When his salvation is our theme,
Exalted be our voice.

2 With thanks approach his awful sight, And songs of honour sing:

The LORD's a GOD of boundless might,
The whole creation's King.

3 Let princes hear, let angels know,
How mean their natures seem;
Those gods on high, and gods below,
When once compar'd with Him.

4 Earth, with its caverns dark and deep, Lies in his spacious hand;

He fix'd the sea what bounds to keep,
And where the hills must stand.

5 Come, and with humble souls adore;
Come, kneel before his face:
O may the creatures of his pow'r
Be children of his grace!

41. S. M.

WATTS.

The same subject..

1 COME, sound his praise abroad,

And hymns of glory sing:
JEHOVAH is the mighty GoD,
The universal King.

2 He form'd the deeps unknown;

He

gave

the seas their bound;

The wat❜ry worlds are all his own,
And all the solid ground.

3 Come, worship at his throne;
Come, bow before the LORD;
We are his work, and not our own,
He form'd us by his word.

4

To-day attend his voice,
Nor dare provoke his rod;

Come, like the people of his choice,
And own your gracious God.

42. P. M. SALISBURY COLLECTION.

Humble adoration.

1 HOLY, holy, holy LORD!
Be thy glorious name ador'd;
LORD! thy mercies never fail;
Hail, celestial goodness, hail!
2 Though unworthy, LORD! thine ear,
Deign our humble songs to hear;
Purer praise we hope to bring,
When around thy throne we sing.

3 There no tongue shall silent be;
All shall join in harmony;

That through heav'n's capacious round,
Praise to thee may ever sound.

4 LORD! thy mercies never fail;
Hail, celestial goodness, hail!
Holy, holy, holy LORD!
Be thy glorious name ador'd.

43. C. M. WATTS.

Rational and devout praise.
10 FOR a shout of sacred joy
To GOD the sov'reign King!
Let ev'ry land their tongues employ,
And hymns of triumph sing.
2 In Isr'el stood his ancient throne;
He lov'd that chosen race:
But now he calls the world his own,
And heathens taste his grace.

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3 While angels praise the heav'nly King, Let mortals learn their strains: Let all the earth his honours sing; O'er all the earth he reigns.

4 Rehearse his praise with awe profound; Let knowledge lead the song; Nor mock him with a solemn sound, Upon a thoughtless tongue.

44. L. M. TATE.

[Ps. c.]

1 WITH one consent, let all the earth To Gop their cheerful voices raise; Glad homage pay with awful mirth, And sing before him songs of praise: 2 Convinc'd that he is God alone, From whom both we and all proceed; We, whom he chooses for his own, The flock that he vouchsafes to feed.

3 O! enter, then, his temple gate,
Thence to his courts devoutly press;
And still your grateful hymns repeat,
And still his name with praises bless.
4 For he's the LORD, supremely good,
His mercy
is for ever sure;

His truth, which always firmly stood,
To endless ages shall endure.

45. L. M. WATTS.

[Ps. c.].

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 sov'reign pow'r, without our aid,
Made us of clay and form'd us men;
And when like wand'ring sheep we stray'd,
He brought us to his fold again.

3 We are his people, we his care,
Our souls and all our mortal frame;
What lasting honours shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to thy name!

4 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heav'ns 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 must stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.

46. L. M. WATTS.

Praise from all nations.

1 FROM all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise; Let his almighty name be sung, Thro' ev'ry land, by ev'ry tongue. 2 Eternal are thy mercies, LORD! Eternal truth attends thy word:

Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set no more.

47. C. M.

EDINBURGH COLLECTION.

Praise to GoD as the first and the last.

1 I AM the first, and I the last;

Time centres all in me:

Th' Almighty God, who was, and is,
And ever more shall be.

2 To him let ev'ry tongue be praise,
And ev'ry heart be love;
All grateful honours paid on earth,
And nobler songs above.

48. P. M. WALKER'S COLLECTION.

Glory to the most high GOD.

1 GLORY be to GoD on high! Hallelujah!

GOD, whose glory fills the sky: