178. L. M. 6l. Bowring.

"Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge."

1The heavens, O Lord! thy power proclaim,

And the earth echoes back thy name;

Ten thousand voices speak thy might,

And day to day, and night to night,

Utter thy praise--thou Lord above!

Thy praise, thy glory, and thy love.

2And nature with its countless throng,

And sun, and moon, and planets' song,

And every flower that light receives,

And every dew that tips the leaves,

And every murmur of the sea--

Tunes its sweet voice to worship Thee.

3Thy name thy glories they rehearse,

Great Spirit of the universe;

Sense of all sense, and soul of soul,

Nought is too vast for thy control;

The meanest and the mightiest share

Alike thy kindness and thy care.

"Consider the lilies of the field;--behold the fowls of the air."

1Lo! the lilies of the field!

How their leaves instruction yield!

Hark to nature's lesson given

By the blessed birds of heaven!

Every bush and tufted tree

Warbles trust and piety:

Children, banish doubt and sorrow,--

God provideth for the morrow.

2One there lives, whose guardian eye

Guides our earthly destiny;

One there lives, who, Lord of all,

Keeps his children lest they fall:

Pass we, then, in love and praise,

Trusting him, through all our days,

Free from doubt and faithless sorrow,--

God provideth for the morrow.