35   With Songs and Honors




[1]
With songs and honors sounding loud
Address the Lord on high;
Over the heavens He spreads His cloud
And waters veil the sky.

[2]
He sends His showers of blessing down
To cheer the plains below;
He makes the grass the mountains crown
And corn in valleys grow.

[3]
His steady counsels change the face
Of the declining year;
He bids the sun cut short his race
And wintry days appear.

[4]
He sends His word and melts the snow;
The fields no longer mourn;
He calls the warmer gales to blow
And bids the spring return.

[5]
The changing wind the flying cloud
Obey His mighty word:
With songs and honors sounding loud
Praise ye the sovereign Lord!