GOD OF THE WORLD.
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God of the world! Thy glories shine, Through earth and heaven, with rays divine: Thy smile gives beauty to the flower, Thine anger to the tempest power. God of our lives! the throbbing heart Doth at Thy beck its action start— Throbs on, obedient to Thy will, Or ceases, at Thy fatal chill. God of eternal life! Thy love Doth every stain of sin remove; The cross, the cross—its hallowed light Shall drive from earth her cheerless night. God of all goodness! to the skies Our hearts in grateful anthems rise; And to Thy service shall be given The rest of life—the whole of heaven. —S. S. Cutting.