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5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away:
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the op'ning day.

6 O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,

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Be Thou our guard while troubles last,
And our eternal home.

God our guardian.

1 HE, THAT has God his guardian made,
Shall under the Almighty's shade
Secure and undisturb'd abide :
Thus to my soul of Him I'll say—
He is my fortress and my stay,

My God, in whom I will confide.

2 His tender love and watchful care
Shall free thee from the fowler's snare,
And from the noisome pestilence:
He over thee his wings shall spread,
And cover thy unguarded head;

His truth shall be thy strong defence.

3 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
The God whom heav'n's triumphant host
And suff'ring saints on earth adore,
Be glory; as in ages past,

As now it is, and so shall last,

When time itself shall be no more.

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Sabbath.

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1 SWEET is the work, O God, our King,
To praise thy name, give thanks and sing,
To show thy love by morning light,
And tell of all thy truth by night!
2 Sweet is the day of sacred rest,
No earthly care shall seize our breast;
O may our hearts in tune be found,
Like David's harp of solemn sound!
3 Our hearts shall triumph in Thee, Lord,
And bless thy works, and bless thy word;
Thy works of grace, how bright they shine!
How deep thy counsels! how divine!

4 When shall we see, and hear, and know,
What mortals cannot reach below;
And all our powers find sweet employ
In Christ's eternal world of joy?

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God almighty and unchangeable.

1 WITH glory clad, with strength array'd,
The Lord, that o'er all nature reigns,
The world's foundations strongly laid,
And the vast fabric still sustains.

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2 How surely stablish'd is thy throne,
Which shall no change or period see!
For Thou, O Lord, and Thou alone,
Art God from all eternity.

3 The floods, O Lord, lift up their voice,
And toss the troubled waves on high;
But God above can still their noise,
And make the angry sea comply.
4 Thy promise, Lord, is ever sure;
And they, that in thy house would dwell,
That happy station to secure,
Must still in holiness excel.

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Public worship.

1 O COME, loud anthems let us sing,
Loud thanks to our Almighty King;
For we our voices high should raise,
When our salvation's Rock we praise.
2 Into his presence let us haste,

To thank Him for his favours past,
To Him address, in joyful songs,
The praise that to his name belongs.
3 For God the Lord, enthron'd in state,
Is with unrivall'd glory great;

The depths of earth are in his hand,
Her secret wealth at his command.

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4 The rolling ocean's vast abyss
By the same sov'reign right is his :
"Tis mov'd by his Almighty hand,
That form'd and fix'd the solid land.
5 O let us to his courts repair,

And bow with adoration there:
For He's our God, our Shepherd He,
His flock and chosen sheep are we.

Advent.

1 SING to the Lord, ye distant lands,
Ye tribes of ev'ry tongue;
His new-discover'd grace demands
A new and nobler song.

2 Say to the nations, Jesus reigns,
God's own Almighty Son:

His power the sinking world sustains,
'And grace surrounds his throne.
3[Let heaven proclaim the joyful day;
Joy through the earth be seen;
Let cities shine in bright array,
And fields in cheerful green.

4 Let an unusual joy surprise
The islands of the sea:

Ye mountains sink; ye valleys rise;
Prepare the Lord his way.]

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Jesus the Saviour reigns;

Let earth adore its Lord;

Bright cherubs his attendants stand,
Swift to fulfil his word.

In Zion is his throne;

His honours are divine;

His church shall make his wonders known,
For there his glories shine.

4 How holy is his name!
How terrible his praise!
Justice and truth and judgment join
In all his works of grace.

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FIRST VERSION.

Public worship.

1 WITH One consent let all the earth
To God their cheerful voices raise;
Glad homage pay with awful mirth,
And sing before Him songs of praise.
2 Convinc'd that He is God alone,

From whom both we and all proceed;
We, whom He chooses for his own,
The flock that He vouchsafes to feed.
3 O enter then his temple gate,

Thence to his courts devoutly press,
And still your grateful hymns repeat,
And still his Name with praises bless.

L M.

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