ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS.

PART FIRST-GENERAL PRAISE TO GOD.

Section first.....Exhortations to Praise.....

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second..Manifestations of divine glory 9- 15

third....The works of God

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fourth..The perfections of God

fifth....The Trinity

sixth,..Doxologies

PART SECOND-THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Section first.....His incarnation and mission

16- 22

23-43

44- 46

47-50

51- 59

second.. His sufferings and death.. 60- 75

third...His resurrection and ascen-

Section first..... Its nature and importance 155--166

second..Proceeding from divine

third...Derived through Christ.. 171-185

fourth ..Revealed in the gospel... 186-214

fifth ..Applied by the Holy Spirit 215–224

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PART FOURTH-CHRISTIAN ORDINANCES.

Section first..... Public Worship

second..The Lord's Day

third...The Gospel Ministry.

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225-253

254-266

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267-274

fourth..Remembering the poor... 375-376

fifth Worship at sea......................

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sixth....Prayer Meetings

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377-380

381-392

seventh Opening a place of worship 393-394

eighth.. Family worship....

ninth ... Christian intercourse

tenth...National occurrences

eleventh Morning or evening

twelfth Seasons of the year

PART SIXTH-THE PEOPLE OF GOD.

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395-397

398-406

407-410

411-420

421-423

Section first....The church general...... 424-434

second..The privileges of believers 435-453

third...The Christian character.. 454-507

fourth..Addresses to the churches 508-516

fifth....The Christian life.

second..Christ's second advent... 568-578

third...State of the glorified

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579-600

Note,-An asterisk placed before a hymn, denotes that it is

copyright, and inserted by permission. The hymns which have

two are original, excepting No. 379, which should have only

one.

HYMNS

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CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP.

Part First.

GENERAL PRAISE TO GOD..

1.

C. M. Exhortation to Praise. Psalm cvii. 8.

1 LIFT up to God the voice of praise,
Whose breath our souls inspir'd;
Loud and more loud the anthem raise,
With grateful ardour fir'd!

2 Lift up to God the voice of praise,
Whose tender care sustains

Our feeble frame encompass'd round
With death's unnumber'd pains!

3 Lift up to God the voice of praise,
Whose goodness, passing thought,
Loads ev'ry minute as it flies,
With benefits unsought!

4 Lift up to God the voice of praise,
From whom salvation flows;
Who sent his Son our souls to save
From everlasting woes!

5 Lift up to God the voice of praise,
For hope's transporting ray,

That lights through darkest shades of death
To realms of endless day!

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L.M. Praise to Jehovah.

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Psalm cxlviii. 1, 2, 13, 14.

1 LOUD hallelujahs to the Lord,

From distant worlds where creatures dwell:
Let heav'n begin the solemn word,
And sound it dreadful down to hell.

2 The Lord, how absolute he reigns!
Let ev'ry angel bend the knee ;
Sing of his love in heav'nly strains,
And tell how great his glories be.
3 Wide as his vast dominion lies,
Let the Creator's name be known:
Loud as his thunder shout his praise,
And sound it lofty as his throne.

4 Jehovah! 'tis a glorious word;
O may it dwell on ev'ry tongue!
But saints who best have known the Lord,
Are bound to raise the noblest song.
5 Sing of the wonders of that love,
Which Gabriel plays on ev'ry chord;
From all below, and all above,
Loud hallelujahs to the Lord.

3.

C. M. God's dominion celebrated.

Psalm xcv. 1-7.

1 SING to the Lord Jehovah's name,
And in his strength rejoice;

When his salvation is our theme,
Exalted be our voice.

2 With thanks approach his awful sight,
And psalms of honour sing;

The Lord's a God of boundless might,
The whole creation's King.

8 Let princes hear, let angels know,
How mean their natures séem;
Those gods on high, and gods below,
When once compar'd with him."

4 Earth, with its caverns dark and deep,
Lies in his spacious hand;

He fix'd the seas what bounds to keep
And where the hills must stand.

5 Come, and with humble souls adore;
Come, bow before his face;

may the creatures of his pow'r
Be children of his grace!

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L. M. Praise to the Divine Majesty. 1 Tim. vi. 15, 16.

1 IF subjects of an earthly king

Their monarch's glories wide proclaim,
The saints with greater zeal may sing
The honours of Jehovah's name.

2 His majesty exceeds all thought,
His judgments are unsearchable,

His will the world from nothing brought, How great his grace no tongue can tell. 3 In robes of uncreated light

He fills his throne of brightness great ;
Invisible to mortal sight

The bless'd and only Potentate.

4 The purpose which his will records,
His arm omnipotent maintains;
The King of kings and Lord of lords,
O'er all the universe he reigns.

5 Angels their noblest anthems raise
To him as God alone ador'd;
While seraphim respond his praise,
The Holy, Holy, Holy Lord!