2 What eyes like thine, Eternal Sire!
Through sin's dark mazes can inquire?
What hand, like thine, to virtue's foes
Such awful judgments can oppose!
3 The meek observer of thy laws
To thee commits his injur'd cause :
In thee each anxious fear resign'd,
The fatherless a father find.

4 Thou, Lord! thy servants' wish canst read,
Ere from their lips the prayer proceed:
'Tis thine, the drooping heart to cheer,
To wipe away the starting tear ;
5 To vindicate the suff'rer's cause,
To rescue from oppression's jaws,
To curb the haughty tyrant's will,
And bid the sons of pride be still.
HYMN 211. 4 7's, and 2 10's Metre.
Waiting for Morning. Ps. xxx.

ONG and mournful is the night,

MERRICK.

Source of comfort, source of light,
When, O when wilt thou appear!
Thy beams alone can bid the gloom depart,
And spread celestial morning o'er my heart.

2 Morning of that glorious day,

Which the blest enjoy above,
Where with full unclouded ray
Shines thine everlasting love;

Where joy triumphant fills the bright abode, O happy world! fair paradise of God! 3 Thither if the heart aspire,

Shall it, Lord, aspire in vain?
Shall the breathings of desire
Rise with unavailing pain?

O thou, my guide, my solace, and my rest!
In this sad desart shall I rove unblest?

4 Not in vain aspires the heart,

That depends on thee alone;

Light and joy thou wilt impart,
Radiant dawn of bliss unknown;

Here let me wait beneath thy guardian wing,
Till from thy smile celestial morning spring.

HYMN 212. L. P. M.

Works of Creation and Providence. Ps. xxxiii.

VE holy souls, in God rejoice,

STEELE.

Your Maker's praise becomes your voice; Great is your theme, your songs be new ; Sing of his name, his word, his ways His works of nature and of grace,

How wise and holy, just and true!

2 Justice and truth he ever loves,

And the whole earth his goodness proves;
His word the heav'nly arches spread:
How wide they shine from north to south!
And by the spirit of his mouth

Were all the starry armies made.
3 He gathers the wide-flowing seas,
Those wat'ry treasures know their place
In the vast storehouse of the deep;

He spake, and gave all nature birth!
And fires, and seas, and heaven, and earth,
His everlasting orders keep.

4 Let mortals tremble, and adore

A God of such resistless pow'r,

Nor dare indulge their feeble rage:

Vain are your thoughts, and weak your hands, But his eternal counsel stands,

And rules the world from age to age. WATTS.

Instructions of Piety. Ps. xxxiv.

CHILDREN, in and yo

HILDREN, in years and knowledge young,

Attend the counsels of my tongue;
Let pious thoughts your minds employ.

2 If you desire a length of days,
And peace to crown your mortal state,
Restrain your feet from impious ways,
Your lips from slander and deceit.

WATTS.

HYMN 214. Eight, Eight, and Six Metre.

Deliverance and Protection. Ps. xl.

ITH patient hope my God I sought;
He to his suppliant's want his thought
In happiest hour applied :

He from the dark and miry pit,
High on the rock has rais'd my feet;
Nor fear my steps to slide.

2 His praise inspires my grateful tongue,
And dictates to my lips a song

In strains unheard before.
Adiniring crowds his work shall see,
Their strength on him repose with me,
With me his name adore.

3 Blest, who in thee, great God! confide,
Nor madly trust the arm of pride,
And helps that but betray.

Thy mercies, Lord, all praise surmount,
Nor numbers can their sum recount,
Nor words their worth display.

4 With strong desire my bosom glows
Thy truth and mercy to disclose,
In man's relief display'd:
O! let that truth dispel my wo,
That mercy, Lord, around me throw

Its all-protecting shade.

HYMN 215. C. M.

Absence from God. Ps. xliii.

MERRICK.

THOU, whose tender mercy hears
Contrition's humble sigh ;

Whose hand, indulgent, wipes the tears

From sorrow's weeping eye!

2 See! low before thy throne of grace,
A wretched wand'rer mourn;

Hast thou not bid me seek thy face?
Hast thou not said, return?

3 Absent from thee, my guide, my light!
Without one cheering ray ;

Through dangers, fears, and gloomy night,
How desolate my way!

4 O shine on this benighted heart,
With beams of mercy shine;
And let thy healing voice impart
A taste of joys divine!

5 Thy presence only can bestow
Delights which never cloy:
Be this my solace here below,
And my eternal joy!

HYMN 216.

MRS. STEELE.

P. M.

God unchangeably good. Ps. lxxvi.
HIS God is the God we adore,

The faithful, unchangeable friend,
Whose love is as great as his pow'r,
And knows neither measure nor end.
2 "Tis he is the first and the last,
Whose hand shall conduct us safe home;
We'll praise him for all that is past,
And trust him for all that's to come.

TOPLADY'S Coll.

HYMN 217. Six, Six, and Four Metre.

Solemn Invocation. Ps. cviii.

NOME, thou almighty King,

COM

Help us thy name to sing,

Help us to praise!

Father all glorious,

O'er all victorious,

Come and reign over us,

Ancient of days!

2 Come, thou eternal Lord,
By heav'n and earth ador'd,
Our pray'r attend,
Come,' and thy people bless;
Give thy good word success;
Make thine own holiness
On us descend!

3 Be thou our comforter;
Thy sacred witness bear
In this glad hour;
Omnipotent thou art:
Then rule in ev'ry heart
And ne'er from us depart,
Spirit of Pow'r!

4 O holy One! to thee
Eternal praises be
Hence, evermore !
Thy sov'reign majesty
May we in glory see,
And to eternity

Love and adore!

HYMN 218.

Tens Metre.

Idolatry reproved. Ps. cxv.

TOT to our names, thou only just and true,

NOT

Thy pow'r and grace, thy truth and justice claim
Immortal honours to thy sov'reign name;
Shine through the earth, from heaven thy blest abode;
Nor let the heathen say, where is your God?

2 Heav'n is thy higher court; there stands thy throne,
And through the lower worlds thy will is done!
God fram'd this earth; the starry heavens he spread,
But fools adore the gods their hands have made;
The kneeling crowd, with looks devout, behold
Their silver saviours, and their saints of gold.
3 Be heav'n and earth amaz'd! 'tis hard to say,
Which are more stupid, or their gods, or they;