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4. The Lord sits sovereign on the flood,
The Thunderer reigns forever king;
But makes His church His blest abode,
Where we His awful glories sing.

L. M.

WATTS

1. PRAISE, everlasting praise, be paid
To Him who earth's foundation laid;
Praise to the God whose strong decrees
Sway the creation as He please.

2. Firm are the words His prophets give,
Sweet words on which His children live;
Each of them is the voice of God,
Who spoke and spread the skies abroad.
3. Oh for a strong, a lasting faith,
To credit what th' Almighty saith;
T'embrace the message of His Son,
And call the joys of heaven our own.
4. Then should the earth's old pillars shake,
And all the wheels of nature break,

Our steady souls shall fear no more
Than solid rocks when billows roar. WATTS.

L. M.

1. GOD! the eternal, awful name

That the whole heavenly army fears,
That shakes the wide creation's frame,
And Satan trembles when He hears.

2. Like flames of fire His servants are,
And light surrounds His dwelling-place;
But, O ye fiery flames, declare

The brighter glories of His face.

3. Tell how He shows His smiling face,

And clothes all heaven in bright array:
Triumph and joy run through the place,
And songs eternal as the day.

4. Speak, for you feel His burning love,

What zeal it spreads through all your frame; That sacred fire dwells all above,

For we on earth have lost the name.

5. Proclaim His wonders from the skies, Let every distant nation hear;

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And while you sound His lofty praise,
Let humble mortals bow and fear.

L. M.

1. THE Lord is King! lift up thy voice,
O earth, and all ye heavens rejoice!
From world to world the joy shall ring:
The Lord omnipotent is King!

2. The Lord is King! child of the dust,
The Judge of all the earth is just:
Holy and true are all His ways;
Let every creature speak His praise.

WATTS.

3. Come, make your wants, your burdens known; The contrite soul He 'll ne'er disown;

And angel bands are waiting there
His messages of love to bear.

4. O, when His wisdom can mistake,
His might decay, His love forsake;-
Then may his children cease to sing,
The Lord omnipotent is King!

CONDER.

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L. M.

1. LET Zion in her King rejoice,

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Though tyrants rage, and kingdoms rise,

He utters His almighty voice

The nations melt-the tumult dies.

2. From sea to sea, through all the shores,

He makes the noise of battle cease;

When from on high His thunder roars,
He awes the trembling world to peace.

3. "Be still-and learn that I am God;
I'll be exalted o'er the lands;
I will be known and feared abroad,
But still my throne in Zion stands."
4. O Lord of hosts, Almighty King!
While we so near Thy presence dwell,
Our faith shall sit secure, and sing
Defiance to the gates of hell.

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1. Lo, God is here! let us adore,
And humbly bow before his face;
Let all within us feel His power,

Let all within us seek His grace.

WATTS.

2. Lo, God is here! Him, day and night,
United choirs of angels sing;
To Him, enthroned above all height,
Heaven's host their noblest praises bring.

3. Being of beings! may our praise
Thy courts with grateful incense fill;
Still may we stand before Thy face,
Still hear and do Thy sovereign will.

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L. M.

J. WESLEY.

1. INFINITE leagues beyond the sky
The great Eternal reigns alone,
Where neither wings nor souls can fly,
Nor angels climb the topless throne.

2. The Lord of glory builds His seat
Of gems insufferably bright,
And lays beneath His sacred feet
Substantial beams of gloomy night.
3. Yet, glorious Lord, Thy gracious eyes
Look through and cheer us from above;
Beyond our praise Thy grandeur flies;
Yet we adore, and yet we love.

WATTS.

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C. M.

1. THE Lord descended from above,

And bowed the heavens most high;
And underneath His feet He cast
The darkness of the sky.
2. On cherubim and seraphim
Full royally He rode;

And on the wings of all the winds
Came flying all abroad.

3. And like a den most dark He made
His hid and secret place;
With waters black and airy clouds
Encompassed He was.

4. He sat serene upon the floods,
Their fury to restrain;

And He as sovereign Lord and King
For evermore shall reign.

C. M.

1. ARISE, ye people, and adore,
Exulting strike the chord;

STERNHOLD.

Let all the earth-from shore to shore,
Confess th' Almighty Lord.

2. Glad shouts aloud-wide echoing round,
Th' ascending God proclaim;
The angelic choir respond the sound,
And shake creation's frame.

3. They sing of death and hell o'erthrown
In that triumphant hour:
And God exalts His conquering Son
To His right hand of power.

4. O shout, ye people, and adore,
Exulting strike the chord;

Let all the earth-from shore to shore,
Confess th' Almighty Lord.

SPIRIT OF THE PSALMS.

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C. M.

1. O GOD! we praise Thee, and confess
That Thou the only Lord
And everlasting Father art,
By all the earth adored.

2. To Thee, all angels cry aloud;
To Thee the powers on high,
Both cherubim and seraphim,
Continually do cry:

3. O holy, holy, holy Lord,
Whom heavenly hosts obey,
The world is with the glory filled
Of Thy majestic sway!

4. The apostles' glorious company,
And prophets crowned with light,
With all the martyrs' noble host,
Thy constant praise recite.

5. The holy church throughout the world,
O Lord, confesses Thee,

That Thou the eternal Father art,

Of boundless majesty.

C. M.

1. SING to the Lord Jehovah's name,
And in His strength rejoice;
When His salvation is our theme,
Exalted be our voice.

PATRICK.

2. With thanks approach His awful sight,
And psalms of honor sing:
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.

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