Thee all the mountains praise;
The rocks and glens are full of songs of Thee!
They bid me join my lays,
And laud the mighty Rock, who, safe from every shock,
Beneath Thy shadow here doth shelter me.
Many of Neander’s hymns are odes to nature, but there is always a note of praise to nature’s God. Witness, for instance:
Heaven and earth, and sea and air,
All their Maker’s praise declare;
Wake, my soul, awake and sing,
Now thy grateful praises bring!