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Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise him, all creatures here be-low;

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Praise him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Fa-ther, Son, and Holy Ghost.

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1. PRAISE ye the Lord-let praise employ,
In his own courts your songs of joy;
The spacious firmament around
Shall echo back the joyful sound.

2. Recount his works in strains divine,
His wondrous works-how bright they
shine!

Praise him for his almighty deeds,
Whose greatness all your praise exceeds.

3. Awake the trumpet's piercing sound,
To spread your sacred pleasures round;
In praise awake each tuneful string,
And to the solemn organ sing.

4. Let all, whom life and breath inspire,
Attend, and join the blissful choir;
But chiefly ye, who know his word,
Adore, and love, and praise the Lord!

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Cheering News from Missions. [Hy. 601.
1. HARK! how the distant nations sing,
The mountains and the valleys ring;
And while they welcome Jacob's star,
With joy we listen from afar.

2. 'Tis Jacob's star that sheds its light
On lands till now involved in night,
And gives the promise of a day,
Whose glories never fade away.

3. For joy of this the people sing,

For joy of this the mountains ring:
The sacred joy, the cheerful sound,
Will spread, ere long, the world around.

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To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spi-rit, Three in One,

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Be honor, praise, and glo-ry given, By all on earth, and all in heaven.

[Ps. 15. ii.

66.

65.
Character of a Saint.
1. WHO shall ascend thy heavenly place,
Great God, and dwell before thy face?
The man that minds religion now,
And humbly walks with God below.

2. Whose hands are pure, whose heart is clean;
Whose lips still speak the thing they mean:
No slanders dwell upon his tongue;
He hates to do his neighbor wrong.

8. [Firm to his word he ever stood,

And always makes his promise good,
Nor dares to change the things he swears,
Whatever pain or loss he bears.]

4. [He never deals in bribing gold,

And mourns that justice should be sold:
While others wrong and grind the poor,
Sweet charity attends his door.]

5. He loves his enemies, and prays

For those that curse him to his face;
And doth to all men still the same,
That he would hope or wish from them.

6. Yet when his holiest works are done,
His soul depends on grace alone:
This is the man thy face shall see,
And dwell forever, Lord, with thee.

Confession and Prayer. [Ps. 51. iv.

1. LORD, I am vile, conceived in sin,
And born unholy and unclean;
Sprung from the man, whose guilty fall
Corrupts his race, and taints us all.

2.

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Great God, create my heart anew,
And form my spirit pure and true;
No outward rites can make me clean,
The leprosy lies deep within.

4. No bleeding bird, nor bleeding beast,
Nor hyssop branch, nor sprinkling priest,
Nor running brook, nor flood, nor sea,
Can wash the dismal stain away.

5. Jesus, my God, thy blood alone
Hath power sufficient to atone :
Thy blood can make me white as snow,
No Jewish types could cleanse me so.

6. While guilt disturbs and breaks my peace,
Nor flesh nor soul hath rest or ease;
Lord, let me hear thy pardoning voice,
And make my broken bones rejoice.

67.

[Ps. 84. i. 4. Death, like an overflowing stream,

Longing for God's House.
1. How pleasant, how divinely fair,
O Lord of hosts, thy dwellings are!
With long desire my spirit faints
To meet th' assemblies of thy saints.
2. My flesh would rest in thine abode,
My panting heart cries out for God;
My God, my King, why should I be
So far from all my joys and thee?
3. The sparrow chooses where to rest,

And for her young provides her nest;
But will my God to sparrows grant
That pleasure which his children want?

4. Blest are the saints who sit on high
Around thy throne of majesty;
Thy brightest glories shine above,
And all their work is praise and love.

5. Blest are the souls that find a place
Within the temple of thy grace;
There they behold thy gentler rays,
And seek thy face, and learn thy praise.

6. Blest are the men whose hearts are set
To find the way to Zion's gate:
God is their strength; and through the road
They lean upon their helper, God.

7. Cheerful they walk with growing strength, Till all shall meet in heaven at length; Till all before thy face appear,

And join in nobler worship there.

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Sweeps us away; our life's a dream-
An empty tale-a morning flower,
Cut down and withered in an hour.

5. Teach us, O Lord, how frail is man; And kindly lengthen out our span, Till a wise care of piety

Fit us to die, and dwell with thee.

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1. CAN creatures to perfection find
Th' eternal uncreated mind?
Or can the largest stretch of thought
Measure and search his nature out?

2. 'Tis high as heaven, 't is deep as hell,
And what can mortals know or tell?
His glory spreads beyond the sky,
And all the shining worlds on high.
3. God is a King of power unknown;
Firm are the orders of his throne;
If he resolve, who dare oppose,
Or ask him why or what he does?

4. He frowns, and darkness veils the moon;
The fainting sun grows dim at noon;
The pillars of heaven's starry roof
Tremble and start at his reproof.

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1. THROUGH every age, eternal, God,
Thou art our rest, our safe abode :
High was thy throne ere heaven was made,
Or earth thy humble footstool laid.

2. Long hadst thou reigned ere time began,
Or dust was fashioned into man;
And long thy kingdom shall endure,
When earth and time shall be no more.

8. But man, weak man, is born to die,
Made up of guilt and vanity;

Thy dreadful sentence, Lord, was just,
Return, ye sinners, to your dust."

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1. GREAT God, whom heaven, and earth, and

sea,

With all their countless hosts obey,
Upheld by thee the nations stand,
And empires fall at thy command.

2. O show thyself the Prince of peace,
Command the din of war to cease;
With sacred love the world inspire,
And burn its chariots in the fire.

3. In sunder break each warlike spear,
Let all, the Saviour's ensigns wear;
The universal Sabbath prove,
The perfect rest of christian love!

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise him, all creatures here below;

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Praise him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Fa-ther, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Christ's Condescension. [Ps. 8. iii. 2. [If government be all destroyed

1. O LORD, our Lord, in power divine,

How great is thy illustrious name! Through all the earth thy glories shine,

Placed high above the heavenly frame.
2. Down from his throne the Son descends,
A little time our form to wear:
Beneath th' angelic hosts he bends,

Our sufferings and our guilt to bear.
3. But lo! thy power exalts him high,
In glorious dignity enthroned:
He bears our nature to the sky,

O'er all thy works the Ruler crowned.

4. Jesus, the man, in glory sits,

Creation at his feet obeys:
To him each living tribe submits,
Natives of earth, or air, or seas.

5. Jesus, our Lord, in power divine,

How great is thy illustrious name! Through all the earth thy glories shine,— Let the whole earth resound thy fame!

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That firm foundation of our peace,— And violence make justice void,

Where shall the righteous seek redress ?]

3. The Lord in heaven hath fixed his throne,
His eye surveys the world below;
To him all mortal things are known,
His eyelids search our spirits through.

4. If he afflicts his saints so far,

To prove their love, and try their grace, What must the bold transgressors fear? His very soul abhors their ways.

5. [On impious wretches he shall rain Tempests of brimstone, fire, and death, Such as he kindled on the plain

Of Sodom with his angry breath.]

6. The righteous Lord loves righteous souls,
Whose thoughts and actions are sincere;
And with a gracious eye beholds
The men that his own image bear.

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