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Or if the scourge o'erflow,

And laugh at innocence,
Thine everlasting arms, we know,
Shall be our souls' defence.

2 We in thy word believe,
And on thy promise stay;

Our life, which still to thee we give,

Shall be to us a prey: Our life with thee we hide

Above the furious blast,

And shelter'd in thy wounds abide
Till all the storms are past.

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THANKSGIVINGS.

God's goodness crowns the year. NTERNAL Source of every joy,

L. M.

E Well may thy praise our lips'employ,

While in thy temple we appear,

Whose goodness crowns the circling year.
2 The flowery spring, at thy command,
Embalms the air, and paints the land;
The summer rays with vigour shine,
To raise the corn, and cheer the vine.

3 Thy hand, in autumn, richly pours
Through all our coasts redundant stores;
And winters, soften'd by thy care,
No more a face of horror wear.

4 Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days,
Demand successive songs of praise;
Still be the cheerful homage paid,
With opening light and evening shade.

5 O may our more harmonious tongue
In worlds unknown pursue the song;
And in those brighter courts adore,
Where days and years revolve no more.

1024

GRE

National blessings.

L. M.

REAT God of nations, now to thee Our hymn of gratitude we raise; With humble heart, and bending knee, We offer thee our song of praise. 2 Thy Name we bless, almighty God, For all the kindness thou hast shown To this fair land the pilgrims trod,This land we fondly call our own. 3 Here freedom spreads her banner wide, And casts her soft and hallow'd ray; Here thou our fathers' steps didst guide

In safety through their dang'rous way. 4 We praise thee that the gospel's light Through all our land its radiance sheds; Dispels the shades of error's night,

And heavenly blessings round us spreads. 5 Great God, preserve us in thy fear; In danger still our guardian be;

O, spread thy truth's bright precepts here; Let all the people worship thee.

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FOU

God's bountiful goodness.

C. M.

MOUNTAIN of mercy, God of love,
How rich thy bounties are!

The rolling seasons, as they move,
Proclaim thy constant care.

2 When in the bosom of the earth
The sower hid the grain,

Thy goodness mark'd its secret birth,
And sent the early rain.

3 The spring's sweet influence, Lord, was thine;

The plants in beauty grew;
Thou gav'st refulgent suns to shine,
And the refreshing dew.

4 These various mercies from above
Matured the swelling grain;
A kindly harvest crowns thy love,
And plenty fills the plain.

5 We own and bless thy gracious sway;
Thy hand all nature hails:

Seed-time nor harvest, night nor day,
Summer nor winter, fails.

1026

19th P. M. 664, 6664.

Praise to the God of harvest.
HE God of harvest praise;

Tin loud thanksgiving raise

Hand, heart, and voice;
The valleys smile and sing,
Forests and mountains ring,
The plains their tribute bring,
The streams rejoice.

2 Yea, bless his holy Name,
And purest thanks proclaim
Through all the earth;
To glory in your lot
Is duty, but be not
God's benefits forgot,
Amid your mirth.

3 The God of harvest praise;
Hands, hearts, and voices, raise,
With sweet accord;
From field to garner throng,
Bearing your sheaves along,
And in your harvest song
Bless ye the Lord.

1027

PEACE.

L. M.

Thanksgiving for national peace.

REAT Ruler of the earth and skies,

GREAT Rulethon é al nighty breath

Can sink the world, or bid it rise:
Thy smile is life, thy frown is death.
2 When angry nations rush to arms,
And rage, and noise, and tumult reign,
And war resounds its dire alarms,

And slaughter dyes the hostile plain,— 3 Thy sov'reign eye looks calmly down, And marks their course, and bounds their power;

Thy law the angry nations own,

And noise and war are heard no more.

4 Then peace returns with balmy wing;
Sweet peace, with her what blessings fled!
Glad plenty laughs, the valleys sing,
Reviving commerce lifts her head.

5 To thee we pay our grateful songs;
Thy kind protection still implore:
O may our hearts, and lives, and tongues,
Confess thy goodness, and adore.

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4th P. M. 886, 886.

In time of peace.

NATION God delights to bless,
Can all our raging foes distress,
Or hurt whom they surround?
Hid from the general scourge we are,
Nor see the bloody waste of war,

Nor hear the trumpet's sound.

20 may we, Lord, the grace improve,
By lab'ring for the rest of love—
The soul-composing power;
Bless us with that internal peace,
And all the fruits of righteousness,
Till time shall be no more.

1029

OUR COUNTRY.

National deliverances ascribed to God.

LORD, our fathers oft have told,
In our attentive ears,

Thy wonders in their days perform❜d,
And in more ancient years.

C. M.

2 'Twas not their courage, or their sword, To them salvation gave;

'Twas not their number, or their strength, That did their country save.

3 But thy right hand, thy powerful arm,
Whose succour they implored,-
Thy providence protected them,
Who thy great Name adored.

4 As thee their God our fathers own'd,
So thou art still our King;

O, therefore, as thou didst to them,
To us deliv'rance bring.

5 To thee the glory we ascribe,
From whom salvation came;

In God, our shield, we will rejoice,
And ever bless thy Name.

1030

God, the nation's guardian.

L. M.

REAT God! beneath whose piercing eye
The earth's extended kingdoms lie;

Whose fav'ring smile upholds them all,
Whose anger smites them, and they fall;-

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