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Above the heavens where angels dwell;

Thy power on earth be known abroad;

Let land to land Thy wonders tell.

2 My heart is fixed, my song shall raise
Immortal honors to Thy name :

Awake, my tongue, to sound His praise,
My tongue, the glory of my frame.

3 High o'er the earth His mercy reigns,
And reaches to the utmost sky ;
His truth to endless years remains,
When lower worlds dissolve and die.

4 Be Thou exalted, O my God,

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Above the heavens where angels dwell;
Thy power on earth be known abroad,
And land to land Thy wonders tell.

Psalm 100.

BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne,

L. M.

Ye nations, bow with sacred joy ;
Know that the Lord is God alone;
He can create, and He destroy.
2 His sovereign power, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and formed us men ;
And when, like wandering sheep, we strayed,
He brought us to His fold again.

3 We are His people, we His care—
Our souls, and all our mortal frame :
What lasting honors shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to Thy name?

4 We'll crowd Thy gates, with thankful songs;
High as the heaven, our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise.

5 Wide as the world is Thy command; Vast as eternity Thy love;

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Firm as a rock Thy truth shall stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.

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Psalm 148.

L. M.

OUD hallelujahs to the Lord,

From distant worlds where creatures dwell!

Let heaven begin the solemn word,

And sound it dreadful down to hell.

2 Mortals, can you refrain your tongue,
When nature all around you sings?
Oh for a shout from old and young,
From humble swains and lofty kings!

3 Wide as His vast dominion lies,

Make the Creator's name be known;
Loud as His thunder, shout His praise,
And sound it lofty as His throne.

4 Jehovah 'tis a glorious word!

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Oh, may it dwell on every tongue!
But saints who best have known the Lord,
Are bound to raise the noblest song.

WIT all my powers of heart and tongue,

I'll praise my Maker in my song;

Angels shall hear the notes I raise,
Approve the song, and join the praise.

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2 To God I cried when troubles rose ;
He heard me, and subdued my foes:
He did my rising fears control,

And strength diffused through all my soul.

3 Amid a thousand snares, I stand
Upheld and guarded by Thy hand ;
Thy words my fainting soul revive,
And keep my dying faith alive.

4 I'll sing Thy truth and mercy, Lord,
I'll sing the wonders of Thy word;
Not all Thy works and names below
So much Thy power and glory show.

Psalm 100.

ALL people that on earth do dwell,

Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice;
Him serve with mirth, His praise forth tell;
Come ye before Him and rejoice.

2 The Lord, ye know, is God indeed; Without our aid He did us make; We are His flock; He doth us feed;

And for His sheep, He doth us take.

3 O enter then His gates with praise ;

Approach with joy His courts unto;
Praise, laud, and bless His name always;
For it is seemly so to do.

4 For why, the Lord our God is good; His mercy is forever sure;

His truth at all times firmly stood,

And shall from age to age endure.

L. M.

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Psalm 148.

PRAISE the Lord of Heaven,

Praise Him in the height,

Praise Him, all ye angels,
Praise Him, stars of light;
Praise Him, skies and waters,
Which above the skies
When His word commanded,

Did established rise.

2 Praise the Lord, ye fountains
Of the deeps and seas,
Rocks and hills, and mountains,
Cedars, and all trees;

Praise Him, clouds and vapors,
Snow and hail, and fire,
Stormy wind, fulfilling
Only His desire.

3 Praise Him, fowls and cattle,
Princes and all Kings;

Praise Him, men and maidens,
All created things:

For the name of God is

Excellent alone

Over earth His footstool,

Over heaven His throne.

5s & 6s.

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'LL praise my Maker with my breath;

I'LL

And when my voice is lost in death,
Praise shall employ my nobler powers;
My days of praise shall ne'er be past,
While life, and thought, and being last,
Or immortality endures.

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2 Happy the man whose hopes rely
On Israel's God; He made the sky,

And earth, and seas, with all their train:
His truth forever stands secure ;

He saves th' oppressed, He feeds the poor,
And none shall find His promise vain.

3 The Lord hath eyes to give the blind;
The Lord supports the sinking mind;

He sends the lab'ring conscience peace :
He helps the stranger in distress,
The widow and the fatherless,

And grants the prisoner sweet release.

4 I'll praise Him while He lends me breath;
And when my voice is lost in death,

Praise shall employ my nobler powers:
My days of praise shall ne'er be past,
While life, and thought, and being last,
Or immortality endures.

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REAT God! the heaven's well-ordered frame
Declares the glories of Thy Name;

There Thy rich works of wonder shine:

A thousand starry beauties there,

A thousand radiant marks appear,
Of boundless power and skill divine.

2 From night to day, from day to night,
The dawning and the dying light

Lectures of heavenly wisdom read;
With silent eloquence they raise
Our thoughts to our Creator's praise,
And neither sound nor language need.