CHURCH PSALMIST, OK PSALMS AND HYMNS, FOR TUt PUBLIG, SOCIAL, AND PRIVATE USB EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS. FORTIETH EDITION. NEW YORK: IVISON & PHINNEY, 321 BROADWAY. 1856. Entered, According to act of Cong-ess, in the year'I43, BY MARK 11. NEWMAN, In the Clerk's office of the District Court of to Southern District of New York. ITURBOTYPED BY T. B. SMITH, 74 PULTON STREET, NEW YORK. - I CONTENTS. PAGRS. 5-19 13 —254 257-261 261 —'2 289 362 362-373 373-379 379-388 3391 391-404 404-412 413-424 425-478 47 —487 487-493 493-508 50519 bt19-524 524-523 528-537 537-554 554-558 558-564 564-566 566-575 575-594 594-60% 602-622 622-626 PRACE............................... THEr PSA.......... THE SCRIPTURES........................ GOD................................ CHRISTI.................................. HOLY SPIRIT............................ TRINITY................................. ALARMING.............................. CONVICTION......................... INVITING.......................... 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The object ofths volume is to furnish th3 Churches with a complete Collection of Sacred Songs for pubs lice worship; and in presenting such a work, when so many, aiming at the same end, are already in circulation, we seem to be called upon 3 state some reasons which have influe nced us in this undertak log, and which may have some weight with others. The least offensive mnode in which this can be done, wil be to givo a brief exposition of the principles which have been kept in view in its execution. An sutlir.e is all that wvill be given-for more than this, however much it may be demanded, or however rich in thought or replete with practical wisdom, would be hardly ever read. A Preface is generally deemed a very dull and unattractive part of a Book. so much so, that if an author h'td sonie profoundl secrets which he wished to record, anl yet preserve in deep obscurity, he might be advisedl, as it regards most readers, to commit them to the safe-keepiu, ,f these neglected pares. And yet some persons read a Preface, and for the benefit of such this one :s written. The subjects of Lyric Poetry and Psalmody are intimately and inseparably connected, and it is ill vain to expect one to exist in a high state of perfection without the other; or for either to attain dislinguished excellence without cultivation. It must be acknowledged, that ministers and churches have not studied this subject w ith that attention which it claims, nor even in relative proportion when compared with other grave matters pertaininig to the worship of God. Sing_ing often fallsfarbelow every other part of the services of the sanctuary, from the want of both sympathy and knowledge, on the part of the Church. Little is known on the subject, and .ttle is felt in relation to it. But this is a state a unwise as it is criminal. It is a matter of vast and vital importance that all who desire that the public institutions of religion mav make the best impression and secure their highest results. and especially thiat mil isters of tle gospel should unlerstand what Wac'ed Songs are adapted to social worship, and what tunes will impart to them the greatest powe and efficiency. Both of thlese subjects should forns a part of christian instruction, and especially ot theological training. A brief course of Lectures or Lyric Poetry, is hardly less necessary than a course on Sermonizing and Pastoral Theology; and a ireacher of the gospel should read and study the best Psalns andi Hymns, as an every-day-business, as he does his Bible, till he is acquainted with their sentiments familiar with their structure and imagery, and deeply imbued with their spirit. The advaie. tages of such a course are obvious and numberless; -some of them so plain that they need not be spe cified, and when taken collectively, and in all their intellectual and moral relations, too many to be embraced in this rapid sketch. It is not saying too much to affirm, that such a discipline would enilarge a minister's know-ledge, improve his taste, increase his piety, refine his imagination, invigorate his elo(thence, and give him readiness, appropriateniesn and power, in the public exercises of his profession. Hlis volume of sacred poetry should be a Text-Book by the side of the Bible, and he should be equally familiar with both. It' this were the case, the sermon and singing would more generallyv harmonize in their object and impressions, than they now do the minister would have to expeniid less time in contsultiig numerous i ndexes in order to know what te select; and in the very act of reaading the Psalm or tfymn, he would make an impression which would instruct the hearers, and give the key-note of sentiment and expression to the choir. low deficient the ministry may be in these respects, is matter oft opinion of which every person willjudge for himself The character of Psalmody must always ibeo affected by a great variety of circumstances which need not be adverted to in this place; but nothing has a greater influence to elevate or depress, to advance or retard its progress, than the Lyric Poset which is employed in the service of God. The foa lowing detects may easily be detected in many oX the Psalms and hymnls now in use. Some are cormnosed on ut,jects unsuited to song-others are der, itute ofa lyrical spirit-another class lack simplicity of design and execution -and not a few are of an 6 PREFACE. PREFACE 7 unreasonible length for a a._igle exercise of singing. to remedy these and other defe-ts, and to secure, if possible, certain excellencies which are attained ea et only in part, are among the objects of this pulbcation. That Lyric Poetry has a character of its own-that t moves in a sphere peculiar to itself-and that its subjects are limited, there is no room for doubt. On1 .hese points all critics agree. This poetry is made 0o be sung; and, when combined wit' appropriate music, we have a vehicle, at once natural and refined, br the expression of strong emotion. A Psalm or Hymn should be devotional, rather than didactic, because the warm inspirations of the heart, and not the cool deductions of the intellect, are its province. Ascriptions of thanksgiving and praise to God, the lbreathings of filial desire and confidence, the cheerilg influence of hope, the tremblings of self-distrust a nd religious fear, "peace and joy in the Holy (ghost," and all the strong feelings which are called ibrth in a world of conflict and expectation, belong io this department of poetry. Any thing and every I hing which pertains to devotion and christian experience, may furnish a subject four spiritual song. And yet, notwithstanding these well-defined limits, which nature itself has fixed to Lyric Poetry. there awe hundreds of Hymns, in our language, which can never be suing to any good effect, because their subji-ct-matter is foreign to this kind of writing. They can, from their very nature, neither inspire religious emotion, nor become the channels of that emotion already inspired. They contribute to extinguish, rather than to kindle up, the holy flame. They are rood sermons, but poor songs. This fault in the *hoice of subjects, is miuch more rarely to be met with in secular than spiritual odes; and the same may be said in relation to the music by which they are accompanied. The reasons of this may not, perhaps, be easily detected. It cannot be for a mo ient admitted, that revealed religion is unfruitful in themes. If nature may be sung, why not nature'. tGod. If creation can inspire the lyric bard, why not redemption, with its brighter glories, and its more enduring interests I If earth has its raptures, why should heaven be poor, and powerless, and withoult v song l If great and g( od men who have lived anu b-~ ~ PREFACE. acted and died, have, by their virtues or heroism, called forth the finest and sweetest tones of the Lyre, why should the praises of the only Great and Good, who lives in his own immortality, and whose wondrous acts are recorded bfor the admiration of all worlds, sleep in silence and be forgotten' It may he worthy of remark in this place, that few poets of the first order have ever tried their pinions in this upper sky; but when they have, and selected an appropriate theme, they have showed that the waters of Zion can impart a purer inspiration than the fabled Castalian spring If the province of Lyric Poetry is to inspire and express emotion, then no Psalm nor Hlymn can an swer the true purpose of christian worship unless it breathes the appropriate spirit. Its execution, as well as its subject, must be lyric. It may be rhyme, and not poetry. It may be poetry, and yet not be adapted to singing. IHeroics can never, with any advantage, be set to music. A Itymn, whether it respects God, our fellow beings, or ourselves, should be the effusion of the heart, and that heart under proper influences-melted and dissolved by just such emotions as suit the condition described, or the oc. casion for whiclh the song is intended. The language should be simple; the images striking, but not gaudy; the figures unincumbered; the sentences uninvolved and short; the structure free from all ambiguity; the whole style and manner chaste, t.no not loaded with ornament or epithet; and the st.an zas, and even lines, express, as far as practicable, an complete idea. In one word, it must be poetry, an lyric poetry, or it will chill the native inspirations of song, and defeat the great end of this part of wetor ship. A HTymn should possess unity of design, and sinr plicity in execution. One great object should be aimed at, and every thought and expression should be rendered subservient to this. The piece should be one, tending to a single end, and terminating in on. grand impression. Oneofthe first poets ofthe preset age, and one who has written many excellent IHymns too, has described this property so well, that we can not forbear transcribing his language, as more appro priate than anily thing that we can say. "The rea er," he says, "'should know when the strain is PREFACE. complete, and be satisfied, as at the close of an air in mnusic; while defects and superfluities should be felt by him as annoyances, in whatever part they might occur. The practice of many good men, in framing Hymns, has been quite the contrary. They have klegun apparently with the only idea in their mind at the time; another, with a little relationship to the former, has been forced upon them by a refractory rhyme; a third became necessary to eke out a verse, a fourth to begin one; and so on, till having compiled a sufficient number of stanzas of so many line& and lines of so many syllables, the operation has teen suspended." As every Sacred Song should have a subject of its own, and form a regular production, having a begilning, a middlle and an end, so it should be adapted, in its length, to the purpose of singing. Importaiit as this tlought is, it has been greatly overlooked by the writers ot' Hymns, and the comlpilers of books f'oI the use of the sanctuary. The very best authors are not free from thiis fault. In one volume now before us of no mean pretensions, hymns nmay be found of eight, ten and twelve stanzas; and one occurs of eight stanzas of eight lines each, Lon, Ietre-making sixty-tour lines, and this Hymn, the author tells us in the preface, "is considerably abridgedl from the original." Various expedients have beenresorted to both by authors and compilers, in order to remedy this evil. Here and there a stiaza is included in brackets, and pauses are introduced into the mildle, or other parts of the production-thus marring the beauty of the page, and often destroying the connection, and always impairiiig the unity of the piece. The better way, no doubt, is to reduce every Psalm or Hymn, designed tbr public worship, to a convenient length for this purpose, by rejecting those stanzas which are redundant, which are deficient in lyrio spirit, and which destroy the unity of iesign. There are few long hymns, in our language, which will not be sufficiently shortened by the al)plication of the above rule. Some of a popular character, and,asitregards portions of them, ofstardard merit, maybe re, uced to two or three stanzas; but this is not object tionable, as we often need short Ilymns of a striking character, for evening meetings, ani at the closeof e Emns. Aad it should not be forgotten, that muck more is lost than gained, by singing what is neither poetical nor appropriate. I.deec it is far better to dispense with some good stanzas, and thus bring the piece at once to a suitable length for singing, than to continue these in books intended for public use, when no choir can perform them with ease and effect. The practice so extensively in use of omitting certain stanzas, as it must be done for the most part on the spur of the occasion, confuses tihe choir while it often breaks the connection of thought and the unity of the subject. The author, or editor, is much more competent to do this than the leader of public worship. From four to six stanzas of the grave and ordinary metres, may be consilered a suitable length bfor a song of social praise. Ill netres of a brisker move ment, the addition of one or two stanzas more, may not be improper. The same indulgence may be conceded to some Hymns of a peculiar character anid to those which are to be used only on special occasions. But it is a great practical principle which every minister, and every leader of a choir should unilerstand, THAT SINGING IN ORDER TO BB EPFECTIVE, MUST NOT BE TOO LONG. Itaving given an exposition of the leading principles on which this work has been constructed, A tmiay be proper to speak a little more explicitly of the materials from which it has been formed. It is intended that this volume shall contain a corn plete collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanc tuary, the Lecture-room, and all other places of social worship. In the arrangement of the Psalms, Dr Watts is the leading author. Many other versifica. tions of high merit have been selected from Dod. dridge, Steele, Kenn, Newton, Montgomery, Con. der and others, which have been arranged, in their proper places, with those of Watts, so that it is be. lieved that this part of the volume presents a greatel number and a richer variety of Psalms adapted t singing, than any Book yet published in our lan. guage. Few alterations have been made in arrang mnient or expression, as.d the thought of the poet, fol the most part, has been sacredly guarded. Most fit the chanzes, which have been adopted, are those which were necessary in order to coisform the work to tae principles already stated. Whole Psaim df 10 PREFACE. PREFACE.! an interior and prosaic character have been omitted; the same may be said of stanzas which are redundant., interrupt the unity of design, or lack the spirit of holy song; but it is oelieved, that those Psalms and stanzas, though they encumber many Books now il use, are rarely ever sung. In making this compilutioni, it has not been the design to throw away a sinale stanza of superior merit, or one which could contribute to the grand purpose of singing except when the production was of immoderate length: but when this was the case, to dispense with some good stanzas has been preferred to the common practi(ce of usin tg beackets or pauses, or what is still worse, of imp)osinig an olpressive burden upon the choir. II relation to the Psalms, it may be said, in the languag,e of another, "That the harp of David yet lhangs upon the willow, disdaining the touch of any haldn less skillful t han his own." The older versions of David's Psalns are genierally destitute of all poetie terit. Now aind then a rayof the geni us an the iii sit)iration of the Htebrew bard, break s throug the dullness of their prosaic rhymes, but these are' like angel. visits, few and far between." It it be alleged, as it often is, that these versifiers entirely adhere to the originial-it may be replied, that it is in letter, not in spirit. For the most part, their productions are nothing more nor less than the English translation of Diavid, converted into common rhymes, while the spirit of the original has fled. It is one of the wonders of literature. that the productions of Sternhold ar.dl Hopkins, of Tate and Brady, to say nothing of earlier, and still poorer versifiers. should furnish the principal songs of enlightened aid cultivated christian congregations, in the nineteenth century. It shows uis h ow far the human mind may advance in some things, a nd rema in s tationary in others;-how tar taste may be refined, and the entire powers of immortal man be enkindled and entranced by the pro. ductions of geniis, and yet, under the influence of certain associations, be delighted with ancient dull ness and barbarism. The practical influence of all this upon the tone and vigor of piety-tupon the L.i,her feelings of devotion-upon those purer and holier emotions of the christian's heart, by which he often comes near to heaven and enters into intimate converse with h,e God and Saviour, is a problem of deep import which every minister at the altar may wf 11 propose to him. self, and endeavor, as far as practicable, to solve. Dr. Watts struck out a path for himself, and has been imitated by all the versifiers of David, and the composers of hylimns, since h's day. He is not with. out his faults, but his best productions are now sungi in every land, andi among alnmost all denominations of Christians, where the Englishl language is spoken, and probablv will continue to be through the millenium, atnd to the end of the world. Hil Psalms, taken as a whole, are superior to his Hymns and in relation to the former it may be said, that Dr Watts has drawn sweeter tones from the harp of David, than it has ever given to the church of God, since the hand of the old Hlebrew bard swept a,cross its strings, and enkiudled the devotions of the faithful. With regard to some of his Hymns, and a large number too, they are not inferior to his best versifications of the Psalms. The Hymns, contained in this collection, have been selected from the productions o f the best writers of this species of poetry, in our lang uage; and such alterations have been made as bring them into a pro. per form to be usedl in the woishipl) of the "Sanctuary." In preparing this work, we have used the most approved editions of Ityinins, and no changes have been made unless imperatively called for by the rules already stated and defended. The names of authors. as far as cohll be ascertained, are given in the Index, and it is not necessary to refer to them here. We cannot. however, forbear recording a sense of our deep lildebtedness both to the living and to the dead, Ior those excellent labors which have furnished us with the materials for the forma. tion of this volume, which we now present to the christian public, in the confident hope that it mayin. crease the Knowledge and Piety of the Church, and promote, among tile friends of Zion, the love of holy song. N.w York 18I 12 PREFACE P 8 A L X 9 FIRST PART, L M. ~ ]he Righteous and the Wicked. I HAPPY the man, whose cautious feet Shun the broad way that sinners go, Who hates the place where atheists me*, And fears to talk as scoffers do. 2 He loves t' employ his morning-light Among the statutes of the Lord, And spends the wakeful hours of night, WVith pleasure pondering o'er the word 3 Ie, like a plaut by gentle streams, Shall flourish in immortal green; And heaven will shine, with kindest beamL On every work his hands begin. 4 But sinners find their counsels crossed; As chaff before the tempest flies, So shall their hopes be blown and lost, When the last trumpet shakes the skiesa SECOND PART, L. M. . 77Te Prospects of thle Saint and the Sinner. I THtRICE happy he, who shuns the way That leads ungodly men astray; Who fears to stand where sinners meet, Nor with the scorner takes his seat. 2 The law of God is his delight; That cloud by day, that fire by night, Shall be his comfort in distress, And guide him through life's wilderne. a His works shall prosper; he shall be A fruitful, fair, unwithering tree, That, planted where the river flows, Nor drought, no, rost, nor mildew knowl 14 PSALIMS. 4 Not so the wicked; they are cast Like chaff upon the whirlwind's blast In judgment they shall quake for dred, Nor with the righteous lift their head. C.M. The end of the Righteous and the Wtcke 1 BLEST is the man, who shuns the place Where sinners love to meet; Who fears to tread their wicked ways, And hates the scoffer's seat: 2 But in the statutes of the Lord Has placed his chief delight; By day he reads or hears the word, And meditates by night. 3 He, like a plant of generous kind By living waters set, Safe from the storms and blasting wind, Enjoys a peaceful state. 4 Green as the leaf, and ever fair, Shall his profession shine; While fruits of holiness appear, Like clusters on the vine. 5 Not so the impious and unjust; What vain designs they form! Their hopes are I;lown away like dust, Or chaff before the storm. 6 Sinners, in judgment, shall not stand Among the sons of grace, When Christ, the judge, at his right hand Appoints his saints a place. S. M . lThe Satnt happy, the Stiner miserable. 1 TIHE man is ever blest, Who shuns the sinners' ways; Among their councils never stands, Nor takes the scorner's place: 2 But makes the law of God His study and delight, Amid the labors of the day, And watches of the night 8 He like a tree shall thrive, With waters near the root; Fresh as the leaf his name shall live; His works are heavenly fruit. 4 Not so th' ungodly race; They no such blessings find; Their hopes shall flee, like empty chafIr Before the driving wind. 5 HIow will they bear to stand Before that udgment-seat, Where all the saints, at Christ's right hand, In fuL assembly meet. FIRST PART, C. M. 2. Christ e xalted and hs Enemies warned. I WIHY did the nations join to slay The Lord's anointed Son? Why did they cast his laws away, And tread his gospel down? 2 The Lord, who sits above the skies, Derides their rage below; He speaks with vengeance in his eyes, And strikes their spirits through: 3 "I call him my beloved Son, And raise him from the dead; I make my holy hill his throne, And wide his kingdom spread." 4 Be wise, ye rulers of the earth! Obey th' anointed Lord; Adore the king of heavenly birth, And tremble at his word. 5 With humble love address his throne, For if he frown, ye die; Those are secure, and those alone, Who on his grace rely. SECOND PART, C. M. 2. Prayerfor the Kingdom of Chrtst. 1 FATHER t is not thy promise pledged To thine exalted Son, That, through the nations of the earth, Thy word of life shall run - PSALMS. 15 1l~6 PSALMS. 2 "Ask, and I give the heathen lands For thine inheritance, And to the world's remotest shores Thine empire shall advance." 3 Ilast thou not said, the blinded Jews Shall their Redeemer own, While Gentiles to his standard crowa, And bow before his throine 4 Are not all kingdoms, tribes, and tongue, Beneath th' expanse of heaven, To tha dominion of thy Son, Wit h all their millions given 7 5 From east to west, from north to soui, Then be his name ailored; The world, through all its nations, shout I-losann,s to the Lord. 2. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FIRST PARTT, S. M. 2. CChrist dying and rising. 1 MNAKER and sovereign Lord Of heaven, and earth, ard seas! Thv providence confirms thy word. And answers thy decrees. 2 The thinps, so 1ong foretold B3y Davidi, are fulfillei, When Jews and Gentiles join to slay Jesus, thy holy child. 3 Why did the Gentiles rage And.lews, with one accord, Bend all their counsels to destroy T'h Anoimited of the Lordl7 4 Rulers and Kings agree To form a vain design; Against the Lord their powers unit Against his Christ they join. 6 The Lord derides their rage, And will slupport his throne lie, who hath raised him from tle dd, Hath owned him for his Son. PSALMS. SECOND ]:ART, S. M. Christ ascending and reignir,. I THE Lord ascends on high, And asks to rule the earth; The merit of his blood he pleads, And pleads his heavenly birth. 2 ie asks-and God bestows A large inheritance; Far as the world's remotest ends, His kingdom shall advance. 3 The nations that rebel Must feel his ironi rod; Hlie'11 vindicate those honors well, Which hlie received from God. I Be wise, ye rulers! now, And worship at his throne; With trembling joy, ye people! bow To God's exalted Son. 6 Ifonce his wrath arise, Ye perish on the place: Then blessed is the soul that files For refuge to his grace. FIRST PART, L. M. ,1 *A MJorning-Psalrm. 1 0 LORD! how many are my foes, In this weak state of flesh and blood: My peace they daily discompose; But my deleice and hope is God. 2 Tired with the burdens of the day, To thee I raised an evening cry; Thou heard'st when I began to pray And thine almighty help was nigh. Sci:pported by thy heavenly aid, I laid me down, and slept secure Not death shouild make my heart afraid Though I should wake and rise no more i But God sustained me all the night; Salvation doth to God belong: He raised my head to see the light, And made his praise my morning-song. -17 SECO \D PART, -. 3. God, our Defence. I THlE tempter to my soul hath said, "Thel e is no help in God for thee:" Lord! lift thou up thy servant's head My glory, shield and solace be. 2 Thus to the Lord I raised my cry, Ile heard me from his holy hill; At his comlmand the waves rolled by; He beckoned,-and the winds were stll 3 I laid me down and slept;-I woke; Thou, Lord! my spirit didst sustain. Bright from the east the morning broke, Thy comforts rose on me again. 4 I will not fear, though armed throngs Compass my steps in all their wrath, Salvation to the Lord belongs; His presence guards his people's path. FIRST PART, C. M. 3. Doubts and Fears suppressed. 1 MY God! how many are my fears! How fast my foes increase! Conspiring my eternal death, They break my present peace. 2 But thou, my glory and my strength. Shalt on the tempter tread; Shalt silence all my threatening guilt, And raise my drooping heaa. 3 I cried, and from his holy hill lie bowed a listening ear; I called my Father and my God, And he subdued my fear. 4 He shed soft slumbers on mine eyes. In spite of all my foes; I woke, and wondered at the grace That guarded my repose. 6 What though the hosts of death and hea Al armed against me stood I Terrors no more shall shake my soul; My refuge is my God. 18 ISALMS PSALMS. SECOND PART, C. M. ~~3. A Morning-Song. I LORD of my life! Oh! may thy praise Employ my nol,lest powers, Whose goodness lengthens out my days And fills the circling hours. 2 Preserved ly thine almighty arm, I passed the shadles of iight, Secure and safe from every harm, And see returning, light. 3 While many spent the night in sighs, And restless paiins anid woes, in gentle sleep, I closed my eyes, In undisturbed repose. 4 When sleep, death's image, o'er me sprn4 And I unconscious lay, Thy watchful care was round my bed, To guard my feeble clay. b Oh! let the same almighty care My waking hours attend; From every danger, every snare, My heedless steps defend. 6 Smile on my minutes as they roll, And ou.de my future days; And let thy goodness fill my soul With gratitude and praise. FIRST PART, L. M. God, our Portion and Hope. I O GOD of grace and righteousness! Ilear and attend, when I complain Thou hast enlarged me in distress, Bow downi a gracious ear again. 2 Know that the Lord divides his saints From all the tribes of men beside. Ile hears the cry of peilitents For the dear stake of Christ who died a When our obedient hands have done A thousand works of righteousness, We put our trust iii God alone, and glory in his pard'iiitig grace t9 20 PSALMS. 4 Let the unthinking many say, "Who will bestow some earthly good?" But, Lord! thy light and love we pray; Our souls desire this heavenlv food. SECOND PART, L. M. 49. E.vening-Soeng. i GLORY to thee, my God! this night, For all the blessings of the light; Keep me, Oh! keep me, King.of kings Beneath the shadow of thy wings. 2 Forgive me, Lord! for thy dear Son, The ill that I this day have done; That with the world, myself and thee, My soul, this night, at peace may be. 3 Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed; Teach me to die, that so I may Rise glorious, at the jidgmeut-dav. 4 Oh! may my faith on thee repose; May gentle sleep my eyelids close, That shall my frame more vig'rous maze, To serve my God when I awake. 5 Lord! let my soul for ever share The bliss of thy parental care; 'T is heaven on earth,'t is heaven alovw, To see thy face, and sing thy love. FIRST PART, C. M. 4. Etvening-.Devotion. 1 LORD! thou wilt hear me when I Dort., I am for ever thine; I fear before thee all the day, Nor would I dare to sin. 2 And while I rest my weary head. From cares and business free, T is sweet conversing on my bed With my own heart and thee. 3 I pay this evening-sacrifice; And when my work is done, Great God! my faith, my hope relies Upon thy grace alone. PSAL.INS. t Thus, with my thoughts comF )sed to peacn I'11 give mine eyes to sleep; Thy hand in safety keeps my days, And will my slumbers keep. -SECOND PART, C. M. . God, the chief Good. 1 IN vain the errin i vorld inquire For some substantial good; While earth conifinles their low desire. They live on airy food. 2 Illusive dreams of happiness Their easer thoughts employ They wake, convinced their boasted bliss Was v isionary joy. 3 Not all the good which earth bestows Can fill th' immortal mind; Its highest joys have mingled woes, And leave a sting behind. I Begone, ye gilded vanities! I seek the only good; To real bliss my wishes rise The favor of my God. b Immortal joy thy smiles impart; Heaven dawns in every ray; One glimpse of thee can cheer my heart, And turn my night to day. 6 Grant, O my God! this one request, Oh! be thy love alone My ample portion -here I rest, For heaven is il. the boon. L. A. 15. A AIorning-Invocation. 1 AWAKE, my soul! and with the sun Thy daily course of duty run; Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise To pay thy morning-sacrifice. 2 Wake, alid lift up thyself, my heart I And with the angels bear thy part, Who, all night long, unwearied sing IIigh praises to th' eternal King. 21 ~22 ~ PSALMS. 3Glory to thee, who safe hast kept, And has refreshed me while I slept: Grant, Lord! when I from death shall wake I may of endless life partake. 4 Lord? I my vows to thee renew; Scatter my sins as morning dew; Guard my first springs of thought and i And with thyself my spirit fill. FIRST PART, C. M. 5. For the Lord's Day-Mormnng. 1 LORD! in the morning thou shalt heir My voice ascending high; To thee will I direct my prayer, To thee lift up mine eye; 2 Up to the hills where Christ is gone To plead for all his saints, Presenting at his Father's throne 9ur songs and our complaints. 3 Thou art a God, before whose sight The wicked shall not stand; Sinners shall ne'er be thy deligh.1 Nor dwell at thy right hand. 4 But to thy house will I resort, To taste thy mercies there; I will frequent thy holy court, And worship in thy fear. 5 Oh! may thy Spirit guide my feet, In ways of righteousness; Make every path of duty straight, And plain before my face. SECOND PART, C. M. 5. Morning-Devo ion. I SOON as the morning-rays appear, I'll lift mine eyes alove; My voice shall reach thy listening et And supplicate thy love. 2 Within thy house my voice shall rim Before thy mercy-seat; 'there will I fix my steadfast eyed Andl worship at thy feet. PSALMS. 3 Thy righteousness, thv strength display, And my protection ie; Teach me to klnow that only wvay Which leads to heaven and thee. L. M. Temptat ion in Sickness overcome. I LORD! I can siffer thy rebukes, When thou wZith kindness dost chastiser But thy fierce wrath I cannot bear; Oh! let it not against me rise 2 Pity my languishing estate, And ease the sorrows that I feel; The wounds thy heavy hand hath made, Oh! let thy gentle touches heal. 3 See, how ill sighs I pass my days, And waste il groans the weary night! My bed is ha tered with my tetrs MIy grief consumes, aiid dims my sight. 4 Look, how the powers of nature mourn! Ifow long, Almighty God! how long I lien shall thilie hour of grace return' When shall I make thy grace my song I C. M. 6. Prayer under Rebukes. I IN mercy, not in wrath, reluike Thy feeble wormin, my Gol! My spirit dreads thine angry look. And trembles at thy rod. 2 Have mercy, Lord! for I am weak; Reaard my heavy groans; Oh!'et thy voice of comfort speak, An(i heal my broken bones. 3 Oh! come, and show thy power to sawv And spare my fainting breath; For who can praise thee in the grave, Or sing thy name in death I 7s. A Prayer in Affliction, 1 GENTLY, genitly, lay thy rod On my sinful head, O God! Stay thy wrath, iii mercy stay, Lest I sink beneath its sway. 23 ~24 ~ PSALMS. 2 Heal me, for my flesh is weak; IHeal me, for thy grace I seek; This mny only plea I make, IHeal me for thy mercy's sake. 3 Who within the silent grave Shall proclaim thy powver to savoe Lord! my kinking soul leprieve; Speak, and I shall rise and live. 4Lo! he l om,es-he heeds my plea; I,o! he conies-the shadows flee; Glory rotI(i me dawins once more; Rise, nty spirit! and adore. C.M. 7. God's Care of his People in Persccutorv 1 MY trust is in my heavenly friend My hope in thee, my God! Rise, and mv helpless life defend From thos e who seek my blood. 2 If I have e'er provoked them first, Or once abused my bfoe; Then let them tread my life to dust, And lay mine honor low. 3 Ifthere were malice hid in me, I know thy piercing eyes; I shotuld not dare appeal to thee, Nor ask my God to rise. 4 Arise my God! lift up thy hand. Their pride and power consol Awake to judgment, and comtaild Deliverance tbfor my soul. FIRST PART, L,. lM. S. Tke Ilosanna of tie Children I AI,MIGIITY Ruler of the skies! Through the wide earth thy name is spread, And thire eternal glories rise O'er all the heavens thy hands ha'ee rmade. 2 To thee the voices of the yotlng A monumenit of honor raise; And babes, with uininstructed tongue, Declare tie wonders of thy praie. P~,ALMS. 3 Thy power assists their tender age To bring proud rebels to the ground; To still the bold blas:phemer's rage, And all their policies confound 4 Children amidst thy temple throng, To see their great Redeemier's face; The son of David is their song, And young hosannas fib the place. SECOND PART, L. M. C7,rist's Coezdescension and Glorificatan. 0 O LORD, our Lord! in power divine, liow great is thy illustrious name! Through all the earth thy glories shine, Placed high above the heavenly frame. 2 Down trom his throne thy Son descends, A little time onur form to wear; Beneath th' angelic hosts he bends, Our sufferings and our sins to bear. 3 But, lo! thy power exalts him high, In glorious dignity enthroned: fie bears our nature to the sky, O'er all thy works the ruler crowned. 4 Jesus, our Lordl! in power divine, Ilow great is thy illustrious name! Through all the earth thy glories shiner Let all the earth resound thy fame. FIRST PART, C. M. . Creation and Redemption. 1 0 LORD, our Lord! how wondrous grew Is thine exalted name! The glories of thy heavenly state Let men and babes proclaim. 2 When I behold thy works on high, The imioon that rules the night, And stars that well adorn the sky, Those moving worlds of light;3 Lord! what is man or all his race, Who dwells so far below, That thou shouldst visit him with grace, And love his nature so 25 Ii ~ PSAiLM9. 4 That thine eternal Son shor.ld bear To take a mortal form, Made lower than his angels are, To save a dying worm. 6 Yet, whlile he iived on earth unkncwil And nilen wo(uld not adore, Behold oledient nature own Itis Godhead antl his power! 6 Let him lie crowned with majesty. NVho howed his hlieal ill death; And be his honors sounded h 1ig, Ily all things that have breitth. SECOND PART, C. M. Gvd's Condescension. I O LORD, my King! how excellent Thy name on earth is known! Thy glory in the firnmament, tlow wonderfully shown! 2 When I lieholl the heavens on hignh. ThIe work of thy riglit hatid; The moon and trs aiid the sky, Thy lights in every land; — 3 1 ord! what is man, that thou shouldst ael. On him to set thy love, Give him awvile on earth to reign, Then fill a throne above 4 0 Lord! how excellent thy name, Ilowv masnifold thy ways! Let time thy saving truth proclaim, Eternlity thy praise. S. rM. t3 God's Grace to Alen. 1 0 LORD, our heavenly King. Thy iame is ill divine; Thy glories round the earth are spread, Anid o'er the heavens they shine. 2 When to thy works on high I raise my wod(leringt e)'es, And see the moon compllete in,Aiht Adorn the darksome skies; PSALMS. 3 When I survey the stars, In all their slinitig if)rms Lord! wlhit is man, that xworthfess thing Akin to dust and worms 7 4 Lord! what Is wortlhless man, That thou shouldst love himn so } Next to thine angels is he I)laced, And lord of all below. 5 HIow rich thy bounties are! And wondrous are thiy ways; Of dust and worms thy power can frame A monument of praise. 7s. 8. R Praises of Children. I GLORY to the Fathier give; God, in whom we niove aind live: Children's priayers he ieians to hear Children's solngs delight his ear. 2 Glory to the Son we briig, Christ, oulr lirolhet, priest and kinp! Children! raise your sweetest strai To the Lamb, for hlie was slain. 3 Clorv to the Ifoly Ghost Be tliis lay a Pen tecost: Chil(lren's mids mty he insplre; Touch their lil)s with holy fire. 4 Glory in the hitghest be To the blessed Triiity, For the gosp;el from atove, For the word, that "God is love." FIRST PART, C. M. 9. Wrath and,Ifercy f om the Judgment-e ea 1 WITII mv wlhole heart, I'll raise my song, Thy wotnders I'll proclaim Thou sov ereign juodge of righlt and wvrong Wilt liut niy foes to shamie. 2'I1 sing thy majesty anld grace; My God pre)ai es his thiroine To judge the worl( iii righteousness, AnDI make his vengeanlce known. 21, 28 PSALMS. 3 Then shall the Lord a refuge prove For all who are olppressed, To save the people of his lo(ve, And give the weary rest. 4 The men who know thy name will true In thine abundant grace; For thou didot ne'er fbrsake the just, Who humbly sought thy face. 5 Sing praises to the righteous Lord. WVho dwells on Z.on's hill; Who executes his threatening wo.d And dotlh his grace fulfil. SECOND PART, C. M. . Te Wisdom and Equity of Provtaence I WHtEN the great Judge, supreme and jual Shall once inquire f'or blood, The humble souls that nmourn ill dust Shall findl a faithful God. 2 He from the fearful gates of death Does his own children raise: On Zion's hill, with tuneful breath, They sing their Father's praise. 3 Though saints to sore distress are brought. And wait, and long complain, Their cries shall never be forgot, Nor shall their hopes be vain. 4 Rise, great Redeemer! from thy seat, To juldge and save the poor; Let nations tremble at thy feet, And man prevail no more. L. M.1 10. Jehorai, the Avenger of the pes JEHOVAIh reignts-your trilbute bring; Proclaim the Lord, th' eternal King; Crown him, ye saints! with holy joy, His armi shall tall your foes destroy. 2 Thou, Lord. ere yet the humble mind Hlad form to prayer the wish designed last heard the secret sigh arise, While, swift to aid, thy mercy flie& PSALMS. 3 Thy Spirit shall our hearts prepare; Thine ear shall listen to our prayer: Thou righteous J.udge! thou Power diva.n On thee the fatherless recline. 4 The Lord shall save th' afflicted breast, Hlis arm shall vindicate th' oppressed, Earth's mightiest tyrant feel his power Nor sin, nlor Satan grieve them niore. FIRST PART, C. M. 10. Prayer heard, and Saints saved. 1 WHY does the Lord stand off so far I And whly conceal his face, When great calamities appear, And times of deep distress 2 Lord! shall the wicked still deride Thy justice and thy power? Shall they advaiin e their heads in pride, And still thy saints devour 2 3 Arise, O Lor(l! lift up thy hand; Attend our humble cry; No enemy shall dare to stand, When God ascends on high. 4 Thou wilt prepare our hearts to pray And cause thine ear to hear: Ilearken to what thy chlidreis say, And put the world in fear. SECOND PART, C. M. to. The God of the Fatlherless. . IEAR, Lord the song of praiise and prayer In heaven, thy dwelling-plice, Fromn children, rmil1de the publlic care. And taught to seek thy tace. 2 Thanks for thy word, anidl fbr thy day; And grant is, we imnplore, Never to waste, il siiful play, Thy holy Sabli)thlis more. 3 Thanks that we hear —iit Oh! impar4 To each, desires sincere, That we Imay liter with our heart, And learn as well as hear. 29 30 PSALfS. 4 Wisdom and bliss thy word bestows A sun which ne'er declines: Oh! be thy mercy showered on those Who placed us where it shines. L. M. 11. God, the Refuge of the Saints. 1 MY refiige is the God oflove: Why do my foes insult, and cry "Fly, like a tim'rous trembling dove, To distant woods or mountains fly?" 2 The LoI d in heaven has fixed his throne; Itis eye surveys the wtrld below; To him all mortal th ings are known; His eye-lids search our spirits through. 3 Ifhe afflicts his saints so far To prove their love and try their grace What may the bold transgressors fear - His soul abhors their wicked ways. 4 The righteous lord loves righteous soal$, Whose thoughts and actions are sincere And with a gracious eye beholds The men that his own image bear. C. M. 12. Prayer in Times of Wickednese. 1 IIELP, Lord! for men of virtue fail, Religion loses ground; The sntis of violence prevail, Andi treacheries abound. 2 Their oaths and promises they brea' Yet act the flatterer's part: With fair deceitful lips they speak, And with a double heart. 8 Lord! when iniquities abound, And impious men grow bold, When faith is rarely to be found And love is waxing cold, 4 Is not thy chariot rolling on? Ilast thou inot given the sign May we lnot rest and live upon A promise so divineI PSALMS. 5 "Yes,:' saith the Lord, "now will I rise, And mnake oppressors flee; 1 will appear to their surlprise, And set my servants free." 5 Like silver in the furnace tried, Thy word( shtill still endure; The men, that in thy truth confide, Shall find the promise sure. L M. i 3. I telp in God azoree. .IOWV long, 0 Lord! shall I complain, Like one that seeks his God in vain? How loni my soul thine absence mourn, And still despair ofthy return? 2 HIow long shall my poor tro)ubled breast Be with these anxious thoughts oppr'essed Ifthou withhold thy heavenly light, I sleep in everlasting night. 2 Iear, Lord! and grant me quick relief, Tiny mercy now shall end my grief; For I have trusted in thy grace, Anrdi shall ain behold thy face. Whate'er my fears or foes suggest, Thou art mny hope, my joy, my rest; MJy heart shall feel thy love, and raise My cheerful voice to songs of praise. C'. 5I. 1 3. Hope it Darkness. I HOW lon, wilt thou conceal thy face, MTy God!l how lone delayv? ,When sihall I feel those heavenly rays That chase my fears away? 2 flow long shall my poor lab'ring soul Wrestle atid toil in vain? Thy word can all my foes control, Attd ease my ra,gitg pain. 9 Be thou my sun and thou my shield, My soul ill safety keep; Make haste,'efore mine eyes are sealed In deat's eternal sleep. 31 PSALMTS. 4 Thou wilt display that sovereign gre, Whence all my comforts spring; I shall employ my lips in praise, Anrd thy salvation sing. 7s. 13. P,eadlngfor Mercy. 1 LORD of mercy, just and kind! Wilt thou ne'er my guilt forgive? Never shall my troubled mind In thy kind remembrance live 2 Lord! how lou shall Satan's art Tempt my har rassed soul to sill, Triumpnl)h o'er my humbled heart, Fears without and guilt withinll 3 Lord, my God! thinme ear incline, lending to the prayer of faith; Cheer my eyes with light divine, Lest I sleep the sleep of death. C. M. 1 4. All men, SitneMs. 1 FOOLS, in their hear ts, believe and say, That all religion's vain; There is no God who rei:ns on hig Or irinds th' affairs of men. 2 The Lord, from his celestial throne, Looked down on tliings below. To find the mian who sought his -race, Or did his justice know. 3 By nature all are gonre astray, Their practice all the same There's none that f ears his Makers hand There's none that loves his name. 4 Their tongues are sed to speak deceit, Their sla nders never cease: Ilow 8swiftt to mischief are their feet? Nor knotw the paths ofpeace. 5 Such seeds of sil-thait bitter root In every heart are foitid; NHer can they lear diviner fruit, 'ill grace refine the ground. P,SALMS. 33 7s and 6s. 14. The Saivation oj Israel. I OH! that the Loril's salvation Were out of Zion come, To heal his ancient nation, To lead his outcasts home. How long the holy city Shall heathen feet profane I Return, ~ Lord! ill pity; Rel,uil(l her walls againt. 2 Let fall tlh roil 0o terror, Thy sa,ing grace impart; Roll back the eil of error, Rtelease the fettered heart; i.et Israel, home returri, Their lost Messiah see; Give oil ofjoy ibr orlmin, And bind thy church to thee. L. M. 15. The Citizen of Zion. WVHO shall ascend thy heavenly place. Great God! and d well before thy face - The manl that itiids religion now, And linhumbly walks with God below: 2 Whose haonds are pure, whose heart is ciean Whose lips still speak the thing they mean; No slanders dwell upon his toingue; He hates to do his neighbor wronig. 3 He loves his enemies, and prays For those that curse him to his face; And doth to all ment still the same That he would hope or wish from them. 4 Yet, when his holiest works are done, His soul depends on grace alone: This is the man thy face shall see, And dwell for ever, Lord' with thee. 7s. 15.i The Heir of Heaven. 1 WHIO, O Lord! when life is o'er, Shall to heaven's blest mansions scar? Who, an ever-welcome guest, In thy holy place shall rest l 3 34 i'SALMIS. 2 Ile, whose heart thy love has warmed' Hle, whose will to thine conformed, Bids his life unsullied run; lie, whose words and thoughts are one; 3 Ile, who shuns the sinner's road, Loving those who love their God; WVho, with hope and faith unfeigned, Treads the path by thee ordained: I He, who trusts in Christ alone, Not in aught himself hath done: lie, great God! shall be thy care, And thy choicest blessings share. L. M. I 6. Death and the lesurrection. I WItEN God is nigh, my faith is utrong IIis arm is my almighty prop; Be lad, my heart! rejoice, my tongue! My dying flesh shall rest in hope. 2 Though in the dust I lay my head, Yet, gracious God! thou wilt not leave My soul for ever with the dead, Nor lose thy children in the grave 3 My flesh shall thy first call obey, Shake off the dust and rise on high; Then shalt thou lead the wondrous way Up to thy throne above the sky. 4 There streams of endless pleasure flow; And full discoveries of thy grace, Which we but tasted here below, Spread heavenly joys through all the place. FIRST PART, C M. 2. Support ard Counselfromn God. 1 LET heathens to their idols haste, And worship rood or stone; ButI my delightful lot is cast Where the true God is known. 2 IIis hand provides my constant food, Ie fills my daily cup; Much am I pleased with present good, 3ut more rejoice in hope PSALMS. 3 God is my portion and my joy; His counsels are my light; He gives me sweet advice by day, And gentle hints by night. 4 My soul would all her thoughts approve To his all-seeing eye; Not death, nor hell, my hope shall move, While such a friend is nigh SECOND PART, C. M. t 6. The Death and Resurrection of GI t 1'I SET the Lord before my face, He bears my courage up; My heart and tongue their joys express My flesh shall rest in hope. 2 "MNIv spirit, Lord! thou wilt not leave, WVhere souls departed are; Nor quit my body in the grave, To see corruption there. 3 "Thou wilt reveal the path of life, And raise mle to thy throne; Thv courts immortal pleasure give. Thy presence ioys unknown."'' 4 Thus in the name of Christ, the Lord The holy David sung And Providence fulfills the word Of his prophetic tongue. 5 Jesus, whom every saint adores, Was crucified and slain: Behold! the tomb its prey restores, Behold he lives again. ; When shall my feet arise and stand On heaven's eternal hills? There sits the Son at God's right hand And there the Father smiles. L. M. 17. Prospect of the Righteous. 1 WHAT sinners value I resign; Lord!'t is enough that thou art minei I shall behold thy blissful face, And stand complete in righteousness. 35 36 PSALMS. 2 This life's a dream-an empty show; But the bri,ht world, to which I go, Ilath joys substantial and sincere; When shall I wake, and find me there; $ Oh! glorious hour!-Oh! blest abode! I shall be near, and like my God; And flesh and sin no more control The sacred pleasures of the soul. I Mv flesh shall slumber in the ground, Till the last trumpet's joyful sound. Then burst the chains, with sweet surprist And in my Saviour's image rise. S. IT. 17. 77le Prospects of the Saint and,nnaer i ARISE, my gracious God! And make the wicke d flee; They are but thy chastising rod To drive thy saints to thee. 2 Behold! th e siinner dies, Ilis haughty vords are aii; Here, in this life. his pleasure lies, And all beyond is paii. 3 Then let his pride advance, And boast ofall his store; The Lord is my inheritance, MIy soul can wish no more. 4 T shall behold the face Of my lbrgiving God; And stand complete in i ighliteousness, Washed in my Saviour's blood. 5 Tlere's a ne w heaven begun, When I awake Irom death Dressed in the likeness of thy Son, And draw immortal breath. FIRST PART, L. M. [S. Deliv,erancefrom Destair. I THEE will I love. O Lord! my strength My rock, my tower, my high defence; Thy mighty arm shall be my trust, For 1 have found salvation thence. PSALMS. 2 Death, and the terrors of the grave, Stood round me with their dismal shade; While floods of high temptation rose, And maile my sinking soul atraid. 3 1 saw the opening gates of hell, WNith endless paius and sorrows there, Which none, but they that leel, can tell, Whlile I was hurried to despair. Iii my distress, I called my God, When I could scarce believe him mine; Ile bowed his ear to iriy complain,; Theit (lid his grace ap)pear divine. 5 My song for ever siall record That terribie, that jo-ful hour; And give the lo-y to the Lord, Due to his niercy and his power. S ECOND PART, I. IM. l 8. Tz,, Re R,,r,d of Sifncerity. 1 LORD! thou hast seen my soul sincere, last made thy truthl and live appear; Before minie eyes I set thy law.s, And thou hast owned my righlteous cause. 2 \What sore temptations broke my rest! WVhat wars and strualiigs iii my breast! 1';4t, through thy frace that reig n s within, I guard agailnst miy darling sin. 3 The sin that close besets mrne still, That works and stries against my wl"! WVhen shall thy Sirit'st sovereign power Destroy it, that it rise no riore l 4 With an impartial hand, the LIord Deals out to mortals their reward: The kind anid Ittilil t soul shall find A God as faithfl anid as kind. TIIIRD I:'ART, I.. M. I S. Rejoicizig in God. I JlUST ire thy wavys. atid true thy word Great Rock i1 mv secure abode! Who is a Lol besidle the lorl I Or whiere's a refuae like our God? 37 PSALMS. 2'T is he that girds me with his might, Gives tme hs holy sword to wield; Andl, while with sin anid hell I fight, Spreads his salvation for my shield 3 tIe lives, and blessed be my Rock, The God of my salvation lives: The dark designs of hell are broke: Sweet is the peace my Father gives. FIRST PART, C. M. 18. Victory over temporal Enemies. 1 WE love thee, Lord! and we adore; Now is thine arm revealed; lThou art our strength, our heavenly tows Our bulwark and our shield. 2 We fly to our eternal Rock, And find a sure deifence; IHis holy name our lips invoke. And draw salvation thence. 3 When God, our leader, shines in arms, What mortal heart can bear The thunder of his loud alarms, The lightning of his spear? I lie rides tipon the winged wind; And angels ill array, In millions, wait to know his mind, And swift as flames obey. 5 He speaks-and, at his fierce rebuke, Whole armies are dismayed; His voice, his trown, his angry look, Strike all their courage dead. 5 Oft has the Lord whole nations blessefti For his own children's sake; The powers, that give his people rest, Shall of his care partake. SECOND PAIlT, C. M. 1 Jehovah coming to reign I THE Lord descended from above, And bowed the heavens most high, And underneath his feet he cast The darkness of the sky. PSALMS. 2 ()!, cherubim and seraphim Inull royally he rode, And on the wings of mighty winds, Came flying all abroad. 2 lIe sat serene upon the floods, Their fury to restrain; And he, as sovereign Lord and King, For evermore shall reign. 8s and 7s. l 8. Christ triumphant. 1 LO! the Lord Jehovah liveth; tle's my rock, I bless his name; He, my God. salvation giveth; All ye lands! exalt his fiame. 2 God, Messiah's cause maintaining, Shall his righteous throne extend; O'er the world the Saviour reigning Earth shall at his footstool bend. 3 O'er his enemies exalted, Great Redeemer!-see him rise; Though by powers of hell assaulted God exalts him to the skies. 4 Jesus! hail! enthlroned in glory, There for ever to abide; All the heavenly host adore thee, Seated at thy Father's side. FIRST PART, L. M 19. Nature and Revelation. I THE heavens declare thy glory, Lord I In every star thy wisdom shinies; But when our eyes behold thy word, We read thy name in fairer lines. 2 The rolling sun. the changing light, Aud iights and days thy power confess But the blest volume thou hliast writ Reveals thy justice and thy grace. J Sun, moon and stars convey thy praise, Round the whole earth, and never stan: So when thy truth began its race, It touched and glanced on every land. 39 40 PSALMS. 4 Nor shall thy spreadiing gospel rest, Till through the world thy truth has run Till Christ has all the nationis blest, That see the light, or feel the sun. 5 Great Sun ofRighteouisness! arise; Bless the dark world w-ith heavenly light Thy gospel makes the siniplle wise. Thy lasws are pure, thy judgments righLt 6 Thy nol)lest wonders here we view, In souls renewed, and sils firgiven Lord! cleanse my sins, my soul renew Arid make thy word iny guide to hieaven. SECOND PART, L. M. 19. The Language of the Heavens. 1 TtIE spacious firmunent on high, WVith all the tlue e,heieal sky, And spanqlcid heavens. a shiinIii frame Their great Or1iginal lroclaim. 2 Th' unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And pul)lishles to every lhnd The wlork of an almighty hand. 3 Soon as the epening-s ha(les prevtil, The moonl takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly, to the listening earth, Repeats the story of her birth:4 While all the star s that round h er burn And all the platiets in their turn, Confirm the tidings, as they roll, And spread the trutli fiom pole to polo 5 What though. in solemn silence, all 'Move round this dark terr estrial ball I What though no real voice. nior sound, Amid thleir radiant orbls is lotiid?5 In reasou's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a gloriou,s oic6 Ior eer singing,a as tihes sliine, i The hand that made us is divinte." 1111 blS eeo aiu p1ower, Thy ilamiln m"essenger, to dart Life through the depthl of uature's heart. W While these trasle)orting visions shiie, Alongu the path of I'rovidence, Glory eternal, joy divinie, Thy woird reveals, tarisceneding sense; My soul thly goodiess lotlgs to see, Thy love to mail, thy love to ne. C. 5I. t9. Divine Rev elation 1 TITY law is pertect, I Lord of light! Thy testimonies sure; The statutes of thy iealun are right, Aid thy commanldmenets pulre. ' Ioly, inviolate thy fear. Enduring, as tly throie; rhy jud,ments, chastenliig, or severe, Justice and truth alone. 3 ILet these, 0 Go(! my soul convert, And make thy servant -ise; Let these be gladness to my heart, The day sprini to mine eyes. 4 By these. may I be warnea betimes; ,Vho insovs the guile withinl Lord! save me from presumptuous crime Cleanse me from secret sin. 5 So may the words my lips express, The thoughts that throng my mind. 0 Lord! my strength and righteousness. With thee acceptance find, FIRST PART, S. M. 19 The Books of Nature and Scripture. . BEHOLD! the lofty sklv Declares its maker, God; And all his starry worlds on high, Proclaim his power abroad. 2 The darkniless and the light Still keel) their course the same; While night to day, and day to night, DI)ivinely teach his name. 3 In every different land Their general voice is known; They show the wonders of his hand And orders of his throne. 4 Ye christiall lands! rejoice: Here he reveals his word; We are not left to nature's voice, To bid us know the Lord. 5 Ilis laws are just and pure, Iis truth without deceit; His promises for ever sure, And his rewards are great. 6 While of thy works I sing, Thy glory to proclaim; Accept the praise, my God, my King. Ii my Redeemer's name. SECOND PART, S. 1M. 1 9. The Gospel; for the Sabbath 1 BEHOLD! the morning-sun Begins his glorious way; His beams through all the nations ru, And life and light convey. 2 But where the gospel comes, It spreads diviner light; 42 P,qAL-IIS. PSALMIS. It calls dead sinners from their tomit, And gives the blind their sight. 3 How perfect is thy word! And all thy judgments just' For ever sure thy promise, Lord! And men securely trust. 4 My gracious God! how plain Are thy directions given! Oh! may I never read in vain, Bult find the path to heaven. THIRD PART, S. M. 1 9. Prayer and Praise. I I HEAR thy word with love, And I would fain obey; Send thy good Spirit from above To guide me, lest I stray. 2 Oh! who can ever find The errors of his ways? Yet, with a bold presumptuous mind I would not dare trangress. 3 Warn me of every sin, Foraive my secret faults, And cleanse this guilty soul of mine, Whose crimes exceed my thoughts. 4 While, with my heart and tongue, I spread thy praise abroad, Accept the worship and the song, My Saviontr and my God! L. P. M. t9. The Excellency of the Scr,ptures, I I LOVE the volumes of thy word; What light and joy these leaves afford To souls benighted and distressed! Thy precepts gulide my doubtful way, Thy fear forbids my feet to stray, Thy promise leads my heart to rest. 2 From the discoveries of thy law, The perfect rules oflife I draw: I here are my study and delight: 4,1 PS A LMS. Not honey so invites the taste, Nor gold, that has tle furnace past. Appears so pleasing to the sight 3 Thy threatecings wake my slumnberinog eyc And war n me where my danger lies; But't is th y blessed gospel. Lord! That mak es my guilty consc.ience clean, Converts my soil, sul)dues my sill, And ives a free, but large reward. 4 Who knows the eirors of his thoughts7 My God! forgive my secret faults, And from presumptuo us sin s restrain; Accept my poor attempts of praise, That I have read thy b)ok of gr'ce, And book of nature, not in vain. I,1. "IN. 20. God, our Defe7ce. I NoNW mav th e God of pover and grace Attend hlis people's lmmlnle cry! Jehcvah hears w hen Isr ael prays And brinigs d(leliverance from on high. 2 Well he remembers all our sighs, His love exceedls our lest deserts; His love accel)ts the sacrifi(e Of hlimlle groan s anld b-oke n hearts. 3 Now save us, Ior(l! fror slvish fear, Now let our hope I)e fim and strong Till thv salvation shall appear, And joiy and triumph raise the song. ,)C. M. 7r,,tst in God. 1 TIHE Lord unto thy prayer attend, In troulle's (larkome hour: the name of Jacol)'s God defend, And shield the, l)y his pcw,er. 2;n thv salvation we'11 rejoice, Anti triumph in the l,ord For, when in )rayier he hears thv voie, Ile will relief afford. 3 In chariots and oni horses some For aid and shelter flee; But in thy name, 0 L(rd! we come, And will remember thee. 4 0 Lord! to us salvatian bring; In thee alone we trust IIear us, 0 God, our heavenly King I Thou refiuge of the just! C. AM. 2. God acienoicledged in National Blessiz7gs I IN thee, great God! with songs of praise, Our fIaoured realns rejoice; And, blest with thy salvation, raise To heaven their cheerful voice. 2 In deep distress, our injured land Imrnploredl thy power to save; For life we prayed-thy bounteous hand The timely blessing gave. .~ On thee, in want, in wo, or pain, Our hearts alone rely; Our rights thy mercy will maintain, And all our wants suppiy. 4 Thus, Lord! thy wondrous power declare, And still exalt thy tamne; A.'llile we glad songs of praise prepare For thine aInighty name. 22. c;it' Suffein,ztgs aiiLnd Ealtation. I NOW let our mourWful songs record The dyinz sorrows of our Lord; When he complained, in tears tand blood. As one tbrsaken of his God. 2 The Jews beheld him thus forlorn, An,d shook their heads, and lau.g.:ed in Fcorn;'lie reseuled others from the grave; Now let him try himnself to save." 3 They swoniiid his head, his hands, his feet Till streans of llood each other meet; By lot his garments they divide, And itock the panigs in which he died. 4 But God, h is Father, heard his cry; Itaised fioml the dead, le reigns on high; i 45 PSA LMS. 16 PSALMS. Thle nations learn his righteousness, And humble sinners taste his grace. C. M. 22. Christ's Sufferings and Victori ! NOW in the hour of deep distress, My God! support thy Son, When horrors dark my soul oppress, Oh! leave me not alone!" 2 Thus did our suffering Saviour pray, With mighty cries and tears; God heard him, in that dreadful day, And chased away his fears. 3 Great was the victory of his deathi, His throne's exalted hith; And all the kiodreds ofthe earth Shall worship-or shall die. 4 The meek and humble soul shall see Ilis table richly spread; And all that seek the Lord shall be With joys immortal fed. 5 The isles shall know the righteousness Of our incarnate God; And nations, yet unborn, possess Salvation il his blood. L. M. 23. God, our Shepherd. 1 MY shepherd is the living Lord; Now shall my wants be well supplied His providence and holy word Become my safety and my guide. 2 In pastures where salvation grows, He makes me feed, he makes me rest There living water gently flows, And all the food's divinely blest 3 My wandering feet his ways mistake But he restores my soul to peace, And leads me, for his mercy s sake, In the fair paths of righteousness. 4 Though I walk through the gloomy vH Where death and all its terrors arn PSALMS. My heart and hope shall never fail, Fo,r God, my shepherd Is with me thert 5 Surely the mercies of the Lord Attend his household all their days; There will I dwell to hear his word, To seek his Iface, and sing his praise. L. il. 6 Lines 3. Jehovah, thee Shepherd of his People. 1 TIIE Lord my pasture shall prepare. And feed me with a shepherd's care; Itis presence shall my wan,ts supply, And guard me with a watchful eye; Miy noon-d(ay-walks he will attend, And all my midnight hours defend. 2 When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain pant, To fertile vales and dewy meads My weary, wandering steps he leads; Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow, Amid the verdant landscape flow. 3 Though in a bare and rugged way, Through deviouis, loniely wilds I stray, Thy presence shall my pains beguile; The barren w ilderness shall smile, With sui den greei s and herbage crowned, And streams shall murmur all around. 4 Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lorl! art with me still; Thy friendly roil shall give me aild, And guide me through the dreadful shade FIRST PART, C. M. 23. T/he watchful Shepherd. I MT shepherd will supply my need, Jehovah is his name; In pastures fresh he makes me feed, Beside the living stream. 2 He brings my wandering spirit back, When I forsake his ways; 47 And leads me, for his mercy's sake, uIn paths of truth and grace. 3 When I w-alk trtrough the shales of dea. Thy presence is my stay; A word o'f thy supportinig breath Drives all my fears away. 4 The sure provisions of mny God Attenid me all miy days; Oh! may thy house be mine abode And all my work be praise. 5 There would I find a settled rest, Whi'e others go and conme; No more a stranger or a guest, But like a child at home. SECOND PART, C. M. 23. Graitude autl Hpe. I MY soul! trimiillihant in the Lori, Proclaimn thy joys ablroad, And narch ith holy vigor on, Sulpported by thy (oil. 2 Through every wioding maze of life Iis hand has been my guide; Aud, in his loig-experienced care My heart shall still confide. 3 Ilis grace throlugh all the desert flows, An innexhaisted stream; That grace, on Zion's stiacrel mount, Shall lbe my endless theme. 4 Beyondl the choicest joys of titme Thy courts on earth I love; But Oh! 1 burn with strong desire To view thy house above. 5 There, joined with all the sliiniiig tand, My soul would thee adore — A pillar in thy temple fixed, To be removed no more. FIRST PART, S. 5M. 23. The good Shephierd. il THE Lord my shephlerd is., I shall be well supplied: I's PSALMS. Since he is mine, and I am his, %'hat can I want besides? o He leads me to the llace, Where heavenly pasture grows, Where living waters gently pass, And full salvation flows. 3 If e'er I go astray, lie dotli my soul reclaim Anld guides me in his ovn right way, For his most ho{y name. 4 WVhile he affords his aid, I calnnot yield to fear; Tho' I should walk thro' d(leath's dark shade, ,Iy shepherd's with me there. 5 Amid surrounding foes, Thou dost mty table sipread; MIy cup w blesslugs overflows, And joy exalts my head. The bounties of thy love Shiali crowii my foll'wing days; Nor from thy house wvill I remove, Nor cease to speak thy praise. SECOND PART, S. M. 23. The Presence of Chri.st. I WIILE my Reileemer's near, My shepherdl, atnd my guide, I bid farewell to every fear; My wants are all supplied. 2 To ever-fragrant meads, Where rich albiiiidance grows, His gracious hand indulgent leads, And guards my sweet repose. 3 Dear Shepnerd! if I stray, M)y wandering feet restore; And guard mle with thy watchful eye, And let me rove no more. II. M. 23. 7hefaithful Sheohera. I MY Shiepherd's name is Love Jehovah, God above; 4 PSALMS. 49 50 PSALMS. Where tender herbage grows, And peaceful water flows, He gently leads, he kindily feeds, And lulls me then to sweet repose. 2 If e'er r heedless stray, Ile shows my feet the way; Yea, thongh through dreary glades, I walk ill dismal shades, No harm I fear, Ibr thou art near, T'hy faithful staff my progress aids. 3 Vhen ra gilg foes surround, My comfbrts still abound; I breathe a fragrant air, And feed on sweetest fare: thus ill thy fold, when worn and old, 1'11 dwell secure beneath thy care. 23 ll~~~~~1s. 77te Care of t/e good Sheplerd. 1 THIE Lord is my shepherd, no want shall I kno' I feedl in green pastures, safe-folded I rest; lie leadeth my soul where the still waters flow, Restores me when wandering, redeems when oppressed. 2 Throug,h the valley and shadow of death houogh I stray, Since thou art my nigardian, no evil I fear; Thy rod shall defend me, thy staff be my stay: No harm can befall, w*ith my comforter near, 3 In the midst of afflictionT my table is spread; WVith blessings unmeasured my cup runneth o'er; \Vith perfume and oil thou anoinrtest my head; Oh! what shall I ask of thy providence more 1 4 Let goodness and mercy, my b(ountiful God 1 Still follow nuy steps till I meet thee above; I seek-by the path which my bforefathers trct, Through the landl of their sojourn-thy king domn of love 7s. 23. Tahe heavenly Slhepherd 1 TO thy pastures, fair and large, Iteavetily Shlepherd! lead thy c~arge PTSALMS. And my couch, with tenderest care, Midst the springing grass prepare. k When I faitit with sutnmer's heat, Thou shalt guide mny weary feet To the streams, that, still and slow, Through the verldant meadows flow. 3 Safe tt. dreary vale I tread, By the shades of death o'erspread; With thy rod and staff supplied, This my guard-and that my guide. 4 Constant, to my latest end, Thou my footsteps shalt attend; And shalt bid thy hallowed dome Yield me an eternal home. FIRST PART, L. M. 24.'aints dwell in Ileaven. 1 TIEIS spacious earth is all the Lord's, And men and worms and beasts and,irds; fle raised the building on the seas, And gave it for their dwellin-plIace. 2 But there's a brighter world on high, Thy palace, Lord! above the sky: Who shall ascend that blest abode, And dwell so near his Maker, God? 3 ie who abhors and fears to sin Whose heart is pui re, whose hands are clen Hlim shall the Lord, the Saviour, bless, And clothe his soul with righteousness 4 These are the men, the pious race, Who seek the God of Jacob's face; They shall enjoy the blissful sight, And( dwell ill everlasting light. SECOND PART, L. M. 24. Christ's Ascension. I tEJOICE, ye shining worlds on high! lBehold the King of glory nigh! Who can this Kingo of glory bei The mighty Lord, the Saviour, he. 2 Ye heavenly gates! your leaves display, To make the Lord. the Haviour, way; LItden with spoils fi on1 earth and hell, [he Conqueror c onies with God to dwell 51 ~52 PSALMS. 3 Raised from the dead, hlie gces before, Hie olpenis hleavei's eternal door, To give his saints a blest abode, Near their Riedeemer and their God. TIIIRD PART, L. M. 24. Cthrist's Glorification. I1 OUR Lord is risen from the dead, Our Jesus is gone up on high; The powers of hell are captive led, Dragged to the portals of the sky. 2 There his triumllial chariot waits, And angels cihant the solemn lay: "Lilt up your heads, ye heavenly gatesI Ye everlastiiig doors! give way." 3 Loose all your )ba s of massy light, And wide unfold the radiant scene; HIe claims those mansions as his right, Receive the King of glory in. 4 "Vho i s the King of glory, who?" The Lord that all our foes o'ercame, That sin, and death, atd hell o'erthrew, And Jesus is the conqueror's name. 5 Lo! his triumphal chariot waits, And angels chant the solemn lay:'Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates I Ye everlasting doors! give way." 6 iSWho is the King of glory, who i" The Lord of boundless power possessed rhe King of s aint s and angels too; God over all, for ever blessed. C. M. 24. The Abode of Satints. I THE earth for ever is the Lord's, With Adam's numerous race; He raised its arches o'er the floods, And built it on the seas. 2 But who among t.he sons of men May visit thine abode 7 He that has hands from mischief clean, Whose heart is right with God. This is the man may rise and take The blessings of his grace; PSALMS. this is the lot of those that seek The God of Jacob's face. 4 Now let our sotuls' immortal powers To meet the Lor(l prepare; l,ift up their everlasting dlors The King of glory's near. 5 The King of glory!-who can tell The wonders of his nglit. 7 fe rules the natioins; tit to dwell With saints is his delight. II. M. .4. Chlrist exalted to the Thro7re. I GOD is gone up oil high, With a t irniphanit inoise; The clationis of thie sky Proclaim th' angelic joys: Join. all oi earth! rejoice atid s!ng Glory ascribe to glory's King. 2 God seen in flesh l,low, For us ie reigns alove; let all the natioiis kiov The Saviou's coniiquering love Join, all ol earth! rejoice and sin,, Glory ascribe to gln y's King. 3 All power to our great Lordi Is by the Father given; By angel-hosts adored, Ile reigns supreme in heaven. Join, all on earth! rejoice and s,-Lg Glory ascribe to glory's King. 4 IIigh on his holv seat, fIe bears the righteous sway; flis foes beneailh his feet Shall sink and die away: Join, all on earth! rejoice and sing i Glory ascribe to glor y's King. b Then all the earth, renewed In righteousness divitte, With all the hosts of God, In one great chorus join Join, all ott earth! rejoice and siang Glory ascribe to glory's King. 53 54 PSALMS. 7s. 924. Christ and the Sa;nts an Glory. I'-WIDE, ye heavenly gates! unfold, Closed no more by death and sin; I.o! the conquering Lord behold! Let the King of glory in." Hark! th' angelic host inqoire, "Who is he. th' alinithty Kin?" Ilark again! the answering choir Thus in strains of triumph sing: 2 "Ile, whose powerful arm alone On his foes destruction hurled; lie, who hath tle victory won Ile, who saved a ruined world: lie, who God's pure law fulfilled, Jesus, the in carnate Word; lie, whose truth with blood was sea; lie is heaven's all-glorious Lord." 3 " Who shall to this blest abode Follow in the Saviour's train 7" "They, who ill his cleansing blood Wash away each guilty stain; They, whose dailv actions prove Steadfast faith, asod holy fear, Fervent zeal, and grateful love; They shall dwell for ever here." FIRST PART, S. M. 25. Waitingfor Par doi and Directiom I I I.IFT my soul to God, ,Nly trust is in his name; Let not my foes that seek my blood Still triumph in my shame. 2 Fromn the first dawning light Till the dark evening rise, For thy salvation, Lord! I wait With ever-longing eyes. 3 Remember all thy grace, And lead me in thy truth Forgive the sins of riper days, Atid follies of my youth I The Lord is just and kind, The meek shall learn his wvays; PSALMS. And every humble sinner find The methods of his grace. 5 For his own goodness' sake He saves toy soul from shame; He pardons, though my guilt be gre at Through my Redeemer's name, SECOND PART, S. M 25. Divine Teaching. 1 WHERE shall the man be found That fears t' offend his God That loves the gospel's joyful sound, Anti trembles at the rod. 2 The Lord shall make him know The secrets of his heart, The wonders of his covenant show And all his love impart. 3 The deaeings of his hand Are t:uth and mercy still, With such as to his covertant stand, And love to do his will. 4 Their souls shall dwell at ease Before their Maker's face; Their seed shall taste the promise, In their extensive grace. THIRD PART, S. M. 25w. Backsliding and Repentance. 1 MINE eyes and my desire Are ever to the Lord, I love to plead his promises, And rest uponi his word. 2 Turn, turn thee to my soul, Bring thy salvation near; When will thy hand release my Out of the deadly snare? 3 When shall the sovereign grace Of my forgiving God Restore me from those dangerotis tWf, My wandering feet have trod I With every morninm's light, ,My sorrow new begins; 56 56 PS.ALMS. Look on my anguish and my pain And pardon all my sins. 6 Oh! keep my soul fiom death, Nor put my hope to shame; For 1 have placed nmy only trust In my Redeemer's name. FOURTIh PART, S. M. 25. Pleodingfor Aery 1 TO God in whom I trust, 1 lit my heart and voice; Oh! let me not be put to shame, Nor let my foes rejoice. 2 Thy mercies and thy love, O Lord! recall to mind; And Graciously continue still, As thou wast ever, kind. 3 Let all my yoithful crimes Be blotted out by thee; And, Oh! for thy great goodness' sake In mercy think on me. 4 His mercy and his truth The riglhteous Lord displays; In bringing wandering sinners home, And teaching them his ways. 26i. S?foel.Eamination. I JUDGE me, O Lord! and prove my ways And try my reins, and try my heart; My faith upon thy promise stays, Nor from thy law my feet depart. 2 Among thy saints will I appear With hands well-washed in innocence; But when I stand before thy bar, The blood of Christ is my defence. 3 1 love thy habitation, Lord! The tempile where thline honors dwell; ]here shall 1 hear thy holy word, And there th.y works of wonder te.l 4 Let not my soul be joined at last With men of treachery and blood; Since I my days on earth have past Among the saints, and near my Guo II. M. 26. Opening a Place of Worship. I IN sweet exalted strains The King of glory prtise; O'er heaven and earth he reigtns, Through everlasting days; He at his will, the wnorldl controls, Sustains, or sillts, the distant poles. 2 To earti Pe )ends his throne His thirone of grace divine; Wide is his bounty known, And wide his glories shine; Fair Salent, still his chosen rest. Is with his siTes and presence blest. B Great King ol glory! come, Anti w ith thy fivor crown This temple as thy idome This people as thy own: Beneath this roof, Oh' eign o shw, floew Gol can dwell w ith men below. 4 iHere may thine ears attend Thy people's humble cries, And grateful praise ascend, All-fara nt, to the skies: HIere may thy word nielodicus sound. And spread celestial joys around. 5 He,re may tih' attentive throng Imbibe thy truth and love; And converts join the song Of seraphim aliove; And willing crowds surround thy boartd With sacred joy and sweet accord. 7s. 2. The House of God. I SEARCH my heart, my actions prove, Try my thoughts, as they arise; For thy kindness and thy love Ever ai-e before my eyes PSALMS. 57 ~58 ~ PSALMS. 2 I have loved the hallowed place, Where thine honor doth abide; To the temple of thy grace, Lord! my erring fo(otsteps guide. 3 Gather not my soul with those, Who their (leeds of blood pursue WVho, thy justice to opIpose, Ilold the tempting bribe to view. 4 Keel) my soul from all offence; All my supplications hear; As I walk ill innocence, Let iue, Lord! thy mercy share FIRST PART, C. M. 27. 7The Church. our DeligIht and Sfche ! TIlE Lord of glory is my light, And my salvation too; God is my strength-nor will I fean What all my foes ciao do. 2 One privilege my heart desires Oh! grant me an abode Ameng the churches of thy saints. The temples of my God. 3 There shall I offer my requests, Attd see thy beauty still; Shall hear thy messages of love, And there inquire thy will. 4 When troubl)les rise, and storms appear, There may his children hide; God has a strong pavilion, where Ile makes my soul abide. 5 Now shall my head be lifted high Above my!bfoes around; And songs of joy and victory Within thy temple sounid. SECOND PART, C. M. 27. Prayer and IHope 1 SOON as I heard my Father say, " Ye children! seek my grace," My heart replied without lelay, I'l11 seek mv Irathe's face.' 2 Let not thy face be hid from me, Nor froswn my soul away; God of my life! I fly to thee, In a distressing day. S Should friends and kindred, near and dear. Leave me to want, or die; My God would make my life his care, And all my need supply. 4 My fainting flesh had died with grief, Had not my soul believed, To see thy grace provide relief; Nor was my hopl)e deceived. & Wait on the Lord, ye treml,ing saint I And keep your courage up; He'11 raise your spirit when it faints, And far exceed your hope. THIIRD PART, C. M. 27. God's Saonctuary, a Refuge. 1 GRANT me within thy courts a place Among thy saints a seat; For ever to behold thy face, And worship at thy feet: 2 In thy pavilion to abide, Wheii storms of trouble blow, And in thy tabernacle hide, Secure from every Ibe. 3 Then leave me not when griefs assail And earthly comforts flee; When father, mother, kindred fail, My God! remember me. 4 Wait on the Lord, with courage wa My soul! disdain to fear; rhe righteous Judge is at the gate, And thy redemption near. 7s. 27. God, the Orphan's RAp I WVHEN my cries ascend to the, Ihear, Jehovah! from afar Let thy tender mercies De Still propitious to my prayer. PSALMS. 59 ;0 PSALMS. When thou badest me seek thy fae, Quickly did my heart reply, Resting on thy word ofgrace, "Thee I'll seek. 0 Lord most high 11 2 Should the world deceitful prove, And no more its help 1 share; Though decayed a imother's love. Though withd(rawn a lather's care, Then Jehovah's guardian eye Shall my orphan state deleled, hl1all a parent's place supply, ie, my guardian, lathtlier, ti'iend. 7s and 6s. 27. Confidence in God. I GOD is my strong salvation, What foe have I to fear? In darkness and tenmptatiorn, My light, my hell) is near; Though hosts enic'unp around me, Firm to the fight I stanild; What terror can coipfounrd me, With God at my right hand? 2 Place on the Lord reliance, MAy soul! with courag,e wait; ilis truth be thine alliance, When faiint and desolate: lIis might thy heart shall strengthen, IIis love thy joy increase Mercy thy days shall lengthen, The Lord will give thee peace. L. M. 28. Prayer and Deliverance from Temp: %t. 1 TO thee, O Lord! I raise my cries, MIy fervent prayer in mercy hear; For ruin waits my treml)linig soul, If thou refuse a gracious ear. 2 While suppliant toward thy holy hiih I lift my feeble hands to pray, Afford thy race, no: driV e mne stiU With impious hypocrites away 6 FoI ever blessed be the Lord, Whose mercy hears my mournful voice I My heart, that trusted in his word, In his salvationi shall rejoice. 4 Let every saint in sore distress By faith approach his Saviour-God; Then grant, 0 Lord! thy pard'ning grace And feed thy church with heavenly fond. C. M. 28 Delive'ancefrom evil Companions. I TIIE giddy world, with flattering tongue, Ield charmed my soul astray; And lured my heedless feet to death Along the flowery way. 2 For me they dug the secret pit, And formed the hidden snare; Thoughtless, I followed where they led, Nor saw destruction near. d My heart with agonizing prayer, Beesought the Lord to save; jUnseen, he seized my trembling hand, And brought me from the grave. 4 Ile broke the charm which Icew my feet To darkness and the dead; From lips proflane, aniil tongue impure, With trembling steps I fled. 5 Homeward I flew to find msy God, And seek his face divine; Restored to peace, to hope. to life, ro Zion's friends and mine. 6 My lips thy wonirous works shall sing, My heart adore thy grace; Thenceforth be love my sweet employ, And all my pleasure praise. FIRST PART, L. M. 29. Storm and Thunder. GIVE to the Lord, ye sons of fame! Give to the Lord renown and power. Ascribe due honiiors to his tname, And his eternal might adore. 2 The Lord proclaims his power aloud. Over the ocean and the land; PSALMS. 61 xiii.1)'~u f~ 1 E'IERNAL God eteu Ruler of hel iid 11 F'romi thee our hoprl~e. o111 coiit',it) Ispring In tIlee we live, ait( li(,e n brahs. '2 Thy word lllLIroult foltl- t h 0,~l Thie rhatt~el.'il ttoon I st" trry hiost; In IiteiltOIII ttretlI(,- raun, Till itt t]he fl_es nrtiilot 3 At thyv romiuei,id the ton sI~nb Ana to the,2ea thyi, pow er!,"t ib aid, "No fute l,I hu dare to C(iIne, And here slhall thy3 piroud wadves be stayce(L 41 Thy sway is kiio,wi below, above, And full of niajesty tty voice, And as it pedk. in wrat rI ( ve Tbento. riiteo eo,e 5 Theflala-,fi oriner Titte p;,e, 11n with Ceaseless tread, When piii,,~ae thy v(Oice siia11 bear Anal reiidei- ut) the,-leep~ini detd. 6 Oh! ti th~i great deri~sive (la)y, ~fay w,e lie fotund in Clhri.t, and st~an( Whille ilantinei worlils shiall melt awIay Owned and approved at thy right h~. PSALMS. Ils. 29. A cript,s of Glory to God. I GIVE glory to Go, in the highest; give praise, Ye noble! ye mighty! with joyful accord; All-wise are his counsels, all-perfect his ways; In the beauty of holiness worship the Lord. 2 The voice of the Lord on the ocean is known, The God of eternitv thunders abroad; The voice of the Lord, fi om the depth ofhis throne, Is terror and power;-all nature is awed. 3 At the voice of the Lord, the tall cedars are bowed, And towers from their base into ruin are hurled The voice of the Lord, from the dark-bosomed cloud, Dissevers the lightning in flames o'er the world. 4 Thie voice of the Lord, thro' the calm of the wood, Awakens its echoes strikes light thro' its caves: fhe Lord sitteth King on the turbulent flood; The winds are his servants,-liis servants the waves. 5'rThe Lo,-d is the strength of his people; the Lord Gives health to his chosen, and peace evermore Theu throng to his teimple. hIis glory record; But, Oh! when he speaketh-in silence sd(lore. FIRST PART, LI,. M. 30. Divine Compassion acknowledged I I WVILL extol thee, Lord! on high; At thy command diseases fly; WVho, but a God, can speak, and save From the dark borders of the grave. 2 Sing to the Lord, ye saints! an(l prove flow large his grace-how kind his love; lJet all your powers rejoice, and trace The wondrous records of his grace. 3 His aigrer but a moment stays; H-is lo e is life, and length of days; Though grief and tears the night employ, The morning-star restores the joy. SECOND PART, LI,. )I. 3(). Divine Compa(ssion acknowltedged. FIRMI was my health; my day was bright; And I presumed't would ue'er be sight;, ()i 64 PSALMS. Fondly I said within my heart, "Pleasure and ieace shall ne'er depart." 2 But I forgot thine arm was strong, Which maile mly mountain stand so long; Soon as thy tface began to hide, My health was gone, my comforts died. 3 I cried aloud to thee, my God! "What Cllst thou profit by my blood I Deep in the dust can I declare Thy truth, or sing thy goodness there 1 4 "Here nme. O God of grace!" I said, "And bring me from amolng the dead:" Thy worl rebuked the pains I felt, Thy parld'ling love removed my guilt. 5 My groaiis anil tears, and forms of wo, Are turned to joy and praises now; I throw my sackeloth on the ground, And ease and gladness gird me round. 6 My tongue. the glory of my frame, Shall iie'er be silent of thy name: Thy praise shall sound thro' earth and besver For sickness healed, and sins for,iven. FIRST PART, C. M 31. Deliverance froaii Death. I INTO thy hand, O God of truth! My spirit I commit; Thou hlast redeemed my soul from death And savedl rme from the pit. 2 " IMv times are in thy hand," I cried, " Though I draw near the dust;" Thou art the refulge where I hide, The God ii whom I trust. 3 Oh! make thy reconciled face UpFl,. thy servant shine; And save me for thy mercy's sake, For I' m entirely thine. 4 Thy goodness, how divinely free! Ilow w(ondrouls is thy grace, To those who fear thy majesty, And trust thy promios,e PSALMS. 5 Oh! love the Lord, all ye his saiits! Anai sini his praises loud; Ile'11 belei his ear to your complaints, And recompense the proud. SECOND PART, C. M. 31. Deliverancefrom,Sander and Reproach. I MY heart rejoices ill thy name, My God, my help, my trust! Thou hast preserved my face from shame, Mine honor from the dust. 2 Hlow great deliveranice thou has wrought Before the sons of men!' The lying lips to silence brought, Andi made their boasting vain! 3 Thy children, from the strife of tongues, Shall thy pavilioni hide; Guard them -roin iifamty and wrongs, And crush #he sons of pride 4 Within thy secret Iresence, Lord! L,et mne forever,well; No fenced city, walled and barred. Secures a saint so well. TtIIRD PART, C Al. 31. Trust in God as a Father. I MY God! lny Father! blissful name! Oh! may I call thee mine 7 Mlay I with sweet assuranice claim A portion so diviite X 2 This only can my fears control, And bid my sorrows Ily: What harm can ever reach my soul Beneath my Father's eyel I Whate'er thy providence denies, I calmly would resign; For thou art good, and just, and wise, Oh! hend my will to thine. 4 Whate'er thy sacred will ordaiis, Oh! give me strength to bear; lIt me but know my Father reigns, And trust his tender care. 5 If pain and sickness rend this f'anme, And lIfe almnost depart, 5 65 6~6 ~ PSALMS. Is not thy mercy still the same. To cheer my drooping heart 6 My God! my Father! be thy name My solace and my stay; Oh! wilt thou seal my humble claim And drive my fears away. 7s. 31. God, a Rock and F,rtrtese t LOLD! I look for all to thee; Thou hast been a rock to me: Still thy wonted aid afford; Still be near, my shield, my sword I my soul commit to thee, Lord! thy blood has ransomed me. 2 Faint and sinking on my road, Still I cling to thee, my God! Bending'neath a weight of woes. Harassed by a thousand foes, Itope still chides my rising fears; Joys still mingle with my tears. 3 On thy word I take my stand, All my times are in thy hand; Make thy face upon me shine; Take me'neath thy wings divine Lord! thy grace is all my trust' Save, Oh! save thy trembling dust. 4 Oh! what mercies still attend Those who make the Lord their friend Sweetly, safely shall they'bide 'Neath his eye. and at his side: Lord! may this my station be: Seek it, all ye saints! with me. FIRST PART, L. M. 32. Pardon and Obedience. I BLEST is the man, for ever blest, Whose guilt is pardoned by his God Whose sins with sorrow are confesse And covered with his Saviour's bloo 2 From guile his heart and lips are free; His humble joy, his holy fear, PSALMS. With deep repentance weli agree! And join to prove his faith sincere. '3l How glorious is that righteousness That hides anil cancels asl his sins! While a bright evidence of grace, Throughl his whole life, appears ard shine SECOND PART, L. TM. 32. Confession and Pardon. I WIIIIL,E I keep silence, and conceal My hlieavy guilt within my heart, What torments dotli in) conscience feel' W.Vhat a,gonies of inward smart! 2 I sprea(il my sins before the Lord, Aud all my secret faults confess; Thy gnspel speaks a pard'ninga word, Thy (toly Spirit seals the grace. 3 For this shall every hunmble soul Make swift ad(resses to thv seat; Vhen floo(s of huge temptations roll, There shall they find a blest retreatt. 4 How safe beneath thv ting's I lie, Wlhei days,row dark and storms appear And when 1 walk, thy watchfutl eye Shall gidoe ne sate from every stare. S. IM. 32. Foigivenless of ns. 1 O1! blessed souls are they, Whose sins are covere d o'er; Divinely blest, to whom the Lord Imputes their guilt no more. 2 They mourti their follies past, And keep their hearts with care Their ips and lives, without dece'L Shall prove their faith sincere. 3 While I concealed my guilt, I felt the festering woIund; Till I confessed tny sis to thee, And ready pardon found. 4 Let sininers learn to pray, Let saints keep near the throne, ('i c668 ~ PSALMS. our help. in times of deep distress, Is found in God alone. FIRST PART, C. M. 33. Wiorks of Creationr, and Providens 1 REJOICE, ye righteous! in the Lord; This worli belongs to you; Siiiu of his name, his ways, his ward; Ifow holy, just, and true! 2 Ilis merc and his righteousness Let heaven and earth proclaim; is l orks of nature and of grace Reveal his wondraus name. 3 IHis wisdom and almighty word The heav enly arches spread; And. bv the Spirit of the Lord, Their shining hosts were made. 4 Ile bade the liquid waters flow To their appointed deep; The flowing seas their limits know And their own station keep. 5 Ye tenants of the spacious earth! With fear before him stand: Ie spake-and nature took its birth, And rests on his comniand. - LIe scorns the angry nations' rage, And breaks their vain designs; His counsel stands through every age, And in full glory shines. SECOND PART, C. IM. 33. Creatures vain, and God all-suaiciea, 1 BLEST is the nation, where the Lord Ilas fixed his gracious throne; Where he reveals his heavenly word, And calls the tribes his own. 2 Ilis eye, with infinite survey, Does the whole world behold; ie formed us all of equal clay, And knows our feeble mould. 3 God is our fear, and God our trust When plagues or famine spread; PSALMIS. Ilis watchfill eye secutres the just. Among tell thousand dead. 4 Lord! let our hearts in thee rejoice, Atid bless us from thy throne; F r we have m,ad(e thy word our AoiceS, 'An( trust thy grace alone. L.P.M. 33. Ilkotks of Creatio2 aend Proridence. 1 Y E holy sols! in Go dl rejoice; Ycour Maker's praise lec(mes your voice; Great i.s your theme, your. souLg:s be ne,w Si hg ofhs, his ord his ways, HIiis wvorks of niatur-e andli of grace; Iow wise and holy, jlst and true! 2 Justice ani truth he ever loves; And the wh ole edrth his gooldness proves; His word the heavenly- a-ches spread; Ilow wide they shine trom north to south! Atid by the spirit of his lolth Were a1 the starry armies made. 3 le gathers the w i(le-flowiig seas, Those watery treasures ktiiow their place, Itn the vast store-house of thie deep: Ie spake-,and gae all latLre birth; Anid fires and seas, anid heaveli and earth, Ifis everlasting orders keep. 4 Let mortals tremlle, an d adore A God ofsuch resistless power, Nor dare indulge their feeble rag e. Vain are their thouhts., and weak their hands But his eternail coiiinsel stards, An,i rules the world from age to ae. FIRST PART, L. M. 34. God's Care ofhis Sai;ts. l I,ORD! I will b)less thee all my days; Thy praise shall dwell upon my tongae; My soul shall,lory in thy grace, While saints rejoice to( liet the song 2 Come. magnify the Lord with me; Ci me, let us all exalt his name; 69 PSALMS. I souzht th' eternal God, and 1 e Ilas not exposed my hope to shaxne. 3 1 tc,]t him all my secret grief, MIy secret groailings reached his ear; Ile gave my inward pains relief, And calnied the tumult of my fears. 4 To him the poor lift up their eyes, % ith heavenly joy their faces shine; A beam of mercy from the skies Fills them with light and joy divine. 5 Ilis holy angels pitch their tents Around the men that serve the Lord: Oh! fear and love him, all his saints! Taste of his grace and trust his word. SECOND PART, I. M. 341-. IReligious Edutcationi. 1 CIIIL)REN!-in years and knowledge y(uting Your parents' hope, your plarents' joy, Attend the counsels of my toingue; Let pious thonghts 5 our minds employ. 2 If you desire a length of days, And peace to crown your mortal state, Restrain your feet from impious rays, Your lips from slander and deceit. 3 The eyes of God regar d his saints, Ifis ears are open to their cries le sets hi s frowning fhce against The sons of violence andl ties. 4 To humble souls and broken hearts, God with his grace is ever nigh; Pardon and hope his love imparts, When mIen ini deep contrition lie. b Ile tells their tears, he counts their groans Itis Son redeems their souls from death; Ilis Spirit heals their broken bones, They in his praise employ their breath FIRST PART, C. M. 3. Praise for eminient Deliverance, I I'LL bless the Lord from day to day: tlow good are all his ways I ioI PSALMS. Ye humble souls, who love to pray I Come, help my lips to praise. 2 Sing. to the honor of his name, flow a poor sinner cried; Nor was his hope exposed to shame. Nor was his suit denied. a I told the Lord my sore distress, WitlP heavy groans and tears; He gave my sharpest torments ease, And silenced all my fears. 4 O sinners! come and taste his love, Come, learn his pleasant ways, And let your own experience prove The sweetness of his grace. 5 He bids his angels pitch their tents, Round where his children dwell; What ills their heavenly care prevents, No earthly tongue can tell. 6 Oh! love the Lord, ye saints of his! His eye rewards the just; How richly blest their portion is, Who make the Lord their trust! SECOND PART, C. M. 34. Praise for Mercies received. 1 THEE will I bless, O Lordl, my God I To thee my voice I'll raise, For ever spread thy name abroad, And daily sing thy praise. 2 My soul shall glory in the Lord, His wondrous acts proclaim; Oh! let us now his love record, And magnify his name. 3 Mine eyes beheld his heavenly light, When I implored his grace; I saw his glory with delight, And joy beamed o'er my face. 4 Oh! taste and see that God is good, Ye, who on him rely! le shall your souls, with heavenly foo And grace and strength, supply. 71 72 PSALMSI THIRD PART, C. M. 34. Trusting and Praising God. 1 THIROUGIH all the changing scenes of i,~ In trouble, and in joy, The praises of my God shall still My heart and tongue employ. 2 Of his deliverance I will boast, Till all, who are distressed, From my example comfort take, And chfiarm their griefs to rest. 3 Oh! magnify the Lord with me, With me exalt his name; When in distress to him I called, He to my rescue came. 4 Tne hosts of God encamp around The dwellings ofthe just; Deliverance he affordls to all, Who on his succor trust. 5 Oh.! make but trial of his love; Experience will decide Itow blest are they, anil only they, Who in his truth confide. 6 Fear him, ye saints! and ye will then Have niothing else to fear; Make ve his service your deliht, Ie'lil make your wants his care. Ss. 34. -Ivening. I INSPIRER and hearer of prayer, Thou Slhepherd and Guardian ofthins! My all to thy covenant-care, I, sleeping and waking, resign: If thliou art my shield a In my sun, The night is no darkness to me And fast as my moments roll on, They bring me but nearer to thee. 2 Th, ministering spirits descend, To watch while thy saints are asleep; By day and by night they attend, The heirs of salv,ation'o keep PSALMS. Bright seraphs, dispatched from the throne Repair to their stations assigned; And ange s elect are sent down, To guard the redeemed of mankind. 3 Thy worship no interval knows; Their fervor is still on the wing; And. while they protect my repose, They chant to the praise of my King. I. too, at the season ordained, Their chorus tbr ever shall join; Andi love andi adore, without end. Their faithful Creator, and mine 8s, 7s, and 4s. 35. Christ exalted over his Foes. 1 LO! the Lor(l. the mighty Saviour. Qilits the grave the throne to claim; Object of his endless favor, God o'er all exalts his name; Those who hate him Clothed with everlasting shame. 2 Shout for joy-with songs of praises, Ye, who in his name deliglht! Shott-fo r God our Saviour raises To his throne in endless might; 'T is Jehovah Crown-s our Lord, in realms ofligh:t. 3 God his servant lifts to glory, Bids him all his honrs share: Now, Jehovah! we adore thee, And thy righteousness declare: Endless praises Shall thy ransomed church prepare. L. AI. 36. Perf,ctio and Proridence of Go I I'GH in the heavens, eternal God! Thy goodness in full glory shines; Thv truth shall break th:ough every cloud That veils or darkens thy designs. 2 For ever firm thy justice stands, As mountains their foundations keep; 1.3 Wise are the wonders of thy hands, Thy judgments are a mighty deep. 3 Mv God! how excellent thy grace, WVhence all our hope, our comfort springs; The sons of Adam, in distress, Fly to the shadow of thy wings. 4 From the provisions of thy house, We shall be fed w ith sweet repast: There mercy like a river flows, And brings salvation to our taste. 5 Life, like a fountain, rich and free, Sprlngs from the presence of my Lord; And ill thy light, our souls shall see The glories romised in thy word. C. M. 36. The Presence and Protection of God 1 ABOVE these heavens' created rounds, Thy mercies, Lord! extend; Thy truth outlives the narrow bounds, Where time and nature end. 2 Thy justice shall maintain its throne, Thouiah mountains melt away; Thy judgments are a world unkno"vL A deep unfathomed sea. 3 Though all created light decay, And death close up our eyes; Thy presence makes eternal day, Where clouds can never rise. 4 Safety to man thy goodness brings, Nor overlooks the beast; Beneath the shadow of thy wings Thy children choose to rest. S. M. 36. Man sitnful, God jit I WIIEN man grows bold ill sin, My heart within me cries, lie hath no faith of God within, Nor fear before his eyes." 2 ie walks awhile concealed, In a self-flattering dream; ,4 PSALMS. PSALMS. Till his dark crimes, at once reveals, EFxpose his hateful name. 3 Ilis heart is false and foul, flts words are smooth and thir Wisdom is banished from his soui, And leaves no1 goodness there. 4 But there's a dreadful God, Though men renounce his fear; His justice, hid behind the cloud, Shall one great day appear. 5 lis truth transcenls the sky, In heaven his mercies dwell; I)eep as the sea his judgments Aea His anger burns to hell. f llow excellent his love, iWhence all our safety springs. t)h! iiever let my soul remove Fromn underneath his wings. FIRST PART, C. M. ,3. God,0 the Guardian of the Ptot,. I NOW let me make the LorId my trust And practice all that's good; So shall I dwell among the just, Andl he'11 provide me food. 2 I to my God my wvays commit, And cheeriful wait his will; Thy hadl, which guides my doubtful fra Shall my desires fillfill. 3 NMiiie innocence shalt thou display, Aud make thy judgmeiits known, Fair as the light of dawning day, And glorious as the ioon. 4 The meek at last the earth possess, And are the heirs of heaven; True riches, with abundant peace, To humble souls are given. SECOND PART, C. M. 37-. The Safety of the Righteous& I MY God! the steps of pious men Are ordered by thy will; 75 76r tiPSALMNIS. Tliough they slholll fall, they rise agair; Tiy hand supp)orts them still. 2 The Lord delights to see their vays; Their virtae he approves, Ile'11 ne'er deprive themn of his grace, Nor ieave the men he loves. 3 The heavenly heritage is theirs, Their portion and thieir home; lie feils them iiow, and makes them.e:rs Of blessings long to came. TIIIRD PART, C. l. lT,e Sinner an,d the Saint. TIlE haugfhty sin ner I have seen, Not learirig aln, nor God; l,ike a tall bay-tiee, fair and green, .Slpireading~ his armus albroadl. A,nd, lo! le vnished fioii the grounc, D)estroved by hands unseen; No(r root, nor tlbianc'l, nor leat; was found. W'here all that pride had been. Biut mark the man of righteousniess, Ils se erial steps attenld; True pleasure runns through all nis way. Arnd!ieacet'il is his end. 4 When sinell, tle righteous stand, Preservedl fi'Oln every sare; They shall possess the promised land, And dw ell " or ever there. C. C.NI '. Severe Ch,astisemnen t depr ecated 1 AMIDST tliv wrath, reitiember love RItestore thliy servant. Lo.?! Nor let a father's cl.asteuiii pr,,ve Like an avenger's swoi(l 2 My sins a heavy load a ppea r, Anid o'er miny head a e gon e, The lburden, ILord! I caIn not bear N,,r e'er the guilt atone. , All my desire to thee is kn own Thine eye counts e-ery tear; And every sigh, and every groan, Is noticed by thine ear. 4 But I'11 confIss my guilt to thee, And grieve for all mqy stm; I'11 mourn how weak my graces be, Aud beg support divine. 5 My God! forgive my follies past, And be for ever nieh; 0 Lord of im. salvation! haste, Before thy servant die. L. M. '.). B,-]reity of hi,,naan Life. 1 Oil let me, eracioiis Lord extend My viesw, to life's approaching end: What are mv lays?-a span their line; Aud what my ae, comparedl with thine I Our life advancing to its close Wvhile ssarce its earliest dawi it known, Owift. toiough aii empty shade, we run. And anity and man are one. :od )fmy fathers! here as they, I walk, the pilgrin of a day; A transient gtiest, thy works admire, Anid inistanit to my home retire. I Oh' spare me. l,ord! ii inercy, spare, And natire's failing, strength repai, Ere, life's shor t circuit waldered o er, I perish, and am seen iio more. FIRST PART, C. M. 39,. T,he Ianity o,J 3Ian. I TEACH me the measire of my days Thou Maker of my frame! I iwould survey ife's narrow spmo, Aud learn how frail I am. 92 A span is all that we can boast, An inich or two of tim e: NIan is but vanity aid dusi, In all his tlower and prime. 3;%e the vair race of mortals move Like shadows o'er the plain I PSALMS. n 7~8 ~ PSAL,MS. They rage and strive, desire and love, But all the noise is vain. 4 Some walk in honor's gaudy show; Some dig for golden ore; They toil for heirs they kn(ow not who And straight are seen no mlore. 0 What should I wish, or wait for, ther. From creatures, earth, and dust They make our expectations vain, And disappoint our trust. 6 Now I forbid my carnal hope. My fond desires recall; I give my mniortal interest up, And make my God my ail. SECOND PART, C M 39. Sick- bed Devotioan. 1 GOD of my life! look gently down, Behold the pains I feel! But I am dumb before thy throne, Nor dare dispute thy will. 2 Diseases are thy servants, Lord! They come at thy command; I'll not attempt a murni'ring word. Against thy chastening hand. 3 Yet I may plead with humble cries, "Remove thy sharp rebukes; My strength consumes, my spirit does, Through thy repeated strokes." 4 Crushed as a moth beneath thy hand, We moulder to the dust; Our feeble powers can ne'er withstand, And all our beauty's lost. 6 I'm but a stranger here below, As all my fathers were; May I be well-prepared to go, When I the summons hear. 6 But if my life be spared awhile, Before my last remove, Thy iraise shall be my business still, And 1'll declare thy love. 7 PSALMS. S. M. 39. The Brevity of Life. 1 LORD! let me know mine end, My days, how brief their datef That I may timely comprehend, How frail n.y best estate. 2 My life is but a span, Mine age is naught with thee; WVhat is the highest boast of man But dust and vanity 7 3 Dumb at thy feet I lie, For thou hast brought me low; Remove thy judgments, lest I die; I faint beneath thy blow. 4 At thy rebuke, the bloonm Of niai's vain beauty flies; And grief shall, like a moth, consulia All that delights our eyes. 5 Have pity on my fears; Hearke,i to my request; Turn not ill silence from my tears, But give the mourner rest. ~ Oh! spare me yet, I pray, Awhile my strength restore, Ere 1 am summoned hence away) And seen on earth no more. 39.n~ ~ 7s and 6s. 39i. fHuman frailty. I OH! what is earthly pleasure, Compared with thy rich grace I Lord! teach us how to measure The remnant of our days, How brief is our existence, How frail a thing is man; And grant us thine assistance, This feeble life to scan. 2 How soon the hours of gladness, That cheer us on our way, Are changed to gloom and sadness, Or filled vith dleep dismay! 79 F) 0PSALI,. ,Man, il his best condition, Is vaiity and dust; soon past the fleeting visiorn; ie then gives up the ghost. 3 Earth's trieasures quickly leave us, Its honors ne'er endure; lts pieasures but deceive us, Its hopes are insecure: But, Lord' while time so fleeting Is filled with many a snare, My sou l on thee is waiting, I'11 trust thy guardian care. FIRST PART, C. M. 40. Deltreratice fro m deep Dist,. I I WVAITED patient for the Lord, Ile bowel to hear my cry; lie saw mi restin l oi his word, Anll brought sait.tion nigh. 2 ItI rised me fror a horrid pit, Where. mout nings, lonug I lay And fromi my honds released my feet Deel) bonds of mniry clay. ' Firm on a rock he made ma stiroi, And tauztht my cheerful toniLue To praise the wo(ders oflhis hand, Ini n ew thankful sotg. 4 I'11i s)read his works of grace abroad; The sailts with joy shatll hear: And siinieTs. learn to make my Go( Their only hope and fear. II l., maty are thy thougihts of lo)ve! Thy miercies, Lord! how great! We have not words, nor hours enough, Their ilumbers to repeat. SECOND PART, C. M. ,0. Incarrnation and Atonement of Chris I BEHOLD! the blest Redeenmer comes, Th' eternal Son appears, And at th' appointed time assumes The body God prepares. 2 Much he revealed his Father's grace, And much his truth he showed, PSALMVS. He preached the way of rightfousnes Where great assemblies stood. 3 Ilis Father's honor touched his heart, lie pitied sinners' cries; And to fulfill a Saviour's part Was made a sacrifice. 4 No blood of beasts, on altars shed, Could wash the conscience clean; Bult the rich sacrifice he paid Atones for all our sin. THIRD PART, C. M; 40. God's infinite Love. 1 0 LORD! how infinite thy love! HIow wondrous are thy ways! I,et earth beneath, and heaven:bove, Combine to sing thy praise. 2 Man in im.mortalbeauty shone, Thy noblest work below; Too soon by sin made heir alon To death and endless woe. 3 rthien-" Lo! I come," the Saviour sail; Oh! be his name adored, Who, with his bllood. our ransom paid, Arid life andui bliss restored. L. M. 4 I. Bltesedr-ss of the MercifuL 3 Il,EST is the mail, whose heart doth move, Anld nielt with pity to the poor; Whose soul, by sympathising love, Feels what his follow saints endure. 2 fis heart contrives. for their reliefs More good than his own hands can do, He. in the time of general grief, Shall find the Lord has pity too. 3 lNis sol shall live secure on earth, With secret blessings on his head, When drought, and pestilence, and dearth, Around him multiply their dead. t Or, if he languish on his couch, God will pronounce his sins forgiven; Will save him with a healing touch, Or take his willing soul to heaven. 6 oI PSAIMS. L. M. 42. Trusting in God in Times of De,spondnciy, I MY spirit sinks within me, Lord! But I will call thy name to mind; And times of past distress record, When I have found that God was kind, 2 Yet will the Lord command his love, When I address his throne by day; Nor in the ilight his grace remove; The night shall hear me sing and pray. 3 I'll cast myself before his feet, And say-" My God, my heavenly Rock! Why doth thy love so long forget The soul that groans beneath thy stroke, 4 1'11 chide my heart that sinks so low: Why should my soul indulge her griefs Hope in the Lord and praise him too; lie is my rest, my sure relief. 6 Thy light and truth shall guide me still; Thy word shall my best thoughts employ, And lead me to thy heavenly hill, My God, my most exceeding joy! FIRST PART, C. M. 42. Desertion and Hope. 1 WITH earnest longings of the mind, My God! to thee I look; So pants the hunted hart to find And taste the cooling brooK. 2 When shall I see thy courts of grace, And meet my God again? So long an absence from thy face My heart endures with pain. 3'T is with a mournful pleasure now I think on ancient days; Then to thy house did numbers go, And all our work was praise. 4 But why, my soul! sunk down so far, Beneath this heavy load? VVhy do my thoughts indulge despair, Anl sin against my God? 5 H-ope in the Lord, whose mighty hand Can all thy woes remove, 812 PSALMS For I shall yet before him stand, And sing restoring love. SECOND PART, C. M. 42. Tistig after God. I AS pants the hart for cooling stream. WVhen heated in the chase, So longs my soul O God! for thee, And thy refreshinlg grace. 2 For thee, my God. thie living God! My thirsty soul (loth pine; Oh! when shall I behold thy face, Thou Majesty diviie! 3 I si!h to thiik of lhappier days, When thou, O Lord! wast nigh; When every heart was tunied to praise, And none nore blessed than 1. 4 Why reslless, why cast dowin, my sou, t Trust Go-d, and thcu shalt sing His praise amzain, and find him still Thy heatth's eternal spring. 7s. i12. Prayel and IIope in Affzction I HIEARKEN, Lord! to my complaints, For mv soul withlin mne taints; Thee, far off I call to mind, Itt the lat(il I left behind, Where the streams of Jordan flow, WVhere the heights of HIermon glow, 2 Tempest-tossed( my failing bark Founider s o n the ocean dark; Deep to deep arotind ine calls, WVith the rush o f water-falls; WVhile I plunge to lower caves, Overwshelmed b)y all thly waves. 3 Once the moriii's earliest ligt Brought tltv mercy to my sight Antil mv -akeful song was lt.eard Later than the evenin g-bird; Ilast thou all miy prayers lborgot? Dost thou scorii, or hear them notl S Why. my soul! art thou perplexed I Why with faithless trotibles vexedl 83 R~4 PSALMS. Slope in Gcd, whose saving nartn e Thou shalt joyfully proclaim, When his countenance shall shine Through the clouds that darken thin. C. M. 43. Prayer in Affliction. I JTUDGE me, O GC(i! and plead my cautt Against a sinful race; From vile oppression and deceit Secure me by thy grace. 2 On thee my steadfast hope depends; And am I letl to mourn? To sink ill sorrows, and in vain Implore thy kindl return? 3 Oh! send thy light to guide my feet, And bid thy truth appear; Condltict me to thy holy hill, To taste thy mercies there. 4 Then to thine altar, O my God! My joyful feet shiall rise, And my triumphant songs stall praise The G(od who rules the skies. H. M. 43. Commencemrnet of public W,os. p I NOWV. to thy sacred house I turn my willilng feet. Where saints, with niori!ng-vows, In fill assembly meet: Thy power ilivine Shall there be shown, And from thy throine Thy mercy shine. 2 Oh! send thy light abroad; Thy truth, with heavenly ray, Shall lead my soul to God, And guide miy doubtfill way: I'll hear thy word With faith sincere, And learn to fear And praise the Lord. PSALMS. 3 Here reach thy graciolis hand, Alnd all my sorrows heal, Here health and strength divine, Oh! make my bosom feel; Like balmy dew, Shall Jesus' voice My heart rejoice And strengthi renew. 4 Now in thy holy hill, Before thine altar, I.ord! M3 harp andl song shall sounrld The glories of thy word: 0 God of grace! Hencefoi th to thee My life shall be A hymn of praise. 43 Prayer in Distress. I JUDGE me. Lord! in righteousness; Plead for me in myv distress; Good and merciful thou art; Bind this blee(ing, tb roken heart; Cast me not despairing, heuce; Be thy love my confidence. 2 Send thy light and truth, to guide Me, too prone to turn aside, On thy holy hill to rest, In thy courts for ever blest; There to God, my hope, my joy, Praise shall all my powers employ. 3 NVhy, my soul! art thou dismayed 7 Why of earth or hell afraid. Trust in God; disdain to yield, While o'er thee he casts lhis shield; While his countenance divine Sheds the light of heaven on thine. C. i. 14. Complaint in Declension. 1 LORD! we have heard thy works ot'ol, Thy works of power and grace, When to our ears our fathers told The wonders of their days' 85 9~6 ~ PSALMS. 2 How thou didst build thy churches here, And make thy gospel known: Among them did thine arm appear, Thy light and glory shone. 3 In God they boasted all the day; And in a cheerful throng, Did thousands meet to praise and pray; And grace was all their song. 4 But now our souls are seized with shae; Confusion fills our face, To hear the enemy blaspheme, And fools reproach thy grace. 5 Redeem us from perpetual shame, Our Saviour and our God! We plead the honors of thy name, The merits of thy blood. FIRST PART, L. M. 45. The Glory of Christ. 1 NOW be my heart inspired to sing The glories of my Saviour-King; Jesus, the Lord,-how heavenly fair His form! how bright his beauties are! 2 O'er all the sons of human race He shines with a superior grace; Love from his lips divinely flows, And blessings all his state compose. 3 Dress thee in arms, most mighty Lord. Gird on the terror of thy sword; In majesty and glory ride, With truth and meekness at thy side. 4 Thy throne, 0 God! for ever stands; Grace is the sceptre in thy hands; Thy laws and works are juist and right; Justice and grace are thy delight. 5 God, thine own God, has richly shed His oil of gladness on thy head; And with his sacred Spirit blest His first-born Son above the rest PSALMS. SECOND PART. L. M. 4. Chist antd is Ch,,rch. THIE King of saints,-how fair his face! Adorned with nmajesty and grace, He comes, with lblessings from above, And wins the nations to his love. 2 At his right hand, our eyes behold The queen. arrayed in purest gold; The world admires her heavenly dress, HIer robe of joy and righteousness 3 Oh! happy hour, when thou shalt rise To his fair palace in the skies; And all thy sons, a nunierous train, Each like a prince ill glory reign. 4 I,et endless honors crown his head; Let every ace his praises spread; While we, with cheerful songs, approve The coindesen,sions ofhis love. C. M. 45-. Christ (nd his glos ions Reign. I I'LL speak the honors of my King, His bform disvinely fair; None of the sons of mortal race May with the Lord compare. 2 Sweet is thy speech, and heavenly grase Upon thy lips is shed; Thy Goi, witlt blessings infinite. Haathi crotwned thy sacred head. 3 Girdl on thv sword, v ictorious Prince. Rile with inajestic sway Thv terror hall strike through thy foes And make the world obey. 4 Thy throne. O God! for ever stands; Thv wor I of grace shall prove A peaceful cept e in thy hands, To rule the saints by love. 5 Justice and truth attend thee stil But isercy is thy choice; And God. thy God. tlhyv soul shall fill WNith most peculiar joys. i 88 PSALMfS. S. M. 45. The Glob of cTria 1 MY Saviour and my King! Thy beauties are divine; Thy lips with blessings overflow, And every grace is thine. 2 Now make thy glory known; Gird on thy dreadful sword. And ride, in majesty, to spread The conquests of thy word. 3 Strike through thy stubborn foes, Or melt their hearts t' obey; VWhile justice, meekness, grace, and % tre Attend thy glorious way. 4 Thv laws, O God! are right; Thy throne shall ever stand, And thy victorious gospel prove A sceptre in thy hand. _5 Chrit H. M. 4 Christ, te triumnphantt King. I GIRD on thy conquering sword, Ascend thy shiting. car; And march, Almighty Lord! To wage thy holy war: Before his wheels, In glad surprise, Ye vallies! rise And sink, ye hills.' 2 Before thine awful face Millions of foes shall fall, The captives of thy grace, That grace which conquers ali The world shall know, Great King of kings! What wondrous things Thine arm can do. 3 Here to my waiting soul, Bend thy triumphant way; Here every fear control, And all thy power display: My heart, thy throne, Blest Jesus! see, Submits to thee, To thee alone. FIRST PART, L. A. 46. Churc&'s Safety amidst Desotiot. I GOD is the refuge of his saints, When storms of sharp distress invade, Ere we can offer our complaints, Behold him present with his aid. 2 Let mountains from their seats be hurled, Down to the deep and buried there; Convulsions shake the solid world; Our faith shall never yield to fear. d There is a stream, whose gentle flow Supplies the city of our God; Life, love, and joy still gliding through, And watering our divine abode. 4 That sacred stream,-thy holy word. Our grief allays, our fear controls. Sweet peace thy promises afford, And give new strength to fainting souls 6 Zion enjoys her monarch's love, Secure against a threatening hour; Nor can her firm loundations move, Built on his truth, and armed with po,er SECOND PART, L. M. . God reigns in Zion. I LET Zion in her King rejoice, Though tyrants rage, and kingdoms rie He utters his almighty voice, The nations melt,-the tumult dies. 2 From sea to sea, through all the shores, He makes the noise of battle cease; When from on high his thunder roars, Ile awes the trembling world to peace 3 "Be still-anid learn that I am God; I'll be exalted o'er the lanllds I will be known and feared abroad, Bit s ill my throne in Zion stands" 8 ALM.% 9s PSALMS. 4 0 Lord of hosts, almighty King! While we so near thy presence dwell, Our faith shall sit secure, antd sing Defiance to the gates of hell. TIIIRD PART, L. M. 46. The Rlefuge and Defe,zce of the Saints. 1 GOD is our refuge and defence, In trouble our unfailing aid; Secure in his omnipotence, What foe cal make our souls afraid. 2 Yea, though the earth's founlations rock, And mountains down the gulf be hurled, Itis people smile amid the shiock; They look beyond this transient world. 3 Tilere is a river pure and bright, Whos e streams make glad the heavenly pl. WIheie, in eternity of li0 ht, The city of our God remains. 4 Built by the word of his command, WVith his unclouded presence blest, Firm as his throne the bulwarks stand; There is our home, our hope, our rest. 5 Thither let fervent faith aspire; Our treasure and our heart be there; Oh! for a seraph's wing of fire! No;-for the mightier wings of prayer. 6 We reach at once that last retreat, And ranged among the ransomed throng Fall with the elders at his feet, Whose name alone inspires their song. C. M. 46- God an unfailing Refuge. 1 GOD is our refuge, tried and proved. Amid a stormy world; We will not fear though earth he moved, And hills in ocean hurled. 2 The waves may roar, the mountains shake, 9ur comforts shall not cease; The Lord his saints will not forsake; The Lordi will give us peace, 3 A gentle stream of hope and love to us shall ever flow; It issues from his throlne above; It cheers his church below. 4 When earth and hell against us cani?, lie spake and quelled their powers: The I.ord of hosts is still the same; The God of grace is ours. 7s and 6s. Irregular 46. The Rieer and the City of God. I FROM the'hrone of' God there springi A puore. a crystal stream; Life aid pTeace and joy it brings Io his.lerus alem: Rivers of tefi eshini i rac "hrou gt, the sac'ed city flow, Watering- all tlhe halilow e place, Where God resides below. 2 God, most mercilfl, most high, Doth in his Zion dwell: Kept Iv him, her towers defy The strengfth of earth alnd hell: Guardiiani of the chosen rae, Jesus dotl his church del'end; Saves them by his kinlly grace, And saves them to the en,] L. M 47. Praise to Christ, the King. 1 JESUS. the Lord, ascends on high; IIe reign.s in tlory o'er the sky. ILet all the earth i ts offe rings bring, Exalt his name. proclaim him King. 2 Wide, through the wor ld, he spreads hi sway And bids the hathen lands obey; Ilis church. with wvilling offerings, greet, And benid sulbmissive at her feet. 3 lis reign the heathen lands shall own; IIis holiness secu res hi s t hrone; And earthly princes gather ro,tod, Where Christ, the mi;hty God, is found. I Princes )y him their poswer extend, E,arth's nigh,,tiest kings to Jlesus bend; PSALMS. 91 9~2 PPSALMS. Ile bids them rule, he bids tneqi die Hlimself o'er all exalted high. FIRST PART, C. M. 47. The Aecension and Reign of Chriat. 1 OH! for a shout of sacred joy To God, the sovereign King; Let every land their tongues employ, And hymns of triumph sing. 2 Jesus, our God, ascends on high; His heavenly guards around Attend him rising through the sky, With trumpets' joyful sound. 3 While angels shout and praise their Kin& Let mortals learn their strains; Let all the earth his honor sing; O'er all the earth he reigns. 4 Rehearse his praise with awe profound; Let knowledge lead the song; Nor mock him with a solemn sound Upon a thouight ess tongue. 5 In Israel stood his ancient throne Ie loved that chosen race; But now he calls the world his own; The heathen taste his grace. SECOND PART, C. M. ~~47. Christ, the King. 1 EXTOL the Lord, the Lord most high, King over all the earth, Exalt his triumph to the sky, In songs of sacred mirth. 2 God is gone up with loud acclaim, And trumpets' tuneful voice; Sing praise, sing praises to his name, Sing praises, and rejoice. 3 Sing praises to our God: sing praise To every creature's King: His wondrous works, his glorious wayL All tongues! all kindredl! sinlg. 4 God sits uponi his holy throne, Go(l o'er the heathen reigns; PSALMS. His truth through all the world is known, That truth his throne sustains. f Princes around his footstool throng, Kings in the dust adore; Earth and her shields to God belong; Sing praises evermore. TI-RD PART, C. M. 47. Christ triumrnphant. I ARISE. ye people! and adore, Exulti]g strike the chord(; l,et all the earth, from shore to shore, Conlfess tih' almighty Lord. 2 Glad shouts aloud, wide echoing rounti, Th' asceidingg God proclaim! Th' angelic choir respond the sound, And( shake creation's frame. 3 They sing of death and hell o'erthrow2 In that triium)hant hour; And God exalts his conquering Son To his right hand of power. 4 Oh! shout, ye people! and adore, Exulting strike the chord: Let all the earth. from shiore to she re, (Confess th' almighty Lord. FIRST PART, S. M 18. Safety of the Church. i GREAT is the Lord our God, And let his praise be great lIe mnakes his churches his abode, Ilis mrost deli:htfltl seat. 2 In Zion God is known. A refuge in distress: Ilow bright has his salv atini show Through all her palaces! 3 When kings agai nst her joinea, And saw the Lord was there; In wild confusion of the mind, They fled with hasty fear. 4 Oft have our fathers told, our eyes have olten seen, :oi 94H ~ PSALMS. How well our God secures the fold, Where his own sheep have been. 5 In every new distress We'll to his house repair: We'll think upoi his wondrous grao And seek deliverance there. SECOND PART, S. Ml. 48. Gospel- Ilorship and Order. 1 FAR as thy name is known, The world declares thy praise; Thv saints, O Lord! before thy thronu Their songs of honor raise. 2 With joy let Judah stand Oii Zion's chosen hill, Proclainm the wonders of thy hand, And counsels of thy will. 3 Let strangers walk around The city where we dwell; Compass and view thy holy ground, And mark the building well; 4 The order of thy house, I'The worship of thy court, The cheerful sonigs, the solemn vows. And make a fair report. 5 How decent and how wise! How glorious to behold! Beyond the pomp that charitzs the eyes, And rites adorued with gold. 6 The God we worship now Will guide us till we die; Will be our God while here blelow, And ours above the sky. Ils and 8s. 48. Th7e Beauty and Strength of ZiogL I OII! great is Jehovah, and great be his praise It the city of God he is King; Proclaim ye his triumphs in jubilant lays; On the mount of his holiness sing. 2 rhe joy of the earth. from her beautiful height LIs Z,ion's impregnable hill; PSALMS. 95 trhe Lord in her temple still taketh delight, God reigns in her palaces still. 3 Let the daughters of Judalh be glad for thy love, The mountain of Zion rejoice; For thou wilt establish her seat from above, Wilt make her the throne Gf thy choice. 4 Go, walk about Zion, and measure the length, Her w-alks and her bulwarks, mark well; Contemplate her palaces, glorious in strength, Her towers and her pinnacles tell. 5 Then say to your children —'; Our refuge is tried This God is our God to the end; His pecFle for ever his counsels shall guide, HIis arnm shall for ever defend. C. M. 49. Death and the Resurrection. 1 YE sons of pride! that hate the just, And trample on the poor, When death has brought you down to dust. Your pomp shall rise no more. 2 The last great day shall change the scene; When wvill that hour appear? When shall the just revive and reign O'er all that scorned them here 3 God will mv naked soul receive, Called from the world away, And breck the prison of the grave, To raise my mouldering clay. 4 Heaven is my everlasting home; Th' inheritance is sure; Let men of pride their rage resume, But I'll repine no more. C. M. 50. The last Judgmnent. 1 THE Lord, the judge, before his throne Bids the whole earth draw nigh; The nations near the rising sun, And near the western sky. 2 No more shatl bold blasphemers sayf - "Judgmeist will ne'er begin;" No more abuse his long delay, To impudence and sin. 1~6 ~ PSALMS. a Throned on a cloud, our God shall come; Bright lames prepare his way; Thunder and darkness, fire and storm, Lead oil the dreadful day. 4 Heaven from above his call shall hear, Attending angels come, And earth and hell shall know, and feay His justice and their doom. 5 "But gather all my saints," he cries, 'Who made their peace with God, By the Redeemer's sacrifice, And sealed it with his blood. 6 "' Their faith and works, brought forth to ighli Shall make the world confess, My sentence of reward is right; And heaven adore my grace." Ss, 7s, and 4. 50. God, thefinal Judcge. 1 LO! the mighty God appiearing, From on high Jehovah speaks! Eastern lands the summons hearing, O'er the west his thunder breaks Wrth beholds him: Universal nature shakes. 2 Zion. all its light unfolding, God ill glory shall display: l,o! he comes,-nor silence holding, Fire and clouds prepare his way: Temnipests round him Ilasten oil the dreadful day. 3 To the heavens his voice ascending, To the earth beneath he cries: "'Souls immortal nowv descending, Let the sleeping dust arise! Rise to judgniaat; Let my throne adorn the skies. I Gather first my saints around me, Those who to nmy covenant stood; Tliose who hulmbly sought anti found me; Through the dying Saviour's blood: Blest Redleemer! Dearest sacrifice to God!' PSALM33. E Now the heavens on high adore him And his righteousness declare; Sinners perish from before him, But his saints his mercies share: J..,,t his judgment! God, himself the judge, is there FIIRST PART, L. M. 5 1. A Pentitelt pleadisigfor Pardon. 1 SHtOW pity, Lord! 0 Lord! forgive; Let a repenting rebel live; Are not thy mercies large and free? May not a sinner trust in thee? 2 Oh! wash my soul from every sin, And make mny guilty conscience clean; Here on my heart the burden lies, And past offences pain muine eyes. 3 My lips with shame my sins confess, Against thy law, against thy grace: Lord! should thy judgment grow severe I am condemned, but thou art clear. 4 Should sudden vengeance seize my breath, I must pronounce thee just in death; And if my soul were sent to hell Thy righteous law approves it well. 6 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord! lVhose hope, still hovering round thy word, Would light on some sweet promise there, Some sure support against despair. SECOND PART, L. M 5 1. Native and Total Depravity. ] LORD' I am vile, conceived in sin, And born unholy and unclean; '4prung from the man whose guilty fall Ccrixlpts the race, and taints us all. 2 Soon as we draw our infant breath, The seeds of sin grow up for death; Thy law demands a perfect heart, But we're defiled in every part. 3 No bleeding bird, nor bleeding beast Nor hyssop-branch, nor sprinkling priest Nor running brook, nor flood, nor sea, Ca wash the dismal stain away. 97 ~98 P~SALMb 4 Jesus, my God! thy )lood alone Hath power sufficient to atone; Thy blood can make me white as snow; No Jewish types could cleanse me so. 5 While guilt disturbs and breaks my peace, Nor flesh nor soul, hath rest or ease - Lord! let me hear thy pard'ning voice, And make my broken heart rejoice. THIRD PART, L. M. 1 The Backslider's Supplicatio. I O THOU, that hearest when sinners cry Though all my crimes before thee lie, Behold them not with angry look, But blot their mem'ry from thy book. 2 reate my nature pure within, And form my soul averse to sin; Let thy good Spirit ne'er depart, Nor hide thy presence from my hreart. 8 I cannot live without thy light, Cast out and banished from thy sight: Thy holy joys, my God! restore, And guard me, that I fall no more. 4 Though I have grieved thy Spirit, Lord! His help and comfort still afford; And let a wretch come near thy throne, To plead the merits of thy Son. FOURTH PART, L. M. 51. Returning to God. 1 A BROKEN heart, my God' my King! Is a:, the sacrifice I bring; The God of Grace will ne'er despise A broken heart for sacrifice. 2 Mfy soul lies humbled in the dust, And owns thy dreadful sentence just; Look down, O Lord! with pitying eye, And save the soul condemned to die. 8 Then will I teach the world thy ways; Sinners shall learn thy sovereign grace, I'll lead them to my Saviour's blood. A.Ud they shall praise the pardoning Go PSALMS. 4On! may thy love inspire my tongue; Salvation shall be all my song; And all my powers shall join to bless Tile Lordl, my strength and righteousnei. _ 1. ~ aFIRST PART, C. M. 51. Sin confessed and Pardoned. 1 LORD! I would spread my sore distress, And guilt, before thine eyes; Against thy laws, against thy grace, lHowv high my crimes arise! 2 Clean-e me, 0 Lord! and cheer my soul Ws'th thy forgiving love; Oh! make my broken spirit whole, And bid my pains iemove. 3 Let not thy Spirit quite depart, Nor drive me from thy face; Create anew my vicious heart, And fill it with thy grace. 4 Then will I make thy mercy known, Bef,re the sons of men; BacKsliders shall address thy throne, And turn to God again. SECOND PART, (C. LM. ,5 1. Repe7itance and Faith in List, I 0 GOD of mercy hear my call, .Iy load of guilt remove; Break down this separating wall, That bars me from this love. 2 Give me the presence of thy grace; Then my rejoicing tongue Shall speak aloud thy righteousness, And make thy praise my song. 8 No blood of goats, nor heifer slain, For sin could e'er atone; The death of Christ shall still reman Sufficient and alone. 4 A soul, oppressed with sin's desert, My God will ne'er despise; An humnble groan, a broken heart, Is oir best sacrifice. : -ee.:I ~ * *.e ~ I9 100 PSALMS. S. M. 51. The acceptable Sac,ifce. 1 NO offering God requires, Nor victims please his eye, Else should his altars blaze with tires, And flocks and herds should die. 2 The humble, contrite breast, The spirit's broken sighs, Are gifts on which his love can rest, Nor will the Lord despise. 3 Thy mercies fromn above, To Zion, L ord! extend; Built by thy power, and watched by love, Now let her walls ascend. 4 Well pleased, thou then shalt see Iler players and praise atrise; Presented at the throne ti thee. throuigl Christ, our sacrifice. 2-,. C. At ~' _'. The.ig,hteous and the 1Vicke. I' 1 IY should the miight y make their oo, And heavenly grace despise? In their own arm they put their trust And fill their mouth with lies. 2 Our Goa in vengean ce shall destroy, Ar.d drive them from his hface; ,No more shall they his church annoy Nor find on earth a place. 3 But like a cultured olive-grove, Dressed in immiiortal green Thy children, blooming in thy love Amid thy courts are seen. 4 On thine eternal grace, O Lord! Thy saints shall rest secure, And all who trust thy holy word, Shall find salvation sure. C. M. 5343 Tile Foes of Zio,I. t ARE all the foes of Zion tools lWho Ek.s Devour her sn'tii's * ~. se..* FS,ALMS. Do thev not know her Saviotir r?!te And pities her complaints; 2 In vain the sotls of Satan boast Of armies ill array; Wlhen God has first despised their host, They all an easy prey. B Ol! for a word from Zioti's King, Ifer captives to rest(ore: Jacoh with all his tribes shall sinw, And Judlalh weep to more. S. P. M. 54. Prayer for Delirerancefrom Eies. 1 MY (God lpreserve my soIl; Oh! make iyov sptirit wholb; To save re. let thy strength appear; Strangers my path si:rrouiid; Their prile an(d rage coiibui(l; Andl brin thy great salvation near. 2 Those who against me rise Are aliens from the s}ies; They hate thy chttrch andl kingdom., Lor I They iock thy fearftul name; Tliey glory it their shane; Nor heed the woncders of thy wortl. 3 But. O tltoiu King diine! IMv chose n frien d is (re thie; The men that still m y sol. sustain WNilt th( oi my foes sul,lue; Create the.r he arts ainew, And snatch themn 1r(io eterna l pain 4 Escaped trom esvery o Oh! grant me, here )elow, To praise thy name with those I lore; Andl when, )eyond( thie skies. Our souls u!nbolie( rise. Unite us in the realns above. C. "Ni 55. God,,,.r Pefug,e. 1 0 G00), my refuee! hear nmy cries, Itshold Ilty 1-winiag tears; . 1. a.. *. 101 10'2 PSALMS. For earth and hell my hurt devise, And triumph ill my fears. 2 Oh! were I like a feathered d(love, And innocence had wings, I'il fly, and make a long remtove From all these restless things. 3 Let me to some wild desert go, And find a peaceful home, Where storms of malice never blow, Temptations never come. 4 By morning-light I'll seek his face, At noon repeat my cry; The night shall hear me ask his grus Nor will he long deny. 5 God shall preserve my soul from fvr Or shield me when afraid; Ten thousand angels must appear If hlie command their aid. 6 I cast my burdens on the Lord, The Lord sustains them all; My courage rests upon his word, That sailits shall never fall. S. M. 55. Daiy Devotion. 1 LET sinners take their course, And choose the road to death; But in the worship of my God, I'11 spend my daily breath. 2 My thoughts address his throne, When morning brings the light; I seek his blessing every noon. And pay my vows at night. 3 Thou wilt regard my cries, O my eternal God! While sinners perish in surprise. Beneath thine angry rod. 4 Because they dwell at ease, And no sail changes feel, They neither fear, nor trust thy name. Nor learn to {c thy will. *!.:..., l~; PSALMS. 5 But I, with all my cares, Will lean upon the Lord; I'll cast my burdien (o his arm. And rest upon his word. 6 His arm shall well sustain The children of his love: The ground on which their safety stsand No earthly power cal move. 7s. 5. o Encouragementfor the Weak. 1 CAST thy )urden on the Lord, Qnly lean upon his word Thoua wilt soon have cause to bless Hlis unchanging faithfulness. 2 lie sustains thee by his hand, He enables thee to stand; Those, whom Jesus once hliath love(, From his grace are never moved. 3 Heaven and earth may pass away, God's free grace shall not decay; He hath promised to fulfill All the pleasure of his will. { Jesus! guardian of thy flock, Be thyself our constant rock Make us I)vy thy powerful hand, Firm as Zioti's mountain stand. i C M. ,.Trusting God in the midst of Entemte I 0 THOU! whose justice reigns oil high, And makes lit' oppressor cease, Behold how envious sinners try To vex and break my peace! 2 In God, most holy, just, and true, I have reposed my trust; Nor will I fear what flesh can do, The offspring of the dust. ' Thv solemn vows are on me, Lord! Thou shalt receive my praise; I'l sing,-" How faithful is thy word I Hew righteous all thy ways l" 1i 104 PSALMS. 4 Thou hast secured my seul from death, Oh! set thy servant free, That heart and hand and life and breath May be employed for thee. FIRST PART, L. M. 57. Praisefor Protection, Grace and Truth. I MY God! in whom are all the springs Of boun dless love and grace unknsowu, Hide me beneath thy spreading wiigs, Till the dark cloul be over-blown. 2 Up to the heavens I send my cry, The Lorda will my desires perform; He sends his angels from the sky. And saives mne from the threatening storm, 3 My heart is fixed; my song shall aise Imno rtal honors to thy name; Awake, mv tongue! to sou(nd his praise, My tongue, the glory of my frame. 4 High o'er the earth his mercy reigns, And reaches to the utmost skv; His truth to endless years remains, WVhen lower worlds dissolve and die. 5 Be thou exalted, O my God! Abtove the heaven3 where angels dwell; Thy power on earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders tell. SECOND PART, L. M. 57. Praise to the eternal King. 1 ETERNAL God, celestial Kina! Exalted lie tiiiy glorious name; Let hests in heaven thy praises sing, And sit on earth thy love proclaim 2 My hear t is fixed on thee, my God! I rest inv hope on thee alone; I'il spread thv sacred truths abroid, To all mankind thy love make known. 3 Awake, my tongue! awake, my lyre With morning's earliest dlawn arise; To sorings of jov my soul inspire, And swell your music to the skies. To biill the conscience in yor chains. 3 When once he thlnildes fi'om the sky, Your grandeur mrnelts, v(our titles die Your power is crumnb led to the dust. As emnpty chat, when whirlwitids rise, Btefore the sweepit tempest llies, Your hope, siall le for ever lost. 4 Thus shall the jeng6aice of thlie Lord Safety antl joy to aits affrd: And all titt hear shaill join and say, "Sutre there's a God thtt rules on high, A God that hears his children cry, And will their sufferings well repay.' S. P.'. 59. Ii.serabie End of the wicked. I,VIIEN God in wrath sall come To tell the sinner's doom, WVhat anguish shall the wicked tear! The men that slioht his name, Th-t ibast of si and s hae No more shall ask-' What God -an hear?" 2 Thou hearest, omniscien t Lord! Each curse and idle word Of mien who scoff with lips profane; Attd when the hand of death Shall stop their impious breath, Their souls shall seek for peace in vai 3 Oh! h(tw will sinners need An advocate to plead, Accepted at thine awful thronie! HIow, in that solemn hour, WVould faith's transcendent power Outweigh all things beneath the sun 4 Yet save their souls, 0 Lord! Subdue them by thy word, Though all their powers oppose thy reign; Now may thy foes submit, And bow beneath thy feet, Nor let them read thy wrath in vain 7s. . Judgments deprecated. 1 WVIY, O God! thy people spurn? WVhy permit thy wrath to butrn? God of mercy! turn once more, All our broken hearts restore. 2 Thou has made our land to quake, Ileal the breaches thou dost make; Bitter is the cup we drink, Suffer not our souls to sinik. 3 Be thy banner now unfurled, Show thy truth to all the world Save us, Lord! we cry to thee, Lift thine arm-thy chosen free. 4 Give us now relief fromt pain, lHuman aid is all in vain: EVe, through God, shall yet prevail, He will help, when foes assail. C. M. 61. God, a Refuge in Trouble. 1 HAIL! gracious source of every good, Our Saviour and defence! Thou art our glory, and our shield, Our help and confidence. 106 PSAL',WS. 2 When anxious fears disturb the breast, When threatening foes are nigh, To thee we pour our deep complaint, To thee for succor fly. 3 Jesus! our Lord, our only hope, Before thy throne we bow; Thou art our strength, and thou the rock Whence living waters flow. S. M. Safety in God I WIIEN overwhelmed with grie! My heart within me dies; Ifelpless, and far from all relief, To heaven I lift mine eyes. 2 Oh! lead me to the rock, That's high above my head; And make the covert ofthy wings My shelter and my shade. 3 Within thy presence, Lord! For ever 1'11 abide; Thou art the tower of my defence, The Refuge where I hide. 4 Thou divest me the lot Of those that fear thv name; If endless life be their reward, I shall possess the same. L. M. 6(2. God alone worthy of Confn. 1 MY spirit looks to God alone; My rock and refuge is his throne; In all my fears, in all my straits, My soul on his salvation waits. 2 Trust him, ye saints! in all your ways, Pour out your hearts before his face; When helpers fail. and foes invade, God is our all-sufficiert aid. 3 False are the men of high degree, The baser sort are vanity: Laid in the balance, both appear Light as a puff of empty air. 107 PSALMS. I (O PSALMIS. 4 Make not increasi ng gol our trust, Nor set vour hearts on glittering dust Why will vou grasp the /leetini snioka Anl not believe what God has spoke I t Once has his awfl voice declared, Onrce ad aai n in ears have heard,'All poswer is his eternal due; lie nmust be feared and trusted too." 6 Fo,r sovereizn power reifrg s not alone; Grace is a partner oF the throne: Thv grace and julstice, mighty Lord' Shall w-ell divide our last reward. FIRST PART, L. M. 63. Adoption. I GCREAT Goc! indlilge my humblle clainm, Thoti art my hope, my joy. my rest; The glories, that compose thy iname, .~tand -ill engaged to make me blest. 2 Thou grest and o(l, thou just nd wise; Thou art my Father, a my God Andl I am thiite, bv sacrel ties, Thy soln. thy servant, bought with blooa 3 With early feet I l1oae t' appear Ainonig tlihy saints, atid seek thy face; O.t have I seen thv glorv there, And felt the power of sovereitn grace. 4 I'11 lift my hands. I II raise my voice, WVhile I have breath to pray or praise; This' work shall make my heart rejoice, And slend the remnant of my days. 3ECOND PART, L. M. 63, Seeking God I 0 GOD! thou art my God alone; Early to thee my soul shall cry; A )ilgrim in a land u nknown, A thirsty land whose springs are dry 2 Oh! that it were as it hath been, When. praying in the holy place, Thy power an] glory I have seet, ,And narked the footsteps of thy grace. PSALMi,S. 3 Yet, throiugh this rough and thorny maze I follow hard on thee, my God! Thv hand unseen upholds my ways, I safely tread where thou hast trod. 4 Thee, in the watches o'f the night, \When I remerilber on my bed, Thv presence makes the darkness light; 'hr guarlian wings are round my head. 5 Be.ter than life itself thy love; Dea-rer than all beside to me; for wihomn have I in heaven above, i.-?at on earth compared with Ahee I FIRST PART, C. M. T/Ie Vornin, of the Lord's Day. I EARI,Y, n,y God! without delay, I haste to seek thv face; y thirst: spirit faints aviay, \1itlo:t thy cleering grace 2 So pilgrimsi ou the scorching sand, Beneath a burning sky, ILong for a coolin g stream at hand, And they must (rink or die. 3 I've seen thy glory and thy power Throtulh all thv temple shine; 3Iv G(ol rel-)eat that heavenly hour, That vision so divine. 4 Not life itself, with all its joys, Can nmy best passions move; Or raise so high my cheerful voice, As th forgi ving love. r' This. till my last expiring day, I'1 ll,ess my God and King; Thus will I lift my handls to pray, And tune my lips to sing. SECOND PART, C. M. .1Ieditations by Nigit. 1'TWAS in the watches of the night I thought upon thy power; I kepit ths lo)eiy face in sight, Anmil the darkest hour. 09 I 10() PSALMS. 2 My flesh lay resting on my bed. My soul arose on high; "My God,.my life, my hope," I add. " Bring thy salvation nigh." 3 My spirit labors up thy hill, And climbs the heavenly road; But thy right hand upholds me stl, While I pursue my God. 4 Thy mercy stretches o'er my head The shadow of thy wins; MNy heart rejoices in thine aid; My tongue awakes and sings. S. AM. 63. Rejoicing in God MY God permit my tongue This joy, to call thee mine; And let my early cries prevail To taste thy love divine. 2 My thirsty fainting soul Thy mercy doth implore; Not travellers, in desert lands, Can pant for water more. 3 For life, without thy love, No relish can afford; No joy can be compared with this, To serve and please the Lord. 4 In vwakeful hours at night, I call my God to mind; I think how wise thy counsels are, And all thy dealings kind. 5 Since thou hast been my help, To thee my spirit flies; And on thy watchful providence My cheerful hope relies. 6 The shadow of thy wings My soul in safety keeps; I follow where my Father leads, And he supports my steps. L. M. 64. Protection against Enemin. I GREAT God! attend to my compl*j Nor let my drooping spirit faint PrSALMS. When foes in secret spread the snare, l.et my salvation he thy care. 2 Thy justice and thy power display, And scatter far thv foes away; While listening nations learn thy word And saints triumphant bless the Lard. 3 Then shall thy church exalt her voice, And all that love thy name rejoice; Ily faith aplproach thine awful throne, And plead the merits of thy Son. FIRST PART, L. M. 6.. Public Prayer and Praiee. I TIlE praise of Zion waits for thee, My God! and praise becomes thy house; There shall thy saints thy glory see, An,] there perform their puhlic vows, 2 O Thou, whose merev bends the skies, To save when humble sinners pray' All landls to thee shall lift their eyes, And every yieliing heart obey. 3 Blest is the man wh om thou shalt choose, Anti give him kind access to thee; Give him a place within thy house, To taste thy love divinely free. 4 With dreadful lorv God fulfills What his afflicted saints request; Antl with almighty wrath reveals I/is love, to give his churches rest. 5 Then shall the flocking nations run To Zion's hill, anti own their Lord; The rising and the setting sun Shall see the Saviotir's name adore SECOND PART L. M. ;5J. The Seasons of the Year. I ON God the race of man depends, Far as the earth's remotest ends; At his command the morniting-ray Smiles in the east, and leads the day. 2 Seasons and times obey his voice; The evening and the mniorn rejoice, Ili 112 P.sATMi. To see the earth mle soft Nith showers, l,aden with fruit, altd dressed iI ilowers 3 The desert oirows a fruitfill field, Alundant.9,t the vallies yiehl; The vaili,t shout.,,Ith cheerful oice, And neighi, ring hills repl)eat thelr joys. 4 Thy w-v;rks proiioince thy power divire O'er eve;) field thy lories shite; 'l?i h everv momth thy gifts appear; -at Go~li thy good ness crowns the yea. FIRST PART, C. M. 6 T. Vorship of God in his'emnple. PR AISE waits in Zion, Lord! for thee; T'here shall our ows li)e paid; Thou hast ai ear when sinners pray; All flesh shall seek thine ail. ? (),ord! our ILilt and fears prevail, But pard'nning grace is tliiiie And thon wilt gran t us power and skill To conquer every sin. 3 Blest are the men, whom thou wilt cheose To bring them near thy face; Give them a dwellilg in thy house, To feast upon thy grace. 4 ln answerina wha t thy church reqluests, Thy truth aiid terror shim e; And works of dreadfill righteousness Fulfill thy kind design. 5 Thus shall the wondering nations see The Lord is good and just; The distatit isles shall fly to thee, A-id make thy name their trust. SECOND PART, C. M. 65. A Psalmfor the Husb(indman. 1 GOOD;a the Lord, the heavenly- King WVho makes the earth his care, Visits the pastures every spring, Atld bids the grass appear. 2 The clnuds, like rivers raised on high, Pour out, at his command, Their watery blessings fromn the sky, To cheer the thirsty land. 3 The softened ridges of the field Permit the eorn to spring The vallies rich provision yield, And cheerful lab'rers sing. I rhe little hills, on every sile, Rejoice at falling shower s; The meadows, dressed ill all their pride, Perfomne the air with flowers. b The barren clods, refreshed with rain, Promise a joyful crop; The parching grouinds look green again, And raise the reaper's hope. 5 The various months thy goodness crowns How bouinteous are thy ways! The bleati n g flocks spread o'er the downy. Anti shepherds shoutt thy praise. ThIRD PART, C. tM. 6. Goodness of God in the Seasons. I "Ir IS by thy strength the mountains stand, God of eternal power! The sea grows calm at thy command, And tempests cease to roar. 2 Thy morning-light and evening-shade Success.ve comforts bring Thy plenteo us fruits make harvest glad, Thy flowers adorn the spriing. 3 Seasons and times, and moons and aours heaven, earth, aid air are thine; When clouds distill in fruitful showers, The author is divine. Those wanderirg cisterns in the sky, Borne by the lvinds arc!untl, WVith watery treasures well supply The furrows of the grouiind. 5 The thirstv ridges drink their 1111i, And ranks of coin appear: - Thy ways abouindi with blessings still, Thy goodness crowns the year $ PSALMS. 113 7o. 65. Pra.ise to God in Zion 1 PRAISE on thee. in Zion's gates. Daily, O Jehovah! waits: Unto thee, who hearest prayer, Shall the tribes of men repair. 2 Though with conscious guilt oppresd. On thy mercy still we rest: Thy forgiving love display! Take, O Lorl! our sins away. 3 Oh! how blessed their reward, Chosen servants of the l,or(l, Who within thy colrts tbie, With thy goodness satislied. 4 But how dire thy judgment s fell, I avioutr of thine Israel! When thy peol)le's cry arose, — On their lproitd and impious Ioes! 5 Bv thy bouindless might set fast. Rise the mountains firm and vast, Thou canst with a w (rd asstuage (Ocean's wild and deasening rage. 6C When thy siegs in heaven appear, Earth's remotest retgions fear; And the bounties of thy hand Fill with gladness every land. L M. fi)6. Praises to Ch,ist, the Saviour. 1 JESUJS demands the voice of joy, Loud through thie land let triumph ring; IIis honors shouvl your songs employ, LJet grateful praises hail the King. 2 Shout to the Lord-adoring own, Thy works thy wontlrons might disclos& Thine arm vic torious o aer hath shown; Thus lid thy cross conltound thy foes. i,,w, at thy cross, the world shall bow, All nations shall its blessings prove; While grateful strains in concert flow, To sin tity ptower, andl praise thy love. 114 pss. PSALMS. 4 Oh! bless our God, ye nations round! People and lands! rehearse his name Let shouts of joy through earth resound, Let every tongue his praise procls&'nm. FIRST PART, C. M. 6. The God of Providence. 1 SING, all ye nations! to the Lord, Sine with a joyful noise; With melody of sound record IIis honors and your joys. 2 Say to the Power that shakes the sky,' IHow terrible art thou! Sinners before thy presence fly, Or at thy feet they bow." 3 HIe made the ebbing channel dry, While Israel passed the flood; There (lid the church begin their joy, And triumph in their God. 4 Through watery deeps and fiery ways, We march at thy command, Led to possess the promised place, By thine unerring ihand. 6 Oh! bless our God, and never cease; Ye saints! fulfill his praise: lie keeps our life, maintains our peace And guides our doubtful ways. SECOND PART, C. M. Gf)0. Praise to God for hearing Prayer. I NOW shall my solemn vows be paid To that almighty power, Who heard the long requests I made, In my distressful hour. MIy lips and cheerful heart prepare To make his mercies known; Come, ye who fear my God! and heat The wonders he has done. I When on my head huge sorrows fell, I souhlit his heavenly aid; Ile saved my sinking soul from hell, An,ti death's eternal shade. 115 116i PSALMS. 4 If sin lay covered in my heart, While prayer employed my tongu. The Lord had shown me no regard, Nor I his praises sung. 5 But God-his name be ever blessed Ilas set my spirit free; Nor turned Irom him my poor request Nor turned his heart from me. THIRD PART, C. M. 66. Praises to God. 1 LIFT up to God the voice of praise, Whose breath our souls inspired; Loud and more loud the anthem raise, With grateful ardor fired. 2 Lift up to God the voice of praise, Whose goodness, passing thought, Loads every moment, as it flies, With benefits unsought. 3 Lift up to God the voice of praise, From whom salvation flows, Who sent his son our souls to save From everlasting woes. 4 Lift up to God the voice of praise For hope's transporting ray, Which lights through darkest shades o! deaIh To realms of endless day. C. M. 67. Pruyerfor the Enlat,Cement of the Church. I SHIINE on our land, Jehovah! shinie With beams of heavenly grace; Reveal thy power through all our courts, And show thy smiling face. 2 When shall thy name, from shore to shore Sound all the earth abroad, And distant nations know and love Their Saviour and their God 7 3 Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands! Sing loud with solemn voice; Let every tongue exalt his praise, And every heart rejoice. PS3ALM,S. Earth shall obey her Maker's will, And yield a ftill inicrease: Our God will crown his chosen land, Wi th fruitfulness and peace. 5 God. the Redeemer, scatters round His choicest favors here, While the creatioti's itmost boundt ,hall see, adlore, and teatr. S. i. 7, Conq,test of all Natiore. 1 TO bless thy chosen race. In mercv, Lot(! incline; And cause the brightness of thy face On all thy saints to sline; 2 That so thy wond(rous w ay M.fyt through th I e kno wn'. Wvhile distant lands their homage pay, And thy salvation own. 3 Oh! let them shout atnd sing, Dissolvedl in pio.s rimirth: For thou, the righteous juitge and kl,g. Shalt g,overn all the earth. 4 Let differing nations join To celebrate thy fame; Let all the worll, O Lortl! combin. To praise thy glorious name. 7s. 67. Praise frmn all Nations, I GOD of mrnercy, God of grace! Show the brightness of thy face Shine upon us, Savtiour!shine; Fill thy church with tliht ivine, And thy savin, health extend Unto earth's remotest end. 2 Let the people praise thee, Lord Be by an that live adored; Let the nations shout andl sing, Glory to their Saviour-King; At thy feet their tribute pay, And thy holy will obey 117 118 PSALMS. 3 Let the people praise thee, Lord! Earth shall then her fruits afford; God to man his blessing give; Man to God devoted live; All below and all above. One in joy, in light, in love. FIRST PART, L. M. 68. The majesty of God. I KINGDOMS and thrones to God belong; Crown him, ye nations! in your song; His wondrous names and powers rehears Ihis honors shall enrich your verse. 2He rides, andl thunders through the sky, His name, Jehovah, sounds on high; Sing to his name, ye sons of grace! Ye saints! rejoice before his face. 3IIe breaks the captives heavy chain, And pris'ners see the light again; But rebels, who dispute his will, Shall dwell in chains and darkness still. 4Proclaim hint King. pronounce him blest lIe's your defence, your joy, your rest: When terrors rise, and nations faint, God is the strength of every saint. SECOND PART, L. M. . Christ's Ascension. 1 LORD! when thou dilst ascend on high, Ten thousandi angels filled the sky; Those heavenly guards around thee wait. I,ike chariots that attend thy state. 2 Not Sina i's mo unt ain could appear MNore glorious, when the Lord was there: While he pronounced his dreadful law, Andl struck the chosen tribes with awe. 3Iow bright the triumph none can tell, When the rebellious powers of hell. That thousand souls had captive made, Were all in chains, like captives, lad. 4 Raised lbyv his Father to the throne, le selt the promised Spirit down, With ~ifts andl grace for rebel-meii, That Goi might dwell on earth again 1 19 L. hM. 69. 71 Sufngs of Chrt. 1 DEEP in our hearts, let us record The doeper sorrows of our Lord; Behold the rising billowvs roll! To overwhelm his holy soul. 2 Yet, gracious God! thy power and lovp Have made the curse a blessing prover Those dreadful sufferings of thy Son Atoned for sins that we have done. 3 The pangs of our expiring Lord The honors of thy law restored; His sorrows made thy justice known, And paid for follies not his own. 4 Oh! for his sake, our sins forgive, And let the mourning sinner live: The Lord will hear us in his name, Nor shall our hope be turned to she C. M. 69. Sufferings of Christfor Sitnner. I FATIIER! I sill thy wondrous grace, I bless iily Saviour's name; He brought salvati on for the poor, And bore the sinner's shame. 2 His deep distress hath raised us high, IIis duty and his zeal Futlfilled the law, which mortals broke, And finished all thy rill. 3 Zion is thine, most holy God! Thy Son shall bless her eates; And glory, purchased by his blood, For thine owni Israel waits. 4 Let heaven, and all that dwell on high, To God their voices raise; While lands and seas assist the sky And join t' advance his praise. I,.M. 70. Pra?/erfo Christ's Present. l Ol! haste, with everv gift inspire, With glory, truth, and grace attired. 120 PSALMS. Thou star o heaven's eternal morn! Thou sun, whom beams divine adorn! 2 Assert the honor of thy name, And fill thy foes with fear and shame; To help thy chosen sons appear, And show thy power and glory here. 3 Let saints be glad before thy face, And grow ill love, and truth, and,racet Thy church shall blossom in thy sight, Yield fruits of peace and pure delight. 4 Oh! hither, then, thy footsteps bend; Swift as a roe, from hills descend; Shine like the Sabbath's cheerful ray. Till life unfolds eternal day. 7s. 7f). Prayer in Darkness. 1 HIIASTEN, Lord! to my release, HIaste to hell) me, O my God! Foes, like armed bands, increase Turn them back the way they trod 2 Dark temptations round me press, Evil thoughts my soul assail; Doubts and fears, in my distress Rise, till flesh and spirit fail. 3 Those that seek thee shall rejoice; I am boundl with misery; Yet I make thy law my choice; Turn, my God! and look on me. 4 Thou mine only helper art, My redeemer from the grave, Strength of my desiring heart; Do not tarry, haste to save. FIRST PART, C. M. 71. 7he aged Saint's Reflection and Hoa 1 MAY God! my everlasting hope! I live upon thy truth; Thy hands have held my childhood up, And strengthened all my youth. 2 Still has my life new wonders seen, Repeated every year; PSALMS Behold my days that yet remaina I trust them to thy care. 3 Cast me not off when strength declines. When hoary hairs atrise; And round me let thy glory shline, Whette'er thy servant dies. 4 Then in t;he hist'ry of my age, When men reiew my da, They'11 read thy love ill eve.'y page, In every line-thy praise S, SECOND PART, C. M. 1. Praise to the Saviouzr. 1 MY Saviour my almighty friend! When I heziii thy pri,se, Where w ill the gro iniig numbers en d The numbers ot thy grace? 2 Thoe art my eve-lasting trust; Thv gooiness I lre Andl since I knew thy graces first, I sieak thy glries nmore. 3 My feet hall travel all the length ()f the celestial road Anid marnch, with cotirage, in thy strengt T) see my Fatler-Gc,. 4 When I am filled wi th sore distress For some s rl)rising sin, I'l oleadl thy perfect righteousness; Atd ndentioii none t)iit tliiiie. 5 Io1w w;-11 my lips rejoice to tell The vict'ries of tnv Kin,! Mly soul, redeemed fromn sin anl'iell, Shall thy salvation sing. 6 Awake, awake, my tunefuil powers! With this delightfitl song,. ['l entertain the ilarkest hours, Nor think the season long. TIIIRD PART, C. M. 71. Sustaining Grace intplored. I GOD of my childhood and my youtht The guide of all my days, 121 I 22 PSALMS. I have declared thy heaveinly truth, And told thy wondrous ways. 2 Wilt thou forsake my hoary hairs, And leave my fainting heartI Who shall sustain my sinking yea.s If God, my strength, depart? 3 Let me thy power and truth proclaim To the surviving age, And leave a savor of thy name, When I shall quit the stage. 4 The land of silence ail of death Attends my next remove; Oh! may these poor remains of breiati Teach the wide world thy lIrve. M 7 1. Early I7t.tructton I THE praises of my tongue I offer to the Lord That I was taught and learned so young, To read his holy word. 2 Dear Lord! this hook of thine Informs me where to go, For grace to pardon all my silh And make me holy too. 3 Oh! may thy Spirit teach, And nmake my heart receive rhose truths which all thy servants pretee, And all thy saints believe 4 Then shall I praise the Lord, In a more cheerfuil strain, That I was taught to read his word, And have not learned in vain. FIRST PART, L. M. 72. 7he Kingrdon of Christ 1 GREAT God! whose universal swlvay The known anid unknown worlds obey; Now give the kingdom to thy Son; Extend his power, exalt his throne. 2 As rain on meadows newly mown, So shall he send his intluence down; PSALMS. His grace, on fainting souls, distills Like heavenly dew, on thirsty hills. t3 The heathen lands, that lie beneath The shades of overspreading death, Revive at his first dawning light; And deserts. blossom at the sight. 4 The saints shall flourish in his aays. Dressed in the robes of joy and praise; Peace, like a river, from his throne, Shall flow to nations yet unknown. SECOND PART, L. M. 72. Christ's Kingdom anwng the Ge7siles I JESUS shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch fromni shore to snore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 2 For him shall endless prayer be made And endless praises crown his head; His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise With every morning-sacrifice. 3 People and realms of every tongue Dwell on his love, with sweetest song; And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on his namne. 4 Blessings abound where'er he reigns; The pris'ner leaps to lose his chains; The weary find eternal rest, And all the sons of want are blest. 5 Let every creature rise and bring Peculiar honors to our King; Angels desceiil with songs again, And earth repeat the loud Amen. 7s and 6s. 72. The B,lessigs of Ch ist's Kingdom I HIIAIL to tie Lord's anointed, Great David's greater Son! HIail, in the time appointed, Htis reign on earth begun! lIe comnes to break oppression To set the captive free, To take away transgression. And rule in equity. 123 124 PSALMS. 2 He comes, with succor speedy. I'o those who suffer wrong; To help the poor and needy, And bid the weak be strong; To give them songs for sighing, Their darkness turn to light, Whose souls, condemned and dyir4 Were precious in his sight. Ie shall come d(own, like shower Upon the fruitful earth, Anil love, and jov, like flowers, Spring in his path to birth: Before him on the mountains, Shall peace, the herald, go And righteousness, in fountains, From hill to valley flow. 4 For him shall prayer unceasing Am,l daily vows ascend; Ilis kingia(lom still increasing, A kingdom without enl: The tide of time shall never tis covenant remove; is name shall stand for ever; Thai inamne to us is-Love. 73. 72. The Reign of Christ. I IIASTEN, Lord! the glorious time When, beneath Messiah's sway; Every nation, every clime, Shall the gospel-call obey. 2 Mightiest kinis his power shall owmn Ileathen tribes his name adlore; Satan and his host, o'erthrown, Bound ir. chains, shall hurt no mt,ro. 3 Then shall vars anl tumults cease, Then be banished grief and pain, Righteousness, atid joy, and peace, Undisturbed shall ever reign. 4 Bless we, then, our gracious Lord: Ever praise his glorious name; All his mighbty acts record: All his won,.rous love proclaimn PSALMS. L. M. 73. Awful Resl of the Sinners ospoerity. I LOTD! what a thoughtless wretch was L To mourn and murmur and repine; To see the wicked, placed on hig,h, In pride and robes of honor, shire! 2 Bat, Oh! their end, their dreadful end Thy sanctuary taught me so; On slippery rocks I see them stand, And fiery billows roll below. 3 Their fancied loys,-how fast they flee Just like a dream when man awakes; Their souLs of softest harmony Are but a prelude to their plagues. ! Now I esteem their mirth and wine Too d(lear to purchase with my blood; I.ord!'t is enough that thou art mine, My life, my portion, and my God. FIRST PART, C. N '.. God, our Portion, here and hereafter. 1 GOD! my supporter and my hope, My help for ever near, Thine arm of mercy held me up, Wheni sinking in despair. 2 Thy counsels, Lord! shall guide my feel Through this dark wilderness; Thy hand c,nd(luct me near thy seat. To dwell before thy face. 3 WVere I in heaven without my Goa, 'T would be no joy to me; And while this earth is my abode, l long for none but thee. 4 What if the springs of life were broke, Atnd flesh ant heart shouhl faint' ,God is my soul's eternal rock, The strength of every saint. 5 But. to draw near to thee, my God I Shall be my sweet employ; My tongue shall sound thy works abroal And tell the world my joy. 125 I SAI, NI:. ,SECOND PART, C. M. 73. The End of the Wtckel. I NOW I'm convinced. the Lord is kind To men of hearts sincere; Yet (nce my f(ol(ish tilioulits repined, And bordered on iespair. 2 I grieved to see the wicke(l ihive And spoke with anr ret. — HIowv pleasaiIt nI proitim,e they live! Ilow peaceful is their death!" I Yet, while mv on e iniduled c: ol'adil. I felt my heairt reprove: "Sire I shall t his ofeinl thy aint. And griev e tl'e Ie love. 4 But still I tound rty olihts too hiar, T'he conilit t(o seere Till I retired to search thy word, And learn thy s;ecrets there. 5 There, a in sine rohetic glss, I saw the sie sit, Hieh mountel tr, a slilppery pl)ace, Bleside a fiery pit. 6 I heard t:.e wretclh piroTfanely boast, Till at tf r w he fell; THis hollors ill, rei ere lost, Atln he awoke in hell. 73. The ysteiy ret,yf PJrorei&e,. I SITJRE there s a r ighteous God, Nor is relig ion aii; Tim,.h men of vi ae may boast alecita Arni men of race coiiplain. 2 1 saw the wicke( rise. Aritl felt my heart repinie. While ha'ighty fools, with scornful eye, In roesl of hon or sine. 3 The tumiilt of my thought Ileid mm in h,ard sispoense, Till to thy house tmy feet were brougt To learn thy justice thence. 126 PSALMS. 4orf. Pith light and power, Ad my i.istake ameid; viewed the sinners' lite before, Bat here I learned their end. On what a slippery steep The thoughitless wretches go! And Oh! that dreadful fiery deep That waits their fall below I Lord! at thy feet I bow; .NMy thoughts no more repine: I call my God my portion now And all my powers are thine. C.M. 74. 7ze Clhurch in Afflictton. I WILL God for ever cast us of?l IIis wrath lbr ever smnoke Against the people of his love, AIis little chosen flock? 2 Think of the tribes, so dearly bought With their Redeemer's blood; Nor let thy Zion be forgot, Where once thy glory stood. I Oh! come to our relief in haste; Aloud our ruin calls; See, what a wide and fearful waste Is made within thy walls. 4 And still. to heighten our distress, Thy presence is withdrawn; Thv wonted signs of power and gag Thy power and grace are gone. 5 No prophet speaks to calm our grief But all in silence mourn; Nor kr.ow the times of our relief, The hour of thy return. L.M. '}. Power and Governmentjform Gad I TO thee, most Holy and most Itigh! To thee we bring our thankful pra works declare thy name is ughi,'Ay works of wonder anud of gracmo 1$7 ~128 PSALMS. 2 Let haughty sinners sink their pride; Nor lift so high their scornful head But lay their foolish thoughts aside, And own the powers that God hath snade, 3 Such honors never come by chance, Nor do the winds promotion blow; 'T is God, the judge, doth one advance; 'T is God that lays another low. 4 Now shall the L(rd exalt the jiust, And while he tramples on the proud, Anld lays their glory in the dust, Our lips shall sing his praise aloud. C. M. a6. God's Destruction of his ancient Fbes. I lN Judah, God of old was known; I5is name in Israel great; Ili Salem tGod his holy throne, And Zioni was his seat. 2 Amongr the praises of his saints, His dwelling there he chose; There he received their just complaints A.gainst their haughty foes. 3 At thy rebuke, O Jacob's God! What haughty monarchs fell; Who knows the terrors of thy rod I Thy venrgeance who can tell? 4 What power can stand before th- sight. When once thy wrath appears 7 When heaven shines round with dreadful light The earth lies still and fears. 5 When God, in his own sovereign ways. Comes down to save thl' oppressel, The wrath of man shall work his praise, And he'II restrain the rest. C. IM. " 7. Despondency overco7e. I TO God I cried with mournful voice, I sought his gracious ear; lii the sa(l day when troubles rose A.nid filled my heart with fear. PSALM. Lt W,il he for ever cast me off? Ilis promise ever fail? Has he forgot his tender love? Shall anger still prevail? 3 But I forbid this hopeless thought, This dark, despairing frame, Remembering what thy hand hath wrough Thy hand is still the same. 4 I'll think again of all thy ways, And talk thy wondlers o'er, Thy wonders of recovering grace, When flesh could help no more. 5 Grace dwells with justice on the throne; And men who love thy word Hlave, in thy sanictuary, known The counsels of the Lord. 7s and 6s. 77. Seeking God in AJictw i IN time of tribulation, HIear, Lord! my feeble cries; With humble supplication To thee my spirit flies; My heart with grief 5 oreaking, Scarce can my voice complain; wline eyes, with tears kelpt waking. Still watch atid weep in vain. 2 Thle days of old, in visioi, Bring banished bliss to view; The years of lost fruition Their joys in pangs renew; Remembered songs of gladness, Through night's lone silence brought Strike notes of deeper sadness, Anti stir desponding thoughts. R Hath God cast off for ever? Can time his truth impair I His tender mercy never Shall I presume to share? Hath he his loving-kintlness Shut up in endless wrath? No; this is my own bliiidness, That cannot see his path 9 129 130 PSALMS. 4 Thy way is in great waters, Thy footsteps are not known: Let Adam's sons and daughters Confide in thee alone: Thy deeds, O Lord! are wonder; Holy are all thy ways: The secret place of thunder Shall utter forth thy praise. C. M. 4 8. T7e Works of God recounted to Posts 1 LET children hear the mighty deeds, Which God performed of old; Which in our younger years we saw, And which our fathers told. 2 fie bids us make his glories known, His works of power and grace; And we'11 convey his wonders down Through every rising race. 3 Our lips shall tell them to our sons, And they again to theirs, That generations yet unborn May teach them te their heirs. 4 Thus shall they learn, in God alone TL.eir hope securely stands; That they may ne'er forget his woriks But practice his commands. L. M. 79. Prayerfor Israel. I ARISE, great God! and let thy grace Shed its glad beams on Israel's race; Restore the long-lost, scattered band, Recall them to their native land. 2 Their misery let thy mercy heal; Their trespass hide, their pardon seal; O God of Israel! hear our prayer, And grant them still thy love to share. 8 Thy quickening spirit now impart, And wake to joy each grateful heart; While Israel's rescued tribes in thee Their bliss and full salvation see. PSALMS. L. M. so. Prayer inl Decle7tsion. i GREAT Shepherd of thine Israel! Who didst between the cherubs dwel, And lead the tribes, thy chosen sheep, Safe through the desert and the deep 2 Thy church is in the desert now; Shline from on high and guide us through; Turn us to thee, thy love restore; We shall be saved, and sigh no more 3 Hast thou not planted, with thy hilad, A lovely vine in this our liand l Did not thy power defelInd it round' I And heavenly dews enrich tihe ground, 4 How did the spreading branches S,moo And bless the nations with zie fruit! But now, O L ord! look down and see Thy nourning vie, that lovely tree. 5 Return, almighty G)(od! return, Nor let thy bleedingi vineyard mioutri. Turn ius to thee, thy love restore We shall b)c saved, and sigh no moe. S. 5I. ~1 [tinin s to God's Pcop. 1 SING to the Lord aloud, And make a chieerful noise God is our stirength, our Saviour.-Gd; Let Israel hear his voice:2 "From vile idolatry Preserve my worship clean; I am the Lord who set thee ree From slavery and from sin. 3'Stretch thy desires abroad, And I'II supply them well; But if he will refuse your God, If Israel wvill rebel; " "I'11 leave them," saith the lord "To their own lusts a prey, And let them run the dangerous road, 'T is their own chosen way." 131 132 PSALMS. 5 i, Yet. Oh! that all my saints VoVthll hearken to my voice: Soon 1 wouldl ease their sore complaints, And bid their hearts rejoice. 6 " While I destroyed their foes, I'd richly feed my flock, And they should taste the stream tl.a flows From their eternal rock." L. M. 2. God, athe Supr eie Ruler. 1 AMONG th' assemblies of the grea, A greater luler takes his seat; The God of heaven, as judge, sur,e)ys Those gods on earth and all their ways 2 Why will ye then frame wvickled lawsv Or why support th'li unrighteous cautise WVhen will ye once defend the poor. That sinners vex the saints no more 1 3 They know not, Lord! nor will they rnow Dark are the ways in which they go; Their name of earthly gods is vain, For they shall fall anid die lilie men. 4 Arise, O Lord! and let thy Son Possess his universal thirone, And rule the nations with his rod Ile is our judge, and he our God. S. M. 83. God arising to subdue Qppoewer I AND will the God of grace Perpetual silence keep. The God of justice hold his peace, And let his vetigeance sleep 7 2 Awake, almighty God! Assume thy sovereign sway; Before thy throne bid sinniers bow, And yield their hearts to thee. 3 Then shall the nations know That glorious dreadful word — JgllOVAH-is thy name alone, Ands thou the sovereign Lord PSALMS. FIRST PART, L. M. 84. 7we Pleaisre of pubic wTeoship. I IIOW pleasant, how divinely fair, O Lordl of hosts! thy dwellings are! With long desire my spirit faints, To meet.h' assemblies of thy saintsil 2 My flesh would rest in thine abode, My pant" ag hea rt cries out for God; My God! my King! why should I ibe So far from all my joys, and thee' 3 Blest are the saints who sit on high, Around thy throne of ntajesty; Thy brightest glories shine al)ove, And all their work is praise and lova 4 Blest are the soutls, who fiid a place Within the temple of thy grace; There they behold thy gentler rays, And seek thy face, and learn thy praise. 5 Cheerful they walk with gprowing strengtl, Till all shall meet in heaven at length; Till all before thy face appear, And join in nobler worship there. SECOND PART, L. M. /. Public Worship; or Grace and Glory. I GREAT God! attend while Zion sings The joy that from thy presence springs; To spend one day with thee ont earth Exceeds a thousand days of mirth. AMight I enjoy tihe meanest place Within thy house, 0 God of grace! Not tents of ease, nor thrones of power, Should tempt my feet to leave thy door. 3 God is our sun, he makes our day; God is our shield, he guards our way From all th' assati lts of hell and sin, From foes without, and foes withinrl I All needful grace will God bestow, And crowt that irlce witlh glory too; lIe gives is all things. and withholds No real good from upright souls. 133 3'J4 PSALMS. FIRST PART, C. M. T. ze louase of God. 1 MY soul! how lovely is the place, To which thy God resorts! IT is heaven to see his smiiling face, Though ill his earthly courts. 2 There the great monarch of the skies Ilis saving power displays, And light l)reaks in upon our eyes, With kind and quickening rays. 3 With his rich ilfts, the heavenly Dove Descends, and fills the place; While Christ reveals his wondrous love And sheds abroad his grace. 4 There, mighty God! thy words declare The secrets of thy wvill; Atut still we seek thy mercy there, And sing thy praises still. SECOND PART, C. M. . Absencefrooi the Sanctuary. i 0 LORD! my heart cries out for thee. While far from thiine abode; Whetn shall I tread thy courts, and see My Saviour and my God! 2 To sit one day beneath thine eye, And hear thy gracious voice, ExceeIds a whole eternity, Employed in carnal joys. 3 Lord! at thy threshold I wculd wait While Jesus is within, Rather than fill a throne of state, Or live in tents of sin. 4 Could I command the spacious land. And the more boundless sea, For one blest hour at thy right hand, I'd give them both away. FIRST PART, II. M 84. Longingfor the Iouseo of Gov 1 LORD of the worlds above! hlow pleasant, and lhow fair, PSAhMS. The dwellings of thy love, Thy early temples are To thine abode My heart aspires, With warm desires To see my God. 2 Oh! happy souls who pray Where God appoints to hear, Oh! happy men who pay Their constant service there; They praise thee still; Arid happy they Who love the way To Zion's hill. 3 They gt from strength to strength, Through this dark vale of teas, Till each arrives at length, Till each in heaven appears; Oh! glorious seat, When God, our King, Shall thither bring Our willing feet. SECOND PARTs L. M, 4. The Sabbath in the House of (-A l TO spend one sacred day Where God and saints abide, Affords diviner joy: Than thousand days beside; XVhere God resorts, I love it more To keep the door, Than shine in courts. 2 God is our sun and shield, Our light and our defence; With gifts his hands are filled. We draw our blessings thence5 He shall bestow, On Jacob's race, Peculiar grace And glory too. 3 The Lord his people loves; His hand no good withholds 135 136 PSALMS. FP om those his heart approves, From pure and pious souls: Thrice happy he, O God of hosts! Whose spirit trusts Alone in thee. TIHIRD PART, H. M. 84. Longing for God's House 1 HOW lovely and how fair, O Lord of hosts! to me Thy tabernacles are! My flesh cries out for thee; My heart and soul, with heaven-ward Are, To thee, the living God, aspire. 2 Lord God of hosts! give ear, A gracious answer yield; OGod of Jacob! hear: Behold! O God, our shield! Look on thine own anointed uil, And save through thy beloved Con. 3 Lord! I would rather stand A keeper at thy gate, Than at the king's right hand, In tents of worldly state; One day within thy courts-one day Is worth a thousand cast away. 4 God is a sun of light, Glory and grace to shed God is a shield of might, To guard the faithful head; O Lord of hosts! how happy he, The man who puts his trust in thee. 5s and 6s. S34. The Delights of God's fLous, A HOW honored, h'ow dear, That sacred abode, Where Chrislians draw near Their Father and God! 'Mid worldly commotion, My wearied soul faiints For the house of devotion, The house of thy saints PSALMS. 7 )h! happy the choirs Who praise thee above: What joy tunes their lyre! Their worship is love: fet, safe in thy keeping, And happy they be, in this world of weeping, Whose strength is in the Though rugged their way, They driik, as they go, Of springs that convey New life as they flow: The God they rely on Their strength shall renew Till each, brought to Zion, HIlis glory shall view. 4 Thou IIearer of prayer! Still grant mne a place, WVhere Christians repair To the courts of thy grace: More blest, bey ondl measure One day so employed, Than years of vain pleasure By wo(rldlings enjoyed. b The Lord is a sun The Lord is a shield: What grace has begun, With glory is sealed: He hears the distressed, lie succors the just And they shall be blessed, Who make him their trust. FIRST PART, L. M. . Deliverance begun and comnplete& 1 LORD! thou hast called thy grace t, minL, Thou hast reversed our heavy doom; go God forgave, when Israel sinned, And brought his wandering captives home 2 Thou hast begun to set us free, And made thy fiercest wrath abat; N)w let our hearts be turned to thee, And thy sal t tinti be complete 13', 3 Revive our trying graces, Lord! And let thy sints in thee rejoice; Make known thy truth, fulfill thy word: We wait for praise to tune our voice 4 We wait to hear what God will say; He'11 speak, and give his people peace But let them run no more astray, Lest his returning wrath increase. SECOND PART, L. M. So5. Saiation by Christ. 1 SALVATION is for ever nigh The souls who fear and trust the Lord; Atld grace, descending from on high, Fresh hopes of glory shall afford. 2 Mercy and tritli on earth are met, [liea'en; Since Christ, the Lord, came down fron By his obedience. so complete, Justice is pleased, and peace is given 3 his righteousness is gone before, To give us free access to God; Our wandering feet shall stray no more But nmark his steps and keep the roar. C. M. 8f. A genieral Song of Praise to God 1 AMONG the princes, earthly gods, There's none hath power divine, Nor is their nature, mighty Lord! Nor are their wvorks, like thine. 2 The nations thou hast made shall bring Their oilerings round thy throne, For thou alone dost wondrous things; For thou art God alone. 3 Lord! I would walk with holy feet; Teach me thy heavenly ways; Andl my poor scattered thoughts unite In God my Father's praise. L. M. 87. 7e Birth-Place of the Saint I GOD, in his earthly temple, lays Fountlation for his heavenly praise; 138 PbALiNIS. ie likes the tents of Jacob well But still in Zion loves to dwell. 2 ltis mercy visits every house That pay their night and morning-vovs Bit makes a more delightful stay, Where churches meet to praise and prays W What glories were described of old! What wonders are of Zion told! Thou city of our God below! Thy fame shall Tyre and Egypt know. 4 EIypt anid Tyre, and Greek and Jew, Shall there begill their lives anew; Angels and men shall join to sing The hill where liing waters spring. 5 When God makes up his last account Of natives ill his holy mount, 'T will be an heior to appear, As,ne new-!orn, or nourished there. 8s and 7s. S. Glory of the Church. I GLORIOTJS things of thee are spoker., Zion, city of our God! IlIe, whose word cannot be brolten, Formed thee for his old n abode: On the Rock of ages founded, What can shake thy sure repose Win salvations walls surrounded, Thou mayestt smile at all thy foes. 2 See the streams of living' waters, Springing from eternal love, To supply thy solns and daughters, And 2.l fear of want remove! Who can fairit, while such a river Ever flows his thirst t' assuiage? Grace, which, like the Lord, the give Never fails from age to age. S Round each habitation, hover.ng, See the cloud and fire appear, For a glot y and a covering, Sbowmgn that the Lord is near I PSAL.NI,S'. 1: N Glorious thliigs of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God! Hie, whose word cannot be broken, Formed thee for his own abode. FIRST PART, L. M. ,9. Death, not tIh. End of our Being. I SHIALL man, O God of light and life! For ever moulder in the grave? Canst thou for,et thy glorious work, Thy promise, and thy powver to save a 2 In those d'trk realms of night, Shall peace and hope no more arise 7 No future morning light the tomb, Nor day-star gild the darksome skies 3 Cease, cease, ye vain desponding, fears! When Chr ist, our Lord, from darkness spran Death, the last foe, was captive led, And heaven with praise and swonder rang 4 Faith sees the bright eternal doors Unfold to make her clhildrei way; They shall be clothed with endless life. And shine ili everlasting day. 5 The trump shall sound-the dead shall wake, From the cold tomb the sluinberers spring; Through heaven, with joy, their niyriads rise, And hail their Saviour aud their King. SECOND PART, L. MI. 'S. T oe Day of Gr ace. I WIIILE life proloings its precious light, Mercy is found and peace is given; But soon,-ah! soon,-approaching night Shall blot out every hope ot heaven. 2 While God invites, how blest the day! How sweet the gospel's charming sound I Come, sinners! haste, Oh! haste aways While yet a pard'ning God ie's bund 3 Soon, borne on time's most rapid wilig, Shall death coymmand you to the grave, Before his bar your spirits bring, And none be found to hear, or save. 140 PSALMS. 4 In that lone land of deep despair, No Sabbath's heavenly light shall rie; No God regard your bitter prayer, Nor Saviour call you to the skies. S. M. ES~. Th,e last Account. I SAW, beyond the thumb, Thle awful Judge appear, Prepared to scan, with strict saccoat, The blessings wasted here. 2 Ilis wrath, like flaming fire, In hell for ever burns; And, from that hopeless world of we, No fugitive returns. 3 Ye sinners! fear the Lord, While yet't is calledl to-day, Soon will the awful voice of death Command your souls away. 4 Soon will the harvest close, The sunimer soon be o'er O sinners! then your injuredl God \Vill hee(d your cries no more. 7s and 6.s. Continual Prayer. I LORD God of my salvation To thee, to thee I cry: Ohi! let my supplication Arrest thins ear on high; Distresses round me thicken; My lie dr aws nigh the grave Descend, O Lord! to quicken; Descend, my soul to save. 2 Thy wrath lies hard upon me, Thy billows o'er me roal; My friends all seem to shuin le, And foes beset my soul; Whereser on earth I turn me, No comforter is near; Wilt thou, too, Father! spurn me.3 Wilt thou refuse to hear I PSALMS. III 142 PSAI,LMS. 3 No;-banished and heart-broken. My soul still clings to thee; The promise thou hast spoken Shall still my refuge be: To present ills and terrors May future joy increase, And scourge me from my errors T duty, hope, and peace. L. M. 89. Covenant with CLhrist, the true David I FOR ever shall my song record The truth and mercy of the Lord.: Mercy and truth for ever stand, Like heaven, establihed by his hand. 2 Thus to his Son he swvare, and said, "With thee my covenant first is made; In thee shall dying sinners live; Glory and grace are thine to give. 3'a Be thou my prophet, thou mv prieslt Thy children shall be ever b lest: Thou art my chosen King; thy throne Shall stand eternal, like my own.' 4 Now let the church rejoice, and sing Jesus, her Saviour., and her King; Angels his heavenly wonilers show And saints declare his works below. FIRST PART, C. M. 89. The Fait.fulness of God. 1 MY never-ceasing songs shall show The mercies of the Lord; And make succeeding ages know How faithful is his word. 2 The sacred truths his lips pronounce Shall firm as heaven endure; And if he speaks a promise once, Th' eternal grace is sure. 3 How long the race of David held The promised Jewish throne! But there's a nobler covenant sealed To David's greater Son. 4 His seed for ever shall possess A throne above the skies: PSALMS. The meanest subject of his grace Shall to that glory rise. 5 Lord God of hosts! thy wondrous ways Are sung by saints above; And saints on earth their honors raise To thine unchanging love. SECOND PART, C. IM. 89. A blessed Gospel. 1 BLEST are the souls that hear and krow The gospel's joyful. sound; Peace shall attend the path they no And light their stepls surround. 2 Their joy shall bear their spirits up, Through their Redeemer's name; His righteousness exalts their hope, Nor Satan dares condemn. 3 The Lord, our glory and defence, Strength and salvation gives; Israel! thy King for ever reigns, Thy God for ever lives. THIRD PART, C. M. 39. HHumble WVorship. I WITH reverence let the saints appear, And bow before the Lord; His high commands with reverence hear, And tremble at his word. 2 How terrible thy glories be! How bright thine armies shine! Where is the Dower that vies with thee I Or truth, compared with thine? 8 The northern pole, and southern, rest On thy supporting hand; Darkness and d(lay, from east to west Move tound at thy command. 4 Thy words the raging winds control, And rule the boisterous deep; Thou makest the sleeping billows roll, The rolling billows sleep. 5 Heaven, earth, and air, and sea are thine, And the dark world of hell; 143 1 14 PSALMS Ilow did thine arm in vengeance shtne When Egypt durst rebel! 8 Justice and judgment are thy throne, Yet wondrous is thy grace; While truth and mercy, joined in one, Invite us near thy face. FOURTH PART, C. M. $9. Th1e AIercies of God. 1 THE mercies of my God and,l King MIy tonigue shall still pursue; Oh! happy they who, while they ding Those mercies, share them too. ' As bright and lasting as the sun, As lofty as tile sky, Ftonim age to age thy word shall run, And chanice and change defy. 3 The covenant of the King of kings Shall stand for ever sure; Beneath the shadow of thy wings Thy saints repose secure. 4 Thine is the earth, and thine the skies, ureated at thv will; The waves at thfiy command arise, At thy command are still. 5 In earth below, in heaven above, Who-wwho is Lord like thee? Oh! spread the gospel of thy love, Till all thy glory see. L. P. M. 9. Death and the Resurrection. 1 THINK, mighty God! on feeble man. Ilow few his hours! how short his spasn; Short from the cradle to the grave; Who can secure his vital breath, Against the bold demands of death, With skill to fly, or power to save 1 2 Lord! shall it be for ever said, The race of man was ever made For slakle.ss, sorrow, and the dust 71 Are not thy servants, day by day, Sent to their Tgr-aves, and turned to clayl Lord! where' thy kindness to tile just 7 3 Iast thou not promised to thy Son, Anrd all his seed, a heavenly crown But flesh and sense indulge despair: 1or ever blessed lie the Lord, That faith can read his holy word, And find a resurrection there. 4 For ever blessed be the I.ord, Who gives his saints a long reward, For all their toil, reproach, and pain: I.et all below, andi all above, Join to piroclaim thy wondrous love, And each repeat his loud-Amen. L. A. 90. Ilan mortal, ani God eternal. 1 TIIROUGII every age, eternal God! Thou art our rest, our sale abode; Iligh was thy throne, ere heaven was mane, Or earth thy humble footstool laid. 4 l ong hadst thou rei,ned, ere time began. Or dust as. fash ioned to a man; Andl log tho kingd lon shall endure, When earth and time shall be no more. 3 But man, wealk man, is born to die, Mlade 11 s at uilt anl vanity Thy dreadful sen tence, Lord! was just,'- Iteturi, ye sinners! to your dust." 4 I)Death, like aln overflowing stream, Sweepls us away; our life's a dream; An empty tale; a morniing flower, Cut down atnid withered il an hour. FIRST PART, C. M. God, the Help of the Saints. I 0 GOD! our help in ages past, Our tove for ywears to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eterinal home,2 Benes h the shadowv of thy throne, Thy saints have dwelt secure; 10 145 P8AL114s, 146 PSALMS. Sufficient is thine arm alone, And our defence is sure. 3 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received her frame; From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 Thy word commands our flesh to dust Return, ye sons of men!" All nations rose from earth at first, And turn to earth agait. 5 0 Gcd! our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Be thou our guard while troubles la' And our eternal home. SECOND PART, C. M. 90. Breathing after Iheaven 1 RETURN, O God of love! return; Earth is a tiresome place: How long shall we, thy children, mours Our absence fromn thy face X 2 Let heaven succeed our painful years, Let sin and sorrow cease; And in proportion to our tears, So make our joys increase. 3 Thy wonders to thy servants show, Make thine own work complete; Then shall our souls thy glory know, And own thy love was great. 4 Then shall we shine before thy throne, In all thy beauty, Lord! And the poor service we have done Meet a divine reward. TIIIRD PART, C. M. 90. Preparationfor Death. 1 LORD! if thine eyes survey our faults, &nd justice grow severe, 1.y dreadful wrath exceeds our thoughts, And burns beyond our fear. 2 Almighty God! reveal thy love, And not thy wrath alone; Oh! let our sweet experience prove The mercies of thy thlrone. 3 Our souls would learn the heavenly ar T' imp)rove the hours we have, T'hat we may act the wiser part, And live beyondI tile grave. 90. Fe F,ailty as,d ioertnes of Lte. I LORD! what a feeble piece Is this our mortal frame! Otir life-how poor a trille t' is, That scarce deserves the name I 2 Alas the brittle clay, That built our lo(ly first! And every month, and every day, 'Tis monuldering back to dust. 3 Our moments fly apace, Nor will our mi nutes stay Just like a Iloo(, our hasty days Are sweeping us away. 4 Well, if our days must fly, We'11 keep their end in sight; We'II soed r them all in wisdom's way, And jet them speed their flight. 5 They']I waift us sooner o'er This life's tempestuous sea: S,(oon we shall reach the peaceful sheos Of lblest eternity. 7s. DO. New- Year?'s Day. I WHILE, with ceaseless course, tre saz Ilasted through the former year, Many souls their race have run, Never nmore to meet us here: Fixed in an eternal state, They have done with all below; We a little loniaer wait, But how little,-none can know. 2 As the winged arrow flies Speedlily the mark to find; 147 PSALMS. 148 PSALMS. As the lightniing from the skies Darts and leives no trace behind,s Swiftly thus oitr fleeting -lays Bear us dowvi lif e's rapid stream; Upwvardl, Lord! our spirits raise, All below is but a dream. 3 Thanks for mercies past, receive I'ardoni of ouir sinis reniew: From this moment may we live With eternity in view: Bless the word to yountg and oldh Shed abl)road a Siviouras love; And whe lil'e short tale is told, Mlay we dwell with thee abov,e FI RS T PART, L. M. 91. Ditine Protection aonid Dange'e I TE that hath mad e his refile, God, t-hall finl a mo st secure abode; ,Shall nalk all (ilay beueath his shaile, Anid there, at iiiht, shall rest his head 2 Then will I sa," y God! lhv DOW? Sh(all be my fib tress anil rny tower; 1, who am tor lied o' feeble dust, Blake thine alrnighty arnm niy trust." 3 Tirice hap maii! thy Maker's care Shall keep thee from the fowler's snare - fiatan, the fowler, wh o lwetravs llnularded souls a thousa ndl ways. 4 If buriii heams of noon conspire To da-t a pestilential fire God is tl)y life,-his vings are spreadl To shield thee with ahealthf'u l shade. 5 If vapors wvith malignant breath, Rise thick, and scatter niidiiight-death, Israel is sale: the poisoned air Grows pure, if Israels God be there. SECOND PART, L. M 91. 77it Security o/f the Saints. I'WITAT lthotih a thousand at thy side, At thy right hand, ten thousand died I rhy God his chosen people saves, Among thle dead, aini,l the graves. 3 So when he sent his anmel d(own 'ro make his wrath in Egypt known, Atnd slew their sons.-lhis careful eye 1'assedl all the doors of Jacob by. 2 Buit if the fire, or pllgue, or sword, Receive conmission fro mi the Lorl, T'o strike his saints among the rest, Their very pais attd deaths are blest. 4 The swor(l, the pestilence, or fire, Shall but lulfi]l their lest (lesire; From sin s aid sorrow s set them free, And tbring thy chil(lt en, Lord! to thee. t C. MI. e)91, Ex-hortation to tr-ust 27z God. 1 VE sons of men! a feele race, ExposedI to every sue e, Come, inmke tle L,orl y(ur dwe'ling-place, And try attd trust hlis care. 2 Ie'll give his a gels charge to keep Your feet i all y Nour wa vs; Tc watch yottr prillow while you sleep, Attd guard your hal)ppy (days. 3 "Because on me they set their love, I'l save them," saith the Lord; I'11 bear their joyful souls above Destruciott aind the sword. 4';My grace shall answer when they call, In trotuble I'11 Je nig h: My power shiall hielp them when they fa. And raise them when they die. 5 " Those who on earth my name have known, I'll honor then in heaven; There my salvation shall lte shown, Anr.d endless lile be given." FIRST PART, 8s and 7s .9 I. The Di.vize Protection. 1 CALL Jehovah thy salvation, Rest beneath the Almighty's shade PSALTS, 149 150 PSALMS. In his secret habitation, Dwell, and never be dismayed: There no tumult can alarm thee, Thou shall drea.d no hidden snare; Guile nor violence can harm thee, In eternal safeguard there. 2 From the sword, at noon-day wasting, From the noisome pestilence, In the depth of midnignt, blasting, God shall be thy sure defence: Fear not thou the deadly quiver When a thousand feel the blow; Mercy shall thy soul deliver, Though ten thousand be laid low. 3 Since, with pure and firm affection Thou on God hast set thy love, With the wings of his protection, IIe will shield thee from above; Thou shalt call on him in trouble, Hle will hearken, he will save; Here, for grief, reward thee double, Crown with life beyond the grave. SECOND PART, 8s and 7s. 91. An Evening-Psalm. 1 SAVIOUR! breathe an evening.blessing, Ere repose our spirits seal; Sin and want 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. 5 Though the night be dark and dreary Darkness cannot hide from thee; Thou art he who, never weary, Watcheth where thy people be. 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. PSALMS. FIRST PART, L. M. 92. A Psaln for the Lord's Day. 1 SWEET is the work, my God! my King! To praise thy name, give thanks and sing; To show thy love by morning-liglit, And talk of all thy truth at night. 2 Sweet is the (lay of sacred rest, No mortal care shall seize my breast; Oh.. may my heart in tune be found. Like David s narp of solemn sound. 3 My heart shall triumph ill my Lords And bless his works, and bless his word; Thy works of grace,-now bright they shin flow deep thy counsels! how divine! 4 Lord! I shall share a glorious part, When grace hath veli refined my heart, And fresh supplies of joy are shed Like holy oil, to cheer my head. 5 Then shall I see, and hear, and krnew All I desired or wished below; And every power find sweet employ In that eternal world of joy. SECOND PART, L. M. 92. The Church, the Garden of God. 1 LORD i't is a pleasant thirng to stand In gardens planted by thy hand; Let me within thy courts be seeni, Like a young cedar, fresh and green. 2 Ther-e grow thy saints in faith and love, Blest with thine influence Tom above; Not Lel)anon. with all its trees, Yields such i comely sight as these. 3 Laden with fruits of are, they show, The Lord is holy, just and true: Noine who attend his gates shall findl A Go,d unfaithful, or unikind s. M. .)~2. ~ Publicc Wtorship. I SWEET is the work, O Lord! Thv glorious name to sing, 151 To praise and pray, to hear thy wvord, And grateful olfferings biring. 4 Sweet-at the dawning light, Thy boundless love to tell; And when approach the shades of night Still on the theme to dwell. 3 Sweet-oi this day of rest, To join, ill heart andi voice, With those, who love and serve thee hetg And in thy name rejoice. 4 To songs of lralise andl joy Be every Siabbath given, That such may le our blest eniploy Eternally in heaven. 7~ Praise to God in the Sa7ctua,-. I T!lO)I who a.et e nthroned above, Thou by whom we live allnd mnove! Oh! how sweet, with joytul tongue, To resound thi praise in soing! When the morniin paints the skies, When the sparkling stars arise, All thy favours to rehearse And give thanks in grateful verse. 2 Sweet the day of sacred rest, When d evotion fills the breast, ,Vhen we dwell within thy house, Itear thy word, and pay our vows; Notes to heaven's high mansions rain Fill its courts with joyful praise; With repeated hymnis proclaim Great Jehovah's awful name. 3 From thy works our joys arise, O thou only good and wise! Who thy wonders can declare How profound thy counsels are! Wasm our hearts with sacred fire; Grateful fervors still inspire All our powers, with all their might, Ever in thy praise unite. 15 PSALMS. PSA,LMS. FIRST PART, L. M. <... The eternal and sovereignt GodL I JEHIIOVAH reigns; he dwells in light, Girded with majesty and might: The world, created by his hands, Still on its first fotundation stands. 2 But ere this spacious world was made, Or had its first Ifoundations laid, Thy throne eternal ages stood, Thyself, the evcr-living God. 3 Like floods, the atngry nations rise, And aim their raze aga inst the skies Vain floods that aim their rage so high! At thy rebuke the billows die. 4 For ever shall thy throne endure, Thy promise stands for ever sure; And everlasting holiness Becomes the dwellings of thy grace. SECOND PART, L. M. 3. Domi,ioaz and Powrer of God. TIIE Lord, the God of glory, reigns, Ini robes of majesty arrayed; lis rule omnipotence sustains And guides the worlds his hands have made 2 Ere rolling worlds began to move, Or ere the heavens were stretched abroad, Thine awful throne was fixed above: From everlasting thou art God. 3 The swelling floods tumultuous rise Alouadl the angry tempests roar, I.ift their proud billows to the skies. And foam and lash the trembling shore. 4 The Lordl, the mighty God on high., Controls the fiercely raging seas; lie speaks!-and noise and tempest fly The waves sink down in gentle peace. 5 Thy sovereign laws are ever sure; Eternal holiness i s thine; A nd, Lord! thy people should be pure, And in thy biest resemblance shine. 153 i54 PSALMS. S. P. M. 93. The Majesty of God. T TIIE Lord Jehovah reigns, And royal state maintains, Ilis head with awful glories crowned Arrayed in robes of light, Begirt with sovereign might, And rays of majesty around. 2 U,pheld by thy commands, The world securely stands, And skies and stars obey thy word; Thy throne was fixed on high Before the starry sky; Eternal is thy kingdom, Lord! 3 Let floods and nations rage, An.I all their power engage; Let svelting tides assault the sky: The terrors of thy frown Shall beat their madness down; Thy throne for ever stands on high. 4 Thy promises are true, Thy grace is ever new; There fixed, thy church shall ne'er remove; Thy saints, with holy fear, Shall in thy courts appear, And sing thine everlasting love. 5s and 5s. 93- God's Servants shouldpraise tim I YE servants of God! Your master proclaim, And publish abroad IIis wonderfull name; The name, all-victorious, Of Jesus extol; Ilis kiingdom is glorious And rules over all 2 God ruleth on high. Almighty to save; And still he is nigh. Ilis presence we have: The great congregation Ilis triumph shall sing, PSALMS Ascribing salvation To Jesus, our King. 3 "Salvation to God Who sits on the throne u' Let all cry loudl, And honocr the Son: Immaiutel's praises The angels proclaim Fall down on their faces, And worship the Lamb. 4 Then ]t us adore And give him his right; All gloi - and )power, And wisdom a td might; All lhiior and blessing. With allgels above, And tlhaIks never ceasing, And inilinite love. C. M. 931. Ilelp in God. 1 IIAD not the Lord, my rock, my help, Sustaiied my fainting head, 3Iy life had now in silence dwelt, My vsou] amon, the dead. 2 Alas! my sliding feet," I cried Thy )romise wvas my hope; Thy grace stood constant at my side, Thy spirit hore me up. 3 While inmultitules of mournful though N Witlhin my li)osomn roll, Thy boundless love forgives my faults, Thy comforts cheer my soul. L. M. 95, Warning against Delay. 1 COMIE, let our voices join to raise A sacred song of solesuin praiise; God is a sovereil,n Kin;-rehearse His honors in exalted verse. 2 Come. let our souls address the Lord Who framed our natures with his word. 155 lie is our Sliephlerd;-we thle sheep, Ilis mercy chose, his pastures keep. 3 Come, let as hear his voice to-day; 'I'he counsels of hlis love obey Nor let our har(desed hearts renew The sins and plagues that Israel knew. 4 L(,ok ba(k, mv soul! vwith holy dreadl And view those allciellt rebels dead: Attend the offered grace to-day, Nor lose t ble blessig I)y delay. 5 Seize the kinil promise, while it swaits And u marcls to( Zioni's heavenly gates; lielieve,-aidl take the iromnised rest; Obley,-aii( be for esver blest. 9:) ~ C. I M. Prepc-fioienufo? Prayer. i SING to the IL,ord Jehliovali's name, And in his strengt h rejoice; When his salvatioi is our thenie, Exalted be our voice. 2 With thanks, a-proach his awful signt, And pslIIIs ot' hIonor sig; The IL,ord's a God of lsoundless might, The swlole creation's Kin g. 3 Come, and with hitmile souls, adore. Come, kneel before his fice: Oh! miy the creatures of his power Be children of'l Is grace. 4 Now is th e t im e;-he neils Ilis ear, And waits lor your re(iuest; Come, lest he rouse his wrath, and Bwear Ye shall not see nsy rest." 95). I7li7t7e1diate Obedience. I COME, sound his piraise al)road, And hymins ol' glory silg; Jehovah is the sovereign God, The univer sal King. 2 IIe formed the deeps unikniown; Ile gave the seas their bound, 156 PSALMS. PSALMS. The watery worlds are all his own. And all the solid grould. 3 Come, worship at his throtie; Come, bow before the Lord. We are his works, and niot our owin; He formed tis by his word. i To-day attend his voice, Nor dare provoke his rod; Come, like the people of llis choice, And( own your gracious God. G But if your ears refuse The lanfu age of his g race, An(l hearts grow hard, like stubborn Jew g, That utilbelieving race; 6 The Lord, iin vengeance dressed, Will lift his hand and swear. "'You, that despise iily promised rest, Slhall have no portions tlere." II. M. Se. eking God to-day. I COIME, let its gailly sintg To God, our Sayiour-King: Withti thanks. his pi-esence seek, In psalrnms his praises speak; Ite's Gool most hiilh; let all raw nigh. Andl crown hini —Lord of e arth aind sk y 2 lie gave the mounttin s birth, lie iriade this spatcious eth Ilis are the sea andr land The ose at his comm iand: W.Vithl reverence all befbre hirn fall. And on yis ini Ce devouLtly call. 3 Come, kieel before h is throne, For he is God alone, We are the tlock he leatds The sheep his boitinty teeds: To-diay,-to-day,-his voice oltey; — Grieve not the Iloly Ghost away. Ss. !}5. ~~Public lorship. l OIl! come, let us sing to the Lord, In God, cur salvation, rejoice; 157 158 PSALMS. In psalms of thanksgiving, record His praise, with one spirit, one voice: Jehovah is King. and he reigns The fod of all gods, on his throne; The streng,th of the hills he maintains; The ends of the earth are his own. 2 The sea is Jehovah's-he made The tidte its dominion to know; The land is Jehovah's-he laid Its solid f(,ntundation below: Oh! come, let us worship and kneel Before our Creator, our God; The people who serve him with zeal, The flock whom he guides with his rmo C. M. 96. Christ'sfirst and second Coming. I SING to the Lord, ye distant lands! Ye tribes of every tongue! Ilis new-discovered grace demands A new and nobler song. 2 Say to the nations,-" Jesus reigns, God's own almighty Son; His power the sinking world sustains, And grace surrounds his throne. 3 Let heaven proclaim the joyful day, Joy through the earth be seen; l.,et cities shine in bright array And fields in cheerful green. 4 Let an unusual joy surprise The islands of the sea; Ye mountains! sink, ye valleys! rise, Prepare the I,ord his way. 5 Behold, he conies,-he comes to bless The nations, as their God; To show the world his righteousness, And send his truth abroad. } But when his voice shall raise the dead And bid the world draw near, Ilow will the guilty nations dread, To see their Judge appear I I'SALMS.5 S. M. 96. Praie due to God aone 1 NOW let our songs arise, In new exalted strains; Let earth repeat it to the skies; The Lord, the Saviour, reigns! 2 Sing to the Lord, our God, And bless his sacred name; His great salvation, all abroad, From day to day proclaim. 3 Mid heathen nations place Thie lories of his throne; Attd let the wonders of his grace Through all the earth be knowL 4 Great is th' eternal Lord, Anal great must be his praise: O'er all the gods, on high adored, His mightier arm he'11I raise. 5 Through earth, let every tribe, Let every ttation, sing: Glory, and grace, and might asoribe To our eternal King. L. P. M. 96. The God of the Genties. I L,ET all the earth their voices raise, To sing the choicest psalm of praise; To sing and bless Jehovah's name His glory let the heathen know; Ilis wonders to the nations show; And all his saving works proclaim. 2 lie framed the globe, he built the sky, lie made the shining worlds on high, And reigns complete in glory there Ilis beams are majesty and light; His beauties,-how divinely bright! Ilis temple,-how divinely fair! 3 Come the great d(lay, the glorious hour, When earth shall feel his saving powe. And barb'rous nations fear his name Then shall he race of man confess 'Ibhe beauty of his holiness, Anta in his courts, his grace proclaialm 159 1;O PSALMS. FIRST PART, LI,. M. 97.,Christ comning to Judgment. II E reigns! the Lord, the Saviour, reigns Praise him in evangelic strains; I.et the whole earth in songs rejoice, And distant islands join their voice. 2 Deep are his counsels and unknown But grace and truth support his throne Though gloomy clouds his way surround, Justice is their eternal ground, 3 Il robes of judgment, lo! he comes; Shakes the wide earth and cleaves the tombs Before him burns devouring fire; The mountains melt, the seas retire. 4 Illis enemies, with sore dismay, Fly from the sight, aind shun the day: Then lift your heads, ye saints on high, Aiid sing, fo-r your redemption's nigh. SECOND PART, L. M. Christ's ancartalioan. I TIIE Lord is come;-the heavens proclaim His birth; the nations learn his name An unknown star directs the road Of eastern sages, to their God. 2Ail ye bright armies of the skies! Go worship where the Saviour lies; Angels and kins before him bow, Those gods on high and gods below. 3 1Let idols totter to the ground, Au!d their sown worshipiers confound But.l dah shout and Zioii sin And earth confess her sovereign King. TIIIRD PART, L. M. 9,. (,race and Glory. I TIf' Almnighty reigns exalted high O'er fll the earth. o'er all the sky. Though clouds and darkness veil his feet lIis dwelling is the niercy-seat. 2 Imniortal light, anlg joys unknown, Are for the saints in darkness sowii; Those glorious seeds shall spring and rise, And the bright harvest bless our eyes. .3 Rejoice, ye righteous! ami record The sacred honors of the Lord; None, but the soul that feeds his grace, Can triumph in his holiness. 97 TheRiC. MI. 97'd The Reign of Christ. 1 YE isles and shores of every sea! Rejoice-the Saviour reigns: His word, like fire, prepares his way, And mountains melt to plains. 2 His presence sinkes the proudest hills, And makes the vallies rise; The humble soul enjoys his smiles, The haughty sinner dies. 3 Adoring angels, at his birth, Make the Redeemer known; rhus shall le come to judge the earth, And angels guard his throne. 4 His foes shall tremble at his sight, And hills anl s eas retire; IHis children take their upward fight, And leave the world on fire. 5 The seeds of joy and glory, sown For saints in darkness here, Shall rise arid spring in worlds unknowZ4 And a rich harvest bear. FIRST PART, C. M. 98. P,aeisefor the Gospel. I TO our almighty Maker. God, New honors be addressed; His great salvation shines abroad, And makes the nations blessed. 2 lie spake the word to Abraham first; His truth fulfills his grace: The Gentiles make his name their trust, And learn his righteousness. 3 Let the whole earth his love proclaim With all her different tongues; 11 PSALMS. 161 162 PSALMS. And spread the:.onor of his name, In melody and songs. SECOND PART, C. M. 98. The joyful Reign of Christ. 1 JOY to the world,-the Lord is come; Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing. 2 Joy to the earth,-the Saviour reigns; Let men their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains Repeat the sounding joy. 3 No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; IIe comes to make his blessings flow, Far as the curse is found. 4 lie rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of his righteousness, And wonder s of his love. THIRD PART, C. M. 98. PdRTCOd 98. Christ'sfirst and second Comting. 1 TO God address the joyful psalm, Who wondrous things hath done; Whose own right hand, and holy arm, The victory have won. 2 lie, to the Gentile nations round, Itathli made his mercy known; And to the world's remotest bound, Itis justice shall be shown. 3 The p-omised Saviour meekly came, Anil man's full ransom paid; Again he comes, his own to claim, En awtul pomp arrayed. 4 IIe comes with power,.-he quits the Skitm To punish and reward; Oh! let one general chorus rise To praise the sovereign Lord. FIRST PART, S. M. 9(9. The JIajesty and Grace of TehovaA. I rHE Lord Jehovah reigns! Let at the nations feat; Let sinners tremble at his throne, And saints be humble there. Jesus, the Saviour, reigns! — Let earth adore itsF Lrd Bright cherubs his attendants stand, Swift to fulfill his word. 3 In Zion is his throne; IHis honors are divine; Ilis church shall make his wonders known, For there his glories shine. 4 How holy is his name! How terrible his pliraise! Justice and truth, and judgment join, In all his works of grace. SECOND PART, S. M. 99. A holy God worshipped w,-th Revreins,. I EXALT the Lord, our God, And worship at his feet; Ifis nature is all holiness, And mercy is his seat. 2 When Israel was his church, When Aaron was his priest, When Mloses cried, and Samuel prayed, He gave his people rest. 3 Oft he forgave their sins, Nor would destroy their race: And oft he made his vengeance known, When they abused his grace. 4 Exalt the Lord our God, Whose grace is still the same: Still he's a God of holiness, And jealous for his name. FIRST PART, L. M. 100. Praise to our Creator. 1 YE nations round the earth. rejoice Bebfore the Lord, your sovereign King; Serve him with cheerful heart and voice; With all your tongues his glory sing. ~ The Lord is God;'t is he alone Doth life and breath and being give; PSALM,% 163 164 PSALMS. We are his work, and not oir own; The sheep that on his pastures live. 3 Enter his gates with songs of joy; With praises to his courts repair; And make it your divine employ, To pay your thanks and honors there 4 The Lord is good, the Lord is kind; Great is his grace, his mercy sure; And the whole race of man shall find His truth from age to age endure. SECOND PART, L. M. 100. The sorereign Jehovah. I BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne, Ye nations! bow with sacred joy: Know that the Lord is God alone; He can create, and he destroy. 2 His sovereign power. without our aid, Made us uf clay, and formed us men: And when, like wandering sheep, we strayg, He brought us to his fold again. 3 We are his people, we his care, Our souls, and all our mortal frame: What lasting honors shall we rear, Almighty Maker! to thy name 7 4 We'll crowd thy gates with thantkful soagl High as the heavens our voices raise; And earth, with her ten thousand tonegues Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 5 Wride as the world is thy command, Vast as eternity, thy love Firm as a rock thy truth must stand, When rolling years shall cease to move. C. M. 100. The Creator adored. I SING, all ye lands!-with rapture slag And bless Jehovah's name; With loud hosannas hail your King,-. Bow down-your God proclaim. 2 Know that the Lord is God alone,'T is he who made us all; His people-we his sceptre own, His sheep-we hear his call. PSALMS. I Enter his gates, with shouts of joy, And ill his courts bow down Let heart-felt thanks your tongues -employ And himn your sovereign crown. 4 For he is good beyond all praise, No bounds his mnercy knows; lfis truth endures thlirouglh endless dayk Ilis grace for ever flows. II. MN 100. God's Gcadness anzd Trtctf.. I SING to the Lord most l]igh: Let every htrd.clore; With rateful oice n-take known Itis goodn,ess andl lhi power With cleerlul solgs i)eclare his ways, A-id let his praise Inspire your tongues. 2 Enter his courts with joy; W ith fear address tihe Lord; lIe fbrme( us witk his httid, Anil itlu;.ckened by hlis word; With wide commalid, Ile spreads his sway O'er every sea And every land. A Ilis hands provide our food, Andl every blessing give We feed u poIl his care, And in his pasturea live: With cheerful soIgs IDeclare his ways, And let his praise Inspire your tongues. ~ God is the Lord our God, lis truth and tne cy sure VWhile earth a Snd heaven stishl 3 Ilis promises eldur e \Vith l ide comV man d, lie spreads his sway O'er every sea And every- lan. 165 7s. 100. Pt aisefroan all Lands 1 OII! be joyful ill the Lor 1, Every land beneath the sun! In his praise with glad accord, Let all tongues and hearts be one For our God is Gon alone, WVhose we are, and not our own; We his people are-the sheep Ile will ever rule and keep. 2 Come, and join the joyous throng Who Jehlovah's praise proclaim: In his courts, with -ratelul song, Seak the ho hor s ofhis name: Rich his bounty to our race; lIlexhaustib le his grace; Rtealy to forgive and bless Ever sure his faithfulness. Is and Ss. 1 00. TIanksit ing and Pi aise in the Sanctuarj. 1 BE joyful in God, all ye lauds of the earth Oh! serve him witt gladness and fear Exult in his presence vith tnusic and mirtl, VWitlh love and devotion daw niear. 2 Jehovah is God. and Jehlovlh alone, Creator and ruler o'er all: Atul we are his people, his sceptre we owt; His sheep, and we follow his call. 3 Oh! enter his gates with thlianksgiving and * Yor vows in his temple proclaiiii; IIis prise in melodious accordance prolont And bless his adorable nalme. 4 For goo,1 is the Lord, inexpressilily good, And we are the ork of'li is hand Hils mercy and truth fiom eteriity stood, And shall to eternity stanid. L. 1NL 101. 7he.41agistras,te's o,g. MERCY and judl ment are my song; And since they b(thli to thee belong, My gracious God! my righteous King; To thee my son gs and vows I bring. 166 PSALMS. 2 If I am raised to bear the sword, I'11 take my counsels from thy word; Thy j;lstice and thy heavenly grace Shall be the pattern of my ways. 3 Let wisdom all my actions guide, And let my God with me resile: No wicked thing shall dwell with me, Which may provoke thy jealousy. 4 I'l search the land, and raise the just T''o posts ofhcior, wealth, andl trust; The men. that work thv holy will, Shall be my frienlds and fav'rites still. FIRST PART, L. st. L02. Are,n no7 rtal-the Churc/i safe 1 IT is the Lord our Saviour's hiand Weakens our strength amii st the race Disease and death, at his command(. Arrest us, and cut short our days 2 Spare us, O Lord! aloud we pray, Nor let our su n go down at nIoonI Thy years are one eternal (lay, And must thy children die so soon 7 5 Yet, in the midst of death ana grief, This thougl-t our sorrow shouh l as guage "Our Father and our Saviour live: Christ is the same tlrough every ae." 4 The starrv curtains of the sky Like gariuents, shall be laidl aside But still thy thlirone stands firm and hih; Thy church for ever must alide. 5 Before thy face, thy chutrch shal! live, And on thy tl-rone tlivh children rein; This dvin wiorld shall they survive, And the dead saint s be raised gain. SECOND PATIT, L. MI. [02. 70ie unchanguiug God. I GREAT Former of this various frame Our sotli's adore thline a.wful name, &nd bow and tr elible, vwhile they praise The Ancient of eternal dt3-s. PSALMS. 167 1&8 ~ PSALMS. 2 Before thine infinite survey, Creation rose as yesterday; And. as to-morrow, shall thine eye See earth and stars in ruin lie. 3 Beyond the highest angel's sight, Thou dwellest in eternal light, Which shines with undiminished ray. While unsuis and systems waste away. 4 Our days a transient period run, And chance with every circling sun; And wh ile to leytlthene, years we trust Before the moth wue sink to dust. 5 But let the creatures fall around Let death consignl us to the ground; Let the last general flame arise, And relt the arches of the skies;6 Calmn as the summer's ocean, we Can all the wreck of nature see; While race secures us all abode Unslhaken as the throne of Godl. FIRST PART, C. M. 102. Pryuer heard,,2d Zion restore& I LET Zion and her sons rejoice; Behold the promisied hour! Her God liathli heard her inolrnling volce And comes t' exalt his power. 2 Her dust andi ruins that remain Are precious in our eves: Those ruin s shall be built again, And all that dust shall rise. 3 The Lord will raise Jerusalem, And stand in glory there, Nations shall cow before his name, And kings attend wlvithll fear. 4 IIe sits a soereign on his throne, With pity inl is eyes; lie hears the dyin lspris'ners groan, And sees their sighs arise. 5 He frees the souls condemned to death; And, when hIis saints complain, P,',LM.S. 169 It shan't be said, that praying breath Was ever spent in vain. 6 This shall be known when we are dead, And left on long record; That ages, yet unborn, may read, And trust and praise the Lord. SECOND PART, C. M. 102. A Prayerfor the Aticted. 1 ItEAR me, 0 God! nor hide thy face; But answer. lest I die Ilast thou not built a throne of grace, To hear wvhen sinniers cry' 2 As on some lonelv b:ildi:!g's top, The sparrow tells her moati, Far from the tents of joy and hope, I sit and grieve alotie. 3 But thou for ever art the same, O my ete.,ial God! Ages to come shall know thy name, And spread thy wNc ks abroad. 4 rhou wilt arise and show thy face. Nor will my Lo rd (Ielav Bevonid tih' appoi.iteil hour of grace, That long -expectedl day. 5 Ie hears his saints. he knows thlei. cry, And, l)y mysterious ways. Redeems the pris iers doorimed to (ie And fills their to ngues with praise. TItIRID PART, C. M. 102. Gad ochoange,nale a,uil Chia,,ges of Creation TIIROUGtII endless years thou art the same. O thou eternal God! Ag,es to come shall know thy name, And tell thly works abroad. 2 The strong foundations of the earth, Of old hy thee wvere laid; By thee, the beauteous arch of heaven, With matchless skill, was nmade. 3 Soon shall this goodly fratne of thing, Formed by thy powerful hand, 170 PSALMS. Be, like a vesture laid aside, And changed at thy command. 4 But thy perfections all divine, Eternal as thy days, Through everlastit g ages shines With undiminished rays. 7s. 102. Prayer in AFictio,. I IIEAR my prayer, Jehovah! hear; Listen to my huimble cries; See the day of trouble near Ifeavy on my soul it lies. 2 Hlide not, then, thy gracious face, Whlen the storm around me fal;s; Ilear me, O thoi God of grace! In the time thy servant calls. 3 Earth and hell their censures pour, Mladly rage agaiost my soul: WVhen my God( appears no more, Who their fury can controls 4 Hlide not, then, thy gracious face When the storm around me falls, tlear me, O thou God of grace! Ilear me when thy servant calls. FIRST PART, L. M. 103. 7",e Goodness and Iercy of God celebrated I BLESS, O my soul! the living God, Call home thy thoughts that rove abroad; Let all the powers, within me, join In work and worship so divine. 2 Iless, 0 my soul the God of grace; lfis favors claim thy highest praise: Why shlioull the wonders he hath wrought Be lost in silence and forgot. 3'T is he, my soul who sent his Son To die for crimes which thou hoast done-,: ITe owns the ransom, and forgives The hourly follies of our lives. Let the whole earth his power confess, Let the whole earth tdlore his grace: PSALMS. I'he Gentile with the Jew shall joii, In work and worship so divine. SECOND PART, L. M. [03. Forgiveness-gentle Cliastisentent. I THE Lord,-how wondrous are his ways Hlow firm his truth, how large his grace! He takes his mercy for his throne; And thence hie makes his glories known, 2 Not half so high his power hath spread The starry heaveiins, above our head; As his rich lose exceeds our praise Exceeds the highest hopes we raise. 3 Not half so far hath nature placed. The rising morning trom the vest. As his forgiving grace removes The daily guilt of those he loves. 4 Ilow slowly doth his wrath arise! On swifter w ings salvation flies; And if he lets his anger buru, Hlow soon his frowns to pity turn! 5 But his eternal love is sure; To all the a ints it shall eidare: From are to age, his truth shall reign Nor children's children hope in vain. FIRST PART, S. AI. 1 03. The Ie cies of God. l Oil bless the Lord, my soul! LIet all within me join, Atul aid my tongue to bless his name, 'Vhose favors are divine. 2 Oh! bless the Lord, mv soul! Nor let his mercies lie Forgotten in unthanklulness, And without praises die. 3'T is he forgives thy sins, 'T is he relieves your pain, 'T is hie who heals thy sicknesses, And makes thee young again. 4 fle crowns thy life with love, When ransomed fiom the grave; 171 I~2 ~ PSALMS. He. who redeemed my soul from hell liath sovereign pow%er to save. 5 Ile fills the p)oor wflt goo(d; lie gives the suitl'erers rest; The Lord haih jei,lameots for the proud, And justice for th' oppressed. 65 Ils wonlroutis w (rks and ways Ile made lby Moses kown; But sent the world his truth and grace, By his beloved Son. SECOND PART, S. M. 103. Praise to God fo,' h's 3Iercics. 1II Ol! bless the Lord. my soul! lis frace to thee pIroclaim: And all that is within me join To bless his lol aname. 2 Oh! bless the L,orl. ny snl! Ilis mer cies bear'io;i Foret not all his len efts: The Lord to thee is kind. 3 He will not always chide ie will with patience wait; lis wrath is eer slow to rise And ready to abate. 4 lie pardons all th sin s. Prolonzs thv feeble lbieathl IIo healeth thy infirmities, Aiil rantsonis thee fromn death. 5 Then bless his hbi.y name, Whose grace hlth mide thee wlho e; Whhose loving-kiiidtiess crowns thy lays Oh! bless the Lord, my soul! TIIIRD PART, S. M. 103. lle?.cy iii the?,idst, of Judg:,nel. I MY soul! re)eat his praise, W,hose mercies ar e so great Whose anger is so slow to rise, So ready to abate. 2 il,gh as the heavens are raised Above the ground we tread; I PSALMS.) 8o far the riches of his grace Our highest thoughts exceed. 3 Ilis power subdues our sins, And his forgiving love, Far as the east is firom the wvest, Doth all our guilt remove. I Tile pity of the Lord, To those who fear his name, Is such as tender pareints feel; Ile knows our feeble frame. 5 Our days are as the grass, Or like the morning-flower; If one sharp blast sweep o'er the feld, It withers in an hour. 3 But thy compassions, Lord! To endless years endutre; Anid childreni's children ever find Thy wvords of promise sure. FOURTH PART, S. M. 103. Gods Domninion; or, angelic Praise. I TIHE Lord, the sovereign King, Ilath fixed his throne on high; O'er all the heavenly world hlie rules, And all beneath the sky. 2 Ye angels! great inll might, And swift to lo his will, Bless ye the Lord, whose voice ye hear, Whose pleasure ye fulfill. 3 Let the bright hosts who wait The orders of their King, And guard hi s churches wNhen they pray Joini in the praise they sing. 4 While all his wondrous works, Through his vast kin gdom, show Their Maker's glory, thou, my soul Shalt sing his graces too. L. M. 104. God's Majesty as Ci eator and soveretgn a*b , MY soul! thy great Creator praise; When clothed ill his celestial rams I'i 3 174 PSALMS. He in full majesty appears, And, like a robe, his glory wears. 2 The heavens are for his curtains spread Th' unfathomed deep hlie makes his bed; Clouds are his chariot, when he flies, On winged storms, across the skies. 3 Angels, whom his own breath inspires, IHis ministers, are flamiing fires; And swift as thought their armies move, To bear his vengeance or his love. 4 Vast are thy works, almighty Lord! All nature rests upon thy word; And the whole race of creatures stand, Waiting their portion from thy hand. 5 The earth stands trembling at thy strop And at thy touch the mountains smoke Yet humble souls may see thy face, And tell their wants to sovereign gra 6 In thee, my hopes and wishes meet Andi make my meditations sweet; Thy praises shall my breath euplc. Till it expire in endless joy. C.?tl. 105. Co.enant with Abraham ren,,eber,ed 1 GIVE thanks to Godl, invoke hu Aarne, And tell the world his grace; Sound through the earth his deeds of fame, That all may seek his face. 2 Ilis covenant, which ht. kept in mind For numerous ages past, To numerous ages yet behind, In equal force shall last. 3 He sware to Abraham and his seed, And made the blessings sure; Gentiles the ancient promise read, And find his truth endure. 4 Like pilgrims through the countries round, Securely they removed; And haughty kings, who on them frownled, Severely he reproved. PSALMS. 5 Thus guardedi by th' almighty hand, The chosen tribes possessed Canaan, the rich, the promisod land, And there enjoyed their rest. 6 Then let the worl forbear its rage, Ilte church renounce her fear; Israel must live through every age, And be th' Ahnigiity's care. 7s. 1 05 Encouragement to seek Go& I OlI! give thanks unto the Lord; All his wondrouis deeds piroclaim Every tongue his praise record; Every heart adore his name. 2 Seek the Lord, his grace implore, On his love your trust repose; Seek his presence evermore; There lay dowIl your cares and wces 3 Ye, who make the Lord your choice, Call to mind his works of love Tell his wonders, and rejoice Inr your King who reigns abc,,e. 4 Thou, O Lord! art true and just; Thou wilt crown, withi surie success, All the waiting souls that trust In thy love and Ifaithfulpess. FIRST PART, L. M. 0). God praised for his Goodness and Mert 1 O l! render thanks to God above, The fountain of eternal love; Whose mercy firm, through ages past, Has stood, and shall for ever last. 2 Who can his mighty deeds express, Pot only vast, but numberless? What mortal eloquence can raise Hfis trihibute of immortal praise X Extend to me that favor, Lord! ~hou to thy chosen doth afford; Jiber thoul returnest to set them free, Let tby salvation visit meo. 175 I,(; PS:ALMS. 4 Oh! render thanks to God above, The fountain of eternal love; WVhose mercy firm, through ages past, Hlas stood, and shall for ever last. SECOND PART, L. M. 106. Praise to God for his Greatness and J.er~D 1 TO God, the great, the ever-blessea, Let songss of honor be addressed; His mercy fi m tor ever stands; Give him the thalks his love demands. 2 Who kn-ows the wonders of thy ways l Who shlll ftulfill thy boundlless praise 7 Blest are the souls that fear thee stil, And pay their duty to thy will. 3 Remember what thy mercy did For Jacobl's race, thy chosen seed And, with the same salvation, bless The meanest suppliant of thy grace. 4 Oh! may I see thy tribes rejoice, And aid their triumphs with my voice This is my glory, Lorl! to be Joined to thy saints, and near to thee. S. M. 106. Israelpunishled atzdpardond I GOD of eternal love! How fickle are our ways! And yet, how oft did Israel prove Thy constancy of grace! 2 They saw thy wonders wrought, And then thy praise they sung; But soon thy works of power forgot, And murmured with their tongue. 3 Now they believe his word, While rocks with rivers flow, Now with their sins provoke the Lord, Till he reduced them low. 4 Yet when they mourned their faults, lIe hearkened to their groans; Brought his own covenant to his thoughts, And called them still hlis soniis. 6 Their names were in his book; He saved them from their foes; Oft he chastised(l, but ne'er forsook, The people whom he chose. o Let Israel bless the Lord, Vho loved their ancient race And christians join the solemni word, Amett,-to all the praise. FIRST PART, L. M. 07.Israei ecd to Canaan. and Clhristians to -eare 1 GIVE thanks to God-he reigns above; Kind are his thoughts, his name is love, Ifis merecy aes past have known, And ages long to come shall own. Let the redeemed of the Lord The wonders of his grace record; Israel, the nation whom he chose, And rescued from their mighty ftes. 3 So when our first release we gain From sit's own yoke, andl Satan's chain, We have thi: (lesert orld to paSs, A dlangeros and a tiresome place. 4 He fbeds and cIntnes us all the way, tie guides our footsteps, lest we stray lie guardls us with a' powerfll hiand, And brings us to the heav enly land. 5 Oh! let lS, then, with joy record rhe truth and good n iess of the Lord; fIow great hi. Works-how kindl his ways I Let ex,ery tongue pronounce his p-raise. SECOND PART, L. M ] 07. The Seamaz's Sonzg. 1 WOUI,D yov behold the works of God, Itis wonders in the world abro-ad (Go with the mariners, and trace The unknown re-ion s of the seas. 2They leae their native shores behind, And seize the 1irvor of the windl: Till God comnanls,-ard tepl)ests rlDo, That heave the ceai to the skie.~ 12 17-7 PSALMS. 1~78 PqPA )I.MS. 3 When land is far and death is nigh, Lost to all hope, to God they cry: Hfis mercy hears their loud nddress, And sends salvation ill di:,tress. 4 Oh! may the sons of men record The woindrous goodness of the Lord. Let themt their private offerings bring, And in the church his glory sing. C. M. 107. s,rn.s of God sfe. IIOW are thy servants blessed, 0 Lord, How sure is their defence! Eternat, wisdom is their goide, Their help, Omnipotence. 2 In foreign realms, and laniids remote, Supported by thy care, Thro(ugh l brnin g clim es they pass unh, o And breath e in tainted air. 3 When, by the dreadful tempest borne, Ilig on the lroken wave, They know thou art not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. 4 The storm is laihl-the winds retire, Obedlienit to thy will; The sea. that roar s at thy command, At thy command is still. 5 In midst of dlangers, fears and deaths, Thy gooliness we'I adore; We'1 praise thee for thy miercies p=, And humljly hope for more. FIRST PART, 7s. 107. Di7.ine Goidance. 1 TIIANK and praise Jehovah's name, For his mercies firm and sure, From eternity, the samne, To eternity, endure. 2 Let the ransomed thus rejoiceo Gathered out of every laud, As the people of his choice, Plucked lroiti the d(estroyer's hand. PSALMS. 3 To a pleasant land he brings. Where the vine and olive grow,. Whlere, from flowery hI,lls, the springs Through luxuriant vallies Ilovw. 4 Oh! that tnen wouldt praise the Lord, FIor his goodiness to their race; For the wonders of his word, And the riches orf his grace. SECOND PART., 7s. 1 07. The Dangers of the Ocea I TIIEY who toil upon the deep, And in vessels light and frail, O'er the mighty waters sweep, With the billow and the gale, Mark what wonders ~Cod perlbormsn, When he speaks, and, uncolnfined, Rutsh to battle all his storms, In the chariots of the wind. 2 Ulp to heaven their bark is whirled, On the mountain of the wave; l)own as suddenly't is hurled To th' abysses of the grave; To and fro they reel-they roll, As intoxicate with wine; Terrors paralize their soul, ilelm they quit, and hope resian 3 Then unto the Lord they cry; lie inclines a gracious ear, Sends deliverance from on high, Rescues them from all their fear: Oh! that men would praise the LorL For his goodness to their race; For the wondlers of his word, And the riches of his grace. C. M. 108. A Morning -Song. I AWAKE, my soul! to sound his praise Awake, my harp)! to sing; Join, all my powers! the song to raise And morning-incense bring. 2 Among the people of his care, Anti through the nations round, 179 Glad songs of praise will I prepare, And there his name resound. 3 Be thou exalted, O my God I Above the starry frame; Difflse thy heavenly grace abroad, And teach the world tihy name. 4 So shall thy chosen sons rejoice, Anul throng thy courts above; - While sinners hear thy parld'nlitg voiro,c And taste redeeming love. C. IN. 109. Tte Era7-.e: of Christ. 1 GOD of my mercy and my praise! Thy glory is my song; Though sinners speak against thy grace With a blasphemilng tonigue. 2 When, in the form of mortal man, Thy Son on earth was found, With cruel slanders, false and vain, They compassed him around. 3 Their miseries his compassion movr, Their peace he still pursued; They render hatred for his love, And evil for his good. 4 Their malice raged without a cause; Yet, with his dying breath, lie prayed for mul derers on his cross, And blessed h is fees in death. 5 Lord! shall thy bright example shine In vain before my eyes Give me a soul a-kits to thine, To love mine enemnies. 5 The Lord shall on my side engage, And, in my Saviour's name, I shall defeat their pride and rage, Who slander and co(lndemn. L. M. t 110. C7ir.it exallted as a Kinig anti Savisr, I TIIJTUS God, th' eternal Father, spake To Christ, the Soni-" Ascend and sit ISO PSAI,MS. PSALM3S. At myt right hanl, till I shall make Thy foes submissive at thy feet. 2 "From Zion shall thy word proceed Thy word, the sceptre in thy hand. Shall nmake the hearts of rebels blee(i, And how\ their wills to thy commn.ait. 3 "That day shall sio\v thy power is great. Wlhen it shal flock with willing mint Andl sinners crowd thy tenmple-gate, Where holiness, in beauty, shines." 4 Ohl! hlessed power-Oh! glorious day Itow Ilarge a victiry shall einsue; Atid converts. wvho thy grace obey, Exceed the drops of moriitig-dew. C. it'~. I 10O. Christ's Kingdomn and Priesthoasc I JESIJS. our Lord! ascend thy throne, And near thy Father sit: In Zion shall thy pover he known, And make thy foes submit. 2 What wond(lers shall thy grospel do! 'hv converts sall s ass The numedro ps of rnorning-dew And own thy sovereign grace. 3 God hath pronouniced a firm decree, Nor ch-gies what he swore: "Eternal shall thy priesthood be, When Aaron is 1o more." 4 Jesus, our priest. for ever lives, To pleald for us al)ove: Jesus, our kin,, for evergives The blessinhs of his love. 5 God shall exalt his glorious head, And his high throne maintain Shall strike the powers and princes did, Who dare oppose his reigin. FIRST PART, C. M. I Wisdaom of God in hie Wsra l SONGS of immortal praise belong To my Almnighty God; 1,81 tie has my heart, and he my toiguq To spread his name abroad. 2 Ihow great the works his hand has wrought' IHow glorious in our sight! And men in every age have sought Ilis wonders with delight. 83 Now most exact is nature's frame! iow wise th' eternal mind! Iis counsels never chainge the scheme, That his first thoughts designed. 4 When he redeemed his chosen sons, Ie fixed his covenant stire; The orders, that his lips pronounce, To endless years endure. 5 Nature and time, and earth and skies, Thy heavenly skill proclaim: What shall we do to male us wise, But learn to read thy name? 6 To fear thy power, to trust thy grace, Is our divinest skill; And he's the wisest of our race W,ho best obeys thy will. SECOND PART, C. M. 1 11. Perfections of God. I GREAT is the Lordl;-his works of might Demand our noblest songs; Let his assembledl saints unite Their harmony of tongues. 2 Great is the mercy of the Lord, Ile gives' ois children fbod; And, ever mindful of his word, lie makes his promise good. 3 Ilis Son, the great Redeemer, came To seal his coven lan t sure; Holy anl reverend is his name; Ilis ways are just and pure. 4 Great is the Lord;-his works of might Demand our noblest songs; Oh! let th' assenbled saints unite Their harmony of tongue*,. I , PIALMS. L. M. 112. Blessings of the Charitble. TIITHRICE hfppy mart who fears the Lord, Loves his co(inuailts, and trusts his word; Honor ai(i peace his days attetdl, And blessings to his seed descend. 2 Compassion dwells upon his mind. To works of mercy still itnclited; He lends the poor some pr esent aid, Or gives thlem, not to be replaid. 3 HIis soul. well-fixed upon the Lord, Draws heavelv cou rage fronr his woird Amid the darkliess, light shall rise, To cheer his heart, andl bless his eyes. 4 lHe hatlh disprsedd his alrns alroad; Ilis works are still before his God His name on earth shall long reain Nor shall his hope of heaven be vain. C. M. 112. Liberalitly rewearded. l IIAPPY is he wvlo fears the Lord, And foliow s h i conmmands; Who lends the poor wvithouct rewar.j, Or gives with lil,eral hands. 2 As pity dwells w ithin his breast, To all the soIs of n eed; So God sha.ll answer his request, WVith blessin gs ol lhis seed. 3 In times of laiger atid distress, Some leans o. lih t sall shine, To show the world his righteousless, And give him peace divitie. 4 His works of piety and love Remain before the 1.ord; Ilonor on earth, and joys ablove, Shall be his sure reward. L. P.MA. I 112. Birssings of the liberal Man. 1 TIIAT man is blest whio stiilands in awe Of God, and loves his slicred law; lfis seed on earth shall be renowned; PSALMS. 183 18, PSALMS. Ills house thle seat of wealth shall be, An unexhausted treasury, And with successive honors crowned 2 His liberal favors he extends; To some he gives, to others lends; A generous pity fills his mind: Yet what his charity impairs, He saves by prudence in affairs, And thus he's just to all mankind. 3 His hands, while they his alms bestowed His glory's future harvest sowed: The sweet remembrance of the just Like a green root revives, and bears A train of blessings for his heirs, When dying nature sleeps in dust. 4 Beset with threatening dancers round Unmoved shall he maintain his ground, His conscience holds his courage up: The soul, that's filled with virtue's light, Shines brightest ill affliction's night And sees in darkness beams of hope. FIRST PART, L. M. 113. God, sovereign and gracious. 1 YE servants of th' almighty King! In every age his praises sing; Where'er the sun shall rise or set. The nations shall his praise repeat 2 Above the earth, beyond the sky, Stands his high throne of majesty; Nor time nor place his power restraLc Nor bound his universal reign. 3 Which of the sons of Adam dare, Or angels, with their God compare7 His glories-how divinely bright, Who dwells in uncreated light! 4 Behold his love! he stoops to view What saints above and angels do; And condescends, yet more, to know The mean affairs of men below. PSALMS. 5 From (lust, and cottages obscure, Iis grace exa'ts the htumble poor; Gives tlhem the hlonor Gf his sons, And fits them for their heavenly thrones. SECOND PART, L. M. 1 13. Pai,se.for God's Co,descef i a n. I SERVANTS of God! ill joyful lays, ~ing- ye the Lord Jehovaih's praise; fis gloriou! nairme let all adore, From a,e to age, for ever more. 2 Blest be that nlme, sepreinely blest, From the sun's rising- to its rest: Above the heavens his po-er is known - Thlrouagl all tlhe earth his goodness shcowa 3 WhVlo is like God 2 —so re.at, so high Ile bows himself to v iewv the sky An(l yet, with condescendiii grace, Looks down upon the litiilall race. 4 Ile hears the uncomlaining moan, Of those who sit and weep aloe; lie lifts the mourner froin tie dust, And saves the poor in him who trust. 5 Servants of God! in jo-yful lays, Sing ye the Lord Jehiovali's praise; Itis saving name let all adltore, From age to ag,e, foi ever more. 7s. 113. 7,e Condescezsion of God. I IIALLELUJAII! raise, Ol! raise To our God the song' of praise: All his servants! joil to silg God, our Saviour, and our Kiig. 2 Blessed be for ever more That dread name which we adore! Round the world his praise be sung Througll all lands, in every tongue. O'er all nations God alone, Ihigher than the 1eaveus his throne; Who is like our Godl most high, Infinite in majesty I I - 1; U,,ig~ ~ ast do,111iion hbt tiiiil, Te lievis,e "rleo shegt: L~et iio ci-ea,,eiI dtere With oii -d coniit,ie, Ariie-d with]is uiic e e migit 3 lie howvs his gloi-iou ledtoie Wha h ~ist l6t,'-igl o Anid heiida hita cat e to i-fi(,rtal tiings; Ilist so e r i\, e,.til the 11001r lie t,tke. the iceedy f,-o01i the iloor, Aii fiste oli e thtoites of kings. I114. Iiraccles attendin,- IsialO~s Jou7 Yey. I WIIEN Israel. fi-eed fri lail,ahand, Lefl thle 1)itoud tv Iit,~it atu~l ittiiiii 'lie triles, witli chteru ho age w Th e i K;ig-n dahi Ias his throne 2 Across the deel) their joii riey lay Tie ]leel) di' ides to tiake tliem way: JorliiIeil t eir iiicli, aeid flied, W~~~~~it ackwr ir-tit, to his head. 8 What potter couldl mak.e the deel) dividt Make J,,rd,tii hacktvard rolIl his tide I Why did ye leap), ye little itills 7 And xv lienice the fright titat Siitiai fee1a I PSALMS. I I.et every mountain, every flood, lietire, and known th' apl)roaching God! The King of Israel-see him here! Tremble, thou earth! adore, and fear. L. MI. I 15. 77,te true God; our hope a?d trutst. I NOT to ourselves, who are btit dust, Not to ourselves is lory due; Eternal God! thou only just, Thou only gracious, wise and true! '2 The god we serve maintains his throne, Above the cloudls, Ibeyond tihe skies: Through all the earth his will is done; lie kiiows our groans, he hears our crie 3 0Israel t make the Lord thy hope, Thy liell) thy refiize, and thy rest; The Lor(l shall build thy riiins up, And bless the people and the priest. 4 The dead no more can spealt thy praise, They dwvell in silence in the grave; But we shall live to sing thy grace, And tell the world thy power to save. FIIRST PART, L. M. . Grateful Recollections. I I lOVE the Lord;-his graciotis ear Was openedl to my mournil'ul prayer; ie heardl my supllilicatiug voice, And bade my fainting heart rejoice. Retuirn, my soul! and sweetly rest On thy almighty Father's breast; The riches ol-his grace adore, And tell his wondrous mercies o'er. 3 What shal' I rendler to the Lorld 7 Or how his matchless g ace record I To him my grateltl voice I'11 raise, And pour libatioris to his praise. 4 TTis crowdeil cotirts shall see me pay The vows of my distressfiil ldaiy; In life anl dealh. the si t shall find fheir guardlian God for ever kind. 187 s111I8 PSALM3S. SECON\-D PART, I,. M. 116. Y'tle Pi-,' ~est. l RETURN. my soil! unto thy rest, From vain pursuits ai(l inaeilileli careg From lihourly woes that wring' thy breast, Thle world's a]lureilients-.Satanl's snares 2 Return unto tL.v rest, my soul! Fr om all tle hva eis of thy thought; From sicdliess unto death. made whole Saie throug,h a thousaon d perils broug,ht 3 Then to tlhy rest, miy souil! return, From passion s e ery lihiir at strife; Sin's works, and w,ays,. wages surn Lay hold upon eteral lie. 4 God is thy rest —-ith lear t inclined To keep his wortl, that word belteve Christ is thy rest; —ithl lowly Isiiild, Ilis light and easv yoke receive. FIRST PART, C. M. 116. Thanks for restoori,i,,lercy. 1 I LOVE the Lord,; —he hea,od my cries, Alld pitied every groani; Long as I live, whien troubles rise, I'1 hasten to his thlroiie. 2 I love the Lorld;-lie Ibowed hlis ear, And chased my griets away; Oh! let my healrt no miore despair While I have breatth to pray. 3 Aly flesh declinedl, niy spirits fell, And I drew near lhe e ad; While inward paigs anI fears of hell Perplexed my wakeful hlead. 4:'My God," I cried(l, "thy servant sa ve: Thou ever nool all( just! rhy power can rescue f om the grave Thy power is all my trutst." 5 the Lord beleld me sore dislressed, Ile bade my paiiis remov; Return, my soul! to God thy rest, For thou hast known his love. PSALMS. 5 My God hath saved ynv soul from death, And dried niy falling tears; Now to his praise I'11 spend my breath, And my remaining years. SECOND PART, C. M. 116i. Vows riicde isi lT,oub)le, paid in tlte ChWCIL I WIIAT shall I render to my God, For all his kindness shown7 MTy feet shall visit thine aboce, Mly songs address thy throne. 2 Among the saints that fill thy house, M,y offering,s shall be paid; There shall my ze tl perform the vows My soul in anguish made. 3 How much is mercy thy delight, Thou ever-blessed God! Ilow dear thy servants in thy sight How precious is their blood! I IHow happy all thy servants are — Ilow great thy grace to me! My life, which thou hlast made thy care, Lord! I devote to thee. 5 Now I am thine-for ever thine; Nor shall my purpose move; Thy hand hath loosed my bohds of pain And bound me with thy love. 6 IIere, in thy courts, I leave my vow, And thy rich grace record; Witness, ye saints! who hear me now, If I forsake the Lord. 7s. 116. Help from God in Tithe of Ti'ouit. I 0 TIIOU God who hearest prayer, Every hour and every where! Listen to my feeble breath, Now I touch the gates of death; For his sake whose blood I plead, Ifear me in the hour of need. I Hear and save me, gracious Lord! For my trust is il tay word; 189 1 17~ 7iz-rtzritieot to L~z;( ierso' Prut' 1 FROM' all tihat wl Il l,elow the skies, Let the Creati:-'s pt:rise rise;; I,et thie eeIlel's:llle sung, T'llrouh everl lnd Il, y every tongue 2 Eternal are thy nercies, Lord! Eter nal trut h ate ls y wvord; Thy praise sIll 1,d,i'om shore to re. Till su isi shall rise and, set no it0o.e. C. 3IT. 117. Praise to God f,, oi azll Nation. 0 O ALL ye nations! praise the Lord, Each witlh a different tongue; In every langiuage learn his word. And let his ianme be sun. 2 Ilis mercy reigns throutgh every land, Proc,aim his race roa For ever firrt his truth shall stand, Praise ye the faithlul God. S. Al. 117. Praise to Godfor lhis T;auth and Gr. I TIlTY name, almilghty Lord! Shall sound thlrough distant lands; Great is thy grace, and sure thy word; Thy truth for ever stands. ; Far be thiiie honor spread, And long thy praise endure, Till marnling-light, and evening-shade shall be exchang,ed no more. II. M. 117. Unitersal Praise. I JETIOVAIHS praise sublime MThrough the wide earth be sung, Ye realms of every climne! Ye triles of every tongue! His infinite compassiot bless Ilis ever-during faithfulness. 78. 117. Praisefrom all Land. ! ALL ye nations! praise the Lord; All ye lands! your voices raise; Heaven andl earth I withl loul accord. Praise the Lord-Ior ever praise. 2 For his truth tand mercy stand, Past, ard present, and to e, Like the vears of his- right hand, Like his own eternlity. 3 Praise him. ye who know his love! Praise him, from the depths beneath; Praise him in the heights above; Praise your Makler,-a'l that breathe! L.M i 18. A new song of Salvation by C.ri,L I LO! what a glorious corner-stone The Jewish builders didl refiuse! But God hath built his church thereon, In spite of envy, and the Jews. 2 Great God! the work is all divline, The joy and wonder of our eves! This is the day that proves it thine The day that saw our Saviour rise. 3 Slnners! rejoice. and, saints! be glad; Hosanna! let his namsle be blestc PSALMS. 191 ]9i, ~ PSALMS. A thousand honors, on his head, Wiilh peace, and light, and glory rest 1 4 In God's own name, lie comes to bring Salvat;on to our dying race; Let the whole church address their King, With heal Lt of joy, and songs of prai-s FIRST PAR ~, C. MI. 1 1S. DeliveranrcefrS. a Tumult. I'IlE Lord appears my helper now, Nor is my Iaith afraid What tl, th e soIIs of earth can do, Since he aven affords its aid. 2'T is safer, Lord! to hope in thee, And have my God my friend, Than trust in mei of high decree, And on their trh depend. 3'T is through the Lord my heart is stropg In him my lips rejoice; VVhile his salvation is my song, How cheerful is my voice # 4 Joy to the saints, and peace belongs; !he Lord protects their days; Let Israel tune imnmortal songs To his almighty grace. SECOND PART, C. M. I 18. Public Praise for Del,verance. I LIORD! thou hast heard thy servant eo And rescuedl from the grave; Nnow shall le live-for none can die, Whom God resolves to save 2 Thy praise, more constant than before, Shall fill his d(lailv breath; Thy hand, that hath chastised him sore. Defends him still from death. 3 Open the gates of Zion now, For we will worship there; The house where all the righteous go Thyliv mercy to declare. 4 Among th' assemblies of thy saints. Our thankful voice we raise; PSALMS. Here we have told thee our complatnt, And here we speak thy praise. THIRD PART, C. M. 118. C,,rist, the Foundation of his Ch,ur, 1 BEIIOLD the sure foundation.stone, Which God, ill Zion, lays To build our hetvenly hopes upon, And his eternal praise. 2 Chosen of Godl, to sinners dear; Atid saints adore his name: They trust their whole salvation here, Nor shall they suffer shlame. 3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest, Reject it with disdain; Yet on this rock the church shall rest, And envy rage in vain. 4 What though the gates of hell withstood? Yet must the building rise: 'T is thine own work, almighty God. And wondrous in our eyes. FOTURTII PART, C. M. 118. die Lord's Day. I TItIS is the d(lay the Lord hath made; Ile calls the hours his own: Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad, And praise surround his throne; 2 To-day he rose and left the dead, And Satan's empire fell; To-day the saints his trium-ph spread. And all the wonders tell. 3 Hlosanna to th' anointed King, To David's holy Son: Help us, O Lord! descend, and bring Salvation from thy throne. 4 Blest be the Lord, who comes to men, With messages of grace Who comes, in God his Father's name, To save our sinful race. 5 Hosanna, in the highest strains, The church on earth can raise; 13 t93 194 PSALMS. The highest heavens, in which lie reign, Shall give him nobler praise. 18. ~ or S. M. 118. S alvation by Christ. I SEE, what a living stone The builders did refuse! Yet God hath built his church thereon, In spite of envious Jews. 2 The scribe and angry priest Reject thine only Son; Yet on this rock shall Zion rest, As the chief corner-stone. 3 The work, O Lord! is thine, And wondrous in our eyes; This day declares it all divine; This day did Jesus rise. 4 This is the glorious day, That our Redeemer made: Let us rejoice, and sing, and pray; Let all the church be glad. b Hosanna to the King Of David's royal blood; Bless him, ye saints!-he comes to brbig Salvation from your God. 6 We bless thy holy word, Which all this grace displays; And offer on thine altar, Lord! Our sacrifice of praise. FIRST PART, L. M. 119. Afflictions sanctified. 1 F,'tIER! I bless thy gentle hand, How kind was thy chastising rod, That forced my conscience to a stani And brought my wandering soul to Q*,, 2'T is good for me to bear the yoke, For pride is apt to rise and swell; 'T is good to bear my Father's stroke, That I might learn his statutes well 3 The law, that issues from thy mouth, Shall raise my cheerful passions Than all the treasures of the south, Or richest hills of golden ore. 4 Thy hands have made my mortal frame, Thy Spirit foruted my soul within; Teach me to know thy wondrous name, And guard me safe from death and sir 5 Then al,, who love and fear the Lord, In my salvation shall rejoice; For I have trusted in thy word, And made thy grace my on y choice. SECO'ND PART, L. M. 119. A.zictiosa sanctfied by the Were., 1 OTII! how I love thy holy word, Thy gracious covenant, 0 Lord It gtuidles me in the peaceful way; I think upon it all the day. 2 What are the mines of shining wealth, The strength of Youth, the bloom of health I Wlla; are all joys. compared with those Thine everlasting word bestows 3 LIong unllaflicte(t, undismayed, Il pleasure's path secure I strayed: Thou madest me feel thy chiastening rod, And(i straight I turned utnto my God. 4 What tnough it piercedl my fainting heartl I bless the hand that caused the smart; It taught my tears awhile to flow, But saved me from eternal wo. FIRST PART, C. MI'. 119. Blessedness of Saints. I BLEST are the undefiled in heart, Whose ways are righit and clean Who never from thy law depart, But fly from every sin. 2 Blest are the men who keep thy word, And practice thy commands; With their whole heart they seek the Lord, And serve thee with their hands. 8 Great is their peace who love thy law, Ilow firm their souls abide! 195 PSALMS. Nor can a bold temptation draw Their steady feet aside. 4 Then shall my heart have inward Jo And keep my face firom shame, When all thy statuites I obey, And honor all thy name. fSECOND PART, C. M. 119. Constant Converse with God. t TO thee, before the dawning light, My gracious God! 1 pray; Imeditate thy name by night, And keep thy law by day. 2 My spirit faints to see thy grace; Thy promise bears me up: And, while salvation long delays, Thy word supports my hope. 8 Seven times a day I lift my hands, And pay my thanks to thee; Thy righteous providence demands Repeated praise from me. 4 When midnight-darkness veils the &i'., I call thy works to mind; My thoughts in warm devotion rise, And sweet acceptance find. TIIIRD PART, C. M. 119. Sincerity and Obedience. I THOU art my portion, 0 my God i Soon as I know thy way, My heart makes haste t' obey thy word, And suffers no delay. 2 I choose the path of heavenly truth, And glory in my choice; Not all the riches of the earth Could make me so rejoice. 3 The testimonies of thy grace I set before mine eyes; Thence I derive my daily strength, And there my comfort lies. 4 If once I wander fro(m thy path, I think upon my ways; 196 PSALMS. Then turn my feet to thy commands, And trust thy pard'niiig grace. 5 Now I am thine,-for ever thine; Oh! save thy servant, Lord! Thou art my shield, rmy hiding.place, Mly hope is in thy word. FOURTHI PART, C. M. 119. Instruction f,oom the Sc,iptzires. I IIOW shall the young secure their heart And guard their lives trom sin I Thy word the choicest rule imlparts To keep the conscience clean. 2 When once it er.+e,s to tne mind It spreads such hght abroad; The meanest souls instruction find, And raise their thoughts to God. 3'Tis like tne sun, a heavenly light, That guides us all the day; And, through the dangers of the night, A lamp to lead our way. I Thy precepts make me truly wise; I hate the sinner's r oal; I hate my own vain tlotits that rise, But love thy law, my God! 5 Thy word is everlasting truth; Ilow l:re is every )pare! That holy book shall guide our youth, And well support our age. FIRST PART, C. M. 19. Delig'it in tle Law. 1 0II! how I love thy holv law! 'Tis daily my delight And thence my medlitations draw Divine advice by night. 2 My wvakin, eyes prevent the day To meditate thy word: My soul with longin g melts away To hear thy gospel, Lord! 3 H1ow doth thy word my heart engage I How weL? employ my tongue! PSALMS. 197 198 PSALMS. And, In my tiresome pilgrimage, Yields me a heavenly solig. 4 Am I a stranger, or at home X 'T is my perpetua feeast; Not honey, dropping fiom the comb, So much delights my taste. 5 No treasure so enrich the mind; Nor shall thy word be sold For loads of silver well-refiaed, Nor heaps of choicest gold. 6 When nature sinks, and spirits droop, Thy promises of grace Are pillars to support my hope, And there I write thy praise. 19.Cn SIXTII PART, C. M. 119. Confictith Sin, and Co sfortfron t.h Worm 1 LORD! I esteem thy judgments right, And all thy statues just: Thence I mantain a constant fight xVith every Ilattering l1st. 2 Thy precepts often I survey I keep thy law in sight, Through all the business of the day To form my actions right. 3 My heart in midnigfht-silence cries,'Ilow sw eet thy comforts be!" My thoughts in holy wonder rise, And bring their thanks to thee 4 And when my spirit drinks her fill At some good word of thine, Not mighty men that share the spoil, Hlave joys compared with mine. SEVENTII PART, C. M. 119. Excellency of the Scriptures. 1 LET all the heathen writers join To form one perfect book; Greft God! if once compared with thlne How mean their writings look! 2 Not the most perfect rules they gave Could show one sin forgiven, PSALMS. Nt, lead a step beyond the grave; But thine conduct to heaven. 3 I've seen an end of what we call Perfection here below; How short the powers of nature fall, And can no further go! 4 Yet men would fain be just with God, By works their hands have wrought; But thy commands. exceeding broad, Extend to every thought. 5 Our faith, andl love, and every grace, Fall far below thy word; But perfect truth and righteousness Dwell only v-ith the Lord. EIGhTH PART, C. M. 1 19. Comfortfrom the Bible. I LORD! I have made thy word my choice, My lasting heritage; There shall my noblest powers rejoice, My warmest thoughts engage. 2 I'll read the hist'ries of thy love, And keep thv laws in sight, While throu,gh the promises I rove, With ever-fresh delight. 3'T is a broad land of wealth unknown Where springs of life arise; Seeds of immortal bliss are sown, And hidden tlory lies: 4 The best relief that mourners have; It makes our sorrows blest: Our fairest hope, beyond the grave, And our eternal rest. NINTH PART, C. M. 1 9. Teaching of the Spirit with the Word i TIIHY mercies fill the earth, 0 Lord! Hove good thy works appear! Open mine eyes to read thy word, And see thy wonders there. 2 Since I'm a stranger here below, Let not thy path be hid; But mark the road my feet should go, And be my constant guide. 199 200 PSALMS 3 When I confessed my wandering way Thou heardest my soul complain; Grant me the teachings of thy grace, Or I shall stray again. 4 When I have learned my Father's wil, I'll teach the world his ways: My thankful lips, inspired with zeal, Shall loud pronounce his praise. TENTII PART, C. M. 1 19. Pleading wrvith God. 1 BEHOLD thy waiting servant, Lord! Devoted to thy fear; Remember and confirm thy word, For all my hopes are there. 2 Hast thou not sent salvation down. And promised quickening grace7 Does not my heart adldress thy throne And yet thy love delays. 3 Mine eyes for thy salvation fail; Oh! bear thy servant up; - Nor let the scoffing lips prevail, That dare reproach my hope. 4 Didst thou not raise my faith, O Lord 3 Then let thy truth appear: Saints shat rejoice iii my reward, And trust, as well as fear. ELEVENTH PART, C. M. 119. Breathing after Holiness. 1 OH! that the Lord awould guide my ways To keep hIis statutes still; Oh! that my God would grant me tram To know and do his will. 2 Oh! send thy Spirit down to writ Thy law upon my heart; Nor let my tongue indulge deceit Or act the liar's part. 8 From vanity turn off my eyes; Let no corrupt design. Nor covetous desires, arise Within this soul of mine PS ALMS. 2O 4 Order my footsteps by thy word, And make my heart sincere; Let sin have no dominion, Lord! But keep my conscience clear. 5 My soul hath gone too far astray, M.y feet too often slip; Yet since I've not forgot thy way, Restore thy wandering sheep. 6 Mlake me to walk in thy commands'T is a delightful road; Nor let my head, nor heart, nor hands, Offend against my God. TWELFTH PART, C. M. 119. Co,Sfesston and Prayer. I MY God! consider my distress, Let mercy plead my cause; Though I have sinned against thy grace, I cas't forget thy laws. 2 Forbid,-forbid the sharp reproach, Which I so justly fear; Uphold my life, uphold my hopes, Nor let my shame appear. 8 Be thou a suirety, Lord! for me Nor let the proud oppress; But make thy waiting servant see The shinings of thy face. 4 Look down upon my sorrows, Lord! And showv thy grace the same; 'Thy tender mercies still afford To those that love thy name. THIRTEENTH PART, C. M. 1 19. Honl Fear, and Tende, ness of onacit 1 WITII my whiole heart I've sought thy face; Oh! let me never stray From thy comnmands, O God of grace I Nor tread the sinner's way. 2 Lily word I've hid within my hesrt, To keel) my conscience clean, And he an everlasting guard From every rising Sill. 3 I m a companion of the saiets, Who fear and love the Lord; I 2#2 PSALMS. My sorrows rise, my nature faints, When men transgress thy word. ~ My heart with sacred reverence hears The threatenings of thy word; My flesh, with holy trembling, tears, The judgments of the Lord. 5 Mv God! I long, I hope, I wait For thy salvation still Whlile thy whole law is my delight. And I obey thy will. FOURTEENTII PART, C.. 1 19. Benefit of Aaiction. I CONSIDER all my sorrows, Lord I And thy deliverance send; My soul fur thy salvation faints; When will my troubles end 1 '2 Yet 1 have found't is good for me To bear my Father's rod; Alllictions make me learn thy law, And live upon my God. 3 Had not thy word been my delight, When earthly joys dere fled, My soul, oppressed with sorrow's weighL [lad sunk among the dead. 4 I know thy judgments, Lord! are righ, Though they may seem severe; The sharpest sufferings I endure Flow from thy faithful care. 5 Before I kneew thy chastening rod, My feet were apt to stray; But now I learn to keep thy word, Nor wander from thy way. FIFTEENTII PART, C. Me 119. Pious Resolutions. 1 OH1! that thy statutes every hour Might dwell upon myv mind: Thence I derive a quickening power, And daily peace I find. 2 To meditate thy precepts, Lord! Shall be my sweet emnploy; My soul shall ne'er forg,et thy word; Thy word is all my joy. 3 How would I run in thy commands, If thou my heart discharge From sin and Satan's hateful chains, And set my feet at large! i My lips with courage shall declare Thy statutes and thy name; I' 11 speak thy word, though kings should hear, Nor yield to sinful shame. SIXTEENTIt PART, C. M. 119. P?-ayerfor quickening Cr, ace. I NMY soul lies cleaving to the dust; Lord! give me life divine; From vain desires and ev ery lust, Turn off these eyes ofmine. 2 I need the influence ofthy grace To speedl me in thy way, Lest I shouil( loiter in my race, Or turn my feet astray. d Are not thy mercies sovereign still, And thou a fltithfll God?? Wilt thou not rant me warmer Seal To run the heavenly road. 4 Does not my heart thy precepts love, And long to see thy lace? And yet howv slow my spirits move, WVithot- enlivening grace! 5 Then shall I love thy gospel more, And nie'er forget thy word; When I have felt its quickening power To draw me near the Lord. SEVENTEENTII PART, C. ML 119. Tlhe Bible, our Light. i IIOW precious is the book divine, By inspiration givein! Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine To guide our souls to heaven. 2 It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts, In this dark vale of tears; 203 PSALTilS. 20t ~ PSALMS. Life, light, and joy, it still imparts, Atid quells oar rising fears. 3 This lamp, througl all the tedious nighl Of life, shall guide our way, Till we behold the clearer light Of heaveli's eternal day. EIGITEENTII PART, C. M. 1 19. The Spirit anzd thle IVord. 1 TIlE Spir it breathes upon the word, And brings the truth to sight Precepts and promises afford A sanctilfying light. 2 A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic, like the sun; It gives a light to every age; It gives, but borrows none. 3 The hand. that gave it, still supplies The giacious light and heat; ftis truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set. 4 Let everlastin g- thanks be thine, For such bhi ifht display, As makes a vorld of darktiess shine WVith beams of heavenly day. 6 My soul rejoices to pitrste The steps ol him I love, Till glory treaks lipon my view, In brighter words above. S.M'NI. 1 19. 77.e Bible, 17, Guizdle of the You. 1 WITII humble heart and tongue, My God! to thee I pray: Oh! bring me now, while I am young To thee, the living way. 2 Make an unguarded youth The object of thy care, Help me to choose the way of truth, And flee from every sitare. 3 My heart, to folly prone, Renew by power divine; PSALMS. O Unite it to thyself alone, And make me wholly thine. 4 Oh! let thy word of grace My warmest thoughts employ; Be this, through all my foll'wing days, My treasure and my joy. 5 To what thy laws inmpart Be my whole soul inclined; Come, Saviour! dwell within my heart; And sanctify my mind. C. M. 20. Co,nplatnzt of S,trife, an Desire for I THOU God of love, thou ever-blest I Pity my suffering state; When wilt thou set my soul at rest, From lips that love deceit? 2 Oh! might I fly to change my place IHow would I choose to dIwell In some wide lonesome wilderness, And leave these gates of' hell! 3 Peace is the blessing that I seek; Ilow lovely are its charms!, I am for peace,-but when I speak, They all declare for arms. 4 Should burning arrows smite them through, Strict justice would approve; But I would rather spare my foe, And melt his heart with love. L. M. 21. God's guardi,n Care. I HE lives-the everlasting God, WVho built the world, who spread the flood The heavens, with all their host, he made, And the dark regions of the dead. 2 He guides our feet, he guards our way, Ihis morning-smiles adori nte day; He spreads the evening-veil, and keeps The silent hours, while Israel sleeps. 3 Israel, a name divinely blest, May rise secure, securely rest; m 2G6 PSALMS. Thy holy guardian's wakeful eyes Admit no slumber nor surprise. 4 No sun shall smite thy head by day, Nor the pale moon, with sickly ray, S;hall blast thy couch;-no baleful star Dart his malignant fire so far. 5 Should earth and hell with malice burn Still thou shalt go, and still return, Safe in the Lord;-his heavenly care Defends thy life from every snare. 6 On thee foul spirits have no power. And, in thy last departing hour, Angels, who trace tihe airy road, Shall bear thee homeward to thy God. FIRST PART, C. M. 121. Confidence in God. I TO heaven I lift my waiting eyes, There all my hopes are laid: The Lord, who built the earth and skie Is my perpetual aid. 2 Their steadfast feet shall never fall, Whom he designs to keep; His ear attends thIe softest call; Ilis eyes can never sleep. 3 Israel! rejoice, and rest secure; Thy keeper is the Lord; His wakeful eyes employ his power For thine eternal guard. 4 No scorching sun, nor sickly moon, Shall have his leave to smite; le shields thy head from burning noon, From blasting damps at night. 6 He guards thy soul, he keeps thy breath, Where thickest dangers come; Go and return, secure from death, Till God commands thee home. SECOND PART, C. M. 121. Relp in God. I ENCOMPASSED with ten thousand illi, Pressed hy pursuing foes, PSALMS. I lift mine eyes unto the hills, From whence salvation flows. 2 My help is from the Lord, who made And governs earth and sky; 1 look to his almighty aid, And ever-watching eye. 3 He, who thy soul in safety keeps, Shall drive destruction hence; The Lord, thy keeper, never sleeps The Lord is thy defence. 4 The sun, with his aflictive light, Shall harm thee not by day; Nor thee the moon molest by night, Along thy tranquil way. 5 Thee s,a'l the Lord preserve C.rnm s4 And comfort in distress; Thy going-out and coIiing-in The Lord, thy God, shall bless. II. M. ] 21. God, our Protector. 1 TO God I lift mine eyes, From nim is all my aid; The God who built the skies. And earth and nature made: God is the tower To which I fly; His grace is nigh In every hour. 2 My feet shall never slide And fall in fatal snares; Since God, my guard and guide Defends me from my fears: Those wakeful eyes, That never sleep, Shall Israel keep, When dangers rise. 3 No burning heats by (lay, Nor blasts of evening-air, Shall take mny health away, II God be with me there: W7 PSALMS. Thou art my sun, And thou my shade, To guard my head, By night or noon. 4 ]fast thou not given t.y word, To save my soul from death And I can trust my Lord To keep my mortal breath: I'11 go andl come, Nor fear to dle, Till from on high Thou call me home. 7s. 1'21. Iorael's Keeper. I INTERVAL of gratefull shade l Welcome to my wearied head: Welcome, slumber! to mine eyeb, Tired with glaring vanities. E That kind eye, which cannot slee> These defbnceless hours shlall kesa By my heavenly Father blest, Thus I give my powers to rest. A Wlhat if death my sleep invade, Should I be of death afi'aid? Whi]e encircled by thine arm, Death may strike. but cannot har., 4 With thy heavenly presence blet, Death is life, and labor rest: Welcome, sleep or death, to me, Still secure, if still with thee. FIRST PART, C. M. 122. Going to Church. I HOW did my heart rejoice to hear My friends devoutly say, In Zion let us all appear, And keep the solemn day." 2 I love her gates, I love the road; The church, adorned with gracs Stands like a palace built for God, To show his milder face. PSALMS. U Ip to her courts, with joys unknown, The holy tribes repair; The Son of David holds his throne, And sits in judgment there. 4 He hears our praises and complaints; And, while his awful voice Divides the sinners from the saints, We tremble and rejoice. 5 Peace be within this sacred place, And jy a constant guest! VWith ho.y gifts and heavenly grace, Be her attendants blest! 6 My soul shall pray for Zion still, While life or breath remains; Here my best friends, my kindred, dwesl IHere God, my Saviour, reigns. SECOND PART, C. M. 122. Public iWorship on the Sabbath 1 WITH joy we hail the sacred day, Which God has called his own; With joy the summons we obey To worship at his throne. 2 Thy chosen temple, Lord! how fair! Where willing vot'ries throng, To breathe the humble, fervent prayer, And pour the choral song. 3 Spirit of grace! Oh! deign to dwell WVithin thy church below; Make her ill holiness excel With pure devotion glow. 4 Let peace within her walls be found; Let all her sons unite To spread. with grateful zeal, around Ier clear and shinlinig light. 5 Great God! we hail tne sacred day, Which tliou hast called thinue owna; With joy the summons we obey To worship at thy throne. 14 2m 210 PSALMS. C. P.. 122. The Sbbath and the Sanctua,, ] TIlE festal morn, my God! is come, That calls me to thy sacred dome, Thy presence to adore My feet the summons shall attend, With willing step&-thy courts ascend, And tread the hallowved floor. 2 With holy joy I hail the day, That warns my thirsting soul away; What transports fill my breast! For, lo! my great Redeemer's power Unfolds the everlasting door, And leads me to his rest. 3 E'en now to my expecting eyes, The heav'en-built towers of Salem rise; E'en nIow, with glad survey, I view her mansions that contain Th' angelic forms,-an awful train,- - And shine with cloudless day. 4 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 enploy And hail th' immortal King. S. P. M. 122. Going to Church. I IOW pleased and blest was I, To hear the people cry, "Come, let us seek our God to-day I" Yes, with a cheerful zeal, We haste to Zion's hill, And there our vows and honors pay. 2 Zion! thrice happy place, Adorned with wondrous grace, And walls of strength embrace thee round In thee our tribes appear To pray, and praise, and hear Tke sacred gospel's joyful sound. PSALMS. 3 Here David's greater Son Has fixed his royal throne; lie sits for grace and judgment here: He bids the sainit be glad, He makes the sinner sad, And humble souls rejoice with fear. 4 May peace attend thy gate, And joy within thee wait, To bless the soul of every guest: The man who seeks thy peace And wishes thine increase A thousand blessings on him rest! 5 My tongue repeats her vows; "Peace to this sacred hc use!" For here Iny friends and kindred dwell: And, since my glorious God Makes thee his blest abode, My soul shall ever love thee wve'i. 123. Plcading wcith Submission. 1 0 TIIOU! whose grace attd justice reign, Enth.'oned above the skies, To thee our hearts wotild tell their pain; lo thee we lift our eyes. 2 As servants watch their master's hand, And fear the angry stroke; Or maids before their mistress stand, And wait a peaceful look - 3 So for outr sins we justly feel Thy discipline, O God! Yet wait the gracious moment still, Till thou remove thy rod. 4 Our foes insult us, but our hope In thy compassion lies; This thought shall bear our spirits up, That God will not despise. 7s. 123. Waiting on God. i LORD! before thy throne we bend; Now to thee our prayers ascend: 211 Servants, to your master true, Lo! we yield thee homage due: Children, to thy throne we fly, Abba-Father! hear our cry. 2 Low before thee, Lord! we bow, Wre are weak-but mighty thou: Sore distressed, yet suppliant still, Here we wait thy holy will; Bound to earth atid rooted here, Till our Saviour-God appear. 3 Leave us not beneath the power Of temptation's darkest hour: Swift to seal their captives' doom, See our foes exulting come! Jesus, Saviour! yet be nigh, Lord of life atid victory. L. M. 124. Song for Deliverance. 1 IIAD not the Lord,-may Israel say, IIad not the Lord maintained our side When men to make our lives a prey, Rose like the swelling of the tide; 2 The swelling tide had stopped our breath; So fiercely did the waters roll, We had bIeen swallowed deep in death, Prou,d waters had o'erwhelmed our soul. 3 We leap for joy, we shout and sing, Who just escaped the fatal stroke; So flies the bird, with cheerful wing, When once the fowler's snare is broke. 4 Otir help is in Jehovah's name, WCho fornsed the earth, and built the skies: He, who upholds that wondrotis frame Guards his own church with watchful eyes FI RST PART, C. M. 125. Tlte Saint's Safety. 1 UNSITAKEN as the sacred hill, And firm as mountains stand, Firm as a rock, the soul shall rest, That trusts thi' alnmighty haund. 212 PSALMS. PSALMS. 2 Not walls, nor hills, could guard so well Old Salem's happy ground, As those eternal arms of love. That every saint surround. 3 Deal gently, Lord! with souls sincere, And lead them safely on To the b)right gates of paradise, Where Christ the Lord, is gone. SECOND PART, C. M. 125. The Safety of the Saints. 1 WIIO make the Lord of hosts their tower, Shall like Mount Zion be, Immovable by mortal power, Built on eternity. 2 As round about Jerusalem, The guardian mountains stand, So shall the Lord encompass them Who hold by his right hand. 3 The rod of wickedness shall ne'er Against the just prevail, Lest innocence should find a snare, And tempted virtue fail. 4 Do good, O Lord! do good to those Who cleave to thee in heart, Whlo on thy truth alone repose, Nor from thy law depart. 5 While reblel-souls, who turn aside, Thine anger shall destroy, Do thou in peace thy people guide To thlline eternal joy. S.M. 225.'h Saint's safety in riit. 1 FIRM and unmoved are they, Who rest their souls on God; Firm as the mount where David dwel Or where the ark abode. 2 As mountains stood to guard The city's sacred ground, So God, and his almighty love, 1mbrace his saints around, 213 214 PSALMS. 3 What though the Father's rod Drop a chastising stroke 7 Yet, lest it woundl their souls too deep, Its fury shall be broke. 4 Deal gently, Lord! with those Whose faith and pious fear, Whose hope and love, and every gra Proclaim their heart sincere. 8s, 7s and 4. 125. The God of Zion. I ZION stands with hills surrounded, Zion, kept by power divine: All her foes shall be conbfounded, Though the world in arms combine: Happy Zion! What a favored lot is thine. 2 Every human tie may perish, Friend to friend unfaithful prove, Mothers cease their own to cherish, Ileaven and earth at last remove; But no changes Can attend Jehovah's love. 3 In the furnace God may prove thee Thence to bring thee forth more bright; But can never cease to love thee; Thou al t precious in his sight: God is with thee: God, thine everlasting light. L. M. 126. Joyful Change. I WIEN God, from sin's captivity, Sets his afflicted people free, Lost in amaze, their mercies seem The transient raptures of a dream. 2 But soon their ransomed souls rejoice, And mirth and music swell their voice, Till foes conltfess, nor dare condemn, "The Lord bath done great things for themb 3 They cash the strain and answer thus "The Lord hath done great things for us, Whence gladness fills our hearts, and samp Sweet and spontaneous, wake our t#' P'SALMS.: 4 Vho sow in tears shall reap in joy: Nought shall the precious seed destroy; Not long the weeping exiles roam, But bring their sheaves rejoicing home. FIRST PART, C. M. [26. The Change effected by Grace. I WHEN God revealed his gracious name, And changed my mournfis state, My rapture seemed a pleasing dream, The grace appeared so great. I The world beheld the glorious change, And did thy hand confess; My tongue broke out ill unknown strains, And sung surprising grace. t' Great is the work!"-my neighbors cried And owned thy power divine; Great is the wvork!'-my heart replied, " And be the glory thine." 4 The Lord can clear the darkest skies, Can give us day for night; Make drops of sacred sorrow rise To rivers of delight. 5 Let those, who sow in sadness, wa.t Till the fair harvest come: They shall confess their sheaves are great And shout the blessings home. SECOND PART, C. M. 126. The nmercy of God to his People. 1 YE servants of the living God! Let praise your hearts employ; And, as you tread the hear venly road, Lift up the voice of joy. 2 Have they not reason to rejoice Whose sins have been forgiven; Called by a gracious Father's voice To be the heirs of heaven ' flow do the captive's transports flow, When rescued fiom his chains! And how must sinners joy to know Their great deliverer reigns t' 4 h! g-an' us, Lord! to feel and own ' e p, x er of love dlivine; 15 216 PP SALMS. The blood that doth for sin atone, The grace which makes us thine. 6 The spirit of adoption give: Teach us, with every breath, To sing thy praises while we live, And bless thy name in death. L. M. 1 27. The Blessig of God necessary to Suck 1 IF God succeed not, all tite cost And pains to build the house are lost; If God the city will not keep, The watchful guards as well may sleep. 2 What if you rise before the sun, And work and toil when day is done, Careful and sparing eat your bread, To shun that poverty you dread: 3'T is all in vain, till God hath blessed, Hle can make rich, yet give us rest: Children and friends are blessings too If God our sovereign make them so. 4 Hlappy the man, to whom he sends Obedient children, faithful friends; Ilow sweet our daily comforts prove, When they are seasoned with his love. C. M. 127. E.frt in vainwia,thoeut God. 1 IF God to build the house deny, The builders work in vain; And towns, without his wakeful eye, A useless watch maintain. 2 Before the morning-beams arise, Your painful work renew, And till the stars ascend the skies, Your tiresome toil pursue. 3 Short be your sleep, and coarse your fare In vain, till God has blessed; But if his smiles attend yotr care, You shall have food and rest. 4 Not children, relatives, nor friends, Shall real blessings prove, Nor all the earthly joys he sends If sent without his love. PSALMS. c 8s and 7s. 127. Protection and Success arefrom God I VAINLY through night's weary hours Keep we watch, lest foes alarm; Vain our bulwarks, and our towers, But for God's protecting arm. 2 Vain were all our toil and labor, Did not God that labor hless; Vain, withouit his grace and favor, Every talent we possess. 3 Vainer still the hope of heaven, That on human strength relies; But to him shall help be given, Who in humble faith applies. 4 Seelt we, then, the Lord's Anointed, He will grant us peace and rest; Ne'er was suppliant disappointed, Who through Cnrist his prayer addres C. M. 128. Uappiness of the Pious. I O1! nappy mran, whose soul is filled, With zeal and reverend awe; His lips to God their honors yield, His life adorns the law. 2 A careful providence shall stand, And ever guard thy heal; Shall on the labors of thy hand Its kindly blessings shed. 8 The Lord shall thy best hopes fulfill For months and years to come; The Lord, who dwells on Zion's hill Shall send thee blessings home. 4 This is the man, whose happy eyes Shall see his house increase; Shall see the sinking church arise, Then leave the world in peace. C.M. 129. Per ecutors punished. I UP from my youth,-may Israel say, Have I been nursed in tears; My griefs were constant as the day, And tedious as the years. 217 218 PSALMS. 2 Up from my youth, I bore the rage Of all the sons of strife; Oft they assailed my riper age, Bul, not destroyed my life. 3 The Lord grew angry on his throne, And, with impartial eye, Measured the mrischiefs they had done And let his arrows fly. 4 How was their insolence surprised To hear his thunders roll! And all the foes of Zion seized With horror to the soul. 5 Thus shall the men, who hate the saints, Be hlasted from the sky; Their glory fades, their courage faints, Anid all their prospects die. L. M. 130. Pardoni?tg Gr-ace. I FROM deep distress and troubled thoughts, To thlee, my God! I raise my cries: If thou severely mark our faults, No flesh can stand before thine eyes 2 But thou hast built thy throne of grace, Free to dispense thy pardons there; That sinners may approach thy face, And hope and love, as well as fear. 3 As the benighted pilgrims vwait, And long and wish for breaking day So waits my soul before thy gate, When will my God his face display X 4 My trust is fixed upon thy word, Nor shall I'rust thy word in vain; I,et mouri;g souls address the Lord, AfOa Itii relief front all their pain. 5 Great is his love, and large his grace, Through the redemption of his Son He turns our feet from sinful ways, And pardons what our hands have donoe C. M. 130. Trust in a pardoning God. I OUT of the deeps of long distress, The borders of despair I sent my cries to seek thy grace, My groans to move thine ear. 2 Great God! should thy severer eye, And thine impartial hand, Mark and revenge iniquity, No mortal flesh couid stand. 3 But there are pardons with my God, For crimes of high degree; Thy Sort has bought them with his blood, To draw us near to thee. 4. J wait for thy salvation, Lord! With strol:, desires I wait; My soul, invited by thy word, Stands watchingi at thy gate. 5 Then in the Lord let Israel trust, Let Israel seek his face; The Lord is good, as well as just, And plenteous is his grace. FIRST PART, S. M. 130. WVailing on a gracious God. 1 FROM lowest depths of wo, To God I send my cry; Lord! hear my supplicating voice, And graciously reply. 2 Shouldst thou severely judge, Who could the trial bear? Forgive, O Lord! lest wve despond And quite renounce thyv fear. 3 My soul with patience waits For thee, the living Lord; My hopes are on thy promise built, Thy tever-failing word. i My longing eyes look out For thine enlivening ray, More duly than the imoring.watch To hail the davning day. 5 Let Israel trust in God, No bounds his mercy knows; The plenteous source and fotuntain whoen Eternal succor flows. PSALMS. 219 220 PSALMS. SECOND PART, S. M. 130. Mourning in spiritual Darkien. I OIJT of the depths of wo, To thee, O Lord! I cry: Darkness surrounds me, but I know, That thou art ever nigh. 2 Then hearken to my voice, Give ear to my complaint; Thou bidst the miourning soul reiol'e Thou comnfortest the faint. 3 1 cast my hope on thee; Thou canst, thou wilt forgive: Wert thou to mark iniquity, Who in thy sight could live X 4 luimbly on thee I wait, Confessing all my sin; Lord! I am knocking at thy gate, Open and let me in. 5 Though storms thy face obscure. And dangers threaten loud, Jehovah's covenant is sure, His bow is in the cloud. 7s. 130. The Child-like Temper. 1 QUIET, Lord! my froward heart Make me teachable and mild, UpriLht, simple, free from art; Make me as a weaned child; From distrust and envy free, Pleased with all that pleases thee 2 What thou shalt to-day provide, Let me as a child receive; What to-morrow may betide, Calmly to thy wisdom leave: IT is enough that thou wilt care; Why should I thie burden bearI 3 As a little child relies On a care beyond his own, Knows he's nei ther strlong nor wise, Fears to move one step alone; Let me thus with thee abide, As my Father, guard, and guide. PSALMS. 4 Thus preserved from Satan's wiles, Safe from dangers, free frcm fears t May I live upon thy smiles, T11 the promised hour appears, When the sons of God shall prove All their Father's boundless love. C. M. 131. umility and Submission 1 IS there ambition in my heart? 7 Search, gracious God! and see; Or do I act a haughty part Lord! I appeal to thee. 2 I charge my thoughts, be humble ttj, And all my carriage mid; Content, my Father! with thy will, And quiet as a child. 8 The patient soul, the lowly mind, Shall have a large reward; Let saints in sorrow lie resignead, And trust a faithful Lord. 7s. 131. An acquiescent Tenptr. I LORD! for ever at thy side, Let my place and portion be.; Strip me of the robe of pride; Clothe me with humility. 2 Mleekly may my soul receive All thy Spirit hath revealed; Thou hast spoken,I believe, Though the prophecy were seal<. 3 Quiet as a weaned child, Weaned from the mother's breast, By no subtlety beguiled, On thy faithful word I rest. 4 Saints! rejoicing evermore, In the Lord Jehovah trust: Ilim in all his ways adore, W;se, aind wonderful, and just. 221 222 ~PSALMS FIRST PART, L M. 132. 7ie Church, the Dtvelling- Place of I WHERE shall we go to seek and find A habitation for our God? A dwelling for th' eternal mind, Among the sons of flesh and bloody 2 The God of Jacob chose the hill Of Zion for his ancient rest; And Zion is his dwelling still; Ilis church is with his presence blest. 3 "IHere will I fix my gracious throne, And reign for ever," saith the Lord; "Here shall my power iand love be known, And blessings shall attend my word. 4 "Here will I meet the hungry poor, And fill their souls with living bread, Sinners, who wait bebfore my door With sweet provision shall be fed. b "The saints, unable to contain Their inward joy, shall shout ard sing; The Son of David here shall reign, And Zion triumph in her King." SECOND PART, L. M. 132.Promise of Christ to Reign as the Son of David 1 LORD! for thy servant David's sake, Perform thine oath to David's Son: Thy truth thou never wilt forsake; Look on thine own anointed One. 2 The Lord in faithfulness hath sworn Ilis thione for ever to maintain; From realm to realm, the sceptre borne Shall stretch, o'er earth, Messiah's reigln 2 Zion, my chosen hill of old My rest, my dwelling, my delight, With loving-kindness I uphold; ier walls are ever in my sight. 4 There David's horn shall bud and bloom, The branch of glory and renown; lHis foes my vengeance shall consume; Him with eternal years I crown PSALMS C. M. 132. Prayer,. for the Reign of Carit. 1 ARISE, O King of grace! arise, And enter to thy rest; Lo! thy church waits, with longing eym, Thus to be owned and blest. 2 Enter, with all thy glorious train, Thy Spirit and thy word; All that the ark did once contain Could no such grace afford. 3 Here. mighty God! accept our vows Here let thy praise be spread: Bless the provisions of thy house, And fill thy poor with bread. 4 IIere let the Son of David reign, Let God's Anointed shine; Justice and truth his court maintain With love and power divine. E Ilere let him hold a lasting throne; Ard, as his kingdom grows. Fresh honlors shall adorn his crown, And sliharie confound his foes. FIRST PART, C. M. 133 Brother,y Love. I LO! what an entertaining fight Are brethren who agree — Brethren. whose cheerful hearts unite, In balids of piety. 2 When streams ot love. from Christ, the Irit Desceind to every soul And heavenly peace, with balmly wing, Shades and bedews the whole: 3'T is like the oil, divinely sweet, On Aaron's reverend head; The trickling drops perfumed his feet, And o'er his garments spread. 4 I is pleasant as the morning-dews That fall on Zion's hill, Where God his mildest glory shows, And makes his grace distill. m 2u4 ~ PSALMS, SECOND PART, C. M. 133. Excellence of Christian Uaanimttg I SPIRIT of peace, celestial Dove! How excellent thy praise! No richer gift than Christian love Thy gracious power displays. 2 Sweet as the dew on herb and flower, That silently distills, At evening's soft and balmy hour, On Zion's fruitful hills: 3 So, with mild influence from above, Shall promised grace descend, Till universal peace and love O'er all the earth extend. S. M. v 33. Unzon and Peae. 1 BLEST are the sons of peac-. Whose hearts and hopes are one Whose kind designs to serve and nte Through all their actions rua 2 Blest is the pious house, Where zeal and friendlship meet; Their songs of praise, their mingled vowa Make their communion sweet. 3 Thus, when on Aaron's head They poured the rich perfume, The oil thirotoh all his raiment spread, And pleasure filled the room. 4 Thus, on the heavenly hills, The saints are blest above, WVhere joy, like morning-dew, distils And all the air is love. II. M. .133. Chistian Fr derhsp. 1 HOW beautiful the sight Of brethren who agree, In frieindship, to unite, And bands of charity! 'T is like the precious ointment shed, l'er all his robes, from Aaron's hea"L PSALMS. 2'T is like the dews that fill The cups of tIermon's flowers: Or Zion's fruitful hill, Bright withi the drops of showers: When mingliing odors breathe around, And glory rests on all the ground. 3 For there the Lord commands Blessings, a boundless store, From his unsparing hands In life for ever more: Thrice happy they who meet above, To spend eternity in love. SP. M. 133. The B.lessings of Friqen i,p. 1 HOW pleasant't is to see Kindred aind friends agree! Each in their proper station m es; And each fulfill their part, With sympathizing heart, In all the cares of life and love I 2'T is like the ointment, shed On Aaron's satcred head, Divinely rich, divinely sweet. The oil through all the room Diffused a choice perfume, Itan through his robes, and blest hIs fee 3 LiKe fruitful shlowers of rain, That water all the plain, Descending frotn the neighb'ring hills; Such streams of pleasure roll Throttgh every friendly soul, Where love. like heavenly dew, distills 6s and 4s. 33. Unity of Love. I BEIIOLD! how good and sweet For brethren thus to meet, With one accord! Sweet as the fragrance spread, When, over Aaron's head,l The rich perfume was shed, That pleased the Lord. 15 m 5,.O ~ PSALMS. 2 As Hermon's dew distills, Or that on Z9n's hills, To swell tk.eir store, So God doth shed his grace On every dwelling-place, Where love illumes the face, Life evermore. FIRST PART, C. M. 134. Daily and nlightly Devotion 1 YE who obey th' immortal King! Attend his holy place; Bow to the glories of his power, And bless his wondrous grace. 2 Lift up your hands by morning-liglht, Andl send your souls on high; Raise your admiring thoughts by night Above the starry sky, 3 The God of Zion cheers our hearts, With rays of quickening grace; The God who spread the heavens abroad And rules the swelling seas. SECOND PART, C. M. 134. Conzstant Devotion. 1 BLESS ye the Lord with solemn rite, In hymns extol his name; Ye who, within his house, by night, Watch round the altar's flame! 2 Lift up your hands amid the place, Where burns the sacred sign, And pray, that thus Jehovah's face O'er all the earth may shine. 3 From Zion, from his holy hill, The Lord, our Maker, send The perfect knowledge of his willf Salvation without end. L.M. 135. General Praise. 1 PRAISE ye the Lord,-exalt Ihis name While in his earthly courts we waih Ye saints! who to his house belong: Or stand attending at his gate. PSALMS 2 Praise ye the Lord,-the Lord is good; To praise his name is sweet employ; Israel he chose of old, and still IHis church is his peculiar joy. a The Lord himself will judge his saints He treats his servants as his friends; And when he hears their sore complaints Repents the sorrows that he sends. 4 Bless him, all ye who taste his love! People and priests! exalt his name; Among his saints he ever dwells; Ihis church is his Jerusalem. C.M. [ 35. Praise due to God alone. 1 AWAKE, ye saints! to praise your King, Your sweetest passions raise; Your pious pleasure, while you sing, Increasing with the praise. 2 Great is the Lord,-and works unknown Are his di vine employ: But still his saints are near his throne, His treasure and his joy. 3 Heaven, earth and sea confess his hand; He bids the vapors rise; Lightning and storms, at his command, Sweep through the sounding skies. 4 Ye saints! adore the living God, Serve him with faith and fear; He makes the churches his abode, And claims your honors there. L. M. 136..nkfor CreLaotion and Redemptiot 1 GIVE to our God immortal praise; Mercy and truth are all his ways; Wonders of grace to God belong Repeat his mercies in your song. 2 Give to the Lord of lords renown, The King of kings with glory crown; His mercies ever shall endure, When lords and kings are known no mor& 3 He built the earth, he spread the sky, And gied the starry lights on high: WI PSALMS. Wonders of grace to God belong; Repeat h.s mercies in your song. 4 ie fills the sun with morning-light, lie bids the moon direct the night: His mercies ever shall endure, When suns and moons shall shine no more 6 lIe sent his Son, with power to save From guilt, and darkness, and the grave: Wonders of grace to God belong; Repeat his mercies in your song. 6 Through this vain world he guides our fe And leads us to his heavenly seat; HIis mercies ever shall endure, When this vain w'old shall be no more. C. M. 136. Wosndr Wo rks of God. 1 GIVE thanks to God, the sovereign Lord; His mercies still endure; Andl be the King of kings adored; His truth is ever sure. 2 What wonders hath his wisdom done! How mighty is his hand! Heaven, earth and sea, he framed alone How wide is his command! 3 He saw the nations dead in sin; lie felt his pity move; How sad the state the world was in I IHow boundless was his love! 4 lie sent to save us from our woe IHis goodness never fails From death and hell, and every foe, And still his grace prevails. 5 Give thanks to God, the heavenly King; His mercies still endure: Let the whole earth his praises sing; His truth is ever sure. H. M. 136. e wonders of creation a,d Grae I GIVE thanks to God most high, The universal Lord, The sovereign King of kingsl And be his name adored: PSAL.,I Thy mercy, Lord! lhall still endure; And ever sure, Abides thy word. 2 Hlow mighty is his hand! WVhat wonders he hath donef Ile formed the earth and seas, And spread the heavens alone: His power and grace Are still the same; And let his name Have endless praise. 3 Hle saw the nations lie All perishing in sin, And tpitied the sad state The ruined worll wa's i2. Thy mercy. Lord! Shall still endure And ever sure Abides thy word. 4 Ile sent his only Son To save us froln our wooe, From Satan, sin, ansd death, And every hurtful foe: Ilis power and grace Are still the same; And let his nanme HIave endless praise. 5 Give thanks aloud to God, To God, the heavenly King; Andl let the spacious earth lIis works and glories sing: Thy mercy, Lord! Shall still endire An'l ever sure, Abides thy word. FIRST PART, 7a 136. Godas allercies s*r I LET tis, with a joyful mind, Praise the Lord, for hie is kind: For his mercies shiill endures Ever faithful, ever sure. go 230 PSALMS. 2 IHe, with all-commanding might, Filled the new-made world with rliht; For his mercies shall endure, Ever faithful, ever sure. 3 All things living he doth feed; His full hand supplies their need: For his me- cies shall endure, Ever faithful, ever sure. 4 Ie his chosen race did bless, In the wasteful wilderness: For his mercies shall endure, Ever faithful, ever sure. 5 He hath, with a piteous eye, Looked upon our misery: For his mercies shall endure, Ever faithful, ever sure. 6 Let us then, with joyful mind, Praise the Lord, for he is kind: For his mercies shall endure, Ever faithful, ever sure. SECOND PART, 7a. 136. God's enduring Vlercy. 1 TO our God loud praises give, Source of good to all who live Praise his name, whose mercy Ace Shall eternally endure. 2 To the Lord your homage bring, God of gods-of kings the King: For his mercy, free and sure, Shall eternally endure. 3 Praise him for his deeds of might, For his greatness infinite, For his mercy, free and sure, Which doth evermore endure. 4 Ile, by wisdlom, built the skies, And bade earth from ocean rise, Filled the sun with glorious light Gave the moon to rule the night. 5 He beheld us when brought low, And redeemed us from the foe: rle diar )vcLt y b:ess ng give; By his I [aiiv a'l thiings live. 6 Oh! give thanks-your voices raise To the God of heaven, in pra;se; For his mercy, free and sure, Shall eternally endure. , FIRST PART, L. M. 1 37,. The Desolations of Zion lamented I WHEN we, our wearied limbs to lest, Sat down by proud Euphrates' Stream, We wept-with doleful thoughts oppresae. And Zion was our moiurnful theme. i Out harps, that, when with joy we sung, Were wont their tunefuil parts to bear, With silent strinigs, neglected hung, On willow-trees that withered there. 3 ]How shall we tune our voice to sin g, Or touch our harps with skilful hands I Shall hymns of joy, to God our King, Be sung uy slaves ill foreign lands 7 4 0 Salem, our once-happy seat! When I of thee fbrgetful prove, Let then mv trembling hail forget The tuneful strings with art to move. 5 IfI to mention thee forbear, Eternal silence seize my tongue; Or ifI sing one cheerful air. Till thy deliverance is my song. SECOND PART, LI,. M. 137. Tie Remembrance of Zion. I 0 ZION! when I think on thee, I wish for pinlions like the dove, Anidl mourn to think that I should be So distant from the place I love. 2 A captive here, and far from home, For Zions's sacred walls I sigh: Thither the ransomed nations come, And see the Saviour eye to eye. 3 While here I walk on hostile ground, The few that I can call my friends. Are like myself with fetters bound, And weariness our stedt at"" YSALMS. 231 2332 1 PSALMS. 4 ]Jut we shall yet behold the day When Zioti's children shall return: Our sorrows then shall flee away, And we shall never, never mourn 5 The hope that such a day will come, Makes e'en a captives' portion sweet: Though now we wander far from home, In Zion soon we all shall meet. LM. M. 6 Lines 137. Zio7z in Captivity. 1 WIIERE Babylon's broad rivers roll, In exile we sat down to weep, For thoughts ofZion o'er our soul Came, like departed joys, in sleep, Whose forms to sad remnembranice rise, Though fled for ever from our eyes. 2 Our harps upon the willows hung, Where, worn with toil, our linibs reclined; The chords, untuned, and tremlbling, rung With mouirnful music, on the wvind, While foes, insulting o'er our wrongs, Cried,-" Sing us one of Zion's songs.' 3 How ca n we sing the songs we love, Far from our own delightful land? If I prefer thee not above My chiefest joy, may this right hand, Jerusalem!-fbrget its skill. My tolnnue be dumb, my pulse be stilL S. M. 137. Love to the Church. I X LOVE thy kingdom, Lord! The house of thine abode, The church our blest Redeem-er saved With his own precious blood. 2i [love thy church, 0 (ol! Iler walls before thee stand, ee.r as the aliple of thine eye, And graven on thy hanld. 3 re'er to bless thy soils My C*ite or hands deny, P?,LMS. These hands let useifui skill forsake, This voice in silence die. 4 For her my tears shall fall; For her my prayers ascend; To her my cares and toil be given, Till toils and cares shall end. 5 Beyond my hichest joy I prize her heavenly ways, IHer sweet communion, solemnn vows, Her hymns of love and praise. 6 Sure as thv trnth shall last, To Zion shall be g iven The bricrhtest g lori es earth can yield, And brighter bliss of heaven. 10s. 137. The captire Ti-bes. I ALONG the ba nks here Babel's current tlow The captive ba nds in deep despondence strayed While Zionl's fa11 in sad remerrbrance rose, Her Iriends. her children, mingled with the dea 2 The tunetful harp that once withl joy they stru When praise employ3ed and mirth iinspired the la Was now in silenice on the willows huin, While growing, grief proloing,ed the tedious day. 3 Their proud oppi essors to increase their wo With taunting similes a sonig of Zion claim; Bid sacred( praise io strains melodlious flow, While they blasphlieme the great Jehovallhs name 4 But how, in heathen chains, and lands inknow 'hall Israel's bands the sacredI anthems raise 7 "0O hapless Salem! God's terrestrial throne, 'hou land of glory, sacredl mount of praise! "If e'er my memory lose thy lovely name, f my cold heart neglect miy kindred race, ,et dire destruction seize this guilty frame, idy hand shall )erish and my voice shall cease." L. M. 138. Praise for Divine Pr-otection. I WITII all my powers of heart and tongue, I'II1 praise my Maluer in rta song; PSALMS Angels shall hear the notes I raise, Approve the song, and join the praise. 2 To God I cried, when troubles rose; lie heard me, and subdued my foes; He did my rising fears control, And strength diflused through all my non 3 Amid a thousand snares I stand, Upheld and guarded by thy hand; Thy words my fainting soul revive, Anid keep my dying faith alive. 4 I'll sing thy truth and mercy, Lord 1'11 sing the wonders of thy word; Not all thy works and names below, So much thy power and glory show. FIRST PART, L. M. 139. The Omniscience of God. 1 LORD! thou hast searched and seen me through; Thine eye commands, with piercing view, My rising and my resting hours, My heart and flesh, with all their powers. 2 My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known; lie knows the words I mean to speak, Ere from my opening lips they break. 3 Within thy circling power I stand, On every side I find thy hand; Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, I am surrounded still with God. I Oh! may these thoughts possess my brest, Where'er I rove, where'er I rest; Nor let my weaker passions dare Consent to sin, for God is there. SECOND PART, L. M. 139. The eve?.present God. I COULD I so false, so faithless prove, To quit thy service and thy love, Where, Lord! could I thy presence shun, Or from thy dreadful glory run 2 lf up to heaven I take my flight, 'T is there thou d wellest enthroned in light; PSALMS. Or plunge to hell, there justice reigns And Satan groans beneath'by chains. 3 If, mounted on a morning ray, I fly beyond the western sea, Thy swilter hand would first arrive, And there arrest thy fugitive. 4 Or, should I try to shun thy sight, Beneath the spreading veil of night, One glance of thine, one piercing ray, Would kindle darkness into day. 5 Oh! may these thoughts possess my breaw Where'er I rove, where'er I rest Nor let my weaker passions dare Consent to sin, for God is there. THIRD PART, L. M. 1 39. The wonderful Formation of Man. ]'T WAS from thy hand, my God! I came, A work of such a curious frame In me thy fearful vwonders shine And each proclaim thy skill divine. 2 Great God! my feeble nature pays Immortal tribute to thy praise; Thy thoughts of love to me surmount The power of numbers to recount. 3 I could survey the ocean o'er, And count each sand that makes tke shore, Before my swiftest thoughts could trace The numerous wonders of thy grace. 4 These on my heart are still impressed; With these I give my eyes to rest; And at my waking hour I find God and his love possess my mind. L. M. 6 Lines. 139. God, good and omniscient. 1 HOW precious are thy thoughts of peace, 0 God! to me-how great. the sum! New every morn, they never cease; They were, the are, and yet shall come, In number and in compass more Than ocean's sand, r ocean's shore 235 236 PSAI,MS. 2 Search me, 0 GCod! and know my hart, Try me, my secret soul survey: And warn thy servant to depart From every f-lse and evil way: So shall thy truth my guidance be, In life and immortality. FIRST PART, C. M. 1 3. God ere-y.-where. 1 IN all my vast concerns with thee, In vain my soul would try To shun thy presence, Lord! or flee The notice of thine eye. 2 Thine all-suLrrolund(ling sight surveys My rising and my rest, My public walks, my private ways, And secrets of my breast. 3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord, Before they're formned within: And ere imy lips l)roiiouirce the word, lIe knows the sense I mean. 4 Oh! wondrous knowledge, deep and helb Where can a creature hide Within thy circling arms I lie, Enclosed on every side. 5 So let thy grace surround me still, And like a bulwark prove To guard my soul from every ill, Secured by sovereign love. SECOND PART, C. M. 139. Omniscience of God. I LORD! where shall guilty souls retire, Forgotten and unknown? In hell they meet thytiv dreadful flre In heaven thy glorious throne. 2 Should I suppress my vital breath To shun the wrath dlivinie, Thy voice would break the bars of death, And make the grave resign. 3 If, winiiged with beanis of morning-light I fly beyond the west, PSALMS. Thy hand, which must support my fight Would soon betray my rest. If o'er my sins 1 think to draw The curtains of the night, Those flaming eyes that guard thy law Would turn the shades to light. -he beams of noon, the midnight hour, Are both alike to thee; Oh! may I ne'er provoke that power, From which I cannot flee. THIRD PART, C. M. 39. Tl,e.TIercies of God. 1 LORD. when I count thy nmercies o'er, They strike me with surprise; Not all the sands that spread the shore To equal numbers rise. My flesh, with fear and wonder, stands The product of thy skill; And hourly blessings from thy hands Thy thoughts of love reveal. 4 These on my heart by night I keep; How kind, how dear to me! Oh! may the hotur that ends my sleep Still find my thoughts with thee. C. M. 6 Lines. 39. God spiritually present. 1 BEYOND, beyond that boundless ste, Above that doom of sky, Farther than thought itself can flee, Thy dwelling is on high; Yet dear the awful thought to me, That thou, my God! art nigh; Art nigh, and yet my lab'ring mind Feels after thee in vtin, Thee in these works of power to find, Or to thy seat attain; Thy messenger-the stormy wind; Thy path-the trackless main. These speak of thee with loud acclaim' They thunder forth thy,praise 23" 238 PSALMS. The glorious honor of thy name, The wonders of thy ways: But thou art not in tempest-flame, Nor in the solar blaze. 4 We hear thy voice, when thunders o} Through the wild fields of air: The waves obey thy dread control; Yet still thou art not there: Where shall I find him, O my soul! Who yet is every where' 5 Oh! not in circling depth or height, But in the conscious breast, Present to faith, though veiled from sight, There does his spirit rest: Oh! com'e, thou Presence infinite, And make thy creature blest. S. M. 140. A Co?mplaint against personal Ens,nd. 1 MY God! while impious men, With malice in their heart, My peace destroy, my life defame, Thy guardian grace impart. 2 Oh! hear my humble cry; Tlleir fondest hope destroy; Their arts confound, their plots disclose, And blast their envious joy. 3 Thou wilt sustain the poor, And bid th' afflicted sing: Before thee shall thy children dwell, Their Father, and their King. L. M. 41. Christian Watchfulness.-A mornfng-Pusaml I MY God! accept my early vows, Like morning-incense in thy house; And let my nightly worship rise, Sweet as the evening-sacrifice. Watch o'er my lips, and guard them, Lord; From every rash and heedless word; Nor let my feet incline to tread The guilty path, where sinners lead. PSALMS. $ Oh! may the righteous, when I stray, Smite, and reprove my wandering way; Their genttle words, like ointmeut shed Shall never bruise, but cheer my head. 4 When I behold them pressed with grief, I'1)I cry to heaven for their relief; And, by my warm petitions prove, Ilow miuch I prize their faithful love. C. M. 142. ooking to God in Trouble. 1 TO God I made my sorrows known, From God I sought relief; In long complaints, before his throne, I poured out all my grief 2 On every side I cast mine eye, And found my helpers goite; While friendls and strangers passed me by Neglected and unknown. 3 Then did I raise a lotder cry. And called thy mercy near — "Thou art my portion when I die; Be thou my refuge here." 4 Lord! I am brought exceeding low, Nowv let thiine ear attend, And make my foes, who vex me, know, I've an almighty Friend. 5 From my sad prison set me free; Then shall I praise thy name, And holy men shall join with me, Thy kinduess to oroclaim. FIRST PART, L. M. 143. Prayer n Affliction. I MY righteous Juda,! my gracious God Itear when I spread my hands abroad, Andl cr for succor from thy throne; Oh! mare thy truth and mercy knowL 2 Look down in pity, Lurl! and see The mighty woes that burden me; Down to the dust my life is brought, Like one long buried add forgot 239 2-i0 ~PgALM5. 3 Mty'houghts. in musing silence, trac The ancient wonders of thy grace. Thence I derive a glimpse of hope, To bear my sinking spirits ulp. 4 For thee I thirst, I pray, I mourn: When will thy smiling face return? Shall all my joys on earth remove 7 - And God for ever hide his love I SECOND PART, L. M 143. iental Afflictions in Trials. 1 IIEAR me, O Lord! in my distress, Hear me, in truth and righteousness; For at thy bar of judgment tied, None living cal be justified. 2 Lord! I have foes-without, within The world, the flesh, in-dwelling sin Life's daily ills, temptation's power, And Satan, roaring to devour. 3 Oh! let me not thus hopeless lie, Like one cnudemned at morn to die But, with the morning, may I see Thy loving kindness visit me. 4 Teach me thy will, subdue my own; Thou art my God, and thou alone; By thy good Spirit, guide me still, Safe from all foes, to Zion's hill. 6 Release my soul from troluble, Lord' Quicken and keep me by thv wt4 d; May all its promises be mine, Be thou my portion, l ami thine. L. M. 144. as h Goodness of Got TIlE Lord is gracious to forgive, And slow to let his anger move, The Lord is good to all that live, And all his tender mercy prove. 2 Glorious in majesty art thou; Thy throne for ever shall endure; And angels at thy footstool bow; Yet dost thou not despise the poor PSALMS. 3 The Lord opholdeth them that fall; Hle raiseth men of low degree: 0 God, our health! the eyes of all, Of all the living, wait on thee. 4 Thou openest thine exhaustless store And raittest food on every land; The dumb creation thee adore, Ania eat their portioti fromn thy hand. 5 Man, most itndebted, most itigrate, Man only, is a rebel here: Teach him to know thee, ere too late; Teach himrn to love thee, and to fear. FIRST PART, C. M. 144. TleTspiritual Victory. I FOR ever blessed be the Lord, MIy Saviour antl rmy shield: Ile sends his Spirit, with his worl, To arm me for the field. 2 When sin and hell their force unite, lie makes my soul his ca:e; Itnstructs me to the heavenly fight, And guards me through the war. 3 A friend an(] helper so divine Doth Iny weatk cottrage raise: He makes the glorious vict'ry mlne, And his shall be the praise. SECOND PA tT, C. M. 144. 7/,e Frailty f Ilan. 1 LORD! w hat is man-poor feeble man, Blorn of the earth at first 7 Hfis life a shadloxv, liht and vain, Still hasteniing to the dust! V Oh! wh;t is feeble, dying man, Or any of his tace, That God hould miake it his concern To visit tim with grace I 3 That God vho darts his lig htnings dowil, Who shakes the worlsl above, And mouatti!is tremble at his Irown low woiidrous ks his love I 16 "'Is 42 PSALMSf. FIRST PART, L. M. 145. T7e Gveatness of God. 1 MY God! my Kin I thy various praise Shall fi I the remn.niit of my days; Thy grace emlploy miy humble tongue, Till death and glory raise the song. 2 The wings of every hour shall bear Some thankful tribute to thine ear; And every setting sun shall see New works of duty, done for thee. 3 Thy works with sovereign gtory shine And speak thy majesty divine Let every realm, with joy, procliim The sound and honor of thy name. i Let distant times and nations raise The long succession of thy praise; And unborn ages make my song The joy and labor of their tongue. But who can speak thy wondrous deedsI Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds Vast and unsearch,able thy ways, Vast and immortal be thy praise. SECOND PART, L. M. 145. God'* Goodness. I YE sons of men! with joy, record The various wo'.ders ot' the Lord; And let his pov er aiid goodness sound, Through all your tribes, the earth around. 2 Let the high heavens your songs invite, Those splaciouos fielis of brillitnt light, Where sun, and moon, and planets roll. And stars, that glow from pole to pole. 3 Sing, earth! in verdant robes arrayed, With herbs and flowers, with fri uits and estde, Vit,w the broad sea's majestic plains, And think how wide thy Maker reigns. 4 But Oh! that brighter world above, ','here lives and reigns incarnate love God's only Son, in flesh arrayed, For man a bleediling victim made. PSALMS. 6 Thither, my soul! with rapture soak; There, in the land of praise, adore; The theme demands an angel's lay Demands an everlasting day. FIRST PART, C. M. 14.5. The Greatness of God. LONG as I live I'11 bless thy namoe, My King! my (God of love! My work and joy shall be the same, In the bright world above. 2 Great is the Lord-his power unknow, And let his praise be great; I'11 sing the honors of thy throne Thy works of grace repeat. 3 Thy grace shall dwell upon my tongue; And, while my lips rejoice, The men, who hear my sacred song, Shall join their cheerful voice. 4 Fathers to sons shall teach thy name, And children learn thy ways; Ages to come thy truth proclaim1 And nations sound thy praise. 5 The world is managed by thy hands; Thy saints are ruled by love; And tliine eternal kingdom stands, Though rocks and hills remove. SECOND PART, C. M. 1 45. Goodness of God. SWEET is the mem'ry of thy grace, My God! my heavenly King! Let age to age thy righteousness, In sounds of glory, sing. 2 God reigns on high,-but ne'er confines Ilis goodness to the skies; Through the whole earth his bounty shine, And every want supplies. 3 With longing eyes, thy creatures wait On thee for daily food: Thy libleral hand provides their meat, And fills their mouth with good. 243 I44 PSALMS. 4 How kind are thy compassions, Lord I How slow thine anger moves I But soon he sends his pard'ning word To cheer the souls he loves. 5 Creatures, with all their endless race, 'Thy power and praise proclaim; But saints, who taste thy richer grace, Delight to bless thy name. TIIIRD PART, C. M. 145. Goodness cf Providence. I LET every tongue thy goodness speak, Thou sovereign Lord of all! Thy strengthening hands uphold the wea And raise the poor who fall. 2 When sorrow bows the spirit down, Or virtue lies distressed Beneath some proud oppressor's frown, Thou givest the mourners rest. 3 The Lord supports our tottering days, And guides our giddy youth: Holy and just are all his ways, And all his words are truth. 4 He knows the pain his servants feel, He hears his children cry; And, their best wishes to fulfill, IIis grace is ever nigh. 6 His mercy never shall remove From men of heart sincere; He saves the souls. whose humble love Is joined with holy fear. 6 My lips shall dwell upon his praise. And spread his fame tabroad Let all the sotis of Adam raise The honors of their God. L. M. 146. Praise for d.vine Goodness and TrutL I PRAISE ye the Lord!-my heart shall join In work so pleasant, so divine: My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and eing ata PSALMS. 2 Happy the man, whose hopes rely On Israel's God;-he made the sky, And earth, and seas, with all their train; And none shall find his promise vain, 3 His truth for ever stands secure; Ile saves th' oppressed, he feeds the poor; Hle helps the stranger in distress, The widow and the fatherless. 4He loves his saints,-he knows them well, But turns the wicked down to hell: Thy G(od, O Zion! ever reigns; Praim him in everlasting strains. L. P. M. 1 46. Prise to God for his Goodness and 7T'ML I I'LL praise my MNaker with my breath; And, when my voice is lost in death, Praise rball employ my nobler powers: My days of praise shall ne'er be past, WVhile life, -nd thought, and being last, Or immortality endures. 2 Happy the tran, whose hopes rely On Israel's G)d; —he made the sky, And earth, aind seas, with all their train: His truth for ever stands secure; He saves th' o )i essed, he feeds the poor; And none shall find his promise vain. 3 He loves his saints,-he knows them well, But turns the wicked down to hell; Thy God, O Zion! ever reigns; Let every tongue, let every age, In this exalted work engage: Praise himn in everlasting strains. 4 I'll praise him while he lends me breath, And, when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers: Mty days of praise shall ie'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures. L. M. 147. Praise for Diivine Grace 1 PRAISE ve the Lord!-'tis good to raise Our lzearts and voices in his praise; ta 246 PSALMS. His nature and his works invite To make this duty our delight 1 The Lord builds up Jerusalem, And gathers nations to his name; His mercy melts the stubborn soul, And makes the broken spirit whole. 3 He formed the stars-those heavenly flames, He counts their numbers, calli their names: His wisdom's vast, and knows no bound, A deep, where all our thoughts are drowned 4 Great is our Lord, and great his might, And all his glories infinite: He crowns the meek, rewards the just, And treads the wicked to the dust. 5 But saints are lovely in his sight; He views his children with delight; He sees their hope, he knows their fear, And looks, and loves his image there. C. M. l47. The Seasons. 1 WITH songs and honors, sounding loud, Address the Lord on high; Over the heavens lie spreads his cloud, And waters veil the sky. 2 He sends his showers of blessings down To cheer the plains below; He makes the grass the mountains crown, And corn in vallies grow. 3 His steady counsels change the face Of the declining year; He bids the sun cut short his race, And wintry days appear. 5 His hoary frost, his fleecy snow, Descend and clothe the ground; The liquid streams forbear to flow In icv fetters bound. S He sends his word, and melts the snow, The fields no longer mourn; He calls the warmer gales to blow, And bids the spring return. f The chanEing wind, the flying cloud, Obey his mighty word: With songs and honors, sounding loud, Praise ye the sovereign Lortd L. M. 148. Universal Praisc to God. I LOUD hatlelujahs to the Lord, From distant worlds where creatures awellf Let heaven beliu the solemin word, And sound it dreadlul down to hell. 2 Widle as his vast dominion lies, Make the Creator's na me be known: Loud as his thunder, shout his praise, And sound it lofty, as his throne. b Jehovah —'t is a lorious word; Oh! may it dwell on every tongue; But saints, who best nave known the Lord, Are bound to r aise the noblest song. t Speak of the wonders of that love, Which Galiriel plays on every chord; From all below, and aill above Loud hallelujahs to the Lord. j ~~~~~S. M. I 8. Ehortatit to Praise. A LET every creature join, To praise th' eternal God; Ye heavenvy iosts! the song begil, And sound h,s name abroad. 2 ITou sun with nollen beams; Ard moon, with paler rays! Ye starry lights! ye twinkling flamesl Shine to your Maket's praise. 3 He built those worlds above, And fixed their wonldrous frame; By his oommrand they statid or move, And ever speak his uame. 4 Ye vapors! vwhen ye rise, Or fatll in sho,ers or snow, Ye thunders! minurmnring roun tie skies, His power and glory show. 241 ,PSALMS. 248 ~ PSALMS. 6 Wind, hail, and flaming fire! Agree to praise the Lord, When ye in drealful storms conspire To execute his word. 6 By all his works above, Ils honors be expressed; But saints. who taste his saving love Should sing his praises best. IL M. 148. Prai,. foean al Creature 1 YE tribes of Adainm! join With heaven, and earth, and eas And offer niotes dlivine To your Creator's praise: Ye holv throng Ofangels bright! In worlds oflight, Beg in the song. 2 Thou sunIT, with dazzling ra)s! And moon that rules the night! Shine to your Maker's praise, With stars of twinkling light His power declare, Ye floods on high! And clouds that fly In empty air! 3 The shining worlds above In glorious order stand, Or in swift courses move, By his supreme command: Ile spake the word, And all their frame From nothing came To praise the Lord. 4 Let all the nations fear The G(od who rules above; He brings his people near, Andl makes them taste his lovs t While earth and sky Attempt his praise his saints shall raise His honors high. PSALMS. AD~ ~ C. P. M. 14.. Praise from allt Creatures. 1 BE'GIN, my souil! th' exalted lay; Let each enraptured thought obey, And praise th' Almighty's name; Lo! heaven, and earth, and seas, and skies, Iii one melodious concert rise, To swell th' inspiring tihemnie. 2 Thou heaven of heavens!-his vast abode, Ye clouds! proclaim vour Maker, God, Ye thunders! speak his power: Lo! on the lightning's fiery wing, In triumph, walks th' eternal Kirng; Th' astonishedl wom.iis adore. 3 Ye deeps! with roaring billows rise, To join the thutindeis of the skies; Praise hini who bids you roll; Iis praise in softer notes declare, Each whispering breeze of yielding air! And breathe it to the soul. i Wake, all ye soaring throngs! and sing; Ye feathered warblers of the spring! HIarmonious anthems raise To him, who shaped your finer mould, Who tipped your glittLerig wings with gold, And tuned your voice to praise. 5 Let man, by nobler passions swayed, Let man, in God's own image made, His breath, in praise, employ; Spread wide his Mlaker's name around, Till heaven shall echo back the sound, In songs of holy joy. Ac) ti 8s and 7s. LI. Praise to God. 1 PRAISE the l,ord!-ye heavens! adore him; Praise him, angels in the height! Sun and moon! rejoice before him; Praise him, all ye stars of light! 2 Praise the I,ord,-for he has spoken; Worlds his mighty voice obeyed; Laws, which never can ble broken, eor their guidance he hath mado. 249 PSALMS. 3 Praise the Lord, -for he is glorious Never shall his prolmise ftil; God hath made his saints victorious, Sin and death shall not prevail. 4 Praise the God of our salvation; IHosts on high! his power proclaim Heaven and earth, and all creation I Praise and magnify his name. 7s. 148. Prais o e for th 7e os of Creation. I HERALDS of creation! cry Praise tile Lor(l-the Lord most high." Ieaven and earth! obey the call, Praise the l,ord-lithe Lordi of all: 2 For he spake, anid forth firom night Sprang the universe to light: ie commanded-nature heard, And stood fast, up)on his word. 3 Praise him all ye hosts above, Spirits perfected in love! Sun and n0oon! your anthems raie, Siing, ye stars! your 3Iaker's praise C. M. t49. The Saintsjudging the Woa. 1 ALL ye who love the Lord! rejoice, And let your songs be new; Amid the church, with cheerfli vo-," fIlis later wonders show. 2 The Jews, the people of his grace, ShIall their Redleemer sing; And Gentile nations join the praise, WVhile Zion owns her King. 8 The Lord lakes pleasure in the juSt, VWhom sinners treat with scorn; The meek, who lie despised in dust, Salvation shall adorn. 4 eaints should be joyful in their King, Ev'n on a dyinlg bed Arnd, like the souls in glory, sing - For GcJ shall raise the dead. 5 When Christ his irld(ment-seat ascends And bids the wrlid appearx, PSALMS. Thrones are prepared for all his friends Who humbly loved him here. C. M. 9. Public and universal Praise. IN God's own house, pronounce his praises His grace he there reveals; 1'o heaven your joy and wonder raise, For there his glory dwells. Let all your sacred passions move, While you rehearse his deeds; Rut the great work of saving lovo Your highest praise exceeds. All that have motion, life and breath I Proclaim your MAlaker blest; Yet when my voice expires in death, My soul shall praise him best. H. M. Praise on Earthi and in Heav,s i IN Zion's sacred gates, Let hymns of praise begin, Where acts of faith and love, In ceaseless beauty shine: In mercy there While God is known, Before his throne, With songs appear. The trumpet's martial voice, The timbrel's softer sound, The organ's solemn peal, His praises shall resound: To swell the song, With highest joy, Let mall employ His tuneful tongue. In heaven, his house on high Ye angels! lift your voice, Let heavenly harps resound; And happy saints rejoice: The glories sing, ThEA ever shine, With pomp divine, A.round your King. 251 252 PSALMS. 150. ExAortatio, o Praise. 1 Praise the Lord-his power confess Praise him in his holiness; Praise him as the theme inspires; Praise him as his fame requires. 2 Let the trumpet's lofty sound Spread its loudest notes around; Let the harp unite, in praise, WVith the sacred milstrel's lays. 3 Let the organ join to bless God-the Lord of righteousness; Tune your voice to spread the fame Of the great Jehovah's name. 4 All who dwell beneath his light! In his praise, your hearts unite; While the stream of song is poured, Praise and magnify the Lord. 7s and 6s. Peculiar. 150. Praise from all LivinZ. 1 Praise the Lord who reigns above, And keeps his courts below; Praise him fur his boundless love, And all his greatness show; Praise him for his noble deeds; Praise him for his matchless power, Him, firom whom all good proceeds, Let earth and heaven adore. 2 Publish, spread to all around, The great Immanuel's name; Let the gospel-trurnpet sound; Him the Prince of peace proclaim, Praise him, every tuneful string All the reach of heavenly art, All the power of music bring The music of the heart. 3 Him, in whom they move and live; Let every creature sing; Glory to our Saviour give, And homage to our King; tlallowed be his name beneath, As in heaven, on earth adored; PSALMS. Praise the Lord in every breath; Let all things praise the Lord. 7s, 6s and 7s. 150. The universal Chor,. I HALLELUIJJAII!-Praise the Lord, In the heights of glory; Ilosts of heaven! with one accord, Shout the ioylful story; Praise him for his mighty deeds, Praise ye him, whose grace exceeds All that heaven in sonzs concedes; Worlds of bliss! his praise record. 2 Praise him with the trumpet's tongue, Far and wide resounding; Praise him with the harp well-strung, While your hearts are bounding; Praise him with the sweet-toned lyre, Let his praise the lute inspire; Praise him in a mighty choir; Let his praise be loudly sung. Praise him with the viol's strings, Wakigr joyous feeling; While the vault of glory rings With the organ's pealing: Let the cymb,als ring his praise, Wake the clarion's grandest lays, Fraise the Lord through endless days: Lo! his praise creation sings. 6s and 4s. 50. Praise in the Courts of God& t PRATSE ye Jehovah's name, Praise through his courts proclaimr Rise aix} adore: Iigh o'er the heavens above, Sound his great acts of love, While his rich grace we prove Vast as his power. 2 Now let tie trumpet raise Sounds of triumphant praise, Wide as his faime; -Zi4 ~ PSAriM,S. There let the harp le found; Organs. with solemni soIund! Roll your deep notes around Filled with his inamne. 3 While his high praise ye singK, Shake every sounding string -- Sweet the accord! He vital breath lestows Let every breath that flow; His noblest fasne dicio' o Praie ye the ord. HYMNS "DAPTED TO 'UBLIC W ORS]IP. THE SCRIPTUREi. C. M. The Bible suited to our Wants. FA7IIER of mercies! in thy wSs. '%hat endless glory shines! For ever be thy name adored. For these celestial lines. IIere. the fair tree of knowledge gre And yields a free repast; Suliliiner sweets than nature kp,ws Invite the longing taste. 3 Ilere, the Redeemer's welcome' oice Spreads heavenly peace around; Arid liife, and everlasting joys Attend the blissful sound. 4 th! may these heavenly pages De My ever dear delight; And still new beauties may I see, And still increasing light. 6 Divine instructor, gracious Lord! Be thou for ever near; Teach me to love thy sacred worl, And view my Saviorir there.' L. M. Prophecy and Inspiration. 'T WAS by an order from the Lord, The ancient prophets spoke his word, Itis spirit did their tongues inspire And warmed their hearts with heavenly O 17 3E[YWNS. 2~8 ~ IIY'S. 2 Great God! mine eyes with pleasure loos On the dear volume of thy b)ook; There my Redeemer's face I see, And read his name who died for me. 3 Let the false raptures of the mind Be lost, and vanish in the wind; there I can fix my hope secure; This is thy word, and must endure, C. M. 3. The Holy Scriptu?'es. I I.ADEN with guilt, and full of fears, I fly to thee, my Lord! And not a glimpse of hope appears But in thy written word. 2 The volume of my Father's grace Does all my grief assuage; ItHere I behold my Saviour's face, Almost in every page. 3 Here, consecrated water flows, To quench nmy thlirst of sin; Here, the fair tree of knovwledge grows No danger dwells therein. I This is the jutdge that ends the sti-, Where it and reason fail; My guide to everlasting life, Through all this gloomy vale. 5 Oh! may thy counsels, mighty C.od My roviug feet command; Nor I forsake the happy road That leads to thy right hand. L. M. 4. ~A Sa-wour seen in t.Se Scriptures I NOW let my soul, eternal King, To thee its grateful tribute lbring; My knee, with humble homage, bow, My tongue perform its solemn vow. a All nature sings thy boundless love, In worlds below, and worlds above; But, in thy blessed word, I trace Diviner wonders of thy grace. TIIE SCR1IPTJRES. 3 There. what delightfti truths I read! There, I behold the Saviour bleed: lis ilame salutes my listeniing ear, Revives my heart, and checks my fear. 4 rhere Jesus bils my sorrows cease, .nd gives my lib'ring conscience peace; Ra.ises ray gratefuil passions high, kiid points to mansions in the sky. 5 For love like this, Oh! let my song, Through elilless years, thy praise p)rolong; Let distant climes thy name adore, Till tinme and nature ar e no more. C. M. .Pevelation welcomed. 1 I TIAIT,, sacred truth! whose pierciing rays Dispel the shades o' n liht; Piflusing, o'er the mental world, The healing beams of light. 2 Jesuis! thy word(l, w ith friendly aidt Restores our wandlerinig fe-pt; C(oiverts the sorrosw of the mind To joys divinely sweet. 3 Oh send thy li!h t and truth.broad, In all their radiant blaze; Anid bid tih' admiri ng i,orld adore The glories of thy grace. I,. M. o. The Blessings of the neic Corenanit I GOD, in the Gospel of his Son, MakTles his eteirnal counisels kitown WVlere love in all its glory shites, And trithli is drawn in lattirest lilles. 2 Iere, sinners of an liumlble frame May taste his grace. and learn his name Mi,y read in characters of blood, The wisdom, powver and grace of God. 2 Ihere, faith reveals, to mortal eyes A brighter world beyond the skies; flere, shines the light which guides our way From earth to realms of etndless day 25S 2fCo HYMNS. 4 Oh! grant 11us grace, almighty Lcrd! To read and mark thy holy word, Its truths with meekness to receive. And by its holy precepts live. 5 May this blest volume ever lie Close to my heart, and near mine eye, Till life's last hour, my soul ergage, And be m chosen heritage. L.M. 7. A icrittez Revelation. ! LET everlasting glories crown Thy head, my Saviour, and my l,od' Thy hands have brought salvation dow. And writ the blessings in thy wirdr 2 In vain the trembling conscience seeks Some solid groundto rest upon; With long despair the spirit breaks, Till we apply to Christ alone. 3 How w ell thy blessed truths agree! How wise and holy thy commands! Thy pro mises-how firm they be! How firm our hope and comfort stanla 4 Should all the forms that men devie Assault my faith, with treacheroLs art, I'd cal? them anity and lies, Andl bind the gospel to my heart. L. iM. The Power of Truth. 1 THIS is the word of truth and love, Sent to the nations from above; Jehovah here resolves to show WVhat his almighty grace can do. 2 This remedy did wisdom find, To heal diseases of the mind; This sovereign balm, whose virtues can Restore the ruined creature, man. d The gospel bids the dead revive, Sinners obey the voice, and live; Dry bones are raised, and clothed afresh And hearts of stone are turned to flesh GOD. 4 lay but this grace my soul renew, Let sinner's gaze, and hate me too; The word that saves me doth engage A sure defence from all their rage. GOP L. M. Existence of Gocd. I TIEREg is S God!-all nature speaks, Through earth, and air, and sea, and skies, See!-from the clouds his glory breaks, When earliest beams of morniilg rise 2 The rising sun, serenely bright, Throughout the world's extended frame, Inscribes, in characters of light, His mighty 3Iaker's glorious name. 3 Ye curious minds, who roam abroad, And trace creation's wonders o'er! Confess the footsteps of your God; Bow down before him and adore. C. M. 10. Creation and Providence. 1 LORD! when my raptured thought surveys Creation's beauties o'er, All nature joins to teach thy praise, And bid my soul adore. 2 Where'er I turn my gazing eyes, Thy radiant footsteps shine; Ten thousand pleasing wonders rise, And speak their source divine. a On me thy providence hath shone With gentle, smiling rays; Oh! let my lips and life make known Thy goodness and thy praise. All-bounteous Lord! thy grace impart; Oh! teach me to improve Thy gifts, with ever-gratefiul heart, And crown them with thy love. 261 26'2 IIYMNS. II. Mf. l o. Perfections of God's Government 1 TIlE Lord Jehovah reigns; His throne is built on high; The garments lie assumes Are light and ilmajesty: Hiis glories shine wvith beams so bright, No mortal eye can bear the sight. 2 The thunlers of his hand Keep the wide world ill awe His wrath and justice stand To guard his holy law: And where his love resolves to bless, Ilis truth confirm s and seals the grace. 8 Through all his perfect work, Surprising wisdom shines; Contoibiids thle powers of hell, And breaks their cursed desifgns: Strongi is his ari —and shall fulfill Ilis great decrees-his sovereign wiY. 4 And can this mighty King ot' glory condescend, Anld wvill lie write his name, My Father and mv Friend. I love his name, -I love his word: Join, all my powers! and praise the I ord C. M. 12. God, the Cr eator. 1 ETERNAL Wisdom! thee we praise, Thee, the creation silngs; With thy lovedl name, rocks, hills, and sea And heaven's high palace rings. 2 IIow,, wide thy hand liath spread the sky! Ilow glorious to behold! Tinged with a blue of heavenly dye, And starred with sparkling gold. 3 Thy glories blaze all nature round, Aad strike the gazing sight, Through skies, and seas, and solid gtound With terror and delight. I Infinite strength, and equal skill, Shine through the worlds abroad; GOD. Our souls with vast amazement fill, ALd speak the builder-GOD. 5 But still, the wonders of thy grace Our softer passions move; Pity divine, in Jesus' face, We see, adore, and love. C. M. J 3. God's eternal Domininon. 1 GREAT God! how infinite art thou! What worthless worms are we! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee. 2 Thy throne etern-I ages stood, Ere seas or stars were made: Th-.ou art the ever-living God, Were all the nations dead. 3 Eternity, with all its years, Stands present in thy view; To thee there's nothing old appetes Greea God! there s nothing new. 4 Otir ives through various scenes are draw And vexed with trifling cares; While thine eternal thought moves on Thine undisturbed affairs. o Great God! how infinite art thou! What worthless worms are we! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee. II. M. I 4. Praisefrom all Creation. 1 ANGELS! assist to sing The honors of your God; Touch every tuneful string, And sound his name abroad: Come, pour the trembling notes along; And swell the grand iwnmortal song. And, ye of meaner birth! Your joyful voices raise Inhabitants of earth! Your great Creator praise: Let your hosannas joyful rise, And shake the earth and pierce the skies. 2M 264 IYfNS 3 Let day and dusky night, In solemn order, join His praises to recite, And speak his power divine: Let every hill and every vale Re-echo with the sacred tale. 4 Let every creature sing The honors of our God; Touch every tuneful string, And spread his praise abroad: Come, pour the trembling notes along; And swell the universal song. L. M. 15. Majesty of God. 1 COME, 0O my soul! in sacred lays, Attempt thy great Cr-ator's praise: But Oh! what tongue can speak his fame I What mortal verse can reach the theme! 2 Enthroned amidst the radiant spheres He glory, like a garment, wears; To form a robe, -snlt divine Ten thousa.,u uns around him shines, 3 In all our MIaker's grand designs, Omnipotence with wisdom shines; His works, through all his wondrous tram. Bear the great impress of his name 4 Raised on devotion's lofty wing, Do thoui, my soul! his glories sing; And let his praise employ thy tongue, Till listening worlds repeat the song. 7s. 16. Praisefor temporal Mercies. 1 PRAISE to God!-immortal praise, For the love that crowns our days. Bounteous source of every joy! Let thy praise our tongues employ. 2 All that spring, with bounteous hand, Scatters o'er the smiling land - All that liberal autumn pours From her rich, o'erflowing stores; 1'OD. a These to that dear source we owe, Whence our sweetest conmforts flow; These, through all my happy days, Claim my cheerful songs of praise 4 Lord! to thee my soul should raise Grateful, never-ending praise; And, when every blessing's flown, Love thee for thyself alone. S. M. 1 7 Praise to the Creator. 1 ALMIGHTY Maker, God! How wondrous is thy name! Thy glories, how diffused abroad, Through all creation's frame! 2 Nature, in every dress, Her humble homage pays; And does, a thousand ways, expres Her undissembled praise. 3 My soul would rise and sing Her great Creator too; Fain would my tongue adore my King. And pay the homage due. 4 Let joy and worship spend The remnant of my days, And oft to God my soul ascend, In grateful songs of praise. H. M. 18. Rej'oicing in God. I TO your Creator, God, Your great preserver, raise, Ye creatures of his hand! Your hi ghest notes of praise;. Let every voice Proclaim his power His name adore, And loud rejoice. 2 Let every creature join To celebrate his name, And all t'heir various powers Assist.h' exalted theme' 2ffi 26 IIIMNS. Let nature raise, From every tongue, A general song Of grateful praise. 3 But Oh! from human tengue Should nobler praises flow; And every thankful heart With warm devotion glo~ Your voices raise Albove the rest; Ye highly blest! Declare his praise. 4 Assist me, gracious God! My heart, my voice inispire, Then shall I grateful join The universal choir: Thy,race can raise My heart, my tongue, And tune my soin, To lively praise. C. M. 19. Wonders of God's Low 1 YE humble souls! aplroach your G&A With songs of sacred praise; For he is good, supremely good; And kind are all his ways. 2 All nature owns his guardian care, In him we live anail move; But nobler benefits declare The wonders of his love. 3 lie gave his Son, his only Son, To ransom rebel-wornis; 'T is here he makes his goodness known, In its diviner forms. 4 To this dear refige, Lord! we come, 'T is here our hope relies; A safe defence, a peaceful home When storms of trouble rise. 6 Tline eye beholds, with kind regard, The souls that trust in thee; lae.r humble hope thou wilt reward, With bliss divinely free. GOD. 6 Great God! to thine almighty love, What hoiiors shall we raise I Not all tlil' angelic songs above Can render equal praise. C. M. 20. T,e gloary of God in Creation. I TtIE God of nature and of grace In all hlis works appears; Ilis goodness through the earth we tliace, Ilis grailIeur in the sphleres. 2 lBeholdl this fair andl fertile glooe, Bdy him in w isdomi planned! r was hlie w ho girded, likle a robe, lThe ocean round the lnd. 3 Lift to the archli of heaven your eye Thither his path pui sue; lis glory, ) oundless as the sky, O'erwliheliis the wondering view. 4 Ileow excellent, 0 Lord! thy name, In all creition's lines! Sfpreadl thlrough eternity, thiy fame With risiing lustre shliies. 5 These lower works that swell thy prailse, Ifigh as our thoughts can tower, Are but a portion of thly ways, The hidiug of thy power. 6 1illions before thy presence stand, Who feel. while they alore, Fulness of joy, at thy righIt hlnd, And pleasures evermore. 11s. "}} Th e Mercy of God . T1' mercy, my God! is the theme of my song, The joy of my heart, and the boast of my tongueFree grace hath alone, from the first to the last, Secured my affections, and bound my soul fast. I Thy mercy has vanquished my obdurate heart Ihat wonders to feel its own hardness depart; 2m Zs8 IIRYMNS. Dissolved by thy goodness, I fall to the ground, And weep to the praise of the mercy I've found. 3 The door of thy mercy stands open all day, To the poor and the needy, who knock by the wsy No sirnner shall ever a pla e be denied, Who comes seeking mercy through Jesus that diue. 4 Thy mercy in Jesus exempts me from hell; Its glories I'11 sing, and its wonders I'I tell: 'T was Jesus, my friend, when he hung on he lee, Who opelled the fountain of mercy for me. 22. Gad, ~S. M. 2*2. God, all and in all 1 MY God, my life, my love! To thee, to thee I call; I cannot live,if thou remove, For thou art all in all. 2 To thee, and thee alone, The angels owe their bliss; They sit around thy gracious throne, And dwell wihere Jesus is. 3 Nft all the harps above Can make a heavenly place, IfGod his residence remove, Or but conceal his face. 4 Nor earth, nor all the sky, Can one delight afford No, not a drop of real joy, Without thy presence, Lord t 5 Thou art the sea of love, Where all my pleasures roll, The circle, where my passions moves And centre of my soul. ~~23. CondC. M. Cnfiding in God. 1 TO thee, my God! my heart shall bring The lively, grateful song; Attending Kings shall hear me sing, With rapture on my tongue. 2 Amid the glories of thy name, Thy tru'h exal;ed shlires; OoD. A faithful God thy words proclaim, Iiil everlasting lines. S When. in the day of deep distress, To thee, mliy God! I cried, With strength divine, thy powerful grace MIy fainting soul supplied. 4 1 hou, Lord! wilt all my hopes fulfil. To thee the work belongs; let endless mercy guide me still, And tune my grateful songs. C. M. ?24. The Mercy- Seat. I DEAR Father! to thy mercy-seal Mly soul for shelter flies: 'T is here I find a safe retreat, When storms and tempests rise. 2 My cheerful hope can never die, t' thou, my God! art near; Thy grace can raise my comforts high, And banish every fear. 5 My great Protector, and my Lord! Thv coIstant aid impart; Oh! let thy kind, thy gracious word Sustain my trembling heart. 4 Oh! never let my soul remove Froni this divine retreat; St,ill let me trust thy power and love, Ani(L dwell beneath thy feet. ,),_ (C. M. v 5. Pray-er for quickeniing GCace. I PERMTT me, Lord! to seek thy fat4. Obedient to thy call; To seek the presence of thy grace M1y strength, my life, my all! 2 All I can wish is thine to give: My God! I ask thy love, That greatest boon I can receive, — The bliss of heaven above. 3 To heaven my restless heart aspire; Oh' for a quickening ray, 269 HYMINS To wake and war,n. my flint desrh, And cheer the tiresome way. 4 The path to thy divine abode Through a wild desert lies; A thousand snares 1 eset the road, — A thousand terrors ulse. 5 Satan and sin unite them art To keep me from my Lorl: Dear Saviour! guard my trembling Ad And guide me by thy word. 6 My Guardian, my almighty Friend! On thee my soul would rest; On thee alone my hopes depend; Be near, and I am blest. H. M. 26. Perpetual Praise. I TO thee, great Source of light! My thankful voice I'll raise; And all my powers unite To celebrate thy praise; And, till my voice is lost in death, May praise employ my every breath. 't And when this feeble tongue Lies silent in the dust, ~y soul shall dwell among The spirits of the just; Then, with the shining hosts above In nobler strains I'11 sing thy love. C. M. 27 God's Presence is Light in Darkme. I MY God! the spring of all my joys The life of my delights; ~he glory of my brightest days, And comfort of my nights. 2 In darkest shades, if he t'ppear, My dawning is begun; He is my soul's sweet morninrg-statr, And he my rising sun. 3 The opening heavens around me site, With beams of sacred blis. 2-,O GOD. While Jesus shcws his heart is mine, And whispers I am his. 4 My soul would leave this heavy clay, At that transporting word; Run up with joy the shining way, T' embrace my dearest Lord. 5 Fearless of hell an' ghastly death, I'd break through every foe; The wings of love, and arms of faith, Should bear me conqueror through. S. M. . God, my Creator anl Benefactor I MY Maker and my King I To thee my all I owe; T ly sovereign bounty is the spring Whence all my blessings flow. 2 The creature of thy hand, On thee alone I live; My God! thy benefits demandl More praise than life call give. 3 Shall I withhold thy idue ] And shall my passions rove Lord! form this wretched heart anew, And fill it with thy love. 4 Oh! let thy grace inspire My soul with strength divine; Let all my powers to thee aspire, And all my days be thine. C. M. . Thanksfor Providence and Gras 1 ALMIGHTY Father, gracious Lord, Kind guardian of my days! Thy mercies let my heart record In songs of grateful praise. 2 In life's first dawn, my tender frame Was thine indulgent care; Long ere I could pronounce thy name. Or breathe the infant prayer. 3 Yet I adore thee, gracious Lord I For favors more divine; 271 2w IHYMINS. That I have known thy sacred word, Where all thy glories shine. 4 When blest with that transporting view. That Jesus died for me, For this sweet hope, what praise is dua, O God of grace! to thee? 5 Now shall my joyfill powers unite, In more exalted lays, rili I shall join the sons of light, Ia everlasting praise. L. M. 30. Imploring divine Irgiuence. ! MY God! whene'er my longing hears Its grateful tribute would impart, "I vain my boldest thoughts arise, 1 sink to earth, and lose the skies. 2 Thv name inspires the harps above, 'Vith harmony, anid praise, and love; That grace, which tulies th' immortal strtis l,ooks kindlly down on mortal things. 3 Oh! let thy grace guide every song, And fill my heart and tune my tongue; Then shall the strain harmonious flow, And heaven's sweet work begin below ca.M ~ 1. Thanks for providentzal Favor. i IEN all thy mercies, 0 my God! Mv rising soul surveys, Tra(tsported with the view, I'm lost In wondler, love, and praise. 2 lYnn-umiered comforts, on my soul, Thy tender care bestowed, Before my infatit heart conceived From whom those comforts flowed. 3 When in the slippery piaths of youth, With heedless steps, I ran, Thine arm, unseen, conveyed me safe And led me up to man. I Ten thousand thousand precious gift Miy daily thanks employ; GOD. Mor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes thcse gifts with jo.y. 5 Through every period of my life, Thy goodness I'll pursue; - And after death, in distant worlds, The glorious thenie renew 6 Through all eternity, to thee A joyful song I'II raise: But Oh! eternity's too short To utter all thy praise. L. M. 32. Song of Gratitude and Praise. 1 GOD of my life! through all mry dayg, I'l1l tune the grateful notes of praise; 'I'The song shall wake with openinig light And warlle to the silent night. o When anxious cares would break my res, And griefs would tear my throbbing breast The notes of praise, ascending k:. g, Shall check the miurmur and the sigh. 3 WVhen death o'ei nature shall prevail, And all the powers of language fhq, Joy through yv swimming eyes s al break And mean the thanks I catnnot spea,. 4 But Oh! when that last conflict s o-er, Andi I amn chained to earth no more, With what glad accents shall 1 rise TO join the music of the skies. 5'Then shall I learn th' exalted strains 'I'That echo through the hesvenly paini, Antd emulate, with joy uiknown, The glowing seraphs round thy throne bs and 7s. P1raise to Jehovah. 1 SAINTS! with pious zeal attendlin. Now a grateful tribute raise; Jofyl songs, to heaven ascending, Join the uniiversal praise. 2 Round Jehovah's footstool kneeling, Lowly bend with contrite soul; I1i m 274 HYMNS. Hlere his milder grace revealing, Here his wrath no thunder rolls 3 Every secret fault confessing, Deed unholy-thought of sin, Seize, Oh! seize the proffered blessing. Grace from God, and peace within. 4 Heart and voice with rapture swelling, Still the song of glory raise; On the theme immortal, dwelling, Join the universal praise. L. M. 34. Retirement and Devotion. 1 MY God! permit me not to be A stranger to myself and thee; Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove, Forgetful of my highest love. 2 Why should my passions mix with earth, And thus debase my heavenly birth? Why should I cleave to things below, And let my God, my Saviour, go? 3 Call me away from flesh and sense One sovereign word can draw me then. I would obey the voice divine, And all inferior joys resign. 4 Be earth, with all her scenes, withdrawi Let noise and vanity be gone; In secret silence of the mind, My heaven-and there my God, I find. 3_. Ged,C.M. 35. God, our Refug8. 1 DEAR refuge of my weary soul! On thee, when sorrows rise, On thee, when waves of trouble roll, My fainting hope relies. 2 To thee I tell each rising grief, For thou alone canst heal; Thy word can bring a sweet relief, For every pain I feel. 3 But Oh! when gloomy doubts provail I fear to call thee mine; GOD. The springs of comfort seem to fail, Atid all my hopes decline. 4 Hast thou not bid me seek thy face I And shall I seek ill vain I And can the ear of sovereign gracs Be deat' when I complain X 6 No,-still the ear of sovereign grace Attends the mourner's prayer: Oh! may I ever find access To breathe my sorrows there! 6 Thy mercy-seat is open still: Here let my soul retreat; With humble hope attend thy will, And wait beneath thy feet. C. M. 36. Thirsting after God. 1 WIHEN fainting in the sultry waste And parched with thirst extreme, The weary pilgrim longs to taste The cool refreshing stream: 2 So longs the weary, fainting mind, Oppressed with sins andi woes Some soul-reviving spring to fin, Whence hectveniy coinmfort flows. 3 Oh! may 1 thirst for thee, my God With ardent, strong desire; And still, through all this desert road To taste thiy grace aspire. 4 Then shall my prayer to thee ascend A grateful sacrifice; My mourning voice wilt thou atteadl And grant me full supplies. C. M. 37. God, as seen in Nature. ] I SING th' almighty power of Got. That made the mountains lise, That spread the flowilln seas abroad, And built the lofty skies. 2 1 sing the wisdom that ordained The sun to rule the day; f7,5 HYMNS. The moon shines full at his command, And all the stars obey. 3 I sing the goodness of the Lord, That filled the earth with f)od; lie tirmed the creatures wits his word, And then pronounced theri good. 4 Lord! how thy wonders are displayed, Where'er I turn mine eye! If 1 survey the ground I tread, Or gaze upon the sky! 5 There's not a plant nor flower below, But makes thy glories known; And clouds arise, and tempests blow, By order from thy throne. 6 Creatures that borrow life fromi thee, Are subject to thy care; There's not a place where we can flee, But God is present there C. M. 38. Rejoicing in God, our Father I CO.ME, shout aloud the Father's grace, And sing the Saviour's love; Soon shall ou join the glorious theme In loftier strains above. 2 God, the eternal, mighty God, To dearer names descends; Calls you his treasure and his joy, Ifis children and his friends. 3 My Father, God! and may these lips Pronounce a namle so dear? Not flus could heaven's sweet harmony Delight my listening ear. 4 Thanks to my God for every gift His bounteous hands bestow; And thanks eternal lbr that love Whence all those comforts flow. L. M. 39. Perf-ctions of God in his Govertmes 1 JEHOVAII reigns-his throne is highs lis robes are light and majesty; His glory shines, with beams so bright. No mortal can sustain the sight. 2 Ilis terrors keep the world in awe; His justice guards his holy law; Ilis love reveals a smiliigf Iace; his truth and promise seal the grace. 3 Through all hi s works his wisdom shines, And baffles Sat.an's deep designs; flis power is sovereign to filfill The noblest counsels of his will. 4 And will this glorious Lorl descend To be my fiather and my friend? TheL: let m songs with angels join: Heai en is secure, if God be mine. C. M. 10. God, all in all. I MY Godl, my portion and my love, My everlasting all! I've none but thee in heaven abtove, Or on this earthly ball. 2 WVhat empty things are al' the skies, And this inferior clod! There's nothirg: here deserves my joys There's nothing like my God. 3 In vain the bright, the burning sun Scatters his feeble light: IT is thy sweet beams create my noon; If thou withdraw,-'t is night. 4 IIow vain a toy is glittering wealth, If once compared with thee! Or what's my safety, or my health, Or all my friends to me? 5 Were I possessor of the earth, And called the stars my own, Without thy graces and thyself, I were a wretch undone. 6 Let others stretch their arms like sea And grasp in all the shore; Grant me the visits of thy face, And esire no more. GOD. I2ri HYMNS. L. M. 41 t God's Condescetion. I UP to the Lord, who reigns on high, And views the nations from afar, Let everlasting praises fly, And tell how large his bounties are 2 He over-rules all mortal things, And manages our mean affairs: On humble souls the King of kings Bestows his counsels and his care. 3 Our sorrows and our tears we pour Into the bosom of our God; He hears us in the mournful hour, And helps us bear the heavy load. 4 Oh I could our thankful hearts devise A tribute equal to thy grace To the third heaven our songs should rli And teach the golden harps thy praise 42. ~~~S. Mt. 42. Exhortation to Praite. 1 STAND up, and bless the Lord, Ye people of his choice! Stand up, and bless the Lord your God, With heart, and soul, and voice. 2 Though high above all praise, Above all blessing high, Who would not fear his holy name, And laud, and magnify? 3 Oh! for the living flame From his own altar brought, To touch our lips, our souls inspires And wving to heaven our thought. 4 God is our strength and song, And his salvation ours; Then be his love in Christ proclaimed, With all our ransomed powers. 6 Stand up, and bless the Lord, The Lord, your God, adore, Stand up, and bless his glorious name, Henceforth, for evermore. !WD. ('Op. I.. M. 13. AIlen not comparable icith God 1 SHIALL the vile race of flesh and blood Contend with their Creator, God? Shall mortal worms presume to be More holy, wise, or just, than he? 2 Behold! hlie puts his trust in none Of all the spirits round his throne; Their nati-res, when compared with his Are neither holy, just nor wise. 3 But how much meaner things are they, xVho spring from dust, and dwell in clay Touched by the finger of thy wrath, We faint, and vanish like the moth. 4 Almighty Power! to thee we bow - How frail are we-how glorious thout! No more the sons of earth shall dare, With an eternal God, compare. L. M. 44. Praise to God. s PRAISE, everlasting praise, be paid To him, who earth's foutidatioin laid: Praise to the God, whose strong decrees Sway the creation, as he please. 2 Praise to the goodness of the Lord, Who rules his people by his worn; And there, as strong as his decr ees, lie sets his kindest promises. 3 Whence, then, should doubts and fears arise Why trickling sorrows drown our eyes? Slowly, alas! our nmind receives The comforts that our Maker gives. 4 Oh! for a strong, a lasting faith, To credit what th' Almighty saith; T' embrace the message of his Son, And call the joys of heaven our own. 5 Then, should the earth's old pillars shlake, And all the wheels of nature break, Our steady souls wculd fear no more, Than solid rocks wvhen billows roar. tl,9 B20 ~ IIYMN. C.M. 45. Goodness of God seen in li lF3rkiJ 1 HAIL, great Creator, wise and good! To thee our songs we raise; Nature, through all her various scenes, Invites us to thy praise. 2 At morning, noon, and evening mnild, Fresh wonders strike our view; And while we gaze, our hearts exult, With transports ever-new. 3 Thy glory beams in every star Which gilds the gloom of night; And decks the smiling face of morit, With rays of cheerful light. 4 The lofty hill-the humble lawn, With countless beauties shine; The silent grove-the awful shade, Proclaim thy power divine. 5 And while, in all thy wondrous ways, Thy varied love we see; Oh! may our hearts, Great God! be led Through all thy works to thee. L. M. 46. Wisdom and Knowledge of Godl. 1 AWAKE, my tongue! thy tribute bring To him, who gave thee power to sing Praise him, who is all praise above, The source of wisdom and of love 2 How vast his knowledge-how profound' A depth, where all )ur thoughts are drownedl: The stars he numbers — and their names Ile gives to all those heavenly flanmes. 3 Through each bright world above, behold Ten thousand thousand charms unfold: Earth, air, and mighty seas combine, To speak htis wisdom all divine. 4 But in redemption, Oh! what grace! Its wonders, Oh! what thought can trace I Here wisdom shines for ever bright; Praise him, my soul. with sweet delight C. M. 47. Sovereignty and Dontnion of 1 KEEP silence, all created things And wait your Maker's nod; My soul stands trembling, while she sings The honors of her God. 2 Life, death, andi hell, and worlds unknown. Hang on his firm decree; IIe sits on no precarious throne, Nor borrows leave to be. 3 Chained to his throne, a volume lies, With all the fates of men, With every angel's form and size, Drawn by th' eternal pen. 4 His providence uifolds his hook, And makes his counsels shine; Each opening leaf, and every stroke, Fulfills some deep design. 5 My God! I would not long to see My fate, with curious eyes, What gloomy lines are writ for me, Or wh:t bright scenes may rise. 6 In thy fair book of life and grace, Oh! may I find my name, Recorded in some humble place, Beneath my Lord-the Lamb. If. M. F. ithfulness of God. . THE pron.lses I sin, lWhich sovereigni love hath spoke: Nor will th' eternal King Ilis words of girace revoke: They stand secure And steadfast still; Not Zion's hill Abides so sure. 2 The mountains melt away, Wheii once the Judge appear; And sun and moon decay, That measure mortal year; i 281 GOD 28', JIHYMN8 But still the same, In radiant lines, The promise shines Through all the flame. 3 Their harmony shall soundi Through my attentive ears, When thunders cleave the ground And dissipate the spheres Mlid all the shock Of that dIiead scene, I stand serene; Thy word, my rock. C. M. 49. The glories of Redemnption. i FATIIER! how wide thy glory shines! IIow high thy wonders rise! Known through the earth by thousand signs,-' By thousand through the skies. 2 Those mightv orbs proclaim thy power, Their motions speak thy skill; And on th e wines of every hour, WVe read thy patience still. 3 But hell we view thy strange design To save rebellious worms, Where vengeance and compassion join, In their divinest forms, 4 Iere the whole Deity is known; Nor dares a creature guess, Which of the glories brightest shone, The justice, or the grace. 5 Now the full glories of the Lamb Adorn the heavenly plains: Bright seraphs learn Immanuel's nams, And try their choicest strains. 6 Oh! may I bear some humble part, In that immortal soing: Wonder anld joy shall tune my heart, And love comimand my tongue. _. M. 50. Tie God of Mercy and Juctice, I TIIE Lord on high proclaims Ilis Godhead Ilrom his throne; GOD. "Mercy and justice are the names, By which I will be known. 2 "Ye dying souls, that sit In darkness and distress! Look from the borders of the pit, To my recovering grace.' 3 Sinners shall hear the sound; Their thankful tongues shall own, Our righteousness and strength is found In thee, the Lord, alone. 4 In thee shall Israel trust, Anil see their guilt forgiven God -.ill pronounce the sinners jlust, And take the saints to heaven. C. I. 1. Almighty Power auid Majesty of God. I THE Lcrd. our God, is full of might, The winds obey his will Ife speaks-and, in his heavenly heignt, The rolling sun stands still. 2 Rel)el. ye waves! and o'er the land NVith threatening aspect roar; The Lord uiplilts his awful hand, Aiiil cihains you to the shore. 3 Ilowl, winds of night! your force combie, Without his high behest Ye shall net, in the mountain-pine. Disturb the sparrow's nest. 4 I/is voice sublime is heard afar, In distant peals it dies IIe yokes the whirlwind to his car. Aud sweeps the howling skier. 5 Ye nations! bend-in reverence bena; Ye monarchs! wait his nod, And bid the choral song ascend To celebrate your God. C.M. 52. God, 1wly, just, and soeeres,ch. 1 IIOW should the sons of Adam's race Be pare before their God? HIYMNS. If he contend in righteousness, We fall beneath his rod. 2 Strong is his arm, his heart is wise; What vain presumers dare, Against their Maker's hand to rise, Or tempt th' unequal war? 3 Mountains, by his almighty wrath, From their old seats are torn; lie shakes the earth, from south to r,or.h And all her pillars mourn. 4 He bids the sun forbear to rise Th' obedient sun forbears: His hand with sackcloth spreads the skies, And seals up all the stars. 5 He walks upon the stormy sea, Flies on the stormy wind: There's none can trace his wondrous way, Or his dark footsteps find. _"~ C.~G M. 53. The divine Purpose and Provide 1 GOD moves in a mysterious way, IIis wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. 2 Deep, in unfathomable mines Of never-failing skill, lIe treasures up his bright designs, And works his sovereign will. 3 Ye fearful saints! fresh courage take The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. 4 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence, lte hides a smiling faee. 5 His purposes will ripen fast Unfolding every hour; The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower. GOD. 0 Blind unbeliefis sure to err, And scan his work in vain: God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain. C. M. fj,1. ~ Love of God. I COME, ye that know and fear the Lord And raise your soul above; Let every heart and voice accord, To sing that-God is love. 2 This precious truth his word declares And all his mercies prove; While Christ, th' atoning Lamb, appears, To showe that-God is love. 3 Behold his lov na-kindness watts, For those who from h im rove, And calls of mercy reach their hearts To teach them-God is love. 4 The work begun is carried on, By power from heaven above; And every step, from first to last, Proclaims that-God is love. 5 Oh! may we all, while here below, This best of tllessings prove; Till warmer hlearts, in brighter worlds, Shall shout that-God is love. C. M. 15. rhe Sovereignty of God. l TIIY way, O God! is in the sea; Thy paths I cannot trace, Nor comniprehend the mystery Of thine unbounided grace. 2 there the dark veils of flesh and sens My captive soul surround; Mtvsteriouls deeps of providence Mly inward thoughts confound. 3 As, through a glass, I dimly see The wonders of thy love, low little do I know of thee, Or of the joys above I 286 HYMNS. 4 Though but in part I know thy wil, I bless thee for the sight: When will thy love the whole reveal In glory's clearer light? 5 Ir a.ture shall I then survey Thy providence and grace; And spend an everlasting day In wonder, love, and praise. 7s. 56. Universal Praise to God. I SONGS of praise the angels sang, HIleaven with hallelujahs rang, When Jehovah's work begun, — When he spake, and it was done. 2 Songs of praise awoke the morn, When the Prince of peace was born Songs of praise arose, when he Captive led captivity. 3 Heaven and earth must pass away, Songs of praise shall crown that day: God vill make new heavens and earth~ Songs of praise shall hail their birth. 4 And shall man alone be dumb, Till that glorious morning come? No!-thie church delights to raise Psalms, and hymns, and songs of praise 5 Saints below, with heart and voice, Still in songs of praise rejoice, Learning here, by faith and love, Songs of praise to sing above. 6 Borne upon their latest breath, Songs of praise shall conquer death Then, amid eternal joy, Songs of praise their powers employ. C. M. 57. A faitful God. BEGIN, my tongue! some heavenly them And speak some boundless thing, The mighty works, or mightier name Of our eternal King. GOD I Tell of his wondrous faithfulness, Aud sound his power abroad; Sing the sweet promise of his grace, And the performing God. 3 Proclaim-" Salvation from the Lord, For wretched, dyilig men;" Ilis hand has writ the sacred word, With an immortal pen 4 Engraved as ill eternal brass, The mighty promnise shines, Nor can the powers of darkness raze, Those everlasting lines. 5 Ilis word of grace is sure and strong, As that which built the skies: The voice that rolls the stars along Speaks all the promises. 6 Oh I might I hiear thy hear enly tongue But whisper,-" Thiou art mile;" Those genitle words should raise my augs To notes almost divine. 7s. )~. l~7hanksgiving. 1 SWELL the anthem, raise the song; Praises to our God belong: Saints andl angels! join to sing Praises to the heavenly King. 2 Blessings firom hIis liberal hand Flow around this happy land: Guarded by his watchful eye, Peace and freedom we enjoy. 3 Here, beneath a virtuous sway May we cheerfully obey, Never feel oppression's rod. Ever own and worship God. 4 Hark! the voice of nature singi Praises to the King of kings; Let us join the choral song, And the grateful notes prolong. C. M. 9o E;sdless Praise I YES-1 will bless thee, 0 my (;God; Through all my mortal days, 2m And to eternity prolong Thy vast, thy boundless praise. 2 Nor shall my tongue alone proclaim The honors of my God; My life, with all its active powers, Shall spreadl thy praise abroad. 3 Not death itself shall stop my song, Though death will close my eyes: My thoughts shall then to nobler height And sweeter raptures rise. 4 There shall my lips in endless praise Their grateful tribute pay: The theme demands an angel's tongue, And an eternal day. L. M. (O. God acl?ledged in national Blessing, I GREAT God of nations! now to thee Our lhymnrr of gratitude we raise; W'th humble heart, and bending knee, WVe offer thee our song of praise. 2 Thv name we bless, Almighty God! fo.r all the kindness thou hast shown To this fair land.he pilgrims trod, This land we fondly call our own. 3 here. Freedom spreads her banner wide, Anl casts her soft and hallowed rays -. Ilere, thou our fathers' steps didst guide In safety, through their dangerous way. 4 We praise thee, that the gospel's light, Throughli all our land, its radiance sheds Dispels the shades of errors night, And heavenly blessings round us spread& 5 Great God! preserve us in thy fear, In dangers still our guardian be; Oh! spreadl thy truth's bright precepts here, Let al1 the people worship thee. L. P.. 61. National Piaise and Prayer. I WITII grateful hearts, with joyful tongues, To God we raise united songs; Ilis power anti mercy we proclaim: ChIIRIST. Through every age, Oh! may we own Jehovah here has fix.ed his throne. And triumph in his mighty name. Long as the moon her course shall run, Or men behold the circlingl sun, Lord! in our land, support thy reign; Crown her just counsels with success, With truth andl peace her borders bless, An.d all thy sacred rights maintain. CHIRIST. C. M. 62. Christ's Nativty. 1 MORTALS! awake; with angels jclu, And chaunt the solemn lay Joy, love, and gratitude, combine To hail th' auspicious day. Z In heaven the rapt'rous song began, And sweet seraphic fire. Through all the shiling legions ran And strung and tuned the lyre. 8 Swift, through the vast expanse, it flew, And loud the echo rolled; The theme, the song, the joy was new 'T was more than heaven could hold. 4 Down through the portals of the sky Th' impetuous torrent ran; And angels flew, with eager joy, To bear the news to man. 5 Hark! the cherul ic armies shout, And glory leald the song; Good-will and peace are heard throughout Th' harmonious heavenly throng. 5 With joy the chorus we repeat "Glory to God on high!" Good.will and peace are now complete; Jesus is born to die. 19 289 ZbO ~HYMNS 8s and 7s. 63. Christ, the Saviour, bor 1 HAIL, thou long-expected Jesusi. Born to set thy people free; From our sins and fears release us, Let us find our rest in thee. 2 Israel's strength and consolation, Hope of all the saints, thou art: Long-desired of every nation, Joy of every waiting heart. 3 Born, thy people to deliver, Born a child, yet God our King, — Born to reign in us for ever, Now thy gracious kingdom bring. 4 By thine own eternal Spirit, Rule in all our hearts alone, By thine all-sufficient merit, Raise us to thy glorious throne C. M. 64. 77e Redeemer's Message. 1 IIARK the glad sound! the Saviour c % The Saviour, promised long: Let every heart prepare a throne, And every voice a song. 2 On him the Spirit, largely poured, Exerts his sacred fire; Wisdom, and might, and zeal, and lobve, Ilis holy breast inspire. 3 He comes,-the pris'ners to release, In Satan's bondage held; The gates of brass before him burst The iron fetters yield. 4 Hie comes,- -the broken heart to bind,' The bleeding soul to cure; And, with the treasures of his grace, T' enrich the humble poor. 5 Our glad hosannas, Prince of peace Thy welcome shall proclaim; And heaven's eternal arches ring With thy beloved name. CHIRIST. S.M. 65. The Nativity of,Chrt:. I BEHOLD the grace appear The blessing promised lng! Angels announce the Saviour ne~ In their triumphant song: 2 "Glory to God on high, And heavenly peace on earth; Good-will to men-to angels joy, At the Redeemer's birth. 3 In worship so divine Let saints employ their tongues; With the celestial hosts we join, And loud repeat their songs: 4 "Glory to God on high, And heavenly peace on earth; Good-will to men-to angels joy, At our Redeemer's birth." 7s. 66. 8-ge of the Angels. I HARK! the herald-angels sing, "Glory to the new-born King; Peace cn earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled." 2 Joyful, all ye nations! rise, Join the triumph of the skies; WVith th' angelic host, 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 pease Hail! the Sun of righteousness I Light and life to all he brings, Risen with healing in his wings. 5 Let us then with angels sing, "Glory to the new-born King; Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled." 291 292 HYMNS IL. M. 67. Joy at Immanuel'e Birth 1 HARK! hark!-the notes of joy Roll o'er the heavenly plains, And seraphs find( employ For -heir sublimest strains; Some new delight in heaven is known; Loud sound the harps around the ttirone 2 Hark! hark!-the sounds draw nigh. The joyful hosts descend; Jesus forsakes the sky To earth his footstena bend; He comes to bless our Izllen race; He comes with messages of grace 3 Bear, bear the tidings round; Let every mortal know What love in God is found, What pity he can show; Ye wids that blow! ye waves that roll Bear the glad news from pole to pole 4 Strike, strike the harps again, To great Immanuel's natne; Arise, ye sons of men! And all his grace proclaim; APngels and men! wake every string, 'T is God the Suviour's praise we sing. Ss and 7s. 68. 7Thae &ongs of Angels. I HARK! what mean those htey -oices Sweetly sounding through the skies I Lo! th' angelic host rejoices Heavenly hallelujahs rise. 2 Listen to the wondrous story Which they cihanit in hymns of joy; "Glory in the highest, glory Glory be to God most high! 3 "Peace on earth, good-will from heaven, Reaching far as man is found; Souls redeemed, and sins forgiven; Loud our golden harps shall sound. CHRIST. 4 "Christ is born, the great Anointed; Heaven and earth! his praises sing Oh receive whom God appointed, For your prophet, priest, and king. 5' Hasten, mortals! to adore him; Learn his name, and taste his joy; Till ill heaven ye sing belbfore him. Glory be to God most high!" H. M. 69. 77ie Birth of C,rist. 1 ITARK! what celestial notes What melody we hear! Soft on the morn it floats, And fills the ravished ear: The tunnefil shell, The golden lyre, And vocal choir The concert swell. 2 Th' angelic hosts descend, WVith harmony divine; See how from heaven they bends Anid in full chorus join! '; Fear not," say they, "Gr.eat joy we bring; Jesus, your Kin-, Is born to-day. 3 "Ile comes, from error's night, Your wandering feet to save; To realms of bliss and light. ie lifts you from the grave: rliis glorious morn, Let all attend Your matchless friend, Your Saviour's born. 4 "Glory to God on high! Ye mortals! spread the sunt And let your raptures fly, To earth's remotest bound: For peace on earth, From God in heaven, To man is given, At Jesus' birth."'! e93 HYMNS. 8s and 7s. 70. The Incarnat on. 1 SHEPHERDS! hail the wcndrous stranger; Now to Bethle'm speed your way; Lo! in yonder humble manger, Christ, the Lord, is born to-ay: — 2 Christ, by prophets long-predicted, Joy of Israel's chosen race; Light to Gentiles long-afflicted, Lost in error's darkest maze. 3 Bright the star of your salvation, Pointing to his rude abode! Rapturous news for every nation: Mortals! now behold your God! 4 Glad, we trace th' amazing story, Angels leave their bliss to tell; Theme sublime. replete with glory Sinners saved from death and hell. 5 Love eternal moved the Saiotur, Thus to lay his radialnce by; Blessings on the Lamb for ever Glory be to God on high! 7s. 71. The Star in the East. 1 SONS of men! behold from tar, Hail the long expected star - Jacob's star, that gilds the ht Guides bewildered nature right. 2Never fear, that hlence should flow Wars or pestilence below: WVars it bids, and tumults, cease, Ushering in the Prince of peace. 3 Mild it shines on all beneath, Piercing, through the shades ~f deaths Scattering error's wide-spread night Kindling darkness into light. 4Nations all! far off and near, Ilaste to see your God appear Hlaste. for him your hearts prepare, Meet him man'lested there. 294 CHRIST. C. M. 7 2. Joy of Angels at the Saviour's Birth. 1 WHIIILE shepherds watched their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, And glory shone around. 2' Fear not," said he, for mighty dread HIlad seized their troubled mind. "Glad tidings of great joy I bring, To you and all mallkind. 3 "To you, in David's town, this day, Is torn of David's line, The Saviour, w.ho is Christ, the Lord, And this shall be the sign; 4 "The heavenly babe you there shall find, To human view displayed, All meanly wrapt in swathing bands, And in a manger laid." 5 Thus spake the seraph-and forthwith Appeared a shining, throng Of allgels, praising God, who thus Addressed their joyful song: 6 "All glory be to God c high, And to the earth be peace; Good-will henceforth from heaven to me, Begin, and never cease!" 8s, 7s, and 4. 73. Good Tidings of great Joy. 1 ANGELS! from the realms of glory, Wing your flight o er all the earth; Ye, who sang creation's story, Now proclaim Messiah's birth: Come and worship Worship Christ, the new-born King. 2. Shepherids! in the field abidinig, Watching o'er your flocks by night, God with man is now residing, Yonder shines the infant light Come and worship Worship Christ, the new-born King. j 296 HYMNS. 3 Sages! leave your contemplations Brighter visions beam afar; Seek the great Desire of nations; Ye have seen his natal star: Come and worship Worship Christ, the new-born King 4 Saints! before the altar bending, Watching long in hope and fear Suddenly the Lord, descending, In iiis temple shall appear: Come and worship Worship Christ, the new-born King. 5 Sinners! wrung with true repentance Doomed for guilt to endless pains, Justice now revokes the sentence, Mercy calls yoo —break your chains: Come and worship Worship Christ, the new-born King 11s and 10s. ~74. Star of the East. 1 BRIGIITEST and best of the sons of the morn ing! Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid Scar of the East!-thie 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 adore him, ill slumber reclining Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all. 3 Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion Odors of Edom, and offerings divine! Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean, Myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine! 4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation, Vainly with gohl], would his favor secure; Richer, by far, is the heart's adoration, Dearer to God, are the prayers of the poor. 6 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning 5 Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid Star of the east!-the horizon adorning Guide where our infant Redeemer is laidh C]lFtIST. C. M. 75'i7Te Izcar-7cation. 1 AWVAKE. awake the sacred song To our incarnate Lord! Let every heart, and every tongue Adore th' eternal Wor,. 2 That awftul Word, that sovereign Power. By whom the worlds were made, — Oh! hlappy morn-illistriotls hour - Was once il flesh arrayed. 3 Then shone almighty power and love, In all their gl(rious ons When Jesis left his throne albove, lo dwell with sinful worms. 4 To dwell with misery here )elow, The Saviour left the skies Anid sulnk to wretchedniess an( wo, That worthless man might rise. 5 Adoring angels tuned their songs, To hail the joyful day; With rapture, then, let human tongues Their tiateful homage pay. C. M. 76. nhe So ng of Anges. 1 ANGELS rejoiced and sweetly sung At our Redeemer's birth: Mortals! awake; let ever) tonigue Proclaim his matchless wortlh. 2 tGlory to God whlo dwells on higlh, And( sent his only So,n To take a servant's form, and die, For evils we hlad done! 3 Good-will to men:-ye fallen race! Arise anid shout for joy; He comes with rich. alboundiing grace To save, and not destroy. 4 Lord! send the gracious tidings forth, ,nd fill the world with light, That Jew and Gentile, through the earth, May know thy saving might. 2r, 298 H YMNS. 5 Ye poor' who tremble at the words Distressed, and helpless too, Oh' come and welcome to the Lord. For he was born for you. L. M. Th e Star of Beth7ehemn. 1 WIIEN. marshalled on the nighltly plaini The glittering hosts bestud the sky; One star alone, of all the train, Can fix the siiiner's wandering eye. 2 IIark! hark!-to God the chorus breaks, Fromn everv host, from every gem; But one alone the Saviour speaks, It is the Star of Bethlehem. 3 Once on the ragiiig seas I rode, The storm as loud, the night was 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 astar 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 Now 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! C. M. 78. Carist's Commission. 1 COMNIE, happy souls! approach your God, With new melodious songs; Come, render to almighty grace The tributes of your tongues. 2 So strange, so boundless wmas the Io, e, That pitied dying men, The Fathler sent his equal Son To give them life again. CHRIST. 5 Thy hands, dear Jesus! were not armed With a revenging rod; No hard commission to perform The vengeance of a God. 4 But all was mercy, all was mild, And wrath forsook the throne, When Christ, on the kind errand, came, And brought salvation down. 5 Here, sinners! you may heal your wound And wipe your sorrows dry; Trust in the mighty Saviour's name, And you shall never die. 6 See, dearest Lord! our willing souls Accept thine oflered grace; We bless the great Redeemer's love And give the Father praise. C. M. t9. Christ's Compassion to the;~i.k. 1 WITIH joy we meditate the grace Of our ftigh-Priest above; His heart is made of tenderness, IIis bowels melt with love. 2 Touched with a svmpathy within He knows our felele frame; Ile knows what sore temptations mea For he has felt the same. a But spotless, innocent, and pure, The great Redeemer stood; While Satan's fiery darts he bore, And did resist to blood. 4 Ile, in the days of feeble flesh, Poured out his cries and tears; And. in his measure, feels afresh What every member bears. 5 Then let our humble faith address IIis mercy and his power; We shall obtain delivering grae_ In the distressing hour. C. M. tO. God glorified in the Gospel. 1 THE Lord, descending from abo te Invites his children near; 2" While power. and truth, and boundless Io7e Display their glories here. 2 Hlere, ill thy gospel's wondrous frame, Fresh wisdomn we pursue; A thousand angels learn thy name, Beyondl whate'er they knew. 3 Thv nam is writ in fairest lines,'lthy wonders here we trace; Wisdom tlrough all the mystery shines, And shines in Jesus' face. 4 The law its best obedlience owes To our in crnate Gd; Andl thy revenging justice shows Its honors in his biood. 5 But still t he lustre ofthy -race Our warmer t ihoiffhts employs; Gills the whol e s cene with lrighter rays And more exalts our joys. L. TI. S 1. Peace and iope through Christ's Iintercessicn 1 HE lives-the g reat Redeemer lives! What joy the blest assuran ce gives! Andl io'v, before his Father-God, Pleads the full merits of his blood. 2 Pepeated crimes awia ke our fears And justice, armeld with frowens, appears: But, in the Saviour's lovely lace, Sweet rercy smiles -and all is peace. 3 In every dark, distressful hour, W.hen sin andl Satan join their plower, Let this dear hope repel the dart That Jesus bears us on his heart. 4 Great Advocate, almighty Friend! On thee our humble hopes depend Our cause canll never, never fail, For Jesus pleads, and must prevail, C. M 82. Praise to the Savifour. I OIl l! for a thousand tongues to sing My dear Redeemer's praise! 300 HYAI-RNIS. CHRIST. The glories of my God and Keng, The triumphs of his grace! X Mly gracious Master and my Gcd! Assist me to proclaim, To spread, through all the earth abroad, The honors of thy name. 3 Jesus-the name that calms my fears, That bids my sorrows cease 'T is music to my ravished ears; 'T is life, and health, and peace. I lie breaks the power of reigning sin, lie sets the pris'ner free; Ilis blood can make the foulest clean; His li)lood availed for mne. 5 Let us obey, we then shall know, Shall feel our sins forgiven; Anticipate our heaven below, And own, that love is heaven. L. M. 83. Isannaz to Christ. i WIIAT are those soul-reviving strains That echo thus iron Salem's plains' What anthejns loud, and louder st:'i. Swfeetly resound from Zion's hill? 2 Lo!'t is an infant choru s sins Ifosainna to the Kiig of kings: The Saviour comes, and babh,; proclaim Salvation, senit in Jesus' namie. 3 Nor these alonie their voice shall raise, IFor we,e vill join this song of praise: Still Isiael's children forward press To hail the Lord, their righteousne,s. 4 Procl rim hosannas loud and clear: See David'ls son and Lord appear! (?dory and praise on ea -th be given, llosainna in the highest aven. C. M. t I. Jesus, my T,u,st. I JESUS! I love thy charming name 'T is music to mine ear; 301 30~2 hYMNS. Fain would I sound it out so loud That earth and heaven should lea 2 Yes,-thou art precious to my soul, My joy, my hope, my trust; Jewels, to thee, are gaudy toys, And gold is sordid dust. 3 All my capacious powers can wish. In thee most richly meet; Nor to mine eyes is light so dear, Nor friendship half so sweet. 4 Thy grace still dwells upon my heart And sheds its tfragrance there; The healing balm of all its wounds, The cordial of its care. 5 I'll speak the honours of thy name, With my last lab'ring breath; Then, speechless, clasp thee in mine adz The antidote of death. C. M. 5o0. God reconciled in Christ. 1 DEAREST of all the names above, My Jesus and my God! Eho call resist thy heavenly love, Or trifle with thy blood X 2'T is by the merits of thy death, The Father smiles again; 'T is by thine interceding breath, The Spirit dwells with men. 3 Till God in human flesh I see, My thoughts no comfort find The holy, just, and sacred Three, Are terrors to my mind. 4 But, if Immanuel's face appear, My hope, my joy I,gins; His namne forbids rr y slavish fear, His grace remo, es my sins. 5 While Jews on their own law rely, And Greeks of wisdom boaut; love th' incarnate mystery, And there I fix my trust. CIRRIST. C. P. M. 6. The Excellency of Christ. 1 OH! could I speak the matchless worth, Oh! could I sotund the glories forth, WVhich in my Saviour shline; I'd soar and touch the heavenly strings An(l vie with Gabriel while hie sings, In notes almost divine. 2 I'd sing the characters he bears, And all the forms of love he wears, Exalted on his throne; In loftiest songs of sweetest praise, I would, to everlasting days, Make all his glories known. 3 Soon the delightful day will come, When my dear Lord will bring me home, And I shall see his face; Then. with my Saviour, brother, friend. A blest eternity I'11 spend Triumphant in his grace. C. M. i7. Christ, the living Fountain. I TIIERE is a fountain filled with blood, l)rawn from Immanuel's veins; And sinners, plunged beneath that Dood, Lose all their guilty stains. 2 The dying thief rejoiced to see That fountain in his day; And there may 1, though vile as he, Wash all my sins away. 8 Dear dying Lamb! thy precious blood Shall never lose its power, Till all the ransomed church of God Be saved, to sin no more. 4 E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be, till I die. 5 Then in a nobler, sweeter song, I'll silg thy power to save, When this poor lisping, stammering tongue I.ies silent in the grave. 303 304 [IYHMNS C. M. ,S Rin q IRighteousness. I RISE, glorious S,un! supremely tright, Diffuse thy rays abroad; Scatter the shades of gloomny night, And show the heavenly road. 2 With healina in thy wings, arise On this dark soul of mine; Oh! pour thy glories from tile skies, And give me lilfe divine. 3 Tlhough thiirns andl bhiers, pits and snares, Beset the patht I go One ray of thine dispels my fears, And guides me safely througih. S. M. 89. Christ, sufferingfor our Si-s I LIKE sheep we w ent astray, And b)roke the foll of God Each wantlerin ill a different way, But all the downward road. 2 Hlow dreadful was the hour, When God onir wanderings laid, And did at once his vengealnce p(,our Upon the shlephlierd('s head! 3 lIovw glorious was the grace, When Christ sustaiiied the stroke I His lilfe anld blood the shepherd pays, A ransom ibr the flock. 4 But God shall raise his head, O'er all the sons of metn, And make him see a numerous seed To recompense his pailn. 5 " I'11 give him," saith the Lord, "A portion with the strong; ie shall possess a large reward, And hold his honors long." L. M. 90. The Teaching qf Jesus. 1 HOW sweetly flowed the gospel's sound From lips of gentleness and grace, CHRIST. rhile listening thousands gathered round, And joy and reverence filled the pace 1 !2 Fronm heaven hlie came, of heaven he spoke To heaven he led his foll'wers' way; D.qrk clouds of gloomy night he broke, Unveiling an immortal day. 3 Conie, wanderers! to my Father's homne, Comne, all ye weary ones! -and rest; Yes,. sacred Teacher! we wvill come, Oi)ey, and lI)be bfor ever blest. 4 Decay, then, tenements of dust! Pillars of earthly pride! decay; A nobler mansion waits the just, .nd Jeus has prepared the way. S. M. 91. Preserving Gruce. I To God, the only-wise, Our Saviour and our King, Let all the saints, below the skies, Their liuminble piaises bring. 2'T is hIis almighty love, tlls coiup-el ad: his care Preserves us safe from sin andl death, Anl every Irtful sare. $ He will present our souls, Uiiileinished anld complete, Betore the lorv of his face, \Vithl joys dilivinely great. 4 Then all the choseii seed Shall mneet around the throne; Shall luess the conduct of his grace, And make his wonders kinown. 5 To our Redleemier-~.od, Wisdlomn, with power, l)elungs: Ininmortal crovns of majesty, Atid everlasting songs. L. M. ~~)2. L ove of Christ. 1 1 WAS a traitor doomedl to die, BlIundl to endure eternal pain; 20 When Jesus saw me from on high, Was moved by love, and broke my chins 2 Did melting pity stoop so low, The Lord from heaven pour out his blood, To save our rebel-race from wo, And be our advocate with God' 3 Infinite mercy! boundless love! Stand in amaze, ye rolling skies! The Son of God, his grace to prove, Hangs on a tree, and groans, and dies! ( ~ ~~~~~~~ S.NT. 93. 77ie Light of the EVorld. I HIOW heavy is the night That hangs upon our eyes, Till Christ, with his reviving light, Over our souls arise! 2 Our guilty spirits dread To meet the wrath of heaven: But in his righteousness arrayed, We s ee o.r siIIs forgiven. 3 Unholy and impure Are all our thioughts and ways; IIis handls infected nature cure, With sanctifyin grace. 4 The pow ers of hell agree To hold our souls in vain: lie sets the sons of bondage free, And breaks the cursed chain. 5 Lord! we adore thy ways To bring us near to God; Thy sovereign power, thy healing gram And thine atoning blood. 78;. 94. S un of Righiteousness. 1 CIIRISl, whose glory fills the skies, Christ. the true, the only light, Sun of Rilghteousness! arise, Triumph o'er the shades of nignt: Day-spring from on high! be near, Day-star! in my heart appear. 306 Ns, CHRIST. 2 Dank an] cheerless is the morn, If thy light is hid from me; Joyless is the day's return, Till thy me-cy's beams I see; Till they inward light impart, Peace and gladness to my heart. 3, Visit, then, th.s soul of mine, Pierce the gloom of sin and grief; Fill me. Radiancy divine! Scatter all my unbelief: More and more thyself display, Shining to the perfect day. C. M. 9. Praise to the Redeemer. I PLUNGED in a gulf of dark despair, WVe wretched sinners lay, WVithout one cheerful beam of hope. Or spark of glimmering day. 2 With pitying eyes the Prince of grace Beheld our helpless grief; lie saw, and-Oh! amazing love! He ran to our relief 3 Down from the shining seats above, With joyful haste he fled, Entered the grave in mortal flesh, And dwelt among the dead. 4 Oh! for this love let rocks and hills Their lasting silence break; And all harmonious human tongues The Saviour's praises speak. 6 Angels! assist our mighty jovs; Strike all your harps of gold, But when you raise your highest notef, IHis love can ne'er be told. C.M. 96 Pearl,f great Price. I YE glittering toys of earth! adieu; A nobler choice be mine; A real prize attracts my view, A treasure all di vine. 3m 308 INHYMNS. 2 Be,one, unworthy of my cares, Ye flattering baits of sense'. Inestimable worth appears, The pearl of price immense. 3 Should both the Illdies, at my call, Their boasted stores resign, With joy I would renounce them alL For leave to call thee mine. 4 Should earth's vain treasures all depa;% Of this dear gift possessed, , u clasp it to my joyful heart, And be for ever blessedl. 5 Dear Sovereign of my soul's desires i Thy love is bliss divine; Accept the praise that grace inspires, Since I can call thee mine. C. M. 97. Chlrist, our Support in Death I JESUS! the vision of thy face Ilathli overpowering charms: Scarce shall I feel death's cold embrace, While in the Saviour's arms. And while ye hear my heart-strings break, How sweet the minutes roll! A mortal paleness on my cheek, And glory in my soul. L. M. 98. Christ, our TVisdom and our Ri,ghteous 1BURIED in shadows of the night, We lie, till Christ restores the light; Wisdom descends to heal the blind, And chase the darkness of the mind. 2 Our guilty souls are drowned in tears, Till his atoning blood appears; Then we awake from deep distress, And sing the Lord, our righteousness 3 Jesus beholds where Satan reigns, Binding his slaves in heavy chairs: He sets the pris'ners free, and breaks The iron bondage from our necks. CHRISI. 4 Poor helpless worms in thee possess Grace, wisdom, power, and righteousness: Thou art our mighty All-and we Give our whole selves, O Lord! to thee. S. M. 99. A,Tl 77,itgs in Christ. 1 TTIOU very-present Aid It suffering and distress! The mind, which still on thee is stayed, Is kept in perfect peace. 2 The soul, by faith reclined On the Redeemer's breast, Mid raging storms, exults to find An everlasting rest. 3 Sorrow and fear are gone, Whene'er thy face appears; It stills the sighing orphan's moan, And dries the widow's tears. 4 It hallows every cross, It sweet!y comforts rme; It makes me now forget my loss, And lose myself in thee. 5 Jesus, to whom I fly, Will all niv wishes fill; What though created streams are dry? I have the fountain stil. 6 Stripped of my earthly friends, I find them all in one: And peace, and joy which never ends, Andl heaven, ill Christ, begun. L. M. 00(. Te Merrcy of God in Christ. 1 NOT to condemn the sons of men, Did Christ, the Son of God, appear; No weapons in his hands are seen, No flaming sword, nor thunder there. 2 Such was the pity of our God, He loved the race of man so well, He sent his Soni, to hear our load Of sins, and save our souls from hell. 309 310 HYMNS. 3 Sinners! believe the Saviour's word Trust in his mighty snaine and live; A thousand joys his lips afford His hands a thousand blessings give. L. M. 101. Loeof Christ in theHeart. 1 COME, dearest Lord! descend and iwell, By faith and love in.every breast; Then shall we know, and taste, and feel, The joys that cannot be expressed. 2 Come, fill our hearts with inward strength - Make our enlarged souls possess, And learn the heiglith, and breadth, and length; Of thine eternal love and grace. 3 Now to the God whose power can do More than our thoughts and wishes know, Be everlasting honors done By all the church, through Christ the Son. S. IN. 102. Vital Unioln to Christ. I DEAR Saviour! we are thine By everlasting bonds; Our names, our hearts, we would resig*; Our hearts are in thy hands. 2 To thee we still would cleave. With ever-growing zeal; If millions tempt is Christ to leave, Ol! let them iie'er prevail. 3 Thy Spirit shall unite Our souls to thee, our head; Shall form us to thine image bright That we thy paths may tread. 4 Death may our souls divide From these abodes of clay lBut love shall keep us near thy side Through all the gloomy way. 5 Since Christ and we are one, Why should we doubt and fear I If he in heaven hath fixed his throne, lie'11 fix his members there. CHRIST. C. M 103. God's Loe Mn Chri,st. I TIHE Saviour!-Oh! what endless charme Dwell in the blissful sound! Its influence every Iear disarms, And spreads sweet peace around. 2 Here pardon, life, and joys divine, In rich effusion flow, For guilty rebels lost in sin, AnLd doomed to endless wo. 3 Oh! the rich depths of love divine, Of bliss a boundless store! Dear Saviour! let me call thee mine; I cannot wish for more. 4 On thee alone my hope relies, Beneath thy cross I fall; My Lordl, my life, my sacrifice, My Saviour. and my all! II M. 104. AIissiois of Christ. 1 COME, every pious heart, That loves the Saviour's name! Your noblest powers exert To celebrate his fame; Tell all above, and all below, The debt of lov e to him you owe. 2 lie left his starry crown, Andl laid his robes aside; On wings of love, came down, And wep)t, and bled, and died: WVhat he endiured Ino tongue can tel, To save our souls from death and hell 3 From the dark grave hlie rose, The mansion of the dead; Atnd thenice his mighty foes In glorious triumph led Up through the sky the conqueror rode, And reignis on high, the Saviour-God. I From thence he'11 quickly come, HIis chariot will not stay, 311 312 HYMNS. And bear our spirits home To realms of endless day: There shall we see his lovely face, And ever be in his embrace. C. M. 105. King of Saints. I COME, ye that love the Saviour's name, And joy to make it known! The sovereign of your hearts proclaim, And bow before the throne. 2 Behold your King, your Saviour, crowns With glories all-divine; And tell the wondering nations round, How bright these glories shine. 3 Infinite power and boundless grace, In him unite their rays; Ye that have e'er beheld his face! Can ye forbear his praise. 4 When in his earthly courts we view The beauties of our Kilg, We long to love as angels do, And wish like them to sing. 5 And shall wve long and wish in vain 7 Lord! teach our songs to rise; Thy love can animate the strain, And bid it reach the skies. C. M. 106. A psew Song to the Lamb. I BEIIOLD the glories of the Lamb Amidst his Father's throne! Prepare new honors for his name And songs, before unknovwn 2 Let elders worship at his feet, The church adore around; With vials full of odors sweet, And harps of sweeter sound. 3 Those are the prayers of all the saints, And these the hymns they raise: Jesus is kind to our complaints, He loves to hear our praise. 4 Now to the Lamb, that once wvas srlain, Be endless blessings paid Salvation, glory, joy remain For ever, oil thy head. 6 Thou hast redeemed our souls with blood, Itast set the pris'ners free, Mast made tis kings and priests to God, And we shall rtizn with thee. C. AT. 1 07. Asking thle P, esence of Ch?ist. 1 COME, thou desire of all thy saints! Our humble straiis attend, While, with otir praises ad complaints, Low at thy feet we bend. 2 How should our songs, like those above, With warm devotion rise! Ilow shouhl our souls, o wviligs of love, Mount upward to the skies! 3 Cotne, Lord! thy love alone can raise In us the heavenly flame; Then shall our lips resound thy praise, Our hearts adore thy nanie. 4 Dear Saviour! let thy glory shline, And fill thy dwellings here, Till life, and love, and joy divine A heaven on earth appear. 5 Then shall our hearts enraptured say, — Come, great Redeener! comne, And bling the briarht, the gori(ous day, That calls thy chilldre,n home. L, M. l 08. Dininity of Cehrist p?-oved by his,li]ractle 1 BEHOLD t the blind their sight receive; Behold! the dead awake and live; The dumb speak wonders-atid the lame Leap, like thie hart, and bless his name. 2 Thus doth th' eternal Spirit own And seal the mission of the Son; The Father vindicates his cause, While he hiangs bleeding on the cdoss 313 CIIRISI'. 314 IIYMINS. 3 lie dies-the heavens in murning stood! Ile rises, and appears a *od; Behold the Lord ascending, hig,h, No more to bleedl-no more to diet 4 Hence, andl for ever from my heart I bid my doubts and fears depart; And to those hanlds my soul resign, Which bear credentials so divine. L. IY. 109. Christ, our i,ihteoesn.ess I JESUT! thy robe of ri-hteousness My leauty is. —y glorious Iress: Miid u lamin worl~ls, ill this arrayed With joy shall I lift up my head. 2WN'hen. from the dust of deatlh, I rise l'o (laim mv nan sion in the skies E'e then sll t hi be all my plea, " Jesus hath lived and died lbfor me." 3 This spotless rol)e the samne appears, When ruiiedl nature si tks in years; No age can cha,ge its gloiiois hue; The robe of Christ is ever new. 4Oh! let the dead now hear thy voice; Now [id thy banished ones rejoice; Their beauty this-their glorious dress, Jesus. the Lord, our righteousness. L. M'. 110. 77, exaple of Christ. 1 MY dear Redleemer, and my Lord! I read my duty in thy word, But in thy life the law apl)ears, Drawn out in livig characters. 2 Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal, Such defIereice to thy Father's will, Such -)ve a i ndeekness so ilivine, I wuldl transcribe and make them min 3 Cold mountains, and the nidnight-air, Witnessed the fervor of thy praer; The desert thy temptatiolns knew, Thy conilict, and thy vict'ry too. CHRIST. 4 l3e thou my pattern;-make me bear More of thy gracious image here; Then G,ud, the judge, shall ownl my name Aniong the foll'wers of the Lanib. 6s and 4s. 11. Worthy the Lanmb. 1 GLORY to God on high! Let heaven andl earth reply — Praise ye his name!" I}is love and grace adore Who all our sorrows bore. And singf fbr evermore i Worthy the Lamb!" 2 Ye who surround the throne Cheerfully join in one, Praising his name: Ye who have felt his blood Sealing your peace with Goc! Sound his dear name abroad. " Worthy the Lamb!" 3 Join, all ye ransomed race! Our ILord and God to bless; Praise ye his name: It1 hi.m Ae will rejoice, And make a joyful noise. Shouting with heart and'voice "Worthy the Lamb!" 4 So)n must we change our place, Yet will we never cease Prai-siig his name: To him our songs we'1 bring, Hail him our g racious King. Andl through all ages sin-* "Worthy the Lamb!;' C. M. 1 3 2. Praisef rom Saints and Angels. 1 COME, let us join our chlieerfu I songs, Writh angels round the throie; T'en tho thous thousand a ththeir tonsgies, But all their joys are one. '2 " Worthy the Lamb that died,' hey cry, 'To be exalted thus!" 315 S i IHYMNS. "Worthy the Lamb," our lips reiy, "For lie was slain for us!' 3 Jesus is worthy to receive Honor and power divine; And blessings, more than we can giv, Be, Lord! for ever thine. 4 Let all who dwell above the sky, And air, and earth, and seas, Conspire to lift thy glories high, And stieak thine endless praise. 5 TIhe whole creation join in one, To lless the sacred name Of him who sits uponit the throne, And to adore the Lamb. L. M. 1 13. Blessing and hIonor to lie Lam,tb. 1 WhIAT equial honors shall we bring To thee, O Lord, our God, the Lamb ohen all th e notes that angels sing Are far inferior to thy name 2 Worthy is lie who once was slain, The Prince of peace, who aroained and die(, Worthy to rise, and live, and reign, At his almighty Fathier's sile. 5 Ionor immortal must be paid, lnstead of scandal and of scorn; While glory shines around his head. And a bright crown without a thorn. 4 Blessings for ever on the Lamb, Who bore the curse for wretched men' Let angels sound his sacred name, And every creature say,-Amen. C. M. 114. Love to Christ desired. 1 TIIOU lovely source of true delight, Whom I unseen adore! Unveil thy beauties to my sight, That I may love thee more. 2 Thy glory o'er creation shines; But in thy sacred word, CHRIST. I reftd, in fairer, brighter lines, My bleeding. dying, Lord. 3'Tis here, whene'er my comforts droop, And sin and sorrow rise, Thy love, with cheering beams ofhope, Mly fainting heart supplies. 4 But ah! too soon the pleasing scene Is cloi deal o'er with pain; My gloomny fears rise dark between, Anld I again complain. b.Jcsus, mny Lord, my life, mylight! Oh! come with blissful ray; Break radiant tlihrough the shades of nighlt, And chase my fears away. 6 Then shall my soul with rapture trace The wonlaers of thy love: But the full glories ol thy lace Are only known above. L. M. t 1 ). C(irist, our High Priest and King. I NOW to the Lord, who makes us knew The wonders of his dying love, Be hunimble honors paid below, And strains of nobler praise above. e'T was he that cleansed our foulest sins, And washedl us in his richest blood; 'T is he that makes us priests and kings, And brings us relbels near to God. 3 To Jesus, our atoning priest, To Jesus, our superior king, Be everlasting power confessed, Anil every tongue his glory sing. I Behold! on flying clouds he comes, And every eye shall see him move 'hough with our sins we pierced him once, Then he displays his pard'ning love. 5 Ihe unbelieving world shall wail, While we reoice to see the (lay: Come, Lord nor let thy promise fleA, 'or let thy chariot ltone delay. 317 l~O>tnl-f,1 I1'(I1! I[ v l/(Xe.?li~ill sever Those wom l o t lale tllille own - ,Taplvy oltle ts (o t 1,4 e, Desti ne d to I Ieh{,.! thy!ifce. 4 SuvilmrI lste,,~ tine ii ieuring; Brini —O! bril~s the glorio s (lay, Whell t he t w'l s,w' o. s t e,ring, le ae n a earil si all las away Then, with a(,]te,n hlrps. we'11 siN e, "'Glory, gloi y to our King.:' 1 1g. Pru S ai(I 7s. 1. P,,as', to G(,(l, t/h S,vio,,r. 1 MIGIHTY God! while angels bless theq May a mortal lisp thy name? Lord of men, as well as angels! Thou art every creature's theme: Lord of every la and nation! Ancient of eternal days! Sounded through the wvide creation, Be thy just and lawful praise. 2 For the grandeur ofthy nature, Grand beyond a serapo's thought For the wonders of creation Works with skill and kin(iness wrought2; For thy providence, that governs Through thliie empires wide domain. CIIRIST. Wmgs all angel, guides a sparrow; Blessed be thy gentle reign. 3 For thy rich, thy free redemption, Bright, though veiled in darkness long. Thought is poor, and poor expression; Who can sing that wondrous song 1 Brightness of the Father's glory! Shall thy praise unuttered lie 7 Break, my tongue! such guilty silence, Sing the Lord who came to die:4 From the highest throne of glory, To the cross of deepest wo, Came to ransom guilty captives! Flow, my praise! for ever flow: Re-ascend, immortal Saviour! I,eave thy footstool, take tny throne; Thence return and reign for ever; Be the kingdom all thine own! S. M. 18. foses and C,rist. i TIIE liw by Mloses came; But peace and truth and love Were brought by Christ, a nobler name Descending from above. 2 Amidst the house of God, Their dfferent works were done; Moses a faithful servant stood. But Christ a faithful Son. Then to his new commands Be stric obedience paid; O'er all his Father's house he stanz(a The sovereign and the hear 4 The man, who durst despise The law that Moses brought Behold! how terribly he dies For his presumptuous fault. b But sorer vengeance falls On that rebellious race, Viho hate to hear when Jesus cat And dare resist his grace. 319 3!~20 HYMNS, C. M. 119. Various Success of the GospeL 1 CHRIST and his cross is all our thieme; The mysteries that we speak Are scandal in the Jews' esteem, And folly to the Greek. 2 But souls. enlightened from above With joy receive the word They see what wisdom, power, alid -,UT Shine in their dying Lord. 3 The ital savor of his name Restores their fainting breath; But unbelief perverts the same To guilt. despair, and detth. 4 Till C.od diffse his graces down, Like showers of heavenly rain, In vain Apollos sows the ground, Atnd Paul may plant in vain. 8s adl 7s. 120. 7The Light of the World. I I,IGIIT of those whose dreary dwelling Borders on the shades of death! Come aind, by thy love revealing, Dissipate the clouds beneath: The new heaven and earth's Creat(,, In or eepest darkness rise, Scattering all the night of nature, Pouring eye-sight on our eyes. 2 Still we wait for thine appearing; Life and joy thv beams inipart, Chasing all our fears, and cl-heering Every poor benighted heart: Come, and manifest thy favor To the ransomed, helpless race; Come, thou glorioius God and Savioulit Come, and bring the gospel-grace. 3 Save us, in thy great compassion, O thou mild, pacific Prince! Give the knowledge of salvation, Give the pardlon of our sins; By thine all-sufficient merit, Every b'urdeied soul release; CHRIST. every weary, wandering spirit, Guide into thy perfect peace. H. M. 121. Christ, our Kin. 1 REJOICE! the Lord is King! Your God and King adore; Mortals! give thanks, and sing, And triumph evermore: I,ift up the heart,-lift up the voice, Rejoice aloud, ye saints! rejoice. 2 ifis kingdom cannot fail; lie rules o'er earth and heaved The keys of death and hell Are to our Jesus given: Lift up the heart,-lift up the voice, Rejoice aloud, ye saints! rejoice. 3 He all his foes shall quell, Shall all our sins destroy, And every bosom swell With pure seraphic joy: Lift up the heart,-lift up the voice, Rejoice aloud, ye saints! rejoice. 4 Rejoice in glorious hope; Jesus, the judge, shall come, And take his servants up To their eternal home: We soon shall hear th' archangel's voice The trump of God shall sound,-Rejoice. L. M. 122. God, the Son, equa, wits the F'ther. I BRIGHT King of glory, dreadful God! Our spirits bow before thy seat; To thee we lift an humble thought, And worship at thine awfil feet. 2 A thousand seraphs, strong and bright, Stand round the glorious Deity; But who, among the sons of light, Pretends comparison with thee I t Yet on i'here is, of human frame Jesus u, lra yed in flesh and blood, 21 3aJn 322 HYMNS. Thinks it no robbery to claim A full equality with God. 4 Their glory shines with equal beams, Their essence is for ever one: Though they are known by different Amp The Father-God, and Gods the Son. 5 Then let the name of Christ, our kin, With equal honors be adored; His praise let every angel sing, And all the nations own him Lord. 12s. 123. 7e Voice of free Grace. I THE voice of free grace cries-'" Escape to the mountain!" For Adam's lost race, Christ hath opened a fountainu For sin and uncleanness, and every transgressionl, Ilis blood flows most freely, in streams of salvation. CHORUS. Hallelujah to the Laimb! he hath purchased our pardon, We'11l praise him again, when we pass over Jordan. 2 Ye souls that are wounded! Oh! flne to the Saviour; He calls you in mnercy,-'t is infinite favor,Your sins are increasing,-escape to the mountain,Itis blood canremove them, itflows from the fountain 3 OJesus! ride onward, triumphantly glorious, O'er sin, death and hell, thou art more thanr victorious, Thy name is the theme of the great congregatlon, While angels and saints raise the shout of salvation. 4 With joy shall we stand,when escaped to the shore, With harps in our hands, we'll praise him the more We'll range the sweet plains on the bank of the river, And sing of salvation for ever and ever! C. M. 124. Christ Precious. 1 HIOW sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his feat. e It makes the wounded spirit whole, And calms the troubled breast; 'T is manna to the hungry soul, And, to the weary, rest. 3 Jesus!-my shepherd, husband, friend, AMy prophet, priest, and king, My Lord, my life, my way, my end. — Accept the praise I bring. 4 Weak i3 the effort of my heart, And cold my warmest thought; But, when I see thee as thou art, I'll praise thee as I ought. 6 Till then, I would thy love proclaim, With every fleeting breath; And may the music of thy name Refresh my soul in death. _2.~. L5L. M. 12.5. Lif in Christ. I W,HEN sins and fears prevailing, ri-,. And fainting hope almnost expires, Jesus! to thee I lift mine eyes, To thee I b)reath'e my soul's desires 2 If my immortal Saviour lives, Then my iimmnortal life is sure; His word a firm foundation gives; Ifere let mne build, and rest secure. 3 Here let my faith unshaken dwell, For ever firm the promise stands Not all the powers of earth and hell Can e'er dissolve the sacred bando, 4 Itere, 0 ioy soul! thy trust repose; If Jesus is for ever mine, Not death itself-that last of foes Shall lreak a union so divine. L. M. l 2G. Communion with Christ. I OI! that I could for ever dwell, Deliahted at the Saviour's fee,, Behold the form I love so well, Anid all his tender w.ords re!at: — CHRIS'R. 3W V324 A ItHiNS. 2 The world shut out from all my soul, And heaven brought il with all its bliss: Oh! is there aught, from pole to pole, One moment, to compare with this X 3 This is the hidden life I prize, — A life of penitential love; When most my follies I despise, And raise my highest thoughts above: 4 When all I am, I clearly see, And freely own, with deepest shame; When the Redeemer's love to me Kindles within a deathless flame. 5 Thus would I live, till nature fail, And all my former sins forsake; Then rise to God, within the veil, And of eternal joys partake. L. M. 127. crit, the supreme God and King I AROUND the Saviour's lofty throne, Ten thousand times ten thousand sing; They worship him as God alone. And crown him-everlasting King. 2 Approach, ye saints! this God is yours, 'T is Jesus, fills the throne above: Ye cannot want, while God endures; Ye cannot fail, while God is love. 3 Jesus, thou everlasting King! To thee the praise of heaven belongs; Yet, smile on us who fain would bring The tribute of our humble songs. 4 Though sin defile our worship here, We hope ere-long thy face to view; And when our souls in heaven appear We'11 praise thy name as angels do 7s. 128. Jesus theRefuge I JESUS, lover of my soul! Let me to thy bosom fly, While the billows near me roll, While the tempest still is high; CHRIST. Hide me, O my Saviour! hide. Til the storm of life be past Safe into the haven guide; Oh! receive my soul at last. 2 Other refuge have I none. HIangs 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 help friom thee I bring; Cover my defenceless head, With the shadow of thy wing. 3 Plenteous grace with thee is found, Grace to pardon all my sins; Let the healing streams abound, Make and keep me pure within, Thou of life the fountain art, Freely let me take of thee; Spring thou up within my heart, Rise to all eternity. L. M. 129. Christ, the only Refuge. I TIIOU only Sovereign of my heart, My refuge, my almighty friend! And can my soil from thee depart, On whom alone my hopes depend 2 Whither, ah! whither shall I go, A wretched wanderer from my Lord I Can this dark world of sin and wo One glimpse of happiness afford I 3 Eternal life thy words impart, On these my fainting spirit lives; Hlere sweeter comforts cheer my heart, Than all the round that nature gives. 4 Let earth's alluring joys combine; While thou art near, in vain they call, One smile-one blissful smile of thine, My dearest Lord! outweighs them al 5 Low at thy feet my soul would lie, Here safety dwells and peace divine; 325 Still let me live beneath thine eyte, For life-eternal life-is thine. C. M. 130. Jesus, seenof Angels. I BEYOND the glittering, starry skies, Far as th' eternal hills, There, in the boundless worlds of light, Our dear Redeemer dwells. 2 Legions of angels round his throne, In countless armies shine; And swell his praise with golden harps, Attuned to songs divine. 3 "Hail, glorious Prince of peace!" they crv, "Whose unexampled love Mloved thee to quit these glorious realms, And royalties above." 4 Through all his travels here below, They did his steps attend; Oft wondering how, or where, at last, The mystic scene would end b They saw his heart transfixed with wounde And viewed the crimson gore; They saw him break the bars of death, Whiich none e'er broke before. 6 They brought his chariot from above. To bear him to his throne; Clap)ped their triumphant wings, and cried, "The glorious work is done!" 7s and 6s. 131P praise to the Saviour 1 TO thee, my God and Saviour! My heart exulting sings, Reioicing in thy favor, Almighty King of kings! I'll celebrate thy glory, With all thy saints above, And tell the joyful story Of thy redeeming love. 2 Soon as the morn, with roses, Bedecks the dewy east, 326 Hl'iliNS CHRIST. And when the sun reposes Upon the ocean's breast; My voice, ill supplication, Well-pleased the Lord shall hear; Oh! grant me thy salvation, And to my soul draw near. a By thee, through life supported, I'll pass the dangerous road. With heavenly hosts escorted, Up to thy bright abode; Then cast my crown before thee, And, all my conflicts o'er, tUnceasingly adore thee: What could an angel more I L. M. 132. Glory and Grace in Chrzst. 1 NOW to the Lord a noble song! Awake, my soul! awake, my tongue! Itosanna to th' eternal name, And all his boundless love proclaim. 2 See where it shines in Jesus' face, The brightest image of his grace! God, in the person of his Son, Has all his mightiest works outdone. 3 Grace!-'tis a sweet, a charming theme; My thoughts rejoice at Jesus' name Ye angels! dwell upon the sound; Ye heavens! reflect it to the grounid. 4 Oh! may I reach that bf.ppy place Where he unveils his lovely face; Where all his beauties you behold And sing his name t, harps of gold. L. M. 133. The Presence of the Saviour. 1 LORD! what a heaven of saving grace Shines through the beauties of thy face. And lights our passions to a flame! Lord!-how we love thy charming name. 2 When I can say,-my God is mine, When I can feel thy glories shine. 328 IIYMNS I tread the world beneath my feet, And all that earth calls good or great. 3While such a scene of sacred joys Our raptured eyes and souls employs, Here we could sit and gaze away A long, and everlasting day. 4 Well, we shall quickly pass the night, To the fair coasts of perfect light; Then shall our joyful senses rove O'er the dear object of our love. 5 Send comforts down from thy right hand, While we pass through this barren land. And in thy temple let us see A glimpse of love, a glimpse of thee. C. M. 134. chrst, our Example. I BEHOLD! where, in a mortal form, Appears each grace divine: The virtues all in Jesus met, With mildest radiance shine. 2 To spread the rays of heavenly light, To give the mourner joy, To preach glad tidings to the poor. Was his divine employ. 3 Mid keen reproach and cruel scorn, He, meek and patient, stood; His foes, ungrateful, sought his life, Who labored for their good. 4 When, in the hour of deep distress, Before his Father's throne With soul resigned, he bowed, and said "Thy will, not mine, be done!" 5 Be Christ our pattern, and our guide, His image may we bear; Oh! may we tread his holy steps, His joy and glory share. 135 ~~~C.MH. 135. Tu Gieroy of c'ist in Hearem I OH! the delights, the heavenly joy&, The g aries of the place, Where Jesus sheds the brightest beams Of his o'erflowing grace! Sweet majesty and awful love Sit smiling on his brow; And all the glorious ranks above, At humble distance bow. 3 Archangelssound his lofty praise, Through every heavenly street: And lay their heavenly honors down, Submissive, at his feet. 4 Th. s is the man, th' exalted man, Whom we, unseen, adore; But when our eyes behold his face, Our hearts shall love him nmore. 5 Lord! how our souls are all on fire, To see thy blest abode; Our tongues rejoice in tunes of praise To our incarnate God if, M. 136. Prophet, Priest, and Kitg. I JOIN all the glorious narmes Of wisdom, love, and power, That ever mortals knew, That angels ever bore: All are too mean to speak his worth. Too mean to set my Saviour forth. 2 Great prophet of our God! Our tongues would bless thy name; By thee the joyful news Of our salvation came; The joyful news of sins forgiven, Of hell subdued, and peace with heareL 3 Jesus, our great High-Priest, lath shed his blood and died; My guilty conscience needs No sacrifice beside: His precious blood did once atone; Mid now it pleads before the throne. 4 0 thou almighty Lord,' Our conqueror and our King! CJJ-RIST. 3z 33'0 HYMNS. Thy sceptre and thy sword, Thy reigning grace we sing. Thine is the power; Oh! make us sit, In willing bonds, beneath thy feet L. M. 1 37. Lovii?.g-lf.'7Kdness. 1 AWAKE, my soul! in joyful lays, And sing thy great Redeemer's prae i He justly claims a song from me; Ilis loving-kindness,-Oh! how free! 2 He saw me ruined by the fall, Yet loved nme notwithstanding all; Hle saved me from my lost estate; Ifis loving-kindness,-Oh! how great l 3 When trouble, like a gloomy clcud, Has gathered thick and thundered loud Ite near mv soul has always stood - IIis loving-kindness,-Oh! how good 4 Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale Soon all my mortal powers shall fail, Oh! may my last expiring breath IIis loviing.kindness sing in death. 5 Then let me mount, and soar away To the bright world of endless day; And sing, with rapture and surprise, Ilis loving-kindness ill the skies. S. M. 138. Christ, our Sacrifice. I NOT all the blood of beasts, On Jewish altars slain, Could give the guilty conscience peace, Or wash away the stain. 2 But Christ, the heavenly Lamb, Takes all our sins away; A sacrifice of nobler nane, And richer blood than they. 8 My faith would lay her hand On that dear head of thine While, like a penitent, I stand &nd there confess my sin. 4 My soul looks back to see The burdens thou didst bear, When hanging on tih' accursed tree, And hopes her guilt was there. 5 Believing, we rejoice To see-the curse remove; We bless the Lamb), with cheerful voice. And sing his bleeding love. 8s. 139. The Sogs of Heaven. 1 VE angels! whn stand round the thirone, And view my Immanuel's face, In rapturous songs make him known, Tune-tune your soft harps to his praise: IIe formed you the spirits you are, So happy, so noble, so good; When others sunk down in despair, Confirmed by his power, ye stood. 2 Ve saints! who stand nearer than they, And cast your bright crowns at his feet, flis grace and his glory display, And all his rich mercies repeat: He snatched you from hell and the grave, tie ransomed from death and despair: For you he was mighty to save, Almighty to bring you safe there. 3 Oh! when will the moment appear, When I shall unite ill your song I 1'mr. weary of lingering here. And I to your Saviolur belonlg: 'm fettered, and chained here in clay, I struggle and pant to be free; I long to be soaring away, My God and my Saviour to see. 4 I long to putll on may attire, Washed white in the blood of the Lamb; I long to be one of your choir, And tune my sweet harp to his name I long-(}h!I long to be there, Where sorrow and sin bid adieu, Your joy and your friendship to share, To wonder, and worship with you. CHRIST. 331 332 IIYMNS. HI.M. 140. The Namne of Christ a sweet S,o. 1 PRAISE to the Lord on high, Who spreads his triumphs wide! While Jesus' fragrant name Is breathed on every side; Balmy and rich the odors rise, And fill the earth, and reach the skiel 2 Ten thousand dying souls Its influence feel-and live; Sweeter than vital air The incense they receive: They breathe anew, and rise and sing Jesus. the Lord, their conquering King. 3 But they, who scorn the grace That brings salvation nigh, And turn away their face, Must faint, and fall, and die: So sad a doom, ye saints! deplore, For Oh! they fall to rise no more. L. M. 14 1. Christ present with his People. 1 IIOW sweet to leave the world awhile, And seek the presence of our Lord! Dear Saviour! on thy people smile, And come according to thy word. 2 From busy scenes we now retreat, That we may here converse with thee: Ah! Lord! behold us at thy feet; Let this the "gate of heaven" be. 3 "Chief of ten thousand!" now appear, That we by faith may see thy face: Oh! speak, that we thy voice may hamr, And let thy presence fill this place. C. M. t42. Excellency of Christ. 1 INFINITE loveliness is thine, Thou glorious Prince of grace I Thine uncreated beauties shine, With never-fading rays. 2 Sinners, from earth's remotest end Come bending at thy feet. CHRIST. To thee their prayers and songs ascend In thee their wishes meet. 3 Millions of happy spirits live On thine exhaustless store; From thee they all their bliss receive, And heaven can give no more. 4 Thou art their triumph and their joy, They find their life in thee; Thy glories will their tongues employ, Thr,ugh all eternity. L. M. 143. Not ashamed of Christ. 1 JESUS! and shall it ever be A mortal mall ashamed of thee? Ashamed of thee, whom angels pra'se, Whose glories shine through endless days Ashamed of Jesus!-sooner far Let evening blush to own a star; Ile sheds the beams of light divine, O'er this benighted soul of mine. 3 Ashamed of Jesus-that dear friend On whom my hopes of heaven depend I No! —when I blush, be this my shame, — That I no more revere his name. 4 Ashamed of Jesus?-yes, I may, When I've no guilt to wash away, No tear to wipe,-no good to crave, No fears to quell,-no soul to save. 5 Till then-nor is my boasting vain Till then, I boast a Saviour slain! And Oh! may this my glory be That Christ is not ashamed of me. S. M. 144. Christ's Mediation. I RAISE your triumphant songs To an immortal tune; Let the wide earth resound the deea Celestial grace has done. 2 Sing-how eternal love Its chief beloved chose, 3.'k'i 3Z4' ~ HYMNS. And bade him raise our ruined race From their abyss of woes. 3 His hand no thunder bears, No terror clothes his brow, No bolts to drive our guilty souls To fiercer flames below. 4'T was mercy filled the throne, And wrath stood silent by, When Christ was sent, with pardons, don To rebels doomed to die. 5 Now, sinners! dry your tears, Let hopeless sorrows cease; Bow to the sceptre of his love, And take the offered peace. 6 Lord! we obey thy call; We lay an humble claim To the salvation thou hast brought, And love and praise thy name. C. M. 145. Chief among ten thousand. 1 MAJESTIC sweetness sits enthroned Upon the Saviour's brow; His head with radiant glories crowned. Hlis lips with grace o'erflow. 2 No mortal can with him compare Among the sons of men; Fairer is he, than all the fair Who fill the heavenly train. 3 Ile saw me plunged in deep distres, And flew to my relief; For me he bore the shameful cross, And carried all my grief. 4 To him I owe my life and breath. And all the joys I have: He makes me triumph over death, And saves me from the grave. 6 To heaven, the place of his abode He brings my weary feet; Shows me the glories of my God, And makes my joys complete. CHRIST. 0 Since from thy bounty I receive Such proofs of love divine, Had I a tihoutisand hearts to give, Lord! they should all be thine. C. M. [ 46. Love of Christ celebrated. 1 TO our Redeemer's glorious name Awake the sacred song! Oh! may his love-immortal flame Tune every heart and tongue. 2 His love, what mortal thought can reach 1 What mortal tongue display Imagination's utmost stretch, In wonder, dies away. 3 Dear Lord! while we adoring pay Our humble thanks to thee, May every heart with rapture say, "The Saviour died for me!" 4 Oh! may the sweet, the blissful theme. Fill every heart and tonguie, Till strangers love thy charting name, And join the sacred song. 6s alld 4s. 1 47. Christ, oair Co,nf ne, . Yn faith looks up to thee, Thou Lamb of Calvary! — Saviour divine! Now hear me, while I pray, Take all many guilt away, Oh! let me, trom this day, Be wholly thine. 2 May thy rich grace impart Strength to my faititing heart, My zeal inspire; As thou hast died for me. Oh! may my love to thee Pure, warm, and ohangeless be, A living fire. 3 While life's dark maze I tread, And griefs around me spread Be thou my gtide; ZA HYMN,. Bid darkness turn to day, Wipe sorrow's tears away, Nor let me ever stray From thee aside. 4 WVhen ends life's transient dream When death's cold sullen stream Shall o'er me roll, Blest Saviour! then, in love, Fear and distrust remove; O)h! bear me safe above, A ransomed soul. L. M.o 148. Ch,rist's.Safe.Li,gs ad Glory I NOW for a tune of lofty praise To great Jehovalh's equal Son! Awake, my voice! iu heaveily lays, Tell the'oud wondlers he hath done. 2 Sing —how he left the worlds of light, And the bright robes he wore above, Tlow svift and joyful wvas his flight, O( wings of everlasting love. 3 Deep in the shades of gloomy death. Th' almighty captive pris'ner lay, Th' alminighlty captive left the earth, And rose to eserlastiii, day. 4 Amon a thousaand harps and sonns, .iesus, the God, exalted reigns; Itis sacredl naue ills all their tongues, And echoes t ihroui the heavenly plain 7S. 149. P,ie Rock of Ages. I ROCK of ages, c!el} for me! Let me hide myself in thee; Let the water and the blood, From thy wounded side that flowed, Be of sin the perfect cure; Save me, Lord! and make me pure 2 Should my tears for ever flow, Should my zeal no languor know, This tor sin could not atone. Thou must save, and thou alone; 116 CHRIST. In my hand no price I bring; Simply to thy cross I cling. 3 While 1 draw this fleeting breath When mine eye-lids close in death, When I rise to worlds unknown, tild behold thee on thy throne, Rock of ages, cleft for me! Let me hide myself in thee. C. M. 50. Cl,i:, the Way, the Truth, and th ZeA. I THOU art the Way;-to thee alone From sin and death we flee; And he, who would the Father seeK, Must seek him, Lord! in thee. 2 Thou art the Truth;-thy word alone True wisdom can impart; Thou only canst instruct the mind, And purify the heart. 3 Thou art the Life;-the rending tomb Proclaims thy conquering arm; And those who put their trust in thee Not death nor hell shall harm. 4 Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life; Grant iIs to know that Way, That Truth to keep, that Life to win, Which lead to endless day. L. M. i 3 15. Christ, the Physician of the Soul. I DEEP are the wounds which sin has made I W here shall the siner fin d a cure I In vain, alas! is nat;re's aid; The work exceeds her utmost power. c But can no sovereign balm be found I And is no kind physician nigh 'To ease the pain, and heal the wound, Ere life and hope for ever fly? 3 There is a great physician near; Look up my fainting soul! and live; See,-in it s heavenly smiles appear Such help as nature cannot give. 22 337 '8 HYMNS. 4 See,-in the Saviour's dying blood, Life, health, and bliss abundant flow; 'T is only that dear sacred flood, Can ease thy pain, and heal thy wo. 7s. 152. ghrist, our Example tn Suerting. 1 GO to dark Gethsemane, Ye that feel the tempter's power! Your Redeemer's conflict see, Watch with him one bitter hour; Turn not from his griefs away, Learn of Jesus Christ to pray. 2 Follow to the jttdgment-hall, View thle Lord of Life arraigned; Oh! the wormwood and the gall; Oh! the pangs his soul sustained: Shun not suffering, shame, nor loss; Learn of him to bear the cross. 3 Calv'ry's mournful mountain climb There-adoring at his feet,' Mark that miracle of Time God's own sacrifice complete: "It is finished"-hear him cry; Learn of Jesus Christ to die 4 Early hasten to the tomb, Where they laid his breathless clay; All is solitude and gloom, Who hath taken him away? Christ is risen-he meets our eyes; Saviour! teach us so to rise. L. M. 153. Gethsemane. 1'T IS midnight-and, on Olive's brow, The star is dimmed that lately shone; 'T is midnight-in the garden now The suffering Saviour prays alone. 2'T is midnight-and, from all removed, Immanuel wrestles lone, with fears; ,E'en the disciple that he loved Heeds not his Master's grief and tears 3 IT is midnight —and for others' guilt The man of sorrows weeps in blood; Yet he, who hath in aniguish knelt, Is not forsaken by his God. 4'Tis midnight-and, from ether-plains, Is borne the song that angels know; Unhleard by mortals are the strains That sweetly soothe the Saviour's wo, Ss and 6. [54. Te Garden of Agony. I BEHOLD, where Cedron's maters flow, Behold the suffering Saviour go, To sad Gethsemane! His countenance is all divine, Yet grief appears in every line. 2 Hle bows beneath the sins of men, Hie cries to God, and cries again, In sad Gethsemane; ie lifts his mournful eyes above "My Father! can this cup remove I" 3 With gentle resignation still, Ite yielded to his Father's will, In sad Gethsemane; "Behold me here, thine only Son, And, Father! let thy will be done." 4'The Father heard,-and angels there Sustained the Son of God in prayer, In sad Gethsemane; Ile drank the dreadful cup of pain, Then rose to life and joy again. 6 When storms of sorrow round us sweep, And scenes of anguish make us weep, To sad Gethsemane We'11 look, and see the Saviour there, Then humbly bow, like him, in prayer. _-~ ~ C. M. [55. Christ, dyin,,g on the Cross. 1 BEHIOLD the Saviour of mankind, Nailed to the shanmeful tree! IHow vast the love that him inclined To bleed and die for me. 339 CIMIST. 340 HYMNS. 2 Hark! how he groans, while nature shakes, And earth's strong pillars benil! The temple's veil asunder breaks, The solid marbles rend. 3'T is done! the precious ransom's pald, "Receive my soul!" hlie cries: See-how he bows his sacred head! Ile bows his head and dies! 4 But soon he'11 break death's iron-chain, And in full glory shine; 0 Lamb of God! was ever pain WVas ever love l ike thine' L. M. 156. Christ on the Co.. 1'T IS finished!-so the Saviour cried, And meekly bowed his head and died 'T is finished!-yes, the race is run, The battle fought, the vict'ry won. 2'T is finished!-this his dying groan Shall sins of every kind atone Millions shall be redeemed from death, By this his last expiring breath. 3'T is finished!-Ileaveni is reconciled, And all the powers of darkness spoiled: Peace, love, a.d happiness, again Return, and dwell with siniiful men. 4'T is finished!-let the ioyful sound Be heard through all the nations round: 'T is finished!-let the echo fly, Through heaven and hell, through earth and st L. Ty. 157. Clirist dying, rising, and reigni,,g. I HIIE dies!-the friend of sinners dies! Lo! Salemn's daughters weep around. A solemn darkness veils the skies A sudden trembling shakes the ground. 2 Here's love and grief beyond degree, The Lord of glory dies for men! But,-lo! what sudden joys we see 5 Jesus, the dead, revives again. 3 The rising God forsakes the tomb; Up to his Father's court he flies; Cherubic legions guard him home, And shout him-welcome to the skies. 4 Break off your tears, ye saints! and tell hlow high our gireat Deliverer reigns; Sing.,-how he spoiledl tihe hosts of hell, Anid led the tyrant. death, ill chains. 5 Say,-" Live for ever, glorious King! Born to reldeem, and strong to save!" Then ask, —" O death! where is tliy sting I And where thy vict ry, boasting grave?" 8s, 7s and( 4. 158. The expiring Saviozdr. I IIARK! the vo ice oflove and mercy Sounds aloudl from Calvary See!-it relds the rocks asunder Shakes the earth-and veils the sky: It is finished!" Ilear the dying Sa viour cry. 2 "It is fiuisheld!"-Oh! what pleasure Do these cha rming words afford! Ileaver]y blessiiias, without inleasure Flow- to us t. rough Christ, the Lord: "It is finished!" Saints! the dying words record. 3 Tone your harps anew, ye seriphs. Join to sing the pleasing theme: All in earth and heaven, uniting, Join to praise Inmanluel's name: IIallelujalih! Glory to the bleeding Lamb! L. M. 159. Salvation by the Cross I ILERE at thy cross, incarnate God! I lay my soul beneath thy love, Beneath the droppings of thy blood, Jesus!-nor shall it e'er remove. 2 Should worlds conspire to drive me hens Moveless and firm this heart should lie; CIFRIST. 34 342 HYMNS. Resolved,-for that's my last defence If I must perish, here to die. 3 But speak, my Lord! and calm my fear; Am I not safe beneath thy shade I Thy vengeance will not strike me here, Nor Satan dare my soul invade. 4 Yes, I'm secure beneath thy blood, And all my foes shall lose their aim; Hiosanna to my Saviour-God, And my best honors to his name! L. M. 160. Christ's Passion. 1 THE morning dawns upon the place, Where Jesus spent the night in prayer Through yielding glooms behold his lace Nor form, nor comeliness is there. 2 Brought forth to judgment, now he stands Arraigned, condemned, at Pilate's bar; Here, spurned by fierce praetorian bands, There, mocked by Ilerod's men of war. 3 He bears their buffeting and scorn, Mock-homage of the lip, the knee The purple robe, the crown of thorn, The scourge, the nail, th' accursed tree. 4 No guile wvithin his mouth is found, lie neither threatens nor complains; Meek, as a lamb for slaughter bound, Dumb, mid his murderers he remains. 5 But hark! he prays;-'t is for his foes; Ile spe,ks;-'t is comfort to his friends; Answers,-and paradise bestows: lie bows his head;-the conflict ends. 6 Truly this was the Son of God Though in a servant's mean disguise; And, bruised beneath the Father's rod, Not for himself,-for man he dies. L. M. 161. A dying Saviour. I STRETCIIED on the cross, the Saviour die Hark! his expiring groans arise: CHRIST. See-fProm his hands, his feet, his silde, Fast flows the sacred crimson tide! 2 But life attends the deathful sound, And flows from every bleeding wound: The vital stream,-how free it flows, To save and cleanse his rebel-foes! 3 Can I survey this scene of wo Where mingling grief and wonder flow, And yet my heart unmoved remain, Insensible to love or pain 4 Come, dearest Lord! thy grace impart To warm this cold, this stupid heart; Till all its powers and passions move, In melting grief and ardent love. L. M. 162. Lve inscribed on the Cross. 1 WE sing the praise of him who died Of him who died upon the cross The sinner's hope let men deride, For this we count the world but loss 2 Inscribed upon the cross we see, In shiniingi letters,-" God is Love:" He bears our sins upon the tree, He brings us mercy from above. 3 The cross!-it takes our guilt a way, It holds the fainting spirit up It cheers with hope the gloomy day, And sweetens every bitter cup. 4 It makes the coward-spirit brave, And nerves the feeble arm for fight; It takes its terrors from the grave, And gilds the bed of death with lights b The balm of life, the cure of wo, The measure and the pledge of love; 'T is all that sinners want below, 'T is all that angels know above L. M. Double. 163. Contrition at the Cross. I FAST flow, my tears! the cause is great This tribute claims an injured friend; 3a 4~4 HYMNS One whom I long pursued with hate While he would love me to the end - When justice frowned above my head And death its terrors round me spread, ie interposed, the woun Is hie bore, And bade me live to die no more. 2 Fast flow, my tears! yet faster flow! Streams copious as yon purple tide: Who was it gave the deadly blow? Who urged the hand that pierced his side; My soul! thy victim here behold, What panes, what agonies untold, While justice, armed with power divine, Pours on his head what's due to thline! 3 Fast and yet faster flow, my tears! Now break this heart, and drown these eyes; His visage marred toward heaven he rears, And, pleading for his murderers, dies! My grief no measure knows. nor end Till he appears the sinner's Friend, And gives me, in some happy hour. To feel the risen Saviour's power. L. M.o 164. C,a? ist cruc,ted, lthe Wsdo,n and Power of,d I NATURE with open volume stands, To spread her Maker's praise abroad; And every labor of his hands Shows something worthy of a God. 2 Bit, in the grace that rescued man, His brightest form of glory shines; Here, on the cross,'t is fairest drawn, In precious blood and crimson lines. 3 Oh! the sweet wonders of that cross Where Christ, the Saviour, loved and died; Hier noblest life my spirit draws, From his dear wounds and bleeding side 4 I would for ever speak his name, In sounds to mortal ears unknown; With angels join to praise the Lamb, And wol shin at his Father's throwj CHRIST. _~ Cru L. M. (65. Crucxiion to the IVorld. I WHEN I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride. 2 Forbid it. Lord! that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my God All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood. 3 See,-from his head, his hands, his feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down: Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown 7 4 Were the whole realm of nature mine That were a present far too small; Love, so amazing, so divine, Demands mny soul, my life, my all. L. M. 1 76t. lge -ii&gs of the Father's Fact 1 F ROMN Calvary a cry was heard A bitter and heart-rending cry! My Savioiur! every mournful word Bespeaks thy soul's deep agony. 2 A horror of great darkness fell On thee, thou spotless, holy One And all the swarming hosts of hell Conspired to tempt God's only Son. 3 The scourge, the thorns, the deep disgrace, These thou could'st bear, nor once repine; But when Jehovaah veiled his face, Unutterable pangs were thine. I Let the dumb world its silence break. Let pealing anthems rend the sky! Awake, my sluggish soul awake! He died, that we might never die. 5 Lord! on thy cross I fix mine eye: If e'er I lose its strong control, Oh! let that dying, piercing cry, Melt and reclaim my wandering souL 'e* *!.:! + 345 34;6 IYMNS. S. M. 167. Redemption completed, 1 "THE Lord is risen indeed!" Then is his work performed; The mighty captive now is freed, And death, our foe, disarmed. 2 " The Lord is risen indeed!" lie lives to die no more; He lives, the sinner's cause to plead, Whose curse and shame he bore. 3 The Lord is risen indeed!" Then hell has lost his prey: With himl is risen the ransomed seed, To reign ill endless day. 4 " The Lord is risen inleed!" Attending angels! hear; Up to the courts of heaven, with speed, The joyful tidings bear. 5 Then wake your golden lyres, And strike each cheerful chord Joit, all ye bright, celestial choirs! To sing our risen Lord. 8s, 7s, and 4. 168. Christ triumphant. 1 COMIE, ye saints! look here and wonder; See the place where Jesus lay; HIe has burst the batids asunder IIe has borne our sins away; Joyful tidings! Yes, the Lord is risen to-day. 2 Jesus triumphs!-sing ye praises;'T was by death he overcame: Thus the Lord his glory raises; Thus he fills his foes with shame Sing ye praises Praises to the victor's name. 3 Jesus triumphs!-countless legions Come from heaven, to meet their King; Soon, in yonder happy regions, They shall join his praise to sing: Songs eternal Shall through heaven's high arches ring. !.!, CHRIST. 7s. 169. Christ's Ascens,on. I HAIL the day which sees him rise Glorious to his native skies! Christ, awhile to mortals given, Enters now thie gates of heaven. 2 There the glorious triumph waits Lift your heads, eternal gates! Christ hath vaiquished death and sin. Take the Kiiing of glory in. See,-high heaven its Lord receives; Yet he loves the earth he leaves: Though retulrn ing to his throne, Still he calls mankind his own. 4 Still for us hlie intercedes; Itis prevailing death he pleads; Near himself prepares our place, Great Forerunner of our race. b What though parted from our sight, Far above yon starry height I May our warm affections rise, Foll'wing him beyond the skies C L. sT. 170. Our risen Lord. I IIOW calin and beautiful the morn That gilds t he sac.ed tomb Where once the Crucified was borne, And veiled il midnight-gloomr l Oh! weep no more the Savicur slain; The Lord is risen-he lives again. 2 Ye mournin saints! dry every tear For your depar ted Lord "Behoid the place-he is not there," The tomb is all unbarred The gates of death were closed in vain The Lord is risen-he lives again. 3 Now cheerful to the house of prayer Your early footsteps bend, The Saviour will himself be there, Your advocate and iriend: Once by the law your hopes were slain, But now in Christ ye live again. 347 H MNS. 4 How tranquil now the rising day! 'T is Jesus still appears, A risen Lord, to chase a,vay Your unbelieving fears: )h! weep no more your comforts slain, The Lord is risen-he lives again. 5 And when the shades of evening fall, Vhen life's last hour draws nigh. If Jesus shine upon the soul, Hlow blissful then to die: Since he has risen who once was slaing Ye die in Christ to live again. 7s, 171. Resurrect on and Ascension of Christ I ANGELS! roll the rock away; Death! yield up thy mighlty prey See! the Saviour leaves the tomb, Glowin wi th immortal bloom. 2I Hark! the wandering angels raise Lollder notes of joy fiul praise; Let the earth's remotest bound Echo with the blissful soiind. 3Now, ye saints! lift tip your eyes, See him high in glory rise! Hlosts of angels, on the road, Hail him-the incarnate God. 4 HIeaveii unfolds its portals wide, See the Conqueror through them ride! King of glory! mount t'y throne, Boundless empire is thine own. 5 Praise him, ye celestial choirs! Tune, and sweep your golden lyres; Raise, O earth! your noblest songs, From ten thousand thousand tongues L. M. 172. The Resui-rection of Cirist. I "COMIE, see the place where Jesus lay I> For he hath left his gloomy bed; What angel rolled the stone away? What spirit brought him irom the dead CHRIST. 2 By his omnipotence he rose,. By his own Spirit lived again; To crush for ever all his foes, To raise for ever ruined men. 3 They, who his image here partake, Though long in dust their flesh consumed Shall sleep in Jesus, and awake To life eternal, from the tomb. 7s. 173, The Resurrection. I MORNING breaks upon the tomb. Jesus scatters all its gloom; Day of triumph through the skies, See the glorious Saviour rise I 2 Ye who are of death afraid, Triumph in the scattered shade; Drive your anxi. us cares away; See the place where Jesus lay! 3 Christian! dry your flowing tears, Chase your unbelieving fears; Look on his dleserted grave; Doubt no more his power to save. H. I'. 1 74. Jests rising and reigning. 1 YES, the Redeemer rose; The Saviour left the deau, And o'er our hellish foes Iighh raised his conquerilng hed In wild disii-ay, The guardls around Fell to the ground, And sink away. 2 Lo! the angelic bands, In full assembly meet, To wait his high commands And worship at his feet: Joyful they come, And wilg their way, From realms of d?ay, To Jesus' tomb. 349 350 HYMNS. 3 Then back to heaven they fi The joyful news to bear: Hark! as they soar on high, What music fills the air! .Their anthems say, " Jesus, who bled, Hath left the dead He rose to-day." 4 Ye mortals! catch the sound, Redeemed by him from hell And send the echo round The globe, on which you d'"ud Transported, cry, "Jesus, who bled, Ilath left the dead, No more to die." 5 All hail! triumphant Lord! Who sav'st us with thy blood - Wide be thy name adored, Thou rising, reigning God! With thee we rise, With thee we reign, And empires gain, Beyond the skies. Ss and 7s. n5. Love divine. 1 LOVE divine, all love excelling, Joy of heaven, to earth come dowu! Fix in us thy humble dwelling; All thy faithful mercies crown; Jesus! thou art all compassion, Pure, unbounded love thou art; Visit us with thy salvation, Enter every trembling heart. 2 Breathe,-Oh! breathe thy loving Spa Into every troubled breast; Let us all thy grace inherit, Let us final thy promised rest: Take away the love of sinning, Take our load of guilt away; Eni the work of thy beginning, Bring us to eternal day. 3 Carry on thy new creation, Pure and holy may we De; Let us see our whole salvation, Perfectly secured by thee; Change from glory into glory, Till in heaven we take our place; Till we cast our crowns before thee, Lost in wonder, love, and praise. H. M. 176. The Cross celebrated. 1 YE saints! your music bring, And swell the rapturous sound; Strike every trembling string, Till earth and heaven reso,und: The triumphs of the cross we sin, Awake, ye saints! each joyful string u The cross-the cross alone Subdued the powers of hell: Like lightning from his throne, The prince of darkness fell: The triumphs of the cross wve sing, Awake, ye saints! each joyful string. 3 The hand of wrath is stayed, In its pursuit of blood; The cross our debt has paid, And made our peace with God: The triumphs of the cross we sing, Awake ye saints! each joyful string. 4 The cross hath power to save, From all the foes that rise: The cross hath made the grave A passage to the skies: Angels and stonts its power shall sing, Till heaven's eternal arches ring. L. MI. -77. The Resurrection of Christ. 1 WIIEN I the holy grave survey, Where once my Saviour deigned to lte, I see fulfilled what prophets say, And all the power of death defy. 2 This empty tomb shall now proclaim, How weak the bands of conquered death: 351 CHRIST. 3.)2 ~ IIYMNS. Sweet pledge that all who trust his name Shall rise, and draw immortal breath. 3 Jesus, once numbered with the dead, Unseals his eyes, to sleep no more: And ever lives their cause to plead, For whom the pains of death he bore. 4 Thy risen Lord, my soul! behold; See the rich diadem he wears! Thou too shalt bear a harp of gold,- - A crown of joy, when he appears. 5 Though in the dust I lay my head, Yet, gracious God! thou wilt not leave My flesh for ever with the dead, Nor lose thy children in the grave 8s, 7s and 4 I 178. Coronaton of thet Kin,,g of kgs. I LOOK, ye saints! the sight is glorious: See the man of sorrows now, From the fight returned victorious,- - Every knee to him shall bow: Crown him-crown him! Crowns become the victor's brow. 2 Crown the Saviour, anels! crown him Rich the trophies Jesus brings: In the seat of power enthrone him, While the vault of heaven rings: Crown him-crowa him! Crown the Saviour, King of kings. 3 Sinners in derision crowned him, M,ockingB thus the Saviour's claim - Saints and aels! crowd arou iid him, Own his title, praise his name: Crown him-crown him! Spread abroad the victor's fame. I Iark! those bursts of acclamation I llark! those loud triumphant chords Jesus takes the highest station - Oh! what joy the sight affords! Crown him-crown him, — King of kings, and Lord of lords? CHRIST. S. M. l79. song of Moses and the Larn6. I AWVAKE, and sing the song Of Moses and the Lamb; Wake, every heart and every tongue! To praise the Saviour's name. 2 Sin! of his dying love Sitg of his risin" power; Sir -how he intercedes above For those whose sins he bore. 3 Ye pilgrims! on the road To Zion's city, sing! Rejoice ye in the Lamb of God, - In Christ, th' eternal king. 4 Soon shall we hear him say, " Ye iblessed children! come;" Soon wtill he call us hence away, And take his wanderers home. 5 There shall each raptured tongue flia endless praise proclaim; And sweeter voices tune the song Of Moses and the Lamb. 180. lPeignzng with Ch,rist. 1 TIIE head, that once was crowned with thorns, Is crowned with glory now; A royal diadem adorns The mighty victor's brow. 2 The highest place that heaven aflfrds Is his, by sovereign right; The King of kings, and Lord of lords, Hie reigns in glory bright; 3 The joy of all who dwell above, The joy of all below, To whom he manifests his love, And grants his name to know. 4 To them the cross, with all its shame With all its grace, is given; Their name,-an everlasting name; Their joy,-the joy of heaven. la 353 3549 HYMNS. 5 They suffer with their Lord below, They reign with him above; Their profit and their joy-to know The mystery of his love. 6 The cross he bore is life and health, Though shame al~d death to him; His people's hope, his people's wealth, Their everlasting theme. S. M. 181. Christ unseen, y-t bes,oted. 1 NOT with our mortal eyes Ilave we beheld the Lord; Yet we rejoice to hear his name, And love him in his word. 2 On earth we want the sight Of our Redeemer's face; Yet, Lord! our inmost thoughts delight To dwell upon thy grace. 3 And when we taste thy love, Our joys divinely grow Unspeakable, like those above, Anrd heaven begins below. C. M. 182. Access to God by Christ. 1 COME, let us lift our joyful eyes Up to the courts above, And smile to see our Father there, Upon a throne of love. 2 Itich were the drops of Jesus' blood, That calmed his frowning face, 'hat sprinkled o'er the burning throne And turned the wrath to grace. 3 Now we may bow before his feet. And venture near the Lord; No fiery cherub guards his seat, Nor double flaming sword. 4 The peacefull gates of heavenly o.its Are opened by the Son; High let us raise our notes of praise, And reach thl' almighty lhrone. CHRIST. b To thee ten thousand thanks we bring, Great Advocate on high! And glory to th' eternal King WVhc lays his fury by. L. M. I S3. The good Shepherd. 1 THOU. whom my soul admires above All earthly joy, and earthly love, Tell me, dear Shepherd! let me know Where do thy sweetest pastures growl 2 Where is the shadow of that rock, That from the sutn defends thy flock? Fain would I feed among thy sheep, Among them rest, among them sleep. 3 Why should thy. bride appear like one That turns aside to paths unknown My constant feet would never rove, Would never seek another love. 4 The footsteps ofthy flock I see; Thy sweetest pastures here they be; A wondrous feast thy love prepares, Bought with thy wounis, and groans, ana team 5 His dearest flesh he makes my food, And bids me drink his richest blood: Here to these hills my soul will come, Till my beloved leads me home. L. M. 184. Worthy the Lamb. 1 WORTIIY the Lamb of boundless sway In earth and heaven, the Lord of all! Let all the powers of earth obey, And low before his footstool fall. 2 Higher-still higher, swell the strain; (reation's voice the note prolong! Jesus, the Lamb, shall ever reign: — Let hallelujahs crown the song. 6s and 4s. 11 5. Praise to the Redeemer . COME, all ye saints of God! Wide through the earth abroad Spread Jesus' name; 355 356 IrsYMNS. Tell what his love has done, Trust in his grace alone; Shout to his lofty throne, "Worthy the Lamb!" 2 Hence, gloomy doubts and fee Dry iup your mournful tears; Swell the glad theme; Praise ye our gracious King, Strike each melodious string, Join heart and voice to uing, "Worthy the Lamb!" 3 Hark! how the choirs above, Filled with the Saviour's love, Dwell on his name! There, too, may we be found, With light and glory crowned, While all the heavens resound, "Worthy the Lamb!" C. M. 186. Coronation of Christ. I ALL hail the power of Jesus' name. Let angels prostrate ftll; Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown him-Lord of all. 2 Crowri him,-vye mornin-stars of light'. Who formed this floating ball; Now hail the strength of Israel's might, And crown himin-Lord of all. 3 Ye chosen seed of Adam's race, Ye ransomed from the fall! Hail him, who saves you by his grace, And crown him-Lord of all. 4 Sinners! whose love can ne'er forget The wormwood and the gall, Come, spread your trophies at his feet And crown him-Lord of all. 6 Let every kindred, every tribe, On this terrestrial ball, To him all majesty ascribe, And crown him- -Lord of aU, CIIRIST C. M. I 87. Our High-Priest in Heaven. 1 NOW let our cheerful eyes survey Our great high-priest above; And celebrate his constant care, His sympathetic love. 0 Though raised to a superior throne, ,Where angels bow around, And high o'er all the shining train, With matchless honors crowned; 3 The names of all hs saints he bears Deep graven on his heart; Nor shall the meanest Christian say, That he hath lost his part. 4 Those characters shall fair aibide, Our everlasting trust, WVhen gens. and monu oinerts, and crowns Are mouldered down to dust. 5 So, gracious Saviour! on my breast, May thy dear name be worn, A sacred ornament and guard, To endless ages borne. L. M. 6 Lines. 188. Our compassionate tfga —Priest. I WHEN gathering clouds around I view, And days are dark, and friends are few, On him I lean, who, not in vain, Experienced every human pain; le sees my wants, allays my fears, And counts and treasures up my tears. 2 If aught should tempt my soul to stray From heavenly virtue's narrow way, To fly the good I would pursue, Or do the sin 1 would not do, Still he, who felt temptation's power, Shall guard me in that dangerous hour. 8 When sorr'wing o'er some stone I bend, Which covers all that was a friend; And from his voice, his hand, his smile, Divides me, for a little while, 357 358 Hil.MNS. My Stviour sees the tears I shed, For Jesus wept o'er Laz'rus dead. 4 And Oh! When I have safely past Through every conflict, but the last, Still, still unchanging, watch beside Ily painful bed,-for thou hast died; Then point to realms of cloudless day And wipe my latest tear away. L. M. 6 Lines. 189. Hope of Heaven through Christ I AND art thou, gracious Master! gones A mansion to prepare for me X Shall I behold thee on thy throne, And there for ever dwell with thee I Then, let the world approve or blame, I'11 triumph in thy glorious name. 2 What transport, Lord! shall fill my heart. When thou my worthless name shalt own When I shaii see tlhee as thou art, And know, as I myself am known! From sin, and fear, and sorrow flee, My soul shall find its rest in thee. 7s. 190. Christ, our Hope. I CIhRIST, of all my hopes the ground, Christ, the spring of all my joy: Still in thee let me be found, Still for thee my powers employ. 2 Let thy love my heart inflame; Keep thy fear before my sight; Be thy praise my highest aim; Be thy smile my chief delight. 3 Fountain of o'erflowing grace! Freely from thy fullness give: Till I close my earthly race, Be it "Christ for me to live!" 4 Firmly trusting in thy blood, Nothing shall my heart confound; Safely I shall pass the flood, Safely reach Immanuel's ground. CHRIST. 5 When I touch the blessed shore, Back the closing waves snail roll; Death's (lark stream shall never more Part from thee my ravished soul. 6 Thus,-(,h! thus an entrance give To the land of cloudless sky; Ilavilg known it, "Christ to live," Let me know it, "gain to die." &s and 7s. 91 i. Jesus, esualted to the Drone 1 JESUS! hail! enthroned in glory, There for ever to abidee; All the heavenly host adore thee, Seated at thy Father's side. 2 There for sinners thou art pleading, There thou dost oeur place prepare; Ever for us interceding, Till in glory we appear. 3 Worship, hionor, pow er, and blessing, Thou art -orthv to receive: Loudest praises, twithout ceasing, Meet it is for us to give. 4 Ifelp, ye bright angelic spirits! Bring your sweetest, lobllest lays; ielp to sing our Saviour's merits, Hielp to chant Immanuel's praise. L. M. 192. Christ, the Lord of Angelts. 1 GREAT God! to what a glorious height HIast thou advanced the Lord, thy Son! Angels, in all their robes of light, Are made the servants of his throne. 2 Before his feet their armies wait, And swift as flames of fire they move, To mana_le his affairs of state. In works of vengeance, or of love. 3 Now they are sent to guide our feet, Up to the gates of thine abode, Through all the dangers that we meet, In travelling o'er the heaven y read. &W IIYMNS. 4 Lord! when we leave this mortal ground And thou shalt bid us rise and coirie, Send thy beloved angels down Safe to conduct our spirits home. L. M. 193. Te Tqay to H eaven. 1 JESUS, my all, to heaven is gone, He whom I fix my hopes upon; Ilis track I see, and I'11 pursue The narrow way, till him I view. 2 This is the way I long have sought, Aud mourned because I found it not Till late I heard my Saviour say, "Come hither,soul! I am the vay." 3 Lo! glad I come, and thou, blat Limb Shalt take me to thee as I am; My sinful self to thee I give Nothing but love shall I receive. 4 Then will I tell to sinners round, What a dear Saviour I have found I']I point to thy redeeming blood, Anrd say,-" Behold the way to God"' S. M. 1 94. Christ's Intecession. I YES, the B edeemer's gone. T' appea, before our God; To sprinkle o'er the flaming throne. With his atoning blood. 2 No fiery vengeance now, No burning wrath comes down If justice calls for sinners' blood, The Saviour shows his own. 3 Before his Father's eye Our humble suit he moves; The Father lays his thunder by, And looks, and smiles, and loves. 4 Now may our joyful tongues Our Maker's honors sing; Jesus, the priest, receives our sonp And bears them to the King b We bow before his face, And sound his glories high: Hosanina to the God of grace, Who lays his thunder by. 5 On earth thy mercy reigns, And triumphs all alove: But, Lord! how weak our mortal strains, To speak imnm ortal love! L. AI. 19.. The Doini,nion of c'hris. I HAIL to the Prirce of life and peace, Who holds the key s of death and nell; The bounidlss woi-id u n 1seen is his. And sovereign pow er becomes him weil. 2 In shame and anguis h oce he diedl; But nowv he lives fi,r e)ermore: Bow down, ye saints! aiound his seat, And, all ye angel-bands! adore. 3 Live-live for ever, glorious Lord! To quell thy foes-aid giar d thy friends While all thv chosen tribes rejoice. That thy oitoiniou never enids 4 Worthy thy hand to hold the keys, Guided by wisdom, and lhy love; Worthy to rule o'er mortal lifie. O'er worlds below, and worlds abov e. 5 For ever reign, victorious King! Wide through the earth thyv name be known; And call my longing soul to sing Sublimer anthems near thy throne. H. M. 196. Our Highl-Priest in Ieaven. 1 TH' atoning work is done, The victim's blood is shed; And Jesus now is gone His people's cause to plett(il: He stands in heaven, their great nigh-priest, And bears their names upon his breast. 2 No temple nmade with hands His place of service is: CDRIST. 361 362 IIYMNS. In heaven itself lie stands, A heavenly priesthood his: In him the shaiidows of the law Are all fulfilled, and now withdraw. 3 And though awhile he )e Ifid from the eyes of men, Ilis people look to see Their great high-p i est again: In brightest glory he will come, Anid take his waitirn, people home. C. M. 197. Our Great High-Pritst. 1 COMNE, let us join our songs of praise To our ascended Priest; IIe entered heaven, with all our name* Ellgraven on his breast. 2 Below he washed our guilt away, By his atoning blood; Now he appears before the throne, Anai ple,ads our cause with God. d Clothed with our nature still, he known The weakness of our frame, And how to shield is from the foes Whlom he himself o'ercame. 4 Nor timje, nor distance, e'er shall quench The fervors of hIis love; For us hlie died in kindliness here, And intercedes above. b Oh! may we ne'er forget hIis grace, Nor blush to bear his name; Still may our hearts hold fast his faith Our lips his praise proclaim. IIOLY SPIRIT. C. M. 198. Breatalin,ng after the tioly Spirit. 1 COME, Ifoly Spirit, heavenly Dove! With all thy qjuickeining powers, IIOLY SPIRIT. Kindle a flame of sacred love, In these cold hearts of ours. 2 Look-how we grovel here below Fond of these trifling toys! Our souls can neither fly nor go, To reach eternal joys. 3 In vain we tune our formal songs, In vain we strive to rise; HIlosannas languish on our tongues, Anid our devotion dies. 4 Dear Lord! and shall we ever live At this poor dying rate? Our love so faint, so cold to thee, Andl thine to us so great. 5 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove! With all thy quickening powers; Come, sihe d arod a Sa yiour's love, And that shall kindle ours. S. M. 99. Convzcting, and sanctifying Influx, 1 COME, IlHoly Spirit! come, Let thy bright t)eams arise; Dispel the sorrow from our minds, The darkness from our eyes. 2 Convince us of our sin, Theti lead to Jesus' blood; Anid, to our wondering view, reveal The secret love of God. d'T is thine to sleanse the heart, To sanctify the soul, To pour fresh life in every part, Anid ilew-create the whole. 4 Revive our drooping faith; Our doubts and fears remove; And kindle in our breast the flame Of never-dying love. )-, f) O. In ~7s. Inluences of tihe Spirit. l GRACIOUS Spirit! Love divine I Let thy light within me shine: 363 HYMNS. All my guilty fears remove. Fill me with thy heavenly love. 2 Speak thy pard'iiing grace to me, Set the burdened sinner free; Lead me to the Lamb of God, Wash me in his precious blood. 3 Life and peace to me impart, Seal salvation on my heart; Blreathe thyself into my breast, Earnest of immortal rest. 4 Let me never from thee stray, Keep me in the narrow way; Fill niy soul with joy divine, Keep me, Lord! for ever thine. L. M. 201. 7ze Sptrit griered. 1 TIHE Spirit, like a peaceful dove. Flies from,he realms of noise and strife Why should we vex and grieve his love, Who seals our souls to heavenly life 2 Tender and kind be all our thoughts Through all our lives let mercy run; So God forgives our numerous fitults For the dear sake of Christ, his Son. II. M. 202. Pleading the Proanise of the Spz'r 1 O TIIOU that hearest prayer! Attend our humble cry; And let thy servant share Thy blessing from pn high We plead the promise of thy word; Grant us thy II'oly Spirit, Lord! 2 If earthly parents hear Their children when they cry, If they, with love sincere, Their varied wants suppily; Much more wilt thou thy love display, And answer when thy children pray. 3 Our Heavenly Father, thou; We, children of thy grace: 364 HOLY SPIRIT. Oh! let thy Spirit now Descend, and fill the place: So shall we feel the heavenly flamne, And all unite to praise thy name. 4 Oh! send thy Spirit down On all the nations, Lord! With great success to crown The preaching of thy word, Till heathen lands shall own thy sway, And cast their idol-gods away. S. M 203.7'he indwelling Infusences of the pnt, I'T IS God, the Spirit, leads In paths before unknown; The work to be performed is ours, The strength is all his own. Supported by his grace, We still pursue our way; And hope at last to reach the prize Secure in endless day. 3 IT is he that works to will, 'T is he that works to do; lis- is the power by which we act, His be the lory too. .M. 204. Teachin,-s of the Spirit. I COME, blessed Spirit! source of light, Whose power and grace are unconfined, Dispel the gloony shades of night, The thiciker darknless of the mind. 2 To mine illuimined ey es display The glorious truth thy word reveals, Cause me to run the heavenly way, Thy book unfold and loose the seals. 3 Thine inward teachings make me know The mysteries of redeeming love, The vanity of things below, And excellence of things above. 4 While through this dubious maze I stray Spread, like the sun, thy beams abrcai, 365 HYMNS. To show the dangers of the way And guide my feeble steps to God. 8s and 7s. 205. Prayerfor comnfo7rting Influences. 'IOLY GHtOST! dispel our sadness, Pierce the clouds of nature's night; Come: thou soturce of joy and gladness I Breathe thy life, and spread thy light. 2 Author of our new creation! Bid us all thine influence prove; Make our souls thy habitation Shed abroad the Saviour's love. d? ~~~L. M. 206. Prayerfor spiritual Enjoyment. 1 COME, Holy Spirit! calm my mind, And fit me to approach my God; Remove each vain, each worldly thought, And lead me to thy blest abode, 2 HIlast thou imparted to my soul A living spark of holy fire? Oh! kindle now the sacred flame, MTake me to burm with pure desire. 3 A bri_hter faith and hope impart, And let me now my Saviour see; Oh! soothe and chleer my burdened heart, And bid my spirit rest in thee. L. AlI. 207. 77he sight of God acd Christ in Ileave. 1 DESCEND from heaven, immortal Dove! Stoop down, and take us on thy wings, And mount, and bear us lfr above The reach of these inferior things; - 2 Beyond-beyond this lower sky, Up where eternal ages roll, Where solid pleasures never die, And fruits immortal feast the souL 3 Oh! for a sight, a blissful sight Of our almighty Father's throne! There sits the Saviour, crowned with light, Clothed in a body like our own. 366 4 Adoring saints around him stand, Atid thrones ano powers betfore klm fall; The God shines gracious through the mal, And sheds sweet glories on them all. 5 Oh! what amazing joys they feel, While to their golden harps they sing, Anil sit on every heavenly hill, And spread the triumph of their King! 7so ~08. Prayerfor Light ana Sanctrfl,catios I IIOLY GHOST! with light divine, Shine upon this h eart 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, Iteld dominion o'er my soul. 5 Holy Ghost! with joy divine, Cheer this saddened heart of mine; Bid my many woes depart, Ileal my wounded, bleeding heart. 4 Holy Spirit! all-diviiie, Dwell within this heart of mine; Cast down every idol-throne, Reign supreme,-and reign &lone. C. M. I)9. Varisos Influences desired. I ETERNAL Spirit!-God of truth 1 Our contrite hearts inspire; Kindle a flame of heavenly love, And feed the pure desire. 2'T' is thine to soothe the sorr'wing imind, With guilt and fear oppressed; 'T is thine to bid the dying live, And give the weary rest. 3 Subdue the power of every sin, Whate'er that sin may be; That we, in singleness of heart, May worship only thee. 1101,Y SPIRIT. 367 is ~ ItlYMN,. 4 Then with our spirits witness bear, That we are sonsi of God; Redeemed fromn sin, andl death, andl h Through Christ's atoning blood. S. M. 21] 0. Prayer for the Spirit. 1 BLEST Comforter divine! Let rays of heavenly love Amid our gloomn and darkness shine To guide our souls above. 2 Draw, wlth thy still small voice, From every sinful way; And b id the si,urning saint rejoice, Though earthly joys decay. 3 By thine inspiring breath, Make every cloud of (are, Atnd e'en the gloomy vale ofdeath, A smile of glor y wear. 4 Oh! fill thou every heart With love to all our race: Great Comforter! to us impart These blessings of thy grace. L. M. 211. Prayerfor Light and Guidance. 1 COIME gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove With light and comfort trom above; Be thou our guardian, thou our guide; O'er every thought and step preside. 2 To us the light of truth display, And make us know and choose thy way Plant holy lear in every heart, That we from God may ne'er depart 3 Lead us to holiness-the road That we must take to dwell with God: Lead us to Christ, the living way, Nor let us from his precepts stray. I Lead us to God, our final rest. To be with him for ever blessed; Lead us to heaven, its bliss to share, And drink our fill of pleasure there. HOLY SPIRIT. C. M. 212. ne Sealzng of the Spir' I WITY should the children of a king Go mourning all their days? Great Comforter! descend, and bring Some tokens ofthy grace. 2 Dost thou not dwell in all the saints, And seal the heirs of heaven 7 When wilt thou banish my complaintsa And show my sins forgiven 3 Assure my conscience of her part In the Redeemer's blood; An,l bear thy witness with my heart, That I am born of God. 4 Thou art the earnest of his love, The pledge of joys to come; And thy soft wings, celestial Dove! Will safe convey me home. L. M. 2113. Prayer against grieving the. Sptrit. I STAY, thou insulted Spirit! stay, Though I have done thee such despite; Cast not a siinner quite away, Nor take thine everlasting flight. 2 Thouizh I have most unfaithful been Of all who e'er thy grace received; Tenll thousandl times thy goodness seen, Ten thousand times thy goodness grisred. 3 Yet, Oh! the chief of sinners spare, In honor of my great Itigh-Priest; Nor, in thy righteous anger, swear I shiall not see thy people's rest. 4 Mly weary soul, 0 God! release, Upholdl me with thy gracious hand; ui(le me into thy perfect peace, And bring me to the promised land. L. M. 214. The Cosnforter. 1 SURE the biest Comforter is nigh 'T is he sustains mry fainting heart; 2,4 369 37,0 IININS Else would my hope for ever die, And every cheering ray depart. 2 Whene'er, to call the Saviour mine, With ardent wish my heart aspires. Can it be less than power divine, That animates these strong desires 7 3 And, when my cheerful hope can say, I love my God and taste his grace, Lord! is it not thy blissful ray, That brings this dawn of sacred peace} 4 Let thy good Spirit in my heart For ever Ilwell, O God of love! And light and heavenly peace impart Sweet earnest of the joys above. C. M. 215. The Necessity of renewing Grace. t HOW helpless guilty nature lies, Unconscious of its load! The heart, unichanged, can never rise To happiness and God. 2 Can auglht, beneath a power divine, The stubborn w ill subdue? 'T is thine, eternal Spirit! thine, To form th e heart anew. a'T is thine, the passions to recall, And upward l)il them rise; To make the scales of error fall, From reason's darkelned eyes; 4 To chase the shades of death sway, And bid the sinner live; A beam of heaven-a vital ray, 'T is thine alone to give. 6 Oh! change the se wretched hearts of ours And give them life divine; Then shall our passions and( our powers Almighty Lord, be thisle. C, M. 216. The Spirit desired. 1 GREAT Father of each perfect gift! Beheld thy servants wait; HOLY SPIRIT. With longing eyes, and lifted hands, We flock around thy gate. Oh! shed abroad that choicest ginft, Thy Spirit from above, To cheer our eyes with sacred light, And fire our hearts with love. 3 Blest earnest of eternal joy! Declare our sins forgiven: And bear, with energy divine, Our raptured thoughts to heaven. 4 Diffuse, O God! thy copious showers, That earth its fruit may yield, And change the barren wilderness To Carmel's flowery field. 217. The Outpouringm of the Spi.,. I LET songs of praises fill the sky! Christ, our ascended Lord, Sends down his Spirit, from on high, According to his word. 2 The Spirit, by his heavenly breath, New life creates within: Ite quickens sinners, from the death Of trespasses and sin. 3 The things of Christ the Spirit takes, And to our heart reveals: Our bodies he his temple makes, And our redemption seals. 4 Come, Holy Spirit! from above, With thy celestial fire; Come, aind, with flames of zeal and love, Our hearts and tongues inspire. L. M. 2 18. The Operations of the Holy dpint. 1 ETERNAL Spirit! we confess, And sing the wonders of thy grace; Thy power conveys our blessings down, From God, the Father, and the Son. 2 Enlightened by thy heavenly ray, Our shades and darkness turn to day; -771 IIYMNS. Thine inward teachings make L s know Our danger, and our refuge too. 3 Thy power and glory work waithin, And break the chains of reigning sin; Do our imperious lusts subdue, And fornm our wretched hearts aniew. 4 The troubled conscience knows thy voice; Thy cheering words awake our Joys; Thy words allay the stormy wind, And calm the surges of the mind. C. 5I. 219. Prayer.for the promised Spirit. I ENTHRONED on high, almighty Lord! The Ifoly Ghost send down: Fulfill in us thy faithful word, And all thy mercies crown. 2 Though, on our heads, no tongues of fire Their w ondrous powers impart, Grant, Saviour! what we more desire, Thy Spirit in our heart. 3 Spirit of life, and light, and love! Thy heavenly influence give; Quicken our souls-born from above In Christ, that wve may live. 4 To our benighted minds reveal The glories of his grace, And bring us, where no clouds conceal The brightness of his face. 5 His love within us shed abroad, Life's ever-spriiiging well, Till Gol in us, and we in God, In love eternal dwell. C. M. 220. Regeneration by the Spirit. I NOT all the outward forms on earth, Nor rites that God has g.ven; Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth Can raise a soul to heaven. 2 The sovereign will of God alpine Creates us heirs of grace, IhOLY SPIRIT. Born in the image of his Son, A new peculiar race. 3 The Spirit. like some heavenly wind, Breathes on the sons of flesh; Creates anew the carnal mind, And forms the man afresh. 4 Our quickened souls awake, and rsae Frotim the long sleep of death: On heavenlv things we fix our evea, A"(d praise employs our breath,. TRINITY. 6s and 4s. 221. I eirocaion. I COME thou almighty King! Ihelp us thy name to sing, Ielp us to pr tise: Father! all-glerious O'er all victorious Come, and reign over us, Ancient on days! 2 Come, thoi incarnate W,ord Gird on thy mighty sword; Our prayer attend Come, and thy people hless And give thy word succeia Spirit of holiness! On us descend. 3 Come, holy Comforter! Thy sacred witness bear, In this glad hour: Thou, who almighty art, Now rule inr every heart, And ne'er from us depart, Spirit of power! 4 To the great One in Three, T'he highest praises be, Hence evermore I 3P% InfMNS. Ilis sovereign majesty May we in glory see, And to eternity Love and adore. C. M. 222. Praise to the Goded 1 LET them neglect thy glory, Lord I Who never knew thy grace; But our loud songs shall still recorid The wonders of thy praise. 2 We raise our shouts, O God! to thee, And send them to thy throne; All glory to tih' united Three, The undivided One. 3'T was he-and we'11 adore his name That formed us by a word; 'T is he restores our ruined frame; Salvation to the Lord! 4 Hosanna! let the earth and skies Repeat the joyful sound; Rocks, hills, and vales reflect tbe voice, In one eternal round. C. M. 223. Praise to the Trinity. 1 FATHER of glory! to thy name Immortal praise we give, Who dost an act of grace proclaim, And bid us rebels live. 2 Immortal honor to the Son, Who makes thine anger cease; Our lives he ransomed with his own, And died to makle our peace. 3 To thtl?ne almighty Spirit be Immortal glory given; Whose influence brings us near to thee, And trains us up for heaven. 4 Let men, with their united voice Adore th' eternal God, And spread his honors and their joys, Through nations far abroad. 374 TRINITY. 5 Let faith, and love, aid duty join One general song to raise; Let saints, in earth and heaven, combine, In harmony and praise. L. M. 224. Prayer to the Trinity. I FATHER of heaven! whose love profoun A ransom for our souls hath found - Before thy throne we sinners bend; To its thy pard'ning love extend. 2 Almighty Son-incarnate Word Our prophet, priest, redeemer, Lorl! Before thy throne we sinners bend; To us thy saving grace exteld. 3 Eternal Spirit! by whose breath The soul is raised from sin and death, Before thy throne we sinners bend; To us thy quickening power extend. 4 Jehovah!-Father, Spirit, Son! Mysterious Godhead-Three In One! Before thy throne we sinners bend; Grace, pardon, life, to us extend. 6s and 4s. 225. Prayer to the Triune Jehoral 1 THOU! whose aimighty word Chaos and darkness heard, And took their flight, Hear us, we humbly pray, And where the gospel's day Sheds not its glorious ray, "Let there be light!" 2 Thou! who didst come to bring, On thy redeeming wing, Healing and sight, Health to the sick in mind, Sight to the inly blind, Oh! now to all mankind "Let there be light!" 3 Spirit of truth and love, Life-giving holy Dove! Speed forth thy flight, 375 Move on the waters' face, Bearing the lamp of grace, And in earth's darkest place "Let there be light!" 4 Holy, holy, holy, Most glorious Trinity, — WVisdom, Love, Migl.t! Boundless as ocean's ifdie Rolling in fullest pride, O'er the earth, far ar-a wide "Let there be light!-' 226. Praise to the Fat4er, Son and Spi,it 1 BLEST be the Father and his love. To which celestiaL source we owe Rivers of endless jDy above, And rills of comfoi t here below. 2 Glory to thee, great'on of God! From whose deat wounded body rows A precious stream cf vital blood Pardon and life for dying souls. 3 We give thee, sac,red Spirit! praise. Who ill our hearts of sin and woe, Mak'st living srings of grace arise, And into boundless glory flow. 4 Thus God, the Father,-God, the Son, - And God, the Spirit, we adore; That sea of life and love unknown, Witnut a bottom, or a shore. 7s. .Z7. Chr,stians praising the Trinity. I GREliAT tone joy when Christians meet, Christian fellowship, how sweet, When, their theme of praise the same, They exalt Jehovah's name! 2 Sing we then eternal love; Such as did the Father move: Hle beheld the world undone, Loved the world, and gave his Son. 3 Sing the Son's unbounded love; How he left tke realms above; 376 JRYMNS. TRINITY. Took our nature and our place, — Livedl and died to save our race. 4 Sinf we too the Spirit's love -- With our stulleorti hearts hie strove; Chased( the mists of siii away, Turned our night to glorious day. 6 Great the joy, the union sveet, When the saints in glory meet; WVhere tlhe theme is still the same Where they praise Jehliovah's name. 7s. 228. Co,,unnion trith the Triut Go 1 IN thy presence,re alplea r; lnord! we love to worship here When, within tile vei, we meet Thee upon thy mercy-seat. 2 While thy glorious name is sung, Touch our lips and loose our tong,,u6 Then our joylil soils shall t)less Thee, the Lord, ourrighteoisness. 3 While to thee oI, p ray ers asend, Let tlcine ear;i lo-c attenda; Ilear us, for th irit pleads; Ilear, for Jesus ini.rcedes 4 While thy word is heard with awe And we tremlble at thyiv law, Ilet thy gospel's wondrous love Every doubt and Ifear remnove. 5 While thy ministers proclaim Peace and pardon through thy nanme, In their vo~ces, let us owni Jesus, speaking from the throne. 6 From thy house when we retturn, Let our hearts within us birn; That, at evening, we may say, "We have walked with God to-day. Ss and 7s. 229. Praise to Father, Son ann Spirit I rTO the source of every blessing, Grateful anthems let us raise i 3 h-i IHYMNS. Holy joy, our souls possessing, Swells the tribute of our praise 2 Glory to tlih' almighty Father, Fountain of eternal love, Who, his wandering sheep to gathe, Sent a Saviour troim above. 3 lo the Son all praise be given, Who, with love unkinown before, Left the bright abode of heaven, And our sins and sorrows bore. 4 Equal strains of warm devotion Let the Spiiit's praise employ Author of each pure emotion, Source of wisdom, peace, and joy 5 Thuls-our joyful hearts ascending, Glorifv Jehovah's name; IIeavenly soings with ours are blending There, the theme is still the same 230. The Father, Sona~,4 Holy Ghost I WHILE all the angel-throng Give thanks to God oni high, Let earth repeat the joyful song, And echo to the sky. 2 Father! in whom we live, In whom we are and lnove, The glory, power and praise receive Of thiiie eternal love. 3 Incarnate Deity! Let all the ransomed race Render in thanks their lives to the, For thy redeeming grace. 4 Spirit of holiness! Let all thy saints adore Thy sacred energy, and bless Thy heart-renewing power. 5 Eternal, glorious Lord! Let all the saints above, Let all the sons of men, record, And celebrate thy love. 3 i-S TRINITY. 8s and 6s. Peculiar. 31. l,allelujah to the Triune God. I SING-Ilallelujah! praise the Lord! Sing with a cheerful voice; Exalt our God with one accord, And in his name rejoice: Ne'er cease to sing, thou ransomed hostl To Father, Son, and IIoly Ghost, Till in the realms of endless light, Your praises shall unite. 2 There we to all eternity, Shall join tih' angelic lays., And sing ill perfect harmony, To God our Saviour's praise He hath redeemed us by his blood And made us kinds and priests to God. For us-for us the Lamb was slain, Praise ye the Lord!-Amen. ALARMING. 7s and 6s. Peculiar. 32. The Alarm. 1 SINNER! stop-Oh! stop and think, Before you farther go: Will you sport upon the brink Of everlasting wo 7 On the verge of ruin stop - Now the friendly warning take' Stay your footsteps, ere you drop Into the burning lake. 2 Say-have you an arm like God, That you his will oppose X Fear you not that iron-rod With which he breaks his foes I Can you stand in that dread day, Which his justice shall proclaim, When the earth shall melt away, Like wax before the flame 7 379 380 HYMNS 3 Ghastly death wviil quickly come, And drag you to his bar: Thel yooti'11 hear your awful doom, And sink in deep despair! All your sins will rounIId you crowd, You will mark their crimson die, Each for vengeance cr-yitg loud, And then-ino relfuge nigh! L. M. 233. The Sin,er exhorted. I SINNER! Oh! why so thoughtless grown \vhv in such fearful haste to die' Why speed thy tflighlt to worlds unknown, Regardless -)f thy destiniy? 2 WVilt thou defy the wrath of God, Led on by sin's delusive dreamsl Madly despise the Saviour's blood, And force thy passage to the flames I 3 Sinner! Oh! lift thy thoughts above, And hear the Lord of life unfold The glories of his dying lc ve For ever telling, yet untold! 7s. 234. Tie Sinier warned 1 IHASTE, O sinner! to be wise, Stay not for the morrow's sun; Wisdom warns thee, from the skies, All the paths of death to shun. 2 Ihaste, and mercy now implore; Stay not for the niorrow's sun; Thy probation may be o'er, Ere this evening's work is done. 3 Haste, O sinner! now return; Stay not for th? morrow's sun; Lest thy lamp shotild cease to burn, Ere salvation's work is done. 4 IHaste, while yet thou canst be blest Stay not for the morrow's sun; Death may thy poor soul arrest, Ere the morrow is begun Ils. :33-. Danger of Delay. D)ELI,AY not, delay not; 0O sinner! draw neat, The'aters of life are now flowing for thee; No price is demanded, the Saviour is here, Redenption is purchased, salvation is free. Delay n,t, delay not; why longer abuse The l,ve and compassion of Jesus, thy God 7 A fountain is openedl,-how canst thou refuse To wish, and be cleansed in his pardi'ning blood 1 D)elay ot, delay not, O sinner! to come, For iei cy still lingers and calls thee to day; Jier vice is not heard in the vale of the tomb, Iernessage, unheeded, wi'l soon pass away. Delayaot, delay not; the Spirit of grace, Lor grieved and resisted, may take its saj iight; And lave thee in darkness to finish thy race, Toink in the bloom of eternity's night L. M. 36 One Tiin needful. I,VY will ye waste, on trifling cares, Tit life which God's compassion spares, Wile, in the various range of thought, T' one thing needful is forgot X 2 Stll God invite you firom above I ,11 Jesus urge his dying love? .all troubled conscience give you pain, id all these pleas unite in vain? 3)t so your eyes will always view lose objects which you now pursue; )t so will heaven and hell appear, hen death's decisive hour is near. 41 lmig,hty God,! thy grace impart; ix deep conviction on each heart: or let us waste, on trifling cares, 'hat liife which thy compassion spares. C. M. . Exhortation to Repentance. .IEPENT! the voice celestial cries; No longer dare delay: ALAR'4liNG. 381 Our hearts siliutiled, )v, ((1.ess l?i, Anid:veel, a 1nd 0o,e, -ol praise. 238. Tie nGo, I SINNER! art th still sec e NVilt thot still efiel)i,,e to iray? Can thy heart or laln etidure, III the Lord's aveng,iig daiy. 2 See. —his mighty arm is bare( Awtfuil terrors clothe his brow For his j.dments statnd prepared,; Thoti must either break or bow. 3 At his presenc e ature shakes Earth affrilhte(1 hbastes to flee Solid molntains melt like wax: WVhat will then becomie of' tliee 7 4 Who Ihis coming may al:ide? You that glory it your shame! Can you find a place to hide, When the world is wrapt in flam. t 8s, 7s and 4. 239. The Voice of,Iiercy. I HEAR, O sinner! mercy hails you, Now withl sweetest voice she calls; ALARMING. Bids you haste to seek the Saviour, Ere the hand of justice falls: Hear, O sinner! 'T is the voice of mercy calls. 2 See! the storm of vengeance gathering O'er the path you,dare to tread! HIark! the awful thunder rolling Loud alnd louder o'er your head! Turn, O sinner! Les. the lightning strike you dead. 3 Haste, O sinner! to the Saviour; Seek his mercy while you may; Soon the day of grace is over; Soon your lire will pass away; IHaste, O sinner! You must perish if you stay. C. P.M. 4)0. aPresent and future Realities. 1 LO! on a narrow neck of land, Between two boundless seas I standb Yet how insensible! A point of time-a moment's space Removes me to yon heavenly place, Or-shuts me up in hell! 2 O God! my inmost soul convert, And, deeply on my thoughtless heart, Eternal things impress Give me to feel their solemn weight, And save me, ere it be too late, Wake me to righteousness. 3 Before rne place, in bright array, The pomp ofthat tremendous day, Wlhen thou with clotids shalt comns, To ju(le the nations at thv bar; And tell me, Lord! shall I be there, To meet a joyful doom? I Be this my one great lbusiness here, WVith holy trembling holy lear, To make mv callinl sure Thine utmost ccunsel to fulfill, To suffer all thy righteous will, And to lhe end endure I HYMNS. 5'hen Savlour! then my soul receive Transported from the earth, to live And reign with thee above: W here faith is sweetly lost in sight, Ai,d hope, inr. full supreme delight, And everlasting love. L. M. 241. Life, the Day of Grace anan ope 1 LIFE is the time to serve the Lord, The time t' insure the great reward; And while the lamp holds out to bur., The vilest sinner may return. 2 Life is the hour that God has given, To'scape from hell and fly to heaven; The day of grace,-and mortals may Secure the blessings of the day. 3 The living know that they must die, But all the dead forgotten lie; Their mem'ry and their sense are gone, Alike unknowing and unkn,,vn. 4 Then, what my thoughts designed to de My hands! with all your m", ht pursue: Since no device, nor work is found, Nor faith, nor hope, beneath the ground. 5 There are no acts of pardon past, In the cold grave to which we haste; But darkness, death, and long despair Reign in eternal silence there. C. M. 242. Expostulaton with Sinners. IE! who despise the Saviour's grace, And scorn his gospel, nere, ilow can yot meet his angry face, Or at his bar appear e 2 When every earthly hope shall fail, W,hen storms of wrath are nigh, 'low ill your souls affrighted quail. Beneath his burning eye! 3 Why will you nmadly rush on death, Andi force your way to wo. ALARMINgiN. Why tempt the God, that hlolds your breath To strike the fatal blow. 4 Turn, guilty sinners! quickly turn; Oh! c(,omie to.esuis now; Ere the fierce flames around you burn, To your Redeemer bow. I,. M. 2 43. Advice to Youth. I NOWV, in the heat of vouthful blood, PReniemlber your Creitor, God; blehold! the ninths come hastening on, When yott shall say-" My joys are gone. 2Behold! thie aced sinner goes, Ia,Jen with lilt anid heavy woes, I)owti to the regions of the dead,l With endless cirses on hi s head. The dust returns to dust again; The soul. in agonies of pain, Ascends to God-not there to dwe!, lut hears her doonm, and sinks to he. i Eternal King! I fear thy name: neacl. me to know how frail I am; And when mny soul must hence remove, (dice tie a mainsion in thy love. S. M. 4. Grie,, the Sprit. 1 AND canst thou, sinner! slight The call of love divine? Shall God, with tenderness invite, And gain no thought of thines? 2 Wilt thou not cease to grieve The Spirit finom thy breast, Till he thv wretched soul shall leave With all thy sins oppressed? 3 To-day, a pard'ning God Will hear the suppliant pray, To day, a Saviour's cleansing blood Will wash thy guilt away. 4 But, grace so dearly bought If yet thou wilt despise, nYimNS. Thy fearful doom, with vengeance fraughb Will fill thee with surprise. C. M. 245. Frailty and Sin. 1 IOW short and hasty is our life, 'tow vast our soul's affairs! Yet senseless mortals vainly strive To lavish out their years. 2 Our days run thoughtlessly along, Without a momeot's stay; Just like a story, or a song, We pass our lives away. 3 God from on high invites us home, But we march heedless on, And, ever hastening to the tomb, Stoop downward as we run. 4 How we deserve the deepest hell, WVho slight the joys above! What chains of vengeance should we feel, Who break such cords of love! 5 Draw us, O God! with sovereign grace, And lift our thoughts on high, That we may end this mortal race, And see salvation nigh. C. M. 246. Brevity of Life. 1 LET others boast how strong they be, Nor death nor danger fear; But we'l confess, O Lord! to thee, What feeble things we are. 2 Fresh as the grass our bodies stand, And flourish bright and gay; A blasting wind sweeps o'er the land, And fades the grass away. 3 Our life contains a thousand springs, And dies, if one be gone; Strange! that a harp of thousand stringI Should keep in tune so long. 4 But't is our God supports our frame, - The God who built us first; 386 ALARWMING. Salvation t,o th; almighty Name That reared us from the dust. L. M. 247. T4e Rod to Life aid to Deaoth. I BROAD is the road that leads to death, Andl thousands walk togethier there; But wisdom shrews a narrow path, With here and there a traveller. 2 " Deny thyself and take thy cross," Is the Redeemer's great command: Nature must count her gold blt dross. If she would gain this heavenly land. 3 The fearfill soul that tires and faints, And walks the ways of God no mcre; Is Lut esteemed almost a saint, And makes his ow n destruction sure. 4 Lordl! let not all my hopes be v-ain; Create miy heart entirely new, Which hypocrites could ne'er attain: Which false itlapostates never knew. ~S. 3IN. 248. Uncertainty of Life. 1 TO-MORROWV, Lord! is thine. Lodged in thy sovereign haind; Andl if its su n arise and shine, It shines by thy command. 2 he present moment flies, And bears our life away; Oh! make thy servants truly wise, That they may live to-(lay. 3 Since, on this fleeting hour, Eternity is fung, Awaken, by,hy mighty power, rte aged and the young. 4 One thing demands our care; Be that one thing pursued; Lest, slighted once, the season fr Should never be renewed. E To Jesus may we fly, Sivift as the morning-light, 381 ~~~~388 H)NS. Lest life's young golden beams should dt In sudden, endless night. CONVICTION. S. M. 249. The sz,nr arrete I MY former hopes are fled, My terror now begins; My guilty soul, alas' is " dead In trespasses and sins." 2 Ah! whither shall I fly? Where seek for mercy's doom 7 The law proclaims destruction nigh, And justice armed with power. 3 When I review my ways, I dread th' impending doom; While yet some friendly whisper say "Flee from the wrath to come!" 4 Oh! that I now might see Some glimmering from afar, Some beam of hope to dawn on ms And save me from despair. 7s and 6s. 250. Te Sinner disquieted. 1 WIHY sinks my soul desponding I Why fill my eyes with tears I W'hile nature all-surrounding The smile of beauty wears: Why, burdened now with sorrow, Is every lab'ring thought I Each vision that I borrow, With gloom and sadness fraughtl 2 The pleasures that deceived me My soul no more can charm; Of rest they oftbereaved me, And filled me with alarm; T'he objects, I have cherished, Are empty as the wind; Mly earthly joys have perished What comfort shall I find I CONVICTION. S If inward, still enquiring, I turn my searching eye, Or upward, now aspiring, I raise my feeble cry, No heavenly light is beaming To cheer my troubled breast, No ray of coinfort gleaming To give my spirit rest. 4 My soul! from this dread anguish, Is there no refug e nigh? T is guilt that makes thee languisi And leaves thee thus to die: Renounce thy sin and folly Before the throne of grace; And make the Lord, most holy, Thy strength anid righteousness. C.M. - 51. Conviction by the Law. 1 LORD! how secure my conscience wae And felt no inward dread! I was alive without the law,' Ani thought my sins were dead. 2 My hopes of heaven were firm anid,right; But since the precept came, 'With a convincing power and light, I find how vile I am. 3 My guilt appeared but small before, Till terribly I saw How perfect, holy, just, and pure, Is thine eternal law. 4 Then felt my soul the heavy load, My sins revived again: I have provoked a dreadful God, And all my hopes are slain. 5 My God! I cry with every breath For some kind power to save, To break the yoke of sin and death And thus redeem the slave. L. M. '52. The Strivings of the Spirit I SAY, sinner! hath a voice within -ot whispered to thy secret soul, 389 90 IIYMNS. lred thee to leave the ways of sin, And yielh thy heart to God's control7 2 Sinier! it was a heavenly voice, It was thle Sjirit's gracious call; It liadle thee make the better choice And haiste to seek in Christ thine all. Spurn not the call to life and light; PRe,ard, in time, the warning kind That call thoul may'st not ailwtays sligk; And vet the gate of mercy find. 4 God's Spirit will not always strive With hardened, self-destroying man; Ye. who persist his love to grieve Mlay never hear his voice again. 5 Sinner! perhaps, this very day, Thy last accepted time may be: Oh! should'st thou g rieve him now aray, Then hope may never beam on thee. 253. Man -ondemned before Ga. I All! hows shall fallen man Be just before his God? If he contend in righteousness, We fall beneath his rod. 2 If he our ways should mark, W ith strict enquiring eyes, Could we, for one of thousand faults, A just excuse devise? 3 All-seein, powerfiul God! WVho can with thee contend? Or who, that tries th' unequal strife Shall prosper in the end X 4 The mountains, in thy wrath, Their ancient seats forsake; The tremb ling earth deserts her place, Iter rooted pillars shake. 6 Ah! how shall zuilty man Contetnd with such a God 7 Noie —one can meet him, and escape, But throug'. the Siaiour's l)lonol. 3 CONVICTION. 2_. TheS. IM. 254. T e evil Heart. I ASTONISHED and distressed, I turn mine eyes within; MIy heart with loads of guilt oppressed1 The seat of every sin. 2 What crowds of evil thoughs. What vile affections there! Distrust, presumption, artful guile, Pride, envy, slavish fear! 3 Almiahty King of saints! These hateful sins subdue; Dispel the darkness from my mind, And all my powers renew. 4 This done, —my cheerful voice Shall loud hosannas raise; My soul shall glow with gratitude, My lips pronounce thy praise INVITING. AC.M. 055. The Saviour's Invitatio?zn. 1 THE Saviour calls-let every ear Attend the heavenly sound; Ye doubting souls! dismiss your fear, Hope smiles reviving round. 2 For every thirsty, longing heart, Here streams of bounty flow, And life, and health, and bliss impart, To banish mortal wo. P Ye slnners! come; t is mercy's voice i The gracious call obey; Mercy invites to heavenly joys, Aud can you yet delay? 4 Dear Saviour! draw reluctant hearts,, To thee let sinners fly, And take the bliss thy love imnparts, Atnd drink, and never die. 391 392 L. M. 256. Restfor the weary Penitent. I COME, weary souls! with sin distressed Come, and accept the promised rest; The Saviour's gracious call obey, And cast your gloomy fears away. 2 Here mercy's boundless ocean flows, To cleanse your guilt and heal your wooe, Pardon and life, and endless peace, How rich the gift, how free the grace! 3 Lord! we accept, with thankful heart, The hope thy gracious words impart; We come, with trembling; yet rejoice, And bless the kind inviting voice. 4 Dear Saviour! let thy powerful love Confirm our faith,-our fears remove; Oh! sweetly reign in every breast And guide us to eternal rest. C. M. 257. e Gospel-Tumpet. 1 LET every mortal ear attend, And every heart rejoice; The trumpet of the gospel sounds, With an inviting voice. 2 HIo! all ye hungry, starving souls, That feed upon the wind, And vainly strive with earthly toiiu To fill th' immortal mind! 3 Eternal wisdom has prepared A soul-reviving feast And bids your longing appetites The rich provision taste. 4 Ho! ye that pant for living streams, And pine away and die! Here you may quench your raging thirst With springs that never dry. 5 Rivers of love and mercy, here, In a rich ocean join; Salvation in abundance flows, Like floods of milk and wine ffybfK!S. b The happy gates of gospel-grace Stand open night and day; Lord! we are come to seek supplies, And drive our wants away. L.M. 258 Christ's Invitation to Sinners. 1 " COME hither, all ye weary souls! Ye heavy-laden sinners! come; I' 11 give you rest from all your toils, And raise you to my heavenly home. 2 "They shall find rest, who learn of ume, I'm of a meek and lowly mind; But passion rages like the sea, And pride is restless as the wind. 3 " Blessed is the man, whose shoulders take My yoke, and bear it with delight; My yoke is easy to his neck, My grace shall make the burden light." i Jesus! we come at thy command; With faith, and hope, and humble zeal, Resign our sririts, to thy hand, To mould a.rid guide us at thy willU. L. M. 259. Litving WTaters. 1 HO! every one that thirsts! draw mnigh;'T is God invites the fallen race; Mercy and free salvation buy, Buy wine, and milk, and gospel.grac 2 Ye nothing Pn exchange can give, Leave all ye have and are behind Freely the gift of God receive, Pardon and peace in Jesus find. 3 Come to the living waters, come; Sinners! obey your Maker's voice; Return, ye weary wanderers! home, And in redeeming love rejoice, 26. ~~ C. M. w0. The.Resolve. 1 COME, trembling sinner! in whose trear, A thousand thoughts revolve; 1,NV'TING. 393 394 H~ YMNS. Come. with your guilt and fear oppreed, And make this last resolve: 2' I'll go to Jesus, though my sin flath like a mountain rose; I'11 seek his courts, and enter in, Whatever may cppose. 3 "Prostrate I'l fall before his thr.one And there my guilt confess; I'll tell him, I'm a wretch undone, Without his sovereign grace. 4 Perhaps he,ill admit my plea, Perhaps will hear my prayer; But, if I perish, I will pray, And perish only there. b "I call but perish if I go, I am resolved to try; For if I star asway, I know I must Ifor ever die." 8s and 7s. Peculiar. 261. A Fountain set open. 1 COME to Calv'ry's holy mountain, Sinners, ruined by the fall! Here a pure and healing fountain Flows to you,-to nie,-to all, In a full perpetual tide, Opelied when the Saviour died. 2 Come, in sorrow and contrition, Wounded, impotent, andblind; Ilere the guilty, free remission, Itere the troubled, peace may find; IHealthi this fountain wvill restore; Ile that drinks shall thirst no more-. 3 Ie that drinks shall live for ever,'T is a soul-reviving floold: God is faithful-God will never Break his covenant in blood; — Signed, when our Redeemer died, Sealed, when he was glorified. 8s and 7s. 262. False and True Pleasure. I TEIL us, wanderer! wildly roving From the path that leads to peace, I"Peasre's false enchantment loving, — \When will thy delusion cease'? ' Once, like thee, bvy joys surrounded, \Ve could kneel at pleasure's shrine; Theni our lrightest hopes were bounded, lBy delights as false as thine. 3 But those vlsions never blessed us, Soon their ileeting day was o'er; Then the world, that hadl caressed us, Charmed us with its smiles no more. 4 Sich is pleasure's transient story; l pastinz hapiness is known Only in the path to glory, Ii the Saviyour's love alone. L. TI. 263.,ie happy Cloice. I TO-DAkY —f ye w-ill hear his voice, Now- is, the time to make your choice S:ty —wll you to Mount Zion got . 1 —w- oill you have this Christ, or no? 2Y~e ^wanderinr.g souls, wvho find no rest! 1tV-will you be for ever blest r AV.ll you l e saed fro m sii and hell? \Will you with Christ in glory dwell ~ 3Come now, dear vouth! for ruin bound Obey the gospel's joyful sound; Co)ie, go with us, and you shall prove The joy of Christ's redeeming love. 4 Once more w e ask you in his name, For yet his love remails the same, Say-will you to Mount Zion go? Sa,y-,-ill you have this Christ or no? C. M. 6 4. Pardon and Sanct:fcato,'n in Christ. i IIO\v saa our state by nature is! Our sin —how deep it stains! Anl Satan binds our captive minds, Fast in his slavish chains. 9 But there's a voice of sovereign grac, Sounds from the sacred word; — 395 INVITING. 39t6 HYMNS. "Io! ye desparing sinners! coms And trust upon the Lord." 3 My soul obeys th' almighty call, And runs to this relief; I would believe thy promise, Lord! Oh! help my unbelief. 4 To the dear fountain of thy blood, Incarnate God! I fly; Here let me wash my spotted soul, From stains of deepest dye. 5 A guilty, weak, and helpless worm, On thy kindl arms I fidl: Be thou my strength and righteousne" IMy Jesus, and my all. C. A. 265. The Way to Zion. 1 IN(QUIRE, ye pilgrims! for the way That lea Is to Zion's hill, And thither set your steady face, VWith a determined will. 2 Oh! come, and to his temple haste, And seek his favor there; Before his footstool, humbly bow, And pour your fervent prayer. 3 Oh! come, and join your souls to God In everlasting lands; Accept the lblessings he bestows, WVith thankful hearts and hands. C. M. 266. Invitation to te Gospel-Feast. 1 YE wretched, hungry, starving poor Behold a royal feast, Where mercy spreads her bounteous store For every humble guest. 2 Here Jesus stands with open arms; He calls, he blids you, come; Guilt holds you back, and fear alarms But see! there yet is room: 3 Roonm in the Sav iotir's bleeding heart; There loxe and pity meet INVITING. Nor will he bid the soul depart, That trembles at his feet. 4 Oh! come, and, with his children, taste The blessings of his love; While hope attends the sweet repast Of nobler joys above. E There, with united heart and voice, Before th' eternal throne, Ten thousand thousand souls reioice, In songs on earth unk;,c wn. C. M. 2 67. T,e Fountain of living Water I Oil! what amazing words of grace Are ill the gospel found, Suited to every sinner's case Who hears the joyful sound! 2 Come, then, with all your wants and wount Your every burden bring; tiere love, unchanging love, abounds, A deep celestial spring. 3 This spring with living water flows, And heavenly joy imparts; Come, thirsty souls t your wants disclose, And drink, with thankful hearts. 4 Millions of sinners, vile as you, Have here found life and peace; Comnie, then, and prove its virtues too, And drink, adore, and bless. 7S. 268. Sinnersurged to accept the InvitatioL I YE! who in his courts are found, Listening to the joyful sound, I,ost and helpless as ye are, Sons f sorrow, sin, and care, Glorify the King of kings Take the peace the gospel brings. 2 Turn to Christ your longing eyes, View this bleeding sacrifice; See, in him, your sins forgiven, Pardon, holiness, and heaven; 397 398 HYMINS. Glorify the King of kings, Take the peace the gospel bringl 7s. 269. Expostulation with Sinner 1 SINNERTS! turn, why will ye die 7 God, your Maker, asks ou-Whly 7 God, -ho did your being give, Made you with himself to live, lie the fatal cause demands, Asks the work of his own hands, Whiy, ye thankless creatures! wshy, Will ye cross his love, and die 7 2 Sinners! turns why w ill ye die? God, your Saviour, asks you-WnhyI Ite, who did your souls retrieve, Died hlimnself that ye might live; Will - e let him die in vain? Crucity your Lord again Why, ye ransomed sinners! why Will yesi Will ye slight his grace, and (lie X 3 Sinners! turn, -why will ye die? God, the Spirit, asks you-Why I Many a time with you he strove, Wooed y ou to embrace his love: Will ye not his grace receive 2 Will ye still refuse to live l Oh! ye guilty sinners! why Why will ye for e ver die C. M. 270. Expostulation with Sinners 1 SINNERS! the voice of God regard; IT is mercy speaks to-day; He calls you by his sovereign word, From sin's destructive way. 2 Like the rough sea that cannot rest, You live devoid of peace: A thousand stings within your breast Deprive your souls of ease. 3 Your way is dark, and leads to hell; And will you ontward go I Can you in endless burnings dwell, Or bear eternal wo X INVIT'ING. 4 Lo! he, who turns to God, shall live, Through his abounding grace His mercy will the guilt forgive Of those who seek his face. 5 Bow to the sceptre of his word Renouncing every sin: Submit to him, your Sovereign Lord, And learn his will divine. 6 His love exceeds your highest thoughts lie pardons like a God; lie will forgive your numerous faults, Through-Christ's atoning blood. L.M. 2 1. Knocking at the Door. I BEHOLD a stranger at the door! Ile gently knocks,-has knocked before; Has waited long-is waiting still; You treat no other friend so ill. 2 Oh! lovely attitude-he stands With melting heart and loaded hands Oh! matchless kindness-and hlie shows This matchless kindness to his foes! 3 But will he prove a friend indeed Hie will-the very friend you need; The friend of sinners-yes,'t is he, With garments dyed on Calvary. 4 Rise-touched with gratitude divine, Turn out his enemy and thine, That soul-destroying monster, sin, And let the heavenly stranger in. 5 Admit him, ere his anger burn, Ilis feet departed ne'er return; Admit him,-or the hour's at hand, You'11 at his door rejected stand. 8s, 7s and 4. 272. Invitation to Sinners. I COME, ye sinners! heavy-laden, Lost and ruined by the fall) 399 40(0 lYMNS. If yol wait till you are betters You will never come at all: Sinners only, Christ, the Saviour, came to call 2 Let not sense of guilt prevent you, Nor of fitness fondly dream; All the fitness he requireth Is to feel your need of him: This he gives you;'T is the Spirit's rising beam. 3 Agonizing in the garden, Lo! ycur Saviour prostrate lies; On the bloody tree beholl him, There he groans, and bleeds, and dies It is finished" Heaven accepts the sacrifice. 4 Lo! th' incarnate God ascending Pleads the merit of his blood; Venture on him,-ventxire wholly, Let no other trust intrude: None but Jesus Can do helpless sinners good. 5 Saints and angels, joined in concerts Sing the praises of the Lamb; While the blissful seats of heaven Sweetly echo with his name; Ilallelujah! Sinners here may sing the same L. M. 273. Th Sinner entreated. 1 RETURN, O wanderer! now return, And seek thine injured Father's Iace Those new desires that in thee burn, Were kindled by reclaiming grace 2 Return, 0 wanderer! now return, He hears thy deep repentant sigh; lie hears thy softened spirit mourn, When no intruding ear is nigh i Return, O wanderer! now return, Thy Saviour bids thy spirit live; Go to his bleeding feet, and learn How freely Jesus can forgive. 4 INVIMTNG. t Urn, O wanderer! now return, And wipe away the falling tear; Thy Father calls-" No longer mourn!'" 'T is mercy's voice invites thee near. C. M. 274. The heavenly Guest. 1 AND will the Lord thus condescend To visit sinful worms? Thus at the door shall mercy stand, In all her winning fornms? 2 Shall Jesus for admittance plead, His charming voice unheard And this vile heart, for which ne bled, Remain for ever barred? 3'T is sin, alas! with tyrant-power, The lodging has possessed; And crowds of traitors bar the door, Against the heavenly guest. 4 Lord! rise in thine all-conquering grace, Thy nighty power display; One beam of glory from thy face Can drive my foes away. 5 Ye vile seducers! hence depart; Dear Saviour! enter in; Oh! geard the passage to my heart, And keep out every sin. ,,_. 8s, 7s and 4. 2i.5. Glazd Tidings. 1 SINNERS! will you scorn the message Coming from the courts above X Mlercy speaks in every passage; Every line is full of love; Oh! believe it, Every line is full of love. 2 Now, the heralds of salvation Joyful news from heaven proclaim: Sinners freed from condemnation, Through the all-atoning Lamb. Life receiving Through the all-atoning Lamb. 26 401 102 HYMNS. 3 Who hath their report believed, Who received the joyful word? Who embraced the news of pardon Freely offered by the Lord? Life immortal, Freely offered by the Lord. 4 0 ye angels! hovering round us, Waiting spirits' speed your way, Hasten to the court of heaven, Tidings bear without delay, Rebel-sinners Glad the message will obey. S. M. 276. The accepted Tie. 1 NOW is th' accepted time, Now is the day of grace; O sinners! come, without delay, And seek the Saviour's face. 2 Now is th' accepted time, The Saviour calls to day; To-morrow it may be too late; Then why should you delay. 3 Now is th' accepted time, The gospel bids you come: And every promise, in his word, Declares there yet is room. 4 Lord! draw reluctant souls, And melt them by thy love; Then will the angels speed their way To bear the news above. 8s and 4. 2747. The Gospel.Trumpet. I HARK-hark! the gospel-trumpet sounds, Through the wide earth the echo bountids; Pardon and peace by Jes is' blood! Sinners are reconciled to God, By grace divine. 2 Come, sinners! hear the joyful news, Not' longer dare the grace refusie; Mercy and justice here combine, Good(ness and truth harmonious join, T' invite you near. 3 Ye saints in glory! strike the lyre; Ye mortals! catch the sacred fire Let both the Saviour's love proclaim- For ever worthy is the Lamb O0 endless praise. C. M. 278. Tle Young.exhorted. 1 YE hearts with youthful vigor warm! In smiling crowds draw near; And turn from every mortal charm, A Saviout's voice to hear. 2 lie, Lord of all the worlds on high, Stoops to converse with you; And lays his radiant glories by, Your friendship to pursue. 3 The soul, that longs to see his face, Is sure his love to gain; And they, who early seek his grace, Shall nev er seek in vain. 4 What object, Lord! my soul should move, If once compared with thee? What beauty should command my love, Like what in Christ I see 1 5 Away, ye false delusive toys! Vain tempters of the mind; 'T is here I fix my lasting choice, For here, trite bliss I find. Ss, 7s and 4. 279. Cihildioen ehoi ted. 1 CILDIIREN! hear the melting story Of th e Lab that once was slain 'T is thle Lord of life atnd glory Shall he plead with yott itl vain 2 Oh! receive him, Andl salvation now obtain. 2 Yield no more to sin and folly, So displeasing il his sight; INVITING. 403 Jesuts loves the pure and holy, They talone are his delight; Seek his favor, And your hliearts to him unite. 3 All your sins to him confessing WVho is ready to forgive; Seek the Saviour's richest blessing, On his precious name believe; lie is waiting, Will you not his grace receive I 7s. 280. Children invited to Christ. 1 CIITLDREN! listen to the Lord, And obey his gracious word; Seek his face with heart and mind Early seek, and you shall find. 2 Sorrowful, your sins confess; Plead his perfect righteousness; See the Saviour's bleeding side; Come-you will not be denied. 3 For his worship now prepare; Kneel to him in fervent prayer; Serve him with a perfect heart; Never from his ways depart. PENITENTIAL. C. M. 281. Contrition. 1 0 TIIOU! whose tender mercy hears Contrition's humble sibh; Whose hand, indulgent, wipes the teao. From sorrow's weeping eye; 2 See, low before thy throne of grace, A wretched wanderer mourn; last tho, not bid me seek thy face I Ilast thou not said —" Return 7?" 3 Andl shall my guilty fears prevail To drive me from thy feet I 104 HYMNS. PENITENTIAL. Oh! let not this dear refuge fail, This only safe retreat. 4 Oh! shine on this benighted heart, With beams of mercy shine; And let thy healing voioe impart A taste of joys divine. 7s. -L82. Repentance at t~he Cross of Christ. 1 IIEARTS of stone! relent, relent, Break, by Jesus' cross subdued; See his body, mangled, relt, Covered with the gore of bioo(l! Sinfill soul! what hast thou done Crucified God's only Son! 2 Yes, thy sins have done the deed. I)riven the nails that fixed him there, Crowned with thorns his sacred lherd, Pierced him with a bloody spear, Mlade his soul a sacrifice, While for sinful man he dies. 3 Wilt thou let him bleed in vain, Still to death thy Lord pursue 7 Open all his wounds again, And the shameful cross renew? No;-with all my sins I'11 part, Break, Oh! break, my bleeding heart I L. Mt. 6 Lines. !83. Pleading in Je,st' N.ame. I FATHER of mercies, God of Love! Oh! hear an humble suppliant's cry; Bend from thy lofty seat above, Thy throne of glorious majesty; (h! deign to hear my mournful voice, And bid my drooping heart rejoice. 2 1 urge no merit of my own, No worth to claim thy gracious smile No,-when I come before thy throne, Dare to converse with God awhile, Thy name, blest Jesus! is my plea, DL)earest and sweetest name to me. 405 406 HYI NS. 3 Father of mercies, God of love! Then hear thine humble suppliant's try; Bend from thy lofty seat above, Thy throne of glorious majesty; One pard'ning word can make me whole And soothe the anguish of my soul. C. M. 284. Godly Sorrow at the Cross. 1 ALAS! and did my Saviour bleed? And did my Sovereign die 7 Would he devote that sacred head. For such a worm as I? 2 Was it, for crimes that I had done, He groaned upon the tree I Amazing pity!-grace unknown! And love beyond degree! 3 Well might the sun in darkness hide, And shut his glories in, When Christ, the mighty Maker, died, For man the creature's sin. 4 Thus might I hide my Flushing face, While his dear cross appears; Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, And melt mine eyes to tears. 5 But floods of tears can ne'er repay The debt of love I owe; Here, Lord! I give myself away;'T is all that 1 can do. L. M. 6 Lines. 285. Bailzder's Return through Chra 1 WEARY of wandering from my God, And now made willing to return, I hear, and bow beneath the rod; To him, with penitence, I mourn: I have an advocate above, A friend before the throne of love. 2 0 Jesus! fill of truth and grace, More full of grace than I of sin, Yet once again I seek thy face, Open thine arms and take me in; Oh! freely my backslidings heal, And love the dying sinner still. PENITENTIAl 3 Ah! give me, Lord! the tender heart, That trembles at th' approach of sin, A godly fear of sin impart, Implant, and root it deep within; That I may fear thy gracious power, And never dare t' offend thee more. C. IM. 286. Penitence and Hope. 1 DEAR Saviour! when my thoughts recall The wonders of thy grace, Lowv at thy feet ashamed I fall, And hide this wretched face. 2 Oh while I breathe to thee, my Lord! The penitential sigh, Confirm the kind forgiving word, With pity in thine eye. 3 Then shall the mourner, at thy feet, Rejoice to seek thy face; And grateful own-how kind, how sweet Thy condescending grace. 7s. 287. Confession and Entreaty. I SOVEREIGN Ruler, Lord of all! Prostrate at thy feet I fall; Ihear, Oh! hear my earnest cry Frown not, lest I faint and die. 2 Vilest of the sons of men, Chief of sinners I have been; Oft abused thee to thy face, Trampled on thy richest grace. 8 Justly might thy righteous dart Pierce this bleeding, broken heart; Justly mih1t thine angry breath Blast me in eternal death. I But with thee there's mercy founa, Balmn to heal my every wound: Soothe, Oh! soothe the troubled breast, Give the weary wanderer rest. 407 408 uHYMNS. C. M. 288. Penitence. I PROSTRATE, dear Jesus! at thy feel A guilty rebel lies: And upwards. to thy mercy-seeaf, Presumes to lift his eyes. 2 Let not thy justice frown me hence Oh! stay the vengeful storm; Forbidl it, that Omnipotence Should crush a feeble worm. 3 If tears of sorrow could suffice To pay the debt I owe, Tears should, from both my weeping eyes, In ceaseless currents flow. 4 But no such sacrifice I plead To expiate my guilt; No tears, but those which thou hast shed No blood, but thou hast spilt. b Think of thy sorrows, dearest Lord And all my sins forgive; Then justice will approve the word That bids the sinner live. C. M. 289. Pleadingfor Mlercy. I LORD! at thy feet, we sinners le, And knock at mercy's door; With bleeding heart, and downcast eye, Thy favour we implore. 2 Without thy grace, we sink oppressed, Down to the gates of hell; Oh! give our troubled spirits rest, Our gloomy fears dispel. 3'T is mercy-mercy now we plead; Let thy compassion move - Mercy, that led thee once to bleed, In tenderness and love. 4 In mercy now, for Jesus' sake, O God! our sins forgive; Thy grace our stubborn hearts can bre Ax 1, breaking, bid us live. 11s and 10s. 290. To the Mercy-Seat. I COME, ye disconsolate! where'er ye languisht, Come to the mercy-seat, fervently kneel: Hlere bring your wounded hearts, here tell yer anguish; Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot he&L 2 Joy of tne desolate, light of the straying, Hope of the penitent, fadel]ess and pure! Hlere speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying, Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot curm 3 Here see the bread of life; see waters flowing Forth from the throne of God, pure from above Come to the feast of love; come, ever knowing, Earth has no sorrow, but heaven can remove. C. M. 291. Tze Friend o Sinners. I JESUS! thou art the sinner's friend; As such I look to thee; Now, in the fuliess of thy love, 0 Lord! remember me 2 Remember thy pure word of grace, Remember Calvary; Remember all thy dying groans, And, then, remember me. 3 Thou wondrous Advocate with God! I yield myself to thee; While thou art sitting on thy throne. Dear Lord! remember me. LIord! I am guilty-I am vile, But thy salvation's free; Then, ill thine all-aboiinding grace, Dear Lord! remember me. 6 And, when I close my eyes in death, When creature-helps all flee. Then, 0 my dear Redeemer-God! I pray, remember me. S. M. 292. Repentance, in View, of Christ's C I DID Christ o'er sinners weep? And shall our cheeks be dry *W PENITENTIAL. 409 410 HMNS. Let floods of penitential grief Burst forth from every eye. 2 The Son of God in tears The anglels wondering, see I Be thou astonished, O my soul! He shed those tears for thee. 3 He wept-that we might weep; Each sin demands a tear; In heaven alone no sin is found, There is no weeping there. C.'N. 293. The Soul casting itself on C. I APPROACII, my soul! the mercy-seat, Where Jesus answers prayer; There humbly fall before his feet, For none canr perish there. 2 Thy promise is my only plea, With this I venture nioh: Thou cailest burdened souls to thee AnId such, O Lord! am I. 3 Bowed down beneath a load of sin, By Satan sorely pressed, By wars without and fears within, I come to thee for rest. 4 Be thou my shield and hiding place, That, sheltered near thy side, I may my fierce accuser face, And tell him-" Thou hast died." 5 Oh!.wondrous love,-to bleed and die, To bear the cross and shame, That guilty sinners, such as I, Might plead thy gracious name! C. M. 294. In-dwelling Sin lamented. 1 WITH tears of anguish, I lament, Before thy feet, my God! My passion, pride, and discontent, And vile ingratitude. 2 Sure, there was ne'er a heart so base, So false as mine has been; So faithless to its promises, So prone to every sin. 3 Ilow long, dear Saviour! shall I feel These struggles in my breast When wilt thou bow my stubborn will, And give my conscience rest ] 4 Break, sovereign grace! Oh I break the chat, And set the captive free: Reveal, great God! thy mighty arm, And haste to rescue me. C. M. 29w5). Si n betrailed at the Cross. 1 01! if my soul was formed for wo,r Itow wouldl I vent my silghs! Repentance should, like rivers, flow From both my streaming eyes. 2'T was for my sills, my dearest Lord Ilung on the cursed tree, Andl groaned away a dying life, For thee, my soul!-for thee. 3 Oh! how I hate those sins of mine That shed the Saviour's blood That pierced and nailed his sacred flesh Fast to the fatal wood! 4 Yes, my Iteleemer! they shall die; .IMy heart hath so decreed; Nor wvill I spare the guilty things That made my Saviour bleed. 5 While with a melting, broken heart, sMy murdered Lord I view, I'11 raise revenge against my sins, And slay the murderers too. C. M. 296. AIot,,.ing at the SIuchre. 1 YE humble souls that seek the Lord! Cast all your fears away; Draw near, and. with delight, behold The place where Jesus lay. 2 Thus low the Lord oflife was brought;'T was love that brought him low; p PENITENTIAL. 411 412 IHYMNS. Thus low in death the Saviour lay, Who lived and bled for you. 3 If ye have wept at yonder cross, And still your sorrows rise, Stoop down and view the vanquished grave, And wipe your weeping eyes. 4 Your Saviour lives,-for ever lives! Raise a triumphant strain; No powers of hell, nor bars of death, The conqueror could detain. 5 O'er heaven and earth he now preside, Though once among the dead; And to eternity shall reign Creation's glorious Itead. 6 Ye mourning souls! rejoice, while you IHis empty tomb survey; As Christ arose, so you shall rise To realms of endless day. C. AI. 297. Returning t, Christ. I 1IOW oft, alas! this wretched heart Has wandered from the Lord! How oft my roving thoughts depart, Forgetful of his word! 2 Yet sovereign mercy calls-" Return!" Dear Lord! and may I come I My vile ingratitude I mourn; Oh! take the wanderer home. 3 And canst thou-wilt thou yet forgive, And bid my crimes remove? And shall a pardoned rebel live To speak thy wondrous love? 4 Almighty grace! thy healing power How glorious-how divine! That cat. to life and bliss restore A heart so vile as mine! 6 Thy pardoning love-so free, so sweet Dear Saviour! I adore; Oh! keep me at thy sacred feet, And let me rove no more. CONVERSION. (CONVERSION. C. P. M. 2'8. The New.-Birth. I AWAKED by Sinai's awful soun[, My soul ii boends of guilt I found And knew not where to go: One solemn truth increased my pin. The sinner " must be born again," Or sink to endless wo. 2 I heard the law its thunders roll, While guilt lay heavy on my soui, A vast oppressive load: All creature-aid I saw was vain; The sinner "must be born again," Or drink the wrath of God. 3 The saints I heard with rapture tet IIow Jesus conquered death and hefn To bring salvation near: Yet still I found this truth remain, The sinner "' must be born again,"' Or sink in deep despair. 4 But while I thus in anguish lay, The il)eeding, Saviour passed that way, My bondage to remove: The sinnter, once by justice slain, Now by his grace is born agaLi, Andl sings redeeming love. L. M. 299. God, the Portion of the So?,, 1 FAR from thy fold, O God! my feet Once movedl in error's devious maze; Nor found religious duties sweet, Nor sought thy face, nor loved thy ways 'I With tenderest voice thou bad'st me flee The paths which thou couldst l'e'er approx And gently drew my soul to thee, With cords of sweet eternal love. 412 414 HYMNS. 3 Now to thy footstool, Lord! 1 fly, And low in self-abasement fall; A vile, a helpless worm, am I And thou, my God! art all in all. 4 Dearer-far dearer to my heart, Than all the joys that earth can give From famne, from wealth, from friendsi'd part, Beneath thy countenance to live. 8s and 7s. 300. Taking up the Cross. 1 JESUS! I my cross have taken, All to leave, and follow thee; Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou, from hence, my all shalt be; Perish every foid ambition, All I've souht, or hoped, or known I Yet how rich is my condition, God and heaven are still my own 2 Let the world despise and leave me. They have left my Saviour, too; Human hearts and looks deceive me: Thou art not, like them, untrue; Oh! while thou dost smile upon me, God of wisdom, love and might! Foes may hate, and friends disown me; — Show thy face, and all is bright. 3 Perish, earthly fame and treasure. Come, disaster, scorn, and pail In thy service. pain is pleasure With thy favor, life is gain Oh! It is not in grief to harm me While thy love is left to me; Oh!'t were not in joy to charm nie Were that joy unmixed with thee. 8s, 7s and 4. 301. Tle Su-render. I WELCOMTE, welcome, dear Redeemer! XWVelcome to this heart of mine; Lord! I make a fill surrender, Every power and thought be thino; Thine entirely, Through eternal ages thine. CONVERSION. 2 Known to all to be thy mansion, Earth and hell will disappear; Or in vain attempt possession, When they find the Lord is near: — Shout. O Zion! Shout, ye saints! the Lord is here. 7s. 302. Lore to the Saints. 1 PEOPLE of the living God! I have sought the world around, Paths of sin and sorrow trod, Peace and comfort no where found: Now to you my spirit turns, Turns, a fugitive unblest; Brethren! w-here your altar burns, Oh! receive me into rest. 2 Lonely, I no longer roam, Like the cloud, the wind, the wave; W,here you dwell, shall be my home. Where you die, shall be my grave. Mine the God whom you adore, Your Redeemer shall be mine; Earth can fill my soul no more, Every idol I resign. C. M. 303. Subdued by the Cross. 1 IN evil, long I took delight, Unawed by shame or fear, Till a new object struck my sight, And stopped my wild career. 2 I saw one hanging on a tree, Il agonies and blood; Ie fixed his languid eyes on me, As near his cross I stood. 3 Oh! never, till my latest breath, Shall 1 forget that luok; It seemed to charge me with his death, Though not a word he spoke. i My conscience felt and owned the guilt, It plunged me in despair; 415 416 HYMNS. I saw my sins his blood had spilt, And helped to nail him there. 5 A second look he gave, that said, " I freely all forgive; This blood is for thy ransom paid, I die that thou may'st live." 6 Thus, while his death my sin displays In all its blackest hue, Such is the mystery of grace, It seals my pardon too.. 8s and 7s. 304. Redemption. SW,EET the moments, i ich in blessing, Which before the cross I spend! Life, and health, and peace possessing From the siuner's dying friend. 2 IHere I'II sit, for ever viewing Mercy streaming in his blood Precious drops! my soul bedewing, Plead and claim my peace with &d. 3 Ifere it is I find my heaven, While upon the cross I gaze; Love I much?-I've much fbrglven, I'm a miracle oi grace. 4 Love and grief my heart dividing, Gazing here I'd spend my breath; Constant still in faith abiding, Litfe deriving from his death. 5 Lord! in ceaseless contemplation, Fix my heart and eyes on thine, Till I taste thy whole salvation, Where, unveiled, thy glories shine. L. M. 305. Parting teth carnal Joys. I I SEND the joys of earth away, Away, ye tempters of the mind! False as the smooth. deceitful sea, And empty as the whistling wind. 2 Your streams were floating me along Down to the gulf of black despair. And, while I listened to yonr song, Your streams had e'en conveyed me there. 3 Lord! I adore thy matchless grace, 'lThat warned me of that dark abyss; That drew me from those treacherous seas, And bade me seek superior bliss. Now to the shining realms above, I stretch my hands, and glance mine eyes Oh! for the pinions of a dove, To bear me to the upper skies. 5 There. from the bosom of my God, Oceans of endless pleasure roll a There would I fix my last abode, And drown the sorrows ot' my souIk S. I. 306. Rejoicing. l NOW let our voices join To raise a sacred song; Ye pilgrims! in Jehovah's ways, With music pass along. 2 See-flowers of paradise, In rich profusion, spring; The sun of glory gilds the path, And dear companions silg. 3 See —Salem's golden spires, In beauteous prospects, rise; And brighter crowns than mortals wear, Which sparkle through the skies. 4 All honor to his name Who marks the shining way, To him who leads the pilgrims oa To realms of endless day. C.J, M. 307. Savation weZch. I SALVATION! Oh! the joyful saund; 'T is pleasure to our ears - A sovereign balm for every wound, A cordial for our fears. 2 Buried in porrow and in sia, At hsll's dark door wo l; CONVERSION. 417 But we arise, by grace divine, To see a heavenly day. 3 Salvation!-let the echo fly The spacious earth around; WVhile all the armies of the sky Conspire to raise the sound. 7s. 308. Darkness turned to Light. 1 BOUNDLESS glory, Lord! be thine; Thou hast made the darkness shine; Thou hast sent a cheering ray; Thou hast turned our night to day. 2 Darkness long involvel us round, Till we knew the joyful sound; Then our darkness tled away, Chased by truth's effulgenlt ray. 8 They are blessed, and none beside, They, who in the truth abide; Clear, the light that marks their way Leading to eternal day. 4 Guide us, Saviour! through the road, Till we reach the saints' abode Till we see thee throned above, As thou art,-the God of love. C. M. 309. Returninzg to Zion. 1 SING, all ye ransomed of the Lord! Your great Deliverer sing: Ye pilgrims! now, for Zion bound, Be joyful in your King. 2 See the fair way his hand hath made; How peaceful and how plain! The simplest traveller need not ert Nor seek the path in vain. 3 A hand divine shall lead you on, Through all the blissful road; Till to the sacred mount you rise' And see your smiling God. 4 Bright garlands of immortal joy Shall bloom on every head; lis flYMNS. CONVERSION. WIaile sorrow, sighing, and dlstless, Like shadows, all are fled. b March on, in your Redeemer's strengths Pursue his tbfootsteps still; With joyful hope, still fix your eye On Zion's heavenly hill. S. M. 310. submission to Christ. I JESUS I come to thee, A sininer doomed to die; 5My only refuge is thy cross, Here at thy feet I lie. 2 Can mercy reach my case, And all my sins remove' Break, O my God! this heart of stone. And mnelt it by thy love. 3 Too long my soul has gone, Far from my God, astray; I've sported on the brinik ofhell. In sin's delusive wray. 4 But, Lord! my heart is fixed, I hope in thee alone; Break oft the chains of sin and deats And bind me to thy throne. 5 Thy blood cal cleanse my heart, Thy hand can wipe my tears; Oh! send thy blessed Spirit down, To banish all my fears. 6 Then shall my soul arise, From sin and Satan free; Redeemed from hell and every foe, I'11 trust alone in thee. C.M. > 11. Self-Dedication. I WNELCOME, 0 Saviour to my hea Possess thine humble throne; Bid every rival hence depart, And claim me for thine own. 2 The world and Satan I forsak, — To thee, I all resign; 419 420 HYMNS. My longing heart, 0 Jesus! take, And fill with love divine. 3 Oh! may'I never turn aside, Nor from thy bosom flee Let nothing here my heart divide, I give it all to thee. C. M. 312. Prayer for the Spirit of Adoptied. i SPIRIT of holiness! look down, Our fainting hearts to cheer; And, when we tremble at thy frown, Oh! bring thy comforts near. 2 The terrors thy convictions wrought. Oh! let thy grace remove; And may the souls, which thou hast Aught To weep, now learn to love. 3 Now let thy saving mercy heal The woundls it madle before; Now on our hearts impress thy seal, That we may doubt no more. 4 Complete the work thou hast begun. And make our darkness light, That we a glorious race may run, Till faith be lost in sight. 5 Then, as our wandering eyes discern The Lord's unclouded face, In fitter language, we shall learn To sing triumphant grace. Cp, M. 313. Old Things passed away. t LET earthly minds the world pursue, It has no charms for me; Once I admired its trifles too, But grace hath set me free. 2 Its joys can now no longer please, Nor e'en content afford: Far from my heart be joys like these, For I have seen the Lord. 3 As by tme'i ght of opening day The stars are all concealed; CONWERSION. Sj earthly pleasures fade away, When Jesus is revealed. 4 Creatures no more divide my choice, I bid them all depart; His name, his love, his gracious voice, Have fixed my roving heart. 5 But may I hope that thou wilt own A worthless worm like me? Dear Lordl! I would be thine alone, And wholly live to thee. C. M. 1 4. The f,,Il P,urpose. 1 IN all my Lord's appointed ways, My journey I'11 pursue; Ilinler me liot.-ye inuch-loved saints! For I must go with you. 2 Ttrough floods and flames, if Jesus leads, I'11 f(ollow where he goes; Ilinder me not!-shall be my cry, Though earth and hell oplpose. B Through duty, and through trials too, I'11 go at his command; Ilinder me not, for I am bound To my Iminanuel's land. 4 And when my Saviour calls me home, Still this my cry shall be, Ilindler me not,-come, welcome, deaLt I'11 gladly go with thee. 8s and 7s. [ I5. ltedeemtng Lore. I COME, thou Fount of every blessing Tune my heart to grateful lays; Streams of mercy, never.ceasing, Call for songs of loudest praise. 2 Teach me somne melodious measure, Sung by raptured saints above; Fil' mv soul with sacred pleasure, While I sing redeeming love. 3 Jesus sought me when a stranger, Wandering from the Ifld of God; 4SI Ile to save my soul from danger. Interposed his precious blood. 4 0! to grace how great a debtor, Daily I'm constrained to be! Let thy grace, Lord! like a fetter, Bind my wanidering heart to thee. 5 Prone to wander,-Lord! I feel it; Prone to leave the God I love; I-ere's my heart, Oh! take and seal it,e Seal it from thy courts above C. M. 316. Joy oter the Penitent. I 011O! how divine, how sweet the joy, xViten but one sinner turns, And with an humble, broken heart, Ilis sin and error mourns! 2 Pleased with the news, the saints below In songs, their tongues employ; Beyond the skies the tidtings go, And heaven is filled with joy. 3 Well-pleased, the Father sees and hears The conscious sinner's moan; Jesus receives him in his arms, And claimts him for his own. 4 Nor angels can their joys contain, Bitt kindle with nlew fire: "The sinner lost is found!" they sing, And strike the sounding lyre. L. M. 3 1 7. Joy in Hleav-en for a repenting Sitw 1 WVIIO can describe the joys that rise, Through all thie courts of Paradise, To see a prodligal return, To see an heir of glory born? 2 With joy the Father doth approve The fruit of his eternal love; The Son with joy looks down, and eft The purchase of his agonies. 8 The Spirit takes delight to view The holy soul he formed anew; 4-2 IIYMNS. And saints and angels join to siig The growiing empire of their king. S. M. 3 l. rThe Song of the Saved on Eafr 1 FROM Eoypt's bondage come, WVhere death andl darkness reign, We seek a new, a better hollme, Where we our rest shall gain. 2 To Canaan's sacred bound, We haste with songs of joy, Where peace anid liberty are found And sweets that never cloy. 3 There sin and sorrow cease, Alld every conflict's o'er: There we shall dwell in endless peace, Nor thirst nor hunger more. 4 There, in celestial strains, Enraptured myriads sing; And love il every bosom reigns, For God himself is king. 5 We hope to join the throng, And soon their pleasures share:-. To sing the everlasting son g, With all the ransomed there. 6 How sweet the prospect is! It cheers the pilgrim's breast; We're journeying through the wilderness To our eternal rest. L. 5,1. 319. A Youo. sceking heave7znly T7isdom. I I ASK not wealth, nor pomp, nor power, Nor fleeting pleasures of an hour: M15y soul aspires to nobler things Titan all the pride and state of kings. 2 One thing I ask;-Lord! wilt thou hear, AndI grant my soul a gift so dear - Wisdom. descending from above, The sweetest token of thy love: 3 Wisdom, ](times to know the Lord, To fear his name, and keep his word; CONVERSION. 423 4.24 IIYMNS To lead my feet in paths of truth And guide and guard my wandering youth 4 Then shouldst thou grant a length of days My life shall still proclaim thy praise; Or early death my soul convey To realms of everlasting day. II. M. 320. Renouncing the TWorld. 1 COIME, my fond fluttering heart! Come, struggle to be free; Thou and the world must part, tIowever hard it be: My trembling spirit owns it just, But cleaves yet closer to the dust 2 Ye tempting sweets! forbear; Ye dearest idols! fall; MIy love ye must not share, Jesus shall have it all: 'T is bitter [ ai'.-'t is cruel smart. But, ah! tIhol m ust consent, my hear 3 Ye fair enchanting throng! Ye golden dreams! farewell! Earth has prevailed too long, And now I break the spell: Farewell, ye joys of early years! Jesus' forgive these parting tears. 4 In Gilead there is balm, A kind Physician there. My fevereil mind to calm, And bid me not despair: Aid me, dear Saviour! set me free i My all I would resign to thee. 5 Oh! may I feel thy worth, And let no idol dare, No Xanity of earth, WNith thee, my Lord! compare: Now bid all worldly jeys depart, And reign supremely in my hear, CHRISTIAN. CHRISTIAN. 7s. 321. Rejoicinig in Jess. I NOW begii the heavenly theme Sii-g aloud ill Jesus' narne; Ye, who his salvation prove, Triumph in redeeming love. 2 Ye. who see the Father's grace Beaming in the Saviour's face, As to Canaani on ye move, Praise. and bless redeeming love. 3 Mourning souls! dry ulp your teara; Banish all your siintul fears See your guilt and curse remover Cancelled by redeeming love. 4 Welcome all, by sill oppressed, Welcomnie to his sacred rest! Nothing brought him from above, Nothing but redeemingin love. 5 Hither, then, your music bring; Strike aloud each joyfill string; Mortals! join the hosts above, Join to praise redeeming love. 6 When his Spirit leads us homne, When we to his glory come. We shall all the fluliiess prove Of the Lord's redeeming love. 8s and 7s. 322. J:yfua Hope. 1 KNOW, miv soul! thy full salvation Rise o'er sin, and fear and care, Joy to flid, in every station, Something still to do or bear: Think, what spirit dwells within thee; Think, what Fatliers smiles are thone; Think, what Jesus did to win thee; — Child of heaven! canst thou repine 425 42b IIYMNS. 2 Haste thee on from grace to glcry, Armed w,th faith, and witged with prayer, IHeaven's eternal day's bebfore thee God's own hand shall guide thee there. Soon shall close thins earthly mission, Soon shall pass thy pilgrim-days; Itope shall change to glad fruition, Faith to sight, and prayer to praise. S. M. 323. Salvation by Grace. 1 GRACE!-'t is a charming sound, Iharmonious to the ear; lheaven with the echo shall resound, And all the earth shall hear. 2 Grace first contrived the way To save rebellious man; And all the steps that grace display, MWhich drew the wondrous plan. 3 Grace led my roving feet To tread the heavenly road; And new supplies each hour I meet, While pressing on to God. 4 Grace all the work shall crown, Through everlasting days; It lays in heaven the topmost stone Anid well deserves the praise. C. M. 324. Filial Obedience. 1 GRACE, like an uncorrupted seed, Abides and reigns within; Immortal principles forbid The sons of God to sin. 2 Not by the terrors of a slave, Do they perform his will; But, with the noblest powers they hav, Ifis sweet cotmmands tfulfill. 3 They find access, at every hour, To God, within the veil; Itence they derive a quickening power And joys that never fail. CIHRISTIAN,. 4 Oh! hapr y souls!-Oh! glorious state Of overflowing grace. To dwell so near thieir Father's seat, Antd see his lovely face. 5 Lord! I address thy heavenly throne; Call me a child of thinte; Send down the Spirit of thy Son To formr mry heart divine. 6 There shed thy choicest love abroad, And make my comforts strong; Then shall I say,-" -My Father, God!" \Vith an uonwavering tongue. C. M. 3254 Faith encourao ed by ancient Examples I RISE, O my soul! pursue the path, By ancient worthies trod; Aspirins, view those holy men, NWho lived and walked with God. 2 Thouzh dead, they speak in reason's ear, And in example live; Their faith, and hope, and mighty deeds Still fresh instruction give. 3'T was thlirough the Lamb's most precious blood They concd-ered every foe; And to his sower and matchless grace, Their crovwns oflife they owve. 4 Lord! may I ever keep in view The patterns thou hast given; Andl ne'er forsake the blessed road, That led them safe to heaven. L. 5M. 326. Salvation through Christ. NOXW, to the pover of God supreme Be everlasting honors given; lie saves from hell,-wve bless his name. lie calls our wandering feet to heaven. 2 Not for our dutties, or deserts, But of his ownv alottnding grace, HIe works salvation in our hearts, And forms a people for his praise. 427 4~28 ItYMNS. 3'T was his own purpose that begun To rescue rebels, doomed to die; lIe gave us grace in Christ, his Son. Before he spread the starry sky. 4 Jesus, the Lord, appears at last, And makes his Father's counsels known, Declares the great transaction pa.st, And brings immortal blessings down. 5 Ile dies,-and, in that dreadful night, Did all the powers of hell destroy Rising-he brought our heaven to light, And took possession of the joy C. MI. 3 27. The pe f Iealea,en. I WHEN I can read my title, clear, To mansions ill the skies, I bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes. 2 Should earth -against my soul engage, Aul hell's fierce darts be hurled: Then I can smile at Satan's rage, And face a frowning world. 3 l,et cares, like a wild deluge, come, And storms of sorrow fall; May I bit safely reach m