2 Thanks we give and adoration
For thy gospel's joyful sound;
May the fruits of thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound;
May thy presence

Evermore with us be found.

48.

8s 7s & 4s M.

*KELLEY.

The Same.

1 GOD of our salvation, hear us;
Bless, O bless us, ere we go;
When we join the world be near us,
Lest we cold and careless grow;
Savior, keep us—
Keep us safe from every foe.

2 As our steps are drawing nearer
To our everlasting home,

May our view of heaven grow clearer,
Hopes more bright of joys to come;
And when dying

May thy presence cheer the gloom.

49.

7s M.

The Same.

CowPER.

1 Now may he who from the dead
Brought the shepherd of the sheep,
Jesus Christ, our king and head,
All our souls in safety keep.

2 May he teach us to fulfil
What is pleasing in his sight;
Perfect us in all his will,
And preserve us day and night.

50.

H. M.

The Same.

COWPER.

1 To thee our wants are known; From thee are all our powers;— Accept what is thine own,

And pardon what is ours.

Our praises, Lord, and prayers receive,
And to thy word a blessing give.

20 grant that each of us

Now met before thee here,

May meet together thus

When thou and thine appear,

And follow thee to heaven, our home:
Even so, amen-Lord Jesus, come
6*

GENERAL PRAISE.

51.

L. M.

DODDRIDGE.

Unceasing Praise.

1 GOD of my life, through all its days
My grateful tongue shall sound thy praise,
The song shall wake with dawning light,
And warble to the silent night.

2 When anxious cares would break my rest,
And grief would tear my throbbing breast,
Thy tuneful praises, raised on high,
Shall check the murmur and the sigh.

3 When death o'er nature shall prevail,
And all my powers of language fail,
Joy through my swimming eyes shall break
And mean those thanks I cannot speak

4 But when the final conflict's o'er,
My spirit chained to flesh no more,
With what glad accents shall I rise
To join the music of the skies!

5 Soon shall I learn th' exalted strains
Which echo o'er the heavenly plains,
And emulate, with joy unknown,
The glowing seraphs round thy throne.

6 This cheerful tribute will I give
Long as a deathless soul can live :
A work so vast, a theme so high,
Demands a whole eternity.

52.

L. M.

WATTS.

The Same. Ps. 145.

1 My God, my King, thy various praise
Shall fill the remnant of my days;
Thy grace employ my humble tongue
Till death and glory raise the song.

2 The wings of every hour shall bear
Some thankful tribute to thine ear;
And every setting sun shall see
New works of duty done for thee.

3 Thy truth and justice I'll proclaim;
Thy bounty flows an endless stream;
Thy mercy swift, thine anger slow,
But dreadful to the stubborn foe.

4 Thy works with sovereign glory shine,
And speak thy majesty divine.
Let every realm with joy proclaim
The sound and honor of thy name.

5 Let distant times and nations raise
The long succession of thy praise,
And unborn ages make my song
The joy and labor of their tongue.

6 But who can speak thy wondrous deeds!
Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds.
Vast and unsearchable thy ways:
Vast and immortal be thy praise.

53.

L. M.

WATTS.

Praise in the Sanctuary. Ps. 135.

1 PRAISE ye the Lord-exalt his name,
While in his holy courts ye wait,
Ye saints that to his house belong,
Or stand attending at his gate.

2 Praise ye

the Lord; the Lord is good ;To praise his name is sweet employ. Israel he chose of old, and still

His church is his peculiar joy.

3 The Lord himself will judge his saints;
He treats his servants as his friends;
And when he hears their sore complaints,
Repents the sorrows that he sends.

4 Through every age the Lord declares
His name, and breaks th' oppressor's rod;
He gives his suffering servants rest,
And will be known th' almighty God.'

5 Bless ye the Lord who taste his love;
People and priests, exalt his name.
Among his saints he ever dwells:
His church is his Jerusalem.

54.

C. M.

WATTS.

Praise for Saving Love. Ps. 150.

1 IN God's own house pronounce his praise:

His grace he there reveals;

To heaven your joy and wonder raise,
For there his glory dwells.