Christ, the Refuge from the Storm. Deut. xxxiii, 27.
1 JESUS, lover of my soul,
Let me to thy bosom fly,

While the billows near me roll,
While the tempest still is nigh!
Hide me, O my Saviour hide,
Till the storm of life is past,
Safe into the haven guide;
O receive my soul at last.

2 Other refuge have I none;
Hangs my helpless soul on thee;
Leave, ah! leave me not alone
Still support and comfort me.
All my trust on thee is stay'd,
All my help from thee I bring;
Cover my defenceless head,
With the shadow of thy wing.
3 Thou, O Christ, art all I want;
More than all in thee I find;
Raise the fallen, cheer the faint,
Heal the sick, and lead the blind.
Just and holy is thy name,
I am all unrighteousness;
Vile and full of sin I am,

Thou art full of truth and grace.

Blessedness of Gospel Times.

1 How beauteous are their feet,

Who stand on Zion's hill!
Who bring salvation on their tongues,
And words of peace reveal.

2 How charming is their voice!
How sweet the tidings are !
Zion, behold thy Saviour king,
He reigns and triumphs here.'

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UNIVERSAL PRAISE.

3 How happy are our ears,

That hear this joyful sound,
Which kings and prophets waited for,
And sought, but never found!

4 How blessed are our eyes,

That see this heavenly light;
Prophets and kings desired it long,
But died without the sight!

5 The watchmen join their voice,
And tuneful notes employ ;
Jerusalem breaks forth in songs,
And deserts learn the joy.

6 The Lord makes bare his arm
Through all the earth abroad:
Let every nation now behold
Their Saviour and their God.

Universal praise to God.

1 LOUD hallelujahs to the Lord,

From distant worlds, where creatures dwell: Let heaven begin the solemn word,

And sound it dreadful down to hell.

2 Wide as his vast dominion lies,

Make the Creator's name be known; Loud as his thunder shout his praise, And sound it lofty as his throne.

3 Jehovahtis a glorious word!

Oh! may it dwell on every tongue!
But saints, who best have known the Lord,
Are bound to raise the noblest song.

4 Speak of the wonders of that love

Which Gabriel plays on every chord :
From all below-and all above,
Loud hallelujahs to the Lord!

54. C. M. COWPER.

Walking with God.

1 O FOR a closer walk with God,
A calm and heavenly frame,
A light to shine upon the road,
That leads me to the Lamb!

2 What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd!
How sweet their memory still!
But they have left an aching void
The world can never fill.

3 Return, O holy Dove, return,
Sweet messenger of rest;

I hate the sins that made thee mourn,

And drove thee from

my breast.

4 The dearest idol I have known,

Whate'er that idol be,

Help me to tear it from thy throne,
And worship only thee.

5 So shall my walk be close with God,
Calm and serene my frame;
So purer light shall mark the road
That leads me to the Lamb.

55. 7s M. SPIRIT OF THE PSALMS.
Prayer for the Enlargement of the Church.
1 ON thy church, O Power divine,
Cause thy glorious face to shine;
Till the nations from afar

Hail her as their guiding star.

2 Then shall God, with lavish hand,
Scatter blessings o'er the land;
And the world's remotest bound
With the voice of praise resound.

56, 57 DOCTRINES OF THE GOSPEL.

56. S. M.

Birth of the Saviour.

1 WE come with joyful song,
To hail this happy morn :
Glad tidings from an angel's tongue,
"This day is Jesus born!"

2 What transports doth his name
To sinful men afford !

His glorious titles we proclaim-
A Saviour Christ- the Lord!

3 Glory to God on high,

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All hail the happy morn:

We join the anthems of the sky

And sing

57.

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The Saviour's born!""

Salvation by grace, from the first to the last. 1 GRACE!— 'tis a charming sound! Harmonious to the ear!

Heaven with the echo shall resound,
And all the earth shall hear.

2 Grace first contrived a way
To save rebellious man;
And all its steps that grace display
Which drew the wondrous plan.

3 Grace taught my roving feet

To tread the heavenly road:
And new supplies each hour I meet,
While pressing on to God.

4 Grace all the work shall crown,
Through everlasting days:

It lays in heaven the topmost stone,
And well deserves the praise.

The Books of Nature and Scripture. Ps. 19.

1 BEHOLD! the lofty sky

Declares its Maker, God;
And all his starry works on high
Proclaim his power abroad.

2 The darkness and the light

Still keep their course the same;
While night to day, and day to night
Divinely teach his name.

3 In

every different land

Their general voice is known;
They show the wonders of his hand,
And orders of his throne.

4 Ye christian lands, rejoice!
Here he reveals his word;
We are not left to nature's voice
To bid us know the Lord.

5 His statutes and commands
Are set before our eyes;
He puts his gospel in our hands,
Where our salvation lies.

6 While of thy works I sing,
Thy glory to proclaim,

Accept the praise, my God, my King,
In my Redeemer's name.

1 CALM on the listening ear of night

Come heaven's melodious strains,

Where wild Judea stretches far

Her silver-mantled plains!