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 COLLECTION 
 
 
 DEC 9 1935 
 
 PSALMS, 
 
 FROM THE MOST 
 
 3pprcforti Ferstmis; 
 
 IN 
 
 PORTIONS OF A CONVENIENT LENGTH 
 
 tor 
 
 PUBLIC WORSHIP. 
 
 O come, let us sing unto the Lord— And make a joyful 
 noise unto him with Psalms — Teaching and admo- 
 nishing one another in Psalms, and Hymns, and 
 
 Spiritual Songs, singing- with grace in your hearts to 
 the Lord. 
 
 Psal. xcv. 1, 2. — Culoss. iii. 16, 
 
 YORK: 
 
 Printed and Sold by T. Deighton, 
 Corner of the Shambles and Pavement* 
 
 
 1821. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 SINGING has been used, by the Church of God, in 
 all iges. It formed part of the daily service in the 
 ancient temple Christ and his Apostles -sung a hymn 
 together, the evening before his crucifixion ; and the 
 Primitive Christians continued the same practice, in 
 their public worship, even at the hazard of their lives. 
 It is evidently calculated to excite and express devout 
 affection of every kind. But what is of still greater 
 consequence, it is of divine appointment. As the ordi- 
 nance of God, it demands our respect ; and that we 
 may be enabled to serve him acceptably in it, we are 
 furnished, in his holy word, with a great variety of 
 Psalms, and Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, for our con- 
 stant use. And yet the present state of Psalmody 
 in our congregations, shows that this ordinance of God 
 is fallen into neglect and contempt. Among many 
 other things that have contributed to it, may be reckon- 
 ed an improper choice of passages from the book of 
 Psalms, and of tunes. To remedy this is the design 
 of the following collection. 
 
 The portions are selected chiefly from the Old and 
 New Versions, and from those of Watts and Merrick, 
 —The two letters at the beginning of every Psalm, show 
 whose version it is. Each portion is of a length proper 
 to be sung at one time. The subjects of them all are 
 applicable to the state of christians in general, and they 
 are adapted to such easy tunes as may be sung by the 
 whole congregation. But the design of this collection 
 cannot be answered without the concurrence of the con- 
 gregation, and an attention to these few rules. 
 
 Those who possess a musical voice and ear, should 
 learn the tunes perfectly, and then endeavour to join 
 heartily in this part of the service, and sing aloud, for 
 an example and instruction to the rest. 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 Those who have a harsh voice or an imperfect ear, 
 Bhould sing low, that they may not, hy a discordant 
 noise, overpower better voice*, and defeat the end of 
 singing. 
 
 Tho^e who are totally without a voice or ear for music 
 should not attempt to sing, but be content to join in 
 heart and affection. 
 
 Lastly : The whole congregation ought to stand up 
 during the singing, as they do in reading the Psalms: 
 for if this posture is decent and proper when the Psalms 
 are only read, it is still more so when they are sung. It 
 appears to have been the* posture observed in the Tem- 
 ple and in the Primitive Church. Our congregations, it 
 is probable, never sat till they ceased to sing, and this 
 idle posture helps to increase the neglect into which 
 Psalmody is fallen. By standing up we express a rea- 
 diness to join with our Christian Brethren in thi> ordi- 
 nance, which it is certainly our duty to do. By sitting, 
 when no bodily infirmity requires it, we show a proud 
 disdain, or at least an indifference, which is very incon- 
 sistent with the temper in which a solemn act of religion 
 ought to be performed. 
 
 A proper attention to these rules, and particularly a 
 due respect for singing as a divine institution, would re- 
 move the contempt that has been ca. t upon it, and 
 make it a pleasant and an edifung part of public wor- 
 ship. 
 
PSALMS 
 
 FOR 
 
 PUBLIC WORSHIP. 
 
 Psalm 1. Part w. v. 
 
 THE man is ever blest 
 
 Who shuns the sinners' ways, 
 
 Among tneir councils never stands^ 
 Nor takes the scorner's place; 
 
 But makes the law of God 
 
 His study and delight, 
 Amidst the labours of the day, 
 
 And watches of the night. 
 
 He like a tree shall thrive, 
 
 With waters near the root : 
 Fresh as the leaf his name shall live, 
 
 His works are heav'nly fruit. 
 
 God knows and he approves 
 
 The way the righteous go ; 
 But sinners, and their works, shall meet 
 
 A dreadful overthrow. 
 
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PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 3. Part w. v. 
 
 O LORD, how many are my fears t 
 How fast my foes increase I 
 
 Conspiring my eternal death, 
 They break my present peace. 
 
 The lying Tempter would persuade 
 There's no relief in heav'n, 
 
 And all my swelling sins appear 
 Too great to be forgiv'n. 
 
 But thou, my glory and my strength* 
 Shalt on the Tempter tread, 
 
 Shalt silence all my threat'ning guilt, 
 And raise my drooping head. 
 
 Salvation to the Lord belongs, 
 
 His arm alone can save : 
 Blessings attend thy people here, 
 
 And reach beyond the grave* 
 
PSALMS, 
 
 Psalm 4 Part o. v. 
 
 O MORTAL men ! how long will ye 
 
 My glory thus despise ? 
 Why wander ye in vanity, 
 
 And follow after lies ? 
 
 Offer to God the sacrifice 
 
 Of righteousness and praise, 
 
 And look that in the living Lord 
 You put your trust always. 
 
 The greater part seek worldly goods^ 
 
 And riches to embrace ; 
 13ut. Lord, grant us thy countenance. 
 
 Thy favour and thy grace. 
 
 To Father, Son and Holy Ghost > 
 
 7 he God whom we adore, 
 Be glory, as it was, is now y 
 
 And shall be evermore, 
 
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PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 5. Part M. v. 
 
 THE words that from my lips proceed, 
 My thoughts, for thou those thoughts canst 
 
 read. 
 My God, my King, attentive weigh, 
 And hear, O hear me when I pray. 
 
 Do thou, jirsfc God, my path prepare, 
 And guard me from each hurtful snare ; 
 O send me thy conducting ray, 
 And level to my steps thy way. 
 
 May all whose trust in thee is plae'd, 
 Peace and delight perpetual taste ; 
 Sav'd by thy pSw'r, in songs of joy, 
 Their ever grateful voice employ. 
 
 To each who bears an upright heart, 
 Thy grace its blessings shall impart ; 
 Strong as a brazen shield, thy aid 
 Around him casts its covering shade 
 
PSALMS, 
 
 Psalm 6. Part M. v. 
 
 O SPARE me, Lord, nor o'er my head 
 The fulness of thy vengeance shed ; 
 With pitying eye my weakness view, 
 Heal my vex'd soul, my strength renew ; 
 
 And O, if yet my sins demand 
 The wise corrections of thy hand, 
 Yet give my pains their bounds to know, 
 And fix a period to my woe. 
 
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 Thy servant's voice attentive weigh, 
 And bid, CMjHCfthy heav'nly ray 
 With heafmg influence o'er me rise, 
 'Ere Death's dark slumber cldse my eyes. 
 
 Thy mercy, Lord, dispels my fear, 
 Thou wilt, "great God, return and hear 
 My hopes xm thy salvation rest, 
 And fill with conscious joy, my brtast. 
 
10 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 8. Part w. v. 
 
 O LORD, our God, how wond'rous great 
 
 Is thine exalted name ! 
 The glories of thy heav'nly state 
 
 Let men and babes proclaim. 
 
 When I behold thy works on high, 
 The moon that rules the night, 
 
 And stars that well adorn the sky, 
 Those moving worlds of light : 
 
 Lord, what is man, or all his race, 
 
 Who dwells so tar below, 
 That thou should'st visit him with grace, 
 
 And love his nature so ! 
 
 That thine eternal Son should bear 
 
 To take a mortal form, 
 Made lower than his angels are, 
 
 To save a dying worm. 
 
 O Lord, our God, how wond'rous great 
 
 Is thine exalted name ! 
 The glories of thy heav'nly state 
 
 Let all the world proclaim. 
 
PSALMS. ft 
 
 Psalm 9. Part N. v. 
 
 TO celebrate thy praise, O Lord, 
 
 f will my heart prepare ; 
 To all the list'ning workl thy works, 
 
 Thy wond'rous works declare. 
 
 The thoughts of them shall to my soul 
 
 Exalted pleasures bring:, 
 Whilst to thy name, O thou Most High, 
 
 Triumphant praise I sing. 
 
 God is a constant, sure defence 
 
 Against oppressing rage: 
 As troubles rise, his needful aids 
 
 In our behalf engage 
 
 All those who have his goodness proved 
 
 Will in his truth confide ; 
 Whose mercy ne'er for.v-o the man 
 
 That on his help rely'd. 
 
 Sing praises therefore to the Lord, 
 
 From Sion his abode ; 
 Proclaim his deeds, till all the world 
 
 Confess no other God. 
 
12 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 16. Part o. v. 
 
 THE place wherein my lot is falPn, 
 
 In beauty doth excel ; 
 The heritage assign'd to me 
 
 Doth please me wond'rous well. 
 
 For why ? the Lord the portion is 
 
 Of my inheritance ; 
 And he it is that doth preserve 
 
 My lot from all mischance. 
 
 I set the Lord still in my sight 
 
 And trust him over all, 
 For he doth stand at my right hand, 
 
 Therefore I shall not fall. 
 
 Because of this my heart was glad, 
 
 And joy shall be exprest 
 Ev'n by my glory ; and my flesh 
 
 In confidence shall rest. 
 
 Thou wilt show me the path of life, 
 Where there are joys in store, 
 
 And where at thy right hand there are 
 Pleasures for evermore. 
 
PSALMS. IS 
 
 Psalm 17. Part w. v. 
 
 WHAT sinners value I resign ; 
 Lord, 'tis enough, that thou art mine ! 
 I shall behold thy blissful face, 
 And stand complete in righteousness, 
 
 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 thee there r 
 
 glorious hour ! O blest abode ! 
 
 1 shall be near and like my God ! 
 And flesh and sin no mon- control 
 The sacred pleasures of the soul. 
 
 My flesh shall slumber in the ground, 
 Till the last trumpet's joyful sound ; 
 Then burst the chains with sweet surprise, 
 And in my Saviour's image rise. 
 
14 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 18. Part o. v. 
 
 O GOD, my strength and fortitude,, 
 
 Of force I must love thee : 
 Thou art my castle and defence 
 
 In my necessity* 
 
 I, sore beset with pain and grief, 
 Did pray to God for grace, 
 
 And he forthwith heard my complaint, 
 Out of his holy place. 
 
 The Lord descended from above, 
 And bow'd the heav'ns most high ; 
 
 And underneath his feet he cast 
 The darkness of the sky. 
 
 On cherubs and on cherubims 
 
 Full royally he rode ; 
 And on the wings of mighty winds 
 
 Came flying all abroad. 
 
 He brought me forth in open place, 
 
 That so I might be free; 
 And kept me safe, because he had 
 
 A favour unto me, 
 
PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 19. First Part n. v. 
 
 THE heav'ns declare thy glory, Lord, 
 
 Which that alone can fill ; 
 The firmament and stars express 
 
 Their great Creator's skill. 
 
 God's perfect law converts the soul, 
 Reclaims from false desires ; 
 
 With sacred wisdom his sure word 
 The ignorant inspires. 
 
 The statutes of the Lord are just, 
 
 And bring sincere delight : 
 His pure commands in search of truth, 
 
 Assist the feeblest sight. 
 
 My trusty counsellors they are, 
 And friendly warnings give: 
 
 Divine rewards attend on those 
 Who by thy precepts live. 
 
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16 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 19. Second Part M. v. 
 
 BE^T Instructor, from thy ways 
 Who can te^l how oft he strays ? 
 Cleanse me from the guilt that lies 
 Wrapt within my heart's disguise : 
 
 Let me thence, by thee renew'd, 
 Each presumptuous sin exclude : 
 So my lot shall ne'er be join*d 
 With the men of impious mind. 
 
 Let rav tongue, from error free, 
 Sp or ik the words approved by thee: 
 To thv all- observing eyes 
 Let my thoughts accepted rise. 
 
 While I thus thy name adore, 
 And thy healing* grace implore, 
 Ble*t Redeemer, bow thine ear, 
 God, my strength, propitious hear. * 
 
 To tti eternal Three be giv'n. 
 Praise on earth, and praise in heav'?i / 
 finch as was through ages past, 
 Is, and shall for ever last. 
 
PSALMS. 17 
 
 Psalm 21. Part W. v. 
 
 HOW great is the Messiah's joy 
 
 In the salvation of thy hand ! 
 
 Lord, thou hast rais'd his kingdom high, 
 
 And giv'n the world to his command. 
 
 Thy goodness grants w hate'er he will, 
 Nor doth the least request withhold; 
 Blessings of love prevent him still, 
 And crowns of glory, not of gold, 
 
 Honour and majesty divine 
 Around his sacred temples shine ; 
 Bl( t with the favour of thy face, 
 And length of everlasting days, y 
 
 V raise God, from whom all blessings jioiv s 
 Pro 'S:' him all creatures here below ; 
 Praise him ibove, ye heav'nly hos> ; 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost a 
 
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it PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 23. Part o. v. 
 
 MY shepherd is the living Lord, 
 
 Nothing therefore I need: 
 In pastures fair, near pleasant streams, 
 
 He setteth me to feed. 
 
 He shall convert and glad my soul, 
 And bring my mind in frame, 
 
 To walk in paths of righteousness, 
 For his most holy name. 
 
 Yea though I walk in vale of death, 
 
 Yet will I fear no ill, 
 Thy rod and staff doth comfort me, 
 
 And thou art with me still. 
 
 Through all my life thy favour is 
 
 So frankly showed to me, 
 That in thy house for evermore 
 
 My dwelling-place shall be. 
 
PSALMS. 19 
 
 Psalm 24. Part w. v. 
 
 REJOICE, ye shining worlds on high, 
 Be 1 olJ the King of Glory nigh ! 
 Who can this King of glory be ? 
 The mighty Lord, the Saviour's he. 
 
 Ye heav'nly gates, your leaves display, 
 To make the Lord, the Saviour, way : 
 Laden with spoils from earth and hell, 
 The Conqueror comes, with God to dwell, 
 
 Rais'd from the dead, he goes before, 
 He opens heav'n's eternal door, 
 To crive his saints a blest abode, 
 Near their Redeemer and their God. 
 
 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow ; 
 Praise him all creatures here below ; 
 Praise him above, ye hcavnly host ; 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
 
2Q PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 25. Part N. v, 
 
 THY mercies and thy love, 
 
 O Lord, recal to mind, 
 And graciously continue still, 
 
 As thou wert ever kind. 
 
 Let all my youthful crimes 
 
 Be blotted out by thee ; 
 And for thy wond'rous goodness sake, 
 
 In mercy think on me. 
 
 His mercy, and his truth, 
 
 The righteous Lord displays, 
 
 In bringing wand'ring sinners home, 
 And teaching them his ways. 
 
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 He those in justice guides 
 
 Who his direction seek ; 
 And in his sacred paths shall lead 
 
 The humble and the meek. 
 
 Through all the ways of God 
 Both truth and mercy shine, 
 
 To such ;*s with religious hearts 
 To his bless'd will incline. 
 
rSALMS. 21 
 
 Psalm 28. Part o. v. 
 
 To render thanks unto the Lord, 
 
 How great a cause have I, 
 My voice, my prayer, and my complaint, 
 
 Who heard so willingly ! 
 
 He is my shield and fortitude, 
 
 My buckler in distress: 
 My heart rejoiceth greatly, and 
 
 My song shall him confess. 
 
 He is our strength and our defence. 
 
 Our foes for to resist ; 
 fne health and the salvation of 
 
 His own elect by Christ 
 
 Thy people and thy heritage, 
 Lord, bless, guide, and preserve: 
 
 Increase them, Lord, and rule their hearts, 
 That they may never swerve. 
 
23 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 31. Part K. v, 
 
 HOW great thy mercies are 
 
 To such as fear thy name, 
 Which thou, for those that trust thy care, 
 
 Dost to the world proclaim ! 
 
 Thou keep'st them in thy sight, 
 From proud oppressor's free : 
 
 From tongues that do in strife delight, 
 They are preserv'd by thee, 
 
 O all ye saints, the Lord 
 
 With eager love pursue; 
 Who to the just will help afford, 
 
 And give the proud their due. 
 
 Ye that on God rely, 
 
 Courageously proceed ; 
 For he will still your hearts supply 
 
 With strength, in time of need. 
 
 To God, the Father, Son, 
 
 And Spirit, glory be ; 
 As 'twas, and is, and shall be so 
 
 To alt eternity* 
 
PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 32. Part m. v. 
 
 HOW blest the man,, whose conscious grief 
 From thee, great God, has found relief; 
 Whose guilt thy boundless love has veiTdj 
 His fears composed, his weakness heal'd. 
 
 My humbled soul its crimes shall own : 
 Behold me bow before thy throne, 
 To thee my inmost guilt disclose, 
 And in thy bosom pour my woes. 
 
 But lo ! while yet my hands I rear, 
 The voice of mercy to my ear 
 Descends, and whisp'ring peace within. 
 Confirms the pardon of my sin. 
 
 For this shall all who thee adore, 
 'Ere yet the day of grace be o'er, 
 To thee with steadfast hope repair, 
 To thee prefer th' unwearied prayer 
 
 W T hen various griefs my soul surround, 
 In thee my sure retreat is found ; 
 Thy wish'd salvation meets my eyes, 
 And songs of triumph round me rise, 
 
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24 PSALMS, 
 
 Psalm 33. Part N. v. 
 
 LET all the just to God with joy, 
 Their cheerful voices raise ; 
 
 For well the righteous it becomes 
 To sing glad songs of praise. 
 
 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. 
 
 Whate'er the mighty Lord decrees, 
 
 Shall stand for ever sure ; 
 The settled purpose of his heart 
 
 To ages shall endure. 
 
 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. 
 
 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. 
 
PSALMS. S$ 
 
 Psalm 84. Part fc v. 
 
 THRO* all the changing scenes of life, 
 
 In trouble and in joy, 
 The praises of my God shall still 
 
 My heart and tongue employ. 
 
 Pear him, ye saints, and you will then 
 
 Have nothing else to fear; 
 Make you his service your delight, 
 
 Hell make your wants his care. 
 
 Deliv'rance to his saints he gives, 
 When his relief they crave: 
 
 He's nigh to heal the broken heart, 
 And contrite spirit save. 
 
 For God preserves the souls of those 
 
 Who on his truth depend ; 
 To them, and their posterity, 
 
 His blessings shall descend. a 
 
 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 
 The God whom we adore, 
 Be glory, as it was, is now, 
 
 And shall be evermore. 
 
26 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 36. Part w. v. 
 
 HIGH in the heav'ns, eternal God, 
 Thy goodness in full glory shines ; 
 Thy truth shall break through ev'ry cloud 
 That veils and darkens thy designs. 
 
 For ever firm thy justice stands, 
 As mountains their foundations keep; 
 Wise are the wonders of thy hands, 
 Thy judgments are a mighty deep. 
 
 Thy providence is kind and large, 
 Both man and beast thy bounty share ; 
 The whole creation is thy charge, 
 But saints are thy peculiar care. 
 
 From the provisions of thy house 
 We shall be fed with sweet repast ; 
 There mercy, like a river, flows, 
 And brings salvation to our taste. 
 
 Life, like a fountain rich and free, 
 Springs from the presence of our Lord; 
 And in thy light our souls shall see 
 The glories promised in thy word. 
 
PSALMS. 27 
 
 Psalm 37. Part o. v. 
 
 FRET not thyself if sinners rise 
 
 To worldly wealth and sway, 
 For like the grass, or the green herb, 
 
 They soon shall fade away. 
 
 In God set all thy heart's delight, 
 And look what thou would'st have, 
 
 Or else can'st wish in all the world, 
 Thou need'st it not to crave. 
 
 Cast both thyself and thy affairs 
 
 On God with perfect trust ; 
 And then thou shalt with patience see 
 
 Th' effect both sure and just. 
 
 For the salvation of the saints 
 
 Doth come from God above, 
 Who in their troubles sends them aid 
 
 Of his mere grace and love. , t^ jL-V— 
 
 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 
 All glory be therefore, 
 As in beginning was, is now, 
 
 And shall be evermore. 
 
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28 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 39. "Part N. v, 
 
 LORD, let me know my term of days 
 How soon ray life shall end ; 
 
 The num'rous train of ills disclose 
 Which this frail state attend. 
 
 My life, thou know'st is but a span, 
 
 A cipher sums my years, 
 And ev'ry man, in best estate, 
 
 But vanity appears. 
 
 Man, like a shadow, vainly walks, 
 With fruitless cares oppress' d ; 
 
 He heaps up wealth, but cannot tell 
 By whom 'twill be possessed. 
 
 W T hy should I then, on worthless toys, 
 
 With anxious care attend ? 
 On thee alone, my steadfast hope 
 
 ShalFever, Lorclj depend. 
 
PSALMS. 29 
 
 Psalm 40. Part w. v. 
 
 THE wonders, Lord, thy love has wrought 
 Exceed our praise, surmount our thought; 
 Should I attempt the long detail, 
 My speech would faint, my numbers fail. 
 
 No blood of beasts, on altars spilt, 
 Can cleanse the souls of men from guilt ; 
 But thou hast set before our eyes 
 An all-sufficient sacrifice. 
 
 Lo ! thine eternal Son appears, 
 To thy designs he bows his ears ; 
 A body takes, by thee prepaid, 
 And well performs a work so hard. 
 
 " Behold, I come," — the Saviour cries, 
 With love and duty in his eyes ; 
 " I come to bear the heavy load 
 Of sin, and do thy will, my C?od." 
 
 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow ; 
 Praise him all creatures here below ; 
 Praise him above ye heavnty host ; 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 
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SO PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 41. Part o. v. a. 
 
 BLEST is the man who yields his store 
 With kind compassion to the poor; 
 In time of danger and of dread 
 The Lord himself will bring him aid, 
 With length of days shall he he crown'd, 
 For he a friend in heav'n has found. 
 
 Nor will that heav'nly friend forego 
 His help, or yield him to his foe ; 
 If age brings on disease and pain, 
 He will not at his doom complain ; 
 And ev'n if death approaches near, 
 Will meet his fate without a fear. 
 
 For God with faith shall raise his head, 
 Shall smooth with hope his dying bed ; 
 His deeds of charity shall find 
 Acceptance in his Maker's mind, 
 Who soon shall make his anguish cease, 
 And bid his soul depart in peace. 
 
PSALMS. 31 
 
 Psalm 42. Part if. v. 
 
 AS pants the Hart for cooling springs, 
 So longs my soul, O King of kings, 
 Thy face in near approach to see, 
 So thirsts, great source of life, for thee : 
 When shall I reach thy blest abode ? 
 When meet the presence of my God ? 
 
 To thee my soul ascends in prayer, 
 And in thy bosom pours its care: 
 God of my strength^ attend my cry ; 
 Say why, my great Preserver, why, 
 Excluded from thy sight I go, 
 And bend beneath a weight of woe ? 
 
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 Why thus, my soul, with care oppress'd ? 
 And whence the woes that fill my breast? 
 In all thy cares, in all thy woes, 
 On God thy steadfast hope repose ; 
 To him my thanks shall yet be paid, 
 My sure defence, my constant aid. 
 
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32 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 45. Part w. v. 
 
 I'LL speak the honours of my King, 
 
 His form divinely fair ; 
 None of the sons of mortal race 
 
 With Jesus may compare. 
 
 Sweet is thy speech, and heav'nly grace 
 
 Upon thy lips is shed, 
 Thy God with blessings infinite 
 
 Hath crown'd thy sacred head. 
 
 Gird on thy sword, victorious Prince, 
 
 Ride with majestic sway : 
 Thy terror shall strike through thy foes, 
 
 And make the world obey. 
 
 Thy throne, O God, for ever stands ; 
 
 Thy word of Grace shall prove 
 A peaceful sceptre in thy hands, 
 
 To rule the saints by love. 
 
 Justice and truth attend thee still, 
 
 But mercy is thy choice ; 
 And God 5 thy God, thy soul shall fill 
 
 With most peculiar joys. 
 
PSALMS. 33 
 
 Psalm 46. Part x. v. 
 
 GOD is our refuge in distress, 
 
 A present help when dangers press, 
 
 In him undaunted we'll confide; 
 Tho' earth were from her centre tost, 
 And mountains in the ocean lost, 
 
 Safe in his arms shall we abide, 
 
 A gentle stream, with gladness still, 
 The city of our God shall fill, 
 
 The royal seat of God most high ; 
 God dwells in Sion, whose fair tow'rs 
 Shall mock th' assaults of earthly powers. 
 
 While his almighty aid is nigh. 
 
 Submit to God's almighty sway, 
 Him shall the heathen all obey, 
 
 And earth her sov'reign Lord confess ; 
 The God of hosts conducts our arms, 
 Our tower of refuge in alarms, 
 
 Our father also in distress. 
 
3* PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 51. First Part N. v. 
 
 HAVE mercy, Lord, on me, 
 
 As thou wert ever kind ; 
 Let me, oppress'd with loads of guilt, 
 
 Thy wonted mercy find. 
 
 Against thee, Lord, alone, 
 
 And only in thy sight, 
 Have I transgress'd ; and tho' condemned, 
 
 Must own thy judgments right. 
 
 In guilt each part was form'd 
 
 Of all this sinful frame : 
 In guilt I was conceiv'd, and born 
 
 The heir of sin and shame. 
 
 Blot out my foul offence, 
 
 Nor me in anger view ; 
 Create in me a heart that's clean, 
 
 An upright mind renew. 
 
 A broken spirit is 
 
 By God most highly priz'd, 
 By him a broken contrite heart 
 
 Shall never be despis'd. 
 
PSALMS. 35 
 
 Psalm 51. Second Part w. v, 
 
 THOU that hear'st when sinners cry, 
 Though all my crimes before thee lie, 
 Reject me not with angry look, 
 
 But blot their mem'ry from thy book. 
 
 1 cannot live without thy light, 
 
 Cast out and banish'd from thy sight ; 
 Thy saving grace, O Lord, restore, 
 And guard me that I fall no more. 
 
 Though I have griev'd thy Spirit, Lord, 
 His help and comfort still afford ; 
 And let a wretch come near thy throne, 
 To plead the merits of thy Son ! 
 
 My soul lies humbled in the dust, 
 And owns thy awful sentence just; 
 Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye, 
 And save a soul condemn'd to die ! 
 
 Then will I teach the world thy ways, 
 Sinners shall learn thy sov'reign grace ; 
 I'll lead them to my Saviour's blood, 
 And they shall praise a pard'ning God. 
 
36 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 60. Part N. v. 
 
 O GOD, who hast oar troops dispers'd, 
 Forsaking those who left thee first ; 
 As we thy just displeasure mourn, 
 To us in mercy, Lord, return. 
 
 Our strength, that firm as earth did stand, 
 Is rent by thy avenging hand : 
 O heal the breaches thou hast made ! 
 We shake, we fall, without thy aid. 
 
 Do thou our fainting cause sustain, 
 For human succours are but vain, 
 Fresh strength and courage God bestows : 
 'Tis he treads down our proudest foes. 
 
 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow ; 
 Praise him all creatures here below ; 
 Praise him above, ye heavnly host ; 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 
PSALMS. 37 
 
 Psalm 62. Part n. v. 
 
 MY soul for help on God relies ; 
 
 From him alone my safety flows ; 
 
 My rock, my health, that strength supplies 
 
 To bear the shock of all my foes. 
 
 God does his saving health dispense, 
 And flowing blessings daily send : 
 He is my fortress and defence ; 
 On him my soul shall still depend. 
 
 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. 
 
 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow f 
 Praise him all creatures here below ; 
 Praise him above, ye heav'nly host ; 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
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SB PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 63. Part w. v. 
 
 GREAT God, indulge roy humble claim/ 
 Thou art my hope, m} joy, my rest ; 
 The glories that compose »hy name 
 Stand all engag'd to make me blest. 
 
 Thou great and good, thou just and wise. 
 Thou art my father and my God ; 
 And I am thine by sacred ties, 
 Thy son > thy servant, bought with blood, 
 
 With heart, and eyes, and lifted hands, 
 For thee I long, to thee I look, 
 As travelers, parch'd in thirsty lands, 
 Long tor the cooling water-brook. 
 
 I'll lift my hand, 111 raise my voice, 
 While I have breath to prav or praise ; 
 This work shall make my heart ^ejoice, 
 \nd spend the remnant of my days. 
 
psalms. m 
 
 Psalm 65. Part w. v. 
 
 PRAISE waits in Sion, Lord, for thee ; 
 
 I here shall our vows be paid ; 
 Thou hast an ear when sinners pray : 
 
 All flesh shall seek thine aid. 
 
 Lord, our iniquities prevail, 
 
 But pard'nii g grace is thine, 
 And thou wilt grant us pow'r and skill 
 
 To conquer every sin. 
 
 Blest are the men whom thou wilt choose 
 To bring them near thv face, 
 
 Give them a dwelling in thine house, 
 i o feast upon thy grace. 
 
 In answering what thv church requests, 
 
 Thv truth and terror shine, 
 And work* of dreadful righteousness 
 
 Fulfil thy kind design. . 
 
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40 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 67. Part N. v. 
 
 TO bless thy chosen race, 
 
 In mercy, Lord, incline, 
 And cause the brightness of thy face, 
 
 On all thy saints to shine. 
 
 That so thy wond'rous way 
 
 May through the world be known : 
 
 While distant lands their tribute pay, 
 And thy salvation own. 
 
 Let difPring nations join 
 
 To celebrate thy fame ; 
 Let all tht world, O Lord, combine, 
 
 To praise thy glorious name. 
 
 O let them shout and sing, 
 
 Dissolv'd in pious mirth : 
 For thou, the righteous Judge and King, 
 
 Shalt govern all the earth. 
 
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PSALMS. £) 
 
 Psalm 68. Part w. v. 
 
 LORD, when thou did«t ascend on high, 
 Ten thousand angels fill'd the sky ; 
 Tho-e heav'nly guards around thee wait, 
 Like chariots that attend thy state. 
 
 Not Sinai's mountain could appear 
 More glorious, when the Lord was there, 
 While he pronounc'd his dreadful law, 
 And struck the chosen tribes with awe. 
 
 How bright the triumph none can tell, 
 When the rebellious pow'rs ot h( 11, 
 That thousand souls had cap live made, 
 Were all in chains, like captives led. 
 
 EaisVl by his Father to the throne, 
 He ^ent the promis'd Spirit down, 
 Y\ ith gifts and grace for rebel men, 
 That God might dwell on earth ag; in. 
 
 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow / 
 Praise him ail creatures here belorv ; 
 Praise him above, ye heavnly host ; 
 Praise Father, ban, and Holy Ghost. 
 
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42 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 71. Part N. v. 
 
 IN thee I put my steadfast trust, 
 Defend me, Lord, from shame : 
 
 Incline thine ear, and save my soul, 
 For righteous is thy name. 
 
 Thy constant care did safely guard 
 
 My tender infant days ; 
 Thou took'st me from my mother's womb, 
 
 To sing thy constant praise. 
 
 Thy righteous acts, and saving health, 
 
 My mouth shall still declare, 
 Unable yet to count them all, 
 
 Though summ'd with utmost care. 
 
 While God vouchsafes me his support, 
 
 I'll in his strength go on ; 
 All other righteousness disclaim, 
 
 And mention his alone. 
 
PSALMS. 43 
 
 Psalm 72. First Part x. v. 
 
 TO Christ shall constant pray'r be made, 
 Through all his prosp'rous days : 
 
 His just dominion shall afford 
 A lasting theme of praise. 
 
 For he shall set the humble free, 
 
 When they for succour cry ; 
 Shall save the helpless and the poor, 
 
 And all their wants supply. 
 
 His providence for needy souls 
 
 Shall due supplies prepare, 
 And over their defenceless heads 
 
 Shall watch with tender care. 
 
 He shall descend, like rain, that cheers 
 
 The meadow's second birth ; 
 Or like warm show'rs whose gentle drops 
 
 .Refresh the thirsty earth. 
 
 In his blest days the just and good 
 Shall be with favour crown'd ; 
 
 The happy land shall every where 
 With endless peace abound. 
 
** PSALMS, 
 
 Psalm 72. Second Part N. \% 
 
 THE mem'ry of Christ's glorious name 
 Through endless years shall run ; 
 
 His spotless fame shall shine more blight 
 And lasting than the sun. 
 
 In him the nations of the world 
 
 Shall be completely blest, 
 And his unbounded happiness 
 
 By every tongue confest. 
 
 Then bless'd be God, the mighty Lord, 
 
 The God whom Israel fears ; 
 Who, only wond'rous in his works, 
 
 Beyond compare appears. 
 
 Let earth be with his glory fill'd ; 
 
 For ever bless his name ; 
 Whilst to his praise the lisfning w r orld 
 
 Their glad assent proclaim. 
 
PSALMS. 45 
 
 Psalm 73. Part N. v. 
 
 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. 
 
 Till this sustaining truth I knew, 
 My stagg'ring feet had almost faiFd ; 
 I griev'd the sinners wealth to view, 
 And envy'd when the fools prevail'd. 
 
 Yet still thy presence me supply'd, 
 And thy right-hand assistance gave ; 
 Thou first shalt with thy counsel guide, 
 And then to glory me receive. 
 
 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. 
 
 My trembling flesh, and aching heart 
 May often fail to succour me ; 
 But God shall inward strength impart, 
 And my eternal portion be. 
 
46 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 84. Part N. v. 
 
 O GOD of hosts, the might), Lord, 
 
 How lovely is the place ! 
 Where thou, enthron'd in glory, show'st 
 
 The brightness of thy iaee. 
 
 Thrice happy they whose choice has thee 
 
 i heir sure protection made ; 
 Who long to tread the sacred ways 
 
 That to thy dwelling lead. 
 
 They shall proceed from strength to strength, 
 
 And still approach more near, 
 Till all on Sioivs holy mount 
 
 Berore their God appear. 
 
 For God who is our snn and shield, 
 
 Will grace and glory give ; 
 x\nd no good thing will he withhold 
 
 From them that godly live. 
 
 Thou God, whom heav'nly hosts obey, 
 
 How highly blest is he 
 Whose hope and trust, securely plac'd, 
 
 Is still repos'd on thee. 
 
PSALMS 47 
 
 Psalm 89. First Part w. v, 
 
 FOR ever shall my song record 
 The truth and mercy of the Lord : 
 Mercy and truth for ever stand, 
 Like heav'n, established by his hand. 
 
 Thus to his Son he sware, and said, 
 r With thee my cov'nant first is made; 
 u Tn thee shall dying sinners live, 
 c< Glory and grace are thine to give. 
 
 <c In thee, their prophet and their priest, 
 F Thy children shall be ever blest ; 
 " Thou art my chosen King: thy throne 
 " Shall stand eternal like my own/' 
 
 Now let the church rejoice, and sing 
 Jesus ! her Saviour and her King ; 
 Angels his heav'nly wonders show, 
 And saints declare his works below. 
 
48 PSALMS 
 
 Psalm 89. Second Part w. v. 
 
 BLEST are the souls that hear and know 
 
 The Gospel's joyful sound ; 
 Peace shall attend the path they go, 
 
 And light their steps surround. 
 
 Their joy shall bear their spirits up, 
 Through their Redeemer's name; 
 
 His righteousness exalts their hope, 
 Nor Satan dares condemn. 
 
 The Lord, our glory and defence, 
 
 Strength and salvation gives : 
 Israel, thy King for ever reigns, 
 
 Thy God for ever lires. 
 
PSALMS. 49 
 
 Psalm 90. Part n. v. 
 
 O LORD f the Saviour and defence 
 
 Of us, thy chospn race, 
 From age to age thou ^ill hast been 
 
 Our sure abiding-place. 
 
 Thou turnest man, O Lord, to dust, 
 Of which he first was made raaiie ; 
 
 And when thou speak'st the word, Return, 
 'Tis instantly obey'd. 
 
 Beneath thy anger's sad effects 
 Our drooping days we spend ; 
 
 Our unregarded years break off 
 Like tales that quickly end. 
 
 So reach us, Lord, th' uncertain 8 urn 
 
 Of our short days to min i. 
 That to true wisdom all our hearts 
 
 May ever be inclin'd 
 
 To satisfy and cheer our souls, 
 
 Thy early mercy send ; 
 That we may all our days to come 
 
 In peace and comiort spend. 
 
 Let thy bright beams upon us shine, 
 
 Give thou our work success ; 
 The gloriou9 work wp have in hand 
 
 Do thou vouchsafe to bless. 
 
53 PSALM& 
 
 Psalm 91. Part o. v, 
 
 He that within the secret place 
 Of God most high doth dwell, 
 
 Under the shadow of his grace, 
 He shall be sate and well. 
 
 Thou art my hope and my strong hold 3 
 
 I to the Lord will say ; 
 My God he is, in him will I 
 
 My whole affiance stay. 
 
 He shall defend thee from the snare 
 
 Which Satan's malice laid, 
 And from the pestilence of sin, 
 
 Whereof thou art afraid. 
 
 God, with his wings shall cover thee^ 
 A nd keep thee safely there : 
 
 His faithfulness and truth shall be 
 Thy mighty shield and spear. 
 
 To Father, Son and Holy Ghost, 
 
 All glory be therefore, 
 As in beginning n as. is now, 
 
 And shall be evermore. 
 
PSALMS. 51 
 
 Psalm 92. Part N. Y. 
 
 HOW wond'rous are thy works, O Lord ! 
 
 How deej) are thy decrees ! 
 Whose winding tracts, in secret laid, 
 
 No stupid sinner sees. 
 
 He little thinks, when wicked men, 
 Like grass, look fresh and gay, 
 
 How soon their short-liv'd splendor must 
 For ever pass away. 
 
 But righteous men, like fruitful palms, 
 
 Shall make a glorious show, 
 As cedars that on Lebanon 
 
 In stately order grow. 
 
 These, planted in the house of God, 
 Within his courts shall thrive, 
 
 Their vigour and their lustre both 
 Shall in old age rtvive. 
 
 Thus will the Lord his justice show, 
 And God, my strong defence, 
 
 Shall due rewards to all the world 
 Impartially dispense. 
 
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52 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 93. Part n. v. 
 
 WTTH glory clad, with strength array'd, 
 The Lord, that o'er all nature reigns, 
 The world's foundations strongly laid, 
 And the vast fabric still sustains. 
 
 How surely 'stablish'd is thy throne, 
 Which shall no change or period see! 
 For thou, O Lord, and thou alone, 
 Art God from all eternity. 
 
 The floods, O 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. 
 
 Thy promise, Lord, is ever sure, 
 
 And they that in thy house would dwell, 
 
 That happy station to secure, 
 
 Must still in holiness excel. ^-V^ - 
 
PSALMS. 52 
 
 Psalm 94. Part N. v. 
 
 BLFST is the man whom thou, O Lord., 
 
 In kii'dness doth chastise, 
 And by thy sacred rules to walk 
 
 Dost lovingly advise. 
 
 This man shall rest and safety find 
 
 In seasons of distress ; 
 Whilst God prepares a pit for those 
 
 That stubbornly transgress. 
 
 Long since had I in silence slept, 
 
 But that the Lord was near 
 To stay me when I slipt ; when sad, 
 
 My troubled heart to cheer. 
 
 For God will never from his saints 
 
 His favour wholly take ; 
 His own possession and his lot 
 
 He will not quite forsake. 
 
Si PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 95. Part o. v. 
 
 O COME, let us lift up our v »iee, 
 And sing unto the Lord ; 
 
 In him, our rock of health, rejoice 
 Let us with one aecord. 
 
 Yea, let us come before his face, 
 To give him thanks and praise; 
 
 In singing- psalms unto his grace 
 Let us be glad always. 
 
 Come, let us bow unto the Lord, 
 
 Before him let us fall, 
 And worship him with one accord, 
 
 The Maker of us all. 
 
 He is indeed the Lord our God, 
 
 For us he doth provide ; 
 We are his flock, he doth us feed ; 
 
 His sheep, and he our guide. 
 
PSALMS. 55 
 
 Psalm 96. Part o. f. 
 
 SING ye unto the Lord alway, 
 
 Bless ye his holy name ; 
 Declare and show from day to day 
 
 Salvation by the same 
 
 Ascribe unto the Lord, our God, 
 All men with one accord, 
 
 Glory and strength for evermore 
 Ascribe unto the Lord. 
 
 In beauty of his holiness 
 
 See ye ado? e his grace ; 
 Let all the earth's inhabitants 
 
 Worship before his face : 
 
 Before the Lord, because he comes, 
 Because he comes with might, 
 
 With equity to jud?e tlie world, 
 And give to alL their right. 
 
56 PSALMS> 
 
 Psalm 97. First Part vr. v. 
 
 HE reigns; the Lord, the Saviour reigns! 
 Praise him in evangelic strains; 
 Let the whole earth in songs rejoice, 
 And distant islands join their voice. 
 
 Deep are his counsels, and unknown ; 
 But grace and truth support his throne : 
 Tho' gloomy clouds his way surround, 
 Justice is their eternal ground. 
 
 In robes of judgment, lo ! he comes, 
 Shakes the wide earth, and cleaves the tombs ! 
 Before him burns devouring fire, 
 The mountains melt, the seas retire. 
 
 His enemies with sore dismay, 
 Fly from the sight, and shun the day ; 
 Then lift your heads, ye saints, on high, 
 And sing, for your redemption's nigh> 
 
PSALMS. 57 
 
 Psalm 97. Second Part x. v. 
 
 THOU, Lord our God, art seated high, 
 Above earth's potentates enthron'd: 
 Thy name, unrivall'd in the sky, 
 Supreme by all the gods is own'd. 
 
 You, who to serve this Lord aspire, 
 Abhor what's ill, and truth esteem: 
 He'll keep his people's souls entire, 
 And them from wicked hands redeem. 
 
 For seeds are sown of glorious light, 
 A future harvest for the just ; 
 And gladness for the heart that's right, 
 To recompence its pious trust. 
 
 Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord ; 
 Memorials of his holiness 
 Deep in your faithfu' breasts record, 
 And with )our thankful tongues confess. 
 
58 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 98. Part M. v. 
 
 SING to the God whom ye adore ; 
 O sing in lays unheard before, 
 Tie mercies shown us from above, 
 The wonders of redeeming love. 
 
 His hand exerted in our aid, 
 
 His hand those wonders has disnlay'd; 
 
 His holy arm salvation sends, 
 
 And conquest on its stroke attends. 
 
 His justice through the world has shin'd, 
 His truth, with endless mercy join'd, 
 Now seals the promise of his grace 
 To faithful Abraham's chosen race. 
 
 Ye distant realms, your voice employ 
 In shouts of gratitude and joy ; 
 For earth, to just obedience aw'd, 
 Has own'd her Saviour and her God% 
 
 
PSALMS. 59 
 
 Psalm 99. Part w. v. 
 
 THE Lord Jehovah reigns, 
 
 Let all the nations fear, 
 Let sinners tremble at his throne, 
 
 And saints be humble there. 
 
 Jesus the Saviour reigns, 
 
 Let earth adore its Lord ; 
 Bright cherubs his attendants stand, 
 
 Swift to fulfil his word. 
 
 In Sion is his throne, 
 
 His honours are divine, 
 His church shall make his wonders known^ 
 
 For there his glories shine 
 
 How holy is his name ! 
 
 How terrible his praise I 
 Justice, and truth, and judgment, join 
 
 In ail his works of grace. 
 
60 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 100. Part o. v. 
 
 ALL people that on earth do dwell, 
 Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice ; 
 Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell: 
 Come ye before him and rejoice. 
 
 The Lord, ye know, is God indeed, 
 Without our aid he did us make ; 
 We are his flock, he doth us fred, 
 And for his sheep he doth us take. 
 
 O enter then his grates with praise, 
 Approach with joy his courts unto ; 
 Praise, laud, and bless his name always. 
 For it is seemly so to do. 
 
 For why ? the Lord our God is good, 
 His mercy is for ever sure; 
 His truth at all times firmly stood, 
 And shall from age to age endure, 
 
PSALMS. 61 
 
 Psalm 101. Part M. v. 
 
 MERCY, judgment, now my tongue 
 Makes the subject of my song ; 
 Lord ! to whom then shall I sing, 
 But to thee, eternal King ? 
 
 Wisdom shall my footsteps guide, 
 Nor premit my feet to slide, 
 Or from thy all-perfect way, 
 Lost in patns of sin, to stray. 
 
 When, O when, celestial guest, 
 Shall my roof with thee be blest 
 Lo ! my heart, with studious care, 
 For thy presence I prepare. 
 
 Ne'er may my presumptuous hand 
 Dare to brea thy just command; 
 Ne'er within me may'st thou find, 
 Aught that speaks a faithless mind, y 
 
 To tk' eternal Three be givn 
 Praise on earth and praise in heav'n ; 
 Such as was through ages past, 
 Is, and shall for ever last. 
 
62 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 102. Part N. v. 
 
 WHEN T pour out ray soul in prayer, 
 
 Do thou O Lord, attend ; 
 To thy t ternal throne of grace 
 
 Let my sad cry ascend. 
 
 O hide not thou thy glorious face 
 
 In times of deep distress: 
 Incline thine ear, and, when I call, 
 
 My sorrows soon redress. 
 
 My days, just hast'ninsr to their end, 
 Are like an ev'ning shade : 
 
 My beauty does, like withered grass, 
 With waning lustre fade. 
 
 But thy eternal state, O Lord, 
 No length of time shall waste ; 
 
 The mem'ry of thy wond'rous works 
 From age to age shall last. 
 
PSALMS. 63 
 
 Psalm 103. First Part o. v. 
 
 MY soul, give laud unto the Lord, 
 
 My spirit do the same ; 
 And all the secrets of my heart, 
 
 Praise ye his holy name. 
 
 Praise thou the Lord, my soul, who hath 
 
 To thee been very kind; 
 And suffer not ids benefits 
 
 To slip out of thy mind. 
 
 Who gave thee pardon for thy faults, 
 
 And thee restored again 
 From all thv weak and frail disease, 
 
 And heal'd ttiee of thy pain : 
 
 Who did redeem thy life from de:th, 
 From which thou could'st not Hee * 
 
 His mercy and compassion both 
 He did extend to thee, 
 
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64 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 103. Second Part n. v. 
 
 THE Lord abounds with tender love, 
 And unexampled acts of 'grace: 
 His waken'd wrath doth slowly move, 
 His willing mercy flies apace. 
 
 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. 
 
 As high as heav'n its arch extends 
 Above this little spot of clay, 
 So much his boundless love transcends 
 The small respects that we can pay. 
 
 As far as 'tis from east to west, 
 So far has he our sins rtmov'd, 
 Who with a father's tender breast 
 Has such as fear'd him always lov'd. 
 
 Let every creature jointly bless 
 The mighty Lord : and thou, my heart, 
 With grateful joy thy thanks express, 
 And in this concert bear thy part. 
 
PSALMS. 65 
 
 Psalm 104. First Part o. v. 
 
 MY soul praise the Lord, 
 
 Speak good of his name ; 
 O Lord, our great God, 
 
 How dost thou appear ! 
 Surpassing in glory, 
 
 How great is thy fame I 
 Honour and majesty 
 
 Jn thee shine most clear. 
 
 With light, as a rone, 
 
 Thou hast thyself clad, 
 Whereby all the earth 
 
 Thy greatness may see. 
 The heavens in such sort 
 
 Thou also hast spread, 
 That they to a carta; 11 
 
 Compared may be. 
 
 How sundry, O Lord, 
 Are all thy works found ! 
 
 With wisdom most great 
 They are indeed wrought ; 
 
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PSALMS 
 
 So that all creation 
 
 Of thy praise doth sound ; 
 Thy era op and thy riches 
 
 Exceed all men's thought. 
 
 Z?y angels in hav'n 
 
 (Jfi-v'ry degree, 
 And saints upon earth, 
 
 All praise be addrest 
 To God in three persons, 
 
 One God ever blest, 
 As it has been. nov> is, 
 
 And always shall be. 
 
PSALMS, 67 
 
 Psalm 104. Second Part o. v. 
 
 ALL things on thee wait, 
 
 Thou dost them relieve, 
 And thou our great God, 
 
 Full well dost them feed ; 
 And when it doth please thee 
 
 The same for to give, 
 They gather most gladly 
 
 Those things which they need. 
 
 Thou openest thy hand, 
 
 And they find such grace 
 That they with good things 
 
 Are filled we see; 
 But sore they are troubled, 
 
 If thou hide thy face, 
 For if thou their breath take, 
 
 Vile dust then they be. 
 
 Again, when thy Spirit 
 From thee doth proceed, 
 
 All things to appoint. 
 And what shall ensue, 
 
68 PSALMS. 
 
 Then are they created 
 As thou hast decreed, 
 
 And dost by thy goodness 
 Thine image renew. ^ * 
 
 By angels in heav'n 
 
 Of ev'ry degree, 
 And saints upon earth, 
 
 All praise he add rest 
 To God in three persons^ 
 
 One God ever blest, 
 As it has been, now is, 
 
 And always shall be, 
 
PS \LMS. 69 
 
 Psalm 105. Part N. v. 
 
 O BENDER thanks and bless the Lord, 
 
 Invoke his sacred name ; 
 Acquaint the nations with Ins deeds, 
 
 His mat bless deeds proclaim. 
 
 Sing to his praise, in lofty hymns, 
 His wond'rous works rehearse ; 
 
 Make them the 'heme of your discourse, 
 And subject of your verse. 
 
 Rejoice in his Almighty name, 
 
 Alon - to be ador'd, 
 And ,et their hearts o'erflow with joy 
 
 That humbly seek the Lord. 
 
 The wonders that his hands have wrought, 
 
 Keep thankfully in mind ; 
 The righteous statutes of his mouth, 
 
 And laws to us assign'd. 
 
 Seek ye the Lord, his saving strength 
 
 Devoutly still implore ; 
 And where he's ever present, seek 
 
 His face for evermore. 
 
70 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 106. Part N. v. 
 
 O RENDER thanks to God above, 
 The fountain of eternal love ; 
 M hose mercy firm through agres past 
 Has stood, and shall for ever last. 
 
 Who can his mighty deeds express, 
 Not oily vast, but numberless? 
 What mortal eloquence can rise 
 His tribute of immortal praise ? 
 
 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. 
 
 O may F worthy prove, to see 
 Thy saints in full prosperity ; 
 That I the joyful choir may join, 
 And count thy people's triumph mine. 
 
 Let Israel's God be ever blest, 
 His name eternally confe^t; 
 Let all his saints with full accord 
 Sing loud Amens— praise ye the Lord. 
 
PSALMS. 71 
 
 Psalm 107. Part N. v. 
 
 TO Ood your grateful voices raise, 
 Who does your daily patron prove, 
 And let your never-ceasing praise 
 Attend on his eternal love. 
 
 For he. from heav'n, the sad estate 
 Of longing souls with pity views ; 
 To hungry souls that pant for meat, 
 His goodness daily food renews. 
 
 Some lay, with darkness compass'd round, 
 In Death's uncomfortable shade ; 
 With chains of evil habits bound, 
 Which conscious guilt more heavy made. 
 
 Because God's counsel they defy'd, 
 And lightly priz'd his holy word, 
 With these afflictions they were try'd : 
 They fell, and none could help afford. 
 
 But w r hen to God's paternal ear 
 They did their mournful cry address, 
 He graciously vouchsaf'd to hear, 
 And freed them from their deep distress. 
 
 O 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 display? 
 
72 PSALMS, 
 
 Psalm 108. Part N. v. 
 
 O GOD, my heart is fully bent 
 
 To magnify thy name ; 
 My tongue with cheerful songs of praise, 
 
 Shall celebrate thy fame. 
 
 To all the list'ning tribes, O Lord, 
 
 Thy wonders I will tell, 
 And to those nations sing thy praise 
 
 That round about us dwell : 
 
 Because thy mercy's boundless height 
 The highest heav'n transcends, 
 
 And far beyond th* aspiring clouds 
 Thy faithful truth extends. 
 
 Be thou, O (tod, exalted high 
 
 Above the starry frame, 
 And let the world with one consent, 
 
 Confess thy glorious name. 
 
PSALMS. 73 
 
 Psalm 110. Part m. v. 
 
 THUS to my Lord the Almighty said, 
 In awful majesty array'd, 
 Come, seat thee at my own right-hand, 
 Till all submit to thy command. 
 
 Thy God from Sion's lofty tow'r, 
 Shall bid thee stretch thy rod of pow'r ;. 
 Victorious o'er the rebel train, 
 Arise and vindicate thy reign. 
 
 Behold the long-expected day, 
 When willing crowds their homage pay ; 
 To thee their grateful offerings bring, 
 And hail their Saviour and their King. 
 
 Thy future race of children view, 
 More num'rous than the drops of dew, 
 When the bright beams of gospel light 
 Shall chase away the shades of night. 
 
7* PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 111. Part N. V. 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord ; our God to praise 
 My soul her utmost power shall raise, 
 With private friends, and in the throng 
 Of saints, his praise shall be my song. 
 
 His works are all of matchless fame, 
 And universal glory claim: 
 His truth, confirmed through ages past, 
 Shall to eternal ages last. 
 
 By precept he has us enjoin'd 
 
 To keep his wond'rous works in mind ; 
 
 And to posterity record 
 
 That good and gracious is the Lord. 
 
 His bounty, like a flowing tide, 
 Has all his servants' wants supply'd, 
 And he will ever keep in mind 
 His cov'nant with our fathers sign'd. 
 
 Who Wiscfom'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. 
 
PSALMS. 75 
 
 Psalm 112. Part w. v. 
 
 THAT man is blest who fears the Lord, 
 Loves his commands, and trusts his word ; 
 Honour and peace his days attend, 
 And blessings on his seed descend. 
 
 Compassion dwells upon his mind, 
 To works of mercy still inclin'd : 
 He h-nds the poor some pre-ent aid, 
 Or gives them, not to be repaid. 
 
 When times grow dark, and tidings spread, 
 That fill his neighbours round with dread,* 
 His heart is arrn'd against the fear, 
 For God with all his pow'r is there. 
 
 His soul, established in the Lord, 
 Draws heav'nly courage from his word; 
 Amidst the darkness light shall rise, 
 To cheer his heart and bless his eyes. 
 
 He hath dispers'd his alms abroad, 
 His works are still before his God ; 
 His name on earth shall long remain, 
 While envious sinners fret in vain. 
 
76 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 113. Part n. v. 
 
 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. 
 
 God thro* the world extends his sway : 
 The regions of eternal day 
 
 But shadows of his glory are. 
 To him whose majesty excels, 
 Who made the heav'n in which he dwells, 
 
 Let no created pow'r compare. 
 
 Though 'tis below his state to view 
 In highest heav'ns what angels do, 
 
 Yet he to earth vouchsafes his care. 
 He takes the needy from his cell, 
 Within his sacred court to dwell, 
 
 Companion to the greatest there. , , 
 
 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 
 The God whom heav'ns triumphant host, 
 
 And suffering saints on earth adore, 
 "Be glory as in ages past. 
 As now it is, and so shall last, 
 
 When time itself must be no more. 
 
PSALMS. 77 
 
 Psalm 116. Part s. v. 
 
 JOY has taken full possession 
 
 Of my heart, and triumphs there; 
 Since through Christ his intercession, 
 
 God has hearken'd to my prayer ; 
 Since his gracious ear inclining, 
 
 He has heard my fervent vow, 
 To his name the praise assigning, 
 
 All my life my knees shall bow. 
 
 God receives to his protection 
 Sinners when they do repent; 
 
 I was sunk in great dejection, 
 And his comfo ter he sent. 
 
 Turn again then to thy Saviour, 
 
 my soul, and take thy rest ; 
 He has seen thy meek behaviour, 
 
 And with tender mercy blest. 
 
 For in answer to my calling, 
 
 He from death my soul has freed, 
 
 Eyes from tears, and *eet from falling, 
 And supply 'd my ev'ry need. 
 
 In the land then of the living 
 
 1 shall walk before the Lord ; 
 And my tribute of thanksgiving, 
 
 Daily to his name afford. 
 
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78 PSALMS. 
 
 / 
 May the grace of Christ, our Saviour, 
 
 And the Father s boundless love, 
 With the holy Spirit's favour, 
 
 Rest upon us from above ! 
 Thus may ?re abide in union 
 
 With each other and the Lord ; 
 And possess, in sweet communion, 
 
 Joys which earth cannot afford. , 
 
 Psalm 117. Part W; v. 
 
 FROM all that dwell below the skies, 
 Let the Creator's praise arise ; 
 Let the Redeemer's name be sung 
 Through every land, by every tongue. 
 
 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; 
 
 Eternal truth attends thy word : 
 
 Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore. 
 
 Till suns shall rise and set nojpiore. 
 
 T raise God, from whom all blessings flow ; 
 Praise him all creatures here below ; 
 Praise him above, ye henvnly host ; 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghosh 
 
PSALMS. 79 
 
 Psalm 118. Part w. v. 
 
 THAT which the builders once refus'd 
 
 Is now the corner stone ; 
 This is the wond'rous work of God, 
 
 The work of God alone. 
 
 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. 
 
 To-day he rose and left the dead, 
 
 And Satan's empire fell ; 
 To-day the saints his triumphs spread, 
 
 And all his wonders tell. 
 
 Hosanna to th' anointed King, 
 
 To David's holy Son : 
 Help us, O Lord, descend and bring 
 
 Salvation from thy throne. 
 
 Blest be the Lord who comes to men 
 
 With messages of grace; 
 Who comes in God, his Father's name, 
 
 To save our sinful race. 
 
 Hosanna in the highest strains 
 The church on earth can raise ; 
 
 The highest heav'ns in which he reigns 
 Shall give him nobler praise. 
 
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SO PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 119. First Part N. v. 
 
 HOW shall the young preserve their ways 
 
 From all pollution free? 
 By making, Lord, their course of life 
 
 With thy commands agree. 
 
 With hearty zeal for thee I seek, 
 
 To thee for succour pray ; 
 O suffer not my careless steps 
 
 From thy right paths to stray. 
 
 Safe in my heart, and closely hid, 
 
 Thy word, my treasure lies ; 
 To succour me with timely aid, 
 
 When sinful thoughts arise. 
 
 Secur'd by that, my grateful soul 
 
 Shall ever bless thy name : 
 O teach me then by thy just laws 
 
 My future life to frame. 
 
PSALMS. 81 
 
 Psalm 119. Second Part N. v. 
 
 MY soul oppress'*! with deadly care, 
 Close to the dust does cleave ; 
 
 Revive me, Lord, and let me now 
 Thy promised aid receive. 
 
 To thee 1 still declarVl my ways, 
 And thou inclin'd'st thine ear ; 
 
 O teach me then my future life 
 By thy just laws to steer. 
 
 If thou wilt make me know thy laws, 
 
 And by their guidance walk, 
 The wond'rous works which thou hast done 
 
 Shall be my constant talk. 
 
 So in the way of thy commands 
 
 Shall I with pleasure run, 
 And, with a heart t-niarg'd with joy, 
 
 Successfully go on. 
 
82 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 119. Third Tart n. v. 
 
 ACCORDING to thy promis'd grace, 
 
 Thy favour. Lord, extend : 
 Make good to me the word on which 
 
 Thy servant's hopes depend. 
 
 So shall I, when my foes upbraid, 
 
 This ready answer make : 
 u In God I trust, who never will 
 
 " His faithful promise break." 
 
 Do thou to thy most just commands 
 
 Incline my willing heart ; 
 Let no desire of worldly wealth 
 
 From thee my thoughts divert. 
 
 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. 
 
PSALMS. 83 
 
 Psalm 119. Fourth Part N. v. 
 
 WITH me, thy servant, thou ha.c uealt 
 
 Most graciously, O Lord ; 
 Bepeated benefits bestow'd, 
 
 According to thy word. 
 
 'Tis good for me that I have felt 
 
 Affliction's chast/ning rod, 
 That I might duly learn and keep 
 
 The statutes of my God. 
 
 That right thy judgments are, I know 
 
 By sure experience see ; 
 And that in faithfulness, O Lord, 
 
 Thou hast afflicted me. 
 
 O let thy tender mercy still 
 
 Afford me needful aid, 
 According to thy promise, Lord, 
 
 To me thy servant made. 
 
 In thy blest statutes let my heart 
 
 Continue always sound, 
 That guilt and shame, the sinner's lot, 
 
 May never me confound. 
 
84 PSALMS, 
 
 Psalm 119. Fifth Part n. v. 
 
 MY hiding-place, my refuge, tow'r, 
 And shield art thou, O Lord ; 
 
 I firmly anchor all my hopes 
 On thy unerring word. 
 
 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. 
 
 The wonders which thy laws contain, 
 
 No words can represent ; 
 Therefore to learn and practise them, 
 
 My zealous heart is bent. 
 
 The very entrance to thy word 
 
 Celestial light displays, 
 And knowledge of true happiness 
 
 To simplest minds conveys. 
 
 Eternal and unerring rules 
 
 Thy testimonies give ; 
 Teach me the wisdom that will make 
 
 My soul for ever live. 
 
PSALMS. 85 
 
 Psalm 119. Sixth Part ST. v. 
 
 WITH favour, Lord, look down on me, 
 
 Who thy relief implore ; 
 As thou art wont to visit those 
 
 That thy blest name adore. 
 
 Directed by thy heav'nty word, 
 
 Let all my footsteps be, 
 Nor wickedness of any kind 
 
 Dominion have o'er me. 
 
 On me, devoted to thy fear, 
 Lord make thy face to shine : 
 
 Thy statutes both to know and keep, 
 My heart with zeal incline. 
 
 Then shall my grateful lips return 
 
 The tribute of their praise, 
 When thou thy counsels hast reveal'd, 
 
 And taught me thy just ways. 
 
 My tongue the praises of thy word 
 
 Shall thankfully resound, 
 Because thy promises are all 
 
 With truth and justice crown'd. 
 
S3 FSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 121. Part N. V, 
 
 TO SJoh's hill I lift my eyes, 
 From thence expecting aid; 
 
 From Sion's hill, and Sion's God, 
 Who heav'n and earth has made. 
 
 Thou then, my soul, in safety rest, 
 Thy guardian will not sleep, 
 
 His watchful care that Israel guards, 
 Will Israel's household keep. 
 
 Shelter'd beneath th' Almighty's wings, 
 
 Thou shalt securely rest ; 
 Where neither Sun or moon shall thee 
 
 By day or night molest. 
 
 At home, abroad, in peace, in war, 
 Thy God shall thee defend ; 
 
 Conduct thee thro' life's pilgrimage 
 Safe to thy journey's end. 
 
PSALMS. 87 
 
 Psalm 125. Part o. v. a, 
 
 THOSE who, with holy confidence, 
 Trust on the Lord for their defence, 
 Secur'd by his protecting hand, 
 Shall steadfast as Mount Sion stand. 
 
 And as the mighty hills surround 
 Majestic Salem's hallow'd ground, 
 So round his people, widely spread, 
 Shall God his guardian influence shed. 
 
 Far from that people shall he still 
 Remove the dang'rous pow'rs of ill, 
 Lest they infect his favour'd race, 
 And turn them from the paths of grace* 
 
 That God^ whose law is Virtue's guide, 
 Will humble all the sons of Pride, 
 And fill alone the faithful breast 
 With joy and everlasting rest. 
 
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SS PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 130. Part n. v. 
 
 FROM lowest depths of woe, 
 
 lo God I .^ent my cry: 
 Lord ! hear my supplicating voice, 
 And graciously reply. 
 
 Should'st thou severely judge, 
 
 Who can the trial bear ? 
 But thou forgiv'st, lest we despond, 
 
 And quite renounce thy fear. 
 
 My soul with patience waits 
 
 For thee, the living Lord ; 
 My hopes are on thy promise built, 
 
 Thy never-failing word. 
 
 My longing eyes look out 
 
 For thy enlivening ray, 
 More duly than the morning watch, 
 
 To 'spy the dawning day. 
 
 Let Israel trust in God, 
 
 No bounds his mercy knows; 
 
 The only source and spring from whence 
 Eternal succour flows. 
 
 Whose friendly strenms to us 
 
 Supplies in want convey: 
 A healing spring, a spring to cleanse 
 
 And wash our guilt away. 
 
PSALMS. 69 
 
 Psalm 132. Part w. y. 
 
 ARISE, O Lord of hosts, arise. 
 
 And enter to thy rest ; 
 Lo ! thy church waits with longing eyes, 
 
 Thus to be own'd and blest. 
 
 Here, mighty God, accept our vows^ 
 Here let thy praise be spread ; 
 
 Bless the provisions of thy house, 
 And fill thy poor with bread. 
 
 Let Sion's sons rejoice, her priests 
 
 Thy saving health confess ; 
 Her saints, in number still increas'd, 
 
 With peace and plenty bless. 
 
 Here let the Son of David reign, 
 
 Let God's Anointed shine; 
 Justice and truth his court maintain. 
 
 With love and power divine. 
 
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90 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 134. Part vr. v. 
 
 YE, that to serve the King of Kings, 
 
 Attend his holy place, 
 Bow to the glories of his pow'r, 
 
 And bless his wond'rous grace. 
 
 Lift up your hands by morning light, 
 And send your souls on high ; 
 
 Raise your admiring thoughts by night 
 Above the starry sky. 
 
 The God of Sion cheers our hearts 
 With beams of quick'ning grace; 
 
 The God that spreads the heav'ns abroad, 
 And rules the swelling seas. ? 
 
 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 
 The God, whom we adore, 
 Be glory, as it was, is norv, 
 
 And shall be evermore. 
 
PSALMS. 91 
 
 Psalm 135. Part m. v. 
 
 YE servants of your God, his fame 
 In songs of highest praise proclaim : 
 Ye who, on his commands intent, 
 The courts of Israel's Lord frequent. 
 
 Him praise, the everlasting King, 
 i And mercy's unexhausted spring : 
 Haste, to his name your voices rear ; 
 What name like his the heart can cheer ? 
 
 Thy greatness, Lord, my thoughts attest, 
 With awful gratitude imprest, 
 Nor know, among the seats divine, 
 \ A pow'r that shall contend with thine. 
 
 Thy name, immortal God, thy praise 
 I Shall ever live through endless days : 
 Let all whose heart his laws delight, 
 In thanks to him your songs unite. 
 
92 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 136. Part N. v. 
 
 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. 
 
 To him whose wond'rous pow'r 
 
 All other gods obey, 
 Whom earthly kings adore, 
 This grateful homage pay. 
 For God does prove 
 
 Our constant friend, 
 His boundless love 
 Shall never end. 
 
 By his almighty hand 
 
 Amazing works are wrought; 
 The heav'ns by his command, 
 Were to perfection brought. 
 For God does prove 
 
 Our constant friend, 
 His boundless love 
 Shall never end. 
 
PSALMS. 93 
 
 He in our depths of woes 
 
 On us with favour thought, 
 And from our cruel foes 
 
 In peace and safety brought. 
 For God does prove 
 
 Our constant friend, 
 His boundless love 
 Shall never end. 
 
 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. 
 
94 PSALMS, 
 
 Psalm 138. Partw. v. 
 
 WITH all my pow'rs of heart and tongue 
 I'll praise my Maker in my song : 
 Angels shall hear the notes I raise, 
 Approve the song, and join the praise. 
 
 I'll sing thy truth and mercy, Lord, 
 I'll sing the wonders of thy word ; 
 Not all thy works and names below 
 So much thy pow'r and glory show. 
 
 To God I cry'd when troubles rose, 
 He heard me, and subdu'd my foes; 
 He did my rising tears control, 
 And strength diffus'd thro' all my soul. 
 
 Amidst a thousand snares I stand, 
 Upheld and guarded by thy hand ; 
 Thy words my fainting soul revive, 
 And keep my dying faith alive. 
 
 Grace will complete what grace begins, 
 To save from sorrows as from sins: 
 The work that wisdom undertakes, 
 Eternal mercy ne'er forsakes. 
 
PSALMS. 95 
 
 Psalm 139. Part N. v. 
 
 THOU, Lord, by strictest search hast known 
 My rising up and lying down ; 
 My secret thoughts are known by thee, 
 Known long before conceiv'd by me. 
 
 Thine eye my bed and path surveys, 
 My public haunts and private ways ; 
 Thou know'st what 'tis my lips would vent, 
 My yet unutter'd words' intent. 
 
 Surrounded by thy pow'r I stand, 
 On every side I feel thy hand, 
 [O skill, for human reach too high ! 
 Too dazzling bright for human eye ! 
 
 O could I so perfidious be, 
 » To think of once deserting thee ! 
 Where, Lord, could I thy influence shun? 
 Or whither from thy presence run ? 
 
 Search, try, O God, my thoughts and heart, 
 [If mischief lurks in any part; 
 Correct me when I go astray, 
 And guide me in thy perfect way. 
 
96 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 143. Part w. v. 
 
 MY righteous judge, my gracious God, 
 Hear when I spread my hands abroad, 
 And cry for succour from thy throne, 
 
 make thy truth and mercy known. 
 
 Let judgment not against me pass; 
 Behold thy servant pleads thy grace : 
 Should justice call us to thy bar, 
 No man alive is guiltless there. 
 
 Break off my fetters, Lord, and show 
 Which is the path my feet should go ; 
 If snares and foes beset the road, 
 
 1 flee to hide me near my God. 
 
 Teach me to do thy holy will, 
 And lead me to thy heav'nly hill; 
 Let the good Spirit of thy love 
 Conduct me to thy courts above. 
 
PSALMS. J? 
 
 Psalm 145. First Part vr. w 
 
 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. 
 
 The wings of every hour shall hear 
 Some thankful tribute to thine ear, 
 And every setting sun shall see 
 New work 3 of duty done for thee. 
 
 Thy truth and justice I'll proclaim ; 
 Thy bounty flows an endless stream; 
 Thy mercy swift, thine anger slow, 
 But dreadful to the stubborn foe. 
 
 Who can express thy wond'rous deeds ? 
 Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds ; 
 Vast and unsearchable thy ways ! 
 Vast and immortal be thy praise 1 
 
98 PSALMS, 
 
 Psalm 145. Second Part N. v. 
 
 The Lord does them support that fall, 
 And makes the prostrate rise ; 
 
 For his kind aid all creatures call, 
 Who timely food supplies. 
 
 Whate'er their various wants require, 
 
 With open hand he gives ; 
 And so fulfils the just desire 
 
 Of every thing that lives. 
 
 How holy is the Lord, how just! 
 
 How righteous all his ways ! 
 How nigh to him, who with firm trust 
 
 For his assistance prays. 
 
 He saves and still preserves all those 
 
 Who him with fear adore, 
 And will their troubles soon compose^ 
 
 When they his aid implore. 
 
 My time to come, in praises spent, 
 
 Shall still advance his fame, 
 And all mankind with one consent 
 
 For ever bless his name. 
 
PSALMS. 99 
 
 Psalm 146. Part w. v. 
 
 I'll praise my Maker with my breath ; 
 And, when my voice is lost in death, 
 
 Praise shall employ my nobler pow'rs : 
 My days of praise shall ne'er be pnst, 
 While life, and thought, and being last, 
 
 Or immortality endures. 
 
 Why should I make a man my trust ? 
 Princes must die and turn to dust ; 
 
 Vain is the help of flesh and blood ; 
 Their breath departs, their pomp and pow'r, 
 And thoughts, all vanish in an hour ; 
 
 Nor can they make their promise good, 
 
 Happy the man whose thoughts rely 
 On Israel's God : he made the sky, 
 
 And earth, and seas, with all their train ; 
 His truth for ever stands secure: 
 He saves th' oppress'd, he feeds the poor, 
 
 And none shall find his promise vain. 
 
 The Lord hath eyes to give the blind : 
 The Lord supports the sinking mind ; 
 
 He sends the lab'ring conscience peace ; 
 He helps the stranger in distress, 
 The widow and the fatherless, 
 
 And grants the prisoner sweet release. 
 
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100 PSALMS, 
 
 He loves his saints, he knows them well, 
 But turns the wicked down to hell : 
 
 Thy God, O Sion, ever reigns : 
 Let ev'ry tongue, let ev'ry age, 
 In this exalted work engage; 
 
 Praise him in everlasting strains^ 
 
 Psalm 147. Part w. v. 
 
 PR\TSE ye the Lord : 'tis good to raise 
 Our hearts and voices to his praise : 
 His nature and his works invite 
 To make his duty our delight. 
 
 The Lord builds up Jerusalem, 
 And gathers nations to his name : 
 His mercy melts the stubborn soul, 
 And makes the broken spirit whole. 
 
 He form'd the stars, those heav'nly flames, 
 He counts their numbers, calls their names : 
 His wisdom's vast, and knows no bound, 
 A deep where all our thoughts are drownd. 
 
 Great is our Lord, and great his might, 
 And all his glories infinite ; 
 He crowns the meek, rewards the just, 
 And treads the wicked to the dust* 
 
PSALMS. 101 
 
 Psalm 148. Part N. v. 
 
 YE boundless realms of joy, 
 Exalt your Maker's fame; 
 His praise your songs employ 
 Above the starry frame ; 
 
 Your voices raise, 
 Ye Cherubim 
 And Seraphim, 
 To sing his praise. 
 
 Thou moon, that rul'st the nighty 
 And sun, that guid'st the day 4 
 Ye glitt'ring stars of light, 
 To him your homage pay : 
 
 His praise declare, 
 Ye heav'ns above, 
 And clouds that move 
 In liquid air. 
 
 Let them adore the Lord, 
 
 And praise his hol\ name, 
 By whose Almighty word 
 They all from nothing came ; 
 
 And all shall last 
 From changes free : 
 His firm decree 
 Stand ever fast, 
 
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102 PSALMS 
 
 United zeal be shown, 
 
 His woncFrous fame to raise, 
 Whose glorious name alone 
 Deserves our endless praise. 
 
 Earth's utmost ends 
 His power obey : 
 Hi* glorious sway 
 The sky transcends. 
 
 His chosen saints to grace, 
 
 He sets them up on high, 
 And favours Israel's race, 
 Who still to him are nigh. 
 
 O therefore raise 
 Your grateful voice, 
 And still rejoice 
 
 The Lord to praise. * / . 
 
 Psalm 149. Part N. v. 
 
 O praise ye the Lord, 
 
 Prepare your glad voice, 
 His praise in the great 
 
 Assembly to sing. 
 In our great Creator 
 
 Let Israel rejoice, 
 And Children of Sion 
 
 Be glad in their King. 
 
PSALMS. I OS 
 
 Let them his great name 
 
 Extol in the church ; 
 With timbrel and harp 
 
 His praises express, 
 Who always takes pleasure 
 
 His saints to enrich, 
 And with his salvation 
 
 The humble to bless. 
 
 With glory adorn'd, 
 
 His people shall singr 
 To God, who their beds 
 
 With safety does shield ; 
 Their mouths fill'd with praises 
 
 Of him their great King ; 
 While the Sword of the Spirit 
 
 Their right hand shall wield. 
 
 Thus shall they make good, 
 
 When sin they destroy, 
 The faithful decree 
 
 Which God does proclaim : 
 Such honour and triumph 
 
 His saints shall enjoy, 
 O therefor^ for ever 
 
 Exalt his great name. 
 
104 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm 150. Part M. v. 
 
 PRAISE, O praise, the name divine, 
 Praise it at the hallow'd shrine ; 
 Let the firmament on high 
 To its Maker's praise reply. 
 
 Be the harp no longer mute ; 
 Sound the trumpet, touch the lute, 
 Wake to life the tuneful string ; 
 Bring the pipe, the timbrel bring. 
 
 Let the or^an in his praise 
 Learn its loudest note to raise, 
 And the cymbal's varying sound 
 From the vaulted roof rebound. 
 
 All who vital breath enjoy, 
 In his praise that breath employ, 
 And in one great chorus join ; 
 Praise, O praise, the name divine. 
 
 To ih* eternal Three be giv'n 
 Praise on earth, and praise in heaxrn , % 
 Such as was through ages past, 
 Is, and shall for ever last, 
 
SUPPLEMENT. 105 
 
 Vexi Creator. First Part o, 
 
 COME, Holy Ghost, eternal God, 
 
 Proceeding from above, 
 Both from the Father and the Son, 
 
 The God of peace and love. 
 
 Visit our minds, and into us 
 
 Thy heav'nly grace inspire, 
 That for all truth and godliness 
 
 We may have full desire. 
 
 Our guilt remove, our foes subdue, 
 
 And help us to obtain 
 Peace in our hearts with God and man. 
 
 The best and truest gain. 
 
 Our weakness strengthen and confirm, 
 
 Which feeble is and frail, 
 That neither devil, world, nor flesh, 
 
 Against us may prevail. 
 
 Such plenty of thy saving grace, 
 
 Good Lord, grant us alway, 
 That thou may'st be our Comforter * 
 
 In the last dreadiul day. £r 
 
106 SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 Veni Creator. Second Part o, 
 
 COME, Holy Spirit, God of might, 
 
 The Comforter of all ; 
 Teach us to hear and know thy word, 
 
 That we may never fall. 
 
 With favour, Lord, look on our land, 
 
 Defend us with thy shield ; 
 Against all sin and wickedness 
 
 Help us to win the field. 
 
 O Lord, that gav'st the word of truth, 
 
 Sound preachers still supply, 
 That in the same we may be taught, 
 
 And therein live and die ! 
 
 Depart not from thy ministers, 
 
 But guide them all aright; 
 That thou, by them, may'st bring us out 
 
 Of darkness into light. 
 
 True faith in us, O Lord, increase, 
 
 Let hope and love abound, 
 And visit with thy saving health 
 
 The nations all around. ^ ■ s 
 
SUPPLEMENT. 107 
 
 COMMUNION HYMN, n, 
 
 THOU God, all glory, honour, might. 
 
 Art worthy to receive, 
 Since all things by thy hands were made, 
 
 And by thy bounty live. 
 
 And worthy is the Lamb, all praise, 
 
 Honour and thanks to gain, 
 Glory and strength ; who for our sins 
 
 A sacrifice was slain. 
 
 All worthy thou who hast redeem'd, 
 
 And ransom'd us to God, 
 From every nation, every tongue, 
 
 By thy most precious blood. 
 
 Blessing and glory, wisdom, pow'r, 
 
 By all in earth and heav'n, 
 To him that sits upon the throne, 
 
 And to the Lamb, be giv'n. 
 
 THE EXD. 
 
A 
 
 TABLE or PROPER PSALMS 
 
 FOR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. 
 
 CHRISTMAS-DA Y. 
 Psal. 8... 45.. 98. 
 
 GOOD FRIDAY. 
 Psal. 40 . . 5 1 , second part ... 130. 
 
 EASTER DAY. 
 Psal. 16...I7...118. 
 
 ASCENSION DAY, or SUNDAY AFTER. 
 Psal. 24.. .68. .72, second part. 
 
 WHITSUNDAY. 
 Psal. 68. .72, first part. . 110. . Veni Creator, first part. 
 
 TRINITY SUNDAY. 
 
 Psal. 39... 104, second part. 
 
 SACRAMENT of the LORD's SUPPER. 
 Psal. 36 .. 65 .. 1 32 .. Communion Hymn. 
 
 ADVENT. 
 
 The CHARACTER and KINGDOM of the 
 MESSIAH. 
 
 Psal. 21.. 45.. 72,. 89, first part...97...99. .110. 
 
A TABLE, &e> 
 
 LENT. 
 
 PSALMS which express PENITENCE anU 
 HUMILIATION. 
 
 Psal. 6. .3-2. .39 .51. .60. .90 .130 ,143* 
 
 SUPPLICATION for the DIVINE GRACE 
 and BLESSING. 
 
 Psal. 19, second part.. 63. . 67. .101.. 119. .13& 
 
 TRUST in GOD under AFFLICTION and 
 TEMPTATION. 
 
 Psal. 3..5..25..31...37...42...46..73..91..94...119, 
 second and fourth part. ..121... 130. 
 
 THANKSGIVING and PRAISE. 
 
 Psal. 8.. .9.. .16.. .18 .19, first part. ..23.. .28. .^3. .34 
 ..36...62...93...95...96..97 98. .100. . 103.. .101 
 ..105 .106.. 107. 108 ...111... 113... 116... 117... 
 119, fifth part.. 13-1. .135. . 136, . 138 145.. .146.,* 
 147.. 148.. 150. 
 
 The CHARACTER curd END of the RIGHTEOUS, 
 and WICKED. 
 
 Psal. 1..4. 41..84..92..H2...125. 
 
 On a NATIONAL FAST. 
 Psal. 46.. 60.. 62. 
 
 FUNERAL PSALMS. 
 
 Psal.39..90...l0*. 
 
 % 
 
TABLE of TUNES, 
 
 AND THE 
 
 PSALMS ADAPTED TO EACH, 
 
 TUNES. 
 
 Short Metre. 
 
 St Bride's .. 
 Bcveridge .., 
 
 PSALMS. 
 
 23... 51, first rwt. .130. 
 
 1... 31. ..67. ..99. 
 
 Hommon Metre, 
 
 Windsor ... 
 University 
 Bur ford . . 
 
 St David's . .. 
 
 St. James's . . 
 New London , 
 
 Sheldon 
 
 Lincoln 
 
 Braintree ,.,, 
 
 .... Funeral Psalms... 39... 90... 102. 
 ....2:*.. .37.. .94.. .119, 2d part... 121. 
 ,...j3. .65.. .90. .103, first part.,.119 : 
 third part. .Veni Creator, first 
 I part. 
 , ... ! 4... 18.. .45.. .119, fifth part...l32 
 j ...Communion Hymn. 
 ... 16... 119, sixth part. ..134. 
 ....8.. .19, first part.. .84. .91. .119 
 ...Veni Creator, second part. 
 ... 9. ..34.. .89, second part. ..95. . 
 
 118. 
 ... 28. .71. ..72, first part...92...10i 
 
 I ...119, fourth part. 
 .. .33. .72, second part., .96.. .108,, 
 J 145, second part. 
 
TUNES. 
 
 Long Metre. 
 
 Dr. Bowland . . 
 Angef s Song . 
 
 St. Michael-ie-Be; 
 
 frey 
 
 Cannun 
 
 Dr. Howard .. 
 Webbe ... 
 
 A TABLE, &c. 
 
 PSALMS. 
 
 Peculiar Metres. 
 
 100.. .117. 
 
 1 7.. .24. .36.. .97, 2d part... Ill 
 
 138.. .U7. 
 62.. .73.. .89 first part.. .98.. .112 
 
 .125... 139. 
 2 ...68.. .97, first part. ..106. ..110 
 
 135... 145. first part. 
 60.. .63.. .93.. .10:*, 2d parr... 107. 
 5. ..6. ..32. ..40. ..51, second part.*. 
 
 143. 
 
 Carey 41. ..42. 
 
 D . Hayes 46... 113.. .146. 
 
 Handel 101... 149. 
 
 Darwall's 136 ..148. 
 
 Welsh 116. 
 
 Dr. Boyce 101. ..150. 
 
 Fairfax [19, second part, 
 
 T* Deighton, Printer 9 York* 
 
HYMNS, 
 
 SELECTED AS 
 
 A SUPPLEMENT 
 
 COLLECTION OF PSALMS, 
 
 . USED IN SEVERAL CHURCHES. 
 
 ELEVENTH EDITION. 
 
 YORK: 
 
 Printed at the Gazette Office, 
 
 FOR 
 
 J. WOLSTENHOLME, MINSTER-GATES. 
 
 1825. 
 
<£ittn*tfj at ^tatioiu rs' ^all. 
 
PREFACE 
 
 <£ujf)tl) eftrtttat of Xiyt ^jjmiw. 
 
 About the year 1788, the Collection of Psalms to 
 which this Supplement is added, was compiled by the 
 late Rev. Wm. Richardson, for the use of his Parish 
 Church of St. Michael-le-Belfrey, in York. It was 
 gradually adopted by other Congregations, anu is now 
 used in various Church-, s. 
 
 The Collection, however, being found too scanty 
 For those ^Churches, in which several portions are used 
 during the services of the Sunday, a Supplement was 
 considered desirable. Thf. venerable and judicious 
 Clergyman already named, was consulted on the sub- 
 ject ; he advised, that the Supplement should consist 
 wholly of Hymns ; and the present work had the 
 advantage of his revision and approbation. 
 
 As an objection has been ur ^ against admitting 
 Hymns into our Churches, on the sunnosition, that the 
 Church has authorized only the two metrical versions of 
 Psalms, the one by Sternhold and Hopkins, the other by 
 Tate and Brady, it may not be irrelevant to the design 
 of this publication to consider the subject somewhat at 
 large, as it respects the sanction for metrical Hymns, 
 and the expediency of introducing them into Parochial 
 worship. Let us, then, inquire, what is the order of 
 A 2 
 
w PREFACE. 
 
 Church Music prescribed by our Establishment, and I 
 what is the authority for the Old and New Versions ? I 
 
 It was the object of the English Reformers, in the I 
 times of Henry the 8th and Edward the 6th, to re- I 
 store the liturgy to the pure simplicity of the first ages I 
 of the Church. Whilst, therefore, they stripped the I 
 choral parts of the service of Hymns to the Virgin I 
 and to the Saints, they retained several Hymns composed I 
 l>y the Fathers, That "noble Hymn, the Te Deum, I 
 composed at least as early us tlie 6th century, was I 
 inserted in the daily service. The Trisagion or Sane- I 
 tus, the Glor'a. in Excelsis, and Gloria Patri, ancient I 
 Hymns u.-eu a> early as the 4th century, were retained ; I 
 together with ti.e Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis,and other I 
 passages from the Bible, which had long formed a part I 
 of the choral Church service. Our reformers divided 
 the Psalter into portions, in order that the whole might ] 
 be used, agreeably to the ancient practice of the Latin 
 andGreekChurci.es. That grave and solemn descrip- I 
 tion of music, which accompanied the service so early 
 as the times of St. Ambrose and St. Gregory, was 
 continued. For this purpose, the Psalter, now for the 
 firU time translated into English, the Te Deum, and 
 most of the other Hymns, were pointed with colons, to 
 suit the ancient ecclesiastical chant, which, by means of 
 holding notes, accommodates itself to verses of unequal 
 length. " 1 have travelled," says Archbishop Cram. 
 me., " to make the verses into English, and have put 
 " the Latin note unto the same." 
 
 The antiphonal or alternate manner of chanting, used 
 in tlie Christian Church so early as the first century, and 
 evidently derived from the services of the ancient Jewish 
 Temple, was also continued. In short, it was the 
 avowed rule of our English Reformers, " to make no 
 ■ tl innovation without the most substantial reason for it." 
 
PREFACE. v 
 
 In conformity with what has been now stated, it 
 will be found, that the Book of Common Prayer, 
 which contains the authorized formularies of the 
 Church of England, and is the only work pre- 
 scribed by Acts of Parliament, contains no Psalms, 
 except the prose Psalter, pointed with colons, to be 
 sung or chanted in Churches; and no Hymns, except 
 the Te Deum, &c, which occur in the course of the 
 services. 
 
 Anthems are indeed permitted to be sung, as ap- 
 pears by the Rubric, after the third collect at Morning 
 and Evening Prayer ; and these are not restricted 
 to be taken from the Prayer Book ; for, under the 
 authority of the following clause in the Act of 2d and 
 3d Edward 6th, c 1., they may be also u taken out of 
 " the Bible." *« Provided that it shall be lawful for all 
 u men, as well in Churches, Chapels, or other places, to 
 u use openly any Psalms or Prayer taken out of the Bible, 
 u at any due time, not letting or omitting thereby the 
 " service, or any part thereof, mentioned in the said 
 " book." Some authors understand this clause as in- 
 tended to allow the turning the Psalms into metre for 
 the use of the Church, but it may well be doubted, 
 whether this be not too great a latitude of interpreta- 
 tion. The authorized translation of the Bible seems 
 rather to be intended ; and accordingly, with only one 
 gy two exceptions, the portions used for Anthems in 
 Cathedrals, have always been taken either from the 
 Prayer Book or Bible. 
 
 On the accession of Queen Elizabeth in 1558, the 
 reformed Liturgy, which had been prohibited by her 
 predecessor, was restored, the Acts of Parliament 
 prescribing it were revived, and Church music was 
 placed in the state in which it had stood at the demise 
 ©f King Edward the 6th. 
 
 A 3 
 
vi PREFACE. 
 
 It must be admitted, that (as Rabanus Maurus, 
 quoted by Hooker, in allusion to the singing in the 
 primitive ages, observes,) " at first the Church in this 
 " exercise was more simple and plain than we are ; and 
 " their singing was little more than only a melodious 
 " kind of pronunciation." Yet, at an early period, 
 there U sufficient evidence of the introduction of an 
 elaborate and less intelligible style of music. St. 
 Jerome complains, that theatrical notes and songs were 
 heard in the Church, and the house of God was turned 
 tnto a stage. St. Augustine w.'.s sometimes disposed to 
 wish, that all nice singing of David's Psalms were re- 
 moved from Ids and the Church's hearing. With a 
 vie>v, probably, to remedy this evil, a Synod held by 
 Cuthbert, Archbishop of Canterbury, in the year 747, 
 decreed, that the singing should be u in a simple and 
 si modest voice, and should not confound or dislocate the 
 <i distinction of the words hy a pronunciation like that of 
 Ci tragedians, but should follow a plain son<± and holy me- 
 " lodi/." — In the 16th century, we find Erasmus in- 
 veighing against " a cumbersome and theatrical music 
 " in our Churches ; a confused and disorderly chattering 
 " of some words." The thirty -two Commissioners ap- 
 pointed by King Edward the 6th, recommended, that 
 the •' quavering operose music which is called^s^raJ, 
 " should be wholly laid aside." The late Rev. Wm. 
 Mason, in his Essay on Church Music, prefixed to the 
 York Anthem Book, describes Cathedral Music at the 
 time of the Reformation to have been " extremely 
 " intricate." 
 
 The English protestants, who took refuge on the 
 continent during the persecutions in Queen Mary's 
 reign, and resided chiefly at Geneva and Frankfort, 
 imbibed, or rather perhaps strengthened, their pre- 
 ference Of PLAIN CONGREGATIONAL SINGING. This 
 
PREFACE. vii 
 
 •singing had distinguished the first dawnings of the 
 Reformation. It had been used by the Albigenses in 
 the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, by the Wickliffites 
 in the fourteenth, by John Huss and his followers in 
 the fifteenth, and was now revived by the followers of 
 Luther and Calvin in the sixteenth century. At Ulm, 
 U A fine new Hymn Book 3 * had been published by the 
 United Brethren, in 1538. 
 
 Upon the return of the exiles at Queen Elizabeth'* 
 accession, an attempt was made to substitute this 
 metrical singing in the place of Church, or as it is 
 now called, Cathedral music. 
 
 Mr. Warton attributes the introduction of the new- 
 Psalmody to some " who favoured the discipline of 
 ■ Geneva, and who wished to abolish, not only the 
 <c choral mode of worship in general, but more particu- 
 w larly to suppress the TeDeum,Benedictus, Magnificat, 
 *' Jubilate, Nunc Dimitlis, and the rest of the Liturgic 
 " Hymns, which were supposed to be contaminated by 
 M their long and antient connection with the Roman 
 t( Missal, or at least in their prosaic form to be an- 
 u suitable to the new system of worship," 
 
 It was no difficult task to prevail with the people to 
 prefer the plain Psalmody, in which they found it easy 
 to join, to that intricate music which was too refined 
 and scientific for their taste and comprehension. Con- 
 gregational singing gradually found its way into the 
 Parish Churches ; and Queen Elizabeth was induced, 
 though reluctantly, to comply, in some degree, with 
 the popular feeling. Accordingly, in her Injunctions 
 to the Clergy, in the year 1559, after directing, that 
 " there be a modest and distinct song used in all parts 
 <c of the common prayers of the church, it is added, 
 " Yet nevertheless, for the comforting of such as de- 
 " light in music, it may be permitted, that in the be- 
 
tfii PREFACE. 
 
 *' ginning or in the end of the common prayer, either at 
 " morning or evening, there may be sung an Hymn,* 
 " or such like Song, to the praise of Almighty God." 
 
 In September of the same year, as we are informed 
 by Strype, " began the new morning prayer at St. An- 
 " tholin's, London, the bell beginning to ring at five ; 
 " when a Psalm was sung after the Geneva fashion ; 
 " all the congregation, men, women, and boys, sing- 
 u ing together." The following year, (1560) Bishop 
 Jewell remarks, that " a change now appears more 
 " visible among the people, which nothing promotes 
 " more than the inviting them to sing Psalms. This 
 " was begun in one Church in London, and did soon 
 " spread itself not only through the City, but in the 
 " neighbouring places. Sometimes at Paul's Cross 
 " there will be six thousand people singing together." 
 Bishop Burnet observes, that the Psalms translated 
 into metre were much sung by all who loved the Refor- 
 mation : and it ivas a sign by which mens affections to 
 that work were measured, whether they used to sing these 
 or not. 
 
 An attempt was made in the Convocation held the 
 same year, (1562) to put down Church music alto- 
 gether. It was proposed, " that the Psalms may 
 41 be sung distinctly by the whole congregation, and 
 u that all curious singing and playing of the Organs 
 u may be laid aside,"—' 4 whereby (says Strype) we 
 *' may perceive how much biassed these divines were, 
 * most of whom seem to have been exiles, towards 
 u those platforms which were received in the reformed 
 " Churches where they had a little before sojourned." 
 The ancient custom of antiphonal or alternate sing- 
 
 * As the word Psalms is often used in a geueral sense as compre- 
 hending metrical Hymns, iu >htre Hymns must be considered as comprising 
 metrical Psalms. 
 
PREFACE. ix 
 
 iiig, was condemned, as " tossing about the Psalms 
 " from side to side." A motion to prohibit Organs 
 was negatived by a majority of only one vote ; and 
 though choral singing was not expressly prohibited, 
 yet from this period it appears to have been disused in 
 Parish Churches. 
 
 In one of the Homilies in the second Book, (which 
 was set forth by the same Convocation) there occurs 
 the following passage, alluding to chanting and Organs. 
 
 i: A woman said to Ler neighbour, * alas, Gossip ! 
 " what shall we now do at Church, since all the saints 
 " are taken away ; since al! the goodly sights we were 
 * wont to have, are gone; since we cannot hear the like 
 Cl piping, singing, chanting, and playing upon the Urga?is, 
 Ci that we couid before?' But dearly beloved, we ought 
 " greatly to rejoice and give God thanks, that our 
 " Churches are delivered out of a?l those things which 
 " displeased God so .-;ore, and filthily defiled his holy 
 il house, and his place of prayer." 
 
 The practice of Congregational metrical singing, 
 therefore, though it cannot claim the authority of any 
 positive enactment, yet is coeval in its oiigin with the 
 Reformation ; ami by its facility of attainment has pow- 
 erfully recommended itself to popular and general use. 
 The practice is indeed so firmly established, that it 
 would be vain to attemot its abolition, and it is therefore 
 desirable to promote lis improvement and regulation. 
 
 What has been stated, will in part have answered 
 the proposed inquiry as to the authority for the Old 
 Version. 
 
 Portions of the book of Psalms had been rendered 
 into metre in the reign of Edward the 6th, but it was 
 not until 1JC", that the Old Version was completed, 
 and was published entire, under the title of " The 
 lt whole Bookeof Psalmes collected into English metre, 
 
x PREFACE. 
 
 * by T. Sternhold, J. Hopkins, and others, conferred 
 
 • with the Ebrue, with apt notes to sing them withal." 
 Heylin states, that these Psalms M were by little 
 
 " and little brought into the Church— afterwards 
 " printed, and bound up with the Common Prayer- 
 u Book. For though it is expressed in the title-page 
 •* of these singing psalms, that they are set forth 
 ■* and allowed to be sung in all Churches, this allow- 
 " ance seems to have been a connivance ratker than 
 u an approbation : no such allowance being any 
 u where found by such as have been most indus- 
 H trious and concerned in the search." * Mr. Mason, 
 also, considers this allowance to have been an assump- 
 tion of Sternhold or his printer, founded on the 
 public exercise of metrical psalmody in Churches. 
 •—It may be proper to remind those who contend 
 for the " Old Version," that what has, for a century 
 past, been called by that name, is materially altered 
 and modernized ; and that the original work, as pub- 
 lished in the 16th and 17th centuries, (to which if 
 to any, the sanction of authority was given,) contains 
 
 * The Rev. H. J. Todd, Rector of Settriugtou, who has recently 
 published a work of considerable research in favour of the Old Version, 
 conceives he has discovered the " allowance" so long sought for in its 
 "behalf. Me has found that John Day paid 4d. for a licence to print a 
 part of these Psalms; and that similar licenses for printing the whole 
 of the Old Version were repeatedly granted during Elizabeth's reign. 
 4Jut Mr. Tcdd also remarks, that by the Queen's injunctions, "no book 
 •' of aiy sort or nature" could be printed, except it were licensed by her 
 Majesty; and he quotes instances of the Royal allowance or authority 
 being granted to Calvin's Sermons, and to a Treatise by that Reformer; 
 \o a Sinnroarv of English Chronicles, and to an old Play. — It was also 
 granted to a version of" the Psalms of Archbishop Parker, Which never 
 *ra6 introduced into the Church. The licence or authority to print a work 
 .therefore, is no allowance to use it in the public worship. In faet, the 
 Sovereign cannot con r er any such authority, because the Psalms and 
 Hymns, to be sung in Churches, are part of tke Liturgy established by 
 Act af Parliament. 
 
PREFACE. xi 
 
 such obsolete and barbarous expressions, as would not, 
 in the present times, be endured, in any of our Parish 
 Churches. In proof of this assertion, it is sufficient 
 to refer to any of the editions between 1562 and 1696, 
 
 Versions by King James, by Wither, by Blackmore, 
 and by Tate and Brady, received express permissions 
 or allowances from the Sovereign, and were partially 
 introduced into Churches under those permissions— 
 but this is to be considered as the voluntary act of 
 the Congregations, and not as done in obedience to 
 royal command. Other Versions, wholly destitute of 
 any such sanction, have been used in Churches, for 
 more than a century back. 
 
 The allowance of the " New Version" is by an 
 Order in Council, on the humble petition of Nicholas 
 Tate and Nahum Brady, setting forth that M with 
 " their utmost care and industry," they had completed 
 a new version, and humbly praying his Majesty's 
 Royal allowance; and the order accordingly allows 
 that version " to be used in such Congregations as 
 u shall think Jit to receive the same." Of this version 
 3t may be observed, that it is frigid and defective, in 
 not presenting that view of the Psalms as shadowing 
 the condition of the Christian Church, and the suffer- 
 ings and triumph of Messiah, which those late pious 
 and learned prelates, Home and Horsley, have sanc- 
 tioned, and which adapts the book of Psalms to the 
 Christian state and Worship, Bishop Horsley, on this 
 account, prefers the " Old Version," which he observes, 
 is " expressed in such terms, as, like the original, point 
 u clearly to the spiritual meaning ;" and he considers 
 the adoption of the New Version as " a change much 
 • for the worse." 
 
 The fact is, that the best metrical translations of 
 tiie Psalms must always be greatly inferior to the 
 
xii PREFACE. 
 
 authorized prose version, pointed to be sung in out" 
 Churches. Let any one, with the help of Bishop 
 Lowth's preface to Isaiah, consider the structure of 
 Hebrew poetry ; the unequal length of the verse, in 
 its whole and in both its parts; and he will be con- 
 vinced, that every translation into verses of equal 
 length must not only lose all the beautiful manner 
 of the Original, but be constantly either abridging, 
 or redundantly adding to, the sense ' of the inspired 
 writers.. 
 
 In vindication of Hymns we may urge, that they 
 have always been sung in Christian Congregations, 
 and are peculiarly adapted for the use of the Christian 
 Church. 
 
 St. Paul exhorts the Ephesianand Colossian Churches 
 to the use of" Psalms, and Hymns, and spiritual songs." 
 —Pliny, in his well-known letter to Trajan, written in 
 the beginning of the second century, represents, that it 
 was the custom of the Christians, in his time, to meet and 
 sing together one to another, Hymns to Christ as God; 
 and we have the testimony of Origen, that the practice 
 continued in the third century : yet if these Hymns had 
 been the Psalms of David only, the singing of the Chris- 
 tians would not have distinguished them from the Jews. 
 
 The learned Mr. Bingham remarks, that " the alter- 
 " native singing spoken of by ancient historians, as 
 " brought in by St. Ignatius, was not of David's 
 " Psalms but of Hymns f composed by him to set forth 
 " the divinity of Jesus Christ." In the fragments, 
 preserved by Eusebius, of the writings of Caius, a 
 Roman Presbyter, who lived in the latter end of the 
 second century, it is recorded, that (i there were 
 " anciently many Psalms and Hymns composed by 
 u the brethren, and transcribed by the faithful, setting 
 41 forth the praises of Christ, as the Word of God, 
 
PREFACE, «* 
 
 ,# and declaring the divinity of his person." St. Basil 
 remarks, that the Hymnus Lucernalis, sung in the 
 evening service, and containing a glorification of the 
 Holy Trinity, was of such ancient use in the Church, 
 that he knew not who was the author of it. St. 
 Ambrose composed several Hymns in Latin to the 
 glory of the Holy Trinity, for the people to sing in 
 the Church. St. Jerom speaks of the whole Church 
 as sounding out Hymns to Christ their Lord in their 
 nocturnal vigils. 
 
 In the middle of the third century, Paulus Samo- 
 tatensis, a heretical Bishop of Antioch, who forbade 
 the use of Psalms and Hymns in honour of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ, was deposed. 
 
 St. Chrysostom in his ninth Homily on the second 
 Chapter of Colossians, comments on St. Paul's exhor- 
 tation to the use of Psalms and Hymns. By the word 
 " Psalms," he understands the Psalms of David, which, 
 were sung in the Church by the whole Congregation, 
 including the catechumens, penitents, and uninitiated. 
 The word ** Hymns" he applies to the liturgical 
 Hymns, which were not permitted to he sung by the 
 catechumens, penitents, and uninitiated, but only by 
 the faithful, who were admitted to the holy sacramental 
 mysteries; M The faithful" he says, " know what is 
 "the Hymn of the heavenly host; what the Cherubim 
 "say above : what the angels said ; Glory to God on 
 "high. Therefore Hymns follow after Psalms, as 
 •'something more perfect." In another place he 
 observes, " The armies of angels sing, ' Gloria in 
 * f excelsis;' and on earth, men, keeping their choral 
 u stations in the Church, sing the same doxology after 
 •'their example. The Cherubim above cry aloud, 
 •'Holy, holy, holy, in the Trisagion hymn; and the 
 m congregation of men on earth b«low send up the 
 B 
 
xiv PREFACE. 
 
 " same ; and so a common general assembly is made of 
 " the inhabitants of heaven and earth together. Their 
 c< thanksgiving is one and the same, their exultation 
 " the same.'* 
 
 The Hymns of "the spirits of just men made per* 
 u feet," are recorded by one, who testifies what he 
 himself saw and heard. " Holy, holy, holy, Lord God 
 " Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come."— 
 " Worthy is the Lamb that was slain." — " Thou wast 
 "slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood." 
 " Salvation to our God, which sitteth upon the throne, 
 " and unto the Lamb."— And the doxology of that 
 beloved disciple at the opening of his commission to 
 the seven Churches, is to the same effect. " Unto 
 " Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in 
 " his own blood— to Him, be glory and dominion for 
 " ever and ever! Amen." If then, a Christian 
 desire to sing the praises of that Saviour, " whom, 
 " having not seen, he loves ;" if he wish to practice, in 
 the Church here on earth, songs and harmonies, re- 
 sembling those which he trusts will be his own unceas- 
 ing employment in heaven — shall we rebuke or for- 
 bid him? — Surely, " we have not so learned Hst." 
 When He, the Messiah, entered Jerusalem, greeted 
 by the loud hosannas of the multitude, crying, "Bless- 
 " ed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord," 
 and, adopting the song of the heavenly host at his in- 
 carnation—" Peace in heaven and glory in the high- 
 " est," some of the Pharisees were displeased, and 
 said, " Master, rebuke thy disciples." But he answer- 
 ed, " I tell you, that if these should hold their peace, 
 " the stones would immediately cry out. " 
 
 Let us, however, pass on from the Bible to the 
 Prayer Book, and look more particularly at the Hymns, 
 both of human and divine composition; contained in it; 
 
PREFACE. *? 
 
 which, it has been shewn, were sung in the Christian 
 Church, for more than a thousand years before that 
 intrusion of the Old and New Versions, which silenced 
 the legitimate music of the Church. Here we unite 
 with the u glorious company of the Apostles,"—" the 
 *' goodly fellowship of the prophets,"—" the noble 
 " army of martyrs," " the holy Church throughout ail 
 " the world," in praising and acknowledging " the 
 " Father, of an infinite Majesty, his honourable, true, 
 " and only Son ; and the Holy Ghost, the Comforter." 
 We burst out into triumphant acclamations of praise 
 to our exalted Saviour. " Thou art the King of glory, 
 11 O Christ — thou art the everlasting Son of the 
 " Father." We adore him, who " redeemed us with 
 "his precious blood," "overcame the sharpness of 
 " death, and opened the kingdom of heaven to all 
 l< believers :" and we implore his saving help, that we 
 may be " numbered with his saints in glory everlast- 
 " ing." Again, in the Trisagion, and the Gloria in 
 Excelsis, in the Communionj as already noticed, we 
 join with all the company in heaven, in ascribing 
 songs of adoration to God and to the Lamb. And 
 in the Veni Creator Spiritus, a metrical Hymn in the 
 Ordination service, we thus address the third Person 
 in the Holy Trinity : — 
 
 4 * Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, 
 
 And lighter. wich celestial fire. 
 
 Thou the anointing Spirit art, 
 
 Who dost thy seven-Told gifts impart, 
 
 Thy blessed unction from above, 
 
 Is comfort, life, and fire of love." 
 
 In vindication of singing the Magnificat, Benedic- 
 tus, and Nunc Dimittis, Hooker observes, that " these 
 44 are songs which concern us so much more than the 
 B 2 
 
xvi PREFACE. 
 
 xl songs of David, as the Gospel touches us more thaa 
 " the Law, the New Testament than the Old; being 
 " discoveries of Christ already present, whose future 
 " coming the other Psalms did but fore- signify. They 
 " are sacred Hymns that Christianity hath, peculiar 
 " to itself ; the other, being songs too of praise and 
 u thanksgiving ; but songs wherewith as we serve God, 
 " so the Jew likewise." 
 
 From what has been stated, it sufficiently appears, 
 that, in addition to the Psalms, and, " as something 
 " more perfect,' * Hymns to the Trinity, and to our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, some of them of human com. 
 position, and others taken from the New Testament* 
 have been sung in the Christian Church from the 
 earliest ages-— that they are inserted in our Liturgy, 
 and are intended to be sung. So long, therefore, as 
 metrical singing continues to supplant both the chant- 
 ing of the liturgical Psalms, and the singing of the 
 liturgical Hymns, and of Anthems, there are the 
 same grounds for admitting metrical Hymns, as ver- 
 sions of the Psalms, into our Churches ; provided those 
 Hymns be composed on the model, and breathe the 
 spirit, of those in the Bible and Liturgy. The bless- 
 ings of redemption should be celebrated, not merely in 
 the veiled and figurative language of the Psaims, hut 
 with a u plainness of speech," adapted to the views of 
 the Christian worshipper, who, with the New Testa- 
 ment in his hands, *? beholds with open face, the glory 
 «« of the Lord." 
 
 The Old Version contains several Hymns; and the 
 want of Hymns in the New Version having been felt, 
 some have lately been added to it, in the Prayer Books 
 of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge. 
 
 In 1814, Mr. Gardiner published " Psahrs and 
 ft Hyiiins adapted to Sacred Melodies ; allowed to he sung 
 
PREFACE. xvii 
 
 u in Churches." The Prince Regent, and the Arch- 
 bishops of Canterbury and York, were Patrons of the 
 work, and it was dedicated, by permission, to his Royal 
 Highness. 
 
 In 1815, the Rev. E. Maltby, R. Tillard, and J. 
 S. Banks, published " Psalms and Hymns, selected 
 u for the Churches of Buckden, &c, in the Diocese of 
 u Lincoln." This Selection was dedicated, by per- 
 mission, to Bishop Tomline ; and the advertisement of 
 the second edition, (December, 1820) states it to be 
 
 * sanctioned by the authority of that distinguished 
 " Prelate.'* 
 
 In 1821, was published, a Selection of Psalms and 
 Hymns, for public worship, inscribed to the Arch- 
 bishop of York, by his Grace's permission. The 
 Archbishop himself is understood to have been the 
 Selector, and the Rev. Thos. Cottenll, of St. Paul's 
 Church, Sheffield, the Editor. A sufficient number of 
 copies for the use of that Church was printed at his 
 Grace's expense, and to each copy was prefixed the 
 inscription, ** The Gift of his Grace the Archbishop of 
 " York to the Congregation of St. Paul's." The same 
 prelate has also recently given his express permission 
 to another Selection of Psalms and Hymns, for the 
 Parish Church of Otley. 
 
 " However excellent," (observe the Editors of the 
 Buckden Selection,) the "design of the respective au- 
 " thors (of the Old and New Version) might have been 
 " -—something appears still wanting to a Christian Con- 
 u gregation ; something that, in addition to the holy 
 " effusions of the Old Testament, may convey that 
 41 clearer view of God's dispensations, those astonishing 
 *' hopes and consoling promises, which are supplied by 
 
 • the inspired penmen of the New. For, although in 
 •* sublime descriptions of the attributes and perfections 
 
 B3 
 
xviii PREFACE. 
 
 4t of the Almighty, in earnestness of supplication, and 
 4i in warmth of adoration, the Royal Psalmist: must ever 
 f* stand unrivalled, yet bi Ige of Divine things 
 
 u was necessarily incomplete, because the day-spring 
 ** had not yet dan nedfrom on high. Even under the 
 '* influence of prophetic inspiration, David si w but as 
 M through a glass darkly, the saving truths of redemption 
 u and sanctification. These truths, therefore, taught as 
 " they were by our Lord and his apostles, and illus- 
 " trated by the great transactions of his life and death* 
 u may surely form, in a Christian Congregation, as fit < 
 u subjects for devotional melodies, as the events of 
 *' Jewish history and precepts of the Mosaic law sug- 
 €( gested to the Holy Psalmist. 
 
 " Such a feeling has, of late at least, so generally 
 u prevailed, that there are perhaps not many large 
 " Congregations in our national Church, where some 
 " Hymns, founded upon the history and doctrines of 
 11 the Gospel, have not been admitted." — " If we shall 
 £t appear, upon the whole, to have facilitated or im- 
 M proved that which may now be considered not merely 
 " an important, but an indispensable part of public 
 " worship, the voice of a whole Congregation combining 
 4i to praise their Maker, Redeemer, and Sanctifier; 
 st every wish that has led to the present publicatioa 
 " will be fully gratified.'* 
 
 Mr. Philip Knaptons selection of Tunes, adapted 
 principally to the Hymns, may be had at Mr. Knap* 
 tons Music Shop in Coney-street, and of Mr. Wolsteiw 
 holme, Bookseller, Minster- Gates, York. 
 
 Mr. Cartridge's selection of Psalm Tunes may be also 
 had at the same irtaces* 
 
 These two publications form a Companion to the 
 Psalms and Hymns* 
 
PI Y M N S. 
 
 ADVENT. 
 
 Isa. lxi. 1. 
 1. Hark, the glad sound! the Saviour 
 
 The Saviour promis'd long ! [comes, 
 Let every heart prepare a throne, 
 
 And every voice a song. 
 
 He comes, the pris'ners to release, 
 
 In Satan's bondage held; 
 The gates of brass before him break, 
 
 The iron fetters yield ! 
 
 He comes, from thickest films of vice, 
 
 To clear the mental ray, 
 And on the eye oppress'd with night, 
 
 To pour celestial day. 
 
 He comes, the broken heart to bind, 
 
 The bleeding soul to cure, 
 And with the riches of his grace, 
 
 To bless the humble poor. 
 
 Our glad Hosannahs, Prince of Peace, 
 Thy welcome shall proclaim; 
 
 And heaven's eternal arches ring 
 With thy beloved name. 
 
2 HYMNS. 
 
 Rev. i. 7. 
 
 2. Lo ! he comes with clouds descending, 
 Once for favour'd sinners slain ; 
 
 Thousand, thousand saints attending, 
 Swell the triumph of his train ! 
 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Amen. 
 
 Every eye shall now behold him 
 
 Rob'd in dreadful majesty ; 
 Those who set at nought and sold him, 
 
 Pierc'd and naiPd him to the tree, 
 
 Deeply wailing, shall the true Messiah 
 
 [see. 
 Blest redemption, long expected! 
 
 See ! his solemn pomp to share 
 All his saints, by man rejected, 
 
 Rise to meet him in the air. 
 Hallelujah! 
 See, the Son of God is there ! 
 
 Yea ! Amen ! Let all adore thee, 
 High on thine eternal throne ! 
 
 Saviour, worlds bow down before thee \ 
 Claim the kingdom for thine own ! 
 
 O come quickly, 
 Make thy power and glory known ! 
 
HYMNS. 3 
 
 Isa. xlii. 1 — 13, 
 
 3. " Behold my servant! see him rise 
 
 Exalted in my might ! 
 Him have I chosen, and in him 
 
 I place supreme delight. 
 
 p* On him, in rich effusion pour'd, 
 
 My spirit shall descend; 
 My truths and judgments he shall show 
 
 To earth's remotest end. 
 
 u The progress of his zeal and power 
 
 Shall never know decline, 
 Till foreign lands, and distant isles, 
 
 Receive the law divine." 
 
 Ocity of the Lord ! begin 
 
 The universal song; 
 And let the scatter'd villages 
 
 The cheerful notes prolong : 
 
 'Till midst the voice of distant lands, 
 The islands sound his praise ; 
 
 And ail combin'd, with one accord, 
 Jehovah's glories raise. 
 
4 HYMNS. 
 
 Isa. Ix. 15—20. 
 
 4. Hear what God theLordhath spoken, 
 
 O my people, faint and few ; 
 Comfortless, afflicted, broken, 
 
 Fair abodes I build for you ; 
 Thorns of heart-felt tribulation 
 
 Shall no more perplex your ways ; 
 You shall name your wails, Salvation, 
 
 And your gates shall all be Praise. 
 
 There, like streams that feed the garden^ 
 
 Pleasures without end shall flow ; 
 For the Lord, your faith rewarding, 
 
 All his bounty shall bestow ! 
 Still in undisturb'd possession, 
 
 Peace and righteousness shall reign ; 
 Never shall you feel oppression, 
 
 Hear the voice of war again. 
 
 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. 
 
HYMNS 5—3 
 
 5. Come, heavenly Dove, inspire my song, 
 With thy immortal flame ; 
 
 And teach my heart, and teach my tongue 
 To bless the Saviour's name. 
 
 God's only Son (stupendous grace !) 
 
 Forsook his throne above, 
 And swift to save our wretched race., 
 
 He flew on wings of love. 
 
 O the rich depths of love divine ! 
 
 Of bliss a boundless store ! 
 Blest Saviour, let me call thee mine^ — 
 
 I cannot wish for more. 
 
 On thee alone, my hope relies, 
 
 Beneath thy cross I fall ; 
 My Lord, my life, my sacrifice > 
 
 My Saviour, and my all. 
 
 CHRISTMAS. 
 
 6. Come, thou long expected Jesus ! 
 Born to set thy people free ; 
 
 From our fears and sins release us, 
 Let us find our rest in thee ; 
 
 Israel's strength and consolation, 
 Hope of all the earth thou art ; 
 
 Dear desire of every nation, 
 Joy of every longing heart t 
 
6—7 HYMNS. 
 
 Born thy people to deliver. 
 
 Born a child, and yet a King ; 
 Born to reign in us for ever, 
 
 Now thy gracious kingdom briiig ; 
 By thine own eternal Spirit, 
 
 Rule in all our hearts alone ; 
 By thine all-sufficient merit, 
 
 Raise us to thy glorious throne ! 
 
 7. Hark ! the herald angels sing, 
 " Glory to the new-born King ! 
 Peace on earth, and mercy mild, 
 God and sinners reconcil'd." 
 Joyful, all ye nations, rise, 
 Join the triumphs of the skies \ 
 With th' angelic host proclaim 
 " Christ is born in Bethlehem." 
 
 Christ, by highest heav'n ador'd j 
 Christ, the everlasting Lord \ 
 Late in time behold him come, 
 Offspring of a virgin's womb. 
 Light and life to all he brings ; 
 Ris'n with healing in his wings. 
 Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace I 
 Hail the Son of righteousness ? 
 
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HYMNS. 
 
 8. Lift up your heads in joyful hope, 
 Salute the happy morn ; 
 
 Each heavenly power 
 
 Proclaims the glad hour, 
 Lo ! Jesus the Saviour is born ! 
 
 Let joy around like rivers flow, 
 Flow on, and still increase ; 
 
 Spread o'er the glad earth, 
 
 At Jesus's birth, 
 For heaven and earth are at peace. 
 
 Now the good-will of heaven is show* 
 Tow'rds Adam's helpless race \ 
 
 Messiah is come 
 
 To ransom his own, 
 To save them by infinite grace. 
 
 Then let us join the heavens above, 
 Where hymning seraphs sing, 
 
 Join all the glad Powers, 
 
 For their Lord is ours, 
 Our Prophet, our Priest, and our King. 
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9—10 HYMNS. 
 
 NEW YEAR. 
 
 9. While with ceaseless course the sun 
 Hasted through the former year, 
 
 Many souls their race have run, 
 Never more to meet us here. 
 
 Swiftly thus our fleeting days 
 
 Bear us down life's rapid stream ; 
 
 Upwards, Lord, our spirits raise ; 
 All below is but a dream. 
 
 Thanks for mercies past receive : 
 
 Pardon of our sins renew; 
 Teach us henceforth how to live 
 
 With eternity in view. 
 
 Bless the word to young and old, 
 Fill us with a Saviour's love ; 
 
 And when life's short tale is told, 
 May we dwell with thee above ! 
 
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 10. Now, graciousLord, thine arm reveal, 
 And make thy glory known ; 
 
 Now let us all thy presence feel, 
 And soften hearts of stone ! 
 
HYMNS. 10—11 
 
 Help us to bow before thy throne, 
 Ai)d plead a Saviour's name ; 
 
 For all that we can call our own, 
 Is vanity and shame. 
 
 From all the guilt of former siu 
 
 May mercy set us free ; 
 And let the year we now begin, 
 
 Begin and end with thee. 
 
 And when before thee we appear 
 
 To hear our final doom, 
 May growing numbers worship here, 
 
 And praise thee in our room. 
 
 EPIPHANY. 
 
 11. Sons of men, behold from far, 
 Hail the long-expected star! 
 Jacobs star that gilds the night, 
 Guides bewilder'd nature right. 
 
 Mild it shines on all beneath, 
 Piercing through the shades of death 
 Scatt'ring error's wide-spread night 
 Kindling darkness into light. 
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11—12 HYMNS. 
 
 Nations all, far off and near, 
 Haste, to see your God appear ; 
 Haste, for him your hearts prepare, 
 Meet him manifested there. 
 
 There behold the day-spring rise, 
 Pouring light upon your eyes ; 
 See it chase the shades away, 
 Shining unto perfect day, / 
 
 12. All hail, incarnate God! -^ 
 The wond'rous things foretold 
 
 Of thee in sacred writ, 
 
 With joys our eyes behold, 
 
 Still does thine arm new trophies wear, 
 
 And monuments of glory rear. 
 
 To thee the hoary head 
 
 Its silver honour pays ; 
 To thee the blooming youth 
 
 Devotes his brightest days ; 
 And every age their tribute bring, 
 And bow to thee, all-conquering King. 
 
 O haste, victorious Prince, 
 
 That happy glorious day, 
 When souls like drops of dew, 
 
 Shall own thy gentle sway : 
 
HYMNS. 12—13 
 
 O may it bless our longing eyes, 
 And bear our shouts beyond the skies. 
 
 All hail, triumphant Lord ! 
 
 Eternal be thy reign ; 
 Behold the nations sue 
 
 To wear thy gentle chain : 
 When earth and time are known no more, 
 Thy throne shall stand for ever sure. 
 
 LENT.* 
 
 13. Long have we sat beneath the sound 
 
 Of thy salvation, Lord ; 
 But still how weak our faith is found, 
 
 And knowledge of thy word ! 
 
 Oft we frequent thy holy place, 
 
 Yet hear almost in vain ; 
 How small a portion of thy grace 
 
 Do our false hearts retain ! 
 
 How cold and feeble is our love ! 
 
 How negligent our fear ! 
 How low our hope of joys above ! 
 
 How few affections there ! 
 
 * See Hymns, 82, 83, 84. 
 
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13—14 HYMNS. 
 
 Great God thy sovereign aid impart, 
 
 To give thy word success : 
 Write thy salvation on our heart, 
 
 And make us learn thy grace. 
 
 O speed our progress in the way 
 That leads to joys on high ; 
 
 Where knowledge grows without decay. 
 And love shall never die. 
 
 14. Return, O holy Dove, return, 
 
 Sweet messenger of rest ! 
 I hate the sins which make thee mourn, 
 
 And drive thee from my breast. 
 
 The dearest idol I have known, 
 
 Whate'er that idol be ; 
 Help me to tear it from thy throne, 
 
 And worship only thee. 
 
 So shall my walk be close with God, 
 Calm and serene my frame ; 
 
 So purer light shall mark the road 
 That leads me to the Lamb. 
 
HYMNS. 15 
 
 Heb. iv. 15. 
 
 15. With joy we meditate the grace 
 
 Of our High-Priest above ; 
 His heart is made of tenderness, 
 
 His bowels melt with love. 
 
 Touched with a sympathy within, 
 He knows our feeble frame ; 
 
 He knows what sore temptations mean, 
 For he hath felt the same. 
 
 He in the days of feeble flesh 
 
 Pour'd out strong cries and tears $ 
 
 And now in glory, feels afresh 
 What every member bears. 
 
 He'll never quench the smoking flax, 
 
 But raise it to a flame ; 
 The bruised reed he never breaks, 
 
 Nor scorns the meanest name. 
 
 Then let our humble faith address, 
 
 His mercy and his power; 
 We shall obtain deliv'ring grace, 
 
 In each distressing hour. 
 
16—17 HYMNS. 
 
 Luke, xxiii. 42. 
 
 16. OThou from whom all goodness flows, 
 
 I lift my heart to thee; 
 In all my sorrows, conflicts, woes, 
 
 Lord, remember me. 
 
 When pressing on my burthen'd heart, 
 
 My sins lie heavily ; 
 My pardon speak, new peace impart, 
 
 In love remember me. 
 
 Temptations sore obstruct my way, 
 
 And ills I cannot flee ; 
 O give me strength, Lord, as my day \ 
 
 For good, remember me* 
 
 The hour is near, consign'd to death 
 
 1 own the just decree ; 
 
 Saviour, with my last parting breath 
 I'll cry, remember me, ! 
 
 GOOD FRIDAY. 
 Galat. vi. 14. 
 
 ly. When I survey the wond'rous cross 
 On which the Prince of Glory died, 
 
 My richest gain I count but loss, 
 And pour contempt on all my pride. 
 
HYMNS. 17—18 
 
 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, 
 Save in the death of Christ my God ; 
 
 All the vain things that charm me most, 
 I sacrifice them to his blood. 
 
 See ! from his head, his hands, his feet, 
 Sorrow and love flow mingled down ; 
 
 Did e'er such love, such sorrow, meet ? 
 Or thorns compose so rich a crown ? 
 
 Were the whole realm of nature mine, 
 That were a present far too small; 
 
 Love so amazing, so divine, 
 
 Demands my soul, my life, my all. 
 
 18. " The promise of my Father's love 
 " Shall stand for ever good;" 
 
 He said, and gave his soul to death, 
 And seal'd the grace with blood. 
 
 To this blest offer of thy word, 
 
 I set my worthless name ; 
 I seal th' engagement to my Lord, 
 
 And make my humble claim. 
 
 Thelight, & strength, & pard'ninggrace, 
 
 And glory shall be mine ; 
 My flesh and heart, my life and soul, 
 
 And all my powers are thine. 
 
19 HYMNS. 
 
 19. Not all the blood of beasts 
 
 On Jewish altars slain, 
 Could give the guilty conscience peace, 
 
 Or wash away one stain. 
 
 But Christ, the heavenly Lamb, 
 
 Takes all our sins away ; 
 A sacrifice of nobler name, 
 
 And richer blood than they. 
 
 My faith would lay its hand 
 On that blest head of thine, 
 
 While like a penitent I stand, 
 And there confess my sin. 
 
 My soul looks back to see 
 The burdens thou didst bear, 
 
 When hanging on the accursed tree, 
 And hopes her guilt was there. 
 
 Believing, we rejoice 
 
 To sec the curse remove ; 
 We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice, 
 
 And sing nis dying love, ^ 
 
HYMNS. 20 
 
 EASTER. 
 
 20. He dies, the friend of sinners, dies ! 
 
 Lo Salem's daughters weep around; 
 A solemn darkness veils the ^kies ; 
 
 A sudden tremblingshakes the ground. 
 
 Come, sinners ! trace, in sad review, 
 His grief, who bow'd beneath your load; 
 
 He shed a thousand drops for you, 
 A thousand drops of richest blood. 
 
 Yet, see ! the Lord forsakes the tomb; 
 
 In vain his foes forbid his rise ; 
 Angelic legions guard him home ; 
 
 And shout him welcome to the skies; 
 
 Cease, cease your tears ye saints, and tell 
 How high your great deliv'rer reigns; 
 
 Sing how he spoil'd the hosts of hell, 
 And led the captive Death in chains. 
 
 Sing, " Live for ever, wond'rous King, 
 u Born to redeem and strong to save; 
 
 "Thine arm ha9 torn from death its sting, 
 " And snatched the vict'ry from the 
 grave/' /fc&u^y 
 
21 HYMNS. 
 
 21. Behold the bright morning appears^ 
 
 And Jesus revives from the grave ; 
 His rising removes all our fears, 
 
 And shows him almighty to save. 
 How strong were his tears and his cries ! 
 
 The worth of his blood how divine ! 
 How perfect his sacrifice is, 
 
 Who rose, tho' he suffer'd for sin ! 
 
 Believing, we share in his joy ; 
 
 By faith we partake of his rest; 
 In hope we can cheerfully die ; 
 
 With him we expect to be blest. 
 This makes us regardless of fame, 
 
 And riches and honours despise ; 
 We suffer for Jesus's name, 
 
 And die, that with him we may rise. 
 
 We wait for his coming again, 
 
 To raise us in glory with him ; 
 Then gladness his saints shall obtain, 
 
 His foes si 11 be clothed with shame. 
 Then will he most fully reward 
 
 The kindnesses done to his name ; 
 For faithfully he hath declared, 
 
 HeJtakes them as deeds done to him. 
 
HYMNS. 21—22 
 
 u Ye blest of my Father, come near, 
 
 " Sit down on my heavenly throne, 
 " Inherit the kingdom prepar'd 
 
 " For those who delight in his Son." 
 They're honour'd whom he shall approve, 
 
 Their riches shall never decay ; 
 Their joy is complete in his love, 
 
 Their tears shall be all wip'd away. 
 
 22. Christ, the Lord is ris'n to-day ; 
 
 Hallelujah. 
 Our triumphant holiday ; 
 Who endured the cross and grave, 
 Sinners to redeem and save. 
 
 Death, no more we dread thy sting, 
 Sin subdu'd we joyful sing; 
 Christ has died our souls to sare \ 
 Where's thy victory, O grave I 
 
 Glory be to God above ; 
 Praise him for his boundless love ; 
 Who hath rais'd his Son on high ; 
 All, through him, shall live that die, 
 
 HALLELUJAH. 
 
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23—24 HYMNS. 
 
 23. Hosanna to the Prince of light, 
 That cloth'd himself in clay ; 
 
 Entered the iron gates of death, 
 And tore the bars away. 
 
 Death is no more the king of dread, 
 
 Since our Immanuel rose ; 
 He took the tyrant's sting away. 
 
 And spoil'd our hellish foes. 
 
 Raise your devotions, mortal tongues, 
 
 To reach this blest abode j 
 Sweet be the accents of our songs, 
 
 To our incarnate God. 
 
 Bright angels, strike your loudest strings, 
 Your sweetest voices raise ; 
 
 Let heav'n and all created things, 
 Resound Immanuel's praise. 
 
 24. Hail! hail the happy wish'd-for day, 
 
 When Jesus shall appear, 
 When the last trumpet loud shall sound, 
 
 And all the dead shall hear. 
 
HYMNS. 24—25 
 
 They'll burst the bands of death with joy, 
 
 And loud hosannas raise ; 
 In him who lov'd them, they'll rejoice, 
 
 And glorious make his praise. 
 
 u Thou, thou art worthy/' still shall be 
 
 The burden of their song; 
 u Thou hast redeem'd us, and to thee 
 
 The glory doth belong." 
 
 We hope to join the grateful note, 
 And with loud triumph sing, [Grave ? 
 
 u Where, where's thy victory now, O 
 O Death ! where is thy sting !" 
 
 ASCENSION. 
 
 ^!5. Hail the day that sees him rise, 
 Glorious, to his native skies ! 
 Christ, awhile to mortals given, 
 Enters now his highest heaven. 
 
 There the glorious triumph waits ; 
 " Lift your heads, eternal gates ! 
 " Wide unfold the radiant scene 5 
 " Take the King of Glory in." 
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25—26 HYMNS. 
 
 See the heaven its Lord receives ! 
 Yet he loves the earth he leaves ; 
 Though returning to his throne. 
 Still he calls mankind his own. 
 
 Still for us he intercedes, 
 Prevalent his death he pleads ; 
 Near himself prepares our place, 
 Harbinger of human race. 
 
 O ! though parted from our sight, 
 Far above yon azure height, 
 Grant our hearts may thither rise, 
 Seeking thee above the skies. . 
 
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 Phillippians. iv, 4, 5. 
 26. Rejoice ! the Lord is King ! 
 
 Your God and King adore ! 
 Mortals give thanks and sing, 
 
 And triumph evermore. 
 Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice, 
 Rejoice, again I say, rejoice I 
 
 Jesus the Saviour reigns, 
 The God of truth and love : 
 
 When he had purg'd our sins, 
 He took his seat above. 
 
 Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice ! 
 
 Rejoice ! again I say, rejoice ! 
 
HYMNS. 26—2/ 
 
 He sits at God's right hand, 
 
 Till all his foes submit, 
 And bow to his command, 
 
 And fall beneath his feet. 
 Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice, 
 Rejoice, again I say, rejoice ! 
 
 Rejoice, in glorious hope ! 
 
 Jesus the Judge shall come, 
 And take his servants up 
 To their eternal home. 
 We soon shall hear th' archangel's voice, 
 The trump of God shall sound "Rejoice!" 
 
 ^^^W. 
 
 27. Hail, thou once despised Jesyg! 
 
 Hail thou Galilean King ! 
 Who didst suffer to release us, 
 
 Who didst free salvation bring! 
 Hail, thou glorious God and Saviour I 
 Who hast borne our sin and shame 5 
 By whose merit we find favour ; 
 Life is granted through thy name ? 
 
 Jesus hail, enthron'd in glory, 
 
 There for ever to abide ! 
 All the heav'nly hosts adore thee ! 
 
 Seated at thy Father's side. 
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27—28 HYMNS. 
 
 There for sinners thou art pleading, 
 " Spare them yet another year/' 
 
 Thou for saints art interceding, 
 Till in glory they appear. 
 
 Worship, honour, pow'r and blessing, 
 
 Christ is worthy to receive : 
 Loudest praises without ceasing, 
 
 Meet it is for us to give ! 
 Help, ye bright angelic spirits, 
 
 Bring your sweetest, noblest lays, 
 Help to sing our Jesus' merits, 
 
 Help to chaunt Immanuel's praise ! 
 
 Psalms, xxiv.>£#^e^ 
 28. Octr Lord is risen from the dead, 
 
 Our Saviour is gone up on high ! 
 The pow'rs of hell are captive led, 
 
 Dragg'd to the portals of the sky. 
 
 Loose all your bars of massy light, 
 And wide unfold th* etherial scene : 
 
 He claims the mansion as his right, 
 Receive the King of Glory in. 
 
 Lo ! his triumphant chariot waits, 
 And angels chant the solemn lay ; 
 
HYMNS. 28—29 
 
 Lift up your heads, ye heav'nly gates ! 
 Ye everlasting doors give way ! 
 
 Who is the King of Glory ? who ? 
 
 The Lord of glorious power possest ? 
 The King of saints and angels too, 
 
 God over all, for ever blest. 
 
 WHITSUNDAY. 
 
 29. Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, 
 And lighten with celestial fire ; 
 Thou the anointing Spirit art, 
 Who dost thy seven-fold gifts impart. 
 
 Thy blessed unction from above, 
 Is comfort, life, and fire of love; 
 Enable with perpetual light 
 The dulness of our blinded sight. 
 
 Anoint our heart, and cheer our face, 
 With the abundance of thy grace : 
 Keep far our foes, give peace at home : 
 Where thou art guide, no ill can come. 
 
 Teach us to know the Father, Son, 
 And thee of both, to be but One 5 
 
29—30 HYMNS. 
 
 That through the ages all along, 
 Thy praise may form our endless song. 
 
 Praise God, fit om whom all blessings flow; 
 Praise him all creatures here below ; 
 Praise him above, ye heavenly host ; 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. .> 
 ~«"~~~~~"~ A**t*t^ — 
 
 30. Comf, Holy Spirit, heav'nly Dove, 
 With all thy quick'ning powers - 9 
 
 Kindle a flame of sacred love 
 In these cold hearts of ours. 
 
 See, how we grovel here below. 
 Fond of these earthly toys ! 
 
 Our souls how heavily they go 
 To reach eternal joys I 
 
 In vain we tune our lifeless songs, 
 
 In vain we strive to rise : 
 Hosannahs languish on our tongues, 
 
 And our devotion dies. 
 
 Forbid it, Lord, that this should be 
 Through life our feeble state ; 
 
 Our love so faint, so cold to thee, 
 Whilst thine to us so great. 
 
HYMNS. 30—31 
 
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 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, 
 With all thy quick'ning powers ; 
 
 Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love, 
 And that shall kindle ours. 
 
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 31. Come, Holy Spirit, come ; 
 
 Let thy bright beams arise; 
 Dispel the sorrow from our minds, 
 
 The darkness from our eyes. 
 
 Revive our drooping faith, 
 Our doubts and fears remove, 
 And kindle in our breasts the flame 
 Of never-dying love. 
 
 Tis thine to cleanse the heart, 
 To sanctify the soul, 
 To pour fresh life on every part, 
 And renovate the whole. 
 
 Dwell thou within our hearts, 
 Our minds from bondage free ; 
 Then shall we know, and praise, and love, 
 The Father, Son, and Thee. 
 
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32 HYMNS. 
 
 TRINITY SUNDAY. 
 
 32. Blest be the Father and his love, 
 To whose celestial source we owe 
 
 Rivers of endless joys above, 
 And rills of comfort here below. 
 
 Glory to Thee, great Son of God ! 
 
 Forth from thy wounded body rolls 
 A precious stream of vital blood, 
 
 Pardon and life for dying souls. 
 
 We give the sacred Spirit praise, 
 Who in our hearts of sin and woe, 
 
 Makes living springs of grace arise, 
 And into boundless glory flow. 
 
 Thus God the Father, God the Son, 
 And God the Spirit we adore ; 
 
 To whom be endless honours done, 
 Till time itself shall be no more. 
 
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HYMNS, 33 
 
 33. We give immortal praise 
 To God the Father's love ; 
 For all our comforts here, 
 And better hopes above. 
 He sent his own eternal Son, 
 To die for sins that man had done. 
 
 To God the Son belongs 
 
 Immortal glory too ; 
 Who sav'd us by his blood 
 From everlasting woe : 
 And now he lives, and now he reigns ; 
 And sees the fruit of all his pains. 
 
 To God the Spirit praise 
 
 A ad endless worship give : 
 Whose new-creating power 
 Makes the dead sinner live. 
 His work completes the great design, 
 And fills the soul with joy divine, 
 
 Almighty God ! to thee 
 
 Be endless honours done 5 
 The sacred Persons three, 
 The Godhead only one ! 
 Where reason fails with all her powers, 
 There faith prevails, and kye adores. 
 
3* HYMNS. 
 
 LORD'S DAY. 
 
 34 To-day God bids the faithful rest. 
 To-day he show'rs his grace ; 
 
 " Seek ye my face/' the Lord hath said \ 
 Lord, we will seek thy face. 
 
 Come, let us leave the things of earth, 
 
 With God's assembly join ; 
 Lo ! heav'n descends to welcome man 
 
 To taste the things divine ! 
 
 Amidst th* assembly of thy saints 
 
 Let us be faithful found ; 
 And let us join in humble prayer, 
 
 And in thy praise abound. 
 
 Let thy good Spirit help our souls 
 With faith thy word to hear ; 
 
 Be with us in thy temple, Lord- 
 And let us find thee near. 
 
 
HYMNS. 35 
 
 35. This is the day, the Lord's own day, 
 
 A day of holy rest ; 
 O teach our souls to cease from sin ; 
 
 That rest will please thee best. 
 
 Thou, thou alone redeemed hast 
 Our souls from deadly thrall, 
 
 With no less price than thine own blood, 
 The purchase of us all. 
 
 Thou, Lord, didst die, and rise again, 
 
 And didst ascend on high, 
 That we, poor sinners, lost and dead, 
 
 Might live eternally. 
 
 Thy blood was shed instead of ours, 
 Thy soul our guilt did bear ; 
 
 Thou took'st our sins, gav'st us thyself, 
 Thy love's beyond compare ! 
 
 Welcome and dear unto my soul 
 
 Is thy most holy day ! 
 May I th' eternal Sabbath keep 
 
 With God my strength and stay, 
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36 HYMNS. 
 
 36. When, O my Saviour! when shall X 
 
 Behold thee all serene ; 
 Blest in perpetual Sabbath-day, 
 
 Without a veil between ? 
 
 Release my soul from every chain, 
 
 No more hell's captive led ; 
 And pardon a repenting child, 
 
 For whom the Saviour bled. 
 
 Spare me, O God ! O spare the soul 
 
 That gives itself to thee ; 
 Take all that I possess below, 
 
 And give thyself to me. 
 
 Thy Spirit, O my Father ! give 
 To be my guide and friend ; 
 
 To light my way to ceaseless joys, 
 Where Sabbaths never end, * 
 
 
HYMNS. 37—38 
 
 COMMUNION. 
 
 3/. My God, and is thy table spread ? 
 
 And does thy cup with love o'erflow? 
 Thither be all thy children led, 
 
 And let them all thy goodness know. 
 
 Hail, sacred feast ! which Jesus makes; 
 Rich banquet of his flesh and blood ; 
 Thrice happy he, who here partakes 
 That precious stream, that heav'nly 
 
 [food. 
 Let crowds approach with holy zeal, 
 
 By faith and penitence prepar'd : 
 Then as our lips the pledges feel, 
 Salvation by our souls be shar'd. 
 
 Cfafa^t 
 
 Rev, v. 12. 
 
 38. Come, let us join our cheerful songs 
 With angel* round the throne ; 
 
 Ten thousand thousand are their tongues. 
 But all their joys are one. 
 
 "Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry, 
 
 " To be exalted thus :" 
 " Worthy the Lamb," our hearts reply, 
 
 " For he was slain for us." 
 E2 
 
38—39 HYMNS. 
 
 Jesus is worthy to receive 
 Honour and pow'r divine ; 
 
 And praises more than we can give, 
 Be, Lord, for ever thine ! 
 
 The whole creation join in one, 
 To bless the sacred name 
 
 Of him that sits upon the throne, 
 And to adore the Lamb I 
 
 39. Behold what love the Father hath 
 
 On guilty men bestow'd ! 
 
 That we, poor sinners, sons of wrath, 
 
 Should be the sons of God ! 
 NX"* %x 
 
 Behold ! for guilty, guilty men, 
 
 The Lord of glory dies ; 
 Lays down his life, them to redeem, 
 
 A precious sacrifice ! 
 
 And God the sacrifice accepts, 
 His wrath is now appeas'd; 
 
 He looks to his beloved Son, 
 And says, " I am well pleas'd." 
 
HYMNS. 39— 40 
 
 Now doth the ever blessed Lamb, 
 
 Who for his people dy'd, 
 See of the travail of his soul ; 
 
 And is well satisfy'd. 
 
 O ! let us then resound the note 
 Which still prevails above ; 
 
 And ever sing, with joyful hearts, 
 The wonders of his love. 
 
 40. All glory and praise 
 To the Ancient of days, 
 Who was born and was slain to redeem 
 a lost race. 
 
 And shall he not have 
 
 The lives which he gave 
 
 Such an infinite ransom for ever to save? 
 
 Yes, Lord, we are thine, 
 
 And gladly resign [vine. 
 
 Our souls to be fill'd with the fulness di- 
 
 We yield thee thine own, 
 We'd serve thee alone ; 
 Thy will upon earth as in heaven be done, 
 E3 
 
41—42 HYMNS. 
 
 41. O come, thou wounded Lamb of God! 
 Come, wash us in thy cleansing blood; 
 Give us to know thy love, then pain 
 
 Is sweet, and life or death is gain. 
 
 Take our poor hearts, and let them be 
 For ever clos'd to all but thee ; 
 Seal thou our breasts, and let us wear 
 That pledge of love for ever there. 
 
 First-born of many brethren, thou ; 
 To thee both earth and heav'n must bow; 
 Help us to thee our all to give, 
 Thine may we die, thine may we live i 
 
 FUNERAL. /' 
 Job, i. 21. 
 
 42, Naked as from the earth we came, 
 A iid enter'd life at first, 
 
 So to the earth we soon return, 
 And mingle with the dust. 
 
 'Tis God that lifts our comforts high, 
 Or sinks them in the grave ; 
 
 He gives, and blessed be his name ! 
 He takes but what he gave. 
 
HYMNS. 42—43 
 
 Peace ! all our angry passions then ; 
 
 Let each rebellious sigh 
 Be silent at his sov'reign will, 
 
 And every murmur die. 
 
 fK smiling mercy crown etfrtavgs, 
 
 Its praises shall be spread ; 
 And we'll adore the justice too 
 That strikes our comforts dead. 
 
 Wisdom, iii. L 
 
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 43. The righteous souls that take their 
 Far from this world of pain, [flight, 
 
 In God's paternal bosom blest, 
 For ever shall remain. 
 
 To minds unwise they seem to die, 
 
 All joyful hopes to cease ; 
 Yet they, secur'd by Jesus, live 
 
 In everlasting peace. 
 
 And at the great, the awful day, 
 When Christ descends from high, 
 
 With myriads of triumphant saints, 
 He'll own them in the sky. 
 
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 43—44 HYMNS. 
 
 Then lie, their judge, their mighty Lord; 
 
 Displays redeeming grace, 
 And calls them ever to behold 
 
 The brightness of his face. 
 
 NATIONAL FAST. 
 
 44. While justice waves her vengeful 
 Tremendous o'er a guilty land, [hand, 
 Almighty God, thy awful power 
 With tear and trembling we adore. 
 
 While peace and plenty bless'd our days, 
 Where was the tribute of thy praise ? 
 Ungrateful race ! how have we spent 
 The blessings which thy goodness lent ? 
 
 O let thy sov'reign grace impart 
 Contrition to each rocky heart, 
 And bid sincere repentance flow, 
 A general, undissembled woe. 
 
 Fair smiling peace again restore, 
 With plenty bless the pining poor, 
 And may a happy thankful land 
 Obedient own thy guardian hand. 
 
HYMNS. 45—46 
 
 45. See, gracious God, before thy throne, 
 Thy mourning people bend ! 
 
 Tis on thy sov'reign grace alone 
 Our humble hopes depend. 
 
 O turn thou us, almighty Lord, 
 
 By thy renewing grace ; 
 So shall our hearts receive thy word, 
 
 And humbly seek thy lace. 
 
 Then should insulting foes invade, 
 
 We shall not sink in fear ; 
 Secure of never failing aid, 
 
 If God, our God, be near. 
 
 NATIONAL THANKSGIVING. 
 
 46. Salvation doth to God belong ; 
 His power and grace shall be our song; 
 His hand has warded off the blow, 
 And terror strikes the haughty foe. 
 
 Praise to the Lord, who bows his ear 
 Propitious to his people's prayer ; 
 And though deliv'rance long delay, 
 Answers in his well-chosen day. 
 
46—47 HYMNS. 
 
 Still be it our supreme delight 
 To walk as in thy honour'd sight ; 
 Still in thy precepts and thy fear, 
 To life's last day to persevere. 
 
 For the Promotion of the Gospel. 
 
 47. Sons of God. our Saviour praise, 
 
 He the door hath open'd wide ; 
 He hath given the word of grace, 
 
 Jesu's word is glorified : ■ 
 
 Jesus, mighty to redeem, 
 
 He alone the work hath wrought, 
 Worthy is the work of him, 
 
 Him who spake a world from nought* 
 
 Saw ye not the cloud arise, 
 
 Little as a human hand ? 
 Now it spreads along the skies, 
 
 Hangs o'er all the thirsty land. 
 Lo! the promise of a shower, 
 
 Drops already from above ; 
 But the Lord shall shortly pour, 
 
 -All the spirit of his love. 
 
HYMNS. 48— 49 
 
 48. Indulgent Sovereign of the skies, 
 And wilt thou bow thy gracious ear ? 
 
 While feeble mortals raise their cries, 
 Wilt thou, the great Jehovah, hear ? 
 
 How shall thy servants give thee rest, 
 TillZion's mouldering walls thou raise? 
 
 Till thy own power shall stand confess'd 
 And make Jerusalem a praise ? 
 
 Look down, O God, with pitying eye, 
 View the desolation round 5 
 
 See what wide realms in darkness lie, 
 And hurl their idols to the ground. 
 
 Loud let the gospel-trumpet blow, 
 Till all the distant nations hear ; 
 
 Let all the isles their Saviour know, 
 And earth's remotest ends draw near. 
 
 Psalms, lxxii. 
 
 49. Jesus shall reign where'er the sun 
 Doth his successive journeys run; 
 His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, 
 Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 
 
49—50 HYMNS. 
 
 To him shall endless prayer be made,, 
 The princes throng to crown his head ; 
 His name like sweet perfume shall rise, 
 With every morning sacrifice : 
 
 People and realms of every tongue 
 Dwell on his love with sweetest song : 
 And infant voices shall proclaim 
 Their early blessings on his name. 
 
 Let every creature rise and bring 
 Peculiar honours to our King ; 
 Angels descend with songs again, 
 And earth repeat the loud An^em 
 
 PUBLIC CHARITY. 
 
 50. Rather of mercies, send thy grace* 
 
 All powerful from above, 
 To form in our obedient souls, 
 
 The image of thy love. 
 
 When, sunk in guilt, our souls approached 
 
 The borders of despair, 
 Thy grace, through Jesus' blood, pro- 
 
 A free salvation near, [claim'd 
 
HYMNS. 50—51 
 
 What shall we render, bounteous Lord, 
 
 For all the grace we see ! 
 Alas ! the goodness worms can yield, 
 
 Extendeth not to thee. 
 
 O may our sympathizing breasts 
 That generous pleasure know ; 
 
 Kindly to share in others' joy, 
 And weep for others' woe. 
 
 When the most helpless sons of grief 
 
 In low distress are laid, 
 Soft be our hearts their pains to feel, 
 
 And swift our hands to aid. 
 
 Thus passing through the vale of tears, 
 Our useful light shall shine : 
 
 And others learn to glorify 
 Our Father's name divine. 
 
 Christ. — His Nature and Offices. 
 St. John, xxi. 7> 15. 
 
 51. Hark! my soul, it is the Lord! 
 'Tis thy Saviour, hear his word ; 
 Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee, 
 " Say, poor sinner, lov r st thou me? 
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51—52 HYMNS. 
 
 " I deliver'd thee, when bound, 
 " And when wounded, heal'd thy wound ; 
 u Sought thee wand 'ring, set thee right, 
 "Turn'd thy darkness into light. 
 
 t€ Can a woman's tender care 
 " Cease toward the child she bare ? 
 " Yet, she may forgetful be, 
 " Yet will I remember thee." 
 
 Lord, it is our chief complaint, 
 That our love is weak and faint. 
 Yet we love thee, and adore ; 
 O for grace to love thee more ! 
 
 /' 1 '^ 
 
 52. Plung'd in the gulf of dark despair, 
 
 We wretched sinners lay, 
 Without one cheerful beam of hope, 
 
 One spark of glimm'ring day. 
 
 With pitying eye the Prince of Peace 
 
 Beheld our helpless grief; 
 He saw ; and O ! amazing love ! 
 
 He came to our relief, 
 
HYMNS. 52—53 
 
 Down from the shining seats above 
 
 With joyful haste he flew ! 
 Enter'd the world in mortal flesh, 
 
 And died our victim too. 
 
 Angels assist our mighty joys, 
 Strike all your harps of gold ; 
 
 But when you raise your highest notes. 
 His love can ne'er be told. 
 
 53. Salvation ! O the joyful sound ! 
 
 What pleasure to our ears ! 
 A sov'reign bairn for every wound, 
 
 A cordial for our fears, 
 
 Choms. Glory, honour, praise and power 
 Be unto the Lamb for ever ! 
 Jesus Christ is our Redeemer: 
 Hallelujah ! praise the Lord I 
 
 Salvation ! let the echo fly 
 
 The spacious earth around, 
 While all the armies of the sky 
 
 Conspire to raise the sound. 
 
 Chorus. Glory, &c. 
 
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53—54 HYMNS. 
 
 Salvation ! O, thou dying Lamb ! 
 
 To thee the praise belongs ! 
 Salvation shall inspire our hearts, 
 
 And dwell upon our tongues. 
 
 Chorus. Glory, &c. ^^^^ 
 
 54. Grateful the name of Jesus sounds 
 
 To the believer's ear ! 
 It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, 
 
 And drives away his fear. 
 
 It makes the broken spirit whole, 
 And calms the fearful breast; 
 
 /Tis manna to the hungry soul, 
 And to the weary, rest. 
 
 O heav'nly Shepherd, Father, Friend! 
 
 Our Prophet, Priest, and King! 
 Our Lord, our life, our way, our end, 
 
 Accept the praise we bring ! 
 
 Weak is the effort of the heart, 
 And cold our warmest thought; 
 
 But when we know thee as thou art, 
 We'll praise thee as we ought. 
 
HYMNS. 54—55 
 
 Till then, we would thy love proclaim 
 With every fleeting breath ; 
 
 And may thy all-prevailing. name 
 Support our souls in death ! 
 
 55. Behold the Lamb of God, 
 
 Who takes our guilt away ! 
 See and adore his heavenly love, 
 
 And praise him day by day I 
 
 Be every valley high, 
 
 Be every mountain low ! 
 The proud must stoop, the humble soul 
 
 Shall his salvation know. 
 
 The heathen realms abroad 
 
 Shall join in sweet accord, 
 And all the sons of men shall see 
 
 The glory of the Lord. 
 F3 
 
56 HYMNS. 
 
 56. Join all the glorious names 
 Of wisdom, love, and power. 
 That mortals ever knew, 
 That angels ever bore : 
 All ar§^too raea^n to speak his worth, 
 Too mean to set our Saviour forth. 
 
 Great Prophet of our God, 
 
 Our tongues would bless thy name ! 
 By thee the joyful news 
 Of our salvation came! 
 The joyful news of sins forgiven, 
 Of hell subdu'd, and peace with heaven. 
 
 Jesus our great High Priest, 
 OfFer'd his blood and died : 
 Thou guilty sinner seek 
 No sacrifice beside : 
 His powerful blood did once atone, 
 And now he pleads before the throne. 
 
 Divine and gracious Lord ! 
 
 Our conqueror and our King ! 
 Thy sceptre and thy sword, 
 Thy reigning grace we sing, 
 Thine is the power : O may we sit 
 In willing bonds beneath thy feet ! 
 
HYMNS. 57 
 
 REDEMPTION. 
 Zech. xiii. 1. Rev. i. 5. 
 
 57. There is a fountain fill'd with blood, 
 Drawn from Iinmanuel's veins, 
 
 And sinners piang'd beneath that flood, 
 Lose all their guilty stains. 
 
 The dying thief rejoic'd to see 
 
 That fountain in his day; 
 And there would I, defii'd as he, 
 
 Wash all ray sins away. 
 
 Atoning Lamb, thy precious blood 
 
 Shall never lose its po^ver, 
 Till all the ransomd church of God 
 
 Be sav'd to sin no more. 
 
 Ere since by faith I saw the stream 
 Thy flowiug wounds supply, 
 
 Redeeming love hath been my theme, 
 And shall be till I die. 
 
 Then in a nobler sweeter song, 
 
 Til sing thy power to save, [tongue, 
 
 When this poor lisping, stamm'ring 
 Lies silent in the grave. 
 
58—59 HYxMNS. 
 
 Isaiah, xii. 
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 58. I will praise thee ev'ry day, 
 Now thine anger's turn'daway! 
 Comfortable thoughts arise 
 From the bleeding sacrifice. 
 
 Here in the fair gospel field, 
 Wells of free salvation yield 
 Streams of life, a plenteous store, 
 And my soul shall thirst no more, 
 
 Jesus is become at length 
 My salvation and my strength ; 
 And his praises shall prolong, 
 While I live, my pleasant song. 
 
 Raise again the joyful sound, 
 Let the nations roll it round ! 
 Zion shout, for this is he, 
 €tod the Saviour dwells in thee. 
 
 59. Come, let us all unite to praise, 
 The Saviour of mankind, 
 
 Our thankful hearts in solemn lays 
 Be with our voices join'd. 
 
HYMNS 59—60 
 
 But how shall dust his worth declare, 
 
 When angels try in vain ; 
 Their faces veil when they appear 
 
 Before the Son of man ! 
 
 Tho' fe % eble a?ie our best essays, 
 
 Thy love will not despise 
 Our grateful songs of humble praise, 
 
 Our well-meant sacrifice. 
 
 Worship and honour, thanks and love, 
 
 Be to our Jesus giv'n 
 By men below, — by hosts above, — 
 
 By all in earrh and heaven ! 
 
 60. Now begin the heavenly theme, 
 Sing aloud the Saviour's name; 
 Ye, vvhc Jesu's kindness prove, 
 Triumph in redeeming love. 
 
 He subdu'd th' infernal pow'rs, 
 His tremendous foes and ours, 
 From that cursed empire drove. 
 Mighty in redeeming love. 
 
60—61 HYMNS. 
 
 Hither all your music bring, 
 Strike aloud each joyful string ; 
 Mortals join the hosts above, 
 Join to praise redeeming love. 
 
 61. Let us, the sheep by Jesus nam'd, 
 Our Shepherd's mercy bless ; 
 
 Let us, whom Jesus hath redeemed, 
 Show forth our thankfulness. 
 
 Not unto us, to thee alone, 
 
 Be praise and glory given ; 
 Here shall thy praises be begun, 
 
 But carry'd on in heaven. 
 
 The hosts of spirits now with thee, 
 
 Eternal anthems sing; 
 To imitate them here, lo ! we 
 
 Our hallelujahs bring. 
 
 Till we this veil of flesh lay down, 
 
 Accept our weaker lays ; 
 And when, O Lord, we reach thy throne, 
 
 We'll join in nobler praise, 
 
 
HYMNS. 62 
 
 1 Peter ii. 24, 25. 
 
 62. What shall we render unto thee, 
 Thou glorious Lord of life and pow'r ! 
 
 Teach us to bow the humble knee ; 
 Teach us with thankfulness t* adore ; 
 
 To praise thee as thy saints above, 
 
 To praise thee for thy wond'rous love. 
 
 When like lost sheep we wander'd wide, 
 And left the watchful Shepherd's eye ; 
 
 When borne along the impetuous tide 
 Of this world's sin and vanity ; 
 
 Our Jesus from the heav'ns came down 
 
 To save us by his grace alone. 
 
 He bore our sins upon the tree, 
 
 (To seek and save the lost he came,) 
 
 There was he bound to set us free, 
 From death and everlasting shame \ 
 
 The captive flock from hell was freed, 
 
 Andransom'd when their Shepherd bled. 
 
 May we, his banish'd ones, rejoice, 
 Him for our Lord and God to own; 
 
 To take him as our only choice, 
 And cleave to him in love alone ; 
 
 Be growing up in holiness, 
 
 Then meet him in the realms of bliss. 
 
63—64 HYMNS. 
 
 63. Let u& praise and join the chorus 
 Of the saints enthron'd on high > 
 
 Here they trusted him before us ; 
 Now their praises fill the sky, 
 
 Thou hast wash'd us with thy blood ; 
 
 Thou art worthy, Lamb of God ! 
 
 Yes, we praise thee, gracious Saviour, 
 Wonder, love, and bless thy name; 
 
 Pardon, Lord, our poor endeavour, 
 Pity, for thou know'st our frame, 
 
 Wash our souls and songs with blood, 
 
 For by thee we come to God. 
 
 Rev. v. 9. 
 
 64. Now to the Lamb that once was slain, 
 
 Be endless blessings paid ! 
 Salvation, glory, joy, remain 
 
 For ever on thy head. 
 
 Thouhastredeem'dour souls with blood, 
 
 Hast set the pris'ners free ; 
 Hast made us kings and priests to God, 
 And we shall reign with thee. 
 
HYMNS. 65—66 
 
 65. Author and Guardian of my life, 
 Thou source of light divine ; 
 
 And all harmonious names in one, 
 My Saviour, thou art mine ! 
 
 What thanks I owe thee, and what love, 
 
 A boundless, endless store, 
 Shall echo through the realms above, 
 
 When time shall be no more. * 
 
 66. Raise your triumphant songs, 
 To an immortal tune, 
 
 Let the wide earth resound the deeds 
 Celestial grace has done. 
 
 Twas mercy fill'd the throne, 
 
 And wrath stood silent by, 
 WhenChrist was sent with pardons down, 
 
 To rebels doom'd to die. 
 
 Now, sinners, dry your tears, 
 Let hopeless sorrows cease ; 
 
 Bow to the sceptre of his love, 
 And take the offer'd peace* 
 
 Lord, we obey thy call ; 
 
 We lay an humble claim 
 To the salvation thou hast brought, 
 
 And love and praise thy name. 
 
67—68 HYMNS. 
 
 6/. Awake, and sing the song 
 
 Of Moses and the Lamb : 
 Wake every heart and every tongue, 
 
 To praise the Saviour's name. 
 
 Sing of his dying love, 
 
 Sing of his rising pow'r ! 
 Sing how he intercedes above, 
 
 For those whose sins he bore^ 
 
 Soon shall we hear him say, 
 " Ye blessed children come!" 
 
 Soon will he call us hence away, 
 And take his wand'rers home. 
 
 There shall our raptur'd tongues, 
 His endless praise proclaim! 
 
 And sweeter voices tune the song 
 Of Moses and the Land). £\ 
 
 68 Now may the Lord reveal his face, 
 
 And teach our stamm'ring tongues, 
 To make his sovereign reigning grace 
 
 The subject of our songs ! 
 No sweeter subject can invite 
 
 A sinner's heart to sing, 
 Or more display the glorious right 
 
 Of our exalted King. 
 
HYMNS. 68—69 
 
 This subject fills the starry plains 
 
 With wonder, joy, and love ; 
 And furnishes the noblest strains 
 
 For all the harps ><i>ove ; 
 While the redeem 'd in praise combine 
 
 To Jesus on the throne ; 
 Angels in solemn chorus join, 
 
 And make the theme their own. 
 
 Lord, when this changing life is past, 
 
 If we may see thy face ; 
 How shall we praise, and love at last^ 
 
 And sing the reign of Grace ? 
 Yet let us aim, while here below, 
 
 Thy mercy to display ; 
 And own at least the debt we owe, 
 
 Although we cannot pay. 
 
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 Leviticus, xxv. 9, 10. 
 
 69. Blow ye the trumpet, blow! 
 The gladly solemn sound 
 Let all the nations know, 
 To earth's remotest bound. 
 The year of Jubilee is come : 
 Return ye ransomed sinners home. 
 G2 
 
73—74 HYMNS. 
 
 To our redeeming God 
 
 Wisdom with power belongs : 
 
 Then to his glorious Majesty 
 Sing everlasting songs. 
 
 PsALMS, CXXXVi. By MlLTON. 
 
 74. Let us with a joyful mind, 
 
 Praise the Lord, for he is kind : 
 For his mercies shall endure, 
 Ever faithful, ever sure. 
 
 Let us sound his name abroad, 
 For of gods he is the God ; 
 Who his mansion hath on high, 
 'Bove the reach of mortal eye. 
 
 All his creatures God does feed, 
 His full hand supplies their need ; 
 Let us therefore, warble forth 
 His high majesty and worth. 
 
 He hath, with a pitying eye, 
 View'd us in our misery ; 
 And his mercies shall endure ; 
 Ever faithful, ever sure^ 
 
HYMNS. 75—76 
 
 75. Glory be to God on high ! 
 
 Hallelujah. 
 God, whose glory fills the sky! 
 Peace on earth, and man forgiven ! 
 Man, the well-belov'd of heaven. 
 
 Sov'reign Father ! heav'nly King ! 
 Thee we now presume to sing ! 
 Glad thine attributes confess, 
 Glorious all and numberless. 
 
 Hail, by all thy works ador'd, 
 Hail, the everlasting Lord ! 
 Thee with thankful hearts we prove 
 Lord of power ! God of love ! 
 
 Hallelujah. 
 
 76. Nature with open volume stands, 
 To spread her Maker's praise abroad ; 
 
 On ev'ry labour of his hands, 
 Is stamp'd the image of a God. 
 
 But in the grace that rescu'd man, 
 His brightest form of glory shines ; 
 
 Here, on the cross, 'tis fairest drawn 
 In precious blood and crimson lines. 
 
76—77 HYMNS. 
 
 I would for ever speak thy name 
 In sounds to mortal ears unknown ! 
 
 With angels join to praise the Lamb, 
 And worship at his Father's throne, 
 
 SCRlFfURES. 
 Psalms, xix. 
 
 77» Behold ! the morning sun 
 
 Begins his glorious way : 
 His beams thro' ail the nations run^ 
 
 And light and life convey. 
 
 But where the gospel comes, 
 
 It spreads diviner light -, 
 It cahs dead sinners from their tombs, 
 
 And gives the blind their sight. 
 
 How perfect is thy word I 
 And ail thy judgments just ! 
 
 For ever sure thy promise, Lord, 
 And men securely trust. 
 
 O gracious God, how plain 
 
 Arc thy directions given ! 
 O ! may we never read in vain, 
 
 But find the path to heaven. 
 
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HYMNS. 78—79 
 
 78. O God of wisdom ! God of might ! 
 Great ruler in the realms of light : 
 Whose truths are hid from prudent eyes, 
 But make the babe and suckling wise : 
 Help thy inquiring servants, Lord, 
 To hear and understand thy word* 
 
 Reveal thy Scriptures to our mind, 
 And let us heavenly treasures find ; 
 Do thou those sacred leaves unfold, 
 And bid us all thy grace behold. 
 O let thy Spirit lead us forth, 
 And teach us all their endless worth ! 
 
 Direct us lest we judge amiss ; 
 Lest error cloud the hidden bliss ; 
 Th' ingrafted word may we receive, 
 And back to thee the glory give ! 
 O make us know and make us hear 
 The happy tidings treasured there. 
 
 79. Father of mercies! in thy word 
 What endless riches shine ! 
 For ever be thy name ador'd 
 For knowledge thus divine I 
 
79—80 HYMNS, 
 
 Here the Redeemer's welcome voice, 
 Spreads heavenly peace around ; 
 
 And life and everlasting joys 
 Attend the blissful sound. 
 
 O may those heavenly pages be 
 Our first, our chief delight ; 
 
 And still new beauties may we see, 
 And still increase in light ! 
 
 Divine Instructor ! glorious Lord ! 
 
 Be thou for ever near : 
 Teach us to love thy sacred Word, 
 
 And view our Saviour there- 
 
 $*sjzZzA^ 
 
 Isaiah, lii. 7* 
 
 80. How beauteous are their feet, 
 
 Who stand on Zion's hill, 
 Who bring salvation on their tongues, 
 
 And words of peace reveal ! 
 
 How charming is their voice ! 
 
 How sweet the tidings are ! 
 " Zion 5 behold thy Saviour King, 
 
 He reigns and triumphs here." 
 
HYMNS. 80—81 
 
 How happy are our ears, 
 
 That hear the joyful sound, 
 Which kings and prophets waited for, 
 
 And sought but never found ! 
 
 The Lord makes known his name 
 Through all the earth abroad j 
 
 Let every nation now behold 
 Their Saviour and their Go 
 
 81. Great God ! with wonder and with 
 On all thy works we look ; [praise, 
 
 But still thy wisdom, pow'r, and grace, 
 Shine brighter in thy book. 
 
 Here are our choicest treasures hid, 
 
 Here our best comfort lies, 
 Here our desires are satisfied, 
 
 And hence our hopes arise. 
 
 Lord ! make us understand thy law, 
 Show what our faults have been ; 
 
 And from thy gospel let us draw 
 Pardon for all our sin. /. , v^-~ 
 
82—83 HYMNS. 
 
 REPENTANCE. 
 
 82. How heavy is the night, 
 
 That hangs upon our eyes ; 
 Till Christ, with his reviving light, 
 
 Upon our souls arise ! 
 
 Our guilty spirits dread 
 
 To meet the wrath of heaven; 
 
 But his righteousness array 'd, 
 We s%e our sins forgiven. 
 
 Unholy and impure 
 
 Are all our thoughts and ways, 
 His hands infected nature cure, 
 
 With sanctifying grace. 
 
 Lord, we adore thy ways, 
 
 To bring us near to God ; 
 Thy sovereign power, thy healing grace, 
 
 And thine atoning blood. 
 
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 83. Come, weary souls, with sins distrest, 
 The Saviour offers heavenly rest ; 
 The kind, the gracious call obey j 
 And cast your gloomy fears away. 
 
HYMNS. 83—84 
 
 Oppress'd with guilt, a painful load, 
 O come and spread your woes abroad ; 
 Divine compassion, mighty love, 
 Will all the painful load remove. 
 
 Lord, we accept with thankful heart 
 The hope thy gracious words impart; 
 We come with trembling, yet rejoice, 
 And bless the kind inviting voice. 
 
 Blest Saviour ! let thy powerful love 
 Confirm our faith, our fears remove, 
 And sweetly influence every breast, 
 And guide us to eternal rest. 
 
 84. O thou ! whose tender mercy hears 
 
 Contrition's humble cry ; 
 Whose hand, indulgent, wipes the tears 
 
 From sorrow's weeping eye. 
 
 See, low before thy throne of grace,. 
 
 We wretched wand'rcrs mourn; 
 fhvself hast bid us seek thy face,. 
 
 Thyself hast said, " Return " 
 H2 
 
84—85 HYMNS. 
 
 O ! shine on each benighted heart, 
 With beams of mercy shine ; 
 
 And let thy Spirit's aid impart 
 A taste of joys divine. y 
 
 PARDON AND PEACE. 
 
 85. Blest Jesus, gracious Saviour, 
 
 Great Lord of all above, 
 Extend to us thy favour. 
 
 The gift of pard'ning love ! 
 While strength and spirits languish, 
 
 And feeble hopes decay, 
 O save our souls from anguish, 
 
 And wash our guilt away. 
 
 O love, all love excelling, 
 
 From heaven to earth come down! 
 Come fix in us thy dwelling, 
 
 Of all thy gifts the crown. 
 Lord thou art all compassion, 
 
 Unbounded love thou art, 
 O grant us thy salvation, 
 
 Speak peace to every heart. 
 
HYMNS. 86—87 
 
 FAITH. 
 
 86. O ! for an overcoming faith^ 
 
 To cheer the dying hour; 
 To meet in peace th' approach of death. 
 
 And triumph o'er his power. 
 
 Joyful with all the strength we have, 
 Our (juiv'ring lips should sing ; 
 
 " Where is thy boasted vict'ry, grave ? 
 " O death ! where is thy sting ?" 
 
 Now to the God of victory 
 Shall endless thanks be paid : 
 
 Who makes usconqu'rors,thoughwedie, 
 Thro' Christ our living head. •. 
 
 J&&. 
 
 87. Faith adds new charms to earthly 
 And saves us from its snares ; [bliss, 
 
 Its aid in every duty brings, 
 And softens all our cares. 
 
 The wounded con science knows its power 
 
 The healing balm to give : 
 That balm the saddest heart can cheer, 
 
 And make the dying live, 
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90—91 HYMNS. 
 
 Our wasting lives grow shorter stilly 
 As months and days increase ; 
 
 And every beating pulse we tell 
 Leaves but the number less. 
 
 The year rolls round and steals away 
 
 The breath that first it gave ; 
 Whate'er we do, whatever we be, 
 
 We're travelling to the grave. 
 Dangers stand thick thro' all the ground, 
 
 To push us to the tomb ; 
 And fierce diseases wait around. 
 
 To hurry mortals home. 
 
 Infinite joy, or endless woe, 
 
 Attends on every breath ; 
 And yet how unconcern'd we go 
 
 Upon the brink of death ! 
 Waken, O Lord, our drowsy sense, 
 
 To walk .this dang'rous road ! 
 And, if our souls be hurried hence, 
 
 May they be found with God! 
 
 91. To-morrow, Lord! is thine, 
 Lodg'd in thy sov'reign hand : 
 And if its sun arise and shine, 
 It shines at thy command. 
 
HYMNS. 91—92 
 
 The present moment flies, 
 
 And bears our life away ; 
 Oh ! make thy servants truly wise, 
 
 T' improve each passing day. 
 
 One thing demands our care, 
 
 Be that one thing pursu'd; 
 Lest, slighted now, we never hear 
 
 Thy warning voice renew'd. 
 
 reach us thy name to fear, 
 
 Spread an alarm abroad ; 
 And cry in every^careless ear 
 
 u Prepare to meet thy God." 
 
 92. Great God, what do T see and hear ? * 
 
 The end of things ci .ated ? 
 I see the Judge of man appear, 
 
 On clouds of glory seated. 
 The trumpet sounds, the graves restore 
 The dead, which they contain'd before ! 
 
 Prepare, my soul, to meet him! 
 
 • The first sta 2a, wimh is adop ed to oue of Lather'* tones, is ascribed 
 fo that uuiueut K«l«riii«r. 
 
92—93 HYMNS. 
 
 The dead in Christ are first to rise, 
 And greet the Archangel's warning, 
 
 To meet the Saviour in the skies, 
 Good works their faith adorning. 
 
 No gloomy fears their souls dismay : 
 
 His presence sheds eternal day 
 On those prepar'd to meet Him. 
 
 93.* The Judge ascends his awful throne I 
 He makes each secret sin be known ; 
 And all, with shame confess their own. 
 O then ! what int'rest shall I make, 
 In whom shall I my refuge take, 
 When the most just have cause to quake t 
 Thou mighty, formidable King ! 
 Thou mercy's inexhausted spring, 
 Some comfortable pity bring ! 
 Forget not what my ransom cost, 
 Nor let my dear-bought soul be lost, 
 In storms of guilty terror tost. 
 Give my exalted soul a place 
 Among thy chosen right-hand race, 
 The sons of God, and heirs of grace. 
 Prostrate, my contrite heart I rend, 
 My God, my Father, and my Friend f 
 Do not forsake me in my end. 
 
 * From the Dies Irae, an ancient metrical Latin Hymn 
 
HYMNS. 94—95 
 
 94. While conscious sinner* tremble. 
 To hear tbe trumpet sound, 
 
 That bids the dead assemble, 
 The judgment seat around : 
 
 O then among that number 
 May we the call obey, 
 
 Who burst the bonds of slumber, 
 To view a glorious day ! 
 
 O ! grant us thy salvation 
 
 And peace divine we pray, 
 While here midst tribulation 
 
 On earth below we stay ; 
 Till we shall stand before thee 
 
 And for redeeming grace, 
 With all thy saints adore thee, 
 
 In songs of nobler praise. 
 
 HEAVEN. 
 
 95. O ! could I view my prospect clear 
 To mansions in the skies, 
 
 I'd bid farewell to ev'ry fear, 
 And dry my weeping eyes. 
 
 Should foes against my peace engage, 
 And cruel darts be hurl'd ; 
 
 Then I could smile at all their rage, 
 And face a scorning world. 
 
95—96 HYMNS. 
 
 Let cares like wildest billows come, 
 And storms of sorrow fall ; 
 
 Might I but safely reach my home, 
 My God, my heaven, my all ! 
 
 There should 1 stay my weary soul 
 In scenes of changeless rest ; 
 
 And not a wave of trouble roll 
 Across my peaceful breast, y. 
 
 96. Far from the gloomy scenes of night, 
 Unbounded glories rise : 
 And realms of infinite delight, 
 Unknown to mortal eyes. 
 
 No cloud those blissful regions know, 
 
 For ever bright and fair, 
 For sin, the cause of mortal woe, 
 
 Can never enter there. 
 
 The Khig eternal here displays 
 His beams of wond'rous grace ; 
 
 Unnumber'd spirits sing his praise, 
 And bow before his face. 
 
 © may the heavenly prospect fire 
 Our hearts with holy love ! 
 
 Confirm our faith, excite desire, 
 And lift our souls above. 
 
HYMNS. 97—98 
 
 97. O For a sweet inspiring ray, 
 To animate our feeble strains, 
 
 From the bright realms of endless day, 
 The blissful realms where Jesus reigns! 
 
 There low before his glorious throne 
 
 Adoring saints and angels fall, 
 And with delightful worship own 
 
 His smile their bliss, their heaven, 
 
 [their all. 
 Immortal glories crown his head, 
 
 While tuneful hallelujahs rise, 
 And love, and joy, and triumph spread 
 
 Thro' all the assemblies of the skies. 
 
 Blest Saviour! let thy Spirit seal 
 Our interest in that blissful place ; 
 
 Till death remove this mortal veil, 
 And we behold thy glorious face. 
 
 Genesis, xxviii. 20, 21, 22. 
 
 98. O God of Jacob ! by whose hand 
 Thy people still are fed ; 
 Who thro' this weary pilgrimage 
 Hast all our fathers led ; 
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98—99 HYMNS. 
 
 Our vows, our prayers, we now present 
 Before thy throne of grace : 
 
 God of our fathers ! be the God 
 Of their succeeding race. 
 
 Through each perplexing path of life 
 Our wand'ring footsteps guide ; 
 
 Give us each day our daily bread, 
 And raiment fit provide. 
 
 O spread thy cov'ring wings around, 
 Till all our wand'rings cease, 
 
 And at our Father's lov'd abode 
 Our souls arrive in peace. 
 
 Such blessings from thy gracious hand 
 Our humble prayers implore ; 
 
 And thou shalt be our chosen God, 
 And portion ever more. 
 
 99. Come, Lord, and warm each languid 
 heart, 
 Inspire each lifeless tongue ; 
 And let the joys of heaven impart 
 Their influence to our song. 
 
HYMNS. 99— 10^ 
 
 Sorrow and pain, and every care 
 And discord there shall cease ; 
 
 And perfect joy and love sincere 
 Adorn the realms of peace. 
 
 There shall the followers of the Lamb 
 
 Join in immortal songs ; 
 And endless honours to his name 
 
 Employ their joyful tongues. 
 
 Lord, tune our hearts to praise and love^ 
 
 Our feeble notes inspire ; 
 Till in thy blissful courts above 
 
 We join the angelic choir. 
 
 RESIGNATION. 
 
 100. O Lord ! my best desires fulfil, 
 
 And help me to resign 
 Life, health, and comfort to thy will,. 
 
 And make thy pleasure mine. 
 
 Why should I shrink at thy command.* 
 Whose love forbids my fears ; 
 
 Or tremble at thy gracious hand, 
 That wipes awav mv tears ? 
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100—101 HYMNS. 
 
 No, let me rather freely yield 
 
 What most 1 prize to thee ; 
 Who never hast a good withheld, 
 
 Or wilt withhold from^ne. 
 
 Z^^/^^— 
 
 From Luther's Hymn, 
 
 101 . Tis not too arduous an essay, 
 To tread resolv'd the Gospel way 5 
 The sensual instinct to control, 
 And warm with purer fire the soul. 
 
 Nature may raise her fleshly strife. 
 Reluctant to the heav'nly life ; 
 But grace omnipotent at length 
 Shall arm the saint with saving strength. 
 
 Let prayer exert its conqu'ring power; 
 Cry in thy tempted trembling hour, 
 " My God, my Father! save thy Son !" 
 'Tis heard, and all thy fears are gone. 
 
 The sovereign Father good and kind 
 Wants but to have his child resign'd : 
 He to thy soul no anguish brings, 
 From thine own stubborn will it springs. 
 
HYMNS. 101—102 
 
 Then backward soul ! to God resign ; 
 Peace, his best blessing, shall be thine ! 
 Boldly recumbent on his care, 
 Cast thy felt burdens only there. 
 
 REFUGE IN DISTRESS.* 
 
 102. God is our refuge in distress, 
 A present help in time of need ; 
 Our shield, our strength, & hiding-place, 
 Our hope and trust, a friend indeed ! 
 
 Behold the enemy, 
 O how enraged is he ! 
 Much cunning and great might 
 Most dreadful makes his spite ; 
 On earth his equal is not found ! 
 
 Man's boasted strength is weakness here. 
 His reason's powers oppose in vain 3 
 But one to save us shall appear, 
 By whom the victory w r e gain. 
 
 And doth thou ask his name ? 
 'Tis Jesus Christ ! the same 
 Known Lord of hosts to be, 
 There is no God but he ! 
 And by his blood we overcome, 
 
 * This translation is in the same metre with the original Hymn, comnfts*^ 
 with the tune, by Luther, on his entrance into Worms, whether he iTTt 
 auinuaoiiea before the emperor, 15-21. 
 
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102—103 HYMNS. 
 
 Yea, if the world with devils swarmed 
 Jn fiery ranks and fierce array, 
 We fear them not; by Faith we're arm'dJ 
 With Christ we're sure to win the day] 
 
 Thus Satan we defy, 
 Nor dread his tyranny ; 
 The great accuser's cast, 
 His tempting power is past, 
 And all God's saints shall shout for joy. 
 
 HOLY SPIRIT. 
 
 103. Creator Spirit, by whose aid, 
 The world's foundations first were laid! 
 Come, visit every waiting mind; 
 Come, pour thy joys on human kind ; 
 From sin and sorrow set us free, 
 And make us temples mete for thee. 
 
 Chase from our minds th' infernal foe, 
 And peace, the fruit of love bestow ; 
 And, lest our feet should step astray, 
 Protect and guide us in the way : 
 Make us eternal truths receive, 
 And practise all that we believe. 
 
HYMNS. 103-104-105 
 
 Immortal honour, endless fame, 
 Attend th' Almighty Father's name: 
 The Saviour Son be glorified, 
 Who for lost man's redemption died, 
 And equal adoration be, / 
 
 Eternal Comforter, to th***- <>r jf£*x. 
 
 104. Now may the Spirit's hofV fire, 
 Descending from above, 
 
 His waiting family inspire 
 
 With joy, and peace, and love ! 
 
 Thee we the Comforter confess ; 
 
 Unless thou'rt present here, 
 Our songs of praise are vain address, 
 
 We utter heartless prayer. 
 
 Wake, heav'nly wind, arise, and come, 
 Blow on the drooping field ; 
 
 Our spices then shall breathe perfume, 
 And fragrant incense yield. 
 
 OPENING OF WORSHIP. 
 
 105. Great Shepherd of thy people,hear! 
 Thy presence now display ! 
 
 As thou hast giv'n a place for prayer, 
 So give us hearts to pray. 
 
105—106 HYMNS. 
 
 Within these walls let holy peace, 
 And love, and concord dwell ; 
 
 Here give the troubled conscience ease 
 The wounded spirit heal. 
 
 Show us some token of thy love, 
 
 Our feeble hope to raise ; 
 And pour thy blessings from above, 
 
 That we may render praise. _^_ 
 
 106. Come ye that love the Lord, 
 
 And let your joys be known ! 
 Join in a song of sweet accord, 
 
 And thus surround his throne, 
 Let those refuse to sing, 
 
 That never knew our God : 
 The servants of the heavenly King, 
 
 Should speak their joys abroad. 
 
 Ev'n here Mount Sion yields 
 
 A thousand sacred sweets ; 
 Before we reach the heav'nly fields, 
 
 And Salem's golden streets. 
 Then let our songs abound ; 
 
 Then wipe each tearful eye : 
 We're inarching to Immanuel's land, 
 
 To fairer worlds on high. 
 
HYMNS. 107—108 
 
 Luke, xiv. IJ* 
 
 10/. Sinners, obey the gospel-word, 
 'Haste to the Supper of your Lord ; 
 Be wise to know your gracious day ; 
 All things are ready, come away. 
 
 Ready the Father is to own, 
 And kiss his late returning Son ; 
 Ready the loving Saviour stands, 
 And spreads for you his bleeding hands* 
 
 Ready the Spirit is to move, 
 And form your hearts to faith and love } 
 Ready for you the angels wait 
 To triumph in your blest estate- 
 Come, then, ye sinners, to your Lord, 
 To happiness in Christ restor'd 3 
 His offer'd benefits embrace. 
 And taste the fulness of his grace. 
 
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 108. O Sun of Righteousness ! arise, 
 
 With healing in thy wing ; 
 To my discard, my fainting soul, 
 
 Thy free salvation bring. 
 
108—109 HYMNS. 
 
 All clouds of pride and sin dispel 
 By thine all-piercing beam ; 
 
 Lighten mine eyes with faith, my heart 
 With holy hope inflame. 
 
 My mind by thy all-quick'ning pow'r, 
 
 From vile desires set free, 
 Unite my scattered thoughts, and fix 
 
 My love entire on thee. 
 
 Father, thy long-lost child receive ; 
 
 Saviour, thy purchase own; 
 Blest Comforter, with peace and joy 
 
 Thy waiting creature crown. 
 
 109. Lord, we come before thee now. 
 
 At thy feet we humbly bow : 
 
 O ! do not our suit disdain, 
 
 Shall we seek thee, Lord, in vain ? 
 
 Send some message from thy word, 
 That may joy and peace afford ; 
 Those that are cast down, lift up; 
 Make them strong in faith and hope. 
 
 Grant that all may seek and find 
 Thee a gracious God and kind ; 
 Heal the sick, the captive free i 
 Let us all rejoice in thee. 
 
HYMNS 110 
 
 CONCLUSION OP WORSHIP. 
 
 110. Lord, dismiss us with thy blessings 
 Fill our hearts with joy and peace 5 
 Bread of life in thee possessing', 
 Let our faith and love increase. 
 
 O refresh us, 
 Travelling thro' this wilderness. 
 
 Thanks we give and adoration 
 For the gospel's joyful sound : 
 
 May the fruits of thy salvation 
 In our hearts and lives abound : 
 
 May thy presence 
 With us evermore be found. 
 
 So, whene'er the signal given 
 Calls us from the earth away : 
 
 Borne on angel's wings to heaven, 
 Glad the summons to obey, 
 
 May we ever 
 Reign with Christ in endless day. 
 
111—112 HYMNS. 
 
 111. On seeds of grace now sown, 
 Thy blessing, Lord ! bestow : 
 
 The power is thine alone, 
 
 To make them spring and grow : 
 
 Do thou the plenteous harvest raise, 
 
 And thou alone shalt have the praise. 
 
 Hkb. xiit 20, 21. 
 
 112. Now may he, who from the dead 
 Brought the Shepherd of the sheep, 
 
 Jesus Christ our King and Head, 
 All our souls in safety keep ! 
 
 May he teach us to fulfil 
 
 What is pleasing in his sight ; 
 
 Perfect us in all his will, 
 
 And preserve us day and night ! 
 
 To that dear Redeemer's praise, 
 
 Who the cov'nant seal'd with blood, 
 
 Let our hearts and voices raise 
 Loud thanksgivings to our God. 
 
HYMNS- 113 
 
 113. Now may fervent prayer arise, 
 Wing'd with faith, and pierce the skies 
 Fervent prayer shall bring us down 
 Gracious answers from the throne. 
 
 Let the minds of all our youth 
 Feel the force of sacred truth; 
 While the gospel's call we hear, 
 May they learn to love and fear ! 
 
 Show them what their ways have been^ 
 Show them the desert of sin ; 
 Then thy dying love reveal, 
 This shall melt a heart of steel. 
 
 Where thou hast thy work begun, 
 Give new strength the race to run ; 
 Scatter darkness, doubts, and fears, 
 Wipe away the mourner's tears. 
 
 Bless us all, both old and young ; 
 Call forth praise from every tongue; 
 Let the whole assembly prove 
 AH thy power, and all thy love, 
 
 K A ^" 
 
114—115 HYMNS. 
 
 DOXOLOGIES. 
 
 114. Father of angels and of men, 
 Saviour, who hast us bought 
 
 Spirit, by whom we're born again, 
 And sanctified and taught. 
 
 Thy glory, Holy Three in One, 
 Thy people's song shall be, 
 
 Long as the wheels of time shall run, 
 And to eternity. Js ~~7*~ZJ " 
 
 115. To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 Be all the praise, the power, the might. 
 Let uen on earth, and all the host 
 That fill the blissful climes of light, 
 Thee in their ceaseless songs adore, 
 Till time itself sijall be no more ! 
 
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HYMNS. 
 
 ADVENT. 
 Mark, xi. 9, 10. 
 
 116. Hosanna to the King 
 Of David's ancient blood : 
 
 Behold he conies to bring 
 Forgiving grace from God ; 
 Let old and young attend his way, 
 And at his feet their honours lay. 
 
 <Jlory to God on high, 
 Salvation to the Lamb; 
 
 Let earth, and sea, and sky, 
 His wondrous love proclaim ; 
 
 Upon his head shall honour rest, 
 
 And ev'ry age pronounce him blest* 
 
 CHRISTMAS. 
 
 117. The long expected morn 
 Has dawn'd upon the earth | 
 
 The Saviour Christ is born, 
 And angels sing his birth: 
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I17—H8 HYMNS. 
 
 Well join the bright seraphic throng, 
 We'll share their joys, and swell their 
 song. 
 
 Now sing of peace divine, 
 
 Of grace to guilty man ; 
 No wisdom, Lord, but thine, 
 
 Could form the wondrous plan: 
 Where peace and righteousness em- 
 brace, 
 And justice goes along with grace. 
 
 PALM-SUNDAY./^ 
 Luke, ix. 51. 
 
 118. See! what unbounded zeal and love 
 
 Inflamed the Saviour's breast, 
 When steadfast, to Jerusalem, 
 
 His urgent way he press'd. 
 With all his sufferings full in view, 
 
 And woes to us unknown ; 
 Forth to the work his spirit flew ; 
 
 'Twas love that urg'd him on. 
 
 Prepare us, Lord, to view thy cross, 
 Who all our griefs hast borne; 
 
 To look on thee, whom we have pierc'd, 
 To look on thee, and mourn : 
 
HYMNS. 118—119 
 
 While thus we mourn, may we rejoice, 
 
 And, as thy cross we see, 
 May each exclaim, in faith and hope, 
 
 " The Saviour died for me !" 
 
 GOOD-FRIDAY. 
 
 119. Behold the Saviour of mankind, 
 Nail'd to the shameful tree ! 
 
 How vast the love that him inclined, 
 To bleed and die for thee ! 
 
 Hark, how he groans! while nature 
 shakes, 
 
 And earth's strong pillars bend ! 
 The temple's vail in sunder breaks, 
 
 The solid marbles rend. 
 
 Tis done ! the precious ransom's paid, 
 u Receive my soul/' he cries ! 
 
 See where he bows his sacred head ! 
 He bows his head and dies ! 
 
 But soon he'll break Death's envious 
 And in full glory shine : [chain, 
 
 O Lamb of God ! was ever pain, 
 Was ever love like thine ! 
 
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120—121 HYMNS. 
 
 120. " Stricken, smitten and afflicted/' 
 See him dying on the tree ! 
 
 'Tis the Christ by man rejected ! 
 
 Yes, my soul, 'tis he! 'tis he ! 
 Mark the sacrifice appointed! 
 
 See who bears the awful load ! 
 'Tis the Word, the Lord's Anointed, 
 
 Son of man, and Son of God. 
 
 Here we have a firm foundation : 
 
 Here's the refuge of the lost : 
 Christ's the rock of our salvation: 
 
 His the name of which we boast : 
 Lamb of God for sinners wounded! 
 
 Sacrifice to cancel guilt ! 
 None shall ever be confounded 
 
 Who on thee their hope have built. 
 
 EASTER. 
 
 121. When Christ victorious from the 
 Ascended up on high, [grave, 
 
 He gave to all his saints a pledge, 
 That they should never die. 
 
HYMNS. 121—122 
 
 Though for a time they sleep in dust, 
 
 Each resting in his bed, 
 Soon the Archangel's trump shall sound, 
 
 And call them from the dead. 
 
 For us, unworthy as we are, 
 
 Against that joyful day, 
 A crown of glory is reserved, 
 
 That fadeth not away. 
 
 Help us then, Lord, to live to thee, 
 Our Prophet, Priest, and King; 
 
 To finish here our course with joy, 
 And thus in death to sing : — 
 
 " We know that our Redeemer lives, 
 " Who bought us with his blood; 
 
 " We know that we shall live with him, 
 " And in our flesh see God." 
 
 John, xx. 19. 
 
 122. On the first Christian sabbath eve, 
 When Christ's disciples met, 
 
 O'er his lost fellowship to grieve ; 
 Nor knew the scriptures yet : — 
 
122—123 HYMNS. 
 
 Lo ! in their midst, his form was seen. 
 The form in which He died ; 
 
 His wounded, marr'd, forgiving mien; 
 His hands, his feet, his side ! 
 
 Be in our midst; — let faith rejoice 
 
 Our risen Lord to view ; 
 And let our spirits hear thy voice 
 
 Say — " Peace be unto You." 
 
 Then while we hearken, O unfold 
 The scriptures to our mind ; 
 
 Their mysteries may we behold, 
 Their hidden treasures find. 
 
 And while with Thee, in social hours, 
 We commune through thy word, 
 
 May our hearts burn ; and all our powers 
 Confess—" It is the I^ord." 
 
 John, xix. 30/ ^y 
 
 123. " It is finish'd !" sinners hear it, 
 
 Tis the dying victor's cry ; 
 " It is finish'd V 9 angels bear it, 
 
 Bear the jovful truth on high ! 
 "It is finish'd!" 
 
 Tell it through the earth and shy ! 
 
HYMNS. 123—124 
 
 Justice, from her awful station, 
 Bars the sinner's peace no more ; 
 
 Justice views with approbation 
 What the Saviour did and bore ; 
 
 Grace and mercy 
 Now display their boundless store. 
 
 Crown the mighty conqu'ror, crown him, 
 Who his people's foes o'ercame! 
 
 In the highest heav'n enthrone him ! 
 Men and angels sound his fame ! 
 
 Gre^rt, his glory ! 
 Jesus bears a matchless name. 
 
 ASCENSION. f 
 
 Psalm xlvii. 6. 
 
 124. Glory, glory to our King! 
 
 -Crowns unfading wreathe his head ! 
 Jesus is the name we sing; 
 
 Jesus risen from the dead ; 
 Jesus conqu'ror o'er the grave ; 
 Jesus mighty now to save. 
 
 Now behold him high enthroned ! 
 Glory beaming from his face ! 
 
124—125 HYMNS. 
 
 By adoring angels own'd, 
 
 God of holiness and grace ! 
 O for hearts and tongues to sing 
 44 Glory, glory to our King/ 1 
 
 Jesus -on thy people shine ! 
 
 Warm our hearts and tune our tongues! 
 That with angels we may join, 
 
 Share theirbliss, and swell their songs* 
 Glory, honour, praise, and pow'r, 
 Lord, be thine for evermore ! 
 
 JLfy 
 
 Rev. xi. 15. ; ^ 
 
 125. Look, ye saints, the sight is glorious, 
 See " The man of sorrows" now : 
 
 From the fight return'd victorious : 
 Ev ? ry knee to him shall bow : 
 
 Crown him, crown hirn : 
 Crowns become the victor's brow. 
 
 Crown the Saviour, angels crown him \ 
 Rich the trophies Jesus brings : 
 
 In the seat of power enthrone him, 
 While the vault of heaven rings : 
 
 Crown him, crown him j 
 Crown the Saviour " King of Kings." 
 
HYMNS. 125—126 
 
 Elark, those bursts of acclamation ! 
 
 Hark those loud triumphant chords ! 
 Jesus takes the highest station : 
 
 O what joy the sight affords! 
 Crown him, crown him : 
 
 " King of Kings, and Lord of Lords." 
 
 COMMUNION. *T 
 
 126. Sweet the moments, rich in blessing, 
 
 Which before the cross I spend ; 
 Life, and health, and peace possessing, 
 
 From the sinner's dying friend : 
 Here I'll sit for ever viewing 
 
 Mercy's streams in streams of blood; 
 Precious drops my soul bedewing, 
 
 Plead and claim my peace with God. 
 
 Love and grief my heart dividing, 
 
 Gazing here I'd spend my breath \ 
 Constant still in faith abiding, 
 
 Life deriving from his death : 
 Lord, in ceaseless contemplation, 
 
 Fix my heart and eyes on thine ! 
 Till I taste thy whole salvation, 
 
 Where, unveiled, thy glories shine ! 
 
127 HYMNS. 
 
 Matthew, xxvi. 25 — 28. 
 
 127-Twas in that dark,that doleful night, 
 When powers of earth and hell arose > 
 
 Against the Son of God's delight, 
 A friend betray'd him to his foes. 
 
 Before the mournful scene began, 
 He took the bread, and bless'd, and 
 brake ; 
 What love through all his actions ran ! 
 What wond'rous words of grace he 
 spake ! 
 
 " This is my body, broke for sin, 
 Receive and eat the living food (' 
 
 Then took the cup, and bless'd the wine, 
 " 'Tis the new covenant in my blood." 
 
 " In mem'ry of your dying Lord, 
 " Do this, he said, till time shall end, 
 
 " Meet at my table and record 
 " The love of your departed friend." 
 
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HYMNS. 128 
 
 OCCASIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 After a favourable harvest. 
 
 128. Fountain of mercy, God of love! 
 
 How rich thy bounties are ! 
 The rolling seasons, as they move, 
 
 Proclaim thy constant care. 
 
 When in the bosom of the earth 
 
 The sower hid the grain, 
 Thy goodness mark'd its secret birth, 
 
 And sent the early rain. 
 
 The spring's sweet influence, Lord, was 
 thine ; 
 
 The plants in beauty grew : 
 Thou gav'st refulgent suns to shine, 
 
 And mild refreshing dew. 
 
 These various mercies from above 
 Matured the swelling grain ; 
 
 A kindly harvest crowns thy love, 
 And plenty fills the plain. 
 
 We own and bless thy gracious sway; 
 
 Thy hand all nature hails ; 
 Seed-time, nor harvest, night nor day, 
 
 Summer nor winter, fails. 
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129—130 HYMNS. 
 
 After an unfavourable harvest. 
 
 129. To God, on whom all worlds depend, 
 Our humbled hearts in sighs ascend : 
 Will he refuse his help to yield, 
 
 Who clothes the lilies of the field ? 
 
 Father of grace ! whom we adore, 
 Bless thy large family the poor : 
 The poor on thee alone depend : 
 Continue thou the poor man's friend. 
 
 Content to live by toil and pain, 
 May we eternal riches gain ; 
 — Meanwhile, by thy free bounty fed, 
 " Give us this day our daily bread." 
 
 At the close of the year. 
 
 130. Let hearts and tongues unite, 
 And loud thanksgivings raise ! 
 
 'Tis duty, mingled with delight, 
 To sing the Saviour's praise. 
 
 When on the breast we hung, 
 
 Our help was in the Lord ; 
 Twas he first taught our infant tongue 
 
 To form the lisping word. 
 
HYMNS. 130—131 
 
 lu childhood, and in youth, 
 
 His eye was on us still, 
 Though strangers to his love and truth, 
 
 Prone to resist his will. 
 
 Now through another year 
 
 Supported by his care, 
 We raise our Ebenezer here; 
 
 " The Lord hath help'd thus far/' 
 
 O may we all then cast 
 
 Our care upon the Lord! 
 Praise him for all his mercies past* 
 
 And trust his promised word ! 
 
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 Luke, xiii. 6 — 9. 
 
 131. See in the vineyard of the Lord, 
 
 A barren fig-tree stand ! 
 It yields no fruit, no blossom bears, 
 
 Though planted by his hand. 
 
 From year to year he seeks for fruit 5 
 
 And still no fruit is found : 
 It stands, among the living trees, 
 
 Encumbering the ground. 
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131—132 HYMNS. 
 
 But lo ! the gracious Saviour pleads, 
 " The barren fig-tree spare : 
 
 " In mercy stay the threatening hand, 
 " And grant another year. 
 
 " Perhaps some means of grace, untried, 
 " May reach the stony heart; 
 
 " Or the soft dews of heavenly love 
 " May heavenly life impart. 
 
 " But, if all means should prove in vain, 
 
 " And still no fruit appear, 
 " Then mercy may no longer plead, 
 
 " Nor ask another year." 
 
 For the King. 
 
 132. O King of kings ! thy blessing shed 
 On our anointed Sovereign's head ; 
 And, looking from thy holy heaven, 
 Protect the crown Thyself hast given. 
 
 Him with thy choicest mercies bless : 
 To all his counsels give success : 
 In war, in peace, thy succour bring; 
 Thy strength command ; — God save the 
 King. 
 
HYMNS 132—133 
 
 Him may we honour and obey : 
 Uphold his right and lawful sway : 
 Remembering that the powers that be 
 Are ministers, ordain'd of Thee. 
 
 And, Oh ! when earthly thrones decay, 
 And this world**, kingdoms fade away, 
 Grant him a throne, in worlds on high, 
 A crown of immortality. 
 
 At a Charitable Collection. 
 
 2 Corinth, ix. 6. 
 133. " Who sparingly his seed bestows, 
 He sparingly shall also reap ; 
 But whoso plentifully sows, 
 The plenteous sheaves his hands shall 
 heap." 
 
 Teach us, with glad, ungrudging heart, 
 As Thou hast bless'd our various store, 
 From our abundance to impart 
 A liberal portion to the poor. 
 
 To thee our all devoted be, 
 In whom we breathe, and move and livej 
 Freely we have received from thee ; 
 Freely may we rejoice to give, 
 b3 
 
133—134 HYMNS. 
 
 And while we thus obey thy word, 
 And every call of want relieve, 
 Oh ! may we find it, gracious Lord, 
 More bless'd to give than to receive. 
 
 To he sung by Charity Children. 
 
 134.0 Lord our God! thy light and truth 
 
 To us thy children send : 
 That we may fear thy name in youth, 
 
 And serve thee to the end. 
 
 By nature sinful, weak, and blind, 
 The paths of death we trod, 
 
 Our wandering heart and worldly mind 
 Were enemies to God. 
 
 Guardians and teachers now, through 
 grace, 
 
 Our heedless steps restrain ; 
 They warn us, Lord, to seek thy face, 
 
 Which none shall seek in vain. 
 
 The home Ave seek is heaven above : 
 Yet, while our course we run, 
 
 May we, rejoicing in thy love, 
 Find heaven on eartjx begun. 
 
 / 
 
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HYMNS. 135—136 
 
 On a Funeral Occasion. 
 1£5. Heaven hath confirm'd the great 
 decree 
 That Adam's race must die ; 
 One general ruin sweeps them down, 
 And low in dust they lie. 
 
 Ye living men, survey jthe tomb, 
 Where you must quickly dwell : 
 
 Hark, how the awful summons sounds 
 In every funeral, knell. 
 
 Those eyes, though long in darkness 
 veil'd, 
 
 Must wake, the Judge to see, 
 And every deed, and word, and thought, 
 
 Must pass his scrutiny. 
 
 May we in thee, the Judge, behold 
 Our Saviour and our Friend, 
 
 And far above the reach of death, 
 With all thy saints a ^ n ^>^ i^^ 
 
 THE STATE oFtHE JEWX 
 Luke, xix. 41. — Romans, xi^21. 
 136. " Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 
 
 Enthroned once on high ; 
 Thou favour'd home of God on earth, 
 Thou heaven below the sky ; 
 
136—137 HYMNS. 
 
 Now brought to bondage with thy sons, 
 
 A curse and shame to see, 
 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 
 
 Our tears shall flow for thee." 
 
 "Hadst thou but known thy day ofgrace, 
 
 And flock'd beneath the wing, 
 Of him, who calfd thee lovingly, 
 
 Thy own auointed King ; 
 Then had the tribes of all the earth 
 
 Gone up thy pomp to see, 
 And glory dwelt within thy gates, 
 
 And all thy sons been free. ,, 
 
 " Thou who thus mournest Judah's case, 
 
 Gentile, instructed be ; 
 Who spared not his chosen race 
 
 May send his wrath on thee. 
 To thee is given their favour' d place, 
 
 Thy day is in its prime : 
 O turn and seek the Saviour's face 
 
 In this appointed time."/ 
 
 ij , rjj jrj r , rr „„ Af&&+~ 
 
 137. Messiah, full of grace, 
 Redeem'd by thee, we plead 
 The promise made to Abraham's race, 
 To souls for ages dead. 
 
HYMNS. 137—138 
 
 Open their graves, and bring 
 The outcasts forth, to own 
 Thou arttheirLord, their God, and King, 
 Their true Anointed One. 
 
 To save the race forlorn, 
 Thy glorious arm display ; 
 And show the world a nation born v 
 A nation in a day I/ 7 #fe^£ 
 
 138. Great God*of Abraham ! 
 
 prayer ; 
 Let Abraham's seed thy mercy share : 
 Oh ! may they now at length return, 
 And look on him they pierced, and 
 
 mourn. 
 
 Remember Jacob's flock of old; 
 Bring home the wanderers to thy fold \ 
 Kemembcr too thy promised word, 
 " Israel at las£ shall seek the Lord." 
 
 Though outcasts still, estranged from 
 
 thee, 
 Cut off from their own olive-tree, 
 Why should they longer such remain ? 
 For thou canst graft them in again. 
 
138—139 HYMNS. 
 
 Lord, put thy law within their hearts, 
 And write it in their inward parts ; 
 The veil of darkness rend in two, 
 Which hides Messiah from their view. 
 
 Oh ! haste the day, foretold so long, 
 When Jew and Greek, (a glorious throng) 
 One house shall seek, one prayer shall 
 
 And one Redeemer shall adore. 
 
 139. Father of faithful Abraham, hear 
 Our earnest suit for Abraham's seed ! 
 
 Justly they claim the fervent prayer 
 From us, adopted in their stead, 
 
 Who mercy thro' their fall obtain, 
 
 And Christ, by their rejection, gain. 
 
 Outcasts from thee, and scattered wide, 
 Through every nation under heaven, 
 
 Blaspheming whom they crucified, 
 Unsav'd, unpity'd, unforgiv'n 5 
 
 Branded like Cain, they bear their load. 
 
 Abhorred of men, and cursed of God. 
 
HYMNS. 139—140 
 
 Come, then, thou great Deliverer, come ! 
 
 The veil from Jacob's heart remove : 
 Receive thy ancient people home ! 
 
 That, quicken'd by thy dying love, 
 The world may their reception find, 
 Life from the dead for all mankind. 
 
 For the Promotion of the Gospel. 
 
 140. From Greenland's icy mountains, 
 
 From India's coral strand ; 
 Where Afric's sunny fountains 
 
 Roll down their golden sand ; 
 From many an ancient river, 
 
 From many a palmy plain, 
 They call us to deliver 
 
 Their land from error's chain. 
 
 What though the spicy breezes 
 
 Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle ; 
 Though ev'ry prospect pleases, 
 
 And only man is vile : 
 In vain with lavish kindness 
 
 The gifts of God are strewn ; 
 The heathen, in his blindness, 
 
 Bows down to wood and stone. 
 
140—141 HYMNS. 
 
 Shall we, whose souls are lighted 
 
 With wisdom from on high, 
 Shall we to men benighted 
 
 The lamp of life deny? 
 Salvation ! oh salvation ! 
 
 The joyful sound proclaim, 
 'Till each remotest nation 
 
 Has learnt Messiah's name ! 
 
 Waft, waft, ye winds, his story : 
 
 And you, ye waters, roll, 
 Till, like a sea of glory, 
 
 It spreads from pole to pole ; 
 'Till o'er our ransom'd nature 
 
 The Lamb for sinners slain, 
 Redeemer, King, Creator, 
 
 In bliss returns to reign !/ 
 
 Isaiah, lxi. 7- 
 
 141. On the mountain's top appearing, 
 Lo ! the sacred Herald stands ! 
 
 Welcome news to Zion bearing, 
 Zion long in hostile lands : 
 
 Mourning captive ! 
 
 God himself shall loose thy bands, 
 
HYMNS. 141—142 
 
 Lo ! thy sun is risen in glory ! 
 
 God himself appears thy friend ; 
 All thy foes shall flee before thee ; 
 
 Here their boasted triumphs end : 
 Great deliverance 
 Zion's King vouchsafes to send. 
 
 Enemies no more shall trouble ; 
 
 All thy warfare now is past ; 
 For thy shame thou shalt have double : 
 
 Days of peace are come at last : 
 All thy conflicts y 
 
 End in everlasting rest. /&' S3? 
 
 142. Arm of the Lord, awake, awake I 
 Thine own immortal strength put on ! 
 
 With terror cloth'd, hell's kingdom 
 shake, 
 And cast thy foes with fury down ! 
 
 As in the ancient days appear : 
 
 The sacred annals speak thy fame : 
 
 Be now omnipotently near, 
 To endless ages still the same, 
 
120—121 HYMNS. 
 
 120. " Stricken, smitten and afflicted," 
 See him dying on the tree! 
 
 'Tis the Christ by man rejected ! 
 
 Yes, my soul, 'tis he! 'tis he ! 
 Mark the sacrifice appointed! 
 
 See who bears the awful load ! 
 'Tis the Word, the Lord's Anointed, 
 
 Son of man, and Son of God. 
 
 Here we have a firm foundation : 
 
 Here's the refuge of the lost : 
 Christ's the rock of our salvation: 
 
 His the name of which we boast : 
 Lamb of God for sinners wounded! 
 
 Sacrifice to cancel guilt ! 
 None shall ever be confounded 
 
 Who on thee their hope have built. 
 
 EASTER. 
 
 121. When Christ victorious from the 
 Ascended up on high, [grave, 
 
 He gave to all his saints a pledge, 
 That they should never die. 
 
HYMNS. 121—122 
 
 Though for a time they sleep in dust, 
 
 Each resting in his bed, 
 Soon the Archangel's trump shall sound, 
 
 And call them from the dead. 
 
 For us, unworthy as we are, 
 
 Against that joyful day, 
 A crown of glory is reserved, 
 
 That fadeth not away. 
 
 Help us then, Lord, to live to thee, 
 Our Prophet, Priest, and King; 
 
 To finish here our course with joy, 
 And thus in death to sing : — 
 
 " We know that our Redeemer lives, 
 u Who bought us with his blood; 
 
 " We know that we shall live with him, 
 " And in our flesh see God." 
 
 John, xx. 19. 
 
 122. On the first Christian sabbath eve, 
 When Christ's disciples met, 
 
 O'er his lost fellowship to grieve ; 
 Nor knew the scriptures yet : — 
 
122—123 HYMNS. 
 
 Lo ! in their midst, his form was seen. 
 The form in which He died ; 
 
 His wounded, marr'd, forgiving mien; 
 His hands, his feet, his side! 
 
 Be in our midst; — let faith rejoice 
 
 Our risen Lord to view ; 
 And let our spirits hear thy voice 
 
 Say — " Peace be unto You." 
 
 Then while we hearken, O unfold 
 The scriptures to our mind ; 
 
 Their mysteries may we behold, 
 Their hidden treasures find. 
 
 And while with Thee, in social hours, 
 We commune through thy word, 
 
 May our hearts burn ; and all our powers 
 Confess—" It is the I^ord." 
 
 «^rr r 7 
 
 John, xix. 3Q< ^y 
 
 123. " It is finish'd !" sinners hear it, 
 
 Tis the dying victor's cry ; 
 " It is finish'd !■ angels bear it, 
 
 Bear the jovful truth on high ! 
 « It is finish'd !" 
 
 Tell it through the earth and sky ! 
 
HYMNS. 123—124 
 
 Justice, from her awful station, 
 Bars the sinner's peace no more ; 
 
 Justice views with approbation 
 What the Saviour did and bore ; 
 
 Grace and mercy 
 Now display their boundless store. 
 
 Crown the mighty conqu'ror, crown him, 
 Who his people's foes u'ercame! 
 
 In the highest heav'n enthrone him ! 
 Men and angels sound his fame ! 
 
 Gre>tt his glory ! 
 Jesus bears a matchless name. 
 
 ASCENSION. /" 
 Psalm xlvii. 6. 
 
 124. Glory, glory to our King! 
 
 •Crowns unfading wreathe his head! 
 Jesus is the name we sing; 
 
 Jesus risen from the dead ; 
 Jesus conqu'ror o'er the grave ; 
 Jesus mighty now to save. 
 
 Now behold him high enthron'd ! 
 Glory beaming from his face ! 
 
124—125 HYMNS. 
 
 By adoring angels own'd, 
 
 God of holiness and grace ! 
 O for hearts and tongues to sing 
 u Glory, glory to our King." 
 
 Jesus xm thy people shine ! 
 
 Warm our hearts and tune our tongues 
 That with angels we may join, 
 
 Share theirbliss, and swell their songs 
 Glory, honour, praise, and pow'r, 
 Lord, be thine for evermore ! 
 
 Rev. xi. 15. '/^ 
 
 125. Look, ye saints, the sight is glorious. 
 
 See " The man of sorrows" now : 
 From the fight return'd victorious : 
 
 Ev'ry knee to him shall bow : 
 Crown him, crown him : 
 
 Crowns become the victor's brow. 
 
 Crown the Saviour, angels crown him x 
 Rich the trophies Jesus brings : 
 
 In the seat of power enthrone him, 
 While the vault of heaven rings : 
 
 Crown him, crown him ; 
 Crown the Saviour " King of Kings/ 
 
HYMNS. 125—126 
 
 [lark, those bursts of acclamation ! 
 
 Hark those loud triumphant chords ! 
 Jesus takes the highest station : 
 
 O what joy the sight affords! 
 Crown him, crown him : 
 
 " King of Kings, and Lord of Lords." 
 
 COMMUNION. ^ 
 
 126. Sweet the moments, rich in blessing, 
 
 Which before the cross I spend ; 
 Life, and health, and peace possessing, 
 
 From the sinner's dying friend : 
 'Here I'll sit for ever viewing 
 
 Mercy's streams in streams of blood; 
 Precious drops my soul bedewing, 
 
 Plead and claim my peace with God. 
 
 Love and grief my heart dividing, 
 
 Gazing here I'd spend my breath ; 
 Constant still in faith abiding, 
 
 Life deriving from his death : 
 Lord, in ceaseless contemplation, 
 
 Fix my heart and eyes on thine ! 
 Till I taste thy whole salvation, 
 
 Where, unveiled, thy glories shine ! 
 
127 HYMNS. 
 
 Matthew, xxvi. 25 — 28. 
 
 127.'Twas in that dark,that doleful night, 
 When powers of earth and hell arose 
 
 Against the Son of God's delight, 
 A friend betray'd him to his foes. 
 
 Before the mournful scene began, 
 He took the bread, and bless'd, and 
 brake ; 
 What love through all his actions ran ! 
 What wond'rous words of grace he 
 spake ! 
 
 " This is my body, broke for sin, 
 Receive and eat the living food f 
 
 Then took the cup, and bless'd the wine, 
 " Tis the new covenant in my blood." 
 
 " In mem'ry of your dying Lord, 
 " Do this, he said, till time shall end, 
 
 "■ Meet at my table and record 
 " The love of your departed friend." J 
 
 ■>"4«Jt-. 
 
HYMNS. 128 
 
 OCCASIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 After a favour able harvest. 
 
 128. Fountain of mercy, God of love! 
 
 How rich thy bounties are ! 
 The rolling seasons, as they move, 
 
 Proclaim thy constant care. 
 
 When in the bosom of the earth 
 
 The sower hid the grain, 
 Thy goodness mark'd its secret birth, 
 
 And sent the early rain. 
 
 The spring's sweet influence, Lord, was 
 thine; 
 
 The plants in beauty grew : 
 Thou gav'st refulgent suns to shine, 
 
 And mild refreshing dew. 
 
 These various mercies from above 
 Matured the swelling grain ; 
 
 A kindly harvest crowns thy love, 
 And plenty fills the plain. 
 
 We own and bless thy gracious sway; 
 
 Thy hand all nature hails ; 
 Seed-time, nor harvest, night nor day, 
 
 Summer nor winter, fails, 
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114—115 HYMNS. 
 
 DOXOLOGIES. 
 
 114. Father of angels and of men, 
 Saviour, who hast us bought 
 
 Spirit, by whom we're born again, 
 And sanctified and taught. 
 
 Thy glory, Holy Three in One, 
 Thy people's song shall be, 
 
 Long as the wheels of time shall run, 
 And to eternity. J^^£^ 
 
 115. To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 Be all the praise, tae power, the might. 
 Let oien on earth, and ail the host 
 That fill the uiissful climes of light, 
 Thee in their ceaseless songs adore, 
 Till time itself sljaU be no more I 
 
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HYMNS* 
 
 ADVENT. 
 Mark, xi. 9, 10. 
 
 116. Hosanna to the King 
 Of David's ancient blood : 
 
 Behold he comes to bring 
 Forgiving grace from God ; 
 Let old and young attend his way. 
 And at his feet their honours lay. 
 
 <}lory to God on high, 
 Salvation to the Lamb; 
 
 Let earth, and sea, and sky, 
 His wondrous love proclaim ; 
 
 Upon his head shall honour rest, 
 
 And ev'ry age pronounce him blest* 
 
 CHRISTMAS. 
 
 117. The long expected morn 
 Has dawn'd upon the earth j 
 
 The Saviour Christ is born, 
 And angels sing his birth: 
 a2 
 
I17—H8 HYMNS. 
 
 Well join the bright seraphic throng, 
 We'll share their joys, and swell their 
 song. 
 
 Now sing of peace divine, 
 
 Of grace to guilty man ; 
 No wisdom, Lord, but thine, 
 
 Could form the wondrous plan: 
 Where peace and righteousness em- 
 brace, 
 And justice goes along with grace. 
 
 PALM-SUNDAY./^ 
 Luke, ix. 51. 
 
 118. See! what unbounded zeal and love 
 
 Inflamed the Saviour's breast, 
 When steadfast, to Jerusalem, 
 
 His urgent way he press'd. 
 With all his sufferings full in view, 
 
 And woes to us unknown ; 
 Forth to the work his spirit flew ; 
 
 'Twas love that urg'd him on. 
 
 Prepare us, Lord, to view thy cross, 
 Who all our griefs hast borne; 
 
 To look on thee, whom we have pierc'd, 
 To look on thee, and mourn : 
 
HYMNS. 118—119 
 
 While thus we mourn, may we rejoice, 
 
 And, as thy cross we see, 
 May each exclaim, in faith and hope, 
 
 " The Saviour died for me !" 
 
 GOOD-FRIDAY. 
 
 119. Behou> the Saviour of mankind, 
 Nail'd to the shameful tree ! 
 
 How vast the love that him inclined, 
 To bleed and die for thee ! 
 
 Hark, how he groans! while nature 
 shakes, 
 
 And earths strong pillars bend ! 
 The temple's vail in sunder breaks, 
 
 The solid marbles rend. 
 
 Tis done ! the precious ransom's paid, 
 M Receive my soul," he cries ! 
 
 See where he bows his sacred head ! 
 He bows his head and dies ! 
 
 But soon he'll break Death's envious 
 And in full glory shine : [chain, 
 
 O Lamb of God ! was ever pain, 
 Was ever love like thine ! 
 
 A3 
 
120—121 HYMNS. 
 
 120. " Stricken, smitten and afflicted," 
 See him dying on the tree! 
 
 'Tis the Christ by man rejected ! 
 
 Yes, my soul, 'tis he! 'tis he ! 
 Mark the sacrifice appointed! 
 
 See who bears the awful load ! 
 'Tis the Word, the Lord's Anointed, 
 
 Son of man, and Son of God. 
 
 Here we have a firm foundation : 
 
 Here's the refuge of the lost : 
 Christ's the rock of our salvation; 
 
 His the name of which we boast : 
 Lamb of God for sinners wounded! 
 
 Sacrifice to cancel guilt ! 
 None shall ever be confounded 
 
 Who on thee their hope have built. 
 
 EASTER. 
 
 121. When Christ victorious from the 
 Ascended up on high, [grave, 
 
 He gave to all his saints a pledge, 
 That they should never die. 
 
HYMNS. 121—122 
 
 » 
 
 Though for a time they sleep in dust, 
 
 Each resting in his bed, 
 Soon the Archangel's trump shall sound, 
 
 And call them from the dead. 
 
 For us, unworthy as we are, 
 
 Against that joyful day, 
 A crown of glory is reserved, 
 
 That fadefch not away. 
 
 Help us then, Lord, to live to thee, 
 Our Prophet, Priest, and King; 
 
 To finish here our course with joy, 
 And thus in death to sing : — 
 
 " We know that our Redeemer lives, 
 " Who bought us with his blood; 
 
 " We know that we shall live with him, 
 " And in our flesh see God." 
 
 John, xx. 19. 
 
 122. On the first Christian sabbath eve, 
 When Christ's disciples met, 
 
 O'er his lost fellowship to grieve ; 
 Nor knew the scriptures yet : — 
 
122—123 HYMNS. 
 
 Lo ! in their midst, his form was seen. 
 The form in which He died ; 
 
 His wounded, marr'd, forgiving mien ; 
 His hands, his feet, his side ! 
 
 Be in our midst; — let faith rejoice 
 
 Our risen Lord to view ; 
 And let our spirits hear thy voice 
 
 Say — " Peace be unto You." 
 
 Then while we hearken, O unfold 
 The scriptures to our mind ; 
 
 Their mysteries may we behold, 
 Their hidden treasures find. 
 
 And while with Thee, in social hours, 
 We commune through thy word, 
 
 May our hearts burn ; and all our powers 
 Confess—" It is the l^ord." 
 
 John, xix. 30/ 
 
 123. " It is finish'd !" sinners hear it, 
 
 Tis the dying victor's cry ; 
 " It is finish'd !■ angels bear it, 
 
 Bear the jovful truth on high ! 
 " It is finish'd !" 
 
 Tell it through the earth and sky ! 
 
HYMNS. 123—124 
 
 Justice, from her awful station, 
 Bars the sinner's peace no more ; 
 
 Justice views with approbation 
 What the Saviour did and bore ; 
 
 Grace and mercy 
 Now display their boundless store. 
 
 Crown the mighty conquYor, crown him, 
 Who his people's foes o'ercame! 
 
 In the highest heav'n enthrone him ! 
 Men and angels sound his fame ! 
 
 Greirt his glory ! 
 Jesus bears a matchless name. 
 
 ASCENSION. /" 
 
 Psalm xlvii. 6. 
 
 124. Glory, glory to our King! 
 
 •Crowns unfading wreathe his head ! 
 Jesus is the name we sing; 
 
 Jesus risen from the dead ; 
 Jesus conquYor o'er the grave ; 
 Jesus mighty now to save. 
 
 Now behold him high enthron'd ! 
 Glory beaming from his face ! 
 
124—125 HYMNS. 
 
 By adoring angels own'd, 
 
 God of holiness and grace ! 
 O for hearts and tongues to sing 
 u Glory, glory to our King." 
 
 Jesus on thy people shine ! 
 
 Warm our hearts and tune our tongues 
 That with angels we may join, 
 
 Share their bliss, and swell their songs 
 Glory, honour, praise, and pow'r, 
 Lord, be thine for evermore ! 
 
 ■ -»»» " »»~ ^jfC&fr&Ls 
 
 Rev. xi. 15. ; * 
 
 125. Look, ye saints, the sight is glorious. 
 
 See " The man of sorrows" now : 
 From the fight return'd victorious : 
 
 Ev'ry knee to him shall bow : 
 Crown him, crown him : 
 
 Crowns become the victor's brow. 
 
 Crown the Saviour, angels crown him \ 
 Rich the trophies Jesus brings : 
 
 In the seat of power enthrone him, 
 While the vault of heaven rings : 
 
 Crown him, crown him ; 
 Crown the Saviour " King of Kings." 
 
HYMNS. 125—126 
 
 Hark, those bursts of acclamation ! 
 | Hark those loud triumphant chords ! 
 Jesus takes the highest station : 
 
 O what joy the sight affords! 
 Crown him, crown him : 
 
 " King of Kings, and Lord of Lords." 
 
 COMMUNION. ^ 
 
 126. Sweet the moments, rich in blessing, 
 
 Which before the cross I spend ; 
 Life, and health, and peace possessing, 
 
 From the sinner's dying friend : 
 Here I'll sit for ever viewing 
 
 Mercy's streams in streams of blood; 
 Precious drops my soul bedewing, 
 
 Plead and claim my peace with God. 
 
 Love and grief my heart dividing, 
 
 Gazing here I'd spend my breath $ 
 Constant still in faith abiding, 
 
 Life deriving from his death : 
 Lord, in ceaseless contemplation, 
 
 Fix my heart and eyes on thine ! 
 Till I taste thy whole salvation, 
 
 Where, unveiled, thy glories shine ! 
 
127 HYMNS. 
 
 Matthew, xxvi. 25 — 28. 
 
 127.'Twas in that dark,that doleful night, 
 When powers of earth and hell arose 
 
 Against the Son of God's delight, 
 A friend betray'd him to his foes. 
 
 Before the mournful scene began, 
 He took the bread, and bless'd, and 
 brake ; 
 What love through all his actions ran ! 
 What wond'rous words of grace he 
 spake ! 
 
 " This is my body, broke for sin, 
 Receive and eat the living food ;' 9 
 
 Then took the cup, and bless'd the wine, 
 " Tis the new covenant in my blood." 
 
 " In mem'ry of your dying Lord, 
 " Do this, he said, till time shall end, 
 
 " Meet at my table and record 
 " The love of your departed friend," 
 
 '//. 
 
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HYMNS. 128 
 
 OCCASIONAL HYMNS. 
 
 After a favour able harvest. 
 
 128. Fountain of mercy, God of love! 
 
 How rich thy bounties are ! 
 The rolling seasons, as they move, 
 
 Proclaim thy constant care. 
 
 When in the bosom of the earth 
 
 The sower hid the grain, 
 Thy goodness mark'd its secret birth, 
 
 And sent the early rain. 
 
 The spring's sweet influence, Lord, wasr 
 thine; 
 
 The plants in beauty grew : 
 Thou gav'st refulgent suns to shine, 
 
 And mild refreshing dew. 
 
 These various mercies from above 
 Matured the swelling grain ; 
 
 A kindly harvest crowns thy love, 
 And plenty fills the plain. 
 
 We own and bless thy gracious sway; 
 
 Thy hand all nature hails ; 
 Seed-time, nor harvest, night nor day, 
 
 Summer nor winter, fails, 
 p 
 
129—130 HYMNS. 
 
 After an unfavourable harvest. 
 
 129. To God, on whom all worlds depend, 
 Our humbled hearts in sighs ascend : 
 Will he refuse his help to yield, 
 Who clothes the lilies of the field ? 
 
 Father of grace ! whom we adore, 
 Bless thy large family the poor : 
 The poor on thee alone depend : 
 Continue thou the poor man's friend. 
 
 Content to live by toil and pain, 
 May we eternal riches gain ; 
 — Meanwhile, by thy free bounty fed, 
 u Give us this day our daily bread." 
 
 At the close of the year. 
 
 130. Let hearts and tongues unite, 
 And loud thanksgivings raise ! 
 
 'Tis duty, mingled with delight, 
 To sing the Saviour's praise. 
 
 When on the breast we hung, 
 
 Our help was in the Lord ; 
 Twas he first taught our infant tongue 
 
 To form the lisping word. 
 
HYMNS. 130—131 
 
 In childhood, and in youth, 
 
 His eye was on us still, 
 Though strangers to his love and truth, 
 
 Prone to resist his will. 
 
 Now through another year 
 
 Supported by his care, 
 We raise our Ebenezer here; 
 
 " The Lord hath help'd thus far." 
 
 O may we all then cast 
 
 Our care upon the Lord! 
 Praise him for all his mercies past. 
 
 And trust his promised word ! 
 
 Luke, xiii. 6 — 9. 
 
 131. See in the vineyard of the Lord, 
 
 A barren fig-tree stand ! 
 It yields no fruit, no blossom bears. 
 
 Though planted by his hand. 
 
 From year to year he seeks for fruit $ 
 
 And still no fruit is found : 
 It stands, among the living trees, 
 
 Encumbering the ground. 
 b2 
 
131—132 HYMNS. 
 
 But lo ! the gracious Saviour pleads, 
 " The barren fig-tree spare : 
 
 " In mercy stay the threatening hand, 
 " And grant another year. 
 
 " Perhaps some means of grace, untried, 
 " May reach the stony heart; 
 
 " Or the soft dews of heavenly love 
 " May heavenly life impart. 
 
 " But, if all means should prove in vain, 
 
 " And still no fruit appear, 
 " Then mercy may no longer plead, 
 
 " Nor ask another year." 
 
 For the King. 
 
 132. O King of kings ! thy blessing shed 
 On our anointed {Sovereign's head ; 
 And, looking from thy holy heaven, 
 Protect the crown Thyself hast given. 
 
 Him with thy choicest mercies bless : 
 To all his counsels give success : 
 In war, in peace, thy succour bring; 
 Thy strength command ; — God save the 
 King. 
 
HYMNS 132—133 
 
 Him may we honour and obey : 
 Uphold his right and lawful sway : 
 Remembering that the powers that be 
 Are ministers, ordain'd of Thee. 
 
 And, Oh ! when earthly thrones decay, 
 And this world's kingdoms fade away, 
 Grant him a throne, in worlds on high, 
 A crown of immortality. 
 
 At a Charitable Collection. 
 
 2 Corinth, ix. 6. 
 133. " Who sparingly his seed bestows, 
 He sparingly shafl also reap ; 
 But whoso plentifully sows, 
 The plenteous sheaves his hands shall 
 heap." 
 
 Teach us, with glad, ungrudging heart, 
 As Thou hast bless'd our various store, 
 From our abundance to impart 
 A liberal portion to the poor. 
 
 To thee our all devoted be, 
 In whom we breathe, and move and livej 
 Freely we have received from thee ; 
 Freely may we rejoice to give, 
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133—134 HYMNS. 
 
 And while we thus obey thy word, 
 And every call of want relieve, 
 Oh ! may we find it, gracious Lord, 
 More bless'd to give than to receive. 
 
 To he sung by Charity Children. 
 
 134.0 Lord our God ! thy light and truth 
 
 To us thy children send : 
 That we may fear thy name in youth, 
 
 And serve thee to the end. 
 
 By nature sinful, weak, and blind, 
 The paths of death we trod, 
 
 Our wandering heart and worldly mind 
 Were enemies to God. 
 
 Guardians and teachers now, through 
 grace, 
 
 Our heedless steps restrain ; 
 They warn us, Lord, to seek thy face, 
 
 Which none shall seek in vain. 
 
 The home we seek is heaven above : 
 Yet, while our course we run, 
 
 May we, rejoicing iu thy love, 
 Find heaven on earth begun. 
 
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HYMNS. 135—136 
 
 On a Funeral Occasion. 
 1£5. Heaven hath confirm'd the great 
 1 decree 
 
 That Adam's race must die ; 
 One general ruin sweeps them down, 
 And low in dust they lie. 
 
 Ye living men, survey jthe tomb, 
 Where you must quickly dwell : 
 
 Hark, how the awful summons sounds 
 In every funeral, knell. 
 
 Those eyes, though long in darkness 
 veil'd, 
 
 Must wake, the Judge to see, 
 And every deed, and word, and thought, 
 
 Must pass his scrutiny. 
 
 May we in thee, the Judge, behold 
 Our Saviour and our Friend, 
 
 And far above the reach of death, 
 With all thy saints a ^ n jr/<^ 
 
 THE STATE oFtHE JEVV^ 
 
 Luke, xix. 41. — Romans, xi^21. 
 136. " Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 
 
 Enthroned once on high ; 
 Thou favour'd home of God on earth, 
 
 Thou heaven below the sky ; 
 
136—137 HYMNS. 
 
 Now brought to bondage with thy sons, 
 
 A curse and shaine to see, 
 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 
 
 Our tears shall flow for thee." 
 
 " Hadst thou but known thy day ofgrace, 
 
 And flock'd beneath the wing, 
 Of him, who calf d thee lovingly, 
 
 Thy own anointed King ; 
 Then had the tribes of all the earth 
 
 Gone up thy pomp to see, 
 And glory dwelt within thy gates, 
 
 And all thy sons been free." 
 
 " Thou who thus mournest Judah's case, 
 
 Gentile, instructed be ; 
 Who spared not his chosen race 
 
 May send his wrath on thee. 
 To thee is given their favour'd place, 
 
 Thy day is in its prime : 
 O turn and seek the Saviour's face 
 
 In this appointed time/V 
 
 137. Messiah, full of grace, 
 Redeem'd by thee, we plead 
 The promise made to Abraham's race, 
 To souls for ages dead. 
 
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HYMNS. 137—138 
 
 Open their graves, and bring 
 The outcasts forth, to own 
 Thou arttheirLord,theirGod, and King, 
 Their true Anointed One. 
 
 To save the race forlorn, 
 Thy glorious arm display ; 
 And show the world a nation born, 
 A nation in a day I/ 7 ^^^ 
 
 138. Great God.of Abraham 
 
 prayer ; 
 Let Abraham's seed thy mercy share : 
 Oh ! may they now at length return, 
 And look on him they pierced, and 
 
 mourn. 
 
 Remember Jacob's flock of old; 
 Bring home the w r anderers to thy fold; 
 Kemembcr too thy promised word, 
 " Israel at last shall seek the Lord/' 
 
 Though outcasts still, estranged from 
 
 thee, 
 Cut off from their own olive-tree, 
 Why should they longer such remain ? 
 For thou canst graft them in again. 
 
138—139 HYMNS. 
 
 Lord, put thy law within their hearts, 
 And write it in their inward parts ; 
 The veil of darkness rend in two, 
 Which hides Messiah from their view. 
 
 Oh ! haste the day, foretold so long, 
 When Jew and Greek, (aglorious throng) 
 One house shall seek, one prayer shall 
 
 pour, 
 And one Redeemer shall adore. 
 
 139. Father of faithful Abraham, hear 
 Our earnest suit for Abraham's seed! 
 
 Justly they claim the fervent prayer 
 From us, adopted in their stead, 
 
 Who mercy thro' their fall obtain, 
 
 And Christ, by their rejection, gain. 
 
 Outcasts from thee, and scattered wide, 
 Through every nation under heaven, 
 
 Blaspheming whom they crucified, 
 Unsav'd, unpity'd, unforgiv'n ; 
 
 Branded like Cain, they bear their load, 
 
 Abhorred of men, and cursed of God. 
 
HYMNS. 139—140 
 
 Come, then, thou great Deliverer, come ! 
 
 The veil from Jacob's heart remove : 
 Receive thy ancient people home ! 
 
 That, quicken'd by thy dying love, 
 The world may their reception find, 
 Life from the dead for all mankind. 
 
 For the Promotion of the Gospel. 
 
 140. From Greenland's icy mountains, 
 
 From India's coral strand ; 
 Where Afric's sunny fountains 
 
 Roll down their golden sand ; 
 From many an ancient river, 
 
 From many a palmy plain, 
 They call us to deliver 
 
 Their land from error's chain. 
 
 IVhat though the spicy breezes 
 
 Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle ; 
 Though ev'ry prospect pleases, 
 
 And only man is vile : 
 [n vain with lavish kindness 
 
 The gifts of God are strewn ; 
 The heathen, in his blindness, 
 
 Bows down to wood and stone- 
 
140—141 HYMNS. 
 
 Shall we, whose souls are lighted 
 
 With wisdom from on high, 
 Shall we to men benighted 
 
 The lamp of life deny? 
 Salvation ! oh salvation ! 
 
 The joyful sound proclaim, 
 'Till each remotest nation 
 
 Has learnt Messiah's name ! 
 
 Waft, waft, ye winds, his story : 
 
 And you, ye waters, roll, 
 Till, like a sea of glory, 
 
 It spreads from pole to pole ; 
 'Till o'er our ransom'd nature 
 
 The Lamb for sinners slain, 
 Redeemer, King, Creator, 
 
 In bliss returns to reign !/ 
 
 Isaiah, lxi. 7- 
 
 141. On the mountain's top appearing, 
 Lo ! the sacred Herald stands ! 
 
 Welcome news to Zion bearing, 
 Zion long in hostile lands : 
 
 Mourning captive ! 
 
 God himself shall loose thy bands, 
 
HYMNS. 141—142 
 
 Lo ! thy sun is risen in glory ! 
 
 God himself appears thy friend ; 
 All thy foes shall flee before thee ; 
 
 Here their boasted triumphs end : 
 Great deliverance 
 Zion's King vouchsafes to send. 
 
 Enemies no more shall trouble ; 
 
 All thy warfare now is past ; 
 For thy shame thou shalt have double ; 
 
 Days of peace are come at last : 
 All thy conflicts 
 End in everlasting rest. 
 
 Isaiah, li. 9. 
 
 142. Arm of the Lord, awake, awake I 
 Thine own immortal strength put on ! 
 
 With terror cloth'd, helPs kingdom 
 shake, 
 And cast thy foes with fury down ! 
 
 As in the ancient days appear : 
 
 The sacred annals speak thy fame : 
 
 Be now omnipotently near, 
 To endless ages still the same, 
 
142—143 HYMNS. 
 
 By death and hell pursued in vain, 
 To thee the ransom'd seed shall come ; 
 
 Shouting their heavenly Sion gain, 
 Andpass thro 5 death triumphant home* 
 
 Where pure essential joy is found, 
 The Lord's redeem'd their heads shall 
 raise, 
 
 With everlasting gladness crown'd, 
 And filled with love, and lost in praise. 
 
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 143. Lord over all, if thou hast made. 
 Hast ransom'd every soul of man, 
 
 Why is the grace so long delay'd? 
 Why unfulfill'd the saving plan ? 
 
 The bliss for Adam's race design'd, 
 
 When will it reach to all mankind ? 
 
 Art thou the God of Jews alone, 
 And not the God of Gentiles too ? 
 
 To Gentiles make thy goodness known : 
 Thy judgments to the nations show ; 
 
 Awake them by the Gospel-call ; 
 
 Light of the w r orld, illumine all ! 
 
HYMNS. 143—144 
 
 As lightning launched from East to West* 
 The coming of thy kingdom be j 
 
 To thee, by angel-hosts confess 
 Bow every soul and every knee : 
 
 Thy glory let all flesh behold ! 
 
 And then fill up thy heavenly fold. 
 
 144. O'er the realms of pagan darkness, 
 
 Let the eye of pity gaze : 
 See the kindreds of the people, 
 
 Lost in sin's bewildering maze : 
 Darkness brooding 
 On the face of all the earth. 
 
 Light of them that sit in darkness! 
 
 Rise and shine, thy blessings bring : 
 Light, to lighten all the Gentiles ! 
 
 Rise with healing in thy wing : 
 To thy brightness 
 Let all kings and nations come. 
 
 May the heathen, now adoring 
 Idol-gods of wood and stone, 
 Come, and worshipping before him, 
 Serve the living God alone : 
 Let thy glory 
 Fill the earth, as floods the sea. 
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144—145 HYMNS. 
 
 Thou, to whom all power is given, 
 Speak the word ; — at thy command, 
 
 Let the company of preachers 
 
 Spread thy name from land to land : 
 Lord ! be with them, 
 
 Alway, to the end of time. 
 
 145. Hark! the song of Jubilee, 
 Loud as mighty thunders roar, 
 Or the fulness of the sea, 
 When it breaks upon the shore : — 
 Hallelujah ! for the Lord 
 God Omnipotent, shall reign ; 
 Hallelujah ! let the word 
 Echo round the earth and main. 
 
 Hallelujah! — hark! the sound, 
 From the depth unto the skies, 
 Wakes above, beneath, around, 
 All creation's harmonies : — 
 See Jehovah's banner furl'd, 
 Sheath'dhis sword; he speaks ;'tis done; 
 And the kingdoms of this world 
 Are the kingdoms of his Son. 
 
HYMNS 145—146 
 
 He shall reign from pole to pole, 
 With unlimitable sway : 
 He shall reign, when like a scroll 
 Yonder heavens have passed away :— « 
 Then the end : — beneath his rod, 
 Man's last enemy shall fall ; 
 Hallelujah ! Christ in God, 
 God in Christ, is All in All. 
 
 ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 
 Psalms, xciii. 
 
 146. The Lord Jehovah reigns, 
 His throne is built on high ; 
 
 The garments he assumes, 
 Are light and majesty ; 
 
 His glories shine with beams so bright, 
 
 No mortal eye can bear the sight. 
 
 The thunder of his hand, 
 
 Keeps the whole world in awe 5 
 
 His wrath and justice stand 
 To guard his holy law ; 
 
 And where his love resolves to bless, 
 
 His truth confirms and seals the grace. 
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146—147 HYMNS. 
 
 And can this mighty Kirig 
 
 Of glory condescend ? 
 And will he write his name, 
 
 " Our Father, and our Friend ?" 
 We love his name, we love his word, 
 Join all our pow'rs, and praise the Lord, 
 
 *«• •% % .vJsaiah, xliii. 11. 
 
 147- Salvation is of God alone, 
 The glorious plan is all his own ; 
 In love he form'd the great design, 
 And here his grace and wisdom shine. 
 
 Salvation is of God alone, 
 Tis he who breaks the heart of stone, 
 Who makes self- righteous boast to cease, 
 And gives the troubled consciencepeace. 
 
 Salvation is of God alone, 
 
 'Tis he who lead? his people on, 
 
 'Tis he who makes their burdens light, 
 
 And shields them in the day of fight. 
 
 Salvation is of God alone, 
 This truth let all his people own, 
 And to his name the praise be given, 
 By saints on earth, and saints in heaven. 
 
HYMNS. 148—149 
 
 148. God moves in a mysterious way, 
 
 His wonders to perform ; 
 He plants his footsteps in the sea, 
 
 And rides upon the storm. 
 
 Deep in unfathomable mines 
 
 Of never- failing skill, 
 He treasures up his bright designs, 
 
 And works his sov'reign will. 
 
 Ye fearful, saints, fresh courage take ; 
 
 The clouds ye so much dread 
 Are big with mercy, and shall break 
 
 In blessings on your head. 
 
 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, 
 But trust him for his grace ; 
 
 Behind a frowning providence 
 He hides a smiling face. 
 
 Character and Offices of Christ. 
 
 149. Brethren! let us join to bless 
 Christ, the Lord our righteousness : 
 Let our praise to him be given, 
 High at God's right hand in heaven. 
 
J49-150 HYMNS. 
 
 Thee the angels ceaseless sing : 
 Thee we praise, our Priest and King 
 Worthy is thy name of praise, 
 Pull of glory, full of grace. 
 
 Thou hast the glad tidings brought 
 Of salvation, by thee wrought ; 
 Wrought to set thy people free ; 
 Wrought to bring our souls to thee. 
 
 May we follow and adore 
 Thee, our Saviour, more and more : 
 Guide and bless us with thy love, 
 Till we join thy saints above. 
 
 150. All hail the great Emmanuel's 
 name ! 
 
 Ye angels ! prostrate fall : 
 Bring forth the royal diadem, 
 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 Crown him, ye martyrs of our God, 
 
 Who from his altar call ; 
 Extol the stem of Jesse's rod, 
 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
HYMNS. 150—151 
 
 Ye saints, redeem'd of Adam's race. 
 
 From sin and Satan's thrall, 
 Hail him who saves you by his grace, 
 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 Ye realms, of every tongue and name, 
 
 Through this terrestrial ball, 
 In every language sound his fame, 
 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 Oh ! that with yonder sacred throng, 
 
 We at his feet may fall, 
 Join in the everlasting song, 
 
 And crown him Lord of all. \ ■ — \ 
 
 151. Rock of ages ! cleft for me, 
 
 Let me hide myself in thee : 
 
 Let the water and the blood, 
 
 From thy side, a healing flood, 
 
 Be of sin the double cure ; 
 
 Save from wrath, and make me pure. 
 
 Should my tears for ever flow, 
 Should my zeal no langour know, 
 This for sin could not atone ; 
 Thou must save, and thou alone; 
 In my hand no price 1 bring, 
 Simply to thy cross I cling. 
 
151—152 HYMNS. 
 
 While I draw this fleeting breath, 
 When mine eyelids close in death, 
 When 1 rise to worlds unknown, 
 And behold thee on thy throve, 
 Rock of ages ! cleft for me, 
 Let me hide myself in thee., \ 
 
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 152. Saviour, source of every blessing] 
 Tune my heart to grateful lays ; 
 
 Streams of mercy, never ceasing, 
 Call for ceaseless songs of praise. 
 
 Teach me some melodious measure, 
 Sung by raptured saints above ; 
 
 Fill my soul with sacred pleasure, 
 While I sing redeeming love. 
 
 Thou didst seek me, when a stranger, 
 Wandering from the fold of God, 
 
 Thou, to rescue me from danger, 
 Didst redeem me with thy blood. 
 
 By thy hand restor'd, defended, 
 
 Safe through life thus far I'm come ; 
 
 Safe, O Lord ! when life is ended, 
 Bring me to my heavenly home. 
 
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HYMNS. 153—154 
 
 Jeremiah, xxiii. 6.^-Phil. iii. 9. 
 
 153. Jesus, thy blood and righteousness 
 My beauty are, my glorious dress ; 
 'Midst flaming worlds in these array'd, 
 With joy shall I left up my head. 
 
 When from the dust of death I rise, 
 To seek a mansion in the skies ; 
 E'en then shall this be all my plea, 
 "Jesus hath livd and dy'd for me/' 
 
 Bold shall I stand in that great day ; 
 For who aught to my charge shall lay? 
 Fully thro' these absolv'd 1 am 
 From sin and fear; from guilt and shame, 
 
 O let the dead now hear thy voice, 
 Now bid thy banish'd ones rejoice, 
 Their beauty this, their glorious dress, 
 Jesus the Lord our righteousness- 
 
 Lamentations, iii. 24. 
 
 154. From pole to pole let others4oam, 
 And search in vain for bliss j 
 
 My soul is satisfy'd at home, 
 The Lord my portion is. 
 
154—155 HYMNS. 
 
 Jesus, who on his glorious throne 
 Rules heaven, and earth, and sea j 
 
 Is pleas'd to claim me for his own, 
 And give himself to me. 
 
 His person fixes all my love, 
 His Wood removes my fear ; 
 
 And while he pleads for me above, 
 His arm preserves me here. 
 
 His word of promise is my food, 
 
 His Spirit is my guide ; 
 Thus daily is my strength renew'd, 
 
 And all my wants supply'd. 
 
 For him I count as gain each loss, 
 Disgrace, for him, renown ! 
 
 Well may I glory in his cross, 
 While he prepares my crown t 
 
 155. Now to the Lord a noble song ! 
 Awake each heart, awake each tongue : 
 Hosanna to the Eternal Name ! 
 Ye saints ! his boundless love proclaim. 
 
HYMNS. 155—156 
 
 See, where it shines in Jesus' face, 
 The brightest image of his grace ; 
 God, in the person of his Son, 
 Hath all his mightiest works outdone. 
 
 Salvation, oh ! the glorious theme ! 
 Our hearts rejoice at Jesus' name : 
 m Ye angels ! dwell upon the sound : 
 Ye heavens ! reflect it to the ground. 
 
 Oh ! may we reach that blissful place, 
 Where he unveils his heavenly face ; 
 His cloudless glory there behold, 
 And sound his praise on harps of gold ! 
 
 156. Jesus, refuge of the soul! 
 To thy sheltering cross we fly, 
 While the nearer waters roll, 
 While the tempest still is nigh j 
 Hide us, O our Saviour ! hide, 
 Till the storm of life is past ! 
 Safe into the haven guide, 
 Oh J receive our souls at last. 
 
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156—157 HYMNS. 
 
 Other refuge we have none ; 
 Hangs the helpless soul on thee : 
 Leave, ah ! leave us not alone, 
 Still our guard and comfort be : 
 All our hope on thee is laid ; 
 All our help from thee we bring 
 Coyer our defenceless head 
 With the shadow of thy wing.„ 
 
 157. Thou, O Chrifet ! art all we want; 
 More than all in thee we find ; 
 Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, 
 Heal the sick, and lead the blind : 
 We are full of guilt and shame, 
 Born of Adam's sinful race : 
 Just and holy is thy name, 
 Thou art full of truth and grace. 
 
 Plenteous grace with thee is found; 
 Grace to pardon all our sin : 
 Let the healing streams abound, 
 Make and keep us pure within : 
 Thou, O Christ ! the fountain art ; 
 Freely let us take of thee : 
 Spring thou up within each heart, 
 Rise to all eternity. 
 
HYMNS. 158 
 
 158. Love divine, all love excelling, 
 
 Joy of heaven, to earth come down ! 
 Fix in us thine humble dwelling, 
 
 All thy faithful mercies crown : 
 Jesus, thou art all compassion, 
 
 Pure unbounded love thou art ; 
 Visit us with thy salvation, 
 
 Enter every waiting heart. 
 
 Come, almighty to deliver, 
 
 Let us all thy grace receive 3 
 Suddenly return : — and never, 
 
 Nevermore, thy temple leave : 
 Thee may we be always blessing, 
 
 Serve thee as the hosts above, 
 Pray, and praise thee, without ceasing, 
 
 Triumph in redeeming love. 
 
 Finish then thy new creation ; 
 
 Holy, harmless may we be ; 
 Let us see thy great salvation, 
 
 Perfectly restored by thee : 
 Changed from glory into glory, 
 
 Till in heaven we take our place ; 
 Till we cast our crowns before thee, 
 
 Lost in wonder, love and praise. 
 
159—160 HYMNS. 
 
 159. O the delights, the heavenly joys, 
 
 The glories of the place, 
 Where Jesus sheds the brighest beams 
 
 Of his o'erflowing grace ! 
 
 Princes to his imperial name 
 
 Bend their bright sceptres down, 
 
 Dominions, thrones, and powers rejoice 
 To see him wear the crown. 
 
 Archangels sound his lofty praise 
 Through every heavenly street, 
 
 And lay their highest honours down 
 Submissive at his feet. 
 
 Philippians, ii. 6. 
 
 160. Bright King of glory, dreadful Lord, 
 Our spirits bow before thy seat ; 
 The honours of thy name record, 
 And worship at thine awful feet. 
 
 A thousand seraphs strong and bright 
 Stand round the glorious Deity : 
 But who amongst the sons of light 
 Pretends comparison with thee ? 
 
HYMNS. 160—161 
 
 Yet there is one of human frame, 
 Jesus, array'd in flesh and blood, 
 Thinks it no robbery to claim 
 A full equality with God. 
 
 Then let the name of Christ our king 
 With equal honours be ador'd; 
 His praise let every angel sing, 
 And all the nations own their Lord, 
 
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 161. O for a thousand tongues to sing 
 The great Redeemer's praise ; 
 
 The glories of our God and King, 
 The triumphs of his grace. 
 
 Jesus, the name that charms our fears, 
 That bids our sorrows cease : 
 
 'Tis music in the sinner's ears, 
 'Tis life, and health, and peace. 
 
 He speaks ; and listening to his voice. 
 
 New life the dead receive ; 
 The mournful, broken hearts rejoice \ 
 
 The humble poor believe. 
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161—162 HYMNS. 
 
 Hear him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb, 
 Your loosen'd tongues employ ; 
 
 Ye blind, behold your Saviour come, 
 And leap, ye lame, for joy ! 
 
 Look unto Christ, ye nations ; own 
 
 Your God, ye fallen race ; 
 Look, and be sav'd through faith alone, 
 
 Be justified by grace. \. 
 
 162. Let earth and heaven agree, 
 
 Angels and men be join'd, 
 To celebrate with me, 
 The Saviour of mankind ; 
 T' adore the all-atoning Lamb, 
 And bless the sound of Jesus name. 
 
 Jesus, harmonious name ! 
 
 It charms the hosts above ; 
 They evermore proclaim, 
 And wonder at his love; 
 'Tis all their happiness to gaze, 
 'Tis heaven to see our Jesu's face. 
 
HYMNS. 162—163 
 
 Jesus, transporting sound ! 
 
 The joy of earth and heaven ; 
 No other help is found ; 
 No other name is given ; 
 By which we can salvation have : 
 But Jesus came the world to save. 
 
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 163. Lift your eyes of faith, and see 
 Saints and angels join'd in one ; 
 
 What a countless company 
 
 Stand before yon dazzling throne. 
 
 Each before his Saviour stands, 
 All in purest white array'd ; 
 
 Palms they carry in their hands, 
 Crowns of glory on their head. 
 
 Saints, begin the endless song, 
 Cry aloud in heavenly lays ; 
 
 Glory doth to God belong ; 
 
 God, the glorious Saviour, praise. 
 
 Render we our God his right, 
 
 Glory, wisdom, thanks, and power ; 
 
 Honour, majesty, and might ; 
 Praise him, praise him evermore. 
 
163-164-165 HYMNS. 
 
 All salvation from him came, 
 IJim who reigns enthroned on liigh $ 
 
 Glory to the dying Lamb ; 
 Let the angel powers reply. 
 
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 164. Come, O thou universal good! 
 
 Balm of the wounded conscience, 
 come ! 
 The hungry, dying spirit's food, 
 
 The weary, wandering pilgrim's home, 
 Haven to take the shipwreck'd in, 
 Our everlasting rest from sin. 
 
 Be thou, O Christ, whate'er we want ; 
 
 Support our feebleness of mind ; 
 Relieve the thirsty soul, the faint 
 
 Revive, illuminate the blind ; 
 The mournful cheer, the drooping lead, 
 And heal the sick, and raise the dead. 
 
 165. Jesus, the truth, the way, 
 The sure unerring light ; 
 On thee our feeble steps we stay, 
 Which thou wilt guide aright. 
 
HYMNS. 165— 1G6 
 
 Our wisdom and our guide, 
 Our counsellor thou art, 
 O never let us leave thy side, 
 Or from thy paths depart. 
 
 Never will we remove 
 Out of thy hands our cause; 
 But rest in thy redeeming lovje, 
 And hang upon thy cross. 
 
 ! 166. Brightness of the Father's glory, 
 
 Shall thy praise unutter'd lie ? 
 ! Fly, my tongue, such guilty silence ! 
 
 Sing the Lord who came to die : 
 ! Did archangels sing thy corning ? 
 
 Did the. shepherds learn their lays ? 
 Shame would cover me ungrateful, 
 
 Should my tongue refuse to praise. 
 
 From the highest throne in glory, 
 
 To the cross of deepest woe ; 
 All to ransom guilty captives ! 
 
 Flow my praise, for ever flow ! 
 Go, return, almighty Saviour, 
 
 Leave thy footstool, take thy throne ; 
 Thence return, and reign for ever, 
 
 Be the kiugdom all thy own ! 
 
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167 HYMNS. 
 
 PRAISE. 
 
 167. Meet and right it is to sing. 
 
 In every time and place, 
 Glory to our heavenly King, 
 
 The God of truth and grace. 
 Join we then with sweet accord, 
 
 All in one thanksgiving join ! 
 Holy, holy, holy Lord, 
 
 Eternal praise be thine ! 
 
 Thee, the first-born sons of light, 
 
 In choral symphonies, 
 Praise by day, day without night, 
 
 And never, never cease ; 
 Vieing with that heavenly choir, 
 
 Who resound thy praise above 4 
 We on eagles' wings aspire, 
 
 The wings of faith and love. 
 
 Pather, God, thy love we praise, 
 
 Which gave thy Son to die ; 
 Jesus, full of truth and grace, 
 
 Alike we glorify ; 
 Spirit, Comforter divine, 
 
 Praise by all to thee be given, 
 Till we in full chorus join, 
 
 And earth is turn'd to heaven. 
 
HYMNS. 168—169 
 
 168. God of our life, to thee 
 Our cheerful voice we raise } 
 
 Thy goodness bade us be, 
 And still prolongs our days ; 
 
 We see our natal hour return, 
 
 And bless the day that we were born* 
 
 Long as we live beneath, 
 
 To thee, O let us live ! 
 To thee our every breath 
 
 In thanks and praises give ! 
 Whate'er we have, whate'er we claim, 
 Shall magnify our Maker's name. 
 
 Habakkuk, iii. 17, 18. 
 
 169. Praise, to God immortal praise, 
 For the love that crowns our days : 
 Bounteous source of every joy ! 
 Let thy praise our tongues employ : 
 
 All that spring with bounteous hand 
 Scatters o'er the smiling land : 
 All that liberal autumn pours 
 From her rich o'erflowing stores : 
 
169—170 HYMNS. 
 
 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. 
 
 Though the fig-tree's blasted shoot 
 Drop her green untimely fruit : 
 Though the vine put forth no more, 
 Nor the olive yield her store : 
 
 Though the sickening flocks should fall, 
 And the herds desert the stall : 
 Still to thee our souls shall raise, 
 Grateful vows and solemn praise. 
 
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 The Christian's Faith, Hope, and 
 Experience. 
 
 170. When gathering clouds around I 
 
 view, 
 And days are dark, and friends are few, 
 On him I lean, who, not in vain, 
 Experienced every human pain \ 
 He sees my wants, allays my fears, 
 And counts •end treasures up my tears. 
 
HYMNS. 170—171 
 
 If aught should tempt my soul to stray 
 
 From heavenly wisdom's narrow way, 
 
 To flee the good I would pursue, 
 
 Or do the sin I would not do, 
 
 Still he, who felt temptation's power, 
 
 Shall guard me in that dangerous hour. 
 
 And, oh ! when I have safely past 
 Through every conflict, but the last, 
 Still, Lord, unchanging, watch beside 
 My dying bed, for thou hast died ; 
 Then point to realms of cloudless day, 
 And wipe the latest tear away. 
 
 Psalms, vHi 
 
 171. Lord, what is man ! extremes how 
 
 wide 
 In this mysterious nature join ! 
 The flesh, to worms and dust allied; 
 The soul, immortal and divine. 
 
 Divine at first, a holy flame, 
 Kindled by God's creating breath ; 
 Till, stain'd by sin, it soon became 
 The seat of darkness, strife, and death, 
 
171 HYMNS. 
 
 But Christ, oh ! what amazing grace! 
 Assumed our nature as his own ; 
 Obey'd and suffer'd in our place ; 
 Then bore that nature to his throne. 
 
 Now, what is man, when grace reveals 
 The virtue of a Saviour's blood? 
 Again a life divine he feels, 
 Despises earth, and walks with God. 
 
 And what, in yonder realms above, 
 Is ransom'd man ordain'd to be ? 
 With honour, holiness, and love, 
 No seraph more adorn'd than he. 
 
 Nearest the throne, and first in song, 
 Man shall his hallelujahs raise ; 
 While wondering angels round him 
 
 throng, 
 And swell the chorus of his praise. 
 
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HYMNS. 172 
 
 1/2. Peace, troubled soul, whose plain- 
 tive moan 
 Hath taught each scene the note of woe; 
 Cease thy complaint, suppress thy 
 groan, 
 And let thy tears forget to flow : 
 Behold ! the precious balm is found ; 
 Which lulls thy pain — which heals thy 
 wound. 
 
 Come, freely come, by sin oppress'd; 
 
 Unburden here thy weighty load ; 
 Here find thy refuge and thy rest, 
 
 Safe in the mercy of thy God : 
 Thy God's thy Saviour : glorious word ! 
 O hear, believe, and bless the Lord ! 
 
 As spring the winter, day the night, 
 Peace, sorrow's gloom shall chase 
 away ; 
 And holy joy, and heavenly light, 
 
 Attend thy steps, and near thee stay : 
 While glory weaves the' immortal crown, 
 And waits to claim thee for her own, 
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173—174 HYMNS. 
 
 173. Comb, gracious Spirit, heavenly 
 
 dove, 
 With light and comfort from above : 
 Be thou our guardian, thou our guide ; 
 O'er every thought and step preside. 
 
 The light of truth to us display, 
 And make us know and choose thy way; 
 Plant holy fear in every heart, 
 That we from God may not depart. 
 
 Lead us to holiness, — the road 
 That we must take to dwell with God ; 
 Lead us to Christ, the living way, 
 Nor let us from his precepts stray : — 
 
 Lead us to God, our final rest, 
 To be with Him for ever blest : — 
 Lead us to heaven, its joy to share # 
 Fulness of joy for ever there. 
 
 174. What can that frozen bosom move 
 That melts not at the Saviour's love ? 
 What can that sluggish spirit raise 
 That will not chant the Saviour's praise ? 
 
HYMNS. 174—175 
 
 Lord, draw our best affections hence 
 Above this world of sin and sense, 
 Cause them to soar beyond the skies, 
 And rest not, till to thee they rise. 
 
 175. When, gracious Lord, when shall 
 
 it be, 
 That we shall find our all in thee ; 
 The fulness of thy promise prove, 
 The seal of thine eternal love ? 
 
 Thee, only thee, we fain would find, 
 And cast the world and flesh behind, 
 As helpless souls, we come to thee, 
 With only sin and misery. 
 
 Lord, we are sick, our sickness cure j 
 We want, do thou enrich the poor : 
 Bow'd down beneath thy mighty hand, 
 O raise and make us joyful stand. 
 
 Lord, we are blind, be thou our sight; 
 Lord, we are weak, be thou our might 1 
 The helper of the helpless be, 
 And let us find our all in thee. 
 
1/6 HYMNS. 
 
 Phiuppians, iii. 7 — 9- 
 
 176. No more, my God, I boast no more 
 Of all the duties I have done ; 
 
 I quit the hopes I held before, 
 To trust the merits of thy Son. 
 
 Now for the love I bear his name, 
 What was my gain 1 count my loss : 
 
 My former pride I call my shame, 
 And nail my glory to his cross. 
 
 Yes, Lord, I must and will esteem 
 All things but loss for Jesus' sake; 
 
 O may my soul be found in him, 
 And of his righteousness partake^ 
 
 The best obedience of my hands 
 
 Dares not appear before thy throne ; 
 
 But faith can answer thy demands, 
 By pleading what my Lord has done. 
 
HYMNS. 1/7 
 
 177- Head of the church triumphant, 
 We joyfully adore thee ; 
 Till thou appear, thy members here 
 Shall sing like those in glory : 
 We lift our hearts and voices 
 With blest anticipation, 
 And cry aloud, and give to God, 
 The praise of our salvation. 
 
 Thou dost conduct thy people 
 Through torrents of temptation ; 
 Nor will we fear, whilst thou art near, 
 The fire of tribulation. 
 The world with sin and Satan, 
 In vain our march opposes : 
 By thee we shall break thro' them all 
 And sing the song of Moses. 
 
 By faith we see the glory 
 
 To which thou shalt restore us ; 
 The world despise, for that high prize 
 Which thou hast set before us; 
 And if thou count us worthy, 
 We each, as dying Stephen, 
 Shall see thee stand at God's right hand, 
 To take us up to heaven. 
 
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178 HYMNS, 
 
 Romans, xiii. 12, 13. 
 
 178. Darkness overspreads us here, 
 
 But the night wears fast away ; 
 Jacob's star will soon appear, 
 
 Leading on eternal day ! 
 Now 'tis time to rouse from sleep, 
 
 Trim our lamps and stand prepar'dj 
 For our Lord strict watch to keep, 
 
 Lest he find us off our guard. 
 
 Let his people courage take, 
 
 Bear with a submissive mind 
 AH they suffer for his sake, 
 
 Rich amends they soon will find : 
 He will wipe away their tears, 
 
 Near himself appoint their lot ; 
 All their sorrows, pains, and fears, 
 
 Quickly then will be forgot. 
 
 Tho' already sav'd by grace, 
 
 From the hour we first believ'd ; 
 Yet while sin and war have place, 
 
 We have but a part receiv'd : 
 Still we for salvation wait, 
 
 Ev'ry hour it nearer comes ! 
 Death will break the prison gate, 
 
 And admit us to our homes. 
 
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HYMNS. 179—180 
 
 1/9. When floods of grief assault the 
 mind, 
 
 And o'er the conscience roll, 
 Where shall the mourner comfort find, 
 
 To soothe his troubled soul ? 
 
 Lord, Thou hast said, u seek ye my 
 face:" 
 
 And shall we seek in vain ? 
 And will the ear of sov'reign grace 
 
 Be deaf when we complain? 
 
 Thy Spirit heals the troubled soul, 
 With guilty fears oppress'd ; 
 
 Thy Spirit makes the wounded whole, 
 And gives the weary rest, 
 
 O for a heart to trust the Lord, 
 Who bids our sorrows cease ! 
 
 For faith to claim that gracious word, 
 " Sinner ! depart in peace !" 
 
 Luke, xv. 31. 
 
 180. Who can describe the joys that rise 
 Through all the courts of paradise, 
 To see a prodigal return ; 
 To see an heir of glory born ? 
 
180—181 HYMNS. 
 
 With joy the Father doth approve 
 The fruit of his eternal love : 
 With joy the Son looks down, and sees 
 The purchase of his agonies. 
 
 The Spirit takes delight to view 
 The holy soul he form'd anew : 
 And saints and angels join to sing 
 The growing empire of their King. 
 
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 1 Corinthians, xiii. 
 
 181. Of all the graces that adorn 
 The Christian's hallow'd breast, 
 
 Love is the fairest of the train, 
 The bond of all the rest. 
 
 Knowledge alone is all in vain ; 
 
 In vain is servile fear ; 
 Our stubborn sins will still prevail, 
 
 If love be absent there. 
 
 Love fires the soul, and makes our feet 
 
 In swift obedience move : 
 Satan believes and trembles too, 
 
 But Satan cannot love. 
 
HYMNS 181-182-183 
 
 This shall the Christian's bosom warm* 
 When faith and hope shall cease ; 
 
 This swell the everlasting song, 
 Throughout the realms of peace. 
 
 182. Children of the heavenly King! 
 As ye journey, sweetly sing : 
 
 Sing your Saviour's worthy praise, 
 Glorious in his works and ways ! 
 
 Ye are travelling home to God 
 In the way the fathers trod : 
 They are happy now — and ye 
 Soon their happiness shall see. 
 
 Shout, ye ransom'd flock, and blest I 
 Ye on Jesus' throne shall rest : 
 There your seat is now prepared ; 
 There your kingdom and reward. 
 
 Job, xxiii. 3, 6, 10, 16. 
 
 183. O that I knew where I might find 
 My righteous Judge's seat, 
 
 To pour out all my troubled mind 
 In prayer before his feet ! 
 
183—184 HYMNS 
 
 Thine own unutterable grace, 
 
 Thy love — thy love to rae, 
 Constrain me thus to seek thy face. 
 
 And cast my cares on Thee. 
 
 Hear then the voice of my desire, 
 My priefs, my fears, behold ; 
 
 Search uie, and try me as with fire, 
 But bring me forth like gold. 
 
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 Luke, x*iii. 42. 
 
 184. If, for thy sake, upon my name, 
 Shame ix'id reproach shall be, 
 
 All hail reproach, and welcome shame! 
 Good Lord, remember me. 
 
 When worn with pain, disease and grief 
 
 ..This feeble body see ; 
 Grant patience, rest, and kind relief; 
 Good Lord, remember me. 
 
 And when before thy throne I stand 
 
 And lift my soul to Thee, 
 Then with the saints, at thy right hand, 
 
 Good Lord, remember me. 
 
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HYMNS. 185— 186 
 
 185. My God, the spring of all my joys, 
 ■ The life of my delights ; 
 
 The glory of my brightest days, 
 And comfort of my nights ! 
 
 The op'ning heav'ns around me shine 
 
 With beams of sacred bliss, 
 When Jesus shows his mercy's mine, 
 
 And whispers, I am his. 
 
 My soul could leave this heavy clay, 
 
 At that transporting word ; 
 Run up with joy the shining way 
 
 To meet-and praise my Lord. 
 
 Fearless of hell and ghastly death, 
 
 I'd break thro' ev'ry foe ; 
 The wings of love, and arms of faith, 
 
 Shall bear me conqu'ror through. 
 
 2 Corinthians, v. 1. 
 
 186. We know that when the soul un- 
 clothed 
 
 Shall from this body flie, 
 
 Twill animate a purer frame 
 
 With life that cannot die. 
 
186—187 HYMNS. 
 
 Such are the hopes that cheer the just | 
 These hopes their God hath giv'n; 
 
 His Spirit is the earnest now, 
 And seals their souls for heaven. 
 
 We walk by faith of joys to come, 
 Faith grounded on his word ; 
 
 But while this body is our home, 
 We mourn an absent Lord. 
 
 What faith rejoices to believe, 
 
 We long and hope to see ; 
 We would be absent from the flesh, 
 
 And present, Lord ! with thee. 
 
 But still, or here, or going hence, 
 
 To this our labours tend, 
 That, in thy service spent, our life 
 
 May in thy favour end. 
 
 187- Jesus, seek thy wandering sheep : 
 Bring us back, and lead, and keep ; 
 Take on thee our every care j 
 Bear us, ou thy bosom be$r i 
 
HYMNS. 187—188 
 
 Let us know our Shepherd's voice, 
 More and more in thee rejoice : 
 More and more of thee receive ; 
 Ever in thy Spirit live. 
 
 Happy soul that free from harms, 
 Rests within his Shepherd's arms ! 
 Who his quiet shall molest ? 
 Who shall violate his rest ? 
 Jesus doth his spirit bear, 
 Jesus takes his every care ; 
 He who found the wandering sheep, 
 Jesus, still delights to keep. 
 
 Psalms, xc. 6. 
 
 188. O God ! our help in ages past* 
 Our hope for years to come, 
 
 Our shelter from the stormy blast, 
 And our eternal home. 
 
 A thousand ages in thy sight, 
 
 Are like an evening gone ; 
 Short as the watch that ends the night, 
 
 Before the rising sun. 
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188—189 HYMNS. 
 
 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, 
 
 Bears all its sons away : 
 They fly, forgotten, as a dream 
 
 Dies at the opening day. 
 
 O God ! our help in ages past, 
 Our hope for years to come f 
 
 Be thou our guide while life shall last, 
 And our perpetual home. /, , ,, 
 
 189. O God, our inmost soul converts 
 And deeply on each thoughtful heart 
 
 Eternal things impress ; 
 <*ive us to feel their solemn weight, 
 And tremble on the brink of fate, 
 
 And wake to righteousness. 
 
 Be this our one great business here, 
 With serious industry and fear, 
 
 Eternal bliss t' insure : 
 Thine utmost counsel to fulfil, 
 And suffer all thy righteous will, 
 
 And to the end endure. 
 
HYMNS. 189—190 
 
 Then, Saviour, then our souls receive, 
 Transported from this vale, to live 
 
 And reign with thee above : 
 Where faith is sweetly lost in sight, 
 And hope in full, supreme delight, 
 
 And everlasting love. y /r 
 
 190. God of almighty love, 
 By whose sufficient grace, 
 
 We lift our hearts to things above, 
 And humbly seek thy face : 
 Through Jesus Christ the just, 
 Our faint desires receive ! 
 
 And let us in thy goodness trust, 
 And to thy glory live. 
 
 Whate'er we say or do, 
 
 Thy glory be our aim ; 
 Our offerings all be offer'd through 
 
 The ever-blessed name ! 
 
 Jesus, our single eye 
 
 Be fixt on thee alone \ 
 Thy name be prais'd on earth, on high, 
 
 Thy will by all be done ! 
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19J HYMNS. 
 
 191. Thou hidden love of God, whose 
 height, [knows : 
 
 Whose depth unfathom'd, no man 
 I see from far thy beauteous light, 
 
 I inly sigh for thy repose. 
 O when shall all my wand'rings end, 
 And all my steps to thee- ward tend ! 
 
 Is there a thing beneath the sun, 
 
 That strives with thee my heart to 
 share ? 
 
 Ah ! tear it thence, and reign alone, 
 The Lord of every motion there ! 
 
 Then shall my heart from earth be free, 
 
 When it hath found repose in thee. 
 
 O hide this self from me, that I 
 No more, but Christ in me may live ! 
 
 My vile affections crucify, 
 
 Nor let one darling lust survive : 
 
 In this world nothing may I see, 
 
 Nothing desire, or seek but thee. 
 
HYMNS. 192 
 
 192. My Saviour, thou thy love to me 
 In shame, in want, in pain hast show'd : 
 
 For me, on the accursed tree, 
 
 Hast thou pour'd forth thy precious 
 blood ; 
 
 Ah, soften, melt this heart, and may 
 
 Thy blood wash all these stains away ! 
 
 O that I as a little child, 
 
 May follow thee, nor ever rest, 
 
 Till sweetly thou hast breath'd thy 
 mild 
 And lowly mind into my breast j 
 
 Oh may I now and ever be 
 
 One spirit, gracious Lord, with thee. 
 
 In suffering, be thy love my peace, 
 In weakness, be thy love my power ! 
 
 And when the storm of life shall -cease, 
 Jesus, in that important hour, 
 
 In death, as life, be thou my guide, 
 
 And save me, who for me hast died. 
 
193—194 HYMNS. 
 
 193. Saviour from sin, I wait to prove 
 That Jesus is thy healing name ; 
 
 To lose, when perfected in love, 
 Whate'er 1 have, or can, or am : 
 
 I stay me on thy faithful word, 
 
 The servant shall be as his Lord. 
 
 Didst thou not die that I might live 
 No longer to myself, but thee ? 
 
 Might body, soul, and spirit give 
 To him who gave himself for me $ 
 
 Come then, my Master, and my God, 
 
 And take the purchase of thy blood. 
 
 Thy own peculiar servant claim, 
 
 For thy own truth and mercy's sake; 
 
 Hallow in me thy glorious name; 
 Me for thine own this moment take, 
 
 And change and throughly purify: 
 
 Thine only, may I live and die. 
 
 194. O God, what offering shall we give 
 To thee, the Lord of earth and skies! 
 
 Our spirit, soul and flesh receive, 
 A holy, living sacrifice, 
 
 O source of life — live, dwell, and move 
 
 In us, till all our life be love. 
 
HYMNS. 194—195 
 
 Send down thy likeness from above, 
 
 And let it our adorning be : 
 Clothe us with wisdom, patience, love, 
 
 With lowliness and purity. 
 Than gold and pearls more precious far, 
 And brighter than the morning star ! 
 
 Lord, arm us with thy Spirit's might, 
 Since we are calPd by thy great name, 
 
 In thee let all our thoughts unite, 
 Of all our works be thou the aim : 
 
 Thy love attend vm all our days, 
 
 And our sole business be thy praise! 
 
 195. I give thee thanks unfeigned, 
 
 O Jesus, friend in need ! 
 For what thy soul sustained 
 
 When thou for me didst bleed : 
 Grant me to lean unshaken 
 
 Upon thy faithfulness, 
 Until from hence I'm taken 
 
 To see thee face to face, 
 
195—196 HYMNS. 
 
 Lord, at my dissolution 
 
 Do not from me depart, 
 Support, at the conclusion 
 
 Of life, my fainting heart ; 
 Lord, grant me thy protection, 
 
 Remind me of thy death 
 And glorious resurrection, 
 
 When I resign my breath* 
 
 196. Thou who didst love us first, 
 
 Teach us to trust in thee 
 Unshaken, till we thee above 
 
 Shall praise eternally: 
 Ev'n here thou art our song, 
 
 Thy grace doth richly claim 
 That thy church militant on earth 
 
 Give glory to thy name. 
 
 Unfeigned thanks receive, 
 
 For thy unbounded grace, 
 From us, who in thy name believe, 
 
 And wish to walk thy ways : 
 And who are bound to thee, 
 
 Because thou us hast gain'd, 
 And for us, by thy precious blood, 
 
 Eternal bliss obtain'd. 
 
HYMNS- 196—197 
 
 The merits of thy death 
 
 Each day to us apply, 
 And grant, that to the throne of grace, 
 
 We boldly may draw nigh; 
 That we may mercy find, 
 
 And help in time of need, 
 Thus shall we, by thy Spirit led, 
 
 From grace to grace proceed. 
 
 Psalms, lxxxrii. 
 
 197. Glorious things of thee are spoken, 
 
 Zion, city of our God ! 
 He whose words can ne'er be broken, 
 
 Form'd thee for his own abode. 
 
 On the rock of ages founded, 
 What can shake thy sure repose? 
 
 With salvation's walls surrounded, 
 Thou may'st smile at all thy foes. 
 
 Round each habitation hov'ring 
 See the cloud and fire appear ! 
 
 For a glory and a cov'ring, 
 Showing that the Lord is near ! 
 
197—198 HYMNS. 
 
 Blest inhabitants of Zion, 
 
 Wash'd in the Redeemer's blood I 
 Jesus, whom their souls rely on, 
 
 Make them kings and priests to God i 
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 Mark, iv. 41. 
 
 198. Why those fears ? behold 'tis Jesus 
 Holds the helm, and guides the ship ; 
 
 Spread the sails and catch the breezes 
 Sent to waft us through the deep, 
 
 To the regions 
 Where the mourners cease to weep. 
 
 Though the shore we hope to land on 
 
 Only by report is known, 
 Yet we freely all abandon, 
 
 Led by that report alone ; 
 And with Jesus 
 
 Through the trackless deep move on* 
 
 Render'd safe by his protection, 
 We shall pass the wat'ry waste ; 
 
 Trusting to his wise direction, 
 We shall gain the port at last ; 
 
 And with wonder, 
 Think on toils and dangers past. 
 
HYMNS. 198—199 
 
 O ! what pleasures there await us ! 
 
 There the tempests cease to roar : 
 There it is that those who hate us 
 
 Can molest our peace no more : 
 Trouble ceases 
 
 On that tranquil, happy shore. 
 
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 Hebrews, xii. 11. 
 
 199. Were God's people free from trials, 
 They might doubt theirheav'nly birth; 
 
 They might justly fear the vials 
 Destin'd for the sons of earth : 
 
 Trials are a fruit of love, 
 
 Sent in mercy from above. 
 
 In affliction's darkest season, 
 
 When their trials sharpest prove, 
 
 Saints may smile, for they have reason 
 To confess their father's love ; 
 
 All is needful, nothing vain; 
 
 Present loss is future gain, 
 
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199—200 HYMNS. 
 
 Trials prove and strengthen patieirccv 
 Trials purge the dross away, 
 
 Trials sweeten expectations 
 Of a bright and glorious day ; 
 
 When from sin and suffering freed, 
 
 Saints shall gain their rest indeed. 
 
 200. When languor and disease assail 
 This trembling house of clay, 
 
 'Tis sweet to look beyond the veil. 
 And long to soar away. 
 
 Sweet to reflect, how grace divine 
 
 Our sins on Jesus laid ; 
 Sweet, to remember that his death 
 
 Our debt of suffering paid. 
 
 Sweet, on his faithfulness to rest, 
 Whose love can never end ; 
 
 Sweet, on the covenant of grace 
 For all things to depend. 
 
 Sweet, in the confidence of faith 
 
 To trust thy truth divine, 
 Sweet, to lie passive in thy hands, 
 
 And have no will but thine. 
 
HYMNS. 200—201 
 
 If such the sweetness of the streams, 
 
 What will that fountain be, 
 Where saints and angels draw their bliss 
 
 Immediately from thee! 
 
 201. Nothing on earth I call my own ; 
 A stranger to the world unknown, 
 
 I all its goods despise : 
 I trample on its whole delight, 
 And seek a city out of sight, 
 
 A city in the skies. 
 
 There is my house and portion fair, 
 My treasure and my heart are there, 
 
 And my abiding home ; 
 For me my elder brethren stay, 
 And angels beckon me away, 
 
 And Jesus bids me come ! 
 
 1 come, thy servant, Lord, replies, 
 I come, to meet thee in the skies, 
 
 And claim my heavenly rest ! # 
 Now let the pilgrim's journey end, 
 ;Now, O my Saviour, brother, friend, 
 
 Receive me to thy breast ! 
 
202—203 HYMNS. 
 
 202. A charge to keep, we have, 
 
 A God to glorify ; 
 Our never-dying souls to save, 
 
 And fit them for the sky ; 
 
 To serve the present age, 
 
 Our calling to fulfil : 
 O may it all our powers engage, 
 
 To do our Muster's will ! 
 
 Arm us with jealous care, 
 
 As in thy sight to live: 
 And O ! thy servants, Lord, prepare 
 
 A strict account to give ! 
 
 Help us to watch and pray, 
 
 And on thyself rely ; 
 Assured, if we our trust betray, 
 
 We shall for ever die. 
 
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 203. Eternal Sun of righteousness, 
 Display thy beams divine, 
 
 And cause the glory of thy face 
 Upon my heart to shine. 
 
HYMNS. 203—204 
 
 Light in thy light, O may I see, 
 Thy grace and mercy prove, 
 
 Reviv'd, and cheer'd, and blest by thee, 
 The God of pardoning lore. 
 
 Lift up thy countenance serene, 
 
 And let thy happy child 
 Behold, without a cloud between, 
 
 The Godhead reconcil'd. / a 
 
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 Matthew, v. 14 — 16? 
 
 204. Jesus, let all thy people shine 
 
 Illustrious as the sun, 
 And bright with borrow'd rays divine 
 
 Their glorious circuit run : 
 Beyond the reach of mortals, spread 
 
 Their light where'er they go, 
 And heavenly influences shed 
 
 On all the world below : 
 
 As the great Sun of righteousness 
 Their healing wings display : 
 
 And let their lustre still increase 
 Unto the perfect day. 
 
204—205 HYMNS. 
 
 And when their useful course is run, 
 Enjoy the kingdom given, 
 
 Bright as the uncreated Sun 
 In the eternal heaven. 
 
 Hebrews, xiii. 20, 21. 
 
 205. O thou our husband, brother, friend, 
 Behold a cloud of incense rise, 
 
 The prayers of saints to heaven ascend, 
 Grateful, unceasing sacrifice. 
 
 Regard our prayers for Sion's peace, 
 Shed in our hearts thy love abroad; 
 
 Thy gifts abundantly increase, 
 Enlarge and fill us all with God. 
 
 Before thy sheep, great shepherd, go, 
 And guide into thy perfect will; 
 
 Cause us thy hallow'd name to know; 
 The work of faith with power fulfil. 
 
HYMNS. 206—207 
 
 206. Awake, sweet harp of Judah,wake, 
 Retune thy strings for Jesus's sake^ 
 We sing the Saviour of our race, 
 The Lamb, our shield, and hiding-place. 
 
 Tis he, the Lamb, to him we fly, 
 While the dread temped passes by ; 
 God sees his well-beloved's face, 
 And spares us in our hiding-place. 
 
 While yet we sojourn here below. 
 Pollutions still our hearts o'erflow ; 
 Fall'n, abject, mean, a sentenc'd race, 
 We deeply need a hiding-place. 
 
 Thus while we dwell in this low scene 
 The Lamb is our unfailing screen ; 
 To him, though guilty, still we run, 
 And God still spares us for his son. 
 
 SCRIPTURES. 
 
 207 When Israel through the desert 
 
 pass'd, 
 A fiery pillar went before, 
 To guide them through the dreary waste, 
 And lessen the fatigues they bore. 
 
207—208 HYMNS. 
 
 Such is thy glorious word, O God ! 
 'Tis for our light and guidance given ; 
 It sheds a lustre all abroad, 
 And points the path to bliss and heaven. 
 
 May we, who hear thy holy word. 
 Digest its truths, and feel their power, 
 With thankful hearts thy grace record, 
 And love and serve thee more and more. 
 
 208. The Spirit breathes upon the word, 
 And brings the truth to sight \ 
 
 Precepts and promises afford 
 A sanctifying light. 
 
 A glory gilds the sacred page, 
 
 Majestic as the sun ; 
 It gives a light to every age ; — 
 
 It gives, but borrows none. 
 
 Eternal thanks, O Lord ! be thine, 
 
 For such a bright display, 
 As makes a world of darkness shine 
 
 With beams of heavenly day. 
 
HYMNS. 208—209 
 
 may our souls with joy pursue 
 The paths of truth and love, 
 
 Till glory breaks upon our view 
 In brighter worlds above ! 
 
 DEATH AND JUDGMENT. 
 
 209. And let this feeble body fail, 
 
 And let it faint or die : 
 My soul shall quit the mournful vale, 
 
 And soar to worlds on high. 
 
 In hope of an immortal crown, 
 
 1 now the cross sustain, 
 And gladly wander up and down, 
 
 Aud smile at toil and pain. 
 
 1 suffer on my threescore years, 
 
 Till my deliv'rer come, 
 And wipe away his servant's tears, 
 And take his exile home. 
 
 O what are all my suff' rings here. 
 
 If, Lord, thou count me meet 
 With that enraptur'd host V appear, 
 
 And worship at thy feet ! 
 
209—210 HYMNS. 
 
 Give joy or grief, give ease or pain, 
 Take life and friends away; 
 
 But let me find them all again 
 In that eternal day ! 
 
 210. From heav'n angelic voices sound! 
 See, the almighty Jesus crown'd ! 
 Girt with omnipotence and grace, 
 
 And glory, 
 Glory decks the Saviour's face. 
 
 Descending on his azure throne, 
 He claims the kingdoms for his own, 
 The kingdoms all obey his word, 
 
 And hail him, 
 Hail him their triumphant Lord. 
 
 Shout, all the people of the sky, 
 And all the saints of the Most High ; 
 Our God, who now his right obtains, 
 
 For ever, 
 Ever and for ever reigns. 
 
 The Father praise, the Son adore, 
 The Spirit bless for evermore ; 
 Salvation's glorious work is done, 
 
 We welcome, 
 Welcome thee, great Three-in-one I 
 
HYMNS. 211 
 
 1 Corinthians, xv. 57. 
 
 211. Blessing, honour, thanks and praise 3 
 Pay we, gracious God, to thee : 
 
 Thou, in thine abundant grace, 
 Givest us the victory. 
 
 True and faithful to thy word, 
 Thou hast glorify'd the Son, 
 
 Jesus Christ, our dying Lord, 
 He for us the fight hath won, 
 
 Lo ! the prisoner is released, 
 Lighten'd of his fleshly load ; 
 
 Where the weary are at rest, 
 He is gather'd into God ! 
 
 Lo ! the pain of life is past, 
 All his warfare now is o'er ; 
 
 Death and hell behind are cast, 
 Grief and suffering are no more t 
 
 Borne by angels on their wings, 
 Far from earth the spirit flies : 
 
 Finds his God, and sits, and sings, 
 Triumphing in Paradise. ^ / 
 
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212—213 HYMNS. 
 
 212. Thou Judge of quick and dead, 
 
 Before whose bar severe, 
 With holy joy or guilty dread, 
 
 We all shall soon appear : 
 
 Our caution'd souls prepare 
 
 For that tremendous day ; 
 And fill us now with watchful care, 
 
 And stir us up to pray. 
 
 O may we thus be found, 
 
 Obedient to thy word; 
 Attentive to the trumpet's sound, 
 
 And looking for our Lord ! 
 
 O may we all insure 
 
 A lot among the blest : 
 And watch a moment to secure 
 
 An everlasting rest ! , . 
 
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 HEAVEN. 
 
 213. Lo ! round the throne, at God's 
 
 right hand, 
 The saints, in countless myriads, stand^ 
 Of every tongue redeem'd to God, 
 Array'd in garments wash'd in blood. 
 
HYMNS. 213—214 
 
 Through tribulation great they came ; 
 They bore the cross, despised the shame: 
 From all their labours now they rest, 
 In God's eternal glory blest. 
 
 Hunger and thirst they feel no more; 
 Nor sin, nor pain, nor death, deplore $ 
 The tears are wip'd from every eye, 
 And sorrow yields to endless joy. 
 
 They see their Saviour face to face, 
 And sing the triumphs of his grace ; 
 Him day and night they ceaseless praise 5 
 To him their loud hosannas raise. 
 
 214. Not unto us, but thee, O Lord f 
 
 Be praise and glory given, 
 For every gracious thought and word, 
 
 Which brings us nearer heaven. 
 
 Thy saints are in thy faithful hand, 
 
 Secure beneath thy eye ; 
 And safe at last they all shall stand, 
 
 Before thy throne on high. 
 
214—215 HYMNS, 
 
 Redeem'd from sin, and saved by grace, 
 
 Thy glory they shall see, 
 And eye to eye, and face to face, 
 
 For ever dwell with thee. 
 
 Oh ! hasten, Lord ! the glorious day ; 
 
 CalJ all thy children home ; 
 Teach us, with humble hope, to say, 
 
 Lord Jesus ! quickly come. 
 
 Romans, xiii. 11. 
 
 215. Awake, ye saints, and lift your eyes, 
 And raise your voices high, 
 
 Awake, and praise that sov'reign love 
 That shows salvation nigh. 
 
 On all the wings of time it flies ; 
 
 Each moment brings it near ; 
 Then welcome each declining day, 
 
 And each revolving year. 
 
 Not many years their round shall run, 
 
 Nor many mornings rise, 
 'Ere all its glories stand reveal'd 
 
 To our admiring eyes. 
 
HYMNS. 215—216 
 
 Ye wheels of nature, speed your course; 
 
 Ye mortal powers, decay ; 
 Fast as ye bring the night of death, 
 
 Ye bring eternal day. 
 
 Revelations, vii. 9 — 17. 
 
 216. What are these in bright array ? 
 — This innumerable throng, 
 Round the altar, night and day, 
 Timing their triumphant song? — 
 These through fiery trials trod, 
 These from great affliction came ; 
 Now before the throne of God, 
 Seal'd with his eternal name. 
 
 Clad in raiment, pure and white, 
 Victor-palms in every hand, 
 Through their great Redeemer's might, 
 More than conquerors they stand ; 
 Hunger, thirst, disease, unknown, 
 On immortal fruits they feed ; 
 Them the Lamb, amidst the throne, 
 Shall to living fountains lead. 
 
 " 2 X^ 
 
217 HYMNS. 
 
 Philippians, i. 23. 
 
 217. While on the verge of life I stand, 
 And view the scene on either hand, 
 My spirit struggles with its clay, 
 And longs to wing its flight away. 
 
 Where Jesus dwells, my soul would be ; 
 It faints my glorious Lord to see ; 
 Come, ye angelic envoys, come, 
 And bear the willing pilgrim home. 
 
 The blessed intercourse, how sweet ! 
 To fall transported at his feet ; 
 Eais'd to his throne, to view his face, 
 Through the full beamings of his grace. 
 
 As with a seraph's voice to sing; 
 To fly as on a cherub's wing ; 
 Performing with unwearied hands 
 A present Saviour's high commands. 
 
 Yet, with these prospects full in sight, 
 We wait thy signal for our flight ; 
 For 'tis a heaven begun, to know 
 And love and serve thee here below, 
 
HYMNS. 218 
 
 218. Descend from heav'n, immortal 
 Dove, 
 
 Stoop down and take us on thy wings, 
 And mount and bear us far above 
 
 The reach of these inferior things. 
 
 O that by faith we had a sight, 
 Of our almighty Father's throne ! 
 
 There sits our Saviour crown'd with light 
 Cloth'd in a body like our own. 
 
 Adoring saints his praises sing, 
 
 While thrones and pow'rs before him 
 fall; 
 
 They spread the triumphs of their King, 
 Who sheds his glories on them all. 
 
 When shall the day, blest Lord 3 appear, 
 That we shall mount to dwell above, 
 
 And stand and bow amongst them there, 
 And view thy face, and sing thy love ? 
 
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219 HYMNS. 
 
 219. O let our heart and mind 
 
 Continually ascend, 
 That haven of repose to find, 
 
 Where earthly labours end! 
 
 There reigns eternal day ; 
 
 No clouds or tempests rise; 
 There gushing tears are wip'd away 
 
 For ever from the eyes. 
 
 O happy, happy place, 
 
 Where saints and angels meet! 
 There we shall see each other's face; 
 
 And all our brethren greet. 
 
 There shall each care be o'er, 
 
 And only joy remain, 
 And they who meet upon that shore 
 
 Shall never part again. 
 
 With joy we shall behold, 
 Within that blest abode, 
 
 Prophets and patriarchs of old, 
 And all the saints of God. 
 To gather home his own 
 God shall his angels send, 
 
 And bid our bliss, on earth begun, 
 In deathless triumph end. 
 
HYMNS. 220 
 
 OPENING OF WORSHIP. 
 Proverbs, xvi. 1. 
 
 220. Lord ! teach us how to pray aright, 
 With rev'rence and with fear ; 
 
 Though dust and ashes in thy sight, 
 . We may, we must draw near : 
 
 God of all grace ! we come to thee, 
 With broken contrite hearts ; 
 
 Give, what thine eye delights to see, 
 Truth in the inward parts. 
 
 Give deep humility ; — the sense 
 
 Of godly sorrow give : 
 — A strong desiring confidence 
 
 To see thy face and live ; — 
 Faith in the only sacrifice, 
 
 That can for sin atone ; 
 To cast our hopes, to fix our eyes 
 
 On Christ— on Christ alone : 
 
 Patience to watch, and wait, and weep, 
 
 Though mercy long delay ; 
 Courage our fainting souls to keep, 
 
 And trust thee, though thou slay : — 
 
220—221 HYMNS- 
 
 Give these, — and then thy will be done ; 
 
 Thus strengthen^ with all might, 
 We, through thy Spirit and thy Son, 
 
 Shall pray, and pray aright. 
 
 y**/p* 
 
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 221. Far from our thoughts, vain world, 
 
 be gone, 
 Let our religious hours alone ; 
 May we by faith the Saviour see : 
 We wait a visit, Lord, from thee ! 
 
 Bless'd Jesus, what delicious fare ! 
 How sweet thy entertainments are ! 
 Never did angels taste above, 
 Redeeming grace and dying love. 
 
 Hail, great Immanuel, all divine ! 
 In thee thy Father's glories shine ! 
 Thou brightest^ fairest, holiest One, 
 That eyes have seen, or angels known. 
 
HYMNS. 222—223 
 
 222. Jesus, thy people love to meet, 
 And fall before thy mercy-seat : 
 Whene'er they seek thee, thou art found 
 Within thy temple's hallow'd ground. 
 
 Great Shepherd of thy faithful few ! 
 Thy former mercies here renew : 
 Here to our waiting souls proclaim 
 The glories of thy saving name. 
 
 Now may we prove the power of prayer, 
 To strengthen faith, and sweeten care \ 
 To teach our faint desires to rise, 
 And bring all heaven before our eyes. 
 
 Lord we are weak, but thou art near; 
 Nor short thine arm, nor deaf thine ear ; 
 Oh ! rend the heavens, thyself make 
 
 known ; 
 Be every sinner's heart thine own. 
 
 J^y^* 
 
 223. Lord, cause thy face on us to shine, 
 Give us thy peace, and seal us thine ; 
 Teach us to prize the means of grace, 
 And love thine earthly dwelling place. 
 
223—224 HYMNS. 
 
 May we in truth our sins confess, 
 Worship the Lord in holiness, 
 And all thy power and glory see 
 Within thy hallow'd sanctuary. 
 
 Bless them, whose voice salvation brings, 
 Who minister in holy things : 
 Our bishops, priests, and deacons bless : 
 Clothe them with zeal and righteousness: 
 
 Let many, in the judgment-day, 
 Turn'd from the error of their way, 
 Their hope, their joy, their crown appear; 
 Save those who preach, and those who 
 hear. 
 
 224. Thy earthly sabbaths, Lord, we 
 
 love ; 
 But there's a nobler rest above ; 
 To that our labouring souls aspire 
 With ardent hope and strong desire. 
 
 No more fatigue, no more distress ; 
 Nor sin nor hell shall reach the place ; 
 No rude alarms of raging foes, 
 No cares to break the long repose. 
 
HYMNS. 224-225-225 
 
 No midnight shade, no clouded sun, 
 But sacred, high, eternal noon ; 
 O long-expected day begin ; 
 Dawn on these realms of woe and sin, 
 
 CONCLUSION OF WORSHIP. 
 
 225. thou, ourMaker, Saviour, Guide T 
 One true eternal God confest ; 
 May nought in life or death divide 
 The saints in thy communion blest. 
 
 With thee, and these for ever bound, 
 May all, who here in prayer unite, 
 With harps and songs thy throne sur- 
 round, 
 Rest in thy love, and reign in light. 
 
 226. Lord, how delightful 'tis to see 
 A whole assembly worship thee ! 
 At once they sing, at once they pray ; 
 They hear of heaven, and learn the way. 
 
226—227 HYMNS. 
 
 write upon my memory, Lord, 
 The texts and doctrines of thy word : 
 That I may break thy laws no more, 
 But love thee better than before. 
 
 v iV , 
 
 With thoughts of Christ and things 
 
 divine, 
 Fill up this foolish heart of mine : 
 That, finding pardon through his blood, 
 
 1 may lie down, and wake/vith God. 
 
 227. God of our salvation, hear us, 
 Bless, O bless us, ere we go ; 
 
 When we join the world, be near us y 
 Lest thy people careless grow : 
 
 Saviour keep us, 
 Keep us safe from ev'ry foe. 
 
 As our steps are drawing nearer 
 To the place we call our home, 
 
 May our view of heaven grow clearer, 
 Hope more bright of joys to come ; 
 
 And when dying, 
 May thy presence cheer the gloom. 
 
HYMNS. 227— 22S 
 
 In the day of thine appearing, 
 
 When the trump of God shall sound, 
 
 May we hear it, nothing fearing, 
 Though all nature sinks around, 
 By our Saviour 
 
 Rais'd, and then with glory crown'd. 
 
 228. 1 fain would love the day of rest, 
 Would still esteem this day the best, 
 But oft, alas, I've need to say, 
 €€ How barren is my soul to-day I" 
 
 True — I frequent the house of pray ? r, 
 1 go and sit with others there ; 
 I hear, and sing and seem to pray, 
 But oft my mind is cali'd away. 
 
 I fain would see the Saviour near, 
 Of him would think and speak and hear ; 
 But vain and sinful thoughts intrude, 
 And draw my soul from what is good. 
 
228-229-230 HYMNS. 
 
 Of sinners. Lord, I am the chief; 
 O bring the worthless worm relief! 
 Revive thy work within my soul, 
 And all my thoughts and pow'rs control. 
 
 229. Som^ sweet savour / 
 
 Of thy favour, 
 Shed abroad in ev'ry heart : 
 Heav'nward as to thee we go, 
 Leaving guilt and fear below : 
 
 Blessing, praising, 
 
 Without ceasing, 
 
 Bid us, Lord ! depart. 
 
 230. Blessed be the Power who gave us— 
 
 Freely gave, his Son to save us ; 
 
 Blest the Son who freely came $ 
 Honour, blessing, adoration, 
 Ever from the whole creation, 
 
 Be to God, and to the Lamb. 
 
INDEX 
 
 TO THE 
 
 dTirst fctnw of tlje ^prnns. 
 
 Hymn 
 
 All hail, incarnate God.... 12 
 
 All glory and praise 40 
 
 All hail the great Emmanuel's name 150 
 
 Awake, and sing the song.. 67 
 
 Awake sweet harp of Judah, wake 206" 
 
 Awake ye saints, and lift your eyes 215 
 
 Arm of the Lord, awake, awake 142 
 
 A charge to keep, we have 202 
 
 And let this feeble body fail 209 
 
 Au;hor and guardian of my life <...; 65 
 
 Behold my servant, see him rise 3 
 
 Behold, the bright morning appears 21 
 
 Behold, what love the Father iiath 39 
 
 Behold the Lamb of God 55 
 
 Behold, the morning sun 77 
 
 Behold the Saviour of mankind 119 
 
 Blest be the Father, and his love 32 
 
 Blest be the wisdom and the power 71 
 
 Blest Jesus, gracious Saviour 85 
 
 Blessed be the Power who gave us 230 
 
 Blessing, honour, thanks and praise 211 
 
 Blow ye the trumpet, blow 69 
 
 Beset with snares on every hand 89 
 
 t Brethren, let us join to bless 149 
 
 Bright King of glory, dreadful Lord 160 
 
 brightness of the father's glory 166 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Hymn 
 
 Christ the Lord is risen to-day . 22 
 
 Creator Spirit, by whose aid 103 
 
 Children of the heavenly King 182 
 
 Come, heavenly Dove, inspire our song 5 
 
 Come, thou long expected Jesus 6 
 
 Come, holy Ghost, our souls inspire 29 
 
 Come, holy Spirit, heavenly dove 30 
 
 Come, holy Spirit, come 31 
 
 Come, let us join our cheerful songs 38 
 
 Come, let us all unite to praise .59 
 
 Come, weary souls, with sin distrest 83 
 
 Come, Lord, and warm each languid heart 99 
 
 Come, ye that love the Lord 106 
 
 Come, O thou universal good 164 
 
 Come, gracious Spirit, heavenly dove 173 
 
 Darkness overspreads us here 178 
 
 Descend from heav'n, immortal dove 218 
 
 Eternal Sun of righteouness 203 
 
 Father of mercies, send thy grace , 50 
 
 Father of mercies ! in thy word 79 
 
 Father of angels, and of men 114 
 
 Father of faithful Abraham, hear 139 
 
 Faith adds new charms to earthly bliss 87 
 
 Far from the gloomy scenes of night..... 96 
 
 Fountain of mercy, God of love 128 
 
 From Greenland's icy mountains 140 
 
 From pole to pole let others r«am 154 
 
 From Heav'n angelic voices sound 210 
 
 Far from our thoughts, vain world, begone 221 
 
 God of my life, through all my days 72 
 
 God is our refuge in distress 102 
 
 God moves in a mysterious way 148 
 
 God of our life, to thee 168 
 
 God of almighty love 190 
 
 God of our salvation, hear us 227 
 
 Great God, with wonder and with praise 81 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Hymn 
 
 Great God, what do I see and hear 92 
 
 Great Shepherd of thy people, hear 103 
 
 Great God of Abraham I hear our prayer 138 
 
 Glory be to God on hi^h 75 
 
 Glory, glory to our King 124 
 
 Glorious things of thee are spoken 197 
 
 Grateful the name of Jesus sounds 54 
 
 Hark, the glad sound ! the Saviour comes 1 
 
 Hark, the herald angels sing 7 
 
 Hark, my soul, it is the Lord 51 
 
 Hark, the voice of love and mercy 70 
 
 Hark! the song of Jubilee „ 145 
 
 Hear what God the Lord las spoken 4 
 
 He dies, the friend of sinners dies 20 
 
 Hosanna to the Pnnce of light 23 
 
 Hosanna to the King 116 
 
 Hail, hail, the happy wishM for day 24 
 
 Hail the day that sees him rise 25 
 
 Hail, thou once despised Jesus 27 
 
 How beauteous are their feet .„ 80 
 
 How heavy is the night 82 
 
 Heaven hath confirmed the great decree 135 
 
 Head of the church triumphant I77 
 
 Indulgent Sovereign of the skies. 48 
 
 I will praise thee everv day 58 
 
 I give thee thanks unfeigned I95 
 
 I fain would love the day of rest 228 
 
 It, is finish'd, sinners hear it 123 
 
 If, for thy sake, upon my name 184 
 
 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun 49 
 
 Jesus thy blood and righteousness I53 
 
 Jesus, refuge of the soul 156 
 
 Jesus, the truth, the way M ........... 165 
 
 Jesus, seek thv wandering sheep ]§7 
 
 Jesus, let all thy people shine 204 
 
 Jesus, thy people love to meet 222 
 
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INDEX. 
 
 Hymn 
 
 «3oin all the glorious names 56 
 
 Jerusalem, Jerusalem 136 
 
 Lo ! he comes, with clouds descending 2 
 
 Lo, round the throne, at God's right hand 213 
 
 Lift up your heads in joyful hope 8 
 
 Lift your eyes of faith, and see... 163 
 
 Let us, the sheep by Jesus named 61 
 
 Let us praise, and join the choras 63 
 
 Let us, with a joyful mind 74 
 
 Let hearts and tongues unite 130 
 
 Let earth and heaven agree.., 162 
 
 Love divine, all love excelling 158 
 
 Look, ye saints, the sight is glorious 125 
 
 Long have we sat beneath the sound 13 
 
 Lord, we come before thee now 109 
 
 Lord, dismiss us with thy Messing 110 
 
 Lord over all, it thou haft made 143 
 
 Lord what is man I extremes how wide 171 
 
 Lord, teach us how to pray aright - 220 
 
 Lord, cause thy face on us to shine 223 
 
 Lord, how delightful 'tis to see 226 
 
 MyifGod ! and is thy table spread 37 
 
 My God, the spring of all my joys 185 
 
 My Saviour, thou thy love to me 192 
 
 Messiah, full of grace 137 
 
 Meet and right it is to sing 167 
 
 Naked as from the earth we came 42 
 
 Not all the blood of beasts 19 
 
 Not unto us, but thee O Lord , 214 
 
 No more, my God, I boast no more 176 
 
 Nothing on earth 1 call my own 201 
 
 Nature with open volume stands 76 
 
 Now, gracious Lord, thine arm reveal 10 
 
 Now begin the heavenly theme 60 
 
 Now to the Lamb that once was slain 64 
 
 Now may the Lord reveal his face 68 
 
 Now may the Spirit's holy fire 104 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Hymn 
 
 Now may he, who from the dead 112 
 
 Now may fervent prayer arise 113 
 
 Now to the Lord a noble song 155 
 
 Our Lord is risen from the dead 23 
 
 Of all the graces that adorn 181 
 
 On seeds ot grace now sown Ill 
 
 On the first Christian sabbath eve 122 
 
 On the mountain's top appearing 141 
 
 O'er the realms of pagan darkness 144 
 
 O God of Jacob! by whose hand 98 
 
 O thou from whom all goodness flows 16 
 
 O come, thou wounded Lamb of God 41 
 
 O God of wisdom, God of might 78 
 
 O thou, whose tender mercy hears 84 
 
 O for an overcoming faith 86 
 
 O that the Lord would guide my ways 88 
 
 O could 1 view my prospect clear 95 
 
 O for a sweet inspiring ray 97 
 
 O Lord! my best desires fulfil 100 
 
 O Sun of righteousness arise 108 
 
 O kinjr of kings ! thy blessing shed 132 
 
 O Lord our God! thy light and truth 134 
 
 O the delights, the heavenly joys 159 
 
 O for a thousand tongues to sing 161 
 
 O that I knew where I might rind 183 
 
 O God ! our help in ages past 188 
 
 O God, our inmost soul convert 189 
 
 O God, what offerings shall we give 194 
 
 O thou, our husband, brother, friend 205 
 
 - O let our heart and mind 219 
 
 — O thou, our Maker, Saviour, guide 225 
 
 Plung'd in the gulph of dark despair 52 
 
 Praise, to God, immortal praise 1G9 
 
 -" Peace, troubled soul, whose plaintive moan 172 
 
 Return, O holy Dove, return 14 
 
 Rejoice, the Lord is King «. 26 
 
 Raise your triumphant songs 66 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Hymn 
 
 Rock of ages ! cleft for me • 151 
 
 Sons of men, behold from far 11 
 
 Sons of God, our Saviour praise 47 
 
 See, gracious God, before thy throne 45 
 
 See what unbounded zeal and love 118 
 
 See, in the vineyard of the Lord 131 
 
 Salvation doth to God belong 46 
 
 Salvation. O the joyful sound 53 
 
 Salvation is of God alone 147 
 
 Sinners, obey the gospel word 107 
 
 Stricken, smitten, and afflicted 120 
 
 Sweet the moments, rich in blessing 126 
 
 Saviour, source of every blessing ! 152 
 
 Saviour from sin, 1 wait to prove 193 
 
 Some sweet savour ... . 229 
 
 The promise of my Father's love..... 18 
 
 The righteous souls thst take their flight 43 
 
 The Judge ascends his awful throne 93 
 
 The long-expected morn 1 17 
 
 The Lord Jehovah reigns 146 
 
 The Spirit breathes upon the word 208 
 
 Thee we adore, eternal name 90 
 
 To-day God bids the faithful rest 34 
 
 To God, the only wise 73 
 
 To-morrow, Lord, is thine 91 
 
 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost 115 
 
 To God, on whom all worlds depend 129 
 
 This is the day, the Lord's own day 35 
 
 There is a fountain fill'd with blood 67 
 
 *Tis not too arduous an essay 101 
 
 'Twas in that dark, that doleful night 127 
 
 Thy earthly sabbaths. Lord, we love 224 
 
 Thou, O Christ, art all we want 157 
 
 Thou hidden love of God, whose [height 191 
 
 Thou who didst love us first 196 
 
 Thou Judge of quick and dead 212 
 
 While with ceaseless course the sun 9 
 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Hymn 
 
 ■*~ While justice waves her vengeful hand 44 
 
 While conscious sinners tremble 94 
 
 While on the verge of life I stand 217 
 
 With joy we meditate the grace 15 
 
 When 1 survey the wond'rous cross 17 
 
 When, O my Saviour ! when shall 1 30 
 
 « When Christ, victorious from the grave 121 
 
 When gathering clouds around 1 view 170 
 
 When gracious Lord, when shall it be 175 
 
 -When floods of grief assault the mind 179 
 
 When languor and disease assail 200 
 
 When Israel thro' the desert pass'd 207 
 
 -"We give immortal praise 33 
 
 .**We know that when the soul uncloth'd 180 
 
 Were God's people free from trials 199 
 
 What can that frozen bosom move 174 
 
 What are these in bright array 210 
 
 -What shall we render unto thee 02 
 
 - -Who sparingly his seed bestows 133 
 
 Who can describe the joys that rise 180 
 
 Why those fears, behold 'tis Jesus « ,. 198 
 
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