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Is not thy mercy still the same,
To cheer my drooping heart?
5 Is blooming health my happy share;
O may I bless my God!

Thy goodness let my song declare,
And spread thy praise abroad.

6 While such delightful gifts as these
Are kindly dealt to me,

Be all my hours of health and ease
Devoted, Lord, to thee.

7 If cares and sorrows me surround,
Their power why should I fear?
My inward peace they cannot wound,
If thou, my God, art near.

8 Thy sovereign ways are all unknown
To my weak, erring sight;

Yet let my soul, adoring, own
That all thy ways are right.

MRS. STEELE.

HYMN 147. S. M.

A holy God worshipped with Reverence. Ps, xcix.

THE God, Jehovah reigns,

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Let all the nations fear;

Let sinners tremble at his throne,
And saints be humble there.

2 Exalt the Lord our God,
And worship at his feet;
His nature is ail holiness,
And mercy is his seat.

3 When Israel was his church,

When Aaron was his priest,

When Moses cry'd, when Samuel pray'd,
He gave his people rest.

4 Oft he forgave their sins,

Nor would destroy their race;

And oft he made his vengeance known,
When they abus'd his grace.

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5 Exalt the Lord our God,

Whose grace is still the same;
Still he's a God of holiness,
And jealous for his name.

HYMN 148. C. M.

A general Song of Praise.

GOD, my grateful soul aspires
To magnify thy name!

Psa. cviii.

My tongue, with cheerful songs of praise,
Shall celebrate thy fame.

2 Awake, my heart, and thou, my voice,
Thy willing tribute pay;
And let a hymn of sacred joy
Salute the op'ning day.

3 To all the list'ning world around
Thy goodness I will sing;

Whilst ev'ry grateful tongue shall join
To praise th' eternal King:

4 Because thy mercy's boundless height
The highest heav'n transcends ;
And far beyond the spreading earth
Thy faithfulness extends.

5 Be thou exalted, O my God,

Above the starry frame;

And let the world, with one consent,

Confess thy glorious name.

HYMN 149.

WATTS.

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Divine Greatness and Condescension, Psa. cxiii.

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E servants of th' Almighty King,
In ev'ry age his praises sing,
Where'er the circling sun displays
His rising beams or setting rays.
2 Above the earth, beyond the sky,
Stands his high throne of majesty;

Not time, nor nature's narrow rounds,
Can give his vast dominion bounds.
3 What impious mortal rashly dare,
What angel with our God compare?
His glories, how divinely bright,
Who dwells in uncreated light!
4 He bows his glorious head to view
What the bright hosts of angels do;
And condescends yet more to know
The mean affairs of men below.

5 From dust and cottages obscure,
His exalts the humble poor;
Gives them the honour of his sons,

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And makes them meet for heav'nly thrones.

WATTS.

HYMN 150.

S. M.

Praise to God from all Nations. Psa. cxvii.

HY name, Almighty Lord,

THY

Shall sound through distant lands

Great is thy grace, and sure thy word,
Thy truth for ever stands.

2 Far be thine honours spread;
Long may thy praise endure,

Till morning light and ev'ning shade
Shall be exchang'd no more.

THIS

HYMN 151. C. M.

For the Lord's Day. Ps. cxviii.

HIS is the day the Lord hath made,
He calls the hours his own;

Let heav'n rejoice, let earth be glad,
And praise surround thy throne.

2 This day, the Saviour left the dead,
And Satan's empire fell;

This day, the saints his triumph spread,
And all his wonders tell.

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WATTS.

3 Hosanna to th' anointed King,
To David's holy Son!

Save us, O Lord, descend and bring
Salvation from thy throne.

4 Blest be the Lord, who comes to men
With messages of grace;

Who comes in God, his Father's name,
To save our sinful race,

5 Hosanna in the highest strains
The church on earth can raise !
The highest heav'ns in which he reigns
Shall give him nobler praise.

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WATTS.

S. M.

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Salvation by Christ. Psa. cxviii.

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EHOLD the Corner-Stone,
Which God in Zion lays,

To build our heav'nly hopes upon,

And his eternal praise !
The Jewish scribe and priest
Reject it with disdain;

Yet on this Rock shall Zion rest,
And envy rage in vain.

The work, O Lord, is thine,
And wond'rous in our eyes;
This day declares it all divine;
This day did Jesus rise.

4 How glorious is the day,

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By our Redeemer made!

Let us rejoice, and sing and pray,

Let all the church be glad.

Hosanna to the King

Ot David's royal blood!

Bless him, ye saints, he comes to bring

Salvation from your God.

We bless thy holy word,
Which all bis grace displays;
And offer on thine altar, Lord,
Our sacrifice of praise.

WATTS.

HYMN 153. C. M.
Repentance and Obedience. Psa. cxix.
HOU art my portion, O my God!
Soon as I know thy way,

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My heart prepares t' obey thy word,
And suffers no delay.

2 I choose the path of heav'nly truth,
And glory in my choice;
Not all the riches of the earth
Can make me so rejoice.

3 The testimonies of thy grace
I set before my eyes;
Thence I derive my daily strength,
And there my comfort lies.

4 If e'er I wander from thy path,
I think upon my ways,
Then turn my feet to thy commands,
And trust thy pard'ning grace.

5 If thou incline this wand'ring heart
Thy precepts to fulfil;

Then, till my mortal life shall end,

I shall perform thy will.

HYMN 154. C. M.

Instruction from Scripture. Ps. cxix.
HY word is like a heav'nly light,
Which guides us all the day;

THY

And through the dangers of the night,
A lamp to lead our way.

2 When once it enters to the mind
It spreads such light abroad,
The meanest souls instruction find,
And raise their thoughts to God.
3 The starry heav'ns thy rule obey,
The earth preserves her place;
In nature's volume, night and day;
Thy power and skill we trace.

WATTS.

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