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Praise the Lord. No 1858.

TUNE-"Perez."

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1 PRAISE the Lord! ye heavens adore Him;

Sun and moon, rejoice before Him;
Praise Him, all ye stars of light!

2 Praise the Lord, for He hath spoken;
Worlds His mighty voice obeyed;
Laws which never can be broken,

For their guidance He hath made.

3 Praise the Lord, for He is glorious;
Never shall His promise fail;
God hath made His saints victorious,
Sin and death shall not prevail.

4 Praise the God of our salvation,

Hosts on high His power proclaim;
Heaven and earth, and all creation,
Praise and magnify his name!

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Song of the Jewish Captives. €858
TUNE-"My 24/185.9.

1 ALONG the banks where Babel's current flows,
Our captive bands in deep despondence strayed,
While Zion's fall in sad remembrance rose,

Her friends, her children, mingled with the
dead.

2 The tuneless harp, that once with joy we strung,
When praise employed and mirth inspired the
lay,

In mournful silence, on the willows hung,

And growing grief prolonged the tedious day.

Vide. Ps. CXXXVII.

3 Our hard oppressors, to increase our wo,

With taunting smiles a song of Zion claim; Bid sacred praise in strains melodious flow,

While they blaspheme the great Jehovah's

name.

4 But how, in heathen chains, and lands unknown,
Shall Israel's sons a song of Zion raise?
O hapless Salem, God's terrestrial throne,
Thou land of glory, sacred mount of praise.
5 If e'er my memory lose thy lovely name,

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If my cold heart neglect my kindred race,
Let dire destruction seize this guilty frame:
My hand shall perish, and my voice shall cease.
J. BARLOW.

Universal Praisec Nor 9th 1808

1 BEGIN, my soul, the exalted lay, June 4th Let each enraptured thought ob Nov 4th

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And praise the Almighty's name

Lo! heaven and earth, and seas and skies,

In one melodious concert rise,

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2 Thou heaven of heavens, His vast abode,

Ye clouds, proclaim your Maker God;
Ye thunders, speak His power:
Lo! on the lightning's fiery wing
In triumph walks the eternal King:
The astonished worlds adore.

3 Ye deeps, with roaring billows rise,
To join the thunders of the skies,
Praise Him, who bids you roll:—
His praise in softer notes declare,
Each whispering breeze of yielding air,
And breathe it to the soul.

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3 In the midst of affliction my table is spread;
With blessings unmeasured my cup runneth o'er,
With perfume and oil Thou annointest my head;

O what shell I ask of Thy Providence more?

4 Let goodness and mercy, my bountiful God,
Still follow my steps till I meet thee above;
I seek, by the path which my forefathers trod
Through the land of their sojourn, Thy kingdom
of love.
JAMES MONTGOMERY."

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The Vicissitudes of Providence: Nor 6th 18 58.

[C. M.] TUNE Coventry." "Howards."

1 The gifts indulgent heaven bestows,
Are variously conveyed;
The human mind, like nature, knows
Alternate light and shade.

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3 More gayly smiles the blooming spring,
When wintry storms are o'er;
Retreating sorrow thus may bring
Delight unknown before.

4 Then mortal! send thy fears away,
Nor sink in gloomy care;

Though clouds o'erspread the scene to-day,
To-morrow may be fair.

MRS. ANNE STEELE. †

James Montgomery was born at Irvine, Eng, in 1771. As a composer of sacred lyrics, he is to be ranked with Addison, Watts, Heber, etc. He now resides at Sheffield, Eng.

†This lady was the daughter of a clergyman of Broughton, in Hampshire, Eng. Her first volume of poems was published in 1760, under the name of THEODOSIA. Her writings were collected after her decease and published in three vols. in 1780. Her epitaph consists of the following lines:

"Silent the lyre, and dumb the tuneful tongue,

That sung on earth her great Redeemer's praise;
But now in heaven, she joins the angelic throng,
In more harmonious, more exalted lays."

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Oh Blest Art Thou Nov. 12th
TUNE-"Mla." June 71859

1 OH! blest art thou, whose steps may rove
Through the green paths of vale and grove,
Or, leaving all their charms below,
Climb the wild mountain's airy brow

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2 For man can show thee nought so fair,
As Nature's varied marvels there ;-
And if thy pure and artless breast
Can feel their grandeur, thou art blest!

3 For thee the stream in beauty flows,
For thee the gale of summer blows,
And, in deep glen and wood-walk free,
Voices of joy still breathe for thee.

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4 But happier far, if then, thy soul
Can soar to Him who made the whole;
If to thine eye the simplest flower
Portray his bounty and his power.

If heaven and earth, with beauty fraught,
Lead to his throne thy raptured thought;
If there thou knowest his love to read,
Then, wanderer, thou art blest indeed.
MRS. F. HEMANS.

[L. M.]

The Voice of Creation. et 24 H 1859

TUNE-"Aerion."

1 THERE seems a voice in every gale, pul 13th, 1860

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tongue in every opening flower,
Which tells, O Lord! the wondrous tale
Of Thy indulgence, love, and power;
The birds that rise on quivering wing,
Appear to hymn their Maker's praise,
And all the mingling sounds of Spring,
To Thee a general pæan raise.

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