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3 Let the whole earth his love proclaim,
With all her diff'rent tongues;
And spread the honours of his name
In melody and songs.

7. A holy God worshipped with Reverence. (C. M.)

1

EXALT the Lord our God,

And worship at his feet;

His nature is all holiness,

And mercy is his seat.

2 When Israel was his church,
When Aaron was his priest,
When Moses cry'd, when Samuel pray'd,
He gave his people rest.

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8.

Oft he forgave their sins,

Nor would destroy their race;
And oft he made his vengeance known,
When they abused his grace.

4 Exalt the Lord our God,
Whose grace is still the same;
Still he's a God of holiness,
And jealous for his name.

Psalm C. Paraphased.

1 BEFOR

EFORE Jehovah's awful throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy ;
Know that the Lord is God alone;
He can create, and he destroy.

2 His sov'reign power, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and form'd us men;
And when, like wand'ring sheep, we stray'd,
He brought us to his fold again.

3 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs
High as the heav'ns our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.

4 Wide as the world is thy command!
Vast as eternity thy love;

9.

1

Firm as a rock thy truth must stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.

Public Thanks for Private Deliverances.
HAT shall I render to my God,

WHAT shall

For all his kindness shown?

My feet shall visit thine abode,

My songs address thy throne.

2 Among the saints, that fill thine house,
My off'rings shall be paid;
There shall my zeal perform the vows
My soul in anguish made.

3 How much is mercy thy delight,
Thou ever-blessed God!

How dear thy servants in thy sight!
How precious is their blood!

4 How happy all thy servants are!
How great thy grace to me!

My life, which thou hast made thy care,
Lord, I devote to thee.

5 Now I am thine, for ever thine,

Nor shall my purpose move;

Thy hand hath loos'd my bands of pain,
And bound me with thy love.

6 Here in thy courts I leave my vow,
And thy rich grace record;

Witness, ye saints, who hear me now,
If I forsake the Lord.

10. Praise to God from all Nations. (C. M.)
ALL ye nations, praise the Lord,

Each with a diff'rent tongue :

In ev'ry language learn his word,
And let his name be sung.

2 His mercy reigns thro' ev'ry land;
Proclaim his grace abroad;

11.

For ever firm his truth shall stand;
Praise ye the faithful God."

FROM

The same. (L. M.)

ROM all that dwell below the skies,
Let the Creator's praise arise;

Let the Redeemer's name be sung
Thro' ev'ry land, by ev'ry tongue.
2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord;
Eternal truth attends thy word;

Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set no more.

12. The Enjoyment of Christ; or, Delight in

Worship. (L. M.)

1 FAR from my thoughts, vain world, be gone,
Let my religious hours alone;
Fain would my eyes my Saviour see:
I wait a visit, Lord, from thee.

2 O warm my heart with holy fire,
And kindle there a pure desire:
Come, my dear Jesus, from above,
And feed my soul with heav'nly love.

3 Bless'd Jesus, what delicious fare!
How sweet thy entertainments are!
Never did angels taste above,
Redeeming grace, and dying love.
4 Hail, great Immanuel, all divine!
In thee thy Father's glories shine;
Thou brightest, sweetest, fairest one,
That eyes have seen, or angels known.

13.

1

The same. (L. M.)

LORD, what a heav'n of saving grace

Shines thro' the beauties of thy face,
And lights our passions to a flame!
Lord, how we love thy charming name!
2 When I can say, my God is mine,
When I can feel thy glories shine,
I tread the world beneath my feet,
And all the earth calls good or great.
3 While such a scene of sacred joys
Our raptur'd eyes and souls employs,
Here we could sit, and gaze away
A long, an everlasting day.

4 Well, we shall quickly pass the night,
To the fair coasts of perfect light;
Then shall our joyful senses rove
O'er the dear object of our love.

5 There shall we drink full draughts of bliss,
And pluck new life from heav'nly trees!
Yet now and then, dear Lord, bestow
A drop of heav'n on worms below.

6 Send comforts down from thy right hand,
While we pass thro' this barren land,
And in thy temple let us see

A glimpse of love, a glimpse of thee. 14. Call to Public Worship. (L. M.)

A

LL people that on earth do dwell,

Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice;
Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell,
Come ye before him and rejoice.

2 The Lord, ye know, is God indeed!
Without our aid he did us make ;
We are his flock, he doth us feed,
And for his sheep he doth us take.

3 0 enter then his gates with praise,
Approach with joy his courts unto;
Praise, laud, and bless his name always,
For it is seemly so to do.

4 For why? the Lord our God is good,
His mercy is for ever sure;

His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.

15. Introducing Public Worship. (L. M.)

ITH one consent let all the earth,

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To God their cheerful voices raise;
Glad homage pay, with awful mirth,
And sing before him songs of praise.
2 Convinc'd that he is God alone,
From whom both we and all proceed;
We, whom he chooses for his own,
The flock that he vouchsafes to feed.

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