3 We are his people, we his care, 4 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, Firm as a rock thy truth must stand, 8. 8, 8, 6 M. Praise from all Nature. Ps. cxlviii. Watts. 1 BEGIN, my soul! the exalted lay; To swell the inspiring theme. 2 Thou heaven of heavens, his vast abode, 3 Ye deeps, whose roaring billows rise 4 Wake, all ye soaring tribes, and sing; To him, who shaped your finer mould, 5 Let man---by nobler passions swayed--- Till heaven's broad arch ring back the sound, 1 2 3 4 9. s. M. The Excellency of the Gospel. Ps. XIX. BEHOLD! the heavens declare The glory of our God; The starry firmament on high, Nor can the night return, T Ogilvie. Where not their voice is heard, of God The knowledge to convey. But from his gospel beams Instruction more divine: There God unfolds an endless day, There love and mercy shine. There God reveals his laws So perfect and so pure, And there is taught that fear of him, 5 There he instructs the wise, 6 Our lives, from secret faults, 1 2 3 4 5 10. s. M. The Book of Nature and Scripture. Ps. xix. BEHOLD! the morning sun Begins his glorious way; His beams through all the nations run, The darkness and the light Still keep their course the same; While night to day, and day to night, Proclaims the Almighty's name. In every different land, Their general voice is known; They speak the wonders of his hand, And orders of his throne. Ye Christian lands! rejoice; To you his word is given: We are not left, from nature's voice His statutes and commands Are set before our eyes; He puts his gospel in our hands, 6 His laws are just and pure, 7 While with the heart and tongue, 11. L. M. Watts, alt'd. The Divine Perfections celebrated. Ps. lvii. 1 BE THOU exalted, O our God! 2 The earth, the stars, and worlds unknown, 3 In thee, O God! are all the springs 5 Be thou exalted, O our God! Watts, alt'. 12. 7s. M. Freedom from Error, Guilt, and Folly implored. Ps. xix. 1 BLESSED Instructer! from thy ways 2 Purge us from the guilt that lies 3 Let our tongues, from error free, 4 While we thus thy name adore, 13. L. M. Merrick. The Goodness of God acknowledged in Temporal and Spiritual Blessings. Ps. ciii. 1 BLESS, O my soul! the living God; Call home thy thoughts that roam abroad; Let all the powers within me join In work and worship so divine. 2 Bless, O my soul! the God of grace; His favours claim thy highest praise: Let not the wonders he has wrought, Be lost in silence and forgot. |