REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON, D. D BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO THE LIBRARY OF PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 67£/ Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from Princeton Theological Seminary Library http://archive.org/details/bradetatOOchur * JUL 24 1936 ^ SELECTION FROM TATE AND BRADY'S VERSION OF THE PSALMS : WITH HYMNS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS ; FOR THE USE OF THE CHURCH IN BRATTLE-SQUARE. Compiled by a Committee of that Church. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY RlCHARDSOxN AND LORD. 1825. J. jH. A. FROST, PRINTER, CONGRESS STREET. PREFACE. THE book of sacred poetry first used in the worship of the Church in Brattle Square, was probably the same, which was then in general use in this part of the country. This was the New England Psalm Book, a version of the Psalms, prepared in 1636 — 40, by Mather of Dorchester, Thomas Weld, and John Eliot. It was printed at Cam- bridge ; the first book which was printed in North America. An improved edition was published, about 1650, by President Dunster, and Mr. Lyon. In 1753, after some ineffectual attempts, a vote of this church, was obtained, for adopting Tate and Brady's version, with an Appendix of Hymns, to be selected by a committee. The earliest edition, which I have seen of this work, is of 1763. There was, however, another before it, as at the end of the book, some errata are noted in the last edition. A committee was appointed, in 1808, to make an additional Selection ; which published in a few months our Second Part of Hymns. The editions of the Brattle Street Collection being exhausted, a Committee was appointed, at the annual meeting last year, to devise means for obtaining a supply. It was proposed by some, to adopt, in place of the book hitherto used by the Society, one of the excellent Selections, lately published, which comprehends most of the Hymns in our Second Part, with several of those in the First Part, and of Tate and Brady's Psalms. But it was found to accord bettor with the wishes of the Society, to retain in its existing shape, that part of the Collection, which is a memorial to them of their la^t deceased pastor And it was further thought, that there was good ground for the dis- position of Christians, to have the Psalms, the productions of holy men of old, appear as such, distinguished from other devotional poetry, and be used in publick worship in a version as close as coo«i taste allows. PREFACE. Such a version is, in great part, that of Tate and Brady. It has a character of genuine simplicity throughout, and often of great vigour. It is also in truth, what it professes to be, a version of the Psalms ; and not, like that of Watts, a collection of devotional poems, founded on the Psalms, by a kind of allegorical interpretation, and often accommodated to them by means of analogies merely fanciful. Dr. Watts, indeed, did not call his work by the name which it commonly bears, but entitled it The Psalms of David, imitated in the Language of Ike New Testament. But while it accords with just feelings of devotion, to respect these prayers and praises of holy men, who lived under the former dispen- sation, the whole or a part of many of the Psalms, are rendered unsuitable to the use of Christians in their worship, by referring to feelings or circumstances of their authors, which were of a personal nature ; to occasions which have now no parallel ; to a condition of things which has passed away ; or to opinions and sentiments which Christianity has corrected or elevated. A great part of the proposi- tions contained in the Psalms, in a literal, — in other words, in their true sense, — can never, by any force of imagination, be applied by a Christian individual to his own case ; — much less by a Christian Society. The Committee appointed to prepare a new edition, was accor- dingly directed to omit that portion of the Psalms, which is unsuitable to the special use intended in a devotional manual for a Christian Society. The Committee have intended to retain every passage of sufficient length which does not come under that description. Pro- ceeding strictly on the principle, that if the Psalms were to be used as such, the version should express as nearly as might be, the sense of their authors, and not, — while it retained that name, — be altered in the way of accommodation, they have omitted largely, but have changed nothing/ They have found this selection from the Psalms a very difficult work. It will probably be thought rather too copious than too limited ; but they have retained nothing without full reflec- * That is, they have in no case substituted any thing for the literal sense of the original. In a very few insiances, about fifteen (as III. 1, V. 3. XVI. 1.) they have for obvious reasons, changed a word or a phrase for its synonyme, or insert- ed a word plainly implied. In some of these, they have given a more literal rendering than that of the version: PREFACE. tion. In some cases (as for example, in giving the whole of Psalm CIV.) they have been determined, by considering that a book of this nature is meant to be the companion of devotional retirement, as well as a help in public worship. It has been found by experience, that a large portion of the First Part in the Collection of Hymns was useless in conducting the public services ; and it was thought that a still larger portion might give place to better poetry. The Committee were accordingly directed to make another Selection in its place. This constitutes the First Part of Hymns in the present volume. They have aimed to embrace a sufficient variety of subjects, and by supplying deficiencies which before existed, to give something of proportion and system to the whole work. They cannot be expected to have done this throughout with pieces of high poetical merit ; especially when it is remembered that out of the proverbially small stock of good devotional poetry, the late lamented pastor of this church, with the advantages of his singu- lar resources and taste, had culled the best before them. They have made a thorough examination of more than twenty Collections, besides searching for single copies of verses of different authors, and have after all found, that most of the pieces which recommended themselves to their judgment, were the same which are embraced in recent popular works of the same nature. They have selected chiefly from standard writers, and have in many cases restored the original lines, where some alteration had been introduced. Some of the most indifferent hymns in a literary view, are introduced on account of their subject; and some, as the 5th and 11th, for the sake of the metre. The Collection is offered to the Church, for which it was formed, with sincere prayers that it may be honoured and blessed as a means of their comfort and edification. June 28, 1825. 1* INDEX OF SUBJECTS. [The Roman numerals in the Roman letter (as xii) refer to Psalms ; the Arabick numerals (as 13) to Hymns of the First part; and the Roman numerals in the Italick letter (as xii) to Hymns of the Second part. The figures inclosed in marks of parenthesis, refer to verses of the Psalm or Hymn indicated in the figure which precedes them.] FOR THE INTRODUCTION AND CLOSE OF PUBL1CK WORSHIP. The Christian Sabbath, v, 1, 2, i, iv — The house of God, • — For the Lord's day morning, 3, ii — Pleasures and Benefits of Worship, xcii, 4, 7 — Solemn Invocation, 5, 6, 8, 14, 17, Pit, riii — -Sincere worship acceptable, 9, 12, Hi, ix — Daily and Publick Worship, 10 — Grateful Praise, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, x, xi, xii, xiv, xviii, xx, xxii, xxxiv, clxxv. GENERAL PRAYER AND PRAISE. Perpetual Praise, v, cxv, cxviii, (5) 19, 20, 21, xxvi — Invoca- tion of all creatures to praise God, cxlviii, xix, xxiv, xxv, xxvii — Invitation to Worship, xcv, xcix, c, ciii, (12) cv, cxiii, cxxxv, cl, 22, xviii, xxxv — Invocation of all nations to worship God, Ixvii, cxvii, rt, xv — God praised by all his works, irt, xvii, xxi, xxiii, xxviii, xxix — Praise especially due from man, xvii, xxiii — Encouragement of Worship, 23 — Te Deum, 24 — Importunate Prayer, Ixxxvi, 28 — Universal Prayer, xl — Lord's Prayer, 26, xii, xlii — Divine aid implored, xxv, xxxi, 27, 28. GOD. His unity, Ixxxvi, (6) xcvi, 29, 30 — His unsearchableness, Ixxvii, civ, 31, xliii, cix, clxi — His greatness, viii, lvii, Ixvi, ixxxix, xciii, xcv, xcvi, cxxxv, cxxxvi, cxlv, xxxvi, xlv, xlix INDEX OF SUBJECTS. — His omnipresence, cxxxix, 32, 46, (6) xliv — His omniscience, cxxxix, xliv, xlvi — His moral perfections in general, xxxvi, 33, 34 — His justice, xviii, (6) lxii, lxxxii, xcii, (4) xciv, cxi, cxix, (67) xv, xxii, Ixx, cxl, cix, clxi — Praise for his truth and mercy, ciii, (5) cviii, cxlvi — His compassion, cxlv — His eternity and im- mutability, xc, cxix, (42) 35, li, Hi, Ivii — God the intellectual light, xlvii — the Creator and Preserver, xciii, 36, 37, 38, xxxy xxxvii, Iviii, lix — The friend of the good, xxv, xxxiv, xxxvii, Ixxxiv, xci, xcvii, liv — The ruler of the elements, Ixxvii, civ — Seen in all, xix, 39, xvi, xxviii, xxix, xxxi — His power and goodness, ix, xxix, xxxiii, xlvii, lxii, Ixv, lxxxvi, lxxxix, cvi, cxxxvi, cxxxix, (9) cxlv, (6) cxlvii, 40 — His providence, &xii, Ixviii, lxxi, xci, ciii, cxlv, (10) 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47— Extended to all creatures, civ — God our shepherd, xxiii, Iv — His protection through every age, xliv, Ixxviii, 48, 52, 53, 54,, xlviii, xcix — His readiness to hear prayer, Ixvi, (6) lxxxvi — Obligation to gratitude and obe- dience, 49, 50, 51 — Providence and grace, xxii, 55, 56, liii, Ivi — Divine condescension, Ixviii — Divine faithfulness seen in the promise of salvation, 57. CHRIST. His mission and birth, 58, 59, 60, 61, Ix, Ixv, Ixvi, cliii, cliv — The image of the invisible God, Ixi — The light of the world, lxii — His invitations, cxxvi — His example, 62, lxxi, Ixxii, ciii — His miracles, Ixv — His death, 63 — His death, resurrection and ascen- sion, 64, 65, Ixxiii — Seen of angels, Ixvii — His intercession, 68 — Hopes and triumph of his followers, 66, 67 — His kingdom, ex, 69, 70, 71, 72, Ixiii, Ixiv — Love of Christ, lxxxii, lxxxvi, cxii, cl, ciii — Imitation of him, Ixi, lxxi, Ixxii. THE SCRIPTURES. Excellency o/ the Gospel, 73, 76, 77, Ix, lxii, Ixiii, Ixiv, Ixvi, Ixviii — Instruction from Scripture, cxix, (8) (45) (53) 74 — Per- fection of the divine law, xix, (6) cxix, (45) (62) 75 — Imploring aid to understand and obey it, cxix, (62) (73) viii. CHRISTIAN LIFE IN GENERAL. Fidelity to its obligations, 78, 79, xl, xcii, xciv — Obedience better than sacrifice, xl, 1, Hi, Ixxv — The beatitudes, 80 — Security and happiness of the sincere Christian, cvi, cxii, cxix, (1) (67) exxv, 81, 86, 87, 88, xcv, xevi, xcvii, cxii — The way and end of the righteous and wicked, i, xxxiv, xxxvii, xlix, exxv, 8fy 83, 84 -^-Aspirations after Holiness, 85. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. CHRISTIAN CHARACTER IN PARTICULAR. Piety. — God the Christian's portion and support, iii, iv, xviii, xlii, Ixiij, Ixxxiv, 89, 90, 91, 92, coin', cxviii — Trust in him the secu- rity of virtue, xxvii, xxxi, (4) Ixxi, Ixxiii, 93 — Trust in him re- vived by the remembrance of his mercies, Ixxvii — Devotion sanctifying the Relations and Pleasures of Life, 94 — Communion with God, xcviii, cxviii — Gratitude and submission, cxix, (32) 95, xxxii, xxxiii, xxxviii, xc, xci, xciv, cxvi, cxx — Happy sense of dependence on him, xxxiii, (7) Ixiii, Ixxxiv, cxviii, ciii, cviii, cxx — Fear of God, 96 — Imitation of him, Ixx — Walking by Faith, 97, I, xxxvii, Ixxxviii — Imploring God's presence in all circum- •tances>98 — Imploring his guidance, cxix, (15) (21) (38) (57) cxli, xxxix, xc, xcii, civ, cxxi — Trust at all times in his goodness — xvii, Ixxiii, xciv, cxvi, 99, xciii, xciv, cv, cvi, cviii, cix, cxiii, cxvii, cxxi, cxxiii — Grateful retrospect of his goodness, xxxiv — Resignation, cxix, (32) cvii, cix, ex, cxi, cxxiii — Looking to God for consolation aud happiness, cxiv, cxv, cxvi, cxvii, cxix — Love of him, xxxviii, Ixix, cxviii — Love to God and men, ICO, Ixxxiii, Social Virtues. — Integrity, xi, xv, ix, xcii — Divine favor to it, xxiv — Charity the first grace, 101, 102, Ixxix — God's favor to it, xli, cxii — Zeal tempered by it, Ixxviii — Imitation of the Divine Beneficence, 103, 110 — Brotherly Love, 104, Ixxi, Ixxvii, Ixxxiv, clii — Compassion, Ixxi — Candour and forber.rance, 105, xi, xli, Ixxi, Ixxvi — Freedom from party spirit, Ixxvii — Justice and liber- ality, 106, xli, Ixxvi — Domestic affection, exxxiii, 107, Ixxxiv — Christian friendship, Ixxxi, Ixxxiv — The universal law of Sympa- tic, 108, Ixxxii — Charity an acceptable expression of gratitude, 109, Ixxxiii, Personal Virtues. — Moderation and Contentment, 111, 112, xl, xc, xci, xciv, xevi, cxiii — Independence of human usurpations over the conscience, Ixxix — Humility and Meekness, 1 13, 114, Ixxx, Irxxix, exxxi — Prudence, 115 — Industry, exxxv — Self deni- al, Ixxxv, Ixxxvi — Watchfulness, cxix. (26) 116, irxxv — Fortilude and Perseverance, cxix, (49) (53) 117, 118, 119, 120, Ixxxv, Ixxxvi, Ixxxviii, xvii, cii, civ, cxvii — Selfexamination and self knowledge, cxix, (36) 121, 122, Ixxxv, cxxii, exxiv. PENITENTIAL. Neglect of the one thing needful, 123 — Imploring favor and guidance, xxv, li, cxliii, xiii, exxiv, exxviii, exxxi, exxxii — Con- fidence in God^ readiness to forgive, Ixv, Ixxxvi, ciii, (5) exxv, czzvii, cxxiZy exxx — Invitations of Jesus, exxvi — Seeking divine INDEX OF SUBJECTS. and human aid to detect besetting sins, 124, exxii — Unprofita- bleness in the midst of privileges and mercies, 125 — Happiness ef the forgiven sinner, xxxii, 126 — Mercy of God to the penitent, 127, 128, xxv, cxxx. FOR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. Dangers of youth, 129 — Religion a security against them, cxix, (8) 130 — Devotion of youth to God, c — Reflections of a religious age, lxxi, 131, 132, cii — Marriage, Ixxxi, Ixxv — Prayer of the aged Christian, ci : For parents, 99 : in Sickness, 133 — * Sickness, cxv, cxcii — Reflections on recovering from sickness, 134, cxvi — For mariners, civ, cvii, (11) 22: For shipwrecked persons, cvii : For captives, cvii, (7) : For those who have re- turned from abroad, clvi : For the bereaved, clxx : Family duties and blessings, clxxiv : Prayer of the faithful minister, xl. VANITY AND SHORTNESS OF LIFE. Its pursuits unsatisfactory, xxxix, xlix, 135, 136 — Its period transient, exxxiii — Life a pilgrimage, 137 — Divine greatness and human insignificance, Ixii, xcii, (4) cii, 138, / — Man changeable and God unchangeable, xc, cii, 139, 140, / — Man completely dependent upon God, exxvii — Progress and importance of time, 141, cxzzv, exxxviii — Submission to the decree of Mortality, 142 — Life a short term of probation, 143, 144, 145 — Warnings of mortality, 146, exxxvi — Need of support in death, 147 — Frailty of man, and God's compassion to him, xc, 148, 149, 150, 151, exxxiv, exxxvii. DEATH AND THE LIFE TO COME. Prospect of sickness and death, cxxx\ exxxix — The peace of the grave, 141 — The final judgment, exxv, cxl — Resurrection of the good, xvi, 142, 143, 148 — Praise to God for the hope of Heaven, 152, cxliii, cxhv — Prospect of it, 153, 154, 157, cxlvi, cxlvii — The Christian's hope, 155, Ixxxvii, cxiv, cxliv, cxlv, cxlviii — The re- ward of the faithful, 156. FOR PARTICULAR OCCASIONS. Invitation to ordinances, 158 — Baptism, 159, 160 — Lord's Supper, 161, 162, 163, cxlix, fZ, cli,clii — Dispositions appropriate to it, 164, 165 — At the settlement of a minister, clxvii — On the dangerous sickness of a minister, clxviii — On the death of a min- ister, clxiz — For a sickly 9eason, xci, clxiv, clxv-^For a Fast Day, INDEX OF SUBJECTS. Ixxxv, 166, 167, 168, clviii, clix, clx, clxi — For a Thanksgiving Day, xliv, xlvii, Ixxviii, lxxxv, cxxiv, 168, 169, zlviii, clxi, clxii, clxiii — The close of the year, 170, 171, 172, 173, civ, clvii — God's greatness and goodness seen in the changes of the day and year, Ixxiv, 178, clvi — Seen in the Seasons, Ixv, (5) cxlvii, 174, 175, 176, 177 — Guidance implored through the day, 179, 160— Grati- tude for daily protection, 181 — Meditations in the night season, clxxiii — Hymns for morning and evening, iii, v, Ixiii, 184, clxxii — Morning Hymns, 182, 183, clxxiv — Evening Hymns, 185, 186, 187, 188. PSALMS. PSALM 1. C. Iff. 1 How blest is he, who ne'er consents By ill advice to walk ; Nor stands in sinners' ways, nor sits Where men profanely talk ! 2 But makes the perfect law of God His business and delight ; Devoutly reads therein by day, And meditates by night. 3 Like some fair tree, which, fed by streams, With timely fruit does bend, He still shall flourish, and success All his designs attend. 4 Ungodly men, and their attempts, No lasting root shall find ; Untimely blasted, and dispersed Like chaff before the wind. 1 3. [psalms. 5 Their guilt shall strike the wicked dumb Before the Judge's face ; No formal hypocrite shall then Among the saints have place. 6 For God approves the just man's ways; To happiness they tend ; But sinners, and the paths they tread, Shall both in ruin end. psalm 3. c. M. 1 Thou, gracious Lord ! art my defence ; On thee my hopes rely ; Thou art my glory, and shalt yet Lift up my head on high. 2 Since whensoever in like distress, To God I made my pray'r, He heard me from his holy hill, Why should I now despair ? 3 Guarded by him, I laid me down, My sweet repose to take ; For I through him securely sleep, Through him in safety wake. 4 Salvation to the Lord belongs : He only can defend ; PSALMS.] * 4. His blessing he extends to all, That on his pow'r depend. PSALM 4. C. M. 1 Consider that the righteous man Is God's peculiar choice ; And when to him I make my pray'r, He always hears my voice. 2 Then stand in awe of his commands ; Flee ev'ry thing that's ill ; Commune in private with your hearts, And bend them to his will. 3 The place of other sacrifice Let righteousness supply ; And let your hope, securely fix'd, On God alone rely. 4 While worldly minds impatient grow, More prosperous times to see, Still let the glories of thy face Shine brightly, Lord, on me. 5 So shall my heart overflow with joy, More lasting, and more true, Than theirs, who stores of corn and wine Successively renew. 5. [psalms. 6 Then down in peace Fll lay my head; And take my needful rest ; No other guard, 0 Lord ! I crave, Of thy defence possessed. psalm 5. c. M. 1 Lord, hear the voice of my complaint ; Accept my secret pray'r ; To thee alone, my King, my God ! Will I for help repair. 2 Thou in the morn my voice shalt hear, And with the dawning day, To thee devoutly Fll look up, To thee devoutly pray. 3 Lord, let all those who trust in thee With shouts their joy proclaim ; Let them rejoice, whom thou preserv'st, And all that love thy name, i 4 To righteous men the righteous Lord His blessings will extend ; And with his favour all his saints, As with a shield, defend, PSALMS.] 8, PSALM 8. C. M. 1 0 thou, to whom all creatures bow Within this earthly frame, Through all the world how great art thou ! How glorious is thy name ! 2 In heav'n thy wondrous acts are sung, Nor fully reckoned there ; And yet thou mak'st the infant tongue Thy boundless praise declare. 3 Through thee the wTeak confound the strong. And crush their haughty foes ; And so thou quelFst the wicked throng That thee and thine oppose. 4 When heaven, thy beauteous work on high. Employs my wondering sight ; The moon, that nightly rules the sky; With stars of feebler light ; 5 What's man, say I, that, Lord, thou lov'st To keep him in thy mind ? Or what his offspring, that thou prov'st To them so wond'rous kind ? 6 Him next in pow'r thou didst create To thy celestial train ; 1* 9. [psalms. Ordained, with dignity and state, O'er all thy works to reign. 7 They jointly own his powerful sway ; The beasts that prey or graze ; The bird that wings its airy way ; The fish that cuts the seas. 8 0 thou to whom all creatures bow Within this earthly frame, Through all the world how great art thou ! How glorious is thy name ! psalm 9. c. M. 1 To celebrate thy praise, 0 Lord ! I will my heart prepare ; To all the listening world thy works, Thy wondrous works declare. 2 The thought of them shall to my soul Exalted pleasures bring ; Whilst to thy name, 0 thou most high ! Triumphant praise I sing. 3 The Lord for ever lives, who has His righteous throne prepared, Impartial justice to dispense f To punish or reward. PSALMS.] 11 4 God is a constant sure defence Against oppressing rage ; As troubles rise, his needful aids la our behalf engage. 5 All those, who have his goodness proved, Will in his truth confide ; Whose mercy ne'er forsook the man That on his help relied. G Thus, by the just returns he makes, The mighty Lord is known ; While wicked men by their own plots Are shamefully overthrown. 7 No single sinner shall escape, By privacy obscur'd ; Nor nation, from his just revenge, By numbers be secur'd. 8 His suffering saints, when most distressed, He ne'er forgets to aid ; Their expectations shall be crown'd, Though for a time delayed. PSALM 11. C. Iff. I When once the firm assurance fails, Which publick faith imparts, 15. [psalms. 'Tis time for innocence to fly From such deceitful arts. 2 The Lord hath both a temple here, And righteous throne above ; Where he surveys the sons of men, And how their counsels move. 3 If God the righteous, whom he loves, For trial does correct, What must the sons of violence, Whom he abhors, expect? 4 The righteous Lord will righteous deeds With signal favour grace ; And to the upright man disclose The brightness of his face. psalm 15. c. M. 1 Lord, who's the happy man, that may To thy blest courts repair ; Not, stranger-like, to visit them, But to inhabit there? 2 'Tis he, whose ev'ry thought and deed By rules of virtue moves ; Whose generous tongue disdains to speak The thing his heart disproves. PSALMS.] 16. 3 Who never did a slander forge, His neighbour's fame to wound ; Nor hearken to a false report, By malice whispered round, 4 Who vice, in all it's pomp and powV, Can treat with just neglect ; And piety, though cloth'd in rags, Religiously respect. 5 Who to his plighted vows and trust Has ever firmly stood ; And, though he promise to his loss, He makes his promise good. 6 Whose soul in usury disdains His treasure to employ; Whom no rewards can ever bribe The guiltless to destroy. 7 The man, who by this steady course Has happiness ensured, When earth's foundation shakes, shall stand, By Providence secured. psalm 16. c. M. 1 My soul shall ever bless the Lord, Whose precepts give me light, 18. [psalms. And private counsel still afford, In sorrow's dismal night. 2 I strive each action to approve To his all-seeing eye ; No danger shall my hopes remove. Because he still is nigh. 3 Therefore my heart all grief defies, My glory does rejoice ; My flesh shall rest, in hopes to rise, WakM by his powerful voice. 4 Thou, Lord, when I resign my breath, My soul from hell shalt free ; Nor let thy holy one in death The least corruption see. 5 Thou shalt the paths of life display, That to thy presence lead ; Where pleasures dwell without allay, And joys that never fade. psalm 18. L. M. 1 No change of time shall ever shock My firm affection, Lord, to thee ; For thou hast always been a rock, A fortress and defence to me. PSALMS.] 18. 2 Thou my deliverer art, my God ! My trust is in thy mighty pow'r ; Thou art my shield from foes abroad, At home my safe-guard and my tow'r. 3 To heav'n I made my mournful pray'r, To God addressed my humble moan ; Who graciously inclined his ear. And heard me from his lofty throne. 4 The Lord did on my side engage, From heav'n, his throne, my cause upheld ; And snatch' d me from the furious rage Of threatening waves that proudly swelled. 5 For I his judgments kept in sight, In his just paths have always trod ; I never did his statutes slight, Nor loosely wander' d from my God. 6 Thou suit'st, 0 Lord ! thy righteous ways To various paths of human kind ; They who for mercy merit praise, With thee shall wondrous mercy find. 7 Thou to the just shalt justice shew ; The pure thy purity shall see ; Such as perversely choose to go, Shall meet with due returns from thee. 19. [psalms 8 For God's designs shall still succeed ; His word will bear the utmost test ; He's a strong shield to all that need, And on his sure protection rest. 9 Who then deserves to be ador'd But God, on whom my hopes depend ? Or who, except the mighty Lord, Can with resistless pow'r defend ? 10 Let the eternal Lord be prais'd ! The rock on whose defence I rest ; O'er highest heav'ns his name be rais'd, Who me with his salvation bless' d ! psalm 19. c. M. 1 The heav'ns declare thy glory, Lord, Which that alone can fill ; The firmament and stars express Their great creator's skill. 2 The dawn of each returning day, Fresh beams of knowledge brings ; And from the dark returns of night Divine instruction springs. 3 Their powerful language to no realm Or region is confin'd ; PSALMS.] 19. "Tis nature's voice, and understood Alike by all mankind. 4 Their doctrine does its sacred sense Through earth's extent display ; Whose bright contents the circling sun Does round the world convey. 5 From east to west, from west to east, His restless course he goes ; And through his progress cheerful light, And vital warmth bestows. 6 God's perfect law converts the soul, Reclaims from false desires ; With sacred wisdom his sure word The ignorant inspires. 7 The statutes of the Lord are just, And bring sincere delight ; His pure commands, in search of truth, Assist the feeblest sight. 8 His perfect worship here is fix'd, On sure foundations laid ; His equal laws are in the scales Of truth and justice weighed. 2 22. [psalms. 9 Of more esteem than golden mines, Or gold refin'd with skill ; More sweet than honey, or the drops That from the comb distil. 10 My trusty counsellors they are, And friendly warnings give ; Divine rewards attend on those, Who by thy precepts live. 11 But what frail man observes how oft He does from virtue fall ? 0 cleanse me from my secret faults, Thou God that know'st them all ! 12 Let no presumptuous sin, 0 Lord ! Dominion have o'er me ; That, by thy grace preserved, I may The great transgression flee. 13 So shall my pray'r and praises be With thy acceptance blest ; And I secure, on thy defence, My strength and saviour, rest. psalm 22. c. M. 1 The glad converted world shall all To God their homage pay ; PSALMS.] 23. And scattered nations of the earth One sovereign Lord obey. 2 'Tis his supreme prerogative O'er subject kings to reign ; ?Tis just that he should rule the world, Who does the world sustain. 3 The rich, who are with plenty fed, His bounty must confess ; The sons of want, by him relieved, Their generous patron bless. 4 With humble worship to his throne They all for aid resort ; That pow'r, which first their beings gave, Can only them support. 5 Then shall a chosen spotless race, Devoted to his name, To their admiring heirs his truth And glorious acts proclaim. psalm 23. c. M. 1 >The Lord himself, the mighty Lord, Vouchsafes to be my guide ; The shepherd, by whose constant care My wants are all supplied. 24. [psalms. 2 In tender grass he makes me feed, And gently there repose ; Then leads me to cool shades, and where Refreshing water flows. 3 He does my wandering soul reclaim, And, to his endless praise, Instruct with humble zeal to walk In his most righteous ways. 4 I pass the gloomy vale of death, From fear and danger free ; For there his aiding rod and staff Defend and comfort me, 5 Since God doth thus his wondrous love Through all my life extend, That life to him I will devote, And in his temple spend. psalm 24. c. M. 1 This spacious earth is all the Lord's ; The Lord's her fulness is ; The world, and they that dwell therein, By sovereign right are his. 2 He framed and fix'd it on the seas ; And his almighty hand PSALMS.] 25. Upon inconstant floods has made The stable fabrick stand. 3 But for himself this Lord of all One chosen seat designed ; 0 who shall to that sacred hill Desir'd admittance find? 4 The man whose hands and heart are pure ; Whose thoughts from pride are free; Who honest poverty prefers To gainful perjury. 5 This, this is he, on whom the Lord Shall show'r his blessings down ; Whom God his Saviour shall vouchsafe With righteousness to crown. PSALM 25. S. M. To God, in whom I trust, I lift my heart and voice ; 0 let me not be put to shame, Nor let my foes rejoice. Those who on thee rely, Let no disgrace attend ; Be that the shameful lot of such As wilfully offend. 2* 25. [psalms, 3 To me thy truth impart, And lead me in thy way ; For thou art he that brings me help ; On thee I wait all day. 4 Thy mercies, and thy love, 0 Lord ! recall to mind, And graciously continue still, As thou wert ever, kind. 5 Let all my youthful crimes Be blotted out by thee ; And, for thy wondrous goodness' sake, In mercy think on me. 6 His mercy, and his truth, The righteous Lord displays, In bringing wandering sinners home, And teaching them his ways. 7 He those in justice guides, Who his direction seek ; And in his sacred paths shall lead The humble and the meek. 8 Through all the ways of God Both truth and mercy shine, To such as with religious hearts To his blest will incline. PSALMS.] 27. 9 Since mercy is the grace That most exalts thy fame, Forgive my heinous sin, 0 Lord ! And so advance thy name. 10 Whoe'er with humble fear To God his duty pays, Shall find the Lord a faithful guide, In all his righteous ways. 11 For God to all his saints His secret will imparts, And does his gracious covenant write In their obedient hearts. psalm 27. c. M. 1 Continue, Lord, to hear my voice, Whene'er to thee I crv ; In mercy all my pray'rs receive, Nor my request deny. 2 When us to seek thy glorious face Thou kindly dost advise, ' Thy glorious face Fll always seek,' My grateful heart replies. 3 Then hide not thou thy face, 0 Lord ! Nor me in wrath reject ; 29. [psalms. My God and Saviour ! leave not him Thou didst so oft protect. 4 I trusted that my future life Should with thy love be crown'd, Or else my fainting soul had sunk, With sorrow compassed round. 5 God's time with patient faith expect, And he'll inspire thy breast With inward strength ; do thou thy part* And leave to him the rest. psalm 29. L. M. 1 To God's great name your altars raise ; Devoutly due respect afford ; Him in his holy temple praise, Where he's with solemn state ador'd. 2 'Tis he, that with amazing noise The wat'ry clouds in sunder breaks ; The ocean trembles at his voice, When he from heav'n in thunder speaks. 3 How full of pow'r his voice appears ! With what majestick terrour crown'd ! Which from the roots tall cedars tears, And strews their scatter'd branches round. PSALMS.] 31. 4 God rules the angry floods on high ; His boundless sway shall never cease ; His people he'll with strength supply, And bless his own with constant peace. PSALM 31. S. II. 1 Defend me, Lord, from shame; For still I trust in thee ; As just and righteous is thy name, From danger set me free. 2 Bow down thy gracious ear, And speedy succour send ; Do thou my stedfast rock appear, To shelter and defend. 3 To thee, the God of truth, My life, and all that's mine, (For thou preserv'st me from my youth) I willingly resign. Those mercies thou hast shown Fll cheerfully express ; For thou hast seen my straits, and known My soul in deep distress. 32. [psalms. 5 But still my stedfast trust I on thy help repose ; That thou, my God ! art good and just, My soul with comfort knows. 6 How great thy mercies are To such as fear thy name ; Which thou, for those that trust thy care, Dost to the world proclaim ! 7 Ye that on God rely, Courageously proceed ; For he will yet your hearts supply With strength, in time of need. PSALM 32. L. M. 1 He's blest, whose sins have pardon gained No more in judgment to appear ; Whose guilt remission has obtained, And whose repentance is sincere. 2 No sooner I my wound disclosed, The guilt that tortur'd me within, But thy forgiveness interposed, And mercy's healing balm pour'd in. 3 True penitents shall thus succeed, Who seek thee while thou may'st be found, PSALMS.] 33. And, from the common deluge freed, Shall see remorseless sinners drown'd. 4 Sorrows on sorrows multiplied, The hardened sinner shall confound ; But them who in his truth confide Blessings of mercy shall surround. 5 His saints, that have performed his laws, Their life in triumphs shall employ ; Let them, as they alone have cause, In grateful raptures shout for joy. PSALM 33, C. M. 1 Let all the just to God with joy Their cheerful voices raise ; For well the righteous it becomes To sing glad songs of praise. 2 For faithful is the word of God ; His works with truth abound ; He justice loves, and all the earth Is with his goodness crown'd. 3 By his almighty word, at first, Heav'n's glorious arch was rear'd ; And all the beauteous host of light At his command appeared. 33. [psalms 4 The swelling floods, together roll'd, He makes in heaps to lie ; And lays, as in a store-house safe, The wat'ry treasures by. 5 Let earth and all that dwell therein, Before him trembling stand ; For, when he spake the word, 'twas made; 'Twas fix'd at his command. 6 Whatever the mighty Lord decrees, Shall stand forever sure ; The settled purpose of his heart To ages shall endure. 7 How happy then are they, to whom The Lord for God is known ! Whom he from all the world besides, Has chosen for his own. 8 He all the nations of the earth, From heaven, his throne, surveyed; He saw their works and viewed their thoughts ; By him their hearts were made. 9 ?Tis God, who those that trust in him Beholds with gracious eyes ; He frees their souls from death ; their want, In time of dearth, supplies. PSALMS.] 34 10 Our soul on God with patience waits ; Our help and shield is he ; Then, Lord, let still our hearts rejoice, Because we trust in thee. 11 The riches of thy mercy, Lord, Do thou to us extend ; Since we, for all we want or wish, On thee alone depend. psalm 34. c. M. 1 Through all the changing scenes of life, In trouble and in joy, The praises of my God shall still My heart and tongue employ, 2 Of his deliverance I will boast, Till all, that are distressed, From my example comfort take, And charm their griefs to rest. 3 0 magnify the Lord with me, With me exalt his name ; When in distress to him I calPd, He to my rescue came. 4 The hosts of God encamp around The dwellings of the just ; 3 34. • [psalms. Deliverance he affords to all Who on his succour trust. 5 0 make but trial of his love, Experience will decide How blest they are, and only they, Who in his truth confide. 6 Fear him, ye saints, and you will then Have nothing else to fear ; Make you his service your delight, He'll make your wants his care. 7 While hungry lions lack their prey, The Lord will food provide For such as put their trust in him, And see their needs supplied. 8 Approach, ye piously disposed ! And my instruction hear ; I'll teach you the true discipline Of his religious fear. 9 Let him who length of life desires, And prosperous days would see, From slandering language keep his tongue, His lips from falsehood free ; PSALMS.] 36. 10 The crooked paths of vice decline, And virtue's ways pursue ; Establish peace where 'tis begun, And, where 'tis lost, renew. 11 The Lord from heav'n beholds the just With favourable eyes ; And, when distressed, his gracious ear Is open to their cries. 12 Deliverance to Ins saints he gives, When his relief they crave ; He's nigh to heal the broken heart, And contrite spirit save. 13 The wicked, from their wicked arts, Their ruin shall derive ; Whilst righteous men, whom they detest, Shall them and theirs survive. 14 For God preserves the souls of those, Who on his truth depend ; To them, and their posterity, His blessings shall descend. psalm 36. L. M. 1 0 Lord ! thy mercy, my sure hope, The highest orb of heav'n transcends ; 37. [psalms Thy sacred truth's unmeasured scope Beyond the spreading skies 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's head, Of joys that shall forever last. 5 With thee the springs of life remain ; Thy presence is eternal day ; 0 let thy saints thy favour gain, To upright hearts thy truth display. psalm 37. 6 1. L. M. 1 Though wicked men grow rich or great, Yet let not their successful state Thy anger, or thy envy raise ; PSALMS.] 37. For they, cut down like tender grass, Or like young flowers, away shall pass, Whose blooming beauty soon decays. 2 Depend on God, and him obey ; So thou within the land shalt stay, Secure from danger and from want ; Make his commands thy chief delight, And he, thy duty to requite, Shall all thy earnest wishes grant. 3 In all thy ways trust thou the Lord, And he will needful help afford, To perfect ev'ry just design ; He'll make, like light, serene and clear, Thy clouded innocence appear, And as a mid-day sun to shine. 4 With quiet mind on God depend, And patiently for him attend ; Nor let thy anger fondly rise, Though wicked men with wealth abound, And with success the plots are crown'd, Which they maliciously devise. 5 From anger cease, and wrath forsake ; Let no ungovern'd passion make Thy wavering heart espouse their crime; For God shall sinful men destroy. Whilst only they the land enjoy, Who trust on him, and wait his time. 3* 37. [psalms. 6 How soon shall wicked men decay ! Their place shall vanish quite away, Nor by the strictest search be found ; Whilst humble souls possess the earth, Rejoicing still with godly mirth, With peace and plenty always crown'd. 7 A little with God's favour blessed, That's by one righteous man possess'd, The wealth of many bad excels ; For God supports the just man's cause, But as for those that break his laws, Their unsuccessful pow'r he quells. 8 His constant care the upright guides, And over all their life presides ; Their portion shall forever last ; They, when distress overwhelms the earth, Shall be unmov'd, and, ev'n in dearth, The happy fruits of plenty taste. 9 The good man's way is God's delight ; He orders all the steps aright, Of him that moves by his command ; Though he sometimes may be distress'd, Yet shall he ne'er be quite oppress'd, For God upholds him with his hand. PSALMS.] 37 10 With caution shun each wicked deed, In virtue's ways with zeal proceed, And so prolong your happy days ; For God, who judgment loves, does still Preserve his saints secure from ill, While soon the wicked race decays. 11 The upright shall possess the land; His portion shall for ages stand ; His mouth with wisdom is supplied, His tongue hy rules of judgment moves, His heart the law of God approves ; Therefore his footsteps never slide. 12 In wait the watchful sinner lies, In vain, the righteous to surprise ; In vain his ruin does decree ; God will not him defenceless leave, To his revenge expos'd, but save, And, when he's sentenced, set him free, 13 Wait still on God ; keep his command, And thou, exalted in the land, Thy blest possession ne'er shalt quit ; The wicked soon destroyed shall be, And at his dismal tragedy Thou shalt a safe spectator sit. 39. [psalms. 14 The wicked I in pow?r have seen, And, like a bay-tree, fresh and green, That spreads its pleasant branches round; But he was gone as swift as thought, And, though in ev'ry place I sought, No sign or track of him I found. 15 Observe the perfect man with care, And mark all such as upright are ; Their roughest days in peace shall end ; While on the latter end of those, Who dare God's sacred will oppose, A common ruin shall attend. 16 God to the just will aid afford ; Their only safeguard is the Lord ; Their strength in time of need is he ; Because on him they still depend, The Lord will timely succour send, And from the wicked set them free. psalm 39. c. M. 1 Lord, let me know my term of days, How soon my life will end; The numerous train of ills disclose, Which this frail state attend. PSALMS.] 40. 2 My life, thou know'st, is but a span ; A cypher sums my years; And ev'ry man, in best estate, But vanity appears. 3 Man, like a shadow, vainly walks, With fruitless cares oppressed ; He heaps up wealth, but cannot tell By whom "twill be possessed. 4 Why then should I on worthless toys, With anxious care, attend? On thee alone my stedfast hope Shall ever, Lord, depend. 5 Lord, hear my cry, accept my tears, And listen to my pray'r, Who sojourn like a stranger here, As all my fathers were. PSALM 40. L. Iff. 1 Who can the wondrous works recount, Which thou, 0 God ! for us hast wrought ? The treasures of thy love surmount The pow'r of numbers, speech, and thought. 2 Pve learn'd, that thou hast not desir d Off ?rings and sacrifice alone ; 41. [psalms Nor blood of guiltless beasts required, For man's transgression to atone. 3 In full assemblies I have told Thy truth and righteousness at large ; Nor did, thou know'st, my lips withhold From utt'ring what thou gav'st in charge ; 4 Nor kept within my breast confined Thy faithfulness, and saving grace ; But preach'd thy love, for all designed, That all might that and truth embrace. 5 Then let those mercies I declared To others, Lord, extend to me ; Thy loving kindness my reward, Thy truth my safe protection be. psalm 41. c. M. 1 Happy the man, whose tender care Relieves the poor distressed ! When he's by troubles compass'd round, The Lord shall give him rest. 2 The Lord his life, with blessings crown'd, In safety shall prolong ; And disappoint the will of those, That seek to do him wrong. PSALMS.] 42. 3 If he in languishing estate, Oppressed with sickness, lie, The Lord will easy make his bed, And inward strength supply. 4 Let therefore Israel's Lord and God From age to age be blest ; And all the people's glad applause With loud Amens expressed. psalm 42. c. M. 1 As pants the hart for cooling streams, When heated in the chase, 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 I sigh, whene'er my musing thoughts Those happy days present, When I with troops of pious friends Thy temple did frequent. 4 Why restless, why cast down, my soul? Trust God ; and he'll employ 44. [psalms. His aid for thee, and change these sighs To thankful hymns of joy. 5 Why restless, why cast down, my soul ? Hope still ; and thou shalt sing The praise of him who is thy God, Thy health's eternal spring. PSALM 44. C. M. 1 0 Lord, our fathers oft have told, In our attentive ears, Thy wonders in their days performed, And elder times than theirs. 2 For not their courage, nor their sword. To them possession gave ; Nor strength, that, from unequal force, Their fainting troops could save ; 3 But thy right hand, and powerful arm, Whose succour they implored ; Thy presence with the chosen race, Who thy great name ador d. 4 As thee their God our fathers owird, Thou art our sovereign king ; 0 therefore, as thou didst to them, To us deliverance brine:. psalms.] 47, 49. 5 To thee the triumph we ascribe, From whom the conquest came ; In God we will rejoice all day, And ever bless his name. psalm 47. L. M. 1 0 all ye people ! clap your hands, And with triumphant voices sing ; No force the mighty pow'r withstands Of God, the universal king. 2 Your utmost skill in praise be shown For him, who all the world commands ; Who sits upon his righteous throne, And spreads his sway o'er heathen lands. 3 Our chiefs, and tribes, that far from hence T! adore the God of Abr'am came, Found him their constant sure defence ; How great and glorious is his name ! psalm 49. c. m. 1 Those men, that all their hopes and trust In heaps of treasure place, 4 49. [psalms. And boasting triumph, when they see Their ill got wealth increase ; 2 Are yet unable from the grave Their dearest friend to free ; Nor can, by force of costly bribes, Reverse God's firm decree. 3 Their vain endeavours they must quit ; The price is held too high ; No sums can purchase such a grant, That man should never die. 4 Not wisdom can the wise exempt, Nor fools their follv save ; But both must perish, and, in death, Their wealth to others leave. 5 But God will yet redeem my soul ; And from the greedy grave His greater pow'r shall set me free, And to himself receive. 6 Then fear not thou, when worldly men In envied wealth abound ; Nor, though their prosperous house increase, With state and honour crown'd. 7 For, when they're summoned hence by death, They leave all this behind ; PSALMS.] 5Q. No shadow of their former pomp Within the grave they find. 8 And yet they thought their state was blest; Caught in the flatt'rer's snare, Who praises those that slight all else, And of themselves take care. 9 In their forefathers' steps they tread ; And when, like them, they die, Their wretched ancestors, and they, In endless darkness lie. 10 For man, how great soe'er his state, Unless he's truly wise, As like a sensual beast he lives, So like a beast he dies. psalm 50. 6 1. L. M. 1 The Lord hath spoke ; the mighty God Hath sent his summons all abroad, From dawning light, till day declines ; The listening earth his voice hath heard, And he from Sion hath appeared, Where beauty in perfection shines. 51. [psalms. 2 I know the fowls, that build their nests In craggy rocks, and savage beasts, That loosely haunt the open fields; If seiz'd with hunger I could be, I need not seek relief from thee, Since the world's mine, and all it yields, 3 Think'st thou that I have anv need On slaughtered bulls and goats to feed, To eat their flesh, and drink their blood ? The sacrifices I require Are hearts which love and zeal inspire, And vows with strictest care made good. psalm 51. s. M. 1 Have mercy, Lord, on me, As thou wert ever kind ; Let me, oppressed with loads of guilt, Thy wonted mercy find. 2 Wash off my foul offence, And cleanse me from my sin ; For I confess my crime, and see How great my guilt has been. PSALMS.] 51. 3 Against thee, Lord, alone, And only in thy sight, Have I transgressed ; and, though condemned, Must own thy judgments right. 4 Blot out my crying sins, Nor me in anger view ; Create in me a heart that's clean, An upright mind renew. 5 Withdraw not thou thy help, Nor cast me from thy sight J Nor let thy holy spirit take Its everlasting flight. 6 The joy thy favour gives, Let me again obtain ; And thy free spirit's firm support My fainting soul sustain. 7 So I thy righteous ways To sinners will impart; Whilst nay advice shall wicked men, To thy just laws convert. 8 Do thou unlock my lips, With sorrow closed, and shame ; So shall my mouth thy wondrous praise To all the world proclaim, 4* 57. [psalms. 9 A broken spirit is By God most highly priz'd ; By him a broken contrite heart Shall never be despised. psalm 57. L. M. 1 Be thou, 0 God ! exalted high ; And, as thy glory fills the sky, So let it be on earth displayed ; Till thou art here, as there, obeyed. % 0 God ! my heart is fix'd, 'tis bent, It's thankful tribute to present ; And, with my heart, my voice Fll raise To thee, my God ! in songs of praise. 3 Thy praises, Lord, I will resound To all the listening nations round ; Thy mercy highest heav'n transcends, Thy truth beyond the clouds extends. 4 Be thou, 0 God ! exalted high ; And, as thy glory fills the sky, So let it be on earth displayed ; Till thou art here, as there, obeyed. PSALMS.] 62. PSALM 62. L. M. 1 God does his saving health dispense, And flowing blessings daily send ; He is my fortress and defence ; On him my soul shall still depend. 2 In him, ye people ! always trust ; Before his throne pour out your hearts; For God, the merciful and just, His timely aid to us imparts. 3 The vulgar fickle are and frail ; The great dissemble and betray ; And, laid in truth's impartial scale, The lightest things will both outweigh. 4 Then trust not in oppressive ways ; By spoil and rapine grow not vain ; Nor let your hearts, if wealth increase, Be set too much upon your gain. 5 For God has oft his will expressed, And I this truth have fully known ; To be of boundless pow'r possess?d, Belongs, of right, to God alone. 6 Though mercy is his darling grace, In which he chiefly takes delight ; 63, 65. [psalms. Yet will he all the human race According to their works requite. psalm 63. 6 1. L. M. 1 My life, while I that life enjoy, In blessing God I will employ ; With lifted hands adore his name ; My soul's content shall be as great As their's, who choicest dainties eat, While I with joy his praise proclaim. 2 When down I lie, sweet sleep to find, Thou, Lord, art present to my mind ; And when I wake in dead of night. Because thou still dost succour brings Beneath the shadow of thy wing I rest with safety and delight. psalm 65. L. M. 1 0 thou, who to my humble pray'r Didst always bend thy listening ear! To thee shall all mankind repair, And at thy gracious throne appear. VSALMS.] 65. 2 Our sins, though numberless, in vain To stop thy flowing mercy try ; Whilst thou o'erlook'st the guilty stain, And washest out the crimson dye. 3 By wondrous acts, 0 God most just! Have we thy gracious answer found ; In thee remotest nations trust, And those whom stoniiy waves surround. 4 God, by his strength, sets fast the hills, And does his matchless pow'r engage ; With which the sea's loud waves he stills, And angry crowds' tumultuous rage. 5 Thou, Lord, dost barbarous lands dismay, When they thy dreadful tokens view ; With joy they see the night and day Each other's track, by turns, pursue. 6 From out thy unexhausted store Thy rain relieves the thirsty ground ; Makes lands, that barren were before, With corn and useful fruits abound. 7 On rising ridges down it pours, And every furrow' d valley fills ; Thou mak'st them soft with gentle show'rs, In which a blest increase distils. 66. [psalms. 8 Thy goodness does the circling year With fresh returns of plenty crown ; And, where thy glorious paths appear, Thy fruitful clouds drop fatness down. 9 They drop on barren forests, changed By them to pastures fresh and green ; The hills about, in order ranged, In beauteous robes of joy are seen. 10 Large flocks with fleecy wool adorn The cheerful downs ; the vallies bring A plenteous crop of full ear'd corn, And seem, for joy, to shout and sing. psalm 66. c. M. 1 Let all the lands, with shouts of joy, To God their voices raise, Sing psalms in honour of his name, And spread his glorious praise. 2 And let them say, how dreadful, Lord, In all thy w7orks art thou ! To thy great pow'r thy stubborn foes Shall all be forcrd to bow. 3 Through all the earth the nations round Shall thee their God confess, PSALMS.] 66. And, with glad hymns, their awful dread Of thy great name express. 4 0 come, behold the works of God ; And then with me you'll own, That he to all the sons of men Has wondrous judgments shown. 5 He by his pow'r forever rules ; His eyes the world survey ; Let no presumptuous man rebel Against his sovereign sway. 6 0 all ye nations ! bless our God, And loudly speak his praise; Who keeps our souls alive, and still Confirms our stedfast ways. 7 0 come, all ye that fear the Lord ! Attend with heedful care, Whilst I, what God for me has done, With grateful joy declare. 8 My God to me, whene'er I cried, His gracious ear did bend : And to the voice of my request, With constant love, attend. 67. [psalms, 9 Then bless'd forever be my God, Who never, when I pray, Withholds his mercy from my soul, Nor turns his face away. PSALM 67. C. M. 1 To bless thy chosen race, In mercy, Lord, incline ; And cause the brightness of thy face On all thy saints to shine. 2 That so thy wondrous way May through the world be known ; While distant lands their tribute pay, And thy salvation own. 3 Let differing nations join To celebrate thy fame ; Let all the world, 0 Lord ! combine To praise thy glorious name. 4 0 let them shout and sing, Dissolved in pious mirth ; For thou, the righteous Judge and King, Shalt govern all the earth. 5 Let differing nations join To celebrate thy fame j PSALMS.] - 68. Let all the world, 0 Lord ! combine To praise thy glorious name. psalm 68. L. M. 1 To God your voice in anthems raise ; Jehovah's awful name he bears ; In him rejoice, extol his praise, Who rides upon high rolling spheres. 2 Him, from his empire of the skies, To this low world compassion draws, The orphan's claim to patronise, And judge the injur' d widow's cause. 3 'Tis God, who from a foreign soil Restores poor exiles to their home ; Makes captives free, and fruitless toil Their proud oppressors' righteous doom, 4 For benefits each day bestow'd Be daily his great name ador'd, Who is our Saviour, and our God, Of life and death the sov'reign Lord. 5 How dreadful are the sacred courts, Where God has fix'd his earthly throne ! His strength his feeble saints supports; To God give praise, to him alone. 5 71. [psalms. PSALM 71. C. M. 1 In thee I put my stedfast trust; Defend ine. Lord, from shame : Incline thine ear and save my soul, For righteous is thy name. 2 Be thou my strong abiding-place, To which I may resort ; "Tis thy decree that keeps me safe; Thou art my rock and fort. 3 Thy constant care did safely guard My tender infant davs ; Thou took'st me from my mothers womb, To sing thy constant praise. 4 While some on me with wonder gaze, Thy hand supports me still : Thy honour therefore, and thy praise, My mouth shall alwavs fill. 5 Reject not then thv servant. Lord. When I with age decay : Forsake me not when, worn with Years, My vigour fades away. 6 But as for me my stedfast hope Shall on thy pow'r depend : PSALMS.] 73. And I in grateful songs of praise, My time to come will spend. 7 Thy righteous acts, and saving health My mouth shall still declare ; Unable yet to count them all, Though summ'd with utmost care. 8 While God vouchsafes me his support, Til in his strength go on ; All other righteousness disclaim, And mention his alone. 9 How high thy justice soars, 0 God ! How great and wondrous are The mighty works which thou hast done ! Who may with thee compare ! PSALM 73. L. If. 1 At length, by certain proofs, 'tis plain That God will to his saints be kind ; That all, whose hearts are pure and clean, Shall his protecting favour find. 2 Whom then in heav'n but thee alone Have I, whose favour I require ? Throughout the spacious earth there's none, That I besides thee can desire. 74. [psalms. 3 My trembling flesh, and aching heart May often fail to succour me ; But God shall inward strength impart, And my eternal portion be. 4 For they that far from thee remove Shall into sudden ruin fall; If after other gods they rove, Thy vengeance shall destroy them all. t 5 But as for me, 'tis good and just, That I should still to God repair ; In him I always put my trust, And will his wondrous works declare. psalm 74. c. M. 1 Thine is the cheerful day, and thine The black return of night ; Thou hast prepared the glorious sun, And ev'ry feebler light. 2 By thee the borders of the earth In perfect order stand ; The summer's warmth, and winter's cold, Attend on thy command. PSALMS.] 77. PSALM 77. C. M. 1 Has God forever cast us off? Withdrawn his favour quite ? Are both his mercy and his truth Retird to endless night? 2 Can his long practised love forget Its wonted aids to bring? Has he in wrath shut up and sealed His mercy's healing spring ? 3 I said, my weakness hints these fears ; But I'll my fears disband ; I'll yet remember the Most High, And years of his right hand. 4 I'll call to mind his works of old, The wonders of his might ; On them my heart shall meditate, My tongue shall them recite. 5 Safe lodg'd from human search, on high, 0 God ! thy counsels are. Who is so great a God as ours? Who can with him compare? 6 Long since, a God of wonders thee Thy rescu'd people found ; 5* 77. [psalms. Long since hast thou thy chosen seed With strong deliverance crown'd. 7 When thee, 0 God ! the waters saw, The frighted billows shrunk ; The troubled depths themselves, for fear, Beneath their channels sunk. 8 The clouds pour'd down, while rending skies Did with their noise conspire ; Thy arrows all abroad were sent, Wing'd with avenging fire. 9 Heav'n with thy thunders voice was torn, Whilst all the lower world With lightning blaz'd, earth shook, and seem'd From her foundations hurPd. 10 Through rolling streams thou find'st thy way, Thy paths in waters lie ; Thy wondrous passage, where no sight Thy footsteps can descry. 11 Thou ledd'st thy people, like a flock, Safe through the desert land, By Moses, their meek skilful guide, And Aaron's sacred hand. PSALMS.] 78. PSALM 78. C. M. 1 Hear, 0 my people ! to my law Devout attention lend ; Let the instructions of my mouth Deep in your hearts descend. 2 My tongue, by inspiration taught, Shall parables unfold, Dark oracles, but understood, And ovvn'd for truths of old ; 3 Which we from sacred registers Of ancient times have known, And our forefathers' pious care To us has handed down. 4 We will not hide them from our sons ; Our offspring shall be taught The praises of the Lord, whose strength Has works of wonder wrought ; 5 That generations yet to come, Should to their unborn heirs Rclieiouslv transmit the same, And they again to theirs ; 82. [psalms. 6 To teach them that in God alone Their hope securely stands ; That they should ne'er his works forget, But keep his just commands. psalm 82. c. M. 1 God in the great assembly stands, Where his impartial eye In state surveys the earthly gods, And does their judgments try. 2 How dare ye then unjustly judge, Or be to sinners kind ? Defend the orphans, and the poor ; Let such your justice find. 3 Protect the humble helpless man, Reduced to deep distress ; And let not him become a prey To such as would oppress. 4 Arise, and thy just judgments. Lord, Throughout the earth display ; And all the nations of the world Shall own thy righteous sway. PSALMS.] " 84. PSALM 84. C. M. 1 0 God of hosts, the mighty Lord ! How lovely is the place. Where thou, enthroned in glory, shew'st The brightness of thv face ! 2 My longing soul faints with desire, To view thy blest abode ; My panting heart and flesh cry out For thee, the living God. 3 Thrice happy they, whose choice has thee Their sure protection made, Who long to tread the sacred ways That to thy dwelling lead ! 4 For God, who is our sun and shield, Will grace and glory give ; And no good thing will he withhold From them that justly live. 5 Thou God, whom heavenly hosts obey ! HowT highly blest is he, Whose hope and trust securely placed, Is still repos'd on thee ! 85, [psalms* PSALM 85. C. M. 1 0 God our Saviour ! all our hearts To thy obedience turn ; That, kindled by our former sins, Thy wrath no more may burn. 2 Thy gracious favour, Lord, display, Which we have long implored ; And, for thy wondrous mercy's sake, Thy wonted aid afford. 3 God's answer patiently I'll wait J For he, with glad success, If they no more to folly turn, His mourning saints will bless. 4 To all that fear his holy name, His sure salvation's near ; And in its former happy state Our nation shall appear. 5 For mercy now with truth is join'd ; And righteousness with peace, Like kind companions absent long, With friendly arms embrace. PSALMS.] 86. 6 Truth from the earth shall spring, whilstheav'n Shall streams of justice pour; And God, from whom all goodness flows, Shall endless plenty show'r. 7 Before him righteousness shall march, And his just paths prepare ; Whilst we his holy steps pursue With constant zeal and care. PSALM 86. C. M. 1 To my complaint, 0 Lord my God ! Thy gracious ear incline ; Hear me distressed and destitute Of all relief but thine. 2 Do thou, 0 God ! preserve my soul, That does thy name adore ; Thy servant keep, and him, whose trust Relies on thee, restore. 3 To me, who daily thee invoke, Thy mercy, Lord, extend ; Refresh thy Servant's soul, whose hopes On thee alone depend. 4 Thou. Lord, art good ; not only good. But prompt to pardon too : 86. [psalms. Of plenteous mercy to all those, Who for thv mercy sue. 5 To my repeated humble pray'r, 0 Lord ! attentive be : When troubled I on thee will call. For thou wilt answer me. 6 Among the gods there's none like thee. 0 Lord, alone divine ! To thee as much inferiour they. As are their works to thine. 7 Therefore their great creator, thee, The nations shall adore : Their long misguided pray'rs and praise To thv blest name restore. 8 All shall confess thee great, and great The wonders thou hast done ; Confess thee God, thee God supreme, Confess thee God alone. 9 Teach me thv wav, 0 Lord ! and I From truth shall ne'er depart : In reverence to thv sacred name Devoutly fix my heart. PSALMS.] 89. 10 Thee will I praise, 0 Lord my God ! Praise thee with heart sincere ; And to thy everlasting name Eternal trophies rear, 11 For thou thy constant goodness didst To my assistance bring ; Of patience, mercy, and of truth. Thou everlasting spring ! psalm 89. L. M. 1 Thy mercies, Lord, shall be my song j My song on them shall ever dwell ; To ages yet unborn my tongue Thy never-failing truth shall tell. 2 I have affirmed, and still maintain, Thy mercy shall for ever last ; Thy truth, that does the heav'ns sustain, Like them shall stand forever fast. 3 For such stupendous truth and love, Both heav'n and earth just praises owe ; By choirs of angels sung above, And by assembled saints below. 4 What seraph of celestial birth, To vie with Israel's God shall dare ? 6 89. [psalms, Or who, among the gods of earth, With our almighty Lord compare ? l? 5 With reverence and religious dread. His saints should to his temple press ; His fear through all their hearts should spread, Who his almighty name confess. 6 Lord God of armies 1 who can boast Of strength or pow'r, like thine renown'd ; Of such a numerous faithful host, As that which does thy throne surround ? 7 Thou dost the lawless sea control, And change the prospect of the deep ; Thou mak'st the sleeping billows roll, Thou mak'st the rolling billows sleep. 8 In thee the sov'reign right remains Of earth and heav'n ; thee, Lord, alone, The world and all that it contains Their maker and preserver own. 9 Thy arm is mighty, strong thy hand ; Yet, Lord, thou dost with justice reign : Possessed of absolute command, Thou truth and mercv dost maintain. PSALMS.] 90. PSALM 90. C. M. 1 0 Lord, the Saviour and defence Of us thy chosen race ! From age to age thou still hast been Our sure abiding place. 2 Before thou brought'st the mountains forth, Or th? earth and world did'st frame, Thou always wert the mighty God, And ever art the same. 3 Thou turnest man, 0 Lord ! to dust, Of which he first was made ; And when thou speak'st the word, Return, rris instantly obeyM. 4 For in thy sight a thousand years Are like a day that's past ; Or like a watch in dead of night, Whose hours unminded waste. 5 Thou sweep'st us off as with a flood ; We vanish hence like dreams ; At first we grow like grass, that feels The sun's reviving beams ; 6 But, howsoever fresh and fair Its morning beauty shows, 90. |>SALMS. *Tis all cut down and withered quite, Before the evening close. 7 Our term of time is seventy years, An age that few survive ; But if, with more than common strength, To eighty we arrive, 8 Yet then our boasted strength decays, To sorrow turn'd and pain ; So soon the slender thread is cut, And we no more remain. 9 So teach us, Lord, th? uncertain sum Of our short days to mind, That to true wisdom all our hearts May ever be inclined. 10 To satisfy and cheer our souls, Thy early mercy send ; That we may all our days to come, In joy and comfort spend. 11 Let thy bright rays upon us shine ; Give thou our work success ; The glorious work we have in hand Do thou vouchsafe to bless. PSALMS.] 91% PSALM 91. 6 1. L. M. 1 He that has God his guardian made Shall, under the Almighty's shade, Secure and undisturbed abide. Thus to my soul of him Pll say ; He is my fortress and my stay, My God, in whom I will confide. 2 His tender love and watchful care Shall free thee from the fowler's snare, And from the noisome pestilence ; He over thee his wings shall spread, And cover thy unguarded head ; His truth shall be thy strong defence. 3 No terrours, that surprise by night, Shall thy undaunted courage fright, Nor deadly shafts that fly by day ; Nor plague, of unknown rise, that kills In darkness, nor infectious ills That in the hottest season slay. 4 Because, with well-placM confidence, He made the Lord his sure defence, And on the highest did rely ; Because he lov'd and honoured me, Therefore, says God, Pll set him free, And fix his glorious throne on high, 6* 92. [psalms. 5 He'll call ; Fll answer when he calls, And rescue him when ill befalls, Increase his honour and his wealth ; And when, with undisturbed content, His long and happy life is spent, His end Fll crown with saving health. psalm 92. c. M. 1 How good and pleasant must it be To thank the Lord most high ; And, with repeated hymns of praise, His name to magnify ; 2 With ev'ry morning's early dawn, His goodness to relate ; And of his constant truth, each night, The glad effects repeat ! 3 For through thy wondrous works, 0 Lord ! Thou mak'st my heart rejoice ; The thoughts of them shall make me glad, And shout with cheerful voice. 4 How wondrous are thy works, 0 Lord ! How deep are thy decrees ! PSALMS.] 93. Whose winding tracks, in secret laid, No stupid sinner sees. 5 He little thinks, when wicked men, Like grass, look fresh and gay, How soon their short-liv'd splendour must For ever pass away. 6 But thou, my God ! art still most high ; And all thy lofty foes, Who thought they might securely sin, Shall be overwhelmed with woes. 7 Thus will the Lord his justice shew ; And God, my strong defence, Shall due rewards to all the world Impartially dispense. psalm ^3. L. M. 1 With glory clad, with strength array'd, The Lord, that o'er all nature reigns, The world's foundations strongly laid, And the vast fabrick still sustains. 2 How surely 'stablish'd is thy throne ! Which shall no change or period see ; For thou, 0 Lord ! and thou alone, Art God from all eternity. 94. [psalms. 3 The floods, 0 Lord ! lift up their voice, And toss the troubled waves on high ; But God above can still their noise, And make the angry sea comply. 4 Thy promise, Lord, is ever sure ; And they, that in thy house would dwell, That happy station to secure, Must still in holiness excel. psalm 94. c. M. 1 Blest is the man whom thou, 0 Lord ! In kindness dost chastise ; And by thy sacred rules to walk Dost lovingly advise. 2 This man shall rest and safety find In seasons of distress ; Whilst God prepares a pit for those That stubbornly transgress. • 3 For God will never from his saints His favour wholly take ; His own possession and his lot He will not quite forsake. 4 The world shall then confess thee just, In all that thou hast done ; PSALMS.] 95. And those that choose thy upright ways> Shall in those paths go on. PSALM 95. L. M. 1 0 come, loud anthems let us sing, Loud thanks to our almighty king ; For we our voices high should raise, When our salvation's rock we praise. 2 Into his presence let us haste, To thank him for his favours past; To him address, in joyful songs, The praise that to his name belongs, 3 For God, the Lord, enthroned in state, Is with unrivall'd glory great ; A king superior far to all, Whom by his title God we call. 4 The depths of earth are in his hand, Her secret wealth at his command ; The strength of hills, that threat the skies, Subjected to his empire lies. 5 The rolling ocean's vast abyss By the same sovereign right is his; ?Tis mov'd by his almighty hand, That form* d and fix'd the solid land. [psalms 6 0 let os to his courts repair. And bow with adoration there : Jj- >u on o jr knees devoatly all Belore the Lord oar maker fall. F6ALM 96. P. M. 1 he Lord a Let earth, in one assembled thi Her cjomwmm patron's praise resocrad. m the Lord and bless his nam^ From day to day his praise proclaim, Who es has with salvatkm crown'd. To heathen lands his fame rehearse, His wooden to the oni verse. I great and greatly to be prais'd : In majesty and glory rabM Ab: 11 other deirie- For pageantry and idols all Are they whom gods the heathen call : He onlv riles who made the skies. With majesty and honour crown'd. 3 Proclaim aloud. Jehovah Whose pow'r the universe sostaim, And bamsh'd justice will restore. PSALMS.] 97, Let therefore heav'n new joys confess, And heav'nly mirth let earth express; Its loud applause the ocean roar, Its mule inhabitants rejoice, And for this triumph find a voice. PSALM 97. L. M. 1 Jehovah reigns ; let all the earth In his just government rejoice ; Let all the isles, with sacred mirth. In his applause unite their voice. 2 Darkness and clouds of awful shade His dazzling glory shroud in state; Justice and truth his guards are made, And fix'd by his pavilion wait. 3 You, who to serve this Lord aspire ! Abhor what's ill, and truth esteem ; He'll keep his servants souls entire, And them from wicked hands redeem. 4 For seeds are sown of glorious light, A future harvest for the just; And gladness for the heart upright, To recompense its pious trust. 99. ("psalms 5 Rejoice, ye righteous ! in the Lord ; Memorials of his holiness Deep in your faithful breasts record, And with your thankful tongues confess. psalm 99. c. M. 1 Exalt the Lord our gracious God ; Before his footstool fall ; And, with his unresisted might, His holiness extol. 2 Moses and Aaron thus of old, Among his priests ador'd ; Among his prophets Samuel thus His sacred name implorM. 3 Distressed, upon the Lord they calFd, Who ne'er their suit denied ; But, as with reverence they implor'd, He graciously replied. 4 For with their camp, to guide their march, The cloudy pillar mov'd ; They kept his laws, and to his will Obedient servants provM ; 5 He answered them, forgiving oft His people for their sake ; PSALMS.] 100. And those, who rashly them oppos'd, Did sad examples make. 6 With worship at his sacred courts Exalt our God and Lord ; For he, who only holy is, Alone should be ador'd. psalm 100. L. M. 1 With one consent let all the earth To God their cheerful voices raise ; Glad homage pay with awful mirth, And sing before him songs of praise ; 2 Convinced that he is God alone, From whom both we and all proceed ; We, whom he chooses for his own, The flock which he vouchsafes to feed. 3 0 enter then his temple gate, Thence to his courts devoutly press, And still your grateful hymns repeat, And still his name with praises bless. 4 For he's the Lord, supremely good 5 His mercy is for ever sure ; His truth, which all times firmly stood; To endless ages shall endure. 7 102. [rsALMs. PSALM 102. C. M. 1 When I pour out my soul iu pray'r, Do thou, 0 Lord ! attend ; To thy eternal throne of grace Let my sad cry ascend. 2 My days, just hastening to their end, Are like an evening shade ; My beauty does, like withered grass, With waning lustre fade. 3 But thy eternal state, 0 Lord ! No length of time shall waste ; The memory of thy wondrous works From age to age shall last. 4 The strong foundations of the earth Of old by thee were laid ; Thy hands the beauteous arch of heav?n With wondrous skill have made. 5 Whilst thou forever shalt endure, They soon shall pass away ; And, like a garment often worn, Shall tarnish and decay. 6 Like that, when thou ordain'st their change, To thy command they bend ; PSALMS.] 103, But thou continu'st still the same, Nor have thy years an end. 7 Thou to the children of thy saints Shalt lasting quiet give ; Whose happy race, securely fix'd, Shall in thy presence live. psalm 103. L. M. 1 My soul, inspired with sacred love, God's holy name for ever bless ; Of all his favours mindful prove, And still thy grateful thanks express. 2 *Tis he, that all thy sins forgives, And after sickness makes thee sound ; From danger he thy life retrieves, By him with grace and mercy crown'd. 3 He with good things thy mouth supplies, Thy vigour, eagle-like, renews ; He, when the guiltless sufT'rer cries, His foe with just revenge pursues. 4 God made of old his righteous ways To Moses and the fathers known ; His works, to his eternal praise, Were to the sons of Jacob shown. 103. [psalms. 5 The Lord abounds with tender love. And unexampled acts of grace ; His wakened wrath does slowly move, His willing mercy flies apace. 6 God will not always harshly chide. But with his anger quickly part; And loves his punishments to guide More by his love than our desert. 7 As high as heaven its arch extends Above this little spot of clay, So much his boundless love transcends The small respects that we can pay. 8 As far as 'tis from east to west, So far has he our sins removed, Who, with a father's tender breast, Has such as fear him always lov'd. 9 For God, who all our frame surveys, Considers that we are but clay ; How fresh soe'er we seem, our days Like grass or flow'rs must fade away. 10 Whilst they are nipt with sudden blasts, Nor can we find their former place, PSALMS.] 104 God's faithful mercy ever lasts, To those that fear him, and their race. 11 This shall attend on such as still Proceed in his appointed way, And who not only know his will, But to it just obedience pay. 12 The Lord, the universal king, In heav'n has fixM his lofty throne ; To him, ye angels ! praises sing, In whose great strength his pow'r is shown. 13 Ye that his just commands obey, And hear and do his sacred will, Ye hosts of his, this tribute pay, Who still what he ordains fulfil. 14 Let ev'ry creature jointly bless The mighty Lord ; and thou, my heart ! With grateful joy thy thanks express, And in this concert bear thy part. psalm 104. L. M. 1 Bless God, my soul ! thou, Lord, alone Possessest empire without bounds; 7 * 104. [psalms. With honour thou art crown' d ; thy throne Eternal majesty surrounds, 2 With light thou dost thyself enrobe, And glory for a garment take ; Heav'n's curtains stretch beyond the globe, Thy canopy of state to make. 3 God builds on liquid air, and forms His palace chambers in the skies ; The clouds his chariots are, and storms The swift-wing' d steeds with which he flies. 4 As bright as flame, as swift as wind, His ministers heaven's palace fill, To have their sundry tasks assigned ; All proud to serve their sovereign's will. 5 Earth on her centre fix'd he set, Her face with waters overspread ; Nor proudest mountains dar'd as yet To lift above the waves their head. 6 But, when thy awful face appeared, Th' insulting waves dispersed ; they fled, When once thy thunder's voice they heard, And by their haste confessed their dread. 7 Thence up by secret tracks they creep, And gushing from the mountain's side, PSALMS.] 104. Through vallies travel to the deep, Appointed to receive their tide. 8 There hast thou fix?d the ocean's bounds, The threatening surges to repel ; That they no more overpass their bounds, Nor to a second deluge swell. 9 Yet thence, in smaller parties drawn, The sea recovers her lost hills ; And starting springs from ev'ry lawn Surprise the vales with plenteous rills. 10 The fields tame beasts are thither led, Weary with labour, faint with drought ; And asses, on wild mountains bred, Have sense to find these currents out. 11 There shady trees from scorching beams Yield shelter to the featherM throng; They drink, and to the bounteous streams Return the tribute of their song. 12 His rains from heav'n parch'd hills recruit; That soon transmit the liquid store ; 'Till earth is burthen'd with her fruit, And nature's lap can hold no more. 13 Grass, for our cattle to devour, He makes the growth of ev'ry field ; 104. [psalms. Herbs for man's use, of various pow'r, That either food or physick yield. 14 With clustered grapes he crowns the vine, ' To cheer man's heart opprest with cares ; Gives oil, that makes his face to shine ; And corn, that wasted strength repairs. 15 The trees of God, without the care Or art of man, with sap are fed ; The mountain cedar looks as fair, As those in royal gardens bred. 16 Safe in the lofty cedar's arms The wand'rers of the air may rest ; The hospitable pine from harms Protects the stork, her pious guest. 17 Wild goats the craggy rock ascend, Its tow'ring height their fortress make, Whose cells in labyrinths extend, Where feebler creatures refuge take. 18 The moon's inconstant aspect shows Th' appointed seasons of the year ; Th' instructed sun his duty knows, His hours to rise and disappear. 19 Darkness he makes the earth to shroud, When forest beasts securely stray ; PSALMS.] 104. Young lions roar their wants aloud To Providence that sends them prey. 20 They range all night, on slaughter bent, Till, summoned by the rising morn, To skulk in dens, with one consent, The conscious ravagers return. 21 Forth to the tillage of his soil, The husbandman securely goes ; Commencing with the sun his toil, With him returns to his repose. 22 How various, Lord, thy works are found, For which thy wisdom we adore ! The earth is with thy treasure crowrn'd, 'Till nature's hand can grasp no more. 23 But still the vast unfathonvd main Of wonders a new scene supplies, Whose depths inhabitants contain Of ev'ry form and ev'ry size. 24 Full-freighted ships from ev*ry port, There cut their unmolested way : Leviathan, whom there to sport Thou mad'st, has compass there to play. 25 These various troops of sea and land In sense of common want agree : 104. [psalms, AH wait on thy dispensing hand, And have their daily alms from thee. 26 They gather what thy stores disperse. Without their trouble to provide : Thou op'st thy hand, the universe, The craving world is all supplied. 27 Thou for a moment hid?st thv face, The numerous ranks of creatures mourn; Thou tak'st their breath, all nature's race Forthwith to mother- earth return. 28 Again thou send'st thy spirit forth, T' inspire the mass with vital seed ; Nature's restored, and parent-earth Smiles on her new-created breed. 29 Thus, through successive ages, stands Firm fixM thy providential care ; PleasM with the work of thy own hands, Thou dost the wastes of time repair. 30 One look of thine, one wrathful look, Earth's panting breast with terrour fills; One touch from thee with clouds of smoke In darkness shrouds the proudest hills. 31 In praising God, while he prolongs My breath, I will that breath employ ; PSALMS.] 105. And join devotion to my songs, Sincere, as in him is my joy. ^2 While sinners from earth's face are hurl'd, My soul, praise thou his holy name, "Till with my song the listening world Join concert, and his praise proclaim. PSALM 105. C. M. 1 0 render thanks and bless the Lord, Invoke his sacred name ; Acquaint the nations with his deeds, His matchless deeds proclaim. 2 Sing to his praise in lofty hymns, His wondrous works rehearse ; Make them the theme of your discourse, And subject of your verse, 3 Rejoice in his almighty name, Alone to be ador'd ; And let their hearts overflow with joy, That humbly seek the Lord. 4 Seek ye the Lord, his saving strength Devoutly still implore ; And, where he's ever present, seek His face for evermore. 106. [psalms. 5 The wonders that his hands have wrought, Keep thankfully in mind ; The righteous statutes of his mouth, And laws to us assigned. psalm 106. L. M. 1 0 render thanks to God above, The fountain of eternal love ; Whose mercy firm through ages past Has stood, and shall forever last. 2 Who can his mighty deeds express, Not only vast but numberless ? What mortal eloquence can raise His tribute of immortal praise ? 3 Happy are they, and only they, Who from thy judgments never stray ; Who know what's right ; nor only so, But always practice what they know. 4 Extend to me that favour. Lord, Thou to thy chosen dost afford ; When thou return'st to set them free, Let thy salvation visit me. 5 0 may I worthy prove to see Thy saints in full prosperity ; PSALMS.] 107, That I the joyful choir may join, And count thy people's triumph mine. psalm 107. L. M. 1 To God your grateful voices raise, Who doth your daily patron prove ; And let your never-ceasing praise Attend on his eternal love. 2 Let those give thanks, whom he from bands Of proud oppressing foes released ; And brought them back from distant lands. From north and south, and west and east. 3 Through lonely desart ways they went, Nor could a peopled city find ; Till, quite with thirst and hunger spent, Their fainting soul within them piird. 4 Then soon to God's indulgent car Did they their mournful cry address, Who graciously vouchsafed to hear, And freed them from their deep distress. 5 From crooked paths he led them forth, And in the certain way did guide, To wealthy towns of great resort, Where all their wants were well supplied. 8 107. [psalms, s 6 0 then that all the earth, with me, Would God for this his goodness praise ; And for the mighty works, which he Throughout the wondering world displays ! 7 Some lie, with darkness compass' d round, In death's uncomfortable shade ; And with unwieldy fetters bound, By pressing cares more heavy made, 8 Then soon to God's indulgent ear Did they their mournful cry address; Who graciously vouchsaf 'd to hear, And freed them from their deep distress. a 9 From dismal dungeons, dark as night, And shades as black as death's abode, He brought them forth to cheerful light, And welcome liberty bestow'd. 10 0 then that all the earth, with me, Would God for this his goodness praise ; And for the mighty works, which he Throughout the wond'ring world displays ! 11 They that in ships, with courage bold, O'er swelling waves their trade pursue, PSALMS.] 107, Do God's amazing works behold, And in the deep his wonders view. 12 No sooner his command is past, But forth the dreadful tempest flies, Which sweeps the sea with rapid haste, And makes the stormy billows rise. 13 Sometimes the ships, toss'd up to heav'n, On tops of mountain waves appear ; Then down the steep abyss are driven, Whilst every soul dissolves with fear. 14 They reel and stagger to and fro, Like men with fumes of wine oppressed ; Nor do the skilful seamen know Which way to steer, what course is best. 15 Then straight to God's indulgent ear Thev do their mournful crv address : Who graciously vouchsafes to hear, And frees them from their deep distress. 16 He does the raging storm appease, And makes the billows calm and still ; With joy they see their fury cease, And their intended course fulfil. 17 0 then that all the earth, with me, Would God for this his goodness praise ; 108, 110. [psalms. And for the mighty works, which he Throughout the wondering world displays ! psalm 108. c. M. 1 0 God ! my heart is fully bent To magnify thy name ; My tongue with cheerful songs of praise Shall celebrate thy fame. 2 Because thy mercy's boundless height The highest heav'n transcends, And far beyond th' aspiring clouds Thy faithful truth extends. 3 Be thou, 0 God ! exalted high Above the starry frame, And let the world, with one consent, Confess thy glorious name. psalm 110. 61. L. M. 1 The Lord unto my Lord thus spake ; ' Till I thy foes thv foot-stool make, 6 Sit thou in state at my right hand ; PSALMS.] 111. ' Supreme in Sion thou shalt be, i And all thy proud oppressors see ' Subjected to thy just command. 2 *Thee, in thy power's triumphant day, The willing nations shall obey ; And, when thy rising beams they view, Shall all, redeemed from errour's night, Appear as numberless and bright ' As crystal drops of morning dew.? 3 The Lord hath sworn, nor sworn in vain, That, like Melchisedec's, thy reign And priesthood shall no period know ; No proud competitor to sit At thy right hand will he permit, But in his wrath crowned heads overthrow. PSALM 111. L. M. 1 Praise ye the Lord ; our God to praise My soul her utmost powers shall raise ; With private friends, and in the throng Of saints, his praise shall be my song. 2 His works, for greatness though renowned, His wondrous works with ease are found By those who seek for them aright, And in the pious search delight, 8* 112. [psalms. 3 His works are all of matchless fame, And universal glory claim ; His truth, confirmed through ages past, Shall to eternal ages last. 4 By precept he has us enjoined To keep his wondrous works in mind, And to posterity record, That good and gracious is our Lord. 5 Just are the dealings of his hands ; Immutable are his commands, By truth and equity sustained, And for eternal rules ordain'd. 6 Who wisdom's sacred prize would win, Must with the fear of God begin ; Immortal praise and heav'nly skill Have they, who know and do his will. psalm 112. L. M. 1 That man is blest, who stands in awe Of God, and loves his sacred law ; His seed on earth shall be renown'd, And with successive honours crown'd. 2 His house, the seat of wealth, shall be An inexhausted treasury ; PSALMS.] 112. His justice, free from all decay, Shall blessings to his heirs convey. 3 The soul, that's fill'd with virtue's light, Shines briglitest in affliction's night ; To pity the distressed inclin'd, As well as just to all mankind. 4 His lib'ral favours he extends ; To some he gives, to others lends ; Yet what his charity impairs He saves by prudence in affairs. 5 Beset with threatening dangers round, Unmov'd shall he maintain his ground ; The sweet remembrance of the just Shall flourish, when he sleeps in dust. 6 111 tidings never can surprise His heart that fix'd on God relies ; On safety's rock he sits, and sees The shipwreck of his enemies. 7 His hands, while they his alms bestow'd, His glory's future harvest sow'd, Whence he shall reap wealth, fame, renown, A temp'ral and eternal crown. 113, 115. [psalms, PSALM 113. 6 1. L. M. 1 Ye saints and servants of the Lord ! The triumphs of his name record ; His sacred name for ever bless. Where'er the circling sun displays His rising beams or setting rays, Due praise to his great name address* 2 God through the world extends his sway ; The regions of eternal day But shadows of his glory are. To him, whose majesty excels, Who made the heavens in which he dwells, Let no created pow'r compare. PSALM 115. C. M. 1 Lord, not to us, we claim no share, But to thv sacred name Give glory, for thy mercy's sake, And truth's eternal fame. 2 Let all, who truly fear the Lord, On him they fear rely ; Who them in danger can defend, And all their wants supply. PSALMS.] ( H6. 3 HeavVs highest orb of glory he His empire's seat designed ; And gave this lower globe of earth A portion to mankind. 4 They, who in death and silence sleep, To him no praise afford ; But we will bless for evermore Our ever-living Lord. PSALM 116. C. M. 1 My soul with grateful thoughts of love Entirely is possessed ; Because the Lord vouchsafed to hear The voice of my request. 2 Since he has now his ear inclined, I never will despair; But still in all the straits of life To him address my pray'r. 3 How just and merciful is God ! How gracious is the Lord ! Who saves the harmless, and to me Docs timely help afford. 4 Then, free from pensive cares, my soul. Resume thy wonted rest ; 117. ( [PSAXMS. For God has wondrously to thee His bounteous love expressed. 5 When death alarm'd me, he removed My danger and my fears : My feet from falling he secured, And dried my eyes from tears. 6 Therefore my life's remaining years, Which God to me shall lend, Will I in praises to his name And in his service spend. psalm 117. c. M. 1 With cheerful notes let all the earth To heav'n their voices raise, Let all, inspired with godly mirth, Sing solemn hymns of praise. 2 God's tender mercy knows no bound ; His truth shall ne'er decay ; Then let the willing nations round Their grateful tribute pay. PSALMS.] 118, PSALM 118. C. M. 1 0 praise the Lord, for he is good ; His mercies ne'er decay ; That his kind favours ever last, Let all that fear him say. 2 To God I made my humble moan, With troubles quite oppressed ; And he released me from my straits, And granted my request. 3 Since therefore God does on my side So graciously appear, Why should the vain attempts of men Possess my soul with fear ? 4 For better *tis to trust in God, And have the Lord our friend, Than on the greatest human pow'r For safety to depend. 5 That which the builders once refused Is now the corner stone. This is the wondrous work of God, The work of God alone. 119. [psalms. 6 This day is God's ; let all the land Exalt their cheerful voice ; Lord, we beseech thee, save us now, And make us still rejoice. 7 Thou art my Lord, 0 God ! and still I'll praise thy holy name ; Because thou only art my God, Fll celebrate thy fame. 8 0 then with me give thanks to God, Who still does gracious prove ; And let the tribute of our praise Be endless as his love. psalm 119. c. M. 1 How bless' d are they, who always keep The pure and perfect way ; Who never from the sacred paths Of God's commandments stray ! 2 Thrice bless'd, who to his righteous laws Have still obedient been ; And have with fervent humble zeal His favour sought to win. 3 Such men their utmost caution use To shun each wicked deed; PSALMS.] 119. But in the path which he directs With constant care proceed. 4 Thou strictly hast enjoin'd us, Lord, To learn thy sacred will. And all our diligence employ Thy statutes to fulfil. 5 0 then that thy most holy will Might o?er my ways preside ; And I the course of all my life By thy direction guide ! 6 Then with assurance should I walk, From all confusion free ; Convinced, with joy, that all my ways With thy commands agree. 7 My upright heart shall my glad mouth With cheerful praises fill ; When, by thy righteous judgments taught, I shall have learnM thy will. 8 How shall the young preserve their ways, From all pollution free? By making still their course of life With thy commands agree. 9 119. [psalms. 9 With hearty zeal for thee I seek. To thee for succour pray , 0 suffer not my careless steps From thy right paths to stray. 10 Safe in my heart, and closely hid, Thy word, my treasure, lies; To succour me with timely aid, When sinful thoughts arise. 11 Secured by that, my grateful soul Shall ever bless thy name ; 0 teach me then by thy just laws My future life to frame. 12 Whilst in the way of thy commands, More solid joy I found, Than had I been with vast increase Of envied riches crown'd. 13 Therefore thy just and upright laws Shall alway fill my mind, And those sound rules which thou prescrib'st All due respect shall find. 14 To keep thy statutes undefac'd Shall be my constant joy ; The strict remembrance of thy word Shall all my thoughts employ. PSALMS.1 119. 15 To thee I still declared my ways, And thou inclin'dst thine ear; 0 teach me then my future life By thy just laws to steer, 16 If thou wilt make me know thy laws, And by thy guidance walk, The wondrous works which thou hast done Shall be my constant talk. 17 Far, far from me be all false ways, And lying arts removed ! But kindly grant I still may keep The path by thee approved. 18 Thy faithful ways, thou God of truth ! My happy choice Pve made; Thy judgments, as my rule of life, Before me always laid. 19 My care has been to make my life With thy commands agree ; 0 then preserve thy servant, Lord, From shame and ruin free. 20 So in the way of thy commands Shall I with pleasure run, And, with a heart enlarged with joy, Successfully go on. 119. [psalms. 21 Instruct me in thy statutes, Lord ; Thy righteous paths display ; And I from them, through all my life. Will never go astray. 22 If thou true wisdom from above Wilt graciously impart, To keep thy perfect laws I will Devote my zealous heart. 23 Direct me in the sacred ways To which thy precepts lead ; Because my chief delight has been Thy righteous paths to tread. 24 Do thou to thy most just commands Incline my willing heart ; Let no desire of worldly wealth From thee my thoughts divert. 25 From those vain objects turn my eyes Which this false world displays ; But give me lively pow'r and strength To keep thy righteous ways. 26 0 Lord, my God ! my portion thou And sure possession art ; Thy words I steadfastly resolve To treasure in my heart. PSALMS.] 119, 27 With all the strength of warm desires I did thy grace implore ; Disclose, according to thy word, Thy mercy's boundless store. 28 With due reflection and strict care, On all my ways I thought ; And so, reclaimed to thy just paths, My wandering steps I brought. 29 I lost no time, but made great haste, Resolv'd, without delay, To watch that I might never more From thy commandments stray. 30 To such as fear thy holy name, Myself I closely join ; To all who their obedient wills To thy commands resign. 31 O'er all the earth thy mercy, Lord, Abundantly is shed ; 0 make me then exactly learn Thy sacred paths to tread. 32 With me, thy servant, thou hast dealt Most graciously, 0 Lord ! Repeated benefits bestow'd, According to thy word. 9* 119. [psalms. 33 Teach me the sacred skill by which Right judgment is attained, Who in belief of thy commands Have steadfastly remained. 34 Before affliction stopped my course, My footsteps went astray ; But I have since been disciplined, Thy precepts to obey. 35 Thou art, 0 Lord ! supremely good, And all thou dost is so ; On me, thy statutes to discern, Thy saving skill bestow. 36 'Tis good for me that I have felt Affliction's chastening rod. That I might duly learn and keep The statutes of my God. 37 The law that from thy mouth proceeds Of more esteem I hold, Than untouched mines, than thousand mines Of silver and of gold. 38 To me, who am the workmanship Of thy almighty hands, The heavenly understanding give To learn thy just commands. PSALMS.] H9« 39 That right thy judgments are, 1 now By sure experience see ; And that in faithfulness, 0 Lord ! Thou hast afflicted me. 40 To me thy saving grace restore, That 1 again may live ; Whose soul can relish no delight, But what thy precepts give. 41 In thy blest statutes let my heart Continue always sound, That guilt and shame, the sinner's lot, May never me confound. 42 For ever, and for ever, Lord, Unchanged thou dost remain ; Thy word, established in the heav'ns, Does all their orbs sustain. 43 Through circling ages, Lord, thy truth Immoveable shall stand, As doth the earth, which thou uphold'st By thy almighty hand. 44 All things the course by thee ordain9 d E'en to this dav fulfil ; They are thy faithful subjects all, And servants of thy will. 119. [psalms 45 Unless thy sacred law had been My comfort and delight, I must have fainted, and expired In dark affliction's night. 46 Thy precepts therefore from my thoughts Shall never, Lord, depart ; For thou by them hast to new life Restored my dying heart. 47 As I am thine, entirely thine, Protect me, Lord, from harm ; Who have thy precepts sought to know, And carefully perform. 48 Fve seen an end of what we call Perfection here below ; But thy commandments, like thyself, No change or period know. 49 My feet with care I have refrained From ev'ry sinful way, That to thy sacred word I might Entire obedience pay. 50 I have not from thy judgments strayed, By vain desires misled ; For, Lord, thou hast instructed me Thy righteous paths to tread. PSALMS.] 119. 51 How sweet are all thy words to me ! 0 what divine repast ! How much more grateful to my soul Than honey to my taste. 52 Taught hy thy sacred precepts, I With heavenly skill am bless'd, Through which the treacherous ways of sin 1 utterly detest. 53 Thy word is to my feet a lamp, The way of truth to show ; A watch-light, to point out the path, In which I ought to go. 54 Let still my sacrifice of praise With thee acceptance find ; And in thy righteous judgments, Lord, Instruct my willing mind. 55 Thy testimonies I have made My heritage and choice ; For they, when other comforts fail, My drooping heart rejoice. 56 My heart with early zeal began Thy statutes to obey ; And, till my course of life is done, Shall keep thy upright way. 119. [psalms. 57 My hiding-place, my refuge-tow'r, And shield art thou, 0 Lord ! I firmly anchor all my hopes On thy unerring word. 58 According to thy gracious word, From danger set me free ; Nor make me of those hopes asham'd, That I repose on thee. 59 Uphold me, so shall I be safe ; And, rescued from distress, To thy decrees continually My just respect address. 60 To me, thy servant in distress, Thy wonted grace display, And discipline my willing heart Thy statutes to obey. 61 On me, devoted to thy fear, Thy wonted grace bestow, That of thy testimonies I The full extent nnaay know. 62 The wonders which thy laws contain No words can represent ; PSALMS.] 119. Therefore to learn and practise them My zealous heart is bent. 63 The very entrance to thy word Celestial light displays, And knowledge of true happiness To simplest minds conveys. 64 With favour, Lord, look down on me, Who thy relief implore ; As thou art wont to visit those That thy blest name adore. 65 Directed by thy heavenly word, Let all my footsteps be ; Nor wickedness of any kind Dominion have o'er me. 66 On me, devoted to thy fear, Lord, make thy face to shine ; Thy statutes both to know and keep My heart with zeal incline. 67 Thou art the righteous Judge, in whom Wrong1, d innocence may trust : And, like thyself, thy judgments, Lord, In all respects are just. 119. [psalms. 68 Most just and true those statutes were. Which thou did'st first decree ; And all with faithfulness performed Succeeding times shall see. 69 Thy righteousness shall then endure, When time itself is past; Thy law is truth itself, that truth Which shall forever last. 70 Though trouble, anguish, doubts and dread To compass me unite, Beset with danger, still I make Thy precepts my delight. 71 Eternal and unerring rules Thy testimonies give ; Teach me the wisdom that will make My soul for ever live. 72 Secure, substantial peace have they Who truly love thy law ; No smiling mischief them can tempt, Nor frowning danger awe. 73 To my request and earnest cry Attend, 0 gracious Lord I Inspire my heart with heavenly skill. According to thy word. PSALMS.] 119. 74 Let my repeated pray'r at last Before thy throne appear ; According to thy plighted word, For my relief draw near. 75 Then shall my grateful lips return The tribute of their praise, When thou thv counsels hast reveaFd, And taught me thy just ways. 76 My tongue the praises of thy word Shall thankfully resound, Because thy promises are all With truth and justice crown'd. 77 Let thy almighty arm appear, And bring me timely aid ; For I the laws thou hast ordain'd My heart's free choice have made. 78 My soul has waited long to see Thy saving grace restored ; Nor comfort knew, but what thy laws, Thy heav'nly laws aflbrd. 79 Prolong my life, that I may sing My great restorer's praise, Whose justice from the depths of woe My fainting soul shall raise. 10 124. [psalms 80 Like some lost sheep Pve stray'd, till I Despair my way to find ; Thou therefore, Lord, thy servant seek, Who keeps thy laws in mind. PSALM 124. C. M. 1 Had not the Lord (our tribes may say) Been pleased to interpose ; Had he not then espous'd our cause, When men against us rose ; 2 Their wrath had swallow'd us alive, And rag'd without control ; Their spite and pride's united floods Had quite overwhelmed our soul. 3 But prais'd be our eternal Lord, Who rescu'd us that day, Nor to their savage jaws gave up Our threatened lives a prey. 4 Our soul is like a bird escaped From out the fowlers net ; The snare is broke, their hopes are crossed, And we at freedom set. PSALMS.] 125. 5 Secure in his almighty name, Our confidence remains, Who, as he made both heav'n and earth, Of both sole monarch reigns. psalm 125. c. M. 1 Who place on Sion's God their trust, Like Sion's rock shall stand ; Like her immoveably be fix'd By his almighty hand. 2 The wicked may afflict the just, But ne'er too long oppress, Nor force him by despair to seek Base means for his redress. 3 Be good, 0 righteous God ! to those Who righteous deeds affect ; The heart that innocence retains, Let innocence protect. 4 All those who walk in crooked paths, The Lord shall soon destroy ; Cut off th' unjust, but crown the saints With lasting peace and joy. 127, 130. [psalms. PSALM 127. C. M. 1 We build with fruitless cost, unless The Lord the pile sustain ; Unless the Lord the city keep, The watchman wakes in vain. 2 In vain we rise before the day, And late to rest repair ; Allow no respite to our toil, And eat the bread of care. 3 Supplies of life, with ease to them, He on his saints bestows ; He crowns their labour with success, Their nights with sound repose. PSALM 130. C. M. 1 From lowest depths of woe, To God I sent my cry ; Lord, hear my supplicating voice, And graciously reply. 2 Should'st thou severely judge, Who can the trial bear ? But thou forgiv'st, lest we despond, And quite renounce thy fear. PSALMS.] 133. 3 My soul with patience waits For thee, the living Lord ; My hopes are on thy promise built, Thy never-failing word. 4 My longing eyes look out For thy enlivening ray, More duly than the morning watch To spy the dawning day. 5 Our trust is in the Lord ; No bounds his mercy knows ; The plenteous source and spring, from whence Eternal succour flows. 6 Whose friendly streams to us Supplies in want convey ; A healing spring, a spring to cleanse, And wash our guilt away. PSALM 133. C. M. 1 How vast must their advantage be, How great their pleasure prove, Who live like brethren, and consent In offices of love ! 2 True love is like the precious oil Which, pour'd on Aaron's head, 10* 135. [psalms. Ran down his beard, and o'er his robes Its costly moisture shed. 3 'Tis like refreshing dew, which does On Hermon's top distil ; Or like the early drops, that fall On Sion's fruitful hill. 4 For God to all, whose friendly hearts With mutual love abound, Has firmly promised length of days, With constant blessings crown'd. PSALM 135. C. M. 1 0 praise the Lord with one consent, And magnify his name ; Let all the servants of the Lord His worthy praise proclaim. 2 For this our truest interest is, Glad hymns of praise to sing ; And with loud songs to bless his name, A most delightful thing. 3 That God is great, We often have By glad experience found ; And seen how he with wondrous pow'r Above all gods is crown'd. *»SALMS.] 136. 4 For he with unresisted strength Performs his sovereign will, In heav'n and earth, and wat'ry stores, That earth's deep caverns fill. psalm 136. H. Iff. 1 To God, the mighty Lord, Your joyful thanks repeat ; To him due praise afford, As good as he is great. For God does prove Our constant friend ; His boundless love Shall never end. 2 To him, whose wondrous pow'r All other gods obey, Whom earthly kings adore, This grateful homage pay. For God, &c. 3 By his almighty hand Amazing works are w?rought ; The heav'ns bv his command Were to perfection brought. For God, &c. 136. [psalms. 4 He spread the ocean round About the spacious land ; And made the rising ground Above the waters stand. For God; &c. 5 Through heav'n he did display His numerous hosts of light ; The sun to rule by day, The moon and stars by night. For God, &c. 6 He, in our depth of woes, On us with favour thought, And from our cruel foes In peace and safety brought. For God, &c. 7 He does the food supply, On which all creatures live. To God who reigns on high Eternal praises give; For God will prove Our constant friend ; His boundless love Shall never end. PSALMS.] 139, PSALM 139. L. If. 1 Tnou, Lord, by strictest search hast known My rising up and lying down ; My secret thoughts are known to thee, Known long before conceived by me. 2 Thine eye my bed and path surveys, My publick haunts and private ways ? Thou know'st what 'tis my lips would vent, My yet unutter'd words' intent. 3 Surrounded by thy pow'r I stand ; On ev'ry side I find thy hand. 0 skill, for human reach too high ! Too dazzling bright for mortal eye ! 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 dwell'st enthroned in light ; Or sink to hell's infernal plains, ?Tis there almighty vengeance reigns. 6 If I the morning's wings could gain, And fly beyond the western main, Thy swifter hand would first arrive, And there arrest thy fugitive. 139. [psalms. 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 Pll praise thee, from Whose hands I came, A work of such a curious frame ; The wonders thou in me hast shown, My soul with grateful joy must own. 10 Let me acknowledge too, 0 God ! That, since this maze of life I trod, Thy thoughts of love to me surmount The pow?r of numbers to recount. 11 Far sooner could I reckon o'er The sands upon the ocean's shore. Each morn revising what Fve done, I find th' account but new begun. 12 Search, try, 0 God ! my thoughts and heart, If mischief lurks in any part ; Correct me where I go astray, And guide me in thy perfect way. PSALMS.] 141. PSALM 141. C. M. 1 To thee, 0 Lord ! my cries ascend ; 0 haste to my relief; And with accustom'd pity hear The accents of my grief, 2 Instead of offerings, let my pray'r Like morning incense rise ; My lifted hands supply the place Of evening sacrifice. 3 From hasty language curb my tongue^ And let a constant guard Still keep the portal of my lips, With wary silence barr'd. 4 From wicked men's designs and deeds My heart and hands restrain ; Nor let me in the booty share Of their unrighteous gain. 5 Let upright men reprove my faults. And I shall think them kind ; Like balm that heals a wounded head, 1 their reproof shall find ; 6 And, in return, my fervent prayer I shall for tbem address, 143. [psalms, When they are tempted and reduced, Like me, to sore distress." 7 For, Lord, to thee I still direct My supplicating eyes, 0 leave not destitute my soul, Whose trust on thee relies. PSALM 143. C. M. 1 Lord, hear my pray'r, and to my cry Thy wonted audience lend ; In thy accustom'd faith and truth A gracious answer send. 2 Nor at thy strict tribunal bring Thv servant to be tried : For in thy sight no living man Can e'er be justified. 3 To thee my hands, in humble pray'r, I fervently stretch out ; My soul for thy refreshment thirsts, Like land oppressed with drought. 4 Hear me with speed ; my spirit fails ; Thy face no longer hide, Lest I become forlorn, like them That in the grave reside. PSALMS.] 145. 5 Thy kindness early let me hear, Whose trust on thee depends ; Teach me the way where I should go ; My soul to thee ascends. 6 Thou art my God ; thy righteous will Instruct me to obey ; Let thy good spirit lead and keep My soul in thy right way. 7 0, for the sake of thy great name, Revive my drooping heart ; For thy truth's sake, to me distressed Thy promised aid impart. psalm 145. c. if. 1 Thee I'll extol, my God and king, Thy endless praise proclaim ; This tribute daily I will bring, And ever bless thy name. 2 Thou, Lord, beyond compare art great, And highly to be prais'd ; Thy majesty, with boundless height, Above our knowledge raised. 3 Renown'd for mighty acts, thy fame To future times extends ; From age to age thy glorious name Successively descends. 11 145. [psalms. 4 Whilst I thy glory, and renown, And wondrous works express, The world with me thy might shall own, And thy great pow'r confess. 5 The praise, that to thy love belongs, They shall with joy proclaim ; Thy truth of all their grateful songs Shall be the constant theme. 6 The Lord is good ; fresh acts of grace His pity still supplies ; His anger moves with slowest pace, His willing mercy flies. 7 Thy love through earth extends its fame, To all thy works expressed ; These shew thy praise, whilst thy great name Is by thy servants blest. 8 They, with the glorious prospect fir'd, Shall of thy kingdom speak ; And thy great pow'r, by all admir'd, Their lofty subject make. 9 Thy steadfast throne, from changes free, Shall stand for ever fast ; Thy boundless sway no end shall see, But time itself out-last. PSALMS.] 146. XO The Lord does them support that fall, And makes the prostrate rise; For his kind aid all creatures call, Who timely food supplies. 11 Whatever their various wants require, With open hand he gives ; And so fulfils the just desire Of ev'ry thing that lives. 12 How holy is the Lord ! how just! How righteous all his ways ! How nigh to him, who with firm trust For his assistance prays ! 13 He grants the full desires of those Who him with fear adore ; And will their troubles soon compose, When they his aid implore. 14 My time to come, in praises spent, Shall still advance his fame, And all mankind with one consent For ever bless his name. PSALM 146. C. IT. 1 0 praise the Lord, and thou, my soul ! For ever bless his name ; 147. [psalms. His wondrous love, while life shall last, My constant praise shall claim. 2 The Lord, who made both heav'n and earth, And all that they contain, Will never quit his steadfast truth, Nor make his promise vain. 3 The poor oppressed from all their wrongs Are easM by his decree : He gives the hungry needful food, And sets the prisoners free. 4 By him the blind receive their sight, The weak and fall'n he rears ; With kind regard and tender love He for the righteous cares. 5 The stranger he preserves from harm, The orphan kindly treats, Defends the widow, and the wiles Of wicked men defeats. PSALM 147. C. M. 1 0 praise the Lord with hymns of joy, And celebrate his fame ! For pleasant, good, and comely ?tis To praise his holy name. PSALMS.] 147. 2 He kindly heals the broken hearts, And all their wounds does close ; He tells the number of the stars ; Their several names he knows. 3 Great is the Lord, and great his pow'r ; His wisdom has no bound ; The meek he raises, and throws down The wicked to the ground. 4 He covers heav'n with clouds, and thence Refreshing rain bestows ; Through him, on mountain tops, the grass With wondrous plenty grows. 5 He savage beasts, that loosely range, With timely food supplies ; He feeds the raven's tender brood, And stops their hungry cries. 6 Large flakes of snow, like fleecy wool, Descend at his command ; And hoary frost, like ashes spread, Is scattered o'er the land. 7 When, joined to these, he does his hail In little morsels break, Who can against his piercing cold Secure defences make ? 8 He sends his word which melts the ice ; He makes his wind to blow, 11* 148. {psalms And soon the streams, congealM before, In plenteous currents flow. psalm 148. H. M. 1 Ye boundless realms of joy ! Exalt your Maker's fame ; His praise your song employ Above the starry frame ; Your voices raise, Ye chernbirn And seraphim, To sing his praise. 2 Thou moon, that ruPst the night, And sun, that guid'st the day, Ye glittering stars of light, To him your homage pay ; His praise declare, Ye heav'ns above, And clouds, that move In liquid air. 3 Let them adore the Lord, And praise his holy name, By whose almighty word They all from nothing came ; And all shall last, From changes free ; His firm decree Stands ever fast. PSALMS.] 148. 4 Let earth her tribute pay ; Praise him, ve dreadful whales: And fish, that through the sea Glide swift with glittering scales ; Fire, hail, and snow, And misty air, And winds, that where He bids them blow7. 5 By hills and mountains (all In grateful concert joiird) By cedars stately tall, And trees for fruit designed, By ev'ry beast, And creeping thing, And fowl of wing, His name be bless'd. 6 Let all of royal birth, With those of humbler frame, And judges of the earth, His matchless praise proclaim. In this design Let youths with maids, And hoary heads With children join. 7 United zeal be shown, His wondrous fame to raise, Whose glorious name alone Deserves our endless praise. 148. £psalms. And soon the streams, congealM before. In plenteous currents flow. psalm 148. H. M. 1 Ye boundless realms of joy ! Exalt your Maker's fame ; His praise your song employ Above the starry frame ; Your voices raise, Ye cherubim And seraphim, To sing his praise. 2 Thou moon, that ruPst the night, And sun, that guid'st the day, Ye glittering stars of light, To him your homage pay ; His praise declare, Ye heav'ns above, And clouds, that move In liquid air. 3 Let them adore the Lord, And praise his holy name, By whose almighty word They all from nothing came ; And all shall last, From changes free ; His firm decree Stands ever fast. PSALMS.] 148. 4 Let earth her tribute pay ; Praise him, ve dreadful whales; And fish, that through the sea Glide swift with glittering scales ; Fire, hail, and snow, And misty air, And winds, that where He bids them blow. 5 By hills and mountains (all In grateful concert join'd) By cedars stately tall, And trees for fruit designed, By ev'ry beast, And creeping thing, And fowl of wing, His name be blessed. 6 Let all of royal birth, With those of humbler frame, And judges of the earth, His matchless praise proclaim. In this design Let youths with maids, And hoary heads With children join. 7 United zeal be shown, His wondrous fame to raise, Whose glorious name alone Deserves our endless praise. 150. [psalms. Earth's utmost ends His pow'r obey ; His glorious sway The sky transcends. PSALM 150. L. M. 1 0 praise the Lord in that blest place, From whence his goodness largely flows ; Praise him in heav'n, where he his face UnveiFd in perfect glory shows. 2 Praise him for all the mighty acts, Which he in our behalf has done. His kindness this return exacts, With which our praise should equal run. 3 Let all, that vital breath enjoy, The breath he does to them afford In just returns of praise employ ; Let ev'ry creature praise the Lord ! HYMNS. PART I. JIYMN 1. L. lf« Sacred Rest. 1 Another six days' work is done ; Another Sabbath is begun. Return, my soul ! enjoy thy rest; Improve the day that God has bless'd. 2 0 that our thoughts and thanks may rise As grateful incense to the skies, And draw from heav'n that sweet repose, Which none, but he who feels it, knows. 3 This heav'nlv calm within the breast Is the dear pledge of glorious rest, Which for the church of God remains ; The end of cares, the end of pains. 2. [hymns. 4 With joy, great God ! thy works we view, In various scenes, both old and new ; With praise we think on mercies past, With hope we future pleasures taste, 5 In holy duties let the day, In holy pleasures pass away ; How sweet this Sabbath thus to spend, In hope of one which ne'er shall end ! hymn 2. c. M. Universal and sincere praise. 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 While angels praise the heavenly King, Let mortals learn their strains ! Let all the earth his honours sing ! O'er all the earth he reigns. 3 Rehearse his praise with awe profound : Let knowledge lead the song ! Nor mock him with a solemn sound Upon a thoughtless tongue. PART I.] 4 Loud be the shout of sacred joy. To God the sovereign King ! Let ev'ry land their tongues employ. And hymns of triumph sing ! hymn 3. s. M. For the LorcTs day morning. Ps. xix. 1 Behold, the morning sua Begins his glorious way ; His beams through all the nations run, And life and light convey. 2 But, where the gospel comes, It spreads diviner light ; It calls dead sinners from their tombs, And gives the blind their sight. 3 How perfect is thy word ! And all thy judgments just ; Forever sure thy promise, Lord, And we securely trust. 4 My gracious God, how plain Are thy directions given ! 0 may I never read in vain, But find the path to heav'n ! 4. [hymms 5 I hear thy word with love : 0 help me to obey! Send thy good Spirit from above, To guide me. lest I stray. 6 Whilst with my heart and tongue 1 spread thy praise abroad, Accept the worship and the song. My Saviour and my God ! HYMN 4. L. M. Pleasures of Worship. Ps. xcii. 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, When earthlv cares forsake the breast. When our best powers to God we raise, And the whole heart's attun'd to praise. 3 Our souls shall triumph in the Lord, And bless his works and bless his word. His works of grace, how bright they shine ! How deep his counsels, how divine ! PART I.] 5, 4 Lord, may we walk with growing strength Till all shall meet in heaven at length, Till all before thy face appear And join in nobler worship there ! 5 Then shall we see, and hear, and know. All we desir'd, or wish'd below ; And every pow'r find sweet employ In that eternal world of joy. hymn 5. p. M. Solemn Invocation. 1 Come, thou Almighty King! Help us thy name to sing ; Help us to praise ! Father all-glorious, O'er all victorious, Come and reign over us, Ancient of days ! 2 Come, thou all-gracious Lord ! By heav'n and earth adord, Our pray'r attend ! Come and thy children bless ; Give thy good word success ; Make thine own holiness On us descend ! 12 6. [hymns 3 Never from us depart ; Rule thou in every heart Hence, evermore ! Thy sovereign majesty May we in glory see, And to eternity Love and adore ! hymn 6. c. M. Worship of the God of Holiness. Ps. v. 1 Lord ! in the morning thou shall hear My voice ascending high : To thee will I direct my pray'r, To thee lift up mine eye. % Then to thy house will I resort, To taste thy mercies there ; I will frequent thy holy court, And worship in thy fear. 3 0 may thy spirit guide my feet In ways of truth and grace ; M;ike every path of duty straight And plain before my face ! 4 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. PART I.] 5 But they, who love and fear thy name, Shall see their hopes fulfilPd ; The mighty God will compass them With favour, as a shield. hymn 7. L. M. Benefit of Ordinances. 1 Away from ev'ry mortal care, Away from earth, our souls retreat J We leave this worthless world afar, And wait and worship near thy seat. 2 Lord, in the temple of thy grace, We bow before thee and adore ; We view the glories of thy face, And learn the wonders of thy pow'r. 3 Whilst here our various wants we mourn, United pray'rs ascend on high ; And faith expects a sure return Of blessings in variety. 4 If courage faint, and sin grow strong, Here we receive some cheering word ; We gird the gospel armour on, To fight the battles of the Lord. 8« [hymns. 5 Here, when our spirit pines and dies, And conscience smarts with inward stings, The Sun of righteousness shall rise, With healing beams beneath his wings. hymn 8. 7s M. Humble Adoration. 1 Heavenly Father, Sovereign Lord, Be thy glorious name ador'd ! Lord, thy mercies never fail ; Hail, celestial goodness, hail ! 2 Though unworthy, Lord, thine ear, Deign our humble songs to hear ; Purer praise we hope to bring, When around thy throne we sing. 3 While on earth ordain'd to stay, Guide our footsteps in thy way, Till we come to dwell with thee, And all thy glorious greatness see. 4 Then with angel -harps again We will wake a nobler strain ; There, in joyful songs of praise, Our triumphant voices raise. PART I.] 9< 5 There no tongue shall silent be ; All shall join in harmony ; That, through heaven's all-spacious round, j Thy praise; 0 God ! may ever sound. hymn 9. c. If. Sincerity and Hypocrisy. 1 God is a Spirit, just and wise ; He sees our inmost mind ; In vain to heav'n we raise our eyes, And leave our hearts behind. 2 Nothing but truth before his throne With honour can appear ; The painted hypocrites are known, Through the disguise they wear. 3 Their lifted hands salute the skies, Their bended knees the ground ; But God abhors the sacrifice, Where not the heart is found. 4 Lord, search my thoughts, and try my ways, And mnke my soul sincere ; Then shall I stand before thy face, And find acceptance there. 12* 10, 11. [hymns, HYMN 10. 8 & 6s M. Daily and Publick Worship, 1 I'll bless Jehovah's glorious name, Whose goodness heav'n and earth proclaim, With ev'ry morning light ; And at the close of every day, To him my cheerful homage pay, Who guards me through the night. 2 Then in his churches to appear, And pay my humble worship there, Shall be my sweet employ ; The day, that saw my Saviour rise, Shall dawn on my delighted eyes With pure and holy joy. 3 With grateful sorrow in my breast, Fll celebrate the dying feast Of my departing Lord ; And while his perfect love I view, , His bright example Fll pursue, And meditate his word. hymn 11. P. M. Grateful Praise. I Sovereign Lord of light and glory ! Author of our mortal frame ! PART I.] 12, Joyfully we bow before thee, And extol thy holy name. Hallelujah ! Ever sacred be the theme ! 2 Kind dispenser of each blessing, Which surrounds the human race ! May we, gratefully possessing, Still adore thy boundless grace. Hallelujah ! Praise to God, immortal praise ! 3 Thus, with humble adoration, We attend before thy throne ; And with grateful exultation, Thine abundant mercy own. Hallelujah ! Praise belongs to thee alone ! hymn 12. l. if. Acceptable Worship. 1 God in his earthly temples lays Foundations for his heavenly praise ; And loves to see that worship rise, Which forms his offspring for the skies. 2 His mercy ev'ry house attends, Whence pure devotion's flame ascends ; 13. [hymns. And ever lends a gracious ear, Where churches join in praise and pray'r. 3 To men of pure and pious hearts All real good their God imparts ; With grace he crowns them here below. And endless glory will bestow. 4 His blessing yields a large increase Of wisdom, and of sacred peace ; While ripening holiness and love Prepare their souls for joys above. 5 Father supreme, whose sovereign sway All worlds, all beings must obey ! May our first wish and object be, On earth, in heav'n, to dwell with thee. hymn 13. L. M. Grateful Praise. Job xxxviii. 7. 1 To thee, supreme, the ever- blest ! Be praise in thankful notes addressed ; Such as the stars of morning sung, When earth was on its balance hung ; 2 Such praise as from the angelick choirs, And saints, whom zeal like theirs inspires, In heav'n above, and earth below, Still flows, and shall forever flow. PART I.] 14, 15 HYMN 14. 7S If. 4 Thy kingdom come.' 1 Glorious in thy saints appear ; Plant thy heav'nly kingdom here ; Light and life to all impart ; Shine on each believing heart ; 2 And in ev'ry grace complete, Make us, Lord, for glory meet, Till we stand before thy sight, Partners with the saints in light. HYMN 15. L. M. Praise to the eternal King. 1 Tim. i. 17. 1 And now to heavVs eternal King, Who reigns immortal in the skies, Whence life, and joy, and glory spring, The only powerful, just, and wise ; 2 In grateful harmony of song, Let heav'n and earth their voices raise ; Through distant worlds the theme prolong, i\nd crown eternity with praise ! 16, 17. [hymns. HYMN 16. S. M. Praise to God from all Nations. 1 Thy name, Almighty Lord ! Shall sound through distant lands ; Great is thy grace, and sure thy word, Thy truth for ever stands. 2 Wide be thine honours spread ; Long may thy praise endure, When morning light and evening shade Shall be exchanged no more ! hymn 17. c. M. Hebrews xiii. 20, 21. 1 Now may the God of peace and love, Who from the shades of death Restored the shepherd of the sheep To draw immortal breath, % Enrich our souls with every grace, That we may do his will ; And all that's pleasing in his sight, Inspire us to fulfil ! PART I.] 18, 19. HYMN 18. 61. L. M. Jude, ver. 24, 25. 1 To him whose wisdom, love and pow'r Preserve us in temptation^ hour, Who will present our souls complete Before the glory of his seat ; To God, our Saviour, only wise, Let songs of praise and honour rise ! hymn 19. 7s M. Harmonious Praise. 1 Thou, who sitt'st enthroned above ; Thou, in whom we live and move ; Thou who art most great, most high ; God from all eternity ! 2 0 how sweet, how excellent, *Tis when tongue and heart consent, Grateful hearts, and joyful tongues, Hymning thee in tuneful songs ! 3 When the morning paints the skies, When the stars of evening rise, We thy praises will record, Sovereign Ruler, mighty Lord ! 4 Decks the spring with flowers the field ? Harvest rich doth autumn yield ? 20. [hymns. Giver of all good below, Lord ! from thee these blessings flow. 5 Sovereign Ruler ! mighty Lord ! We thy praises will record. Giver of these blessings ! we Pour the grateful song to thee. hymn 20. L. M. Perpetual Praise. Ps. cxlv. 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 every setting sun shall see New works of duty done for thee. 3 Thy works with boundless glory shine, And speak thy majesty divine ; Let land to land aloud proclaim The matchless honours of thy name ! 4 Let distant times and nations raise The long succession of thy praise, And unborn ages make my song The joy and labour of their tongue ! PAUT I.] 21 HYMN 21. L. M. Unceasing Praise. 1 God of my life ! through all its clays My grateful tongue shall sound thy praise ; The song shall wake with dawning light, And warble to the silent night. 2 When anxious cares would hreak mv rest, And grief would tear my throbbing breast; Thy tuneful praises, rais'd on high. Shall eheek the murmur and the sigh. 3 When death o'er nature shall prevail, And all the powers of language fail, Joy through my swimming eyes shall break, And mean those thanks I cannot speak. 4 But when the final conflict's o'er, My spirit chain'd to flesh no more, With what glad accents shall I rise To join the musick of the skies ! 5 Then may I learn th' exalted strains, Which echo through the heav'nly plains; And emulate, with joy unknown, The glowing seraphs round thy throne. 6 This cheerful tribute would I give, Long as a deathless soul can live ; A work so vast, a theme so high, Demands a whole eternity. 13 22. * [hymns. HYMN 22. C. M. Invitation to Reverential Praise. 1 With rev'rence let the saints appear. And bow before the Lord, His high commands with reverence hear, And tremble at his word ! 2 Heav'n, earth, and sea, confess his hand ; He bids the vapours rise ; And wind, and storms, at his command, Sweep through the sounding skies. 3 His words the raging winds control, And rule the boisterous deep ; He bids the sleeping billows roll, 1 he rolling billows sleep. 4 The northern pole and southern rest On his supporting hand ; Darkness and day from east to west Move round at his command. 5 Justice and judgment are his throne, Yet boundless is his grace ; While truth and mercy, joinM in one, Invite us near his face. FART T.] 23. HYMN 23. L. M. God1s Names, the Encouragement of Worshippers. Ps. ix. 10. 1 Sing to the Lord, who loud proclaims His various and his saving names ; 0 may they not be heard alone, But by our sure experience known ! 2 The great Jehovah he ador'd, Tlr eternal all-suflicient Lord ; He, through the world Most High confessed. By whom 'twas form'd, and is possessed. 3 Awake, our noblest powers ! to bless The God of Abram, God of peace ; Now by a dearer title known, Father and God of Christ his Son. 4 Through ev'ry age his gracious ear Is open to his servants' pray'r ; Nor can one humble soul complain That it hath sought its God in vain. 5 What unbelieving heart shall dare In whispers to suggest a fear, While still he owns his ancient name, The same his pow'r, his love the same ? 6 To thee our souls in faith arise ; To thee we lift expecting eyes, And boldly through the desert tread ; For God will guard where God shall lead. 24. [hymns. HYMN 24. C. M. Te deum. 1 0 God ! we praise thee, and confess That thou the only Lord And everlasting father art, By all the earth ador'd. 2 To thee all angels cry aloud ; To thee the powers on high. Both cherubim and seraphim, Continually do cry ; 3 0 holy, holy, holy Lord, Whom heavenly hosts obey, The world is with the glory filPd Of thy majestick sway. 4 Th? apostles' glorious company, And prophets crown'd with light, With all the martyrs' noble host, Thy constant praise recite. 5 The holy church throughout the world, 0 Lord ! confesses thee, That thou eternal father art Of boundless majesty. PART I.] 25, HYMN 25. L. M. Importunate Prayer. c Ask and ye shall receive.1 Matt. vii.7,&c. 1 Our Father, thron'd above the sky ! To thee our empty hands we spread ; Thy children at thy footstool lie, And ask thy blessings on their head. 2 Let mercy all our sins dispel, As clouds befoie the solar beam ; Our souls from bondage and from hell To liberty and life redeem. 3 With cheerful hope and filial fear, In that august and precious name, By thee ordain'd, we now draw near, And would the promised blessing claim, 4 Does not an earthly parent hear The cravings of his famished son ? Will he reject the filial pray'r, Or mock him with a cake of stone ? 5 Our heavenly Father ! how much more Will thy divine compassion rise ; And open thy unbounded store To satisfy thy children's cries ? 6 Yes, we will ask, and seek, and press For gracious audience to thy seat ; 13* 26* [hymns.] Still hoping, waiting for success, If persevering to entreat. 7 For Jesus in his faithful word The patient supplicant has blessM ; And all thy saints with one accord The prevalence of prayer attest. hymn 26. c. M. LorcTs Prayer. Matt. vi. 9, &c. 1 Our Father who in heaven art ! All hallow'd be thy name ; Thy kingdom come ; thy will be done, Throughout this earthly frame, 2 As cheerfully as 'tis by those Who dwell with thee on high ; Lord, let thy bounty, day by day, Our daily food supply ; 3 As we forgive our enemies, Thy pardon, Lord, we crave ; Into temptation lead us not, But us from evil save. 4 For kingdom, pow'r, and glory, all Belong, 0 Lord ! to thee ; Thine from eternity they were, And thine shall ever be. PART I.] 27. HYMN 27. L. M. Seeking for divine assistance. 1 My God ! whene'er my longing heart Its grateful tribute would impart, In vain my tongue with feeble aim Attempts the glories of thy name. 2 In vain my boldest thoughts arise ; I sink to earth and lose the skies ; Yet I may still thy grace implore, And low in dust thy name adore. 3 0 let thy grace my heart inspire, And raise each languid, weak desire ; Thy grace, which condescends to meet The sinner prostrate at thy feet ! 4 With humble fear let love unite, And mix devotion with delight; Then shall thy name be all my joy, Thy praise my constant, blest employ. 5 Thy name inspires the harps above With harmony and praise and love ; That grace which tunes th* immortal strings, Looks kindly down on mortal things. 6 0 let thy grace guide ev'ry song, And fill my heart and tune my tongue ! Then shall the strains harmonious flow, And heav'nly joy begin below. 28, 29. [hymns. HYMN 28. 10s. M. Divine light implored. 1 0 thou whose povv'r o'er moving worlds pre- sides. Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides ! On darkling man in pure effulgence shine. And cheer the clouded mind with light divine! 2 'Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast With silent confidence, and holy rest ; From thee, great God ! we spring ; to thee we tend ; Path, motive, guide, original, and end. hymn 29. L. M. The only living and true God. Ps. 86. 1 Eternal God, almighty Cause Of earth and sea 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 possessed ; Controlled by none are thy commands ; Thou from thyself alone art blest PART I.] 30. 3 No higher deities there are ; No other can thine honours claim ; No fellow-Gods thy glory share ; No rivals bear thine awful name. 4 In thee, 0 Lord ! our hope shall rest; Fountain of peace and joy and love ! Thy favour only makes us bless'd ; Without thee all would nothing prove. 5 Worship to thee alone belongs, Worship to thee alone we give ; Thine be our hearts and thine our songs, And to thy glory we would live. 6 Spread thy great name through heathen lands; Their idol deities dethrone ; Subdue the world to thy commands, And reign, as thou art, God alone. hymn 30. p. M. 1 The Lord our God is one Lord.' Mark xii. 29. 1 The God who reigns alone O'er earth, and sea, and sky, Let man with praises own, And sound his honours high ! 2 Him all in heav'n above, Him all on earth below, 31. [hymns. TV exhaustless source of love, The great Creator know. 3 He formed the living frame ; He gave the reasoning mind ; Then only he may claim Th? worship of mankind. 4 So taught his only Son, Blessed messenger of grace ! Th' Eternal is but one, No second holds his place. HYMN 31. L. M. God unsearchable. Job xi 7, &c xxv. 5. xxvi. 11, 1 Can creatures to perfection find TV eternal uncreated mind ; Or can the largest stretch of thought Measure and search his nature out? 2 ?Tis high as heav'n ; ?tis deep as hell; And what can mortals know or tell? His glory spreads beyond the sky, And all the shilling worlds on high. 4 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? PART I.] 32. 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. 5 He frowns; and darkness veils the moon ; The fainting son grows dim at noo I : He wounds the heart, and he makes whole; He calms the tempest of the soul. 6 These are a portion of his ways ; But who shall dare describe his face? Who ran endure his light, or stand To hear the thunders of his hand ? hymn 32. c. M. The universal presence of God. 1 In all my vast concerns with thee, In vain my soul would try To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee The notice of thine eye. 2 Thy all-surrounding sight surveys My rising and my rest ; My publick walks, my private ways, And secrets of my breast. 3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord, Before they're form' d within ; 33. ["hymns. And ere my lips pronounce the word, He knows the sense I mean. 4 0 wondrous knowledge, deep and high! Where can a creature hide? Within thy circling arms I lie, Beset on ev'ry side. 5 So let thy grace surround me still, And like a bulwark prove, To guard my soul from ev'ry ill, Secured by sovereign love. hymn 33. L. M. Rejoicing in the Divine Government. Ps. xcvii. 1 He reigns, the Lord Jehovah reigns ! Praise him in evangelick strains ; Let the whole earth in songs rejoice, And hosts celestial join their voice. 2 Deep are his counsels and unknown, But grace and truth support his throne; Though gloomy clouds his feet surround,, Justice is their eternal ground. 3 Ye, who confess 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. PART I.] 34. 4 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. 5 Rejoice, ye righteous ! and record The sacred honours of the Lord ; None, but the souls who taste his grace, Can triumph in his holiness. HYMN 34. L. M. The Divine Being and Perfections. Ps. xxxvi. 5 — 9. 1 High in the heavens, eternal God ! Thy goodness in full glory shines; Thy truth shall break through ev'ry cloud, Which veils and darkens thy designs. 2 For ever firm thy justice stands, As mountains their foundations keep; Wise are the wonders of thy hands; Thy judgments are a mighty deep. 3 Thy providence is kind and large, Botli men and beasts thy bounty share; The whole creation is thy charge, Tl srood are thy peculiar care. 14 35. [hymns. 4 0 God, how excellent thy grace, Whence all our hope and comfort springs ! The sons of Adam, in distress, Fly to the shadow of thy wings. hymn 35. c. M. The Eternity and Immutability of God. 1 Thou didst, 0 mighty God ! exist Ere time began his race; Before the ample elements FilPd up the voids of space ; 2 Before the ponderous earthly globe In fluid air was stay'd ; Before the ocean's mighty springs Their liquid stores displayed ; 3 Ere through the gloom of ancient night The streaks of light appeared; Before the high celestial arch Or starry poles were rear'd ; 4 "Before the bright, harmonious spheres Their glorious rounds begun; Before the shining roads of heav'n Were measur d by the sun : 5 Ere men ador'd, or angels knew, Or prais'cl thy wondrous name : PART I.] 36. Thy bliss, eternal spring of life ! And glory were the same. 6 And when the pillars of the world With sudden ruin break, And all this vast and goodly frame Sinks in the mighty wreck; 7 When from her orb the moon shall start, TV astonished sun roll back, While all the trembling starry lamps Their ancient course forsake ; 8 Forever permanent and fix'd, From interruption free, Unchanged in everlasting years, Shall thy existence be. hymn 36. L. II. God the Creator and Preserver. Ps. cxxi. 1 Up to the hills I lift mine eyes, * Th' eternal hills beyond the skies ; Thence all her help my soul derives ; There my almighty refuge lives. 2 He lives, the everlasting God, Who built the world, who spread the flood; The heav'ns with all their hosts he made, And the dark regions of the dead. 37. [hymns 3 He guides our feet; he guards our way ; His morning smiles bless all the day ; He spreads the evening veil, and keeps The silent hours while nature sleeps. 4 His servants, thus divinely blest, May rise secure, securely rest; Their holy guardian's wakeful eyes Admit no slumber nor surprise. 5 No sun shall smite their head by day, Nor the pale moon with sickly ray Shall blast their couch ; no baleful star Dart his malignant fire so far. 6 With fiercest rage should malice burn^ Still they shall go, and still return, Safe in the Lord ; his heavenly care Defends their lives from ev'ry snare. hymn 37. s. M. Praise to the Creator. Ps. xcv. 1 Come, sound his praise abroad, And hymns of glory sing ! Jehovah is the sovereign God., The universal king. 2 He formed the deeps unknown ; He gave the seas their bound ; PART I.] 38. 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 are his work, and not our own, He formed us by his word. 4 To-day attend his voice, Nor dare provoke his rod ; Make wisdom's peaceful paths your choice. And own your gracious God, hymn 38. 8 & 6s. M. Invocation of all creatures to praise God. 1 Ye works of God ! on him alone, From earth his footstool, heav'n his throne, Be all your praise bestowed; Whose hand the beauteous fabrick made, Whose eye the finished work surveyed, And saw that all was good. 2 Ye angels, who with loud acclaim, Admiring view'd the new born frame, And hail'd th' eternal King! Again proclaim your Maker's praise, Again your thankful voices raise, And sacred anthems sing. 14* 39. [hymns, 3 Ye sons of men ! his praise display, Who stamped his image on your clay, And gave it pow'r to move; Where'er ye go, where'er ye dwell; From age to age successive tell The wonders of his love. 4 Ye spirits of the just and good. Who, eager for the blest abode, To heav'nlv mansions soar ! 0 let yotir songs his praise display. Till heav'n itself shall melt away, And time shall be no more. 5 Praise him, ye meek and humble train. Who shall those heav'nly joys obtain, Prepared for souls sincere ! 0 praise him, till ye take your way To regions of eternal day, To reign forever there. hymn 39. P. M. God seen in all. 1 My God ! all nature owns thy sway ; Thou giv'st the night, and thou the day; When all thy lov'd creation wakes, When morning, rich in lustre, breaks, t'ART I.] 39, And bathes in dew the op'ning flow'r, To thee we owe her fragrant hour ; And, when she pours her choral song, Her melodies to thee belong. 2 Or when, in paler tints array'd, The evening slowly spreads her shade, That soothing shade, that grateful gloom^ Can more than day's enlivening bloom, Still ev'ry fond and vain desire, And calmer, purer thoughts inspire; From earth the pensive spirit free, And lead the soften'd heart to thee. 3 In ev'ry scene thy hands have dress'd, In ev'ry form by thee impressed, Upon the mountain's awful head, Or where the sheltering woods are spread ; In ev'ry note that swells the gale, Or tuneful stream that cheers the vale, The cavern's depth, or echoing grove, — A voice is heard of praise and love. 1 As o'er thy works the seasons roll, And soothe, with change of bliss, the soul, 0 never may their smiling train Pass o'er the human sense in vain ! But oft as on their charms we gaze, Attune the wondering soul to praise ; And be the joys, that most we prize, Those joys that from thy favour rise ! 40. [hymns. HYMN 40. L. M. Power and Goodness of the Creator. Ps. cvii. 1 Ye sons of men ! with joy record The various wonders of the Lord ; And let his pow'r and goodness sound, Through all your tribes, the earth around ! 2 Lo ! the high heavens your songs invite, — Those spacious fields of brilliant light, Where sun. and moon, and planets roll, And stars, that glow from pole to pole. 3 Sing earth, in verdant robes array'd, Its herbs and flow'rs, its fruit and shade ; Peopled with life of various forms, Fishes, and fowls, and beasts, and worms. 4 View the broad sea's majcstick plains, And think how wide its Maker reigns; That band remotest nations joins, And on each wave his goodness shines. 5 But 0 that brighter world above, Where lives and reigns immortal love ! Thither, mv soul! with rapture soar; There, in the land of praise, adore. PART I.] 41. HYMN 41. L. M. To the Invisible Author of Nature. 1 Vast are thy works, Almighty Lord ! All nature rests upon thy word. Thy glories in the heav'ns we see; The spacious earth is full of thee. 2 Thy hand unseen sustains the poles. On which this vast creation rolls ; The starry arch proclaims thy pow'r, Thy pencil glows in every flower. 3 In thousand shapes and colours rise Thy painted wonders to our eyes ; While beasts and birds, with laboring throats, Teach us a God in thousand notes. 4 The meanest part in nature's frame, Marks out some letter of thy name, Where sense can reach, or fancy rove. From hill to hill, from field to grove. 5 Across the waves, around the sky, There's not a spot, or low or high, Where the Creator has not trod, And left the footsteps of a God. 42. [hymns. HYMN 42. C. M. The universal Presence and Providence of God. 1 Great God, how vast is thine abode ! Mysterious are thy ways ; Unseen thy footsteps in the air, And trackless in the seas. 2 Yet the whole peopled world bespeaks Thy being and thy pow'r, Mid the resplendent blaze of day, And awful midnight hour. 3 Nor all the peopled world alone, Rich fields and verdant plains, But lonely wilds by man untrod, Where silent horrour reigns. 4 The howling wind, the beating rain, The sea's tumultuous roar, These, in tremendous concert joined, Proclaim thy boundless povrr. 5 Through all creation's widest range The hand of heav'n is near ; Where'er I wander in the world, Lo ! God is present there. PART I.] 43. HYMN 43. C. M. GocTs Power seen in the Elements. 1 The Lord our God is full of might; The winds obey his will ; God speaks, and in the heav'nly height The rolling sun stands still. 2 Rebel, ye waves ! and o'er the land With threatening aspect roar ; The Lord uplifts his awful hand, And chains you to the shore, 3 Howl, winds of night ! your force combine ; Without his high behest, Ye shall not in the mountain pine Disturb the sparrow's nest. 4 His voice sublime is heard afar ; In distant peals it dies ; He yokes the whirlwind to his car, And sweeps the howling skies. 5 Ye nations ! bend, in reverence bend ; Ye monarchs ! wait his nod, And bid the choral song ascend To celebrate the God. 44, 45. [hymns. HYMN 44. L. M. Praise for Divine Care and Goodness. Ps, Ixviii. 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 us with his 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. 3 To his kind care we owe our breath, And all our near escapes from death ; Safety and health to God belong, He heals the sick and guards the strong. 4 His own right hand his saints shall raise From death's dark shade to sing his praise, And brimr them to his courts above, To see his face and taste his love. hymn 45. c. M. Divine Goodness. 1 Lord, thou art good ; all nature shows Thee full and free and kind ; Thy bounty through creation flows, Nor can it be confinM. PART I.] 46. 2 The whole, and ev'ry part, proclaims Thy infinite good will ; It shines in tars, it flows in streams, And bursts from ev'ry hill. 3 It fills the wide extended main, And heav'ns which spread more wide ; It drops in gentle show'rs of rain, And rolls in ev'ry tide. 4 Still hath it been diffused and free, Through ages past and gone ; Nor ever can exhausted be, But still keeps flowing on. 5 Through the whole earth it pours supplies, Spreads joy through all its parts. Lord, may thy goodness draw our eyes, And captivate our hearts ! 6 High admiration let it raise, And kind affections move ; Employ our tongues in hymns of praise, And fill our hearts with love ! HYMN 46. C. M. Divine Providence, and the Folly of Self Dependence. 1 God reigns ; events in order flow, Man's industry to guide ; 15 46. [hymxs. But in a different channel go, To humble human pride. 2 The swift not always, in the race, Shall win the crowning prize ; Not always wealth and honour grace The labours of the wise. 3 Fond mortals do themselves beguile, When on themselves they rest ; Blind is their wisdom, vain their toil, By thee, 0 Lord ! unbless'd. 4 ?Tis ours the furrows to prepare, And sow the precious grain ; 'Tis thine to give the sun and air, And send the genial rain. 5 Evil and good before thee stand, Their mission to perform ; The sun shines bright at thy command ; Thy hand directs the storm. 6 In all our ways, we humbly own Thy providential pow'r ; Entrusting to thy care alone The lot of ev'ry hour. PART I.] 47, HYMN 47. L. M. Divine Providence towards Man and Beast. 1 The earth and all the heav'nly frame Their great Creator's love proclaim ; He gives the sun his genial pow'r, And sends the soft refreshing show'r. 2 The ground with plenty blooms again, And yields her various fruits to men ; To men, who from thy bounteous hand Receive the gifts of ev'ry land. 3 Nor to the human race alone Is thy paternal goodness shown ; The tribes of earth, of sea and air, Enjoy thy universal care. 4 Not e'en a sparrow yields its breath, Till God permits the stroke of death ; He hears the ravens when they call, The father and the friend of all. 5 Thy care, great God ! sustains them all When urg'd by hunger's powerful call, Expectant of the known supply, To thee they lift the asking eye. 6 To thee, in ceaseless strains, my tongue Shall raise the morn and ev'ning song ; And long as breath inspires my frame. The wonders of thy love proclaim. ? 48. [hymns, HYMN 48. L. M. Divine Protection through every age. Ps. xc. 1 Thou, Lord, through ev'ry changing scene. Hast to the saints a refuge been ; Through ev'ry age, eternal God ! Their pleasing home, their safe abode. 2 In thee our fathers sought their rest, And were with thy protection bless'd ; Behold their sons, a feeble race ! We come to fill our fathers' place. 3 Through all the thorny paths we tread, Ere we are numbered with the dead ; When friends desert, and foes invade, Be thou our all-sufficient aid ! 4 And when this pilgrimage is o'er, And we must dwell on earth no more ; To thee, great God ! may we ascend, And find an everlasting Friend. 5 To thee our infant race we'll leave, Them may their fathers' God receive ; That voices, yet unform'd, may raise Succeeding hymns of humble praise. PART I.] 49. HYMN 49. S. M. Obligation to Gratitude and Praise. 1 My Maker and my King I To thee my all I owe ; Thy sovereign bounty is the spring, From whence my blessings flow. 2 Thou ever good and kind ! A thousand reasons move, A thousand obligations bind My heart to grateful love. & The creature of thy hand, On thee alone I live ; My God ! thy benefits demand More praise than I can give, 4 0 what can I impart, When all was thine before ? Thy love demands a thankful heart ; The gift, alas ! how poor ! 5 Shall I withhold thy due ? And shall my passions rove ? Lord, make me to thy service true, And fill me with thy love. 6 0 let thy grace inspire My soul with strength divine ; Let all my powers to thee aspire, And all my days be thine ! 15* 50. [hymns. HYMN 50. L. M. Praise for Rain and Fruitful Seasons. 1 Father of light! we sing thy name. Who macPst the sun to rule the dav ; Wide as he spreads his golden flame, His beams thy pow'r and love display. 2 Fountain of good ! from thee proceed The copious show'rs of genial rain ; Which, o'er the hill and through the mead, Revive the grass and swell the grain. 3 Through the wide world thy bounties spread ; Yet thousands of our guilty race, Though by thy daily goodness fed, Transgress thy law, abuse thy grace. 4 Not so shall our forgetful hearts Overlook the tokens of thy care ; But, what thy liberal hand imparts, Receive with praise, and ask in pray'r. 5 So shall the sun more grateful shine, And show'rs in welcome drops shall fall, When all our hearts and lives are thine. And thou, our God, enjoy'd in all. PART I.] 51 HYMN 51. L. M. Praise for common Mercies. Ps. cxvi. 8, 9. 1 Great Source of life ! our souls confess The various riches of thy grace ; Crowird with thy mercies, we rejoice, And in thy praise exalt our voice. 2 By thee heav?irs shining arch was spread : Bv thee were earth's foundations laid : All the delights of our abode Proclaim the wise, the pow'rful God. 3 Thy tender hand restores our breath, When trembling on the verge of death ; Gently it wipes away our tears, And lengthens life to future years. 4 These lives are sacred to the Lord, By thee upheld, by thee restored ; And, whilst our hours renew their race, Still we would walk before thy face. 5 So, when our souls bv thee are led Through unknown regions of the dead, With joy triumphant they shall move To seats of nobler life above. 52. [hymns. HYMN 52. L. M. Divine Condescension. 1 Up to the Lord, who reigns on high, And views the nations from afar, Let everlasting praises fly, And tell how large his bounties are ! 2 He overrules all mortal things, And manages our mean affairs ; On humble souls the King of kings Bestows his counsels and his cares. 3 Our sorrows and our tears we pour Into the bosom of our God ; He hears us in the mournful hour, And helps to bear the heavy load. 4 In vain might lofty princes try Such condescension to perform ; For worms were never rais'd so high Above their meanest fellow-worm. 5 0 could our thankful hearts devise A tribute equal to thy grace, To the third heav'n our songs should rise, And teach the golden harps thy praise. PART I.] 53, HYMN 53. C. M% Divine Goodness to Man. 1 Thy wisdom, pow'r and goodness, Lord, In all thy works appear ; But man thy bounties shall record, For thy distinguished care. 2 From thee the breath of life vve drew, That breath thy pow'r maintains ; Thy tender mercy, ever new, Our brittle frame sustains. 3 Yet nobler gifts demand our praise, Of reason's light possessed ; By revelation's brighter rays Still more divinely bless'd. 4 Thy providence, our constant guard, When threatening woes impend, Will either threatening dangers ward, Or timely succours lend. 5 On us thy providence has shone With its propitious rays; 0 let our lips and lives make known Thy goodness and thy praise ! 6 All bounteous Lord ! thy grace impart; 0 teach us to improve Thy gifts with ever grateful heart, And crown them with thy love. 54. [hymns, HYMN 54. C. M. The Love of God. 1 My God ! thy boundless love I praise ; How bright on high its glories blaze ; How sweetly bloom below ! It streams from thine eternal throne ; Through heav'n its joys forever run, And o?er the earth thev flow. 2 ?Tis love that paints the purple morn, And bids the clouds, in air upborne, Their genial drops distil ; In ev'ry vernal beam it glows, And breathes in ev'ry gale that blows, And glides in ev'ry rill 3 It robes in cheerful green the ground, And pours its flow'rv beauties round, Whose sweets perfume the gale; Its bounties richly spread the plain, The blushing fruit, the golden grain, And smile on ev'ry vale. 4 But in thy word I see it shine With grace and glories more divine, Proclaiming sins forgiven ; There, faith, bright cherub, points the wa\ To realms of everlasting day, And opens all her heav'n. PART I.] 55, 5 Then let the love that makes me blest, With cheerful praise inspire my breast. And ardent gratitude ; And all my thoughts and passions tend To thee, my Father, and my Friend, My soul's eternal good ! HYMN 55. L. If. Creation, Providence, and Grace. Ps. cxxxvi. 1 Give to our God immortal praise ! Mercy and truth are all his ways ; Wonders of grace to God belong ; Repeat his mercies in your song. 2 Give to the Lord of lords renown ; The king of kings with glory crown; His mercies ever shall endure, When lords and kings are known no more. 3 He built the earth, he spread the sky, And fix'd the starry lights on high ; Wonders of grace to God belong ; Repeat his mercies in your song. 4 He fills the sun with morning light ; He bids the moon direct the night; His mercies ever shall endure, When suns and moons shall shine no more. 56. [hymns. 5 He sent his Son with pow'r to save, From sin and darkness and the grave ; Wonders of grace to God belong ; Repeat his mercies in your song. 6 Through this vain world he guides our feet> And leads us to his heavenly seat ; His mercies ever shall endure, When this vain world shall be no more. hymn 56. L. M. Praise to God for his Goodness. Ps. ciii. 1 Bless, 0 my soul! the living God ; Call home thy thoughts that rove abroad ; Let all the powers within me join, In work and worship so divine ! 2 Bless, 0 my soul ! the God of grace ; His favours claim thy highest praise ; Let not the wonders he hath wrought Be lost in silence, and forgot ! 3 The vices of the mind he heals, And cures the pains that nature feels ; Redeems the soul from guilt, and saves Our wasting lives from threatening graves PART 1.] 57. 4 Our youth decayed his pow'r repairs ; His mercy crowns our growing years ; He satisfies our mouth with good, And fills our souls with heav'nly food. 5 He sees tlv oppressor, and th' oppressed, And often gives the sufFrers rest ; But will his justice more display In the last great rewarding day. 6 His pow'r he show'd hy Moses' hands, And gave to Israel his commands ; But made his truth and mercy known To all the nations hy his Son. 7 Let the whole earth his pow'r confess ; Let the whole earth adore his grace ! The Gentile with the Jew shall join In work and worship so divine. hymn 57. c. M. Faith in the Promise of Salvation. 1 Begin, my tongue ! some heav'nly theme, And speak some lofty thing ; The mighty works or mighty name Of our eternal King. 2 Tell of his wondrous faithfulness, Or sound his pow'r abroad; 16 58. [hymns. Sing the blest promise of his grace, And the performing God. 3 Proclaim salvation from the Lord, To sinful, dying men; His hand has writ the sacred word With an unerring pen. 4 EngravM as in eternal brass, The gracious promise shines ; Nor shall the hand of time erase Those everlasting lines. 5 Then why these doubts and sad complaints, If Christ and we are one? The word extends to all the saints, Who humbly love the Son. 6 By faith in this our souls have liv'd, And part of heav'n possessed ; We'll praise him then for grace received* And trust him for the rest. HYMN 58. L. M. The promised Saviour sent. 1 To those who fear and trust the Lord, His mercy stands forever sure; From age to age his promise lives, And the performance is secure. PART I.] 59. 2 He spake to Abram and his race, In thee shall all the earth be bless' d ! The mem'rv of that ancient word Lay long in his eternal breast. 3 But now no more shall Isr'el wait; No more the Gentiles lie forlorn; Lo ! the desire of nations comes, Behold ! the promised Saviour's born. hymn 59. s. M. The Birth of Christ. 1 Behold ! the grace appears, The blessing promised long ; Angels announce the Saviour near In this triumphant song: 2 i Glory to God on high, And heav'nly peace on earth ; Good-will to men, to angels joy, At the Redeemer's birth V 3 In worship so divine Let men employ their tongues With the celestial hosts we join, And loud repeat their songs : 60. [hymns. 4 < Glory to God on high, And heavenly peace on earth ; Good- will to men, to angels joy. At our Redeemer's birth V hymn 60. c. M. The Coming of the Kingdom of Christ. Ps. xcviii. 1 Joy to the world, the Lord is come ; The long-predicted king ; Let ev'ry heart prepare him room. And heav'n and nature sing ! 2 Joy to the earth, the Saviour 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 To earth's remotest bound. 4 Thus God displays his truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of his righteousness, And wonders of his love. PART I.] 61 HYMN 61. S. M. The Hope of Salvation through Christ. 1 Raise your triumphant songs To an immortal tune ; Let the wide earth resound the deeds Celestial grace hath done! 2 Sing how eternal love Its well-beloved chose, And bade him raise our sinful race From an abyss of woes. 3 Pardon and peace from heaven Jesus proclaims abroad ; And brings to erring, guilty man. Sure mercy from his God. 4 Now, sinners, dry your tears ; Let hopeless sorrow cease ! Bowt to the sceptre of his love And take the offer' d peace. 5 Lord, we obey thy call ; We lay an humble claim To the salvation thou hast sent, And bless and praise thy name. 16* 62. [hymns. HYMN 62. L. M. The Piety of Jesus. 1 ' Father divine/ the Saviour cried, While horrours pressed on every side, And prostrate on the ground he lay, ' Remove this bitter cup away ; 2 ' But if these pangs must still be borne, ' And stripes, and wounds, and cruel scorn, ' I bow my soul before thy throne, ' And say ; thy will, not mine, be done.* 3 My dear Redeemer, and my Lord ! I read my duty in thy wTord ; But in thy life thy law appears, Drawn out in living characters. 4 Such was thy piety and zeal, Thy defrence to the Father's will, Thy love and meekness so divine, I would transcribe and make them mine. .5 Cold mountains and the midnight air Witnessed the fervour of thy pray'r ; The desert thy temptations knew, Thy conflict and thy victory too. 6 Be Christ my pattern ; let me bear More of his gracious image here ! Then God, the Judge, shall own my name, Among the followers of the Lamb. PAKT I.] 63. HYMN 63. S. M. Attraction of the Cross. John xii. 32. 1 Behold th' amazing sight. The Saviour lifted high ! Behold the Son of God's delight Expire in agony. 2 For whom, for whom, my heart ! Were all these sorrows borne ? Why did he feel that piercing smart, And meet that various scorn ? 3 For love of us he bled, And all in torture died ; 'Twas love that bow'd his fainting head, And opM his gushing side. 4 In sympathy of love Let all the earth combine ; And, drawn by cords so gentle, prove The energy divine ! 5 In him our hearts unite; Nor share his grief alone, But from his cross pursue their flight To his triumphant throne. 64. [hymns. HYMN 64. C. M, Christ's Death and Exaltation. Mat. xxviii. 56. 1 Ye humble souls, who seek the Lord ! Chase all your fears away ; And bow with transport down to see The place where Jesus lay. 2 His life for us he freely gave ; Such wonders love can do ! Thus, cold in death, that bosom lay, Which throbb'd and bled for you. 3 A moment give your hearts to grief, And mourn your Saviour slain ; Then dry your tears, and tune your songs, The Saviour lives again ! 4 High o'er the angelick bands he rears His once dishonoured head ; And through unnumbered years he reigns, Who dwelt among the dead. 5 With cheerful hope may ev'ry saint The vale of death survey ; Then rise with his ascending Lord, To realms of endless day ! PART I.] 65 HYMN 65. L. If. Death and Resurrection of Christ. 1 He dies, the friend of sinners dies ! Lo ! Salem's daughters weep around ; A solemn darkness veils the skies : A sudden trembling shakes the ground. 2 Here's love and grief beyond degree ; The Lord of glory dies for men ; But lo ! what sudden joys we see, — Jesus, the dead, revives again ! 3 The rising Lord forsakes the tomb ; In vain the tomb forbids his rise ; Cherubick legions guard him home. And shout him welcome to the skies. 4 Break off your tears, ye saints ! and s£y How high your great deliverer reigns ; Sing how he rose to endless day, And led the tyrant death in chains ; 5 Say, live forever, wondrous King ! Born to redeem, and strong to save ! Then ask the monster, vvhere's thy sting ; And where's thy victory, boasting grave ? 66, 67. [hymns, HYMN 66. C. M. The Christian's Triumph in his Saviour. 1 Cor. xv. 55. 1 0 for an overcoming faith, To cheer my dying hour, To triumph o'er the monster death, And all his frightful pow'r ! JZ Joyful with all the strength I have, My quivering lips would sing, Where is thy boasted victory, grave ; 0 death ! where is thy sting ? 3 Pardon and life, — how dear each word ! God life and pardon sends, And by our dying, rising Lord, Ensures to all his friends, 4 All glory then to God on high, And endless thanks be paid, Who makes us conquerors, though we die, Through Christ, our living Head ! hymn 67. c. M. The Resurrection of Jesus, the Pledge of ours. 1 Peter i. 3 — 5. 1 Blessed be the everlasting God, The Father of our Lord ; J8e his abounding mercy prais'd, His majesty ador'd! PART I.] 68. 2 When from the dead he rais'd his Son, And call'd him to the sky, He gave our souls a lively hope, That they should never die. 3 What though the feeble frame of man Must moulder back to dust ; Yet as the Lord our Saviour rose, So all his followers must. 4 There's an inheritance divine, Reserved against that day ; 'Tis uncorrupted, undefilM, And cannot fade away. 5 Saints by the grace of God are led, Till the salvation come ; They walk by faith, as strangers here, Till Christ shall call them home. hymn 68. c. M. . Christ the Corner Stone. Mat. xxi. 42. 1 Behold the corner stone Which God in Sion lays, To build our heavenly hopes upon. And his eternal praise ! 2 The scribe and angry priest Reject his only Son : 69. [hymns. Yet on this rock the church shall rest, As the chief corner stone. 3 The work, 0 Lord ! is thine, And wondrous in our eyes ; This day declares it all divine ; This day did Jesus rise. 4 Now in the heav'n above, He sits beside the throne ; And there implores his Father's love, For those who wronged his own. 5 We bless thine holy word, Which all this grace displays ; And offer on thine altar, Lord, Our sacrifice of praise. hymn 69. L. M. Jesus Christ the Sun of Righteousness. Mai. iv. 2. 1 To thee, 0 God ! we homage pay ; Source of the light that rules the day ! Who, while he gilds all nature's frame, Reflects thy rays and speaks thy name. 2 In louder strains we sing that grace, Which gives the sun of righteousness, Whose nobler light salvation brings, And scatters healing from his wings. PAKT I.] 70. 3 Enlightened by his heavenly ray, Our shades and darkness turn to day ; His inward teachings make us know Our danger, and our refuge too. 4 0 may his glories stand confessed, From north to south, from east to west ; Successful may his gospel run, Wide as the circuit of the sun ! 5 When shall that radiant scene arise, When, fix'd on high, in purer skies, Christ all his lustre shall display To all his saints through endless day ? hymn 70. L. M. The Kingdom of Christ. 1 Jesus shall reign, where'er the sun Does his successive journies run ; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 2 Through him shall endless prayers be made, And praises throng to crown his head ; His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise With ev'ry morning sacrifice. 17 71. [hymns. 3 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. 4 Blessings abound where'er he reigns ; The prisoner leaps to loose his chains, The weary find eternal rest, And all the sons of want are bless'd. 5 The heathen lands that lie beneath The shades of overspreading death, Revive at his first dawning light, And deserts blossom at the sight. hymn 71. 8 & 7s. M. The future Peace and Glory of the Church. Isa. lx. 15—20. 1 Hear what God, the Lord, hath spoken : 0 my people, faint and few, Comfortless, afflicted, broken, Fair abodes I build for you ; Themes of heartfelt tribulation Shall no more perplex your ways ; You shall name vour walls salvation, And your gates shall all be praise. 2 There, like streams that feed the garden, Pleasures without end shall flow j PART I.] 72. For the Lord, your faith rewarding, All his bounty shall bestow. Still in undisturbed possession Peace and righteousness shall reign ; Never shall you feel oppression, Hear the voice of war again. 3 Ye no more your suns descending, Waning moons no more shall see ; But your griefs for ever ending, Find eternal noon in me. 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. HYMN 72. C. M. The universal Extent of ChrisTs Kingdom. Isa. ii. 2, 4. L O'kr mountain tops the mount of God In latter days shall rise : Above the summits of the hills, And draw the wond'ring eyes. I To this the joyful nations round, All tribes and tongues shall flow ; Up to the mount of God, they say, And to his house we'll go. 73. [hymns. 3 The beams that shine from Zion's hill Shall lighten ev'ry land ; The peaceful Prince of Judah's line. Shall the whole world command. 4 Among the nations he shall judge; His judgments truth shall guide ; His sceptre shall protect the just, And crush the sinner's pride. 5 No war shall rage, nor hostile strife Disturb those happy years ; To plough-shares men shall beat their swords, To pruning-hooks their spears. 6 No longer hosts, encountering hosts, Shall crowds of slain deplore ; They'll lay the martial trumpet by, And studv war no more. hymn 73. L. M. The Excellency of the Gospel. Ps. xix. 1 The heavens declare thy glory, Lord ; In ev'ry star thy wisdom shines ; But when our eyes behold thy wordi We read thy name in fairer lines. PART I.] 74 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 ev'ry land, 4 Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest, Till through the world thy truth has run ; Till Christ has all the nations bless'd That see the light, or feel the sun. 5 How well thy Gospel's truths agree ; How wise and holy each command ; Its promises, how sure they be ; How firm our hope and comfort stand ! 6 In vain shall all its foes devise To shake my faith with treacherous art ; My soul thy wisdom justifies, And binds thy gospel to my heart. HYMN 74. C. M. Instruction from Scripture. 1 Thy word is like a heav'nly light, Which guides us all the day ; 17* 75. [hymns. And through the dangers of the night A lamp to lead our way. 2 When once it enters to the mind, It spreads such light abroad, The meanest souls instruction find, And raise their thoughts to God. 3 The starry heav'ns thy rule obey : The earth preserves her place ; In nature's volume, night and day, Thy pow'r and skill we trace. i 4 But in thy law and gospel, Lord, Are lessons more divine ; Not earth stands firmer than thy word, Nor stars so nobly shine. 5 Thy word is everlasting truth; How pure is ev'ry page ! That holy hook shall guide our youth, And well support our age. HYMN 75. C. M. 1 The law of the Lord is perfect.' Ps. xix. 7. 1 Perfection ! 'tis an empty name, Nor can repay our cares ; And he that seeks it here below Must end the search with tears. PART I.] 76 2 Great David on his royal throne, The hcauteous and the strong, Rich in the spoils of conquered foes, Amidst th' applauding throng, 3 With all his mind's capacious powers, Pursued the shade in vain ; Not heard in his melodious voice, Or harp's angelick strain. 4 From publick to domestick scenes Th' impatient monarch turns; — The friend, the husband and the sire, In sad succession mourns. 5 At length, thy law, eternal God! He through his tears descries ; And, wrapt amidst those sacred folds, He finds the heav'nly prize. 6 There will I seek perfection too, Where David's God is known ; Nor envy, with this volume blest, His treasures and his throne. hymn 76. c. if. The Excellence of the Scriptures. 1 Father of mercies ! in thy word What endless glory shines ; 6. [hymns. Forever be thy name ador'd For these celestial lines ! 2 Here, may the wretched sons of want Exhaustless riches find ; Riches above what earth can grant, And lasting as the mind. 3 This is the field where hidden lies The pearl of price unknown ; The merchant is divinely wise, Who makes that pearl his own. 4 Here, the fair tree of knowledge grows, And yields a free repast ; Sublimer sweets than nature knows Invite the longing taste. 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 Here, springs of consolation rise, To cheer the fainting mind ; And thirsty souls receive supplies, And sweet refreshment find. 7 The volume of my Father's grace Does all my grief assuage ; His cheering promises I trace Almost in ev'ry page. PART I.] 77, 8 0 may its counsels, mighty God! My roving feet command ; Nor I forsake the happy road, That leads to thy right hand ! HYMN 77. L. M. The Excellency of the Gospel. 1 God, in the gospel of his Son, Makes his eternal counsels known ; And sinners of an humble frame May taste his grace, and learn his name. 2 Wisdom its dictates here imparts, To form our minds, to cheer our hearts : Its influence makes the sinner live, It bids the drooping saint revive. 3 Our raging passions it controls, And comfort yields to contrite souls ; It guides us all our journey through, And brings a better world to view. 4 May this blest volume ever lie Close to my heart and near my eye ; To life's last hour my soul employ., And fit me for the hcav'nly joy! 78. [hymns. HYMN 78. L. M. Christian Privileges and Obligations. 1 Dost thou my worthless name record Free of thy holy city, Lord ; Am I, a sinner, call'd to share The precious privileges there ? 2 Art thou my King, my Father sty I'd, Am I thy servant and thy child, While wretched millions draw their breath In lands of ignorance and death ? 3 Shall I receive this grace in vain? Shall I my great vocation stain ? Away, ye works in darkness wrought ! Away, each sensual, earthly thought ! 4 My soul, I charge thee to excel In thinking right and acting well ; Deep let thy searching pow'rs engage, Unbiassed in the sacred page. 5 Heighten the force of good desire ; To deeds of shining worth aspire ; More firm in fortitude, despise The world's seducing vanities. 6 Strong and more strong, thy passions rule, Advancing still in virtue's school ; Contending still, with noble strife, To imitate thy Saviour's life. PART I.] 79, 80. HYMN 79, L. M. A Conversation becoming the Gospel. Titus ii. 10 — 13. 1 So let our lips and lives express The holy gospel we profess. So let our works and virtues shine, To prove the doctrine all divine ! 2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad The honours of our Saviour God, When the salvation reigns within, And grace subdues the pow'r of sin. 3 Our flesh and sense must be denied, Possioa and envy, lust and pride ; While justice, temperance, truth and love, Our inward piety approve, 4 Religion bears our spirits up, While we expect that blessed hope, The bright appearing of the Lord ; And faith stands leaning on his word. hymn 80. L. M. The beatitudes, a 1 Blest are the humble souls, that see Their emptiness and poverty ; Treasures of grace to them are giv'n, And crowns of joy laid up in heav'n. 80. [hymns. 2 Blest are the men of broken heart. Who mourn for sin with inward smart ; Divine compassion freely flows, A healing balm for all their woes. 3 Blest are the meek, who stand afar From rage and passion, noise and war ; God will secure their happy state, And plead their cause against the great 4 Blest are the souls, that thirst for grace, Hunger and long for righteousness ; They shall be well supplied, and fed With living streams and living bread. 5 Blest are the men, whose hearts still move And melt with sympathy and love ; They shall in large supplies obtain Like sympathy and love again. 6 Blest are the pure, whose hearts are clean From the defiling pow'r of sin ; With endless pleasure they shall see A God of spotless purity. 7 Blest are the men of peaceful life, Who quench f0he coals of growing strife: They shall be calPd the heirs of bliss, The sons of God, the God of peace. 8 Blest are the sufPrers who partake Of pain and shame for Jesus' sake ; PART I.] 81. Their souls shall triumph in the Lord ; Glory and joy are their reward. hymn 81. c. M. The Sun of Righteousness. 1 How blest thy creature is, 0 God ! When with a single eye He views the lustre of thy word, The day-spring from on high ! 2 Through all the storms that veil the skies, And frown on earthly things, The sun of righteousness he eyes With healing on his wings. 3 The glorious orb, whose golden beams The fruitful year control, Since first, obedient to thy word, He started from the goal, 4 Has cheer'd the nations with the joys His orient rays impart ; But, Jesus, 'tis thy light alone Can shine upon the heart. 18 82. [hymns. HYMN 82. C. M. The Way of the Righteous and of the Wicked. Ps. i. 1 That man, in life wherever placed, Has happiness in store, Who walks not in the wicked's way. Nor learns their guilty lore ; 2 Nor from the seat of scornful pride Casts forth his eyes abroad, But with humility and awe Still walks before his God. 3 That man shall flourish like the trees Which by the streamlet grow, Whose fruitful top is spread on high, And firm the root below. 4 But he whose blossom buds in guilt Shall to the ground be cast, And like the rootless stubble toss'd Before the sweeping blast. 5 For God, that God the good adore, Will give them peace and joy ; But all the hopes of wicked men Will utterly destroy. PART I.] 83. HYMN 83. C. M. The Way and End of the Righteous and the Wicked. Ps. xxxvii. 1 My God ! the steps of pious men Are order d by thy will ; Though they should fall, they rise again ; Thy hand supports them still. 2 The Lord delights to see their ways ; Their virtue he approves ; He'll ne'er deprive them of his grace, Nor leave the men he loves. 3 The heavenly heritage is theirs, Their portion and their home ; He feeds them now, and makes them heirs Of blessings long to come. 4 The haughty sinner have I seen, Not fearing man or God, Like princely laurel, fair and green, Spreading his arms abroad ; 5 And lo ! he vanished from the ground, Destroyed by hands unseen ; Nor root? nor branch, nor leaf was found, Where all that pride had been. 6 But mark the man of righteousness : His several steps attend ; True pleasure runs through all his ways, * And peaceful is his end. 84. [hymns. HYMN 84. C. M. The Ways of Wisdom. Prov. iii. 13 — 17. 1 0 happy is the man, who hears Instruction's faithful voice ; And who celestial wisdom makes His early, only choice. 2 Her treasures are of more esteem Than east and west unfold ; And her rewards more precious are Than all their mines of gold. 3 In her right hand she holds to view A length of happy days ; Riches, with splendid honours joined, Her left hand full displays. 4 She guides the young with innocence In pleasure's path to tread ; A crown of glory she bestows Upon the hoary head. 5 According as her labours rise, So her rewards increase ; Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace. PART I.] 85 HYMN 85. C. M. Breathing after Holiness. Ps. cxix. 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 Send thy good spirit, Lord, 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 foosteps 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 slide ; 0 bring me back to virtue's way, And be thy truth my guide ! 6 Make me to walk in thy commands, 'Tis a delightful road ; Nor let my head, or heart, or hands, Offend against my God ! 18* 86? 87. [hymns. HYMN 86. L. If. The better part. Luke x. 43. 1 Beset with snares and fill'd with dread. In life's uncertain path we tread ; Father divine ! diffuse thy light To guide our doubtful footsteps right. 2 Engage our roving treacherous heart, To choose the wise, the better part ; To scorn the trifles of a day, For joys that never fade away. 3 Then let the fiercest storms arise, Let tempests mingle earth and skies ; No fatal shipwreck we shall fear, But all our treasure with us bear. 4 If thou, our heavenly friend, be nigh, Cheerful we live and joyful die ; Secure, when mortal comforts flee, To find a thousand worlds in thee. hymn 87. 8 & 6s. M. The unrivalled Beauty and Glory of Religion. 1 Soft are the fruitful show'rs that bring The welcome promise of the spring, And soft the vernal gale ; PART I.] 88. Sweet the wild warblings of the grove, The voice of nature and of love, That gladden ev'ry vale. 2 But softer in the mourner's ear Sounds the mild voice of mercy near, That whispers sins forgiven ; And sweeter far the niusick swells, When to the raptur'd soul she tells Of peace and promised heav'n. 3 Fair are the flow'rs that deck the ground, And groves and gardens blooming round Unnumbered charms unfold; Bright is the sun's meridian ray, And bright the beams of setting day, That robe the clouds in gold. 4 But far more fair the pious breast, In richer robes of goodness drest, Where heav'n's own graces shine; And brighter far the prospects rise, That burst on faith's delighted eyes, From glories all divine. hymn 88. c. M. The testimony of a good conscience, 1 Might I but read my title clear To mansions in the skies, 89. [hymns. Fd bid farewell to ev'ry fear, And wipe my weeping eyes. 2 Should earth against my peace engage, And all its darts be hurl'd, Fd smile to see its powerless rage, And face a frowning world. 3 Should cares like a wild deluge come, And storms of sorrow fall, May I but safely reach my home, My God, my heav'n, my all, 4 There shall I bathe my weary soul In seas of heavenly rest, And not a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast. hymn 89. c. M. God our Portion. Ps. iv. 6, 7. 1 In vain the erring world inquires For true substantial good ; Whilst earth confines their low desires, They live on airy food. 2 Illusive dreams of happiness Their eager thoughts employ ; Thev wake, convinced their boasted bliss Was visionary joy. PART I.] 90. 3 Not all the good, which earth bestows, Can fill the craving mind : Its highest joys have mingled woes, And leave a sting behind. 4 Begone, ye gilded vanities ! I seek some solid good ; To real bliss my wishes rise, The favour of my God. 5 To thee, my God ! my soul aspires ; Dispel these shades of night ; Enlarge and fill these vast desires With infinite delight. 6 Immortal joy thy smiles impart ; Heav'n dawns in ev'ry ray ; One glimpse of thee will glad my heart, And turn my night to day. hymn 90. c. M. The transforming Vision of God. 1 My God ! the visits of thy face Afford superiour joy. To all the flatt'ring world can give, Or mortal hopes employ. 2 But clouds and darkness intervene ; My brightest joys decline ; 91. [hymns. And earth's gay trifles oft ensnare This wandering heart of mine. 3 Lord, guide this wand'ring heart to thee ; Unsatisfied I stray ; Break through the shades of sense and sin With thy enlivening ray. 4 0 let thy beams resplendent shine, And every cloud remove ; Transform my powers, and fit my soul For happier scenes above ! 5 Lord, raise my faith, my hope, my heart, To those transporting joys ; Then shall I scorn each little snare, Which this vain world employs. 6 Then, though I sink in death's cold sleep, To life I shall awake, And in the likeness of mv God Of heav'nly bliss partake. hymn 91. c. M. Assurance of the Divine Presence. Isa. xli. 10. 1 And art thou with us, gracious Lord ! To dissipate our fear ? Dost thou proclaim thyself our God, Our God forever near? PART I.] 92. 2 Doth thy right hand, which formed the earth, And bears up all the skies, Stretch from on high thy friendly aid, When dangers round us rise? 3 And wilt thou lead our weary souls To that delightful scene, Where rivers of salvation flow Through pastures ever green ? 4 On thy support our souls shall lean, And banish every care ; The gloomy vale of life will smile, If God be with us there. 5 While we his gracious succour prove, 'Midst all our various ways, The darkest shades through which we pass Shall echo with his praise. hymn 92. c. M. 4 Whom have I in heaven but thee ?' Ps. lxxiii. 25. 1 My God, my portion, and my love, My everlasting all ! Fve none but thee in heav'n above, Or on this earthly ball. 2 In vain the bright meridian sun Scatters his feeble light ; 93. [hymns. Thy brighter beams create my noon ; If thou withdraw^ 'tis night. 3 And while upon my restless bed Amongst the shades I roll, If God his light around me shed, *Tis morning with my soul. 4 To thee I owe my wealth and friends, And health and safe abode. Thanks to thy name for meaner things ; But they are not my God. 5 If I possessed the spacious earth, And calFd the stars my own. Without thy mercy and thy love, I were a wretch undone. 6 Let others stretch their arms like seas, And grasp in all the shore; Grant me the visits of thy face, And I desire no more. hymn 93. L. M. Trust in God the security of virtue. Awake, our souls : away, our fears ; Let ev'ry trembling thought be gone ; Awake, and run the heav?nly race, And put a cheerful courage on ! PART I.] 94. 2 True, 'tis a strait and thorny road, And mortal spirits tire and faint, If they forget the mighty God, Who feeds the strength of ev'ry saint ; 3 The mighty God, whose powerful hand Has matchless works of wonder done, And shall endure, while endless years Their everlasting circles run. 4 From him, the overflowing spring, Our souls shall drink a rich supply ; Whilst those who trust their native strength Shall melt away, and droop and die. 5 Swift as an eagle cuts the air, We'll mount aloft to thine abode ; On wings of love our souls shall fly, Nor tire amidst the heavenly road. hymn 94. L. M. Piety sanctifying the Relations and Pleasures of Life. 1 Enough of life's vain scene Fve trod ; Sweet is this interval of rest ; With cheerful heart I meet my God, His presence makes me truly blest. 2 Father and friend ! those ties how dear, How soothing to the human soul ! 19 95. [hymns. They arm with strength in ev'ry fear, And all life's varied ills control. 3 Pleasant is life, and sweet the light That pours from the bright orb of day, Revealing to our raptur'd sight The world in all its rich display. 4 Pleasant is life, and sweet its ties, The touching charities of man, Friend, fellow, child, and parent rise, Endearing life's progressive plan.* 5 But light and life would soon be vile, And all their dearest pleasures pall, Nor sun would shine, nor life would smile, Without thy presence gladdening all. hymn 95. c. M. Praise to God in Life and Death. 1 My soul shall praise thee, 0 my God ! Through all my mortal days ; And to eternity prolong Thy vast, thy boundless praise. 2 In each bright hour of peace and hope, Be this my sweet employ ! Devotion heightens all my bliss, And sanctifies my joy. PART I.] 95. 3 In all thy mercies, may my soul A father's bounty see ; Nor let the gifts thy grace bestows Estrange my heart from thee ! 4 When gloomy care, or keen distress, Invades my throbbing breast, My tongue shall learn to speak thy praise, And soothe my pains to rest. 5 Nor shall my tongue alone proclaim The honours of mv God ; My life, with all my active powers, Shall spread thy praise abroad. 6 Through every changing stage of life, Each bright, each clouded scene ; Give me a meek and humble mind, Still equal and serene. 7 Then though these lips shall cease to move, Though death shall close these eyes, Yet shall my soul to nobler heights Of joy and transport rise. 8 Then shall my pow'rs in endless strains Their grateful tribute pay ; The theme demands an angel's tongue. And an eternal day. 96, 97. [hymns* HYMN 96. L. M. The Fear of God. 1 Great Author of all nature's frame ! Holy and rev'rend is thy name ; Thou Lord of life and Lord of death ! Worlds rise and vanish at thy breath. 2 But blest are they, 0 gracious Lord ! Who fear thy name and keep thy word ; Thy wisdom guides, thy power defends Their life, till life its journey ends. 3 0 that my soul, with awful sense Of thy transcendent excellence, May close the day, the day begin, Watchful against each darling sin ! 4 Never, 0 never from my heart, May this great principle depart, But act with unabating pow'r Within me, to my latest hour ! hymn 97. c. M. Walking by Failh. Heb. xi. Faith is the brightest evidence Of things beyond our sight ; It pierces through the veil of sense, And dwells in heavenly light. PART I.] 98. 2 It sets time past in present view ; Brings distant prospects home ; Of things a thousand years ago, Or thousand years to come. 3 By faith we know the worlds were made By God's almighty word ; We know the heav'ns and earth shall fade, And he again restor'd. 4 Abra'm obey'd the Lord's command, From his own country driven ; By faith he sought a promised land, But found his rest in heav'n. 5 Thus through life's pilgrimage we stray, The promise in our eye ; By faith we walk the narrow way, That leads to joy on high. HYMN 98. L. M. Imploring the Presence of God in Prosperity and Affliction. 1 When Israel, of the Lord belov'd, Out from the land of bondage came, Her father's God before her mov'd, An awful guide in smoke and flame. 2 By day, along the astonish'd lands The cloudy pillar glided slow ; 19* 99. [hymns By night, Arabia's crimson'd sands Returned the fiery column's glow. 3 Thus present still, though now unseen ! When brightly shines the prosperous day, Be thoughts of thee a cloudy screen, To temper the deceitful ray. 4 And 0, when gathers on our path In shade and storm the frequent night, Be thou, long suffering, slow to wrath, A burning and a shining light ! hymn 99. L. M. Trust in the Divine Love in every condition. 1 My God ! I thank thee ; may no thought E'er deem thv chastisements severe ; But may this heart, by sorrow taught, Calm each wild wish, each idle fear ! 2 Thy mercy bids all nature bloom ; The sun shines bright, and man is gay ; Thine equal mercy spreads the gloom, That darkens o'er his little day. 3 Full many a throb of grief and pain Thy frail and erring child must know ; Yet not one pray'r is breath' d in vain, Nor does one tear unheeded flow. PART I.] 100. 4 Thy various messengers employ ; Thy purposes of love fulfil : And, 'mid the wreck of human joy, Let kneeling faith adore thy will ! hymn 100. L. M. Love to God and Mao. 1 Thus saith the first, the great command: ' Let all thy inward powers unite 'To love thy Maker and thy God, ' With utmost vigour and delight. 2 ' Then shall thy neighbour, next in place, ' Share thine affections and esteem ; ' And let thy kindness to thyself ' Measure and rule thy love to him/ 3 This is the sense that Moses spoke ; This did the prophets preach and prove ; For want of this the law is broke, And the whole law's fulfilled by love. 4 But oh, how base our passions are ; How cold our charity and zeal ! Lord, fill our souls with heavenly fire, Or we shall ne'er perform thy will 1 101, 102. [hymns. HYMN 101. L. M. Religion vain without Love. 1 Cor. xiii. 1 — 3. 1 Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews. And nobler speech than angels use, If love be absent, I am found, Like tinkling brass, an empty sound. 2 Were I inspired to preach, and tell All that is done in heaven and hell, Or could my faith the world remove, Still I am nothing without love. 3 Should I distribute all my store, To feed the hungry, clothe the poor ; Or give my body to the flame, To gain a martyr's glorious name ; 4 If love to God, and love to men Be absent, all my hopes are vain ; Nor tongues, nor gifts, nor fiery zeal, The work of love can e'er fulfil. HYMN 102. C. M. The same subject. 1 Though ev'ry grace my speech adorn'd, That flows from ev'ry tongue ; Though I could rise to loftier strains Than ever angels sung ; PAKT I.] 103. 2 Though, with prophetick lore inspired, I made all mysteries plain ; Yet, were I void of Christian love, These gifts were all in vain. 3 Though I dispense with liberal hand My goods to feed the poor ; Or, firm to conscience and to truth, A martyr's fate endure ; 4 Nay? though my faith, with boundless pow'r, E'en mountains couid remove ; "Twere all in vain, should I be found A stranger still to love. hymn 103. L. M. The Divine Goodness imitated. Eph. v. 1. 1 Great Author of tlr immortal mind, For noblest thoughts and views designed ! Make me desirous to express The image of thy holiness. 2 Whilst I thy boundless love admire, Grant me to catch the sacred fire ; Thus shall my heav'nly birth be known, And as thy child thou wilt me own. 3 Father, I see thy sun arise, To cheer thy friends and enemies ; 104. [hymns, And, when from heav'n thy rain descends, Thy bounty both alike befriends. 4 Enlarge my soul with love like thine. My mortal povv'rs by grace refine ; So shall I feel another's wo, And freely feed a hungry foe, 5 I hope for pardon through thy Son, For all the crimes which I have done ; Then may the grace that pardons me Constrain me to forgive like thee ! hymn 104. L. M. Brotherly Love. 1 0 God, our Father and our King, Of all we have or hope, the spring ! Send down thy Spirit from above, And fill our hearts with holy love. 2 May we from ev'ry act abstain That hurts or gives our neighbour pain, And ev'ry secret wish suppress That would abridge his happiness. 3 Still may we find our hearts inclined To act the friend to all mankind ; Still seek their safety, health and ease, Their virtue and eternal peace. PART I.] 105, 4 With pity may our breast overflow, When we behold a wretch in wo ; And bear a sympathizing part With all who are of heavy heart. 5 Let love in all our conduct shine, An image fair, though faint, of thine ; Thus may we his disciples prove Who came to manifest thy love. hymn 105. c. M. Christian Moderation, 1 Happy the man, whose cautious steps Still keep the golden mean ; Whose life, by wisdom's rules well formed, Declares a conscience clean ! 2 Not of himself he highly thinks. Nor acts the boasters part ; His modest tongue the language speaks Of his more humble heart. 3 Not in base scandal's arts he deals, For truth is in his breast ; With grief he sees his neighbour's faults, And thinks and hopes the best. 4 What blessings bounteous Heav'n bestows He takes with thankful heart; 106. [hymns. With temp' ranee he receives his food, And gives the poor a part. 5 To sect and party his large soul Disdains to be confined ; The good he loves of ev'ry name, And prays for all mankind. 6 Pure is his zeal, the offspring fair Of truth and peaceful love ; The bigot's rage can never dwell Where rests the heav'nly dove. hymn 106. c. M. Justice and Liberality. 1 Come, let us search our ways and try ; Have they been just and right ? Is the great rule of equity Our practice and delight ? 2 What we would have our neighbours do, Have we still done the same ; From others ne'er withheld the due, Which we from others claim ? 3 Have we ne'er envied other's good, Ne'er envied others' praise ; In no man's path malignant stood, Nor us'd detraction's ways ? PART I.] 107. 4 Have we not, deaf to his request, Turned from another's woe ? The scorn, which wrings the sufTrer's breast, Have we abhorr'd to show ? 5 Then may we raise our modest pray'r To God, the just and kind ; May humbly cast on him our care, And hope his grace to find. HYMN 107. S. M. Doraestick Affection founded on Piety. Ps. cxxxiii. 1 Blest are the sons of peace, Whose hearts and hopes are one ; Whose kind designs to serve and please Through all their actions run. 2 Blest is the pious house, Where zeal and friendship meet; Their songs of praise, their mingled vows, Make their communion sweet. 3 From those celestial springs Such streams of pleasure flow, As no increase of riches brings, Nor honours can bestow. 4 All io their stations move, And each performs his part, 20 108. [hymns. In all the cares of life and love. With sympathizing heart. 5 Thus on the heav'nly hills The saints are bless'd above ; Where joy like morning dew distils. And all the air is love. hymn 108. c. M. The Law of Sympathy. 1 All nature feels attractive pow'r, A strong embracing force ; The drops that sparkle in the show'r, The planets in their course. 2 Thus, in the universe of mind, Is felt the law of love ; The charity, both strong and kind, For all that live and move. 3 In this fine sympathetick chain, All creatures bear a part ; Their ev'ry pleasure, ev'ry pain, Linked to the feeling heart. 4 More perfect bond, the christian plan Attaches soul to soul ; Our neighbour is the suffering man, Though at the furthest pole. PART I.] 109, 5 To earth below, from heav'n above, The faith in Christ profess'd More clear reveals that God is love, And whom he loves is blest. HYMN 109. C. M. Gratitude to God a principle of Beneficence. 1 What shall we render, bounteous Lord ! For all the grace we see ? Alas ! the goodness worms can yield Extendeth not to thee. 2 Our offering is a willing mind To comfort the distressed ; In others' griefs our own to find, In others' blessings bless'd. 3 To tents of woe, to beds of pain, Our cheerful feet repair ; And, with the gifts thy hand bestows, Relieve the mourners there. 4 The widow's heart shall sing for joy ; The orphan shall be glad ; And hung'ring souls we'll gladly point To Christ, the living bread. 5 Thus what our heav'nly Father gave Shall we as freely give ; 110. [hymns. Thus copy him who liv'd to save, And died that we might live. 6 Thus, passing through this vale of tears, Our useful light shall shine ; And others learn to glorify Our Father's name divine. hymn 110. CM. The Law of Love. Luke x. 30 — 37, 1 Far from thy servants, God of grace , The unfeeling heart remove ; And form in our obedient souls The image of thy love. 2 0 may our sympathizing breasts The gen'rous pleasure know, Kindly to share in others' joy, And weep for others' woe ! 3 Where'er the hopeless sons of grief In low distress are laid, Soft be our hearts their pains to feel. And swift our hands to aid ! 4 0 be the law of love fulfilled In ev'ry act and thought ; Each angry passion far removed, Each selfish view forgot ! PART I.] Ill 5 Be thou, my heart ! dilated wide With this kind social grace ; And, in one grasp of fervent love, All earth and heav'n embrace. hymn 111. c. M. Prayer for a Disposition to dispense God's Gifts. 1 Great God of grace ! accept my pray'r : If e'er thy love divine Should prosper my assiduous care, And affluence be mine, 2 May poverty dispel her fears, And seek my open door ; My pitying heart shall own her tears, And bid them flow no more. 3 0 bless me with an honest mind, Which spans each selfish end ; Humanely warm to all mankind, And faithful to my friend. 4 With conscious truth and honour still My actions may I guide ; And know no fear but fear of ill, No scorn, but scorn of pride ! 20* 112. [hymns. 5 Thee in remembrance may I bear, To thee my tribute raise ; Conclude each day with fervent pray'r, And wake each morn with praise. 6 Thus through my life may I approve The gratitude I owe ; And share at length the bliss above, I would dispense below ! HYMN 112. S. M. Worldly anxiety reproved. Matt. vi. 34. 1 Why do I thus perplex My life, a breath of air, With fears of distant ills, and vex My heart with fruitless care ? 2 Can thought and toil increase My days appointed sum ? Why waste I then my time, my peace, To hoard for days to come ? 3 Will he, whose bounty gave My life, its food deny ? Who form'd my nature prone to crave, Its cravings not supply ? PART I.] 113, 4 They neither sow nor toil, The tribes that wing the air, Yet live on his paternal smile. Whose bounty all things share. 5 Then let to-morrow's cares Until to-morrow stay ! The trouble, which to-day prepares, Suffices for to-day. 6 To him these low desires, This sordid gain I leave, Who to no higher good aspires, Than what this world can give. 7 To nobler work applied, My soul shall upward climb ; And trust my father to provide The needful things of time. HYMN 113. L. If. Humility and Meekness. 1 Folly builds high upon the sand ; But lowly let my basis be ! Firm as a rock my hope shall stand, Deep founded in humility. 2 Content, when threatening ills obtrude, Sweet meek-ey'd patience arm my soul ; 114. [hymns. And let a prudent fortitude Teach me my passions to control ! 3 My God ! I long to know thee still, To love and fear and trust thee more ; To live submissive to thy will, And, whilst 1 feel thy grace, adore. 4 Let love and mercy all divine, Justice descending from the skies, Kindness and truth mv heart incline Still to forgive my enemies ! 5 Thus may I act the christian part, The wise, and social, and divine, Whilst a pure zeal inspires my heart ; Then shall I know that heav'n is mine. HYMN 114. L. M. Humility. 1 Was pride, alas ! e'er made for man ? Blind, erring, guilty creature he, His birth the dust, his lift a span, His greatness less than vanity. 2 If wealth, and pow'r, and dazzling rays, And pageant state this nothing dress, On the fair idol shall we eaze, And envy that as happiness ? PART I.] 115. 3 Jesus, by thine instruction taught. Our foolish passions are repressed ; We blush at our misguided thought, And see and call the humble blest. 4 To bear thy yoke, and learn of thee, With all our soul's submissive pow'rs, This dictates wise humility ; This makes celestial glories ours. HYMN 115. C. M. Christian Prudence. 1 Father of light! conduct my feet Through life's dark, dangerous road ; Let each advancing step still bring Me nearer to my God ! 2 Let heavenly prudence be my guide ! And, when I go astray, Recall my feet fiom folly's path, To wisdom's better way. 3 Teach me, in ev'ry various scene, To keep my end in sight : And, whilst I tread life's mazy track, Let wisdom guide me right ! 4 That heav'nly wisdom from above Abundantly impart; 116. [hymns. And let it guard, and guide, and warm, And penetrate my heart; 5 Till it shall lead me to thyself, Fountain of bliss and love ; And all my darkness be dispersed In endless light above. HYMN 116. L. M. Christian Watchfulness and Fortitude. 1 Father of lights ! my footsteps guide Along the dang'rous path I tread ; Ne'er suffer me to turn aside, By errour or by sin misled. 2 While the mad world around me spend Their days in folly or in crime, 0 that my feet may always tend To wise redemption of my time ! 3 With truth illuminate my mind, Inspire with fortitude my heart ; Ne'er let me wander with the blind, Nor waver in the Christian's part! 4 Fashion and crowds conspire in vain, To shake the firmness of mv soul ; All your allurements I disdain ; God only shall my choice control. PART I.] 117, HYMN 117. L. M. Holy Resolution. 1 Ah, wretched souls, who strive in vain, Slaves to the world, and slaves to sin ! A nobler toil may I sustain, A nobler satisfaction win ! 2 I would resolve, with all my heart, With all my powers, to serve the Lord ; Nor from his precepts e'er depart, Whose service is a rich reward. 3 0 be his service all my joy ; Around let my example shine, Till others love the blest employ, And join in labours so divine ! 4 Be this the purpose of my soul, My solemn, my determined choice, To yield to his supreme control, And in his kind commands rejoice ! 5 0 may I never faint nor tire, Nor wander from thy sacred ways ! Great God, accept my soul's desire, And give me strength to live thy praise ! 118. [hymns, HYMN 118. CM. Holy Fortitude. 1 Am I a soldier of the cross, A folPwer of the Lamb ? And shall I fear to own his cause, Or blush to speak his name ? 2 Must I be carried to the skies On flow'ry beds of ease, Whilst others fought to win the prize, And sail'd through bloody seas ? 3 Are there no foes for me to face ? Must not I stem the flood ? Is this vile world a friend to grace, To help me on to God ? 4 Sure I must fight, if I would reign ; Increase my courage, Lord ! I'll bear the toil, endure the pain, Supported by thy word. 5 Thy saints, in all this glorious wrar, Shall conquer though they die : They view the triumph from afar, And seize it with their eye. 6 When that illustrious day shall rise, And all thy armies shine In robes of victory through the skies, The glory shall be thine. PART I.] 119, 120. HYMN 119. L. M. The Christian Warfare. 1 Stand up, my soul ! shake off thy fears, And gird the gospel armour on ; March to the gates of endless joy, Where thy great captain, Christ, has gone. 2 Sin and the world resist thy course ; But these, my soul ! are vanquished foes ; For Jesus naiFd them to the cross, And sang the triumph when he rose. 3 Then let my soul march boldly on, Press forward to the heav'nly gate ; There peace and joy eternal reign, And glittering robes for conquerors wait. 4 There shall I wear a victor's crown, And triumph in th? Almighty's grace ; While all the armies of the skies Unite to celebrate his praise. hymn 120. L. M. Heavenly Guidance implored in Temptation. 1 Amidst a world of hopes and fears, A wild of cares, and toils, and tears, Where foes alarm, and dangers threat, And pleasures kill, and glories cheat ; 21 121. [hymns. 2 Shed down, 0 Lord ! a heav'nly ray To guide me in the doubtful way, And o'er me hold thy shield of pow'r, To guard me in the dangerous hour. 3 Each nobler principle impart ; The faith which sanctifies the heart, Hope that to heaven's high vault aspires, And love that warms with holiest fires. 4 Teach me the flattering paths to shun, In which the thoughtless many run ; Who for a shade the substance miss, And grasp their ruin in their bliss. 5 May never pleasure, wealth, or pride, Allure my wandVing soul aside ; Nor tempt me from the narrow road, Which leads to happiness and God ! HYMN 121. L. M. Retirement and Meditation. 1 My God ! permit me not to be A stranger to myself and thee ; Amidst ten thousand thoughts I rove, Forgetful of my highest love. 2 Why should my passions mix with earth And thus degrade my heav'nly birth ? PART I.] 122. Why should I cleave to things below, And let my God, my Saviour go ? 3 Call me away from flesh and sense ; Thy sovereign word can draw me thence ; I would obev the voice divine, And all inferior joys resign. 4 Be earth, with all her scenes withdrawn ; Let noise and vanity he gone ! In secret silence of the mind, My heav'n, and there my God, I find. HYMN 122. L. M. Self-Examination. 1 Thou vain intruding world ! depart; No more allure or vex my heart ; Let ev'ry vanity begone ! I would be peaceful and alone. 2 Here let me search mv inmost mind, And try its inmost state to find ; The secret springs of thought explore, And call my words and actions o'er; 3 Reflect how soon my life will end, And think on what my hopes depend ; What aim my busy thoughts pursue ; What work is done, and what to do. 123. [hymns. 4 Eternity is just at hand ; And shall I waste the ebbing sand, Ana careless view departing day, And throw my fleeting time away ? 5 Search, gracious God ! my inmost heart, And light, and hope, and joy impart; From guilt and errour set me free, And guide me safe to heav'n and thee. hymn 123. L. M. Attention to the One Thing Needful. Luke x, 42. 1 Why do we waste in trifling cares, The lives divine compassion spares, While, in the various range of thought, The one thing needful is forgot ? 2 Our Father calls us from above ; Our Saviour pleads his dying love ; AwakenM conscience gives us pain ; Shall all these pleas unite in vain? 3 Not so our dying eyes will view The objects which we now pursue ; Not so eternity appear, When the decisive hour is near. 4 From vital air, from cheerful light, To the cold grave's perpetual night, PART I.] 1^4 From scenes of duty, means of grace, Must we to God's tribunal pass. 5 Then wake, my soul ! thy way prepare, And lose in this each meaner care ; With steady step that path be trod, Which through the grave conducts to God ! 6 Almighty Pow'r ! thine aid impart To fix conviction on the heart ; Thy light can clear the blindest eyes, And make the haughtiest scorner wise. HYMN 124. L. M. Personal and prevailing Sins lamented and deprecated. Ps. cxxxix. 1 Thou, who discernest all my heart, And all my life in ev'ry part ! Unseal my partial eyes to see What guilt in either there may be. 2 Doth secret mischief lurk within? Do 1 indulge some unknown sin ? 0 turn my feet whene'er I stray, And guide me in thy perfect way ! 3 0 let my soul indignant hate The arts of malice and deceit ; And far from their communion flee, Who dare revile thy laws and thee ! 21* 125. [hymns 4 Let pious friendship, when I stray, Mark and reprove my wand' ring way ! Its gentle words, from hearts as kind, Shall comfort while they heal the mind. hymn 125. c. M. Unprofitableness under Gospel Privileges. 1 Long have we sat beneath the sound Of thy salvation, Lord ; Yet still how weak our faith is found, And knowledge of thy word ! 2 Oft we frequent thy holy place, And hear almost in vain ; What faint impressions of thy grace Our languid powers retain ! 3 How cold and feeble is our love ; How negligent our fear ; How low our hope of joys above ; How few affections there ! 4 Great God ! thy gracious aid impart To give thy word success ; Write all its precepts on the heart, And deep its truths impress ; 5 Not with a transient glance surveyed. And in an hour forgot, PART I.] 126. But deep inscribed on ev'ry heart, To reign o'er ev'ry thought. 6 Shew our forgetful feet the way That leads to joys on high ; Where knowledge grows without decay, And love shall never die. HYMN 126. C. M. Inconstancy in the Christian Life lamented. Hos. vii. 4. 1 Perpetual source of light and grace ! We hail thy sacred name ; Through ev'ry year's revolving round Thy goodness is the same. 2 On us, unworthy as we are, Its wondrous mercy pours ; Sure as the heav'n's established course, And plenteous as the show'rs. 3 Inconstant service we repay, And treach'rous vows renew ; Which pass away as morning clouds, And as the earlv dew. 4 Low at thy feet our guilt we mourn, And ask thy constant grace, To hear our feeble footsteps on, In all thy righteous ways. 127, [hymns. 5 Arm'd with this energy divine, Our souls shall constant prove, And, with increasing transport, press On to thy courts above. 6 So, by thy pow'r, the morning sun Pursues his radiant way, Brightens each moment in his race, And shines to perfect day. hymn 127. c. M. Repentance and Pardon. Isaiah ]v. 1 When sinners quit their wicked ways, Their evil thoughts forego, The God to whom their steps return Returning grace will show. 2 He pardons with overflowing love ; For hear the voice divine ; ' My nature is not like to yours, ' Nor like your ways are mine ; 3 ' But, far as heavVs resplendent orbs ' Beyond this earth extend, 1 So far my thoughts, so far my ways, ' Your thoughts and ways transcend. 4 ' Like as the show'rs from heav'n distil, ' JSor thither rise again, PART I.] 128. 'But swell the earth with fruitful juice, * And all its tribes sustain ; 5 * So not a word that flows from me ' Shall ineffectual fall : 1 But universal nature prove ' Obedient to my call.' HYMN 128. L. M. Mercy of God. Ps. cxxx. 1 Wert thou severe our faults to mark, Who, Lord, could stand before thine eye ? Oppressed with terrours strong and dark, Well might the conscious spirit die. 2 But there's forgiveness. Lord, with thee, The humble penitent to cheer, That all who thy rich mercy see May hope and love as well as fear. 3 More welcome than the morning's face To those who wish and long for day, Great God ! is that abundant grace Which thy kind promises display. 4 Our trust is fix'd upon thy word, Nor shall we trust thy word in vain ; Let contrite hearts address the Lord, And find relief from all their pain ! 129. [hymns, 5 How great his love, how large his grace, Who, by the gospel of his Son, Reclaims us from our sinful ways, And pardons what our hands have done. hymn 129. c. M. The Trials of Virtue. 1 Placed on the verge of youth, my mind Life's opening scene surveyed; I viewM its ills of various kind, Afflicted and afraid. 2 But chief my fear the dangers mov'd That virtue's path enclose ; My heart the wise pursuit approved ; But oh, what toils oppose! 3 For see, while yet her unknown ways With doubtful step I tread, A hostile world its terrours raise, Its snares delusive spread. 4 0 how shall I, with heart prepared, Those terrours learn to meet ; How from the thousand snares to guard My inexperienced feet ? 5 Let faith suppress each rising fear, Each anxious doubt exclude ! PART I.] 130. My Maker's will has plac'd me here, A Maker wise and good. 6 He to my ev'ry trial knows Its just restraint to give ; Attentive to behold my woes, And faithful to relieve. 7 Then why thus heavy, 0 my soul ; Say, why, distrustful still, Thy thoughts with vain impatience roll O'er scenes of future ill ? 8 Though griefs unnumberM throng thee round, Still in thy God confide, Whose finger marks the seas their bound, And curbs the rolling tide. hymn 130. c. M. Early Religion. 1 Happy is he, whose early years Receive instruction well ; Who hates the sinner's path, and fears The road that leads to hell ! 2 Our youth, devoted to our God, Is pleasing in his eyes ; A fiow'r, when ofTer'd in the bud, Is no vain sacrifice. 131, [hymns, 3 'Tis easier work, if we begin To fear the Lord betimes ; While sinners, who grow old in sin, Are hardened in their crimes. 4 It saves us from a thousand snares, To mind religion young ; With joy it crowns succeeding years, And makes our virtue strong. 5 To thee, Almighty God! to thee Our hearts we now resign ; 'Twill please us to look back and see That our whole lives were thine. 6 We'll do thy work, we'll speak thy praise, Whilst we have life and breath ; Thus we're prepared for longer days, Or fit for early death. HYMN 131. C. M. The Discipline of God's Providence. 1 When I review the crooked ways, Through which my feet have trod, I find incessant cause to bless And love my guardian God. 2 Through all the labyrinth of life, My folly he pursu'd j PART I.] 131. My wand'ring heart to quick return How tenderly he woo'd ! 3 I rarely plann'd, but cause I found My plan's defeat to bless ; Oft I lamented an event, Which turnM to my success. 4 When laboring under fancied ill. My spirits to sustain. He kindly curd with wholesome draughts Of unaffected pain. 5 Sometimes he brought me near to death. And, pointing to the grave, Made terrour whisper kind advice, And taught the tomb to save. 6 To raise my thoughts beyond where worlds As spangles o'er us shine; One day he gave, and made the next My soul's delight resign. 7 From what seem'd horrour and despair, The richest harvest rose ; And gave me in the will divine An absolute repose. 22 132. [hymns, HYMN 132. C. M. Trust in Providence in every Period of Life. 1 Almighty father of mankind ! Do thou my hopes sustain ; And, when the day of trouble comes, I shall not trust in vain. 2 In early years thou wast my guide, And of my youth the friend ; And, as my days began with thee, With thee my days shall end. 3 My God, who causedst me to hope When life began to beat, And, when a stranger in the world, Didst guide my wandering feet! 4 Thou wilt not cast me off, when age And evil days descend; Thou wilt not leave me in despair, To mourn my latter end. 5 I know the pow'r in whom I trust, The arm on which I lean ; He will my Saviour ever be, Who has my Saviour been. part I.] 133, 134. HYMN 133. C. M. Prayer in Sicknes9. 1 My God and Father ! to thy throne With humble hope I press; 0 bow thine ear to hear the groan Of anguish and distress ! 2 Diseases are thy servants, Lord ; They come at thy command ; I'll not attempt a murm'ring word Against thy chastening hand. 3 I'm but a sojourner below, As all my fathers were ; May I be well prepared to go, When I the summons hear ! 4 But if my life be spar'd a while, Before my last remove, Thy praise shall be my business still, And Pll declare thy love. HYMN 134. C. If. On recovering from a Dangerous Sickness. 1 My God ! thy service well demands The remnant of mv days : 134. [hymns. Why was this fleeting breath renewed , But to renew thy praise ? 2 I'll praise the Lord; he heard my cries And pitied ev^ry groan ; Long as I live, when troubles rise, I'll hasten to his throne. 3 Fll trust the Lord; he bow'd his ear And chas'd my griefs away ; 0 let my heart no more despair While I have breath to pray ! 4 Into thy hands, my gracious God ! Did I my soul resign, And humbly trusted in thy grace, For pard'ning love is thine. 5 Calmlv I watch'd mv ebbing life; I knew thv time was best, Nor fear'd t' obey my Father's call To his eternal rest. 6 Back from the borders of the grave, At thy command I come ; Nor would I wish a speedier flight To my celestial home. 7 Where thou appointest mine abode, There would I choose to be ; For in thy presence death is life, And earth is heav'n with thee. PART I.] 135, HYMN 135. C. M. Vanity of human Pursuits. 1 When in the light of faith divine. We look on things below, Honour, and gold, and sensual joy, How vain and dangerous too ! 2 Honour's a puff of noisy breath ; Yet men expose their blood, And venture everlasting death To win that airy good. 3 While others starve the nobler mind, And feed on shiffing dust, They sacrifice th' eternal good To mean and sordid lust. 4 The pleasures that allure the sense Are dangerous snares to all ; Sweet at the first, how soon succeeds The bitterness of gall ! 5 God is mine all-sufficient good, My portion and my choice ; In him my vast desires are filPd, And all my powers rejoice, 6 In vain the world accosts my ear, And tempts my heart anew ; I cannot buy your bliss so dear, Nor part with heav'n for you. 22* 136. [hymns, Hymn 136. c. M. The same subject, 1 How vain are all things here below ; How false, and yet how fair ! Each pleasure has its poison too, And ev'ry sweet a snare. % The brightest things below the sky Give but a flattering light ; We should suspect some danger near, When we possess delight. 3 Pleasure's delusive form we trace, Or dig for shining ore ; At honours gaudy shrine we bow, Or grasp at boundless pow'r. 4 The fondness of a creature's love, How strong it strikes the sense ! Thither the warm affections move : ?Tis hard to call them thence. 5 The living spring neglected flows Full in our daily view ; Yet we with anxious, fruitless toil, These broken cisterns hew. 6 Be faith, and hope, and love divine, My soul's eternal food ; And \vean this fond, this restless heart From all created good ! part I.] 137, 138. HYMN 137. L. M. Life a Pilgrimage. Heb. xi. 13. 1 Arise, my soul ! on wings sublime Beyond the vanities of time ; Remove the parting veil, and see The glories of eternity. 2 Born by a new, celestial birth, Why should I grovel here on earth ? Why grasp at transitory toys, So near to heav'n's eternal joys ? 3 Shall aught beguile me on the road, While I am walking back to God ? For strangers into life we come, And death is but returning home. 4 To dwell with God, to taste his love, Is the full heav'n enjoy'd above, And the sweet expectation now Is the young dawn of heav'n below. HYMN 138. L. H. Divine Greatness and Human Frailty. 1 Sh \ll the vile race of flesh and blood Contend with their Creator, God ? Shall mortal worms presume to be More holy, wise, or just than he? 139. [hymns. 2 Behold he puts his trust in none Of all the spirits round his throne ; Their natures, when compared with his, Are neither holy, just, nor wise. 3 But how much meaner things are they Who spring from dust, and dwell in clay ! Touched by the finger of thy wrath, They faint and vanish like the moth. 4 From night to day, from day to night, We die by thousands in thy sight ; Buried in dust whole nations lie, Like a forgotten vanity. 5 Almighty Pow'r ! to thee we bow ; How frail are we, how glorious thou ! No more the sons of earth shall dare With an eternal God compare. hymn 139. c. M. Eiernitj of God and Frailty of Man. 1 0 God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home ! 2 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received her frame, PART I.] 139. From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 3 Thv word commands our flesh to dust ; * Return, ye sons of men V All nations rose from earth at first, And turn to earth again. 4 The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all tin ir lives and cares. Arc carried downwards by thy flood, And lost in following years. 5 Time, like an ever rolling stream. Bears all its sons away ; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. 6 Like flow'ry fields the nations stand, Pleas'd with the morning light; The flow'rs beneath the mower's hand, Lie withering ere His night. 7 0 God. our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come ! Be thou our guard while troubles last, And our eternal home. 140, [hymns. HYMN 140. L. M. Man changeable and God unchangeable. 1 Great Former of this various frame ! Our souls adore thine awful name ; We bow with reverence, when we praise The Ancient of eternal days. 2 Beyond the reach of angel's sight, Thou dwelPst in uncreated light ; It shines with undiminished ray, Whilst suns and stars shall pass away. 3 Our days a transient period run, And change with ev'ry circling sun ; E'en in the firmest state we boast, Thy hand can crush us to the dust. 4 But let all nature fall around ; Let death consign us to the ground ; Let the last geir ral flame arise, Consume the earth, dissoive the skies ; 5 Calm as a summer evening, we Shall all the wreck of nature see ; Whilst grace secures us an abode, Unshaken as the throne of God. PART I.] 141. HYMN 141. L. If . The Progress and Importance of Time. 1 Time, time ! how few thy value weigh ; How few will estimate a day ! Days, months and years are rolling on, The soul neglected and undone. 2 In painful cares or empty joys Our life its precious hours destroys ; Whilst death stands watching at our side, Eager to stop the living tide. 3 Was it for this, ye mortal race, Your Maker gave you here a place ? Was it for this his thought designed The frame of your immortal mind? 4 For nobler cares, for joys sublime, He fashion'd all the sons of time ; Pilgrims on earth, but soon to be The heirs of immortality. 5 This season of your being, know, Is giv'n to you, your seeds to sow ; Wisdom and folly's differing grain In future worlds are bliss and pain. 6 Then let me ev'ry day review, Idle or busy, search it through ; And, whilst probation's minutes last? Let ev'ry day amend the past. 142. [hymns. HYMN 142. L. M. Submission to the Decree of Mortality. Job i. 21. 1 Naked as from the earth we came, And rose to life at first, We to the earth return again, And mingle with our dust. 2 The dear delights we here enjoy, And fondly call our own, Are but short favours borrowed now, To be repaid anon. 3 'Tis God who lifts our comforts high, Or sinks them in the grave ; He gives, and (blessed be his name) And takes but what he gave. 4 Peace, all our angry passions then ; Let each rebellious sigh Be silent at his sovereign will, And ev'ry murmur die ! 5 If smiling mercy crowns our lives, Its praises shall be spread ; And we'll adore the justice too That strikes our comforts dead. PART I.] 143. HYMX 143. C. M. Man's Mortality. Ps. xxxix. 1 Tk.vcii 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 the fleeting time! Man is but vanitv 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 honour'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? They make our expectations vain, And disappoint our trust. 6 Now I forbid my earnest hope, My fond desires recall ; 1 give my mortal interest up, And make my God mj all. 23 144. [hymns, HYMN 144. L. M. Life the time of Probation. Eccl. ix. 4, 5, 6, 10. 1 Life is the time to serve the Lord, The time t'insure the great reward ; And, while the lamp holds out to burn, The vilest sinner may return. 2 Life is the hour that God has giv'n, To 'scape from hell, and fly to heav'n ; The day of grace, and mortals may Secure the blessings of the day. 3 The living know that they must die, But all the dead forgotten lie ; Their menvry and their sense is gone, Alike unknowing and unknown. 4 Their hatred and their love is lost, Their envy buried in the dust ; They have no share in all that's done Beneath the circuit of the sun. 5 Then what my thoughts design to do, My hands, with all your might pursue : Since no device, nor work is found, Nor faith, nor hope beneath the ground. 6 There are no acts of pardon passed In the cold grave to which we haste; But darkness, death, and long despair Reign in unbroken silence there. PART I.] 145 HYMN 145. C. M. The same subject. 1 How short and hasty is our life ; How vast our souls' affairs ! Yet senseless mortals vainly strive To lavish out their years. 2 Our days run thoughtlessly along, Without a moment's stay; Just like a story or a song, We pass our lives away. 3 God from on high invites us home, But we march heedless on, And, ever hastening to the tomb, Stoop downwards as wTe run. 4 Great God ! is this our certain doom, And are we still secure? Still walking downwards to our tomb, And yet prepard no more? 5 Grant us the powers of quickening grace, To fit our souls to fly ; Then, when we drop this dying flesh, We'll rise above the sky. 146. [hymns. HYMN 146. L. M. Warnings of Mortality. 1 That awful hour will soon appear, Swift on the wings of time it flies, When all that pains or pleases here Will vanish from my closing eyes. 2 Death calls my friends, my neighbours hence, And none resists the fatal dart ; Continual warnings strike my sense, And shall they fail to strike my heart? 3 Think, 0 my soul ! how much depends On the short period of to-day ; Shall time, which heav'n in mercy lends, Be negligently thrown away ? 4 Thy remnant minutes strive to use ; Awake ; rouse ev'ry active pow'r ; And not in dreams and trifles lose This little, this important hour ! 5 Lord of my life ! inspire my heart With heavenly ardour, grace divine ; Nor let thy presence e'er depart, For strength and life and death are thine. 6 0 teach me the celestial skill Each awful warning to improve ; And, while my days are shortening still, Prepare me for the joys above! PART I.] 147. HYMN 147. C. M. God our Support in the hour of Death. Ps. xxxviii. 9, 10. 1 My soul ! the awful hour will come, Apace it hastens on, To bear this body to the tomb, And thee to scenes unknown. 2 My heart, long laboring with its cares, Shall pant and sink away ; And you, mine eye-lids ! soon shall close On the last glimmering ray. 3 Whence in that hour shall I derive A cordial for my pain, When, if earth's princes were my friends^ Those friends would weep in vain ? 4 Great king of nature and of grace ! To thee my spirit flies, And opens all its deep distress Before thy pitying eyes. 5 All its desires to thee are known, And ev'ry secret fear ; The meaning of each broken groan Is notic'd by thine ear. 6 0 fix me by that mighty pow'r Which to such love belongs, Where darkness veils the eyes no more, And sighs are changed to songs ! 23* 148. ["hymns. HYMN 148. L. M. The Frailty of Life, and the Unchangeableness of Truth. Is. xl. 6, 7, 8. 1 The morning flow'rs display their sweets, And gay their silken leaves unfold, As careless of the noon-dav heats, As fearless of the evening cold. 2 Nipp'd by the wind's unkindly blast, Parch'd by the sun's directer ray, The momentary glories waste, The short-liv'd beauties fade away. 3 So blooms the human face divine, When youth its pride and beauty shows J Fairer than spring the colours shine, And sweeter than the virgin rose. 4 Or worn by slowly- rolling years, Or broke by sickness in a day, The fading glory disappears, The short liv'd beauties die away. 5 But these, new rising from the tomb, With lustre brighter far shall shine, Revive with ever-during bloom, Safe from diseases and decline. 6 Let sickness blast and death devour, If heav'n shall recompense our pains ; Perish the grass and fade the flow'r, Since firm the word of God remains ! PART I.] 149. HYMN 149. C. M. The Vanity of Human Life. 1 Frail life of man, how short its stay, And various as the wind ! We laugh and sport our hours away, Nor heed the woes behind. 2 See the fair cheek of beauty fade, Frail glory of an hour ; And blooming youth, with sickening head, Droop like the dying ilow'r. 3 Wealth, pomp, and honour, we behold With an admiring eye ; Like summer insects, dress'd in gold, That flutter, shine, and die. 4 Then rise, my soul ! and soar away Above the thoughtless crowd, Above the pleasures of the gay, And splendours of the proud ; 5 Where everlasting beauties bloom, And pleasures all divine ; Where wealth, that never cau consume, And endless glories shine. 150. [HYMNS. HYMN 150. S. M. The Frailty of Man. Ps. xc. 1 Lord, what a feeble piece Is this our mortal frame ; Our life, how poor a trifle 'tis, That scarce deserves the name ! 2 Alas, the brittle clay- That built our body first ! And ev'ry month, and ev'ry day, 'Tis mouldering back to dust. 3 Our moments fly apace, Nor will our minutes stay ; Just like a flood our hasty days Are sweeping us away. 4 Well, if our days must fly, We'll keep their end in sight; We'll spend them all in wisdom's way. And let them speed their flight. 5 They'll waft us sooner o'er This life's tempestuous sea ; Soon we shall reach the peaceful shore Of blest eternity. PART I.] 151. HYMN 151. C. If, Dirine Compassion to human Frailty. P«. ciii. 14. 1 Loud. wc thy wondrous pow'r proclaim, And make that pow?r our trust. Which rais'd at first this curious frame From mean and lifeless dust. 2 Awhile these frail machines endure, The fabrick of a day : Then know their vital powers no more, But moulder back to clay. 3 Yet, Lord, whatever is felt or fear'd, This thought is our repose, That he by whom our frame was reard, Its various weakness knows. 4 Thou view'st us with a pitying eye, While struggling with our load ; In pains and dangers thou art nigh, Our Father and our God. 5 Gently supported by thy love, We tend to realms of peace ; Where ev'ry pain shall far remove, And ev'ry frailty cease. 152, [hymns. HYMN 152. S. M. Preserving Grace. Jude 24, 25. 1 To God, the only wise, Our Saviour and our King, Let all the saints below the skies Their humble praises bring! 2 'Tis his almighty love, His counsel and his care, Preserves them safe from sin and death, And ev'ry hurtful snare. 3 He can present our souls, Unblemished and complete, Before the glory of his face, With joys divinely great. 4 Then all the chosen race Shall meet around the throne ; Shall bless the conduct of his grace, And make his wonders known. 5 To our Redeemer, God, Wisdom with pow'r belongs, Immortal crowns of majesty, And everlasting songs. PART I.] 153. HYMN 153. C. M. ' Prospect of Heaven. 1 Those happy realms of joy and peace Fain would my heart explore, Where grief and pain forever cease, And I shall sin no more. 2 No darkness there shall cloud the skies, No languor seize the frame ; But ever-active vigour rise To feed the vital flame. 3 But ah ! a drearv vale between Extends it's awful gloom ; Fear spreads, to hide the distant scene, The horrours of the tomb. 4 0 for the eye of faith divine To pierce beyond the grave ; To see that friend, and call him mine. Whose arm is strong to save ! 5 Here fix, my soul ! for life is here : Light breaks amid the gloom ; Trust in thv Father's love, nor fear The horrours of the tomb. 154. [hymns. HYMN 154. C. M. Happiness of Heaven. 1 Nor eye hath seen, nor ear hath heard, Nor sense nor reason known, What joys the Father has prepared For those who love his Son. 2 But the good spirit of the Lord Reveals a heav'n to come ; The beams of glory in his word Allure and guide us home. 3 Pure are the joys above the sky, And all the region peace ; No wranton lip nor envious eye Can see or taste the bliss. 4 Those holy gates forever bar Pollution, sin, and shame ; None shall obtain admittance there But followers of the Lamb. 5 He keeps the Father's book of life ; There all their names are found ; The hypocrite in vain shall strive To tread the heavenly ground. part i.] 155, 156, HYMN 155. L. M. y The Hope of the Christian. 1 What sinners value I resign ; Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine ; I shall behold thv blissful face, And stand complete in righteousness. 2 This life's a dream, an empty show ; But the bright world to which I go Hath joys substantial and sincere ; When shall I wake and find me there? 3 0 glorious hour ; 0 blest abode ! I shall be near and like my God ; And flesh and sin no more control The sacred pleasures of the soui. 4 My flesh shall slumber in the ground, Till the last trumpet's joyful sound ; Then burst the chains with sweet surprise, And in my Saviours image rise. HYMN 156. L. M. The Reward of faithful Servants. Pan. "xii. 3. 1 Tb&RE is a glorious world on high, Resplendent with eternal day ; 24 156. . [hymns. Faith views the blissful prospect nigh, And God's own word reveals the way. 2 There shall the servants of the Lord With never-fading lustre shine ; Surprising honour, large reward, Conferred on man by love divine ! 3 How happy then the truly wise, Who learn and keep the sacred road ! How happy they whom Heav'n employs, To turn rebellious men to God ; 4 To win them from the fatal way, Where erring folly thoughtless roves, And that blest righteousness display, Which Jesus wrought, and God approves ! 5 The shining firmament shall fade, And sparkling stars resign their light ; But these shall know no change nor shade, Forever fair, forever bright. 6 No fancied joy beyond the sky, No fair delusion is reveaPd ; 'Tis God that speaks, who cannot lie, And all his word must be fulfilled. 7 And shall not these cold hearts of ours, Be kindled at the glorious view ? Come, Lord, awake our active powers, Our feeble, dying strength renew ! PART I.] I57- 8 On wings of faith and strong desire 0 may our spirits daily rise ; And reach at last the shining choir In the bright mansions of the skies ! HYMN 157. C. M. The Joys of Heaven. 1 Come, Lord, and warm each languid heart, Inspire each lifeless tongue ; And let the joys of heav'n impart Their influence to our song ! 2 Sorrow, and pain, and ev'ry care, And discord there shall cease ; And perfect joy and love sincere Adorn the realms of peace. 3 The soul, from sin forever free, Shall mourn its pow'r no more ; But, clotlrd in spotless purity, Redeeming love adore. 4 Lord, tune our hearts to praise and love ; Our feeble notes inspire ! Till, in thy blissful courts above, We join th' angelick choir. 158. [hym] HYMN 158. C. M. Invitation to Worship and Ordinances. Jeremiah 1. 5. 1 Enquire, ye pilgrims ! for the way That leads to Zion's hill ; And thither set your steady face With a determined will. 2 Invite the strangers all around Your pious march to join; And spread the sentiments you feel Of faith and love divine. 3 Come, let us join our souls to God In everlasting bands, And seize the blessings he bestows With eager hearts and hands ! 4 Come, let us to his temple haste. And seek his favour there ; Before his footstool humbly bow, And pour our fervent pray'r! 5 Come, let us seal, without delay, The covenant of his grace ; Nor shall the years of distant life Its memory efface. 6 Thus may our rising offspring haste To seek their fathers' God ; Nor e'er forsake the happy path Their youthful feet have trod. i> art i.] 159, 160. HYMN 159. C. M. Baptism the sign of the new Covenant. 1 The promise was divinely free, Extensive was the grace ; he forgives our sins. *Tis lie relieves our pain ; 'Tis he that heals our sicknesses And gives us strength again. PART II.] 23. 4 He crowns our lives with love, When rescued from the grave ; He, that redeemed our souls from death, Hath boundless power to save. 5 He fills the poor with good ; He gives the suff 'rer rest ; The Lord hath justice for the proud, And mercy for th' opprest. 6 His wondrous works and wravs He made by Moses known ; But sent the world his truth and grace By his beloved Son. hymn 23. 10 & lis M. Thanksgiving and praise. 1 My soul, praise the Lord, Speak good of his name ; His mercies record, His bounties proclaim ! To God, their creator, Let all creatures raise The song of thanksgiving, The chorus of praise ! 2 Though, hid from man's sight, God sits on his throne, Yet here by his works Their author is known. 23. [hymns. The world shines a mirror Its maker to show, And heav'n views its image Reflected below. 3 Those agents of pow'r, Fire, water, earth, sky, Attest the dread might Of God the most high ; Who rides on the whirlwind While clouds veil his form ; Who smiles in the sunbeam, Or frowns in the storm. 4 By knowledge supreme, By wisdom divine, God governs this earth With gracious design. O'er beast, bird, and insect, His providence reigns, Whose will first created, Whose love still sustains. 5 And man, his last work, With reason endu'd, Who, falling through sin, By grace is renewed ; To God, his creator, Let man ever raise The song of thanksgiving. The chorus of praise ! JART II.] 24. HYMN 24. 8 & 10s If. Praise to God from all nature. 1 0 azure vaults! 0 crystal sky! The world's transparent canopy ! Break your long silence, and let mortals know, With what contempt you look on things below, 2 0 light! thou fairest, first of things, From whom all joy, all beauty springs; 0 praise tlv almighty ruler of the globe, Who useth thee as his imperial robe. 3 Great eye of all ! whose glorious ray Rules the bright empire of the day ; 0 praise his name, without whose purer light, Thou hadst been hid in an abyss of night. 4 Ye moon and planets ! who dispense By God's command your influence ; Resign to him, as to your maker due, That homage which man's folly pays to you. 5 Ye mists and vapours, hail and snow, And you who through the concave blow, Swift to perform the mandates of his word, Whirlwinds and tempests ! praise th' almighty Lord. 6 Praise him, ye monsters of the deep, That in the sea's vast bosom sleep ; At whose command the foaming billows roar, Yet know their limits, tremble, and adore. 25. [hymns. 7 Praise him, old monuments of time ! 0 praise him, ye in youthful prime ! All ye who shine in beauty's excellence ! And praise him, thou sweet age of innocence ! 8 Let the wide world his praises sing, From whom its various blessings spring ; Let echoing anthems make his praises known, On earth his footstool, as in heav'n his throne. hymn 25. H. M. Grateful praise. 1 To your creator God, Your great preserver, raise, Ye creatures of his hand, Your highest notes of praise ; Let every voice Proclaim his pow'r, His name adore, And loud rejoice. 2 Thou source of light and heat, Bright sovereign of the day, Dispensing blessings round, With all-diffusive ray ; From morn to night, With ev'ry beam, Record his name, Who made thee bright. PART II.] 25. 3 Fair regent of the night, With all thy starry train, Which rise in silent hosts, To gild the azure plain ; With countless rays Declare his name, Prolong the theme, Reflect his praise. 4 Let all the creatures join, To celebrate his name, And all their various powers Assist th* exalted theme. Let nature raise From every tongue A general song Of grateful praise. 5 But oh ! from human tongues Should nobler praises flow ; And every thankful heart With warm devotion glow. Your voices raise, Ye highly blest ; Above the rest, Declare his praise. 26. [hymns. HYMN 26. L. M. Praise to the Lord of nature. 1 0 thou, through all thy works ador'd, Great pow'r supreme, almighty Lord ! Author of life, whose sovereign sway Creatures of ev?ry tribe obey ! 2 To thee, most high, to thee belong The suppliant pray'r, the joyful song; To thee will we attune our voice, And in thy wondrous works rejoice. 3 Planets, those wandering worlds above, Guided by thee, incessant move ; Suns, kindled by a ray divine, In honour of their maker shine. 4 From thee proceed heav'n's varied store, The changing wind, the fruitful show'r, The flying cloud, the coloured bow, The moulded hail, the feathered snow. 5 Tempests obey thy mighty will ; Thine awful mandate to fulfil, The forked lightnings dart around, And rive the oak, and blast Jie ground. 6 Yet, pleas'd to bless, kind to supply, Thy hand supports thy family, And fosters, with a parent's care, The tribes of earth, and sea, and air. PART II.] 27. 7 Of nature's laws, and nature's king Our tongues shall never cease to sing ; The debt of humble praise we pay ; Father, accept the grateful lay ! HYMN 27. L. M. All nature invoked to praise the creator. Ps. cxlviii. 1,3, 10, 12, 13. 1 Ye bless'd inhabitants of heav?n! To God be all your praises giv'n ; 0 praise him in the realms that lie Above the reach of mortal eye. 2 Praise him, thou sun, that round the pole With restless course art seen to roll ; Ye moon and stars, his praise repeat; Praise him, ye heav'ns, his awful seat ! 3 Nor let the heav'ns his praise confine ; Let all of earth the chorus join ; Ye beasts that range th' uncultured soil, Or patient lend to man your toil. 4 Praise him, each bird, that wings the air ; Each reptile, nurtured by his care ; And ev'ry wind, and ev'ry storm, That duteous his commands perform. c 28. [hymns. 5 Ye youthful bands, and virgin choir, Each lisping babe, and hoary sire, Wake to his name your grateful songs, To whom alone all praise belongs. 6 His glory earth's wide bounds overflows, Nor highest heav'n its limit knows; 0 come, your thankful voices raise, And consecrate to him your praise. hymn 28. L. M. The voice of nature. 1 There is a God, all nature speaks, Through 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 Diffusing life his influence spreads, And health and plenty smile around ; And fruitful fields, and verdant meads, Are with a thousand blessings crown'd. 4 Almighty goodness, pow'r divine The fields and verdant meads display ; PART II.] 29. And bless the hand which made them shine, With various charms profusely gay. 5 For man and beast here daily food In wide diffusive plenty grows ; And there, for drink, the crystal flood, In streams sweet winding, gently flows. 6 The flow'ry tribes all blooming rise, Above the faint attempts of art ; Their bright, inimitable dies Speak sweet conviction to the heart. 7 Ye curious minds, who roam abroad, And trace creation's wonders o'er, Confess the footsteps of the God, And bow before him, and adore. HYMN 29. L. If. The voice of God in his works. Ps. xix. 1 — 6. The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heav'ns, a shining frame, Their great original proclaim. Th? unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his creator's pow'r display; And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand. 30. [hymns, 2 Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale ; And nightly to the listening earth, Repeats the story of her birth; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. 3 What though in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestrial ball ; What though nor real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found ? In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice ; Forever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine. hymn 30. 7s M. The perfections and providence of God. Ps. cxxxvi. 1—9, 25, 26. 1 Let us, with a joyful mind, Praise the Lord ; for he is kind ; For his mercies shall endure, Ever faithful, ever sure. 2 Let us sound his name abroad ; For of gods he is the God, Who by wisdom did create The heav'ns high, and all their state ; PART II.] 31. 3 Did the solid earth ordain How to rise above the main ; Who, by his commanding might, FilPd the new-made world with light; 4 Caus'd the golden-tressed sun All the day his course to run ; And the moon to shine by night, Mid her spangled sisters bright. 5 All his creatures God does feed ; His full hand supplies their need; Let us therefore warble forth His high majesty and worth. 6 He his mansion hath on high, 'Bove the reach of mortal eye ; And his mercies shall endure, Ever faithful, ever sure. hymn 31. c. M. The perfections of God displayed in his works. 1 We sing th' almighty pow'r of God, Who bade the mountains rise, Who spread the flowing seas abroad, And built the lofty skies. 2 We sing the wisdom that ordainM The sun to rule the day ; The moon shines full at his command, And all the stars obey. c 2 31. [hymns. 3 We sing the goodness of the Lord, Who fills the earth with food ; Who form'd his creatures by a word, And then pronounc'd them good. 4 Lord, how thy wonders are displayed Where'er we turn our eyes ! Whether we view the ground we tread, Or gaze upon the skies. 5 There's not a plant nor flow'r below, But makes thy glories known ; And clouds arise, and tempests blow, By order from thy throne. 6 Creation, vast as it may be, Is subject to thy will ; There's not a place where we can flee, But God is with us still. 7 'Tis on his earth we stand or move, And 'tis his air we breathe; All heav'n he fills with beams of love, With terrours hell beneath. 8 On him each moment we depend ; If he withdraw, we die ; 0 may we ne'er that God offend, Who is for ever nigh ! PART II.] 32. HYMN 32. CM. Habitual devotion. 1 While, thee I seek, protecting pow'r ! Be my vain wishes still'd ; And may this consecrated hour With better hopes be filPd. 2 Thy love the powers of thought bestowed ; To thee my thoughts would soar. Thy mercy o'er my life has flowed ; That mercy I adore. 3 In each event of life, how clear Thy ruling hand I see ! Each blessing to my soul more dear, Because conferred by thee. 4 In ev'ry joy that crowns my days, In ev?ry pain I bear, My heart shall find delight in praise, Or seek relief in prayer. 5 When gladness wings my favourd hour, Thy love my thoughts shall fill; Resigned, when storms of sorrow low?r, My soul shall meet thy will. 6 My lifted eye without a tear The gathering storm shall see ; 33. [hymns. My steadfast heart shall know no fear ; That heart shall rest on thee. hymn 33. L. M. Give thanks to God in all things. 1 Great God ! our joyful thanks to thee Shall, like thy gifts, continual be ; In constant streams thy bounty flows, Nor end nor interruption knows. 2 From thee our comforts all arise ; Our numerous wants thy hand supplies ; Nor can we ever, Lord, be poor, Who live on thine exhaustless store. 3 If what we ask our God denies, It is because thou'rt good and wise ; And ills, which cause our hearts to mourn, Thou canst to real blessings turn. 4 Deep, Lord, upon our thankful breast Let all thy favours be impressed; That we may never more forget The whole, or any single debt. 5 May we with grateful hearts each day For all thy gifts our praises pay ; And still delighted may we be In all things to give thanks to thee ! PART II.] 34. HYMN 34. C. M. Gratitude to God. 1 When all thv mercies. 0 my God ! My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view. Fm lost In wonder, love, and praise. 2 0 how shall words with equal warmth The gratitude declare, That glows in my enrapturd heart? But thou canst read it there. 3 Thy providence my life sustain* d, And all my wants redress'd, When in the silent womb I lay, Or hung upon the breast. 4 To all my wTeak complaints and cries Thy mercy lent an ear, Ere yet my feeble thoughts had learn'd To form themselves in pray'r. 5 Unnumbered comforts on my soul Thy tender care bestow'd, Before my infant heart conceiv'd From whom those comforts flow'd. 6 When in the slipjrry paths of youth With heedless steps I ran. Thine arm. unseen, convey'd me safe, And led me up to man. 34. [hymns. 7 Through hidden dangers, toils, and deaths, It gently cleared my way ; And through the pleasing snares of vice, More to be fear'd than they. 8 When worn by sickness, oft hast thou With health renewed my face : And, when in sins and sorrows sunk, RevivM my soul with grace. 9 Thy bounteous hand with worldly bliss Hath made my cup run o'er ; And in a kind and faithful friend, Hath doubled all my store. 10 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy. 11 Through every period of my life Thy goodness Fll pursue ; And after death, in distant worlds The glorious theme renew. 12 When nature fails, and day and night Divide thy works no more, My ever grateful heart, 0 Lord ! Thy mercy shall adore. PART II.] 35- 13 Through all eternity to thee A joyful song I'll raise ; For 0 ! eternity alone Can utter all thy praise. hymn 35. 7s M. Praise to God for his greatness and mercy. 1 Glory be to God on high ! God, whose glory fills the sky ; Peace on earth to man forgiv'n, Man, the well-belov?d of heav'n ; Glory be to God on high ! God, whose glory fills the sky. 2 Favoured mortals, raise the song ; Endless thanks to God belong ; Hearts overflowing with his praise. Join the hymns your voices raise ; Glory be, &c. 3 Call the tribes of beings round, From creation's utmost bound ; Where the Godhead shines confessed. There be solemn praise addressed ; Glory be, &c. 36. [hymns. 4 Mark the wonders of his hand ! Pow'r, no empire can withstand ; Wisdom, angels' glorious theme ; Goodness, one eternal stream : Glory be, &c. 5 Awful being ! from thy throne Send thy promised blessings down ; Let thy light, thy truth, thy peace, Bid our raging passions cease ; Glory be, &c. HYMN 36. L. M. Divine majesty and goodness in the terrible appearances of nature, 1 Awake, my soul, to hymns of praise ; To God the song of triumph raise. AdornM with majesty divine, What pomp, what glory, Lord, are thine ! 2 Light forms his robe, and round his head The heav'ns their ample curtain spread ; See on the wind's expanded wings The chariot of the king of kings ! 3 Around him rang'd in awful state Dark silent storms attentive wait ; And thunders, readv to fulfil The mandates of his sovereign will. PART II.] 37, 4 From earth's low margin to the skies He bids the dusky vapours rise ; Then, from his magazines on high, Commands th' imprisoned winds to fly. 5 The lightning's pallid sheet expands, And show'rs descend on furrow'd lands ; Whilst down the mountain's channeled side The torrent rolls in swelling pride ; 6 Till spent its wild impetuous force, And settled in its destin'd course, It waters all the fruitful plains, And life in various forms sustains. 7 Thus clouds, and storms, and fires obey Thy wise and all-controlling sway ; And whilst thy terrours round us stand, We see a father's bounteous hand. hymn 37. 10s M. Thanks to God for creation and preservation. 1 Thou pow'r supreme, by whose command wc live ! The grateful tribute of our praise receive ; To thy indulgence we our being owe, And all the joys which from that being flow. D 37. [hymns. 2 Not many suns have form'd the rolling year, And run their destined courses round this sphere, Since thy creative eye our form surveyed, Midst undistinguished heaps of matter laid. 3 Thy skill our elemental clay refin'd, The vagrant particles in order join'd, With perfect symmetry composed the whole, And stamped thy sacred image on the soul ; 4 A soul susceptible of endless joy, Whose frame nor force nor time shall e'er destroy ; Which shall survive, though nature claim our breath, And bid defiance to the darts of death ; 5 To realms of bliss with active freedom soar, And live when earth and skies shall be no more : Author of life ! in vain our voice essays For this immortal gift to speak thy praise. 6 How shall our hearts their grateful sense re- veal, Where all the energy of words must fail ? 0 may its influence in our lives appear, And ev'ry action prove our thanks sincere J PART II.] 38. HYMN 38. 7S Iff. Praise to God in prosperity and adversity. Hab. iii. 17, 18. 1 Praise to God, immortal praise, For the love that crowns our days ; Bounteous source of ev'ry joy ! Let thy praise our tongues employ ; 2 For the blessings of the field, For the stores the gardens yield, For the vine's exalted juice, For the gen'rous olive's use ; 3 Flocks that whiten all the plain, Yellow sheaves of ripen'd grain, Clouds, that drop their fattening dews, Suns that temperate warmth diffuse ; 4 All that spring with bounteous hand Scatters o'er the smiling land ; All that liberal autumn pours From her rich overflowing stores ; 5 These to thee, our God ! we owe, Source whence all our blessings flow ! And for these our souls shall raise Grateful vows and solemn praise. 6 Yet should rising whirlwinds tear From its stem the ripening ear ; Should the fig-tree's blasted shoot Drop her green untimely fruit ; 39. [hymns, 7 Should the vine put forth no more, Nor the olive yield her store ; Though the sickling flocks should fall. And the herds desert the stall ; 8 Should thine altered hand restrain The early and the latter rain ; Blast each op'ning bud of joy, And the rising year destroy ; % 9 Still to thee our souls shall raise Grateful vows and solemn praise ; And, when ev'ry blessing's flown, Loye thee for thyself alone. hymn 39. c. M. Prayer for spiritual and eternal blessings. 1 Eternal source of life and light, Supremely good and wise ! To thee we bring our grateful vows? To thee lift up our eyes, 2 Our dark and erring minds illume With truth's celestial rays ; Inspire our hearts with sacred love, And tune our lips to praise. 3 Safely conduct us, by thy grace, Through life's perplexing road ; And place us, when that journey's o'er. At thy right hand, 0 God ! PART II.] 40. HYMN 40. C. M. The universal prayer. 1 Father of all ! in ev'ry age, In every clime ador'd, By saint, by savage, or by sage, The universal Lord ! 2 Thou great first cause! least understood; Who all my sense confined, To know but this ; — that thou art good, And that myself am blind ; 3 What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me, more than hell, to shun, That, more than heav'n, pursue. 4 What blessings thy free bounty gives Let me not cast away ; For God is paid when man receives ; T'enjoy is to obey. 5 Yet not to earth's contracted span Thy goodness let me bound ; Or think thee Lord alone of man, When thousand worlds are round. 6 Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw ; And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. d 2 40. [hymns. 7 If I am right, thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, 0 teach my heart To find that better way. 8 Save me alike from foolish pride Or impious discontent, At aught thy wisdom has denied, Or aught thy goodness lent. 9 Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me. 10 Mean though I am, (not wholly so, Since quicken'd by thy breath,) 0 ! lead me, wheresoever I go, Through this day's life or death. 11 This day be bread and peace my lot; But all beneath the sun Thou know'st if best bestow'd or not ; And let thy will be done. 12 To thee, whose temple is all space, Whose altar, earth, sea, skies, One chorus let all beings raise, All nature's incense rise. PART II.] 41. HYMN 41. CM. The LoriPs prayer. 1 Father of all ! eternal mind ! Immensely good and great ! Thy children, formed and bless'd by thee. Approach thine awful seat. 2 Thy name in hallow'd strains be sung ; We join the solemn praise; To thy great name, with heart and tongue. Our cheerful homage raise. 3 Thy mild, thy wise and righteous reign Let ev'ry being own ; And in our minds, thy work divine, Erect thy gracious throne. 4 As angels in the heavenly worlds Thy blest commands fulfil, So may the creatures here below Perform thy holy will. 5 On thee we day by day depend ; Our daily wants supply ; With truth and virtue feed our souls, That they may never die. 6 Extend thy grace to ev'ry fault ; 0 let thy love forgive j 42. [hymns* Teach us divine forgiveness too, Nor let resentments live. 7 Where tempting snares bestrew the way, Permit us not to tread ; Or turn all real evil far From our unguarded head. 8 Thy sacred name we would adore, With cheerful, humble mind, And praise thy goodness, pow'r, and truth, Eternal, unconfin'd. hymn 42. L. M. Paraphrase of the Lord's pmyer. 1 Father, ador'd in worlds above ! Thy glorious name be hallow'd still ; Thy kingdom come with pow'r and love, And earth, like heav'n, obey thy will. 2 Lord ! make our daily wants thy care ; Forgive the sins which we forsake ; And let us in thy kindness share, As fellow-men of ours partake. 3 Evils beset us every hour ; Thy kind protection we implore ; Thine is the kingdom, thine the pow'r^ Be thine the glory evermore ! part ii.] 43, 44. HYMN 43. L. M. To the unknown God. 1 Great God ! in vain man's narrow view Attempts to look thy nature through ; Our laboring powers with reverence own Thy glories never can be known. 2 Not the high seraph's mighty thought, Who countless years his God has sought, Such wondrous height or depth can find, Or fully trace thy boundless mind. 3 Yet, Lord, thy kindness deigns to show Enough for mortal minds to know, While wisdom, goodness, pow'r divine, Through all thy works and conduct shine. 4 0 ! may our souls with rapture trace Thy works of nature and of grace ; Explore thy sacred truth, and still Press on to know and do thy will ! HYMN 44. L. M. God's omniscience and omnipresence. Ps. cxxxi.v, 1 Father of all ! omniscient mind ! Thy wisdom who can comprehend ? Its highest point what eye can find, Or to its lowest depths descend ? 45. [hymns. 2 What cavern deep, what hill sublime Beyond thy reach, shall I pursue ? What dark recess, what distant clime Shall hide me from thy boundless view ? 3 If up to heavVs ethereal height, Thy prospect to elude, I rise ; In splendour there, supremely bright, Thy presence shall my sight surprise. 4 Thee, mighty God ! my wondering soul> Thee all her conscious powers adore ; Whose being circumscribes the whole. Whose eyes the universe explore. 5 Thine essence fills this breathing frame ; It glows in ev'ry vital part ; Lights up my soul with livelier flame, And feeds with life my beating heart. 6 To thee, from whom my being came, Whose smile is all the heav'n I know ; Inspired with this exalted theme, To thee my grateful strains shall flow. HYMN 45. L. M. The majesty of God. Is. xl. 15, 16, 17. 1 Ye weak inhabitants of clay, Ye trifling insects of a day ! Low in your native dust bow down Before th' Eternal's awful throne. PART II.] 46. 2 Let Lebanon her cedars bring To blaze before the sovereign king ; And all the beasts, that on it feed. As victims at his altar bleed. 3 Loud let ten thousand trumpets sound, And call remotest nations round, Assembled on the crowded plains ; Princes and people, kings and swains. 4 Join'd with the living, let the dead, Rising, the face of earth o?erspread ; And, while his praise unites their tongues, Let angels echo back the songs. 5 The drop that from the bucket falls, The dust that hangs upon the scales, Is more to sky, and earth, and sea, Than all this pomp, great God ! to thee. hymn 46. L. M. The all-seeing; God. Ps. cxxxix. Lord, thou hast searched and seen us through; Thine eye commands, with piercing view, Our waking and our sleeping hours, Our heart and flesh, with all their pow?rs. Our thoughts, before they are our own, Are to our God distinctly known ; He knows the words we mean to speak, Ere from our opening lips they break. 46. [hymns, 3 Within thy circling power we stand ; On ev'ry side we find thy hand ; Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, We are surrounded still with God. 4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great ! What large extent ! what lofty height ! Our souls, with all the powers they boast, Are in the boundless prospect lost. 5 0 may these thoughts possess our breast, Where-e'er we rove, where~e?er we rest! Nor let our weaker passions dare Consent to sin ; for God is there. 6 Could we so false, so faithless prove, To quit thy service and thy love, Where, Lord, could we thy presence shun, Or from thy dreadful glory run ? 7 If, mounted on a morning ray, We fly beyond the western sea, Thy swifter hand would first arrive, And there arrest the fugitive ; 8 Or should we try to shun thy sight Beneath the spreading veil of night, One glance of thine, one piercing ray, Would kindle darkness into day. PART II.] 47. 9 The veil of night is no disguise, No screen from thine all-searching eyes 5 Thy hand can seize thy foes as soon Through midnight shades as blazing noon. 10 Midnight and noon in this agree, Great God, they're both alike to thee ; Not death can hide what thou wilt spy, And hell lies naked to thine eye. 110 may these thoughts possess our breast, Where-e"er we rove, where-e'er we rest! Nor let our weaker passions dare Consent to sin ; for God is there. HYMN 47. L. M. God the intellectual light. 2 Cor. iv. 6. 1 Praise to the Lord of boundless might, With uncreated glories bright ! His presence gilds the world above ; Th? unchanging source of light and love. 2 Our rising earth his eye beheld, When, in substantial darkness veiFd, The shapeless chaos, nature's womb, Lay buried in eternal gloom. 3 Let there be light ! Jehovah said, And light o'er all its face was spread ; Nature, array'd in charms unknown. Gay with its new-born lustre shone. E 48. [hymns, 4 He sees the mind, when lost it lies In shades of ignorance and vice ; And darts from heav'n a vivid ray, And changes midnight into day. 5 Our souls, revived by heavenly light, Shall be in all thine image bright ; While all our faculties shall join To praise the Lord of light divine. hymn 48. L. M. God the leader of his people. 1 0 god of our forefathers ! hear, And make thy faithful mercies known, While we with confidence draw near, And place our trust on thee alone. 2 Arise, as in the ancient days, (The ancient annals speak thy fame,) Be now omnipotently nigh, To endless ages still the same. 3 From Egypt when thy chosen race Triumphant urg'd their wond'rous way, Divinely led, behold they pass TV unwatry deep, the emptied sea. 4 At distance heap'd on either hand, Yielding a strange unbeaten road, In chrystal walls the waters stand, And own the arm of Israel's God. PART II.] 49. 5 That arm which is not shortened now, Which wants not now the pow'r to save, Shall, present with thy people still, Bear them o'er life's tumultuous wave. 6 By earth and hell pursued in vain, To thee thv chosen seed shall come : Shouting, their heavenly Canaan gain, And pass through death triumphant home. hymn 49. c. M. God's dominion and decrees. 1 Keep silence, all created things, And own your maker God ! Our trembling souls, with awe profound, Would spread his name abroad. 2 Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown Hang on his firm decree ; He sits on no precarious throne, Nor borrows leave to be. 3 Unnumbered ages ere the skies Were into motion brought, Whatever through endless years should rise Stood present to his thought. 4 His mighty voice bade ancient night Her endless realms resign ; And lo ! ten thousand globes of light In fields of azure shine. 50. [hymns, 5 There's not a sparrow nor a worm O'erlookM in his decrees ; He raises monarchs to a throne. Or sinks with equal ease. 6 If light attend the course we go, 'Tis he provides the rays ; And 'tis his hand that hides the sun, If darkness cloud our days. 7 Trusting thy wisdom, God of love ! We would not wish to know What in the book of thy decrees Awaits us here below. 8 Be this alone our fervent pray'r ; Whatever our lot shall be, Or joys or sorrows, may they form Our souls for heav'n and thee ! hymn 50. c. M. The eternal dominion of God. 1 Great God, how infinite art thou ! How frail and weak are we ! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee. 2 Thy throne eternal ages stood, Ere earth or heav'n was made ; Thou art the ever-living God, Were all the nations dead. PART II.] 51. 3 Nature and time quite naked lie To thine immense survey, From the formation of the sky To the great burning day. 4 Eternity, with all its years, Stands present in thy view ; To thee there's nothing old appears, Great God ! there's nothing new. 5 Our lives through varying scenes are drawn. And vex'd with trifling cares, While thine eternal thought moves on Thine undisturbed affairs. 6 Great God, how infinite art thou ! How frail and weak are we ! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee. hymn 51. l. m. God eternal and unchangeable. 1 ALL-pow'rful, self existent God, Who all creation dost sustain ! Thou wast, and art, and art to come, And everlasting is thy reign. 2 Fix'd and eternal as thy days, Each glorious attribute divine Through ages infinite shall still With undiminished lustre shine. e 2 52. [hymns. 3 Fountain of being, source of good ! Immutable dost thou remain ; Nor can the shadow of a change Obscure the glories of thy reign. 4 Nature her order shall reverse, Revolving seasons cease their round ; Nor spring appear with blooming pride, Nor autumn be with plenty crownM ; 5 Yon shining orbs forget their course, The sun his destined path forsake, And burning desolation mark Amid the world his wand'ring track ; 6 Earth may with all her powers dissolve., If such the great creator's will ; But thou for ever art the same, I AM is thy memorial still. hymn 52. 10 & lis M. The unrivalled power and dominion of God. 1 Jehovah reigns ! let every nation hear, And at his footstool bow with holy fear ; Let heavVs high arches echo with his name, And the wide-peopled earth his praise pro- claim ; Then send it down to helPs deep glooms re- sounding, Through all her caves in dreadful murmurs sounding. PART II." 52« 2 He rules with wide and absolute command, O'er the broad ocean and the steadfast land : Jehovah reigns, unbounded and alone, And all creation hangs upon his throne. He reigns alone; let no inferior nature Usurp or share the throne of the creator. 3 This earthly globe, the ereature of a day, Though built by God's right hand, must pass away ; And long oblivion creep o'er mortal things, The fate of empires and the pride of kings. Eternal night shall veil their proudest story, And drop the curtain o'er all human glory. 4 The sun himself, with gatlvring clouds op- prest, Shall in his silent, dark pavilion rest ; His golden urn shall break, and useless lie Amid the common ruins of the sky ; The stas rush headlong in the wild commo- tion. And bathe their glittering foreheads in the ocean. 5 But fixM, 0 God ! forever stands thy throne; Jehovah reigns, a universe alone : Tlr eternal fire that feeds each vital flame, Collected, or diffused, is still the same. He dwells within his own unfathonrd essence, And fills all space with his unbounded presence, 53. [hymns. 6 But oh ! our highest notes the theme debase, And silence is our least injurious praise ; Cease, cease your songs, the daring flight control ; Revere him in the stillness of the soul ; With silent duty meekly bend before him, And deep within your inmost hearts adore him. hymn 53. L. M. Providence and grace. 1 Thy providence supplies our food, And 'tis thy blessing makes it good ; Our souls are nourished by thy word ; Let soul and body praise the Lord. 2 Our streams of outward comfort came From him who built this earthly frame ; Whatever we want his mercies give, By whom our souls for ever live. 3 Either his hand preserves from pain, Or, if we feel it, heals again ; From outward evils shields our breast, Or over-rules them for the best. 4 Forgive the song that falls so low Beneath the gratitude we owe ; It meant thy praise, however poor ; An angel's song can do no more. PART II.] 54. HYMN 54. C. M. God every where the refuge of his servants. 1 How are thy servants blest, 0 Lord ! How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help omnipotence. 2 In foreign realms, and lands remote, Supported by thy care, They pass unhurt through burning climes; And breathe in tainted air. 3 Thy mercy sweetens ev'ry soil, Mnkes ev 'ry region please ; The hoary frozen hills it warms, And smooths the boisterous seas. 4 Though by the dreadful tempest toss'd High on the broken wave, They know thou art not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. 5 The storm is laid, the winds retire, Obedient to thv will : The sea, that roars at thy command, At thy command is still. 6 From all our griefs and straits, 0 Lord ! Thy mercy sets us free, While in the confidence of prayer Our hearts take hold on thee. 55. [hymns. 7 In midst of dangers, fears, and death, Thy goodness we'll adore ; And praise thee for thy mercies past, And humbly hope for more. 8 Our lives, while thou preserv'st our lives, Thy sacrifice shall be ; And 0 may death, when death shall come, Unite our souls to thee ! hymn 55. 6 1. L. M. God our shepherd. Ps. xxiii. 1 The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend. 2 When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain pant, To fertile vales and dewy meads My weary, wand'ring steps he leads ; Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow, Amid the verdant landscape flow. 3 Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious, lonely wilds I stray, Thy bounty shall my pains beguile ; The barren wilderness shall smile, PART II.] 56. With sudden greens and herbage crown9 d, And streams shall murmur all around. 4 Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrours overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, 0 Lord ! art with me still ; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade. hymn 56. c. if. The blessings of providence. 1 Almighty father ! gracious Lord ! Kind guardian of our days ! Thy mercies let our hearts record In songs of grateful praise. 2 In life's first dawn, our tender frame Was thine indulgent care, Long ere we could pronounce thy name, Or breathe our infant prayer. 3 When reason with our stature grew, How weak her brightest ray ! How little of our God we knew ! How apt from thee to stray ! 4 Around our path what dangers rose ! What snares overspread our road ! No power could guard us from our foes, But our preserver, God. 57. [hymns. 5 When life hung trembling on a breath, 'Twas thine unceasing love, That sav'd us from impending death, And bade our fears remove. 6 Lord, when this mortal frame decays, And every weakness dies, Complete the wonders of thy grace, And raise us to the skies. 7 Then shall our joyful powers unite In more exalted lays ; And join the happy sons of light In everlasting praise. HYMN 57. C. If. Eternity of God. Ps. xc. 1 — 4. 1 0 thou the first, the greatest friend Of all the human race ! Whose strong right hand has ever been Their stay and dwelling place ! 2 Before the mountains heavM their heads Beneath thy forming hand ; Before this ponderous globe itself Arose at thy command ; 3 That pow'r which raised, and still upholds This universal frame, From countless, unbeginning time, Was ever still the same. PART II.] 58. 4 Those mighty periods of years, Which seem to us so vast, Appear no more before thy sight, Than yesterday that's past. hymn 58. c. M. The creation of the world. Gen. i. 1 Let heav'n arise, let earth appear ! Said the almighty Lord. The heav'ns arose, the earth appeared At his creating word. 2 Thick darkness brooded o'er the deep ; God said, let there be light ! The light shone forth with smiling ray, And scattered ancient night. 3 He bade the clouds ascend on high ; The clouds ascend, and bear A wat'ry treasure to the sky, And float upon the air. 4 The liquid element below Was gatherM by his hand ; The rolling seas together flow, And leave the solid land. 58. [hymns. 5 With herbs, and plants, and fruitful trees The new-fortn'd globe he crownM, Ere there was rain to bless the soil, Or sun to warm the ground, 6 Then high in heavVs resplendent arch He plac'd those orbs of light ; He caus'd the sun to rule the day, The moon to rule the night 7 Next, from the deep th' almighty king Did vital beings frame ; Fowls of the air of ev'ry wing, And fish of ev'ry name. 8 To all the various brutal tribes He gave their wondrous birth ; At once the lion and the worm Sprang from the teeming earth. 9 Then, chief o'er all his works below, At last was Adam made ; His maker's image bless' d his soulj And glory crown'd his head. 10 Fair in th' almighty maker's eye The whole creation stood ; He view'd the fabric he had rais'd ; His word pronounc'd it good. PART II.] 59; 60. HYMN 59. C. M. Creation of man. 1 A God ! a God ! the wide earth shouts ; A God ! the heav'ns reply ; He moulded in his palm the world, And hung it in the sky. 2 ' Let us make man ;' — with beauty clad, And health in ev'ry vein, And reason thron'd upon his brow, Stepped forth majestick man. 3 Around he turns his wondering eyes, All nature's works surveys, Admires the earth, the skies, himself, And tries his tongue in praise. 4 Ye hills, and vales! ye meads, and woods ! Sun, with overpowering glare ! Fair creatures, tell me, if ye can, From whence, and what we are ? 5 What parent pow'r, all great and good, Do these around me own ? Tell me, creation, tell me how rP adore the vast unknown ! hymn 60. c. M. The first and second coming of Christ. 1 Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands! Ye tribes of ev'ry tongue ! 60. [hymns. His new discovered grace demands A new and nobler song. 2 Say to the nations, Jesus came A guilty world to save ; From vice and errour to reclaim, And rescue from the grave. 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 With pleasure lift your wondering eyes, Ye islands of the sea ! Ye mountains, sink ; ye valleys, rise ; Prepare the Saviour's way. 5 Behold, he comes ! he comes to bless The nations from their God ; To shew the world his righteousness, And send his truth abroad. 6 Again he comes, with powerful voice To wake the numerous dead, And call his churches to rejoice With their exalted head. 7 When he, who is our life, draws near, And all his glory view, His faithful servants shall appear With him in glory too. PART II.] 61. HYMN 61. L. M. Christ the image of the invisible God. 1 Thou, Lord, by mortal eyes unseen. And by thine offspring here unknown, To manifest thyself to men Hast set thine image in thy Son. 2 As the bright sun's meridian blaze Overwhelms and pains our feeble sight, But cheers us with his softer ravs When shining with reflected light ; 3 So in thy Son thy pow'r divine, Thy wisdom, justice, truth, and love With mild and pleasing lustre shine, Reflected from thy throne above. 4 Though Jews, who granted not his claim, Contemptuous turn'd away their face ; Yet those, who trusted in his name, Beheld in him thy truth and grace. 5 0 thou ! at whose almighty word Fair light at first from darkness shone, Teach us to know our glorious Lord, And trace the Father in the Son. 6 While we thine image there displayed With love and admiration view, Form us in likeness to our head, That we may bear thine image too. f2 62,63. [hymn HYMN 62. S. M. Christ the light of the world. 1 Behold ! the prince of peace, The chosen of the Lord, God's well-beloved Son, fulfils The sure prophetick word. 2 No royal pomp adorns This king of righteousness ; Meekness and patience, truth and love, Compose his princely dress. 3 The spirit of the Lord, In rich abundance shed, On this great prophet gently lights, And rests upon his head. 4 Jesus, thou li^ht of men ! Thy doctrine life imparts ; 0 may we feel its quickening pow'r To warm and glad our hearts ! 5 Cheer'd by its beams, our souls Shall run the heav'nly way ; The path, which Christ unwearied trod Will lead to endless day. «3. HYMN 63. L. M. The kingdom of Christ. Ps. Ixxii. 1 — 9. ] Great God! whose universal sway The known and unknown worlds obev: PART II.] 64, Extend the kingdom of thy son, Till ev'ry land his laws shall own. 2 They form to righteousness the mind. To all that's candid, gentle, kind ; Inspire with love the human breast, And stormy passions sooth to rest. 3 As gentle rain on parching ground, His gospel sheds its influence round ; Its grace on fainting souls distils, Like heav'nly dew on thirsty hills. 4 The heathen lands, that lie beneath The shades of darkness and of death, Revive at its first dawning light, And deserts blossom at the sight. 5 His throne immoveable shall stand, Upheld by thine almighty hand ; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more. hymn 64. H. M. Fruitful showers, emblems of the effects of the gospeL Is. lv. 10, 11. I Mark the soft falling snow, And the descending rain ! To heav'n from whence it fell, It turns not back again ; 65. [hymns But waters earth Through ev'ry pore, And calls forth all Her secret store. 2 x\rrayM in beauteous green The hills and vallies shine. And man and beast are fed By providence divine ; The harvest bows Its golden ears, The copious seed Of future years. 3 So, saith the God of grace, My gospel shall descend, Almighty to effect The purpose I intend ; Millions of souls Shall feel its pow'r, And bear it down To millions more. hymn 65. 61. L. M. Jesus Christ. 1 Sages of ancient lettered times, In ev'ry age, and different climes, For wisdom faoi'd among mankind ! PART II.] 65 Withdraw your thinly- scattered rays, Before the broad overpowering blaze Of the supreme eternal mind. 2 Mercy's great year, in heav'n enroll'd, By seers succeeding seers foretold, Was now with solemn pomp unseal'd ; Light of the world, Messiah came, In his almighty father's name, And immortality reveal'd. 3 FilP-d with his father's strength he taught ; The dumb in rapture speak their thought, The lame leap like the bounding roe, The rayless eyeballs drink the light, Death yields his spoils to Jesus' might, And demons shrink to shades below. 4 0 works of pow'r ! 0 works of love ! Which Christ's divine commission prove, And ev'ry rising doubt control ; Pledge of the pow'r and love more strong Which to the Son of God belong, To heal the miseries of the soul. 5 Prince of celestial peace, to thee Shall bow in rev'rence every knee, From ev'ry mouth thy praises flow ; All thy commands are mild and just; Thy promise, faithful to our trust, Will pardon, peace, and heav'n bestow. 66. [hymns. HYMN 66. C. M. The mission of Jesus Christ. Luke iv. 18, 19. 1 Hark the glad sound ! the Saviour comes ! The Saviour promised long ! Let ev'ry heart a throne prepare, And ev'ry voice a song. 2 On him the spirit largely pour'd Exerts its sacred fire ; Wisdom, and pow'r, and zeal, and love His holy breast inspire. 3 He comes the prisoners to release, In wretched 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 wounded soul to cure ; And, with the treasures of his grace, Enrich the humble poor. 6 Our songs of joy and gratitude His welcome shall proclaim ; Hail to the prince of peace, who comes In God our father's name ! PART II.] • 67. HYMN 67. H. M. Christ seen of angels. 1 0 ye immortal throng Of angels round the throne ! Join with our feeble song To make the Saviour known ; On earth ye knew His wondrous grace, His radiant face In heav'n ye view. 2 Ye saw the heav'n-born child In simplest form array'd, Benevolent and mild, While in the manger laid ; And praise to God, And peace on earth, For such a birth, Proclaimed aloud. 3 Ye in the wilderness Beheld the tempter spoiPd, Well known in every dress, In every combat foil'd ; And joy'd to crown The victor's head, When Satan fled Before his frown. 4 Around the bloodv tree Ye press'd with strong desire, 67. [hymns. That wondrous sight to see. The Lord of life expire ; And, could your eyes Have known a tear, Had dropped it there In sad surprise. 5 Around his sacred tomb A willing watch ye keep, Till the blest moment come To rouse him from his sleep ; Then roll'd the stone, And all ador'd Your rising Lord With joy unknown. 6 When all array'd in light The shining conqueror rode, Ye haiPd his rapt'rous flight Up to the throne of God ; And wav'd around Your golden wings, And struck your strings Of sweetest sound. 7 The warbling notes pursue, And louder anthems raise, While mortals sing with you Their own Redeemer's praise ; And thou, my heart, With equal flame, And joy the same, Perform thy part. part ii.] 68; 69. HYMN 68. C. M. The light and glory of God's word. 1 What glory gilds the sacred page ! Majestick like the sun It gives a light to every age ; It gives, but borrows none. 2 His hand, that gave it, still supplies His gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set. 3 Let everlasting thanks be thine For such a bright display, As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heavenly day. 4 My soul rejoices to pursue The paths of truth and love ; Till glory breaks upon my view In brighter worlds above. hymn 69. L. M. Faith in the invisible God. Heb. xi. 27. 1 Eternal and immortal king ! Thy peerless splendours none can bear ; But darkness veils seraphick eyes, When God with all his glory's there. 70. [hymns. 2 Yet faith can pierce the awful gloom, The great Invisible can see ; And with its tremblings mingle joy, In fix'd regards, great God ! to thee. 3 Then ev'ry tempting form of sin, Aw'd by thy presence, disappears ; And all the glowing raptured soul The likeness it contemplates, wears. 4 0 ever conscious to my heart ! Witness to its supreme desire ; Behold it presseth on to thee, For it hath caught the heav'nly fire. 5 This one petition would it urge ; To bear thee ever in its sight ; In life, in death, in worlds unknown, Its only portion and delight ! hymn 70. L. M. Imitation of God. 1 Great God ! thy peerless excellence Let all created natures own ; Deep on our minds impress the sense Of glories, which are thine alone. 2 Let these our admiration raise, And fill us with religious awe; Tune all our hearts and tongues to praise, And bend us to thy holy law. PART II.] 71. 3 But, where we may resemble thee, And in thy godlike nature share, Thine humble followers let us be, And somewhat of thy likeness bear. 4 Pure may we be, averse from sin, Just, holy, merciful, and true : And let thine image, formed within, Shine out in all we speak and do. HYMN 71. L. If. The example of Christ. 1 And is the gospel peace and love ? So 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 eves, Bright pattern of the christian life. 3 0 how benevolent and kind ! How mild, how ready to forgive ! Be his the temper of our mind, And his the rules by which we live. 4 To do his heavenly father's will Was his employment and delight; Humanity and holy zeal Shone through his life divinely bright. 72. [hymns. 5 Dispensing good where'er he came, The labours of his life were love ; If then we love our Saviour's name, Let his divine example move. HYMN 72. C. M. The example of Jesus. 1 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, 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 laboured for their good. 5 To God he left his righteous cause, And still his task pursued ; While humble prayer and holy faith His fainting strength renewed. PART II.] 73. 6 In the last hour of deep distress, Before his father's throne With soul resigird 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 73. 7s M. Christ risen, and death vanquished. 1 Angel, roll the rock away ! Death, yield up thy mighty prey ! See, he rises from the tomb, Glowing in immortal bloom. Hallelujah ! 2 Shout, ye saints, in rapturous song, Let the notes be sweet and strong ; Hail the son of God, this morn From his sepulchre new-born ! 3 Pow'rs of heaven, celestial choirs/ Sing, and sweep your sounding lyres ; Sons of men, in joyful strain, Hail your mighty Saviour's reign ! 4 Ev'ry note with wonder swell, And the Saviour's triumph tell ; Where, 0 death, is now thy sting ? Where thy terrours, vanquished king ? g 2 74, 75. [hymns, HYMN 74. S. M. The right and duty of private judgment. 1 Imposture shrinks from light, And dreads the curious eye ; But sacred truths the test invite, They bid us search and try. 2 0 may we still maintain A meek inquiring mind ; Assured we shall not search in vain, But hidden treasures find. 3 With understanding blest, Created to be free, Our faith on man we dare not rest, Subject to none but thee. 4 Lord, give the light we need ; With soundest knowledge fill ; From noxious errour guard our creed? From prejudice our will. HYMN 75. L. M. Devotion vain without virtue. 1 Th? uplifted eye, and bended knee Are but vain homage, Lord? to thee ; In vain our lips thy praise prolong, The heart a stranger to the song. f ART II.] 76, 2 Can rites, and forms, and flaming zeal, The breaches of thy precepts heal ? Or fasts and penance reconcile Thy justice and obtain thy smile ? 3 The pure, the humble, contrite mind, Sincere, and to thy will resigned, To thee a nobler offering yields, Than Sheba's groves, or Sharon's fields. 4 Love God and man; — this great command Doth on eternal pillars stand ; This did thine ancient prophets teach, This did the great Messiah preach. hymn 76. L. M. Candour. 1 All-seeing God ! *tis thine to know The springs whence wrong opinions flow ; To judge, from principles within, When frailty errs, and when we sin. 2 Who among men, great Lord of all ! Thy servant to his bar shall call ? Judge him, for modes of faith, thy foe, And doom him to the realms of Woe ? 3 Who with another's eye can read, Or worship by another's creed ? 77. [hymns. Trusting thy grace, we form our own ; And bow to thy commands alone. 4 If wrong, correct ; accept, if right ; While faithful we improve our light; Condemning none, but zealous still To learn and follow all thy will. hymn 77. s. M. Christian unity. 1 Let party names no more The Christian world overspread ; Gentile and Jew, and bond and free, Are one in Christ their head. 2 Among the saints on earth Let mutual love be found ; Heirs of the same inheritance, With mutual blessings crownM. 3 Envy and strife, be gone ! And only kindness known, Where all one common father have, One common master own. 4 Thus will the church below Resemble that above ; Where springs of purest pleasure rise, And ev'ry heart is love. part ii.] 78, 79. HYMN 78. L. M. Christian zeal tempered by charity. 1 Great God ! whose all-pervading eye Sees ev'ry passion in my soul, When sunk too low, or raisM too high, Teach me those passions to control. 2 Temper the fervours of my frame ; Be charity their constant spring; And 0, let no unhallowed flame Pollute the offerings I bring. 3 Let peace with piety unite To mend the bias of my will ; While hope and heav'n-ey'd faith excite, And wisdom regulates, my zeal ; 4 That wisdom which to meekness turns, Wisdom descending from above ; And let my zeal, whene'er it burns, Be kindled by the fire of love. hymn 79. L. M. The properties of christian charity. 1 Cor. xiii. 1 Let men of high conceit and zeal Their fervour and their faitli proclaim ; If charity be wanting still, The rest is but a sounding name. 80. [hymns. 2 Knowledge is apt to bloat the mind, And zeal to set the world on fire ; But charity is calm and kind, And gentle thoughts will still inspire. 3 She's meek and patient, suffering long, And slowly her resentments rise ; Soon she forgets the greatest wrong, And rage retires, and malice dies. 4 She envies none their better state, But makes her neighbour's bliss her own; Nor vaunts herself with mind elate, But still a modest air puts on. 5 This is the grace that reigns on high, And brightly will forever burn ; When hope shall in fruition die, And faith to sight triumphant turn. hymn 80. L. M. Meekness. 1 Happy the meek, whose gentle breast, Clear as the summer's ev'ning ray, Calm as the regions of the blest, Enjoys on earth celestial day. 2 His heart no broken friendships sting, No storms his peaceful tent invade ; He rests beneath th? almighty wing, Hostile to none, of none afraid. PART II.] 81 3 Spirit of grace ! all meek and mild, Inspire our breasts, our souls possess! Repel each passion rude and wild, And bless us, as we aim to bless. HYMN 81. L. M. Christian friendship. 1 How blest the sacred tie that binds, In union sweet, according minds ! Ho*v swift the heav'nly course they run, Whose hearts, whose faith, whose hopes are one! 2 To each the soul of each how dear ! What jealous love, what holy fear ! How doth the gen'rous flame within Refine from earth, and cleanse from sin ! 3 Their streaming eyes together flow For human guilt and mortal woe ; Their ardent pray'rs together rise Like mingling flames in sacrifice. 4 Together both they seek the place Where God reveals his awful face ! How high, how strong, their raptures swell, There's none but kindred souls can tell. 5 Nor shall the glowing flame expire When nature droops her sickening fire ; Then shall they meet in realms above, A heav'n of joy, because of love. 82. [hymns. HYMN 82. C. if. Christian charity. 1 Behold, where, breathing love divine, Our dying master stands ! His weeping followers, gathering round, Receive his last commands. 2 From that mild teacher's parting lips What tender accents fell ! The gentle precept which he gave Became its author well. 3 Blest is the man, whose soft'ning heart Feels all another's pain ; To whom the supplicating eye Was never rais'd in vain ; 4 Whose breast expands with gen'rous warmth A stranger's woe to feel ; And bleeds in pity o'er the wound He wants the power to heal. 5 He spreads his kind supporting arms To ev'ry child of grief ; His secret bounty largely flows, And brings unask'd relief ; 6 To gentle offices of love His feet are never slow ; He views through mercy's melting eye A brother in a foe. PART II.] 83. 7 Peace from the bosom of his God, My peace to him I give ; And, when he kneels before his throne, His trembling soul shall live. 8 To him protection shall be shown ; And mercy from above Descend on those, who thus fulfil The perfect law of love. hymn 83. 7s M. Love to God and man. 1 Father of our feeble race, Wise, beneficent, and kind ! Spread o'er nature's ample face, Flows thy goodness unconfin'd. Musing in the silent grove, Or the busy walks of men, Still we trace thy wond'rous love, Claiming large returns again. 2 Lord, what offerings shall we bring, At thine altars when we bow ? Hearts, the pure, unsullied spring, Whence the kind affections flow ; Soft compassion's feeling soul, By the melting eye expressed ; Sympathy, at whose control, Sorrow leaves the wounded breast ; H 84. [hymns. 3 Willing hands to lead the blind, Bind the wound, or feed the poor ; Love, embracing all our kind, Charity, with liberal store. Teach us, 0 thou heav'nly king, Thus to show our grateful mind, Thus th' accepted oif'ring bring, Love to thee, and all mankind. hymn 84. c. M. Mutual love. Ps. cxxxiii. 1 Sweet is the love, that mutual glows Within each brother's breast, And binds in gentlest bonds each heart; All blessing and all blest; 2 Sweet as the od'rous balsam pour'd On Aaron's sacred head, Which o'er his beard, and down his vest, A breathing fragrance shed. 3 Like morning dews, on Sion's mount That spread their silver rays ; And deck with gems the verdant pomp, Which Hermon's top displays. 4 To such the Lord of life and love His blessing shall extend ; On earth a life of joy and peace, And life that ne'er shall end. PART II.] 85, HYMN 85. L. M. The christian warfare. 1 Awake, my soul ! lift up thine eyes ; See where thy foes against thee rise, In long array, a numerous host ; Awake, my soul ! or thou art lost. 2 Here giant danger threatening stands, Mustering his pale terrifick bands ; There pleasure's silken banner's spread, And willing souls are captive led. 3 See where rebellious passions rage, And fierce desires and lusts engage ; The meanest foe of all the train Has thousands and ten thousands slain. 4 Thou tread'st upon enchanted ground; Perils and snares beset thee round ; Beware of all ; guard ev'ry part ; But most the traitor in thy heart. 5 Come then, my soul ! now learn to wield The weight of thine immortal shield ; Put on the armour from above Of heavenly truth, and heav'nly love. 6 The terrour and the charm repel, And powers of earth, and pow'rs of hell ; The man of CalvVy triumphed here; Why should his faithful followers fear? 86. [hymns. HYMN 86. C. M, The christian pilgrim. 1 Our country is TmmanueFs ground ; We seek that promised soil ; The songs of Sion cheer our hearts, While strangers here we toil. 2 Oft do our eyes with joy overflow, And oft are bath'd in tears ; Yet nought but heav'n our hopes can raise, And nought but sin our fears. 3 The flow'rs, that spring along the road, We scarcely stoop to pluck ; We walk o'er beds of shining ore, Nor waste one wishful look. 4 We tread the path our master trod ; We bear the cross he bore ; And ev'ry thorn that wounds our feet, His temples pierc'd before. 5 Our powers are oft dissolved away In ecstasies of love ; And while our bodies wander here, Our souls are fix'd above. 6 We purge our mortal dross away, Refming as we run ; But, while we die to earth and sense> Our hcav'n is here begun. PART II.] 87, HYMN 87. C. M. The power of faith. 1 Faith adds new charms to earthly bliss, And saves us from its snares ; Its aid in ev'ry duty brings, And softens all our cares ; 2 Extinguishes the thirst of sin, And lights the sacred fire Of love to God and heav'nly things, And feeds the pure desire. 3 The wounded conscience knows its pow'r The healing balm to give ; That balm the saddest heart can cheer, And make the dying live. 4 Wide it unveils celestial worlds, Where deathless pleasures reign, And bids us seek our portion there, Nor bids us seek in vain. 5 On that bright prospect may we rest, Till this frail body dies ; And then, on faith's triumphant wings, To endless glory rise. h2 88; 89. [hymns, HYMN 88. CM. Zeal and vigour in the christian race. Phil. iii. 12 — 14. 1 Awake, ray soul ! stretch ev'ry nerve. And press with vigour on ; A heav'nly race demands thy zeal; And an immortal crown. 2 A cloud of witnesses around Hold thee in full survey ; Forget the steps already trod, And onward urge thy way. 3 'Tis God's all-animating voice, That calls thee from on high ; ?Tis his own hand presents the prize To thine uplifted eye j 4 That prize, with peerless glories bright, Which shall new lustre boast, When victors' wreaths and monarchs' gems Shall blend in common dust. HYMN 89. L. M. Humility. Wherefore should man, frail child of clay, Who, from the cradle to the shroud, Lives but the insect of a day, 0 why should mortal man be proud ? PART II.] 90. 2 His brightest visions just appear, Then vanish, and no more are found : The stateliest pile his pride can rear A breath may level with the ground. 3 By doubt perplexed, in errour lost, With trembling step he seeks his way : How vain of wisdom's gifts the boast ! Of reason's lamp how faint the ray ! 4 Follies and crimes, a countless sum, Are crowded in life's little span. How ill, alas, does pride become That erring, guilty creature, man ! 5 God of my life, father divine ! Give me a meek and lowly mind ; In modest worth 0 let me shine, And peace in humble virtue find. hymn 90. L. M. Devout aspirations. 1 Our God, as merciful as just, Kindly remembers man is dust ; His ear is open to our cries, His grace will meet our lifted eyes. 2 He reads the language of a tear ; Listens to sighs from hearts sincere ; He marks the dawn of virtuous aim, And fans the smoking flax to flame. 90. [hymns 3 Set us from earthly bondage free ; Still ev'ry wish that strays from thee ; Bid, Lord, our vain disquiets cease, And point our path to endless peace. 4 If in the vale of tears we stray, Where wounding thorns perplex our way, Still let our souls thy goodness see, And with strong faith lay hold on thee. 5 With joy, my soul, thy lot receive, Resigned alike to die or live ; Kissing the sceptre or the rod, See God in all, and all in God. 6 With thee in solitudes I walk, With thee in crowded cities talk, In ev'ry creature own thy pow'r, In each event thy will adore. 7 Thy hopes shall animate my soul, Thy precepts guide, thy fear control ; Within the temple of thine arms I'll rest, secure from all alarms. 8 Thus, when the closing hour draws nigh, And earth recedes before mine eye, From cares and gloomy terrours free, I feel omnipotent in thee. PART II.] 91. 9 Teach me to quit this transient scene. With decent triumph, look serene. Help me to fix my hopes on high ; To thee Fve liv'd, in thee I'll die. hymn 91. c. M. Aspiration after the christian temper. 1 Almighty Maker! Lord of all ! Of life the only spring ! Creator of unnumbered worlds ! Supreme, eternal king ! 2 Drive from the confines of my heart Impenitence and pride ; Nor let me in forbidden paths With thoughtless sinners glide. 3 Whatever thine all-discerning eye Sees for thy creature fit, I'll bless the good, and to the ill Contentedly submit. 4 With gen'rous pleasure let me view The prosperous and the great; Malignant envy let me fly, And odious self-conceit. 5 Let not despair, nor fell revenge Be to my bosom known ; 0 give me tears for others' woes, And patience for my own. 92. [hymns. 6 Feed me with necessary food ; I ask not wealth nor fame ; Give me an eye to see thy will, A heart to bless thy name. 7 Still let my days serenely pass Without remorse or care ; And growing holiness my soul For life's last hour prepare. hymn 92. L. M. Devout aspirations. 1 Supreme and universal light ! Fountain of reason ! judge of right ! Parent of good ! whose blessings flow. On all above, and all below ; 2 Without whose kind, directing ray, In everlasting night we stray, From passion still to passion tost, And in a maze of errour lost ; 3 Assist us, Lord, to act, to be, What nature and thy laws decree ; Worthy that intellectual flame, Which from thy breathing spirit came. 4 Our moral freedom to maintain, Bid passion serve, and reason reign, Self-pois'd and independent still On this world's varying good or ill. PART II.] 93. 5 No slave to profit, shame, or fear, 0 may our steadfast bosoms bear The stamp of heaven, an honest heart. Above the mean disguise of art ! 6 May our expanded souls disclaim The narrow view, the selfish aim ; But, with a christian zeal, embrace Whatever is friendly to our race. 7 0 father ! grace and virtue grant ; No more we wish, no more we want: To know, to serve thee, and to love. Is peace below, is bliss above. HYMN 93. C. M. In a thunder storm. 1 Let coward guilt with pallid fear To sheltering caverns fly, And justly dread the vengeful fate Which thunders through the sky : 2 Protected by that hand, whose law The threatening storms obey, Intrepid virtue smiles secure, As in the blaze of day. 3 In the thick cloud's tremendous gloom. The lightning's horrid glare, 94. [hymns. It views the same all-gracious pow'r Which breathes the vernal air. 4 Through nature's ever varying scene, By different ways pursu'd, The one eternal end of heaven Is universal good. 5 With like beneficent effect O'er flaming aether glows, As when it tunes the linnet's voice, And blushes in the rose. 6 When through creation's vast expanse The last dread thunders roll, Untune the concord of the spheres, And shake the guilty soul ; 7 Unmov'd, may we the final storm Of jarring worlds survey, That ushers in the tranquil morn Of everlasting day. hymn 94. L. M. A good conscience the best support. 1 While some in folly's pleasures roll, And court the joys which hurt the soul, Be mine that silent calm repast, A peaceful conscience, to the last ; PART II.] 95, 2 That tree which bears immortal fruit, Without a canker at the root ; That friend, who never fails the just, When other friends desert their trust. 3 With this companion in the shade, My soul no more shall be dismayed ; But fearless meet the midnight gloom, And the pale monarch of the tomb. 4 Though heav'n afflict, Pll not repine; The noblest comforts still are mine ; Comforts, which over death prevail, And journey with me through the vale. 5 Amidst the various scene of ills, Each stroke some kind design fulfils ; And shall I murmur at my God, When love supreme directs the rod? 6 His hand will smooth my rugged way, And lead me to the realms of day ; To milder skies and brighter plains, Where everlasting pleasure reigns. HYMN 95. L. M. A happy life. How happy is he born and taught, Who serveth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! I 96. [hymns, 2 Whose passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied to this vain world by care Of publick fame, or private breath ; 3 Who envies none that change doth raise ; Nor vice hath ever understood ; How deepest wounds are giv'n by praise ; Nor rules of state, but rules of good ; 4 Who hath his life from rumours freed ; ] Whose conscience is his strong retreat ; Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great ; 5 Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend ; Whose heart, as open as the day, Fears not to call his God his friend. 6 This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands, He, having nothing, yet hath all. 1 HYMN 96. 8 & 6 M. True happiness. If solid happiness we prize, Within our breasts this jewel lies, And they are fools who roam. PART II.] 96. The world has little to bestow ; From our own selves our joys must flow ; Our bliss begins at home. 2 We'll therefore relish with content Whatever kind providence has sent, Nor aim beyond our pow'r ; And, if our store of wealth be small, With thankful hearts improve it all. Nor lose the present hour. 3 To be resigned when ills betide, Patient when favours are denied, And pleas' d with favours giv'n, This, gracious God, is wisdom's part ; This is that incense of the heart, Whose fragrance reaches heav'n. 4 Thus through life's changing scenes we'll go ; Its chequer' d paths of joy and woe With cautious steps we'll tread ; Quit its vain scenes without a tear, Without a trouble or a fear, And mingle with the dead ; 5 While conscience, like a faithful friend, Shall through the gloomy vale attend, And cheer our dying breath ; Shall, when all other comforts cease, Like a kind angel, whisper peace, And smooth the bed of death. 97. [hymns. HYMN 97. L. M. Peace and happiness the portion of the righteous. Ps. xxxvii. 1, 16, 37. 1 Let none be envious, when they see The wicked in a prosperous state ; Or, tempted by their short success, Grow bold their crimes to imitate. 2 Think not mere wealth makes happy men ; The portion of the virtuous poor Is better far, than wicked men's Ill-got, or ill-employed store. 3 Let others foolishly expect How kind the flattering world will prove j We'll seek our God alone to please, And be ambitious of his love. 4 God, who is always good and just. Those who are like himself will own ; And thev shall flourish and abide, When wicked men are overthrown. 5 Mark, then, the good and perfect man ! Mark him that's upright in his ways ! Mercy attends him all his life, And peace and comfort close his days* PART II.] 98. HYMN 98. C. Iff. Religious retirement. 1 Far from the world, 0 Lord ! I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes, where sin is waging still Its most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. 3 There, if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, 0 with wiiat peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise. 5 Author and guardian of my life, Thou source of light divine ; And all harmonious names in one, My father ! thou art mine ! 6 What thanks I owe thee ! and what love, A vast and boundless store, Shall echo through the realms above, When time shall be no more ! I 2 99, 100. [hymns. HYMN 99. C. M. Instructions to the young, from a review of past dispensations of providence. Ps. lxxviii. 1. 1 Let children hear the mighty deeds, Which God performed 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 pow'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. hymn 100. c. M. Remember thy creator in the days of thy youth. Eccl. xii. 1. 1 In the soft season of thy youth, In nature's smiling bloom, Ere age arrive, and trembling wait Its summons to the tomb ; FART II.] 101. 2 Remember thy creator, God ; For him thy povv'rs employ ; Make him thy fear, thy love, thy hope, Thy confidence, thy joy. 3 He shall defend and guide thy course Through life's uncertain sea, Till thou art landed on the shore Of bless'd eternity. 4 Then seek the Lord betimes, and choose The path of heavenly truth ; The earth affords no lovelier sight Than a religious youth. HYMN 101. C. M. The aged christian's prayer. Ps. lxxi. 17, 18. 1 God of my childhood, and my youth. The guide of all my days ! I have declared thy heavenly truth, I've seen 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 ; 102. [hymns, And leave a savour 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 Proclaim thy boundless love ! hymn 102. c. M. The aged christian's reflections and hope. 1 Eternal sire, enthroned on high ! Whom heav'nly hosts adore, Who yet to suppliant dust art nigh, Thy presence I implore. 2 0 guide me down the steep of age, And keep my passions cool ; Teach me to scan the sacred page, And practise ev'ry rule. 3 My flying years time urges on ; What's human must decay ; My friends, my youth's companions gone, Can I expect to stay ? 4 Ah no ! then smooth the mortal hour ; On thee my hope depends; Support me with al nighty pow'r, While dust to dust descends. PART II.] 103, 104. HYMN 103. C. M. Acquiescence in the will of God. 1 Author of good, we rest on thee ! Thine ever watchful eye Alone our real wants can see, Thy hand alone supply. 2 0 let thy love within us dwell. Thy fear our footsteps guide ; That love shall vainer loves expel, That fear all fears beside. 3 And since, by passion's force subdu'd. Too oft, with stubborn will, We blindly shun the latent good, And grasp the specious ill ; 4 Not what we wish, but what we want. Let mercy still supply; The good, unaskM, let mercy grant, The ill, though ask'd, deny. HYMN 104. S. M. Virtuous desires. Ps. xxv. C, 9, 12, 20. 1 Ood, who is just and kind, Will those who err instruct, And in the paths of righteousness Their wand'ring steps conduct. 105. [hymns 2 The humble soul he guides ; Teaches the meek his way ; Kindness and truth he shews to all, Who his just laws obey. 3 Give us the tender heart, That mingles fear with love ; And lead us through whatever path Thy wisdom shall approve. 4 0 ever keep our souls From errour, shame, and guilt ; Nor suffer the fair hope to fail, Which on thy truth is built. hymn 105. CM. Divine mercy in affliction. 1 Great ruler of all nature's frame ! We ow7n thy pow'r divine ; We hear thy breath in ev'ry storm, For all the winds are thine. 2 Wide as they sweep their sounding way. They work thy sovereign will ; And, aw?d by thy majestick voice, Confusion shall be still. 3 Thy mercy tempers every blast To them that seek thy face ; PART II.] 106. And mingles with the tempest's roar The whispers of thy grace. hymn 106. s. M. Reliance upon God. 1 My Father ! cheering name ! 0 may I call thee mine ? Give me with humble hope to claim A portion so divine. 2 This can my fears control, And bid my sorrows fly ; What real harm can reach my soul Beneath my father's eye ? 3 Whatever thy will denies 1 calmly would resign ; For thou art just, and good, and wise ; 0 bend my will to thine ! 4 Whatever thy will ordains, 0 give me strength to bear ; Still let me know a father reigns, And trust a father's care. 5 If anguish rend this frame, And life almost depart ; Is not thy mercy still the same To cheer my drooping heart ? 107. [hymns. 6 Thy ways are little known To my weak, erring sight ; Yet shall my soul, believing, own That all thy ways are right. 7 My Father ! blissful name ! Above expression dear ! If thou accept my humble claim, I bid adieu to fear. hymn 107. c. M. Prosperity and adversity. 1 The Lord, how tender is his love ! His justice how august ! Hence all her fears my soul derives ; There anchors all her trust. 2 He showers the manna from above, To feed the barren waste ; Or points with death the fiery hail, And famine waits the blast. 3 Crowrns, realms, and worlds, his wrath incensed, Are dust beneath his tread ; He blights the fair, unplumes the proud, And shakes the learned head. 4 He bids distress forget to groan, The sick from anguish cease ; PART II.] 108. In dungeons spreads his healing wing. And softly whispers peace. 5 His pow'r directs the rushing wind, Or tips the bolt with flame ; His goodness breathes in ev'ry breeze, And warms in ev'ry beam, 6 For us, 0 Lord ! whatever lot The hours commissioned bring ; Do all our withering blessings die, Or fairer clusters spring ; 7 0 grant that still with grateful heart Our years resigned may run ; ?Tis thine to give or to resume, And may thy will be done ! hymn 108. L. M. Man's dependence on God. 1 Through all the various shifting scene Of life's mistaken ill or good, The hand of God conducts, unseen, The beautiful vicissitude. 2 He giveth with paternal care, Howe'er unjustly we complain, To all their necessary share Of joy and sorrow, health and pain. K 109. [hymns, 3 All things on earth, and all in heav'n, On his eternal will depend ; And all for greater good were giv'n, Would man pursue th? appointed end. 4 Be this my care ; to all beside Indifferent let my wishes be ; Passion be calm, and dumb be pride, And fix'd my soul, great God ! on thee. hymn 109. c. M. The mystery and benignity 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 great designs, And works his sovereign will. .3 Ye fearful saints ! fresh courage take ; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and will break In blessings on your head. 4 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace ; PART II.] 11Q. 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. hymn 110. c. M. Submission. 1 0 Lord ! my best desires fulfil, And help me to resign Life, health, and comfort to thy will, And make thy pleasure mine. 2 Why should I shrink at thy command, Whose love forbids my fears ; Or tremble at thy gracious hand, That wipes away my tears ? 3 No ; let me rather freely yield What most I prize to thee, Who never hast a good withheld, Nor wilt withhold from me. 111. , [hymns. 4 Wisdom and mercy guide my way ; Shall I resist them both ? Short-sighted creature of a day, And crushed before the moth ! 5 But ah ! my heart within me cries, Still bind me to thy sway ; Else the next cloud that veils the skies Drives all these thoughts away. HYMN 111. C. M. [The same subject. 1 When present sufferings pain our hearts, Or future terrours rise, And light and hope almost depart From these dejected eyes ; 2 Thy powerful word supports our hopes, Rich cordial of the mind ! And bears our fainting spirits up, And bids us wait resigned. 3 And oh ! whatever of earthly bliss Thy providence denies, Accepted at thy throne of grace, Let this petition rise ; 4 Give us a calm, a thankful heart, From ev'rv murmur free ; PART II.] 112. The blessings of thy grace impart. And make us live to thee. 5 Let the blest hope that we are thine Our path of life attend ; Thy presence through our journey shine, And crown our journey's end. hymn 112. s. M. Light and deliverance. 1 The traveller, lost in night, Breathes many a longing sigh, And marks the welcome dawn of. light, With rapture in his eye. 2 Thus sweet the dawn of day Which weary sinners find, When mercy with reviving ray Beams o'er the fainting mind. 3 To slaves opprest with chains, How kind, how dear the friend, Whose gen'rous hand relieves their pains, And bids their sorrows end ! 4 Thus dear that friend divine, Who rescues captive souls ; Unbinds the galling chains of sin, And all its power controls. k2 113. [hymns 5 My God ! to gospel light My dawn of hope I owe ; Once wandering in the shades of night. And sunk in hopeless woe. 6 Thy hand redeemed the slave, And set the prisoner free ; Be all I am, and all I have, Devoted, Lord, to thee ! hymn 113. c. M. The vicissitudes of providence. 1 The gifts indulgent heav'n bestows Are variously convey'd ; The human mind, like nature, knows Alternate light and shade. * 2 While changing aspects all things wear, Can we expect to find Unclouded sunshine all the year, Or constant peace of minjfc? 3 More gaily smiles the blooming spring, When wintry storms are o'er ; Retreating sorrow thus may bring Delights unknown before. 4 Then, christian ! send thy fears away, Nor sink in gloomy care ; FART II.] 114. Though clouds overspread the scene to-day, To-morrow may be fair. HYMN 114. 7S M. Complete happiness not designed for man on earth. 1 Providence, profusely kind, Wheresoever you turn your eyes, Bids you with a grateful mind View a thousand blessings rise. 2 But, perhaps, some friendly voice Softly whispers to your mind, Make not these alone your choice, Heav'n has blessings more refin'd. 3 Thankful own what you enjoy ; But a changing world like this, Where a thousand fears annoy, Cannot give you perfect bliss. 4 Perfect bliss resides above, Far above yon azure sky ; Bliss that merits all your love, Merits every anxious sigh. 5 What like this has earth to give ? 0 ye righteous ! in your breast Let the admonition live, Nor on earth desire to rest. 115. [hymns. 6 When your bosom breathes a sigh, Or your eye emits a tear, Let your wishes rise on high, Ardent rise to bliss sincere. HYMN 115. C. M. God the only source of consolation. 1 To calm the sorrows of the mind, Our heavenly friend is nigh, To wipe the anxious tear that starts, Or trembles in the eye. 2 Thou canst, when anguish rends the heart, The secret woe control ; The inward malady canst heal, The sickness of the soul. 3 Thou canst repress the rising sigh, Canst sooth each mortal care ; And ev'ry deep and heart- felt groan Is wafted to thine ear. 4 Thy gracious eye is watchful still ; Thy potent arm can save From threatening danger and disease, And the devouring grave. 5 When, pale and languid all the frame, The ruthless hand of pain PART II.] 116. Arrests the feeble pow'rs of life, The help of man is vain. 6 'Tis thou, great God ! alone canst check The progress of disease ; And sickness, aw'd by pow'r divine, The high command obeys. 7 Eternal source of life and health, And ev'ry bliss we feel ! In sorrow and in joy to thee Our grateful hearts appeal. hymn 116. p. Iff. God the only refuge of the afflicted. 1 How vast is the tribute I owe Of gratitude, homage, and praise, To the giver of all I possess, The life and the length of my days ! 2 Thou alone, the great author of all, The faithful, unchangeable friend, Thou alone all our griefs canst remove, Thou alone from all evils defend. 3 When the sorrows I boded were come, I pourd out my sighs and my tears; And to him who alone can relieve My soul breath'd her vows and her pray'rs. 117. [hymns. 4 When my heart throbbM with pain and alarm. When paleness my cheek overspread, When sickness pervaded my frame, Then my soul on my maker was staid. 5 When death's awful image was nigh, And no mortal was able to save, Thou didst brighten the valley of death, And illumine the gloom of the grave. 6 In mercy thy presence dispels The shades of calamity's night ; And turns the sad scene of despair To a morning of joy and delight. 7 Great source of my comforts restored ! Thou healer and balm of my woes ! Thou hope and desire of my soul ! On thy mercy Fll ever repose. 8 How boundless the gratitude due To thee, 0 thou God of my praise, The fountain of all I possess, The life and the light of my days ! HYMN 117. CM. Comfort in sickness and death. 1 When sickness shakes the languid frame, Each dazzling pleasure flies ; PAItT II.] 118. Phantoms of bliss no more obscure Our long-deluded eyes. 2 Then the tremendous arm of death Its hated sceptre shows ; And nature faints beneath the weight Of complicated woes, 3 The tott'ring frame of mortal life Shall crumble into dust ; Nature shall faint, but learn, my soul ! On nature's God to trust. 4 The man, whose pious heart is fix'd On his all-gracious God, In ev'ry frown may comfort find, And kiss the chastening rod. 5 Nor him shall death itself alarm ; On heav'n his soul relies ; With joy he views his makers love, And with composure dies. hymn 118. CM. The supreme good. Ps. iv. 6, 7. 1 When fancy spreads her boldest wings, And wanders unconfin'd Amid th' unbounded scene of things, Which entertaifi the mind, 119. [hymns 2 In vain we trace creation o'er, In search of sacred rest ; The whole creation is too poor, Too mean to make us blest. 3 In vain would this low world employ Each flattering specious wile ; There's nought can yield a real joy, But our creator's smile. 4 Let earth and all her charms depart, Unworthy of the mind ; In God alone this restless heart An equal bliss can find. 5 Great spring of all felicity, To whom our wishes tend ! Do not these wishes rise from thee, And in thy favour end ? hymn 119. s. M. Absence from God. 1 0 thou, whose mercy hears Contrition's humble sigh ; Whose hand, indulgent, wipes the tears From sorrow's weeping eye ! 2 See low before thy throne A wretched wand'rer mourn ; PART II.] 120. Hast thou not bid me seek thy face ? Hast thou not said, return ? 3 Absent from thee, my light! Without one cheering ray, Through dangers, fears, and gloomy night, How desolate my way ! 4 On this benighted heart With beams of mercy shine ; And let thy healing voice impart A taste of joys divine. 5 Thy presence can bestow Delights which never cloy ; Be this ray solace here below, And my eternal joy ! hymn 120. c. if. The days of the righteous known to God. Ps. xxxvii. 18. 1 To thee, my God! my days are known My soul enjoys the thought ; My actions all before thee lie, Nor are my wants forgot. 2 Each secret wish devotion breathes, Is vocal to thine ear ; And all my walks of daily life Before thine eye appear. ? 121. [hymns. 3 The vacant hour, the active scene, Thy mercy will approve ; And ev'ry pang of sympathy, And ev'ry care of love. 4 Each golden hour of beaming light Is gilded by thy rays ; And dark affliction's midnight gloom A present God surveys. 5 Full in thy view through life I pass, And in thy view I die ; And, when all mortal bonds shall break, May I still find thee nigh ! HYMN 121. C. M. Imploring divine direction. Prov. iii. 5, 6. 1 Loud, through the dubious path of life Thy feeble servant guide ! Supported by thy powerful arm My footsteps shall not slide. 2 Let others, swell'd with empty pride, Of wisdom make their boasts ; My wisdom and my strength must come From thee, the Lord of hosts. TART II.] 122. 3 To thee, 0 my unerring guide ! I would myself resign ; In all my ways acknowledge thee, And form my will to thine. 4 Thus shall each blessing of thy hand Be doubly sweet to me ; And in new griefs I still shall have A refuge. Lord, in thee. hymn 122. l. M. Supplication to the searcher of hearts. Ps. cxxxix. 23, 24. 1 0 hear me, Lord ! to thee I call, And prostrate at thy footstool fall ; 0 Lord ! my pray'r propitious hear, And bow to my requests thine ear. I Searcher of hearts ! my thoughts review' ; With kind severity pursue Through each disguise thy servant's mind, Nor leave one stain of guilt behind. 3 To thee my inmost heart is known ; Regard me from thy lofty throne, Nor e'er to my desiring eye Thy presence, heav'nly Lord, deny ! 123. [hymns. HYMN 123. L. M. God is love. 1 When darkness long has veiFd my mind. And smiling day once more appears ; Then, my creator ! then I find The folly of my doubts and fears. 2 Strait I upbraid my wandering heart, And blush that I should ever be Thus prone to act so base a part, Or harbour one hard thought of thee. 3 0 ! let me then at length be taught What I am still so slow to learn ; That God is love, and changes not, Nor knows the shadow of a turn. 4 Sweet truth, and easy to repeat ! But when my faith is sharply tried, I find myself a learner yet, Unskilful, weak, and apt to slide. 5 But, 0 my God ! one look from thee Subdues the disobedient will, Drives doubt and discontent away, And thy rebellious worm is still. PART II.] 124. HYMN 124. 7S M. Freedom from errour, guilt, and folly. Ps. xix. 15. 1 Blest instructer ! from thy ways Who can tell how oft he strays ? Save from errour's growth our mind, Leave not, Lord, one root behind. 2 Purge us from the guilt that lies Wrapt within our hearts' disguise ; Let us thence, by thee renewed, Each presumptuous sin exclude. 3 So our lot shall ne'er be joined With the men, whose impious mind, Fearless of thy just command, Braves the vengeance of thy hand. 4 Let our tongues, from errour free, Speak the words approved by thee ; To thine all-observing eyes Let our thoughts accepted rise. 5 While we thus thy name adore, And thy healing grace implore, Blest redeemer ! bow thine ear ; God, our strength ! propitious hear. l 2 125, [hymns. HYMN 125. C. M. Hope of divine mercy. 1 When, rising from the bed of death, Overwhelmed with guilt and fear, I see my maker face to face, 0 how shall I appear ! 2 If yet, while pardon may be found, And mercy may be sought, My heart with inward horrour shrinks, And trembles at the thought ; 3 When thou, 0 Lord ! shalt stand disclosed In majesty severe, And sit in judgment on my soul, 0 how shall I appear ! 4 But there's forgiveness, Lord, with thee ; Thy nature is benign ; Thy pardoning mercy I implore, For mercy, Lord, is thine. 5 0 let thy boundless mercy shine On my benighted soul, Correct my passions, mend my heart, And all my fears control. 6 And may I taste thy richer grace In that decisive hour, When Christ to judgment shall descend, And time shall be no more. PART II.] 126. HYMN 126. 7S If, Christ's invitations. Matt. xi. 28. 1 Come ! said Jesus' sacred voice, Come and make my paths your choice : I will guide you to your home ; Weary pilgrim, hither come ! 2 Thou who, houseless, sole, forlorn, Long hast borne the proud world's scorn, Long hast roam'd the barren waste, Weary pilgrim, hither haste ! 3 Ye who, toss'd on beds of pain, Seek for ease, but seek in vain ; Ye, whose swolPn and sleepless eyes Watch to see the morning rise ; 4 Ye by fiercer anguish torn, In remorse for guilt who mourn, Here repose your heavy care ; A wounded spirit who can bear ? 5 Sinner, come ! for here is found Balm that flows for ev'ry wound ; Peace that ever shall endure, Rest eternal, sacred, sure. 127. £hyww. HYMN 127. C. M. The mercy of God. 1 0 thou, the wretched's sure retreat, Who dost our cares control, And with the cheerful smile of peace Revive the fainting soul ! 2 Did ever thy propitious ear The humble plea disdain ? Or when did plaintive mis'ry sigh, Or supplicate in vain ? 3 Oppressed with grief and shame, dissolved In penitential tears, Thy goodness calms our anxious doubts, And dissipates our fears. 4 New life from thy refreshing grace Our sinking hearts receive ; Thy gentlest, best-lov'd attribute, To pity and forgive. 5 From that blest source, propitious hope Appears serenely bright, And sheds her soft and cheering beam O'er sorrow's dismal night. 6 Our hearts adore thy mercy, Lord ! And bless the friendly ray, Which ushers in the smiling morn Of everlasting day. PART II.] 128. HYMN 128. L. M. Penitence. Ps. li. 1 Shew pity, Lord ! 0 Lord, forgive ! Let a repenting sinner live ; Are not thy mercies large and free ? May not the contrite trust in thee ? 2 With shame my numerous sins I trace, Against thy law, against thy grace; And, though my prayer thou should'st not hear, My doom is just, and thou art clear. 3 Yet save a penitent, 0 Lord ! Whose hope, still hov?ring round thy wordj Seeks for some precious promise there, Some sure support against despair. 4 My sins are great, but don't surpass The riches of eternal grace ; Great God ! thy nature hath no bound, So let thy pard'ning love be found. 5 0 wash my soul from ev'ry stain, Nor let the guilt I mourn remain ; Give me to hear thy pardoning voice, And bid my bleeding heart rejoice. 6 Then shall thy love inspire my tongue : Salvation shall be all my song ; And ev'ry pow'r shall join to bless The Lord, my strength and righteousness. 129. [hymns. HYMN 129. 61. L. M. Imploring divine mercy. Ps. cxxx. 1 Out of the depth of sad distress, The gloomy mazes of despair, To heav'n we raise our warm address ; Deign, 0 our God ! to hear our pray'r. 0 let thine ear indulge our grief, For thy indulgence is relief. 2 Shouldst thou, 0 God ! minutely scan Our faults, and as severely chide, No mortal seed of sinful man Could such a scrutiny abide ; But mercy shines in all thy ways, Bright theme of universal praise ! 3 With longing eyes we seek the Lord, Before his throne our souls attend : Firmly on his eternal word Our faith is fix'd, our hopes depend ; On wings of love our souls shall rise In contemplation to the skies. 4 Ye pious minds ! on God rely ; With full assurance in him trust ; He sends redemption from on high, And raises sinners from the dust ; He will at length absolve his heirs From all their guilt and all their fears. PART II.] 130, 131. HYMN 130. L. M. Hope in the mercy of God. Ps. cxxx. 2 — 5, 7. 1 Oppressed with guilt, or grief, or care, Great God ! thy humble suppliants hear ; Though sunk, we ne'er can sink so low, But thou canst hear the voice of woe. 2 Shouldst thou against each evil deed In strict severity proceed ; By merit, without mercy, tried, None could be clear' d and justified. 3 But thou forgiveness dost proclaim, That men may turn and fear thy name ; To thy rich grace, 0 Lord ! we fly, And on thy promises rely. 4 Ye contrite hearts, who guilt deplore, Come seek his face and sin no more ; Then shall we know that God is kind, And full redemption with him find. hymn 131. 7s M. A penitential hjrmn. 1 God of mercy ! God of love ! Hear our sad repentant song ; Sorrow dwells on ev'ry face, Penitence on ev'ry tongue. 132. [hymns, 2 Deep regret for follies past, Talents wasted, time mispent ; Hearts debased by worldly cares, Thankless for the blessings lent ; 3 Foolish fears and fond desires, Vain regrets for things as vain ; Lips too seldom taught to praise, Oft to murmur and complain ; 4 These, and ev'ry secret fault, FilPd with grief and shame we own; Humbled, at thy feet we lie, Seeking pardon from thy throne. 5 God of mercy ! God of grace ! Hear our sad repentant songs ; 0 restore thy suppliant race, Thou to whom our praise belongs! HYMN 132. L. M. The prayer of the penitent. 1 0 turn, great ruler of the skies ! Turn from my sins thy searching eyes ! My mind from ev'ry fear release, And sooth my troubled thoughts to peace. 2 Prompt is thy pow'r, when ills invade, The weak and contrite soul to aid ; PART It.] 133. Then let thy clemency divine Conspicuous in my pardon shine. 3 0 let the fulness of thy grace Each errour in my life efface ; But thy decrees, almighty sire ! Integrity of heart require. 4 Give me a will to thine subdu'd, A conscience pure, a soul renewed ; Nor let me, wrapt in endless gloom. An outcast from thy presence roam. 5 The heart, that, taught its guilt to knowr, Repentant heaves with inward wToe, Shall find its pray'rs, its groans, its sighs, To thee in full acceptance rise. HYMN 133. L. M. Things below and things above. Ps. ciii. 15, 16. 1 Of mortal life how short the date ! Like flow'rs, which in their brightest state With gaudy hues the fields adorn, But soon by passing storms are torn. 2 Their boasted beauty reft away, How quick the vernal blooms decay ! Each in an hour its pride resigns, And withering in the dust reclines. If 134. [hymns. 3 Behold it droop, behold it waste ! Nor can the bed, which late it gracM, Point to the fond inquirer's view, Where once the short-livM wonder grew. 4 So transient is the life of man, At most a brief contracted span ; It blooms, it fades ; and serves to show How vain, how frail are things below. 5 To things above with fixM desire Then let our better hopes aspire ; To realms, where, in eternal day, Nor mortals die, nor flow'rs decay. HYMN 134. C. M. The shortness of life, and the goodness ef God. 1 Time, what an empty vapour 'tis ! Our days, how swift they are ! Swift as an Indian arrow flies, Or like a shooting star. 2 Our life is ever on the wing, And death is ever nigh ; The moment when our lives begin, We all begin to die. 3 Yet, mighty God ! our fleeting days Thy lasting bounties share, PART II.] 135. And all the riches of thy grace Still crown the rolling year. 4 Thy goodness runs an endless round ; All glory to the Lord ! His mercv never knows a bound ; Be his blest name ador'd ! 5 Thus we begin the lasting song ; And, when in dust we lie, Let age to age thy praise prolong, Till time and nature die. HYMN 135. S. M. A timely improvement of life. Jer. xiii. 16. & James iy. 13, 14, 15. 1 The swift declining day, How fast its moments fly ! While ev'ning's broad and gloomy shade Gains on the western sky. 2 Ye mortals ! mark its pace ; Improve the hours of light ; And know, your maker can command An instantaneous night. 3 His word blots out the sun In its meridian blaze ; And cuts from sanguine vigorous youth The remnant of its days. 135. [hymns. 4 On the dark mountain's brow Your feet shall quickly slide, And from its airv summit dash Your momentary pride. 5 Give glory to the Lord, Who rules the rolling sphere ; Submissive at his footstool bow, And seek salvation there. 6 To-morrow, Lord, is thine, LodgM in thy sovereign hand ; And, if its sun arise and shine, It shines by thy command. 7 The present moment flies, And bears our lives away ; 0 make thy servants truly wise, That they may live to-day. 8 Since on this winged hour Eternity is hung, Waken by thine almighty pow'r The aged and the young. 9 One thing demands our care ; 0 be it still pursued ! Lest, slighted once, the season fair Should never be renewed. PART II.] 136. HYMN 136. C. M. The instability of worldly enjoyments. 1 The evils that beset our path, Who can prevent or cure ? We stand upon the brink of death, When most we seem secure. 2 If we to-day sweet peace possess, It soon may be withdrawn ; Some change may plunge us in distress, Before to-morrow's dawn. 3 Disease and pain invade our health, And find an easy prey ; And oft, when least expected, wealth Takes wings and flies away. 4 The grounds from which we look for fruit, Produce us often pain ; A worm unseen attacks the root, And all our hopes are vain. 5 Since sin has filPd the earth with woe, And creatures fade and die, Lord, wean our hearts from things below, And fix our hopes on high ! M 2 137, 138. [hymns. HYMN 137. C. M. Human frailty. 1 Weak and irresolute is man ; The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. 2 Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. 3 Life's voyage is of awful length, Through dangers little known ; A stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own. 4 But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast ; The breath of heaven must swell the sail. Or all the toil is lost. HYMN 138. L. M. The wisdom of redeeming time. Eph. v. 15, 16. 1 God of eternity ! from thee Did infant time his being draw; Moments and days, and months and years, Revolve by thine unvaried law. PART II.] 139. 2 Silent and swift they glide away ; Steady and strong the current flows, Lost in eternity's wide sea, The boundless gulph from which it rose. 3 With it the thoughtless sons of men Before the rapid stream are borne On to their everlasting home, That country whence there's no return. 4 Yet, while the shore on either side Presents a gaudy flattering show, We gaze, in fond amazement lost, Nor think to what a world we go. 5 Great source of wisdom ! teach our hearts To know the price of ev'ry hour, That time may bear us on to joys Beyond its measure and its pow'r. hymn 139. L. M. The prospect of sickness and death. 1 When all the powers of nature fail ; When sickness shall our hearts assail, And ev'ry nobler part pervade ; When ev'ry earthly wish shall fade ; 2 When pain, of cv *ry nerve possest, Shall vibrate in the throbbing breast; 140. [hymns. And languor o'er our senses steal, And med'cine lose its pow'r to heal ; 3 When death shall chill the vital heat ; When these fond hearts shall cease to beat, These faltering tongues forget to speak, ' A mortal paleness on my cheek ;? 4 When our dim eyes are sunk in death, And God, who gave, shall take our breath ; Do thou sustain our fainting heart, And comfort to our souls impart. 5 May thy bright presence bring relief From fear, despondency, and grief; Thy cheering voice direct our way To regions of eternal day. hymn 140. L. M. The final judgment. Dan. xii. 1, 2. 1 The heart dejected sighs to know, Why vice triumphant reigns below ; Why saints have falPn in ev'ry age, The victims of tyrannick rage. 2 Fast roll successive years away ; Fast hastens the important day, When to th' astonished world's surprise, God's high tribunal shall arise. FART II.] 141. 3 Hark ! 'tis the trumpet's piercing sound ; The rising dead assemble round ; In long procession see they come, Each to receive his final doom. 4 Lo there a vile, degenerate race ; Pale terrour sits on ev'ry face ; Here, on the right, a joyful band, The sons of suffering virtue stand. 5 The sentence passed, lo ! these arise To bliss and glory in the skies ; While those who once stood high in fame, Sink to contempt and endless shame. 6 Thus shall God's providence appear Without a shade, divinely fair ; And blushing doubt with joy confess The Lord's a God of righteousness. HYMN 141. C. M. The peace of the grave. Job iii. 17. 1 How still and peaceful is the grave ! Where, life's vain tumults past, Th' appointed house, by heav'ivs decree, Receives us all at last. 2 The wicked there from troubling cease ; Their passions rage no more ; 142. [hymns. And there the weary pilgrim rests From all the toils he bore. 3 There rest the prisoners, now released From slavery's sad abode ; No more they hear th' oppressor's voice, Nor dread the tyrant's rod. 4 There servants, masters, small and great, Partake the same repose ; And there in peace the ashes mix Of those who once were foes. 5 All, levelPd by the hand of death, Lie sleeping in the tomb ; Till God in judgment call them forth To meet their final doom. HYMN 142. C. M. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. Rev. xiii. 14. 1 Hear what the voice from heav'n proclaims For all the pious dead ; Sweet is the savour of their names, And soft their dying bed. 2 They sleep in Jesus, and are bless' d ; How calm their slumbers are ! From sufferings and from sins released, And freed from ev'ry care. PART II.] 143. 3 Far from this world of toil and strife, They're present with the Lord ; The labours of their mortal life End in a large reward. hymn 143. c. M. The vegetable creation an emblem of the resurrection. 1 All nature dies, and lives again ; The flow'rs that paint the field, The trees that crown the mountain's brow, And boughs and blossoms yield, 2 Resign the honours of their form At winter's stormy blast, And leave the naked, leafless plain A desolated waste. 3 Yet soon reviving plants and flowers Anew shall deck the plain ; The woods shall hear the voice of spring, And flourish green again. 4 So, to the dreary grave consigned, Man sleeps in death's dark gloom, Until th' eternal morning wake The slumbers of the tomb. 5 0 may the grave become to us The bed of peaceful rest ; 144. [hymns. Whence we shall gladly rise at length, And mingle with the blest ! 6 CheerM by this hope, with patient mind We'll wait heaven's high decree ; Till the appointed period come, When death shall set us free. hymn 144. c. M. God the everlasting light of good men. Isa. lx. 20. 1 Ye golden lamps of heaven ! farewell, With all your feeble light ; Farewell, thou ever- changing moon, Pale empress of the night ! 2 And thou, refulgent orb of day ! In brighter flames array'd ; My soul, which springs beyond thy sphere, No more demands thine aid. 3 Ye stars are but the shining dust Of my divine abode, The pavement of those heavenly courts, Where I shall reign with God. 4 The father of eternal light Shall there his beams display ; Nor shall one moment's darkness mix With that unvaried day. VART II.] 145, 5 No more the drops of piercing grief Shall swell into mine eves ; Nor the meridian sun decline, Amid those brighter skies. 6 There all the millions of his saints Shall in one song unite ; And each the bliss of all shall share With infinite delight. hymn 145. 8 & 6s M. The dying saint. 1 When life's tempestuous storms are o'er, How calm he meets the friendly shore, Who liv'd averse from sin ! Such peace on virtue's paths attends, That, where the sinner's pleasure ends, The good man's joys begin. 2 See smiling patience smooth his brow ! See bending angels downward bow, To lift his soul on high ! While, eager for the blest abode, He joins with them to praise the God, Who taught him how to die. 3 The horrours of the grave and hell, Those horrours which the wicked feel, In vain their gloom display ; N 146. [hymns . For he, who bids yon comet burn, Or makes the night descend, can turn Their darkness into day, 4 No sorrow drowns his lifted eyes ; No horrour wrests the struggling sighs, As from the sinner's breast ; His God, the God of peace and love, Pours kindly solace from above, And heals his soul with rest. 5 0 grant, my saviour, and my friend, Such joys may gild my peaceful end, So calm my evening close; While, loosed from ev'ry earthly tie, With steady confidence I fly To him from whom I rose. HYMN 146. C. M. A prospect of heaven. 1 There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign ; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never- withering flow'rs ; TART II.] 147. Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours. 3 Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dress'd in living green ; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, And Jordan roll'd between. 4 But tini'rous mortals start and shrink, To cross this narrow sea ; And linger shivering on the brink, And fear to launch away. 5 0 could w7e make our doubts remove, Those gloomy doubts that rise, And see the Canaan that we love, With unbeclouded eyes ; 6 Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, Not Jordan's streams, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore. HYMN 147. S. If, Heaven. Far from these scenes of night Unbounded glories rise, And realms of infinite delight, Unknown to mortal eyes. 147. [hymns. 2 Fair land ! could mortal eyes But half its charms explore, How would our spirits long to rise, And dwell on earth no more ! 3 There sickness never comes ; There grief no more complains ; Health triumphs in immortal bloom, And purest pleasure reigns. 4 No strife^ nor envy there The sons of peace molest ; But harmony and love sincere, Fill ev'ry happy breast. 5 No cloud those regions know, Forever bright and fair ; For sin, the source of mortal woe, Can never enter there. 6 There's no alternate night, Nor sun's faint sickly ray ; But glory from th' eternal throne Spreads everlasting day. 7 0 may this prospect fire Our hearts with ardent love ; And lively faith and strong desire Bear ev'ry thought above ! paut ii.] 148, 149. HYMN 148. 6 1. L. If. Life, death, and resurrection. 1 Eternal God, how frail is man ! Few are the hours, and short the span, Between the cradle and the grave. Who can prolong his vital breath ? Who from the bold demands of death Hath skill to fly, or power to save ? 2 But let no murmuring heart complain, That therefore man is made in vain, Nor the creator's erace distrust ; For, though his servants, day by day, Go to their graves, and turn to clay, A bright reward awaits the just. 3 Jesus has made thy purpose known, A new and better life has shown, And we the glorious tidings hear ; For ever blessed be the Lord, That we can read his holy word, And find a resurrection there. hymn 149. L. M. For the Lord's supper. 1 This feast was Jesus' high behest J This cup of thanks, his last request. Ye who can feel his worth, attend ; Eat, drink, in menrry of your friend* >T2 150. [[hymns. 2 Around the patriot's bust ye throng. Him ye exalt in swelling song ; For him the wreath of glory bind, Who freed from vassalage his kind ; 3 And shall not he your praises reap, Who rescues from the iron sleep ? The great deliverer, whose breath Unbinds the captives ev'n of death ? 4 Shall he, who, fellow-men to save, Became a tenant of the grave, UnthankM, uncelebrated rise, Pass unrememberM to the skies ? 5 Christians ! unite with loud acclaim To hymn the Saviour's welcome name j On earth extol his wondrous love ; Repeat his praise in worlds above. hymn 150. L. M. Fidelity to our saviour. 1 Shall I forsake that heavenly friend, On whom my noblest hopes depend ? Forbid it, that my wandering heart From thee, my saviour, should depart ! 2 First let the wheels of life stand still, Ere I forget thy gracious will ; PART II.] 151. Ere I submit to guilty shame, And bring dishonour on thy name. 3 Faithful to thee and to thy laws, With zeal would I maintain thy cause, The cause of truth and righteousness, Midst trial, suffering, and distress. 4 If e'er Fra calFd Rencounter death For thee, may I resign my breath, And reap, at last, the bright reward Which waits the servants of the Lord. HYMN 151. L. M. This do in remembrance of me. 1 Cor. xi. 24. 1 'Eat, drink, in memory of your friend !' Such was our master's last request ; Who all the pangs of death endurd, That we might live for ever blest. 2 Yes, we'll record thy matchless love, Thou dearest, tend'rest, best of friends ! Thy dying love the noblest praise Of long eternity transcends. 3 ?Tis pleasure more than earth can give Thy goodness through these veils to see; Thy table food celestial yields, And happy they who sit with thee ! 152. [hymns. HYMN 152. C. M. Brotherly kindness from the precept and example of Christ. 1 Ye followers of the prince of peace, Who round his table draw ! Remember what his spirit was, What his peculiar law. 2 The love, which all his bosom filPd. Did all his actions guide ; Inspired by love, he liv'd and taught, Inspired by love, he died. 3 And do you love him ? do you feel Your warm affections move ? This is the proof which he demands ; That you each other love. 4 Let each the sacred law fulfil ; Like his be ev'ry mind ; Be ev'ry temper form'd by love, And ev'ry action kind. 5 Let none who call themselves his friends, Disgrace the honoured name ; But by a near resemblance prove The title which they claim. PART II.] 153. HYMN 153. 6 & 10s M. Angels proclaiming the birth of Christ. 1 No war nor battle's sound Was heard the world around ; No hostile chiefs to furious combat ran ; But peaceful was the night, In which the prince of light His reign of peace upon the earth began. 2 The shepherds on the lawn Before the point of dawn In social circle sat ; while all around The gentle fleecy brood, Or cropped the flow'ry food, Or slept, or sported on the verdant ground, 3 When lo ! with ravished ears, Each swain delighted hears Sweet musick, offspring of no mortal hand ; Divinely warbled voice, Answering the stringed noise, With blissful rapture charnrd the listening band. 4 They saw a glorious light Burst on their wond'ring sight. Harping in solemn quire, in robes array'd, The helmed cherubim And sworded seraphim Are seen in glittering ranks, with wings dis- play'd. 154. [hymns. 5 Sounds of so sweet a tone Before were never known, But when of old the sons of morning sung, While God disposed in air Each constellation fair, And the well-balanc'd world on hinges hung. 6 Hail, hail, auspicious morn ! The saviour Christ is born ; (Such was th? immortal seraphs' song sublime) Glory to God in heav'n ! To man sweet peace be giv'n, Sweet peace and friendship to the end of time ! hymn 154. c. M. For christmas day. Luke ii. 8 — 15. 1 On Judah's plains as shepherds sat Watching their flocks by night, The angel of the Lord appear d, Clad in celestial light. 2 Awe-struck the vision they regard, AppalPd with trembling fear ; When thus a cherub voice divine Breath' d sweetly on their ear. 3 i Shepherds of Judah ! cease your fears, And calm your troubled mind ; Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you and all mankind. PART II.] 155, 4 This day almighty love fulfils Its great eternal word; This day is born in Bethlehem A saviour, Christ the Lord. 5 There shall ye find the heavenly babe In humblest dress array'd ; All meanly wrapp'd in swaddling clothes* And in a manger laid.' « 6 He ceas'd, and sudden all around Appeared a radiant throng Of angels, praising God, and thus Warbling their choral song ; 7 i Glory to God, from whom on high All gracious mercies flow ; Who sends his heav'n-descended peace To dwell with man below I* hymn 155. 7s if. Close of the year. 1 While, by calm reflection led, We review each passing year, Think how many souls are fled, Never more to meet us here ! 2 Fix'd in an eternal state, They have now no cares below ; 155. [hymns. We a little longer vvait : But how little, none can know. 3 Life, how frail ! how fleeting, breath ! Fate stands threatening still in view; And the next dread bolt of death May be sent to me or you. 4 While we speak, and while wre hear, Teach us, Lord, with awe to think, That eternity is near, We are standing on the brink. 5 As the winged arrow flies Quick, the destin'd mark to find ; As the lightening from the skies Darts, and leaves no trace behind ; 6 So our brief and transient days To their end speed swiftly on ; Soon we pass life's little space, Here to-day, to-morrow gone. 7 Lord, our humble vows receive j Pardon of our sins renew ; Teach us by thy grace to live, With eternity in view. 8 Bless thy word to young and old ; Fill us with a saviours love ; And, when life's short tale is told, Take us to thy bliss above ! PART II.] 156. HYMN 156. L. M. The year crowned with goodness. Ps. lxv. 11. For a neiv year) or annual Thanksgiving. 1 Eternal source of ev'ry joy, Well may thy praise our lips employ, While in thy temple we appear ; Thy goodness crowns the circling year. 2 Wide as the wheels of nature roll, Thy hand supports the steady pole; By thee the sun is taught to rise, And darkness when to veil the skies. 3 The flow'ry spring, at thy command, Embalms the air, and paints the land ; The summer suns with vigour shine, To raise the corn and cheer the vine ; 4 Thy hand in autumn richly pours Through all our coasts redundant stores; And winters, softened by thy care, No more a face of horrour wear. 5 Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days Demand successive songs of praise ; Still be the cheerful homage paid With morning light and evening shade ! 6 0 may our more harmonious tongues In worlds unknown pursue the songs ; o 157. [hymns. And in those brighter courts adore, Where days and years revolve no more ! hymn 157. L. M. The vanity and frailty of human life. For a new year. 1 Our life advancing to its close, While scarce its earliest dawn it knows, Swift through an empty shade we run, And vanity and man are one. 2 How many, e'en in youth's gay flow'r, Brief pageants of the noon-tide hour, Have faded in their brightest bloom, The early tenants of the tomb ! 3 0 how thy chastisements impair The human form, however fair ! How frail the strongest frame we see, When thou dost man to death decree ! 4 As when the fretting moths consume The curious labour of the loom, The texture fails, the dies decay, And all its lustre fades away. 5 God of my fathers ! here, as they, I walk the pilgrim of a day, A transient guest thy works admire, And instant to my home retire. PART II.] 158. 6 0 Lord of life and seasons ! we Our sole reliance place on thee ; In thee we trust with holy fear, And bless thee for the new-born year ! hymn 158. c. M. For a fast day. 1 When Abra'm, full of sacred awe, Before Jehovah stood, And, with an humble fervent pray'r, For guilty Sodom su'd ; 2 With what success, what wondrous grace, Was his petition crownM ! The Lord would spare, if in the place Ten righteous men were found. 3 And could a single pious soul So rich a boon obtain ? Good God ! and shall a nation cry, And plead with thee in vain ? 4 Our country, guilty as she is, Her numerous saints can boast ; See their united pray'rs ascend ; And shall these prayers be lost? 5 Are not the righteous dear to thee Now, as in ancient times? 159. [hymns. Op does this sinful land exceed Gomorrah in her crimes ? 6 Still we are thine, we bear thy name, Here yet is thine abode ; Long has thy presence bless' d our land : Forsake us not, 0 God ! 7 0 may our people, rulers, priests, Thy choicest blessings share ; And know thee by that glorious name, i The God who heareth pray'r !' HYMN 159. L. If. Hymn in time of war, 1 While sounds of war are heard around, And death and ruin strew the ground, To thee we look, on thee we call, The parent and the lord of all ! 2 Thou, who hast stamped on human kind The image of a heav'n-born mind, And in a father's wide embrace Hast cherished all the kindred race ; 3 0 see, with what insatiate rage Thy sons their impious battles wage ; How spreads destruction like a flood, And brothers shed their brother's blood ! PART II.] 160. 4 See guilty passions spring to birth, And deeds of hell deform the earth ; While righteousness and justice mourn, And love and pity droop forlorn. 5 Great God ! whose powerful hand can bind The raging waves, the furious wind, 0 bid the human tempest cease, And hush the maddening world to peace. 6 With reverence may each hostile land Hear and obey that high command, Thy son's blest errand from above, ' My creatures, live in mutual love I* HYMN 160. L. M. Hymn for a fast. 1 Great framer of unnumbered worlds, And whom unnumbered worlds adore ! Whose goodness all thy creatures share, While nature trembles at thy pow'r ; 2 Thine is the hand that moves the spheres, That wakes the wind and lifts the sea, And man, who moves the lord of earth, Acts but the part assigned by thee. 3 While suppliant crowds implore thine aid, To thee we raise the humble cry ; o2 161. [hymns, Thine altar is the contrite heart. Thine incense a repentant sigh, 4 But if injustice grind the poor, Or av'rice stain the sordid hand ; Or stern ambition thirst for blood, Or rude oppression waste the land ; 5 The God, who hears the orphan's cry, The martyr's pray'r, and prisoner's groan, Still listening to the poor oppressed, Would spurn th? oppressor from his throne. 6 Yet though enormous crimes abound, Should but a gen'rous sorrow rise ; And, as new troubles threaten round Mid wasting wars, and angry skies, 7 Should in her sober hour our land Confess thy hand, and bless the rod ; Thou still wouldst love to be her friend, Who lov'd to own thee as her God. hymn 161. s. M. The designs of providence in the changes and revolution* of the world. 1 God, to correct the world, In wrath is slow to rise ;,. TART II.] 161. But comes at length in thunder cloth'd, And darkness veils the skies. 2 His banners, lifted high, The nation's God declare ; And, stain'd with blood, with terrours marked, Spread wonder and despair. 3 All earthly pomp and pride Are in his presence lost ; Empires o'ertunvd, thrones, sceptres, crowns, In wild confusion tost. 4 While war and woe prevail, And desolation wide ; In God, the sovereign lord of all, The righteous still confide. 5 Mysterious is the course Of his tremendous way ; His path is in the trackless winds, And in the foaming sea. 6 Yet, though now wrapt in clouds, And from our view conceaPd ; The righteous judge will soon appear, In majesty reveaFd. 7 He'll curb the lawless pow'r, The deadly wrath of man ; And all the windings will unfold Of his own gracious plan. 162; 163, [hymns, hymn 162. 61. L. If. Thanksgiving for national prosperity. 1 How rich thy gifts, almighty king ! From thee our publick blessings spring ; TV extended trade, the fruitful skies. The treasures liberty bestows, Th' eternal joys the gospel shows, All from thy boundless goodness rise. 2 Here commerce spreads the wealthy store, Which pours from ev'ry foreign shore ; Science and art their charms display ; Religion teaches us to raise Our voices to our maker's praise, As truth and conscience point the way. 3 With grateful hearts, with joyful tongues, To God we raise united songs. Here still may God in mercy reign ; Crown our just counsels with success, With peace and joy our borders bless, And all our sacred rights maintain. HYMN 163. L. M. Praise for national peace. 1 Great ruler of the earth and skies ! A word of thine almighty breath PART II. J 163. Can sink the world or bid it rise ; Thy smile is life, thy frown is death. 2 When angry nations rush to arms, And rage, and noise, and tumult reiga, And war resounds its dire alarms, And slaughter dies the hostile plain ; 3 Thy sovereign eye looks calmly down, And marks their course and bounds their pow'r; Thy law the angry nations own, And noise and war are heard no more. 4 Then peace returns with balmy wing ; Reviving commerce spreads her sails ; The fields are green, and plenty sings Responsive o'er the hills and vales. 5 Thou good, and wise, and righteous Lord ! All move subservient to thy will ; Both peace and war await thy word, And thy sublime decrees fulfil. 6 To thee we pay our grateful songs, Thy kind protection still implore ; 0 may our hearts, and lives, and tongues, Confess thy goodness and adore ! 164. [hymns, HYMN 164. L. M. Safety in publick diseases and dangers. 1 They that have made their refuge God, Shall find a most secure abode ; Shall walk all day beneath his shade, And there at night shall rest their head. 2 If burning beams of noon conspire To dart a pestilential fire, God is their life ; his wings are spread To shield them with a healthful shade. 3 If vapours with malignant breath Rise thick and scatter midnight-death, Still they are safe ; the poisoned air Again grows pure, if God be there. 4 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. 5 The sword, or pestilence, or fire, Shall but fulfil their best desire ; From sins and sorrows set them free, And bring thy children, Lord, to thee. PART II.] 165. HYMN 165. H. M. God our preserver in a sickly season. Ps. cxxi. 1 Upward we lift our eyes, From God is all our aid ; The God who built the skies, And earth and nature made. God is the tow'r To which we fly ; His grace is nigh In ev'ry hour. 2 Our feet shall never slide, Nor fall in fatal snares, Since God, our guard and guide, . Defends us from our fears. Those wakeful eyes, That never sleep, Thy servants keep When dangers rise. 3 No burning heats by day, Nor blasts of evening air, Shall take our health away If God be with us there. Thou art our sun, And thou our shade, To guard our head By night or noon. 166. [hymns. 4 Hast thou not giv'n thy word To save our souls from death ? And we can trust thee, Lord, To keep our mortal breath. We'll go and come, Nor fear to die, Till from on high Thou call us home. hymn 166. c. M. Hymn for those who have returned from abroad. Ps. cvii. 1 Let songs of praise from all below To thee, 0 God, ascend, Whose bounties unexhausted flow, Whose mercies know no end. 2 But chief by them that debt be paid, Midst dangers circling round, Who still in thine almighty aid Have sure protection found. 3 The wandering exile, doom'd to stray O'er many a desert wide, Who fearless takes his lonely way, With thee his guard and guide ; 4 The sailor, on the swelling sea, When storms impending low?r, PART II.] 167. Or tempests rage, who trusts in thee, And owns thy mighty pow'r ; 5 The wretch, who, press'd by countless woes That no cessation see, Still bids his steadfast hope repose, Almighty Lord ! on thee ; 6 All, all shall join to bless thy name, Whose heavenly aid they prove ; As all have felt, let all proclaim Thy goodness, pow'r, and love ! HYMN 167. L. If, At the settlement of a minister. 1 Great Lord of angels ! we adore The grace, that builds thy courts below, And midst ten thousand sons of light Stoops to regard what mortals do. 2 Amidst the wastes of time and death Successive pastors thou dost raise, Thy kingdom and thy truth to spread, And form a people for thy praise. 3 At length, dismissed from feeble clay, Thy servants join th' angelick band ; With them through distant worlds they fly, With them before thy presence stand. 168. [hymns. 4 0 bless'd enjoyment ; glorious hope ; Sweet lenitive of grief and care ! When shall we reach those radiant courts, And all their joys and honours share ? 5 Yet while these labours we pursue, Though distant from thy heavenly throne, Give us a zeal and love like theirs, And half their heav'n shall here be known. hymn 168. L. M. On the dangerous sickness of a minister. 1 0 thou, before whose gracious throne We bow our suppliant spirits down ! Thou know'st the anxious cares we feel, And all our trembling lips would tell. 2 Thou only canst assuage our grief, And give our sorrowing hearts relief; In mercy then thy servant spare, Nor turn aside thy people's prayer. 3 Avert thy desolating stroke, Nor smite the shepherd of the flock ; Restore him sinking to the grave ; Stretch out thine arm ; make haste to save ! 4 Bound to each soul by tender ties, In ev'ry heart his image lies ; PART II.] 169, Thy pitying aid, 0 God ! impart, Nor rend him from each bleeding heart. 5 But if our supplications fail, And pray'rs and tears cannot prevail, Be thou his strength, be thou his stay ; Support him through the gloomy way. 6 Around him may thine angels stand, Waiting the signal of thy hand, To bid his happy spirit rise, And bear him to their native skies ! HYMN 169. C. M. For a vacant congregation on the death of its minister. 1 Though earthly shepherds dwell in dust, The aged and the young ; The watchful eye in darkness clos'd, And mute th' instructive tongue ; 2 Th' eternal shepherd still survives, New comfort to impart ; His eye still guides us, and his voice Still animates our heart. 3 To him, when mortal comforts fail, His suppliant people fly ; And on Ur eternal shepherd's care With cheerful hope rely. 170# [hymns, 4 The powers of nature, Lord, are thine, And thine the aids of grace ; Thine arm has borne thy churches up, Through ev'ry rising race. 5 Exert thy sacred influence here ; Thy mourning servants bless ; 0 change to strains of cheerful praise Their accents of distress ! HYMN 170. L. M. A Funeral Hymn. 1 The God of love will sure indulge The flowing tear, the heaving sigh, When righteous persons fall around, When friends belov'd, and kindred die. 2 Yet not one anxious murmuring thought Should with our mourning passions blend ; Nor should our bleeding hearts forget Th' almighty, ever-living friend. 3 Parent, protector, guardian, guide ! Thou art each tender name in one ; On thee we cast our ev'ry care, And comfort seek from thee alone. 4 Our father God ! to thee we look ; Our rock, our portion, and our friend ! PART II.] 171, 172. And on thy gracious love and truth Our sinking souls shall still depend. HYMN 171. L. M. A Hymn for Morning or Evening. 1 My God, how endless is thy love ! Thy gifts are ev'ry evening new ; And morning mercies from above Gently distil like morning dew, 2 Thou spread'st the curtains of the night, Great guardian of our sleeping hours ! Thy sovereign word restores the light, And quickens all our drowsy pow'rs. 3 We yield our powers to thy command ; To thee we consecrate our days ; Perpetual blessings from thy hand Demand perpetual songs of praise. hymn 172. 7s. M. Meditations in the night season. What though downy slumbers flee, Strangers to my couch and me ; While with God's protection bless'd, Cares and fears ne'er haunt my breast. P* 173. [hymns. 2 While the empress of the night Scatters mild her silver light ; While the vivid planets stray Various through their mystick way ; 3 While the stars unnumbered roll Round the ever-constant pole ; Far above the spangled skies All my soul to God shall rise. 4 Midst the silence of the night, Mingling with those angels bright, Whose harmonious voices raise Ceaseless love and ceaseless praise j 5 Midst the throng his gentle ear Shall my grateful accents hear ; From on high will he impart Secret comfort to my heart ; 6 Lifting all my thoughts above On the wings of faith and love. Blest alternative to me, Thus to sleep, or wake, with thee 1 HYMN 173. L. M. Morning Hymn. 1 In sleep's serene oblivion laid, I safely pass'd the silent night } PART II.] 174. Again I see the breaking shade, I drink again the morning light. 2 New-born, I bless the waking hour ; Once more, w7ith awe, rejoice to be ; My conscious soul resumes her pow'r, And springs, my guardian God ! to thee. 3 0 guide me through the various maze My doubtful feet are doomed to tread ; And spread thy shield's protecting blaze Where dangers press around my head ! 4 A deeper shade shall soon impend, A deeper sleep my eyes oppress ; Yet then thy strength shall still defend, Thy goodness still delight to bless. 5 That deeper shade shall break away, That deeper sleep shall leave my eyes ; Thy light shall give eternal day ; Thy love, the rapture of the skies. HYMN 174. L. M. Family duties and blessings. Gen. xviii. 19. 1 Blest is the man who fears the Lord, And walks by his unerring word ; Comfort and peace his days attend, And God will ever prove his friend. 175. [hymns. 2 To him who condescends to dwell With saints in their obscurest cell, Be our domestick altars rais'd, And daily let his name be praised ! 3 To him may each assembled house Present their night and morning vows ; Their servants and their rising race Be taught his precepts and his grace ! 4 Then shall the charms of wedded love Still more delightful blessings prove ; And parents' hearts shall overflow With joys that parents only know. 5 When nature droops, our aged eyes Shall see our children's children rise ; Till pleased and thankful we remove, And join the family above. HYMN 175. P. M. Concluding Hymn of General Praise. One general song of praise arise To him whose goodness ceaseless flows ; Who dwells enthroned beyond the skies> And life, and breath, on all bestows ! Great source of intellect ! thine ear Benign receives our vows sincere ; PART II.] 175. Rise then, our active powers ! your task fulfil, And give to him your praise, responsive to our will. 2 Let all of good these bosoms fires, To him, sole good, give praises due ; Let all the truth himself inspires, Unite to sing him only true ! To him our every thought ascend ; To him our hopes, our wishes bend ; From earth's wide bounds let louder hymns arise, And his own word convey the pious sacrifice ! 3 In ardent adoration join'd, Obedient to thy holy will, Let all our faculties combined, Thy just desires, 0 God, fulfil ! From thee derived, eternal King, To thee our noblest powers we bring ; 0 may thy hand direct our wandering way, 0 bid thy light arise, and chase the clouds away! INDEX OF FIRST LINES. [The Roman numerals in the Roman letter (as xii) refer to the Psalms ; the Arabick numerals (as 12) to the first part of hymns ; and the Roman numerals in the Italick letter (as xu) to the second part.] AGAIN the Lord of life and light A God ! a God! the wide earth shouts Ah, wretched souls, who strive in vain Barbauld Darwin Mrs. Steele All nature dies, and lives again All nature feels attractive pow'r All nature hear the sacred song ! All powVful, self-existent God, All-seeing God ! 'tis thine to know Almighty father ! gracious Lord ! Almighty Father of mankind Almighty maker, God \ Almighty maker, Lord of all! Am I a soldier of the cross Amidst a world of hopes and fears And art thou with us, gracious Lord! And is the gospel peace and love ? And now another day is gone And now to Heav'n's eternal King Angel, roll the rock away ! Another six days1 work is done Arise, my soul, on wings sublime As pants the hart for cooling streams At length, by certain proofs 'tis plain Author of good ! we rest on thee Awake, my soul ! and with the sun Awake, my soul! lift up thine eyes Awake, my soul ! stretch ev^ry nerve Awake my soul to hymns of prai.se Awake our souls, away our fears Away from evVy mortal care Edinburgh Coll. Drennan Lorenzo de Medici, translated by Roscoe Walker's Coll. Scott Mrs. Steele Logan Watts Select Coll. Watts Henry Moore Doddridge Mrs. Steele Wat's Barlow Scott Stennett Gibbons Merrick Kcnn Barhiuld Doddridge Merrick Watts Walls n lix 117 cxliii 103 clxxv li Ixxvi Ivi 132 xxi xci 118 120 91 Ixxi 185 15 Ixxiii 1 137 xlii Ixxiii ciii 182 Ixxxv Ixxxriii xxx vi 93 7 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Before Jehovah's awful throne Begin, my tongue, some heav'nly theme Behold th' amazing sight Behold the corner stone Behold the grace appears Behold the morning sun Behold the prince of peace Behold, whe^e breathing love divine Behold, where in a mortal form Beset with snares and filPd with dread Be thou, O God ! exalted high Bless God, my soul ! thou Lord alone Bless, oh my soul ! the living God Blest are the humble souls that see Blest are the sons of peace Blest be the everlasting God Blest instructor from thy ways Blest is the man who fears the Lord Blest is the man, whom thou, O Lord ! Can creatures to perfection find Come, let us search our ways and try Come ! said Jesus1 sacred voice Come, sound his praise abroad Come, thou Almighty King ! 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