
By mercy called to mount above,
From sin and sorrow too;

Let angels to your songs give place, For you can sing redeeming grace,forever new.

A song

3 And when ye take the sacred book, And at each precious promise look, Of universal grace,

"Tis there the joyful day ye view, When every gentile, with the Jew, Shall see his Saviour's face.

HYMN 20. C. M. [#]
Truth and Mercy.

1 To thee, my God, my heart shall bring
The lively, grateful song;
Attending crowds shall hear me sing,
With rapture on my tongue.

2 Amidst the glories of thy name,
Thy truth exalted shines;

A faithful God thy words proclaim
In everlasting lines.

3 The righteous God looks kindly down On pious, humble souls;

But from afar his piercing frown
The sons of pride controls.

4 Thou, Lord, wilt all my hopes fulfil;
To thee the work belongs:
Let endless mercy guide me still,
And tune my grateful songs.

HYMN 21. H. M. [#]

Creating, preserving and redeeming Love. 1 LET all created things

Their cheerful voices raise,
And own the King of kings
With thankful songs of praise.
Creating love

Should loud be sung,
Through every world,
By every tongue.

2 Let angels, round the throne,
In joyful ranks above,
His power and goodness own,
And his preserving love;
With thankful tongues
His praise proclaim,
And drop their crowns
To shout his name.

3 Let Adam's favoured race,
Wherever they may be,

Shout the Redeemer's grace,
And to him bow the knee:
He died for all,

And, to restore
All things, he rose
To die no more.

HYMN 22. L. M. [#]
Mercy and Truth.

1 GIVE to the Lord immortal praise;
Mercy and truth are all his

ways;

Wonders of grace to God belong;
Repeat his mercies in your song.

2 Give to the Lord of lords renown,
The King of kings with glory crown;
His mercy ever shall endure,

When lords and kings are known no more.

3 The Jews he freed from Pharaoh's hand, And brought them to the promised land: Wonders of grace to God belong; Repeat his mercies in your song.

4 He saw the gentiles dead in sin,
And felt his pity work within:

His mercies ever shall endure,
When death and sin shall reign no more.

5 He sent his Son with power to save
From guilt, and darkness, and the grave:
Wonders of grace to God belong;

Repeat his mercies in your song.

6 Through this vain world he guides our feet, And leads us to his heavenly seat;

His mercies ever shall endure,

When this vain world shall be no more.

HYMN 23. L. M. [#]

God is Love.

1 WHEN my astonished eyes behold
My Maker's works, below, above,
And read his name in lines of gold,
I surely know that God is love.
2 When I observe his written word,
His promises of grace I prove;
With joyful heart I praise the Lord,
For Scripture saith that God is love.
3 What gentle streams of pleasure roll!
What quickening from the mystic Dove!
Now peace divine fills all my soul,
And I can shout, My God is love.

4 Now heavenly courage I'll put on,
For far away my fear is drove;
I'll bow before the living Son,

And loud proclaim, My God is love.

HYMN 24. C. M. [#]

Victorious Grace.

1 JOIN every heart and every tongue,
And sing Jehovah's praise;
Come, shout the wonders of his love,
The victories of his grace!

2 Far as the circuit of the sun

He makes his mercy known;

To every soul through every land
He sends its blessings down.

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