The Gates of Praise, and Other Original Hymns, Poems, and Fragments of Verse (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876. Excerpt: ... Nature's fitpm. "Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord--Psalm cl. 6. PRAISE Him, 0 praise Him, ye ministering Seraphim Praise ye Jehovah enthroned on high: Awake every harp, ye archangels, and tell of Him Shrouded in glory, yet graciously nigh. Praise Him, bright Sun, in the glow of thy splendour; Praise Him, thou Moon, silver queen of the night; Ye Stars, who like virgin retainers attend her, O praise the Great Lord who hath robed you with light Praise Him, O praise Him, ye soft flowing fountains, Amid the lone valleys go murmur your song; Uplift the loud anthem, ye thunder-voiced mountains, Let peak answer peak and re-echo the song Ye forests--ye need no cathedral of marble, No Thurifer's censer to perfume your shrine; Your own winged choirs will His praises best warble, Your woodland flowers scatter sweet incense divine- Praise Him, ye mists which on mountain-tops hoary, Like white wings of cherub the rock-clefts enfold; Praise Him, ye sunset-clouds, piled in your glory, Resplendent with amber, vermilion, and gold. Praise Him, O praise Him, ye deeps with your wonders, Discourse of His glory to earth's farthest shore; In lullaby ripples, in hoarse-booming thunders, In stillness and storm, lend your voice and adore All Nature arise the great anthem intoning; And from your vast storehouse a tribute-lay bring: No voice can be silent, let all join in owning Jehovah as Maker, Redeemer, and King Arrangedfor an Oratorio.) PART I.--Overture. Mustering of the distant nations like the waves of the sea.--Isa. v. 30. Scene.--Temple-gate of Jerusalem. The Prophet Isaiah Merit). "behold the Lord bringeth up upon them The waters of the river, strong and many, Even the King of Assyria and all his glory: And he shall come up over all his channels, In o...