Wesley Corpus

Of glory condescend ? And will lie write his name, My Father and my Friend ? Hymns of Adoration, t)33 I love his name, I love his word : Join all my powers to praise the Lord ! HYMN 570. l. u. The Perfections and Providence of God. 1 YTIGH in the heavens, eternal God, ■*■ ■*■ Thy goodness in full glory shines ; Thy truth shall break through every cloud That veils and darkens thy designs. 2 For ever firm thy justice stands, As mountains their foundations keep ; Wise are the wonders of thy hands ; Thy judgments are a mighty deep. 3 Thy providence is kind and large, Both man and beast thy bounty share ; The whole creation is thy charge, But saints are thy peculiar care. 4 My God, how excellent thy grace, Whence all our hope and comfort springs ! The sons of Adam in distress Fly to the shadow of thy wings. 5 Life, like a fountain rich and free, Springs from the presence of the Lord , And in thy light our souls shall see The glories promised in thy word. HYMN 571. l. m. " Holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, for ever." 1 ^l^TITH glory clad, with strength array'd, * * The Lord that o'er all nature reigns, The world's foundations strongly laid, And the vast fabric still sustains. 2 How sure established is thy throne. Which shall no change or period see! Oo4 Hymns of Adoration. For thou, O Lord, and thou alone, Art King from all eternity. 3 The floods, O Lord, lift up their voice, And toss their troubled waves on high : But God above can still their noise, And make the angry sea comply. 4 Thy promise, Lord, is ever sure : And they that in thy house would dwell, That happy station to secure, Must still in holiness excel. HYMN 572. l. m. The same subject. 1 r I TIE earth and all her fullness owns A Jehovah for her sovereign Lord ; The countless myriads of her sons Rose into being at his word. 2 His word did out of nothing call The world, and founded all that is ; Launch' d on the floods this solid ball, And fix'd it in the floating seas. 3 But who shall quit this low abode,