207    C.M.     Isaac Watts
Glorious Salvation. Ps. 19. 1, 2; 1 Thess. 5. 9, 10

1 Father, how wide thy glory shines!
  How high thy wonders rise!
  Known through the earth by thousand signs,
  By thousands through the skies!

2 Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power;
  Their motion speaks thy skill;
  And on the wings of every hour,
  We read thy patience still.

3 But when we view thy strange design
  To save rebellious worms,
  Where vengeance and compassion join,
  In their divinest forms.

4 Here the whole Deity is known,
  Nor dares a creature guess
  Which of the glories brightest shone –
  The justice or the grace.

5 When sinners broke the Father’s laws,
  The dying Son atones;
  O the dear mysteries of his cross,
  The triumph of his groans!

6 Now the full glories of the Lamb
  Adorn the heavenly plains;
  Sweet cherubs learn Immanuel’s name,
  And try their choicest strains.

7 O may I bear some glorious part
  In that immortal song!
  Wonder and joy shall tune my heart,
  And love command my tongue.