While with ceaseless course the sun HYMN. 488 536 576 575 481 34 Why should our mourning thoughts delight 577 Why should the children of a king 211 322 With all my powers of heart and tongue 372 578 With melting heart and weeping eyes With tears of anguish I lament Ye angels that stand round the throne Ye that thirst for solid pleasure 402 Ye virgin souls arise Ye wretched, hungry, starving poor PSALMS AND HYMNS. 1. God the Creator of the World. L.M. PSALM C. 1 BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne, 2 His sov'reign power, without our aid, 3 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heav'ns our voices raise; And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 4 Wide as the world is thy command, Vast as eternity thy love; Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand, When rolling years shall cease to move! 2. God the Father of his People. C.M. Thou, O Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.—Isa. lxiii. 16. 1 THE God, who reigns above, we call And, blessed thought! his children all 2 Tho' now dispersed, the day will come, Will take them hence, and bear them home, To "see him as he is." 3 Tho' now unknown, they soon shall be Those who despise them now, shall see 4 But let his children, while on earth, And when at last he shall appear, 3. God the Father of his People. C.M. But now, O LORD, thou art our Father.-ISA. lxiv. 8. 1 OUR Father sits on yonder throne, Amidst the hosts above; He reigns throughout the world alone, 2 He knew us, when we knew him not; 3 He keeps us now, securely keeps, With vigilance that never sleeps ; 4 He gives us hope that we shall be, 5 Then let us, while we dwell below, 6 How sweet to hear him say at last, 4. God the Father of his People. C.M. Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God; &c.-ISA. xli. 10. 1 AND art thou with me, gracious Lord, Dost thou proclaim thyself my God, |