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The Harmony of the Perfections of God

Author: Tucker Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #17 (1844) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: O Love, beyond conception great Lyrics: 1 O Love, beyond conception great, That formed the vast stupendous plan, Where all divine perfections meet, To reconcile rebellious man. 2 There wisdom shines in fullest blaze And justice all her rights maintains; Astonished angels stoop to gaze, While mercy o’er the guilty reigns. 3 Yes, mercy reigns, and justice too; In Christ they both harmonious meet; He paid to justice all its due, And now he fills the mercy-seat. 4 Such are the wonders of our God, And the amazing depths of grace, To save from wrath’s vindictive rod, The chosen sons of Adam’s race. Languages: English

The Power of God

Author: Burnham Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #3 (1844) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: God is my everlasting King Lyrics: 1 God is my everlasting King; God is my Strength, and I will sing; His power upholds my feeble frame, And I’m victorious through his name. 2 Devils retreat when he appears; Then I arise above my fears, And every fiery dart repel, And vanquish all the force of hell. 3 Through the Redeemer’s precious blood, I feel the mighty power of God; Through the rich aid divinely given, I rise from earth, and soar to heaven. 4 [Dear Lord, thy weaker saints inspire, And fill them with celestial fire; On thy kind arm may they rely, And all their foes shall surely fly.] 5 Now, Lord, thy wondrous power exert, And every ransomed soul support; Give us fresh strength to wing our way To regions of eternal day. 6 [There may we praise the great I AM, And shout the victories of the Lamb; Raise every chorus to his blood, And triumph in the power of God.] Languages: English

The Infinity of God

Author: Watts Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #1 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: Great God! how infinite are thou! Lyrics: 1 Great God! how infinite art thou! What worthless worms are we! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee! 2 Thy throne eternal ages stood, Ere seas or stars were made; Thou art the ever-living God, Were all the nations dead. 3 [Nature and time quite naked lie To thy immense survey, From the formation of the sky, To the great burning day.] 4 Eternity, with all its years, Stands present in thy view; To thee there’s nothing old appears – Great God! there’s nothing new! 5 Our lives through various scenes are drawn, And vexed with trifling cares, While thy eternal thought moves on Thy undisturbed affairs. 6 Great God! how infinite art thou! What worthless worms are we! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee! Languages: English

The Sovereignty of God

Author: Watts Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #4 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: Keep silence, all created things Lyrics: 1 Keep silence all created things, And wait your Maker’s nod; My soul stands trembling while she sings The honours of her 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 Chained to his throne a volume lies, With all the fates of men, With every angel’s form and size, Drawn by the eternal pen. 4 His providence unfolds the book, And makes his counsels shine; Each opening leaf, and every stroke, Fulfils some deep design. 5 Here he exalts neglected worms To sceptres and a crown; And there the following page he turns, And treads the monarch down. 6 [Not Gabriel asks the reason why, Nor God the reason gives; Nor dares the favourite angel pry Between the folded leaves.] 7 My God, I would not long to see My fate with curious eyes; What gloomy lines are writ for me, Or what bright scenes may rise. 8 In thy fair book of life and grace, O may I find my name Recorded in some humble place, Beneath my Lord the Lamb. Languages: English

The Wisdom and Knowledge of God

Author: Beddome Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #6 (1844) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: God's ways are just, his counsels wise Lyrics: 1 God’s ways are just, his counsels wise; No darkness can prevent his eyes; No thought can fly, nor thing can move, Unknown to him that sits above. 2 He in the thickest darkness dwells; Performs his works, the cause conceals; But though his methods are unknown, Judgment and truth support his throne. 3 In heaven, and earth, and air, and seas, He executes his firm decrees; And by his saints it stands confessed, That what he does is ever best. 4 Wait, then, my soul, submissive wait, Prostrate before his awful seat; And, ‘midst the terrors of his rod, Trust in a wise and gracious God. Languages: English

The Wisdom and Goodness of God

Author: Medley Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #7 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: God shall alone the refuge be Lyrics: 1 God shall alone the refuge be, And comfort of my mind; Too wise to be mistaken, He, Too good to be unkind. 2 In all his holy, sovereign will, He is, I daily find, Too wise to be mistaken, still Too good to be unkind. 3 [When I the tempter’s rage endure, ’Tis God supports my mind; Too wise to be mistaken, sure, Too good to be unkind.] 4 [When sore afflictions on me lie, He is (though I am blind) Too wise to be mistaken, yea, Too good to be unkind.] 5 What though I can’t his goings see, Nor all his footsteps find? Too wise to be mistaken, He, Too good to be unkind. 6 Hereafter he will make me know, And I shall surely find, He was too wise to err, and O, Too good to be unkind. Languages: English

The Justice and Goodness of God

Author: Beddome Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #8 (1844) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: Great God; my Maker and my King Lyrics: 1 Great God! my Maker and my King, Of thee I’ll speak, of thee I’ll sing; All thou hast done, and all thou dost, Declare thee good, proclaim thee just. 2 Thy ancient thoughts and firm decrees; Thy threatenings and thy promises; The joys of heaven, the pains of hell – What angels taste, what devils feel; 3 Thy terrors and thy acts of grace; Thy threatening rod, and smiling face; Thy wounding and thy healing word; A world undone, a world restored; 4 While these excite my fear and joy, While these my tuneful lips employ, Accept, O Lord, the humble song, The tribute of a trembling tongue. Languages: English

The Everlasting Love of God

Author: Kent Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #10 (1844) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: 'Twas with an everlasting love Lyrics: 1 ’Twas with an everlasting love That God his own elect embraced; Before he made the worlds above, Or earth on her huge columns placed. 2 Long ere the sun’s refulgent ray Primeval shades of darkness drove, They on his sacred bosom lay, Loved with an everlasting love. 3 Then in the glass of his decrees, Christ and his bride appeared as one; Her sin, by imputation, his, Whilst she in spotless splendour shone. 4 O love, how high thy glories swell! How great, immutable, and free! Ten thousand sins, as black as hell, Are swallowed up, O love, in thee! 5 [Loved, when a wretch defiled with sin, At war with heaven, in league with hell, A slave to every lust obscene; Who, living, lived but to rebel.] 6 Believer, here thy comfort stands – From first to last salvation’s free, And everlasting love demands An everlasting song from thee. Languages: English

The All-Sufficient Mercy of God

Author: Burnham Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #12 (1844) Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: All glory to mercy we bring Lyrics: 1 All glory to mercy we bring, The mercy that reigns evermore, The infinite mercy we sing, The mercy eternal adore. 2 The mercy converting we prize; In mercy forgiving delight; For conquering mercy we rise, We rise and triumphantly fight. 3 [And when we are wounded by sin, And scarcely a prayer can repeat, The mercy that heals us again, Is mercy transportingly sweet.] 4 What though in the furnace we fall, Free mercy the Saviour proclaims; Free mercy in Jesus we call, And glorify God in the flames. 5 For mercy upholding we pray; For mercy confirming aspire; And mercy will bear us away To God and the glorified choir. Languages: English

The Everlasting Mercy of God

Author: Hart Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #13 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8 Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: God's mercy is for ever sure Lyrics: 1 God’s mercy is for ever sure; Eternal is his name; As long as life and speech endure, My tongue this truth proclaim. 2 I basely sinned against his love, And yet my God was good; His favour nothing could remove, For I was bought with blood. 3 [That precious blood atones all sin, And fully clears from guilt; It makes the foulest sinner clean, For ’twas for sinners spilt.] 4 He raised me from the lowest state, When hell was my desert; I broke his law, and, worse than that, Alas! I broke his heart! 5 My soul, thou hast, let what will ail, A never-changing Friend; When brethren, friends, and helpers fail, On him alone depend. Languages: English