12 Thy works pronounce thy power divine;
O'er every field thy glories shine:
Through every month thy gifts appear;
Great God, thy goodness crowns the year !
C. M. 1st Part. Colchester. Mear. [*]
Prayer heard, and the Gentiles called.

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RAISE waits in Zion, Lord, for thee;
There shall our vows be paid:

Thou hast an ear when sinners pray;
All flesh shall seek thine aid.

e 2 Lord, our iniquities prevail,
But pard'ning grace is thine;

o And thou wilt grant us power and skill To conquer every sin.

-3 Blest are the men whom thou wilt choose, To bring them near thy face;

Give them a dwelling in thine house,
To feast upon thy grace.

e 4 In answ'ring what thy church requests,
Thy truth and terrour shine;

And works of dreadful righteousness
Fulfil thy kind design.

5 Thus will the wond'ring nations see
The Lord is good and just;

o And distant islands fly to thee,

And make thy name their trust.

g 6 They dread thy glitt'ring tokens, Lord, When signs in heaven appear;

o But they shall learn thy holy word, And love as well as fear.

C. M. 2nd Part. Bedford. Arundel. [*]

Providence in Air, Earth, and Sea.

1 'TIS by thy strength the mountains stand, God of eternal power;

The sea grows calm at thy command,
And tempests cease to roar.

o 2 Thy morning light and ev'ning shade
Successive comforts bring;

Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad,
Thy flowers adorn the spring.

3 Seasons and times, and moons and hours, Heaven, earth, and air are thine;

When clouds distil in fruitful showers,
The Author is Divine.

4 Those wand'ring cisterns in the sky,
Borne by the winds around,
With wat❜ry treasures well supply
The furrows of the ground.

o 5 The thirsty ridges drink their fill,
And ranks of corn appear;

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Thy ways abound with blessings still;
Thy goodness crowns the year.

C. M. 3rd Part. York. [*]

A Psalm for the Husbandman.

OOD is the Lord, the heav'nly King,
Who makes the earth his care;

Visits the pastures ev'ry spring,

And bids the grass appear.

2 The clouds, like rivers rais'd on high,
Pour out, at his command,
Their wat❜ry blessings from the sky,
To cheer the thirsty land.

3 The soften'd ridges of the field
Permit the corn to spring;
The valleys rich provision yield,
And the poor lab'rers sing.
4 The little hills on every side
Rejoice at falling showers;

The meadows, dress'd in all their pride,
Perfume the air with flowers.

5 The barren clods, refresh'd with rain,
Promise a joyful crop ;

The parched grounds look green again,
And raise the reaper's hope.

6 The various months thy goodness crowns; How bounteous are thy ways!

The bleating flocks spread o'er the downs,
And shepherds shout thy praise.]

PSALM 66. C. M. 1st Part. Devizes. [*]
Governing God: or, our Grace tried.

8 1 SING, all ye nations, to the Lord,

Sing with a joyful noise;

With melody of sounds record
His honours and your joys.

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-2 Say to the Power that shakes the sky,

'How terrible art thou!
'Sinners before thy presence fly,
'Or at thy feet they bow.'

3 [Come, see the wonders of our God;
How glorious are his ways!
In Moses' hand he puts his rod,
And cleaves the frighted seas.
-4 He made the ebbing channel dry,
While Israel pass'd the flood;
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o There did the church begin their joy,
And triumph in their God.]

g 5 He rules by his resistless might: Will rebel mortals dare,

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Provoke th' Eternal to the fight,
And tempt that dreadful war!

06 O bless our God, and never cease;
Ye saints, fulfil his praise:

He keeps our life, maintains our peace,
And guides our doubtful ways.

-7 Lord, thou hast prov'd our suff'ring souls, To make our graces shine;

So silver bears the burning coals,

The metal to refine.

g 8 Through wat'ry deeps and fiery ways,
We march at thy command,
Led to possess the promis'd place,
By thine unerring hand.

C. M. 2nd Part. Barby. [*]

V. 13-20. Praise to God for hearing Prayer.
TOW shall my solemn vows be paid

1 N To that almighty Power,

Who heard the long requests I made.
In my distressful hour.

2 My lips and cheerful heart prepare
To make his mercies known;

Come ye, who fear my God, and hear
The wonders he has done.

p 3 When on my head huge sorrows fell,
I sought his heavenly aid;

o He sav❜d my sinking soul from hell, And death's eternal shade.

e 4 If sin lay cover'd in my heart,
While prayer employ'd my tongue,
The Lord had shown me no regard,
Nor I his praises sung.

o 5 But God, (his name be ever blest!)
Has set my spirit free;

-Nor turn'd from him my poor request,
Nor turn'd his heart from me.

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PSALM 67. C. M. Bedford. [*]

Prosperity, Temporal and Spiritual.
HINE on our land, Jehovah, shine,
With beams of heavenly grace;

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o Reveal thy power through all our coasts, And shew thy smiling face.

-2 [Amidst our States, exalted high,
Do thou, our glory, stand;

And, like a wall of guardian fire,
Surround the fav'rite land.]

e 3 When shall thy name, from shore to shore, Sound all the earth abroad?

And distant nations know, and love
Their Saviour and their God?

o 4 Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands,
Sing loud with solemn voice;

s Let ev'ry tongue exalt his praise, And ev'ry heart rejoice.

g 5 He the great Lord, the sovereign Judge,
Who sits enthron'd above,

Wisely commands the worlds he made,
In justice and in love.

6 Earth shall obey her Maker's will,
And yield a full increase;

Our God will crown his chosen land,
With fruitfulness and peace.

o 7 God, the Redeemer, scatters round
His choicest favours here!

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While the Creation's utmost bound
Shall see, adore, and fear.

PSALM 68. L. M. 1st Part. Blendon. Truro. [*]
V. 1—6, 32—35. The Vengeance and Compassion of God.
E'T God arise in all his might,

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And put the troops of hell to flight;

As smoke that sought to cloud the skies,
Before the rising tempest flies.

e 2 [He comes, array'd in burning flames;
Justice and vengeance are his names:
e Behold his fainting foes expire,

Like melting wax before the fire.]
g 3 He rides and thunders through the sky,
His name, JEHOVAH, sounds on high:
s Sing to his name, ye sons of grace,
Ye saints, rejoice before his face.

e 4 The widow and the fatherless
Fly to his aid in sharp distress
In him the poor and helpless find
A judge most just, a father kind.
-5 He breaks the captive's heavy chain,
And pris'ners see the light again;
e But rebels, who dispute his will,

Shall dwell in chains and darkness still.

PAUSE.

6 [Kingdoms and thrones to God belong; o Crown him, ye nations, in your song; His wondrous names and powers rehearse; His honours shall enrich your verse.]

g 7 He shakes the heavens with loud alarms; How terrible is God in arms!

-In Israel are his mercies known;
Israel is his peculiar throne.

0 8 Proclaim him King, pronounce him blest;
He's your defence, your joy, your rest:
g When terrours rise, and nations faint,
God is the strength of ev'ry saint.]

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L. M. 2nd Part. Brentford. Green's. [*]
V. 17, 18. Christ's Ascension, and Gift of the Spirit.

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ORD, when thou didst ascend on high, Ten thousand angels fill'd the sky; Those heavenly guards around thee wait, Like chariots that attend thy state. g 2 Not Sinai's mountain could appear More glorious, when the Lord was there; While he pronounc'd his dreadful law, And struck the chosen tribes with awe.