And ever sure

Abides thy word.

-3 His wisdom fram'd the sun,
To crown the day with light:
The moon and twinkling stars,
To cheer the darksome night.
His pow'r and grace
Are still the same;
And let his name

d

Have endless praise.

-4 [He smote the first-born sons,
The flow'r of Egypt, dead;
And thence his chosen tribes
With joy and glory led.

d

Thy mercy, Lord,

Shall still endure;

And ever sure,
Abides thy word.

d 5 His power, and lifted rod,
Cleft the Red Sea in two;
And for his people made
A wondrous passage through.
His pow'r and grace
Are still the same;
And let his name

d

Have endless praise.

o 6 But cruel Pharaoh there, With all his host he drown'd; And brought his Israel safe, Through a long desert ground.

e

Thy mercy, Lord,
Shall still endure;
And ever sure

Abides thy word.

a 8 He saw the nations lie, All perishing in sin;

d

d

And pity'd the sad state,
The ruin'd world was in.
Thy mercy, Lord,
Shall still endure;
And ever sure

Abides thy word.

9 He sent his only Son,
To save us from our wo:
From Satan, sin, and death,
And ev'ry hurtful foe.

His pow'r and grace
Are still the same;
And let his name
Have endless praise.

s 10 Give thanks aloud to God,
To God the heav'nly King;
And let the spacious earth
His works and glories sing.

d

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G

Thy mercy, Lord,

Shall still endure;
And ever sure
Abides thy word.

L. M. Truro. [*] Creation, Providence, and Grace. IVE to our God immortal praise: Mercy and truth are all his ways: d Wonders of grace to God belong; Repeat his mercies in your song. --2 Give to the Lord of lords renown, The King of kings with glory crown;

d His mercies ever shall endure,

When lords and kings are known no more. -3 He built the earth, he spread the sky, And fix'd the starry lights on high; d Wonders of grace to God belong; Repeat his mercies in your song. -4 He fills the sun with morning light, He bids the moon direct the night:

d His mercies ever shall endure,

When suns and moons shall shine no more. -5 (The Jews he freed from Pharaoh's hand, And brought them to the promis'd land;

d Wonders of grace to God belong; Repeat his mercies in your song.)

e 6 (He saw the Gentiles dead in sin, And felt his pity work within;

d His mercies ever shall endure,

When death and sin shall reign no more.) o 7 He sent his Son with pow'r to save, From guilt, and darkness, and the grave; d Wonders of grace to God belong, Repeat his mercies in your song.

-8 Thro' this vain world he guides our feet, And leads us to his heav'nly seat:

d His mercies ever shall endure,

When this vain world shall be no more.

PSALM 138. L. M. Quercy. [*]

Restoring and Preserving Grace.

1 W T'll praise my Maker in my song;

ITH all my pow'rs of heart and tongue,

Angels shall hear the note I raise,

Approve the song, and join the praise.

e 2 Angels who make the church their care,
Shall witness my devotion there;
While holy zeal directs my eyes,
To thy fair temple in the skies.

-3 I'll sing thy truth and mercy, Lord;
I'll sing the wonders of thy word;
Not all the works and names below,
So much thy pow'r and glory show.

e [4 To God I cry'd when troubles rose:
He heard me and subdu'd my foes:
o He did my rising fears control,

And strength diffus'd thro' all my soul.
g 5 The God of heav'n maintains his state,
Frowns on the proud and scorns the great:
e But from his throne descends to see
The sons of humble poverty.]

e 6 Amidst a thousand snares I stand,
Upheld and guarded by thy hand;
Thy words my fainting soul revive,
And keep my dying faith alive.

07 Grace will complete what grace begins,
To save from sorrow or from sin;
The work that wisdom undertakes,
Eternal mercy ne'er forsakes.

PSALM 139. L. M. 1ST PART. Bath. Geneva. [*]
The All-seeing God.

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* LORD, thou hast search'd and seen me through;

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Thine eye commands, with piercing view,

My rising and my resting hours,

My heart and flesh with all their pow'rs.
2 My tho'ts, before they are my own,
Are to my God distinctly known;
He knows the words I mean to speak,
Ere from my op'ning lips they break.
3 Within thy circling pow'r I stand;
On ev'ry side I find thy hand:

Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.

[4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great!
What large extent! what lofty height;
My soul, with all the pow'rs I boast,
Is in the boundless prospect lost.

5 "O may these tho'ts possess my breast,
"Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!
"Nor let my weaker passions dare,
"Consent to sin; for God is there."

PAUSE. I.

6 Could I so false, so faithless prove,
To quit thy service and thy love;
Where, Lord, could I thy presence shun,
Or from thy dreadful glory run?]

-7 If up to heav'n I take my flight,

"Tis there thou dwell'st enthron'd in light;

a Or dive to hell, there vengeance reigns,
And Satan groans beneath thy chains.
-8 If, mounted on a morning ray,
I fly beyond the Western sea;
o Thy swifter hand would first arrive,
And there arrest thy fugitive.

-9 Or should I try to shun thy sight,
Beneath the spreading veil of night;
One glance of thine, one piercing ray,
Would kindle darkness into day.

e 10 0 may these tho'ts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest;
Nor let my weaker passions dare,
Consent to sin; for God is there!

PAUSE II.

[11 The veil of night is no disguise;
No screen from thy all-searching eyes:
Thy hand can seize thy foes as soon,
Thro' midnight shades as blazing noon.
12 Midnight and noon in this agree,-
Great God, they're both alike to thee:
Not death can hide what God will spy;
And hell lies naked to his eye.

13 O may these tho'ts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest;
Nor let my weaker passions dare,
Consent to sin; for God is there!]
L. M. SECOND PART.

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Portugal. [*]

The wonderful Formation of Man. WAS from thy hand, my God, I came, 'TA work of such a curious frame;

In me, thy fearful wonders shine,

And each proclaims thy skill divine.
2 Thine eyes did all my limbs survey,
Which yet in dark confusion lay;
Thou saw'st the daily growth they took,
Form'd by the model of thy book.

3 [By thee my growing parts were nam'd,
And what thy sov'reign counsel fram'd;
(The breathing lungs, the beating heart,).
Was copied with unerring art.]

4 At last to show my Maker's name,
God stamp'd his image on my frame !
And in some unknown moment join'd
The finish'd members of the mind.

5 [There the young seeds of thought began,
And all the passions of the man:
Great God, our infant nature pays
Immortal tribute to thy praise.]

PAUSE.

6 Lord, since, in my advancing age,
I've acted on life's busy stage,