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BROWNE.

Praise to the only true God. Ps. 86.

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 possessed;
Controlled by none are thy commands;
Thou in thyself alone art blessed.

3 Worship to thee alone belongs;

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

4 Lord, spread thy name through heathen lands;
Their idol deities dethrone;
Subdue the world to thy commands,
And reign, as thou art, God alone.

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TATE & BRADY.

The only true and adorable God. Ps. 86.

1 AMONG the gods there's none like thee,

O Lord, alone divine!

To thee as much inferior they,

As are their works to thine.

2 Therefore their great Creator, thee,
The nations shall adore,

Their long misguided prayers and praise
To thy blest name restore.

3 All shall confess thee great, and great
The wonders thou hast done;
Confess thee God, thee God supreme;
Confess thee God alone.

1 THE God who reigns alone
O'er earth, and sea, and sky,
Let man with praises own,
And sound his honors high.

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

3 He formed the living flame,
He gave the reasoning mind;
Then only he may claim
The worship of mankind.

4 So taught his only Son,
Blest Messenger of grace!
The Eternal is but one;
No second holds his place.

DRUMMOND.

WALKER'S COL.

God eternal and unchangeable.

1 ALL-POWERFUL, self-existent God,
Who all creation dost sustain !

Thou wast, and art, and art to come,
And everlasting is thy reign.

2 Fixed and eternal as thy days, Each glorious attribute divine, Through ages infinite, shall still

With undiminished lustre shine.

3 Fountain of being, Source of good!
Immutable thou dost remain ;
Nor can the shadow of a change
Obscure the glories of thy reign.

4 Earth may with all her powers dissolve,
If such the great Creator's will;
But thou forever art the same;

I AM is thy memorial still.

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BURNS.

God's Eternity and Man's Frailty. Ps. 90.

1 O THOU, the first, the greatest Friend
Of all the human race!

Whose strong right hand has ever been
Their stay and dwelling-place.

2 Before the mountains heaved their heads
Beneath thy forming hand,
Before this ponderous globe itself
Arose at thy command, -

3 That power, which raised and still upholds This universal frame,

From countless, unbeginning time,

Was ever still the same.

4 Those mighty periods of years,
Which seem to us so vast,
Appear no more before thy sight
Than yesterday that's past.

5 Thou giv'st the word; thy creature, man,
Is to existence brought;

Again thou say'st, "Ye sons of men,
Return ye into nought."

6 Thou layest them, with all their cares,
In everlasting sleep;

As with a flood thou tak'st them off,
With overwhelming sweep.

7 They flourish like the morning flower,
In beauty's pride arrayed ;

But, long ere night, cut down, it lies
All withered and decayed.

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TATE & BRADY.

God's Eternity and Sovereignty. Ps. 93.

1 WITH glory clad, with strength arrayed,
The Lord that o'er all nature reigns,
The world's foundations strongly laid,
And the vast fabric still sustains.

2 How surely 'stablished is thy throne!
Which shall no change or period see;
For thou, O Lord, and thou alone,
Art God from all eternity.

3 The floods, O Lord, lift up their voice,
And toss the troubled waves on high;
But God above can still their noise,
And make the angry sea comply.

4 Thy promise, Lord, is ever sure,

And they that in thy house would dwell,

That happy station to secure,

Must still in holiness excel.

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MRS. STEELE.

God eternal and unchangeable. Ps. 102.

1 EARTH'S old foundations thou hast laid;

The heavens a glorious frame !

By thy almighty hand were spread,
And speak their Maker's name.

2 Their shining wonders all shall fade,
By thy controlling power,

Changed like a vesture quite decayed;
But thou shalt still endure.

3 Thy bright perfections, all divine,
Eternal as thy days,
Through everlasting ages shine,
With undiminished rays.

4 Thy servants' children, still thy care,
Shall own their fathers' God,

To latest times thy favor share,
And spread thy praise abroad.

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God's eternal Dominion.

WATTS.

1 GREAT God, how infinite art thou!
What worthless worms are we!
Let the whole race of creatures bow,
And pay their praise to thee.

2 Thy throne eternal ages stood,

Ere seas or stars were made;
Thou art the ever-living God,
Were all the nations dead.