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The universal King.

1 COME, sound his praise abroad,
And hymns of glory sing:
Jehovah is the sovereign God,
The universal King.

2 He formed the deeps unknown;
He gave the seas their bound;
The watery worlds are all his own,
And all the solid ground.

3 Come, worship at his throne,

Come, bow before the Lord;

We are his works, and not our own; He formed us by his word.

4 To-day attend his voice, Nor dare provoke his rod;

Come, like the people of his choice, And own your gracious God.

Isaac Watts.

4 Song of Moses and the Lamb.

1 AWAKE, and sing the song

Of Moses and the Lamb; Wake, every heart and every tongue, To praise the Saviour's name.

2 Sing of his dying love;

Sing of his rising power;
Sing how he intercedes above
For those whose sins he bore.

3 Sing on your heavenly way,
Ye ransomed sinners, sing;
Sing on, rejoicing every day

In Christ, the eternal King.

ITALIAN HYMN. 6, 4.

FELICE GIARDINI.

Help us to praise :

2.

Met in His name. 1 JESUS, we look to thee,

Thy promised presence claim; Thou in the midst of us shalt be, Assembled in thy name.

2 Thy name salvation is,

Which here we come to prove;

Thy name is life, and health, and peace, And everlasting love.

3 Not in the name of pride

Or selfishness we meet;

From nature's paths we turn aside,
And worldly thoughts forget.

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General invitation to praise God.

1 FROM all that dwell below the skies,

Let the Creator's praise arise;
Let the Redeemer's name be sung,
Through every land, by every tongue.
2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord;
Eternal truth attends thy word:

Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set no more.
3 Your lofty themes, ye mortals, bring;
In songs of praise divinely sing;
The great salvation loud proclaim,
And shout for joy the Saviour's name.
4 In every land begin the song;
To every land the strains belong :
In cheerful sounds all voices raise,
And fill the world with loudest praise.
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Reverential adoration.

Isaac Watts.

1 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 of clay, and formed us men ;
And when like wandering sheep we strayed,
He brought us to his fold again.

3 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs,
High as the heavens our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.
4 Wide as the world is thy command;
Vast as eternity thy love;
Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.
Isaac Watts, alt. by J. Wesley.

10 HOLY, holy, holy Lord!
Thou God of hosts, by all adored;
The earth and heavens are full of thee,
Thy light, thy power, thy majesty.

2 Loud hallelujahs to thy name,
Angels and seraphim proclaim:

By all the powers and thrones in heaven,
Eternal praise to thee is given.

3 Apostles join the glorious throng,
And swell the loud triumphant song:
Prophets and martyrs hear the sound,
And spread the hallelujah round.

4 Glory to thee, O God most high!
Father, we praise thy majesty!
The Son, the Spirit, we adore!
One Godhead, blest for evermore.

Josiah Conder.

11 Invitation to worship.—Psalm 100. 1 ALL people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice: Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell Come ye before him, and rejoice.

2 The Lord, ye know, is God indeed, Without our aid he did us make; We are his flock, he doth us feed,

And for his sheep he doth us take.
3 O enter then his gates with praise,
Approach with joy his courts unto :
Praise, laud, and bless his name always,
For it is seemly so to do.

4 For why? the Lord our God is good,
His mercy is forever sure;
His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.

William Kethe.

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Praise to the Saviour.

1 JESUS, thou everlasting King,
Accept the tribute which we bring;
Accept thy well-deserved renown,
And wear our praises as thy crown.

2 Let every act of worship be
Like our espousals, Lord, to thee;
Like the blest hour, when from above
We first received the pledge of love.

3 The gladness of that happy day,
O may it ever, ever stay!

Nor let our faith forsake its hold,
Nor hope decline, nor love grow cold.

4 Let every moment, as it flies,
Increase thy praise, improve our joys,
Till we are raised to sing thy name,
At the great supper of the Lamb.

4 O may I worthy prove to see
Thy saints in full prosperity,
That I the joyful choir may join,
And count thy people's triumph mine!
Tate and Brady.

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Welcome to the King of glory.

1 LIFT up your heads, ye mighty gates!
Behold, the King of glory waits;
The King of kings is drawing near,
The Saviour of the world is here.

2 The Lord is just, a helper tried;
Mercy is ever at his side;
His kingly crown is holiness;
His scepter, pity in distress.

3 O blest the land, the city blest,
Where Christ the ruler is confessed!
O happy hearts and happy homes
To whom this King of triumph comes!

4 Fling wide the portals of your heart; Make it a temple, set apart

From earthly use for heaven's employ,
Adorned with prayer, and love, and joy.

5 Redeemer, come! I open wide
My heart to thee: here, Lord, abide!
Let me thy inner presence feel,
Thy grace and love in me reveal!

6 So come, my Sovereign! enter in,
Let new and nobler life begin;
Thy Holy Spirit guide us on,
Until the glorious crown be won!

Georg Weissel. Tr. by Miss C. Winkworth

bode my heart

To thine a

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Longings for the house of God.
1 LORD of the worlds above,
How pleasant and how fair
The dwellings of thy love,

Thine earthly temples, are!
To thine abode my heart aspires,
With warm desires to see my God.
2 O happy souls that pray
Where God appoints to hear!
O happy men that pay

Their constant service there!
They praise thee still; and happy they
That love the way to Zion's hill.

3 They go from strength to strength, Through this dark vale of tears, Till each arrives at length, Till each in heaven appears: O glorious seat! thou, God, our King, Shalt thither bring our willing feet.

2 The universal King

Let all the world proclaim;
Let every creature sing

His attributes and name:

Him Three in One, and One in Three,
Extol to all eternity.

3 In his great name alone
All excellences meet,
Who sits upon the throne,

And shall forever sit;

Him Three in One, and One in Three, Extol to all eternity.

4 Glory to God belongs;

Glory to God be given,
Above the noblest songs

Of all in earth and heaven;

Him Three in One, and One in Three, Extol to all eternity.

Doxology.

Charles Wesley.

To God the Father's throne
Your highest honors raise;
Glory to God the Son;

To God the Spirit, praise: With all our powers, eternal King, Thy everlasting praise we sing.

Isaac Wat: alt.