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HYMN 43. C. M.

гOSANNA to the Prince of Grace:
Zion, behold thy King;

Proclaim the Son of David's race,
And teach the babes to sing.
2 Hosanna to th' incarnate Word,
Who from the Father came;
Ascribe salvation to the Lord,
With blessings on his Name.

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HYMN 44. S. M.

OSANNA to the Son

Hof David, and of God;

Who brought the news of pardon down,
And bought it with his blood.
2 To Christ, th' Anointed King,
Be endless blessings given;
Let the whole earth his glory sing,
Who made our peace with Heaven.

HYMN 45. H. M.

1 Hof David's ancient blood;

OSANNA to the King,

Behold he comes to bring
Forgiving grace from God:
Let old and young
Attend his way,

And at his feet
Their honours lay.

2 Glory to God on high;
Salvation to the Lamb;
Let earth, and sea, and sky,
His wondrous love proclaim:

Upon his head

Shall honours rest,

And every age

Pronounce him blest.

END OF THE THIRD BOOK OF HYMNS.

HYMNS

SELECTED

FROM VARIOUS AUTHORS.

HYMN 1. L. M. Old Hundred. [*]
Being of God. Ps. civ.

e 1 THERE is a God-all nature speaks,

air, skies;

• See, from the clouds his glory breaks,
When the first beams of morning rise!
-2 The rising sun, serenely bright,
O'er the wide world's extended frame,
Inscribes, in characters of light,
His mighty Maker's glorious name.
o 3 The flowery tribes all blooming rise,
Above the weak attempts of art;
e The smallest worms, the meanest flies,
Speak sweet conviction to the heart.
-4 Ye curious minds, who roam abroad,
And trace creation's wonders o'er,
e Confess the footsteps of the God ;-
a Bow down before him—and adore.

STEELE.

HYMN 2. C. M. Tunbridge. [b *]

Goodness of God.

Nahum i. 7.

1YWith songs of sacred praise;
VE humble souls, approach your God,

For he is good, immensely good,
And kind are all his ways.

2 All nature owns his guardian care;
In him we live and move;

• But nobler benefits declare

The wonders of his love.

e 3 He gave his Son, his only Son, To ransom rebel worms;

-"Tis here he makes his goodness known, In its divinest forms.

e 4 To this dear refuge, Lord, we come; "Tis here our hope relies:

• A safe defence, a peaceful home, When storms of trouble rise.

-5 Thine eye beholds, with kind regard,
The souls who trust in thee;

Their humble hope thou wilt reward,
With bliss divinely free.

o 6 Great God, to thy almighty love
What honours shall we raise?
Not all the raptured songs above
Can render equal praise.

HYMN 3. C. M.

Mitcham.

God the Creator.

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STEELE.

Arundel. [*]

1E Thee the creation sings;

TERNAL Wisdom, thee we praise,

With thy loved name, rocks, hills, and seas,
And heaven's high palace rings.

g 2 Thy hand,-how wide it spread the sky!
How glorious to behold!

-Tinged with a blue of heavenly dye,
And starred with sparkling gold.

3 Thy glories blaze all nature round,
And strike the gazing sight,

Through skies, and seas, and solid ground,
With terror and delight.

g 4 Infinite strength, and equal skill,
Shine through the worlds abroad;
e Our souls with vast amazement fill,
And speak the builder-God.
-5 But still the wonders of thy grace

Our softer passions move;

Pity divine in Jesus' face,

We see, adore, and love.

WATTS.

HYMN 4. C. M. Bedford. [*]
Sovereignty and Dominion of GOD.

a 1 KEEP silence all created things,

And wait your Maker's nod;

My soul stands trembling while she sings
The honours of her God.

e 2 Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown
Hang on his firm decree;

He sits on no precarious throne,

Nor borrows leave-To BE.

3 Chained to his throne a volume lies,

With all the fates of men ;

With every angel's form and size,
Drawn by th' eternal pen.

His providence unfolds the book,
And makes his counsels shine;
Each opening leaf, and every stroke,
Fulfills some deep design.

5 (Here he exalts neglected worms,
To sceptres and a crown;

And there, the following page he turns,
And treads the monarch down.

6 Not Gabriel asks the reason why,
Nor God the reason gives;
Nor dares the favourite angel pry
Between the folded leaves.)

87 My God, I would not long to see
My fate, with curious eyes;
What gloomy lines are writ for me,
Or what bright scenes may rise.

-8 In thy fair book of life and grace,
O may I find my name,

Recorded in some humble place,
Beneath my Lord-the Lamb.

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WATTS.

HYMN 5. L. P. M. St. Helen's. [*]
GOD's Name proclaimed. Ex. xxxiv. 6—8.

A and mark what beaming glories shine
Around thy condescending God!

TTEND, my soul, the voice divine,

To us-to us, he still proclaims, e His awful, his endearing names;

Attend, and sound them all abroad.

d 2 "Jehovah I, the sovereign Lord,
"The mighty God, by heaven adored,
"Down to the earth my footsteps bend :
"My heart the tenderest pity knows,
"Goodness, full-streaming, wide o'erflows,
"And grace and truth shall never end.
3 "My patience long can crimes endure,
"My pardoning love is ever sure,

"When penitential sorrow mourns;
"To millions, through unnumbered years,
"New hope and new delight it bears;

"Yet wrath against the sinner burns.”

o 4 Make haste, my soul, the vision meet,
e All prostrate at thy Sovereign's feet,

And drink the tuneful accents in:
o Speak on, my Lord, repeat the voice,
Diffuse these heart-expanding joys,
Till heaven repeat the rapturous scene.

HYMN 6. C. M.

Doddridge.

Colchester. [*]

Adam; or, The Fall of Man. Gen. iii.

10 How much did God bestow!

N man, in his own image made,

The whole creation homage paid,
And owned him lord below.

o 2 He dwelt in Eden's garden, stored
With sweets for every sense;

And there, with his descending Lord,
He walked in confidence.

e 3 But oh! by sin how quickly changed!
His honour forfeited;

His heart, from God and truth estranged,
His conscience, filled with dread.

-4 Now from his Maker's voice he flies,
Which was before his joy :

And thinks to hide amidst the trees,
From an all-seeing eye.

5 Compelled to answer to his name,-
With stubbornness and pride,

He cast on God himself the blame,
Nor once for mercy cried.

o 6 But grace, unasked, his heart subdued,
And all his guilt forgave:

By faith the promised SEED he viewed,
And felt the power to save.

NEWTON.

HYMN 7. H. M. Allerton. [*]

Types of the Messiah. Heb. iv. 2.

SRAEL in ancient days

Not only had a view

Of Sinai in a blaze,

But learned the gospel too:

The types and figures were a glass,

In which they saw the Saviour's face.