3 There the great Monarch of the skies
His faving power displays,
And light breaks in upon our eyes,
With kind and quick'ning rays.
The birds more happy far than we,
Around thy temple throng;
Securely there they build, and there
Securely hatch their young.

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5 Thrice happy they whofe choice has thee
Their fure protection made!
Who love to tread the facred ways
Which to thy temple lead.

6 Thus they proceed by various fteps,
And ftill approach more near,
Till all on Zion's heavenly mount,
Before their God appear.

TATE and WATTS, with Variation.

Pfalm LXXXIV. Hallelujah Metre. [

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The Pleofure of Public Worship.

ORD of the worlds above,
How pleafant and how fair
The dwellings of thy love,
Thy earthly temples are!
To thine abode,
With warm defires,

My heart afpires,
To fee my God.

The fparrow for her young,
With pleasure feeks a neft,

And wand'ring fwallows long
To find their wonted reft;

With equal zeal,

Within thy gate,

3 To fpend one facred day

Lord I would wait,

And with thee dwel

Where God and faints abide,

Affords diviner joy

Than thoufand days befide;

Where God reforts, I love it more

To keep the door

4 O happy fouls that pray

Than fhine in courts,

Where God appoints to hear;

O happy men that pay

Their conftant fervice there!

They praise thee ftill, And happy they,

Who find the way

To Zion's hill.

5 They go from ftrength to ftrength,

Through this dark vale of tears,
Till each arrives at length,

Till each in heaven appears.

O glorious feat!

When God our King

WATTS.

Shall thither bring Our willing feet!

Pfalm LXXXV. Common Metre. [b]

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Prayer for Public Deliverance.

HY favour, gracious Lord, difplay
Which we have long implor'd;
And for thy wond'rous mercy's fake,
Thy heavenly aid afford.

2 Thine anfwer patiently we'll wait,
For thou with glad fuccefs,
If they no more to folly turn,
Thy mourning faints wilt blefs.
To thofe who fear thy holy name,
Is thy falvation near;

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And in its former happy state,

Our nation shall appear,

For mercy now with truth is join'd,

And righteoufnefs with peace;

Thofe kind companions abfent long,
With friendly arms embrace.

5 Truth from the earth, like fairest flowers
Shall fpring and bloom around;
And juftice from her heavenly feat,
Behold and blefs the ground.

6 The Lord will on our land bestow
Whatever thing is good;
The foil in plenty fhall produce
Her fruits to be our food.

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7 Before him righteoufnefs fhall
And his juft path prepare ;
Whilft we his facred fteps pursue
With conftant zeal and care.

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MILTON and TATE.

Pfalm LXXXV. Long Metre. [*

Salvation by Chrift.

ALVATION is forever nigh

The fouls who fear and truft the Lord; And grace, defcending from on high,

The hope of glory fhall afford.

2 Mercy and truth on earth are met,

3

Since Chrift the Lord came down from heaver By his obedience so complete,

Juftice is pleas'd, and peace is given.

Now truth and virtue fhall abound,

Religion dwell on earth again,

And heavenly influence blefs the ground,
In our Redeemer's gentle reign.

4 His righteoufnefs is gone before,
To give us free accefs to God;

Our wandering feet fhall ftray no more,
But mark his fteps, and keep the road.

WATTS.

Plalm LXXXVI.

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Common Metre. [*]

(See Hymn LIV.)

The Greatness and Goodness of God,

MONG the gods there's none like thee,
O Lord, alone divine !

Nor is their nature, mighty Lord,

Nor are their works like thine.
2 Therefore their great Creator, thee,
All nations fhall adore ;

Their long mifguided prayers, and praise
To thy great name restore.

3 All shall confefs thee great, and great
The wonders thou haft done;
They fhall confefs thee God fupreme,
Confefs thee God alone.

4 Not only great, but good thou art,
And ready to forgive;
Thy mercy hears the penitent,
And bids the finner live.

5 To my repeated, humble prayer,
O Lord attentive be;

In trouble, I on thee will call,

For thou wilt answer me.

6 To me, who daily thee invoke,
Thy mercy, Lord, extend;

Refresh thy fervant's foul, whofe hopes
On thee alone depend.

TATE and WATTS, with Alteration.

Pfalm LXXXVII. Long Metre. [*]

The Church the Birth-Place of Saints. (On opening a new place of worship.) AND will the great eternal God

On earth establish his abode ?

And will he from his radiant throne,
Avow our temples as his own?
2 We bring the tribute of our praise,
And fing that condefcending grace,
Which to our notes will lend an ear,
And call us finful mortals near.
3 Our Father's watchful care we bless,
Which guards our fynagogues in peace,
That no tumultuous foes invade,
To fill our worshippers with dread.
4 Thefe walls, we to thy honour raise,
Long may they echo with thy praise;
And thou defcending fill the place,
With choiceft tokens of thy grace.
5 Here let the great Redeemer reign,
With all the graces of his train;
Whilft power divine his word attends,
To conquer foes, and cheer his friends.
6 And in the great decifive day,
When God the nations fhall furvey,
May it before the world appear,
Thousands were born to glory here.

DODDRIDGE.

Pfalm LXXXVIII. Ver. 10. L.M. [*]

Reanimation.

(Adapted to the defign of Humane Societies.) ROM thee, great Lord of life and death, Do we receive our vital breath;

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And at thy fovereign call, refign
That vital breath, that gift divine.

2 Wilt thou fhow wonders to the dead?
Wilt thou revive the lifeless head?