2

3

4

His glories shine with beams so bright,
No mortal eye can bear the sight.

The thunders of His hand
Keep the wide world in awe;
His wrath and justice stand
To guard His holy law:

And where His love resolves to bless,
His truth confirms and seals the

Through all His ancient works
His perfect wisdom shines,
Confounds the

powers of hell,

grace.

And breaks their dark designs;
Strong is His arm, and shall fulfil
His great decrees, His sovereign will.
And will this mighty King
Of glory condescend?

And will He write His name,
My Father and my Friend?

I love His name, I love His word;
Join all my powers and praise the Lord.

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L.M.

I am a great King, saith the Lord of Hosts.-Mal. 1. 14
HE 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.
3 He reigns: ye saints, exalt your strains;
Your God is King. your Father reigns;
And He is at the Father's side,
The Man of Love, the Crucified.

4 Come, make your wants, your burdens known, He will present them at the throne; And angel-bands are waiting there,

His

messages of love to bear.

5 Oh, when His wisdom can mistake,
His might decay, His love forsake,
Then may His children cease to sing,
The Lord Omnipotent is King!

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Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His holy hill.
-Ps. 99.9.

GOD

OD the Lord is King-before Him,
Earth, with all thy nations, wait!
Where the cherubim adore Him,
Sitteth He in royal state :
He is holy;

Blessed, only Potentate!

2 God the Lord is King of glory,
Zion, tell the world His fame;
Ancient Israel, the story

Of His faithfulness proclaim:
He is holy;

Holy is His awful name.

3 In old times when dangers darkened,
When invoked by priest and seer,
To His people's cry He hearkened—
Answered them in all their fear:
He is holy;

As they called, they found Him near.
4 Laws divine to them were spoken
From the pillar of the cloud;
Sacred precepts! quickly broken;
Fiercely then His vengeance flowed:
He is holy;

To the dust their hearts were bowed.

5 But their Father God forgave them
When they sought His face once more,
Ever ready was to save them,
Tenderly did He restore :
He is holy;

We too will His grace implore.
6 God in Christ is all forgiving,
Waits His mercy to fulfil:
Come, exalt Him, all the living;
Come, ascend His Zion still!
He is holy;

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Worship at His holy hill.

S.M.

Bless ye the Lord, all ye His hosts.-Ps, 103, 21.

1 THE Lord, the Sovereign King,
Hath fixed His throne on high,
O'er all the heavenly world He rules,
And all beneath the sky.

2

3

Ye angels, great in might,
And swift to do His will,

Bless ye the Lord, whose voice ye hear,
Whose pleasure ye fulfil.

Let the bright hosts who wait
The orders of their King,

And guard His churches when they pray,
Join in the praise they sing.

4 While all His wondrous works
Through His vast kingdom show
Their Maker's glory, thou, my soul,
Shalt sing His praises too.

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104th.

All Thy works shall praise Thee, O Lord.-Ps. 145. 10.
WORSHIP the King, all glorious above!
O gratefully sing His power and His love!

Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days, Pavilioned in splendour, and girded with praise. 2 O tell of His might, O sing of His grace! Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space; His chariots of wrath the deep thunder-clouds form,

And dark is His path on the wings of the storm. 3 The earth with its store of wonders untold,

Almighty! Thy power hath founded of old : Hath stablished it fast by a changeless decree, And round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea. 4 Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite? It breathes in the air, it shines in the light; It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain, And sweetly distils in the dew and the rain. 5 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail, In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail : Thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end, Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend! 6 0 measureless Might! ineffable Love! While angels delight to hymn Thee above, The humbler creation, though feeble their lays, With true adoration shall sing to Thy praise.

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The works of the Lord are great.-Ps. 111. 2.
REAT is the Lord; His works of might
Demand our noblest songs;

Let His assembled saints unite
Their harmony of tongues.

2 Great is the mercy of the Lord;
He gives His children food;
And ever mindful of His word,
He makes His promise good.

3 His Son, the great Redeemer, came
To seal His covenant sure:

Holy and reverend is His name,
His ways are just and pure.
4 They that would grow divinely wise
Must with His fear begin;

Our fairest proof of knowledge lies
In hating every sin.

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Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens.-Ps. 57. 5.

1 MY God, in whom are all the springs

Of boundless love, and grace unknown,
Hide me beneath Thy spreading wings
Till the dark cloud is overblown.
2 Up to the heavens I send my cry,
The Lord will my desires perform;
He sends His angels from the sky,
And saves me from the threatening storm.
3 High o'er the earth His mercy reigns,
And reaches to the utmost sky;
His truth to endless years remains,
When lower worlds dissolve and die.
4 Be Thou exalted, O my God!

Above the heavens, where angels dwell;
Thy power on earth be known abroad,
And land to land Thy wonders tell.

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Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever.-Heb. 1. 8.

1 GREAT Former of this various frame,

souls adore Thine awful name;

And bow and tremble, while they praise
The Ancient of eternal days.

2 Before Thine infinite survey,

Creation rose as yesterday:

And as to-morrow shall Thine eye
See earth and stars in ruin lie.