FAR hence each superstition vain,
Wild offspring of the human brain;
The truths that fill thy hallow'd page,
My happier choice, great God, engage;
Safe on thy word my trust I build,
O thou, my refuge and my shield.

2

Sustain❜d by thine Almighty aid,
What danger shall my soul invade?
Nor error's cloud nor arts of sin
My soul from thy obedience win;
In vain shall these their force apply,
To turn from thy decrees mine eye.

194. C. M.

BLEST is the man who trusts the Lord,
Whose hope in God is strong!
Who makes the blessings of his word
The theme of joyful song.

2

He, like the spreading tree is seen,
Of firm and water'd root;

In year of drought with vigor green,
And yielding plenteous fruit.

195. S. M.

1

To God the only wise,

Our Saviour and our King, Let all his saints, with joyful hearts, Their humble praises bring.

2

By his unfading love,

His counsel, and his care,

From falling he can keep us safe,
And guard from ev'ry snare.

3

He can present our souls Unblemish'd and complete, Before the glory of his face, With joys divinely great.

4

There all his duteous sons Shall meet around the throne, Shall bless the conduct of his grace, And make his wonders known.

5

To God the only wise,

All majesty belongs,

And be his pow'r and grace ador'd

In everlasting songs.

ANTHEMS.

196.

INTRODUCTORY.

I was glad when they said unto me, We will go into the house of the Lord. Peace be within thy walls, and plenteousness within thy palaces. Amen.-Callcott..

LORD of all power and might, thou that art the author-thou that art the giver of all good things; graft in our hearts the love of thy name, increase in us true religion.

Nourish us in all goodness, and of thy great mercy keep us in the same, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.-Mason.

198.

O COME, let us sing unto the Lord, let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and show ourselves glad in him with psalms. For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In his

hand are all the corners of the earth, and the strength of the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it; and his hands prepared the dry land. Oh, come let us worship and fall down, and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is the Lord our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.-Chapple.

199.

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY Lord God Almighty! which was, and is, and is to come, who shall not glorify thy name? For thou only art holy, thou only art the Lord. Amen.-Chapman.

200.

Blessed is he that considereth the poor and needy; the Lord shall deliver him in the time of need.

He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

He delivered the poor that cried; the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance, and the wise shine as the brightness of the firmament.-Ebdon.

Table of First Lines.

Affliction is a stormy deep
Again the Lord of life and light
A glory gilds the sacred page
All nature dies and lives again
All powerful self existent God
All seeing God! 'tis thine to know
All yet is well, the mother said
Almighty Author of my frame
Almighty God! Thy powerful word
Almighty Maker, God!

Almighty power! amazing are thy ways 12

Another fleeting day is gone

Art thou unhappy? in thy grief

As the good shepherd gently leads
Author of good! We rest on thee
Awake my soul! stretch every nerve
Before Jehovah's awful throne
Begin my soul! the exalted lay
Behold, he comes! your leader comes
Behold that wise, that perfect law
Behold the path that mortals tread
Behold the Prince of Peace
Blest are the meek, the sacred train
Blest is the man who trusts the Lord
Come, let us to the Lord our God

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119

71

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35

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138

57

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195

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