FROM THE LIBRARY OF REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON, D. D. BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO THE LIBRARY OF PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY I iWenefn's Sttteotsje EWttot^Ci^' ^ PR'/V&?i the |^ MAY 8 1935 PSAL.MS AND WITH THE CATECHISM, CONFESSION OF FAITH, AND LITURGY, OF TUB Reform** 13utrf) CDurefj IN NORTH AMERICA, SELECTED AT THE REQ.UEST OF THE GENERAL SYNOD. ^—^ ^u^ BY JOHN H. LIVINGSTON, D. D. S. T. P. •' Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another in Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs, sing- ing with grace in your hearts unlo the Lord." — Col. iii. 16. TO WHICH ARE ADDED THE ABDITIOlVAIi HYMNS, AND THE CANONS OF THE SYNOD OF DORDRECHT, WITH A NEW AND COPIOUS INDEX. FOURTH EDITION REVISED AND CORRECTED, RUTGER'S PRESS — NEW YORK I PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM A. MERCEIN, 240 Pearl street. 1839. M Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year 1832, by Isaac L. Kip, (on behalf of the General Synod of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church,) in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York." ACTS AND PROCEEDINGS Of the General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church in North America, held at Albany, June, 1812. A revision of the Psalms and Hymns now in use in the Dutch Church, having been requested and referred to the General Synod, by the Particulat Synod of New York ; and it being desirable that our selection of Psalms and Hymns should be improved and enlarged : Resolved, That the Synod request the Rev. Dr. Livingston to make a selection of Psalms and Hymns agreeably to the views expressed upon this subject; and they appoint the Rev. James V. C. Romeyn, James S. Cannon, Peter Steddiford and John Schureman, a committee to whom Dr. Livingston will submit the selection ; but for the greater security in a work of such impor- tance, it is resoWed, that after it is adopted by the committee, it shall be report- ed to the General Synod and obtain their ultimate approbation before it be published. Acts and Proceedings of the General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Churchy held at an extraordinary session, at New York, October, 1813. The committee to whom Professor Livingston was requested to submit his selection of Psalms and Hymns, reported : That he had accomplished the work assigned him ; that they have examined the same, and judge it to be a judicious and excellent selection ; that they accordingly recommend it to the General Synod for their ultimate approbation, and suggest the propriety of having it immediately published and introduced into all our Churches. The General Synod having received the report of the Committee appointed upon the subject of the Psalms and Hymns, and having inspected the selection made by the Rev. Professor Livingston, agreeably to the request of the General Synod in their last session, do express their high satisfaction and decided approbation of the same. It is therefore Resolved, That this selection be forthwith published and introduced into public worship in all our Churches. And the General Synod recommend the same to all families and individuals within their communion, to be adopted instead of the book which has hitherto been in use. It is further Resolved, That the Catechism, Articles of Faith, and what has formerly been published with the book of Psalms and Hymns, be also added to the new edition ; — and that the copyright of the book be secured for the express and sole benefit of such students as may attend our theological lectures, and may need pecuniary assistance. Resolved, That the Rev. Dr. Livingston be requested to superintend the publication of the first edic ion of the new Psalm Book, and when published that he affix his name thereto. EXTRACTS From the Acts and Proceedings of the General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church in North America. Session, June, 1830. Resolved, That the Rev. Thomas De Witt, D. D., William M'Murray, P. D., Isaac Ferris, and the elders Peter D, Vroom, Jr., and John D. Kcese, ir. ACTS AND PROCEEDINGS. be a committee to select from tne different collections now published, Hymn* on a variety ct subjects, to constitute the second Book of Hymns, to be added to those now in use in all future editions of our Psalm and Hymn Book, and that said committee report such selection to the next General Synod for their approbation. Session, June 1831. The committee appointed by the last General Synod, reported a selection of Hymns. "Whereupon the following resolutions were adopted. 1. Resolved, That the said additional hymns reported by the Committee ap- pointed by the General Synod in 1^30, be accepted, ordered to be published as a second book of Hymns, and authorized to be used by the churches_ in the same manner as the Psalms and Hymns now in use. 2. Resolved, That all future editions of the Psalm Book shall contain the Additional Hymns, together with the Canons of the church, as soon as the Board of Direction of the corporation shall be able to make the necessary ar» rangements with the Publisher. 3. Resolved, That a separate edition of the Additional Hymns be published. 4. Resolved, That the Board of Direction of the Corporation be directed to take out separate Copy-Rights for each of the books, and authorize their pub- lication ; and that they superintend the publication of the first edition of eaca book. ADVERTISEMENT. The Subscriber has purchased from " The General Synod of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the United States," the exclusive right for ten years, to publish " The Psalms and Hymns, with the Catechism, Confession of Faith, and Liturgy of the Re- formed Dutch Church in North America, selected at the request ot the General Synod, by John H. Livingston, D.D. S.T.P. : to which are added, the Additional Hymns, and the Canons of the Synod of Dordrecht, with a new and copious index," which will be furnish- ed to Ministers, Booksellers, and others, on liberal terms. WILLIAM A. MERCEIN. PSALMS. PSALM 1. S. M. The itay and end of the righteous and the wicked, 1 rTIHE man is ever blest JL Who shuns the sinner's ways, Vmidst their councils never stands, Nor takes the scorner's place. 2 But makes the Law of God His study and delight, Throughout the labours of the day, And watches of the night. 3 He like a tree shall thrive, With waters near the root : } resh as the leaf his name shall live ; His works are heav'nly fruit. 4 Not so th' ungodly race, They no such blessings find ; Ti eir hopes shall flee like empty chaff Before the driving wind. & How will they bear to stand Before that judgment-seat, Whore all the saints at Christ's right hand In full assembly meet 1 6 He knows, and he approves The way the righteous go : But sinners and their works shall meet A dreadful overthrow. PSALM 2. First Part. L. M. God the Father vindicates his Messiah, 1 TTKTHY did- the heathen madly rage, V V And why the Jews conspire in vain? Why kings and rulers all engage, T'oppose Messiah's gracious reign 1 „ 2 " Gome, let us break his bands, " they say, " We'll ne'er be govern'd by his laws :" " And thus they cast his yoke away, And nail'd Messiah to the cross. 3 But God the Father, from his throne, Laughs at their pride, their rage controuls ; He'll vex their hearts with pains unknown, And speak in thunder to their souls. 4 "J'll vindicate the King I made, " On Zion's everlasting hill ; I* « PSALM II. III. " My hand shall brinj* him from the dead, " And he shall reign, Messiah still." PS \LM 2. Second Part. L. M . The Son invested with the mediatorial Kirgdom. 1 Y I ^H' eternal Son with pow'r array'd, JL Declares th' unchangeable decree : " Thou art my son," the Father said, " This day have I begotten thee. 2 " For sin thou'st ofter'd up thy soul, " And thou'st a right to intercede ; " Thy life shall last while ages roll, " And thou shalt see a num'rous seed. 3 " Ask then, my Son, and I will give " The heathen for thy vast domain ; " The utmost ends of earth receive, " And boundless be thy blessed reign. 4 " But nations that resist thy grace, " Shall fall beneath thine iron stroke ; " Thy rod shall crush thy foes with ease, " As potters' earthen work is broke." PSALM 2. Third Part. L. M. God the Huly Ghost exhorts rulers to submission. 1 " "jVTOW," saith the Spirit of the Lord, 11 To those who sit on earthly thrones ; " Rejoice with trembling at his word, " And at his feet submit your crowns. 2 " With faith and love address the Son, "Lest he grow angry, and ye die; " His wrath will burn to worlds unknown, " If ye provoke his jealousy. 3 " His frowns shall drive you quick to hell, " For he is God, and ye but dust ; " Happy the souls diat know him well, " And make his grace their only trust." PSALM 3. First Part. L. M. A Morning Psalm. 1 /~\ LORD, how many are my foes, Vy In this weak state of flesh and blood ! My peace they daily discompose, But my defence and hope is God. 2 Tir'd with the burdens of the day, 7 rhee I rais'd an evening cry ; Thou heard'st when I began to pray, And thine almighty help was nigh 3 Supported by thy heav'nly aid, I laid me down and slept secure,* PSALM III. IV. Not death should make my heart afraid, Tho' I should wake and rise no more. 4 But God sustain'd me all the night : Salvation doth to God belong : He rais'd my head to see the light, And makes his praise my morning song. PSALM 3. Second Part, C. M. Doubts and fears suppressed. 1 1\/|~Y God, the tempter wculd persuade, _LtjL There's no relief in heav'n j And all my swelling sins appear Too big to be forgiv'n. 2 But thou, my righteousness and strength, Shalt on the tempter tread ; Shalt silence all my threat'ning guilt, And raise my drooping head. 3 I cry'd, and from his holy hill He bow'd a list'ning ear ; I call'd my Father, and my God, And he subdu'd my fear. 4 He shed soft slumbers on mine eyes, In spite of all my foes ; I 'woke, and wonder'd at the grace That guarded my repose. 5 What tho' the hosts of death and hell All arm'd against me stood ; Terrors no more shall shake my soul j My refuge is my God, 6 Arise, O Lord, fulfil thy grace, While I thy glory sing : For Christ hath broke the serpent's teeth, And death has lost his sting. 7 Salvation to the Lord belongs, His arm alone can save ; Blessings attend thy people here, And reach beyond the grave. PSALM 4. First Part. L. M. God the Saviour our confidence and portion, 1 f~\ GOD of grace and righteousness, \_s Hear and attend when I complain ; Thou hast enlarg'd me in distress, Bow down a gracious ear again. 2 Ye sons of men, in vain ye try To turn my glory into shame ; How long will scoffers love to lie, And dare reproach my Saviour's name I 3 Know that the Lord divides his saints From all the tribes of men beside: 6 PSALM IV. V. He hears the cry of penitents, For the dear sake of Christ that died. 4 When our obedient hands have done A thousand works of righteousness, We put our trust in Christ alone, And glory in his pard'ning grace. 5 Let the unthinking many say, " Who will bestow some earthly good?" But, Lord, thy light and love we pray ; Our souls desire this heav'nly food. 6 Then shall my cheerful pow'rs rejoice At grace and favours so divine, Nor will I change my happy choice, For all their corn, and all their wine. PSALM 4. Second Part, C. M. An Evening Psalm. 1 ORD, thou wilt hear me when I pray } I A I am forever thine ; I fear before thee all the day, Nor would I dare to sin. % And while I rest my weary head, From cares and bus'ness free, 'Tis sweet conversing on my bed With my own heart and thee. $ I pay this evening sacrifice ; And when my work is done, Great God ! my faith and hope relies Upon thy grace alone. 4 Thus, with my thoughts compos'd to peace, I'll give mine eyes to sleep ; Thy hand in safety keeps my days, And will my slumbers keep, PSALM 5, C,M, For the Lord's Day Morning. I ORD, in the morning thou shalt hear JLi My voice ascending high ; To thee will I direct my prayer, To thee lift up mine eye ; g Up to the hills where Christ is gone, To plead for all his saints, Presenting at his Father's throne Our songs and our complaints. 3 Thou art a God before whose sight > The wicked shall not stand ; pinners shall ne'er be thy delight, Nor dwell at thy right hapd, PSALM VI. 4 But to thy house will I resort, To taste thy mercies there : I will frequent thy holy court, And worship in thy tear. 5 O may thy spirit guide my feet In ways of righteousness ! Make ev'ry path of duty straight, And plain before my lace. 6 My watchful enemies combine To tempt my feet astray ; They flatter with a base design To make my soul their prey. 7 Lord, crush the serpent in the dust, And all his plots destroy ; While those that in thy mercy trust For ever shout for joy. 8 The men that love and fear thy name Shall see their hopes fuJfiU'd ; The mighty God will compass them With favour as a shield. I PSALM 6. C. M. Complaint in Sickness. N anger, Lord, rebuke me not, Withdraw the dreadful storm ; Nor let thy fury grow so hot, Against a feeble worm. 2 My soul's bow'd down with heavy cares, My flesh with pain opprest ; My couch is witness to my tears, My tears forbid my rest. 3 Sorrow and pain wear out my days j I waste the night with cries, Counting the minute? as they pass, Till the slow morning rise. 4 Shall I be still afflicted more ? Mine eyes consumed with grief? How long, my God, how long, before Thy hand affords relief! 5 He hears when dust and ashes speak, He pities all our groans ; He saves us for our Saviour's sake, And heals our broken bones. 6 The virtue of his sov'reign word Restores our fainting breath ; For silent graves praise not the Lord : Our lips are seal'd in death. 10 PSALM VII. VIII. PSALM 7. CM. The Christian's integrity — an apeal to God 1 1X/TY trust is in my heav'nly friend, XtJL My hope in thee, my God; Rise, and my helpless life defend From those that seek my blood. 2 With insolence and fury they My soul in pieces tear ; As hungry lions rend the prey, When no deliv'rer's near. 3 If I indulge in thoughts unjust, And wish and seek their woe, Then let them tread my life to dust, And lay mine honour low. 4 If there were malice hid in me, I know thy piercing eyes ; I should not dare appeal to thee, Nor ask my God to rise. 5 Arise, my God, lift up thy hand, Their pride and pow'r control ; Awake to judgment, and command Deliv'rance for my soul. 6 Let sinners and their wicked rage Be humbled to the dust ; Shall not the God of truth engage To vindicate the just ? 7 He knows the heart, he tries the reins, He will defend th' upright ; His sharpest arrows he ordains Against the sons of spite. 8 For me, their malice dug a pit, But there themselves are cast : My God makes all their mischief light On their own head at last. 9 That cruel, persecuting race Must feel his dreadful sword ; Awake, my soul, and praise the grace, And justice of the Lord. PSALM 8. First Part. S. M. Condescension of God. 1 f\ LORD, our heav'nly King, V_/ Thy name is all divine, Thy glories round the earth are spread, And o'er the heav'ns they shine. 2 When to thy works on high, I raise my wond'ring eyes, PSALM VIII. n And see the moon, complete in light* Adorn the darksome skies : 3 When I survey the stars And all their shining forms, Lord, what is man ! that worthless thing, Akin to dust and worms 7 4 Lord, what is worthless man, That thou should'st love him sot Next to thine angels is he plac'd, And lord of all below. 5 How rich thy bounties are ! How wondrous are thy ways ! Of dust and worms, thy pow'r can frame, A monument of praise. PSALM 8. Second Part. L. M. First and Second Adam. 1 ORD, what was man, when made at first, I A Adam, the offspring of the dust, That thou should'st set him and his race, But just below an angel's place I 2 That thou should'st raise his nature so, And make him lord of all below ; Make ev'ry beast and bird submit, And lay the fishes at his feet ! 3 But O, what brighter glories wait To crown the second Adam's state ! What honours shall thy Son adorn, Who condescended to be born ! 4 See him below his angels made : See him in dust among the dead, To save a ruin'd world from sin : Yet he shall reign with pow'r divine. 5 The world to come, redeem'd from all The mis'ries that attend the fall, New made and glorious, shall submit At our exalted Saviour's feet. PSALM 8. Third Part. L. M. The Hosannah of the Children. 1 A LMIGHTY Ruler of the skies, JTjl Thro' the wide earth thy name is spread. And thine eternal glories rise, O'er all the heav'ns thy hands have made, 2 To thee the voices of the young A monument of honour raise j And babes with uninstr ucted tongue Declare the wonders of thy praise. 12 PSALM IX, 3 Thy pow'r assists their tender age To bring proud rebels to the ground ; To still the bold blasphemer's rage, And all their policy confound. PSALM 9. First Part. C. M. The righteous God the refuge of hi* people. 1 "TTTTITH my whole heart Pll raise my song, V V Thy wonders Pll proclaim ; Thou, the great Judge of right and wrong, Wilt put my foes to shame. 2 Pll sing thy majesty and grace ; My God prepares his throne To judge the world in righteousness, And make his vengeance known. 3 Then shall the Lord a refuge prove For all the poor opprest ; To save the people of his love, And give the weary rest. 4 The men, that know thy name, will trust In thine abundant grace : And thou wilt ne'er fcrsake the just, Who humbly seek thy face. 5 Sing praises to the righteous Lord, Who dwells on Zion's hill ; Who executes his threat'ning word, And doth his grace fulfil. PSALM 9. Second Part. C. M. Tha wisdom and equity of Providence. 1 "T7r7"HEN the great Judge, supreme and just,i V \ Shall once inquire Tor blood, The humble souls, that mourn in dust, Shall find a faithful God. 2 He from the dreadful gates of death Doth his own children raise : In Zion's gates with cheerful breath, They sing their Father's praise. 3 His foes shall fall with heedless feet Into the pit they made ; And sinners perish in the net, Which their own hands have spread. 4 Thus by thy judgments, mighty God, Are thy deep counsels known ; When men of mischief are destroy'd, The snare must be their own. 5 The wicked shall sink down to hell; Thy wrath devour the lands PSALM X. XI IS That dare forget thee, or rebel Against fhy known commands. 6 Tho* saints to sore distress are brought, And wait and long complain ; Their cries shall never be forgot, Nor shall their hopes be -v ain. PSALM 10. First Part. C. M, Prayer for deliverance from enemies* 1 T7TTHY doth the Lord stand off so fart T t And why conceal his face, When great calamities appear, And times of deep distress? 2 Lord, shall the wicked still deride Thy justice and thy pow'r ! Shall they advance their heads in pride, And still thy saints devour? 3 They put thy judgments from their sight, And then insult the poor ; They boast in their exalted height, That tbey shall fall no more. 4 Arise, O God, lift up thy hand ; Attend our humble cry : No enemy shall dare to stand When God ascends on high. PSALM 10. Second Part. C. M. God our Vindicator. 1 "\y¥7*^Y do the men of malice rage, V V And say, with foolish pride, "The God of heav'n will ne'er engage " To fight on Zion's side V 2 But thou for ever art our Lord, And pow'rful is thy hand ; As when the heathens felt thy sword, And perish'd from thy land. 3 God will prepare our hearts to pray, And bow his ear to hear ; He marks whate'er iiis children say, And puts the world in fear. 4 Proud tyrants shall no more oppress, No more despise the just : And mighty sinners shall confess They are but earth and dust. PSALM 11. L. M. Providence and Justice of God. 1 TVTY refuge is the God of love : XT JL Why do my foes insult and cry T 2 14 PSALM XII c Fly like a tim'rous trembling dove, " To distant woods or mountains fly." 2 If government be all destroy'd, (That firm foundation of our peace) And violence make justice void, Where shall the righteous seek redress? 3 The Lord in heav'n hath fix'd his throne, His eye surveys the world below ; To him all mortal things are known, His eyelids search our spirits through. 4 If he afflict his saints so far, To prove their love, and try their grace, What must the bold transgressors fear 1 His very soul abhors their ways. 5 On impious wretches he shall rain Tempests of brimstone, fire and death ; Such as he kindled on the plain Of Sodom, with his angry breath. 6 The righteous Lord loves righteous souls, Whose thoughts and actions are sincere, And with a gracious eye beholds The men that his own image bear. PSALM 12. First Part. L. M. Hope in evil times. 1 A LMIGHTY God, appear and save ! _/\ For vice and vanity prevail ; The godly perish in the grave, The just depart, the faithful fail. 2 The whole discourse, when neighbors meet, Isfill'd with trifles, loose and vain; Their lips are flatt'ry and deceit, And their proud language is profane. 3 But lips that with deceit abound Shall not maintain tjteir triumph long; The God of vengeance will confound The flatt'ring and blaspheming tongue. 4 " Yet shall our words be free," they cry; " Our tongue shall be controll'd by none: " Where is the Lord, will ask us why! " Or say, our lips are not our own?" 5 The Lord, who sees the poor opprest, And hears th' oppressor's haughty strain, Will rise to give his children rest, Nor shall they trust his word in vain. 6 Thy word, O Lord, tho' often try'd, Void of deceit shall still appear; PSALM XII. XIII. 15 Not silver, sev'n times purify'd From dross and mixture, shines so clear. 7 Thy grace shall in the darkest hour Defend the holy soul from harm : Tho', when the vilest men have pow'r, On ev'ry side will sinners swarm. PSALM 12. Second Part. C. M. The same. 1 ORD, when iniquities abound, I A And blasphemy grows bold, When faith is hardly to be found, And love is waxing cold : 2 Is not thy chariot hast'ning on ? Hast thou not giv'n the sign ? May we not trust and live, upon A promise so divine ? 3 " Now," saith the Lord, " Now will I rise, " And make oppressors flee ; " I will appear to their surprise, " And set my servants tree." 4 Thy word, like silver scv'n times try'd, Thro' ages shall endure : The men that in thy truth confide Shall find thy promise sure. PSALM 13. L. M. Pleading with God und-cr desertion. 1 TTOW long, O Lord, shall I complain, JLJl Like one that seeks his God in vain? Wilt thou thy face for ever hide] Shall I still pray and be deny'd ? 2 Shall I for ever be forgot, As one whom thou regardest not? Still shall my soul thine absence mourn? And still despair of thy return? 3 How long shall my poor troubled breast Be with these anxious thoughts opprest, And Satan, my malicious foe, Rejoice to see me sunk so low ? 4 Hear, Lord, and grant me quick relief Before my death conclude my grief, If thou withhold thy heav'rfly light, 1 sleep in everlasting night. 5 How would the pow'rs of darkness boast, Could but one praying soul be lost ? But I have trusted in thy grace, And shall again behold thy face 16 PSALM XIV. 6 Whatever my fears or foes suggest, Thou art my hope, my joy, my rest : My heart shall feel thy love, and raise My cheerful voice to songs of praise. PSALM 14. First Part. C. M. Universal depravity. 1 1/iOOLS in their hearts believe and say- X- " That all religion's vain; " There is no God that reigns on high, " Or minds th' atfairs of men." 2 From thoughts so dreadful and profane Corrupt discourse proceeds; And in their impious hands are found Abominable deeds. 3 The Lord, from his celestial throne, Look'd down on things below, To find the man that sought his grace, Or did his justice knowr. 4 By nature all are gone astray, Their practice all the same ; There's none that fears his Maker's hand, There's none that loves his name. 5 Their tongues are us'd to speak deceit, Their slanders never cease ; How swift to mischief are their feet ! Nor know the paths of peace. 6 Such seeds of sin (that bitter root) In ev'ry heart are found ; Nor can they bear diviner fruit, 'Till grace refine the ground. PSALM 14. Second Part. C. M. The Jolly of Infidels. 1 A RE sinners now so senseless grown, Jl\- That they the saints devour? And never worship at thy throne, Nor fear thine awful pow'r? 2 Great God, appear to their surprise, Reveal thy dreadful name ; Let them no more thy wrath despise, Nor turn our hope to shame. 3 Dost thou not dwell among the just? And yet our foes deride, That we should make thy name our trust: Great God, confound their pride. 4 Oh that the joyful day were come To finish our distress ! PSALM XY\ XVI. 17 When God shall bring his children home, Our songs shall never cease. PSALM 15. L. M. The character of a saint; or the qualifications qfaChrislian. 1 ~\~\THO shall ascend thy heav'nly place, V V Great God, and dwell before thy face? j The man that minds religion now, And lives and walks by faith below: 2 Whose hands are pure, whose heart is clean ; Whose lips still speak the thing they mean j No slanders dwell upon his tongue ; He hates to do his neighbour wrong. 3 Scarce will he trust an ill report, Nor vent it to his neighbour's hurt ; Sinners of state he can despise, But saints are honour'd in his eyes. 4 Firm to his word he ever stood, And always makes his promise good, Nor dares to change the thing he swears, Whatever pain or loss he bears. 5 He never deals in bribing gold, And mourns that justice should be sold : While others scorn and wrong the poor, Sweet charity attends his door. 6 He loves his enemies, and prays For those that curse him to his face ; And doth to all men still the same That he would hope or wish from them. 7 Yet, when his holiest works are done. His soul depends on grace alone : This is the man thy face shall see, And dwell forever, Lord, with thee. PSALM 16. First Part. L. M. The humble Christian rejoicing in the communion qf saints. 1 "DRESERVE me, Lord, in time of need, XT For succour to thy throne I flee, But have no merits there to plead ; My goodness cannot reach to thee. 2 Oft have my heart and tongue confess'd, How empty and how poor I am": My praise can never make thee blest, Nor add new glories to thy name. 3 Yet, Lord, thy saints on earth may reap Some profit by the good we do : These are the company I keep, These are the choicest friends I know, 2* 18 PSALM XVI. 4 Let others choose the sons of mirth, To give a relish to their wine ; I love the men of heav'nly birth, Whose thoughts and language are divine. PSALM 16. Second Part. L. M. The prcciousness of Christ. 1 TTOW fast their guilt and sorrows rise, JLjL Who haste to seek some idol-god : 1 will not taste their sacrifice, Their offrings of forbidden blood, 2 My God provides a richer cup, And nobler food to live upon; He.for my life hath ofter'd up Jesus his best beloved Son. 3 His love is my perpetual feast ; By day nis counsels guide me right : And be his name for ever blest, Who gi.es me sweet advice by night. 4 I set him still before mine eyes; At my right hand he stands prepar'd To keep my soul from all surprise, And be my everlasting guard. PSALM 16. Third Part. L. M. Hope in the Resurrection. 1 'VJIT'HEN God is nigh, my faith is strong ; V V His arm is my almighty prop : Be glad my heart, rejoice my tongue ; My dying flesh shall rest in hope. 2 Tho' in the dust I lay my head, Yet, gracious God, thou wilt not leave My soul for ever with the dead, For Christ hath triumph'd o'er the grave. 3 My flesh shall thy first call obey, Shake off the dust, and rise on high : Then shalt thou lead the wond'rous way, Up to thy throne above the sky. 4 There streams of endless pleasure flow; And full discov'ries of thy grace (Which we but tasted here below) Spread heav'nly joys thro' all the place. PSALM 16. Fourth Part. C. M. Divine goodness and counsel. 1 ^ AVE me, O Lord, from ev'ry foe ; O In thee my trust I place : Tho' all the go« »d that I can do, Can ne'er deserve thy grace. PSALM XVII. 19 2 Yet, here, thy children to sustain Shall be my lov'd employ; Thy children, first and best of men, My friends, my highest joy. S Let heathens to their idols haste, And worship wood or stone; i$ut my delightful lot is cast Where the true God is known. 4 The Lord provides my constant food, He fills my daily cup ; Much am I pleas'd with present good, But more rejoice in hope. 5 God is my portion and my joy, His counsels are my light : He gives me sweet advice by day, And gent'e hints by night. 6 My soul would all her thoughts approve To his all-seeing eye : Nor death nor hell my hope shall move, While such a friend is nigh. PSALM 17. First Part. S. M The Portion of Saints and Sinners. 1 A RISE, my gracious God, XJl And make the wicked flee : They are but thy chastising rod, To drive thy saints to thee. 2 Behold the sinner dies, His haughty words are vain ; Here in this life his pleasure lies, And all beyond is pain. 3 Then let his pride advance, And boast of all his store ; The Lord is my inheritance, My soul can wish no more. 4 I shall behold the face Of my forgiving God ; And stand complete in righteousness, Wash'd in my Saviour's blood. 5 There's a new heav'n begun When I awake from death, Drest in the likeness of thy Son, And draw immortal breath. PSALM 17. Second Part. L. M. Rejoicing in the prospect of Hewen. I ' ORD, I am thine ; but thou wilt prove 3-J My faith, my patience, and my love : 20 PSALM XVIII. When men of spite against me join, They are the sword, the hand is thine. 2 Their hope and portion lie below, 'Tis all the happiness they know ; 'Tis all they seek ; they take their shares, And leave the rest among their heirs. 3 What sinners value I resign ; Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine : I shall behold thy blissful face, And stand complete in righteousness. 4 This life's a dream, an empty show ; But the bright world to which I go, Hath joys substantial and sincere ; When shall I wake and find me there ? 5 O glorious hour ! O blest abode ! I shall be near and like my God ! And flesh and sin no more control The sacred pleasures of the soul. 6 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. PSALM 18. First Part. L. M Deliverance from despair. 1 rTIHEE will I love, O Lord, my strength, JL My rock, my tow'r, my high defence : Thy mighty arm shall be my trust : For I have found salvation thence. 2 Death, and the terrors of the grave, . Spread over me their dismal shade ; While floods of high temptations rose, And made my sinking soul afraid. 3 I saw the op'ning gates of hell With endless pains and sorrow there, Which none but they that feel, can tell ; While I was hurry 'd to despair. 4 In my distress I call'd my God, When I could scarce believe him mine : He bow'd his ear to my complaints ; Then did his grace appear divine. 5 With speed he flew to my relief, As on a cherub's wing he rode : Awful and bright as lightning shone The face of my deliv'rer, God. 6 Temptations fled at his rebuke, Dispell'd by bis almighty breath : PSALM XVIII. 21 He sent salvation from on high, And drew me from the depths of death. 7 Great were my fears, my foes were great, Much was their strength, and more their rage ; But Christ, my Lord, is conqu'ror still, In all the wars that devils wage. 8 My song for ever snail record That terrible, that joyful hour ; And give the glory to the Lord, Due to his mercy and his pow'r. PSALM 18. Second Part, L. M. Christian Sincerity. 1 ORD, thou hast form'd my soul sincere, I J Hast made thy truth and love appear : Before mine eyes I set thy Jaws, And thou hast own'd my righteous cause. 2 Since 1 have learn'd thy holy ways, I've walk'd upright before thy face : And if my feet from thee depart, It grieves my soul, it wounds my heart. 3 What sore temptations broke my rest ! What wars and smugglings in my breast 1 But, thro' thy grace that reigns within, I guard against my darling sin. 4 The sin that close besets me still, That works and strives against my will : When shall thy Spirit's sov'reign pow'r Destroy it, that it rise no more 1 5 With an impartial hand, the Lord Deals out to mortals their reward : The kind and faithful soul shall find A God all faithful and most kind. 6 The just and pure shall ever say, Thou art more pure, more just than they": And men that love revenge shall know God hath an arm of vengeance too. PSALM 18. Third Part. L. M. Rejoicing in God our Saviour. J UST are thy ways, and true thy word, k of Great Rock of my secure abode : Who is a God beside the Lord 't Or where's a refuge like our God? 'Tis he that girds me with his might, Gives me his holy sword to wield ; And while with sin and hell I fight, Spreads his salvation for my shield. 22 PSALM XVIII. 3 He lives, (and blessed be my Rock) The God of my salvation lives ; The dark designs of hell he broke : Sweet is the peace my Saviour gives. 4 Before the scoffers of the age I will exalt my Saviour's name *. Nor tremble at their mighty rage, But meet reproach, and bear the shame. PSALM 18. Fourth Part. CM. Victory over national enemies. 1 "1/¥7'E love thee, Lord, and we adore ; w t Now is thine arm reveal'd : Thou art our strength, our heav'nly tow'r Our bulwark and our shield. 2 We fly to cur eternal rock, And find a sure defence : His holy name our lips invoke, And draw salvation thence. 3 When God our leader shines in arms, What mortal heart can bear The thunder of his loud alarms 1 The lightning of his spear? 4 He rides upon the winged wind ; And angels in array, In millions, wait to know his mind, And swift as flames obey. 5 He speaks, and at his fierce rebuke Whole armies are dismay'd ; His voice, his frown, his angry look Strike all their courage dead. 6 He forms our gen'rals for the field, With all their dreadful skill ; Gives them his awful sword to wield, And makes their hearts of steel. 7 He arms our captains for the fight, (Tho' there his name's forgot) He girded Cyrus with his might, When Cyrus knew him not. 8 Oft has the Lord whole nations blest For his own children's sake : The pow'rs, that give his people rest, Shall of his care partake. PSALM 18. Fifth Part. C. M. The same. 1 FTHO thine almighty arm we owe JL The triumphs of the day : Thy terrors, Lord, confound the foe, And melt his strength away. PSALM XVIII. 23 2 'Tis by thine aid our troops prevail, And break united pow'rs : Or burn their boasted fleets, or scale The proudest of their tow'rs. 3 How have we chas'd them thro' the field, And trod them to the ground, While thy salvation was our shield, And they no shelter found ! 4 In vain to idol saints they cry, And perish in their blood : Where is a rock so great, so high, So pow'rful as our God ] 5 The Rock of Israel ever lives, His name be ever blest ; 'Tis his own arm the vict'ry gives, He gives his people rest. PSALM 18. Sixth Part, P. M.lOs. Thanksgiving, applied to the American Revolution. 1 f I ^O bless the Lord, our God, in strains divine, JL With thankful hearts, and raptur'd voices join : To us what wonders his right hand hath shown ! Mercies, his chosen tribes nave scarcely known ! Like David blest, begin th' enraptur'd song ; Let praise and joy awaken ev'ry tongue. 2 When, fir'd to rage, against our nation rose Chiefs of proud name, and bands of haughty foes; He train'd our hosts to fight, with arms array'd, With health invigor'd, and with bounty fed : Gave us his chosen chief our sons to guide ; Heard ev'ry pray'r, and ev'ry want supply'd. 3 He gave their armies captive to our hands, Or sent them frustrate to their native lands ; Burst the dark snare, disclos'd the miry pit, And led to broad, safe grounds, our sliding feet : Bounteous, for us, extended regions won, The fairest empire spread beneath the sun. 4 When, dark and threat'ning, civil broils arose, Each hope grew dim, and Friends were chang'd to foes ; God was our stay, our help, our heav'nly shield : His grace preserv'd us, and his arm upheld ; Sav'd us from tumults dire, and deep distress ; Enlarg'd our blessings, and confirmed our peace. 5 No more against our land shall strangers rise But fade, and fade, beneath avenging skies : Pleas'd, the fierce heathen yield to happier sway; The groping savage hail the gospel day ; 24 PSALM XIX. Low siniJ .ne proud, the sons of blood be s)ainf Nor injur'd Zion lift her cries in vain. 6 But, O thou pow'r belov'd ! our shores around Be ev'ry virtue ev'ry blessing found. Here bid thy seasons crown the fruitful plain ; Here bid fair peace extend her blissful reign ; Let laws, let justice, hold perpetual sway, The soul unfettered, and the conscience free. 7 With clearest splendor, here, let knowledge shine ; Here ev'ry glory beam from truth divine ; To Jesus' call the soul obsequious bend ; Grace from thy Spirit in rich show'rs descend ; Nations each day ascend the bright abode, And boundless praise unceasing rise to God. PSALM 19. Fii*st Part. S. M. The Book of nature and scripture. 1 "DEHOLD! the lofty sky _I3 Declares its maker God, And all his starry works on high Proclaim his pow'r abroad. 2 The darkness and the light Still keep their course the same ; While night to day, and day to night, Divinely teach his name. 3 In ev'ry difPrent land Their gen'ral voice is known : They show the wonders of his hand, And orders of his throne. 4 Ye Western lands rejoice, Here he reveals his word : We are not left to nature's voice To bid us know the Lord. 5 His statutes and commands Are set before our eyes ; He puts his gospel in our hands, Where our salvation lies. 6 His laws are just and pure, His truth without deceit ; His promises for ever sure, And his rewards are great. 7 Not honey to the taste Affords so much delight ; tNbr gold that has the furnace pass'd So much allures the sight. 8 While of thy works I sing, Thy glory to proclaim ; PSALM XIX. 25 Accept the praise, my God, my King, In my Redeemer's name. PSALM 19. Second Part, S. M. The word of God most excellent- 1 TOEHOLD! the morning sun _I3 Begins his glorious way ; His beams through all the nations run, And life and light convey. 2 But where the gospel comes It spreads diviner light ; It calls dead sinners from their tombs, And gives the blind their sight. 3 How perfect is thy word ! And all thy judgments just : For ever sure thy promise, Lord j And men securely trust. 4 My gracious God, how plain Are thy directions giv'n ! 0 may I never read in vain, But find the path to heav'n ! 5 I hear thy word with love, And I would fain obey : Send thy good Spirit from above, To guide me, lest I stray. 6 O, who can ever find The errors of his ways 1 Yet with a bold presumptuous mind, I would not dare transgress. 7 Warn me of ev'ry sin ; Forgive my secret faults ; And cleanse this guilty soul of mine, Whose crimes exceed my thoughts* 8 While with my heart and tongue I spread thy praise abroad ; Accept the worship and the song, My Saviour and my God. PSALM 19. Third Part. L. M. The book of nature and scripture compared. 1 rTIHE heav'ns declare thy glory, Lord ! JL In ev'ry star thy wisdom shines ; But when our eyes behold thy word, We read thy name in fairer lines. 2 The rolling sun, the changing light, And nights and days thy pow'r confess ; But the blest volume thou hast writ, Reveals thy justice and thy grace. 3 •1 26 PSALM XIX. XX. 3 Sun, moon, and stars, convey thy praise Round the whole earth, and never stand Scwhen thy truth began its race, It touch'd and glanc'd on ev'ry land. 4 Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest, 'Till thro' the world thy truth has run : Till Christ has all the nations blest, That see the light, or feel the sun. 5 Great Sun of righteousness, arise ! Bless the dark world withheav'nly light ; Thy gospel makes the simple wise ; Thy laws are pure, thy judgments right. 6 Thy noblest wonders here we view, In souls renew'd, and sins forgiv'n : Lord, cleanse my sins, my soul renew, And make thy word my guide to heav'n. PSALM 19. Fourth Part. L. P. M The Gospel. 1 T LOVE the volume of thy word : I What light and joy its leaves afford To souls benighted and distress'd ! Thy precepts guide my doubtful way ; Thy fear forbids my feet to stray ; Thy promise leads my heart to rest. 2 From the discov'ries of thy law The perfect rules of life I draw; These are my study and delight : Not honey so invites the taste, Nor gold, that hath the furnace past, Appears so pleasing to the sight. 3 Thy tlireat'nings wake my slumb'ring eyes, And warn me where my danger lies ; But 'tis thy blessed gospel, Lord, That makes my guilty conscience clean ; Converts my soul, subdues my sin, And gives a free, but large reward. 4 Who knows the errors of his thoughts ? My God, forgive my secret faults, And from presumptuous sins restrain : Accept my poor attempts of praise, That I have read thy book of grace And book of nature not in vain. PSALM 20. L. M. Prayer in time of war. 1 "jVTOW may the God of pow'r and grace x\ Attend his people's humble cry ! Jehovah hears when Israel prays, And brings deliv'rance from on high. PSALM XXL 27 2 The name of Jacob's God defends, Better than shields or brazen walls : He from his sanctuary sends Succour and strength when Zion calls* 3 Well he remembers all our sighs, His love exceeds our best deserts : His love accepts the sacrifice Of humble groans and broken hearts. 4 In his salvation is our hope ; And in the name of Israel's God, Our troops shall lift their banners up ; Our navies spread their flags abroad. 5 Some trust in horses train'd for war, And some of chariots make their boasts ; Our surest expectations are, From thee, the Lord of heav'nly hosts. € Oh may the mem'ry of thy name Inspire our armies for the fight ! Our foes shall fall and die with shame, Or quit the field with shameful flight. 7 Now save us, Lord, from slavish fear ; Now let our hope be firm and strong ; 'Till thy salvation shall appear, And joy and triumph raise the song. PSALM 21. First Part. C. M.' Pious rulers are the care of heaven. 1 /^VUR rulers, Lord, with songs of praise V./ Should in thy strength rejoice ; And, blest with thy salvation, raise To heav'n their cheerful voice. 2 Thy sure defence thro' nations round Has spread their honours far ; And their successful measures crown'd, Alike in peace and war. 3 Then let them still on God rely For wisdom, and for grace ; His mercy shall their wants supply, And save our happy race. PSALM 21. Second Part. C. M. Praise for peace and national blessings. 1 ' l~N thee, great God, with songs of praise, JL Our favour'd realms rejoice ; And, blest with thy salvation, raise To heav'n their cheerful voice. 2 Thy sure defence, from foes around, Hath spread our rising name ; And all our feeble efforts crov/n'd With freedom and with fame. 30 PSALM XXIII. PSALM 22. Third Part. L. M. The sufferings and exaltation of Christ, 1 "j^TOW let our mournful songs record J_^l The dying sorrows of our Lord; When lie complain'd in tears and blood, As one forsaken of his God. 2 The Jews beheld him thus forlorn, And shook their heads and laugh'd in scorn " He rescu'd others from the grave ; " Now let him try himself to save." 3 They wound his head, his hands, his feet, Till streams of blood each other meet ; By lot his garments they divide, And mock the pangs in wnidi he dy'd. 4 But God, his Father, heard his cry ; Rais'd from the dead, he reigns on high : The nations learn his righteousness, And humble sinners taste his grace. PSALM 23. First Part. L. M. Jesus a Shepherd. 1 TESUS, my Lord, doth condescend, §_M To be my shepherd and my friend ; I on his faithfulness rely. His care shall all my wants supply. 2 In pastures green he doth me lead, And there in safety makes me feed ; Refreshing streams are ever nigh, My thirsty soul to satisfy. 3 When stray'd, or languid, I complain, His grace revives my soul again : For his name's sake, in ways upright, He makes me walk with great delight. 4 Yea, when death's gloomy vale I tread, With joy, ev'n there, I'll lift my head; From fear and dread he'll keep me free; His rod and staff shall comibrt me. 5 A table stor'd with living bread, In spite of foes, Lord, thou hast spread; Thou dost my head with oil anoint, And a full cup for me appoint, 6 Goodness and mercy shall to me, Thro' all my life extended be ; And when my pilgrimage is o'er, I'll dwell with thee for evermore. PSALM 23. Second Part. S. Bf, The same. J ESUS my Shepherd lives, Jehovah is his name : PSALM XXIV. 51 Since he is mine, and I am his, I shall not sufter shame. 2 He leads me to the place Where heav'nly pasture grows; Where Jiving waters gently pass ; And full salvation flows. 3 If er'er I go astray, He doth my soul reclaim : And guides me in his own right way For his most holy name. 4 While he affords his aid, I cannot want or fear : Tho' 1 should walk thro' death's dark shade, My shepherd's with me there. 5 In spite of all my foes Thou dost my table spread ; My cup with blessings overflows, And joy exalts my head. 6 The bounties of thy love Shall crown my following days; Nor from thy house will 1 remove, Nor cease to speak thy praise. PSALM 24. L. M. The Christian's rest — The ascension cf Christ. 1 f I iHIS spacious earth is all the Lord's, JL And men and worms, and beasts and birds: He rais'd the building on the seas, And gave it for their dwelling-place. 2 But there's a brighter world on high, Thy palace, Lord, above the sky : W^ho shall ascend that blest abode, And dwell so near his Maker, God 1 3 He that abhors and fears to sin, Whose heart is pure, whose hands are clean; Him shall the Lord the Saviour bless, And clothe his soul with righteousness. 4 These are the men, the pious race, That seek the God of Jacob's face; These shall enjoy the blissful sight, And dwell in everlasting light. 5 Rejoice, ye shining worlds on high, Benold the King of glory nigh ! Who can this king of glory be 1 The mighty Lord, the Saviour's he. 6 Ye heav'nly gates, your leaves display, To make the Lord, the Saviour, way : Laden with spoils from earth and hell, The conqu'ror comes with God to dwell. 3t PSALM XXV. 7 Rais'd from the dead, he goes before, He opens heav'n's eternal door, To give his saints a blest abode Near their Redeemer, and their God. PSALM 25. First Part. S. M. Waiting for pardon and direction. 1 T LIFT my soul to God, JL My trust is in his name : Let not my foes that seek my blood Still triumph in my shame. 2 Sin, and the pow'rs of hell Persuade me to despair : Lord, make, me know thy cov'nant well, That 1 may 'scape the snare. 3 From the first dawning light, Till the dark ev'ning rise, For thy salvation, Lord, I wait, With ever longing eyes. 4 Remember all thy grace, And lead me in thy truth ; Forgive the sins of riper days, And follies of my youth. 5 The Lord is just and kind, The meek shall learn his ways; And ev'ry humble sinner find The blessings of his grace. 6 For his own goodness' sake, He saves my soul from shame ; He pardons (tho' my guilt be great) Thro' my Redeemer's name. PSALM 25. Second Part. S. M, Covenant Blessings. 1 "TT^TTfERE shall the man be found, V V That fears t'offend his God ; That loves the gospel's joyful sound, And trembles at the rod ] 2 The Lord shall make him know The secrets of his heart ; The wonders of his cov'nant show, And all his love impart. 3 The dealings of his hand, Are truth and mercy still, With such as in his cov'nant stand, And lov*i to do his will. 4 Their souls shall dwell at ease Before their maker's face : Their seed shall taste the promises In their extensive grace. PSALM XXV. XXVI. 33 PSALM 25. Third Part. S. M. Distress of Sent I. 1 TVTINE eyes and my desire -LtX Are ever to the Lord : I love to plead his promises, And rest upon his word. 2 Turn, turn thee to my soul; Bring thy salvation near : When will thy hand release my feet Out of the deadly snare 1 3 When shall the sov'reign grace, Of my forgiving God, Restore me from those dang'rous ways, My wandering feet have trod ! 4 The tumult of my thoughts Doth but enlarge my woe ; My spirit languishes ; my heart Is desolate and low. 5 With ev'ry morning light My grief anew begins ; Look on my anguish and my pain, And pardon all my sins. 6 Behold the hosts of hell, How cruel is their hate ! Against my life they rise, and join Their fury with deceit. 7 O keep my soul from death, Nor put my hope to shame : For I have plac'd my only trust In my Redeemer's name. 8 With humble faith I wait, To see thy face again : Of Israel it shall ne'er be said, He sought the Lord in vain. PSALM 26. L. M. The Christian's integrity — An appeal to God* 1 TUDGE me, O Lord, and prove my ways, %J And try my reins, and try my heart ; My faith upon thy promise stays, Nor from thy law my feet depart. 2 I hate to walk, I hate to sit With men of vanity and lies : The scoffer and the hypocrite Are the abhorrence of mine eyes. 3 Among thy saints will I appear, With hands well wash'd in innocence ; But when I stand before thy bar, TJie blood of Christ is my defence. 34 PSALM XXV11. 4 I love thy habitation, Lord, The temple where thine honours dwell ; There shall I hear thy holy word, And there thy works of wonder tell. 5 Let not my soul be join'd at last With men of treachery and blood; Since I my days on earth have past Among the saints, and near my God. PSALM 27. First Part. C. M. Delight and safety in the Church. 1 f I ^HE Lord of glory is my light, JL And my salvation too : God is my strength ; nor will I fear What all my loes can do. 2 One privilege my heart desires ; O grant me an abode, Within th' assemblies of thy saints, The temples of my God ! 3 There shall I offer my requests, And see thy beauty still ; Shall hear thy messages of love, And there inquire thy will. 4 When troubles rise, and storms appear, There may his children hide : God has a strong pavilion, where He makes my soul abide. 5 Now shall my head be lifted high Above my foes around ; And songs of joy and victory Within thy temple sound. PSALM 27. Second Part. C. M. Comfort in God. 1 ^OON as I heard my Father say, ^ " Ye children, seek my grace ;" My heart reply'd, without delay, " I'll seek my Father's face." 2 Let not thy face be hid from me, Nor frown my soul away : God of my life, I fly to thee In a distressing day. 3 Should friends and kindred, near and dear, Leave me to want, or die ; My God would make my life his care, And all my need supply. 4 My fainting flesh had died with grief,* Had not my soul believ'd, PSALM XXVIII. 35 Thy grace would soon provide relief; Nor was my hope deceiv'd. 5 Wait on the Lord, ye trembling saints, And keep your courage up : He'll raise your spirit when it faints, And far exceed your hope. PSALM 28. L. M. Deliverance from enemies — Prayer ansireredi 1 /~\ GOD of grace, my cry attend ! V_/ Lest, like the sons of guilt become, Beguil'd by satan, I descend With hopeless wretches to the tomb. 2 To thee my humble sighs arise ; With lifted hands on thee I call ; Lord, hear my fervent pray'rs and cries, Nor leave me in despair to fall. 3 Oh save my soul from shame and sin ; Nor let my heedless footsteps go, Where harden'd wretches swift decline Down the broad way to endless woe. 4 While peace their flatt'ring lips proclaim, And love profess, and hope impart; They blast their neighbour's honest fame, And wing their arrows to his heart. 5 But, while they plant the secret snare, Thy searching eyes their path regard : Thy hands their dreadful doom prepare, And mete their guilt its just reward. 6 Because their hearts thy works despise, Thy works of wisdom, grace, and pow'r; Thy hand, regardless of their cries, Shall sink them, that they rise no more. 7 Blest be the Lord, who heard my pray'r ; The Lord my shield, my help, my song ; Who sav'd my soul from sin and fear ; And tun'd with praise my thankful tongue 8 In the dark hour of deep distress, My foes beset, of death afraid ; My spirit trusted in his grace, And sought, and found his heav'nly aid. 9 O blest Redeemer, great and kind ! Thy shield, thy saving strength, shall be The shield, the strength, of ev'ry mind, That loves thy name, and trusts in thee. 10 Remember, Lord, thy chosen seed, Israel defend from guilt and woe : 36 PSALM XXIX. XXX. Thy flock in richest pastures feed, Ana guard their steps from ev'ry foe. 11 Zion exalt, her cause maintain; With peace and joy her courts surround: In show'rs let endless blessings rain, And saints eternal praise resound. PSALM 29. L. M. Majesty and power of God, 1 /^i IVE to the Lord, ye sons of fame, VJT Give to the Lord renown and pow'r: Ascribe due honours to his name, And his eternal might adore. 2 The Lord proclaims his pow'r aloud, Upon the ocean and the land : His voice divides the wat'ry cloud, And lightnings blaze at his command. 3 He speaks, and tempest, hail and wind, Lay the wide forest bare around : The fearful hart, and frighted hind, Leap at the terror of the sound. 4 To Lebanon he turns his voice, And lo, the stately cedars break ; The mountains tremble at the noise, The valleys roar, the deserts quake. 5 The Lord sitssov'reign on the flood; The Thund'rer reigns forever king ; But makes his church his blest abode, . Where we his awful glories sing. 6 In gentler language there the Lord The counsels of his grace imparts : Amid the raging storm, his word . Speaks peace and courage to our hearts. PSALM 30. L. M. Sickness healed. 1 T WILL extol thee, Lord, on high, A At thy command diseases fly : Who, but a God, can speak, and save From the dark borders of the grave ? 2 Sing to the Lord, ye saints of his, And tell how large his goodness is : Let all your pow'rs rejoice and bless, While you record his holiness. 3 His anger but a moment stays ; His love is life and length of days: Tho' grief and tears the night employ, The morning-star restores the joy. PSALM xxxi. n 4 Firm was my health, my day was bright, And I presum'd 'twould ne'er be night : Fondly I said within my heart, "Pleasure and peace shall ne'er depart*" 5 But I forgot thine arm was strong, Which made my mountain stand so long; Soon as thy face began to hide, My health was gone, my comforts died* 6 I cried aloud to thee, my God: " What can'st thou profit by my blood 1 "Deep in the dust can I declare "Thy truth, or sing thy glories there 1 7 "Hear me, O God of grace," I said, "And bring me from among the dead :" Thy word rebuk'd the pains I felt ; Thy pard'ning love remov'd my guilt. 8 My groans, and tears, and forms of woe* Are turn'd to joy and praises now ; I throw my sackcloth on the ground, And ease and gladness gird me round. 9 My tongue, the glory of my frame* Shall ne'er be silent of thy name : Thy praise shall sound thro' earth and heav'n, For sickness heal'dand sins forgiv'n. PSALM 31. First Part. CM Deliverance from Death. 1 TNTO thy hand, O God of truth* JL My spirit I commit ; Thou hast redeem'd my soul from deathj And sav'd me from the pit. 2 The passions of my hope and fear Maintain'd a doubtful strife ; While sorrow, pain, and sin conspir'd To take away my life. 3 "My times are in thy hand," I cry'd, "Tho' I draw near the dust :" Thou art the refuge where I hide, The God in whom I trust. 4 O make thy reconciled face Upon thy servant shine, And save me for thy mercy's sake ! For Pm entirely thine* * 5 'Twas in my haste my spirit said, "I must despair and die ; "I am cut off before thine eyes ;•• But thou bast h«ard my ciy^ 4 38 PSALM XXXt. 6 Thy goodness how divinely free ! How wond'rous is thy grace To those that fear thy majesty, And trust thy promises ! 7 O love the Lord, all ye his saints, And sing his praises loud : He'll bend his ear to your complaints, And recompense the proud. PSALM 31. Second Part. C. M. Deliverance from slander and reproach. 1 "TV/TY heart rejoices in thy name, JLtJL My God, my help, my trust : Thou hast preserv'd my face from shame, Mine honour from the dust. 2 " My life is spent with grief," I cried, " My years consum'd in groans ; " My strength decays ; mine eyes are dried ; " And sorrow wastes my bones." 3 Among mine enemies my name Was a mere proverb grown; While to my neighbours I became Forgotten and unknown. 4 Slander and fear on ev'ry side Seiz'd and beset me round : I to the throne of grace apply'd, And speedy rescue found. 5 How great deliv'rance thou hast wrought < Before the sons of men ! The lying lips to silence brought, And made their boastings vain ! 6 Thy children, from the strife of tongues, Shall thy pavilion hide ,* Guard them from infamy and wrong, And crush the sons of pride. 7_Within thy secret presence, Lord, Let me for ever dwell : No fenced city wall'd andbarr'd Secures a saint so well. PSALM 31. Tliird Part.L. M. Special mercies acknowledged. 1 TTOW many Ebenezers stand, JLJ- To mark the mercies of thy hand ! How many pray'rs have reach'd thy throne I How often has thy grace been shown ! 2 When sorrows rise and pains prevail, Or angry foes my peace assail ; When dangers thicken all around , In thee alone my help is found. PSALM XXXII. 39' 3 Thro' all the road, each day, each hour Fresh evils threaten to devour : Some new complaint, some painful case, Still drives me to the throne of grace. 4 My former friends their friend forget, And change their love to cruel hate ; But truth and love with thee remain ; My Saviour always is the same. 5 Support me in this sharp distress, While all forsake, and some oppress ; And if my ways the Lord approve, Then turn their hatred into love. PSALM 32. First Part.L. M. The justified Believer. 1 T>LEST is the man, for ever blest, J3 Whose guilt is pardon'd by his God ; Whose sins with sorrow are confess'd, And cover' d with his Saviour's blood. 2 Blest is the man, to whom the Lord Imputes not his iniquities,- He pleads no merit of reward, And, not on works, but grace, relies. 3 From guile his heart and lips are free j His humble joy, his holy fear, With deep repentance well agree j And join to prove his faith sincere. 4 How glorious is that righteousness, That hides and cancels all his sins ! While a bright evidence of grace, Thro' his whole life, appears and shines. PSALM 32. Second Part. L. M. Benefits following confession. \ *T7T7*H1LE I keep silence and conceal V V My heavy guilt within my heart, What torments doth my conscience feel I What agonies of inward smart. 2 I spread my sins before the Lord, And all my secret faults confess : Thy gospel speaks a pard'ning word, Thy holy spirit seals the grace. 3 For this shall ev'ry humble soul Make swift addresses to thy seat : When floods of huge temptation roll, There shall they find a blest retreat. 4 How safe beneath thy wings I lie, When days grow dark and storms appear • And when I walk, thy watchful eye Shall guide me safe from ev'ry snare. 40 PSALM XXXIII. PSALM 33. First Part. CM, Creation and Providence. 1 "D EJOICE, ye righteous, in the Lord , XV This work belongs to you : Sing of his name, his wa}rs, his word, How holy, just and true ! 2 His mercy and his righteousness Let heav'n and earth proclaim ; His works of nature and of grace Reveal his wond'rous name. 3 His wisdom and almighty word The heav'nly arches spread ; And by the Spirit of the Lord Their shining hosts were made 4 He bid the liquid waters flow To their appointed deep : The flowing seas their limits know, And their own station keep, 5 Ye tenants of the spacious earth, With fear before him stand : He spake, and nature took its birth, And rests on his command. 6 He scorns the angry nations' rage, And breaks their vain designs : His counsel stands thro' ev'ry age, And in full glory shines. PSALM 33. Second Part. G. M God, a nation's refuge, 1 TT>LESTisthe nation where the Lord J3 Hath fix'd his gracious throne ; Where he reveals his heav'nly word, And calls their tribes his own. £ His eyes, with infinite survey, The spacious world behold ; He form'd us all of equal clay, And knows our feeble mould. 3 Kings are not resCu'd by the force Of armies from the grave : Nor speed nor courage of a horse, Can the bold rider save. 4 Vain is the strength of beasts or men, To hope for safety thence ; But holy souls from God obtain A strong and sure defence. 5 God is their fear, and God their trust, When plagues or famine spread : His watchful eye secures thejust Among ten thousand dead. PSALM XXXIV. 41 6 Lord, let our hearts in thee rejoice, And bless us from thy throne : For we have made thy word our choice, And trust thy grace alone. PSALM 34. First Part. C. M. Praise for eminent deliverance. 1 FTIHRO' all the changing scenes of life, JL In trouble and in joy, The praises of my God shall still My heart and tongue employ. 2 Come, magnify the Lord with me, And high exalt his name : When in distress on him I call*d, He to my rescue came. 3 The hosts of God encamp around The dwellings of the just : Deliv'rance he affords to all, Who on his succour trust. 4 O ! make but trial of his love : Experience will decide, How bless'd they are, and only they, Who in his truth confide. 5 Fear him, ye saints ; and you will then Have nothing else to fear : Make you his service your delight ; He'll make your wants his care. PSALM 34. Second Part. L. M. God's care of saints. 1 ORD, I will bless thee all my days ; .1 A Thy praise shall dwell upon my tongue I My soul shall glory in thy grace, While saints rejoice to hear the song. 2 Come, magnify the Lord with me ; Come, let us all exalt his name : I sought th' eternal God, and he Has not expos'd my hope to shame. 3 I told him all my secret grief; My secret groaning reach'd his ears : He gave my inward pains relief, And calm'd the tumult of my fears. 4 To him the poor lift up their eyes, Their faces feel the heav'nly beam ; A beam of mercy, from the skies, Fills them with light and joy supreme. 6 His holy angels pitch their tents Around the men, that serve the Lord ; 4* 42 PSALM XXXIV. O ! fear, and love him, all his saints ; Taste of his grace, and trust his word. 6 The wild young lions, pinch'd with pain And hunger, roar thro' all the wood ; But none shall seek the Lord in vain, Nor want supplies of real good. PSALM 34. Third Part. L. M. Advantages of early piety. 1 /CHILDREN in years and knowledge KJ young, Your parents' hope, your parents' joy, Attend the counsels of my tongue : Let pious thoughts your minds employ. 2 If you desire a length of days, And peace to crown your mortal state, Restrain your feet from impious ways, Your lips from slander and deceit. 3 The eyes of God regard his saints j His ears are open to their cries : He sets his frowning face against The sons of violence and lies. 4 To humble souls and broken hearts, God with his grace is ever nigh : Pardon and hope his love imparts, When men in deep contrition lie. 5 He tells their tears, he counts their groans ; His Son redeems their souls from death : His Spirit heals their broken bones ; While they in praise employ their breath, PSALM 34. Fourth Part. C. M. God's care of saints. 1 rTIHE Lord forever guards the just, JL His ears attend their cry : When broken spirits dwell in dust, The God of grace is nigh. 2 What tho' the sorrows, here they taste, Be sharp and tedious too ; The Lord, who saves his saints at last, Is their supporter now. 3 Evil shall smite the wicked dead ; But God secures his own ; Prevents the mischief when they slide, Or heals the broken bone. 4 When desolation, like a flood, O'er the proud sinner rolls : Saints find a refuge in their God ; For he redeems their souls. PSALM XXXV. 43 PSALM 35. First Part. C. M. Judgments threatened on persecutors 1 TVTOW plead my cause, Almighty God, X^l With all the sons of strife; And fight against the men of blood, Who fight against my life. 2 Draw out thy spear, and stop their way , Lift thine avenging rod ; But, to my soul In mercy say, " I am thy Saviour God." 3 They plant their snares to catch my feet And nets of mischief spread ; Plunge the destroyers in the pit, That their own hands have made. 4 Let fogs and darkness hide their way ; And slipp'ry be their ground : Thy wrath shall make their lives a prey, And all their rage confound. b They fly, like chaff before the wind, Before thine angry breath : The angel of the Lord behind, Pursues them down to death. 6 They love the road that leads to hell : Then must the rebels die, Whose malice is implacable Against the Lord on high. 7 But if thou hast a chosen few Amongst that impious race ; Divide them from the bloody crew By thy surprising grace. 8 Then will I raise my tuneful voice, To make thy wonders known j In their salvation I'll rejoice, And bless thee for my own. PSALM 35. Second Part. C. M. The Jove of Christ, typified in David. \ X>EHOLD the love, the gen'rous love _I3 That holy David shows ! Mark how his tender bowels move, For his afflicted foes ! 2 When they are sick, his soul complains And seems to feel the smart ; The spirit of the gospel reigns, And melts his pious heart. 3 How did his flowing tears condole As for a brother dead ! And fasting, mortified his soul, While for their liie he pray'd. 44 PSALM XXXVI. 4 They groan'd and curs'd him on their bed ; Yet still he pleads and mourns : And double blessings on his head The righteous God returns. 5 O glorious type of heav'nly grace ! Thus Christ the Lord appears ; While sinners curse, the Saviour prays, And pities them with tears. 6 He5 the true David, Israel's king, Blest and belov'd of God, To save us rebels, dead in sin, Paid his own dearest blood. PSALM 36. First Part. S. M. Description and doom of practical atheism, 1 ~W 7"HEN man grows bold in sin, V V My heart within me cries, " He hath no faith of God within, " Nor fear before his eyes." 2 He walks awhile conceal'd In a self-flatt'ring dream ; Till his dark crimes, at once reveal'd, Expose his hateful name. 3 His heart is false and foul, His words are smooth and fair ; Wisdom is banish'd from his soul, And leaves no goodness there. 4 He plots upon his bed New mischiefs to fulfil : He sets his heart, his hand and head, To practice all that's ill. 5 But there's a dreadful God, Tho' men renounce his fear : His justice, hid behind the cloud, Shall one great day appear. 6 His truth transcends the sky ; In heav'n his mercies dwell ; Deep as the sea his judgments lie ; His anger burns to hell. 7 How excellent his love, Whence all our safety springs ! 0 never let my soul remove From underneath his wings ! PSALM 36. Second Part. L. M. Confidence in Divine Providence* 1 /~\ LORD, thy mercy, my sure hope, \J The highest orb of heav'n transcends j Thy sacred truth's unmeasur'd scope Beyond the spreading sky extends. PSALM XXXVII. 45 2 Thy justice, like the hills, remains ; Untathom'd depths thy judgments are ; Thy providence the world sustains ; The whole creation is thy care. 3 Since of thy goodness all partake ; With what assurance should the just Thy shelt'ring wings their refuge make, And saints to thy protection trust. 4 Such guests shall to thy courts be led, To banquet on thy love's repast ; And drink, as from a fountain head, Of joys that shall forever last. 5 With thee the springs of life remain ; Thy presence is eternal day : O I let thy grace thy saints sustain : To upright hearts thy truth display. PSALM 37. First Part. C. M. Folly of envying the wicked. 1 "€^7"HY should I vex my soul and fret V V To see the wicked rise 1 Or envy sinners waxing great By violence and lies J 2 As flow'ry grass, cut down at noon, Before the evening fades : So shall their glories vanish soon, In everlasting shades. 3 Then let me make the Lord my trust, And practice all that's good ; So shall I dwell among the just, And he'll provide me food. 4 I, to my God, my ways commit, And cheerful, wait his will : Thy hand, which guides my doubtful feet, Shall my desires fulfil. 5 Mine innocence shalt thou display ; And make thy judgments known, Fair as the light of dawning day, And glorious as the noon. 6 The meek at last the earth possess, And are the heirs of heav'n : True riches, with abundant peace To humble souls are giv'n. 7 Rest in the Lord, and keep his way, Nor let your anger rise ; Tho' providence should long delay, To punish haughty vice. 8 Let sinners join to break your peace, And plot, and rage, and foamj 46 PSALM XXXVII. The Lord derides them, for he sees Their day of vengeance come. 9 They have drawn out the threat'ningswoid; Have bent the murd'rous bow, To slay the men, that fear the Lord, And bring the righteous low. 10 My God shall break their bows, and burn Their persecuting darts : Shall their own swords against them turn, And pain surprise their hearts. PSALM 37. Second Part, C. M. Righteous and wicked contrasted. 1 ^fy^/'ftY do the wealthy wicked boast, T r And grow profanely bold ? The meanest portion of the just Excels the sinner's geld. 2 The wicked borrows of his friends, But ne'er designs to pay : The saint is merciful and lends, Nor turns the poor away. 3 His alms with liberal heart he gives Amongst the sons of need : His mem'ry to long ages lives, And blessed in his seed. 4 He fears to talk with lips profane, To slander or defraud : His ready tongue declares to men, What he has learn'd of God. 5 The law and gospel of the Lord Deep in his heart abide ; Led by the spirit and the word, His feet shall never slide. 6 When sinners fall, the righteous stand Preserved from ev'ry snare ; They shall possess the promis'd land, And dwell forever there. PSALM 37. Third Part. C. M. The way and end of the righteous and the wicked. Ill/TY God, the steps of pious men -LTjL Are ordered by thy will : Tho' they should fall, they rise again, Thy hand supports them still. 2 The Lord delights to see their ways, Their virtues he approves ; He ne'er deprives them of his grace, Nor leaves the men he loves. 3 The heav'nly heritage is theirs, Their portion and their home ; PSALM XXXVIII. 47 He feeds them now, and makes them heirs Of blessings long to come. 4 Wait on the Lord, ye sons of men, Nor fear when tyrants frown : Ye shall confess their pride was vain, When justice casts them down. 5 The haughty sinner have I seen, Not fearing man or God : Like a tall bay -tree fair and green, Spreading his arms abroad. 6 And lo ! he vanish'd from the ground, Destroy'd by hands unseen : Nor root, nor branch, nor leaf was found, Where all that pride had been. 7 But mark the man of righteousness, His several steps attend. True pleasure runs thro' all his ways, And peaceful is his end. PSALM 38. C. M. The troubled conscience relieved. 1 A MID thy wrath remember love, .xjL Restore thy servant, Lord ; Nor let a father's chast'ning prove Like an avenger's sword. 2 Thine arrows stick within my heart, My flesh is sorely press'd : Between the sorrow and the smart, My spirit finds no rest. 3 My sins a heavy load appear, And o'er my head are gone ; Too heavy for my soul to bear, Too hard for me t' atone. 4 My thoughts are like a troubled sea, My head still bending down ; And I go mourning all the day Beneath my father's frown. 5 Lord, I am weak and broken sore, None of my pow'rs are whole : The inward anguish makes me roar, The anguish of my soul. 6 All. my desire to thee is known, Thine eye counts ev'ry tear; And ev'ry sigh, and ev'ry groan, Is notic'd by thine ear. 7 Thou art my God, my only hope ; My God will hear my cry : My God will bear my spirit up, When Satan bids me die. 48 PSALM XXXIX. 8 My foes'irejoice to see me slide [nto the miry pit : They raise their pleasure and their pride, When they supplant my feet. 9 But I'll confess my guilt to thee, And grieve for aJl my sin : I feel how weak my graces be, And beg support divine. 10 My God, forgive my follies past, And be forever nigh : 0 Lord of my salvation, haste, Before thy servant die. PSALM 39. First Part. C. M. Watchfulness over the tongue. 1 rpHUS I resolv'd before the Lord : JL " Now will I watch my tongue, " Lest I let slip one sinful word, " Or do my neighbour wrong." 2 And, if Pm e'er constrain'd to stay With men of lives profane ; Pll set a double guard that day, Nor let my talk be vain. 3 Pll scarce allow my lips to speak The pious thoughts I feel ; Lest scoffers should th' occasion take To mock my holy zeal. 4 Yet if some proper hour appear, Pll not be overaw'd ; But let the scoffing sinners hear, That I can speak for God*. PSALM 39. Second Part. C. M. The vanity of man as mortal. 1 f I lEACH mejhe measure of my dayst JL Thou maker of my frame ; 1 would survey life's narrow space, And learn how frail I am. 2 A span is all that we can boast ; How short, how fleet our time ! Man is but vanity and dust, In all his flow'r and prime. 3 See the vain race of mortals move Like shadows o'er the plain ; They rage and strive, desire and love ; But all their noise is vain. 4 Some walk in honour's gaudy show; Some dig for golden ore ; They toil for heirs they know not who, And straight are seen no more. PSALM XXXIX. XL. 49 5 What should I wish or wait for then From creatures, earth and dust 1 They make our expectations vain, And disappoint our trust. 6 Now I forbid my carnal hope, My fond desires recall : I give my mortal interest up, And make my God my all. PSALM 39. Third Part. CM. .- Sick-bed devotion. 1 /^i OD of my life, look gently down, V.X Behold the pains I feel ; But I am dumb before thy throne, Nor dare dispute thy will. 2 Diseases are thy servants, Lord, They come at thy command : I'll not attempt a murm'ring word, Against thy chast'ning hand. 3 Yet I may plead with humble cries, "Remove thy sharp rebukes :" My strength consumes, my spirit dies, Thro' thy repeated strokes. 4 Crush'd as a moth beneath thy hand, We moulder to the dust : Our feeble pow'rs can ne'er withstand, And all our beauty's lost. 5 This mortal life decays apace, How soon the bubble's broke ! Adam, and all his num'rous race, Are vanity and smoke. 6 I'm but a sojourner below, As all my fathers were : May I be well prepar'd to go, When I the summons hear. 7 But, if my life be spar'd a while Before my last remove ; Thy praise shall be my bus'ness still, And I'll declare thy love. PSALM 40. First Part. CM. Deliverance from great distress. 1 T WAITED patient for the Lord ; JL He bow'd to hear my cry ; He saw me resting on his word, And brought salvation nigh. 2 He rais'd me from a horrid pit, Where mourning long I lay ; 5 50 PSALM XL. And from my bonds releas'd my feet, Deep bonds of miry clay. 3 Firm on a rock he made me stand ; And taught my cheerful tongue To praise the wonders of his hand, In a new, thankful song. 4 I'll spread his works of grace abroad; The saints with joy shall hear : And sinners learn to make my God Their only hope and fear. 5 How many are thy thoughts of love ! Thy mercies, Lord, how great ! We have not words, nor hours enough, Their numbers to repeat. 6 When I'm afflicted, poor and low, And light and peace depart, My God beholds my heavy woe, And bears me on his heart. PSALM 40. Second Part, C. M. The incarnation and sacrifice of Christ. 1 T3EHOLD the blest Redeemer comes ! J3 Th' eternal Son appears ! And at the appointed time assumes The body God prepares ! 2 Jesus reveal'd his Father's grace, And his rich mercy show'd : He preach'd the way of righteousness, And spread his truth abroad. 3 His Father's honour touch'd his heart, He pitied sinners' cries ; And, to fulfil a Saviour's part, Was made a sacritice. 4 No blood of beasts, on altars shed, Could wash the conscience clean ; The sacrifice which Jesus paid Atones for all our sin. 5 Then was the great salvation spread, And Satan's kingdom shook : Thus by the woman's promis'd seed The serpent's head wras broke. PSALM 40. Third Part. L. M. Christ our sacrifice. 1 nnHE wonders, Lord, thy love has wrought, JL Exceed our praise, surmount our thought ; Should 1 attempt the long detail, My speech would faint, my numbers fail. 2 No blood of beasts on altars spilt, Can cleanse the souls of men from guilt, PSALM XLI. XLII. 51 But thou hast set before our eyes An all-sufficient sacrifice. 3 In heav'n before his Father's throne, Complacent, smiles th' eternal Son ; And, pleas'd, presents with boundless grace, Himself, a ransom for our race» 4 " Behold ! I come" (the Saviour cries, With love and duty in his eyes) " I come to bear the heavy load " Of sins, and do thy will, my God. 5 " Mine ear is open'd to thy voice, " My heart delighted with thy choice : " Pleas'd, I assume a fleshly form, " A Km to man, that dying worm. 6 " 'Tis written in thy great decree j " 'Tis in thy book foretold of me ; " I must fulfil the Saviour's part ; " And lo ! thy law is in my heart. 7 " I'll magnify thy holy law, " And rebels to obedience draw ; M When on my cross I'm lifted high, " Or to my crown above the sky. 8 " The Spirit shall descend and show " What thou hast done, and what i do : " The wond'ring world shall learn thy grace, " Thy wisdom and thy righteousness." PSALM 41. L. M. Charity to the 'poor. 1 IlLEST is the man whose bowels move, J3 And melt with pity to the poor ; Whose soul, by sympathising love, Feels what his fellow saints endure. 2 His heart contrives, for their relief, More good than his own hands can do : He, in the rime of gen'ral grief, Shall find the Lord has bowels too 3 His soul shall live secure on earth, With secret blessings on his head ; When drought, and pestilence, and dearth, Around him multiply their dead. 4 Or, if he languish on his couch, God will pronounce his sinsforgiv'n ; Will save him with a healing touch, Or take his willing soul to heav'n. PSALM 42. First Part. C. M. Desertion and hope, X 4 6 pants the hart for cooling streams, JTJL When heated in the chase ; 52 PSALM XLII. So longs my soul, O God, for thee, And thy refreshing grace. 2 For thee, my God, the living God, My thirsty soul doth pine : O ! when shall I behold thy face, Thou majesty divine ] 3 Tears are my constant food, while thus Insulting foes upbraid ; "Deluded wretch ! where is thy God 1 "And where his promis'd aid 1" 4 ?Tis with a mournful pleasure now I think on ancient days ; Then to thy house did numbers go, And all our work was praise. 5 But why's my soul sunk down so far Beneath this heavy load 1 Why do my thoughts indulge despair, And sin against my God 7 6 Hope in the Lord, whose mighty hand, Can all thy woes remove : For I shall j-et before him stand, And sing restoring love. PSALM 42. Second Part. L. M. Hope in affliction. 1 "jVTY spirit sinks within me, Lord, -LT-L But I will call thy name to mind ; And times of past distress record, When I have found my God was kind. 2 Huge troubles with tumultuous noise Swell like a sea, and round me spread ; Thy water-spouts drown all myjoyc, And rising waves roll o'er my head. 3 Yet will the Lord command his love, When I address his throne by day, Nor in the night his grace reuiove : The night shall hear me sing and pray. 4 I'll cast myself before his feet, And say, "My God, my heav'nly Rock! " Why doth thy love so long forget "The soul, that groans beneath thy stroke V 5 I'll chide my heart that sinks so low ; Why should my ^oul indulge her grief 1 Hope in the Lord, and praise him too; He is my rest, my sure relief. 6 Thy light and truth shall guide me still : Thy word shall my best thoughts employ ; And lead me to thine heav'nly hill, My God, my most exceeding joy. PSALM XLIII. 63 PSALM 43. H. M. Complaint mingled with hope. 1 1\/1"Y God, defend my cause lyji Against a host of foes : O ! save me from tb' unjust, Who triumph in my woes. Why dost thou faint, My trembling heart ] To God impart Thy sad complaint. 2 Why dost thou, O my shield, Desert me thus forlorn 1 Why, hated and oppress'd, Thus bid me ceaseless mourn? To God I fly ; In God I'll trust, When low in dust My head shall lie. 3 Now to thy sacred house With joy direct my feet; Where saints, with morning vows, In full assembly meet. Thy pow'r divine Shall there be shown, And from thy throne Thy mercy shine 4 O ! send thy light abroad : Thy truth with heav'nly ray Shall lead my soul to God ; And guide my doubtful way. I'll hear thy word With faith sincere, And learn to fear And praise the Lord. 5 There reach thy bounteous hand, And all my sorrows heal ; There health and strength divine O ! make my bosom feel. Like balmy dew, Shall Jesus' voice My bones rejoice, My strength renew. 6 Then in thy holy hill, Before thine altar, Lord, My harp and song shall sound The glories of thy word. Henceforth to thee, O God of grace, A hymn of praise My life shall be* 5* £4 PSALM XLIV. 7 My soul, awake to joy, And triumph in the Lord, My health, my hope, my song, And my divine reward. Ye tears remove ; No more I mourn ; But blest, return To sing his love. PSALM 44. C. M. The Church's complaint in persecution, 1 ORD, we have heard thy works of old, JLi Thy works of pow'r and grace ; When to our ears our fathers told The wonders of their days : 2 How thou didst build thy churches here, And make thy gospel known ; Among them did thine arm appear, Thy light and glory shone. 3 In God they boasted all the day, And in a cheerful throng Did thousands meet to praise and pray, And grace was all their song. 4 But now our souls are seiz'd with shame Confusion fills our face : To hear the enemy blaspheme, And fools reproach thy grace. 5 Yet have we not forgot our God, Nor falsely dealt with heav'n ; Nor have our steps declin'd the road Of duty thou hast giv'n. 6 Tho' dragons all around us roar, With their destructive breath ; And thine own hand has bruis'd us sore, Hard by the gates of death. 7 We are expos'd all day to die, As martyrs for thy cause ; As sheep for slaughter, bound we lie, By sharp and bloody laws. 8 Awake, arise, Almighty Lord ! Why sleeps thy wonted grace 1 Why should we look like men abhorr'd Or banish'd from thy face 1 9 Wilt thou forever cast us off, And still neglect our cries? For ever hide thy heav'nly love From our afflicted eyes ? XO Down to the dust our souls are bow'd And lie upoo ttoe grxyund ; PSALM XLV. 5« Rise for our help, rebuke the proud, And aJl their pow'rs confound. 11 Redeem us from perpetual shame, Our Saviour and our God : We plead the honours of thy name, The merits of thy blood. PSALM 45. First Part, L. M. The glory of Christ. 1 TVTOW be my heart inspir'd to sing JLl The glories of my Saviour King, Jesus the Lord ; how heav'nly fair His form ! how bright his beauties are ! 2 O'er all the sons of human race, He shines with a superior grace ; Love from his lips divinely flows, And blessings all his state compose. 3 Dress thee in arms, most mighty Lord ! Gird on the terror ot thy sword ! In majesty and glory ride, With truth and meekness at thy side. 4 Thine anger, like a pointed dart, Shall pierce the foes of stubborn heart ! Or Avords of mercy, kind and sweet, Shall melt the rebels at thy ieet. 5 Thy throne, O God, for ever stands ; Grace is the sceptre in thy hands : Thy laws and works are just and right Justice and grace are thy delight. 6 O God, thy God has richly shed His oil of gladness on thy head, And with his sacred Spirit bless'd Th' eternal Son above the rest. PSALM 45. /Second Part. L. M The beauty of the Church, the Bride. 1 FTHHE King of saints how fair his face. JL Adorn'd with majesty and grace ! He comes with blessings from above, And wins the nations with his love. 2 At his right hand our eyes behold The queen array'd in purest gold : The world admires her heav'nly dress ; Her robe of joy and righteousness. 3 He forms her beauties like his own, He calls and seats her near his throne : Fair stranger, let thy heart forget The idols of thy native state. 4 So shall the King the more rejoice In thee, the fav'rite of his choice f 5ft PSALM XLVI. Let him be lov'd, and yet ador'd : For he's thy Maker and thy Lord. 5 O happy hour ! when thou shalt rise To his fair palace in the skies ; And all thy sons (a num'rous train) Each, like a prince, in glory reign. 6 Let endless honours crown his head ; Let ev'ry age his praises spread ; While we with cheerful songs approve The condescension of his love. PSALM 46. First Part, L. M. The safety of the Church. 1 f~^\ OD is our refuge in distress, \Jf A present help when dangers press: On him tor safety we reli'd, And in his strength we will confide : 2 Tho' earth were from her centre toss'd, And mountains in the ocean lost j Or lofty hills from their abode, Torn piece-meal by the roaring flood. 3 Let angry waves together roll'd Rage on with fury uncontroll'd ; We will not tear, whilst we depend On God, who is our constant friend. 4 A gentler stream, that ever flows, And joy to all around bestows, The city of the Lord shall fill, The city where he's worshipp'd still. 5 God dwells in Zion, whose strong tow'rs, Shall mock th'assaultof earthly pow'rs ; And his almighty aid is nigh, To those who on his strength rely. PSALM 46. Second Part, L. M. The Church's safety amid national distress. 1 T ET Zion in her King rejoice, I A Tho' tyrants rage, and kingdoms rise ; He utters his almighty voice, The nations melt, the tumult dies. 2 The Lord of old for Jacob fought, And Jacob's God is still our aid : Behold the works his hand hath wrought, What desolations he hath made ! 3 From sea to sea thro' all the shores, He makes the noise of battles cease ; When from on high his thunder roars, He awes the trembling world to peace. 4 He breaks the bow, he cuts the spear ; Chariots he burns with heav'nly flame : PSALM XLVII. XLVIII. 67 Keep silence all the earth, and hear The sound and glory of his name. 5 "Be still, and learn that I am God, " I'll be exalted o'er the lands ; " I will be known and fear'd abroad, "But still my throne in Zion stands." 6 O Lord of hosts, Almighty King ; While we so near thy presence dwell, Our faith shall sit secure, and sing Defiance to the gates of hell. PSALM 47. C. M. Christ ascending and reigning. FOR a shout of sacred joy, lO To God the sovereign King ! Let ev'ry land their tongues employ, And hymns of triumph sing. 2 Jesus, our God, ascends on high ; His heav'nly guards around, Attend him rising thro' the sky, With trumpet's joyful sound. 3 While angels shout and praise their King, Let mortals learn their strains : Let all the earth his honours sing ; O'er all the earth he reigns, 4 Rehearse his praise with awe profound Let knowledge lead the song ; Nor mock him with a solemn sound Upon a thoughtless tongue. 6 In Israel stood his ancient throne, He lov'd that chosen race ; But now he calls the world his owrn, And heathens taste his grace. 6 These western climes are all the Lord's, Here Abram's God is known ; While pow'rs and princes, shields and swords, Submit before his throne. PSALM 48. First Part. S. M. The Church is the honour and safety of a nation* 1 f^\ REAT is the Lord our God, VX And let his praise be great ; He makes his churches his abode, His most delightful seat. 2 These temples of his grace, How beautiful they stand ! The honour of our native place, And bulwarks of our land. 3 In Zion God is known, A refuge in distress : 68 PSALxM XLVIII. XLIX. How bright hath his salvation shone Thro' all her palaces ! 4 When kings against her join'd, And saw the Lord was there ; In wild confusion of the mind They fled with hasty fear. 5 When navies tall and proud Attempt to spoil our peace, He sends his tempest roaring loud, And sinks them in the seas. 6 Oft have our fathers told ; Our eyes have often seen ; How well our God secures the fold, Where his own sheep have been. 7 In ev'ry new distress, We'll to his house repair : We'll think upon his wond'rous grace, And seek deliv'rance there. PSALM 48. Second Part. S. M. The worship and order of the Church. 1 1/1 AR as thy name is known, JD The world declares thy praise : Thy saints, O Lord, before thy throne, Their songs of honor raise. 2 With joy thy people stand On Zion's chosen hill, Proclaim the wonders of thy hand, And counsels of thy will. 3 Let strangers walk around The city where we dwell, Compass and view the holy ground, And mark the building well j 4 The orders of thy house, The worship of thy court, The cheerful songs, the solemn vows, And make a fair report. 5 How decent and how wise ! How glorious to behold ! Beyond the pomp that charms the eyes, And rites adorn'd with gold. 6 The God wc worship now, Will guide us till we die ; Will be our God while here below, And ours above the sky. PSALM 49. First Part. C. M. The vanity of life and riches. I "YXTHY doth the man of riches grow y w To insolence and pride j PSALM XLIX. 59 To see his wealth and honours flow With ev'rj rising tide 1 2 Why doth he treat the poor with scorn, Made of the self-same clay ; And boast as tho' his flesh were born, Of better dust than they 1 3 Not all his treasures can procure His soul a short reprieve : Redeem from death one guilty hour, Or make his brother live. 4 Life is a blessing can't be sold, The ransom is too high ; Justice will ne'er be brib'd with gold, That man may never die. 5 He sees the brutish and the wise, The tim'rous and the brave, Quit their possessions, close their eyes, And hasten to the grave. 6 Yet 'tis his inward thought and pride, " My house shall ever stand ; " And that my name may long abide, I'll give it to my land." 7 Vain are his thoughts, his hopes are lost, How soon his mem'ry dies ! His name is buried in the dust, Where his own carcass lies. 8 This is the folly of their way ; And yet their sons, as vain, Approve the words their fathers say, And act their works again. 9 Men void of wisdom and of grace, If honour raise them high, Live like the beasts, a thoughtless race, And like the beasts they die. 10 Laid in the grave like silly sheep, Death feeds upon them there : Till the last trumpet breaks their sleep In terror and despair. PSALM 49. Second Part. C. M. Death and the resurrection, 1 "\7"E sons of pride that hate the just, X And trample on the poor ; When death hath brought you down to dust, Your pomp shall rise no more. 2 The last great day shall change the scene'; When will that hour appear 1 When shall the just revive, and reign O'er all that scorn'd them here \ 60 PSALM L. 3 God will my naked soul receive, When separate from the flesh ; And break the prison of the grave, To raise my bones afresh. 4 Heav'n is my everlasting home, Th' inheritance is sure ; Let men of pride their rage resume, But I'll repine no more. PSALM 50. First Part. C. M. Tke last judgment, saints rewarded. 1 rTIHE Lord, the Judge, before his throne, A Bids the whole earth draw nigh ; The nations near the rising sun, And near the western sky. 2 No more shall bold blasphemers say, " Judgment will ne'er begin ;" No more abuse his long delay To impudence and sin. • 3 Thron'd on a cloud our God shall come, Bright flames prepare his way ; Thunder and darkness, fire and storm Lead on the dreadful day. 4 Heav'n from above his call shall hear, Attending angels come ; And earth and hell shall know and fear His justice, and their doom. 5 " But gather all my saints (he cries) " That made their peace with God " By the Redeemer's sacrifice, " And seal'd it with his blood. 6 " Their faith and works brought forth to light, 11 Shall make the world confess "My sentence of reward is right, " And heav'n adore my grace." PSALM 50. Second Part. C. M. Obedience is better than sacrifice. 1 npHUS saith the Lord, " the spacious fields, JL " And flocks and herds are mine : "O'er all the cattle of the hills " I claim a right divine. 2 " I ask no sheep for sacrifice, „ " Nor bullocks burnt with fire ; " To hope and love, to pray and praise, " Is all that I require. 3 " Invoke my name when trouble's near, " My hr.nd shall set thee free ; " Then shall thy thankful lips declare " The honour due to me. PSALM L. et 4 " The man that offers humble praise, " Declares my glory best ; "And those that tread my holy ways, " Shall my salvation taste. 5 "Not for the want of bullocks slain " Will I the world reprove : " Altars and rites and forms are vain, " Without the fire of love. 6 " And what have hypocrites to do " To bring their sacrifice ] " They call my statutes just and true, " But deal in theft and lies. 7 " Could you expect to 'scape my sight, " And sin without control 1 "But I will bring your crimes to light, " With anguish in your soul." 8 Consider, ye, that slight the Lord, Before his wrath appear ; If once you fall beneath his sword, There's no deliv'rer there. PSALM 50. Third Part. L. M. Hypocrisy learned. 1 FT1HE Lord, the Judge, his churches warns : JL Let hypocrites attend and fear, Who place their hope in jites and forms ; But make not faith nor love their care. 2 Vile wretches dare rehearse his name With lips of falsehood and deceit ; A friend or brother they defame, And soothe and flatter those they hate. 3 They watch to do their neighbours wrong, Yet dare to seek their Maker's face ; They take his cov'nant on their tongue, But break his laws, abuse his grace. 4 To heav'n they lift their hands unclean, Defil'd with lust, defil'd with blood : By night they practise ev'ry sin, By day their mouths draw near to God, 5 And, wh^e his judgments long delay, They grow secure, and sin the more : They think he sleeps as well as they, And put far off the dreadful hour. 6 O dreadful hour ! when God draws near, And sets their crimes before their eyes : His wrath their guilty souls shall tear, And no deliv'rer dare to rise. 6 '62 PSALM L. LI. PSALM 50. Fourth Part. P. M. 10s The last Judgment. 1 f I ^HE God of glory sends his summons forth, JL Calls the south nations and awakes the north : From east to west the sov'reign orders spread, Thro' distant worlds and regions of the dead. The trumpet sounds ; hell trembles ; heav'n re- joices ; Lift up your heads, ye saints, with cheerful voices. 2 No more shall atheists mock his long delay ; His vengeance sleeps no more : behold the day ! [nigh ; Behold the Judge descends ! his guards are Tempests and fire attend him down the sky. When God appears, alt nature shall adore him : While sinners tremble, saints rejoice before him. 3 Sinners, awake betimes ; ye fools, be wise ; Awake before this dreadful morning rise : Change your vain thoughts, your crooked works amend, Fly to the Saviour, make the Judge your friend : Then join, ye saints ; wake etfry cheerful pas- sion, [tion. When Christ returns, he comes for your salva- PSALM 51. First Part. L. M. A penitent pleading for pardon. 1 ^HOW pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive, ^ Let a repenting rebel live ; Are not thy mercies large and free 7 May not a sinner trust in thee ? 2 My crimes are great, but don't surpass The pow'r and glory of thy grace : Great God, thy nature hath no bound ; So let thy pard'ning love be found. 3 O ! wash my soul from ev'ry sin, And make my guilty conscience clean : Here on my heart the burden lies, And past offences pain mine eyes. 4 My lips with shame my sins confess Against thy law, against thy grace : Lord, should thy judgment grow severe, I am crndem'd, but thou art clear. 5 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord, Whose hope still hov'ring round thy word, Would light on some sweet promise there ;> Some sure support against despair. PSALM LI. 63 PSALM 51. Second Part. L. M. Original and actual sins confessed. 1 ORD, I am vile, conceiv'd in sin, jud And born unholy and unclean : Sprung from the man, whose guilty fall, Corrupts his race, and taints us all. 2 Soon as we draw our infant breath, The seeds of sin grow up for dea.h : Thy law demands a perfect heart j But we're defil'd in ev'ry part, 3 Great God, create my heart anew, And form my spirit pure and true : O ! make me wise betimes, to see My danger and my remedy. 4 Behold ! I fall before thy face ; My only refuge is thy grace : No outward forms can make me clean : The leprosy lies deep within. 5 No bleeding bird, nor bleeding beast, Nor hyssop branch, nor sprinkling priest, Nor running brook, nor flood, nor sea, Can wash the dismal stain away. 6 Jesus, my God, thy blood alone Hath pow'r sufficient to atone ; Thy blood can make me white as snow; No Jewish types could cleanse me so. 7 While guilt disturbs and breaks my peace, Nor flesh nor soul hath rest or ease : Lord, let me hear thy pard'ning voice, And make my broken bones rejoice. PSALM 51. Third Part. L. M. The Backslider reclaimed, or Repentance and Faith in the blood of Christ. 1 /""V THOU, that hear'st when sinners cry, V_r Tho' all my crimes before thee lie, Avert from them thy angry look, And blot their mem'ry from thy book. 2 Create my nature pure within, And form my soul averse to sin ; Let thy good Spirit ne'er depart, Nor hide thy presence from my heart. 3 I cannot live without thy light, Cast out and banish'd from thy sight : Thy holy joys, my God, restore, And guard me, that I fall no more. 4 Tho' 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, 64 PSALM LII. 5 A broken heart, my God, my King! Is all the sacrifice I bring : The God of grace will ne'er despise A broken heart tor sacrifice. 6 My soul lies humbled in the dust, And owns thy dreadful sentence just : Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye, And save the soul condemn'dtodie. 7 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. 8 O ! may thy love inspire my tongue j Salvation shall be all my gong: And all my pow'rs shall join to bless The Lord, my strength and righteousness. PSALM 52. First Part. L. M. The destruction of tyrants and persecutors. 1 "X7T7"HY should the haughty tyrant boast, T V His vengeful ami, his warlike host? While blood defiles his cruel hand, And desolation wastes the land. . 2 He joys to hear the captive's cry, The widow's groan, the orphan's sigh ; And when the wreary sword would spare, His falsehood spreads the fatal snare. 3 He triumphs in the deeds of wrong, ' And arms with rage his impious tongue ; With pride proclaims his dreadful pow'r, And bids the trembling world adore. 4 But God is good, and with a frown, Casts to the dust his honours down : The righteous, freed, their hopes recall, And hail the proud oppressor's fall. 5 How low the persecutor lies, Who dar'd th' eternal pow'r despise ; And vainly strove, with impious joy, The church and nation to destroy. 6 We praise the Lord, who heard our cries, And sent salvation from the skies . The saints who saw our mournful days, Shall join our grateful songs of praise. . PSALM 52. Second Part. L. M. The experience of the Lord's people in his house. 1 A WORD in season, spoke with pow'r, JTjl I've often heard within these walls ; But none surpassing, what this hour Attends the precious gospel calls. PSALM LIII. 65 2 When Christ unveils his lovely face, And grace tor grace is largely giv'n ; A glory .shines, which makes this place The house of God, the gate of heav'n. 3 Here, in thy courts, let me be seen, Growing in faith, and hope, and love : Likeolivesfair, and fresh, and green, And rip'ning for the world above. 4 Here will I view thy glory, Lord, And songs for all thy goodness raise : Here will I wait to hear thy word, And join with saints who sing thy praise. PSALM 53. First Part, L. M. Practical Atheism. 1 " rpHERE is a God," all nature cries : JL The heav'ns and earth this truth con- Yet this, the atheist fool denies, [fess j And dares his impious thoughts express. 2 The Lord, from his celestial tow'r, Look'd down, the sons of men to view: To see if any own'd his pow'r, If any truth and justice knew. 3 But all he saw were gone aside, All, in their hearts, were atheists grown * None took religion for their guide, Not one did God his sov'reign own. 4 O wretched state ! how fall'n are men ! How guilty, helpless, lost, and dead ! They're all concluded under sin, Their hope is gone, their peace is fled. 5 To such, the Lord his gospel sends ; For these, a Saviour he appoints; To them his grace with pow'r extends ; And changes atheists into saints. PSALM 53. Second Part. C. M. The folly of persecutors. — Security of Saints. 1 A RE all the foes of Zion fools, -OL Who thus devour her saints ? Do they not know her Saviour rules And pities her complaints ? 2 /They shall be seiz'd with sad surprise : For God's avenging arm Scatters the bones of them that rise To do his children harm. 3 In vain the sons of Satan boast Of armies in array : When God has first dispers'd their host. They fall an easy prey. 66 PSALM LIV. LV. 4 O for a word from Zion's King, Her captives to restore ! Jacob with all his tribes shall sing And Judah weep no more. PSALM 54. L. P. M. Prayer for deliver ance from enemies* 1 TY/TY God, preserve my soul ; JLtJL O make my spirit whole : To save me let thy strength appear ; Strangers my steps surround ; Their pride and rage confound, And bring thy great salvation near. 2 Those that against me rise Are aliens from the skies : They hate thy church and kingdom, Lord ! They mock thy fearful name : They glory in their shame, Nor heed the wonders of thy word. 3 But O thou king divine, My chosen friends are thine, The men, that still my soul sustain : Wilt thou my foes s'lbdue, And torm their hearts anew, And snatch them from eternal pain. 4 Escap'd from ev'ry woe, O ! grant me, here below, To praise thy name with those I love : And, when beyond the skies, Our souls unbodied rise, Unite us in the realms above. PSALM 55. First Part. CM. Support for the afflicted and tempted saiil, 1 /^V God, my refuge, hear my cries, V_^ Behold my flowing tears : For earth and hell my hurt devise, And triumph in my fears. 2 Their rage is levell'd at my life ; My soul with guilt they load ; And fill my thoughts with inward strife, To shake my hope in God. 3 With inward pain my heart-strings sound, I groan with ev'ry breath : Horror and fear beset me round, Among the shades of death. 4 O ! were I like a fealher'd dove, Soon would I stretch my wings, And fly, and make a long remove From all these restless things. PSALM LV. LVI. 67 5 Let me to some wild, desert go, And find a peaceful home ; Where storms oi' malice never blow, Temptations never come. 6 Vain hopes, and vain inventions all, To 'scape the rage of hell ! The mighty God on whom I call. Can save me here as well. PSALM 55. Second Part. S. M, Daily Devotions. 1 ET sinners take their course, JLi And choose the road to death ; But in the worship of my God I'll spend my daily breath. 2 My thoughts address his throne, When morning brings the light: I seek his blessings ev'ry noon, And pay my vows at night. 3 Thou wilt regard my cries, O my eternal God 1 While sinners perish in surprise, Beneath thine angry rod. 4 Because they dwell at ease, And no sad changes (eel ; They neither fear nor trust thy name, Nor learn to do thy will. 5 But I with all my cares, Will lean upon the Lord : I'll cast my burdens on his arm, And rest upon his word. 6 His arm shall well sustain The children of his love ; The ground ou which their safety stands, No earlhly pow'r can move. PSALM 56. First Part. C. M. Trust in God under slanderous imputations. 1 i^V THOU whose justice reigns on high, KJ And makes th' oppressor cease ; Behold ! how envious sinners try To vex and break my peace. 2 The sons of violence and lies Join to devour me, Lord ; But as my hourly dangers rise, My refuge is thy word. 3 In God, most holy, just, and true, I have repos'd my trust ; Nor will I fear what flesh can do, The offspring of the dust. 68 PSALM LVI. LVIL 4 They wrest my words to mischief still, Charge me with unknown faults : Mischief doth all their counsels fill, And malice all their thoughts. 5 Shall they escape without thy frown 1 Must their devices stand 1 " O ! cast the haughty sinner down, And let him know thy hand ! PSALM 56. Second Part. C. M. God's care of his people. 1 /^i OD counts the sorrows of his saints, vJ Their groans affect his ears : Thou hast a book for my complaints, A bottle for my tears. 2 When to thy throne I raise my cry, The wicked fear and flee ; So swift ispray'r to reach the sky, So near is God to me. 3 In thee, most holy, just, and true, I have repos'd my trust ; Nor will I fear what man can do, The offspring of the dust. 4 Thy solemn vows are on me, Lord, Thou shalt receive my praise ; I'll sing, " How faithful is thy word ! " How righteous all thy ways !" 5 Thou hast secur'd my soul from death ; O ! set thy pris'ner free : That heart and hand, and life and breath May be employ'd for thee. PSALM 57. L. M. Providence praised. 1 1\/|"Y God, in whom are all the springs -L-yJL Of boundless love, and grace unknown, Hide me beneath thy spreading wings, Till the dark cloud is overblown. 2 Up to the heav'nsl send my cry, The Lord will my desires perform : ■> He sends his angels from the sky, And saves me from the threat'nmg storm. 3 Be thou exalted, O my God ! Above the heav'ns where angels dwell : Thy pow'r, on earth be known abroad, Let land to land thy wonders tell. 4 My heart is fix'd ; my song shall raise Immortal honours to thy name : Awake, my tongue, to sound his praise, My tongue, the glory of my frame, PSALM LVIII. LIX. $9 5 High o'er the earth his mercy reigns, And reaches to the utmost sky : His truth to endless years remains, When lower worlds dissolve and die. 6 Be thou exalted, O my God J Above the heav'ns where angels dwell : Thy pow'ron earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders telL PSALM 58. L. P. M. Warning to Magistrates. 1 TUDGES, who rule the world by laws, 9J Will ye despise the righteous cause, When vile oppression wastes the land t Dare ye condemn the righteous poor, And let rich sinners 'scape secure, While gold and greatness bribe your hand I 2 Forget ye then, or never knew, That God will judge the judges too 1 High in the heav'ns his justice reigns t Yet you invade the rights of God, And send your bold decrees abroad, To bind the conscience in your chains* 3 A poison'd arrow is your tongue, The arrow sharp, the poison strong, And death attends where'er it wounds ; You hear no counsels, cries nor tears ; So the deaf adder stops her ears Against the pow'r of charming sounds. 4 Break out their teeth, eternal God ! Those teeth ol lions, dy'd in blood ; * And crush the serpents in the dust : As empty chaff, when whirlwinds rise, Before the sweeping tempest flies, So let their names and hopes be lost. 5 The Almighty thunders from the sky, Their grandeur melts, their titles die, As hills of snow dissolve and run ; Or snails that perish in their slime, Or births that come before their time, Vain births, that never see the sun. 6 Thus shall the vengeance of the Lord, Safety and ioy to saints afford : And all that hear shall join and say, " Sure there's a God that rules on high, u A God that hears his children cry, ** And will their suffrings well repay." PSALM 59. S. M. Prayer against invading foes* 1 TT^ROM foes that round us rise, JD O God of heav'n, defend! 70 PSALM LX. Who brave the vengeance of the skies, And with thy saints contend. 2 Behold ! from distant shores, And desert wilds they come, Combine for blood their barb'rous force, And thro' our cities roam. 3 Beneath the silent shade, Their secret plots they lay ; Our peaceful walls by night invade; And waste the fields by day. 4 And will the God of grace, Regardless of our pain, Permit secure that impious race, To riot in their reign ? 5 In vain their secret guile, Or open force they prove : His eye can pierce the deepest veil ; His hand their strength remove. 6 Yet save them, Lord, from death, Lest we forget their doom ,* But drive them with thine angry breath, Thro' distant lands to roam. 7 Then shall our grateful voice Proclaim our guardian God ; The nations round the earth rejoice, And sound the praise abroad. PSALM 60. C. M. On a day of humiliation in war. 1 ORD ! thou hast scourg'd our guilty land, JLi Behold thy people mourn ! Shall vengeance ever guide thy hand? Shall mercy ne'er return ? 2 Beneath the terrors of thine eye, Earth's haughty tow'rs decay ; Thy frowning mantle spreads the sky, And mortals melt away. 3 Our Zion trembles at thy stroke, And dreads thy lifted hand ! O ! heal the nation thou hast broke, And save the sinking land. 4 ExaU the banner in the field For those that fear thy name ; From barb'rous hosts thy people shield, And put our foes to shame. 5 Attend our armies to the fight, And be their guardian God : In vain shall num'rous pow'rs unite, Against thy lifted rod. PSALM LXL LXII. 1i 6 Our troops, beneath thy guiding hand, Shall gain a glad renown ; 'Tis God who makes the feeble stand, And treads the mighty down. PSALM 61. First Part. S. M. Refuge in God. 1 "T"¥7"HEN ovenvhelm'd with grief, V? My heart within me dies; Helpless and far from all relief, To heav'nl lift my eyes. 2 O lead me to the rock, That's high above my head ; And make the covert of thy wings, My shelter and my shade. 3 Within thy presence, Lord, For ever I'll abide ; Thou art the tow'r of my defence, The refuge where I hide. 4 Thou givest me the lot Of those that fear thy name : If endless life be their reward, I shall possess the same. PSALM 61* Second. Part. L. M. : Jesus our King. 1 1VT Y soul of thy protection sure, 1_YJL Against her foes shall rest secure ; For thou, O God, hast heard my vows* And brought me joyful to thy house. 2 With all thy saints I'll strive to sing The glories of my heav'nly king ; Whom thou in mercy didst ordain, Should o'er thy chosen people reign. 3 Jesus shall live for ever blest* And give his people peace and rest : His years shall last, and God will own His righteous sceptre, and his throne* 4 O let thy truth prepare the way ; In mercy, Lord, extend his sway r Thus we'il devote our future days, To pay our vows and sing thy praise. PSALM 62. L. M. Faith in the grace and power of the Redeemer* 1 "1%/TY spirit looks to God alone ; J_tA My rock and refuge is his throne ; In all my fears, in all my straits, My soul on his salvation waits. 2 Trust him, ye saints, in all your ways, Pour out your hearts before his face : 72 PSALM LXIIL When helpers fail, and foes invade, God is our all-sufficient aid. 3 False are the men of high degree, The baser sort are vanity ; Laid in the balance, both appear Light as a puff of empty air. 4 Make not increasing gold your trust, Nor set your hearts on glitt'ring dust ; Why will ye grasp the fleeting smoke, And not believe what God has spoke? 5 Once hath his awful voice declar'd, Once and again my ears have heard, ** All pow'r is his eternal due ; " He must be lear'd and trusted too." 6 For sov'reign pow'r reigns not alone, Grace is a partner of the throne : Thy grace and justice, mighty Lord, Shall well divide our last reward. PSALM 63. First Part. C. M. Lord's day morning. 1 XT' ARLY, my God, without delay, JTj I haste to seek thy face ; My thirsty spirit faints away, v- Without thy cheering grace. % I've seen thy glory and thy pow'r, Thro' all thy temples shine : My God, repeat that heav'nly hour, That vision so divine. 3 Not life itself, with all its joys, Can my best passions move ; Or raise so high my cheerful voice, As thy forgiving love. 4 Thus till my last expiring day I'll bless my God and king ; Thus will I lift my hands to pray, And tune my lips to sing. PSALM 63. Second Part. L. M. Delight in God and his worship. 1 /"^ RE AT Godr indulge my bumble elcu'm, vJ Thou art my hope, my joy, my rest ; The glories, that compose thy name, Stand all engag'd to make me blest. 2 Thou Great and Good, thou Just and Wise, Thou art my Father and my God j And 1 am thine by sacred ties ; Thy son, thy servant, bought with blood. 3 With early feet Ilovet' appear Among thy saints, and seek thy face ; Oft have I seen thy glory there, And felt the pow'r of sov'reign grace. PSALM LXIII. LXIV. 7$ 4 Not fruits nor wines that tempt our taste, Nor all the joys our senses know, Could make me so divinely blest, Or raise my cheerful passions so; 5 My life itself, without thy love, No taste of pleasure could afford ; 'Twould but a tiresome burden prove, If I were banish'd from thee, Lord. 6 Amidst the wakeful hours of night, When busy cares afflict my head ; One thought of thee gives new delight, And adds refreshment to my bed. 7 I'll lift my hands, I'll raise my voice, While I have breath to pray or praise ; This work shall make my heart rejoice, And bless the remnant of my days. PSALM S3. Third Part. S. M. Seeking God. 1 Ti/TY God! permit my tongue - j/X. This joy, to call thee mine, And let my early cries prevail, To taste thy love divine* 2 My thirsty* fainting soul Thy mercy does implore ; Not travellers in desert lands Can pant for water more. 3 Within thy churches, Lord, I long to find my place ; Thy pow'r and glory to behold, And feel thy quick'ning grace. 4 Since thou hast been my help To thee my spirit flies ; And on thy watchful providence* My cheerful hope relies. 5 The shadow of thy wings My soul in safety keeps ; I follow where my Father leads, And he supports my steps. PSALM 64. L. M. Seeking deliverance from enemies. 1 f~*A RE AT God! attend to my complaint, \JT Nor let my drooping spirit faint : When foes in secret spread the snare, Let my salvation be thy care. 2 Shield me without, and guard within, From vile temptations and from sin ; May envy, lust, and pride depart, And heav'nly grace expand my heart. 7 74 PSALM LXV. 3 Thy justice and thy pow'r display, And scatter far thy foes away ; While list'ning nations learn thy word, And saints, triumphant, bless the Lord, 4 Then shall thy church exalt her voice, And all that love thy name rejoice : By faith approach thine awful throne, And plead the merits of thy Son. PSALM 65. First Part. C. M. A prayer-hearing God. 1 T)RAISE waits in Zion, Lord, for theej _L There shall our vows be paid : Thou hast an ear when sinners pray ; All flesh shall seek thine aid. 2 Lord, our iniquities prevail, But pard'ning grace is thine ; And thou wilt grant us pow'r and skill To conquer ev'ry sin. 3 Blest are the men whom thou wilt choose To bring them near thy face j Give them a dwelling in thy h^use, To feast upon thy grace. 4 In answ'ring what thy church requests, Thy truth and terror shine ; And works of dreadful righteousness Fulfil thy kind design. 5 Thus shall the wond'ring nations see The Lord is good and just ; And distant islands fly to thee, And make thy name their trust. 6 They dread thyglitt'ring tokens, Lord, When signs in heav'n appear; But they shall learn thy holy word, And love as well as fear. PSALM 65. Second Part. C. M. The Providence of God, in air, earth and sea. 1 V I iIS by thy strength the mountains stand, JL God of eternal pow'r ; The sea grows calm at thy command, And tempests cease to roar. 2 Thy morning light and evening shade Successive comforts bring ; Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad, Ttiy now'rs adorn the spring. 3 Seasons and times, and months and hours> Heav'n, earth, and air are thine ; When clouds distil in fruitful show'rs, The author is divine. PSALM LXV. 75 4 Those wand'ring cisterns in the sky, Borne by the winds around, With wat'ry treasures well supply The furrows of the ground. 5 The thirsty ridges drink their fill, And ranks of corn appear ; Thy ways abound with blessing still, Thy goodness crowns the year. PSALM 65. Third Part. H. M. The Providence of God in the seasons. 1 TTOW pleasing is thy voice, _LJL O Lord, our heav'nly King, That bids the frosts retire, And wakes the lovely spring I The rains return, the ice distils, And plains and hills forget to mourn. 2 The lofty mountains stand, Established by thine arm : Thy voice the ocean stills, The tumult, and the storm. Thro' earth and skies, with terror spread, Thy tokens dread, all lands surprise. 3 The morn with glory crown'd, Thy hand arrays in smiles ; Thou bidd'st the eve decline, Rejoicing o'er the hills. Soft suns ascend ; the mild wind blows ; And beauty glows to earth's far end. 4 Thou mak'st the pasture green ; Thou call'st the flocks abroad ; The springing corn proclaims The footsteps of our God. Both bird and beast partake thy care, And happy, share the gen'ral feast. 5 Thy show'rs make soft; the fields ; On ev'ry side, behold ! The rip'ning harvests wave Their loads of richest gold. The lab'rers sing with cheerful voice, And, blest, rejoice in God their King. 6 The thunder is his voice ; His arrows blazing fires : He glows in yonder sun, And smiles in starry choirs. The balmy breeze his breath perfumes ; His beauty blooms, in flowYs and trees. 7 With life he clothes the spring ; The earth with summer warms ; 76 PSALM XLVI. He spreads th' autumnal feast, And rides in wint'ry storms. His gifts divine thro' all appear, And round the year his glories shine. PSALM 66. First Part. C. M. Almighty and gracious Providence. 1 OING, all ye nations, to the Lord, K^ Sing with a joyful noise ; With melody of sound record His honours, and your joys. % Say to the Pow'r that shakes the sky, *: How terrible art thou ! * Sinners before thy presence fly, " Or at thy feet they bow." 3 He rules by his resistless might ; Will rebel mortals dare Provoke th' Eternal to the fight, And tempt that dreadful war 1 4 O bless our God, and never cease ; Ye saints, fulfil his praise ; He keeps our life, maintains our peace, And guides our doubtful ways. 5 Lord, thou hast prov'd our suiPring souls, To make our graces shine : So silver bears the burning coals, The metal to refine. 6 Thro' wat'ry deeps, and fiery ways, We march at thy command ; Led, to possess the promis'd place, By thine unerring hand. PSALM 66, Second Part. C. M. Praise to God for hearing prayer. 1 TVT^^ shall my solemn vows be paid Jl\ To that Almighty Pow'r, Who heard the long requests I made In my distressful hour, 2 My lips and cheerful heart prepare, To make his mercies known : Come, ye that fear my God, and hear The wonders he hath done. 3 When on my head huge sorrows fell, I sought his heav'nly aid ; He sav'd my sinking soul from hell, And death's eternal shade. 4 If sin lay cover'd in my heart, While pray'r employ'd my tongue, The Lord had shown me no regard, Nor I his praises sung. 5 But God (his name be ever blest) Hath set my spirit free j PSALM LXV11. LXVIII. 7? Nor turn'd from him my poor request, Nor turn'd his heart from me. PSALM 67. C. M. The "prosperity of the nation, and increase of the church. 1 QJHINE on our land, Jehovah, shine, k3 With beams of heav'nly grace ! Reveal thy pow'r thro' all our coasts, And show thy smiling face. 2 Here fix thy throne exalted high, And, here, our glory stand ; And, like a wall of guardian fire, Surround thy fav'rite land. 3 When shall thy name from shore to shore Sound all the earth abroad, And distant nations know and love Their Saviour and their God ! 4 Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands. Sing loud, with solemn voice ; Let thankful tongues exalt his praise, And thankful hearts rejoice. 5 He, the great Lord, the sov'reign Judge, That sits enthron'd above, Wisely commands the worlds, he made, In justice and in love. 6 Earth shall confess her Maker's hand, And yield a full increase : Our God will crown his chosen land With fruitfulness and peace. 7 God, the Redeemer, scatters round 1 His choicest favors here ; While the creation's utmost bound Shall see, adore, and fear. LPSALM 68. First Part. L. M. Majesty and compassion of God. 1 T ET God arise in all his might, _I_J And put the troops of hell to flight ; As smoke, that sought to cloud the skies, Before the rising tempest flies. 2 He rides and thunders thro' the sky ; His name Jehovah sounds on high ; " Sing to his name, ye sons of grace : Ye saints, rejoice before his face. 3 The widow and the fatherless, Fly to his aid in sharp distress ; In him, the poor and helpless find A Judge that's just, a Father kind. 4 He breaks the captive's heavy chain, And pris'ners see the light again ; 7* 78 PSALM LXVIII. But rebels, that dispute his will, Shall dwell in chains and darkness still. 5 Kingdoms and thrones to God belong ; Crown him, ye nations, in your song : His wond'rous names and pow'rs rehearse ; His honors shall enrich your verse. 6 He shakes the heav'ns with loud alarms ! How terrible is God in arms ! In Israel are his mercies known ; Israel is his peculiar throne. 7 Proclaim him King, pronounce him blest ; He's your defence, your joy, your rest : When terrors rise, and nations faint, God is the strength of ev'ry saint. PSALM 68. Second Part. L. M. The ascension of Christ, and the gift of the Spirit. 1 "¥" ORD, when thou didst ascend on high, JLi Ten thousand angels fill'dthe sky : Those heav'nly guards around thee wait, Like chariots, that attend thy state. 2 Not Sinai's mountain could appear More glorious when the Lord was there ; While he pronounc'd his dreadful law, And struck the chosen tribes with awe. 3 How bright the triumph none can tell, When the rebellious pow'rs of hell, That thousand souls hath captive made, Were all in chains like captives led. 4 Rais'd by his Father to the throne, He sent the promis'd Spirit down, With gifts and grace for rebel men, That God might dwell on earth again. PSALM 68. Third Part. L. M. Common and special mercies acknowledged. 1 "\7£7~E bless the Lord, the just, the good, V V Who fills our hearts with joy and food ; Who pours his blessings from the skies, And loads our days with rich supplies. 2 He sends the sun his circuit round, To cheer the fruits, to warm the ground ; He bids the clouds, with plenteous rain, Refresh the thirsty earth again. 3 'Tis to his care we owe our breath, And all our near escapes from death : Safety and health to God belong, He heals the weak, and guards the strong, 4 He makes the saint and sinner prove The common blessings of his love : fe* PSALM LX1X. 79 But the wide difference that remains, Is endless joy, and endless pains. 5 The Lord that bruis'd the serpent's head, On all the serpent's seed shall tread : The stubborn sinner's hope confound, And smite him with a lasting wound. 6 But his right hand his saints shall raise From the deep earth, or deeper seas; j And bring them to his courts above : There shall they taste his special love. PSALM 69. First Part. L. M. Christ's passion. 1 T^vEEP in our hearts let us record JL>J The deeper sorrows of our Lord ; Behold ! the rising billows roll, To overwhelm his holy soul. 2 In long complaints he spends his breath, While hosts of hell, and pow'rs of death, And all the sons of malice join To execute their curs'd design. 3 Yet, gracious God, thy pow'r and love Have made the curse a blessing prove: Those dreadful sutfrings of thy Son Aton'd for sins which we had done. 4 The pangs of our expiring Lord, The honours of thy law restor'd ; His sorrows made thy justice known, And paid for follies not his own. 5 Ol forhissake our guilt forgive, And let the mourning sinner live ! The Lord will hear us in his name, Nor shall our hope be turn'd to shame. PSALM 69. Second Part. L. M. The sufferings and zeal of Christ. X T 9 ^ WAS for my sake, eternal God, JL Thy Son sustain'd that heavy load Of base reproach, and sore disgrace ; And shame defil'd his sacred face. 2 The Jews, his brethren and his kin, Abus'd the man that check'd their sin ; While he fulfill'd thy holy laws, They hate him, but without a cause. 3 " My Father's house," said he, " was made " A place for worship, not for trade :" Then scatt'ring all their gold and brass, He scourg'd the merchants from the place. Zeal for the temple of his God, Consum'd his life, expos'd his blood ; c. bO PSALM LXIX. LXX. Reproaches, at thy glory thrown, He felt and mourn'd them as his own. 5 His friends forsook, his follow'rs fled, While foes and arms surround his head ; They curse him with a sland'rous tongue, And the false judge maintains the wrong. 6 His life they load with hateful lies, And charge his lips with blasphemies; They nail him to the shameful tree : There hung my Lord, who died for me. 7 Wretches, with hearts as hard as stones, Insult his piety and groans ; Gall was the food they gave him there, And mock'd his thirst with vinegar. 8 But God beheld ; and from his throne Mark'd out the men that hate his Son : The hand that rais'd him from the dead, Shall pour due vengeance on their head. PSALM 69. Third Part. C. A Praise for the obedience and death of Chi 1 TT^ATHER, I sing thy wond'rous graa Jl I bless my Saviour's name ; He bought salvation for the poor, And bore the sinner's shame. 2 His deep distress hath rais'd us high : His duty and his zeal Fulfill'd the law, which mortals broke, And finish'd all thy will. 3 His dying groans, his living songs Shall better please my God, Than harp's or trumpet's solemn sound, Than goat's or bullock's blood. 4 This shall his humble follow'rs see, And set their hearts at rest: They by his death draw near to thee, And live for ever blest. 5 Let heav'n and all that dwell on high, To God their voices raise ; While lands and seas assist the sky, And join t' advance the praise. 6 Zion is thine, most holy God : Thy Son shall bless her gates ; And glory, purcbas'd by his blood, For thine own Israel waits. PSALM 70. L. M. A prayer of the Church for the presence of Christ. 1 t~\ THOU, whose hands the kingdoms sway ; V_/ Whom earth, and hell, and heav'n obey ; PSALM LXXI. 81 To help thy chosen sons appear, And show thy pow'r and glory here ! 2 While stupid wretches, sunk in sleep, Slide onward to the fiery deep, To sense, and sin and madness giv'n, Believe no hell, and wish no heav'n ; 3 While fools deride, while foes oppress, And Zion mourns in deep distress ; Her friends withdraw, her foes grow bold; Truth fails, and love is waxen cold. 4 O haste, with ev'ry gift inspir'd. With glory, truth, and grace atlir'd, Thou Star of heav'n's eternal morn ; Thou Sun, whom beams divine adorn J 5 Assert the honor of thy name ; O'erwhelmthy foes with fear and shame : Then, send thy Spirit from above, And change their enmity to love. 6 Saints shall be glad before thy face, And grow in faith, in truth, and grace : Thy church shall blossom in thy sight. Yield fruits of peace and pure delight 7 O hither, then, thy footsteps bend ; Swift as a roe, from hills descend ; Mild as the sabbath's cheerful ray, Till life unfolds eternal day ! PSALM 71. First Part. C M. The aged saint's reflection and hvpe* 1 "IVTY God, my everlasting hope, -LT_1_ I live upon thy truth ; Thy hands have held my childhood up, And strengthen'd all my youth. 2 My flesh was fashion'd by thy pow'r, With all these limbs of mine ; And, from my mother's painful hour, I've been entirely thine. 3 Still hath my life new wonders seen Repeated ev'ry year ; Behold ! my days that yet remain, I trust them to thy care. 4 Cast me not off when strength declines, When hoary hairs arise ; And round me let thy glory shine, Whene'er thy servant dies. 6. Then in the hist'ry of my age, When men review my days, They'll read thy love in ev'ry page, In ev'ry line thy praise. 82 PSALM LXXI. PSALM 71. Second Part. CM. Christ our strength and righteousness. 1 TVJY Saviour, my Almighty Friend ! -LTJL • When I begin thy praise, Where will the growing numbers end, The numbers of thy grace 1 2 Thou art my everlasting trust, Thy goodness I adore ! And, since I knew thy graces first, I speak thy glories more. 3 My feet shall travel all the length Of the celestial road ; And march with courage in thy strength, To see my Father, God. 4 When I am fill'd with sore distress For some surprising sin, I'll plead thy perfect righteousness, And mention none but thine. 5 How will my lips rejoice to tell The vict'ries of my King ! My soul, redeem'd from sin and hell, Shall thy salvation sing. 6 My tongue shall all the day proclaim My Saviour and my God ; His death hath brought my foes to shame j He sav'd me by his blood. 7 Awake, awake, my tuneful pow'rs, With this delightful song, I'll entertain the darkest hours, Nor think the season long. PSALM 71. Thira Part. C. M. The aged Christian's prayer and song. 1 f~^\ OD of my childhood, and my youth, \T The guide of all my days, I have declar'd thy heav'nly truth, And told thy wond'rous ways. 2 Wilt thou forsake my hoary hairs, And leave my fainting heart 1 Who shall sustain my sinking years, If God, my strength, depart 1 3 Let me thy pow'r and truth proclaim To the surviving age ; And leave a savour of thy name, When I shall quit the stage. 4 The land of silence and of death Attends my next remove : O may these poor remains of breath Teach the wide world thy love I PSALM LXXII. 83 5 Thy righteousness is deep and high ; Unsearchable thy deeds : Thy glory spreads beyond the sky, And all my praise exceeds. 6 Oft have I heard thy threat'ningsroar, And oft endur'd the grief; But when thy hand has prest me sore, Thy grace was my relief. 7 By long experience have 1 known Thy sov'reign pow'r to save : At thy command, I venture down Securely to the grave. B When I lie buried deep in dust, My flesh shall be thy care : These with'ring limbs with thee I trust, To raise them strong and fair. PSALM 72. First Part. L. M. The kingdom of Christ. 1 /^i REAT God, whose universal sway VTT The known and unknown worlds obey, Now give the kingdom to thy Son, Extend his pow'r, exalt his tnrone. 2 Thy sceptre well becomes his hands, All heav'n submits to his commands ; His justice shall avenge the poor, And pride and rage prevail no more. 3 With pow'r he vindicates the just, And treads th' oppressor in the dust ; His worship and his fear shall last, Till hours, and years, and time be past. 4 As rain on meadows newly mown, So shall he send his influ'nce down : His grace on fainting souls distils,"! Like heav'nly dew on thirsty hills. 5 The heathen lands, that lie beneath The shades of overspreading death, Revive at his first dawning light, And deserts blossom at the sight. 6 The saints shall flourish in his days, Drest in the robes of joy and praise : Peace, like a river, from his throne Shall flow to nations yet unknown. PSALM 72. Second Fart. L. M. Universal reign of Christ. 1 XESUS shall reign where'er the sun *3 Does his successive journeys run ; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 84 PSALM LXXII. LXXII1. 2 For him shall endless pray'r be made, And praises circle round his head ; His name, like sweet prelume, shall rise With ev'ry morning sacrifice. 3 People and realms of ev'ry tongue Dwell on his love with sweetest song ; And infant voices shall proclaim, Their early blessings on his name. 4 Blessings abound where'er he reigns, The pris'ner leaps to loose his chains ; The weary find eternal rest, And all the sons of want are blest. 5 Where he displays his healing pow'r, Death and the curse are known no more : In him the tribes ot Adam boast More blessings, than their father lost. 6 Let ev'ry creature rise and bring Peculiar honours to our King : Angels descend with songs again, And earth repeat the loud Amen. PSALM 72. Third Part, C. M. The glory of Christ universal and perpetual. 1 rjMHE mem'ry of Christ's glorious name JL Thro' endless years shall run ; His spotless fame shall shine as bright And lasting as the sun. 2 In him the nations of the world Shall be completely blest ; And his imputed righteousness By ev'ry tongue confess'd. 3 Then bless'd be God, the mighty Lord, The God whom Israel fears ; Who only wond'rous in bis works, Beyond compare appears. 4 Let earth be with his glory fiil'd , For ever bless his name ; Whilst to his praise, the list'ning world Their glad assent proclaim. PSALM 73. First Part. S. M. The mystery of providence unfolded. iURE there's a righteous God, J Nor is religion vain : Tho' men of vice may boast aloud, And men of grace complain. 2 I saw the wicked rise, And felt my heart repine ; While haughty fools with scornful eyes, In robes of honor shine. S' PSALM LXXII1. 85 3 Pamper'd with wanton ease, Their flesh looks full and fair ; Their wealth rolls in like flowing seas, And grows without their care. 4 Free from the plagues and pains, That pious souls endure ; Thro' all their life oppression reigns, And racks the humble poor. 5 Their impious tongues blaspheme The everlasting God : Their malice blasts the good man's name, And spreads their lies abroad. 6 But 1 with flowing tears Indulg'd my doubts to rise ; " Is there a God that sees or hears " The things below the skies!" 7 The tumults of my thought Held me in hard suspense ; Till to thy house my feet were brought To learn thy justice thence. 8 Thy word with light ana pow'r Did my mistake amend ; i view'd the sinners' life before, But here I learn'd their end. 9 On what a slipp'ry steep The thoughtless wretches go; And, O that dreadful fiery deep, That waits their fall below ! ' 10 Lord, at thy feet I bow, My thoughts no more repine ; I call my God my portion row, And all my pow'rs are thine. PSALM 73. Second Part. C. M. God our portion here and hereafter. 1 /^i OD, my supporter, and my hope, vJT My help for ever near : Thine arm of mercy held me up, When sinking in despair. 2 Thy counsels, Lord, shall guide my feet, Thro' this dark wilderness ; Thy hand conduct me near thy seat, To dwell before thy face. 3 Were 1 in heav'n without my God, 'T would be no joy to me ; And while this earth is my abode, I long for none but thee. 4 What if the springs of life were broke, And flesh and heart should faint ; 8 St> PSALM LXXIV. God is my soul's eternal rock, The strength of ev'ry saint. 5 Behold ! the sinners, that remove Far from thy presence, die : Not all the idol gods they love, Can save them when they cry. 6 But to draw near to thee, my God, Shall be my sweet employ ; My tongue shall sound thv works abroad, And tell the world my joy. PSALM 74. First Part. C. M. TheChurch pleading under sore persecution- 1 *¥7T7"ILL God for ever cast us off? V \ His wrath for ever smoke Against the people of his love, j His little chosen flock ? 2 Think of the tribes so dearly bought With their Redeemer's blood ; Nor let thy Zion be forgot, Where once thy glory stood. 3 Lift up thy feet, and march in haste ; Aloud our ruin calls : See what a wide and fearful waste Is made within thy walls. 4 Where once thy churches pray'd and sang, Thy foes profanely roar : Over thy gates their ensigns hang, Sad tokens of their pow'r. 5 How are the seats of worship broke ! They tear the buildings down : And he, that deals the heaviest stroke, Procures the chief renown. 6 With flames they threaten to destroy Thy children in their nest : " Come, let us burn at once," they cry, " The temple and the priest." 7 And still to heighten our distress, Thy presence is withdrawn ; Thy wonted signsof pow'r and grace, Thy pow'r and grace are gone. 8 No prophet speaks to calm our woes, The best, the wisest, mourn : And not a friend, nor promise, shows The time of thy return. PSALM 74. Second Part. C. M. ^ A prayer of the Church for deliverance from greaf qfltie» tions. 1 TTOW long, eternal God, how long LjL Shall men of pride blaspheme? PSALM LXXV. 87 Shall saints be made their endless song', And bear immortal shame ] 2 Is not the world of nature thine, The darkness and the day 1 Didst thou not bid the morning shine, And mark the sun his way 1 3 Hath hot thy pow'r form'd ev'ry coast, And set the earth his bounds ; . With summer's heat and winter's frost, In their perpetual rounds ? 4 And shall the sons of earth and dust That sacred pow'r blaspheme 1 Will not thy hand that form'd them first, Avenge thine injur'd name? 5 Think on the covenant thou hast made, And all thy words of love ; Nor let the birds of prey invade, And vex thy mourning dove. 6 Our foes would triumph in our blood, And make our hope their jest : Plead thy own cause, Almighty God, And give thy children rest. PSALM 75. L. M. Praise for national deliverance. 1 r ■ lO thee, most high and holy God, JL To thee our thankful hearts we raise ; Thy works declare thy name abroad. Thy wondrous works demand our praise. 2 To slav'ry doom'd, thy chosen sons Beheld their foes triumphant rise : And sore oppress'd by earthly thrones, They sought the sovereign of the skies. 3 'Twas then, great God, with equal pow'r Arose thy vengeance and thy grace, To scourge their legions from the shore, And save the remnant of thy race. 4 Thy hand, that form'd the restless main, And rear'd the mountain's awful head, Bade raging seas their course restrain, And desert wilds receive their dead. 5 Such wonders never come by chance, Nor can the winds such blessings blow : 'Tis God the judge doth one advance, 'Tis God that lays another low. 6 Let haughty tyrants sink their pride, Nor lift so high their scornful head ; But lay their impious thoughts aside, And own the empire God hath made, PSALM LXXVI. LXXVII. PSALM 76. C. M. The church's security in God. 1 TN Judah, God of old was known ; JL His name in Israel great : In Salem stood his holy throne, And Zion was his seat. 2 What are the earth's wide kingdoms else, Than mighty hills of prey 1 The hill, on which Jehovah dwells, More glorious is than they. 3 'Twas Zion's king, who stopt the breath Of captains, and their hosts : The men of might slept fast in death ; And vain were all their boasts. 4 At thy rebuke, O Jacob's God, Both horse and chariot fell ; Who knows the terrors of thy rod I Thy vengeance who can tell ! . 5 When God in his own sov'reign ways Comes down to save th' opprest ; The wrath of man shall work his praise, And he'll restrain the rest. 6 Vow to the Lord, and tribute bring: Ye princes, fear his frown ; His terror shakes the proudest king, And cuts an army down. 7 The thunder of his ^harp rebuke Our haughty foes shall feel : The God of Jacob ne'er forsook, But dwells in Zion still. PSALM 77. First Part. C. M. Melancholy rebuked. 1 FTT^O God I cried with mournful voice, _L I sought his gracious ear, In the sad hour when troubles rose, And fill'd my heart with fear. 2 Gloomy my days, and dark my nights My soulrefus'd relief: I thought on God, the just and wise, But thoughts increas'd my grief. 3 Still I complain'd, and, still opprest, My heart began to break : My God, thy wrath forbade my rest, And kept my eyes awake. 4 My overwhelming sorrows grew, Till I could speak no more ; Then I within myself withdrew, And call'd thy judgments o'er. PSALM LXXVII. 89 5 I call'd back years and ancient times, When I beheld thy face ; My spirit search'd for secret crimes, That might withhold thy grace. 6 I call'd thy mercies to my mind, Which I enjoy 'd before ; And will the Lord no more be kind 1 His face appear no more 1 7 Will he forever cast me off 1 And will his promise fail? Hath he forgot his tender love 1 Shall anger still prevail 1 8 But I forbid this hopeless thought, This dark, despairing frame ; Rememb'ring what thy hand hath wrought ; Thy hand is still the same. 9 I'll think again of all thy ways, And talk thy wonders o'er, Thy wonders of recov'ring grace, When flesh could hope no more. 10 Grace dwells with justice on the throne ; And men, that love thy word, Have in thy sanctuary known The counsels of the Lord. PSALM 77. Second Part. C. M. Providences toward ancient Israel improved. 1 "TTOW awful is thy chast'ning rod !" JlI (May thy own children say) "The great, the wise, the dreadful God, " How holy is his way !" 2 I'll meditate his works of old, The King that reigns above : I'll hear his ancient wonders told, And learn to trust his love. 3 Long did the house of Jacob lie With Egypt's yoke opprest : Long he delay'd to hear their cry, Nor gave his people rest. 4 Israel, his people and his sheep, Must follow where he calls ; He bids them venture thro' the deep, And makes the waves their walls. 5 The waters saw thee, mighty God ! The waters saw thee come ; Backward they fled, and frighted stood, To make thine armies room. 6 Strange was thy journey thro' the sea, Thy footsteps, Lord, unknown ; 8* SO PSALM LXXViH. Terrors attend the wondrous way, That brings thy mercies down. 7 He gave them water from the rock, And safe by Moses' hand, Thro' a dry desert led his flock Home to the promis'd land. PSALM 78. First Part. C. M. Children instructed by the providence of God* 1 ET children hear the mighty deeds, I A Which God perform'd of old, Which in our younger years we saw, And which our fathers told. 2 He bids us make his glories known ; His works of pow'r and grace : And we'll convey his wonders down Thro' evrry rising race. 3 Our lips shall tell them to our sons, And they again to theirs ; That generations yet unborn May teach them to their heirs. 4 Thus shall they learn in God alone Their hope securely stands ; That they may ne'er forget his works, But practise his commands. PSALM 78. Second Part. C. M. Sins and chastisements of Israel improved. 1 f\ WHAT a stiff, rebellious house V-/ Was Jacob's ancient race ! False to their own most solemn vows, And to their Maker's grace. 2 They broke the cov'nant of his love, And did his laws despise ; Forgot the works he wrought, to prove His pow'r before their eyes. 3 They saw the plagues on Egypt light, From his avenging hand : What dreadful tokens of his might] Spread o'er the stubborn land ! 4 They saw him cleave the mighty sea, And march'd in safety through, With wat'ry walls to guard their way, Till they had 'scap'd the foe. 5 A wondrous pillar mark'd the road, Compos'd of shade and light ; By day it prov'd a shelt'ring cloud, A leading fire by night. 6 He from the rock their thirst suppli'd ; The gushing waters fell ,* PSALM LXXVIII. LXXIX. 91 And ran in rivers by their side, A constant miracle. 7 Yet they provok'd the Lord most high, And dar'd distrust his hand : " Can he with bread our host supply " Amidst this desert land V9 8 The Lord with indignation heard, And caus'd his wrath to flame : His terrors ever stand prepar'd To vindicate his name. PSALM 78. Third Part. C. M. Abuse of temporal mercies followed by chastisement. 1 "WTTTHEN Israel sinn'd, the Lord reprov'd, V V And fill'd their hearts with dread ; Yet he forgave the tribes he lov'd, And sent them heav'nly bread. 2 He fed them with a lib'ral hand, And made his treasures known ; He gave the midnight clouds command To pour provision down. 3 The manna like a morning show'r, Lay thick around their feet : The corn of heav'n, so light, so pure, As tho' "twere angel's meat. 4 But they in murm'ring language said, " Manna is all our feast : " We loathe this light, this airy bread ; " We must have flesh to taste."; 5 " Ye shall have flesh to please your lust," The Lord in wrath replied ; And sent them quails, like sand or dust, Heap'd up from side to side. 6 He gave them all their own desire ; And, greedy as they fed, His vengeance burnt with secret fire, And smote the rebels dead. 7 When some were slain, the rest return'd, And sought the Lord with tears ; Under the rod they fear'd and mourn'd, But soon forgot their fears. 8 Oft he chastis'd, and still forgave ; Till, by his gracious hand, The nation, he resolv'd to save, Possess'd the promis'd land. PSALM 79. L. M. The church pleading under sore persecution. I T> EHOLD ! O God, what cruel foes, J3 Thy peaceful heritage invade : 92 PSALM LXXX. Thy holy temple stands defil'd ; In dust thy sacred walls are laid. 2 Wide o'er the rallies, drench'd in blood, Thy people fall'n in death remain : The tovvls of heav'n their flesh devour ; And savage beasts divide the slain. 3 Th' insulting foes with impious rage, Reproach thy children to their face : " Where is your God of boasted pow'r, " And where the promise of his grace ?" 4 Deep from the prison's horrid gloom, O ! hear the mournful captive sigh ; And let thy sov'reign pow'r reprieve The trembling souls condem'd to die. 5 Let those who dar'd t' insult thy reign, Return dismay'd with endless shame ; While heathens, who thy grace despise, Shall from thy vengeance learn thy name. 6 So shall thy children, freed from death, Eternal songs of honor raise ; And ev'ry future age shall tell Thy sov'reign pow'r and pard'ning grace. i PSALM 80. First Part. L. M. The prayers of the church under desertion. 1 S~^ REAT Shepherd of thine Israel, VJT Who didst between the cherubs dwell, And lead the tribes, thy chosen sheep Safe thro' the desert and the deep. 2 Thy church is in the desert now, Shine from on high, and guide us through ! Turn us to thee, thy love restore, We shall be sav'd and sigh no more. 3 Great God, whom heav'nly hosts obey, How long shall we lament and pray, And wait in vain thy kind return 1 How long shall thy fierce anger burn ? 4 Instead of wine and cheerful bread, Thy saints with their own tears are fed : Turn us to thee, thy love restore, We shall be sav'd, and sigh no more. PSALM 80. Second Part. L. M. Seeking the revival of the Church. 1 T" ORD, thou hast planted with thy hands JLJ A lovely vine in heathen lands ; Thy pow'r defended it around, And heav'nly dews enrich'd the ground. 2 How did the spreading branches shoot, And bless the nations with the fruit I PSALM LXXX. LXXXI. 93 But now, dear Lord, look down and see Thy mourning vine, that lovely tree. 3 Why is its beauty thus defac'd 1 Why hast thou laid her fences waste 1 Strangers and foes against her join, And ev'ry beast devours thy vine. 4 Return, almighty God, return ; Nor let thy bleeding vineyard mourn : Turn us to thee, thy love restore ; We shall be sav'd, and sigh no more. PSALM 80. Third Part. L. M. Christ, the defender of his church. 1 ORD, when thy vine in Canaan grew, I J Thou wast its strength, and glory too ; Attack'd in vain by all its foes, Till the fair branch of promise rose. 2 Fair Branch, ordain'd of old to shoot From David's stock, from Jacob's root ; Himself a noble Vine, and we The lesser branches of the Tree. 3 'Tis thy own Son ; and he shall stand Girt with thy strength, at thy right hand ; Th' eternal Son, enthron'd and blest, To give his suft'ring people rest. 4 O ! for his sake attend our cry, Shine on thy churches, lest they die : Turn us to thee, thy love restore ; We shall be sav'd, and sigh no more. PSALM 81. S. M. Christian fidelity urged. 1 O ING to the Lord aloud, O And make a joyful noise : God is our strength, our Saviour God ; Let Israel hear his voice. 2 " From vile idolatry " Preserve my worship clean : " I am the Lord, who set thee free " From slavery and sin. 3 " Stretch thy desires abroad, " And I'll supply them well ; " But if ye will refuse your God, " If Israel will rebel, 4 " I'll leave them," saith the Lord, " To their own lust a prey, " And let them run the dang'rous road, " 'Tis their own chosen way. 5 "Yet O, that all my saints tf Would hearken to my voice ! *4 PSALM LXXXII. LXXXIU. " Soon would I ease their sore complaints, <; And bid their hearts rejoice* 6 " While I destroy'd their foes, " I'd richly feed my flock, "And they should taste the stream, that flow " From their eternal Rock." PSALM 82. L. M. God the Supreme Ruler, and magistrates xc-arned. 1 A MONG th' assemblies of the great, XjL A greater Ruler takes his seat ; The God of heav'n, as Judge, surveys Those gods on earth, and all their ways. 2 Why will ye then frame wicked laws? Or why support th' unrighteous cause 1 When will ye once defend the poor, That sinners vex the saints no more ? 3 They know not, Lord, nor will they know , Dark are the ways in which they go : Their name of earthly gods is vain : For they shall fall, and die like men. 4 Arise, O Lord, and let thy Son Possess his universal throne ; And rule the nations with his rod : He is our Judge, and he our God. PSALM 83. S. M. The prayer of the church against persecutory 1 \ ND will the God of grace _Zjl Perpetual silence keep] The God of justice hold his peace, And let his vengeance sleep? 2 Behold what cursed snares The men of mischief spread ! The men, that hate thy saints and thee, Lift up their threat'ning head. 3 Against thy hidden ones Their counsels they employ ; And malice, with her watchful eye, Pursues them to destroy. 4 " Come, let us join," they cry, " To root them from the ground ; " Till not the name of saints remain, " Nor mem'ry shall be found," 5 Awake, almighty God ! And call thy wrath to mind : Give them like forests to the fire, Or stubble to the wind. 6 Convince their madness, Lord, And make them seek thy name ; PSALM LXXXIV. 95 Or else their stubborn rage confound, That they may die in shame. 7 Then shall the nations know That glorious dreadful word : Jehovah is thy name alone, And thou the sov'reign Lord. PSALM 84. First Part. L. M The pleasure of public worship. 1 TTOW pleasant, how divinely fair, JlJL O Lord of hosts, thy dwellings are ! With long desire my spirit faints To meet th' assemblies of thy saints. 2 My flesh would rest in thine abode, My panting heart cries out for God ; My God, my King, why should I be So far from all my joys, and thee ? 3 The sparrow chooses where to rest, And for her young provides her nest ; But will my God to sparrows grant That pleasure which his children want 1 4 Blest are the saints who sit on high, Around thy throne of majesty ; Thy brightest glories shine above, And all their work is praise and love. 5 Blest are the souls that find a place : Within the temple of thy grace : There they behold thy gentler rays, And seek thy face, and learn thy praise. 6 Blest are the men whose hearts are set To find the way to Zion's gate : God is their strength, and thro' the road They lean upon their helper, God. 7 Cheerful they walk with growing strength, Till all shall meet in heav'n at length ; Till all before thy face appear, And join in nobler worship there. PSALM 84. Second Part. L. M. Grace and glory. 1 /^1 REAT God attend, while Zion sings VJT The joy, that from thy presence springs : To spend one day, with thee on earth, Exceeds a thousand days of mirth. 2 Might I enjoy the meanest place Within thy house, O God of grace ; Not tents of ease, nor thrones of pow'r, Should tempt my feet to leave thy door, 3 God is our sun, he makes our day ; God is our shield, he guards our way 96 PSAOI LXXXIV. From all th' assaults of hell and sin ; From foes without and foes within. 4 All needful grace God will bestow, And crown tbat grace with glory too : He gives us all tilings, and withholds No real good from upright souls. 5 O God, our King, thy sovereign sway, The glorious hosts of heav'n obey ; And devils at thy presence flee : Blest is the man that trusts in thee ! PSALxM 84. Third Part. H. M. Longing for the house of God. 1 r ORD of the worlds above, JLi How pleasant and how fair The dwellings of thy love, Thine earthly temples are ! To thine abode my heart aspires, With warm desires to see my God. 2 The sparrow for her young With pleasure seeks a nest, And vvand'ring swallows long To find their wonted rest : My spirit faints with equal zeal, To rise and dwell among thy saints. 3 O happy souls that pray Where God appoints to hear ! O happy men that pay Their constant service there ! They praise thee still ; and happy they That love the way to Zion's hill. 4 They go from strength to strength, Thro' this dark vale of tears ; Till each arrives at length ; Till each in heav'n appears. O glorious seat, when God our King" Shall thither bring our willing feet ! 5 To spend one sacred day, Where God and saints abide, Affords diviner joy, Than thousand days beside ; Where God resorts, I covet more To keep the door, than shine in courts. 6 God is our sun and shield, Our light and our defence ; With gifts his hands are fill'd ; We draw our blessings thence : He shall bestow on Jacob's race Peculiar grace, and glory too. 7 The Lord his people loves ; His hand no good withholds PSALM LXXXV. LXXXVI. 97 From those his heart approves From pure and pious souls. Thrice happy he, O God of hosts, Whose spirit trust alone hi thee I PSALM 85. First Part. L. M. The Spirit's influence acknowledged and desired in greater measure. 1 ORD, thou hast call'd thy grace to mind, I A Thou hast revers'd our heavy doom : So God forgave when Israel sinn'd, And brought his wand'ring captives home. 2 Thou hast begun to set us free, And made thy fiercest wrath abate : Now let our hearts be turn'd to thee ; And thy salvation be complex . 3 Revive our dying graces, Lord, And let thy saints in thee rejoice : Make known thy truth, fulfil thy word; We wait for praise to tune our voice. 4 We wait to hear what God will say ; He'll speak, and give his people peace : But let them run no more astray, Lest his returning wrath increase. PSALM 85. Second Part. L. M. Salvation by Christ. 1 O ALVATION is for ever nigh Jo The souls, that fear and trust the Lord; And grace, descending from on high, Fresh hopes of glory shall afford. 2 Mercy and truth on earth are met, Since Christ the Lord came down from heav'n: By his obedience, so complete, Justice is pleas'd, and peace is giv'n. 3 Now truth and honor shall abound ; Religion dwell on earth again ,• And heav'nly influ'nee bless the ground, In our Redeemer's gentle reign. 4 His righteousness is gone before, To give us free access to God : Our wand'ring feet shall stray no more, But mark his steps, and keep the road. PSALM 86. First Part. C. M. Majesty and grace of God. 1 A MONG the princes, earthly gods, jt\. There's none hath pow'r divine ; Nor is their nature, mighty Lord ! Nor are their works like thine. 2 The nations, thou hast made, shall bring Their ofPrings round thy throne : 9 98 PSALM LXXXVl. For thou alone dost wondrous things ; For thou art God alone. 3 Lord, I would walk with holy feet ; Teach me thy heav'nly ways ; And my poor scatter'd thoughts unite In God my Father's praise, 4 Great is thy mercy, and my tongue Shall those sweet wonders tell ; How by thy grace my sinking soul Rose from the deeps of hell. PSALM 86. Second Part. L. M. Mourning over unbelief, and pleading for the evidence of an interest in Christ. 1 TESUS my God, my all in all, *J Display thy pow'r, unveil thy face ; Wilt thou not hear when sinners call? Is not thy reign a reign of grace 1 2 A thousand times my tongue hath said, " Bought with a price, I'm not my own ;" A thousand times my soul hath fled, And sought relief beiore thy throne. 3 But now 1 grope, as in the night, I can't believe, and dare not trust ; My path is hedg'd, I see no light, My hopes are prostrate in the dust. 4 With fears that all experience past Hath been delusive, false and vain, I dread, lest falling short at last, I never shall the prize obtain. 5 When to the cross I wish to fly, And see the blood of sprinkling flow ; To Sinai's mount, not Calvary, A legal spirit bids me go. 6 Striving to stretch my wither'd arms, I fain would give myself away ,* But sins and guilt excite alarms, And check a near approach to thee. 7 O ! if already I've believ'd, If Christ and I indeed be one : Then prove thyself my help and shield, Or, let the work be now begun. 8 Show me a token, Lord, for good, And let me know that I am thine ; Dispel my doubts, disperse the cloud, And on my soul benignant shine. 9 Now let thy Spirit from above, Bear witness to my troubled heart ; Now shed abroad my Father's love^ And filial confidence impart. PSALM LXXXVII. LXXXVIII. 99 10 Then shall my foes, who hate me, see That God is faithful to his saints j That he hath heard and helped me, And chang'd to praise my sad complaints. PSALM 87, L. M. The glory of the church and happiness of belonging to her. 1 /^1 OD in his earthly temple lays ^JT Foundations for his heav'n*/ praise ; He likes the tents of Jacob well ,* But still in Zion loves to dwell. 3. His mercy visits ev'ry house, That pays its night and morning vows ; But makes a more delightful stay, Where churches meet to praise and pray. 3 What glories were describ'd of old ! What wonders are of Zion told ! Thou city of our God below, Thy fame shall Tyre and Egypt know. 4 Egypt and Tyre, the Greek and Jew, Shall there begin their lives anew : Angels and men shall join to sing The hill, where living waters spring. 5 When God makes up his last account Of natives in his holy mount, 'Twill be an honor to appear, As one new born and nourish'd there. PSALM 88. First Part. L. M. Life the only accepted time. 1 "¥X7"HILE life prolongs its precious light, V V Mercy is found and peace is giv'n ; But soon, ah soon ! th' approaching night Shall blot out ev'ry hope of heav'n. 2 While God invites, how bless'd the day ! How sweet the gospel's charming sound ! " Come sinners, haste, O ! haste away, " While yet a pard'ning God he's found. 3 " In that lone land of deep despair, " No Sabbath's heav'nly light shail rise ; " No God regard your bitter pray'r, " Nor Saviour call you to the skies." PSALM 88. Second Part. S. M. Sickness sanctified. 1 OTRETCH'D on the bed of grief, lO In silence long I lay ; For sore disease, and wasting pain, Had worn my strength away. 2 How mourn'd my sinking soul The Sabbath's hours divine : 700 PSALM LXXXVIII. The day of grace, that precious day, Consum'd in sense, and sin. 3 The work, the mighty work Of" life so long delay'd ; Repentance, yet to be begun, Upon a dying bed ! 4 Then to the Lord I pray'd, And rais'd a bitter cry : " Hear me, O God, and save my soul, " Lest I for ever die." 5 He heard my humble cry ; He sav'd my soul from dea'.h : To him I'll give my heart and hands, And consecrate my breath. 6 Ye sinners, fear the Lord, While yet 'tis call'd to-day ; Soon will the awful voice of death Command your souls away. PSALM 88. Third Part. L. M. Resurrection and immortaliy. 1 O HALL man, O God of light and life, ^ For ever moulder in the grave 1 Canst thou forget thy glorious work, Thy promise, and thy pow'r to save 1 2 Cease, cease, ye vain desponding fears : When Christ, our Lord, from darkness sprang, Death, the last foe, was captive led, And heav'n with praise and wonder rang. 3 Him the first fruits, his chosen sons Shall follow irom the vanquish'd grave ; He mounts his throne, the King of kings, His church to quicken, and to save. 4 Faith sees the bright eternal doors Unfold, to make his children way : They shall be cloth'd with endless life, And shine in everlasting day. 5 The trump shall sound ,* the dust awake ; From the cold tomb the slumb'rers spring ; Thro' heav'n with joy their myriads rise, And hail their Saviour and their King. PSALM 88. Fourth Part. L. M. A believer walking in darkness. 1 T ORD, in a day of pow'r divine I A Thy grace prevail'd, and made me thine , To thee, my soul, when young, I gave, And trusted in thy pow'r to save. 2 But where remain the joy and peace, Which, then I thought, would never cease ? PSALM LXXXIX. ioi If I am thine, how can it be, That comforts should for ever flee ? 3 Involv'd in glooms of darkest night, And banish'd from thy blissful sight, 1 seek thy face on ev'ry side ; But still the glooms of night abide. 4 Up from my youth, depriv'd of joy, Afflictions all my peace destroy ; Thy terrors oft distract my soul, And sorrows rise beyond control. 5 O ! turn thine hand, command relief, Restore my peace, assuage my grief; And let, of future rest, an heir, One drop of consolation share. PSALM 89. First Part. L. M. The covenant made with Christ. 1 TT^OR ever shall my song record JO The truth and mercy of the Lord j Mercy and truth for ever stand, Like heav'n establish'd by his hand. 2 Thus to his Son he sware, and said, " With thee my cov'nant first was made ,* " In thee shall dying sinners live ; " Glory and grace are thine to give. 3 " Be thou my Prophet, thou my Priest ; " Thy children shall be ever blest ; " Thou art my chosen King ; thy throne " Shall stand eternal, like my own." 4 Now let the church rejoice, and sing Jesus her Saviour, and her King : Angels his heav'nly wonders show, And saints declare his works below. PSALM 89. Second Part, C. M. The faithfulness of God. 1 1\/|~Y never ceasing songs shall show ±.t JL The mercies of the Lord : And make succeeding ages know How faithful is his word. 2 The sacred truths his lips pronounce, Shall firm as heav'n endure ; And if he speaks a promise once, Th' eternal grace is sure. 3 How long the race of David held The promis'd Jewish throne ! But there's a nobler cov'nant seal'd To David's greater Son. 4 His seed for ever shall possess A throne above the skies ; 9* 102 PSALM LXXXIX. The meanest subject of his grace, Shall to that glory rise. 5 Lord God of hosts! thy wondrous ways Are sung by saints above ; And saints on earth their honors raise To thy unchanging love. PSALM 89. Third Part. C. M. The power and Majesty of God. 1 "TyCT'ITH rev'rence let thy saints appear ▼ T And bow before the Lord • His high commands adoring hear, And tremble at his word. 2 How terrible thy glories be ! How bright thine armies shine ! Where is the pow'r that vies with thee Or truth compar'd with thine 1 3 The northern pole and southern, rest On thy supporting hand ,* Darkness and day, from east to west, Move round at thy command. 4 Thy words the raging winds control, And rule the boist'rous deep : Thou mak'st the sleeping billows roll, The rolling billows sleep. 5 Heav'n, earth, and air, and sea are thine, And the dark world of hell ; How did thine arm in vengeance shine AVhen Egypt durst rebel ! 6 Justice and judgment are thy throne, Yet wondrous is thy grace ; While truth and mercy, join'd in one, Invite us near thy face. PSALM 89. Fourth Part. C. M. The blessedness of knowing the Gospel. 1 "IDLEST are the souls that hear and know J3 The gospel's joyful sound ; Peace shall attend the path they go, And light their steps surround. 2 Their joy shall bear their spirits up Thro' their Redeemer's name ; His righteousness exalts their hope, Nor Satan dares condemn. 3 The Lord, our glory and defence, Strength and salvation gives ; Israel, thy King for ever reigns, Thy God forever lives. PSALM LXXXIX. 103 PSALM 89. Fifth Part. CM. Christ's Mediatorial Kingdom. 1 TTEAR what the Lord in vision said, IX And made his mercy known ; " Sinners, behold, your help is laid " On my almighty Son." 2 High shall he reign on David's throne, My people's better King ; My arm shall beat his rivals down, And still new subjects bring. 3 My truth shall guard him in his way, With mercy by his side ; While in my name thro' earth and sea He shall in triumph ride. 4 My cov'nant stands forever fast.. My promises are strong ; Firm as the heav'ns his throne shall last, His seed endure as long. PSALM 89. Sixth Part. C. M. The covenant of grace unchangeable. 1 "T^ET (saith the Lord) if David's race, X The children of my Son, Should break my laws, abuse my grace, And tempt mine anger down ; 2 Their sins I'll visit with the rod, And make their folly smart ; But I'll not cease to be their God, Nor from my truth depart. 3 My cov'nant I will ne'er revoke, but keep my grace in mind ; And what eternal love hath spoke, Eternal truth shall bind. 4 Once have I sworn (I need no more) And pledg'd my holiness, To seal my sacred promise sure To David and his race. 5 The sun shall see his offspring rise, And spread from sea to sea, Long as he travels round the skies To give the nations day. 6 Sure as the moon that rules the night, His kingdom shall endure ; Till the fix'd laws of shade and light Shall be observ'd no more. PSALM 89. Seventh Part. L. M. Mortality and hope. A funeral Psalm. 1 T> EMEMBER, Lord, our mortal state 5 XV How frail our life, how short tk3 date I 104 PSALM XC. Where is the man that draws his breath Safe from disease, secure from death ? 2 Lord, while we see whole nations die, Our flesh and sense repine, and cry, " Must death forever rage and reign 1 " Or hast thou made mankind in vain? 3 " Where is thy promise to the just 1 " Are not thy servants turn'd to dust V* But faith forbids these mournful sighs, And sees the sleeping dust arise. 4 That glorious hour, that dreadful day, Wipes the reproach of saints away ; And clears the honor of thy word : Awake, our souls, and bless the Lord. PSALM 90. First Part. L. M. Man mortal, and God eternal. A funeral Psalm. 1 npHRO' ev'ry age, eternal God ! I Thou art our rest, our safe abode ; High was thy throne, ere heav'n was made, Or earth thy humble iootstool laid. 2 Long had'st thou reign'd ere time began, Or dust was fashion'd into man ; And long thy kingdom shall endure, When earth and time shall be no more. 3 But man, weak man, is born to die, Made up of guilt and vanity : Thy dreadful sentence, Lord, was just, " Return, ye sinners, to your dust." 4 A thousand of our years amount Scarce to a day in thy account ; Like yesterday's departed light, Or the last watch of ending night. 5 Death, like an overflowing stream, Sweeps us away : our life's a dream ; An empty tale ; a morning flow'r, Cut down and wither'd in an hour. 6 Our age to seventy years is set ; How short the term ! how frail the state I And if to eighty we arrive, We rather sigh and groan, than live. 7 But oh ! how oft thy wrath appears, And cuts off our expected years ! Thy wrath awakes our humble dread : ■ We fear the pow'r that strikes us dead. 8 Teach us, O Lord, how frail is man ; And kindly lengthen out our span ; Till faith, and love, and piety, Fit us to die, and dwel) with thee <■:• PSALM XC. 105 PSALM 90. Second Part. C. M. Man frail, and God our refuge. 1 /^UR God, our help in ages past, \J Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home ! 2 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth receiv'd her frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 3 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away ; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the op'ning day. 4 Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Be thou our guard while troubles last, And our eternal home. PSALM 90. Third Part. C. M. Death the effect of sin — the brevity of human life, 1 ORD, if thine eyes survey our faults, JLi And justice grows severe, Thy dreadful wrath exceeds our thoughts, And burns beyond our fear. 2 Thine anger turns our frame to dust ; By one offence to thee, Adam and all his sons have lost Their immortality. 3 Life, like a vain amusement flies, A fable or a song : By swift degrees our nature dies, Nor can our joys be long. 4 'Tis but a few, whose days amount To three score years and ten ; And all, beyond that short account, Is sorrow, toil, and pain. 5 Almighty God, reveal thy love, And not thy wrath alone : O let our sweet experience prove The mercies of thy throne ! PSALM 90. Fourth Part. C. M. Breathing after heaven. 1 T> ETURN, O God of love, return ; _tV Earth is a tiresome place : How long shall we, thy children, mourn Our absence from thy face 1 2 Let heav'n succeed our painful years, Let sin and sorrow cease ; 106 PSALM XCI. And, in proportion to our tears, So make our joys increase. 3 Thy wonders to thy servants show, Make thy own work complete ; Then shall our souls thy glory know, And own thy love was great. 4 Then shall we shine before thy throne, In all thy beauty, Lord ; And the poor service, we have done, Meet a divine reward. PSALM 91. First Part. L. M. Safety in ■public diseases and dangers* 1 TTE, that hath made his refuge God, JljL Shall find a most secure abode ; Shall walk all day beneath his shade, And there at night shall rest his head. 2 Then will I say,'^ My God, thy pow'r " Shall be my fortress and my tow'r : " I, that am form'd of feeble dust, " Make thine almighty arm my trust." 3 Thrice happy man ! thy Maker's care Shall keep thee from the fowler's snare, Satan, the tempter, who betrays Unguarded souls a thousand ways, 4 Just as a hen protects her brood From birds of prey, that seek their blood, Under her feathers ; so the Lord Makes his own arm his people's guard. 5 If burning beams of noon conspire To dart a pestilential fire, God is their life : his wings are spread To shield them, with an healthful shade, 6 If vapours with malignant breath Rise thick, and scatter midnight death, Israel is safe : the poison'd air Grows pure, if Israel's God be there. 7 What tho' a thousand at thy side, At thy right hand ten thousand died ; Thy God his chosen people saves Among the dead, amid the graves. 8 But if the fire, or plague, or sword, Receive commission from the Lord, To strike his saints among the rest ; Their veiy pains and deaths are blest, 9 The sword, the pestilence, or fire, Shall but fulfil their best desire : From sins and sorrows set them free, iVnd bring thy children, Lord, to thee. PSALM XCI. XC'II. 107 PSALM 91. Second Part. C. M. The same. 1 ~V7\E sons of men, a feeble race, JL Expos'd to ev'ry snare, Come, make your Lord your dwelling-place, And try, and trust his care. 2 No ill shall enter where you dwell ; Or if the plague come nigh, And sweep the wicked down to hell, 'Twill raise his saints on high. 3 He'll give his angels charge to keep Your feet in all their ways ; To watch your pillow, while you sleep, And guard your happy days. 4 Their hands shall bear you9 lest you fall, And dash against the stones : Are they not servants at his call, And sent t' attend his sons 1 5 Adders and lions ye shall tread ; The tempter's wiles defeat : For he that broke the serpent's head Puts him beneath your feet. 6 " Because on me they set their love* "I'll save them; (saiththe Lord) " I'll bear their joyful souls above " Destruction, and the swordi 7 " My grace shall answer when they call ; " In trouble I'll be nigh : " My pow'r shall help them when they fall, " And raise them when they die. 8 " Those that on earth my name have known^ " I'll honor them in heav'n ; " There my salvation shall be shown, " And endless life be giv'n." PSALM 92. First Part. L. M. A psalm for the Lord's day. 1 ^JWEET is the work, my God, my King, O To praise thy name, give thanks, and sing; To show thy love by morning light* And talk of all thy truth at night. 2 Sweet is the day of sacred rest, No mortal care shall seize my breast : O,! may my heart in tune be found, Like David's harp of solemn sound. 3 My heart shall triumph in my Lord, And bless his works, and bless his word : Thy works of grace, how bright they shine ! How deep thy counsels ! how divine ! 108 PSALM XCII. XCIIL 4 Fools never raise their thoughts so high ; Like brutes they live, like brutes they die : Like grass they flourish, till thy breath Blasts them in everlasting death. 5 But 1 shall share a glorious part When grace hath well refin'd my heart ; And fresh supplies of joy are shed Like holy oil, to cheer my head. 6 Sin (my worst enemy before) Shall vex my eyes and ears no more ; My inward foes shall all be slain ; Nor Satan break my peace again. 7 Then shall I see, and hear, and know All I desir'd or wish'd below : And ev'ry pow'r find sweet employ In that eternal world of joy. PSALM 92. Second Part. L. M Aged Saints. 1 X ORD, Ttis a pleasant thing to stand JLi In gardens planted by thy hand : Let me within thy courts be seen, Like a young cedar fresh and green. 2 There grow thy saints in faith and love, Blest with thine infiVnce from above; Not Lebanon with all its trees Yields such a comely sight as these. 3 The plants of grace shall ever live ; Nature decays, but grace must thrive ; Time, that doth all things else impair, Still makes them flourish strong and fair 4 Laden with fruits of age, they show The Lord is holy, just and true ; None, that attend his gates, shall find A God unfaithful or unkind. PSALM 93. L. M. Eternity and dominion of God. 1 TEHOVAH reigns : He dwells in light, *J Girded with majesty and might : The world, created by his hands, Still on its first foundation stands. 2 But ere this spacious world was made, Or had its first foundation laid ; Thy throne eternal ages stood, Thyself the ever-living God. 3 Like floods the angry nations rise, And aim their rage against the skies ; Vain floods, that aim their rage so high I At thy rebuke the billows die ! PSALM XCIV. 109 4 For ever shall thy throne endure ; Thy promise stands forever sure ; And everlasting holiness Becomes the dwellings of thy grace. PSALM 94. First Part. C. M. Sinners threatened, — saints chastised. 1 /^V GOD, to whom revenge belongs, \J Proclaim thy wrath aloud ; Let sovereign pow'r redress our wrongs, Let justice smite the proud. 2 They say, u The Lord nor sees nor hears :" When will the fools be wise 1 Can he be deaf, who form'd their ears 1 Or blind, who made their eyes] 3 He knows their impious thoughts are vain, And they shall feel his pow'r : His wrath shall pierce their souls with pain In some surprising hour. 4 But if thy saints deserve rebuke, Thou hast a gentler rod ; Thy providences and thy book Shall make them know their God* 5 Blest is the man thy hands chastise, And to his duty draw : Thy chast'nings make thy children wise* When they forget thy law. 6 But God will ne'er cast off his saints, Nor his own promise break ; He pardons his inheritance For their Redeemer's sake. PSALM 94. Second Part. C. M* God our support and comfort. 1 X^7^HO will arise and plead my right V V Against my numerous foes ; While earth and hell their force unite, And all my hopes oppose 1 2 Had not the Lord, my rock, my help, Sustain'd my fainting head, My life had now in silence dwelt ; My soul among the dead. 3 " Alas ! my sliding feet !" I cri'd, Thy promise was my prop : Thy grace stood constant by my side, Thy Spirit bore me up. 4 While multitudes of mournful thoughts Within my bosom roll ; Thy boundless love forgives my faults, Thy comforts cheer my soul. 10 no PSALM xcv 5 Pow'rs of iniquity may rise, And frame pernicious laws ; But God, my refuge, rules the skies ; He will defend my cause, 6 Let malice vent her rage aloud, Let bold blasphemers scoff: The Lord our God shall judge the proud, And cut the sinners off. PSALM 95. First Part. C. M. Introductory Psalm. 1 ^ING to the Lord Jehovah's name, 1^ And in his strength rejoice : When his salvation is our tneme, Exalted be our voice. 2 With thanks approach his awful sight, And psalms of honor sing : The Lord's a God of boundless might, The whole creation's King. 3 Let princes hear, let angels know, How mean their natures seem, Those gods on high, and gods below,. When once compar'd with him. 4 Earth, with its caverns dark and deep, Lies in Ms spacious hand ; He fix'd the seas, what bounds to keep, And where the hills must stand. 5 Come, and with humble souls adore j Come, kneel before his face ; 0 ! may the creatures of his pow'r Be children of his grace 1 6 Now is the time : he bends his ear, And waits for your request : Come, lest he rouse his wrath, and swear, " Ye shall not see my rest." PSALM 95. Second Part. S. M. A call to delaying1 sinners. 1 /""iOME, sound his praise abroad, V.^ And hymns of glory sing :. Jehovah is the sov'reign God, The universal King. 2 He form'd the deeps unknown ; He gave the seas their bound ; The wat'ry worlds are all his own, And all the solid ground. 3 Come, worship at his throne ; Come, bow before the Lord: We are his work, and not our own, He form'd us by his word. PSALM XCV. XCVL m 4 To-day attend his voice, Nor dare provoke his rod : Come, like the people of his choice, And own your gracious God. 5 But if your ears refuse The language of his grace ; And hearts grow hard like stubborn Jews, That unbelieving race : 6 The Lord in vengeance drest, Will lift his hand and swear; u Ye that despise my promis'd rest, " Shall have no portion there." PSALM 95. Third Part. L. M. A call to delaying sinners. 1 /"^ OME, let our souls address the Lord, V^J Who fram'd our natures with his word: He is our shepherd ; we the sheep, His mercy chose, his pastures keep. 2 Come, let us hear his voice to-day, The counsels of his love obey ; Nor let our hardened hearts renew The sins and plagues that Israel knew. 3 Seize the kind promise, while it waits, And march to Zion's heav'nly gates ; Believe, and take the promis'd rest : Obey, and be for ever blest. PSALM 96. First Part. C. M. The Jirst and second coming of Christ* 1 O ING to the Lord, ye distant lands, ^ Ye tribes of ev'ry tongue ; His rich display of grace demands A new and nobler song. 2 Say to the nations, Jesus reigns, God's own almighty Son : His pow'r the sinking world sustains, And grace surrounds his throne. 3 Let heav'n proclaim the joyful day ; Joy thro' the earth be seen : Let cities shine in bright array, And fields in cheerful green. 4 Let an unusual joy surprise The islands of the sea : Ye mountains sink ; ye vallies rise ; Prepare the Lord his way. 5 Behold he comes ! he comes to bless The nations as their God : To show the world his righteousness, And send his truth abroad. 1 12 PSALM XCVI. XC VII. 6 But when his voice shall raise the dead, And bid the world draw near ; How will the guilty nations dread, To see their Judge appear ! PSALM 96. Second Part. L. P. M. Universal acknowledgment of God. 1 FT1 HE heathen know thy glory, Lord ; JL The wond'ring nations read thy word ; In these far climes Jehovah's known : Our worship shall no more be paid To gods which mortal hands have made j Our Maker is our God alone. 2 He fram'd the globe, he built the sky ; He made the shining worlds on high ; And reigns complete in glory there : His beams are majesty and light ; His beauties, how divinely bright ! His temple, how divinely fair ! 3 Come, the great day, the glorious hour, When earth shall feel his saving pow'r, And barb'rous nations fear his name ; Then shall the race of man confess The beauty of his holiness ; And in his courts his grace proclaim. PSALM 97. First Part. L. M. Christ reigning, and coming to judgment. 1 TTE reigns ; the Lord, the Saviour reigns \ 11 Praise him in evangelic strains : Let the whole earth in songs rejoice, And distant islands join their voice. 2 Deep are his counsels and unknown ; But grace and truth support his throne : Tho' gloomy clouds his ways surround Justice is their eternal ground. 3 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. 4 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. PSALM 97. Second Part. L. M. Christ adored by angels. 1 ri iHE Lord is come ; the heav'ns proclaim JL His birth ; the nations learn his name : An unknown sfar directs the road Of eastern sages to their God. 2 All ye bright armies of the skies, Go, worship, where the Saviour lies ; PSALM XCVII. XCVIII. 113 Angels and kings before him bow, Those gods on high and gods below. 3 Let idols totter to the ground, And their own worshippers confound : Let Judah shout, let Zion sing, And earth confess her sov'reign King. PSALM 97. Third Part. L. M. Grace and glory. 1 f I ^H' Almighty reigns, exalted high JL O'er all {he earth, o'er all the sky : Tho' clouds and darkness veil his feet, His dwelling is the mercy seat. 2 O ye, that love his holy name, Hate ev'ry work of sin and shame ! He guards the souls of all his friends, And from the snares of hell defends. 3 Immortal light, and joys unknown, Are for the saints in darkness sown : Those glorious seeds shall spring and rise, And the bright harvest bless our eyes. 4 Rejoice, ye righteous, and record The sacred honours of the Lord : None but the soul that feels his grace, Can triumph in his holiness. PSALM 98. First Part. C. M. Praise for the gospel. 1 rilO our almighty Maker, God, JL New honors be addrest : His great salvation shines abroad, And makes the nations blest. 2 He spake the word to Abra'm first ,' His truth fulfils the grace : The Gentiles make his name their trust, And learn his righteousness. 3 Let the whole earth his love proclaim, With all her difPrent tongues ; And spread the honors of his name In melody and songs. PSALM 98. Second Part. C. N The Messiah's coming and kingdom* . 1 TOY to the world ; the Lord is come : d Let earth receive her King ; Let ev'ry heart prepare him room, And heav'n and nature sing. 2 Joy to the earth ; the Saviour reigns : Let men their songs employ ; 10* 114 PSALM XCIX. While fields, and floods, rocks, hills and plains Repeat the sounding joy. 3 No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground : He comes, to make his b'essings flow Far as the curse is found. 4 He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of his righteousness, And wonders of his love. PSALM 99. First Part. S. M. The kingdom and Majesty of Christ. 1 f I ^HE Lord, Jehovah, reigns, _L Let all the nations fear ; Let sinners tremble at his throne ; And saints be humbled there. 2 Jesus the Saviour reigns, Let earth adore its Lord : Bright cherubs his attendants stand, And swift fulfil his word. 3 In Zion is his throne ; His honors are divine ; His church shall make his wonders known x For there his glories shine. 4 How holy is his name ! How terrible his praise ! Justice and truth, and judgment join, In all his works of grace PSALM 99. Second Part. S, M. The majesty and grace of God acknowledged. 1 T^XALT the Lord our God, J-J And worship at his feet ; His ways are wisdom pow'r and truth, And mercy is his seat. 2 When Israel was his church, When Aaron was his priest, When Moses cri'd, when Samuel pray'd, He gave his people rest. 3 Oft he forgave their sins, Nor would destroy their race ; And oft he made his vengeance known When they abus'd his grace, 4 Exalt Cie Lord our God ; His grace is still the same : Still he's a God of holiness, And jealous for his name. PSALM C. 115 PSALM 100. First Part, L. M. Praise to our Creator. 1 "OEFORE Jehovah's awful throne, n Ye nations bow with sacred joy ; Know that the Lord is God alone ; He can create, and he destroy. 2 His sov'reign pow'r, without our aid, Made us of clay, and form'd us men ; And when like wand'ring sheep we stray'd, He brought us to his fold again. 3 We are his people, we his care ; Our souls and all our mortal frame : What lasting honors shall we rear, Almighty Maker, to thy name? 4 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs j High as the heav'n our voices raise : And earth with her ten thousand tongues Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 5 Wide as the world is thy command, Vast as eternity thy love : Firm as a rock thy truth must stand, When rolling years shall cease to move. PSALM 100. Second Part, H. M. Praise to our preserver. 1 O ING to the Lord most high ; O Let ev'ry land adore : With grateful voice make known His goodness and his pow'r. Let cheerful songs declare his ways, And let his praise inspire your tongues. % Enter his courts with joy ; With fear address the Lord : He form'd us with his hand, And quicken'd by his word. With wide command he spreads his sway O'er ev'ry sea, and ev'ry land. 3 His hands provide our food, And ev'ry blessing give : We feed upon his care, And in his pastures live. With cheerful songs declare his ways, And let his praise inspire your tongues. 4 Good is the Lord, our God, His truth and mercy sure ; While earth and heav'n shall fast, His promises endure. With bounteous hand he spreads his sway f^'er ev'rv sea, and ev'ry land. 116 PSALM CI. PSALM 101. First Part. L. M. The magistrate's psalm. 1 11/rERCY and judgment are my song: 1_tJL And since they both to thee belong, My gracious God, my righteous King, To thee my songs and vows I'll bring. 2 If I am rais'd to bear the sword, I'll take my counsels from thy word : Thy justice and thy heav'nly grace Shall be the pattern of my ways. 3 Let wisdom all my actions guide, And let my God with me reside : No wicked thing shall dwell with me, Which may provoke thy jealousy. 4 I'll search the land, and raise the just To posts of honor, wealth and trust : The men that work thy holy will, Shall be my friends and fav'rites still. 5 In vain shall sinners hope to rise By flatt'ring or malicicus lies ; And while the innocent I guard, The bold offender shan't be spar'd. 6 The impious crew, that factious band, Shall hide their heads, or quit the land; And all that break the public rest, Where I have pow'r, shall be suppressed. PSALM 101. Second Part. C. M. The magistrate's psalm. 1 [~\F justice and of grace I sing, \Jr And pay my God my vows : Thy grace and justice, heav'nly King, Teach me to rule my house. 2 Now to my tent, O God, repair, And make thy servant wise : I'll suffer nothing near me there, That shall offend thine eyes. 3 The man that doth his neighbour wrong By falsehood or by force ; The scornful eye, the sland'rous tongue, I'll thrust them from my doors. 4 I'll seek the faithful and the just, And will their help enjoy ; These are the friends that I shall trust, The servants I'll employ. 5 The wretch that deals in sly deceit, I'll not endure a night : The liar's tongue I'll ever hate, And banish from my sight. PSALM CII. lit 6 I'll purge my family around, And make the wicked flee , So shall my house be ever found, A dwelling fit for thee. PSALM 102. First Part. C. M. A prayer of the afflicted. 1 TTEAR me, O God, nor hide thy face, XX But answer, lest I die : Hast thou not built a throne of grace To hear when sinners cry 1 2 My days are wasted like the smoke Dissolving in the air ; My strength is dried, my heart is broke, And sinking in despair. 3 My spirits flag like with'ring grass Burnt with excessive heat : In secret groans my minutes pass, And I forget to eat. 4 As on some lonely building's top The sparrow tells her moan ; Far from the tents of joy and hope I sit and grieve alone. 5 My soul is like a wilderness, Where beasts of midnight howl ; There the sad raven finds her place, And there the screaming owl. 6 Dark dismal thoughts and boding fears Dwell in my troubled breast ; While sharp reproaches wound my ears, Nor give my spirit rest. 7 My cup is mingled with my woes. And tears are my repast ; My daily bread like ashes grows Unpleasant to my taste. 8 Sense can afford no real joy To souls that feel thy frown ; Lord, 'twas thy hand advanc'd me high ; Thy hand hath cast me down. 9 My looks like wither'd leaves appear ; And life's declining light Grows faint, as ev'ning shadows are, That vanish into night. 10 But thou forever art the same, O my eternal God ! Ages to come shall know thy name, And spread thy works abroad. 11 Thou wilt arise and show thy face ; Nor will my Lord delay 118 PSALM CII. Beyond the appointed hour of grace, That long expected day. 12 He hears his saints, he knows their cry ; And by mysterious ways Redeems the pris'ners doom'd to die, And fills their tongues with praise. PSALM 102. Second Part. C. M. Prayer heard, and the church revived. 1 ET Zion and her sons rejoice ! I A Behold the promis'd hour ! Her God hath heard her mourning voice, And comes t' exalt his pow'r. 2 Her dust and ruins, that remain, Are precious in our eyes ; Those ruins shall be built again, And all that dust shall rise. 3 The Lord will raise Jerusalem, And stand in glory there : Nations shall bow before his name, And kings attend with fear. 4 He sits a sov'reign on his throne, With pity in his eyes ; He hears the dying pris'ners groan, And sees their sighs arise. 5 He frees the souls condemn'd to death ; And when his saints complain, It shan't be said, " That praying breath " Was ever spent in vain." 6 This shall be known when we are dead, And left on long record ; That ages yet unborn may read, And trust, and praise the Lord. PSALM 102. Third Part. L. M. Perpetuity of the chv.rch, though the saints die. 1 TT is the Lord our Saviour's hand X Weakens our strength amid the race : Disease and death, at his command, Arrest us and cut short our days. 2 Spare us, O Lord, aloud we pray, Nor let our sun go down at noon : Thy years are one eternal day ; And must thy children die so soon 7 3 Yet in the midst of death and grief, This thought our sorrows shall assuage ; " Our Father and our Saviour live : " Christ is the same thro' ev'ry age." 4 'Twashe, this earth's foundation laid; Heav'n is the building of his hand : PSALM CIII. no This earth grows old, these heav'ns shall fade, And all be chang'd at his command. 5 The starry curtains of the sky, Like garments shall be laid aside ; But still thy throne stands firm and high ; Thy church lor ever must abide. 6 Before thy face thy church shall live, And on thy throne thy children reign : This dying world shall they survive, And the dead saints be rais'd again. PSALM 103. First Part. S. M. Praise for spiritual and temporal mercies, 1 f\ BLESS the Lord, my soul ! \_J Let all within me join : And aid my tongue to bless his name, Whose favours are divine. 2 O bless the Lord, my soul ! Nor let his mercies lie Forgotten in unthankfulness. And without praises die. 3 'Tis he forgives thy sins ; 'Tis he relieves thy pain : 'Tis he that heals thy sicknesses, And makes thee young again. 4 He crowns thy life with love, When ransom'd from the grave ; He, that redeem'd my soul from hell, Hath sov'reign pow'r to save. 5 He fills the poor with good, He gives the sufPrers rest ; The Lord hath judgments for the proud, And justice for th' opprest. 6 His wondrous works and ways He made by Moses known ; But sent the world his truth and grace, By his beloved Son. PSALM 103. Second Part. S. M. Praise for spiritual and temporal mercies. 1 "JV/TY soul, repeat his praise, XYJL Whose mercies are so great j Whose anger is so slow to rise, So ready to abate. 2 God will not always chide : And when his strokes are felt, His strokes are fewer than our crimes, And lighter than our guilt. 3 High as the heav'ns are rais'd Above the ground we tread ; 1£0 PSALM CHI. CIV, So far the riches of his grace Our highest thoughts exceed. 4 His pow'r subdues our sins : And his forgiving love, Far as the east is from the west, Doth all our guilt remove. 5 The pity of the Lord, To those that fear his name, Is such, as tender parents leel ; He knows our feeble frame. 6 He knows we are but dust, Scattered with ev'ry breath ; His anger, like a rising wind, Can send us swift to death. 7 Our days are as the grass, Or like the morning tiow'r: If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field, It withers in an hour. 8 But thy compassions, Lord, To endless years endure ; And children's children ever find Thy words of promise sure. PSALM 103. Third Part. S. M. General song of praise, — introductory. 1 f | ^HE Lord, the sov'reign King, JL Hath fix'd his throne on high : O'er all the heav'nly world he rules, And all beneath the sky. 2 Ye angels, great in might, And swift to do his will : Bless ye the Lord, whose voice ye hear, Whose pleasure ye fulfil, 3 Let the bright hosts who wait The orders of their King, And guard his churches when they pray, Join in the praise they sing. * 4 While all his wondrous works Thro' his vast kingdom show Their Maker's glory ; thou, my soul, Shalt sing his praises too. PSALM 104. Find Part. L. M. The glory of God in creation and Providence* 1 IV/TY soul, thy great Creator praise ; XT JL When cloth'd in his celestial rays, He in full majesty appears, And, like a robe, his glory wears. 2 The heav'ns are for his curtains spread ; Th' unfathora'd deep he makes his bed : PSALM CIV. 121 Clouds are his chariots, when he flies On winged storms across the skies. 3 Angels, whom his own breath inspires, His ministers, are flaming fires ; And swift, as thought, their armies move To bear his vengeance, or his love. 4 The world's foundations by his hand Are pois'd, and shall for ever stand : He binds the ocean in his chain, Lest it should drown the earth again. 5 When earth was cover'd with the flood, Which high above the mountains stood, - He thunder'd ; and the ocean fled, Confin'd to its appointed bed. 6 The swelling billows know their bounds, And in their channels walk their rounds ; Yet thence convey'd by secret veins, They spring from hills and drench the plains 7 He bids the crystal fountains flow, And cheer the vallies as they go ; Tame heifers there their thirst allay, And for the stream wild asses bray. 8 From pleasant trees which shade the brink, The lark and linnet light to drink ; Their songs the lark and linnet raise, And chide our silence in his praise. PSALM 104. Second Part. L. M. Providence. 1 (~^\ OD, from his cloudy cistern, pours XJT On the parch'd earth enriching show'rs • The grove, the garden, and the field, A thousand joyful blessings yield. 2 He makes the grassy food arise, And gives the cattle large supplies , With herbs for man, of various pow'r, To nourish nature, or to cure. 3 What noble fruit the vines produce ! The olive yields a shining juice : Our hearts are cheer'd with gen'rous wine ; With inward joy our faces shine. 4 O ! bless his name, ye nations, fed With nature's chief supporter, bread : While bread your vital strength imparts, Serve him with vigour in your hearts. PSALM 104. Third Part. L. M. Providence. 1 T3EHOLD! the stately cedar stands J3 Rais'd in the forest by his hands r 11 J 122 PSALM CIV. Birds to the boughs for shelter fly, And build their nests secure on high. 2 To craggy hills ascends the goat ; And at the airy mountain's foot, Thefeeblercreatures make their cell : He gives them wisdom where to dwell. 3 He sets the sun his circling race. Appoints the moon to change her face ; And when thick darkness veils the day, Calls out wild beasts to hunt their prey. 4 Fierce lions lead their young abroad, And roaring, ask their meat from God ; But when the morning beams arise, The savage beast to covert flies. 5 Then man to daily labor goes ; The night was made for his repose : Sleep is thy gift, that sweet relief From tiresome toil, and wasting grief. 6 How strange thy works! how great thy skill ! All lands thy boundless riches nil : Thy wisdom round the world we see ; This spacious earth is full of thee. 7 Nor less thy glories in the deep, Where fish in millions swim and creep, With wond'rous motions swift or slow, Still wand'ring in the paths below. 8 There ships divide their wat'ry way, And flocks of scaly monsters play ; There dwells the huge leviathan, And foams and sports in spite of man. PSALM 104. Fourth Part. L. M. Providence. 1 T7AST are thy works, Almighty Lord ! V All nature rests upon thy word : And the whole race of creatures stands, Waiting their portion from thy hands. 2 While each receives his difPrent food, His cheerful looks pronounce it good : Eagles and bears, and whales and worms Rejoice, and praise in difl'rent forms. 3 But when thy face is hid, they mourn, And dying, to their dust return ; Both man and beast their souls resign 9 Life, breath, and spirit, all are thine 4 Yet thou can'st breathe on dust again, And fill the world with beasts and men : A word of thy creating breath Repairs the wastes of time and death. PSALM CV. 123 5 Thy works, the wonders of thy might, Are honor'd with thine own delight : How awful are thy glorious ways ! Lord, thou art dreadful in thy praise. 6 The earth stands trembling at thy stroke, And at thy touch the mountains smoke ; Yet humble souls may see thy face, ; And toll their wants to sov'reign grace. 7 In thee my hopes and wishes meet, And make mymeditations sweet : Thy praises shall my breath employ, Till it expire in endless joy. 8 While haughty sinners die accurss'd, Their glory buried with their dust, I, to my God, my heav'nly King, Immortal hallelujahs sing. PSALM 105. First Part. C. M. The covenant with the Patriarchs remembered. 1 /^i IVE thanks to God, invoke his name, VT And tell the world his grace ; Sound thro' the earth his deeds of fame, That all may seek his face. 2 His cov'nant, which he kept in mind For num'rous ages past, To num'rous ages yet behind, In equal force shall last. 3 He sware to Abra'm and his seed, And made the blessing sure : Gentiles the ancient promise read, And find his truth endure. 4 "Thy seed shall make the nations blest," Said the Almighty voice ; " And Canaan's land shall be their rest, " The type of heav'nly joys." 5 How large the grant ! how rich the grace ! To give them Canaan's land, When they were strangers in the place, A little, feeble band. 6 Like pilgrims, thro' the countries round Securely they remov'd ; f And haughty kings, that on them frown'd, Severely he reprov'd. 7 " Touch mine anointed, and my arm " Shall .soon revenge the wrong : " The man that does my prophets harm, " Shall know their God is strong." 8 Then let the world forbear its rage. Nor put the Church in fear : 124 PSALM CV. Israel must live thro' ev'ry age, And be th' Almighty's care. PSALM 105. Second Part. C. M. God's judgments — plagues of Egypt. 1 "ITTTHEN Pharaoh dar'd to vex the saints, * T And thjs provok'd their God ; Moses was sent at their complaints, Arm'd with his dreadful rod. 2 He call'd for darkness ; darkness came, Like an o'erwhelming flood ; He made each lake, and ev'ry stream, A lake, a stream of blood. 3 He gave the sign, and noisome flies Thro' the whole country spread ; And frogs, in croaking armies, rise About the monarch's bed. 4 Thro' fields and towns, and palaces, The tenfold vengeance flew : Locusts in swarms devour'd their trees, And hail their cattle slew. 5 Then, by an angel's midnight stroke, The flow'r of Egypt died ; The strength of ev'ry house was broke, Their glory and their pride. 6 Now let the world forbear its rage, Nor 'put the Church in fear : Israel must live thro' ev'ry age, And be th' Almighty's care. PSALM 105. Third Part. C. M. Israel led to Canaan — God's gracious providence to hi* Church. 1 PTHIHUS were the tribes from bondage freed, JL And left the hated ground ; Egyptian spoils supplied their need, Nor was one feeble found. 2 The Lord himself chose out their way, And mark'd their journies right ; Gave them a leading cloud by day, A fiery guide by night. 3 They thirst : and waters from the rock In rich abundance flow ; And foll'wing still the course they took, Pt,an all the desert through. 4 O wondrous stream ! O blessed type Of ever-flowing grace ! So Christ ourrock, maintains our life, Thro' all the wilderness. 5 Thus guarded by th' Almighty's hand, The chosen tribes possess'd PSALM CV1. 125 Canaan, the rich, the promis'd land ; And there enjoy'd their rest. 6 Then let the world forbear its rage, The church renounce her fear : Israel must live thro* every age, And be th? Almighty's care. PSALM 106. First Part. L. M. General praise, — Introductory. 1 npO God the great, the ever blest, JL Let songs of honor be address'd : His mercy firm lor ever stands ; Give him the thanks his love demands. 2 Who knows the wonders of thy ways? Who shall fulfil thy boundless praise 1 Blest are the souls that fear thee still, And pay their duty to thy will. 3 Remember what thy mercy did For Jacob's race, thy chosen seed ; And with the same salvation bless The meanest suppl:ant of thy grace. 4 O may I see thy tribes rejoice, And aid their triumphs with my voice ! This is my glory, Lord, to be Join'd to thy saints, and near to thee. PSALM 106. Second Part. S. M. Inconstancy of saints, — unchangeable love of God 1 dT^i OD of eternal love, vJT How fickle are our ways ! And yet how oft did Israel prove Thy constancy of grace ! 2 They saw thy wonders wrought, And then thy praise they sung ! But soon thy works of pow'r forgot, • And murmur'd with their tongue. 3 Now they believ'd his word, While rocks with rivers flow f Now, with their lusts provoke the Lord, And he reduc'd them low. 4 Yet when they mourn'd their faults, He hearken'd to their groans ; Brought his own cov'nant to his thoughts, And call'd them still his sons. 5 Their names were in his book ; He sav'd them from their foes : Oft he chastis'd, but ne'er forsook The people that he chose. 6 Let Israel bless the Lord, Who lov'd their ancient race ; n* 126 PSALM CVII. And Christians join the solemn word, A men, to all their praise. PSALM 107. First Part. L. M. Israel led to Canaan^ and Christians to Heaven. 1 f~^\ IVE thanks to God ; he reigns above ; VJT Kind are his thoughts, bis name is love : His mercy, ages past have known, And ages long to come shall own. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord The wonders of his grace record ; Israel, the nation whom he chose, And rescu'd from their mighty foes. 3 In their distress to God they cri'd, God was their Saviour and their guide ; He led their march far wand'ring round : 'Twas the right path to Canaan's ground. 4 Thus when our first release we gain^ From sin's old yoke and Satan's chain, We have this desert world to pass, A dang'rous and a tiresome place. 5 He feeds and clothes us all the way, He guides our footsteps lest we stray ; He guards us with a pow'rful hand, And brings us to the heav'nly land. 6 O let the saints with joy record The truth and goodness of the Lord ! How great his works, how kind his ways ! Let ev'ry tongue pronounce his praise. PSALM 107. Second Part. L. M. Justice and mercy of God in dealing with men. 1 Tj^ROM age to age exalt his name ; JT God and his grace are still the same : He fills the hungry soul with food, And feeds the poor with ev'ry good. 2 But if their hearts rebel and rise Against the God that rules the skies ; If they reject his heav'nly word, And slight the counsels of the Lord ; 3 He'll bring their spirits to the ground, And no deliv'rer shall be found : Laden with grief, they waste their breath In darkness, and the shades of death. 4 Then to the Lord they raise their cries ; He makes the dawning light arise ; And scatters all that dismal shade, That hung so heavy round their head. 5 He cuts the bars of brass in two, And lets the smiling pris'ners through ; PSALM CVII. 127 Takes off the load of guilt and grief, And gives the laboring soul relief, 6 O may the sons of men record The wondrous goodness of the Lord ! How great his works, how kind his ways ! Let ev'ry tongue pronounce his praise. PSALM 107. Third Part. L. M. Intemperance punished and pardoned. 1 "¥7"AIN man, on foolish pleasures bent, V Prepares for his own punishment : What pains, what loathsome maladies From luxury and lust arise ! 2 The drunkard feels his vitals waste, Yet drowns his health to please his taste ; Till all his active powers are lost, And fainting life draws hear the dust. 3 The glutton groans, and loathes to eat ; His soul abhors delicious meat : Nature with heavy loads oppress'd, Would yield to death to be releas'd. 4 Behold the frighten'd sinners fly To God for help, with earnest cry ! He hears their groans ; prolongs their breath ; And saves them from approaching death. 5 No med'cines could effect the cure So quick, so easy, or so sure. The deadly sentence God repeals, He sends his sov'reign word and heals. 6 O may the sons of men record The wondrous goodness of the Lord ! And let their thankful ofTrings prove How they adore their Maker's love. PSALM 107. Fourth Part. C. M. The mariner's psalm. 1 ri^HY works of glory, mighty Lord ! JL Thy wonders in the deeps, The sons of courage shall record, Who trade in floating ships. 2 At thy command the winds arise, And swell the tow'ring waves ; The men astonish'd mount the skies, And sink in gaping graves, 3 Frighted to hear the tempest roar, They pant with flutt'ring breath ; And hopeless of the distant shore, Expect immediate death. 4 Then to the Lord they raise their cries He hears their loud request ; And orders silence thro' the skies, And lays the floods to rest. 128 PSALM CVII. 5 Sailors rejoice to lose their fears, And see the storm allay'd : Now to their eyes the port appears j There let their vows be paid. 6 'Tis God that brings them safe to land ; Let stupid mortals know, That waves are under his command, And all the winds that blow. 7 O that the sons of men would praise The goodness of the Lord ! And those that see thy wondrous ways, Thy wondrous love record. PSALM 107. Fifth Part, L. M. Nations blest and punished. A psalm for America.* 1 X^¥7"HEN God, provok'd with daring crimes, \ V Scourges the madness of the times, He turns the fields to barren sand, And dries the rivers from the land. 2 His word can raise the springs again, And make the wither'd mountains green ; Send show'ry blessings from the skies ; And harvests in the desert rise. 3 Where nothing dwelt but beasts of prey, Or men as fierce and wild as they ; He bids th' opprest and poor repair, And builds them towns and cities there. 4 They sow the fields, the trees they plant ; Whose yearly fruit supplies their want : Their race grows up from fruitful stocks ; Their wealth increases with their flocks. 5 Thus they are blest : but if they sin, He lets the heathen nations in : A savage crew invades their lands ; Their people die bybarb'rous hands; 6 Their captive sons, expos'd to scorn, Wander unpitied and forlorn : The country lies unfenc'd, untill'd, And desolation spreads the field. 7 Yet if the humbled nation mourns, Again his dreadful hand he turns ; Again he makes their cities thrive, And bids the dying churches live. 8 The righteous with a joyful sense, Admire the works oi Providence ; And tongues of atheists shall no more Blaspheme the God, that saints adore. c9 How few with pious care record These wondrous dealings of the Lord I But wise observers still shall find, The Lord is holy, just and kind. PSALM CVIII. 129 PSALM 108. First Part. L. M. God's care of his church. 1 A GAIN, my tongue, thy silence break, r\ My heart, and all my pow'rs, awake ; My tongue, the glory of my frame, Awake, and sing Jehovah's name. 2 O'erheav'n exalted is his throne ; In ev'ry world bis glory shown : The church he loves, his hand shall save From death, and sorrow, and the grave. 3 Ye kingdoms, hear his awful voice ! " In Zion shall my heart rejoice ; " This hand shall all her foes dismay, " And make their scatter'd strength a prey. 4 " Mine are the sons of Zion, mine " Their glory, grace,- and truth divine ; " My sceptre shines in Judah's hands, " And still my strength in Ephraim stands. 5 " My foes to ruin shall be giv'n, " The shame of earth, the scorn of heav'n ; " Their eyes shall see my church prevail ; " Their strength shall shrink, their courage fail." 6 O thou, beneath whose sov'reign sway Nations, and worlds, in dust decay, Tho' &y sweet smile has been withdrawn, Thine aid deni'd, thy presence gone j 7 Yet wilt thou still with love return ; With duty teach our hearts to burn ,• Our dying graces, Lord, revive, And bid thy fainting children live. 8 Save us from sin, and fear, and woe, From ev'ry snare, and ev'ry foe, And help us boldly to contend, Falsehood resist, and truth defend, PSALM 108. Second Part. C. M. General praise, — Introductory. 1 A WAKE, my soul, with fervent praise, XjL Awake my heart to sing ; Join all my pow'rs the song to raise, And morning incense bring. 2 Among the people of his care, And thro' the nations round, Glad songs of praise will I prepare, And high his name resound. 3 Be thou exalted, O my God, Above the starry train ; Piffuse thy heav'nly grace abroad, And teach the world thy reign. 130 PSALM CIX. CX. 4 The church is thine ; thou wilt maintain Her cause in ev'ry age : Built on a rock, her foes in vain Against her rights engage. 6 Then let thy chosen sons rejoice, And throng thy courts above ; While sinners hear thy pard'ning voice, And taste redeeming love. PSALM 109. C. M. Love to enemiesi from the example of Ckt ist, 1 /^ OD of my mercy and my praise, VJ Thy glory is my song ; Tho' sinners speak against thy grace With a blaspheming tongue. 2 When in the form of mortal man Thy Son on earth was found ; With cruel slanders, false and vain, They compass'd him around. 3 Their mis'ries his compassion move, Their peace he still pursued ; They render hatred for his love, And evil for his good. 4 Their malice rag'd without a cause ,* Yet with his dying breath, He pray'd for murd'rers on his cross, And blest his foes in death. 5 Lord, shall thy bright example~shine In vain before my eyes 1 Give me a soul akin to thine, To love mine enemies. 6 The Lord shall on my side engage ; And in my Saviour's name, I shall defeat their pride and rage, Who slander and condemn. PSALM 110. First Part. L. M. The success of the Gospel. 1 f I ^HUS the eternal Father spake JL To Christ the Son ; " Ascend and sit " At my right hand, till I shall make " Thy foes submissive at thy feet. 2 " From Zion shall thy word proceed ; " Thy word, the sceptre in thy hand, " Shall make the hearts of rebels bleed, " And bow tkeir wills to thy command. 3 " That day shall show thy powV is great ; " When saints shall flock with willing minds, " And sinners crowdthy temple-gate, u Where holiness in beauty shines," PSALM CX. CXI. 131 4 O blessed pow'r ! O glorious day ! What a large vict'ry shall ensue ! And converts, who thy grace obey, Exceed the drops of morning dew. PSALM 110. Second Part. C. M. Christ's kingdom and priesthood. 1 TESUS, our Lord, ascend thy throne, d And near thy Father sit : In Zion shall thy pow'r be known, And make thy foes submit. 2 What wonders shall thy gospel do ! Thy converts shall surpass The num'rous drops of morning dew And own thy sov'reign grace. 3 God hath pronoune'd a firm decree, Nor changes what he swore : " Eternal shall thy priesthood be, " When Aaron is no more. 4 " Melchisedec, that wondrous priest, " That king of high degree ; " That holy man, who, Abra'm blest, "Was but a type of thee." 5 Jesus, our Priest, for ever lives To plead for us above ; Jesus, our King, for ever gives The blessings of his love. 5 God shall exalt his glorious head, His loftythrone maintain ; And strike the pow'rs and princes dead, Who dare oppose his reign. PSALM 110. Third Part. L. M. The success of the Gospel. 1 TESUS, the Priest, ascends the throne ; *J While counsels of eternal peace Between the Father and the Son, Proceed with honor and success. 2 Thro' the whole earth his reign shall spread, And crush the pow'rs that dare rebel : Then shall he judge the rising dead, And send the guilty world to hell. 3 Tho' while he treads his glorious way, He drinks the cup of tears and blood : The sufPrings of that dreadful day Shall but advance him near to God. PSALM 111. First Part. C. M. Perfections of God in nature. 1 ^, thou hast heard thy servant cry, I A And rescu'd from the grave; PSALM CXV1II. 137 Now shall he live : for none can die, If God resolve to save. 2 Thy praise more constant than before, Shall fill his daily breath ; Thy hand that hath chastis'd him sore, Defends him still from death. 3 Open the gates of Zion now, For we shall worship there ; The house where all the righteous go, Thy mercy, to declare. 4 Among th' assemblies of thy saints Our thankful voice we raise ; There we have told thee our complaints, And there we speak thy praise. PSALM 118. Third Part, C. M. Christ the foundation of his church. 1 TT>EHOLD the sure foundation Stone J3 Which God in Zion lays, To build our heav'nly hopes upon, And his eternal praise. 2 Chosen of God, to sinners dear, How glorious is thy name ! Saints trust their whole salvation here, Nor shall they suffer shame. 3 The foolish bui'ders, scribe and priest, Reject it with disdain : Yet on this rock the church shall rest, And envy rage in vain. 4 What tho' the gates of hell withstood ; Yet must this building rise : 'Tis thy own work, Almighty God, And wondrous in our eyes. PSALM 118. Fourth Part, C. M. The Lord's day — The resurrection of Christ. 1 PT1HIS is the day, the Lord bath made, J.. He calls the hours his own ; Let heav'n rejoice, let earth be glad, And praise surround the throne. 2 To-day he rose, and left the dead ; And Satan's empire fell : To-day the saints his triumph spread, And all his wonders tell. 3 Hosanna to th' anointed King, To David's holy Son : Help us, O Lord, descend and bring Salvation from thy throne. 4 Blest be the Lord, who comes to men With messages of grace ; 12* S1 138 PSALM CXVIII. CXIX. Who comes in God, his Father's name, To save our sinful race. 5 Hosanna in the highest strains The church on earth can raise ; The highest heav'ns in which he reigns, Shall give hirn nobler praise. PSALM 118. Fifth Part. S. M. Christ the living stor.e—for the Lord's day. [EE what a living Stone The builders did refuse ! Yet God hath built his church thereon In spite of envious Jews. 2 The scribe and angry priest Reject thine only Son ; Yet on this rock shall Zion rest, As the chief Corner Stone. 3 The work, O Lord, is thine, And wondrous in our eyes : This day declares it all divine, This day did Jesus rise. 4 This is the glorious day, That our Redeemer made : Let us rejoice, and sing and pray ; Let all the church be glad. 5 Hosanna to the King Of David's royal blood ,• Bless him, ye saints ; he comes to bring Salvation from your God. 6 We bless thy holy word, Which all this grace displays, And offer on thine altar, Lord, Our sacrifice of praise. PSALM 119. First Part. CM. The blessedness of saints} and misery of sinners* 1 "I3LEST are the undefiPdin heart, J3 Whose ways are right and clean ; Who never from thy law depart, But fly from ev'ry sin. 2 Blest are the men that keep thy word, And practice thy commands ; With their whole heart they seek the Lord, And serve him with their hands. 3 Great is their peace who love thy law, How firm their souls abide ! Nor can a bold temptation draw Their steady feet aside. 4 Then shall my heart have inward joy, And keep my face from shame ,* PSALM CXIX. 139 When all thy statutes I obey, And honour all thy name. 5 But haughty sinners God will hate ; The proud shall die accurs'd: The sons of falsehood and deceit Are trodden to the dust. 6 Vile as the dross the wicked are ; And those that leave thy ways Shall see salvation from afar, But never taste thy grace. PSALM 119. Second Part. C. M. Habitual devotion and spiritual mindedness. 1 rilO thee, before the dawning light, JL My gracious God, I pray ; I meditate *hy name by night, And keep thy law by day. 2 My spirit faints to see thy grace, Thy promise bears me up ; And, while salvation long delays, Thy word supports my hope. 3 Sev'n times a-day I lift my hands, And pay my thanks to thee : Thy righteous providence demands Repeated praise from me. 4 When midnight darkness veils the skies, I call thy works to mind ; My thoughts in warm devotion rise, And sweet acceptance find. PSALM 119. Third Part. CM. Self consecration. 1 FTHHOU art my portion, O my God : JL Soon as I know thy way, My heart makes haste t' obey thy word, And suffers no delay. 2 I choose the path of heav'nly truth, And glory in my choice : Not all the riches of the earth Could make me so rejoice. 3 The testimonies of thy grace, I set before mine eyes ; Thence I derive my daily strength, And there my comfort lies. 4 If once I wander from thy path, I think upon my ways ; Then turn my feet to thy commands, And trust thy pard'ning grace. 5 Now I am thine, for ever thine, O save thy servant, Lord !j 140 PSALM CXIX. Thou art m^ shield, my hiding-place ; My hope is in thy word. 6 Thou hast inclin'd this heart of mine, Thy statutes to fulfil : And thus, till mortal life shall end, Would I perform thy will. PSALM 119. Fourth Part. C. M. Excellence of the Scripture. 1 TTOW shall the young secure their hearts, 11 And guard their lives from sin 1 Thy word the choicest rules imparts To keep the conscience clean. 2 When once it penetrates the mind, It spreads such light abroad ; The meanest souls instruction find, And raise their thoughts to God. 3 'Tis, like the sun, a heav'nly light That guides us all the day : And thro' the dangers ot the night, A lamp to lead our way. 4 The men that keep thy law with care, And meditate thy word, Grow wiser than their teachers are, And better know the Lord. 5 Thy precepts make me truly wise ; I hate the sinner's road : I hate my own vain thoughts, that rise ; But love thy law, my God. 6 The starry heav'ns thy rule obey ; The earth maintains her place : And these thy servants night and day Thy skill and pow'r express. 7 But still thy law and gospel, Lord, Give lessons more divine ; Nor earth stands firmer than thy word, Nor stars so nobly shine. 8 Thy word is everlasting truth ; How pure is ev'ry page ! That holy book shall guide our youth, And well support our age. PSALM 119. Fifth Part, CM. Delight in Scripture. I f\ HOW I love thy holy law ! , v_r 'Tis daily my delight : And thence my meditations draw Divine advice by night. 1 My waking eyes prevent the day, To meditate thy word ; PSALM CXIX. 141 My soul with longing melts away, To hear thy gospel, Lord. 3 How doth thy word my heart engage, How well employ my tongue J And in my tiresome pilgrimage, Yield me a heav'nly song ! 4 Am I a stranger, or at home, 'Tis my perpetual feast; Not honey, dropping from the comb, So much allures the taste. 5 No treasures so enrich the mind ; Nor shall thy word be sold For loads of silver well refin'd, Nor heaps of choicest gold. 6 When nature sinks, and spirits droop, Thy promises of grace Are pillars to support my hopes ; And there I write thy praise. PSALM 119. Sixth Part. C. M. Holiness and comfort through the word. 1 X ORD, I esteem thy judgments right, _Li And all thy statutes just ; Thence I maintain a constant fight With ev'ry flatt'ring lust. 2 Thy precepts often I survey ; I keep thy laws in sight, Thro' all thebus'ness of the day," To form my actions right. 3 My heart in midnight silence cries, " How sweet thy comforts be !" My thoughts in holy wonder rise, And bring their thanks to thee. 4 And when my spirit drinks her fill, At some good word of thine, Not mighty men, that share the spoil, Have joys compared to mine. PSALM 119. Seventh Part. C. M. Imperfection of Nature, and perfection of Scripture. 1 "I* ET all the heathen writers join, I A To form one perfect book ; Great God ! if once compar'd with thine How mean their writings look ! 2 Not the most perfect rules they gave Could show one sin forgiv'n ; Nor lead a step beyond the grave ; But thine conduct to heav'n. 3 I've seen an end of what we call Perfection here below ; 142 PSALM CXIX. How short the pow'rs of nature fall ! And can no farther go. 4 Yet men would fain be just with God, By works their hands have wrought ; But thy commands, exceeding broad, Extend to ev'ry thought. 5 In vain we boast perfection here, While sin defiles our frame ; And sinks our virtues down so far, They scarce deserve the name. 6 Our faith and love, and ev'ry grace, Fall far below thy word ; But perfect truth and righteousness Dwell only with the Lord. PSALM 119. Eighth Part. C. M. The excellency and variety of Scripture. 1 T ORD! I have made thy word my choice, I A My lasting heritage ,* This shall my noblest pow'rs rejoice, My warmest thoughts engage. 2 Pll read the hist'ries of thy love, And keep thy laws jn sight ; While thro' thy promises 1 rove, With ever fresh delight. 3 'Tis a broad land of wealth unknown, Where springs of life arise ; Seeds of immortal bliss are sown, And hidden glory lies. 4 The best relief that mourners have ; It makes our sorrows blest ; Our fairest hope beyond the grave, And our eternal rest. PSALM 119. Ninth Part. CM. Scekinsr divine instruction. 1 FT1HY mercies fill the earth, O Lord, JL How good thy works appear ! Open mine eyes to read thy word, And see thy wonders there. £ My heart was fashion'd by thy hand, My service is thy due : O make thy servant understand The duties he must do ! 3 Since I'm a stranger here below, Let not thy path be hid ; But mark the road my feet should go, And be my constant guide. 4 When I confess'd my wand'ring ways, Thou heard'st my soul complain j PSALM CXIX. 143 Grant me the teachings of thy grace, Or I shall stray again. 5 If God to me his statutes show, And heav'nly truth impart ; His work for ever I'll pursue, His law shall rule my heart. 6 This was my comfort when I bore Variety of grief; It made me learn thy word the more, And fly to that relief. 7 In vain the proud deride me now ; I'll ne'er forget thy law, Nor let that blessed gospel go, Whence all my hopes I draw. 8 When I have learn'd my Father's will, I'll teach the world his ways ; My thankful lips, inspir'd with zeal, Shall loud pronounce his praise. PSALM 119. Tenth Part. CM. Pleading the promises. 1 T>EHOLD thy waiting servant, Lord! _D Devoted to thy fear ; Remember and confirm thy word, For all my hopes are there. 2 Hast thou not sent salvation down, And promis'd quick'ning grace 1 Doth not my heart address thy throne ? And yet thy love delays. 3 Mine eyes for thy salvation fail ; O bear thy servant up ! Nor let. the scoffing lips prevail, Which dare reproach my hope. 4 Didst thou not raise my faith, O Lord 1 Then let thy truth appear : Saints shall rejoice in my reward, And trust as well as fear. PSALM 119. Eleventh Part. C. M. Breathing after holiness. 1 f\ THAT the Lord would guide my ways, V>J To keep his statutes still ! O that my God would grant me grace To know and do his will ! 2 O send thy Spirit down to write Thy law upon my heart ! Nor let my tongue indulge deceit, Nor act the liar's part. 3 From vanity turn off my eyes; Let no corrupt design, 144 PSALM CXIX. Nor covetous desires arise, Within this soul of mine. 4 Order ray footsteps by thy word, And make ray heart sincere : Let sin have no dominion, Lord ; But keep my conscience clear. 5 My soul hath gone too far astray, My feet too often slip ; Yet since I've not forgot thy way, Restore thy wand'ring sheep. 6 Make me to walk in thy commands, 'Tisa delightful road ; Nor let my head, nor heart, nor hands, Offend against my God. PSALM 119. Twelfth Part. C. M Seeking comfort and deliverance. \ IVTY Godlconsider my distress, 1.VJL Let mercy plead my cause : Tho' I have sinn'd against thy grace, I can't forget thy Jaws. 2 Forbid, forbid the sharp reproach, Which I so justly tear ; Uphold my life, uphold my hopes, Nor let my shame appear. 3 Be thou a surety, Lord, for me, Nor let the proud oppress ; But make thy waiting servant see The shinings of thy face. 4 Mine eyes with expectation fail : My heart within me cries, " When will the Lord his truth fulfil, " And make my comfort rise V* 5 Look down upon my sorrows, Lord, And show thy grace the same ; As thou art ever wont t' afford To those, that love thy name. PSALM 119. Thirteenth Part CM. Holy fear, and tenderness of conscience. 1 "ITTT'ITH my whole heart I've sought thy face; V V Then let me never stray From thy commands, O God of grace j Nor tread the sinner's way. 2 Thy word I've hid within my heart To keep my conscience clean, And be an everlasting guard From ev'ry rising sin. 3 Pm a companion of the saints, Who fear and love the Lord ; PSALM CXIX. 143 My sorrows rise, my nature faints, When men transgress thy word. 4 While sinners do thy gospel wrong, My spirit stands in awe : My soul abhors a lying tongue ; But loves thy righteous law. 5 My heart with sacred rev'rence hears The threat'nings of thy word ; My flesh with holy trembling fears The judgments of the Lord. 6 My God, I long, I hope, I wait, For thy salvation still ; While thy whole law is my delight, And I obey thy will. PSALM 119. Fourteenth Part. C. M. Benefit of afflictions. 1 flONSIDER all my sorrows, Lord, \^J And thy deliv'rance send : My soul for thy salvation faints : When will my troubles end 1 2 Yet I have found it good for me To bear my Father's rod ; Afflictions make me learn thy lawj And live upon my God. 3 This is the comfort I enjoy When new distress begins ; I read thy word, I run thy ways, And hate my former sins. 4 Had not thy word been my delight, When earthly joys had fled, My soul, oppress'd with sorrow's weighty Had sunk among the dead. 5 I know thy judgments, Lord, are rights Tho' they may seem severe : The sharpest sufferings I endure, Flow from thy faithful care. 6 Before I knew thy chast'ning rod, My feet were apt to stray ; But now I learn to keep thy word, Nor wander from thy way. PSALM 119. Fifteenth Part. C. M. Christian perseverance. 1 f\ THAT thy statutes ev'ry hour, V_/ Might dwell upon my mind ! Thence I derive a quick'ning pow'r, And daily peace I find. 2 To meditate thy precepts, Lord, Shall be my sweet employ ; 146 PSALM CXIX, My soul shall ne'er forget thy word I Thy word is all my joy. 3 How would I run in thy commands, Should'st thou my heart discharge From sin, and Satan's hateful chains, And set my feet at large ! 4 My lips with courage shall declare Thy statutes and thy name ; I'll speak thy word, tho' kings should hear, Nor yield to sinful shame. 5 Let bands of persecutors rise To rob me of my right ; Let pride and malice forge their lies, Thy law is my delight. 6 Depart from me, ye wicked race, Whose hands and hearts are ill : I love my God, I love his ways, And must obey his will. PSALM 119. Sixteenth Part. C. M* Prayer for quickening grace. 1 1V/I"Y soul lies cleaving to the dust ; JLtX Lord, give me life divine : From vain desires and ev'ry lust, Turn off these eyes of mine. 2 I need th' influ'nce of thy grace To speed me in thy way ; Lest I should loiter in my race, Or turn my feet astray. 3 When sore afflictions press me down,, I need thy quick 'ning pow'rs ; Thy word, that I have rested on, Shall cheer my heaviest hours. 4 Are not thy mercies sov'reign still, And thou a faithful God? Wilt thou not grant me warmer zeal To run the heav'nly road ? 5 Does not my heart thy precepts love, And long to see thy face 1 And yet how slow my spirits move* Without enliv'ning grace ! 6 Then shall I love thy gospel more, And ne'er forget thy word ; When I have felt its quick'ning pow'rr To draw me near the Lord. PSALM 119. Seventeenth Part. L. M. Constancy under trials. 1 "\7£7"UEN pain and anguish seize me, Lord ▼ T All my support is from thy word : PSALM CXIX. 147 My soul dissolves with heaviness, Uphold me with thy strength'ning grace I 2 The proud have fram'd their scoffs and lies, They watch my feet with envious eyes; And tempt my soul to snares and sin ; Yet thy commands I ne'er decline. 3 They hate me, Lord, without a cause, They hate to see me love thy laws j But I will trust and fear thy name, Till pride and malice die with shame. PSALM 119. Eighteenth Part. L. M. Sanctified AJflictions. 1 TjlATHER, I bless thy gentle hand ; 3- How kind was thy chastising rod, That forc'd my conscience to a stand, And brought my wand'ring soul to God 1 2 Foolish and vain I went astray,' Ere I had felt thy scourges, Lord ; I left my guide, and lost my way ; But now I love and keep thy word. 3 'Tis good for me to wear the yoke, For pride is apt to rise and swelh 'Tis good to bear my Father's stroke, That I might learn his statutes well. 4 The law, that issues from thy mouth, Shall raise my cheerful passions more, Than all the treasures of the south, Or western hills of golden ore. 5 Thy hands have made my mortal frame, Thy Spirit form'd my soul within : Teach me to know thy wondrous name, And guard me safe from death and sin. 6 Then all that love and fear the Lord, At my salvation shall rejoice : For I have hoped in thy word, And made thy grace my only choice. PSALM 119. Nineteenth Part. L.M. Perseverance in Prayer. 1 T^EEP me from fainting in my pray'rs, XlL. When to thy footstool, Lord, I come : My soul with God would leave her cares, And hope for mercy from the throne. 2 Kindle a flame of love and zeal, While wrestling for the grace I need ; Bring me by faith within the vail, And help me ardently to plead. 3 Known to the Lord are all my sighs " I wUJ not yield to unbelief* 148 PSALM CXIX, But persevere with fervent cries, Until he hear and grant relief. PSALM 119. Ticentieth ParU C. M. Pleading the promises. 1 *D EMEMBER all my sorrows, Lord, X% And do as thou hast said ; Send help according to thy word, And give the promis'd aid, S Repeated mercies in a train Demand my gratitude ; And these my faith and hope sustain, That more willbebestow'd. 3 Renew thy work of grace, then, Lord, Nor let my soul complain ; That, while I rest upon thy word, My hopes are still in vain. PSALM 119. Twenty. First Part. L. M. Christian sincerity — an appeal to God. 1 QE ARCHER and Saviour of my soul ! jO My Sun, my shield, my sov'reign Judge! All things are naked to thy view; My heart, my thoughts, my words, my ways. 2 Sinners of state with pow'r array'd, Who fear not God nor man regard, Have persecuted without cause ; But all their hatred I defy. 3 Still to thy word my soul repairs ; Thence I my highest comforts draw : Tho' foes may fight and devils rage, If God be for me, all is well. 4 Sustain me then with promis'd grace, Revive my heart, increase my faith : I hate to lie, I love the truth ; O ! make me be what I profess. 5 Sev'n times arday my pray'rs ascend, With mingled praises to the throne : 'Tis good to seek my Father's face, And plead in my Redeemer's name. 6 Strong peace have they, who love thy law ; Firm on a rock their hopes are built ; Their faith looks up to nobler scenes, And nothing can detain them here. 7 Seal to my soul tby pard'ning love, Let strength be equal to my day; Then will 1 run with great delight, And eager press, to seize the prize. 8 Supremely wise, and good, and great ! Q ! searcn my heart, and try my ways; PSALM CXIX. CXX. 149 Thy word I love, thy judgments fear, And tremble, while I pray and praise. PSALM 119. Twenty-Second Part CM. Inconstancy of saints — unchangeable love of Christ, 1 rTlHE least, the feeblest of the sheep, JL To Christ, the Father gave ; He loves the flock, the charge he'll keep : His arm is strong to save. 2 They're prone to wander out of sight, And apt to run astray ; And when once lost, unable quite To find again the way. 3 That hand, which heav'n and earth upholds, Can keep them free from harms ; The Shepherd brings them to their folds, And bears them in his arms. 4 To thee, my Shepherd and my Rock , A grateful song I'll raise ; O ! let the meanest of the flock Attempt to speak thy praise. 5 Thou art my guard ; my all I owe To thine amazing love : My standing in thy fold below, And hopes of bliss above. 6 Ten thousand thousand comforts here, Dispens'd in various ways, Confirm thy faithfulness and care. And claim adoring praise. 7 Then, guided, Shepherd, by thy love, My feet shall keep thy way ; Soon shall I reach thy fold above, And go no more astray. PSALM 120. C. M. The Christian's complaint against strife and his love of peace. 1 npHOU God of love, thou ever blest, JL Pity my suffring state : When wilt thou set my soul at rest From lips that love deceit 1 2 Hard lot of mine ! my days are cast Among the sons of strife ; Whose never-ceasing brawlings waste My golden hours of life. 3 O ! might I fly to change my place, How would I choose to dwell In some wide, lonesome, wilderness, And leave these gates of hell ! 13* 150 PSALM CXXI. 4 Peace is the blessing that I seek : How lovely are its charms ! I am for peace ; but, when I speak, They all declare for arms. 5 New passions still their souls engage, And keep their malice strong : What shall be done to curb thy lage, O thou devouring tongue } 6 Should burning arrows smite thee through, Strict justice would approve ; But I would rather spare my foe, And melt his heart with love. PSALM 121. First Part. C. M, Divine protection. I rpO Zion's hill I lift my eyes, JL From thence expecting aid ; From Zion's hill, and Zion's God, Who heav'n and earth has made. % Thou, then, my soul, in safety rest j Thy guardian will not sleep : His watchful care that Israel guards, Will thee in safety keep. 3 Shelter'd beneath th' Almighty's wings, Thou shalt securely rest ; Where neither sun nor moon shall thee By day or night molest. 4 At home, abroad, in peace, in war, Thy God shall thee defend ; Conduct thee thro' life's pilgrimage Safe to thy journey's end. PSALM 121. Second Part. H. M. Constant preservation. 1 TTPWARD I lift mine eyes ; Kj From God is all my aid ,* The God that built the skies, And earth and nature made : God is the p.ow'r To which I fly; His grace is nigh In ev'ry hour. 2 My feet shall never slide, Nor fall in fatal snares : Since God, my guard and guide, Defends me from my fears. Those wakeful eyes, That never sleep, Shall Israel keep When dangers rise PSALM CXXII. CXX1II. 151 3 No burning heats by day, Nor blasts of ev'ning air, Shall take my health away, If God be with me there : Thou art my sun, And thou my shade, To guard my head, By night or noon. 4 Hast thou not giv'n thy word To save my soul from death 1 And lean trust my Lord, To keep my mortal breath. I'll go and come, Nor fear to die, Till from on high Thou call me home. PSALM 122. C. M. Public worship. 1 TTOW did my heart rejoice to hear XJl My friends devoutly say, " In Zion let us all appear, " And keep the solemn day !" 2 I love her gates, I love the road : The church adorn'd with grace Stands, like a palace built for God, To show his milder face. 3 Up to her courts with joys unknown, The holy tribes repair ; The Son of David holds his throne, And sits in judgment there. 4 He hears our praises and complaints ; And while his awful voice Divides the sinners from the saints, We tremble and rejoice. 5 Peace be wkhin this sacred place, And joy a constant guest ; With holy gifts and heav'nly grace Be her attendants blest. 6 My soul shall pray for Zion still, While life or breath remains ; There my best friends, my kindred dwells ; There God, my Saviour, reigns. PSALM 123. C. M. Pleading with submission. 1 /~\ THOU, whose grace and justice reign \J Enthron'd above the skies ; To thee our hearts would tell their pain, To thee we lift our eyes. 152 PSALM CXXIV. CXXV. 2 As servants watch their master's hand, And fear the angry stroke ; Or maids before their mistress stand, And wait a peaceful look : 3 So for our sins we justly feel Thy discipline, O God ; Yet wait the gracious moment still, Till thou remove thy rod. 4 Those, that in wealth and pleasure live, Our daily groans deride ; And thy delays of mercy give Fresh courage to their pride. 5 Our foes insult us, but our hope In thy compassion lies : This thought shall bear our spirits up, That God will not despise. PSALM 124. L. M. Thanksgiving for national deliverance. 1 XT AD not the Lord, may Israel say, IX Had not the Lord maintain'd our side When men, to make our lives a prey, Rose like the swelling of the tide. 2 The swelling tide had stopt our breath, So fiercely did the waters roll ; We had been swallow'd deep in death : Proud waters had o'erwhelm'd our soul. 3 We leap for joy, we shout and sing, Who just escap'd the fatal stroke ; So flies the bird with cheerful wing, When once the fowler's snare is broke. 4 For ever blessed be the Lord, Who broke the fowler's cursed snare ; Who sav'd us from the murd'ring sword, And made our lives and souls his care. 5 Our help is in Jehovah's name, Who form'd the earth, and built the skies ; He, that upholds that wondrous frame, Guards his own church with watchful eyes. PSALM 125. S. M. The trials and safety of believers. 1 IjlIRM and unmov'd are they JL That rest their souls on God ; Fix'd as the mount where David dwelt, Or where the ark abode. 2 As mountains stood to guard The city's sacred ground, So God and his almighty love Embrace his saints around. PSALM CXXVI. 153 3 What, tho' the Father's rod Drop a chastising stroke, Yet, lest it wound their souls too deep, Its fury shall be broke. 4 Deal gently, Lord, with those, Whose faith and pious fear, Whose hope and love, and ev'ry grace, Proclaim their hearts sincere. 5 Nor shall the tyrant's rage Too long oppress the saint : The God of Israel will support His children, lest they faint. 6 But if our slavish fear Will choose the road to hell, We must receive our portion there, Where bolder sinners dwell. PSALM 126. First Part. L. M. Praise for unexpected mercies. 1 "T^¥7"HEN God restor'd our captive state, V V Joy was our song, and grace our theme j A grace beyond our hopes so great, The joy appear'd but fancy's dream. 2 The scoffer owns thy hand, and pays Unwilling honors to thy name ; While we with pleasure shout thy praise ; With cheerful notes thy love proclaim. 3 When we review'd our dismal fears, 'Twas hard to think they'd vanish so ; With God we left our flowing tears, He makes our joys like rivers flow. PSALM 126. Second Part. CM. The joy of conversion. 1 "¥7J7"HEN God reveal'd his gracious name, V V And chang'd my mournful state, My rapture seem'd a pleasing dream, The grace appear'd so great. 2 The world beheld the glorious change, And did thy hand confess ; My tongue broke out in unknown strains, And sung surprising grace. 3 " Great is the work," my neighbours cri'd, And own'd thy pow'r divine ; " Great is the worK," my heart repli'd, " And be the glory thine." 4 The Lord can clear the darkest skies, Can give us day for night ; Make drops of sacred sorrow rise To rivers of delight. 154 PSALM CXXVII. CXXVIII. 5 Let those that sow in sadness wait Till the fair harvest come : They shall confess their sheaves are great, And shout the blessings home. 6 Tho' seed lie buried long in dust, It shan't deceive their hope : The precious grain can ne'er be lost, For grace insures the crop. PSALM 127. L. M. Prosperity and happiness from God. 1 TF God succeed not, all the cost JL And pains to build the house are lost ; If God the city do not keep The watchful guards as well may sleep. 2 What, tho' you rise before the sun, And work and toil when day is done ; Careful and sparing eat your bread, To shun that poverty you dread ; 3 'Tis all in vain, till God hath blest ; He can make rich, yet give us rest : Children and friends are blessings too, If God, our Sov'reign, make them so. 4 Happy the man to whom he sends Obedient children, faithful friends : How sweet our daily comforts prove, When they are season'd with his love ! PSALM 128. C. M. A Christian blessed in his family. 1 f\ HAPPY man, whose soul is fill'd V_/ With faith and rev 'rend awe ; Whose lips to God their honors yield, Whose life adorns the law. 2 A careful providence shall stand, And ever guard thy head ; And on the labours of thy hand Its kindly blessings shed. 3 Thy wife shall be a fruitful vine ; Thy children round thy board, Each, like a plant of honour, shine, And learn to fear the Lord. 4 The Lord shall thy best hopes fulfil, For months and years to come ; The Lord, who dwells on Zion's hill, Shall send the blessings home. 5 This is the man, whose happy eyes Shall see his house increase ; Shall see the sinking church arise, And leave the world in peace. PSALM CXXIX. CXXX. 155 PSALM 129. C. M. Persecutors punished. 1 ' l~TP from my youth, may Israel say, vJ Have I been nurs'd in tears ; My griefs were constant as the day, And tedious as the years. 2 Up from my youth I bore the rage Of all the sons of strife ,* Oft they assail'd my riper age, But not destroy'd my life. 3 Their cruel plough had torn my flesh, With furrows long and deep ; Hourly they vex'd my wounds afresh, Nor let my sorrows sleep. 4 How was their insolence surpris'd, To hear his thunders roll ! And all the foes of Zion seiz'd With horror to the soul. 5 Thus shall the men that hate the saints, Be blasted from the sky ; Their glory fades, their courage faints, And all their projects die. 6 What tho' they flourish tall and fair, They have no root beneath ; Their growth shall perish in despair, And lie despis'd in death. 7 So corn, that on the house-top stands, No hope of harvest gives ; The reaper ne'er shall fill his hands, Nor binder fold the sheaves : 8 It springs and withers on the place : No traveller bestows A word of blessing on the grass, Nor minds it as he goes. PSALM 130. C. M. Pardoning grace* 1 /~\UT of the depths of long distress, v^J The borders of despair, I sent my cries to seek thy grace, My groans to move thine ear. 2 Great God ! should thy severer eye. And thine impartial hand, Mark and revenge iniquity, No mortal flesh could stand. 3 But there are pardons with my God For crimes of high degree ; Thy Son has bought them with his blood, To draw us near to thee. 156 PSALM CXXXI. CXXXli. 4 I wait for thy salvation, Lord, With strong desires I wait ; My soul, invited by thy word, Stands watching at thy gate. 5 Just as the guards, that keep the night, Long for the morning skies ; Watch the first beams of breaking light ; And meet them with their eyes : 6 So waits my soul to see thy grace, And, more intent than they, Meets the first op'nings of thy face, And finds a brighter day. 7 Then in the Lord let Israel trust ; Let Israel seek his face : The Lord is good, as well as just, And plenteous in his grace. 8 There's full redemption at his throne For sinners long enslav'd : The great Redeemer is his Son ; And Israel shall be sav'd. PSALM 131. C. M. Humility and submission. 1 TS there ambition in my heart 1 JL Search, gracious God, and see ; Or do I act a haughty part 1 Lord, I appeal to thee. 2 I charge my thoughts, be humble still, And all my carriage mild ; Content, my Father, with thy will, And quiet as a child. 3 The patient soul, the lowly mind Shall have a large reward : Let saints in sorrow lie resign'd, And trust a faithful Lord. PSALM 132. First Part. L. M. Provisions of Zion. 1 ~W 7"HERE shall we go, to seek and find W A habitation for our God ; A dwelling for th' eternal Mind, Among the sons of flesh and blood 1 2 The God of Jacob chose the hill Of Zion for his ancient rest ; And Zion is his dwelling still ; His church is with his presence blest. 3 Here will I fix my gracious throne, And reign tor ever, saith the Lord ; Here shall my pow'r and love be known, And blessings snail attend my nvord. PSALM CXXXII. 157 4 Here will I meet the hungry poor, And fill their souls with living bread: Sinners that wait before my door, With sweet provision shall be fed. 5 Girded with truth, and cloth'd with grace, My priests, my ministers, shall shine : Not Aaron, in his costly dress, Made an appearance so divine. 6 The saints, unable to contain Their inward joy, shall shout and sing ; The Son of David here shall reign, And Zion triumph in her King. 7 Jesus shall see a num'rous seed Born here t' uphold his glorious name ; His crown shall flourish on his head, t While all his foes are cloth'd with shame. PSALM 132. Second Part. C. M. Privileges of the New Testament Church, 1 A RISE, O King of grace, arise, /\ And enter to thy rest : Lo ! thy church waits with longing eyes, Thus to be own'd and blest. 2 Enter with all thy glorious train, Thy Spirit and thy word : All, that the ark did once contain, Could no such grace afford. 3 Clothe all thy ministers with grace, Let truth their tongues employ ; That in the Saviour's righteousness Thy saints may shout for joy. 4 Here, mighty God ! accept our vows, Here let thy praise be spread ; Bless the provisions of thy house, And fill thy poor with bread. 5 Here let the Son of David reign, Let God's anointed shine ; Justice and truth his court maintain, With love and pow'r divine. PSALM 132. Third Part C. M. The privileges of the church under the New Testamenti 1 rTIHE Lord in Zion plac'dhis throne, JL His ark was settled there : To Zion the whole nation came, To worship thrice a year. 2 But we have no such lengths to walk, Nor wander far abroad ; Where'er thy saints assemble now, There is a house for God. 14 X58 PSALM CXXXIIL 3 Blest Zion still, in God's esteem, All other seats excels : Wherever he records his name, 'Tis Zion ; there he dwells. 4 " Her store," says he, " I will increase ; " Her poor with plenty bless ; " Her saints shall shout for joy ; her priests " My saving health confess. 5 " There David}s pow'r shall long remain " In his establish'd line ; " There David's Son and Lord shall reign, , "And with fresh lustre shine. 6 " The faces of his vanquish'd foes " Confusion shall o'erspread ; " Whilst, with confirm'd success, his crown " Shall flourish on his head." PSALM 133. First Part, C. M. Brotherly love. 1 T" O ! what an entertaining sight I A Are brethren that agree ; Brethren whose cheerful hearts unite In bonds of piety. 2 When streams of love from Christ, the spring, Descend to ev'ry soul, And heav'nly peace with balmy wing, Shades and bedews the whole : 3 'Tis like the oil divinely sweet, On Aaron's rev'rend head ; The trickling drops p^rfum'd his feet, And o'er his garments spread. 4 'Tis pleasant as the morning dews That fall on Zion's hill; Where God his mildest glory shews, And makes his grace distil. PSALM 133. Second Part. S. M. Brotherly love. 1 TT>LEST are the sons of peace, J3 Whose hearts and hopes are one j Whose kind designs to serve and please, Thro' all their actions run. 2 Blest is the pious house, Where zeal and friendship meet : Their songs of praise, their mingled vows, Make their communion sweet. 3 Thus, on the heav'nly hills The saints are blest above, Where jo}r, like morning dew distils, And all the air is love. PSALM CXXXIV. CXXXV. 159 PSALM 134. C. M. General Praise. 1 ~XTE that obey th' immortal King, Jl Attend his holy place ; Bow to the glories of his pow'r, And bless his wondrous grace. 2 Lift up your hands by morning light, And raise your souls on high ; Send your admiring thoughts by night Above the starry sky. 3 The God of Zion cheers our hearts, With rays of quick'ning grace ; The God that spread the heav'ns abroad, And rules the swelling seas. PSALM 135. First Part. L. M. The church God's house and care — general -praise. 1 TT>R AISE ye the Lord, exalt his name, JL While in his earthly courts ye wait, Ye saints that to his house belong, Or stand attending at his gate. 2 Praise ye the Lord, the Lord is good ; To praise his name is sweet employ : Israel he chose of old, and still His church is his peculiar joy. 3 The Lord himself will judge his saints j He treats his servants as his friends : And when he hears their sore complaints, Repents the sorrows, that he sends. 4 Thro' ev'ry age the Lord declares His name, and breaks th' oppressor's rod ,* He gives his suff'ring servants rest, And will be known th' Almighty God. 5 Bless ye the Lord, who taste his love j People and priests exalt his name : Among his saints he ever dwells; His church is his Jerusalem. PSALM 135. Second Part. L. M. Grandeur of God. 1 f^\ REAT is the Lord, exalted high, \JT Above all pow'rs and ev'ry throne ; Whate'er he pleas'd in earth or sea, Or heav'n, or hell, his hand hath done. 2 At his command the vapours rise, The lightnings flash, the thunders roar ; He pours the rain ,• he brings the wind, And tempests from his airy store. 3 'Twas he, those dreadful tokens sent, 0 Egypt, through thy stubborn land I 160 PSALM CXXXV. CXXXVI. When all thy first born, beasts and men, Fell dead by his avenging hand. 4 What mighty nations, mighty kings He slew, and their whole country gave To Israel, whom his hand redeem'd, No more to be proud Pharaoh's slave. 5 His pow'r the same, the same his grace, That saves us from the hosts of hell : And heav'n he gives us to possess, Whence those apostate angels fell. PSALM 135. Third Part. C. M. Grandeur of God — Introductory. 1 A WAKE, ye saints, to praise your King, xjL Your sweetest passions raise ; Your pious pleasure, while you sing, Increasing with the praise. 2 Great is the Lord ; and works unknown Are his divine employ ; But still his saints are near his throne, His treasure and his joy. 3 Heav'n, earth, and sea confess his hand ; He bids the vapours rise : Lightning and storms at his command, Sweep thro' the sounding skies. 4 All pow'r, that gods or kings have claim'd, Is found with him alone ; But heathen gods should ne'er be nam'd Where our Jehovah's known. 5 O Zion, trust the living God, Serve him with faith and fear ; * He makes thy courts his blest abode, And claims his honors there. PSALM 136. First Part. H. M. The wonders of Creation, Providence, and Redemption* 1 ^i IVE thanks to God most high, v_X The universal Lord ; The sov'reign King of kings ; And be his grace ador'd. " His pow'r and grace are still the same ; " And let his name have endless praise." 2 How mighty is his hand ! What wonders hath he done ! He form'd the earth and seas, And spread the heav'ns alone. " Thy mercy, Lord, shall still endure ; "And ever sure abides thy word." 3 His wisdom fram'd the sun, To crown the day with light ,* (( PSALM CXXXVI. 161 The moon and twinkling stars, To cheer the darksome night. His pow'r and grace are still the same; " And let his name have endless praise." 4 He smote the first born sons, The flow'r of Egypt, dead ; And thence his chosen tribes With joy and glory led. " Thy mercy, Lord, shall still endure ; " And ever sure abides thy word." 5 His pow'r and lifted rod Cieft the Red Sea in two ; And for his people made A wondrous passage through. " His pow'r and grace are still the same ; " And let his name have endless praise." 6 But cruel Pharaoh there, With all his host he drown'd, And brought his Israel safe Thro' a long desert ground. " Thy mercy, Lord, shall still endure ; " And ever sure abides thy word." 7 The kings of Canaan fell Beneath his dreadful hand ; While his own servants took Possession of their land. " His pow'r and grace are still the same ; " And let his name have endless praise." 8 He saw the nations lie All perishing in sin ; And pitied the sad state The ruin'd world was in. " Thy mercy, Lord, shall still endure ; " And ever sure abides thy word." 9 He sent his only Son To save us from our woe, From Satan, sin, and death, And ev'ry hurtful foe. " His pow'r and grace are still the same ; " And let his name have endless praise.' 10 Give thanks aloud to God, To God the heav'nly king ; And let the spacious earth His wcrks and glories sing, " Thy mercy, Lord, shall still endure *■ And ever sure abides thy word." 14* 5> 162 PSALM CXXXVI. CXXXVII. PSALM 136. Second Part. L. M. The wonders of Creation, Providence, and Redemption. 1 (~^\ IVE to our God immortal praise, VJT Mercy and truth are all his ways : Give to the Lord of lords renown, The King of kings with glory crown. 2 He built the earth, he spread the sky, And fix'd the starry lights on high : He fills the sun with morning light, He bids the moon direct the night. 3 The Jews he freed from Pharaoh's hand, And brought them to the promis'd land : He saw the Gentiles dead in sin, And felt his pity work within. 4 He sent his Son with pow'r to save From guilt, and darkness, and the grave : " Wonders of grace to God belong, " Repeat his mercies in your song." 5 Thro' this vain world he guides our feet, And leads us to his heav'nly seat : « "His mercies ever shall endure, " When this vain world shall be no more." PSALM 137. First Part. L. M. The sorrows of Israel in captivity. 1 TT> Y Babel's stream the captive sate, J3 And wept for Zion's hapless fate : Useless their harps on willows hung, While foes requir'd a sacred song. 2 With taunting voice, and scornful eye, " Sing us a song of heav'n," they cry : " While foes deride our God, and King, " How can we tune our harps or sing?" 3 " It Zion's woes our hearts forget, " Or cease to mourn for Israel's fate, " Let useful skill our hands forsake ; " Our hearts with hopeless sorrow break." 4 " Thou, ruin'd Salem, to our eyes " Each day, in sad remembrance rise ! " Should we e'er cease to feel thy wrongs, " Lost be our joys, and mute our tongues." 5 " Remember, Lord, proud Edom's sons, " Who cried, exulting at our groans, " While Salem trembled at her base, " Rase them : her deep foundations rase." 6 While thus they sung:, the mourners view'd Their foes by Cyrus' arm subdu'd, And saw his glory rise, who spread Their streets, and fields, with hosts of dead. PSALM CXXXVII. 163 7 Pleas'd, they foresaw the blest decree, That set their tribes from bondage free ; Renewed the temple, and restor'd The sacred worship of the Lord. PSALM 137. Second Part. L. M. The church in distress, seeking God. 1 T ORD, in these dark and dismal days, I 4 We mourn the hidings of ihy face ; Proud enemies our path surround, To level Zion with the ground. 2 Her sons, her worship, they deride, And hiss thy word with tongues of pride, And cry, t' insult our humble prayer, " Where is your God, ye Christians, where 1n 3 Errors, and sins, and follies grow ; Thy saints bow down in deepest woe : Their love decays, their zeal is o'er ; And thousands walk with Christ no more. 4 To happier days our bosoms turn ; Those days but teach us how to mourn : The God, who bade his mercy flow, In wrath withdraws his blessings now. 5 The blessing from thy truth's withdrawn ; Its quick'ning, saving influ'nce gone : Unwarm'd, unwaken'd, sinners hear, Nor see their awful danger near. 6 In dews unseen, in scanty show'rs, Thy Spirit sheds his healing pow'rs ; Thy thirsty ground is parch'd beneath, And all is barrenness, and death. 7 Yet still, thy name be ever blest, On thee our hope shall safely rest : Zion her Saviour soon shall see Array'd to set his Israel free. 8 Jesus, with vengeance arm'd, shall come To crush his foes, and seal their doom ; The mystic Babel whelm in dust, Her pomp, her idols, pow'r and trust. 9 Then shall thy saints exult, and sing The matchless glories of their King ; Nations before his altar bend, And peace from realm to realm extend. PSALM 137. Third Part. S. M. Love for the church. 1 T LOVE thy kingdom, Lord, X The house of thine abode ; The church our blest Redeemer sav'd With his own precious blood : 164 PSALM CXXXVIII. 2 I love thy church, O God ! Her walls before thee stand, Dear as the apple of thine eye, And graven on thy hand. 3 If e'er to bless thy sons My voice, or hands deny, These hands let useful skill forsake, This voice in silence die. 4 If e'er my heart forget) Her welfare, or her woe, Let ev'ry joy this heart forsake, Andev'ry grief o'erflow. 5 For her my tears shall fall ; For her my pray'rs ascend ; To her my cares and toils be givAn, Till toils and cares shall end. 6 Beyond my highest joy I prize her heav'nly ways ; Her sweet communion, solemn vows, Her hymns of love and praise. 7 Jesus, thou Friend divine, Our Saviour, and our King I Thy hand from ev'ry snare and foe Shall great deliv'rance bring. 8 Sure as thy truth shall last. To Zion shall be giv'n The brightest glories earth can yield, And brighter bliss of heav'n. PSALM 138. L. M. Praise for deliverance. 1 "¥7^7'ITH all my pow'rs of heart and tongue, \ V I'll praise my Maker in my song: Angels shall hear the notes I raise, Approve the song, and join the praise. 2 Angels that make thy church their care, Shall witness my devotion there ; While holy zeal directs mine eyes To thy fair temple in the skies. •3 I'll sing thy truth and mercy, Lord, I'll sing the wonders of thy word; Not all thy works and names below So much thy pow'r and glory show, 4 To God I cri'd when troubles rose ; He heard me, and subdu'd my foes ; He did my rising fears controul, And strength diffus'd through all my soul. 5 The God of heav'n maintains his state, Frowns on the proud, and scorns the great : PSALM CXXXIX. 165 But from his throne descends, to see The sons of humble poverty. 6 Amid a thousand snares I stand, Upheld and guarded by thy hand: Thy words my fainting soul revive, And keep my dying faith alive. 7 Grace will complete what grace begins; To save from sorrows and from sins : The work that wisdom undertakes, Eternal mercy ne'er forsakes, PSALM 139. First ParU L. M. The omniscience and omnipresence of God. 1 rilHOU, Lord, by strictest search hast known JL My rising up and lying down : My secret thoughts are known to thee, Known long before conceiv'd by me. 2 Thine eye my bed and path surveys, My public haunts and private ways ; Thou know'st what 'tis my lips would vent ; My yet unutter'd words' intent. 3 Within thy circling pow'r I stand ; On ev'ry side I find thy hand : Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, I am surrounded still with God. 4 O ! could I so perfidious be, To think of once deserting thee ! Where, Lord, could I thy influ'nce shun 1 Or whither from thy presence run 1 5 If up to heaven I take my flight, 'Tis there thou dwell'st enthron'd in light ; If down to hell's infernal plains, 'Tis there almighty vengeance reigns. 6 If I the morning wings could gain, And fly beyond the western main, Thy swifter hand would first arrive, And there arrest thy fugitive. 7 Or should I try to shun thy sight Beneath the sable wings of night ; One glance from thee, one piercing ray, Would kindle darkness into day. 8 The veil of night is no disguise, No screen from thy all-searching eyes ; Thro' midnight shades thou find'st thy way, As in the blazing noon of day. 9 " O may these thoughts possess my breast, " Where'er I rove, where'er I rest ! " Nor let my weaker passions dare " Consent to sin ; for God is there." 166 PSALM CXXXIX. PSALM 139. Second Part. C. M. The wisdom of God in the formation of man. 1 "T^¥7"HEN I with pleasing wonder stand, t ▼ And all my frame survey ; Lord, 'tis thy work ; I own, thy hand Thus built my humble clay. 2 Thy hand,my heart and reins possest, Where unborn nature grew : Thy wisdom all my features trac'd, And all my members drew. 3 Thine eye with nicest care survey'd The growth of every part ; Till the whole scheme thy thoughts had laid, W as copied by thine art. 4 Heav'n, earth, and sea, and fire, and wind, Show me thy wondrous skill : But I review myself, and find Diviner wonders still. 5 Thine awful glories round me shine, My flesh proclaims thy praise ; Lord, to thy works of nature join Thy miracles of grace. PSALM 139. Third Part. C. M. The mercies of God innumerable. An evening Psalm. 1 ORD, when I count thy mercies o'er, _I_J They .strike me with surprise ; Not all the sands that spread the shore To equal numbers rise. 2 My flesh with fear and wonder stands, The product of thy skill : And hourly blessings from thy hands Thy thoughts of love reveal, 3 These on my heart by night I keep ; How kind, how dear to me ! 0 ! may the hour that ends my sleep Still find my thoughts with thee. PSALM 139. Fourth Part. L. M. Christian integrity. — An appeal to God. 1 7V/TY God, what inward grief I feel, Xt_1- When impious men transgress thy will ! 1 mourn to hear their lips profane, Take thy tremendous name in vain. 2 Does not my soul detest and hate The sons of malice and deceit] Those that oppose thy laws and thee, I count them enemies to me. 3 Lord, search my soul, try ev'ry thought : Tho' my own heart accuse me not PSALM CXL. CXLI. l%1 Of walking in a false disguise ; I beg the trial of thine eyes* 4 Doth secret mischief lurk within 1 Do I indulge some unknown sin 1 0 turn my feet whene'er I stray ! And lead me in thy perfect way. PSALM 140. S. M. A complaint against personal enemies. 1 TVTY God, while impious men, .It JL With malice in their heart, My peace destroy, my life defame, Thy guardian grace impart. 2 With poison in their lips, And with a serpent's tongue, They sting my fainting soul to death, And make my name their song. 3 Ceaseless they lie in wait My footsteps to betray ; They hide their snare, they set their gin, "Beside my peaceful way. 4 O hear my humble cry ! Their fondest hope destroy ; Their arts confound, their plots disclose, And blast their envious joy. 5 On their own heads shall fall The mischiefs they devise ; Thy hand shall take them in their net, Their slanders, and their lies. 6 As coals the wood consume, As pits receive their slain ; So shall the men of malice sink, And never rise again. 7 The Lord, who hates the proud, Shall scorch the sland'rous tongue* Shall hunt the wicked from the earth, And well requite their wrong. 8 Thou wilt sustain the poor* And bid th' afflicted sing ; Before thee shall thy children dwell, Their Father, and their King. PSALM 141. L. M« Watchfulness and brotherly love — a morning or evening Psalm. 1 IV/TY God, accept my early vows, i.T JL Like morning incense in thy house ; And let my nightly worship rise Sweet as the ev'mng sacrifice. 2 Watch o'er my lips, and guard them, Lord, From ev'ry rash and heedless word ; 168 PSALM CXLII. CXLIIL Nor let my feet incline to tread The guilty path where sinners lead. 3 O may the righteous, when I stray, Smite and reprove my wand'ring way ! Their gentle words, like ointment shed, Shall never bruise but cheer my head, 4 When I behold them prest with grief, I'll cry to beav'n for their relief; And by my warm petitions prove How much I prize their faithful love, PSALM 142, C. M. Deliverance in sore distress. 1 fTlO God I made my sorrows known, JL From God I sought relief; In long complaints before his throne, I pour'd out all my grief. 2 My soul was overwhelm'd with woes, My heart began to break : My God, who all my burdens knows, Knows ev'ry way I take, 3 On ev'ry side I cast mine eye, And found my helpers gone ; While friends and strangers pass'd me by Neglected or unknown. 4 Then did I raise a louder cry, And call'd thy mercy near ; " Thou art my portion when I die, " Be thou my refuge here." 5 Lord, I am brought exceeding low ; Now let thine ear attend And make my foes, who vex me, know, I've an Almighty friend. 6 From my sad prison set me free ; Then shall I praise thy name : And holy men shall join with me, Thy kindness to proclaim. PSALM 143. L. M. Mourning under afflictions. 1 TVTY righteous Judge, my gracious God, JLtX Hear, wThen 1 spread my hands abroad, And cry for succour from thy throne : O make thy truth and mercy known ! 2 Let judgment not against me pass ; Behold thy servant pleads thy grace : Should justice call us to thy bar, No living man is guiltless theie. 3 Look down in pity, Lord, and see The mighty woes that burden me : PSALM CXL1V. 169 Down to the dust my life is brought, Like one long buried and forgot. 4 1 dwell in darkness and unseen, My heart is desolate within ; My thoughts in musing silence trace The ancient wonders of thy grace. 5 Thence I derive a glimpse of hope To bear my sinking spirits up ; I stretch my hands to God again, And thirst, like parched lands, for rain ; 6 For thee I thirst, I pray, I mourn ; When will thy smiling face return ! Shall all my joy on earth remove 7 And God forever hide his love 1 7 My God, thy long delay, to save, Will sink thy pris'ner to the grave ; My heart grows faint, and dim mine eye ; Make haste to help before I die. 8 The night is witness to my tears, Distressing pains, distressing fears : O, might I hear thy morning voice, How would my wearied pow'rs rejoice ! 9 In thee I trust, to thee I sigh, And raise my grieved soul on high ; For thee sit waiting all the day, And wear the tiresome hours away, 10 Break off my fetters, Lord, and show Which is the path my feet should go : If snares and foes beset the road, I flee to hide me near my God. 11 Teach me to do thy holy will, And lead me to thy heav'nly hill ; Let the Good Spirit of thy love Conduct me to thy courts above. 12 Then shall my soul no more complain ; The tempter then shall rage in vain : And flesh, that was my foe before, Shall never vex my spirit more. PSALM 144. First Part. C. M. Victory in the spiritual warfare. 1 I/iOR ever blessed be the Lord, A- My Saviour and my shield ; He sends his Spirit with his word, To arm me for the field. 2 When sin and hell their force unite, He makes my soul his care ; Instructs me in the heav'nly fight, And guards me thro' the war. 15 170 PSALM CXLIV. CXLV. 3 A friend and helper so divine, Does my weak courage raise ; He makes the glorious vict'ry mine ; And his shall be the praise. PSALM 144. Second Part. C. M. The vanity of man — condescension of God. 1 ORD, what is man, poor feeble man, JLi Born of the earth at first ! His life a shadow, light and vain, Still hast'ning to the dust. 2 O what is feeble dying man, Or any of his race, That God should make it his concern To visit him with grace ! 3 That God who darts his lightnings down, Who shakes the worlds above ; While mountains tremble at his frown : How wondrous is his love ! PSALM 144. Third Part. L. M. The happy nation. i 1 TTAPPY the city, where their sons 11 Like pillars round a palace set, And daughters, bright as polish'd stones, Give strength and beauty to the state. 2 Happy the country, where the sheep, Cattle, and corn, have large increase ; Where men securely work, or sleep, Nor sons of plunder break their peace. 3 Happy the nation thus endow'd : But more divinely blest are those, On whom the all-sufficient God, Himself with all his grace bestows. PSALM 145. First Part. L. M. General praise — greatness of God. 1 TV/TY God, my King, thy various praise XtX Shall fill the remnant of my days ; Thy grace employ my humble tongue, Till death and glory raise the song. 2 The wings of ev'ry hour shall bear Some thankful tribute to thine ear ; And ev'ry setting sun shall see New works of duty done for thee. 3 Thy truth and justice I'll prcclaim ; Thy bounty flows an endless stream ; Thy mercy swift ; thine anger slow j But dreadful to the stubborn foe. 4, Thy works with sov'reign glory shine, Ana speak thy majesty divine ; PSALM CXLV. 171 Let Zion in her courts proclaim The sound and honour of thy name. 5 Let distant times and nations raise The long succession of thy praise ; And unborn ages make my song The joy and labour of their tongue. 6 But who can speak thy wondrous deeds? Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds : Vast and unsearchable thy ways ! Vast and immortal be thy praise I PSALM 145. Second Part. C. M. The goodness of God. 1 ^< WEET is the mem'ry of thy grace, ^ My God, my heav'nly King ! Let age to age thy righteousness In sounds of glory sing. 2 God reigns on high, but not confines His goodness to the skies ; Thro' the whole earth his bounty shines, And ev'ry want supplies. 3 With longing eyes thy creatures wait On thee for daily food ; Thy lib'ral hand provides their meat, And fills their mouth with good. 4 How kind are thy compassions, Lord ! How slow thy anger moves ! But soon he sends his pard'ning word To cheer the souls he loves. 5 Creatures, with all their endless race, Thy pow'r and praise proclaim ; But saints that taste thy richer grace, Delight to bless thy name. PSALM 145. Third Part. C. M. The mercy of God. 1 ET ev'ry tongue thy mercy speak, JLi Thou sov'reign Lord of all ; Thy strengthening hands uphold the weak, And raise the poor that fall. 2 When sorrow bows the spirit down, Or virtue lies distrest Beneath some proud oppressor's frown, Thou giv'st the mourners rest. 3 The Lord supports our sinking days, And guides our giddy youth : Holy and just are all his ways, And all his words are truth. 4 He knows the pain his servants feel ; He hears his children cry 172 PSALM CXLVI. And their best wishes to fulfil, His grace is ever nigh. 5 His mercy never shall remove From men of heart sincere : He saves the souls, whose humble love Is join'd with holy fear. 6 His stubborn foes his sword shall slay, And pierce their hearts with pain; But none, that serve the Lord, shall say " They sought his aid in vain." 7 My lips shall dwell upon his praise, And spread his fame abroad : Let all the sons of Adam raise The honours of their God. PSALM 146. First Part. L. M. Goodness and faithfulness of God. ) 1 T3RAISE ye the Lord : my heart shall join JL In work so pleasant, so divine j Now while the flesh is my abode, And when my soul ascends to God. 2 Praise shall employ my noblest powVs, While immortality endures ; My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last. 3 Why should I make a man my trust 1 Princes must die and turn to dust ; Their breath departs, their pomp and pow'r And thoughts, all vanish in an hour. 4 Happy the man, whose hopes rely On Israel's God ; he made the sky, And earth and seas, with all their train ; And none shall find his promise vain. 5 His truth forever stands secure ; , He saves th'opprest, he feeds the poor j He sends the lab'ring conscience peace, And grants the pris'ner sweet release. 6 The Lord hath eyes to give the blind ; The Lord supports the sinking mind ; He helps the stranger in distress, The widow and the fatherless. 7 He loves his saints, he knows them well, But turns the wicked down to hell j Thy God, O Zion, ever reigns ; Praise him in everlasting strains. PSALM 146. Second Part. L. P. M Goodness and faithfulness of God. 1 |"'LL praise my Maker with my breath ; X And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler pow'rs : PSALM CXLVII. 173 My days of praise shall ne'er be past While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures. 2 Why should I make a man my trust ? Princes must die and turn to dust : Vain is the help of flesh and blood ; Their breath departs, their pomp, and pow'r, And thoughts, all vanish in an hour : ^ Nor can they make their promise good. 3 Happy the man whose hopes rely On Israel's God ; he made the sky. And earth and seas, with all their train : His truth forever stands secure ; He saves th' opprest, he feeds the poor : And none shall find hrs promise vain. 4 The Lord hath eyes to give the blind ; The Lord supports the sinking mind ; He sends the lab'ring conscience peace ; He helps the stranger in distress, The widow and the fatherless ; And grants the pris'ner sweet release. 5 He loves his saints, he knows them well ; But turns the wicked down to hell : Thy God, O Zion, ever reigns. Let ev'ry tongue, let ev'ry age, In this exaltedwork engage ; Praise him in everlasting strains. 6 I'll praise him while he lends me breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler pow'rs : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures. PSALM 147. First Part, L. M. Providence and Grace. 1 T>RAISE ye the Lord : 'tis good to raise JL Our hearts and voices in his praise : His nature and his works invite To make this duty our delight, 2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem, And gathers nations to his name : His mercy melts the stubborn soul, And makes the broken spirit whole. 3 He form'd the stars, those heav'nly flames, He counts their numbers, calls their names ; His wisdom's vast, and knows no bound ; A deep where all our thoughts are drown'd. 4 Great is our Lord, and great his might ; And all his glories infinite : 15* 174 PSALM CXLVIL He crowns the meek, rewards the just, And treads the wicked to the dust. 5 The saints are lovely in his sight : On them he looks with great delight : He sees their hope, he knows their fear, And views, and loves his image there. PSALM 147. Second Part. L. M. The seasons of the year. 1 ET Zion praise the mighty God, JLi And make his honours known abroad : For sweet the joy our songs to raise, And glorious is the work of praise. 2 Our children live secure and blest ; Our shores have peace, our cities rest ; He feeds our sons with finest wheat, And adds his blessing to their meat. 3 The changing seasons heordains. The early and tue latter rains ; His flakes of snow, like wool, he sends, And thus the springing corn defends. 4 With hoary frost he strews the ground ; His hail descends with dreadful sound j His icy bands the rivers hold, And terror arms his wintry cold. 5 He bids the warmer breezes blow, The ice dissolves, the waters flow ; But he hath nobler works and ways To call his children to his praise. 6 Thro' all our coasts his laws are shown, His gospel thro' the nation known : He hath not thus reveal'd his word To ev'ry land : Praise ye the Lord. PSALM 147. Third Part. C. M. The seasons of the year. 1 W7C7TJTH songs and honours sounding loud V V Address the Lord on high ; Around the heav'ns he spreads his cloud, And waters veil the sky. 2 He sends his show'rs of blessings down To cheer the plains below ; « He makes the grass the mountains crown, And corn in vallies grow. 3 He gives the grazing ox his meat, He hears the ravens cry ; But man, who tastes his finest wheat, Should raise hia honours high. 4 His steady counsels change the face Of the declining year; PSALM CXLVIII. 175 He bids the sun cut short his race, And wintry days appear. 5 His hoary frost, his fleecy snow, Descend and clothe the ground : ■■» The liquid streams forbear to flow, In icy fetters bound. 6 When from his dreadful stores on high He pours the rattling hail ; The wretch, that dares his God defy, Shall find his courage fail. 7 He sends his word, and melts the snow ; The fields no longer mourn ; He calls the southern gales to blow, And bids the spring return. 8 The changing wind, the flying cloud, Obey his mighty word : With songs and honours sounding loud, Praise ye the sov'reign Lord. PSALM 148. First Part. H. M. Universal praise. 1 "Y7"E tribes of Adam, join JL With heav'n and earth and seas, And offer notes divine To your Creator's praise. Y e holy throng of angels bright, In worlds of light, begin the song. 2 Thou sun with dazzling rays, And moon that rul'st the night, Shine to your Maker's praise, With stars of twinkling light. His pow'r declare, ye floods on high, And clouds, that fly in empty air. 3 The shining worlds above In glorious order stand, Or in swift courses move By his supreme command. He spake the word, and all their frame From nothing came, to praise the Lord. 4 He mov'd the mighty wheels In unknown ages past ; And each his word fulfils, While time and nature last. In difPrent ways his works proclaim His wondrous name, and speak his praise. 5 Let all the earth-born race, And monsters of the deep ; The fish that cleave the seas, Or in theirbosom sleep j 176 PSALM CXLVIII. From sea and shore their tribute pay; And still display their maker's pow'r. 6 Ye vapours, hail and snow, Praise ye th' almighty Lord ; And stormy winds, that blow, To execute bis word. When lightnings shine, or thunders roar, Let earth adore his hand divine. 7 Ye mountains near the skies, With lofty cedars there, And trees of humbler size, That fruit in plenty bear ; Beasts wild and tame, birds, flies, and worms, In various forms, exalt his name. 8 Ye kings, and judges, fear The Lord, the sov'reign King j And, while you rule us here, His heav'nly honours sing : Nor let the dream of pow'r and state Make you forget his pow'r supreme. 9 Virgins, and youths, engage To sound his praise divine, While infancy and age Their feebler voices join : Wide as he reigns, his name be sung By ev'ry tongue, in endless strains. 10 Let all the nations fear The God that rules above ; He brings his people near, And makes them taste his love : While earth and sky attempt his praise, His saints shall raise his honours high. PSALM 148. Second Part, L. M. Universal praise to God. 1 X OUD hallelujahs to the Lord, [dwell; JLJ From distant worlds, where creatures Let heav'n begin the solemn word, And sound it dreadful down to hell. 2 The Lord, how absolute he reigns ! Let ev'ry angel bend the knee ; Sing of his love in heav'nly strains, And speak how fierce his terrors be. 3 Mortals, can you refrain your tongue, When nature all around you sings i O for a shout from old and young, From humble swains and lofty kings ! 4 Wide as his vast dominion lies, make the Creator's name be known ; PSALM CXLIX. CL. 177 Loud as his thunder shout his praise, And sound it lofty as his throne. 5 Jehovah ! 'tis a glorious word ! O may it dwell on ev'ry tongue ! But saints, who best have known the Lord, Are bound to raise the noblest song. PSALM 149. C. M. The triumph of the Church. 1 A LL ye that love the Lord, rejoice, j_jL And let your songs be new ; Amid the church with cheerful voice, His later wonders show. 2 The Jews, the people of his grace, Shall their Redeemer sing; And Gentile nations join the praise, While Zion owns her King. 3 The Lord takes pleasure in the just, Whom sinners treat with scorn ; The meek, that lie despis'd in dust, Salvation shall adorn. 4 Saints shall be joyful in their King, Ev'n on a dying bed : And, like the souls, in glory sing : For God shall raise the dead. 5 Then his high praise shall fill their tongues, Their hand shall wield the sword ; And vengeance shall attend their songs ; The vengeance of the Lord. 6 When Christ the judgment-seat ascends, And bids the world appear ; Thrones are prepar'd for all his friends, Who humbly lov'dhim here. 7 Then shall they rule, with iron rod, Nations that dar'd rebel ; And join the sentence of their God, On tyrants doom'd to hell. 8 The royal sinner bound in chains, New triumphs shall afford : Such honour for the saints remains ; Praise ye, and love the Lord. PSALM 150. First Part. H. M. Universal praise to the God of our salvation, 1 TN Zion's sacred gates, JL Let hymns of praise begin ; Where acts of faith and love With ceaseless beauty shine : In mercy there, while God is known, Before his throne, with songs appear.. 178 PSALM CL. 2 In heav'n, his house on high, Ye angels, lift your voice ; Let heav'nly harps resound, And happy saints rejoice : The glories sing, that ever shine, With pomp divine, around your King, 3 His wondrous acts demand, His wisdom and his grace, The labours of our hands, And transports of our praise : Rehearse his name to ev'ry shore, Where'er his pow'r his works proclaim. 4 Let the trump's martial voice, The timbrel's softer sound, The organ's solemn peal, United praise resound. To swell the song with highest joy, Let man employ his tuneful tongue. PSALM 150. Second Part. L.M. Hallelujah. 1 "DRAISE ye the Lord ; all nature join Jl In work and worship so divine : Let heav'n and earth unite, and raise High hallelujahs to his praise. 2 While realms of joy, and worlds around, Their halleluiahs loud resound ; Let saints below, and saints above, Exulting sing redeeming love. 3 As instruments well tun'd and strung, We'll praise the Lord with heart and tongue j While life remains, we'll loud proclaim High hallelujahs to his name. 4 Beyond the grave, in nobler strains, When freed from sorrow, sin, and pains, Eternally the church will raise High hallelujahs to his praise. 5 Praise ye the Father, Hallelujah ; Praise ye the Son, Hallelujah ; Praise the Spirit, Hallelujah ; These three are one, praise ye the Lord. HYMNS. BOOK FIRST. I. DOCTRINAL AND PRACTICAL, ARRANGED AND NUMBERED AGREEABLY TO THE SECTIONS OF THE CATECHISM. II. ADAPTED TO THE LORD'S SUPPER. III. MISCELLANEOUS TIMES AND SEASONS. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous ; for praise is comely for the upright — Sing unto Him anew song. — Psalm. xxxiii. 1, 3. They sung as it were a new song before the throne — and no man could learn that song but the — redeemed from the earth. — Revel, xiv. 3. Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in bis own blood — to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Revel, i. 5, 6. —My songs in the house of my pilgrimage.— Psalm cxix. 54. > HYMNS. BOOK I. DOCTRINAL AND PRACTICAL, ARRANGED AND NUMBERED AGREEABLY TO THE SECTIONS OP THE CATECHISM. HYMNl. First ParU C. JVL Our only comfort in life and death. 1 O UBSTANTI AL comfort will not grow ►O In nature's barren soil ; All we can boast, till Christ we khow, Is vanity and toil. 2 But where the Lord has planted grace, And made his glories known ; There fruits of heav'nly joy and peace Are found, and there alone. 3 A bleeding Saviour seen by faith ,• A sense of pard'ning love ; A hope, that triumphs over death* Give joys like those above. 4 To take a glimpse within the veil ,♦ To know that God is mine ; Are springs of joy, that never fail, Unspeakable ! divine ! 5 These are the joys which satisfy, And sanctify the mind : Which make the spirit mount on high, And leave the world behind. 6 No more, believers, mourn your lot ; But since you are the Lord's, Resign to them that know him not, Such joys as earth affords. HYMN 1. Second Part. L. M. In life and death I belong to Christ. 1 ET thoughtless thousands choose the road JLi That leads the soul away from God ,* This happiness, dear Lord, be mine, To live and die entirely thine. 2 On Christ, by faith, my soul would live; From him, my life, my all receive : To him devote my fleeting hours ; Serve him alone with all my pow'rs. 16 182 HYMN I. B. I 3 Christ is my everlasting all, To him 1 look, on him I call ; He ev'ry want will well supply, In time, and thro' eternity. 4 Soon will the Lord, my life, appear ; Soon shall I end my trials here ; Leave sin and sorrow, death and pain. : To live is Christ — to die is gain. HYxMNl. Third Part. CM. The Christian's experience. 1 "TVTO strength of nature can suffice JL^i To serve the Lord aright ; And what she has, she misapplies, For want of clearer light. 2 How long beneath the law I lay In bondage and distress I I toil'd the precept to obey, But toil'd without success. 3 Then all my servile works were done A righteousness to raise ,* Now freely chosen in the Son, I freely choose his ways. 4 To see the law by Christ fulfill'd, And hear his pard'ning voice, Will change a slave into a child, And duty into choice. 5 " What shall I do" was once the word, " 1 hat I may worthier grow 1 " What shall 1 render to the Lord ?" Is my inquiry now. 6 I've seen how great my mis'ry is, And mourn'd my helpless case ; I've found in Christ a righteousness, And praise him for his grace. HYMNl. Fourth Part. L. M. The good old way. 1 rpHE righteousness, th' atoning blood JL Of Jesus, is the way to God ; O ! may we then no longer stray, But come to Christ, the good old way. 2 The prophets and apostles too Pursu'd this path while here below ; We therefore will, without dismay, Thu3 walk in Christ, the good old way, 3 With faith and love, and holy care, In this dear way, I'll persevere ; And when I die, triumphant say, This is the right, the good old way. E. I. HYMN II. 183 HYMN 2. First Part. L. M. Summary of the Law. 1 fTTHUS saith the first, the great command, JL " Let all thy inward pow'rs unite " To love thy Maker and thy God, " With utmost vigour and delight. 2 " Then shall thy neighbour, next in place, " Share thine affections and esteem ; " And let thy kindness to thyself " Measure, and rule thy love to him." 3 The substance this, that Moses spoke ; This did the prophets preach and prove : For want of this the law is broke ; The law demands a perfect love. 4 But O how base our passions are 1 This holy law we can't fulfil : Regenerate our souls, O Lord I Or we shall ne'er perform thy will. HYMN 2. Second Part. S. M. Spirituality and perfection of the law. 1 rpHE law of God is just, JL A strict and holy way ; And he, that would escape the curse, Must all the law obey. 2 Not one vain thought must rise, Not one unclean desire ; He must be holy, just, and wise, . Who keeps the law entire. 3 If in one point he fail, In thought or word or deed, The curses ot the law prevail, And rest upon his head. 4 I tremble and confess ; O God ! I am accurs'd ; Guilty, I fall before thy face,, And own thy sentence just. 5 But does the curse still rest Upon my guilty head 1 — No — Jesus — let his name be blest ! Hath borne it in my stead. 6 He hath fulfill'dthe iaw ; Obtain'd my peace with God : Hence doth my soul her comforts draw, And leave her heavy load. HYMN 2. Third Part. C. M. Conviction of sin by the law. 1 ORD, how secure my conscience was, .Li And felt no inward dread .' 184 HYM.NT II. ffl. B. £ I was alive without the law, And thought my sins were dead. 2 My hopes of heav'n were firm and bright ; But since the precept came With a convincing pow'r and light, I find how vile I am. 3 My guilt appear' d but small before, Till, terribly J saw, How perfect, holy, just, and pure Was thine eternal law. 4 Then felt my soul the heavy load, My sins reviv'd again ; I had provok'd a dreadful God, And all my hopes were slain. 5 My God, I cry with ev'ry breath For grace and pow'r to save : To break the yoke of sin and death, ' And thus redeem the slave. HYMN 2. Fourth Part, C. M. Conviction of misery by the law. 1 TTAIN are the hopes the sons of men t On their own works have built : Their hearts by nature are unclean, And all their actions guilt. 2 Let Jew and Gentile stop their mouths, Without a murm'ring word, And the whole race of Adam, stand Guilty before the Lord. 3 In vain we ask God's righteous Jaw To justify us now ; Since to convince, and to condemn, Is all the law can do. 4 Jesus, how glorious is thy grace J When in thy name we trust, Our faith receives a righteousness That makes the sinner just. HYMN 3. First Part, L. M. Primitive state of man. 1 A DAM in Paradise was plac'd, jljL Our nat'ral and our fed'ral head ; With holiness and wisdom grac'd, In his Creator's image made. 2 Bless'd with the joys of innocence, Upright and happy, firm he stood ; Till he debas'd himself to sense, And ate of the forbidden food. 3 His soul at first, a holy flame, Was kindled by his Maker's breath; B. L HYMN III. 185 But stung by sin, it soon became The seat of darkness, strife, and death. HYMN 3. Second Part. C. M. Original sin. 1 TVTOW back with humble shame we look JL\ On our original ; How is our nature dash'd and broke In our first father's fall ! 2 To all that's good, averse and blind, But prone to all that's ill ; What dreadful darkness veils our mind ! How obstinate our will ! 3 Conceiv'd in sin, O wretched state ! Before we draw our breath, The first young pulse begins to beat Depravity and death. 4 Wild and unwholesome as the root, Will all the branches be : How can we hope for living fruit From such a deadly tree 1 5 What mortal pow'r from things unclean Can pure productions bring? Who can command a vital stream From an infected spring 1 6 Yet, mighty God, thy wondrous love Can make our nature clean ; While Christ and grace prevail above The tempter, death, and sin. 7 The second Adam can restore The ruins of the first ; Hosanna to that sov'reign pow'r, That new creates our dust ! HYMN 3. Third Part. C. M. Depravity and inability of sinners. 1 OIN, like a venomous disease, O Infects our vital blood ; The only help is sov'reign grace, The sole physician, God. 2 Our beauty and our strength are fled, And we draw near to death ; But Christ, the Lord, recalls the dead With his almighty breath. 3 Madness, by nature, reigns within ; The passions burn and ra^e ; Till God's own Son, with skill divine, The inward fire assuage. 4 We lick the dust, we grasp the wind, And solid good despise ; 16* 186 HYMN III. B. I. Such is the folly of the mind, Till Jesus make us wise. 5 We give our souls the wounds they feel j We drink the pois'nous gall, And rush with fury down to hell ; But grace prevents the fall. 6 The man, possessed among the tombs, Cuts his own flesh, and cries ; He foams and raves, till Jesus comes : Then the foul spirit flies. HYMN 3. Fourth Part. C. M. New birth. 1 /^\UR nature's totally deprav'd ; vJ The heart a sink of sin : Without a change we can't be sav'd ; We must be born again. 2 That, which is born of flesh, is flesh, And flesh it will remain ; Then marvel not that Jesus saith, " Ye must be born again." S Spirit of life, thy grace impart, And breathe on sinners slain ; Bear witness, Lord, in ev'ry heart, That we are born again. 4 Dear Saviour, let us now begin To trust and love thy word ; And, by forsaking every sin, Prove we are born of God. HYMN 3. Fifth Part. S, M. Union to Christ. 1 TPVEAR Saviour, we are thine 3-J By everlasting bands : Our names, our hearts, we would resign, And souls, into thy hands, 2 Accepted for thy sake, And justifi'd by faith, We oi thy righteousness partake, And find in thee our life. 3 To thee we still would cleave, With ever growing zeal ; Jf millions tempt us Christ to leave, O let them ne'er prevail, 4 Thy spirit shall unite Our souls to thee ©ur head : Shall form us to thy image bright, . That we thy paths may tread, 5 Death may our souls divide From these abodes of clay ; B. I. HYMN IV. 187 But love shall keep us near thy side, Thro' all the gloomy way. 6 Since Christ and we are one, Why should we doubt or fear ? Since he in heav'n hath fix'd his throne, He'll fix his members there. HYMN 4. First Part. H. M. The perfections of God. 1 rr^HE Lord Jehovah reigns, JL 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. 2 The thunders of his hand Keep the wide world in awe ; His wrath and justice stand To guard his holy law : And where his love resolves to bless. His truth confirms and seals the grace. 3 Thro' all his perfect works Surprising wisdom shines ; Confounds the pow'rs of hell, And breaks their curs'd designs : Strong is his arm, and shall fulfil His great decrees, his sov'reign will. 4 And can this mighty King * Of glory condescend 1 And will he write his name, My Father and my Friend ? I love his name, I love his word ; Join all my pow'rs, and praise the Lord. HYMN 4. Second Part. L. M. The justice of God. 1 "C* TERNAL King ! the greatest, best, .■ A For ever glorious, ever blest ; The great I AM, Jehovah, Lord, By seraphim and saint ador'd ! 2 Justice, the firm foundation lays, Of all thy laws, thy works, and ways : Obedient souls will ever find A God that's faithful, loving, kind, 3 But he who sins, becomes accurs'd, Or God would be no longer just ; . Curs'd is the man, who dares withdraw Obedience from thy holy law. 4 Where then, great God, or how shall we Approach thy dreadful majesty ! 188 HYMN IV. V. B. I. Thy sacred law we oft have broke, And stand obnoxious to thy stroke. 5 But O thou holy, just, and true ! Tho' justice must have all its due, Thou canst be just, yet justify The soul, that doth on Christ rely. 6 O boundless wisdom, love and pow'r ! Thy matchless mercy we adore, That found out this amazing plan, To save thy ruin'd creature, man. 7 We plead the sufF'rings of thy Son, We plead his righteousness alone ; He bore the curse, whence thou art just In pard'ning those, who were accurs'd. HYMN 4. Third Part. L. M. Justice and mercy united. 1 TNFINITE grace ! and can it be A That heav'n's Supreme should stoop so low ? A wretch to visit, vile, hke me ,• One who has been his bitt'rest foe 1 2 Can holiness and wisdom join, With truth, with justice, and with grace, To make eternal blessings mine, And sin, with all its guilt, erase 1 3 O love ! beyond conception great, That form'd the vast stupendous plan ! Where all divine perfections meet To reconcile rebellious man ! 4 There wisdom shines in fullest blaze, And justice all her rights maintains ! Astonish'd angels stoop to gaze, While mercy o'er the guilty reigns, 5 Yes, mercy reigns, and justice too; In Christ harmoniously they meet : He paid to justice all her due, And now he fills the mercy -seat. 6 Such are the wonders of our God, And such th' amazing depths of grace : To save, from wrath's vindictive rod, The chosen sons of Adam's race. 7 With grateful songs, then let our souls Surround our gracious Father's throne ; And all between the distant poles His truth and mercy ever own. HYMN 5. First Part. L. M. A Saviour is necessary. 1 Xj^NSLAV'D by sin, and bound in chains J-i Beneath its dreadful tyrant sway, B. I. HYMN V. 189 And doom'd to everlasting pains, We wretched guilty captives lay. 2 Nor can our arm procure our peace ; Nor will the world's collected store Suffice to purchase our release : A thousand worlds were all too poor. 3 A Saviour, man, and mighty God, A glorious ransom must procure ; Justice divine demands his blood ; And nothing less can life insure. 4 Jesus the man, the mighty God, This all-sufficient ransom paid : The Mediator's precious blood For wretched sinners has been shed. 5 Jesus the sacrifice became, To rescue guilty souls from hell ; The spotless, bleeding, dying Lamb Beneath avenging justice fell. 6 Amazing justice ! love divine ! O may our grateful hearts adore The matchless grace ; nor yield to sin, Nor wear its cruel fetters more ! HYMN 5. Second Part. CM. Saviour. 1 r I iHE Saviour ! O what endless charms JL Dwell in the blissful sound ! Its influ'nce ev'ry fear disarms, And spreads sweet comfort round. 2 Here pardon, life, and joys divine, In rich effusion flow, For guilty rebels lost in sin, And doom'd to endless wo. 3 Th' almighty Former of the skies Stoop'd to our vile abode ! While angels view'd, with wond'ring eyes, And hail'd th' incarnate God. 4 O the rich depths of love divine, Of bliss a boundless store ] Dear Saviour! let me call thee mine ; I cannot wish for more; 5 On thee alone my hope relies, Beneath thy cross I fall ; My Lord, my life, my sacrifice, My Saviour, and my all! HYMN 5. Third Part. CM. Salvation. 1 ^JALVATION ! O melodious sound ^ To wretched dying men ! 190 HYMN VI. Salvation, that from God proceeds, And leads to God again. 2 Rescu'd from hell's eternal gloom. From fiends, and fires, and chains : Rais'd to a paradise of bliss, Where love triumphant reigns ! 3 But may a poor bewilder'd soul, Sinful and weak as mine, Presume to raise a trembling eye To blessings so divine 1 4 The lustre of so bright a bliss, My feeble heart o'erbears ; And unbelief almost perverts The promise into fears. 5 My Saviour God! no voice, but thine, These dying hopes can raise ; Speak thy salvation to my soul, And turn my pray'r to praise. HYMN 6. First Part. L. M. Jesus is God and man. 1 |/iRE the blue heav'ns were stretch'd abroad, J-J From everlasting was the Word : W ith God he was ; the Word was God, And must divinely be ador'd. 2 By his own pow'r all things were made ; By him supported all things stand j He is the whole creation's head, And angels fly at his command. 3 Ere sin was born, or Satan fell, He led the hosts of morning stars : His generation who can tell, Or count the number of his years 1 4 But lo ! he leaves those heav'nly forms : The Word descends and dwells in clay, That he may converse hold with worms, Drest in such feeble flesh as they. 5 Mortals with joy beheld his face, Th' eternal Father's only Son : How full of truth, how kill of grace, When thro' his flesh the Godhead shone I 6 The angels leave their high abode, To learn new myst'ries here, and tell The love of our descending God, The glories of Immanuel. HYMN 6. Second Part. L. M. Immanuel. I \ LL hail, thou great Immanuel ! Jl\- Thy love, thy glory, who can tell 1 Angels, and all the heav'nly host, Are in the boundless prospect lost. B. I. HYMN VI. 191 2 Mortals, with reverential songs, Take this dear name upon your tongues ; With holy fear, attempt his praise, In solemn, yet triumphant, lays. 3 Among a thousand forms of love, In which he shines and smiles above ; This with peculiar joy we view, He's David's root and offspring too. 4 There Jesus, in the glorious plan, Shines, the great God, the wondrous man ! As God, the root of all our bliss ; As man, the branch of righteousness. 5 All hail, thou dear redeeming Lord ! All hail, thou co-essential Word ! All hail, thou Root and Branch divine ! All hail, and be the glory thine ! HYMN 6. Third Part. L. M. ' Types and prophecies fulfilled in Christ. 1 T3EH0LD the woman's promis'd seed ! _I3 Behold the great Messiah come ! Behold the prophets all agreed, To give him the superior room ! 2 Abra'm, the saint, rejoic'd of old, When visions of the Lord he saw ; Moses, the man of God, foretold This great fulfiller of his law. 3 The types bore witness to his name, Obtain'd their chief design, and ceas'd : The incense and the bleeding lamb, The ark, the altar, and the priest. 4 Predictions in abundance meet, To join their blessings on his head ; Jesus, we worship at thy feet, And nations own the promis'd seed. HYMN 6. Fourth Part. L. M. The gospel of Christ. 1 /~^i OD, in the gospel of his Son, VJT Makes his eternal counsels known ; 'Tis here his richest mercy. shines, And truth is drawn in fairest lines. 2 Here sinners of a humble frame May taste his grace, and learn his name ; 'Tis writ in characters of blood, Severely just, immensely good. 3 Here Jesus, in ten thousand ways, His soul attracting charms displays I Recounts his poverty and pains, And tells his love in melting strains. s^ 192 HYMN VII. B. I 4 Wisdom its dictates here imparts, To form our minds, to cheer our hearts j Its influ'nce makes the sinner live, It bids the drooping saint revive. 5 Our raging passions it controuls, And comfort yields to contrite souls ; It brings a better world in view, And guides us all our journey through. 6 May this blest volume ever lie Close to my heart, and near mine eye ; 'Till life's last hour my soul engage, And be my chosen heritage. HYMN 7. First Part, S. M. The impenitent warned, false refuges exposed, 1 "pvESTRUCTION'sdang'rousroad, JLJ What multitudes pursue ! While that, which leads the soul to God, Is known or sought by few. 2 Believers enter in By Christ, the living door ; But they, who will not leave their sin, Must perish evermore. 3 If self must be denied, And sin forsaken quite ; They rather choose the way that's wide, And strive to think it right. 4 Encompass'd by a throng, On numbers they depend ; They think so many can't be wrong, And miss a happy end. 5 But numbers are no mark That men will right be found : A few were sav'd in Noah's ark, For many millions drown'd* 6 Obey the gospel call, And enter while you may ; The flock of Christ remains still small, And none are safe, but they. 7 Lord, open sinners' eyes, Their awful state to see ; And make them, ere the storm arise, To thee for safety flee. HYMN 7. Second Part. S. M. Faith. 1 T71AITH ! — 'tis a precious grace, X- Where'er it is bestow'd ; It boasts of a celestial birth, And is the gift of God. 2 Jesus it owns a King, An all-atoning Priest ; B. L HYMN VII. 193 It claims no merit of its own, But finds it all in Christ. 3 To him it leads the soul, When fill'd with deep distress ; Appropriates his precious blood, And trusts his righteousness. 4 Since 'tis thy work alone, And that divinely free ; Lord, send the Spirit of thy Son To work this faith in me. HYMN 7. Third Part. CM. Faith. 1 f\/riSTAKEN souls ! that dream of heav'n, lyji And make their empty boast Of inward joys, and sins forgiv'n, While they are slaves to lust. 2 Vain are our fancies, airy flights, If faith be cold and dead : None, but a living pow'r, unites To Christ the living head. 3 'Tis faith, that changes all the heart ; 'Tis faith, that works by love ; That bids all sinful joys depart, And lifts the thoughts above. 4 'Tis faith, that conquers earth and hell By a celestial pow'r : This is the grace that shall prevail In the decisive hour. * 5 Faith must obey her Father's will, As well as trust his grace ; A pard'ning God is jealous still For his own holiness. 6 When from the curse he sets us free, He makes our natures clean ; Nor would he send his Son to be The minister of sin. 7 His spirit purifies our frame, And seals our peace with God ; Jesus and his salvation came By water and by blood. HYMN 7. Fourth Part. H. M. 10. 11. Unbelief rebuked. 1 "DEGONE unbelief, ri My Saviour is near; And for my relief Will surely appear : By prayer let me wrestle, and he will perform j With Christ in the vessel, I smile at the storm. 17 194 HYMN VIII. B. L 2 Tho' dark be my way, Since he is my guide, 'Tis mine to obey, 'Tis his to provide. Tho' cisterns be broken, and creatures 'all fail, The word, he has spoken, shall surely prevail. 3 His love, in time past, Forbids me to think He'll leave me at last, In trouble to sink : Each sweet Ebenezer, I have in review, Confirms his good pleasure to help me quite through. 4 Determin'd to save, He watch'd o'er my path ; When, Satan's blind slave, I sported with death : And can he have taught me to trust in his name, [shame 1 And thus far have brought me, to put me to 5 Why should I complain Of want or distress, Temptation or pain 1 He told me no less : The heirs of salvation, I know from his word, Thro' much tribulation, must follow the Lord. 6 How bitter that cup No heart can conceive, Which he drank quite up, That sinners might live 1 [mine ; His way was much rougher, and darker than Did Jesus thus suffer, and shall I repine ? 7 Since, all that I meet, Shall work for my good ; The bitter is sweet, The med'cine is food : Tho' painful at present, 'twill cease before long, And then, O how pleasant the conqueror's song ! HYMN 8. First Part. L. M. The holy Trinity. 1 ri^HERE is one God, and only one ; JL No rivals can his essence share : He is Jehovah, he alone, And with the Lord none can compare. 2 His works thro' all this wondrous frame, Express their Maker's vast designs : They bear the impress of his name : In ev'ry part his wisdom shines. B. I. HYMN Vin. 195 3 If in his, works such wonders rise, How much more wonderful is He ! Whose nature's fill'd with mysteries ; His being One, his person Three. 4 What finite pow'r with ceaseless toil, Can comprehend th' eternal Mind ? Or, who th' almighty Three and One, By searching to perfection find ? 5 Angels and men in vain may raise Harmonious, their adoring songs ; The lab'ring thoughts sink down oppress'd, And praises die upon their tongues. 6 Yet would I lift my trembling voice, Th' eternal Three in One to sing ; And mingling faith, while I rejoice, My humble, grateful tribute bring. 7 All glory to th' eternal Three, The sacred undivided One, To Father, Son, and Spirit be Co-equal praise, and honours done. HYMN 8. Second Part. L. M. The triune God, the God of our salvation. 1 ' ONG ere the sun began his days, JLi Or moon shot forth her silver rays, Salvation's scheme wasfix'd, 'twas done In cov'nant by the Three in One. 2 The Father spake, the Son repli'd, The Spirit with them both compli'd : Grace mov'd the cause for saving man, And wisdom drew the noble plan. 3 The Father chose his only Son To die for sins, that man had done ; Immanuel to the choice agreed, And thus secur'd a num'rous seed. 4 He sends his Spirit from above To call the object of his love ; Not one shall perish nor be lost : He bought them dear ; his blood they cost. 5 WTiat high displays of sov'reign grace ! What love to save a ruin'd race ! My soul, adore his lovely name, By whom thy free salvation came. HYMN 8. Third Part. CM. Praise to the holy Trinity. I ET them neglect thy glory, Lord, JLi Who never knew thy grace ; But our loud songs shall still record The wonders of thy praise. 196 HMYN IX. B. I. 2 We raise o\ ir shouts, O God to thee, And send them to thy throne ,* All glory to th' united Three, The undivided One. 3 'Twas he, (and we'll adore his name) That form'd us by a word ; 'Tis he, restores our ruin'd frame ; Salvation to the Lord I 4 Hosanna ! let the earth and skies Repeat the joyful sound .' Rocks, hills and vales reflect the voice In one eternal round. HYMN 9. First Part. L. M. God the Father the Almighty Creator. 1 \ LMIGHTY God, we praise, and own XjL Thee our Creator, King alone ; , All things were made to honour thee, O Father of eternity ! 2 To thee all angels loudly cry, The heav'ns and all the pow'rs on high, Cherubs and seraphims proclaim, And cry, thrice holy to thy name. 3 Lord God of hosts, thy presence bright Fills heav'n and earth with beauteous light ; Th' apostles' happy company, And ancient prophets all praise thee. 4 The crowned martyrs, noble host, The holy church in ev'ry coast, Their Maker, for their Father own, Now reconcil'd in Christ his Son. HYMN 9. Second Part. C. M. Creation. 1 T ORD ! when our raptur'd thought surveys ,1 J Creation's beauties o'er, All nature joins to teach thy praise, And bid our souls adore. 2 Where'er we turn our gazing eyes, Thy radiant footsteps shine ,* Ten thousand pleasing wonders rise, And speak their source divine. 3 The living tribes of countless forms, In earth, and sea, and air, The meanest flies, the smallest worms, Almighty pow'r, declare. 4 Thy wisdom, pow'r, and goodness, Lord, In all thy works appear : And, O ! let man thy praise record, Man, thy distinguish'd care. B. I. HYMN IX. 197 5 From thee the breath of life he drew ; That breath thy pow'r maintains : Thy tender mercy, ever new, His brittle frame sustains. 6 Yet nobler favours claim his praise, Of reason's light possess'd ; By revelation's brightest rays, Still more divinely blest. HYMN 9. Third Part. C. M. God our preserver. 1 ET others boast how strong they be, _Li Nor death nor danger fear ; While we confess, O Lord ! to thee, What feeble things we are. 2 Fresh as the grass our bodies stand, And flourish bright and gay; A blasting wind sweeps o'er the land, And fades the grass away. 3 Our life contains a thousand springs, v And dies if one be gone ; Strange ! that a harp of thousand strings Should keep in tune so long. 4 But 'tis our God supports our frame, The God, that form'd us first : Salvation to th' Almighty Name That rear'd us from the dust. 5 While we have breath, or life, or tongues, .fc Our Maker we'll adore : His Spirit moves our heaving lungs, Or they would breathe no more. HYMN 9. Fourth Part. L. M. My times are in thine hand. 1 T> ESISTLESS Sov'reign of the skies, Jl\ Immensely great ! immensely wise ! My times are all within thy hand j And all events at thy command. 2 His great decree, who form'd the earth, Hath fix'd my first and second birth : My parents, native place, and time, "W ere all assign'd to me by him. 3 'Twas God, that form'd me in the womb, And he shall guide me to the tomb j My times shall all for ever be Order'd by his all-wise decree. 4 My times of sickness and of health, My times of penury and wealth, My times of trial and of grief, My times of triumph and relief! 17* 198 HYMN IX. X. B. I. 5 Sad times the tempter's pow'r to prove, Blest times to taste a Saviour's love, Must all begin, and last, and end, As best shall please my God and Friend. 6 Tho' plagues and deaths around me fly, Till he commands I cannot die : No ; not a single shaft can hit, Till God, who guards my life, sees fit. 7 O thou tremendous, wise and just ! In thy kind hands my life I trust; Yea, had I somewhat dearer still, It shouldbe thine, and at thy will. 8 May I, at all times, own thy hand, And still to thee surrender'd stand ; Convinc'd that thoi' art God alone, May I and mine be all thy own. 9 Thee, Lord, at all times will i bless, For, having thee, I all possess ; Nor can I e'er bereaved be, Since thou wilt never part with me. HYMN 9. Fifth Part. L. M. We rely on God our Father. 1 "DENEATH a num'rous train of ills, _I3 Our feeble flesh and heart may fail ; Yet shall our hope in thee, our God, O'er ev'ry gloomy fear prevail. 2 Parent and Husband, Guard and Guide, Thou art each tender name in one ; On thee we cast our heavy cares, And comfort seek from thee alone. 3 Our Father, God, to thee we look, Our Rock, our portion, and our Friend j And on thy cov'nant love and truth, Our sinking souls shall still depend. HYMN 10. First Part. L. M. Wisdom of Providence. 1 ~X~]€ "TA1T, O my soul, thy Maker's will ! V V Tumultuous passions, all be still ! Nor let a murm'ring thought arise ; His providence and ways are wise. 2 He in the thickest darkness dwells, Performs his work, the cause conceals : But tho' his methods are unknown, Judgment and truth support his throne. 3 In heav'n, and earth, and air, and seas, He executes his firm decrees; And by his saints it .stands confest, That what he does is ever best. B. I. HYMN X. 199 4 Wait then, my soul, submissive wait, Prostrate be tore his awful seat ; And midst the terrors of his rod. Trust in a wise and gracious God. HYMN 10. Second Part. C. M. The mysteries of Providence. , 1 f~^i OD moves in a mysterious way, VJT His wonders to perform ; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. 2 Deep in unfathomable mines Of never-failing skill, He treasures up his bright designs, And works his sov'reign will. 3 Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take ; The clouds, ye so much dread, Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. 4 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense ; But trust him for his grace : Behind a frowning Providence, He hides a smiling face. 5 His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding ev'ry hour ; The bud may have a bitter taste ; But sweet will be the flow'r. 6 Blind unbelief is sure to err, « And scan his work in vain j God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain. HYMN 10. Third Part. P. M. 10. 11. The Lord will provide. 1 FT1HO' troubles assail, JL And dangers affright ; Tho' friends should all fail, And foes all unite : Yet one thing secures us, Whatever betide ; The scriptures assure us, The Lord will provide. 2 The birds without barn Or store-house, are fed ; From them let us learn To trust for our bread : His saints what is fitting Shall ne'er be deni'd ; So long as 'tis written, The Lord will provide. 3 We may, like the ships, By tempests be tost too HYMN X. B. I. On perilous deeps, But cannot be lost: Tho' Satan enrages The wind and the tide, The promise engages, The Lord will provide. 4 His call we obey, Like Abra'm of old, Not knowing our way, But faith makes us bold ; For tho' we be strangers, We have a good guide, And trust in all dangers, The Lord will provide. 5 When Satan appears To stop up our path, And fill us with fears, We triumph by faith : He cannot take from us, Tho' oft he has tried, This heart-cheering promise, The Lord will provide. 6 He tells us we're weak, Our hope is in vain ; The good, that we seek We ne'er shall obtain ; But when such suggestions Our spirits have plied, This answers all questions, The Lord will provide. 7 No strength of our own, Or goodness we claim, Yet since we have known The Saviour's great name ; In this our strong tow'r For safety we hide : The Lord is our pow'r, The Lord will provide. 8 When life sinks apace, And death is in view, This word of his grace Shall comfort us through : No fearing or doubting, With Christ on our side, We hope to die shouting, The Lord will provide. HYMN 10. Fourth Part, C. M. The blessings of Providence. 1 A LMIGHTY Father, gracious Lord, J_jl Kind Guardian of my days, B. I. HYMN X. 201 Thy mercies let my heart record, In songs of grateful praise. 2 In life's first dawn, my tender frame Was thy indulgent care ; Long ere I could pronounce thy name, Or breathe the infant prayer. 3 Around my path what dangers rose ! What snares spread all my road ! No pow'r could guard me from my foes But my Preserver, God. 4 How many blessings round me shone, Where'er I turn'd mine eye ! How many past, almost unknown, Or unregarded, by ! 5 Each rolling year new favours brought From thy exhaustless store ; But ah ! in vain my lab'ring thought Would count thy mercies o'er; 6 While sweet reflection, thro' my days Thy bounteous hand would trace ; Still dearer blessings claim my praise, The blessings of thy grace. 7 Yes, I adore thee, gracious Lord, For favours more divine ; That I have known thy sacred word, Where all thy glories shine. 8 Lord, when this mortal irame decays, « And ev'ry weakness dies, Complete tne wonders of thy grace, And raise me to the skies. 9 Then shall my joyful pow'rs unite In more exalted lays ; And join the happy sons of light In everlasting praise. HYMN 10. Fifth Part. CM. It is well. 1 TT shall be well, let sinners know, M. With those, who love the Lord ; His saints have always found it so, When resting on his word. 2 Peace, then, ye chasten'd sons of God, Why let your sorrows swell ? Wisdom directs your Father's rod — His word says, it is well. 3 Tho' you may trials sharp endure, From sin, or death, or hell ; Your heav'nlv Father's love is sure, And therefore, it is well. 202 HYMN X. XI. B. L 4 Soon will your sorrows all be o'er, And you shall sweetly tell, On Canaan's calm and pleasant shore, That all at last is well. HYMN 10. Sixth Part. C. M. Submission. 1 SUBMISSIVE to thy will, my God, ►O I all to thee resign ; And bow before thy chast'ning rod — I mourn, but not repine. 2 Why should my foolish heart complain, When wisdom, truth, and love, Direct the stroke, inflict the pain, And point to joys above 1 3 How short are all my suiPrings here, How needful ev'ry cross ; Away, my unbelieving fear, Nor call my gain, my loss. 4 Then give, dear Lord, or take away, I'll bless thy sacred name ; My Jesus, yesterday, to-day, For ever is the same ! HYMN 11. First Part. C. M. Glorying in Christ. 1 I'M not asham'd to own my Lord, X Nor to defend his cause ; Maintain the honour of his word, The glory of his cross. 2 Jesus, my God ! I know his name ; His name is all my trust : Nor will he put my soul to shame, r Nor let my hope be lost. 3 Firm, as his throne, his promise stands, And he can well secure What I've committed to his hands, Till the decisive hour. 4 Then will he own my worthless name Before his Father's face ,* And in the new Jerusalem Appoint my soul a place. HYMN 11. Second Part. C. M. The name of Jesus. 1 TTOW sweet the name of Jesus sounds 11 In a believer's ear ! It sootheshis sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear. 2 It makes the wounded spirit whole, And calms the troubled breast j B, L HYMN XI. 203 'Tis manna to the hungry soul, And to the weary rest. 3 Dear name ! the rock on which I build, My shield and hiding place ; My never failing treas'ry fill'd With boundless stores ot grace. 4 Jesus ! my Shepherd, Husband, Friend, My Prophet, Priest, and King ; My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End ; Accept the praise 1 bring. 5 Weak is the effort of my heart, And cold my warmest thought ; But when I see thee as thou art, I'll praise thee as I ought. 6 Till then, I would thy love proclaim With ev'ry fleeting breath ; And may the music of thy name Refresh my soul in death. HYMN ll. Third Part. L. M. Jesus the gift of God* 1 TESUS, my love, my chief delight, *J For thee I long, for thee I pray ; Amid the shadows of the night, Amid the bus'ness of the day. 2 When shall I see thy smiling face, Which 1 thro' faith, have often seen ? Arise, thou Sun of Righteousness, Dispel the clouds that intervene. 3 Thou art the glorious gift of God, To sinners weary and distrest; The first of all his gifts bestow'd, And certain pledge of all the rest. 4 Now 1 can say this gift is mine, I'll tread the world beneath my feet; No more at pain or want repine, Nor envy the rich sinner's state. 5 This precious jewel let me keep, And lodge it deep within my heart ; At home, abroad, awake, asleep, It never shall from thence depart. HYMN 11. Fourth Part. L. M. Jesus the only Saviour. 1 XESUS, the spring of joys divine, *J Whence all our hopes and comforts flow I Jesus! no other name, but thine, Can save us from eternal woe. 2 In vain would boasting reason find The way to happiness and God ; 204 HYMN XI. XII. B. x. Her weak directions leave the mind Bewilder'd in a dubious road. 3 No other name will heav'n approve; Thou art the true, the living way, Ordain'd by everlasting love, To the bright realms ot endless day. 4 Safe lead us through this world of night, And bring us to the blissful plains, The regions of unclouded light, Where perfect joy for ever reigns. HYMN 11. Fifth Part. L. M. Glorying in Christ. 1 rinHE wond'ring world inquires to know JL Why I should love my Jesus so : " What are his charms," say they, " above " The objects of a mortal love V 2 All-over glorious is my Lord, He must be lov'd and yet ador'd ; His worth if all the nations knew, Sure the whole earth would love him too. 3 The Love of Christ is strong a? death, He seal'd it with his latest breath ; My love to him, secur'd by grace, No pains nor doubts can e'er deface. 4 What can destroy, what separate A love so pure, so free, so great 1 In heav'n both faith and hope subside, But love for ever will abide. HYMN 12. First Part. C. M. The offices of Christ. 1 T/^/'E bless the Prophet of the Lord, V V That comes with truth and grace , Jesus, thy Spirit, and thy word, Shall lead us in thy ways. 2 We rev'rence our High Priest above, Who offer'd up his blood, And lives to carry on his love, By pleading with our God. 3 We honour our exalted King ; How sweet are his commands ! He guards our souls from hell and sin, By his almighty hands. 4 Hosanna to his blessed name, Who saves by glorious ways ; Th' anointed Saviour has a claim To our immortal praise. B. I. HYMN XII. 205 HYMN 1 2. Second Part. H. M. The offices of Christ. 1 X01N all the glorious names *J Of wisdom, love, and pow'r, That ever mortals knew, That angels ever bore ; All are too mean to speak his worth ; Too mean to set my Saviour forth. 2 Great Prophet of my God! My tongue would bless thy name : By thee the joyful news Of our salvation came ; The joyful news of sins forgiv'n, Of hell subdu'd, and peace with heav'n. 3 Jesus my great High Priest! Offer'd his blood and died ; My guilty conscience seeks No sacrifice beside. His pow'rful blood did once atone, And now it pleads before the throne. 4 My dear and mighty Lord, My Conq'ror, and my King ; Thy sceptre and thy sword. Thy reigning grace I sing. Thine is the pow'r ; behold ! 1 sit In willing bonds beneath thy feet. 5 Now let my soul arise, And tread the tempter down : My Saviour leads me forth To conquest and a crown. A feeble sainf shall win the day, Tho' death and hell obstruct the way. 6 Should all the hosts of hell, And pow'rs of death unknown, Put their most dreadful forms, Of death and mischief, on : I shall be safe, for Christ displays Superior pow'r and guardian grace. HYMN 12. Third Part. L. M. Christ is all, and in all. 1 ' |"N Christ I've all my soul's desire ; JL His Spirit does my heart inspire With boundless wishes large and high : And Christ will all my wants supply. 2 Christ is my hope, my strength and guide , For me he bled, and groan'd and died : He is my sun, to give me light, He is my soul's supreme delight. 18 206 HYMN XII. B. I. 3 Christ is the source of all my bliss, My wisdom, and my righteousness — My Saviour, Brother, and my Friend , On him alone I now depend. 4 Christ is my King, to rule and bless, And all my troubles to redress ; He's my salvation and my all, Whatever on earth shall me befall. 5 Christ is my strength and portion too, My soul in him can all things do ; Thro' him I'll triumph o'er the grave. And death, and ev'ry foe outbrave. HYMN 12. Fourth Part. L. M. Christians. 1 1VTOT all the nobles of the earth, JL ^1 Who boast the honours oi their birth, Such real dignity can claim, As those who bear the Christian name. 2 To them the privilege is giv'n To be the sons and heirs of heav'n ; Sons of the God who reigns on high, And heirs of joy beyond the sky. 3 On them, a happy, chosen race, Their Father pours his richest grace : To them his counsels he imparts, And stamps his image on their hearts. 4 Their infant cries, their tender age, His pity and his love engage : He clasps them in his arms, and there Secures them with parental care. 5 His will he makes them early know, And teaches their young feet to go ) Whispers instruction to their minds, And on their hearts his precepts binds. 6 When thro' temptations they rebel, His chast'ning rod he makes them feel ; Then, with a Father's tender heart, He sooths the pain, and heals the smart. 7 Their daily wants his hands supply, Iheir steps he guards with watchful eye ; Leads them from earth to heav'n above, And crowns them with eternal love. 8 If I've the honour, Lord, to be One of this num'rous family ; On me the gracious gift bestow, To call thee Abba, Father, too. 9 So may my conduct ever prove My filial piety and love ; B.I. HYMN XIII. 207 Whilst all ray brethren clearly trace Their Father's likeness in my face. HYMN 13. First Part. L. M. Christ is the eternal Son of God. 1 /^V CHRIST !thou glorious King, we own \J Thee to be God's eternal Son : The Father's fulness, life divine, Mysteriously are also thine. 2 When rolling years brought on the day Foretold and nx'd for this display, Our great deliv'rance to obtain, Thou didst our nature not disdain. 3 At God's right hand, now, Lord, thou'rt plac'd, And with thy Father's glory grac'd, True God and man, in person one ; A judge to pass our final doom. 4 From day to day, O Lord, do we, On high exalt and honour thee : Thy name we worship and adore, World without end, for evermore. HYMN 13. Second Part. L. M. God the Son equal with the Father. 1 "O RIGHT King of glory, dreadful God \ J3 Our spirits bow before thy feet;. To thee we lift an humble thought, And worship at thine awful seat. 2 A thousand seraphs, strong and bright, * Stand round the glorious Deity ; But who, among the sons of light, Pretends comparison with thee 1 3 Yet there is one of human frame, Jesus, array'd in flesh and blood, Thinks it no robbery, to claim A full equality with God. 4 Their glory shines with equal beams; Their essence is for ever one ; Distinct in persons, and in names ; The Father God, and God the Son 5 Then let the name of Christ our King With equal honours be ador'd ; His praise let ev'ry angel sing, And all the nations own the Lord. HYMN 13. Third Part. L. M. Adoption. 1 TESUS, we bless thy Father's name ; d Thy God and ours are both the same ; What heav'nly blessings from his throne Flow down to sinners thro' his Son ' 208 HYMN XIII. B. I. 2 " Christ is my first elect," he said, Then chose our souls in Christ our head; Before he gave the mountains birth, Or laid foundations for the earth. 3 Thus did eternal love begin To raise us up from deatL and sin ; Persons and characters decreed, Blameless in love, a holy seed. 4 Predestinated to be sons ; Born by degrees, but chose at once : A new regenerated race, To praise the glory of his grace ; 5 With Christ our Lord, we share our part In the affections of his heart ; Nor shall our souls be tnence remov'd Till he forgets his first belov'd. HYMN 13. Fourth Part. S. M. Adoption. 1 TT>EHOLD what wondrous grace, J3 The Father has bestow'd On sinners of a mortal race To call them sons of God ! 2 'Tis no surprising thing, That we should be unknown ; The Jewish world knew not their King, God's everlasting Son. 3 Nor doth it yet appear How great we must be made ; But when we see our Saviour there, We shall be like our head. 4 A hope so much divine May trials well endure ; May purge our souls from sense and sin. As Christ the Lord is pure. 5 If in my Father's love, I share a filial part, Send down thy Spirit, like a dove, To rest upon my heart. 6 We would no longer lie, Like slaves, beneath the throne ; Our faith shall Abba, Father, cry, And thou the kindred own. HYMN 13. Fifth Part C. M. Jesus is our Lord and Master. 1 /""I OME, ye that love the Saviour's name, V_7 And joy to make it known, The Sov'reign of your hearts proclaim, And bow oefore his throne. B, I. HYMN XIV. 209 2 Beho'Icl your Lord, your Master crown'd With glories all divine ! And tell the wond'ring nations round, How bright those glories shine. 3 Infinite pow'r, and boundless grace, In him unite their rays : You, that have e'er beheld his face, Can you forbear his praise 1 4 When in his earthly courts we view The glories of our King ; We long to love, as angels do, And wish, like them, to sing. 5 And shall we long and wish in vain? Lord, teach our songs to rise : Thy love can animate the strain, And bid it reach the skies. 6 O happy period ! glorious day ! When heav'n and earth shall raise, With all their pow'rs, th' enraptur'd lay, To celebrate thy praise. HYMN 14. First Part. P. M. God with us. 1 /"""I OD with us ! O glorious name ! vX Let it shine in endless fame : God and man in Christ unite ; O mysterious depth and height ! 2 God with us ! th' eternal Son , Took our soul, our flesh, and bone : Now, ye saints, his grace admire, Swell the song with holy fire. 3 God with us ! but tainted not With the first transgressor's blot ; Yet did he our sins sustain, Bear the guilt, the curse, the pain. 4 God with us ! O wondrous grace ! Let us see him face to face : That we may Immanuel sing, As we ought, our God and King. HYMN 14. Second Part. L. M. The Saviour's advent. 1 f I ^O us a child is born from heav'n ; X To us the Son of God is giv'n ; Gentiles in Jesus' name shall trust, And of his glories make their boast : 2 His name the Wonder Jul shall be ; His wonders heav'n and earth shall see : The Counsellor of truth and grace, Who leads in paths of righteousness. 18* 210 HYMN XIV. B. I 3 The Mighty God, that glorious name, His works and word join to proclaim : The Everlasting Fathei — He ; And the whole church his family. 4 The Prince of Peace, on David's throne : And nations, yet unborn, shall own His sov'reign and his gracious sway; Glad of the honour to obey. 5 Justice and Judgment he'll maintain; To everlasting ages reign ; And his blest empire shall increase, Till time, with all its movements, cease. 6 Our faith in grateful triumph boasts These wonders of the Lord of Hosts: And trusts the love, that form'd the plan, To perfect what that love began. HYMN 14. Third Part, S. M. The incarnation. 1 "VT'E saints, proclaim abroad X The honours of your King ; To Jesus, your incarnate God, Your songs of praises sing. 2 Not angels, round the throne Of majesty above, Are half so much oblig'd as we, To our Immanuel's love. 3 They never sunk so low, They are not rais'd so high ; They never knew such depths of woe, Such heights of majesty. 4 The Saviour did not join Their nature to his own ; For tnem he shed no blood divine, Nor breath'd a single groan. 5 May we with angels vie, The Saviour to adore ; Our debts are greater far than theirs, O be our praises more ! HYMN 14. Fourth Part. C. M. Jesus came to save sinners. 1 "FT ARK the glad sound ! the Saviour's come J XJL The Saviour promis'd long ! Let ev'ry heart prepare a throne, And ev'ry voice a song. 2 On him the Spirit largely pour'd, Exerts its sacred fire ; Wisdom and might, and zeal and love His holy breast inspire. B. I. HYMN XIV. XV. 211 3 He comes the pris'ners to release, In Satan's bondage held ; The gates of brass before him burst, The iron fetters yield. 4 He comes from thickest films of vice To clear the mental ray, And on the eye-balls of the blind To pour celestial day. 5 He comes the broken heart to bind, The bleeding soul to cure ,* And with his righteousness and grace T' enrich the humble poor. 6 His gospel trumpets publish loud The JubHee of the Lord ; His people are redeemed now, Their heritage restor'd. 7 Our glad Hosannas, Prince of peace, Thy welcome shall proclaim ; And heav'n's eternal arches ring With thy beloved name. HYMN 14. Fifth Part. C. M. God reconciled in Christ. 1 rvEAREST of all the names above, JL>J My Jesus, and my God, Who can resist thy heav'nly love, Or trifle with thy blood ? 2 'Tis by the merits of thy death , The Father smiles again ; 'Tis by thy interceding breath, The Spirit dwells with men. 3 Till God in human flesh I see, My thoughts no comfort find ; The holy, just, and sacred Three Are terrors to my mind. 4 But if Immanuel's face appear, My hope, my joy begins ; His name forbids my slavish fear, His grace removes my sins. 5 While Jews on their own law rely, And Greeks of wisdom boast ; I love th' Incarnate Mystery, And there I fix my trust. HYMN 15. First Part. L.M. lie suffered. I /~\ LORD, when faith with fixed eyes V>J Beholds thy wondrous sacrifice, Love rises to an ardent flame, And we all other hope disclaim. 212 HYMN XV. B. I, 2 Wi*th cold affect'or.s who can see — The thorns, the scourge, the nails, the tree, The flowing tears, and crimson sweat, The bleeding hands, and head, and feet ? 3 Jesus, what millions of our race Have been the triumphs of thy grace ! And millions more to thee shall fly, And on thy sacrifice rely. 4 The sorrow, shame and death were thine, And all the stores of wrath divine ! Ours are the pardon, life and bliss : What love can be compar'd to this ? HYMN 15. Second Part. L. M. He was crucified. 1 ^TRETCH'D on the cross the Saviour dies, ►^ Hark ! his expiring groans arise ! See, from his hands, his teet, his side, ' Runs down the sacred crimson tide ! 2 Believers now, behold the man ! The man of grief condemn'd for you, The lamb of God for sinners slain, Weeping to Calvary pursue. 3 His sacred limbs they pierce, they tear, With nails they fasten to the wood — His sacred limbs! expos'd and bare, Or only cover'd with his blood. 4 See there ! his temples crown'd with thorns, His bleeding hands extended wide, His streaming feet transfix'd and torn, The fountain gushing from his side. 5 Thou dear, thou sufPring Son of God, How doth thy heart to sinners move ! Sprinkle on us thy precious blood, Constrain us with thy dying love \ HYMN 15. Third Part. L. M. It is Christ that died. 1 OINNERS rejoice, 'tis Christ that died ; k_J Behold the blood flows from his side ! To wash your souls, and raise you high, To dwell with God above the sky. 3 'Tis Christ that died, O love divine J Here mercy, truth, and justice shine ; God reconcil'd, and sinners bought With Jesus' blood — how sweet the thought \ 3 'Tis Christ that died, a truth indeed, On which my faith would ever feed : Nor let the works that I perform Be nam'd, to swell a haughty worm. B. I. HYMN XVI. 213 4 'Tis Christ that died, 'tis Christ was slain, To save my soul from endless pain ; 'Tis Christ that died shall be my theme, While I have breath to praise his name, HYMN 16. First Part. L. M. Substitution and satisfaction. 1 TMMORTAL God, on thee we call, A The great original of all ! Thro* thee we are, to thee we tend, Our sure support, our glorious end. 2 We praise that wise mysterious grace, That pitied our revolted race, - And Jesus, our great cov'nant head, The Captain of salvation made. 3 Thy justice dooni'd that he must die, Who tor our sins would satisfy : His death was therefore fix'd of old, And in thy word of truth foretold. 4 A scene of wonders here we see, Worthy thy Son, and worthy Thee ; And while this theme employs our tongues, And heav'n unites its sweetest songs. HYMN 16. Second Part. L. M. The Lamb of God. 1 TT)EHOLD the sin-atoning Lamb, X3 With wonder, gratitude, and love ! To take away our guilt and shame, See him descending from above. « 2 Our sins and griefs on him were laid; He meekly bore the mighty load : Our ransom-price he fully paid, In groans and tears, in sweat and blood. 3 To save his guilty church, he dies ; Mourners behold the bleeding Lamb ! To him lift up your longing eyes, And hope for mercy in his name. ' 4 Pardon and peace thro' him abound ; He can the richest blessings give : Salvation in his name is found ; He bids the dying sinner live. 5 Jesus my Lord! I look to. thee ; Where else can helpless sinners go ? Thy boundless love shall set me tree From all my wretchedness and woe. HYMN 16. Third Part. C. M. Christ sustained the pains of hell, i A ND did the holy and the just, -LjL The Sov'reign of the skies, Stoop down to wretchedness and dust, That guilty worms might rise t 214 HYMN XVI. B. 1. 2 Yes, the Redeemer in his soul Sustain'd the pains of hell ; The wra^h of God without controul, On him our surety fell. 3 He took the dying sinner's place, And suffer'd in his stead ; For man, (O miracle of grace !) For man the Saviour bled ! 4 Dear Lord, what heav'nly wonders dwell In thy atoning blood ! By this are sinners snatch'd from hell, And rebels brought to God. 5 Jesus, my soul adoring bends, To love so full, so free ; And may I hope that love extends Its sacred pow'r to me 1 6 What glad return can 1 impart For favours so divine 7 O ! take my all — this worthless heart, And make it only thine. HYMN 16. Fourth Part. C. M. Righteous Messed in death. 1 TTEAR what the voice from he av'n proclaims JUL For all the pious dead ; Sweet is the savour of their names, And soft their sleeping bed. 2 They die in Jesus and are bless'd ; How kind their slumbers are ! From sufPrings and from sin releas'd, And freed from ev'ry snare, 3 Far from this world of toil and strife, They're present with the Lord ; The labours of their mortal life End in a large reward. • HYMN 16. Fifth Part. L. M. The righteous blessed in death. 1 O AINTS in their graves lie down in peace, ►^ No more by sin or hell oppress'd ; The wicked there from troubling cease, And there the weary are at rest 2 Thrice happy souls, who're gone before To that inheritance divine ! They labour, sorrow, sigh no more, But bright in endless glories shine. 3 There shall we join the blissful throng, And meet our dearest friends again j And, all eternity, our song To Jesus raise, and with him reign, B. h HYMN XVI. 2i$ HYMN 16. Sixth Part. S. M. Triumph over death. 1 A ND must this body die 1 JLJl This mortal frame decay 1 And must these active limbs of mine, Lie mould'ring in the clay 1 2 Corruption, earth, and worms, Shall but refine this flesh ; Till my triumphant spirit comes, To put it on afresh. 3 God, my Redeemer, lives, And often from the skies Looks down, and watches o'er my dust, Till he shall bid it rise. 4 Array'd in glorious grace, Shall these vile bodies shine ; And ev'ry shape, and ev'ry face, Look heav'nly and divine. 5 These lively hopes we owe To Jesus' dying love ; We would adore his grace below, And sing his pow'r above. 6 Dear Lord ! accept the praise Of these our humble songs, Till tunes of nobler sound we raise, With our immortal tongues. HYMN 16. Seventh Part. C. M. The prospect of Heaven makes death easy to a J3elieter» 1 f 9 THERE is a land of pure delight, JL Where saints immortal reign ; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never-with'ring flow'rs : Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heav'nly land from ours. 3 Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood, Stand dress'd in living green : So to the Jews Old Canaan stood, While Jordan roll'd between. 4 But tim'rous mortals start and shrink, To cross this narrow sea ; And linger, shiv'ring on the brink, And fear to launch away. 5 O ! could we make our doubts remove, Those gloomy doubts that rise, And see the Canaan that we love, With unbecloudtd eyes ! 216 HYMN XVIL B.L & Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood Should fright us from the shore. HYMN 17. First Part. L. M. The Resurrection of Christ. 1 TIUS finish? dr the Redeemer cries ; JL Then lowly bows his fainting head : And soon th' expiring sacrifice Sinks to the regions of the dead. 2 rTis done — the mighty work is done I For men or angels much too great ; Which none, but God's eternal Son, Or would attempt, or could complete. 3 ' Tis done — old things are past away, And a new state of things begun ; A kingdom which shall ne'er decay, But shall outlast the circling sun. 4 A new account of time begins ; Now our dear Lord resumes his breath, Charg'd with our sorrows and our sins ; Our lives to ransom by his death. 5 Once he was dead, but now he reigns, He lives, he lives, he lives again : LetTs tell our joys in pious strains, And spread the glory of his name. HYMN 17. Second Part. L. M. , J know that my Redeemer litetk. 1 T KNOW that my Redeemer lives; JL What comfort this sweet sentence gives I He lives, he lives, who once was dead, He lives my ever living head ! 2 He lives triumphant from the grave, He lives eternally to save ; He lives all glorious in the sky, . He Jives exalted there on high. 3 He lives to bless me with his love, He lives to plead for me above ; He lives my hungry soul to feed, He lives to help in time of need. 4 He lives to grant me fresh supply, He lives to guide me with his eye ; He lives to comfort me when faint, He lives to hear my soul's complaint. 5 He lives to silence all my fears, He lives to stop and wipe my tears ; He lives to calm my troubled heart, He lives all blessings to impart. 6 He lives my kind, wise, heav'nly friend, ' He lives and loves me to the end; B. I. HYMN XVIII. 2i? He lives, and, while he lives, I'll sing, He lives, my prophet, priest, and king. 7 He lives, and grants me daily breath, He lives, and I shall conquer death j He lives my mansion to prepare, He lives to bring me safely there. 8 He lives, all glory to his name ! He lives, my Jesus, still the same ,* 0 the sweet joy this sentence gives, 1 know that my Redeemer lives 1 HYMN 18. First Part. L. M. He ascended into heaven. 1 /^\UR Lord is risen from the dead, V>J Our Jesus is gone up on high ; The pow'rs of hell are captive led, Dragg'd to the portals of the sky. 2 There his triumphal chariot waits, And angels chant the solemn lay ; " Lift up your heads, ye heav'nly gates, " Ye everlasting doors, give way !" 3 Loose all your bars of massy light, And wide unfold the radiant scene , He claims those mansions as his right, Receive the King of glory in. 4 " Who is the King of glory, who?'* The Lord that all his toes o'ercame, The world, sin, death, and hell o'erthrew# And Jesus is the conq'ror's name. « 5 Lo ! his triumphant chariot waits, And angels chant the solemn lay, " Lift up your heads, ye heav'nly gates I " Ye everlasting doors, give way !" 6 " Who is the King of glory, who ?" The Lord of boundless pow'r possest, The King of saints and angels too, God over all, for ever blest. HYMN 18. Second Part. L. M. Forerunner. 1 IjlAR, far beyond these lower skies, _F Up to the glories all his own, Where we by faith lift up our eyes, There Jesus, our Forerunner's gone. 2 Amidst the shining hosts above, Where his blest smik new pleasure gives. Where all is wonder, joy, and love ; There Jesus, our Forerunner, lives. 3 Before his heav'nly Father's face, For ev'ry saint he intercedes ; 19 218 HYMN XVIIL XIX. B. 1. And with infallible success, There Jesus, our Forerunner, pleads. 4 We shall, when we in heav'n appear, His praises sing, his wonders tell ; And with our great Forerunner there, For ever and tor ever dwell. HYMN 18. Third Part. L. M. The presence, glory, and power of Christ. 1 ~\\ 7"ITH transport, Lord, our souls proclaim V V Th' immortal honours of thy name ; Altho' ascended to thy throne, Thou still art present with thine own. 2 High on his Father's royal seat, Our Jesus shone divinely great ; Ere Adam's clay with life was warm'd, Or Gabriel's nobler spirit form'd. 3 Thro' all succeeding ages, he The same hath been — the same shall be"; Immortal radiance gilds his head, While stars and suns wax old, and fade. 4 The same his pow'r his flock to guard ; The same his bounty to reward : -, The same his faithfulness and love, To saints on earth, and saints above. 5 Let nature change, and sink, and die ; Jesus shall raise his chosen high ; And fix them near his heav'nly throne, In glory changeless as his own. HYMN 19. First Part. L. M. He sitteth at the right hand of God. 1 XESUS the Lord our souls adore, *J A painful suft'rer now no more ; At the right hand of God he reigns O'er earth, and heav'n's extensive plains. 2 His race for ever is complete ; For ever undisturb'd his seat ; Myriads of angels round him fly, And sing his well-gain'd victory. 3 Yet, 'midst the honours of his throne, He joys not for himself alone ; His meanest servants share their part, Share in that royal tender heart. 4 Raise, raise, my soul, thy raptur'd sight With sacred wonder and delight ; Jesus at God's right hand now see, Enter'd within the veil for thee. HYMN 19. Second Part. C. M. Jesus our vital head. 1 |~ESUS, we sing thy matchless grace, , *J That calls poor worms thy own ; JB. I. HYMN XIX. 219 Gives us among thy saints a place, To make thy glories known. 2 Allied to thee our vital head We live, and grow, and thrive : From thee divided, each is dead, When most he seems alive. 3 Thy saints on earth, and those above, Here join in sweet accord ; One body all in mutual love, And thou, our common Lord. 4 May faith from thee each hour derive, Supplies with fresh delight ; - While death and hell in vain shall strive This bond to disunite. 5 Thou the whole body wilt present Before thy Father's face ,• Nor shall a wrinkle or a spot Its beauteous form disgrace. HYMN 19. Third Part. L. M. Christ will come to judge the World. 1 1VTOW to the Lord that made us know _L^I The wonders of his dying love, Be humble honours paid below, And strains of nobler praise above. 2 'Twas he that cleans'd our foulest sins, And wash'd us in his richest blood ; 'Tis he that makes us priests and kings, , And brings us rebels near to God. 3 To Jesus, our atoning Priest, To Jesus, our superior King, Be everlasting pow'r confess'd,. And ev'ry tongue his glory sing. 4 Behold ! on flying clouds he comes, And ev'ry eye shall see his face ; Tho' with our sins we pierc'd him once, He now displays his pard'ning grace. 5 The unbelieving world shall wail, While we rejoice to see the day ; Come, Lord ! nor let thy promise fail, Nor let thy chariots long delay. HYMN 19. Fourth Part P. M. 8, 7, 4. Day of Judgment. 1 r\AY of judgment, day of wonders ! JL/ Hark I the trumpet's awful sound, Louder than a thousand thunders, Shakes the vast creation round. How the summons Will the sinner's heart confound ! 22D HYMN XIX. B. L 2 See the Judge our nature wearing, Cloth'd in majesty divine ! You who long for his appearing, Then shall say, " this God is mine ! " Gracious Saviour, " Own me in that day for thine !" 3 At his call, the dead awaken, Rise to life from earth and sea : All the pow'rs of nature, shaken By his looks, prepare to flee : Careless sinner, What will then become of thee ! 4 Horrors past imagination, Will surprise your trembling heart, When you hear your condemnation, " Hence, accursed wretch, depart ! " Thou with Satan " And his angels, have thy part !" 5 But to those who have confessed, Lov'd and serv'd the Lord, below ; He will say, " Come near, ye blessed, " See the kingdom I bestow : " You for ever " Shall my love and glory know. 6 Under sorrows and reproaches, May this thought our courage raise ! Swiftly God's great day approaches, Sighs shall then be chang'd to praise : May we triumph When the world is in a blaze. HYMN 19. Fijth Part. P. M. 8, 7, 4. Day of Judgment. 1 O ! he cometh ! countless trumpets I A Blow to raise the sleeping dead ; 'Midst ten thousand saints and angels ,See their great exalted head. Hallelujah, Welcome, welcome, Son of God. % Now his merit, by the harpers, Through the eternal deep resounds ; Now resplendent shine his nail-prints, Ev'ry eye shall see his wounds : They, who pierc'd him. Shall at his appearance wail. 3 Full of joyful expectation, Saints, behold the Judge appear ! Truth and justice go before him, Now the joyful sentence hear : Hallelujah, Welcome, welcome, Judge divine. B. I. HYMN XX. 221 4 " Come, ye blessed of my Father, " Enter into life and joy ; "Banish all your fears and sorrows, " Endless praise be your employ :" Hallelujah, Welcome, welcome to the skies. 5 Now at once they rise to glory, Jesus brings them as their King ; There, with all the hosts of heav'n, They eternal anthems sing : Hallelujah, Boundless glory to the Lamb. HYMN 20. First Part. L. M. Influences of the Holy Ghost. 1 T71 TERN AL Spirit! we confess S-J And sing the wonders of thy grace; Thy pow'r conveys thy blessings down From God the Father and the Son. 2 Enlighten'd by thine heav'nly ray, Our shades and darkness turn to day ; We learn the meaning of thy word, And find salvation in the Lord. 3 Thy pow'r and glory work within ; And break the chains of reigning sin ; Our wild, imperious lusts subdue, And form our wretched hearts anew. 4 The troubled conscience knows thy voice, Thy cheering words awake our joys ; Thy words allay the stormy wind, And calm the surges of the mind. HYMN 20. Second Part. L. M. Influences of the Holy Ghost. 1 ' f\EAR Lord, and shall thy Spirit rest _L/ In such a wretched heart as mine 1 Unworthy dwelling ! glorious Guest J Favour astonishing, divine ! 2 When sin prevails, and gloomy fear, And hope almost expires in night, Lord, can thy spirit then be here, Great spring of comfort, life and light 1 li Sure the blest Comforter is nigh ; 'Tis he sustains my fainting heart ; Else would my hopes for ever die, And ev'ry cheering ray depart. 4 When some kind promise glads my soul, Do I not find his healing voice The tempest of my fears controul, And bid my drooping pow'rs rejoice ! 19* 222 HYMN XX. XXI. B. I. 5 Whene'er to call the Saviour mine, With ardent wish my heart aspires; Can it be less than pow'r divine, Which animates these strong desires ? 6 What less than thine almighty word Can raise my heart from earth and dust ; And bid me cleave to thee, my Lord, My life, my treasure, and my trust? 7 And when my cheerful hope can say, " I love my God, and taste his grace ;" Lord, is it nbt thy blissful ray, Which brings this dawn of sacred peace ? 8 Let thy kind Spirit in my heart, For ever dwell, O God of love ; And light and heav'nly peace impart, Sweet earnest of the joys above. HYMN 20. Third Part. C. M. Breathing after the Holy Spirit. 1 f~10ME, Holy Spirit, heav'nly dove, \d alone. HYMN 35. First Part. L. M. The second command. 1 rpHOU art, O God ! a Spirit pure, JL Invisible to mortal eyes ; Th' immortal, and th' eternal King, The great, the good, the only wise. 2 Whilst nature changes, and her works Corrupt, decay, dissolve and die, Thy essence pure no change shall see, Secure of immortality. 3 Thou great invisible ! what hand Can draw thy image spotless, fair 7 To what in heav'n, to what on earth, Can men th' immortal King compare 1 4 Let stupid heathens frame their gods Of gold and silver, wood and stone ; Ours is the God that made the heav'ns, Jehovah he, and God alone. 5 My soul, thy purest homage pay, In truth and spirit him adore ; More shall this please, than sacrifice, Than outward forms delight him more. HYMN 35. Second Part. L. M. God incomprehensible. 1 /^i AN creatures, to perfection, find V_y Th' eternal, uncreated Mind? Or can the largest stretch of thought Measure and search his nature out I 2 'Tis high as heav'n, 'tis deep as hell ; And what can mortals know, or tell 1 His glory spreads beyond the sky, And all the shining worlds on high. 3 [But man, vain man, would fain be wise, Born, like a wild young colt, he flies Thro' all the follies of his mind, And smells and snuffs the empty wind.] 4 God is a King of pow'r unknown, Firm are the orders of his throne ; If he resolve, who dare oppose, Or ask him why, or what he does 1 5 He wounds the heart, and he makes whole ; He calms the tempest of the soul ; When he shuts up in long despair, Who can remove the heavy bar ? a I, HYMN XXXVI. XXXVII. 24T 6 He frowns, and darkness veils the moon, The fainting sun grows dim at noon : The pillars of heav'n's starry roof Tremble and start at his reproof. 7 These are a portion of his ways ; But who shall dare describe his face ? Who can endure his light, or stand To hear the thunders of his hand '.' HYMN 36. C. M. The third command. 1 TTOLY and rev'rend is the name 11 Of our eternal King ; Thrice holy Lord I the angels cry, Thrice holy, let us sing, 2 Holy is he in all his works, And truth is his delight ; But sinners and their wicked ways, Shall perish from his sight. 3 The deepest rev'renceof the mind, Pay, O my soul, to God; i * Lift, with thy hands, a holy heart To his sublime abode. 4 With sacred awe pronounce his name, Abhor the lips pcofane ; Let not thy tongue the Lord blaspheme, Nor take his name in vain. 5 Thou holy God ! preserve my soul From all pollution free ; The pure in heart, and hands, and lips, Alone thy face shall see. HYMN 37. First Pari. L. M. Christians may take a religious oath. 1 TX7"HEN God his gracious promise made V V To faithful Abra'm and his seed, To show his grace and truth to both, Confiim'd the promise with an oath. 2 So, by an oath, in ev'ry age, The saints their promise oft engage ; When questions rise or death or life, An oath confirms and ends all strife. 3 Christians the truth will ever say, Their yea be yea, their nay be nay ,• And with conscientious dreadrefrain From swearing any oath profane. 4 But when great facts demand high proof, They honor God by solemn oath ; And thereby teach the world to own The Judge eternal on his throne. 5 The fear of God is thus maintain'd, And men from perjury restrain'd ,* 243 HYMN XXxVII. XXXVIII. B. I. Religious oaths may be abus'd, But may not therefore be refus'd. 6 Christians, the worthiest men on earth, Who cherish peace, and love the truth, Will put religion's sacred seal To what is held the last appeal. HYMN 37. Second Part C. M. Perjury. 1 T ET those who bear the Christian name _Li Their holy vows fulfil ; The saints, the follow'rs of the Lamb Delight to do his will. 2 True to the solemn oaths they take, Tho' to their hurt they swear : Constant and just to all they speak : For God they know can hear. ■ 3 Still with their lips their hearts agree, Nor flatt'ring words devise : They're sure the God of truth can see Thro' ev'ry false disguise. 4 Deceits they hate, they dread all lies. Whatever forms they wear : Preferring death to perjuries, They dare not falsely swear. 5 Lo ! from above the Lord descends, And brings the judgment down ; He bids his saints, his faithful friends, Rise and possess their crown. 6 While Satan trembles at the sight, And devils wish to die ; Where will the faithless hypocrite And perjur'd liar fly 1 HYMN 38. First Part. L. M. 'Phe fourth command. 1 "JT> ETURN, my soul, enjoy thy rest, Jl\ Improve the day thy God has bless'd , Another six days' work is done, Another sabbath is begun. IX Come, bless the Lord, whose love assigns So sweet a rest to wearied minds ; Provides a blest foretaste of heav'n. On this day more than all the sev'n. 3 O ! that our thoughts and thanks may rise, As grateful incense to the skies ; And draw from Christ that sweet repose. Which none, but he, that feels it, knows. 4 This heav'nly calm, within the breast,. Is the dear pledge of glorious rest ; Which for the church of God remains. The em! of cares, the end of priins, B.I HYMN XXXVIII. 249 5 With joy, great God, thy works we scan, Creation's scene, redemption's plan ; With praise, we think on mercies past, With hope, we future pleasures taste. 6 In holy duties let the day, In holy comforts pass away ; How sweet, a sabbath thus to spend, In hope of one, that ne'er shall end ! HYMN 38. Second Part. C. M. The Lord's day. 1 /"""i OME, dearest Lord, and feed thy sheep vy On this sweet day of rest ; 0 ! bless this flock, and make this fold Enjoy an heav'nly rest. 2 Welcome, and precious to my soul Are these sweet days of love ; But what a sabbath shall 1 keep, When I shall rest above ! 3 I come, I wait, I hear, I pray, Thy footsteps, Lord, I trace ; Here, in thine own appointed way, I wait to see thy face. 4 These are the sweet and precious days On which my Lord I've seen ; And oft, when feasting on his word, In raptures I have been.- 5 O ! if my soul, when death appears, In this sweet frame be found : 1 I'll clasp my Saviour in mine arms, And leave this earthly ground. 6 I long for that delightful hour, When from this clay undrest, 1 shall be cloth'd in robes divine, And made for ever blest. HYMN 38. Third Part. L. M. The eternal Sabbath. 1 r I iHINE earthly sabbaths, Lord, we love ; JL But there's a nobler rest above : To thai our longing souls aspire, With cheerful hope and warm desire. 2 No more fatigue, no more distress, Nor sin, nor hell shall reach the place ; Nor groans shall mingle with the songs, Which warble from immortal tongues. . 3 No rude alarms of raging foes, No cares to break the long repose ; No midnight shade no clouded sun ; But sacred, high, eternal noon. 4 O long-expected day ! begin — Dawn on these realms of woe and sin : 250 HYMN XXXIX. B. I Fain would we leave this weary road, And sleep in death, to rest with God. HYMN 39. First Part. L. M. The fifth command. 1 /~*i RE AT Source of order, Maker wise ! \JM Whose throne is high above the skies j We praise thy name ; thy laws ordain, That order shall on earth obtain. 2 Let each inferior rank revere All such as their superiors are ; And let superiors also do What's right by each inferior too. 3 To thee may each united house, At morn and night present its vows ; O may each family proclaim The honours of thy glorious name ! HYMN 39. Second Part. C. M." Honour to Magistrates. 1 T^ TERNAL Sov'reign of the sky, JUJ And Lord of all below j We mortals to thy majesty Our first obedience owe. 2 Our souls adore thy throne supreme ; And bless thy providence, For magistrates of various name, Our glory and defence. 3 Where laws and liberty combine To make the nation bless'd ; There magistrates with lustre shine, And states are govern 'd best. 4 Nations on firm foundations stand, While virtue finds reward ; And sinners perish from the land, By justice and the sword. 5 To magistrates be honour paid, To laws obedience shown ; But consciences and souls were made To be the Lord's alone. HYMN 39. Third Part. C. M. The anxiety of pious parents for their children* 1 MHHO' parents may in cov'nant be, JL And have their heav'n in view : They are unhappy till tney see Their children happy too. 2 Their hearts with inward anguish bleed, , When all attempts prove vain, To save their race from paths, that lead To everlasting pai»r« Bt L HYMN XL. ^51 3 They warn, indulge, correct, beseech, While tears in torrents flow ; And 'tis beyond the pow'r of speech To tell the griefs they know. 4 Till they can see victorious grace Their children's souls possess, The sparkling wit, the smiling face But adds to their distress. 5 '*• Shall cruel spirits drag thee down " To darkness and despair ; " Beneath th' Almighty's angry frown^ " To dwell forever there ? 6 " Saviour, the dreadful scene forbid ! " Look down, dear Lord, and bless j " We'll wrestle hard, as Jacob did — " May we obtain success ! HYMN 40. First ParU L. M* The sixth command. 1 /""iL AMOUR and wrath, and war begone§ V^ Envy and spite for ever cease ; Let bitter words no more be known Among the saints, the sons of peace* 2 The Spirit, like a peaceful dove, Flies from the realms of noise and strife ; Why should we vex and grieve his love, Who seals our souls to heav'nly life. 3 Tender and kind be all our thoughts, Thro' all our lives let mercy run : « So God forgives our num'rous faults^ For the dear sake of Christ his Son. HYMN 40. Second Part. L. M. Anger. 1 P\ARE we indulge our wrath and strife J jLs And yet assume the Christian name ] Give our wild passions sway, yet call Ourselves the follow'rs of the Lamb 1 2 He was all gentle, meek, and mild — Full of benevolence and love ; Nor could the rage of num'rous foes Aught, but his soft compassion move. 3 Not all their scoffs, nor the sharp pangs Of crucifixion, could inspire Within his breast one vengeful thought, Or one tumultuous passion fire. 4 But we, alas ! how soon the storms Impetuous in our bosoms swell ; What stores of fuel in our breasts, To feed those raging fires of hell. 5 Spirit of grace, do thou descend ; Envy, and wrath, and clamour chase j 252 HYMN XL, XLI. B. I With thy mild influ'nce quench these fires, And hush the stormy winds to peace ! HYMN 40. Third Part. C. M. Brotherly love. 1 TTOW sweet, how heav'nly is the sight, jLJL When those who love the Lord, In one another's peace delight, And so fulfil his word. 2 O I may we feel each brother's sigh, And with him bear a part : May sorrows flow from eye to eye, And joy from heart to heart. 3 Free us from envy, scorn, and pride ; Our wishes fix above : May each his brother's failings hide, And show a brother's love. 4 Let love, in one delightful stream, Thro' every bosom flow ; And union sweet, and dear esteem, In ev'ry action glow. 5 Love is the golden chain, that binds The happy souls above ; And he's an heir of heav'n, that finds His bosom glow with love. HYMN 41. First Part. L. M. The seventh command. 1 £< ACRED wedlock ! law of heav'n, O By wisdom fram'd, in mercy giv'n ; The spring, whence all the kindred ties Of parents, children, brethren, rise ! 2 Curs'd be the lusts which violate The honours of the marriage state ; The Lord himself in wrath severe, Will judge the vile adulterer. 3 The wicked, filthy, and unclean, Shall reap the harvest of their sin : And they who burn with Sodom's lust, In Sodom's fire shall be accurs'd. 4 Polluted sinner, hide thy face, Fly to the throne, and plead for grace ; The blood of Christ can cleanse thy soul, And make thy filthy spirit whole. HYMN 41. Second Part. L. M. The law is spiritual, but we are carnal. 1 Ti/TOST holy God, thy precept's just JLtX Against impure desires, and lust ; We therefore mourn, with grief and shame, Our guilty and polluted frame. 2 We know by nature, we're unclean, Our pow'rs debas'd, affections mean ; y B. I. HYMN XLII. 2S$ We own imperfect chastity* The sensual heart, the wanton eye. 3 The seeds of ev'ry vice and sin Are rooted deep, and grow within, And if preserv'd from filthy ways, To grace alone belongs the praise. 4 O ! shed abroad thy love divine, Constrain us to be wholly thine ; And make our souls and bodies both The temples of the Holy Ghost. HYMN 42. First Part. L. M. The eighth command. 1 /^ REAT God, thy holy law commands vT Strict honesty in our demands ; Forbids to plunder, steal or cheat, To practise falsehood or deceit. 2 We must be faithful, upright, true, Nor take, but what is strictly due ,* If honesty be banish'd hence, Religion is a vain pretence. 3 No righteous debt must be denied By fraud or pow'r, by lies or pride } The poor should not by long delay, Be made to groan for want of pay. 4 What equity enjoins as right, We must perform with all our might; Nor seek our neighbour to deceive, With what ourselves do not believe. • 5 Let Christians never dare disgrace The name and cause, which they profess; Lord, help us ever to pursue Things, which are honest, just and true. HYMN 42. Second Part. S. M.' The worldling'. 1 "T^THAT does the worldling gain > V V By all his vain pursuits ! His very pleasure gives him pain, And mis'ry are its fruits. 2 What anxious cares corrode The mind intent on wealth ; His mammon oft becomes a load, Which robs him of his health. 3 Does he his end attain, And in full afflu'nee roll 1 What does the sordid creature gain, When God demands his soul 1 4 My heart to heav'n aspii e, And seek thine all m Go d : 22 254 HYMN XLIII. B,I. Nor e'er pollute Ihy pure desire, By trifles on the road, 5 He doth my soul now bless With his enriching grace ; ButO what wealth shall J possess,. When I behold his face ! t> These riches of his grace ; { Will then to glory rise, When I have run my earthly race, And gain'd th' immortal prize, HYMN 43. First Part. CM. The ninth command. 1 T> ELIGION is the chief concern JLV Of mortals here below ; May all, its great importance learn, Its sov'reign virtue know. 2 Let deep repentance, faHh and love,. Be join'd with godly iedr ; And all our conversation prove Our souls to be sincere. 3 Let with our lips our hearts agres, Nor sland'ring words devise : We know the God of truth can see Thro' ev'ry false disguise. 4 Lord, never let our envy grow, To hear another's praise ; Nor rob him of his honour due, By base revengeful ways. 5 O God of truth ! help to detest Whate'er is false or wrong ; That fies in earnest or in jest May ne'er employ our tongue. HYMN 43. Second Part. C. M. The Christian Soldier. 1 A Mia soldier of the cross, /\ A folio w'r of the Lamb 1 And shall I fear to own his cause, Or blush to speak his name ? 2 Must I be carri'd to the skies, On flow'ry beds of ease ; While others fought to win the prize, And sail'd thro' bloody seas i 3 Are there no foes for me to face 1 Must I not stem the flood ? Is this wide world a friend to grace, To help me on to God ? 4 Sure I must fight, if I would reign ; Be faithful to my Lord, And bear the toil, endure the pain, Supported by thy word. B.I, HYMNXLIV. 255 5 Thy saints, in all this glorious war, Shall conquer tho' they die ; They see the triumph from afar, And seize it with their eye. 6 When that illustrious day shall rise, And all thy armies shine In robes of vict'ry thro' the skies ; The glory shall be thine. HYMN 44. First Part. L. M. The tenth command. 1 \7(TH AT E'ER thy lot on earth may be, V V Let it contentment yield to thee j Nor others envy, nor refine, Nor covet aught that is not thine. 2 Justly hast thou forbidden, Lord, Each murm'ring motion, thought, and wr •-.*<.? Justly requiring full content, With what thy providence hath lent. 3 But can a sinner lift his eye Before the Lord of hosts on high, And say, " This precept I've obey'd " Nor trom it ever turn'd aside 7" 4 Alive without the law I stood, And thought my state was safe and good ; But when with pow'r this precept came, I saw my sin, and guilt, and shame. 5 Lord, I adore thy saving love, Which did from me the curse remove, By hanging on th' accursed tree, And being made a curse for me ! HYMN 44. Second Part. C. M. Indwelling Sin. 1 f~*i RACE has enabled me to love vJT Thy holy law and will; But sin has not yet ceas'd to move, It tyrannizes still. 2 Hence often fill'd with dread alarms, My peace and joy subside ; And I've employ for all the arms The gospel hath suppli'd. 3 Thus different pow'rs within me stri* While opposites I feel ; I grieve, rejoice, decline, revive, As sin or grace prevail. 4 But Jesus hath his promise past ; Sin with the body dies : And grace in all his saints at last Shall gain its victories. ?56 HYMN XLfV. XLV. B. I. HYMN 44. Third Part. L. M. Practical use of the moral law* 1 /""\ Lord, my soul convicted stands v_/ Of breaking all thy ten commands : And on me justly might'st thou pour Thy wrath in one eternal show'r. 2 But thanks to God, its loud alarms Have warn'd me of approaching harms ; And now, O Lord, my wants I see, Lost and undone, I come to thee. 3 I know my fig-leaf righteousness Can ne'er thy broken law redress ; Yet in the gospel plan I see, There's hope for pardon e'en for me. 4 There, I behold with wonder, Lord ! That Christ hath to thy law restor'd Those honours on th' afoning day, Which guilty sinners took away. 5 Amazing wis lorn, powV and love, DisDlay'd to rebels from above ! Do thou, O Lord, my faith increase To love and trust thy plan of grace. HYMN 45. First Part. L. M. Prayer. 1 "VJl'T'HERE is my God 1 does he retire V \ Beyond the reach of humble sighs ? Are these weak breathings of desire Too languid to ascend the skies ? 2 N" , Lord, the breathings of desire, The weak petition, if sincere, Is not forbidden to aspire .; But reaches thy all gracious ear 3 Look up, my soul, with cheerful eye, See where the great Redeemer stands j The glorious Advocate on high ; With precious incense in his hands. 4 He sweetens ev'ry humble groan, He recommends each broken prayer ; Recline thy hope on him alone, Whose pow'r and love forbid despair. HYMN 45. Second Part. S. M. The prayer of faith. 1 f I ^HE Lord, who truly knows JL The heart of ev'ry saint, Invites us by his holy word, To pray and never faint. 2 He bows his gracious ear \ We never plead in vain ; Yet we must wait till he appear, And pray, and pray again* B. I. HYMN XLV. 2s7 3 Tho' unbelief suggest, Why should we longer wait ? He bids us never give him rest ; But be importunate. 4 'Twas thus a widow poor, Without support or friend, Beset the unjust judge's door, And gain'd at last her end. 5 And shall not Jesus hear His chosen, when they cry ? Yes ; tho' he may awhile forbear, He'll not their suit deny. 6 Then let us earnest be, And never faint in prayer ; He loves our importunity, And makes our cause his care. HYMN 45. Third Part. L. M. Exhortation to prayer. 1 ~¥7C7~HAT various hindrances we meet VV In coming to a mercy-seat ! Yet who, that knows the worth of pray 'r, But wishes to be often there 1 2 Prayer makes the darken'd cloud withdraw Prayer climbs the ladder Jacob saw — Gives exercise to faith and love — Brings ev'ry blessing from above. 3 Restraining prayer, we cease to fight ; Prayer makes the Christian's armour brigl , And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees. 4 Where half the breath that's vainly spent, Toheav'n in supplication sent — Our cheerful song would oft'ner be, " Hear what the Lord has done for me !" HYMN 45. Fourth Part, L. M. Lord's Prayer. 1 /"AUR Father, thron'd in heav'n, divine, \_s To thy great name be praises paid ; Thy kingdom come, — Thy glory shine ; And thy good will be still obey'd. 2 Give us our bread from day to day, And all our wants do thou supply : With gospel-truth feed us, we pray, That we may never faint, nor die. 3 Extend thy grace, our hearts renew, Our each offence in love forgive ; Teach us divine forgiveness too, And freed from evil, let us live. 22* 258 HYMN XLVI. B.L 4 For thine's the kingdom, and the pow'r, And all the glory waits thy name ; Let every saint thy grace adore, And sound in songs their loud amen. HYMN 46. First Part. C. M. Our Father. 1 ^OV 'REIGN of all the worlds on high, ^O Allow our humble claim ; Nor while poor worms would raise their heads, Disdain a Father's name. 2 Our Father God ! how sweet the sound ! How tender and how dear ! Not all the melody of heav'n, Could so delight the ear. 3 Come, sacred Spirit, seal the name On my expanding heart; And show, that in Jehovah's grace 1 share a filial part. 4 Cheer'd by a signal so divine, Unwav'ring I believe : Thou know'st I, Abba, Father, cry, Nor can thy word deceive. HYMN 46. Second Part. L. M. Our father and our Saviour are in Heaven. 1 "T^VESCEND from heav'n, immortal Dove, JL/ Stoop down and take us on thy wings ; And mount and bear us far above The reach of these inferior things ; £ Beyond, beyond this lower sky, Up where eternal ages roll, Where solid pleasures never die, And fruits immortal feast the soul. 3 O for a sight, a blissful sight Of our Almighty Father's throne ! There sits the Saviour crown'd with light, Cloth'd in a body, like our own. 4 Adoring saints around him stand, While thrones and pow'rs before him fall ; And God shines gracious thro' the man, And sheds sweet glories on them all. 5 O what amazing joys they feel, While to their golden harps they sing, And sit on ev'ry heav'nly hill, And spread the triumphs of their King ! 6 When shall the day, dear Lord, appear, That I shall mount, to dwell above, And stand, and bow, and worship there, And view thy face, and sing, and love ? B. I. HYMN XL VI. XL VII. 259 HYMN 46. Third Part. C. M. Rejoicing in God our Father '. 1 /~10ME, shout aloud the Father's grace, V7 And sing; the Saviour's love : Soon shall you join the glorious theme In loftier strains above. 2 God, the eternal, mighty God, To dearer names descends : Calls you his treasure and his joy, His children and his friends. 3 My Father God ! and may these lips Pronounce a name so dear ! Not thus could heav'n's sweet harmony Delight my liat'ning ear. 4 Thanks to my God for ev'ry gift His bounteous hands bestow ; And thanks eternal for that love Whence all those comforts flow. 5 For ever let my grateful heart His boundless grace adore ; Which gives ten thousand blessings now, And bids me hope for more. HYMN 47. First Part. C. M. Hallowed be thy name. 1 A MONG the princes, earthly gods, _Zjl There's none hath pow'r divine ; Nor are their names nor works, O Lord. Nor natures, like to thine. , 2 Thy matchless pow'r, thy sov'reign sway, The nations shall adore ; Their long misguided pray'rs and praise To thee, O God, restore. 3 Let all confess thy name and know The wonders thou hast done ; Let all adore thee, God supreme, And own thee God alone. 4 While heav'n5 and all who dwell on high, To thee their voices raise ; Let the whole earth assist the sky, And joint' advance thy praise. HYMN 47. Second Part. L. M. The name of God exalted above all praise. 1 "INTERNAL Pow'r ! whose high abode -sl-J Becomes the grandeur of our God ; Immensely far, beyond the bounds, Where stars revolve their little rounds. 2 The lowest step above thy seat Rises too high for Gabriel's feet ; In vain the tallest angel tries To reach the height with wond'ringf eyes. 260 HYMN XL VIII. B. I 3 Lord, what shall earth and ashes do ! We would adore our Maker too ; From sin and du: I to thee we cry. The Great, the Holy, and the High ! 4 Earth, from afar, has heard thy fame, And worms have learn'd to lisp thy name ; But O ! the glories of thy mind Leave all our soaring thoughts behind. 5 God is in heav'n, but man below ; Rais'd be our thoughts ; our words be fe**r\ A sacred rev'rence checks our songs, And praise sits silent on our tongues. HYMN 48. First Part. L. M. Thy kingdom come. 1 A SCEND thy throne, almighty King, f\ And spread thy glories all abroad ; Let thine own arm salvation bring, And be thou known the gracious God. 2 Let millions bow before thy seat, Let humble mourners seek thy face ; Bring daring rebels to thy feet, Subdu'd by thy victorious grace. 3 O ! let the kingdoms of the world Become the kingdoms of the Lord ; Let saints and angels praise thy name, Be thou thro' heav'n and earth ador'd. HYMN 48. Second Part. L. M. Prayer for the spread of the Gospel. 1 T3RIGHT as the sun's meridian blaze, J3 Vast as the blessings he conveys, Wide as he shines from pole to pole, And permanent as his control : 2 So, Jesus, let thy kingdom come ; Let sin and hell's terrific gloom Swift, at thy brightness, flee away, And usher in the promis'd day. 3 Then shall the heathen, fill'd with awe, Learn the best knowledge of thy law : And Antichrist, on ev'ry shore, Fall from his throne to rise no more, 4 Then shall thy lofty praise resound On Afric's shores— thro' Asia's ground ; And Europe with America Shall stretch their eager arms to thee. 6 Then shall the Jew and Gentile meet In pure devotion at thy feet : And earth shall yield thee as thy due, Her fulness and her glory too. B. I HYMN XL VIII. XLIX. 261 HYMN 48. Third Part. L. M. Prayer for the Jews. 1 T^ATHER of faithful Abra'm, hear JP Our earnest suit for Abra'm's seed ; Justly they claim the tend'rest pray'r From us, adopted in their stead : 2 Outcast from thee, and scatter'd wide Thro' ev'ry nation under heav'n, Blaspheming whom they crucifi'd, Unsav'd, unpitied, unforgiv'n. 3 But hast thou finally forsook, For ever cast thine own away 7 Wilt thou not bid the murd'rers look On him they pierc'd, and weep and pray 1 4 Come then, thou great Deliv'rer, come ; The veil from Jacob's heart remove, O ! bring thine ancient people home, And let them know thy dying love ! HYMN 48. Fourth Part. L. M. Millennium. 1 OOK up, ye saints, with sweet surprise, I J Toward the joyful, coming day, When Jesus shall descend the skies, And form a bright, and dazzling ray. 2 Nations shall in a day be born, And swift, like doves, to Jesus fly ; The Church shall know no clouds return, Nor sorrows mixing with their joy. 3 The lion and the lamb shall feed Together in his peaceful reign ; And Zion, blest with heav'nly bread, Of pinching wants no more complain. 4 The Jew, the Greek, the bond, the free, Shall boast their sep'rate rights no more ; But join in sweetest harmony, Their Lord, their Saviour to adore. 5 Thus, till a thousand years be past, Shall holiness and peace prevail ; And ev'ry knee shall bow to Christ, And ev'ry tongue shall Jesus hail. 6 Then the redeem'd shall mount on high, Where their delivering Prince is gone, And angels at his word shall fly, To bless them with the conq'ror's crown. HYMN 49. First Part. L. M. Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. 1 rilHOU reign'st, O Lord, thy throne is high, JL Thy robes are light and majesty ; Thy pow'r is sov'reign to fulfil The holy counsels of thy will, 262 HYMN XLIX. B. L 2 Thy will be done on earth below As 'tis in heav'n ; thy grace bestow On us and all ; may we and they Renounce our wills, and thine obey. 3 While all the hosts of heav'n rejoice To yield obedience to thy voice ; In constancy, and zeal, and love, May we resemble those above. HYMN 49. Second Part. C. M. Resignation to the will of God. 1 PTHHRO' all the downward tracts of time, JL God's watchful eye surveys; O ! who so wise to choose our lot, Or regulate our ways ! 2 I cannot doubt his bounteous love, Unmeasurably kind ; To his unerring, gracious will, Be ev'ry wish resign'd. 3 Good when he gives, -upremely good, Nor less when he denies ; Ev'n crosses from his sov'reign hand Are blessings in disguise. 4 Here perfect bliss can ne'er be found ; The honey's mix'd with gall : 'Midst changing scenes and dying friends, Be thou my all in all. HYMN 49. Third Part. CM, The will of God he done in 'providence. 1 ¥T is the Lord — enthron'd in light, X Whose claims are all divine ; Who has an undisputed right To govern me and mine. 2 It is the Lord — should I distrust, Or contradict his will '\ Who cannot do but what is just, And must be righteous still. 3 It is the Lord — who gives me all My wealth, my friends, my ease ; And of his bounties may recall Whatever part he please. 4 It is the Lord — who can sustain Beneath the heaviest load, From whom assistance I obtain To tread the thorny road. 5 It is the Lord — whose matchless skil. Can from afflictions raise Matter, eternity to fill With ever growing praise. 6 It is the Lord — my cov'nant God, Thrice blessed be his name I B. 1. HYMN L. 253 Whose gracious promise, seal'd with blood. Must ever be the same. 7 His covenant will my soul defend, Should nature's self expire : And the great Judge of all descend In awful flames of fire. 8 And can my soul with hopes like these, Be sullen, or repine 1 No, gracious God, take what thou please, I'll cheerfully resign. HYMN 50. First Part. L. M. Give us this day our daily bread. 1 "IVTOST gracious Father, God of all, J_T-L To thee we come, on thee wecaL,; By whom both man arid beast are fed: Give us this day our daily bread. 2 All our supplies on thee depend ; Whate'er we want, in mercy send , Thou art the glorious fountain-head, Give us this day our daily bread. 3 Nothing, O Lord, do we deserve ; The thought of merit we would dread ; 'Tis as an alms alone we crave, Give us this day our daily bread. 4 Forgiving grace do thou impart To cheer and sanctify each heart , May we in death join with our Head, And feed on Christ the living bread. HYMN 50. Second Part. L. M. Father, feed and bring us safely home I 1 f I iHRO' all the various shifting scene « JL Of life's mistaken ill or good; Thy hand, O God, conducts unseen The beautiful vicissitude. 2 Thou givest with paternal care, Howe'er unjustly we complain, To each their necessary share Of joy and sorrow, health and pain. 3 Trust we to youth, or friends or pow'r, Fix we on this terrestrial ball ? When most secure the coming hour, If thou see fit, may blast them all. 4 When lowest sur."k with grief and shame, Fill'd with affliction's bitter cup, Lost to relations, friends and fame, Thy powerful hand can raise us up. 5 Thy powerful consolations cheer ; Thy smile suppress the deep fetch'd sigh : 264 HYMN LI. LII. B. L Thy hand can dry the trickling tear, That secret wets the orphan's eye. 6 Thus far sustain'd, and cloth'd and fed, Thro' life's tumultuous scenes we've come ; Give us this day our daily bread, And lead, and bring us safely home. HYMN 51. C. M. Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 1 T ORD, at thy feet we sinners lie, I J And knock at mercy's door ; With heavy heart and downcast eye, Thy favour we implore. 2 In deep distress we seek thy face Forgiveness to receive ; We trust our souls are taught thro' grace, Our debtors to forgive. 3 'Tis pardon, pardon we implore, O let thy bowels move ! Thy grace is an exhaustless store, And thou thyself art love. 4 O ! for thine own, for Jesus' sake, Our many sins forgive ; Thy grace our rocky hearts can break, And breaking soon relieve. 5 Mercy, good Lord, mercy we plead, This is the total sum ; Mercy, thro' Christ, mercy we need ; Lord, let thy mercy come. HYMN 52. First Part. L. M. Temptations. 1 rTlHUS far my God has led me on, JL And made his truth and mercy known , My hopes and fears alternate rise, And comforts mingle with my sighs. 2 Thro' this wide wilderness I roam, Far distant from my blissful home ; Lord, let thy presence be my stay, And guard me in this dang'rous way. 3 Temptations ev'ry where annoy, And sins and snares my peace destroy ; My earthly joys are from me torn, And oft an absent God I mourn. 4 My soul with various tempests toss'd ; Her hopes o'erturn'd, her projects cross'd , Sees ev'ry day new straits attend, And wonders where the scene will end. 5 Is this, dear Lord, that thorny road, Which leads us to the mount of God ? Are these the toils thy people know While in the wilderness below? B.I. HYMN LII. 265 6 'Tis even so, thy faithful love Doth all thy children's graces prove ; 'Tis thus our pride and self must fall, That Jesus may be all in all. HYMN 52. Second Part. C. M, Deliver us from evil. 1 rpE ACH us, O Lord, aright to plead JL For mercies from above : O ! come, and bless our souls indeed, With light, and joy, and love. 2 The gospel's promis'd land is wide, We fain would enter in ; But we are press'd on ev'ry side, With unbelief and sin. 3 Arise, O Lord, enlarge our coast, Let us possess the whole ; That Satan may no longer boast, He can thy work control. 4 O ! may thy hand be with us still, Our guide and guardian be ; To keep us safe from ev'ry ill, Till death shall set us free. 5 Help us on thee to cast our care, And on thy word to rest ; That Israel's God, who heareth pray'r Will grant us our request. HYMN 52. Third Part. C. M. Perseverance. 1 T> EJOICE, believer, in the Lord, JlV Who makes your cause his own ; The hope that's built upon his word, Can ne'er be overthrown. 2 Tho' many foes beset your road, And feeble is your arm ; Your life is hid with Christ in God, Beyond the reach of harm. 3 Weak as you are, you shall not faint, Or fainting, shall not die ; Jesus, the strength of ev'ry saint, Will aid you from on high. 4 As surely as he overcame, And triumph'd once for you ; So surely, you that love his name, Shall triumph in him too. HYMN 52. Fourth Part. C. M. Victory through free grace. 1 ET me, my Saviour and my God, JLi On sovereign grace rely ; 23 266 HYMN LII. B. I. And own 'tis free, because bestow'd On one so vile as I. 2 Election ! 'tis a word divine : For, Lord, I plainly see, Had not thy choice prevented mine, 1 ne'er had chosen thee. 3 For perseverance, strength I've none : But would on this depend, That, Jesus, having lov'd his own, Will love them to the end. 4 Empty and bare I come to thee , JE or righteousness divine : 0 ! may thy glorious merits be, By imputation, mine. 5 Free grace alone can wipe the tears From my lamenting eyes : And raise my soul, from guilty fears,^. To joy that never dies. 6 Free grace can death itself outbrave, And take the sting away : Can sinners to the utmost save, And give them victory. HYMN 52. Fifth Part. L. M. Thine is the Kingdom^ Power and Glory, 1 /^UR grateful tongues, immortal King, \J Thy glory shall for ever sing ; Our hymns to time's remotest day Thy truth in sacred notes display. 2 What pow'r, O Lord, shall vie with thine t What name among the saints, who shine, Of equal excellence possess'd, Thy sov'reignty, will dare contest] 3 Thee, Lord, heav'n's host their Maker own, Thine is the Kingdom, thine alone ; Thee, endless majesty has crown'd, And glory ever vests thee round. 4 Thrones and dominions round thee fall, Thy presence shakes this lower ball : From change to change the creatures run j But all thy vast designs are one. 5 O wise in all thy works ! thy name Let man's whole race aloud proclaim ; And grateful thro' the length of days, In ceaseless songs repeat thy praise. HYMN 52. Sixth Part. L. M. Home in view. 1 4 S when the weary trav'ller gams J\. The height of some o'erlooking hill, His heart revives, if 'cross the plains He eyes his home, tho' distant still. B. I. HYMN LII. 267 2 Thus, when the Christian pilgrim views, By faith, his mansion in the skies ; The sight his fainting strength renews, And wings his speed to reach the prize. 3 The thought of home his spirit cheers, No more he grieves for troubles past j Nor any future trial fears, So he may safe arrive at last. 4 'Tis there, he says, I am to dwell With Jesus, in the realms of day : There I shall bid my cares farewell, And he will wipe my tears away. 5 Jesus, on thee our hope depends, To lead us on to thine abode ; Assured our home will make amends For all our toil while on the road. HYMN 52. Seventh. Part. L. M. A men. 1 A MEN ! My Father hears my prayers, XjL He knows my sorrow, counts my tears- He never said to Jacob's race, In vain ye seek your Father's face. 2 Amen ! My precious Jesus lives, And access to his people gives ; A rainbow now surrounds the throne ; And in his name I boldly come. 3 Amen ! The Spirit will impart His sacred influ'nce to my heart ; He'll teach and help me when I pray, Nor shall I go asham'd away. 4 Amen ! The words, my lips pronouce, The wishes of my soul announce ; And God more willing is to give, Than I am willing to receive. 5 Amen ! I said, when first I gavo Myself to Christ, that he might save ; And still my tongue repeats that word, Whene'er I call upon my Lord. 6 Amen ! I will not faint or cease, But wait as long as he shall please; Depending, praying, pressing on, Till to himself he takes me home. 7 Amen ! the cov'nant is secure, In all things order'd well and sure : The promises confirm'd remain ; In Christ they're yea, in him Amen. 8 Amen ! This is the Saviour's name, He is the faithful, true An.en ; As he hath said, so shall it be, Amen to all eternity. HYMNS, ADAPTED TO THE LORD'S SUPPER. HYMN 53. L. M. Let a Man examine himself, and so let him. eat, 1 "^T^THAT strange perplexities arise ! ▼ ▼ What anxious fears and jealousies? What crowds in doubtful light appear 1 How few, alas, approv'd and clear ! 2 And what am 1 1 — My soul, awake, And an impartial survey take ; Does no dark sign, no ground of fear, In practice or in heart appear ? 3 What image does my spirit bear? Is Jesus form'd, and living there ? Say, do his lineaments divine In thought, and word, and action shine! 4 Searcher of hearts, O search me still ; The secrets of my soul reveal ; My fears remove ; let me appear To God, and my own conscience clear. 5 May I consistent with thy word, Approach thy table, O my Lord ! May I among thy saints appear? Shall I a welcome guest be there ? 6 Have I the wedding garment on, Or do i naked, stand alone ? O ! quicken, clothe, and feed my soul, Forgive my sins, and make me whole. HYMN 54. L. M. Preparation. 1 INTERNAL King, enthron'd above, ■ ^ Look down in faithfulness and love; Prepare our hearts to seek thy face, And grant us thy reviving grace. 2 Long have we heard the joyful call, But yet our faith and love are small ; Our hearts are torn with worldly cares, And all our paths are filPd with snares. 3 Unworthy to approach thy throne, Our trust is fix'd on Christ alone ; In him thy cov'nant stands secure, And will from age to age endure. 4 O ! let us hear thy pard'ning voice, And bid our mourning hearts rejoice ; Revive our souls, our faith renew, Prepare for duties now in view. B. I. HYMN LV. LVI. 269 6 Make all our spices flow abroad, A grateful incense, to our God; Let hope, and love, and joy appear, And ev'ry grace be active here. HYMN 55. L. M. Preparation. 1 fT^HE broken bread, the blessed cup, ,1 On which we now are call'd to sup, Without thy help and grace divine, Will prove no more than bread and wine, 2 But come, great Master of the feast, Dispense thy grace to ev'ry guest ; Direct our views to Calvary, And help us to remember thee. 3 Let us with light and truth be blest, That on thy bosom we may n-st ; And at thy supper each may learn Thy broken body to discern. 4 O that our souls may now be fed With Christ himselithe living bread ; That we the cov'nant may renew, And to our vows be render'd true ! HYMN 56. CM. Imitation. 1 "\7*E wretched, hungry, starving poor, X Behold a royal feast ! Where mercy spreads her bounteous store, For ev'ry humble guest. * 2 See Jesus stands with open arms ; He calls, he bids you come ; Guilt holds you back, and fear alarms : But see.there yet is room — 3 Room in the Saviour's bleeding heart : There love and pity meet; Nor will he bid the soul depart, That trembles at his feet. 4 In him the Father reconcil'd Invites your souls to come ; The rebel shall be call'd a child, And kindly welcom'd home. 5 O ! come, and with his children taste The blessings of his love ; While hope attends the sweet repast Of nobler joys above. 6 There, with united heart and voice Before th' eternal throne, Ten thousand thousand souls rejoice, In ecstasies unknown. 23* 270 HYMN LVII. LVIII. LIX. B.I. 7 And yet ten thousand thousand more, Are welcome still to come ; Ye longing souls, the grace adore ; Approach, there yet is room. HYMN 57. C. M. Invitation. 1 FT1HE King of heav'n his table spreads, JL And blessings crown the board ; Not Paradise, with all its joys, Could such delight afford. 2 Pardon and peace to dying men, And endless life are giv'n ; Thro' the rich blood that Jesus shed, To raise our souls to heav'n. 3 Ye hungry poor, that long have stray'd In sin's dark mazes, come ; Come, from your most obscure retreats, And grace shall find you room. 4 Millions of souls, in glory now, Were fed and feasted here ; And millions more, still on the way, Around the board appear. 5 All things are ready, come away, Nor weak excuses frame ; Crowd to your places at the feast, And bless the Founder's name. HYMN 58. L. M. Invitation. 1 Z^IOME in, ye blessed of the Lord, v.^ Ye that believe his holy word ; . Come, and receive his heav'nly bread, The food, with which his saints are fed. 2 Your Saviour's boundless goodness prove, And feast on his redeeming love ; Come, all ye happy souls, that thirst, The last is welcome as the first. 3 Come to his table, and receive Whate'er a pard'ning God can give ; His love thro' ev'ry age endures ; His promise and himself are yours. HYMN 59. P. M. 8, 7,4. Invitation — It is finished. 1 TTARK ! the voice of love and mercy JL JL Sounds aloud from Calvary ; See ! it rends the rocks asunder, Shakes the earth, and veils the sky 1 "Itisfinish'd!" Hear the dying Saviour cry. 2 It isfinish'd! O what pleasure Do these precious words afford ! B.I. HYMNLX. 27 1 Heav'nly blessings, without measure, Flow to us from Christ the Lord : It is finish'd! Saints, the dying words record. 3 Finish'd, all the types and shadows Of the ceremonial law ! Finish'd, all that God had promis'd ; Death and hell no more shall awe : It is finish'd ! Saints, from hence your comfort draw. 4 Happy souls, approach the table, Taste the soul reviving food ! Nothing's half so sweet and pleasant, As the Saviour's flesh and blood. It is finish'd ! Christ has borne the heavy load. 5 Tune your harps anew, ye seraphs, Join to sing the pleasing theme ; All on earth, and all in heav'n, Join to praise Immanuel's name ! Hallelujah! Glory to the bleeding Lamb ! HYMN 60. L. M. The memorials of our absent Lord* 1 I" ESUS is gone above the skies, d Where our weak senses reach him not ; And carnal objects court our eyes, To thrust our Saviour from our thought. ♦ 2 He knows what wand'ring hearts we have, Apt to forget his lovely face : And, to refresh our minds, he gave These kind memorials of his grace. 3 The Lord of life this table spread With his own flesh, and dying blood ; We on the rich provision feed, And taste the wine, and bless our God. 4 Let sinful sweets be all forgot, And earth grow less in our esteem ; Christ and his love fill ev'ry thought, And faith and hope be fix'd on him. 5 While he is absent from our sight, 'Tis to prepare our sou!s a place ; That we may dwell in heav'nly light, And live forever near his face. 6 Our eyes look upwards to the hills, Whence our returning Lord shall come; We wait thy chariot's awful wheels To fetch our longing spirits home. 272 HYMN LXI. LXI1. LXIII. B I HYMN 61. C. M. The Love of Christ. 1 TJOW condescending, and how kind XX Was God's eternal Son ? Our mis'ry reach'd his heavenly mind, And pity brought him down, 2 When justice, by our sins provok'd, Drew forth his dreadful sword ; He gave his soul up to the stroke, Without a murm'ring word. 3 Here we receive repeated seals Of Jesus' dying love ; Hard is the wretch that never feels One soft affection move. 4 Here let our hearts begin to melt, While we his death record ; And with our joy for pardon'd guilt, Mourn that we pierc'd the Lord. " HYMN 62. C. M. Christ the Bread of Life. 1 T ET us adore th' eternal Word, X-i 'Tis he our souls hath fed ; Thou art our living stream, O Lord, And thou th' immortal bread. 2 Blesss'd be the Lord, that gives his flesh To nourish dying men ; And often spreads his table fresh, Lest we should faint again. 3 Our souls shall draw their heav'nly breath, Whilst Jesus finds supplies ; Nor shall our graces sink to death : For Jesus never dies. 4 The God of mercy be ador'd, Who calls our souls from death ; Who saves by his redeeming word, And new-creating breath. 5 To praise the Father, and the Son, And Spirit all divine, The One in Three, and Three in One, Let saints and angels join. HYMN 63. L. M. On the first approach to the Lord's Table. 1 ORD, I am thine, entirely thine, I A Purchas'd and sav'd by blood divine ; With full consent thine I would be, And own thy sovereign right in me. 2 Here, Lord, my flesh, my soul, my all, I yield to thee beyond recall ; Accept thine own, so long withheld ; Accept what I so freely yield. B. I. HYMN LXIV. LXV. 273 3 Grant one poor sinner more a place Among the children of thy grace ; A wretched sinner lost, to God, But ransom'd by Immanuel's blood. 4 Thine would I live — thine would I die ; Be thine thro' all eternity ; The vow is past beyond repeal ; And now I set the solemn seal. 5 Be thou the witness U my vow, Angels and men attest it too ; That to thy board I now repair, And seal the sacred contract there. 6 Here, at that cross, where flows the blood, That bought my guilty soul for God ; Thee, my new Master, now I call, And consecrate to thee my all. 7 Do thou assist a feeble worm, The great engagement to perform ; Thy grace can full assistance lend, And on that grace 1 dare depend. HYMN 64. C. M. Faith, Hope, and Love. 1 FT^HE blest memorials of thy grief, JL The sufferings of thy death, We come, dear Saviour, to receive, But would receive with faith. 2 The tokens sent us to relieve Our spirits, when they droop, We come, dear Saviour, to receive, But would receive with hope. 3 The pledges, thou wast pleas'd to leave, Our mournful minds to move, We come, dear Saviour, to receive, But would receive with love. 4 Here in obedience to thy word, We take the bread and wine ; The utmost we can do, dear Lord, For all beyond is thine. 5 Increase our faith, and hope, and love ; Lord give us all that's good : We would thy full salvation prove, And share thy flesh and blood. HYMN 65. L. M. Struggling against unbelief. 1 T3ITY a helpless sinner, Lord, JL Who would believe thy gracious word ; Who owns his heart, with shame and grief, A sink of sin and unbelief. 2 Lord, in thy house, I read there's room, And vent'ring hard, behold I come ; 274 HYMN LXVI. LXVII. B. I. But can there, Saviour ! can there be, Among the children room for me ? 3 I eat the bread, and drink the wine : But O ! my soul wants mor°. than sign ! I taint, unless I feed on thee, And drink thy blood as shed for me. 4 For sinners, Lord? thou cam'st to bleed ; And I'm a sinner vile indeed \ Lord, 1 believe thy grace is free ; O ! magnify thy grace in me. HYMN 66. P. M. We celebrate his dying love. 1 TESUS, once for sinners slain, *J From the dead was rais'd again ; And in heav'n is now set down With his Father on his throne. 2 There he reigns a King supreme ; We shall also reign with him : Feeble souls be not dismay'd ; Trust in his almighty aid. 3 He has made an end of sin ; And his blood hath wash'd us clean ; Fear not ; he is ever near ; Now, ev'n yiow, he's with us here. 4 Thus assembling, we by faith, Till he come, show forth his death ; Of his body, bread's the sign : And we view his blood in wine. 5 Saints on earth, with saints above, Celebrate his dying love ; And let ev'ry ransom'd soul Sound his praise from pole to pole. HYMN 67. L. M. The gospel feast. 1 TTOW rich are thy provisions, Lord ! LA Thy table furnish'd from above ; The fruits of life o'erspread the board The cup o'erflows with heav'nly love. 2 Thine ancient family, the Jewsj Were first invited to the feast : Wt humbly take, what they refuse, And Gentiles thy salvation taste. 3 We are the poor, the blind, the lame, And help was far, and death was nigh ! But, at the gospel call, we came, And ev'ry want receiv'd supply. 4 From the highway that leads to hell, From paths of darkness and despair, Lord, we are come with thee to dwell, Glad to enjoy thy presence here. B, I. HYMN LXVIII. LXIX. 275 5 What shall we pay th' eternal Son, That left the heav'n of his abode ; And to this wretched earth came down, To bring us wand'rers bach, to God ! 6 It cost him death to save our lives; To buy our souls, it cost his own : And all the unknown joys he gives, Were bought with agonies unknown. 7 Our everlasting love is due To him, that ransom'd sinners lost, And pitied rebels, when he knew The vast expense his love would cost. 8 To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honour, praise, and glory giv'n, By all on earth, and all in heav'n. HYMN 68. L. M. Not ashamed of Christ crucified. 1 AT thy command, our dearest Lord, jljl Here we attend thy dying feast; Thy blood, like wine, adorns thy board, And thine own flesh feeds ev'ry guest. 2 Our faith adores thy bleeding love, And trusts for life in one that died ; We hope for heav'nly crowns above, From a Redeemer crucified. 3 Let the vain world pronounce its shame, And fling their scandals on the cause ; We come to boast our Saviour's name, • And make our triumphs in his cross. 4 With joy we tell the scoffing age, He, that was dead, has left his tomb, He lives above their utmost rage, And we are waiting till he come. HYMN 69. C. M. His Jlesh is meat indeed. 1 TTERE at thy table, Lord, we meet, JLL To feed on food divine ; Thy body is the bread we eat, Thy precious blood the wine. 2 He, that prepares this rich repast, Himself comes down and dies ; And then invites us thus to feast Upon the sacrifice. 3 Here peace and pardon sweetly flow ; O what delightful food ! We eat the bread, and drink the wine, But think on nobler good. 4 The bitter torment he endur'd, Upon th' accursed tree, 276 HYMN LXX. LXXI. B. T. For me, each welcome guest may say, 'Twas all sustain'd for me. 5 Sure there was never love so free, Dear Saviour, so divine : Well may'st thou claim that heart of me, Which owes so much to thine ! HYMN 70. H. M. The blood of Christ. 1 "Y^E sm-sick souls draw near, JL And banquet with your King, His royal bounty share, And loud hosannas sing: Here mercy reigns, here peace abounds, Here's blood to heal your dreadful wounds. 2 He's on a throne of grace, And waits to answer pray'r : What tho' thy sin and guilt Like crimson doth appear ; The blood of Christ divinely flows, A healing balm for all thy woes. 3 O wondrous love and grace ! Did Jesus die for me ? Were all my num'rous debts Discharg'd on Calvary 1 Yes, Jesus died — the work is done , He did tor all my sins atone. 4 On earth I'll sing his love, In heav'n I too shall join * y ; The ransorn'd of the Lord, * In accents all divine ; And see my Saviour face to face, And ever dwell in his embrace. HYMN 71. CM. This cup is the New Testament in my blood. 1 r 1 1HE promise of my Fathers love JL Shall stand for ever good ; He said, and gave his soul to death, And seal'd the grace with blood. 2 To this dear cov'nant of thy word, I set my worthless name ; I seal th' engagement to my Lord, And make my humble claim. 3 The light, and strength, and pard'ning grace* And glory, shall be mine ; My life and soul, my heart and flesh, And all my pow'rs are thine. 4 I call that legacy my own, Which Jesus did bequeath ; B. I. HYMN LXXII. LXX III. LXXIV. 277 'Twas purchas'd with his dying groan, And ratified in death. 5 Sweet is the mem'ry of his name, Who bless'd us in his will ; And to his testament of love, Made his own life the seal. HYMN 72. L. M. Worthy is the Lamb that was slain. 1 ^~\ THE sweet wonders of that cross, V_r Where God the Saviour lov'd and died ; Her noblest life my spirit draws From his dear wounds, and bleeding side. 2 I would for ever speak his name tn sounds to mortal ears unknown : With angels join to praise the Lamb, And worship at his Father's throne. 3 All hail ! thou great Immanuel, hail ! Ten thousand blessings on thy name ! While thus thy wondrous love we tell, Our bosoms feel the sacred flame. 4 Come, quickly come, immortal King ! On earth thy regal honours raise ; 4 The full salvation promis'd bring, Then ev'ry tongue shall sing thy praise ! HYMN 73. L.M. Th anksgiving. 1 rTIHE food on which thy children live, t JL Great God, is thine alone to give : And we, for grace receiv'd, would raise A sacred song of love and praise. 2 How vast, how full, how rich, how free, Dear Jesus, thy rich treasures be ! To the full fountain of our joys, We gladly come for fresh supplies. 3 For this we wait upon thee, Lord, For this we listen to thy word : Descend like gentle show'rs of rain, Nor let our souls attend in vain. HYMN 74. C. M. j Thanksgiving. 1 T ORD, at thy table 1 behold JLi The wonders of thy grace ; But most of all admire, that I Should find a welcome place ; 2 I that am all defiPd wi*h sin, A rebel to my God ; I that have crucified his Son, *- And trampled on his blood ! 24 £78 HYMN LXXV. B.L 3 What strange surprising grace is this, That such a soul has room ! My Saviour takes me by the hand, My Jesus bids me come. 4 Eat, O my friends, the Saviour cries, The feast was made for you : For you I groan'd, and bled, and died, And rose, and triumph'd too. 5 With trembling faith, and bleeding heart, Lord, I accept thy love : 'Tis a rich banquet I have had, What will it be above 7 6 Ye saints below, and hosts of heav'n, Join all your praising pow'rs ; No theme is like redeeming love, No Saviour is like ours. 7 Had I ten thousand hearts, dear Lord, I'd give them all to thee : Had I ten thousand tongues, they all Should join the harmony. 8 *!To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God, whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, is now, And shall be evermore. HYMN 75. C. M. Hosanna. 1 ^< HOUT and proclaim the Saviour's love, ►O Ye saints, that taste his wine ; Join with your kindred saints above, In loud Hosannas join. 2 A thousand glories to our God, Who gives such joy as this ; Hosanna ! let it sound abroad, Ai»d reach where Jesus is. 3 To praise the Father, and the Son, And Spirit all divine, The One in Three, and Three in One, Let saints and angels join. MISCELLANEOUS — TIMES AND SEASONS. HYMN 76. C. M. Frail life, and succeeding eternity. 1 rilHEE we adore, eternal Name ! JL And humbly own to thee, How feeble is our mortal frame ; What dying worms are we ! 2 Our wasting lives grow shorter still, As months and days increase ; And ev'ry beating pulse we tell, Leaves the small number less. 3 The year rolls round, and steals away The breath at first it gave ; Whate'er we do, where'er we go, We're traveling to the grave. 4 Dangers stand thick thro' all the ground, To push us to the tomb ; And fierce diseases wait around, To hurry mortals home. 5 Great God ! on what a slender thread Hang everlasting things ! Th' eternal state of all the dead Upon life's feeble strings. 6 Infinite joy or endless woe Attends on ev'ry breath ; And yet how unconcern'd we go Upon the brink of death ! 7 Waken, O Lord, our drowsy sense, To walk this dang'rous road ; And if our souls are hurried hence, May they be found with God. HYMN 77. C. M. Time is short. 1 f I'lHE time is short ! the season near, JL When death will us remove ; To leave our friends, however dear, And all we fondly love. 2 The time is short ! sinners beware, Nor trifle time away ; The word of great salvation hear, While it is call'd to day. 3 The time is short ! ye rebels, now To Christ the Lord submit ; To mercy's golden sceptre bow, And fall at Jesus' feet, 280 HYMN LXX VIII. LXXIX. B.I 4 The time is short ! ye saints rejoice ; The Lord will quickly come : Soon shall ye hear the Bridegroom's voice, To call you to your home. 5 The time is short ! it swiftly flies, The hour is just at hand ; When we shall mount above the skies, And reach the wish'd-for land. 6 The time is short ! the moment near, When we shall dwell above ; And be for ever happy there, With Jesus, whom we love. HYMN 78. L. M. Eternity. 1 T^TERNITY! stupendous theme ! J_^ Compared herewith our life's a dream : Eternity ! O awful sound, " A deep, where all our thoughts are drown'd!" 2 Eternity ! the dread abode, And habitation of our God ; His glory fills the. vast expanse, Beyond the reach of mortal sense. 3 But an eternity there is Of dreadful woe, or joyful bliss : And, swift as time fulfils its round, We to eternity are bound. 4 What countless millions of mankind Have left this fleeting world behind ! They're gone; but where? — ah! pause and see, Gone to a long eternity. 5 Sinner, can'st thou for ever dwell In all the fiery deeps of hell ; And is death nothing, then, to thee ; Death, and a dread eternity ? 6 Ye gracious souls, with joy look up ; In Christ rejoice, your glorious hope ; This everlasting bliss secures; God and eternity are yours. HYMN 79. L. M. Eternal life. 1 T7* TERNAL life ! how sweet the sound S-J To sinners, who deserve to die ! Proclaim the bliss the world around, And shout the joys, ye worlds, on high. 2 Eternal life ! how will it reign, . When, mounting from this breathless clod, The soul discharg'd from sin and pain, Ascends t' enjoy its Father, God ! B. I. HYMN LXXA. LXXXL 281 3 Eternal life ! how will it bloom In beauty on that blissful day, When rescued from th' imprisoning tomb, A glory clothes our rising clay ! 4 Eternal life ! O how refin'd The joy ! the triumph how divine ! When saints in body, and in mind, Shall in the Saviour's image shine ! 5 Holy and heav'nly be that soul, Where dwells an hope so high as this ; How should we long to reach the goal, And seize the prize of endless bliss ! HYMN 80. C. P.M. Time and eternity. 1 O ! on a narrow neck of land, I A 'Twixt two unbounded seas I stand, Yet how insensible ! A point of time, a moment's space, Removes me to yon heav'nly place, Or — shuts me up in hell. 2 O God, my inmost soul convert, And deeply on my thoughtful heart Eternal things impress ; Give me to feel their solemn weight, And save me ere it be too late ; Wake me to righteousness. 3 Before me place, in bright array, The pomp of that tremendous day, « When thou with clouds shalt come To judge the nations at thy bar : And tell me, Lord, shall I be there, To meet a joyful doom 1 4 Be this my one great bus'ness here, With holy trembling, holy fear, To ma^e my calling sure ! Thine utmost counsel to fulfil, And suffer all thy righteous will, And to the end endure ? 5 Then Saviour, then my soul receive, Transported from this vale, to live And reign with thee above ; Where faith is sweetly lost in sight, And hope in full supreme delight And everlasting love. HYMN 81. L. xM. The Seasons. T HYprovidence, great God, we praise ; How good and great are all thy ways ! 24* 282 HYMN LXXXII. LXXXIII. B. I Thy bounty crowns our passing years, And dissipates our anxious fears. J 2 Thy promise stands for ever fast, While sun, and moon, and earth shall last ; The laws oi seasons shall endure, Till time and stars are known no more 3 Summer and winter, cold and heat, And night and day in order meet ; Seed-time and harvest, each succeed, To prove thy love — supply our need. 4 When years are past, and seasons o'er, We still shall prove thy cov'nant sure ; And in the shining realms of bliss, Adore thy goodness and thy grace. HYMN 82. C. M. Summer — an harvest song1. 1 f I ^O praise the ever bounteous Lord, JL My soul wake all thy pow'rs : He calls, and at his voice come forth The smiling harvest-hours. 2 His cov'nant with the earth he keeps ; My tongue his goodness sing ; Summer and winter know their time, His harvest crowns the spring. 3 Well pleas'd the toiling swains behold The waving yellow crop ; With joy they bear the sheaves away, And sow again in hope. 4 Thus teach me, gracious God, to sow The seeds of righteousness ; Smile on my soul, and with thy beams The rip'ning harvest bless. 5 Then in the last great harvest, I Shall reap a glorious crop ; The harvest shall by far exceed What I have sow'd in hope, HYMN 83. C. M. Winter. 1 ^< TERN winter throws his icy chains, ►^ Encircling nature round ; How bleak, how comfortless the plains, Late with gay verdure crown'd ! 2 The sun withdraws his vital beams, And light, and warmth depart ; And drooping lifeless nature seems An emblem of my heart. 3 My heart, where mental winter reigns, In night's dark mantle clad, Confin'd in cold inactive chains, How desolate and sad ! B. I. HYMN LXXXIV. LXXXV. 283 4 Return, O blissful Sun, and bring Thy soul reviving raj ; This mental winter shall be spring, This darkness, cheerful day. 6 O happy state, divine abode, Where spring eternal reigns ; And perfect day, the smile of God, Fills all the heav'nly plains I 6 Great Source of light, thy beams display, My drooping joys restore, And guide me to the seats of day, Where winter frowns no more. HYMN 84. L. M. The seasons crowned with goodness. 1 "INTERNAL Source ofev'ry joy ! JQi Thy praise shall ev'ry voice employ, While in thy temple we appear To hail thee, Sov'reign of the year. 2 Wide as the wheels of nature roll, Thy hand supports and guides the whole ; The sun is taught by thee to rise, And darkness when to veil the skies. 3 The flow'ry spring at thy command, Perfumes the air, and paints the land ; The summer rays with vigour shine, To raise the corn and cheer the vine, 4 Thy hand, in autumn, richly pours Thro' all our coasts redundant stores ; * While winters, soften'd by thy care, No face of want or horror wear. 5 Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days Demand successive songs of praise ,• And be the grateful homage paid, With morning light, and ev'ning shade. 6 Here in thy house let incense rise, And circling sabbaths bless our eyes ; Till to those brighter courts we soar, Where days and years revolve no more* HYMN 85. L.M. New- Year. 1 /^ OD of our lives, thy constant care, V.T With blessings crowns each op'ning year ; Our guilty lives thou dost prolong, And wake anew our annual song. 2 How many precious souls are fed To the vast regions of the dead, Since from this day the changing sun Thro' his last yearly period run ! 284 HYMN LXXXV1. LXXXVII. B. L 3 Our breath is thine, eternal God ; 'Tis thine to fix our soul's abode ; We hold our lives from thee alone, On earth, or in the world unknown. 4 To thee our spirits we resign ; Make them and own them still as thine ; So shall they smile secure from fear, Tho' death should blast the rising year. HYMN 86. L. M. New- Year. 1 "DLEST be th' Eternal Infinite ! J3 Whose skill conducts this rolling sphere j Who rules our day, who guards our night, And guides the swift, revolving year ! 2 Our race are falling ev'ry hour, While we distinguish'd yet appear ; 'Tis of thy matchless love and pow*r, That we are spar'd another year. 3 O ! for a sweet refreshing time ; Saviour ! thy people wish thee near : Come, and our joys shall be sublime, While we begin another year. 4 May thy good spirit be our guide, While thus we stay as pilgrims here ; Nor let us from our God backslide, As we have done +he former year. 6 Strengthen our faith, increase our love : Fill us with godly, filial fear ; And to thy waiting children prove Thy grace thro' ev'ry fleeting year, 6 This truth impress on ev'ry soul. That vast eternity is near ; That time's swift moments onward roll, To bring the last, the closing year* 7 When nature in a blaze shall die, Or death conclude our being here ; Then to our Jesus may we fly, To spend a never ending-year. HYMN 87. H. M. New- Year. 1 i^l RE AT God, we sing that mighty hand, VX By which supported, still we stand ; The op'ning year thy mercy shows ; Let mercy crown it till it close. 2 By day, by night, at home, abroad, Still we are guarded by our God j By his incessant bounty fed, By his unerring counsel led. 5 With grateful hearts the past we own ; The future, all to us unknown, B. I. HYMN LXXXV1II. LXXXIX. 285 We to thy guardian care commit, And peaceful leave before thy feet. 4 In scenes exalted or depress'd, Be thou our joy, and thou our rest ; Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise, Ador'd thro' all our changing days. 5 When death shall interrupt our songs, And silence these our mortal tongues, Our helper, God, in whom we trust, In better worlds, our souls shall boast. HYMN 88. C. M. The birth of Christ. 1 A WAKE, awake the sacred song jl\. To our incarnate Lord ; Let ev'ry heart, and ev'ry tongue Adore th' eternal Word. 2 Sinners awake, with angels join, And chant the solemn lay ; Joy, love, and gratitude combine, To hail th' auspicious day. 3 Then shone almighty pow'r and love In all their glorious forms ; When Jesus left his throne above, To dwell with sintul worms. 4 Adoring angels tun'd their songs To hail the joyful day ; With rapture then, let mortal tongues Their grateful worship pay. 5 Hail, Prince of life, for ever hail ! Redeemer, Brother, Friend ! Tho' earth, and time, and life should fail, Thy praise shall never end. HYMN 89. P. M. The Resurrection of Christ. 1 flHRIST, the Lord, is ris'n to-day, Kj Sons of men and angels say ; Raise your joys and triumphs high, Sing, ye heav'ns, and earth reply. 2 Love's redeeming work is done, Fought the fight, the battle won : Lo ! the sun's eclipse is o'er. Lo ! he sets in blood no- more. 3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal, Christ has burst the gate of hell ; Death in vain forbids his rise, Christ hath open'd Paradise. 4 Lives again our glorious King ! " Where, O death, is now thy sting]" Once he died our souls to save : " Where's thy vict'ry, boasting grave V9 286 HYMN XC. XCI. U. J. 5 Hail the Lord of earth andheav'n ! Praise to thee by both be giv'n ! Thee we greet triumphant now, Hail ! the resurhection — Thou. HYMN 90. H. M. The Ascension and Kingdom, of Christ. REJOICE, the Lord is King, Th' ascended King adore ; Mortals, give thanks and sing And triumph evermore ! Lift up the heart, lift up the voice, Rejoice aloud, ye saints, rejoice, 2 Rejoice, the Saviour reigns, The God of truth and love : When he had purg'd our stains, He took his seat above : Lift up the heart, lift up the voice, Rejoice aloud, ye saints, rejoice. 3 His kingdom cannot fail, He rules o'er earth and heav'n ; The keys of death and hell Are to our Jesus giv'n : Lift up the heart, lift up the voice, Rejoice aloud, ye saints, rejoice. 4 Rejoice in glorious hope ; Jesus the Judge shall come, And take his servants up To their eternal home : We soon shall hear the Archangel's voice, The trump of God shall sound, rejoice. HYMN 91. C. P. M. The out-pouring of the Spirit. 1 T7TTHEN the blest day of Pentecost V V Was fully come ; the Holy Ghost Descended from above, Sent by the Father and the Son : The Sender and the Sent are one, The Lord of life and love. 2 But were the first disciples blest With heav'nly gifts ? And shall the rest Be pass'd unheeded by ? What ! Has the Holy Ghost forgot To quicken souls, that Christ has bought ; And let them lifeless lie 1 3 No, thou almighty Paraclete ! Thou shedd'st thy heav'nly influ'nee yet , Thou visit'st sinners still : Thy breath of life, thy quick'ning flame, Thy pow'r, thy Godhead, still the same^ We own i because we feel* B. I. HMYN XCII. XCIII. 2S7 HYMN 92. S. M. A Morning Hymn. 1 OEE how the mounting sun ^ Pursues his shining way ; And wide proclaims his Maker's praise, With ev'ry bright'ning ray. 2 Thus would my rising soul Her heav'nly Parent sing ,• And to her great Original, Her humbler tribute bring. 3 Serene I laid me down Beneath his guardian care ; I slept, and I awoke, and found My kind Preserver near ! 4 Thus doth thine arm support This weak defenceless frame ; But whence such favours, Lord, tome, All worthless as 1 am 1 5 O ! how shall I repay The bounties of my God 1 This feeble spirit pants beneath The pleasing, painful load. 6 Dear Saviour, to thy cross I bring my sacrifice ; Cleans'd by thy blood, it shall ascend With fragrance to the skies. 7 My life I would anew Devote, O Lord, to thee ; And in thy service wish to spend * A long eternity. HYMN 93. CM. A morning song. 1 /^\NCE more, my soul, the rising day \J Salutes thy waking eyes ; Once more, my voice, thy tribute pay To him, that rules the skies. 2 Night unto night his name repeats, The day renews the sound ; Wide as the heav'n, on which he sits, To turn the seasons round. 3 'Tis he supports my mortal frame ; My tongue shall speak his praise : My sins would rouse his wrath to flame, And yet his wrath delays. 4 On a poor worm thy pow'r might tread, And I could ne'er withstand ; Thy justice might have crush'd me dead, But mercy held thine hand. 6 A thousand wretched souls are fled Since the last setting sun, 288 HYMN XCIV. XCV. XCVI. B. I. And yet thou length'nest out my thread, And yet my moments run. 6 Great God, let all my hours be thine, Whilst 1 enjoy the light ; Then shall my sun in smiles decline, And bung a pleasant night. HYMN 94. L. M. An evening hymn. 1 f^i REAT God, to thee my ev'ning song VJT With humble gratitude I raise j 0 let thy mercy tune my tongue, And fill my heart with lively praise ! '2 My days unclouded as they pass, And ev'ry gentle rolling hour, Are monuments of wondrous grace, And witness to thy love and pow'r. 3 And yet this thoughtless, wretched heart, Too oft regardless of thy love, Ungrateful can from thee depart, And, fond of trifles, vainly rove. 4 Seal my forgiveness in the blood Of Jesus : his dear name alone 1 plead for pardon, gracious God, And kind acceptance at thy throne. 5 Let this blest hope mine eyelids close, With sleep refresh my feeble frame ; Safe in thy care may I repose, And wake with praises to thy name. HYMN 95. CM. An evening song. 1 "jVTOW from the altar of our hearts X^i Let flames of love arise ; Assist us, Lord, to offer up Our ev'ning sacrifice. 2 Minutes and mercies multiplied, Have made up all this day ; Pflinutes came quick, but mercies were More swift and free than they. 3 New time, new favour, and new joys, Do a new song require : Till we shall praise thee, as we would, Accept our heart's desire. 4 Lord of our days, whose hand hath set New time upon our score ; Thee may we praise for all our time, When time shall be no more. HYMN 96. C. M. For Morning and Evening. 1 TTOSANNA, with a cheerful sound, XjL To God's upholding hand ! J3. 1. HYMN XCVII. XCV1II. 289. Ten thousand snares attend us round, And yet secure we stand. 2 That was a most amazing pow'r, That raised us with a word. And ev'ry day, and ev'ry hour We lean upon the Lord. The evening rests our weary head, And angels guard the room ; We wake, and we admire the bed, That was not made our tomb. 4 The rising morning can't assure That we shall end the day ; For death stands ready at the door To take our lives away. 5 Our breath is forfeited by sin, To God's avenging law ; We own thy grace, immortal King ! In ev'ry gasp we draw. 6 God is our sun, whose daily light Our joy and safety brings; Our feeble flesh lies safe at night, Beneath his shady wings. HYMN 97. S. M. Lord's day morning. 1 TT7ELC0ME sweet day of rest V V That saw the Lord arise ; Welcome to this reviving breast, And these rejoicing eyes ! , 2 The King himself comes near And feasts his saints to-day ; Here we may sit, and see him here, And love, and praise, and pray. 3 One day amidst the place, Where my Great God hath been, Is sweeter than ten thousand days Of pleasurable sin. 4 My willing soul would stay In such a frame as this ; And ^ing, and bear herself away To everlasting bliss. HYMN 98. C. M. Lord's day evening. 1 T71REQUENT the day of God returns JO To shed its quick'ning beams ; And yet how slow devotion burns! How languid are its flames ! t Accept our faint attempts to love, Our frailties, Lord, forgive : 25 290 HYMNXC1X. a b.I. We would be like thy saints above, And praise the while we live 3 Increase, O Lord, our faith and'hope And fit us to ascend, P ' The sabbath ne'er shall end • P' 4 wVh^! blieath^ m Evenly air, With heay'nly lustre shine : J ' Before the throne of God appear And least on love divine HYMN 99. S. M. i TTOW . GosPe* Ministry. HI fT ai? their feGt> WK k • , stand on ^'onrs hill • Who bring salvation on their tongUes; And words of peace reveal ' 2 How charming is their voice «7 ^^sweet the tidings are ' * "Zion behold thy Saviour King, He reigns and triumphs here." 3 How happy are our ears, Which kings and prophets waited for And sought, but never found ' ' 4. How blessed are our eyes. I hat see this heavenly %ht ' ^r°P^sHan"ingsdesir'Iit!ong, But died without the sight. *' A nH rWatc,h,men join their voice, And tuneful notes employ : ' Jerusalem breaks forth in songs And deserts learn the joyT if f°fd makes bare his arm Thro' al the earth abroad: Let evVy nation now behold IneirSayiour and their God. ' HYMK ioo. H. H 1 i^i RFAT FeJurmiY ofa Church- { X w \Tatb?r of mankind, ww u h\ess that wondrous erace v r thin thy courts a place - ^rWus lo™-6 ^L6 °Ur G"d displays, 2 Th °> 1S€ a house °<>ayer ! ■ 2 Tho' once estranged farf We now approach the throne - For ( Jesus brings us nea r, ' S^ro. makes our cau«e his own • ' uume, ana rest secure. B. I. HYMN CI. 291. 3 To (hee our souls we join, And Jove thy sacred name ; No more our own, but thine, We triumph in thy claim : Our Father King thy cov'nant grace Our souls embrace, thy titles sing. 4 Here in thy house we feast On dainties all divine ; And while such sweets we taste, With joy our faces shine: Incense shall rise from flames of love, And God approve the sacrifice, 5 May all the nations throng To worship in thy house ; And thou attend the song, And smile upon their vows : Indulgent still, till earth conspire To join the choir on Ziori's hill. HYMN 101. H. M. On opening a place of worship, 1 TN sweet exalted strains A The King of glory praise ; O'er heaven and earth he reigns, Thro' everlasting days : He, with a nod, the world controls, Sustains or sinks the distant poles. 2 To earth he bends his throne, His throne of grace divine ; « Wide is his bounty known, And wide his glories shine : Fair Salem, still his chosen rest, Is with his smiles and presence blest. 3 Then, King of glory, come, And with thy favour crown This temple as thy dome : This people as thine own: Beneath this roof, O ! deign to show, How God can dwell with men below. 4. Here may thine ears attend Our interceding cries ; And grateful praise ascend All fragrant to the skies ; Here may thy word melodious sound, And spread the joys of heaven around 5 Here, may th' attentive throng Imbibe thy truth and love ; And converts join the song Of Seraphim above ; And willing crowds surround thy board With sacred joy and sweet accord. 292 HYMN CII. CIII. B. I. 6 Here may our unborn sons And daughters sound thy praise ; And, shine like polish'd stones, Thro' long succeeding days ; Here, Lord display thy saving pow'r, While temples stand and men adore. HYMN 102. L. M. At the ordination of a Minister. 1 SHEPHERD of Israel, thou dost keep kJ With constant care, thy humble sheep By thee inferior pastors rise, To feed our souls, and bless our eyes. 2 To all thy churches such impart, Prepared according to thy heart ; Whose courage, watchfulness, and love, Men may attest, and God approve. 4 Fed by their active, tender care, Healthful may all thy sheep appear; And, by their fair example led, The way to Zion's pastures tread ! 4 Here, hast thou listen'd to our vows, And scattered blessings on thy house ; Thy saints are succour'd, and no more As sheep without a guide deplore. 5 Completely heal each former stroke, And bless the shepherd and the flock ; Confirm the hopes thy mercies raise, And own this tribute of our praise. HYMN 103. CM. Praise to God for sending a Gospel Minister. 1 rpo thy great name, O Prince of peace, JL Our grateful songs we raise : Accept, thou Sun of righteousness, The tribute of our praise. 2 In widow'd state these walls no more . Their mourning weeds shall wear j Thy messenger shall joy restore, And ev'ry loss repair. 3 Thv providence our souls admire, With joy its windings trace ; And shout with one united choir The triumphs of thy grace. 4 Our happy union, Lord, maintain, Here let thy presence dwell ; And thousands loosed from Satan's chain, Raise from the brink of hell.. 5 Distressed churches pity, Lord, Their dismal breaches close ; Their sons unite in sweet accord, And troubled minds compose. B. I. HYMN CIV. CV. 293 6 In all be purity maintain'd, Peace like a river flow ; And pious zeal, and love unfeign'd, In every bosom glow. HYMN 104. C, M. Prayer for Missionaries. 1 f^\ RE AT God the nations of the earth \X Are by creation thine; And in thy works, by all beheld, Thy radiant glories shine. 2 But, Lord, thy greater love has sent Thy gospel to mankind ; Unveiling what rich stores of grace Are treasured in thy mind. 3 Lord, when shall these glad tidings spread The spacious earth around ; Till ev'ry tribe, and ev'ry soul Shall hear the joyful sound 1 4 O ! when shall Ajric^s sable sons Enjoy the heavenly word, And vassals long enslaved become The freemen of the Lord 1 5 When shall th' untutor'd Heathen tribes, A dark bewilder'd race, Sit down at our ImmanneV s teet, And learn and see his grace ] 6 Haste, sov'reign mercy, and transform Their cruelty to love : Soften the tiger to a lamb, The vulture to a dove ! 7 Smile, Lord, on every effort made To spread the gospel's rays ; And build on sin's demolished thrones The temples of thy praise .' HYMN 105. L. M. On a fast day for the revival of religion. 1 OOK down, O God, with pitying eye, JLi See Adam's race in ruin lie ; Sin spreads its trophies o'er the ground, And scatters slaughter'd heaps around. 2 And can these mould'ring corpses live 1 And can these dead, dry bones revive? That, mighty God, to thee is known ! That wondrous work is all thine own. 3 Thy ministers are sent in vain To prophesy upon the slain ; In vain they call, in vain they cry, TiJl thine almighty aid is nigh. 25* 294 HYMN C VI. C VII. B.I. I 4 O let thy Spirit come and breathe JMew life thro' all the realms of death! Dry bones shall then obey thy voice, Shall move, shall waken, and rejoice. 5 Loud let the gospel trumpet blow, Let all the isles their Saviour know : O ! call the nations from afar ; Make earth's remotest ends draw near. 6 Then shall each age and rank agree, To raise their shouts of praise to thee ; The Church will know, while loud she sings, That in her God are all her springs. HYMN 106. L. M. On a national fast in war. i X Ty¥7"HILE o'er our guilty land, O Lord, F f We view the terrors of the sword; O ! whither shall the helpless fly 1 To whom, but thee, direct their cry] > 2 The suffring sinner's cries and tears Are grown familiar to thine ears: Oft has thy mercy sent relief, When all was fear and hopeless grief. 1 3 On thee, our Guardian God, we call ; Before thy throne of grace we fall ; And is there no deliv'i ance there 1 And must we perish in despair? [4 See, we repent, we weep, we mourn, To our forsaken God we turn ; O ! spare our guilty country, spare The church, which thou hast planted here. 5 We plead thy grace, indulgent God, We plead thy Son's atoning blood, We plead thy gracious promises ; And are they unavailing pleas ? 6 These pleas, presented at thy throne, Have brought ten thousand blessings down On guilty lands in helpless woe; Let them prevail to save us too ! HYMN 107. L. M. For a -public fast in war, praying for peace. 1 T7T7"AR, horrid war, deep stain'd in blood, V V Still pours its havoc thro' our land; Almighty God, restrain the flood; Say "'tis enough," and stay thine hand, 2 Let peace descend with balmy wing, And all her blessings round us shed; Our liberties be well secur'd, . And commerce lift its fainting head. 3 Let the loud cannon cease to roar, The warlike trump no longer sound ; B. I. HYMN CVII1. CIX. 295 The din of arms be heard no more, Nor human blood pollute the ground. 4 Let hostile troops drop from their hands The useless sword, the glitt'ring spear ; And join in friendship's sacred bands, Nor one dissentient voice be there. 5 Thus save, O Lord, a sinking: land; Millions of tongues shall then adore, Resound the honours of thy name, And spread thy praise from shore to shore. HYMN 108. C. M. On a public f.ist daring National Judgments. 1 ^EE, gracious Lord, before thy throne, VO Thy mourning people bend ! 'Tis on thy sov'reign grace alone Our humble hopes depend. 2 Tiemendous judgments from thy hand Thy dreadful pow'r display; Yet mercy spares this guilty land, And still we live to pray. 3 How chang'd, alas! For truths divine See error, guilt and shame ! What impious numbers, bold in sin, Disgrace the Christian name ! 4 O ! turn us, turn us, mighty Lord, By thy resistless grace ; Then shall our hearts obey thy word, And humbly seek thy face. 5 Then, should insulting foes invade, , We shall not sink in fear ; Secure of never-failing aid, Since God, our God, is near. HYMN 109. C. M. On a fast day during pestilence or general sickness. 1 T\EATH, with his dread commission seal'd, JL>J Now hastens to his arms ; In awful state he takes the field, And sounds his dire alarms. 2 Attendant plagues around him throng, And wait his high command; And pains, and dying groans obey The signal of his hand. 3 With cruel force he scatters round His shafts of deadly pow'r; While the grave waits his destin'd prey Impatient to devour. 4 Diseases are thy servants, Lord, They come at thy command : We'll not attempt a murm'ring word, Against thy chast'ning hand. 296 HVTMN CX. CXI. B. I. 5 Yet, may we plead with humble cries, Remove thy sharp rebukes: Our strength consumes, our spirit dies, Thro' thy repeated strokes. 6 In anger, Lord, rebuke us not, Withdraw these dreadful storms: Nor let thy fury grow so hot, Against poor feeble worms. 7 O ! hear when dust and ashes speak, And pity all our pain ; O ! save us, for thy mercy's sake, And send us health again ! HYMN 110. C. M. Thanksgiving for Victory. 1 nriO thee, who reign'st supreme above, JL And reign'st supreme below, Thou God of wisdom, pow'r, and love, We our successes owe. 2 The thund'ring horse, the martial band Without thine aid were vain ; And vict'ry flies at thy command To crown the bright campaign. 3 Thy mighty arm, unseen, was high, When we our foes assail'd ; 'Tis thou hast rais'd our honours high, And o'er their hosts prevail'd. 4 Their mounds, their camps, their lofty tow'r% Into our hands are giv'n ; Not from desert, nor strength of ours, But thro' the grace of heav'n. 5 The Lord of hosts, our helper lives ; His name be ever blest : 'Tis his own arm the vict'ry gives; He grants his people rest. HYMN ill. L.M. Thanksgiving for National Peace. 1 f^i REAT Ruler of the earth and skies, \jW A word of thine almighty breath Can sink the world, or bid it rise : Thy smile is life, thy frown is death. 2 When angry nations rush to arms, And rage, and noise, and tumult reign ; And war resounds its dire alarms, And slaughter spreads the hostile plain ; 3 Thy sov'reign eye looks calmly down, And marks their course. and bounds their pow'r : Thy word the angry nations own And noise and war are heard no more. 4 Then peace returns with balmy wins:, Sweet peace ! with her what blessings fled! B. I. HYMN CXII. CXIII. 297 Glad plenty laughs, the vallies sing, Reviving commerce lifts her head. 5 Thou good, and wise, and righteous Lord, All move subservient to thy will; And peace and war await thy word, And thy sublime decrees fulfil. 6 To thee we pay our grateful songs, Thy kind protection still implore ; O may our hearts, and lives, and tongues, Confess thy goodness and adore. HYMN 112. C. M. Thanksgiving fur Health after Pestilence. 1 OOV'REiGN of life, we own thy hand ^ In this late chast'ning stroke ; And, since we've smarted by thy rod, Thy presence we invoke. 2 To thee in our distress we cri'd, And thou hast bow'd thine ear; The pestilence thou hast remov'd, And brought deliv'rance near. 3 Unfold, ye gates of righteousness; That, with the pious throng, We may record our solemn vows, And tune our grateful song. 4 Praise to the Lord, who staid the sword And said, " it is enough ;" Praise to the Lord, who makes his saints Triumphant e'en in death. 5 Our God, in thine appointed hour, Those heav'nly gates display, Where pain, and sickness, fear and death For ever flee away. 6 There, while the nations of thebless'd, With raptures bow around, Our anthems to deliv'ring grace, In sweeter strains shall sound. HYMN 113. C. M. Complaint and Hope in Sickness. 1 T ORD, I am pain'd; but I resign JLi My body to thy will : 'Tis grace, 'tis wisdom all divine, Appoints the pains I feel. 2 Dark are thy ways of providence, While they, who love thee, groan: Thy reasons lie conceal'd from sense, Mysterious and unknown. 3 Yet nature may have leave to speak, And plead before her God, Lest the o'erburden'd heart should breafc JBeneath thy heavy rod. 298 HYMN CXIV. CXV. B. I. 4 Those mournful groans and flowing tears Give my poor spirit ease : While ev'ry groan my Father hears And ev'ry tear he sees. 5 Is not some smiling hour at hand With health upon its wings ? Give it, O God, thy swift command, With all the joys it brings. HYMN 114. C. M. Praise for recovery from sickness. 1 "]\/|~Y God, thy service well demands JLtJL The remnant of my days; Why was this fleeting breath renew'd But to renew thy praise? 2 Thine arms of everlasting love Did this weak frame sustain : When life was hov'ring o'er the grave, And nature sunk with pain. 3 Calmly I bow'd my fainting head On thy dear faithful breast : Pleas'd to obey my Father's call To his eternal rest. 4 Into thy hands, my Saviour God, Did I my soul resign : In firm dependence on that truth, Which made salvation mine. 5 Back from the borders of the grave, At thy command I come : Nor will I urge a speedier flight, To my celestial home. 6 Where thou determin'st mine abode, There would I choose to be ; For in thy presence death is life, And earth is heav'n with thee. HYMN 115. S. M. Charity. 1 f PHY bounties, gracious Lord, JL With gratitude we own: We bless thy providential grace, Which show'rs its blessings down. 2 With joy the people bring Their off'rings round thy throne ; With thankful souls behold we pay A tribute of thy own. 3 Accept this humble mite, Great Sov'reign Lord of all ; Nor let our num'rous mingling sins The fragrant ointment spoil. 4 Let a Redeemer's blood Diffuse its virtues wide ; L. I. HYMN CXVI. CXV1I. 299 Hallow and cleanse our ev'ry gift, And all our follies hide. 5 O may this sacrifice To thee the Lord ascend, An odour of a sweet perfume, Presented by his hand. 6 Well pleas'd our God shall view The products of his grace ; And in a plentiful reward Fulfil his promises. HYMN 116. L. M. Charity. 1 PT1HE gold and silver are the Lord's, I And ev'ry blessing earth affords* All come from his propitious hand, And must return at his command. 2 The blessings which I now enjoy, I must for Christ and souls employ; For if I use them as my own, My Lord will soon call in his loan. 3 When I to him in want apply, He never does my suit deny ; And shall I then refuse to give. Since I so much from him receive? 4 Shall Jesus leave the realms of day, And clothe himself in humble clay? Shall he become despis'd and poor, To make me rich for ever more 1 5 And shall I wickedly withhold, To give my silver and my gold ? To aid a cause my soul approves, And save the sinners Jesus loves 1 6 Expand my heart — incline me, Lord, To give the whole I can afford ; That, what thy bounty renders mine, I may with cheerful hands resign. HYMN 117. L.M. Charity. 1 T^TTHEN" Jesus dwelt in mortal clay, V V What were his works from day to day, But miracles of pow'r and grace, That spreads salvation thro' our race? 2 Teach us, O Lord, to keep in view Thy pattern, and thy steps pursue ; Let alms bestow'd, let kindness done Be witness'd by each rolling sun. 3 That man may breathe, but never lives, Who much receives, but nothing gives, Whom none can love, whom none can thank; Creation's blot, creation's blank : 300 HYMN CXVI1I. CXIX. B, I. 4 But he, who marks from day to day, In gen'rous acts his radiant way, Treads the same path his Saviour trod The path to glory and to God. HYMN 11K. C. M. Charity. 1 TESUS, my Lord, how rich thy Grace ! *J Thy bounties how complete ! How shall I count the matchless sum? How pay the mighty debt? 2 High on a throne of radiant light Dost thou exalted shine ; "What can my poverty bestow, When all the worlds are thme? 3 But thou has brethren here below, The partners of thy grace ; And wilt confess their humble names Before thy Father's face. 4 In them thou may'st be cloth'd and fed, And visited and cheer'd : And in their accents of distress, My Saviour's voice is heard. 5 Thy face, with rev'rence and with love, We in thy poor would see ; O let us rather beg our bread Than keep it back from thee ! HYMN 119. L. M. Charity. 1 /~\ WHAT stupendous mercy shines V_7 Around the majesty of heav'n ! Rebels he deigns to call his sons, Their souls renew'd, their sins forgiv'n. 2 Go, imitate the grace divine, The grace that blazes like a sun ; Hold forth your fair, tho' feeble light, Thro' all your lives let mercy run. 3 Upon your bounty's willing wings, Swift fly your gifts and charity ; The hungry feed, the naked clothe, To pain and sickness help apply. 4 Pity the weeping widow's woe, And be her counsellor and stay ; Adopt the fatherless, and smooth To useful, happy life, his way. 5 Let age, with want and weakness bow'd Your bowels of compassion move; Let e'en your enemies be bless'd, Their hatred recornpens'd with love. 6 When all is done renounce your deeds, Renounce self-righteousness with scorn B. I. HYMN CXX. CXXl. 301 Thus will you glorify your God, And thus the Christian name adorn. HYMN 120. C. M. Charity. 1 TjlATHER of mercies, send thy grace JO All powerful from above, To form, in our obedient souls, The image of thy love. 2 O may our sympathizing breasts The generous pleasure know, Kindly to share in others' joy, And weep for others' woe ! 3 Not like the Levite and the Priest, Who saw with hearts of stone, Their neighbour groaning in distress, And left him still alone. 4 When the most helpless sons of grief In sorrows low are laid ; Soft be our hearts, their pains to feel, And swift our hands to aid. 5 So Jesus look'd on dying man, When thron'd above the skies ; And, midst th' embraces of his God, He felt compassion rise. 6 On wings of love the Saviour flew To raise us from the ground ; And shed the richest of his blood, A balm for ev'ry wound. HYMN 121. C. M. Charity. 1 T>LEST is the man whose heart expands _D At melting pity's call ; And the rich blessings of whose hands, Like heav'nly manna fall. 2 Mercy descending from above, In softest accents pleads; O may each tender bosom move, When mercy intercedes ! 3 Be ours the bliss in wisdom's way To guide untutor'd youth ; And lead the mind, that .went astray, To virtue and to truth. 4 Children our kind, protection claim, And God will well approve, When infants learn to lisp his name, And their Creator love. 5 Delightful work, young souls to win, And turn the rising race 26 302 HYMN CXXII. CXXItl. B. L From the deceitful paths of sin, To seek redeeming grace. 6 Almighty God, thy influ'nce shed To aid this good design ; The honors of thy name be spread, And all thy glory shine. HYMN 122. P. M. Charity. 1 "TVTOW let our hearts conspire to raise i. i A cheerful anthem to his praise, Who reigns enthron'd above : Let music, sweet as incense, rise, "With grateful odours to the skies; The work of joy and love. 2 How many children, Lord, we see In ignorance and misery, Unprincipled, untaught ! Shali they continue still to lie In ignorance and misery 1 We cannot bear the thought. 3 We feel a sympathizing heart: Lord, 'tis a pleasure to impart, To thee thine own we give : Hear thou our cry, and pitying see ; O let these children live to thee ! O let these children live ! HYMN 123. C. M. Funeral Hymn. — Death dreadful^ or delightful 1 ["~\EATH ! 'tis a melancholy day JLJ To those that have no God ; When the poor soul is fore'd away To seek her last abode. 2 In vain to beav'n she lifts her eyes ; But guilt, a heavy chain, Still drags her downward from the skies, To darkness, fire and pain. 3 Awake and mourn, ye heirs of hell, Ye stubborn sinners fear! Lest ye be driv'n from earth, and dwell A long forever there. 4 See how the pit gapes wide for you, And flashes in your face ; And thou, my soul, look downward too, And sing recov'ring grace. 5 He is a God of sov'reign love, That promis'd heav'n to me ! And taught my thoughts to soar above, Where happy spirits be. 6 Prepare me, Lord, for thy right hand, Then come the joyful day ; B, I. HYMN CXXIV. CXXV. CXXVI. 303 Come, death, and some celestial band, To bear my soul away. HYMN 124. C. M. Funeral Hymn. — Dying in the embraces of God. 1 [~"\EATH cannot make our souls afraid, JLJ If God be with us there ; We may walk thro' its darkest shade, And never yield to fear. 2 I could renounce my all below, If my Creator bid ; And run, if I were call'd to go, And die as Moses did. 3 Might I but climb to Pisgah's top, And view the promis'd land; My flesh itself would long to drop, And pray for the command. 4 ClaspM in my heav'nly Father's arms, I would forget my breath ; And lose my life amid the charms Of so divine a death. HYMN 125. C. M. Funeral Hymn. — Death and eternity. 1 OTOOP down, my thoughts that use to rise ^ Converse awhile with death ; Think how a gasping mortal lies, And pants away his breath. 2 His quiv'ring lips hang feebly down, His pulses faint and few. Then speechless, with a doleful groan, * He bids the world adieu. 3 But, O the soul that never dies ! At once it leaves the clay ! Ye thoughts pursue it where it flies, And trace its wond'rous way. 4 Up to the courts where angels dwell, It mounts triumphant there ; Or devils plunge it down to hell, In infinite despair. 5 And must my body faint and die 1 And must this soul remove ? O ! for some guardian angel nigh, To bear it safe above. 6 Jesus, to thy dear faithful hand My naked soul I trust : My flesh shall wait for thy command, And drop into my dust. HYMN 126. C. M. Funeral Hymn. — Victory over death. 1 TTTTHEN death appears before my sight W In ail his dire array ; 304 HYMN CXXVII. B. I. Unequal to the dreadful fight, My courage dies away. 2 But see, my glorious friend is nign ! My Lord, my Saviour lives: Before him death's pale terrors fly, And my faint heart revives. 3 He left his dazzling throne above To meet the tyrant's dart ; And, O amazing jx>w'r of love ! Receiv'd it in his heart ! 4 Now for the eye of faith divine To pierce beyond the grave ! To see that Friend, and call him mine, Whose arm is strong to save. 5 Lord, I commit my soul to thee ,* Accept the sacred trust ; Receive this nobler part of me, And watch my sleeping dust : 6 Till that illustrious morning come, When ail thy saints shall rise, And cloth'd in full, immortal bloom, Attend thee to the skies. 7 When thy triumphant armies sing The honor of thy name ; And heavVs eternal arches ring With glory to the Lamb : 8 O let me join th* enraptur'd lays, And with the blissful throng, Resound salvation, pow'r and praise. In everlasting song ! HYMN 127. C. M. funeral Hymn. — Death of a young child. 1 A LAS ! how chang'd that lovely flow'r, XX. Which bloom'd and cbeer'd my heart ! Fair fleeting comfort of an hour, How soon we're call'd to part ! 2 And shall my bleeding heart arraign That God, whose ways are love 1 Or vainly cherish anxious pain For her who rests above ? 3 No ! — let me rather humbly pay Obedience to his will, And with my inmost spirit say, " The Lord is righteous still." 4 From adverse blasts, and lowering storms, Her favour'd soul he bore ; And with yon bright, angelic forms, She lives to die no more. 5 Why should I vex my heart, or fast? No more sheHl visit me j B.I. HYMN CXXVIII. CXXIX. 305 My soul will mount to her at last, And there my child I'll see. 6 Prepare me, blessed Lord, to share The bliss thy people prove ; Who round thy glorious throne appear, And dwell in perfect love. fC HYMN 128. C. M. Funeral Hymn. — Comfort for pious parents bereaved of their children. 1 ~\TE> mourning saints, whose streaming tears jL Flow o'er your children dead* Say not in transports of despair, That all your hopes are fled. 2 If cleaving to that darling dust, In fond distress ye lie, Rise, and with joy and rev'rence view A heav'nly parent nigh. 3 Tho' your young branches torn away, Like wither'd trunks ye stand ; With fairer verdure shall ye bloom, Touched by the Almighty's hand. 4 " I'll give the mourner," saith the Lord, " In' my own house a place: " No names of daughters, nor of sons, " Could yield so high a grace. 5 " Transient and vain is ev'ry hope " A rising race can give : " In endless honour and delight " My children all shall live." * 6 We welcome, Lord, those rising tears, Thro' which thy face we see ; And bless those wounds which thro' our hearts Prepare a way for thee. *Wi HYMN 129. C. M. Funeral Hymn. — Submission under bereaving provi- dences. 1 "DEACE, 'tis the Lord Jehovah's hand Jt7 That blasts our joys in death ; Changes the visage once so dear, And gathers back the breath. 2 'Tis he, the Potentate supreme - Of all the worlds above, Whose steady counsels wisely rule, Nor from their purpose move. 3 'Tis he, whose justice might demand Our souls a sacrifice ; Yet scatters with unwearied hand A thousand rich supplies. 26* 306 HYMN CXXX. CXXXI. B. L 4 Our cov'nant God and Father he In Christ our bleeding Lord ; Whose grace can heal the bursting heart With one reviving word. 5 Silent we own Jehovah's name, We kiss the scourging hand ; And yield our comforts and our life, To thy supreme command. HYMN 130. C. M. Funeral Hymn — A Saint prepared to die* 1 TP^EATH may dissolve my body now, JLJ And bear my spirit home; Why do my minutes move so slow, Nor my salvation come 1 2 With heav'nly weapons I have fought The battles of the Lord ; Finished my course, and kept the faith, And wait the sure reward. 3 God hath laid up in heav'n for me A crown which cannot fade ,* The righteous Judge, at that great day, Shall place it on my head. 4 Nor hath the King of grace decreed This prize for me alone ; But all that love and long to see Th' appearance of his Son. 5 Jesus, the Lord, shall guard me safe From ev'ry ill design ; And to his heav'nly kingdom take This feeble soul of mine. 6 God is my everlasting aid, And hell shall rage in vain ; To him be highest glory paid, And endless praise. Amen, HYMN 131. C. M. Funeral Hymn — A voice from the tombs. 1 TTARK ! from the tombs a doleful sound , JLJL My ears attend the cry : " Ye living men, come view the ground " Where you must shortly lie. 2 " Princes, this clay must be your bed, " In spile of all your tow'rs; " The tall, the wise, the rev'rend head " Must lie as low as ours." 3 Great God ! is this our certain doom ? And are we still secure 1 Still walking downward to the tomb, And yet prepare no more 1 4 Grant us the pow'r of quick'ning grace, To fit our souls to fly B. I. HYMN CXXXII. CXXXI1I. 307 Then, when we drop this dying flesh, We'll rise above the sky. HYMN 132. C. M. Funeral Consolations. 1 TTEAR what the voice from heav'n declares JLJL To those in Christ who die ! 44 Releas'd from all their earthly cares. " 'J hey reign with him on high." 2 Then, why lament departed friends, Or shake at death's alarms ! Death's but the servant Jesus sends To call us to his arms. 3 If sin be pardon 'd we're secure, Death hath no sting beside : The Jaw gave sin its strength andpow'r, But Christ, our ransom, died ! 4 The graves Of all his saints he bless'd, When in the grave he lay ! And rising thence, their hopes he rais'd To everlasting day I 5 Then joyfully,, while life we have. To Christ, our life, we'll sing ; 44 Where is thy victory, O grave] 44 And where, O death, thy sting !" HYMN 133. 8s. L. M. The Life of Faith. 1 FT1HE moment a sinner believes, JL And trusts in his crucified Lord, His pardon at once he receives, Redemption in full thro' his blood. 2 The Christian is dead, yet he lives, His life is with Christ, hid in God, This life now, from Christ he derives, And he lives by faith in his Lord. 3 Tho' thousands and thousands of foes Against him in malice unite, Their rage he thro' Christ can oppose, Led forth by the spirit to fight. 4 The faith that unites to the Lamb, And brings such salvation as this, Is more than mere fancy or name ; The work of God's spirit it is. 5 It says to the mountains 44 depart," That stand betwixt God and the soul ; It binds up the broken in heart, The wounded in conscience makes whole. 6 Christ lives by his Spirit in them, Whose hearts are renewed by grace. 308 HYMN CXXXIV. CXXXV. B. I. And they, by their faith, live in him, A life oi pure joy, love, and peace, HYMN 134. CM. The Walk of Faith. ' 1 f~\ FOR a closer walk with God, V_y A calm and heav'nly frame : And light to shine upon the road, That leads me to the Lamb ! 2 Where is the blessedness I knew, When first I sought the Lord ? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word ? 3 What peaceful hours I then enjoy'd ! How sweet their mem'ry still ! But now I find an aching void, The world can never fill. 4 Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest ! I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 5 The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from the throne, And worship only thee. 6 So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So faith and light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb. 7 Faith purifies believers' hearts ; Faith always works by love ; Receives with joy what Christ imparts, And longs for things above. HYMN 135. L. M. The Conflicts of Faith. 1 TESUS, our soul's delightful choice, fj In thee believing, we rejoice ; Yet still our joy is mix'd with grief, While faith contends with unbelief. 2 Thy promises our hearts revive, And keep our fainting hopes alive ; But guilt and fears, and sorrows rise, And hide the promise from our eyes. 3 Do thou the languid spark inflame, That we may conquer in thy name ; And let not sin and satan boast, While saints lie mourning in the dust. 4 Unequal to the conflict, Lord, Too weak to wield the shield or sword, On thine almighty arm we fall ; Be thou our Jesus and our all. B.I. HYMN CXXXVI. CXXXV1I. 309 HYMN 136. L. M. The Trials of Faith. 1 T PRAY'D the Lord, that I might grow A In faith, and love, and ev'ry grace ; Might more of his salvation know, And seek more earnestly his iace. 2 'Twas he who taught me thus to pray, And he I trust has answer'd pray'r ; But answer came in such a way, As almost drove me to despair. 3 I hop'd that in some favoured hour, At once he'd grant me my request ; And by his love's constraining pow'r Subdue my sins and give me rest. 4 Instead of this, he made me feel The hidden evils of my heart; And let the angry pow'rs of hell Assault my soul in ev'ry part. 5 Yea more ; with his own hand he seem'd Intent to aggravate my woe ; Cross'd all the fair designs I schemed, Blasted my gourds, and laid me low. 6 " Lord, why is this?" I trembling cri'd. " Wilt thou pursue thy worm to death f" " 'Tis in this way," the Lord replied, " I answer prayer for grace and faith : 7 " These inward trials I employ, " From self and pride to set thee free : " And break thy schemes of earthly joy, " That thou may'st seek thine all in me." HYMN 137. L.M. The Triumph of Faith. 1 "Ty¥7"HO shall the Lord's elect condemn? VV 'Tis God that justifies their souls ,• And mercy, like a mighty stream, O'er all their sins divinely rolls. 2 Who shall adjudge the saints to hell ? 'Tis Christ that suffer'd in their stead : And the salvation to fulfil, Behold him rising from the dead. 3 He lives ! he lives ! and sits above, For ever interceding there : Who shall divide us from his love, Or what should tempt us to despair? 4 Shall persecution or distress, Famine, or sword, or nakedness ? He that hath lov'd us, bears us through, And makes us more than conq'rors too. SIO HYMn, CXXXVH1. CXXXIX. B. I. 5 Faith hath an overcoming pow'r, It triumphs in the dying hour: Christ is our Jife, our joy, our hope; Nor can we sink with such a prop. 6 Not all that men on earth can do, j Nor pow'rs on high, nor pow'rs below, Shall cause his mercy to remove, Nor wean our hearts from Christ our love. HYMN 138. C. M. The Summary of Faith. 1 '|"N God the Father I believe, JL Who heav'n and earth dia frame, By his almighty word ; his praise And glory to proclaim. 2 I do believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord, Begotten from eternity, The everlasting Word. 3 I in the Holy Ghost believe, A Person true, and one, In essence, pow'r, eternity, With Father and with Son 4 An holy catholic Church I own, The heirs of heaven designed ; By union all to Christ their head, And one another join'd. 5 Redemption thro' the blood of Christ I heartily embrace ; A full forgiveness of my sins, The gift of sovereign grace. 6 The resurrection of the dead, Sincerely I maintain ; My soul and body glorified, With Christ shall live and reign. 7 The hopes of everlasting life, My fainting soul sustain : To this I set my solemn seal, And say, in truth, Amen I 8 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory as it was, is now, And shall be evermore. HYMN 139. H. M. The song of Hannah — an encouragement to prayer* 1 TflTTHEN Hannah, press'd with grief, V V Pour'd forth her soul in pray'rsj She quickly found relief, And songs succeeded tears. Like her, in ev'ry trying case, Let us approach the throne of grace. B.L HYMN CXL. sn 2 When she began to pray, Her heart was pain'd and sad ; But ere she went away, Was comforted and glad : In trouble, what a resting place Have they, who know the throne of grace. 0 Eli her case mistook ; How was her spirit mov'd By his unkind rebuke ! But God her cause approv'd. We need not fear a creature's face, While welcome at a throne of grace. 4 Men have not pow'r nor skill With troubled souls to bear : Tho' they express good will, Poor comforters they are : But swelling sorrows sink apace, When we approach the throne of grace. 5 Thousands have often tried, And with success were crown'd ; Not one has been denied, But all an answer found. Let us by faith their footsteps trace, And hasten to the throne of grace. HYMN 140. C. M. 77ie Song of Hezekiah. 1 T7T7*HEN we are rais'd from deep distress, V V Our God deserves a song, We take the pattern of our praise From Hezekiah's tongue. 2 The gates of the devouring grave Are opened wide in vain, If he, who holds the keys of death, Commands them fast again. 3 Pains of the flesh are wont t' abuse Our minds with slavish fears ; " Our days are past, and we shall lose "The remnant of our years." 4 We chatter with a swallow's voice, Or like a dove we mourn ; With bitterness instead of joys, Afflicted and forlorn. 5 Jehovah speaks the healing word, And no disease withstands ; Fevers and plagues obey the Lord, And fly at his commands. 6 If half the strings of life should break, He can our frame restore ; He casts our sins behind his back, And they are found no more. 314 HYMN CXLI. CXLII. B. I. HYMN 141. L. M. The Song of Mary, 1 /^\UR souls shall magnify the Lord ; V7 In God the Saviour we rejoice : While we repeat the Virgin's song, May the same Spirit tune our voice I 2 The Highest saw her low estate, And mighty things his hand hath done; His over-shadowing power and grace Makes her the mother of his Son. 3 Let ev'ry nation call her bless'd, And endless years prolong her fame : But God alone must be ador'd ; Holy and rev'rend is bis name. 4 To those that fear and trust the Lord, His mercy stands for ever sure ; From age to age his promise lives, And the performance is secure. 5 He spake to Abra'm and his seed, " In thee shall all the earth be bless'd :M The mem'ry of that ancient word Lay long in his eternal breast. 6 But now, no more shall Israel wait, No more tho Gentiles lie forlorn ; Lo, the Desire of nations comes, Behold the promis'd seed is born ! HYMN 142. C. M. The Song of Zach arias. 1 "VrOVV, be the God of Israel bless'd JL^I Who makes his truth appear ; His mighty hand fulfils his word, And all the oaths he sware. 2 Now he bedews king David's root With blessings from the skies : He makes the branch of promise grow, The promis'd horn arise. 3 John was the prophet of the Lord, To go before his face ; The herald which our Saviour God Sent to prepare his ways. 4 " Behold the Lamb of God," he cries, " That takes our guilt away; " I saw the Spirit o'er his head, M On his baptizing day. 5 " Be ev'ry vale exalted high, " Sink ev'ry mountain low : •' The proud must stoop, and humble souls " Shall his salvation know. B.I. HYMN CXLIII. CXL1V. 313 6 "gThe heathen realms, with Israle's land, " Shall join in sweet accord; " And all, that's born of man, shall see " The glory of the Lord. 7 " Behold the Morning Star arise, " Ye that in darkness sit ! " He marks the path that leads to peace, " And guides our doubtful feet." HYMN 143. S. M. The Song of the Angels. 1 TT>EHOLD! the grace appears, _I3 The promise is fulfil'd ; Mary, the wondrous virgin, bears, And Jesus is the child. 2 To bring the glorious news, A heav'nly form appears; He tells the shepherds of their joys, And banishes their fears. 3 M Go, humble swains," said he, " To David's city fly; The promis'd infant, born to-day, Doth in a manger lie. 4 " With looks and heart serene, " Go visit Christ your king ;" And straight a flaming troop was seen ; The shepherds heard them sing : 5 " Glory to God on high ! " And heav'nly peace on earth, t " Good-will to men, to angels joy, " At the Redeemer's birth !" 6 In worship so divine Let saints employ their tongues : With the celestial Hosts we join, And loud repeat their songs. 7 " Glory to God on high, " And heav'nly peace on earth, " Good-will to men, to angels joy, " At our Redeemer's birth !" HYMN 144. C. M. The Song of Simeon — Death to a believer desirable. 1 ORD, in thy temple we appear, _I_J As happy Simeon came, And hope to meet our Saviour here; O make our joys the same ! 2 With what divine and vast delight The good old man was fill'd, When fondly in his wither'd arms He clasp'cl the holy child : 27 (( 314 HYMNCXLV. CXLV1. B.I. 3 " Now I can leave this world, " he cried, " Behold thy servant dies J I've seen thy great salvation, Lord, And close my peaceful eyes. 4 " This is the light prepar'd to shine " Upon the Uentile lands; " Thine Israel's glory, and their hope, " To break their slavish bands" 5 Jesus ! the vision of thy face Hath overpow'ring charms! Scarce shall I feel death's cold emorace, If Christ be in my arms. G When flesh shall fail, and heartstrings break, Sweet will the minutes roll ; A mortal paleness on my cheek, But glory in my soul. HYMN 145. S.M. The Song of Moses and the Lamb. 1 A WAKE, and sing the song jljl Of Moses and the Lamb ; Wake, ev'ry heart and ev'ry tongue, To praise the Saviour's name. 2 Sing of his dying love, Sing of his rising pow'r ; Sing how he intercedes above, For those whose sins he bore. 3 Sing, on your heav'nly way, Ye ransom'd sinners, sing : Sing on rejoicing, ev'ry day, In Christ, the exalted king. 4 Soon shall your raptur'd tongue His endless praise proclaim ; And sweeter voices tune the song Of Moses and the Lamb. HYMN 146 L.M. The Song of the Redeemed in Heaven. 1 "OEHOLD the saints, belov'd of God ! Il Wash'd are their robes in Jesus' blood j Brighter than angels, lo, they shine, Their glories splendid and sublime ! 2 Thro' tribulation great they came, j They bore the cross and scorn'd the shame j Now in the living temple blest, With God they dwell, on him they rest. 3 Hunger they ne'er shall feel again, Nor pain, nor thirst, shall they sustain ; To wells of living water led, By God the Lamb* for ever led. B. I. HYMN CXLVII. 315 4 While everlasting ages roll, Eternal love shall feast their soul ; And scenes of bliss, for ever new, Kise in succession to their view. 5 Here, all who suffer'd sword or flame For truth or Jesus* lovely name, Shout victory now, and hail the Lamb, And bow before the great I AM. 6 Jesus, the Saviour, is their theme ; They sing the wonders of his name ; To him ascribing pow'r and grace, Dominion and eternal praise 7 To him who lov'd them to the end> Their surety, sacrifice, and friend ; To him who washM them in his blood, And made them kings and priests to God I 8 " Amen," they cry, " 'tis he alone, " Who rightly fills his Father's throne, " To him be glory ;" and again Repeat his praise, and say, K Amen !" 9 O sweet employ, to sing and trace Th' amazing heights and depths of grace! To spend, from sin and sorrow free, A blissful, vast eternity ! 10 O what a grand, exalted song, When ev'ry tribe and ev'ry tongue, Redeem'd by blood, with Christ appear, And join in one full chorus there ! * 11 My soul anticipates the day ; Would stretch her wings and soar away, To aid the song, the palm to bear, And bow, the chief of sinners, there HYMN 147. P. M. 8, 7, 4. Surely 1 come quickly ; A men, even so, come LoidJesiie. 1 "I* O ! he comes, with clouds descending, JLi Once for favour'd sinners slain ! Thousand thousand saints attending, Swell the triumph of his train ,* Hallelujah! Jesus now shall ever reign. 2 Ev'ry eye shall now behold him Rob'd in dreadful majesty : Those, who set at nought, and sold him, Pierc'd and nail'd him to the tree, Deeply wailing, Shall the great Messiah see. >: 3 Ev'ry island, sea, and mountain, Heav'n and earth shall flee away : All who hate him must, confounded, Hear the trump proclaim the day ; 316 HYMN CXLVJJ, B. I. Come to judgment ! Come to judgment ! come away! 4 Now redemption, long expect%4> See in solemn pomp appear ! All his saints, by men rejected, Now shall meet him in the air ! Hallelujah ! See the day of God appear ! 5 Answer thine own bride and Spirit; Hasten, Lord, and quickly come ! The new heav'n and earth t' inherit, Take thy weeping exiles home : All Creation Travails, groans, and bids thee come I 6 Yea ! amen ! let *ll adore thee, High on thine exalted throne ! Saviour, take the pow'r and glory : > Claim the kingdoms for thine own ! O come quickly, Hallelujah ! come, Lord, come ! Stereotype Hfcftfon V ADDITIONAL HYMNS, ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL SYNOD OF THE REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH! IN NORTH AMERICA, AT THEIR SESSION, JUNE, 1831* AND AUTHORIZED TO BE USED IN THE CHURCHES UNDER THEIR CARE. RUTQEr's PRESS — NEW-YORK : Published by William A. Mercein, No. 240 Pearl street. 1838. " Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1831, by Isaac L. Kip, (on behalf of the General Synod of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church,) in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New* York." EXTRACTS From the Acts and Proceedings of the General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church in North America. Session, June, 1830. Resolved, That the Rev. Thomas De Witt. D. D., William M 'Murray, D. D., Isaac Ferris, and the elders Peter D. Vroom, Jr., and John D. Keese, be a committee to select from the different collections now published, Hymns on a variety of subjects, to constitute the Second Book of Hymns, to be added to those now in use, in all future editions of our Psalm and Hymn Book, and that said committee report such selection to the next General Synod for their approbation. In Session, June, 1831. The committee appointed by the last General Synod, reported a selection of Hymns. Whereupon the following resolutions were adopted. 1. Resolved, That the said Additional Hymns, reported by the Committee appointed by the General Synod in 1830, be accepted, ordered to be published as a Second Book of Hymns, and authorized to be used by ihe churches in the same manner as the Psalms and Hymns now in use. 2. Resolved, That all future editions of the Psalm Book shall contain the Additional Hymns, together with the Canons of the Church, as soon as the Board of Direction of the Corporation shall be able to make the necessary arrangements with the publisher. =J 3. Resolved, That a separate edition of the Additional Hymns be published. 4. Resolved, That the Board of Direction of the Corporation be directed to take out separate Copy-rights for each of the Books, and authorize their oublication ; and that they superintend the publication of the first edition of •ach Book* BOOK Ii. ADDITIOXAL, HYMSTS. Perfections of God. HYMN l. L.M. Creation Praising God. 1 rTIHE spacious firmament on high, JL With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heav'ns a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. 2 The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's pow'r display, And publishes to every land, The work of an Almighty hand. 3 Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale ; ' And, nightly, to the list'ning earth, Repeats the story of her birth ; 4 Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. 5 What though in solemn silence all Move round this dark terrestrial ball ; What though no real voice nor sound Amidst their radiant orbs be found; 6 In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice. For ever singing as they shine, " The hand that made us is divine." HYMN 2. C. M. Sovereignty and Decrees of God. 1 T^"EEP silence — all created things, Jl\-, And wait your maker's nod : My soul stands trembling while she sings The honours of her God. . 2 Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown Hang on his firm decree ; He sits on no precarious throne, Nor borrows leave — to be. 3 Chain'd to his throne a volume lies, With all the fates of men • 27* 4 HYMN III. IV. B.H. With ev'ry angel's form and size, Drawn by th' eternal pen. 4 His providence unfolds the book, And makes his counsels shine; Each op'ning leaf, and ev'ry stroke, Fulfils some deep design. 5 Here he exalts neglected worms, To sceptres and a crown ; And there, the following page he turns, And treads the monarch down. C Not Gabriel asks the reason why, Nor God the reason gives; Nor dares the fav'rite angel pry Between the folded leaves. 1 My God, I would not long to see My fate, with curious eyes; What gloomy lines are writ for me, Or what bright scenes may rise. 8 In thy fair book of life and^grace, O may I find my name, Recorded in some humble place, Beneath my Lord — the Lamb. HYMN 3. C. M. hove of God. 1 /^< Star in the East. , 1 "DRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the ■ I morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid; Star of the East, the horizon adorning* Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid* 2 Cold on his cradle, the dew-drops are shining; Low lies his bed with the beasts of the stall; Angels adore him, in slumber reclining, Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all* 3 Say, shall we yield him in costly devotion* Odors of Edom, and offerings divine, Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean, Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine] 4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation, Vainly with gold would his favors secure j Richer by far is the heart's adoration, Dearer to God are the pray'rs of the poor* 5 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid. HYMN 9. L.M. Hie Star of Bethlehem' 1 "IHCTHEN marshal'd on the nightly plain, W The glitt'ring host bestud the sky ; One star alone of all the train, Can fix the sinner's wand'ring eye. 2 Hark ! hark ! to God the chorus breaks, From ev'ry host, from ev'ry gem : But one alone the Saviour speaks, It is the star of Bethlehem. 3 Once on the raging seas I rode, The s:orm was loud, the night was darn:, 0 HYMN X. XI. B. U. The ocean yawn'd and rudely blow'd The wind that toss'd my found'ring bark. 4 Deep horror then my vitals froze. Death-struck, I ceas'd the tide to stem; When suddenly a star arose, It was the star of Bethlehem. 5 It was my guide, my light, my all, It bade my dark forbodings cease ; And through the storm and danger's thrall, It led me to the port of peace. 6 Now safely moor'd — my perils o'er, I'll sing, first in night's diadem, Forever and forever more, The star — the star of Bethlehem ! Characters of Christ. HYMN 10. C. M. . The fountain of Christ's blood. 1 rpHERE is a fountain fill'd with blood, JL Drawn from Emmanuel's veins; And sinners, plung'd beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains. 2 The dying thief rejoie'd to see That fountain, in his day ; And there may I, as vile as he, Wash all my sins away. 3 Dear dying Lamb, thy precious blood Shall never lose its povv'r, Till all the ransom'd church of God Be sav'd, to sin no more. 4 E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream, Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be — till I die. 5 Then, in a nobler, sweeter song, I'll sing thy power to save ; When this poor lisping, stamm'ring tongue, Lies silent in the grave. HYMN n. L. M. Christ the Physician of Souls. 1 T^EEP are the wounds which sin has made ; \J WThere shall the sinner find a cure ? In vain, alas, is nature's aid — The work exceeds all nature's pow'r I 2 And can no sovereign balm be found ! And is no kind physician nigh, To ease the pain and heal the wound, Ere life and hope for ever fly 1 B. II. HYMN XII. XIII. 9 3 There is a great physician near, Look up, O ! fainting soul, and live ; See, in his heav'nly smiles, appear Such ease as nature cannot give ! 4 See, in the Saviour's dying blood, Life, health, and bliss, abundant flow I 'Tis only this dear sacred flood Can ease thy pain and heal thy wo. HYMN 12. L. M. Christ an hiding place* 1 TTA1L, sov'reign love, that first began 11 The scheme to rescue fallen man ! Hail, matchless, free, eternal grace, That gave my soul a hiding place. 2 Against the God that rules the sky, I fought with hands uplifted high ; Despis'd the offers of his grace. Too proud to seek a hiding place. 3 Enwrapp'd in dark Egyptian night, And fond of darkness more than light, Madly I ran the sinful race, Secure, without a hiding place. 4 But thus th' eternal counsel ran ; " Almighty Love ! arrest the man :"— I felt the arrows of distress, And found I had no hiding place. 5 Vindictive justice stood in view ; To Sinai's fiery mount 1 flew ; But Justice cry'd, with frowning face, " This mountain is no hiding place." 6 But lo ! a heav'nly voice I heard — ■ And mercy's angel soon appear'd : Who led me on a pleasing pace, To Jesus Christ, my hiding place. 7 On him Almighty vengeance fell, Which must have sunk a world to hell ; He bore it tor his chosen race, And now he is my hiding place. 8 A few more rolling suns at most, Will land me on fair Canaan's coast ,* There I shall sing the song of grace, And see my glorious hiding place. HYMN 13 L. M. Christ our sympathizing High Priest. 1 "T yCTHKKE high the heav'nly temple stands, V V The house of God not made with hands; A great high priest our nature wearSj Our friend and advocate appears. 23 10 HYMN XIV. XV. B.fL 2 Though now ascended up on high. He bends on earth a brother's eye, Partaker of the human name, He knows the frailty of our frame. 3 Our fellow-suff'rer yet retains A fellow-feeling of our pains, And still remembers in the skies, His tears, his agonies and cries. 4 In ev'ry pang that rends the heart, The man of sorrows had a part ; He sympathizes with our grief, And to the suff'rer sends relief. 5 With boldness therefore at the throne, Let us make all our sorrows known; And ask the afd of heav'nly power, To help us in the evil hour, HYMN 14. L. M. ' Christ our example. 1 \ ND is the gospel peace and love ? jLIl Such let our conversation be ; The serpent blended with the dove, Wisdom and meek simplicity. 2 Whene'er the angry passions rise, And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife j To Jesus let us lift our eyes, Bright pattern of the Christian life. 3 O, how benevolent and kind i How mild — how ready to forgive f Be this the temper of our mind, And these the rules by which we live, 4 To db his heav'nly Father's will, Was his employment and delight ; Humility and holy zeal Shone through his life divinely bright. 5 Dispensing good where'er he came, The labors of his life were love ; Then, if we bear the Saviour's name, Bv his example let us move. HYMN 15. P. M. 7. Chris/: the Hock of Ages, 1 X> OCK of ages ! cleft for me, XV 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. 2 Should my tears forever flow, Should my zeal no languor know, B.IL HYMN XVI. XVII. U This for sin could not atone, Thou must save, and thou alone: In my hand no price I bring, Simply to thy cross I cling. 3 While I draw this fleeting breath, When my eye-lids close in death, When 1 rise to worlds unknown, And behold thee on thy throne, Rock of ages ! cleft for me, Let me hide myself in thee ! Praise to the Redeemer. HYMN 16. C. M. Coronation of Christ. 1 A LL hail the pow'r of Jesus' tame ! XjL Let angels prostrate fall, Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown him — Lord of all. 2 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. 3 Hail him, ye heirs of David's line, Whom David, Lord did call ; The God incarnate ! Man Divine 1 And crown him — Lord of all. 4 Ye chosen seed of Israel's race, Ye ransom'd from the fall, Hail him who saves you by his grace, And crown him — Lord of all. 5 Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget The wormwood and the gall, Go, spread your trophies at his feet, And crown him — Lord of all. 6 Let every kindred, every tribe, On this terrestrial ball, To him all majesty ascribe, And crown him — Lord of all. 7 Oh, that with yonder sacred throng, We at his feet may fall ; We'll join the everlasting song, And crown him — Lord of all. HYMN 17. P.M. 6,4. Worthy the Lamb. i f^i LORY to God on high : V X Let heav'n and earth reply — Praise ye his name ! His love and grace adore, Who all our sorrows bore j 12 HYMN X VIII. B.I And sing forevermore — Worthy the Lamb. 2 All they around the throne, Cheerfully join in one, Praising his name ; We, who have felt his blood, Sealing our peace with God, Sound his dear name abroad — ■ Worthy the Lamb. S Join all ye ransom'd race, Our Lord and God to bless ; Praise ye his name : In him we will rejoice. And make a joyful noise, Shouting with heart and voice — Worthy the Lamb. 4 What tho' we change our place- Yet we shall never cease Praising his name : To him our songs we bring — Hail him our gracious King, And without ceasing sing, Worth the Lamb. i rEPENT, the voice celestial cries, XV Nor longer dare delay ; The wretch that scorns lhe mandate dies, And meets a fiery day. 2 No more the sov'reign eye of God O'erlooks the crimes of men ; His heralds are despatched abroad To warn the world of sin. 3 Together in his presence bow, And all your guilt confess ; Accept the offerM Saviour now, Nor trifle with his grace. 4 Bow, ere the awful trumpet sound, And call you to his bar: For mercy knows th* appointed bound, And turns to vengeance there. 18 HYMN XX VIII. XXIX. B.II. & Amazing love, that yet will call, And yet prolong our days ! Our hearts, subdued by goodness, fall And weep, and love, and praise. HYMN 28. P.M. 7. To day, the season of mercy. 1 "FT AST EN, sinner, to be wise ; J__L Stay not lor the morrow's sun : Wisdom, if you still despise, Harder is it to be won. 2 Hasten, mercy to implore ; Stay not for the morrow's sun ; Lest thy season should be o'er, Ere this ev'ning's stage be run. 3 Hasten sinner, to return ,• Stay not for the morrow's sun ; Lest thy lamp should cease to burn, Ere salvation's work is done. 4 Hasten, sinner, to be blest ; Stay not for the morrow's sun : Lest perdition thee arrest, Ere the morrow is begun. HYMN 29. L. M. The striving of the Spirit. \ ^AY, sinner, hath a voice within, O Oft whisper'd to thy secret soul, — Urg'd thee to leave the ways of sin, And yield thy heart to God's control ? 2 Hath something met thee in the path Of worldliness and vanity, And pointed to the coming wrath, And warn'd thee from that wrath to flee ? 3 Sinner, it was a heav'nly voice, It was the Spirit's gracious call, It bade thee make the better choice, And haste to seek in Christ thine all. 4 Spurn not the call to life and light ; Regard in time the warning kind ; That call thou may'st not always slight, And yet the gate of mercy find. 5 God's Spirit will not always strive With harden'd, self-destroying man; Ye, who persist his love to grieve, May never hear his voice again. 6 Sinner — perhaps this very day, Thy last accepted time may be ; Oh, should'st thou grieve him now away, Then hope may never beam on thee. B.1I. HYMN XXX. XKXT. 19 Inviting. HYMN 30. L. M. Christ knocking at the heart of the sinner. 1 "OEHOLD a stranger at the door! J3 He gently knocks, has knock'd before; Hath waited long — is waiting still; You treat no other friend so ill. 2 Oh, lovely attitude, he stands With melting heart and loaded hands ! Oh, matchless kindness ! and he shows This matchless kindness to his foes ! 3 I3ut will he prove a friend indeed? He will ; the very friend you need ; The friend of sinners — yes 'tis He, With garments dy'd on Calvary. 4 Rise, touch'd with gratitude divine, Turn out his enemy and thine, That soul-destroying monster sin, And let the heav'nly stranger in. 5 Admit him, ere his anger burn, His feet departed ne'er return ; Admit him, or the hour's at hand, You'll at his door rejected stand. HYMN 31. C. M. The sinner's heart opened. 1 T^t7~^^ 's *ms s^ranSer a* the door W That would admission gain ? I know he oft has knock'd before, Still he has come again. 2 I find him knocking at my heart, Though I've defied his will ; He waits to act a gracious part, And all his truth fulfil. 3 Too long, alas! I've entertain'd A soul-destroying guest, Who took possession of my heart. And all my powers oppress'd. 4 But art thou not the same that died * A sacrifice for sin? Then enter my polluted breast, And make me pure within. 5 That grace that I've so long abus'd I'd willingly receive ; Dear Saviour, teach me how to pray, Lord, help me to believe ! 6 My hungry soul would now partake The banquet of thy love ; HVMN 32. C. M. Ihat which tofcb&jjggj T.,Sa?i0f """-Jehovah'. breath ThaetUS8:f,,,erro»"dlhe cross No by fe^ to oblate "^ R.,.7 ,he,soul *s eternal loss, B»< everlasting gain. ' HVMN33. L.M. 3 Here mercy's boundless ocean ff ' Jo cleanse your guilt a,,Hk|fl°WS' £>rdon, and life and ,..?hi your woesJ How rich the LifS 1 clid Lost and ruin-a by thYfill f"' m"" "'".never come at all- Wot the righteous— ' *-W r^Jesu s came to call. B. II. HYMN XXXV. XXXVL 21 All the fitness he requireth. Is to feel your need of him ; This he gives you — 'Tis the Spirit's rising beam. 3 Agonizing in the garden, Lo ! your Maker prostrate lies ! On the bloody tree behold him j Hear him cry before he dies, "ItisfinisWd:" Sinners will not this suffice ? 4 Lo ! th' incarnate God ascended, Pleads the merit of his blood ; Venture on him, venture wholly, Let no other trust intrude : None but Jesus Can do helpless sinners good. 5 Saints and angels, join'd in concert, Sing the praises of the Lamb ; While the blissful seats of heaven, Sweetly echo with his name : Hallelujah !— Sinners here may sing the same. HYMN 35. L. M. Wanderer invited to return. 1 T> ETURN, O wanderer, return, JLV And seek an injur'd Father's face ; Those warm desires that in thee burn Were kindled by reclaiming grace. 2 Return, O wanderer, return, And seek a Father's melting heart ; His pitying eyes thy grief discern, His hand shall heal thine inward smart. 3 Return, O wanderer, return, Thy Saviour bids thy spirit live ; Go to his bleeding feet, and learn How freely Jesus can forgive. 4 Return, O wanderer, return, And wipe away the falling tear ; 'Tis God who says, " No longer mourn," 'Tis mercy's voice invites thee near. HYMN 36. C. M. The fountain of Living Waters. 1 /^H, what amazing words of grace \J Are in the gospel found ! Suited to ev'ry sinner's case, Who knows the joyful sound. 2 Come, then, with all your wants and wounds, Your ev'ry burden bring ; 29 _ 22 HYMN XXXVII. XXXVIII. B. II, Here love, eternal love, abounds, A deep celestial spring. 3 This spring with living water flow?, And living joy imparts ; Come, thirsty souls, your wants disciose, And drink with thankful hearts. HYMN 37. L. M. The Young invited to Christ. 1 f I ^O-DAY, if ye will hear bis voice, JL Now is the time to make your choice; Say, will you to Mount Zion go ! Say, will you have this Christ, or no T 2 Ye wand'ring souls, who find no rest, Say, will you be forever blest 1 Will you be sav'd from sin and hell 1 Will you with Christ in glory dwell 1 3 Come now, dear youth, for ruin bound, Obey the gospel's joyful sound ; Come go with us, and you shall prove The joy of Christ's redeeming love. 4 Once more we ask you in his name — For yet his love remains the same — Say, will you to Mount Zion go ? Say, will you have this Christ, or no ? 5 Leave all your sports and glitt'ring toys, Come, share with us eternal joys ; Or must we leave you bound to hell — Then, dear young friends, a long farewell. HYMN 38. P. M. 12s. Free grace to Sinners. 1 f I iHE voice of free grace cries, escape to the JL mountain, For all that believe, Christ has opened a foun- tain, For sin, and uncleanness, and every transgres- sion, His blood flows so freely in streams of salvation. Chorus. Hallelujah to the Lamb, who has bought us a pardon, We'll praise him again, when we pass over Jordan. 2 Ye souls that are wounded, to the Saviour repair, Now he calls you in mercy, and can you forbear t Though your sins are increas'd as high as a mountain, His blood can remove them, it streams from this fountain. B. II. HYMN XXXIX. 23 3 Now Jesus our king, reigns triumphantly glori- ous ; O'er sin, death, and hell, he is more than victo- rious : With shouting proclaim it, — O trust in his pas- sion, He saves us most freely ; — O glorious salvation. ♦ 4 Our Jesus proclaims his name all victorious, He reigns over all, and his kingdom is glorious : To Jesus we'll join with the great congrega- tion, And triumph, ascribing to him our salvation. 5 With joy shall we stand, when escaped to the shore, With harps in our hands, we'll praise him the more ; We'll range the sweet plains, on the banks of the river, And sing of salvation forever, and ever. HYMN 39. C. M. - The humble sinner's resolve. 1 V^OME, humble sinner, in whose breast Vy A thousand thoughts revolve j Come, with your guilt and fear oppress'd, And make this last resolve : — 2 "I'll go to Jesus, though my sin « " Hath like a mountain rose ; " I know his courts, I'll enter in, " Whatever may oppose. 3 " Prostrate I'll lie before his throne, " And there my guilt confess ; " I'll cell him I'm a wretch undone, " Without his sov'reign grace. 4 " I'll to the gracious King approach, " Whose sceptre pardon gives ; "Perhaps he may command my touch— " And then the suppliant lives. 5 " Perhaps he will admit my plea, " Perhaps will hear my prayer ; "But if I perish, I will pray, " And perish only there. 6 " I can but perish if I go, "I am resolv'dto try; "For If I stay away, I know " I must forever die." 24 HYMN XL. XLI. XLII. B. II. Penitential. HYMN 40. S. M. Repentance from, a sense of the Divine Goodness. 1 TS this the kind return, JL And these the thanks we owe. Thus to abuse eternal love, Whence all our blessings flow 1 2 To what a stubborn frame, Has sin reduc'd our mind ! What strange rebellious wretches we, And God as strangely kind ! 3 On us he bids the sun Shed his reviving rays ; For us the skies their circles run, To lengthen out our days. 4 The brutes obey their God, And bow their necks to men : But we, more Dase, more brutish things, Reject his easy reign. 5 Turn, turn us, mighty God, And mould our souls afresh ; Break, sovereign grace, these hearts of stone, And give us hearts of flesh. 6 Let base ingratitude Provoke our weeping eyes ; And hourly, as new mercies fall, Let hourly thanks arise. HYMN 41. CM. The contrite heart. 1 /~\ THOU, whose tender mercy hears \_/ Contrition's humble sigh ; Whose hand, indulgent, wipes the tears From sorrow's weeping eye ;— 2 See, low before thy throne of grace, A wretched wand'rer mourn ; Hast thou not bid me seek thy face ? Hast thou not said — " Return 7" 3 And shall my guilty fears prevail To drive me from thy feet ? Oh, let not this dear refuge fail, This only safe retreat ! 4 Oh, shine on this benighted heart, With beams of mercy shine ! And let thine healing voice impart A taste of joys divine. HYMN 42. C. M. The Penitent. 1 "DROSTRATE, dear Jesus ! at thy feet, JL A guilty rebel lies j K. U. HYMN XL1II. XLIV. 25 And upwards to the mercy seat Presumes to lift his eyes. 2 If tears of sorrow would suffice To pay the debt I owe, Tears should from both my weeping ev In ceaseless torrents flow. 3 But no such sacrifice I plead To expiate my guilt ; No tears but those which thou hast ?} No blood, but thou hast spilt. 4 Think of thy sorrows, dearest Lord ! And all my sins foigive : Justice will well approve the word That bids the sinner live. HYMN 43. P. M. 7. Pleading for Mercy. 1 ^OV'REIGN Ruler, Lord of all, ►3 Prostrate at thy feet I fall : Hear, oh, hear my ardent cry, Frown not, lest I faint and die. 2 Vilest of the sons of men, Worst of rebels I have been ! Oft abus'd thee to thy face, Trampled on thy richest grace ! 3 Justly might thy vengeful dart Pierce this bleeding broken heart ; Justly might thy kindled ire Blast me in eternal fire. * 4 But with thee there's mercy found, Balm to heal my every wound ,* Soothe, oh, soothe the troubled breast, Give the weary wand'rer rest. HYMN 44. L. M. Pleading the Promises. 1 T^RIEND of the friendless and the faint ! J? Where can I ledge my deep complaint 1 Where, but with thee, whose open door Invites the helpless sinner, poor ! 2 Did ever mourner plead with thee, And thou refuse that mourner's plea? Does not the word still fix'd remain, That none shall seek thy face in vain 1 3 That were a grief I could not bear, Did'st thou not hear and answer prayer : O thou, pray'r-hearing, answ'ring God, Take from my heart this painful load. 29* te HYMN XLV. XLVI. XLVII. B. II, HYMN 45. P. M. The Sinner's suit at the Mercy Seal. 1 /""^lOME, my soul, thy suit prepare, V-^ Jesus loves to answer pray'r ; He himself has bid thee pray, Therefore will not say thee'nay. 2 Thou art coming to a king, Large petitions with thee bring; For his grace and pow'r are such, None can ever ask too much. 3 With my burden I begin : Lord remove this load of sin ! Let thy blood lor siraers spilt, Set my conscience free from guilt. 4 Lord I come to t^ee for rest ; Take possession of my breast ; There thy blood-bought right maintain, And without a rival reign. 5 While I am a pilgrim here, Let thy love my spirit cheer ; As my guide, my guard, my friend, Lead me to my journey's end. 6 Show me what I have to do, Ev'ry hour my strength renew, Let me live a life of faith, Let me die thy people's death. HYMN 46. 8, 7. Suppliarit address to the Saviour. 1 TESUS, full of all compassion, *J Hear thy humble suppliant's cry; Let me know thy great salvation, See, I languish, faint, and die. 2 Guilty, but with heart relenting, Overwhelm'd with helpless grief- Prostrate at thy feet repenting — Send, O send me quick relief! 3 Whither should a wretch be flying, But to him who comfort gives ? Whither, from the dread of dying, But to him who ever lives 1 4 Sav^d — the deed shall spread new glory Thro' the shining realms above ; Angels sing the pleasing story, All enraptur'd with thy love. HYMN 47. S. M. The convinced and. seeking sinner 1 1VTY former hopes are fled, i.f-1. My terror now begins ; B. II. IIYMN XLVIII. XLIX. «7 I feel, alas ! that I am dead In trespasses and sins. 2 Ah, whither shall I fly 1 I hear the thunder roar ; The law proclaims destruction nigh, And vengeance at the door. 3 When I review my ways, I dread impending doom ; But sure, a friendly whisper says, " Flee from the wrath to come." 4 I see, or think I see, A glimm'ring from afar ; A beam of day that shines for me, To save me from despair. 5 Forerunner of the sun, It marks the Pilgrim's way ; I'll gaze upon it while I run, And watch the rising day. HYMN 48. C. M. Seeking Pardon. 1 ["TOW sad our state by nature is ! JLJl Our sin, how deep it stains ! And Satan binds our captive minds Fast in his slavish chains. 2 But there's a voice of sovereign grace Sounds from the sacred word ; Ho ! ye despairing sinners, comei And trust upon the Lord. 3 My soul obeys th' Almighty call, And runs to this relief; I would believe thy promise, Lord, O ! help mine unbelief. 4 To the dear fountain of thy blood, Incarnate God, I fly ; Here let me wash my spotted soul From crimes of deepest dye. 5 Stretch out thine arm, victorious king, My reigning sins subdue ; Drive the old dragon from his seat, With all his hellish crew. 6 A guilty, weak, and helpless worm, On thy kind arms 1 fail ; Be thou my strength and righteousness, My Jesus, and my all ! HYMN 49. C. M. Seeking Renewing Grace. \ TTOW helpless guilty nature lies, JLJl Unconscious of its load ! 23 HYMN L. LI. B. II. The heart unchang'd can never rise To happiness and God. 2 The will perverse, the passions blind, In paths of ruin stray : Reason debas'd can never find The safe, the narrow way. 3 Can aught beneath a pow'r divine, The stubborn will subdue? 'Tis thine, Almighty Saviour, thine To form the heart anew. 4 'Tis thine the passions to recall, And upwards bid them rise : And make the scales of error fall From reason's darken'd eyes ; 5 To chase the shades of death away, And bid the sinner live ; A beam of Heav'n a vital ray, 'Tis thine alone to give. 6 O change these wretched hearts of ours, And give them life divine ! Then shall our passions and our powers, Almighty Lord, be thine. HYMN 50. L. M. A Sinner Submitting to God. 1 ~VJ¥7"EARY of struggling with my pain, V V Hopeless to burst this sinful chain, At length I give the contest o'er, And seek to free myself no more. 2 From my own works at last I cease- God that creates must seal my peace ; Fruitless my toil, and vain my care, Unless thy sov'reign grace I share. 3 Lord 1 despair myself to heal ; , I see my sin but do not feel ; Nor shall I till thy Spirit blow, And bid th' obedient waters flow. 4 'Tis thine a heart of flesh to give, Thy gifts I only can receive ; Here then to thee I all resign, — To draw, redeem, and seal is thine. » HYMN 51. P. M. 8, 7, 4. The Surrender. 1 "TyCTELCOME, welcome, dear Redeemer, V V Welcome to this heart of mine : Lord, I make a full surrender, Ev'ry pow'r and thought be thine, Thine entirely, Thro' eternal ages thine. B. II. HYMN LII. L1IL LIV. 29 2 Known to all to be thy mansion, Earth and hell will disappear ; Or in vain attempt possession, When they find the Lord is near — Shout, O Zion ! Shout, ye saints, the Lord is here ! HYMN 52. L. M. Joy in Heaven over a repenting sinner. 1 "¥^¥7"HO can describe the joys that rise, V V Through ali the courts of paradise. To see a prodigal return, To see an heir of glory born ! 2 With Joy the Father doth approve The fruit of his eternal love ; The Son with joy looks down and sees, The purchase of his agonies. 3 The Spirit takes delight to view, The holy soul he form'd anew ; And saints and angels join to sing, The growing empire of their King. HYMN 53. C. M. Joy over Conversion. 1 /^H, how divine, how sweet the joy, \_/ When but one sinner turns, And with a humble, broken heart, His sins and errors mourns ! 2 Pleas'd with the news the saints below, In songs their tongues employ ; Beyond the skies the tidings go, And heav?n is fill'd with joy. 3 Well pleas'd the Father sees and hears The conscious sinner's moan ; Jesus receives him in his arms, And claims him for his own. 4 Nor angels can their jcy contain, But kindle with new fire : " The sinner lost is found," they sing, And strike the sounding lyre. The Convert. HYMN 54. C. M. Penitential Gratitude. 1 IJ ISE, O my soul, the hours review, JTV When aw'd by guilt and fear, To Heav'n for grace thou durst not sue And found no rescue here : SO HYMN LV. LVI. LVII. B. If. 2 Thy tears are dri'd, thy griefs are fled, Dispell'd each bitter care ; For Heav'n itself has lent its aid To save thee from despair. 3 Hear, then, O God ! thy work fulfil, And, from thy mercy's throne, Vouchsafe me strength to do thy will And to resist mine own. 4 So shall my soul each pow'r employ Thy mercy to adore ; While Heav'n itself proclaims with joy — " One pardon'd sinner more !" HYMN 55. L. M. The Convert's grateful acknowledgment. 1 ly/TY soul with humble fervor raise -Lt JL To God the voice of grateful praise And ev'ry mental pow'r combine, - To bless his attributes divine. 2 Deep on my heart let mem'ry trace His acts of mercy and of grace ; Who, with a Father's tender care, Sav'd me when sinking in despair ; 3 Gave my repentant soul ro prove The joy of his forgiving love ; Pour'd balm into my bleeding breast, And led my weary feet to rest. HYMN 56. P. M. 7. Choosing the heritage of God's people. 1 X>EOPLE of the living God ! JL 1 have sought the world around, Paths of sin and sorrow trod, Peace and comfort no where found : Now to you my spirit turns, Turns, — a fugitive unblest ; Brethren where your altar burns, •Oh, receive me into rest. 2 Lonely I no longer roam, Like the cloud, the wind, the wave, Where you dwell shall be my home, Where you die shall be my grave ; Mine the God whom you adore — Your Redeemer shall be mine ; Earth can fill my soul no more, Ev'ry idol I resign. HYMN 57. L. M. The returning sinner. I |/lAR from thy fold, my God, my feet X/ Once mov'd in error's devious maze, B. II. HYMN L VIII. 31 Nor found religious duties sweet, Nor sought thy face, nor lov'd thy ways. 2 With tend'rest voice thou bad'st me flee The paths which thou could'st ne'er approve; And gently drew my soul to thee, With cords of sweet, eternal love. 3 Now to thy footstool, Lord, I fly, And low in self-abasement fall ; A vile, a helpless worm, I lie, And thou, my God, art all in all. 4 Dearer, far dearer to my heart, Than all the joys that earth can give J From fame, from wealth, from friends I'd part, Beneath thy countenance to live. 5 And when, in smiling friendship drest, Death bids me quit this mortal frame, Gently reclin'd on Jesus' breast, My latest breath shall bless his name. 6 Then my unfetter'd soul shall rise, And soar above yon starry spheres, Join the full chorus of the skies, And sing thy praise thro' endless years. . HYMN 58. P. M. 8, 7. A miracle of Grace. 1 "FT AIL, my ever blessed Jesus, XjL Only thee I wish to sing ; To my soul thy name is precious, Thou my Prophet, Priest, and King. 2 Oh, what mercy flows from heav'n, Oh, what joy and happiness ! Love I much 1 — I've much forgiv'n — I'm a miracle of grace. 3 Once, with Adam's race in ruin, Unconcern'd in sin I lay ; Swift destruction still pursuing, Till my Saviour pass'd that way. 4 Witness all ye hosts of heav'n, My Redeemer's tenderness ! Love I much 1 — I've much forgiv'n — I'm a miracle of grace. 5 Shout, ye bright angelic choir ; Praise the Lamb enthron'd above ; While, astonish'd, I admire God's free grace and boundless love. That bless'd moment Ireceiv'd him, Fill'd my soul with joy and peace J Love I much 1 — I've much forgiv'n— I'm a miracle of grace. 32 HYMN LIX. LX. LX1. B. II. HYMN 59. L. M. Distinguishing Grace acknowledged, 1 HEAR a voice that comes from far ; JL From Calvary it sounds abroad ; It soothe's my soul, and calms my fear : It speaks of pardon bought with blood. 2 And is it true, that many fly The sound that bids my soul rejoice ; And rather choose in sin to die, Than turn an ear to mercy's voice ! 3 Alas, for those ! — the day is near, When mercy will be heard no more ; Then will they ask in vain to hear The voice they would not hear before. 4 With such, I own, I once appear'd, But now 1 know how great their loss ; For sweeter sounds were never heard Than mercy utters from the cross. 5 But let me not forget to own, That if I differ aught from those, 'Tis due to sov'reign grace alone, That oft selects its proudest foes. HYMN 60. C. M. Asking the way to Zion. 1 TNQUIRE, ye pilgrims, for the way, X That leads to Zion'shill, And thither set your steady face, With a determin'd will. 2 Invite the strangers all around, Your pious march to join ; And spread the sentiments you feel Of faith and love divine. 3 Oh, come, and to his temple hasle, And seek his favor there ; Before hif> footstool humbly bow, • And pour your fervent pray'r ! 4 Oh, come, and join your souls to God In everlasting bands ; Accept the blessings he bestows, With thankful hearts and hands. HYMN61.L. M. Not ashamed of Jesus. 1 TESUS ! and shall it ever be, fj A mortal man asham'd of thee ! Asham'd of thee, whom angels praise, Whose glories shine thro' endless days. 2 Asham'd of Jesus ! — sooner far Le*. ev'ning blush to own a star : B. [I. HYMN LXI1. LXJII. S3 He sheds the beams of light divine O'er this benighted soul of mine. 3 Asham'd of Jesus !— just as soon Let midnight be ashamed of noon ; 'Tis midnight with my soul, till He, Bright morning Star, bid darkness flee. A Asham'd of Jesus ! — that dear friend, On whom my hopes of heav'n depend ! No ! when 1 blush, be this my shame, That I no more revere his name. 5 Asham'd of Jesus ! — yes I may — When I've no guilt to wash away — No tear to wipe — no good to crave — No fear to quell — no soul to save. 6 Till then — nor is my boasting vain — Till then I boast a Saviour slain ! And Oh, may this my glory be, That Christ is not asham'd of me I HYMN 62. L. M. Renewal of seff-dedi-cation. 1 f\ HAPPY day, that fix'd my choice Vy On thee, my Saviour, and my God ! Well may this glowing heart rejoice, And tell its raptures all abroad. 2 O happy bond, that seals my vows » To him, who merits all my love ! Let cheerful anthems fill his house, While to that sacred shrine I move. , 3 'Tis done : — the great transaction's done, I am my Lord's, and he is mine : He drew me — and I follow'd on — Charm'd to confess the voice divine. 4 Now rest, my lon~-divided heart, Fix'd on this blissful centre, rest ; With ashes who would grudge to part, When call'd on angels' bread to feast] 5 High heav'n, that heard the solemn vow, That vow renew'd shall daily hear : Till in life's latest hour 1 bow, And bless in death a bond so dear. HYMN 63. CM. Deliverance from evil companions. 1 FT1HE giddy world, with flatt'ring tongue, JL Had charm'd my soul astray, And lur'd my heedless feet to death, Along the flow'ry way. 2 My heart, with agonizing pray'r, Besought the Lord to save ; 30 34 HYMN LXJ V. LXV. B. II. Unseen he seiz'd my trembling hand, And brought me from the grave. 3 He broke the charm, which drew my feet To darkness and the dead : From lips profane, and tongues impure, With quiv'ring steps I fled. 4 Homeward I flew to find my God, And seek his face divine, Restor'd to peace, to hope, to life, To Zion's friends, and mine. HYMN 64. C. M. Christian Fellowship. 1 /^VUR souls, by love together knit, V^J Cemented, mixt in one, One hope, one heart, one mind, one voice, 'Tis heav'n on earth begun. 2 Our hearts have often burn'd within-, And glow'd with sacred fire, While Jesus spoke, and fed, and blest, And fill'd th' enlarged desire. 3 The little cloud increases still, The heav'ns are big with rain ; We haste to catch the teeming show'r, And all its moisture drain. 4 A rill, a stream, a torrent flows ! But pour a mighty flood ; Oh ! sweep the nations, shake the earth, 'Till all proclaim thee God. 5 And when thou mak'st thy jewels up, And sett'st thy starry crown ; When all thy sparkling gems shall shine, Proclaim'd by thee thine own ; 6 May we, a little band of love, We sinners, sav'd by grace, From glory unto glory chang'd, ' Behold thee face to face. HYMN 65. L. M. Christian Fellowship. 1 TT| OW blest the sacred tie that binds, JTl In union sweet, according minds t How swift the heav'nly course they run, Whose hearts and faith and hopes are one. . 2 To each, the soul of each how dear ! What jealous love, what holy fear I How doth the gen'rous flame within Refine from earth, and cleanse from sm I 3 Their streaming eyes together flow, For human guilt and mortal wo ; B. II HYMN LXVI. LXVII. 35 Their ardent pray'rs together rise, Likemingljngflames in saciiiice. 4 Together oft they seek the place, Where God reveals his awful face ; — At length they meet in realms above, A heav'n of joy — because of love. Salvation by Grace. HYMN 66. S. M. Salvation by Grace. 1 /~*i RACE ! 'tis a charming sound ; VI Harmonious to the ear ! . Heav'n with the echo shall resound, And all the earth shall hear. 2 Grace first contriv'd the way, To save rebellious man ; And all the steps that grace display, Which drew the wond'rous plan. 3 Grace led my roving feet To tread the heav'nly road ; And new supplies each hour, I meet, While pressing on to God. 4 Grace all the work shall crown, Through everlasting days ; It lays in heav'n the topmost stone, And well deserves the praise. HYMN 67. P. M. 11, 8. Election. ' 1 TN songs of sublime adoration and praise ; JL Ye pilgrims, for Zion who press, Break lorth and extol the great Ancient of days, His rich and distinguishing grace. 2 His love from eternity fix'dupon you, — Broke forth and discover'd its name, When each with the cords of his kindness he drew, And brought you to love his great name. 3 O, had not he pity'd the state you were in, Your bosoms his love had ne'er felt : You all would have liv'd, would have died too * in sin, And sunk with the load of your guilt. 4 What was there in you that could merit esteem, Or give the Creator delight ? Twas " Even so, Father," you ever must sing, u Because it seem'd good in thy sight." 5 Then give all the glory to his holy name, Xo him all the glory belongs ; 36 HYMN LXV1IL LXIX. B. II Be yours the high joy still to sound forth his fame, And crown him in each of your songs. HYMN 68* P. M. 11. Precious Promises. 1 TTOW firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, 11 Is laid for your faith in his excellent word-! What more can he say than to you he hath said, Who unto the Saviour f :r refuge have fled : 2 " Fear not, I am with f hee, O be not dismay'd, For I am thy God, and will still give thee aid j I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand. 3 When thro' the deep waters I call thee to go, The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow ; For I will be with thee thy troubles to bless, And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress. 4 When thro' fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, My grace all-sufficient shall be thy supply ; The flame shall not hurt thee, I only design Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine. 5 E'en down to old age, all my people shall prove My sov'reign, eternal, unchangeable love ; And then, when gray hairs shall their temples adorn, Like lambs they shall still in my bosom be borne. 6 " The soul that on Jesus hath lean'd for repose, I will not, I will not desert to his foes ; That soul, tho' all hell should endeavor to shake, I'll never — no never — no never forsake." Graces of the Spirit. HYMN 69. C. M. The Power of Faith. 1 T7VAJTH adds new charms to earthly ^bliss, J7 And saves me from its snares ; Its aid in ev'ry duty brings, And softens all my cares : 2 Extinguishes the thirst of sin, And lights the sacred fire Of love to God and heav'nly things, And feeds the pure desire. 3 The wounded conscience knows its pow'r, The healing balm to give ; That balm the saddest heart can cheer, And make the dying live. 4 Wide it unveils celestial worlds, Where deathless pleasures reign ; B. II. HYMN LXX. LXXI. 37 And bids me seek my portion there, Nor bids me seek in vain. HYMN 70. L. P. M. Confidence in the Mediator. 1 "Y7TTHEN gath'ring clouds around I view, V V And days are dark, and friends are few, On him I lean, who, not in vain, Experienc'd ev'rv human pain ; He feels my griefs, he sees my fears, And counts and treasures up my tears. 2 If aught should tempt my soul to stray From heav'nly wisdom's narrow way, To fly the good I would pursue, Or do the ill I would not do ; Still he, who felt temptation's pow'r, Shall guard me inthatdang'rous hour. 3 When vexing thoughts within me rise, And, sore dismay'd, my spirit dies ; Then he who once vouchsat'd to bear Thesick'ning anguish of despair, Shall sweetly soothe, shall gently dry, The throbbing heart, the streaming eye. 4 When sorrowing o'er some stone I bend, Which covers all that was a friend, And from his voice, his hand, his smile, Divides me for a little while ; Thou, Saviour, seest the tears I shed, For thou didst weep o'er Laz'rus dead. 5 And, oh ! when I have safely past Through ev'ry conflict but the last, Still, still unchanging, watch beside My bed of death — for thou hast died : Then point to realms of endless day, And wipe the latest tear away. HYMN 71. C. M, Love to God. \ TTAPPY the heart where graces reign, xJL Where love inspires the breast ; Love is the brightest of the train, And strengthens all the rest, 2 Knowledge, alas ! 'tis all in vain, And all in vain our fear; Our stubborn sins will fight and reign, If love be absent there. 3 'Tis love that makes our cheerful fee*. In swift obedience move ; 30* 38 HYMN LXX11. LXX1I1. LXX1V. tt. II The devils know, and tremble too ; But satan cannot love. 4 This is the grace that lives and sings, When faith and hope shall cease ; 'Tis this shall strike our joyful strings In the sweet realms of bliss. 5 Before we quite forsake our clay, Or leave this dark abode, The wings of love bear us away To see our smiling God. HYMN 72. L. M. Hatred of Sin. 1 ^~\H, could I find some peaceful bow'r V_J Where sin has neither place norpow'r; This traitor vile 1 fain would shun, But cannot from his presence run. 2 When to the throne of grace I flee. He stands between my God and me ; Where'er I rove, where'er I rest, I feel him working in my breast. 3 When I attempt to soar above, To view the heights of Jesus' love ; This monster seems to mount the skies, And veils his glory from my eyes. 4 Lord, free me from this deadly foe, Which keeps my faith and hope so low ; I long to dwell m heav'n my home, Where not one sinful thought can come. HYMN 73. S. M. Holy mourning for sin. 1 T^ID Christ o'er sinners weep '? JLJ And shall our cheeks be dry 1 Let floods of penitential grief Burst forth from ev'ry eye. 2 The Son of God in tears, Angels with wonder see ! Be thou astonish'd, O my soul, He shed those tears for thee. 3 He wept, that we might weep ; Each sin demands a tear : In heav'n alone no sin is found, And there's no weeping there. HYMN 74. P.M. 6,8. Spiritual Peace. 1 /~10ME heav'nly peace of mind, Ky 1 sigh for thy return ,* 1 seek, but cannot find The joys for which I mourn ; B. JI. HYMN LXXV. 89 Ah ! where's the Saviour now, Whose smiles I once possess'd t Till he return, 1 bow, By heaviest grief oppress'd ; My days of happiness are gone, And I am left to weep alone. 2 I tried each earthly charm — In pleasure's haunts I stray'd — 1 sought its soothing balm — I ask'd the world its aid ; But ah ! no balm it had To heal a wounded breast, And I forlorn and sad, Must seek another rest ; My days of happiness are gone, And I am left to weep alone. 3 Where can the mourner go, And tell his tale of grief? Ah ! who can soothe his woe, And give him sweet relief? Thou Jesus ? can'st impart, By thy long wish'd return, Ease to this wounded heart, And bid me cease to mourn ; Then shall this night of sorrow flee, And I rejoice, my Lord, in thee. HYMN 75. S. M. G Confidence and submission. IVE to the winds thy fears ; Hope, and be undismay'd ; God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears, God shall lift up thy head. 2 Through waves, and cloud?, and storms, He gently clears thy way ; Wait thou his time ; so shall the night Soon end in joyous day. 3 He ev'ry where hath Sway, And all things serve his might ; His ev'ry act pure blessing is — His path unsullied light. 4 When he makes bare his arm, What shall his work withstand 1 When he his people's cause defends, Who, who shall stay his hand ? 5 Leave to his sov'reign sway To choose, and to command ; With wonder fill'd, thou then shalt own How wise, how strong his hand. 40 HYMN LXXVI. LXXVII. B. II 6 Thou comprehend'st him not, Yet earth, and heav'n tell, God sits as sov'reign on the throne — He ruleth all things well. HYMN 76. S. M. Heavenly Joy on Earth, 1 f*i OME, we who love the Lord, vy And let our joys be known ; Join in the song with sweet accord, And thus surround the throne — £ Let those refuse to sing, Who never knew our God ; But fav'rites of the heav'nly King Should speak their joys abroad. 3 The men of grace have found Glory begun below, Celestial fruits on earthly ground, From faith and hope may grow^ 4 The hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweets, Before we reach the heav'nly fields, Or walk the golden streets. b Then let our songs abound, And every tear be dry ; We're marching thro' Immanuel's ground To fairer worlds on high. HYMN 77. C. M. Hope in Trouble. 1 "TTTTHEN musing sorrow weeps the past, V V And mourns the present pain, 'Tis sweet to think of peace at last, And feel that death is gain. 2 'Tis not that murm'ring thoughts arise, And dread a Father's will ; 'Tis not that meek submission flies, And would not suffer still. 3 It is that heav'n-born faith surveys The path that leads to light, And longs her eagle plumes to raise, And lose herself in sight. 4 It is that hope with ardor glows, To see him face to face, Whose dying love no language knows Sufficient art to trace. 5 It is that harass'd conscience feels The pangs of struggling sin ; And sees, though far, the hand that healg, And ends the strife within. B. 11. HYMN LXXVIII. LXXIX. 41 6 O let me wing my hallow'd flight, From earth-born woe and care ; And soar above these clouds of night, My Saviour's bliss to share. HYMN 78. P. M. 7. Self-Exavi in at ion. 1 T I MS a point I long to know, JL Oft it causes anxious thought : — Do I love the Lord, or no 1 Am I his, or am I not ? 2 If I love,why am I thus 7 Why this dull, this lifeless frame ? Hardly, sure, can they be worse, Who have never heard his name. 3 Could my heart so hard remain, Pray'r a task and burden prove — Every trifle give me pain — If I knew a Saviour's love ? 4 When I turn my eyes within, All is dark, and vain, and wild; Fill'd with unbelief and sin — Can I deem myself a child 1 6 If I pray, or hear, or read, Sin is mix'd with all I do ; You who love the Lord indeed, Tell me — is it so with you. 6 Yet I mourn my stubborn will, Find my sin a grief and thrall ; Should I grieve for what I feel, Ii I did not love at all? 7 Could 1 joy his saints to meet, Choose the ways I once abhorr'd — Find, at times, the promise sweet, If I did not love the Lord 1 8 Lord, decide the doubtful case ! Thou who art thy people's sun ; Shine upon thy work of grace, If it be indeed begun. 9 Let me love thee more and more, If I love at all, I pray ; If I have not lov'd before; Help me to begin to-day. HYMN 79. L. M. Seeking rest in God. 1 T> ETURN, my soul, unto thy recst, JLV From vain pursuits, and madd'ninp* cares. From lonely woes that wring thy breast, The world's allurements, Satan's snares. 42 HYMN LXXX. LXXXI. B. II 2 Return unto thy rest, my soul, From all the wand'rings of thy thought ; From sickness unto death made whole, Safe through a thousand perils brought. 3 Then to thy rest, my soul, return, From passions ev'ry hour at strife. Sin's works, and ways, and wages spurn — Lay hold upon eternal life. 4 God is thy rest, with heart inclined To keep his word, that word believe ; Christ is thy rest, — with lowly mind, His light, and easy yoke receive. The Christian Life. HYMN 80. L. M. Indwelling Sin. 1 "TICTHAT jarring natures dwell within V V Imperfect grace, remaining sin ! Not this can reign, nor that prevail, Tho' each by turns my heart assail. 2 Now 1 complain, and groan, and die : Now raise my songs of triumph high ; Sing a rebellious passion slain, Or mourn to feel it live again. 3 One happy hour beholds me rise, Borne upwards to my native skies : When faith assists my soaring flight, To realms of joy, and worlds of light. 4 Scarce a few hours or minutes roll, Ere earth reclaims my captive soul j I feel its sympathetic force, And headlong urge my downward course. 5 How short the joys thy visits give ! How long thine absence, Lord, I grieve ! What clouds obscure my rising sun, Or interrupt its rays at noon ! 6 Great God, assist me through the fight, Make me to triumph in thy might ; Thou the desponding heart can'st raise, The vict'ry mine, and thine the praise. HYMN 81. S. M. Conflict between Sin and Grace, 1 T WOULD, but cannot sing, JL I would, but cannot pray ; For satan meets me when 1 try, And frights my soul away. 2 I would, but can't repent, Though I endeavor oft \ B. II. HYMN LXXXIt. 43 This stony heart can ne'er relent, Till Jesus makes it soft. 3 I would, but cannot love, Though woo'd by love divine ; No arguments have pow'r to move A soul so base as mine. 4 I would, but cannot rest In God's most holy will ; I know what he appoints is best, Yet murmur at it still. 5 O could I but but believe ! Then all would easy be : J-Would, but cannot — Lord, relieve, My help must come from thee ! 6 But if indeed I would. Though I can nothing do ; Yet the desire is something good, For which my praise is due. 7 By nature prone to ill, Till thine appointed hour, I was as destitute of will As now 1 am of pow'r. 8 Wilt thou not crown at length The work thou hast begun ? And with a will afford me strength, In all thy ways to run 1 HYMN 82. P. M. 7. In temptation Jlying to Christ, 1 TESUS, lover of my soul, *J Let me to thy bosom fly, While the billows near me roll, While the tempest still is high; Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, Till the storm of life be past ; Safe into the haven guide, Oh, receive my soul at last 1 2 Other refuge have I none, Lo ! I helpless, hang on thee : Leave, Oh, leave me not alone, Lest I basely shrink and flee : Thou art all my trust and aid, All my help from thee I bring ; Cover my defenceless head With the shadow of thy wing! 3 Thou, O Christ, art all I want ; Boundless love in thee I find: Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, Heal the sick, and lead the blind. 44 HYMN LXXXIII. LXXXIV. B. II. Just and holy is thy name ; I am all unrighteousness, Vile and full of sin I am ; Thou art full of truth and grace. 4 Plenteous grace with thee is found, Grace to pardon all my sin ; Let the healing streams abound, Make and keep me pure within. Thou of life the fountain art, Freely let me take of thee : Reign, O Lord, within my heart, Reign to all eternity, HYMN 83. C. M. In distress pleading with God. 1 /~\H, that 1 knew the secret place, V_J Where I might find my God ! I'd spread my wants before his face, And pour my woes abroad. 2 Pd tell him how my sins arise, What sorrows I sustain ; How grace decays, and comfort dies, And leaves my heart in pain. 3 He knows what arguments Pd take To wrestle with my God ; Pd plead for his own mercy's sake, And for my Saviour's blood. 4 My God will pity my complaints, And heal my broken bones ; He takes the meaning of his saints, The language of their groans. 5 Arise, my soul, from deep distress, And banish ev'ry fear ; He calls thee to his throne of grace, To spread thy sorrows there. HYMN 84. P. M. 7. In Darkness. 1 /^VNCE I thought my mountain strong, V>J Firmly fix'd no more to move ; Then my Saviour was my song, Then my soul was fill'd with love ; Those were happy, golden days, Sweetly spent in pray'r and praise. 2 Little, then, myself I knew, Little thought of satan's pow'r ; Now I feel my sins anew ; Now I feel the stormy hour ! Sin has put my joys to flight ; Sin has turn'd my d~y to night. B. 2.HYMN LXXXV. LXXXV1. LXXXVII. 45 3 Saviour, shine and cheer my soul, Bid my dying hopes revive ; Make my wounded spirit whole, Far away the tempter drive ; Speak the word and set me free, Let me live alone to thee. HYMN 85. CM. Making God a refuge in trouble* 1 ' [~\EAR refuge of my weary soul, JL/ On thee, when sorrows rise, On thee, when waves of trouble roll, My fainting hope relics. 2 To thee I tell each rising grief, For thou alone can'st heal ; Thy word can bring a sweet relief For ev'ry pain I feel. 3 But O ! when gloomy doubts prevail, I fear to call thee mine ; The springs of comfort seem to fail, And all my hopes decline. 4 Yet gracious God, where shall I flee ? Thou art my only trust ; And still my soul would cleave to thee, Tho' prostrate in the dust. HYMN 86. P. M. 7. The Christian Pilgrim encouraged. 1 "pILGRIM, burden'd with thy sin, JL Haste to Zion's gate to-day ; There, till mercy let thee in, Knock, and weep, and watch, and pray, 2 Knock — for mercy lends an ear ; Weep — she marks the sinner's sigh j Watch — till heav'nly light appear ; Pray — she hears the mourner's cry. 3 Mourning Pilgrim ! what for thee In this world can now remain 1 Seek that world from which shall flee Sorrow, shame, and tears and pain. 4 Sorrow shall forever fly ; Shame shall never enter there ; Tears be wip'd from ev'ry eye ; Pain in endless bliss expire. HYMN 87. P. M. 8, 7, 4, Hope encouraged. 1 /^V MY soul, what means this sadness 7 \J Wherefore art thou thus cast down t Let thy griefs be turn'd to gladness ,* Bid thy restless fears begone ; 31 : 46 HYMN LXXXV11I. B. U- Look to Jesus, And rejoice in his dear name. 2 What though Satan's strong temptations Vex and grieve thee day by day ; And thy sinful inclinations Often fill thee with dismay ; Thou shalt conquer — Thro' the Lamb's redeeming blood. 3 Tho' ten thousand ills beset thee, From without and from within ; Jesus saith he'll ne'er forget thee ; But will save from heli and sin ; He is faithful To perform his gracious word. 4 Tho' distresses now attend thee, And thou tread'st the thorny road ; His right hand shall still defend thee ; Soon he'll bring thee home to God \ Therefore praise him — Praise the great Redeemer's name. 5 Oh, that I could now adore him, Like the heav'nly hosts above, Who forever bow before him, And unceasing sing his love ! Happy songsters ! When shalt I your chorus join 1 HYMN 88. L. M. Darkness Removed. 1 "T7T7"HEN darkness long has veil'd my mind, V T And smiling day once more appears ; Then, my Redeemer ! then I find The folly of my doubts and fears. 2 1 chide my unbelieving heart ; And blush that I should ever be Thus prone to act so base a part, Or harbor one hard thought of thee. 3 O, let me then, at length, be taught (What I am still so slow to learn,) That God is love and changes not, Nor knows the shadow of a turn. 4 Sweet truth and easy to repeat ; But when my faith is sharply tried, I find myself a learner yet, — Unskilful, weak, and apt to slide. 5 But, O my Lord, one look from thee Subdues the disobedient will ; Drives doubt and discontent away, And thy rebellious worm is still- B. n. HYMN LXXXIX. XC. XCI. 47 6 Thou art as ready to forgive, As 1 am ready to repine ; Thou therefore all the praise receive ; Be shame and self abhorrence mine. HYMN 89. L. M. Life and Safety in Christ alone. 1 rTlHOU only Sov'reign of my heart, JL My refuge, my Almighty Friend : And can my soul from thee depart, On whom alone my hopes depend 1 2 Whither, ah ! whither shall I go, A wretched wand'rer from my Lord 1 . Can this dark world of sin and wo, One glimpse of happiness afford '? 3 Thy Name my inmost pow'rs adore ; Thou art my life, my joy, my care ; Depart from thee ! — 'tis death — 'tis more, 'Tis endless ruin — deep despair ! 4 Low at thy feet my soul would lie ; Here safety dwells, and peace divine ; Still let me live beneath thine eye, For life, eternal life is thine. HYMN 90. C. M. Love to the creature dangerous. 1 TTOW vain are all things here below ! XT!- How false, and yet how fair I Each pleasure has its poison too, And every sweet a snare. 2 The brightest things below the sky Give but a flatt'ring light ,* We should suspect some danger nigh, Where we possess delight. 3 Our dearest joys, and nearest friends, The partners of our blood, How they divide our wav'ring minds, And leave but half lor God. 4 The fondness of a creature's love, How strong it strikes the sense ! Thither the warm affections move, Nor can we call them thence. 5 Dear Saviour, let thy beauties be My soul's eternal food ; And grace command my heart away From all created good. HYMN 91. S. M. Watchfulness and Prayer. 1 "TV/TY soul be on thy guard ; jLyJL Ten thousand foes arise ; 48 HYMN XCII. XCIII. B. II. And hosts of sins are pressing hard, To draw thee from the skies. 2 Oh, watch, and fight, and pray, The battle ne'er give o'er ; Renew it boldly every day, And help divine implore. 3 Ne'er think the vict'ry won, Nor once at ease sit down : Thy arduous work will not be done, Till thou hast got thy crown. HYMN 92. L. M. Warning against slothfuiness* 1 f~\ ISRAEL to thy tents repair; V>J Why thus secure on hostile ground! Thy Lord commands thee to beware, For many foes thy camp surround. 2 The trumpet gives a martial strain % O Israel ! gird thee for the right ; Arise, the combat to maintain ; Arise, and put thy foes to flight. 3 O ! sleep not thou as others do ; Awake, be vigilant, be brave ; The coward, and the sluggaid too, Must wear the fetters of the slave, 4 A nobler lot is cast for thee, A crown awaits thee in the skies ! With such a hope sha'l Israel flee, And yield through weariness the prize 1 5 No ! let a careless world repose, And slumber on through life's short day, While Israel to the conflict goes, And bears the glorious prize away. HYMN 93. C. M. Running the Christian race. 1 A WAKE, my soul ! stretch every nerve, x\_ And press with vigor on : A heav'nly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown. 2 'Tis God's all animating voice That calls thee from on high : 'Tis his own hand presents the prize To thine aspiring eye. 3 A cloud of witnesses around Hold thee in full survey ; Forget the steps already trod, And onward urge thy way. 4 Bless'd Saviour ! introduc'd by thee, Have we our race begun ; B. II. HYMN XCIV\ XCV. 49 And crown'd with vict'ry, at thy feet We'll lay our laurels down. HYMN 94. P. M. 8, 7, 4. The Pilgrim's Guide. 1 f~^ UIDE me, O thou great Jehovah, V_X Pilgrim, thro' this barren land; 1 am weak, but thou art mighty, Hold me with thy powerful hand : Bread of heaven, Feed me till I want no more. 2 Open thou the crystal fountain, Whence the healing streams do flow : Let the fiery, cloudy pillar Lead me all my journey through : Strong deliv'rer, Be thou still my strength and shield. 3 When I tread the verge of Jordan, Bid my anxious fears subside : Death ofdeath, and hell's destruction, Land me safe on Canaan's side : Songs of praises I will ever give to thee. HYMN 95. P. M. 8, 7. Forsaking all to follow Christ. 1 TESUS, I my cross have taken, *J All to leave, and follow thee ; Naked, poor, despis'd, forsaken, Thou from hence my all shaltbe. Perish ev'ry fond ambition, All I've sought, or hop'd or known ; Yet how rich is my condition, God, and heav'n are still my own. 2 Let the world despise, and leave me ; They have left my Saviour too ; Human hearts, and looks deceive me, Thou art not like them untrue ; And whilst thou shalt smile upon me, God of wisdom, love, and might, Foes may hate, and friends disown me, Show thy face, and all is bright. 3 Go then, earthly fame, and treasure, Come disaster, scorn and pain ; In thy service, pain is pleasure. With thy favor, loss is gain. I have call'd thee Abba, father, I have set my heart on thee : Storms may howl, and clouds may gather, All must work for good to me. 3i* BO HYMN XCVI. XCVII. B. fl 4 Man may trouble and distress me, 'Twill but drive me to thy breast ; Life with trials hard may press me, Heav'n will bring me sweeter rest. Oh ! 'tis not in grief to harm me ; While thy love is left to me ; Oh ! t'were not in joy to charm me, Were that joy unmix'd with thee. 5 Soul, then know thy full salvation ; Rise o'er sin, and fear and care ; Joy to find in every station, Something still to do, or bear. Think what spirit dwells within thee, Think what Father's smiles are thine, Think that Jesus died to win thee ; Child of Heav'n, can'st thou repine ? 6 Haste thee on from grace to glory, Arm'd by faith, and wing'd by pray'r : Heav'n's eternal day's before thee, God's own hand shall guide thee there. Soon shall close thy earthly mission, Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days; Hope shall change to glad fruition, Faith to sight, and pray'r to praise. HYMN 96. P. M. 7. The three Mountains. 1 "Y'TTHEN on Sinai's top I see V V God descend in majesty, To proclaim his holy law, All my spirit sinks with awe. 2 When in ecstacy sublime, Tabor's glorious steep 1 climb, At the too transporting light, Darkness rushes o'er my sight. 3 When on Calvary I rest, God in flesh made manifest, Shines in my Redeemer's face, Full of beauty, truth, and grace, 4 Here I would forever stay, Weep, and gaze my soul away, Thou art heav'n on earth to me, Lovely, mournful Calvary. HYMN 97. P. M. 7. Gethsemane. I "]%/TANY woes had Christ endured, J.? JL Many sore temptations met, Patient, and to pains inur?d j But the forest trial yet B. II. HYMN XCVIII. 51 Was to be sustained in thee, Gloomy, sad Gethsemane. 2 Came at length the dreadful night, Vengeance with its iron rod Stood, and with collected might, Bruis'd the harmless Lamb ot' God : See, my soul, the Saviour see ; Prostrate in Gethsemane. 3 There my God bore all my guilt, This thro' grace can be believed ; But the torments which he felt Are too vast to be conceived ; None can penetrate through thee, Doleful, dark Gethsemane. 4 All my sins against my God, All my sins against his laws, All my sins against his blood, All my sins against hiscause, Sins as boundless as the sea; Hide me, O Gethsemane. 5 Here's my claim, and here alone ; None a Saviour more can need ; Deeds of righteousness I've none ; Not a work that I can plead ; Not a glimpse of hope lor me, Only in Gethsemane. 6 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, One Almighty God of love : Frais'd by all the heav'nly host In thy shining courts above ; We poor sinners, GraciousThree, Praise thee for Gethsemane. HYMN 98. P. M. 8, 7. . Sitting at the foot of the Cross. 1 ^< WEET the moments, rich in blessing, ►^ Which before the Cross I spend, Life, and health, and peace possessing From the sinners dying friend. 2 Here I'll sit forever viewing Mercy's streams in streams of blood ; Precious drops ! my soul bedewing, Plead, and claim my peace with God. 3 Truly blessed in this station, Low before his Cross to lie ; While I see divine compassion Floating in his languid eye. 4 Here it is I find my heaven, While upon the Cross I gaze • 52 HYMN XCIX. C. B. tt Love I much ! I've more forgiven ; I'm a miracle of grace. 5 Love, and grief my heart dividing, With my tears, his feet I'll bathe, Constant still in faith abiding, Life deriving from his death. 6 May I still enjoy this feeling, In all need to Jesus go ; Prove his wounds each day more healing, And himself more fully know. HYMN 99. S. M. Weak believers comforted. 1 "\7"OUR harps, ye trembling saints, X Down from the willows take j Loud to the praise of love divine, Bid every string awake. 2 Though in a foreign land, We are not far trom home, And nearer to our home above, We ev'ry moment come. 3 His grace will to the end, Stronger and brighter shine : Nor present things, nor things to come Shall quench the love divine. 4 When we in darkness walk, Nor feel the heav'nly flame ; Then is the time to trust our God, And rest upon his name. 5 Soon shall our doubts, and fears, Subside at his control ; His loving kindness shall break through The midnight of the soul. 6 Bless'd is the man, O God, That stays himself on thee ! Who waits for thy salvation, Lord, Shall thy salvation see. HYMN 100. P.M. 7. Rejoicing' in hope, 1 /CHILDREN ofthe heav'nly king, V_^ As ye journey, sweetly sing ; Sing your Saviour's worthy praise, Glorious in his works and ways. 2 Ye are traveling home to God In the way the lathers trod, They are happy now, and ye Soon their happiness shall see. 3 Shout, ye little flock, and blest, You near Jesus' throne shall rest s B. II. HYMN CI. CII. 53 There your seats are now pr<*par'd, There your kingdom and reward. 4 Fear not, brethren, joyful stand On the borders of your land : Jesus Christ, your Father's son, Bids }rou undismay'd, go on. 5 Lord ! submissive make us go, Gladly leaving all below : Only thou our Leader be, And we stiil will follow thee. HYMN 101. P. M. 7. Redeeming Lore. 1 "IVTOW begin the heav'nly theme, 1_\ Sing aloud in Jesus' name ; Ye, who Jesus' kindness prove ; Triumph in redeeming love. 2 Ye, who see the Father's grace, Beaming in the Saviour's face, As to Canaan on ye move, Fraise and bless redeeming love. 3 Mourning souls, dry up your tears, Banish all your guilty fears, See your guilt, and curse remove, Cancell'd by redeeming love. 4 Ye, alas ! who long have been Willing slaves of death and sin ! Now from bliss no longer rove, Stop, and taste redeeming love. 5 Welcome, all by sin oppressed — Welcome to his sacred rest : Nothing brought him from above, Nothing, but redeeming love, 6 Hither, then, your music bring, Strike aloud each joyful string ; Mortals, join the hosts above — Join to praise redeeming love. HYMN 102. P. M. 7, 6. Divine light breaking into the Send. 1 SOMETIMES a light surprises ►^ The Christian while he sings; It is the Lord who rises, With healing on his wings ; When comforts are declining, He grants the soul again A season of clear shining, To cheer it after rain. 2 In holy contemplation, We sweetly then pursue 54 HYMN CIIL B. II. The theme of God's salvation, And find it ever new : Set free from present sorrow, We cheerfully can say, Let the unknown to-morrow Bring with it what it may. 3 It can bring with it nothing, But He will bear us thro', — Who gives the lilies clothing, Will clothe his people too : Beneath the spreading heavens, No creature but is fed ; And he who feeds the ravens, Will give his children bread. 4 Tho' vine nor fig-tree either, Their wonted fruit should bear, Tho' all the fields should wither, Nor flocks nor herds be there ; - Yet God the same abiding, His praise shall tune my voice ; For while in him confiding, I cannot but rejoice. ! HYMN 103. L. P. M. The Christian Israel. 1 FTHHUS far on life's perplexing path, JL Thus far, thou Lord our steps hast led ; Snatch'd from the world's pursuing wrath, Unharm'd though floods hung o'er our head : Like ransom'd Israel on the shore, Here then we pause, look back, adore. 2 Strangers, and pilgrims here below, Like all our fathers in their day, We to the land of promise go, Lord by thiite own appointed way ,• Still guide, illumine, cheer our flignt, In cloud by day, in fire by night. 3 Safety thy presence is, and rest, While, as the eagle o'er her brood, Flutters her pinions, stirs the nest, Covers, defends, provides them food, Bears on her wings, instructs to fly, — Thy love prepares us for the sky, 4 Protect us through the wilderness, From fiery serpents, plague, and foe; With bread from heav'n thy people bless, And living streams where'er we go ; Nor let our rebel hearts repine, Or follow any voice but thine. B. II. HYMN CIV. CV. 55 5 Thy holy law to us proclaim, But not from Sinai's top alone ; Hid in th* rock-cleft, be thy name, Thy pow'r and all thy goodness shown ; And may we never bow the knee, Or worship any God but thee. 6 When we have number'd all our years, And stand at length on Jordan's brink, Though the flesh fail with mortal fears, O let not then the spirit sink : But strong in faith, and hope, and love, Plunge through the stream to rise above. HYMN 104. C. M. Impatience for death sinful. 1 "\7C7"HY thus impatient to be gone 1 V V Such wishes breathe no more ; Let him who lock'd thy spirit in, When meet, unbolt the door. 2 Why would'st thou snatch the victor's palm, Before the conquest's won 1 Or wish to seize th' immortal prize, Ere yet the race is run 1 3 Inglorious wish,to haste away And leave thy work undone ! To serve thy Lord will please no less, Than praising round the throne. 4 While thou art standing in the field, For bliss thou'lt riper grow ; Then wait the Lord's appointed time, Till he shall bid thee go. HYMN 105. P.M. The affections detached from Earth, and aspiring t& Heaven. WOULD not live alway : 1 ask not to stay Where storm after storm rises dark o'er the way ; The few lurid mornings that dawn on us here, Are enough for life's woes, full enough for its cheer. 2 I would not live alway, thus fetter'd by sin ; Temptation without and corruption within : E'en the rapture of pardon is mingled with fears, And the cup of thanksgiving with penitent tears. 3 I . would not live alway : no — welcome the tomb, Since Jesus hath lain there, I dread not its . gloom ; - - - I 56 HYMN CVI. CVI1. B. II There, sweet be my rest, till he bid me arise To hail him in triumph descending the skies. 4 Who, who would live alway, away from his God ; Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode, Where the rivers of pleasure flow o'er th^ bright plains, And the noontide of glory eternally reigns : 5 Where the saints of all ages in harmony meet, Their Saviour and brethren, transported to greet : While the anthems of rapture unceasingly roll, And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul ! HYMN 106. C. M. Passage through Life. 1 "\7K7~E seek a rest beyond the skies, TT In everlasting day ; Through floods and flames the passage lies, But Jesus guards the way. 2 The swelling flood, and raging flame, Hear, and obey his word ; Then let us triumph in his name, Our Saviour is the Lord. HYMN 107. P. M. 11. The Pilgrim of Zion. 1 QJ AD pilgrim of Zion, tho' chasten'd awhile, O Thro' this dark vale of tears, hope bids thee to smile ; Far spent is the night ; — see approaching the day That calls thee from sorrow, and sighing away. 2 No tear of repentance, nor wave of the storm, Not a cloud shall e'er darken the light of that morn, Where thy sun sets no more, but forever shall shine, Unsullied in beauty, in glory divine. 3 White thy robe, wash'd in blood, the price that was giv'n, To redeem thee from earth, and raise thee to heav'n ; f Where love blooms in peace, and blest joys feast thy sight, Where God is thy Glory, the Lord thy delight. 4 O pilgrim, till then be thou instant in pray'r, Life's sorrows, and pains thy Redeemer will bear; Reposing in death, still the love that ne'er dies, Sheds light to conduct thee in peace to the skies. B. II. HYMN CVIII. CtX. 67 HYMN 108. P. M. 7, 6. Breathing after Heaven. 1 TJ ISE, my soul, and stretch thy wings, X\ Thy fetter portion trace ; Rise from transitory things, Tow'rd heav'n, thy native place. Sun, and moon, and stars decay — Time shall soon this earth remove ; Rise my soul, and haste away To seats prepar'd above. 2 Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course : Fires ascending seek the sun, Both speed them to their source ; So a soul that's born of God, Pants to view his glorious face ; Upward tends to his abode, To rest in his embrace. 3 Fly me riches, fly me cares, While I that coast explore ; Flatt'ring world, with all thy snares, Solicit me no more. Pilgrims fix not here their home, Strangers tarry but a night ; When the last dear morn is come, They'll rise to joyful light. 4 Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn, Press onward to the prize ; Soon the Saviour will return, Triumphant in the skies : There we'll join the heav'nly train, Welcome 'dtopartakethe bliss ; Fly from sorrow and from pain, To realms of endless peace. HYMN 109. C. M. The hope of Heaven supporting. 1 "Y^TTHHEN I can read my title clear » ▼ To mansions in the skies, I bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes. 2 Should earth against my soul engage, And hellish darts be hurl'd, Then I can smile at satan's rage, And face a frowning world. 3 Let cares, like a wild deluge come, And storms of sorrow fall ; May 1 but safely reach my home, My Godf my heav'n. my all : 33 65 HYMN CX. CXI. B. II 4 There shall I bathe my weary soul In seas of heav'nly rest ; And not a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast. HYMN no. C. P M. The heavenly prospect. 1 X> EJOICING now in glorious hope, Xi We stand, and from the mountain top, View all the land below ; Rivers of milk and honey rise, And nil the fruits of Paradise In endless plenty grow. 2 A land where sin shall ne'er invade, Nor doubts shall cast a gloomy shade, With ev'ry blessing crown'd ; There dwells the Lord our righteousness, And keeps his own in perfect peace, , And all his praise resound. 3 May we this better land possess, When in this howling wilderness, No longer we shall rove, — Lord, help us humbly to rejoice, In hope we there shall hear thy voice, And sing redeeming love. Worship. HYMN ill. L. M. The Mercy Seat. 1 T7IROM ev'ry stormy wind that blows, _I? From ev'ry swelling tide of woes, There is a calm, a sure retreat, 'Tis found beneath the mercy seat. 2 There is a place, where Jesus sheds The oil of gladness on our heads ; A place than all besides more sweet, It is the blood-bought mercy seat. 3 There is a scene, where spirits blend, Where friend holds fellowship with friend ; Though sunder'd far, by faith they meet, Around one common mercy seat. 4 Ah ! whither cruld we flee for aid, When tempted, desolate, dismay 'dl Or how the hosts of hell defeat, Had suffring saints no mercy seat ? 5 There, there on eagle's wings we soar, And sin, and sense seem all no more ; And heav'n comes down our souls to greet, And glory crowns the mercy seat. B. II. HYMN CXII.CXIII. 69 6 O, let my hand forget her skill, My tongue be silent, cold and still, This bounding heart forget to beat, If I forget the mercy seat. HYMN 112. C. M. Preparation for Prayer. 1 ORD, teach us how to pray arignt, JLi With rev'rence, and with fear, Though dust and ashes in thy sight, We may, we must draw near. 2 God of all grace, we come to thee, With broken, contrite hearts ; Give what thine eyes delight to see, Truth in the inward parts. 3 Give deep humility — the sense Of godly sorrow give ; A strong desiring confidence To hear thy voice, and live : — 4 Faith in the only sacrifice That can for sin atone ; To cast our hopes, to fix our eyes, On Christ, on Christ alone ; — 5 Patience to watch, and wait, and weep, Though mercy long delay ; Courage our fainting souls to keep, And trust thee though thou slay. 6 Give these, and then thy will be done, Thus strengthen'd with all might, * We by thy Spirit, and thy Son, Shall pray, and pray aright. HYMN 113. C. M. The nature of prayer. 1 TTJRAY'R is the soul's sincere desire, XT Utter'd or unexpress'd ; The motion of a hidden fire, That trembles in the breast. 2 Pray'r is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear ; • The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near. 3 Pr£y'r is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try ; Pray t the sublimest strains that reach The majesty on high. 4 Pr^y'r is the Christian's vital breath, The Christian's native air, The watch-word at the gates of death :— He enters heav'n with pray'r. 60 HYMN CXI V.CXV. B. II. 5 Pray'r is the contrite sinner's voice, Returning from his ways ; While angels in their songs rejoice, And cry, " Behold, he prays !" 6 In pray'r, on earth, the saints are one ; They're one in word and mind; When with the Father and the Son, Sweet fellowship they find. 7 O thou, by whom we come to God, The life, the truth, the way, The path of pray'r thyself hast trod; Lord, teach us how to pray. HYMN 114, L. M. Worshipping Jesus. 1 OOFT be the gently breathing notes, ^ That sing the Saviour's dying love ; Soft as the ev'ning zephyr floats. Soft as the tuneful lyres above. 2 Soft as the morning dews descend, While the sweet lark exulting soars; So soft to your Almighty Friend, Be ev'ry sigh your bosom pours. 3 Pure as the sun's enliv'ning ray, That scatters life and joy abroad ; Pure as the lucid car of day, That wide proclaims its Maker, God. 4 True as the magnet to the pole, So true let your contrition be- So true let all your sorrows roll, To Him who bled upon the tree. HYMN 115. C. M. Habitual devotion, 1 "¥X7"HILST thee I seek, protecting Power 1 ww Be my vain wishes still'd ; And may this consecrated hour With better hopes be fill'd. 2 Thy love the pow'r of thought bestow'd, To thee my thoughts would soar : Thy mercy o'er my life has flow'd : That mercy I adore. £ In each event of life, how clear Thy ruling hand I see ! Each blessing to my soul most dear, Because conferr'd by thee. 4 In ev'ry joy that crowns my days, In ev'ry pain I bear, My heart shall find delight in praise, Or seek relief in pray'r. B. II. HYMN CXVI. CXV1I. CVIU. 61 5 When gladness wings my favor'd hour, Thy love my thoughts shall fill : Resign'd, when storms of sorrow low'r, My soul shall meet thy will. 6 My lifted eye, without a tear, The gath'ring storm shall see ; My steadfast heart shall know no fear ; That heart will rest on thee. HYMN 116. CM. The devout request. 1 TjlATHER, whate'er of earthly bliss, JO Thy sovereign will denies, Accepted at thy throne of grace, Let this petition rise : 2 " Give me a calm, a thankful heart, From ev'ry murmur free ; The blessings of thy grace impart, And make me live to t^ee. 3 " Let the sweet hope that I am thine, My life and death attend ; Thy presence thro* my journey shine, And crown my journey's end." HYMN 117. C. M. Retirement. 1 TT^AR from the world, O Lord, I flee, J? From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree : And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. 3 Then if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace and joy and love, She there communes with God ! 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise. HYMN 118. C. M. Evening twilight. 1 ' LOVE to steal awhile away JL From ev'ry cumb'ring care, And spend the hours of setting day, In humble, grateful pray'r. t I love in solitude to shed i The penitential tear, 6* HYMN CXIX. CXX. B. II. And all His promises to plead, Where none but God can hear. 3 1 love to think on mercies past, And future good implore, And all my cares and sorrows cast On Him whom I adore. 4 I love by faith to take a view Of brighter scenes in heav'n ; The prospect doth my strength renew, While here by tempests driv'n. 5 Thus when life's to'lsome day is o'er, May its departing ray Be calm as this impressive hour, And lead to endless day. HYMN 119. C. M. Evening worship. 1 f\ LORD, another day has flown,' v_x And we, a lonely band, Arc met once more before thy throne, To bless thy fost'ring hand. 2 And wilt thou bend a listening ear, To praises low as ours ? Thou wilt ! for thou dost love to hear The song which meekness pours. 3 And Jesus, thou thy smiles wilt deign, As we before thee pray ; For thou didst bless the infant train, And we are less than they. 4 O let thy grace perform its part, And let contention cease ; And shed abroad in ev'ry heart Thine everlasting peace ! 5 Thus chasten'djdeans'd, entirely thine, A flock by Jesus led ; The sun of holiness shall shine, In glory on our head. 6 And thou wilt turn our wand'ring feet, And thou wilt bless our way : Till worlds shall fade, and faith shall greet The dawn of lasting day. HYMN 120. L. M. Family worship. 1 T7UTHER of all, thy care we bless, X- Which crowns our families with peace; From thee they spring, and by thy hand, They have been, and are still sustain'd. 2 To God, most worthy to be prais'd , Be our domestic altars rais'd ; B. II. HYMN CXXI. CXXII. 63 Who, Lord of heav'n, scorns not to dwell With saints,, in their obscurest cell. 3 To thee may each united house, Morning and night present its vows ; Our servants there, and rising race, Be taught thy precepts and thy grace. 4 Oh, may each future age proclaim The honors of thy glorious name ; While pleas'd and thankful, we remove To join the family above. HYMN 121. P. M. 7. Saturday evening. 1 ^< AFELY through another week, ^ God has brought us on our way ; Let us now a blessing seek On th' approaching Sabbath day : Day of all the week the best, Emblem of eternal rest. 2 Mercies multiplied each hour, Through the week,our praise demand : Guarded by Almighty pow'r, Fed, and guided by his hand : Though ungrateful we have been, Only made returns of sin. 3 While we pray for pard'ning grace, Through the dear Redeemer's name, Show thy reconciled face, Shine away cur sin, and shame. From our worldly care set *ree, May we rest this night with thee. 4 When the morn shall bid us rise, May we feel thy preserce near ! May thy glory meet our eyes, When we in thy house appear. There afford us, Lord, a taste Of our everlasting feast. 5 May thy gospel's joyful sound, Conquer sinners, comfort saints; Make the fruits of grace abound, Bring relief for ali complaints : Thus may all our Sabbaths prove, Till we join the church above. HYMN 122. C. M. God speaking peace to his people. 1 " TNITE, my roving thoughts, unite, KJ In silence soft and sweet ; And thou, my soul, sit gently down At thy great Sov'reign's feet. 64 HYMN CXXIII. CXXIV. CXXV. B- II. 2 Jehovah's awful voice is heard, Yet gladly I attend ; For lo ! the everlasting God Proclaims himself my friend. 3 Harmonious accents to my soul, The sounds of peace convey ; The tempest at his word subsides, And winds, and seas obey. 4 By all its joys, I charge my heart To grieve his love no more ; But charm'd by melody divine, To give its follies o'er. HYMN 123. L. M. Commencement of Pub'.ic Worship. 1 rjpiHY presence, gracious God, afford— JL Prepare us to receive thy word ; Now let thy voice engage our ear, And faith be mixt with what we hear* 2 Distracting thoughts and cares remove, And fix our hearts and hopes above ; With food divine may we be fed, And satisfied with living bread. 3 To us thy sacred word apply, With sov'reign pow'r and energy ,• And may we in true faith and fear, Reduce to practice what we hear. HYMN 124. P.M. 8,7,4. At the close of worship. 1 ORD, dismiss us with thy blessing — jLJ Fill our hearts with joy and peace j Let us each, thy love possessing, Triumph in redeeming grace ; Oh, refresh us ! Traveling through this wilderness. 2 Thanks we give, and adoration, For thy Gospel's joyful sound ; May the fruits of thy salvation In our hearts and lives abound : May thy presence With us evermore be found. 3 So, whene'er the signal's giv'n, Us from earth to call away ; Borne on angels' wings to heav'n, Glad to leave our cumb'rous clay, May we, ready, Ri«e and reign in endless day ! HYMN 125. L. M. Social Worship. 1 "^f7J7"HERE two or three with sweet accord, W T Obedient to their sov'reign Lord, B .2. HYMN CXXVI. CXXVII. CXXVIII. 65 Meet to recount his acts of grace, And offer solemn pray'r and praise — % " There, says the Saviour, will I be, Amid this little company ; To them unveil my shining face, And shed my glories round the place." 3 We meet at thy command, dear Lord, Relying on thy faithful word ; Now send thy spirit from above, Now fill our hearts with heav'nly love. HYMN 126. 8s. Our God forever. 1 TT1HIS God is the God we adore, JL Our faithful, unchangeable friend ; Whose love is as large as his pow'r, And neither knows measure nor end ; 2 'Tis Jesus, the first and the last, Whose spirit shall guide us safe home, We'll praise him for all that is past, Ana trust him for all that's to come. Revival. HYMN 127. P. M . 8, 7. Declension of Religion lamented. 1 /^VNCE, O Lord, thy garden flourish'd, V^J Ev'ry part look'd £ay and green ; Then thy word our spirits nourish'd, Happy seasons we have seen ! % But a drought has since succeeded, And a sad decline we see ; Lord, thy help is greatly needed, Help can only come irom thee. 3 Some, in whom we once delighted, We shall meet no more below ; Some, alas ! we fear are blighted, — Scarce a single leaf they show. 4 Dearest Saviour, hasten hither, Thou canst make them bloom again ; Oh, permit them not to wither, Let not all our hopes be vain ! HYMM 128. P. M. 8, 7, 4. Prayer for a Revival. I O A VIOUR, visit thy plantation : O Grant us, Lord, a gracious lain! All will come to desolation, Unless thou return again. 66 HYMN CXXIX. CXXX. B. II. Lord, revive us ; All our help must come from thee. 2 Keep no longer at a distance ; Shine upon us from on high, Lest, for want of thine assistance, Every plant should droop and die. 3 Let our mutual love be fervent, Make us prevalent in pray'rs ; Let each one esteem'd thy servant, Shun the world's bewitching snares. 4 Break the tempter's fatal power : Turn the stony heart to flesh ; And begin from this good hour To revive thy work afresh. HYMN 129. L. M. Hoping for a revival. 1 "W7TTHILE I to grief my soul gaver way, T t To see the work of God decline, Methought I heard the Saviour say — " Dismiss thy fears, the ark is mine. % " Tho' for a time I hid my face, Rely upon my love and pow'r : Still wrestle at the throne of grace, And wait for a reviving hour. 3 " Take down thy long neglected harp, I've seen thy tears and heard thy prayVj The winter season has been sharp, But spring shall all its wastes repair." 4 Lord, I obey, — my hopes revive ; Come, join with me, ye saints, and sing ; Our foes in vain against us strive, For God will help and triumph bring. HYMN 130. P. M. 8, 7. The Lord's Vineyard. 1 OEE the vineyard lately planted J3 By thy hand, O Lord of hosts ! Let thy people's pray'r be granted — Keep it safe from hostile boasts ; Hear, O hear us when we pray — Keep thy vineyard night and day. 2 Drooping plants revive, and nourish ; Let them thrive beneath thy hand ; Let the weak grow strong, and flourish, Blooming fair at thy command ; Let the fruitful yield thee more ; Laden with a faithful store. 3 Further, Lord, be thou intreated ; Plant the barren waste around j B. O. HYMN CXXXI. CXXXII. 67 Let thy work be thus completed, ■ And no fruitless spot be found; Let the earth a vineyard be, Consecrated, Lord, to thee, HYMN 131. P.M. 8,7.4. The triumphs of the Gospel. 1 "Y7"ES ! we trust the day is breaking ; JL Joyful times are near at hand : God, the mighty God, is speaking By his word in ev'ry land : When he chooses, Darkness flies at his command. 2 Let us hail the joyful season ; Let us hail the dawning ray. When the Lord appears, there's reason To expect a glorious day : .At his presence Gloom and darkness flee away. 3 While the foe becomes more daring ; While he enters like a flood ; God the Saviour, is preparing Means to spread his truth abroad ; Ev'ry language Soon shall tell the love of God. 4 God of Jacob, high and glorious, Let thy people see thy hand ; Let the gospel be victorious, * Thro' the world in ev'ry land : And the idols Perish, Lord, at thy command. HYMN 132. P. M. 8, 7. Lore Divine. 1 OVE Divine, all love excelling ! I A Joy of heav'n, to earth come down! Fix in us thy humble dwelling ; All thy faithful mercies crown. Jesus thou art all compassion ? Pure, unbounded love, thou art ! Visit us with thy salvation, Enter ev'ry trembling heart. 2 Breathe, O breathe, thy loving Spirit Into ev'ry troubled breast ! Let us all in thee inherit, Let us find thy promis'd rest. Take away the love of sinning, Alpha and Omega be ; End of faith, as its beginning, Set our hearts at 'iberty. 68 HYMN CXXXI1I. CXXXiV. B. If. 3 Come, Almighty to deliver, Let us all thy life receive ! Suddenly return — and never — Never more thy temples leave ! Thee we would be always blessing, Sere thee as thy hosts abo\ t , Pray, and praise thee without ceasing, Glory in thy precious love. 4 Finish, then, thy new creation ; Pure, unspotted may we be ; Let us see our whole salvation, Perfectly secur'd by thee : Chang'd from glory unto glory, Till in heav'n we take our place ; Till we cast our crowns belbre thee, Lost in wonder, love, and praise ! HYMN 133. P. M. 8, T. Grateful Recollection. 1 /~iOME, thou Fount of ev'ry blessing, \J Tune my heart to sing thy grace ; Streams of mercy, never ceasing, Call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, Sung by flaming tongues above ; Praise the mount — I'm fix'd upon it — Mount of God's unchanging love. 2 Here I raise my Eben-Ezer, Hither by thy help I'm come ; And I hope, by thy good pleasure, Safely to arrive at home. Jesus sought me when a stranger Wand'ring from the fold of God ; He to rescue me from danger, Interpos'd with precious blood. 3 Oh ! to grace how great a debtor, Daily I'm constrain'd to be ! Let thnt grace now, like a fetter, Bind my wand'ring heart to thee : Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it — Prone to leave the God I love — Here's my heart — O take and seal it ; Seal it from thy courts above. xs^ monthly Concert* HYMN 134. C. M. Salvation. ALVATION ! O, the joyful sound ! "Tis pleasure to our ears ; B. II. HYMN CXXXV. CXXXVI. G) A sov'reign balm for ev'ry wound, A cordial for our fears. 2 Buried in sorrow, and in sin, At hell's dark door we lay ; But we arise by grace divine To see a heav'nly day. 3 Salvation ! let the echo fly The spacious earth around, While all the armies of the sky Conspire to raise the sound. HYMN 135. H. M. Effects of the Gospel. 1 "jl/TARK the soft-falling snow, JAJL And the descending rain ! To heav'n, from whence it fell, It turns not back again ; But waUrs earth thro' every pore And calls forth all her secret store. 2 Array'd in beauteous green The hills and vallies shine, And man and beast are led By providence divine. The harvest bows its golden ears, The copious seed of future years. 3 " So, saith the God of grace, My gospel shall descend, Almighty to effect The purpose I intend : Millions of souls shall feel its powV, And bear it down to millions more." HYMN 136. C. M. Beauty and strength of the Church. 1 QJ Cheer'd by no celestial ray, Sun of Righteousness, arising, Bring the bright, the glorious day ; Send the gospel To the earth's remotest bound. 2 Kingdoms wide that sit in darkness ! Grant them, Lord, the glorious light ! And from eastern coast to western, May the morning chase the night ; And redemption, Freely purchas'd, win the day. 3 Fly abroad, thou mighty gospel — Win and conquer, never cease ; May thy lasting, wide dominions Multiply and still increase j Sway thy sceptre, Saviour, all the world around. HYMN 144. L. M. For Christian Missionaries. 1 "V/TARK'D as the purpose of the skies, -LtjL This promise meets our anxious eyes, That heathen worlds the Lord shall know, And warm'd with faith each bosom glow. 2 E'en now the hallow'd scenes appear, E'en now unfolds the promis'd year, Lo ! distant shores thy heralds trace, And bear the tidings of thy grace. 3 Midst burning climes and frozen plains, Where heathen darkness brooding reigns, Lord mark their steps, their fears subdue, And nerve their arm, and clear their view. 4 When worn by toil, their spirits fail, Bid them the glorious future hail : Bid them the crown of life survey, And onward urge their conq'ring way. 5 So on the Indian's gloomy night, The eastern star shall shed her light, And Jesus' hallow'd reign control The stormy passions of the soul. 6 So shall Messiah's influence cheer His humble cot, which still is dear ; And heav'nly hope his soul pervade, Though life and time, and worlds shall fade, 33* 74 HYMN CXLV. CXLVI. CXLVII. JB. II. HYMN 145. C. M. Farewell to Missionaries. 1 /^ O, messenger of love, and bear, VJT Upon thy gentle wing, The song which seraphs love to hear, And angels joy to sing. 2 Go, to the heart with sin opprest, And dry the sorr'wing tear ; Extract the thorn that wounds the breast, The drooping spirit cheer. 3 Go, say to Zion, "Jesus reigns" — By his resistless pow'r, He binds his enemies with chains ; They tail to rise no more. 4 Tell how the Holy Spirit flies, As he from heav'n descends — Arrests his proudest enemies, And changes them to friends. HYMN 146. P. M. 7. The song of Jubilee. 1 TTARK ! the song of Jubilee, 11 Loud as mighty thunders roar, Or the fulness of the sea, When it breaks upon the shore : — Hallelujah ! for the Lord, God omnipotent, shall reign ; Hallelujah ! let the word Echo round the earth and main. 2 Hallelujah ! hark ! the sound, From the depth unto the skies, Wakes above, beneath, around, All creation's harmonies : — See Jehovah's banner furl'd, Sheath'd his sword : he speaks : 'tis done, And the kingdoms of this world Are the kingdoms of his Son* 3 He shall reign from pole to pole With illimitable sway : He shall reign, when like a scroll, Yonder heav'ns have pass'd away : Then the end ; — beneath his rod, Man's last enemy shall fall ; Hallelujah ! Christ in God, God in Christ, is all in all. Occasional. HYMN 147. P. M. 7. New Year. 3ILE with ceaseless course the sun Hasted through the iormer year, w B. II. HYMN CXLVIII. CXLIX. 75 Many souls their race have run, Never more to meet us here. 2 Fix'd in an eternal state, They have done with all below ; We a little longer wait, But how little — none can know. 3 As the winged arrow flies, Speedily the mark to find ; As the lightning from the skies, Darts, and leaves no trace behind ; 4 Swiftly thus our fleeting days, Bear us down life's rapid stream ; . Upwards, Lord, our spirits raise, - All below is but a dream. 5 Thanks for mercies past receive, Pardon of our sins renew ; Teach us henceforth how to live, With eternity in view. 6 Bless thy word to young and old, Fill us with the Saviour's love ; And when life's short tale is told, Mav we dwell with thee above. HmNi48. L. M. Prayer fjr the children of the church. 1 l~\E AR Saviour, if these lambs should stray, JL/ From thy secure enclosure's bound, And, lur'dby worldly joys away, Among the thoughtless crowd be found. < 2 Remember still that they are thine, j That thy dear sacred name they bear, Think that the seal of love divine, — The sign of cov'nant grace they wear. 3 In all their erring, sinful years, Oh, let them ne'er forgotten be ; Remember all the pray'rs and tears, Which made them consecrate to thee. 4 And when these lips no more can prayj These eyes can weep for them no more, Turn thou their feet from folly's way, The wand'rers to thy fold restore. HYMN 149. L. M. Poor Children's appeal to Christians. 1 ' |"N God's own house by silent night, J_ The lamp of God was burning bright ; And there by viewless angels kept, Samuel the child securely slept. 2 A voice unknown the stillness broke, " Samuel" it call'd, and thrice it spoke ; 7S HYMN CL. CLI. B. II. He rose — he ask'd whence came the word I From Eli 1 No ; it was the Lord. 5 Thus early calPd to serve his God, In paths of righteousness he trod ; Prophetic visions fir'd his breast, And all the chosen tribes were blest. 4 Speak, Lord ! and from our earliest days, Incline our hearts to love thy ways ; Thy wak'nmg voice has reached our ear, Speak Lord to us, thy servants hear. 6 And ye, who know the Saviour's love, And richly all his mercies prove ; Your timely, friendly aid afford, That we may early serve the Lord. HYMN 150. C. M. The Traveller's Hymn. 1 TTOW are thy servants bless'd, O Lord, xJL How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, Omnipotence. 2 In foreign realms, and lands remote, Supported by thy care ; Thro' burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air. 3 When by the dreadful tempest borne, High on the broken wave, They know thou art not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. 4 The storm is laid — the winds retire, Obedient to thy will : The sea that roars at thy command, At thy command is still. 5 In midst of dangers, fears, and deaths, Thy goodness we'll adore ; We'll praise thee for thy mercies past ; . And humbly hope for more, HYMN 151. C. M, Lord's Supper. , | ' |~F human kindness meets return, JL And owns the grateful tie ; If tender thoughts within us burn, To feel a friend is nigh ; 2 Oh ! shall not warmer accents tell The gratitude we owe To Him, who died our fears to quell, Our more than Orphan's woe ? 3 While yet his anguish'd soul surveyrd Those pangs he would not flee, B. II. HYMN CLIT. CLIII. 77 What love his latest words displayed, "Meet and remember me." 4 Remember thee ! thy death, thy shame, Our sinful hearts to share ! O memory ! leave no other name But hid recorded there. HYMN 152. L. M. Seeking direction to the choice of a Pas!or. 1 O HEPHERD oflsrael, bend thine ear, ^O Thy servants' groans indulgent hear ; Perplex'd, distress'd, to thee we cry, And seek the guidance of thine eye. 2 Send forth, O Lord, thy truth and light, To guide our doubtful footsteps right : Our drooping hearts, O God, sustain, Nor let us seek thy face in vain. 3 Return in wa}Ts of peace return, Nor let thy flock neglected mourn ; May our bless'd eyes a shepherd see, Dear to our souls, and dear to thee. HYMN 153. L. M. At the installation of a Minister. 1 A \7"E bid thee welcome in the name V y Of Jesus our exalted Head, — Come as a servant — so he came, And we receive thee in his stead. 2 Come as a Shepherd; guard and keep This fold from hell, and earth, and sin ; Nourish the lambs, and feed the sheep, The wounded heal, the lost bring in. 3 Come as a Watchman ; take thy stand Upon thy tow'r amidst the sky, And when the sword comes on the land, Call us to fight, or warn to fly. 4 Come as an Angel, hence to guide A band of pilgrims on their way, That safely walking at thy side, We faint not, fail not, turn, nor stray. 5 Come as a Teacher, sent from God, Charg'd his whole counsel to declare ; Lift o'er our ranks the prophet's rod, While we uphold thy hands with pray'r. 6 Come as a Messenger of peace, Fill'd with the spirit, fir'd with love ; Live to behold our large increase, And die to meet us all above. ft HYMN CUV. CLV. CLVI. B. II. HYMN 154. C. M. The Ministerial office. 1 ET Zion's watchmen all awake, JLi And take th' alarm they give ; Now let them, from the mouth of God, Their awful charge receive. 2 'Tis not a cause of small import The pastor's care demands ; But what might fill an angel's heart — It fill'd a Saviour's hands. 3 They watch for souls, for which the Lord ^ Did heav'nl^ bliss forego ; — For souls, which must forever live, In raptures, or in wo. 4 May they th.^.t Jesus, whom they preach, Their own Redeemer, see ; And watch thou daily o'er their souls, That they may watch for thee. HYMN 155. L. M. Prayer for a sick Minister. 1 f~\ THOU, before whose gracious throu»r V_/ We bow our suppliant spirits down ; Avert thy swift descending stroke, Nor smite the shepherd ot the flock. % Restore him, sinking to the grave; Stretch out thine arm, make haste to save, Back to our hopes and wishes give, And bid our friend and father live. 3 Bound to each soul by tend'rest ties, In every breast his image lies : Thy pitying aid, O God, impart, Nor rend him from each bleeding heart. 4 Yet, if our supplications fail, And prav'rs and tears cannot prevail; Be thou his strength, be thou his stay, And guide him safe to endless day. ■• HYMN 156. CM. Comfort under the loss of Ministers'. I ~W7£J~HAT— tho' the arm of conq'ring death, T t Does God's own house invade ; What— tho' the Prophet and the Priest Be number'd with the dead ! % Tho' earthly shepherds dwell in dust, The aged and the young ; The watchful eye in darkness clos'd, And mute th' instructive tongue ; 3 Th' Eternal Shepherd still survives^ New comforts to impart ; B. B. HYMN CLVII. CLVI1I. 79 His eye still guides us, and his voice Still animates our heart. 4 Then let our drooping hearts revive* And all our tears be dry ; Why should those eyes be drown'd in grief, Which view a Saviour nigh ! 1 ft In Seasons of* Human Life. HYMN 157. CM. Importance of the season of Youth. the morn of life, when youth With vital ardor glows, And shines in all the fairest charms That beauty can disclose, — $ Deep in thy soul, before its powers Are yet by vice enslav'd, Be thy Creator's glorious name And character engrav'd : 3 Ere yet the shades of sorrow cloud The sunshine of thy days ; And cares and toils, in endless round, Encompass all thy ways : 4 Ere yet thy heart the woes of age, With vain regret, deplore, And sadly muse on former joys, That now return no more. 5 True wisdom, early sought and gain'd, In age will give thee rest : O, then improve the morn of life, To make its ev'ning blest ! HYMN 158. S.M< Youth the morning1 of IAfe* 1 QWEET is the time of Spring, >^ Whennature'scharms appear ; The birds with ceaseless pleasure sing, And hail the opening year* 2 But sweeter far the spring Of wisdom, and of grace, When children bless, and praise their King, Who loves the youthfu race. 3 Sweet is the dawn of day, When light just streaks the sky, When shades and darkness pass away, And morning beams are nigh. 4 Lutsweeter far the davm Of piety iu youth • 80 HYMN CL1X. CLX. B. II. When doubt and darkness are withdrawn, Before the light of truth. 5 Sweet is the early dew, Which gilds the mountain tops ; And decks each plant, and flow'r we view, With pearly, glitt'ring drops. 6 But sweeter far the scene, On Zion's holy hill ; When there the dew of youth is seen, Its freshness to distil. 7 Sweet is the op'ning flower, Which just begins to bloom, Which ev'ry day and ev'ry hour, Fresh beauties will assume. 8 But sweeter that young heart, Where faith, and love, and peace, Blossom, and bloom in ev'ry part, With sweet, and varied grace. 9 0,may life's early spring, And morning, ere they flee, Youth's dew, and its fair blossoming, Be giv'n, my God, to thee. HYMN 159. L. M. Youth Warned. 1 "\7~E lovely bands of blooming youth, X Warn'd by the voice of heav'nly truth, Now yield to Christ your youthful prime, With all your talents and your time. 2 Think on your end — nor thoughtless say, " I'll put far off the evil day ;" Ah ! not a moment's in your pow'r, And death stands ready at the door. 3 Eternity ! — how near it rclls ! Count the vast value of your souls ! Beware ! and count the awful cost, What they have gain'd whose souls are lost. 4 Pride, sinful pleasures, lusts and snares, Beset your hearts, your eyes, your ears — Take the alarm — the danger fly ! Lord, save me, be your earnest cry. HYMN 160. CM. Middle age. 1 A ND have I measur'd half my days, jljL And half my journey run, Nor tasted the Redeemer's grace, Nor yet my work begun ? 2 The morning of my life is past ; The noon is almost o'er : B* II. HVMNCLXI. CLXII. «* The night of death approaches fast, When I can work no more. 3 O Thou whoseest and know'stmy grief, Thyself unseen, unknown, In mercy help my unbelief, And melt my heart of stone, 4 Regard me with a gracious eye, The long sought blessing give, And bid me, at the point to die, Behold thy face, and live. HYMN 161. CM. Old Age. 1 T71 TERNAL God ! enthron'd on high ! _B^i Whom angel hosts adore ; Who yet to suppliant dust art nigh, Thy presence I implore. 2 Oh, guide me down the steep of age, And keep my passions cool ; Teach me to scan the sacred page, And practise ev'ry rule. 3 My flying years time urges on, What's human must decay : My friends, my young companions, gone, Can I expect to stay ? 4 Ah ! No— then soothe the mortal hour, On thee my hope depends ; Support me with almighty pow'r, While dust to dust descends. Life and Death. HYMN 162. CM. Sickness sweetened. 1 "XT^THEN languor and disease invade V V This trembling house of clay, 'Tis sweet to look beyond my pains, And long to fly away. 2 Sweet to look inward, an j attend The whispers of his love : Sweet to look upward to the place Where Jesus pleads above. 3 Sweet to look back, and see my name. In life's fair book set down ; Sweet to look forward, and behold Eternal joys my own. 4 Sweet to reflect, how grace divine, My sins on Jesus laid; Sweet to remember, that his blood, My debt of suif ring paid. 34 % HYMN CLXI1I. CLXIV. B. H. 5 Sweet in his righteousness to stand, Which saves from second death ; Sweet t' experience day by day, His Spirit's quick'ning breath. 6 Sweet on his faithfulness to rest. Whose love can never end : Sweet on his covenant of grace, For all things to depend. 7 Sweet in the confidence of faith, To trust his firm decrees ; Sweet to lie passive in his hands, And know no will but his. 8 If such the sweetness of the streams, What must the fountain.be, Wh^re saints and angels draw their bliss, Immediately from thee, HYMN 163. S. M. Issues of Life and Death. 1 /^H, where shall rest be found, \_J Rest for the weary soul ! 'Twere vain the ocean's depths to sound, Or pierce to either pole. 2 The world can never give The bliss for which we sigh ; 'Tis not the whole of life to live, * Nor all of death to die. 3 Beyond this vale of tears There is a life above, Unmeasur'd by the flight of years— And all that life is love. 4 There is a death whose pang Outlasts the fleeting breath : Oh ! what eternal horrors hang Around the second death. 5 Lord, God of truth and grace, Teach us that death to shun : — Lest we be driven from thy face, And evermore undone. 6 Here would we end our quest — Alone are found in tnee The life of perfect love — the rest Of immortality. HYMN 164. L. M. The living and the dead. 1 X^THERE are the dead?— In heav'nor hell V V Their disembodied spirits dwell ; Their perish'd forms in bonds of clay, Reserv'd until the judgment day. B. H. HYMN CLXV. CLXVL 83 2 Who are the dead? — The sons of time In ev'ry age, and state, and clime j Renown'd, dishonor'd or forgot, The place that knew them, knows them not. 3 Where are the living 1 — On the ground Where pray'r is heard and mercy found ; Where in the compass of a span, The mortal makes th' immortal man. 4 Who are the living 1 — They whose breath Draws ev'ry moment nigh to death ; Of endless bliss or woe the heirs : .Oh, what an awful lot is theirs! 5 Then, timely warn'd, let us begin To follow Christ and flee from sin ; Daily grow up in him our head, Lora of the living and the dead. HYMN 165. C. M Death of a Youth* 1 "YTCTHEN blooming youth is snatch'd away V V By death's resistless hand, Our hearts the mournful tribute pay, Which pity must demand. 2 While pity prompts the rising sigh, O may this truth imprest Wit-h awful pow'r — I too must die — Sink deep in every breast. t 3 Let this vain world engage no more : Behold the gaping tomb ! It bids us seize the present hour ! To-morrow death may come. 4 The voice of this alarming scene May ev'ry heart obey ; Nor be the heav'nly warning vain, Which calls to watch and pray. 5 O let us fly, to Jesus fly, Whose pow'rful arm can save ; Then shall our hopes ascend on high, And triumph o'er the grave. HYMN 166. L. M. The death of the righteous. 1 TTOW bless'd the righteous when he diea^ XI When sinks a weary soul to rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves th' expiring breast. 2 So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale, when storms are o'er j So gently shuts the eve of day, &> dies a wave along the shore. 84 HYMN CLXVII. CLXVIff. B. II. 3 A holy quiet reigns around, A calm which lite, nor death destroys ; Nothing disturbs that peace profound Which his unfetter'd soul enjoys. 4 Farewell, conflicting; hopes, and fears, Where lights and shades alternate dwell ! How bright th' unchanging morn appears, Farewell, inconstant world, farewell. 6 Life's duty done, as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies ; While heav'n and earth combine to say, How bless'd the righteous when he dies. The Resurrection and Judgment. HYMN 167. L. M. Hope in the resurrection. 1 TTNVEIL thy bosom, faithful tomb, KJ Take this new treasure to thy trust ; And give these sacred relics room, To seek a slumber in the dust. 2 Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear Invade thy bounds. No mortal woes Can reach the peaceful sleeper here, While angels watch the soft repose. 3 So Jesus slept ; — God's dying Son Pass'dthro'the grave and blest the bed; Rest here, blest saint, till from his throne The morning break ,and pierce the shade. 4 Break from his throne, illustrious morn j Attend, O earth ! his sov'reign word ; Restore thy trust — a glorious form — Call'd to ascend and meet the Lord. HYMN 168. C. M. Prospect of the resurrection. 1 T I iHRO' sorrow's night and danger's path, JL Amid the deep'ning gloom, We, soldiers of an injur'd King, Are marching to the tomb. 2 There when the turmoil is no more, And all our pow'rs decay, Our cold remains, in solitude, Shall sleep the years away. 3 Our labors done, securely laid In this our last retreat, Unheeded, o'er our silent dust, The storms of life shall beat. 4 These ashes poor, this little dust, Our Father's care shall keep, B. II. HYMN CLXIX. CLXX. 85 Till the last angel rise, and break The long- and dreary sleep. 6 Then love's soft dew o'er ev'ry eye Shall shed its mildest rays, And the long silent dust shall burst With shouts of endless praise. HYMN 169. L. M. Christ's coming1 to Judgment. 1 r I iHE Lord shall come, the earth shall quake, JL The mountains to their centre shake ; And with'ring from the vault of night, The stars shall pale their feeble light. 2 The Lord shall come, but not the same, As once in lowliness he came ; A silent lamb before his foes, A weary man, and full of woes. 3 The Lord shall come ! a dreadful form, With rainbow wreath, and robes of storm, On cherub .win£s> an(^ wings of wind, Appointed judge of all mankind. 4 Can this be He, who wont to stray, A pilgrim on the world's highway, Oppress'd by pow'r, and mock'd by pride, The Nazarene, the crucified ? 5 While sinners in despair shall call, "Rocks hide us, imuntains on us fall !" « The saints ascending from the tomb, Shall joyful sing, " the Lord is come." Heaven. HYMN 170. P. M. n. The Christian's Home. 1 9l\/riD scenes of confusion and creature com- JLtJL plaints, How sweet to my soul is communion with saints ; To find at the banquet of mercy there's room, And feel in the presence of Jesus at home. 2 Sweet bonds that unite all the children of peace ! And thrice precious Jesus, whose love cannot cease ! Though oft from thy presence in sadness I roam, I long to behold thee, in glory at home. 3 I sigh from this body of sin to be free, Which hinders my joy and communion with thee >* 34* 86 HYMN CLXXI. CLXXII. B. II. Though now my temptations like billows mcy foam, All, all will be peace, when I'm with thee at home. 4 While here in the valley of conflict I stay, O give me submission and strength as my day ; In all my afflictions to thee would I come. Rejoicing in hope of my glorious home. 5 Whate'er thou deniest, O give me thy grace, The Spirit's sure witness, and smiles of thy face; Indulge me with patience to wait at thy throne, And find even now a sweet foretaste of home. 6 I long, dearest Lord, in thy beauties to shine, No more as an exile in sorrow to pine, And in thy dear image, arise from the tomb, With glorified millions to praise Jhee, at home. HYMN 171. C. M. The heavenly Jerusalem anticipated. 1 TERUSALEM, my happy home, *J Name ever dear to me ; When shall my labors have an end, In joy and peace, and thee. 2 When shall these eyes thy heav'n-buflt wall^ And pearly gates behold 1 Thy bulwarks with salvation strong, And streets of shining gold 1 3 O when, thou city of my God, Shall I thy courts ascend ; Where congregations ne'er break up, And Sabbaths have no end ? 4 There happier bow'rs than Eden's bloom, Nor sin, nor sorrow know ; Bless'd seats, through wild and stormy scenes., I onward press to you. 5 Apostles, martyrs, prophets there, Around my Saviour stand ; And soon my friends in Christ below, Will join the glorious band. 6 Jerusalem, my happy home ! My soul still pants for thee, Then shall my labors have an end, When I thy joy shall see. HYMN 172. P.M. 7 Saints in Heaven. I TT1GH in yonder realms of light, XX Dwell the raptur'd saints above B, II. DOXOLOGIES. 87 Far beyond our feeble sight, Happy in Immanuel's love. Pilgrims in this vale of tears, Once they knew, like us below, Gloomy doubts, distressing fears, Tort'ring pain and heavy wo. 2 Oft the big unbidden tear, Stealing down the furrow'd cheek, Told, in eloquence sincere, Tales of wo they could not speak. But these days of weeping o'er, Fast this scene of toil and pain, They shall feel distress no more, Never — never weep again ! 3 'Mid the chorus of the skies, 'Mid th' angelic lyres above, Hark — their songs melodious rise, Songs of praise to Jesus, love ! Happy spirits ! ye are fled, Where no grief can entrance find, Lull'd to rest the aching head, Sooth'd the anguish of the mind ! 4 All is tranquil and serene, Calm and undisturb'd repose — There no cloud can intervene — There no angry tempest blows ! Ev'ry tear is wip'd away, Sighs no more shall heave the breast ! Night is lost in endless day — Sorrows — in eternal rest ! DOXOIiOGIES, 1. L. M. TO God the Father ; God the Son, And God the Spirit, three in one, Be honor, praise, and glory given, By all on earth, and all in heaven. 2. L. M. PRAISE God from whom all blessings flow, Praise him all creatures here below, Praise Him above, ye heav'nly host, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 3. C. M. TO Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore j Be glory as it was, is now, And shall be evermore. 88 DOXOLOGIES. b. II. 4. C. M. TO praise the Father and the Son, And Spirit all divine, The One in Three, and Three in One, Let saints and angels join 5. S. M. rpO the Eternal Three, JL In will and essence one, To Father, Son and Spirit be Co-equal honors done. 6. H. M. TO God the Father's throne, Perpetual honors raise. Glory to God the Son, And to the Spirit praise : With all our powr's, Eternal King," Thy name we sing, while faith adores 7. L. P. M. NOW to the Great, and sacred Three, The Father, Son, and Spirit, be Eternal power and glory giv'n, Thro' all the worlds where God is known, By all the angels near the throne, And all the saints in earth, and heav'n. 8. C. P. M. TO Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God, whom Heavn's triumphant host, And saints on earth adore ; Be glory as in ages past, As now it is, and so shall last, When time shall be no more. 9. P. M. 7. SING we to our God above, Praise eternal as his love, Praise him all ye heav'nly host. . ,_~ Father, Son, and tioly Ghost. 10. P. M. 7. PRAISE the name of God most high, Praise him, all below the sky, Praise him, all ye heav'nly host, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost : As through countless ages past, Evermore his praise shall last. 11. P. M. 8, 7. PRAISE the Father, earth, and heaven, Praise the Son, the Spirit praise, As it was, and is, be given, Glory through eternal days. B. II. ,DOXOLOGIES. «9 12. P. M. 8 7 4. FATHER, Son/and Holy Spirit Thou, the God whom we adore, May we all thy love inherit, To thine image us restore, Vast eternal ! Praises to thee evermore. 13. P. M. 7,6. TO the Father, to the Son, And spirit ever bless'd, Everlasting Three in One, -All worship be address'd. Praise from all above, below, As throughout th' ages past, Mow is giv'n, and shall be so While endless ages last. 14. P.M. 11,8. ALL praise to the Father, all praise to the Son, Ail praise to the Spirit, thrice bless'd, The Holy, Eternal, Supreme Three in One, Was, is, and shall still be address'd. 15. P. M. 11. O Father Almighty, to thee be address'd, With Christ and the Spirit, one God ever bless'd, All glory, and worship from earth, and from heav'n, As was, and is now, and shall ever be giv'n. 16. P. M. 8, 7. Apostolic Benediction. 1 "JV/T AY the grace of Christ the Saviour, -1.TJL And the Father's boundless love, With the Holy Spirit's favor, Rest upon us from above. 2 Thus may we abide in union. With each other, and the Lord, And possess in sweet communion, Joys which earth cannot afford. 17. L. M. The peace of God, fyc. Phil. iv. 7. 1 npHE peace, which God alone reveals, JL And by his word of grace imparts, Which only the believer feels, Direct, and keep, and cheer our hearts. 2 And may the holy Three in One, The Father, Word, and Comforter, Pour an abundant blessing down, On ev'ry soul assembled here. A TABLE To find any Psalm, or Part of a Psalm, by the first line. Page. ALMIGHTY Ruler of the skies 11 Almighty God, appear and save 14 Are sinners now so senseless &c. 16 A rise, my gracious God 19 Amid thy wrath remember love 47 As pants the hart for cooling &c. . 51 A word in season, spoke with &c. 64 Are all the foes of Zion fools 65 Among th' assemblies of the great 94 And will the God of grace 94 Among the princes, earthly gods 97 Again, my tongue thy silence &c. 129 Awake, my soul, with fervent &c. Hi. Arise, O king of grace, arise 157 Awake, ye saints, to praise &c. 160 All ye that love the Lord, rejoice 177 Behold ! the lofty sky ■ 24 Behold ! the morning sun 25 Blest is the man, for ever blest 39 Blest is the nation where the'Lord 40 Behold the love, the gen'rous love 43 Behold the blest Redeemer comes 50 Blest is the man whose bowels &c. 51 Behold ! O God, what cruel foes 91 Blest are the souls that hear &c. 102 Before Jehovah's awful throne 115 Behold ! the stately cedar stands 121 Behold the sure foundation Stone 137 Blest are the undefil'd in heart 138 Behold thy waiting servant, Lord 143 Blest are the sons of peace 158 By Babel's stream the captives sate 162 Children in years and &c. 42 Come, sound his praise abroad 110 Come, let our souls address the &c. Ill Consider all my sorrows, Lord 145 David rejoic'd in God his strength, 28 Deep in our hearts let us record 79 Early, my God, without delay 72 Exalt the Lord our God 114 Fools in their hearts believe and say 16 Far as thy name is known 58 From foes that round us rise 69 Father, I sing thy wondrous &c. 80 For ever shall my song record 101. Page From age to age exalt his name 120 From all that dwell below the &c. 136 Father, I bless thy gentle hand 147 Firm and unmov'd are they 152 For ever blessed be the Lord 169 Give to the Lord, ye sons of fame 36 God of my life, look gently down 49 God is our refuge in distress 56 Great is the Lord our God 57 God counts the sorrows of his saints 68 Great God, indulge my humble &c. 72 Great God attend to my complaint 73 God of my childhood, and my youth 82 Great God whose universal sway 83 God my supporter and my hope 85 Great Shepherd of thine Israel 92 GreatGod attend, while Zion sings 95 God in his earthly temple lays 99 God, from his cloudy cistern, pours 121 Give thanks to God, invoke &c. 123 God of eternal love 125 Give thanks to God ; he reigns &c. 126 God of my mercy and my praise 130 Great is the Lord, his works of &c. 132 Great is the Lord, exalted high 159 Give thanks to God, most high 160 Give to our God immortal praise 162 How long, O Lord shall I &c. 15 How fast their guilt and &c. 18 How many Ebenezers stand 38 How pleasing is thy voice 75 How long, eternal God, how long 86 How awful is thy chast'ning rod 89 How pleasant, how divinely fair 95 Hear what the Lord in vision said 103 He, that hath made his refuge &c 106 He reigns : the Lord, the &c. 112 Hear me, O God, nor hide &c. 117 Happy is he that fears the Lord 132 How shall the young secure &c. 140 How did my heart rejoice to hear 151 Had not the Lord, may Israel say 152 Happy the city, where their sons 170 In anger, Lord, rebuke me not 9 I love the volume of thy word 26 In thee, great God, with songs &c. 27 1 lift my soul to God 32 TABLE OF FIRST LINES. Page. I will extol thee, Lord, on high 36 Into thy hand, O God of truth 37 I waited patient for the Lord 49 In J udah, God of old was known 88 It is the Lord our Saviour's hand 118 I love the Lord , he heard my cries '35 If God succeed not, all the cost 154 Is there ambition in my heart 156 I love thy kingdom, Lord 163 1*11 praise my Maker with my &c. 172 In Zion's sacred gates 177 Just are thy ways, and true &c. 21 Jesus, my Lord, doth condescend 30 Jesus, my Shepherd, lives ib. Judge me, O Lord, and prove &c. 33 Judges, who rule the world by laws 69 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun 83 Jesus, my God, my all in all 98 Jehovah reigns : He dweels in 108 Joy to the world ; the Lord is &c. 1 13 Jesus, our Lord, ascend thy thronel31 Jesus, the Priest, ascends the &c ib. Keep me from fainting in my &c. 147 Lord, thou wilt hear me when &c. 8 Lord, in the morning thou shalt &c 8 Lord, what was man, when &c. 11 Lord, when iniquities abound 15 Lord I am thine ; but thou wilt &c 19 Lord, thou hast form'd my &c. 21 Lord, 1 will bless thee all my days 41 Lord, we have heard thy works &c. 54 Let Zion in her king rejoice 56 LoTd, I am vile, conceiv'd in sin 63 Let sinners take their course 67 Lord, thou hast scourg'd our &c. 70 Let God arise in all his might 77 Lord, when thou didst ascend &c. 78 Let children hear the mighty deeds 90 Lord, thou has planted with &c. 92 Lord, when thy vine in Canaan &c. 93 Lord of the worlds above 96 Lord, thou hast call'd thy grace &c. 97 Lord, in a day of pow'r divine 100 Lord, if thine eyes survey our &c. 105 Lord, 'tis a pleasant thing to stand 108 Let Zion and her sons rejoice 118 Lord, thou hast heard thy &c. 136 Lord, I esteem thy judgments &c. 141 Let all the heathen writers join ib. Lord, I have made thy word &c. 142 Lo ! what an entertaining sight 158 Lord, in those dark and dismal &c. 163 Lord, when I count thy &c 166 Lord, what is man, poor feeble &c. 170 Page, Let ev'ry tongue thy mercy speak 171 Let Zion praise the mighty God 174 Loud hallelujahs to the Lord 176 My God, the tempter would &c. 7 My trust is in my heav'nly friend 10 My refuge is the God ot love 13 My God, my God, why hast &c 28 Mine eyes and my desire 33 My heart rejoices in thy name 38 My God, the steps of pious men 46 My spirit sinks within me, Lord 52 My God defend my cause 53 My God, preserve my soul 66 My God, in whom are all the &c 68 My soul of thy protection sure 71 My spirit looks to God alone ib. My God, permit my tongue 73 My God, my everlasting hope 61 My Saviour, My Almighty Friend 82 My never ceasing songs shall &c. 101 Mercy and judgment are my song 116 My soul, repeat his praise 119 My soul, thy great Creator praise 120 My God, consider my distress 144 My soul lies cleaving to the dust 146 My God, what inward grief I feel 166 My God, while impious men 167 My God, accept my early vows ib. My righteous Judge, my &c. 168 My God, my King, thj &c. 170 Now, saith the spirit of the Lord C Now may the God of pow'r and &c. 26 Now let our mournful songs record 30 Now plead my cause, &c. 43 Now be my heart inspir'd to sing 55 Now shall my solomn vows be paid 76 Not to ourselves, who are but dust 134 O Lord, how many are my foes 6 O God of grace and righteousness V O Lord, our heav'nly King 10 Our rulers, Lord, with songs of &c 27 O God of grace, my cry attend 35 O Lord, thy mercy, my sure hope 44 O for a shout of sacred joy 57 O thou, that hear'st when &c. 63 O God, my refuge, hear my cries 66 O thou, who*:? justice reigns &c. 67 O thou, whose hand the &c. 80 O what a stiff rebellious house 90 Our God, our help in ages past 105 O God, to whom revenge belongs 109 Of justice and of gTace I sing 116 O bless the Lord, my soul 119 O how I love thy holy law 14C TABLE OF FIRST LINES, Page. O that the Lord would guide &c. 143 O that thy statutes ev'ry hour 145 O thou, whose grace and &c. 151 O happy man, whose soul is fill'd 154 Out of the depths of long distress 155 Preserve me, Lord, in time of need 17 A Praise waits in Zion, Lord, for thee 74 A Praise ye the Lord, exalt his name 159 A Praise ye the Lord : my heart &c. 172 A Praise ye the Lord : 'tis good &c. 173 A Praise ve the Lord : all nature &c. 178 A A Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord 40 A Remember, Lord, our mortal state 103 A Return, O God of love, return 105 A Remember all my sorrows, Locd 148 A A Save me, O Lord, from ev'ry foe 18 A Soon as I heard my Father say 34 A Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive 62 A Sing, all ye nations, to the Lord 76 A Shine on our land, Jehovah, shine 77 Sure there's a righteous God 84 B Sing to the Lord aloud 93 E Salvation is for ever nigh 97 E Stretch'd on the bed of grief 99 E Shall man, 0 God of light and life 100 I Sweet is the work, my God, &c. 107 I Sing the Lord Jehovah's name 110 I Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands 111 I Sing to the Lord most high 115 I Songs of immortal praise belong 131 I See what a living stone 138 I Searcher and Saviour of my soul 148 ] Sweet is the mem'ry of thy grace 171 ] ] The man is ever blest 5 ] Th' eternal Son with pow'rarray'd 6 ] Thee will I love, O Lord, my &c. 20 To thine almighty arm we owe 22 « To bless the Lord, our God, in &c 23 < The heav'ns declare thy glory, &c. 25 < This spacious earth is all the Lord's 31 ' The Lord of glory is my light 34 Thro' all the changing scenes of life 41 The Lord forever guards the just 42 Thus I resolv'd before the Lord 48 Teach me the measure of my day3 ib. The wonders, Lord, thy love &c. 50 The King of saints, how fair his face 55 The Lord the Judge, before &c. 60 Thus saith the Lord, the &/?. ib. The Lord, the Judge, his &c. 61 The God of glory sends his &c. 62 There is a God, all nature cries 65 •Tis by thy etrength the &c. 74 Page, 'T was for my sake, eternal God 79 The mem'ry of Christ's &c. 84 To thee, most high and holy God 87 To God I cried with mournful &c. 88 Thro' ev'ry age, eternal God 104 The heathen know thy glory, Lord 1 12 The Lord is come, the heav'ns &c. ib. The Almighty reigns, exalted &c. 113 To our almighty Maker, God ib. The Lord, Jehovah, reigns 1 14 The Lord the sov'reign King 120 Thus were the tribes from &c. 124 To God the great, the ever blest 125 Thy works of glory, mighty Lord 127 Thus the eternal Father spake 130 The Lord appears my helper now 136 This is the day, the- Lord &c. 137 To thee, before the dawning light 139 Thou art my portion, O my God ib. Thy mercies filf the earth, O Lord 142 The least, the feeblest of the sheep 149 Thou God of love, thou ever blest ib. To Zion's hill I lift my eyes 150 The Lord in Zion plac'd his &c. 157 Thou, Lord, by strictest &c. 165 To God 1 made my sorrows &c- 16S Upward I lift mine eyes 150 Up from my youth may Israel say 155 Vast are thy works, Almighty &c 122 Vain man, on foolish &.C. 127 Why did the heathen madly rage 5 With my whole heart I'll raise &c 12 When the great Judge, &c. ib. Why doth the Lord stand off so far 13 Why do the men of malice rage ib. Who shall ascend thy heav'nly &cl7 When God is nigh, my faith &ic. 18 We love thee, Lord, and we adore 22 Writhing in pain, our Saviour &c. 29 Where shall the man be found 32 While I keep silence and conceal 39 When man grows bold in sin 44 Why should 1 vex my soul and fret 45 Why do the wealthy wicked boast 46 Why doth the man of riches grow 58 Why should the haughty &c 64 When overwhelm'd with grief 71 We bless the Lord, the just, &c. 78 Will God for ever cast us off 86 When Israel sinn'd the Lord &c. 91 While life prolongs its precious &c. 99 With reVrence let thy saints &c. 102 Who will arise and plead my right 109 When Phaiaoh dar'd to vex.&c. 124 TABLE OF FIRST LINES. Page. o* When God, provok'd with &c. 128 IV hen Israel freed from &c. 133 What shall I render to my God 135 With my whole heart I've &c 144 When pain and anguish seize &c. 146 When God restorM our &c. 153 When God reveal'd his &c. ib. Where shall we go, to seek &c. 156 With all my pow'rs of heart &c. 164 Page When I with pleasing wonder &c. 166 With songs and honours &c. 174 Ye sons of pride that hate the just 59 Yet (saith the Lord) if David's race 103 Ye sons of men, a feeble race 107 Ye servants of th' Almighty King 133 Ye that obey th' immortal King 159 Ye tribes of Adam, join 175 ©©♦ A TABLE. To find any Hymn, or Part of a Hymn, by the first line. ID AM in Paradise was plac'd 134 [ \.ll hail, thou great Immanuel 190 Almighty God we praise, and own 196 y mighty Father, gracious Lord 200 \.nd did the holy and the jnst 213 ^nd must this body die 215 Amazing grace ! how sweet &c. 226 Attend, ye children of your God 232 \. good high priest is come 237 \m I a soldier of the cross 254 \.mong the princes, earthly gods 259 Vscend thy throne, Almighty &c 260 \.s when the weary trav'ller gains 266 \.men ! My Father hears my &c. 267 \.t thy command, our dearest &c. 275 \.wake, awake the sacred song 285 Mas ! how chang'd that lovely &c. 304 \.wake, and sing the song 314 lehold the woman's promis'd seed 191 begone unbelief 193 Beneath a num'rous train of ills 198 3right King of glory, dreadful God 307 Behold what wondrous grace 208 Behold the sin-atoning Lamb 213 Behold ! the potter moulds the clay 223 Blest be the tie that binds ib. Blest Jesus, source of ev'ry grace 225 By faith in Christ we're justified 229 Behold what condescending love 234 Blow ye the trumpet, blow 240 Bright as the sun's meridian blaze 260 31est be th' Eternal Infinite 284 Blest is the man whose heart &c. 301 Behold! the grace appears 313 Jehold the saints, belov'd of God 314 Some, ye that love the &c. 208 Some, Holy Spirit, heav'nly dove 222 Dan creatures, to perfection, find 246 Come, dearest Lord, and feed &c. 249 35* Clamour and wrath, and war &c. 251 Come, shout aloud the &c. 259 Come in, ye blessed of the Lord 270 Christ, the Lord, is ris'n to-day 285 Dear Saviour, we are thine 186 Destruction's dang'rous road 192 Dearest of all the names above 211 Day of judgment, day of wonders 219 Dear Lord, and shall thy &c. 223 Dare we indulge our wrath &c, 251 Descend from heav'n, &c. 258 Death, with his dread &c. 295 Death ! 'tis a melancholy day 302 Death cannot make our souls &c 303 Death may dissolve my body rtow 306 Eternal King ! the greatest, best 187 Enslav'd by sin, and bound &c. 188 Ere the blue heav'ns were &c. 190 Eternal Spirit ! we confess 221 Eternal God ! almighty cause 245 Eternal Sov'reign of the sky 250 Eternal Pow'r ' whose high abode 259 Eternal King, enthron'd above 258 Eternity ! stupendous theme 280 Eternal life ! how sweet the sound ib. Eternal source of every joy 283 Faith ! — 'tis a precious grace 192 Far, far beyond these lower skies 217 Forgiveness 1 'tis a joyful sound 224 Father of mercies, in thy word 238 Father of faithful Abra'm, hear 261 Frequent the day of God returns 289 Father of mercies, send thy grace 301 God, in the gospel of his Son 191 God moves in a mysterious way 199 God, with us ! O glorious name 209 Go preach my gospel, saith the <$•€. j&*9 TABLE OF FIRST LINES. Page. Great source of order, Maker &c. 250 Great God, thy holy law commands 253 Grace has enabled me to love 255 God of our lives thy constant &c. 283 Great God, we sing thy &c. 281 Great God, to thee my ev'ning &c. 288 Great Father of mankind 290 Great God, the nations of the &c. 293 Great Ruler of the earth and &c. 296 How sweet the name of Jesus &c 202 Hark the glad sound ! the &c. 210 Hear what the voice from &c 214 How long shall death, the &c. 226 How happy are the souls above 227 How sweet and awful is the place 237 How can 1 sink with such a prop 241 How vast the benefits divine 242 Holy and rev' rend is the name 217 How sweet, how heav'nly is &c. 252 Hark ! the voice of love and &c, 270 How condescending, and how &c. 272 How rich are thy provisions, Lord 274 Here at thy table, Lord, we meet 275 Hosanna, with a cheerful sound 288 How beauteous are their feet 290 Hark : from the tombs a &c. 306 Hear what the voice from &c. 307 Infinite grace : and can it be 188 It shall be well let sinners know 201 I'm not asham'd to own my &c. 202 In Christ I've all my soul's desire 205 Immortal God, on thee we call 213 I know that my Redeemer lives 216 It is the Lord— enthron'd in light 262 In sweet exalted strains 291 I prayed the Lord, that I might &c. 309 In God the Father 1 believe 310 Jesus, my love, my chief delight 203 Jesus, the spring of joy divine ib Join all the glorious names 205 Jesus, we bless thy Father's name 207 Jesus the Lord our soul? adore 218 Jesus, we sing thy matchless &c. ib. Join, all who love the &c. 229 Jesus invites his saints 23o Jesus, in thee our eyes beho'd ib Jesus is gone above the skies 171 Jesus, once for sinners slain 274 Jesus, my Lord, how rich thy &c. 300 Jesus ; our souls' delightful choice 308 Let thoughtless thousands &c. 181 Lord, how secure my &c. 183 Long ere the sun began bis days 195 Page. Let them neglect thy glory, Lord 195 Lord, when our raptur'd &c 196 Let others boast how strong &c- 197 Lo '. he cometh ! countless &c. 220 Let party names no more 224 Lord, at thy feet I prostrate fall 225 Lord, thy imputed righteousness 228 Lord we adore thy matchless ways 244 Let me but hear my Saviour say ib Let those who bear the &c. 248 Look up, ye saint3, with sweet &c. 261 Lord, at thy feet we sinners lie 264 Let me, my Saviour anu my God 265 Let us adore th' eternal Word 272 Lord, I am thine, entirely thine ib Lord at thy table 1 behold 277 Lo ! on a narrow neck of land 281 Look down, O God, with Sic. 293 Lord, I am pain'd ; but I resign 297 Lord, in thy temple we appear 313 Lo ! he comes with clouds &c. 315 Mistaken souls ! that dream of &c. 193 My Saviour God, my &c. 231 Most holy God, thy precept's just 252 Most gracious Father. God of all 263 My God, thy service well demands 298 No strength of nature can suffice 182 Now back with humble shame &c 185 Not all the nobles of the earth 206 Now to the Lord that made &c. 219 No more, my God, I boast no &c. 230 Not the malicious or profane 243 Now from the altar of our hearts 288 Now, let our hearts conspire &c. 302 Now, be the God of Israel bless'd 312 Our nature's totally deprav'd 186 O Christ, thou glorious King, &c. 207 O Lord, when faith with fixed &c 211' Our Lord is risen from the dead 217 O Lord, my soul convicted stands 256 Our Father, thron'd in heav'n &c. 257 Our grateful tongues, &c. 266 O the sweet wonders of t hat cross 277 Once more,my soul, the rising day 287 O what stupendous mercy shines 300 O for a closer walk with God 308 Our souls shall magnify the Lord 312 Pity a helpless sinner, Lord 273 Peace, 'tis the Lord Jehovah's &c. 305 Resistless So v' reign of the skies 197 Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest 248 Religion is the chief concern 254 Rejoice, believer in the Lord 265 TABLE OF FIRST LINES. Rejoice, the Lord is King Page. 286 Substantial comfort will not grow 181 Sin, like a venomous disease 185 Salvation ! O melodious sound 189 Submissive to thy will, my God 202 Stretch'd on the cross the &c. 212 Sinners rejoice, 'lis Christ &c. 212 Saints in their graves lie down &c. 214 Shout : for the blessed Jesus Szc. 222 Saviour divine, we know thy name 228 Self-righteous souls on works rely 230 Sinners, the vcice of God regard 240 So let our lips and lives express 242 Shall we go on to sin 243 Sacred wedlock ! law of heav'n 252 Sov' reign of all the worlds on high 258 Shout and proclaim the &c. 278 Stern winter throws his icy chains 282 See how the mounting sun 287 Shepherd of Israel, thou dost keep 292 See, gracious Lord, before &c. 295 Sov'reign of life, we own thy hand 297 Stoop down, my thoughts &c. 303 The righteousness, th' atoning Szc. 182 Thus saith the first, the great &c. 183 The law of God is just ib. The Lord Jehovah reigns 187 The Saviour ! O what endless &c 189 There is one God, and only one 194 Tho' troubles assail 199 The wond'ring world inquires &c. 204 To us a child is born from heav'n 209 There is a land of pure delight 215 *Tis Jinish'd, the Redeemer cries 216 'Twixt Jesus and the chosen race 228 'Twas the commission of our Lord 231 The sacraments are holy signs 232 Thus saith the mercy of the Lord 233 Thus did the sons of Abia'm pass ib The Saviour, with inviting voice 234 'Twas on that dark, that &c. 235 To Jesus, our exalted Lord ib. Thou lovely source of true delight 242 That God, who made the &c. 344 Thou art, O God ! a Spirit' pure 246 Thine earthly sabbaths, Lord, Szc. 249 Tho' parents may in cov'nant be 250 Page. The Lord, who truly knows 256 Thou reign'st, O Lord, thy &c. 261 Thro' all thedownward tracts &c. 262 Through all the various &c. 263 Thus tar my God has led me on 264 Teach us, O Lord, aright to &c. 265 The broken bread, the blessed cup 269 The King of heav'n his table &c. 270 The blest memorials of thy grief 273 The promise of my Father's love 276 The food on which thy &c. 277 Thee we adore, eternal name 279 The time is short ! the season &c. ib Thy providence, great God Szc. 281 To praise the ever bounteous &c 282 To thy great name, O Prince &c. 292 To thee, who reign'st supreme &C.296 Thy bounties, gracious Lord 298 The gold and silver are the Lord's 299 The moment a sinner believes 307 Vain are the hopes the sons &c. 184 Wait, O my soul, thy Maker's will 198 We bless the Prophet of the &c. 204 With transport, Lord, our &c 218 What have I in this barren land 227 With what delight I raise my &c. 238 What shall the dying sinner do 239 When God his gracious &c. 247 What does the worldling gain 253 Whate'er thy lot on earth may be 255 Where is my God 1 does he retire 256 What various hindrances we meet 357 What strange perplexities arise 268 When the blest day of Pentecost 28G Welcome, sweet day of rest 289 While o'er our guilty land, O &c. 294 War, horrid war, deep stain'd &c. ib When Jesus dwelt in mortal clay 299 When death appears before &c. 303 Who shall the Lord's elect &c. 309 When Hannah press'd with &c. 310 When we are rais'd from deep f thanksgiving. e Rom 6." 6, 7, &c / Rom. 6. 12. g Rom. 12. 1. GL. 44. Why is there added, " he descended into hell ?" A- That in my greatest temptations, 1 may be assured, and wholly comfort myself in this, that my Lord Jesus C host, bv his inexpressible anguish, pains, terrors, and hellish agonies, in which he was plunged during all his sufferings, but especiallv on the cross, hath h delivered me from the anguish and torments h Isa. 53. 10. Mat. 27. 46. XVII. LORD'S DAY. GL, 45. What doth the correction of Christ profit us 1 CATECHISM. 1 A. First ; by his resurrection he hath overcome death, that he might a make Us partakers of that righteousness which he had purchased for us by his death { secondly, we are also by his power, b raised up to a new life ; and lastly, the re* •urrection of Christ is a c sure pledge of our blessed resurrection. a 1 Cor. 15. 16. b Rom. 6. 4. Col. 3. 1, &c c 1 Cor. 15. Rom. 8. 11. XVIII. LORD'S DAY. d. 46. How dost thou understand these words, " he ascended into heaven?" A. That Christ, in sight of his disciples, was a taken up from earth into heaven ; and that he continues b there for our interest, until he come again to judge the quick and the dead. a Acts. I. 9. Mark 16. 19. b Heb. 4. 14. Rom. 8. 34. Eph. 4. 10. CI. 47. Is not Christ then with us even to the end of the world, as he hath promised 1 A. Christ is very man and very God : with respect to his c human nature, he is no more on earth ; but with respect to his Godhead, majesty, grace and spirit, he is at no time absent from us. c Acts 3. 21. John 3. 13. John 16. 28. Mat. 28. 20. &. 48. But if his human nature is not present, wherever his Godhead is, are not then these two natures in Christ separated from one another? A- Not at all ; for since the Godhead is incomprehensible and d omnipre- sent, it must necessarily follow thate the same is not limited with the human nature he assumed, and yet remains personally united to it. d Acts 7. 49. Mat. 24. 30. e Mat. 28. 20. John 16. 28. and 17. 11. John 3. 13. &. 49. Of what advantage to us is Christ's ascension into heaven 1 A. First, that he is our g advocate in the presence of his Father in heaven : secondly, that we have our tiesh in heaven. as a sure pledge that he, as the head, will also h take up to himself, us, his members : thirdly, that he i sends us his Spirit as an earnest, by whose power we " seek the things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God, j and not things on earth." g-Heb. 9. 24. 1 John 2. 2. Rom. 8. 34. h John 14. 2- Eph. 2. 6. i John 14. 16. 2 Cor. 1. 22. 2 Cor. 5. 5. j Col. 3. 1. Phil. 3. 20. XIX. LORD'S DAY. &. 50. Why is it added, " and sitteth at the right hand of God J" A. Because Christ is ascended into heaven for this end, that he might there o appear as head of his church, bv whom the Father b governs ah things. a Eph. L 20, 21, 22. Col. 1. 18. b Mat. 28. 18. John 5. 22. CI. 51. What profit is this glory of Christ, our head, unto us ? A. First, that by his holy spirit he c poureth out heavenly graces upon us his members : and then that by his power he defends d and preserves us against all enemies. c Eph. 4. 8. d Psa. 2. 9. John 10. 28. CI. 52. What comfort is it to thee that "Christ shall come again to judge the quick and the dead f A. That in all my sorrows and persecutions, with uplifted head e I look for the very same person, who before offered himself for my sake, to the tribunal of God, and hath removed all curse from me, to come as judge from heaven: who shall cast all his/ and my enemies into everlasting condemnation, but shall translate g me with all his chosen ones to himself, into heavenly joys and glory- . e Luke 21. 28. Rom. 8. 23, 24. I Thes. 4. 16. / 2 Thes. 1. 6, 7, 8, 9» Mat. 25. 41. g Mat. 25. 34. XX. LORD'S DAY. m ©fair m 1«?ol2 ©host &. 53. What dost thou believe concerning the Holy Ghost 1 8 CATECHISM. A. Firet, that he is true and co-eternal God with the Father and the a Son : secondly, that he is also given b me, to c make me by a true faith, partaker of Christ and all his benefits, that he may d comfort me and e abide with me for ever. a Gen. 1. 2. Isa. 48. 1(3. 1 Cor. 3. 16. b Mat. 28. 19. 2 Cor. 1. 22. c Gal. 3. 14. 1 Pet. 1. 2. d Acts 9. 31. c John 14. 16. 1 Pet. 4. 14. XXI. LORD'S DAY. &. 54. What believest thou concerning the " Holy Catholic church" of Christ, i A. That the Son of God a from the b beginning to the end of the world, gathers, c defends, and d preserves to himself by his e spirit and word, out of the/ whole human race, a g church chosen to everlasting life, agreeing in true faith ; and that 1 am and for ever shall remain, a h living member thereof. a John 10. 11. b Gen. 26. 4. c Rom. 9. 24. Eph. 1. 10. d John 10. 16. e Isa. 59. 21./Deut. 10. 14, 15. g Acts 13. 48. k 1 Cor. 1. 8, 9. Rom. 8. 35, &c. d. 55. What do you understand by " the communion of saints V A. First, that all and every one who believes, being members of Christ, are in common, * partakers of him, and of all his riches and gifts : secondly, that every one must know it to be his duty, readily and j cheerfully to employ his gifts, for the advantage and salvation of other members. i John 1. 3, 4. Rom. 8. 32. 1 Cor. 12. 13. j 1 Cor. 13. 5. Phil. 2. 4, 5, 6. Q». 56. What believest thou concerning " the forgiveness of sins?" A. That God, for the sake of A; Christ's satisfaction, will no more I remem- ber my sins, neither my corrupt nature, against which I have to struggle all my life long ; but will graciously impute to me the righteousness of Christ, that I may never be m condemned before the tribunal of God. k 1 John 2. 2. 2 Cor. 5. 19, 21. I Jer. 31. 34. Psa. 103. 3, 4, 10, 11. Rom. 8. 1,2,3. w John 3. 18. XXII. LORD'S DAY. &. 57. What comfort doth the " resurrection of the body'1 afford thee 1 A. That not only my soul after this life shall be immediately taken a up to Christ its head ; but also, that this my body, being raised by the power of Christ, shall be reunited with my soul, and b made like unto the glorious body of Christ. a Luke 23. 43. Phil. 1. 23. b 1 Cor. 15. 53. Job 19. 25, 26. GL. 58. What comfort takest thou from the article of " life everlasting ?" A. That c since I now feel in my heart the beginning of eternal joy, after this life, d I shall inherit perfect salvation, which e " eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man" to conceive ! and that, to praise God therein forever. c 2. Cor. 5. 2, 3, 6. Rom. 14. 17. d Psa. 10. 11. e 1 Cor. 2. 9. XXIII. LORD'S DAY. CI. 59. But what doth it profit thee now that thou believest all this 1 A. That I am righteous in Christ, before God, and an heir of eternal life, a a Rom. 5. 1. Rom. 1. 17- John 3. 36. GL 60. How art thou righteous before God ? A. Only b by a true faith in Jesus Christ ; so that, though my conscience accuse me, that I have grossly transgressed all the commands of God, and c kept none of them, and am still d inclined to all evil ; notwithstanding, God, without any e merit of mine, but only of mere/grace, grants g- and h imputes 6 Rom. 3. 22, &c. Gal. 2. 16. Eph. 2. 8, 9. c Rom. 3. 9, &c. d Rom. 7. 23. e Rom. 3. 24. / Tit . 3. 5."" Eph. 2. 8, 9. g Rom. 4*4, 5. 2 Cor. 5. 19. h 1 John 2. 1. CATECHISM. SI to me, the perfect i satisfaction, righteousness and holiness of Christ ; even so, as if I never had had, nor committed anv sin : yea, as if I had fully j accom- plished all that obedience which Christ hath accomplished for me; k inas- much as I embrace such benefit with a believing heart. tRom.3. 24, 25. j 2 Cor. 5. 21. k Rom. 3. 28. John 3. 18. CL. 61. Why sayest thou, that thou an righteous by faith only 1 A. Not that I am acceptable to God, on account of the I worthiness of my faith ; but because only the satisfaction, righteousness, and holiness of Christ, is my righteousness before m God ; and that I cannot receive n and apply the same to myself any other way than by faith onlv. I Psa. 16. 2. Eph. 2. 8, 9. ml Cor. 1. 30. 1 Cor. 2. 2. n\ John 5. 10. XXIV. LORD'S DAY. GL 62. But why cannot our good works be the whole,* or part of our right- eousness before God ? A. Because, that the righteousness, which can be approved of before the tribunal of God, must be absolutely perfect, and in all respects a conformable to the divine law : and also, that our best works in this life are all imperfect and b defiled with sin. a Gal. 3. 10. Deut. 27. 26. b Isa. 64. 6. Q.. 63. What ! do not our good works merit, which yet God will reward in this and in a future life? A. This reward is not of merit, but of grace, c c Luke 17- 10. d. 64. But doth not this doctrine make men careless and profane ? A. By no means: for it is impossible that those, who are implanted into Christ by a true faith, should not bring forth fruits of d thankfulness. d Mat. 7. 17, 18. John 15. 5, XXV. LORD'S DAY. ©f ttje Sacraments. CL 65. Since then we are made partakers of Christ and all hie benefits by faith only, whence doth this faith proceed ? A. From the Holy Ghost, wrho works a faith in our hearts by the preach- ing of the gospel, and b confirms it by the use of the sacraments. a Eph. 2. 8. and 6- 23. Phil. 1. 29. 6 Mat. 28. 19. Rom, 4. 1L GL 66. What are the sacraments 1 A. The sacraments are holy visible signs and seals, appointed of God for this end, that by the use thereof, he may the more fully declare and seal to us the promise of the gospel, viz. that he grants us freely the remission of sin, and c life eternal, for the sake of that one sacrifice of Christ, accomplished on the cross. c Gen.' 17. 11. Rom. 4. 11. Ex. 12. Lev. 6. 25. Acts 22, 16. and 2. 38. Mat. 26. 28. GL 67. Are both word and sacraments, then, ordained and appointed for this end, that they may direct our faith to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on Ihe cross, as the only ground of our salvation? A. Yts, indeed : for the Holy Ghost teaches us in the gospel, and assures us by the sacraments, 3, 4. 10 CATECHISM. XXVL LORD'S DAY. Q.. 69 How art thou admonished and assured by holy baptism, that the one sacrifice of Christ upon the cross is of real advantage to thee? A. Thus: That Christ appointed a this external washing with water, ad- ding thereto this b promise, that I am as certainly washed by his blood and spirit from all the pollution of my soul ; that is, from all my sins, as I am c washed externally with water, by which the filthiness of the body is common- ly washed away. ' a Mat. 28. 19. Acts 2. 38. b Mark 16. 16. Mat. 3. 11. Rom. 6. 3. c Mark 1. 4. Luke 3. 3. Q.. 70. What is it to be washed with the blood and spirit of Christ 1 A. It is to receive of God the remission of sins, freely, for the sake of Christ's blood, which he d shed for us by his sacrifice upon the cross: and also to be renewed by the Holy Ghost, and sanctified to be members of Christ ; that so we may more and more die unto sin, and e lead holy and unblameable lives d Heb. 12. 24. 1 Pet. 1. 2. Apo. 1. 5. e John 1. 33. Rom. 6. 4. Col. % 11. ' Q,. 71. Where has Christ promised us that he will as certainly wash us by his blood and spirit, as we are washed with the water 6f baptism. A. In the institution of baptism, which is thus expressed, "/go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, g," " he that believeth. and is baptized, shall be saved ; but he that believeth not, shall be damned." This promise is also repeated, where the scripture calls baptism "the h washing of regeneration, and the washing i away of sins." /Mat. 28. 19. g Mark 16. 16. h Tit. 3. 5. i Acts 22. 16. XXVII. LORD'S DAY. &. 72. Is then the external baptism with water, the washing away of sin itself? A. Not at all : for the a blood of Jesus Christ only, and the Holy Ghost cleanse us from all b sin. a Mat. 3. 11. 1 Pet- 3. 21. 6 1 John 1. 7. 1 Cor. 6. 11. Q.. 73. Why then doth the Holy Ghost call baptism " the washing of regen- eration," and " the washing away of sins '?" A. God speaks thus not without great cause, to wit, not only thereby to teach us, that as the filth of the body is purged away by water, so our sins are c re- moved by the blood and spirit of Jesus Christ ; but especially, that by d this divine pledge and sign he may assure us, that we are spiritually cleansed from our sins as reallv, as we are externally washed with water. e Rev. 1.5. i Cor. 6. 11. d Mark 16. 16. Gal. 3. 27. Q,. 74. Are infants also to be baptized 1 A. Yes : for since they, as well as the adult, are included in the e covenant and/ church of God ; and since g redemption from sin by the blood of Christ, and the h Holy Ghost, the author of faith, is promised to them no less than to the adult ; they must therefore by baptism, as a sign of the covenant, be also admitted into the Christian church ; and be distinguished i from the children of infidels, as was done in the old covenant or testament by j circumcision, instead of which, k baptism is instituted in the new covenant. e Gen. 17. 7. Acts 2. 39./ 1 Cor. 7. 14. Joel 2. 16. g Mat. 19. 14. h Luke 1. 14, 15. Psa. 22. 10. Acts 2. 39. i Acts 10. 47. 1 Cor. 12. 13. and 7. 14. j Gen. 17. 14. k Col. 2. 11, 12. 13. XXVIir. LORD'S DAY. ©t tije ^olg Supper of our 3Lortr 3}zxus Qfyxist. a. 75. How art thou admonished and assured in the Lord's supper, that CATECHISM. II thou art a partaker of that one sacrifice of Christ, accomplished on the cross, and of all his benefits 1 , A. Thus : That Christ has commanded me and all believers, to eat of this broken bread, and to drink of this cup, in remembrance of him ; a adding these promises : first, that his body was offered and broken on the cross fur me, and his blood shed for me, as certainly as I see wi'Amy eyes, the bread of the Lord broken for me, and the cup communicated to me : and further, that he feeds and nourishes my soul to everlasting life, with his crucified body and shed blood, as assuredly as I receive from the hands of the minister, and taste with my mouth the bread and cup of the Lord, as certain signs of the body and blood of Christ. a Mat. 26. 26, 27, 28. Mark 14. 22, 23, 24. Luke 22. 19, 20. 1 Cor. 10. 16, 17. and 11. 23, 24, 25. Gt. 76. What is it then to eat the crucified body, and drink the shed blood of Christ? A. It is not only to embrace with a believing heart all the sufferings and death of Christ, and thereby to b obtain the pardon of sin, and life eternal ; but also, besides that, to become more and more c united to his sacred body, by the Holy Ghost, who dwells both in Christ and in us ; d so that we, though Christ is in heaven and we on earth, are notwithstanding " Flesh of his flesh, and bone of e his bone ;" and that we live, f and are governed for ever by one spirit, as members of the same body are by one soul. b John 6.35, 40, 47, 48, 50,51, 53, 54. c John 6. 55, 56. d Acts 3. 21. and 1. 9, 10, 11. 1 Cor. 11. 26. e Eph. 5-29, 30, 31, 32. 1 Cor. 6- 15, 17. 19. 1 John 3. 24. / John 6. 56, 57, 58. Eph. 4. 15, 16. Gt. 77. Where has Christ promised that he will as certainly feed and nourish believers with his body and blood, as they eat of this broken bread, and drink of this cup 1 A. In the institution of the supper, which is thus expressed ; g " The Lord Jesus, in the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you ; this do in remembrance of me : after the same man- ner he also took the cup, when he had supped, saying, thfts h cup is the new testament in my blood ; i this do ye, as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For, as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come." This promise is repeated by the the holy apostle Paul, where he says,,; " The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? for we, being many, are one bread and one body, because we are all partakers of that one bread." g 1 Cor. 11. 23. Mat. 26. 26. Mark 14. 22. Luke 22. 19. h Ex. 24. 8. Heb. 9. 20. i Ex. 13. 9. 1. Cor. 11. 26. j 1 Cor. 10. 16, 17- XXIX. LORD'S DAY. CI. 78. Do then the bread and wine become the very body and blood of Christ? A. Not at all : a but as the water in baptism is not changed into the blood of Christ, neither is the washing away of sin itself, being only the sign and confirmation thereof appointed of God ; so the bread in the Lord's supper is not changea into the very b body of Christ though agreeably to the c naturo and properties of sacraments, it is called the body of Christ Jesus. a 1 Cor. 10. 1, 2, 3, 4. 1 Pet. 3. 21. Jo.t\n 6- 35, 62, 63. b 1 Cor. 10. 10. &c. and 11. 20, &c. c Gen. 17. 10, 11, 14. Ex. 12. 26, 27, 43, 48. Acta 7. 8. Mat. 26. 26. Mark 14. 24. &. 79= Why then doth Christ call the bread his body, and the cup his 37 12 CATECHISM. blood, or the new covenant in his blood ; and Paul the " Communion of the body and blood of Christ 7" A. Christ speaks thus, not without great Teason, namely, not only thereby to teach us, that as bread and wine support this temporal life, so his crucified body and shed blood are the true meat and drink, whereby our souls are d fed to eternal life ; but more especially by those visible signs and pledges to assure us, that we are as really partakers of this true body and Uood (by the opera- tion of the Holy Ghost) as we e receive by the mouths of our bodies these holy signs in remembrance of him; and that all his sufferings/and obedience are as certainly ours, as if we had in our own persons suffered and made satisfac- tion for our sins to God. d John 6. 51, 55, 56. e 1 Cor. 10. 16, 17. and 11. 26, 27, 28. Eph. 5. 30. /Rom. 5.9, 18, 19. and 8. 4. XXX. LORD'S DAY. &. 80. What difference is there between the Lord's supper and the Popish mass? A. The Lord's supper testifies to us, that we have a full pardon of all sin a by the only sacrifice of Jesus Christ, which he himself has once accomplished on the cross ; and, that we by the Holy Ghost are ingrafted b into Christ, who, according to his human nature is now not on earth, but in c heaven, at the right hand of God his Father, and will there d be worshipped by us : — but the mass teacheth, that the living and dead have nor the pardon of sins through the sufferings of Christ, unless Christ is also daily offered for them by the priests ; and further, that Christ is bodily under the form of bread and wine, and therefore is to be c worshipped in them ; so that the mass, at bottom, is nothing else than a /denial of the one sacrifice and sufferings of Jesus Christ, and an accursed idolatry. a Heb. 7. 27. and 9. 12, 26. Mat- 26. 28. Luke 22. 19, 20. 2 Cor 5. 21. 6 1 Cor. 6. 17. and 12. 13. c Heb. 1. 3. and 8. 1, &c. d John 4. 21, 22, 23. Col. 3. 1. Phil 3. 20. Luke 24. 52, 53. Acts 7. 55. e in canone Missas and de consecra. distinct. 2. Concil. Trid. Sess. 13. 15. /Isa. 1. 11, 14. Mat. 15. 9. Col. 2. 22, 23. Jer. 2. 13. Gl. 81.. For whom is the Lord's Supper instituted 1 A. For those who are truly sorrowful g for their sins, and yet trust that these are forgiven them for the sake of Christ ; and that their remaining in- firmities h are covered by his passion and death ; and who also earnestly i desire to have their faith more and more strengthened, and their lives more holy ; but hypocrites, and such as turn not to God with sincere hearts, eat and j drink judgment to themselves. g Mat. 5.' 3 6. Luke 7. 37,38. and 15. 18, 19. ZtPsa. 103. 3. i Psa. 116. 12, 13, 14. 1 Pet. 2. 11, 12. j 1 Cor. 10-20, &c. and 11. 28, &c. Tit. 1. 16. Psa. 50. 15, 16. Gl. 82. Are they also to be admitted to this supper, who, by confession and life, declare themselves infidels and ungodly 1 A. No ; for by this, the covenant of God would be profaned, and his wrath k kindled against the whole congregation : therefore it is the duty of the Chris- tian church, according to the appointment of / Christ arid his apostles, to ex- clude such persons, by the keys of the kingdom of heaven, till they show amendment of life. k 1 Cnr. 10. 21. and 11. 30, 31. Isa. 1. 11, 13. Jer. 7. 21. Psa. 50. 16, 22. I Mat. 18. 17, 18, XXXT. LORD'S DAY. Gl. 83. What are a the keys of the kingdom of heaven! A. The preaching b of the holy gospel, and Christian discipline, cor ex* a Mat. 16. 19, b John 20. 23. e Mat, 18. 15—18. CATECHISM. 13 communication out of the Christian church : by these twOj the kingdom of heaven is opened to believers, and shut against unbelievers. GL 84. How is the kingdom of heaven opened and shut by the preaching of the holy gospel 1 A. Thus : when according to the command of d Christ, it is declared and publicly testified to all and every believer, that, whenever they e receive the promise of the gospel by a true faith, all their sins are really forgiven them of God, for the sake of Christ's merits ; and on the contrary, when it is declared and testified to all unbelievers, and such as do not sincerely. repent, that they stand exposed to the wrath of God, and eternal/condemnation, so long as they are g unconverted : — according to which testimony of the gospel, God will judge them, both in this, and the life to come. d "Mat. 28. 19. e John 3. 18, 3(5. Mark 16. 10. J 2 Thess. 1. 7, 8, 9. g John 20. 21, 22, 23. Mat. 16. 19. Rom. 2. 2, 13—17. &• 85. How is the kingdom of heaven shut and opened by Christian discipline ? A. Thus : when according h to the command of Christ, those, who under the name of Christians, maintain doctrines, or practices i inconsistent there- with, and will not, after having been often brotherly admonished, renounce their errors and wicked course of life, are complained of to the church, j or to those, who are thereunto k appointed by the church : and if they despise their admonition, I are by them forbid the use of the sacraments ; whereby they are excluded from the Christian church, and by God himself from the kingdom of Christ; and when they promise and show real amendment, are again m received as members of Christ and his church. h Mat. 18. 15. i\ Cor. 5. 12. j Mat. 18. 15—18. k Rom- 12. 7, 8, 9. 1 Cor. 12. 28. 1 Tim. 5. 17. 2 Thes. 3. 14. I Mat. 18. 17. 1 Cor. 5. 3, 4, 5. to 2 Cor. 2. 6, 7, 8, 10, 11. Luke 15. 18. XXXII. LORD'S DAY, THE THIRD PART. <©£ ^Thankfulness. * CI. 86- Since then we are delivered from ou* misery, merely of gTace, through Christ, without any merit of ours, why must we still do good works 1 A. Because Christ, having redeemed and delivered us by his blood, also renews us by his hoiy spirit, after his own image ; that so we may testify by the whole of our conduct, our gratitude a to God for his blessings, and that he may be b praised by us : also, that every one may be c assured in himself of his faith, by the fruits thereof: and that, by our godly conversation, others may be d gained to Christ. a 1 Cor. 6. 19, 20. Rom. 6. 13. and 12. 1, 2. 1 Pet. 2. 5, 9, 10. b Mat. 5. 16. 1 Pet. 2. 12. c 2 Pet. 1. 10. Gal. 5. 6, 24. d\ Pet. 3. 1, 2. Mat. 5. 16. Rom. 14. 19. &. 87. Cannot they then be saved, who, continuing in their wicked and ungrateful lives, are not converted to God ? A. By no means : for the holy scripture declares e that no unchaste person, idolater, adulterer, thief, covetous man, drunkard, slanderer, robber, or any such like, shall inherit the kingdom of God. e 1. Cor. 6. 9, 10. Eph. 5. 5, 6. 1 John 3. 14, 15. Gal. 5. 21. XXXIII. LORD'S DAY. GL 88. Of how many parts doth the true conversion of man consist 1 A. Of two parts ; of a the mortification of the old, and of the quickening of the new man. a Rom, 6. 4, 5, 6. Eph. 4. 22, 23. Col. 3. 5. I Cor. 5. 7 d. 89. What is the mortification of the old man 1 14 CATECHISM. A. It is a 6 sincere sorrow of heart, that we have provoked God by our sing ' and more ami more to hate and flee from them. b Psa. 51. 3, 8, 17- Luke 15. 16. Rom. 8. 13. Joel 1. 12, 13. GL. 90. What is the quickening of the new man? A. It is a sincere ji>y of heart in God, through Christ, c and with love and d delight to live according to the will of God in all good works. c Rom. 5. 1, 2. and 14. 17. Isa. 57. 15. d Rom. G. 10, 11. 1 Pet. 4. 2. Gal. 2. 20. GL. 91. But what are good works? A. Only those which proceed from a true e faith, are performed according to the f law of God, and to his g glory ; and not such as are h founded on our imaginations, or the institutions of men. e Rom. 14. 23. / 1 Sam. 15. 22. Eph. 2. 2, 10. g 1 Cor. 10. 31. h Deut. 12. 32. Ezek.20. 18. Mat. 15. 9. X^XIV. LORD'S DAY. a. 92. What is the law of God 1 A. God spake all these words, Exod. xx. Devi. v. saying, I am the Lord thy God, which hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. I. Com. Thou shall have no other gods before me. II. Tliou shall not make unto thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the -wa- ter under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them : for I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. III. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain :for the Lord will not hold him guiltless, that taketh his name in vain. IV. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy : six days snalt thou labour and do all thy xcork ; but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter , thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day : wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it, V. Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee. VI. Thou shalt not kill. VII. Thou shalt not commit adultery. VIII. Thou shalt not steal, IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. X. Thou shalt not covet' thy neighbour's house ; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-strvant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. Gl. 93. How are these ten commands divided 1 A. Into two a tables: the 6 first of which teaches us, how we must behave towards Gud ; the second, what duties we owe to our neighbour. a Ex. 34. 28, 29. Deut. 4. 13. and 10. 3, 4. Gl. 94. What doth God enjoin in the first command 1 A. That I, as sincerely as I desire the salvation of my own soul, avoid and flee from all idolatry, e sorcery, d sooth-saying, superstition, e invocation of saints, or any other creatures ; and learn/ rightly to know the only true God ; c 1 Cor. 6. 9, 10. and 10. 7, 14. Lev. 18. 21. d Deut. 18. 10, 11, 12. t Mat. 4, 10. Rev, 19. 10, /John 17. 3, CATECHISM. 15 g trust in him alone, with humility h and patience i suhmit to him ; j expect all good things from him only ; k love, I fear, and m glorify him with my whole heart : so that I renounce n and forsake all creatures, rather than o commit even the Icts* thing contrary to his will. g Jer. 17. 5, 7. h Heh." 10. 36- Col. 1. 11. Rom. 5- 3, 4. Phil. 2. 14. i 1 Pet. 5. 5, 6. j Psa. 104. 27. Isa. 45. 7. James 1. 17. k Dent. 6. 5. Mat- 22. 37. I Deut. 6. 5. Mat. 10. 28. m Mat. 4.10. n Mat. 5. 29, 30. Acts 5. 29. Mat. 10. 37. o Mat 5.19. Q.. 95. What is idolatry T A. Idolatry is, instead of, or besides that one true God, who has manifested himself in his word, to contrive, or have any other object, in which men placa their trust, p p2 Chron. 16. 12. Phil. 3. 18, 19. Gal. 4. 8. Eph. 2. 12. XXXV. LORD'S DAY. &. 96. What doth God require in the second command ? A. That we in no wise a represent God by images, nor worship b him in any other way than he has commanded in his word. a Dcut. 4. 15. Isa. 40. .18. Rom. 1. 23, &c. Acts 17. 29. b 1 Sam. 15. 23. Deut. 12. 30. Q.. 97. Are images then not at all to be made 1 A. God neither can, nor c may be represented by any means : but as to crea- tures, though they may be represented, yet God forbids to make, or have any re- semblance of them, either in order to worship them, d or to serve God by them. c Deut. 4. 15, 16. Isa. 46. 5. Rom. 1. 23. d Ex. 23. 24. and 34. 13, 1 1. Numb. 33. 52. Deut. 7. 5. Q,. 98. But may not images be tolerated in the churches, as books of the laity? A- No : for we must not pretend to be wiser than God, who will have his people e taught, not by dumb images, /but by the lively preaching of his word. e 2 Tim. 3. 16. 2 Pet. 1. 19. /Jer. 10. 1, &c Hab. 2. 18, 19. XXXVT. LORD'S DAY. GL 99. What is required in the third command 1 A. That we, not only by cursing or a perjury, but also by b rash swearing, must not profane or abuse the name of God nor by silence or connivance be partakers of these horrible sins in others: and, briefly, that we use the holy name of c God no otherwise than with fear and reverence ; so that he may be rightly d confessed and e worshipped by us, and be glorified in all our words and works. a Lev. 24. 11. and' 19. 12. Mat. 5. 37. Lev. 5. 4. b Isa. 45. 23, 24. c Mat. 10. 32. d 1 Tim. 2. 8. el Cor. 3. 16, 17. Gt. 100. Is then the profaning of God's name, by swearing and cursing, so heinous a sin, that his wrath is kindled against those who do not endeavour, as much as in them lies, to prevent and forbid such cursing and swearing? A. It undoubtedly is : / for there is no sin greater, or more provoking to God, than the profaning of his name;'and therefore he has commanded this g sin to be punished with death. /Lev. 5. 1. g Lev. 24. 15. XXXVII. LORD'S DAY. Q.. 101. May we then swear religiously by the name of God? A. Yes : either when the magistrates demand it of the subjects ; or when necessity requires us thereby to confirm a fidelity and truth to the glory of God, and the safety of our neighbour : for ?uch an oath is b founded on God's word, a Ex. 22. 11. Neh. 13. 25. 6 Deut. 6. 13. Heb. 6. 16. 37* *6 CATECHISM. and therefore was justly c used by the saints, both in the Old and New Te*. tament. c Gen. 21. 24. Jos. 9. 15, 19. 1 Sam. 24. 22. 2 Cor. 1. 23. Rom. 1. 9. d. 102. May we also swear by saints or any other creatures! A. No: for a lawful oath is calling upon God, as the only one who knows the heart; that he will bear witness to the truth, and punish me, if I swear d falsely ; which honour is c due to no creature. d 2 Cor. 1. 23. e Mat. 5. 34, 35. XXXVIII. LORD'S DAY. CI. 103. What doth God require in the fourth command? A. First; that the ministry of the Gospel, and the schools be a maintained; and that I, especially on the sabbath, b that is on the day of rest, c diligently frequent d the church of God. to hear his word, to use the sacraments, e pub- licly to call upon the Lord, and contribute to the relief of the/poor, as becomes a Christian : secondly, that all the days of my life I cease from my evil works, and yield myself to the Lord, to work by his holy spirit in me : and thus g be- gin in this lite the eternal sabbath. a Deut. 12. 19. Tit 1. 5. 1 Tim. 3. 14, 15. 1 Cor. 9. 11. 2 Tim. 2. 2. and 1 Tim. 3. 15. b Lev. 23. 3. c Acts 2. 42, 46. 1 Gor. 14. 19. 29, 31. d 1 Cor 11. 33. e 1 Tim. 2. 1. f 1 Cor. 16. 2. g Isa. 66. 23. XXXIX. LORD'S DAY. & 101. What doth God require in the fifth command? A. That I show all honour, love, and fidelity, to my father and mother, and all in authority over me, and a submit myself to their good instruction and conec- tion. with due obedience ; and also patiently bear with their 6 weaknesses anJ infirmities, since it pleases c God to govern us by their hand. a Eph. 6. 1, 2, &c. Col 3. 18. 20. Eph 5. 22. Rorn. 1. 31. o Prov. 23. 22. « Eph. 6. 5, 6. Col. 3. 19, 21. Rom. 13. 1—8. Mat. 22. 21. XL. LORD'S DAY. QU 105. What doth God require in the sixth command ? A. That neither in thoughts, nor words, nor gestures, much less in deeds, I dishonour, hate, wound or a kill my neighbour, by myself or by another ; but that I lay b aside all desire of revenge : alsoj that I c hurt not myself, nor wilfully expose myself to any danger : wherefore also the magistrate d is armed with the sword, to prevent murder. a Mat. 5. 21, 22. Prov. 12. 18. Mat. 26. 52. b Eph. 4. 26. Rom. 12. 19. Mat. 5. 39, 40. c Mat. 4. 5, 6, 7. Col. 2. 23. d Gen. 9. 6. Mat. 26. 52. Rom. 13. 4. Ct. 106. But this command seems only to speak of murder ? A. In forbidding murder, God teaches us that he abhors the causes thereof; such as e envy, /hatred, anger, and desire of revenge ; and that g he accounts all these as murder. e James 1. 20. Gal. 5. 20. / Rom. 1. 29. 1 John 2. 9. gi John 3. 15. Q.. 107. But is it enough that we dont kill any man in the manner men- tioned above ? A. No : for when God forbids envy, hatred, and anger, he commands us to h love our neighbour sb ourselves: to show i patience, peace, j meekness, k mercy, and all kindness, towai-ds him ; I and prevent his hurt as much as in us lies : and that we m do good, even to our enemies. h Mat. 22. 39. and 7. 12. i Rom. 12. 10. j Eph. 4. 2. Gal. 6. 1, % Mat. 5. 5. Rom. 12. 18. k Ex. 23. 5. I Mat. 5. 45. m Rom. 12, 2a XLI. LORD'S DAY. d. 10^. What ijth the seventh command teach us ? CATECHISM. 17 A. That all uncleanness is accursed a of God : and that therefore we must with all our hearts b detest the same, and live c chastely and temperately, whether in d holy wedlock or in a single life. a Lev. 18. 27. b Deut. 29. 20-23. c 1 Thes. 4. 3, 4. d Heb. 13. 4. 1 Cor- 7. 4-0. CI. 109. Doth God forbid in this command, only adultery, and such like gross sins 1 A. Since both our body and soul are temples of the Holy Ghost, he com- mands us to preserve them pure and holy : therefore he forbids all unchaste actions, e gestures, words, thoughts, f desires, and whatever g can entice men thereto. e Eph. 5. 3. 1 Cor. 6. 18. / Mat. 5. 23. g Eph. 5. 18, 1 Cor. 15. 33. XLTI. LORD'S DAY. Q,. 110. What doth God forbid in the eighth command ? A. God forbids not only those a thefts, and b robberies, which are punish- able by the magistrate ; but he comprehends under the name of theft all wicked tricks and devices, whereby we design to c appropriate to ourselves the goods which belong to our neighbour : whether it be by force, or under the appear- ance of right ; as by unjust d weights, ells, e measures, fraudulent merchan- dise, false coins,/ usury, or by any other way forbidden by God ; as also all g covetousness, all abuse and waste of his gifts. a 1 Cor. 6. 10. b 1 Cor. 5. 10. c Luke 3. 14. 1 Thes. 4. 6. d Prov. 11. 1. e Ezek. 45. 9, 10, 11. Deut. 25. 13. ./Psa. 15. 5. Luke G. 35. g 1 Cor. 6. 10. d. 111. But what doth God require in this command 1 A. That I promote the advantage of my neighbour in every instance I can or may ; and deal with him as 1 h desire to be dealt with by others : further also that 1 faithfully labour, so that 1 i may be able to relieve the needy. h Mat. 7. 12. i Prov. 5. 16. Eph. 4. 28. XLTII. LORD'S DAY. Gt. 112. What is required in the ninth command 1 t A- That I bear false witness a against no man ; nor falsify 6 any man's words ; that. I be no backbiter, c nor slanderer ; that 1 do not judge, or join d in condemning any man rashly, or unheard ; but that I e avoid all sorts of lies and deceit, as the proper works/" of the devil, unless I would bring down upon me the heavy wrath of God : likewise thai in judgment and all other deal- ings I love the truth, speak it uprightly g and confess it ; also that I defend and promote, ft as much as I am able, the honour and good character of my neighbour. a Prov. 19. 5, 9. and 21, 28. b Psa. 15. 3. c Rom. 1. 29, 30. d Mat. 7. 1, cVc. Luke 6. 37. e Lev. 19. 11. /Prov. 12. 22. and 13. 5. g 1 Cor. 13. 6. Eph. 4. 25. k 1 Pet. 4. 8. XLIV. LORD'S DAY. Q.. 113- What doth the tpnth commandment require of us? A. That even the smallest inclination or thought, contrary to any of God's commands, never rise in our hearts ; but that at all times we hate ail sin with our whole hearts, a and delight in all righteousness. a Rom. 7. 7, &c Q.. 114. But can those, who are converted to God, perfectly keep these com- mands 1 A. No : but even the holiest men, while in this life, have only small begin- nings of this b obedience; yet so. that with a c sincere resolution, they begin to live, not only according to some, but all the commands of God. & Rom. 7- 11. c Rom. 7. 22, 15, Ac. James 3. 2. ^ Gt. 115. Why will God then have the ten commands so strictly preached, since no man in this life can keep them'] 18 CATECHISM. A. First: that all our life time, we may leain d more and more to know our sinful nature, and thus become the more earnest in seeking the remis- sion of sin, e and righteousness in Christ ; likewise, that we constantly endea- vour and pray to God for the grace of the holy spirit ; that we may become more and more conformable to the image of God. till we arrive at the perfection proposed to us, in a life to come, f d 1 John 1. 9. Rom. 3. 20. and 5. 13. and 7. 7. e Rom. 7. 24./ 1 Cor. 9. 24. Phil. 3. 12, 13. 14. XLV. LORD'S DAY. ©f drawer, &. 116. "Why is prayer necessary for Christians? A. Because it is the chief part of a thankfulness which God requires of us : and also because God will give his grace ana holy spirit to those only, who with sincere desires continually ask them of him, and b are thankful for them. a Psa50. 14, 15. b Mat.7.7,8. Luke 11.9, 13. Mat. 13. 12. Psa. 50. 15. Q.. 117. What are the requisites of that prayer, which is acceptable to God, and which he will hear ? A. First, that we from the heart pray to the one true God only, who hath c manifested himself in his word, for all things, he hath commanded us to ask of him : d secondly, that we rightly and thoroughly know our need and misery, that so we may e deeply humble ourselves in the presence of his divine majes- ty: thirdly, that we be fully persuaded that he, notwithstanding we are /"un- worthy of it, will, for the sake of Christ our Lord, certainly g hear our prayer, as he has h promised us in his word. c John 4. 22, 23. d Rom. 8. 26. 1 John 5. 14. e John 4. 23, 24. Psa. 145. 18. / 2 Chron. 20. 12. g-Psa. 2. 11. and 34. 18, 19. lsa. 66. 2. h Rom. 10. 13. and 8. 15, 16. James 1. 6, &c. John 14. 13. Dan. 9. 17, 18. Mat. 7. 8. Psa. 143. 1. GL 118. What hath God commanded us to ask of him 1 A. All i things necessary for soul and body ; which Christ our Lord has comprised in that prayer, he himself j has taught us. i James i. 17. Mat. 6. 33. jMat. 6. 9, 10, &c. Luke 11. 2, &c. d. 119. What are the words of that prayer? A. Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy king dom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine it the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. XL VI. LORD'S DAY. a. 120. Why hath Christ commanded us to address God thus: " Our Father ?» • . __ A. That immediately, in the very beginning of our prayer, he might excite in us a child-like reverence for, and confidence in God, which are the founda- tion of our praver : namely, that God has become our Father in Christ, a and will much less 'deny us what we ask of him in true faith, than our parents 6 will refuse us earthly things. - a Mat. 6. 9. b Mat. 7. 9, 10, 11. Luke 11. 11. Isa. 49. 15. a. 121. Whv is it here added, ''Which art in heaven ?" A. Lest we should form anv c earthly conceptions of God's heavenly majesty, and that we d may expect from his almighty power all things neces- sary for soul and body. ■ cJer.23.24. d Acts 17. 24. Rom. 10. 12. CATECHISM. 19 XLVII. LORD'S DAY. a. 122. Which is the first petition 1 A a " Hallowed be thy name ;" that is, grant us first rightly 6 to know thee, and to c sanctify, glorify and praise thee, in all thy works, in which thy power, wisdom, goodness, justice, mercy and truth, are clearly displayed; and further, also, that we may so order and direct our whole lives, our thoughts, words and actions, that thy name may never be blasphemed, but rather d honoured and praised on our account. a Mat. 6. 9. 6 John 17. 3. Jer. 9. 23, 24. Mat. 16. 17. James 1. 5. c Psa. 119. 137, 138. Luke 1. 46. Psa. 145. 8, 9. d Psa. 115. 1. and 71. 8. XLVIII. LORD'S DAY. Gl. 123. Which is the second petition 1 A. a " Thy kingdom come ;" that is, rule us so by thy word and spirit, that we may b submit ourselves more and more to thee ; preserve and c in- crease thy church ; destroy the d works of the devil, and all violence which would exalt itself against thee ; and also, all wicked counsels devised against thy holy word ; till the full e perfection of thy kingdom takes place, / wherein thou shalt be all in all. a Mat. 6. 10. Mat. 6. 33. Psa. 119. 5. c Psa. 51. 18. d 1 John 3. 8. Rom. 16. 20. e Rev. 22. 17, 20. / 1 Cor. 15. 28. XLIX. LORD'S DAY. a. 124. Which is the third petition 1 A. a " Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven ; " that is, grant that we and all men may renounce b our own will, and without murmuring c obey thy will, which is only good ; that so every one may attend to and d perform the duties of his station and calling as willingly and faithfully, as the e angels do in heaven. a Mat. 6. 10. b Mat. 16. 24. Tit. 2. 12. c Luke 22. 42. d 1 Cor. 7. 24. Eph. 4. 1. e Psa. 103. 20. L. LORD'S DAY. Gl. 125. Which is the fourth petition 1 A. a " Give us this day our daily bread ;" that is, be pleased to provide us with all things b necessary for the body, that we may thereby acknowledge thee to be the only fountain of all c good, and that neither our care nor industry, nor even thy gifts can d profit us without thy blessing ; and therefore that we may withdraw our trust from all creatures, and place e it alone in thee. a Mat. 6. 11. b Psa. 145. 15. Mat. 6. 25, &c. c Acts 17. 25. and 14. 17. d 1 Cor. 15. 58. Deut. 8. 3. Psa. 127. 1, 2. e Psa. 62 11. and 55. 22. LT. LORD'S DAY. a. 126. Which is the fifth petition I A. a fi And forgive us our debts as v>e forgive our debtors; that is, be pleased for the sake of Christ's blood, b not to impute to us poor sinners, our transgressions, nor that depravity, which always cleaves to us ; even as we feel this evidence of thy grace in us, that it is our firm resolution, from the heart to z forgive our neighbour. a Mat. 6. 12. o Psa. 51. 1. 1 John 2. 1, 2. c Mat 6. 14, 15. LII. LORD'S DAY. CI. 127. Which is the sixth petition 7 A. a " Ana lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil ;" that is, since we are so weak in ourselves, that we cannot stand 6 a moment; and be- sides this, since our mortal enemies, c the devil, the d world, and our own e « Mat. 6. 13. 6 Rom. 8. 26. Psa. 103. 14. c 1 Pet. 5. 8. d Eph. 6. 12. ?ohn 15. 19 20 CATECHISM. flesh cease not to assault us ; do thou therefore preserve and strengthen us by the power of thy holy spirit, that we may not be overcome in this spiritual warfare ;/but constantly and strenuously may resist our foes, till at last we g obtain a complete victory. e Rom. 7. 23. Gal. 5. 17. /Mat. 26. 41. Mark 13. 33. g IThes. 3. 13. and 5. 23. Q,. 128. How dcst thou conclude thy prayer 1 A. h " For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory Jot ever ;" that is, all these we ask of thee, because thou, being our King and almighty, art willing and ablp. to i give us all good; and all this we pray for, that thereby not we, but thy holv name j may be glorified for ever. h Mat. 6. 13. i Rom. 10. 12. 2 Pet. 2. 9. j John 14. 13. Psa. 115. 1. Phil. 4. 20. &. 129. What doth the word "Amen" signify? A. k " Amen" signifies, it shall truly and certainly be: for mv prayer is more assuredly heard of God, than I feel in my heart that 1 desire these things of him. k 2 Cor. 1. 20. 2 Tim. 2. 13 A COMPENDIUM OP THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION. Question 1. How many things are necessary for thee to know, that thou enjoying real comfort mayest live and die happily 1 Answer. Three : first, how great my sins and miseries are : the second, how 1 may be delivered from all my sins and miseries: the third, how I shall express my gratitude to God for such deliverance, THE FIRST PART. ©f ttje i&fseq) of J^tan. d. 2. Whence knowest thou thy misery 1 A» Out of the law of God. &. 3. What hath God commanded thee in his law'? A. That is contained in the ten commandments, which he hath revealed m scripture, as follows: Exodus xx. and Dcut. 5. 4, 5, &c. I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. I. Com.' Thou shalt have no other gods before me. II. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, nor any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them : for I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the ch ildren, unto the third and fourth generation of them hat kale me, and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. III. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in rain :for the Lord will not hold him guiltless, that taketh his name in vain. IV. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy : six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work ; but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the tea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day : wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. COMPENDIUM. 21 V. Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the *and, which the Lord thy God giveth thee. VI. Thou sh alt not I/ill. VII. Thou shalt not commit adultery. VIII. Thou shalt not steal. IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. X. Thou shalt not copet thy neighbour's house ; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. &. 4. How are the ten commandments divided ? A. Into two tables. GL 5. Which is the sum of what God requires of thee in the four command- ments of the firs' table? A. That I love the Lord my God, with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my mind, and with all my strength : this is the first and great com- mandment. Ql. 6. Which is the sum of what God commands thee in the six command- ments of the second table? A. That I love my neighbour as myself: on these two commandments hang the whole law and the prophets. Q.. 7. Canst thou keep all these things perfectly? A. In no wise: for I am prone by nature to hate God and my neighbour ; and to transgress the commandments of God in thought, word, and deed. CI. 8. Hath God created thee naturally so wicked and perverse ? A. By no means: but he created me good and after his own image, in the true knowledge of God, in righteousness and in holiness. d. 9. Whence then proceeds that depravity which is in thee? A. From the fall and disobedience of Adam and Eve in Paradise; hence our nature is become so corrupt, that we are all conceived and born in sin. CI, 10. What was that disobedience? A. That they did eat of the fruit cf the tree, which God had forbidden them. CL 11. Does the disobedience of Adam concern us? , A. Certainly : for lie is the father of us all ; and we have all sinned in him. Cl. 12. Are we then incapable of doing any good of ourselves, and prone to all manner of wickedness? A. Indeed we are : unless we are regenerated by the spirit of God. QL 13. Will God suffer such disobedience and corruption to go unpunished ? A. By no means : but in his just judgment will punish them, both in time and eternity, as it is written : :i cursed is every one that continueth not in all things, which are written in the book of the law, to do them." THE SECOND PART. ©f fail's JBelfberance. Cl. 14. By what means canst thou escape this punishment, and be again received into favour? A. By such a Mediator, who is in one person very God, and a real righteous man. Cl. 15. Who is that Mediator ? A. Our Lord Jesus Christ, who in one person is true God, and a real righteous man. Cl. 16. Could not the angels be our Mediators ? A. No : For they are neither God nor men. Cl. 17. Cannot the saints he our Mediators 1 A. No : For they themselves have sinned, and have obtained salvation by no other meansj than through this Mediator. 23 COMPENDIUM. d. 18. Shall all msn then be saved by the Mediator, Jesus, as they are all condemned in Adam 7 A. No: but those only who received him by a true faith: as it is written, John 3. 16, " for God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." a. 19. What is true faith 1 A. It is a certain knowledge of God, and of his promises revealed to us in the gospel, and an hearty confidence that all my sins are forgiven me for Christ's sake Q,. 20. What is the sum of that which God hath promised in the gospel, and commanded us to believe ? A. That is comprehended in the twelve articles of the Catholic Christian Faith, which are as follows : I. I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. II. And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord : 'III. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary. IV. Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried ; he descended into hell. V. The third day he rose again from the dead. VI. He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God, the Father Almighty. Vll.From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. VIII. I believe in the Holy Ghost. I IX. I believe in an Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints. X. The forgiveness of sins. X I. The resurrection of the body. XII. And the life everlasting. Q,. 21. When you profess to believe in God the Father, and the Son, and the H>ly Ghost,do you mean three Gods thereby 1 A. In no wise : for there is but one only true God. Q,. 22. Why do you then name three, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost 1 A. Because God hath so revealed himself in his word, that these three dis- tinct persons, are the only one and true God, and we also are baptized in the name of the Father, and «f the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Gt. 23. What believest thou when thou sayest, " I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth V* A. That the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who of nothing made heaven and earth, and still upholds them by his providence, is my God and Father, for Christ his Son's sake. Q,. 24. What believest thou when thou sayest, " And in Jesus Christ his only begotten Son our Lord V* A. That Jesus Christ is the eternal and only Son of the Father, co-essen- tial with God the Father, and the Holy Ghost. Q.. 23. Do you not believe that he also became man ? A. Yes : for he was conceived by the holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary. &. 20. Is his Godhead then changed into humanity 1 0 A. No : For the Godhead is immutable. &. 27. How is he then become man 1 A. By assuming the human nature into a personal union with his divine. Q,. 28. Did he then bring his human nature from heaven? A. No : but he took it on him of the Virgin Mary, by the operation of the Holy Ghost, and is thus become like unto us his brethren in all things, sin excepted, Heb. 2. 17. and 4. 15. Q,. 29. Why is he called Jesus, that is Saviour? COMPENDIUM. 23 " A. Because he saves his people from their sins. GL 30. Is there no other Saviour? A. No: for there is 'none other name under heaven given among men, thereby we must be saved, than in the name of Jesus, Acts 4. 12. Gt. 31. Why is he called Christ, that is anointed 1 A. Because he was anointed with the Holy Ghost, and ordained by God the Father, to be our chief Prophet, our only High Priest, and our eternal King. CI. 32. What then hath Jesus Christ done to save us 1 A. He has suffered for us, was crucified and died, was buried and descen- ded into hell ; that is, he suffered the torments of hell, and thus became obedi- ent to his Father, that he might deliver us from the temporal and eternal punishment due to sin. Gt. 33. In which nature hath he suffered this ? A. Only in his human nature, that is, in soul and body. Gt. 34. What hath then his Godhead contributed hereto 7 A. His Godhead, by its power, in such wise strengthened the assumed human nature, that it could bear the burden of God's wrath against sin. and deliver us from it. Gt. 35. Did Christ then remain under the power of death 1 A. No : but he rose from the dead the third dav for our justification, Rom. 4. 25. GL. 36. Where is Christ now, as to his human nature ? A. He is ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father ; that is, exalted in the highest glory, far above all creatures, Eph. L 20, 21. Gt. 37. To what end is he there so highly exalted ? A. Particularly that he might from thence govern his church, and there be owr intercessor with the Father. Gt. 38. Is he not with us then even unto the end of the world, as he hath promised us, Mat. 28. 20 1 A. With respect to his Godhead, majesty, grace and spirit, he is never absent from us ; but with respect to his human nature, he remains in heaven, until he shall come again to judge the quick and the dead. Gt. 39. What do you believe concerning the Holy Ghost 1 A. That he is the true and co-eternal God with the Father and Son : and that he being given to me of the Father through Christ, regenerates me and leads me into all truth, comforts me, and will abide with me for ever. Gt. 40. What believest thou concerning the Holy Catholic Church % A. That the Son of God gathers by his word and spirit out of the whole human race, those, who are chosen to eternal life, to be a church to himself; of which I believe I am and always shall remain a living member. GL 41. Where doth he gather his church? A. Where Gods word is purely preached, and the holy sacraments admin- istered according to the institution of Christ. Gt. 42. What benefits doth Christ bestow on his church 1 A. He grants her remission of sins, the resurrection of the flesh, and eternal life. Gt. 43. What doth it profit thee now that thou believest all this 1 A. That lam righteous in Christ before God, Rom. 5. 10. Gt. 44. How art thou righteous before God 7 A. Only by a true faith in Jesus Christ. Gt. 45. How is it to be understood that thou art justified by faith only? A. Thus : that the perfect satisfaction, and righteousness of Christ alone are imputed to me of God, by which my sins are forgiven me, and I become an heir of everlasting life ; and that I cannot receive that righteousness by any other means than by faith. Gt. 46. WL x cannot our good works be our righteousness before God, or some part thereof 1 38 24 COMPENDIUM. A. Because even our best works in this life, are imperfect, and polluted with sins. d. 47. Do our good works then merit nothing, which yet God will reward in this and in a future life ? A. This reward is not given out of merit, but of grace. GL 48. Who worketh tliat faith in thee ? A. The Holy Ghost. GL 49. By what means ? A. By the hearing of the word preached, Rom. 10. 14 — 17. GL 50. How does he strengthen that faith ? A. By the same word preached, and by the use of the holy Sacraments. GL 51. What are the sacrauu nts \ A. They are holy signs and seals instituted by God, thereby to assure us, that he of grace grants us remission of sins, and life eternal, for the sake of that one sacrifice of Christ finished on the cm s. GL 52. How many sacraments hath Christ instituted in the new testament 1 A. Two: holy baptism, and the holy s-uppper. GL 53. Which is the outward sign in baptism? A. The water, with which we are baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. GL 54. What doth that signify and seal ? A. The washing away of sins by the I '.ood and spirit of Jesus Christ. GL 55. Where hath Christ promised and assured us of this ? A. In the institution of baptism ; which is as follows, " Go ye into all the world^ and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, but he that believeth not, shall be damned." GL 56. Are infants also to be baptized 1 A. Yes : for they, as well as the adult, are comprehended in the covenant of God, and in his church. GL. 57. What is the outward sign in the Lord's supper? A. The broken bread that we eat, and the poured out wine, which we drink, in remembrance of the sufferings and death of Christ. GL 58. What is thereby signified and sealed 1 A. That Christ, with his crucified body and shed blood, feeds and nourishes our souls to everlasting life. GL 59 Where hath Christ promised such things to us ? A. In the institution of the Lord's supper, which is thus expressed by St. Paul, 1 Cor. 11.23, 21, 23, 26, " For I have received of the Lord, that which also 1 delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread ; and when he had given thanks, brake it, and said, take, at ; this is my body, which is broken for you : this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blocd: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For so oft as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come." GL 69. Is the bread changed into the body of Christ, and the wine into his blood ? A. No : no more than the water in baptism is changed into the blood of Christ. GL 61, After what manner must you examine yourself before you come to the Lord's supper? A. 1. I must examine whether I abhor myself for my sins, and- humble myself before God on account of them. 2. Whether I believe and trust that all my sins are forgiven me for Christ's sake. 3. Whether 1 also have a sincere resolution henceforward, to walk in all good works. GL 62. May those be admitted to the Lord's supper, who teach false doc- trines, or lead offensive lives 1 COMPENDIUM. 25 A. No : lest the covenant of God be profaned, and his wrath kindled against the whole church. GL 63. How must wo then deal with such persons! A. According to the appointment given us by Christ, Mat. 18. 15, 16, 17. ' If thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother: but if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established : and if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican." THE THIRD PART. <&t tbe (SvatftuTje toe otoe to (SJoTi for j&eTremjrtfon. GL 64. Since we are saved merely of grace through Christ, why must we then yet do good works 1 A. Not to merit heaven thereby (which Christ hath done) ; but because this is commanded ine of God. GL 65. What purpose then do your good works answer "i A. That I may thereby testify my thankfulness to God for all his benefits, and that he may be glorified by me ; and that also I may be assured of the sincerity of my faith, by good works, as the fruits thereof, and that my neigh- bours may be edified thereby and gained to Christ. GL 66. Shall they also be saved who do no good works 1 A. No: For the scripture saith, that neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor whoremongers, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, noi revilers, nor robbers, nor such like, shall inherit the kingdom of God, 1 Cor. 6. 9, and 10, unless they turn to the Lord. GL 67. Wherein dotti the conversion of man consist ? A. In a hearty repentance, and avoiding of sin, and in an earnest desire after, and doing all good works. GL 68. What are good works? A. Only those, which proceed from a true faith ; are done according to the law of God, and to his glory ; and not those, which are founded on human institutions, or on our own imaginations. GL 69. Can they, who are converted to God, perfectly keep the law? A. Not at all : but even the most holy men, as long as they are in thia life, have only a small beginning of this obedience ; yet so, that they with a sincere resolution begin to live not only according to some, but according to all the commandments of God, as they also constantly pray to God that they may daily increase therein. GL 70. To whom must we pray for this ? A. Not to any creature, but to God alone, who can help us, and will hear Ds for Jesus Christ's sake. GL 71. In whose name must we pray to God J A . Only in the name of Christ, John 16. 23, and not in the name of any saints. GL 72. What must we pray to God for 1 A. For all things necessary for soul and body, which Christ our Lord has comprised in that prayer, he himself has taught us. CL 73. "What are the words of that prayer 1 A. Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy king- dom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the king- dom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. GL 74. What Jo you desire of God in this prayer ? A. 1. That all things which tend to the glory of God, may be promoted, and whatsoever is repugnant thereto, or contrary to his will, may be prevented. 2. 26 CONFESSION OF FAITH. That he may provide me with ail things necessary for the body, and as to my soul, preserve me from all evil, which might in any wise be detrimental to my salvation. Amen. When those who are inclined to become members in full communion of the church, and to approach the Holy Supper of the Lord, thoroughly know and confess these fundamental truths, they are then to be asked whether they have any doubt in any point concerning the doctrine; to the end they may be satisfied: and in case any of them should answer in the affirmative, en- deavours must be used to convince them from the scriptures; and if satisfied, they must be asked whether they have experienced the power of the truth in their hearts, and are willing and desirous to be saved by Jesus Christ from their sins ; and whether they propose, by the grace of God, to peisevere in this doctrine, to forsake the world, and to lead a new Christian life. Lastly, they are to be asked, whether they will submit themselves to the Chi istian dis- cipline. Which being done, they are to be exhorted to peace, love and concord with all men, and to reconciliation, if there is any variance subsisting between them and their neighbours. THE CONFESSION OF FAITH OF THE 2&eformcTr Butch @lmrcli* REVISED IN THE NATIONAL SYNOD, HELD AT DORDRECHT, IN THE YEARS, 1G18, AND 1619. >Qgm ■ ARTICLE I. That there is one only God. WE all believe with the heart, and confess with the mouth, that there is one only simple and spiritual Being, which we call God ; and that he is eter- nal, incomprehensible, invisible, immutable, infinite, almighty, perfectly wise, just, good, and the overflowing fountain of all good. II. By what means God is made known unto us. We know him by two means : first, by the creation, preservation and go- vernment of the universe ; which is before our eyes as a most elegant book, wherein all creatures, great and small, are as so many characters leading us to contemplate the invisible things of God, namely, his eternal power and God- head, as the apostle Paul saith, Rom. i. 20. All which things are sufficient to convince men, and leave them without excuse. Secondly, he makes him- self more clearly and fully known to us, by his holy and divine word ; that is to say, as far as' is necessary for us to know in this life, to his glory and our salvation. III. Of the written word of God. We confess that this word of God was not sent, nor delivered by the will of man, but that holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, as the apostle Peter saith. And that afterwards God, from a special care, which he has for us and our salvation, commanded his servants, the prophets and apostles, to commit his revealed word to writing ; and he himself wrote with his own finger, the two tables of the law : Therefore we call such writings holy and divine scriptures. IV. Canonical books of the Holy Scriptures. We believe that the holy scriptures are contained in two books, namely, the CONFESSION OF FAITH. 37 old and new testament, which are canonical, against which nothing can be alleged. These are thus named in the church of God. The books oi' the old testament are, the five books of iVJoses, viz. Genesis, Exodus, Le\iticus, Num- bers, Deuteronomy; the book of Jo»hua, Judges, Ruth, two books of ?amuel, and two of the Kings ; two books of the Chronicles, commonly called Paralipomeuon, the first of Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, the Psalms of David, the three books of Solomon, namely, the Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs ; the four great prophets, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel ; and the twelve lesser prophets, namely, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Olxi'nah, Jonah, Mi- cah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Maiachi. Thoie of the new testament are the four evangelists ; viz. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John ; the Acts of the Apostles ; the fourteen epistles of the apostle Paul, viz. one to the Romans, two to the Corinthians one to the Galatians, one to the Ephesians, one to the Philippians, one to the Colossians, two to the Thessalonians, two to Timothy, one to Titus, one to Philemon, and one to the Hebrews : the seven epistles of the other apostles, namely, one of James, two of Peter, three of John, one of Jude; and the revelations of the apostle John. V. From whence do the Holy Scriptures derive their dignity and authority. We receive all these books, and these only, as holy and canonical, for the regulation, foundation, and confirmation of our faith ; believing without any doubt, all things contained in them, not so much because the church receives and approves them as such, but more especially because the Holy Ghost wit- nesseth in our hearts, that they are from God, whereof they carry the evidence in themselves. For the very blind are able to perceive that the things fore- told in them arc fulfilling. VI. The dijfen nee between the canonical and apocryphal books. We distinguish those sacred books from the apocryphal ; viz. the third and fourth book of Esdras, the books of Tobias, Judith, Wisdom, Jesus Syrach, Baruch, the appendix to the book of Esther, the song of the three Children in the Furnace, the history oi" Susannah, of Bell and the Dragon, the prayer of Manasses, and the two books of the Maccabees. All which the church may read and take instruction from, so far as they agree with the canonical books ; but they are far from having such power and efficacy, as that we may from their testimony confirm any point of faith, or of the Christian religion; much lees detract from the authority of the other sacred books. VII. The sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures, to be the only rule of faith. We believe that those holy scriptures fully contain the will of God, and that, whatsoever man ought to belie c, unto salvation, is sufficiently taught therein. For since the whole manner of worship, which God requires of lis, is written in them at large, it is unlawful for any one, though an apostle, to teach other- wise, than we are now taught in the holy scriptures : Nay, though it were an angel from heaven, as the apostle Paul saith. For, since it is forbidden, to add unto or take away any thing from the word of God, it doth thereby evi- dently appear, that the doctrine thereof is most perfect and complete in all respects. Neither may we compare any writings of men, though ever so holy, with those divine scriptures, nor ought we to compare custom, or the great multitude, or antiquity, or succession of times or persons, or councils, decrees or statutes, with the truth of God, for the truth is above all ; for all men are of themselves liars, and more vain than vanity itself: Therefore, we reject, with all our hearts, whatsoever doth not agree with this infallible rule, which the apostles have taught us, saying, try the spirits whether they are of God. Likewise, if there come any unto you, and bring not this doc- trine, receive him not into your house. 38* 28 CONFESSION OF FAITH. VIII. That God is one in essence, yet nevertheless distinguished in three persons. According to this truth and this word of God, we believe in one only God, who is one single essence, in which are three persons, really, truly, and eternally distinct, according to their incommunicable properties ; namely, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost. The Father is the cause, origin and beginning of all things visible and invisible; the Son is the word, wisdom, and image of the Father ; the Holy Ghost is the eternal power and might, proceeding from the Father and the Son. Nevertheless God is not by this distinction divided into three, since the holy scriptures teach us, that the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost, have each his personality, dis- tinguished by their properties; but in such wise that these ihree persons are but one only God. Hence then, it is evident, that the Father is not the Son, nor the Son the Father, and likewise the Holy Ghost is neither the Father nor the Son. Nevertheless these persons thus distinguished are not divided, nor intermixed : For the Father hath not assumed the flesh, nor hath the Holy Ghost, but the Son only. The Father hath never been without his Son, or without his Holy Ghost. For they are all three co-eternal and co-essential. There is neither first nor last : for they are all three^one, in truth, in power, in goodness, and in mercy. IX. The proof of the foregoing article of the trinity of persons in one God. All this we know, as well from the testimonies of holy writ, as from their operations, and chiefly by those we feel in ourselves. The testimonies of the holy scriptures, that teach us to believe this holy trinity, are wtitten in many places of the old testament, which are not so necessary to enumerate, as to choose them out with discretion and judgment. In Genesis, chap. i. 26, 27, God saith : Let us make man in our image, after our likeness,