I sing the wisdom that ordained The sun to rule the day; The moon shines full at his command, And all the stars obey. I sing the goodness of the Lord, That filled the earth with food; He formed the creatures with His Word, And then pronounced them good. Lord! how thy wonders are displayed Where’er I turn mine eye! If I survey the ground I tread, Or gaze upon the sky. There’s not a plant or flower below But makes thy glories known; And clouds arise, and tempests blow, By order from Thy throne. Creatures, as numerous as they be, Are subject to Thy care; There’s not a place where we can flee But God is present there. In heaven He shines with beams of love, With wrath in hell beneath; ’Tis on His earth I stand or move, And ’tis His air I breathe. His hand is my perpetual guard; He keeps me with His eye: Why should I then forget the Lord, Who is for ever nigh? 87. Hail, Bethlehem! favour’d city, hail! And hail thou star, with lustre mild, Whose light, unerring, points the way Of sages, to the holy Child! Yes, ye were wise—and heaven-taught knew The language of that mystic ray, Which led you far from Persia’s plains, From twilight dim, to noontide day. True to the light that star arose On you, though far from Salem’s towers; That star to Bethlehem leads you where The righteous Sun his radiance pours. And thus may we our way pursue, Improve our rising dawn of grace, Which, followed, will to Jesus lead, Jesus, our “Sun of Righteousness.” 88. Once thou didst on earth appear For all mankind to atone; Now be manifested here, And bid our sins begone. Come, and by thy presence chase Its nature with its guilt and power; Jesus, shew thy open face, And sin shall be no more. Thou, who didst so greatly stoop To a poor virgin’s womb, Here thy mean abode take up, To me, my Saviour, come. Come, and Satan’s works destroy, And let me all thy Godhead prove; Fill’d with peace and heavenly joy, And pure, eternal love! W. WALKER AND SONS, OF THE Wharfedale Steam-Printing Works, OTLEY, YORKSHIRE, ARE PUBLISHERS OF A VERY INTERESTING SERIES OF Reward Books and Recitations For Sabbath and other Schools; RURAL DIALOGUES, FOR CHILDREN; DIALOGUES ON THE MESSIAH; _Temperance Dialogues & Recitations;_ HUMOROUS DIALOGUES, For Festivals and Anniversaries; and GEMS OF SACRED MELODY, In Penny Sheets of Excellent Music. Catalogues sent to any Address on receipt of a Penny Stamp.