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Copyrighted 1886

by F. E. Belden.⚫

by Edwin Barnes.

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1. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness, Bow down be-fore him, his glory proclaim;

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These are the offerings to lay on his shrine.

2 Low at his feet lay thy burden of carefulness, | Truth in its beauty, and love in its tenderness, High on his heart he will bear it for thee, Comfort thy sorrows, and answer thy prayer

fulness,

Guiding thy steps as may best for thee be.

3 Fear not to enter his courts in the slenderness Of the poor wealth thou wouldst reckon as thine:

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These, though we bring them in trembling

and fearfulness,

He will accept for the Name that is dear; Mornings of joy give for evenings of tearfulness, Trust for our trembling, and hope for our fear. Anon.

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1. Be joy-ful in God, all ye lands of the earth; O serve him with gladness and fear!

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2 Jehovah is God, and Jehovah alone, Creator and ruler o'er all;

And we are his people, his scepter we own, His sheep, and we follow his call.

8 O, enter his gates with thanksgiving and song,

Your vows in his temple proclaim;

His praise with melodious accordance prolong,

And bless his adorable name.

4 For good is the Lord, inexpressibly good,
And we are the work of his hand;
His mercy and truth from eternity stood,
And shall to eternity stand.

James Montgomery,

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Thy truth shall break through every cloud That vails thy just and wise de - signs.

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2 Forever firm thy justice stands,

As mountains their foundations keep; Wise as the wonders of thy hands, Thy judgments are a mighty deep. 3 O God, how excellent thy grace,

Whence all our hope and comfort spring! The sons of Adam, in distress,

Fly to the shadow of thy wing. 4 In the provisions of thy house

We still shall find a sweet repast;
There mercy like a river flows,
And brings salvation to our taste.

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Isaac Watts.

1 WAIT, O my soul, thy Maker's will,
Tumultuous passions all be still,
Nor let a murmuring thought arise;
His ways are just, his counsels wise.
2 In realms of cloudless light he dwells,
Performs his work, the cause conceals;
And though his footsteps are unknown,
Judgment and truth support his throne.
3 In heaven and earth and air and seas
He executes his firm decrees;
And by his saints it stands confessed
That what he does is ever best.

4 Wait, then, my soul, submissive wait,
With reverence bow before his seat,
And 'mid the terrors of his rod
Trust in a wise and gracious God.

Benjamin Beddome.

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1. God is

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the refuge of his saints When storms of sharp dis-tress in-vade:

Ere we can of fer our complaints, Be-hold him pres- ent with

his aid.

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2 Loud may the troubled ocean roar; In sacred peace our souls abide; While every nation, every shore,

Trembles, and dreads the swelling tide.

3 There is a stream whose gentle flow
Supplies the city of our God,
Life, love, and joy, still gliding through,
And watering our divine abode.

4 That sacred stream, thy holy word,
Our grief allays, our fear controls;
Sweet peace thy promises afford,
And give new strength to fainting souls.

5 Zion enjoys her Monarch's love,

Secure against a threatening hour;
Nor can her firm foundation move,
Built on his truth, and armed with

power. Isaac Watts.

52 58, 108, 171. 1 LORD of all being, throned afar, Thy glory flames from sun and star,Center and soul of every sphere, Yet to each loving heart how near! 2 Sun of our life, thy quickening ray Sheds on our path the glow of day; Star of our hope, thy softened light Cheers the long watches of the night. 3 Our midnight is thy smile withdrawn, Our noontide is thy gracious dawn, Our rainbow arch thy mercy's sign,— All, save the clouds of sin, are thine!

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1 LORD! thou hast searched and seen me through;

Thine
eye commands with piercing view
My rising and my resting hours,
My heart and flesh, with all their powers.
2 My thoughts, before they are my own,
Are to my God distinctly known;
He knows the words I mean to speak
Ere from my opening lips they break.
3 Within thy circling power I stand;
On every side I find thy hand;
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.
4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great!
What large extent! what lofty hight!
My soul, with all the powers I boast,
Is in the boundless prospect lost.

5 O, may these thoughts possess my breast
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest;
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there!

Isaac Watts.

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ROTHWELL. L. M.

WILLIAM TANSUR.

1. Eternal depth of love divine, In Jesus, God with us, displayed, How bright thy

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beaming glories shine! How wide thy healing streams are spread, How wide thy healing streams are spread!

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2 With whom dost thou delight to dwell? Sinners, a vile and thankless race!

O God, what tongue aright can tell How vast thy love, how great thy grace?

3 The dictates of thy sovereign will

With joy our grateful hearts receive ; All thy delight in us fulfill:

Lo, all we are, to thee we give. 4 To thy sure love, thy tender care, Our flesh, soul, spirit, we resign; O, fix thy sacred presence there, And seal the abode forever thine! Nicolaus L. Zinzendorf.

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1 O God, how great thy glory is!

Thy wondrous ways, O who can know ? O hight immense! what words suffice Thy countless attributes to show? 2 Greatness unspeakable is thine,—

Greatness whose undiminished ray, When short-lived worlds are lost, shall shine,

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1 GOD is our refuge and defense, In trouble our unfailing aid;

Secure in his omnipotence,

What foe can make our souls afraid?

When earth and heaven are fled away. 2 Yea, though the earth's foundations rock,

3 Unchangeable, all-perfect Lord,

Essential life's unbounded sea,

What lives and moves, lives by thy word; It lives, and moves, and is, from thee. 4 High is thy power above all hight; Whate'er thy will decrees, is done; Thy wisdom, equal to thy might, Only to thee, O God, is known!

Ernest Lange.

And mountains down the gulf be hurled,

His people smile amid the shock; They look beyond this transient world. 3 Built by the word of his command,

Ten thousand worlds on nothing rest; All living things are in his hand, And he who trusts his word is blest. James Montgomery.

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UXBRIDGE. L. M.

LOWELL MASON.

1. God

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of my life, whose gracious power Through varied scenes my soul hath led,

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1 GOD is the name my soul adores, Almighty, high, Eternal One:

4 A glance of thine runs through the globe, Rules the bright worlds, and moves their frame;

Of light thou form'st thy dazzling rou

Thy ministers are living flame.

5 How shall polluted mortals dare

To sing thy glory or thy grace?
Beneath thy feet we lie afar,

And see but shadows of thy face. 6 Who can behold the blazing light?

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Who can approach consuming flame? None but thy wisdom knows thy might; None but thy word can speak thy name.

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Isaac Watts.

1 HOLY as thou, O Lord, is none;
Thy holiness is all thine own;
A drop of that unbounded sea
Is ours,- -a drop derived from thee.

Both heaven and earth, with all their 2 And when thy purity we share,

powers,

Proclaim the Infinite Unknown.

2 Thy voice ordained the rolling spheres,
And bade the countless planets shine;
But nothing like thyself appears
Through all these spacious works of
thine.

3 Still restless nature dies and grows,

Thy brightest glory we declare; And, humbled into nothing, own, Holy and pure is God alone.

Sole, self-existing God and Lord, By all thy heavenly hosts adored, Let all on earth bow down to thee, And own thy peerless majesty.

From change to change thy creatures 4 Thy power unequaled we confess,

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Established on the rock of peace; The rock that never shall remove, The rock of pure, almighty love.

Charles Wesley.

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