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, One chorus let all beings raise, A GLORY to God in the highest, Good will towards men. CREATOR-SPIRIT! thou the first, To be through time unending; Oh, fill our souls with light divine, With thine own essence blending! BRITISH IV. LORD, thou art not alone 12 In courts by mortals trodFEB 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! 19 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, And living creatures, free and fair, Yea, woods, and winds, and waves, convey To the rapt ear a hymn, and say, "God, who hath made us, we obey!" Hallelujah! |