99. L. M.

1 O THOU, whom neither time nor space
Can circle in, unseen, unknown,
Nor faith in boldest flight can trace
Save through thy Spirit and thy Son,-

2 Be ours, O King of mercy! still

To feel thy presence from above,
And in thy word, and in thy will,

To hear thy voice, and know thy love.

3 Great First and Last! thy blessing give!
And grant us faith, thy gift alone,
To love and praise thee while we live,

And do whate'er thou wouldst have done.

4 And when the toils of life are done,
And nature waits thy dread decree,
To find our rest beneath thy throne,
And look, in humble hope, to thee.

100. 10 & 6s. M.

1 I LOVE my God, but with no love of mine, For I have none to give;

I love thee, Lord; but all the love is thine,
For by thy life I live.

I am as nothing, and rejoice to be

Emptied, and lost, and swallowed up in thee.

2 Thou, Lord, alone, art all thy children need, And there is none beside;

From thee the streams of blessedness proceed,
In thee the blest abide,

Fountain of life, and all-abounding grace,
Our source, our centre, and our dwelling-place.

101. C. M.

1 KEEP silence, all created things,
And wait your Maker's nod;
My soul exulteth while she sings
The glories of our God.

2 Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown, Hang on his firm decree,

He sits on no precarious throne,

Nor borrows leave to be.

3 His mighty word bade ancient Night
Her empire vast resign,

And lo! unnumbered worlds of light
In fields of azure shine.

4 His wisdom with resistless sway
Guides the eternal frame;
With wonder, let all beings pay
Their homage to his name.

102. L. M.

1 ETERNAL God, almighty cause

Of earth, and seas, and worlds unknown;

All things are subject to thy laws;
All things depend on thee alone.

2 Thy glorious being singly stands,
Of all within itself possessed:
Controlled by none are thy commands;
Thou in thyself alone art blessed.

3 Worship to thee alone belongs;

Worship to thee alone we give;
Thine be our hearts, and thine our songs,
And to thy glory may we live.

4 Lord, spread thy name through heathen lands;
Their idol deities dethrone;
Subdue the world to thy commands,
And reign, as thou art, God alone.

103. C. M.

1 THE Lord descended from above,
And bowed the heavens most high;
And underneath his feet he cast
The darkness of the sky.

2 On cherubim and seraphim
Full royally he rode,

And on the wings of mighty winds
Came flying all abroad.

3 He sat serene upon the floods,
Their fury to restrain;

And he, as sovereign Lord and King,
For evermore shall reign.

104. C. M.

1 THY throne eternal ages stood,
Ere earth or heaven was made;
Thou art the ever-living God,
Were all the nations dead.

2 Eternity, with all its years,

Stands present to thy view;

To thee, there's nothing old appears,
Great God! there 's nothing new.

3 Our lives through varying scenes are drawn, And vexed with trifling cares,

While thine eternal thought moves on
Thine undisturbed affairs.

4 Great God! how infinite art thou!
How frail and weak are we!

Let the whole race of creatures bow,
And homage pay to thee.

105. L. M.

1 UNCHANGEABLE, all-perfect Lord!
Essential life's unbounded sea!
What lives and moves, lives by thy word;
It lives, and moves, and is, from thee!
Whate'er in earth, or sea, or sky,

Or shuns, or meets, the wandering thought,
Escapes, or strikes, the searching eye,
By thee was to existence brought.

2 Thine, Lord, is holiness, alone:
Justice and truth before thee stand:
Yet, nearer to thy sacred throne,

Love ever dwells at thy right hand.
And to thy love and ceaseless care,
Father! this light, this breath, we owe;
And all we have, and all we are,

From thee, great Source of Life! doth flow.

106. 8 & 7s. M.

1 "LORD, thy glory fills the heaven; Earth is with its fulness stored; Unto thee be glory given,

Holy, holy, holy Lord!"

Heaven is still with anthems ringing;

Earth takes up the angels' cry,

"Holy, holy, holy," singing,

"Lord of hosts, thou Lord most high!"

2 Ever thus in God's high praises,

Brethren, let our tongues unite,
Whilst our thoughts his greatness raises,
And our love his gifts excite.
With his seraph train before him,
With his holy Church below,

Thus unite we to adore him,

Bid we thus our anthem flow:

3 "Lord, thy glory fills the heaven; Earth is with its fulness stored; Unto thee be glory given,

Holy, holy, holy Lord!