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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 1U1. Ll. jVI. SPIRIT OF THE PA LAIS. Eternity of God. Ps. 90. 1 Ere mountains reared their forms sublime, Or the fair earth in order stood, Before the birth of ancient time, From everlasting thou art God. 2 A thousand ages in their flight, With thee are as a fleeting day; Past, present, future, to thy sight At once their various scenes display. 3 But our brief life 's a shadowy dream, A passing thought, that soon is o'er, That fades with morning's earliest beam, And fills the musing mind no more. 4 To us, O Ijord, the wisdom give So every precious hour to spend, That we at length with thee may live Where life and bliss shall never end. 102. L. M. DODDRIDGB. Immutability of God. Ps. 102. 1 Great Former of this various frame! Our souls adore thine awful name; And bow, and tremble, while we praise The Ancient of eternal days. 2 BevonJ an angel's vision blight, Thou dwell'st in self-existent light; Which shines with undiminished ray, While suns and worlds in smoka decay 3 Our days a transient period run, And change with every circling sun; And, in the firmest state we boast, A moth can crush us into dust. 4 But let the creatures fall around ; Let death consign us to the ground; Let the last general flame arise, And melt the arches of the skies; 5 Calm as the summer's ocean, we Can all the wreck of nature see, While grace secures us an abode, Unshaken as the throne of God. 103. C. M. Watts. Eternal Dominion of God. 1 Great God, how infinite art thou ! How frail and weak are we! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee. 2 Thy throne eternal ages stood, Ere seas or stars were made : Thou art the ever-living God, Were all the nations dead. 3 Eternity, with all its years, Stands present in th...
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