1 ROUND the Lord, in glory seated, Each to each the alternate hymn: 3 Heaven is still with glory ringing; "Lord of hosts, Lord God most high." 4 With his seraph train before him, With his holy Church below, Thus unite we to adore him: Bid we thus our anthem flow: 5 "Lord, thy glory fills the heaven; RICHARD MANT. 57 Exhortation to praise God. 4 Praise the God of our salvation; Hosts on high his power proclaim; Heaven and earth, and all creation, Laud and magnify his name. 1 HARK! the notes of angels, singing, 2 Ye for whom his life was given, 3 See! the angelic hosts have crowned him, 4 Filled with holy emulation, 5 Endless life in him possessing, 1 PRAISE the Lord! ye heavens, adore him; Glory, honor, power, and blessing, Praise him, angels, in the height; Sun and moon, rejoice before him; Praise him, all ye stars of light. 2 Praise the Lord, for he hath spoken; Worlds his mighty voice obeyed; Laws which never shall be broken, For their guidance he hath made. 3 Praise the Lord, for he is glorious; Never shall his promise fail; God hath made his saints victorious; Sin and death shall not prevail. 23 Be forever to the Lamb. EDWIN SMYTHE. BELMONT. C. M. SAMUEL WEBES. 60 Confession, prayer, and praise. 1 LORD, when we bend before thy throne, And our confessions pour, O may we feel the sins we own, 2 Our contrite spirits pitying see; 3 When we disclose our wants in prayer, May we our wills resign; And not a thought our bosom share 4 And when, with heart and voice, we strive Our grateful hymns to raise, Let love divine within us live, Then, on thy glories while we dwell, With love divine transported, tell- 3 Come, Lord, thy love alone can raise 4 Now, Saviour, let thy glory shine, 5 Then shall our hearts, enraptured, say, 65 ANNE STEELE. Invoking divine blessings. 1 WITHIN thy house, O Lord our God, In majesty appear; Make this a place of thine abode, 2 As we thy mercy-seat surround, 3 Here let the blind their sight obtain; 4 Here let the voice of sacred joy Till higher strains our tongues employ, In realms beyond the skies. UNKNOWN. DUKE STREET. L. M. JOHN HATTON. 66 Jesus reigns. 1 COME, let us tune our loftiest song, And raise to Christ our joyful strain; Worship and thanks to him belong, Who reigns, and shall forever reign. 2 His sovereign power our bodies made; Our souls are his immortal breath; And when his creatures sinned, he bled, To save us from eternal death. 3 Burn every breast with Jesus' love; Bound every heart with rapturous joy; And saints on earth, with saints above, Your voices in his praise employ. 4 Extol the Lamb with loftiest song, Ascend for him our cheerful strain; Worship and thanks to him belong, Who reigns, and shall forever reign. 1 PRAISE waits in Zion, Lord, for thee: 2 Eternal Source of truth and light, 3 Still may thy children in thy word Their common trust and refuge see; O bind us to each other, Lord, By one great bond, the love of thee. 4 Here, at the portal of thy house, 5 So shall our sun of hope arise, With brighter still and brighter ray, Till thou shalt bless our longing eyes With beams of everlasting day. 68 SIR J. E. SMITH. The praises of Jehovah. 1 SERVANTS of God, in joyful lays, 2 Blest be that name, supremely blest, 3 Who is like God? so great, so high, 50 then, aloud, in joyful lays, |