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FROM THE LIBRARY OF 
 REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON. D. D. 
 
 BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO 
 
 THE LIBRARY OF 
 
 PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 
 
 
Digitized by the Internet Archive 
 
 in 2010 with funding from 
 
 Calvin College 
 
 http://www.archive.org/details/bookofvespersordOOosgo 
 
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 r^,<^ OF PS/,Vc7^^ 
 ^ MAR 29 1934 ^' 
 
 BOOK OF YESPmwBE.# 
 
 AN ORDER OF EVENIiNG WORSHIP, 
 
 WITH 
 
 SELECT PSALMS AND HYMNS. 
 
 NEW YORK: 
 JAMES MILLER, 522 BROADWAY. 
 
 BOSTON: WALKER, WISE & CO. 
 
 1862. 
 
Entered according to Act of Congress, in tho year 1862, 
 
 By JAMES MILLER, 
 
 In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern 
 District of New York. 
 
 Rennik, Shea & Lindsay, 
 
 stekeotypkrs and elkctrotypers, 
 
 81, S3 & 85 Centre-street, 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 
 C. A. ALVORl), 
 
 Printer. 
 
 15 Vaiidewaterstreet, N*?vv Yoik 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 In response to many calls, the Vesper Service as arranged in our 
 volume of " Christian Worship," is here separately published, for the 
 use of such churches as may desire to have it apart from the other 
 liturgical services, which that contains. From the Preface of the 
 original work,* we reprint the following paragraphs, as especially 
 referring to the contents of the present publication, and showing 
 its plan. 
 
 " We have here given an extended and careful order of service for 
 Vespers, and have added a full selection from the Psalms for respon- 
 sive reading, and of Hymns especially adapted to this service. The 
 idea of course is not new, for Vespers are as old as the Christian 
 Church, if not older, and all of the great churches of Christendom, 
 Rome at the head, have their Vesper ritual. Our order is wholly 
 Protestant, and in fact in some respects more bold and progressive 
 than any other of our services; yet it retains much of the severe 
 beauty of the ancient rule, and will be found to wake echoes between 
 the old and new ages. Our esteemed brother, Rev. Samuel Longfel- 
 low, formerly of Brooklyn, has been the pioneer in this movement, 
 and we can recognize his labors without sacrificing our own judgment. 
 The Service here given will be found to afford opportunity for the 
 highest art of music, and at the same time to be within the reach of 
 the simplest congregational worship. In fact, the musical portion is 
 so full and varied as to be capable of being sung by any tolerable 
 choir, and may moreover more easily dispense with a choir, and be 
 wholly congregational, than the usual order. The responsive psalms 
 are printed in a new way, so as to be easily used ; and this is the first 
 time, within our knowledge, that they have been so arranged as to be 
 read by our people according to the original intention, and it is evident 
 
 * Christian Worship. Services for tlie Church : with Order of Vespers, and Hymns. 
 
6 PREFACE. 
 
 that this method will soon be universal. These psalms, together with 
 the hymns for congregational singing, contribute towards a more sym- 
 pathetic and edifying worship in our churches, and tend to do away 
 with the coldness and isolation that are so often complained of. 
 Strange it is that principles so large and genial as ours should be so 
 commonly set forth inadequately, and the most meagre of rituals 
 should attend so rich a faith. 
 
 " The Vesper Service may admit of the accustomed evening or after- 
 noon sermon, although it is more compatible with an extemporaneous 
 address or exposition. We believe that it meets a decided and general 
 want in our churches, and attracts and impresses many who do not care 
 to attend an evening service on the old plan, or to hear two regular 
 sermons with much the same accompaniments. The want of some- 
 thing like this has led several churches to discontinue the second ser- 
 vice. It is a very serious and devout mode of worship, and only by a 
 monstrous perversion can it be made the occasion of musical vanity 
 and operatic artifice. It is in great part scriptural, and calls for con- 
 stant and devout attention from the audience. Thus far, wherever 
 held, it has won the favor of all classes of hearers, and is ranked 
 among the fixed institutions of religion with us as with the ancient 
 Church." 
 
 We need not say much to illustrate the great breadth and richness 
 of the materials which the Scriptures furnish for this Service, and 
 which are here presented, it seems to us, more fully than in previous 
 manuals, old or new. The associations, for example, that gather 
 around the New Testament Hymns, as here given, are most quickening 
 and edifying. The Magnificat brings before us the young Hebrew 
 maiden who was to bear the hope of the world and be the type of all 
 consecrated womanhood. The N'unc Dimittis exhibits old age as the 
 memento of the past and the precursor of the future, and the venerable 
 Simeon sings to us the swan song of the old dispensation and the 
 cradle song of the new. The Gloria in Excelsis opens to us the angelic 
 world, and summons the hosts of heaven to join in our evening prayer. 
 The Son of God and Son of man himself speaks to us in the Yenite ad 
 me and the Beatitudes^ and gives his offer of rest to the weary laborer, 
 and his benediction to all the blessed children of God. The Te Deum 
 closes the list, and gives voice to the praise of the whole family of the 
 faithful on earth and in heaven. Surely these images and words well 
 become the peaceful hour of Sabbath evening worship, and unite in 
 themselves and the wealth of music that so many ages have been accu- 
 
PREFACE. 7 
 
 miilating about them, a world of comfort, instruction, and insjjiration. 
 God grant that such affluence may not be in vain, and our churches 
 may enjoy this precious heritage as never before. 
 
 We only add, in conclusion, that if any congregations object at pres- 
 ent to the responsive parts of this Service, the objection may be met 
 by the Minister reading the Introduction, and the choir singing a 
 Psalm or Anthem in place of the responsive Psalm. 
 
 S. O. 
 
 New Yokk, March 21, 1862. F. A. F. 
 
ORDER OF SERVICES. 
 
 I. Yoluiitary on the Organ. 
 II. Introduction : read by Minister and People standing, and 
 
 followed by the " Gloria Patri," said or chanted.* 
 III. Yesper Hymn, from the collection at the end of the book. 
 
 Not read. People sit. 
 lY. Prayer. 
 Y. Sacred Melody. Not announced. People sit. 
 YI. Selected Psalms, Read by Minister and People standing. 
 Ending with the Doxology, '* Now unto the King Eter- 
 nal," &c.* 
 YII. Reading from Old Testament. 
 YIII. Chanted Psalm, or corresponding Hymn, as in pages 15 to 
 21. Other Psalms may be used at discretion. Not 
 announced. People stand. 
 IX. Reading from New Testament. 
 
 X. Chanted Hymn from New Testament, or one of the versi- 
 fied Hymns, as in pages 21 to 30: 1. Magnificat; 
 2. Nunc Dimittis; 3. Gloi'ia in Excelsis; 4. Venite 
 ad me; 5. Beatitudes ; 6. Te Deum ; or, one of the 
 corresponding versified Hymns. Not read. People stand. 
 XI. Exposition or Address. 
 XII. Silent Prayer, — closed by 
 XIII. Chanted Prayer, — usually the Lord's Prayer. 
 XIY. Congregational Hymn. Congregation stand and sing. 
 XY. Benediction, the Amen chanted. 
 
 * See p. 7 of the Preface. 
 
VESPERS 
 
 The Minister shall read one or more of these Sentences j 
 and then say, with the People responsively, the words of 
 praise that follow: "O Lord, open thou our lips," &c. 
 
 FROM the rising of the sun unto the going down 
 of the same, the Lord's name is to be pi-aised. 
 
 Let our prayers be set forth in his sight as incense, 
 and the lifting up of our hands, as an evening sacrifice. 
 
 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of 
 grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to 
 help in time of need. 
 
 Behold ! God is my salvation ; I will trust and 
 not be afraid : for the Lord Jehovah is my strength 
 and my song ; he also is become my salvation. 
 
 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call uj)on him, 
 to all that call upon him in truth. 
 
 Oh, send out thy light and thy truth : let them 
 lead me ; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and 
 to thy tabernacles. 
 
 I am the light of the world : he that followeth 
 me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the 
 light of life. 
 
 Peace be to the lu-ethren, and love with fiiith 
 from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto 
 you ; not as the world giveth give I unto you. 
 
 God who commanded the light to shine out of 
 
 darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light 
 
 1* 
 
10 VESPERS. 
 
 of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of 
 Jesus Christ. 
 
 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty 
 hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 
 easting all your care upon him ; for he careth for you. 
 
 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy 
 laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon 
 you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly of 
 heart ; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 
 
 The Peojple standing^ the Minister shall say : 
 
 O Lord, open thou our lips. 
 
 A71S. And our mouth shall show forth tliy praise. 
 
 3Ii7}. O God, haste thee to save us. 
 
 All-?. O Lord, make haste to help us. 
 
 Min. O Lord, let thy mercy be shown upon us ; 
 
 An6\ As we do put our trust in tliee. 
 
 Mtn. Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 Ans. The Lord's name be praised. 
 
 Then shall he read^ in the order of the month, one of the 
 following Introductions hy the Minister and People 
 resj)onsively, each reading a line / or hy him alone. 
 
 INTEODUCTIONS. 
 
 Jirst Suniiag. 
 
 " WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, 
 
 . From whence cometh my help. 
 
 My help cometh from the Lord, 
 
 Which made heaven and earth. 
 
 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved 
 
 He that keepeth thee will not slumber. 
 
VESPERS. 11 
 
 Behold ! he tliat keepeth Israel 
 Shall neither slumber nor sleep. 
 The Lord is thy keeper ; 
 The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. 
 The sun shall not smite thee by day, 
 Nor tlie moon by night. 
 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil : 
 He shall preserve thy soul. 
 
 The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy 
 coming in. 
 
 From this time forth, and even for evermore. 
 
 The Introduction will he followed hy the Gloria Patri^ thus : 
 
 GLORY be to the Father, Almighty God, through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord ; 
 As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall 
 be, world without end. Avien. 
 
 Alleluia! (The Allelnia to he added especially 
 on joyous occasions?) 
 
 Seconb Sunliag. 
 
 LOKD, I cry unto thee : make haste unto me ; 
 Give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. 
 
 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense ; 
 
 And the lifting up of my hands as the evening 
 sacrifice. 
 
 The Lord hath granted his loving-kindness in 
 the daytime ; 
 
 And in the nio^ht-season w^ill I sinsf of him, and 
 make my prayer unto the God of my life. 
 
 Because thy loving-kindness is better than life, 
 
 My lips shall praise thee ; 
 
12 VESPERS. 
 
 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and 
 fatness, 
 
 And with joyful lips my mouth shall praise thee ; 
 
 When I think of thee upon my bed, 
 
 And meditate upon thee in the night-watches. 
 
 {Gloria Patri.) 
 
 ®l)lrb Sunbag. 
 
 PEAISE ye the Lord ! Praise, O ye servants of 
 Jehovah, 
 Praise his holy name ! 
 
 From the rising of the sun to the going down of 
 the same, 
 
 Jehovah's name is to be praised. 
 
 Praise him, all ye his angels ; 
 
 Praise him, all ye his hosts ! 
 
 Praise ye him, sun and moon ; 
 
 Praise him, all ye stars of light ! 
 
 Young men and maidens ; old men and children 
 
 Let them praise the name of Jehovah ! 
 
 For his name alone is exalted ; 
 
 His glory is above the earth and heavens. 
 
 {Gloria Patri.) 
 
 Jourtl) Sunbap. 
 
 HOW amiable are thy tabernacles, 
 O Lord of hosts ! 
 My soul longeth, yea even fainteth for the courts 
 of the Lord. 
 
 My heart and m^^ flesh cry out for the living God. 
 
VESPERS. 13 
 
 As the sparrow findetli an house, 
 
 And the swallow a nest where she may lay her 
 young, 
 
 So let me dwell at thine altars, 
 
 O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God. 
 
 Blessed are the men Avhose strength is in thee ; 
 
 In whose heart are thy ways. 
 
 They will go from strength to strength, 
 
 Till every one of them appeareth in Zion hefore 
 God. 
 
 O Lord of hosts. 
 
 Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. 
 
 {Gloria Patri.) 
 
 THY word is a lamp unto my feet. 
 And a light unto my path. 
 My tongue shall speak of thy word, 
 For all thy commandments are righteousness 
 Let thine hand help me ; 
 For I have chosen thy precepts. 
 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord * 
 And thy law is my delight. 
 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee ; 
 And let thy judgments help me. 
 I have gone astray like a lost sheep ; seek thy 
 servant ! 
 
 For I do not forget thy commandments. 
 
 {Gloria Patri^ 
 
14 VESPERS. 
 
 VESPER HYMN, 
 
 From the end of the hooh. Not announced. 
 PRAYEK. 
 
 VOLUNTARY BY THE CHOIR. 
 
 This should he a Sacred Song^ icith devoid and audible 
 words ; and the Air free and expressive. 
 
 RESPONSIVE READING OF PSALMS. 
 
 The Psahn selected shoidd he distinctly named hy the 
 Minister^ and read hy Minister and People^ according 
 to the 2yoiTallelisms as printed; all standing uj). The 
 reading will end with this Doxology : 
 
 Minister, Now unto the King eternal, immortal, 
 invisible, the only wise God ; 
 
 Answer. Be honor and glory, thi'ough Jesus 
 Christ, for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 The same Doxology may he used after each Vesper Psalm^ 
 unless the Gloria Patri is suhstituted. 
 
 FIRST READING FROM SCRIPTURE.— OLD 
 TESTAMENT. 
 
 At the close the Minister will say: "Here endeth this 
 Reading of the Old Testament ;" and the Vesper Psalm 
 will he said or sung in the order of the Months or the 
 corresponding Hymn. Psalms 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 
 115, and 11 Y have a devotional and musical interest as 
 heing the regular Vesper chants for ages. These or any 
 others viay he selected. 
 
VESPERS. 1 5 
 
 VESPER PSALMS. 
 
 IN THE OFwDER OE THE MONTH. 
 
 Jirst Sunba^. 
 
 Cantate Domino. — Psalm xcviii. 
 
 OSING unto the Lord a new song; for lie bath 
 done marvellous things. 
 
 With his own right hand, and with his holy arm, 
 bath he gotten himself the victory. 
 
 The Lord declared his salvation ; bis righteous- 
 ness bath be openly showed in the sight of the 
 heathen. 
 
 He hath remembered bis mercy and truth toward 
 the house of Israel ; and all the ends of the w^orld 
 have seen the salvation of our God. 
 
 Show yourselves joyful unto the Lord, all ye 
 lands ; sing, rejoice, and give thanks. 
 
 Praise the Lord upon the harp ; sing to the harp 
 with a psalm of thanksgiving. 
 
 With trumpets also and shawms, O show your- 
 selves joyful before the Lord, the King. 
 
 Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is ; 
 the round world, and they that dwell therein. 
 
 Let the floods clap their bands, and let the bills 
 be joyful together before the Lord ; for be cometb 
 to judge the earth. 
 
 With righteousness shall lie judge the world, and 
 the people with equity. 
 
16 VESPERS. 
 
 L 
 
 Or this Hymn: 
 
 PRAISE. 8s. 
 
 AUDED he thy name forever, 
 
 Thou of life the Guard and Giver ! 
 Thou who sliimberest not, nor sleepeyt, 
 Blest are they thou kindly keepest ; 
 God of stillness and of motion, 
 Of the rainbow and the ocean. 
 Of the mountain, rock, and river. 
 Blessed he thy name forever. 
 
 God of evening's yellow ray ; 
 God of yonder dawning day. 
 That rises from the distant sea. 
 Like breathings from eternity ; 
 Thine the flaming sphere of light. 
 Thine the darkness of the night ; 
 God of life, that fade shall never. 
 Glory to thy name forever ! 
 
 Scconb Sttubag. 
 
 Bonuin est confiten.— Y^'Ava. xcii. 
 
 IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, 
 and to sing praises unto thy Name, O Most 
 Highest ; 
 
 To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the morn 
 ing, and of thy truth in the night season ; 
 
 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the 
 lute ; upon a loud instrument, and upon the harp. 
 
 For thou, Lord, hast made me gkd through thy 
 works ; and I will rejoice in giving praise for the 
 operations of thy hands. 
 
VESPERS. IT 
 
 Or this Hymn : 
 COME, HOLY SPIRIT. 8s & 7s. 
 
 HOLY Spirit, source of gladness, 
 Shine amid the clonds of night; 
 O'er our weariness and sadness 
 
 Breathe thy life and shed thy light ! 
 Send us thine illumination. 
 
 Banish all our fears at length, 
 Kest upon this congregation. 
 Spirit of unfailing strength. 
 
 Let that love which knows no measure, 
 
 Now in quickening showers descend. 
 Bringing us the richest treasure, 
 
 Man can wish or God can send ; 
 Hear our earnest supplication, 
 
 Every struggling heart release. 
 Rest upon this congregation. 
 
 Spirit of eternal peace ! 
 
 Dens misereatur. — Psalm Ixvii. 
 
 GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us, and show 
 us the light of his countenance, and be merci- 
 ful unto us ; 
 
 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy 
 saving health among all nations. 
 
 Let the people praise thee, O God ; yea, let all 
 the people praise thee. 
 
 O let the nations rejoice and be glad ; for thou 
 shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the 
 nations upon earth. 
 
18 VESPERS. 
 
 Let the people praise thee, O God ; yea, let all 
 the people praise thee. 
 
 Then shall the earth bring forth her increase; 
 and God, even our oAvn God, shall give us his 
 blessing. 
 
 God shall bless us ; and all the ends of the world 
 shall fear him. 
 
 Or this Hymn : 
 
 PPwAISE. 8s & 7s. 
 
 iR AISE to thee, thou great Creator ! 
 Praise to thee from every tongue ; 
 Join, my soul, with every creature. 
 Join the universal song. 
 
 Father, Source of all compassion. 
 Pure, unbounded grace is thine : 
 
 Hail the God of our salvation ! 
 Praise him for his love divine. 
 
 For ten thousand blessings given, 
 
 For the hope of future joy, 
 Sound his praise through earth and heaven, 
 
 Sound Jehovah's praise on high. 
 
 Joyfully on earth adore him. 
 
 Till in heaven our songs we raise ; 
 
 There, enraptured, fall before him, 
 Lost in wonder, love, and praise. 
 
 Jourtl) 6itnlra2. 
 
 Benedic^ anivia mea. — Psalm ciii. 
 
 iPAISE the Lord, O my soul ; and all that is 
 within me, praise his holy Name. 
 
VESPERS. 19 
 
 Praise the Lord, O my soul, mid forget not all his 
 benefits : 
 
 Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine 
 infirmities ; 
 
 Who saveth thy life from destruction, and crown- 
 eth thee with mercy and loving-kindness. 
 
 O praise the Lord, ye Angels of his, ye that excel 
 in sti'ength ; ye that fulfil his commandment, and 
 hearken unto the voice of his word. 
 
 O 2:)raise the Lord, all ye his hosts ; ye servants 
 of his that do his pleasure. 
 
 O speak good of the Lord, all ye works of his, in 
 all places of his dominion : praise thou the Lord, 
 O my soul. 
 
 Or this Jlynm : 
 
 PRAYER m AFFLICTION 8s & 7s. 
 
 LIGHT of those whose dreary dwelling 
 Borders on the shades of death, 
 Come, and by thy love's revealing, 
 
 Dissipate the clouds beneath ; 
 The new heaven and earth's Creator, 
 
 In our deepest darkness I'ise, 
 
 Scattering all the night of nature, 
 
 Pouring eyesight on our eyes. 
 
 Still we wait for thine appearing ; 
 
 Life and joy thy beams impart, 
 Chasing all our fears, and cheering 
 
 Every poor, benighted heart: 
 Come, and manifest the fiivor 
 
 Promised to thy ransomed race ; 
 Come, thou glorious God and Saviour, 
 
 Come, and bring thy gospel grace. 
 
20 VESPERS. 
 
 ififtl) Sunbag. 
 
 Dominus regit me. — Psalm xxiii. 
 
 THE Lord is my shepherd; therefore can I lack 
 nothing. 
 
 He shall feed me in a green pasture, and lead me 
 forth beside the waters of comfort. 
 
 He shall convert my soul, and bring me forth in 
 the paths of righteousness for his Name's sake. 
 
 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the 
 shadow of death, I will fear no evil ; for thou art 
 with me ; thy rod and thy staff comfort me. 
 
 Thou shalt prepare a table before me against 
 them that trouble me ; thou hast anoiuted my head 
 with oil, and my cup shall be full. 
 
 But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow 
 me all the days of my life ; and I will dwell in the 
 house of the Lord for ever. 
 
 Or this Hymn : 
 GOD OUR SHEPHERD. lis. 
 
 THE Lord is my Shepherd, no want shall I know: 
 I feed in green pastures, safe folded I rest ; 
 He leadeth my soul where the still waters flow ; 
 Kestores me when wandering, redeems when 
 oppressed. 
 
 Through the valley and shadow of death though I 
 stray. 
 
 Since thou art my guardian, no evil I fear ; 
 Thy rod shall defend thee, thy staff be my stay, 
 
 No harm can befall with inv Comforter near. 
 
VESPERS. 21 
 
 In the midst of affliction my table is spread ; 
 
 With blessings unmeasured my cup runneth o'er ; 
 With perfume and oil thou anointest my head; 
 
 O what shall I ask of thy providence more ? 
 
 Let goodness and mercy, my bountiful God, 
 Still follow my steps, till I meet thee above ; 
 
 I seek, by the path which my forefathers trod 
 Through the land of their sojourn, thy kingdom 
 of love. 
 
 SECOND READING.— NEW TESTAMENT. 
 
 After this reading^ at the close ofiuhich the Minister shall 
 say^ '' Here endeth this Reading of the New Testament," 
 one of the following Hymns from the New Testament 
 shall he sung^ or else the Te Dexim : 
 
 I. 
 
 Magnificat. — St. Luke i. 
 
 MY soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit 
 hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 
 
 For he hath regarded the lowliness of his hand- 
 maiden : for, behold ! from henceforth all genera- 
 tions shall call me blessed. 
 
 For he that is mighty hath magnified me; and 
 Holy is his name. 
 
 And his mercy is on them that fear him through- 
 out all generations. 
 
 He hath showed strength with his arm; he hath 
 scattered the proud in the imagination of their 
 hearts. 
 
 He hath put down tlie mighty from their seats, 
 and hath exalted the Inimhle and the meek. 
 
22 VESPERS. 
 
 He hatli filled the hungry with good things ; and 
 the i-ich he hath sent empty away. 
 
 Eemembering his mercy, he hath holpen his ser- 
 vant Israel, 
 
 As he promised to our forefathers, Abraham, and 
 his seed for ever. 
 
 Or this Hy 17171: 
 
 MAGNIFICAT. ANCIENT VERSION. C. M. 
 
 MY soul and spirit, filled with joy, 
 My God and Saviour praise. 
 Whose goodness did from poor estate 
 His humble handmaid raise. 
 
 Me blessed of God, the God of power, 
 
 All ages shall confess ; 
 Whose Name is holy, and whose love 
 
 His saints shall ever bless. 
 
 The proud and all their vain designs 
 
 He quickly did confound ; 
 He cast the mighty from theii- seat. 
 
 The meek and humble crowned. 
 
 The hungry with good things were filled, 
 The rich with hunger pined ; 
 
 He sent his servant Israel help, 
 And called his love to mind ; 
 
 Which to our fathers heretofore 
 
 His promise did insure. 
 To Abra'm and his chosen seed 
 
 For ever to endure. 
 
VESPERS. 23 
 
 II. 
 
 Nunc dimittis. — St. Luke ii. 
 
 LOED, novy lettest thou thy servant depart in 
 peace, according to thy word : 
 Foi* mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 
 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all 
 people ; 
 
 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of 
 thy people Israel. 
 
 Or this Hym/n : 
 THE BETTER LAND. 7s & 6s. 
 
 BRIEF life is here our portion, 
 Brief sorrow, short-lived care ; 
 The Life that knows no ending, 
 
 The tearless Life is there. 
 O happy retribution. 
 
 Short toil, eternal rest ! 
 For mortals and for sinners 
 A mansion with the Blest! 
 
 Thei*e God, my King and Portion, 
 
 In fulness of His Grace, 
 Shall we behold for ever. 
 
 And worship face to face. 
 Jerusalem the glorious ! 
 
 The glory of the elect, 
 O dear and future vision 
 
 That eager hearts expect. 
 
 Jei-usalem the only. 
 
 That look'st from Heaven below. 
 
24 VESPERS. 
 
 In thee is all my gloiy, 
 
 In me is all my woe: 
 O Land that seest no sorrow ; 
 
 O State that fear'st no strife ! 
 O princely bowers ! O Land of flowers ! 
 
 O realm and home of life ! 
 
 III. 
 
 Gloria in excelsis. 
 
 GLORY be to God in the highest, on earth, 
 peace, good will toward men. 
 
 Or this: 
 
 GLORY be to God on high, and on earth peace, 
 good will towards men. We praise thee, we 
 bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we 
 give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord 
 God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. 
 O God, through thy only-begotten Son Jesus 
 Christ, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that 
 taketh away the sins of the world, have mercy up- 
 on us. Through him that taketh away the sins of 
 the world, have mercy upon us. Through him that 
 taketh away the sins of the world, receive our 
 prayer. Through him that sitteth at the right 
 hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us. For 
 thou only art holy ; thou only art the Lord ; thou 
 only, in Christ, by thy Holy Ghost, art most high 
 in thy glory, O God our Father. Amen. 
 
 Or thU: 
 
VESPERS. 25 
 
 OUR SAVIOUR'S BIRTH. CM. 
 
 CALM on the listening ear of night 
 Come heaven's melodious strains, 
 Wher^ wild Judea stretches far 
 Her silver-mantled plains ! 
 
 Celestial choirs, from conrts above, 
 
 Shed sacred glories there ; 
 And angels, with their sparkling lyres, 
 
 Make music on the air. 
 
 The answering hills of Palestine 
 
 Send back the glad reply ; 
 And greet, from all their holy heights, 
 
 The day-spring from on high. 
 
 O'er the blue depths of Galilee 
 
 There comes a holier calm. 
 And Sharon waves, in solemn praise, 
 
 Her silent groves of j^alm. 
 
 " Glory to God !" the sounding skies 
 Loud with their anthems sing — 
 
 '^ Peace on the earth — good will to men. 
 From heaven's Eternal King." 
 
 LY. 
 
 Yenite ad me, — St. Matt. xi. 28. 
 
 COME unto me all ye that labor, and are heavy 
 laden ; and I will give you rest. 
 Take my yoke upon you ; and learn of me. 
 For I am meek and lowly of heart : and ye shall 
 find rest unto your souls. 
 
 For ray yoke is easy ; and my burden light. 
 2 
 
26 VESPERS. 
 
 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto 
 you: not as tLe world givetb, give I unto you. 
 
 Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be 
 afraid. 
 
 Or this Hymn : 
 
 INVITATIONS OF JESUS. 7s. 
 
 COME, said Jesus' sacred voice, 
 Come and make my paths your choice : 
 I will guide you to your home ; 
 Weary pilgrim, hither come ! 
 
 Thou, who, houseless, sole, forlorn. 
 Long hast borne the proud world's scorn, 
 Long hast roamed the barren waste, 
 Weary pilgrim, hither haste ! 
 
 Ye, who, tossed on beds of pain, 
 Seek for ease, but seek in vain ; 
 Ye, whose swoln and slee23less eyes 
 Watch to see the morning rise ; 
 
 Ye, by fiercer anguish torn. 
 In remorse for guilt who mourn. 
 Here repose your heavy care : 
 A wounded spirit who can bear? 
 
 Sinner, come ! for here is found 
 Balm that flows for every wound ; 
 Peace that ever shall endure. 
 Rest eternal, sacred, sure. 
 
VESPERS. 27 
 
 Y. 
 
 Beatitudes. 
 
 BLESSED are the poor in spirit: for theirs is 
 the kino:dom of heaven. 
 
 Blessed are they that mourn ; for they shall be 
 comforted. 
 
 Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the 
 earth. 
 
 Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst after 
 righteousness : for they shall be filled. 
 
 Blessed are the merciful : for the}^ shall obtain 
 mercy. 
 
 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see 
 God. 
 
 Blessed are the peace-makers ; for they shall be 
 called the children of God. 
 
 Blessed are they that are pei'secuted f )r right- 
 eousness' sake : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 
 
 Or this Hymn : 
 COME, YE DISCONSOLATE. P. M. 
 
 COME, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish ; 
 Come, at the shrine of God fervently kneel ; 
 Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your 
 anguish ; 
 Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. 
 
 Joy of the desolate, light of the straying, 
 
 Hope, when all others die, fadeless and pure. 
 
 Here speaks the Comforter, in God's name saying, 
 Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure. 
 
28 VESPERS. 
 
 Here see tlie bread of life ; see waters flowing 
 Forth from the throne of God, living and pure ; 
 
 Come to the feast of love ; come, ever knowing, 
 Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure. 
 
 YI. 
 
 Te Deum laudamus, 
 
 WE praise thee, O God ! Ave acknowledge thee 
 to be the Lord. 
 All the earth doth worshij) thee, the Father ever- 
 lasting. 
 
 To thee all angels cry aloud, the heavens and all 
 the powers therein. 
 
 To thee cherubim and seraphim continually do 
 
 cry, 
 
 Holy, holy, holy. Lord God of hosts ! 
 
 Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of thy 
 glory. 
 
 The glorious company of the apostles, praise thee. 
 
 The goodly fellowship of the prophets, praise thee. 
 
 The noble army of martyrs, praise thee. 
 
 The holy church, throughout all the world, doth 
 acknowledge thee, 
 
 Th.e Father of an infinite majesty; 
 
 Thy holy, true, and only Son; 
 
 Also, the Holy Ghost, the Comforter. 
 
 Thou art the King of Glory, O God ! 
 
 And Jesus Christ thy well-beloved Son. 
 
 When thou gavest him to deliver man, it pleased 
 thee that he should be born of a virgin. 
 
 When he had overcome the sharpness of death, 
 he opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers. 
 
VESPERS. 29 
 
 He sittetli at the right hand of God, in the glory 
 of the Father. 
 
 We believe that he shall come to be our judge. 
 
 We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, whom 
 thou hast redeemed with his precious blood. 
 
 Make them to be numbered with thy saints, in 
 glory everlasting. 
 
 O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage. 
 
 Govern them, and lift them up for ever. 
 
 Day by day we magnify thee ; 
 
 And we worship thy Name, ever, world without end. 
 
 Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. 
 
 O Lord, have mercy upon us; have mercy uj^on us. 
 
 O Lord, let thy mercy be upon us, as our trust is 
 in thee. 
 
 O Lord, in thee have we trusted ; let us never be 
 confounded. 
 
 Or this Hymn : 
 
 TE DEUM. C. M. 
 
 OGOD, w^e praise thee, and confess 
 That thou the only Lord 
 And everlasting Father art. 
 By all the earth adored. 
 
 To thee all angels cry aloud ; 
 
 To thee the powers on high, 
 Both cherubim and seraphim, 
 
 Continually do cry ; 
 
 O holy, holy, holy Lord, 
 
 Whom heavenly hosts obey, 
 The world is with the glory filled 
 
 Of thy majestic sway. 
 
30 VESPERS. 
 
 The apostles' glorious company, 
 And prophets crowned with light, 
 
 With all the martyrs' noble host, 
 Thy constant praise recite. 
 
 The holy church throughout the world, 
 
 O Lord, confesses thee. 
 That thou eternal Father art 
 
 Of boundless majesty. 
 
 THE EXPOSITION OU ADDRESS. 
 
 This portioji of the Service should refer to the Scriptures 
 that have heen read^ and is designed to occupy about 
 fifteen minutes. At the close^ the Miiiister will say. 
 " Let US pray ;" and the Silent Prayer shall continue a 
 mimde or two., after which^ without announcement, shall 
 follow the Lord''s Prayer, or some other prayer said oi 
 chanted. 
 
 THE LORD'S PRAYER: 
 
 To he said or sung. 
 
 OUR Father, who art in heaven, 
 Hallowed be thy Name. 
 
 Thy .kingdom come. 
 
 Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 
 
 Give us this day our daily bread ; 
 
 And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those 
 who trespass against us ; 
 
 And lead us not into temjDtation, 
 
 But deliver us from evil : 
 
 For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the 
 glory, 
 
 For ever and ever. Amen. 
 
VESPERS. 31 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL HYMN. 
 
 This shall he named hj the If mister, y)ith the Air, tcithoid 
 being read i and it should he, both in words and music, 
 suited to Congregational singing. 
 
 BENEDICTIONS. 
 
 THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love 
 of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, 
 be with us all. Amen. 
 
 The peace of God, which passeth all understand- 
 ing, keep your hearts and minds, through Jesus 
 Christ. Amen. 
 
 Now the God of peace, that brought again from 
 the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of 
 the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting 
 covenant, make you perfect in every good work, to 
 do his will, working in you that which is well- 
 pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ ; to 
 whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 Grace be with you, mercy and peace from God 
 the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the 
 Son of the Father, in truth and love. Amen. 
 
 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you 
 all. Amen. 
 
PSALMS 
 
 The Minister will read the lines heginning at the left^ and 
 the Peojyle will read the others in response. 
 
 At the close of each Heading of the Psalms, shall he re- 
 peated the following Doxology : 
 
 NOW imto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 
 the only wise God, 
 Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for 
 ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 PSALM T 
 
 Blessed is the man 
 
 That walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, 
 Nor standeth in the way of sinners. 
 
 Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 
 But his delight is in the law of the Lord ; 
 
 And in his law doth he meditate day and night. 
 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of 
 water, 
 
 That bringeth forth his fruit in his season ; 
 His leaf also shall not wither ; 
 
 And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 
 
 2* 
 
34 PSALMS. 
 
 The ungodly are not so : 
 
 But are like the chaff which the wind driveth 
 away. 
 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judg- 
 ment, 
 
 Nor sinners in the congregation of the right- 
 eous. 
 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous : 
 But the ways of the ungodly shall perish. 
 
 PSALM IV. 
 
 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness : 
 Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress ; 
 Have mercy upon me, and liear my prayer. 
 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory 
 into shame ? 
 
 How long will ye love vanity, and seek after 
 falsehood ? 
 But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is 
 godly for himself: 
 
 The Lord will hear when I call unto him. 
 Stand in awe, and sin not : 
 
 Commune with your own heart upon your bed, 
 and be still. 
 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness. 
 
 And put your trust in the Lord. 
 There be many that say, Who will show us any 
 good ? 
 
 Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance 
 upon us. 
 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, 
 
PSALMS. 35 
 
 More than theirs when that their corn and their 
 wine increased. 
 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep : 
 
 For thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety. 
 
 PSALM V. 
 
 Give ear to my words, O Lord ; 
 
 Consider my meditation. 
 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and 
 my God : 
 
 For unto thee will I pray. 
 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord ; 
 In the morning will I direct my prayer unto 
 thee, and will look up. 
 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wicked- 
 ness: 
 
 Neither shall evil dwell with thee. 
 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight : 
 Thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 
 Thou shalt destroy them that speak falsehood : 
 
 The Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful 
 man. 
 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the 
 multitude of thy mercy : 
 
 And in thy fear will I worship toward thy 
 holy temple. 
 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of 
 mine enemies ; 
 
 Make thy way straight before my face. 
 Let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: 
 Let them ever shout for joy. 
 
36 PSALMS. 
 
 Because thou defendest tliem: 
 
 Let them also that love thy name be joyful in 
 thee. 
 For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous ; 
 
 With favor wilt thou compass him as with a 
 shield. 
 
 PSALM VIII. 
 
 O LoED our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all 
 the earth ! 
 
 Who hast set thy glory above the heavens. 
 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou 
 ordained strength, 
 
 That thou mightest still the enemy and the 
 avenger. 
 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, 
 The moon and the stars, which thou hast or- 
 dained ; 
 What is man, that thou art mindful of him ? 
 
 And the son of man, that thou visitest him ? 
 For thou hast made him a little lower than the ano:els. 
 And hast crowned him with glory and honor. 
 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works 
 of thy hands ; 
 
 Thou hast put all things under his feet : 
 All sheep and oxen, 
 
 Yea, and the beasts of the field ; 
 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea ; 
 
 And whatsoever passeth through the paths of 
 the seas. 
 O Loi'd our Governor. 
 
 How excellent is thy name in all the earth ! 
 
PSALMS. 37 
 
 PSALM XV. 
 
 LoED, who shall abide in thy tabernacle ? 
 
 Who shall dwell in thy holy hill ? 
 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteous- 
 ness, 
 
 And speaketh the truth in his heart. 
 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth 
 evil to his neighbor, 
 
 Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor. 
 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned ; 
 But he honoreth them that fear the Lord. 
 
 He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth 
 not. 
 He that putteth not out his money to usury. 
 Nor taketh reward against the innocent. 
 
 He that doeth these things shall never be moved. 
 
 PSALM XVL 
 
 Peeserve me, O God : 
 
 For in thee do I put my trust. 
 O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art 
 my Lord : 
 
 My goodness is nothing without thee ; 
 But in the saints that are in the earth. 
 
 And in the excellent, in them is all my delight. 
 Their sori'ows shall be multiplied that hasten after 
 
 another god : 
 Their drink offerings of blood will I not offer. 
 
 Nor take up their names into my lips. 
 The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of 
 my cup : 
 
38 PSALMS. 
 
 Thou maintainest my lot. 
 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places ; 
 
 Yea, I have a goodly heritage. 
 I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel : 
 
 My reins also instruct me in the night seasons. 
 I have set the Lord always before me : 
 
 Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be 
 moved. 
 Therefore my heart is glad, and my gloiy rejoiceth ; 
 
 My flesh also shall rest in hope. 
 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ; 
 
 Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see 
 corruption. 
 Thou wilt show me the path of life : 
 Li thy presence is fulness of joy ; 
 
 At thy right hand there are pleasures for ever- 
 more. 
 
 PSALM XVIIL 
 
 I WILL love thee, O Lord, my strength. 
 
 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my 
 deliverer ; 
 My God, my strength, in whom I will trust ; 
 
 My buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and 
 my high tower. 
 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be 
 praised : 
 
 So shall I be saved from mine enemies. 
 The sorrows of death compassed me. 
 
 And the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 
 The sorrows of hell compassed me about : 
 
PSALMS. 39 
 
 The snares of death prevented me. 
 In my distress I called upon the Lord, 
 
 And cried unto my God : 
 He heard my voice out of his temple, 
 
 And my cry came before liim, even into his 
 ears. 
 Then the earth shook and trembled ; 
 The foundations also of the hills moved 
 
 And were shaken, because he was wroth. 
 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, 
 And fire out of his mouth devoured : 
 
 Coals were kindled by it. 
 He bowed the heavens also, and came down : 
 
 And darkness was under his fefet. 
 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; 
 
 Yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. 
 He made darkness his secret place ; 
 His pavilion round about him 
 
 Were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. 
 With the merciful thou wilt show tliyself merciful ; 
 
 With an upright man thou wilt show thyself 
 upright ; 
 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure ; 
 
 And with the froward thou wilt show thyself 
 fro ward. 
 For thou wilt save the afflicted people ; 
 
 But wilt bring down high looks. 
 For thou wilt light my candle : 
 
 The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. 
 For by thee I have run through a troop : 
 
 And by my God have I leaped over a wall. 
 As for God, his way is perfect : 
 The word of the Lord is tried : 
 
40 PSALMS. 
 
 He is a buckler to all tliose that trust in him. 
 For who is God save the Lord ? 
 
 Or who is a rock save our God ? 
 It is God that girdeth me with strength, 
 
 And maketh my way perfect. 
 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation : 
 And thy right hand hath holden me up, 
 
 And thy gentleness hath made me great. 
 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, 
 
 That my feet did not slip. 
 The Lord liveth ; and blessed be my rock ; 
 
 And let the God of my salvation be exalted. 
 It is God that avengeth me. 
 
 And subdueth the people under me. 
 He delivereth me from mine enemies : 
 Yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up 
 against me : 
 
 Thou hast delivered me from the violent man. 
 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, 
 among the heathen. 
 
 And sing praises unto thy name. 
 
 PSALM XIX. 
 
 The heavens declare the glory of God ; 
 
 And the firmament showeth his handywork. 
 Day unto day uttereth speech, 
 
 And night unto night showeth knowledge. 
 There is no speech nor language. 
 
 And their voice is not heard. 
 Their sound is gone out through all the earth, 
 
 And their words to the end of the world. 
 
PSALMS. 41 
 
 In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun. 
 Which. is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, 
 
 And rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. 
 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, 
 And his circuit unto the ends of it: 
 
 And there is nothing hid from the lieat thereof. 
 
 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul : 
 
 The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise 
 
 the simple. 
 
 The statutes of the Lord are I'ight, rejoicing the 
 
 heart : 
 
 The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlight- 
 ening the eyes. 
 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever: 
 
 The judgments of the Lord are true and right- 
 eous altogether : 
 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than 
 much fine gold : 
 
 Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. 
 Moreover, by them is thy servant warned: 
 
 And in keeping of them there is great reward. 
 Who can undei'stand his errors ? 
 
 Cleanse thou me from secret fiiults. 
 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins ; 
 Let them not have dominion over me : then shall I 
 be upright. 
 
 And I shall be innocent from the great trans- 
 gression. 
 Let the words of my mouth. 
 
 And the meditation of my heart, 
 Be acceptable in thy sight, 
 
 O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. 
 
42 PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM XXII 
 
 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? 
 
 Why art thou so far from helping me, and from 
 the words of my complaining? 
 
 my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest 
 not ; 
 
 And in the night season, and am not silent. 
 But thou art holy, 
 
 O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 
 Our fathers trusted in thee : 
 
 They trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 
 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: 
 
 They trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 
 But I am a worm, and no man ; 
 
 A reproach of men, and despised of the people. 
 All they that see me laugh me to scorn ; 
 
 They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, 
 saying. 
 He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him : 
 
 Let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. 
 The assembly of the wicked have inclosed me : 
 
 They pierced my hands and my feet. 
 
 1 may tell all my bones : 
 
 They look and stare upon me. 
 They part my garments among them. 
 
 And cast lots upon my vesture. 
 But be not thou far from me, O Lord : 
 
 O my strength, haste thee to help me. 
 Deliver my soul from the sword ; 
 
 My blood from the power of the dog. 
 Save me from the lion^s mouth : 
 
PSALMS, 43 
 
 For thoii hast heard me from the horns of the 
 unicorns. 
 I will declare thy name unto ray brethren : 
 
 In the midst of the congregation will I praise 
 thee. 
 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him ; 
 All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him ; 
 
 And fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. 
 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction 
 
 of the afflicted ; 
 Neither hath he hid his face from him ; 
 
 But when he cried unto him, he heard. 
 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: 
 I will pay my vows before them that fear him. 
 The meek shall eat and be satisfied : 
 They shall praise the Lord that seek him : 
 
 Your heart shall live forever. 
 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn 
 unto the Lord : 
 
 And all the kindreds of the nations shall wor- 
 ship before thee. 
 For the kingdom is the Lord's : 
 
 And he is the governor among the nations. 
 A seed shall serve him ; 
 
 It shall be accounted to the Lord for a crenera- 
 tion. 
 They shall come, and shall declare his I'ighteousness 
 Unto a people that shall be born that he hath 
 done this. 
 
44: PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM XXIII. 
 
 The Lord is my shepherd ; 
 
 I shall not want. 
 He maketh rae to lie down in green pastures: 
 
 He leadeth me beside the still watei's. 
 He restoreth my soul, 
 
 He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for 
 his name's sake. 
 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the 
 
 shadow of death, 
 I will fear no evil : for thou art with me ; 
 
 Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 
 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of 
 mine enemies : 
 
 Thou anointest my head with oil ; my cup run- 
 neth over. 
 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the 
 days of my life : 
 
 And I will dwell in the house of the Lord for 
 ever. 
 
 PSALM XXIV. 
 
 The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; 
 
 The world, and they that dwell therein. 
 For he hath founded it upon the seas. 
 
 And established it upon the floods. 
 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ? 
 
 Or who shall stand in his holy place? 
 He that hath clean hands, and a j)ure heart ; 
 
 Who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, 
 nor sworn deceitfully. 
 
PSALMS. 45 
 
 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, 
 
 And righteousness from the God of his sal- 
 vation. 
 This is the generation of them that seek him, 
 
 That seek thy face, O Jacob. 
 Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; 
 And be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; 
 
 And the King of glory shall come in. 
 Who is this King of glory ? 
 The Lord strong and mighty. 
 
 The Lord mighty in battle. 
 Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; 
 Even lift them up, ye everlasting doors : 
 
 And the King of glory shall come in. 
 Who is this King of glory ? 
 The Lord of hosts, 
 
 He is the King of glory. ^ 
 
 PSALM XXV. 
 
 Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 
 
 O my God, I trust in thee : let me not be ashamed, 
 
 Let not mine enemies triumph over me. 
 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed : ' 
 
 Let them be ashamed which transgress without 
 cause. 
 Show me thy ways, O Lord ; 
 
 Teach me thy paths. 
 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me : 
 For thou art the God of my salvation ; 
 
 On thee do I wait all the day. 
 Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy 
 loving-kindnesses ; 
 
4:6 PSALMS. 
 
 For they have been ever of old. 
 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my trans- 
 gressions : 
 According to thy mercy remember thou me, 
 
 For thy goodness' sake, O Lord. 
 Good and upright is the Lord : 
 
 Therefore will he teach sinners in the way. 
 The meek will he guide in judgment : 
 
 And the meek will he teach his way. 
 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth 
 
 Unto such as keep his covenant and his testi- 
 monies. 
 For thy name's sake, O Lord, 
 
 Pardon mine iniquity ; for it is great. 
 What man is he that feareth the Lord ? 
 
 Him shall he teach in the way that he shall 
 choose. 
 His soul shall dwell at ease ; 
 
 And his seed shall inherit the earth. 
 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him ; 
 
 And he will show them his covenant. 
 Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord ; 
 
 For he shall pluck my feet out of the net. 
 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me ; 
 
 For I am desolate and afflicted. 
 The troubles of my heart are enlarged : 
 
 O bring thou me out of my distresses. 
 Look upon mine affliction and my pain ; 
 
 And forgive all my sins. 
 Consider mine enemies ; for they are many ; 
 
 And they hate me with cruel hatred. 
 O keep my soul, and deliver me : 
 
 Let me not be ashamed ; for I put my trust in thee 
 
PSALMS. 4.1 
 
 Let integi'ity and uprightness preserve me ; 
 
 For I wait on thee. 
 Redeem Israel, O God, 
 
 Out of all his troubles. 
 
 PSALM XXVII. 
 
 The Lord is my light and my salvation ; whom 
 shall I fear ? 
 
 The Lord is the strength of my life ; of whom 
 shall I be afraid ? 
 Though an host should encamp against me, 
 
 My heart shall not fear : 
 Though war should rise against me, 
 
 In this will I be confident. 
 One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I 
 seek after ; 
 
 That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all 
 the days of my life. 
 To behold the beauty of the Lord, 
 And to inquire in his temple. 
 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his 
 
 pavilion : 
 In the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me ; 
 
 He shall set me up upon a rock. 
 Therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of 
 
 I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the 
 Lord. 
 Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice : 
 
 Have mercy also upon me, and answer me. 
 When thou saidst, seek ye my face ; 
 
48 PSALMS. 
 
 My heart said unto thee, Thy foee, Lord, will 
 I seek. 
 Hide not thy face far from me ; 
 
 Pat not thy sei-vant away in anger ; 
 Thou hast been my help ; 
 
 Leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of 
 my salvation. 
 When my fixther and my mother forsake me. 
 
 Then the Lord will take me up. 
 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the good- 
 ness of the Lord 
 
 In the land of the living. 
 "Wait on the Lord : 
 
 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine 
 heart : 
 
 Wait, I say, on the Lord. 
 
 PSALM XXIX. 
 
 Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, 
 
 Give unto the Lord glory and strength. 
 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; 
 
 Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 
 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters : 
 The God of glory thundereth : 
 
 The Lord is upon many waters. 
 The voice of the Lord is powerful ; 
 
 The voice of the Lord is full of majesty. 
 The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars ; 
 
 Yes, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. 
 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; 
 
 Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. 
 The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire. 
 
PSALMS. 
 
 The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness ; 
 
 The Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. 
 The Lord sitteth upon the flood ; 
 
 Yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever. 
 The Lord will give strength unto his people ; 
 
 The Lord will bless his peoi3le with 2:>eace. 
 
 PSALM XXX. 
 
 I WILL extol thee, O Lord ; for thou hast lifted 
 me up, 
 
 And hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. 
 O Lord my God, 
 
 I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. 
 
 Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the 
 grave : 
 
 Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go 
 down to the pit : 
 Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, 
 
 And give thanks at the remembrance of his 
 holiness. 
 For his anger endureth but a moment ; in his favor 
 is life: 
 
 Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh 
 in the mornin^:. 
 And in my prosperity I said, 
 I shall never be moved. 
 Lord, by thy favor thou hast made my mountain 
 to stand strong : 
 
 Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. 
 
 1 cried to thee, O Lord ; 
 
 And unto the Lord I made supplication. 
 
50 PSALMS. 
 
 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down 
 to the pit ? 
 
 Shall the dust praise thee ? shall it declare thy 
 truth ? 
 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me : 
 
 Lord, be thou my helper. 
 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing : 
 Thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me 
 with gladness ; 
 To the end that I may sing praise to thee, and not 
 be silent. 
 
 O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee 
 for ever. 
 
 PSALM XXXI. 
 
 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust ; 
 Let me never be ashamed : 
 
 Deliver me in thy righteousness. 
 Bow down thine ear to me ; deliver me speedily : 
 Be thou my strong rock. 
 
 For an house of defence to save me. 
 For thou art my rock and my fortress ; 
 
 Therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and 
 guide me. 
 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily 
 for me : 
 
 For thou art my strength. 
 Into thine hand I commit my spirit : 
 
 Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. 
 I have hated them that regard lying vanities : 
 
 But I trust in the Lord. 
 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy : 
 
PSALMS. • 51 
 
 For thou hast considered my trouble ; 
 
 Thou hast known my soul in advei-sities ; 
 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid 
 up for them that fear thee ; 
 
 Which thou hast wrous^ht for them that trust 
 in thee before the sons of men ! 
 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence 
 fi'om the pride of man : 
 
 Thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion 
 from the strife of tongues. 
 Blessed be the Lord : 
 
 For he hath showed me his. marvellous kind- 
 ness in a strong city. 
 For I said in my haste, 
 
 I am cut off from before thine eyes : 
 Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my suppli- 
 cations 
 
 When I cried unto thee. 
 O love the Lord, all ye his saints: 
 For the Lord preserveth the faithful, 
 
 And plentifully rewardeth the proud-doer. 
 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your 
 heart, 
 
 All ye that hope in the Lord. 
 
 PSALM XXXIIL 
 
 Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous : 
 
 For praise is comely for the upright. 
 
 Praise the Lord with harp : 
 
 Sing unto him with the psaltery and an instru- 
 ment of ten strinofs. 
 
52 PSALMS. 
 
 Sing unto him a new song: 
 
 Play skilfully with a loud noise. 
 For the word of the Lord is right ; 
 
 And all his works are done in truth. 
 He loveth righteousness and judgment. 
 
 The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. 
 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made ; 
 And all the host of them by the breath of his 
 mouth. 
 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an 
 heap : 
 He layeth up. the depth in storehouses. 
 T^et all the earth fear the Lord : 
 
 Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in 
 awe of him. 
 For he spake, and it was done ; 
 
 He commanded, and it stood fast. 
 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to 
 naught : 
 
 He maketh the devices of the people of none 
 effect. 
 The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever. 
 
 The thoughts of his heart to all generations. 
 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord ; 
 
 And the people whom he hath chosen for his 
 own inheritance. 
 The Lord looketh from heaven ; 
 
 He beholdetli all the sons of men. 
 From the place of his habitation he looketh 
 
 Upon all the inhabitants of the earth. 
 He fashioneth their hearts alike ; 
 
 He considereth all their works. 
 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host : 
 
PSALMS. 53 
 
 A mighty man is not delivered l)y much 
 strength. 
 An horse is a vain thing for safety: 
 
 Neither shall he deliver any by his great 
 streno:th. 
 Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear 
 him, 
 
 Upon them that hope in his mercy ; 
 To deliver their soul from death, 
 
 And to keep them alive in famine. 
 Our soul waiteth for the Lord : 
 
 He is our help and our shield. 
 For our heart shall rejoice in him. 
 
 Because we have trnsted in his holy name. 
 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, 
 
 Accoi'ding as we hope in thee. 
 
 PSALM XXXIV. 
 
 I WILL bless the Lord at all times : 
 
 His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 
 My soul shall make her boast in the Loi'd : 
 
 The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 
 
 magnify the Lord with me, 
 
 And let us exalt his name too:ether. 
 
 1 sought the Lord, and he heard me. 
 
 And delivered me from all my fears. 
 They looked unto him, and were lightened : 
 
 And their faces were not ashamed. 
 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him. 
 
 And saved him out of all his troubles. 
 The angel of the Lord encampeth round aboat them 
 that fear him. 
 
54 PSALMS. 
 
 And deliveretli them. 
 O taste and see that the Lord is good : 
 
 Blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 
 O fear the Lord, ye his saints : 
 
 For there is no want to them that fear him. 
 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger : 
 
 But they that seek the Lord shall not want any 
 good thing. 
 Come, ye children, hearken unto me : 
 
 I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 
 What man is he that desireth life. 
 
 And loveth many days, that he may see good ? 
 Keep thy tongue from evil, 
 
 And thy lips from speaking guile. 
 Depart from evil, and do good ; 
 
 Seek peace, and pursue it. 
 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, 
 
 And his ears are open unto their cry. 
 The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, 
 
 To cut off the remembrance of them from the 
 earth. 
 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, 
 
 And delivereth them out of all their troubles. 
 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken 
 heart ; 
 
 And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 
 Many are the afflictions of the righteous : 
 
 But the Lord delivereth him out of them all. 
 He keepeth all his bones : 
 
 Not one of them is broken. 
 Evil shall slay the wicked : 
 
 And they that hate the righteous shall be des- 
 olate. 
 
PSALMS. 55 
 
 The Lord redeemetli the soul of his servants : 
 
 And none of them that trust in him shall be 
 desolate. 
 
 PSALM XXXVI. 
 
 The transgression of the wicked saith within my 
 heart, 
 
 That there is no fear of God before his eyes. 
 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, 
 
 Until his iniquity be found to be hateful. 
 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: 
 
 He hath left off to be wise, and to do good. 
 He deviseth mischief upon his bed : 
 He setteth himself in a way that is not good ; 
 
 He abhorreth not evil. 
 Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens ; 
 
 And thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. 
 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains ; 
 
 Thy judgments are a great deep : 
 O Lord, thou preservest man and beast. 
 How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God ! 
 
 Therefore the children of men put their trust 
 under the shadow of thy wings. 
 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness 
 of thy house : 
 
 And thou shalt make them drink of the river 
 of thy pleasures. 
 For with thee is the fountain of life : 
 
 In thy light shall we see light. 
 O continue thy loving-kindness unto them that know 
 thee ; 
 
 And thy righteousness to the upi'ight in heart. 
 
56 PSALMS. 
 
 Let not the foot of pride come against me ; 
 
 And let not the hand of the wicked remove me. 
 There are the woikers of iniquity f^illen : 
 
 Thev are cast down, and shall not be able to rise. 
 
 PSALM XXXVIL 
 
 Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, 
 
 Neither be thou envious against the workers of 
 iniquity. 
 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, 
 
 And wither as the green herb. 
 Trust in the Lord, and do good ; 
 
 So sbalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou 
 shalt be fed. 
 Delight thyself also in the Lord ; 
 
 And he shall give thee the desires of thine 
 heart. 
 Commit thy way unto the Lord : 
 
 Trust also in him ; and he shall bring it to pass. 
 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the 
 light, 
 
 And thy judgment as the noonday. 
 Kest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: 
 Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in 
 his way. 
 
 Because of the man who bringeth wicked de- 
 vices to pass. 
 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath : 
 
 Fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 
 For evil-doei's shall be cut off: 
 
 But those that wait upon the Lord, they shall 
 inherit the earth. 
 
PSALMS. 57 
 
 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be : 
 
 Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, 
 and it shall not be : 
 But the meek shall inherit the earth ; 
 
 And shall delight themselves in the abundance 
 of peace. 
 The wicked plotteth against the just. 
 
 And gnasheth upon him with his teeth. 
 The Lord shall laugh at him : 
 
 For he seetli that his day is coming. 
 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have 
 
 bent their bow, 
 To cast down the poor and needy. 
 
 And to slay such as be of upright conversation. 
 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, 
 
 And their bows shall be broken. 
 A little that the righteous man hath is better 
 
 Than the riches of many wicked. 
 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken : 
 
 But the Lord upholdeth the righteous. 
 The Loi'd knoweth the days of the upright : 
 
 And their inheritance shall be for ever. 
 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time : 
 
 And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. 
 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord : 
 
 And he delighteth in his way. 
 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down : 
 
 For the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. 
 I have been young, and now am old ; 
 Yet have I not seen the righteous forsake- 
 
 Nor his seed beo:2:ino^ bread. 
 He is ever merciful, and lendeth ; 
 
 And his seed is blessed. 
 
 3* 
 
58 PSALMS. 
 
 Depart from evil, and do good : 
 
 And dwell for evermore. 
 For the Lord lovetli judgment, 
 
 And forsaketli not his saints ; 
 They ai'e preserved for ever : 
 
 But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. 
 The righteous shall inherit the land, 
 
 And dwell therein for ever. 
 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, 
 
 And his tongue talketh of judgment. 
 The law of his God is in his heart ; 
 
 None of his steps shall slide. 
 The wicked watcheth the righteous, 
 
 And seeketh to slay him. 
 The Lord will not leave him in his hand, 
 
 Nor condemn him when he is judged. 
 Wait on the Lord, and keep his way. 
 And he shall exalt thee to inherit the land : 
 
 When the wdcked are cut off, thou shalt see it. 
 I have seen the wicked in great power, 
 
 And spreading himself like a green bay-ti'ee. 
 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not : 
 
 Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 
 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: 
 
 For the end of that man is peace. 
 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together : 
 
 The end of the wicked shall be cut off. 
 But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord : 
 
 He is their strength in the time of trouble. 
 And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them : 
 He shall deliver them from the wicked, and save 
 them, 
 
 Because they trust in him. 
 
PSALMS. 59 
 
 PSALM XXXIX. 
 
 I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, 
 
 That I sin not Avitli my tongue: 
 I will keep my month with a bridle. 
 
 While the wicked is before me. 
 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even 
 from good ; 
 
 And my sorrow was stirred. 
 My heart was hot within me, 
 While I was musino^ the fire burned : 
 
 Then spake I with my tongue, 
 Lord, make me to know mine end. 
 And the measure of my days, what it is ; 
 
 That I may know how frail I am. 
 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; 
 And mine age is as nothing before thee : 
 
 Verily every man at his best state is altogether 
 vanity. 
 Surely every man walketh in a vain show : 
 Surely they are disquieted in vain : 
 
 He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who 
 shall gather them. 
 And now. Lord, what wait I for ? * 
 
 My hope is in thee. 
 Deliver me from all my transgressions : 
 
 Make me not the reproach of the foolish. 
 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth * 
 
 Because thou didst it. 
 Be move thy stroke away from me : 
 
 I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. 
 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for in- 
 iquity, 
 
60 PSALMS. 
 
 Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth 
 
 Surely every man is vanity. 
 Hear my prayer, O Lord, 
 And give ear unto my cry ; 
 
 Hold not thy peace at my tears : 
 For I am a sti*auger with thee, 
 
 And a sojourner, as all my fathers were. 
 O spare me, that I may recover strength, 
 
 Before I go hence, and be no more. 
 
 PSALM XL. 
 
 I WAITED patiently for the Lord ; 
 
 And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 
 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out 
 of the miry clay. 
 
 And set my feet upon a rock, and established 
 my goings. 
 And he hath put a new song in my mouth. 
 
 Even praise unto our God : 
 Many shall see it, and fear. 
 
 And shall trust in the Lord. 
 Blessed is that in an 
 That maketh the Lord his trust. 
 
 And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn 
 aside to lies. 
 Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works 
 which thou hast done. 
 
 And thy thoughts which are to us-ward : 
 They cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee : 
 If 1 would declare and speak of them, they are 
 more than can be numbei*ed. 
 
PSALMS. 61 
 
 Sacrifice and ofteriris: tliou didst not desire ; 
 Mine ears bast tliou opened : 
 
 Burnt-offering and sin-oliering hast tliou not 
 required. 
 Then said I, Lo, I come : 
 
 In the volume of the book it is written of me. 
 I delight to do thy will, O my God : 
 
 Yea, thy law is within my heart. 
 I have preached righteousness in the great congre- 
 gation : 
 Lo, I have not refrained my lips, 
 
 Lord, thou knowest. 
 
 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart ; 
 I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation : 
 
 1 have not concealed thy loving-kindness and 
 thy truth from the great congregation. 
 
 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O 
 Lord : 
 
 Let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continu- 
 ally preserve me. 
 For innumerable evils have compassed me about : 
 Mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so 
 that I am not able to look up ; 
 They are more than the hairs of mine head : 
 
 Therefore my heart faileth me. 
 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me : 
 
 O Lord, make haste to help me. 
 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in 
 thee: 
 
 Let such as love thy salvation say continually, 
 Lord be magnified. 
 But I am poor and needy ; yet the Lord thinketh 
 upon me : 
 
02 PSALMS. 
 
 Thou art my help and my deliverer ; 
 Make no tarrying, O my God. 
 
 PSALM XLII. 
 
 As tlie liart pantetli after the water-brooks, 
 
 So panteth my soul after thee, O God. 
 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : 
 
 When shall I come and appear before God ! 
 My tears have been my meat day and night. 
 
 While they continually say unto me, Where is 
 thy God ? 
 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul 
 in me: 
 
 For I had gone with the multitude, 
 I went with them to the house of God, 
 
 With the voice of joy and praise, wdth a multi- 
 tude that kept holy day. 
 Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? 
 
 And why art thou disquieted in me ? 
 Hope thou in God : for I shall yet praise him 
 
 For his presence is salvation. 
 
 my God, my soul is cast down within me : 
 
 Therefore will I remember thee. 
 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy water- 
 spouts ; 
 
 All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. 
 Yet the Lord will command his loving-kindness iu 
 
 the daytime. 
 And in the night his song shall be with me, 
 And my prayer unto the God of my life. 
 
 1 will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou for- 
 
 gotten me ? 
 
PSALMS. 63 
 
 Why go I mourning because of the oppression 
 of the enemy ? 
 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies re- 
 proa cli me ; 
 
 While they say daily unto me, Where is thy 
 God? 
 Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? 
 
 And why art thou disquieted within me ? 
 Hope thou in God : for I shall yet praise him. 
 
 Who is the health of my countenance, and my 
 God. 
 
 PSALM XL VI. 
 
 God is our refuge and strength, 
 
 A very present help in trouble. 
 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be 
 removed, 
 
 And though the mountains be carried into the 
 midst of the sea ; 
 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled. 
 Though the mountains shake with the swelling 
 thereof. 
 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad 
 the city of God, 
 
 The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most 
 High. 
 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved ; 
 
 God shall help her, and that right early. 
 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved : 
 
 He uttered his voice, the earth melted. 
 The Lord of hosts is with us ; 
 
 The God of Jacob is our refuge. 
 
CA PSALMS. 
 
 Come, behold the works of the Lord, 
 
 What desoLations he hath made in the earth. 
 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth ; 
 He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sundei' ; 
 
 He l)iirneth tlie chariot in the fire. 
 Be still, and know that I am God: 
 
 I will be exalted among the heathen, 
 I will be exalted in the earth. 
 The Lord of hosts is with us ; 
 
 The God of Jacob is our refuge. 
 
 PSALM XLVH. 
 
 O CLAP your hands, all ye people ; 
 
 Shout unto God with the voice of triumph. 
 For the Lord most high is terrible ; 
 
 He is a gi-eat King over all the earth. 
 He shall subdue the people under us, 
 
 And the nations under our feet. 
 He shall choose our inheritance for us. 
 
 The excellency of Jacob whom he loved. 
 God is gone up with a shout. 
 
 The Lord with the sound of a trumpet. 
 Sing praises to God, sing praises : 
 
 Sing praises unto our King, sing praises. 
 For God is the King of all the earth : 
 
 Sing ye praises with understanding. 
 God reigneth over the heathen : 
 
 God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. 
 The princes of the people are gathered together, 
 
 Even the people of the God of Abraham : 
 For the shields of the earth belong unto God : 
 
 He is greatly exalted. 
 
PSALMS. 65 
 
 PSALM XLVIII. 
 
 Geeat is the Lord, and greatly to be praised 
 
 In the city of our God, in the mountain of his 
 holiness. 
 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, 
 
 Is mount Zion, on the sides of the north. 
 The city of the great King. 
 
 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. 
 As we have heard, so have we seen 
 In the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our 
 God: 
 
 God will establish it for ever. 
 We have thought of thy loving-kindness, O God, 
 
 In the midst of thy temple. 
 According to thy name, O God, 
 So is thy praise unto the ends of the earth ; 
 
 Thy right hand is full of righteousness. 
 Let mount Zion rejoice. 
 Let the daughters of Judah be glad, 
 
 Because of thy judgments. 
 Walk about Zion, and go I'ound about her : 
 
 Tell the towers thereof. 
 Mark ye well her bulwarks. 
 Consider her palaces ; 
 
 That ye may tell it to the generation following : 
 For this God is our God for ever and ever : 
 
 He will be our guide even unto death. 
 
00 PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM XLIX. 
 
 Hear this, all ye people ; 
 
 Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world : 
 Both low and high. 
 
 Rich and poor, together. 
 My mouth shall speak of wisdom ; 
 
 And the meditation of my heart shall be of 
 understanding. 
 I will incline mine ear to a parable : 
 
 I will open my dark saying upon the harp. 
 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil. 
 
 When the iniquity of my heels shall compass 
 me about ? 
 They that trust in their wealth. 
 
 And boast themselves in the multitude of their 
 riches ; 
 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, 
 
 Nor give to God a ransom for him : 
 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, 
 
 And it ceaseth forever :) 
 That he should still live forevei*, 
 
 And not see corruption : 
 For he seeth that wise men die. 
 Likewise the fool and the brutish person perish. 
 
 And leave their wealth to others. 
 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall con- 
 tinue for ever. 
 And their dwelling-places to all generations; 
 
 They call their lands after their own names. 
 Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not: 
 
 He is like the beasts that perish. 
 
PSALMS. 67 
 
 This tlieir way is their folly . 
 
 Yet their posterity approve their sayings ; 
 Like sheep they are laid in the grave ; 
 
 Death shall feed on them ; 
 And the upright shall have dominion over them in 
 the morning ; 
 
 And their beauty shall consume in the grave 
 from their dwellino". 
 But God will redeem my soul from the power of 
 the grave : 
 
 For he shall receive me. 
 Be not thou afraid Avhen one is made rich, 
 
 When the glory of his house is increased ; 
 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing av/ay . 
 
 His glory shall not descend after him. 
 Though while he lived he blessed his soul : 
 
 And men will praise thee, when thou doest 
 well to thyself 
 He shall go to the generation of his fathers ; 
 
 They shall never see light. 
 Man that is in honor, and understandetfi not, 
 
 Is like the beasts that perish. 
 
 PSALM L 
 
 The mighty God, even tlie Lord, hath spoken, 
 And called the earth 
 
 From the rising of the sun unto the going down 
 thereof. 
 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, 
 
 God hath shined. 
 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: 
 A fire shall devour before him. 
 
68 PSALMS. 
 
 And it shall be very tempestuous round about 
 him. 
 He shall call to the heavens from above, 
 
 And to the earth, that he may judge his people. 
 Gather my saints together unto me; 
 
 Those that have made a covenant with me by 
 sacrifice. 
 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: 
 
 For God is judge himself. 
 Hear, O my ])eople, and I will speak ; 
 
 Israel, and T will testify against thee : 
 
 I am God, even thy God. 
 
 1 will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, 
 
 Or thy l)urnt ofterings, to have been contin- 
 ually before me. 
 I will take no bullock out of thy house, 
 
 Nor he-goats out of thy folds. 
 For every beast of the forest is mine, 
 
 And the cattle upon a thousand hills. 
 1 know all the fowls of the mountains : 
 
 And the v/ild beasts of the field are mine. 
 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee : 
 
 For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. 
 Will I eat the flesh of bulls. 
 
 Or drink the blood of goats ? 
 Offer unto God thanksgiving ; 
 
 And pay thy vows unto the Most High ; 
 And call upon me in the day of trouble : 
 
 I will deliver thee, and thou shalt gloi-ify me. 
 Whoso oifereth praise glorifieth me : 
 And to him that ordereth his conversation arisrht 
 
 o 
 
 Will I show the salvation of God. 
 
PSALMS. 6y 
 
 PSALM LI. 
 
 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lov- 
 ing-kindness : 
 
 According unto the multitude of thy tender 
 mercies, blot out my transgressions. 
 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, 
 
 And cleanse me from my sin. 
 For I acknowledge my transgressions : 
 
 And my sin is ever before me. 
 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, 
 
 And done this evil in thy sight: 
 That thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, 
 
 And be clear when thou judgest. 
 Behold I was shapen in iniquity ; 
 
 And in sin did my mother conceive me. 
 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: 
 
 And in the hidden part thou shalt make me to 
 know wisdom. 
 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean : 
 
 Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 
 Make me to hear joy and gladness ; 
 
 That the bones which thou hast broken may 
 rejoice. 
 Hide thy face from my sins. 
 
 And blot out all mine iniquities. 
 Create in me a clean heart, O God ; 
 
 And renew a right spirit within me. 
 Cast me not away from thy presence ; 
 
 And take not thy Holy Spirit from me. 
 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; 
 
 And uphold me with thy free Spirit. 
 
70 PSALMS. 
 
 Then will I teacli transgressors thy ways ; 
 
 And sinners shall be converted nnto thee. 
 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, 
 Thou God of my salvation : 
 
 And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy right- 
 eousness. 
 
 Lord, open thou my lips ; 
 
 And my mouth shall show forth thy praise. 
 For thou desirest not sacrifice ; else would I give it : 
 
 Thou delightest not in burnt-offei'ing. 
 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : 
 
 A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou 
 wilt not despise. 
 
 PSALM LVIL 
 
 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me : 
 
 For my soul trusteth in thee : 
 Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my 
 refuge. 
 
 Until these calamities be overpast. 
 
 1 will cry unto God Most High ; 
 
 Unto God that performeth all things for me. 
 He shall send from heaven, and save me 
 From the reproach of him that would swallow me up. 
 
 God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. 
 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens : 
 
 Let thy glory be above all the earth. 
 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed : 
 
 I will sing and give praise. 
 Awake up, my glory ; awake, psaltery and harp : 
 
 I myself will awake early. 
 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people : 
 
PSALMS. 71 
 
 I will sing unto thee among the nations. 
 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, 
 
 And thy truth unto the clouds. 
 Be thou exalted, O God, atove the heavens: 
 
 Let thy glory be above all the earth. 
 
 PSALM LXIL 
 
 Teuly my soul Avaiteth upon God : 
 
 From him cometh my salvation. 
 He only is my rock and my salvation ; 
 
 He is my defence ; I shall not be greatly 
 moved. 
 My soul, wait thou only upon God ; 
 
 For my expectation is from him. 
 He only is my rock and my salvation : 
 
 He is my defence ; I shall not be moved. 
 In God is my salvation and my glory; 
 
 The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in 
 God. 
 Trust in him at all times ; ye people. 
 Pour out your heart before him : 
 
 God is a refuge for us. 
 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of 
 
 high degree are a lie : 
 To be laid in the balance, 
 
 They are altogether lighter than vanity. 
 Trust not in oppression. 
 And become not vain in robbery : 
 
 If riches increase, set not your heart upon them. 
 God hath spoken once ; 
 Twice have I heard this ; 
 
 That power belongeth unto God. 
 
72 PSALMS. 
 
 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy : 
 
 For thou renderest to every man according to 
 his work. 
 
 PSALM LXIIL 
 
 O God, thou art my God ; early will I seek thee : 
 
 My soul thirsteth for thee, 
 My flesh longeth for thee. 
 
 In a dry and thirsty land, where no water is ; 
 To see thy power and thy glory. 
 
 So as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. 
 Because thy loving-kindness is better than life ; 
 
 My lips shall praise thee. 
 Thus will I bless thee while I live : 
 
 I will lift up my hands in thy name. 
 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness ; 
 
 And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips : 
 When I remember thee upon my bed. 
 
 And meditate on thee in the nio^ht watches. 
 Because thou hast been my help, 
 
 Therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I re- 
 joice. 
 My soul followeth hard after thee : 
 
 Thy right hand upholdeth me. 
 
 PSALM LXV. 
 
 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion : 
 
 And unto thee shall the vow be performed. 
 
 O thou that hearest prayer. 
 
 Unto thee shall all flesh come. 
 
 Iniquities prevail against me : 
 
PSALMS. 73 
 
 As for our transgressions, thou slialt purge them 
 away. 
 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and caus- 
 est to approach unto thee, 
 
 That he may dwell in thy courts : 
 We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house. 
 
 Even of thy holy temple. 
 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou an- 
 swer us, 
 
 O God of our salvation ; 
 Who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth. 
 
 And of them that are afar off upon the sea : 
 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains ; 
 
 Being girded with power : 
 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of 
 their waves. 
 
 And the tumult of the people. 
 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are 
 afraid at thy tokens. 
 
 Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and 
 evening to rejoice. 
 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it : 
 
 Thou greatly enrichest it 
 With the river of God, which is full of water: 
 
 Thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so 
 provided for it. 
 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly : thou 
 settlest the furrows thereof: 
 
 Thou makest it soft with showers : thou bless- 
 est the springing thereof 
 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; 
 
 And thy paths drop fotness. 
 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness • 
 
74 PSALMS. 
 
 And the little hills rejoice on every side. 
 The pastures are clothed with flocks ; 
 The valleys also are covered over with corn : 
 
 They shout for joy, they also sing. 
 
 PSALM LXVI. 
 
 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands : 
 Sing forth the honor of his name : 
 
 Make his praise glorious. 
 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works ! 
 
 Through the greatness of thy power shall thine 
 enemies submit themselves unto thee. 
 All the earth shall worship thee. 
 And shall sing unto thee ; 
 
 They shall'sing to thy name. 
 Come and see the works of God ! 
 
 He is terrible in his doing toward the children 
 of men. 
 He turned the sea into dry land : 
 They went through the flood on foot : 
 
 There did we rejoice in him. 
 He ruleth by his power for ever ; 
 His eyes behold the nations : 
 
 Let not the rebellious exalt themselves. 
 O bless our God, ye people. 
 
 And make the voice of his praise to be heard : 
 Which holdeth our soul in life. 
 
 And suifereth not our feet to be moved. 
 For thou, O God, hast proved us : 
 
 Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. 
 Thou broughtest us into the net ; 
 
PSALMS. 75 
 
 Thou laidst affliction upon our loins. 
 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads ; 
 We went through fire and thi'ongh water ; 
 
 But thou broughtest us out into a wealthy 
 place. 
 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will 
 declare 
 
 What he hath done for my soul. 
 I cried unto him with my mouth. 
 
 And he was extolled with mv tono:ue. 
 If I regard iniquity in my heart. 
 
 The Lord will not hear me : 
 But verily God hath heard me ; 
 
 He hath attended to the voice of my prayer. 
 Blessed be God, 
 
 Which hath not turned away my prayer, nor 
 his mercy from me. 
 
 PSALM LXVIL 
 
 God be merciful unto us, and bless us ; 
 
 And cause his face to shine upon us. 
 That thy way may be known upon earth. 
 
 Thy saving health among all nations. 
 Let the people praise thee, O God ; 
 
 Let all the people praise thee. 
 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy : 
 For thou shalt judge the people righteously, 
 
 And govern the nations upon earth. 
 Let the people praise thee, O God ; 
 
 Let all the people praise thee. 
 Then shall the earth yield her increase ; 
 
 And God, even our own God, shall bless us. 
 
76 PSALMS. 
 
 God shall bless us ; 
 
 And all the ends of the earth shall fear him. 
 
 PSALM LXVIIl. 
 
 Let God arise, let liis enemies be scattered : 
 
 Let them also that hate him flee before him. 
 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away : 
 As wax melteth before the fire, 
 
 So let the wicked perish at the presence of God. 
 But let the righteous be glad ; let them rejoice be 
 fore God : 
 
 Yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. 
 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name : 
 Extol him that rideth ujdou the heavens 
 
 By his name J AH, and rejoice before him. 
 A father of the f^itherless, and a judge of the widows, 
 
 Is God in his holy habitation. 
 God setteth the solitary in families : 
 He bringeth out those which are bound with chains: 
 
 But the rebellious dwell in a dry land. 
 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy peo2:)le. 
 
 When thou didst march through the wilderness; 
 The earth shook. 
 The heavens also dropped at the presence of God : 
 
 Even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of 
 God, the God of Israel. 
 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain. 
 
 Whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance 
 wdien it was weary. 
 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: 
 
 Thou, O God, liast prepared of thy goodness 
 for the poor, 
 
PSALMS. 77 
 
 The Lord gave the word : 
 
 Great was the company of those that pub- 
 lished it. 
 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thou- 
 sands of angels ; 
 
 The Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in tlie 
 holy place. 
 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity 
 
 captive : 
 Thou hast received gifts for men ; 
 
 Yea, for the I'ebellious also, that the Lord God 
 might dwell among them. 
 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with 
 benefits. 
 
 Even the God of our salvation. 
 He that is our God is the God of salvation : 
 
 And unto God the Lord belong the issues from 
 death. 
 Bless ye God in the congregations. 
 
 Even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel. 
 Thy God hath commanded thy strength : 
 
 Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast 
 wrought for us. 
 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth ; 
 
 O sing praises unto the Lord ; 
 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, 
 which were of old ; 
 
 Lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a 
 mighty voice. 
 Ascribe ye strength unto God : 
 
 His excellency is over Israel, and his strength 
 is in the clouds. 
 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places : 
 
78 PS/VLMS. 
 
 The God of Israel is he that giveth strength aud 
 power unto his ])eoj)le. 
 Blessed be God. 
 
 PSALM LXIX. 
 
 Save me, O God ; 
 
 For the waters are come in nnto my soul. 
 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: 
 I am come into deep waters, 
 
 Where the floods overflow me. 
 
 God, thon knowest my foolishness ; 
 
 And my sins are not hid from thee. 
 But as foi* me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, 
 In an acceptable time : O God, in the multitude of 
 thy mercy 
 
 Hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. 
 Deliver me out of the mire, and let'nie not sink : 
 
 Let me be delivered from them that hate me, 
 and out of the deep waters. 
 Let not the water-flood overflow me, 
 Neither let the deep swallow me up. 
 
 And let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 
 Hear me, O Lord ; for thy loving-kindness is good : 
 
 Turn unto me according to the multitude of 
 thy tender mercies. 
 And hide not thy face from thy servant ; 
 
 For I am in trouble : hear me speedily. 
 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it : 
 
 Deliver me because of mine enemies. 
 But I am poor and sorrowful : 
 
 Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. 
 
 1 will praise the name of God with a song. 
 
PSALMS. 79 
 
 And will magnify him witli thanksgiving. 
 This also shall please the Lord better than an ox 
 
 Or bullock tliat hath horns and hoofs. 
 The humble shall see this, and be glad : 
 
 And your heart shall live that seek God. 
 For the Lord heareth the poor, 
 
 And despiseth not his prisoners. 
 Let the heaven and earth praise him. 
 
 The seas, and every thing that moveth therein. 
 For God will save Zion. 
 And will build the cities of Judah : 
 
 That they may dwell there, and have it in pos- 
 session. 
 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it : 
 
 And they that love his name shall dwell therein. 
 
 PSALM LXXI. 
 
 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust : 
 
 Let me never be put to confusion. 
 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to 
 escape : 
 
 Incline thine ear unto me, and save me. 
 Be thou my strong habitation, 
 
 Whereunto I may continually resort : 
 Thou hast given commandment to save me ; 
 For thou art my rock and my fortress. 
 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the 
 wicked, 
 
 Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel 
 man. 
 For thou art my hope, 
 
80 PSALMS. 
 
 Lord God : thou art my trust from my 
 youth. 
 
 Let my mouth he filled with thy praise 
 
 And with thy honor all the day. 
 Cast me not off in the time of old age ; 
 
 Forsake me not when my strength faileth. 
 But I will hope continually. 
 
 And will yet praise thee more and more. 
 My mouth shall show forth thy righteousness 
 And thy salvation all the day ; 
 
 For I know not the numbers thereof. 
 I will go in the strength of the Lord God : 
 
 1 will make mention of thy righteousness, even 
 
 of thine only. 
 
 God, thou hast taught me from my youth : 
 
 And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous 
 works. 
 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, 
 
 forsake me not ; 
 Until I have showed thy strength unto this genera- 
 tion. 
 
 And thy power to every one that is to come. 
 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, 
 Who hast done great things. 
 
 O God, who is like unto thee ! 
 Thou, which hast showed me great and sore troubles, 
 Shalt quicken me again. 
 
 And shalt bring me up again from the depths 
 of the earth. 
 Thou shalt increase my greatness, 
 And comfort me on every side. 
 
 1 will also praise thee with the psaltery, 
 Even thy truth, O my God : 
 
PSALMS, 81 
 
 Unto tliee will I sing with the harp, O thou 
 Holy One of Israel. 
 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; 
 
 And my soul, which thou hast redeemed. 
 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all 
 the day long : 
 
 For they are confounded, for they are ])rought 
 unto shame, that seek my hurt. 
 
 PSALM LXXXII. 
 
 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty ; 
 
 He judge th among the gods. 
 How long will ye judge unjustly. 
 
 And accept the persons of the wricked ? 
 Defend the poor and fatherless : 
 
 Do justice to the afflicted and needy. 
 Deliver the poor and needy : 
 
 Rid them out of the hand of the wicked. 
 They know not, neither will they understand ; 
 They walk on in darkness : 
 
 All the foundations of the earth are out of 
 course. 
 I have said. Ye are gods ; 
 
 And all of you are children of the Most High. 
 But ye shall die like men, 
 
 And fall like one of the princes. 
 Arise, O God, judge the earth : 
 
 For thou shalt inherit all nations. 
 
 4» 
 
82 PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIV. 
 
 How amiable are thy tabernacles, 
 
 O Lord of hosts ! 
 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts 
 of the Lord : 
 
 My heart and ray flesh crieth out for the living 
 God. 
 As the sj)arrow hath found an house, and the swal- 
 low a nest for herself. 
 
 Where she may lay her young. 
 Even so am I at thine altars, O Lord of hosts. 
 
 My King, and my God. 
 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : 
 
 They will be still praising thee. 
 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee : 
 
 In whose heart are thy ways. 
 Who passing through the desert valley of Baca make 
 it a well ; 
 
 The rain also filleth the pools. 
 They go from strength to strength. 
 
 Every one of them in Zion appeareth before 
 God, 
 
 Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer : 
 
 Give ear, O God of Jacob. 
 Behold, O God our shield. 
 
 And look upon the face of thine anointed. 
 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand 
 elsewhere. 
 
 1 had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, 
 
 Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 
 For the Lord God is a sun and shield : 
 
PSALMS. S8 
 
 The Lord will give grace and glory : 
 
 No good thing will he withhold from them that 
 walk uprightly. 
 
 Lord of hosts, 
 
 Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. 
 
 PSALM LXXXV. 
 
 Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land : 
 
 Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. 
 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people : 
 
 Thou hast covered all their sin. 
 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath : 
 
 Thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of 
 thine anger. 
 Turn us, O God of our salvation. 
 
 And cause thine anger toward us to cease. 
 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever ? 
 
 Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all genera- 
 tions ? 
 Wilt thou not revive us again : 
 
 That thy people may rejoice in thee ? 
 Show us thy mercy, O Lord, 
 
 And grant us thy salvation. 
 
 1 will hear what God the Lord will speak : 
 
 For he will speak peace unto his people, 
 And to his saints : 
 
 But let them not turn again to folly. 
 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him : 
 
 That glory may dwell in our land. 
 Mercy and truth are met together ; 
 
 Eighteousness and peace have kissed each other. 
 Truth shall spring out of the earth ; 
 
8-4 PSALMS. 
 
 And riofliteonsness shall look down from heaven. 
 Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good ; 
 
 And our land shall yield her increase. 
 Righteousness shall go before him ; 
 
 And shall set us in the w^ay of his steps. 
 
 PSALM LXXXVL 
 
 Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me : 
 
 For I am poor and needy. 
 Preserve my soul ; for thou art my hope : 
 O thou my God, save thy servant 
 
 That trusteth in thee. 
 Be merciful unto me, O Lord : 
 
 For I cry unto thee daily. 
 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: 
 
 For unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 
 For thou, Lord, art good, and I'eady to forgive ; 
 
 And plenteous in mercy unto all them that call 
 upon thee. 
 Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer; 
 
 And attend to the voice of my supplications. 
 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee : 
 
 For thou wilt answer me. 
 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord ; 
 
 Neither are there any Avorks like unto thy works. 
 All nations whom thou hast made 
 Shall come and worship before thee, O Lord ; 
 
 And shall glorify thy name. 
 For thou art great and doest wondrous things : 
 
 Thou art God alone. 
 Teach me thy way, O Lord ; I will walk in thy truth : 
 
 Unite my heart to fear thy name. 
 
PSALMS. '^•'> 
 
 I will i^raise thee, O Lord my God, with all my 
 heart : 
 
 And I will glorify thy name for evermore. 
 For great is thy mercy toward me : 
 
 And thou hast delivered my soul from the ter- 
 rors of death. 
 O God, the proud are risen against me, 
 And the assemblies of violent men have sought after 
 my soul ; 
 
 And have not set thee before them. 
 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and 
 gracious. 
 
 Long-suffering and plenteous in mercy and truth. 
 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me ; 
 Give thy strength unto thy servant. 
 
 And save the son of thine handmaid. 
 Show me a token for good ; 
 
 That they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed : 
 Because thou. Lord, hast holpen me, and com- 
 forted me. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 I WILL sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever : 
 
 With my mouth will I make known thy faith- 
 fulness to all generations. 
 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: 
 Thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very 
 heavens. 
 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord : 
 Thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the 
 saints. 
 
86 PSALMS. 
 
 For who ill the heaven can be compared unto the 
 Lord ? 
 
 Who among the sons of the mighty can be 
 likened unto the Lord ? 
 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the 
 saints, 
 
 And to be had in reverence of all them that 
 are about him. 
 O Lord God of hosts, 
 Who is a strong Lord like unto thee ? 
 
 Or to thy faithfulness round about thee ? 
 Thou rulest the ras^ino^ of the sea : 
 
 When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. 
 Thou hast broken Egypt in pieces, as one that is 
 slain ; 
 
 Thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy 
 strong arm. 
 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine : 
 
 As for the world and the fulness thereof, thou 
 hast founded them. 
 The north and the south thou hast created them : 
 Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. 
 Thou hast a mighty arm : 
 
 Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. 
 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy 
 throne : 
 
 Mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 
 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound : 
 They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy 
 countenance. 
 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: 
 
 And in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. 
 For thou art the glory of their strength : 
 
PSALMS. 87 
 
 And in thy favor our born shall be exalted. 
 For the Lord is our defence ; 
 
 And the Holy One of Israel is our king. 
 
 PSALM XC. 
 
 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place 
 
 In all generations. 
 Before the mountains were brought forth, 
 Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, 
 
 Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art 
 God. 
 Thou turnest man to destruction; 
 
 And sayest, Return, ye children of men. 
 For a thousand years in thy sight 
 Are but as yesterday when it is past, 
 
 And as a w^atch in the night. 
 Thou earliest them away as with a flood ; they are 
 as a sleep : 
 
 In the morning they are like grass which grow- 
 eth up. 
 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; 
 
 In the evening it is cut down, and withereth. 
 For we are consumed by thine anger, 
 
 And by thy w^'ath are we troubled. 
 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, 
 
 Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 
 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath : 
 
 We spend our years as a tale that is told. 
 The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; 
 
 And if by reason of strength they be fourscore 
 years, 
 
88 PSALMS. 
 
 Yet is their strength labor and sorrow ; 
 
 For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 
 Who knoweth the power of thine anger ? 
 
 Even according to thy fear, so is thy wi'ath. 
 So teach us to number our days, 
 
 That we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 
 Return, O Lord, how long ? 
 
 And let it repent thee concerning thy servants. 
 
 satisfy us early with thy mercy ; 
 
 That we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 
 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou 
 hast afflicted us. 
 
 And the years wherein we have seen evil. 
 Let thy work appear unto thy servants. 
 
 And thy glory unto their children. 
 And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us ; 
 And establish thou the work of our hands upon us ; 
 
 Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. 
 
 PSALM XCL 
 
 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most 
 High 
 
 Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 
 
 1 will say of the Lord, he is my refuge and my for- 
 
 tress : 
 
 My God ; in him will I trust. 
 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the 
 fowler. 
 
 And from the noisome pestilence. 
 He shall cover thee with his feathers, 
 And under his wings shalt thou trust : 
 
 His truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 
 
PSALMS. 89 
 
 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror hj night ; 
 
 ISFor for the arrow that flieth by day ; 
 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness ; 
 
 Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noon- 
 day. 
 A thousand shall fall at thy side, 
 And ten thousand at thy right hand ; 
 
 But it shall not come nigh thee. 
 Only with thhie eyes shalt thou behold 
 
 And see the reward of the wicked. 
 Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my 
 refuge, 
 
 Even the Most High, thy habitation ; 
 There shall no evil befall thee. 
 
 Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwell- 
 ing. 
 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, 
 
 To keep thee in all thy ways. 
 They shall bear thee up in their hands. 
 
 Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 
 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder : 
 
 The young lion and the dragon shalt thou 
 trample under feet. 
 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will 
 I deliver him : 
 
 I will set him on high, because he hath known 
 my name. 
 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him : 
 I will be with him in trouble ; 
 
 I will deliver him, and honor him. 
 With long life will I satisfy him. 
 
 And show him my salvation. 
 
9i} PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM XCIII. 
 
 The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; 
 The Lord is dothed with strength, wherewith he 
 hath girded himself: 
 
 The world also is stablished, that it cannot be 
 moved. 
 Thy throne is established of old ; 
 
 Thou art from evei'lasting. 
 The floods have lifted up, O Lord, 
 The floods have lifted up their voice ; 
 
 The floods lift up their weaves. 
 The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many 
 waters. 
 
 Yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. 
 Thy testimonies are very sure: 
 Holiness becometh thine house, 
 
 O Lord, for ever. 
 
 PSALM XCVIL 
 
 The Lord reigneth ; let the earth rejoice; 
 
 Let the multitude of isles be glad thereof. 
 Clouds and darkness are round about him : 
 
 Righteousness and judgment are the habitation 
 of his throne. 
 A fire goeth before him. 
 
 And burneth up his enemies round about. 
 His lightnings enlightened the world : 
 
 The earth saw, and trembled. 
 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the 
 Lord, 
 
PSALMS. 91 
 
 At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 
 The heavens dechire his righteousness, 
 
 And all the people see his glory. 
 Confounded be all they that serve gi'aven images, 
 That boast themselves of idols : 
 
 Worship him, all ye gods. 
 Zion heai'd, and was glad ; 
 And the daughters of Judah rejoiced 
 
 Because of thy judgments, O Lord. 
 For thou. Lord, art high above all the earth : 
 
 Thou art exalted far above all gods. 
 Ye that love the Lord, hate evil : 
 He preserve th the souls of his saints ; 
 
 He delivereth them out of the hand of the 
 wicked. 
 Light is shown for the righteous, 
 
 And gladness for the upright in heart. 
 Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; 
 
 And give thanks at the remembrance of his 
 holiness. 
 
 PSALM CIL 
 
 Hear my prayei*, O Lord, 
 
 And let my ciy come unto thee. 
 Hide not thy face from me, in the day when I am 
 
 in trouble; 
 Incline thine ear unto me : 
 
 In the day when I call, answer me speedily. 
 For my days are consumed like smoke. 
 
 And my bones are burned as a firebrand. 
 I am like a pelican of the wilderness : 
 
 I am like an owl of the desert. 
 
92 PSALMS. 
 
 I Avatcli, and am as a sparrow 
 
 Alone upon the house-top. 
 Mine enemies reproach me all the day ; 
 
 And they that are mad against me are sworn 
 ao-ainst me. 
 For I liave eaten ashes like bread, 
 
 And mingled my drink with weeping, 
 Because of thine indignation and thy wi*ath : 
 
 For thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. 
 My days ai'e like a shadow that declineth ; 
 
 And I am withered like grass. 
 But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever ; 
 
 And thy remembrance unto all generations. 
 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion : 
 
 For the time to favor her, yea, the set time, is 
 come. 
 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones. 
 
 And favor the dust thei*eof. 
 So. the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, 
 
 And all the kings of the earth thy glory. 
 When the Lord shall build up Zion, 
 
 He shall appear in his glory. 
 He will regard the prayer of the destitute. 
 
 And not despise their prayer. 
 This shall be Avritten for the generations to come : 
 
 And the people which shall be created shall 
 praise the Lord. 
 For he hath looked down from the height of his 
 sanctuary ; 
 
 From heaven did the Lord behold the earth ; 
 To hear the groaning of the prisoner ; 
 
 To loose those that are appointed to death; 
 To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, 
 
PSALMS. 93 
 
 And his praise in Jerusalem ; 
 When the people are gathered together, 
 
 And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord. 
 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of 
 my days : 
 
 Thy years are throughout all generations. 
 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth : 
 
 And the heavens are the work of thy hands. 
 They shalt perish, but thou shalt endure : 
 Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment ; 
 
 As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they 
 shall be chansred : 
 But thou art the same. 
 
 And thy years shall have no end. 
 The children of thy servants shall continue, 
 
 And their seed shall be established before thee. 
 
 PSALM cm. 
 
 Bless the Lord, O my soul : 
 
 And all that is within me, bless his holy name. 
 Bless the Lord, O my soul, 
 
 And forget not all his benefits : 
 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities ; 
 
 Who healeth all thy diseases ; 
 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; 
 
 Who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and 
 tender mercies ; 
 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; 
 
 So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. 
 The Lord executeth righteousness 
 
 And judgment for all that are oppressed. 
 He made known his ways unto Moses, 
 
94 PSALMS. 
 
 His acts unto the children of Israel. 
 The Lord is merciful and gracious, 
 
 Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy 
 He will not always chide : 
 
 Neither will he keep his anger for ever. 
 He hath not dealt with us after our sins ; 
 
 Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 
 For as the heaven is high above the earth. 
 
 So great is his mercy toward them that fear 
 him. 
 As far as the east is from the west, 
 
 So far hath he removed our transgressions 
 from us. 
 Like as a father pitieth his children. 
 
 So the Lord pitieth them that fear him. 
 For he knoweth our frame ; 
 
 He remembereth that we are dust. 
 As for man, his days are as grass : 
 
 As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 
 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; 
 
 And the place thereof shall know it no more. 
 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to 
 everlasting upon them that fear him. 
 
 And his righteousness unto children's children ; 
 To such as keep his covenant. 
 
 And to those that remember his commandments 
 to do them. 
 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens ; 
 
 And his kingdom ruleth over all. 
 Bless the Lord, ye his angels. 
 That excel in strength, that do his commandments, 
 
 Hearken unto the voice of his woi'd. 
 Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts ; 
 
PSALMS. 95 
 
 Ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. 
 Bless the Lord, all his works 
 In all places of his dominion : 
 
 Bless the Lord, O my soul. 
 
 PSALM CIV. 
 
 Bless the Lord, O my soul. 
 
 O Lord my God, thou art very great ; 
 
 Thou art clothed with honor and majesty. 
 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment : 
 
 Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : 
 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : 
 Who maketh the clouds his chariot : 
 
 Who walketh upon the wings of the wind : 
 Who maketh his angels spirits ; 
 
 His ministers a flaming fire : 
 Who laid the foundations of the earth, 
 
 That it should not be removed for ever. 
 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment : 
 
 The waters stood above the mountains. 
 At thy rebuke they fled ; 
 
 At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. 
 They go up by the mountains ; they go down by 
 the valleys 
 
 Unto the place which thou hast founded for 
 them. 
 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over ; 
 
 That they turn not again to cover the earth. 
 He sendeth the springs into the valleys. 
 
 Which run among the hills. 
 They give drink to every beast of the field : 
 
 The wild asses quench their thirst. 
 
96 PSALMS. 
 
 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their 
 habitation, 
 
 Which sins: amono: the branches. 
 He watereth the hills from his chambers : 
 
 The earth is satisfied with the frnit of thy works. 
 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, 
 
 And herb for the service of man : 
 That he may bring forth food out of the earth ; 
 
 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man. 
 And oil to make his face to shine, 
 
 And bread which strengtheneth man's heart. 
 The trees of the Lord are full of sap ; 
 
 The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted ; 
 Where the birds make their nests : 
 
 As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house. 
 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats ; 
 
 And the rocks for the conies. 
 He appointed the moon for seasons : 
 
 The sun knoweth his going down. 
 Thou makest darkness, and it is night : 
 
 AVherein all the beasts of the forest do creep 
 forth. 
 The young lions roar after their prey, 
 
 And seek their meat from God. 
 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, 
 
 And lay them down in their dens. 
 Man goeth forth unto his work. 
 
 And to his labor, until the evening. 
 O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! 
 
 In wisdom hast thou made them all : 
 The earth is full of thy riches. 
 
 So is this great and wide sea. 
 Wherein are things creeping innumerable. 
 
PSALMS. 97 
 
 Both small and great beasts. 
 There go the ships : 
 
 There is that leviathan, whom thou hast made 
 to play therein. 
 These wait all upon thee ; 
 
 That thou may est give them their meat in due 
 season. 
 That thou givest them, they gather : 
 
 Thou openest thine hand, they are filled with 
 good. 
 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : 
 Thou takest away their breath, they die, 
 
 And return to their dust. 
 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created:- 
 
 And thou renewest the face of the earth. 
 The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: 
 
 The Lord shall rejoice in his works. 
 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth : 
 
 He toucheth the hills, and they smoke. 
 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live : 
 
 I will sing praise to my God while I have my 
 being. 
 My meditation of him shall be sweet : 
 
 I will be glad in the Lord. 
 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, 
 
 And let the wicked be no more. 
 Bless thou the Lord, O my soul. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CVIL 
 
 O GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is good : 
 For his mercy endureth forever. 
 
98 PSALMS. 
 
 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, 
 
 Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the 
 enemy ; 
 And gathered them ont of the lands, 
 
 From the east, and from the west, from the 
 north, and from the south. 
 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way ; 
 
 They found no city to dwell in. 
 Hungry and thirsty. 
 
 Their soul fainted in them. 
 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, 
 
 And he delivered them out of their distresses 
 And he led them forth by the right way. 
 
 That they might go to a city of habitation. 
 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, 
 
 And for his wonderful works to the children of 
 men ! 
 For he satisfieth the longing soul. 
 
 And filleth the hungry soul with goodness. 
 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, 
 
 Being bound in affliction and iron ; 
 Because they rebelled against the words of God, 
 
 And contemned the counsel of the Most High : 
 Therefore he brought down their heart with labor: 
 
 They fell down, and there was none to helj). 
 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, 
 
 And he saved them out of their distresses. 
 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow 
 of death. 
 
 And brake their bands in sunder. 
 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness. 
 
 And for his wonderful works to the children 
 of men ! 
 
PSALMS. 99 
 
 For he hath broken the gates of brass, 
 
 And cut the bars of iron in sunder. 
 Fools, because of their transgression, 
 
 And because of their iniquities, are afflicted. 
 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat ; 
 
 And they draw near unto the gates of death. 
 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, 
 
 And he saveth them out of their distresses. 
 He sent his word, and healed them, 
 
 And delivei'ed them from their destructions. 
 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness. 
 
 And for his wonderful works to the children of 
 men ! 
 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, 
 
 And declare his works with rejoicing. 
 They that go down to the sea in ships, 
 
 That do business in great Avaters ; 
 These see the works of the Lord, 
 
 And his wonders in the deep. 
 For he commandeth and raiseth the stormy wind. 
 
 Which lifteth up the waves thereof. 
 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again 
 to the depths : 
 
 Their soul is melted because of trouble. 
 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, 
 
 And are at their wit's end. 
 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble. 
 
 And he bringeth them out of their distresses. 
 He maketh the storm a calm, 
 
 So that the waves thereof are still. 
 Then are they glad because they be quiet ; 
 
 So he bringeth them unto their desired haven. 
 Oh that men would praise the Lord for liis goodness. 
 
100 PSALMS. 
 
 And for his wonderful works to the children of 
 men ! 
 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the 
 people, 
 
 And praise him in the assembly of the elders. 
 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, 
 
 And the water-springs into dry ground ; 
 A fruitful land into barrenness. 
 
 For the wickedness of them that dwell therein. 
 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, 
 
 And di-y ground into water-springs. 
 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell. 
 
 That they may prepare a city for habitation ; 
 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards. 
 
 Which may yield fruits of increase. 
 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied 
 greatly ; 
 
 And suffereth not their cattle to decrease. 
 Again, they are minished and brought low 
 
 Through oppression, affliction, and soi*row. 
 He poureth contempt upon princes. 
 
 And causeth them to wander in the wilderness, 
 where there is no way. 
 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction. 
 
 And maketh him families like a flock. 
 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice : 
 
 And all iniquity shall stop her mouth. 
 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things. 
 
 Even they shall understand the loving-kindness 
 of the Lord. 
 
PSALMS. 101 
 
 PSALM ex. 
 
 The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit tlioii at my right 
 hand, 
 
 Until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 
 The Lord shall send the sceptre of thy strength out 
 of Zion ; 
 
 Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. 
 Thy people shall give willingly in the day of thy 
 power, in the beauties of holiness. 
 
 From the womb of the morning thou hast the 
 dew of thy youth. 
 The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, 
 Thou art a priest for ever 
 
 After the order of Melchizedek. 
 The Lord at thy right hand 
 
 Shall strike through kings in the day of his 
 wrath. 
 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the 
 places with the dead bodies ; 
 
 He shall wound the heads of his enemies over 
 great countries. 
 Thou shalt drink of the brook in tlie way: 
 Therefore shalt thou lift up the head. 
 
 PSALI\r CXL 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 I will praise the Lord with my whole heart. 
 
 In the assembly of the upright, and in the con- 
 gregation. 
 The w^orks of the Lord are great, 
 
102 PSALMS. 
 
 Sought out of all til em that have pleasure 
 therein. 
 His work is honoral)le and glorious: 
 
 And his risfhteousness endureth for ever. 
 He hath made his wonderful works to be i-emem- 
 bered ; 
 
 The Lord is gracious and full of compassion. 
 He hath given meat unto them that fear him : 
 
 He will ever be mindful of his covenant. 
 He hath showed his people the power of his woi-ks, 
 
 That he may give them the heritage of the 
 heathen. 
 The w^orks of his hands are verity and judgment; 
 
 All his commandments are sure : 
 They stand fast for ever and ever, 
 
 And are done in truth and upi'ightness. 
 He sent redemption unto his people : 
 He hath commanded his covenant for ever : 
 
 Holy and reverend is his name. 
 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom : 
 A good understanding have all they that do his 
 commandments. 
 
 His praise endureth for ever. 
 
 PSALM CXH. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 Blessed is tlie man that feareth the Lord, 
 
 That delighteth greatly in his commandments. 
 His seed shall be mighty upon earth : 
 
 The generation of the upright shall be blessed. 
 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: 
 
 And his righteousness endureth foi' ever. 
 
PSALMS. 103 
 
 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness : 
 
 He is gracious, and full of compassion, and 
 righteous. 
 A good man showeth favor, and lendeth : 
 
 He wfU guide his aHairs with discretion. 
 Surely he shall not be moved for ever : 
 
 The righteous shall be in everlasting remem- 
 brance. 
 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings : 
 
 His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. 
 His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, 
 
 Until he see his desire upon his enemies. 
 He hath scattered, he hath given to the poor ; 
 His righteousness endureth for ever ; 
 
 His horn shall be exalted with honor. 
 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved ; 
 He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away : 
 
 The desire of the wicked shall perish. 
 
 PSALM CXHL 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 Pj'aise, O ye servants of the Lord, 
 
 Praise the name of the Lord, 
 Blessed be the name of the Lord 
 
 From this time forth and for evermore. 
 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of 
 the same , 
 
 The Lord's name is to be praised. 
 The Lord is high above all nations. 
 
 And his glory above the heavens. 
 Who is like unto the Lord our God, 
 
 Who dwelleth on hiofh. 
 
104 PSALMS. 
 
 Who luimhleth himself to behold 
 
 The things that are in heaven, and in the earth ! 
 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, 
 
 And lifteth the needy out of the dunghill ; 
 That he may set him with princes. 
 
 Even with the princes of his people. 
 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, 
 And to be a joyful mother of children. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXIV. 
 
 When Israel went out of Egypt, 
 
 The house of Jacob from a people of strange 
 language ; 
 Judah was his sanctuary. 
 
 And Israel his dominion. 
 The sea saw it, and fled : 
 
 Jordan was driven back. 
 The mountains skipped like rams. 
 
 And the little hills like lambs. 
 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest ? 
 
 Thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back ? 
 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams ; 
 
 And ye little hills, like lambs ? 
 Tremble thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, 
 
 At the presence of the God of Jacob ; 
 Which turned the rock into a standing water, 
 
 The flint into a fountain of waters. 
 
PSALMS. 105 
 
 PSALM CXV. 
 
 Not unto u^, O Lord, not unto us, 
 But unto thy name give glory. 
 
 For thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. 
 Wherefore should the heathen say, 
 
 Where is now their God ? 
 But our God is in the heavens : 
 
 He hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. 
 Their idols are silver and gold, 
 
 The work of men's hands. 
 They have mouths, but they speak not : 
 
 Eyes have they, but they see not : 
 They have ears, but they hear not : 
 
 Noses have they, but they smell not: 
 They have hands, but they handle not: 
 Feet have they, but they walk not : 
 
 Neither speak they through their throat. 
 They that make them are like unto them ; 
 
 So is every one that trusteth in them. 
 O Israel, trust thou in the Lord : 
 
 He is their help and their shield. 
 O house of Aaron trust in tlie Lord : 
 
 He is their help and their shield. 
 Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord : 
 
 He is their help and their shield. 
 The Lord hath been mindful of us : he will bless us ; 
 
 He will bless the house of Israel ; 
 
 He will bless the house of iVaron. 
 He will bless them that fear the Lord, 
 
 Both small and gi'eat. 
 The Lord shall increase you more and more, 
 
 You and your children. 
 
106 PSALMS. 
 
 Ye are blessed of the Lord 
 
 Wliicli made heaven and earth. 
 The lieaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's : 
 
 But the earth hath he given to the children of 
 men. 
 The dead praise not the Lord, 
 
 Neither any that go down into silence. 
 But we will bless the Lord 
 Fi'oni this time forth and for evermore. 
 
 Praise the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXVI. 
 
 I LOVE the Lord, because he hath heard 
 
 My voice and my supplications. 
 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me. 
 
 Therefore will I call upon him as long as I live 
 The sorrows of death compassed me, 
 And the pains of hell gat hold upon me : 
 
 I found trouble and sorrow. 
 Then called I upon the name of the Lord ; 
 
 Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. 
 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous ; 
 
 Yea, our God is merciful. 
 The Lord preserveth the simple : 
 
 1 was brought low, and he helped me. 
 Return unto thy rest, O my soul ; 
 
 For the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee. 
 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, 
 Mine eyes from tears. 
 
 And my feet from falling. 
 I will walk before the Lord 
 
 In the land of the livinsr. 
 
PSALMS. - 107 
 
 I believed, therefore have I spoken : 
 
 I was greatly afflicted : 
 I said ill my haste, 
 
 All men are liars. 
 What shall I render unto the Lord 
 
 For all his benefits towards me ? 
 I will take the cup of salvation. 
 
 And call upon the name of the Lord. 
 I will pay my vows unto the Lord 
 
 Now in the presence of all his people. 
 Precious in the sight of the Lord 
 
 Is the death of his saints. 
 
 Lord, truly I am thy servant ; 
 
 1 am thy servant, and the son of tliine handmaid: 
 
 Thou hast loosed my bonds. 
 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, 
 
 And will call upon the name of the Lord. 
 I will pay my vows unto the Lord 
 
 Now in the presence of all his people. 
 In the courts of the Lord's house, 
 In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXVII. 
 
 O PEAiSE the Lord, all ye nations : 
 
 Praise him, all ye people. 
 For his merciful kindness is great towards us: 
 
 And the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
108 PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM CXVIII. 
 
 GIVE thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good : 
 
 Because his mercy endureth for ever. 
 Let Israel now say, 
 
 That his mercy endureth for ever. 
 Let the house of Aaron now say, 
 
 That his mercy endureth for ever. 
 Let them now that fear the Lord say. 
 
 That his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 1 called upon the Lord in distress : 
 
 The Lord answered me, and set me in a large 
 place. 
 The Lord is on my side ; I will not fear : 
 
 What can man do unto me ? 
 The Lord taketh my part with them that help me : 
 
 Therefore shall I see my desire upon them that 
 hate me. 
 It is better to trust in the Lord 
 
 Thau to put confidence in man. 
 It is better to trust in the Lord 
 
 Than to put confidence in princes. 
 The Lord is my strength and song. 
 
 And is become my salvation. 
 The voice of rejoicing and salvation 
 Is in the tabernacles of the ris^hteous : 
 
 The right hand of the Lord doetli valiantly. 
 The right hand of the Lord is exalted : 
 
 The right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly. 
 I shall not die, but live. 
 
 And declare the works of the Lord. 
 The Lord hath chastened me sore : 
 
 But he hath not given me over unto death. 
 
FSALMS. 109 
 
 Open to me the gates of righteousness : 
 
 I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord: 
 This gate of the Loi'd, 
 
 Into which the ris^hteous shall enter. 
 I will praise thee : for thou hast heard me, 
 
 And art become my salvation. 
 The stone which the builders refused 
 
 Is become the head-stone of the corner. 
 This is the Lord's doing ; 
 
 It is marvellous in our eyes. 
 This is the day which the Lord hath made ; 
 
 We will rejoice and be glad in it. 
 Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord : 
 
 O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. 
 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord : 
 
 We have blessed you out of the house of the 
 Lord. 
 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee : 
 
 Thou art my God, I will exalt thee. 
 O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: 
 
 For his mei'cy endui-eth for evei* 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 Blessed are the undefiled in the way. 
 
 Who walketh in the law of tlie Lord. 
 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies. 
 
 And that seek him with the whole heart. 
 They also do no iniquity : 
 
 They walk in his ways. 
 Thou hast commanded us 
 
 To keep thy precepts diligently. 
 O that my ways were directed 
 
IIU PSALMS. 
 
 To keep thy statutes ! 
 Then shall I not be ashamed, 
 
 When I have respect nnto all thy command- 
 ments. 
 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, 
 
 When I shall have learned thy righteous judg- 
 ments. 
 I will keep thy statutes : 
 
 O forsake me not utterly. 
 
 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way ? 
 
 By taking heed thereto according to thy word. 
 With my whole heart have I sought thee : 
 
 let me not wander from thy commandments. 
 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, 
 
 That I mio^ht not sin ao:ainst thee. 
 Blessed art thou, O Lord : 
 
 Teach me thy statutes. 
 With my lips have I declared 
 
 All the judgments of thy mouth. 
 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, 
 
 As much as in all riches. 
 I will meditate in thy precejDts, 
 
 And have respect unto thy ways. 
 I will delight myself in thy statutes: 
 
 1 will not forget thy word. 
 
 My soul cleaveth unto the dust : 
 
 Quicken thou me according to thy word. 
 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me ; 
 
 Teach me thy statutes. 
 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts : 
 
 So shall I talk of thy wondrous works. 
 
PSALMS. Ill 
 
 My soul meltetli for heaviness : 
 
 Strengthen thou nie according unto thy word. 
 Kemove from me the way of lying : 
 
 And grant me thy law graciously, 
 ■'ave chosen the way of truth : 
 
 Thy judgments have I laid before me. 
 I have stuck unto thy testimonies : 
 
 O Lord, put me not to shame. 
 I will run the way of thy commandments, 
 
 When thou shalt enlarge my heart. 
 
 Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes ; 
 
 And I shall keep it unto the end. 
 Give me understanding, and 1 shall keep thy law ; 
 
 Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. 
 Make me to go in the path of thy command- 
 ments ; 
 
 For therein do I delight. 
 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, 
 
 And not to covetousness. 
 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; 
 
 And quicken thou me in thy way. 
 Stablish thy word unto thy servant. 
 
 Who is devoted to thy fear. 
 Turn away my reproach which I fear : 
 
 For thy judgments are good. 
 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts : 
 
 Quicken me in thy righteousness. 
 
 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, 
 
 Even thy salvation, according to thy word. 
 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that re- 
 proach eth me : 
 
112 PSALMS. 
 
 For I trust in thy word. 
 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my 
 mouth ; 
 
 For I have hoped in thy judgments. 
 So shall I keep thy law continually 
 
 For ever and ever. 
 And I will walk at liberty : 
 
 For I seek thy precepts. 
 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings. 
 
 And will not be ashamed. 
 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, 
 
 Which I have loved. 
 My hands also will I lift up unto thy command- 
 ments, which I have loved ; 
 
 And I will meditate in thy statutes. 
 
 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me : 
 
 Give me understanding, that I may learn thy 
 commandments. 
 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me ; 
 
 Because I have hoped in thy word. 
 I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, 
 
 And that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. 
 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my 
 comfort, 
 
 According to thy word unto thy servant. 
 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may 
 live : 
 
 For thy law is my delight. 
 Let the proud be ashamed ; for they dealt perversely 
 with me without a cause : 
 
 But I will meditate in thy precepts. 
 Let those that fear thee turn unto me. 
 
PSALMS. 113 
 
 And those that have known thy testimonies. 
 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes : 
 That I be not ashamed. 
 
 My soul fainteth for thy salvation : 
 
 But I hope in thy word. 
 Mine eyes fail for thy word, 
 
 Saying, When wilt thou comfort me ? 
 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke ; 
 
 Yet do I not forget thy statutes. 
 How many are the days of thy servant ? 
 
 When wilt thou execute judgment on them 
 that persecute me ? 
 The proud have digged pits for me, 
 
 Which are not after thy law. 
 All thy commandments are faithful : 
 
 They persecute me wrongfully ; help thou me. 
 They had almost consumed me upon earth ; 
 
 But I forsook not thy precepts. 
 Quicken me after thy loving-kindness ; 
 
 So shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. 
 
 For ever, O Lord, 
 
 Thy word is settled in heaven. 
 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: 
 
 Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. 
 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: 
 
 For all are thy servants. 
 Unless thy law had been my delights, 
 
 I should then have perished in mine affliction. 
 I will never forget thy precepts : 
 
 For with them tliou hast quickened me. 
 I am thine save me : 
 
•114 PSALMS. 
 
 For I Lave souglit tliy precepts. 
 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: 
 
 But I will consider thy testimonies. 
 I Lave seen an end of all perfection : 
 
 But thy commandment is exceeding broad. 
 
 Low love I tLy law ! 
 
 It is my meditation all tLe day. 
 Thou througL thy commandments Last made me 
 wiser tlian mine enemies : 
 For tLey are ever witL me. 
 
 1 Lave more understanding tLan all my teacLers : 
 
 For tLy testimonies are my meditation. 
 I understand more tLan tLe ancients, 
 
 Because I keep tLy precepts. 
 I Lave refrained my feet from every evil way, 
 
 TLat I miglit keep tLy word. 
 I Lave not departed from tLy judgments : 
 
 For tLou Last tauglit me. 
 How sweet are tLy words unto my taste ! 
 
 Yea, sweeter tLan Loney to my moutL. 
 TLrougL tLy precepts I get understanding : 
 
 TLerefore I Late every false way. 
 
 TLy testimonies are wonderful : 
 
 TLerefore dotL my soul keep tLem. 
 TLe entrance of tLy words givetL ligLt ; 
 
 It givetL understanding unto tLe simple. 
 I opened my moutL, and panted ; 
 
 For I longed for tLy commandments. 
 Look tliou upon me, and be merciful unto me. 
 
 As tLou usest to do unto -tLose tLat love tLy 
 name. 
 
PSALMS. 115 
 
 Order my steps in thy word : 
 
 And let not any iniquity have dominion over me. 
 Deliver me from the oppression of man : 
 
 So will I keep thy precepts. 
 Make thy face to shine npon thy servant ; 
 
 And teach me thy statutes. 
 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, 
 
 Because they keep not thy law. 
 
 Righteous art thou, O Lord, 
 
 And upright are thy judgments. 
 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded 
 
 Are righteous and very faithful. 
 My zeal hath consumed me, 
 
 Because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. 
 Thy word is very pure : 
 
 Therefore thy servant loveth it. 
 I am small and despised : 
 
 Yet do not I foiget thy precepts. 
 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. 
 
 And thy law is the truth. 
 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me : 
 
 Yet thy commandments are my delights. 
 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: 
 
 Give me understanding, and I shall live. 
 
 I ci'ied with my whole heart ; Hear me, O Lord : 
 
 I will keep thy statutes. 
 I cried unto thee ; save me. 
 
 And I shall keep thy testimonies. 
 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried : 
 
 I hoped in thy woi'd. 
 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, 
 
116 PSALMS. 
 
 That I might meditate in thy word. 
 Hear my voice according unto thy loving-kindness : 
 
 O Lord, quicken me according to thy judgment. 
 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: 
 
 They are far from thy law. 
 Thou art near, O Lord ; 
 
 And all thy commandments are truth. 
 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old 
 
 That thou hast founded them for ever. 
 
 Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord : 
 
 Give me understanding according to thy word. 
 Let my supplication come before thee : 
 
 Deliver me according to thy word. 
 My lips shall utter praise. 
 
 When thou hast tanght me thy statutes : 
 My tongue shall speak of thy word : 
 
 For all thy commandments are righteousness. 
 Let thine hand help me ; 
 
 For I have chosen thy precepts. 
 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord ; 
 
 And thy law is my delight. 
 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee ; 
 
 And let thy judgments help me. 
 I have gone astray like a lost sheep : 
 
 Seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy com- 
 mandments. 
 
 PSALM CXXIII. 
 
 UiSTTO thee lift I up mine eyes, 
 
 O thou that dwellest in the heavens. 
 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand 
 of their mastei's, 
 
PSALMS. 117 
 
 And as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of 
 her misti'ess ; 
 So our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, 
 
 Until that he have mercy upon us. 
 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us ; 
 
 For we ai-e exceedingly filled with contempt. 
 Our soul is exceedinsrly filled 
 With the scorning of those that are at ease. 
 
 And with the contempt of the proud. 
 
 PSALM CXXX. 
 
 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. 
 
 Lord, hear my voice : 
 Let thine ears be attentive 
 
 To the voice of my supplications. 
 If thou. Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, 
 
 O Lord, who shall stand ? 
 But there is forgiveness with thee, that tliou mayest 
 
 be feared. 
 I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, 
 
 And in his word do I hope. 
 My soul waiteth for the Lord 
 More than they that watch for the morning. 
 
 Isay,more than they that watch for the morning. 
 Let Israel hope in the Lord : 
 For with the Lord there is mercy, 
 
 And with him is plenteous redemption. 
 And he shall redeem Israel 
 
 From all his iniquities. 
 
118 PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM cxxxy. 
 
 Pkaise ye the Lord. 
 
 Praise ye the name of the Lord ; 
 
 Praise him, O ye servants of the Lord. 
 Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, 
 
 In the courts of the house of our God, 
 Praise the Lord ; for the Lord is good : 
 
 Sing praises unto his name : for it is pleasant. 
 For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself. 
 
 And Israel for his peculiar treasure. 
 For I know that the Lord is great, 
 
 And that our Lord is above all gods. 
 Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. 
 
 In heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and in all 
 deep places. 
 He causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of 
 
 the earth ; 
 He maketh lightnings for the rain ; 
 
 He bringeth the wind out of his treasuries. 
 Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever ; 
 
 And thy memorial, O Lord, throughout all 
 generations. 
 For the Lord will judge his people. 
 
 And he will repent himself concerning his ser- 
 vants. 
 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold. 
 
 The work of men's hands. 
 They have mouths, but they speak not ; 
 
 Eyes have they, but they see not ; 
 They have ears, but they hear not ; 
 
 Neither is there any breath in their mouths. 
 They that maki' t^irm are like unto them ; 
 
PSALMS. 119 
 
 So is every one that trusteth in them. 
 Bless tlie Lord, O house of Israel : 
 
 Bless the Loi-d, O house of Aaron : 
 Bless the Lord, O house of Levi : 
 
 Ye that fear the Lord, l)less the Lord. 
 Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, which dvvelleth at 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXXXVL 
 
 O GIVE thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good : 
 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 O give thanks unto the God of gods : 
 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 O give thanks to the Lord of lords : 
 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 To him who alone doeth great wonders : 
 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: 
 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 To liim that stretched out the earth above the 
 waters : 
 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 To him that made great lights : 
 
 For liis mercy endui-eth for ever. 
 The sun to rule by day : 
 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 The moon and stars to rule by night : 
 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 Who remembered us in our low estate : 
 
 For his mercy endureth for ever 
 And hath redeemed us from our enemies : 
 
120 PSALMS. 
 
 For Lis mercy endureth for ever. 
 Who giveth food to all flesh : 
 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 give thanks unto the God of heaven : 
 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 PSALM CXXXVIII. 
 
 1 WILL praise thee with my whole heart : 
 
 Before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. 
 I will worship toward thy holy temple, 
 And praise thy name, for thy loving-kindness and 
 for thy truth : 
 
 For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy 
 name. 
 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, 
 
 And strengthenedst me with strength in my 
 soul. 
 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord, 
 
 When they hear the words of thy mouth. 
 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord : 
 
 For great is the glory of the Lord. 
 Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto 
 the lowly : 
 
 But the proud he knoweth afar off. 
 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt 
 
 revive me : 
 Thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath 
 of mine enemies, 
 
 And thy right hand shall save me. 
 The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me : 
 Tliy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: 
 
 Forsake not the works of thine own hands. 
 
PSALMS. 121 
 
 PSALM CXXXIX. 
 
 Lord, thou hast seai'ched me, and known me. 
 Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising. 
 
 Thou understandest my thought afar off. 
 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, 
 
 And art acquainted with all my ways. 
 For there is not a word in my tongue, 
 
 But, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. 
 Thou hast beset me behind and before, 
 
 And laid thine hand upon me. 
 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me ; 
 
 It is high, I cannot attain unto it. 
 Whither shall I go from thy spii'it ? 
 
 Or whither shall I flee from thy presence ? 
 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there : 
 
 If I make my bed in hell, behold thou art thei'e. 
 If I take the wings of the morning, 
 
 And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea ; 
 Even there shall thy hand lead me. 
 
 And thy right hand shall hold me. 
 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; 
 
 Even the night shall be light about me. 
 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee ; 
 But the night shineth as the day : 
 
 The darkness and the light are both alike to 
 thee. 
 
 1 will praise thee ; for I am fearfully and wonder- 
 
 fully made : 
 Marvellous are thy works ; 
 
 And that my soul knoweth right well. 
 My substance was not hid from thee, 
 
122 PSALMS. 
 
 When I was made in secret, 
 
 And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of 
 the earth. 
 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect ; 
 And in thy book all my members were written, 
 
 Which day by day were fashioned, when as yet 
 there was none of them. 
 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! 
 
 How great is the sum of them ! 
 If I should count them, they are more in number 
 than the sand : 
 
 When I awake, I am still with thee. 
 Search me, O God, and know my heart : 
 
 Try me, and know my thoughts : 
 And see if there be any wicked way in me, 
 
 And lead me in the way everlasting. 
 
 PSALM CXLHI. 
 
 Hear my prayer, O Lord, 
 Give ear to my supplications : 
 
 In thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy right- 
 eousness. 
 And enter not into judgment with thy servant : 
 
 For in thy sight shall no man living be justified. 
 I remember the days of old ; 
 I meditate on all thy works ; 
 
 I muse on the work of thy hands. 
 I stretch forth my hands unto thee : 
 
 My soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. 
 Hear me speedily, O Lord ; my spirit faileth : 
 Hide not thy face from me. 
 
PSALMS. 123 
 
 Lest I be like unto them that go clown into the 
 pit. 
 Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning; 
 
 For in thee do I trust : 
 Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk ; 
 
 For I lift up my soul unto thee. 
 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies : 
 
 I flee unto thee to hide me. 
 Teach me to do thy will ; 
 For thou art my God : 
 
 Thy spirit is good ; lead me into the land of 
 uprightness. 
 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake : 
 
 For thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out 
 of trouble. 
 
 PSALM CXLV. 
 
 I WILL extol thee, my God, O King : 
 
 And I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 
 Every day will I bless thee ; 
 
 And I will praise thy name for ever and ever. 
 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; 
 
 And his greatness is unsearchable. 
 One generation shall praise thy works to another, 
 
 And shall declare thy mighty acts. 
 I will speak of the glorious honor of thy majesty. 
 
 And of thy wondrous works. 
 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible 
 acts: 
 
 And I will declare thy greatness. 
 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy 
 great goodness, 
 
1 24 PSALMS. 
 
 And shall sing of thy righteousness. 
 The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; 
 
 Slow to anger, and of gi'eat mercy. 
 The Lord is good to all : . 
 
 And his tender mercies are over all his works 
 All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord : 
 
 And thy saints shall bless thee. 
 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, 
 
 And talk of thy power ; 
 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, 
 
 And the glorious majesty of his kingdom. 
 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. 
 
 And thy dominion endureth throughout all gen- 
 erations. 
 The Lord upholdeth all that fall, 
 
 And raiseth up all those that be bowed down. 
 The eyes of all wait upon thee ; 
 
 And thou givest them their meat in due season. 
 Thou openest thine hand, 
 
 And satisfiest the desire of every living thing. 
 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, 
 
 And holy in all his works. 
 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, 
 
 To all that call upon him in truth. 
 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him : 
 
 He also will hear their cry, and will save them. 
 The Lord preserveth all them that love him : 
 
 But all the wicked will he destroy. 
 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord. 
 
 And let all flesh bless his holy name. For ever 
 and ever. 
 
PSALMS. 125 
 
 PSALM CXLVI. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 Praise the Lord, O my soul. 
 While I live I will praise the Lord : 
 
 I will sing praises unto my God while I have 
 any being. 
 Put not your trust in princes, 
 
 Nor in the son of man in whom there is no help. 
 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth ; 
 
 In that very day his thoughts perish. 
 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, 
 
 Whose hope is in the Lord his God : 
 Which made heaven and earth, 
 The sea, and all that therein is : 
 
 Which keepeth truth for ever: 
 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed : 
 Which giveth food to the hungry. 
 
 The Lord looseth the prisoners : 
 The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind : 
 The Lord raiseth them that are bowed down : 
 
 The Lord loveth the righteous : 
 The Lord preserveth the strangers ; 
 He relieveth the fatherless and widow : 
 
 But the way of the wicked he turneth upside 
 down. 
 The Lord shall reign for ever. 
 Even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
12G PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM CXLVII. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord : 
 
 For it is good to sing praises unto our God ; 
 
 For it is pleasant ; and praise is comely. 
 The Lord dotli build up Jerusalem: 
 
 He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. 
 He healeth the broken in heart, 
 
 And biudeth up their wounds. 
 He telleth the number of the stars ; 
 
 He calleth them all by their names. 
 Great is our Lord, and of great power : 
 
 His understanding is infinite. 
 The Lord lifteth up the meek : 
 
 He casteth the wicked down to the ground. 
 Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving ; 
 
 Sing praise upon the harp unto our God : 
 Who covereth the heaven with clouds. 
 Who prepareth rain for the earth, 
 
 Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. 
 He giveth to the beast his food. 
 
 And to the young ravens which ciy. 
 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse : 
 
 He taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. 
 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him. 
 
 In those that hope in his mercy. 
 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem ; 
 
 Praise thy God, O Zion. 
 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates ; 
 
 He hath blessed thy children within thee. 
 He maketh peace in thy borders. 
 
 And filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. 
 
PSALMS. 127 
 
 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth : 
 
 His word runneth very swiftly. 
 He giveth snow like wool : 
 
 He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. 
 He casteth forth his ice like morsels : 
 
 Who can stand before his cold 1 
 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them : 
 
 He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters 
 flow. 
 He showeth his word unto Jacob, 
 
 His statutes and his judgments unto Israel. 
 He hath not dealt so with any nation : 
 And as for his judgments, they have not known 
 them. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXLVIIL 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord from the heavens : 
 Praise him in the heights. 
 Praise ye him, all his angels : 
 
 Praise ye him, all his hosts. 
 Praise ye him, sun and moon : 
 
 Praise him, all ye stars of light. 
 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens. 
 
 And ye waters that be above the heavens. 
 Let them praise the name of the Lord : 
 
 For he commanded, and they were created : 
 He hath also established them for ever and ever : 
 
 He hath made a decree which shall not pass. 
 Praise the Lord from the earth, 
 
 Ye dragons, and all deeps : 
 
128 PSALMS. 
 
 Fire, and hail ; snow and vapors ; 
 
 Stormy wind fulfilling his word : 
 Mountains, and all hills ; 
 
 Fruitful trees, and all cedars : 
 Beasts, and all cattle ; 
 
 Creeping things, and flying fowl : 
 Kings of the earth, and all people ; 
 
 Princes, and all judges of the earth : 
 Both young men, and maidens ; 
 
 Old men, and children: 
 Let them praise the name of the Lord : 
 For his name alone is excellent ; 
 
 His glory is above the earth and heaven. 
 He also exalteth the glory of his people. 
 
 The praise of all his saints ; 
 Even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXLIX. 
 
 Pkaise ye the Lord. 
 
 Sing unto the Lord a new^ song, 
 
 And his praise in the congregation of saints. 
 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him : 
 
 Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. 
 Let them praise his name in the dance : 
 
 Let them sing praises unto him with the tim- 
 brel and harp. 
 For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people : 
 
 He will beautify the meek with salvation. 
 
PSALMS. l-'i> 
 
 PSALM CL. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 Praise God in his sanctuary : 
 
 Praise him in the firmament of his power. 
 Praise him for his mighty acts : 
 
 Praise him according to his excellent greatness. 
 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet ; 
 
 Praise him with the psaltery and harp. 
 Praise him with the timbrel and dance ; 
 
 Praise him with stringed instruments and organs. 
 Praise him upon the loud cymbals : 
 
 Praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. 
 Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 6« 
 
HYMN S. 
 
 MORNING AND EVENING 
 
 1. Morning Hymn. Lis & 10s. 
 
 1 Now, when the dusky shades of night retreating, 
 
 Before the sun's red banner swiftly flee ; 
 Now, when the terrors of the dark are fleeting, 
 O Lord ! we lift our thankful hearts to thee. 
 
 2 To thee, whose word, the fount of life unsealing. 
 
 When hill and dale in thickest darkness lay. 
 Awoke bright rays across the dim earth stealing. 
 And bade the even and morn complete the day. 
 
 3 Look from the tower of heaven, and send to cheer us. 
 
 Thy light and truth to guide us onward still ; 
 Still let thy mercy as of old be near us, 
 And lead us safely to thy holy hill. 
 
 4 So when that morn of endless light is waking, • 
 
 And shades of evil from its splendor flee. 
 Safe may we rise, the earth's dark breast forsaking. 
 Through all the long bright day to dwell with thee. 
 
 2« Moi'ning Hymn. C. M. 
 
 1 Now that the sun is beaming bright, 
 Implore we, bending low. 
 That he, the uncreated Light, 
 May guide us as we go. 
 
MORNING. 
 
 2 'No sinful word, nor deed of wrong, 
 
 JN^or thoughts that idly rove, 
 But simple truth be on our tongue, 
 And in our hearts be love. 
 
 3 And while the hours in order flow, 
 
 Securely keep, O God, 
 Our hearts, beleaguered by the foe, 
 That tempts our every road. 
 
 4 And grant that to thine honor, Lord, 
 
 Our daily toil may tend ; 
 That we begin it at thy word. 
 And in thy favor end. 
 
 3« Prayer. L. M, 
 
 1 Thou Brightness of the Father's ray, 
 True Light of light, and Day of day : 
 Light's fountain and eternal spring : 
 Thou Morn the morn illumining ! 
 
 2 Glide in, thou very Sun divine; 
 With everlasting brightness shine : 
 And shed abroad on every sense 
 The Spirit's light and influence. 
 
 3 Thee, Father, let us seek aright : 
 The Father of perpetual light: 
 The Father of Almighty grace : 
 Each wile of sin aw^ay to chase. 
 
 4 Our acts with courage do thou fill : 
 Blunt thou the tempter's tooth of ill : 
 Misfortune into good convert. 
 
 Or give us grace to bear unhurt. 
 
 5 And Christ, our daily food be nigh, 
 And Faith our daily cup supply : , 
 
MORNING. 3 
 
 So may we quaff, to calm and bless, 
 The Spirit's rapturous holiness. 
 
 4. " The day that God hath llessedP H. M. 
 
 1 Awake, ye saints, awake ! 
 
 And hail this sacred day ; 
 In loftiest songs of praise 
 
 Your joyful homage pay : 
 Come, bless the day that God hath blest, 
 The type of heaven's eternal rest. 
 
 2 On this auspicious morn 
 
 The Lord of life arose ; 
 He burst the bars of death, 
 
 And vanquished all our foes ; 
 And now he pleads our cause above. 
 And reaps the fruit of all his love. 
 
 3 Hither, from earth's remotest end, 
 Lo ! the redeemed of God ascend, 
 
 Their tribute hither bring : 
 Here, crowned with everlasting joy. 
 In hymns of praise their tongues employ. 
 
 And hail th' immortal King. 
 
 5. The Morning and Evening Light. L. M. 
 
 1 "When, streaming from the eastern skies, 
 The morning light salutes mine eyes, 
 
 O Sun of righteousness divine, 
 On me with beams of mercy shine! 
 Oh ! chase the clouds of guilt away, 
 And turn my darkness into day. 
 
 2 When each day's scenes and labors close. 
 And wearied nature seeks repose. 
 
EVENING. 
 
 With pard'ning mercy richly blest, 
 Guard me, my Father, while I rest ; 
 And, as each morning sun shall rise. 
 Oh, lead me onward to the skies ! 
 
 And at my life's last setting-sun. 
 My conflicts o'er, my labors done. 
 Father, thy heavenly radiance shed. 
 To cheer and bless my dying bed ; 
 And, from death's gloom my spirit raise, 
 To see thy face, and sing thy praise. 
 
 g. Prayer for the Fatherless. 12s. 
 
 1 When the sun gloriously comes forth from the ocean. 
 
 Making earth beautiful, chasing shadows away. 
 Thus do we offer thee our prayer of devotion, 
 God of the fatherless ! guide us, guard us to-day. 
 
 2 When o'er the western hills, the sunset tints blending, 
 
 Show us how quickly fades all that on earth seems 
 bright. 
 Still to unfading realms our prayer is ascending, 
 God of the fatherless ! guide us, guard us to-night. 
 
 Yesjper Hymn. 
 
 1 Haek ! the vesper hymn is stealing, 
 
 O'er the waters soft and clear ; 
 Nearer yet, and nearer pealing, 
 
 Now it bursts upon the ear ! 
 Jubilate. Amen. 
 Farther now, now farther stealing, 
 
 Soft it fades upon the ear. 
 
 2 Now like moonlight waves retreating, 
 
 To the shore it dies along ; 
 
EVENING. 
 
 Now like angry surges meeting, 
 Breathes the mingled tide of song. 
 Jubilate. Amen. 
 
 Hush ! again like waves retreating, 
 To the shore it dies along. 
 
 8. Vespers. P. ]\r. 
 
 1 Fading, still fading, the last beam is shining ; 
 Father in heaven ! the day is declining ; 
 Safety and innocence flee with the light. 
 Temptation and danger walk forth with the night ; 
 From the fall of the shade till the morning bells chime, 
 Shield us from danger and keep us from crime ! 
 
 Father! have mercy, through Jesus Christ our Lord! 
 Amen ! 
 
 2 Father in heaven ! Oh, hear when we call. 
 Through Jesus Christ, who is Saviour of all ! 
 Fainting and feeble, we trust in thy might ; 
 
 In doubting and darkness thy love be our light ! 
 Let us sleep on thy breast while the night taper burns, 
 And wake in thy arms when the morning returns. 
 Father! have mercy, through Jesus Christ our Lord! 
 Amen ! 
 
 9# Sabhath Evening. L. M. 
 
 1 Sweet is the light of Sabbath eve, 
 
 And soft the sunbeams lingering there ; 
 For these blest hours the world I leave. 
 Wafted on wings of faith and prayer. 
 
 2 Season of rest ! the tranquil soul 
 
 Feels the sweet calm, and melts in love ; 
 And while these sacred moments roll. 
 Faith sees a smiling heaven above. 
 
 12 
 
6 EVENING. 
 
 3 'NoY will onr days of toil be long : 
 Oiii* pilgrimage will soon be trod ; 
 And we shall join the ceaseless song, 
 The endless Sabbath of our God. 
 
 JQ, Vespers. 10s & 4:S. 
 
 1 Father supreme ! thou high and holy One, 
 
 To thee we bow ; 
 IS^ow, when the labor of the day is done, 
 Devoutly, now. 
 
 2 From age to age unchanging, still the same. 
 
 All-good thou art ; 
 Hallowed for ever be thy reverend name 
 In every heart ! 
 
 8 When the glad morn upon the hills was spread. 
 Thy smile was there ; 
 Now, as the darkness gathers overhead. 
 We feel thy care. 
 
 4 Night spreads her shade upon another day 
 
 For ever past ; 
 So o'er our faults, thy love, we humbly pray, 
 A veil may cast. 
 
 5 Silence and sleep, o'er hearts by earth distressed, 
 
 Now sweetly steal ; 
 So every fear that struggles in the breast 
 Shall faith conceal. 
 
 6 Thou through the dark wilt watch above our sleep 
 
 With eye of love ; 
 And thou wilt wake us when the sunbeams peep 
 The hills above. 
 
 7 Oh, may each heart its gratitude express 
 
 As life expands. 
 And find the triumph of its happiness 
 In thy commands ! 
 
EVENING. 
 
 11. The Departed. P. M. 
 
 1 The spirits of the loved and the departed 
 
 Are with iis, and they tell us of the sky, 
 A rest for the bereaved and broken-hearted, 
 
 A house not made with hands, a home on high ; 
 Holy monitions, — a mysterious breath, — 
 
 A whisper from the marble halls of death. 
 
 2 They have gone from us, and the grave is strong. 
 
 Yet in night's silent watches they are near ; 
 Their voices linger round us, as the song 
 
 Of the sweet bird that lingers on the ear, 
 When, floating upward in the flush of even. 
 
 Its form is lost from earth and swallowed up in 
 heaven. 
 
 12, Even Song. lis. 
 
 1 Be near us, O Father ! through night's silent hour ; 
 Impart to our slumbers thy calmness divine ; 
 Drop rest on our lids like the dew on the flower. 
 That even our still slee]^ may have something of thine. 
 
 2 Oh, watch o'er our couch ; drive the tempter away ; 
 From the sins that corrupt and betray keep us free ; 
 That nor fancy shall wander, nor passion shall stray. 
 And we dream not a thought that's displeasing to thee 
 
 3 And grant, when deep sleep o'er our senses shall close 
 That the heart may still watch, all unclouded and clear , 
 Guard, guard still thy children ; and bless the repose 
 That, stainless of sin, is untouched by a fear. 
 
 4 Then still to thee. Father, our praises we pay ; 
 Still to thee we will ofl'er love's infinite store ; 
 
 Send down thy pure Spirit, even now while we pray ; 
 Be with us, and keep us, and bless evermore ! 
 
EVENING. 
 
 13. Song in the Night. Ts. 
 
 1 Slowly, by God's liand unfurled, 
 Down around tlie weary world 
 Falls the darkness ; oh, how still 
 Is the w^orking of his will ! 
 
 2 Mighty Spirit, ever nigh ! 
 Work in me as silently ; 
 
 Veil the day's distracting sights, 
 Show me heaven's eternal lights. 
 
 3 Living stars to view be brought 
 
 In the boundless realms of thought, 
 High and infinite desires, 
 Flaming like those upper fires. 
 
 4 Holy truth, eternal right. 
 
 Let them break upon my sight ; 
 Let them shine serene and still, 
 And with light my being fill. 
 
 14. Evening Blessing. 8s & 7s. 
 
 1 Holiest ! breathe an evening blessing. 
 
 Ere repose our eyelids seal ; 
 Sin and w^ant we come confessing ; 
 Thou canst save and thou canst heal. 
 
 2 Though destruction walk around us. 
 
 Though the arrows past us fly. 
 Angel guards from thee surround us — 
 We are safe if thou art nigh. 
 
 3 Though the night be dark and dreary. 
 
 Darkness cannot hide from thee ; 
 Thou art He who, never weary. 
 Watch eth where thy people be. 
 
EVENING. 
 
 4 Should swift death this night o'ertake us, 
 And our couch become our tomb. 
 May the morn in heaven awake us, 
 Clad in bright and deathless bloom. 
 
 15. Dona 7iobis pacem. P. M. 
 
 1 Heak us, Heavenly Father, hear us ! 
 Give to us thy perfect peace. 
 
 Thou whose love unsleeping 
 Watch is ever keeping. 
 Shades of evening gather ; 
 Thou, our heavenly Father, 
 Holy and Merciful, 
 Hear our evening prayer ! 
 
 2 When life's glooms o'ertake us. 
 Thou wilt not forsake us : 
 When life's shadows darken. 
 Then our cry wilt hearken ; 
 Holy and Merciful ! 
 
 Thou wilt hear our prayer. 
 Give us thy peace, O Lord ! 
 Keep us in thy perfect peace. 
 
 16. JS^ox et tenebrcB. L. M. 
 
 1 Again", as evening's shadow^ falls. 
 We gather in these hallowed walls. 
 And vesper Hymn and vesper Prayer 
 Pise mingling on the holy air. 
 
 May struggling hearts, that seek release. 
 Here find the rest of God's own peace ; 
 And, strengthened here by Hymn and Prayer, 
 Lay do^yn the burden and the care ! 
 
 2 O God, our Light, to thee we bow ! 
 Within all shadows, standest thou : 
 
10 EVENING. 
 
 Give deeper calm than night can bring, 
 Give sweeter songs than li}3S can sing ! 
 Life's tumult we must meet again, 
 We cannot at the shrine remain ; 
 But, in the spirit's secret cell, 
 May Hymn and Prayer for ever dwell ! 
 
 J7. Lucis Creator optime. L. M. 
 
 1 O BLEST Creator of the light ! 
 
 Who didst the dawn from darkness bring, 
 And in the heaven's glorious height 
 
 Didst bid the stars together sing : 
 Who, gently blending eve with morn 
 
 And morn with eve, didst call them day ; 
 Thick flows the flood of darkness down. 
 
 Oh, hear us as we come to pray ! 
 
 2 Keep thou our souls from thought of crime ; 
 
 Keep them from guilt's remorseful strife ; 
 ]^ot living for the things of time. 
 
 But living the eternal life. 
 Teach us to knock at heaven's high door ; 
 
 Teach us the prize of life to win ; 
 Teach ns all evil to abhor. 
 
 And purify ourselves within. 
 
 18. marer to Thee. P. M. 
 
 1 ISTeakee, my God, to thee, 
 
 Nearer to thee ! 
 E'en though it be a cross 
 
 That raiseth me ; 
 Still all my song shall be — 
 E'earer, my God, to thee, 
 
 Nearer to thee ! 
 
EVENmG. 11 
 
 2 Though, like the wanderer, 
 
 The sun gone down. 
 Darkness be over me, 
 
 My rest a stone ; 
 Yet hi my dreams I'd be 
 Nearer, my God, to thee, — 
 
 JS'earer to thee ! 
 
 3 There let the way appear. 
 
 Steps unto heaven ; 
 All that thou sendest me. 
 
 In mercy given ; 
 Angels to beckon me 
 Nearer, my God, to thee, — 
 
 Nearer to thee ! 
 
 4 Then with my waking thoughts, 
 
 Bright with thy praise. 
 Out of my stony griefs. 
 
 Bethel I'll raise ; 
 So by my woes to be 
 Nearer, my God, to thee, — 
 
 Nearer to thee ! 
 
 5 Or if on joyful wing. 
 
 Cleaving the sky. 
 Sun, moon, and stars forgot. 
 
 Upward I fly. 
 Still all my song shall be. 
 Nearer my God, to thee, — 
 
 Nearer to thee ! 
 
 19. Evening Meditations. C. M. 
 
 1 Behold the western evening light ! 
 It melts in deepening gloom ; 
 So calmly Christians sink away. 
 Descending to the tomb. 
 
12 EVENING. 
 
 The winds breathe low, — the withering leaf 
 Scarce w^iispers from the tree ; 
 
 So gently flows the parting breath, 
 When good men cease to be. 
 
 2 How beautiful, on all the hills. 
 
 The crimson light is shed ! 
 'Tis like the peace the Christian gives 
 
 To mourners round his bed. 
 How mildly on the wandering cloud 
 
 The sunset beam is cast ! 
 'Tis like the memory left behind, 
 
 When loved ones breathe their last. 
 
 3 And now above the dews of night 
 
 The yellow star aj3pears ; 
 So faith springs in the hearts of those 
 
 Whose eyes are bathed in tears. 
 But soon the morning's happier light 
 
 Its glories shall restore ; 
 And eyelids that are sealed in death 
 
 Shall wake to close no more. 
 
 20. Christmas Vesper Hijmn. P. M. 
 
 1 Depart awhile, each thought of care. 
 
 Be earthly things forgotten all, 
 And speak, my soul, thy vesper prayer, 
 
 Obedient to that sacred call. 
 For hark ! the pealing chorus swells, 
 
 Devotion chants the hymn of praise, 
 And now of joy and hope it tells. 
 Till fainting on the ear, it says — 
 Glory be to thee, our Lord, 
 Our Lord, our Lord. 
 
 2 Thine, wondrous babe of Galilee, 
 
 Fond theme of David's harp and song, 
 
EVENING. 13 
 
 Thine are the notes of minstrelsy, 
 To thee its ransomed chords belong. 
 
 And hark ! again the chorus swells, 
 The song is wafted on the breeze. 
 
 And to the listening earth it tells, 
 In accents soft and sweet as these — 
 Glory be to thee, our Lord. 
 
 3 My heart doth feel that still he's near, 
 To meet the soul in hours like this, 
 Else, why, O why, that falling tear. 
 
 When all is peace and love and bliss. 
 But hark ! that pealing chorus swells 
 
 Anew its thrilling vesper strain, 
 And still of joy and hope it tells. 
 And bids creation sing again — 
 Glory be to thee, our Lord. 
 
 21, Evening Aspiration, 7s & 6s. 
 
 1 The mellow eve is gliding 
 
 Serenely down the west ; 
 So, every care subsiding. 
 My soul would sink to rest. 
 
 2 The woodland hum is rinorino; 
 
 The daylight's gentle close ; 
 
 May angels, round me singing. 
 
 Thus hymn my last repose. 
 
 3 The evening star has lighted 
 
 Her crystal lamp on high ; 
 So, when in death benighted. 
 May hope illume the sky. 
 
 4 In golden splendor dawning. 
 
 The morrow's light shall break : 
 Oh ! on the last bright morning, 
 May I in glory wake. 
 12* 
 
U EVENING. 
 
 22. Twilight Hymn. 12s & lis. 
 
 1 See, daylight is fading o'er earth and o'er ocean, 
 
 The sun has gone down on the far distant sea ; 
 Oh ! now, in the hush of the fitful commotion. 
 We lift our tired spirits, blest Saviour, to thee. 
 
 2 Full oft wast thou found afar on the mountain 
 
 As eventide spread her dark wing o'er the wave : 
 Thou Son of the Highest, and life's endless fountain, 
 Be with us, we pray thee, to bless and to save. 
 
 3 And oft as the tumult of life's heaving billow 
 
 Shall toss our frail bark, driving wild o'er night's deep, 
 Let thy healing wing be stretched o'er our pillow. 
 And guard us from evil, though death watch our sleep. 
 
 4 To God, our great Father, whose throne is in heaven, 
 
 Who dwells with the lowly and humble in heart, 
 Through thy Son let all honor and glory be given ; 
 One God, ever blessed and praised, thou art. 
 
 23. Entire Trust. L. M. 
 
 1 Rocked in the cradle of the deep, 
 I lay me down in peace to sleep; 
 Secure I rest upon the wave. 
 
 For thou, O Lord, hast power to save. 
 
 2 I know thou wilt not slight my call. 
 For thou dost mark the sparrow's fall ! 
 And calm and peaceful is my sleep. 
 Rocked in the cradle of the deep. 
 
 3 And such the trust that still were mine. 
 Though stormy winds swept o'er the brine, 
 Or though the tempest's fiery breath 
 Roused from sleep to wreck and death ! 
 
EVENING. 15 
 
 4 In ocean caves still safe with thee, 
 The germs of immortality ; 
 And calm and peaceful is mj sleep, 
 Rocked in the cradle of the deep. 
 
 24, Vespers. L. M. 
 
 Thee in the hymns of morn we praise. 
 To thee our voice at eve we raise ; 
 Oh, grant us, with thy saints on high. 
 Thee through all time to glorify. 
 
 2d* Sahctis kumanm sator. L. ]VI. 
 
 1 O THOU pure Light of souls that love. 
 
 True joy of every human breast, 
 Sower of life's immortal seed. 
 
 Our Saviour and Redeemer blest ! 
 
 2 Be thou our guide, be thou our goal, 
 
 Be thou our pathway to the skies ; 
 Our joy when sorrow tills the soul, 
 In death our everlasting prize. 
 
 26. Vespers. p. ]\f^ 
 
 1 The day expires ! 
 
 My soul desires 
 
 And pants to see that day 
 When whate'er hath vexed her here 
 
 Shall be done awav. 
 
 2 The night is here ! 
 
 Oh! be thou near; 
 
 Lord, make it light within 
 Drive away from out my heart 
 
 All the night of sin. 
 
16 EVENING. 
 
 3 The sunbeams pale, 
 And flee and fail. 
 
 O uncreated Sun ! 
 Let thy light now shine on us, 
 Then our joy were won. 
 
 4 All things that move 
 Below, above, 
 
 Now with sleep are blest ; 
 "Work thou still in me while I 
 Calmly in thee rest. 
 
 5 When shall the sway 
 Of night and day 
 
 Cease to rule man thus ? 
 When that brightest of days 
 Once shall dawn on us. 
 
 6 Oh ! never then 
 Her light again 
 
 Jerusalem shall miss ; 
 For the Lamb shall be her light, 
 Filling her with bliss. 
 
 27, Evening Prayer. P. M. 
 
 1 'Tis ISTature's time for prayer — 
 The silent praises of the glorious sky. 
 
 And the earth's orisons, profound and high, 
 To Heaven their breathings bear. 
 
 2 With them my soul would bend 
 In humble rev'rence at thy holy throne. 
 Trusting thy mercy in thy Son alone 
 
 Thy sceptre to extend. 
 
 3 If I this day have striven 
 
 With thy blest Spirit, or have bowed the knee 
 To aught of earth in weak idolatry, 
 I pray to be forgiven. 
 
EVENING. > 17' 
 
 4 If I have turned away 
 
 From grief or suiF'ring which I might relieve, 
 Careless the cnp of water e'en to give, 
 Forgive me, Lord, I pray. 
 
 5 Father ! my soul would be 
 
 Pure as the drops of eve's unsullied dew ; 
 And as the stars, whose nightly course is true, 
 So would I be to thee. 
 
 6 And now, O Father 1 take 
 
 The heart I cast with humble faith on thee. 
 And cleanse its depths from each impurity. 
 For thine own mercy's sake ! 
 
 28. The Light Unchanging. 8s & 7s. 
 
 1 Glorious God, we come to bless thee, 
 
 I^ow wdien day is veiled in night ; 
 Thou who know^est no beginning. 
 Thou, the never-failing Light ! 
 
 2 Thou the darkness hast dissolved, 
 And the outward light created. 
 
 That all things in light might be ; 
 Fixing the unfixed chaos, 
 Moulding it to wondrous beauty, 
 
 Into the fair world we see. 
 
 3 Thou enlightenest man with reason, 
 
 Far beyond thy creatures dumb. 
 That light in thy Light beholding, 
 Wholly light he might become. 
 
 A Thou hast set the radiant heavens 
 With thy many lamps of brightness, 
 
 Filling all the vaults above, 
 Day and night in turn subjecting 
 To a brotherhood of service, 
 
 And a mutual law of love. 
 
IS __ EVENING. 
 
 5 Bj the night our wearied nature, 
 Resting from its toil and tears ; 
 To the works, Lord, that thou lovest, 
 Waking ns when day appears. 
 
 29. Trust in God. P. M. 
 
 1 The night is come, wherein at last we rest, 
 God order this and all things for the best ! 
 Beneath his blessing, fearless may we lie. 
 
 Since he is nigh. 
 
 2 Drive evil thoughts and spirits far away ; 
 O Father, watch o'er us till dawning day, 
 Body and soul alike from harm defend, 
 
 Thine angels send. 
 
 3 Let holy prayers and thoughts our latest be, 
 Let us awake with joy, still close to thee ; 
 
 In all serve thee ; in every deed and thought 
 Thy praise be sought. 
 
 4 Give to the sick, as thy beloved, sleep ; 
 
 And help the captive, comfort those who weep ; 
 Care for the widows' and the orphans' woe ; 
 Keep far our foe. 
 
 5 Father, thy Name be praised, thy kingdom come. 
 Thy will be wrought as in our heavenly home ; 
 Keep us in life, forgive our sins, deliver 
 
 Us now and ever ! Amen. 
 
 30. Hymn of Trust. L. M. 
 
 1 O Love Divine, that stooped to share 
 Our sharpest pang, our bitterest tear. 
 On Thee we cast each earth-born care. 
 We smile at pain while Thou art near I 
 
EVENING. 19 
 
 2 Tliougli long the weary way we treatl, 
 
 And sorrow crown each lingering year, 
 'No path we shun, no darkness dread. 
 
 Our hearts still whispering, Thou art near ! 
 
 3 When drooping pleasure turns to grief. 
 
 And trembling faith is changed to fear, 
 The murmuring wind, the quivering leaf, * 
 Shall softly tell lis, Thou art near ! 
 
 4 On thee we fling our burdening woe, 
 
 O Love Divine, for ever dear. 
 Content to sufter while we know. 
 Living and dying. Thou art near ! 
 
 31. Easter. — Vespers. P. M. 
 
 1 Smile praises, O sky. 
 
 Soft breathe them, O air. 
 Below, and on high. 
 
 And everywhere ! 
 The black troop of storms 
 
 Has yielded to calm ; 
 Tufted blossoms are peeping. 
 
 And early palm. 
 
 2 Arouse thee, O spring ; 
 
 Ye flowers, come forth ; 
 With thousand hues tintincj 
 
 The soft green earth : 
 Ye violets tender. 
 
 And sweet roses bright. 
 Gay Lent-lilies blended 
 
 With pure lilies white. 
 
 3 Sw^eep, tides of rich music, 
 
 The full veins along ; 
 And pour in full measure, 
 Sweet voices, j 
 
20 EVENING. 
 
 Sing, sing, fur He livetli, 
 
 He lives, as He said ; 
 The Lord has arisen 
 
 Unharmed from the dead. 
 
 4 Clap, clap your hands, mountains ; 
 
 Ye valleys, resound : 
 Leap, leap for joy, fountains ; 
 
 Ye hills, catch the sound. 
 All triumph ! He liveth. 
 
 He lives, as He said ; 
 The Lord hath arisen 
 
 Unharmed from the dead. 
 
 32, Yesper Hymn. L. M. 
 
 1 LoKD of eternal purity ! 
 
 Who dost the world with liglit adorn, 
 And paint the tracts of azure sky 
 With lovely hues of eve and morn : 
 
 2 Who didst command the sun to light 
 
 His fiery wheel's eifulgent blaze ; 
 Didst set the moon her circuit bright ; 
 The stars their ever-winding maze : 
 
 3 That, each within its ordered sphere. 
 
 They might divide the night from day ; 
 And of the seasons through the year. 
 The well-remembered signs display : 
 
 4 Scatter our niglit, eternal God, 
 
 And kindle thy pure beam within ; 
 Free us from guilt's oppressive load. 
 And break the deadly bonds of sin. 
 
EVENING. 21 
 
 33. Su7iset, P. M. 
 
 1 The sun is set. I mark the stars as gleaming, one by 
 
 one, 
 Bright through the twilight's deepening shade the gems 
 
 of evening shone ; 
 Till rising o'er the eastern hills the full-orbed moon is 
 
 seen, 
 And in her brightness walking forth along the blue 
 
 serene. 
 
 2 And oh, while these fair w^orks of thine possess my 
 
 raptured thought. 
 The moon wdiich thy right hand hatli formed, the stars 
 
 thy fingers wrought ; 
 Lord, what is man, I cry, that thou a glance on him 
 
 shouldst throw ; 
 Or son of man, that thou from heaven shouldst visit 
 
 him below ? 
 
 3 O'er him the solitude of night and stillness soon shall 
 
 creep. 
 As o'er this fading face of things, and mantle him in 
 
 sleep ; 
 But thou hast said, we shall not sleep in everlasting 
 
 night, 
 But in the twinkling of an eye shall Avake again to 
 
 light. 
 
 4 Grant that each evening in its course this wayward 
 
 heart may find, 
 
 Still more observant of thy laws, and to thy will re- 
 signed ; 
 
 And when the last dread evening comes, do thou my 
 soul convey. 
 
 With thee among thy saints to dwell in never-ending 
 day! 
 
22 GOD. 
 
 GOD. 
 
 34. -^ Sunday Hymn. L. M. 
 
 1 LoKD of all being throned afar, 
 Thy glory flames from sun and star ; 
 Centre and sonl of every sphere, 
 Yet to each loving heart how near ? 
 
 2 Sun of our life, thy quickening ray 
 Sheds on our path the glow of day ; 
 Star of our hope, thy softened light 
 Cheers the long watches of the night. 
 
 3 Our midnight is thy smile withdrawn ; 
 Our noontide is thy gracious dawn ; 
 Our rainbow arch thy mercy's sign ; 
 AH, save the clouds of sin, are thine ! 
 
 4 Lord of all life, below, above. 
 
 Whose light is truth, whose w^armth is love, 
 Before thy ever-blazing throne 
 We ask no lustre of our own. 
 
 5 Grant us thy truth to make us free. 
 And kindling hearts that burn for thee. 
 Till all thy living altars claim 
 
 One holy light, one heavenly flame ! 
 
 35. Wonders of God's Condescension, Ts. 
 
 1 Hallelujah ! raise, oh, raise 
 To our God the song of praise: 
 All his servants join to sing, 
 God, our Saviour and our King. 
 
 2 Blessed be for evermore 
 
 That dread name which we adore : 
 
GOD. 23 
 
 O'er all nations, God alone, 
 Higher than the heavens his throne. 
 
 3 Yet to view the heavens he bends ; 
 Yea, to earth he condescends ; 
 Passing by the rich and great, 
 For the low and desolate. 
 
 4 He can raise tlie poor to stand 
 With the princes of the land ; 
 Wealth npon the needy shower, 
 Set the lowliest high in power. 
 
 5 He the broken spirit cheers, 
 Turns to joy the mourner's tears ; 
 Such the wonders of his ways : 
 Praise his name, forever praise. 
 
 36. The Spirit of a little Child. C. M. 
 
 1 Father, I know that all my life 
 
 Is portioned out for me ; 
 The changes that will surely come 
 
 I do not fear to see : 
 I ask thee for a present mind, 
 
 Intent on pleasing thee. 
 
 2 I ask thee for a thoughtful love, 
 
 Through constant watching wise, 
 To meet the glad with joyful smiles, 
 
 And wipe the weeping eyes ; 
 A heart at leisure from itself, 
 
 To soothe and sympathize. 
 
 3 I ask thee for the daily strength, 
 
 To none that ask denied, 
 A mind to blend with outward life, 
 
 While keeping at thy side ; 
 Content to till a little space, 
 
 If thou be glorified. 
 
24 GOD. 
 
 And if some things I do not ask, 
 
 Among my blessings be, 
 I'd have my spirit filled the more 
 
 With grateful love to thee ; 
 More careful — not to serve tliee much, 
 
 But please thee perfectly. 
 
 37. ^^ ancient Hymn of Praise to God. L. M. 
 
 1 Thee we adore, eternal Lord ! 
 
 We praise thy name with one accord ; 
 Thy saints, who here thy goodness see. 
 Through all the world do worship thee. 
 
 2 To thee aloud all angels cry. 
 
 The heavens and all the powers on high : 
 Thee, holy, holy, holy King, 
 Lord God of hosts they ever sing. 
 
 3 Th' apostles join the glorious throng; 
 The prophets swell th' immortal song ; 
 The martyrs' noble army raise 
 Eternal anthems to thy praise. 
 
 4 From day to day, O Lord, do we 
 Highly exalt and honor thee ! 
 Thy name we worship and adore, 
 World without end for evermore ! 
 
 5 Vouchsafe, O Lord, we humbly pray. 
 To keep us safe from sin this day ; 
 Have mercy. Lord ! we trust in thee ; 
 Oh, let ns ne'er confounded be ! 
 
 38. " ^ho is like unto the Lord our GodP 10s & lis. 
 
 1 Oh, worship the King, all glorious above ; 
 Oh, gratefully sing his power and his love ! 
 
GOD. 25 
 
 Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of days; 
 Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise. 
 
 2 Oh, tell of his might, oh, sing of his grace, 
 Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space ! 
 
 His chariots of wrath the deep thunder-clouds form. 
 And dark is his path on the wings of the storm. 
 
 3 Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite? 
 It breathes in the air, it shines in the light. 
 
 It streams from the hills, it descends to the plains, 
 And sweetly distils in the dew and the rains. 
 
 4 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail. 
 In thee do we trust, nor find thee to fail ; 
 
 Thy mercies how tender ! how firm to the end ! 
 Our Maker, Defender, Eedeemer, and Friend. 
 
 39. ''God is Love:' 8s & Ys. 
 
 1 God is love ; his mercy brightens 
 
 All the path in which we rove ; 
 Bliss he w^akes, and w^oe he lightens : 
 God is wisdom, God is love. 
 
 2 Chance and change are busy ever ; 
 
 Man decays, and ages move : 
 But his mercy waneth never, 
 God is wisdom, God is love. 
 
 3 Even the hour that darkest seemeth. 
 
 Will his changeless goodness prove ; 
 From the gloom his brightness streameth : 
 God is wisdom, God is love. 
 
 4: He with earthly cares entwineth 
 Hope and comfort from above : 
 Everywhere his glory shineth, 
 God is wisdom, God is love. 
 
26 GOD. 
 
 40. ''The Lord is 7ny salvation ^ whom ^ o 
 
 shall If ear r ^ 
 
 1 God is my strong salvation ; 
 
 What foe liave I to fear? 
 In darkness and temptation, 
 My Light, my Help, is near. 
 
 2 Though hosts encamp around me, 
 
 Firm in the fight I stand ; 
 What terror can confound me. 
 With God at my right hand ? 
 
 3 Place on the Lord reliance ; 
 
 My sonl, with courage wait ; 
 His truth be thy affiance. 
 When faint and desolate. 
 
 4 His might thy heart shall strengthen, 
 
 His love thy joy increase ; 
 Mercy thy days shall lengthen, 
 The Lord will give thee peace ! 
 
 41, Prayer for the Father'^ s (juidance. 8 s & Ts. 
 
 1 Gently, Lord ! oh, gently lead us 
 
 Through this lonely vale of tears ; 
 Through the changes thou'st decreed us, 
 
 Till our last great change appears : 
 When temptation's darts assail ns. 
 
 When in devious paths we stray. 
 Let thy goodness never fail us. 
 
 Lead us in thy perfect way. 
 
 2 Li the hour of pain and anguish, 
 
 Li the hour when deatli draws near, 
 Suffer not our hearts to languish, 
 Suffer not our souls to fear : 
 
GOD. 2T 
 
 And, when mortal life is ended, 
 Bid us on thy bosom rest ; 
 
 Till, by angel bands attended, 
 "We awake amono- the blest. 
 
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 42. God^s Providence. Ys. 
 
 1 Children of God lack nothing, 
 
 His promise bears them through ; 
 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. 
 
 2 Though vine and fig- tree neither 
 
 Their wonted fruit should bear ; 
 Though all the field should wither, 
 
 ]^or 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. 
 
 43. Longing for rest in God. 7s & 6s. 
 
 1 O Almighty God of love ! 
 
 Thy holy arm display ; 
 Send us succor from above. 
 
 Against the evil day ; 
 Arm our weakness with thy power. 
 Put thy strength our hearts within. 
 Be our stronghold and our tower, 
 
 Against the assaults of 
 
 "to 
 
 Sin. 
 
 2 Could we of thy strength take hol( 
 And always feel thee near. 
 
28 GOD. 
 
 Confident, divinely bold, 
 
 Our souls would know no fear. 
 
 IS'othing could their firmness shock ; 
 
 Though the gates of hell assail, 
 
 Were we built upon the rock. 
 They never could prevail. 
 
 3 Thou wouldst, in the trying hour, 
 
 A sure protection be, 
 Guard us from temptation's power, 
 
 And fix our sonls on thee. 
 Lord, on thee our trust is placed, 
 I^ever thence may we remove. 
 In the arms of love embraced, 
 
 Thine everlasting love. 
 
 44. The Penitent Son. C, M. 
 
 1 O, RICHLY, Father, have T been 
 
 Blest evermore by thee ! 
 And morning, noon, and night thou hast 
 Preserved me tenderly. 
 
 2 And yet the love which thou shouldst claim 
 
 To idols I have given ; 
 Too oft have bound to earth the hopes 
 That know no home but heaven. 
 
 3 Unworthy to be called thy son, 
 
 I come with shame to thee, 
 Father! — O, more than Father, thou 
 Hast always been to me ! 
 
 4 Help me to break the heavy chains 
 
 The world has round me thrown. 
 And know the glorious liberty 
 Of an obedient son. 
 
 5 That I may henceforth heed whate'er 
 
 Thy voice within me saith, 
 
GOD. 29 
 
 Fix deeply in mj heart of hearts 
 A principle of faith, — 
 
 6 Faith tliat, like annor to my soul, 
 Shall keep all evil out, 
 More mighty than an angel host, 
 Encamping round about. 
 
 45. The Light of Life. Ts. 
 
 1 Light of life, seraphic fire ! 
 
 Love divine thyself impart : 
 Every fainting soul inspire ; 
 
 Enter every drooping heart: 
 Every mournful spirit cheer, 
 
 Scatter all our doubt and gloom; 
 Fatlier, in thy grace appear, 
 
 To thy human temples come ! 
 
 2 Come in this accepted hour, 
 
 Bring thy heavenly kingdom in ; 
 Fill us with thy glorious power, 
 
 Eooting out the seeds of sin : 
 JS'othing more can we require, 
 
 We can rest in nothing less : 
 Be thou all our heart's desire, 
 
 All our joy and all our peace. 
 
 46. Prayer of a Stricken People. 7s & 6s. 
 
 1 O Thou whose power stupendous 
 
 Upholds the earth and sky, 
 Thy grace preserving send us — 
 To thee, O Lord ! we cry. 
 
 2 From wilds of fearful error. 
 
 Wherein we darkly stray, 
 Oppressed with doubt and terror 
 For saving aid we pray. 
 
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30 GOD. 
 
 O God of mercy, hear us ! 
 
 Our pain, our sorrow, see; 
 Thy healing pity spare us, 
 
 And brinof us home to thee ! 
 
 47, God everywhere present. 7s. 
 
 1 They who seek the throne of grace 
 Find that throne in every phice ! 
 If we live a life of prayer, 
 
 God is present everywhere. 
 
 2 In our sickness and our health, 
 In our want, or in our wealth. 
 If we look to God in prayer, 
 God is present everywhere. 
 
 3 When our earthly comforts fail, 
 When the woes of life prevail, 
 'Tis the time for earnest prayer ; — 
 God is present everywhere. 
 
 4 Then, my soul, in every strait 
 To thy Father come, and wait ; 
 He will answer every prayer ; — 
 God is present everywhere. 
 
 48. Coming together i7i the Name of Jesus. L. M. 
 
 1 Geeat God ! the followers of thy Son, 
 
 We bow before thy mercy-seat. 
 To worship thee, the holy one. 
 And pour our wishes at thy feet. 
 
 2 Oh, grant thy blessing here to-day ! 
 
 Oh, give thy people joy and peace! 
 The tokens of thy love display. 
 And favor, that shall never cease. 
 
GOD. 31 
 
 3 We seek the triitli wliicli Jesus brought ; 
 
 His path of light we long to tread ; 
 Here be his holy doctrines taught, 
 And here their purest influence shed. 
 
 4 May faith, and hope, and love abound ; 
 
 Our sins and errors be forgiven ; 
 And we, from day to day, be found 
 Children of God, and heirs of heaven. 
 
 4Q, Christian Lorn. 7b. 
 
 1 Father ! we look up to thee ; 
 Let us in thy love agree ; 
 Thou, who art the God of peace, 
 Bid contention ever cease. 
 
 2 Make us of one heart and mind, 
 Self-forgetful, true, and kind ; 
 Strong, yet meek in thought and word. 
 Like thy Son, our blessed Lord. 
 
 3 Let us for each other care. 
 Each the other's burden bear ; 
 Ready, when reviled, to bless, 
 Studious of the law of peace. 
 
 4 Father ! all our souls inspire. 
 Fill us with love's sacred lire ; 
 Guided by that blessed light. 
 Order all our steps aright. 
 
 5 Free from anger, free from pride. 
 Let us thus in thee abide; 
 
 All the depths of love express, — 
 All the heis-hts of holiness. 
 
32 GOD. 
 
 50. Lord^ have mercy. 7s. 
 
 1 Lord, have mercy when we pray 
 Strength to seek a better way ; 
 When our wakening thoughts begin 
 First to loathe their cherished sin ; 
 When our weary spirits fail, 
 
 And our aching brows are pale ; 
 Then thy strengthening grace afford ; 
 Then, oh, then, have mercy. Lord ! 
 
 2 Lord, have mercy when we know 
 First how vain this world below ; 
 When its darker thoughts oppress, 
 Doubts perplex, and fears distress ; 
 When the earliest gleam is given 
 Of the bright but distant heaven ; 
 Then thy strengthening grace afford ; 
 Then, oh, then, have mercy. Lord ! 
 
 51, Quiet Worship. 7s & 6s. 
 
 1 Open, Lord, mine inward ear, 
 
 And bid my heart rejoice ; 
 Bid my quiet spirit hear 
 
 The comfort of thy voice ; 
 ISTever in the whirlwind found. 
 Or where earthquakes rock the place, 
 Still and silent is the sound. 
 
 The whisper of thy grace. 
 
 2 From the world of sin, and noise, 
 
 And hurry, I withdraw ; 
 For the small and inward voice 
 I wait with humble awe ; 
 
GOD. 33 
 
 Silent am I now and still, 
 Will not in thy presence move; 
 To my waiting sonl reveal 
 The secret of thy love ! 
 
 52. The Angels of Grief. lis & 4s. 
 
 1 With silence only as their benediction, 
 
 God's angels come 
 Where, in the shadow of a great affliction. 
 The soul sits dumb. 
 
 2 Yet would we say, what every heart approveth, — 
 
 Our Father's will, 
 Calling to him the dear ones whom he loveth. 
 Is mercy still. 
 
 3 Not upon us or ours the solemn angel 
 
 Hath evil wrought ; 
 The funeral anthem is a glad evangel ; 
 The good die not ! 
 
 4 God calls our loved ones, but we lose not wholly 
 What he has given ; 
 They live on earth, in thought and deed, as truly 
 As in his heaven. 
 
 53. Every Place a Temple. L. M. 
 
 1 O Thou to whom, in ancient time. 
 
 The lyre of Hebrew bards w\as strung. 
 Whom kings adored in songs sublime. 
 
 And prophets praised with glowing tongue : 
 
 2 l^oi now on Zion's height alone 
 
 Thy favored worshippers may dwell ; 
 Nor where, at sultry noon, thy Son 
 Sat, weary, by the patriarch's well. 
 
34: GOD. 
 
 3 From every place below the skies, 
 
 The grateful song, the fervent prayer, — 
 The incense of the heart, — may rise 
 To heaven, and find acceptance there. 
 
 4 To thee shall age, with snowy hair. 
 
 And strength, and beauty, bend the knee ; 
 And childhood lisp, with reverent air, 
 Its praises and its prayers to thee. 
 
 5 O Thou to whom, in ancient time, 
 
 The lyre of prophet bards was strung, 
 To thee, at last, in every clime. 
 
 Shall tem]3les rise, and praise be sung ! 
 
 54. Supplication. S. M. 
 
 1 The praying spirit breathe, 
 
 The watching power impart. 
 From all entanglements beneath 
 
 Call off my peaceful heart : 
 My feeble mind sustain. 
 
 By worldly thoughts oppressed ; 
 Appear, and bid me turn again 
 
 To my eternal rest. 
 
 2 Swift to my rescue come. 
 
 Thy own this moment seize ; 
 Gather my Avandering spirit home. 
 
 And keep in perfect peace : 
 Suffered no more to rove 
 
 O'er all the earth abroad. 
 Arrest the prisoner of thy love, 
 
 And shut me up in God. 
 
 55. For Help ill Weahiess. Ss & Tb 
 
 1 LoKD, with fervor I would praise thee 
 For the bliss thy love bestows. 
 
GOD. 35 
 
 For the pardoning grace that saves me. 
 
 And the j^eace that from it flows : 
 Help, O God, my weak endeavor; 
 
 This dull soul to rapture raise ; 
 Thou must light the flame, or never 
 
 Can my love be warmed to j)raise. 
 
 2 Praise, my soul, the God that sought thee, 
 
 Wretched wanderer, far astray. 
 Found thee lost, and kindly brought thee 
 
 From the paths of death away ; 
 Praise, with love's devoutest feeling. 
 
 Him who saw thy guilt-born fear. 
 And, the light of hope revealing, 
 
 Bade the blood-stained cross appear. 
 
 3 Lord, this bosom's ardent feeling 
 
 Yainly would my lips express ; 
 Low before thy footstool kneeling. 
 
 Deign thy suppliant's prayer to bless. 
 Let thy grace, my soul's chief treasure. 
 
 Love's pure flame w^ithin me raise. 
 And, since words can never measure, 
 
 Let my life show forth thy praise. 
 
 56. Guide us in Life and Death. 8s, 7s & 4s. 
 
 1 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah, 
 
 Pilgrim through this barren land ; 
 I am weak, but thou art mighty ; 
 Hold me with thy powerful hand : 
 
 Bread of heaven ! 
 Feed me till I want no more. 
 
 2 Open now the crystal fountains 
 
 Whence the living waters flow ; 
 Let the fiery, cloudy pillar 
 
 Lead me all my journey through : 
 
36 GOD. 
 
 Strong Deliverer ! 
 Be tlioii still my strength and shield. 
 
 3 "When I tread the verge of Jordan, 
 Bid my anxious fears subside ; 
 Bear me through the swelling current, 
 Land me safe on Canaan's side : 
 
 Songs of praises 
 I will ever give to thee. 
 
 57. Ashing GocVs Pity and Grace. C. M. 
 
 1 O God, whose dread and dazzling brow 
 
 Love never yet forsook, 
 On those who seek thy presence now 
 In deep compassion look. 
 
 2 For many a frail and erring heart 
 
 Is in thy holy sight. 
 And feet too willing to depart 
 From the j^lain w^ay of right. 
 
 3 Yet, pleased the humble prayer to hear, 
 
 And kind to all that live. 
 Thou, when thou seest the contrite tear. 
 Art ready to forgive. 
 
 4: Lord, aid us, with thy heavenly grace, 
 Our truest bliss to find, 
 Nor sternly judge our erring race. 
 So feeble and so blind. 
 
 58, '^Lift up your hearts^ C. M. 
 
 1 " Lift up your hearts !" Yes, I will lift 
 My heart and soul, dear Lord to thee. 
 Who every good and perfect gift 
 Youchsaf 'st so lavishly and free. 
 
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 2 All that is best from thee comes down 
 
 On us, with rich and ample store, 
 Thy bounteous hands our wishes crown 
 With good, increasing more and more. 
 
 3 'Twas thou that gave us life and breath, 
 
 It is thy hand that holds us still, 
 That keeps us from the sleep of death, 
 And slielters us from every ill. 
 
 4 All thou hast given is thine, then take 
 
 Me, thine own gift, for all thine own, 
 And teach me every day to make 
 New vows of love to thee alone. 
 
 59. ^^y ^od and my cdl. P. M. 
 
 1 While thou, O my God, art my help and defender, 
 
 ]^o cares can o'erwhelm me, no terrors appall ; 
 The wiles and the snares of this world will but render 
 More lively my hope in my God and my all. 
 
 2 Yes ; thou art my refuge in sorrow and danger ; 
 
 My strength when I suffer ; my hope when I fall ; 
 My comfort and joy in this land of the stranger ; 
 My treasure, my glory, my God, and my all. 
 
 3 To thee, dearest Lord, will I turn without ceasing. 
 
 Though grief may oppress me, or sorrow befall ; 
 And love thee, till death, my blest spirit releasing, 
 Secures me my Saviour, my God, and my all. 
 
 4 And when thou demandest the life thou hast given, 
 
 With joy will I answer thy merciful call ; 
 And quit thee on earth, but to find thee in heaven, 
 My portion for ever, my God, and my all. 
 
38 GOD. 
 
 ()0, God seen in all things. L. M. 
 
 1 Thou art, O God, the life and light 
 
 Of all this wondrous world we see ; 
 Its glow by day, its smile by night, 
 
 Are but reflections caught from thee ; 
 Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, 
 And all things fair and bright are thine. 
 
 2 When day, with farewell beam, delays. 
 
 Among the opening clouds of even, 
 And we can almost think we gaze 
 
 Through golden vistas into heaven. 
 Those hues that make the sun's decline 
 So soft, so radiant, Lord, are thine. 
 
 3 When night, with wings of starry gloom, 
 
 O'ershadows all the earth and skies. 
 Like some dark, beauteous bird, whose plume 
 
 Is sparkling with unnumbered eyes, — 
 That sacred gloom, those fires divine. 
 So grand, so countless. Lord, are thine. 
 
 4 When youthful spring around us breathes, 
 
 Thy spirit warms her fragrant sigh. 
 And ever}^ flower the summer wreathes, 
 
 Is born beneath thy kindling eye ; 
 Where'er we turn, thy glories shine. 
 And all things fair and bright are thine. 
 
 gl. Eea7^ our Prayer. P. M. 
 
 1 Hear, Father, hear our prayer I 
 
 Thou who art Pity where sorrow prevaileth, 
 Thou who art Safety when mortal help faileth, 
 Strength to the feeble, and Hope to despair, 
 Hear, Father, hear our prayer ! 
 
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 2 Hear, Fatlier, Lear our prayer! 
 AYandering unknown in the land of the stranger. 
 Be with all travellers in sickness or danger, 
 
 Guard thou their path, guide their feet from the 
 snare : 
 Hear, Father, hear our prayer ! 
 
 3 Hear, Father, hear our prayer ! 
 
 Still thou the tempest, night's terrors revealing. 
 In lightning flashing, in thy thunder pealing ; 
 Save thou the shipwrecked, the voyager spare : 
 Hear, Father, hear our prayer. 
 
 4 Hear thou the j)oor that ciy ! 
 
 Feed thou the hungry, and lighten their sorrow. 
 Grant them the sunshine of hope for the morrow : 
 They are thy children, their trust is on high : 
 Hear thou the poor that cry ! 
 
 5 Dry thou the mourner's tear ! 
 
 Heal thou the wounds of time-hallowed affection : 
 Grant to the widow and orphan protection-; 
 Be in their trouble a friend ever near: 
 Dry thou the mourner's tear ! 
 
 6 Hear, Father, hear our prayer ! 
 
 Long hath thy goodness our footsteps attended ; 
 Be with the pilgrim whose journey is ended ; 
 When, at thy summons, for death we prepare. 
 Hear, Father, hear our prayer ! 
 
 62, Homage to God from his works. 7s. 
 
 1 Heralds of creation ! cry : 
 
 Praise the Lord, the Lord most high ; 
 Heaven and earth ! obey the call ; 
 Praise the Lord, the Lord of all. 
 
 2 For he spake, and fortli from night 
 Sprang the universe to light ; 
 
40 JESUS CHKIST. 
 
 He commanded ; — nature heard, 
 And stood fast npon his word. 
 
 3 Praise him, all ye hosts above. 
 Spirits perfected in love ! 
 
 Sun and moon, your voices raise ; 
 Sing, ye stars, your Maker's praise ! 
 
 4 Earth, from all thy depth below, 
 Ocean's hallelujahs flow ; 
 Lightning, vapor, wind, and storm. 
 Hail and snow, his will perform. 
 
 5 Yales and mountains burst in song ; 
 Kivers roll with praise along ! 
 Birds on wings of rapture soar, 
 Warble at his temple-door ! 
 
 6 High above all height his throne ; 
 Excellent his IS'ame alone : 
 
 Him let all his works confess ; 
 Him let every being bless. 
 
 JESUS CHEIST. 
 
 63. Birth of Jesus. lis & 10s. 
 
 1 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 the infant Redeemer is laid. 
 
 2 Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are shining ; 
 
 Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall ; 
 Angels bend o'er him, in slumber reclining, — 
 Monarch, Redeemer, Restorer of all. 
 
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 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, or gold from the mine ? 
 
 4 Yainly we offer each amjile oblation, 
 
 Yainly with gold would his favor secure ; 
 Eicher by far is the heart's adoration ; 
 
 Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor. 
 
 64. Kingdom of Christ. 7s & 6s. 
 
 1 Hail to the Lord's Anointed, 
 
 Great David's greater Son ; 
 Hail, in the time appointed. 
 
 His reign on earth begun. 
 He conies to break oppression, 
 
 To set the captive free. 
 To take away transgression, 
 
 And rule in equity. 
 
 2 Before him on the mountains. 
 
 Shall Peace, the herald, go ; 
 And righteousness in fountains 
 
 From hill to valley flow. 
 For him shall prayer unceasing. 
 
 And daily vows ascend ; 
 His kingdom still increasing, 
 
 A kingdom without end. 
 
 3 O'er every foe victorious. 
 
 He on his throne shall rest ; 
 From age to age more glorious. 
 
 All blessing and all blest. 
 The tide of time shall never 
 
 His covenant remove ; 
 His name shall stand for ever ; 
 
 That name to us is Love. 
 
42 JESUS CHRIST. 
 
 g5, ''^Did not our hearts hum vnthin usf L. M. 
 
 1 Hath not thy heart within thee burned 
 
 At evening's cahn and holy hour, 
 As if its inmost depths discerned 
 The presence of a loftier power 'i 
 
 2 As they, wdio once with Jesus trod, 
 
 With kindling breast his accents heard, 
 But knew not that the Son of God 
 Was uttering every burning word, — 
 
 3 Father of Jesus, thus thy voice 
 
 Speaks to our hearts in tones divine ; 
 Our spirits tremble and rejoice. 
 
 But know not that the voice is thine. 
 
 4 Still be thy hallowed accents near ; 
 
 To doubt and passion whisper peace ; 
 Direct ns on our journey here, 
 
 And bid, in heaven, our wanderings cease. 
 
 gg. Birth of Christ. C. M. 
 
 1 It came upon the midnight clear. 
 
 That glorious song of old. 
 From angels bending near the earth. 
 
 To touch their harps of gold : — 
 " Peace on the earth — good will to men 
 
 From heaven's all-gracious King" — 
 The world in solemn stillness lay 
 
 To hear the angels sing. 
 
 2 Still through the cloven skies they come 
 
 With peaceful wings unfurled. 
 And still their heavenly music floats 
 O'er all the weary world ; 
 
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 Above its sad and lonely plains 
 
 Thej bend on heavenly wing, 
 And ever o'er its Babel sounds 
 
 The blessed ans^els sins^. 
 
 For lo ! the days are hastening on, 
 
 By prophet bards foretold, 
 When with the ever-circling years. 
 
 Comes ronnd the age of gold ; 
 When peace shall over all the earth 
 
 Its ancient splendors fling, 
 And the whole world send back the song 
 
 Which now the angels sing. 
 
 67. Christ OKr Befur/e. 7s. 
 
 1 Jesus, lover of my sonl. 
 
 Let me to thy bosom fly. 
 While the nearer waters roll. 
 
 While the tempest still is high : 
 Hide me, O my Savionr, liide. 
 
 Till the storm of life be past ; 
 Safe into the haven gnide ; 
 
 Oh, receive my sonl at last. 
 
 2 Other refuge have I none; 
 
 Hangs my helpless soul on thee ; 
 Leave, ah, leave me not alone ; 
 
 Still support and comfort me : 
 All my trust on thee is stayed ; 
 
 All my hope from thee I bring ; 
 Cover my defenceless head 
 
 With tlie shadow of thy wing. 
 
 3 Thou, O Christ, art all I want ; 
 
 More than all in thee I find ; 
 Raise the fallen, cheer the faint. 
 Heal the sick, and lead the blind : 
 
4:4 JESUS CIIPJST. 
 
 Thou of life the fountain art, 
 
 Freely let me take of thee ; 
 Spring thou up within my heart, 
 
 Rise to all eternity. 
 
 68. Trust in Chrid. C. M. 
 
 1 Jesus, the very thought of thee 
 
 With sweetness fills my breast ; 
 But sweeter far thy face to see, 
 And in thy presence rest. 
 
 2 IS'or voice can sing, nor heart can frame. 
 
 JSTor can the memory find 
 A sweeter sound than thy blest name, 
 O Saviour of mankind ! 
 
 3 Oh, hope of every contrite heart ! 
 
 Oh, joy of all the meek ! 
 To those w^Jio fall, how kind thou art ! 
 How good to those who seek ! 
 
 4 But what to those who find ? Ah ! this 
 *" JN'or tongue nor pen can show. 
 
 The love of Jesus, wdiat it is, 
 Kone but his loved ones know. 
 
 5 Jesus, our only joy be thou, 
 
 As thou our prize wilt be ; 
 Jesus, be thou our glory now. 
 And through eternity. 
 
 69. The Mother of Christ 8s & Ts. 
 
 1 At the cross her station keeping. 
 Stood the mournful mother w^eeping. 
 
 Close to Jesus to the last : 
 Through her heart, his sorrow sharing. 
 All his bitter anguish bearing, 
 
 JSTow at length the sword had passed. 
 
THE HOLY SPIRIT. 45 
 
 Oh ! how sad and sore distressed 
 Was that mother, higlilj blest 
 
 Of the sole-begotten One ! 
 Christ above in torment hangs, 
 She beneath beholds the pangs 
 
 Of her dying glorious Son. 
 
 Let me mingle tears with thee, 
 Mourning him who mourned for me. 
 
 All the days that I may live ; 
 By the cross with him to stay. 
 There with thee to weep and pray, 
 
 Is all I ask of Christ to give. 
 
 Christ, wlien thou slialt call me hence, 
 Be thou only my defence, 
 
 Be thy cross my victory ; 
 While my body here decays, 
 May my soul thy goodness praise, 
 
 Safe in paradise with thee. 
 
 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 
 
 70. y^^^^^ Creator Sjnritus. C. M. 
 
 1 Spirit Divine ! attend our prayer, 
 
 And make our hearts thy home ; 
 Descend with all thy gracious j)ower ; 
 Come, Holy Spirit, come ! 
 
 2 Come as the light — to us reveal 
 
 Our sinfulness and woe ; 
 And lead us in tliose paths of life 
 Where all the rio^liteous ^o. 
 
 3 Come as the fire, and purge our hearts 
 
 Like sacrificial flame ; 
 
46 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 
 
 Let our whole soul an offering be 
 To onr Redeemer's name. 
 
 4 Come as the dew, and sweetly bless 
 
 This consecrated hour ; 
 May barrenness rejoice to own 
 Thy fertilizing power. 
 
 5 Come as the wind w^ith rushing sound, 
 
 "With Pentecostal grace. 
 And make the great salvation known 
 Wide as the human race. 
 
 6 Spirit Divine, attend our ^^rayer, 
 
 And make our hearts thy home ; 
 Descend with all thy glorious power : 
 Come, Holy Spirit, come ! 
 
 71. The Sjnrit's Reljy, 7s. 
 
 1 Holy Ghost ! with light divine 
 Shine upon this heart of mine ; 
 Chase the shades of night away ; 
 Turn my darkness into day. 
 
 2 Holy Ghost ! with power divine 
 Cleanse this guilty heart of mine ; 
 Long hath sin, without control, 
 Held dominion o'er my soul. 
 
 3 Holy Ghost ! with joy divine 
 Cheer this saddened heart of mine 
 Bid my many woes depart ; 
 
 Heal my wounded, bleeding heart. 
 
 4 Holy Ghost ! thou. Lord Divine, 
 Dwell within this heart of mine ; 
 Cast down every idol-throne — 
 Keign supreme, and reign alone. 
 
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 72. Ministry of the Spirit. P. M. 
 
 1 Holy Spirit, Lord of light, 
 From thy clear celestial height, 
 
 Thy pure beaming radiance give. 
 Come, tliou Father of the poor. 
 Come with treasures which endure. 
 Come, thou Light of all tliat live. 
 
 2 Thou, of all consolers best. 
 Visiting the troubled breast. 
 
 Dost refreshing peace bestow ; 
 Thou, in toil art comfort sweet. 
 Pleasant coolness in the heat. 
 
 Solace in the midst of woe. 
 
 3 Light immortal. Light divine, 
 Yisit thou these hearts of tliine. 
 
 And our inmost being fiU ; 
 If thou take thy grace away, 
 N'o thing pure in man can stay. 
 
 All his good is turned to ill. 
 
 4 Thou on those who evermore 
 Thee confess and thee adore. 
 
 In thy sevenfold gifts descend; 
 Give them comfort when they die, 
 Give them life with thee on high. 
 
 Give them joys which never end. 
 
 73. The 'Witness of the Spirit C. M. 
 
 1 Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire, 
 Let us thine influence prove. 
 Source of the old prophetic fire. 
 Fountain of life and love. 
 
48 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 
 
 2 Come, IIolj Gliost, for moved by thee, 
 
 The prophets wrote and spoke ; 
 Unlock the truth, thyself the key, 
 Unseal the sacred book. 
 
 3 Expand thy wings, celestial Dove, 
 
 Brood o'er our nature's night ; 
 On our disordered spirits move. 
 And let there now be light. 
 
 i God through himself, we then shall know 
 If thou within us shine ; 
 And sound with all thy saints below, 
 Tlie depths of love divine. 
 
 74. Descent of the Holy Spirit. S. M. 
 
 1 Fkom God, thou Holy Ghost, 
 
 In this accepted hour. 
 As on the day of Pentecost, 
 
 Descend in all thy power ; 
 We meet with one accord 
 
 In our appointed place. 
 And wait the promise of our Lord, 
 
 The spirit of all grace. 
 
 2 Like a mighty rushing wind 
 
 Upon the weaves beneath, 
 Move with one impulse every mind, 
 
 Our soul one feeling bi-eathe ; 
 The young, the old inspire 
 
 With wisdom from above, 
 And give us hearts and tongues of fire. 
 
 To pray, and praise, and love. 
 
 3 Spirit of light, explore. 
 
 And chase our gloom away. 
 With lustre sliining more and more 
 Unto the perfect day. 
 
THE HOLY SPIRIT. 4y 
 
 Spirit of truth, be thou 
 
 In life and death our guide ; 
 O Spirit of adoption, now 
 
 May we be sanctified. 
 
 75. ''The Comforter, wliich is the Holy Ghosts 7s & 5s. 
 
 1 Holy Ghost, the Infinite ! 
 Shine upon our nature's night 
 With thy blessed inward light, 
 
 Comforter Divine ! 
 
 2 We are sinful : cleanse us, Lord ; 
 We are faint : thy strength afford ; 
 Lost, — until by thee restored, 
 
 Comforter Divine ! 
 
 3 Like the dew, thy peace distil ; 
 Guide, subdue our wayward will, 
 Things of Christ unfolding still, 
 
 Comforter Divine ! 
 
 4 Li us, for us, intercede, 
 
 And, with voiceless groanings, plead 
 Our unutterable need, 
 Comforter Divine ! 
 
 5 Li us '' Abba, Father," cry — 
 Earnest of our bliss on high, 
 Seal of immortality, — 
 
 Comforter Divine ! 
 
 6 Search for us the depths of God ; 
 Bear us up the starry road, 
 
 To the height of thine abode, 
 Comforter Divine ! 
 
50 CHURCH SEASONS. 
 
 CHURCH SEASONS. 
 
 76, Tnumph of Christianity. P. M. 
 
 1 Daughter of Zion, awake from tliy sadness! 
 
 Awake ! for thy foes shall oppress thee no more ; 
 Bright o'er thy hills dawns the Day-star of gladness; 
 Arise ! for the night of thy sorrow is o'er. 
 
 2 Strong were thy foes, but the arm that subdned them, 
 
 And scattered their legions, was mightier far ; 
 They fled like the chaif from the scourge that pursued 
 them, 
 Yain were their steeds and their chariots of war. 
 
 3 Daughter of Zion, the Power that hath saved thee, 
 
 Extolled with the harp and the timbrel should be ; 
 Shout ! for the foe is destroyed that enslaved thee, 
 The oppressor is vanquished, and Zion is free. 
 
 77. The Birth of Christ. P. M. 
 
 1 E'o war or battle's sound 
 Was heard the world around, 
 
 Ko hostile chiefs to furious combat ran ; 
 
 But peaceful was the night. 
 
 In which the Prince of light, 
 His reign of peace upon the earth began. 
 
 2 The shepherds on the lawn. 
 Before the break of dawn. 
 
 Sat silent, gazing on the starry sky ; 
 
 When, lo ! a blaze of light 
 
 Burst on their wondering sight, 
 With fiery radiance kindling all on high ; 
 
CHURCH SEASONS. 51 
 
 3 And music, sweet and clear, 
 Flowed on the listening ear, 
 
 Such as of old, the sons of morning sung: 
 
 The gentle cherubim 
 
 And shining seraphim 
 Welcomed their Prince with rapture on their tongue. 
 
 4 Hail ! hail ! auspicious morn ! 
 The Saviour Christ is born ! 
 
 (Such was the immortal seraph's song sublime ;) 
 
 Glory to God in Heaven ! 
 
 On earth sweet peace be given. 
 Sweet peace and friendship to the end of time ! 
 
 6 Oh, may the silver chime 
 
 Sound through all coming time ; 
 And let the bass of heaven's deep organ blow. 
 
 To bless the Holy Child, 
 
 AVho came in winter wild. 
 To dwell with man in this cold world below. 
 
 78. '^ Christ is horn in Bethlehem.'^ 7s. 
 
 1 Hakk ! the herald angels sing, 
 " Glory to the new-born King ! 
 Peace on earth, and mercy mild ; 
 God and sinners reconciled." 
 
 2 Joyful, all ye nations, rise ; 
 Join the triumphs of the skies ; 
 With the angelic hosts proclaim, 
 " Christ is born in Bethlehem." 
 
 3 Mild he lays his glory by. 
 
 Born that man, no more may die, 
 Born to raise the sons of earth, 
 Born to give them second birth. 
 
 4 Hail, the heaven-born Prince of Peace ! 
 Hail, the Sun of Righteousness ! 
 
52 CIIURCII SEASONS. 
 
 Light and life to all he brings, 
 Kisen with healing in his wings. 
 
 5 Let us tlien with angels sing, 
 "Gluiy to the new-born King!— 
 Peace on earth and mercy mild, 
 God and sinners reconciled !" 
 
 79. The Star of Bethlehem.. L. M. 
 
 1 Whex marshalled on tlie nightly plairj, 
 
 The glittering host bestud the sky, 
 One star alone, of all the train. 
 
 Can fix the sinner's wandering eye. 
 
 2 Hark ! hark ! to God the chorus breaks. 
 
 From every host, from every gem ; 
 But one alone, the Saviour, speaks : 
 It is the Star of Bethlehem. 
 
 3 Once on the raging seas I rode : 
 
 The storm w^as loud, the night w^as dark ; 
 The ocean yawned, and rudely blowed 
 The wind that tossed my foundering bark. 
 
 4 Deep horror then my vitals froze. 
 
 Death-struck, I ceased 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 forebodings cease. 
 And through the storm, and danger's thrall. 
 It led me to the port of peace. 
 
 6 ]N"ow safely moored, my perils o'er, 
 
 I'll sing, first in night's diadem. 
 For ever and for evermore. 
 
 The Star— the Star of Bethlehem ! 
 
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 80. ChrUt the Waij, the Tmth, and the Life. 10s. 
 
 1 O THOU great Friend to all the sons of men, 
 
 AVho once appeared in humblest guise below, 
 Sin to rebuke, to break the captive's chain, 
 
 And call thy brethren forth from want and Avoe. 
 
 2 We look to thee ! thy truth is still the Light, 
 
 Which guides the nations, groping on their way, 
 Stumbling and falling in disastrous night. 
 Yet hoping ever for the perfect day, 
 
 3 Yes ! thou art still the Life ; thou art the Way 
 
 The holiest know ; — Light, Life, and Way of heaven ! 
 And they who dearest hope, and deepest pray. 
 
 Toil by the light, life, way, which thou hast given. 
 
 81, Christ present in the Spirit. lis. 
 
 1 Oh, what though our feet may not tread where Christ 
 
 trod, 
 ]^or our ears hear the dashing of Galilee's flood, 
 E'or our eyes see the cross that he bowed him to bear, 
 l^ov our knees press Gethsemane's garden of prayer ! 
 
 2 Yet, Loved of the Father! thy spirit is near 
 
 To the meek and the lowly and the penitent here ; 
 And the voice of thy love is the same, even now, 
 As at Bethany's tomb, or on Olivet's brow. 
 
 3 Oh, the Outward has gone, but in glory and powder 
 The Spirit surviveth the things of an hour ; 
 Unchanged, undecaying, its Pentecost flame 
 
 On the heart's secret altar is burning, the same. 
 
 82. ''Rock of AgesP 7& 
 
 1 Rock of Ages ! cleft for me. 
 Let me hide myself in thee ! 
 14 ' 
 
54 CHURCH SEASONS. 
 
 Let the water and the blood, 
 From thy riven side that flowed, 
 Be of sin the double cure — 
 Cleanse me from its guilt and power. 
 
 2 Could mj zeal no respite know. 
 Could my tears for ever flow — 
 All for sin could not atone : 
 Thou must save, and thou alone ! 
 Nothing in my hand I bring. 
 Simply to thy cross I cling. 
 
 3 While I draw this fleeting breath, 
 "When my eyelids close in death. 
 When I soar to worlds unknown. 
 See thee on thy judgment-throne, — 
 Kock of Ages ! cleft for me. 
 
 Let me hide myself in thee ! 
 
 g3. His final Entrance into Jerusalem. L. M. 
 
 1 Ride on, ride on in majesty ! 
 In lowly pomp ride on to die : 
 
 O Christ ! thy triumphs now begin 
 O'er captive death and conquered sin. 
 
 2 Ride on, ride on in majesty ! 
 The winged squadrons of the sky 
 
 Look down, with sad and wondering eyes. 
 To see th' approaching sacrifice. 
 
 3 Ride on, ride on in majesty! 
 
 Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh : 
 The Father, on his sapphire throne. 
 Expects his own anointed Son. 
 
 4 Ride on, ride on in majesty ! 
 In lowly pomp ride on to die : 
 Bow thy meek head to mortal pain ; 
 Then take, O Lord, thy power, and reign ! 
 
CHURCH SEASONS. 55 
 
 84. " sacred Head, now wounded P' 7s & 6s. 
 
 1 O SACKED Head, now wounded ! 
 
 With grief and shame weighed down ; 
 O sacred brow, surrounded 
 
 With thorns, thine only crown ! 
 Once on a throne of glory, 
 
 Adorned with light divine, 
 I^ow all despised and gory, 
 
 I joy to call thee mine. 
 
 2 On me, as thou art dying. 
 
 Oh, turn thy pitying eye ! 
 To thee for mercy crying, 
 
 Before thy cross I lie. 
 Thine, thine the bitter passion. 
 
 Thy pain is all for me ; 
 Mine, mine the deep transgression, 
 
 My sins are all on thee. 
 
 3 What language can I borrow 
 
 To thank thee, dearest Friend, 
 For all this dying sorrow. 
 
 Of all my woes the end ? 
 Oh, can I leave thee ever ? 
 
 Then do not thou leave me ; 
 Lord, let me never, never 
 
 Outlive my love to thee. 
 
 4 I'e near when I am dying; 
 
 Then close beside me stand ; 
 Let me, while faint and sighing, 
 
 Lean calmly on tli}^ hand : 
 These eyes, new faith receiving. 
 
 From thine eye shall not move; 
 For he who dies believing, 
 
 Dies safely in thy love. 
 
^(-> OHUECH SEASONS. 
 
 85. ^ Communion Hymn. S. M. 
 
 1 Here in the broken bread, 
 
 Here in the cup we take, 
 His body and his blood behold. 
 Who suffered for our sake. 
 
 2 O thou who didst allow 
 
 Thy Son to suffer thus. 
 Father, what more couldst thou have done 
 Than thou hast done for us? 
 
 3 We are persuaded now 
 
 That nothing can divide 
 Thy children from thy boundless love, 
 Displayed in him who died ; — 
 
 4 Who died to make us sure 
 
 Of mercy, truth, and peace. 
 And from the power and pains of sin 
 To bring a full release. 
 
 y6. ^^^ Easter Hymn. P. M. 
 
 1 Awake, thou wintry earth — 
 Fling off thy sadness ! 
 Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth 
 Your ancient gladness ! 
 Christ is risen ! 
 
 2 Wave, woods, your blossoms all — 
 
 Grim death is dead ! 
 Ye weeping funeral trees. 
 Lift up your head — 
 Christ is risen ! 
 
 3 Come, see ! the graves are green ; 
 
 It is light — let's go 
 
CHURCH SEASONS. 57 
 
 Where our loved ones rest 
 In hope below. 
 Christ is risen ! 
 
 4 All is fresh and new, 
 
 Full of spring and light ; 
 Wintry heart, why wear'st the hue 
 Of sleep and night ? 
 Christ is risen ! 
 
 5 Leave thy cares beneath, 
 
 Leave thy worldly love ; 
 Begin the better life 
 With God above. 
 Christ is risen ! 
 
 87. AntJiem for Easter Sunday. 8s & Ts. 
 
 1 O God, my heart is fixed, 'tis bent 
 Its thankful tribute to present ; 
 
 And with my heart my voice I'll raise 
 To thee, my God, in songs of praise. 
 
 2 Christ, the Lord, is risen to-day, 
 
 Sons of men and angels, cry ; 
 Kaise your joys and triumphs high ; 
 Sing, ye heavens ; and earth, reply. 
 
 3 The rising Lord forsakes the tomb, 
 Up to his Father's court he flies ; 
 Cherubic legions guard him home, 
 And shout him welcome to the skies. 
 
 4 Love's redeeming work is done ; 
 
 Fought the fight, the victory won ; 
 Jesus' agony is o'er. 
 
 Darkness veils the earth no more. 
 
58 CHURCH SEASONS. 
 
 5 Yain the stone, tlie watch, the seal, 
 Clirist liath burst the bars of hell ; 
 Death in vain forbids him rise, 
 Christ hath opened paradise. 
 
 Hall ehij ah ; A m en . 
 
 88. The City of God. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Shout the glad tidings, exnltingly sing : 
 Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is king ! 
 
 1 Sion, the marvellous story be telling. 
 
 The Son of the highest, how lowly his birth ! 
 The brightest archangel in glory excelling. 
 
 He stoops to redeem thee, he reigns upon earth. 
 Shout the glad tidings, &c. 
 
 2 Tell how he cometh ; from nation to nation. 
 
 The heart-cheering news let the earth echo round ; 
 How free to the faithful he offers salvation, 
 
 How his people with joy everlasting are crowned. 
 Shout the glad tidings, &c. 
 
 3 Mortals, your homage be gratefully bringing. 
 
 And sweet let the gladsome hosanna arise ; 
 Ye angels, the full hallelujah be singing: 
 
 One chorus resound through the earth and the skies. 
 Shout the glad tidings, &c. 
 
 89. The Coronation. C. M. 
 
 1 All hail, the power of Jesus' name ! 
 
 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 ; 
 
CHURCH SEASONS. 59 
 
 Extol the stem of Jesse's rod, 
 And crown him Lord of all ! 
 
 3 Ye chosen seed of Israel's race, 
 
 A remnant weak and small. 
 Hail him who saves you by his grace, 
 And crown him Lord of all ! 
 
 4 Ye Gentile sinners, ne'er forget 
 
 The wormwood and the gall ; 
 Go, spread your trophies at his feet, 
 And crown him Lord of all ! 
 
 5 Let every kindred, every tribe, 
 
 On this terrestrial ball, 
 To him all majesty ascribe, 
 And crown him Lord of all ! 
 
 6 Oh, that, with yonder sacred throng, 
 
 We at his feet may fall ! 
 We'll join the everlasting song, 
 And crown him Lord of all ! 
 
 90. " ^rike the cymbaV 8s & 7s. 
 
 1 Strike the cymbal, roll the timbrel. 
 
 Let the trump of triumph sound ; 
 Joyous singing, tributes bringing, 
 Th' isles exult, and seas resound. 
 
 2 Lo ! he's risen from death's dark prison, 
 
 Rays divine his eyes relume ; 
 Judah's Lion, King of Zion, 
 
 Lord o'er death, hath fled the tomb. 
 
 3 Judah's Lion, King of Zion, 
 
 Lord o'er death, hath fled the tomb ; 
 
 Alleluia! alleluia! 
 Mortals, strike your tuneful lyres — 
 Holy mirth the day inspires. 
 
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 4 "What are nations— what their stations? 
 
 God in Christ is Lord of hosts, 
 God of thunder, Lord of wonder : 
 Yain are mortals, vain their boasts. 
 
 5 What are Jewry's nionarchs now ! 
 Low before Emanuel bow, 
 
 Holy Son of God supreme, 
 Mortal, mortals to redeem. 
 Praise him, praise him. 
 Exulting nations, praise ; 
 Praise him, praise him. 
 Exulting nations, praise. 
 Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna ! 
 
 91, Glorying in the Cross. 8s & Ts. 
 
 1 In the cross of Christ we glory, 
 
 Towerina: o'er the wrecks of time ; 
 
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 All the liarht of sacred stoi 
 
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 Gathers round its head sublime. 
 
 2 When the woes of life o'ertake us, 
 
 Hopes deceive, and fears annoy ; 
 l^ever shall the cross forsake us, 
 Lo ! it glows with peace and joy ! 
 
 3 When the sun of bliss is beaming 
 
 Light and love upon our way ; 
 From the cross the radiance streaming 
 Adds more lustre to the day. 
 
 4 Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure. 
 
 By the cross are sanctified ; 
 Peace is there that knows no measure, 
 Joys that througli all time abide. 
 
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 5 In the cross of Christ we glory, 
 
 Towering o'er the wrecks of time ; 
 AH the light of sacred story 
 
 Gathers round its head sublime. 
 
 92. Easier Hymn. P. M. 
 
 Lift your glad voices in triumph on high, 
 
 For Jesus hath risen, and man cannot die. 
 Yain were the terrors that gathered around him, 
 
 And short the dominion of death and the grav^e ; 
 He burst from the fetters of darkness that bound him. 
 
 Resplendent in glory, to live and to save. 
 Loud was the chorus of angels on high, — 
 "The Saviour hath risen, and man shall not die." 
 
 Glory to God, in full anthems of joy ; 
 
 The being he gave us death cannot destroy. 
 Sad were the life we must part with to-morrow. 
 
 If tears were our birthright, and death were our end 
 But Jesus hath cheered the dark valley of sorrow, 
 
 And bade us, immortal, to heaven ascend. 
 Lift, then, your voices in triumph on high, 
 For Jesus hath risen, and man shall not die. 
 
 93. Christ is risen, 7s. 
 
 1 Angel, roll the stone away ! 
 Death, give up thy mighty prey ! 
 See, he rises from the tomb, 
 Glow^ing in immortal bloom. 
 
 2 Shout, ye saints, in rapturous song ; 
 Let the notes be sweet and strong ; 
 Hail the Son of God, this morn, 
 From his sepulchre new born ! 
 
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 3 Cliristians, diy your flowing tears ; 
 Calm those unbelieving fears ; 
 Doubt no more his power to save ; 
 See his own deserted grave ! 
 
 4 Powers of heaven, seraphic fires, 
 Sing, and sweep your sounding lyres ; 
 Sons of men, in joyful strain 
 
 Hail your mighty Saviour's reign ! 
 
 5 Every note with rapture swell, 
 And the Saviour's triumph tell ; 
 Where, O Death, is now thy sting? 
 Where thy terrors, vanquished king? 
 
 94. The Ascension. C. M. 
 
 1 The Apostles on the mountain stand — 
 The mystic mount — in Holy Land ; 
 They, w^ith the blessed Mother, see 
 Jesus ascend in majesty. 
 
 2 The angels say to the eleven, — 
 
 " Why stand ye gazing into heaven ? 
 This is the Saviour — this is he ! 
 Jesus hath triumphed gloriously !" 
 
 3 May our afi*ections thither tend, 
 And thither constantly ascend. 
 Where, seated on the Father's throne. 
 Thee reigning in the heavens we own ! 
 
 4 Be thou our present joy, O Lord, 
 Who wilt be ever sure reward ; 
 And as the countless ages flee. 
 May all our glory be in Thee ! 
 
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 95. Pentecost C. M. 
 
 1 When lirst the Spirit of our God 
 Came down his flock to find, 
 A voice from heaven was heard abroad, 
 A rushing mighty w^ind. 
 
 2 JSTor doth the outward ear alone 
 
 At that high warning start ; 
 Conscience gives back the appaUing tone ; 
 'Tis echoed in the heart. 
 
 3 It fills the church of God ; it fills 
 
 The sinful world around ; 
 Only in stubborn hearts and wills 
 No place for it is found. 
 
 4 To other strains such souls are set ; 
 
 A giddy whirl of sin 
 Fills ear and brain, and will not let 
 Heaven's harmonies come in. 
 
 5 Come, Lord, come Wisdom, Love, and Power, 
 
 Oj^en our ears to hear ; 
 Let us not miss the accepted hour ; 
 Save, Lord, by love or fear. 
 
 96. WMtsmiday. 
 
 1 Holy Spirit ; Love Divine ! 
 Let thy light within me shine ; 
 Breathe thyself into my breast : 
 Earnest of immortal rest. 
 
 2 Let me never from thee stray. 
 Keep me in the narrow way : 
 Keep me thine, for ever thine ; 
 Let thy love and joy be mine. 
 
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 97. Baptism of a Child. S. M. 
 
 1 To thee, O God in heaven, 
 Tliis little one we bring, 
 
 Giving to thee what thou hast given, 
 Our dearest offering. 
 
 2 Into a world of toil 
 These little feet will roam, 
 
 Where sin its purity may soil, 
 Where care and grief may come. 
 
 3 Oh, then, let thy pure love, 
 With influence serene. 
 
 Come down, like water, from above. 
 To comfort and make clean ! 
 
 98. Baptism of Children. S. M. 
 
 1 To Him who children blest. 
 And suffered them to come, 
 
 To Him who took them to his breast, 
 We bring these children home. 
 
 2 To thee, O God, whose face 
 Their spirits still behold, 
 
 We bring them, praying that thy grace 
 May keep, thine arms enfold. 
 
 3 And as this water falls 
 
 On each unconscious brow, 
 
 Thy Holy Spirit grant, O Lord, 
 
 To keep them pure as now ! 
 
 99. Baptism of Infants. 8s & Ts. 
 
 1 Saviour, who thy flock art feeding. 
 With the shepherd's kindest care, 
 All the feeble gently leading. 
 
 While the lambs thy bosom share ; 
 
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 2 1^0 w, these little ones receiving, 
 
 Fold them in thy gracious arm ; 
 There, we know, thj word believing, 
 Only there, secure from harm. 
 
 3 Kever, from thy pasture roving. 
 
 Let them be the Lion's prey ; 
 Let thy tenderness, so loving. 
 
 Keep them all life's dangerous way 
 
 4 Then, within thy fold eternal. 
 
 Let them find a resting-place ; 
 Feed in pastures ever vernal, 
 Drink the rivers of thy grace. 
 
 100. Christ our Life. 
 
 1 O BREAD to pilgrims given, 
 O food that angels eat, 
 O manna sent from heaven 
 
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 For heaven-born natures meet ! 
 Give us, for thee long pining. 
 
 To eat till richly filled ; 
 Till, earth's delights resigning, 
 
 Our every wish is stilled ! 
 
 2 O water, life-bestowing, 
 
 From out the Saviour's heart, 
 A fountain purely flowing, 
 
 A fount of love thou art ! 
 Oh, let us, freely tasting, 
 
 Our burning thirst assuage ! 
 Thy sweetness, never wasting, 
 
 Avails from age to age. 
 
 3 Jesus, this feast receiving, 
 
 We thee unseen adore ; 
 Thy faithful word believing, 
 We take— and doubt no more; 
 
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 Give us, thou true and loving, 
 On earth to live in thee ; 
 
 Then, death the veil removing, 
 Thy glorious face to see ! 
 
 101, One in Christ. C. M. 
 
 1 Planted in Christ, the living Yine, 
 
 This day, with one accord. 
 Ourselves, with humble faith and joy, 
 We yield to thee, O Lord ! 
 
 2 Joined in one body may we be ; 
 
 One inward life partake ; 
 One be our heart, one heavenly hope 
 In every bosom wake. 
 
 3 In prayer, in effort, tears, and toils. 
 
 One Wisdom be our guide ; 
 Taught by one Spirit from above. 
 In thee may we abide. 
 
 I: Then, when among the saints in light 
 Our joyful spirits shine. 
 Shall anthems of immortal praise, 
 O Lamb of God, be thine. 
 
 102. One in Christ. 0. M. 
 
 1 A HOLY air is breathing round, 
 
 A fragrance from above ; 
 Be every soul from sense unbound, 
 Be every spirit love. 
 
 2 O God, unite us heart to heart, 
 
 Li sympathy divine. 
 That we be never drawn apart, 
 And love not thee nor thine: 
 
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 But, by the cross of Jesus taught, 
 
 And all thy gracious word, 
 Be nearer to each other brought, 
 
 And nearer to the Lord. 
 
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 103. ^^ Thy peojyle shall he my people^ and thy 
 
 God my God.'''' 
 
 1 People of the living God, 
 
 I have souo^ht the world around, 
 Paths of sin and sorrow trod. 
 
 Peace and comfort nowhere found. 
 
 2 ]^ow to you my spirit turns — 
 
 Turns, a fugitive unblest ; 
 Brethren ! where your altar burns, 
 Oh, receive me into rest ! 
 
 3 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; 
 
 4 Mine the God whom you adore. 
 
 Your Redeemer shall be mine ; 
 Earth can fill my soul no more. 
 Every idol I resign. 
 
 JQ4, Communion Hymn. 7s. 
 
 1 WniLE we here remember thee. 
 
 Who wast for our ransom slain. 
 Let thy love, thy purity. 
 
 Saviour, in our souls remain. 
 
 2 Father, while we break this bread. 
 
 And thy Christ remember thus. 
 Make us one with him, our Head, 
 Thou in him, and he in us. 
 
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 3 Wliile to lips with praise that glow, 
 
 This coninninion cup we press, 
 Holy Father, help us grow^ 
 
 More like him we here confess. 
 
 4 Eeconcile us by thy Son, 
 
 In whose name on thee we call ; 
 Make us perfect, all in one — 
 We in him, and thou in all. 
 
 105. OixUnatioii Hymn. 7s. 
 
 1 Mighty One, before whose face 
 
 Wisdom had her glorious seat. 
 When the orbs that people space 
 Sprang to birth beneath thy feet ! 
 
 2 Source of truth, whose rays alone 
 
 Light the mighty world of mind ! 
 
 God of love, who from thy throne 
 
 Kindly watchest all mankind ! 
 
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 3 Shed, on those who in thy name 
 
 Teach the way of truth and right, 
 Shed that love's undying flange. 
 Shed that wisdom's 2:uidino^ lio^ht. 
 
 106. ''Behold, the tabernacle of God is with 7nen.^^ 7s. 
 
 1 Hark ! the song of Jubilee ! 
 
 Loud as mighty thunders' roar. 
 Or the fulness of the sea. 
 
 When it breaks upon the shore. 
 Hallelujah ! for the Lord 
 
 God Omnipotent shall reign : 
 Hallelujah ! let the word 
 
 Echo round the earth and main ! 
 
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 2 Hallelujah ! hark, the sound, 
 
 Froui the centre to the skies. 
 Wakes, above, beneath, around. 
 
 All creation's harmonies 
 bee! Jehovah's banner's luiieo^ 
 
 Sheathed 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 heavens have passed away. 
 Then the end — beneath his rod 
 
 Man's last enemy shall fall. 
 Hallelujah ! Christ in God, 
 
 God in Christ is all in all ! 
 
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 1()7. Invocation. 7s. 
 
 1 Sovereign and transforming grace ! 
 
 We invoke thy quickening power ; 
 Keign, the spirit of this place. 
 Bless the purpose of this hour. 
 
 2 lioJy and creative Light, 
 
 We invoke thy kindling ray , 
 Dawn upon our spirits' night, 
 Turn our darkness into day. 
 
 3 To the anxious soul impart 
 
 Hope all other hopes above ; 
 Stir the dull and hardened heart 
 With a longing and a love. 
 
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 4 Give the struggling peace for strife, 
 Give the doubting b'ght for gloom, 
 Speed tile living into life. 
 
 Warn the dying of their doom. 
 
 6 Work in all ; in all renew, 
 
 Day by day, tlie life divine ; 
 All our wills to thee subdue, 
 All our hearts to thee incline. 
 
 108. (MtMrebe Uqht! V. M. 
 
 1 Thou whose almighty word 
 Chaos and darkness heard. 
 
 And took their flight ! 
 Hear us, we humbly pray. 
 And where the gospel day 
 Sheds not its glorious ray. 
 
 Let tliere be Hab^ 
 
 ^ Thou who didst come to hrmg, 
 On thy redeeming wmg, 
 
 Healing and sight, 
 Health to the sick in mind, 
 Light to the inly blind. 
 Oh, now, to all mankind 
 
 Let there be light ' 
 
 3 Descend thou from Mhnve, 
 Spirit of truth and love, 
 
 Speed on thy flight ! 
 Move o'er the waters' face, 
 Spirit of hope and grace, 
 And in earth's darkest place 
 
 Let there be light ' 
 
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 109. Longing for Christ. 8s & 6s. 
 
 1 Jesus, the strength of angels strong, 
 Thy name excels the sweetest song, 
 Dropping like nectar from the tongue — 
 
 Like nectar in the heart. 
 
 2 Wherever I may chance to be. 
 Thee lirst my heart desires to see ; 
 How glad when I discover thee, 
 
 How blest when I retain ! 
 
 3 Beyond all treasui-es is thy grace ; 
 Oh ! when wilt thou thy steps retrace, 
 
 And satisfy me with thy face, » 
 
 And make me wholly glad ? 
 
 4 Then come, oh, come, thou perfect King 
 Of boundless glory, boundless spring ! 
 Arise, and fullest daylight bring, 
 
 Jesus, expected long ! 
 
 5 Fountain of mercy and of love, 
 Sun of the Fatherland above. 
 The cloud of sadness far remove, 
 
 The light of glory give ! 
 
 210, ^^? move me! L. M. 
 
 1 God named Love, whose fount thou art, 
 
 Thy crownless church before thee stands. 
 With too much hating in her heart. 
 With too much striving in her hands. 
 
 2 Yet, Lord, thy wronged love fulfil! 
 
 Thy church, though fallen, before thee stands^ 
 Behold, the voice is Jacob's still, 
 Albeit the hands are Esau's hands ! 
 
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 3 Oh, move ns — thou liast power to move — 
 One in the one Beloved to be ! 
 Teach us the heights and deptlis of love, 
 Give thine, that we may love like thee ! 
 
 111. "'Twill arise and go unto ray father'.'^'' L. M. 
 
 1 To thine eternal arms, O God, 
 
 Take its, thine erring children, in ; 
 From dangerous paths too boldly trod, 
 
 From wanderino' thoucfhts and dreams of sin. 
 
 2 Those arms were round our childhood's ways, 
 
 A guard through helpless years to be ; 
 Oh, leave not our maturer days ; 
 We still are helpless without thee. 
 
 3 We trusted pride, and hope, and strength ; 
 
 Our strength proved false, our pride was vain, 
 Our dreams have faded all at lengtli ; 
 We come to thee, O Lord, again. 
 
 4 A guide to trembling steps yet be ; 
 
 Give us of thine eternal powers ; 
 So shall our paths all lead to thee. 
 
 And life smile on like childhood's hours. 
 
 112. Trioe Strength. S. M. 
 
 1 " When I am weak, Fm strong," 
 
 The great Apostle cried ; 
 What did not to the earth belong, 
 The might of heaven suijplied. 
 
 2 " When I am weak, I'm strong," 
 
 Each Christian heart repeats. 
 To tune its feeblest breath to song. 
 And iire its languid beats. 
 
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 3 O liolj Strengtli ! wliose ground 
 
 Is in tlie heavenly land ; 
 Supporting help alone is found 
 In God's immortal hand. 
 
 4 O Blessed ! that appears 
 
 When fleshly aids are spent, 
 And girds the mind, when most it fears, 
 With trust and sweet content. 
 
 113. Uses of Affliction. 8s & 7s. 
 
 1 As the harp-strings only render 
 
 All their treasures of sweet sound, 
 All their music, glad or tender, 
 Firmly struck and tightly bound : 
 
 2 So the hearts of Christians owe 
 
 Each its deepest, sweetest strain, 
 To the pressure firm of woe, 
 And the tension tight of pain. 
 
 3 Spices crushed their pungence yield ; 
 
 Trodden scents their sweets respire ; 
 Would you have its strength revealed. 
 Cast the incense on the fire. 
 
 4 Thus the crushed and broken frame 
 
 Oft doth sweetest graces yield ; 
 And through sufi'ering, toil, and shame, 
 Heavenly incense is distilled ! 
 
 114, Comfort in Sorrow, 7s & 6s. 
 
 1 Up ! up ! the day is breaking, 
 Say to thy cares. Good-night ! 
 Thy troubles from thee shaking. 
 Like dreams in day's fresh light. 
 
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 Thou wearest not the crown, 
 
 Nor the best course canst tell ; 
 God sitteth on the throne, 
 He doeth all thina-s well ! 
 
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 2 Trust him to govern, then ! 
 
 'No king can rule like him ; 
 How wilt thou wonder, when 
 
 Thine eyes no more are dim ; 
 To see these paths which vex thee, 
 
 How wise they were, and meet I 
 The works which now perplex thee, 
 
 How beautiful complete ! 
 
 3 Faithful the love thou sharest, 
 
 All, all is well w^ith thee ; 
 The crown from hence thou bearest 
 
 With shouts of victory. 
 In thy right hand, to-morrow 
 
 Thy God shall place the palms ; 
 To him who chased thy sorrow, 
 
 How glad will be thy psalms ! 
 
 115. Midnight Hymn. F. M. 
 
 1 At midnight bursts the cry. 
 
 So saith the Evangelist, 
 " Arise ! the Bridegroom draweth nigh, 
 The King of heaven, the Christ !" 
 
 2 The foolish virgins sleep, 
 
 They seek for light too late ; 
 In vain they knock, and call, and weej^, 
 Closed is the palace gate. 
 
 3 Let us keep steadfast guard. 
 
 With lighted hearts all night ; 
 That when He comes we stand prepared. 
 And meet him with delight. 
 
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 4: Meet for thy realm in heaven, 
 Make us, O holy King ! 
 That throuo;h the ao^es it be o:iven 
 
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 To US thy praise to sing. 
 
 116. Onj of the Afflicted, 6s & 4s. 
 
 1 Lowly and solemn be 
 Thy children's cry to thee. 
 
 Father divine ! 
 A hymn of suppliant breath, 
 Owning that life and death 
 
 Alike are thine. 
 
 2 O Father, in that hour 
 
 When earth all succoring power 
 
 Shall disavow — 
 "When spear, and shield, and crown 
 In faintness are cast down, — 
 
 Sustain us. Thou ! 
 
 3 By him who bowed to take 
 The death-cup for our sake, 
 
 The thorn, the rod, — . 
 From whom the last dismay 
 Was not to pass away, — 
 
 Aid us, O God ! 
 
 4 Tremblers beside the grave, 
 We call on thee to save. 
 
 Father divine ! 
 Hear, hear our suppliant breath ; 
 Keep us, in life or death. 
 
 Thine, only thine ! 
 
 117. ''''Gome unto me^ all ye that labor.'''' \j. M. 
 
 1 Peace, troubled soul, whose plaintive moan 
 Hath taught each scene the notes of woe ; 
 
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 Cease thy complaint, suppress thy groan. 
 
 And let thy tears forget to flow : 
 Behold, the precious balm is found, 
 To lull thy pain, to heal tliy wound. 
 
 2 Come, freely come, by sin oppressed, 
 On Jesus cast thy weighty load, 
 
 In him thy refuge find, thy rest. 
 Safe in the mercy of thy God : 
 
 Thy God's thy Saviour — glorious word ! 
 
 Oh, hear, believe, and bless the Lord ! 
 
 118. ^^Out of the depths have I criedtinto thee^ S. M. 
 
 1 Out of the depths of woe, 
 
 To thee, O Lord ! I cry ; 
 Darkness surrounds me, yet I know 
 That thou art ever nigh. 
 
 2 I cast my hopes on tliee. 
 
 Thou canst, thou wilt forgive ; 
 If thou shouldst mark iniquity. 
 Who in thy sight could live \ 
 
 3 I wait for thee ; I wait. 
 
 Confessing all my sin ; 
 Lord ! I am knocking at thy gate, 
 Open, and take me in. 
 
 4 Glory to God above ! 
 
 The waters soon will cease ; 
 For lo ! the swift-returning dove 
 Brings home the pledge of peace. 
 
 5 Though storms his face obscure, 
 
 And dangers threaten loud, 
 Jehovah's covenant is sure, 
 His bow is in the cloud ! 
 
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 119, ^0 rest hut in God. 6s. 
 
 1 My soul dotli long for thee 
 
 To dwell within my breast; 
 Unworthy though I be 
 Of so divine a Guest ! 
 
 2 Of so divine a Guest 
 
 Unworthy though I be, 
 Yet hath my heart no rest 
 Until it come to thee I 
 
 3 Until it come to thee. 
 
 In vain I look around ; 
 In all that I can see, 
 JS'o rest is to be found ! 
 
 4 No rest is to be found. 
 
 But in thy bleeding love ; 
 
 Oh, let my w^ish be crowned, 
 
 And send it from above ! 
 
 120. ''The Greatest of these is Charity:' 8s & 7s. 
 
 1 Meek and lowly, pure and holy. 
 
 Chief among the blessed three. 
 Turning sadness into gladness. 
 Heaven-born art thou, Charity ! 
 
 2 Pity dwelleth in thy bosom. 
 
 Kindness reigneth o'er thy heart ; 
 Gentle thoughts alone can sway thee — 
 Censure hath in thee no part. 
 
 3 Hoping ever, failing never, 
 
 Though deceived, believing still; 
 Long abiding, all confiding. 
 To thy heavenly Father's will. 
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 4 ]^ever weary of well-doing, 
 
 Kever fearful of the end ; 
 Claiming all mankind as brothers, 
 Thou dost all alike befriend. 
 
 5 Meek and lowly, pure and holy, 
 
 Chief among the blessed three, 
 Turning sadness into gladness. 
 Heaven-born art thou, Charity ! 
 
 121, Prayer for Help at all Times. L. M. 
 
 1 Is there a lone and dreary hour. 
 
 When worldly pleasures lose their power ? 
 My Father ! let me turn to thee. 
 And set each thought of darkness free. 
 
 2 Is there a time of racking grief, 
 AVhich scorns the prospect of relief? 
 My Father ! break the cheerless gloom. 
 And bid my heart its calm resume. 
 
 3 Is there an hour of peace and joy. 
 When hope is all my soul's employ? 
 My Father ! still my hopes will roam. 
 Until they rest with thee, their home. 
 
 4 The noontide blaze, the midnight scene. 
 The dawn, or twilight's sweet serene. 
 The glow of health, the dying hour. 
 Shall own my Father's grace and power. 
 
 122. ''Oome to the Arh'' C. M. 
 
 1 Come to the ark, come to the ark. 
 To Jesus come away. 
 The pestilence walks forth by night. 
 The arrow flies by day. 
 
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 2 Come to the ark : the waters rise, . 
 
 The seas their billows rear, 
 AYhile darkness gathers o'er the skies. 
 Behold a refui^e near! 
 
 3 Come to the ark, all, all that weep 
 
 Beneath the sense of sin ; 
 "Without, deep calleth unto deep. 
 But all is peace within. 
 
 4 Come to the ark, ere yet the flood 
 
 Your lingering steps oppose ; 
 Come, for the door which open stood 
 Is now about to close. 
 
 123. ^^ I will love thee^ Lorcl^ my strengthP 10s & ( 
 
 1 I LOVE my God, but with no love of mine. 
 
 For I have none to give ; 
 I love thee. Lord, but all the love is thine. 
 
 For by thy life I live : 
 I am as nothing, and rejoice to be 
 Emptied, and lost, and swallowed up in thee. 
 
 2 Thou, Lord, alone art all thy children need. 
 
 And there is none beside ; 
 From thee the streams of blessedness proceed, 
 
 In thee the blest abide, — 
 Fountain of life and all-abounding grace. 
 Our Source, our Centre, and our Dwelling-place. 
 
 124. '^Faint^ yet jyur suing.'''' lis. 
 
 1 Though faint, yet pursuing, we go on our way, 
 The Lord is our Leader, his word is our stay ; 
 Though suffering, and sorrow, and ti-ial be near, 
 The Lord is our refnf»x\ and whom ciii wo feai" ^ 
 
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 2 He raisetli tlie fallen, he clieeretli the faint ; 
 
 The weak and oppressed — he will hear their complaint ; 
 The way may be weary, and thorny the road, 
 But how can we falter ? our help is in God ! 
 
 3 And to his green pastures our footsteps he leads ; 
 His flock in the desert how kindly he feeds! 
 The lambs in his bosom he tenderly bears, 
 
 And brings back the Avanderers al] safe from the snares. 
 
 4 Though clouds may surround us, our God is our light ; 
 Though storms rage around us, our God is our might ; 
 So faint, yet pursuing, still onward we come. 
 
 The Lord is our Leader, and heaven is our home ! 
 
 125. "6^A, liappy day^ that fixed my choice.'^'' L. M. 
 
 1 Oh, happy day, that fixed my choice 
 
 On thee, my Saviour, and my God! 
 Well may this glowing heart rejoice. 
 And tell its raptures all abroad. 
 
 2 Oh, happy bond, that seals my vows 
 
 To him who merits all my love ! 
 Let cheerful anthems fill liis 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 followed on. 
 
 Charmed to confess the voice divine. 
 
 4 JS^ow, rest, my long-divided heart ! 
 
 Fixed on this blissful centre, rest ; 
 With ashes who would grudge to part, 
 When called on ans-els' bread to feast. 
 
 5 High Heaven, that heard the solemn vow 
 That vow renewed shall daily hear. 
 
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 Till in life's latest hour I bow, 
 
 And bless in death a bond so dear. 
 
 126. Mary. P. M. 
 
 1 Her eyes are homes of silent prayer, 
 
 ]S^or otlier thought her mind admits. 
 
 But — he was dead, and there he sits. 
 
 And He that brought him back, is there. 
 
 2 Then one deep love doth supersede 
 
 All other, when her ardent gaze 
 Roves from the living brother's face. 
 And rests upon the Life indeed. 
 
 3 All subtle thought, all curious fears. 
 
 Borne down by gladness so complete. 
 She bows, she bathes the Saviour's feet 
 With, costly spikenard and with tears. 
 
 4 Thrice blest whose lives are faithful prayers. 
 
 Whose loves in higher love endure ; 
 What souls possess themselves so pure, 
 Or is there blessedness like theirs % 
 
 127. Joij over the Returning Prodigal. S. M. 
 
 1 Hakk ! through the courts of heaven 
 
 Angelic voices sound. 
 He that was dead now lives again. 
 He that was lost is found. 
 
 2 God of unfailing grace. 
 
 Send down tln^ Spirit now ; 
 Oh, raise the lowly soul to hope, 
 And make the lofty bow. 
 
 3 In countries far from home. 
 
 On earthly husks who feed. 
 
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 Back to their Fathers house, O Lord, 
 Their wandering footsteps lead. 
 
 4 Then at eacli soul's return. 
 
 The heavenly harp shall sound ; 
 He that was dead now lives again, 
 He that was lost is found ! 
 
 128. ^^Rtmew a right spirit within mey 7s & 6s. 
 
 1 Gke.\t Author of my being, 
 
 I am consumed with care ; 
 The ills of thy decreeing, 
 
 Enable me to bear : 
 The spirit of contrition. 
 
 Oh, may I now receive ; 
 For all my soul's ambition 
 
 Is worthily to grieve ! 
 
 2 The grief beyond expressing, 
 
 To me, O Lord, impart ; 
 I ask this onlv blessing — 
 
 An humble, broken heart : 
 The justice of thy sentence 
 
 With meekest awe to own ; 
 And spend, in deep repentance, 
 
 My last, expiring groan. 
 
 3 In that decisive hour, 
 
 When pain, with life, shall end. 
 Then, O thou God of power. 
 
 Thou God of love, attend ! 
 And bear, oh, bear my burden. 
 
 And helj) my last distress ; 
 And give me back my pardon. 
 
 And bid me die in peace ! 
 
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 129. ''Fear not, little flock:' 7s & 6s. 
 
 1 In heavenly love abiding, 
 
 No change my heart shall fear, 
 And safe is such confiding. 
 
 For nothing changes here : 
 The storm may roar without mc, 
 
 My heart may low be laid, 
 But God is round about n:c, 
 
 And can I be dismayed ? 
 
 2 Wherever he may guide me, , 
 
 1^0 want shall turn me back; 
 My Shepherd is beside me. 
 And nothing can I lack : 
 His wisdom ever waketli. 
 His sight is never dim : 
 He knows the way he taketh, 
 And I will walk with him. 
 
 3 Green pastures are before me, 
 Which yet I have not seen ; 
 Bright skies will soon be o'er me, 
 
 Where darkest clouds h:ive been : 
 My hope I cannot measure, 
 ^ M}^ path to life is free, 
 My Saviour has my treasure. 
 And he will walk with me. 
 
 130. "Itiswelir 8s&4s. 
 
 1 TimoiJGn the love of God our Saviour, 
 All will be well : 
 Fi-ee and changeless is his favor ; 
 All. all is well : 
 
84 THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. 
 
 Precious is the blood that liealed us ; 
 Perfect is the grace that sealed us ; 
 Strong the hand stretclied out to shield us ; 
 All must be well. 
 
 2 Though we pass through tribulation, 
 
 All will be well ; 
 Ours is such a full salvation ; 
 
 All, all is well : 
 Happy, still in God confiding. 
 Fruitful, if in Christ abiding, 
 Holy, through the Spirit's guiding. 
 
 All must be welL 
 
 3 "We expect a bright to-morrow ; 
 
 All will be well : 
 Faitli can sing through days of sorrow, 
 
 All, all is well : 
 On our Father's love relying, 
 Jesus every need supplying. 
 Or in living, or in dying. 
 
 All must be well. 
 
 131. " Conie^ thou Fount of every hlessingP 8s & 7s. 
 
 1 Come, thou Fount of every blessing. 
 
 Tune my heart to sing thy grace ; 
 Streams of mercy, never ceasing, ' 
 Call for songs of loudest praise. 
 
 2 Teach me some melodious measure. 
 
 Sung by flaming tongues above ; 
 Oh, the vast, the boundless treasure 
 Of thy free, unchanging love ! 
 
 3 Jesus sought me when a stranger, 
 
 Wandering from the fold of God ; 
 He, to rescue me from danger. 
 Interposed his precious blood. 
 
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 4 Oh, to grace how great a debtor 
 
 Daily I'm constrained to be ! 
 Let thy goodness, like a fetter, 
 Bind my wandering heart to thee. 
 
 5 Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it ; 
 
 Prone to leave the God I love : 
 Here's my heart ; oh, take and seal it — 
 Seal it for thy courts above ! 
 
 132. The Inner Cahn. C. M. 
 
 1 Calm me, my God, and keep me ealm : 
 
 Let thine outstretched wing 
 Be like the shade of Elim's palm 
 Beside her desert spring. 
 
 2 Yes, keep me calm, though loud and rude 
 
 The sounds my ear that greet, — 
 Calm in the closet's solitude, 
 Calm in the bustling street, — 
 
 3 Calm in the hour of buoyant health, 
 
 Calm in the hour of pain, 
 Calm in my poverty or wealth, 
 Calm in my loss or gain, — 
 
 4 Calm in the suiFerance of w^rong. 
 
 Like Him who bore my shame. 
 Calm mid the threatening, taunting throng, 
 Who hate thy holy name. 
 
 5 Calm me, my God, and keep me calm, 
 
 Soft resting on thy breast ; 
 Soothe me w4th holy hymn and psalm, 
 And bid my spirit rest. 
 15* 
 
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 133. '' I press toward the mark!'^ 10s, lis & 12s. 
 
 1 Breast the wave, Christian, when it is strongest ; 
 Watch for day, Christian, when night is longest ; 
 Onward and onward still be thine endeavor ; 
 The rest that remaineth, endureth for ever. 
 
 ''1 Fight the light. Christian, Jesos is o'er thee ; 
 Run the race, Christian, heaven is before thee ; 
 He who hath promised faltereth never ; 
 Oh, trust in the love that endureth for ever. 
 
 3 Lift the eye. Christian, just as it closeth ; 
 Raise the heart. Christian, ere it reposeth : 
 ]^othing thy soul from the Saviour shall sever ; 
 Soon shalt thou mount upward to praise him for ever. 
 
 134. " Oh^for a lowly ^ contrite heart P^ C. M. 
 
 1 Oh for a heart to praise my God ! 
 
 A heart from sin set free ; 
 A heart that's sprinkled with the blood 
 So freely shed for me ; — 
 
 2 A heart resigned, submissive, meek, 
 
 My dear Redeemer's throne ; 
 Where only Christ is heard to speak, 
 Where Jesus reigns alone ! 
 
 3 Oh, for a lowly, contrite heart, 
 
 Believing, true, and clean ; 
 Which neither life nor death can part 
 From him that dwells within ! 
 
 4 Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart ; 
 
 Come quickly from above ; 
 Write thy new name upon my heart — 
 Thy new, best name of Love. 
 
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 135. Stahat mater. P. M. 
 
 1 Jews were wrought to cruel madness, 
 Christians fled in fear and sadness, 
 
 Mary stood the cross beside. 
 
 2 At its foot her foot she planted, 
 By the dreadful scene undaunted, 
 
 Till the gentle sufferer died. 
 
 3 Poets oft have sung her story ; 
 Painters decked her brow with glory ; 
 
 Priests her name have deified ; 
 
 4 But no worshijD, song, or glory. 
 Touches like that simple story ,- 
 
 " Mary stood the cross beside." 
 
 5 And when under fierce 023pression 
 Goodness sufi'ers like transgression, 
 
 Christ again is crucified. 
 
 6 But if love be there, true-hearted. 
 By no grief or terror parted, 
 
 Mary stands the cross beside. 
 
 136. Thanks for all Saints. S. M. 
 
 1 Foe all thy^saints, O God, 
 
 Who strove in Christ to live. 
 Who followed him, obeyed, adored. 
 Our grateful hymn receive. 
 
 2 For all thy saints, O God, 
 
 Accept our thankful crj^, 
 Who counted Christ tlieii- great reward. 
 And yearned for him tu die. 
 
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 3 They all, in life and death, 
 
 With him, their Lord, in view, 
 Learned from thy Holy Spirit's breath 
 To suffer and to do. 
 
 4 For this, thy [N'ame we bless, 
 
 And humbly pray that we 
 May follow them in holiness, 
 And live and die in thee. 
 
 137. ''^ Is it such a fast that I have chosen T^ CM. 
 
 1 Do I delight in sorrow's dress 
 
 (Saith he who reigns above) ; 
 The hanging head and rueful look. 
 Will they attract my love ? 
 
 2 Let such as feel oppression's load 
 
 Thy tender pity share; 
 And let the helpless, homeless poor 
 Be thy peculiar care. 
 
 3 Go, bid the hungry orphan be 
 
 With thy abundance blest ; 
 Invite the wanderer to thy gate. 
 And spread the couch of rest. 
 
 4 Let him wdio pines with piercing cold 
 
 By thee be warmed and clad ; 
 Be thine the blissful task to make 
 The downcast mourner glad. 
 
 5 Then, bright as morning shall come forth, 
 
 Li peace and joy, thy days ; 
 
 And glory from the Lord above 
 
 Shall shine on all thy ways. 
 
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 J3g^ "J.ZZ the trees of the field shall clap n Xr p 
 
 their hands' 
 
 1 When shall the voice of singing 
 
 Flow joyfully along ? 
 When hill and valley, ringing 
 
 AYitli one triumphant song, 
 Proclaim the contest ended, 
 
 And him who once was slain, 
 Again to earth descended, 
 
 In righteousness to reign ? 
 
 2 Then from the craggy mountains 
 
 The sacred shout shall fly ; 
 And shady vales and fountains 
 
 Shall echo the reply : 
 High tower and lowly dwelling 
 
 Shall send the hymn around. 
 All hallelujah swelling 
 
 In one eternal sound ! 
 
 139. The Mother's Hymn. L. M. 
 
 1 LoKD, who ordainest for mankind. 
 
 Benignant toils and tender cares, 
 We thank thee for the ties that bind 
 The mother to the child she bears. 
 
 2 We thank thee for the hopes that rise 
 
 Within her heart, as, day by day. 
 The dawning soul from those young eyes 
 Looks with a clearer, steadier ray. 
 
 3 And, grateful for the blessing given. 
 
 With that dear infant on her knee. 
 She trains the eye to look to heaven. 
 The voice to lisp a prayer to thee. 
 
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 4 Sucli thanks the blessed Mary gave, 
 
 When from her lap the Holy Child, 
 Sent from above to seek and save 
 The lost of earth, looked up and smiled. 
 
 5 All-gracious ! grant to those who bear 
 
 A mother's charge, the strength and liglit 
 To guide the feet that own their care 
 In ways of Love and Truth and Right. 
 
 140. Children and Congregation. 6s & 8s. 
 
 CHILDREN. 
 
 1 Come let our voices join 
 
 In one glad song of praise ; 
 To God, the God of love. 
 
 Our grateful hearts we raise : 
 
 CONGREGATION. 
 
 To God alone your praise belongs ; 
 Ilis love demands your earliest songs. 
 
 CHILDREN. 
 
 2 Now we are taught to read 
 
 The book of life divine ; 
 Where our Redeemer's love, 
 And brightest glories shine : 
 
 CONGREGATION. 
 
 To God alone the praise is due, 
 Who sends his word to us and you. 
 
 CHILDREN. 
 
 3 Within these hallowed walls, 
 
 Our wandering feet are brought ; 
 Wliere prayer and praise ascend, 
 And heav enly trutlLS are taught : 
 
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 CONGREGATION. 
 
 To God alone your offerings bring ; 
 Here in his cliurcli his praises sing. 
 
 CHILDREN, 
 
 For blessings such as these, 
 
 Our gratitude receive ; 
 Lord, here accept our hearts, 
 
 'Tis all that we can give: 
 
 CONGREGATION. 
 
 Great God, accept their infant songs ; 
 To thee alone their praise belongs. 
 
 BOTH. 
 
 Lord, bid this work of love 
 
 Be crowned with meet success ; 
 May thousands yet unborn 
 
 This institution bless : 
 Thus shall the praise resound to thee, 
 Now, and through all eternity. 
 
 141. The true use of Ifusic. 8s & 7s. 
 
 1 Who hath a right like us to sing — 
 
 Us whom his mercy raises ? 
 Merry our hearts, for Christ is king ; 
 
 Cheerful are all our faces. 
 Who of his love doth once partake, 
 
 He evermore rejoices; 
 Melody in all our hearts we make, 
 
 Melody with our voices. 
 
 2 He that a sprinkled conscience hath — 
 
 He that in God is merry. 
 Let him sing psalms, tlie Spirit saith, 
 Joyful, and never w^eary ; 
 
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 Offer the sacrifice of praise, 
 Hearty and never ceasiiis: ; 
 
 Spiritual songs and anthems raise, 
 Honor, and thanks, and blessing. 
 
 3 Then let ns in his praises join. 
 
 Triumph in his salvation ; 
 Glory ascribe to love divine, 
 
 Worship and adoration. 
 Heaven already is begun — 
 
 Opened in each believer ; 
 Only believe, and still sing on, 
 
 Heaven is ours for ever. 
 
 IMMORTALITY. 
 
 142. " Abide with us^for it is toward evening T 8s & Ts. 
 
 1 Takry with me, O my Saviour ! 
 
 For the day is passing by ; 
 See ! the shades of evening gather, 
 And the night is drawing nigh. 
 
 2 Deeper, deeper grow the sliadows. 
 
 Paler now the glowing west. 
 Swift the night of death advances ; 
 Shall it be the night of rest ? 
 
 3 Feeble, trembling, fainting, dying. 
 
 Lord, I cast myself on thee ; 
 Tarry Avith me through tlie darkness ; 
 While I sleep, still watch by me. 
 
 4 Tarry with me, O my Saviour ! 
 
 Lay my head uj^on tliy breast 
 Till the morning ; then awake me — 
 Morning: of eternal rest ! 
 
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 143. " W'eep not : she is not dead, hut sleepet/i.^' Ss & 7s. 
 
 1 Sister, thou wast mild and lovely, 
 
 Gentle as the summer breeze; 
 Pleasant as the air of evening, 
 When it floats among the trees. 
 
 2 Peaceful l)e thy silent slumber — 
 
 Peaceful in the grave so low : 
 Thou no more wilt join our number; 
 Thou no more our sono:s shalt know 
 
 3 Dearest sister, thou hast left us ; 
 
 Here thy loss we deeply feel ; 
 But 'tis God that hath bereft us. 
 He can all our sorroAvs heal. 
 
 4 Yet again we hope to meet thee, 
 
 When the day of life is fled ; 
 Then in heaven with joy to greet thee, 
 Where no farewell tear is shed ! 
 
 144. Requiem of Heroes. 
 
 1 How sleep the brave, who sink to rest. 
 By all their country's wishes blessed ! 
 When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, 
 Returns to deck their hallowed mould, 
 She there shall dress a sweeter sod 
 Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. 
 
 May they rest in jDeace, 
 In peace for ever rest ! 
 
 2 By fairy hands tlieir knell is rung; 
 By forms unseen tlieir dirge is sung; 
 There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, 
 To bless the turf that wra])s tlieir clay ; 
 
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 And Freedom sliall awhile repair, 
 To dwell a weeping hermit there ! 
 May they rest in peace, 
 In peace for ever rest ! 
 
 145. " There is a calm for those wJio weep^ 8s & 4s. 
 
 1 There is a calm for those who weep, 
 
 A rest for wearj pilgrims found ; 
 They softly lie, and sweetly sleep. 
 Low in the ground. 
 
 2 The storm that racks the wintry sky 
 
 ^o more disturbs their deep repose 
 Than summer evening's latest sigh. 
 That shuts the rose. 
 
 3 I long to lay this painful head 
 
 And aching heart beneath the soil ; 
 To slumber, in that dreamless bed. 
 From all my toil. 
 
 4 The soul, of origin divine, 
 
 God's glorious image, freed from clay. 
 In heaven's eternal sphere shall shine, 
 A star of day. 
 
 5 The sun is but a spark of lire, 
 
 A transient meteor in the sky ; 
 The soul, immortal as its Sire, 
 Shall never die. 
 
 146* " Thou art to pass over Jordan this dayP 8s ife 7s. 
 
 1 My days are gliding swiftly by. 
 And I, a pilgrim stranger. 
 Would not detain them as they fly, — 
 Those hours of toil and danger : 
 
IMMOllTALITY. 95 
 
 For now we stand on Jordan's strand, 
 
 Onr friends are passing over, 
 And, just before, the sinning shore 
 
 We may ahnost discover. 
 
 2 Our absent King the watchword gave, — 
 
 " Let every lamp be burning ;" 
 We look afar across the wave. 
 Our distant home discerning : 
 
 For now we stand, &c. 
 
 3 Should coming days be dark and cold. 
 
 We will not yield to sorrow ; 
 For hope will sing with courage bold, 
 " There's glory on the morrow :" 
 For now we stand, &c. 
 
 4 Let storms of woe in whirlwinds rise. 
 
 Each cord on earth to sever, — 
 There, bright and joyous in the skies — 
 There is our home for ever : 
 
 For now we stand, &g. 
 
 147. "Dust to dust:' C. M. 
 
 1 Calm on the bosom of thy God, 
 
 Young spirit, rest thee now ! 
 Even while with us thy footsteps trod, 
 His seal was on thy brow. 
 
 2 Dust, to its narrow house beneath ! 
 
 Soul, to its place on high ! 
 They that have seen thy look in death, 
 'No more may fear to die. 
 
 3 Lone are the paths, and sad the bowers, 
 
 Whence thy meek smile is gone ; 
 But, oh ! a brighter home than ours, 
 In heaven, is now thine own. 
 
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 148. Nunc diraittis. 7s, 
 
 1 'Tis enougli — the lioiir is coine ; 
 Now witliin tlie silent tomb 
 Let this mortal frame decay, 
 Mingled with its kindred clay. 
 
 2 Since thy mercies, oft of old 
 By thy chosen seers foretold. 
 Faithful now and steadfast prove, 
 God of truth, and God of lov^e. 
 
 3 Since at length, my aged eye 
 Sees the day-spring from on high ; 
 Sun of righteousness, to thee, 
 
 Lo ! the nations bow the knee. 
 
 4 And the realms of distant kings 
 Own the healing of thy wings. 
 Those wliom death had overspread 
 With his dark and dreary shade, 
 
 5 Lift their eyes, and from afar 
 Hail the light of Jacob's star. 
 Waiting till the promised ray 
 Turn their darkness into day. 
 
 6 See the beam intensely shed. 
 Shine o'er Zion's favored head ; 
 Never may they hence remove, 
 God of truth, and God of love. 
 
 149. " We will not deplore thee:' 12s. 
 
 1 Thou art gone to the grave ! but we will not deplore thee, 
 Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb ; 
 The Saviour hath passed through its portals before thee, 
 And the lamp of his love is thy guide through the 
 gloom. 
 
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 2 Thou art gone to tlie grave ! we no longer beliold thee, 
 'Nor tread the rough paths of the world by tliy side ; 
 But the wide arms of mercy are spread to enfold thee, 
 And sinners may hope, for the Sinless hatli died. 
 
 .3 Tliou art gone to the grave ! and, its mansion forsaking, 
 Perchance thy weak spirit in doubt lingered long : 
 But the sunshine of glory beamed bright on thy waking, 
 And full on thine ear burst the seraphim's song. 
 
 4 Tliou art gone to the grave! but we will not deplore 
 thee. 
 Since God was thy Ransom, thy Guardian, and Guide: 
 He gave thee, he took thee, and he will restore thee ; 
 And death has no sting, for the Saviour hath died. 
 
 150. EterniiAj. L. M. 
 
 1 Eteknitt — eternity ! 
 
 O bright, O blest eternity ! 
 Which Jesus hath obtained for those 
 Who seek in liim their sure repose ; 
 A little while they suffer here, 
 But lo ! eternity is near : 
 Eternity — eternity ! 
 
 2 Eternity — eternity ! 
 
 Soon shall these eyes thy wonders see ; 
 Oh, may I now the world despise. 
 And upward raise my thankful eyes. 
 And seek the joys tliat shall abide. 
 From sin and sorrow purified : 
 O bright, O blest eternity ! 
 
 3 Eternity — eternity ! 
 Prepare me for eternity ; 
 
 Now grant me. Lord, thy humble mind, 
 To all my Father's will resigned ; 
 
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 Now give me faith that rests on thee ; 
 Lord ! in thy love, remember me. 
 In time and in eternity. 
 
 151. ^^Are they not all ministering spirits V P. M. 
 
 1 How cheering the thought, that the spirits in bliss 
 Will bow their bright wings to a world snch as this ; 
 Will leave the sweet joys of the mansions above, 
 
 To breathe o'er onr bosoms some message of love. 
 
 2 They come, on the wings of the morning they come, 
 Impatient to lead some poor wanderer home, 
 Some pilgrim to snatch from this stormy abode, 
 And lay him to rest in the arnis of his God. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 152. The Seasons. 7s & 6s. 
 
 1 When Spring unlocks the flowers. 
 
 To paint the laughing soil ; 
 When Summer's balmy showers 
 
 Refresh the mower's toil ; 
 When winter binds in frosty chains 
 
 The fallow and the flood. 
 In God the earth rejoiceth still. 
 
 And owns his Maker good. 
 
 2 The birds that w^ake the morning, 
 
 And those that love the shade ; 
 The winds that sweep the mountain, 
 
 Or lull the drowsy glade ; 
 The sun that from his amber bower, 
 
 Rejoiceth in his way, 
 
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 The moon and stars tlieir Maker's name 
 In silent pomp display. 
 
 Shall man, the lord of nature, 
 
 Expectant of the sky, 
 Shall man alone unthankful. 
 
 His little praise deny? 
 'No, let the year forsake his course. 
 
 The seasons cease to be, 
 Thee, Father, must we always love. 
 
 Creator, honor thee. 
 
 The flowers of spring may wither. 
 
 The hope of summer fade. 
 The autumn droop in winter, 
 
 The birds forsake the shade, 
 
 The winds be lulled, the sun and moon 
 
 Forget tlieir old decree. 
 But we, in nature's latest hour, 
 
 O Lord, will cling to thee. 
 
 153. Miriamh Song. 
 
 1 Sound the loud timbrel, o'er Egypt's dark sea — 
 Jehovah has triumphed, his people are free. 
 Sing, for the pride of the tyrant is broken. 
 
 His chariot, his horsemen, all splendid and brave. 
 How vain was their boasting, the Lord hath but spoken, 
 
 And chariots and horsemen are sunk in the wave ! 
 Sound the loud timbrel, o'er Egypt's dark sea, 
 Jehovah has triumphed, his people are free. 
 
 2 Praise for the victory, praise to the Lord, 
 
 His word was our arrow, his breath was our sword ! 
 Who shall return to tell Egypt the story. 
 
 Of those she sent forth in the hour of her pride? 
 The Lord hath looked out from his pillar of glory, 
 
 And all her brave thousands are dashed in the tide. 
 Sound the loud timbrel, o'er Egypt's dark sea, 
 Jehovah has triumphed, his people are free. 
 
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 154 ^^Save thy jpeople^ and hless thine 
 
 inheritance:' ^^ ^ ^^' 
 
 1 From foes that would the land devour ; 
 From guilty pride, aud lust of power ; 
 From wild sedition's lawless hour ; 
 
 From yoke of slavery ; 
 From blinded zeal, by faction led ; 
 From giddy change, by fanc}^ bred ; 
 From poisoned error's serpent head, 
 
 Good Lord, preserve us free ! 
 
 2 Defend, O God, with guardian hand. 
 The laws and rulers of our land. 
 
 And grant thy churches grace to stand 
 
 In faith and unity ! 
 Thy Spirit's help of thee we crave, , 
 That thy Messiah, sent to save, 
 Returning to the world, might have 
 
 A people serving thee ! 
 
 155» "''So didst thou lead thy jpeo^leP L. M. 
 
 1 O God, beneath thy guiding hand, 
 
 Our exiled fathers crossed the sea ; 
 And when they trod the wintery strand. 
 
 With prayer and psalm they worshij)ped thee. 
 
 2 Thou heard'st, well pleased, the song, the prayer : 
 
 Thy blessing came ; and still its power 
 Shall onward through all ages bear 
 The memory of that holy hour. 
 
 3 Laws, freedom, truth, and faith in God 
 
 Came with those exiles o'er the waves ; 
 And where their pilgrim feet have trod. 
 The God they trusted guards their graves. 
 
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 4 And liere tliy name, O God of love, 
 Their children's children shall adore, 
 Till these eternal hills remove, 
 
 And spring adorns the earth no more. 
 
 156. "-God save the State P' 6s & 4s. 
 
 1 God bless onr native land ! 
 Firm may she ever stand, 
 
 Throngh storm and night ; 
 When the wild tempests rave. 
 Ruler of winds and wave, 
 Do thou our country save 
 Bj thy great might. 
 
 :3 For her our prayer shall rise 
 To God, above the skies ; 
 
 On him we wait : 
 Thou who art ever niHi, 
 Guarding with watchful eye, 
 To thee aloud wo cry, 
 
 God save the State ! 
 
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 157. God and our Country. 
 
 1 Flag of the heroes who left us their gl< 
 
 Borne through their battle-fields' thunder and flame. 
 Blazoned in song and illumined in story, 
 Wave o'er us all who inherit their fame ! 
 Up with our banner bright. 
 Sprinkled Avith starry light ; 
 Spread its fair emblems from mountain to shore; 
 While, through the sounding sky, 
 Loud rings the Nation's cry — 
 Union and Liberty ! one evermore ! 
 10 
 
102 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 2 Lord of the Universe ! sliield us and guide us. 
 Trusting tliee always, througli sliadow and sun. 
 Thou hast united us; who shall divide us? 
 Keep us, oh ! keep us, the many in one. 
 Up with our banner bright, &c. 
 
 158. ^^y Coimtry^ His of thee. 6s & 4s, 
 
 1 My country, 'tis of thee, 
 Sweet land of liberty. 
 
 Of thee I sing ; 
 Land where my fathers died. 
 Land of the Pilgrims' pride. 
 From every mountain's side 
 
 Let freedom ring. 
 
 2 My native country ! thee. 
 Land of the noble free, 
 
 Thy name I love ; 
 I love thy rocks and rills ; 
 Thy woods and templed hills. 
 My heart with rapture thrills. 
 
 Like that above. 
 
 3 Let music swell the breeze, 
 And ring from all the trees. 
 
 Sweet freedom's song ; 
 Let mortal tongues awake. 
 Let all that breathe partake ; 
 Let rocks their silence break. 
 
 The sound prolong. 
 
 4 Our fathers' God ! to thee 
 Author of liberty ! 
 
 To thee we sing ; 
 Long may our land be bright 
 With freedom's holy light ; 
 Protect us by thy might, 
 
 Great God our King ! 
 
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 159. The Progress of Freedom. P. M 
 
 1 Oppression shall not always reign ; 
 
 There conies a brighter day, 
 "When freedom, bnrst from every chain, 
 
 Shall have triumphant way. 
 Then right shall over miglit prevail, 
 And truth, like hero armed in mail, 
 The hosts of tyrant wrong assail, 
 
 And hold eternal sway. 
 
 2 What voice shall hid the progress stay 
 
 Of truth's victorious car ? 
 What arm arrest the growing day. 
 
 Or quench the solar star ? 
 What reckless soul, though stout and strong. 
 Shall dare bring back the ancient wrong, 
 Oppression's guilty night prolong. 
 
 And freedom's morning bar ? 
 
 3 The hour of triumph comes apace. 
 
 The fated, promised hour. 
 When earth upon a ransomed race 
 
 Her bounteous gifts shall shower. 
 Ring, Liberty, thy glorious bell ! 
 Bid high thy sacred banner swell! 
 Let trump on trump the triumph tell 
 
 Of Heaven's redeeming power. 
 
 Doxology. L. M. 
 
 IikTMORTAL praise to God be given, 
 By all in earth and all in heaven ; 
 The First, the Last, who reigns alone, 
 And fills an undivided throne. 
 
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 Doxology. C. M. 
 
 1 Thou art the First, and tliou the Last, 
 
 Time centres all in thee, 
 The Almighty God who was and is. 
 And evermore shall be. 
 
 2 To thee let every tongne be praise, 
 
 And every heart be love, 
 All grateful honors paid on earth, 
 And nobler song's above. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 The Venite, &c., winch follow, with the corresponding versified 
 Hymns, are appended for the convenience of any Churches who are 
 accustomed, or may please, to nse Chanting at Morning Service. 
 
 Each Chant is designed to he closed tcith this Doxology ; 
 
 NOW unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 
 the only wise God ; 
 Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for 
 ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 Or the Gloria Patri^ tht(s : 
 
 GLORY be to the Father, Almighty God, through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord ; 
 As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall 
 be, world w^ithout end. Amen. 
 
 I. 
 
 Yenite, exultemus Domino. 
 
 OCOME, let us sing unto the Lord ; let us heart- 
 ily rejoice in the sti'ength of our salvation. 
 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiv- 
 ing ; and show ourselves glad in him with psalms. 
 
 For the Lord is a great God ; and a great King 
 above all gods. 
 
106 MORNING CHANTS. 
 
 In his hand are all the corners of the earth ; and 
 the strenofth of the hills is his also. 
 
 The sea is his, and he made it; and his hands 
 prepared the dry land. 
 
 O come, let us worship and fall down, and kneel 
 before the Lord our Maker. 
 
 For he is the Lord our God ; and we ai'e the 
 people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. 
 
 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; 
 let the whole eai'th stand in awe of him. 
 
 For he cometh, for he conieth to judge the earth ; 
 and with righteousness to jndge the world, and the 
 people with his truth. 
 
 Or this Hymn : 
 PUBLIC WORSHIP. L. M. 
 
 OCOME, loud anthems let us smg, 
 Loud thanks to our Almighty King ; 
 For we our voices high should I'aise, 
 When our salvation's rock we j>raise. 
 
 Lito his presence let us haste. 
 To thank him for his fiivors past ; 
 To him address, in joyful songs. 
 The praise that to his Name belongs. 
 
 The depths of earth are in his hand. 
 Her secret wealth at his command ; 
 The strength of hills, that threat the skies, 
 Subjected to his empire lies. 
 
 The rolling ocean's vast abyss 
 
 By the same sovereign right is his ; 
 
MORNING 0LIANT8. 107 
 
 'Tis moved by his almighty hand, 
 That formed and fixed the solid land. 
 
 O let us to his courts repair, 
 And bow with adoi-ation there ; 
 Down on our knees devoutly all 
 Before the Lord our Maker fcill. 
 
 II. 
 Jiobilate Deo. 
 
 OBE joyful in the Lord, all ye lands : serve the 
 Lord with gladness, and come before his pres- 
 ence with a song. 
 
 Be ye sure that the Lord he is God ; it is he that 
 hath made us, and not we ourselves ; we are his 
 2:)eople, and the sheep of his pasture. 
 
 O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, 
 and into his courts with praise ; be thankful unto 
 him, and speak good of his Name. 
 
 For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlast- 
 ing; and his truth endureth from generation to gen- 
 eration. 
 
 Or this Hymn : 
 
 SACRED JOY. lis & 8s. 
 
 BE joyful in God, all ye lands of the earth, 
 O serve him with gladness and fear ; 
 Exult in his presence with music and mirth. 
 With love and devotion draw near. 
 
 Jehovah is God, and Jehovah alone, 
 
 Creator and liuler o'er all ; 
 And we are his people — his sceptre we own ; 
 
 His slieep, and we follow his call. 
 
108 MORNING CHANTS. 
 
 Oh ! enter his gates with thanksgiving and song, 
 Your vows in his temple proclaim; 
 
 His praise in melodious accordance prolong, 
 And bless his adorable Name. 
 
 For good is the Lord, inexpressibly good, 
 And we are the work of his hand ; 
 
 His mercy and ti'uth from eternity stood, 
 And shall to eternity -stand. 
 
 III. 
 
 Miserere mei, Deus. 
 
 BE merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto 
 me, for my soul trusteth in thee. 
 
 Be thou exalted, O Grod, above the heavens, and 
 let thy glory be above all the earth. 
 
 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed ; I 
 will "sing, and give praise. 
 
 Awake up, my glory; awake, lute and harp; I 
 myself will awake right early. 
 
 1 will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the 
 people, and I will sing unto thee among the nations. 
 
 For the greatness of thy mercy reacheth unto the 
 heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. 
 
 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and 
 let thy gloiy be above all the earth. 
 
 Or this Hymn : 
 PRAISE FOR PROTECTION. L. M. 
 
 Y God, in whom are all the springs 
 Of boundless love and gi'ace unknown ; 
 Hide me beneath thy spreading wings. 
 Till the dark cloud is overblown. 
 
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MORNING CHANTS. 109 
 
 Up to tlie heavens I send my ciy; 
 
 The Lord will my desires perform ; 
 
 He sends his angels from the sky, 
 
 And saves me from the threatening: storm. 
 
 My heart is fixed ; my song shall raise 
 Immortal honors to thy Name ; 
 Awake, my tongue, to sound his j)raise, 
 My tongue, the glory of my frame. 
 
 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. 
 
 Be thou exalted, O my God, 
 Above the heavens, where angels dwell ; 
 Thy power on earth be known abroad. 
 And land to land thy wonders tell. 
 
 lY. 
 
 Benedictus. 
 
 LESSED be the Lord God of Israel ; for he 
 hath visited and redeemed his people ; 
 
 And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us, in 
 the house of his servant David ; 
 
 As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets, 
 which have been since the world began ; 
 
 That we should be saved from our enemies, and 
 from the hand of all that hate us. 
 
 To perfoi'm the mercy promised to our fore- 
 fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; 
 
 To perform the oath which he sware to our fore- 
 father Abraham, that he would give us ; 
 
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110 MORNING CHANTS. 
 
 That we l)eiiig delivered out of the baud of our 
 enemies, might serve him without fear ; 
 
 In holiness and righteousness before him all the 
 days of our life. 
 
 Or this Hymn: 
 MERCY OF GOD. S. M. 
 
 RAISE your triumphal songs 
 To an immortal tune ; 
 Let all the earth resound the deeds 
 Celestial grace has done : 
 
 Sing how eternal love 
 
 Its chief Beloved chose, 
 And bade him raise our wretched race 
 
 From their abyss of woes. 
 
 Now, sinners, dry your tears ; 
 
 Let hopeless sorrow cease ; 
 Bow to the sceptre of His love, 
 
 And take the offered peace. 
 
 Lord, we obey thy call ; 
 
 We lay an humble claim 
 To the salvation Thou hast brought, 
 
 And love and praise thy Name. 
 
 Y. 
 
 LcetaUis sum. 
 
 I WAS glad when they said unto me, We will go 
 into the house of the Lord. 
 Our feet shall stand in thy gates, O Jerusalem. 
 O pray for the peace of Jerusalem ; they shall 
 prosper that love thee. 
 
MORNING CHANTS. Ill 
 
 Peace be within thy walls, and plenteousness 
 within thy palaces. 
 
 For my brethren and companions' sake, I will 
 wish thee prosperity. 
 
 Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God, 
 I will seek to do thee good. 
 
 Or this Hymn : 
 THE CITY OF GOD. 8s & 7s. 
 
 BLESSED city, heavenly Salem, 
 Vision dear, whence peace doth spring; 
 Brighter than the heart can fancy, 
 
 Mansion of the highest King ; 
 O how glorious are the praises 
 Which of thee the prophets sing ! 
 
 To this temple, where we call thee, 
 Come, O Lord of Hosts, to-day ! 
 
 With thy wonted loving- kindness, 
 Hear thy people as they pray ; 
 
 And thy fullest benediction 
 Shed within its walls for aye. 
 
 Here vouchsafe to all thy servants 
 
 That they supplicate to gain ; 
 Here to have and hold for ever 
 
 Those good things their pray'rs obtain ; 
 And hereafter in thy glory 
 
 With thy blessed ones to reign. 
 
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 desired for Moryiing use^ at pp. 2-1: and 28 respectively., 
 of the Vespers. 
 
TABLE OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Again, as evening's shadow falls .Prudentim— Longfellow'* s Vespers. 9 
 
 A holy air is breathing round Longfellow'' s Coll. 66 
 
 All hail, the power of Jesus' name ! Duncan. 58 
 
 Angel, roll the stone away J. Scott. 61 
 
 As the harp-strings only render Adam St. Victor. 73 
 
 At midnight bursts the cry Ajnhrosian Hymn. 74 
 
 At the cross her station keeping Stabat Mater — Caswall. 44 
 
 Awake, thou wintry earth Thos. Blackburn. 56 
 
 Awake, ye saints, awake Cotterill. 3 
 
 Behold the western evening light ! W. B. 0. Peabody. 11 
 
 Be near us, O Father ! through night's silent hour Breviary. 7 
 
 Breast the wave, Christian, when it is strongest StaugMon. 86 
 
 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning Heber. 40 
 
 Calm me, my God, and keep me calm Bonar. 85 
 
 Calm on the bosom of thy God Ilemans. 95 
 
 Children of God lack nothing Newton. 27 
 
 Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire Wesley. 47 
 
 Come, let our voices join PratVs Coll. 90 
 
 Come, thou Fount of every blessing Robinson. 84 
 
 Come to the ark, come to the ark Beard's Coll. 78 
 
 Daughter of Zion, awake from thy sadness ! FitzgeraWs Coll. 50 
 
 Depart awhile, each thought of care Lyra Catliolica. 12 
 
 Do I delight in sorrow's dress Morrison. 88 
 
 Eternity— Eternity ! Wulffer. 97 
 
 Fading, still fading, the last beam is shining Longfellow's Coll. 5 
 
 Father, I know that all my life Anna L. Waring. 23 
 
 Father supreme ! tho« high and holy One Longfellow's Coll. 6 
 
 Father, we look up to thee Wesleyan. 31 
 
 Flag of the heroes who left us their glory 0. W. Holmes. 101 
 
 For all thy samts, O God Ancient Hymns. 87 
 
 From foes that would the land devour Heber. 100 
 
 From God, thou Holy Ghost Montgomery. 48 
 
 Gently, Lord ! oh, gently lead us Hastings. 26 
 
 Glorious God, we come to bless tliee 17 
 
 God bless our native laud J. S. Dwigld. 101 
 
TABLE OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 God is love ; his mercy brightens Bowring. 25 
 
 God is my strong salvation Montgomery. 2f) 
 
 God named Love, whose fount thou art Mrs. Browning. 71 
 
 Great Author of my being Wesleij. 82 
 
 Great God ! tlie followers of tliy Son //. Wai-e, Jr. 30 
 
 Guide me, O tliou great Jehovah Oliver. 35 
 
 Hail to the Lord's Anointed Montgomery. 41 
 
 Hallelujah ! raise, oh, raise (Jonder. 22 
 
 Hark ! the herald angels sing Episcopal Gull. 51 
 
 Hark ! the song of Jubilee ! Montgomery. 68 
 
 Hark ! the vesper hymn is stealing 4 
 
 Hark ! through the courts of heaven Sahhath Hymn Boole. 81 
 
 Hath not thy heart within thee burned Buljinch. 42 
 
 Hear, Father, hear our prayer ! Longfellow^ s Coll. 38 
 
 Hear us, heavenly Father, hear us ! Longfelknv' s Ve><jpers. 9 
 
 Heralds of creation ! cry Montgomery. 39 
 
 Here in the broken bread Furness. 56 
 
 Her eyes are homes of silent prayer A. Tennyson. 81 
 
 Holiest ! breathe an evening blessing Edmeston. 8 
 
 Holy Ghost, the Infinite ! Sabbath Hymn Bool'. 49 
 
 Holy Ghost ! with light divine Beed. 46 
 
 Holy Spirit, Lord of light F/-oni King Robert — Caswall. 47 
 
 Holy Spirit ; Love Divine "sabbath Hymn Booh. 63 
 
 How cheering tlie thought, that the spirits in bliss Cunningliam. 98 
 
 How sleep the brave, who sink to rest Collins. 93 
 
 I love my God, but with no love of mine Mad. G-uyon. 79 
 
 In heavenly love abiding Sabbath Hymn Boole. 83 
 
 In the cross of Christ we glory Boivring. 60 
 
 Is there a lone and dreary hour Mrs. Gilman. 73 
 
 It came upon the midnight clear E. H. Sears. 42 
 
 Jesus, lover of my soul C. Wesley. 43 
 
 Jesus, the strength of angels strong St. Bernard. 71 
 
 Jesus, the very thought of thee St. Bernard. 44 
 
 Jews were wrought to cruel madness W. J. Fox. 87 
 
 Lift up your hearts ! Yes, I will lift Lyra Catholica. 36 
 
 Lift your glad voices in triumph on high H. Wa7'e, Jr. 61 
 
 Light of life, seraphic fire ! G. Wesley. 29 
 
 Lord, have mercy when we pray Milmaa. 32 
 
 Lord of all being throned afar O. W. Holmes. 22 
 
 Lord of eternal purity ! Caswall. 20 
 
 Lord, with fervor I would praise thee Episcopal Coll. 34 
 
 Lord, who ordainest for mankind Original here — ■ W. G. Bryant. 89 
 
 Lowly and solemn be Mrs. Hemans. 75 
 
 Meek and lowly, pure and holy 77 
 
 Mighty One, before whose face W. G. Bryant. 68 
 
 My country, 'tis of thee S. F. Smith. 102 
 
 My days are gliding swiftly by Sabbath Hymn Book. 94 
 
 My soul doth long for thee Brydges. 77 
 
TABLE OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 PAOE 
 
 Nearer, my God, to thee S.F.Adams. 10 
 
 No war or battle's sound Di\ Gardiner from Milton. 50 
 
 Now that tlie sun is beaming bright Ambrose. 1 
 
 Now, when the dusky shades of night retreating Ancient. 1 
 
 Ahniglity God of love IVesIej/an. 27 
 
 O blest Creator of the light A7nbrosian. — Longfellow's Vespers. 10 
 
 O bread to pilgrims given Thos. Aquinas. 65 
 
 O God, beneath thy guiding hand L. Bacon. 100 
 
 O God, my heart is fixed, 'tis bent Cudworth. 57 
 
 O God, whose dread and dazzling brow W. 0. Bryant. 36 
 
 Oh for a heart to praise my God ! Wesleyan. 86 
 
 01], happy day, that fixed my choice Doddridge. 80 
 
 Oh, what though our feet may not tread where Christ trod Whitlier, 53 
 
 Oh, worship the King all glorious above Grant. 24 
 
 O Love Divine, that stooped to share 0. W. Holmes. 18 
 
 Open, Lord, mine inward ear Methodid Coll. 32 
 
 Oppression shall not always reign H. IVare, Jr. 103 
 
 0, richly, Father, have I been W. Id. Furness. 28 
 
 O sacred Head, now wounded ! Paul Gerhard. 55 
 
 O thou great Friend to all the sons of men Theodore Parker. 53 
 
 O thou pure Light of souls that love Ambrosia?}. 15 
 
 O Thou to whom, in ancient time J. Pierpont. 33 
 
 O Thou whose power stupendous Italian. 29 
 
 Out of the depths of woe Montgomery. 76 
 
 Peace, troubled soul, whose plaintive moan 75 
 
 People of the living God Montgomery. 67 
 
 Planted in Christ, the living Vine S. F. Smith. 66 
 
 Ride on, ride on in majesty ! Milman. 54 
 
 Rocked in the cradle of the deep Mrs. Willard. 14 
 
 Kock of Ages I cleft for me Toplady. 53 
 
 Saviour, who thy flock art feeding Episcopal Coll. 64 
 
 See, daylight is fading o'er earth and o'er ocean Ileher. 14 
 
 Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing Episcopal Coll. 58 
 
 Sister, thou wast mild and lovely S. F. Smith. 93 
 
 Slowly, by God's hand unfurled Furness. 8 
 
 Smile praises, O sky Mediaeval Hymn. 19 
 
 Sound the loud timbrel, o'er Egypt's dark sea Thos. Moore. 99 
 
 Sovereign and transforming grace F. H. Hedge. 69 
 
 Spirit divine ! attend our prayer Beed. 45 
 
 Strike the cymbal, roll the timbrel Rohr''s Coll. 59 
 
 Sweet is the light of Sabbath eve Edmeston. 5 
 
 Tarry with me, O my Saviour ! Sabbath Hymn Book. 92 
 
 The Apostles on the mountain stand Venerable Bede. 62 
 
 The day expires ! FreyUnghansen. 15 
 
 Thee in the hymns of morn we prais^e Breviary. 15 
 
 Thee we adore, eternal Lord ! Ancient. 24 
 
 The mellow eve is gliding Sacred Songs. 13 
 
 The night is come, wherein at last we rest Bohemian Brethren. 18 
 
TABLE OF FIRST LINES. 
 
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 The praying spirit breathe Methodist Coll. 34 
 
 There is a cahn for those who weep Montgomery. 94 
 
 The spirits of the loved and the departed Longfellow's Coll. 7 
 
 The snn is set. 1 mark the stars as gleaming, one by one. . .Buhop Mant. 21 
 
 They who seek the throne of grace Hymns of the Ages. 30 
 
 Thou art gone to the grave ! but we will not deplore thee IJeher. S6 
 
 Thou art, God, the life and light Thos. Moore. 3S 
 
 Tliou Briglitness of the Father's ray From Ambrose, by JVeale. 
 
 Though faint, yet pursuing, we go on our way Sabbath Hymn Book. 79 
 
 Thou whose almighty word Marriott. 70 
 
 Through the love of God our Saviour Sabbath Hymn Book. 83 
 
 'Tis enough, the hour is come Merrick. 96 
 
 'Tis Nature's time for prayer Hymns of the Ages. 1 6 
 
 To Ilim who children blest Disciples' H. Book. 64 
 
 To tliee, God in heaven Disciples'' H. Book. 64 
 
 To thine eternal arms, O God T. W. Higginson. 72 
 
 Up ! up ! the day is breaking Paul GerTiard. 73 
 
 When first the Spirit of our God Kehle. 63 
 
 When 1 am weak, I'm strong N. L. Frothingham. 72 
 
 When marshalled on the nightly plain H.'K. White. 52 
 
 When shall the voice of singing PratVs Coll. 89 
 
 When Spring unlocks the liowers Heber. 98 
 
 When, streaming from the eastern skies Sir R. Grant. 3 
 
 When the sun gloriously comes forth from the ocean 4 
 
 While thou, my God, art my help and defender W. Young. 87 
 
 While we here remember thee J. Pierpont. 67 
 
 Who hath a riglit like us to sing Wesley. 91 
 
 With silence only as their benediction J. G. Wkittier. 33 
 

 
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