2 God is th' eternal King; thy foes in vain Raise their rebellion to confound thy reign; In vain the storms, in vain the floods, arise, And roar, and toss their waves against the skies; Foaming at heaven, they rage with wild commotion, But heaven's high arches scorn the swelling ocean.

3 Ye tempests, rage no more; ye floods, be still; And all the world submissive to his will;

Built on his truth, his church must ever stand; Firm are his promises, and strong his hand: See his own sons, when they appear before him, Bow at his footstool, and with fear adore him.

The Majesty of God.

1 THE Lord Jehovah reigns,
And royal state maintains,

WATTS.

His head with awful glories crowned,
Arrayed in robes of light,

Begirt with sovereign might,
And rays of majesty around.

2 Upheld by thy commands,
The world securely stands,
And skies and stars obey thy word;
Thy throne was fixed on high
Ere stars adorned the sky;
Eternal is thy kingdom, Lord.

3 Let floods and nations rage,
And all their power engage;
Let swelling tides assault the sky;
The terrors of thy frown

Shall calm their fury down;

Thy throne forever stands on high.

4 Thy promises are true;

Thy grace is ever new;

There fixed, thy church shall ne'er remove;

Thy saints, with holy fear,

Shall in thy courts appear,
And sing thine everlasting love.

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KIPPIS.

God incomprehensible.

1 GREAT God, in vain man's narrow view
Attempts to look thy nature through;
Our laboring powers with reverence own
Thy glories never can be known.
2 Not the high seraph's mighty thought,
Who countless years his God has sougnt,
Such wondrous height or depth can find,
Or fully trace thy boundless mind.
3 Yet, Lord, thy kindness deigns to show
All that we mortals need to know;
While wisdom, goodness, power divine,
Through all thy works and conduct shine.
4 O, may our souls with rapture trace
Thy works of nature and of grace;
Adore thy sacred name, and still
Press on to know and do thy will.

Sovereign Purposes of God.

1 KEEP silence, all created things, And wait your Maker's nod;

WATTS.

My soul stands trembling while she sings
The honors of her God.

2 Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown, Hang on his firm decree;

He sits on no precarious throne,
Nor borrows leave to be.

3 Before his throne a volume lies,
With all the fates of men;
With every angel's form and size,
Drawn by th' eternal pen.

4 His providence unfolds the book,
And makes his counsels shine;
Each opening leaf, and every stroke,
Fulfils some deep design.

5 Here, he exalts neglected worms
To sceptres and a crown;

And there, the following page he turns,
And casts the monarch down.

6 My God, I would not long to see
My fate, with curious eyes
What gloomy lines are writ for me,
Or what bright scenes may rise.
7 In thy fair book of life and grace,
O, may I find my name,
Recorded in some humble place,
Beneath my Lord, the Lamb.

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CowPER.

Purposes of God developed by his Providence

1 GOD moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform;

He plants his footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.

2 Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy, and shall break
With blessings on your head.

3 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust him for his grace;
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.

4 His purposes will ripen fast,
Unfolding every hour;

The bud may have a bitter taste,
But sweet will be the flower.

5 Blind unbelief is sure to err,
And scan his work in vain;
God is his own interpreter,
And he will make it plain.

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ENG. BAP. COL.

Providence kind and bountiful.

1 THY kingdom, Lord, forever stands,
While earthly thrones decay;
And time submits to thy commands,
While ages roll away.

2 Thy sovereign bounty freely gives
Its unexhausted store;

And universal nature lives
On thy sustaining power.

3 Holy and just in all its ways
Is providence divine;

In all its works, immortal rays
Of power and mercy shine.

4 The praise of God- delightful theme!
Shall fill my heart and tongue;
Let all creation bless his name,
In one eternal song.

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Goodness of God.

GIBBONS.

1 THY goodness, Lord, our souls confess;
Thy goodness we adore;

A spring whose blessings never fail;
A sea without a shore.

2 Sun, moon, and stars, thy love declare
In every golden ray;

Love draws the curtains of the night,
And love brings back the day.

3 Thy bounty every season crowns
With all the bliss it yields,

With joyful clusters loads the vines,
With strengthening grain the fields.
4 But chiefly thy compassion, Lord,
Is in the gospel seen;

There, like a sun, thy mercy shines,
Without a cloud between.

5 There pardon, peace, and holy joy,
Through Jesus' name are given;
He on the cross was lifted high,
That we might reign in heaven.

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WATTS.

Immutable Perfections and Glory of God.
1 HIGH in the heavens, eternal God,
Thy goodness in full glory shines;
Thy truth shall break through every cloud
That veils thy just and wise designs.

2 Forever firm thy justice stands,

As mountains their foundations keep, Wise are the wonders of thy hands; Thy judgments are a mighty deep.

3 O God, how excellent thy grace, Whence all our hope and comfort spring! The sons of Adam, in distress,

Fly to the shadow of thy wing.

4 In the provisions of thy house

We still shall find a sweet repast;
There mercy, like a river, flows,

And brings salvation to our taste.

5 Life, like a fountain, rich and free,
Springs from the presence of my Lord;
And in thy light our souls shall see
The glories promised in thy word.

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S. S. CUTTING.

God of all Goodness.

1 GOD of the world! thy glories shine,
Through earth and heaven, with rays divine;
Thy smile gives beauty to the flower,
Thine anger to the tempest power.

2 God of our lives! the throbbing heart
Doth at thy beck its action start,-
Throbs on, obedient to thy will,
Or ceases, at thy fatal chill.

3 God of eternal life! thy love
Doth every stain of sin remove;

The cross, the cross its hallowed light
Shall drive from earth her cheerless night.

4 God of all goodness! to the skies
Our hearts in grateful anthems rise;
And to thy service shall be given

The rest of life-the whole of heaven.

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STEELF.

Wonders of God's Love.

1 YE humble souls, approach your God
With songs of sacred praise;

For he is good, supremely good,
And kind are all his ways.