When thousand grateful scenes appear,
Fresh opening to our wondering eyes.

3.

The new delight, how great!-to see
The earth in vernal beauty drest;
While in each herb, and flower, and tree,
Thy opening bounty shines confest.

4.

Aloft, full beaming, reigns the sun,
And light and genial heat conveys;
And, while he leads the seasons on,
From thee derives his quickening rays.

5.

Indulgent GOD! from every part
Thy plenteous blessings richly flow;
We see; we taste;-let every heart
With grateful love and duty glow.

57. P. M.

The Providence of God in the Seasons.

1.

LET thanks to GOD, all-sovereign Power, arise, (Who fix'd the mountains, and who spread the skies,)

From the glad climes, whence morn, in beauty

drest,

Forth goes rejoicing, to the farthest west.

2.

On thee alone our whole dependence lies,
And thy rich mercy every want supplies:
O thou great Author of the extended whole!
Revolving seasons praise thee as they roll.

3.

By thee spring, summer, autumn, winter rise; Thou giv'st the frowning, thou the smiling skies;

By thy command the softening shower distils, Till genial warmth the teeming furrow fills.

4.

Now favouring sun-shine o'er the clime extends,

And blest by thee the verdant blade ascends; Next spring's gay products clothe the flowery

hills,

And joy the wood, and joy the valley fills.

5.

Then soon thy bounty swells the golden ear, And bids the harvest crown the fruitful year: Thus all thy works one glorious concert raise, And nature's face proclaims her Maker's praise.

58. L. M.

Seed-Time and Harvest.

1.

THE rising morn, the closing day,
Repeat thy praise with grateful voice;
Both, bounteous LORD! thy power display,
And laden with thy gifts rejoice.

2.

Earth's wide-extended, varying scenes,
All smiling round, thy bounty show;
From seas or clouds, full magazines,
Thy rich diffusive blessings flow.

3.

Now earth receives the precious seed
Which thy indulgent hand prepares;
And nourishes the future bread,
And answers all the sower's cares.

4.

Thy sweet refreshing showers attend, And through the ridges gently flow, Soft on the springing corn descend; And thy kind blessing makes it grow.

5.

Thy goodness crowns the circling year;
Thy paths drop fatness all around;
The barren wilds thy praise declare,
And echoing hills return the sound.

6.

Here spreading flocks adorn the plain; There plenty every charm displays; Thy bounty clothes each lovely scene, And joyful nature shouts thy praise.

59. P. M.

Praise to God the Sovereign King.

1.

RAISE your voice, and joyful sing
Praise to your eternal King;
For his mercies far extend,
And his bounty knows no end.

2.

Honour pay to heaven's high Lord,
And his wondrous deeds record;
Through the various realms of earth,
Praise him all of human birth:

3.

Him, whose wisdom, thron'd on high,
Built the mansions of the sky;
And the orbs which gild the pole,
Bade through boundless space to roll:

4.

Him, who, o'er this earthly ball,
Looks with equal eye on all;
And to every thing which lives,
Rich supplies of blessings gives.

5.

To the great eternal King,
Raise your voice, and joyful sing;
For his mercies far extend,
And his bounty knows no end.

60. C. M.

God's Sovereign Dominion.

1.

ALMIGHTY GOD! thy powerful word
From nothing all things brought;
Earth, seas, and skies, by thee their Lord,
With matchless skill were wrought.

2.

By thee preserv'd, the whole remains
A proof of power divine;

And all, which this great whole contains,
By sovereign right is thine.

3.

Sun, moon, and stars, thy views fulfil;
Through thee each planet rolls;
Earth, seas, and skies obey thy will;
Thy power the world controls.

4.

Thou over all art LORD supreme;
All else from thee derive;
No being can dispute thy claim,
Or independent live.

5.

To thee, and thee alone, we bow,
To thee alone would live;
All that we have to thee we owe,
Ourselves to thee would give.

6.

Accept what now, with faith and love,
We to thy will resign;

And let thy grace preserve, improve,
And perfect, what is thine.

61. L. M.

The Hand of God acknowledged in
War and Peace.

1.

GREAT Ruler of the earth and skies!
A word of thy almighty breath
Can sink the world or bid it rise:
Thy smile is life, thy frown is death.

2.

When angry nations rush to arms,
And rage, and noise, and tumult reign,
And war resounds in dire alarms,

And slaughter spreads the hostile plain,

3.

That word which stills the raging seas, When the loud waves tempestuous roar, Commands the warring world to peace; And noise and tumult are no more.