113. S. P. M. Watts.

The Majesty of God.

1The 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.

2Upheld 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.

3Thy 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.

God is Love.

1God 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.

2Chance and change are busy ever;

Man decays, and ages move;

But his mercy waneth never;

God is wisdom, God is love.

3E'en the hour that darkest seemeth

Will his changeless goodness prove;

From the gloom his brightness streameth,

God is wisdom, God is love.

4He with earthly cares entwineth

Hope and comfort from above:

Everywhere his glory shineth;

God is wisdom, God is love.