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5 Midst the throng his gentle ear
Shall my grateful accents hear:
From on high will he impart
Secret comfort to my heart;

6 Lifting all my thoughts above,
On the wings of faith and love,
Blest alternative to me,

Thus to sleep, or wake, with thee!

Doddridge.

HYMN 530. P. M.

Concluding Hymn of General Praise.

NE general song of praise arise
Tim whose goodness ceaseless flows;

Who dwells enthron'd beyond the skies,
And life, and breath, on all bestows.
Great Source of intellect! thine ear
Benign receives our vows sincere ;

Rise then, our active powers, your task fulfil, And give to him your praise, responsive to our will.

Let all of good their bosom fires,

To him, sole good, give praises due :
Let all the truth himself inspires,
Unite to sing him only true.

To him our every thought ascend,

To him our hopes, our wishes bend.

From earth's wide bounds let louder hymns arise,

And his own word convey the pious sacrifice.

In ardent adoration join'd,
Obedient to thy holy will,
Let all our faculties combin'd,
Thy just desires, O God, fulfi..

From thee deriv'd, eternal King,

To thee our noblest powers we bring :

O may thy hand direct our wandering way, O bid thy light arise and chase the clouds away.

"As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive."

TN God's eternity,

I shall there a day arise,

When all that's born of men shall be

With Jesus in the skies.

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Sin shall retire before the blaze

Of God's eternal day.

As music fills the grove,

When stormy clouds are past,
Sweet anthems, of redeeming love,
Shall all employ at last.

Redeem'd from death and sin,
Shall Adam's num'rous race
A ceaseless song of praise begin,
And shout redeeming grace.

HYMN 532. C. M.

A Prayer.

H BALLOU.

THOU, whose power the mountains form'd,
And made the sea his bed;

Who sat his.raging waves their bound,
And all his caverns hid.

2 The mountains thy commands obey,
The seas thy power confess;

Thou dost their caverns deep survey,
And every dark recess.

3 O'er mountains of our sins, O Lord,
Wilt thou thy hand extend,

And to thy gracious, pardoning word
Their lofty summits bend.

4 And o'er the raging seas of guilt
May thy rich grace abound,

While in the blood which Jesus spilt,
Each angry wave is drown'd.

5 In darkest caverns of the heart
Wilt thou thy light display ;
And to the visual pow'r impart
Thine own eternal day.

TH

H. BALLOU.

THE thirsty earth receives the rain,
And drinks the cooling show'rs;
Fresh verdure re-adorns the plain,
And wakes the drooping flow'rs.
2 The blushing mead, the fertile field,
Shall be with blessings fill'd,

And seed to him in plenty yield,
Who has its bosom till'd.

3 Rich harvest round the world shall spread,
God's goodness all shall see ;

And every

mouth with finest bread

Shall satisfied be.

4 The living word of life divine
Its conquests shall extend ;
Till every heart, in every clime,
Shall in submission bend.

5 Uninterrupted hymns shall flow
From every creature's tongue;
And praise harmonious below
In concert shall be sung.

HYMN 534.

WALLACE.

L. M.

The Pleasures of Public Worship.

N social temples here we meet,

as we please:

We find the blest occasion sweet,
And happy in supreme degrees.
2 In this our highly favour'd land,
No civil power can interfere :

Nor issue edicts of command
To mar our sacred pleasures here.
3 We sit beneath the gospel vine,
And in its cooling shade repose;
Refresh our spirits with its wine,
And in the pleasure lose our woes.
4 In it we have unfading health;
Our sins, our pains, our sorrows heal'd;
It opens stores of boundless wealth,
In the eternal cov'nant seal'd.

5 Then let us tune the joyful string,
And speak of mercy in our song;
To God our thankful off'rings bring,
To whom our praises all belong.

W

WALLACE.

The Cause of Labour and Reproach.
HY should the servants of the Lord,
Who labour in his name,

Be made to bear the scoffing word
Of base reproach and shame?

2 Why are the messengers of peace
Reviled and abus'd?

And why their messages of grace
So carelessly refus'd?

3 Because they trust in God alone,
And human creeds deny;

That he will bring the nations home,
And raise his glory high.

4 But they shall prosper and succeed,
And truth triumphant roll;

Till all shall know the Lord indeed,
On earth, from pole to pole.

5 All shall the gospel voice obey,
Its blessings shall receive;
But blest especially are they
Who now do it believe.

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HYMN 536. S. M.

LE

Devotion.

ET pure devotion rise,
And kindle to a flame,

Ascend like incense to the skies,
In our Redeemer's name.

How perfect and how free
Our heavenly Father's love,
his only son that we
Might dwell with him above.

He gave

His word, like drops of dew,
Descends on every heart,
Subdues and fashions us anew,
And bids our sins depart.

4 His grace our faith sustains,
And dissipates our fear;

Binds all our wounds, abates our pains,
And gives us comforts here.

5

He bids our willing eyes

Look through the gloomy shade,

To joys immortal in the skies,

That never cloy nor fade.

HYMN 537. L. M.

The Greatness and Glory of God's Works.

H

WALLACE.

OW great is our Creator God,
In wisdom, majesty and might;
When he displays his power abroad,
And brings his wonders forth to light.
2 Behold what cloudy columns rise,
Terrific as the shades of night;

What peals of thunder rend the skies,
The light'ning, how sublimely bright.
3 How dreadful is the threat'ning hail:
Th' approaching tempest, O how grand!