w8 P FIRST LINES, TO FIND ANY PSALM OR HYMN. The Hymns will be found in the following Table after the Psalms, in al- phabetical order, marked Hymns; the Appendix Hymns are also marked. Aa Page. | AH ye that love the Lord, rejoice 224 Almighty Ruler of the skies 10 Almighty God appear and save 14 Amid thy wrath remember love 55 Among th' assemblies of the ll« Among the princes, earthly gods 123 And will the God of grace 118 Are all the foes of Zion fools 78 Are sinners now so senseless 17 : Arise my gracious God 20 ; Ari^e, < » King of grace, arise 200 As pants the hart for cooling 62 • Awake my soul with fervent 363 ! Awake ye saints, to praise your 204 j HYMNS. A good High Priest is come 329 | Adam, our father and our head 279 1 Adore the Father and the Son 260 ' Alas! and did my Savior bleed 383; Alas ! how chang'd that lovely 442 Alas ! what hourly dangers rise 428 Almighty Father, bless thy word 479 I Almighty Father, gracious Lord 264 ; Aloud we sing the wondrous 424 j Am I a soldier of the cross 430 And are we wretches yet alive 382 And did the holy and the just 311 And is the gospel peace and love 307 And must this body die 446 Angels ! roll the rock away '320 j Approach, my soul, the mercy 400 : Arise, my tenderest thoughts, 281 1 As on the cross the Savior hung 513 As once the Savior took his seat 385 As when the weary trav'ller 528 Ascend thy throne. Almighty 344 Astonish'd and distress'd 279 Attend while God's exalted Son 360 Attend, ye children of your God 404 At thy command, our dearest Lord413 Awake, awake the sacred song 302 Awake and sing the song 527 •Awak'd by Sinai's awful sound 36-1 Page. Awake, my soul, in joyful lays 257 Awake, my soul, lift up thine 431 Awake, my soul, stretch ev'ry 520 Awake, my tongue, thy tribute 252 Awake, sweet gratitude and sing 326 A charge to keep [ have (£pp.) 591 Acquaii t thee, O mortal, acq. 596 Amen ! — my Father hears my 599 Am I called ? can it be 573 An alien from God, and a Strang. 566 And now another day is past 580 And have I measured half my days 59.5 And will the Lord thuscond. 541 Arm of the Lord1, awake, awake 569 As panting in the sultry beam 546 Awake our souls, away our fears 558 B. Before Jehovah's awful throne 145 Behold, O God, what cruel foes 114 Behold the blest Redeemer comes 59 Behold -the lofty sky 25 Behold the love, the gen'rous love 50 Behold the morning sun 26 Behold the stately cedar stands 153 Behold the sure foundation stone 174 Behold thy waiting servant, Lord 182 Bless, O my soul, the living God 149 Blest are the undefiled in heart 175 Blest are the souls that hear and 128 Blest is the man for ever blest 44 Blest is the man who?e bowels &l Blest is the nation where the Lord 46 By Babel's streams the captives 206 HYMNS. Begin, my soul, th' exalted lay 236 Begone unbelief, my Savior is 389 Behold! long- wish'd- for spring 481 Beho'd the day ! the appointed 301 Behold th' expected time draw 461 Behold the Savior of mankind 312 Behold the sin atoning Lamb 311 Behold what condescending love 404 Beliold what wondrous grace 367 TABLE OF FIRST LINES. Page. I Page, Behold, where in a mortal form 307 Deluded souls, who think to grasp 515 Beneath a num'rous train of ills 275 Did ever one of Adam's race 357 Beside the gospel pool 510 j !>o not I love thee, O my Lord 421 Be stiil, my h art, these anxious 525|Dread Sqv'reign, let my ev'ning * Beyond the glittering starry skies 324 Blessed are the sons of God 36- 3-10 Blest bs the Eternal Infinite 484 Blest bs ilia tie that binds 42li Blest Comforter divine 33:> Blest is the man whose heart 470 Blest is the man whose soft ning 471 Blest is the mem'rj of the j'tst 391 Bless'd Jesus when my soaring 2^5 Bless'd morning whose young 31*; Bless'd wiiB the joys of innocence -273 Blow ye til'3 trumpet, blow Bright as the sun's meridian Bright King of glory, dreadful 2C By faith in Christ we're justified 3< Behold a stranger at the (App.) 53J C. Children in years and knowledge 48 Come sound his praise abroa 1 139 Consider all my sorrows, Lord 185 HYMNS. Can aught beneath a pow'r 3,?-2 Christ the Lord is ris'n to-day 316 Come, dearest Lord, and bless 473 Come, dearest Lord, andfeed thy 475 Come grarioiis Spirit, heav'nly 334 Come happy souls, approach your 2 7 Come, Holy Spirit, come 335 I Come, Holy Spirit, heav'nly Dove 33'i Come humble sinner in whose 356 Come, let us join our cheerful Come, U thou all-victorious Lord 478 Come weary souls, with sins 351 Come, we that love the Lord 376 Come, ye th it know and fear 257 Commit thou all thy griefs 272 Celestial worlds! your (A 'pp.) 53(> Come, thou Fount of ev'ry 548 Come, ye weary, heavy laden 541 Come, youthful sinners, come 574 Come, ye disconsolate, where'er 584 D. David rejoiced in God his strength 30 Deep in our hearts let us record 07 HYMNS. Day of judgment, day of wonders 440 Dearest of all names above 285 Dear Lord, and shall thy spirit 332 Dear Savior, we are thine 363 Death cannot make our souls 439 Death may dissolve my body now 439 Death ! 'tis a melancholy day 441 Death, with his dread commission 496 Death rides on ev'ry passing (^pp) 563 E, Early my God without delay 88 Exalt the Lord our God 144 HYMNS. Enslav'd by sin, and bound in 283 Ere the blue heav'ns were stretch. 297 Eternal Go i ! Almighty Cause 246 Eternal King, enthron'd above 407 Eternal King, the greatest, best 253 Eternal Pow'r, whose high abode 259 Eternal Spirit ! 'twas thy breath 243 Eternal Spirit ! we confess 330 Eternal Wisdom ! thee we praise 263 Eternity ! stupendous theme 454 Exalted high at Gods right hand 454 Eneompass'd with clouds (App.) 547 Eternity is just at hand 566 Euwrapt in thickest shades of 589 Far as thy name is known 70 Father, 1 bless thy gentle hand 188 Father. I bless thy wondrous 99 Firm and unmoved are they 194 Fools in their hearts believe and 16 For ever blessed be the Lord 214 For ever shall my song record 126 to age exalt bis name 160 From all that dwell below the 173 From foes that round us rise 84 HYMNS. Faith adds new new charms to Faith is the bright! Fait;). 'tis a precious grace Far beyond all comprehension Far from the utmost verge of day 460 Far from these narrow scenes of 455 Father of faithful Abr'ain hear 343 Father of mercies, God of love jjjgl Father of mercies, in thy word 238 Father of mercies, send thy grace 403 Few are thy days, and full of wo 435 Frequent the day of God returns 477 From Greenland's icy mountains 462 From whence these direful omens 311 From Calvary a cry was {App.) From ev'ry stormy u ind that 391 3?0 387 291 53G 537 Give thanks to God, he reigns Give thanks to God, invoke his Give thanks to Cod most high Give to the Lord, ye sons of 159 155 204 41 Deceiv'd bySubtle snares of hell 278 1 God counts the sorrows of his 82 Deep in the dust before thy 4277 ' God from his cloudy cistern pours ,56 TABLE CF FIRST XIXES. Page. I Page. God in his earthy temple lays 125 ! Happy beyond description he 509 God is our refuge in distress 07 Happy the heart where graces 42C God, my supporter aad my hope 105 Happy the man who finds the 525 God of eternal love 153 Happy soul, thy days are ended 438 God of my lite, look gently down 53 ; Hark ! from the tombs a doleful 430 God of my childhood and my 102 ; Hark my soul ! it is the Lord 422 God of my mercy and my praise 164 1 Hark ! 'tis our heav'nly Leader s 430 Good is the Lord, the heav'nly 92 ! Hark the glad sound ! the Savior's 305 20* 167 115 347 289 299 524 He lives! the great Redeemer 325 He's crime, let ev'ry knee be bent 333 Hear what God, the Lord hath 341 Hear what the voice from heav'n 436 , Hear what the voice from heav'n 440 I Here, at thy table, Lord, we meet 411 343 High in yonder realms of light 459 28 i Ho ! ev'ry one that thirsts draw 353 254 377 486 509 411 512 Great God attend while Zion 120 1 Hark the song of jubilee Great God attend to my complaint 90 j Hark ! the voice of love and Great G od, indulge my humble 88 Hark ! what mean those holy Great God whose universal sway 103 Hasten, O^sinneM^be wise Great is the Lord, exalted high Great is the Lord, his works of tGreat is the Lor. I our God :'es. Page. I love this hour of calm repose I love thy kingdom, Lord Indulgent God ! to th -.-- [ raise 37- Innmte grace ! and can it be 258 In sweet e.\ In vain my fancy strives to paint 437 in what contusion eanh appears 51■-> It shall be well, letsinners know &5 1 hear a voice that comes (Jpp.) 543 I love to steal awhile away I saw one banging on a tr. Page. Lord, if thine eyes survey our 13; If I most die, oh I fa> it ns sweet to mingle where is there a time when moments J. Jehovah reigns; he dwells in Jesus, my God. my all in all , _ ^ v.ji.a "unci UUI the morning thou shalt 6 ibove 121 Lord, thou hast call'd thy grace 122 Lord, thou ha>t form'd my soul 23 Lord thou hast beard thv servant 174 Lord, thou hast planted with thy 116 Lord, thou hast scourg'd our 85 Lord, thou n lit hear me u hen I 5 3 a plea-ant thing to 13ti Lord, we have heard thy works 64 Lord, what is man, poor feeble 215 Lord, what was man when made 9 '■ when I count thv mercies 210 0S0 Lord, when iniquities abound 15- 90 I would not live alwav I ' *k no! £i 11 ", pities abound If I must die. i w}n'; r" * :1?u "»<>« *u«"c,wiihci; Jesus, our s^uls^Stmfchoice SI fSj' ■' T^1}*?** *° Jesus the Lord our souls adore IS E5 ' £ ^ dark and dismaI Jesus, the spring of jots d iv,ne Ut K 2? * ft" °f hoav'ul>' " Jesus, with all thv sainls abovP £9 {" £ *£°° Wlth an u"erring 250 Join all the g lo Sus , ame^ H ftS thV T^'?' «***»*•■■ 364 Jesus, I my cross bavTjL 1 §5 ^ ' " ad°re thv van des«M «• Jesus, LordofiifeatVglorT WIASSSSX^SST fS L. Ie» Zion-s watchmen ail .8PP\ .572 Let a'l the heathen writer* join lq) , rd' we come b sfore thee now 555 Let children hear th? mighty " 11 -> Lord' wnat a wretched land is 583 Let ev'ry tongue thv mercy speak -17 K. Let Zion and her sons r^ ioicp l4fl \t,- r-/ri„ . ■ LetZioninh:rKingreio?Ce ,8 E rS? ff6^7 feY^ V0WS Let Zion praise SSmStJcod -o'i JJv r-' "■"£«'«»'««»■ Lo ! whatPan entertaining ^, g . ^ J« "*« ^ a" «he Lord, I am thine but thou wUt 21 Mv V ' 1 ^ r , ^^"f Lor1, I am vile. conceiV-i in n 75 Mv G ' v Sft ^ ^ tn°U '-o'd, I esteem thv judgments t:o \\ ■ < ' " ' "' ,hv' various 37 183 J09 31 J table of first lises: Page. | Page. My God, the steps of pious men 54 O happy man. whose soul is fill'd 19$ 1, the tempter would per. 4 O how I love thy holy law 179 My God, what inward grief 1 feel 210 O Lord how many are my foes 3 py God, while impious men 211 O Lord our heav'nly King 9 My heart thy name 43 O Lord, thy mercy, my sure hope 52 Sy never ceasingsong shall show 127 O that the Lord would guide i My refuse is the God of love 13 0 that thy statutes ev'ry hour 186 My righteous Judge, my gracious 213 O thou that hear'st when sinners 76 Ify Savior, my Almighty friend 101 0 thou whose grace and justice 192 My soul lies cleaving to the dust 186 O thou whose justice reigns on 81 Kr soul of thy protection sure 86 Our rulers, Lord, with songs of 20 My soul repeat his praise 150 Out of the depths of long distress My soul thy great Creator praise 152 O what a stiff rebellious house 112 My spirit looks to GoJ alone Efl hymois. •My trust is in mvheav'uly friend 8f_ __••.. .. . " _. O Christ, thou glorious King, we 2to hvsuis. O for a closer walk with God 371 Methinks the last great dav is 451 ' ° fof a sweet, inspiring ray 457 Mistaken souls, that dream of 388 O happy day. that stays my choice 465 Mortals, awake, with an-el? join 304 O happy soul that lives on high 377 Mv dear Redeemer, and mv Lord 30 i ° if my soul was form'd for wo 383 the cov'nant of thy love 291 O Lord, my soai convicted stands 4 L9 Mv God, thy service well deman Is .507 3 Lord, when faith with fix'd eyes 304 Mv rising soul with strong desires 370 " thou, from Whom all goodness 401 Mv soulThe on thy g 43 J , ° time, h >w few thy value wei-ih 432 Mv waken'd soul extend thv 451 ° what amazing words of grace 354 Mv God ! the spring of all A Ions mercy shines 476 -. my weeks, my months 583 ° Zion, afflicte 1 with wave upon 340 My soul forsakes her \ ain d S i ° Zio"- tuHe Tl1.-' v' 'ic" 344 'the gloomy hills of darkn - A* | On Tabor's top the Savior stands 308 Wot to ourselves who are but dust 170 On the brink of fiery ruin 35s! Now be my heart inspired to sinj Now let our mournful songs How may the Godofpow'r and Now plead my ca ise, Almighty Now saith the Spirit of the Lord Now shall my solemn vows be HYMXS. No, I'll repine at death no more 447 No more, my God, I boast no more 300 Not all the blood of beasts 390 Not all the nobles of the earth 369 Not all the outward forms on 361 Not the malicious or profane 373 Not to the terrors of the Lord 521 Now back with humble shame 276 Now begin rheheav'nly tta . Now from the altar of our hi How is th' accepted time 355 Now let our hearts conspire to 473 Now let the feeble all be string 502 Now let us raise our cheerful 3-25 : more, my soul, th3 rising 33 Our Fat'.izr thron'd in heav'n 394 'nly Father calls 370 4 9 Our Lord is lis'u from th2 deal 32': 3 0 for a heart to piaise my ulpp) 594 93 O sranous Lord, whose mere - O in the morn of life, whan youth 58? O love divine, how sweet fhou 557 Oh, my soul, what means tLis 5Si Othai mv load of sin were gone 553 O thou, before whose gracious 504 O thou, whose tender mercy 551 Oh. where shall rest be found 562 Our souls, by love together knit 5&0 396 202 Praise waits in Zion. Lord, for Praise ye thee Lord, all nature Praise ye the Lorn, exalt his Prais? ye the Lord, my heart shall 218 Praise ye the Lord, 'tis soot to 220 Now to the pow>^f GoTJu^ ofneed 18 Now be the gospel banner [•dpp-} 571 : O. HYMS0. is the Lord Jehovah's Peace ! 'tis the Lord Jehovah's 443 O for a shout of sacral joy 68 Peace, troubled soul, whose 356 O God of grace and righteousness 4 ' Pity a hapless sinner. Lord 385 O God, my refuse, hear my cries B0 Plung'd in a gulf of dark despair 2^4 OGod of my salvation, hear 125 Pray'i is the soul's sincere cesiie 3^5 *© God, to whom revenge *elon^s 137 1 Pray? was appointed to convey 33?, TABLE OF FIRST LISES. Page Prostrate, dear Jesus, at thy feet 384 People of the living God (Jpp.) 596 Pleasing spring is here again 578 R. Rejoice ye righteous in the Lord 45 Rejoice ye shining worlds on high 35 Keinember Lord, our mortal state 130 Return, O God of love, return 132 HYMNS. Raise, thoughtless sinner, raise 418 Rejoice, believer in the Lord 374 Rejoice, the Lord is King 528 Rejoice, ye nations of the world 345 Rejoice, ye saints, in ev'ry state 290 Religion is the chief concern 5C8 Repent ! the voice celestial cries 380 Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest 475 Rise, rise, my soul, and leave the 247 Return, my roving heart (App.) 553 Return, O wanderer, return 540 S. Salvation is forever nigh 122 Shine on our land, Jehovah i)4 Show pity, Lord, O Lord forgive 75 Sing all ye nations to the Lord 93 Sing to the Lord aloud 1 1 Sing to the Lord Jehovah's name 13 Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands 140 Songs of immortal praise belong 167 Soon as I heard my Father say 39 Sure there's a righteous God 104 Sweet is the mem'ry of thy grace 216 Sweet is the work, my God, my 135 HYMNS. Safely through another week 474 Saints, at yourbeav'nly Father's5ll Salvation! O the joyful sound 285 See, gracious Lord, before thy 49(5 See how the boasting Pharisee 515 See how the rising sun 488 Seek, my soul, the n rrow gate 452 Self-righteous souls on works rely 5221 To God I ma le my sorrows Shall e'er the shadow of a change 249 To Go.l. the great, the ever blest Page. Stoop down, my thoughts, that 442 Stretoh'd on the cross, the Savior 313 Swe< i tli" moments rich in bless. 315 Savior, visit thy plantation (App.)585 Say, sinner, hath a voice within 539 See tsraelfs gentle Shepheed 557 Sinner, art thou still secure? 538 Sinners ! we are sent to bid you 550 T. Teach me the measure of my davs 57 Th' Almighty reigns exalted, high 142 TJi' eternal Son with pow'er 2 The heathen know thy glory, 140 The heavens declare thy glory, 27 The King of saints, how fair his 60 The least, the feeblest of thy 188 The Lord appears my helper now 173 The Lord for ever guards the just 48 The Lord in Zion plac'd his 201 The Lord is come; the heav'ns 142 The Lord Jehovah reigns The Lord my shepherd is The Lord of glory is my light The Lord, the Judge, before his The Lord, the sovereign King The man is ever blest The wonders, Lord, thy love has 60 Thee will 1 love. O Lord my 22 Th ;re is a God, all nature cries 78 This is the day the Lord hath 175 This spai i< us earth is all the 35 Thou art my portion. Omy God I77 Thou God of love, thou ever blest 189 Thou, Lord, by strictest search 208 Through ev ry age, eternal God 130 the Lord 56 Thus saith the Lor I : the spacious 73 'l has the eternal Father spake 165 Thus were the tribes from bi >nd. 157 . rt h. O Lord 181 Thy works of glory, mighty Lord 161 Ti> by thy strength the moun. 91 To God I cried with mournful 110 212 1-58 144 34 39 73 151 1 Shepherd of Israel, thou dost keep 4(54 To our Almighty Maker, God Shepherds rejoice, lift up your 209, To thee before the dawning light 176 Shout, for the blessed Jesus reigns3 1.7 To thee most high and holy <;od 108 Bin, like a venomous disease 280 ; To thee, (> Lord, 1 raise my cries 40 fting to the Lord most high 238 1 To thine almighty arm we 'owe 25 Sinners, obey the gospel word 349 1 To Zion's hill 1 lift mine eyes 190 Sinners, rejoice, 'tis Christ that 3131 Twas tor my sake, eternal God 98 Sinners, this solemn truth regard 359 Sinners, the voice of God regard 350 So let our lips and lives express 373 Softly now the light of day 403 Sov'reign of all the worlds on high 367 Sor'reign of life, we own thy 49!! Sov'reign Ruler of the skies 271 Stand up, my soul, shake off thy 429 Stern winter throws his icy chains 483 HYMNS* Thankless the prodigal receives 514 The billows swell, the winds are 500 The blest memorials of thy grief 414 The broken bread, the blessed cup 408 The day is past and gone 492 The eye of God is ev'ry where 252 The flOw'ry spring at God's com. 480 TABLE OF FIRST LISTE-S. Page. The God of love will sure indulge 445 The gold and silver are the Lord's 4 : The grave is now ,a £avnr\r spot 440 fee great In visible Unknown 250 The holy law to Israel giv'n 423 The King of neav'n his table 40'J The law of God is just 417 Tli' Lord, the God of glory reigns 251 The Lord who truly knows 397 The moment a sinner believes 393 The righteousness, th' atoning 527 The Savior calls, let ev'ry ear 353 The Savior! 0 what endless 230 The Savior with inviting voice 403 The Spirit breathes upon the 241 The summer harvest spreads the 43.! The time isshort, the season 433 ' The winter past, reviving flow'rs 445 Thee we adore, eternal name 434 There is a God, all nature speaks 245 There is a land of pare delight 453 Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we 477 This is the word of truth and 244 Thou art the way— to thee alone 5-22 Thou didst, O mighty God exist 24(5 Thou lovely source of true delight 421 Though troubles assail 267 Thrice happy man whose heart 380 Through all the Ivarious shifting 269 Thus far my God hath led me on 501 Thus saith the first, the srreat 417 Thus saith the mercy of the Lord 402 Thus speaks the high and lofty Thy names h w infinite they be 248 Thy presence, gracious God, 4 Thy providence, great God, we 4,;0 'Tis finish'd— so the Savior cried 31 E"is midnight — and on Olive's 30 To God I cried when troubles rose 375 ToGoi, the 01 I wise 375 $b God, the a King 235 To Jesus, our exalt id Lord 40 To praise I mteous 482 To thee let my first offtiiigs rise 439 To thee, wii 1 reign'st supreme 497 To us a chil I is born from heav'n 300 Triumpha.it Zion ! lit thy hea I 338 'Twas by an order from the Lord 233 'Twas on that dark, that doleful 405 'Twas the commission of the Lord 40 1 That awful day will surely {App) 564 That day of wrath, that dreadful 5:4 The Christian would not have his 533 The Lord our God is cloth'd with 531 The Lord will happiness divine 552 The Lord shall come, the earth 5; 5 The voice of free grace cries, 542 There is a fountain fill'd with 533 There is an hour of peaceful rest 558 This world's a, dreary wilderness 582 Tho' parents may in cov'nant be 588 Thro' sorrow's night, and dang. 536 Page. 'Tis a point I long to know 592 'Tis finish'd ! the conflict is past 561 To Jesus the crowa of my hope 567 U. Up from my youth may Israel say 197 Upward I lift mine eyes 191 HYMNS. Unveil thy bosom, faithful tomb 445 V. Vain man on foolish pleasures 161 Vast are thy works, . »n..ighty 154 HYMNS. Vain are the lmpes, the sons of 364 Vital spark of heav'nly (App.) 563 W. We bless the Lord, the just, the 96 We love the Lord and we adore 24 What shall I render to my God 172 When Christ to Judgment shall 74 When God is nigh my faith is 19 When Cod provok'd with daring 162 When God restor'd our captive 194 When God reveol'd his gracious' 195 When I with pleasing wonder 209 When Israel freed from Pharaoh's 169 When Israel sinn'd the Lord 113 When man grows bold in sin 51 When overwhelms! with grief 86 When pain and anguish seize me, 187 When Pharaoh dar'd to vex his 156 When .the great Judge, supreme 11 Where shall the man be found 36 Where shall we go to seek and 199 While I keep silence and conceal 45 Who shall ascend thy heav'nly 18 Who will arise and plead my right 137 Why di.l the heathen madly rage 2 Why do the wealthy wicked, boast 54 Why doth the Lord depart so far 12 Why doth the man of riches grow 71 Why, O my soul, why Urns 62 Why should the mighty make 77 Why should I vex my soul and 52 Will God for ever cast us off 106 With all my povv'rs of heart and 207 With mv whole heart 1 raise my 10 With my whole heart I've sought 184 With rev'rence let the saints 127 With songs and honors sounding 221 Writhing in pain our Savior 32 HYMNS. War, horrid war, deep-stained 495 Wait O my soul, thy Maker's 266 We bless the Prophet of the Lord 327 Welcome sweet dav of rest 476 Well, the Redeemer's gone 326 What finite pow'r with ceaseless 246 ill TABLE OF PrnST LINES. Page. I WhenrtheSelytS *3KtT ^ * * ould ^ *« a soul to God 572 When in the cloud with colors Y. When JeSs dwStffi Sfifffi v ft -e sr")S °£m??> a «»«• »■ 136 When, Lor,l. to t i o ', «S n? t £ SJ? 3 pflS. •"*' hate thejast 72 When some kind shePher7i4T Si ?! fr^ffiSfffi11 *" S wllfir3 1S mv God ? d0PS he retii HXMNS. Where shall we sinners l,i le our 37-2 Ye ';-vin? sons of men 359 Wher r * ■ shpul I man. frail 508 ye bearts with youthful vigor 503 claim 254 arh your 258 lov ly hands of blooming 933 saints, proclaim abroad 303 3 '4 \ rthe Lord 407 408 4-20 With humble faith and! nbling saints 393 WiWess, ye me 1 and angels. 405 r° ?l«tt'rinetnys of earth. (jSpa.) g£ Watchman, tell M of the (Jpp tive land, I love thee 570 »me delightful mornV 576 Zion! th, marvellous story be * II thy te.erci.es, G my God 532 J "«c. iuie suuui 1 man. trail Wherewith O Lord, shall I draw ** While life prolongs its precious 3.3/ While o'er our ciriity land, 0 Why should a livineman whv should the children of Why ' Whv vv iv mouia tne ctnl Iren of a 3 14 • Why should we start an I fcarto 137 Ye wrefc starving Why w.lye lavish out your \\ il 1 holy fear and humble 1 mern.se Is of the Lord thee, blessed 3CS INDEX TO THE HYMNS. Hymn»3 I. Universal Praise, - - - 1 & 243 11. The Scriptures, - - 7 5 & 429 III. Being and Attributes of God, 15 & 425 IV. Trinity, .-■-■«■- 37 V. Creation, - - ,. - - - 4J VI. Providence, - 43 & 426 VII. Fall and Depravity of Man, - 58 VIII. Redemption, - 66 & 428 IX. Covenant of Grace, - - 77 X. Jesus Christ, - - - - 82 ■ His Divinity, 88 His Incarnation, - - - 91 & 430 His Life and Ministry, - 100 His Sufferings and Death, - 105 & 431 His Resurrection and Ascension, 116 His Exaltation and Intercession, 125 & 434 His Offices, - - , 131 & 435 XI. Holy Spirit, - - - 135 & 437 XII. Church of Christ, - r 145 & 501 XIII. Blessings of the Covenant, 160 & 438 The Call, - - - - 160 & 439 Converting Grace, - - 175 & 441 Regeneration, - 178 Justification, - 184 Adoption," - 189 & 445 Communion with God, r 193 & 44G Sanctification, - 196 Perseverance, - - - 200 & 444 Happiness of the Christian, 203 & 449 XTV. Repentance, - 2C9 & 451 XV. Faith, - 220 XVI. P rayer and Worship, - - 230 & 45G XVII. The Sacraments, - - ■ 210 Baptism, - ib. & 461 Lord's Supper, - - - 245 & 460 INDEX TO THE HYMNS. XVIII. , Moral Law, Hymns. 262 Love to God, the substance of 7 acc s .aa the first table, f2G6& 46S L e to man, the substance ofJ271 the second table, XIX. Watchfulness, 277 & 463 XX. Christian Warfare, 280 XXI. Time, - - 285 XXII. Death, - - - 288, - 165, 466 & 470 XXIII. Resurrection, ... 306 & 433 XXIV. Judgment, - 310 & 471 XXV. Eternitv, - - . . 316 & 474 Heaven, - . - 317 & 475 Hell, - - - 323 XXVI. Time's adn Seasons, 325 Missions, ib. & 478 Ordination, 328 & 482 Confirmation, 330 & 484 Laying the Comer-Stone of a Church, | 333 Dedication of a Church, 331 Charity, .... 336 Lord's Day, . 312 & 487 Seasons of the year, 353 & 489 New Year, 359 & 491 Morning- and Evening-, 362 & 492 Fast and Thanksgiving- Days , 373 Temptations and Afflictions, 381 &495 Sickness and Recovery, 389 & 500 [XVII. Miscellaneous, 392. Abraham's offering his son. 397 Age, Middle, , 513 Age, Old, . . . 445 & 506 Bethesda's Pool, 396 Carnal Joys, parting- with . 517 Cast down, why art thou • 417 Creature's love to, dangerous , 512 Convert, the • . . 507 Dismission, 352 Examination, self 509 Fear of God, 394 Fellowship, Christian 506 Fig-tree, barren . 405 Grace, saved by . . . 412 JUDEX TO, THE HIMNS. Hymns, Heart, a holy, desired, . . 511 Heritage of God's people, choosing the 515 Humility, .... 393 Humble and penitent God dwells with 418 Jacob wrestling with God, 398 Ministry, the Gospel •-..-• 395 Minister, prayer for a sick 512 " death of a 505 Orphans, prayer in behalf of 519 Parents, prayer of for their children 504 Pearl of great price, 514 Peter's Fall and Recovery, 399 Pharisee and Publican, 402 Presence of Christ with his worship'rs 510 Prodigal, the .... 401 Race, running the Christian 409 Rich fool, the surprised 403 " man and Lazarus 404 Serpent, brazen .... 408 Sheep, lost, found, 406 Sinai and Zion, . . , 410 Sincerity, . . . . 392 Song of Moses and the Lamb, 420 Thief, the converted 400 To-day 415 Travellers, Zion's 421 Types of Christ, . , 407 Way, the good old 419 Wisdom, . . . . 116 Youth, . 413 & 503 Zion's Joy, .... 502 " Increase .... 501 Doxologies, page . . . 607 PSALMS, PSALM 1. S. M. Tlie way and end of the righteous and the wicked. 1. The man is ever blest Who slums the sinner's ways, Amidst their councils never stands, Nor takes the scorner's place. 2. But makes the law of God His study and delight, Throughout the labors of the day, And watches of the night. 3. He like a tree shall thrive, With waters near the root, Fresh as the leaf his name shall live, His works are heav'nly fruit. 4. Not so the ungodly race, They no such blessings find ; Their hopes shall flee like empty chaff Before the driving wind. 5. How will they bear to stand Before that judgment-seat, Where all the saints at Christ's right hand In full assembly meet ? 6. He knows and he approves The way the righteous go : But sinners and their works shall meet A dreadful overthrow. PSALM II. PSALM 2. First Part. L. M. Gud the Father vindicates his Messiah. 1. Why did the heathen madly rage, And why the Jews conspire in vain? Why kings and rulers all engage, T' oppose Messiah's gracious reign ? 2. " Come let us break his bands," they say, " We'll ne'er be govern'd by his laws :" And thus they cast his yoke away, And nail'd Messiah to the cross. 3. But God the Father, from his throne, Laughs at their pride, their rage controls : He'll vex their hearts with pains unknown,. And speak in thunder to their souls : 4. "I'll vindicate the king I made, "On Zion's everlasting hill ; "My hand shall bring him from the dead, "And he shall reign, Messiah, still." PSALM 2. Second Part. L. M. God the Son reveals the divine decree. 1. The eternal Son with pow'r array'd,. Declares th' unchangeable decree : "Thou art my Son," the Father saidV " This day have I begotten thee. 5. "For sinthou'st offer'dup thy soul, " And thou'st a right to intercede ; "Thy life shall last while ages roll, "And thou shalt see a num'rous seed. 3. " Ask then, my Son, and I will give "The heathen for thy vast domain ; "The utmost ends of earth receive, "And boundless be thy blessed reign. 4. "But nations that resist thy grace, " Shall fall beneath thine iron stroke j PSALM III. 3 "Thy rod shall crush thy foes with ease, "As potter's earthen work is broke." PSALM 2. Third Part. L. M. rod the Holy Ghost invites and warns persecutors and infidih, 1. "Now," saith the Spirit of the Lord, To those who sit on earthly thrones ; "Rejoice with trembling at his word, "And at his feet submit your crowns, 2. "With faith and love address the Son, "Lest he grow angry and ye die : "His wrath will burn to worlds unknown, "If ye provoke his jealousy. 3. "His frowns shall drive you quick to hell, " For he is God and ye but dust ; "Happy the souls that know him well, "And make his grace their only trust." PSALM 3. First Part. L. M. A Morning Psalm. 1. 0 Lord, how many are my foes, In this weak state of flesh and blood I My peace they daily discompose, Bui my defence and hope is God. 2. Tir'd with the burdens of the day, To thee I rais'd an evening cry ; Thou heard'st when I began to pray, And thine almighty help was nigh. 3. Supported by thine heav'nly aid, I laid me down and slept secure ; Not death should make my heart afraid, Though I should wake and rise no more* 4. But God sustain* d me all the night: Salvation doth to God belong : He rais'd my head to see the light, And makes his praise my morning song* PSALM IV. PSALM 3. Second Part. C. M. God our defence from sin and Salan. 1. My God, the tempter would persuade, There's do relief in heaven, And all my swelling sins appear Too big to be forgiv'n. 2. But thou, my righteousness and strength, Shall on the tempter tread : Shalt silence all my threatening guilt, And raise my drooping head. 3. Icri'd, and from his holy hill He bow'd a listening ear ; I call'd my Father, and my God, And he subdu'd my fear. 4. He shed soft slumbers on mine eyes, In spite of all my foes ; I 'woke, and wonder'd at the grace That guarded my repose. 5. What though the hosts of death and hell All arm'd against me stood ; Terrors no more shall shake my soul : My refuge is my God. 6. Arise, 0 Lord, fulfil thy grace, While I thy glory sing ; For Christ hath broke the serpent's teeth, And death has lost his sting. 7. Salvation to the Lord belongs, His arm alone can save ; Blessings attend thy people here, And reach beyond the grave. PSALM 4. First Part. L. M. God our portion and Christ our hope. 1. O God of grace and lighteousness, Hear and attend when I complain ; PSALM IV. Thou hast enlarg'd me in distress, Bow down a gracious ear again. 2. Ye sons of men, in vain you try- To turn my glory into shame ; How long will scoffers live to lie, And dare reproach my Savior's name ? 3. Know that the Lord divides his saints From all the tribes of men beside ; He hears the cry of penitents, For the dear sake of Christ that died. 4. When our obed ent hands have done A thousand works of righteousness, We put our trust in Christ alone, And glory in his pard'ning grace. 5. Let the unthinking many say, "Who will bestow some earthly good?" But, Lord, thy light and love we pray; Our souls desire this heav'nly food. 6. Then shall my cheerful pow'rs rejoice At grace and favors so divine ; Nor will I change my happy choice, For all their corn, and all their wine. PSALM 4. Second Part. C. M. An Evening Psalm. 1. Lord, thou wilt hear me when I pray, I am for ever thine ; I fear before thee all the day, Nor would I dare to sin. 2. And while I rest my weary head, From cares and business free, JTis sweet conversing on my bed With my own heart and thee. 3. I pay this evening sacrifice ; And when my work is done, PSALM V. Great God ! my faith and hope relies Upon thy grace alone. 4. Thus, with my thoughts compos'd to peace I'll give mine eyes to sleep ; Thy hand in safety keeps my days, And will my slumbers keep. PSALM 5. C. M. For the Lord's day morning, 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. Up to the hills where Christ is gone, To plead for all his saints, Presenting at his Father's throne Our songs and our complaints. 3. Thou art a God, before whose sight The wicked shall not stand ; Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight, Nor dwell at thy right hand. 4. But to thy house will I resort, To taste thy mercies there ; I will frequent thy holy court, And worship in thy fear. 6. 0 may thy Spirit guide my feet In ways of righteousness ! Make ev'ry path of duty straight, And plain before my lace. 6. My watchful enemies combine To tempt my feet astray ; They flatter with a base desiirn To make my soul their prey. 7. Lord, crush the ssrpent in the dust, And all his plots destroy : PSALM VI. While those that in thy mercy trust For ever shout for joy. The men that love and fear thy name, Shall see their hopes fulfill'd ; The mighty God will compass them With favor as a shield. PSALM 6. C. M. Complaint in sickness. 1. In anger, Lord, do not chastise, Withdraw the dreadful storm ; Nor let thine awful wrath arise Against a feeble worm, 2. My soul's bow'd down with heavy cares, My flesh with pain oppress'd; My couch is witness to my tears, My tears forbid my rest. 3. Sorrow and grief wear out my days; I waste the night with cries, And count the minutes as they pass,, Till the slow morning rise. 4. Shall I be still tormented more ? My eyes con sum 'd with grief? How long, my God, how long before Thine hand afford relief ? 5. He hears his mourning children speak, He pities all our groans ; He saves us for his mercy's sake, And heals our broken bones. 6. The virtue of his sovereign word Restores our fainting breath ; For silent graves praise not the Lord, Nor is he known in death. 8 PSALM Vlf. PSALM 7. CM. God's care of his pe.ople, and the punishment of persecutors* 1. My trust is in my heavenly Friend, My hope in thee, my God ; Rise, and my helpless life defend From those that seek my blood. 3. With insolence and fury they My soul in pieces tear, As hungry lions rend the prey, When no deliv'rer's near. 3. If e'er my pride provok'd them first, Or once abus'd my foe, Then let them tread my life to dust, And lay my honor low. 4. If there be malice found in me, I know thy piercing eyes ; I should not dare appeal to thee, Nor ask my God to rise. 5. Arise, my God, lift up thy hand, Their pride and pow'r control ; Awake to judgment and command Deliverance for my soul. 6. Let sinners and their wicked rage Be humbled to the dust ; Shall not the God of truth engage To vindicate the just ? 7. He knows the heart, he tries the reins, He will defend th' upright : His sharpest arrows he ordains Against the sons of spite. 8. Tho' leagu'd in guile, their malice spread A snare before my way ; Their mischiefs on their impious head His vengeance shall repay. psalm vnr. 9. That cruel, persecuting rare Must feel his dreadful sword : Awake, my soul, and praise the grace- And j ustice of the Lord. PSALM 8. First Part. S. M. The sovereignty and goodness of God. 1. 0 Lord, our heavenly King, Thy name is all divine, Thy glories round the earth are spread, And o'er the heav'ns they shine. 2. When to thy works on high I raise my wond'ring eyes, And see the moon complete in light, Adorn the darksome skies : 3. When I survey the stars And all their shining forms, Lord, what is man ? that worthless thing, Akin to dust and worms ! 4. Lord, what is worthless man, That thou shou!d'st love him so ! Next to thine angels is he plac'd, And lord of all below. 5. How rich thy bounties are ! How wondrous are thy ways ! Of dust and worms thy pow'r can frame A monument of praise. PSALM 8. Second Part. L. M. A 'dam and Christ. 1. Lord, what was man when made at flrstr Adam the ofl'spring of the dust, That thou shonld'st. set him and his race But just below an angel's place !. > PSALM IX. 2. That thou should 'st raise his nature so, And make him lord of all below ; Make every beast and bird submit, And lay the fishes at his feet ! 3. But 0, what brighter glories wait To crown the second Adam's state ! What honors shall thy Son adorn Who condescended to be born ! 4. See him below his angels made : See him in dust among the dead, To save a ruin'd world from sin : Yet he shall reign with pow'r divine. 5. The world to come redeem'd from all The miseries that attend the fall, New made and glorious shall submit At our exalted Savior's feet. PSALM 8. Third Part. L. M. The Hosannah uf the Children. 1. Almighty Ruler of the skies, Through the wide earth thy name is spread j And thine eternal glories rise O'er all the heav'ns thy hands have made. 2. To thee the voices of the young A monument of honor raise ; And babes with un instructed tongue, Declare the wonders of thy praise. 3. Thy pow'r assists their tender age To bring proud rebels to the ground ; To still the bold blasphemer's rage, And all their policy confound. PSALM 9. First Part. C. M. Wrath and mercy from the judgment-seat. 1. With my whole heart I'll raise my song, Thy wonders I'll proclaim ; PSALM IX. 11 Thou sov'reign judge of right and wrong Will pur thy foes to shame. 2. I'll sini? thy majesty and grace; My God prepares his throne To judge the world in righteousness, And make his vengeance known. 3. Then shall the Lord a refuge prove For al! the poor oppress'd; To save the people of his love, And give the weary rest. 4. The men that know thy name will trust In thy abundant grace ; For thou hast ne'er forsook the just, Who humbly seek thy face,, 5. Sing praises to the righteous Lord, Who dwells on Zion's hill, Who executes his threatening word, Whose works his grace fulfil. PSALM 9. Second Part. C. M. The wisdom and equity of Providence, 1. When the great Judge, supreme and just, Shall once inquire for blood, The humble souls that mourn in dust, Shall find a faithful God. 2. He from the dreadful ors tear ! His soul abhors their wicked ways. 5. On impious wretches he shall rain TVmpests of brimstone, fire and death ; Such as he kindled on the plain Of Sodom, with his angry breath. 6. The righteous Lord loves righteous souls, Whose thoughts and actions are sincere, And with a gracious eye beholds The men that his own image bear. PSALM 12. First Part. L. M. Snfely and hope in evil times. 1. Almighty- God, appear and save, For vice and vanity prevail ; The godly perish in the yrave, The just depart, the faithful fait. 2. The whole discourse, when neighbors meet, Is fill'd with trifles loose and vain; Their lips are flatt'ry and deceit, And their proud language is profane. 3. But lips that with deceit abound, Shall not maintain their triumph long; The God of vengeance will confound The flatt'ring and blaspheming tongue. 4. "Yet shall our words be free," they cry, "Our tongue shall be controll'd by none; "Where is the Lord will ask us why ; "Or say our lips are not our own ? " 5. The Lord who sees the poor oppress'd. And hears the oppressor's haughty strain,. Will rise to give his children rest, Nor shall they trust his word in vain. PSALM XIII. 15 6. Thy word, 0 Lord, though often try'd, Void of deceit shall still appear ; Not silver seven times purify 'd From dross and mixture shines so clear. 7. Thy grace shall in the darkest hour Defend the holy soul from harm ; Though, when the vilest men have pow?r, On every side will sinners swarm. PSALM 12. Second Part. C. M. The Lord will judge the wicked, and save his people. 1. Lord, when iniquities abound, And blasphemy grows bold ; When faith is hardly to be found, And love is waxing cold ; 2. Is not thy chariot hast'ning on ? Hast thou not giv'n the sign? May we not trust and live upon A promise so divine ? 3. "Now," saith the Lord, "Now will I rise, "And make oppressors flee ; "I will appear to their surprise, "And set my servants free." 4. Thy word like silver sev'n times try'dV Through ages shall endure ; The men that in thy truth confide, Shall find the promise sure. PSALM m C. M. Complaint under temptation. $. How long wilt thou conceal thy face ? My God, how long delay ? When shall I feel those heavenly rays That chase my fears away ? 2. How long shall my poor laboring soul Wrestle and toil in vain ? 16 PSALM XIV. Thy word can all my foes control And ease my raging pain. 3. See how the prince of darkness tries All his malicious arts ; He spreads a mist around my eyes, And throws his fiery darts. 4. Be thou my sun, and thou my shield, My soul in safety keep ; Make haste before mine eyes are seal'd In death's eternal sleep. 5. How would the tempter boast aloud, Should I become his prey ! Behold the sons of hell grow proud To see thy long delay. 6. But they shall fly at thy rebuke, And Satan hide his head ; He knows the terrors of thy look, And hears thy voice with dread. 7. Thou wilt display that sovereign grace, Whence all my comforts spring ; I shall employ my lips in praise, And thy salvation sing. PSALM 14. First Part. C. M. By nature all men are sinners. 1. Fools in their hearts believe and say, "That all religion's vain, "There is no God that reigns on high, "Or minds th' affairs of men." 2. From thoughts so dreadful and profane Corrupt discourse proceeds; And in their impious hands are found Abominable deeds. 3. The Lord, from his celestial throne Look'd down on things below, PSALM XIV. 17 To find the man that sought his grace, Or did his justi- o know. 4. By nature all are gone astray, Their praclice all the same ; There's none that fears his Maker's hand, There's none that loves his name. 5. Their tongues are used to speak deceit, Their slanders never cease ; How swift to mischief are their feet ! Nor know the paths of peace. 6. Such seeds of sin (that bitter root) In every heart are found ; Nor can they be;tr diviner fruit, Till grace refine the ground. PSALM 14. Second Part. C. M. The folly of persecutors. 1. Are sinners now so senseless grown, That they the saints devour ? And never worship at thy throne, Nor fear thine awful pow'r ? 2. Great God, appear to their surprise, Reveal thy dreadful name ; Let them no more thy wrath despise^ Nor turn our hope to shame. 3. Dost thou not dwell among the just ? And yet our foes deride, That we should make thy name our trust : ' Great God, confound their pride. 4. Oh ! that the joyful day was come To finish our distress ! When God shall bring his children home, Our songs shall never cease. 2 18 PSALM XVI. PSALM 15. L. M. The character of a Saint ; or the qualifications of a Christian, 1. Who shall ascend thy heav'nly place. Great God, and dwell before'thy face? The man that minds religion now, And lives and walks by faith below : 2. Whose hands are pure, whose heart is clean , Whose lips still speak the thing they mean ; No slanders dwell upon his tongue ; He hates to do his neighbor wrong. 3. Scarce will he trust an ill report, Nor vent it to his neighbor's hurt : Sinners of state he can despise ; But saints are honor'd in his eyes. 4. Firm to his word he ever stood, And always makes his promise good ; Nor dares to change the thing he swearsr Whatever pain or loss he bears. 5. He never deals in bribing gold, And mourns that justice should be sold r While others scorn and wrong the poor,. Sweet charity attends his door. 6. He loves his enemies, and prays For those that curse him to his face ; And doth to all men still the same, That he would hope or wish from therm 7. Yet when his holiest works are done, His soul depends on grace alone: This is the man thy face shall see, And dwell for ever, Lord, with thee. PSALM 16. First Part. L. M. Confession of our poverty ,• and Saints the best company.. 1. Preserve me, Lord, in time of need, For succor to thy throne I flee, PSALM XVI. 19 But have no merits there to plead ; My goodness cannot reach .to thee. 3. Oft have my heart and tongue confessed, How empty and how poor I am; My praise can never make thee blest, Nor add new glories to thy name. 3. Yet, Lord, thy saints on earth can reap Some profit by the good we do ; These are the company I keep, These are the choicest friends I know. 4. Lot others choose the sons of mirth, To give a relish to their wine ; I love the men of beav'nly birth, Whose thoughts and language are divine. PSALM 16. Second Part. L. M. The sufficiency rf Christ. 1. How fast their guilt and sorrows rise. Who haste to see some idle-god ! I will not taste their sacrifice, Their orl 'rings of forbidden blood. 2. My God provides a richer cup, And nobler food to live upon ; He for my life hath offer'd up Jesus, his best beloved Son. 3. His love is my perpetual feast ; By day his counsels guide me right; And be his name for ever biest, Who gives me sweet advice by night. 4. I set him still before mine eyes ; At my right hand he stands prepar'd3 To keep my soul from all surprise, And be my everlasting guard. 20 PSALM XVII. PSALM 16. Third Part. L. M. Support in death* and hope PSALM XIX. And all his starry works on high Proclaim his pow'r abroad. 2. The darkness and the light, Still keep their course the same, While night to day, and day to night Divinely teach his name. 3. In ev'ry different land Their gen'ral voice is known ; They show the wonders of his hand, And orders of his throne. 4. Ye western lands, rejoice, Here he reveals his word : We are not left to nature's voice To bid us know the Lord. 5. His statutes and commands A re set before our eyes ; He puts his gospel in our hands, Where our salvation lies. 6. His laws are just and pure, His truth without deceit, His promises for ever sure, And his rewards are great. 7. Not honey to the taste Affords so much delight ; Nor gold that has the furnace pass'd So much allures the sight. 8. While of thy works I sing, Thy glory to proclaim, Accept the praise, my God, my King, In my Redeemer's name. PSALM 19. Second Part. S. M. The word of God most excellent. .1 Behold ! the morning sun Begins his glorious way; PSALM XIX. 27 His beams through all the nations run, And life and light convey. 2. But where the gospel comes, It spread diviner light ; It calls dead sinners from their tombs, And gives the blind their sight. 3. How perfect is thy word ! And ail thy judgments just ; For ever sure, thy promise, Lord, And men securely trust. 4. My gracious God, how plain Are thy directions giv'n ! Oh may I never read in vain, But find the path to heav'n. 5. I hear thy word with love, And I would fain obey ; Send thy good Spirit from above To guide me, lest I stray. 6. 0 who can ever find The errors of his ways ? Yet with a bold presumptuous mind, I would, not dare transgress. 7. Warn me of ev'ry sin, Forgive my secret faults ; And cleanse this guilty soul of mine, Whose crimes exceed my thoughts. 8. While with my heart and tongue I spread thy praise abroad : Accept the worship and the song, My Savior and my God. PSALM 1-3L Third Part. L. M. The book of nature and Scripture compared. 1. The heavens declare thy glory, Lord, In ev'ry star thy wisdom shines ; 59 PSALM XX. But when our eyes behold thy word, We read thy name in fairer lines. 2. The rolling sun, the changing light, And nights and days thy pow'r confess; But the blest volume thou hast writ, Reveals thy justice and thy grace. 3. Sun, moon, and stars convey thy praise, Round the whole earth, and never stand : So when thy truth began its race, It touch'd 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. 5. Great Sun of righteousness, arise, Bless the dark world with heav'niy light; Thy gospel makes the simple wise, Thy laws are pure, thy judgments right. 6. Thy noblest wonders here we view, In souls renew'd and sins forgiv'n ; Lord, cleanse my sins, my soul renew, And make thy word my guide to huav'n. PSALM 20. L. M. Prayer in time of war. 1. Now may the God of pow'r and grace Attend his people's humble cry ! Jehovah hears when Israel prays, And brings deliv'rance from on high. 2. The name of Jacob's God defends Better than shields or brazen walls : He from his sanctuary sends Succor and strength when Zion calls. 3. Well he remembers all our sighs, His love exceeds our best deserts : PSALM XXI. 29 His love accepts the sacrifice Of humble groans and broken hearts. In his salvation is our hope, And in the name of Israel's God, Our troops shall lift their banners up ; Our navies spread their flags abroad. Some trust in horses train'd for war, And some of chariots make their boast; Our surest expectations are From thee, the Lord of heav'nly hosts. 6. Oh may the mem'ry of thy name Inspire our armies for the fight ! Our foes shall fell and die with shame, Or quit the field with shameful flight. 7. Now save us, Lord, from slavish fear; Now let our hope be firm and strong; Till thy salvation shall appear, And joy and triumph raise the song. PSALM 21. First Part. C. M. Pious riders are the care of heaven. 1. Our rulers, Lord, with songs of praise Should in thy strength rejoice ; And blest with thy salvation raise To heav'n their cheerful voice. 2. Thy sure defence through nations round Has spread their honors far ; And their successful measures crown'd Alike in peace and war. 3. Then let them still on God rely For wisdom, and for grace ; His mercy shall their wants supply, And save our happy race. 30 PSALM XXI. PSALM 21. Second Part. C. M. A song of praise for peace and national blessings. 1. In thee, great God, with songs of praise, Our favor 'd realms rejoice ; And blest with thy salvation, raise To heav'n their cheerful voice. 2. Thy sure defence, from foes around, Hath spread our rising name, And all our feeble efforts crown'd With freedom and with fame. 3. In deep distress our injur'd land Implor'd thy pow'r to save ; For peace we pray'd ; thy bounteous hand The timely blessing gave. 4. Thy mighty arm, eternal pow'r, Opposed their daily aim ; In mercy swept them from our shore, And spread their sails with shame. 5. On thee, in want, in wo, or pain, Our hearts alone rely ; Our rights thy mercy will maintain, And all our wants supply. 6. Thus, Lord, thy wondrous pow'r declare y And still exalt thy fame; While we glad songs of praise prepare To thine almighty name. PSALM 21. Third Part L. M. Christ exalted to the kingdom. \. David rejoiced in God his strength, Rais'd to the throne by special grace ; Bat Christ, the Son, appears at length. Fulfils the triumph and the praise. 2. How great is the Messiah's joy In the salvation of thy hand ? PSALM XXII. 31 Lord, thou hast rais'd his kingdom high. And giv'n the world to his command. Whate'er he wills, thy goodness gives, Nor doth the least request withhold ; Blessings attend him while he lives. And crowns of glory, not of gold. Around his sacred temples shine, The Eternal's uncreated rays : All pow'r is his, and grace divine, And length of everlasting days. Bnt as a fiery oven glows With raging heat, and burning coals, Thy vengeance shall consume his foes: Thy wrath devour their guilty souls. PSALM 22. First Part. C. M. Christ forsaken on the cross. I My God, my God, why hast thou left My soul without reiief ! Of thy blest smiles to be bereft, Exceeds all other grief. J. But thou art holy, 0 my God, And wilt not spare thy Son ; As Savior, he must bear the load, And taste the curse alone. J. Our fathers trusted in thy name, And great deliv'rance found ; But I'm a worm dispis'd of menr And trodden to the ground. i. Shaking the head, they pass me by, And laugh my soul to scorn ; "In vain he trusts in God," thejr cry, "Neglected and forlorn." 5. Yet thou art he who form'd my flesh? By thine almighty word, 32 PSALM XXII. And since I hung upon the breast, My hope is in the Lord. 6. My God, if possible it be, Withhold this bitter cup ; But I resign my will to thee, And drink the sorrows np. 7. My heart dissolves with pangs unknown, • In groans I waste my breath ; Thy heavy hand hath brought me down Low as the dust of death. 8. Father, I give my spirit up, And trust it in thine hand : My dying flesh shall rest in hope, And rise at thy command. PSALM 22. Second Part. C. M. Christ crucified. 1. Writhing in pain, our Savior pray'd With mighty cries and tears : In that dread hour, his Father heard, And chas'd away his fears. 2. Great was the vict'ry of his death ; His throne exalted high : And all the kindreds of the earth Shall worship or shall die. 3. A num'rous offspring must arise From his expiring groans ; They shall be reckon'd in his eyes For daughters and for sons. 4. The meek and humble souls shall see His table richly spread; And all that seek the Lord, shall be With joys immortal fed. 5. The isles shall know the righteousness Of our incarnate God ; PSALM XXIII. 33 And nations yet unborn profess Salvation in his blood. PSALM 22. Third Part. L. M. The sufferings and glory of Christ. 1. Now let our mournful songs record The dying sorrows of our Lord; When he complain'd in tears and blood. As one forsaken of his God. 2. The Jews beheld him thus forlorn, And shook their heads and laugh'd in scorn ; " He rescu'd others from the grave, "Now let him try himself to save." 3. They wound has head, his hands, his feet, Till streams of blood each other meet ; By lot, his garments they divide, And mock the pangs in which he died. 4. But God, his Father, heard his cry, Rais'd from the dead, he reigns on high ; The nations learn his righteousness, And humble sinners taste his grace. PSALM 23. First Part. L. M. Jesus is my Shepherd. 1. Jesus, my Lord doth condescend, To be my shepherd and my friend ; I on his faithfulness rely, His cares shall all my wants supply. 2. In pastures green he doth me lead, And there in safety makes me feed : Refreshing streams are ever nigh, My thirsty soul 4to satisfy. 3. When stray'd, or languid, I complain* His grace revives my soul again ; For his name's sake, in ways upright, He makes me walk with great delight. 3 34 PSALM XXIII. 4. iTea, when death's gloomy vale I tread, With joy, e'en there, I'll lift my head : From fear and dread he'll keep me free, His rod and staff shall comfort me. 5. A table stor'd with living bread, In spite of foes, Lord, thou hast spread : Thou dost my head with oil anoint, And a full cup for me appoint. 6. Goodness and mercy shall to me, Thro-' all my life extended be ; And when my pilgrimage is o'er, I'll dwell with thee for evermore* PSALM 23. Second Part. S. M.. 1. The Lord my Shepherd is, I shall be well supply'd ; Since he is mine and I am his, What can I want beside ? 2. He leads me to the place Where heav'nly pasture grows; Where living waters gently pass, And full salvation flows. 3-. If e'er I go astray, He doth my soul reclaim, And guides me in his own right way, F^r his most holy name. 4. While he affords his aid, I cannot yield to fear ; Tho' I should walk thro' death's dark shade, My Shepherd's with me there. 5. Amid surrounding foes Thou dost my table spread, My cup with blessings overflows, And joy exalts my head. PSALM XXIV. 35 6. The bounties of thy love Shall crown my foll'wing days ; Nor from thy house will I remove, Nor cease to speak thy praise. PSALM 24. First Part. ^ L. M. Sai?its dwell in Heaven. i. This spacious earth is all the Lord's, And men and worms, and beasts and birds ; He rais'd the building on the seas, And gave it for their dwelling-place. 2. But there's a brighter world on high, Thy palace, Lord, above the sky ; Who shall ascend that blest abode, And dwell so near his Maker, God ? 3. He that abhors and fears to sin, Whose heart is pure, whose hands are clean,. Him shall the Lord, the Savior, bless, And clothe his soul with righteousness. 4. These are the men, the pious race, That seek the God of Jacob's face ; These shall enjoy the blissful sight, And dwell in everlasting light. PSALM 24. Second Part. L. M, Chrisfs Ascension. 1. Rejoice, ye shining worlds on high, Behold the King of glory nigh ; Who can this king of glory be ? The mighty Lord, the Savior's he. 2. Ye heav'nly gates, your leaves display, To make the Lord, the Savior, way : Laden with spoils from earth and hell, The Conqu'ror comes with God to dwelL 36 PSALM XXV. 3. Rais'd from the dead in royal state, He opens heav'n's eternal gate, To give his saints a blest abode, Near their Redeemer and their God. PSALM 25. First Part. S. M. Waiting for pardon and direction. 1. I lift my soul to God, My trust is in his name ; Let not my foes that see my blood ; Still triumph in my shame. 2. Sin, and the pow'rs of hell Persuade me to despair ; Lord, make me know thy cov'nant well, That I may 'scape the snare. 3. From the first dawning light, Till the dark ev'ning rise, For thy salvation, Lord, I wait, With ever longing eyes. 4. Remember all thy grace, And lead me in thy truth ; Forgive the sins of riper days, And follies of my youth. 5. The Lord is just and kind, The meek shall learn his ways, And ev'ry humble sinner find The blessings of his grace. 5. For his own goodness' sake, He saves my soul from shame ; He pardons (tho' my guilt be great) Thro' my Redeemer's name. PSALM 25. Second Part. S. M. Divine instruction. 1. Where shall the man be found, That fears t' offend his God ; PSALM XXV. 37 That loves the gospel's joyful sound, And trembles at the rod ? 2. The Lord shall make him know The secrets of his heart ; The wonders of his cov'nant show* And all his love impart. 3. The dealings of his hand Are truth and mercy still, With such as in his cov'nant stand, And love to do his will. 4. Their souls shall dwell at ease Before their Maker's face : Their seed shall taste the promises In their extensive grace. PSALM 25. Third Part. S. M. Distress of soul. 1. Mine eyes and my desire Are ever to the Lord : I love to plead his promises, And rest upon his word. 2. Turn, turn thee to my soul ; Bring my salvation near : When will thy hand release my feet Out of the deadly snare ? 3. When shall the sov'reign grace Of my forgiving God, Restore me from those dang'rous ways, My wand'ring feet have trod ? 4. The tumult of my thoughts Doth but enlarge my wo ; My spirit languishes ; my heart Is desolate and low. , 5. With ev'ry morning light My grief anew begins \ 33 PSALM XXVI. Look on my anguish and my pain, And pardon all my sins. 6. Behold the hosts of hell, How cruel is their hate ! . Against my life they rise, and join Their fury with deceit. 7. 0 keep my soul from death, Nor put my hope to shame ; For I have plac'd my only trust In my Redeemer's name. 8. With humble faith I wait, To see thy face again : Of Israel it shall ne'er be said, He sought the Lord in vain. PSALM 26. L. M. Self-examination ; or, Evidences of grace, 1. Judge me, 0 Lord, and prove my ways, And try my reins, and try my heart ; * My faith upon thy promise stays, Nor from thy law my feet depart. 2. I hate to walk, I hate to sit With men of vanities and lies: The scoffer and the hypocrite Are the abhorrence of mine eyes. 3. Among thy saints will I appear, With hands well wash'd in innocence ; But when I stand before thy bar, The blood of Christ is my defence. 4. I love thy habitation, Lord, The temple where thine honors dwell ; There shall I hear thy holy word, And there thy works of wonder tell. 5. Let not my soul be join'd at last With men of treachery and blood ; PSALM XXVII. 80 Since I my days on earth have past Among the saints, and near my God. PSALM 27. First Part. C. M. The Church is our delight and safety. 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 ; 0 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 his children hide ; God has a strong pavilion, where He makes my soul abide. 5. Now shall my head be lifted high Above my foes around, And songs of joy and victory Within thy temple sound. PSALM 27. Second Part. C. M. Prayer and Hope. 1. Soon as I heard my Faiher say, "Ye children, seek my grace ;" My heart reply'd without delay, "I'll seek my Father's face.7' 2. Let not thy face be hid from me, Nor frown my soul away : God of my life, I rly to thee In a distressing day. 40 PSALM XXVIII. 3. Should friends and kindred near and dear Leave me to want or die ; My God would make my life his care, And all my need supply. 4. My fainting flesh had died with grief, Had not my soul believ'd Thy grace would soon provide relief ; Nor was my hope deceiv'd. 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. PSALM 28, L. M. God the refuge of the afflicted. 1. To thee, 0 Lord, I raise my cries -r My fervent pray'r in mercy hear ; For ruin waits my trembling soul, If thou refuse a gracious ear. 2. When suppliant tow'rd thy holy hill I lift my mournful hands to pray, Afford thy grace, nor drive me still, With impious hypocrites, away. 3. To sons of falsehood, that despise The works and wonders of thy reign, Thy vengeance gives the due reward, And sinks their souls to endless pain. 4. But ever blessed be the Lord, Whose mercy hears my mournful voice, | My heart, that trusted in his word, In his salvation shall rejoice. 5. Let ev'ry saint, in sore distress, TBy faith approach his Savior, God ; Then grant, 0 Lord, thy pard'ning grace, And feed thy church with heay'nly food. PSALM XXX. 41 PSALM 29. L. M. Storm and thunder. I. Give to the Lord, ye sons of fame, Give to the Lord renown and pow'r. Ascribe due honors to his name, And his eternal might adore. %. The Lord proclaims his pow'r aloud Thro' ev'ry ocean, ev'ry land ; His voice divides the wat'ry cloud, And lightnings blaze at his command. 3. He speaks, and tempest, hail, and wind, Lay the wide forest bare around ; The fearful hart, and frighten'd hind,1 Leap at the terror of the sound. 4. To Lebanon he turns his voice, And lo, the stately cedars break ; The mountains tremble at the noise, The valleys roar, the deserts quake, 5. The Lord sits sovereign on the flood, The Thund'rer reigns for ever king ; But makes his church his blest abode, Where we his awful glories sing. 6. In gentler language, there the Lord The counsel of his grace imparts ; Amidst the raging storm, his word Speaks peace and courage to our hearts. PSALM 30. L. M. Sickness healed. 1, I will extol thee, Lord, on high, At thy command diseases fly ; Who but a God can speak, and save From the dark borders of the grave ? 2. Sing to the Lord, ye saints of his, And tell how large his goodness is ; 42 PSALM XXXI. Let all your pow'rs rejoice and bless, While you record his holiness. 3. His anger but a moment stays ; His love is life and length of days ; Though grief and tears the night employ, The morning star restores the joy,. 4. Firm was my health, my day was bright, And I presum'd 'twould ne'er be night ; Fondly I said within my heart, u Pleasure and peace shall ne'er depart." 5. But I forgot thine arm was strong, Which made my mountain stand so long ; Soon as thy face began to hide, My health was gone, my comforts died. 6. I cri'd aloud to thee, my God : " What canst thou profit by my blood ? "Deep in the dust can I declare "Thy truth, or sing thy glories there ? 7. "Hear me, 0 God of grace," I said, "And bring me from among the dead ;" Thy word rebuk'd the pains I felt, Thy pard'ning love removed my guilt. S. My groans, and tears, and forms of wo, Are turn'd to joy and praises now ; I throw my sackcloth on the ground, And ease and gladness gird me round. 9. My tongue, the glory of my frame, Shall ne'er be silent of thy name : Thy praise shall sound thro' earth and heav'i For sickness heal'd and sins forgiv'n. PSALM 31. First Part. C. M. Deliverance from death. 1. Into thy hand, 0 God of truth, "My spirit I commit ; PSALM XXXI. 43 Thou hast redeem'd my soul from death. And sav'd me from the pit. 2. The passions of my hope and fear Maintain'd a doubtful strife ; While sorrow, pain, and sinconspir'd To take away my life. 3. "My times are in thy hand/' I cri'd, "Though I draw near the dust ;" Thou art the refuge where I hide, The God in whom I trust. 4. 0 make thy reconciled lace Upon thy servant shine, And save me for thy mercy's sake> For I'm entirely thine. 5. 'Twas in my haste my spirit said, " I must despair and die ; I am cut off before thine eyes," But thou hast heard my ciy. 6. Thy goodness how divinely free ! How wondrous is thy grace, To those that fear thy majesty ! And trust thy promises ! 7. 0 love the Lord, all ye his saints, And sing his praises loud ; He'll bend his ear to your complaints, And recompense the proud. PSALM 31. Second Part. C. M. Deliverance from slander and reproach. 1. My heart rejoices in thy name, My God, my help, my trust : Thou hast preserv'd my face from shame*, Mine honor from the dust. 2. "My life is spent with grief," I cri'd, "My years consum'd in groans, U PSALM XXXII. "My strength decays, mine eyes are dri'd, "And sorrow wastes my bones." 3. Among mine enemies my name Was a mere proverb grown ; While to my neighbors I became Forgotten and unknown. 4. Slander and fear on ev'ry side Seiz'd and beset me round ; I to the throne of grace apph'd, And speedy rescue found. 5. How great deliverance thou hast wrought Before the sons of men ! The lying lips to silence brought, And made their boastings vain ! 6- Thy children, from the strife of tongues> Shall thy pavilion hide ; Guard them from infamy and wrongs, And crush the sons of pride. 7. Within thy secret presence, Lord, Let me for ever dwell ; No fenced city, wall'd and barr'd, Secures a saint so well. PSALM 32. First Part. L. M. Justification and sanctijication. 1. Bless'd is the man, for ever blest, Whose guilt is pardon'd by his God, Whose sins with sorrow are confess'd, And cover'd with his Savior's blood. 2. Blest is the man to whom the Lord Imputes not his iniquities ; He pleads no merit of reward, And not on works but grace relies. 3. From guile his heart and lips are free : His humble joy, his holy fear, PSALM XXXIIL 46 With deep repentance will agree> And join to prove his faith sincere. 4. How glorious is that righteousness That hides and cancels all his sins : While a bright evidence of grace Through his whole life appears and shines, PSALM 32. Second Part. L. M. Confession and pardon. 1. While I keep silence and conceal My heavy guilt within my heart, What torments doth my conscience feel ! What agonies of inward smart ! 2. I spread my sins before the Lord, And all my secret faults confess ; Thy gospel speaks a pard'ning word, Thy holy Spirit seals the grace. 3. For this shall ev'ry humble soul Make swift addresses to thy seat ; When floods of huge temptations roll, There shall they find a blest retreat. 4. How safe beneath thy wings I lie, When days grow dark, and storms appear ; And when I walk, thy watchful eye Shall guide me safe from ev'ry snare. PSALM 33. First Part. C. M. Works of creation and Providence. 1. Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord, This work belongs to you ; Sing of his name, his ways, his word, How holy, just, and true ! 2. His mercy and his righteousness Let heav'n and earth proclaim ; His works of nature and of grace Reveal his wondrous name. 46 PSALM XXXIII. 3. His wisdom and almighty word The heav'nly arches spread ; And by the Spirit ol the Lord Their shining hosts were made. 4. He bid the liquid waters flow To their appointed deep ; The flowing seas their limits know, And their own station keep. 5. Ye tenants of the spacious earth, With fear before him stand : He spake, and nature took its birth,. And rests on his command. 6. He scorns (he angry nations' rage, And breaks their vain designs ; His counsel stands through ev'ry age, And in full glory shines. PSALM 33. Second Part. C. M. Creatures vain ; and God all-sufficient. 1. Blest is the nation where the Lord Hath fix'd his gracious throne ; Where he reveals his heav'nly word, And calls their tribes his own. 2. His eyes with infinite survey, The spacious world behold : He form'd us all of equal clay, And knows our feeb.e mould. 3. Kings are not rescu'd by the force Of armies from the grave ; Nor speed nor courage of a horse Can the bold rider save. 4. Vain is the strength of beasts or maa>. To hope for safety thence ; But holy souls from God obtain A strong and sure defence,. PSALM XXXIV. 47 ;. God is their fear, and God their trust, When plagues or famine spread ; His watchful eye secures the just Among ten thousand dead. J. Lord, let oar hearts in thee rejoice, And bless us from thy throne ; For we have made thy word our choice, And trust thy grace alone. PSALM 34. First Part. C. M. Praise for eminent deliverance. 1. I'll bless the Lord from day to day ;= How good are all his ways ! Ye humble souls that use to pray, Come help my lips to praise. 2. Sing to the honor of his name, How a poor sulf'rer cry'd, Nor was his hope expos'd to shame, Nor was his suit deny'd. 3. When threatening sorrows round me stood,. And endless fears arose, Like the loud billows of a flood, Redoubling all my woes ; 4. I told the Lord my sore distress, With heavy groans and tears ; He gave my sharpest torments ease, And silenc'd all my fears. 5. Oh sinners, come and taste his love, Come, learn his pleasant ways, And let your own experience prove* The sweetness of his grace. 6. He bids his angels pitch their tents Round where his children dwell ; What ills their heavenly care prevents^ No earthly tongue can telL 48 PSALM XXXIV. 7. Oh love the Lord, ye saints of his ; His eye regards the just ; How richly bless'd their portion is, Who make the Lord their trust ! 8. Young lions, pinch'd with hunger, roar, And famish in the wood : But God supplies his holy poor With ev'ry needful good. PSALM 34. Second Part. L. M. Religious education. 1. Children, in years and knowledge young, Your parents' hope, your parents' joy, Attend the counsels of my tongue ; Let pious thoughts your mind employ. 2. If you desire a length of days, And peace to crown your mortal state ; Restrain your feet from impious ways, Your lips from slander and deceit. 3. The eyes of God regard his saints, His ears are open to their cries : He sets his frowning face against The sons of violence and lies. 4. To humble souls and broken hearts God with his grace is ever nigh ; Pardon and hope his love imparts, When men in deep contrition lie. 5. He tells their tears, he counts their groans \ His Son redeems their souls from death ; His Spirit heals their broken bones, While they in praise employ their breath. PSALM 34. Third Part. C. M. Peace and holiness. 1. The Lord for ever guards the just, His ears attend their cry ; PSALM XXXV. 49 When broken spirits dwell in dust, The God of grace is nigh. 2. What though the sorrows here they taste Be sharp and tedious too ; The Lord who saves his saints at last, Is their supporter now. 3. Evil shall smite the wicked dead ; But God secures his own, Prevents the mischief when they slide, Or heals the broken bone. 4. When desolation, like a flood, O'er the proud sinner rolls ; Saints find a refuge in their God, For he redeems their souls. PSALM 35. First Part. C. M. Imprecations mixed with charity. 1. Now plead my cause, Almighty God, With all the sons of strife ; And fight against the men of blood, Who fight against, my life. 2. Draw out thy spear, and stop their way, Lift thine avenging rod ; But, to my soul in mercy say, "I am thy Savior, God." 3. They plant their snares to catch my feet, And nets of mischief spread ; Plunge the destroyers in the pit That their own hands have made. 4. Let fogs and darkness hide their way, And slipp'ry be their ground ; Thy wrath shall make their lives a prey, And all their rage confound. 5. They fly like chaff before the wind, Before thine angry breath ; 4 60 PSALM XXXV. The angel of the Lord behind Pursues them down to death. 6. They love the road that leads to hell r Then must the rebels die, Whose malice is implacable Against the Lord on high. 7. But if thou hast a chosen few Amongst that impious race ; Divide them from the bloody crew By thy surprising grace. 8. Then will 1 raise my tuneful voice To make thy wonders known ; In their salvation PJ1 rejoice, And bless thee for my own. PSALM 35. Second Part. C. M. The love of Christ typified in David. 1. Behold the love, the gen'rous love, That holy David shows ; Mark how his tender bowels move For his afflicted foes ! 2. When they are sick his soul complains, And seems to feel the smart ; The spirit of the gospel reigns, And melts his pious heart. 3. How did his flowing tears condole As for a brother dead ! And fasting mortify'd his soul, While for their life he pray'd. 4. They groan'd and curs'd him on their bed Yet still he pleads and mourns ; And double blessings on his head The righteous God returns. 5. 0 glorious type of heav'nly grace ! Thus Christ the Lord appears; PSALM XXXVI. 51 While sinners curse, the Savior prays, And pities them with tears. 6. He. the true David, Israel's king, Blest and beloVd of God, To save us rebels dead in sin, Paid his own dearest blood. PSALM 36. First Part. S. M. Atheism exposed. 1. When man grows bold in sin, My heart wiihin me cries, "He hath no faith of God within, "Nor fear before his eyes." 2. He walks awhile conceal'd In a self-natt'ring dream : Till his dark crimes at once reveal'd, Expose his hateful name. 3. His heart is false and foul, His words are smooth and fair ; Wisdom is banish'dfrom his soul, And leaves no goodness there. 4. He plots upon his bed New mischief to fulfil : He sets his heart, his hand, and head, To practise all that's ill. 5. But there's a dreadful God, Though men renounce his fear ; His justice hid behind the cloud, Shall one great day appear. 6. His truth transcends the sky ; In heav'n his mercies dwell ; Deep as the sea his judgments lie; His anger burns to hell. 7. How excellent his love, Whence all our safety springs ; 52 PSALM XXXVII. 0 never let my soul remove From underneath his wings ! PLALM 36. Second Part. L. M. General Providence and special grace. 1. 0 Lord, thy mercy, my sure hope, The highest orb of heav'n transcends ; Thy sacred truth's unmeasured scope Beyond the spreading sky extends. 2. Thy justice like the hills remains ; Unfathom'd depths thy judgments are ; Thy providence the world sustains ; The whole creation is thy care. 3. Since of thy goodness all partake ; With what assurance should the just Thy sheltering wings their refuge make, And saints to thy protection trust. 4 Such guests shall to thy courts be led, To banquet on thy love's repast ; And drink as from a fountain head, Of joys that shall for ever last. 5. With thee the springs of life remain ; Thy presence is eternal day : 0 ! let thy grace thy saints sustain ; To upright hearts thy truth display. PSALM 37. First Part. C. M. The rewards of the righteous and the wicked. 1. Why should I vex my soul and fret To see the wicked rise ? Or envy sinners waxing great, By violence and lies ? 2. As flow'ry grass cut down at noon, Before the evening fades, PSALM XXXVII. 53 So shall their glories vanish soon, In everlasting shades. Then let me make the Lord my trust, And practise all that's good ; So shall I dwell among the just, And he'll provide me food. t. I to my God my ways commit, And cheerful wait his will ; Thy hand which guides my doubtful feet, Shall my desires fulfil. 5. Mine innocence shalt thou display, And make thy judgments known, Fair as the light of dawning day, And glorious as the noon. 5. The meek at last the earth possess, And are the heirs of heav'n ; True riches with abundant, peace, To humble souls are giv'n. 1. Rest in the Lord, and keep his way, Nor let your anger rise, Though Providence should long delay. To punish haughty vice. J. Let sinners join to break your peace, And plot, and rage, and foam ; The Lord derides them, for he sees Their day of vengeance come. ). They have drawn out the threat'ning sword, Have bent the murd'rous bow, To slay the men that fear the Lord, And bring the righteous low. ). My God shall break their bows, and burn Their persecuting darts ; Shall their own swords against them turn, And pain surprise their hearts. 54 PSALM XXXVII. PSALM 37. Second Part. C. M- Charily to the poor. 1. Why do the wealthy wicked boast. And grow profanely bold ? The meanest portion of the just Excels the sinner's gold. 2. The wicked borrows of his friends, But ne'er designs to pay ; The saint is merciful, and lends, Nor turns the poor away. 3. His alms with lib'ral heart he gives Amongst the sons of need ; His mem'ry to long ages lives, And blessed is his seed. 4. He fears to talk with lips profane, To slander or defraud ; His ready tongue declares to men What he has learn 'd of God. 5. The law and gospel of the Lord Deep in his heart abide ; Led by the Spirit and the word, His feet shall never slide. 6. When sinners fall, the righteous stand Preserved from ev'ry snare; They shall possess the promised land And dwell for ever there. PSALM 37. Third Part. C. M. The way and end of the righteous and the wicked* 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 virtues he approves, PSALM XXXVIII. 55 He ne'er deprives them of his grace, Nor leaves the men he loves. 3. The heav'nly heritage is theirs, Their portion and their home ; He feeds them now, and makes them heirs Of blessings long to come. 4. Wait on the Lord, ye sons of men, Nor fear when tyrants frown : Ye shall confess their pride was vain, When justice casts them down. 5. The haughty sinner have I seen, Not fearing man or God, Like a tall bay-tree, fair and green, Spreading his arms abroad. 6. And lo ! he vanish'd from the ground, Destroyed by hands unseen ; Nor root, nor branch, nor leaf was found, Where all that pride had been. 7. But mark the man of righteousness, His sev'ral steps attend ; True pleasure runs through all his ways, And peaceful is his end. PSALM 38. C. M. Pray er for pardon and health. 1. Amid thy wrath remember love, Restore thy servant, Lord : Nor let a father's chast'ning prove Like an avenger's sword. 2. Thine arrows stick within my heart. My flesh is sorely prest ; Between the sorrow and the smart, My spirit finds no rest. 3. My sins a heavy load appear, And o'er my head are gone ; 56 PSALM XXXIX. Too heavy for my soul to bear, Too hard for me t' atone. 4. My thoughts are like a troubled sea* My head still bending down; And I go mourning all the day, Beneath my Father's frown. 5. Lord, lam weak and broken sore, None of my pow'rs are whole ; The inward anguish makes me roar, The anguish of my soul. 6. All my desire to thee is known, Thine eye counts ev'ry tear, And ev'ry sigh, and ev'ry groan, Is notic'd by thine ear. 7. Thou art my God, my only hope ; My God will hear my cry : My God will bear my spirit up, When Satan bids me die. 8. My foes rejoice to see me slide Into the miry pit ; They raise their pleasure and their pride. When they supplant my feet. 9. But I'll confess my guilt to thee, And grieve for all my sin ; I feel how weak my graces be, And beg support divine. 10. My God, forgive my follies past, And be for ever nigh ; 0 Lord of my salvation haste, Before thy servant die. PSALM 39. First Part. C. M. Prudence and zeal. 1. Thus I resolv'd before the Lord, " Now I will watch my tongue, PSALM XXXIX. 57 "Lest I let slip one sinful word, "Or do my neighbor wrong/' 2. And if Pm e'er constrained to stay With men of lives profane, Fll set a double guard that day, Nor let my talk be vain. 3. I'll scarce allow my lips to speak, The pious thoughts I feel ; Lest scoffers should th' occasion take To mock my holy zeal. 4. Yet if some proper hour appear, I'll not be overawed ; But let the scoffing sinners hear, That I can speak of God. PSALM 39. Second Part. C. M. The vanity of man as mortal. 1. 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. 2. A span is all that we can boast ; How short, how fleet our time ! Man is but vanily and dust, In all his flow'r and prime. 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. Some walk in honor's gaudy show ; Some dig for golden ore : They toil for heirs they know not who, And straight are seen no more. 5. What should I wish or wait for then, From creatures, earth and dust ? 58 PSALM XXXIX. They make our expectation vain, And disappoint our trust. 6. Now I forbid my carnal hope, My fond desires recall : I give my mortal int'rest up, And make my God my all. PSALM 39. Third Part. C. M. Sick-bed devotion. 1. God of my life, look gently down, Behold the pains I feel ; But I am dumb before thy throne, Nor dare dispute thy will. 2. Diseases are thy servants, Lord, They come at thy command ; I'll not attempt a murmuring word, Against thy chast'ning hand. 3. Yet I may plead with humble cries, " Remove thy sharp rebukes ;" My strength consumes, my spirit dies, Through thy repeated strokes. 4. Crush'd as a moth beneath thy hand, We moulder to the dust ; Our feeble pow'rs can ne'er withstand, And all our beauty's lost. 5. This mortal life decays apace, How soon the bubble's broke ! Adam, and all his num'rous race Are vanity and smoke. 6. I'm but a sojourner below, As all my fathers were ; May I be well prepar'd to go When I the summons hear. 7. But if my life be spar'd awhile Before my last remove, PSALM XL. Thy praise shall be my business still, And I'll declare thy love. PSALM 40. First Part. C. M. Deliverarxe from great distress. 1. I waited patient for the Lord, He bow'd to hear my cry ; He saw me resting on his word, And brought salvation nigh. 2. He rais'd me from a horrid pit, Where mourning long I lay ; And from my bonds releas'd my feet, Deep bonds of miry clay. 3. Firm on a rock he made me stand, And taught my cheerful tongue To praise the wonders of his hand, In a new, thankful song. I'll spread his works of grace abroad ; The saints with joy shall hear, And sinners learn to make my God Their only hope and fear. How many are thy thoughts of love ! Thy mercies, Lord, how great ! We have not words, nor hours enough, Their numbers to repeat. 6. When I'm afflicted, poor, and low, And light and peace depart, My God beholds my heavy wo, And bears me on his heart. PSALM 40. Second Part. C. M. The incarnation and sacrifice of Christ. 1. Behold, the blest Redeemer comes ! Th' eternal Son appears ! 60 PSALM XL. And at th' appointed time assumes The body God prepares ! 2. Jesus reveal'd his Father's grace, And much his truth he show'd ; He preach'd the way of righteousness, Where great assemblies stood. 3. His Father's honor touched his heart, He pitied sinners' cries, And, to fulfil a Savior's part, Was made a sacrifice. 4. No blood of beasts on altars shed, Could wash the conscience clean ; The sacrifice which Jesus paid Atones for all our sin. 5. Then was the great salvation spread, And Satan's kingdom shook ; Thus by the woman's promis'd seed The serpent's head was broke. PSALM 40. Third Part. L. M. Christ our sacrifice. 1. The wonders, Lord, thy love has wrought, Exceed our praise, surmount our thought; Should I attempt the long detail, My speech would faint, my numbers fail. 2. No blood of beasts on altars spilt, Can cleanse the souls of men from guilt ; But thou hast set before our eyes An all-sufficient sacrifice. 3. In heav'n before his Father's throne, Complacent smiles th' eternal Son, Andpleas'd, presents with boundless grace Himself a ransom for our race. 4. "Behold ! I come," the Savior cries, With love and duty in his eyes, PSALM XLI. 61 "I come to bear the heavy load " Of sins, and do thy will, my God. 5. " Mine ear is open'd to thy voice, "My heart delighted with thy choice ; " Pleas'd, I assume a fleshy form, "Akin to man, that dying worm. 6. "'Tis written in thy great decree, " 'Tis in thy book foretold of me ; "I must fulfil the Savior's part ; "And lo ! thy law is in my heart. 7. "I'll magnify thy holy law, "And rebels to obedience draw, " When on my cross Pm lifted high, "Or to my crown above the sky. 8. " The Spirit shall descend and show " What thou hast done, and what I do ; "The wond'ring world shall learn thy grace, " Thy wisdom and thy righteousness." PSALM 41. L. M.i Charity to the poor. 1. Blest is the man whose bowels move, And melt with pity to the poor ; Whose soul by sympathizing love, Feels what his fellow-saints endure. 2. His heart contrives for their relief More good than his own hands can do ; He in the time of gen'ral grief, Shall find the Lord has bowels too. 3. His soul shall live secure on earth, With secret blessings on his head, When drought, and pestilence, and dearth, Around him multiply their dead. 4. Or if he languish on his couch, God will pronounce his sins forgiv'n ; 62 PSALM XLII. Will save him with a healing touch, Or take his willing soul to heav'n. PSALM 42. First Part. C. M. Desertion and hope. 1. As pants the heart for cooling streams, When heated in the chace ; So longs my soul, 0 God, for thee, And thy refreshing grace. 2. For thee, my God, the living God, My thirsty soul doth pine ; 0 ! when shall I behold thy face, Thou majesty divine ! 3. Tears are my constant food, while thus Insulting foes upbraid ; "Deluded wretch ! where is thy God? "And where his promis'd aid'?" 4. 'Tis with a mournful pleasure now I think on ancient days ; Then to thy house did numbers go, And all our work was praise. 5. But why's my soul sunk down so far Beneath this heavy load ? Why do my thoughts indulge despair. And sin against my God ? 6. Hope in the Lord, whose mighty hand Can all thy woes remove : For I shall yet before him stand, And sing restoring love. PSALM 42. Second Part. C. M. Trust in the goodness of God. 1. Why, 0 ! my soul, why thus deprest, And whence this anxious fear ? PSALM XLIII. 63 Let former favors fix thy trust, And check the rising tear. 2. When darkness and when sorrows rose, And press'd on ev'ry side, Did not the Lord sustain thy steps, And was not God thy guide ? S. Affliction is a stormy deep, Where wave resounds to wave : Tho' o'er my head the billows roll, I know the Lord can save. 4. Perhaps before the morning dawns He'll reinstate my peace ; For he who bade the tempest roar, Can bid the tempest cease. 5. 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. 6. Then, 0 ! my soul, why thus deprest, And whence this anxious fear ? Let former favors fix thy trust. And check the rising tear. 7. Here will I rest, and build my hopes ; Nor murmur at his rod 5 He's more than all the world to me? My health, my life, my God. PSALM 43. C M. Safety in divine, Providence* 1. Judge me, 0 God, and plead my cause Against a sinful race ; From vile oppression and deceit Secure me by thy grace. 2, On thee my steadfast hope depends, And am I left to mourn ? 64 PSALM XLIV. To sink in sorrows, and in vain Implore thy kind return ? 3. 0 send thy light to guide my feet, And bid thy truth appear, Conduct me to thy holy hill, To taste thy mercies there. 4. Then to thy altar, 0 my God, My joyful feet shall rise, And my triumphant song shall praise The God that rules the skies. .5. Sink not, my soul, beneath thy fear. Nor yield to weak despair ; For I shall live to praise the Lord, And bless his guardian care. PSALM 44. C. M. The Church's complaint in persecution. 1. Lord, we have heard thy works of old, Thy works of pow'r and grace ; When to our ears our fathers toid, The wonders of their days : 2. How thou didst build thy churches here, And make thy gospel known : Among them did thine arm appear, Thy light and glory shone. 3. In God they boasted all the day, And in a cheerful throng Did thousands meet to praise and pray, And grace was all their song. 4. But now our souls are seiz'd with shame, Confusion fills our face, To hear the enemy blaspheme, And fools reproach thy grace. 5. Yet have we not forgot our God, Nor falsely dealt with heav'n, PSALM XLV. 65 Nor have onr steps declin'd the road Of duty thou hast giv'n. $. Though dragons all around us roar With their destructive breath ; And thine own hand has bruis'd us sore, Hard by the gates of death. 7. We are expos'd all day to die, As martyrs for thy cause ; As sheep for slaughter bound we lie By sharp and bloody laws. 8. Awake, arise, Almighty Lord ! Why sleeps thy wonted grace ? Why should we look like men abhorr'd, Or banish'd from thy face ? •9. Wilt thou for ever cast us off, And still neglect our cries ? For ever hide thy heav'nly love From our afflicted eyes ? 10. Down to the dust our souls are bow'd, And lie upon the ground : Rise for our help, rebuke the proud, And all their pow?rs confound. 11. Redeem us from perpetual shame, Our Savior and our God ; We plead the honors of thy name, The merits of thy blood. PSALM 45. First Part. L. M. The glory of Christ, and the power of his gospel. 1. Now be my heart inspir'd to sing The glories of my Savior King, Jesus the Lord : how heav'nly fair His form ! how bright his beauties are i 2. O'er all the sons of human race, He shines with a superior grace ; 5 I PSALM XLV. Love from his lips divinely flows. And blessings all his state compose. 3. Dress thee in arms, most mighty Lord I Gird on the terror of thy sword ! In majesty and glory ride, With truth and meekness at thy side. 4. Thine anger, like a pointed dart, Shall pierce the foes of stubborn heart ; Or words of mercy kind and sweet, Shall melt the rebels at thy feet. 5. Thy throne, 0 God, for ever stands ; Grace is the sceptre in thy hands ; Thy laws and works are just and right,. Justice and grace are thy delight. 6. 0 God, thy God has richly shed His oil of gladness on thy head, And with his sacred Spirit, blest Th? eternal Son above the rest. PSALM 45. Second Part. L. JVL. Christ and his Church. 1. The King of saints, how fair his face,. Adorn'd with majesty and grace ! He comes with blessings from above, And wins the nations with his love. 2. At his right hand our eyes behold The queen array'd in purest gold ; The world admires her heav'nly dress,. Her robe of joy and righteousness. 3. He forms her beauties like his own, He calls and seats her near his throne : Fair stranger, let thy heart forget The idols of thy native state. 4. So shall the King the more rejoice In thee the fav'rite of his choice ; PSALM XLVI. 67 Let him be lov'd, and yet ador'd, For he's thy Maker and thy Lord. 5. 0 happy hour ! when thou shalt rise To his fair palace in the skies ; And all thy sons (a num'rous train) Each like a prince in glory reign. 6. Let endless honors crown his head ; Let ev'ryage his praises spread ; While we with cheerful songs approve The condescension of his love. PSALM 46. First Part. L. M. The safety of the Church. 1. God is our refuge in distress, A present help when dangers press ; On him for safety we relied, And in his strength we will confide : 2. Though earth were from her centre tost> And mountains in the ocean lost ; Or lofty hills from their abode, Torn piece-meal by the roaring flood. 3. Let angry waves together roll'd Rage on with fury uncontroll'd ; We will not fear, whilst we depend On God, who is our constant friend. 4. A gentler stream, that ever flows, And joy to all around bestows, The city of the Lord shall fill, The city where he's worshipp'd still. 5. God dwells in Zion, whose strong tow'rs, Shall mock th' assault of earthly powers ^ And his almighty aid is nigh, To those who on his strength rely. 68 PSALM XLVII. PSALM 46. Second Part. L. M. God creates peace. 1. Let Zion in her King rejoice, Though tyrants rage, and kingdoms rise : He utters his almighty voice, The nations melt, the tumult dies. 2. The Lord of old for Jacob fought, And Jacob's God is still our aid ; Behold the works his hand hath wrought, What desolations he hath made ! 3. From sea to sea through all the shores He makes the noise of battle cease ; When from on high his thunder roars, He awes the trembling world to peace. 4. He breaks the bow, he cuts the spear, Chariots he bums with heav'nly flame : Keep silence, all the the earth, and hear The sound and glory of his name. 5. "Be still, and learn that I am God, "I'll be exalted o'er the lands ; "I will be known and feared abroad, " But still my throne in Zion stands." 6. 0 Lord of hosts, almighty King, While we so near thy presence dwell, Our faith shall sit secure, and sing Defiance to the gates of hell. PSALM 47. C. M. Christ ascending and reigning. 1. 0 for a shout of sacred joy, To God the sov'reign King ! Let ev'ry land their tongues employ, And hymns of triumph sing. 2. Jesus, our God, ascends on high ; His heav'nly guards around PSALM XLVIII. 69 Attend him rising through the sky, With trumpet's joyful sound. 3. While angels shout and praise their King,. Let mortals learn their strains ; Let all the earth his honors 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. 5. In Israel stood his ancient throne, He lov'd that chosen race ; But now he calls the world his own, And heathens taste his grace. 6. These western climes are all the Lord's, Here Abraham's God is known ; While pow'rs and princes, shields and swords Submit before his throne. PSALM 48. First Part. S. M. The church is the honor and safety of a nation* 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 honor of our native place, And bulwarks of our land, 3. In Zion God is known A refuge in distress ; How bright halh his salvation shone Through all her palaces ! 4. When kings against her join'd, And saw the Lord was there ; # 70 PSALM XLVIII. In wild confusion of the mind They fled with hasty fear. 5. When navies tall and proud, Attempt to spoil our peace, He sends his tempest roaring loud, And sinks them in the seas. 6. Oft have our fathers told, Our eyes have often seen, How well our God secures the fold. Where his own sheep have been. 7. In ev'ry new distress, We'll to his house repair ; We'll think upon his wondrous grace, And seek deliv'rance there. PSALM 48. Second Part. S. M. The worship and order of the church. 1. Far as thy name is known, The world declares thy praise ; Thy saints, O Lord, before thy throne, Their songs of honor raise. 2. With joy thy people stand On Zion's chosen hill, Proclaim the wonders of thy hand, And counsels of thy will. 3. Let strangers walk around The city where we dwell, "Compass and view thy holy ground, And mark the building well : 4. The orders of thy house, The worship of thy court, The cheerful songs, the solemn vows, And make a fair report. PSALM XLIX. 71 5. How decent and how wise ! How glorious to behold ! Beyond the pomp that charms the eyes, And rites adorn'd with gold. 6. The God we worship now, Will guide us till we die ; Will he our God while here below, And ours above the sky. PSALM 49. First Part. C. M. The vanity of life and riches. 1. Why doth the man of riches grow To insolence and pride, To see his wealth and honors flow With ev'ry rising tide ? 2. Why doth he treat the poor with scorn, Made of the self-same clay ; And boast as though his flesh were born Of Letter dust than they ? 3. Not all his treasures can procure His soul a short reprieve ; Redeem from death one guilty hour, Or make his brother live. 4. Life is a blessing can't be sold, The ransom is too high ; Justice will ne'er be brib'd with gold. That man may never die. "5. He sees the brutish and the wise, The tim'rous and the brave, Quit their possessions, close their eyes, And hasten to the grave. tf. Yet 'tis his inward thought and pride, " My house shall ever stand ; "And that my name may long abide, ■"I'll give it to my Land." 72 PSALM XLIX. 7. Vain are his thoughts, his hopes are lost, How soon his mem'ry dies ! His name is written in the dust/ Where his own carcass lies. 8. This is the folly of their way ; And yet their sons, as vain, Approve the words their fathers say, And act their works again. 3. Men void of wisdom and of grace, If honor raise them high, Live like the beasts, a thoughtless race, And like the beasts they die. 10. Laid in the grave like silly sheep, Death feeds upon them there, Till the last trumpet breaks their sleep In terror and despair. PSALM 49. Second Part. C. M. Death and the resurrection. 1. Ye sons of pride that hate the just, And trample on the poor : When death hath brought you down to dus Your pomp shah rise no more. 2. The last great day shall change the scene ; When will that hour appear ? When shall the just revive, and reign O'er all thatscorn'd them here ? 3. Godwill my naked soul receive, When sep'rate from the flesh, And break the prison of the grave, To raise my bones afresh. 4. Heav'n is my everlasting home, Th' inheritance is sure ; Let men of pride their rage resume*. But I'll repine no more. ■a jPSALM L. 73 PSALM 50. First Part. C. M. 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. No more shall bold blasphemers say, "Judgment will ne'er b^gin ;" No more abuse his long delay To impudence and sin. 3. Thron'd on a cloud our God shall come,. Bright names prepare his way ; Thunder and darkness, fire and storm Lead on the dreadful day. 4. Heav'n from above his call shall hear, Attending angels come, And earth and hell shall know and fear His justice, and their doom. 5. "But gather all my saints," he cries, "That made their peace with God "By the Redeemer's sacrifice. "And seal'd it with his blood. 6. " Their faith and works,brought forth to light,, " Shall make the world confess " My sentence of reward is right, "And heav'n adore my grace." PSALM 50. Second Part. C. M. Obedience is better than sacrifice. 1. Thus saith the Lord, "The spacious fields " And flocks and herds are mine ; " O'er all the cattle of the hills " I claim a right divine. W PSALM L. 2. "I ask no sheep for sacrifice, " Nor bullocks burnt with fire : "To hope and love, to pray and praise, " Is all that I require. 3. ".Invoke my name when trouble's near, "My hand shall set thee free ; " Then shall thy thankful lips declare "The honor due to me. 4. "The man that offers humble praise, "Declares my glory best ; "And those that tread my holy ways; " Shall my salvation taste/' PSALM 50. Third Part. C. M. The judgment of hypocrites. 1. When Christ to judgment shall descend And saints surround their Lord, He calls the nations to attend, And hear his awful word : 2. " Not for the want of bullocks slain " Will I the world reprove ; " Altars and rites, and forms are vain, "Without the fire of love. 3. "And what have hypocrites to do "To bring their sacrifice ? " They call my statutes just and true, '•But deal in theft and lies. 4. " Could you expect to 'scape my sight, " And sin without control ? "But I will bring your crimes to light, " With anguish in your soul." 5. Consider, ye that slight the Lord, Before his wralh appear ; If once you fall beneath his sword, There's no deliv'rer there. PSALM LI. 75 PSALM 51. First Part. L. M. A penitent pleading for pardon. 1. Show pity, Lord, 0 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 can't surpass The pow'r and glory of thy grace ; Great God, thy nature hath no bound, So let thy pard'hing love be found. 3. 0 wash my soul from ev'ry sin, And make my guilty conscience clean ; Here on my heart the burden lies, - And past offences pain mine eyes. 4. My lips with shame my sins confess Against thy law, against thy grace ; Lord, should thy judgment grow severe, I am condemn'd, but thou art clear. 5. Should sudden vengeance seize my breath, I must pronounce thee just in death ; And if my soul were sent to hell, Thy righteous law approves it well : 6. Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord, Whose hope, still hov'ring round thy word, Would light on some sweet promise there, Same sure support against despair. PSALM 51. Second Part. L. M. Original and actual sins confessed. 1. Lord, I am vile, conceiv'd in sin, And born unholy and unclean ; Sprung from the man whose guilty fall Corrupts the race, and taints us all, 2. Soon as we draw our infant breath, The seeds of sin grow up for death ; 70 PSALM LI. Thy law demands a perfect heart ; But we're dehTd in ev'ry part. 3. Great God, create my heart anew, And form my spirit pure and true ; 0 make me wise betimes to see My danger and my remedy. 4. Behold, I fall before thy face ; My only refuge is thy grace : No outward forms can make me clean \. The leprosy lies deep within. 5. No bleeding bird, nor bleeding beast, Nor hyssop branch, nor sprinkling priest, Nor running brook, nor flood, nor sea, Can wash the dismal stain away. 6. Jesus, my God, thy blood alone Hath pow'r sufficient to atone ; Thy blood can make me white as snow ; No Jewish types could cleanse me so. 7. While guilt disturbs and breaks my peace, Nor flesh nor soul hath rest or ease ; Lord, let me hear thy pard'ning voice, And make my broken bones rejoice. PSALM 51. Third Part. L. M. Repentance and faith in the blood of Christ. 1 0 thou that hear'st when sinners cry, Though all my crimes before thee lie, Behold them not with angry look, But blol their mem'ry from thy book, 2. Create my nature pure Avithin, And form my soul averse to sin ; Let thy good Spirit ne'er depart, Nor hide thy presence from my heart. 3. I cannot live without thy light, Cast out and banish'd from thy sight ; PSALM LII. 77 Thy holy joys, my God, restore, And guard me that I fall no more. 4. Though I have griev'd thy Spirit, Lord, His help and comfort still afford, And let a wretch come near thy throne, To plead the merits of thy Son. 5. A broken heart, my God, my King, Is all the sacrifice I bring ; The God of grace will ne'er despise A broken heart for sacrifice. 6. My soul lies humbled in the dust, And owns thy dreadful sentence just, Look down, 0 Lord, with pitying eye, And save the soul condemn'd to die. 7. Then will I teach the world thy ways ; Sinners shall learn thy sovereign grace : I'll lead them to my Savior's blood, And they shall praise a pard'ning God. 8. 0 may thy love inspire my tongue ! Salvation shall be all my song ; And all my pow'rs shall join to bless The Lord, my strength and righteousness* PSALM 52. C. M. The disappointment of the wicked. 1. Why should the mighty make their boast, And heav'nly grace despise ? In their own arm they put their trust, And fill their mouth with lies. 2. But God in vengeance shall destroy, And drive them from his face ; No more shall they his church annoy, Nor find on earth a place. 3. But like a cultur'd olive grove, Dress'd in immortal green, 78 PSALM LIIL Thy children, blooming in thy love,. .Amid thy courts are seen. 4. On thine eternal grace, 0 Lord, Thy saints shall rest secure, And all who trust thy holy word Shall find salvation sure. PSALM 53. First Part. L. M. Practical Atheism. 1. "There is a God," all nature cries ; The heav'ns and earth this truth confess Yet this the atheist fool denies, And dares his impious thoughts express. 2. The Lord from his celestial tow'r, Look'd down the sons of men to view : To see if any own'd hispow'r, If any his truth and justice knew. 3. But all he saw were gone aside, ■ All in their hearts were atheists grown :■ None took religion for their guide, Not one did God his sov'reign own. 4. 0 wretched state ! how fall'n are men I How guilty, helpless, lost, and dead ! They're all concluded under sin, Their hope is gone, their peace is fled. PSALM 53. Second Part. C. M. Deliverance from persecution. 1. Are all the foes of Zion fools, Who thus devour her saints ? Do they not know her Savior rules, And pities her complaints? 2. They shall be seiz'd with sad surprise. For God's avenging arm Scatters the bones of them that rise To do his children harm. PSALM LIV. 79 In vain the sons of Satan boast Of armies in array ; When God has first dispers'd their hosts? They fall an easy prey. 0 for a word from Zion's King, Her captives to restore ! Jacob with all his tribes shall sing, And Judah weep no more. PSALM 54. 6, 8. Pray :r for deliverance from enemies. 1. Mr God, preserve my soul ; 0 make my spirit whole : To save me let thy strength appear ;. Strangers my steps surround ; Their pride and rage confound, And bring thy great salvation near. 2. Those that against me rise Are aliens from the skies : They hate thy church and kingdom, Lord They mock thy fearful name ; They glory in their shame, Nor heed the wonders of thy word. 3. But, 0 thou King divine, My chosen friends are thine, The men that still my soul sustain i Wilt thou my foes subdue, And form their heart anew, And snatch them from eternal pain. 4. Escap'd from ev'ry wo, 0 grant me here below, To praise thy name with those I love t And, when beyond the skies, Our souls unbodied rise, Unite us in the realms above, 80 PSALM LV. PSALM 55. First Part. C. M. Support for the afflicted and tempted soul. 1. 0 God, my refuge, hear my cries> Behold my flowing tears ; For earth and hell my hurt devise, And triumph in my fears. 2. Their rage is levell'd at my life ; Mv soul with guilt they load, And fill my thoughts with inward strife, To shake my hope in God. 3. With inward pain my heart-strings sound* I groan with eV'ry breath ; Horror and fear beset me round) Among the shades of death. 4. 0 I were I like a feather'd dove, Soon would I stretch my wings, And fly, and make a long remove From all these restless things. 5. Let me to some wild desert go, And find a peaceful home, Where storms of malice never blow, Temptations never come. 6. Vain hopes, and vain inventions all, To 'scape the rage of hdl ! The mighty God on whom I call, Can save me here as well. PSALM 55. Second Part. S. M. Daily devotions. 1. Let sinners take their course, And choose the road to death ; But in the worship of my God I'll spend my daily breath. 2. My thoughts address his throne, When morning brings the light ; PSALM LVI. 81 I seek his blessing ev'ry noon, And pay my vows at night. 3. Thou wilt regard my cries, 0 my eternal God, While sinners perish in surprise, Beneath thine angry rod. 4. Because they dwell at ease, And no sad changes feel ; They neither fear nor trust thy name, Nor learn to do thy will. 5. But I with all my cares, Will lean upon the Lord ; I'll cast my burdens on his arm, And rest upon his word. 6. His arm shall well sustain The children of his love ; The ground on which their safety stands, No earthly pow'r can move. PSALM 56. First Part. C. M. Deliverance from oppression.' 1. 0 thou, whose justice reigns on high, And makes the oppressors cease ; Behold how envious sinners try To vex and break my peace. 2. The sons of violence and lies Join to devour me, Lord ; But as my hourly dangers rise, My refuge is thy word. 3. In God, most holy, just, and true, I have repos'd my trust ; Nor will I fear what flesh can do, The offspring of the dust. 4. They wrest my words to mischief still, Charge me with unknown faults ; 6 82 PSALM LVIT. Mischief doth all their counsels fill,. And malice all their thoughts. 5- Shall they escape without thy frown ? Must their devices stand ? O cast the haughty sinner down ! And let him know thy hand ! PSALM 56. Second Part. C. M;. God's care of his people. 1. God counts the sorrows of his saints, Their groans affect his ears ; Thou hast a book for my complaints, A bottle for my tears. fr. When to thy throne I raise my cry, The wicked fear and flee ; So swift is pray'r to reach the sky, So near is God to me. 3. In thee, most holy, just, and true* I have repos'd my trust ; Nor will I fear what man can do> The offspring of the dust. 4. Thy solemn vows are on me, Lord, Thou shalt receive my praise ; I'll sing, "How faithful is thy word ! "How righteous all thy ways !" 5. Thou hast secur'd my soul from death, 0 set thy prisoner free, That heart and hand, and life and breath May be empioy'd for thee. PSALM 57. L, M. Praise for protection, grace and truth. I. My God, in whom are all the springs Of boundless love, and grace unknown, Hide me beneath thy spreading wings, Till the dark cloud is overblown.. PSALM LVIII. 83 2. Up to the heav'ns I send my cry, The Lord will my desires perform, He sends his angels from the sky, And saves me from the threat 'ning storm. 3. Be thou exalted, 0 my God ! Above the heav'ns where angels dwell ; Thy pow'r on earth be known abroad, Let land to land thy wonders tell. 4. My heart is fix'd : my song shall raise Immortal honors to thy name ; Awake, my tongue, to sound his praise, My tongue, the glory of my frame. 5. High o'er the earth his mercy reigns, And reaches to the utmost sky, His truth to endless years remains, When lower worlds dissolve and die. 6. Be thou exalted, 0 my God ! Above the heav'ns where angels dwell ;. Thy pow'r on earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders tell. PSALM 5S. P. M. JYarning to magistrates.. 1. Judges who rule the world by laws> Will ye despise the righteous cause, When vile oppression wastes the land ? Dare ye condemn the righteous poor, And let rich sinners 'scape secure, While gold and greatness bribe your hand ? 2. Have ye forgot, or never knew, That God will judge the judges too ?- High in the heav'ns his justice reigns ; Yet you invade the rights of God, And send your bold decrees abroad, To bind the conscience in your chains. 84 PSALM LIX. 3. A poison'd arrow is your tongue, The arrow sharp, the poison strong, And death attends where'er it wounds ; You hear no counsels, cries, nor tears ; So the deaf adder stops her ears Against the pow'r of charming sounds. 4. Break out their teeth, eternal God ! Those teeth of lions dy'd in blood ; And crush the serpents in the dust : As empty chaff, when whirlwinds rise, Before the sweeping tempest flies, So let their names and hopes be lost. 5. Th' Almighty thunders from the sky, Their grandeur melts, their titles die As hills of snow dissolve and run, Or snails that perish in their slime, Or births that come before their time, Vain births that never see the sun. 6. Thus shall the vengeance of the Lord Safety and joy to saints afford ; And all that hear shall join and say, "Sure there's a God that rules on high, "A God that hears his children cry, "And will their suff'rings well repay." PSALM 59. S. M. Complaints against invading foes. 1. From foes that round us rise, O God of heav'n defend, Who brave the vengeance of the skies, And with thy saints contend. 2. Behold from distant shores And desert wilds they come, Combine for blood their barb'rous force, And through our cities roam. PSALM LX. 3. Beneath the silent shade Their secret plots they lay ; Our peaceful w*alls by night invade, And waste the fields by day. 4. And will the God of grace, Regardless of our pain, Permit secure that impious race To riot in their reign ? 5. In vain their secret guile Or open force they prove ; His eye can pierce the deepest veil, His hand their strength remove, 6. Yet save them, Lord, from death, Lest we forget their doom ; But drive them with thine angry breath, Through distant lands to roam. 7. Then shall our grateful voice Proclaim our guardian Ood ; The nations round the earth rejoice, And sound the praise abroad. PSALM 60. C. M. On a day of humiliation. 1. Lord, thou hast scourg'd our guilty land, Behold thy people mourn ; Shall vengeance ever guide thy hand ? Shall mercy ne'er return ? 2. Beneath, the terrors of thine eye, Earth's haughty tow'rs decay ; Thy frowning mantle spreads the sky, And_mortals melt away. 3. Our Zion trembles at thy stroke, And dreads thy lifted hand ! 0 heal the nation thou hast broke. And save the sinking land. 86 PSALM LXI. 4. Exalt the banner in the field, For those that fear thy name ; From barb'rous hosts thy people shield, And put our foes to shame. 5. Attend our armies to the fight, And be their guardian God: In vain shall num'rous pow'rs unite Against thy lifted rod. 6. Our troops beneath thy guiding hand Shall gain a glad renown ; 'Tis God who makes the feeble stand, And treads the mighty down. PSALM 61. First Part. S. M. Safety in God. 1. When overwhelmed with grief, My heart within me dies ; Helpless and far from all relief, To heav'n I lift mine eyes. 2. 0 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 HI abide ; Thou art the tow'r of my defence. The refuge where I hide. 4. Thou givest me the lot Of those that fear thy name ; If endless life be their reward, I shall possess the same. PSALM 61. Second Part. L. M. Jesus our King. 1. My soul of thy protection sure, Against her foes shall rest secure ; PSALM LXII. 87 For thou, 0 God, hast heard my vows, And brought me joyful to thy house. 2. With all thy saints I'll strive to sing The glories of my heav'nly king, "Whom thou in mercy didst ordain, Should o'er thy chosen people reign. 3. Jesus shall live for ever blest, And give his people peace and rest ; His years shall last, and God will own His righteous sceptre, and his throne. 4. 0 let thy truth prepare the way, In mercy, Lord, extend his sway ; Thus we'll devote our future days, To pay our vows and sing thy praise. PSALM 62. L. M. Faith in the grace and power of the Redeemer. i. Mr spirit looks to God alone ; My rock and refuge is his throne ; In all my fears, in all my straits, My soul on his salvation waits. 2. Trust him, ye saints, in all your ways, Pour out your hearts before his face ; When helpers fail, and foes invade, God is our all-sufficient aid. 3. False are the men of high degree, The baser sort are vanity ; Laid in the balance both appear Light as a puff of empty air. 4. Make not increasing gold your trust, Nor set your hearts on glitt'ring dust ; Why will ye grasp the fleeting smoke, And not believe what God has spoke ? 5. Once hath his awful voice declar'd, •Once and again my ears have heard, 88 PSALM LXIII. "All pow'r is his eternal due ; "He must be fear'd and trusted too." 6. For sov'reign pow'r reigns not alone, Grace is a partner of the throne ; Thy grace and justice, mighty Lord, Shall well divide our last reward. PSALM 63. First Part. C. M. The morning of a Lord's day. 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 pow'r, Through all thy temples shine ; My God repeat that heav'nly hour, That vision so divine. 3. Not life itself, with all its joys, Can my best passions move, Or raise so high my cheerful voice, As thy forgiving love. 4. 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. PSALM 63. Second Part. L. M. The love of God better than life. 1. Great God, indulge my humble claim, Thou art my hope, my joy, my rest ; The glories that compose thy name Stand all engag'd to make me blest. 2. Thou Great and Good, thou Just and Wise, Thou art my Father and my God ; And I am thine by sacred ties, Thy son, thy servant, bought with blood. PSALM LXIII. 89 3. With early feet I love t' appear Among thy saints and seek thy face ; Oft have I seen thy glory there, And felt the pow'r of sov'reign grace. 4. Not fruits nor wines that tempt our taste, Nor all the joys our senses know, Could make me so divinely blest, Or raise my cheerful passion so. 5. My life itself without thy love No taste of pleasure could afford ; 'Twould but a tiresome burden prove, If I were banish'd from the Lord. 6. Amidst the wakeful hours of night, When busy cares afflict my head, One thought of thee gives new delight, And adds refreshment to my bed. 7. I'll lift my hands, I'll raise my voice, While I have breath to pray or praise ; This work shall make my heart rejoice, And spend the remnant of my days. PSALM 63. Third Part. S. M. Seeking God. 1. My God, permit my tongue This joy, to call thee mine ; And let my early cries prevail To taste thy love divine. 2. My thirsty fainting soul Thy mercy does implore ; Not travellers in desert lands Can pant for water more. 3. Within thy churches, Lord, I long to find my place ; Thy pow'r and glory to behold, And feel thy quick'ning grace. 90 PSALM LXV. 4. Since thou hast been my help,, To thee my spirit flies ; And on thy watchful providence My cheerful hope relies. 5. The shadow of thy wings My soul in safety keeps ; I follow where my Father leads, And he supports my steps. PSALM 64. L. M. Hope in God for deliverance from enemies. 1. Great God, attend to my complaint, Nor let my drooping spirit faint ; When foes in secret spread the snare, Let my salvation be thy care. 2. Shield me without, and guard within, From vile temptations and from sin ; May envy, lust, and pride depart, And heav'nly grace expand my heart. 3. Thy justice and thy pow'r display,' And scatter far thy foes away ; While listening nations learn thy word, And saints triumphant bless the Lord. 4. Then shall thy church exalt her voice, And all that love thy name rejoice ; By faith approach thine awful throne, And plead the merits of thy Son. PSALM 65. First Part. C. M. Ji prayer-hearing God. 1. Praise waits in Zion, Lord, for thee, There shall our vows be paid ; Thou hast an ear when sinners pray, All flesh shall seek thine aid. 2. Lord, our iniquities prevail, But pard'ning grace is thine, PSALM LXV. 91 And thou wilt grant us pow'r and skill To conquer ev'ry sin. 3. Blest are the men whom thou wilt choose To bring them near thy face ; Give them a dwelling in thine house, To feast upon thy grace. 4. In answ'ring what thy church requests, Thy truth and terror shine, And works of dreadful righteousness Fulfil thy kind design. 5. Thus shall the wond'ring nations see The Lord is good and just ; And distant islands fly to thee, And make thy name their trust. 6. They dread thy glittering tokens, Lord, When signs in heav'n appear ; But they shall learn thy holy word, And love as well as fear. PSALM 65. Second Part. C. M. The providence of God in air, earth, and sea. 1. 'Tis by thy strength the mountains stand, God of eternal pow'r ; The sea grows calm at thy command, And tempests cease to roar. 2. Thy morning light and ev'ning shade Successive comforts bring ; Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad, Thy flowers adorn the spring. 3. Seasons and times, and moons and hours, Heav'n, earth, and air are thine ; When clouds distil in fruitful show'rs. The Author is divine. 4. Those wand'ring cisterns in the sky, Borne by the winds around, 92 PSALM LXV. Whose wat'ry treasures well supply The furrows of the ground. 5. The thirsty ridges drink their fill, And ranks of corn appear ; Thy ways abound with blessings still, Thy goodness crowns the year. PSALM 65. Third Part. C. M. The blessings of Ike spring. 1. Good is the Lord, the heav'nly King, Who makes the earth his care ; Visits the pastures ev'ry spring, And bids the grass appear. 2. The clouds, like rivers rais'd on high, Pour out at his command Their wat'ry blessings from the sky, To cheer the thirsty land. 3. The soften'd ridges of the field Permit the corn to spring ; The valleys rich provisions yield, And the poor lab'rers sing. 4. The little hills on ev'ry side Rejoice at falling show'rs ; The meadows, dress'd in beauteous pride, Perfume the air with flow'rs. 5. The barren clods, refresh'd with rain, Promise a joyful crop ; The parched grounds look green again, And raise the reaper's hope. 6. The various months thy goodness crowns, How bounteous are thy ways ! The bleating flocks spread o'er the downs, And shepherds shout thy prase. PSALM LXVI. 93 PSALM 66. First Part. C. M. Our graces tried by afflictions. 1. Sing all ye nations to the Lord, Sing with a joyful noise ; With melody of sound record His honors and your joys. 2. Say to the Pow'r that shakes the sky u How terrible art thou ! "Sinners before thy presence fly, "Or at thy feet they bow." 3. He rules by his resistless might ; Will rebel mortals dare Provoke th' Eternal to the fight, And tempt that dreadful war ? 4. 0 bless our God, and never cease ; Ye saints fulfill his praise ; He keeps our life, maintains our peace, And guides our doubtful ways. 5. Lord, thou hast prov'd our sufT'ring souls To make our graces shine ; So silver bears the burning coals The, metal to refine. 6. Through wat'ry deeps and fiery ways, We march at thy command ; Led to possess the promis'd place By thine unerring hand. PSALM 66. Second Part. C. M. Praise to God for hearing "prayer. 1. Now shall my solemn vows be paid To that Almighty Pow'r, Who heard the long requests I made In my distressful hour. 2. My lips and cheerful heart prepare To make his mercies known ; 94 PSALM LXVIL Come, ye that fear my God, and hear The wonders he hath done. 3. When on my head huge sorrows fell, I sought his heav'nly aid ; He sav'd my sinking soul from hell, And death's eternal shade. 4. If sin lay cover'd in my heart While pray'r employ'd my tongue, The Lord had shown me no regard, Nor I his praises sung. 5. But God (his name be ever bless'd) Hath set my spirit free ; Nor turird from him my poor request, Nor turn'd his heart from me. PSALM 67. C. M. The prosperity of the nation, and increase of the church. 1. Shine on our land, Jehovah, shine, With beams of heav'nly grace ! Reveal thy pow'r through all our coasts, And show thy smiling face. 2. Here fix thy throne exalted high, And here our glory stand ; And like a wall of guardian fire Surround thy fav'rite land. 3. When shall thy name from shore to shore Sound all the earth abroad, And distant nations know and love Their Savior and their God ? 4. Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands, Sing loud, with solemn voice ; Let thankful tongues exalt his praise, And thankful hearts rejoice. & He, the great Lord, th' sov'reign Judge, That sits enthroned above, PSALM LXIII. 95 Wisely commands the worlds he made, In justice and in love. Earth shall confess her Maker's hand, And yield a full increase ; Our God will crown his chosen land With fruitfulness and peace. God, the Redeemer, scatters round His choicest favors here, While the creation's utmost bound Shall see, adore, and fear. PSALM 6S. First Part. L. M. The vengeance and compassion of God. 1. Let God arise in all his might, And put the troops of hell to flight, As smoke that sought to cloud the skies- Before the rising tempest flies. 2. He rides and thunders through the sky, His name Jehovah sounds on high : Sing to his name, ye sons of grace ;. Ye saints, rejoice before his face. 3. The widow and the fatherless Fly to his aid in sharp distress ; In him the poor and helpless find A judge that's just, a father kind. 4. He breaks the captive's heavy chain. And pris'ners see the light again ; But rebels that dispute his will, Shall dwell in chains and darkness still. 5. Kingdoms and thrones to God belong ; Crown him, ye nations, in your song : His wondrous names and pow'rs rehearse : His honors shall enrich your verse. 6. He shakes the heav'ns with loud alarms ; How terrible is God in arms. I 96 PSALM LXVIII. In Israel are his mercies known, Israel is his peculiar throne. 7. Proclaim him king, pronounce him blest ; He's your defence, your joy, your rest : When terrors rise and nations faint, God is the strength of ev'ry saint. PSALM 68. Second Part. L. M. The ascension of Christ, and the gift of the Spirit. 1. Lord, when thou didst ascend on high, Ten thousand angels filPd the sky ; Those heav'nly 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 pronounc'd his dreadful law, And struck the chosen tribes with awe. 3. How bright the triumph none can tell, When the rebellious pow'rs of hell, That thousand souls had captive made, Were all in chains like captives led. 4. Rais'd by his Father to the throne, He sent the promis'd Spirit down With gifts and grace for rebel men, That God might dwell on earth again. PSALM 68. Third Part. L. M. Praise for common and special mercies. 1. We bless the Lord, the just, the good, Who fills our hearts with joy and food ; Who pours his blessings from the skies, And loads our days with rich supplies. 2. He sends the sun his circuit round, To cheer the fruits, to warm the ground ; He bids the clouds with plenteous rain, Refresh the thirsty earth again. PSALM LXIX. 97 3. 'Tis to his care we owe our breath, And all our near escapes from death ; Safety and health to God belong, He heals the weak and guards the strong. 4. He makes the saint and sinner prove The common blessings of his love ; But the wide dirPrence that remains, Is endless joy and endless pains. 5. The Lord that bruis'd the serpent's head, On all the serpent's seed shall tread ; The stubborn sinner's hope confound, And smite him with a lasting wound. 6. But his right hand his saints shall raise From the deep earth, or deeper seas, And bring them to his courts above ; There shall they taste his special love. PSALM 69. First Part. L. M. Christ's passion, and sinner'' s salvation. 1. Deep in our hearts let us record The deeper sorrows of our Lord, Behold ! the rising billows roll, To overwhelm his holy soul. 2. In long complaints he spends his breath, While hosts of hell and pow'rs of death,, And all the sons of malice join To execute their curs'd design. 3. Yet, gracious God, thy pow'r and love Has made the curse a blessing prove ; Those dreadful suff' rings of thy Son Aton'd for sins which we had done. 4. The pangs of our expiring Lord The honors of thy law restor'd : His sorrows made thy justice known. And paid for follies not his own. 7 88 PSALM LXIX. 5. 0 for his sake our guilt forgive, And let the mourning sinner live ! The Lord will hear us in his name, Nor shall our hope be turn'd to shame^ PSALM 69. Second Part. L. M... The sufferings and zeal of Christ. . I. 'Twas for my sake, eternal God, Thy Son sustain'd that heavy load Of base reproach and sore disgrace ; And shame defil'd his sacred face. %. The Jews, his brethren and his kin, Abused the man that check'd their sin : While he fulfilled thy holy laws, They hate him but without a cause. 3. "My Father's house," said he, "was made "A place for worship, not for trade j" Then scatt'ring all their &old and brass, tie scourg'd the merchants from the place.. 4. Zeal for the temple of his God, Consum'd his life, expos'd his blood ^ Reproaches a.t thy glory thrown, He felt and mourn 'd them as his own, 5. His friends forsook, his. followers fled, While foes and arms surround his head -r They curse him with a sland'rous tongue, And the false judge maintains the wrong. 6. His life they load with hateful lies, And charge his lips with blasphemies ; They nail him,to,the shameful tree ; There hung my Lord, who died for me... % Wretches with hearts as hard as stones Insult his piety and groans ; Gall was the food they gave him there,., And mock'd his thirst with vinegar. PSALM LXX. 99 8. But God beheld, and from his throne Mark'd out the men that hate his Son $ The hand that rais'd him from the dead Shail'pour due vengeance on their head. PSALM 69. Third Part. C. M. God glorified in the obedience and death of Christ 1. Father, I sing thy wondrous grace, I bless my Savior's name ; He bought salvation for the poor, And bore the sinner's shame. 2. His deep distress hath rais'd us high 5 His duty and his zeal Fulfil I'd the law which mortals broke, And finish'd all thy will. 3. His dying groans, his living songs Shall better please my God, Than harp's or trumpet's solemn sounds Than goat's or bullock's blood. 4. This shall his humble followers see, And set their hearts at rest ; They by his death draw near to thee, And live for ever blest. 5. Let heav'n and all that dwell on high To God their voices raise ; While lands and seas assist the sky, And join t' advance the praise. 6. Zion is thine, most holy God, Thy Son shall bless her gates ; And glory, purchas'd by his blood,. For thine own Israel waits. PSALM 70. C. M. Protection against personal enemies,. L In haste, 0 God, attend my call,. Nor. hear my cries in vain j. 100 PSALM LXXI. 0 let thy speed prevent my fall, And still my hope sustain. 2. When foes insidious wound my name, And tempt my soul astray, Then let them fall, with lasting shame, To their own plots a prey. 3. While all that love thy name rejoice And glory in thy word, In thy salvation raise their voice, And magnify the Lord. 4. 0 thou, my help in time of need, Behold my sore dismay : In pity hasten to my aid, Nor let thy grace delay. PSALM 71. First Part. C. M. The aged saint's reflection and hope. 1. Mr God, my everlasting hope, I live upon thy truth ; Thy hands have held my childhood up, And strengthen'd ail my youth. 2. My flesh was fashion'd by thy pow'r, With all these limbs of mine ; And from my mother's painful hour Fve been entirely thine. 3. Still hath my life new wonders seen Repeated ev'ry year ; Behold my days that yet remain, I'll trust them to thy care. 4. Cast me not off when strength declines, When hoary hairs arise ; And round me let thy glory shine Whene'er thy servant dies. PSALM LXXI. 101 5. Then in the hist'ry of my age, When men review my days, They'll read thy love in ev'ry page, In ev'ry line thy praise. PSALM 71. Second Part. C. M. Christ is our strength and righteousness. 1. My Savior, 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 ! And since I knew thy graces first. I speak thy glories 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 fill'd with sore distress For some surprising sin, I'll plead thy perfect righteousness, And mention none but thine. 5. How will my lips rejoice to tell The vict'ries of my King ! My soul, redeem'd from sin and hell, Shall thy salvation sing. 6. My tongue shall all the day proclaim My Savior and my God ; His death hath brought my foes to shame, And sav'd me by his blood. 7. Awake, awake my tuneful pow'rs, With this delightful song, I'll entertain the darkest hours, Nor think the season long. 102 PSALM LXXI. PSALM 71. Third Part. C. M. The aged Christian's prayer and song. 1. God of my childhood and my youth. The guide of all my days, I have declar'd thy heav'nly truth, And told thy wondrous ways. 2. Wilt thou forsake my hoary hairs, And leave my fainting heart ? Who shall sustain my sinking years, If God, my strength, depart ? 3. Let me thy pow'r and truth proclaim To the surviving age ; And leave a savor of thy name, When I shall quit the stage. 4. The land of silence and of death Attends my next remove ; 0 may these poor remains of breath Teach the wide world thy love ! 5. Thy righteousness is deep and high, Unsearchable thy deeds ; Thy glory spreads beyond the sky, And all my praise exceeds. 6. Oft have I heard thy threat'nings roar, And oft endur'd the grief; But when thy hand has prest me sore, Thy grace was my relief. 7. By long experience have I known Thy so v 'reign pow'r to save ; At thy command I venture down Securely to the grave. 8. When I lie buried deep in dust, My flesh shall be thy care ; These withering limbs with thee I trust, To raise them strong and fair. PSALM LXXII. 103 PSALM 72. First Part. L. M. The Kingdom of Christ. 1. Great God, whose universal sway The known and unknown worlds obey. Now give the kingdom to thy Son, Extend his pow'r, exalt his throne. 2. Thy sceptre well becomes his hands, All heav'n submits to his commands ; His justice shall avenge the poor, And pride and rage prevail no more. S. With pow'r he vindicates the just, And treads th' oppressor in the dust ; His worship and his fear shall last, Till hours, and years, and time be past. 4. As rain on meadows newly mown, So shall he send his influence down-; His grace on fainting souls distils Like heav'nly dew on thirsty hills. 5. The heathen lands that lie beneath The shades of overspreading death, Revive at his first dawning light, And deserts blossom at the sight. 6. The saints shall flourish in his days, Dress'd in the robes of joy and praise. Peace, like a river, from his throne, Shall flow to nations yet unknown. PSALM 72, Second Part. L. M, Christ's kingdom among the Gentiles. 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. From north to south the princes meet, To pay their homage at his feet, 104 [PSALM LXXIII. While western empires own their Lord, And savage tribes attend his word. 3. For him shall endless pray'r be made, And endless praises crown his head ; His name like sweet perfume shall rise With ev'ry morning sacrifice. 4. People and realms of ev'ry tongue Dwell on his love with sweetest song ; And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on his name. 5. Blessings abound where'er he reigns ; The joyful prisoner bursts his chains ; The weary find eternal rest, And all the sons of want are blest. 6. Where he displays his healing pow'r Death and the curse are known no more ; In him the tribes of Adam boast More blessings than their father lost. 7. Let ev'ry creature rise and bring Peculiar honors to our King : Angels descend with songs again. And earth repeat the loud amen. PSALM 73. First Part. S. M. The mystery of Providence unfolded. 1. Sure there's a righteous God, Nor is religion vain ; Though men of vice may boast aloud And men of grace complain. 2. 1 saw the wicked rise, And felt my heart repine, While haughty fools with scornful eyes, In robes of honor shine. 3. Pamper'd with wanton ease, Their flesh looks full and fair : PSALM LXXIII. 105 heir wealth rolls in like flowing seas, And grows without their care. Free from the plagues and pains That pious souls endure ; hrough all their life oppression reigns. And racks the humble poor. >. Their impious tongues blaspheme The everlasting God : ^heir malice blasts the good man's name, And spreads their lies abroad. . But I with flowing tears Indulged my doubts to rise : Is there a God that sees or hears "The things below the skies ?" . The tumults of my thought Held me in hard suspense, Till to thy house my feet were brought, To learn thy justice thence. Thy word with light. and pow'r Did my mistakes amend ; [ view'd the sinner's life before, But here I learn'd their end. 9. On what a slipp'ry steep TheUhoughtless wretches go I Ajid 0, that dreadful fiery deep, That waits their fall below ! ). Lord, at thy feet I bow, My thoughts no more repine ; [ call my God my portion now, And all my pow'rs are thine. PSALM 73. Second Part. C. M God our portion here and hereafter. .. God, my supporter and my hope, My help for ever near ; 106 PSALM LXXIV. Thine arm of mercy held me up, When sinking in despair. 2. Thy counsels, Lord, shall guide my feet Through this dark wilderness ; Thy hand conduct me near thy seat, To dwell before thy face. 3. Were I in heav'n without my God, 'Twould be no joy to me ; And while this earth is my abode, I long for none but thee. 4. What if the springs of life were broke, And flesh and heart should faint? God is my soul's eternal rock, The strength of ev'ry saint. 5. Behold, the sinners that remove Far from thy presence die ; Not all the idol gods they love Can save them when they cry. 6. But to draw near to thee, my God, Shall be my sweet employ ; My tongue shall sound thy works abroad, And tell the world my Joy. PSALM 74. First Part. C. M. The church pleading under sore persecution. 1. Will God for ever cast us off ? His wrath for ever smoke Against the people of his love, « His little chosen flock ? 2. Think of the tribes so dearly bought With their Redeemer's blood ; Nor let thy Zion be forgot Where once thy glory stood. PSALM LXXIV. 107 3. Lift up thy feet and march in haste, Aloud our ruin -calls ; See what a wide and fearful waste Is made within thy walls. 4. Where once thy churches pray'd and sang, Thy foes profanely roar ; Over thy gates their ensigns hang, Sad tokens of their pow'r. 5. How are the seats of worship broke ! They tear the buildings down ; And he that deals the heaviest stroke Procures the chief renown. 6. With flames they threaten to destroy Thy children in their nest : "Come let us burn at once," they cry, "The temple and the priest." 7. And still to heighten our distress, Thy presence is withdrawn ; Thy wonted signs of pow'r and grace, Thy pow'r and grace are gone. 8. No prophet speaks to calm our woes, The best, the wisest mourn ; And not a friend, nor promise shows The time of thy return. PSALM 74. Second Part. C. M. prayer of the- church for deliverance from great afflictions, 1. How long, eternal God, how long Shall men of pride blaspheme ? Shall saints be made their endless song, And bear immortal shame ? 2. Is not the world of nature thine, The darkness and the day ? Didst thou not bid the morning shine, And mark the sun his way ? 108 fPSALM LXXV. 3. Hath not thy pow'r form'd ev'ry coast, And set the earth its bounds, With summer's heat and winter's frost, In their perpetual rounds ? 4. And shall the sons of earth and dust That sacred pow'r blaspheme ? Will not thy hand that form'd them first, Avenge thine injur'd name ? 5. Think on the cov'nant thou hast made, And all thy words of love, Nor let the birds of prey invade, And vex thy mourning dove. 6. Our foes would triumph in our blood, And make our hope their jest ; Plead thy own cause, Almighty God, And give thy children rest. PSALM 75. L. M. The hand of God acknowledged. 1. To thee, most high and holy God, To thee our thankful hearts we raise ; Thy works declare thy name abroad, Thy wondrous works demand our praise. 2. To slav'ry doom'd, thy chosen sons Beheld their foes triumphant rise, And sore oppress'd by earthly thrones, They sought the sov'reign of the skies. 3. 'Twas then, great God, with equal pow'r Arose thy vengeance and thy grace, To scourge their legions from the shore, And save the remnant of thy race. 4. Thy hand that form'd the restless main, And rear'd the mountains' awful head, Bade raging seas their course restrain, And desert wilds receive their dead. PSALM LXXVI. 109 5. Such wonders never come by chance, Nor can the wind such blessings blow ; 'Tis God the Judge, doth one advance, 'Tis God that lays another low. 6. Let haughty tyrants sink their pride, Nor lift, so high their scornful head, But lay their impious thoughts aside, And own the empire God hath made. PSALM 76. C. M. God protects his church. 1. In Judah God of old was known, His name in Israel great ; In Salem stood his holy throne, And Zion was his seat. 2. What are the earth's wide kingdoms else, But mighty hills of prey ? The hill on which Jehovah dwells Is glorious more than they. 3. 'Twas Zion's King that stopp'd the breath Of captains and their bands ; The men of might slept fast in death, And never found their hands. 4. At thy rebuke, 0 Jacob's God, Both horse and chariot fell ; Who knows the terrors of thy rod ? Thy vengeance who can tell ? 5. When God in his ownsov'reign ways, Comes down to save th' opprest, The wrath of man shall work his praise, And he'll restrain the rest. 6. Vow to the Lord, and tribute bring, Ye princes fear his frown ; His terror shakes the proudest king, And cuts an army down. 110 PSALM LXXVII. 7. The thunder of his sharp rebuke Qur haughty foes shall feel, For Jacob's God hath not forsook, But dwells in Zion still. PSALM 77. First Part. C. M. Hopt prevailing over despondency. 1. To God I cried with mournful voice, I sought his gracious ear, In the sad day when troubles rose, And fili'd the night with fear. 2. Sad were my days, and dark my nights, My soul refus'd relief; I thought on God, the just and wise, But thoughts increas'd my grief. 3. Still I complain'd, and still opprest, My heart began to break ; My God, thy wrath forbade my rest, And kept my eyes awake. 4i. My overwhelming sorrows grew Till I could speak no more ; Then I within myself withdrew, And call'd thy judgments o'er. 5. I call'd back years and ancient times, . When I beheld thy face \ My spirit search'd for secret crimes That might withhold thy grace. 6. I call'd thy mercies to my mind, Which I enjoy'd before ; And will the Lord no more be kind ?,■ His face appear no more ? 7. Will he for ever cast me off ? His promise ever fail ? Has he forgot his tender love ?. Shall anger still prevail.?. PSALM LXXVII. 111. 8. But I forbid this hopeless thought, This dark, despairing frame ;. Rememb'ring what thy hand hath, wrought, Thy hand is still the same. I'll think again of all thy ways, And talk thy wonders o'er, Thy wonders of recov'ring grace^. When flesh could hope no more. Grace dwelt with justice on the throne y And men that love thy word, Have in thy sanctuary known The counsels of the Lord. PSALM 77, Second Part. C. M, Comfort derived from, ancient Providence. "How awful is thy chast'ning rod !" (May thy own children say) "The great, the wise, the dreadful God, "How holy is his way !" I'll meditate his works of old, Who reigns in heav'n above, Pll hear his ancient wonders told, . And learn to trust his love. He saw the house of Jacob lie With Egypt's yoke opprest ; Long he delay'd to hear their cry,. Nor gave his, people rest. The sons of pious Jacob seem'd. Abandon'd to their foes ; But his almighty arm redeem'd The nation that he chose. From slavish chains he sets them free,.. They follow where he calls ; He bade them venture through the sea,. And made the waves their walls,. 112 PSALM LXXVIII. 6. The waters saw thee, mighty God, The waters saw thee come ; Backward they fled, and frighted stood, To make thine armies room. 7. Strange was thy journey through the sea, Thy footsteps, Lord, unknown ; Terrors attend the wondrous way, That brings thy mercies down. 8. He gave them water from the rock ; And safe, by Moses' hand, Through a dry desert led his flock To Canaan's promis'd land. PSALx^I 78. First Part. C. M. Providence recorded fur the instruction of Children. 1. Let children hear the mighty deeds, Whkh God perform'd of old, Which in our younger years we saw, And which our fathers told. 2. He bids us make his glories known, His works of po w'r and grace, And we'll convey his wonders down Through ev'ry rising race. 3. Our lips shall tell them to our sons, And they again to theirs, That generations yet unborn May teach them to their heirs. 4. Thus shall they learn in God alone Their hope securely stands ; That they may ne'er forget his works, But practise his commands. PSALM 78. Second Part. C. M, Israel's rebellion and punishment. 1. 0 what a stiff, rebellious house Was Jacob's ancient race ! PSALM LXXVIII. 113 False to their own most solemn vows, And to their Maker's grace. 2. They broke the cov'nant of his love, And did his laws despise ; Forgot the works he wrought, to prove His pow'r before their eyes. 3. They saw the plagues on Egypt light From his avenging hand ; What dreadful tokens of his might Spread o'er the stubborn land ! i. They saw him cleave the mighty sea, And march'd in safety through, With wat'ry walls to guard their way, 'Till they had 'scap'd the foe. 5. A wondrous pillar mark'd the road, Compos'd of shade and light, By day it prov'd a shelt'ring cloud, And leading fire by night. 5. He from the rock their thirst supplied, The gushing waters fell, And ran in rivers by their side, A constant miracle. 7. Yet they provok'd the Lord most high ; And dar'd distrust his hand ; ",Can he with bread our host supply " Amidst this" desert land ?" 3. The Lord with indignation heard, And caus'd his wrath to flame ; His terrors ever stand prepar'd To vindicate his name. PSALM 78. Third Part, C. M. Israel punished for intemperance. L. When Israel sinn'd, the Lord reprov'd-. And fill'd their hearts with dread ; 8 114 PSALM LXXIX. Yet he forgave the tribes he lov'd, And sent them heav'nly bread. 2. He fed them with a lib'ral hand, And made his treasures known ; He gave the midnight clouds command To pour provision down. 3. The manna, like a morning show'r Lay thick around their feet ; The corn of heav'n, so light, so pure, As though 'twere angel's meat. 4. But they in murm'ring language said, " Manna is all our feast ; "We loathe this light, this airy bread ; " We must have flesh to taste." 5. " Ye shall have flesh to please your lust," The Lord in wrath replied, And sent them quails, like sand or dust, Heap'd up from side to side. 6. He gave them all their own desire, And greedy as they fed, His vengeance burnt with secret fire, And smote the rebels dead. 7. When some were slain, the rest return'd And sought the Lord with tears ; Under the rod they fear'd and mourn'd,, But soon forgot their fears. 8. Oft he chastis'd, and still forgave, ^ Till by his gracious hand, The nation he resolv'd to save Possessed the pro mis 'd land.. PSALM 79. L. M. Complaint of the church against enemies. X. Behold, 0 God, what cruel foes Thy peaceful heritage invade ; PSALM LXXX. 115 Thy holy temple stands defll'd, Jn dust thy sacred walls are laid. 2. Wide o'er the valleys, drench'd in blood, Thy people fall'n in death remain ; The fowls of heav'n their flesh devour, And savage beasts divide the slain. 3. Th' insulting foes with impious rage, Reproach thy children to their face ; "Where is your God of boasted pow'r, "And where the promise of his grace ?'* 4. Deep from the prison's horrid gloom, 0 hear the mournful captive sigh, And let thy sov'reign pow'r reprieve The trembling soul condemn'd to die. 5. Let those who dar'd t' insult thy reign, Return dismay'd with endless shame ; While heathens, who thy grace despise, Shall from thy vengeance learn thy name. 6. So shall thy children, freed from death, Eternal songs of honor raise ; And ev'ry future age shall tell Thy sov'reign pow'r and pard'ning grace. PSALM SO. First Part. L. M. The prayer of the church under affliction. 1. Great Shepherd of thine Israel, Who didst between the- cherubs dwelly And lead the tribes, thy chosen sheep, Safe through the desert and the¥deep. 2. Thy church is in the desert now ; Shine from on high and guide us through j. Turn us to thee, thy love restore, We shall be sav'd and sigh no more. 3. Great God, whom heav'nly hosts obey. How long shall we lament and pray, i 116 PSALM LXXX. And wait in vain thy kind return ? How long shall thy fierce anger burn ? 4. Instead of wine and cheerful bread, Thy saints with their own tears are fed ; Turn us to thee, thy love restore, We shall be sav'd and sigh no more. PSALM 80. Second Part. L. M. The vineyard of God wasted. 1. Lord, thou hast planted with thy hands, A lovely vine in heathen lands ; Thy pow'r defended it around, And heav'nly dews enriched the ground ! 2. How did the spreading branches shoot, And bless the nations with the fruit ! But now, dear Lord, look down and see Thy mourning vine, that lovely tree. 3. Why is its beauty thus defac'd ? Why hast thou laid her fences waste ? Strangers and foes against her join, And ev'ry beast devours thy vine. 4. Return, Almighty God, return, Nor let thy bleeding vineyard mourn ; Turn us to thee, thy love restore, We shall be sav'd and sigh no more. PSALM SO. Third Part. L. M. Christ the defender of his church. 1. Lord, when thy vine in Canaan grew, Thou wast its strength and glory too ; Attacked in vain by all its foes, 'Till the fair Branch of promise rose. 2. Fair Branch, ordain'd of old to shoot From David's stock, from Jacob's root ; Himself a noble Vine, and we The lesser branches of the tree. PSALM LXXXI. 117 3. 'Tis thy own Son, and he shall stand Girt with thy strength, at thy right hand ; Th? eternal Son, entliron'd and blest, To give his surf'ring people rest. 4. 0 for his sake attend our cry, Shine on thy churches, lest they die ; Turn us to thee, thy love restore, We shall be sav'd and sigh no more. PSALM SI. S. M. The warnings of God to his people. 1. Sing to the Lord aloud, And make a joyful noise ; God is our strength, our Savior God, Let Israel hear his voice. 2. " From vile idolatry . .'^Preserve my worship clean ; "I am the Lord who set thee free "From slavery and sin. 3. " Stretch thy desires abroad " And I'll supply them well ; " But if ye wiil refuse your God, " If Israel will rebel : 4. "I'll leave them," saith the Lord, "To their own lusts a prey, "And let them run the dang'rous road, " 'Tis their own chosen way. 5. "Yet, 0, that all my saints " Would hearken to my voice ! " Soon would I ease their sore complaints, "And bid their hearts rejoice. 6. "While I destroy'd their foes, " I'd richly feed my flock, 4i And they should taste the stream that flows "From their eternal rock." 118 PSALM LXXXIII. PSALM 82. L. M. God the supreme ruler ; or, magistrates warned. 1. Among th' assemblies of the great, A greater ruler takes his seat ; The God of heav'n, as judge, surveys Those gods on earth, and all their ways. 2. Why will ye then frame wicked laws ? Or why support th' unrighteous cause ? When will ye once defend the poor, That sinners vex the saints no more ? 3. They know not, Lord, nor will they know. Dark are the ways in which they go ; Their name of earthly gods is vain, For they shall fall and die like men. 4. Arise, 0 Lord, and let thy Son Possess his universal throne, And rule the nations with his rod ; He is our Judge, and he our God. PSALM 83. S. M. The prayer of the church against persecutors* 1. And will the God of grace Perpetual silence keep ? The God of justice hold his peace, And let his vengeance sleep ? 2. Behold what cursed snares The men of mischief spread, The men that hate thy saints and thee, Lift up their threat'ning head. 3. Against thy hidden ones Their counsels they employ ; And malice, with her watchful eye, Pursues them to destroy. PSALM LXXXIV. 119 4. " Come let us join," they cry, "To root them from the ground, p Till not the name of saints remain, "Nor mem'ry shall be found." 5. Awake, Almighty God ! And call thy wrath to mind ; Give them like forests to the fire, Or stubble to the wind. 6. Convince their madness, Lord ! And make them seek thy name, Or else their stubborn rage confound, That they may die in shame. 7. Then shall the nations know, That glorious dreadful word, Jehovah is thy name alone, And thou the so v 'reign Lord PSALM 84. First Part. L. M. The pleasure of public vjorship. 1. How pleasant, how divinely fair, 0 Lord of hosts, thy dwellings are ; With long desire my spirit faints To meet th' assemblies of thy saints. 2. My fjesh 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. The sparrow chooses where to rest, And for he* young provides her nest ; But will my God to sparrows grant That pleasure which his children want ? 4. 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. 120 PSALM LXXX1V. 5. 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. 6. Blest are the men whose hearts are set To find the way to Zion's gate ; God is their strength, and through the#road They lean upon their helper, God. 7. Cheerful they walk with growing strength, Till all shall meet in heav'n at length ; Till all before thy face appear, And join in nobler worship there. PSALM 84. Second Part. L. M. Grace and glory. 1. Great God, attend while Zion sings The joy that from thy presence springs ; To spend one day with thee on earth, Exceeds a thousand days of mirth. 2. Might I enjoy the meanest place Within thy house, 0 God of grace ; Not tents of ease, nor thrones of pow'r, Should tempt my feet to leave thy door. 3. God is our sun, he makes our day ; God is our shield, he guards our way From all th' assaults of hell and sin ; From foes without, and foes within. 4. All needful grace God will bestow, And crown that grace with glory too ; He gives us all things, and withholds No real good from upright souls. 5. 0 God, our King, thy sovereign sway The glorious hosts of heav'n obey ; And devils at thy presence flee ; Blest is the man that trusts in thee ! PSALM LXXXIV. 12] PSALM 84. Third Part., H. M. Longing for the house of God. 1. Lord of the worlds above, How pleasant and how fair The dwellings of thy love, Thine earthly temples are ! To thine abode my heart aspires, With warm desires, to see my Godo 2. The sparrow for her young With pleasure seeks a nest, And wand'ring swallows long To find their wonted rest : My spirit faints with equal zeal To rise and dwell among thy saints. 3. 0 happy souls that pray Where God appoints to hear ! 0 happy men that pay Their constant service there ! They praise thee still ; and happy they That love the way to Zion's hill. 4. They go from strength to strength, Through this dark vale of tears, Till each arrives at length, Till each in heaven appears. 0 glorious seat, when God our King Shall thither bring our willing feet ? 5. To spend one sacred day, Where God and saints abide, Affords diviner joy Than thousand days beside : Where God resorts, I love it more To keep the door, than shine in courts, 6. God is our sun and shield, Our light and our defence ; With gifts his hands are filPd, We draw our blessings thence ; 122 PSALM LXXXV. He shall bestow on Jacob's race Peculiar grace and glory too. 7. The Lord his people loves ; His hand no good withholds From those his heart approves, From pure and pious souls. Thrice happy he, 0 God of hosts, Whose spirit trusts alone in thee ! PSALM 85. First Part. L. M. Waiting for an answer to prayer. 1. Lord, thou hast call'd thy grace to mind, Thou hast revers'd our heavy doom ; So God forgave when Israel sinn'd, And brought his wand'ring captives home. 2. Thou hast begun to set us free, And made thy fiercest wrath abate ; Now let our hearts be turn'd to thee, And thy salvation be complete. 3. Revive our dying graces, Lord, And let thy saints in thee rejoice ; Make known thy truth, fulfil thy word ; We wait for praise to tune our voice. 4. We wait to hear what God will say ; He'll speak and give his people peace ; But let them run no more astray, Lest his returning wrath increase. PSALM 85. Second Part. L. M. Salvation by Christ. 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. PSALM LXXXVT. 123 2. Mercy and truth on earth are met, Since Christ the Lord came down from heav'n ; By his obedience so complete, Justice is pleas'd, and peace is giv'n. 3. Now truth and honor shall abound, Religion dwell on earth again ; And heav'nly influence bless the ground, In our Redeemer'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. PSALM 86. First Part. C. M. A general song of praise to God. 1. Among the princes, earthly gods, There's none hath pow'r divine ; Nor is their nature, mighty Lord ! Nor are their works like thine. 2. The nations thou hast made, shall bring Their ofT'rings round thy throne ; For thou alone dost wondrous things, For thou art God alone. 3. Lord, I would walk with holy feet ; Teach me thy heav'nly ways, And my poor scatter'd thoughts unite In God my Father's praise. 4. Great is thy mercy, and my tongue Shall those sweet wonders tell, How by thy grace my sinking soul Rose from the deeps of hell. PSALM 86. Second Part. L. M. Mourning over unbelief, and pleading for the evidence of an interest in Christ. 1. Jesus, my God, my ali in ail, Display thy pow'r, unveil thy face : 124 PSALM LXXXVI. Wilt thou not hear when sinners call ? Is not thy reign a reign of grace ? 2. A thousand times my tongue hath said, "Bought with a price, I'm not my own ;" A thousand times my soul hath fled, < And sought relief before thv throne. 3. But now I grope, as in the night, I can't believe, and dare not trust ; My path is hedg'd, I see no light, My hopes are prostrate in the dust. 4. With fears that all experience past Hath been delusive, false, and vain, I dread, lest falling short at last, I never shall the prize obtain. 5. When to the cross I wish to fly, And see the blood of sprinkling flow, To Sinai's mount, not Calvary, A legal spirit bids me go. 6. Striving to stretch my wither'd arms, I fain would give myself away ; But sins and guilt excite alarms, And check a near approach to thee. 7. 0, if already I've believ'd, If Christ and I indeed be one, Then prove thyself my help and shield, Or, let the work be now begun. 8. Show me a token, Lord, for good, And let me know that I am thine ; Dispel my doubts, disperse the cloud, And on my soul benignant shine. 9. Now, let the Spirit from above, Bear witness to my troubled heart ; Now shed abroad my Father's love, And filial confidence impart. PSALM LXXXVI1. 125 1 0. Then shall my foes who hate me, see That God is faithful to his saints ; That he hath heard and helped me, And chang'd to praise my sad complaints. PSALM 87. L. M. The Christian Church. 1. God in his earthly temple lays Foundation for his heav'nly praise ; He likes the tents of Jacob well, But still in Zion loves to dwell. 2. His mercy visits ev'ry house That pays its night and morning vows ; But makes a more delightful stay, Where churches meet to praise and pray. 3. What glories were described of old ! What wonders are in Zion told ! Thou city of our God below, Thy fame shall Tyre and Egypt know. 4. Egypt and Tyre, and Greek and Jew, Shall there begin their lives anew : Angels and men shall join to sing The hill where living waters spring. 5. When God makes up his last account Of natives in his holy mount, 'Twill be an honor to appear As one new born and nourish'd there. PSALM 88. L. P. M. Loss of friends, and absence of Divine Grace. 1. 0 God of my salvation, hear My nightly groan, my daily prayer, That still employ my wasting breath ; My soul declining to the grave, Implores thy sov'reign pow'r to save From dark despair and lasting death. 226 PSALM LXXXIX. 2. Thy wrath lies heavy on my soul, And waves of sorrows o'er me roll, While dust and silence spread the gloom My friends, belov'd in happier days, The dear companions of my ways, Descend around me to the tomb. 3. As, lost in lonely grief, I tread, The mournful mansions of the dead, Or to some throng'd assembly go ; Through all alike I rove alone, While, here forgotten, there unknown, The change renews my piercing wo. 4. And why will God neglect my call ? Or who shall profit by my fall, When life departs and love expires ? Can dust and darkness praise the Lord, Or wake or brighten at his word, And tune the harp with heav'nly choirs ? 5. Yet through each melancholy day I've pray'd to thee, and still will pray, Imploring still thy kind return : But 0 ! my friends, my comfort's fled, And all my kindred of the dead Recall my wand'ring thoughts to mourn.. PSALM 89. First Part. L. M. The covenant made -with Christ. 1. For ever shall my song record The truth and mercy of the Lord ; Mercy and truth for ever stand, Like heav'n establish'd by his hand. 2. Thus to his Son he sware, and said, u With thee my cov'nant first was made ; " In thee shall dying sinners live, "Glory and grace are thine to give. PSALM LXXXIX. 127 3. "Be thou my Prophet, thou my Priest, "Thy children shall be ever blest ; "Thou art my chosen King ; thy throne "Shall stand eternal like my own." 4. Now let the church rejoice, and sing, Jesus her Savior and her King ; Angels his heav'nly wonders show, And saints declare his works below. PSALM 89. Second Part. C. M, The faithfulness of God. 1. My never-ceasing 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 heav'n endure ; And if he speaks a promise once, Th' eternal grace is sure. 3. How long the race of David held The promis'd Jewish throne ! But there's a nobler cov'nant 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 honors raise To thy unchanging love. l PSALM 89. Third Part. C. M. The power and majesty of God. I. With rev'rence let the saints appear,. And bow before the Lord \ 128 PSALM LXXXIX. His high commands adoring hear, And tremble at his word. 2. How terrible thy glories be ! How bright thine armies shine ! Where is the pow'r that vies with thee ! Or truth compared with thine ? 3. The northern pole and southern rest On thy supporting hand ; Darkness and day from east to west Move round at thy command. 4. Thy works the raging winds control, And rule the boist'rous deep ; Thou mak'st the sleeping billows roll, The rolling billows sleep. 5. Heav'n, earth, and air, and sea, are thine, And the dark world of hell ; How did thine arm in vengeance shine When Egypt durst rebel ! 6. Justice and judgment are thy throne, Yet wondrous is thy grace ; While truth and mercy, join'd in one, Invite us near thy face. PSALM 89. Fourth Part. C. M. A blessed Gospel. 1. Blest are the souls that hear and know The gospel's joyful sound ; Peace shall attend the path they go, And light their steps surround. 2. Their joy shall bear their spirits up Through their Redeemer's name ; His righteousness exalts their hope, Nor Satan dares condemn. 3. The Lord, our glory and defence, Strength and salvation gives ; PSALM LXXXIX. 129 Israel, thy King for ever reigns, Thy God forever lives. PASLM 89. Fifth Part. C. M. Christ's mediatorial kingdom. Hear what the Lord in vision said, And made his mercy known : " Sinners, behold, your help is laid " On my Almighty Son. "High shall he reign on David's throne, "My people's better King ; "My arm shall beat his rivals down, "And still new subjects bring. "My truth shall guard him in his way, "With mercy by his side ! "While in my name through earth and sea "He shall in triumph ride. "My covenant stands for ever fast, " My promises are strong ; "Firm as the heav'ns his throne shall last, " His seed endure as long." PSALM 89. Sixth Part. C. M. The covenant of grace unchangeable. " Yet (saith the Lord) if David's race, " The children of my Son, " Should break my laws, abuse my grace, "And tempt mine anger down ; "Their sins I'll visit with the rod, "And make their folly smart ; "But I'll not cease to be their God, " Nor from my truth depart. "My cov'nant I will ne'er revoke, " But keep my grace in mind ; "And what eternal love hath spoke, " Eternal truth shall bind. 8 130 PSALM LXXXIX. 4. "Once have I sworn (I need no more) "And pledg'd my holiness, " To seal my sacred promise sure " To David and his race. 5. "The sun shall see his offspring rise, " And spread from sea to sea, " Long as he travels round the skies " To give the nations day. 6. "Sure as the moon that rules the night,. " His kingdom shall endure, " Till the fix'd laws of shade and light "Shall be observ'd no more," PSALM 89. Seventh Part. L. M, Mortality and Hope. A funeral psalm. 1. Remember, Lord, our mortal state, How frail our life, how short the date ! Where is the man that draws his breath Safe from disease, secure from death } 2. Lord, while we see whole nations die, Our flesh and sense repine and cry, "Must death forever rage and reign ! "Or hast thou made mankind in vain ? 3. " Where is thy promise to the just ? " Are not thy servants turn'd to dust ?'y But faith forbids these mournful sighs,' And sees the sleeping dust arise. 4. That glorious hour, that dreadful day, . Wipes the reproach of saints away, And clears the honor of thy word ; Awake, our souls, and bless the Lord. PSALM 90. First Part. L. M. Man mortal, and God eternal. Ji funeral psalm, I. Through every age, eternal God ! Thou art our rest, our safe abode ;. PSALM XC. 131 High was thy throne ere heav'n was made, Or earth thy humble footstool laid. 8. Long hadst thou reign'd ere time began, Or dust was fashion'd into man ; And long thy kingdom shall endure, When earth and time shall be no more. 3. But man, weak man, is born to die, Made up of guilt and vanity ; Thy dreadful sentence, Lord, was just, "Return, ye sinners, to your dust." 4. A thousand of our years amount Scarce to a day in thine account ; Like yesterday's departed light, Or the last watch of ending night. 5. Death, like an overflowing stream, Sweeps us away ; our life's a dream ; An empty tale ; a morning flow'r, Cut down and wither'd in an hour. 6. Our age to seventy years is set ; How short the term ! how frail the state !'; And if to eighty we arrive, We rather sigh and groan, than live. ?, But 0 ! how oft thy wrath appears, And cuts off our expected years ! Thy wrath awakes our humble dread ;, We fear the pow'r that strikes us dead, 8. Teach us, 0 Lord, how frail is man, And kindly lengthen out our span ; Till faith, and love, and piety Fit us to die and dwell with thee. PSALM 90. Second Part. C. M. Infirmities and death the effects of sin. k Lord, if thine eyes survey our faults^ And justice grow severe, Thy dreadful wrath exceeds our thoughts, And burns beyond our fear. I 132 PSALM XC. £. Thine anger turns our frame to dust -f By one offence to thee Adam and all his sons have lost Their immortality. 3. Life like a vain amusement flies, A fable or a song : By swift degrees our nature dies, Nor can our joys be long. 4. 'Tis but a few whose days amount To threescore years and ten : And all beyond that short account Is sorrow, toil and pain. 5. Almighty God, reveal thy love. And not thy wrath alone : 0 let our sweet experience prove The mercies of thy throne. PSALM 90. Third Part. C. M. Breathing after Heaven. 1. Return, 0 God of love, return, Earth is a tiresome place ; How long shall we, thy children, mourn Our absence from thy face ? 2. Let heav'n succeed our painful years, Let sin and sorrow cease ; And in proportion to our tears, So make our joys increase. 3. Thy wonders to thy servants show, Make thy own work complete ; Then shall our souls thy glory know, And own thy love was great. 4. Then shall we shine before thy throne In all thy beauty, Lord, And the poor service we have done Meet a divine reward. PSALM XCI. 133 PSALM 91. First Part. L. M. Safety in public diseases and danger. 1. He that hath made his refuge God, Shall find a most secure abode, Shall walk all day beneath his shade, And there at night shall rest his head. 2. Then will I say, " My God, thy pow'r " Shall be my fortress and my tow'r : " P that am form'd of feeble dust, "Make thine almighty arm my trust." 3. Thrice happy man ! thy Maker's care Shall keep thee from the fowler's snare, Satan, the tempter, who betrays Unguarded souls a thousand ways. 4. Just as a hen protects her brood From birds of prey, that seek their blood, Under her feathers ; so the Lord Makes his own arm his people's guard. 5. If burning beams of noon conspire To dart a pestilential fire, God is their life ; his wings are spread To shield them with an healthful shade. 6. If vapors with malignant breath Rise thick and scatter midnight death, Israel is safe : the poison'd air Grows pure, if Israel's God be there. 7. What though a thousand at thy side, At thy right hand ten thousand died, Thy God his chosen people saves Among the dead, amid the graves. 3. But if the fire, or plague, or sword, Receive commission from the Lord, To strike his saints among the rest, Their very pains and deaths are blest. 134 PSALM XCI. 9. The sword, the pestilence, or fire Shall but fulfil their best desire, From sins and sorrows set them free, And bring thy children, Lord, to thee. PSALM 91. Second Part. C. M. Protection from evil, guard of angels, and salvation* 1. Ye sons of men, a feeble race, Expos'd to ev'ry snare, Come, make the Lord your dwelling-place, And try, and trust his care. 2. No ill shall enter where you dwell ; Or if the plague come nigh, And sweep the wicked down to hell, 'Twill raise his saints on high. 3. He'll give his angels charge to keep Your feet in all their ways, To watch your pillow while you sleep, And guard their happy days. 4. Their hands shall bear you, lest you fall And dash against the stones : Are they not servants at his call, And sent t' attend his sons ? 5. Adders and lions ye shall tread ; The tempter's wiles defeat ; For he that broke the serpent's head., Puts him beneath your feet. 6. "Because on me they set their love, " Til save them, (saith the Lord) "I'll bear their joyful souls above "Destruction and the sword. 7. "My grace shall answer when they call, "In trouble I'll be nigh : "My pow'r shall help them when they fall, "And raise them when thev die. PSALM XCII. 135 1 8. "Those that on earth my name have known, "I'll honor them in heav'n ; "There my salvation shall be shown, "And endless life be giv'n." PSALM 92. First Part. L. M. A psalm for the Lordh day. 1. Sweet is the work, my God, my King, To praise thy name, give thanks and sing? To show thy love by morning light, And talk of all thy truth at night. 2. Sweet is the day of sacred rest, No mortal care 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 my Lord, And bless his works, and bless his word ; Thy works of grace, how bright they shine 1 How deep thy counsels ! how divine ! 4. Fools never raise their thoughts so high 5 Like brutes they live, like brutes they die ; Like grass they nourish, till thy breath Blast them in everlasting death, 5. But I shall share a glorious part, When grace hath well refin'd my heart ; And fresh supplies of joy are shed, Like holy oil, to cheer my head. 6. Sin (my worst enemy before) Shall vex my eyes and ears no more ; My inward foes shall all be slain. Nor Satan break my peace again. 7. Then shall I see, and hear, and know All I desir'd or wish'd below ; And ev'ry pow'r find sweet employ In that eternal world of joy. 136 PSALM XCIII. PSALM 92. Second Part. L. M. Jged Saints. 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 ; Not Lebanon with all its trees Yields such a comely sight as these. 3. The plants of grace shall ever live, Nature decays, but grace must thrive ; Time that doth all things else impair, Still makes them flourish strong and fair. 4. 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. L. M. The eternal and sovereign God. 1. Jehovah reigns : He dwells in light, Girded with majesty and might ; The world, created by his hands, Still on its first foundation stands. 2. But ere this spacious world was made,. Or had its first foundation laid, Thy throne eternal ages stood, Thyself the ever-living God. 3. Like floods the angry nations rise, And aim their rage against the skies ; Vain floods that aim their rage so high !.. At thy rebuke the billows die. 4. For ever shall thy throne endure ; Thy promise stands for ever sure ;, PSALM XCIV. 137 And everlasting holiness Becomes the dwellings of thy grace* PSALM 94. First Part. C. M. Instructive afflictions. .. 0 God, to whom revenge belongs, Proclaim thy wrath alond ; Let sov'reign pow'r redress our wrongs, Let justice smite the proud. 2. They say, " The Lord nor sees nor hears ;'* When will the fools be wise ? Can he be deaf who form'd their ears, Or blind who made their eyes ? 3. He knows their impious thoughts are vain,. And they shall feel his pow'r ; His wrath shall pierce their souls with pain In some surprising hour. 4. But if thy saints deserve rebuke, Thou, hast a gentler rod ; Thy providences and thy book Shall make them know their God. 5. Blest is the man thy hands chastise, And to his duty draw ; Thy chast'nings make thy children wise, When they forget thy law. 6. But God will ne'er cast off his saints, Nor his own promise break ; He pardons his inheritance For their Redeemer's sake. PSALM 94. Second Part. C. M. God our support and comfort. \. Who will arise and plead my right Against my num'rous foes ; « While earth and hell their force unite,. And all my hopes oppose ? 138 PSALM XCV. 2. Had not the Lord, my rock, my help, Sustain'd my fainting head, My life had now in silence dwelt, My soul among the dead. 3. "Alas ! my sliding feet," I cried ; Thy promise was my prop ; Thy grace stood constant by my side, Thy Spirit bore me up. 4. While multitudes of mournful thoughts Within my bosom roll ; Thy boundless love forgives my faults, Thy comforts cheer my soul. 5. Pow'rs of iniquity may rise, And frame pernicious laws ; But God, my refuge, rules the skies, He will defend my cause. 6. Let malice vent her rage aloud, Let bold blasphemers scoff ; The Lord our God shall judge the proud. And cut the sinners off. PSALM 95. First Part. C. M. A psalm before prayer. 1. Sing to the Lord Jehovah's name> And in his strength rejoice : When his salvation is our theme, Exalted be our voice. 2. With thanks approach his awful sight, And psalms of honor sing ; The Lord's a God of boundless might, The whole creation's King. 3. Let princes hear, let angels know, How mean their natures seem, Those gods on high, and gods below, When once compar'd with him. PSALM XCV, 139 I. Earth with its caverns dark and deep, Lies in his spacious hand ; He fix'd the seas what bounds to keep, And where the hills must stand. 5. Come, and with humble souls adore, Come, kneel before his face ; 0 may the creatures of his pow'r Be children of his grace ! Now is the time ; he bends his ear, And waits for your request ; Come, lest he rouse his wrath, andsweaft, "Ye shall not see my rest." PSALM 95. Second Part. S. JVL A psalm before sermon. 1. CoMe, sound his praise abroad, And hymns of glory sing ; Jehovah is the sov'reign God, The universal King. 2. He form'd the deeps unknown, He gave the seas their bound ; The wat'ry worlds are all his own, And all the solid ground. 3. Come, worship at his throne, Come bow before the Lord ; We-^re his work, and not our own. He form'd us by his word. 4. To-day attend his voice, Nor dare provoke his rod ; Come like the people of his choice, And own your gracious God. 5. But if your ears refuse The language of his grace, And hearts grow hard like stubborn Jews, That unbelieving race ; 140 PSALM XCVI. 6. The Lord in vengeance drest, Will hft his hand and swear : " Ye that despis'd my promis'd rest, " Shall have no portion there." PSALM 96. First Part. C. M. The first and second coming of Christ. 1. Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands. Ye tribes of ev'ry tongue ; His rich display of grace demands A new and nobler song. 2. Say to the nations, Jesus reigns, God's own almighty Son ; His pow'r the sinking world sustains, And grace surrounds his throne. 3. Let heav'n proclaim the joyful day • Joy through the earth be seen : ' Let cities shine in bright array, And fields in cheerful green. 4. Let an unusual joy surprise The islands of the sea ; Ye mountains sink, ye valleys rise : Prepare the Lord his way. 5. Behold, he comes ! he comes to bless lhe nations as their God • To show the world his righteousness, And send his truth abroad. 6. But when his voice shall raise the dead, And bid the world draw near, How will the guilty nations dread, I o see their Judge appear ! PSALM 96. Second Part. L. P. M. The God of the Gentiles. I. The heathen know thy glory, Lord, lhe wond'ring nations read thy word ; PSALM XCVII. 141 In these far climes Jehovah's known : Our worship shall no more be paid To gods, which mortal hands have made ; Our Maker is our God alone. He fram'd the globe, he built the sky, He made the shining worlds on high^ And reigns complete in glory there : His beams are majesty and light ; His beauties, how divinely bright ! His temple, how divinely fair ! 3. Come the great day, the glorious hour, When earth shall feel his saving pow'r, And barb'rous nations fear his name ; Then shall the race of man confess The beauty of his holiness, And in his courts his grace proclaim. PSALM 97. First Part. L. M. Christ reigning and coming to judgment. He reigns ; the Lord, the Savior reigns ! Praise him in evangelic strains ; d Let the whole earth in songs rejoice, And distant islands join their voice. Deep are his counsels and unknown ; But grace and truth support his throne ; Though gloomy clouds his way surround, Justice is their eternal ground. In robes of judgment, lo ! he comes ; Shakes the wide earth, and cleaves the tombs ; Before him burns devouring fire, The mountains melt, the seas retire. His enemies with sore dismay, Fly from the sight and shun the day ; Then lift your heads, ye saints, on high, And sing, for your redemption's nigh. 142 PSALM XCVII. PSALM 97. Second Part. L. M. Let all the angels of God worship him. 1. The Lord is come ; the heav'ns proclaim. His birth ; the nations learn his name ; An unknown star directs the road Of eastern sages to their God. 2. All ye bright armies of the skies, Go, worship where the Savior lies ; Angels and kings before him bow, Those gods on high and gods below. 3. Let idols totter to the ground, And their own worshippers confound ;. Let Judah shout, let Zion sing, And earth confess her sov'relgn King. PSALM 97. Third Part. L, M. Grace and glory. 1. Th' Almighty reigns, exalted high O'er all the earth, o'er all the sky ; Though clouds and darkness veil his feet,. His dwelling is the mercy -seat. 2. 0 ye, that love his holy name, Hate ev'ry work of sin and shame ; He guards the souls of all his friends, And from the snares of hell defends. 3. Immortal light and joys unknown, Are for the saints in darkness sown ; Those glorious seeds shall spring and rise>, And the bright harvest bless our eyes. 4; Rejoice, ye righteous, and record The sacred honors of the Lord ; None but the soul that feels his grace,. Qan triumph in his holiness. PSALM XCVIII. 143 PSALM 98. First Part. C. M. Praise for the gospel. 1. To our Almighty Maker, God,. New honors be addrest ; His great salvation shines abroad,. And makes the nations blest. 2. He spake the word to Abr'am first ; His truth fulfils the grace ; * The Gentiles make his name their trust,. And learn his righteousness. 3. Let the whole earth his love proclaim, With all her different tongues, And spread the honors of his name In melody and songs. PSALM 98. Second Part. C. M. The Messiah? s coming and kingdom. 1. Joy to the world; the Lord is come5. Let earth receive her King; Let ev'ry heart prepare him room, And heav'n and nature sing. 2, Joy to earth, the Savior reigns ; Let men their songs employ ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills and"plains?. Repeat the sounding joy. 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, 144 PSALM XCIX. PSALM 99. First Part. S. M The kingdom and majesty of Christ. 1. The Lord, Jehovah, reigns, Let all the nations fear ; Let sinners tremble at his throne, And saints be humbled there. 2. Jesus the Savior reigns, Let earth adore its Lord ; Bright cherubs his attendants stand, And swift fulfil his word. 3. In Zion is his throne ; His honors are divine ; His church shall make his wonders known, For there his glories shine. 4. How holy is his name ! How terrible his praise ! Justice, and truth, and judgment join, In all his works of grace. PSALM 99. Second Part. S. M. A holy God worshipped with reverence. 1. Exalt the Lord our God, And worship at his feet ; His ways are wisdom, pow'r, and truth, And mercy is his seat. 2. When Israel was his church, When Aaron was his priest, When Moses cried, when Samuel pray'd, He gave his people rest. 3. Oft he forgave their sins, Nor would destroy their race ; And oft he made his vengeance known, When they abus'd his grace. 4. Exalt the Lord our God, His grace is still the same ; PSALM CI. 145 Still he's a God of holiness, And jealous for his name. PSALM 100. L. M. Praise to our Creator. 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 sov'reign pow'r without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men ; And when like wand'ring sheep we stray'd, He brought us to his fold again. 3. We are his people, we his care, Our souls, and all our mortal frame ; What lasting honors shall we rear, Almighty Maker, to thy name ! 4. We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heav'ns our voices raise ; And earth with her ten thousand tongues Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 5. 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. PSALM 101. L. M. The Magistrate's psalm. 1. Mercy and judgment are my song, And since they both to thee belong, My gracious God, my righteous King, To thee my songs and vows I bring. 2. If I am rais'd to bear the sword, I'll take my counsel from thy word ; Thy justice and thy heav'nly grace Shall be the pattern of my ways. 10 ]46 PSALM CII. 3. Let wisdom all my actions guide, And let my God with me reside ; No wicked thing shall dwell with me j Which may provoke thy jealousy. 4. No sons of slander, rage and strife, Shall be companions of my life ; The haughty look, the heart of pride Within my doors shall ne'er abide. 5. I'll search the land and raise the just To posts of honor, wealth and trust ; The men that work thy holy will Shall be my friends and fav'rites still. 6. In vain shall sinners hope to rise By flatt'ring or malicious lies ; Nor, while the innocent I guard, Shall bold offenders e'er be spar'd. 7. The impious crew (that factious band) Shall hide their heads, or quit the land ; And all that break the public rest, Where I have pow'r shall be supprest. PSALM 102. First Part. C. M, A prayer for the afflicted. 1. Hear me, 0 God, nor hide thy face,. But answer lest I die ; Hast thou not built a throne of grace To hear when sinners cry ? 2. My days are wasted like the smoke * Dissolving in the air ; My strength is dried, my heart is brokt. And sinking in despair. 3. My spirits flag like with'ring grass Burnt with excessive heat ; In secret groans my minutes pass,. And. I forget to eat. PSALM CII. 147 4. As on some lonely building's top, The sparrow tells her moan ; Far from the tents of joy and hope, I sit and grieve alone. 5. My soul is like a wilderness, Where beasts of midnight howl ; There the sad raven finds her place, And there the screaming owl. 6. Dark dismal thoughts and boding fears Dwell in my troubled breast ; While sharp reproaches wound my ears, Nor give my spirit rest. 7. My cup is mingled with my woes, And tears are my repast ; My daily bread like ashes grows Unpleasant to my taste. 8. Sense can afford no real joy To souls that feel thy frown ; Lord, 'twas thy hand advanced me high,, Thy hand hath cast me down. 9. My looks like withered leaves appear ; And life's declining light Grows faint as evening shadows are, That vanish into night. 10'. But thou for ever art the same, 0 my eternal God ! Ages to come shall know thy name,. And spread thy works abroad. Thou wilt arise and, show thy facer Nor will my Lord delay Beyond th' appointed hour of gracer That long expected day. 12. He hears his saints, he knows their cry,. And by mysterious ways, Redeems the pris'ners doom'd to die, I And fills their tongues with praise.. 148 PSALM CII. PSALM 102. Second Part. C. M. Prayer heard, and the church revived. 1. Let Zion and her sons rejoice ; Behold the promis'd hour : Her God hath heard her mourning voice. And comes i' exalt his pow'r. %. Her dust and ruins that remain, Are precious in our eyes ; Those ruins shall be built again, And all that dust shall rise. 3. The Lord will raise Jerusalem, And stand in glory there ; Nations shall bow before his name, And kings attend with fear. 4. He sits a so v 'reign on his throne, With pity in his eyes ; He hears the dying prisoner's groan, And sees their sighs arise. 5. He frees the souls condemned to death ; And when his saints complain, It shan't be said, "that praying breath " Was ever spent in vain." 6. This shall be known when we are dead, And left on long record, That ages yet unborn may read, And trust and praise the Lord. PSALM 102. Third Part. L. M. The saints die, but Christ and the church live. 1. It is the Lord, our Savior's hand Weakens our strength amid the race ; Disease and death at his command, Arrest us and cut short our days. PSALM CIII. 149 2. Spare us, 0 Lord, aloud we pray, Nor let our sun go down at noon ; Thy years are one eternal day ; And must thy children die so soon ? Yet in the midst of death and grief, This thought our sorrow shall assuage : "Our Father and our Savior live, " Christ is the same through ev'ry age." 4. 'Twas he this earth's foundation laid ; Heav'n is the building of his hand ; This earth grows old, these heav'ns shall fade, And all be changed at his command. 5. The starry curtains of the sky, Like garments, shall be laid aside ; But still thy throne stands firm and high, Thy church for ever must abide. 6. Before thy face thy church shall live, And on thy throne thy children reign ; This dying world shall they survive, And the dead saints be rais'd again. PSALM 103. First Part. L. M. Blessing God for his goodness to soul and body. I. Bless, 0 my soul, the living God, Call home thy thoughts that roam abroad ; Let all the powers within me join In work and worship so divine. I. Bless, 0 my soul, the God of grace ; His favors claim thy highest praise ; Why should the wonders he hath wrought 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. ISO PSALM cm. 4. The vices of the mind he heals, And cures the pains that nature feels ; Redeems the soul from hell, and saves Our wasting lives from threat'ning graves. 5. Our youth decay'd his pow'r repairs ; His mercy crowns our growing years : He fills our store with ev'ry good, And feeds our souls with heavenly food. 6. He sees th' oppressor and th' opprest, And often gives the suff'rers rest ; But will his justice more display In the last great rewarding day. 7. His pow'r he show'd by Moses' hands And gave to Israel his commands ; But sent his truth and mercy down To all the nations by his Son, PSALM 103. Second Part. S. M. Mercy in the midst of judgment. 1. My soul, repeat his praise, Whose mercies are so great ; Whose anger is so slow to rise, So ready to abate. 2. God will not always chide : And when his strokes are felt, His strokes are fewer than our crimes, And lighter than our guilt. 3. High as the heav'ns are rais'd Above the ground we tread ; So far the riches of his grace Our highest thoughts exceed. 4. His pow'r subdues our sins ; And his forgiving love, Far as the east is from the west. Doth all our guilt remove. PSALM CIIL 151 5. The pity of the Lord, To those that fear his name, Is such as tender parents feel : He knows our feeble frame. 6. He knows we are but dust, Scattered with ev'ry breath ; His anger, like a rising wind, Can send us swift to death. 7. Our days are as the grass, Or like the morning now'r : If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field, It Withers in an hour. 8. But thy compassions, Lord, To endless years endure ; And children's children ever find Thy words of promise sure. PSALM 103. Third Part. S. M. Bless the Lord his angels, and all his works. 1. The Lord, the sov'reign King, Hath fix'd his throne on high ; O'er all the heav'nly world he rules, And all beneath the sky. 2. Ye angels, great in might, And swift to do his will, Bless ye the Lord, whose voice ye hear, Whose pleasure ye fulfil. 3. Let the bright hosts who wait The orders of their King, And guard his churches when they pray, Join in the praise they sing. 4. While all his wondrous works, Thro' his vast kingdom show Their Maker's glory, thou, my soul, Shalt sing his praises too. 152 PSALM CIV. PSALM 104. First Part. L. M. The glory of God in creation and providence. 1. My soul, thy great Creator praise ! When cloth'd in his celestial rays He in full majesty appears, And, like a robe, his glory wears. 2. The heav'ns are for his curtains spread ; Th' unfathom'd deep he makes his bed ; Clouds are his chariot, when he flies On winged storms across the skies. 3. Angels, whom his own breath inspires, His ministers are flaming fires ; And swift as thought their armies move, To bear his vengeance, or his love. 4. The world's foundations by his hand Are pois'd and shall for ever stand ; He binds the ocean in his chain, Lest it should drown the earth again. 5. When earth was cover'd with the flood, Which high above the mountains stood, He thunder 'd, and the ocean fled, Confin'd to its appointed bed. 6. The swelling billows know their bounds, And in their channels walk their rounds ; Yet thence convey'd by secret veins, They spring on hills, and drench the plains. 7. He bids the crystal fountains flow, And cheer the valleys as they go ; Tame heifers there their thirst allay, And for the stream wild asses bray. 8. From pleasant trees which shade the brink, The lark and linnet light to drink ; Their songs the lark and linnet raise, And chide our silence hi his praise. PSALM CIV. 153 PSALM 104. Second Part. L. M. Providence. 1. God from his cloudy cisterns pours On the parch'd earth enriching show'rs ; The grove, the garden and the field, A thousand joyful blessings yield. 2. He makes the grassy food arise, And gives the cattle large supplies ; With herbs for man, of various pow'r, To nourish nature, or to cure. 3. What noble fruit the vines produce ! The olive yields a shining juice ; Our hearts are cheer'd with gen'rous wine, With inward joy our faces shine. 4. 0 bless his name, ye nations, fed With nature's chief supporter, bread; While bread your vital strength imparts ; Serve him with vigor in your hearts. PSALM 104. Third Part, L. M. Providence. 1. Behold ! the stately cedar stands Rais'd in the forest by his hands ; Birds to the boughs for shelter fly, And build their nests secure on high. 2. To craggy hills ascend the goat, And at the airy mountain's foot, The feebler creatures make their cell ; He gives them wisdom where to dwell. 3. He sets the sun his circling race, Appoints the moon to change her face ; And when thick darkness veils the day, Calls out wild beasts to hunt their prey. 154 PSALM CIV. 4. Fierce lions lead their young abroad/ And roaring, ask their meat from God ; But when the morning beams arise, The savage beast to covert flies. 5. Then man to daily labor goes ; The night was made for his repose ; Sleep is thy gift, that sweet relief From tiresome toil, and wasting grief. 6. How strange thy^works ! how great thy skill ! All lands thy boundless riches fill ; Thy wisdom round the world we see ; This spacious earth is full of thee. 7. Nor less thy glories in the deep, Where fish in millions swim and creep, With wondrous motions swift or slow, Still wand'ring in the paths below. S. There ships divide their wat'ry way, And flocks of scaly monsters play ; There dwells the huge Leviathan, And foams and sports in spite of man. PSALM 104. Fourth Part. L. M. Providence. 1. Vast are thy works, Almighty Lord ! All nature rests upon thy word ; And the whole race of creatures stands, ' Waiting their portion from thy hands. 2. While each receives his different food, Their cheerful looks pronounce it good ; Eagles and bears, and whales and worms Rejoice, and praise in different forms. 3. But when thy face is hid they mourn, And dying, to their dust return ; Both man and beast their souls resign ; Life, breath and spirit, all are thine. PSALM CV. 155 4. Yet thou canst breathe on dust again, And fill the world with beasts and men ; A word of thy creating breath Repairs the wastes of time and death. 5. Thy works, the wonders of thy might, Are honor'd with thine own delight ; How awful are thy glorious ways ! Lord, thou art dreadful in thy praise. 6. 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 to sov'reign grace. 7. In thee my hopes and wishes meet, And make my meditations sweet ; Thy praises shall my breath employ, Till it expire in endless joy. 8. While haughty sinners die accurst, Their glory buried with their dust ; I to my God, my heav'nly King, Immortal hallelujahs sing. PSALM 105. First Part. C. M. God's care of the Patriarchs. 1. Give thanks to God, invoke his name, And tell the world his grace ; Sound through the earth his deeds of fame, That all may seek his face. 2. His cov'nant which he kept in mind For num'rous ages past, To num'rous ages yet behind, In equal force shall last. 3. He sware to Abr'am and his seed, And made the blessing sure ; Gentiles the ancient promise read, And find his truth endure. 156 PSALM CV. 4. "Thy seed shall make the nations blest," Said the Almighty voice, "And Canaan's land shall be their rest, " The type of heav'nly joys." 5. How large the grant ! how rich the grace ! To give them Canaan's land, When they were strangers in the place, A little feeble band. 6. Like pilgrims, through the countries round, Securely they remov'd ; And haughty kings that on them frown'd, Severely he reprov'd. 7. "Touch mine anointed, and my arm " Shall soon revenge the wrong ! " The man that does my prophets harm, "Shall know their God is strong." 8. Then let the world forbear its rage, Nor put the church in fear ; Israel must live through ev'ry age, And be th' Almighty's care. PSALM 105. Second Part. C. M. The plagues of Egypt. 1. When Pharaoh dar'd to vex the saints, And thus provok'd their God, Moses was sent at their complaints, Arm'd with his dreadful rod. 2. He call'd for darkness ; darkness came Like an o'erwhelming flood ; He made each lake, and ev'ry stream, A lake, a stream of blood. 3. He gave the sign, and noisome flies Through the whole country spread ; And frogs, in croaking armies, rise About the monarch's bed. PSALM CV. 157 4. Through fields, and towns, and palaces, The tenfold vengeance flew ; Locusts in swarms devoured their trees And hail their cattle slew. 5. Then, by an angePs midnight stroke, The flow'r of Egypt died ; The strength of ev'ry house was broke, Their glory and their pride. 6. Now let the world forbear its rage, Nor put the church in fear ; Israel must live through ev'ry age, And be th? Almighty's care. PSALM 105. Third Part. C. M. Israel led through the wilderness to Canaan* 1. Thus were the tribes from bondage freed, And left the hated ground ; Egyptian spoils supplied their need, Nor was one feeble found. 2. The Lord himself chose out their way, And mark'd their journey right ; Gave them a leading cloud by day, A fiery guide by night. 3. They thirst, and waters from the rock In rich abundance flow ; And following still the course they took, Ran all the desert through. 4. 0 wondrous stream ! 0 blessed type Of overflowing grace ! So Christ our rock maintains our life, Through all the wilderness. 5. Thus guarded by the Almighty's hand, The chosen tribes possest Canaan, the rich, the promis'd land, And there enjoy 'd their rest. 158 PSALM CVI. 6. Then let the world forbear its rage> The church renounce her fear ; Israel must live through ev'ry age, And be th' Almighty's care. PSALM 106. First Part. L. M. Communion with saints. 1. To God the great, the ever blest, Let songs of honor be addrest ;. His mercy firm for ever stands ; Give him the thaDks his love demands. 2. Who knows the wonders of thy ways ? Who shall fulfil thy boundless praise ? Blest are the souls that fear thee still, And pay their duty to thy will. 3. Remember what thy mercy did For Jacob's race, thy chosen seed ; And with the same salvation bless The meanest suppliant of thy grace. 4. 0 may I see thy tribes rejoice, And aid their triumphs with my voice ! This is my glory, Lord, to be Join'd to thy saints, and near to thee. PSALM 106. Second Part. S. M. The unchangeable love of God. L God of eternal love, How fickle are our ways ! And. yet how oft did Israel prove Thy constancy of grace ! 2. They saw thy wonders wrought, And then thy praise they sung ; But soon thy works of pow'r forgot, And murmur'd with their tongue. PSALM CVII. 155 S. Now they believe his word, While rocks with rivers flow ; Now with their lusts provok'd the Lord, And he reduc'd them low. 4. Yet when they mourn'd their faults, He hearken'd to their groans ; Brought his own covenant to his thoughts. And cali'd them still his sons. 5. Their names were in his book ; He sav'd them from their foes ;- Oft he chastised, but ne'er forsook The people that he chose. 6. Let Israel bless the Lord, Who lov'd their ancient race ; And Christians join the solemn word Amen, to all their praise. PSALM 107. First Part. L. IVL. Israel led to Canaan, and Christians to heaven. 1. Give thanks to God ; he reigns above ; Kind are 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 ; Israel the nation whom he chose, And rescued from their mighty foes. 3. In their distress to God they cried, God was their Savior and their guide ; He led their march far wandering round ; 'T was the right path to Canaan's ground.. 4. Thus when our first release we gain From sin?s old yoke and Satan's chain^. We have this desert world to pass, A dang'rous and a tiresome place... 160 PSALM CVII. 5. He feeds and clothes us all the way, He guides our footsteps lest we stray ; He guards us with a pow'rful hand, And brings us to the heav'nly land. 6. 0 let the saints with joy record The truth and goodness of the Lord ! How great his works ! how kind his way Let ev'ry tongue pronounce his praise. PSALM 107. Second Part. L. M. Correction for sin, and release by prayer. 1. From age to age exalt his name, God and his grace are still the same ; He fills the hungry soul with food, And feeds the poor with ev'ry good. 2. But if their hearts rebel, and rise Against the God that rules the skies ; If they reject his heav'nly word, And slight the counsels of the Lord : 3. He'll bring their spirits to the ground? And no deliv'rer shall be found ; Laden with grief thy waste their breath In darkness and the shades of death. 4. Then to the Lord they raise their cries ; He makes the dawning light arise, And scatters all that dismal shade, That hung so heavy round their head. 5. He cuts the bars of brass in two, And lets the smiling pris'ners through ; Takes off the load of guilt and grief, And gives the lab 'ring soul relief. 6. 0 may the sons of men record The wondrous goodness of the Lord ! How great his works ! how kind his ways Let ev'ry tongue pronounce his praise. PSALM CVII. 161 PSALM 107. Third Part. L. M. , Intemperance punished and pardoned. 1. Vain man, on foolish pleasures bent, Prepares for his own punishment ; What pains, what loathsome maladies From luxury and lust arise ! 2. The drunkard feels his vitals waste, Yet drowns his health to please his taste ; Till all his active pow'rs are lost, And fainting life draws near the dust. 3. The glutton groans, and loathes to eat, His soul abhors delicious meat ; Nature, with heavy loads opprest, Would yield to death to be releas'd. 1. Behold the frighten'd sinners fly To God for help with earnest cry ! He hears their groans, prolongs their breath} And saves them from approaching death. 5. No med'cines could effect the cure So quick, so easy, or so sure ; The deadly sentence God repeals, He sends his sov'rei^n word and heals. l-j 3. 0 may the sons of men record The wondrous goodness of the Lord ! And let their thankful ofFring prove How they adore their Maker's love. PSALM 107. Fourth Part. C. M; The mariner's psalm. 1. Thy wTorks of glory, mighty Lord ! Thy wonders in the deeps, The sons of courage shall record, Who trade in floating ships. 11 162 [PSALM CVII.j *. At thy command the winds arise, And swell the tow 'ring waves ; The men astonish *d mount the skies, And sink in gaping graves. 3. Frighted to hear the tempest's roar,. They pant with nutt'ring breath ; And hopeless of the distant shore, Expect immediate death. 4. Then to the Lord they raise their cries,. He hears their loud request, And orders silence through the skies, And lays the floods to rest. 5. Sailors rejoice to lose their fears, And see the storm allay ?d; Now to their eyes the port appears, There let their vows be paid. 6. 'Tis God that brings them safe to land ; Let stupid mortals know That waves are under his command, And all the winds that blow. 7. 0 that the sons of men would praise The goodness of the Lord ! And those that see thy wondrous ways, Thy wondrous love record. PSALM 107. Fifth Part. L. M. Nations blessed and punished. A psalm for America. h When God, provok'd with daring crimes,. Scourges the madness of the times, He turns their fields to barren sand, And dries the rivers from the land. $. His word can raise the springs again," And make the wither'd mountains green ; Send show'ry blessings from the skies, And harvests in the desert rise,. PSALM CVIII. 163 3. Where nothing dwelt but beasts of prey, Or men as fierce and wild as they ; He bids th' opprest and poor repair, And build them towns and cities there. 4. They sow the fields and trees they plant, Whose yearly fruit supplies their want ; Their race grows up from fruitful stocks ; Their wealth increases with their flocks. 5. Thus they are blest ; but if they sin, He lets the heathen nations in ; A savage crew invades their lands, Their people die by barb'rous hands, 6. Their captive sons, expos'd to scorn, Wander unpitied and forlorn ; The country lies unfenc'd, untill'd, And desolation spreads the field. 7. Yet if the humbled nation mourns, Again his dreadful hand he turns ; Again he makes their cities thrive, And bids the dying churches live. 8. The righteous with a joyful sense, Admire the works of Providence ; And tongues of Atheists shall no more Blaspheme the God that saints adore. 9. How few with pious care record These wondrous dealings of the Lord I But wise observers still shall find, The Lord is holy, just, and kind. PSALM 108. C. M. Fervent praise. 1. Awake my soul with fervent praise,. Awake my heart to sing ; Join all my pow'rs the song to raise^. And morning incense bring. 164 PSALM CIX. 2. Among the people of his care And through the nations round, Glad songs of praise will I prepare, And high his name resound. 3. Be thou exalted, 0 my God, Above the starry train ; Diffuse thy heav'nly grace abroad, And teach the world thy reign. 4. The church is thine ; thou wilt maintain Her cause in ev'ry age ; Built on a rock, her foes in vain Against her rights engage. 5. Then let thy chosen sons rejoice, And throng thy courts above ; While sinners hear thy pard'ning voice, And taste redeeming love. PSALM 109. C. M. Love to enemies, from the example of Christ. 1. God of my mercy and my praise, Thy glory is my song ; Though sinners speak against thy grace With a blaspheming tongue. 2. When in the form of mortal man Thy Son on earth was found ; With cruel slanders false and vain, They compass'd him around. 3. Their mis'ries his compassion move, Their peace he still pursu'd ; They render hatred for his love, And evil for his good. 4. Their malice rag'd without a cause, Yet with his dying breath, He pray'd for murd'rers on his cross, And blest his foes in death. r PSALM XC. 165 . Lord, shall thy bright example shine In vain before my eyes ? Give me a soul akin to thine, To love mine enemies. The Lord shall on my side engage, And in my Savior's name, I shall defeat their pride and rage, Who slander and condemn. PSALM 110. First Part. L. M. The success of the gospel. Thus the eternal Father spake To Christ the Son : " Ascend and sit "At my right hand, till I shall make "Thy foes submissive at thy feet. " From Zion shall thy word proceed ; "Thy word, the sceptre in thy hand, "Shall make the hearts of rebels bleed, "And bow their wills to thy command. "That day shall show thy pow'r is great, "When saints shall flock with willing minds, "And sinners crowd thy temple gate, "Where holiness in beauty shines.'' 0 blessed pow'r ! 0 glorious day ! What a large vict'ry shall ensue ! And converts, who thy grace obey, Exceed the drops of morning dew. PSALM 110. Second Part. C. M. Christ's kingdom and priesthood. Jesus, our Lord, ascend thy throne, And near thy Father sit ; In Zion shall thy pow'r be known, And make thy foes submit. 16 PSALM CX. 2. What wonders shall thy gospel do ! Thy converts shall surpass The num'rous drops of morning dew, And own thy sovereign grace. 3. God hath pronoune'd a firm decree, Nor changes what he swore ; " Eternal shall thy priesthood be, " When Aaron is no more. 4. "Melchisedek, that wondrous priest, " That King of high degree, "That holy man whom Abr'am blest, "Was but a type of thee." 5. Jesus our priest for ever lives To plead for us above ; Jesus our King for ever gives The blessings of his love. 6. God shall exalt his glorious head, His lofty throne maintain ; And strike the pow'rs and princes dead, Who dare oppose his reign. PSALM 110. Third Part. L. M. The counsel of peace. 1. Jesus the priest ascends the throne, While counsels of eternal peace Between the Father and the Son, Proceed with honor and success. 2. Thro' the whole earth his reign shall sprea And crush the pow'rs that dare rebel ; Then shall he judge the rising dead, And send the guilty world to hell. 3. Though while he treads his glorious way, He drinks the cup of tears and blood, The suff'rings of that dreadful day Shall but advance him near to God* PSALM CXL 167 PSALM 111. First Part. C. M. The wisdom of God in his works. 1. Songs of immortal praise belong To my Almighty God ; He hath my heart, and he my tongue, To spread his name -abroad. 2. How great the works his hand hath wrought ! How glorious in oar sight ! And men in ev'ry age have sought His wonders with delight. 3. How most exact is nature's frame ! How wise th' eternal mind ! His counsels never change the scheme That his first thoughts designed. 4. When he redeem'd his chosen sons, He fix'd his cov'nant sure ; The orders that his lips pronounce, To endless years endure. 5. Nature, and time, and earth, and skies. Thy heav'nly skill proclaim ; What shall we do to make us wise, But learn to read thy name ? 5. To fear thy pow'r, to trust thy grace, Is our divinest skill ; And he's the wisest of our race, Who best obeys thy will. PSALM 111. Second Part. C. M. The perfections of God. 1. Great is the Lord ; his works of might Demand our noblest songs ; Let his assembled saints unite Their harmony of tongues. £. Great is the mercy of the Lord, -He gives his children food $ 168 PSALM CXII. And ever mindful of his word, He makes his promise good. S. His Son, the great Redeemer, came To seal his covenant sure ; Holy and rev'rend is his name, His ways are just and pure. 4. They that would grow divinely wise, Must with his fear begin ; Our fairest proof of knowledge lies In hating ev'ry sin. PSALM 112. C. M. The blessings of the pious and charitable. 1. Happy is he that fears the Lord, And follows his commands, Who lends the poor without reward, Or gives with lib'ral hands. 2. As pity dwells within his breast To all the sons of need ; So God shall anwer his request With blessings on his seed. 3. No evil tidings shall surprise His well established mind : His soul to God, his refuge, flies, And leaves his fears behind. 4. In times of general distress Some beams of light shall shine^ To show the world his righteousness, And give him peace divine. $. His works of piety and love Remain before the Lord ; Honor on earth, and joys above, Shall be his sure regard.. PSALM CXIV. 169 PSALM 113. L. M. The sovereignly and goodness of God. 1. Ye servants of th* Almighty King, In ev'ry age his praises sing : Where'er the sun shall rise or set, The nations shall his praise repeat. 2. Above the earth, beyond the sky, Stands his high throne of majesty : Nor time, nor place, his pow'r restrain, Nor bound his universal reign. 3. Which of the sons of Adam dare, Or angels with their God compare ? His glories how divinely bright, Who dwells in uncreated light ! 4. Behold his love ! he stoops to view What saints above and angels do : And condescends yet more to know The mean affairs of men below. 5. From dust and cottages obscure, His grace exalts the humble poor : Gives them the honor of his sons, And fits them for their heav'nly thrones. 6. A word of his creating voice Can make the barren house rejoice : Tho' Sarah's ninety years were past, The promis'd seed is born at last. 7. With joy the mother views her son, And tells the wonders God has done ; Faith may grow strong, when sense despairs .$. Tho' nature fail, the promise bears. PSALM 114. L. M. Miracles attending IsraeVs journey. \. When Israel, freed from Pharaoh's hand,, keft the proud tyrant and his land, 170 PSALM CXV. The tribes with cheerful homage own Their King, and Judah was his throne. 2. Across the deep their journey lay ; The deep divides to make them way ; Jordan beheld their march, and fled With backward current to his head. 3. The mountains shook like frighted sheep ; Like lambs the little hillocks leap ; Not Sinai on her base could stand, Conscious of sovereign pow'r at hand. 4. What pow'r could make the deep divide ? Or Jordan backward roll his tide ? Why did ye leap, ye little hills ? And whence the fright that Sinai feels ? 5. Let ev'ry mountain, ev'ry flood, Retire and know th' approaching God ; The King of Israel, see him here ; Tremble, thou earth, adore and fear. 6. He thunders, and all nature mourns ; The rocks to standing pools he turns ; Flints spring with fountains at his word, And fires and seas confess the Lord. PSALM 115. L. M. The true God is our refuge ; or, Idolatry reproved. 1. Not to ourselves, who are but dust, Not to ourselves is glory due ; 'Tis thine, great God, the only just, The only gracious, wise, and true. 2. Shine forth in all thy dreadful name ; Why should a heathen's haughty tongue Insult us, and, to raise our shame, Say," Where's the God you've serv'd so long 3. The God we serve, maintains his throne Above the clouds, beyond the skies : PSALM CXVI. 171 Thro' all the earth his will is done ; He knows our groans, he hears our cries. 4. But the vain idols they adore, Are senseless shapes of stone and wood ; At best a mass of glitt'ring ore, A silver saint, or golden god. 5. With eyes and ears they carve the head; Deaf are their ears, their eyes are blind ; In vain are costly ofPrings made, And vows are scatter'd in the wind. 6. Their feet were never made to move, Nor hands to save when mortals pray : Mortals, that pay them fear and love, Seem to be blind and deaf as they. 7. 0 Israel ! make the Lord thy hope, Thy help, thy refuge, and thy rest ; The Lord shall build thy ruins up, And bless the people and the priest, 8. The dead no more can speak thy praise ; They dwell in silence and the grave ; But we shall live to sing thy grace, And tell the world thy pow'r to save. PSALM 116. First Part. C. M. Recovery from siekness. 1. I love the Lord ; he heard my cries, And pitied ev'ry groan ; Long as I live, when troubles rise, I'll hasten to his throne. 2. I love the Lord ; he bow'd his ear, And chas'd my griefs away : O ! let my heart no more despair, While I have breath to pray. 3. My flesh declin'd, my spirits fell, And I drew near the dead ; 172 PSALM CXVI. While inward pangs, and fears of hell Perplexed my wakeful head. 4. "My God," I cried, "thy servant save, "Thou ever good and just ; "Thy pow'r can rescue from the grave, "Thy pow'r is all my trust." 5. The Lord beheld me sore distrest, He bade my pains remove : Return, my soul, to God, thy rest, For thou hast known his love. 6. My God hath sav'd my soul from death And dried my falling tears : Now to his praise I'll spend my breath, And my remaining years. PSALM 116. Second Part. C. M. Public thanks for private deliverance. 1. What shall I render to my God, For all his kindness shown ? My feet shall visit thine abode, My songs address thy throne. 2. Among the saints that fill thine house, My off'rings shall be paid ; There shall my zeal perform the vows My soul in anguish made, 3. How much is mercy thy delight, Thou ever blessed' God ! How dear thy servants in thy sight ! How precious is their blood ! 4. How happy all thy servants are ! How great thy grace to me ! My life, which thou hast made thy care, Lord, I devote to thee. 5. Now I am thine, for ever thine, Nor shall my purpose move ; PSALM CXVIII. 173 Thy hand hath loos'd my bonds of pain, And bound me with thy love. 6. Here in thy courts I leave my vow, And thy rich grace record ; Witness, ye saints, who hear me now, If I forsake the Lord. PSALM 117. L. M. Praise to God from all nations. 1. From all that dwell below the skies Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung Through ev'ry land, by ev'ry tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord, Eternal truth attends thy word ; Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore. Till suns shall rise and set no more. PSALM 118. First Part. C. M. Deliverance from a tumult* 1. The Lord appears my helper now, Nor is my faith afraid, Whate'er the sons of earth may do, Since heav'n affords its aid. 2. 'Tis safer, Lord, to hope in thee, And have my God my friend, Than trust in men of high degree, And on their truth depend. 3. 'Tis through the Lord my heart is strong, In him my lips rejoice ; While his salvation is my song, How cheerful is my voice ! 4. Like angry bees they girt me round ; When God appears they fly ; So burning thorns with crackling sound, Make a fierce blaze and die. 174 PSALM CXVIII. 5. Joy to the saints, and peace belongs,. The Lord protects their days ; Let Israel tune immortal songs To his almighty grace. PSALM US. Second Part. C. M. Public praise for deliverance from death, V. Lord, thou hast heard thy servant cry, And rescu'd from the grave ; Now shall he live ; for none can die, If God resolve to save. 2. Thy praise more constant than beforej Shall fill his daily breath; Thy hand that hath chastised him sore, Defends him still from death. 3. Open the gates of Zion now, For we shall worship there ; The house where all the righteous go, Thy mercy to declare. 4t Among th' assemblies of thy saints Our thankful voice we raise ; There we have told thee our complaints, And there we speak thy praise. PSALM 118. Third Part. C. M. Christ the foundation of his church. 1;. Behold the sure foundation Stone, Which God in Zion lays, To build our heav'nly hopes upon, And his eternal praise. - 2. Chosen of God, to sinners dear, How glorious is thy name ! Saints trust their whole salvation here, Nor shall they suffer shame. PSALM CXIX. 175 3» The foolish builders, scribe and priest, Reject it with- disdain ; Yet on this rock the church shall rest. And envy rage in vain.. 4. What though the gates of hell withstood,. Yet must this building rise ; 'Tis thine own work, Almighty God, And wondrous in our eyes. PSALM 118. Fourth Part. C M, The resurrection of Christ, and our salvation.. 1. This is the day the Lord hath made, He calls the hours his own ; Let heav'n 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 triumph spread;. And all his wonders tell. 3. Hosanna to th' anointed King, To David's holy Son ; Help us, 0 Lord, descend and bring. Salvation from thy throne. 4. Blest be the Lord who- comes ta men- With messages of grace ; Who comes in God his Father's, name,. To save our sinful race. 5. Hosanna in the highest strains The church on earth can raise ; The highest heav'ns in which he reigns, Shall give him nobler praise. PSALM 119. First Part. C. M. The blessedness of saints and misery of sinners., X. Blest are the undefiPd in. heart, Whose ways are right and clean,; 176 PSALM CXIX. Who never from thy law depart, But fly from ev'ry sin. 2. Blest are the men that keep thy word/ And practise thy commands ; With their whole heart they seek the Lord, And serve thee with their hands. 3. Great is their peace who love thy law, How firm their souls abide ! Nor can a bold temptation draw Their steady feet aside. 4. Then shall my heart have inward joy, And keep my face from shame, When all thy statutes I obey, And honor all thy name. 5. But haughty sinners God will hate $ The proud shall die accurst ; The sons of falsehood and deceit Are trodden to the dust. 6. Vile as the dross the wicked are ; And those that leave thy ways Shall see salvation from afar, But never taste thy grace. PSALM 119. Second Part. C. M* Spiritual-mindedness. 1. To thee, before the dawning light, My gracious God, I pray ; I meditate thy name by night, And keep thy law by day. 2. My spirit faints to see thy grace, Thy promise bears me up ; And while salvation long delays, Thy word supports my hope. 3. Sev'n times a day I lift my hands, And pay my thanks to thee ; PSALM CXIX. 177 Thy righteous Providence demands Repeated praise from me. , When midnight darkness veils the skies, I call thy works to mind ; My thoughts in warm devotion rise, And sweet acceptance find. PSALM 119. Third Part. CM. Repentance and obedience. 1. Thou art my portion, 0 my God ; Soon as I know thy way, My heart makes haste t' obey thy word, And suffers no delay. 2. I choose the path of heav'nly truth, And glory in my choice ; Not all the riches of the earth Could make me so rejoice. 3. The testimonies of thy grace, I set before mine eyes ; Thence I derive my daily strength, And there my comfort lies. 4. If once I wander from thy path, I think upon my ways ; Then turn my feet to thy commands, And trust thy pardoning grace. 5. Now I am thine, for ever thine, 0 save thy servant, Lord ! Thou art my shield, my hiding-place, My hope is in thy word. 6. Thou hast inclin'd this heart of mine, Thy statutes to fulfil ; And thus, till mortal life shall end, Would I perform thy will. 12 178 PSALM CXIX. PSALM 119. Fourth Part. C. M: Instruction from Scripture. 1. How shall the young secure their hearts. And guard their lives from sin ? Thy word the choicest rules imparts To keep the conscience clean. 2. When once it enters on the mind,. It spreads such light abroad, The meanest souls instruction find, And raise their thoughts to God. 3. 'Tis like the sun, a heav'nly light, That guides us all the day ; And through the dangers of the night, A lamp to lead our way. 4. The men that keep thy law with care, And meditate thy word, Grow wiser than their teachers are, And better know the Lord. 5. Thy precepts make me truly wise ; I hate the sinner's road ; I hate my own vain thoughts that rise,. But love thy law, my God. 6. The starry heav'ns thy rule obey, The earth maintains her place ; And these, thy servants, night and day Thy skill and pow'r express. 7. But still thy law and gospel, Lord, Give lessons more divine ; Nor earth stands firmer than thy word,. Nor stars so nobly shine. 8. Thy word is everlasting truth, How pure is ev'ry page ! That holy book shall guide our youth, And well support our age. PSALM cxix. m PSALM 119. Fifth Part. C. M. Delight in Scripture. 1. 0 how I love thy holy law ! 'Tis daily my delight ; And thence my meditations draw Divine advice by night. 2. My waking eyes prevent the day To meditate thy word ; My soul with longing melts away To hear thy gospel, Lord. 3. How doth thy word my heart engage f. How well employ my tongue ! And in my tiresome pilgrimage, Yields me a heav'nly song. 1. Am I a stranger, or at home, ?Tis my perpetual feast ; Not honey dropping from the comb, So much allures the taste. 5. No treasures so enrich the mind ;. Nor shall thy word be sold For loads of silver well refined, Nor heaps of choicest gold. 6. When nature sinks, and spirits droop, Thy promises of grace Are pillars to support my hope, And there I write thy praise. PSALM 119. Sixth Part. C. M, Holiness and comfort from the word. I. Lord, I esteem thy judgments right, And all thy statutes just ; Thence I maintain a constant fight. With ev'ry flatt'ring lust. & Thy precepts often I survey, I keep thy law in sight, 180 PSALM CXIX. Through all the bus'ness of the day, To form my actions right. 3. My heart in midnight silence cries, "How sweet thy comforts be !" My thoughts in holy wonder rise, And bring their thanks to thee. 4. And when my spirit drinks her fill At some good word of thine ; Not mighty men that share the spoil, Have joys compared to mine. PSALM 119. Seventh Part. CM. Imperfection of nature, and perfection of Scripture. ' 1. Let all the heathen writers join To form one perfect book ; Great God, if once compar'd with thine, How mean their writings look ! 2. Not the most perfect rules they gave Could show one sin forgiv'n ; Nor lead a step beyond the grave ; But thine conduct to heav'n. 3. I've seen an end of what we call Perfection here below ; How short the pow'rs of nature fall ! And can no farther go. 4. Yet men would fain be just with God, By works their hands have wrought ; But thy commands, exceeding broad, Extend to ev'ry thought. 5. In vain we boast perfection here, While sin denies our frame, And sinks our virtues down so far, They scarce deserve the name. 6. Our faith, and love, and ev'ry grace, Fall far below thy word ; PSALM CXIX. 181 But perfect truth and righteousness, Dwell only with the Lord. PSALM 119. Eighth Part. CM. The excellency and variety of Scripture. Lord, I have made thy word my choice, My lasting heritage ; There shall my noblest pow'rs rejoice, My warmest thoughts engage. I'll read the hist'ries of thy love, And keep thy laws in sight, While through thy promises I rove, With ever fresh delight. 'Tis a broad land of wealth unknown, Where springs of life arise ; Seeds of immortal bliss are sown, And hidden glory lies. The best relief that mourners have, It makes our sorrows blest ; Our fairest hope beyond the grave, And our eternal rest. PSALM 119. Ninth Part. C. M. The teaching of the Spirit with the word. Thy mercies fill the earth, 0 Lord, How good thy works appear ! Open mine eyes to read thy word, And see thy wonders there. My heart was fashion'd by thy hand, My service is thy due ; 0 make thy servant understand The duties he must do ! Since I'm a stranger here below, Let not thy path be hid ; But mark the road my feet should go, And be my constant guide. 182 PSALM CXIX. 4. When I confess 'd my wand'ring ways> Thou heard'st my soul complain ; Grant me the teachings of thy grace, Or I shall stray again. 5. If God to me his statutes show, And heav'nly truth impart, His work for ever I'll pursue, His law shall rule my heart. 6. This was my comfort when I bore Variety of grief ; It made me learn thy word the more, And fly to that relief. 7. In vain the proud deride me now ; I'll ne'er forget thy law, Nor let that blessed gospel go, Whence all my hopes I draw. 8. When I have learn'd my Father's will, I'll teach the world his ways ; My thankful lips inspir'd with zeal, Shall loud pronounce his praise. PSALM 119. Tenth Part. C. M. Pleading the promises. 1. Behold thy waiting servant, Lord, Devoted to thy fear ; Remember and confirm thy word, For all my hopes are there. 2. Hast thou not sent salvation down, And promis'd quick'ning grace ? Doth not my heart address thy throne ? And yet thy love delays. 3. Mine eyes for thy salvation fail ; 0 bear thy servant up ! Nor let the scoffing lips prevail, Who dare reproach my hope. PSALM CXIX. 188 4. Didst thou not raise my faith, 0 Lord! Then let thy truth appear : Saints shall rejoice in my reward, And trust as well as fear. PSALM 119. Eleventh Part. CM. Breathing after holiness. 1. 0 that the Lord would guide my ways To keep his statutes still ! 0 that my God would grant me grace To know and do his will ! 2. 0 send thy Spirit down to write Thy law upon my heart ! Nor let my tongue indulge deceit, Nor act the liar's part. 3. From vanity turn off my eyes : Let no corrupt design, Nor covetous desires arise Within this soul of mine. 4. Order my footsteps by thy word, And make my heart sincere : Let sin have no dominion, Lord, But keep my conscience clear. 5. My soul hath gone too far astray, My feet too often slip ; Yet since Fve not forgot thy way, Restore thy wand'ring sheep. 6. Make me to walk in thy commands, ?Tis a delightful road : Nor let my head, or heart, or hands, Offend against my God. PSALM 119. Twelfth Part. C. M, Breathing after comfort and deliverance. 1. My God, consider my distress, Let mercy plead my cause ; 184 PSALM CXIX. Tho' I have sinn'd against thy grace, I can't forget thy laws. 2. Forbid, forbid the sharp reproach, Which I so justly fear : Uphold my life, uphold my hopes ; Nor let my shame appear. 3. Be thou a surety, Lord, for me, Nor let the proud oppress ; But make thy waiting servant see The shinings of thy face. 4. Mine eyes with expectation fail ; My heart within me cries, " When will the Lord his truth fulfil, "And make my comforts rise ?" 5. Look down upon my sorrows, Lord, And show thy grace the same, As thou art ever wont t' afford To those that love thy name. PSALM 119. Thirteenth Part. CM. Holy fear and tenderness of conscience. 1. With my whole heart Fve sought thy fact 0 let me never stray From thy commands, 0 God of grace, Nor tread the sinner's way. 2. Thy word I've hid within my heart To keep my conscience clean, And be an everlasting guard From ev'ry rising sin. 3. I'm a companion of the saints, Who fear and love the Lord ; My sorrows rise, my nature faints, When men transgress thy word. 4. While sinners do thy gospel wrong, My spirit stands in awe : PSALM CXIX. 185 My soul abhors a lying tongue, But loves thy righteous law. 5. My heart with sacred rev'rence hears, The threat'nings of thy word ; My flesh with holy trembling fears The judgments of the Lord. 6. My God, I long, I hope, I wait For thy salvation still ; While thy whole law is my delight ; And I obey thy will. PSALM 119. Fourteenth Part. CM. Benefit of afflktians, and sujiport under them. 1. Consider all my sorrows, Lord, And thy deliv'rance send ; My soul for thy salvation faints ; When will my troubles end ? 2. Yet I have found 'tis good for me To bear my Father's rod ; Afflictions make me learn thy law, And live upon my God. 3. This is the comfort I enjoy When new distress begins ; I read thy word, I run thy way, And hate my former sins. 4. Had not thy word been my delight, When earthly joys were fled, My soul, opprest with sorrow's weight Had sunk among the dead. 5. I know thy judgments, Lord, are right, Though they may seem severe ; The sharpest sufferings I endure, Flow from thy faithful care. 6. Before I knew thy chastming rod, My feet were apt to stray ; 186 PSALM CXIX. But now I learn to keep thy word, Nor wander from thy way. PSALM 119. Fifteenth Part. C. M. Holy resolutions. 1. 0 that thy statutes ev'ry hour Might dwell upon my mind ! Thence I derive a quickening pow'r, And daily peace I find. 2. To meditate thy precepts, Lord, Shall be my sweet employ ; My soul shall ne'er forget thy word, Thy word is all my joy. 3. How would I run in thy commands, Should'st thou my heart discharge From sin and Satan's hateful chains, And set my feet at large ! 4. My lips with courage shall declare Thy statutes and thy name ; I'll speak thy word, though kings should hear Nor yield to sinful shame. 5. Let bands of persecutors rise To rob me of my right; Let pride and malice forge their lies, Thy law is my delight. 6. Depart from me, ye wicked race, Whose hands and hearts are ill ; I love my God, I love his ways, And must obey his will. PSALM 119. Sixteenth Part. C. M. Prayer for quickening grace. 1. My soul lies cleaving to the dust ; Lord, give me life divine ; From vain desires and ev'ry lust, Turn off these eyes of mine. PSALM CXIX. 187 2. I need th' influence of thy grace To speed me in my way, Lest I should loiter in my race, Or turn my feet astray. 3. When sore afflictions press me down, I need thy quickening pow'rs ; Thy word that I have rested on, Shall help my heaviest hours. 4. Are not thy mercies sovereign still, And thou a faithful God ? Wilt thou not grant me warmer zeal To run the heav'nly road ? 5. Does not my heart thy precepts love, And long to see thy face ? And yet how slow my spirits move, Without enlivening grace ! 6. Then shall I love thy gospel more, And ne'er forget thy word ; When I have felt its quick'ning pow'r, To draw me near the Lord. PSALM 119. Seventeenth Part. L. M. Grace shining in difficulties and trials. 1. When pain and anguish seize me, Lord, All my support is from thy word ; My soul dissolves for heaviness, Uphold me with thy strengthening grace. 2. The proud have fram'd their scoffs and lies, They watch my feet with envious eyes, And tempt my soul to snares and sin. Yet thy commands I ne'er decline. 3. They hate me, Lord, without a cause, They hate to see me love thy laws ; But I will trust and fear thy name, Till pride and malice die with shame. 188 PSALM CXIX. PSALM 119. Eighteenth Part. L. M. Sanctified afflictions. 1. Father, I bless thy gentle hand ; How kind was thy chastising rod, That forc'd my conscience to a stand, And brought my wand'ring soul to God ! 2. Foolish and vain I went astray, Ere I had felt thy scourges, Lord ; I left my guide, and lost my way, But now I love and keep thy word. 3. 'Tis good for me to wear the yoke, For pride is apt to rise and swell ; 'Tis good to bear my Father's stroke, That I might learn his statutes well. 4. The law that issues from thy mouth, Shall raise my cheerful passions more Than all the treasures of the south, Or western hills of golden ore. 5. Thy hands have made my mortal frame, Thy Spirit form'd my soul within ; Teach me to know thy wondrous name, And guard me safe from death and sin. 6. Then all that love and fear the Lord, At my salvation shall rejoice ; For I have hoped in thy word, And made thy grace my only choice. PSALM 119. Nineteenth Part. CM. / have gone astray like a lost sheep. 1. The least, the feeblest of the sheep To Christ the Father gave : He loves the flock, the charge he'll keep, His arm is strong to save. 2. They're prone to wander out of sight, And apt to run astray ; PSALM CXX. 189 And when once lost, unable quite To find again the way. 3. That hand which heav'n and earth upholds, Can keep them free from harms ; The shepherd brings them to their folds, And bears them in his arms. 4. To thee, my Shepherd and my Rock, A grateful song I'll raise ; 0 let the meanest of thy flock, Attempt to speak thy praise. 5. Thou art my guard ; my all I owe To thine amazing love ; My standing in thy fold below, And hopes of bliss above. 6. Ten thousand thousand comforts here Dispens'd in various ways, Confirm'd thy faithfulness and care, And claim adoring praise. 7. Then guided, Shepherd, by thy love My feet shall keep thy way ; Soon shall I reach thy fold above, And go no more astray. PSALM 120. C. M. Christians love peace. 1. Thou God of love, thou ever-blest, Pity my suff'ring state ; When wilt thou set my soul at rest From lips that love deceit ? 2. Hard lot of mine ! my days are cast Among the sons of strife, Whose never-ceasing brawlings waste My golden hours of life. 3. 0 might I fly to change my place ; How would I choose to dwell 190 PSALM CXXI. In some wide, lonesome wilderness, And leave these gates of hell ! 4. Peace is the blessing that I seek, How lovely are its charms ! I am for peace, but when I speak, They all declare for arms. 5. New passions still their souls engage, And keep their malice strong ; What shall be done to curb thy rage, 0 thou devouring tongue I 6. Should burning arrows smite thee through, Strict justice would approve ; But I would rather spare my foe, And melt his heart with love. PSALM 121. First Part. C. M. Divine protection.. 1. To Zion's hill I lift mine eyes, From thence expecting aid ; From Zion's hill, and Zion's God, Who heav'n and earth has made. 2. Thou, then, my soul in safety rest, Thy guardian will not sleep ; His watchful care that Israel guards, Will thee in safety keep. 3. Sheltered beneath th' Almighty's wings* Thou shalt securely rest ; When neither sun nor moon shall thee By day or night molest. 4. At home, abroad, in peace, in war, Thy God shall thee defend ; Conduct thee through life's pilgrimage,, Safe to thy journey's end. PSALM CXXI. 191 PSALM 121. Second Part. H. M. Preservation by day and night. Upward I lift mine eyes ; From God is all my aid ; The God that built the skies, And earth and nature made ! God is the tow'r To which I fly ; His grace is nigh In ev'ry hour. My feet shall never slide. And fall in fatal snares ; Since God, my guard and guide, Defends me from my fears. Those wakeful eyes That never sleep, Shall Israel keep When dangers rise. No burning heats by day, Nor blast of ev'ning air, Shall take my health away,- If God be with me there. Thou art my sun, And thou my shade j- To guard my head By night or noon. Hast thou not giv'n thy word To save my soul from death ? And I can trust my Lord To keep my mortal breath. I'll go and come, Nor fear to die, Till from on high Thou call me home.,. 192 PSALM CXXIII. PSALM 122. C. M. Going to church. 1. How did my heart rejoice to hear My friends devoutly say, " In Zion let us all appear, And keep the solemn day !" 2. 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. Up to her courts with joys unknown The holy tribes repair ; The Son of David holds his throne, And sits in judgment there. 4. He hears our praises and complaints ; And while his awful voice Divides the sinners from the saints, We tremble and rejoice. 5. Peace be within this sacred place, And joy a constant guest ; With holy gifts and heav'nly grace Be her attendants blest. 6. My soul shall pray for Zion still, While life or breath remains ; There my best friends, my kindred dwell, There God my Savior reigns. > PSALM 123. C. M. Pleading with submission. 1. 0 thou, whose grace and justice reign Enthron'd above the skies ; To thee our hearts would tell their pain, To thee we lift our eyes. 2. As servants watch their master's hand, And fear the angry stroke ; PSALM CXXIV. 193 Or maids before their mistress stand, And wait a peaceful look : ■3. So for our sins we justly feel Thy discipline, 0 God, Yet wait the gracious moment still, Till thou remove thy rod. 4. Those that in wealth and pleasure live, Our daily groans deride ; And thy delays of mercy give Fresh courage to their pride. 5. Our foes insult us, but our hope In thy compassion lies ; This thought shall bear our spirits up, That God will not despise. PSALM 124. L. M. Thanksgiving for deliverance from national calamities. 1. Had not the Lord, may Israel say, Had not the Lord maintain'd our side. When men to make our lives a prey, Rose like the swelling of the tide ; 2. The swelling tide had stopt our breath, So fiercely did the waters roll ; We had been swallow'd up in death, Proud waters had o'erwhelm'd our soul. 3. We leap for joy, we shout and sing, Who just escap'd the fatal stroke ; So flies the bird with cheerful wing, When once the fowler's snare is broke, 4. For ever blessed be the Lord, Who broke the fowler's cursed snare, Who sav'd us from the murd'ring sword, And made our lives and souls his care. 5. Our help is in Jehovah's name, Who form'd the earth, and built the skies ; , 13 194 PSALM CXXVI. He that upholds that wondrous frame, Guards his own church with watchful eyes, PSALM 125. S. M. The trials and safety of. believers. 1. Firm and unmov'd are they That rest their souls on God ; Fix'd as the mount where David dwelt, Or where the ark abode. 2. As mountains stood to guard, The city's sacred ground, So God and his almighty love Embrace his saints around. 3. What though the Father's rod* Drop a chastising stroke, Yet lest it wound their souls too deep? Its fury shall be broke. 4. Deal gently, Lord, with those Whose faith and pious fear, Whose hope and love, and ev'ry grace, , Proclaim their hearts sincere. 5. Nor shall the tyrant's rage Too long oppress the saint ; The God of Israel will support His children lest they faint. 6. But if our slavish fear Will choose the road to hell, . We must receive our portion there,. Where bolder sinners dwell. PSALM 126. First Part. L. M. Praise for surprising deliverance to the nation. 1. When Godrestor'd our captive state,. Joy was our song, and grace our theme : A grace beyond our hope so great, That joy appear'd a painted dream. PSALM CXXVI. 195 2. The scoffer owns thy hand, and pays Unwilling honors to thy name ; While we with pleasure shout thy praise, With cheerful notes thy love proclaim. 3. When we review'd our dismal fears, 'Twas hard to think they'd vanish so ; With God we left our flowing tears, He makes our joys like rivers flow.. PSALM 126. Second Part. C. M. The joy of conversion. 1. When God reveal'd his gracious name, And chang'd my mournful state, My rapture seem'd a pleasant dream, Thy grace appear'd so great. 2. The world beheld the glorious change, And did thy hand confess ; My tongue broke out in unknown strains,. And sung surprising grace. 3. "Great is the work," my neighbors cried* And own'd thy pow'r divine ; " Great is the work," my heart replied, "And be the glory thine." 4. The Lord can clear the darkest skies,. Can give us day for night, Make drops of sacred sorrow rise To rivers of delight. 5. Let those that sow in sadness wait Till the fair harvest come ; They shall confess their sheaves are great, And shout the blessings home. S. Though seed lie buried long in dust, It shan't deceive their hope ; . The precious grain can ne'er be lost, For grace insures the crop. 196 PSALM CXXVIII. PSALM 127. L. M. The blessings of God on the cares and comforts of life. 1. If God succeed not, all the cost And pains to build the house are lost ; If God the city will not keep, The watchful guards as well may sleep. 2. What though you rise before the sun, And work and toil when day is done ; Careful and sparing eat your bread, To shun that poverty you dread ; 3. 'Tis all in vain, till God hath blest ; He can make rich, yet give us rest ; Children and friends are blessings too, If God, our sov'reign, make them so. 4. Happy the man to whom he sends Obedient children, faithful friends ; How sweet our daily comforts prove, When they are season'd with his love ! PSALM 128. C. M. A Christian blessed in his family. 1. 0 happy man, whose soul is fill'd With faith and rev'rend awe ; Whose lips to God their honors yield, Whose life adorns the law. 2. A careful Providence shall stand, And ever guard thy head ; And on the labors of thy hand Its kindly blessings shed. 3. Thy wife shall be a fruitful vine ; Thy children round thy board, Each like a plant of honor shine, And learn to fear the Lord. 4. The Lord shall thy best hopes fulfil, For months and years to come ; PSALM CXXIX. 197 The Lord who dwells on Zion's hill, Shall send thee blessings home. 5. This is the man, whose happy eyes Shall see his house increase ; Shall see the sinking church arise, And leave the world in peace. PSALM 129. C. M. Persecutors punished. .. Up from my youth, may Israel say, Have I been nurs'd in tears ; My griefs were constant as the day, And tedious as the years. I Up from my youth I bore the rage Of all the sons of strife ; Oft they assaiPd my riper age, But not destroyed my life. I Their cruel plough had torn my flesh With furrows long and deep ; Hourly they vex'd my wounds afresh, Nor let my sorrows sleep. :. How was their insolence surpris'd To hear his thunders roll ; And all the foes of Zion seiz'd With horror to the soul. I. Thus shall the men that hate the saints, Be blasted from the sky ; Their glory fades, their courage faints, And all their projects die. I What though they flourish tall and fair, They have no root beneath ; Their growth shall perish in despair, And lie despis'd in death. r. So corn that on the house-top stands, No hope of harvest gives : 198 PSALM CXXX. The reaper ne'er shall fill his hands, Nor binder fold the sheaves. S. It springs and withers on the place : No traveller bestows A word of blessing on the grass, Nor minds it as he goes. PSALM 130. C. M. Pardoning grace. 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 revenge 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. 4. I wait for thy salvation, Lord, With strong desires I wait ; My soul, invited by thy word. Stands watching at thy gate. 5. Just as the guards that keep the night, Long for the morning skies ; Watch the first beams of breaking light, And meet them with their eyes : 6. So waits my soul to see thy grace, And more intent than they, Meets the first op'nings of thy face, And finds a brighter day. 7. Then in the Lord let Israel trusty Let Israel seek his face ; PSALM CXXXII. 199 The Lord is good as well as just, And plenteous is his grace. There's full redemption at his throne For sinners long enslaved ; The great Redeemer is his Son ; And Israel shall be sav'd. PSALM 131. C. M. Humility and submission. Is there ambition in my heart ? Search, gracious God, and see ; Or do I act a haughty part ? Lord, I appeal to thee. I charge my thoughts, be humble still. And all my carriage mild ; Content, my Father, with thy will, And quiet as a child. The patient soul, the lowly mind Shall have a large reward ; Let saints in sorrow lie resigned, And trust a faithful Lord. PSALM 132. First Part. L. M. At the ordination of a minister. Where shall we go to seek and find A habitation for our God ; A dwelling for th7 Eternal Mind, Among the sons of flesh and blood ? The God of Jacob chose the hill Of Zion for his ancient rest $ And Zion is his dwelling still, His church is with his presence blest. Here will I fix my gracious throne, And reign for ever, saith the Lord ; Here shall my pow'r and love be known. And blessings shall attend my word. 200 PSALM CXXXII. 4. Here will I meet the hungry poor, And fill their souls with living bread ; Sinners that wait before my door, With sweet provision shall be fed. 5. Girded with truth, and cloth'd with grace* My priests, my ministers shall shine ; Not Aaron in his costly dress, Made an appearance so divine. 6. The saints unable to contain Their inward joy, shall shout and sing ; The Son of David here shall reign, And Zion triumph in her King. 7. Jesus shall see a num'rous seed Born here, V uphold his glorious name ; His crown shall flourish on his head, While all his foes are cloth'd with shame., PSALM 132. Second Part. C. M. M the dedication of a church. 1. Arise, 0 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, Could no such grace afford. 3. Clothe all thy ministers with grace, Let truth their tongues employ y That in the Savior's righteousness Thy saints may shout for joy. 4. Here, mighty God ! accept our vows* Here let thy praise be spread ; Bless the provisions of thy house, And fill thy poor with bread. PSALM CXXXIII. 201 5. Here let the Son of David reign, Let God's Anointed shine ; Justice and truth his courts maintain,. With love and pow'r divine. PSALM 132. Third Part. C. M. The privileges of the church under the New Testament, \. The Lord in Zion plac'd his throne, His ark was settled there ; To Zion the whole nation came, To worship thrice a year. 2. But we have no such lengths to walk> Nor wander far abroad ; Where'er thy saints assemble now, There is a house for God. 3. Blest Zion still, in God's esteem, All other seats excels ; Wherever he records his name, 'Tis Zion ; there he dwells. 4. "Her store," says he, "I will increase, " Her poor with plenty bless ; "Her saints shall shout for joy, her priests. " My saving health confess. 5. " There David's pow'r shall long remain "In his establish'd line ; " There David's Son and Lord shall reign,. "And with fresh lustre shine. 6. " The faces of his vanquished foes, "Confusion shall o'erspread ; " Whilst, with confirmed success, his crown "Shall flourish on his head." PSALM 133. C. M. Brotherly lute. 1 . Lo ! what an entertaining sight Are brethren that agree ; 202 PSALM CXXXV. Brethren whose cheerful hearts unite In bands of piety. 2. When streams of love from Christ, the spring. Descend to ev'ry soul, And heav'nly peace with balmy wing, Shades and bedews the whole : 3. 'Tis like the oil divinely sweet, On Aaron's rev'rend head ; The trickling drops perfum'd his feet, And o'er his garments spread. 4. 'Tis pleasant as the morning dews That fall on Zion's hill ; , Where God his mildest glory shows, And makes his grace distil. PSALM 134. C. M. Daily and nightly devotion. 1. Ye that obey th' immortal King* Attend his holy place ; Bow to the glories of his pow'r, And bless his wondrous grace. 2. Lift up your hands by morning light, And send your souls on high ; Raise your admiring thoughts by night, Above the starry sky. 3c The God of Zion cheers our hearts With rays of quick'ning grace ; The God that spread the heav'ns abroad^ And rules the swelling seas. PSALM 135. First Part. L. M. The church is God's house and care. 1. Praise ye the Lord, exalt his name, While in his earthly courts ye wait ; Ye saints that to his house belong, Or stand attending at his gate. PSALM CXXXV. 203 2. Praise ye the Lord ; the Lord is good ; To praise his name is sweet employ : Israel he chose of old, and still His church is his peculiar joy. 3. The Lord himself will judge his saints ; He treats his servants as his friends ; And when he hears their sore complaints, Repents the sorrows that he sends. 4. Through ev'ry age the Lord declares His name, and breaks th' oppressor's rod ; He gives his suffering servants rest, And will be known, th' Almighty God. 5. Bless ye the Lord, who taste his love ; People and priests exalt his name ; Among his saints he ever dwells, His church is his Jerusalem. PSALM 135. Second Part. L. M. Creation, Providence and Redemption. L Great is the Lord, exalted high, Above all pow'rs and ev'ry throne ; Whate'er he pleas'd, in earth or sea, Or heav'n, or hell, his hand hath done. 2. At his command the vapors rise, The lightnings flash, the thunders roar ; He pours the rain, he brings the wind, And tempest from his airy store. 3. 'Twas he those dreadful tokens sent, 0 Egypt, through thy stubborn land ! When all thy first born, beasts and men, Fell dead by his avenging hand. 4. What mighty nations, mighty kings He slew, and their whole country gave To Israel, whom his hand redeem'd, No more to be proud Pharaoh's slave* 204 PSALM CXXXVI. 5. His pow'r the same, the same his grace, That saves us from the hosts of hell ; And heav'n he gives us to possess, Whence those apostate angeis fell. PSALM 135. Third Part. C. M. Praise due to God alone. 1. Awake, ye saints, to praise your King, Your sweetest passions raise ; Your pious pleasure, while you sing, Increasing with the praise. 2. Great is the Lord ; and works unknown Are his divine employ ^ But still his saints are near his throne, His treasure and his j oy. 3. Heav'n, earth and sea, confess his hand ; He bids the vapors rise ; Lightning and storms at his command Sweep through the sounding skies. 4. All pow'r that gods or kings have claim'd, Is found with him alone ; But heathen gods should ne'er be nam'd Where our Jehovah's known. 5. 0 Zion trust the living God, Serve him with faith and fear ; He makes thy courts his blest abode, And claims his honors there. PSALM 136. H. M. The wonders of Creation, Providence and Redemption. 1. Give thanks to God most high, The universal Lord, The sov'reign King of kings ; And be his grace ador'd. His pow'r and grace are still the same : And let his name have endless praise. PSALM CXXXVI. 205 2. How mighty is his hand ! What wonders hath he done ! He form'd the earth and seas, And spread the heav'ns alone. Thy mercy, Lord, shall still endure ; And ever sure abides thy word. 3. His wisdom fram'd the sun, To crown the day with light ; The moon and twinkling stars, To cheer the darksome night. His pow'r and grace are still the same ; And let his name have endless praise. 4. He smote the first born sons, The fiow'r of Egypt dead ; And thence his chosen tribes With joy and glory led. Thy mercy, Lord, shall still endure ; And ever sure abides thy word. 5. His pow'r and lifted rod Cleft the Red Sea in two 5 And for his people made A wondrous passage through. His pow'r and grace are still the same $ And let his name have endless praise. 6. But cruel Pharaoh there, With all his host he drown'd, And brought his Israel safe Through a long desert ground. Thy mercy, Lord, shall still endure ; And ever sure abides thy word. 7. The kings of Canaan fell Beneath his dreadful hand ; While his own servants took Possession of their land. His pow'r and grace are still the same ; And let his name have endless praise. 206 PSALM CXXXVII. 8. He saw the nations lie All perishing in sin ; And pitied the sad state The ruin'd world was in. Thy mercy, Lord, shall still endure ; And ever sure abides thy word. 9. He sent his only Son To save us from our wo, From Satan, sin and death, And every hurtful foe. His pow'r and grace are still the same ; And let his name have endless praise.. 10. Give thanks aloud to God, To God the heav'nly King ; And let the spacious earth His works and glories sing. Thy mercy, Lord, shall still endure ; And ever sure abides thy word. PSALM 137. L. M. The sorrows of Israel in captivity. 1:. Br Babel's stream the captives sate, And wept for Zion's hapless fate ; Useless their harps on willows hung, While foes requir'd a sacred song. 2. With taunting voice and scornful eye,. "Sing us a song of heav'n," they cry :- "While foes deride our God and King, "How can we tune our harps or sing ? 3. "If Zion's woes our hearts forget, "Or cease to mourn for Israel's fate, "Let useful skill our hands forsake ; "Our hearts with hopeless sorrow break< 4. "Thou ruin'd Salem, to our eyes "Each day in sad remembrance rise !. PSALM CXXXVIII. 207 "Should we e'er cease to feel thy wrongs, "Lost be our joys, and mute our tongues. 5. "Remember, Lord, proud Edom's sons, "Who cried, exulting at our groans, " While Salem trembled at her base ; "Rase them, her deep foundations rase." 6. While thus they sung, the mourners view'd Their foes by Cyrus' arm subdued, And saw his glory rise, who spread Their streets and fields with hosts of dead. 7. Pleas'd, they foresaw the blest decree, That set their tribes from bondage free ; Renew'd the temple, and restor'd The sacred worship of the Lord. PSALM 138. L. M. Restoring and preserving grace. % With all my pow'rs 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. &» Angels that make thy church, their care, Shall witness my devotion there ; While holy zeal directs mine eyes To thy fair temple in the skies, 3. I'll sing thy truth and mercy* Lord, If II sing the wonders of thy word ; Not all thy works and names below,. So much thy pow'r and glory show. 4* To God I cried when troubles rose ; He heard me, and subdued my foes ; He did my rising fears control, And strength diffus'd through all my soul, 5. The God of heav'n maintains his state, Frowns on the proud and scorns the great -y 208 PSALM CXXXIX. But from his throne descends to see The sons of humble poverty. ■8. Amidst a thousand snares I stand, Upheld and guarded by thy hand ; Thy words my fainting soul revive, And keep my dying faith alive. 7. Grace will complete what grace begins, To save from sorrows and from sins : The work that wisdom undertakes, Eternal mercy ne'er forsakes. PSALM 139. First Part. L. M. The omniscience and omnipresence of God. 1. Thou, Lord, by strictest search hast known My rising up and lying down ; My secret thoughts are known to thee ; Known long before conceiv'd by me. 2. Thine eye my bed and path surveys, My public haunts and private ways ; Thou know'st what 'tis my lips would ventj My yet unutter'd word's intent. 3. Within thy circling pow'r I stand, On ev'ry side I find thy hand ; Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, I am surrounded still with God. 4. 0 could I so perfidious be, To think of once deserting thee ! Where, Lord, could I thy influence shun ? Or whither from thy presence run ? 5. If up to heav'n I take my flight, 'Tis there thou dwelPst enthron'd in light, If down to hell's infernal plains, 'Tis there almighty vengeance reigns. 6. If I the morning wings could gain, And fly beyond the western main, PSALM CXXXIX. 209 Thy swifter hand would first arrive, And there arrest thy fugitive. *7. Or should I try to shun thy sight Beneath the sable wings of night ; One glance from thee, one piercing ray, Would kindle darkness into day. 8. The veil of night is no disguise, No screen from thy all-searching eyes ; Thro' midnight shades thou find'st thy way, As in the blazing noon of day. 9. "0 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 139. Second Part. C. M. The wisdom of God in the formation of Man. 1. When I with pleasing wonder stand, And all my frame survey ; Lord, 'tis thy work ; I own thy hand Thus built my humble clay. J. Thy hand my heart and reins possest, Where unborn nature grew ; Thy wisdom all my features trac'd, And all my members drew. J. Thine eye with nicest care survey'd The growth of ev'ry part ; Till the whole scheme thy thoughts had laid) Was copied by thine art. L Heav'n, earth and sea, and fire and wind, Show me thy wondrous skill ; But I review myself, and find Diviner wonders still. J. Thine awful glories round me shine, My flesh proclaims thy praise ; 14 212 PSALM CXLII. PSALM 141. L. M. Brotherly reproof. A morning or evening Psalrrit 1. My God, accept my early vows, Like morning incense in thy house, And let my nightly worship rise Sweet as the evening sacrifice. 2. Watch o'er my lips, and guard them, Lord, From ev?ry rash and heedless word ; Nor let my feet incline to tread The guilty path where sinners lead. 3. 0 may the righteous, when I stray, Smite and reprove my wand'ring way 5 Their gentle words, like ointment shed, Shall never bruise, but cheer my head. 4. When I behold them prest with grief, I'll cry to heav'n for their relief ; And by my warm petitions prove How much I prize their faithful love. PSALM 142. C. M. God is the hope of the helpless. 1. To God I made my sorrows known, From God I sought relief; In long complaints before his throne, I pour'd out all my grief. 2. My soul was overwhelmed with woes ; My heart began to break ; My God, who all my burdens knows, Knows ev'ry way I take. 3. On ev'ry side I cast mine eye, And found my helpers gone ; While friends and strangers pass'd me by Neglected or unknown. 4. Then did I raise a louder cry, And calPd thy mercy near 5 PSALM CXLIII. 213 " Thou art my portion when I die, Be thou my refuge'here." 5. Lord, I am brought exceeding low, Now let thine ear attend, And make my foes who vex me know I've an Almighty Friend. 6. From my sad prison set me free, Then shall I praise thy name ; And holy men shall join with me, Thy kindness to proclaim. PSALM 143. L. M. Mourning under afflictions in mind and body. 1. My righteous Judge, my gracious God, Hear when I spread my hands abroad, And cry for succor from thy throne, 0 make thy truth and mercy known ! 2. Let judgment not against me pass ; Behold thy servant pleads thy grace ; Should justice call us to thy bar, No living man is guiltless there. 3. Look down in pity, Lord, and see The mighty woes that burden me ; Down to the dust my life is brought, Like one long buried and forgot. 4. I dwell in darkness and unseen, My heart is desolate within ; My thoughts in musing silence trace The ancient wonders of thy grace. 5. Thence I derive a glimpse of hope To bear my sinking spirits up ; 1 stretch my hands to God again, And thirst like parched lands for rain. 6. For thee I thirst, I pray, I mourn ; When will thy smiling face return ? 214 PSALM CXLIV. Shall all my joys on earth remove. And God for ever hide his love ? 7. My God, thy long delay to save, Will sink thy pris'ner to the grave ; My heart grows faint, and dim mine eye,, Make haste to help before I die. 8. The night is witness to my tears, Distressing pains, distressing fears ; 0 might I hear thy morning voice, How would my wearied pow'rs rejoice i 9. In thee I trust, to thee I sigh, And lift my heavy soul on high ; For thee sit waiting all the day, And wear the tiresome hours away. 10. Break off my fetters, Lord, and show Which is the path my feet should go ; If snares and foes beset the road, 1 flee to hide me near my God. 11. Teach me to do thy holy will, And lead me to thy heav'nly hill ; Let the good Spirit of thy love Conduct me to thy courts above. 12. Then shall my soul no more complain i The tempter then shall rage in vain j And flesh that was my foe before, Shall never vex my spirit more. PSALM 144. First Part. C. M. Victory in the spiritual warfare. 1. For ever blessed be the Lord, My Savior and my shield ; He sends his Spirit with his word, To arm me for the field. 2. When sin and hell their force unite,, He makes my soul his care ; PSALM CXLIV. 215 Instructs me to the heav'nly fight, And guards me through the war. 3. A friend and helper so divine, Does my weak courage raise ; He makes the glorious vict'ry mine, And his shall be the praise. PSALM 144. Second Part. CM. The vanity of man. 1. Lord, what is man, poor feeble man, Born of the earth at first ! His life a shadow, light and vain, Still hastening to the dust. 2. 0 what is feeble, dying man, Or any of his race, That God should make it his concern To visit him with grace ! 3. That God, who darts his lightnings down, Who shakes the worlds above, While mountains tremble at his frown, How wondrous is his love ! PSALM 144. Third Part. L. M. The happy nation. 1. Happy the city where their sons Like pillars round a palace set, And daughters bright as polish'd stones, Give strength and beauty to the state. 2. Happy the country, where the sheep, Cattle and corn have large increase ; Where men securely work or sleep, Nor sons of plunder break their peace» 3. Happy the nation thus endow Jd ; But more divinely blest are those, On whom the all-sufficient God, Himself with all his grace bestows. 216 PSALM CXLV. PSALM 143. First Part. L. M. The greatness of God. 1. My God, my King, thy various praise Shall fill the remnant of my days ; Thy grace employ my humble tongue, Till death and glory raise the song. 2. The wings of ev'ry hour shall bear Some thankful tribute to thine ear ; And ev'ry setting sun shall see New works of duty done for thee. 3. Thy truth and justice I'll proclaim ; Thy bounty flows an endless stream ; Thy mercy swift, thine anger slow, But dreadful to the stubborn foe. 4. Thy works with sov'reign glory shine,. And speak thy majesty divine ; Let Zion in her courts proclaim The sound and honor of thy name. 5. Let distant times and nations raise The long succession of thy praise ; And unborn ages make my song The joy and labor of their tongue. 6. But who can speak thy wondrous deeds ? Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds : Vast and unsearchable thy ways ; Vast and immortal be thy praise. PSALM 145. Second Part. C. M. The goodness of God. 1. Sweet is the mem'ry of thy grace, My God, my heav'nly 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 ; PSALM CXLV. 2n Through the whole earth his bounty shines, And ev'ry want supplies. S. With longing eyes thy creatures wait On thee for daily food ; Thy lib'ral 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 pard'ning word To cheer the souls he loves. 5. Creatures, with all their endless race, Thy pow'r and praise proclaim ; But saints that taste thy richer grace, Delight to bless thy name. PSALM 145. Third Part. C. M. The mercy of God. 1. Let ev'ry tongue thy mercy speak, Thou sovereign Lord of all ; Thy strengthening hands uphold the weak?. And raise the poor that fall. 2. When sorrow bows the spirit down, Or virtue lies distrest Beneath some proud oppressor's frown, Thou giv'st the mourners rest. 3. The Lord supports our sinking days, And guides our giddy youth ; Holy and just are all his ways, And all his words are truth. 4. He knows the pain his servants feel. He hears his children cry, And their best wishes to fulfil, His grace is ever nigh. 5. His mercy never shall remove From men of heart sincere ; 218 PSALM CXLVI. He saves the souls whose humble love Is join'd with holy fear. 6. His stubborn foes his sword shall slay, And pierce their hearts with pain ; But none that serve the Lord shall say "They sought his aid in vain." 7. My lips shall dwell upon his praise, And spread his fame abroad ; Let all the sons of Adam raise The honors of their God. PSALM 146. First Part. L. M. Praise to God for his goodness and truth. 1. Praise ye the Lord ; my heart shall join In work so pleasant, so divine, Now, while the flesh is mine abode, And when my soul ascends to God. 2. Praise shall employ my noblest pow'rs, While immortality endures ; My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last. 3. Why should I make a man my trust ? Princes must die and turn to dust ; Their breath departs, their pomp, and pow'j And thoughts, all vanish in an hour. 4. Happy the man whose hopes rely On Israel's God : he made the sky, And earth, and seas, with all their train ; And none shall find his promise vain. 5. His truth for ever stands secure ; He saves th' opprest, he feeds the poor ; He sends the lab'ring conscience peace, And grants the pris'ner sweet release. 6. The Cord hath eyes to give the blind ; The Lord supports the sinking mind ; PSALM CXLVI. 219 He helps the stranger in distress, The widow and the fatherless. 7. He loves his saints, he knows them well, But turns the wicked down to hell ; Thy God, 0 Zion, ever reigns, Praise him in everlasting strains. PSALM 146. Second Part. L. P. M. Praise to God for ids power, mercy and truth. 1. 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. 2. Why should I make a man my trust ? Princes must die and turn to dust ; Vain is the help of flesh and blood : Their breath departs, their pomp, and pow'r, And thoughts, all vanish in an hour ; Nor can they make their promise good. 3. 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 th' opprest, he feeds the poor, And none shall find his promise vain. 4. The Lord hath eyes to give the blind ; The Lord supports the sinking mind ; He sends the lab'ring conscience peace : He helps the stranger in distress, The widow and the fatherless, And grants the pris'ner sweet release. 5. He loves his saint, he knows them well, But turns the wicked down to hell : 220 PSALM CXLVII. Thy God, 0 Zion, ever reigns : Let ev'ry tongue, let ev'ry age, In this exalted work engage ; Praise him in everlasting strains. 6. I'll praise him while he lends me breath, And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler pow'rs ; My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures. PSALM 147. First Part. L. M. Providence and grace. 1. Praise ye the Lord; 'tis good to raise Our hearts and voices in his praise ; His nature and his works invite To make his duty our delight. 2. The Lord builds up Jerusalem, And gathers nations to his name ; His mercy melts the stubborn soul, And makes the broken spirit whole. 3. He form'd the stars, those heav'nly flames, He counts their numbers, calls their names; His wisdom's vast, and knows no bound, A deep where all our thoughts are drown'd. 4. Great is our Lord, and great his might, And all his glories infinite ; He crowns the meek, rewards the just, And treads the wicked to the dust. 5. The saints are lovely in his sight : He views his children with delight ; He sees their hope, he knows their fear, And views, and loves his image there. PSALM CXLVII. 221 PSALM 147. Second Part. L. M. Summer and winter. 1. Let Zion praise the mighty God, And make his honors known abroad ; For sweet the joy our songs to raise, And glorious is the work of praise. 2. Our children live secure- and blest, Our shores have peace, our cities rest ; He feeds our sons with finest wheat, And adds his blessings to their meat. 3. The changing seasons he ordains, The early and the latter rains ; His flakes of snow like wool he sends, And thus the springing corn defends. 4. With hoary frost he strews the ground, His hail descends with dreadful sound ; His icy bands the rivers hold, And terror arms his wintry cold. 5. He bids the warmer breezes blow, The ice dissolves, the waters flow ; But he hath nobler works and ways To call his children to his praise. 6. Through all our coasts his laws are shown, His gospel through the nation known ; He hath not thus reveaPd his word To every land : Praise ye the Lord. PSALM 147. Third Part. C. M. The seasons of the year. 1. With songs and honors sounding loud, Address the Lord on high ; Around the heav'ns he spreads his cloud, And waters veil the sky. 2. He sends his show'rs of blessings down To cheer the plains below ; 222 PSALM CXLVIII. He makes the grass the mountains crown. And corn in valleys grow. 3. He gives the grazing ox his meat, He hears the ravens cry ; But man who tastes his finest wheat, Should raise his honors high. 4. His steady counsels change the face Of the declining year ; He bids the sun cut short his race, And wintry days appear. 5. His hoary frost, his fleecy snow, Descend and clothe the ground ; The liquid streams forbear to flow, In icy fetters bound. > 6. When from his dreadful stores on high He pours the rattling hail ; The wretch that dares his God defy, Shall find his courage fail. 7. He sends his word and melts the snow ; The fields no longer mourn ; He calls the southern gales to blow, And bids the spring return. 8. The changing wind, the flying cloud, Obey his mighty word ; With songs and honors sounding loud, Praise ye the so v 'reign Lord, PSALM 148. H. M. Praise to God from all creatures. 1. Ye tribes of Adam, join With heav'n, and earth, and seas,. And offer notes divine To your Creator's praise. Ye holy throng of angels bright, In worlds of light begin the song, PSALM CXLVIIL 223 2. Thou sun with dazzling rays, And moon that rul'st the night, Shine to your Maker's praise, With stars of twinkling light. His pow'r declare, ye floods on high, And clouds that fly in empty air. 3. The shining worlds above In glorious order stand, Or in swift courses move By his supreme command, He spake the word, and all their frame From nothing came, to praise the Lord. 4. He mov'd their mighty wheels In unknown ages past, And each his word fulfils, While time and nature last. In different ways his works proclaim His wondrous name, and speak his praise,. 5. Let all the earth-born race, And monsters of the deep, The fish that cleave the seas, Or in their bosom sleep. From sea and shore their tribute pay, And still display their Maker's pow'r.. 6. Ye vapors, hail, and snow, Praise ye th' Almighty Lord ; And stormy winds that blow To execute his word. When lightnings shine, or thunders roar^ Let earth adore his hand divine. 7. Ye mountains near the skies, With lofty cedars there, And trees of humbler size, That fruit in plenty bear. Beasts wild and tame, birds, flies, and worms*,. . In various forms, exalt his name, c 224 PSALM CXLIX. 8. Ye kings and judges fear The Lord, the sovereign King ; And while you rule us here, His heav'nly honors sing : Nor let the dream of pow'r and state, Make you forget his pow'r supreme. 9. Virgins and youth engage To sound his praise divine, While infancy and age Their feebler voices join. Wide as he reigns, his name be sung By ev'ry tongue, in endless strains, 10. Let all the nations fear The God that rules above ; He brings his people near, And makes them taste his love. While earth and sky attempt his praise, His saints shall raise his honors high. PSALM 149. C. M. The triumph of believers. 1. All ye that love the Lord, rejoice, And let your songs be new ; Amidst the church with cheerful voice^ His later wonders show. 2. The Jews, the people of his grace, Shall their Redeemer sing ; And Gentile nations join the praise, While Zion owns her King. 3. The Lord takes pleasure in the just, Whom sinners treat with scorn ; The meek that lie despis'd in dust, Salvation shall adorn. 4. Saints shall be joyful in their King, E'en on a dying bed ; And like the souls in glory sing ; For God shall raise the dead. PSALM CL. 225 5. Then his high praise shall fill their tongues, Their hand shall wield the sword, And vengeance shall attend their songs, The vengeance of the Lord. 6. When Christ the judgment-seat ascends, And bids the world appear ; Thrones are prepared for all his friends, Who humbly lov'd him here. 7. Then shall they rule, with iron rod, Nations that dar'd rebel ; And join the sentence of their God, On tyrants doom'd to hell. 8. The royal sinner bound in chains, Few triumphs shall afford ; Such honor for the saints remains ; Praise ye, and love the Lord. PSALM 150. First Part. H. M. Universal praise to the God of our salvation. 1. In Zion's sacred gates, Let hymns of praise begin ; Where acts of faith and love With ceaseless beauty shine : In mercy there, while God is known, Before his throne with songs appear. 2. In heav'n, his house on high, Ye angels, lift your voice ; Let heav'nly harps resound, And happy saints rejoice : The glories sing, that ever shine, With pomp divine around your King. 3. His wondrous acts demand, His wisdom and his grace, The labors of our hands, And transports of our praise : 15 226 PSALM CL. Rehearse his name to ev'ry shore, Where'er his pow'r his works proclaim, 4. Let the trump's martial voice, The timbrel's softer sound, The organ's solemn peal, United praise resound : To swell the song with highest joy, Let man employ his tuneful tongue. PSALM 150. Second Part. L. M. f Hallelujah. 1. Praise ye the Lord ; all nature join In work and worship so divine ; Let heav'n and earth unite, and raise High hallelujahs to his praise. 2. While realms of joy, and worlds around. Their hallelujahs high resound ; Let saints below, and saints above, Exulting sing redeeming love. 3. As instruments well tun'd and strung, We'll praise the Lord with heart and tongue While life remains we'll loud proclaim High hallelujahs to his name. 4. Beyond the grave, in nobler strains, When freed from sorrow, sin and pains, Eternally the church will raise High hallelujahs to his praise. AN INDEX, ABLE TO FIND A PSALM SUITED TO PARTICULAR SUBJECTS OR OCCASIONS. ux, first and second. Psalm, ft licted, pity to ioem. 35, 41. Sup- Their prayer, 102, 143. Ha] -y, 73, 04, 119, 14th part. hope in them, 1'; C. I Cere of God over his saint3. 34. Charity to the poor. 37, 41, 112. And justice, 15, 112. Mixed with im- precation?. 35. Children praising Go . 34, "" liy, 14th part. Instr ; Adam ft I The church's four •pberd, 23. I- .enant made with' him. 80. First and se- David, 35. 89. His death and re- The eternal Exalted to the 72, 110. Our example. 100. Faith in hia blood, - and mar. head, 11 . .-. 4, 5L His _.ion and sacrifice, . king, and the church his - .: . - UP. His obedience and death, 69. His per- : HO* Hi* resurrection Lord's day, 11£ i'th and - an'dki:.. ! S His zeal and re- proaches, Hid. ckelidir : :ed,51. Par- . - 130. .rch made of Jews anc *«*g'ofGo-i in this !.: stings SL Of a na-j Cftxrt The ion, 144 -.ii-place of s ■ B Jit on i part Sanctified, 04, 110, l;th par: ige in them, 110, 17th part. Re-, n'oved by prayer, '.'A. 107 an, 30, 123, 13L In nind and bodv. 143- Trving our! ;.art. With- ; yt saint3 andj Moderated, J25. Very g: 71. t3f. ! ect to Christ Christ, >7. Praiae the Lord, 103. E peai to God agaiasl 'peri: : Jumilir. tension ofCi. 17 t. 110. sietanee : -.. 144. -■-.tical, 2. 14. 3 10. .:. 145, 147. tkority : ' ;. 82. 47. Of a person, 1,32 «12 «d of Christ . :: 69. Script ore, 10, 10, 4th part. HJUrly love. 133. Reproof, 141. .lit and safety in it. 27. L sis from the Gathered an d r 45,47. God's 228 INDEX. presence there, 84, 132. God's spe- cial delight, 87, 132. God's garden, 92. Going to it, 122. The house and care of God, 135. Of the Jews and Gentiles, 87. Its in- crease, 67. Prayer in distress, 80 Restored by prayer, 85, 102, 107. Its safety, 46. Is the safety and honor of a nation, 48. The spouse of Christ, 45. Its worship and or- der, 48. Wrath against enemies proceeds thence. 76 Comfort, holiness and pardon, 4, 32, 119, 11th and 12th parts. And sup- port in God, 16, 94. From ancient providenec, 77, 143. Of life blest, 127. And pardon, 130. Company of saints, 16, 109. Complaint of absence from public worship, 42. Of sickness, 6. De- sertion, 13, 88. Pride, atheism, 10, 32. Oftemptations, 13. General, 102. Of quarrelsome neighbors, 120. Of afflictions in mind and body, 143. Compassion of God, 103, 145, 147. Communion with saints, 106, 133. Confession of our poverty, 16. Of sin repentance and pardon, 32, 38, 51, 130, 143. Conscience, tender, 119, 13th part. Its guilt relieved, 32, 38. 51, 130. Contention complained of, 120. Converse with God, 63, 119, 2d part. Conversion and joy, 125. At the as- cension of Christ, 110, Of Jews and Gentiles, 87, 96, 106. Corruption of manners general, 11, 12. Counsel and support from God, 16. 119. Courage in death, 16, 17. 71. In per- secution, 119, 17th part. Covenant made with Christ, 89. Of grace unchangeable, 89, 106, Creation and Providence, 33, 104, 135, 136, 147, 148. Creatures, no trust in them, 34, 62, 146. Vain, 33. Praising God, 148. D. Daily devotion, 55, 139. Day of humilation in war, 60. Death and resurrection of Christ, 16, 69. Of saints and sinners, 17. 37, 49. Ami suiievmas of Christ, 22, 69. Deliverance from it, 31. And pride, 49. And the resurrection, 49,71, 89. Courage in it, 16, 17, S3. The effect of sin, 90. Defence in God, 3, 121. And salva- tion in God, 18,61. Delaying sinners warned, 95. Delight and safety in the church, 27. 48, 84. In the law of God, 119, 5tl), 8th, and 18th parts. In Go-i 18 42, 63, 73, 84. Deliverance, 88. From despair, 18 From deep distress, 34, 40. From death, 31, 118. From oppression, 56. From persecution, 52, 94. Uv prayer, 34,40, 85, 126. From slan- der, 31. Surprising, 126. From temptation, 3, 6, 13, 18. From a tumult, 118. Desertion and distress of soul 13 25, 38, 143. Desire of knowledge, 119. 9th part Of holiness, 119, nth part. Of comfort and deliverance, 119, 12th part. Of quickening grace, 119 16th part. Desolations, the church's safety in them, 46. Despair and hope in death, 17, 49, Deliverance from it, 18, 130. Devotion, daily, 55. 134, 141. Direction and pardon, 25. And de- fence prayed for, 5. And hope, 42. Disease, see Sickness. Distress of soul, 25. Relieved, 51, 88, 130. Dominion over creatures, 8. Doubts suppressed, 3, 31, 43, 143. Drunkard and glutton, 78, 107. Duty to God and man, 15, 24. E. Education, religious, 34, 78. Egypt's plagues, 105. End of the righteous and the wicked, 1, 37. Enemies overcome, "18. Praved for 35, 109. Destroyed, 12, 48, 70. Envy and unbelief cured, 37,49. Equity and wisdom of Providence, 9. Evening psalm, 4, 139, 141. Evidences of grace, 26. Of sincerity, 18, 19, 139. Evil times, §12. \Neiehbors, 120. Magistrates, 11, 58, 82. Exaltation of Christ to the kingdom, 2,21,22, 69,72, 110. Examination, 26, 139. Exhortations to peace, 34. F. Faith of persecuted saints, 35. la thfl blood of Christ, 32, 51. In di- vine grace and power, 62, 130. Faithfulness of God. 89, 105411,145, 146. Of man, 15, 141, Falsehood.-;, 12. Deliverance from them, 12, 56. Family blessings, 123. **1 Fears and doubts suppressed, 3, 31, 34. In the worship of God, 69, 99. Of God, 119, 13th part. Flattery complained of, 12, 36. Formal worship, 50. Frailty of man, 89,90, 144. INDEX. 129 pretf ulness discouraged, 37. friendship, its blessings, 133. Un- faithful friends, 31. Funeral psalm, 89, 90, G. Gentiles given to Christ, 2, 22, 72. Church, 45, 65, 72, 87. Owning the true God, 47, 96, 98. Glory of God in our salvation, 69- And grace promised, 84, 89, 97. God all in all, 127. All-seeing, 139. All-sufficient. 16, 33. His attri- butes and providence, 36, 65, 147. His care of saints, 7, 34. Creation and providence, 33, 101, &c. His hand, 75. Our defence, 3, 33, 61, 115: Eternal and sovereign, and holy, 93. Eternal, and man mor- tal, 90, 102. Faithfulness, 80, 105, 111. Glorified, and sinners saved, 69. Goodness, and mercy, and truth, 145, 146. Power and good- ness, 66. Great and good, 68, 144, 145, 147. Heart searching, 139. Our only hope, 142. The judge, 9, 50, 97. Kind to his people, 145, 146. His majesty, 97. And con- descension, l]3, 144. Mercy and truth, 36, 89, 103, 145. Made men, 8. Of nature and grace, 65. Our portion and our hope, 4, 73. His power and majesty, 68, 89, 93, 96. Our preserver, 121, 1133. Present in his churches, 84. Our refuge, 46. His sovereignty and goodness to man, 8, 113, 144. Our comfort, 94. Governor, 75, 82, 93. His ven- geance and compassion, 68, 97. Unchangeable, 89, 111. His uni- versal dominion, 103. His wisdom in his works, 111, 139. Worthy of all praise, 145, 146,150. Good works, 15, 24, 112. Goodness of God, 8, 103, 111, 145, 146. Gospel, 19, 45, 110. Joyful sound, 89, 98. Worship and order, 48. Government of Christ, 45. From God 75. Grace, its evidences, 26, 130. Above riches, 144. Without merit, 16, 32. Of Christ, 45, 72. And pro- vidence, 33, 36, 135, 136. 147. Pre- serving and restoring, 138. Truth and protection, 57. Tried by af- fliction, 17, 66, 125. And glory, 84, 97, Pardoning, 130. Guilt of conscience relieved, 32, 38, 51, 130. H. Hallelujah, 150. Happy^s&int and cursed sinner, 1. Harvest, 65, 126, 147. Health, sickness and recovery, 6, 30, 31. Prayer for, 6, 38, 39. Heart known to God, 139. Hearing of piayerand salvation, 4, 10, 66, 102. Heaven and resurrection, 17. The saint's dwelling-place, 24. Holiness, pardon, 4. Desired, 119, 11th part. Professed, 119, 3d part, 139. Hope' in darkness, 13, 77, 143. Of resurrection, 16, 71. In death, 17, 49. Prayer, 27. For victory, 20. And direction, 42. In afflictions, 42, 143. Hosanna of the children, 8. For the Lord's day, 118. Humiliation day, 10. For disap- pointment, 60. Humility and submission, 131, 139. Hypocrites and hypocrisy, 11, 50. Idolatry reproved, 16, 115, 135. Jehovah, 68, 83. Reigns, 93, 96, 97. Imprecations and charity, 35. Incarnation, 96, 97, 98. And sacrifice of Christ, 40. Infants, 139, see Children. Instruction, 25. From Scripture, 119, 4th and 7th parts. In piety. 34. Instructive afflictions, 94. Joy of conversion, 126, see Delight. Israel saved from the Assyrians, 76. Saved from Egypt, and brought to Canaan, 77, 105, 107, 135, 136. Re- bellion and punishment, 78. Pun- ished and pardoned, 106, 107. Tra- vels, 107, 114. In captivity, 137. Judgment and mercy, 9, 86. Day, 1, 26, 50, 96, 97, 98, 149. Seat, 9. Justice of providence, 9. And truth towards men, 15. Justification free, 32, 130. Knowledge desired, 19, 119, 9th part. Law of God, delight in it, 119, 5th p. Liberality rewarded, 41, 112. Life and riches, their vanity, 49. Short and feeble, 89, 90, 144. Longing after God, 42, 63. Lord's-day psalm, 92, 118. Morning, 5, 19, 63. Love of God to the righteous, and hatred to the wicked, 1, 11. To our neighbor, 15. Of Christ to sinners, 35. Of God, 63. Of God unchangeable, 89, 106. To ene- mies, 35, 109. Brotherly, 133. Luxury, 78. Pardoned, 107. M. Magistrates warned, 58, 82. Q-uali- 230 INDEX. •fication's 101. Raised and deposed 75. Majesty of God, 68, see Ood. Man, his vanity as mortal, 39, 89, 144. Mortal and Christ eternal, 102. Wonderful formation, 139. Marriage, mystical, 45. Meditation, 4, 63, 119,5th & 6th parts Melancholy reproved, 42. And hope, 77. Removed,*26. Mercies, 68, 103. Innumerable, 139. Everlasting, 136. Recorded, 107. And judgment, 9. And truth of God, 36, 89, 103, 136, 145, 146. Merit disclaimed, 16. Midnight thoughts, 63, 119, 5th and 6th parts, 139. Ministers ordained, 132. Miracles in the wilderness, 114. Morning psalm, 3, 141. Of a sab- bath, 5, 19, 63. Mortality of man, 39, 49, 90. And hope, 89. God's eternity, 90, 102. N. Nation's prosperity, { 67, 144. Blest and punished, 107. National deliverance, 75, 76, 124, 126. The church's safety and tri- umph, 46, Nature and Scripture, 19, 119, 7th part. Of man, 139. O. Obedience sincere, 18, 32, 139. Bet- ter than sacrifice, 50. Old age, death, 98. And resurrec- tion, 71, 81. P. Pardon, 4. Of backsliding, 78. And direction, 25. Prayed for, 38. And confession, 32. Of original and actual sin, 51. Plentiful with God, 130. Patience under afflictions, 39. Un- der persecutions,"37, 44. In dark- ness, 77, 130, 131. " Peace and holiness encouiaged, 34. With men desired, 120. Perfections of God, 111, 136, 145, 147. Persecuted saints, their prayer and faith, 35, 44, 74, 80, 83. Persecution, deliverance from it, 7, 53, 94. Courage in it, 119, 17th part. Persecutors punished, 7, 75, 129, 149. Their folly, 14. Complained of, 35, 44, 74, 80, 83. Deliverance from them, 9, 10, 94. Perseverance, 138. In trials, 119, 17th part. Personal glories of Christ, 45. Pes^7e7tce~preservation in it, 91. Piety, instructions the rein, 34. Pity to the afflicted, 41. Pleading without repining, 39, 123. The promises, 119, 10th part. Poor, charity, 15, 37, 41, 112. Portion of saints and sinners, 11, 17, 37. Poverty confessed, 16. Power and majesty of God, 68, 89, 145. See God. Practical atheism, 14, 36, 53. Praise to God from children, 8. For creation and providence, 33, 104. * To our Creator, 100. For eminent deliverances, 34, 118. General, 86, 145, 150. For the gospel, 98. For health restored, 30, 116. For hearing prayer, 66, 102. To Jesus Christ, 45. From all naiions, 117. And prayer public, 65. For pro- tection, 57. For providence and grace, 36. For rain, 65, 147. From the saints, 149, 150. Temporal blessings, 68, 147. For tempta- tions overcome, 18. In war, ibid. Prayer heard, 4, 34, 65, 66. In time of war, 20. And hope of victory, 20- Praise, public, 65. And hope, 27. In church's distress, 80. Heard and Zion restored, 102. And faith of persecuted saints, 35, 37, 56. And praise for deliverance, 34, 38. Preserving [grace, 138. Preservation in public dangers, 46, 91, 112. Daily, 121. Pride and atheism punished, 10, 12. And death, 49. Priesthood of Christ, 51, 110. Princes vain. 62, 146. Profession of 'sincerity, repentance, &c. 119, 3d part, 139. False, 50. Promises & threatenings, 81. Plead- ed, 119, 10 part. Prosperity dangerous, 55, 73. Prosperous sinners, 37, 49, 73. Protection, truth and grace, 57. By day and night, 121. Providence, 9. And creation, 33, 135, 136. And grace, 36, 147. And per- fections of God, 36. Its mystery unfolded, 73. Recorded, 77. 78, 107. In air, earth and sea, 35, 65, 89, 104, 107, 147. Prudence, and zeal, 39. Psalm for soldiers, 18, 60. For old age, 71. For husbandmen, 65. For a funeral, 89, 90. For the Lord's day, 92. Before prayer, 95. Before sermon, ibid. For magis- trates, 101. For mariners, 107. For gluttons and drunkards, 107. For America, 107. Public praise for private mercies, 116, 118. For deliverance, 124. Worship, absence from it coir> INDEX. 231 plained of, 42. Prayer and praise, ■65,84. Punishment of sinners, 11, 37. And salvation, 73, 82, 106. Purposes holy, 119, loth part. Qualifications of a Christian; 15, 24. Quarrelsome neighbors, 120. Quickening grace, 119, 16th part. R. Rain from heaven, 65, 135, 147. Recovery from sickness, 6, 30, 116. Relative duties, 15, 133. Religion and justice, 15. In words and deeds, 37. Religious education, 34, 78. Remembrance of former deliverance, 77, 143. Repentance, 32. And prayer for par- don and strength, 38. And faith in the blood of Christ, 51. Reproach removed, 31, 37. Resignation, 39, 123, 131. Resolutions holy, 119, 15th part. Restoring grace, 23, 138. Resurrection and death of Christ, 2, 16. Of the saints, 16, 17, 49, 71. And death, 49, 71. 69. Reverence in worship, 89, 99. Riches, their vanity, 49, 144. Righteousness from Christ, 71. S. Sacrifice 40, 51, 69. Incarnation of Christ. 40. Safety, 91. Triumph of the church in national desolations, 46. In God, 61. Saints happy and sinners cursed, 1, 11, 119, 1st part. Safety, 12,46. The best company, 16. Charac- terized, 15, 24. And sinners' por- tion, 1, 17. Dwell in heaven, 15, 24. Punished and saved, 78, 106. God's care of them, 34. Rewarded at last 50, 90, 92. And sinners' end, 1, 11, 37. Patience, 37. Chas- tised and sinners destroyed, 94. Die, but Christ lives, 102. Pun- ished and pardoned, 106, 107. Conducted to heaven, 106, 107. Tried and preserved, 66, 125. Afflictions moderated, 125. Judg- ing the world, 149. Salvation of saints. 10. And triumph, 18. And defence in God, 61. By Christ, 66, 85. Sanctified afflictions, 94, 119, 18th part. Satan subdued, 3, 6, 13. Scripture compared with the book of nature, 19, 119, 7th part. Instruc- tion from it, 119, 4th part. De- light in it, 119, 5th and 13th parts. —Holiness and comfort from it 119, 6th part. ^Perfections, 119, 7th part. Excellency, 119, 8th part. Attended with the Spirit, 119, 9th part. Seasons of the year, 65, 147. Secret devotion, 34, 119, 2d part. Seeking God, 27, 63. Self-examination, 26, 139. Separate souls, heaven, 17. Shepherd of saints is Jesus, 23. Sheep strayed, 119, 19th part. Sick-bed devotion, 6, 38, 39, 116. Sickness healed, 6, 30, 116. Signs of Christ's corning, 12, 96, &c. Sin of nature, 14. Original and ac- tual, 51. And chastisement of saints, 78, 106. Universal, 14. Sincerity, 19,22, 26, 139. Proved and rewarded, 18. Professed, 119,3d part. Sinners cursed and saint3 happy, 1, 11. And saints' portion, 1, 17", 37, 50. Hatred, and saints' patience, 36. Destroyed, and saints chas- tised, 94. Sins of tongue, 12, 34, 50. Slander, 31, 120. Souls in separate state, 17, 146. Spirit given at Christ's ascension, 68- His teaching, 51, 119, 9th part. Spiritual enemies overcome, 3, 18, 144. Blessings, 81. Mindedness, 119, 2d part. Spouse of Christ is the church, 45. Spring of the year, 65. And sum- mer, 65, 104. And winter, 147. Storm and thunder, 29, 135, 148. Strength prayed for, 38. From Christ, 71. Of grace, 138. Submission, 123, 131, To Christ, 2. To sickness, 39. Success ofthe gospel, 19, 110. Sufferings and death of Christ, 22. Kingdom of Christ, 2,22,69, 110. Summer, 65. And winter, 147. Support, 16. For the afflicted, 55. And comfort in God, 94, 119, 14th part. Surety and sacrifice of Christ, 40. T. Temptations overcome, 3, 18. In sickness, 6.— Escapes from them, 25. Of the devil, 13. Support un- der them, 3, 55, 94. Tender conscience, 119, 13th part. Thanks, public for private mercies, 116, 118, see Praise. Threatenings and promises, 81. Thunder and storm, 29, 135, 136, 148. Times, evil, 11, 12. Tongue governed, 34, 39. Triumph at the last day, 149, 232 INDEX. Trial of our graces by afflictions, 66,125. Of our hearts, 26, 139. Trust in creatures vain, 62, 146. Trust in God, 42. Truth, grace and protection, 57, 145, 146. Deliverance by it, 118. U. Unbelief cured, 37. Punished, 95. Unchangeable God, 89, 111. V. Vanity of man as mortal, 39, 89, 144. Of life and riches, 49. Vengeance, 68. Against the enemies of the church, 76, 149. Victory prayed for, 20. Over temp- tations, 6, 18, 144. Vineyard of God wasted, 80. Vows paid, 116. Of holiness, 119, 15th part. W. Waiting for direction, 25. For an- swer to prayer, 85, 130, 143. War, 20. Disappointments, 90. Vic- tory, 18. Spiritual, 18, 144. Warnings of God to his people, 81. Watchfulness, 19,141. Weather, 65, 107, 135, 147, 148. Wickedness of man, 14, 36, 51. Wisdom of God in his works, 111. Works of creation and providence, 104, 147, 148. And grace, 19, 33, 111, 135, 136. Good works profit men, 16. World's hatred, 37. Worship and order of the gospel, 48. Delight in it, 84. With reverence, 89, 99. Daily, 55, 134, 141. Public, 63, 84, 122, 132. Absence from it, 42, 63. Z. Zeal and prudence, 39. Zion, 15. Its privileges, 132. HYMNS FOR THE USE OF THE GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH, IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. PUBLISHED BY THE SYNOD OF SAID CH0RCH. I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live : I will sing praise unto my God while I have my being.— Ps. civ. 33. ^ I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. —Cor. xiv. 15. Unto Him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood— to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.— Rev. i. 5, 6. THIRD EDITION. CHAMBERSBURG, PRINTED AT THE PUBLICATION OFFICE OF TH German Reformed Church. 1845.' HYMNS. It UNIVERSAL, PRAISE. HYMN 1. L. M. Universal praise to God. 1. To God. the universal King, Let all mankind their tribute bring ; All that have breath, your voices raise, In songs of never-ceasing praise. 2. The spacious earth on which we'tread, And wider heavens stretched o'er our head, A large and solemn temple frame, To celebrate its Builder's fame. 3. Here the bright sun that rules the day, As through the sky he makes his way ; To all the world proclaims aloud, The boundless sovereignty of God. 4. When from his courts the sun retires, And with the day his voice expires, The moon and stars adopt the song, And through the night his praise prolong. 5. The listening earth with rapture hears Th' harmonious music of the spheres ; And all her tribes the notes repeat, That God is wise, and good, and great. 6. But man, endow'd with nobler pow'rs, His God in nobler strains adores ; His is the gift to know the song, As well as sing with tuneful tongue, HYMN 2. L. M. Universal praise to God. 1. Loud hallelujahs to the Lord, From distant worlds where creatures dwell 236 UNIVERSAL PRAISE. Let heav'n begin the solemn word, And sound it dreadful down to hell. 2. The Lord, how absolute he reigns ! Let ev'ry angel bend the knee ; Sing of his love in heav'nly strains, And speak how fierce his terrors be. 3. Mortals, can you refrain your tongue, When nature all around you sings ? 0 for a shout from old and young, From humble swains and lofty kings ! 4. Wide as his vast dominion lies, Make the Creator's name be known ; Loud as his thunder shout his praise, And sound it lofty as his throne. 5. Jehovah ! 'tis a glorious word ! 0 may it dwell on ev'ry tongue ! But saints who best have known the Lord, Are bound to raise the noblest song. HYMN 3. C. P. M. Praise from all creatures. 1. Begin, my soul, th' exalted lay, Let each enraptur'd thought obey, And praise th' Almighty's name ; Let heav'ii and earth, and seas and skies, In one melodious concert rise, To swell th' inspiring theme. 2. Ye angels catch the thrilling sound, While all th' adoring thrones around His boundless mercy sing ; Let ev'ry list'ning saint above, Wake all the tuneful soul of love, And touch the sweetest string. UNIVERSAL PRAISE. 237 3. Join, all ye stars, the vocal choir ; Thou dazzling orb of liquid fire The mighty chorus aid ; And soon as ev'ning veils the plain, Thou moon, prolong the hallow'd strain, And praise him in the shade. 4. Ye fields of light, celestial plains, Where pure, serene effulgence reigns, Ye scenes, divinely fair, Your Maker's wondrous pow'r proclaim, Tell how he form'd your shining frame, And breath'd the fluid air. 5. Thou heav'n of heav'ns, his vast abode, Proclaim the glories of thy God ; Ye worlds declare his might : He spake the word, and ye were made, Darkness and dismal chaos fled, And nature sprung to light. 6. Whatever this living world contains, That wings the air, or treads the plains, United praise bestow ; Ye tenants of the ocean wide Proclaim him through the mighty tide, And in the deeps below. 7. Let ev'ry element rejoice ; Ye thunders, burst with awful voice To him who bids you roll ; His praise in softer notes declare, Each whispering breeze of yielding air, And breathe it to the soul. 8. Let man, by nobler passions sway'd, The feeling heart, the judging head, In heav'nly praise employ ; Spread His tremendous Name around, While heav'n's broad arch rings back the sound, The gen'ral burst of joy. 238 THE SCRIPTURES. HYMN 4. H. M. Jl general song of praise, 1. Sing to the Lord most high ; Let ev'ry land adore ; With grateful voice make known His goodness and his pow'r. Let cheerful songs declare his ways And let his praise inspire your tongues. 2. Enter his courts with joy, With fear address the Lord ; He form'd us with his hand, And quicken'd by his word. With wide command he spreads his sway O'er ev'ry sea, and ev'ry land. 3. His hands provide our food, And ev'ry blessing give ; We feed upon his care, And in his pastures live. With cheerful songs declare his ways, And let his praise inspire your tongues. 4. Good is the Lord our God, His truth and mercy sure ; While earth and heav'n shall last, His promises endure. With bounteous hand he spread his sway O'er ev'ry sea and ev'ry land. II. THE SCRIPTURES. FHYMN 5. C. M. The Bible. 1. Father of mercies, in thy word What endless glory shines ! For ever be thy name ador'd For these celestial lines ! 2. Here may the wretched sons of want Exhaustless riches find ; THE SCRIPTURES. 239 Riches, above what earth can grant, And lasting as the mind. 3. Here the fair tree of knowledge grows, And yields a sweet repast ; Sublimer sweets than nature knows, Invites the longing taste. 4. Here springs of consolation rise To cheer the fainting mind ; And thirsty souls receive supplies, And sweet refreshment find. 5. Here the Redeemer's welcome voice Spreads heav'nly peace around ; And life and everlasting joys Attend the blissful sound. 6. 0 may these heav'nly pages be My ever dear delight, And still new beauties may I see, And still increasing light ! 7. Divine Instructor, gracious Lord, Be thou for ever near ; Teach me to love thy sacred word, And view my Savior there ! HYMN 6. L. M. Prophecy and inspiration. 1. 'Twas by an order from the Lord, The ancient prophets spoke his word ; His Spirit did their tongues inspire, And warm'd their hearts with heav'nly fire. 2. The works and wonders which they wrought. Confirm'd the messages they brought ; The prophet's pen succeeds his breath, To save the holy words from death. 3. Great God ! mine eyes with pleasure look On the dear volume of thy book 5 240 THE SCRIPTURES. There my Redeemer's face I see, And read his name, who died for me, 4. Let the false raptures of the mind Be lost and vanish in the wind ; Here I can fix my hopes secure, This is thy word, and must endure. HYMN 7. L. M. The holy Scriptures. 1. God, who in various methods told His mind and will to saints of old, Sent his own Son with truth and grace, To teach us in these latter days. 2. Our nation reads the written word, That book of life, that sure record ; The bright inheritance of heav'n Is by the sweet conveyance giv'n. 3. God's kindest thoughts are here express'd, Able to make us wise and bless'd ; The doctrines are divinely true, Fit for reproof and comfort too. 4. Ye nations all, who read his love, In long epistles from above, (He hath not sent his sacred word To ev'ry land,) praise ye the Lord. fHYMN. 8. C. M. The inspired word, a system of knowledge and joy. 1 How precious is the book divine, By inspiration giv'n ! Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine, To guide our souls to heav'n. 2. It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts In this dark vale of tears ; Life, light and joy, it still imparts, And quells our rising fears. THE SCRIPTURES. 241 3. This lamp, through all the tedious night Of life, shall guide our way, Till we behold the clearer light Of an eternal day. HYMN 9. L. M. The usefulness of the Scriptures. 1. When Israel through the desert pass'd, A fiery pillar went before, To guide them through the dreary waste, And lessen the fatigues they bore. 2. Such is thy glorious word, 0 God ! 'Tis for our light and guidance giv'n ; Its sheds a lustre all abroad, And points the path to bliss and heav'n. 3. It fills the soul with sweet delight, And quickens its inactive powers ; It sets our wandJring footsteps right ; Displays thy love, and kindles ours. 4. Its promises rejoice our hearts ; Its doctrines are divinely true ; Knowledge and pleasure it imparts ; It comforts and instructs us too. 5. Ye favor d lands, who have this word, Ye saints, who feel its saving pow?r, Unite your tongues to praise the Lord, And his distinguished grace adore. HYMN. 10. C. M. The light and glory of the word. I. The Spirit breathes upon the word. And brings the truth to sight ; Precepts and promises afford A sanctifying light. 16 ■H2 THE SCRIPTURES, 2. A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun ; It gives a light to ev'ry age, It gives, but borrows none. 3. The hand that gave it still supplies. The gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set. 4. Let everlasting thanks be thine, For such a bright display, As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heav'nly day. 5. My soul rejoices to pursue The steps of him I love, Till glory breaks upon my view. In brighter worlds above. HYMN 11. C. M, The Holy Scriptures. h Laden with guilt, and full of fears, I fly to thee, my Lord ; And not a glimpse of hope appears. But in thy written word. 2. The volume of my Father's grace. Does all my grief assuage ; Here I behold my Savior's face Almost in every page. 3. This is the field where hidden lies. \ The pearl of price unknown ; That merchant is divinely wise, Who makes the pearl his own. 4. Here consecrated water flows. To quench my thirst of sin ; Here the fan* tree of knowledge gro ws^ JSIor danger dwells therein,^ THE SCRIPTURES. 243 5. This is the judge that ends the strife^ Where wit and reason fail ; My guide to everlasting life Through all this gloomy vale. 6. 0 may thy counsels, mighty God, My roving feet command ; Nor I forsake the happy road That leads to thy right hand. HYMN 12. L. M. Bible indited and preserved by the Spirit* 1. Eternal Spirit ! 'twas thy breath. The oracles of truth inspir'd, And kings, and holy seers of old, With strong prophetic impulse fir'd. 2. Fill'd with thy great almighty pow'r, Their lips with heav'nly science flow'd Their hands a thousand wonders wrought, Which bore the signature of God. 3. With gladsome hearts they spread the news Of pardon, through a Savior's blood, And to a numerous seeking crowd Mark'd out the path to his abode. 4. The po w'rs of earth and hell,, in vain Against the sacred word combine ; Thy providence through ev'ry age, Securely guards the book divine. 5. Thee, its great author, source of light Thee, its preserver, we adore ; And humbly ask a ray from thee, Its hidden wonders to explore. HYMN 13. L. M. The gospel of Christ. 1. God, in the gospel of his Son, Makes his eternal counsels known 5 244 THE SCRIPTURES. 'Tis here his richest mercy shines, And truth is drawn in fairest lines. 2. Here sinners of an humble frame May taste his grace and learn his name : 'Tis writ in characters of blood, Severely just, immensely good. 3. Here Jesus in ten thousand ways, His soul-attracting charms displays ; Recounts his poverty and pains, And tells his love in melting strains. 4. Wisdom its dictates here imparts, To form our minds, to cheer our hearts ; Its innu'nce makes the sinner live, It bids the drooping saint revive. 5. Our raging passions it controls, And comfort yields to contrite souls ; It brings a better world in view, And guides us all our journey through. 6. May this blest volume ever lie Close to my heart, and near mine eye ; Till life's last hour my soul engage, And be my chosen heritage. HYMN 14. L. M. The power of the Gospel. 1. This is the word of truth and love, Sent to the nations from above ; Jehovah here resolves to show What his almighty grace can do. 2. This remedy did wisdom find, To heal diseases of the mind ; This sovereign balm, whose virtues can Restore the ruin'd creature, man. 3. The gospel bids the dead revive ; Sinners, obey the voice and live ; BEING AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 245 Dry bones are rais'd and eloth'd afresh, And hearts of stone are turn'd to flesh. 4. Where Satan reign' d in shades of night, The gospel strikes a heavenly light ; Our lust its wondrous pow'r controls, And calms the rage of angry souls. 5. Lions and beasts of savage name Put on the nature of the lamb ; While the wide world esteem it strange, Gaze and admire, and hate the change. 6. May but this grace my soul renew, Let sinners gaze and hate me too ; The word that saves me does engage, A sure defence from all then* raee. in. BEING AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. HYMN 15. L. M. Being cf God. 1. There is a God, all nature speaks, Thro' earth and air, and seas, and skies ; See, from the clouds, his glory breaks, When the first beams of morning rise. 2. The rising sun, serenely bright, O'er the wide world's extended frame, Inscribes in characters of light, His mighty Maker's glorious name. 3. The flow'ry tribes all blooming rise Above the weak attempts of art ; The smallest worms, the meanest flies, Speak sweet conviction to the heart. 4. Ye curious minds who roam abroad, And trace creation's wonders o'er, Confess the footsteps of the God, Bow down before him. and adore. 246 BEING AND ATTRIBUTES HYMN. 16. L. M. The unity of God. 1. Eternal God ! Almighty Cause Of earth and seas, and worlds unknown ; All things are subject to thy laws, All things depend on thee alone. 2. Thy glorious being singly stands, Of all within itself possest ; Controlled by none are thy commands, Thou from thyself alone are blest. 3. To thee alone ourselves we owe ; Let heav'n and earth due homage pay ; All other gods we disavow, Deny their claims, renounce their sway. 4. Spread thy great name thro' heathen lands : Their idol deities dethrone ; Reduce the world to thy commands, And reign, as thou art, God alone. HYMN 17. C. M. Eternity of God. 1. Thou didst, 0 mighty God, exist Ere time began its race ; Before the ample elements Fill'd up the void of space. 2. Before the pond'rous earthly globe In fluid air was stay'd ; Before the ocean's mighty springs Their liquid stores display'd. 3. Ere men ador'd or angels knew, Or prais'd thy wondrous name ; Thy bliss, (0 sacred spring of life !) And glory were the same. 4. And when the pillars of the world* With sudden ruin break. OF GOB 24? And all this vast and goodly frame, Sinks in the mighty wreck : 5. When from her orb the moon shall start, Th' astonish'd sun roll back ; While all the trembling starry lamps Their ancient course forsake : 6. For ever permanent and fix'd, From agitation free, Unchang'd in everlasting years, Shall thy existence be. , HYMN IS. C. M. God's eternity. 1. Rise, rise, my soul, and leave the ground, Stretch all thy thoughts abroad, And rouse up ev'ry tuneful sound To praise th' eternal God. 2. Long ere the lofty skies were spread, Jehovah flU'd his throne ; Or Adam form'cl, or angels made, The Maker liv'd alone. 3. His boundless years can ne'er decrease, But still maintain their prime ; Eternity's his dwelling-place, And ever is his time. 4. While like a tide our minutes flow, The present and the past, He fills his own immortal now, And sees our ages waste. 5. The sea and sky must perish too, And vast destruction come ! The creatures — look, how old they grow, And wait their fiery doom ! 6. Well, let the sea shrink all away, And flame melt down the skies, 248 BEING AND ATTRIBUTES My God shall live an endless day, When th' old creation dies. HYMN 19. C. M. The Infinite. 1 . Thy names, how infinite they be ! Great Everlasting One ! Boundless thy might and majesty, And unconfin'd thy throne. 2. Thy glories shine of wondrous size, And wondrous large thy grace ; Immortal day breaks from thine eyes, And Gabriel veils his face. 3. Thine essence is a vast abyss, Which angels cannot sound, An ocean of infinities, Where all our thoughts are drown'd. 4. The myst'ries of creation lie Beneath enlightened minds ; Thoughts can ascend above the sky, And fly before the winds. 5. Reason may grasp the massy hills, And stretch from pole to pole ; But half thy name our spirit fills, And overloads our soul. 6. In vain our haughty reason swells, For nothing's found in thee But boundless inconceivables, And vast eternity. HYMN 20. L. M. God incomprehensible. 1. What finite pow'r with ceaseless toil, Can fathom the eternal mind ? Or who th' Almighty Three in One, By searching to perfection find ? OF GOD. 249 2. Angels and men in vain may raise Harmonious, their adoring songs ; Their laboring thoughts sink down opprest, And praises die upon their tongues. 3. Yet would I lift my trembling voice, A portion of his ways to sing ; And mingling with his meanest works, My humble, grateful, tribute bring. HYMN 21. L. M. God unchangeable. 1. Shall e'er the shadow of a change Eclipse the origin of light ? Or can the hopes which truth has rais'd, Lie buried in eternal night ? 2. Sooner may nature's laws reverse, Revolving seasons cease their round ; Nor spring appear in blooming pride, Nor autumn be with plenty crown'd : 3. Yon shining orbs forget their course, The sun his destin'd path forsake ; And nature lose her rapid force, Before our God a change can make. 4. Earth may with all her works dissolve, (If such her great Creator's will ;) But HE for ever is the same, I AM ! is his memorial still. HYMN 22. L. M. God's sovereignty. 1. God is a King of pow'r unknown, Firm are the orders of his throne ; If he resolve, who dare oppose, Or ask him why, or what he does ? !50 BEING AND ATTRIBUTES 2. He wounds the heart, and he makes whote, He calms the tempest of the soul ; When he shuts up in long despair, Who can remove the heavy bar ? 3. He frowns, and darkness veils the moon ; The fainting sun grows dim at noon ; The pillars of heav'n's starry roof Tremble and start at his reproof. 4. He gave the vaulted heav'n its form, The crooked serpent and the worm ; He breaks the billows with his breath, And smites the sons of pride to death. 4. These are a portion of his ways, But who shall dare describe his face ? Who can endure his light, or stand To hear the thunders of his hand ? HYMN 23. C. M. God invisible. 1. The great Invisible Unknown, Who fills th' eternal throne. Is King of kings, and Lord of lords, Jehovah, God alone. 2. 'Tis far beyond blind mortal eyes To see his bright abode ; Nor can created minds e'er glance A thought half way to God. 3. Infinite leagues beyond the sky, Th' Eternal reigns alone ; Where human minds, nor finite wings, Can mount the topless throne. 4. Let ev'ry nation, tribe, and tongue, His matchless pow'r proclaim ; And heav'n and earth, rocks, hills, and seas Repeat their loud Amen. OF GOD» 251 HYMN 24. L. M. Power and dominion of God. 1. The Lord, the God of glory, reigns, In robes of majesty array ?d ; His rule Omnipotence sustains, And guides the worlds his hands have made, 2. Ere rolling worlds began to move, Or ere the heav'ns were stretch'd abroad, Thy awful throne was flx'd above ; From everlasting thou art God. 3. The swelling floods tumultuous rise, Aloud the angry tempests roar ; Lift their proud billows to the skies, And foam and lash the trembling shore. 4. The Lord, the mighty God on high, Controls the fiercely raging seas ; He speaks — and noise and tempest fly, The waves sink down in gentle peace. 5. Thy sovereign laws are ever sure, Eternal holiness is thine ; And Lord, thy people shall be pure, And in thy blest resemblance shine. HYMN 25. C. M. Omnipresence and Omniscience of God. 1. Lord! thou, with an unerring beam, Survey est all my pow'rs ; My rising steps are watch'd by thee, By thee my resting hours. 2. My thoughts, scarce struggling into birth, Great God, are known to thee ; Abroad, at home, still I'm inclos'd, With thine immensity. 3. To thee the labyrinths of life In open view appear ; 252 BEING AND ATTRIBUTES Nor steals a whisper from my lips Without thy list'ning ear. 4. Behind I glance, and thou art there, Before me shines thy name ; And 'tis thy strong almighty hand Sustains my tender frame. 5. Such knowledge mocks the vain essay Of my astonish'd mind ; Nor can my reason's soaring eye Its towering summit find. HYMN 26. C. M. Omniscience of God. 1. The eye of God is ev'ry where To watch the sinner's ways ; He sees who join in humble pray 'r, And who in solemn praise. 2. One glance of thine, eternal Lord, Can pierce and search us through ; Nor heav'n, nor earth, nor hell afford A shelter from thy view ! 3. The universe, in ev'ry part, At once before thee lies ; And ev'ry thought of ev'ry heart, Is open to thine eyes. 4. Prepare us, Lord, to pray and praise With fervent, holy love ; And fit us by thy word of grace, To worship thee above. HYMN 27. L. M. Wisdom and knowledge of God. 1. Awake, my tongue, thy tribute bring To him, who gave thee pow'r to sing ; Praise him, who is all praise above, The source of wisdom and of love. OF-GOD. 253 2. How vast his knowledge ! how profound ! A depth where all our thoughts are dro wn'd ! The stars he numbers, and their names He gives to all these heav'nly flames. 3. Through each bright world above, behold Ten thousand thousand charms unfold ; Earth, air, and mighty seas combine, To speak his wisdom all divine. 4. But in redemption, 0 what grace ! To save the sons of Adam's race ; Here wisdom shines for ever bright, Praise him, my soul, with sweet delight, HYMN 28. L. M. The justice of God. 1. Eternal King ! the greatest, best, For ever glorious, ever blest ; The great I Am, Jehovah, Lord, By seraphim and saint ador'd. 2. Justice the firm foundation lays Of all thy laws, thy works and ways ; Obedient souls will ever find A God that's faithful, loving, kind. 3. But he who sins, becomes accurs'd, Or God would be no longer just ; Curs'd is the man who dares withdraw Obedience from thy holy law. 4. Where then, great God, or how shall we Approach thy dreadful majesty ! Thy sacred law we oft have broke, And stand obnoxious to thy stroke. 5. But, 0 thou holy, just and true ! Though justice must have all its due, Thou canst be just, yet justify The soul that doth on Christ rely. 254 BEING AND ATTRIBUTES 6. 0 boundless wisdom, love, and pow'r .' Thy macthless mercy we adore, That found out this amazing plan To save the ruin'd creature, man. 7. We plead the suff 'rings of thy Son ; We plead his righteousness alone ; He bore the curse, whence thou are just In pard'ning those who were accurs'd, HYMN 29. C. M. Holiness of God. 1. Holy and rev'rend 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 rev'rence of the mind, Pay, 0 my soul, to God ; Lift with thy hands a holy heart To his sublime abode. 4. With sacred awe pronounce his name Whom words nor thoughts can reach :. A broken heart shall please him more Than the best forms of speech. 5. Thou holy God ! preserve my soul From all pollution free ; The pure in heart are thy delight, And they thy face shall see. HYMN 30. L. M. Faithfulness of God. 1. Ye humble saints proclaim abroad The honors of a faithful God ; OF GOD. 255 How just and true are all his ways ! How much above your highest praise ! The words his sacred lips declare, Of his own mind the image bear ; What should him tempt, from frailty free, Blest in his self-sufficiency ? He will not his great self deny ; A God all truth can never lie ; As well might he his being quit, As break his oath, or word forget. Let frighted rivers change their course, Or backward hasten to their source ; Swift through the air let rocks be hurl'd, And mountains like the chaff be whirled : . Let sun and stars forget to rise, Or quit their stations in the skies ; Let heav'n and earth both pass away, Eternal truth shall ne'er decay. True to his word, God gave his Son, To die for crimes which men had done ; Blest pledge ! he never will revoke A single promise he has spoke. HYMN 31. L. IVL Truth and faithfulness* Jehovah is a God of might, He fram'd the earth, he built the sky : And what he speaks is surely right, " The strength of Israel will not lie.?> Ye weary souls, with sin opprest, • To him in ev'ry trouble fly ; His promise is, " I'll give you rest," " The strength of Israel will not lie." Then why sunk down beneath despair ? To Jesus' throne of grace apply ; 256 BEING AND ATTRIBUTES His promise plead, he'll hear your pray'r, " The strength of Israel will not lie." 4. Ask what you will in Jesus' name, He never will your 'suit deny ; To save you from the curse he came, "The strength of Israel will not lie." 5. Behold ! I come, most gracious Lord, And on thy promise now rely ; In my distress, how sweet this*word, "The strength of Israel will not lie." HYMN 32. C. M. Goodness of God. 1. Ye humble souls, approach your God With songs of sacred praise ; For he is good, immensely good, And kind are all his ways. 2. All nature owns his guardian care, In him we live and move ; But nobler benefits declare The wonders of his love. 3. He gave his Son, his only Son, To ransom rebel worms ; ?Tis here he makes his goodness known In its diviner forms. 4. To this dear refuge, Lord, we come ; 'Tis here our hope relies ; A safe defence, a peaceful home, When storms of trouble rise. 5. Thine eye beholds, with kind regard, The souls who trust in thee ; Their humble hope thou wilt reward With bliss divinely free. 6. Great God, to thy almighty love, What honors shall we raise ? OF GOB. 25? Not all the raptur cl songs above Can render equal praise. HYMN 33. C. M. Love of God, Come ye that know and fear the Lord. And lift your souls above ; Let ev'ry heart and voice accord, To sing that God is love. This precious truth his word declares, And all his mercies prove ; Jesus, the gift of gifts, appears To show, that God is love. Sinai, in clouds, and smoke, and fire, Thunders his dreadful name ; But Zion sings, in melting notes, The honors of the Lamb. In all his doctrines and commands, His counsels and designs, In ev'ry work his hands have fram'd, His love supremely shines. Angels and men the news proclaim, Thro' earth and heav'n above, The joyful and transporting news, That God, the Lord, is love. HYMN 34. L. M. The loving-kindness uf the Lord, Awake, my soul, in joyful lays, And sing the great Redeemer's praise : He justly claims a song from me. His loving-kindness, 0 how free ! He saw me ruin'd in the fall, Yet lov'd me notwithstanding all ; He savxl me from my lost estate, His loving-kindness, 0 how great! 17 50 BEING AND ATTRIBUTES 3. Though numerous hosts of mighty foes, Though earth and hell my way oppose, He safely leads my soul along, His loving-kindness, 0 how strong ! 4. When trouble, like a gloomy cloud, Has gather'd thick and thunder'd loud, He near my soul has always stood, His loving-kindness, 0 how good ! 5 Often J feel my sinful heart Prone from my Jesus to depart ; But though I have him oft forgot, His loving-kindness changes not. 6. Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale, Soon all my mortal pow'rs must fail ; 0 ! may my last expiring breath His loving-kindness sing in death. HYMN 35. L. M. Holiness or perfections of God united. 1. Infinite grace ! and can it be That heav'n's Supreme should stoop so low, To visit one so vile as I, One who. has been his bitt'rest foe ? 2. Can holiness and wisdom join With truth, with justice, and with grace ; To make eternal blessings mine, And sin with all its guilt erase ? 3. 0 love ! beyond conception great, That form'd the vast, stupendous plan I Where all divine perfections meet, To reconcile rebellious man ! 4. There wisdom shines in fullest blaze, And justice all her rights maintains ! Astonish'd angels stoop to gaze, While mercy o'er the guilty reigns* OF GOD. 259 5. Yes, mercy reigns, and justice too, In Christ they both harmonious meet ; . He paid to justice all her due, And now he fills the mercy-seat. 6. Such are the wonders of our God, And such th' amazing depths of grace ; To save from wrath's vindictive rod, The chosen sons of Adam's race. 7. With grateful songs, then let our souls Surround our gracious Father's throne ; And all between the distant poles His truth and mercy ever own. HYMN 36. L. M. God exalted above all praise. 1. Eternal Pow'r ! whose high abode Becomes the grandeur of our God ; Infinite lengths, beyond the bounds Where stars revolve their little rounds. 2. The lowest step above thy seat, Rises too high for Gabriel's feet ; In vain the tall archangel tries To reach thy height with wond'ring eyes. 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 has heard thy fame, And worms have learn'd to lisp thy name ; But 0 ! the glories of thy mind, Leave all our soaring thoughts behind. 5. God is in heav'n, but man below ; Be short our tunes ; our words be few : A sacred rev'rence checks our songs, And praise sits silent on our tongues. 260 TRINITY. IV. TRINITY. HYMN 37. C. M. The Holy Trinity. 1. Hail ! holy, holy, holy Lord ! Whom One in Three we know, By all thy heav'nly host ador'cl, By all thy church below. 2. One undivided Trinity, With triumph we proclaim ; Thy universe is full of thee, And speak thy glorious name. 3. Thee, holy Father, we confess, Thee, holy Son, adore : Thee, Spirit of truth and holiness, We worship evermore. 4. The incommunicable right, Almighty God, receive ! Which angel-choirs, and saints in light, And saints embodied give. 5. Three Persons equally divine We magnify and love ; And both the choirs ere long shall join, To sing thy praise above. 6. Hail ! holy, holy, holy Lord, (Our heavenly song shall be,) Supreme, essential One, ador'd In co-eternal Three ! HYMN 38. L. M. One God in Three Persons. 1. Adore the Father and the Son, And God the Spirit, all divine ; Who are distinct, and yet but One, And only One, in their design. 2, In his own Son, the Father shone In rays of majesty and light ; CREATION, 261 In Him, the Deity came down.. Man with the Godhead to unite. 3. Almighty Spirit, glorious God. To thee our humble notes we raise ; Thy quick'ning grace we'll sound abroad, While we have breath thy name to praise. 4. Thus we'll adore the sacred Three, From whence our whole salvation came ; And still through vast eternity. Thy endless grandeur loud proclaim. HYMN 39. C. M. A song of praise to the Holy Trinity. 1. Let them neglect thy glory, Lord, Who never knew thy grace ; But our loud songs shall still record The wonders of thy praise. 2. We raise our shouts, 0 God, to thee, And send them to thy throne : All glory to th' united Three, The undivided One. 3. 'Twas he (and we'll adore his name) That form'd us by a word : 7Tis he restores our ruin'd frame, Salvation to the Lord ! 4. Hosanna ! let the earth and ski Repeat the joyful sound : Rocks, hills, and vales, reflect the voice In one eternal round. V. CREATION. HYMN 40. L. M. Creation. I. Look up, ye saints ! direct your eyes To him who dwells above the skies ; 262 CREATION. With your glad notes his praise rehearse, Who form'd the mighty universe. 2. He spoke, and from the womb of night., At once sprang up the cheering light ; Him discord heard ; and at his nod, Beauty awoke, and spoke the God. 3. The word he gave, th' obedient sun Began his glorious race to run ; Nor silver moon, nor stars delay, To glide along th' ethereal way. 4. Teeming with life — air, earth and sea, Obey th' Almighty's high decree : To ev'ry tribe he gives their food, Then speaks the whole divinely good. 5. But to complete the wondrous plan, From earth and dust he fashions man ; In man the last, in him the best, The Maker's image stands confest. 6. Lord, while thy glorious works I view,. Form thou my heart and soul anew ; Here bid thy purest light to shine, .And beauty glow with charms divine ! HYMN 41. C. M. Creation. 1. Lord, when our raptur'd thought surveys Creation's beauties o'er, All nature joins to teach thy praise, And bid our souls adore. 2. Where'er we turn our gazing eyes, Thy radiant footsteps shine ; Ten thousand pleasing wonders rise, And speak their source divine. 3. The living tribes of countless form% In earthy and sea, and air,, CREATION The meanest flies, the smallest worms. Almighty pow'r declare. 4. Thy wisdom, pow'r, and goodness, Lord, In all thy works appear : And 0 ! let man thy praise record, Man, thy distinguish' d care. 5. From thee the breath of life he drew, That breath thy pow'r maintains : Thy tender mercy ever new, His brittle frame sustains. 6. Yet nobler favors claim his praise, Of reason's light possess'd : By revelation's brightest rays, Still more divinely blest. HYMN 42. C. M. J song to creating JVisdom. 1. Eternal Wisdom, thee we praise, Thee the creation sings ! With thy lov'd name, rocks, hills and seas, And heav'ir's high palace rings. 2. Thy hand, how wide it spread the sky ! How glorious to behold ! Ting'd with a blue of heav'nly dye, And starr'd with sparkling gold. 3. Thy glories blaze all nature round, And strike the gazing sight, Through skies, and seas, and solid ground, With terror and delight. 4. Infinite strength, and equal skill, Shine through the worlds abroad ; Our souls with vast amazement fill, And speak the builder God. 5. But still the wonders of thy grace Our softer passions move ; PROVIDENCE. Pity divine in Jesus' face We see, adore, and love. VI. PROVIDENCE. HYMN 43. C. M. The blessings of Providence. 1 . Almighty Father, gracious Lord, Kind guardian of my days, Thy mercies let my heart record In songs of grateful praise. 2. In life's first dawn, my tender frame Was thy indulgent care ; Long ere I could pronounce thy name, Or breathe the infant pray'r. 3. Around my path what dangers rose ! What snares spread all my road ! No pow'r could guard me from my foes? But my Preserver, God. 4. How many blessings round me shone, Where'er I turn'd mine eye ! How many pass'd almost unknown, Or unregarded, by ! 5. Each rolling year new favors brought From thy exhaustless store ; But ah ! in vain my lab 'ring thought Would count thy mercies o'er. 6. While sweet reflection, through my days Thy bounteous hand would trace, Still dearer blessings claim thy praise, The blessings of thy grace. 7. Yes, I adore thee, gracious Lord, For favors more divine ; That I have known thy sacred word, Where all thy glories shine. PROVIDENCE. 26i S. Lord, when this mortal frame decays, And ev'ry weakness dies ; Complete the wonders of thy grace, And raise me to the skies. 9. Then shall my joyful pow'rs unite In more exalted lays, And join the happy sons of light, In everlasting praise. HYMN 44. C. M. The mysteries of Providence. 1. God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform ; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. 2. Deep in unfathomable mines Of never-failing skill, He treasures up his bright designs, And works his sovereign will. 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 ev'ry hour ; The bud may have a bitter taste^ But sweet will be the flow'r. 6. Blind unbelief is sure to err, And. scan his work in vain ; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain. 266 PROVIDENCE. HYMN 45. L. M. Wisdom of Providence. 1. Wait, 0 my soul, thy Maker's will. Tumultuous passions, all be still ! Nor let a murm'ring thought arise, His providence and ways are wise. 2. He in the thickest darkness dwells, Performs the work, the cause conceals : But though his methods are unknown, Judgment and truth support his throne. 3. In heav'n and earth, and air and seas, He executes his firm decrees ; And by his saints it stands confest, That what he does is ever best. 4. Wait then, my soul, submissive wait, Prostrate before his awful seat ; And midst the terrors of his rod, Trust in a wise and gracious God. HYMN. 46. C. M. i God our preserver. 1. Let others boast how strong they be, Nor death nor danger fear, While we confess, 0 Lord, to thee, What feeble things we are. 2. Fresh as the grass our bodies stand, And flourish bright and gay ; A blasting wind sweeps o'er the land, And fades the grass away. 3. Our life contains a thousand springs, And dies if one be gone ; Strange that a harp of thousand strings Should keep in tune so long. PROVIDENCE. 267 4. But 'tis our God supports our frame, The God that form'd us first ; Salvation to th' Almighty name % That rear'd us from the dust. 5. While we have breath, or life, or tongues, Our Maker we'll adore ; His Spirit moves our heaving lungs, Or they would breathe no more. HYMN 47. 5. 6. The Lord will provide. 1. Though troubles assail, And dangers affright, Though friends should all fail, And foes all unite ; Yet one thing secures us, Whatever betide, The Scriptures assure us, The Lord will provide. 2. The birds without barn Or store-house are fed, From them let us learn To trust for our bread ; His saints what is fitting Shall ne'er be denied, So long as 'tis written The Lord will provide. 3. We may like the ships By tempest be tost On perilous deeps, But cannot be lost ; Though Satan enrages The wind and the tide, The promise engages The Lord will provide. 268 PEOVIDENCE- 4. His call we obey- Like Abr'am of old, Not knowing our way, But faith makes us bold ; For though we are strangers We have a good guide, And trust in all dangers, The Lord will provide. 5. When Satan appears To stop up our path, And fills us with fears, We triumph by faith ; He cannot take from us, Though oft he has tried, This heart-cheering promise, The Lord will provide. 6. He tells us we're weak, Our hope is in vain ; The God that we seek We ne'er shall obtain, But when such suggestions Our spirits have plied, This answers all questions, The Lord will provide. 7. No strength of our own, Or goodness we claim, Yet since we have known The Savior's great name : In this our strong tow'r For safety we hide. The Lord is our pow'r, The Lord will provide. 8. When life sinks apace, And death is in view, This word of his grace Shall comfort us through : PROVIDENCE. 269 Not fearing or doubting With Christ on our side, We hope to die shouting, The Lord will provide. HYMN 48. L. M. Providence equitable and kind. 1. Thro' all the various shifting scene Of life's mistaken ill or good ; Thy hand, 0 God ! conducts unseen The beautiful vicissitude. 2. Thou givest with paternal care, Howe'er unjustly we complain, To each their necessary share Of joy and sorrow, health and pain. 3. Trust we to youth, or friends, or pow'r ? Fix we on this terrestrial ball ? When most secure, the coming hour, If thou see fit, may blast them all. 4. When lowest sunk with grief and shame, Fill'd with afflictions bitter cup, Lost to relations, friends, and fame, Thy powerful hand can raise us up. 5. Thy powerful consolations cheer, Thy smiles suppress the deep-fetch'd sigh ; Thy hand can dry the trickling tear That secret wets the widow's eye. 6. All things on earth, and all in heav'n, On thy eternal will depend : And all for greater good were giv'n, And all shall in thy glory end. 7. This be my care ; to all beside IndifT'rent let my wishes be ; "Passion be calm, and dumb be pride, " And fix'd, 0 God, my soul on thee." 270 PROVIDENCE. HYMN 49. L. M. The darkness of Providence. 1. Lord, we adore thy vast designs^ Th' 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. Thro' seas and storms of deep distress We sail by faith, and not by sight ; Faith guides us in the wilderness, Thro' all the briars, and the night. 4. Dear Father, if thy lifted rod Resolves to scourge us here below, Still we must lean upon our God, Thine arm shall bear us safely through. HYMN 50. C. M. Mysteries to he explained hereafter. 1. Great God of providence ! thy ways. Are hid from mortal sight ; Wrapt in impenetrable shades, Or cloth'd with dazzling light. 2. The wondrous methods of thy grace Evade the human eye ; The nearer we attempt t' approach, The father off they fly. 3. But in the world of bliss above Where thou dost ever reign, These myst'ries shall be all unveil'd,. And not a doubt remain. 4. The Sun of righteousness shall there His brightest beams display. PROVIDENCE. 271 And not a hov'ring cloud obscure That never-ending day. HYMN 51. 7s. My times are in thy hand. 1. Sov'reign Ruler of the skies ! Ever gracious, ever wise ! All my times are in thy hand — All events at thy command. 2. His decree, who formed the earth, Fix'd my first and second birth : Parents, native place, and time — All appointed were by him. 3. He that form'd me in the womb, He shall guide me to the tomb :. All my times shall ever be Order 'd by his wise decree. 4. Times of sickness, times of health, Times of penury and wealth ; Times of trial and of grief ; Times of triumph and relief ; 5. Times the tempter's pow'r to prove ;. Times to taste a Savi or's love ; All must come, and last, and end, As shall please my heav'nly Friend. 6. Plagues and deaths around me fly ; Till he bids, I cannot die ; Not a single shaft can hit, Till the God of love sees fit, 7. 0 thou Gracious, Wise, and Just, In thy hands my life I trust ; Have I somewhat dearer still ? I resign it to thy will. 8. May I always own thy hand — » Still to thee surrender'd stand ; 272 PROVIDENCE. Know that thou art God alone. I and mine are all thy own. HYMN 52. S. M. Trust in divine Providence, 1. Commit thou all thy griefs And ways into his hands, To his sure trust and tender care, Who earth and heav'n commands ; 2. Who points the clouds their course, Whom winds and seas obey ; He shall direct thy wandering "feet, He shall prepare thy way. 3. No profit canst thou gain, By self-consuming care ; To him commend thy cause, his ear Attends the softest pray'r. 4. Thine everlasting truth, Father, thy ceaseless love, Sees all thy children's wants, and knows What best for each will prove. 6. And whatsoe'er thou will'st, Thou dost, 0 King of kings ! What thy unerring wisdom choose, Thy pow'r to being brings. 6. Thou ev'ry where hast way, And all things serve thy might, Thine ev'ry act pure blessing is, Thy path unsullied light. 7. When thou arisest, Lord, What shall thy work withstand ? When all thy children want, thou giv'st 5 Who, who shall stay thy hand ? PROVIDENCE. 278 HYMN 53. S. M. Trust in divine Providence. 1. Give to the winds thy fears, Hope, and be undismay'd ; God hears thy sighs, and counts thy tears, God shall lift up thy head. 2. Through waves, and clouds, and storms, He gently clears thy way ; Wait thou his time, so shall this night Soon end in joyous 'day. 3. Still heavy is thy heart ? Still sink thy spirits down ? Cast off the weight, let fear depart, And ev'ry care be gone. 4. What though' thou rulest not, Yet heav'n, and earth, and hell, Proclaim God sitteth on the throne, And ruleth all things well. 5. Leave to his sov'reign sway To choose and to command : So shalt thou, wond'ring, own his way, How wise, how strong his hand ! 6. Far, far above thy thought His counsel shall appear, When fully he the work hath wrought That caus'd thy needless fear. HYMN 54. C. M. Resignation to Providence. 1. It is the Lord — enthron'd in light, Whose claims are ail divine ; Who has an undisputed right To govern me and mine. 2. It is the Lord — should I distrust* Or contradict his will, 18 274 PROVIDENCE. Who cannot do but what is just, And must be righteous still. 3. It is the Lord — who gives me all My wealth, my friends, my ease ; And of his bounties may recall Whatever part he please. 4. It is the Lord — who can sustain Beneath the heaviest load ; From whom assistance I obtain To tread the thorny road. 5. It is the Lord — whose matchless skill Can from afflictions raise Matter eternity to fill With ever growing praise. 6. It is the Lord — my cov'nant God, Thrice blessed be his name ! Whose gracious promise, seaPd with blood, Must ever be the same. 7. His cov'nant will my soul defend, Should nature's self expire ; And the great Judge of all descend In awful flames of, fire. 8. And can my soul with hopes like these, Be sullen, or repine ? No, gracious God, take what thou please, . I'll cheerfully resign. HYMN 55. C. If*. Resignation. 1 . Lord, hast thou call'd me by thy grace, And form'd my heart anew ; And are these joys which now I taste, The pledge of glory too ? 2. I leave inferior things with thee, Since thou hast won my heart ; PROVIDENCE. 275 Whatever, Lord, is good for me, Do thou that good impart. 3. Not to my wish, but to my want, Do thou thy gifts apply ; Unask'd-for good, Lord, to me grant, What's ill, though ask'd, deny. HYMN 55. L. M. We rely on God our Father. 1. Beneath a numerous train of ills, Our feeble flesh and heart may fail ; Yet shall our hope in thee, our God, O'er ev'ry gloomy fear prevail &. Parent and Husband, Guard and Guide, . Thou art each tender name in one ; On thee we cast our heavy cares, And comfort seek from thee alone. 3, Our Father, God, to thee we look, Our Rock, our Portion, and our Friend ; And on thy cov'nant, love and truth, Our sinning souls shall still depend. HYMN 57. C. M. It is well. 1. It shall be well, let sinners know, With those who love the Lord ; His saints have always found it so, By resting on his word. 2. Peace, then, ye chasten'd sons of God, Why let your sorrows swell ; Wisdom directs your Father's rod, His word says, It is well. 3. Though you may trials sharp endure, From sin, or death, or hell ; Your heav'nly Father's love is sure,. And therefore it is well 276 FALL AND DEPRAVITY 3. Soon will your sorrows all be o'er, And you shall sweetly tell, On Canaan's calm and pleasant shore, That all at last is well. VII. FAL.I* AND DEPRAVITY OF MAN. HYMN 58. C. M. Corrupt nature, from Adam. 1. Bless'd with the joys of innocence, Adam, our father, stood, Till he debas'd his soul to sense, And ate th' unlawful food. 2. Now we are born a sensual race, To sinful joys inclin'd ; Reason hath lost its native place, And flesh enslaves the mind. 3. While flesh, and sense, and passion reigns. Sin is the sweetest good ; We fancy music in our chains, And so forget the load. 4. Great God ! renew our ruin'd frame, Our broken pow'rs restore ; Inspire us with a heav'nly flame, And flesh shall reign no more. 5. Eternal Spirit ! write thy law Upon our inward parts, And let the second Adam draw His image on our hearts. HYMN 59. C. M. Original sin. 1. Now back with humble shame we look On our original ; How is our nature dash'd and broke In our first father's fall ! OF MA^. 2. To all that's good averse and blind, But prone to all that's ill ; What dreadful darkness veils our mind ! How obstinate our will ! 3. Conceiv'd in sin. 0 wretched state ! Before we draw our breath. The first young pulse begins to beat Depravit3T and death. 4. Wild and unwholesome as the root, U all the branches be ; How can we hope for living fruit, m such a deadly tree ? 5. What mortal pow'r from tilings unclean, '. : d pure productions bring : Who can command a vital stream From an infected spri:;_ : 6. Yet. mighty God, thy wondrous love d make our nature clean ; While Christ and grace prevail above The tempter, death and sin. 7. The second Adam can restore The ruins of the first ; Hosrama to that sov'reign paw That new creates our dust. HYMN 60. L. 31. The first and second .£ 1. Deep in the dust before thy throne, Our guilt and our disgrace we dwi Great God ! we own tlr unhappy name, Wi.ence sprung our nature and our shame ; 2. Adam the sinner : at his fall, Death like a conq'ror seiz'd us all : A ihousand new-born babes are dead, By fatal union to their head. 278 FALL AND DEPRAVITY 3. But whilst our spirits, fill'd with awe, Behold the terrors of thy law, We sing the honors of thy grace, That sent to save our ruin'd race. 4. We sing thine everlasting Son, Who join'd our nature to his own : Adam the second, from the dust Raises the ruins of the first. 5. By the rebellion of one man, Through all his seed the mischief ran : And by one man's obedience now, Are all his seed made righteous too. 6. Where sin did reign and death abound, There have the sons of Adam found Abounding life ; there glorious grace Reigns thro' the Lord, our righteousness. HYMN 61. L. M. The fall and recovery of man. 1. Deceiv'd by subtle snares of hell, Adam, our head, our father fell, When Satan in the serpent hid, Propos'd the fruit that God forbid. 2. Death was the threat'ning — death began To take possession of the man ; His unborn race received the wound, And heavy curses smote the ground. 3. But satan found a worse reward ; Thus saith the vengeance of the Lord, " Let everlasting hatred be "Betwixt the woman's seed and thee. 4. " The woman's seed shall be my Son 3 " He shall destroy what thou hast done ; " Shall break thy head, and only feel ". Thy malice raging at his heel." OP MAN. 279 HYMN 62. L. M. Original sin ; or, the first and second Adam. ll. Adam, our father and our head, Transgressed, and justice doomed us dead ; The fiery law speaks all despair, There's no reprieve or pardon there. 2. Call a bright council in the skies ; Seraphs, the mighty and the wise, Speak — are you strong to bear the load, The weighty vengeance of a God ? 3. In vain we ask, for all around Stand silent through the heav'nly ground ; There's not a glorious mind above, Has half the strength, or half the love. 4. But 0 ! immeasurable grace ! Th' Eternal Son takes Adam's place ; Down to our world, the Savior flies, Stretches his arms, and bleeds, and dies. 5. Amazing work ! look down ye skies, Wonder and gaze with all your eyes ! Ye saints below, and saints above, All bow to this mysterious love. HYMN 63. S. M. The evil heart. 1. Astonish'd and distress'd, I turn my eyes within ; My heart with loads of guilt oppress The seat of ev'ry sin. 2. What crowds of evil thoughts, What vile affections there ! Distrust, presumption, artful guile, Pride, envy, slavish fear. 3. Almighty King of saints, These tyrant lusts subdue ; 280 FALL AND DEPRAVITY OF MAN, Expel the darkness of my mind, And all my pow'rs renew. 4. This done, my cheerful voice Shall loud hosannas raise ; My soul shall glow with gratitude, My lips proclaim thy praise. HYMN 64. C. M. We are corrupt and incapable of doing good. 1. Sin, like a venomous disease, Infects our vital blood ; The only help is sov'reign grace, And the physician, God. 2. Our beauty and our strength are fled, And we draw near to death ; But Christ, the Lord, recalls the dead, With his almighty breath. 3. Madness by nature reigns within, The passions burn and rage, Till God's own Son, with skill divine, The inward fire assuage. 4. We lick the dust, we grasp the wind. And solid good despise ; Such is the folly of the mind, Till Jesus makes us wise. 5. We give our souls the wounds they feel We drink the pois'nous gall, And rush with fury down to hell ; But grace prevents the fall. 6. The man, possess'd among the tombs; Cuts his own flesh, and cries ; He foams and raves till Jesus comes. And the foul spirit flies. REDEMPTION. 281 HYMN 65. L. M. The effect of the fall lamented, 1. Arise, my tend'rest 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 Jesus' 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. 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, Thy own all-saving arm employ, And turn these drops of grief to joy. VIII. REDEMPTION. HYMN 66. C. M. Redemption by Christ. When the first parents of our race Rebell'd and lost their God, And the infection of their sin, Had tainted all our blood : Infinite pity touch'd the heart Of the eternal Son; Descending from the heav'nly court,. He left his Father's throne. 282 REDEMPTION. 3. Aside the Prince of glory threw His most divine array, And wrapp'd his Godhead in a veil Of our inferior clay. 4. His living pow'r, and dying love, Redeem'd unhappy man, And rais'd the ruins of our race To life and God again. 5. To thee, dear Lord, our flesh and soul We joyfuliy resign ; Bless'd Jesus, take us for thy own, For we are doubly thine. 6. Thy honor shall for ever be The bus'ness of our days ; For ever shall our thankful tongues Speak thy deserved praise. HYMN 67. CM. Redemption by price and power. 1. Jesus, with all thy saints above, My tongue would bear her part ; Would sound aloud thy saving love, And sing thy bleeding heart. 2. Bless'd be the Lamb, my dearest Lord, Who bought me with his blood, And quench'd his Father's flaming sword., In his own vital flood : 3. The Lamb that freed my captive soul From Satan's heavy chains, And sent the lion down to howl Where hell and horror reigns. 4. All glory to the dying Lamb, And never-ceasing praise, While angels live to know his name, Or saints to feel his grace. REDEMPTION. 283 HYMN 68. ^7s. Redeeming love. 1. Now begin the heav'nly 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 Savior'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 to death and sin, Now from bliss no longer rove, Stop, and taste redeeming love. 5. Welcome all, by sin opprest, Welcome to the Savior's breast ; Nothing brought him from above, Nothing but redeeming love. 6. He subdu'd th' infernal pow/rs, Those tremendous foes of ours, From their cursed empire drove ; Mighty in Redeeming love. 7. Hither then, your music bring,' Strike aloud each tuneful string ; Mortals, join the hosts above, Join to praise redeeming love. HYMN 69. L. M. Redemption by Christ alone. 1. Enslav'd by sin, and bound in chains , Beneath its dreadful tyrant sway, 284 REDEMPTION. And doom'd to everlasting pains, We wretched guilty captives lay. 2. Nor gold 'nor gems could buy our peace; Nor the whole world's collected store Suffice to purchase our release ; A thousand worlds were all too poor. 3. Jesus, the Lord, the mighty God, An all-sufficient ransom paid ; Invalu'd price ! his precious blood For vile rebellious traitors shed. 4. Jesus the sacrifice became, To rescue guilty souls from hell ; The spotless, bleeding, dying Lamb^ Beneath avenging justice fell. 5. Amazing goodness ! love divine ! 0 may our grateful hearts adore The matchless grace, nor yield to sin,. Nor wear its cruel fetters more ! f>. Dear Savior, let thy ]ove pursue The glorious work it has begun ; Each secret lurking foe subdue, And let our hearts be thine alone. HYMN 70. C. M. Praise to the Redeemer. 1. Plung'd in a gulf of dark despair, We wretched sinners lay, Without one cheerful beam of hope Or spark of glimm'ring day. 2. With pitying eyes, the Prince of grace Beheld our helpless grief; He saw, and (0 amazing love !) He ran to our relief. 3. Down from the shining seats above, With joyful haste he'ned, REDEMPTION. 285 Enter'd the grave in mortal flesh, And dwelt among the dead. 4. He spoiPd the pow'rs of darkness thus, And brake our iron chains ; Jesus hath freed our captive souls From everlasting pains. 5. 0 for this love, let rocks and hills Their lasting silence break, And all harmonious human tongues The Savior's praises speak. 6. Yes, we will praise thee, dearest Lord ! Our souls are all on flame ; Hosanna round the spacious earth To thine adored name. HYMN. 71. C. M, Salvation. 1. Salvation ! 0, the joyful sound ! 'Tis 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 heav'nly day. 3. Salvation ! let the echo fly The spacious earth around, While all the armies of the sky Conspire to raise the sound. HYMN 72. C. M. God' reconciled in Christ. 1. Dearest of all the names above, My Jesus and my God, Who can resist thy heav'nly love, Or trifle with thy blood ? 286 REDEMPTION. 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 ImmanuePs 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 th' incarnate mystery, And there I fix my trust. HYMN 73. L. M. Salvation by grace in Christ. L Now to the pow'r of God supreme, Be everlasting honors giv'n ; He saves from hell (we bless his name; He calls our wand'iing feet to heav'n. 2. Not for our duties or deserts, But of his own abounding grace, He works salvation in our hearts, Attd forms a people for his praise. 3. 'Tis his own purpose that begun To rescue rebels doom'd to die ; He gave us grace in Christ his Son. Before he spread the starry sky. 4. Jesus the Lord, appears at last, And makes his Father's counsels known : Declares the great transactions past, And brings immortal blessings down. REDEMPTION. 327 5> He dies ; and in that dreadful night Did all the pow'rs af hell destroy; Rising, he brought our heav'n to light, And took possession of the joy. HYMN 71. C. M. Christ's commission. 1. Come, happy souls, approach your God, With new melodious songs, Come, render to almighty grace, The tributes of your tongues. %. So strange, so boundless was the love That pitied dying men, The Father sent his equal Son To give them life again. 3; Thy hands, dear Jesus, were not arm'd With a revenging rod, No hard commission to perform The vengeance of a God. . 4. But all was mercy, all was mild, And wrath forsook the throne, When Christ on the kind errand came, And brought salvation down. 5, Here, sinners, you may heal your wounds, \ And wipe your sorrows dry ; Trust in the mighty Savior's name, And you shall never die. Si See, dearest Lord, our willing souls Accept thine ofTer'd grace : We bless the great Redeemer's love, And give the Father praise. HYMN 75. H. M. Jubilee. 1, Blow ye the trumpet, blow The gladly solemn sound ! 288 REDEMPTION. Let all the nations know, To earth's remotest bound, The year of Jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home, 2. Exalt 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 ransom'd sinners, home. 3. Ye who have sold for nought Your heritage above, Come, take it back unbought, 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 ; And safe in Jesus dwell, And blest in Jesus live : The year of Jubilee is come 5 Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 5. The gospel trumpet hear, The news of pard'ning grace ; Ye happy souls draw near, Behold your Savior's face : The year of Jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 6. Jesus, our great High Priest, Has full atonement made ; Ye weary spirits rest, Ye mournful souls be glad : The year of Jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. COVENANT OF GRACE. 291 4. Though darkness spread around our tent, Though fears prevail and joys decline ; God will not of his oath repent, Dear Lord, thy people still are thine. HYMN 79. 8, 7. Covenant love. 1. Far beyond all comprehension Is Jehovah's covenant love : Who can fathom its dimension, Or its unknown limits prove ? 2. Ere the earth upon its basis, By creating pow'r was built, His designs were wise and gracious, For removing human guilt. 3. He display'd his grand intention, On the mount of Calvary ; When he died for our redemption, Lifted high upon the tree. 4. 0 ! how sweet to view the flowing Of his soul-redeeming blood ! With divine assurance knowing That it made my peace with God. 5. Freely thou wilt bring to heaven All thy chosen ransom'd race, Who to thee, their head, were given? In the covenant of grace. HYMN 80. C. M. Support in God's covenant under trouble-, 1. My God, the covenant of thy love Abides for ever sure ; And in his matchless grace, I feel My happiness secure. 288 KEDEMPTION. Let all the nations know, To earth's remotest bound, The year of Jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home, 2. Exalt 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 ransom'd sinners, home. 3. Ye who have sold for nought Your heritage above, Come, take it back unbought, 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 ; And safe in Jesus dwell, And blest in Jesus live : The year of Jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 5. The gospel trumpet hear, The news of pard'ning grace ; Ye happy souls draw near, Behold your Savior's face : The year of Jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 6. Jesus, our great High Priest, Has full atonement made ; Ye weary spirits rest, Ye mournful souls be glad : The year of Jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. COVENANT OF GRACE. 291 4. Though darkness spread around our tent, Though fears prevail and joys decline ; God will not of his oath repent, Dear Lord, thy people still are thine. HYMN 79. 8, 7. Covenant love. 1. Far beyond all comprehension Is Jehovah's covenant love : Who can fathom its dimension, Or its unknown limits prove ? 2. Ere the earth upon its basis, By creating pow'r was built, His designs were wise and gracious, For removing human guilt. 3. He display'd his grand intention, On the mount of Calvary ; When he died for our redemption, Lifted high upon the tree. 4. 0 ! how sweet to view the flowing Of his soul-redeeming blood ! With divine assurance knowing That it made my peace with God. 5. Freely thou wilt bring to heaven All thy chosen ransom'd race, Who to thee, their head, were given, In the covenant of grace. HYMN 80. C. M. Support in God's covenant under trouble* 1. My God, the cov'nant of thy love Abides for ever sure ; And in his matchless grace, I feel My happiness secure. 292 COVENANT OP GRACE. 2. What, though my house be not with thee As nature could desire ? To nobler joys than nature gives, Thy servants all aspire. 3. Since thou, the everlasting God, My Father art become ; Jesus my guardian and my friend, And heav'n my final home : 4. I welcome all thy sovereign will, For all that will is love ; And when I know not what thou dost, I wait the light above. 5. Thy covenant the last accent claims Of this poor falt'ring tongue ; And that shall the first notes employ Of my celestial song. HYMN 81. L. M. Hope in the covenant. 1. How oft have sin and Satan strove To rend my soul from thee, my God ; But everlasting is thy love, And Jesus seals it with his blood. 2. The oath and promise of the Lord Join to confirm the wondrous grace; Eternal pow'r performs the word, And fills all heav'n with endless praise. 3. Amidst temptations sharp and long, My soul to this dear refuge flies ; Hope is my anchor firm and strong, While tempests blow, and billows rise. 4. The gospel bears my spirits up ; A faithful and unchanging God Lays the foundation for my hope, In oaths, and promises, and blood. JESUS, SAVIOR. 293 X. JESUS, SAVIOR, HYMN 82. C. M. 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 treas'ry, fill'd With boundless stores of grace. 4. Jesus ! my Shepherd, Husband, Friend, My Prophet, Priest, and King, My Lord, my Life, my Way, my 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. Till then I would thy love proclaim With ev'ry fleeting breath ; And may the music of thy name Refresh my soul in death. HYMN S3. L. M. Jesus — the gift of God. 1. Jesus, my love, my chief delight, For thee I long, for thee I pray, Amid the shadows of the night, Amid the bus'ness of the day. 294 JESUS, SAVIOR. 2. When shall I see thy smiling face, Which J, through faith, have often seen ? Arise, thou Sun of righteousness, Dispel the clouds that intervene. 3. Thou art the glorious gift of God, To sinners weary and distrest, The first of all his gifts bestow'd, And certain pledge of all the rest. 4. Could I but say, this gift is mine, I'd tread the world beneath my feet, No more at pain or want repine, Nor envy the rich sinner's state. 5. This precious jewel let me keep, And lodge it deep within my heart ; At home, abroad, awake, asleep, It never shall from thence depart. HYMN 84. L. M. Jesus the only Savior. 1. Jesus, the spring of joys divine, Whence all our hopes and comforts flow : Jesus, no other name but thine, Can save us from eternal wo. 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 heav'n approve ; Thou art the true, the living way, Ordain'd by everlasting love, To the bright realms of endless day. 4. Safe lead us through this world of night, And bring us to the blissful plains, The regions of unclouded light, Where perfect joy for ever reigns, 'JESUS, SAVIOR. 295 HYMN 85. C. M. Jesus. 1. Bless'cI Jesus ! when my soaring thoughts O'r all thy graces rove ; How is my soul with transport lost In wonder, joy, and love. 2. Not softest strains can charm mine ears Like thy beloved name ; Nor aught beneath the skies inspire My heart with equal flame. 3. Where'er I look, my wond'ring eyes Unnumber'd blessings see ; But what is life, with all its bliss, If once compar'd with thee ? 4. Hast thou a rival in my breast ? Search, Lord, for thou canst tell, If aught can raise my passions thus, Or please my soul so well. 5. No, thou art precious to my heart, My portion and my joy ; For ever let thy boundless grace My sweetest thoughts employ. 6. When nature faints — around my bed Let thy bright glories shine ; And death shall all his terrors lose, In raptures so divine. HYMN S6. L. M. Not ashamed of Christ. 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 ? 2. Asham'd of Jesus ! sooner far Let ev'ning blush to own a star : 296 JESUS, SAVIOR. He sheds the beams of light divine O'er this benighted soul of mine. 3. Asham'd of Jesus ! just as soon Let midnight be asham'd of noon : 'Tis midnight with my soul till he, Bright Morning-Star ! bid darkness flee. 4. Asham'd of Jesus ! that dear friend On whom my hopes of heav'n depend ! No ; when I blush — be this my shame,. That I no more revere his name. 5. Asham'd of Jesus ! yes I may, When I've no guilt to wash away, No tear to wipe, no good to crave, No fears to quell, no soul to save. 6. Till then, — nor is my boasting vain — Till then I boast a Savior slain ,j And 0 may this my glory be, That Christ is not asham'd of me ! HYMN 87. C. M. Savior. 1. The Savior ! 0 what endless charms Dwell in the blissful sound ! Its influence ev'ry fear disarms, And spreads sweet comfort round. 2. Here pardon, life, and joys divine, In rich effusion flow, For guilty rebels lost in sin, And doom'd to endless wo. 3. Th' Almighty Former of the skies Stoop'd to our vile abode ; While angels view'd, with wond'ring eyes, And hail'd th' incarnate God. 4. 0 the rich depths of love divine, Of bliss a boundless store ! DIVOITY OF CHKIST. 297 Dear Savior, let me call thee mine ; I cannot wish for more. 3. On thee alone my hope relies, Beneath thy cross I fall : My Lord, my life, my sacrifice, My Savior, and my all ! DIVINITY OF CHRIST. HYMN SS. L. M.. Jesus is God and man. i. Ere the blue heav'ns were stretch'd abroad* From everlasting was the Word ; With God he was ; the Word was God, And must divinely be ador'd. 2. By his own pow'r all things were made ;. By him supported all things stand ; He is the whole creation's head, And angels fly at his command. 3. Ere sin was born, or Satan fell, He led the host of morning stars ; His generation who can tell, Or count the number of his years ? 4. But lo ! he leaves those heav'nly forms ; The Word descends and dwells in clay, That he may converse hold with worms, Brest in such feeble flesh as they. 5. Mortals with joy beheld his face, Th' eternal Father's only Son ; How full of truth, how full of grace, When through his flesh the Godhead shone, 6. The angels leave their high abode, To learn new myst'ries here, and tell The love of our descending God, The glories of Immanuel. '» DIVINITY OF CHRIST. HYMN 89. L. M. Christ is the eternal Son of God. 1. 0 Christ, thou glorious King, we own Thee to be God's eternal Son ; The Father's fulness, life divine, Mysteriously are also thine. 2. When rolling years brought on the day, Foretold and fix'd for this display, Our great deliv'rance to obtain, Thou didst our nature not disdain. 3. At God's right hand, now, Lord, thou'rtplac'd, And with thy Father's glory grac'd, True God and man, in person one ; A Judge to pass our final doom. 4. From day to day, 0 Lord, do we On high exalt and honor thee ; " Thy name we worship and adore, World without end, for evermore. HYMN 90. L. M. God the Son equal with the Father. 1. Bright King of glory, dreadful God ! Our spirits bow before thy feet ; To thee we lift an humble thought, And worship at thine awful seat. 2. A thousand seraphs strong and bright Stand round the glorious Deity ; But who among the sons of light, Pretends comparison with thee ? 3. Yet there is one of human frame, Jesus, array'd in flesh and blood, Thinks it no robbery to claim A full equality with God. 4. Their glory shines with equal beams ; Their essence is for ever one ; INCARNATION OF CHRIST. 299 Distinct in persons, and in names, The Father God, and God the Son. 5. Then let the name of Christ our King With equal honors be ador'd ; His praise let ev'ry angel sing, And all the nations own their Lord. INCARNATION OF CHRIST. HYMN 91. 8, 7. Birth of Christ. 1. Hark ! what mean those holy voices, Sweetly sounding through the skies ? Lo ! th' angelic host rejoices, Heav'nly hallelujahs rise. 2. Listen to tlie wondrous story, Which they chant in hymns of joy ; " Glory, in the highest, glory ! Glory be to God most high ! 3. "Peace on earth, good-will from heaven, Reaching far as man is found ; Souls redeem'd, and sins forgiven, Loud our golden harps shall sound. 4. " Christ is born, the great Anointed, Heav'n and earth his praises sing ! 0 receive whom God appointed For your Prophet, Priest and King ! 5. " Hasten, mortals, to adore him, Learn his name and taste his joy ; Till in heav'n ye sing before him, Glory be to God most high !" HYMN 92. C. M. Angels' song. 1. " Shepherds, rejoice ; lift up your eyes, " And send your fears away ; 300 INCARNATION " News from the region of the skies, "Salvation's born to-day. 2. "Jesus, the God, whom angels fear, " Comes down to dwell with you : "To-day he makes his entrance here, "But not as monarchs do. 3. "No gold, nor purple swaddling bands, " Nor ro}ral shining things ; "A manger for his cradle stands, "And holds the King of kings. 4. "Go, shepherds, where the infant lies, " And see his humble throne ; "With tears of joy in all your eyes, "Go, shepherds, kiss the Son." 5. Thus Gabriel sang — and straight around The heav'nly armies throng ; They tune their harps to lofty sound, And thus conclude the song : 6. "Glory to God, who reigns above, "Let peace surround the earth ; "Mortals shall know their Maker's love, " At their Redeemer's birth." HYMN 93. L. M. Birth of Christ. 1 . To us a child is born from heav'n ; To us the Son of God is giv'n ; The government of worlds he made, Upon his shoulders shall be laid. 2. His name, the Wonderful shall be ; His wonders heav'n and earth shall see ; The Counsellor of truth and grace, Who leads in paths of righteousness. 2. The Mighty God, that glorious name, His works and word join to proclaim ; OF CHRIST. 301 The everlasting Father, He, And the whole church his family. 4. The Prince of peace, on David's throne, And nations yet unborn, shall own His sov'reign, and his gracious sway ; Glad of the honor to obey. 5. Justice and judgment he'll maintain : To everlasting ages reign ; And his blest empire shall increase, Till time with all its movements cease. HYMN 94. L. M. Birth of Christ. 1. Behold the day ! th' appointed day ! The prophecies are ail fulfill 'd ! The da}- which Abr'am long'd to see, Which ushers in the holy child. 2. Angelic legions catch the flame, And down to earth they wing their way ; They hail the shepherd, and proclaim, "Jesus the God is born to-day !" 3. A wondrous star in heav'n appears, The herald of the new-born King ! Who comes to banish all our fears, And a complete salvation bring. 4. This type of Jacob's brilliant star, Whose matchless glories shine abroad ; Guided the sages from afar, To worship the incarnate God. 5. The blazing meteor wav'd on high, And led them through the unknown road ; Guided to Judah's land their way, And hover'd o'er his mean abode. 6. The infant Savior, and their God, Fill'd their whole souls with strange surprise, 302 INCARNATION They own'd his pow'r, confess'd him Lord And paid their off'rings and their praise. 7. Thus may we seek the Savior's face, And bow before his sacred throne ! 0 may we feel his saving grace, And triumph in the Lord alone, HYMN 95. C. Mv The Incarnation* 2. Awake, awake the sacred song To our incarnate Lord ! Let ev'ry heart, and ev'ry tongue, Adore th' eternal Word. 2. That awful Word, that sov'reign Pow'r, By whom the worlds were made 5 (0 happy morn, illustrious hour !) Was once in flesh array'd. 3. Then shone almighty pow'r and love In all their glorious forms, When Jesus left his throne above To dwell with sinful worms. 4. To dwell with misery below, The Savior left the skies, And sunk to wretchedness and wo, That worthless man might rise. 5. Adoring angels tun'd their songs To hail the joyful day ; With rapture then let mortal tongues Their grateful worship pay. 6. What glory, Lord, to thee is due ! With wonder we adore ; But could we sing as angels do, Our highest praise were poor. OF CHRIST. 303 HYMN 96. 11, 12, 10. Praise to Christ. 1. Zion ! the marvellous story be telling, The Son of the Highest, how lowly his birth! The brightest archangel in glory excelling, He stoops to redeem thee, he reigns upon earth. Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing, Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King. 2. Tell how he cometh' from nation to nation, The heart cheering news let the earth echo roundf How free to the faithful he offers salvation, Ho w his people with j oy everlasting are cro wn'd. Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing, Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King. 3. Mortals ! your homage be gratefully bringing. And sweet let the gladsome hosanna arise ; Ye angels, the full hallelujah be singing, One chorus resound thro 'the earth and the skies.. Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing ; Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King. HYMN 97. S. ML The Incarnation. 1. Ye saints, proclaim abroad The honors of your King ; To Jesus, your incarnate God,. Your songs of praises sing. 2. Not angels round the throne' Of majesty above, Are half so much oblig'd as we,. To our Immanuel's love. 3. They never sunk so low, They are not rais'd so high ; They never knew such depths of wo. Such heights of majesty. 304 INCARNATION OP CHRIST. 4. The Savior did not join Their nature to his own ; For them he shed no blood divine, Nor breath'd a single groan. 5. May we with angels vie, The Savior to adore ; Our debts are greater far than theirs, 0 be our praises more ! HYMN. 98. C. M. The Incarnation of Christ. 1. Mortals, awake, with angels join And chant the solemn lay ; Joy, love, and gratitude, combine To hail th' auspicious day. 2. In heav'n the rapt'rous song began, And sweet seraphic fire Through all the shining legions ran, And strung and tun'd the lyre. 3. Swift through the vast expanse it flew. And loud the echo roll'd ; The theme, the song, the joy was new, 'Twas more than heav'n could hold. 4. Down through the portals of the sky ThJ impetuous torrent ran ; And angels flew with eager joy To bear the news to man. 5. Hark ! the cherubic armies shout, And glory leads the song ; Good-will and peace are heard throughout Th' harmonious heav'nly throng. 6. W^th joy the chorus we'll repeat, "Glory to God on high ! " Good-will and peace are now complete ; "Jesus was born to die." LIFE AND MINISTRY OF CHRIST. 305 7. Hail Prince of Life ! for ever hail, Redeemer, Brother, Friend ! Tho' earth, and time, and life should fail, Thy praise shall never end. HYMN 99. 11, 10. Birth of Christ. 1. Hail the blest morn ! when the great Mediator Down from the regions of glory descends ! Shepherds, go worship the babe in the manger ; Lo ! for your guide, the bright Angel attends. 2. Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are shining, Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall ; Angels adore him, in slumbers reclining, Maker, and Monarch, and Savior of all. 3. Say, shall we yield him a costly devotion Odors of Eden, and offerings divine ; Gems from themountain and pearls from the ocean, Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine ? 4. Vainly we offer each ample oblation, Vainly with gold would his favor secure ; Richer by far is the heart's adoration, Dearer to God are the pray'rs of the poor. LIFE AND MINISTRY OF CHRIST. HYMN 100. C. M. The Redeemer's message. 1. Hark the glad sound ! the Savior's come, The Savior promised long ! Let ev'ry heart prepare a throne, And ev'ry voice a song. 2. On him the Spirit largely pourM, Exerts its sacred fire : Wisdom and might, and zeal and love His holy breast inspire. 20 306 LIFE AND MINISTRY 3. He comes the pris'ners to release, In Satan's bondage held ; The gates of brass before him burst,. The iron fetters yield. 4. He comes from thickest films of vice To clear the mental ray, And on the eye-balls of the blind, To pour celestial day. 5. He comes the broken heart to bind,. The bleeding soul to cure ; And with his righteousness and grace T' enrich the humble poor. 6. Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace, Thy welcome shall proclaim ; And heav'n's eternal arching ring With thy beloved name. HYMN 101. L. M. The example of Christ. 1. My dear 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 zeal, . Such defrence to thy Father's will, Thy love and meekness so divine, I would transcribe and make them mine. 3. Cold mountains and the midnight air Witness'd the fervor of thy pray'r : The desert thy temptations knew, Thy conflict and thy vict'ry too. 4. Be thou my pattern ; let me bear More of thy gracious image here : Then God the judge shall own my name Among the foll'wers of the Lamb- OF CHRIST* 307 HYMN 102. L. M. Our example. 1. And is the gospel peace and love ? Such let our conversation be ; The serpent blended with the dove, Wisdom and meek simplicity. 2. Whene'er the angry passions rise, And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife On Jesus let us fix our eyes, Bright pattern of the Christian life. 3. 0 how benevolent and kind ! How mild ! how ready to forgive ! Be this the temper of our mind, And these the rules by which we live. 4. To do his heav'nly Father's will, Was his employment and delight : Humility and holy zeal Shone through his life divinely bright, . 5. Dispensing good where'er he came, The labors of his life were love : If then we love the Savior's name, Let his divine example move ! HYMN 103. C. M. Who went about doing good. L Behold, where in a mortal form Appears each grace divine ! The virtues, all in Jesus met, With mildest radiance shine. 2, To spread the rays of heav'nly light. To give the mourner joy, To preach glad tidings to the poor,. Was his divine employ. 3. Lowly in heart, to all his friends A friend and servant found y 308 LIFE AND MINISTRY OF CHRIST. He wash'd their feet, he wip'd their tears, And heal'd each bleeding wound. 4. Midst keen reproach and cruel scorn, Patient and meek he stood : His foes ungrateful, sought his life ; He labor'd for their good. 5. To God he left his righteous cause, And still his task pursu'd •* While humble pray'r and holy faith His fainting strength renew 'd. 6. In the last hours of deep distress, Before his Father's throne, With soul resigned he bow'd, and said, "Thy will, not mine, be done \" 7. Be Christ our pattern and our guide ; His image may we bear : 0 may we tread his holy steps, His joy and glory share ! HYMN 104. L. M. Transfiguration. 1. On Tabor's top the Savior stands, His alter'd face resplendent shines, And while he elevates his hands, Lo ! glory marks its gentle lines ! 2. Two heav'nly forms descend to wait Upon their surf 'ring Prince below ; But while they worship at his feet, They talk of fast approaching wo. 3. Amid the lustre of the scene, To Calvary he turn his eyes, And with submission, all serene, He marks the future tempest rise. 4. Then let us climb the mount of pray'r, Where all his beaming glories shine, SUFFERINGS AND DEATH OF CHRIST. 309 And gazing on his brightness there, Our woes forget in joys divine. 5. Oh, that on yonder heavenly hills, Where now the risen Savior stands, And peace, like softest dew, distils — I too may elevate my hands. SUFFERINGS AND DEATH OF CHRIST. HYMN 105. L. M. He suffered. 1. 0 Lord, when faith with fixed eyes Beholds thy wondrous sacrifice, Love rises to an ardent flame, And we all other hope disclaim. 2. With cold affections who can see The thorns, the scourge, the nails, the tree, The flowing tears, and crimson sweat, The bleeding hands, and head, and feet ! 3. Jesus, what millions of our race Have been the triumphs of thy grace ! And millions more to thee shall fty, And on thy sacrifice rely. 4. The sorrow, shame, and death were thine. And all the stores of wrath divine ! Ours are the pardon, life, and bliss ! What love can be compar'd to this ? HYMN 106. L. M. Gethsemane. 1. 'Tis midnight — and on Olive's brow, The star is dimm'd that lately shone ; 'Tis midnight — in the garden now, The suffering Savior prays alone. .0 SUFFERINGS AND DEATH 2. 'Tis midnight — and from all remov'd, Immanuel wrestles lone with fears ; E'en the disciple that he lov'd Heeds not his Master's grief and tears. 3. 'Tis midnight — and for other's guilt The man of sorrows weeps in blood ; Yet he that hath in anguish knelt, Is not forsaken by his God. 4. 'Tis midnight — and from ether plains, Is borne the song that angels know ; Unheard by mortals are their strains That sweetly soothe the Savior's wo. HYMN 107. C. M. He suffered and died. 1. From whence these direful omens round, Which heav'n and earth amaze ? Wherefore do earthquakes cleave the ground ? Why hides the sun his rays ? 2. Well may the earth astonish'd shake, And nature sympathize ! The sun as darkest night be black, Their Maker, Jesus, dies ! 3. Behold, fast streaming from the tree, His all-atoning blood ! Is this the Infinite ? 'tis he, My Savior and my God ! 4. For me these pangs his soul assail, For me this death is borne ; My sms gave sharpness to the nail, And pointed ev'ry thorn, 5. Let sin no more my soul enslave, Break, Lord, its tyrant chain ; 0 save me, whom thou cam'st to save, Nor bleed, nor die in vain ! OF CHRIST. 311 HYMN 108. C. M. Christ sustained the pains of hell. 1. And did the holy and the just, The sovereign of the skies, Stoop down to wretchedness and dust, That guilty worms might rise ? 2. Yes, the Redeemer in his soul Sustain'd the pains of hell ; The wrath of God without control, On him our surety fell. 3. He took the dying sinner's place, And suffer'd in his stead ; For man, (0 miracle of grace !) For man the Savior bled ! 4. Dear Lord, what heav'nly wonders dwell In thy atoning blood ! By this are sinners snatch'd from hell, And rebels brought to God. 5. Jesus, my soul adoring bends, To love so full, so free ; And may I hope that love extends, Its sacred pow'r to me ? -6. What glad return can I impart For favors so divine ? 0 take my all — this worthless heart, And make it only thine. HYMN 109. L. M. Behold the Lamb of God. 1. Behold the sin-atoning Lamb, With wonder, gratitude and love ! To take away our guilt and shame, See him descending from above. 2. Our sins and griefs on him were laid .; He meekly bore the mighty load : M SUFFERINGS AND DEATH Our ransom-price he fully paid, In groans and tears, in sweat and blood. 3. To save a guilty world he dies ; Sinners, behold the bleeding Lamb ! To him lift up your longing eyes, And hope for mercy in his name. 4. Pardon and peace through him abound, He can the richest blessings give ; Salvation in his name is found, He bids the dying sinner live. 5. Jesus, my Lord, I look to thee, Where else can helpless sinners go ? Thy boundless love shall set me free From all my wretchedness and wo. HYMN. 110. CM. The love of a dying Savior. 1. Behold the Savior of mankind NaiPd to the shameful tree ; How vast the love that him inclin'd To bleed and die for me ! 2. Hark, how he groans ! while nature shakes, And earth's strong pillars bend ! The temple's 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 ; 0 Lamb of God ! was ever pain, Was ever love like thine ! OP CHRIST. 313 HYMN 111. L. M. He luas crucified. 1. Stretch'd on the cross the Savior dies, Hark ! his expiring groans arise ! See, from his hands, his feet, his side, Runs down the sacred crimson tide ! 2. Believers, now behold the man ! The man of grief condemned for you, The Lamb of God for sinners slain, Weeping to Calvary pursue. 3. His sacred limbs they pierce, they tear, With nails they fasten to the wood ; His sacred limbs ! exposed and bare, Or only covered with his blood. 4. See there ! his temples crown'd with thorns,. His bleeding hands extended wide, His streaming feet transfixed and torn, The fountain gushing from his side. 5. Thou dear, thou sufPring Son of God, How doth thy heart to sinners move ! Sprinkle on us thy precious blood, Constrain us with thy dying love ! HYMN 112. L. M. It is Christ that died. 1. Sinners rejoice, 'tis Christ that died I Behold the blood flows from his side, To wash your souls and raise you high, To dwell with God above the sky ! 2. 'Tis Christ that died, 0 love divine ! Here mercy, truth, and justice shine ; God reconciPd, and sinners bought With Jesus' blood — how sweet the thought. 3. 'Tis Christ that died, a truth indeed, On which my faith would ever feed ; 314 SUFFERINGS AND DEATH* Nor let the works that I perform Be nam'd, to swell a haughty worm, 4. 'Tis Christ that died, 'tis Christ was slain-, To save my soul from endless pain ; 'Tis Christ that died, shall be my theme, While I have breath to praise his name. HYMN 113. L. M. Crucifixion to the ivorld by the cross of Christ. 1. When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride. 2. Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the cross of Christ, my God ; All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to thy 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 a Savior's crown ? 4. Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a tribute far too small ; Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my life, my soul, my all. HYMN 114. L. M. It is finished. 1. 'Tis finish'd — so the Savior cried, And meekly bow'd his head and died : 'Tis finish'd — yes, the work is done, The battle fought, the vict'ry won. 2. 'Tis finish'd — all that heav'n decreed, And all the ancient prophets said, Is now fulfill'd, as long design'd. In me, the Savior of mankind. OF CHRIST, 315 3. 'Tis finish'd — Aaron now no more Must stain his robes with purple gore ; The sacred veil is rent in twain, And Jewish rites no more remain. 4. 'Tis finish'd — this, my dying groan, Shall sins of" ev'ry kind atone ; Millions shall be redeemed from death, By this, my last expiring breath. 5. 'Tis finish'd — heav'n is reconcil'd, And all the pow'rs of darkness spoil'd ; Peace, love, and happiness, again Return and dwell with sinful men. 6. 'Tis finish'd — let the joyful sound Be heard through all the nations round ; 'Tis finish'd — let the echo fly Thro' heav'n and hell, thro' earth and sky. HYMN 115. 8, 7. Gazing on the cross. 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. Here I'll sit, for ever viewing Mercy's streams, in streams of blood ; Precious drops my soul bedewing Plead and claim my peace with God, 3. Here it is I find my heaven, While upon the Lamb I gaze ; Here I see my sins forgiven, Lost in wonder, love, and praise. 4. May I still enjoy this feeling, In all need to Jesus go ; Prove his blood each day more healing, And himself more deeply know. 316 RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION/OF CHRIST. HYMN. 116. CM. The resurrection of Christ. 1 . Bless'd morning, whose young dawning rays Beheld our rising God ; That saw him triumph o'er the dust, And leave his dark abode ! 2. In the cold prison of a tomb The dead Redeemer lay, Till the revolving skies had brought The third, th' appointed day. 3. Hell and the grave unite their force To hold our God in vain ; The sleeping Conqueror arose, And burst their feeble chain. 4. To thy great name Almighty Lord, These sacred hours we pay, And loud hosannas shall proclaim The triumph of the day. 5. Salvation and immortal praise To our victorious King ; Let heav'n and earth, and rocks and seas. With glad hosannas ring. HYMN 117. 7s. The resurrection of Christ. 1. Christ the Lord is ris'n to-day, Sons of men and angels sajr ; Raise your joys and triumphs high, Sing, ye heav'ns, and earth reply. 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. OF CHRIST. 31 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, 0 death, is now thy sting ?" Once he died our souls to save, "Where's thy vict'ry, boasting grave ?" 5. Hail the Lord of earth and heav'n ! Praise to thee by both be giv'n i Thee we greet triumphant now, Hail ! the Resurrection — thou. HYMN 118. H. M. Resurrection of Christ, 1. Yes! the Redeemer rose, The Savior left the dead, And o'er our hellish foes High raised his conq'ring head : In wild dismay the guards around, Fall to the ground, and sink away. 2. Lo ! the angelic bands In full assembly meet, To wait his high commands, And worship at his feet : Joyful they come, and wing their way From realms of day, to Jesus' tomb. 3. Then back to heav'n they fly, The joyful news to bear ; Hark ! as they soar on high, What music fills the air ! Their anthems say, "Jesus who bled, "Hath left the dead — he rose to-day." 4. Ye mortals I^catch the sound — ■ Redeem'd by him from hell, 318 RESURRECTION A NI> ASCENSION And send the echo round The globe on which you dwell : Transported, cry — "Jesus who bled, "Hath left the dead, no more # die." 5. All hail, triumphant Lord, Who sav'st us with thy blood ? Wide be thy name ador'd, Thou rising, reigning God ! With thee we rise, with thee we reign, And empires gain beyond the skies. HYMN 119. L. M. The resurrection of Christ a pledge of ours. 1. When I the lonely tomb survey, Where once my Savior deign'd to lie, I see fulfiU'd what prophets say, And all the pow'r of death defy. 2. This empty tomb shall now proclaim, ^ How weak the bands of conquer'd death ; Sweet pledge ! — that all who trust his name Shall rise, and draw immortal breath ! 3. Jesus, once numbered with the dead, Unseals his eyes to sleep no more ; And ever lives, their cause to plead, For whom the pains of death he bore. 4. Thy risen Lord, my soul behold ! See the rich diadem he wears ! Thou too shalt bear an harp of gold, To crown thy joy when he appears. 5. Though in the dust I lay my head, Yet, gracious God, thou wilt not leave My flesh for ever with the dead, Nor lose thy children in the grave. OF CHRIST. 319 HYMN 120. L. M. / know that my Redeemer liveth. \. I Know that, my Redeemer lives. ; What comfort this sweet sentence gives !. He lives, he lives, who once was dead, He lives my ever-living head ! 2. He lives triumphant from the grave,. He lives eternally to save ; He lives all-glorious in the sky, He lives exalted there on high. 3. He lives to bless me with his love,. He lives to plead for me above ; He lives my hungry soul to feed, He lives to help in time of need. 4. He lives to grant me rich supply, H lives to guide me with his eye ; He lives to comfort me when faint, He lives to hear my soul's complaint. 5. He lives to silence all my fears, He lives to stop and wipe my tears ; He lives to calm my troubled heart,* He lives all blessings to impart. 6. He lives my kind, wise, heavenly friend5. He lives and loves me to the end ; He lives, and while he lives Til sing, He lives my prophet, priest, and king. 7. He lives and grants me daily breath, He lives, and I shall conquer death ; He lives, my mansion to prepare, He lives to bring me safely there. 8. He lives, all glory to his name ! He lives, my Jesus still the same ; 0 the sweet joy this sentence gives? 1 know that my Redeemer lives.. 320 RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION HYMN 121. 7s. The resurrection and ascension of ChrisU 1. Angels! roll the rock away ! Death ! yield up thy mighty prey ! See ! the Savior quits the tomb, Glowing with immortal bloom. 2. Shout ye seraphs, Gabriel, raise Fame's eternal trump of praise ! Let the earth's remotest bound, Echo to the blissful sound. 3. Now, ye saints, lift up your eyes ! See the conq'ror mount the skies ; Troops of angels on the road, Hail, and sing th' incarnate God. 4. Heav'n unfolds her portals wide ! Glorious Hero ! through them ride ! King of glory ! mount thy throne — Boundless empire is thine own. 5. Praise him, ye celestial choirs ! Praise and sweep your golden lyres ! Praise him in the noblest songs, From ten thousand thousand tongues. HYMN 122. L. M. The ascension of Christ. 1. Our Lord is risen from the dead, Our Jesus is gone up on high ; The powers of hell are captive led — Dragg'd to the portals of the sky. 2. There his triumphal chariot waits, And angels chant the solemn lay ; "Lift up your heads, ye heav'nly gates ! "Ye everlasting doors, give way !" 3. Loose all your bars of massy light, And wide unfold the radiant scene ; OF CHRIST. 321 He claims those mansions as his right — Receive the King of Glory in. 4. "Who is the King of Glory, who ?" The Lord, that all his foes o'ercame ; The world, sin, death and hell o'erthrew. And Jesus is the conqu'ror's name. 5. Lo ! his triumphal chariot waits, And angels chant the solemn lay ; "Lift up your heads, ye heav'nly gates ! "Ye everlasting doors, give way ! 6. "Who is the King of Glory, who !" The Lord of boundless pow'r possest : The King of saints and angels too, God over all, for ever blest ! HYMN 123. 7s. The ascension of Christ. 1. Hail, the day that saw him rise, Ravish'd from our wishful eyes ; Christ, awhile to mortals giv?n, Re-ascends his native heav'n; There the pompous triumph waits, "Lift your heads eternal gates ! "Wide unfold the radiant scene, "Take the King of Glory in ! 2. Him though highest heav'n receives. Still he loves the earth he leaves ; Though returning to his throne, Still he calls mankind his own ; Still for us he intercedes, Prevalent his death he pleads ; Next himself prepares a place, Harbinger of human race. 3. Master, (may we ever say,) Taken from the world away ? 21 322 RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION OF CIIRIST. See, thy faithful servants, see, Ever gazing up to thee ; Grant, though parted from our sight, High above yon azure height — Grant our souls may thither rise, Following thee beyond the skies. 4. Ever upward let us move, Wafted on the wings of love ; Looking when our Lord shall come, Looking for a happier home : There we shall with thee remain, Partners of thy endless reign ; There thy face unclouded see — Find a heav'n of heav'ns in thee. HYMN 124. C„ M. The ascension of Christ. 1. It is the voice of love divine, That strikes the list'ning ear, That soothes his mourning folio w'rs' grief-, And wipes the falling tear. 2. "Because I leave this world," he cries, "Your weeping eyes o'erflow, "But though I seek my native skies, "My heart remains below. 3. "My Spirit shall descend, and rest. "Upon each faithful head, "Till I, your Lord, return to call "My servants from the dead." 4. He said — and lifting up his hands, Pronounc'd his parting pray'r ; When lo, a bright descending cloud Convey'd him through the air. 5. With solemn awe his foll'wers view'd The splendor of the scene, EXALTATION AND INTERCESSION OF CHRIST. 323 While the unfolding gates of light Receiv'd the Savior in. 6. Burning with holy zeal, they spread Through distant lands his word ; And we, like them, with faith and joy, Expect our risen Lord. EXALTATION 'AND INTERCESSION OE CHRIST. HYMN 125. L. M. The exalted Savior. 1. Now let us raise our cheerful strains, And join the blissful choir above ; There our exalted Savior reigns, And there they sing his wondrous love. 2. While seraphs tune th' immortal song, 0 may we feel the sacred flame ; And ev'ry heart, and ev'ry tongue, Adore the Savior's glorious name ! 3. Jesus, who once upon the tree In agonizing pains expir'd ; Who died for rebels — yes, 'tis he ! How bright ! how lovely ! how admir'd I 4. Jesus, who died that we might live — Died in the wretched traitor's place ; 0 what returns can mortals give For such immeasurable grace ! 5. Were universal nature ours, And art with all her boasted store ; Nature and art, with all their pow'rs, Would still confess the off'rer poor. 6. Yet, though for bounty so divine, We ne'er can equal honors raise ; Jesus, may all our hearts be thine, And all our tongues proclaim thy praise, 324 EXALTATION AND INTERCESSION HYMN 126. C. M. Redeemer praised by angels. 1. Beyond the glitt'ring starry skies, Far as th' eternal hills, There, in the boundless worlds of light, Our dear Redeemer dwells. 2. Legions of angels round his throne In countless armies shine ; At his right hand, with golden harps, They offer songs divine. 3. "Hail, glorious Prince of Peace," they cry, "Whose unexampled love "Mov'd thee to quit those blissful realms, "'And royalties above." 4. Thro' all his travels here below, They did his steps attend, Oft wondering, how, or where, at last, This mystic scene would end. 5. They saw his heart transfix'd with wounds, And view'd the crimson gore ; They saw him break the bars of death, Which none e'er broke before. 6. They brought his chariot from above, To bear him to his throne ; Clapp'd their triumphant wings, and cried, "The glorious work is done." HYMN 127. L. M. He sitteth at the right hand of God. 1. Jesus the Lord our souls adore, A painful suff'rer now no more ; At the right hand of God he reigns O'er earth, and heav'n's extensive plains, 2. His race for ever is complete, For ever undisturb'd his seat : OF CHRIST. 325 Myriads of angels round him fly, And sing his well-gain'd victory. 3. Yet 'midst the honors of his throne, He joys not for himself alone ; His meanest servants share their part, Share in that royal tender heart. 4. Raise, raise, my soul, thy raptur'd sight With sacred wonder and delight ; Jesus at God's right hand now see, Enter'd within the veil for thee. HYMN 128. L. M. The intercession of Christ. 1. He lives ! the great Redeemer lives ! (What joy the blest assurance gives !) And now, before his Father, God, Pleads the full merit of his blood. 2. Repeated crimes awake our fears, And justice arm'd with frowns appears ; But in the Savior's lovely face, Sweet mercy smiles, and all is peace. 3. Hence, then, ye black, despairing thoughts ! Above our fears, above our faults, His pow'rful intercessions rise, And guilt recedes, and terror dies. 4. In ev'ry dark distressful hour, When sin and Satan join their pow'r, Let this dear hope repel the dart, That Jesus bears us on his heart. 5. Great Advocate, almighty Friend — On him our humble hopes depend ; Our cause can never, never fail, For Jesus pleads, and must prevail 326 EXALTATION AND INTERCESSION OF CHRIST. HYMN 129. C. M. Christ's intercession prevalent. 1. Awake, sweet gratitude ! and sing Th' ascending Savior's Jove ; Sing how he lives to carry on His people's cause above. 2. With cries and tears he offer 'd up His humble suit below ; But with authority he asks, Enthron'd in glory now. 3. For all that come to God by him, Salvation he demands ; Points to their names upon his breast^ And spreads his wounded hands. 4. His sweet atoning sacrifice Gives sanction to his claim : "Father, I will that all my saints "Be with me where I am : 5. "By thy salvation, recompense "The sorrows I endur'd; "Just to the merits of thy Son, "And faithful to thy word." 6. Eternal life, at his request, To ev'ry saint is giv'n, Safety below, and after death, The plentitude of heav'n. HYMN 130. S. M. Intercession of Christ. 1. Well, the Redeemer's gone T' appear before our God, To sprinkle o'er the flaming throne With his atoning blood. 2. No fiery vengeance now, No burning wrath comes down ; OFFICES OF CHRIST. 327 If justice calls for sinner's blood, The Savior shows his own. 3. Before his Father's eye Our humble suit he moves ; The Father lays his thunder by, And looks, and smiles, and loves. 4. Now may our joyful tongues Our Maker's honor sing ; Jesus, the priest, receives our songs. And bears them to the King. 5. We bow before his face, And sound his glories high ; "Hosanna to the God of grace. " That lays his thunder by. 6. " On earth thy mercy reigns, "And triumphs all above ;" But, Lord, how weak are mortal strains, To speak immortal love ! OFFICES OF CHRIST. HYMN 131. C. M. The offices of Christ. 1 . We bless the Prophet of the Lord, That comes with truth and grace ■; Jesus, thy Spirit and thy word, Shall lead us in thy ways. 2. We rev'rence our High Priest above, Who offer'd up his blood, And lives to carry on his love, By pleading with our God. 3. We honor our exalted King, How sweet are his commands ! He guards our souls from hell and sin. By his almighty hands. 328 OFFICES OF CHRIST. 4. Hosanna to his blessed name, Who saves by glorious ways ; Th' anointed Savior has a claim To our immortal praise. HYMN 132. H. M. . The offices of Christ. 1. Join all the glorious names Of wisdom, love, and pow'r, That ever mortals knew, That angels ever bore : All are too mean to speak his worth,. Too mean to set my Savior forth. 2. Great Prophet of my God, My tongue would bless thy name ; By thee the joyful news Of our salvation came : The joyful news of sin forgiv'n, Of hell subdu'd, and peace with heav'n, 3. Jesus, my great High Priest, Offer'd his blood and died ; My guilty conscience seeks No sacrifice beside : His pow'rful blood did once atone, And now it pleads before the throne. 4. My dear and mighty Lord, My Conqu'ror and my King ; Thy sceptre and thy sword, Thy reigning grace I sing : Thine is the pow'r: behold! I sit In willing bonds beneath thy feet. 5. Now let my soul arise, And tread the tempter down ; My Savior leads me forth To conquest and a crown: OFFICES OF CHRIST. 329 A feeble saint shall win the day, Though death and hell obstruct the way. 6. Should all the hosts of hell, And pow'rs of death unknown, Put their most dreadful forms Of death and mischief on : I shall be safe, for Christ displays Superior pow'r and guardian grace* HYMN 133. H. M. Christ our High Priest. 1. A good High Priest is come, Supplying Aaron's place, And taking up his room, Dispensing life and grace : The law by Aaron's priesthood came,. But grace and truth by Jesus' name. 2. My Lord a Priest is made, As sware the mighty God To Israel and his seed ; Ordain'd to offer blood For sinners, who his mercy seek ; A priest as was Melchisedek. 3. He once temptations knew, Of ev'ry sort and kind, That he might succour show To ev'ry tempted mind : In ev'ry point, the Lamb was tried Like us, and then for us he died. 4. I other priests disclaim, And laws and off'rings too, None but the bleeding Lamb The mighty work can do : He shall have all the praise, for he Hath lov'd, and liv'd, and died for me. 330 HOLY SPIRIT. HYMN 134. 6, 4, King. 1. Let us awake our joys, Strike up with cheerful voice, Each creature sing ; Angels — begin the song — Mortals — the strain prolong In accents sweet and strong — " Jesus is King." 2. Proclaim abroad his name, Tell of his matchless fame, What wonders done ; Shout through hell's dark profound, Let the whole earth resound, Till the high heav'ns rebound — " The victory's won." 3. He vanquish'd sin and hell, And the last foe will quell ; Mourners, rejoice ! His dying love adore, Praise him now rais'd in pow'r, And triumph evermore, With a glad voice. 4. All hail the glorious day, When through the heav'nly way Lo, he shall come ! While they who pierc'd him wail, His promise shall not fail, Saints, see your King prevail — Come, dear Lord, come ! XI. HOLY SPIRIT, HYMN 135. L. M. The operations of the Holy Spirit. I. Eternal Spirit ! we confess And sing the wonders of thy grace 9 HOLY SPIRIT. 331 Thy pow'r conveys our blessings down From God the Father and the Son. 2. Enlightened by thine heav'nly ray, Our shades and darkness turn to day ; Thine inward teachings make us know Our danger, and our refuge too. 3. Thy pow'r and glory work within, And break the chains of reigning sin ; Do our imperious lusts subdue, And form our wretched hearts anew. 4. The troubled conscience knows thy voice, Thy cheering words awake our joys ; Thy words allay the stormy wind, And calm the surges of the mind. HYMN 136. L. M. The effusion of the Spirit. 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 pow'r to kill, and pow'r to save ! Furnish'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 Savior's cause, "Go, spread the myst'ry 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 ! 5. Nations, the learned and the rude, Are by these heavenly arms subdu'd ; 332 HOLY SPIRIT. 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 willing captive to my Lord, And sing the vict'ries of his word. HYMN [137. L. M. The influences of the Holy Spirit experienced. 1. Dear Lord, and shall thy Spirit rest In such a wretched heart as mine ? Unworthy dwelling ! glorious Guest ! Favor astonishing, divine ! 2. When sin prevails, and gloomy fear, And hope almost expires in night, Lord, can thy Spirit then be here, Great spring of comfort, life, and light ? 3. Sure the blest Comforter is nigh ; 'Tis he sustains my fainting heart, Else would my hopes for ever die, And ev'ry cheering ray depart. 4. When some kind promise glads my soul, Do I not find his healing voice The tempest of my fears control, And bid my drooping pow'rs rejoice ? 5. Whene'er to call the Savior mine, With ardent wish my heart aspires ; Can it be less than pow'r divine, Which animates these strong desires ? 6. What less than thine almighty word Can raise my heart from earth and dust, And bid me cleave to thee, my Lord, My life, my treasure, and my trust ? 7. And when my cheerful hope can say, "I love my God, and taste his grace ;" HOLY SPIRIT. 333 Lord, is it not thy blissful ray Which brings this dawn of sacred peace ? 8. Let thy kind Spirit in my heart For ever dwell, 0 God of love ; And light and heav'niy peace impart, Sweet earnest of the joys above. HYMN 138. 7s. The Spirit's influence sought. 1. Gracious Spirit, love divine ! Let thy light within me shine ; All my guilty fears remove, Fill me full of heavm and love. 2. Speak thy pardning grace to me, Set the burden'd sinner free ; Lead me to the Lamb of God, Wash me in his precious blood. 3. Life and peace to me impart, Seal salvation on my heart ; Breathe thyself into my breast, Earnest of immortal rest. 4. Let me never from thee stray, Keep me in the narrow way ; Fill my soul with joy divine, Keep me, Lord, for ever thine. HYMN. 139. CM. The promised Comforter. 1. He's come ! let ev'ry knee be bent, All hearts new joy resume ; Sing, ye redeem'd, with one consent, " The Comforter is come." 2. What greater gift, what greater love, Could God on man bestow ? Angels for this rejoice above, Let man rejoice below ! 334 HOLY SPIRIT. 3. Hail, blessed Spirit ! may each soul Thy sacred influence feel ; Do thou each sinful thought control, And fix our wav'ring zeal ! 4. Thou to the conscience dost convey Those checks which we should know ; Thy motions point to us the way, Thou giv'st us strength to go, HYMN 140. C. M. The witnessing and sealing Spirit. 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 heavm ? When wilt thou banish my complaints,. And show my sins forgiv'n ? 3. Assure my conscience of her part In the Redeemer's blood ; And bear thy witness with my heart, That I 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 141. L. M. The leadings of the Spirit. 1. Come, gracious Spirit, heav'nly Dove,, With light and comfort from above ; Be thou our Guardian, thou our Guide ! O'er ev'ry thought and step preside. 2. Conduct us safe, conduct us far From ev'ry sin and hurtful snare ; HOLY SPIRIT. 335 Lead to thy 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 ev'ry 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 pastures stray. 5. Lead us to God our final rest, In his enjoyment to be blest ; Lead us to heav'n, the seat of bliss, Where pleasure in perfection is. HYMN L42. S. M. The Holy Spirit invoked, 1. Come, Holy Spirit, come, With energy divine, And on this poor benighted soul With beams of mercy shine. 2. From the celestial hills, Life, light, and joy dispense ;. And may I daily, hourly feel Thy quick'ning influence. 3. Melt, melt, this frozen heartr This stubborn will subdue, Each evil passion overcome, And form me all anew. 4. Mine will the profit be, But thine shall be the praise y And unto thee I will devote The remnant of my days. 336 HOLY SPIRIT. HYMN 143. S. M. Invocation to the Holy Spirit. 1. Blest Comforter divine ! Whose rays of heav'nly love Amid our gloom and darkness shine, And point our souls above. 2. Thou — who with "still small voice," Dost stop the sinner's way, And bid the mourning saint rejoice, Though earthly joys decay : 3. Thou — whose inspiring breath Can make the cloud of care, And e'en the gloomy vale of death A smile of glory wear : 4. Thou — who dost fill the heart With love to all our race, Blest Comforter ! to us impart The blessings of thy grace. HYMN 144. C. M. Breathing after the Holy Spirit. 1. Come, Holy Spirit, heav'nly Dove, With all thy quick'ning pow'rs, Kindle a flame of sacred love In these cold hearts of ours. 2. Look how we grovel here below, Fond of these trifling toys ; Our souls can neither fly nor go, To reach eternal joys. 3. In vain we tune our formal songs, In vain we strive to rise ; Hosannas languish on our tongues, And our devotion dies. 4. Dear Lord ! and shall we ever live At this poor, dying rate ? CHURCH OF CHRIST. 337 Our love so faint, so cold to thee, And thine to us so great ? 5. Come, Holy Spirit, heav'nly Dove, With all thy quick'ning pow'rs, Come, shed abroad a Savior's love, And that shall kindle ours. XII. CHURCH OF CHRIST. HYMN 145. L. M. The Church. 1. Shout, for the blessed Jesus reigns, Thro' distant lands his triumphs spread. And sinners, freed from endless pains, Own him their Savior and their Head. 2. He calls his chosen from afar, They all at Zion's gate arrive ; Those who were dead in sin before, By sov'reign grace were made alive. 3. Gentiles and Jews his laws obey, Nations remote their off'rings bring, And unconstrain'd their homage pay To their exalted God and King. 4. 0 may his holy Church increase, His word and Spirit still prevail, While angels celebrate his praise, And saints his growing glories hail ! 5. Loud hallelujahs to the Lamb, From all below, and all above ; In lofty songs exalt his name, In songs as lasting as his love. HYMN 146. S. M. Love to the Church. 1. I love thy kingdom, Lord, The house of thine abode ; 22 338 CHURCH OF CHRIST. The Church our blest Redeemer sav!c| With his own precious blood,. 2. I love thy Church, 0 God ! Her walls before thee stand, Dear as the apple of thine eye, And graven on thy hand. 3. If e'er to bless thy sons My voice, or hands deny, These hands let useful skill forsa^e; This voice in silence die. 4. If e'er my heart forget Her welfare, or her wo, Let ev'ry joy this heart forsake, And ev'ry grief o'erflow. 5. For her my tears shall fall ; For her my pray'rs ascend : To her my cries and toils be giv'n5ii Till toils and cares shall end. 6. Beyond my highest joy I prize her heavenly ways ; Her sweet communion, solemn vowsp t Her hymns of love and praise. 7. Jesus, thou friend divine, Our Savior, and our King, Thy hand from ev'ry snare and foe. Shall great deliverance bring. 8. Sure as thy truth shall last, To Zion shall be giv'n The brightest glories earth can yield, And brighter bliss of heav'm HYMN 147. L. M. The Church triumphant. 1, Triumphant Zion ! lift thy head From dust and darkness, and the dead J CHURCH OF CHRIST. 330 Though humbled long, awake at length. And gird thee with thy Savior's strength ! 2. Put all thy beauteous garments on, And let thy excellence be known : Deck'd in the robes of righteousness, The world thy glories shall confess. 3. No more shall foes unclean invade, And fill thy hallow 'd walls with dread ; Nor more shall hell's insulting host Their vict'ry and thy sorrows boast. 4. God from on high has heard thy pray'r, His hand thy ruins shall repair : Nor will thy watchful Monarch cease To. guard thee in eternal peace. HYMN 148. L. M. The Church's complaint. 1. Ji/ORD, in these dark and dismal daysj. We mourn the hidings of thy face ; Proud enemies our path surround, To level Zion with the ground. 2. Her sons, her worship they deride,. And hiss thy word with tongues of pride ; And cry, t' insult our humble pray'r, " Where is your God, ye Christians, where ?J? 3. . Errors and sins and follies grow, Thy saints bow down in deepest wo ; Their love decays, their zeal is -o'er, And thousands walk with Christ no more. 4. To happier days our bosoms turn ; Those days but teach us how to mourns The God, who bade his mercy flow, In wrath withdraws his" blessings now. 5.. The blessing's from thy truth withdrawn. Its quick'ning saving influence gone :, 340 CHURCH OF CHRIST. Unwarn'd, unwaken'd, sinners hear. Nor see their awful danger near. 6. In dews unseen, in scanty show'rs, Thy Spirit sheds his healing pow'rs : Thy thirsty ground is parch'd beneath. And all is barrenness and death. 7. Yet still, thy name is ever blest, On thee our hope shall safely rest : Zion her Savior soon shall see Array ?d to set his Israel free. 8. Jesus, with vengeance arm'd shall come To crush his foes and seal their doom ; The mystic Babel whelm in dust, Her pomp, her idols, pow'r, and trust. 9. Then shall thy saints exult, and sing The matchless glories of their King ; Nations before his altar bend, And peace from realm to realm extend. HYMN 149. lis. Comfort for the Church in trouble. 1. 0 Zion ! afflicted with wave upon wave, Whom no man can comfort, whom no man can save ; With darkness surrounded, by terrors dismay'd, In toiling and rowing, thy strength is decayM. 2. Loud roaring the billows now nigh overwhelm, But skilful's the Pilot who sits at the helm ; His wisdom conducts thee, his pow'r thee defends; In safety and quiet thy warfare he ends. 3. "0 fearful ! 0 faithless !" in mercy he cries, " My promise, my truth, are they light in thine eyes ? Still, still I am with thee, my promise shall stand; Thro' tempest and tossing I'll bring thee to land. CHURCH OF CHRIST. 341 4. Forget thee I will not, I cannot, thy name Engrav'd on my heart doth for ever remain ; The palms of my hands whilst I look on, I see The womids I receiv'd when suff'ring for thee. 5. Then trust me, and fear not ; thy life is secure j My wisdom is perfect, supreme is my pow'r ; In love I correct thee, thy soul to refine To make thee at length in my likeness to shine." HYMN 150. 8, 7. The future peace and glory of the Church. 1. Hear what God the Lord hath spoken ; 0 my people, faint and few ; Comfortless, afflicted, broken, Fair abodes I build for you. 2. Themes of heart-felt tribulation Shall no more perplex your ways ; You shall name your walls, salvation, And your gates shall all be praise. 3. There, like streams that feed the garden, Pleasures without end shall flow ; For the Lord your faith rewarding, All his bounty shall bestow. 4. Still in undisturb'd possession, Peace and righteousness shall reign ; Never shall you feel oppression, Hear the voice of war again. 5. Ye no more your suns descending, Waning moons no more shall see ; But your griefs, for ever ending, Find eternal noon in me. 6. God shall rise, and shining o'er you, Change to day the gloom of night ; He, the Lord, shall be your glory, God your everlasting light. 342 CHURCH OF CHRIST. HYMN 151. L. M. Prayer for the increase of the Church. 1. 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 control ; 2. So, Jesus, let thy kingdom come, Then sin and hell's terrific gloom Shall, at his brightness, flee away, The dawn of an eternal day. 3. Then shall the heathen, fill'd with awe, Learn the blest knowledge of thy law ; And Antichrists, on ev'ry shore, Fall from their thrones to rise no more. 4. Then shall the Jew and Gentile meet, In pure devotion at thy feet ; And earth shall yield thee, as thy due, Her fulness and her glory too. HYMN 152. 8, 7, 4. Zion's increase prayed for. 1. O'er the gloomy hills of darkness, Look, my soul, be still and gaze ; All the promises do travail With a glorious day of grace ; Bless'd jubilee, Let thy glorious morning dawn I 2. Kingdoms wide, that sit in darkness, Grant them, Lord, the glorious light, And from eastern coast to western, May the morning chase the night ; And redemption Freely purchas'd, win the day. 3. May the glorious day approaching^ Thine eternal love proclaim. CHURCH OP CHRISTo 343 And the everlasting gospel, Spread abroad thy holy name, O'er the borders Of the great ImmanuePs land. 4. Fly abroad thou mighty gospel, Win and conquer, never cease ; May thy lasting wide dominions Multiply and still increase ; Sway thy sceptre, Savior, all the world around. HYMN 153. 8, 7, 4. Ziori's increase prayed for. 1. Gird thy sword on, mighty Savior, Make the word of truth thy car, Prosper in thy course, triumphant, All success attend thy war ; Gracious victor, Bring thy trophies from afar. 2. Majesty combined with meekness. Righteousness and peace unite To ensure thy blessed conquests ; Take possession of thy right, Ride triumphant, Deck'd in robes of purest light. 3. Blest are they that touch thy sceptre, Blest are all that own thy reign ; Freed from sin, that worst of tyrants, Rescu'd from its galling chain ; Saints and angels, All who know thee, bless thy reign. HYMN 154. L. M. Prayer for the Jews. 1. Father of faithful Abr'am, hear Our earnest suit for Abr'am's •■seed-; 344 CHURCH OF CHRIST. Justly they claim the tend'rest pray'r From us, adopted in their stead : 2. Outcasts from thee, and scatter'd wide Through ev'ry nation under heav'n, Blaspheming whom they crucified, Unsav'd, unpitied, unforgiv'n. 3. But hast thou finally forsook, For ever cast thine own away ? Wilt thou not bid the murd'rers look On him they pierc'd, and weep and pray ? 4. Come then, thou great deliv'rer, come, The veil from Jacob's heart remove ; 0 bring thine ancient people home, And let them know thy dying love ! HYMN 155. L. M. Thy kingdom come. 1. Ascend thy throne, Almighty King. And spread thy glories all abroad ; Let thine own arm salvation bring, And be thou known the gracious God. 2. Let millions bow before thy seat, Let humble mourners seek thy face, Bring daring rebels to thy feet, Subdu'd by thy victorious grace. 3. 0 let the kingdoms of the world Become the kingdoms of the Lord ; Let saints and angels praise thy name, Be thou through heav'n and earth ador'c.. HYMN 156. H. M. The glory of the Church in the latter-day. 1. 0 Zion, tune thy voice, And raise thy hands on high ; Tell all the earth thy joys, And boast salvation nigh : CHURCH OF CHRIST. i Cheerful in God, Arise and shine, While rays divine Stream all abroad. 2. He gilds thy mourning face With beams that cannot fade ; His all-resplendent grace He pours around thy head : The nations round Thy form shall view, With lustre new Divinely crown'd. 3. In honor to his name Reflect that sacred light, And loud that grace proclaim, Which makes thy darkness bright :_ Pursue his praise Till sovereign love In worlds above The glory raise. 4. There on his holy hill A brighter Sun shall rise, And with his ladiance fill Those fairer, purer skies : While round his throne Ten thousand stars In nobler spheres His influence own. HYMN 157. C. M. Latter-day glory. 1. Rejoice, ye nations of the world, And hail the happy day, When Satan's kingdom downward hurPd, Shall perish with dismay. 346 CHURCH OF CHRIST. 2. Rejoice, ye heathens, (wood and stone Shall form your gods no more ;) Jehovah ye shall trust alone, And him alone adore . 3. Christians rejoice— each party name, Each difF'rent sect shall cease ; Your error, grief, and wrath and shame, Shall yield to truth and peace. 4. Ye sons of peace, the triumph share, Trumpets no more shall sound; The murd'rous sword, the bloody spear, Shall cultivate the ground. 5. Bright o'er the mountains, may we see This blessed morning ray ; And glorious may its splendor be, E'en to the perfect day. HYMN 158. L. M. Millennium. 1. Look up, ye saints, with sweet surprise, Toward the joyful, coming day, When Jesus shall descend the skies, And form a bright and dazzling ray. 2. Nations shall in a day be born, And swift, like doves, to Jesus fly ; The church shall know no clouds return, Nor sorrows mixing with their joy. 3. The lion and the lamb shall feed Together in his peaceful reign ; And Zion, blest with heav'nly bread, Of pinching wants no more complain. 4. The Jew, the Greek, the bond, the free, Shall boast their sep'rate rights no more, But join in sweetest harmony, Their Lord, their Savior to adore. CHURCH OF CHRIST. 347 5. Thus, till a thousand years be past, Shall holiness and peace prevail, And ev'ry knee shall bow to Christ, And ev'ry tongue shall Jesus hail. 6. Then the redeemed shall mount on high, Where their deliv'ring Prince is gone ; And angels at his word shall fly, To bless them with the conqu'ror's crown, HYMN 159. 7s. Christ reigning. 1. Hark ! the song of Jubilee Loud as mighty thunders roar, Or the fulness of the sea When it breaks upon the shore ; Hallelujah ! for the Lord, God omnipotent, shall reign ; Hallelujah ! let the word Echo round the earth and main. 2. Hallelujah! hark! the sound, From the depth unto the skies, Wakes above, beneath, around All creation's harmonies ; See Jehovah's banner furl'd, Sheath'd his sword ; he speaks ; 'tis done '$ And the kingdoms of this world Are the kingdoms of his Son. 3. He shall reign from pole to pole With illimitable sway ; He shall reign when like a scroll, Yonder heav'ns have pass'd away ; Then the end — beneath his rod Man's last enemy shall fall ; Hallelujah ! Christ is God, •God in Christ, is all in all 348 BLESSINGS OF THE COVENANT. XIII. BLESSINGS OP THE COVENANT, THE CALL. HYMN 160. C. M. The invitation of the Gospel. 1. Let every mortal ear attend, And ev'ry heart rejoice ; The trumpet of the gospel sounds With an inviting voice. 2. Ho ! all ye hungry starving souls That feed upon the wind, And vainly strive with earthly toys To fill an empty mind : 3. Eternal Wisdom has prepar'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, Like floods of milk and wine. 6. Dear God ! the treasures of thy love Are everlasting mines, Deep as our helpless miseries are, And boundless as our sins ! 7. The happy gates of gospel grace Stand open night and day ; Lord, we are come to seek supplies., And drive our wants away. THE GOSPEL CALL. 349 HYMN 161. C. M. The Lord's call. 1. Let us adore the grace that seeks To draw our hearts above ! Attend, 'tis God, the Savior, speaks, And every word is love. 2. "Come forth/' he says, "no more pursue The path that leads to death ; Look up, a bleeding Savior view, Look, and be sav'd by faith. 3. "My sons and daughters you shall be, Through my atoning blood ; And you shall claim and find in me, A Father, and a God," 4. Lord, speak these words to ev'ry heart. By thine almighty voice, That we may now from sin depart. And make thy love our choice. HYMN 162. L. M. Come, for all things are ready. 1. Sinners, obey the gospel word ! Haste to the supper of your Lord, Be wise to know your gracious day. All things are ready, come away ! 2. Ready the Father is to own, And kiss his late returning son ; Ready your loving Savior stands, And spreads for you his bleeding hands. 3. Ready the Spirit, heav'nly Dove ! To fill the broken heart with love, T? apply, and witness with the blood, And wash, and seal the sons of God* 4. Ready for you the angels wait, To triumph in your blest estate 5 35t0 BLESSINGS OF THE COVENANT. Tuning their harps, they long to praise The wonders of redeeming grace. 5. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Are ready with their shining host ;. All heav'n is ready to resound, " The dead's alive ! the lost is found !" HYMN 163. C. M. The call. 1. Sinners, the voice of God regard, 'Tis mercy speaks to-day ; He calls you by his sovereign word, From sin's destructive way. 2. Like the rough sea that cannot rest, You live devoid of peace ; A thousand stings within your breast, Deprive your souls of ease. 3. Your way is dark, and leads to -hell ; Why will you persevere ? Can you in endless torments dwell, Shut up in black despair ? 4. Why will you in the crooked ways Of sin and folly go ? In pain you travel all your days, To reap, immortal wo ! 5. But he that turns to- God shall live,.. Through his abounding grace ; His mercy will the guilt forgive,. Of those that seek his face. 6t Bow to the sceptre of his word, Renouncing ev'ry sin ; Submit to him, your sov'reign Lord,. And learn his will divine. 7. His love exceeds your highest thoughts ; He will become your God, And will forgive your num'rous faults, Through the Redeomez's blood.. 35* THE GOSPEL CALL. HYMN 164. L. M. The care of the soul the one thing needful*'. 1; Why will ye lavish out your years Amidst a thousand trifling cares ? While in this various range of thought, The one thing needful is forgot. 2. Why will ye chase the fleeting wind, And famish an immortal mind ? While angels with regret look down, To see you spurn a heav'nly crown., 3. Th' eternal God calls from above, And Jesus pleads his bleeding love ; Awaken 'd conscience gives you pain, And shall they join their pleas in vain. 4. Not so your dying eyes. shall view Those objects which you now pursue ! ; Not so shall heav'n and hell appear, When the decisive hour is near. 5;. Almighty God, thy pow'r impart, , To fix conviction on the heart, Thy pow'r unveils the blindest eyesy And makes the haughtiest, scorner wise, . H7MN las., L. Jjfc, Weary souls invited to Test. h Come, weary, souls, with sin distrest, Come, and accept the promised rest ; . The Savior's gracious call obey, And cast your gloomy fears. away, %t Oppress'd with guilt, a painful load, 0 come, and spread your woes abroad ) Divine compassion, mighty love, Will all the painful load remove. 3. Here mercy's boundless ocean flows, To cleanse your guilt and .heal your woes ; 352 BLESSINGS OF THE COVENANT. Pardon, and life, and endless peace, How rich the gift, how free the grace ! 4. Lord, we accept with thankful heart, The hope thy gracious words impart ; We come with trembling, yet rejoice, And bless the kind inviting voice. 5. Dear Savior ! let thy pow'rful love Confirm our faith, our fears remove. And sweetly influ'nce ev'ry breast, And guide us to eternal rest. HYMN 166. H. M. Yet there is room. 1. Ye dying sons of men, Immerg'd in sin and wo, The gospel's voice attend, While Jesus sends to you : Ye perishing and guilty, come, In Jesus' arms there yet is room. 2. No longer now delay Nor vain excuses frame ; He bids you come to-day, Though poor, and blind, and lame '-: All things are ready — sinners, come, For ev'ry trembling soul there's room. 3. Believe the heav'nly word His messages proclaim ; He is a gracious Lord, And faithful is his name ; Backsliding souls, return and come, Cast off despair — there yet is room. 4. Compell'd by bleeding love, Ye wand'ring sheep, draw near ; Christ calls you from above, His charming accents hear ! THE GOSPEL CALL. 353 Let whosoever will now come ; In mercy's breast there still is room. HYMN 167. C. M. ■ The Savior's invitation. 1. The Savior calls — let ev'ry ear Attend the heav'nly sound ; Ye doubting souls, dismiss your fear, Hope smiles reviving round. 2. For ev'ry thirsty, longing heart, Here streams of bounty flow, And life, and health, and bliss impart, To banish mortal wo. 3. Here springs of sacred pleasure rise, To ease your ev'ry pain ! (Immortal fountain ! full supplies !) Nor shall you thirst in vain. 4. Ye sinners, come — 'tis mercy's voice, The gracious call obey ; Mercy invites to heav'nly joys — And can you yet delay ? 5. Dear Savior, draw reluctant hearts, To thee let sinners fly, And take the bliss thy love imparts, And drink, and never die. HYMN 168. L. M. Come and buy without money and without price, 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. Ye nothing in exchange can give, Leave all you have and are behind : Freely the gift of God receive, Pardon and peace in Jesus find. 23 354 BLESSINGS OF THE COVENANT* 3. Come to the living waters, come I Sinners, obey your Maker's voice ; Return, ye weary wand'rers, home, And in redeeming love rejoice. HYMN 169. C. M. Whosoever will, let him come. 1. 0 what amazing words of grace Are in the gospel found ! Suited to ev'ry sinner's case Who knows the joyful sound. 2. Poor, sinful, thirsty, fainting souls, Are freely welcome here ; Salvation, like a river, rolls, Abundant, free and clear. 3. Come then, with all your wants and wounds; Your ev'ry burden bring ; Here love, unchanging love, abounds, A deep celestial spring ! 4. Whoever will, (0 gracious word !) Shall of this stream partake ; Come, thirsty souls, and bless the Lord, And drink for Jesus' sake ! 5. Millions of sinners, vile as you, Have here found life and peace ; Come then, and prove its virtues too,. And drink, adore, and bless. HYMN 170. C. M. My son, give me thine heart* 1. What language now salutes the ear ■?'* It is the Savior's voice ! Let all the world attentive hear, And ev'ry soul rejoice. 2L Sinner, he kindly speaks to thee, However vile thou art :. THE GOSPEL CALL. 355 " Here's grace and pardon, rich and free, "My son, give me thy heart. 3. "Tho' thou hast long my grace withstood, "And said to me depart, " I claim the purchase of my blood, " My son, give me thy heart. 4. " I'll form thee for myself alone, "And ev'ry good impart ; "I'll make my great salvation known,. "My son, give me thy heart." 5. Come, Lord, and conquer now my heart, Set up in me thy throne ; Bid sin and Satan, hence depart, And claim me as thine own. HYMN 171. S. M. The accepted time. 1. Now is th' accepted time, Now is the day of grace ; Now, sinners, come without delay, And seek the Savior's face. 2. Now is th' accepted time, The Savior calls to-day ; To-morrow it may be too late — Then way should you delay ? 3. Now is th' accepted time, The gospel bids you come ; And ev'ry promise in his word Declares there yet is room. HYMN 172. L. M. Life the only accepted time. 1. While life prolongs its precious light, Mercy is found and peace is giv'n ; But soon, ah soon ! approaching night Shall blot out ev'ry hope of heav'n. Ob BLESSINGS OF THE COVENANT. 2. While God invites, how blest the day ! How sweet the gospel's charming sound, " Come sinners, haste, 0 haste away, While yet a pard'ning God he's found. 3. "Soon, borne on time's most rapid wing, Shall death command you to the grave, Before his bar your spirits bring, And none be found to hear, or save. 4. "In that lone land of deep despair, No sabbath's heav'nly light shall rise ; No God regard your bitter pray'r, Nor Savior call you to the skies." HYMN 173. L. P. M. The heavy laden invited to Christ. 1. Peace, troubled soul whose plaintive moan Hath taught each scene the note of wo ; Cease thy complaint, suppress thy groan, And let thy tears forget to flow : Behold, the precious balm is found To lull thy pain, and heal thy wound. 2. Come, freely come, by sin opprest, On Jesus cast thy weighty load ; In him thy refuge find, thy rest, Safe in the mercy of thy God : Thy God's thy Savior ! glorious word ! 0 hear, believe, and bless the Lord ! HYMN 174. C. M. Resolve. 1. Come, humble sinner, in whose breast A thousand thoughts revolve ; Come, with your guilt and fear opprest, And make this last resolve : 2. "I'll go to Jesus, though my sin " Hath like a mountain rose : CONVERTING GRACE. 357 "I know his courts, I'll enter in, "Whatever may oppose. 3. "Prostrate I'll lie before his throne, " And there my guilt confess ; " I'll tell him, Pm a wretch undone, " Without his sov'reign grace. 4. "Perhaps he will admit my plea, "Perhaps will hear my pray'r; "But if I perish, I will pray, "And perish only there. 5. "I can but perish if I go ; "I am resolv'd to try ; "For if I stay away I know "I must for ever die." CONVERTING GRACE. HYMN 175. L. M. Converting grace. 1. Did ever one of Adam's race Cost thee, my Lord, more toil and grace Than I have done, before my soul Could yield to thy divine control ? 2. How great the pow'r, how vast the sway„ That first constrain'd me to obey ! How large the grace thou didst impart, That conquer'd sin, and won my heart. 3. A base apostate from my God, I trampled on the Savior's blood ; I scorn'd his mercy, mock'd his pain, And crucifi'd my Lord again. 4. But lo ! the chief of sinners now Is brought before thy throne to bow ; Surely this mighty pow'r from thee, Can conquer all that conquers me, 358 BLESSINGS OF THE COVENANT. 5. Hail, dearest Lord, my choicest love? By pity drawn from realms above ; I wonder at that grace of thine, That won a heart so vile as mine ! HYMN 176. C. M. Converting grace. 1. Hail mighty Jesus ! how divine Is thy victorious sword ! The stoutest rebel must resign At thy commanding word. 2. Deep are the wounds thy arrows give. They pierce the hardest heart ; Thy smiles of grace the slain revive, And joy succeeds to smart. 3. Still gird thy sword upon thy thigh, Ride with majestic sway ; Go forth, sweet Prince, triumphantly. And make thy foes obey. 4. And when thy vict'ries are complete, And all thy chosen race Shall round the throne of glory meet, To sing thy conquering grace ; 5. 0 may my humble soul be found Among that favor'd band ! And I, with them, thy praise will sound Throughout Immanuel's land. HYMN 177. 8, 7. Praise for conversion. 1. On the brink of fiery ruin, Justice, with a flaming sword, Was my guilty soul pursuing, When I first beheld my Lord. REGENERATION. 359 2. "Sinner," he exclaim'd, "I've lov'd thee "With an everlasting love ; " Justice has in me approved thee ; "Thou shalt dwell with me above/5 3. Sweet as angels' notes in heaven, When to golden harps they sound, Is the voice of sins forgiven To the soul by Satan bound. 4. Sweet as angels' harps in glory Was that heav'nly voice to me, When I saw my Lord before me. Bleed and die to set me free ! 5. Saints, attend with holy wonder ! Sinners, hear and sing his praise ! 'Tis the God that holds the thunder, Shows himself the God of grace ! REGENERATION. HYMN 178. C. M. Ye must be born again, 1. Sinners ! this solemn truth regard ! Hear, all ye sons of men, For Christ, the Savior, hath declar'd, "Ye must be born again." 2. Our nature's totally deprav'd : The heart's a sink of sin ; Without a change we can't be sav'd, " Ye must be born again." 3. That which is born of flesh is flesh, And flesh it will remain ; Then marvel not that Jesus saith, "Ye must be born again." 4. Spirit of life ! thy grace impart, And breathe on sinners slain ^ 360 BLESSINGS OF THE COVENANT. And witness, Lord, in ev'ry heart, That we are born again. 5. Dear Savior, let us now begin To trust and love thy word ; And by forsaking ev'ry sin, Prove we are born of God. HYMN 179. C. M. The new creation. 1. Attend, while God's exalted Son Doth his own glories show ; "Behold, I sit upon my throne, " Creating all things new. 2. " Nature and sin are pass'd away. " And the old Adam dies ; " My hands a new foundation lay, " See the new world arise ! 3. " I'll be a Sun of righteousness " To the new heav'ns I make ; " None but the new-born heirs of grace "My glories shall partake." 4. Mighty Redeemer ! set me free From my old state of sin ; 0 make my soul alive to thee, Create new pow'rs within. 5. Renew mine eyes, and form mine ears, And mould my heart afresh ; Give me new passions, joys and fears, And turn the stone to flesh. 6. Far from the regions of the dead, From sin, and earth, and hell ; In the new world that grace hath made, I would for ever dwell. REGENERATION. 361 HYMN 180. C. M. Regeneration. 1. Not all the outward forms on earth, Nor rites that God has giv'n, Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth, Can raise a soul to heav'n. 2. The sov'reign will of God alone Creates us heirs of grace ; Born in the image of his Son, A new peculiar race. 3. The Spirit, like some heav'nly wind, Blows on the sons of flesh, New-models all the carnal mind, And forms the man afresh. 4. Our quicken'd souls awake and rise From the long sleep of death ; On heav'nly things we fix our eyes, And praise employs our breath. HYMN. 181. C. P. M. Ye must be bom again. 1. Awak'd by Sinai's awful sound, My soul in bonds of guilt I found, And knew not where to go ; O'erwhelm'd with sin, with anguish slain:> The sinner must be born again, Or sink to endless wo. 2. Amaz'd I stood, but could not tell Which way to shun the gates of hell, For death and hell drew near ; I strove, indeed, but strove in vain, The sinner must be born again, Still sounded in mine ear. 3. When to the law I trembling fled, - It pour'd its curses on my head, 362 BLESSINGS OF THE COVENANT. I no relief could find ; This fearful truth increas'd my pain. The sinner must be born again, O'erwhelm'd my tortur'd mind. 4. Again did Sinai's thunders roll, And guilt lay heavy on my soul, A vast unwieldy load ; Alas ! I read and saw it plain, The sinner must be born again, Or drink the wrath of God. 5. The saints I heard with rapture tell How Jesus conquer'd death and hell, And broke the fowler's snare ; Yet, when I found this truth remain, The sinner must be born again, I sunk in deep despair. 6. But while I thus in anguish lay, Jesus of Naz'reth pass'd that way, And felt his pity move ; The sinner, by his justice slain, Now, by his grace, is born again, And sings redeeming love. 7. To heav'n the joyful tidings flew, The angels tun'd their harps anew, And loftier notes did raise ; All hail ! the Lamb who once was slain, Unnumber'd millions born again, Will shout thine endless praise. HYMN 182. C. M. Regeneration the work of the Spirit. 1. Can aught beneath a pow'r divine, The stubborn will subdue ? 'Tis thine, eternal Spirit, thine To form the heart anew. REGENERATION. 363 2. 'Tis thine the passions to recall, And upward bid them rise ; And make the scales of error fall From reason's darkened eyes. 3. To chase the shades of death away, And bid the sinner live, A beam of heav'n, a vital ray — 'Tis thine alone to give. 4. Oh change these wretched hearts of ours, And give them life divine ; Then shall our passions and our pow'rs, Almighty Lord, be thine. HYMN 183. S. M. Vital union, to Christ in regeneration 1. Dear Savior, we are thine By everlasting bands ; Our names, our hearts, we would resign, Our souls are in thy hands. 2. To thee we still would cleave With ever-growing zeal ; If millions tempt us Christ to leave, 0 let them ne'er prevail. 3. Thy Spirit shall unite Our souls to thee our head ; Shall form us to thy image bright, That we thy paths may tread. 4. Death may our souls divide From these abodes of clay ; But love shall keep us near thy side, Through all the gloomy way. 5. Since Christ and we are one, Why should we doubt or fear ? If he in heav'n hath flx'd his throne, He'll fix his members there. 364 BLESSINGS OF THE COVENANT. JUSTIFICATION. HYMN 184. L. M. Justification. 1. Lord, thy imputed righteousness My beauty is, my glorious dress ; 'Midst flaming worlds in this array 'd, With joy shall I lift up my head. 2. When from the dust of death I rise, To take my mansion in the skies ; E'en then shall this be all my plea, " Jesus hath liv'd and died for me." 3. Bold shall I stand in that great day, For who aught to my charge shall lay ? While through thy blood absolved I am, From sin's tremendous curse and shame. 4. Thus Abraham, the friend of God, Thus all the armies bought with blood, By faith on thee alone relied, And in the Lord were justified. 5. This spotless robe the same appears When ruin'd nature sinks in years ; No age can change its glorious hue, The robe of Christ is ever new. 6. 0 let the dead now hear thy voice ! Bid, Lord, thy mourning ones rejoice ; Their beauty this, their glorious dress, "Jesus, the Lord our righteousness." HYMN 185. C. M. Justification by faith, not by works. 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. JUSTIFICATION. 365 2 . Let Jew and Gentile stop their mouth, Without a murm'ring word, And the whole race of Adam stand Guilty before the Lord. 3. In vain we ask God's righteous law To j ustify 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 186. L. M. Human righteousness insufficient to justify. 1. Wherewith, 0 Lord, shall I draw near, Or bow myself before thy face ? ' How, in thy purer eyes, appear ? What shall I bring to gain thy grace ? 2. Will gifts delight the Lord most high ? Will multiply 'd oblations please ? Thousands of rams his favor buy, Or slaughtered millions e'er appease ? 3. Can these assuage the wrath of God ? Can these wash out my guilty stain ? Rivers of oil, or seas of blood 1 — Alas ! they all must flow in vain. 4. What have I, then, wherein to trust ? I nothing have, I nothing am ; Excluded is my ev'ry boast, My glory swallow 'd up in shame. 5. Guilty I stand before thy face, My sole desert is hell and wrath ; 'Twere just the sentence should take place, But 0, I plead my Savior's death ! 366 BLESSINGS OF THE COVENANT. 6. I plead the merits of thy Son, Who died for sinners on the tree ; I plead his righteousness alone ; 0 put the spotless robe on me. HYMN 187. L. M. We are not accepted on account of the worthiness of our faith 1. By faith in Christ we're justified, Since 'tis by faith Christ is applied ; But not for faith, or any thing We either suffer, do, or bring. 2. Faith is the hand that Christ receives, And takes the treasures which he gives ; But faith no merit can possess, Christ is the Lord our righteousness. 3. Jesus, our soul's delightful choice, In thee believing, we rejoice ; Thy promises our hearts revive, And keep our fainting faith alive. 4. Do thou the languid spark inflame, Reveal the glories of thy name ! Let thy imputed righteousness, Be all our trust, our joy and peace. HYMN 188. L. M. Our good works are no part of our righteousness before God* 1. No more, my God, I boast no more Of all the duties I have done ; 1 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 ;. ADOPTION. 367 0 may my soul be found in him, And of his righteousness partake. 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.. ADOPTION. HYMN 189. S. M. Adoption. 1. Behold what wondrous grace The Father has bestow'd On sinners of a mortal race, To call them sons of God ! 2. 'Tis no surprising thing, That we should be unknown ; The Jewish world knew not their King?. God's everlasting Son. 3. Nor doth it yet appear How great we must be made ; But when we see our Savior here, We shall be like our head; 4. A hope so much divine( May trials well endure, May purge our souls from sense and sin, As Christ the Lord is pure, 6. We would no longer lie Like slaves beneath the throne ; My faith shall Abba, Father, cry, And thou the kindred own. HYMN. 190. C. M. Abba, Father. 1. Sov'reign of all the worlds on higrv Allow my humble claim -T 368 BLESSINGS