4 Fathers to sons shall teach Thy name,
And children learn Thy ways;
Ages to come Thy truth proclaim,
And nations sound Thy praise.

5 Thy glorious deeds of ancient date
Shall through the world be known ;
Thine arm of power, Thy heavenly st
With public splendour shown.

6 The world is governed by Thy hands,
Thy saints are ruled by love;
And Thine eternal kingdom stands,
Though rocks and hills remove.

I Y God, my King, Thy various pr
Shall fill the remnant of my da

Thy grace employ my humble tongue
Till death and glory raise the song.
2 The wings of every hour shall bear
Some thankful tribute to Thine ear;
And every setting sun shall see
New works of duty done for Thee.
3 Thy truth and justice I'll proclaim;
Thy bounty flows-an endless stream
Thy mercy swift, Thine anger slow,
But dreadful to the stubborn foe.

4 Thy works with sovereign glory shine
And speak Thy majesty divine;
Let Britain round her shores proclaim
The sacred honours of Thy name.
5 Let distant times and nations raise
The long succession of Thy praise,
And unborn ages make my song
The joy and labour of their tongue.

6 But who can speak Thy wondrous deeds?
Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds :
Vast and unsearchable Thy ways!
Vast and immortal be Thy praise !

C.M.

TATE AND BRADY.

34 I will extol Thee, my God, O King, and I will

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praise Thy name for ever and ever.
Ps. cxlv. I.

HEE I'll extol, my God and King;
Thine endless praise proclaim;
To Thee my daily tribute bring;

And ever bless Thy name.

2 For Thou art great, supremely great,
And highly to be praised;
Thy majesty, with boundless height,
Above our thought is raised.

3 Ages to ages shall proclaim

Thy deeds of truth and might;
And men shall praise Thy glorious name,
And in Thy love delight.

4 Thine is an everlasting throne,
And Thy dominion sure:

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The saints shall make Thy glories known,
And let the earth adore.

While I live will I praise the Lord.
Ps. cxlvi. 2.

OD of my life, through all its days,

GO

My grateful powers shall sound Thy praise;
The song shall wake with opening light,
And echo to the silent night.

2 When anxious cares would break my rest,
And griefs would tear my throbbing breast,
Thy tuneful praises raised on high

Shall check the murmur and the sigh.

4 Fathers to sons shall teach Thy name,
And children learn Thy ways;
Ages to come Thy truth proclaim,
And nations sound Thy praise.

5 Thy glorious deeds of ancient date
Shall through the world be known;
Thine arm of power, Thy heavenly stat
With public splendour shown.

6 The world is governed by Thy hands,
Thy saints are ruled by love;
And Thine eternal kingdom stands,
Though rocks and hills remove.

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MY

L.M.
Psalm cxlv.

Y God, my King, Thy various prai Shall fill the remnant of my day Thy grace employ my humble tongue Till death and glory raise the song. 2 The wings of every hour shall bear Some thankful tribute to Thine ear; And every setting sun shall see New works of duty done for Thee. 3 Thy truth and justice I'll proclaim; Thy bounty flows-an endless streamThy mercy swift, Thine anger slow, But dreadful to the stubborn foe.

4 Thy works with sovereign glory shine, And speak Thy majesty divine;

5

Let Britain round her shores proclaim
The sacred honours of Thy name.

Let distant times and nations raise
The long succession of Thy praise,
And unborn ages make my song
The joy and labour of their tongue.

6 But who can speak Thy wondrous deeds?
Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds:
Vast and unsearchable Thy ways!
Vast and immortal be Thy praise !

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I will extol Thee, my God, O King, and I will
praise Thy name for ever and ever.
Ps. cxlv. I.

TH

`HEE I'll extol, my God and King;
Thine endless praise proclaim;

To Thee my daily tribute bring;

And ever bless Thy name.

2 For Thou art great, supremely great,
And highly to be praised;
Thy majesty, with boundless height,
Above our thought is raised.

3 Ages to ages shall proclaim

Thy deeds of truth and might;
And men shall praise Thy glorious name,
And in Thy love delight.

4 Thine is an everlasting throne,

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And Thy dominion sure :

The saints shall make Thy glories known,
And let the earth adore.

L.M.

DODDRIDGE.*

While I live will I praise the Lord.

Ps. cxlvi. 2.

OD of my life, through all its days,

My grateful powers shall sound Thy praise;
The song shall wake with opening light,
And echo to the silent night.

2 When anxious cares would break my rest,
And griefs would tear my throbbing breast,
Thy tuneful praises raised on high

Shall check the murmur and the sigh.

3 When death o'er nature shall prevail,
And all its powers of language fail,

Joy through my swimming eyes shall b
And mean the thanks I cannot speak.

4. But O, when that last conflict's o'er,
And I am chained to flesh no more,
With what glad accents shall I rise,
To join the music of the skies.

5 Soon shall I learn the exalted strains,
Which echo through the heavenly plair
And emulate, with joy unknown,
The glowing seraphs round Thy throne

6 My cheerful tribute will I give,
Long as a deathless soul can live ;
A work so sweet, a theme so high,
Demands and crowns eternity.

L.M.

MONTG

36 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom

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Ps. cxlv. 13.

OD is the Lord; around His thron
In heaven, adoring seraphim,
And ransomed saints, ascribe alone
All power, might, majesty to Him.

2 On earth His church impregnable,
Built on the Rock of Ages, stands,
And yet, against the gates of hell,
Shall send salvation through all land:

3 Thou by whose word the worlds were In wisdom and in goodness framed, By every creature be obeyed,

By every tongue Thy praise proclain