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"Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, Thou art very great; Thou art clothed with honour and majesty."

1 WORSHIP the King all-glorious above! O gratefully sing His power and His love! Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days, Pavilioned in splendour, and girded with praise.

2 O tell of His might, O sing of His grace,

Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space! His chariots of wrath deep thunder-clouds form, And dark is His path on the wings of the storm.

3 The earth with its store of wonders untold, Almighty, Thy power hath founded of old; Hath stablished it fast by a changeless decree, And round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea.

4 Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;
It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
And sweetly distils in the dew and the rain.

5 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail;
Thy mercies how tender! how firm to the end!
Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend!

6 O measureless might! ineffable love!

While angels delight to hymn Thee above, The humbler creation, though feeble their lays, With true adoration shall lisp to Thy praise.

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"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above."

1 FOR the beauty of the earth,

For the beauty of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies;
Christ, our God, to Thee we raise
This our sacrifice of praise.

2 For the beauty of each hour
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
Sun and moon and stars of light;
Christ, our God, to Thee we raise
This our sacrifice of praise.

3 For the joy of ear and eye,
For the heart and mind's delight,

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CREATION AND PROVIDENCE.

For the mystic harmony
Linking sense to sound and sight;
Christ, our God, to Thee we raise
This our sacrifice of praise.

4 For the joy of human love,

Brother, sister, parent, child, Friends on earth, and friends above, For all gentle thoughts and mild; Christ, our God, to Thee we raise This our sacrifice of praise.

5 For each perfect gift of Thine To our race so freely given, Graces human and divine,

Flowers of earth and buds of heaven;

Christ, our God, to Thee we raise
This our sacrifice of praise.

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While in the confidence of prayer
Their souls take hold on Thee.

4 When by the dreadful tempest borne
High on the broken wave,
They know Thou art not slow to hear,
Nor impotent to save.

5 The storm is laid, the winds retire,
Obedient to Thy will!

The sea that roars at Thy command,
At Thy command is still!

6 In midst of dangers, fears, and deaths, Thy goodness we adore;

We praise Thee for Thy mercies past,
And humbly hope for more.

7 Our life, while Thou preservest life,
A sacrifice shall be;

And death, when death shall be our lot,
Shall join our souls to Thee.

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Tune-Intercession, 21.

"He bringeth them unto their desired haven."

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2 What time the floods lift up their voice,
And break in anger on the shore,
When deep to deep calls with the noise
Of waterspouts and billows' roar;

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Thy servants set from peril free,

And bring them, Pilot wise and true, Unto the port where they would be.

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And bid its angry tumult cease,
And give, for wild confusion, peace;
O hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea.

4 O Trinity of love and power,

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"These see the works of the Lord, and His
wonders in the deep."

ETERNAL Father, strong to save,

Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;

O hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea.

2 O Christ, whose voice the waters heard,
And hushed their raging at Thy word,
Who walkedst on the foaming deep,
And calm amidst its rage didst sleep;
O hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea.

3 Most Holy Spirit, who didst brood
Upon the chaos dark and rude,

Our brethren shield in danger's hour;
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
Protect them wheresoe'er they go:
Thus evermore shall rise to Thee
Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.

Tune-Winchester, 177.

"How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!"

WHEN all Thy mercies, O my God!

My rising soul surveys,

Transported with the view, I'm lost
In wonder, love, and praise.

2 O how shall words, with equal warmth,

The gratitude declare

That glows within my ravished heart!-
But Thou canst read it there.

3 Thy providence my life sustained,.
And all my wants redrest,
When in the silent womb I lay,
And hung upon the breast.

4 To all my weak complaints and cries
Thy mercy lent an ear,

Ere yet my feeble thoughts had learned
To form themselves in prayer.

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6 When in the slippery paths of youth
With heedless steps I ran,

Thine arm, unseen, conveyed me safe,
And led me up to man:

7 Through hidden dangers, toils, and deaths, It gently cleared my way;

And through the pleasing snares of vice,
More to be feared than they.

8 When worn with sickness, oft hast Thou
With health renewed my face;
And, when in sins and sorrows sunk,
Revived my soul with grace.

9 Thy bounteous hand with worldly bliss
Hath made my cup run o'er;
And, in a kind and faithful friend,
Hath doubled all my store.

10 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts
My daily thanks employ;
Nor is the least a cheerful heart,
That tastes these gifts with joy.

11 Through every period of my life
Thy goodness I'll proclaim;
And after death, in distant worlds,
Resume the glorious theme.

12 When nature fails, and day and night Divide Thy works no more,

My ever-grateful heart, O Lord,
Thy mercy shall adore.

13 Through all eternity to Thee
A joyful song I'll raise;
For, O! eternity's too short
To utter all Thy praise.

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OD moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform;

He plants His footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.

2 Deep in unfathomable mines
Of never-failing skill,

He treasures up his bright designs
And works His sovereign will.

3 Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy, and shall break
In blessings on your head.

4 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust Him for his grace;
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.

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JES

Name all other names above!
Unto which must every knee
Bow in deep humility.

2 Jesus! name of priceless worth
To the fallen sons of earth,
For the promise that it gave-
"Jesus shall His people save."
3 Jesus! name of mercy mild,
Given to the Holy Child,
When the cup of human woe
First He tasted here below.

4 Jesus! only name that's given
Under all the mighty heaven,
Whereby man, to sin enslaved,
Bursts his fetters, and is saved.

Tune-Bethlehem, 306.

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"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good

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will toward men."

ARK! the herald-angels sing,

HARE

Glory to the new-born King!
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!
Joyful all ye nations rise,

Join the triumph of the skies;
With the angelic host proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem.

Hark! the herald-angels sing,-
Glory to the new-born King.

2 Christ, by highest heaven adored;
Christ, the everlasting Lord;
Late in time behold Him come,
Offspring of a virgin's womb.

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