3 I sing the goodness of the Lord, He form'd the creatures with his word, 4 Lord, how thy wonders are display'd, Where'er I turn mine eye! If I survey the ground I tread, 5 There's not a plant or flow'r below, 6 Creatures (as num'rous as they be) There's not a place where we can flee, 7 In heav'n he shines with beams of love, 8 His hand is my perpetual guard, Why should I then forget the Lord, B PRAISE TO GOD FOR OUR REDEMPTION. 1 BLEST be the wisdom and the pow'r, The justice and the grace, That join'd in council to restore 2 Our father ate forbidden fruit, And we his children thus were brought 3 Blest be the Lord, that sent his Son 4 He honour'd all his Father's laws, He bore our sins upon the cross, 5 Behold him rising from the grave; He pleads his merits there, to save 6 There on a glorious throne he reigns, Redeems us from the slavish chains Of Satan and of sin. 7 Thence shall the Lord to judgment come, 8 O! may I then with joy appear And with the blest assembly there SONG IV. PRAISE FOR MERCIES SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL. 1 WHENE'ER I take my walks abroad, How many poor I see! What shall I render to my God 2 Not more than others I deserve, 3 How many children in the street While I am cloth'd from head to feet, 4 While some poor wretches scarce can tell 5 While others early learn to swear, 6 Are these thy favours day by day, Then let me love thee more than they, 1 GREAT God, to thee my voice I raise, That I was born on British ground; Than East or Western Indies hold. 4 How do I pity those that dwell Where ignorance and darkness reigns! They know heav'n, they fear no hell, Those endless joys, these endless pains. |