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

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Praise him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

[Ps. 46. i. 171.

170. The Saint's Refuge. 1. GOD is the refuge of his saints When storms of sharp distress invade : Ere we can offer our complaints, Behold him present with his aid.

2. Let mountains from their seats be hurled Down to the deep, and buried there; Convulsions shake the solid world;

Our faith shall never yield to fear.

3. Loud may the troubled ocean roar,-
In sacred peace our souls abide;
While every nation, every shore,
Trembles, and dreads the swelling tide.
4. There is a stream whose gentle flow
Supplies the city of our God;
Life, love, and joy still gliding through,
And watering our divine abode.

5. That sacred stream, thy holy word,
Our grief allays, our fear controls:
Sweet peace thy promises afford,
And give new strength to fainting souls.

6. Zion enjoys her monarch's love,

Secure against a threatening hour;
Nor can her firm foundations move,
Built on his truth, and armed with power.

Benefit of Affliction. [Ps. 119. xviii.

1. FATHER, I bless thy gentle hand:
How kind was thy chastising rod,
That forced my conscience to a stand,
And brought my wandering soul to God

2. Foolish and vain, I went astray,

Ere I had felt thy scourges, Lord; I left my guide, and lost my way, But now I love and keep thy word. 3. "Tis good for me to wear the yoke, For pride is apt to rise and swell: "Tis good to bear my Father's stroke, That I may learn his statutes well. 4. The law, that issues from thy mouth, Shall raise my cheerful passions more Than all the treasures of the south, Or western hills of golden ore.

5. Thy hands have made my mortal frame,
Thy Spirit formed my soul within;
Teach me to know thy wondrous name,
And guard me safe from death and sin.

6. Then all that love and fear the Lord,
At my salvation shall rejoice;
For I have trusted in thy word,

And made thy grace my only choice.

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[Hy. 112. 174.

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1. WHEN sins and fears, prevailing, rise, And fainting hope almost expires, Jesus, to thee I lift mine eyes

To thee I breathe my soul's desires.

2. If my immortal Saviour lives,
Then my immortal life is sure;
His word a firm foundation gives;
Here let me build, and rest secure.

3. Here let my faith, unshaken, dwell;
Immovable the promise stands:
Not all the powers of earth and hell
Can e'er dissolve the sacred bands.
4. Here, O my soul, the trust repose!
If Jesus is forever mine,

Not death itself, that last of foes,
Shall break a union so divine.

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1. JESUS, thou everlasting King! Accept the tribute which we bring; Accept the well-deserved renown, And wear our praises as thy crown.

2. Let every act of worship be

Like our espousals, Lord, to thee; Like the dear hour when, from above We first received thy pledge of love. 3. The gladness of that happy day! Our hearts would wish it long to stay Nor let our faith forsake its hold, Nor comfort sink, nor love grow cold. 4. Each following minute, as it flies, Increase thy praise, improve our joys, Till we are raised to sing thy name, At the great supper of the Lamb.

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

177.

Be honor, praise, and glory given, By all on earth, and all in heaven.

God's Condescension.

[Ps. 113. ii. 178.

The Exodus.

[Ps. 114. i.

1. YE servants of th' almighty King, In every age his praises sing; Where'er the sun shall rise or set, The nations shall his praise repeat.

2. Above the earth, beyond the sky, Stands his high throne of majesty; Nor time nor place his power restrain, Nor bound his universal reign.

3. Which of the sons of Adam dare,
Or angels, with their God compare?
His glories, how divinely bright,
Who dwells in uncreated light!

4. Behold his love, he stoops to view What saints above and angels do; And condescends, yet more, to know The mean affairs of men below!

5. From dust and cottages obscure
His grace exalts the humble poor;
Gives them the honor of his sons,
And fits them for their heavenly thrones.

1. WHEN Israel, freed from Pharaoh's hand,
Left the proud tyrant and his land,
The tribes with cheerful homage own
Their King, and Judah was his throne.
2. Across the deep their journey lay;
The deep divides to make them way;
Jordan beheld their march, and fled
With backward current to his head.
3. The mountains shook like frightened sheep,
Like lambs the little hillocks leap;

Not Sinai on her base could stand,
Conscious of sovereign power at hand.

4. What power could make the deep divide,
Or Jordan backward roll his tide?
Why did ye leap, ye little hills?

And whence the fright that Sinai feels?

5. Let every mountain, every flood,

Retire, and know th' approaching God;
The King of Israel,-see him here;
Tremble, thou earth, adore and fear.
6. He thunders, and all nature mourns,
The rock to standing pools he turns;
Flints spring with fountains at his word,
And fires and seas confess the Lord,

179. Prayer against public Enemies. [Ps. 140. ii. 4. Happy the man, whose hopes rely

1. O THOU Preserver of mankind,

Our hope, our shield, our strength, our
God!

Thou hast an ear to prayer inclined;

Our cries have reached thy dread abode.

2. Our cause thy justice will maintain,

Avenge th'oppressed and guard the poor: Ne'er shall thy children ask in vain,

And our proud foes shall boast no more.

8. Their banded hosts shall fly, or fall;

A shaking leaf their thousands chase; Our God shall hear our nation's call, We shall be saved, and sing his praise.

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1. PRAISE ye the Lord: my heart shall join
In work so pleasant, so divine;
Now while the flesh is mine abode,
And when my soul ascends to God.

2. Praise shall employ my noblest powers, While immortality endures;

My days of praise shall ne'er be past,
While life, and thought, and being last.

8. Why should I make a man my trust?
Princes must die and turn to dust:
Their breath departs, their pomp and power,
And thoughts, all vanish in an hour.

On Israel's God; he made the sky,
And earth and seas, with all their train;
And none shall find his promise vain.

5. His truth forever stands secure:
He saves th' oppressed, he feeds the poor;
He sends the laboring conscience peace,
And grants the prisoner sweet release.

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182.

[Hy. 154.

Glory of God in Christ.
1. Now to the Lord a noble song!
Awake, my soul; awake, my tongue;
Hosanna to th' eternal name,
And all his boundless love proclaim.

2. See where it shines in Jesus' face,
The brightest image of his grace;
God, in the person of his Son,
Has all his mightiest works outdone.

3. The spacious earth and spreading flood,
Proclaim the wise and powerful God;
And thy rich glories from afar
Sparkle in every rolling star.

4. But in his looks a glory stands,
The noblest labor of thine hands:
The pleasing luster of his eyes
Outshines the wonders of the skies.

5. Grace! 't is a sweet, a charming theme;
My thoughts rejoice at Jesus' name!
Ye angels, dwell upon the sound;
Ye heavens, reflect it to the ground!

6. O may I live to reach the place
Where he unvails his lovely face!
Where all his beauties you behold,
And sing his name to harps of gold!

1st time.

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise him, all creatures here be-low;
Praise him above, ye heavenly host;

2d time.

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183.

Praise Fa-ther, Son, and Holy Ghost, Praise Father, Son, and Ho-ly Ghost.

Christ exalted.

[Ps. 21. ii. 185. God the Defense of his Church. [Ps. 46. V. 1. LET Zion in her King rejoice,

1. How great is the Messiah's joy,
In the salvation of thy hand!
Lord, thou hast raised his kingdom high,
And given the world to his command.

2. Whate'er he wills, thy goodness gives,
Nor doth the least request withhold;
Blessings attend him while he lives,

And crowns of glory, not of gold.
3. Around his sacred temples shine
Th' Eternal's uncreated rays;
All power is his, and grace divine,
And length of everlasting days.

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Tho' tyrants rage and kingdoms rise;
He utters his almighty voice,

The nations melt, the tumult dies.
2. From sea to sea, through all the shores,
He makes the noise of battle cease;
When from on high the thunder roars,

He awes the trembling world to peace.
3. He breaks the bow, he cuts the spear,
Chariots he burns with heavenly flame:
Keep silence all the earth, and hear
The sound and glory of his name.
[Ps. 24. iii. 4. "Be still, and learn that I am God:

1. REJOICE, ye shining worlds on high,
Behold the King of glory nigh!
Who can this King of glory be?
The mighty Lord, the Saviour's he.
2. Ye heavenly gates, your leaves display,
To make the Lord, the Saviour, way:
Laden with spoils from earth and hell,
The conqueror comes, with God to dwell.
3. Raised from the dead, he goes before,
He opens heaven's eternal door,
To give his saints a blest abode
Near their Redeemer and their God.

I'll be exalted o'er the lands:

I will be known and feared abroad, But still my throne in Zion stands." 5. O Lord of hosts, almighty King,

While we so near thy presence dwell, Our faith shall sit secure, and sing Defiance to the gates of hell.

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