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SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY
The invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made. Romans i. 20.
There is a book, who runs may read, Which heavenly truth imparts, And all the lore its scholars need, Pure eyes and Christian hearts. |
The works of God above, below, Within us and around, Are pages in that book, to show How God Himself is found. |
The glorious sky embracing all Is like the Maker’s love, Wherewith encompass’d, great and small In peace and order move. |
The Moon above, the Church below, A wondrous race they run, But all their radiance, all their glow, Each borrows of its Sun. |
The Savour lends the light and heat That crowns His holy hill; The saints, like stars, around His seat Perform their courses still.3030Daniel xii. 3. |
The saints above are stars in heaven — What are the saints on earth? Like tress they stand whom God has given,3131Isaiah lx. 21. Our Eden’s happy birth. |
Faith is their fix’d unswerving root, Hope their unfading flower, Fair deeds of charity their fruit, The glory of their bower. |
The dew of heaven is like Thy grace,3232Psalm lxviii. 9. It steals in silence down; But where it lights, this favour’d place By richest fruits is known. |
One Name above all glorious names With its ten thousand tongues The everlasting sea proclaims. Echoing angelic songs. |
The raging Fire,3333Hebrews xii. 29. the roaring Wind, Thy boundless power display; But in the gentler breeze we find Thy Spirit’s viewless way.3434St. John iii. 8. |
Two worlds are ours: ’tis only Sin Forbids us to descry The mystic heaven and earth within, Plain as the sea and sky. |
Thou, who hast given me eyes to see And love this sight so fair, Give me a heart to find out Thee, And read Thee everywhere. |
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