1. FATHER of all, thy care we bless,
Which crowns our families with peace;
From thee they spring, and by thy hand
They have been, and are still sustained.
2. To God, most worthy to be praised,
Be our domestic altars raised;

Who, Lord of heaven, scorns not to dwell
With saints in their obscurest cell.

3. To thee may each united house,
Morning and night, present its vows:
Our servants there, and rising race,
Be taught thy precepts, and thy grace.
4. O, may each future age proclaim
The honors of thy glorious name!
While pleased and thankful, we remove,
To join the family above.

1. WHAT image does my spirit bear? Is Jesus formed and living there? Say, do his lineaments divine

[Hy. 662.

In thought, and word, and action, shine}
2. Searcher of hearts, O search me still;
The secrets of my soul reveal;
My fears remove; let me appear
To God, and my own conscience, clear.
3. Scatter the clouds, which o'er my head
Thick glooms of dubious terrors spread;
Lead me into celestial day,
And to myself, myself display.

4. May I at thy blest world arrive,
Where Christ through all my soul shall live,
And give full proof that he is there,
Without one gloomy doubt or fear!

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114.
1. KINGDOMS and thrones to God belong;
Crown him, ye nations, in your song;
His wondrous names and powers rehearse;
His honors shall enrich your verse.

2. He shakes the heavens with loud alarms;
How terrible is God in arms!
In Israel are his mercies known,
Israel is his peculiar throne.

3. Proclaim him King, pronounce him blest;
He's your defence, your joy, your rest;
When terrors rise, and nations faint,
God is the strength of every saint.

5.

Thy knowledge, Oh, how deep! how high!
My soul, with all the powers I boast,
Is in the boundless prospect lost.

O may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!

Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.

1. "Tis by the faith of joys to come,
We walk through deserts dark as night;
Till we arrive at heaven, our home,
Faith is our guide, and faith our light.

The want of sight she well supplies,
She makes the pearly gates appear;
Far into distant worlds she pries,
And brings eternal glories near.

3. Cheerful we tread the desert through,
While faith inspires a heavenly ray,
Though lions roar, and tempests blow,
And rocks and dangers fill the way.

4. So Abra'm by divine command

Left his own house to walk with God; His faith beheld the promised land, And fired his zeal along the road.

117.

Self renounced.

1. No more, my God! I boast no more
Of all the duties I have done;
I quit the hopes I held before,
To trust the merits of thy Son.

2. Now, for the love I bear his name,
What was my gain, I count my loss;
My former pride I call my shame,
And nail my glory to his cross.

3. Yes, and I must, and will, esteem
All things but loss for Jesus' sake;
O may my soul be found in him,

And of his righteousness partake.

4. The best obedience of my hands

Dares not appear before thy throne;
But faith can answer thy demands,
By pleading what my Lord has done.

We'll make our joys and sorrows known; We'll share each other's hopes and fears, And count our brother's cares our own.

4. Once more our welcome we repeat;
Receive assurance of our love;

O may we all together meet
Around the throne of God above!

1. GREAT God, beneath whose piercing eye
The earth's extended kingdoms lie;
Whose favoring smile upholds them all,
Whose anger smites them, and they fall;—
2. 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.

3. Upheld by thine unfailing aid,
Secure the paths of life we tread;
And, freely as the vital air,

Thy first and noblest bounties share.

4. Great God, our guardian, guide, and friend!
O still thy sheltering arm extend;
Preserved by thee for ages past,
For ages let thy kindness last!

1. UNVAIL thy bosom, faithful tomb,
Take this new treasure to thy trust;
And give these sacred relics room,
To seek a slumber in the dust.

2. Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear
Invade thy bounds: no mortal woes
Can reach the peaceful sleeper here,
While angels watch the soft repose.
3. So Jesus slept;-God's dying Son

Passed through the grave, and blessed the bed;

Rest here, blest saint, till from his throne

The morning break, and pierce the shade. 4. Break from his throne, illustrious morn; Attend, O earth! his sovereign word; Restore thy trust-a glorious formCalled to ascend and meet the Lord.

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1. PRAISE ye the Lord! 'tis good to raise
Our hearts and voices in his praise;
His nature and his works invite
To make this duty our delight.
2. The Lord builds up Jerusalem,
And gathers nations to his name;
His mercy melts the stubborn soul,
And makes the broken spirit whole.

3. He formed the stars, those heavenly flames;
He counts their numbers, calls their names:
His wisdom's vast, and knows no bound,-
A deep where all our thoughts are drowned.

4. Great is our Lord, and great his might,
And all his glories infinite:

He crowns the meek, rewards the just,
And treads the wicked to the dust.

Thy courts with grateful incense fill: Still may we stand before thy face, Still hear and do thy sovereign will.

1. THE Lord is King! lift up thy voice,
O earth, and all ye heavens, rejoice!
From world to world the joy shall ring:
The Lord omnipotent is King.

2.

The Lord is King! who then shall dare
Resist his will, distrust his care?

Holy and true are all his ways:

Let every creature speak his praise.

3. The Lord is King! exalt your strains,
Ye saints, your God, your Father reigns;
One Lord, one empire, all secures:
He reigns, and life and death are yours.
4. Oh, when his wisdom can mistake,
His might decay, his love forsake,
Then may his children cease to sing,-
The Lord omnipotent is King.

1. THE righteous Lord, supremely great,
Maintains his universal state;

O'er all the earth his power extends;
All heaven before his footstool bends.

2. Yet justice still with power presides;
And mercy all his empire guides;
Mercy and truth are his delight,
And saints are lovely in his sight.

3. No more, ye wise! your wisdom boast;
No more, ye strong! your valor trust;
No more, ye rich! survey your store,
Elate with heaps of shining ore!

4. Glory, ye saints, in this alone,

That God, your God, to you is known;
That you have owned his sovereign sway,-
That you have felt his cheering ray.

5. All else, which we our treasure call,
May in one fatal moment fall;

But what their happiness can move,
Whom God, the blesséd, deigns to love!

1. THE day of wrath! that dreadful day,
When heaven and earth shall pass away!-
What power shall be the sinner's stay?
How shall he meet that dreadful day?

2. When, shriveling like a parchéd scroll,
The flaming heavens together roll,
And louder yet, and yet more dread,
Swells the high trump that wakes the dead?

3. O, on that day, that wrathful day,

When man to judgment wakes from clay, Be thou, O Christ, the sinner's stay, Though heaven and earth shall pass away. 129. Christ's second Coming.

[Hy. 502. 1. THE Lord will come; the earth shall quake; The hills their ancient seats forsake; And, withering, from the vault of night, The stars withdraw their feeble light.

2. The Lord will come; but not the same
As once in lowly form he came,—
A quiet Lamb to slaughter led,—
The bruised, the suffering, and the dead.

3. The Lord will come; a dreadful form,

With wreath of flame, and robe of storm,
On cherub wings, and wings of wind,
Anointed Judge of human kind.

4. Then sinners to the rocks shall call,
And bid the mountains on them fall;
And faith, victorious o'er the tomb,
Shall sing for joy,-"The Lord is come!"
130.

Peace.

[Hy. 607.

1. THY footsteps, Lord, with joy we trace,
And mark the conquests of thy grace:
Complete the work thou hast begun,
And let thy will on earth be done.

2. Then shall contending nations rest,
For love shall reign in every breast;
Weapons for war designed shall cease,
Or then be implements of peace.

3. Hark, how the hosts triumphant sing,"The Lord omnipotent is King!" Earth's utmost parts to him belong; Arise, ye saints, and join the song!