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HROUGH all the changing scenes of life,
In trouble and in joy,

The praises of my God shall still

My heart and tongue employ.

2 My soul shall make her boast in him,
And celebrate his fame;
Come magnify the Lord with me,
With me exalt his name.

3 The hosts of God encamp around
The dwellings of the just;
Deliverance he affords to all
Who on his succour trust.

4 0! make but trial of his love;
Experience will decide,

How blest they are, and only they,
Who in his truth confide.

5 Fear him, ye saints; and you will then
Have nothing else to fear;

Come, make his service your delight;
He'll make your wants his care.

LORD, I will bless thee all my days,

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Thy praise shall dwell upon my tongue;

My soul shall glory in thy grace,

While saints rejoice to hear the song.

2 Come, magnify the Lord with me,
Let every heart exalt his name ;
I sought th' eternal God, and he
Has not exposed my hope to shame.

3 I told him all my secret grief,
My secret groaning reached his ears;
He gave my inward pains relief,
And calmed the tumult of my fears.

4 To him the poor lift up their eyes,
With heavenly joy their faces shine;
A beam of mercy from the skies
Fills them with light and love divine.
5 His holy angels pitch their tents
Around the men that serve the Lord;
O fear and love him, all his saints,
Taste of his grace and trust his word.

6 The wild young lions, pinched with pain
And hunger, roar through all the wood;
But none shall seek the Lord in vain,
Nor want supplies of real good.

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HILDREN, in and knowledge young, Your parents' hope, your parents' joy, 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.

3 The eyes of God regard his saints,
His ears are open to their cries;
He sets his frowning face against
The sons of violence and lies.

4 To humble souls and broken hearts
God with his grace is ever nigh;
Pardon and hope his love imparts,
When men in deep contrition lie.

5 He tells their tears, he counts their groans,
His Son redeems their souls from death;
His Spirit heals their broken bones,
His praise employs their tuneful breath.

C. M.

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FOURTH PART.

I'LL bless the Lord from day to day:
How good are all his ways!

Ye humble souls that use to pray,
Come, help my lips to praise.
2 Sing to the honour of his name,
How a poor sufferer cried,

Nor was his hope exposed to shame,
Nor was his suit denied.

3 0 sinners, come and taste his love,
Come, learn his pleasant ways,
And let your own experience prove
The sweetness of his grace.

4 He bids his angels pitch their tents
Round where his children dwell;
What ills their heavenly care prevents,
No earthly tongue can tell.

5 0 love the Lord, ye saints of his;
His eye regards the just:

How richly blest their portion is

Who make the Lord their trust!

6 Young lions, pinched with hunger, roar And famish in the wood;

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But God supplies his holy poor
With every needful good.

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BEHOLD the love, the generous love,

That holy David shows;

Behold his kind compassion move

For his afflicted foes.

2 When they are sick, his soul complains,
And seems to feel the smart;
The spirit of the gospel reigns,
And melts his pious heart.

3 How did his flowing tears condole,
As for a brother dead!

And fasting, mortified his soul,

While for their life he prayed.

4 They groaned and cursed him on their bed,
Yet still he pleads and mourns;
And double blessings on his head,
The righteous God returns.

5 0 glorious type of heavenly grace!
Thus Christ the Lord appears;
While sinners curse, the Saviour prays,
And pities them with tears.

6 He, the true David, Israel's King,
Blest and beloved of God,
To save us rebels, dead in sin,
Paid his own dearest blood.

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IGH in the heavens, eternal God,
Thy goodness in full glory shines:
Thy truth shall break through every cloud
That veils and darkens thy designs.

2 For ever firm thy justice stands,
As mountains their foundations keep;
Wise are the wonders of thy hands,
Thy judgments are a mighty deep.

3 Thy providence is kind and large
Both man and beast thy bounty share;
The whole creation is thy charge,
But saints are thy peculiar care.

4 My God, how excellent thy grace.
Whence all our hope and comfort springs;
The sons of Adam in distress

Fly to the shadow of thy wings.

5 From the provisions of thy house
We shall be fed with sweet repast;
There mercy, like a river, flows,
And brings salvation to our taste.

6 Life, like a fountain rich and free,
Springs from the presence of my Lord;
And in thy light our souls shall see
The glories promised in thy word.

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HILE men grow bold in wicked ways,
And yet a God they own,

My heart within me often says,

"Their thoughts believe there's none." 2 Their thoughts and ways at once declare, (Whate'er their lips profess,)

God hath no wrath for them to fear,
Nor will they seek his grace.

3 What strange self-flattery blinds their eyes; But there's a hastening hour,

When they shall see, with sore surprise,
The terrors of thy power.

4 Thy justice shall maintain its throne,
Though mountains melt away;
Thy judgments are a world unknown,
A deep unfathomed sea.

5 Above these heavens' created rounds,
Thy mercies, Lord, extend;

Thy truth outlives the narrow bounds,
Where time and nature end.

6 Safety to man thy goodness brings,
Nor overlooks the beast;

Beneath the shadow of thy wings
Thy children love to rest.

7 From thee, when creature-streams run low,
And mortal comforts die,
Perpetual springs of life shall flow,
And raise our pleasures high.

8 Though all created light decay,
And death close up our eyes,
Thy presence makes eternal day
Where clouds can never rise.