TO THE VENERABLE THE ARCHDEACON OF ELY, THE FOLLOWING SELECTION, COMPILED FOR THE USE OF THE CHURCH IN WHICH HIS OFFICIAL VISITATIONS ARE HELD, AND EMBODYING, IT IS HOPED, THE GREAT DOCTRINES OF CHRISTIANITY HELD FORTH IN HIS OFFICIAL CHARGES, IS WITH PERMISSION DEDICATED, AS A SMALL TOKEN OF UNFEIGNED RESPECT, BY THE COMPILER. PSALM S. PSALM I. 1 HAPPY the man whose cautious feet Shun the broad way that sinners go; Who hates the place where atheists meet, And fears to talk as scoffers do. 2 He loves t'employ his morning light Among the statutes of the Lord; And spends the wakeful hours of night, With pleasure pond'ring o'er his word. 3 He, like a plant by gentle streams, Shall flourish in immortal green; And Heav'n will shine with kindest beams On ev'ry work his hands begin. 4 But sinners find their counsels crost, In judgment with the pious race: 6 " Straight is the way my saints have trod; B PSALM II. 1 WHY did the nations join to slay Why did they cast his laws away, 2 The Lord, that sits above the skies, He speaks with vengeance in his eyes, 3 "I call him my eternal Son, "And raise him from the dead; "I make my holy hill his throne, "And wide his kingdom spread. 4 "Ask me, my Son, and then enjoy "The utmost heathen lands: Thy rod of iron shall destroy 5 Be wise, ye rulers of the earth, Adore the King of heav'nly birth, 6 With humble love address his throne; PSALM IV. 1 IN vain the erring world inquires While earth confines their low desires, 2 Not all the bliss which earth bestows Can fill the craving mind: Its highest joys have mingled woes, 3 Begone, ye gilded vanities; 4 Grant, O my God, this one request: PSALM V. 1 LORD, in the morning thou shalt hear 2 Up to the hills, where Christ is gone 3 Thou art a God, before whose sight Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight, 4 But to thy house will I resort, 5 O may thy Spirit guide my feet |