3 All have obeyed his will,
Through unknown ages past,
And shall his word fulfil,
While time and nature last.
In different ways, His works proclaim
His wond'rous name, And speak his praise.

4 To God, the sovereign Lord,
Your joyful thanks repeat;
To him due praise afford,
As good as he is great:
Wide as he reigns, His name be sung
By every tongue, In endless strains.

1 HEAVENLY Father, here we bless thee!

All thy goodness we adore;
And with humble songs address thee,
God of mercy, love, and power!
Thou hast been our great salvation,
Through the world's deceitful maze;
Through affliction and temptation,
Thou hast kept us all our days.
2 Having help from thee obtained,
Here before thee, Lord, we stand;
Foes and fears thou hast restrained,
By thy gracious, mighty hand;
Every want hast thou supplied,
Life and health, and needful food;
Nothing has thy love denied
Which thou knew'st would do us good.
3 But renewing love and favour,

In us wrought by sovereign grace,
Through a dear and precious Saviour,
Call for songs of loudest praise :

Here our sins are all forgiven;

Here our mighty debt is paid; Here we've peace, and peace with heaven, Made with him our living Head.

Salvation by Grace. Eph. ii. 5.

1 GRACE! 'tis a charming sound!
Harmonious to the ear!

Heaven with the echo shall resound,
And all the earth shall hear.

2 Grace first contriv'd a way
To save rebellious man,
And all the steps that grace display,
Which drew the wond'rous plan.

3 Grace first inscrib'd my name
In God's eternal book:

'Twas grace that gave me to the Lamb, Who all my sorrows took.

4 Grace led my roving feet

To tread the heavenly road;
And new supplies each hour I meet
While pressing on to God.

5 Grace taught my soul to pray,
And made my eyes o'erflow:
'Twas grace which kept me to this day,
And will not let me go.

6 Grace all the work shall crown

Through everlasting days;
It lays in heaven the topmost stone.
And well deserves the praise.

The Lamb that was slain. Rev. v. 7.

1 FROM heaven the angelic sound began,
It shook the skies and reach'd to man;
By man receiv'd, it mounts again
Whilst fragrant odours fill the plain.
2 Worthy the Lamb of boundless sway,
In earth and heaven the Lord of all;
Ye princes, rulers, powers obey,
And low before his footstool fall.
3 The deed was done! the Lamb was slain !
The groaning earth the burthen bore !
He rose, he lives! he lives to reign,
Nor time shall shake his endless power.
4 Wisdom and strength are his alone,
He rais'd the top-stone, shouting grace;
Honour has built his lofty throne,
And glory shines upon his face.

5 Higher, still higher, swell the strain;
Creation's voice the note prolong;
The Lamb shall ever, ever reign ;
Let hallelujahs crown the song.

Faith in the promise of Salvation.

1 BEGIN, my tongue, some heavenly theme,
And speak some boundless thing;
The mighty works or mightier name,
Of our eternal King.

• Tell of his wond'rous faithfulness,
And sound his power abroad;
Sing the sweet promise of his grace,
And the performing God.

3 Proclaim 'Salvation from the Lord
For wretched, dying men ;'
His hand has writ the sacred word
With an immortal pen.

4 Engrav'd as in eternal brass,

The mighty promise shines :
Nor can the powers of darkness raze
Those everlasting lines.

To be ashamed of Jesus, is absurd and dangerous.

1 IS there on earth a nobler name

Than Jesus to be found?

Who can assert a higher claim,
Or more with truth abound?

2 The Son of God adorn'd with grace,
Commissioned from above,
He bears to our rebellious race
The messages of love.

3 Behold his gentle spirit feel
The sufferings of mankind;
And with a word the sorrows heal
Of body and of mind.

4 How noble were the truths he taught,
How pure the life he led!
And shall another Lord be sought,
And we disown our Head?

5 Forbid it, Lord! nor let us yield
To this unworthy shame;
But each, with holy courage fill'd,
Rejoice in Jesus' name.

Asking the Way to Zion. Jer. i. 5.

1 INQUIRE, ye pilgrims, for the way
That leads to Zion's hill;
And thither set your steady face,
With a determin'd will.

2 Invite the strangers all around,
Your pious march to join;
And spread the sentiments you feel
Of faith and love divine.

3 Come, let us to his temple haste,
And seek his favour there,
Before his footstool humbly bow,
And pour our fervent prayer.
4 Come, let us join our souls to God,
In everlasting bands;
And seize the blessings he bestows
With eager hearts and hands.
5 Come, let us prove without delay,
The covenant of his grace;
Nor shall the years of distant life
Its memory efface.

6 Thus may our rising offspring haste
To see their father's God;
Nor e'er forsake the happy path
Their youthful feet have trod.

1 HE comes! Jehovah comes to bless

The nations as their God,
To shew his truth and righteousness,
And spread his power abroad.