COME, sound his praise abroad,
And hymns of glory sing,..
Jehovah is the sov'reign Lord,
The universal King.

Praise ye the Lord, Alleluia,
Praise ye the Lord, Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia,
Praise ye the Lord.

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

Praise ye the Lord, Alleluia, &c..

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.

Praise ye the Lord, Alleluia, &c.

4 To-day attend his voice,

Nor dare provoke his rod;

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

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Praise ye the Lord, Alleluia, &c. 8s.

BLESSED be thy name for ever,

Thou of life the Guard and Giver! Thou who slumberest not nor sleepest, Blest are they thou kindly keepest! God of stillness and of motion, of the rainbow, and the ocean,

Of the mountain, rock, and river,
Blessed be thy name for ever!
2 God of evening's peaceful ray!
God of every dawning day,
Rising from the distant sea
• Breathing of eternity;

Thine the flaming sphere of light,
Thine the darkness of the night!
God of life, that fade shall never!
Glory to thy name for ever!

SERVANTS of God! in joyful lays,
Sing we the Lord Jehovah's praise:
His glorious name let all adore,
From age to age, for evermore.

2 Who is like God? so great, so high,
He bows himself to view the sky;
And yet, with condescending grace,
Looks down upon the human race.
3 He hears the uncomplaining moan
Of those who sit and weep alone;
He lifts the mourner from the dust;
In him the poor may safely trust.
4 0 then, aloud, in joyful lays,
Sing to the Lord Jehovah's praise;
His saving name let all adore,
From age to age, for evermore..

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0

THOU above all praise,
Above all blessing high,

Who would not fear thy holy name,
And laud, and magnify?

2 O for the living flame

From thine own altar brought,
To touch our lips, our souls inspire,
And wing to heaven our thought!
3 God is our strength and song,
And his salvation ours;

Then be his love in Christ proclaim'd
With all our ransomed powers.

4 Stand up, and bless the Lord;
The Lord our God adore;

Stand up, and bless his glorious name, : Henceforth, for evermore.

THOU, Lord, art God alone:

Those countless worlds of thine,
Those heavens and heavenly spirits, own
Thy majesty divine.

2 Earth is thy footstool made,
Great universal Lord;
And all things are in being stay'd
By thy preserving word.

3 At thy command we rise,

Thy gracious name to bless;

And thee, the Lord of earth and skies,

We joyfully confess.

4 Our joy, to sing of thee;

To triumph in thy love;

And this, transporting thought, shall be
Our endless work above.

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0, WORSHIP the King all-glorious

above,

And gratefully sing his wonderful love; Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of days,

Pavilioned in splendour, and girded with praise.

2 O tell of his might, and sing of his grace, Whose robe is the light, whose canopy

space;

His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,

And dark is his path on the wings of the storm.

3 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.

4 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.

5 Father Almighty, how faithful thy love! While angels delight to hymn thee above, The humbler creation, though feebler their lays,

With true adoration shall lisp to thy praise.

RENDER thanks to God above,
The fountain of eternal love;

Whose mercy firm, through ages past,
Hath stood, and shall for ever last.
2 Who can his mighty deeds express,
Not only vast-but numberless?
What mortal eloquence can raise
Fit tribute of immortal praise?

3 Extend to us that favour, Lord,
Thou to thy chosen dost afford;
When thou returnest them to save,
Let us thy great salvation have.

4 O render thanks to God above,
The fountain of eternal love:

His mercy firm, through ages past,
Hath stood, and shall for ever last.

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COME, let us sing to the Lord,
In God our salvation rejoice;
In psalms of thanksgiving record
His praise, with one spirit, one voice:
Jehovah is King, and he reigns-

The God of all gods, on his throne;
The strength of the hills he maintains;
The ends of the earth are his own.

2 The sea is Jehovah's-he made
The tide its dominion to know;
The land is Jehovah's-he laid
Its solid foundations below.