5.

To thee our infant race we leave: Them may their fathers' God receive! That voices yet unform'd may raise Succeeding hymns of humble praise. 84. L. M. DODDRIDGE.

Trust in God.

1.

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GREAT God, we sing that mighty hand
By which supported still we stand;
The opening years thy mercy show;
That mercy crowns them as they flow.

2.

By day, by night, at home, abroad,
Still are we guarded by our God;
By his incessant bounty fed,
By his unerring counsel led.

3.

With grateful hearts the past we own;
The future, all to us unknown,

We to thy guardian care commit,
And peaceful leave before thy feet.

4.

In scenes exalted or deprest,

Thou art our joy, and thou our rest; Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise, Adored through all our changing days.

5.

When death shall interrupt these songs,
And seal in silence mortal tongues,
Our helper God, in whom we trust,
In brighter worlds our souls shall boast.

He that hath made his refuge God
Shall find a most secure abode;
Shall walk all day beneath his shade,
And safe at night shall rest his head.

2.

He guides our feet, he guards our way, His morning smiles bless all the day; He spreads the evening veil, and keeps The silent hours while nature sleeps.

3.

Then will I say, "My God, thy power
Shall be my fortress and my tower;
I, who am form'd of feeble dust,
Make thine almighty arm my trust."

4.

Up to the hills I lift mine eyes,
The eternal hills beyond the skies;
Thence all her help my soul derives,
There
my almighty refuge lives.

5.

He lives, the everlasting God,

Who built the world and spread the flood; He lives, and by his heavenly care Preserves my life from every snare.

86. L. M.

WATTS.

Praise for protection, mercy, and truth.

1.

My God, in whom are all the springs
Of boundless love and grace unknown,
Hide me beneath thy spreading wings
Till the dark cloud is overblown.

2.

Up to the heavens I send my cry,
The Lord will my desires perform;
He sends his angels from the sky,
And saves me from the threatening storm.

3.

Be thou exalted, O my God,

Above the heavens where angels dwell; Thy power on earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders tell!

4.

My heart is fixt, my song shall raise
Immortal honours to thy name:
Awake, my tongue, to sound his praise,
My tongue, the glory of my frame.

5.

High o'er the earth his mercy reigns,
And reaches to the utmost sky;
His truth to endless years remains,
When lower worlds dissolve and die.

87. s. M.

WATTS.

Praise for spiritual and temporal mercies.

1.

O BLESS the Lord, my soul;
Let all within me join,

And aid my tongue to bless his name
Whose favours are divine.

2.

O bless the Lord, my soul; Nor let his mercies lie Forgotten in unthankfulness, And without praises die.

3.

'Tis he forgives thy sins, "Tis he relieves thy pain: 'Tis he that heals thy sicknesses, And makes thee young again.

4.

He crowns thy life with love,
When rescued from the grave;
He that redeem'd my soul from death
Hath sovereign power to save.

5.

He fills the poor with good;

He gives the sufferers rest;

The Lord hath judgements for the proud, And justice for the opprest.

6.

His wondrous works and ways

He made by Moses known;

But sent the world his truth and grace

By his beloved son.

88. L. M.

J. TAYLOR.

Praise for bodily and mental endowments.

1.

COME, let us bless the bounteous God,
Who from the heavens, his high abode,
Prepares for man life's varied treat,
The charm that makes existence sweet:

2.

For the consummate skill display'd
When in his image man was made;
For powers of high, exalted name;
For reason's intellectual flame :

3.

For strong affection's mystic bands,
And duty's sacred, high commands;
For science, liberty, and law,

And the blest fruits which thence we draw:

For the

4.

gay innocence of youth,

And manhood's firm undaunted truth;
For judgement in maturer years,
And age withdrawn from earthly cares.

5.

What praise should warm the fervent soul
For pure religion's grave control!
For all its comforts, hopes and joys,
Which cheer our passage to the skies.