ages, when language shall become more refined and men more pious and enlightened, strike their lyres and vie with angels in celebrating the praises of the incarnate Word. O may the name of our God, and of our Redeemer, be praised in every age, in every nation, and in every language, in strains that has never yet been reached by any of his ransomed people on earth. May our mountains and our rivers, our streets and our groves, echo the joyful sound, " Salvation to God and the Lamb;" while our sons and our daughters to the chief singer on the stringed instruments, join the heavenly host and sing, "Glory to God in the highest, peace on earth and good will to man."

Millville, May 3, 1813.

ABIJAH DAVIS,

PSALMS OF DAVID.

PSALM 1. C. M.

Saints and sinners characterized.

1 BLEST is the man, who fears to sin,

And evil ne'er commits;
The sinner's way he stands not in,
Nor with the scoffer sits.

2 The word of truth directs his way,
The law is his delight,

He reads its precepts thro the day,
And meditates by night.

3 He like a tree when planted near
Where living water flows,
Shall bear in plenty year by year
And prosper as he grows.

4 Fair as a leaf of ever-green
Shall his profession shine;
His fruits of holiness are seen
Like clusters on the vine.

5 Not so the men of impious lives,
What vain designs they form;
But all their hope of glory drives
Like chaff before the storm.

6 Sinners in judgment shall not stand
Among the sons of grace,
When Christ, the Judge, at his right hand
Appoints his saints a place.

7 The narrow way that leads above
Is known to Jesus well;

But the broad way that sinners love,
Goes down to death and hell.

B

PSALM 1. S. M.

The saints happy, the sinners miserable.

1 BLEST is the man of God,

Who walks not with his foes; But treads the way that Jesus trod, And with the righteous goes.

2 The ways of sin abhor'd

Afford him no delight,

But in the statutes of the Lord
He reads by day and night.

3 He, like a thrifty tree,

Abounds with choicest fruits,
And grace, like rivers, full and free,
The sap of life recruits.

4 The 'ungodly are not so;-
But sinners unforgiven,

Are like the chaff that to and fro

Before the wind is driven.

5 How will they bear to stand Before that judgment-seat,

Where all the saints at Christ's right-hand In full assembly meet?

6 The Judge of quick and dead

The way of virtue knows,
But sinners and the way they tread
His vengeance overthrows.

PSALM 1. L. M.

The difference between the righteous and wicked. 1 HAPPY the man whose cautious feet Avoid the place where sinners meet; He 'abhors the talk of impious wits, Nor with the scoffer proudly sits. 2 The law is hts divine delight, He reads its precepts day and night;

And while his soul on Jesus rests
He well the sacred text digests.
3 He shall be like a tree that grows
Near where some gentle river flows,
The streams of grace, divinely free,
Shall fertilize the growing tree.
4 The 'ungodly are not so-They find
No long continuing peace of mind;
As chaff that 's blown along the skies
So all their hope of glory flies.

5 The 'ungodly, therefore, shall not stand
In judgment, when with stern command
The sovreign Judge, with awful frown,
Shall thus to sorrow doom them down.
6" My saints the way to glory trod,
The narrow way that leads to God;
In broader paths you lov'd to stray,
Depart, and perish in your way."

PSALM 2. S. M.

The kingdom of Christ.

1 WHY do the heathen rage,
Till Christ their Lord be slain?
Why should the people all engage
To 'attempt a thing so vain?

2 Combin'd to tread him down,
The kings in council say,
"Come, let us trample on his crown,
And cast his laws away."

3 The Lord of glory smil'd

And laugh'd his foes to scorn, Who rag'd against his holy child, The mighty Savior born,

4 He spake, and vext them sore, Who did the Son provoke;

Loud as his awful thunders roar, The 'almighty Father spoke! 5" On Zion's heavenly hill

His throne shall ever stand,
He, who disputes his sovreign will,
Shall ne'er possess the land.
6 I've made a firm decree,
He's mine anointed one;
This day have I begotten thee,
O my beloved Son.

7 The world from pole to pole
To thee shall look and live;
Ask me, my Son, and take the whole,
For earth is mine to give.

8 Thou shalt the rebels quell,

And rule with iron rod,

Shalt dash the vessels down to hell.
That dare to 'oppose their God."

9 Be wise, ye judges, now,

And serve the Lord with fear;
Ye king's, before your sovreign bow,
His word with trembling hear.

10 Accept his offer'd love,

With faith and reverent awe,
Nor think your royal powers above
Submission to his law.

11 But if you disobey,

You perish on the place;
For blest are they, and only they,
Who trust his sovreign grace.

PSALM 2. C. M.

The purpose of sinners frustrated.

1 WHY did the Jewish nation rage With unrelenting strife?