d

d

And ever sure

Abides thy word.

3 His wisdom framed the sun,
To crown the day with light:
The moon and twinkling stars,
To cheer the darksome night.
His power and grace

Are still the same;

And let his name

Have endless praise.

4 [He smote the first-born sons,
The flower of Egypt, dead;
And thence his chosen tribes
With joy and glory led.

Thy mercy, Lord,

Shall still endure;

And ever sure

Abides thy word.

-5 His power, and lifted rod,
Cleft the Red Sea in two;
And for his people made
A wondrous passage through.
His power and grace
Are still the same;
And let his name
Have endless praise.

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o 6 But cruel Pharaoh there,
With all his host he drowned;
And brought his Israel safe,
Through a long desert ground
Thy mercy, Lord,
Shall still endure;
And ever sure

Abides thy word.

PAUSE.

-7 The kings of Canaan fell
Beneath his dreadful hand;
While his own servants took
Possession of their land.

d

His power and grace
Are still the same;
And let his name
Have endless praise.]

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His power and grace
Are still the same;
And let his name

Have endless praise.

10 Give thanks aloud to God,
To God the heavenly King;
And let the spacious earth
His works and glories sing.
Thy mercy, Lord,

Shall still endure;
And ever sure
Abides thy word.

GM

L. M. Truro. [*] Creation, Providence, and Grace. IVE to our God immortal praise : Mercy and truth are all his ways: d Wonders of grace to God belong; Repeat his mercies in your song. -2 Give to the Lord of lords renown, The King of kings with glory crown; d His mercies ever shall endure,

When lords and kings are known no more -3 He built the earth, he spread the sky, And fixed the starry lights on high. d Wonders of grace to God belong; Repeat his mercies in your song. 4 He fills the sun with morning light, He bids the moon direct the night:

d His mercies ever shall endure,

When suns and moons shall shine no more. -5 (The Jews he freed from Pharaoh's hand, And brought them to the promised land;

d Wonders of grace to God belong; Repeat his mercies in your song.)

e 6 (He saw the Gentiles dead in sin, And felt his pity work within;

d His mercies ever shall endure,

When death and sin shall reign no more.) o 7 He sent his Son with power to save, From guilt, and darkness, and the grave; d Wonders of grace to God belong; Repeat his mercies in your song.

-8 Through this vain world he guides our feet, And leads us to his heavenly seat:

d His mercies ever shall endure,

When this vain world shall be no more.

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PSALM 138. L. M. Quercy. [*]
Restoring and Preserving Grace.

W Til praise my Maker in my song;

ITH all my powers of heart and tongue,

Angels shall hear the notes I raise,

Approve the song, and join the praise.

e 2 Angels, who make the church their care,
Shall witness my devotion there;

While holy zeal directs my eyes
To thy fair temple in the skies.

-3 I'll sing thy truth and mercy, Lord;
I'll sing the wonders of thy word;
Not all the works and names below,
So much thy power and glory show.

e 4 [To God I cried when troubles rose :
He heard me and subdued my foes:

o He did my rising fears control,

g

And strength diffused through all my soul.

5 The God of heaven maintains his state, Frowns on the proud, and scorns the great. e But from his throne descends to see

The sons of humble poverty.]

e 6 Amidst a thousand snares I stand,
Upheld and guarded by thy hand;
-Thy words my fainting soul revive,
And keep my dying faith alive.

• 7 Grace will complete what grace begins,
To save from sorrow or from sins;
The work that wisdom undertakes,
Eternal mercy ne'er forsakes.

PSALM 139. L. M. 1st Pr. Bath. Geneva.[*]
The All-seeing God.

e 1

1 LORD, thou hast searched and seen me through Thine eye commands, with piercing view,

My rising and my resting hours,

My heart and flesh with all their powers.
2 My thoughts, before they are my own,
Are to my God distinctly known;
He knows the words I mean to speak,
Ere from my opening lips they break.
p 3 Within thy circling power I stand;
On every side I find thy hand :
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.
4 [Amazing knowledge, vast and great
What large extent! what lofty height!
My soul, with all the powers I boast,
Is in the boundless prospect lost.

!

5 "O may these thoughts possess my breast,
"Where'er 1 rove, where'er I rest!
"Nor let my weaker passions dare
"Consent to sin; for God is there."

PAUSE 1.

6 Could I so false, so faithless prove,
To quit thy service and thy love;
Where, Lord, could I thy presence shun,
Or from thy dreadful glory run?]

-7 If up to heaven I take my flight,

"Tis there thou dwell'st enthroned in light;
a Or dive to hell, there vengeance reigns,
And Satan groans beneath thy chains.
-8 If, mounted on a morning ray,
I fly beyond the Western sea;
o Thy swifter hand would first arrive,
And there arrest thy fugitive.

-9 Or should I try to shun thy sight,
Beneath the spreading veil of night;
One glance of thine, one piercing ray,
Would kindle darkness into day

10 O may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest;
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin; for God is there!

PAUSE II.

11 [The veil of night is no disguise ;-
No screen from thy all-searching eyes:
Thy hand can seize thy foes as soon,
Through midnight shades, as blazing noon.
12 Midnight and noon in this agree,-
Great God, they're both alike to thee:
Not death can hide what God will spy;
And hell lies naked to his eye.

13 O may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest;

Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin; for God is there!]

L. M. SECOND PART. Portugal. [*]
The wonderful Formation of Man.

WAS from thy hand, my God, I came,

"TWA

A work of such a curious frame;

In me thy fearful wonders shine,
And each proclaims thy skill divine.
2 Thine eyes did all my limbs survey,
Which yet in dark confusion lay;
Thou saw'st the daily growth they took,
Formed by the model of thy book.

3 [By thee my growing parts were named,
And what thy sovereign counsel framed,
(The breathing lungs, the beating heart,)
Was copied with unerring art.]

4 At last to show my Maker's name,
God stamped his image on my frame!
And in some unknown moment joined
The finished members to the mind.

5 [There the young seeds of thought began,
And all the passions of the man:
Great God, our infant nature pays
Immortal tribute to thy praise.]

PAUSE.

6 Lord, since, in my advancing age, I've acted on life's busy stage,