HYMN 99. (C. M.) The Book of God's Decrees.
I
Let the whole race of creatures lie
Abas'd before their God:
Whate'er his sovereign voice hath form'd
He governs with a nod.
II
Ten thousand ages ere the skies
Were into motion brought,
All the long years and worlds to come
Stood present to his thought.
III
There's not a sparrow or a worm
But's found in his decrees;
He raises monarchs to their thrones,
And sinks them as he please.
IV
If light attends the course I run,
'Tis he provides those rays;
And 'tis his hand that hides my sun,
If darkness cloud my days.
V
Yet I would not be much concern'd,
Nor vainly long to see
The volume of his deep decrees,
What months are writ for me.
VI
When he reveals the book of life,
O may I read my name
Amongst the chosen of his love,
The followers of the Lamb!
