THE CHRISTIAN PSALMIST. PART I. ON SCRIPTURE SUBJECTS. 1. The Creation.-Gen. i. 1. 1 Now let a spacious world arise, At once the obedient earth and skies 2 Dark was the deep; the waters lay 3 He bade the clouds ascend on high; 4 The liquid element below Was gather'd by his hand; 5 With herbs and plants, a flowery birth, 6 Then He adorn'd the upper skies;- The moon and stars in order rise, 7 Out of the deep the almighty King 8 He gave the lion and the worm 10 Thus glorious in the Maker's eye He saw the building from on high, 11 Lord, while the frame of nature stands, 2. Creation, Dissolution, and Renovation of all things.- 1 By faith we know, the world was made Shall be by fire destroy'd: 2 Such is my soul, confused and void, "Till the eternal Spirit move, 3 Expand thy wings, celestial Dove, And brooding o'er my nature's night, Call forth the ray of heavenly love, Let there in my dark soul be light, With glorious beams of endless bliss. 4 Let there be light, again command, 5 6 And light there in our hearts shall be; Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, To restore thine image, lost O might I thy form express, Through faith begotten from above, Stamp'd with real holiness, And fill'd with perfect love! Father, see this living clod, |