4 Forgive our sins, as we forgive
The wrongs that others do;
Nor let temptations press around,
Lest we those sins renew.

5 Thou art our safety and defence,
When dangers threatening stand;
O turn aside impending ills,
With thy Almighty hand.

6 Thy sacred name we thus adore,
With cheerful, humble mind;

And praise thy goodness, power, and truth, Eternal, unconfined!

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PART III.

FOR PARTICULAR SUBJECTS OF DISCOURSES.

80.

L. M.

The Voice of God in his Works. Ps. xix. 4-6.

1 THE spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky,

And spangled heavens, a shining frame,

Their great original proclaim:

The unwearied sun, from day to day

Doth his Creator's power display;

And publishes to every land,

The work of an Almighty hand.

Soon as the evening shades prevail,

The moon takes up the wondrous tale;
And nightly to the listening earth

Repeats the story of her birth :

Whilst all the stars which round her burn,
And all the planets in their turn,
Confirm the tidings as they roll,
And spread the truth from pole to pole.
3 What though, in solemn silence, all
Move round this dark terrestrial ball;
What though no real voice nor sound,
Amidst their radiant orbs be found:
In reason's ear they all rejoice,
And utter forth a glorious voice;
For ever singing, as they shine-
"The hand that made us is divine."

1 THERE is a God, all nature speaks, Through earth, and air, and seas, and skies; See, from the clouds his glory breaks, When the first beams of morning rise! 2 The rising sun serenely bright, O'er the wide world's extended frame, Inscribes, in characters of light, His mighty Maker's glorious name. 3 Diffusing life, his influence spreads, And health and plenty smile around; And fruitful fields and verdant meads Are with a thousand blessings crowned. Almighty goodness, power divine, The hills, and vales, and groves display; And bless the hand that made them shine With various charms profusely gay. 5 The flowery tribes, all blooming rise Above the faint attempts of art:

Their bright inimitable dyes

Speak sweet conviction to the heart.

6 What curious mind that roams abroad, And views creation's wonders o'er, Can fail to own a present God,

To bow before him and adore?

The one living and true God. Ps. lxxxvi.

1 ETERNAL God! almighty Cause

Of earth, and seas, and worlds unknown!
All things are subject to thy laws;

All things depend on thee alone.

2 Thy glorious being singly stands, Of all within itself possest;

By none controlled in thy commands,
And in thyself completely blest.

3 Worship to thee alone belongs;

Worship to thee alone we give;
Thine be our hearts, and thine our songs,
And to thy glory we would live.

4 Spread thy great name through every land, All idol deities dethrone:

Subdue the world to thy command,
And reign unrivalled, God alone.

83. P. M.

"Jehovah, our God, is one." Mark xit. 29.

1 THOU, God, who reign'st alone
O'er earth, and sea, and sky,
Let man with praises own,
And sound thy honours high.

2 Thee, all in heaven above,
Thee, all on earth below,
Th' exhaustless source of love,
The great Creator know.

3 God formed the living frame,
He gave the reasoning mind ;-
Then only He may claim
The worship of mankind.

4 So taught thine only Son,
Blest messenger of grace!
Th' Eternal is but one,
No second holds his place.

1 GREAT God! in vain man's narrow view
Attempts to look thy nature through;
Our labouring powers with reverence own,
Thy glories never can be known.

2 Not the high seraph's mighty thought,
Who countless years his God has sought,
Such wondrous height or depth can find,
Or fully trace thy boundless mind.

3 And yet thy kindness deigns to show
Enough for mortal minds to know;
While wisdom, goodness, power divine,
Through all thy works and conduct shine.
4 O! may our souls with rapture trace
Thy works of nature and of grace;
Explore thy sacred truth, and still
Press on to know and do thy will.

85. L. M.

The Divine Perfections above our Comprehension. Job xi. and xxvi.

1 CAN creatures to perfection find
Th' eternal, uncreated mind?

Or can the largest stretch of thought,
Measure and search his nature out?
2 'Tis high as heaven, 'tis deep as hell,
And what can mortals know or tell?
His glory spreads through all the sky,
And all the shining worlds on high.

3 He frowns, and darkness veils the moon ;
The fainting sun grows dim at noon;
The pillars of heaven's starry roof
Tremble and start at his reproof.