H "W 6/0(o B*£*r* ADDITIONAL HYMNS. C ADOPTED BT THE GENERAL SYNOD OF THE / REFORMED PROTESTANT DUTCH CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA, AT THEIR SESSION, JUNE, 1846, AND AUTHORIZED TO BE USED IN THE CHURCHES UNDER THEIR CARE PHILADELPHIA: PUBLISHED BY MENTZ & ROVOUDT, No. 53 NORTH THIRD STREET, 1848. Entered, according to the act of Congress, in the year 1846, by [saac Young, (on behalf of the General Synod of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church^ in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York. ADDITIONAL HYMNS. INTRODUCTORY. . 1. — H. M. Praise. [New Arrangement 1. 1 /^\H Zion, tune thy voice, V>J And lift thy hands on high ; Tell all the world thy joys, And shout salvation nigh : Cheerful in God, arise and shine, While rays divine stream all abroad. 2 He gilds thy mourning face With beams that cannot fade ; His all resplendent grace He pours around thy head ; The nations round thy form shall view, With lustre new divinely crown'd. 3 In honour to his name, Reflect that sacred light, And loud that grace proclaim, Which makes thy darkness bright : Pursue his praise, till sovereign love, In worlds above, thy glory raise. 4 There, on his holy hill, A brighter sun shall rise, And with his radiance fill Those fairer, purer skies : 4 HYMN III. While round his throne, ten thousand stars, In nobler spheres, his influence own. 2* — C. P. ML Praise. [New Arrangement 2. 1 /^ O, tune thy voice to sacred song ; VJ Exert thy noblest pow'rs ! Go, mingle with the choral throng, The Saviour's praises to prolong, Amid life's fleeting hours. 2 O ! hast thou felt a Saviour's love, That flame of heav'nly birth ? Then let thy strains melodious prove, With raptures soaring far above The trifling toys of earth. 3 Hast foimd the pearl of price unknown, That cost a Saviour's blood ? Heir of a bright celestial crown, That sparkles near th' eternal throne, O, sing the praise of God ! 4 Sing of the Lamb that once was slain That man might be forgiv'n ; Sing how he broke death's bars in twain, Ascending high in bliss to reign, The God of earth and heav'n. 5 Begin on earth the notes of praise, " Glory to God on high," Sing through the remnant of thy days ; At death, the song of vict'ry raise, And soar beyond the sky. 3. — C. P. M. Praise. [New Arrangement 3. *B EGIN, my soul, th' exalted lay, Let each enraptured thought obey, And praise the Almighty name : HYMN IV. 5 Let heav'n and earth, and seas and skies, In one melodious concert rise, To swell th' inspiring theme. 2 Thou heav'n of heav'ns, his vast abode, Ye clouds, proclaim your Maker — God, Ye thunders, speak his power ; Lo ! on the lightning's rierv wiDgf, In triumph walks tlv eternal King : Th' astonish'd worlds adore. 3 Ye deeps, with roaring billows rise, •To join the thunders of the skies, Praise him who bids you roll : His praise in softer notes declare, Each whispering breeze of yielding air, And breathe it to the soul. 4 Wake, all ye soaring throngs, and sing ; Ye feather d warblers of the spring, Harmonious anthems raise, To him who shaped your finer mould, Who tipp'd your glitt'ring wings with gold, And tuned your voice to praise. 5 Let man, by nobler passions sway'd, Let man, in God's own image made, His breath in praise employ : Spread wide his Makers name around, Till heav'n shall echo back the sound, In songs of holy joy. 4» — L. M. Praise. [{Tew Arrangement 4. 1 Z^IOME, O my soul, in sacred lays, ^J Attempt thy great Creator's praise ; But O, what tongue can speak his fame, What mortal verse can reach the theme ! f HYMN VI. S Enthroned amid the radiant spheres, He, glory like a garment, wears, To form a robe of light divine, Ten thousand suns around him shine. 3 In all our Maker's grand designs, Omnipotence with wisdom. shines ; His works, through all this wondrous frame, Declare the glory of his name. 4 Raised on devotion's lofty wing, Do thou, my soul, his glories sing ; And let his praise employ thy tongue, Till list'ning worlds shdl join the song.