Transcript of the One in Three,
He in Thine image shone.

All Thy works for Him were made,
All did to His sway submit ;
Fishes, birds, and beasts obeyed,
And bowed beneath His feet.

Sovereign, everlasting Lord,

How excellent Thy Name!
Held in being by Thy word,

Thee all Thy works proclaim.
'Through this earth Thy glories shine,
Through those dazzling worlds above;
All confess the Source divine,

The almighty God of Love!

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PSALM 48.

GREAT is our redeeming Lord
In power, and truth, and grace;
Him, by highest heaven adored,

His Church on earth should praise.
In the city of our God,

In His holy mount below,
Publish, spread His praise abroad,

And all His greatness show.

Built by His almighty hands,
The towers of Salem rise;

Fair and firm the city stands,
Adjoining to the skies.

Joy to all the earth she brings,
Stored with blessings from above:
Kept by the great King of kings,
Her guardian God of love!

Monarchs with their armies met,
Jerusalem to assail,

Sworn to o'erthrow the sacred seat

Where God vouchsafes to dwell. Lo, their boast is turned to shame! Struck with sore amaze and dread, Marching towards her walls they came, They came, they saw, - they fled!

Horror seized Thy Zion's foes,

And pained their guilty heart: As a travailing woman's throes They felt the killing smart. Scattered by Thy stormy ire, Dashed as ships against the shore, Tyrants with their hopes expire, And sink to rise no more.

We the works of ancient days
Have seen repeated now;
God doth still His Zion raise,

And force her foes to bow.
Still she in her Saviour trusts,
Glories in His constant care;

There He dwells, the Lord of hosts,
He reigns forever there.

For Thy loving-kindness, Lord,
We in Thy Temple stay:
Here Thy faithful Love record,
Thy saving power display.
With Thy Name Thy praise is known;
Glorious Thy perfections shine ;
Earth's remotest bounds shall own
Thy works are all divine.

All Thy mighty works are wrought
In perfect equity:

Zion, by Thy judgments taught,
Shall give the praise to Thee.
Thee let all Thy saints adore,
Ransomed by Thy timely aid, -
Every tongue confess Thy power,
And every heart be glad.

Sons of God, triumphant rise,
The city walls surround!
Lo, her bulwarks touch the skies!
How high, yet how profound!
Tell the number of her towers,
All her palaces declare,
Guarded by angelic powers,

And God in person there!

See the gospel Church secure,

And founded on a Rock!

All her promises are sure;

Her bulwarks who can shock?
Count her every precious shrine ;
Tell, to after-ages tell,
Fortified by power divine,

The Church can never fail.

Zion's God is all our own,
Who on His Love rely;

We His pardoning love have known,
And live to Christ, and die.

To the New Jerusalem

He our faithful Guide shall be ;
Him we claim, and rest in Him,
Through all eternity.

PSALM 131.

LORD, if Thou the grace impart,
Poor in spirit, meek in heart,

I shall as my Master be,

Rooted in humility.

From the time that Thee I know

Nothing shall I seek below;
Aim at nothing great or high,
Lowly both my heart and eye.

Simple, teachable, and mild,
Awed into a little child;
Quiet now without my food,
Weaned from every creature-good.

Hangs my new-born soul on Thee,
Kept from all idolatry;

Nothing wants beneath, above,
Happy, happy in Thy Love.

O that all might seek and find
Every good in Jesus joined !
Him let Israel still adore,

Trust Him, praise Him evermore!

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PSALM 139, v. 7-12.

WHITHER shall a creature run,
From Jehovah's Spirit fly?
How Jehovah's presence shun,
Screened from His all-seeing eye?

Holy Ghost, before Thy face

Where shall I myself conceal?
Thou art God in every place,
God incomprehensible.

If to heaven I take my flight,
With beatitude unknown