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Ye sons of men in sacred lays

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #31 (1814) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Ye sons of men, in sacred lays, Attempt the great Creator's praise: But who an equal song can frame? What verse can reach the lofty theme? 2 He sits enthron'd amidst the spheres, And glory like a garment wears; While boundless wisdom, pow'r, and grace, Command our awe, transcend our praise. 3 Before his throne a shining band Of cherubs and of seraphs stand; Ethereal spirits, who in flight Outstrip the rapid speed of light. 4 To God all nature owes its birth, He form'd this pond'rous globe of earth, He raised the glorious arch on high, And measur'd out the azure sky. 5 In all our Maker's grand designs, Omnipotence with wisdom shines. His works, through all this wondrous frame, Bear the great impress of his name. 6 Rais'd on devotion's lofty wing, Let us his high perfections sing: O let his praise employ our tongue, Whilst list'ning worlds applaud the song! Languages: English

Ye weak inhabitants of clay

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #30 (1814) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Ye weak inhabitants of clay, Ye trifling insects of a day, Low in your native dust bow down Before th' Eternal's awful throne. 2 Let Lebanon her cedars bring, To blaze before the sov'reign King; And all the beasts, that on it feed, As victims at his altar bleed. 3 Loud let ten thousand trumpets sound, And call remotest nations round, Assembled on the crowded plains, Princes and people, kings and swains. 4 Join'd with the living, let the dead, Rising, the face of earth o'erspread; And, while his praise unites their tongues, Let angels echo back the songs. 5. The drop that from the bucket falls, The dust that hangs upon the scales, Is more to sky and earth and sea, Than all this pomp, great God! to thee. Languages: English

Thy ceaseless, unexhausted love

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #51 (1814) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Thy ceaseless, unexhausted love, Unmerited and free, Delights our evil to remove, And help our misery. 2 Thou waitest to be gracious still; Thou dost with sinners bear, That, sav'd, we may thy goodness feel, And all thy grace declare. 3 Thy goodness and thy truth to me To ev'ry soul, abound, A vast, unfathomable sea, Where all our thoughts are drown'd. 4 Its streams the whole creation reach, So plenteous is the store; Enough for all, enough for each, Enough for evermore. 5 Faithful, O Lord, thy mercies are! A rock that cannot move: A thousand promises declare Thy constancy of love. 6 Throughout the universe it reigns, Unalterably sure; And, while the truth of God remains, His goodness must endure. Languages: English

Great God, how infinite art thou!

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #32 (1814) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1. Great God, how infinite art thou! What worthless worms are we! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee. 2. Thy throne eternal ages stood, Ere seas or stars were made; Thou art the ever-living God, Were all the nations dead. 3. Nature and time all open lie To thine immense survey, From the formation of the sky To the last awful day. 4. Eternity, with all its years, Stands present to thy view; To thee there’s nothing old appears; Great God! there’s nothing new. 5. Our lives thro' various scenes are drawn, And vexed with trifling cares; While thine eternal thought moves on Thine undisturbed'd affairs. 6. Great God, how infinite art thou! How frail and weak we are! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee. Languages: English

All pow'rful, self existent God

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #33 (1814) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 All-pow'rful, self-existent God, Who all creation dost sustain! Thou wast, and art, and art to come; And everlasting is thy reign. 2 Fix'd and eternal as thy days, Each glorious attribute divine, Thro' ages infinite, shall still With undiminish'd lustre shine. 3 Fountain of being! source of good! Immutable dost thou remain; Nor can the shadow of a change Obscure the glories of thy reign. 4 Nature her order shall reverse, Revolving seasons cease their round; Nor spring appear with blooming pride, Nor autumn be with plenty crown'd: 5 Yon shining orbs forget their course; The sun his destin'd path forsake; And burning desolaton mark Amid the world his wand'ring track: 6 Earth may with all her pow'rs dissolve, If such the great Creator's will: But thou for ever art the same; "I am" is thy memorial still. Languages: English

Almighty God, thy pow'rful word

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #35 (1814) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Almighty God, thy pow'rful word From nothing all things brought; Earth seas, and skies, by thee their Lord, With skill divine were wrought. 2 Thy pleasure heav'nly hosts fulfil; For thee each planet rolls: Earth, sun, and stars perform thy will; Thy nod the world controls. 3 Thou over all art Lord supreme; All else from the derive. No being can dispute thy claim, Or independent live. 4 To thee, our Lord, we therefore bow; To thee, our all resign. Entire to thee ourselves we vow, For we are wholly thine. Languages: English

'Twas God who hurl'd the rolling spheres

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #36 (1814) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 'Twas God who hurl'd the rolling spheres, And stretch'd the boundless skies; Who form'd the plan of endless years, And bade the ages rise. 2 From everlasting is his might, Immense and unconfin'd: He pierces through the realms of light, And rides upon the wind. 3 He darts along the burning skies; Loud thunders round him roar: All heav'n attends him, as he flies; All hell proclaims his pow'r. 4 He scatters nations with his breath; The scatter'd nations fly: Blue pestilence and wasting death, Confess the Godhead nigh. 5 Ye worlds, with ev'ry living thing, Fulfil his high command: Mortals, pay homage to your King, And own his ruling hand. Languages: English

My heart and ways, O God!

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #39 (1814) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 My heart and ways, O God! By thee are search'd and seen; My outward acts thine eye observes, My secret thoughts within. 2 No spot the realms of space, Whence thou art absent, know. In heav'n thou reign'st a glorious King. A righteous Judge below. 3 Lord! if within my heart Thou aught should'st disapprove: The secret evil bring to light, And by thy grace remove. 4 If e'er I've been perverse Or foolish in thy view: Recall my steps to thy commands, And form my life anew. Languages: English

To thee, my God! my days are known

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #40 (1814) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 To thee, my god! my days are known; My soul enjoys the thought. My actions all before thee lie, Nor are my wants forget. 2 Each secret wish devotion breathes, Is vocal to thine ear; And all my walks of daily life Before thine eye appear. 3 The vacant hour, the active scene, Thy mercy shall approve; And ev'ry pang of sympathy, And ev'ry care of love. 4 Each golden hour of beaming light Is gilded by thy rays; And dark affliction's midnight gloom A present God surveys. 5 Full in thy view thro' life I pass, And in thy view I die. Lord! when all mortal bonds shall break, May I still find thee nigh Languages: English

God is a spirit, just and wise

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #44 (1814) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 God is a Spirit, just and wise; He sees our inmost mind. In vain to heav'n we raise our cries, And leave our souls behind. 2 Nothing but truth before his throne With honour can appear; The painted hypocrites are known Through the disguise they wear. 3 Their lifted eyes salute the skies, Their bending knees the ground: But God abhors the sacrifice, Where not the heart is found. 4 Lord! search my thoughts, and try my ways, And make my soul sincere: Then shall I stand before thy face, And find acceptance there. Languages: English

My God, thy boundless love I praise

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #52 (1814) Meter: Irregular Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 My God, thy boundless love I praise; How bright on high its glories blaze! How sweetly bloom below! It streams from thy eternal throne; Through heav'n its joys for ever run, And o'er the earth they flow. 2 'Tis love that paints the purple morn, And bids the clouds, in air upborne, Their genial drops distil; In ev'ry vernal beam it glows, And breathes in ev'ry gale that blows, And glides in ev'ry rill. 3 It robes in cheerful green the ground, And pours its flowery beauties round, Whose sweets perfume the gale; Its bounties richly spread the plain, The blushing fruit, the golden grain, And smile on ev'ry vale. 4 But in thy gospel see it shine With grace and glories more divine, Proclaiming sins forgiv'n. There faith, bright cherus, points the way To realms of everlasting day, And opens all her heav'n. 5 Then let the love, that makes me blest, With cheerful praise inspire my breast, And ardent gratitude; And all my thoughts and passions tend To thee, my Father and my Friend, My soul's eternal good. Languages: English

Give to the Lord, ye sons of fame

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #34 (1814) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Give to the Lord, ye sons of fame, Give to the Lord renown and pow'r; Ascribe due honours to His name, And his eternal might adore. 2 The Lord proclaims His pow'r aloud O'er the ocean and the land; His voice divides the wat'ry cloud, And lightnings blaze at his command. 3 He speaks, and howling tempests rise, And lay the forest bare around; the fiercest beasts, with piteous cries, Confess the terror of the sound. 4 His thunders rend the vaulted skies, And palaces and temples shake. The mountains tremble at the noise, The valleys roar, the deserts quake. 5. The Lord sits sov'reign o'er the flood; The Thund’rer reigns for ever King; But makes his church His blest abode, Where we His awful glories sing. 6 We see no terrors in his name, But in our God a Father find. The voice that shakes all nature's frame, Speaks comfort to the pious mind. Languages: English

Lord, thou hast searched, and seen me through

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #37 (1814) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me through; Thine eye commands with piercing view, My rising and my resting hours, My heart and flesh, with all their powr's. 2 Could I so false, so faithless prove, To quit thy service and thy love, Where, Lord, could I thy presence shun, Or from thy dreadful glory run? 3 If, mounted on a morning ray, I fly beyond the western sea; Thy swifter hand would first arrive, And there arrest thy fugitive. 4 Or should I try to shun thy sight Beneath the spreading veil of night: One glance of thine, one piercing ray, Would kindle darkness into day. 5 The veil of night is no disguise, No screen from thy all-searching eyes; Thy hand can seize Thy foes as soon Through midnight shades as blazing noon. 6. O may these thoughts possess my breast, Where’er I rove, where’er I rest! Nor let my weaker passions dare Consent to sin, for God is there. Languages: English

Songs of immortal praise belong

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #41 (1814) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Songs of immortal praise belong to my almighty God: He hath my heart, and he my tongue, To spread his name abroad. 2 How great the works his hands hath wrought! How glorious in our sight! And men in ev'ry age have sought His wonders with delight. 3 How most exact is nature's frame! How wise th' eternal Mind! His counsels need not change the scheme That his first thoughts design'd. 4 When he redeem'd the sons of men, He fix'd his cov'nant sure: The orders, that his lips pronounce, To endless years endure. 5. Nature, and time, and earth, and skies, Thy heav'nly skill proclaim. What shall we do to make us wise, But learn to read thy name? 6 To fear thy pow'r, to trust thy grace, Is our divinest skill; And he's the wisest of our race, Who best obeys thy will. Languages: English

Holy and rever'nd is the name

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #43 (1814) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Holy and rev'rend is the name Of our eternal King/ Thrice holy, Lord! the angels cry:— Thrice holy, let us sing. 2 Holy is he in all his works, And saints are his delight; But sinners and their wicked ways Are hateful in his sight. 3 The deepest rev'rence, homage, love, Pay, O my soul, to God; Lift with thy hands a holy heart To his sublime abode. 4 Thou righteous God! preserve my mind From all pollution free; Thine image form within my breast, That I thy face may see. Languages: English

The heart, dejected, sighs to know

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #49 (1814) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 The heart, dejected, sighs to know, Why vice triumphant reigns below; Why saints have fall'n in ev'ry age, The victims of tyrannic rage. 2 Fast roll successive years away; Fast hastens on th' important day, When, to th' astonish'd world's surprise, God's high tribunal shall arise. 3 Hark, 'tis the trumpet's piercing sound; The rising dead assemble round; In close procession, see, they come, Each to receive his final doom. 4 Lo! there, a vile, degenerate race; Pale terror sits on ev'ry face: Here, on the right, a joyful band, The sons of suff'ring virtue stand. 5 The sentence pass'd, lo! these arise To bliss and glory in the skies: While those, who once stood high in fame, Sink to contempt, remorse, and shame. 6 Thus shall God's government appear Without a shade, divinely fair; And blushing doubts, with joy, confess, The Lord's a God of righteousness. Languages: English

Sweet is the memory of thy grace

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #54 (1814) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 Sweet is the mem'ry of thy grace, O God, my heavenly King! Let age to age thy righteousness In sounds of glory sing. 2 God reigns on high, but not confines His goodness to the skies. Through the whole earth his bounty shines, And ev'ry want supplies. 3 With longing eyes thy creatures wait On thee for daily food; Thy lib'ral hand provides their meat, And fills their mouths with good. 4 How kind are thy compassions, Lord! How slow thine anger moves! But soon He sends His pard'ning word To cheer the souls He loves. 5 Creatures, with all their endless race, Thy pow'r and praise proclaim; But saints, who taste thy richer grace Delight to bless thy name. Languages: English

When I with curious eyes survey

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #42 (1814) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 When I with curious eyes survey My complicated frame, I read on ev'ry part inscrib'd My great Creator's name. 2 With nicest art, in secret, God Did ev'ry member write; And, when the model was complete, My eyes beheld the light. 3 He bade the purple flood of life In circling streams to flow; And sent the genial heat around Though ev'ry part to glow. 4. Why was my body form'd erect, Whilst brutes bow down to earth? But that my soul should learn to know, And claim it's nobler birth. 5. Author of life! my tongue shall sing The wonders of my frame. Long as I breathe, and think and speak, I'll praise thy glorious name. Languages: English

With eye impartial, heav'n's high King

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #46 (1814) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 With eye impartial, heav'ns high King Surveys each human tribe; No earthly pomp his eyes can charm, Nor wealth his favour bribe. 2 The rich and poor, of equal clay, His pow'rful hand did frame; All souls are his, and him alike Their common Parent claim. 3 Ye sons of men of high degree, Your great Superior own; Praise him for all his gifts, and pay Your homage at his throne. 4 Trust in the Lord, ye humble poor, And banish ev'ry fear: The God you serve will ne'er forsake The man of heart sincere. Languages: English

The promises I sing

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #50 (1814) Meter: Irregular Topics: Character and Perfections of God Lyrics: 1 The promises I sing, Which love supreme hath spoke; Nor will th'eternal King His words of grace revoke. They stand secure And steadfast still: Not Sion's hill Abides so sure. 2 The mountains melt away, When once the Judge appears; And sun and moon decay, That measure mortal years: But still the same, In radiant lines, His promise shines Through all the flame. 3 Their harmony shall sound Thro' my attentive ears, When thunders cleave the ground, And dissipate the spheres. Midst all the shock Of that dread scene, I'll stand serene, Thy word my rock. Languages: English

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