Psalms and Hymns, Principally for Public Worship

8 'Let the sweet hope that thou art mine
My life and death attend;
Thy presence through my journey shine,
'And crown my journey's end?ad

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And help me to resign darodT

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2 Why should I shrink at thy commandoT s
Whose love forbids my fears 774

Or tremble at the gracious hand doodT
That wipes away my tears?

3 No, rather let me freely yield What most I prize to thee, v

Who never hast a good withheld,

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5 But ah! my inward spirit cries, ed aomiT 8 Still bind me to thy sway;

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Drives all these thoughts away. Unde aA

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T is the Lord-enthron'd in light,
Whose claims are all divine,
Who has an undisputed right
To govern me and mine.

(1 SAM. iii. 18.) C. MAT ♪

* It is the Lord-who gives me all
My wealth, my friends, my ease;
And of his bounties may recall
Whatever part he please.
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8 It is the Lord-my cov❜nant God,
Thrice blessed be his name!

Whose gracious promise, seal'd with blood,
Must ever be the same.

4 And can my soul, with hopes like these,
Be sullen, or repine?

No, gracious God! take what thou please,
To thee I all resign.

467.

(PSALM XXXI. 15.)

1 SOVEREIGN Ruler of the skies!!!! ♪

Ever gracious, ever wise !gna

All my times are in thy hand,ad SIT
All events at thy command.lllua bna

2 Times of sickness, times of health; mobaW
Times of penury and wealth;
Times of trial and of grief;
Times of triumph and relief:

8 Times the tempter's power to prove
Times to taste a Saviour's love:d 2
All must come, and last, and end,
As shall please my heavenly Friend

4 Thee, at all times, will I bless;
Having thee, I all possess 37
How can I bereaved be,
Since I cannot part with thee?

468.

(PSALM xlii. 7-11.)

AFFLICTION is a stormy deep,

Where wave resounds to wave;
Though o'er my head the billows roll,
I know the Lord can save.

2 The hand that now withholds my joys
$. Can reinstate my peace;

And he who bade the tempest roar,
Can bid that tempest cease.

8 In the dark watches of the night,
I'll count his mercies o'er;

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I'll praise him for ten thousand past,
And humbly sue for more.

4 When darkness and when sorrows rose,
And press'd on every side,

The Lord has still sustain'd my steps, [A
And still has been my Guide.vo UA

5 Here will I rest, and build my hopes, subdue & Nor murmur at his rod;igh 90 disini.M He's more than all the world to me

ylis My health, my life, my God! da od baA

469. ori o 91T 1 HOW OW vast the treasure we possessed • Бто How rich thy bounty, King of grace This world is ours, and worlds an A to come; Earth is our lodge, and heaven our home.

2 All things are ours, the gifts of God,
The purchase of a Saviour's blood; H
While the good Spirit shews us how
To use and to improve them too.

8 If peace and plenty crown my days,

They help me, Lord, to speak thy praise & If bread of sorrows be my food,

Those sorrows work my lasting good.

4 Father, I wait thy daily will;

Thou shalt divide my portion still: Ero Mg
Grant me on earth what seems thee best,
Till death and heaven reveal the restos all

1 AWAKE, my zeal, awake, my love, al♪

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In works which perfect saints above, da oT
And holy angels, cannot do. ad oviy baA

2 Awake, my charity, to feed iq to ahow aiH 2
The hungry soul, and clothe the poortsI
In heaven are found no sons of need,onc H
There all these duties are no mored liad2

8 Subdue thy passions, O my soul!!
Maintain the fight, thy work pursue
Daily thy rising sins control, red aroar 2'sH
And be thy victories ever new.fined уM

4 The land of triumph, lies on high, Ca
There are no foes to encounter there:
Lord, I would conquer till I die,
And finish all the glorious war.