{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/wikisource_Young_Christian_s_first_lesson_book_Lesson_Three/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/wikisource_Young_Christian_s_first_lesson_book_Lesson_Three","id":"wikisource_Young_Christian_s_first_lesson_book_Lesson_Three","license":"Public Domain / CC-BY-SA (see source)","rights_basis":"wikisource_site_inclusion_policy","source":"wikisource","source_url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Young_Christian's_first_lesson-book/Lesson_Three","summary":null,"tags":["Main_pages_with_authority_control_data","PD-old","Subpages"],"text":"LESSON III.\n\nOf the Nature and Attributes of the ble\u017fsed God.\n\nGOD is a Spirit none can \u017fee,\n\nHe ever was, and e'er \u017fhall be;\nPre\u017fent where e'er his creatures dwell,\n\nThro' earth and \u017fea, thro' heav'n and hell!\n\nHis eye, with infinite \u017furvey,\n\nViews all their realms in full di\u017fplay\n\nWhat has been, is, or \u017fhall be done,\n\nOr here, or there, to him is know;\n\nNor can the thought ari\u017fe un\u017feen,\n\nIn mind of angels, or of men.\n\nYet far above all anxious cares,\n\nCalmly, he rules his grand affairs;\n\nWhile wi\u017fdom infinite attends\n\nBy \u017fure\u017ft means the noble\u017ft end.\n\nMaje\u017ftic from his lofty throne\n\nHe \u017fpeaks, and all his will is done:\n\nNor can united worlds, with\u017fand\n\nThe force of his almighty hand.\n\nYet ever righteous are his ways,\n\nFaithful and true whate'er he \u017fays:\n\nThe holy, holy, holy Lord,\n\nBy all th' angelic ho\u017ft ador'd.\n\nThe bounty of his gracious hands,\n\nWide as the world he made extend;\n\nAnd tho' him\u017felf compleatly blels'd,\n\nWith pity looks on the diltre\u017f\u017f'd;\n\nAnd by his Son, our Saviour dear,\n\nTo \u017finners brings \u017falvation near.\n\nAll that is glorious, good, and great,\n\nDoes in the Lord Jehovah meet,\n\nThen to his name be glory giv'n,\n\nBy all on earth, and all in heaven.\n\nThis work was published before January 1, 1931, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.\n\nPublic domainPublic domainfalsefalse","title":"Young Christian's first lesson-book/Lesson Three","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":240}