And what eternal love hath spoke,
Eternal Truth shall bind.

4 "Once have I sworn (I need no more)
And pledg'd my holiness,

To seal the sacred promise sure
To David and his race.

5 "The sun shall see his offspring rise,
And spread from sea to sea,

Long as he travels round the skies,
To give the nations day.

6 "Sure as the moon that rules the night,
His kingdom shall endure,

Till the fix'd laws of shade and light

Shall be observ'd no more."

WATTS.

HYMN 145. Eights and Sevens Metre.

A Charity Hymn.

ORD of life, all praise excelling,

Thou, in glory unconfin'd,
Deign'st to make thy humble dwelling
With the poor of humble mind.

2 As thy love, through all creation,
Beams like thy diffusive light,
So the scorn'd and humble station
Shrinks before thine equal sight.

3 Thus thy care, for all providing,
Warm'd thy faithful prophet's tongue;
Who, the lot of all deciding,

To thy chosen Israel sung :

4 When thine harvest yields thee pleasure,
Thou the golden sheaf shalt bind
To the poor belongs the treasure
Of the scatter'd ears behind.

These thy God ordains to bless
The widow and the fatherless.

5 When thine olive plants increasing,
Pour their plenty o'er the plain,
Grateful thou shalt take the blessing,
But not search the boughs again.
These, &c.

6 When thy favour'd vintage flowing,
Gladdens the autumnal scene,
Own the bounteous hand bestowing:
But thy vines the poor

shall glean.

These, &c.

7 Still we read thy word declaring
Mercy, Lord, thine own decree;
Mercy ev'ry sorrow sharing,
Warms the heart resembling thee.
8 Still the orphan and the stranger,
Still the widow owns thy care;
Screen'd by thee in ev'ry danger,
Heard by thee in ev'ry prayer.

HYMN 146. C. M.

Episc. Col

Divine Protection, Resignation, and Gratitude. Ps. xci.

WH

HEN I survey life's varied scene,
Amidst the darkest hours

Bright rays of comfort shine between,
And thorns are mix'd with flow'rs..

2 This thought can all my fears control,
And bid my sorrows fly;
No harm can ever reach my soul,
Beneath my Father's eye.

3 Whate'er thy sacred will ordains,
O give me strength to bear!

And let me know my Father reigns,
And trust his tender care.

4 If pain and sickness rend this frame,
And life almost depart ;

Is not thy mercy still the same,
To cheer my drooping heart?

5 Is blooming health my happy share?
O may I bless my God!

Thy goodness let my song declare,
And spread thy praise abroad.

6 While such delightful gifts as these
Are kindly dealt to me,

Be all my hours of health and ease
Devoted, Lord, to thee.

7 If cares and sorrows me surround,
Their power why should I fear?
My inward peace they cannot wound,
If thou, my God, art near.

8 Thy sov'reign ways are all unknown
To my weak, erring sight;
Yet let my soul, adoring, own
That all thy ways are right.

MRS. STEELE.

A Holy God worshipped with Reverence. Ps. xcix.

THE God Jehovah reigns,

THE

Let all the nations fear;

Let sinners tremble at his throne,

And saints be humble there.

3

When Israel was his church,
When Aaron was his priest,

When Moses cry'd, when Samuel pray'd,

He gave his people rest.

4 Oft he forgave their sins,

Nor would destroy their race;

And oft he made his vengeance known,
When they abus'd his grace.

5. Exalt the Lord our God,
Whose grace is still the same;
Still he's a God of holiness,
And jealous for his name.

A general Song of Praise. Ps. cviii.
GOD, my grateful soul aspires
To magnify thy name!

My tongue, with cheerful songs of praise,
Shall celebrate thy fame.

2 Awake, my heart, and thou, my voice,
Thy willing tribute pay;
And let a hymn of sacred joy
Salute the op'ning day.

3 To all the list'ning world around
Thy goodness I will sing;

Whilst ev'ry grateful tongue shall join
To praise th' eternal King:

4 Because thy mercy's boundless height
The highest heav'n transcends ;
And far beyond the spreading earth,
Thy faithfulness extends.

5 Be thou exalted, O my God,
Above the starry frame ;

And let the world, with one consent,

Confess thy glorious name.

HYMN 149. L. M.

WATTS

TATE, altered.

Divine Greatness and Condescension. Ps. cxiii.

YE

E servants of th' Almighty King,
In ev'ry age his praises sing,
Where'er the circling sun displays
His rising beams or setting rays.
2 Above the earth, beyond the sky,
Stands his high throne of majesty ;

Not time, nor nature's narrow rounds,
Can give his vast dominion bounds.
3 What impious mortal rashly dare,
What angel with our God compare?
His glories, how divinely bright,
Who dwells in uncreated light!
4 He bows his glorious head to view
What the bright host of angels do;
And condescends yet more to know
The mean affairs of men below.
5 From dust and cottages obscure,
His grace exalts the humble poor;
Gives them the honour of his sons,

And makes them meet for heav'nly thrones. WATTS.

HYMN 150. S. M.

Praise to God from all Nations. Ps. cxvii.

HY name, Almighty Lord,

THY

Shall sound through distant lands;
Great is thy grace, and sure thy word,
Thy truth for ever stands.

2 Far be thine honours spread;
Long may thy praise endure,

Till morning light and ev'ning shade
Shall be exchang'd no more.

HYMN 151. C. M.

For the Lord's Day. Ps. cxviii.

THIS is the day the Lord hath made,

He calls the hours his own;

Let heav'n rejoice, let earth be glad,
And praise surround his throne.
2 This day, the Saviour left the dead,
And Satan's empire fell!

This day, the saints his triumph spread,
And all his wonders tell.

WATTS.