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2 Shine to his praise, ye crystal skies,
The floor of his abode;

Or veil your little twinkling eyes
Before a brighter God.

3 Thou restless globe of golden light,
Whose beams create our days,
Join with the silver queen of night,
To own your borrowed rays.

4 Winds, ye shall bear his name aloud
Through the ethereal blue;
For, when his chariot is a cloud,
He makes his wheels of you.

5 Thunder, and hail, and fires, and storms,
The troops of his command,
Appear in all your dreadful forms,
And speak his awful hand.

6 Shout to the Lord, ye surging seas,
In your eternal roar;

Let wave to wave resound his praise,
And shore reply to shore.

7 Wave your tall heads, ye lofty pines,
To him that bade you grow;

Sweet clusters, bend the fruitful vines
On every thankful bough.

8 Thus, while the meaner creatures sing,
Ye mortals, take the sound;
Echo the glories of your King
Through all the nations round.

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Sun, Moon, and Stars, praise ye the Lord.

1 FAIREST of all the lights above,

Thou sun, whose beams adorn the spheres, And with unwearied swiftness move

To form the circles of our years,

2 Praise the Creator of the skies,

That dressed thine orb in golden rays; Or may the sun forget to rise,

If he forget his Maker's praise.

3 Thou reigning beauty of the night,
Fair queen of silence, silver moon,
Whose gentle beams and borrowed light
Are softer rivals of the noon,

4 Arise, and to that sovereign Power
Waxing and waning honors pay,
Who bade thee rule the dusky hour,
And half supply the absent day.

5 Ye twinkling stars, who gild the skies

When darkness has its curtains drawn, Who keep your watch with wakeful eyes, When business, cares, and day are gone,

6 Proclaim the glories of your Lord,

Dispersed through all the heavenly street, Whose boundless treasures can afford So rich a pavement for his feet.

7 O God of glory, God of love!

Thou art the sun that makes our days;
With all thy shining works above,
Let earth and dust attempt thy praise.

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A General Song of Praise. Ps. 86.

1 AMONG the princes, earthly gods,
There's none hath power divine;
Nor is their nature, mighty Lord!
Nor are their works, like thine.

2 The nations thou hast made shall bring
Their offerings round thy throne;
For thou alone dost wondrous things,
For thou art God alone.

3 Lord, I would walk with holy feet;
Teach me thy heavenly ways;
And my poor, scattered thoughts unite
In God my Father's praise.

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A Song of Praise. Ps. 150.

1 IN God's own house pronounce his praise; His grace he there reveals;

To heaven your joy and wonder raise,
For there his glory dwells.

2 Let all your sacred passions move,
While you rehearse his deeds;
But the great work of saving love
Your highest praise exceeds.

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Ps. 98.

J. Q. ADAMS.

1 SING to Jehovah a new song,
For deeds of wonder he hath done;
His arm in holiness is strong;

His hand the victory hath won:
The Lord salvation hath made known;
His goodness o'er the world extends;
His truth to Israel's house is shown;
His power to earth's remotest ends.
2 Shout to Jehovah, all the earth,

Break forth in joy, exult, and sing;
Let voice, let clarion speak your mirth,
Trumpet and harp proclaim your King:
Roar, ocean, to thy lowest deep;

Shout, earth, and all therein that dwell;
Floods, clap your hands as on you sweep;
Mountains, the choral anthem swell.

3 Let heaven, and earth, and sea, combine,
Jehovah's holy name to bless ;
Creation owns his power divine,
The universe his righteousness;
He comes in judgment to display
Resistless right, and boundless grace;

The world with equity to sway,
And blessings shed o'er all our race.

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1 TO God, the only wise,

Our Savior and our King,

Let all the saints below the skies
Their humble praises bring.

WATTS.

2 "Tis his almighty love,

His counsel and his care,
Preserves us safe from sin and death,
And every hurtful snare.

3 He will present our souls,
Unblemished and complete,
Before the glory of his face,
With joys divinely great.

4 Then all the chosen seed

Shall meet around the throne,
Shall bless the conduct of his grace,
And make his wonders known.

5 To our Redeemer God

Wisdom and power belongs,
Immortal crowns of majesty,
And everlasting songs.

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Praise to God from all Creatures.

1 THE glories of my Maker, God, My joyful voice shall sing,

And call the nations to adore

Their Former and their King.

WATTS.

2 'Twas his right hand that shaped our clay, And wrought this human frame;

But from his own immediate breath
Our nobler spirits came.

3 We bring our mortal powers to God,
And worship with our tongues;

We claim some kindred with the skies,
And join the angelic songs

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