3 There the great Monarch of the skies 4 5 Thrice happy they whofe choice has thee 6 Thus they proceed by various fteps, TATE and WATTS, with Variation. Pfalm LXXXIV. Hallelujah Metre. [ L The Pleofure of Public Worship. ORD of the worlds above, My heart afpires, The fparrow for her young, And wand'ring fwallows long 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 in heaven appears. O glorious feat! When God our King WATTS. Shall thither bring Our willing feet! Pfalm LXXXV. Common Metre. [b] T Prayer for Public Deliverance. HY favour, gracious Lord, difplay 2 Thine anfwer patiently we'll wait, 3 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, 5 Truth from the earth, like fairest flowers 6 The Lord will on our land bestow go, 7 Before him righteoufnefs fhall S 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, 4 His righteoufnefs is gone before, Our wandering feet fhall ftray no more, WATTS. Plalm LXXXVI. A Common Metre. [*] (See Hymn LIV.) The Greatness and Goodness of God, MONG the gods there's none like thee, Nor is their nature, mighty Lord, Nor are their works like thine. Their long mifguided prayers, and praise 3 All shall confefs thee great, and great 4 Not only great, but good thou art, 5 To my repeated, humble prayer, In trouble, I on thee will call, For thou wilt answer me. 6 To me, who daily thee invoke, Refresh thy fervant's foul, whofe hopes 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, 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; F And at thy fovereign call, refign 2 Wilt thou fhow wonders to the dead? |