His praise in softer notes declare,
Each whispering breeze of yielding air,
And breathe it to the soul.

4 Wake, all ye soaring throngs, and sing;
Ye feathered warblers of the spring,
Harmonious anthems raise

To him who shaped your finer mould,
Who tipped your glittering wings with gold,
And tuned your voice to praise.

5 Let man, by nobler passions swayed,
Let man, in God's own image made,
His breath in praise employ;

Spread wide his Maker's name around,
Till heaven shall echo back the sound,
In songs of holy joy.

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Exhortation to universal Praise.

PRAISE the Lord! ye heavens, adore him;
Praise him, angels in the height;
Sun and moon, rejoice before him;
Praise him, all ye stars of light!

Hallelujah, Amen.

2 Praise the Lord-for he hath spoken;
Worlds his mighty voice obeyed;
Laws which never can be broken,
For their guidance he hath made.
Hallelujah, Amen.

3 Praise the Lord-for he is glorious;
Never shall his promise fail;
God hath made his saints victorious,
Sin and death shall not prevail.

Hallelujah, Amen.

4 Praise the God of our salvation,
Hosts on high his power proclaim;
Heaven and earth, and all creation,
Praise and magnify his name!

482

Hallelujah, Amen.

10s & 11s.

O PRAISE ye the Lord! prepare your glad voice, His praise in the great assembly to sing; In their great Creator let all men rejoice, And heirs of salvation be glad in their King. 2 Let them his great name devoutly adore;

In loud swelling strains his praises express, Who graciously opens his bountiful store, Their wants to relieve, and his children to bless. 3 With glory adorned, his people shall sing To God, who defence and plenty supplies: Their loud acclamations to him, their great King. Through earth shall be sounded, and reach to the skies.

4 Ye angels above, his glories who've sung, In loftiest notes, now publish his praise: We mortals, delighted, would borrow your tongue; Would join in your numbers, and chant to your lays.

PRAISE ye the Lord-let praise employ,*
In his own courts, your songs of joy ;
The spacious firmament around

Shall echo back the joyful sound.

2 Recount his works in strains divine, His wondrous works-how.bright they shine!

Praise him for all his mighty deeds, Whose greatness all your praise exceeds.

3 Awake the trumpet's lofty sound,
To spread your sacred pleasure round;
Awake each voice-and strike each string,
And to the solemn organ sing.

4 Let all, whom life and breath inspire,
Attend, and join the blissful choir;
But chiefly ye, who know his word,
Adore, and love, and praise the Lord!

484

6s & 4s.

Exhortation to universal Praise.

PRAISE ye Jehovah's name,
Praise through his courts proclaim,
Rise and adore:

High o'er the heavens above
Sound his great acts of love,
While his rich grace we prove,
Vast as his power.

2 Now let the trumpet raise
Sounds of triumphant praise,
Wide as his fame:

There let the harp be found;
Organs, with solemn sound,
Roll your deep notes around,
Filled with his name.

3 While his high praise ye sing,
Shake every sounding string;
Sweet the accord!

He vital breath bestows;
Let every breath that flows
His noblest fame disclose-
Praise ye the Lord.

485

8s & 6s.

SING hallelujah! praise the Lord!
Sing with a cheerful voice;

Exalt our God, with one accord,
And in his name rejoice:

Ne'er cease to sing, thou ransomed host,
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Till in the realms of endless light,
Your praises shall unite.

2 There we, to all eternity,
Shall join th' angelic lays,
And sing, in perfect harmony,

To God our Saviour's praise; He hath redeemed us by his blood, And made us kings and priests to God; For us, for us the Lamb was slain. Praise ye the Lord! Amen.

MY God, my King, to thee I'll raise
My voice and all my powers;
Unwearied songs of sacred praise
Shall fill the circling hours.

2 Thy name shall dwell upon my tongue,
While suns shall set and rise;
And tune my everlasting song,
When time and nature dies.

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C. M.

Universal Praise.

SING to the Lord in joyful strains,
Let earth his praise resound;
Let all the cheerful nations join
To spread his glory round.

2 Thou city of the Lord! begin
The universal song;

And let the scattered villages
The cheerful notes prolong ;-

3 Till, midst the strains of distant lands,
The islands sound his praise;
And all combined, with one accord,
Jehovali's glories raise.

488

8s & 7s.

Praise for a Revival.

FOUNT of everlasting love!
Rich thy streams of mercy are,
Flowing purely from above;
Beauty marks their course afar.

2 Lo! thy church, thy garden now,
Blooms beneath the heavenly shower;
Sinners feel, and melt, and bow;
Mild, yet mighty is thy power.

3 God of grace! before thy throne,
Here our warmest thanks we bring
Thine the glory—thine alone;
Loudest praise to thee we sing.

4 Hear, oh hear our grateful song;
Let thy Spirit still descend:
Roll the tide of grace along,
Widening, deepening to the end.

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11s.

The Church exulting in God's Favor. WAKE thee, O Zion-thy mourning is ended; God-thine own God, hath regarded thy prayer: Wake thee and hail him, in glory descended, Thy darkness to scatter-thy wastes to repair.

2 Wake thee, O Zion--his Spirit of

power To newness of life is awaking the dead; Array thee in beauty, and greet the glad hour, That brings thee salvation, thro' Jesus who bled.