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WATTS.

H. M.

God's Wonders of Creation and Providence. Ps. 136. 1 GIVE thanks to God most high, The universal Lord,

The sovereign King of kings,
And be his grace adored:
His power and grace

Are still the same;
And let his name
Have endless praise.

2 How mighty is his hand!

What wonders hath he done!
He formed the earth and seas,
And spread the heavens alone:
Thy mercy, Lord,

Shall still endure;

And ever sure Abides thy word. 3 He sent his only Son

To save us from our woe,
From Satan, sin, and death,
And every hurtful foe:

His power and grace
Are still the same;
And let his name
Have endless praise.

4 Give thanks aloud to God,
To God the heavenly King,
And let the spacious earth
His works and glories sing:
Thy mercy, Lord,

Shall still endure;
And ever sure

Abides thy word.

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L. M.

WATTS.

God's Wonders of Creation and Providence. Ps. 136. 1 GIVE to our God immortal praise; Mercy and truth are all his ways: Wonders of grace to God belong ; Repeat his mercies in your song.

2 Give to the Lord of lords renown;
The King of kings with glory crown:
His mercies ever shall endure,
When lords and kings are known no more.

3 He built the earth, he spread the sky,
And fixed the starry lights on high:
Wonders of grace to God belong;
Repeat his mercies in your song.

4 He fills the sun with morning light; He bids the moon direct the night: His mercies ever shall endure,

When suns and moons shall shine no more.

5 He sent his Son with power to save
From guilt, and darkness, and the grave:
Wonders of grace to God belong;
Repeat his mercies in your song.

6 Through this vain world he guides our feet, And leads us to his heavenly seat:

His mercies ever shall endure,

When this vain world shall be no more.

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MERRICK.

The Perfections and Providence of God. Ps. 136.

1 LIFT your voice, and thankful sing
Praises to your heavenly King;
For his blessings far extend,
And his mercy knows no end.

2 Be the Lord your only theme,

Who of gods is God supreme;
He, to whom all lords beside
Bow the knee, and veil their pride;

3 Who asserts his just command, By the wonders of his hand;

He, whose wisdom, throned on high,
Built the mansions of the sky;

4 He, who bade the watery deep
Under earth's foundations sleep,
And the orbs that gild the pole,
Through the boundless ether roll; →

5 Thee, O sun, whose powerful ray
Rules the empire of the day;
You, O moon and stars, whose light
Breaks the horrors of the night.

6 He with food sustains, O earth,
All that claim from thee their birth;
For his blessings wide extend,

And his mercv knows no end.

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L. M.

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.

BROWNE.

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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C. M.

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.

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6s M.

Unity of God.

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.

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DRUMMOND.

L. M.

God eternal and unchangeable.

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

WALKER'S COL.

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