FATHER of all, in every age, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Oh, not to earth's contracted span Nor think thee Lord alone of man, To thee, whose temple is all space, Whose altar, earth, sea, skies, One chorus let all beings raise, All nature's incense rise. A GLORY to God in the highest, Good will towards men. CREATOR-SPIRIT! thou the first, To be through time unending; Whose word was, "Light," and light outburst, In myriad streams descending; O, fill our souls with light divine, Till radiant in thy beams they shine, With thine own essence blending! IV. LORD, thou art not alone In courts by mortals trod; Nor only is this day thine own Thy temple is the arch Of yon unmeasur'd sky; Thy Sabbath, the stupendous march Of grand eternity! . GOD of the ocean, earth, and sky, In thy bright presence we rejoice; We feel thee in the sunny beam; We see thee walk the mountain waves; We hear thee in the murmuring stream, And when the tempest wildly raves: God, on the lonely hills we meet; God, in the vale and fragrant grove; While birds and whispering winds repeat That God is there-the God of love. VI. O God! who mad'st earth, sea, and air, Thy hallowed praise is every where ; Yea, woods, and winds, and waves, convey To the rapt ear a hymn, and say, "God, who hath made us, we obey!" Hallelujah! LET us, with a gladsome mind, Let us blaze his name abroad, For his mercies aye endure, Who, by his wisdom, did create Ever faithful, ever sure: Who did the solid earth ordain Ever faithful, ever sure. All living creatures he doth feed, And with full hand supplies their need; For his mercies aye endure, Ever faithful, ever sure. |