THE Lord our God is clothed with might,
The winds obey his will;

He speaks, and in his heavenly height
The rolling sun stands still.

2 Rebel, ye waves, and o'er the land
With threat'ning aspect roar;
The Lord uplifts his awful hand,
And chains you to the shore.

3 Ye winds of night, your force combine; Without his high behest,

Ye shall not, in the mountain-pine,
Disturb the sparrow's nest.

4 His voice sublime is heard afar;
In distant peals it dies;

He yokes the whirlwind to his car,
And sweeps the howling skies.

5 Ye sons of earth, in rev'rence bend;
Ye nations, wait his nod;

And let unceasing praise ascend
In honour of our God.

4 Led by the light thy grace imparts,
Ne'er may we bow the knee
To idols, which our wayward hearts
Set up instead of thee.

5 So shall thy choicest gifts, O Lord, Thy faithful people bless;

For them shall earth its stores afford, And heaven its happiness.

986 The earth renewed in righteousness. 89-a.

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LMIGHTY Spirit, now behold A world by sin destroy'd: Creating Spirit, as of old,

Move on the formless void.

2 Give thou the word; that healing sound
Shall quell the deadly strife;
And earth again, like Éden crown'd,
Bring forth the tree of life.

3 If sang the morning stars for joy,
When nature rose to view,

What strains will angel-harps employ,
When thou shalt all renew!

4 And if the sons of God rejoice

To hear a Saviour's name,

How will the ransom'd raise their voice,
To whom the Saviour came!

5 Lo, every kindred, every tribe,
Assembling round the throne,
The new creation shall ascribe
To sov'reign love alone.

Teach me

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Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.

COME, thou Fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing thy grace; Streams of mercy, never ceasing,

Call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, Sung by flaming tongues above: Praise the mount-I'm fix'd upon it; Mount of thy redeeming love!

2 Here I'll raise mine Ebenezer;
Hither by thy help I'm come;
And I hope, by thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wand'ring from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed his precious blood.
8 0 to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrain'd to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter,

Bind my wand'ring heart to thee: Prone to wander, Lord, I feel itProne to leave the God I love; Here's my heart, O take and seal it; Seal it for thy courts above.

2 Heavenly Guide from paths of error,
Comforter of minds distress'd,-
When the billows fill with terror,
Pointing to an ark of rest:
Promised Pledge! eternal Spirit!
Greater than all gifts below,-
May our hearts thy grace inherit;
May our lips thy glories show.

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AR what God the Lord hath spoken: O my people, faint and few, Comfortless, afflicted, broken,

Fair abodes I build for you:
Scenes of heartfelt tribulation
Shall no more perplex your ways;
You shall name your walls salvation,
And your gates shall all be praise.

2 Ye, no more your suns descending,
Waning moons no more shall see:
But, your griefs forever ending,

Find eternal noon in me:
God shall rise, and, shining o'er you,
Change to day the gloom of night;
He, the Lord, shall be your glory-
God your everlasting light.

279 The Lord's Supper: The Spirit's influences. COME, thou everlasting Spirit,

Bring to every thankful mind
All the Saviour's dying merit,
All his suff'rings for mankind:
True recorder of his passion,
Now the living faith impart;
Now reveal his great salvation
Unto every faithful heart.

2 Come, thou Witness of his dying;
Come, Remembrancer divine;
Let us feel thy power applying
Christ to every soul, and mine;
Let us groan thine inward groaning;
Look on Him we pierced, and grieve:
All partake the grace atoning,--
All the sprinkled blood receive.

2 See, the streams of living waters,
Springing from eternal love,
Still supply thy sons and daughters,
And all fear of want remove :
Who can faint while such a river

Ever flows our thirst to' assuage? Grace, which, like the Lord, the giver, Never fails from age to age.

3 Round each habitation hov'ring, See the cloud and fire appear! For a glory and a cov'ring,

Showing that the Lord is near. He who gives us daily manna,

He who listens when we cry, Let him hear the loud Hosanna Rising to his throne on high.

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The universal bond of love.

THE glorious universe around,

The heavens with all their train, Sun, moon, and stars, are firmly bound In one mysterious chain.

2 The earth, the ocean, and the sky,
To form one world agree;
Where all that walk, or swim, or fly,
Compose one family.

3 God in creation thus displays
His wisdom and his might,
While all his works with all his ways
Harmoniously unite.

4 In one fraternal bond of love,
One fellowship of mind,

The saints below and saints above
Their bliss and glory find.

5 Here, in their house of pilgrimage,
Thy statutes are their song;
There, through one bright, eternal age,
Thy praises they prolong.

6 Lord, may our union form a part
Of that thrice happy whole;
Derive its pulse from thee, the heart,
Its life from thee, the soul.

2 Behold this fair and fertile globe, By him in wisdom plann'd; 'Twas he who girded, like a robe, The ocean round the land.

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3 Lift to the arch of heaven your eye;
Thither his path pursue;

His glory, boundless as the sky,
O'erwhelms the wond'ring view.

4 How excellent, O Lord, thy name,
In all creation's lines:

Spread through eternity, thy fame
With rising lustre shines.

5 These lower works that swell thy praise,
High as our thoughts can tower,
Are but a portion of thy ways,-
The hiding of thy power.

6 Millions before thy presence stand,
Who feel, while they adore,
Fullness of joy at thy right hand,
And pleasures evermore.

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To God all things are possible. 116-b.

THAT thou wouldst the heavens rend,
In majesty come down,—

Stretch out thine arm omnipotent,

And seize me for thine own.

2 Descend, and let thy lightnings burn
The stubble of thy foe;

My sins o'erturn, o'erturn, o'erturn,
And make the mountains flow.

3 Thou my impetuous spirit guide,
And curb my headstrong will;
Thou only canst drive back the tide,
And bid the sun stand still.

4 What though I cannot break my chain, Or e'er throw off my load;

The things impossible to men,

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Are possible to God.

We will rejoice and be glad in it. 116-c.

To earth, rejoice and sing;

HIS is the day the Lord hath made:

Let songs of triumph hail the morn;
Hosanna to our King!

2 The Stone the builders set at naught, That Stone has now become

The sure foundation, and the strength Of Zion's heavenly dome.

3 Christ is that stone, rejected once,
And number'd with the slain;

Now raised in glory o'er his Church
Eternally to reign.

4 This is the day the Lord hath made;
O earth, rejoice and sing:
With songs of triumph hail the morn;
Hosanna to our King!