Thy goodness, O Lord! let the people confess, Whom wars do not waste, nor proud tyrants oppress, And devoutly contemplate thy wonderful ways, Thou who turn'st the fierceness of men to thy praise! Then our lands in due season shall yield their in crease, " And the Lord give his people the blessings of peace. HYMN CLXII. The blessing of civil government. 1 ETERNAL, sovereign Lord on high, And Lord of all below! We mortals to thy Majesty Our first obedience owe. 2 Our souls adore thy pow'r supreme, For magistrates of meaner name, 3 Kingdoms on firm foundations stand, 4 Where laws and liberties combine There crowns with brightest lustre shine, 5 Let Cæsar's due be ever paid But consciences and souls were made HYMN CLXIII. Universal prayer. 1 FATHER of all! in ev'ry age, By saint, by savage, and by sage, 2 Thou great First Cause! least understood ! Who all my sense confin'd To know but this-that thou art good, 3 Yet gave me, in this dark estate, 4 What conscience dictates to be done, This teach me more than hell to shun, 5 What blessings thy free bounty gives, For God is paid, when man receives; 6 Yet not to earth's contracted span 7 Let not this weak, unknowing hand 8 If I am right, O teach my heart If I am wrong, thy grace impart, 9 Save me alike from foolish pride, At aught thy wisdom has deny'd, 10 Teach me to feel another's wo, That merey I to others show, 11 Mean though I am, not wholly so, Since quicken'd by thy breath; O lead me wheresoe'er I go, Through this day's life or death. 12 This day, be bread and peace my lot; Thou know'st it best bestow'd, or not- 13 To THEE, whose temple is all space- The SUBJECTS of the foregoing HYMNS, which are taken chiefly from the Salisbury Collection. Blessings temporal and spiritual The Gospel Dispensation Gneral forms of praise and thanksgiving ings 31-53 54- 64 65- 74 75-85 86-101 102-128 129-132 133-145 147-149 150 Adoration Confidence and resignation Farth, holiness, and moral virtues Repentance and pardon Life, death, and a future state Baptism Ordination 146 A TABLE OF FIRST LINES. A ABBA, Father, God of love Ah, wretched souls, who still remain Almighty Maker, God And art thou with us, gracious Lord Author of good, to thee we come B Before Jehovah's awful throne Before the awful throne we bow Behold the morning sun Behold the path which mortals tread 138 146 Bless'd be the everlasting God Behold where breathing love divine Be thou exalted, my God Blest are the humble souls who see Can laughter feed th' immortal mind Come weary souls with sin distrest Come ye who love the Lord 116 130 145 Commit thou all thy ways D Death calls our friends and neighbors hence 139 97 E ternal God, Almighty Cause ternal Sovereign, Lord on high Hymn. 3 76 13 162 F "ather of all, in every age ather of all, thy care we bless Father of men, who ean complain Fountain of uncreated light G Give to our God immortal praise 163 149 155 60 88 85 156 133 God of our life thy constant care God, who in various methods told Great God, attend, while Sion sings Great God, how endless is thy love Great God, the heaven's well-order'd frame Great God, this sacred day of thine H 23 137 157 54 48 30 10 77 28 6 158 94 160 Had we the tongues of Greeks or Jews 125 57 Hail, thou eternal King 71 Happy is he who fears the Lord |