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Sinai and Sion.

1 NOT to the terrors of the Lord,

The tempest, fire, and smoke, Not to the thunder of that word Which God on Sinai spoke,

2 But we are come to Sion's hill, The city of our God,

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Where milder words declare his will,
And spread his love abroad.

3 Behold the innumerable host
Of angels clothed in light!
Behold the spirits of the just,
Whose faith is turned to sight!

4 The saints on earth and all the dead
But one communion make;
All join in Christ, their living Head,
And of his grace partake.

5 In such society as this

My weary soul would rest;

The man that dwells where Jesus is,
Must be forever blest.

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Moses and Christ.

WATTS.

1 THE law by Moses came;
But peace, and truth, and love,
Were brought by Christ,

Descending from above.

a nobler name,

2 Amidst the house of God,

Their different works were done; Moses a faithful servant stood,

But Christ a faithful Son.

3 Then to his new commands
Be strict obedience paid;

O'er all his Father's house he stands
The Sovereign and the Head.

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The Law and Gospel.

WATTS.

1 THE Lord declares his will,
And keeps the world in awe;
Amidst the smoke on Sinai's hill
Breaks out his fiery law.

2 The Lord reveals his face,
And, smiling, from above
Sends down the gospel of his grace,
The epistles of his love.

3 These sacred words impart

Our Maker's just commands,
The pity of his melting heart,
And vengeance of his hands.

4 Hence we awake our fear;

We draw our comfort hence;
The arms of grace are treasured here,
And armor of defence.

5 We read the heavenly word,

We take the offered grace,
Obey the statutes of the Lord,
And trust his promises.

6 In vain shall Satan rage

Against a book divine,

Where wrath and lightning guard the page, Where beams of mercy shine.

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Paradise on Earth.

WATTS.

1 GLORY to God, that walks the sky,
And sends his blessings through,
That tells his saints of joys on high,
And gives a taste below.

2 When Christ, with all his graces crowned, Sheds his kind beams abroad,

'Tis a young heaven on earthly ground, And glory in the bud.

3 A blooming paradise of joy

In this wild desert springs,

And every sense I straight employ
On sweet, celestial things.

4 White lilies all around appear,
And each his glory shows;
The rose of Sharon blossoms here,
The fairest flower that blows.

5 But, ah! how soon my joys decay!
How soon my sins arise,

And snatch the heavenly scene away
From these lamenting eyes!

6 Up to the fields above the skies
My hasty feet would go;
There everlasting flowers arise,
And joys unwithering grow.

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Christ's Kingdom. Ps. 72.

1 JESUS shall reign where'er the sun
Does his successive journeys run;

His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
Till moons shall wax and wane no more;

2 From north to south the princes meet,
To pay their homage at his feet;
And barbarous nations, at his word,
Submit, and bow, and own their Lord.
3 For him shall endless prayer be made,
And praises throng to crown his head;
His name like sweet perfume shall rise
With every morning sacrifice; -

4 People and realms of every tongue
Dwell on his love with sweetest song,
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on his name.

5 Blessings abound where'er he reigns;
The prisoner leaps to loose his chains;
The weary find eternal rest,

And all the sons of want are blest.

6 Let every creature rise and bring
Peculiar honors to our King;
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the loud Amen.

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The Kingdom of Christ. Ps. 72.
1 GREAT God, whose universal sway
The known and unknown worlds obey,
Now give the kingdom to thy Son;
Extend his power, exalt his throne.
2 With power he vindicates the just,
And treads the oppressor in the dust;
His worship and his fear shall last
Till hours, and years, and time, be past.
3 As rain on meadows newly mown,
So shall he send his influence down;
His grace on fainting souls distils,
Like heavenly dew on thirsty hills.
4 The heathen lands, that lie beneath
The shades of overspreading death,
Revive at his first dawning light,
And deserts blossom at the sight.
5 The saints shall flourish in his days,
Dressed in the robes of joy and praise;
Peace, like a river, from his throne
Shall flow to nations yet unknown.

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The God of the Gentiles. Ps. 96.

1 LET all the earth their voices raise,
And sing the choicest psalm of praise,
To sing and bless Jehovah's name ;
His glory let the heathens know,
His wonders to the nations show,
And all his saving works proclaim.

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