2 Slander and fear, on ev'ry side,
Seiz'd and beset me round;

I to the throne of grace applied,
And speedy rescue found.

3 Thy children from the strife of tongues, Shall thy pavilion hide;

Guard them from infamy and wrongs,
And crush the sons of pride.

4 Within thy secret presence, Lord,
Let me for ever dwell;

No city wall'd, with watch and ward,
Secures a saint so well!

HYMN 306. S. M. [328]

TO God, the only wise,

Our Saviour, and our King, Let all the saints below the skies Their humble praises bring.

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,
Unblemish'd and complete,
Before the glory of his face,
With joys divinely great.
4 To our Redeemer God,
Wisdom and power belongs;
Immortal crowns of majesty,
And everlasting songs.

HYMN 307. S. M. [313]

COME sound his praise abroad,
And hymns of glory sing;
Jehovah is the sov'reign God,
The universal King.

2 He form'd the deeps unknown;
He gave the seas their bound;
The watery worlds are all his own,
And all the solid ground.

3 Come worship at his throne;
Come, bow before the Lord:
We are his works and not our own,
He form'd us by his word.

4 To-day attend his voice,
Nor dare provoke his rod;
Come as the people of his choice,
And own your gracious God.

HYMN 308. C. M. [388]
O FOR a shout of sacred joy
To God, the sov'reign King;
Let ev'ry land their tongues employ,
And hymns of triumph sing!
2 Jesus, our God, ascends on high;
His heav'nly guards around
Attend him rising through the sky,
With trumpet's joyful sound!

3 While angels shout and praise their King, Let mortals learn their strains;

Let all the earth his honors sing;
O'er all the earth he reigns!

4 In Israel stood his ancient throne,
He lov'd that chosen race;

But now he calls the world his own,
And heathens taste his grace.

HYMN 309. S. M.

BEHOLD! what wondrous grace
The Father has bestowed
On sinners of a mortal race,
To call them sons of God!

2 "Tis no surprising thing,

That we should be unknown;

The Jewish world knew not their King,

God's everlasting Son,

3 Nor doth it yet appear

How great we must be made; But when we see our Saviour here, We shall be like our Head.

4 A hope so much divine

May trials well endure;

May purge our souls from sense and sin,
As Christ, the Lord, is pure.

5 If in my Father's love
I share a filial part,
Send down thy Spirit like a dove,
To rest upon my heart.

6 We would no longer lie

Like slaves beneath the throne; Our faith shall Abba, Father, cry, And thou the kindred own.

HYMN 310. L. M. [308] JESUS, my King, to thee I bow, Enlisted under thy command; Captain of my salvation, thou

Shalt lead me to the promised land. 2 Thou hast a great deliverance wrought, The staff from off my shoulder broke; Out of the house of bondage brought, And freed me from th' Egyptian yoke. 3 O'er the vast howling wilderness,

To Canaan's bounds thou hast me led; Thou bidd'st me now the land possess, And on thy milk and honey feed 4 I see an open door of hope; Legions of sin in vain oppose;

Bold, I with thee, my Head, march up,
And triumph o'er a world of foes.
5 Who can before my Captain stand?
Who is so great a King as mine?
High over all is thy right hand,
And might and majesty are thine!

HYMN 311. 8s..

O COME let us sing to the Lord,
In God our salvation rejoice,
In psalms of thanksgiving record

His praise, with one spirit, one voice:
For Jehovah is King, and he reigns,
The God of all gods, on his throne;
The strength of the hills he maintains,
The ends of the earth are his own.
2 The sea is Jehovah's-he made
The tide its dominion to know;
The land is Jehovah's-he laid
Its solid foundations below. "
O come let us worship, and kneel
Before our Creator, our God-
The people who serve him with zeal,-
The flock whom he guides with his rod.

3 As Moses, the fathers of old,

Through the sea and the wilderness led, His wonderful works to behold,

With manna from heaven are fed: To-day, let us hearken to-day,

To the voice that yet speaks from above, And all his commandments obey,

For all his commandments are love.

4 His wrath let us fear to provoke,
To dwell in his favor unite;

His service is freedom, his yoke
Is easy, his burden is light:

But 0! of rebellion beware,

Rebellion, that hardens the breast, Lest God in his anger should swear That we shall not enter his rest.

HYMN 312. L. M.

SERVANTS of God, in joyful lays,
Sing ye the Lord Jehovah's praise;
His glorious name let all adore,
From age to age, for evermore.

2 Blest be that name, supremely blest,
From the sun's rising to its rest;

Above the heavens his power is known;
Through all the earth his goodness shown.
3 Who is like God?—so great, so high,
He bows himself to view the sky;
And yet with condescending grace,
Looks down upon the human race.
4 He hears the uncomplaining moan
Of those who sit and weep alone;
He lifts the mourner from the dust,
And saves the poor in him that trust.

HYMN 313. 7s.

GLORY be to God above,

God, from whom all blessings flow,
Make we mention of his love
Publish we his praise below:
Call'd together by his grace,

We are met in Jesus' name;
See with joy each other's face,
Followers of the bleeding Lamb.
2 Let us then sweet counsel take,
How to make our calling sure;
Our election how to make,

Past the reach of hell secure :