OPENING AND CLOSE OF PUBLIC
Public Adoration. Ps. 100.
1 BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy!
Know that the Lord is God alone:
He can create, and he destroy.
2 His sovereign power, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and formed us men;
And when, like wandering sheep, we strayed,
He brought
us to his fold again.
3 We are his people, we his care,-
Our souls and all our mortal frame:
What lasting honors shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to thy name?
4 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs;
High as the heavens our voices raise ;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise,
5 Wide as the world is thy command,
Vast as eternity thy love;
Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand
When rolling years shall cease to move,
11s & 8s M.
Public Praise. Ps. 100.
1 BE joyful in God, all ye lands of the earth;
O serve him with gladness and fear;
Exult in his presence with music and mirth;
With love and devotion draw near,
2 Jehovah is God, and Jehovah alone
Creator and Ruler o'er all;
And we are his people -his sceptre we ownHis sheep, and we follow his call.
3 0 enter his gates with thanksgiving and song; Your vows in his temple proclaim;
His praise with melodious accordance prolong;
And bless his adorable name.
4 For good is the Lord, inexpressibly good,
And we are the work of his hand;
His mercy and truth from eternity stood,
And shall to eternity stand.
Public Worship. Ps. 95.
1 O COME, loud anthems let us sing,
Loud thanks, to our almighty King;
For we our voices high should raise
When our salvation's Rock we praise.
2 Into his presence let us haste
To thank him for his favors past;
To him address, in joyful songs,
The praise that to his name belongs.
3 For God, the Lord, enthroned in state,
Is with unrivalled glory great·
The King eternal over all
Whom by the title gods we call.
OPENING AND CLOSE OF PUBLIC
Public Adoration. Ps. 100.
1 BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy!
Know that the Lord is God alone:
He can create, and he destroy.
2 His sovereign power, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and formed us men;
And when, like wandering sheep, we strayed,
He brought us to his fold again,
3 We are his people, we his care,
Our souls and all our mortal frame:
What lasting honors shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to thy name?
4 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs;
High as the heavens our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise,
5 Wide as the world is thy command,
Vast as eternity thy love;
Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand
When rolling years shall cease to move,
6s, 6s & 4s M. ANONYMOUS.
1 COME, thou almighty King,
Help us thy name to sing-
Help us to praise.
Father all-glorious,
O'er all victorious,
Come and reign over us,
Ancient of days.
2 Come, thou eternal Lord,
By heaven and earth adored,
Our prayer attend.
Come, and thy people bless;
Give thy good word success;
Make thine own holiness
On us descend.
3 Be thou our comforter;
Thy sacred witness bear
In this glad hour.
Omnipotent thou art:
O, rule in every heart,
And ne'er from us depart,
Spirit of power!
4 O Holy One! to thee
Eternal praises be
Hence, evermore.
Thy sovereign majesty
May we in glory see,
And to eternity
Love and adore.
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