5 In God the saints for ever live,
The Lord will grace and glory give;
He hears his children when they cry,
And will no real good deny,

6 O Lord of hosts, thy dread commands
Are known and kept by heavenly bands,
And devils at thy presence flee,
Blest is the man, who trusts in thee.

PSALM 84. C. M.

Delight in divine worship.

1 HOW pleasant is the sacred ground, Where God his house has built,

Where grace proclaims with joyful sound, A pardon for our guilt.

2 While lively faith the soul transports, And love inspires the song,

'Tis heaven in God's terrestrial courts, To join the joyful throng.

3 There the great Monarch of the skies,
His saving power display,

And light breaks in to cheer our eyes,
With kind and quick'ning rays.

4 With his rich gifts the heavenly Dove,
Descends and fills the place,

While Christ reveals his wond'rous love
And sheds abroad his grace.

5 'Tis there the promis'd Paraclete*
A taste of heaven imparts,

And makes the work of grace complete,
By comforting our hearts.

PAUSE.

6 Mine heart, O God, cries out for thee, And thus thy grace implores;

* Paraclete, comforter.

"When shall I tread thy courts and see The God my soul adores?” 7 The sparrow builds herself a nest, She loves thy temple well;

O, make me like the sparrows blest,
Within thine house to dwell.
8 To hear one day the gospel sound,
And feel the heavenly joy,
Exceeds the whole perpetual round.
Of pleasures vain and coy.

9 Lord, at thy threshold I would wait,
While Jesus is within,
Rather than fill a throne of state
Or live in tents of sin.

10 Could I the spacious earth command,
If all the sea were mine,
For one blest hour at thy right-hand,
I'd freely both resign.

PSALM 84. As the 148th.

Longing for the house of God.

I LORD of the heavenly hosts,
How pleasant is thy court,
How beauteous are the posts,
That yield it firm support,
The sacred spot

Where Jesus dwells,
By far excells

The sinner's lot.

2 Thy sparrow builds her nest,
And there her young she lays;
There fluttering swallows rest,
And spend their happy days.
My spirit longs

And even faints,

To meet the saints,
And join their songs.

3 'Tis at this sacred pool,
The Lord his grace bestows;
Like water fresh and cool,
The 'eternal spirit flows.
Flow on, sweet flood,
I love the brink,
Where sinners drink

A Savior's blood.

4 We go from strength to strength, Thro this dark vale of tears,

And we shall meet at length,
When Christ our Lord appears.
Heaven is the place,
Where God our King,
Shall quickly bring,

His chosen race.

PAUSE.

5 One happy day to 'employ,
Where God and saints abide,
Affords me greater joy,
Than half my life beside.
I'd rather stand

Before his gate,
Than live in state
And rule the land.

6 God is our sun and shield,
Our refuge and our tower,
Victorious in the field,
We conquer by his power.
The Lord will keep
His chosen flock,
And like a rock
Defend his sheep.

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7. The Lord his people knows,
And will no good deny,
His hand the gift bestows,
When humble sinners cry.
God oft imparts

The heavenly gift,
Before we lift

To heaven our hearts.

8 O, bless the 'eternal Mind,
Exalt him all ye meek,
Your weary souls shall find
The heavenly rest you seek.
O Lord above,

How blest is he

Who trusts in thee,

For God is love.

PSALM 85. Part 1. L. M. Deliverance begun and completed.

1 ALMIGHTY God, thy gracious hand, Has wrought salvation for our land, And far dispers'd that heavy gloom, When war or slavery seem'd our doom. 2 Far from our shores our foes are driven, Our mumerous sins are all forgiven; Thou hast our sons from bondage freed, And own'd us as thy chosen seed. 3 The Lord has sav'd the sinking state, Has made his fiercest wrath to 'abate, Turn us again, O God, to thee, And make our souls completely free. 4 We deprecate* thy dreadful ire, No more let vengeance burn like fire, Again our drooping souls revive, And keep our languidt hopes alive. * To deprecate, to pray against evil. Languid, faint, weak, feeble.

5 On us eternal life bestow,

We would the great salvation know, O make our guilty land thy choice, And let the church in thee rejoice. 6 With fervent faith, and filial fear, What God shall say, we wait to hear; "No more, he saith, to folly turn, Lest my vindictive vengeance burn!"

PSALM 85. Part 2. L. M.

Salvation by Christ.

1 SALVATION is for ever near
The men, who make the Lord their fear;
For in his fear they find his love,
And raise their heaven-born souls above.
2 The Son descending from on high,
Has brought the great salvation nigh,
Has sav'd our sinking world from hell,
That in our land may glory dwell.
3 With salutation soft and sweet,
-His truth and mercy kindly meet,
While peace and righteousness agree,
To set the ransom'd sinner free.

4 Truth, like a vine, from earth shall rise,
And spread its branches toward the skies,
His righteousness from heaven shall shine,
To warm the ground, and bless the vine.
5 Whate'er is good the Lord shall give,
On him dependant creatures live;

He grants them earth, confirms their lease,
And makes the land to yield increase.

6 But greater favor God bestows,
Eternal life thro Jesus flows,

He never turns his saints adrift,
To perish with an earthly gift.