2 This life's a dream-an empty show; 3 Oh! glorious hour!-Oh! blest abode! 4 My fresh shall slumber in the ground, PSALM 17, S. M. The Prospects of the Saint and Sinner. RISE, my gracious God! mf 1 AR 18 And make the wicked flee; To drive thy saints to thee. 2 Behold! the sinner dies, His haughty words are vain; 8 Then let his pride advance, 4 I shall behold the face And stand complete in righteousness, 5 There's a new heaven begun, When I awake from death,- PSALM 18, First Part, L. M. mf 1 THEE will I love, O Lord! my strength, My rock, my tower, my high defence; Thy mighty arin shall be my trust, Ρ 2 Death, and the terrors of the grave, Stood round me with their dismal shade; While floods of high temptation rose, And made my sinking soul afraid. aff 3 I saw the opening gates of hell, VA mf f 18 m With endless pains and sorrows there,Which none, but they that feel, can tell,While I was hurried to despair. 4 In my distress, I called my God, When I could scarce believe him mine; 1 That terrible, that joyful hour; PSALM 18, Second Part, L. M. LORD! thou hast seen my soul sincere, And thou hast owned my righteous cause. mp 2 What sore temptations broke my rest! What wars and strugglings in my breast! But, through thy grace that reigns within, I guard against my darling sin. 3 The sin that close besets me still, 4 With an impartial hand, the Lord mf" 1 PSALM 18, Third Part, L. M. JUST UST are thy ways, and true thy word, Who is a God beside the Lord? Or where's a refuge like our God? 2 'T is he that girds me with his might, Ρ 18 < 1 < m " 18 f PSALM 18, First Part, C. M. We love thee, Lord! and we adore: Now is thine arm revealed; Thou art our strength, our heavenly tower, 2 We fly to our eternal Rock, 3 When God, our leader, shines in arms, The thunder of his loud alarms,- 4 He rides upon the winged wind; In millions, wait to know his mind, 5 He speaks-and, at his fierce rebuke, His voice, his frown, his angry look, 6 Oft has the Lord whole nations blessed, 1 The powers, that give his people rest, THE PSALM 18, Second Part, C. M. Jehovah coming to reign. HE Lord descended from above, The darkness of the sky. 2 On cherubim and seraphim, And, on the wings of mighty winds, len 3 He sat serene upon the floods, 18 f" 1 And he, as sovereign Lord and King, Lo PSALM 18, 88 and 7s. Christ triumphant. O! the Lord Jehovah liveth; Shall his righteous throne extend; 3 O'er his enemies exalted, Great Redeemer !-see him rise; f" 4 Jesus! hail! enthroned in glory, 19 1 All the heavenly host adore thee, PSALM 19, First Part, L. M. THE heavens declare thy glory, Lord! 2 The rolling sun, the changing light, 3 Sun, moon, and stars convey thy praise, So, when thy truth began its race, It touched and glanced on every land. m mf af 19 4 Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest, 5 Great Sun of righteousness! arise; Thy laws are pure, thy judgments right. 6 Thy noblest wonders here we view, mf 1 In souls renewed, and sins forgiven: THE PSALM 19, Second Part, L. M. The Language of the Heavens. HE spacious firmament on high, 2 Th' unwearied sun, from day to day, The work of an almighty hand. mp 3 Soon as the evening shades prevail, m mf Λ 4 While all the stars that round her burn, 5 What though, in solemn silence, all 6 In reason's ear they all rejoice, |