2 We are come; but unto Sion's hill, Where milder words declare his will, 3 Behold the innumerable hoft Of angels cloath'd in light, Behold the spirits of the juft Whose faith is turn'd to fight! 4 To that affembly are we come Whose names are writ in heaven, 5 The faints on earth and all the dead All join in Christ, their living head, 6 In fuch fociety as this My willing foul would reft: The man that dwells where Jefus is, Must be for ever bleft. W. PSALM XLI. PSALM XLĮ. Defire of improvement in the chriftian character. 1 LONG have I fat beneath the found Of thy falvation, Lord; Yet ftill how low my faith is found, 2 Oft I frequent thy holy place, 3 How cold and feeble is my love, How negligent my fear, How weak my hope of joys above, 4 Great God, thy fovereign aids impart 5 Oh, speed my progrefs in the way Where knowledge grows without decay, And love fhall never die. W. PSALM XLII. PSALM XLII. Praife due to God and acceptable to him. 1 HOW glorious is our heavenly king, 2 How great his power is none can tell, Not their enlarged minds who dwell 3 Not angels that ftand round the Lord They owe their being to his word, Their triumphs to his grace. 4 Then let us join this holy train, And our best offerings bring This awful God will not disdain The heart-breath'd praise we fing. PSALM XLIII. Perfections of God manifested in his works and vidence. 1 PRAISE ye the almighty power of God, Who bade the mountains rife, M W. pro Who Who spread the flowing feas abroad, 2 Praise ye his wifdom who ordains The fun to rule the day; By whom the moon her courfe maintains, And whom the stars obey. 3 Praise ye the goodness of the Lord, 4 Lord, how thy wonders are display'd, 5 There's not a plant or flower below 6 Creatures, as num'rous as they be, There's not a place where we can flee 7 In heaven he fhines with beams of love, With wrath in hell beneath; 'Tis on his earth we ftand or move, And 'tis his air we breathe. 8 His hand is our perpetual guard, PSALM XLIV. The advantages of early religion. HOW happy he whofe early years Who hates the finners path, and fears 2 Our youth devoted to the Lord 3 'Tis easier work if we begin To fear the Lord betimes; While finners that grow old in fin Are harden'd by their crimes. M 2 W. 4 'Twill |