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SELECTION

or

PSALMS AND HYMNS,

CHIEFLY ADAPTED

FOK

PUBLIC WORSHIP.

SECOND EDITION.

*' Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom ;
teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns
and spiritual songs, sinf^ng with grace in your hearts to the
Lord.*'-^ol. iii. 18,

LONDON :

SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL; SEELEY; AND HATCUARD.

WBIOHTSON AND WBBB, BTmMINOHAK.

1834.

BV

n

TO
THE HOHOUBABIiK AND RIGHT RBYSRIHD

HENBY,
LORD BISHOP OP

LICHFIELD AND COVENTRY,

THIS

SELECTION OF PSALMS AND HTMl^S

WITH HIS LORDSHIP'S PERMISSION,
INSCRIBED,

BT

HIS MOST OBIIGBD
AND OBEDIENT SERVANTS,

EDWAED DAVIES,
JOHN A. BAXTER.

CONTENTS.

• * Page*.

I. PSALMS / 1-72

II. HYMNS FOR PARTICULAR OCCASIONS.

1. Festivals of the Cbarch 73—103

3. Pubfic Worship , 1(U— 120

3. Sacraments . • 120—128

4. Fanemls ,,,, 128—132

5. Morning* and Evening- 132 134

'i 6. Commencement and Close of the year.... 134 — 138

7. Public Charities .138—142

8. Missionary ..; 142—146

0* National Occasions •• • .146— 1M>

III. HYMNS ON MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS.

1. Perfections and Providence of Gud 151 — 180

2. Revelation and attention to its objects ••160 — 171

3. Man's fallen state 172—174

4. Redemption and its consequent blessings 174 192

5. Chriiitian g^races and duties •.•.••••,.•• 102 208

6. Supplication ...« 208—220

, 7. Christian privileges •••••••..221 — ^228

^ ' 8. Preparation for heaven 228—232

9. Eternal glory 232—240

PREFACE.

XhE Editors of this selection embrace the opportunity afibrded
by the call fur a Second Edition to make such improvements as
experience and mature consideration have suggested. Twelve
additional Psalms have been introduced, and several Hymns which
have not been found applicable to Public Worship have been
replaced by othen of acknowledfed merit and less questionable
utility. The whole volume has undergone a careful revision,
and numerous minor emendations have in consequence been
adopted. On this point the Editors have been less scrupulous than
formerly. They have been led to consider these compositions in
the light in which, they doubt not, the authors would wish them
to be considered, as the property of the Christian Church, and they
have not hesitated occasionally to exchange an objectionable ex-
pression for one more consonant with correct tasteb This liberty
has, however, been sparingly exercised, and in the substitutions
few will be found which have not received the sanction of
some higher authority.

The Editors invite attention to the arrangement by which the
present volume is chiefly distinguished, and which appears to
them to render the work as complete as its nature will admit of,
embracing as it does, 1st, The best versions of the Psalms which
have yet been produced ; Sndly, a series of Hymns adapted to the
Festivals of the Church, and other occasions of periodical recur-
rence; and Srdly, a collection of Hymns embodying the great
truths of Christianity, and applicable to almost all the usual topics
of pulpit instruction. In forming and arranging this third divi-
sion, one object has been to fumish that numerous class, whose
reading is necessarily limited, with a compendious outline of
Christian Doctrine, Practice, Experience, and Hope. This will
account for the insertion of a few in this Part, scarcely admissible
in Public Worship, but almost necessary to complete the chain of
M»i<trinii« tmih which without them vrould have seemed defective.

VI PRBFACB.

In order to cembine fiie facility of reference thus obtained with
another object of no less importance, viz : — an adaptation to the
subjects and order of flte Church's liturgical services, a Table has
been constructed pointing out Psalms and Hymns suitable for each
Sunday in the yeai; These will commonly be found to have a
^reference to the first Lessons, Bpistle, or Gospel, for the day ; and
where no such connection could be discovered, the place is supplied
by the most useful Psalms and Hynms of a more general character.
Thus a guide is furnished to the minister, and a directory to the
clerk in his possible absence for conducting the psalmody of the
coi^r^;ation, and thus every subject of prayer and praise may be
introduced into Divine Worship in due proportion, and with a
pleasing vaziety.

EDWARD DAVIES,
JOHN A. BAXTER.

Kmgswinfoid. near Dudley. >

CamiehiU, near Kidderminster > ^^ '

N.B. Any Minister of a Parish who may be desirous of obtaining
this selection for distribution at a reduced price, is requested to
Address a line to the Editors, at the Publisher's.

ARRANGEMENT

FOR EVERY SUNDAY IN THE YEAR.

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— 72V.2

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ARRANGEMENT.

MORNING.

EVENING.

Trinity Sunday

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— 46p.2

— 116

— 65p.l

— 141

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_ 150

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— 92p.l

— 132 v.l

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— 146

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— 57

— 100

— 34

— 93

— 104 V.2

— 138

— 26

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— 130

— 140
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— 243

— 51

— 64

— 122

— 169, 182

— 225

— 206

— 169

— 58
-^ 138

— 119

— 158,200

— 60

— 131

— 207
-188,154

— 236

— 194

— 146
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— 160

— 249

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^ 1 A- SPsalms 4, 84, 89v. 2, 92p. 2,106, 117,121, 150v. 3
Concloding J Hymns 65-76^ 95, 96, 129—134, 147—150, 173,

181, 193, 201—204, 206, 207, 214, 2l5u 220,
235, 239—241, 243, 246-248, 252.

PSALMS.

PSALM 1.

The righteous and the wicked contrasted.

1 HOW blest is he who ne'er consents

By ill advice to walk ;
Nor stands in sinners' ways, nor sits
Where men profanely talk.

2 But makes the perfect law of God

His business and delight ;
Devoutly reads therein by day.
And meditates by night

3 Like some fair tree^ which, fed by streams,

With timely fruit doth bend,
He still shall flourish, and success
All his designs attend.

4 Not so the ungodly, they, alas !

No lasting root shall find ;
For they are driven away like dust,
Or chaff before the wind.

1 ATTENA/]Q,«»rlh^iwhMlI(Se*?fA.'TII
God's uncontt5dJ'd.flwft?^j^o{tii/j ^I/^
Thou ar1bmyi5S|«ib^ilbi»)4fk^i P^lJilitelq I
" Have I ^^|s^^m lb««§ \i\t no biiA

^ PSALMS.

1 ** Ask and receive thy full demands;
" Thine shall the heathen be ;
" The utmost limits of the lands
" Shall be possessed by thee."

3 Be wise, ye rulers of the earth,

Obey the anointed Lord ;
Adore the King of heavenly birth.
And tremble at his word.

4 With humble love address his throne;

For if he frown, ye die :
Those are secure, and those alone.
Who on his grace rely.

PSALM 3.

Confidence in God.

1 THOU, Lord, art my secure defence.

On thee my hopes rely ;
Thou art my glory and my help
When any evil's nigh.

2 Guarded by thee, I laid me down

My sweet repose to take ;
For I through thee securely sleep,
Through thee in safety wake.

3 Salvation to the Lord belongs.

He onlv can defend ;
His blessmg he extends to all
Who on his name depend.

PSALM 4.

F<yr the dimne favour.

1 HEAR me, God, when near thy throne
My earnest cries ascend ;
I plead thy righteousness aione,
And on thy grace depend.

P8AXMS.

2 Oft has that grace enlai^'d my heart,

Weigh'd down with anxious care ;
Again thy mercy, Lord, impart,
Again regard my prayer.

3 While many wrapt in nature's night

For worldly good inqtiire,
O lift on me thy saving light !
'Tis all that I desire.

4 In peace I lay me down to sleep ;

Thine arm shall stay my head ;
Thine angel spread his tent, and keep
His watch around my hed.

PSALM 5.

For the Lord*8 Day Mommg.

1 LORD, in the morning thou shalt hear

My voice ascending high ;
To thee will I direct my prayer,
To thee lift up mine eye.

2 Oft to thy house will I resort,

To taste thy mercies there ;
I will frequent thy holy court,
And worship in thy fear.

3 may thy Spirit guide my feet

In ways of tru<£ and grace ;
Make every path of duty straight
And plain before my face !

4 All they who love and fear thy name

Shall see their hopes fulfilled :
The mighty God wUl compass them
With favour as a shield.

4 PSALMS.

PSALM 6-

The wrath of God deprecated.

1 IN tender mercy, not in wrath,

Rebuke us, gracious God !
Lest, if thy whole displeasure rise,
We fall beneath thy rod,

2 Touch'd by thy Spirit's quickening power,

Our load of guilt we feel ;
The wounds thy Spirit hath unclos'd,
let that Spirit heal !

3 Oppressed with Satan's galling yoke.

Must we for ever mourn ?
And wilt thou not at length, God,
In pitying love return ?

4 come with speed, ere life expire,

And show thy power to save !
For who shall sing thy name in death,
Or praise thee in the grave ?

5 Why should our souls distrust thy grace.

Or yield to dread despair ?
Thou wilt fulfil thy promised word,
And grant us all our prayer.

PSALM 8. Version 1*
The wonders of creation and redemption.

1 THOU, to whom all creatures bow

Within this earthly frame.
Through all the world how great art thon !
How glorious is thy name !

2 When heaven, thy beauteous work on highj^

Employs my wondering sight,
The moon that nightly rules the sky.
With stars of feebler liffht :

PBALHS.

3 Lord, what is man, or man's frail race,

Who dwells so far below,
That thou shouldst visit him with grace,
And love his nature so ?

4 That thy eternal Son should bear

To take a mortal form ;
Made lower than the angels are.
To save a dying worm ?

5 O thou, to whom all creatures bow

Within this earthly frame.
Through all the world how great art thou!
How glorious is thy name !

PSALM 8. Version 2.

The wonders of creation and redemption.

1 O LORD, our King, how excellent

Thy name on earth is known !
Thy glory in the firmament
How wonderfully shown !

2 When I behold the heavens on high,

The work of thy right hand ;
The moon and stars amid the sky,
Thy lights in every land ;

3 Lord, what is man, that thou shouldst deign

On him to set thy love.
Give him on earth awhile to reign.
Then fill a throne above ?

4 O Lord, how excellent thy name !

How manifold thy ways!
Let time thy saving truth proclaim.
Eternity thy praise.

6 PSALMS.

PSALM 9.

Praise to God.

1 TO celebrate thy praise, Lord,

I will my heart prepare ;
To all the listening world thy works.
Thy wondrous works, declare.

2 The thought of them shall to my soul

Exalted pleasure bring;
Whilst to thy name, thou most High,
Triumphant praise I sing.

3 All those who have' his goodness prov'd

Will in his truth confide,
Whose mercy ne'er forsook the man
That on his help relied.

4 Sing praises, therefore, to the Lord,

From Sion, his abode ;
Proclaim his deeds, till all the world
Confess no other God.

PSALM 11.

Confidence in God,

WHEN all bespeaks a Father's love,
O wherefore, timorous as the dove,
Should we in times of peril flee
To any refuge. Lord, but thee ?

In vain the wicked bend their bow,
And seek to lay the righteous low ;
Thou, from thine everlasting throne,
With watchful care regard'st thine own.

Thy voice shall seal the sinner's fate ;
Just vengeance doth his crimes await ;
While the bright beams of grace divine
Shall on thy faithful servants shine.

PSAliMS.

PSALM 15.

The christian character,

1 WHO shall ascend thy heavenly place,
Great God, and dwell before thy face ?
The man that minds religion now.
And humbly walks with God below.

2 Whose hands are pure, whose heart is clean ;
'Whose lips still speak the things they mean ;
No slanders dwell upon his tongue :

He hates to do his neighbour wrong.

3 He loves his enemies, and prays
For those that curse him to his face ;
And doth to all men still the same
That he could hope or wish from them.

4 Yet when his holiest works are done,
Kis soul depends on grace alone :
This is the man thy face shall see.
And dwell for ever. Lord, with thee.

PSALM 16.

Hope in the Resurrection,

1 HENCEFORTH my soul shall bless the Lord,

Whose precepts give me light,
And private counsel still afford
In sorrow's dismal night.

2 I'll strive each action to approve

To his all-seeing eye ;
No danger shall my hopes remove,
Because he still is nigh.

3 Therefore my heart all grief defies,

My glory does rejoice ;
My flesh shall rest in hope to rise,
Wak'd by his powerful voice.

8

PSALMS.

4 Thou shalt the paths of life clisplay,
That to thy presence lead ;
Where pleasures dwell without allay,
And joys that, never fade.

PSALM 17.

Anticipation of future glory,

1 WHAT sinners value, I resign;
Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine ;
I shall hehold thy hlissful face,
And stand complete in righteousness.

2 This life's a dream, an empty show ;
But the bright world to which I go,
Hath joys substantial and sincere ;
When shall I wake and find me there ?

3 glorious hour ! blest abode !
I shall be near and like my God ;
And flesh and sin no more controul
The sacred pleasures of the soul.

4 My flesh shall slumber in the ground
Till the last trumpet's jovful sound ;
Then burst the chains with sweet surprise.
And in my Saviour's image rise.

PSALM 18.

The Majesty of God.

1 THE Lord descended from above,

And bow'd the heavens most high ;
And underneath his feet he cast
The darkness of the sky.

2 On cherub and on cherubim,

Full royally he rode ;
And on the wings of mighty winds,
Came flying all abroad.

PSALMS. 9

He sat serene upon the floods,

Their fury to restrain ;
And he, as sovereign Lord and King,

For evermore shall reign.

u

PSALM 19. Version 1.
The heavens declare the glory of God.'*

1 The spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue ethereal sky,

And spangled heavens, a shining frame,

Their great Original proclaim.

The unwearied sun, from day to day,

Does his Creator's power display,

And publishes to every, land.

The work of an Almighty hand.

2 Soon as the evening shades prevail,
The moon takes up the wondrous tale ;
And nightly, to the listening earth,
Eepeats the story of her birth :
While all the stars that round her burn,
And all the planets in their turn.
Confirm the tidings as they roll,

And spread the truth from pole to pole.

3 What though, in solemn silence, all
Move round this dark terrestrial ball !
What though no real voice nor sound
Amid their radiant orbs be found !
In reason's ear they all rejoice,

And utter forth a glorious voice ;

For ever singing, as they shine,

*' The hand that made us is divine."

A .">

1 PSALMS.

PSALM 19. Version 2. Part 1

Excellence of revealed truth,

1 THE heavens declare thy glory, Lord;
In every star thy wisdom shines ;

But when our eyes behold thy word,
We read thy name in fairer lihes.

2 The rolling sun, the changing light,
And nights ^nd days, thy power confess ;
But the blest volume thou hast writ,
Beveals thy justice and thy grace.

3 Sun, moon, and stars, convey thy praise
Bound the whole earth, and never stand :
So when thy truth began its race,

It touched and glanc'd on every land.

4 Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest.

Till through the world thy truth has run ;
Till Christ has all the nations blest,
That see the light or feel the sun.

$ Great Sun of Bighteousness, arise ;

Bless the dark world with heavenly light ;
Thy gospel makes the simple wise ;
Thy laws are pure, thy judgments right.

i6 Thy noblest wonders here we view.
In souls renewed, and sins forgiven :
Lord, cleanse our ^ins, ou^ souls renew.
And make thy word our guide to heaven.

PSALM 19. Version 2. Part 2.

For purity of heart,

BLEST Instructor ! from thy way3
Who can tell how oft he strays ?
Save from error's growth my mind.
Leave not, Lord, one root behind.

PSALMS.

2 Cleanse me from the guilt that lies
Wrapt within mj heart*s disguise ;.
Let me thence, by thee renew'd,
Each presumptuous sin exclude :

3 Let my tongue, from error free,
Speak the words approved by thee ;
To thy all-observing eyes

Let my thoughts accepted rise.

4 While I thus thy name adore,
And thy healing grace implore.
Blest Redeemer ! bow thine ear ;
God my Strength ! propitious hear.

11

I-
5

PSALM 23. Version 1.

Tfie Lord the Shepherd of his people,

1 MY Shepherd is the living Lord,

Nothing therefore I need;
In pastures fair, near pleasant streams.
He setteth me to feed.

2 He shall convert and glad my soul,

And bring my mind in frame.
To walk in paths of righteousness.
For his most holy name.

3 Yea, though I walk through death's dark vale,

Yet will I fear no ill ;
Thy rod and staff they comfort me.
And thou art with me still.

4 Goodness and mercy all my days

Shall surely follow me ;
And in God's house for evermore
My dwelling place shall be.

1 2 PSALMS.

PSALM 23. Version 2-
The Lord the Shepherd of his people.

1 THE Lord my pasture shall prepare,
And feed me with a shepherd's care ;
His presence shall my wants supply,
And guard me with a watchful eye :
My noonday walks he shall attend,
And all my midnight hours defend.

2 When in the sultry glebe I faint,
Or on the thirsty mountain pant,
To fertile vales and dewy meads

My weary, wandering steps he leads ;
Where peaceftil rivers, soft and s^ ^,
Amid the verdant landscape flo^^

3 Though in the paths of death I tread,
With gloomy horrors overspread.
My steadfast heart shall fear no ill.
For thou, Lord, art with me still ;
Thy friendly crook shall give me aid,
And guide me through the dreadful shade.

PSALM 23« Version 3.
The Lord the Shepherd of his people,

1 MY Shepherd will supply my need,

Jehovah is his name ;
In pastures fresh he makes me feed,
Beside the living streEun.

2 He brings my wandering spirit back,

When T forsake his ways ;
And leads me, for his mercy's sake,
In paths of trutTi and grace.

3 When I walk through the shades of death,

Thy presence is my stay ;
A word of thy supporting breath
Drives all my fears away.

PSALMS.

4 Thy hand, in spite of all my foes,

Doth still my table spread ;
My cup with blessings overflows,
Thine oil anoints my head.

5 The sure provisions of my God

Attend me all my days :
may thy house be mine abode,
And all my work be praise !

13

PSALM 24.

The Ascension of Christ.

1 OUR Lord is risen from the dead,
The Saviour is gone up on high :
The powers of hell are captive led,
I^i'agg'd to the portals of the sky.

2 There his triumphal chariot waits,
And angels chant the solemn lay :
Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates ;
Ye everlasting doors, give way.

3 Loose all your bars of massy light.
And wide unfold the ethereal scene :
He claims these mansions as his right ;
Receive the King of glory in.

4 Who is the King of glory ? Who?
The Lord that all his foes overcame,
The world, sin, death, and hell overthrew.
And Jesus is the Conqueror's name.

5 Lo ! his triumphal chariot waits,
And angels chant the solemn lay :
Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates,
Ye everlasting doors, give wav.

14

PSALMS.

6 Who is the King of glory ? Who ?
The Lord, of boundless power possessed ;
The King of saints and angels too,
God over all, for ever blessed.

PSALM 25.

Prayer to God.

1 TO God, in whom I trust,

I lift my heart and voice ;
O let me not be put to shame,
Nor let my foes rejoice.

2 To me thy truth impart,

And lead me in thy way.
For thou alone canst bring me help,
On thee I wait all day.

3 Thy mercies and thy love,

Lord, recall to mind ;

And graciously continue still.

As thou wert ever, kind.

PSALM 26.

Attachment to the House of God,

I love thy holy temple. Lord,
For there thou deign'st to dwell ;

And there, the teachers of thy word
Of all thy mercies tell.

There at thine altar would I kneel

In penitence sincere ;
Deeply a Saviour's mercy feel.

And words of pardon hear.

Or mingling with the choral throng.
My joyful voice would raise.

And pour the full melodious song
In thankful notes of praise.

PSALMS.

4 Pour forth, Lord, while thus I tread

The path by thee prepared,
Thy beams of mercy on my head.
And round me plant a guard.

5 Thou, Lord, hast fix'd my steps aright.

And pleas'd shalt hear my tongue
With all thy favoured sons unite,
To form the grateful song.

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PSALM 27.

Delight in divine ordinances.

1 THE Lord of glory is my light,

And my salvation too :
God is my strength ; nor will I fear
What all my foes can do.

2 One privilege my heart desires ;

grant me- an abode
Among the .churches of thy saints,
The temples of my God !

3 There shall I offer my requests.

And see thy beauty still ;
Shall hear thy messages of love,
And there inquire thy will.

4 When troubles rise, and storms appear,

There may thy children hide :
God has a strong pavilion, where
He makes my soyl abide.

5 Wait on the Lord, ye trembling saints.

And keep your courage up ;
He'll raise your spirit when it faints.
And far exceed your hope.

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PSALM 28

God the strength of his saints,

1 O LORD, our Rock, to thee we fly,

And pour in prayer our breath ;
Bow down and hear, lest we become
Like those that sleep in death.

2 cast us not away with those

Whose ways are ways of sin.
Whose works proclaim their awful doom,
Ere judgment doth begin !

3 thou the strength of all thy saints,

In whom we live and move,
Still feed us with the bread of life,
And bless us with thy love.

PSALM 32.

The blessedness of pardon,

1 HOW blest the man, with mercy crown'd.
Whose sinff have all forgiveness found ;
Whose deep transgressions, cover'd o'er
With pardoning blood, are seen no more !

2 How blest the man, to whom the Lord
Doth his own righteousness alFord ;
Whom mercy clears from every sin.
Whose heart conceals no guile within!

3 O boundless grace ! the rich display
Shall teach the trembling lips to pray ;
And contrite souls, with godly fear.
Shall plead, while Mercy waits to hear.

PSALM 34

The Christian encour^ed to trust in God,

1 THROUGH all the changing scenes of life.
In trouble and in joy,
The praises of my God shall still
My heart and tongue employ.

PSALMS.

2 Of his deliverance I will boast,

Till all that are distressed,
From my example comfort take.
And charm their griefs to rest.

3 O magnify the Lord with me.

With me exalt his name ;
When in distress to him I calFd,
He to my rescue came.

4 O make but trial of his lave,

Experience will decide,
How olest are they, and only they,
Who in his truth confide*

5 Fear him, ye saints, and you will then

Have nothing else to fear ;
Make you his service your delight,
Your wants shall be his care.

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PSALM 36.

The perfections and providence of God,

1 HIGH in the heavens, eternal God,
Thy goodness in full glory shines ;

Thy truth shall break through every cloud.
That veils and darkens thy designs.

2 For ever firm thy justice stands,

As mountains their foundations keep ;
Wise are the wonders of thy hands ;
Thy judgments are a mighty deep.

3 Thy providence is kind and large,
Both man and beast thy bounty share ;
The whole creation is thy charge.

But saints are thy peculiar care.

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PSALMS.

4 My God, how excellent thy grace,
Whence all our hope and comfort springs !
The sons of Adam, in distress.

Fly to the shadow of thy wings.

5 Life, like a fountain rich and free,
Springs from the presence of the Lord ;
And in thy light our souls shall see
The glories promised in thy word.

PSALM 37.

God^s favour to the righteous^

1 MY God, the steps of pious men,

Are order'd by thy will ;
Though they should fall, they rise again ;
Thy hand supports them still.

2 The Lord delights to see their ways,

Their virtue he approves ;
He'll ne'er deprive them of his grace.
Nor leave the souls he loves.

3 The heavenly heritage is theirs,

Their portion and their home ;
He feeds them now, and makes them heirs
Of blessings long to come.

PSALM 39.

The shortness and vanity of life,

TEACH me the measure of my days,
Thou Maker of my frame !

I would survey life's narrow space.
And learn how frail I am.

A span is all that we can boast,

A little point of time;
Man is but vanity and dust.

In all his flower and prime.

PSALMS.

3 See the vain race of mortals move,

Like shadows o'er the plain ;
They rage and strive, desire and love,
But all their noise is vain.

4 What should I wish, or wait for then,

From creatures, earth and dust f
They make our expectations vain,
And disappoint our trust.

5 Now I forbid my worldly hope.

My fond desires recall :
I give my mortal interest up.
And make my God my all.

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PSALM 40

The Incarnation and Sacrifice of Christ,
1 THUS saith the Lord, " your work is vain.

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Give your burnt offerings o'er ;
In dpng goats and bullocks slain
My soul delights no more."

2 Then spake the Saviour, *'Lo! Fmhere^

" My God, to do thy will ;
" Whatever thy sacred books declare,
" Thy servant shall fulfil."

3 And see, the blest Eedeemer comes !

The eternal Son appears !
And at the appointed time assumes
The body God prepares.

4 No blood of beasts on altars shed.

Could wash the conscience clean;
But the rich sacrifice he paid
Atones for all our sin.

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PSALM 42, PartI.

Desire after God,

1 AS pants the hart for cooling streams,

When heated in the chase ;
So longs my soul, God, for thee,
And thy refreshing grace.

2 For thee, my God, the living God,

My thirsty soul doth pine ;
when shall I hehold thy face,
Thou Majesty divine !

3 Why restless, why cast down, my soul ?

Trust God, who will employ
His aid for thee, and change thy sighs
To thankful hymns of joy.

PSALM 42. Part 2.

God our hope in affliction,

1 AFFLICTION is a stormy deep,

Where wave resounds to wave :
Though o'er my head the billows roll,
I know the Lord can save.

2 The hand which now withholds my joys,

Can yet restore my peace;
And he, who bade the tempest roar.
Can bid the tempest cease.

3 In the dark watches of the night

I'll count his mercies o'er ;
I'll praise him for ten thousand past,
And humbly sue for more.

4 When darkness and when sorrows rose.

And press'd on every side,
The Lord has still sustain'd my steps.
And still has been my guide.

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5 Here will 1 rest, and build my hope,
Nor murmur at his rod ;
He's more than all the world to me,
My health, my life, my God.

PSALM 45. PartI.

The glory and government of Christ,

1 NOW be my heart inspired to sing
The glories of my Saviour-King :
Jesus the Lord ; how heavenly fair
His form ! how bright his beauties are !

2 O'er all the sons of human race
He shines with a superior grace ;
Love from his lips divinely flows.
And blessings all his state compose.

3 Thy throne, O God, for ever stands ;
Grace is the sceptre of thy hands ;
Thy laws and works are just and right,
Justice and grace are thy delight.

4 God, thine own God, has richly shed,
His oil of gladness on thy head ;
And with his sacred Spirit blest

His first-bom Son above the rest.

PSALM 45. Part 2.

Hie union of Christ arid his church.

THE King of saints, how fair his face,
Adorn'd with majesty and grace !
He comes with blessings from above.
And wins the nations to his love.

At his right hand our eyes behold
The queen arrayed in purest gold ;
Fair stranger, let thine heart forget
The idols of thy native state.

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So shall the King the more rejoice
In thee, the favourite of his choice ;
Let him be lov'd, and yet ador'd,
For he's thy Maker, and thy Lord.

O happy hour when thou shalt rise
To his fair palace in the skies,
And all thy sons, a numerous train.
Each like a prince in glory reign !

PSALM 46. Part 1.

God a very present help in trouble.

1 GOD is the refuge of his saints,
When storms of sharp distress invade ;
Ere we can offer our complaints, '
Behold him present with his aid.

2 Let mountains from their seats be hurl'd
Down to the deep, and buried there ;
Convulsions shake the solid world;

Our faith shall never yield to fear.

3 Loud may the troubled ocean roar.
In sacred pe&ce our souls abide ;
While every nation, every shore.
Trembles, and dreads the swelling tide.

PSALM 46 Part 2.

The promises of God a sure ground of confidence.

1 THERE is a stream, whose gentle flow
Supplies the city of our God ;

Life, love, and joy, still gliding through,
And watering our divine abode.

2 That sacred stream, thy holy word,
That all our raging fear controuls ;
Sweet peace thy promises afford,

bk.r\i\ frivA nPAV ftfrpnorth \.c\ faint.inflf soills.

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3 Sion enjoys her Monarch's love,
Secure against a threatening hour ;
Nor can her firm foundations move,
Built on his truth, and arm'd with power.

PSALM 47.

The ascension and reign of Christ,

1 FOR a shout of sacred joy

To God, the sovereign King !
Let every land their tongues employ.
And hymns of triumph sing.

2 Jesus our God ascends on high ;

His heavenly guards around
Attend him rising tlurough the sky,
With trumpet's joyful sound.

3 While angels shout and praise their Kmg,

Let mortals learn their strains ;
Let all the earth his honours sing ;
O'er all the earth he reigns.

4 Rehearse his praise with awe profound,

Let knowledge lead the song ;
Nor mock him with a solemn sound.
Upon a thoughtless tongue.

PSALM 48.

The presence of God in the sanctuary,

1 GREAT is the Lord our God,

And let his praise be great ;
He makes his churches his abode,
His most delightful seat.

2 These temples of his grace,

How beautiful they stand !
The honours of our native place.
And bulwarks of our land.

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PSALMS.

3 In every new distress,

We'll to his house repair ;
We'll think upon his wondrous grace,
And seek deliverance there.

4 The God we worship now,

Will guide us till we die ;
Will be our God while here below,
And ours above the sky.

PSALM 50.

The last Judgment.

1 THE Lord, the Judge, before his throne.

Bids the whole earth draw nigh ;
The nations near the rising sun,
And near the western sky.

2 Heaven from above his call shall hear.

Attending angels come ;
And earth and hell shall know and fear
His justice and their doom.

3 " But gather all my saints," he cries,

" That made their peace with God,
" By the Eedeemer's sacrifice,
"And seal'd it with his blood.

4 " Their faith and works brought forth to light

" Shall make the world confess,
" My sentence of reward is right,
" And heaven adore my grace."

PSALM 51. Veesion 1.
Supplication for mercy.

HAVE mercy. Lord, on me,

As thou wert ever kind ;
Let me, oppress'd with loads of guilt,

Thy wonted mercy find.

PSALMS.

2 Blot out, O Lord, my sins,

Nor me in anger view ;
Create in me a heart that's clean,
An upright mind renew.

3 Withdraw not thou thy help,

Nor cast me from thy sight ;
Nor let thy Holy Spirit take
His everlasting flight.

4 The joy thy favour gives

Let me again ohtain ;
And thy free Spirit's firm support
My fainting soul sustain.

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PSALM 51. Version 2- Part 1.
A penitent pleading for pardon,

1 SHOW pity. Lord, Lord, forgive ;
Let a repenting rebel live ;

Are not thy mercies large and free ?
May not a sinner trust in thee?

2 My crimes are great, but not surpass
The power and glory of thy grace ;
Great God ! thy nature hath no bound ;
So let thy pardoning love be foxmd.

3 My lips with shame my sins confess.
Against thy law, against thy grace ;
Lord, should thy judgment grow severe,
I am condemned, but thou art clear.

4 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord,
Whose hope, still hovering round thy word,
Would light on some sweet promise there,
Some sure support against despair.

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PSALM 51 . Version 2. Part 2.
Original and actital sin confessed.

1 LORD, I am vile, conceiv'd in sin.
And bom unholy and unclean ;
Sprung from the man whose guilty fall
Corrupts'his race, and taints us all.

2 Soon as we draw our infant breath,
The seeds of sin grow up fcr death :
Thy law demands a perfect heart,
But we're defil'd in every part. .

3 Behold, I fall before thy face.
My only refuge is thy grace ;

No outward forms can i&ake me clean,
The leprosy lies deep within.

4 Jesus, my God, thy blood alone
Hath power sufficient to atone ;

Thy blood can make me white as snow ;
Nothing besides can cleanse me so.

5 let me hear thy pardoning voice,
And make my troubled soul rejoice !
Then all my powers shall join to bless
The Lord, my strength, and righteousness.

PSALM 51. Version 2. Part 3.
For pardon and sanctification,

1 THOU that hear'st when sinners cry,
Though all my crimes before thee lie,
Behold them not with angry look,

Btit blot their memory from thy book.

2 Create my nature pure within.
And form my soul averse to sin ;
Let thy good Spirit ne'er depart,
Nor hide thy presence from my heart.

PSALMS.

I cannot live without thy light/
Cast out and banish'd from thy sight ;
Thy holy joys, my God, restore,
And guard me that I fall no more.

Then will I teach the world thy ways ;
Sinners shall learn thy sovereign grace;
I'll lead them to my Saviour's blood,
And they shall praise a pardoning God,

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PSALM 55.

Confiding in God,

1 O'ERWHELM'D with sorrows and with fears,

To thee, my God, I'll pray ;
Thou, Lord, wilt save ; thine arm appears
My everlasting stay.

2 My prayer shall burst the evening shade,

And with the morning rise ;
At noon my offerings shall be paid
To God who hears my cries.

2 When strong temptations urg'd me round,
When sinking to despair.
In him my soul deliverance found,
And lost its anxious care.

4 Still on the Lord thy burden roll,
Nor let a care remain ;
His arm shall bear thy fainting soul,
Aod all thy griefs sustain.

PSALM 57.

Praise to God.

1 GOD, my heart is fix'd and bent,
Its thankful tribute to present ;
And, with my heart, my voice I'll raise,
To thee, my God, in songs of praise.

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2 Awake, my glory ; harp and lute,
No longer let your strings be mute ;
And I, my tuneful part to take.
Will with the early dawn awake.

3 Thy praises, Lord, I will resound
To all the listening nations round :
Thy mercy highest heaven transcends,
Thy truth beyond the clouds extends.

4 Be thou, God, exalted high ;
And, as thy glory fills the sky,
So let it be on earth displayed.
Till thou art here, as there, obey'd.

PSALM 61.

Safety in God,

1 WHEN overwhelm'd with grief,

'My heart within me dies.
Helpless, and far from all relief,
To heaven I lift mine eyes.

2 lead me to the rock

That's high above my head ;
And make the covert of thy wings
My shelter and my shade.

3 Within thy presence. Lord,

For ever I'll abide ; .
Thou art the tower of my defence,
The refuge where I hide.

4 Thou givest me the lot

Of those that fear thy name;
Since endless life is their reward,
I shall possess the same.

PSALMS .

PSALM 63.

Communion with God desired,

1 EARLY, my God, without delay,

I haste to seek thy face ;
My thirsty spirit faints away.
Without thy cheering grace.

2 I've seen thy glory and thy power

Through all thy temple shine ;
My God, repeat that heavenly hour,
That vision so divine !

3 Not all the blessings of a feast

Can please my soul so well,

As when thy richer grace 1 taste,

And in thy presence dwell.

4 Not life itself, with all its joys.

Can my best passions move.
Or raise so high my cheerful voice.
As thy forgiving love.

5 Thus, till my last expiring day,

I'll bless my God and King ;
Thus will I lift my hands to pray.
And tune my lips to sing.

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PSALM 65. Part L

Public prayer and praise,

FOR thee, God, our constant praise
In Sion waits, thy chosen seat ;
Our promised altars there we'll raise,
And all our zealous vows complete.

O thou, who to our humble prayer
Dost always bend a listening ear.
To thee shall all mankind repair.
And at thy gracious throne appear.

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PSALMS.

Our sins, though numberless, in vain
To stop thy flowing mercy try;
Whilst thou o'erlook'st the guilty stain,
And washest out the crimson dye.

Blest is the man, who, near thee placed,
Within thy sacred dwelling lives ;
Whilst we at humbler distance taste
The vast delights thy temple gives.

PSALM 65. Part 2.

The visible proof 8 of Go^s providence.

'TIS by thy strength the mountains stand,

God of eternal power !
The sea grows calm at thy command,

And tempests cease to roar.

The morning light and evening shade.

Successive comforts bring,
Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad,

Thy flowers adorn the spring.

The clouds, like rivers rais'd on high,

Pour out, at thy command,
Their watery blessings from the sky,

To cheer the thirsty land.

The soften'd ridges drink their fill,

And ranks of com appear ;
Tlnr ways abound with blessings still.

Thy goodness crowns the year.

PSALM 67. Version 1.

For the enlargement of God's kingdom.

1 TO bless thy chosen race.
In mercy, Lord, incline ;
And cause the brightness of thy face
On all thy saints to shine.

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That so thy wondrous way

May through the world be known ;
While distant lands their tribute pay,

And thy salvation own.

Let differing nations join

To celebrate thy £ame ;
Let all the world, O Lord, combine

To praise thy glorious name.

O let them shout and sing.

With joy and pious mirth ;
For thou, the righteous Judge and King

Shalt govern all the earth.

PSALM 67. Version 2.
For the spread of the Gospel.

RISE, gracious God, and shine

In all thy saving might ;
And prosper each design

To spread thy glorious light :
Let healing streams of mercy flow,
That all the earth thy truth may know.

O bring the nations near,
That they may sing thy praise;

Let all the kingdoms hear
And learn thy holy ways:

Reign, mighty God, assert thy cause,

And govern by thy righteous laws.

PSALM 67. Version S.
For national prosperity,

SHINE, mighty God, on Britain shine,
With beams of heavenly grace ;

Reveal thy power through gdl our coasts.
And shew thy smiling face.

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PSALMS.

2 Amidst our isle, exalted high.

Do thou our glory stand ;
And, like a wall of guardian fire,
Surroimd thy favoured land.

3 Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands,

Sing loud with solemn voice,
While all our tongues exalt his praise,
And all our hearts rejoice.

4 Soon shall thy name, from shore to shore,

Soimd all the earth abroad ;
And distant nations know and love
Their SavioUr and their God.

PSALM 68.

€!hri8f 8 Ascension and its consequent blessings,

1 LORD, when thou didst ascend on higb.
Myriads of ungels fill'd the sky ;
Those heavenly guards around thee wait,
Like chariots that attend thy state.

2 Not Sinai's mountain could appear
More glorious, when the Lord was there.
While he pronoimc'd his dreadful law.
And struck the chosen tribes with awe.

3 How bright the triumph none can tell.
When the rebellious powers of hell,
That thousand souls had captive made,
Were all in chains like captives led.

5 Rais'd by his Father to the throne,
He sent the promised Spirit down.
With gifts and grace for rebel men.
That God might dwell on earth again.

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PSALM 69.

Pleading toith God in affiution,

GOS) of my life, to thee I call.
Afflicted at thy feet I fall ;
When the great waterfloods prevail,
Leave not my trembling heart to fail.

Eriend of the friendless and the faint.
Where shall I lodge my deep complaint t
Where but with thee, whose open door
Invites the helpless and the poor ?

Did ever mourner plead with thee,
And thou refuse that mourner's plea?
Does»notthe word still fix'd remain.
That none shall seek thy face in vain T

If poor, unknown, despis'd, forgot,
Yet God, my God, forgets me not ;
And he is safe and must succeed,
For whom the Lord vouchsafes to plead..

PSALM 71. PartI-

The samfs reflection and hope.

MY God,, my everlasting hope,

I live upon thy truth ;
Thy hands have held my childhood up.

And strengthen'd a^l my youth.

Still has. my life new wonders seen

Repeated every year ;
Behold, my days that yet remain,

I trust them to thy care.

Cast me not off when strength declines^

When hoary hairs arise ;
And round me tet thy glory shine.

Whene'er thy sepvant dies.

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PSALMS.

Then in the history of my age,
When men review my days,

They'll read thy love in every page,
In every line thy praise.

PSALM 71. Part 2.

The Lord our Strength and Righteousness.

1 MY Saviour, my Almighty friend,

When I begin thy praise.
Where will the growing numbers end,
The numbers of thy grace ?

2 Thou art my everlasting trust ;

Thy goodness I adore ;
Still to my soul thy grace impart,
That I may love mee more.

3 My feet shall travel all the length

Of the celestial road.
And march with courage, in thy strength,
To see my Father God.

4 When I am fiU'd with sore distress,

O'erwhelm'd with guilt and sin,
I'll plead thy perfect righteousness,
And mention none but thine.

5 How will my lips rejoice to tell

The victories ortny King!
My soul, redeemed from sin and hell,
Shall his salvation sing.

6 Awake, awake, my tuneful powers !

With this delightful song
I'll entertain the darkest hours,
Nor think the season long.

PSALMS.

PSALM 71. Part 3.

The aged chrtstmrCs prayer and song.

GOD of my childhood and my youth,

The guide of all my days,
I have declar'd thy heavenly truth.

And told thy wondrous ways.

Wilt thou forsake my hoary hairs,
And leave my fainting heart ?

Who shall sustain my sinking years.
If God, my strength, depart?

Let me thy power and truth proclaim

To the surviving age ;
And leave a savour of thy name,^

When I shall quit the stage.

The land of silence and of death

Attends my next remove ;
O may these poor remains of hreath

Teach the wide world thy love !

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PSALM 72. Vbrsion 1 .
The happiness of Chris fs kingdom.

1 JESUS shall set the needy free.

When they for succour cry ;
Shall save the helpless and the poor,
And all their wants supply.

2 The memory of his glorious name

Through endless years shall run ;
His spotless fame shall shine as hright
And lasting as the sun.

3 In him the nations of the world

Shall be completely bless'd ;
And he the only source of bliss
By all shall be confessed.

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PSALMS.

Let earth be with his glory fill'd,

And ever bless his name ;
Whilst to his praise the listening world

Their glad assent proclaim.

PSALM 72. Version 2.
The universal and liappy reign of Christ,

1 JESUS shall reign where'er the sun
Does his successive journeys run ;

His kingdom stretch from shore to shore.
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.

2 To him shall endless prayer be made,
And praises throng to crown his head :
His name like sweet perfume shall rise
With every morning sacrifice.

3 People and realms of every tongue
Dwell on his love with sweetest song ;
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on his name.

4 Blessings abound where'er he reigns ;
The prisoner leaps to lose his chains ;
The weary find eternal rest ;

And all the sons of want are blest.

5 Where he displays his healing power,
Death and the curse are known no more ;
In him the tribes of Adam boast

More blessings than their father lost.

6 Let every creature rise and bring
Peculiar honours to our King ;
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the loud Amen.

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PSALM 73.

God the only source of true happiness,

GOD, my supporter and my hope,

My help for ever near.
Thine arm of mercy holds me up.

From sinking in despair.

Thy counsels, Lord, shall guide my feet
Through this dark wilderness ;

Thy hand conduct me near thy seat,
To dwell before thy face.

Could I ascend to realms on high,
' Or dwell in heaven's abode ;
No scenes of glory could supply
The absence of my God.

Not all the joys this world inspires

Could equal bliss afford ;
No, none on earth my soul desires.

Compared with thee, Lord.

When all created streams are dried^

Thy fulness is the same ;
With this will I be satisfied,

And glory in thy name.

PSALM 77.

God's providence roise though mysterious.

1 THEOUGH waves, and clouds, and storms,

God holds his wondrous way ;
Wait thou his time, so shall thy night.
End in a joyful day.

2 What though thou rulest not,

Yet heaven, and earth, and hell
Proclaim, God sitteth on the throne.
And ruleth all things well.

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3 Commit thou all thy ways,

And sorrows to his hands ;
To his sure truth and tender care,
Who heaven and earth commands.

4 Far, far above thy thoughts,

His counsel shall appear,
When fully he his work hath wrought.
And made his footsteps clear.

PSALM 84. Version 1.
Delight in divine ordinances,

1 O GOD of hosts, the mighty Lord,

How lovely is the place,
Where thou, enthroned in glory, shew'st
The brightness of thy face !

2 My longing soul faints with desire

To view thy blest abode ;
My panting heart and flesh cry out,
For thee, the living God.

3 Lord of hosts, my King and God,

How highly blest are they.
Who in thy temple always dwell,
And there thy praise display.

4 Thrice happy they, whose choice has thee

Their sure protection made ;
Who long to tread the sacred ways,
That to thy dwelling lead !

5 They shall proceed from strength to strength.

And still approach more near ;
Till all on Sion*s holy mount,
Before their God appear.

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PSALM 84, Version 2-
Longing for the hotise and presence of God,

1 LORD of the worlds above,

How pleasant and how fair
The dwelhngs of thy love,

Thy earthly temples are !
To thine abode my heart aspires,
With warm desires to see my God.

2 O happy souls that pray

Where God appoints to hear !
happy men that pay

Their constant service there !
They praise thee still ; and happy they
That love the way to Sion's hiU.

3 They go from strength to strength,

Through this dark vale of tears,
Till each arrives at length,

Till each in heaven appears ;
O glorious seat, when God our King
Shall thither bring our willing feet !

PSALM 84. Version 3.

The pleasures of public worship,

1 HOW pleasant, how divinely fair,
O Lord of hosts, thy dwellings are !
With long desire my spirit faints,
To meet the assemblies of thy saints.

2 My flesh would rest in thine abode,
My panting heart cries out for God :
My God ! my King ! why should I be
So far from all my joys and thee ?

3 Blest are the saints who sit on high
Around thy throne of majesty :
Thy brightest glories shine above.
And all their work is praise and love.

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4 Blest are the souls that find a place
Within the temple of thy grace :
There they behold thy gentler rays,
And seek thy face, and learn thy praise.

5 Blest are the men whose hearts are set
To find the way to Sion's gate :

God is their strength, ana through the road
They lean upon their helper God.

6 Cheerful they walk with growing strength^
Till all shall meet in heaven at length ;
Till all before thy face appear,

And join in nobler worship there.

PSALM 85.

The happy effects of Messiahs advent,

1 SALVATION is for ever nigh

The souls that fear and trust the Lord ;
And grace, descending from on high,
Fresh hopes of glory shall afford.

2 Mercy and truth on earth are met,

Since Christ the Lord came down from heaven;
By his obedience so complete
Justice is pleas'd, and peace b given.

3 Now truth and honour shall abound,
Beligion dwell on earth again.

And heavenly influence bless the ground
In our Bedeemer's gentle reign.

4 His righteousness is gone before,.
To give us free access to God ;

Our wandering feet shall stray no more^
But mark his steps, and keep the road.

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PSALM 89. PabtI.

The faithfulness of God.

1 MY never-ending song shall show

The mercies of the Lord ;
And make succeeding ages know
How faithful is his word.

2 The sacred truths his lips pronounce

Shall firm as heaven endure :
And if he speak a promise once,
The eternal grace is sure.

3 How long the race of David held

The promised Jewish throne !
But there's a nohler covenant seal'd
To David's greater Son.

4 His seed for ever shall possess

A throne above the skies ;
The meanest subject of his grace
Shall to that glory rise.

5 Lord God of hosts, thy wondrous ways

Are sung by saints above ;
And saints on earth their honours raise
To thy unchanging love.

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PSALM 89. Part 2

77ie blessedness of God's people,

BLEST are the souls that hear and know

The gospel's joyful sound ;
Peace shall attend the paths they go,

And light their steps surround.

Their joy shall bear their spirits up.
Through their Redeemer's name :

His xighteousness exalts their hope.
Nor Satan dares condemn.

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3 The Lord our glory and defence,
Strength and salvation gives :
Israel, thy King for ever reigns,
Thy God for ever lives.

PSALM 90. Part I.

God all-sufficient,

1 GOD, our help in ages past.

Our hope for years to come ;
Our shelter from the stormy blast.
And our eternal home.

2 Under the shadow of thy throne

Thy saints have dwelt secure ;
Sufficient is thine arm alone.
And our defence is sure.

3 Before the hills in order stood.

Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting thou art God,
.To endless years the same.

4 God, our help in ages past.

Our hope for years to come ;
Be thou our guard, while life shall last.
And our eternal home.

PSALM 90. Part 2.

Man frail and mortal.

1 TIME, like an ever-rolling stream,

Bears all its sons away ;
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.

2 The busy tribes of flesh and blood.

With all their lives and cares,
Are carried downwards by the flood,
And lost in following years.

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A thousand ages in thy sight,

Are like an evening gone ;
Short as the watch that ends the night

Before the rising sun.

So teach us to compute our days,

And so our hearts apply,
That safely we, through wisdom's ways^

May reach eternity.

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PSALM 90. Part 3.

Desiring eternal rest.

RETURN, O Lord, and grant some rest

To all thy servants' woes ;
Our hearts, with early mercies hlest,

To holy joys dispose.

Let heaven succeed our painful years.

Let sin and sorrow cease ;
And in proportion to our tears,

So make our joys increase.

Thy wonders to thy servants show ;

Make thy own work complete ;
Then shall our souls thy glory know,

And own thy love was great.

Then shall we shine hefore thy throne,

In all thy beauty. Lord ;
And the poor service we have done.

Meet a divine reward.

PSALM 91.

The ministry of angels,

f INCARNATE God ! the soul that knows
Thy name's mysterious power.
Shall dwell in undisturbed repose,
Nor fear the trying hour.

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2 Angels unseen attend the saints,

And bear them in their arms ;
To cheer their spirit when it faints,
And guard their life from harms.

3 The angels* Lord himself is nigh

To them that love his name ;
Ready to save them when they cry,
And put their foes to shame.

PSALM 92. Part I.

Delight in the Sabbath.

1 SWEET is the work, my God, my King,
To praise thy name, give thanks, and sing ;
To shew thy love by morning light,

And talk of all thy truth at night.

2 Sweet is the day of sacred rest :

No mortal cares shall seize my breast ;
O may my heart in tune be found.
Like David's harp of solemn sound !

3 My heart shall triumph in the Lord,
And bless his workd, and bless his word ;
Thy works of grace, how bright they shine !
How deep thy counsels ! how divine !

4 But I shall share a nobler part.
When grace hath purified my heart ;
Mine inward foes shall all be slain,
Nor Satan break^my peace again.

5 Then shall I'see, and hear, and know,
All I desir'd or wish'd below,

And every power find sweet employ,
In that eternal world of joy.

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PSALM 92. Part 2-

PrivUeges of the spiritual worshipper.

1 LORD, 'tis a pleasant thing to stand
In gardens planted by thy hand :
Let me within thy courts be seen,
Like a young cedar fresh and green.

2 There grow thy saints in faith and love,
Blest with thine influence from above ;
Time, that doth all things else impair,
Still makes them flourish strong and fair.

3 Laden with fruits of age they show
The Lord is holy, just, and true :
None that attend his gates shall find,
A God unfaithful or unkind.

PSALM 93.

God's eternity y greatness ^ and holiness.

1 WITH glory clad, with strength array *d,
The Lord, that o'er all nature reigns,
The world's foundation strongly laid,
And the vast fabric still sustains.

2 How firmly 'stablished is thy throne.
Which shall no change or period see I
For thou, Lord, and thou alone,
Art God from all eternity.

3 The floods, Lord, lift up their voice.
And toss the troubled waves on high ;
But thou canst still their awful noise,
And make the angry deep comply.

4 The testimonies of thy word,
Faithful and sure shall still remain ;
And in thy house. Almighty Lord,
Eternal holiness shall reign.

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PSALM 95.

Inmtation to praise and obedience .

1 COME, let our voices join to raise
A sacred song of solemn praise ;
God is a sovereign King ; rehearse
His honours in exalted verse.

2 Come, let our souls address the Lord,
Who fram'd our natures with his word ;
He is our shepherd ; we the sheep

His mercy chose, his pastures keep.

3 Come, let us hear his voice to-day,
The counsels of his love obey ;
Nor let our harden'd hearts renew
The sins and plagues that Israel knew.

4 Look back, my soul, with holy dread,
And view those ancient rebels dead ;
Attend the ofFer'd grace to-day,

Nor lose the blessing by delay.

5 Seize the kind promise while it waits,
And march to Sion's heavenly gates :
Believe, and take the promis'd rest :
Obey, and be for ever blest.

PSALM 98.

Christ's advent a ground of joy,

1 JOY to the world ! the Lord is come ;

Let earth receive her King :
Let every heart prepare him room ;
Let all creation sing.

2 Joy to the earth ! the Saviour reigns ;

Let men their songs employ ;
While seas and shores, and hills and plains,
Repeat the sounding joy.

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3 No more let sins and sorrows grow,

Nor thorns infest the ground ;
He comes to make his blessings flow,
Far as the curse is found.

4 He rules the world with truth and grace,

And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love.

PSALM 100. Version 1.
Exhortation to praise God,

1 ALL people that on earth do dwell,
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice :
Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell,
Come ye before him, and rejoice.

2 The Lord, ye know, is God indeed ;
Without our aid he did us make :
We are his flock, he doth us feed,
And for his sheep he doth us take

3 O enter then his gates with praise.
Approach with joy his courts unto :
Praise, laud, and bless his name always,
For it is seemly so to do.

4 For why ? the Lord our God is good,
His mercy is for ever sure ;

His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.

PSALM 100. Version 2.

Exhortation to praise God,

WITH one consent let all the earth
To God their cheerful voices raise ;
Glad homage pay with awful mirth,
And sinsr before him soncrs of praise.

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2 Convinc'd that he is God alone,
From whom both we and all proceed,
We, whom he chooses for his own,
The flock that he vouchsafes to feed.

3 enter then his temple-gate ;
Thence to his courts devoutly press.
And still your grateful hymns repeat.
And still his name with praises bless.

4 For he's the Lord, supremely good.
His mercy is for ever sure.

His truth which always firmly stood,
To endless ages shall endure. '

PSALM 100. Veesion 3.
ExJiortatton to praise God.

1 BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne.
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy :
Know that the Lord is God alone ;
He can create, and he destroy.

2 His sovereign power, without our aid.
Made us of clay, and form'd us men ;

And when like wandering sheep we stray'd,,
He brought us to his fold again.

3 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs^
High as the heavens our voices raise ;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues^
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise..

4 Wide as the world is thy command,
Vast as eternity thy love ;

Firm as a rock thy truth must stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.

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PSALM 102.

God eternal and unchangeable,

1 THROUGH endless years thou art the same,

O thou eternal God !
Ages to come shall know thy name,
And tell thy works ahroad.

2 The strong foundations of the earth

Of old by thee were laid :
By thee the beauteous arch of heaven
With wondrous skill was made.

3 Soon shall this goodly frame of things,

Form'd by thy powerful hand,
Be, like a vesture, laid aside,
And changed at thy command.

4 But thy perfections, all divine,

Eternal as thy days,
Through everlasting ages shine
With undiminish'd rays.

PSALM 103. Version I.

Praise for spiritual and temporal mercies,

MY soul, inspired with sacred love,
God's holy name for ever bless ;
Of all his favours mindful prove.
And still thy grateful thanks express.

Tis he that all thy sins forgives,
And after sickness makes thee sound;
From danger he thy life retrieves.
By him with grace and mercy crown'd .

The Lord abounds with tender love,
And unexampled acts of grace ;
His waken'd wrath does slowly move,
His willing mercy flows apace.

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Let every creature join to bless
The mighty Lord; and thou, my hearty
With grateful joy thy thanks express,
And in this concert bear thy part.

PSALM 103. Version 2.
The abounding compassion of God,

MY soul, repeat his praise
Whose mercies are so great ;

Whose anger is so slow to rise,
So ready to abate.

High as the heavens are rais'd
Above the ground we tread,

So far the riches of his grace
Our highest thoughts exceed.

His power subdues our sins,

And his forgiving love,
Far as the east is from the west,

Does all our guilt remove.

Our days are as the grass,
Or like the morning flower ;

If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field.
It withers in an hour.

But thy compassions, Lord,

To endless years endure ;
And children's children ever find

Thy word of promise sure.

PSALiM 103. Version 3.

Praise for redemption,

BLESS, my soul, the living God,
Call home thy thoughts that rove abroad ;
Let all the powers within me join
In work and worship so divine.

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2 Bless, O my soul, the God of grace ;
His favours claim thy highest praise ;
Why should the wonders he hath wroujht.
Be lost in silence and forgot ?

3 'Tis he, my soul, that sent his Son

To die for crimes which thou hast done ;
He owns the ransom, and forgives
The hourly follies of our lives.

4 Let the whole earth his power confess,
Let the whole earth adore his grace ;
The Gentile with the Jew shall jwn
In work and worship so divine.

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PSALM 104. Part 1.
The glory of God.

1 MY soul, praise the Lord, speakgood of his name ;
O Lord, our great God, how dost thou appear?
So passing in glory that great is thy fame.
Honour and majesty in thee shine most clear.

2 With light as a rohe thou hast thyself clad,
Wherehy all the earth thy greatness may see ;
The heavens in such sort thou also hast spread,
That they to a curtain compared may be.

3 How manifold. Lord, are all thy works found,
With wisdom so great they are indeed wrought,
That all the creation thy praise doth resound,
Thy grace and thy riches surpass all men*s thought.

4 In God all my hopes and wishes do meet ;
For ever his praise my breath shall employ ;
All my meditations of him shall be sweet,
Until I approach him in heavenly joy.

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PSALM 104. Part 2.

God the upholder of all things.

1 VAST are thy works, Almighty Lord,
All nature rests upon thy word.

And the whole race of creatures stand
Waiting their portion from thy hand ;
But when thy face is hid, they mourn.
And dying, to their dust return.

2 How awful are thy glorious ways !
The Lord is dreadful in his praise.

The earth stands trembling at thy stroke.
And at thy touch the mountains smoke ;
Yet humble souls may see thy face.
And tell their wants, and find thy grace.

PSALM 105.

Rejoicing in the Lord.

1 RENDER thanks and bless the Lord,

Invoke his sacred name.
Acquaint the nations with his deeds,
His matchless deeds proclaim.

2 Sing to his praise in lofty hynms.

His wondrous works rehearse ;
Make them the theme of your discourse
And subject of your verse.

3 Rejoice in his almighty name.

Alone to be ador'd ;
And let their hearts overflow with joy.
That humbly seek the Lord.

PSALM 106.

Praise and prayer to God.

1 O RENDER thanks to God above.
The fountain of eternal love ;
Whose mercy firm through ages past
Has stood, and shall for ever last.

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2 Wbo can his mighty deeds express,
Not only vast but numberless ?
What mortal eloquence can raise
His tribute of immortal praise ?

3 Extend to me that &your, Lord,
Thou to thy chosen dost afford ;
When thou return'st to set them free.
Let thy salvation visit me.

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O may I worthy prove to see
Thy saints in full prosperity ;
That I the joyful choir may join.
And count thy people^s triumph mine.

PSALM 107.

God the guide of his servants to heaven.

1 GIVE thanks to God ; he reigns above,
Kind ore his thoughts ; his name is love ;
His mercy, ages past have known,

And ages long to come shall own.

2 Let the redeemed of the Lord,
The wonders of his grace record ;

While through this desert world they pass.
And journey to their resting-place.

3 He feeds and clothes them all the way.
He guides their footsteps, lest they stray ;
He guards them with a powerful hand.
And brings them to the heavenly land.

4 O let his saints with joy record

The truth and goodness of the Lord !
How great his works ! how kind his ways !
Let every tongue pronounce his praise.

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PSALM 113,

The "majesty and condescension of God,

1 Y£ saints and servants of the Lord,
The triumphs of his name record.

His sacred name for ever bless :
Where'er the circling sun displays
His rising beams, or setting rays,

Due praise to his great name address.

2 God through the world extends his sway ;
The regions of eternal day

But shadows of his glory are :
With him whose majesty excels,
Who made the heaven in which he dwells,

Let no created power compare.

3 Though 'tis beneath his state to view
In highest heaven what angels do.

Yet he to earth vouchsafes his care ;
He takes the needy from his cell,
Within his sacred courts to dwell.

Companion to the greatest there.

PSALM 116.

Qratitude for mercies received.

1 WHAT shall I render to my God

For all his kindness shown ?
My feet shall visit his abode.
My songs address his throne.

2 How much is mercy thy delight.

Thou ever-bleased God !
How dear thy servants in thy sight !
How precious is their blood !

3 How happy all thy servants are !

How great thy grace to me !
My life, which thou hast made thy car&,
Lord, I devote to thee.

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4 Now I am thine, for ever thine,
Nor shall my purpose move ;
Thy hand hath loos'd my honds of pain,
And hound me with thy love.

PSALM 117.

Praise to the Creator and Redeemer,

1 FROM all that dwell below the skies,
Let the Creator's praise arise :

Let the Redeemer's name be sung
Through every land, by every tongue.

2 Eternal are thy mercies. Lord :
Eternal truth attends thy word :

Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till Sims shall rise and set no more.

PSALM 118.

For the Lord's day,

1 THIS is the day the Lord hath made.

He calls the hours his own ;
Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad.
And praise surround the throne.

2 To-day he rose, and left the dead,

And Satan's empire fell ;
To-day the saints his triumphs spread.
And all his wonders tell.

3 Blest be the Lord who comes to men

With messages of grace ;
Who comes, in God his Father's name,
To save our sinful race.

4 Hosanna in the highest strains

The church on earth qan raise ;
The highest heavens, in which he reigns,
Shall give him nobler praise.

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PSALM 119. Part 1.

The word of God an unerring guide.

HOW shall the young secure their hearts,
And guard their lives from sin ?

Thy word, Lord, the way imparts
To keep the conscience clean.

When once it enters to the mind.

It spreads such light ahroad.
The meanest may instruction find,

And raise their thoughts to God.

'Tis like the sun, a heavenly light.

That guides us all the day ;
And through the dangers of the night,

A lamp to lead our way.

Thy word is everlasting truth ;

How pure is every page !
O may it guard our earliest youth,

And cheer our latest age!

PSALM 119. Pabt2.
The richness and variety of the holy Scriptures,

1 LORD, I have made thy word my choice,

My lasting heritage ;
There shall my nohlest powers rejoice,
My warmest thoughts engage.

2 I'll read the histories of thy love,

And keep thy laws in sight,
While through the promises I rove
With ever fresh delight.

3 'Tis a broad land of wealth unknown,

Where springs of life arise,
Seeds of immortal bliss are sown,
And hidden glory lies.

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The best relief that mourners have,
It makes their sorrows blest ;

And bids them look beyond the grave,
To an eternal rest.

PSALM 119. Part 3
For spiritual guidance,

1 O THAT the Lord would guide my ways.

To keep his statutes still !
O that my God would grant me grace,
To know and do his will !

2 O send thy Spirit down to write

Thy law upon my heart ;
Nor let my tongue indulge deceit,
Nor act the liar's part.

3 Order my footsteps by thy word.

And make my heart sincere :
Let sin have no dominion,' Lord,
But keep my conscience clear.

4 Make me to walk in thy conunands,

'Tis a delightful road :
Nor let my head, or heart, or hands,
Offend against my God.

PSALM 1 19. Part 4.

Prayer for quickening ^race.

1 MY soul lies cleaving to the dust ;

Lord, give me life divine :
From vain desires, and every lust.
Turn off these eyes of mine.

2 I need the influence of thy grace.

To speed me in thy way ;
Lest I should loiter in my race.
Or turn my feet astray.

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PSALMS.

Are not thy mercies sovereign still,

And thou a faithful God ?
Wilt thou not grant me warmer zeal,

To run the heavenly road ?

Then shall I love tiiy gospel more.

And ne'er forget ^j word.
When I have felt its quickening power,

To draw me near the Lord.

PSALM 121. Version 1-
Confidence in dwine protection,

1 TO Sion's hill I lift mine eyes,

From thence expecting aid ;
From Sion's hill, and Sion's God,
Who heaven and earth has made.

2 Then thou, my soul, in safety rest ;

Thy Guardian will not sleep;
His watchful care that Israel guards.
Will Israel safely keep.

3 Shelter'd heneath the Almighty's wings,

Thou shalt securely rest,
Where neither sun nor moon shall thee
By day or night molest.

4 At home, ahroad, in peace, in war,

Thy God shall thee defend ;
Conduct thee through life's pilgrimage,
Safe to thy journey's end.

PSALM 121. VEasiON 2.

God the guardian of his saints,

1 UP to the hills I lift mine eyes.
The eternal hills heyond the skies ;
Thence all her help my soul derives ;
There my Almighty refuge lives.

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2 He lives, the everlasting God,

That built the world, that spread the flood ;
The heavens with all their host he made^
And the dark regions of the dead.

3 He guides our feet, he guards our way ;
His morning smiles bless all the day ;
He spreads the evening veil, and keeps
The silent hours while Israel sleeps.

4 Israel, a name divinely blest,
May rise secure, securely rest;
Thy holy Guardian's wsieful eyes
Admit no slumber nor surprise.

5 ril sing his grace, I'll trust his power ;
And in my last departing hour,
Angels, that trace the airy road.

Shall bear me homeward to my God.

PSALM 122.

Love to the house of God.

1 now did my heart rejoice to hear
My friends devoutly say,
" In Sion let us all appear,
*' And keep the solemn day !"

3 I love her gates, I love the road ;
The church, adorn'd with grace,
Stands like a palace built for God,
To show his milder face.

3 Peace be within this sacred place,
And joy a constant guest !
With holy gifts and heavenly grace
Be her attendants blest !

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My soul shall pray for Sion still,
While life or breath remains :

There my best friends, my kindred dwell,
There God my Saviour reigns.

PSALM 125.

The security of God's people,

THOSE who with holy confidence,
Trust in the Lord for meir defence,
Secur'd by his protecting hand.
Shall steadfast as Mount Sion stand.

Behold fair Salem's hallow'd ground,
By shadowing hills encompassed round !
Thy presence thus, great God, we trace,
Encircling Jacob's chosen race.

Deal gently, Lord, with souls sincere,
And guide them in thy faith and fear ;
Till they shall see thy promised rest.
And be with all thine Israel blest.

PSALM 130.

Supplication for mercy.

1 OUT of the depths of long distress.

The borders of despair ;
I sent my cries to seek thy grace.
My groans to move thine ear.

2 Great God ! should thy severer eye.

And thine impartial hand,
Mark and avenge iniquity.
No mortal flesh could stand.

3 But there are pardons with my God

For crimes of high degree ;
Thy Son has bought them with his blood,
To draw us near to thee.

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4 I wait for thy salvation, Lord,

With strong desires I wait ;
•My soul, invited hy thy word,
Stands watching at thy gate.

5 There's full redemption at thy throne

For sinners long enslav'd ; .
The great Redeemer is thy Son,
And Israel shall he sav'd.

PSALM 132. Version 1.
For God's blessing in the sanctuary,

1 ARISE, King of grace, arise,

And enter to thy rest ;
Lo ! thy church waits with longing eyes.
Thus to be own'd and blest.

2 Enter with all thy glorious train.

Thy Spirit and thy word ;
All that the ark did once contain
Gould no such grace afford.

3 Here, mighty Lord, accept our vows ;

Here let thy "praise he spread :

Bless the provisions of thy house,

And fill thy poor with bread.

4 Here let the Son of David reign ;

Let God's anointed shine ;
Justice and truth his court maintain.
With love and power divine.

Here let him hold a lasting throne ;
And as his kingdom grows,
Fresh honours shall adorn his crown,
And shame confound his foes.

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PSALM 132. Version 2.
For God's blessing in the sanctuary,

1 GOD in his temple let us meet,
Low on our knees before him bend ;
Here he hath fix'd his mercy seat,
Here on his Sabbath we attend.

2 Arise into thy resting place,

Thou, and thine ark of strength, Lord;
Shine through the veil, we seek thy face ;
Speak, for we hearken to thy word.

3 With righteousness thy priests array ;
Joyful thy chosen people be ;

Let those who teach, and those who pray.
Let all — be holiness to thee.

PSALM 133. Version 1.

Tlie heauty of christian love.

How beautiful the sight

Of brethren who agree
In friendship to unite,

And bonds of charity ;
'Tis like the precious ointment, shed
O'er all his robes, fronj Aaron's head.

'Tis like the dews that fill

The cups of Hermon's flowers ;

Or Sion's fruitful hill^

Bright with the drops of showers ;

When mingling odours breathe around,

And glory rests on all the ground.

For there the Lord commands
Blessings, a boundless store,

From his unsparing hands.
Yea, life for evermore :

Thrice happy they who meet above.

To spend eternity in love !

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PSALM 133. Version 2.

The blessedness of christian unittj,

1 BLEST are the sons of peace,

Whose hearts and hopes are one ;
Whose kind designs to serve and please
Through all their actions run.

2 Blest is the pious house,

W^here zeal and friendship meet ;
Their songs of praise, their mingled vows,
Make their communion sweet.

3 Thus on the heavenly hills

The saints are blest above;
Where joy like morning dew distils,
And all the air is love.

PSALM 136. Version L
The goodness of God celebrated.

1 TO God, the mighty Lord,

Your joyful thanks repeat :
To him due praise afford.

As good as he is great :
For God does prove our constant friend ;
His boundless love shall never end.

2 He, in our depth of woes,

On us with favour thought ;
And from our deadly foes

In peace and safety brought :
For God does prove our constant friend ;
His boundless love shall never end.

3 He does the food supply,

On which all creatures live ;
To' God who reigns on high,

Eternal praises give :
For God does prove onr constant friend ■
His boundless love shall never end.

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PSALM 136. Version 2.
The roonders of creation^ profsidence, and grace,

1 GIVE to our God immortal praise ;
Mercy and truth are all his ways :
Wonders of grace to Gt)d belong,
Bepeat his mercies in your song.

2 Give to the Lord of lords renown,
The King of kings with glory crown :
His mercies ever shall endure,

When lords and kings are known no more.

3 He built the earth, he spread the sky.
And fix'd the starry lights on high :
Wonders of grace to God belong.
Repeat his mercies in your song.

4 He fills the sun with morning light,
He bids the moon direct the night ;
His mercies ever shall endure.

When sun and moon shall shine no more.

5 He sent his Son with power to save
From guilt, and darkness, and the grave ;
Wonders of grace to God belong,
Bepeat his mercies in your song.

6 Through this vain world he guides our feet,
And leads us to his heavenly seat ;

His mercies ever shall endure.

When this vain world shall be no more.

PSALM 138.

Praise to God for preserving mercy,

1 WITH all my powers of heart and tongue
I'll praise my Maker in my song ;
Angels shall hear the notes I raise,
Approve the song, and join the praise.

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2 Angels that make thy church their care
Shall witness my devotions there,
While holy zeal directs mine eyes

To thy fair temple in the skies.

3 I'll sing thy truth and mercy, Lord ;
I'll sing the wonders of thy word ;
Not all thy works and names below,
So much thy power and glory show.

4 To God I cried when troubles rose ;
He heard me, and subdued my foes ;
He did my rising fears controul,

And strength diffused through all my soul.

5 Amidst a thousand snares I stand,
Upheld and guarded by thy hand ;
Thy words my fainting soul revive,
And keep my dying faith alive.

6 Grace will complete what grace begins,
To save from sorrows and from sins ;
The work that wisdom undertakes,
Eternal mercy ne'er forsakes.

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PSALM 139.

The omnipresence of God,

1 LOUD, thou hast search'd and seen me through »
Thine eye commands, with piercing view,

My rising and my resting hours,

My heart and flesh, with all their powers.

2 Within thy circling power I stand.
On every side I find thy hand ;
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,

I am surrounded still with God.

3 If up to heaven I take my flight,

'Tis there thou dwell'st enthron'd in light ;
Or dive to hell, there vengeance reigns.
And Satan groans beneath thy chains.

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4 If mounted on a morning ray,
I fly beyond the western sea, ^
Thy swifter hand would first arrive,
And there arrest thy fugitive.

5 Or should I try to shun thy sight.
Beneath the spreading veil of night ;
One glance of thine, one piercing ray,
Would kindle darkness into day.

6 may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest !

Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.

PSALM 141.

A morning prayer,

1 MY God, acccept my early vows.
Like morning incense in thine house ;
And let my nightly worship rise,
Sweet as the evening sacrifice.

2 Watch o'er my lips and guard them. Lord,
From every rash and heedless word ;

Nor let my feet incline to tread,
The guilty paths where sinners lead.

3 niay the righteous when I stray
Smite and reprove my wandering way ;
Their gentle words, like ointment shed,
Shall never bruise, but cheer my head.

4 When I behold them press'd with grief,
111 cry to heaven for their relief;

And by my fervent prayer will prove,
How much I prize their faithful love.

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PSALM 143.

For deliverance from spiritual enemies,

1 HEAR me, Lord, in my distress ;
Hear me in truth and righteousness ;
For at thy bar of judgment tried,
None living can he justified.

2 Lord, I have foes without, within,
The world, the flesh, indwelling sin,
Life's daily ills, temptation's power.
And Satan roaring to devour.

3 These, these my fainting soul surround,
My strength is smitten to the ground ;
Like those long dead, beneath their weight,
Crush'd is my heart and desolate.

4 Yet, in the gloom of silent thought,

I call to mind what God hath wrought,
Thy wonders in the days of old,
Thy mercies great and manifold.

5 O let me not thus hopeless lie.
Like one condemn'd at morn to die ;
But with the morning may I see
Thy loving-kindness visit me.

6 Teach me thy will, subdue my own ;
Thou art my God, and thou alone ;
By thy good Spirit guide me still,
Safe from all foes, to Sioi^^s hill.

PSALM 144.

Assistance and victory in the spiritual warfare,

1 FOR ever blessed be the Lord,
My Saviour and my Shield ;
He sends his Spirit with his word.
To arm me for the field.

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2 When sin and hell their force unite,

He makes my soul his care ;
Instructs me to the heavenly fight.
And guards me through the war.

3 A friend and helper so divine

Does my weak courage raise ;
He makes the glorious victory mine.
And his shall be the praise.

PSALM 145.

God^B mercies over all his vcorks,

1 SWEET is the memory of thy grace.

My God, my heavenly King ;
Let age to age thy righteousness
In sounds of glory sing.

2 God reigns on high, but not confines

His goodness to the skies ;
Through the whole earth his bounty shines.
And every want supplies.

3 With longing eyes thy creatures wait

On thee for daily food ;
Thy liberal hand provides their meat,-
And fills their mouth with good.

4 How kind are thy compassions, Lord !

How slow thine anger moves !
But soon he sends his pardoning word.
To cheer the souls he loves.

5 Creatures, with all their endless race.

Thy power and praise proclaim ;
But saints, that know thy saving grace.
Delight to bless thy name.

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PSALM 146.

Praise to God/or his goodness and mercy.

I'LL praise my Maker with my breath;
And, when my voice is lost in death.

Praise shall employ my nobler powers :
My days of praise shall ne'er be past,
While life, and thought, and being last,

Or immortality endures.

Happy the man, whose hopes rely
On Israel's God : he made the sky.

And earth, and seas, with all their train :
His truth for ever stands secure ;
He saves the opprest, he feeds the poor ;

And none shall find his promise vain.

I The Lord gives eyesight to the blind ;
The Lord supports the sinking mind ; •

And sends the labouring conscience peace:
He helps the stranger in distress,
The widow and the fatherless.
And grants the prisoner sweet release.

I'll praise him while he gives me breath ;
And, when my voice is lost in death.

Praise shall employ my nobler powers :
My days of praise shaU ne'er be past,
While life, and thought, and bemg last,

Or immortality enaures.

PSALM 147.

Praise the christian's duty andpridlege.

1 PRAISE ye the Lord ; 'tis good to raise
Our hearts and voices in his praise ;
His nature and his works invite
To make this duty our delight.

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2 He form'd the stars, those heavenly flames,
He counts their mimberSy calls their names
His wisdom's vast, and knows no bound,
A deep where all our thoughts are drown'd.

3 He makes the grass the hills adorn,
And clothes th« smiling fields with com ;
The beasts with food his .hands supply.
And the young ravens when they cry.

4 But saints are lovely in his sight,
He views his children with delight ;
He sees their hope, he knows their fear.
And looks and loves his image there.

PSALM 148.

The universe invited to praise God.

1 YE boundless realms of joy,
, Exalt your Maker's fame ;
His praise your song employ,

Above the starry frame ;
Your voices raise, ye chferubim
And seraphim, to sing his p;Faise.

2 Thou moon that rul'st the night,

And sun that guid'st the day,
Ye glittering stars of light,

To him your homage pay :
His praise declare, ye heavens above.
And clouds that move in liquid air.

3 Let every creature join

To bless his holy name,
By whose almighty word

They all from nothing came;
let them raise their grateful voice^
And still rejoice, the Lord to praise.

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PSALM 150. Version 1.
Universal praise to God,

1 O PRAISE the Lord in that blest place,
From whence his goodness lai^ely flows ;
Praise him in heaven, where he his face
Unveird in perfect glory shows.

2 Praise him for all the mighty acts,
Which he on our behalf has done ;
His kindness this return exacts.

With which our praise should equal run.

3 Let all who vital breath enjoy.
The breath he does to them afford,
Tn just returns of praise employ ;
Let every creature praise the Lord,

PSALM 150. Version 2.
Heaven and earth called upon to praise God,

1 PRAISE the Lord who reigns above,

Yet will deign to dwell below ;
Praise the holy God of love,

Thankful all his greatness show :
Praise him for his noble deeds,

Praise him for his matchless power ;
Him, from whom all good proceeds,

All in heaven and earth adore.

2 Him in whom they move and live,

Let the race of creatures sing ;
Glory to their maker give.

Humblest homage to their king :
Hallowed be his name beneath ;

As in heaven, on earth ador'd ;
Praise the Lord in every breath,

Every creature praise the Lord.

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PSALM 150. Version 3.
Exhortation to praise God.

1 IN God's own house pronounce his praise^

His grace he there reveals ;
To heaven your joy and wonder raise.
For there his glory dwells.

2 Let all your sacred passions move.

While you rehearse his deeds ;
But the great work of saving love
Your highest praise exceeds.

3 All that have motion, life, and hreath.

Proclaim your Maker hlest ;
Yet when my voice expires in death,
My soul shall praise nim best.

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PARTICULAR OCCASIONS.

ADVENT,

HYMN 1.

Christ the Deliverer.

1 HARK, the glad sound ! the Saviour comes,

The Saviour promised long ;
Let every heart prepare a throne,
And every voice a song.

2 He comes, the prisoners to release.

In Satan's hondage held ;
The gates of brass before him burst.
The iron fetters yield.

3 He comes, from thickest films of vice

To clear the mental ray.
And on the eyes oppress'd with night
To pour celestial day.

4 He comes, the broken heart to bind,

The bleeding soul to cure.
And with the treasures of his grace
To enrich the humble poor.

5 Our glad hosannas. Prince of Peace,

Thy welcome shall proclaim,
And heaven's eternal arches ring
With thy beloved name.

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HYMN 2.

TJie Advent ajad Reign of the Saviour desired,

1 COME, ihoii long-expected Jesus,

Born to set thy people free ;
From our fears and sins release us,

Let us find our rest in thee :
Israel's strength and consolation, '

Hope of all the saints thou art ;
Dear desire of every nation,

Joy of every longing heart.

2 Bom thy people to deliver ;

Born a child and yet a king ;
Come to reign in us for ever.

Now thy gracious kingdom bring :
By thine own eternal Spirit

Rule in all our hearts alone ;
By thine all-sufficient merit,-

Raise us to thy glorious throne.

HYMN 3.

The Sun of Righteousness,

1 LIGHT of those whose dreary dwelling

Borders on the shades of death,
Come, and all thy love revealing,
Dissipate the clouds beneath :

2 The new heaven and earth's Creator,

In our deepest darkness rise ;
Scattering all the night of nature.
Pouring day upon our eyes.

3 Save us in thy great compassion,

O thou mild pacific Prince ;

Give the knowledge of salvation ;

Give the pardoa of our sins ;

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By thine all-sufficient merit
Every burdened soul release ;

By the influence of thy Spirit
Guide us into perfect peace.

HYMN 4.

Chris f 8 second Adeent.

LO ! he comes with clouds descending.
Once for favoured sinners slain,

Thousand thousand saints attending
Swell the triumph of his train :
Hallelujah !

Jesus now shall ever reign.

Every eye shall now behold him

Rob'd in dreadful majesty ;
Those who set at nought and sold him,

Pierc'd and nail'd hun to the tree,
Deeply wailing,
Shall the great Messiah see.

Now redemption long-expected
See in solemn pomp appear ;

All his saints by man rejected
Now shall meet him in the air :
Hallelujah !

See the day of God appear.

Yea, Amen ! let all adore thee.
High on thine eternal throne :

Saviour, take the power and glory.
Claim the kingdom for thine own :
Hallelujah !

Come, Lord Jesus, quickly come.

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HYMN 5.

Tlie solemnities of the future Judgment.

1 GREAT God, what do I see and hear !

The end of things created !
The Judge of mankind doth appear

On clouds of glory seated !
The trumpet sounds ! the graves restore
The dead which they contained before!

Prepare, my soul, to meet him.

2 The dead in Christ shall first arise,

At the last trumpet's sounding ;
Caught up to meet him in the skies.

With joy their Lord surrounding :
No gloomy fears their souls dismay ;
His presence sheds eternal day

On those prepared to meet him.

3 Far over space, to distant spheres,

The lightnings a^e prevaUing ;
The ungodly rise, and all their tears

And sighs are unavailing :
The day of grace is past and gone ;
Trembling they stand before the throne,

All unprepared to meet him.

4 Stay, fancy, stay, and close thy wings ;

Kepress thy flight too daring ;
One wondrous sight my comfort brings,

The Judge my nature wearing :
Beneath his cross I view the day,
When heaven and earth shall pass away,

And thus prepare to meet him.

HYMN 6.

" Prepare to meet thy God,'*

1 AND will the Judge descend ?
And must the dead arise ?
And not a single soul escape

ADVENT.

How will my heart endure

The terrors of that day,
When heaven and earth before his face

Astonish'd shrink away '?

But ere his trumpet shakes

The mansions of the dead,
Hark, from the gospel's gentle voic« •

What joyful tidings spread !

Ye sinners, seek his grace,
Whose wrath ye cannot bear ;

Fly to the shelter of his cross,
And find salvation there.

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CHRISTMAS-DAY.

HYMN 7.

The birth of Christ celebrated in heaven and

earth,

HIGH let us swell our tuneful notes.

And join the angelic throng.
For angels no such love have known

To wake a cheerful song.

t Good- will to sinful men is shown
And peace on earth is given ;
For, lo ! the incarnate Saviour comes
With messages from heaven.

I Justice and grace, with sweet accord,
His rising beams adorn ;
Let heaven and earth in concert join ;
The promised child is born.

\ Glory to God in highest strains,
In highest worlds be paid ;
His glory by our lips proclaimed,
And by our lives displayed.

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HYMN 8.

The Angela' song,

HARK ! the herald angels sing,
" Glory to the newborn King ;
" Peace on earth, and mercy mild ;
* God and sinners reconciled."

Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
Join the triumph of the skies ;
With the angelic host proclaim,
** Christ is born in Bethlehem."

Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace !
Hail the Sun of Righteousness !
Light and life to all he brings.
Risen with healing in his wings.

Mild he lays his glory by,
Born, that man no more may die ;
Born, to raise the sons of earth.
Bom, to give them second birth.

Come, Desire of nations, come,
Fix in us thy humble home :
Rise, the Woman's conquering seed.
Bruise in us the serpent's head.

Adam's likeness now efface.
Stamp thine image in its place ;
Second Adam from above,
Re-instate us in thy love.

HYMN 9.

Praise for the Incarnation,

1 MORTALS, awake, with angels join,
And chant the solenm lay ;
Joy, love, and gratitude, combine
To hail the auspicious day.

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2 In heaven the rapturoug song began,

While pure seraphic fire
Through all the shining legions ran,
And strung and tun'd the lyre.

3 Hark! the cherubic armies shout,

And glory leads the song :
Good- will and peace are heard throughout
The harmonious heavenly throng.

4 With joy the chorus we'll repeat,

" Glory to God on high ;
" Good-will and peace are now complete,
" Jesus was born to die." •

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5 Hail, Prince of life, for ever hail !

Redeemer, Brother, Friend !
Though earth, and time, and life should fail.
Thy praise shall never end.

HYMN 10.

The Urth of Christ a ground of joy,

1 LIET up your heads in joyful hope,

Salute the happy morn ;

Ea,ch heavenly power

Proclaims the glad hour,
Lo ! Jesus the Saviour is born.

2 All glory be to God on high,

To him all praise is due ;

The promise is seal'd,

The Saviour's reveaVd,
And proves that the record is true.

3 Let joy around like rivers flow,

Flow on, and still increase :
Spread o'er the glad earth,
At Jesus's birth^

For heaven and earth are at peace.

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4 Now the good- will of heaven is shown

To Adam's helpless race :

Messiah appears

To banish our fears,
To save us by infinite grace.

5 Then let ns join the heavens above.

Where glowing seraphs sing.

Join all the glad powers.

For their Lord is ours,
Our Prophet, our Priest, and our King.

HYMN 11.

Jehovah- Jesus.

1 MY song shall bless the Lord of all,
My praise shall climb to his abode ;
Thee, Saviour, by that name I call.
The great supreme, the mighty God.

2 Without beginning or decline,
Object of faith and not of sense ;
Eternal ages saw him shine.

He shines eternal ages hence.

3 As much when in the manger laid.
Almighty ruler of the sky.

As when the six days* work he made,
Fiird all the morning stars with joy.

4 Of all the crowns Jehovah bears,
Salvation is the dearest claim ;

That gracious sound well-pleas'd he hears^
And owns Imnianuel for his name.

5 A cheerful confidence T feel,

My well-pl'dc\i hopes with joy I see :
My bosom glows with heavenly zeal,
To worship him who died for me.

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HYMN 12.

Praise to the Redeemer,

' MIGHTY God ! while angels bless thee,
May a mortal praise thy name ?
Lord of men as well as angels,

Thou art every creature's theme. Hall.

Lord of every land and nation,

Ancient of eternal days !
Sounded through the wide creation

Be thy just and lawful praise. Hall.

Brightness of the Father's glory.

Shall thy praise unutter'd lie ?
Fly, my tongue, such guilty silence ;

Sing the Lord who came to die. Hall.

Did archangels sin? thy coming ?

Did the shepherds learn their lays ?
Shame would cover me ungrateful,

Should my tongue reflise to praise. Hall.

From the highest throne in glory,

To the cross of deepest woe ;
All to ransom guilty captives,

riow, my praise, for ever flow. Hall.

Go, return, immortal Saviour,

Leave thy footstool, take thy throne ;

Thence return, and reign for ever,

Be the kingdom all thine own. Hall,

EPIPHANY.

HYMN 13.

The Star of the East.

LO ! in the East appears a star.
In eastern skies unseen before ;
And ancient sages from afar
Hasten the mystery to explore.

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2 They came, they saw, and they ador*d ;
Each co8tIy treasure they unfold,

And offer to their infant Lord

Their myrrh, their frankincense, and gold.

3 That star to us its light imparts ;
Let us our pilgrimage pursue ;
And, with the homage of our hearts.
To Bethlehem go, and worship too.

4 May we through life its guidance trace.
And mark its path o'er earthly things,
Until it leads us to the place,

Where Jesus reigns the King of kings.

5 Light of the world, the True Light, rise ;
Nor cease to shed thy cheering ray.

Till o'er all lands beneath the skies,
Thy glory shine in perfect day.

HYMN 14.

TJie Star of Jacob,

1 SONS of men, hehold from far,
Hail the long expected star ;
Jacob's star that gilds the night
Guides bewilder'd nature right.

2 Mild it shines on all beneath.
Piercing through the shades of death,

« Scattering error's wide spread night,
Kindling darkness into light.

3 Nations all, remote and near,
Haste to see your God appear ;
Haste, for him your hearts prepare;
Meet him manifested there.

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4 Sing, ye morning stars, again,

God descends to dwell with men ;
Deigns for man his life to employ ;
Shout, ye sons of God, for joy.

HYMN 15.

Christ the light of the world.

CHRIST, whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the true and only light,

Sun of Righteousness, arise.
Triumph o*er the shades of night ;

Day-spring from on high he near,

Day-star in my heart appear.

Dark and cheerless is the mom.
Unaccompanied hy thee;

Joyless is the day's return.
Till thy mercy's heams I see ;

Till they inward light impart.

Glad my eyes and warm my heart.

Visit then this soul of mine.

Pierce the gloom of sin and grief, *

Fill me, Radiance divine ;
Scatter all my unbelief;

More and more thyself display,

Shining to the perfect day.

LENT.

HYMN 16.

The humble lamentation of a sinner.

\ O LORD, turn not thy face from me,
Who lie in woeful state,
Lamenting all my sinful life.
Before thy mercy-gate :

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2 A gate, which opens wide to those

That do lament their sin :
Shut not the gate against me, Lord,
But let me enter in.

3 And call me not to strict account

How I have sojourned here ;
For then my guilty conscience knows,
How vile I shall appear.

4 Therefore with tears I come to beg

Of my offended God,
For pardon, like a child that dreads
His parent's chastening rod.

5 Mercy, good Lord, mercy I ask ;

This is the total sum :
For mercy, Lord, is all my suit ;
O let thy mercy come !

HYMN 17.

Compassion for the impenitent,

1 ARISE, my tenderest thoughts, arise ;
To torrents melt my streaming eyes ;
And thou, my heart, with anguish feel
Those evils which thou canst not heal.

2 See human nature sunk in shame !
See scandals pour'd on Jesu's name ;

. The Father wounded through the Son
The world abus'd, the soul undone !

3 See the short course of vain delight
Closing in everlasting night !

In flames that no abatement know,
Though briny tears for ever flow.

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4 My God, I feel the mournful scene ;
My bowels yearn o'er dying men :
And fain my pity would reclaim,

And snatch the firebrands from the flame.

5 But feeble my compassion proves,
And can but weep where most it loves ;
Thine own all-saving arm emplojr,
And turn these drops of grief to joy.

HYMN 18.

Contrition.

1 O THOU, whose tender mercy hears

Contrition's humble si^h.
Whose hand indulgent wipes the tears
From sorrow's weeping eye ;

2 See low before thy throne of grace

A wretched wanderer mourn ;
Hast thou not bid me seek thy face ?
Hast thou not said " Return,"

3 And shall my guilty fears prevail

To drive me from thy feet ?
let not this last refuge fail,
This only safe retreat !

4 Absent from thee, my guide, my light ;

Without one cheering ray :
Through dangers, fears, and gloomy night,
How desolate my way I

5 O shine on this benighted heart.

With beams of mercy shine ;
And let thy healing voice impart
A taste of joys divine !

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GOOD-FRIDAY.

HYMN 19.

The Crucifixion,

1 BEHOLD the Saviour of mankind,

Naird to the shameful tree !
How vast the love, that him inclined
To bleed and die for thee.

2 Hark, how he groans \ while nature shakes,

A.nd earth's strong pillars bend !
The temples veil in sunder breaks,
The solid marbles rend.

3 " 'Tis done ! the precious ransom's paid,

" Receive my soul," he cries ;
See where he bows his sacred head !
He bows his head — and dies.

4 But soon he'll break death's envious chain,

And in full glory shine :
O Lamb of God, was ever pain,
Was ever love like thine ?

HYMN 20.

Nature moved at the death of Christ.

1 YE that pass by, behold the man.
The man of grief condemned for you !
The Lamb of God for sinners slain.
Weeping to Calvary pursue.

2 See there his temples crown'd with thorns.
His bleeding hands extended wide,

His streaming feet transfix'd and torn.
The fountain gushing from his side.

3 Thou dear, thou suffering Son of God,
How doth thy heart to sinners move !
Sprinkle on us thy precious blood,
And melt us with thy dying love.

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4 The eartli could to her centre (][uake,
Convuls'd, when her Creator died t
may our inmost nature shake,
And bow with Jesus crucified !

5 At thy last gasp, the graves display 'd
Their horrors to the upper skies :

O that our souls might burst the shade,.
And, quickened by thy death, arise !

6 The rocks could feel thy powerful death,
And tremble and asunder part :

O rend, with thy expiring oreath.
The harder marble of our heart.

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HYMN 21.

''It is finished:*

HABK ! the voice of love and mercy
Sounds aloud from Calvary !

See ! it rends the rocks asunder,
Shakes the earth, and veils the sky !
" It is finish'd !"

Hear the dying Saviour cry !

" It is finish'd ! O what pleasure
Do these charming words afford !

Heavenly blessings, without measure.
Flow to us from Christ the Lord.
" It is finished !"

Saints, the dying words record.

Finish'd all the types and shadows

Of the ceremonial law !
Finish'd all that God had promis'd i
Death and hell no more shall awe.
" It is finish'd !"
Saints, from hence your comfort draw.

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HYMNS.

4 Tune your harps anew, ye seraphs ;
Join to sing the pleasing theme :
All on earth, and all in heaven,
Join to praise Immanuers name ;
Hallelujah !
Glory to the bleeding Lamb !

HYMN 22.

Godly sorrow in the contemplation of a cruet-

fied Saviour,

1 ALAS ! and did my Saviour bleed?

And did my Sovereign die ?
Would he devote his sacred head
For such a worm as I ?

2 Was it for crimes which I have done

He groan' d upon the tree ?
Amazing pity, grace unknown !
:And love beyond degree I

3 Well might the sun in darkness hide.

And shut his glories in,
When Christ the mighty Maker died
For man the creature's sin.

4 Thus should I hide my blushing face.

When his dear cross appears ;
Dissolve my heart in thanlifulness.
And melt my eyes to tears !

5 But drops of grief can ne'er repay

The debt of love I owe :
Here, Lord, I give myself away ;
'Tis all that I can do.

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HYMN 23.

The cross of Christ a motive to self -dedication.

1 WHEN I survey the wondrous cross,
On which the Prince of Glory died,
My richest gain I coimt but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God :
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.

3 See from his head, his hands, his feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down !
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet;
Or thorns compose so rich a crown ?

4 Were the whole realm of natiu*e mine,
That were an offering far too small :
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.

HYMN 24.

Christ the Rock of Ages.

1 ROCK of Ages, cleft for me.
Let me hide myself in thee ;
Let the water and the blood,

From thy wounded side which flow'd.

Be of sin the double cure,

Cleanse me from its guilt and power !

2 Not the labour of my hands
Can fulfil thy law's demands ;
Could my zeal no respite know,
Could my tears for ever flow,
All for sin could not atone :
Thou must save, and thou alone !

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Nothing in my hand I hring.
Simply to thy cross I cling ;
Naked, come to thee for dress ;
Helpless, look to thee for grace ;
Vile, I to the fountain fly ;
Wash me, Saviour, or I die.

While I draw this fleeting hreath,
When my eyelids close in death.
When I soar to worlds unknown,
See thee on thy judgment-throne,
Bock of Ages, cleft for me,
Ijct me hide myself in thee ! ,

EASTER-DAY.

HYMN 25.

The Besurrection of Christ celebrated.

JESUS Christ is risen to-day,

Our triumphant holy-day,

Who so lately on the cross,

Sufler'd to redeem our loss. Hallelujah.

Hymns of praises let us sing

Unto Christ our heavenly King ;

Who endur'd the cross and grave,

Sinners to redeem and save. Hallelujah.

But the pains which he endur'd

Our salvation have procured ;

Now he reigns above the sky,

Where the angel^ ever cry Hallelujah.

HYMN 26.

Christ's triumph over death and the grave.

I CHBIST the Lord is risen to-day.
Sons of men and angels say ;
Baise your joj's and triumphs high ;
Sing, ye heaveiis, and earth reply.

EASTKll-DAY.

2 Love's redeeming work is done,
Fought the fight, the battle won :
Lo ! the sun's eclipse is o'er ;
Lo ! he sets in blood no more,

3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal,
Christ hath burst the gates of hell :
Death in vain forbids his rise ;
Christ hath open'd Paradise.

4 Lives again our glorious King ;
Where, O death, is now thy sting?
Once he died our souls to save ;
Where's thy victory, boasting grave?

5 Soar we now where Christ has led
Following our exalted head :
Made like him, like him we rise.
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies.

6 Hail, the Lord of earth and heavai,
Praise to thee by both be given ;
Thee we greet triumphant now ;
Hail, the Resurrection thou !

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HYMN 27.

The Besurreotion a ground of Joy.

1 AGiVIN the Lord of life and light

Awakes the kindling ray.
Unseals the eyelids of the morn.
And pours celestial day.

2 what a night was that, which wrapt

A sinful world in gloom!
O what a sun, which broke this day
Triumphant from the tomb !

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3 This day be grateful homage paid,

And loud hosannas sung ;
Let gladness dwell in every heart ;
And praise on every tongue.

4 Ten thousand differing lips shall join,

To hail this happy mom ;
Which scatters blessings from its wings,
To nations yet unborn.

HYMN 28.

Christ a dying and a risen Saviour,

1 HE dies ! the friend of sinners dies !
Lo ! Salem's daughters weep around :
A solemn darkness veils the skies,
A sudden trembling shakes the ground.

i Come, saints, and drop a tear or two

For him who groan'd beneath your load ;
He shed a thousand drops for you,
A thousand drops of precious blood.

3 Here's love and grief beyond degree,
The Lord of glory dies for men !
But lo ! what sudden joys we see !
Jesus, the dead, revives again !

4 The rising God forsakes the tomb.
Up to his Father's court he flies :
Angelic legions guard him home,
And shout him welcome to the skies !

HYMN 29.

The Redeemer conquering Death.

1 THE Sun of Righteousness appears,
To set in blood no more :
The Light, which scatters all your fears,
Vour rising God adore.

EASTER-DAT.

2 The saints, when he resign'd his breath,

Unclos'd their sleeping eyes ;
He breaks again the bands of death,
Again the dead arise.

3 Alone the dreadful race he ran,

Alone the wine-press trod ;
He groans, he dies, behold the nian !
He lives, behold the God !

4 In vain the stone, the watch, the seal,

Forbid the Saviour's rise ;
He breaks the gates of death and hell,
And opens paradise.

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HYMN 30.

Chrisfa sufferings and glory,

1 NOW for a tune of lofty praise.
To great Jehovah's equal Son !
Awake, my voice, in heavenly lays.
Declare the wonders he hath done.

2 Sinff how he left the worlds of light,
And the bright robes he wore above !
How swift and joyful was his flight,
On wings of everlasting love !

3 Deep in the shades of gloomy death,
The Almighty captive prisoner lay :
The Almighty captive left the earth.
And rose to everlasting day.

4 Lift up your eyes, ye sons of light.
Up to his throne of shining grace ;
See what immortal glories sit
Bound the sweet beauties of his face !

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Amidst a thousand harps and songs,
Jesus the God exalted reigns ;
His sacred name fills all their tongues,
And echoes through the heavenly plains.

ASCENSION-DAY.

HYMN 31.

Chris f 8 Ascension and Intercession,

1 HAIL the day that sees him rise,
Parted from our wishful eyes !
Christ, awhile to mortals given,
Re-ascends his native heaven.

2 There the glorious triumph waits ;
Lift your heads, eternal gates !
Wide unfold the radiant scene,
Take the Kmg of glory in.

3 See, the heaven its Lord receives !
Yet he loves the earth he leaves ;
Though returning to his throne,
Still he calls mankind his own.

4 Still for us he intercedes :
Prevalent his death he pleads ;
Near himself prepares our place,
Harbinger of human race.

5 Grant our hearts may thither rise.
Seeking thee beyond the skies ;
Ever upward may we move,
Wafted on the wings of love !

6 There at length may we remain,
Partners of thine endless reign !
There thy face unclouded see.
Find our heaven of heavens in thee.

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HYMN 32.

Jesus seen of angels.

1 BEYOND the glittering starry sky,

Far as the eternal hills,
There in the boundless worlds of light,
Our great Redeemer dwells.

2 Legions of angels, bright and fair,

Li countless armies shine,
At his right hand, with harps of gold,
To offer songs divine.

3 Whilst he vouchsaf 'd on earth to dwell,

And suffer scorn and pain.
They cast their honours at his feet.
And waited in his train.

4 Through all his travels here below

They did his steps attend ;
Oft wondering how, or where, at last.
The mystic scene would end.

5 They saw his agonizing frame

Sweat blood at every pore ;
They saw him break the bars of death.
Which none e'er brake before.

6 They brought his chariot from above.

To bear him to his throne,
Wav'd their triumphant wings, and cried,
" The glorious work is done."

HYMN 33.

Christ the Lord of all. .

ALL hail the great Immanuers name !

Let angels prostrate fall :
Bring forth the royal diadem.

And crown him Lord of all.

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2 Ye saints redeemed of Adam's race,

From sin and Satan's thrall ;
Hail him, who saves you by his grace,
And crown him Lord of all.

3 Let every kindred, every tribe,

On this terrestrial ball.
To him all majesty ascribe,
And crown him Lord of all.

4 O that with yonder sacred throng,

We at his feet may fall ;
There join the everlasting song,
And crown him Lord of all !

WHIT-SUNDAY.

HYMN 34.

Ths day of Pentecost.

1 GREAT was the day, the joy was great,
When the divine disciples met ;
Whilst on their heads the Spirit came,
And sat like tongues of cloven flame.

2 What gifts, what miracles he gave !
And power to kill, and power to save !
Fumish'd their tongues with wondrous words.
Instead of shields, and spears, and swords.

3 Thus arm'd, he sent the champions forth,
From east to west, from south to north ;
" Go, and assert your Saviour's cause;

" Go, spread the mystery of his cross."

4 These weapons of the holy war.
Of what almighty force they are.

To make our stubborn passions bow.
And lay the proudest rebel low !

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5 Nations, the learned and the rude,
Are by these heavenly arms subdued ;
While Satan rages at his loss.

And hates the doctrine of the cross.

6 Great King of grace, my heart subdue ;
I would be led in triumph too,

A wilUng captive to my Lord,
And sing the victories of his word.

HYMN 35.

For the influences of the Holy Spirit.

1 CEEATOE Spu-it I by whose aid,
The world's foundations first were laid,
Come, visit every waiting mind,
Come, pour thy joys on human-kind ;
From sin and sorrow set us free ;

And make us temples worthy thee.

2 Plenteous . of grace, descend from high,
Rich in thy sevenfold energy :
Thrice holy fount ! thrice holy fire !
Our hearts withlieavenly love inspire ;
Come, and thy sacred unction bring,
To sanctify us while we sing.

3 Ch^,se from our minds the infernal foe ;
And peace, the fruit of love bestow:
Give us thyself, that we may see
The Father and the Son by thee ;
Make us eternal truths receive,

And practise all that we believe.

4 Immortal honour, endless fame,
Attend the Almighty Father's name ;
The Saviour-Son be glorified.

Who for lost man's redemption died ;
And equal adoration be,
Eternal Comforter, to thee.

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HYMN 36.

For sjnritual illumination and strength.

1 COME, Holy Spirit, come,

Let thy bright beams arise ;
Dispel the darkness £rom our minds,
And open all our eyes.

2 Convince us of our sin.

Then lead to Jesu's blood ;
And to our wondering view reveal
The pardoning love of God.

3 Revive our drooping faith,

Our doubts and fears remove ;
And kindle in our breasts the flame
Of never-dying love.

4 Dwell thou within our hearts.

Our minds from bondage free ;
Then shall we know, and praise, and love,
The Father, Son, and Thee.

HYMN 37.

For quieJcening grace,

1 COME, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,

With all thy quickening powers ;
Kindle a flame of sacred love
In these cold hearts of ours.

2 In vain we tune our formal songs,

In vain we strive to rise ;
Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.

3 Dear Lord, and shall we ever live

At this poor dying rate ;
Our love so faint, so cold to thee,
And thine to us so great.

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4 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all thy quickening powers ;
Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love,
And that shall kindle ours.

HYMN 38.

Far the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

1 COME, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With light and comfort from above ;

Be thou our guardian, thou our guide,
O'er every thought and step preside.

2 Conduct us safe, conduct us far
From every sin and hurtful snare ;
Lead to tiiy word that rules must give,
And teach us lessons how to live.

3 The light of truth to us display.

And make us know and choose thy way ;
Plant holy fear in every heart,
That we from God may ne'er depart

4 Lead us to holiness, the road

That we must take to dwell with God ;
Lead us to Christ, the living way ;
Nor let us from his precepts stray.

5 Lead us to God, our final rest,
In his enjoyment to be blest ;

Lead us to heaven, its bliss to share,
Fullness of joy for ever there.

HYMN 39.

For the general diffusion of the SjnrU.

1 SPIRIT of mercy, truth, and love !
shed thine influence from above.
And still from age to age convey
The wonders of this sacred day.

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2 In every clime, by every tongue,
Be God's amazing glory sung ;
And let the listening earth be taught
The acts our great Redeemer wrought.

3 Unfailing Comfort ! heavenly Guide !
Still o'er thy favoured church preside ;
Still may mankind thy blessings prove,
Spirit of mercy, truth, and love !

TRINITY-SUNDAY,

HYMN 40.

God incomprehensible,

1 ETERNAL Power! whose high abode
Becomes the grandeur of a God,
Infinite lengths beyond the bounds.
Where stars revolve their little roimds :

2 Not heaven thy presence can contain,
Nor heaven of heavens thy power restrain ;
Thee, while the first archangel sings>

He veils his face beneath his wings.

3 Lord, what shall earth and ashes do ?
We would adore our Maker too:
From sin and dust to thee we cry,
The Great, the Holy, and the High.

4 Earth from afar hath heard thy fame,
And babes have learn'd to lisp thy name,
But O ! the glpries of thy mind
Leave all our soaring thoughts behind.

HYMN 41.

The holy Trinity.

1 THOU, whom neither time nor space
Can comprehend, unseen, unknown;
Nor Faith in boldest flight can trace.
Save through thy Spirit and thy Son !

TRINITY-SUNDAY.

2 And thou, that from thy bright abode.
To us in mortal weakness shown,
Didst graft the manhood into God,
Eternal, co-eternal Son !

3 And thou, whose unction from on high,
By comfort, light, and love is known ;
Who, with the Parent Deity,

Dread Spirit ! art for ever one.

4 Great First and Last ! thy blessing give ;
And grant us faith, thy gift alone :

To love and praise thee while we live.
And do whale'er thou wouldst have done.

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HYMN 42,

The Creatrr, Redeemer, and Sanctijier.

1 FATHER, in whom we live.

In whom we are and move.
The glory, power, and praise receive
Of thy creating love.

2 Incarnate Deity,

Let all the ransom'd race
Render their lives in thanks to thee.
For thy redeeming grace.

3 Spirit of holiness,

Let all thy saints adore
Thy sacred energy, and bless
Thy heart- renewing power,

4 Eternal Triune Lord 1

Let all the hosts above,
Let all the sons of men record,
And dwell upon thy love.

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HYMN 43.

Invocation to the Trinity,

COME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

One God in persons three,
Bring back the heavenly blessing, lost

By all mankind and me.

Thy favour, and thy nature too,

To me, to all restore ;
Forgive, and after God renew,

And keep us evermore.

Eternal Sun of Righteousness,

Display thy beams divine ;
And cause the glories of thy face

Upon my heart to shine.

Light in thy light may I see !

"^hy grace and mercy prove ;
Beviv'd, and cheer'd, and bless'd by thee,

The God of pardoning love.

HYMN 44.

Blessing and Praise ascribed to the Trinity.

1 BLESS'D be the Father and his love,
To whose celestial source we owe
Rivers of endless joys above,

And rills of comfort here below.

2 Glory to thee, great Son of God,
From whose dear wounded body rolls
A precious stream of vital blood.
Pardon and life for dying souls.

3 We give the sacred Spirit praise,
Who in our hearts of sin and woe
Makes living springs of grace arise,
And into boundless glory flow.

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4 Thus God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit, we adore ;
That sea of life and love unknown,
Unfathom'd, and without a shore.

HYMN 45.

Praise to the Triune God,

WE give immortal praise

To God the Father's love,
For all our comforts here,

And better hopes above :
He sent his own eternal Son
To die for sins that man had done.

To God the Son belongs

Tnunortal glory too,
Who sav'd us by his blood

From everlasting woe ;
And now he lives, and now he reigns,
And sees the fruit of all his pains.

To God the Spirit praise

And endless worship give,
Whose new creating power

Makes the dead sinner live :
His work completes the great design,
And fills the soul with joy divine.

Almighty God ! to thee

Be endless honours done,
The undivided Three,

And the mysterious One :
Where reason fails with all her powers,
There faith prevails and love adores.

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HYMN 46.

For the morning of the Sahhath.

1 AGAIN thedayreturas of holy rest,
Which, when he made the world, Jehovah blest;
When, like his own, he bade our labours cease.
And all be piety, and all be peace.

2 Let us devote this consecrated day.
To learn his will, and all we learn obey ;
In pure religion's hallow'd duties share,
And join in penitence, and join in prayer.

HYMN 47.

The Sahhath hailed with joy,

1 WELCOME sweet day of rest,

That saw the Lord arise ;
Welcomp to this reviving breast,
And these rejoicing eyes !

2 The King himself comes near.

And feasts his saints to-day ;
Here we may meet, and see him here.
And love, and praise, and pray.

3 One day within the place

Where thou, my God, hast been.
Is better than ten thousand days,
Of pleasurable sin.

4 My willing soul would stay,

In such a frame as this.
And gladly sing herself away
To everlasting bliss.

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HYMN 48.

The Sahhath an emblem and type of heaven.

ANOTHER six days' work is done,
Another Sabbath is begun :
Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest,
Improve the day thy God hath bless'd.

Come, bless the Lord, whose love assigns,
So sweet a rest to wearied minds ;
Provides an antepast of heaven.
And gives this day the food of seven.

\ O that our thoughts and thanks may rise,
As grateful incense to the skies :
And draw from heaven that sweet repose,
Which none, but he that feels it, knows !

t This heavenly calm, within the breast, '
Is the dear, pledge of glorious rest,
Which for the church of God remains,
The end of cares, the end of pains.

\ In holy duties let the day
In holy pleasures pass away :
How sweet a Sabbath thus to spend.
In hope of one that ne'er shall end.

HYMN 49.

For a due improvement of the Sahhath.

TO-DAY God bids the faithful rest,
To-day he showers his grace ;

" Seek ye my face," the Lord hath said :
Lord, we will seek thy face.

Come, let us leave the things of earth,

With God's assembly join ;
Lo ! heaven descends to welcome man

To taste the things divine.

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3 The still small voice of heavenly love

Here calls our thoughts away,
To purer joys, that rise above
The influence of decay.

4 may we please our God to-day,

May this be all our care !
Give, Lord, thy grace, lest evil thoughts
3hould mingle in our prayer.

5 Let thy good Spirit help our souls

With faith thy word to hear ;
Be with us, in thy temple. Lord,
And let us find thee near.

HYMN 50.

F(yr God^a blessing on the means of grace,

GREAT God, this sacred day of thine
Demands the soul's collected powers ;

Gladly we now to thee resign

These solemn, consecrated hours ;

O may our souls adoring own

The grace that calls us to thy throne !

Hence, ye vain cares and trifles, fly !

Where God resides appear no more :
All-seeing God, thy piercing eye

Can every secret thought explore :
O may thy grace our bosoms move,
And fix our thoughts on things above !

\ Thy Spirit's powerful aid impart.

And bid thy word with life divine,
Engage the ear, and warm the heart ;

Then shall the day indeed be thine ;
Then shall our souls adoring own
The grace that calls us to thy throne.

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HYMN 51.

For God^s hlessmg m the 8<mctuary.

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1 IN loud exalted strains

The King of glory praise :
0*er heaven and earth he reigns

Through everlasting days ;
But Sion, with his presence blest,
Is his delight, his chosen rest.

2 O King of glory, come,

And with thy favour crown
This temple as thy dome,

This people as thine own ;
Beneath this roof vouchsafe to show.
How God can dwell with man below.

3 Now let thine ear attend

Our supplicating cries ;
Now let our praise ascend

Accepted to the skies :
Now let thy gospel's joyful sound
Spread its celestial influence round,

4 Here may the listening throng

Imbibe thy truth and love 1
Here Christians join the song

Of Seraphim above :
Till all who humbly seek thy face.
Rejoice in thine abounding grace.

HYMN 52.

" Lo ! I am r&ith you always ^

JESUS, where'er thy people meet,
There they behold thy mercy-seat ;
Where'er they seek thee, thou art found,
And every place is hallowed groimd.

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2 Dear Shepherd of tby chosen few,
Thy former mercies here renew ;
Here to our waiting hearts proclaim
The sweetness of thy saving name.

3 Here may we prove the power of prayer,
To strengthen faith and lighten care ;
To teach our faint desires to rise,

And bring all heaven before our eyes.

4 Lord, we are weak, but thou art near :
Nor short thine arm, nor deaf thine ear :
rend the heavens, come quickly down,
In every heart set up thy throne !

HYMN 53.

For the presence of Christ in the sanctuary.

1 GREAT Shepherd of thy people hear,

Thy presence now display ;
As thou hast given a place ifor prayer,
So give us hearts to pray.

2 Within these walls let holy peace,

And love, and concord dwell ;
Here give the troubled conscience ease,
The wounded spirit heal.

3 The hearing ear, the melting eye,

The contrite heart bestow ;
And shine upon us from on high,
To make our graces grow.

4 Show us some token of thy love,

Our fainting hope to raise ;
And pour thy blessings from above,,
That we may render praise.

PUBLIC WORSHIP.

HYMN 54.

^ hle89ing implored.

LORD, we come before thee now,
At thy feet we humbly bow ;
do not our suit disdain !
Shall we seek thee, Lord, in vain ?

In thine own appointed way.
Now we seek thee, here we stay :
Lord, from hence we would not go,
Till a blessing thou bestow.

Send some message from thy word,
That may joy and peace afford;
Let thy Spirit now impart
Full salvation to each heart

Comfort those who weep and mourn,
Let the time of joy return ;
Those who are cast down lift up ;
Make them strong in faith and hope.

Grant that all may seek and find
Thee a God supremely kind ;
Heal the sick, the captives free ;
Let us all rejoice in thee.

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HYMN 65-

For sincerity in our devotions^

1 LORD, when we bend before thy throne,

And our confessions pour,
Teach us to feel the sins we own,
And hate what we deplore.

2 Our broken spirits pitying see.

True penitence impart ;
And let a brightening ray from the©
Beam peace upon the heart*

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3 When our responsive tongues essay

Their grateful songs to raise.
Grant that our souls may join the lay,
And rise to thee in praise.

4 When we disclose our wants in prayer,

May we our wills resign ;
And not a thought our bosom share,
Which is not wholly thine.

5 Let faith each meek petition fill,

And waft it to the skies ;
And teach our hearts 'tis goodness still
That grants it or denies.

HYMN 56.

Delight in divine ordinances,

1 LOKD, how delightful 'tis to see
A whole assembly worship thee !

At once they sing, at once they pray ;
They hear of heaven and learn the way.

2 I have been there, and still would go ;
'Tis like another heaven below ;

Not all that careless sinners say
Shall tempt me to forget this day.

3 O write upon my memory, Lord,
The texts and doctrines of thy word !
That I may break thy laws no more,
But love tnee better than before.

4 With thoughts of Christ and things divine,
Fill up this foolish heart of mine ;

That, finding pardon through his blood,
I may lie down, and wake with God.

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HYMN 57.

For spirituality in worship,

1 FAR from our thoughts, vain world, begone ;
Let our religious hours alone j

Fain would our eyes our Saviour see,
We wait a visit, Lord, from thee.

2 warm our hearts with holy fire,
And^kindle there a pure desire !
Come, blessed Jesus, from above,
And feed our souls with heavenly love.

3 O what unknown, what wondrous fare !
How sweet thine entertainments are !
Never did angels taste above
Bedeeming grace and dying love.

4 Send comforts down from thy right hand,
While we pass through this barren land ;
And in thy temple let us see

A glimpse of heaven, a glimpse of thee.

HYMN 58.
Prayer for a revival.

1 LORD, in the temples of thy grace
Thy saints behold thy smiling face ;
And we have seen thy glory shine
With power and majesty divine.

2 Return, O Lord, our spirits cry.
Our graces droop, our comforts die ;
Return, and let thy glories rise
Again to our admiring eyes.

3 Till fiird with light, and joy, and love,
Thy courts below, like those above,
Triumphant hallelujahs raise.

And heaven and earth resound thy praise.

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HYiMN 69.

Divine Love,

1 LOVE divine, all love excelling,

Joy of heaven to earth come down,
Fix in us thy humble dwelling.

All thy faithful mercies crown :
Jesus, thou art all compassion,

Pure unbounded love thou art;
Visit us with thy salvation.

Enter every trembling heart.

2 Come, almighty to deliver.

Let us all thy grace receive ;
Suddenly return, and never.

Never more thy temples leave :
Thee we would be always blessing.

Serve thee as thy hosts above;
Pray, and praise thee without ceasing,

Glory in thy perfect love.

3 Finish then thy new creation ;

Pure and holy may we be ;
Let us see our whole salvation

Perfectly secured by thee :
Chang'd from glory into glory.

Till in heaven we take our place ;
Till we cast our crowns before thee,

Lost in wonder, love, and praise.

HYMN 60.

**T?iat Christ may dwell iny our hearts hyfakthP

1 COME, gracious Lord, descend and dwell
By faith and love in every breast :
Then shall we know, and taste, and feel,
The joys that cannot be express'd.

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2 Come, fill our hearts with inward strength ;
Make our enlarged souls possess,

And learn the height, and breadth, and length
Of thine immeasurable grace.

3 Now to the God whose power can do
More than our thoughts or wishes know,
Be everlasting honours done.

By all the church, through Christ his Son.

HYMN 61.

" / was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day.

DESCEND from heaven, immortal Dove,
Stoop down and take us on thy wings ;
And mount and bear us far above
The reach of these inferior things.

Beyond, beyond this lower sky.
Where everlasting ages roll,
Where solid pleasures never die.
And fruits immortal feast the soul.

for a sight, a pleasing .sight
Of our almighty Father's throne !
There sits our Saviour crown'd with light,
Cloth'd in a body like our own.

Adoring saints around him stand.
And thrones and powers before him fall :
The God shines gracious through the man.
And sheds his glories on them all.

When shall the day, Lord, appear,
That we shall mount to dwell above,
And stand and bow among them there.
And view thy face, and sing thy love ?

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HYMN 62-

For a blessing on the means of grace*

1 NOW, gracious Lord, thine arm reveal,
And make thy glory known ;
Now let us all thy presence feel,
And soften hearts of stone.

9 Help us to come before thy throne,
Pleading the Saviour's name ;
For all that we can call our own,
Is vanity and shame.

3 From all the guilt of former sin
May mercy set us free ;
Ai)d let the work we now begin.
Begin and end with thee.

HYMN 63.

He fore Sermon,

1 THY presence, gracious God, afford ;
Prepare us to receive thy word :
Now let thy voice engage our ear.
And faith be mix'd with what we hear.

2 Distracting thoughts and cares remove.
And fix our hearts and hopes above ;
With food divine may we be fed,
And satisfied with living bread.

3 To each the sacred word apply,
With sovereign power and energy ;
And may we, in thy faith and fear,
Eeduce to practice what we hear.

4 Father, in us thy Son reveal :
Teach us to know and do thy will :
Thy saving power and love display;
And guide us to the realms of day.

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HYMN 64.

A suitable frame desired.

1 ONCE more we come before our God,

Once more his blessing ask ;
may not duty seem a load,
Nor worship prove a task !

2 Father, thy quickening Spirit send,

In Jesus* name, we pray :
With waiting mind may each attend
To what thy voice shall s^y.

3 May we receive the word we hear.

Each in an honest heart ;
Lay up the precious treasure there,
And never with it part.

4 To seek thee all our hearts dispose ;

To each thy blessing suit ;
And let the seed thy servant sows,
Produce abundant fruit.

HYMN 65.

Ufifruitfulness lamented.

1 LONG have we heard the joyful sound

Of thy salvation, Lord ;
But still how weak our faith is found,
And knowledge of thy word!

2 Oft we frequent thy holy place,

And hear almost in vain :
How small a portion of thy grace
Do our false hearts retain I

3 How cold and feeble is our love !

How negligent our fear !
How low our hope of joys above !
How few affections there !

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Great God ! thy sovereign power impart,

To give thy word success :
Write thy salvation on our heart,

And make us learn thy grace.

Show our forgetful feet the way

That leads to joys on high ;
Where knowledge grows without decay.

And love shall never die.

HYMN 66.

For the Lord's Day Evening^

1 FREQUENT the day of God returns,

To shed its quickening heams;
And yet how slow devotion hums !
How languid are its flames !

2 Accept our faint attempts to love,

Our frailties, Lord, forgive :
We would be like thy saints above.
And praise thee while we live.

3 Increase, Lord, our faith and hope.

And fit us to ascend,
Where the assembly ne'er breaks up,
Where sabbaths never end :

4 Where we shall breathe in heavenly air,

With heavenly lustre shine ;
Before the throne of God appear.
And feast on love divine.

HYMN 67.

For the Lord's Day Evening.

1 WHEN, my Saviour, when shall I
Behold thee all serene.
Blest in perpetual sabbath-day,
Without a veil between ?

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2 Assist me while I wander here

Amidst a world of cares;
Incline my heart to pray with love,
And then accept my prayers.

3 Thy Spirit, O my Father, give,

To be my guide and friend ;
To light my path to ceaseless joys,
Where saboaths never end.

HYMN 68.

The eternal Sabbath*

1 LOl^D of the sabbath, hear our vows,
On this thy day in this thy house :
And own, as gratefVil sacrifice,

The songs wmch from thy temple rise.

2 Thine Earthly sabbaths. Lord, we love ;
But there's a nobler rest above ;

To that our labouring souls aspire
With ardent hope and strong desire.

3 No more fatigue, no more distress,
Nor sin, nor death shall reach the place ;
No groans to mingle with the songs,
Which warble from immortid tongues.

4 No rude alarms of raging foes ;
No cares to break the long repose ;
No midnight shade, no clouded sun,
But sacred, high, eternal noon.

5 long expected day, begin !

Dawn on these realms of woe and sin :
Fain would we leave this weary road,
And sleep in death, to rest with God,

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HYMN 69-

Praise to the Samour.
NOT unto us, but thee alone,
Blest Lamb, be glory given !
Here shall thy praises be begun,
And carried on in heaven.
2 Till we the veil of flesh lay down,
Accept our humble lays ;
And when we reach thy Father's throne.
We 11 give thee nobler praise.

HYMN 70.

After Sermon.
BEYOND the dearest joys of earth,

Thy courts, O Lord, I love ;
But still my fainting heart desires,

To see thy house above.

Mingled with all the shining band,
My soul would there adore ;

A pillar in thy temple fix'd.
To be removed no more.

HYMN 71.

For alUsBing on the word preached.
ON what has now been sown,

Thy blessing. Lord, bestow ;
The power is thine alone

To make it spring and grow ;
Do thou the gracious harvest raise,
And thou alone shalt have the praise.

HYMN 72.

^ for mercies past receive ;

Pardon of our sins renew ;
Teach us henceforth how to live
Witheternity in view :

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2 Bless thy word to young and old,
Fill us with a Saviour's love ;
And, when life's short tale is told,
Take us to thy house above.

HYMN 73-

Dismission.

1 DISMISS us with thy blessmg, Lord,
Help us to feed upon thy word ;

All that has been amiss forgive,
And let thy truth within us live.

2 Though we are guilty, thou art good ;
Wash all our works in Jesus' blood;
Grant every burden'd soul release,
And bid us all depart in peace.

HYMN 74.
Dismission,

1 LORD, dismiss us with thy blessing ;

Fill our hearts with joy and peace ;
Let us each, thy love possessing.
Triumph in redeeming grace :

O refresh us.
Travelling through this wilderness.

2 Thanks we give, and adoration.

For thy gospel's joyful sound ;
May the fruits of thy salvation

In our hearts and hves abound !
May thy presence
With us evermore be found !

3 So, whene'er the signal's given

Us from earth to call away,
Borne on angels' wings to heaven.
Glad the summons to obey,

May we ever
Beign with Christ in endless day !

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HYMN 75.
. The Apostolic Benedtction.

MAY the grace of Christ our Saviour,

And the Father's boundless love,
With the Holy Spirit's favour,

Rest upon us from above.
Thus may we abide in union

With each other and the Lord ;
And possess, in sweet communion,

Joys which earth cannot afford.

BAPTISM.

. HYMN 76.

Children devoted to God,

1 THtJS saith the mercy of the Lord,

" I'll be a God to thee ;
" I'll bless thy numerous race, and they
" Shall be a seed for me."

2 Abraham believ'd the promis'd grace.

And gave his son to God :
But water seals the blessing now,
That once was seal'd with blood.

3 Thus Lydia sanctified her house,

When she receiv'd the word ;
Thus the believing jailor gave
His household to the Lord.

4 Thus later saints, eternal King,

Thine ancient truth embrace ;
To thee their infant offspring bring,
And humbly claim thy grace.

PUBLIC WOB«fHIP.

HYMN 77-

God's promise to Abraham,

1 HOW large the promise, how divine,

To Abraham and his seed 1
" I'll be a God to thee and thine,
" Supplying all their need."

2 The words of this extensive love

From age to age endure ;
The Angel of the covenant proves,
And seals the blessing sure.

3 Jesus the ancient faith Confirms,

To our great fathers given ;
He takes young children to his arms.
And calls them heirs of heaven.

4 Then let the children of the saints

Be dedicate to God ;
Pour out thy Spirit on them, Lord,
And wash them in thy blood.

5 Thus to the parents and their seed

Shall thy salvation come ;
And numerous households meet at last
In one eternal home..

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HYMN 78.

Chris fs regard to little children^

SEE Israel's gentle Shepherd stand,
With all-engaging charms !

Hark, how he calls the tender lambs,
And folds them in his arms !

" Permit them to approach," he cries,
" Nor scorn their humble name ;

" For Hwas to bless such souls as these
** The Lord of angels came."

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3 We bring them, Lord, by fervent prayer,

And yield them up to thee :
Joyful that we ourselves are thine,
Thine let our offspring be.

4 Ye little flock, with pleasure hear ;

Ye children, seek his face ;
And fly with transport to receive
The blessings of his grace.

CONFIRMATION.
HYMN 79-

Prayer for the young,

1 GRACE is a plant, where'er it grows.

Of pure and heavenly root ;
But fairest in the youngest shows.
And yields the sweetest fruit,

2 Ye careless ones, hear betimes

The voice of sovereign love !
Your youth is stain'd with many crimes,
But meycy reigns above.

3 For you the public prayer is made,

O join the public prayer !
For you the secret tear is shed,
O shed yourselves a tear !

4 We pray that you may early prove

The Spirit's power to teach ;

You cannot be too young to love

That Jesus whom we preach.

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HYMN 80.

Intercession for children about to he confirmed,

1 LOOK down, O Lord, and on our youth
Bestow thy gifts of heavenly grace ;
And let the seed of sacred truth

Eind in each mind a fruitful place.

2 Soon to apppar hefore thy sight,
Their vow and promise to renew,
Prepare them for the solemn rite ;
Bid each his heart and life review.

3 Now in the strength of power divine,
may they all, with ^lad accord.

In holy covenant combine.

And join themselves to Christ the Lord !

4 Thy sons and daughters may they be,
Confirmed and strengthen'd by thy grace,
And, safe through life preserved by thee.
In heaven behold thee face to face.

HYMN 81.
The young invited to Clirist^

YE hearts with youthful vigour warm,
In smiling crowds draw near ;

And turn from every mortal charm,
A Saviour's voice to hear.

He, Lord of all the worlds on high^
Stoops to converse with you ;

And lays his radiant glories by,
Your friendship to pursue.

'^ The soul that longs to see my face,

" Is sure my love to gain ;
** And those that earlv seek my grace,

" Shall never seek m vain.''

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4 What object, Lord, my soul should move.

If once compar'd with thee? ?

What beauty should command my love,
Like what in Christ I see?

5 Away, ye false delusive toys.

Vain tempters of the mind !
'Tis here I fix my lasting choice.
For here true bliss I find.

LORD'S SUPPER.

HYMN 82.

Chrisfs dying lace.

1 HOW condescending and how kind

Was God's eternal Son !
Our misery reach'd his heavenly mind.
And pity brought him down.

2 He sunk beneath our heavy woes,

To raise us to his throne ;
There's not a gift his hand bestows.
But cost his hfsart a groan^

3 Now though he reigns exalted high.

His love is still as great ;

Well he remembers Calvary ;

Nor let his saints forget.

4 Here let our hearts begin to melt,

While we his death record ;
And with our joy for pardon'd guilt,
Mourn that we pierc'd the Lord,

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HYMN 83.

" Comey for all things are now ready.^'^

1 MY God, and is thy table spread ?
And does thy cup with love o'erflow ?
Thither be all thy children led,

And let them all its sweetness knoW*

2 Hail, sacred feast, which JesUs makes,
Eich banquet of his flesh and blood !
Thrice happy he, who here partakes
That sacred stream, that heavenly food.

3 let thy table honoured be,

And furnish'd well with joyful guests ;
And may each soul salvation see^
. Th^t here its sacred pledges tastes !

4 Let crowds approach with hearts prepar'd ;
With hearts inflam'd let all attend ;
Nor, when we leave our Father's board,
The pleasure or the profit end.

5 Revive thy dying churches, Lord,
And bid our drooping graces live ;
And more that energy afford,

A Saviour's blood alone can give.

HYMN 84*
" TliiB do in remembrance ofme'^

1 ACCORDING to thy gracious word.
In deep humility.
This will I do, my dying Lord,
I will remember thee.

3 Thy body, broken for my sake,

My bread from heaven shall be ;
The sacramental cup I take,
And Atus remember thee.

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3 Can I Gethsemane forget?

Or there thy conflict see,

Thine agony and bloody sweat,

And not remember thee?

4 When to the cross I turn mine eyes,

And gaze on Calvary,
O Lamb of God, my sacrifice !
I must remember thee.

5 Remember thee, and all thy pains,

And all thy love to me ?
Yes, while a breath, a pulse remains,
^ Will I remember thee.

6 And when these failing lips grow dumb.

And mind and memory flee.
When thou shalt in thy kingdom come,
Jesus^ remember me.

HYMN 85.

The efficacy of Christ's hlood,

1 NOT all the blood of beasts.

On Jewish altars slain,
Could give the guilty conscience peace.
Or wash away the stain.

2 But Christ, the heavenly Lamb,

Takes all our sins away ;
A sacrifice of nobler name
And richer blood than they.

3 My faith would lay her hand

On that dear head of thine,
While like a penitent I stand,
And there confe)5S my sin.

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4 My soul looks back to see

The burden thou didst bear,
When hanging on the accursed tree,
And hopes her guilt was there.

5 Believing, we rejoice

To see the curse remove ;
We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice,
And sing his dying love.

HYxMN 86.

The love of Christ.

1 PLUN G'D in a gulf of dark despair,

We wretched sinners lay,
Without one cheerful beam of hope,
Or spark of glimmering day.

2 With pitying eyes the Prince of grace.

Beheld our helpless grief;
He saw, and, O amazing love !
He came to our relief.

3 Down from the shining seats above

With joyful haste he fled,
Enter' d the grave in mortal flesh.
And dwelt among the dead.

4 O for this love let rocks and hills

Theit lasting silence break ;
And all harmonious human tongues
The Saviour's praises speak !

5 Angels, assist our songs of praise.

Strike all your harps of gold ;
But when you raise your highest notes,
His love can ne'er be told.

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HYMN 87-

Delight in a crucified Saviour.

1 SWEET the moments, rich in blessing,

Which before the cross I spend,
Life, and health, and peace possessing.
From the sinner's dying friend.

2 Truly blessed is this station.

Low before his cross to lie;
While I see divine compassion
Floating in his languid eye.

3 Love and grief my heart dividing.

With my tears his feet I'd bathe ;
Constant still in faith abiding,
Life deriving from his death.

4 May I still enjoy this feeling,

In all need to Jesus go ;
Prove his name each day more healing.
And himself more deeply know.

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HYMN 88.

The tolling SelL

1 OFT as the bell, with solemn toll,
Speaks the departure of a soul^
Let each one ask himself, *' Am I

" Prepared, should I be called to die?"

2 Only this frail and fleeting breath
Preserves me from the jaws of death ;
Soon as it fails, at once I'm gone.
And plung'd into a world unknown.

FUNERAL.

3 Then leaving all I lov*d below.
To God's tribunal I must go ;

Must hear the Judge pronounce my fate,
And fix my everlasting state.

4 Lord Jesus I help me now to flee,
And place my hope alone in thee ;
Apply thy blood, thy Spirit give.
Subdue my sins, and let me live.

5 Then when the solemn bell I hear,
If sav'd from guilt, I need not fear ;
Nor would the thought distressing be,
Perhaps it next may toll for me.

6 Rather, my spirit would rejoice ;
And long and wish to hear thy voice ;
Glad when it bids me earth resign.
Secure of heaven, if thou art mine.

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HYMN 89.

The roaming of Mortality,

1 THAT awful hour will soon appear,
Swift on the wings of time it flies ;
When all that pains or pleases here,
Will vanish from my closing eyes.

2 Death calls my friends, my neighbours hence.
And none resist the fatal dart ;
Continual warnings strike my sense,

And shall they fail to strike my heart ?

3 Think, O my soul, how much depends
On the short period of a day :

Shall time, which heaven in mercy lends.
Be negligently thrown away ?

4 Lord of my life ! inspire my heart
With heavenly ardour, grace divine;
Nor let thy presence e*er depart.

For strength, and life, and death are thine.

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5 teach me the celestial skill,
Each awful warning to improve ;
And while my days are shortening still,
Prepare me for the joys above !

HYMN 90.

The death of a believer.

1 IN vain our fancy strives to paint

The moment after death,
The glories that surround the saint
When yielding up his breath.

2 One gentle sigh his fetters breaks,

We scarce can say " He's gone !"
Before the willing spirit takes
Her station near the throne.

3 Faith strives, but all its efforts fail,

To trace her in her flight ;
No eye can pierce within the veil
Which hides that world of light

4 Thus much, and this is all, we know,

They are completely blest ;
Have done with sin, and care, and woe.
And with their Saviour rest.

5 On harps of gold they praise his name.

His face they always view ;
Then let us followers be of them,
That we may praise him too.

HYMN 91.

" Blessed are the dead which die in tlie Lord,'^

1 HEAB what the voice from heaven proclaims,
For all the pious dead ;
Sweet is the savour of their names,
And soft their sleeping bed.

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2 They die in Jesus, and are bless'd ;

How kind their slumbers are !
From sufferings and from sins released,
And freed from every snare.

3 Far from this world of toil and strife,

They're present with the Lord ;
The labours of their mortal life
End in a large reward.

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HYMN 92-

Death hopeless without Christ.

1 Let reason vainly boast her power

To teach her children how to die ;
The sinner in a dying hour,

Needs more than reason can supply ;
A view of Christ, the sinner's friend,
Alone can cheer him in the end.

2 When nature sinks beneath disease,

And every earthly hope is fled ;
What then can give the sinner ease.

What then can soothe his dying bed?
Jesus, thy word his heart can cheer,
He's blest e'en then if thou art near.

3 The gospel does salvation bring,

And Jesus is the gospel's theme ;
In death the saints rejoice and sing,

And triumph in the Saviour's name ;
" O death, where is thy sting?" they cry,
** O grave, where is thy victory?"

4 Then let me die the death of those.

Whose peace is made through Jesus' blood ;
Who on his faithfulness repose.

And know that he indeed is God :
Around his throne O may we meet.
And cast our crowns beneath his feet.

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HYMN 93-

Consolation for Mourners.

1 WHY do we mourn departing friends,

Or shake at death's alarms ?
'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends
To call them to his arms.

2 Why should we tremble to convey

Their bodies to the tomb?
There the Redeemer's body lay,,
And left a long perfume.

3 The graves of all his saints he bless'd,

And softened every bed :
Where should the dyine members rest,.
But with their dying Head f

4 Thence he arose, ascending high,

And show'd our feet the way :
Up to the Lord our flesh shall fly,,
At the great rising-day.

MORNING AND EVENING.

HYMN 94.

Morning Hymn^

1 AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun
Thy daily stage of duty run ;
Shake off dull sloth, and early rise.
To pay thy morning sacrifice.

2 Glory to thee, who safe hast kept,
And hast refreshed me while I slept :
Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wake,
I may of endless life partake.

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3 Lord, I my vows to thee renew :
Scatter tay sins as morning dew ;

Guard my first springs of thought and will.
And With thyself my spirit fill.

4 Direct, controul, suggest this day,
All I design, or do, or say ;

That all my powers, with all their mighty
In thy sole glory may unite.

5 Praise God from whom all hiessings flow.
Praise him all creatures here below.
Praise him above, ye heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

HYMN 95.

For Morning or Evening,

1 MY God, how endless is thy love I
Thy gifts are every evening new ;
And morning mercies from above
Gently distil like early dew.

2 Thou spread'st the curtains of the night,
Great Guardian of my sleeping hours ;
Thy sovereign word restores the light,
And quickens all my drowsy powers.

3 I yield mj powers to thy command ;
To thee I consecrate my days :
Perpetual blessings from thy hand
Demand perpetual songs of praise.

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Evening Hymn.

1 GLORY to thee, my God, this night
For all the blessings of the light ;
Keep me, keep me. King of kinffs.
Under thine own ahnighty wings !

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2 Forgive me^ Lord^ for thy dear Son,
The ills that I this day have done ;
That with the world, myself, and thee,
I, ere I sleep, at peace may he.

3 Teach me to live, that I may dread
The grave as little as my hed ;
Teach me to die, that so I may
With joy hehold the judgment-day.

4 O may my soul on thee repose,

And with sweet sleep mine eyelids close;
Sleep, that may me more vigorous make,
To serve my God, when I awake.

5 Praise God from whom all hlessings flow,
Praise him all creatures here helow,
Praise him ahove, ye heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

NEW YEAR.

HYMN 97.

" I will bless the Lord at all times J*

1 GOD of our life ! thy various praise

Let mortal voices sound !
Thy hand revolves our fleeting days.
And hrings the seasons round.

2 To thee shall annual incense rise.

Our Father and our Friend ;
While annual mercies from the skies
In genial streams descend.

3 In every scene of life thy care^

In every age we see ;
And constant as thy favours are.
So let our praises he.

NEW YEAR.

Still may thy love in every scene,

In every age appear ;
And let the same compassion deign

To bless the opening year.

K mercy smile, let mercy bring
My wandering soul to God ;

And in affliction I shall sing,
If thou wilt bless the rod.

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HYMN 98.

" Hitherto hath the Lord helped me''

1 MY helper, God, I bless his name ;
The same his power, his grace the same ;
The tokens of his friendly care

Open, and crown, and close the year.

2 Amidst ten thousand snares I stand,
Supported by his guardian hand ;
And see, when I survey my ways,
Ten thousand monuments of praise.

3 Thus far his arm hath led me on ;
Thus far I make his mercy known ;
And, while I tread this desert land.
New mercies shall new songs demand.

4 My grateful soul, on Jordan's shore,
Shall raise one sacred pillar more ;
Then bear, in his bright courts above.
Inscriptions of immortal love.

HYMN 99.

" W^e spend our years a^ a tale that is told''

1 REMARK, my soul, the narrow boimds
Of the revolving year !
How swift the weeks complete their rounds !
How short the months appear !

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2 So fast eternitj comes on,

And that important day*
When all that mortal life has done,
God's judgment shall survey,

3 Yet like an idle tale we pass

The swift advancing year ;
And study artful ways to increase
The speed of its career.

4 Waken, O God, my trifling heart

Its great concern to see ;
That I may act the christian part,
And give the year to thee.

5 So shall their course more grateful roll,

If future years arise ;
Or this shall bear my ransom'd soul
To joy that never dies.

CLOSE OF THE YEAR.
HYMN 100.

The shortness and uncertainty of life.

1 THEE we adore, Eternal Name,

And humbly own to thee,
How feeble is our mortal frame,
What dying worms are we !

2 Our wasting lives grow shorter still

As months and days increase ;
And every beating pulse we tell
Leaves but the number less.

3 The year rolls round, and steals away

The breath that first it gave ;

What'er we do, where'er we stay,

We're travelling to the grav«.

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Infinite joy or endless woe,
Attends on every breath ;

And yet how unconcern'd we go
Upon the brink of death.

Waken, O Lord, our drowsy sense^
To walk this dangerous road ;

And if our souls are hurried hence.
May they be found with God.

HYMN 101.

" J^ow is our salvation nearer than when we

believed y

1 CHRISTIANS awake, and raise your eyes,

And lift your voices high ;
Awake, and praise that sovereign love
That shows salvation nigh.

2 Swift on the wings of time it flies,

Each moment brings it near :
Then welcome each declining day.
And each revolving year I

3 Not many years their round shall run,

Nor many mornings rise,
Ere all its glories stand reveal'd
To our admiring eyes.

4 Ye wheels of nature, speed your course ;

Ye mortal powers, decay ;
Fast as ye bring the night of death,
Ye bring eternal day.

HYMN 102.

Life shorty yet crowned with mercy*

1 TIME, what an empty vapour 'tis I
And days, how swift they are I
Swift as an Indian arrow flies,
Or like a shooting star.

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2 Our life is e%'er on the wing,

And death is ever nigh ;
The moment when our hves begin,
We all begin to die.

3 Yet, mighty God, our fleeting days,

Thy lasting favours share ;
Yet with the bounties of thy grace
Thou load'st the rolling year.

4 Thy providence supplies our food,

And we are cloth' d with love :
While grace stands pointing out the road
That leads our souls above.

. 5 Thy goodness runs an endless round ;
All glory to the Lord !
Thy mercy never knows a bound,
And be thy name ador'd !

6 Thus we begin the lasting song.
And when we close our eyes,
Let the next age thy praise prolong,
Till time and nature dies.

PUBLIC CHARITIES.

HYMN 103.

The love of Christ a inotive to compajsion.

1 FATHER of mercies, send thy grace

All-powerful from above,
To form in our obedient souls
- The image of thy love,

2 O may our sympathizing breasts

That generous pleasure know,
Kindly to share in others' joy,
And ween for others* woe !

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3 Whene'er the helpless sons of grief

In low distress are laid,
Soft be our hearts their pains to feel,
And swift our hands to aid.

4 So Jesus look'd on dying men

When thron'd above the skies,
And midst the glories of his state,
He felt compassion rise.

5 On wings of love the Saviour flew

To raise us from the ground ;
And shed the richest of his blood,
A balm for every wound.

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HYMN 104.

" Bear ye one another's burdens^

1 HELP ijs, Lord, thy yoke to wear,
Delighting in thy perfect will,
Gladly each other's woes to bear.
And thus thy law of love fulfil.

2 Teach us, with glad and grateful heart,
As thou hast bless'd our various store,
From our abundance to impart

A liberal portion to the poor.

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3 To thee our all devoted be,

In whom we breathe, and move, and live ;
Freely we have receiv'd from thee ;
Freely may we rejoice to give.

4 And while we thus obey thy word.
And every call of want relieve,

O may we find it, gracious Lord,
More bless'd to give than to receive !

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HYMN 105.

Reliemn^ Christ in his poor members,

1 JESUS, my Lord) how rich thy grace !

Thy bounties how complete !
How shall I count the matchless sum ?
How pay the mighty debt ?

2 High on a throne of radiant light

Dost thou exalted shine ;
What can my poverty bestow,
When all the worlds are thine ?

3 But thou hast brethren here below,

The partners of thy grace ;
And wilt confess their humble names,
Before thy Father's face.

4 In them thou may'st be cloth'd and fed,

• And visited and cheer'd ;
And in their accents of distress
My Saviour's voice is heard.

5 Thy face, with reverence and with love,

We in thy poor would see :
O may we ratner beg our bread,
Than keep it back from thee !

HYMN 106.

The blessedness of imparting instriiction.

1 BLEST is the man whose heart expands

At melting pity's call ;
And the rich blessings of whose hands
Like heavenly manna fall.

2 Mercy, descending from above,

In softest accents pleads ;
O may each tender bosom move,
When mercy intercedes !

PUBLIC CHARITIES.

3 Be our's the bliss in wisdom's way

To guide untutor'd youth :
And lead the mind that went astray.
To virtue and to truth,

4 Delightful work ! young souls to win,

And turn the rising race
From the deceitful paths of sin,
To seek redeeming grace.

5 Almighty God ! thine influence shed

To aid this good design :
The honours of thy name be spread.
And all the glory thine.

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HYMN 107.

For the children of Charity Schools.

1 HEAR, Lord, the song of praise and prayer,

In heaven thy dwelling place ;
From children made the public care.
And taught to seek thy face.

2 Thanks for thy word, and for thy day ;

And grant us, we implore.
Never to waste in sinful play.
Thy holy sabbaths more.

3 Thanks that we hear ; but O ! impart

To each desires sincere ;
That we may listen with our heart.
And learn as well as hear.

4 Wisdom and bliss thy word bestows,

A sun that ne'er declines ;
And be thy mercy shower*d on those
Who plac'd us where it shines.

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HYMN 108.
Praise for a religious education.

1 OUR humble voices, Lord, we raise

Before thy gracious throne ;
O tune our hearts to sing thy praise,
For all thy mercies shown !

2 Thy watchful eye, thy guardian hand,

Support us every hour ;
And in thy house this day we stand.
Thy goodness to adore.

3 While many children ne'er are taught

The way of God with care,
We bless the Lord, that we are brought
To this thy house of prayer.

4 Thy tender mercies we implore

On each kind effort given,
To train our minds to love thee more,
And fit our souls for heaven.

5 All those who lend their friendly aid

To cultivate our youth,
Crown with those joys that never fade,
Adorn with grace and truth.

MISSIONARY.

HYMN 109.

For the extension of Chris fs kingdom.

1 O'ER the gloomy hills of darkness
Look, my soul, be still and gaze ;
See the promis'd day approaches,
Day of universal grace :

Blessed jubilee !
Let thy glorious morning dawn.

MISSIONARY.

Let the Indian, let the Negro,
Let the rude harbarian see

That divine and glorious conquest,
Once obtained on Calvary :

Let the Gospel
Loud resound from pole to pole.

Kingdoms wide, that sit in darkness,
Let them see the glorious light ;

And from eastern coast to western
May the morning chase the night ;

Sway thy sceptre.
Saviour, all the world around.

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HYMN 110,

** Gird thy swordupon thy thighfimost mighty, ^^

1 CAPTAIN of thine enlisted host.
Display thy glorious banner high ;
The summons send from coast to coast,
And call a numerous army nigh.

2 Bid, bid thy heralds publish loud
The peaceful blessings of thy reign ;
And when they speak of sprinkling blood,
The mystery to the heart explain.

3 right for thyself, O Jesus, fight.
The travail of thy soul regain.
Before the blind make darkness light.
And crooked paths do thou make plain.

HYMN 111.

** O send out thy light and thy truth.^*

BRIGHT as the sun's meridian blaze,
Vast as the blessings he conveys.
Wide as his reign from pole to pole,
And permanent as his controul :

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So, Jesus, let thy kingdom come ;
Then sin and helFs terrific gloom
Shall at thy brightness flee away,
The dawn of an eternal day.

Then shall the heathen, fiU'd with awe>
Learn the blest knowledge of thy law ;
And Antichrist on every shore,
Fall from his thrones to rise no more.

Then shall the Jew and Gentile meet
In pure devotion at thy feet ;
And earth shall yield thee, as thy due^
Her fullness and her glory too.

that from Britain now might shine
This heavenly light, this truth divine ;
Till the whole universe shall be
But one great temple. Lord, for thee !

HYMN 112.

27ie call of the Heathen.

From Greenland's icy mountains^

From India's coral strand ;
Where Afric's sunny fountains

Boll down their golden sand ;
From many an ancient river,

From many a palmy plain,
They call us to deliver

Their land from error's chain.

What though the spicy breezes

Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle,
Though every prospect pleases,

Ana only man is vile ;
In vain with lavish kindness

The gifts of God are strown ;
The heathen, in his blindness,

Bows down to wood and stone.

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MISSIONARY.

3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted

With wisdom from on high, .
Shall we to men benighted

The lamp of life deny ?
Salvation ! oh, salvation !

The joyful sound proclaim,
Till each remotest nation,

Has learnt Messiah's name !

4 Waft, waft, ye winds, his story^

And you, ye waters, roll,
Till, like a sea of glory,

It spreads from pole to pole :
Till o'er our ransom'd nature

The Lamb for sinners slain,
Bedeemer, King, Creator^

In bliss returns to reign.

HYMN 113.

The Spirit accompanying the word,

1 SPIRIT of the living God!
In all thy plenitude of grace.
Where'er the foot of man hath trod,
Descend on our apostate race*

^ Give tonsues of fire and hearts of love.
To preach the reconciling word ;
Give power and miction from above.
Whene'er the joyful sound is heard.

3 Be darkness, at thy coming, lights
Confusion, order in thy path;

Souls without strength inspire with might;
Bid mercy triumph ov«r wrath.

4 Baptize the nations ; far and nigh,
The wonders of the cross record ;
The name of Jesus glorify.

Till every kindred call him Lord.

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HYMN 114.

GocPs pramises of mercy to Israel,

1 GREAT God of Abraham ! hear our prayer ;
Let Abraham's seed thy mercy share :

O may they now at length return,

And look on him they pierc'd, and mourn !

2 Remember Jacob's flock of old ;
Bring home the wanderers to thy fold ;
Remember too thy promised word,

" Israel at last shall seek the Lord.'^

3 Though outcasts still, estranged from thee,
Cut off from their own olive-tree;

Why should they longer such remain ?
Por thou canst graft them in again.

4 Lord, put thy law within their hearts,
And write it in their inward parts ;
The veil of darkness rend in two,
Which hides Messiah from their view.

5 O ! haste the day, foretold so long.
When Jew and Greek, a glorious throng.
One house shall seek, one prayer shall pour.
And one Redeemer shall adore.

NATIONAL OCCASIONS.

HYMN 115.

For the King,

LORD, thou hast bid thy people pray
For all who bear the sovereign sway,

And thy vicegerents reign ;
Rulers, and governors, ana powei's,
And 16 ! in faith we pray for ours.

Nor shall we pray in vain.

NATIONAL OCCASIONS.

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Jesus, thy chosen servant guard,
And every threatening danger ward

From his anointed head ;
Bid all his griefs and troubles cease,
And through the path of heavenly peace,

To life eternal lead.

Cover his enemies with shame,
Defeat their dire malicious aim,

Their bajBled hopes destroy ;
But shower on him thy blessings down,
Crown him with grace, with glory crown,

And everlasting joy.

To hoary hairs be thou his God,
Late may he see thy high abode.

Late to his heaven remove ;
Of virtues full, and happy days,
Accounted worthy by thy grace,

To fill a throne above.

HYMN 116.

For a day of public humiliation.

1 SEE, gracious God, before thy throne

A mourning people bend !
'Tis on thy sovereign grace alone
Our humble hopes depend.

2 Tremendous judgments from thy hand

Thy dreadful power display ;
Yet mercy spares this guilty land.
And still we live to pray.

3 Great God ! and why is Britain spar'd,

Ungrateful as we are?
O make thy awful warnings heard.
While mercy cries, *' Forbear."

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HYMNS.

O turn us, turn us, mighty Lord !

Bestow thy cheering grace !
Then shall our hearts obey thy word,

And humbly seek thy face.

HYMN 117.

Thanksgiving for national deliverance.

1 PRAISE to the Lord, who bows his ear,
Propitious to his people's prayer ;
And, though deliverance long deday.
Answers in his well-chosen day.

2 O may thy grace our land engage,
Rescued from fierce destructive rage,
The tribute of its love to bring

To thee, our Saviour and our King !

3 Our temples guarded from the flame
Shall echo thy triumphant name ;
And every peaceful private home
To thee a temple shall become.

4 Still be it our supreme delight
To walk as in thy honour'd sight :
Still in thy precepts and thy fear,
To life's last hour to persevere.

HYMN 118.

Praise for national peace,

1 GREAT Ruler of the earth and skies \
A word of thine almighty breath
Can sink the world, or bid it rise ;

« Thy smile is life, thy frown is death,

2 When angry nations rush to arms.
And rage, and noise, and tumult reign.
And war resounds its dire alarms.
And slaughter dyes the hostile plain :

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3 Thy sovereign eye looks calmly down,
Andmarks their course, and bounds their power ;
Thy law the angry nations own.

And noise and war are heard no more.

4 Then peace returns with balmy wing ;
Sweet peace ! with her what blessings fled !
Glad plenty laughs, the valleys sing,
Beviving commerce lifts her head.

5 Thou good, and wise, and righteous Lord !
All move subservient to thy will ;

Both peace and war await thy word.
And thy sublime decrees fulfil.

6 To thee we pay our grateful songs.
Thy kind protection still implore :

O may our hearts, and lives, and tongues, ,
Confess thy goodness and adore !

HYMN 119.

Thanksgimng for a jplentiful Harvest.

1 FOUNTAIN of mercy, God of love.

How rich thy bounties are !
The rolling seasons as they move.
Proclaim thy constant care.

2 When in the bosom of the earth

The sower hid the grain,
Thy goodness mark'd its secret birth.
And sent the early rain,

3 The spring's sweet influence, Lord , was thine ;

The plants in beauty grew ;
Thou gav'st refulgent suns to shine,
And mild refreshing dew.

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4 Thy various mercies from above

Matur'd the swelling grain ;
A kindly harvest crowns thy love,
And plenty fills the plain.

5 We own and bless thy gracious sway ;

Thy promise still is sure ;
Seed-time and harvest, night and day,
And cold and heat endure.

HYMN 120.

Praise for national mercies,

1 HOW rich thy gifts, almighty King !
From thee our various comforts spring,

Our peaceful homes, our genial skies,
The blessings liberty bestows,
The eternal joys the gospel shows-
All from thy boundless goodness rise. "

2 With grateful hearts, with joyful tongues.
To God we raise united songs,

His power and mercy we proclaim ;
Britons through every age shall own,
Jehovah here has fix'd his throne.

And triumph in his mighty name.

3 Long as the moon her course shall run.
Or men behold the circling sun,

O still may God in Britain reign ;
Crown her just coimsels with success,
With peace and joy her borders bless,

And all her sacred rights maintain !

HYMNS.

MISCELLANEOUS.

HYMN 121.

Praise to AhrahanCs God and ours^

1 THE God of Abraham praise,

Who reigns enthroned above ;
Ancient of everlasting days,

And God of love :
Jehovah, great I AM

By esirth and heaven confess'd !
I bow and bless the sacred name,

For ever bless'd.

2 The God of Abraham praise,

At whose supreme command
From earth I rise, and seeli the joys.

At his right hand :
I all on earth forsake.

Its wisdom, fame, and power ;
And him my only portion make,

My shield and tower.

3 The God of Abraham praise.

Whose all-sufficient grace
Shall guide me, through my pilgrimage.

In all his ways :
Till I behold his face;

In heaven his power adore ;
And sing the wonders of his grace

For evermore.

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HYMN 122.

The holiness of God.

1 HOLY and reverend is the name

Of our eternal King ;
Thrice holy Lord ! the angels cry,
Thrice holy ! let us sing.

2 Holy is he in all his works,

And truth is his delight ;
But sinners and their wicked ways
Shall perish from his sight.

3 The deepest reverence of the mind

Pay thou, my soul, to God ;
Lift with thy hands a contrite hearty
To his sublime abode.

4 Thou l^oly Grod! preserve our souls

From all pollution free ;
The pure in heart are thy delight,
And they thy face shedl see.

HYMN 123.

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Praise to God the Son,

1 YE servants of God, your Master proclaim,
And publish abroad his wonderful name ;
The name all-victorious of Jesus extol ;
His kingdom is glorious, and rules over all.

2 God ruletb on high, almighty to save :
And still he is nigh, his presence we have;
The great congregation his triumph shall sing^
Ascribing salvation to Jesus our King.

3 Then let us adore, and give him his right,
All glory and power, and wisdom and.might ;
All honour and blessing, with angels above,
And thanks never ceasing, and infinite love.

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HYMN 124

The condescension of God,

1 THUS speaks the High and lofty One,

Ye tribes of earth give ear,
The words of your almighty King,
With sacred reverence hear :

2 ''Amidst the Majesty of heaven,

" My throne is fix'd on high ;
•' And through eternity I hear
" The praises of the sky.

3 " Yet, looking down, I visit oft

" The humble, hallowed cell,
'' And with the penitent who mourn,
" 'Tis my delight to dwell.

4 ^' The downcast spirit to revive,

'' The sad in soul to cheer,
" And from the bed of dust, <iie man
" Of contrite heart to rear.

5 '' With me dwells no rel«:vtles8 wrath

^' Against the human race ;
^^ The souls which I have form'd shall find
A refuge in my grace."

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HYMN 125.

Providence mysterious.

GOD moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform ;

He plants his footsteps in the sea.
And rides upon the storm.

Deep in unfathomable mines

Of never-failing skill,
He treasures up his bright designs.

And works his sovereign will.

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3 Ye fearful saints^ fresh courage take ;

The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy^ and shall break
In blessings on your head.

4 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,

But trust him for his grace ;
Behind a frowning providence,
He hides a smiling face.

5 His purposes will ripen fast,

Unfolding every hour ;
The bud may have a bitter taste.
But sweet will be the flower.

Q Blind unbelief is sure to err,
And scan his work in vain ;
God is his own interpreter,
And he will make it plain.

HYMN 126.

** Clouds and darkness are round about him.**

1 LORD, we adore thy vast designs,
The obscure abyss of providence,
Too deep to sound with mortal lines.
Too dark to view with feeble sense.

2 Now thou.array*st thine awful face
In angry frowns, without a smile ;

We through the cloud believe thy grace,
Secure of thy compassion still.

3 Through seas and storms of deep distress,
We sail by faith, and not by sight :
Faith guides us in the wilderness,
Through all the dangers of the night.

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4 Dear Father, if thy lifted rod
Resolve to scourge us here below,
Still we must lean upon our God,
Thine arm shall bear us safely through.

HYMN 127*

Resignation,

1 SINCE all the' downward tracks of time

God*s watchful eye surveys,
who so wise to choose our lot,
And regulate our ways ?

2 Good when he gives, supremely good,

Nor less when he denies ;
E'en crosses from his sovereign hand,
Are blessings in disguise.

3 Assur'd of his unchanging love,

Immeasurably kind,
To his unerring gracious will
Be every wish resign'd.

4 In thy fair book of life divine.

My God, inscribe my name ;
There let it fill some humble place,
Beneath my Lord the Lamb.

HYMN 128

Security of God's servants,

1 HOW are thy servants bless'd, O Lord !

How sure is their defence !
Eternal wisdom is their guide,
Their help. Omnipotence.

2 In foreign realms and lands remote.

Supported by thy care,
Through burning climes they pass unhurt,
And breathe in tainted air.

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3 In midst of dangers, fears, and deaths,

Thj gbodness we'll adore :
We'll praise thee for thy mercies past,
Ana humbly hope for more.

4 Our life, while thou preserv'st that life,

Thy sacrifice shall be ;
And death, when death shall be our lot,
Shall join our souls to thee.

HYMN 129.

" Tlwu crownest the year with thy goodness.

1 ETERNAL source of every joy,
Well may thy praise our lips ^nploy,
While in thy temple we appear,

Whose goodness crowns the circling year.

2 Wide as the wheels of nature roll.

Thy hand supports and guides the whole ;
The sun is taught by thee to rise.
And darkness when to veil the skies.

3 Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days,
Demand successive songs of praise ;

Still be the cheerful homage paid,
With morning light, and evening shade.

4 Here in thy house shall incense rise,
As circling sabbaths bless our eyes.
Till to those brighter courts we soar^
Where days and years revolve no more.

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HYMN 130.

The divine perfections celebrated.

1 MY God, my King, thy various praise,
Shall fill the remnant of my days ;
Thy grace employ my humble tongue,

Till deatb anH ar\f\r\r. falatx fVio afs.v%n

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2 The wings of every hoiir dEiall bear
Some thankful tribute to tbine ear^
And ^very setting sun shall see
New works of duty done for thee^

3 Thy truth and justice 1*11 proclaim ;
Thy bounty flows an endless stream ;
Thy m^cy swift, thine anger slow,
But drea(&i][ to the stubborn foe.

4 Let distant times and nations raise
The long succession of thy praise ;
And unborn ages make my song
The joy and labour of their tongue^

5 But who can speak thy wondrous deeds ?
Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds;
Yaat and unsearchable thy ways !

Vast and inmibrtal b^ thy praise !

HYJMN 131 ,

' 'Grateful review of dvome mercies,

-. ■ • ''

WHEN all thy mercies, my God,

My rising soul sur^^eys;
Transportea with the view, I'm lost

In wonder, love, and praise.

Thy providence my life sustained.
And all my wants redress*d,

Whenin the silent womb I lay,
And hung upon the breast.

TJnnumber'd comforts to my soul ;

, Thy tender care bestow'd.
Before my infant heart conceiv'd < r

, From whence those cc^aforts flow'd.

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4 When worn with sickness, oft hnst thou

With health renew'd my lace ;
And when in sins and sorrows sunk,
Reviv'd my soul with grace.

5 Through every period of my life

Thy goodness^ 111 pursne ;
And after death, in distant worlds,
The glorious theme renew.

6 Through all eternity to tiiee

A joyful song I'll raise ;
But O! eternity's too short
To .utter all thy praise.

HYMN 132.

'jEbcnczeTn

COME, thou fount of every blessing,
- Tune my heart to sing thy grace;
Streams of mercy never ceasing

•Call for songs of loudest praise:
Teach me some melodious measure,

Sung by flaming tongues above;
Fill my soul with sacred pleasure,

While I sing thine endless love.

Here I raise my Ebenezer,

Hither by thy help I'm come ;
And I hope, by thy good pleasure.

Safely to arrive at home :
JesHs sought me when a stranger.

Wandering from the fold of God ;
He, to rescue me from danger,

iiterpos'd his precious blood.

HISCEX.X.ANSPUS.

0, to grace how great a debtor

Daily I'm confitrain'd to be I
Let that grace, now, like a fetter,

Bind my wandering heart to thee :
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it ;

Prone to leave the God I love;
Here's my heart ; take and seal it^

Seal it for thy courts above !

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HY»iN 183.

" TFha^ shall I render unto the Lord for all

his benefits f

1 FOR mercies, comitless as the sands,

Which daily I receive
From Jesus my Bedeemer's hands.
My soul, what canst thou give ?

2 Alas ! from such a heart as mine,

What can I bring him forth ?
My best is stain'd and dyed with sin,
My all is nothing worth.

3 Yet this acknowledgment I'll make

For all he has bestow'd ;
Salvation's sacred cup I'll take,
And call upon my God.

4 The best returns for one like me,

So wretched and so poor.
Is from his gifts to draw a plea,
And ask him still for more.

5 I cannot serve him as I ought,

No works have I to boast;
Yet would I glory in the thought,
That I should owe him most.

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HYiMN 134.
Praise to God in Life^Deathyand BternUt/.

1 GOD (tf my life, through all its days,

My grateful powers shall sound thy praise;
The song shall wake with opening lignt,
And warble to the silent night.

2 When anxious cares would break my rest,
And griefs would tear my throbbing breast,
Thy tuneful praises rais*d on high

Shall check tne murmur and the sigh.

3 And ! when my last conflict's o'er,
And I am chain'd to flesh no more,
With ;what ^lad accents ^all I rise,
To join the music of the akies !

4 Soon shall I learn the exalted strains.
Which echo o'er the heavenly plains ;
And emulate, with joy unknown^

The glowing seraphs round thy throne.

5 The cheerful tribute will I give,
Long as a deathless soul can live;
A workao sweet, a theme so high^
Demands, and crowns eternity.

HYMN 135.

God glorious in the salvation of sinners,

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 motions speak thy skill ;
And on the wings of every hour
We read thy patience .still.

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But when we view thy vast design

To save rebellious worms,
Where vengeance and compassion join

In their divinest forms ;

Our thoughts are lost in reverend awe ;

We love and we adore :
The first archangel never saw

So much of God before.

Now the full glories of the Lamb

Adorn the heavenly plains :
Bright seraphs learn Immanuel's name.

And try their choicest strains.

O may I bear some humble part

In their immortal song !
Wonder and joy shall tune my heart.

And love inspire my tongue.

HYMN 136.

Excellence of the Scriptures.

FATHER of mercies, in thy word

What endless glory shines !
For ever be thy name ador*d

For these celestial lines.

Here may the wretched sons of want

Exhaustless riches find ;
Biches beyond what earth can grant.

And lasting as the mind.

Here the Redeemer*s welcome voice
Spreads heavenly peace around ;

And life and everlasting joys
Attend the blissful sound.

may these heavenly pages be

My ever dear delight;
And still new beauties may I see.

And still increasing light!

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5 Bivine Instructor, grricioUs Lord f
Be thou for ever near ; ' ^
Tfcach me to love thy sacred word.
And view my Saviour ther^.

HYMN 137.

Blessinffs conveyed by the Scriptures,

GOD, in the go&pe) of his Son, .
Makes his eternal counsels known;
Where love in all its glory shines.
And truth is drawn in fairest lines.

Here sinners of an humble frame .
Behold hlsf ^ace, and learn his name ; /
Inscrib'd in characters of blood, .
Severely' just, iininensely good.

Wisdom its dictates here ifnparts,

To form our minds, and cheer our hearts ;

Its influence makes the sinner live,

It bids the drooping saint revive.

Our stormy passions it controuls,
And comfort yields to contrite souls ; -..
It brings a better World in view.
And guides us all our journey through.

May this blest volume every lie
Close to my heart and near my eye ; •
Till life's last hour my soul engage^
And be my chosen heritage]

HYMN 138-

The blessedness of Gospel times.

1 HOW beauteous are their f&et^
Wljo stand on Sion's hill ;
Who bring salvation on their tongues,
And words of peace reveal !

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How ctarming i9 their voice !
How sweet the tidings are!
Sion, behold thy Saviour-King^
He reigns And triuyaphs here,"

3 How happy are oiir ears,

That hear this joyful s^iind,
^Which kings ahd prophets waited for,
And sought, but never found !

4 How blessed are our eyes.

That see this heavenly light !
Pro{)hets and kings desired it long,
But died Without the sight.

5 The Lord makes bare his arm

Through all the earth abroad :
Let every nation now behold
Tbeir Saviour and their God..

HYMN 139.

" T?iou shalt cause the trumpet to sound'*

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1 BLOW ye the trumpet, blow !

The gladly solemn sound
Let all the nations know,

To eairth^s remotest bound : -
The year of Jubilee is conae ;
Heturn, ye rausom'd sinners, home,

2 Extol the Lamb of God,

The sin-atoning Lamb ;
Redemption by his blood

Through all the world proclaim :
The year of Jubilee is come :
Return, ye rausom'd sinners^ hopae.

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3 Ye, who have sold for nought

Your heritage above,
Shall have it back tmbought,

The gift of Jesus* love :
The year of Jubilee is come ;
Return, ye ransom*d sinners, home.

4 Ye slaves of sin and hell.

Your liberty receive x
And safe in Jesus dwell,

And blest in Jesus live :
The year of Jubilee is come ;
Betum, ye ransom'd sinners, home.

5 The gospel-trumpet hear,

The news of pardoning grace ;
Ye happy souls, draw near.

Behold your Saviour's face :
The year of Jubilee is come ;
Beturn, ye ransom'd sinners, home.

6 Jesus, our great High Priest,

Hath full atonement made;
Ye weary spirits, rest ;

Ye mourning souls, be glad :
The year of Jubilee is come ;
Beturn, ye ransom'd sinners, home.

HYMN 140.

The Qoepel invitation.

1 LET every mortal ear attend.

And every jieart rejoice ;
The trumpet of the gospel sounds
With an inviting voice.

2 Ho I all ye hungry starving souls.

That feed upon the wind,
And vainly strive with earthly toys
To fill an empty mind ;

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3 Eternal wisdom hath prepaur^d

A soul-reviving feast.
And bids your longing appetites
The rich provision taste.

4 Ho ! ye that pant for living streams,

And pine away and die ;
Here you may quench your raging thirst
With springs that never dry.

5 Rivers of love and mercy here •

In a rich ocean join ;
Salvation in abundance flows,
Lik^oods o£ milk and wine.

6 The happy gates of gospel-grace

Stand open night and day ;
Lord, we are come to seek supplies,
O drive our wants away !

HYMN 141.

'* Look unto me, and be ye saved,'*

FROM the cross uplifted high,
Where the Saviour deigns to die.
What melodious sounds I hear,
Bursting on my ravish'd ear !
" Love's redeeming work is done ;
** Fought the fight, the victory won.

" Sprinkled now with blood the throne,

" Why beneath thy burdens groan ?

** On my pierced body laid,

** Justice oM^ns the ransom paid :

•* Pardon now and peace are given ;

" Wide unfolds the gate of heaven.

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HYMNS.

'' Spread for thee the festal board»
'* See with richest dainties stor'd !
" To thy Father's bosom pressed, •
** Yet again a child confessed :
** Never from his house to rove,
** Folded in the arms of love.

" Soon the days of life shall end ;

" Lo, I come, your Saviour, Friend,

" Safe your spirit to convey

** To the realms of endless day :

" Up to my eternal home,

" Come and welcome, sinner, come.*

HYMN 142.

" JSim that cometh to me^ I vsill in no wise

cast out,'*

COME, ye sinners, poor and wretched,

Now is the accepted hour ;
Jesus ready stands to save you,

Full of pity, love, and ppwer ;
He is able,

He is willing ; doubt no more.

Let not conscience make you linger; *

Nor of fitness fondly dream ;
All the fitness he requireth

Is to feel your need of him;
This he gives you,

'Tis the Spirit's rising beam.

Lo! the incarnate God ascended
* Pleads the virtue of his blood;
Best entirely on his merits.

Let no otner trust intrude ;
None but Jesus

Can do helplesa sinners good.

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Saints and angels, joined in concert,

Sing the praises of the Lamb ;
While the blissful seats of heaven

Sweetly echo with his name :
Hallelujah !

Sinners here may sing the same.

HYMN 143.

** Ho! every one that thirstethy come ye to the

waters^

1 HO ! ' every one that thirsts, draw nigh ;
'Tis God invites the fallen race ;
Mercy and free salvation buy ;

Buy wine, and milk, and gospel-grace.

2 Come to the living waters, come !
Sinners, obey your Maker's call ;
Return, ye weary wanderers, home.
And find my grace is free for all.

3 See from the rock a fountain rise !
.For you. in healing streams it rolls ;

Money you need not bring nor price,
Ye labouring, heavy-laden souls.

4 Nothing ye in exchange shall give ;
Leave all ye have, and are, b^ind ;
Freely the gift of God receive ; .
Pardon and peace in Jesus find.

HYMN 144.

" Come unto me^ all ye that are weary. ^^

COME, weary souls, with sin distrest,
Come, and accept the promis'd rest ;
The Saviour's gracious call obey.
And cast your gloomy fears away.

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HYMNS.

0|4)res3'd with guilt, a painful load,
O come, and spread yout^oes abroad j
Divine compassion, mighty love,
Will all the painful load remove.

Here mercy's boundless ocean flow^,
To cleanse your guilt, and heal your woes;
Pardon, and life, and endless peace ;
How rich jthe gift ! how^free the grace I

Lord, we accept, with thankful heart, >
The hope thy. gracious words impart;
We come with trembling, yet rejoice,
And bless the kind inviting voicef.

Dear Saviour, let thy powerful love
Confirm our foitb, our fears remove ;
And sweetly influence every breast,
And guide us to eternal rest.

HYMN 145.

Jtyy in heaven over penitent sinners,

1 WHO can describe the joys that rise
Through all* the courts of paradise.
To see a prodigal return,

To see an heir of glory born ?

2 With joy the Father doth approve
The fruit of his eternal love ;

The Son with joy looks down and sees
The purchase of his agonies.

3 The Spirit takes delight to view
The holy soul he form'd anew ;
And saints and angels join to sing
The growing empire of their King.

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HYMN 146.
Waiting at Wtsdotn's gates.

ENSN AR'D too long our hearts have heen

In Folly's hurtful ways ;
may we now at length begin

To hear what Wisdom says \

'Tis Jesus, from the mercy-seat,

Invites us to his rest ;
He calls poor sinners to his feet,

To make them truly blest.

Approach we then to Wisdom's gates.

While it is call'd to-day ;
No one who watches there, and waits.

Shall e'er be tum'd away.

He will not let us seek in vain,

For all who trust his word
Shall everlasting life obtain.

And favour from the Lord.

HYMN 147.

TFhatsoeeer thy handfindeih to dOy do it
with thy mights

LIFE is the time to sen-'-e the Lord,
The time to insure the great reward ;
And while the lamp holds out to bum.
The vilest sinner may return.

' life is the hour that God has given
To escape from hell and fly to heaven ;
The day of grace, and mortals may
Secure the blessings of the day.

Th^i what my thoughts design to do.
My hands, with all your might pursue ;
Since no device nor work is found,
yZtw fjiith nnr hone beneath the irround.

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HYMNS.

4 There are no acts of pardon past

In the cold grave to which we haste ;
But darkness, death, and long despaur
Eeign in eternal silence there.

HYMN 148.

Prayer for seriousness.

O GOD ! mine inmost soul convert,
And deeply on my thoughtful heart

Eternal things impress ;
Give me to feel their solemn weight,
And tremble on the brink of fate,

And wake to righteousness.

Before me place, in dread array,
The pomp of that tremendous day,

When thou with clouds shalt come,
To judge the nations at thy bar ;
And tell me. Lord, shall I be there,

To meet a joyful doom ?

Be this my one great business here.
With serious industry and fear,

My future bliss to ensure :
Thine utmost counsel to fulfil,
And suffer all thy righteous will.

And to the eua endure.

Then, Saviour, then my soul receive,
Transported from this vale, to live

And reign with thee above :
Where faith is sweetly lost in sight.
And hope in full supreme delight,

And everlasting love.

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HYMN 149-

" Boast not thyself of to-morrow:'

1 TO-MORROW, Lord, is thine,

Lodg'd in thy sovereign hand ;
And if its sun arise and shine,
It shines by thy command.

2 The present moment flies,

And bears our life away ;
O make thy servants truly wise,
That we may live to-day !

3 Since on this winged hour

Eternity is hung,
Waken by thine almighty power
The aged and the young.

4 One thing demands our care ;

O be it still pursued !
Lest, slighted once, the season fair
Should never be renew'd.

5 To Jesus may we fly,

Swift as the morning light.
Lest life's young golden beams should die
In sudden, endless night.

HYMN 150.

Religion the only source of happiness,

TIS religion that can give
Sweetest pleasures while we live ;
'Tis religion must silpply
Solid comfort when we die.

After death its joys will be
Lasting as eternity ;
Be the living God my friend.
Then my bliss shall never end.

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HYMN 151.

Jsrecessity of renewing grace.

1 HOW helpless guilty nature lies,

Unconscious of its load !
The heart unchanged can never rise
To happiness and God.

2 Can aught beneath a power divine

The stubborn will subdue ?
Tis thine, eternal Spirit, thine
To form the heart anew.

3 'Tis thine the passions to recall,

And upwards bid them rise ;

And make the scales of error fall

From reason's darken'd eyes,

4 To chase the shades of death away.

And bid the sinner live ;
A beam of heaven, a vital ray,
'Tis thine alone to give.

5 O change these sinful hearts of ours.

And give them life divine !
Then shall our passions and our powers.
Almighty Lord, be thine.

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HYMN 152.

" How shall I put thee amonff the children f "

ALAS ! by nature how deprav'd !

How prope to every ill !
Our lives to Satan how enslav'd !

How obstinate our will !

And can such sinners be restor'd.

Such rebels reconcil'd ?
Can grace itself the means afford

To make a foe a chilrl ?

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3 Yes, grace has found the wondrous means,

Which shall effectual prove
To cleanse us from our countless sins,
And teach our hearts to love.

4 Jesus for sinners undertakes,

And died that we may live ;
His blood a full atonement makes.
And cries aloud, " Forgive."

HYMN 153.

" In tliat day there shall he a fountain opened
for sin and for uncleanness'^

1 HOW sad our state by nature is !

Our sin, how deep it stains !
And Satan binds our captive minds
Fast in his slavish chains.

2 But there's a voice of sovereign grace

Sounds from the sacred word,
"Ho ! ye despairing sinners, come,.
*' And trust upon the Lord."

3 O may we hear the almighty call,

Ard run to this relief!
We would believe thy promise. Lord ;
help our unbelief !

4 To the blest fountain of thy blood,

Teach us, Lord, to fly ;
There may we wash our sinful souls
From crimes of deepest dye.

5 Poor, guilty, weak, and helpless worms.

On thy kind arms we fall ;
Be thou our strength and righteousness.
Our Saviour, and our All.

^ '^ HYMNS.

HYiMN 154.

" Tarn tlie Lord thatlieahth thee,"'

1 SWEET is the friendly voice that speaks

The words of life and peace ;
Which bids the penitent rejoice,
And sin and sorrow cease.

2 'Tis Christ that heals the troubled soul,

With guilty fears opprest ;
'Tis he who makes the wounded whole,
And gives the weary rest.

3 O let thy presence, Lord, impart

Peace to my anxious breast ;
Conduct me in the path that leads
To everlasting rest.

HYMN 155

Praise to tlie Redeemer.

1 FOE a thousand tongues to sing

My great Redeemer's praise ;
The glories of my God aftd King,
The triumphs of his grace !

2 My gracious Master and my God,

Assist me to proclaim,
And spread through all the earth abroad.
The honours of thy name.

3 Jesus ! the name that charms our fears,

That bids oiu* sorrows cease ;
'Tis music in the sinner's ears,
'Tis life, and health, and peace.

4 lie speaks ; and listening to his voice.

New life the dead receive ;
The mournful, broken hearts reioice :

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5 Look unto him, ye nations ; own
Your God, ye fallen race;
Look, and be sav'd through faith alone,
Be justified by grace.

HYMN 156.

Christ our Wisdom^ Righteousness, Sancttflca-
tion, and Redemption.

1 BUBIED in shadows of the night,
We lie till Christ restores the light ;
Wisdom descends to heal the blind,
And chase the darkness of the mind.

2 Our guilty souls are bath'd in tears,
Till his atoning blood appears ;
Then we arise from deep distress.
And sing the Lord our Righteousness,

3 Our very frame is mix'd with sin ;
His Spirit makes our nature clean ;
Such virtues from his sufferings flow,
At once to cleanse and pardon too.

4 Jesus beholds where Satan reigns,
Binding his slaves in heavy chains ;
He sets the prisoners free, and breaks
The iron bondage from our necks.

5 Poor helpless worms in thee possess
Grace, wisdom, power, and righteousness ;
Thou art our mighty All, and we

Give up ourselves, O Lord, to thee.

HYMN 157.

Ctod reconciled in Christ,

1 DEAREST of all the names above.
My Saviour, and my God,
Who can resist thy heavenly love.

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HYMNS.

2 Tis by the merits of thy death

The Father smiles again ;
'Tis by thine interceding breath
The Spirit dwells with men.

3 Till God in human flesh I see,

My thoughts no comfort find ;
The holy, just, and sacred Three
Are terrors to my mind.

4 But if ImmanueFs face appear,

My hope, my joy begins ;
His name forbids my slavish fear,
His grace removes my sins.

5 While Jews on their own law rely,

And Greeks of wisdom boast,
I love the Incarnate Mystery,
And there I fix my trust.

HYMN 158.

Glorying only in the cross of Christ.

1 NO more, my God, I boast no more
Of all the duties I have done ;

I quit the hopes I held before,
To trust the merits of thy Son.

2 Now for the love I bear his name,
What was my gain I count my loss ;
My former pride I call my shame.
And nail my glory to his cross.

3 Yes, and I must, and will esteem
All things but loss for Jesus' sake :
O may my soul be found in him.

And of hia ritrfiffininanooo no^foL-ia f

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4 The best obedience of my hands

Dares not appear before thy throne ;
But faith can answer thy demands,
By pleading what my Lord has done.

HYMN 159.

" By'tJie deeds of the law sliall no flesh he

justified, ^^

1 VAIN are the hopes the sons of men

On their own works have built ;
Their hearts by nature all unclean,
And all their actions guilt.

2 Let Jew and Gentile stop their mouths

Without a murmuring word,
And the whole race of Adam stand
Guilty before the Lord,

3 In vain we ask God's righteous law,

To justify us now,
Since to convince and to condemn
Is all the law can do.

4 Jesus, how glorious is thy grace !

When in thy name we trust.

Our faith receives a righteousness

That makes the sinner just.

HYMN 160.

" The Lord our Righteousness ^^

\ SAVIOUR divine, we know thy name,
And in that name we trust ;
Thou art the Lord our Righteousness,
Thou art thine Israel's boast.

2 Guilty we plead before thy throne,
And low in dust we lie ;
Till Jesus stretch his gracious arm,
To bring the guilty nigh.

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HYMWS.

3 The sins of one most righteous day,

Might siak us in despair ;
Yet all the crimes of numerous years
Shall our great Surety clear.

4 That spotless robe which he hath wrought,

Shall clothe us all abound,
Nor by the piercing eye of God
One blemish shall be found.

5 Pardon, and peace, and lively hope,

To sinners now are given ;
Soon shall the church of Christ exchange
Her wilderness for heaven.

HYMN 161.

" The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from

all sin,*'

1 THERE is a fountain flU'd with blood

Drawn from Immanuel's veins ;
And sinners, plung'd beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains.

2 The dying thief rejoic'd to see

That fountain in his day ;
And there may I, as vile as he,
Wash all my sins away.

3 Dear dying Lamb ! thy precious blopd

Shall never lose its power.
Till all the ransom'd church of Go4
Be sav'd to sin no more.

4 Ere since by faith I saw the stream

Thy flowing wounds supply,
Hedeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die.

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5 Wh^n this poor lisping, stammering tongue
Lies silent in the grave,
Then in a nobler, sweeter song,
I'll sing thy power to save.

HYiMN 162.

^* Neither is there salvation in any other J^

1 JESUS, the spring of joys divine.
Whence all our hopes and comforts flow ;
Jesus, no other name but thine

Can gave us from eternal woe,

2 In vain would boasting reason find,
The way to happiness and God ;
Her weak directions leave the mind
Bewilder'd in a dubious road.

3 No other name will heaven approve,
Thou art the true, the living way,
Ordain'd by everlasting love,

To the bright realms of endless day.

4 Here let our constant feet abide,
Nor from the heavenly path depart ;
O may thy Spirit, gracious guide.
Direct our steps^ and cheer our heart !

5 Safe lead us through this world of night,
And bring us to the blissful plains,
The regions of unclouded light.
Where perfect joy forever reigns.

HYMN 163.

The Saviour.

1 THE Saviour ! O what endless charms,
Dwell in the blissful sound !
Its influence every fear disarms
And spreads sweet comfort round.

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2 Here pardon, life, and joys divine

In rich effusion flow,
For guilty rebels lost in sin,
And doomed to endless woe.

3 The Almighty Former of the skies

Stooped to our mean abode ;
While angels view*d with wondering eyes.
And hail'd the incarnate God.

4 the rich depths of love divine !

Of bliss a boundless store !
Permit me. Lord, to call thee mine ;
I cannot wish for more.

5 On thee alone my hope relies.

Beneath thy cross I fall.
My Lord, my life, my sacrifice,
My Saviour, and my All.

HYMN 164.

The name of Jesus.

1 HOW sweet the name of Jesus sounds

In a believer's ear !
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fear.

2 It makes the wounded spirit whole,

And calms the troubled breast ;
'Tis manna to the hungry soul,
And to the weary rest.

3 Dear name ! the rock on which I build ;

My shield and hiding place ;
My never-failing treasury, filFd
With boundless stores of grace.

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4 Jesus ! my Saviour, shepherd, friend,

My prophet, priest, and king ;
My Lord, my life, my way, nay end,
Accept the praise I bring.

5 Weak is the effort of my heart.

And cold my warmest thought ;
But when I see thee as thou art,
I'll praise thee as I ought

6 TUl then I would thy love proclaim

With every fleeting breatn,
And may the music of thy name
Eeftesh my soul in death.

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HYMN 165.
Rejoicing in Christ Jestis*

1 THOU great Redeemer, dying Lamb I

We love to hear of thee ;
No music like thy charming name,

Nor half so sweet can be :
Qmay we ever hear thy voice

In mercy to us speak !
And in our Priest will we rejoice,

Thou great Melchisedec.

2 Jesus shall be our constant theme,

While in thid world we stay ;
We'll sing the Saviour's lovely name.

When all things else decay :
When we appear in yonder cloud,

With all his favour'd throng.
Then will we sing more sweet, more loud.

And Jesus be our song.

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HYMN 166.

r

Man honoured c^ove angels.

1 NOW let us j(Hn with hearts and tongues.
And emulate the angels' songs ;

Yea, sinners may address their King
In songs that angels cannot sing.

2 They praise the Lamb who once was slain ;
But we can add a higher strain ;

Not only say, " He suffered thus,''
But that he suffered all for us.

3 Jesus, who passed the angels by.
Assumed our flesh to bleed and die ;
And still he makes it his abode ;

As man he fills the throne of God.

4 Our next of kin, our brother now,
Is he to whom the angels bow ;
They join with us to praise his name,
But we the nearest interest claim.

5 But ah ! how faint our praises rise I
Sure 'tis the wonder of the skies,
That we, who share his richest love,
So cold and unconcern'd should prove^

G O glorious hour! it comes with speed,
When we, from sin and darkness freed.
Shall see the God who died for man.
And praise him more than angels can.

HYMN 167.

" ^y 9^<fce ye are sa^ed^^

I GRACE \ 'tis a channiag sound.
Harmonious to the ear ;
Heaven with tb« echo shall resound,
And all the eavth shall hear.

HISCSLLAKSOUS.

2 Grace first (Huatrhr'd & way

To save rebellious man ;
And all the steps that grace display^
Which drew the wondrous plan.

3 Grace taught my wanderiag feet

. To tread the heavenly road ;
And new supplies each hour I meet^
While pressing on to God.

4 Grace all the work shall crown -

Through everlasting days ;
It lays in heaven the topmost aUmCy
And well deserves the praise.

HYMN 168.

Salvation.

1 SALVATION ! the joyful sound I

'Tib pleasure to our ears ;
A sovereign balm for every wound^
A cordial for our fears.

2 Buried in sorrow and in sin.

At hell's dark door we lay;
But we arise, by grace divine.
To see a heavenly day.

3 Salvation ! let the echo fly

The spacious earth around ,

While sul the armies of the sky,

Conspire to raise the sound.

HYMN 1^.

" Now are ^oe theson^ of God.**

I BEHOLD, what wondrous grace
The Father hath bestow'd
On sinners of a mortal race,
To call them sons of God !

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HYMNS.

2 Nor doth it yet appear

How great we must be made ;
But when we see our Saviour here,
We shall be like our Head.

3 A hope so much divine

May trials well endure,
May purify our souls from sin,
As Christ the Lord is pure.

4 If in my Father's love,

I share a filial part,
Send down thy Spirit, like a dove,
To rest upon my heart.

5 We would no longer lie

Like slaves beneath the throne :
Our faith shall Abba, Father, cry,
And thou the kindred own.

HYMN 170.

" Ye are come unto Mount Sion.^^

1 NOT to the terrors of the Lord,

The tempest, fire, and smoke ;
Not to the thunder of that word
Which God on Sinai spoke.

2 But we are come to Sion's hill,

The city of our God ;
Where milder words declare his will,
And spread his love abroad.

3 Behold the innumerable host

Of angels cloth*d in light !
Behold the spirits of the just,
Whose faith is turn'd to sight !

MISCELLANEOUS.

Behold the blest assembly there,
Whose names are writ in heaven !

And God, the Judge of all, declares
Their every sin forgiven.

In such society as this

My weary soul would rest ;

The man that dwells where Jesus is,
Must be for ever blest.

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HYMN 171.

Redeeming Love,

1 NOW begin the heavenly theme.
Sing aloud in Jesus' name ;

Ye, who his salvation prove,
Triumph in redeeming love.

2 Ye, who see the Father's grace
Beaming in the Saviour's face,
As to Canaan on ye move.
Praise and bless redeeming love.

3 Mourning souls, dry up your tears,
Banish all your guilty fears ;

See your guilt and curse remove,
Cancelled by redeeming love.

4 Ye, alas ! who long have been
Willing slaves of death and sin,
Now from bliss no longer rove,
Stop and taste redeeming love.

5 Welcome all ty sin opprest.
Welcome to the Saviour's breast.
Nothing brought him from above.
Nothing but redeeming love.

6 Hither then your music bring,
Strike aloud each tuneful string ;
Mortals, join the host above,
Join to praise redeeming love.

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HYMN 172.

The love of Christ.

1 TO our Redeemer's glorious name,

Awake the sacred song !
O may bis love, immortal flame,
Tune every heart and tongue !

2 His love, what mortal thought can reach ?

What mortal tongue display ?
Imagination's utmost stretch
In wonder dies away.

3 Let wonder still with love imite.

And gratitude and joy;
Jesus be our supreme delight.
His praise our best employ.

4 O Lord, while we adoring pay

Our hutable thanks to thee.
May every heart with rapture say, .
*' The Saviour died for me." /

5 may the sweet, the blissfUl theme.

Fill every heart and tongue ;
Till all shall celebrate thy name.
And join the sacred song !

C(

HYMN 173.

Worthy is the Lamb that was slainr

COME let us join our cheerful songs
With angels round the throne ;

Ten thousand thousand, are their tobg\iS8,
But all their joys are one*

" Worthy thfe Lamb that died,'* they cry,

" To be exalted thus !'*
" Worthy the Lamb !'* our lips reply^ ^

" For he was slain fbr us." ^ "'

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3 Jesus is Worthy to receive

Honour and power divine ;
And blessings more than we can give,
Be, Lord, for ever thine.

4 The whole creation join in one,

To bless the sacred name
Of him that sits upon the throne,
And to adore the Lamb.

HYMN 174.

The glory of God in the face of Jestca Christ.

1 NOW to the Lord a noble song 1
Awake, my soul 5 awake, my tongue ;
Hosanna to the eternal name;

And all his boundless love proclaim.

2 See where it shines in Jesus' face.
The brightest image of his grace ;
God, in the person of his Son,

Has all his mightiest works outdone.

3 The spacious earth and spreading flood
Proclaim -the wise and powerful God ;
And thy rich glories from afar
Sparkle in every rolling star:

4 But in his looks a glory dwells
That all created li^t excels ;
The pleasing lustre of his e^ea
Outshines the wonder* of the skies,

5 Grace, 'tis a sweet, a charming theme ;
My thoughts rejoice at Jesus' name :
Ye angels, dwell upon the sound ;

Ye heavens, reflect it to the ground.

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6 O may I re{D*b fit length the place,
Where he unveils his lovely face ;
Where all his bcairties tlfey behold,
And sing has imme to hti¥p& <^gold !

HYMN 175.

Offices ofChrigt, . . . ?

1 JOIN all the glorious names

Of wisdom, love, and power,
That ever mortis knew, ..t

That angels ever bore ;
All are too mean to speak his worthy ^^
Too mean to set the Savi<^ur fort^. ■ . ' |'

2 Great Pr&phet of dttr God, - - i: * . f

Our tongues would bless thy name ^
By thee the joyful newft / » >* ?

Of our salvation caoid' - <

The joyful news of sin forgiven.
Of hell subdued, and pteace With TieaVin.

3 Jesus, our great High Priest,

Offered his blood and died ;
Our guilty ^souls^ shall seek

No sacrifice beside s ,
His powerful b]ood did once atone,
.And »ow it pleads before the throne. ^

4 Thou grettt Almighty Lord,

Our Conqueror and our King,
Thy sceptre And thy sWord,

Thy reigniijg grace we siqg 7 , . / ,
Thine is the power ; O may we«it
In willing bonds b^weatbrtfcy. Ib^ J[^

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HI8CSIXAKSOUS.

HYMN 176.

Characters of Christ

1 €rO, <i¥orship at Immamiers feet.
See in his &ce what wonders meet :
Earth is too narrow to express
His worthy his glory, or his grace«

2 Is he a rock f how firm he provesi
The rock of ages never moves ;

Yet the sweet streams that from him flow
, Attend us all the desert through.

3 Is he a way ? he leads to God,

The path is drawn in lines of blood ;
There would I walk with hope and zeal^
Till I arrive at Sion's hill.

4 Is he a star ? he breaks the ni^hst,
Piercing the shades with dawmng light;
I know his glories from afai:,

I know the bright, the morning>star.

5 Is he a sun ? his beams are grace.
His course is joy and righteousness ;
Nations rejoice when he appears

To chase their clouds and dry their tears.

6 let me climb those higher skies.
Where storms and darkness never rise !
There he displays his powers abroad.
And shines and reigns the Incarnate God.

HYMN 177,

Chrisfs intercession,

\ NOW let our cheerful eyes survey
Our great High Priest above ;
And celebrate his constant care,
And sympathetic love.

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2 Though raised td a «¥^ri(H- throne,

Where angels bow around.
And, high o'er all the shining train,
With ittatchless honours crown'd ;

3 The names of all his saints he bears,

Deep graven on his heart ;
Nor shall the meanest christian say,
That he hath lost his part.

4 Those characters shall fair abide,

Our everlasting trust.
When gems, and monuments, and crowns^
Are moulder'd down to dust.

5 So, gracious Saviour, on my breast,

May thy dear name be worn,
A sacred ornament and guard,
To endless ages borne.

HYMN 178.

Christ a merciful High Priest,

1 WITH joy we meditate the grace

Of our High Priest above ;
His heart is made of tenderness,
And overflows with love.

2 Touch'd with a sympathy within,

He knows our feeble frame.
He knows what sore temptatfons mean,
For he has felt the same.

3 But spotless, innocent, and pure,

The great Bedeemer stood.
While Satan's fiery darts he. bore,
And did resist to blood,

4 He, in the days of feeble flesh,

Foiur*d out his eries and tears.
And in his measure feels a&esh
What every member beai's.

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5 He'll never quench the smoking flax,

But raise it to a flame ;
The bruised reed he never breaks.
Nor scorns the meanest name.

6 T^en let our humble ^th address

His mercy and his power ;
We shall obtain delivering ^ace
. . In the difltressing hour*

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HYMN 179-

Christ the JRiver and Bock of his Church.

1 HE who on earth as man was known,

And bore our sins and pains,
Now seated on the eternal throne,
The God of glory reigns.

2 While harps unnumbered sound his praise

In yonder world above,
His saints on earth admire his ways.
And glory in his love.

3 This land, through which his pilgrin^s go,

Is desolate and dry ;
But streams of grace from him overflow.
Their thirst to satisfy.

4 When troubles, like a burning sun,

Beat heavvon their head,
To this Almighty Bock they run^
And And refreshing shade.

5 How glorious he ! how hM)py they

In such a glorious friend !
Whose love secures them all the way,
And crowns them at the end.

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192 HYMNS.

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HYMN 180.
" Unto you therrfore which believe, he & jpre^

eiousJ*

1 JESUS, Ilovethy channingname;

'Tis music to my ear ;
Fain would I souiid it outsoldud,
That earth and heaven. ahoiild hear.

2 Yes, thou art preeioits to my soul/

My treasure and my trust :
Jewels to thee are gaudy toys,
And gold is floimd dust

3 All my eapaoious powers can "vnsfa, '

In thee doth riehly meet ;
Nor.tominee5f^9 is l^ht bo dear, ''
Nor friendship hal^aa sweet.

4 . Thy grace shall dwell upon my hearty

And shed its fragrance there ;
The noblest balm of all its wounds, ^
' The cordial of its care.

5 I'll speak the honours of fhy name

With my Ibfitt labouring breath; : ''
Then- speechless clasp thee in my arms^
The antidote of dfeath,-

HYMN 18K

Gratitttde. ^ .

1 LORD, when my thoughts delighted'roVe
Amid the wonders of thy love;
The si^ht revives my drooping heart/
And bids invading fears depart. ,. ~

*l Guilty and weak to thee I fly,
On thy atoning blood rely.
And on thy righteousness depend, -

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193

3 Be all mj heart, be all my days,
Devoted to thy single pi»ise ;
And let my glad obedience prove
How much I owe, how much I love.

HYMN 182.

*' Without holiness no man shall see the Lord J^

1 THE Lord receives his hiehest praise
From humbl^e minds, and hearts sincere ;
While all the loud professor saya
Offends the righteous Judge's ear.

2 To walk as children of the day.
To mark the precept's holy lights

To wage the warfare, watch,, and, pray.
Show who are pleasing i^ his aigEt4

3 Easy indeed it weretortach

A mansion in the coprts above,
If swelling words and fluent spe^h
Might serve instead of faith and love.

4 But none shall reach the bhssfnl place.
Or God's unclouded glory see, .
Who talk of free and sovereign grace».
Unless that grace hath made thi^ free.

HYMN 188.

Consecration of the heart to Christ,

\ O THOU, who earnest from above.
The pure, celestial fire to impart.
Kindle a flame of sa^ed love,
On themean altar of my heart !

2 There let ill for-thy glory bum.
With inextinguishable blaae;
And trembling to its source retnrq, .
lu humble prayer, and &i^ent praise.

194

HYMNS.

Jesus, confirm my heart's desire .
To work, and speak, and think for thee;
Still let rae guard the holy fire.
And still stir up thy gift in me.

Ready for all thy perfect will,
My acts of faith and love repeat.
Till death thy endless mercies seal.
And make the sacrifice complete.

HYMN 184.

The christian change.

1 LET worldly minds the world pursue,

It has no charms for me ;

Once I admir'd its trifles too.

But grae€ has set me free.

2 Its pleasures now no longer please.

No more content afford ;
Far from my heart be joys like these,
Now I have seen the Lord.

3 As by the light of opening day

The stars are all concealed ;
So earthly pleasures fade away,
When Jesus is reveal'd.

4 Creatures no more divide my choice,

I bid them all depart ;
His name, and love, and gracious voice
Have fix'd my roving heart.

HYMN 185.

For spirituality of mind,

1 O ! FROM the world's vile slavery.
Almighty Saviour, set me free ; '
And as my treasure is above,
Be there mv thoughts, be there my love.

MISCELLANEOUS.

195

2 But oft, alas ! too well I know,

My thoughts, my love, afe fix'd below;

In every lifeless prayer I find

The heart unmov'd, the absent mmd.

3 O ! what that frozen heart can move.
That melts not at the Saviour's love ?
What can that sluggish spirit raise,
That will not sing the Saviour's praise.

4 Lord, draw my best affections hence.
Above this world of sin and sense;
Cause them to soar beyond the skies,
And rest not, till to thee they rise.

HYMN 186.
** / am the w?ay, the truth, and the life.''

1 THOU art the Way! to thee alone

From sin and death we flee;
And he who would the Father seek.
Must seek him. Lord, by th^.

2 Thou art the Truth ! thy word alone

True wisdom can impart ;
Thou only canst inform the mind,
And purify the heart.

3 T1k>u art the Life ! the rending tomb

Proclaims thy conquering arm ; ,
And they who put their trust in thee.
Nor death nor hell can harm.

4 Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life !

Grant us that Way to know,
That Truth to keep, that IJfe to win,
Whose joys eternal flow.

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HYMN 187.

The Christian's pattern,

1 MY ^reat Redeemer, and my Lord,
I read my duty in thy word ;

But in thy life the law appears
Drawn out in living characters.

2 Such was thy truth, and such thy z^al.
Such deference to thy Father's will.
Such love, and meekness so divine,

I would transcribe, and make them mine.

3 Cold mountains and the midnight -air •'-'
Witnessed the fervour of thy prayer !
The desert Ihy temptations knew,

Thy conflict, and thy victory too,

4 Be thou my pattern ; make me bear
More of thy gracious image here ;
Then God the Judge shall own my nan\e
Amongst the followers of the Lamb.

HYMN 188.

Holiness the design of tJie GospeL

1 SO lei our lips and lives express ' '
The holy gospel we profess ;

So let our works and virtues shine,
To prove the doctrine all divme,

2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad
The honours of our Saviour«^od|
When his salvation reigns within.
And grace subdues the power of sin.

3 Our flesh and sense must be denied^
Passion and envy, lust and pride ; .
While justice, -temperance, truth, and love
Our inward piety .approve.

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197

The Gospel beurs oac spirits up,
While we expect that blessed hope,
The bright appearance of the Lord,
And, ^a^h. relies upon his wprd.

HYMN 189.

*^Bethou in the fear of the Lord all itiedaylongP

1 THMOE happy souls, who, hwn from heaven,

While jet they sojourn here,
Huwhly. begi^ their days with God,
And spend them in his fear !

2 Midst hourly cares may love present

Its incense to thy throne ;
' And #hile the world our hands employs^ *

Our hearts be thine alone.

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3 As sanctified to noblest ends.

Be each refreshment sought;
And by each various providence
Some wise instruction brought.

4 When to laborious duties calFd,

Or by temptation tried.
We'll seek the shelter of thv wings,
And in thy strength confide.

5 As different scenes of life arise.

Our grateful hearts would be
With! ^ee amidst the social band» ' \
In solitude with thee.

6 In solid, pure delights, like these,

Let all my days be past ;
Nor shfell I then impatient wish, '

i^or rtiall I fear the last.

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liTMW 190.

• • •

The, beatitudes.

BLEST are the humMe iftoub that see
Their emptine&B and poyerty; ^

Treasures of grace to them are givea,
And crowus of joj laid JUp in heaven.

fileat we the men of broken h^r^ .
Who mourn for sin with inward smart ;
The blood off Christ divinely flows,
A healing balyi foi: all their woea.

Blest are the souls that thirst for grace.
Hunger and kmg for nghteomness ;
They shall be well supplied and fed»
With living streains and living liredS. *

Blest are the pure, whose hearts are clean.
From the defiling power of sin; ,
With endless pleasure they shall ^ee
A God of spotless purity.

Blest are the sufferers who partake
.Of pain and shame for Jesus' sake;
Their souls shall triumph in the Lord,
Glory ai^d joy are their reward. ,

HYMN 191.

*^ Let your conversation he as it becometh tlis
gospel of Christ}' ' *

1 AND is the gospel peticeand love?
Such let our conversation be ;
The serpent blended with the dove,
Wisdom and meek simplicity.

2 Whene*ef the angry passions rise, .

And tempt our thoughts and tongues to strile.
To Jesus let us lift our eyes,
Bright pattenrof the christian life.

3 O how betietoleot and Jund !
How mild I how ready to forgive !
Be his the temper of our minds,
And faif the ruJea bj whidi W^ Mv^4

4 But ah ! bow blind, how weak we are !
How^ frail— how apt to turn aside !
Lord, we depend upon thy caire,

And ask tby Spirit for our guidk

HYMN 192.
The gtuee of christian hne*

1 HOW sweet, how heavenly ift the iight.

When those that love the Lord
' In one another's peace delight.
And so fulfil his word !

2 When each can fed hts brodi^» sigh,

And with him bear a part ;
Wh^i sorrow flows from eye to eye,
. And joy flxm heart to -heart,

3 When free from envy, scorn, and pride,

Our wishes all above.
Each can fadsbrother^s failings hide,
And show a brother's love.

4 When love, in one delightful streaiii,

Through every bosom flows ;
When union sWeet, and kind esteem

In every action glows.

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5 Love is the golden chain that binds

The happy souls above ; r-

A^<^ 1^6*^ ^^ l^eit^ of heaven that finds '
His bosom glow with love.

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200 JiVilKS. •

HYMN 188. ' " '^
Prayer f<iT humiH^.

1 LORD, if thou thy grace impart,
Poor in spirit, in^ek in heart,

I shall, as my Master, he
Clothed with humility.

2 Simple, teachable, and mild,
Chang'd into a little child,
Pleas*d with all tfie Lord provides,
Wean*d from till the world besides.

3 Father, fix my soul on thee ;
Every evil let me flee;
Nothing want, benea^, above,
Happy in "thy preeious love.

4 O that all may seek and find
Every good in Jesus join'd ! -
Him let Isradi still aSore,
Trost him^ fimise him evermore.

HYMN 194.

Christian fortitude.

1 AJIE we the soldiers of the crossr,

The followers of the Lamb ?
And shall we fear to own his cause,
Or blush to speak his name t

2 Now we must fight, if we would reign;

Increase our courage, Lord ;
We'll bear the toil, endure the pain, .
Supported by thy word.

3 Thy saints in all this glorious war

ohail conquer, though they're fllai£f ;
They see the triutnph from afirr.
And shall ¥fMk4^mB reign. - '

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4 When that illiutrioiit day shall rbe,
And all thine armies shine
In robes <^ vietory throng the skies.
The glory shall be thine.

HYMN 196.

Not ashamed of Christy . .

1 JESUS ! and shall It ever be,
A mortal man asham'd of thee ?
Asham'd of thee, whom angels praise.
Whose glories shine through endless days 1

2 Asham*d of Jesus ! sooner far
Let evening blush to own a star ;
He sheds the beams of light divine
0*er this benighted soul of mine.

3 Asham*d of Jesus ! that dear friend.
On whom my hopes of heaven depend !
No ; when I blnsh, be this my shame.
That I no more revere his name.

4 Asham'd of Jesus ! yes, I may,
When I've no guilt to wash away.
No tears to wipe, no joys to crave,
No fears to quell, no soul to save.

5 Till then, nor is the boasting vain,
Till then I boast a Saviour slain ;
And O, may this my portion be,
That Saviour not adiam'd of .me !

HYMN 196-
For singleness of heart,

LORD, make me faithful to thy call,
In heart still truly give up all,

Myself to thee resign :
When dangers threaten me around,
Invincible may I be found,

Never thy will decline.

202

HYMNS.

My feet widi holy oil anoint,

The destin'd path thou doet aj^oini,^

Gladly I then shall tread ;
Bedew me with a genial shower,
Into my heart thine influence pour,

With living manna feed.

A single eye, a faithful heart,
My Father, to thy child impart^

In every trying hour ;
Reasonings and anxious thoughts prevent
Still keep my eyes on thee intent,

Till sight my faith overpower.

HYMN 197.

For reBignatlon to the divine wilL

1 O LORD, my hest desire fulfil,

And help me to resign
Life, health, and comfort to thy will^
And make thy pleasure mine.

2 Why should I shrink at thy command,

W hose love forhids my fears ?
Or tremhle at the gracious hand
That wipes away my tear»?

3 No ; rather let me freely yield

What most I pri^e to thee ;
Who never hast a good withheld,
Or wilt withhold from me.

4 Thy favour all my journey through

Thou act engaged to grant;
What else I want, or think I do,
'Tis better still to WRnt.

HISCXUAirSOUS.

5 Wisdom and mercy guide my way,

Shall I resist them both ;
A poor blind creature of a day.
And crushed before the moth ?

6 But ah ! my inward spirit cries,

Still bind me to thy sway ;
Else the next cloud that veik my skies
Drives all these thoughts i^way.

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HYMN 198.

Submission to affiicii/oe providences,

1 NAKED as from the earth we came.

And enter'd life at first,
We to the earth return again,
And mingle with our dust.

2 The dear delights we here enjoy,

And fondly call our own,
Are but short favours borrowed now.
To be rq)aid anon.

3 'Tift God that lifts bur comfdrU high.

Or sinks them in the grave;
He gives, and, blessed be his name,
He takes but what be gave.

4 Peace, all our angry passions, t}ien,

Let each. rebellious sigh
Be silent at his sovereign will.
And every murmur die.

5 If smiling mercy crown our lives.

Its. praises, shall be spread ;
And we'll adore the justice too
That strikes our comforts dead.

204 . . HTIU^.

HYMN 199-

Love to the crecUitres dan^ierotu.

1 HOW vain are all things here below!

How false and yel how fair !
Each oleasure hath its poison too.
Ana every sweet a snare.

2 The brightest things below the &j

Give out a flattering light ;
We should suspect some danger nigh
Where we possess delight.

3 Our dearest joys, and nearest friends,

The partners of our blood,
How they divide our wavering minds,
And leave but half for God V

4 llie fondness of a creature's love,

How strong it strikes the aoisel
Thither the warm affections move,
Noc oan we call them thedce*

5 Dear Saviour, let thy beauties be

My souFs eternal food ;
And grace command my hoart away
From all created good.

HYMN 200.
Prayer for eonteniment»

1 FATHER, whatever of earthly bliiA

Thy sovereign will denies,
Accepted at thy throne of grace
Let this petition rise:

2 Give nie a cabn, a thankful heart,

From every murmur free;
The blessings of thy grace impart,
And let me live to tK^*

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3 Let the sweet hdpe iliai: thciu iirt mine
My life and death attend;
Thy. presenbe through my jotrtney sbme^
And crqwnja^ journey !s end.

HYMN 201.
The Christian race,,

AWAKJE, my'0oul,%tretch every nerve,

And press with vigour pn ;
A heavenly race demands thy zeal^

And an immortal crown.

A t^loud of witnesses AT^mnd

Hold thee in full survey ;
Foi^et the st»ps already trod, . • .

-Md onward urge thy way. . '

*Tis God's all aaiiBafcing voke
That calls thee from on high; :

'Tis his own hand presents the prize
To thine aspiring eye.

Blest Saviour, introduc'd by diee,
Have I my race begun; >

And, crown'd witk victory^at tbyiiset
I'll lay my honours down.

HYMN 202;

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1 BEHOLD die Lamb of God, who bore

Thy burdens on. the tree,
And paid in blood ^the dreadful scoi^,
The ransom due.for thee !

2 Look to him, till the sight endears ^

The Saviour to thy l^art.i
His pierced feet. bedewnwi4^t0arS|

206

HYUlfS.

Look to htm, till his dying love
Thy every thought controul ;

Its vast constraining influence prove
0*er hody, spirit, souL

Look to him, as the race you run.
Your never-failing friend ;

Finish he will the work begun,
And grace in glory end.

HYMN 203.

Holy zeal and diligence,

1 WHILE carnal men, with all their might.

Earth's vanities pursue.
How slow the advances which I make,
With heaven itself in view !

2 Inspire mv soul with holy zeal ;

^reat God, my love inflame ;
Religion, without zeal and love,
Is but an empty name.

3 To gain the top of Sion's hill.

May I with fervour strive ;
And all those powers employ for thee, *
Which I from thee derive !

HYMN 204.

Watchfulness enjoined*

1 YE servants of the Lord,

Each in his office wftit,
Observant of his heavenly word,
And watchful at his gate.

2 Let all yotir lamps be bright,

And trim the golden flame ;
Gird up your loins, as in his sight,;

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207

Watch, 'tis your Lord's command ;

And while we speak, he's near ;
Mark the first signal of his hand,

And ready all appear.

O happy servant he

In such a posture found !

He shall his Lord with rapture see.
And be with honour crown'd.

HYMN 205.

" O thai I were as in months past / *

1 O FOR a closer walk with God,

A calm and heavenly frame ;

A light to shine upon the road •

That leads me to the Lamb !

2 Where is the blessedness 1 knew.

When first I saw the Lord ?
Where is the soul-refireshing view
Of Jesus and his word ?

3 What peaceful hours I then enjoy 'd !

How sweet their memory still !
But now I find an aching void
The world can never fill.

4 Return, holy Dove, retufn.

Sweet messenger of rest !
I hate the sins that made thee mourn,
Ajttd drove thee from my breabt

5 The dearest idol I have known,

Whate'er that idol be.
Help me to tear it from thy throne,
Aad worship only thee.

6 So shall my walk be close with God, '

Calm and serene my fVame :
So purer light shall mark the road
That leads me to the Lamb.

208 HYMNS.

HYMN 206.

" fFUi thou not revive us aga\nf\

1 O FOR that flame of living fire,
Which shone so bright in saints of old !
Which bade their souls to heaven aspire.
Calm in distress, in danger bold !

2 Where is that Spirit, Lord, which dwelt
In Abraham's breast, and seal'd him thine?
Which made Paul's heart with sorrow melt,
And glow with energy divine ? ^

3 Is not thy grace as mighty now,
As when Elijah felt ite power ?
Whep glory beam'd from Moses' brow.
Or Job endur'd the trying hour ?

4 Reme^mber, Lord, the ancient days ;
Renew thy work, thy grace restore ;
Warm our cold hearts to prayer and praise.
And teach us how to love thee more.

HYMN 207.

For a new heart and a right spirit.

1 O MAY my heart, by grace renew'd,
. Be my Redeemer's throne !

And be my stubborn will subdued,
His government to own.

2 Let deep repentance, faith, and love

Be jom'd with godly fear ;
And all my conversation prove
. My soul to be sincere.

3 Preserve me from the snares of sin,

And Satan's treacherous ways ;
Around me let each virtue shine

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4 Let lively hope my soul inspire,
Let warm affections risel ;
And may I wait with strong desire,
To meet thee in the skies.

HYMN 208.

Meditation,

A MY God, permit me not to be
A stranger to myself and thee ;
Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove.
Forgetful of my highest love.

2 Call me away from flesh and sense
Thy sovereign word can draw me thence ;
I would obey the voice diviiie,
And all inferior joys resign.

4 Be earth with all her scenes withdrawn,
Let noise and vanity be gone ;
In secret silence of the mind.
My heaven, and there my God I find.

HYMN 209.

Metirement.

1 FAR from the world, Lord, I flee,

From- strife and tumult £ir ;
From scenes, where Satan wagea still
His ociost successful war.

2 The calm retreat, the silent shade,' ^ ^

With pr»yet:cmd,prdii5e agree; .. {
And seem by thy sweet bounty jmie
For those who follow thee,

3 There if thy Spirit touch th&goul^ 1

Ani grace/ her mean abode, . . , . ;
O with what pe^q, .and joy, and love.
She eommuiikei^ vitb k^J^ God 1.. ^ ./.

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210

aruNs.

4 There like the nightingale she pours

Her solitary lays ;
Nor asks a witness of h» 8ong»
Nor thirsts for human praise.

5 Author and guardian of my life,

Sweet source of light divine ;
And, all harmonious names in one,
My Saviour, thou art mine.

6 What thanks I owe thee, and what love !

A houndless, endless store
Shall echo through the realms above.
When time shall be no more.

HYMN 210.
Secret devotion.

1 FATHER divine, thy piercing eye

Strikes through the shades of night ;
In deep retirement thou art nigh,
Witn heart-discerning sight,

2 There may that piercing eye survey

My duteous homage paid,
With every morning's aawning ray,
And every evening's shade.

3 O let thine own celestial fire

The incense still inflame,
While my warm vows to thee aspire.
Through my Redeemer's name !

4 So shall the visits of thy love

My soul in secret bless ;
So shalt thou deign in worlds above
Thy suppliant to confess.

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MISCEIrLASSOUS.

HYMN 211.

" Pray without ceasing,''

1 PRAYER was appointed to convey
The blessings God designs to give :
Long as thej live should christians pray.
For only while they pray they live.

2 And shall we in dead silence lie,

When Christ stands waiting for our prayer ?
My souly thou hast a friend on high ;
Arise, and try thy interest there.

3 If pain afflict, or wrongs oppress ;
If cares distract, or fears dismay ;
If guilt deject ; if sin distress ;
The remedy's before thee, pray.

4 Depend on Christ, thou canst not fail ;
MaKe all thy wants and wishes known ;
Fear not ; his merits must prevail ;
Ask what thou wilt, it shall be done.

HYMN 212.

The throne of grace.

1 BEHOLD the throne of grace !

The promise calls me near ;
There Jesus shows a smiling face.
And waits to answer prayer.

2 That rich atoning blood.

Which sprinkled round I see.
Provides for those who come to God
An all-prevailing plea.

3 Beyond our utmost wants

His love and power can bless ;
To praying souls he always grants
More than they eaa-^xpresa.

212 HTMNS.

4 Thine image, Lord, bestow.

Thy presence and thy love ;

I ask to serve thee here below,

And reign with thee above.

5 Teach me to live by faith,

Conform my will to thine ;
Let me victorious be in death,
And then in glory shine.

HYMN 213.

Prayer.

1 PBAYEB is the souFs sincere desire,

Utter'd or unexpressed ;
The motion of a hidden fire.
That trembles in the breast.

2 Pr^er is the simplest form of speech

That infant lips can try ;
Prayer the sublimest strains that reach
The Majesty on high.

3 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice,

Returning from his ways.
While angels in their songs rejoice.
And say, " Behold he prays !"

4 The saints in prayer appear as one.

In word, and deed, and mind ;
While with the Father, and the Son,
Sweet fellowship they find.

5 thou, by whom we come to God,

The life, the truth, the way.
The path of prayer thyself hast trod,
Lord, teach us how to pray.

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HYMN 214.

Confidence in the Saviour. ,
BESET with snares on every hand.
In life's uncertain path I stand ;

MISCELLANEOUS.

Saviour divine, difiuse thy light,
To guide my doubtful footsteps right.

Engage this roving, treacherous heart,
Through life to choose the better part ;
To scorn the trifles of >a day,
For joys that none can take away.

Then let the wildest storms arise,
Let tempests mingle earth and skies,
No fatal shipwreck shall I fear,
But all my treasures with me bear.

If thou, my Saviour, still art nigh.
Cheerful I live, and joyful die ;
Secure, when mortal comforts flee.
To find ten thousand worlds in thee.

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HYMN 215.

T?ie pilgrim* $ prayer,

GUIDE me, thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land ;

I am weak, but thou art mighty,
Hold me with thy powerful nand :

Bread of heaven.
Feed me till I want no more.

Open now the crystal fountain,
Whence the healing streams do flow ;

Let the fiery, cloudy pillar

Lead me all my journey through :

Strong deliverer,
Be thou still my strength and shield.

When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside ;

Bear me through the swelling current,
Land me safe on Canaan's side :

Songs of praises
I will ever give to thee.

214 htmhs.

HYMN 216.

Christ the Captain and Guide of his people.

1 CAPTAIN of Israel's host, and guide

Of all who seek the land above,
Beneath thy shadow we abide,

The cloud of thy protecting love ;
Our strength thy grace, our rule thy ^ord^
Our end the glory of the Lord.

2 By thy unemng %>irit led,

We shall not in the desert stray ;
We shall not full direction need,

Nor miss our providential way ;
As far from danger as firom fear,
While love, almighty love, is near.

HYMN 217.

The Christian IsraeL

1 THUS far on life's perplexing path,

Thus far, thou, Lord, our stej^ hast led ;
Snatch'd from the world's pursi^ing wrath,

Unharm'd though floods hung o'er oiif head ;
Like ransom'd Israel on the shore.
Here then we pause, look back, adore.

2 Strangers and pilgrims here below,

Like all our fathers in their day.
We to the land of promise go,

Lord, by thine own appointed way ; ..

Still guide, illumine, cheer our flight,
In cloud by day, in fire by night.

3 When we have number'd all our yearsj

And stand at length on Jordan's brink,
Though the flesh fail with mortal fears,

O let not then the spirit sink ;
But strong in faith, and hope, and love.
Plunge through the stream, to rise above !

MISCBX*IAVS01TS.

HYMN 218.

The prayer of JcifCZ^

O THAT the Lord indeed
Would me his servant bless,

From every evil shield my head,
And crown my paths with peace !

Be his almighty hamd
My helper and my guide.

Till with his saints in Canaan's land
My portion he divide.

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HYMN 219-

JacoVs voro.

O GOB of Jacob, by whose hand

Thine Israel still is fed :
Who through this weary nilgrimage

Hast all our fathers lea :

To thee our humble vows we raise,
' To thee address our prayer.
And in thy kind and faithful breast
Deposit all our care. '

If thou, through each perplexing path,
Wilt be our constant guide ;

If thou wilt daily bread supply,
And raiment wilt provide ;

If thou wilt spread thy shield around,
Till these our wanderings cease,

And at our Father's lov'd abode
Our souls arrive ip peace ;

To thee as to our covenant God,
We our whole selves resign; ,

And count, that not the tenth alone>.
But all we have, is thine.

&YMN 230.

" Lord^ to whom shall rve go f *'

1 THOU only soverdgii of my heait.
My refuge, my almignty friend,
And can my soul from, thee depart,
On whom alone my hopes depend?

2 Whither, ah ! whither shall I go,

A wretched wanderer from tjie Lord ?
Can this 'dark world of sin bM woe
One glimpse of happiness afford ?,„

3 Eternal life thy words impart^
On these my fainting spirit, lives ;
Here swieeter comforts che^r rny heart
Than all the^found of nature gives^

4 Low at thy feet my soul would lie,
There safety dweliis, and' peae^ divine ;
Still let me Hvfe beneath tmiie eye,
For life, eternal lifeas thine.

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HYMN 221.

" Remember me, Ot»y 'God^ for go6dy

1 O THOU, from whom all goodness flo^ws,

I lift my heart to thee ;
In all my sorrows, 6onfKcts,*woes/
Good Lord, remembej^ me.

2 When pressing on*my burden'd he^rt^

My sms' lie heavily, .;.' ' T'
My pa*don i^peak/fresh peace iiripai^ty.
In lovetememher me. '

3 Tempt^ons: sore obstruct mj way, ^

Andills Icannqt flee:; .. :> ■:■■-
O give me strength, Lord, as my day ;
For good remember me.

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4 The hour is near, consigii'd to death
I own the just decree ;
Saviour, with my last parting hreath
ril cry, "remember me."

HYMN 222.

" Thou art my refuge.

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1 JESUS, lover of my soul,

Let me to thy bosom fly,
While the nearer waters roll.

While the tempest still is high :
Hide me, my Saviour, hide,
: Till the stonn of life is past ;
Safe into the haven guide,

O receive my soul at last !

2 Other refuge have I none.

Hangs tuy helpless soul on thee ;
Leave, ah ! leave me not alone,

Still support and comfort me :
All my trust on thee is stayed ;

All my help from thee I bring ;
Qover my defenceless head

With the shadow of thy wing.

3 Plenteous grace witb thee is found,

Grace to pardon all my sin ;
Let the healing streams abound ;

Make and keep me pure within :
Thou of life the fountain art,
' Freely let me take of thee ;
Spring ikkOM up within my hearty

Rise to all eternity.

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HYMN 223.

Christ our ew&infle m 9uffepinff,

1 60 to dark Gefhsemane,

Ye that feel the tempter's power,
Your Redeemer's conflict see,
Watch with him one bitter hour ;
Turn not from his ffriefs away,
Learn of Jesus Christ to pray.

2 Follow to the judgment-hall,
View the Lord of life arraign'd ;
O the wormwood and the gall !
O the pangs his soul sustain'd !
Shun not sufiering, dhame, or loss ;
Learn of him to' bear the cross.

9 Calvary!a mournful mountain climb ;
There, adoring at hta i«et,
Mark that miracle • of time,
God's own sacrifice complete ;
" It is finish'd ;'* hear the cry ;
Learn of Jesus Christ to die.

1 Early hasten to the tomb,

Where they laid his breathless clay ;
All is solitude and gloom,
Who hath taken him away ?
Christ is ris'n ! he meets our eyes ;
Saviour, teach us so to rise.

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HYMN 224-

** Cast fliy hurden upon the:Lord,

1 DEAB refugeof »y woary «atil,
On thee, when sorrows rise,
On thee, when waves of trouble roll,
My fainting hope relies.

UI9CKLI<ilKBOU8.

To thee 1 1^ Msh riaiQgj^efy
For thou alone caa'st heal ;

Thy word can bring a sweet relief
For every pain I feeL

Hast thou not bid me seek thy iacp ?^

And shall I seek in vain ?
And can the ear of sovereign grace

Be deaf .when I complain ?

Thv mercy-seat i& opein stiU,

Here let my soul retreat ;
With humble hope attend itiy will ^

And wait beneath thy feet.

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HYMN 225.

T?ie sympathy of Christ.

1 WIIEN gathering dlouds ^wn4. J ?riew.
And days are dad^, and friends areieWy
On him I lean, who not m v«dn .
Experienc'd every human pain ; . .
He sees my grief, alls^r^siiiny fears,

And counts and treasures up my tears.

2 If aught should tempt my soul to stray
From heavenly wiSidom'S natrow wiyj
To fly the good I Would' pursue,

And do the sin I would tiot do ; '
May he who felt temptation's power
Still guard me in that dangerous hotir.

3 And O ! when I have safely past
Through eveinr conflict, but the last.
Unchanging Savioilr,' watch beside

¥iy bed of death, for thou ha^t died ;
hen point to realms of cloudless day,
A^ wipe the lateit tear ftwiiy.

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220 HTICNS.

' HYMN 226.

" He kn&wetK our framed

1 LORD, ire adorethy woDdroiu name.

And make that name our trusty - ,

'\\^ich rais'd at first this curious frame^
From mean and lifeless dust. ' •

2 Awhile these frail machines ^eadure.

The fabric of a day ; :_^;

Then know their vital powers no more,
But moulder back to clay.

3 Yet Lord, whatever is felt or fear'd,^

This thought is our repose.
That he by whom this' frame was rear'd
Its vai'ious wetness knows.

4 Gently supported by thy love, .

We tend to realms of peace, \.

♦ Whwe every pain shall far remove.
And every frailty, cease.

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HYMN 227.

Why art thou cast dawn^ O my 9(mlf^*

1 pUK God^ how fipm his promise sk^ds.

E'en when he hides his face !
He trusts in our Bedeemer*s hands
His glory and his grace.

2 Then why; my soul, these sad compliHiifSy

Since Christ and thou are one ?
Thy God is faithful to his saints,
Ib faithful to his Son.

3 Beneath his smiles my heart has Uv*dr

And part of heaven possessed ;
I pfaise his name for grace recei v*^, / . '
And trust him for uie rest.

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HYMN 228.

1 SOVEREIGN ruler of the skies,
Ever gracious, ever wise.

All my fiihes are in thy hand.
All ^ente at thy command.

2 Times of sickness, times of health;
Times of penury and wealth ;
Times of trial and of grief ;
Times of triumph and relief.

3 Times the tempter's power to prove ;
Times to taste a Saviour's love;

All must come, and last, and end,
As shall please my heavenly friend.

4 Plagues and death around jxke fly ; ,
Till h(B hids I cannot die ;

Not a single shaft cair hit,
Till the uod of 4ove sees fit.

5 Thee at all times will I bless ;
Having thee, I all possess ;
How caji I bereaved be,
Sjice I caonot part with thee ?

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HYMN 229.

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1 MY God the covenapt of thy Ipver,

Abides for ever sure ; i * , <

And in its matchless grace 1 feel
My happineiss secure. !

2 What though my house be not with thc^e

As nature could desire,;

To nobler joys than nature gives,
Thy servants aU aspire.

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3 Since thou, tbe «T«rlMtBig God,

My FathCT art become ;
Jesus my guardian aiid my friend,
And heaven my final hone :

4 I welcome all tl^ sovereign will,

For all that will is love ;
And when I know not what thotl dost,
I wait the light above,

5 Thy covenant the last accent claims

Of this poor faltering tongue ;
And that shall the first notes employ
Of my celestial song.

HYMN 280.

Final perseverance,

1 REJOICE, believer, m the Lord.

Who makes your cause his own ;
The hope that's built upon his word
Can ne'er be overthrown.

2 Though many foes beset your road,

And feeble is your arm,
Your life is hid with Christ in God,
- Beyond the reach of harm.

3 Weak as you are, ybu shall not faint^

Or fainting shall not die ;
Jesus, the strength of every saint.
Will aid you froni on high.

4 Though unperceiv'd by toOrtal sens^,

Faith views him always near,
A guide, a glory, a defi^ce^'

Thi>n wliRt. 1i»tr«> -vnu fn fiaar 9

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223

5 As surely as he overcame,

And triumph'd once for you ;
So surely you that love hi» aame
Shall ti'iumph in him too.

HYMN 231.

The seal and witness ^ftke Spirit desired, .

1 WHY should the children of a King

Go mourning all their days ?
Great Comforter, descend and bring
Some tokens of thy grace.

2 Dost thou not dwell in all the saints,

And seal the heirs of heaven ?
When wilt thou banish my cmnplaints,
And show my sins forgiven ?

3 Assure my cinidcience of her part

In the Kedeemer's blood ;
And bear thy witness with my heart,
That 1 am born of God.

4 Thou art the earnest of his love,

The pledge of joys to come ;
And thy soft wings, celestial Dove,
Will safe convey me home.

HYMN 232-

" This God is our God for ever and ei^er / he
foill he our guide even unto deatK''^

THIS God is the God we adore,
Our faithful, unchangeable friend,
Whose lov6 is as great as his power.
And neither knows measure nor end :
Tis Jesus^* the First and the Last,
Whose Spirit shall guide us safe home ;
We'll praise him for all that is past, ^
And trust him for all that's lx> coote.

HYMN ^. ' f ,;

1 AWAKE, and sin^tke song

Of Moses and the Liamb ;
Wake, every heart and every iongi|e^*
1 'o praise the Saviour's name. ] '

2 Sing of his dying Idte,

Sing of his rising power.
Sing how he intercedes ahove -,

For those whose sins he bore.

3 Sing till we f^el our hearts'

Ascending with our tongues ;
Sing till the love of sin departs,
-And grace inspires 0\Jt songs.

4 Sckm sfaeU we bear him s^^ /^ v . .

" Ye blessed children, come;*!.
Boon will he call us hence away.
And take his Wanderers horned

5 There shall bur rt^tnr'd tcsigue r>

His endless praise proclaim ;
And streeter voices tune ^e song ' '
Of Moses and the Lamb.

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HYMN 234.

Godi'B presence i$ light m darfinefis.

I MY God, the spring of all my joys,
The life of my delkhts,
The glory of my brightest dc^ys,,.

And comfort of my nights! ... ,

In d((i4test shades ifthbn appear,' 7^- ^
My dawning is begtm ; s - - « ' *'^ ' ^ •

Thou art my soul's bright morning-star^
And thou my limg sun.

MI8C:tftM9BOVS. 21^5

The opening ^fMenf 8;K>6od me shine
Willi beams of sacred Bliss,

While Je^s teU« toeheisimkey
And wltt^fli:»^ai»r&i9;.

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My, aouiwoiild leave tms n^avjc^j.

At tfaat transporting wor4, .! ♦•
Mount up with joy the shining way,

To see and prsiise Wj Lcard. .

Fearless of hiell and ghastly death,
rd break through every foe ;

The wings of love, and arms of faith^,
Should bear me oonqu^X)]* thc-co:^.

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HYMN 235^

HOW hc^piJ^.tb^B i^o.knftV &<!> l*<»c|,
With whom.he deigps to dwell ! ^

He feeds and guides them by his word^
His Bxm tuppc^ts them well.

To thf^m in each distressing %owr^

His throne of -grf^ee- is^ear ;
And when they plead his love and power.

He bends a listening ear.

Hit presence sweetecis all their caresi,,
And ttlakes their Ikir^ns light ;

A wprd from him^ispel^ thek ftiars.
And gilds t^^oom of^iiig^v

May we,,pXord, enj[oy /uid^prize /
Theset6keng:ofthy love;

Till thou shalt,brd-our spirits arise,:, '
To worship thee above, ; ,

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230 HYMNS.

HYMN 236.

JBea^enlyJoy on earth.

1 COME, ye that love the Lord,

And let your joys be kpown.
Join in a song with afweet accord.
And thus surround the throne.

2 The sorrows of the mind

Be banish'd from this place ;
Religion never was designed
To make our pleasures less.

3 The men of grace have found

Glory begim below ; • ♦

Celestial fruits on earthly ground
From faith and hope m^y grow,

4 The hill of Sion yields

A thousand sacred sweets.
Before we reach the heavenly fields.
Or walk the golden streetl^

5 Then let our songs abound,

And every tear be dry ;
We're marching through Immanuers ground.
To fairer worlds on high.

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HYMN 237.

The happiness of heinff united to Christ.

HAPPY the souls to Jeatia joined,

And 9av'd by grac^ alone ;
Walking in all his yrays they ^nd

Their heaven on earth begun.

The cl^urch triumphant in thy love
Their mighty joys we know,

They sing the Lamb in hymns above,
And we in hymns below.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Thee in thy ffldrioii3 l^Qtlrtt Ijiey praise,
And how before thy throne ;

We in the kingdom ot* thy grace,
The kingdoms are but one.

The holy to the hoHest leads,
From hence our spirits rise.

And he that in thy statutes treads.
Shall meet thee in the skies.

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HYMN 238.
The primleges of christians,

1 BLESSED are the sons of God,
Bought with the Redeemer's blood ;
They are ransomM from the grave,
Life eternal they shall have :

All their sins are wash'd away^
They shall stand in God's great day,
With them numbcr'd may w;e be,
Here and in eternity.

2 They produce the fruits of grace,
In the works of righteousness;
They are lights upon the earth,
Children of an heavenly birth ;
One with God, with Jesus. one.
Glory is in them begun ;

With them number'd may we be,
Here and in eternity.

3 Though they suffer upon earth,
Strangers quite to carnal mirth,
Yet they have an inward joy,
Pleasures that can never cloy ; >
They alone are truly blest.

Heirs of God, joint-heirs with Chi:ist;
With them number'd may we be.
Here and in eternity.

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UVMNSv

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H\CMN 239- n

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1 .TO Qod;'«l<^ :di^]y ^sev ■ '- ' ' -•' '' ^ • ^'' !?

Our Saviour and <>iar X*n^, ' ^ -' ^

Let all Ihe sainte below the skits'* '"^'^

Their humble prsuses brii)|g'< j.

2 'Tis his ajmighly Icvve^ r- ' ' ^

His counsel and his care, '- '*^

Preaer>^'<8 m «afe fconr sin s»d d^fHp'^'^
And every hurtfijj^pnare.

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THE saints on eaith.cmd tbps^ ^^Ji^j

But one comm\inion make^
Join'd to their Lord^iff fabnift cXicnr^ •

All Qf jbtifltgraod partake.

One'fimaf,we'dwelfjtiHtii, ' ' \'' ^

One church, abo vej beneath ;
Though now dividedtby the stf^ean^ ,

The narrow, if Jareanj.^ of de^t^ ,7 :

One army of tfae'liTiiig God^- ,r;^ r k il
To his, comncuaid we. bow! y/ - • ^- ^ >

Part of the hpst nave cross'd the flood-.
And part are crossing now*

Lo ! thousands^to thcsr endless home

Ajre swiftly, borne away ; -
And we Are to the margin cohie/

Aod socm ^liSt. IfM^ii^elv m they/' : v 1 H I

Lord jQMi«i> b^ o^r cbnafeant griiA'^ ^'''f;

Then, trlien tlte-word isgi>^#; * Vt
Bid dif|tb;s^cold^fld<^ 4ts w^ves^^divid^^

And land us safe jn-heaven. . "'* <-

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He will present our souls,

Before the glory of his face,
^ Witfc joys drvmely great. *

T)i»i ftU the dboien Med
Shall meet around the throne, -;

Shall hless the conduct pf )iis grace, . .
And make his wopders known.

To out Bede^ner God

Wisdom and |»ower belongs.
Immortal crowns of majeisty.

And everlftstihg' songs.

HYMN 241.

Prepcerdtion for , heaven. '

HEAVEN k aphteft^rwitii^Bii^,
But all who hf>j^ to aateC' there, l

Musi here that holy coiirse bi^iii,
Which shall their souls for rest pn^t.

Clean hearts, O God, in us create,
Right spirits, Lord, in us renew ;
Commence w€j now that higher state,
Now do thy will a$ angels do.

Thy hying temples may we l>e,
Cleansed by thy hallowing presence, Lord !
Abide in us, and we in t&e,
Supremely lov'd, pWy*d, ador'd !

In Jesus' footateps in^y we tr^arf.
Learn every lesson of his love ; '
And be from grace to>*flory^l^^> ' •
Frpm cheaire» Mow «lie iieiiv^feH ibo^.

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230 HYMNS.

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HYMN 242.

. tTalkmg with God^ - '■

1 ETERNAL God, our wonaeriiig aoiila

Admire thy matchless grace,
That thou wilt toMc, that thoa wilt 4w^ll,
Witii Adana*s sinftd race.

2 Cheer'd with thy converse I can teace

The desert with delight;
Through all the ffloona one smile of thme
Can dissipate me night.

3 Nor shall I through eternal days .

A restless pilgrim roam ;
The hand that now directs my course ,

Shall soon convey me home.

4 I ask not Enoch's rapturous flif bt

To realms of heavenly day ;
l^or seek Elijah's car of fire
To bear my ftesh away :

5 Joyful my spirit will consent

To drop its mortal load.
And hail the sharpest pangs of death ^
That break its way to God.

HYMN 243*

The hope of heaven our support under trials,

1 WHEN I can read my title cl^r

To mansions in the skies, . •
I bid farewell to every fear,
And wipe my weeping eyes.

2 Should earth against my soul engage, ,

And hellish darts be hurl d,. ' - , .

Then I cati smile at Satan's rage,
And face a frowamg world.

MISCEl^LAKEOUS.

Let cares like a wild deluge come,
And storms of sorrow fdl,-

Ms^yl but safely reach my liome|,
My God, my heaven^ my ^U? .

There s^all I Lathe my^veary stSMl*
In seas of heavenly rest,

And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast.

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HYMN 244.

Hope of heaven bf^ the resurreoSon ofClirist.

1 BMSS'D he the everlasting Gbd, ,'

The Father of oirr Lord ;
Be hiadbounding mercy prais'd,.^ ' i
His majesty ador'd. > •

2 When from the dead he raised his Son,

And caird him to the, sky.
He gave our souls a lively hope
That they should never die*

3 What though our inbred sins require

Our flesh to §ee the dust,
Yet as the Lord our Saviour rose,
So all his foltowefd must.

4 There's ah inheritance divine .

Reserv'd against that day ;
, 'Tis iricorrupted, undefird,
And fadeth not away.

5 Saints by the power of God are kept,

Till their salvation come ; .
We walk by faith as strangers here, ' '
TiUChrist,shaUcaHushoiie.; ^\ •

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HYMN 345.

•< JTe walk by faith, not by tigJur

1 THERE is a house not made with handfly

Eteitial, and on high j
And here my spirit waiting stands,
TiU God shall bid it fly.

2 Shortly this prison of my clay

Must be dissolved and fall ;

Then, O my soul, with joy obey

Thy heavenly Father's call.

3 "fis he, by his almighty grace,

That forms thee fit tot heaven ;
And, as an earnest of the place^
Has his oWn Spirit given.

4 We walk by faith of joys to come,

Faith rests upon his word;
But while the body is our home^
We*re absent fVom the Lord.

5 'Tis pleasant to believe thy grace;.

But we would rather see ;
We would be absent from the flesh,
^d present, Lord, with thee.

HYMN 346.

TheJoy$ of heaven aniieipated.

1 COME, Lord, and wa^rm each hingutd

Inspire each lifeless tongue ;
And let the joys of heaven impart
Their influence to our song.

2 Sorrow, and pain, and every care,

And discord there shall cease ;
And perfect joy and love sincere
Adorn the realms of peace.

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3 The soul, from tdb ftt'e^^r free,

Shall mourn its power no more ;
But eloth'd inf spotfess purity, ;'
Redeeming love adore.

4 'There all the fdllovvers of the Lamb

Join in immortal songs ; , ,

And endless honours to his naiD^
Employ thpir tuneful tongue^.

HYMN 247.

Death easy in the prospect qfheoj^en,

1 TH ERE is ^ land of pur^ d^ight, ' ;

Where saints immortal reiffp ^ '. .
Infinite day excludes the night, . *
And pleasures banisjti pain. . . ; ,

2 There everlasting spripg abides, j,^ •=>

And n^ver- withering flowers ^; /. {
Death, like a narrow sea, divides , . •
This heavenly fend from purs.

3 Sweet fields, beyond the sweJUng floods

Stand dress'd in living green ;
So to the Jews old Canaan stood,
Wiiile Jordan roird between,

4 But timorous mortals start and shrink

To cross this narrow sea ;
And linger trambilngf oil tlie brink,
And fear to launch away.

5 0! could we make our doubts remove,
, Those gloomy doubts which rise;
And see the Canaan that w*e love

With unbeclouded eyes ; .,

6 Could we but climb where Moses-stood

And vi^w the J^adlqape o'er,: : f

Not Jordan's str^ain,;nQE dttith'scoid^fiobd.
, .Should fright ,y s Aqm 4be, shores . i' /

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. Tis heavenly Caman,

1 TA^hom ifiese nanow MflUM ^mghty

Unbounded j^lories ri^f^f

And Teaims of infinite deligh^i^

Unknown to mortal ey^s.

2 Fair dislMt ktfid ! 'g&M ^mtiMA eym

But half its joys ^explore,
How would o^r spirits long to rise,
And dwell on e^irtli no more 1

3 There pain and ciekiiesii ner^ txyme.

And grief no more complains ;
Health triumphs in immortal blodm.
And endless pleasure reigns. r

4 No doud f^ose hlkiiiM ip^kma Imow,

For ever bright and fair ;
For sin, the source of mortal woe,
Can never enter there.

5 may die heavenly prosp^t fijrf.

Our hearts with ardent love;,
Till wings of futh and strong desire
Bear every thought above 1 .

6 PiepaK us, Lori, by grM3e4imei,

ror tiiy baght cnuffts «n hi^ ;
Then Ind our apinte vbe aad join
The chorus of the sky.

HYMN 240.

The saints in fftdry,

1 «IVE me the wings of'M«it^rii6f ^
* Within the veil, and »ee -
The saintsiabave, b»wgreat<lleii«3^.
How btightiSwrgkffiesbei^^ ^^

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XISCKSUHSDUS. SB6

Once iitey ^#i^4|pQ|Msp|pih6ra}»eioir,

And wet their coiich idtli,t«3«B ;
They wi-estled hafd^ ira we dbnofur.

I ask them .Whence their Yictpry came^
They with united treath / ^

Ascnbe their conquest to the Laiiiby
$hdr tri^iiipph. to his deatk -

The;^ mark*d the fpdtstepd that he trod,
His zeal inSpir'd their breast ;

And following dieir ittcarnate God,
PQ«fieflpJl^]^i3«Qi«'d^«9t^ .

Our glorious Leader claimd our ]ftsas&^
For his own jiattem giveli ; '

While the teng cloud o^witneisBea' '

HYftlN 250.

" These are they wHidh canmoiA^ grjoat trt-

bulationj^

1 EXALTED high at <Jod*s (right hand,
Neat^ ^"dnm* ihan a3Kgi^s^«lnltl[y.
With glory croiMa'd, in.ninte'nn.jc,
Whatatetfaeir names, andwb»icecame they?

2 These are the ^iats Wov'd of God;
Wash'd are tlieir -robes in Jesus' blood ;
More spotless ibau 1£he purest white,
They shine in uncreated light.

3 Tl^<^igh tiibidation^e9t they'came^
They bore ikf cross, and scorn'd tjbe shame ;

- Wltiim t)ie livi^ teo^
In Godptjb^ 4well^ aad on Hxh rest/

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\ Huncer di^ ii^*er ^faall /feel AgfUO) . . ^. »
Nor Dunii|i&; thirst shall tfaf^y sustai|«|
To wolis of living water led, f

By God, the Lamb, for ever fed. ^

5 Jetub, the Saviour^ is their theme ;
They ^ing the wonders of his name;
To him ascribioig power and grace,
Dominion, and eternal praise.

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HYMN 251.

The heavenly JerumUm.

1 JERUSALEM ! my happy borne I

Name ever dear to me !
Wh^n shall my labours have an.eod^
In joy, and peace, and thee ? . ,

2 O when, thou city of my God,

Shall I thy courts ascend,
Where congre^tions ne'er break up,^
And sabbaths never end ? ' '

3 There happier bowers than Eden's bloo^,

, Nor sin nor sorrow know \
BleiBt seats ! through rude aad stormy aeenes
I onward press to you.

4 Why sho.iild I shrink at pain and woe, .

Or feel at death dismay ?
I've Canaan's goodly land in view,
And realms of endless day.

5 Apostles, martyrs, prpphe^ theye^ ;

Around my Saviour stand ; . ,. , '■ /
And soon my friends in CbjU^Wii^iy/.
Will join the glorious band. ;

MISCELLANEOUS. 237

6 Jerusalem ! my happy hoine 1
My soul still pants for thee;
Then shall my labours have an end,
When I thy joys shall see.

HYMN 252.

*^Set yonr affections on thingt above.**

1 RISE, my soul, and spread thy wings^

Thy biettcr portion trace ;
Rise from transitory things,

Towards heaven, thy native place :
Sun, and moon, and stars decay,

Tutte shall soon this learth removfe^
Rise, mj soUl, and haste away

To sea<s prepared abov«.

2 Rivers to the oceah run,

Nor stay in all their course ;
Fire ascending seeks the sun ;

Both speed them to their source:
So a soul that's horn of God

Pants to view his glorious fece„
Upwards tends to his abode.

To rest in his embrace.

3 Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn,

Press onward to the prize ;
Soon your Saviour will return

Triumphant in the akies :
Yet a season, and you know

Happy entrance will be given,
All your sorrows left below,

And earth ex^angVl for heaven.

238

HYMNS.

HYMN 253.

The future peace and glory of the (Jhurch.

1 HEAR what God the Lord bath sppken :

" my people, faint and few ;
** Comfortless, afflicted, broken,

" Fair abodes I build for yon :
** Thorns of heart-felt tribulation
Shall no more perplex your ways ;

You shall name your walls, salvation, -

'' And your gates shall all be praise.

2 ** Ye no more your suns descending,

** Waning moona no more «hall see ;
" But, your griefs for ever ending,

** Find eternal noon in me :
*' God shall rise, and shining o^er you, ;

** Chanse to day the gloom of nigl\t ;
" He, the jLord, shall be your glory^

" God your everlastiAg light,"

HYMN 254.

The dying christian.

1 " SPIRIT— leave thine house of clay T
Lingering dust — ^resign thy breath ! . .
Spirit — cast thy chains away !
Du8t-4}e thoudissolv'd in death !'*
Thus the Almighty Saviour speaks,
When the faithful christian dies;

Thus the bonda of life be breaka,
And the ransom'd captive flies !

2 " Prisoner— long detained below I
Prisoner — ^now with freedom blest !
Welcome — from a world of woe !
Welcome — ^to a land of rest !*'
Thus the choir of angels sing.

As they bear the soul on high ;
While with hallelujahs ring
All the resrions of the skv !

HISC£LLAM£OUS.

23y

Grave— th^ guardian of our dust !

Grave — the treastiry'Xjf tbe skies !

Every iitom of thy trust v * - ^ l^

'Bests in hope again to rise !

Hark I the judgment trumpet calls !

*' Soul, rebuild thy house of clay—'

Immortality thy walls,

And Eternity thy day t"

HYMN 255.

Ckfiafe second coming, '

1 THE Lord shall come ! the earth sWl quake.
The mountains to tiieiir cenfcre shake ;

And^ withering from the vault of night,
The stars shall pale their feeble light.

2 The Lord shall come ! but not the same
As once in lowliness he came,

A silent Lamb before his foes,
A weary man, and full of woes.

3 The Lord shall come ! a dreadful form.
With rainbow- wreath and robes of storm ;
On cherub wings, and wings ofwind, ,
Appointed Judge of all mankind.

4 Can this be he, who wont to stiwy,
A pilgrim on the world's highway.
Oppressed by pow'r, iettid mock'd by piiA,
The Nazarene, — the crucified ?

5 While sinners in despair shall call,

** Bocks, hide us ; mountains, on us fell !"
The saints, ascending from the tomb,
Shall joyful cry " The Lord is come !"

240 HTMNS.

HYMN 256.

** Hallelujah^ far the Jj&rd God Omnipoteni

rei^nethr

1 HARK ! the song of jubilee
Loud B« mighty uiuaden roar.
Or the fulness of the sea, -
When it breaks unon the shove :
Hallelujah i for the Lord
God Omnipotent shall re^ ;-
, Hallelujah f let the word ■ .;a

Echo round the earth i^d maio* ^

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Hflllehijah !<^<-hark ! the spimd,

From the centre to the skies,

WaluM aboTe, beneath, around,

All cieation's harmonies :

See Jehovah's banner furl'd,

£liM«lb'd his sword : He sjpeakh^iis ddn^' ''

AndthekiagdonifloftheworUK ^^

Are the kingdoms of his Sob.

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He shall reign &om pole to pok, .. •^ ^

Witji illimitable sway; ■■ .'--^^

He shall reign, when, like a sondl^ .. .• ^ a
Yonder heavens have pass'd away ;
Then the end ; — ^beneath his rod, ^ : n

Man's last eMmj abnU lallj
Hallelujah! Christ in. God,
, God in Christ, is AUWAU. ,

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4CrORDlNG to t}iy;«^caoiift word .*«••««... . ^ .... 1^

Affliction is a stormy de^p. • . « .,. • » • . i • . . • 90

A^ain the day ret«riw «f holy rest ..,.•....«;. . .,•> • • 1(H

Aguin the Lord of life aad light • v. »1

Alas ! and did my Savioar bleed • .,• • • »« 88

4Jb8 ! by natnre bow depray'd • . • • . .^ . «u. • . • • • «« 172

All hail the g-reat ImmauuePs name •• ;•••.... 96

All people that on earth do dwell ... ...-.• ..••„•» •« • •»% 47 -

And is the f^pel peace and love . , . ,;,.,, . . ^. , , .^^^^ .^ 198
Aad will the Judg^ descf qd •,• • •.. • •• • • • *♦•.•• ^* %f^ *»?; 76

Apother six days* work is done.,|i..«^^.«^^,..«,,,.^4. .. 105
Are we the aoldiera of !tfa« cros^.^ • ^ ^ . ,,i> -j.^ r*»j^A^ • ^-^^ j 20p
Ariap«. qiy tendf i*est tl^QnffbtSy .aHk* •«•«*#«•• .ci.m * • -Jt 84
ij^rise, O Kiogf of i^race^ arise. . . • • .^p ••#.,« .». ,^. •^••a 6^
A* pants the hart for eooUqg; streajQn , . v^*.** «*^«« »« •A 20

4ttendy O earth, whilst I declare «•••... ^ «• 1

Awake, and sin^ the 9(^g . • « . ^ • »,w« ; U • * • .-• « • • '• «'• . • 2S4'
Awake, my sonl, and with the aon •«...«• r« •» • «v« . .;^ 132
A^ake, my aoul, atl^tch evei^y: uerv<t. * « « • ; . • • • , ^ • . ^ , 206

9PFORE JehovaVs awfnVthii]tn<? • • • • • • ; . ; .^ . 7y. .^^ 40

Behold the Lamb of God,.y^hQ boi-e. .a * **• •^^ • • .f •^-•^f 206
Behold the Saviour of mankind ........... ^ ... t ^ '^. »^ 86

Behold the throne of grace. ..... ..^ ; . ; • ..^ . . • 211

Behold, what wondrous grjic&. f.*.«c. 183

Beset with snares on every. hand ••..-• 21^2

Beyond the dearest joys of earth •••« .. 118

Beyond the glittering starry sky • ,, 96

Bless, O my soul, the living God • • • • • 50

Blessed arc tbe sons of God •...........•••. 227

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lilessM be the everlasting Go(\ 231

Bless'*] he Ihv Father and bis love •••...••••.•• 162

Blest are the humble souls that svt.i. 198

BIcf t are the sons of peace • 63

Blest are the souls that hear and know • . 41

Blest luslructor! from thy ways • • 10

Blr&t is the man whose heart expands I4D

Blow ye the trumpet, blow 163

Bright as the san^s meridian blaze 143

Buried in shadows of the uig-ht 175

CAPTAIN of Israel's host, and ^uide 2l4

Captain of thiue enli^ted host 143

Christ the Lord is riseo to-day 90

Christ, whose iflory fills the skies • S3

ChriHtionsi, a wfiike, and raise your eyes »••• 137

Come, Father, Son, and Huly Ghost 102

Come, g racious Lord, deiictnd and dwell 112

Come, grarioup Spirit, heavenly Dove ". • • • • . i . C^

Come, Holy Spirit, come ^

Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove 98

Come, let our voices join to raise • ., 46

Come, let us join ou t cheerful songs 186

Come, Lord, and warm each langfuid heart .'. , . 23iJ

Conte, thou fount of every blessing- • 15^

Come, thou loug'-ex peeled Jesus , , , , 74

Come, weary souls, with sin distressed 167

Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched 106

Come, ye that h»ve the Lord 220

Creator Spirit! by whose aid ...,,, 97

D12AR refuge of my weary soul , , 2ig

Dearei^t uf all 1 he names ubo>ve I75

Descend frouj heaven, inijiiorlaJ Dove , . , 1 .... . II3

Dismiss us witjithy b!e..i,.^', Lord ........!.'.!'. U9

INDEX. iii

P8ge
EARLY, my God, without delay , 29

l^nsnarM too long our hearts have been . 16ft

Eternal God, ou r wonderinar souU 230

Eternal Power ! whose high abode lOQ

Eternal source of every juy •..•, 156

Exalted high at Go<l 's rig^ht hand ....,* 285

TA R from our thoug^hls, vain world, brg^one Ill

Far from the wortd, O Loi-d, I flee i 209

Far from these na rrow scenes of nig^ht • .............. 234

Father divine, thy piercing: eye 210

Father, how wide thy gflory shines , loo

Father, in whom we live ,,., ^ lOl

Father of mercies, in thy word 161

Father of niercies, send thy grace , 138

Fat her, what e*er of earthly bliss , 204

Fur ever blessed be the Lord , 67

por mercies, countless as the sands 159

For thee, () God, our conjitant praise 29

Fountain of mercy, God of love •.» ■,.••>....•.. 149

Fi;eqnent the day of God returns , 116

From all that^lwell below the skies ..••... ,, 55

from Greenland's icy mountains «.... I44

From the crob^ u plifled higb^ , . ...... 4 .. . 165

GIVE roe the wings of faith to rise * 234

Giv^ thanks to God ^ he reigns above *•....... 53

Ciive to ou r Q.od immortal praise .... w ...... • 64

Glory .to thee, my God, this night . . .* 133

G9 to dark Gcthsemane *.;.., 218

Go, wur^hipjit Inm9QMersyect ....* ..189

God. in his temple let us meet «... • 62

God, in the gospel of his Son l^jS

God is the refuge of his saints r..* .....* 2*i2

liod uiQvesiu a n)ysterious nay .t..^..,., ••.. ).'

IT iiMUff.

Owl oTmjrciiUdbood sod my ]r4mth....««^ •«••».••••« ^^
God of nylifi^dirou^ all {todays. «..*••,.. ........ ItO^

Godofny lli^»totlieeI call ..« • ..• ^^,

Qnd ofonr life! thy raHoiis prafee • ••• 1^^

Qnee is a plant, wbere'cr it grows • . . .. m.* 1^

QfsceS Huacbarmingsottod •.«-•••• ?••••'•• ^%

Qreit 0od of Aliraiiam 1 hesr oar prayer ••«........ 14^

QfeatGod» this sacred day of tbitie • 10^

Ck«atGod,wbatdolieeaiidhear 76

0ftatistbeI:ordottrGod.. «....» ^ 2)

9rfat'Rvler of the eartb and- skies 14^

Great Sbepberd of thy people bear ......^Nil

Great' was the day, tbe joy was great .-*.«m....^

Guldieine^Otboii great Jehovah .• .2,]b|

• ^

SAIL the day that; sees him rise .^t^.. 94

■iq>py the bovIb to Jesus join'd ..•••■ •• . •. 29f

Bark, the glad soand \ the Saviour comes .. .,•..*•... .7^

Hark ! the herald angels siog • ••• 7S

Sark itfac soiv; Qf^jubtlee ^ H..,....t4#

flarfc! the roice of love and mercy.* • •••f jl^

Have mercy. Lord, OB me ....... .......•• -•••., ^

ill diet rthe friend of sinners dies ?••-•.«• j^

lie who on earth as man was known ........ .m*.*.. ,.lfil

Hear, l/rrd, the song of praise and pra3''er t .••••• ^ 14^

Hear me, O'God, when near thy throne. • . . • • • « . . « .^ • . S

Hear me, O Lord, in my distress 07

ilear what God the- Lord haih -spoken* • . ••••«• Tr: ^f^

'Hear ^bat tbe voice from heaven proclaims ...«.,.... 136

Heaven is a place of rest from «in ,....«...,^«.. 2)9

•Help us, O Lord, thy yoke to wear- ». • . 199

•Henceforth ray soul shall bless the Lord... «• ••• . 7

'Higb in tbe heaveoS| eternal God. » • » « «•• ..... . • )7

: High let nt swell our tunefhl nolies... ..••«.,....,..'.. 77

IKDKX. T

ift ! ewerj one tlutt thints dritir nlg'h •••.»••• Hff

Itbly abd i^^md is the hame ;•• »..• M'

itow ire thy ftertftiitf biased, O Lord <..•..«..;••«•. 155^

Itow beauleiiuii are their feet *.» •••• lOS'

lt<m beautiful the sight ^'

DW ble^t is he who tieVr consenta ••••• »•«••••• -V

ftow btent the man, with mercy cirowaM ••• ..•• M'

If ow cdndescl^iidihg and how kind .••••..•.•..••...• Vt4'

Ifuw did my heart rejoice to hear •..«.. •• ••• 89

How happy they who know the Lor3 ••• .••...•••*•• 395* .

Huw helplesn ifuitty nature liea • •• ITS'

fVuw tar^ the promioe, how diyhie ..;•.•••• Itt

flow pieaKBiit, how divinely fair ..».. ••.*.»••• 99

itow rich thy ^ifta, almifrhty Khi^ • ISO

How tad our state bjp ifafuf^e is • ; 173

How shall the yonngf secure their lieartn 56

How street, how heavenly is the sigpht. ' t^

How i#^^eet' the name df Jesus sounds .••••»• iM

How valA'iii% aU thlil^ here below «H

*.'• '^j'-f^t •%

l^lOVBtby holy temple, Lord • 1l

1^1 prtfiitettoy Maker with my hreath ;......v... ^99

Ifi Gdd V own bottte protvounce bis praiie ;••••••.•;• .^ 7t

Ifiiloild exalted strains.... ;•..•••••••. Mt

1)1 tender mtnrcy, not Ifi wrath ,'. ......;.•...«. 4

in miA ou r Ihhey st lives to paint ....... ^i .' • . . 1^

Incarnate God, the Koul that inows '••«.•; 411

'JKRUSALEM! my happy home r fOB

Jefiuir! and shalMt ever be ...•»• I9l

JeMUflChrisit Is Hdeii to-day. ....t. *••••»-.. iV* HO

'Jesus, t love thy charmingpfiame •••.'• .'.••.. 192

Jesiisi, lover of my soul :t...."4n

iesus^ my Lord, bow Vich tHy gnt^ ; .;;;•..••.' : ;*; . • • 149
iesba shall reign whereWibe t«h '...'. .;'..V:;^Ur..,;-'^

VI INDBX.

Jettts shall let the needy free 35

Jestts^ the spring of joys divioe •••••• • •.••...• 179

Jctaiiy wherever thy people nueet •• • 107

Join all the glorious namea ...•••.•.•.••'. 188

Joy to the world I the Lord is come. •.•••••• .. 46

LET every mortal ear attend ......•••..« 164.

Let reason vainly boast her power •»•• 131

Let worldly minds the world pursue •• 194

Life is the time to serve the Lord ••••.••••• 169

Lift up your heads in joyful hope ••.....••• 79-

light of those whose dreary dwelling • 74

Lo I he comes with clouds descending 7^

Lo! in the east appears a star •••.•••• ••• 81

Long have we heard the joy fn I sound ••••••••• • 11^

Look down, O Lord, and on our youth <••• 129f

Lord, dismbs us with thy blessing ..«•• «• llt^

Lord, how delightful *tis to see..* • • • • t. ••. • • 119

Lord, I am vile, conceiv'd in sin .•••••••.•• ••« 26^

Lord, I have made thy word my choice.*.*. •••••••.« d9

Lord, if thou thy grace impart ••>•••• 209-

Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear •«.•• • ^

Lord, in the temples of thy grace. •.•••... ..,•.••.••• lit

Lord, roakemefaithful to thy call ••• .••• 201

Leid of the sabbath, bear our vows. ••••••.•••^••••,« 117

Lord of the worlds above 39

Lord, thou hast bid thy people pray 146

Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me through ...«•••; 65

Lead, *tis a pleasant thing to stand •. 45

Lord, we adore thy vast designs .••••••»••••••••.«., 154

Loid, weadorethy wondrous name. •.•••••. •••••.... 220

Jtmvdf we come before thee now.....* «•••• 100

Lord, when my thoughts delighted rove 193

L»rd, when thon didst ascend on high... ••..••,.•,,.. 32
Lord, when we bend bel^NV thy throne too

IKDEX. Vll

Paf«

Love divine, all lave excelliDg^. •• # •••• * 112

]if A Y the g^race of Clirist our Saviunr 120

Mighty God ! while angels blew tbce 8l

Mortals, awake, with au^eb join. .....•• 78

My God, accept my early vows • •••• •••• 66

My God, aud is thy table spread 125

My God, how endless is thy love ••.••• • 133

My God, my everlasting hope r.. 33

My God, my King, thy various praise • 156

My God, permit me not to be • 209

My God, the covenant of thy love ••••.. 221

My God, the spring of all my joys ...•••» • 224

Illy God, the steps of pious men • . . • 18

My great Redeemer and my Lord 195

My helper, God! I bless his name • 135

JI9y never-ending song shall show • ••. 41

My Savionr, my almighty friend 34

My Shephei-d is the living Lord ...• ••«.. 11

My Shepherd will supply my neefl ...• • 19

My song shall bless the Lord uf all .••...• • • • • • 80

My soul, inspirM with sacred K»ve «..•.••• 40

My soul liescleavtug to the dust S7

My soul, praise the Lord, speak good of his name .... 51
Afy soul, repeat his praise.. • ••..*• 50

Naked as from the earth we came ••••t.. 203

Numore,my God, I boast no more 176

N4>t all the blood of beasU ...196

Not to the terrors of the Lord 164

Not unto u«, but thee alone *. ••••»••»••• »•.•. 116

Now b^in the heavenly theme. •r.....*, 185

Now be my heart inspir'd to sung. •••••••*•*••• 91

Now for a tunc of lofty praise • ..« 96

Now, gracious Lordi, thine arm reveal •• 114

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Novletourdwerfvliejki^nnFVf,*. : . ••••J/lW

9iow totbeJU»nl aiiobleBong>«,.*.« • ••• )i^

OFOR a closer wiitk with God ..««.. ••..•..;.. ....20iP

Oibr ftftbotit c^Mcrpd joy. •••..•• • ••••• 33

Q Ibr.a thoitaaQd tonf aei to «iiif • 174

O Ibr that 6ame of liYiny fire 206/

O from the wgtrld*! Tile slmv<ery : fH^

OGod! mine iomost «o«l convert ••..••••••. T70'

O God, my heart it fix'd and bent .,.:** ;...... 37

OGodofhoiiU» tbemiirbty Lord ..;.••«........ 3^

OGodof Jacob, by whose hand 215

OQod,oiir help in ages past.....*...**....*...* •••• ^

O Lord, my best desire l«lfil • •••».V..^....*i: 102;

O Lord, o(pr Kil«, bow cscellcnf • ;• J. • . . .' 5 ;

O Lord, our Rock» to thee we fly. .....;•• . • . • •' Iff^

OLord,tnm not thy facefrom me •••...•• V. * 83"

Omay my beart> by grace renew'd;. .•<.'•**••. ..;•!.' 208^

O praise the Lord in that blevt place ,7^..

O render thanks, and bless the Lord ..••.•••••.•..'.. M

O render thanks to Qod above ....» :.::..../ ISH^^

O Spirit of the living God ..........l.: t4!)i'^

O that the UhtI indeed .4..:...... .;.V1I^;

O that the Lord would gnide my ways. ......... ^. ••'.• ^fff'

O tbov, from whom ali goodness flows- •• • • . . . .^ . .. ^ • df6*'

OtboQ, that heai^at when sinners cry. ••••.• •..«..... '28'

O tboo, to a-hum all creatures bow. ••...;.«./..... 1 •' I '

O tbonj who earnest from above • ';....^.' t^'

O thon, wboiQ neither lime nor space. •..••••..••..*.. 1118 "^
Oibon, whose tender mercy ^eara •.'•••••;...•• ...'^ '^ -

(Ver the gloomj hills of darkness* •••fc... ;;... .i \JS

OVwhelm'd with sorrows and with Aars ....**. .V* -» . ^ -*

Oft as the bell, with solano toll ;..*..i4.; ^SS'^

On what haa now been sown .•*.«••... •....♦..•/.'.^ Iw'

Q^ morewecoiiie. ()^oceo«rCMI, .k—»»«**.4.*... 115

^^ God, how firm bis i^ttite ttmd •••••*. 220

<^vr humble yojc^, P^c4> we. raise •••«•• .w i'« v « • «-• • • * 149

Oar Lord is risen from the dead ••• 18

(^oftbedjqiitl^QflopgaUtfeMi •••%••.•.»»«•..... 6D

PI.UNG'D iaaeQlfof.darkdMpRir ••v* •• 1^

1*1*3186 1116 Lord who reii^ns above.*;*.** ••••••.•• 71

Fraise to the Lprd, who bowabki ear ••.«*••*«• U8

^msej^e the Lord ; 'tis good to raise * •••* 09 '

H^yer b the80urssiQceredcaire«*v***,..«*.. ^....i, tl^
Prayer was appointed to convey ••«*•••••••«...••••. Ill

REJOICE^ belierer, in the LonI »*.*..*.rf***.f *...«. 9H

Remark, my soul, the narrow boewls^** *..•• 196

ij^tnrn, p Lofd^ aqdgrant some rest •««**« •■••.*^.*.. 43
Rise, gracious (^od^^and shine •••*•• ••**»•••......* ^1

Rise, my soul^ an^ .spread Iby wing« «*. «»*•*«. * . tSft

Rodk of Ages, cleft for nie-*-*. ••«...••••••«<<••. .*•• 69 '

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SALVATION js for ever nigh.**. •.*.* 40

Mvationlp the joyful sound •«••.. ••i..*..«,.. 183

Si^^urdiTinej, we k^ow thy naaie, *•.*;••«.•.•••••• I77

IS^ f r^ciouf ^ppdj.before thy throne • • • 1^

See IsraeTs gentle $bcpberd stand e. ,*•••.• ^ •*..*. .. . . 121

Sl^ pity, ^-o,rd,.Q Lord* Ibrgive ^. ... • 85 '

Sbioe, m^htj God, on Britatin shine • ..*.••••• 81 '

Since all t^e dowqw.ard tracks of time « • 155

So (et our lips. and lives express «*••« •• «• |86

Saii^.pf men, bdioljd from fisi- ••**••• 82

SfliVjerejgn ri^ler. of the skies .*•••* ••..*••••«• 221

Sp«fit of m^rcy, trutbrandleve **•••• 89

SpiHt!.l^ve thine hfittse of «lay 288

Sweet is the, fi:i^ndly voice that speeks *.. 174

Swseef is the memory of thy grece •.4*.....« • 68

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Sweet » the work, my God, my King.......*. ...•••• 44

8w«et the momcirtiiy rich ia bletsiog ^t,. 2^8

TEACH me the iMMvre «f my days %..•••..••• Y8

Thanks fin* mcrciet p«»t receive ••••/. •• ||8

That awful boar will aoonappcar • ••••• 129

The God of Abraham praise •••••••• l&l

The hcaTens declare thy glory. Lord ...«•••.• lO

The Kiof of saints, how fair his face •••••••••• • 21

The I^rd descended from above .••• s

The Ijord my pastnreabaH prc'pare •••••••••••••••••• 12'

The Lord of glory is my light .• l:^

The Lord receives his highest praise • ••• 193

The Lord shall come ! the earth shall quake 239

The Lord, the Judge, before his throne ••.,•••• 24

Thesaiots on earth, and those above 228

TheSavfour! O whst endless charms «... 179

The spacious firmament on high • 9

The San of Righteoasness appears ..• .•• 93

•Thee we adore. Eternal Name •.•...•••••••• • 136

There is a fountain Bird with blood 178

There is a house not made with hands. • , 293

There is a land of pnre deligbl ..* 2^

There is a stream, whose gentle 6ow •••• 22

This God is the God we adore ^ ^S23

This is the day the Lord hath made •••....• «^ 65

Those who with holy confidence •^•••. ...... 00

Thou art the way ; to thee alone ..195

Thou great Redeemer, dying I jamb 181

Thou, Lord, art my secure defence ••••.. 2

Thou only sovereign of my heart • ^l6

Thrice happy souin, who, burn from heaven ....••••.. 197
Through all the changing scenes of life • • • . • 16

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Tliroogb endless years thou art the same •..'•........ 49

Through waves, and cloucls, and storms ..... ^ '.;..'.' . ^

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^Tlius far on 1ife*8 perplexiiqr path ..•••.. 214

' "liiilA saSCh the liord', ** your work is vain ..•••• 19

Thutnaith tlie mercy of the Lord 1^

) Thiii speaks tife higfh and lofty One..... I&3

C liiy presence, g^racious Gocl^ afford 114

? Time, Kke an eTer-rollingf stream.. ^2

) Time,' irNiftt an empty vapour *tis .« I37

'1 ' '^vt by thy strength the mountains stand ..•• 90

^Tis relig^ion (hat can gfive • .••••• 171

' To bless thy chosen race »,..« ^

! To celebrate thy praise, O Lord ? 6

i To-day God bids the faithful rest 105

To God, in whom I trust 14

To God, the mighty Lord 63

To Crod, the only wise •....•.. 3^

To-morrow, Lord, is thine .•••...•.•...............• 171

To bnr Redeemer's g^lorious name • 186

To Sion's hill Ilifk mine eyes • 58

UP to the hills I lift mine eyes ;. 58

VAIN are Ihe hopes the sons of men 177

Vast are thy works. Almighty Lord 53

WE give immortal praise •••••. .•......« 103

Welcome sweet day of rest 104

What shall I render to my God • 54

What sinners value, I resign ....« 8

When all bespeaks^ Father's love 6

When all thy mercies, O my Gud. •••.......... ...... Isn

When gathering clouds around I view •••• 219

When 1 can read my title clear ...••.•• 230

When 1 survey the wondrous cross...... 89

When, O my Saviour, when shall I 116

When overwhelmed with grief •••... 88

While eamal rneoy witb all tbeir miffhl • •• 206

Wlio can dncrib« the joys thatrUe..*** 108

Who f hall sMend thy heavenly place •••••• ••• 7

Why do we moam departing friends 132

Why should the children of a Kiner 223

With all my powers of heart and ton^cue 64

With g\ory clad, with streng^th arrayM •••• 45

.With joy we meditate the gfrace..., » 190

With one consent let all the earth , 47

YE boundless realms of joy • 70

Ye hearts with yonthfnt viffonr warm •• 183

Ye saints and senranis of the Lord • .^ ••'••««•«• &4

Ya serrants of God, yonr Master proclaim 102

YeacrrantsoftheLord ...< • 206

Y« that pass by, heboid thc^i^.i* 86

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