II. GOD. 71. L. M. Lange. The Most High God. 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 High is Thy power above all height, Whate'er Thy will decrees is done; Thy wisdom, holiness and might Can by no finite mind be known. What our dim eyes could never see, Is plain and naked in Thy sight; What thickest darkness veils, to Thee Shines clearly as the morning light; 3 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. 72. 7s. M. Gaskell. The All-Seeing God. 1 Mighty God! the first, the last! What are ages, in Thy sight, But as yesterday when past, Or a watch within the night? 2 All that being ever knew, Far, far back, ere time had birth, Stands as clear within Thy view As the present things of earth. 3 All that being e'er shall know On, still on, through farthest years, All eternity can show, Bright before Thee now appears. 4 In Thine all-embracing sight, Every change its purpose meets, Every cloud floats into light, Every woe its glory greets. 5 Whatsoe'er our lot may be, Calmly in this thought we'll rest,-- Could we see as Thou dost see, We should choose it as the best. 73. 8 & 7s. M. Bowring. God is Truth and Love. 1 God is love; His mercy brightens All the path in which we move; Bliss He wakes, and woe He lightens; God is wisdom, God is love. 2 Chance and change are busy ever; Man decays, and ages move; But His mercy waneth never; God is wisdom, God is love. 3 E'en the hour that darkest seemeth Will His changeless goodness prove; From the gloom His brightness streameth; God is wisdom, God is love. 4 He with earthly cares entwineth Hope and comfort from above; Everywhere His glory shineth; God is wisdom, God is love. 74. P. M. Anonymous. God is Love. 1 I cannot always trace the way Where Thou, almighty One, dost move, But I can always, always say That God is love.