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FIRST PART. L. M.

Severe Chastisements deprecated.

Bath.

1 LORD, I can suffer thy rebukes,
When thou with kindness dost chastise;
But thy fierce wrath I cannot bear;
Oh let it not against me rise.

2 Pity my languishing estate,

And ease the sorrow that I feel;
The wounds thy heavy hand hath made,
O Lord, in tender mercy heal.

3 Look how the powers of nature mourn!
How long, almighty God, how long?
When shall thine hour of grace return?
When shall I make thy grace my song?

SECOND PART. C. M.

mp 1 IN mercy, not in wrath, rebuke
Thy feeble worm, my God;

My spirit dreads thine angry look,
And trembles at thy rod.

2 Have mercy, Lord, for I am weak;
Regard my humble cry:

Oh let thy voice of comfort speak,
And bring salvation nigh.

Bether.

3 Oh come, and show thy power to save,
And spare my fainting breath;
For who can praise thee in the grave,
Or sing thy name in death?

4 Satan, my cruel, envious foe,
Insults me in my pain;

He smiles to see me brought so low,
And tells me hope is vain :-

5 But hence, thou enemy, depart,
Nor tempt me to despair;

My Saviour comes to cheer my heart;
The Lord has heard my prayer.

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FIRST PART. L. M.

God the righteous Judge.

Timsbury.

mf 1 ARISE, O God-with just disdain
The anger of thy foes restrain!
To judgment wake-on thy command
Justice and truth securely stand.

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2 So shall thy people round thy seat,
In holy crowds, rejoicing meet:
And since on thee our hopes rely,
Return, and fix thy power on high.

SECOND PART. L. M.

Luton.

1 THE Lord is judge-before his throne All nations shall his justice own: P Oh may my soul be found sincere,

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And stand approved with courage there.
2 The Lord, in righteousness arrayed,
Surveys the world his hands have made;
Pierces the heart, and tries the reins,
And judgment from on high ordains.
3 My God, my Shield! around me place
The shelter of the Saviour's grace:
Then, when thine arm the just shall save,
My life shall triumph o'er the grave.

FIRST PART. L. M. Effingham. The divine Glory celebrated.

ALMIGHTY Ruler of the skies,

Through all the earth thy name is spread, And thine eternal glories rise

Above the heavens thy hands have made.

2 To thee the voices of the young

Their sounding notes of honor raise;
And babes, with uninstructed tongue,
Declare the wonders of thy praise.

3 Amidst thy temple children throng
To see their great Redeemer's face;
The Son of David is their song,
And loud hosannas fill the place.

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SECOND PART. L. M.

The condescending Grace of God.

Alfreton

mf 1 O LORD, our Lord, in power divine, How great is thy illustrious name! Through all the earth thy glories shine, Placed high above the heavenly frame. 2 Down from his throne thy Son descends, A little time our form to wear: Beneath th' angelic hosts he bends,

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Our sufferings and our guilt to bear.
3 But, lo! thy power exalts him high,
In glorious dignity enthroned;
He bears our nature to the sky,

O'er all thy works the Ruler crowned. 4 Jesus, our Lord, in power divine,

How great is thy illustrious name! Through all the earth thy glories shineLet all the earth resound thy fame.

THIRD PART. C. M. St. Martin's.

1 O LORD, our Lord, how wondrous great
Is thine exalted name!

The glories of thy heavenly state
Let men and babes proclaim.

2 Lord, what is man, or all his race,
Who dwells so far below,

That thou should'st visit him with grace,
And love his nature so ?-

3 That thine eternal Son should bear
To take a mortal form;
Made lower than his angels are,
To save a dying worm!

4 Let him be crowned with majesty,
Who bowed his head to death;
And be his honors sounded high
By all things that have breath.

5 Jesus, our Lord, how wondrous great
Is thine exalted name!

The glories of thy heavenly state
Let all the earth proclaim.

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FOURTH PART. C. M. St. Martin's.

mp 10 THOU, to whom all creatures bow, Within this earthly frame,

Through all the world, how great art thou!
How glorious is thy name!

2 When heaven, thy glorious work on high,
Employs my wondering sight;

The moon that nightly rules the sky,
With stars of feebler light ;-

mp 3 Lord, what is man! that thou shouldst choose To keep him in thy mind!

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Or what his race! that thou shouldst prove
To them so wondrous kind!

4 0 thou, to whom all creatures bow,
Within this earthly frame;.

Through all the world, how great art thou!
How glorious is thy name!

FIFTH PART. C. M.

Dundee.

f 1 JEHOVAH, Lord of power and might, How glorious is thy name!

The blaze of day-the pomp of night,
Thy majesty proclaim.

2 Lord, what is man-weak, sinful man-
That he thy care should prove;

That thou for him shouldst deign to plan
Such mighty acts of love!

3 Made in thine image at his birth—
Next to the heavenly host,

And sovereign of the new-formed earth,
Each privilege he lost.

4 Then did the pitying Saviour leave
The glories of the sky,-

Oh! love too wondrous to conceive!
For sinful man to die,-

5 To die, that we, by grace restored,
Might life and glory claim-

O great Creator, Saviour, Lord,
How excellent thy name!

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SIXTH PART.

S. M.

Dover

mf 1 O LORD, our heavenly King, Thy name is all divine;

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Thy glories round the earth are spread,
And o'er the heavens they shine.

2 When to thy works on high

I raise my wondering eyes,
And see the moon, complete in light,
Adorn the darksome skies ;-

3 When I survey the stars,

And all their shining forms,

Lord, what is man-that worthless thing,
Akin to dust and worms?

4 Lord, what is worthless man,

That thou shouldst love him so?
Next to thine angels is he placed,
And Lord of all below.

5 How rich thy bounties are!
How wondrous are thy ways!

That from the dust, thy power should frame
A monument of praise.

FIRST PART.

C. M.

God glorious as a Judge and Deliverer.

Lutzen.

1 WITH my whole heart I'll raise my song;
Thy wonders I'll proclaim:

Thou, sovereign Judge of right and wrong,
Wilt put my foes to shame.

2 I'll sing thy majesty and grace;
My God prepares his throne,

To judge the world in righteousness,
And make his vengeance known.

mp 3 Then shall the Lord a refuge prove
For all the poor oppressed,

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To save the people of his love,
And give the weary rest.

mf 4 The men who know thy name, will trust In thy abundant grace;

For thou hast ne'er forsook the just,
Who humbly sought thy face.