2 If up to heaven's ethereal height, Thy prospect to elude, I rise, In splendor there supremely bright, Thy presence shall my sight surprise. 3 Thee, mighty God, my wondering soul, Thee, all her conscious powers adore, Whose being circumscribes the whole, Whose eyes the universe explore. 4 Thine essence fills this breathing frame; It glows in every vital part, Lights up our souls with livelier flame, And feeds with life each beating heart. 5 To thee, from whom our being came, Whose smile is all the heaven we know, Inspired with this exalted theme, To thee our grateful strains shall flow. 112. C. M. Watts. Infinity of God. 1 Great God, how infinite art thou! How weak and frail are we! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And homage pay to thee. 2 Thy throne eternal ages stood, Ere earth or heaven was made; Thou art the ever-living God, Were all the nations dead. 3 Eternity, with all its years, Stands present in thy view; To thee there's nothing old appears, Great God, there's nothing new. 4 Our lives through varying scenes are drawn, And vexed with trifling cares, While thine eternal thought moves on Thine undisturbed affairs. 113. S. P. M. Watts. The Majesty of God. 1 The Lord Jehovah reigns, And royal state maintains, His head with awful glories crowned, Arrayed in robes of light, Begirt with sovereign might, And rays of majesty around. 2 Upheld by thy commands, The world securely stands, And skies and stars obey thy word; Thy throne was fixed on high Ere stars adorned the sky; Eternal is thy kingdom, Lord. 3 Thy promises are true; Thy grace is ever new; There fixed, thy church shall ne'er remove; Thy saints, with holy fear, Shall in thy courts appear, And sing thine everlasting love. 114. 8 & 7s. M. Bowring. God is Love. 1 God is love; his mercy brightens All the path in which we rove; 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. 115. L. M. Fergus. God the Creator. 1 The Spirit moved upon the waves That darkly rolled, a shoreless sea; He spake the word, and light burst forth, A glorious, bright immensity.