prove offensive to our Brethren; and at the same time to preserve the sentiment of universal benevolence and grace unimpaired.

Equal caution has been maintained against the admission of any Hymn that would not afford instruction, or inspire a devotional feeling.

It is believed that the defects which are commonly the subjects of complaint in the different collections now used by our Societies, have been so far avoided in this Selection, as to entitle it, at least, to a fair and unprejudiced exami

nation.

Should such examination be accompanied with the approbation of competent inspectors, it is believed that the faithful friends of truth will not withhold their patronage.

To heighten the enjoyments of public devotion, to promote uniformity in our Churches, and to impart instruction and comfort to the worshipper, has been the principal object of the following Selection.

With these views, the Compiler submits the following work to the perusal of his Brethren, and commends it to the blessing of that God, whose praise it is designed to promote on the earth.

N. B. The alphabetical arrangement of the Psalms and Hymns in this Book, with the Index, or table of first lines, is thought to be a sufficient guide for every purpose to which it will be applied, without the addition of an index to the subjects, which would swell the size and expense of the Volume.

Whenever alterations have been made to improve the stile, or correct the sentiment of the original, in this selection, they have not been signified,except in cases where the general features of the Hymns have been materially changed.

PSALMS AND HYMNS.

1. C. M.

The Lord's Day Morning.

1 AGAIN the Lord of life and light
Awakes the kindling ray,
Unseals the eyelids of the morn,
And pours increasing day.

20 what a night was that which wrapp'd
The heathen world in gloom!
O what a sun which broke, this day,
Triumphant from the tomb!

3 This day be grateful homage paid,
And loud hosannas sung;
Let gladness dwell in ev'ry heart,
And praise on ev'ry tongue.

4 Ten thousand diff'ring lips shall join
To hail this welcome morn,

Which scatters blessings from its wings
To nations yet unborn.

5 Jesus, the friend of human kind,

Was crucified and slain !

n!

Behold, the tomb its prey resign
Behold, he lives again!

6 And while his conqu'ring chariot wheels Ascend the lofty skies,

Broken beneath his pow'rful cross,
Death's iron sceptre lies.

2. S. M.

Mrs. Barbauld

Praise to the Creator.

1 ALMIGHTY MAKER, God!
How wondrous is thy name!
Thy glories how diffus❜d abroad
Through all creation's frame !

2 Nature in ev'ry dress

Her humble homage pays;
And finds a thousand ways
Thine undissembled praise.

t' express

3 Our souls would rise and sing
To our Creator too :

Fain would our tongues adore our King,
And pay the homage due.

4 In joy, O let us spend

The remnant of our days!

And oft to God our souls ascend

In grateful songs of praise !

3. C. M.

Watts.

Our lives blessed by Divine Goodness.

1 AGAIN the cheerful beams of day,
Shine to salute our eyes;

Our souls again their tribute pay,
To him that rules the skies.

Our life is ever on the wing,
And death is ever nigh;
The moment when our lives begin,
We all begin to die.

3 Yet mighty God, our fleeting days,
Thy lasting favors share;.
And with the bounties of thy grace
Thou crown'st the rolling year.

4 Thy goodness runs an endless round; All glory to the Lord:

Thy mercy never knows a bound,
And be thy name ador’d.

5 Thus we begin the lasting song;
And when our days are o'er,
Let the next age thy praise prolong,
Till time shall be no more.

4. L. M.

The Christian Sabbath.

Watts.

1 AGAIN our weekly labours end,
And we the sabbath's call attend:
Improve, my soul ! the sacred rest,
And learn forever to be blest.

2 This day may our devotions rise,
As grateful incense to the skies;
May heav'n that peace divine bestow,
Which none but they who feel it, know!

3 This holy calm within the breast;
Points us to that eternal rest,

Which for the sons of God remains;
The end of cares, the end of pains.

4 With joy, great God, thy works we view,
In varied scenes, both old and new;
With praise we think on mercies past,
By hope, we future mercies taste.

5 In holy duties, let the day,
In holy pleasures pass away:

How sweet this sabbath thus to spend,
In hope of that which ne'er shall end!
Stennet, altered.

5 L. M.

The Operations of Nature speak the Existence of God. Rom. 1. 20.

1 ALL nature speaks, let men give ear,
And bow the reverential knee ;

The voice of nature they shall hear,
The God of nature they shall see.

2 Behold the stars with brilliant light,
And planets which in order move !
They all proclaim a God of might,
And testify a God of love.

The glorious sun, whose gentle beams
Enlivens all things here below;
The lucid moon, with paler gleams,
Proclaim a God that made them so.

Survey the whole capacious earth,
The sea and land, rocks, hills, and plains;
The God of nature gave them birth,
And by his law the whole maintains.