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National blessings.

L. M.

TREAT God of nations, now to thee Our hymn of gratitude we raise; With humble heart, and bending knee, We offer thee our song of praise. 2 Thy Name we bless, almighty God, For all the kindness thou hast shown To this fair land the pilgrims trod,This land we fondly call our own. 8 Here freedom spreads her banner wide, And casts her soft and hallow'd ray; Here thou our fathers' steps didst guide In safety through their dang'rous way. 4 We praise thee that the gospel's light Through all our land its radiance sheds; Dispels the shades of error's night,

And heavenly blessings round us spreads. 5 Great God, preserve us in thy fear; In danger still our guardian be;

O, spread thy truth's bright precepts here; Let all the people worship thee.

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God's bountiful goodness.
FOUNTAIN of mercy, God of love,
How rich thy bounties are!
The rolling seasons, as they move,
Proclaim thy constant care.

2 When in the bosom of the earth
The sower hid the grain,

C. M.

Thy goodness mark'd its secret birth,
And sent the early rain.

The spring's sweet influence, Lord, was thine
The plants in beauty grew;
Thou gav'st refulgent suns to shine,
And the refreshing dew.

4 These various mercies from above
Matured the swelling grain;
A kindly harvest crowns thy love,
And plenty fills the plain.

5 We own and bless thy gracious sway;
Thy hand all nature hails :

Seed-time nor harvest, night nor day,
Summer nor winter, fails.

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19th P. M. 664, 6664

Praise to the God of harvest.
THE God of harvest praise;

In loud thanksgiving raise
Hand, heart, and voice;
The valleys smile and sing,
Forests and mountains ring,
The plains their tribute bring,
The streams rejoice.

2 Yen, bless his holy Name,
And purest thanks proclaim
Through all the earth;
To glory in your lot
Is duty, but be not
God's benefits forgot,
Amid your mirth.

3 The God of harvest praise;
Hands, hearts, and voices, raise,
With sweet accord;
From field to garner throng,

Behring your sheaves along,
And in your harvest sung

Bless ye the Lord.

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PEACE.

L. M.

Thanksgiving for national peace. TREAT Ruler of the earth and skies, Gord of thine almighty breath

Can sink the world, or bid it rise:

Thy smile is life, thy frown is death. 2 When angry nations rush to arms, And rage, and noise, and tumult reign, And war resounds its dire alarms,

And slaughter dyes the hostile plain,-3 Thy sov'reign eye looks calmly down, And marks their course, and bounds their power;

Thy law the angry nations own,

And noise and war are heard no more.

4 Then peace returns with balmy wing;
Sweet peace, with her what blessings fled!
Glad plenty laughs, the valleys sing,
Reviving commerce lifts her head.

5 To thee we pay our grateful songs;
Thy kind protection still implore:
O may our hearts, and lives, and tongues,
Confess thy goodness, and adore.

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4th P. M. 886, 886.

In time of peace.

INATION God delights to bless,
Can all our raging foes distress,
Or hurt whom they surround!

Hid from the general scourge we are,
Nor see the bloody waste of war,
Nor hear the trumpet's sound.

2 O may we, Lord, the grace improve,
By lab'ring for the rest of love-
The soul-composing power;
Bless us with that internal peace,
And all the fruits of righteousness,
Till time shall be no more.

OUR

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COUNTRY.

C. M.

National deliverances ascribed to God.
LORD, our fathers oft have told,
In our attentive ears,

Thy wonders in their days perform❜d,
And in more ancient years.

2 'Twas not their courage, or their sword, To them salvation gave;

'Twas not their number, or their strength, That did their country save.

3 But thy right hand, thy powerful arm,
Whose succour they implored,-
Thy providence protected them,
Who thy great Name adored.

4 As thee their God our fathers own'd,
So thou art still our King;

O, therefore, as thou didst to them,
To us deliv'rance bring.

5 To thee the glory we ascribe,
From whom salvation came;

In God, our shield, we will rejoice,
And eyer bless thy Name.

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God, the nation's guardian.

L.M.

GREAT God! betented kingdoms lie; TREAT God! beneath whose piercing eyo Whose fav'ring smile upholds them all, Whose anger smites them, and they fall;

2 We bow before thy heavenly throne;
Thy power we see-thy greatness own;
Yet, cherish'd by thy milder voice,
Our bosoms trembie and rejoice.

8 Thy kindness to our fathers shown
Their children's children long shall own;
To thee, with grateful hearts, shall raise
The tribute of exulting praise.

4 Led on by thine unerring aid,
Secure the paths of life we tread;
And, freely as the vital air,

Thy first and noblest bounties share.

5 Great God, our guardian, guide, and friend;
O still thy shelt'ring arm extend;
Preserved by thee for ages past,
For ages let thy kindness last!

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Prayer for our native land.

C. M

ORD, while for all mankind we pray,

LORD,

O hear us for our native land,

The land we love the most.

2 O guard our shores from every foe; With peace our borders bless . Our cities with prosperity,

Our fields with plenteousness.

3 Unite us in the sacred love

Of knowledge, truth, and thee;
And let our hills and valleys chant
The songs of liberty.

4. Lord of the nations, thus to thee
Our country we commend;
Be thou her refuge and her trust-
Her everlasting friend.

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