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The Holiness of God

Author: Watts Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #15 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: How shall I praise the eternal God Lyrics: 1 How shall I praise the eternal God, That infinite Unknown? Who can ascend his high abode, Or venture near his throne? 2 Heaven’s brightest lamps, with him compared, How mean they look, and dim! The holy angels have no spots, Yet can’t compare with him. 3 Holy is he in all his works, And truth is his delight; But sinners, and their wicked ways, Shall perish from his sight. 4 None but his favourites may draw near, Who stand in Christ complete; Those holy ones shall all appear And worship at his feet. 5 In Jesus’ image shining bright With rapture they adore The holy, holy, holy Lord, Languages: English

The Eternity of God

Author: Watts Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #2 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: Lord, raise my soul above the ground Lyrics: 1 Lord, raise my soul above the ground, And draw my thoughts to thee; Teach me, with sweet and solemn sound, To praise the eternal Three. 2 Long ere the lofty skies were spread, Jehovah filled his throne; Or Adam formed, or angels made, The Maker lived alone. 3 His boundless years can ne’er decrease, But still maintain their prime; Eternity’s his dwelling-place, And ever is his time. 4 While like a tide our minutes flow, The present and the past, He fills his own immortal NOW, And sees our ages waste. 5 The sea and sky must perish too, And vast destruction come! The creatures! look how old they grow, And wait their fiery doom. 6 Well; let the sea shrink all away, And flame melt down the skies, My God shall live an endless day When the old creation dies. Languages: English

The Wisdom of God

Author: Watts Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #5 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: The Lord, descending from above Lyrics: 1 The Lord, descending from above, Invites his children near, While power, and truth, and boundless love Display their glories here. 2 Here, in thy gospel’s wondrous frame, Fresh wisdom we pursue; A thousand angels learn thy name, Beyond whate’er they knew. 3 Thy name is writ in fairest lines; Thy wonders here we trace; Wisdom through all the mystery shines, And shines in Jesus’ face. 4 The law its best obedience owes To our incarnate God; And thy revenging justice shows Its honours in his blood. 5 But still the lustre of thy grace Our warmer thoughts employs; Gilds the whole scene with brighter rays, And more exalts our joys. Languages: English

The Loving-Kindness of God

Author: Medley Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #9 (1844) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: Awake, my soul, in joyful lays Lyrics: 1 Awake, my soul, in joyful lays, And sing thy great Redeemer’s praise; He justly claims a song from me; His loving-kindness, O how free! 2 He saw me ruined in the fall, Yet loved me notwithstanding all; He saved me from my lost estate; His loving-kindness, O how great! 3 [Though numerous hosts of mighty foes, Though earth and hell my way oppose, He safely leads my soul along; His loving-kindness, O how strong!] 4 [When trouble, like a gloomy cloud, Has gathered thick and thundered loud, He near my soul has always stood; His loving-kindness, O how good!] 5 Often I feel my sinful heart Prone from my Saviour to depart; But though I have him oft forgot, His loving-kindness changes not! 6 Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale; Soon all my mortal powers must fail; O may my last expiring breath His loving-kindness sing in death! 7 Then let me mount and soar away To the bright world of endless day, And sing with rapture and surprise, His loving-kindness in the skies. Languages: English

The Mercy of God

Author: Mrs. Steele Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #11 (1844) Meter: 11.11.11.11 Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: Thy mercy, my God, is the theme of my song Lyrics: 1 Thy mercy, my God, is the theme of my song, The joy of my heart, and the boast of my tongue; Thy free grace alone, from the first to the last, Has won my affections, and bound my soul fast. 2 Thy mercy, in Jesus, exempts me from hell; Its glories I’ll sing, and its wonders I’ll tell; ’Twas Jesus, my Friend, when he hung on the tree, Who opened the channel of mercy for me. 3 [Without thy sweet mercy I could not live here; Sin soon would reduce me to utter despair; But, through thy free goodness, my spirits revive, And he that first made me still keeps me alive.] 4 [Thy mercy is more than a match for my heart, Which wonders to feel its own hardness depart; Dissolved by thy goodness, I fall to the ground, And weep to the praise of the mercy I found.] 5 The door of thy mercy stands open all day, To the poor and the needy, who knock by the way. No sinner shall ever be empty sent back, Who comes seeking mercy for Jesus’s sake. 6 Great Father of mercies, thy goodness I own, And the covenant love of thy crucified Son; All praise to the Spirit, whose whisper divine Seals mercy, and pardon, and righteousness mine. Languages: English

The Faithfulness of God

Author: Watts Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #14 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme Lyrics: 1 Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme, And speak some boundless thing; The mighty works, or mightier name, Of our eternal King. 2 Tell of his wondrous faithfulness, And sound his power abroad; Sing the sweet promise of his grace, And the performing God. 3 Proclaim, “Salvation from the Lord, For wretched dying men”; His hand has writ the sacred word With an immortal pen. 4 [Engraved as in eternal brass, The mighty promise shines; Nor can the powers of darkness rase Those everlasting lines.] 5 He that can dash whole worlds to death, And make them when he please, He speaks, and that almighty breath Fulfils his great decrees. 6 His every word of grace is strong As that which built the skies; The voice that rolls the stars along Speaks all the promises. Languages: English

The Holiness of the Three-One God

Author: Burnham Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #16 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: The Father is a holy God Lyrics: 1 The Father is a holy God; His holy Son he gave; Who freely shed atoning blood, A guilty world to save. 2 The Spirit brings the chosen race, A holy Christ to view; And while by faith they see his face, Their souls grow holy too. 3 In holiness the saints delight, While here on earth they dwell; By faith they wrestle day and night, More holiness to feel. 4 The Holy Spirit leads them on, His holy truth to know; Inscribes his laws in every son, And works obedience too. 5 He makes them feel the cleansing grace, That flows through Jesus’ blood; Unites in love the holy race – The new-born sons of God. Languages: English

Glory and Grace in the Person of Christ

Author: Watts Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #18 (1844) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: Now to the Lord a noble song! Lyrics: 1 Now to the Lord a noble song! Awake, my soul; awake, my tongue! Hosanna to the eternal name, And all his boundless love proclaim! 2 See where it shines in Jesus’ face, The brightest image of his grace! God, in the person of his Son, Has all his mightiest works outdone. 3 The spacious earth and spreading flood Proclaim the wise, the powerful God; And thy rich glories from afar Sparkle in every rolling star. 4 But in his looks a glory stands, The noblest labour of thy hands; The pleasing lustre of his eyes Outshines the wonders of the skies. 5 [Grace! ’tis a sweet, a charming theme! My thoughts rejoice at Jesus’ name! Ye angels, dwell upon the sound! Ye heavens, reflect it to the ground!] 6 O may I live to reach the place Where he unveils his lovely face, Where all his beauties you behold, And sing his name to harps of gold! Languages: English

Great is the Lord; his works of might

Hymnal: Church Hymn Book #P.CXI.II (1816) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Perfections of God Lyrics: 7 Great is the Lord; his works of might Demand our noblest songs: Let his assembled saints unite Their harmony of tongues. 8 Great is the mercy of the Lord, He gives his children food; And ever mindful of his word, He makes his promise good. 9 His Son the great Redeemer, came To seal his cov'nant sure; Holy and rev'rend is his name, His ways are just and pure. 10 They that would grow divinely wise, Must with his fear begin; Our fairest proof of knowledge lies In hating ev'ry sin. Scripture: Psalm 111:7-10 Languages: English