The Lord's a God of boundless might,
The whole creation's King.

3 Let princes hear, let angels know,
How mean their natures seem,
Those gods on high, and gods below,
When once compared with him.

4 Earth, with its caverns dark and deep, Lies in his spacious hand;

He fixed the seas what bounds to keep,
And where the hills must stand.

e 5 Come, and with humble souls adore;
Come, kneel before his face;

O may the creatures of his power
Be children of his grace.

e 6 Now is the time; he bends his ear,
And waits for your request;

o Come, lest he rouse his wrath, and swear, "Ye shall not see my rest.

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S. M. Peckham. [*]

A Psalm before Sermon.

Cand hymns of glory sing;
OME, sound his praise abroad,

Jehovah is the sovereign God,
The universal King.

2 He formed the deeps unknown;
He gave the seas their bound;
The watery worlds are all his own,
And all the solid ground.

3 Come, worship at his throne;
Come, bow before the Lord:

-We are his works, and not our own,
He formed us by his word.

4 To-day attend his voice,
Nor dare provoke his rod;

Come, like the people of his choice,
And own your gracious God.

5 [But if your ears refuse

The language of his grace,

And hearts grow hard, like stubborn Jews,
That unbelieving race;

6 The Lord, in vengeance dressed,
Will lift his hand and swear,

d "You that despised my promised rest, "Shall have no portion there."]

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L. M. Blendon. Leeds. [*]

V. 1, 2, 3, 6-11. Canaan lost through Unbelief.
COME, let our voices join to raise
A sacred song of solemn praise:
God is a sovereign King; rehearse
His honours in exalted verse.]

2 Come, let our souls address the Lord,
Who framed our natures with his word;
o He is our Shepherd; we the sheep,
His mercy chose, his pastures keep.
-3 Come, let us hear his voice to-day,
The counsels of his love obey;

e Nor let our hardened hearts renew

The sins and plagues that Israel knew.
4 Israel, who saw his works of grace,
Tempted their Maker to his face;
A faithless, unbelieving brood,

That tired the patience of their God!

d 5 [Thus saith the Lord, "How false they prove! 'Forget my power; abuse my love : 'Since they despise my rest, I swear, "Their feet shall never enter there."] a 6 Look back, my soul, with holy dread, And view those ancient rebels dead : -Attend the offered grace to-day,

Nor lose the blessing by delay.

o 7 Seize the kind promise, while it waits,
And march to Zion's heavenly gates
Believe, and take the promised rest;
Obey, and be forever blest.

PSALM 96. C. M. Arundel. Christmas.[*]
V. 1-10, &c. Christ's First and Second Coming.

1

ING to the Lord, ye distant lands,
Ye tribes of every tongue;

His new discovered grace demands
A new and nobler song.

2 Say to the nations, Jesus reigns,
God's own almighty Son;

. His power the sinking world sustains, And grace surrounds his throne.

-3 Let heaven proclaim the joyful day,
Joy through the earth be seen;
Let cities shine in bright array,
And fields in cheerful green.
4 Let an unusual joy surprise
The islands of the sea;

d Ye mountains, sink, ye valleys, rise;
Prepare the Lord his way.

o 5 Behold, he comes, he comes to bless The nations as their God;

o To show the world his righteousness, And send his truth abroad.

g 6 But when his voice shall raise the dead, And bid the world draw near;

a How will the guilty nations dread, To see their Judge appear!

P. M. St. Helen's.

The God of the Gentiles.

1ET all the earth their voices raise,
To 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.
2 The heathens know thy glory, Lord,
The wondering nations read thy word;
Among us is Jehovah known:

Our worship shall no more be paid
To gods which mortal hands have made :
Our Maker is our God alone.

3 He framed the globe, He built the sky,
He made the shining worlds on high,
And reigns complete in glory there;
-His beams are majesty and light;
b His beauties, how divinely bright!
His temple, how divinely fair!

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4 Come, the great day, the glorious hour,
When earth shall feel his saving power,
And barbarous nations fear his name;
Then shall the race of men confess
The beauty of his holiness,

And, in his courts, his grace proclaim.

PSALM 97. L.M. FIRST PART. Psalm97th. [*] Ver. 1-5. Christ the Sovereign Judge.

1 HE reigns-the Lord, the Saviour reigns:

Praise him in evangelic strains : o Let the whole earth in songs rejoice; And distant islands join their voice. e 2 Deep are his counsels, and unknown; o But grace and truth support his throne: e Though gloomy clouds his way surround, -Justice is their eternal ground.

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3 In robes of judgment, lo, he comes!
Shakes the wide earth, and cleaves the tombs;
Before him burns devouring fire!

The mountains melt, the seas retire!
4 His enemies, with sore dismay,
Fly from the sight and shun the day:
o Then lift your heads, ye saints, on high,
u And sing, for your redemption's nigh.

g

L. M.

SECOND PART. Old Hundred. [*]

Ver. 6-9. Christ's Incarnation.

THE Lord is come: the heavens proclaim

This birth; the nations learn his name:

An unknown star directs the road
Of Eastern sages to their God.

2 All ye bright armies of the skies, Go worship where the Saviour lies; Angels and kings, before him bow, Those gods on high and gods below. -3 Let idols totter to the ground,

And their own worshippers confound;
o But Judah shout, but Zion sing,
-And earth confess her sovereign King.
L. M. THIRD PART.

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THE

Green's. [*]

Grace and Glory.

THE Almighty reigns, exalted high, O'er all the earth, o'er all the sky; e Though clouds and darkness veil his feet, o His dwelling is the mercy-seat. -2 O ye who love his holy name, Hate every work of sin and shame : He guards the souls of all his friends, And from the snares of hell defends.

o 3 Immortal light, and joys unknown,
Are for the saints in darkness sown;
These glorious seeds shall spring and rise,
And the bright harvest bless our eyes.
o 4 Rejoice, ye righteous, and record
The sacred honours of the Lord;
-None, but the soul that feels his grace,
Can triumph in his holiness.

C. M. Mitcham. Mear. [*]

V. 1,3,5-7,11. Christ's Incarnation, and the Judgment. E shores and isles of every sea,

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Rejoice-the Saviour reigns; His word, like fire, prepares his way, And mountains melt to plains.

o 2 His presence sinks the proudest hills, And makes the valleys rise;

e

-The humble soul enjoys his smiles,
The haughty sinner dies.

o 3 The heavens his rightful power proclaim;
The idol gods around

e

Fill their own worshippers with shame,
And totter to the ground.

-4 Adoring angels, at his birth,

Make the Redeemer known:

g Thus shall he come to judge the earth— And angels guard his throne.

o 5 His foes shall tremble at his sight, And hills and seas retire;

o His children take their unknown flight, And leave the world on fire.

6 The seeds of joy and glory, sown

For saints in darkness here,

o Shall rise and spring in worlds unknown, And a rich harvest bear.

PSALM 98. C. M. FIRST PART. Sunday. [*]

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Praise for the Gospel.

10 our almighty Maker God, New honours be addressed; His great salvation shines abroad, And makes the nations blessed.

2 He spake the word to Abraham first · His truth fulfills his grace.