4 All that spring with bounteous hand
Scatters o'er the smiling land;
All that liberal autumn pours
From her rich o'erflowing stores:

ELLACOMBE. C. M. D.

5 These to Thee, my God, we owe, Source whence all our blessings flow; And for these my soul shall raise Grateful vows and solemn praise.

Mrs. Anna Lætitia Barbauld (1743-1825), 1772. Ab. and alt.

St. Gall.

Over the heav'ns He

He sends His show'rs of bless-ings down, To

val- leys grow.

2 His steady counsels change the face
Of the declining year;

He bids the sun cut short his race,
And wintry days appear.
His hoary frost, His fleecy snow,
Descend and clothe the ground;
The liquid streams forbear to flow,
In icy fetters bound.

3 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.
The changing wind, the flying cloud,
Obey His mighty word:

With songs and honors, sounding loud,
Praise ye the sovereign Lord.

Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748), 1719. Ab.

EXPOSTULATION. 11.

Rev. JOSIAH HOPKINS (1786-1862), 1830.