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FROM THE LIBRARY OF REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON, D. D.

BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO

THE LIBRARY OF

PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

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Section

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ARRANGEME^S? 8 1936

OF THE \(0iQ(ii^l SFJJ^S

PSALMS, HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS,

OF THE

REV. ISAAC WATTS, D.D.

INCLUDING

(WHAT NO OTHER VOLUME CONTAINS)

ALL HIS HYMNS

WITH WHICH THE

Vacancies in the First Book were filled up in 1756, and also those in 1793;

NOW COLLATED,

WITH EACH OF THE DOCTOR'S OWN EDITIONS :

TO WHICH ARE SUBJOINED

INDEXES,

VERY MUCH ENLARGED, BOTH OP SCRIPTURES AND OF SUBJECTS.

SIXTH EDITION.

By JOHN RIPPON, D.D. LONDON:

SOLD BY THE AUTHOR,

And at his Vestry, Carter-Lane, Tooley-Street ;

BY LONGMAN AND CO. AND BUTTON AND SON, PATERNOSTER ROW ; AND BY MM OTHER BOOKSELLERS.

DIRECTIONS TO MINISTERS AND CLERKS

Who use this Arrangement in public. It seems proper to mention the old Number first; and the page of the new one thus : —

147th Hymn of the second book— 55th page of the Arrangement ; or only page 55.

*** The number of the Hymn and Psalm always answers to the number of the page, thus— Hymn 5, page 5. Hymn 40, page 40. The number that follows the name of the Tunes refers to Dr. RipporCs Tune- Book; thus: — Hymn 20, Henly 38, that is, Tune 38, in Dr. Rippon's Selection of Tunes.

[Entered at Stationers' Hall.]

BARNARD AWD FARLEY,

Skinner Strut, London*

PREFACE.

IN the roll of pre-eminent charac ters which have attained literary fame and transmitted to posterity a memory embalmed with the odours of gra- titude, the Rev. Dr. Isaac Watts ranks high. It was the eulogium of candour, at the demand of justice, which Dr. Johnson pronounced when he said, That Jew men have left behind such purity of character, or such monuments of labo- rious piety. Among these, Christians without number are peculiarly indebted to him for his Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs. What denomination of Protestants, to whom the English language is vernacular, can we find either at home or abroad, who have not derived pious edification from these inesti- mable compositions of our sweet singer in Israel ? Humble cottages, rustic barns, decent meeting-houses, and capacious tabernacles, are not the only temples which have been made vocal by his lays, or whose worshippers soar in his songs :— their inspiration has been felt under the vaulted arch of many a Gothic edifice; while, not Sternhold and Hopkins only, but Tate, Brady, and other great names, have occasionally resigned the honours of poetry, and of praise. Of this, a letter from the celebrated Rev. Mr. James Hervey, in 1T4;7, is a pleasing specimen. After pronouncing an encomium on the Doctor'? works, as the favourite pattern by which he would form his conduct and model his style, he adds; " Among other of your edifying compositions, I have reason to thank you for your sacred songs, which I have introduced into the service of my church; so that in the solemnities of the sabbath, and in a lec- ture on the week-day, your muse lights up the incense of our praise, and furnishes our devotions with harmony. " This charming paragraph conveys the sentiments, and expresses the practice of many an evangelical clergy- man belonging to the national establishment. And a small acquaintance with the state of religion in our native country, and in other lands, induces me to form a conjecture, which I think is far within the precincts of moderation, that through the last half hundred years, more than a million tongues are every Lord's day, employed,

" With songs and honours sounding- loud,"' for the poetry of which, they are, under God, indebted to his distinguished pen, and for the piety of them, to his devotional heart.

Few, however, are the publications which have been printed in so shameful a manner. The most costly and the most common editions have long furnished reasons for universal complaint.

Pashain's edition, indeed, issued from the press under a very careful eye; but having been printed, it seems, from an imperfect edition, it retain* many inaccuracies of its original ; and will always be distinguished by an acci- dent— I mean the omission of a whole verse in the 91st Hymn of the second book.

WayUind/s edition at length followed, and then several others; but they carefully preserved most of the false readings, and created others. One

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edition appeared, in which the lines were transposed ; other editions pur- posely altered the stanzas, and destroyed all sense. A small copy was pub- lished without any one title to either of the Hymns or Psalms, and so deprived the public of many hundred lines. Other editions went farther yet, and re- taining the titles, omitted all the Index of Scriptures, and all the Index of Subjects. Several of the editions published by the booksellers themselves have from four to five hundred considerable errors— and after a careful peru- sal of one of their editions, which does not appear to be inferior to several of the rest, I can scarcely find two correct pages following each other, either in the Hymns or Psalms, unless an exception be made in the title-page, and the blank page at the back of it.

Two or three of the latest editions, and of neat appearance, have been introduced to the public as " repairers of the breach"— purporting to be printed verbatim, or extremely correct, from a standard copy. The principle on which these were published rests on a fundamental error. After pursuing an acquaintance with all Dr. Watts's editions, occasionally ever since 1778, when Pasham's volume was published, I am, in some measure, prepared to assert, That whoever really prints verbatim, from any one copy of Dr. Watts's Hymns or Psalms, will never give his text. However, I have collated one of these latest editions, and was surprised to find, that though it is an- nounced as printed from one of the Doctor's most approved copies, it has not only the misprints, which, I suppose, are almost unavoidable in all books, but it is intentionally made to differ from every one of Dr. Watts's own edi- tions, in more than an hundred and fifty places, without any intimation of it to the reader.

A genuine edition, therefore, of this useful work, which is a professed object of the present undertaking, cannot be unacceptable to the religious public.

HISTORY OF THE HYMNS.

It may be proper to observe, that the volume of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, first printed in the year 1707, contained only 78 Hymns in the first book; 110 in the second; and 22 Hymns, with 12 Doxologies in the third book. A supplement to thefirst edition was published in 1709, by which the Hymns in the first book were increased from 78 to 150, in the second from 110 to 170, and in the third from 22 to 25, besides the addition of three Doxologies, and of four other pieces, entitled Hosannas, or, Salvation ascribed to Christ. These auxiliaries were highly interesting, and of great merit. But the addition of so many hymns to a multitude of others, all of which were of heterogeneeus association, will sufficiently account for the want of method through the whole volume.

At the publication of the supplement, it was too late to educe order out of confusion, or to graft the scion of method on the stock of irregularity. The erections in the first streets of the city having derived their situation from accident, the accession of new ones only lengthened the labyrinth.

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The Doctor, unhappily, opens his first book with the Apocalypse, and nearly concludes it with hymns on Isaiah. Or, if we compare the first and second book together, it will be seen that the first book begins with the Revelation, celebrating- the Death of Christ, and the Day of Judgment ; and that some of the last hymns in the second book are composed on the book of Job, and one of them on the first chapter of Genesis, with this very title, " The Creation of the World."

These things considered, it will be generally admitted, that whatever ar- rangement is given to the Hymns will be likely to place some of them at least, in a situation every way preferable to that which they hold at present.

REASONABLENESS OF ARRANGEMENT.

The Hymns in the first part were composed " on particular portions of Scripture," and therefore obtained a book for themselves; but the Doctor informs us, that he might have applied some text or other to every verse in the second part, " if this method had" appeared to him to have " been as useful as it was easy." Of course, as the first part and the second were on similar subjects, they admitted of being formed into one book; to which the superior poetry of some of the latter, or " the neglect of rhyme in the first and third lines of the stanza," could have been no sufficient objection, being seldom observed by one plain christian in a thousand, and never regarded in our public assemblies. Indeed, as the Hymns in the first part and the second are all distinguishable by texts of scripture, it might have seemed more natural to unite than to separate them. And I conjecture, that it must be impossible to mention a single disadvantage which would have followed on their union. And then, if the first and second book, being oil scriptural subjects, and reducible to certain texts, might so properly have formed one book; for the same reason, the thirdhook might have been united with them, because it also chiefly consists of " paraphrases of Scripture," with texts placed over many of them, as distinctly as they are in the first book. The adoption of this method would have prevented the everlasting encumbrance and perplexity of turning backward and forward, when an article is wanted, through first book, and second book, and third book. Or, as all the subjects were derived from the Old Testament and the New, if the Hymns could have been placed in the order of the sacred books, it would very much have superseded the necessity of an Index of Scriptures, as Mr. Orton has done, with great acceptance, in the volume of our celebrated Dr. Doddridge.

But to these methods there is, and I suppose always will remain, this grand objection, " That the Doctor has judiciously placed together, in the third book, the Hymns on the Lord's Supper, as being on one subject; the advantage of which our pastors constantly experience, especially at the administration of that sacred ordinance : for the needful section may be turned to in a mo- ment, without the aid of first lines, or of any index." This is a fair objec- tion, and I consider it unanswerable. But, if there be any reason why the Hymns on the Lord's Supper should have been united, and remain together,

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there is precisely the same why the Hymns on Baptism should be gathered into one section. If the former are naturally and advantageously united, the latter are unnaturally and disadvantageously separated. And then, if these remarks are just concerning distinct chapters for the Hymns on Baptism and the Lord's Supper, I cannot be the herald of information to the intelligent in saying, that they are of equal application to every other subject of general classification, from one end to the other of these interesting productions. It is on this principle the subsequent arrangement is made, including the

INTERSPERSION OF THE PSALMS AMONG THE HYMNS.

Here three things should be considered :

1 . In 1719, viz. twelve years after the first publication of the Hymns, Dr. Walts published his Psalms of David. In executing his design, he takes an whole Psalm, many verses of one, or some times only a few, transposing at pleasure. And he has, not without the reasons which are mentioned in his notes, entirely omitted whole Psalms. Particularly the 28, 43, 52, 54, 59, 61, 70, 79, SS, 108, 137, and 140,* and he has also passed over a great part of many more. These things are mentioned, not as expressive of disapproba- tion, but to state a fact. Transposition, abridgment, and omission, were essentials of his plan, without which he could not have executed it. They do not imply defect, they are attributed to design. But if the Doctor's Work had been a close translation of all the Psalms, and a regular paraphrase of every verse of the sacred original, as the publications of several persons have professed to be, the necessity of arranging them among the Hymns might never have occurred to any person.

2. The many titles, and very different subjects which are given in the same Psalm, seem to require a separation into distinct sections as much as the Hymns on the Lord's Supper, or those on Solomon's Song. Examine only a part of the titles belonging to a few of the Psalms and this will appear. Over the 16th Psalm the Doctor has justly placed these different, if not un- connected heads, Saints the best Company — Christ's All-sufficiency— Support and Counsel from God without Merit — The Death and Resurrection of Christ. As great a diversity may be seen in the titles of the 10"th Psalm: Israel led to Canaan and Christians to Heaven — Correction for Sin — A Psalm for the Glutton and Drunkard — The Mariner's Psalm — Colonics planted. The 144th Psalm also might be produced as an instance, with many more, whose parts seem to have but little if any necessary connexion; nor will their being Called Psalm 16th, 107th, or by any other single numbers, give them unity of subjects, or pro- duce any relation either just or natural between them.

3. There can be nothing improper in the interspersion of the Psalms among the Hymns, because many of the Psalms are already mingled with them, and have been so from the beginning. This probably has escaped the observation of most persons : but if Dr. Watts's Index of Scriptures, and my enlarged one, be consulted, as well as the titles of the first and second book

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of the Hymns, it will be seen that there are more pieces among the Hymns which are composed from the Psalms, than there are either from Matthew or Mark, Luke or John, or from the important epistle to the Hebrews. If therefore it was not conceived to be a matter of complaint, through the last century, that so many of the Psalms were inserted and left among the Hymns, I hope the present distribution of all of them among their fellows will give no just offence, as it only causes kindred subjects to fill the ranks of order, and like so many brethren, with fraternal amity, to dwell together in unity*

ADDITIONAL HYMNS IN THIS EDITION.

It is well known that Dr. Watts, in his second edition of the Hymns, left out many of the Psalms, intending to introduce them in his Psalm book, as he did, with slight alterations, in the year 1719. From this cause, Hymns 4, 22, 23, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 43, 41, 46, 47, are not to be found either in the second edition, or in any other published in the Doctor's time, or for many years after. This is the more surprising, as the vacuum might so easily have been filled from the various treasures with which, at length, he had favoured the public. All these deficiencies, however, were made good in the year 1786, by Hymns taken from Dr. Watts's Works alone, and chiefly from his Lyric Poems and Miscellanies. Two or three persons, whose names were not mentioned at the time, united in making the little selection, and ta encourage the editions. The disinterested part I took in that service I shall never regret, unless it be proper to regret the happiness of aiding a corrected work, whose enlargements have been every-where acceptable, and of which, I think, there have been published in all, and most of them at a moderate price for the poor, about

ONE HUNDRED AND FORTT THOUSAND COPIES.

The astonishing sale of this enlarged edition roused certain persons; and, as theugh the vacant numbers had not been filled before, of which it was found convenient to be ignorant, they also determined to perform the acceptable service, and accordingly took their materials from the Hymns which are con- nected with Dr. Watts's Sermons. Twenty Thousand copies were printed in 1793. The edition was partly encouraged by the Book Society for promoting religious knowledge among the poor; it was well approved, and is now nearly sold. The number therefore of intelligent persons, at this time, must be very small, who are pleased with the deficiencies of the early editions.

But these enlargements, in common with all improved editions of a work, though they were acceptable to persons who possessed them, occasioned dis- satisfaction to many. Their old editions did not contain the Hymns which were from time to time parcelled out in public service. And in 1793, when the vacancies were filled up by other Hymns, the complaint was greater stiU, — no one found fault with the Hymns which were inserted; but the early edi- tions, the enlargements of 1786, and the different additions of 1793, being all used in the same congregations, confusion necessarily followed. The Hymn frequently given out was not to be found in the old editions, and it was more

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perplexing1 still that the additional Hymns of one enlarged edition very much differed from those of the other; hence, it was natural to wish for all of them. To gratify this desire, and to prevent, in future, every inconvenience, as much as possible, the arrangement contains, what was never before published together, all the supplementary Hymns which are to be found in the different enlarged editions. An omission of those printed in 1793, and which have been well received in Twenty Thousand Copies, would have been great inattention — and it must have been much more criminal not to have inserted those which were published in 1786, and which, since that time, have, in some measure, received the sanction of at least one hundred and forty thousand persons,

ENLARGED INDEXES.

In proportion to the interesting and various contents of any volume must be the necessity of suitable tables of reference. A copious index g-ives facility of use to every important publication; and therefore it must be indispensably necessary in such Hymn Books as are used constantly on Lord's days in public worship, and by many christian families every day in the year. Dr. Watts himself, it is likely, knew where to find any distinct subject which his Hymns or Psalms contained. But it has been matter of regret for many years, that his indexes are singularly deficient. It would seem a report fit for the cata- logue of incredibles to say, that he has not posted so much as five verses in all the five books of Moses. But it will seem more incredible yet to add, that his Index of Scriptures takes not the least notice either of Exodus, Leviticus, N umbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, or, of any book, chapter, or even single verse, from Genesis to Job — that is to say, more than one halfoi the Old Testament in succession is passed over at a stroke. Nor to all the New Testament has he made quite an hundred and twenty references.

I am sorry to add, that the Index of Words and Subjects is like the table of scriptures, remarkably defective. The worth of the soul; the satisfaction of Christ, and an hundred other subjects of perpetual recurrence in the christian ministry, are not to be found either in the Index of the Hymns or of the Psalms, though so many of both are composed on these interesting* topics. I can not therefore but hope that the large accession which the Index of Scriptures has received, and the vast enlargement of the two tables of words and of subjects, which are now included in one, will give general satis- faction to my fellow-labourers in town and country, and also to their most ca- pable assistants in that exalted part of public worship— singing the praises of God. But I do not flatter myself with an assurance that these enlarged tables include every text and word that may be looked for. Yet on being used, I trust there will appear to be but few scriptures or subjects, con- tained in the Hymns and Psalms, which are not to be met with in the In- dexes. And, I am sure, no ingenuous person will complain at not finding in the latter what is not included in the former.

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TUNES OVER THE HYMNS AND PSALMS.

All tki7igs in Ike service of God are to be done decently and in order. But this divine requisition, to which christians pay so much attention in every thing else, is almost totally disregarded in the public singing of the praises of God, though it is confessedly the highest act of worship which the church can perform. Any tune, by any incompetent person, is sung with but very little regard to the subject of the Hymn. This inattention is extremely mischievous in tunes which have a repeat. By a misapplication of these the congregation may be forced not only to stop in the midst of a line, and to go back, before they have pronounced any distinct idea; but also to stop in the very midst of a word, and to retreat, leaving a syllable or two behind, till they advance again, and perhaps oftener than once, to meet the forlorn termination. Cir- cumstances of this description amuse the trifling, pain the sensible and se- rious, and rob whole auditories of their devotion. Different specimens of this evil might be produced if it were necessary. But the folly, I trust, Will commonly, if not always, be escaped, by selecting one or other of the tunes which are now placed over the Hymn or Psalm ; while every person is at full liberty to find a more suitable one whenever he is able.

DOUBLE NUMBERS TO THE HYMNS AND PSALMS.

I feel great pleasure in having given the old numbers as well as the new to the Hymns and Psalms. By this method the poor keep the books they have, and every volume of the former editions retains its place; while the minister and clerk are hereby enabled to give out the old number or the new according to discretion. But I apprehend it will be best to mention both of them ; the old number first, and then the page of the new one — thus, 14?th Hymn of the second book — 55th page of the Arrangement ; or, only page 55.

OBJECTION.

<« If Dr. Watts himself did not fill up the vacancies in the first book, nor arrange the Hymns and Psalms, no other person should have done it." It is true that the excellent man did not introduce the supplementary Hymns. And it is true that he did not correct the errata of his tables, but suffered them to remain through all the editions published in his life time, from the first to the last. And it is also true that he did not fill up his indexes, but left the table of scriptures without inserting one text from Genesis to Job. And it is moreover true that he did not enlarge his table of subjects, which is one of the most incomplete ever annexed to a work of incalculable benefit.—

But will any coyisiderate man— any genuine friend of Dr. Watts's Hymns and Psalms, say, that because the Doctor never corrected those errors, and never improved these indexes,' therefore no one else should do it? Such a declaration is not to be read in the page of reason, nor to be heard, but from the lips of distraction, or in the regions of lunacy.

As to the introduction of the Hymns to fill up the deficiencies in the first book, the general voice has given it an indelible imprimatur, [A 5

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Respecting enlarged Indexes of Scriptures and of Subjects, it may suf- fice to say, that if there be any need at all of Indexes, then the more com.' plete they are the better.

And as to the arranging of the whole into chapters of united sub- jects, I could almost persuade myself, that if it had early enough occurred to the Doctor himself, he would in all probability have approved of it. I judge so for two reasons.

1. Because he has given examples of it in the work itself, and justified the plan in several instances. He has wisely placed, in distinct sections, (1.) The Hymns on Solomon's Song. (2.) Those on the Lord's Supper. (3.) The Songs to the Blessed Trinity ; and, (4.) The Hosannas to Christ. These distinct branches of a beautiful tree hang out their fruits to full view, and we gather without search or difficulty. But the other clustering plenty is sometimes ungathered, untasted, being hidden behind the leaves, or enveloped in the thicket. To have been consistent therefore with himself, the Doctor should have distributed the whole work into sections, or none of it? But by setting the example in several chapters, it is presumed he has sanctioned the analysis of every part of the work.

2. I am strengthened in my persuasion that an Arrangement of the Hymns and Psalms would have met the approbation of Dr. Watts himself; be- cause, the plan has been so generally approved by many of his warmest admirers. It is only the acknowledgment of a debt of gratitude to say, that some of the first characters among the Protestant Dissenters have pronounced a flattering opinion on the design— the voice has been heard with pleasure ; but it has also created a proportioned anxiety to render the execution of the Work not altogether unworthy of the respect and patronage of competent judges.

extracts of the former prefaces. In the large editions of this work there are long notes which the author himself omitted in the smaller, as not absolutely necessary. And, in most of the late editions, the prefaces have been abridged. But it may be proper to retain the following directions.

«* If the Psalm be too long for the time or custom of singing, there are pauses in many of them, at which you may properly rest. And in some places you may begin to sing at a pause. Or you may leave out those verses," in the Psalms and Hymns, " which are thus included in crotchets [ ] without disturbing the sense.

" Do not always confine yourself to six stanzas, but sing seven or eight rather than confound the sense, and abuse the Hymn or Psalm in solemn worship.

" It were to be wished also that we might not dwell so long upon every single note, and produce the syllables to such a tiresome extent, with a constant uniformity of time; which disgraces the music, and puts the congregation quite out of breath in singing five or six stanzas ; whereas, if the method of sing-

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ing were but reformed to a greater speed of pronunciation, we might often enjoy the pleasure of a longer Psalm with less expence of time and breath ; and our Psalmody would be more agreeable to that of the ancient churches, more intelligible to others, and more delightful to ourselves."

CONCLUSION.

I feel myself constrained by inclination and duty to make my very grate- ful acknowledgments to several brethren, who have iu different ways en- couraged this publication: particularly to the Rev. Mr. Timothy Thomas, for his suggestions concerning the plan; and to the Rev. Mr. Collins for his as- sistance in the Index of Scriptures. I have also availed myself of the hints of many other respectable Ministers. But, if after the attempts which have been made to restore Dr. Watts's genuine text, by a collation of copies ; to remove the encumbrance of first, second, and third book ; to reduce all the tables of first lines, of scriptures, and of subjects, into one of each; and to give facility to the use of every part of the Work ; I say, if after these at- tempts any persons of peculiar discernment perceive that a more distant route is the nearest way to the object of their wishes, I am not careful to de- prive them of any gratification.

Finally, I cannot terminate these prefatory remarks without adding, That I have found the duty which I assigned myself arduous, far beyond my ^arly expectations. At its commencement I was introduced into a capacious plain, overspread with glittering armies. The hosts of beauty and of brilliance

appeared

" AH arm'd, all *rdent for the foe,"—

but they were scattered, and few had rallied round any standard. Thus situ- ated, I was neither insensible to the hazard, nor unambitious of the honour, of marshalling the legions. If I had possessed the requisite ardour or skill, both should have been devoted, with all cheerfulness, to lead the van, to form the centre, and to bring up the rear. This I have attempted. Audi am free again to profess, as I did some years since in my Selection of Hymns, from which I have copied the method of this Arrangement, that I have done my best. And if the Hymns and Psalms, which the Doctor esteemed " the greatest work that ever he published for the use of the churches," are, by any attentions of mine rendered in the smallest degree more acceptable and useful in the assemblies of Sion, or to the weakest believer on earth, I shall attribute my humble efforts to the kind interpositions of Providence, enroll the success in the catalogue of distinguished felicities, and endeavour sincerely to consecrate the service and the reward, on the high altar of praise, to the God of all grace, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. To his peculiar blessing; to the can- dour of my reverend brethren in the ministry ; and to the patronage of my fellow-christians ; I humbly commit the Work ; and remain, with increasing affection to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity, Their brother and servant in the Gospel,

JOHN RIPPON.

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TABLE OF THE FIRST LINES.

Hie Figures express the Numbers of the Hymns and Psalms as they are now arranged.

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ABSENT from flesh O blissful thought .. 660 Adam our father and our head 23 1

Adore and tremble for our God 29

Alas! and did my Saviour bleed 327

All glory to thy wondrous name 697

All mortal vanities be gone 274

All ye that love the Lord rejoice 407

Almighty Ruler of the skies 588

Amidst thy wrath remember love b79

Among the assemblies of the great 620

Among the princes earthly Gods 50

And are we wretches yet alive 325

And is this life prolong'd to me 636

And must this body die 674

And now the scales have left mine eyes ... 353

And will the God of grace 490

Are all the foes of Sion fools 493

Are sinners now so senseless grown 492

Arise my gracious God 405

Arise my soul my joyful powers 138

At thy command", our dearest Lord 551

Attend, while God's exalfed son 149

Awake my heart, arise, my tongue 156

Awake my zeal, awake my love 6i7

Awake our souls, away our fears 357

Awake ye saints to praise your King 47

Away from every mortal care ". 429

Backward with humble shame we look .... 82 Begin my ton?ue some heavenly theme ... 209

Behold how sinners disagree...". 296

Behold the blind their sight receive 240

Behold the glories of the" lamb 273

Behold (he grace appears 215

Behold the lofty sky 436

Behold the love, the generous love 317

Behold the morning sun 437

Behold the potter and the clay 126

Behold the rose of Sharon here .r.« 560

Behold the sure foundation stone 479

Behold the woman's promis'd seed 219

-Behold the wretch whose lust and wine ... 322

Behold thy waiting servant, Lord 208

Behold what wondrous grace 164

Bless, O my sou', the living God 25

Biess'd are the humble souls that see 389

Bless'd are the sons of peace 416

Biess'd are the souls that hear and know.. 113

BlessVl are the undelil'd in heart t. 399

Biess'd be the everlasting God 2:>9

Bless'd be the father and his love 694

Biess'd is the man, for ever blest 162

Ble6s'd is the man who shuns the place ... 400 Biess'd i-: the man whose bowels move .... 306

Biess'd is the nation where the Lord 14

:. morning! whose young dawning

rays ." 443

Biess'd with the joys of innocence 85

Flensed Redeemer, bow divine.. 107

Blood has a voice to pierce the skies 112

Bright king of glory, dreadful God 211

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Broad is the road that leads to death 91

Bury'd in shadows of the night 179

But few among the carnal wise 127

Can creatures to perfection find 42

Children in years and knowledge young .. 589

Christ and his cross is all our theme 118

Come all harmonious tongues 252

Come children learn to fear the Lord 590

Come, dearest Lord, descend and dwell... 453 Come, happy souls, approach your God ... 224 Come hither, all ye weary souls...,. ...... 196

Come, holy spirit, heavenly dove 341

Come let our voices join to raise 450

Come let us join a joyful tune 540

Come let us join our cheerful songs 271

Come let us lift our joyful eyes 422

Come let us lift our voices high 553

Come sound his praise abroad 449

Come we that love the Lord 302

Consider all ray sorrows, Lord 623

Daughters of Zion, come, behold 564

David rejoie'd in God his strength.. .... .„ 253

Dear Lord, behold our sore distress 373

Dearest of all the names above 145

Death cannot make our souls afraid 654

Death may dissolve my body now 6.58

Death ! 'tis a melancholy day 650

Deceiv'd by subtle snares of hell 199

Deep in our hearts let us record 230

Deep in the dust before thy throne 8}

Descend from heaven, immortal dove 344

Do I believe what Jesus saith 340

Do we not know that solemn word 526

Down headlong from their native skies ... 130 Dread sovereign, let my evening song .... 578

Early my God without delay .....* 438

Ere the blue heavens were stretch'd abroad 212

Eternal sovereign of the sky 615

Eternal Spirit we confess 342

Exalt the Lord our God 447

Faith is the brightest evidence 286

Far as thy name is known 485

Far from my thoughts vain world be gone . 172

lather, how wide thy glories shine 194

Father, I bless th v gentle hand 624

Father, 1 long, 1 taint to see 691

Father, 1 sing thy wondrous grace 193

Father, we wait to feel thy grace 556

Firm and unmov'd are they U'3

Firm as the. earth thy gospel stands 207

Firm was my health," my day was bright .. 629

Fools in their heart believe and say;, hi

For ever blessed be the Lord '. 359

For ever shall my song record 132

From age to age exalt his name 380

From all that dwell below the skies 523

From deep distress and troubled thoughts . 158

From heaven the sinning angels fell 131

From thee, mv God, mv joys shall rise 693

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Gentiles by nature we belong 528

Give me the wings of faith to rise 356

Give thanks to God, herei°ns above 473

Give thanks to God, invoke his name 459

Give thanks to God most high 469

Give thanks to God the Sovereign Lord ... 468

Give to our God immortal praise 77

Give to the Father praise 706

Give to the Lord, ye sons of fame 586

Glory to God that walks the skv 301

Glory to God the Father's name 698

Glory to God the Trinity 695

Go preach my Gospel saith the Lord 114

Go worship at Immanuei's feet 266

God in his earthly temple lays 482

God is a Spirit just and wise 333

God is the refuge of his saints 499

God my supporter and m v hope 169

God of eternal love .' 465

God of my childhood and my youth 599

God of my life look gentiv down 622

God of my mercy and my" praise... 318

God of the morning at whose voice 571

God of the seas, thy thund'ring voice 21

God the eternal awful name 49

God who in various methods told 95

Good is the Lord the heavenly King 582

Great God atte id while Sion sings 425

Great God how infinite art thou.". 6

Great God how oft did Israel prove 464

Great God indulge my humble claim 439

Great God I own thy sentence. just 652

Great God the heaven's well-order'd frame 100

Great God thy a lories shall employ 39

Great God to* what a glorious height 227

Great God whose universal swav 513

Great is the Lord, exalted high ". 467

Great is the Lord, his works of might 37

Great is the Lor i our God 484

Great King of glory and of grace 150

Great Shepherd of thine Israel 487

Great was the day, the joy was great » 279

Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews .... 519

Had not the Lord, mav Israel say 6il

Happy is he that fears* the Lord 309

Happy the church, thou saered place 497

Happy the city where their sons 605

Happy the heart where graces reign 310

Happy the mau to whom his God 160

Happy the man whose cautious feet 397

Hark "from the tombs a doleful sound 666

Hark the Redeemer from on high , . 562

He dies, the friend of sinners dies 248

He reigns; the Lord, tiie Saviour reigns. .. 677

He that hath made his refuge God *527

Hear me, O God, nor hide thy face 621

Hear what the Lord in vision said 256

Hear what the voice from heav'n proclaims 653

Help, Lord, for men of virtue fail 599

Hence from mv soul sad thoughts be gone.. 300

Here at thy cross iuyd\ingGod 192

High as the heav'ns* above the ground.... 22

High in the heavens, eternal God 75

High on a hill of dazzling light 498

Honour to thee, Almighty Three 701

Hosauna to King David's son 713

Hoeanua to our conqu'ring kin? 716

Hosanna to the king .". 718

Hosanna to the prince of grace.. 714

Hosanna to the prince of light 238

Hosanna to the royal son 715

Hosanna to the soil . ... 717

Hosanna with a cheerful sound - 576

How are thy glories here displayed 5 57

How awful is thy chaining rod* 470

How beauteous are their feet 123

How can 1 sink with such a prop ,,.,,.,,, Ddi

Page How condescending, and how kind........ 536

How did my heart rejoice to hear 418

How fast their guilt and sorrows rise 236

How full of anguish is the thought 392

How heavy is the night 180

How honourable is the place 496

How is our nature spoil'd by sin 144

How large the promise, how divine 527

How long, O Lord, shall I complain 376

How long wilt thou conceal thy face 374

How oft have sin and Satan strove 135

How pleasant, how divinelv fair 424

How pleasant 'tis to see..." 417

How pjeas'd and bless'd was I 419

How rich are thy provisions, Lord 544

How sad our state by nature is 181

How shall I praise rh'e eternal God 38

How shall the young secure their hearts.. 102

How short and hasty is our life 642

How should the sons of Adam's race 23

How strong thine arm is, mighty God 275

How sweet and awful is the plate 345

How vain are all things here below 347

How vast the treasure we possess 39o

How wond'rous great, how glorious bright 43

I cannot bear thine absence, Lord 396

I give immortal praise 708

I hate the tempter and his charms 01

I lift my banners, saith the Lord 502

1 lift m*y soul to God 346

I lo^e the Lord, he heard my cries 632

I love the windows of thy grace 434

I send the joys of earth away 350

I set the Lord before my face 237

I smg my Saviour's woridcrous death 235

I waited patient for the Lord 386

1 will extol thee, Lord, on high 630

If God succeed not all the cost 413

If God to build the house deny 414

I'll bless the Lord from ctavto'dav 509

I'll praise my maker with my breath 36

I'll speak the*houours of my" King 515

I'm not asham'd to own my Lord. 339

la all my vast concerns with thee u

In anger, Lord, rebuke me not 626

In Gabriel's hand a mighty stone . . . 505

In God's own house pronounce his praise.. 452

In Judah God of old was known .. 614

In thine own ways, O God of love 603

In vain the wealthy mortals toil 667

In vain we ;avish out our lives 200

Infinite grief, amazing woe 334

Into thine hand, O God of truth 631

Is th ?re ambition in mjr heart 297

Is this the kind return 324

it is the Lord our Saviour's hand 649

Jehovah speaks, let Israel hear 203

Jehovah reigns,' he dwells in light 7

Jehovah reigns, his throne is high 40

Jesus, in thee our e>es behold -." 260

Jesus invites his saints 534

Jesus is gone above the skies 533

Jesus our Lord ascend thy throne 5iy

Jesus our Saviour and our God 214

Jesis shall reign where'er the sun 514

Jesus the man of constant grief 129

Jesus thy blessings are notTew 295

Jesus, we bless thy Father's name 125

J esus, we bow before thy feet . , 550

Jesus, with all thy saints above 137

Join all the glorious names 270

Join all the names of love and power 269

Joy to the world the Lord is come 221

Judge me, O Lord, and prove my ways... -no Judges who rule the world by law's ........ 6!9

Just are thy ways and true thy word,.,,., 29i A7

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P«ge Kind is the speech of Christ our Lord.... 565

Laden with guilt and full of fears..... 98

Let all our tongues be one 541

Let all the earth their voices raise l

Let all the heathen writers join lot

Let children hear the mighty deeds 81

Let everlasting glories crown 116

Let every creature join 54

Let every mortal ear attend 195

Let every tongue thy goodness speak 32

Let God arise in all his might 28

Let God the Father and the Son 702

Let God the Father live 703

Let God the Maker's name 704

Let him embrace my soul and prove S5S

Let me but hear my" Saviour say 20i

Let mortal tongues' atcempt to sing 504

Let others boast how strong they be 66

Let Pharisees of high esteem 3i6

Let sinners take their course 419

Let the old heathens tune their sonars 276

Let the seventh angel sound on high 676

Let the whole race of creatures lie. 19

Let the wild leopards of the wood 88

Let them neglect thy glory. Lord 139

Let those who bear the christian name .... 332

Let us adore th' eternal word 537

Let Zion and her sons rejoice 512

Let Zion in her king rejoice 500

Life and immortal joys are given 285

Life is the time to serve the Lord -635

Lift up your eyes to th' heav'nly seats .... 259

Like sheep we went astray 246

Lo, the destroying angel Hies 143

Lo, the young tribes of Aaron rise 594

Lo, what a glorious corner stone 416

Lo, what a glorious sight appears 521

Lo, what an entertaining sight 313

Long as I live I'll bless thy name 3

Long have I sat beneath the sound 4.51

Lord, at thy temple we appear 655

Lord, hast thou cast the nation off 601

Lord, how divine thy comforts are 543

Lord, how secure and bless'd are they .... 299

Lord, how secure rny conscience was 110

Lord, I am thine, but thou wilt prove 406

Lord, I am vile, conceiv'd insiu 84

Lord, I can suffer thy rebukes 625

Lord, I esteem thy judgments right 104

Lord, I have made thy word my choice ... 105

Lord, I will bless thee all ray days 508

Lord, I would spread my sore distress 85

Lord, if thine eyes survey our faults 595

Lord, if thou dost not soon appear 600

Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear 435

Lord of the worlds above 4v7

Lord, thou hast call'd thy grace to mind .. 382

Lord, thou hast heard thy servant cry 634

Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me

thro' 10

Lord, thou hast seen my soul sincere 337

Lord, thou wilt hear me when I pray 579

Lord, 'tis a pleasant thing to stand 483

Lord, we adore thy bounteors hand 552

Lord, we adore thy vast designs 71

Lord, we are blind, we mortals blind. ...... 4

Lord, we confess our numerous faults 188

Lord, we have heard thy works of old .... 488

Lord, what a feeble piece 645

Lord, what a heaven of saving grace 173

Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I... 457

Lord, what a wretched land is this 391

Lord, what is man, poor feeble man 640

Lord, what was man when made at first.. 95

Lord, when I count thy mercies o'er 580

Lord, when my thoughts with wonder roll.. 278 Lord, when thou didst ascend on high.... £44 Loud hallel uj ahs to the Lord ......... 53

Page Maker and sovereign Lord ............... 262

Man has a soul of vastdesires. 455

Mercy and judgment are my song 616

Mine eyes and my desire 372

Mistaken souls, that dream of heav'n 260

Must all the charms of nature then 591

Must friends and kindred drop and die 663

My dear Redeemer and my Lord 226

My drowsy powers, why sieep ye so 370

My God, accept my early vows 575

My God, consider my distress 378

My God, how endlessis thy love 574

My God, how many are my fears 294

My God, in whom are all the springs 79

My God, my everlasting hope 596

My God, my king, thy various praise. 2

My God, my life, my love 17/

My God, my portion, and my love ........ 170

My God, permit me not to be 408

My God, permit my tongue 440

My God, the spring of all my joys 393

My God, the steps of pious men". 401

My God, what endless pleasures dwell 311

My God, what inward grief I feel 336

My heart how dreadfulliard it is «* 371

My heart rejoices in thy name 366

My never ceasine song shall show 34

My refuge is the God of love 404

My righteous judge, my gracious God 368

My Saviour and my king 481

My Saviour God, oly sovereign prince 532

My Saviour, my almighty friend 154

My -hepheni is the living Lord 166

My shepnerd will supply my need 167

iMy soul, come meditate the day 665

M> soul forsakes her vain delight 319

My so I, how lovely is the place 426

My soul !ies cleaving to the dust 377

My soul repeat his praise , 30

My soul thy great creator piaise 80

My spirit looks to God alone 338

My spirit sinks within me. Lord 292

My thoughts on awful subjects roll 661

My thoughts surmount these lower skie».. :.£<< My trust is in my heav'nly friend 361

Naked, as from the earth we came 331

Natme with all her pow'rs shall sing 604

Nature with open volume stands 542

No, I shall envy them no more 456

No, I'll repine at death no more 675

No more, my God, I boast no more 155

No sleep nor slumber to his eyes 477

Nor eye has seen, nor ear has heard 686

Not all the blood of beasts 282

Not all the outward forms on earth 147

Not by the laws of innocence 284

Not different food, or different dress 315

Not from the dust affliction grows 67

Not the malicious or profane I76

Not to condemn the sons of men 283

Not to our names thou only just and true.. 613

Not to ourselves who are but dust 46

Not to the terrors of the Lord 486

Not with our mortal eyes 312

Now be my heart inspir'd to sing 516

Now be the God of Israel bless'd 520

Now by the bowels of my God 314

Now for a tune of lofty praise 249

Now from the roaring lion's rage 254

Now have our hearts embrae'd our God... 546

Now I'm convine'd the Lord is kind 73

Now in the ffall'ries of his grace 569

Now in the heat of youthful blood 592

Now let a spacious world arise 55

Now let our lips with holy fear 232

Now let our mournful songs record 255

Now let our pains be all forgot.. 548

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Now let the father and the son 700

Now let the Lord my Saviour smile 388

Now may the God of power and grace.... 602

Now plead my cause, Almighty God 491

Now Satan comes with dreadful roar 93

Now shall my inward joys arise 495

Now shall my solemn vows be paid 510

Now to the great and sacred three 707

Now to the Lord a noble song 213

Now to the Lord that makes us know 146

Now to the power of God supreme 190

O all ve nations, praise the Lord 522

O bles's the Lord, my soul 26

O blessed souls are they 159

O Britain, praise thv mighty God 584

O for a shout of sacred joy 243

O for an overcoming faith 651

O God my refuge, hear my cries 369

O God of grace and righteousness 361

O God of mercy hear my call 323

O God to whom revenge' belongs 4o3

O happy man whose soul is fill'd 415

O iiappv nation where the Lord 15

O happy soul that lives on high 354

O how I love thy holy law 103

O if my soul were form'd for woe 326

O Lord, how many are my foes 573

O Lord our heav'nly king 20

O Lord our Lord, how wondrous great 250

O that the Lord would guide my ways 178

O that thy statutes e\ cry hour * 351

O the Almighty Lord 12

O the delights, the heavenly joys.. 692

O thou that hear'st when sinners cry 383

O thou whose grace and justice reigns.... 329

O thou whose justice reigns on high 365

O what a stiff rebellions house 461

O 'tis a lovely thing to see 320

Of justice and of grace I sing 412

Often I seek my God by night 563

Once more my soul the rising day 572

Our da\s, alas ! our mortal days 638

Our God, how firm his promise stands .... 134

Our God our help in ages past 614

Our sins, alas! how strong they be 687

Our souls shall magnify the Lord 218

Our spirits join t' adore the lamb 554

Out of the deeps of long distress 157

Plung'd in a gulphof dark despair 277

Praise, everlasting praise be paid 210

Praise waits in Zton, Lord, for thee 431

Praise ye the Lord, exalt his name 494

Praise ye the Lord, my heart shall join... 35

Praise ye the Lord, 'tis good to raise 76

Preserve me, Lord, in time of need 109

Questions and doubts be heard no more .. 115

Raise thee my soul, fly up and run C90

Raise \our triumphant songs 225

Rejoice >e righteous in the Lord 61

Remember, Lord, our mortal state 671

Return, O God of Love, return 39i

Rise, rise, my soul, and leave the ground.. 5

Saints, at your father's heavenly word.... 330

Salvation is for ever nigh 191

Salvation, O tbejovfui sound 187

Save me, O God, the swelling floods 231

Save me, O Lord, from every foe 363

See what a living stone 445

See where the great incarnate God 6S0

Shall atheists dare insult the cross 119

Shall the vile race of flesh and blood 647

Shall we go on to sin 352

Shall wisdom cry aloud 197

Shepherds! rejoice, lift up your eyes 216

Shew pity, Lord, O Lord forgive 345

Shiue, mighty God, on Britain shine 605

Shout to the Lord, and let our joys. 612

Sin has a thousand treacherous arts 90

Sin like a venomous disease 91

Sing all ye nations to the Lord 13

Sing to the Lord aloud 460

Sing to the Lord Jehovah's name 448

Sing to the Lord that built the skies 646

Sing to the Lord with joyful voice 60

Sing to the Lord ye distant lanus 222

Sing to the Lord ye heav'nly hosts 587

Sitting around our father's board 555

So did the Hebrew prophet raise 28!

So let our lips and lives express 174

So neu-born babes desire the breast 165

Songs of immortal praise belong 58

Soon as 1 heard my father say ^ 430

Stand up, my soul, shake off thy fears .... 358 Stoop down, my thoughts, that use to rise. 664

Strait is the way, the door is strait 151

Sure there's a righteous God 72

Sweet is the meirTry of thy grace 24

Sweet is the work/roy God, my king 412

Teach me the measure of my days 641

.Terrible God, that reign'st on high 16

Th' Almighty reigns exalted high 135

That awtul day will surely come 678

That man isblcst who stands in awe 307

The earth for ever is the Lord's 476

The glories of my maker Go J 51

The God Jehovah reigns 257

The God of glory sends his summons forth 684

The God of mercy be ador'd 699

The God of our salvation hears 68

The heavens declare thy glory, Lord 99

The king, O Lord, with' songs* of praise .. 618

The king of glory sends his Son 220

The king of saints, how fair his face 480

The lands that long in darkness lay t^Q-i

The law by Moses came 117

The law coturmimls, and makes us know .. 111

The Lord appears my helper now 367

The Lord declares his will 112

The Lord descending from above 122

The Lord, how wondrous are his ways .... 31 The Lord is come, the heav'ns proclaim... 217

The Lord Jehovah reigns...: 9

The Lord Jehovah reigns '". 41

The Lord my shepherd is 1fiS

The Lord of glory is my light \ 429

The Lord of glory reigns, he reigns on high 8

I he Lord on high proclaims 204

The Lord the judge before his throne 68!

The Lord the judge his churches warns . .'. 334

The Lord the sovereign king 48

The Lord the sovereign sends his summons

forth 683

The majesty of Solomon 228

The man is ever blest \\\\ 39g

The mem'ry of our dying Lord ' 547

The mighty fr<:me of glorious grace.....'." 247

The praise' of Sion waits for thee 432

The promise of my father's lo\ e 535

The promise was di vine iv free ." 530

The true Messiah now appears ." 261

The voice of my beloved sounds 561

The woud'ring world inquires to know'.'..'." 567 The wonders Lord thy love has wrought ..141

Thee we adore eternal name 643

Thee will I love, O Lord, my strength 3^5

There is a house, not made with hands 65.0

There is a land of pure delight 656

There was an hour when Christ rejoie'd.'!. 128 These glorious miuds, how bright they

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Think, mighty God, on feeble man 672

This is the day the Lord hath made 444

This is the word of truth and love 121

This spacious earth is all the Lord's 242

Thou art my portion, O my God 335

Thou God of love, thou ever blest 364

Thou, whom my soul admires above 559

Thrice happy man who fears the Lord ..... 308

Thro' every age1, eternal God 648

Thus did the sons of Abra'm pass 531

Thus far the Lord has led me on 577

Thus I resolv'd before the Lord 321

Thus saith the first, the great command ... 106

Thus saith the high and lofty one 205

Thus saith the Lord, the spacious fields ... 108 Thus saith the Lord, your work is vain.... 140

Thus saith the mercy of the Lord 529

Thus saith the ruler of the skies 251

Thus saith the wisdom of the Lord 198

Thus the eternal father spake 517

Thus the great Lord of earth and sea 518

Thy favours, Lord, surprise our souls 423

Th v mercies fill the earth, O Lord 304

Thy name, almighty Lord 524

Thy works of glory, mighty Lord 70

Time what an empty vapour 'tis 639

'Tis by the faith of joys to come 287

'Tis by thy strength the mountains stand.. 583

'Tis from the treasures of his word 267

Tis not the law of ten commands 472

To God I cry'd with mournful voice 293

To God I made my sorrows known 33

To God the father, God the son 696

To God the father's throne 710

To God the great, the ever blest 511

To God the only wise 1 66

To heaven I lift my waiting eyes 64

To him that chose us first 709

To cur almighty maker God 124

To our eternal God , 7!2

To thee, before the dawning liaht 409

To thee most holy and most high 617

To thine almighty \r\\\ we owe 610

'Twas by an order from the Lord 97

'Twas for thy sake, eternal God 229

'Twas from thy hand, my God, I came.... 56

'Twas in the watches of the night 581

'Twas on thac dark, that doleful night .... 533 'Twas the commission of our Lord 523

Vain are the hopes that rebels place 148

Vain are the hopes the sons of men 152

Vain man on fooli-h pleasures bent 463

Unshaken as the sacred hill... 1S2

Up from my youth may Israel say ; 466

Up to the fields where angels lie 348

Up to the hills I lift mine eyes 63

Up to the Lord, that reigns on high 27

Upward I lift mine eyes .\ 05

.We are a erarden wall'd all round 568

We bless the Lord, the just, the good 78

We bless the prophet of the Lord .* 265

We love the Lord, and we adore 609

We sing the amazing deeds 549

We sing the glories of thy love 503

Welcome, sweet day of rest 441

Well, the Redeemer's gone 258

What different power-s of grace and sin... 175

What equal honour shall we bring 272

What happy men or angels these 688

What mighty man, or mighly God......... 501

What shall I render to my God ......... .. 433

What shall the dying sinner do 120

What vain desires and passions vain...... 177

When Christ to judgment shall descend... 682

When God is nigh my faith is strong 673

When God provok'd with daring crimes .. 607

When God restor'd our captive state 507

When God reveal'd his gracious name .... 506

When I can read my titie clear 395

When I survey the wondrous cross 539

When I with pleasing wonder stand 57

When in the light of faith divine 454

When Israel freed from Pharaoh's hand... 471

When Israel sins, the Lord reproves 462

When man grows bold in sin... 45

When overwhelm'd with grief 387

When pain and anguish seize me, Lord ... 360 When strangers stand, and hear me teil .. 563

When the eternal bows the skies 189

When the first parents of our race 136

When the great builder arch'd the skies. . . 89 When the great judge, supreme and just .. 74 When we are rais'd from deep distress.... 633 Whence do our mournful thoughts arise... 202 Where are the mourners, saitlf the Lord .. 153

Where shall the man be found 303

Where shall we go to seek and find 478

While I keep silence and conceal 161

While men grow bold in wicked ways 44

Who can describe the joys that rise 328

Who has believ'd thy word 245

Who is this fair one in distress 570

Who shall ascend thy heav'nly place 475

Who shall inhabit in thy hill 474

Who shall the Lord's elect condemn 289

Who will arise and plead my right 362

Why did the Jews proclaim their rage .... 241

Why did the nations join to slay 263

Why do the proud insult the poor 668

V> by do the wealthy wicked boast 305

Why doth the Lord stand off so far 598

Why doth the man of riches grow 669

Why do we mourn departing friends 662

Why does your face, ye humble souls 163

Why has my God my soul forsook 233

W hy is ray heart so far from thee 375

Why should I vex my soul and fret 102

Why should the children of a king 343

Why should this earth delight us so 458

Why should we start and fear to die 657

Will God for ever cast us off 489

With all my powers of heart and tongue . . 184

With cheerful voice I sin? 268

WTith earnest longings of the mind 291

With holy fear, and humble song 685

With joy we meditate the grace , 206

With my whole heart I'll raise rnv song.... 679 With my whole heart I've sought thy face. 290

With reverence let the saints appear 421

With songs and honours sounding loud... 585 Would you behold the works of God 69

Ye angels round the throne 705

Ye holy souls in God rejoice 62

Ye islands of the northern sea 223

Ye nations round the earth rejoice 59

Ye servants of the almighty King 18

Ye sons of Adam, vain and young 593

Ye sons of men, a feeble race o28

Ye sons of pride, that hate the just 670

Ye that delight to serve the Lord 17

Ye that obey th' immortal king 420

Ye tribes or Adam join 52

Yet (saith the Lord) if David's race 1 33

Zion rejoice, and Judah sin£ C08

A TABLE OF THE HYMNS.

Note.— 1. The Hymns and Psalms may be found as usual by the Index of first Lines.

2. This Table gives the numerical Order of the former Editions, and the corres- ponding Numbers in the Arrangement.

1 - - - 273, that is l Hymn is 273 of the Arrangement ;

2 - - - 212, second ditto, is 212 of ditto. BOOK I.

Thus, in the first Book,

1 273

2 212

3 215

4 1 P.* .. 216

4 2 P.*... 115

5 331

6 652

7 195

8 496

9 200

10 123

11 128

12 ,...129

13 264

14 289

15 201

15 715

17 651

18 653

19 655

20 156

21 521

22 1 P.*... 214 222P.* 177

23 1 P.* 660

23 2 P.* 591

24 667

25 274

26 239

27 658

28 501

29 502

30 603

31 1 P.* 189

31 2 P.* 354

32 202

33 * 119

34 1 P.* 120

34 2 P.* 295

35 1 P.* 284

35 2 P.* 332

36 * 320

37 1 P.* 247

37 2 P.* 340

38 1 P.* 144

38 2 P.* 107

39 495

40 688

41 689

42 29

43 1 P.* 234

43 2 P.* 390

44 1 P.* 248

44 2 P.* 636

45 680

46 IP.* 194

46 2 P.* 637

47 * 663

48 357

49 275

50 520

51 185

52 525

53 96

54 125

55 633

56 503

57 82

58 504

59 505

60 218

61 146

62 271

63 272

64 164

65 676

66 558

67 559

6S 560

69 561

70 5G2

1 2 3	604 661 662 192	5 6 7 8	278 572 578 576	9 10 11 12	327 349 350	13 14 .... 15	646 441 172
4	261	16	173

* The Asterisms denote the Supplementary Hymns

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133 342

134 530

135 219

136 220

137 240

138 121

139 226

140 356

141 532

142 282

143 175

144 279

145 434

146 455

147 55

148 145

149 615

150 90

151 97

152 486

153 91

154 153

155 143

156 92

157 98

158 94

159 150

160 88

161 151

162 288

163 373

164 458

165 451

166 38

167 39

168 40

169 41

L70 42

1 533 13 545

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

...534 14 546

...535 15 547

...536 16 548

...537 17 549

...538 18 d50

...539 ! 19 551

...5*0 20 552

...541 |21 553

...542 j 22 554

..543 | 23 555

...544 I 24 65ii

25 557 36 705

Doxologies. 37 706

26 694 38 708

27 698 39 709

28 703 40 710

29 695 41 712

30 699,

31 704 ' Hosannas.

32 696 42 713

33 697 43 714

34 700 44 717

35 701 45 718

A TABLE OF THE PSALMS.

Note. — The method of finding- any Psalm or Hymn may be seen on the top of the leaf which precedes this.

1 . . .	C. M. .	400	19	J	L13. M. .	100	39 2 P.	C. M. .	641
	S. M. .	398	20		L. M. .	602	3 P.	C M. .	622
	L. M. .	397	21	• . .	CM. .	618	40 1 P.	C M. .	386
2 .	S. M. .	262			L.M. .	253	2 P.	C M. .	140
	C. M. .	263	22	IP.	C M. .	233		L. M. .	141
	L. M. .	241		2 P.	C M. .	254	41 . . .	L. M. .	306
3 . . .	CM. .	29-1			L.M. .	255	42 1 P.	C M. .	291
.	L. M. .	573	23	. • .	L.M. .	166	2 P.	L. M. .	292
4 . . .	L.M. .	381			C M. .	167	44 . . .	C M. .	488
.	CM. .	579			S. M. .	168	45 . . .	S. M. .	481
5 . . .	CM. .	435	2i	. • .	C M. .	476		CM. .	515
6 . . .	CM. .	626			L. M. .	242	1 P.	L. M. .	516
.	L.M. .	625	25	1 P.	S. M. .	346	2 P.	L. M. .	480
7 . .	CM. .	361		2 P.	S. M. .	303	46 J P.	L. M. .	499
8 . . .	S. M. .	20		3 P.	S. M. .	372	2 P.	L.M. .	500
	CM. .	250	26	. . .	L. M. .	411	47 . . .	CM. .	243
1 P.	L.M. .	5S8	27	1 P.	CM. .	429	18 1 P	S. M. .	484
2 P.	L. M. .	95		2 P.	C M. .	430	2 P.	S. M. .	485
9 1 P.	CM. .	679	29	. . .	L> M. .	586	49 1 P.	C M. .	669
2 P.	C M. .	74	30	1 P.	L. M. .	630	2 P.	C M. .	670
10 . . .	CM. .	598		2 P.	L. M. .	629		L. M. .	668
11 . . .	L. M. .	404	31	1 P.	C M. .	631	50 1 P.	CM. .	681
12 . . .	L. M. .	600		2 P.	CM. .	366	3* P.	C M. .	108
	CM. .	599	32	• . .	S. M. .	159	3 P.	C M. .	682
13 . . .	L.M. .	376			C M. .	160	3 P,	L. M. .	334
	CM. .	374		IP.	L.M. .	162	New Tune .	683
14 IP.	CM. .	87		2 P.	L. M. .	161	Old Tune .	684
2 P.	CM. .	492	33	1 P.	C. M. .	61	51 1 P.	L. M. .	345
15 . . .	C M. .	474		2 P.	C M. .	14	2 P.	L. M. .	84
	L. M. .	475		1 P.	113 M.	62	3 P.	L. M. .	383
16 1 P.	L. M. .	109		2 P.	113 M.	15	1 P.	CM. .	85
2 P.	L.M. .	326	34	1 P.	L. M. .	508	2 P.	C M. .	323
3 P.	L. M. .	673		2 P.	L. M. .	589	53 . . .	C M. .	493
IP.	C M. .	363		1 P.	C M. .	509	DO . . .	C M. .	369
2 P.	CM. .	237		2 P.	C M. .	590		S. M. .	410
17 . .	S. M. .	405	35	1 P.	C M. .	491	56 . . .	C M. .	365
	L. M: .	406		2 P.	CM. .	317	•37 , . .	L. M. .	79
18 1 P.	L. M. .	385	33	. . .	L.M. .	75	58 . 11	Ah M. .	619
2 P.	L. M. .	337			CM. .	44	■><> . . .	C M. .	601
3 P.	L.M. .	298			S. M. .	45	61 . . .	S. M. .	387
IP.	C M. .	609	37	1 P.	CM. .	402	62 . . .	L. M. .	338
2 P.	C M. .	610		2 P.	C. M. .	305	63 1 P.	C M. .	438
19 1 P.	S. M. .	4361		3 P.	CM. .	401	2 P.	C M. .	581
2 P.	S. M. .	437	38	. . .	C M. .	379		L.M. .	439
	L. M. .	99139	1 P.	CM. .	321		S. M. .	440
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A TABLE OF THE PSALMS.

65 1 P. L. M. .	432 89 5 P. C M, .	133	Last P. L. M. .	607
2 P. L. M. .	68	6 P. L. M. .	671	19 . .CM..	318
1 P. C. M. .	431	Last P. 113 M.	672	110 1 P. L. M. .	517
2 P. CM. .	583	90 ... L. M. .	648	2 P. L. M. .	518
3 P. C. M. .	582	1 P. C M. .	644	C M. .	519
66 1 P. C. M. .	13	2 P. C M. .	595	Ill 1 P. C M. .	58
2 P. C. M. .	510	3 P. C M. .	394	2 P. C M. .	37
67 . . . C. M. .	606	S. M. .	645	112 . 113th M. .	307
68 1 P. L. M. .	28	91 1 P. L. M. .	627	L. M. .	308
2 P. L. M. .	244	1 P. C M. .	628	C M. .	309
3 P. L. M. .	78	92 1 P. L. M. .	442	113 . 113th M. .	17
69 1 P. C. M. .	231	2 P. L. M. .	483	L. M. .	18
2 P. CM. .	232	93 . . . S. M. .	7	114 . . L. M. .	471
3 P. C. M. .	193	2d M. .	8	115 . . 1 M. .	46
1 P. L. M. .	230	3d M. .	9	2M. .	613
2 P. L. M. .	229	94 1 P. C M. .	403	116 1 P. C M. .	632
71 1 P, C M. .	596	2 P. C M. .	302	2 P. C M. .	433
2 P. C M. .	154	95 . . C M. .	US	117 . .CM..	522
3 P. C M. .	597	S. M. .	449	L. M. .	523
72 1 P. L. M. .	513	L. M. .	450	S. M. .	521
2 P. L. M. .	514	96 . . C M. .	222	118 1 P. C. M. .	367
73 1 P. C M. .	73	113thM. .	1	2 P. C M. .	631
2 P. C M. .	169	97 1 P. L. M. .	677	3 P. C M. .	479
L. M. .	457	2 P. L. M. .	2:7	4 P. C M. .	444
S. M. .	72	3 P. L. M. .	185	S.M.	440
74 . . . C M. .	489	C M. .	223	L. M. .	44£
75 . . . L. M. .	617	98 1 P. C M. .	124	119 1 P. C M.	39S
76 ... C M. .	614	2 P. C M. .	221	2 P. C M. .	40S
77 1 P. C M. .	293	99 1 P. S. M. .	257	3 P. C M.	335
2 P. C M. .	470	2 P. S. M, .	447	4 P. C M. .	102
78 1 P. CM. .	81	100 . . IstM. .	59	5 P. C M. .	102
2 P. C M. .	461	2d M. .	60	6 P. C. M.	104
3 P. C M. .	462	101 . . L. M. .	616	7 P. C M. .	101
L. M. .	464	C M. .	4i2	8 P. C M. ,	10c
80 . . . L. M. .	487	102 1 P. C M. .	621	9 P. C M.	. 304
81 ... S. M. .	460	2 P. C M. .	512	10 P. C M.	20S
82 ... L. M. .	620	3 P. L. M. .	649	1 1 P. C M.	ITS
83 . . . S. M. .	490	103 1 P. L. M. .	25	12 P. C M.	37S
84 1 P. L. M. .	424	2 P. L, M. .	31	13 P. C M.	29C
2 P. L. M. .	425	1 P. S. M. .	26	14 P. C M.	62S
C M. .	426	2 P. S. M. .	30	15 P. C. M.	251
148th M. .	427	3 P. S. M. .	48	] 6 P. C. M. .	377
85 1 P. L. M. .	382	104 . . L. M. .	80	17 P. L. M. .	36C
2 P. L. M. .	191	105 . .CM..	459	Last P. L. M. .	624
86 . . . C M. .	50	106 1 P. L. M. .	511	120 . . C M.	364
87 . . . L. M. .	482	2 P. S. M. .	465	121 . . L. M. .	63
89 1 P. L. M. ,	132	107 1 P. L. M. .	473	C. M. .	64
1 P. C. M. .	34	2 P. L. M. .	380	148th M. .	6a
2 P. C M. .	421	3 P. L. M. .	463	122 . .CM..	418
3 P. C M. .	113	4 P. L. M. .	69	1 122d M. .	419
4 P, C M. .	256	4 P. C M. .	70	123 . . CM. .	329

A TABLE OF THE PSALMS.

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124 .	. . L. M. .	6111	135 .. . C M. .	47	145 3 P. C M. .	32
125 .	. . C. M. .	182	136 .. . C M. .	468	146 . . . L.M. .	35
	S. M. .	183	148th M. .	46>;	113thM. .	36
126 .	. . L. M. .	507	L. M. .	77	147 1 P. L. M. .	76
	C. M. .	506i	138 . . . L. M. .	184	2 P. L. M. .	584
127 .	. . L. M. .	41 3, 139 IP. L. M. .	10	C M. .	585
	C. M. .	414	2 P. L. M. .	5o	148 148th M. .	52
128 .	..CM..	415	3 P. 1 . M. .	336	L. M. .	53
129 .	. . C. M. .	466	1 P. C M. .	11	S. M. .	54
130 .	. . C. M. .	157	2 P. C M. .	57	149 .. . C M. .	407
	L. M. .	158	3 P. CM. .	580	150 .. . C. M. .	452
31 .	. . C. M. .	297	141 .. . L. M. .	575
132 .	. . L. M. .	478	142 .. . C M.	33	Doxologies.
	C. M. .	477	143 . . . L. M. .	368
133 .	. . C. M.	313	144 1 P. C. M.	359	1 . . . L. M. .	696
	S. M. .	416	2 P. C. M. .	643	2 . . . C. M. .	702
	122 M.	417	3 P. C M. .	605	3 . . . C M. .	699
134	..CM.	420	145 .. . L. M.	2	4 . . . S. M. .	705
135	1 P. L. M.	. 494	1 P. C M.	3	5 . . 113 M. .	707
	2 P. L. M.	. 467	2 P. C. M.	. 24	6 . . 148 M. .	711

A 11

SYLLABUS

OF THE

ARRANGEMENT OF THE HYMNS AND PSALMS.

GOD Hymns and Psalms 1 to the 54

His Perfections 1 46

Praise to God 47 54

CREATION AND PROVIDENCE 55 81

FALL OF MAN 82 95

SCRIPTURE 96 210

Properties of it 96 105

Moral Law 106 112

Gospel 113 124

Doctrines and Blessings 125 ...... 194

Invitations and Promises 1 95 210

CHRIST 211 273

His Divinity 211 214

Incarnation 215 223

Life and Ministry 2 24 228

Sufferings and Death 229 236

Resurrection, Ascension, and Exaltation 237 257

Intercession 258 263

Characters and Offices 264 270

Addresses to him 271 278

HOLY SPIRIT 279 344

His Influences and Graces* 279 340

Addresses to the Spirit 311 344

CHRISTIAN LIFE 345 396

SAINTS AND SINNERS 397 407

WORSHIP 408 453

Private ,. 408 411

Family 412 417

Public 418 434

Lord's Day 435 446

Before Prayer 447 448

Before Sermon 449 451

After Sermon 452 453

WORLD r 454 458

CHURCH 459 524

The Jewish ; or, the History of the Israelites 459 473

The Christian Church 474 524

Settlement and Beauty of it 474 486

Afflictions, Persecutions and Complaints 487 493

Safety, Deliverance and Triumph 494 505

Church Meetings 506 513

Prayer, and Praise, for Enlargement of the Church. . 514 ...... 524

CIRCUMCISION AND BAPTISM 525 532

LORD'S SUPPER 533 557

SOLOMON'S SONG 558 570

TIMES AND SEASONS 571 634

TIME AND ETERNITY 635 646

DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION 647 675

JUDGMENT 676 684

HELL AND HEAVEN 685 693

DOXOLOGIES 694 712

Hoaannas to Christ 713 ...... 718

♦ The Graces of the Spirit are placed Alphabetically*

DR. WATTS's PSALMS and HYMNS.

PERFECTIONS OF GOD.

PSALM 1. Neiccourt 173. (Psalm 96. As the 113th Psalm.) The God of the Gentiles.

1 T ET all the earth their voices raise J-J To sins the choicest psalm of praise,

To siug and bless Jehovah's name : His glory let the heathens know. His wonders to the nations show,

And all his saving works proclaim.

2 The heathens know thy glory, Lord; The wondering natious read thy word,

In Britain is Jehovah known: Our worship shall no more be paid To gods which mortal hands have made ;

Our Maker is our God alone.

3 He fram'd the globe, he built the sky, He made the shining worlds on high',

And reigns complete in glory there : His beams are majesty and litr'ht; His beauties how divinely bright !

His temple how divinely fair!

4 Come the great day, the glorious hour, When earth shall feel his saving power,

And barbarous nations fear his name; Then shall the race of man confess The beauty of his holiness,

And in his courts his grace proclaim.

2. Hothwell 174, Derby 169, Leicton 30. (Psalm 145. L. M.) The Greatness of God.

1 IVfY God, my King, thy various praise -LtL Shall fill the remnant of my days ; Thy grace employ my humble tongue Till death and glory "raise the song,

2 The wings of every hour shall bear Some thankful tribute to thine ear; And every setting sun shall see New works of duty done for thee.

3 Thy truth and justice Til proclaim : Thy bounty flows, an endless stream, Thy mercy swift, thine auger slow, But dreadful to the stubborn foe.

4 Thy works with sovereign glory shine, And speak thy majesty divine ; '

Let Britain round her shores proclaim The sound and honour of thy name.

5 Let distant times and nations raise The long succession of thy praise; And unborn ages make my song The joy and labour of the'ir tongue.

6 But who can speak thy wond'rous deeds 1 Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds ! Vast and unsearchable thy ways!

Vast aad immortal be thy praise :

3- Milbourn Port 163, Arlington 17, EHm 151.

(Psalm 145, v. 1—7, H—13. 1st Part. C. MO

The Greatness of God.

1 T ONG as I live I'll bless thy name, Xj My King, my God of love;

My work an. I joy shall be the same [■ the bright world above.

2 Great is the Lord, his power unknown,

And let his praise be great : I'll sing the honours of thy throne, Thy works of grace repeat.

3 Thy grace shall dwell upon my tongue;

And while my lips rejoice, The men that hear my sacred song Shall join their cheerful voice.

4 Fathers to sons shall teach thy name,

And children learn thy ways ;

Ages to come thy truth proclaim,

And nations sound thy praise.

5 Thy glorious deeds of ancient date

Siiall thro' the world be known ; Thine arm of power, thy heavenly state, With public splendor shown.

6 The world is manag'd by thy hands,

Thy saints are rul'd by love ;

And thine eternal kingdom stands,

Tho' rocks and hills remove.

4. Rippon's 168, Hotham 224, Lebanon *if,

(Hymn 26. B. 2. L. M.) God invisible.

1 X ORD, we are blind, we mortals blind, Xi We can't behold thy bright abode;

O 'tis beyond a creature-mind

To glance a thought half way to God.

2 Infinite leagues beyond the sky The Great Eternal reigns alone, Where neither wings nor souls can flv. Nor angels climb the topless throne. "

3 The Lord of Glory builds his seat Of gems insufferably bright, And lays beneath his sacred feet Substantial beams of gloomy night. .

4 Yet, glorious Lord, thy gracious eyes Look throJ, and cheer us from above; Beyoud our praise thy grandeur flies, Yet we adore, and yet we love.

5. Neicbury 132, Hephzibah 77, Gainsbro1 20 >

(Hymn 17. B. 2. C. M.) God's Eternity. 1 T> ISE, rise, my soul, and leave the ground XV Stretch all thy thoughts abroad, And rouse up every tuneful sound To praise th' eternal God. B

6,7

PERFECTIONS OF GOD.

8, 9, 10

2 Long ere the lofty skies were spread

Jehovah til I'd his throne; Or Adam form'd, or an?els made, The Maker liv'd alone.

3 His boundless years can ne'er decrease,

But still maintain their prime; Eternity'' a his dwelling-place, And ever is his time.

4 While like a tide our minutes flow,

The present and the past,

He fills his own immortal now,

And sees our ages waste.

5 The sea and sky must perish too,

And vast destruction come ! The creatures — look, how old they grow, And wait their fiery doom !

6 Well, let the sea shrink all away,

And flame melt down the skies, My God shall live an endless day, When th' old creation dies.

fj. Charmouth 28, London 180, Abridge 201. (Hymn 67. B. 2. C. M.) God's eternal Dominion.

1 /~1 REAT God, how infinite art thou! KJC 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.

3 Nature and time quite naked lie

To thine immense survey,

From the formation of the sky

To the great burning day.

4 Eternity with all its years

Stands present in thy view ; To thee there's nothing old appears, Great God, there's nothing new.

5 Our lives through various scenes are

And vex'd with trifling cares: [drawn,

While thine eternal thought moves on

Thine uudisturb'd affairs. % Great God, how infinite art thou !

What worthless worms are we ! Let the whole race of creatures bow

And pay their praise to thee.

7. Old Hundred 100, Wareham 117.

(Psalm 93. 1st M. As the 100th Psalm.)

The Eternal and Sovereign God.

1 TEHOVAH reigns : he dwells in light, cl Girded with majesty and might : The world created bv his hands

Still on its first foundation stands.

2 But ere this spacious world was made, Or had its first foundations laid, Thy throne eternal ages stood, Thyself the ever-living God.

3 Like floods the angry nations rise, And aim thtir rage against the skies ; Vain floods that aim their rage so high! At thy rebuke the billows die.

4 For ever shall thy throne endure; Thy promise stands for ever sure; And everlasting holiness Becomes the dwellings of thy grace.

8. The old 50th 233.

(Psalm 93. 2d M. As the old 50th Psalm.)

The same.

1 FinHE Lord of glory reigns, he reigns on

■M- high ;

His robes of state are strength and majesty: This wide creation rose at his command, Built by his word, and stablish'd by his hand : Lone stood his throne ere he began creation, And nis own Godhead is the firm foundation.

2 God is th' eternal King : Thy foes in vain Raise their rebellions to confound thy reign : In vain the storms, i-n vain the floods arise, And roar, and toss their waves against the

skies; [commotion,

Foaming at heaven, they rage with wild But heaven's high arches "scorn the swelling

ocean.

3 Ye tempests, rage no more; ye floods be still; And the mad world submissive to his will ; Built on his truth his church must ever stand; Firm are his promises, and strong his hand : See his own sons, when they appear before

him, [him.

Bow at his footstool, and with fear adore

9. Prescott 254, John's 138.

(Psalm 93. 3d M. As the old 122d Psalm.)

The same.

1 rpHE Lord Jehovah reigns,

JL And royal state maintains, His head with awful glories crown'd;

Array'd in robes of light,

Begirt with sovereign might, And rays of majesty around.

2 Upheld by thy commands The world securely stands;

And skies and stars obey thy word :

Thy throne was fixed on high

Betore the starry sky; Eternal is thy kingdom, Lord.

3 In vain the noisy crowd, Like billows fierce and loud,

Against thine empire rage and roar;

In vain, with angry spite,

The surly nations fight, And dash like waves against the shore.

4 Let floods and nations rage, And all their powers engage,

Let swelling tides assault the sky;

The terrors of thy frown

Shall beat their madness down ; Thy throne for ever stands on high.

5 Thy promises are true, Thy grace is ever new ;

There fix'd thy church shall ne'er remove : Thy saints with holy fear Shall in thy courts appear, And sing thine everlasting love. Repeat the fourth stanza to complete the old tune.

10- Horsley 205, Rippon's 188, Limehonsc 242.

(Psalm 139. 1st Part. L. M.)

The All-seewg God.

1 T ORD thou hast search'd and seen me JU thro' ;

Thine eye commands with piercing view

My rising and my resting hours,

My heart and flesh with all their powers.

2 My thoughts, before they arc my own, Are to my God distinctly known;

He knows the words I mean to speak Ere from my op'ning lips they break.

11

PERFECTIONS OF GOD.

12,13

3 Within thy circling- power I stand ; On every Mile I find thy hand : Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,

I am surrounded still with God.

4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great ! What large extent! what lofty height! My soul, with all the powers i boast Is in the boundless prospect lost.

5 ' O may these thoughts possess my fcveast, ' Where'er I rove, where'er I rest'!

' Nor let my weaker passions dare 1 Consent to sin, for God is there.' Rippon's 188. PAUSE I. Limehouse 242.

6 Guild I so false, so faithless prove To quit thy service and thy love, Where, LoVd, could I thy presence shun, Or from thy dreadful glon run ?

7 If up to heaven I take my flight,

'Tis there thou dwell'st ehthron'J in light; Or dive to hell, there vengeance reigns, And Satan groans beneath thy chains. h If mounted on a mornin? ray, I fly beyond the western "sea, Thy swifter hand would first arrive, And there arrest thy fugitive.

9 Or should I try to shun" thy sight Beneath the spreading veil of night, One glance of thine, one piercing ray, Would kindle darkness into day.

10 * O may these thoughts possess my breast, ' Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!

* Nor let my weaker passions dare 1 Consent to sin, for God is there.'

PAUSE IF.

11 The veil of night is no disguise,

No screen from thy all-searching eyes; Thy hand can *eize thy foes as soon Thro' midnight-shades as blazing noon.

12 Midnight and noon in this agree, Great God, they're both alike to thee : Not death can hide what God will spy, And hell lies naked to his eye.

13 ■ O may these thouehts possess my breast,

* Where'er I rove, where'er I rest* !

* Nor let my weaker passions dare ' Consent to sin, for God is there.'

H. Bedford 91, London 180, Ann's 58.

(Psalm 139. 1st Part. C. M.)

God is every-ichere.

1 TN all my vast concerns with thee A In vain my soul would try

To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee The notice of thine eye.

2 Thy all-surrounding sight surveys

My rising and my rest, My public walks, my private ways, And secrets of my breast.

3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord

Before they're form'd within;

4 O wond'rous knowledge deep and high !

Where can a creature hide i Within thy circling arms I lie, Beset oh every side.

5 So let thy grace surround me still,

And like a bulwark prove,

To guard my soul from everv ill,

Secur'd by sovereign love.'

Bedford 91. PAUSE. London 180.

6 Lord, where shall guilty souls r<-tire,

Forgotten and unknown] In hell they meet thy dreadful fire, In heaven thy glorious throne.

7 Should I suppress my vital breath

To 'scape the wraih divine, Thy voice would break the bars of death, And make the grave resign.

8 Ifwing'd with beams of morning-light,

I fly beyond the west, Tir. hand' which must support my flight, Wou'd soon betray my rest.

9 If o'er my sins I think to draw

The curtains of the night, Those flaming eyes that guard thy law Would turn the shades to light."

10 The beams of noon, the midnight-hour,

Are both alike to thee : O may I ne'er provoke that power From which I cannot flee !

19. Aynhoe 108, Sutton 149, Simon's 256. (Hymn 80. B. 2. S. M.) God's awful Power and Goodness, THE almighty Lord! How matchless is his power ! Tremble, O earth, beneath his word, And all the heavens adore.

2 Let proud imperious kings Bow low before his throne,

Crouch to his feet, ve haughtv thins?, Or he shall tread you down.

3 Above the skies he reigns, And with amazing blows

He deals unsufferable pains On his rebellious foes.

4 Yet, everlasting God,

We love to speak thy praise; Thy sceptre's equal to thy rod, The sceptre ot thy grace.

5 The arms of mighty love Defend our Sion well,

And heavenly mercy walls us round From Babylon and Hell.

6 Salvation to the Kinar That sits enthron'd above ;

Thus we adore the God of might. And bless the God of love.

13- Tunbridgc 103, Cambridge 74.

(Psalm 66. 1st Part. C. M.)

Governing Power and Goodness ; or, cur

Graces tried by Affliction.

1 ^ING, alive nations, to the Lord, •O Sing with a joyful noise; With melody of sound record

His honours, and your joys.

2 Say to the power that shakes the skv,

• How terrible art thou !

1 Sinners before thy presence fly,

• Or at thy feet they bow.'

3 [Come, see the wonders of our God,

How glorious are his ways ! In Moses' hand he puts his" rod, And cleaves the frighted seas.

4 He made the ebbine channel dry,

While Israel passrd the flood; There did the church besjin their jov, And triumph in their God.] B 2

14,15

PERFECTIONS OF GOD.

16, 17, 18

5 He rules by his resistless might: Will rebel-mortals dare Provoke th' Eternal to the fight, And tempt that dreadful war? C O bless our God, and never cease; Ye saints, fulfil his praise ; He keeps our life, maintains our peace, And guides our doubtful ways. 7 Lord, thou hastprov'd our suffering souls, To make our graces shine ; So silver bears the burning coals The metal to refine. S Thro' wat'ry deeps and fiery ways We march at thy command. Led to possess the promis'd place By thine unerring hand.

14» Devizes 14, Evans's 190, Miall 240,

(Psalm 33. 2d Part. C. M.) Creatures vain, and God all' sufficient.

1 T> LEST is the nation where the Lord J3 Hath fix'd his gracious throne ; Where he reveals his heavenly word,

And calls their tribes his own.

2 His eye, with infinite survey,

Does the whole world behold : He form'd us all of equal clay, And knows our feeble mould.

3 Kings are not rescued by the force

Of armies from the grave; Nor speed nor courage of an horse Can the bold rider save.

4 Vain is the strength of beasts or men

To hope for safety thence ;

But holy souls from God obtain

A strong and sure defence.

5 God is their fear, and God their trust;

When plagues or famine spread, His watchful eye secures the just

Amongst ten thousand dead. C Lord, let our hearts in thee rejoice,

And bless us from thy throne ; For we have made thy word our choice,

And trust thy grace alone.

15. Old 113th 215, Newcourl 173.

(Psalm 33. 2d Part. As the 11 3th Psalm.)

Creatures vain, and God all-sufficient.

1 f\ HAPPY nation, where the Lord \J Reveals the treasure of his word,

And builds his church, his earthly throne ! His eye the heathen world surveys^ He form'd their hearts, he knows their ways ;

But God their maker is unknown.

2 Let kings rely upon their host?

And of his strength the champion boast;

In vain they boast, in vain rely ; In vain we trust the brutal force, Or speed, or courage of an horse,

To guard his rider, or to fly.

S The eye of thy compassion, Lord,

Doth more secure defence afford,

When death or dangers threat'ning stand : Thy watchful eye preserves the just, Who make thy name their fear and trust,

When wars or famine waste the land.

4 In sickness or the bloody field, Thou our physician, thou our shield,

Send us salvation from thy throne; We wait to see thy goodness shine ; Let us rejoice in help divine,

For all our hope is God alone.

Ifi. AngeVs Hymn 60, Babylon Streams 2S,

Paul's 246.

(Hymn 22. B. 2. L, M.)

With God is terrible Majesty.

1 mERRIBLE God, that reign'st on high*

X How awful is thy thunSering hand! Thy fiery bolts ho.v fierce they fly ! Nor can all earth or hell withstand.

2 This the old rebel-angels knew, And Satan fell beneath thy frown: Thing arrows struck the traitor through, And weighty vengeance sunk him down*

3 This Sodom felt, and feels it still, And roars beneath th' eternal load,

' With endless burnings who can dwell, ' Or bear the fury of a God !'

4 Tremble, ye sinners, and submit, Throw down your arms before his throne, Bend your heads low beneath his feet,

Or his strong hand shall crush you down*

5 And ye, bless'd saints, that love him too, With reverence bow before his name, Thus all his heavenly servants do :

God is a bright and burning flame.

17. Martin's Lane 67, Jennings's 123.

(Psalm 113. Proper Tune.) The Majesty and Condescension of God,

1 ~\TE that delight to serve the Lord,

X The honours of hi.« name record, His sacred name for ever bless : Where'er the circling sun displays His rising beams, or setting rays, Let lands and seas his power confess.

2 Not time, nor nature's narrow rounds, Can give his vast dominion bounds,

The heavens are far below his height* Let no created greatness dare With our eternal God compare,

Arm'd with his uncreated might.

And bends his care to mortal things; His sovereign hand exalts the poor, He takes the needy from the door,

And makes them company for kings. 4 When childless families despair, He sends the blessing of an heir

To rescue their expiring name: The mother with a thankful voice Proclaims his praises and her joys:

Let every age advance his fame.

18* Bromley 104, Mark's 65, Rowlcsli.

(Psalm 113. L. M.)

God Sovereign and Gracious.

1 X7"E servants of th' almighty King,

X In every age his praises sing ; Where'er the sun shall rise or set, The nations shall his praise repeat.

2 Above the earth, beyoud the sky, Stands his high throne of majesty: Nor time, nor place, his power restrain, Nor bound his universal reign.

3 Which of the sons of Adam dare, Or angels, with their God compare! His glories how divinely bright, Who dwells in uncreated light!

4 Behold his love: he stoops to view What saints above and angels do ; And condescends yet more to know The mean affairs of men below.

19,20

PERFECTIONS OF GOD.

21, 22

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

And fits them for their heavenly thrones.

6 rA word of his creating- voice

Can make the barren house rejoice : Tho' Sarah's ninety years were past, The promis'd seed is born at last.

7 Wkh jov the mother views her son, And tells the wonders God has done : Faith raav grow strong when sense despairs. If nature' fails, the promise bears.]

19. Abridge 201, Brighthelmstone 208.

(Hymn 99. B. 2. CM.)

The Book of God's Decrees.

1 T ET the whole race of creatures lie JLi Abas'd before their God : Whate'er his Sovereign voice hath form'd

He governs with a nod.

2 [Ten thousand ages ere the skies

Were into motion brought, All the long vears and worlds to come Stood present to his thought.

3 There's not a sparrow or a worm

But's found in his decrees; He raises monarchs to their thrones, And sinks them as he please.]

4 If light attends the course I run,

Tis he provides those rays : And 'tis his hand that hide's my sun,

If darknoss cloud my days, j Yet 1 would not be much concern'd,

Nor vainly lone to see The volume of his deep decrees,

What months are writ for me. 6 When he reveals the book of life,

O may I read my name Amongst the chosen of his love,

TheTollowers of the Lamb !

20- Henley 38, Mansfield 154, Finsbury 155 (P*alm 8. S. M.)

1 f\ LORD, our heavenly King, \J Thy name is all divine ;

Thy glories round the earth are spread, And o'er the heavens they shine.

2 When to thy works on high I raise my wondering eyes,

And see the" moon complete in light Adorn the darksome skies :

3 When I survey the stars, And all their shining forms,

Lord, what is man, that worthless thing, A-kin to dust and worms?

4 Lord, what is worthless man, That thou should'st love him so ?

Next to thine an?els is he plac'd, And Lord of all below.

5 Thine honour? crown his head, While beasts like slaves obey,

And birds that cut the air with wings, And fish that cleave the sea.

6 How rich thy bounties are ! And wond'rous are thy ways:

Of dust and worms thy power can frame A monument of praise.

7 [Out of the mouths of babes And sucklings thou canst draw

Surprising honours to thy name, And strike the world with awe.

8 O Lord, our heaveuly King, Tin name is ail divine :

Thy glories round the earth are spread, And o'er the heavens they shine.]

21. Old Hundred 100, Green's 89.

(Hymn 70. B. 2. L. M.)

God's Dominion over the Sea, Ps. cvii. 23, &c.

1 fi OD of the seas, thy thundering voice \Jf Makes all the roaring waves rejoice, And one soft word of thy command

Can sink them silent in the sand.

2 If but a Moses wave thy rod,

The sea divides and owns its God; The stormy floods their Maker knew, And let his'chosen armies through.

3 The scaly flocks amidst the sea To thee "their Lord a tribute pay ; The meanest fish that swims the flood Leaps up, and means a praise to God,

4 [The larger monsters of the deep, On thy commands attendance keep, By thy permission sport and play, And cleave along their foaming way.

5 If God his voice of tempest rears Leviathan lies still and fears. Anon he lifts his nostrils high, And spouts the ocean to the sky.]

6 How is thy glorious power ador'd, Amidst those wat'rv nations, Lord! Yet the bold meu that trace the seas, Bold men, refuse their Maker's praise.

7 ["What scenes of miracle they see, And never tune a song to thee! While on the flood they safely ride,

They curse the hand that smooths the tide.

8 Anon theypluuge in wat'ry graves,

And some drink death among the waves: Yet the surviving crew blaspheme, Nor own the God that rescu'd them.]

9 O for some signal of thine hand, Shake all the sea?, Lord, shake the land, Great Judge, descend, lest men deny That there's a God that rules the sky.

22* James's 163, Ann's 58.

(Hymn 115. B.2. C M.)

God the Avenger of his Saints; or, his King*

dom Supreme.

1 TTIGH as the heavens above the srround H Reigns the Creator, God ;

Wide as the whole creation's bound Extends his awful rod.

2 Let princes of exalted state

To him ascribe their crown,

Render their homage at his ieet,

And cast their glories down.

3 Know that his kingdom is supreme,

Your lofty thoughts are vain ; He calls you gods, that awful name, But ye must die like men.

4 Then let the sovereigns of the globe

Not dare to vex the just; He puts on vengeance like a robe, And treads the worms to dust. B3

23, 24, 25

PERFECTIONS OF GOD.

26,27

5 Ye judges of the earth, be wise, And think on heaven with fear; The meanest saint that you despise Has an avenger there.

23* Abridge 201, London ISO, Charmouih 28.

(Hymn 86. B. I. C. M.)

God holy, just, and sovereign, Job ix. 2 — 10.

HOW should the sons of Adam's race Be pure before their God I If he contend in riffhte tusness We fall beneath his rod. S To vindicate my words and thoughts 111 make no more, pretence; Not one of all my thousand faults Can bear a just defence.

3 Strong is his arm, his heart is wise;

What vain presumers dare Against their Maker's hand to rise, Or tempt th' unequal war?

4 [Mountains by his almighty wrath

From their old seats are torn ; He shakes the earth from south to north, And all her pillars mourn.

5 He bids the sun forbear to rise,

Th' obedient sun forbears : His hand with sackcloth spreads the skies And seals up all the stars.

6 He walks upon the stormy sea,

Flies on the stormy wind ;

There's none can trace his wond'rous way,

Orhis dark footsteps find.]

OJL. Milbourn Port 183, Arlington 17, Elim 151.

(Psalm 145. vtr. 7, &c 2d Part. C. M.)

The Goodness of God.

1 ^WEET is the memory of thy grace, ^ My God, my heavenly King ; Let age to age thy righteousness

In sounds of glory sing.

2 God reigns on high, but not confines

His goodness to the skies; Thro' the whole earth his bounty shines And every want supplies.

3 With longing eyes thy creatures wait

On thee for daily food, Thy lib'ral hand provides their meat And fills their mouths with good.

4 How kind are thy compassions, Lord!

How slow thine anger moves ! But soon he sends his pardoning word To cheer the souls he loves.

5 Creatures with all their endless race,

Thy power and praise proclaim ; But saints that taste thy richer grace Delight to bless thy name. 25, Ulverston 179, Portugal 97, Bredby 165, omitting 1th Verse. (Psalm 103. ver. 1—7. 1st Part. L. M.) Blessing God for his Goodness to Souland Body.

1 T> LESS, O my soul, the living God,

JL3 Call home thy thoughts that rove abroad ; Let all the powers within me join In work and worship so divine.

2 Bles<=, O my soul, the God of grace; His favours claim thv highest praise; Why should the wonders he hath wrought Be lost in silence and forgot?

3 'Tis he, mv soul, that sent his Son

To die for'crin.es which thou hast done; He owns the ransom; and forgives The hourly follies of our lives.

4 The vices of the mind he heals,

And cures the pains that nature feels ; Redeems the sou! from hell, and saves Our wasting life from threat'ning graves.

5 Our youth decay'd his power repairs; His mercy crowns our growing years; He satisfies our mouth with good, And fills our hopes with heavenly food.

6 He sees the oppressor and the opprest, And often gives the sufferers rest;

But will his justice more display In the last great rewarding day.

7 [His power he shew'd by Moses' hands, And gave to Israel his commands; But sent his truth and mercy down

To all the nations by his Son.

8 Let the whole earth his power confess, Let the whole earth adore his grace ; The Gentile with the Jew shall join

In work and worship so divine.]

26- Stockport 47, Enfield 5, Eagle Street New 5 5.

(Psalm 103. ver. 1—7. 1st Part. S. M.)

Praise for spiritual and temporal Mercies.

1 f\ Bless the Lor.!, my soul ; y~r Let all within mo join,

And aid my tongue to bless his name, Whose favours are divine'.

2 O bless the Lord, my soul; Nor let his mercies lie

Forgotten in un thankfulness, And without praises die.

3 'Tis he forgives thy sins, 'Tis he relieves thy pain,

'Tis he that heals thy sicknesses, And makes thee young again.

4 He crowns thy life with love, When ransom'd from the grave;

He that redcem'd my soul from hell, Hath sovereign power to save.

5 He fills the poor with good; He gives the sufferers rest ;

The Lord hath judgments for the proud And justice for th' opprest.

6 His wond'rous works and ways He made by Moses known;

But sent the world his truth and grace, By his beloved Son.

27. Wells 102, Marks 65.

(Hymn 46. B. 2. L. M.)

God's Condescension to Human Affairs.

1 TTP to the Lord that reigns on high, \J And views the nations from afar,

Lei everlasting praises fly,

And tell how large his bo'unties are.

2 [He that can shake the worlds he made, Or with his word or with his rod,

His goodness how amazing great ! And what a condescending God !]

3 [God that must stoop to view the skies, And bow to see what angels do, Down to our earth he casts his eyes, And bends his footsteps downward too.]

4 He over-rules all mortal things, And manages our mean affairs; On humble souls the King of kings Bestows his counsels and bis cares.

5 Our sorrows and our tears we pour Into the bosom of our God,

He hears us in the mournful hour, And helps us bear the heavy load.

28,29

PERFECTIONS OF GOD.

30,31

6 In vain might lofty princes try Such condescension to perform; For worms were never rais'd so high Above their meanest fellow-worm.

7 O conid our thankful hearts devise A tribute equal to thy grace,

To the third heaven our songs should rise, And teach the golden harps thy praise.

%Q. Chard 175, Wells 102. (Psalm 687 ver. 1—6, 32—35. 1st Part. L. M.)

The Vengeance and Compassion of God. j JET God arise in air his might, XJ And put the troops of hellto flight, As smoke that sought to cloud the skies Before the rising tempest flies.

2 [He comes array'd in burning flames; ~ Justice and vengeance are his names;

Behold his fainting foes evpire Like melting wax before the fire.]

3 He rides and thunders thro' the sky ; His name Jehovah sounds on high : Sing to his name, ye sons of grace; Ye saints rejoice before his face.

4 The widow and the fatherless Flv to his aid in sharp distress; In him the poor and helpless find A judge that's just, a father kind.

5 He breaks the captive's heavy chain, And prisoners see the light again; But rebels, that dispute his will,

Shall dwell in chains and darkness still. Chard 175. PAUSE. Wells 102.

6 Kingdoms and thrones to God belong; Crown him, ye nations, in your song:

His wonderous names and powers rehearse; His honours shall enrich your verse.

7 He shakes the heavens with loud alarms; How terrible is God in arms!

In Israel are his mercies known, Israel is his peculiar throne.

8 Proclaim him king, pronounce him blest; He's your defence, your joy, your rest; When terrors rise and nations faint,

Gcd is the strength of every saint.

29. Canterbury 199, London 180.

(Hymn 42, B. 1. C. M.)

Divine Wrath and Mercy, Nahum i. 2, &c.

1 A DORE and tremble, for our God J\ Is a consuming fire * ;

His jealous eyes his wrath inflame, And raise his vengeance higher.

2 Almighty vengeance how it burns !

How brighfhis fury glows! Vase magazines of plagues and storms Lie treasur'd for his foes.

3 Those heaps of wrath by slow degrees

Are forced into a flame, But kindled, O how fierce they blaze! And rend all Nature's frame.

4 At his approach the mountains flee,

And seek a watery grave ; The frighted sea makes haste away, And shrinks up every wave.

5 Thro' the wide air the weighty rocks

Are swift as hail-stones hurl'd: Who dares engage his fiery rage That shakes the solid world 7 * Heb. xii. 29.

6 Yet, mighty God, thy sovereign grace

Sits regent on the throne, The refuge of thy chosen race When wrath comes rushing down.

7 Thy hand shall on rebellious kings

A fierv tempest pour, While we beneath thy sheltering wings Thy just revenge adore.

30. Harborovgh 142, Broderip's 252.

(Psalm 103. ver. 8— 18. 2d Part. S. M.)

Abounding Compassion of God; or, Mercy in

the midst of Judgment.

1 1VTY soul, repeat his praise IxJL Whose mercies are so great;

Whose anger is so slow to rise, So ready to abate.

2 God will not always chide ; And when his strokes are felt,

His strokes are fewer than our crimes, And lighter than our guilt.

3 High as the heavens are rais'd Above the ground we tread,

So far the riches of his grace Our highest thoughts exceed.

4 His power subdues our sins; And his forgiving love,

Far as tfce east is from the west, Doth all our guilt remove.

5 The pity of the Lord

To those that fear his name,

Is such as tender parents feel ;

He knows our feeble frame.

6 He knows we are but dust, Scatter'd with every breath;

His angrer, like a rising wind, Can send us swift to death.

7 Our days are as the grass, Or like the morning flower ;

If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field, It withers in an hour.

8 But thy compassions, Lord, To endless years endure ;

And children's children ever find Thy words of promise sure.

31- Ulverston 179, Portugal 97.

(Psalm 103. ver. 8—18. 2d Part. L. M.)

God's gentle Chastisement ; or, his tender

Mercy to his People.

1 FT1HE Lord, how wonderous are his ways!

A How firm his truth ! how large his grace He takes his mercy for his throne, And thence he makes his glories known.

2 Not half so high his power hath spread Tue starry heavens above our head,

As his rich love exceeds our praise, Exceeds the highest hopes we raise.

3 Not half so far hath nature plac'd The rising morning from the west, As his forgiving srrace removes The daily guiit oT those he loves.

4 How slowly doth his wrath arise ! On swifter wings salvation flies; And if he lets his anger burn, How soon his frowns to pity turn!

5 Amidst his wrath compassion shines; His strokes are lighter than our sins ; And while his rod corrects his saints. His ear indulges their complaints,

B4

32, 33

PERFECTIONS OF GOD.

34, 35, 36

i. So fathers their young: sons chastise, With gentle hand and melting eyes ; The children weep beneath the smart, And move the pity of their heart. PAUSE.

7 The mighty God, the wise, and just, Knows Ihat our frame is feeble dust ; And will no heavy loads impose Beyond the strength that he bestows.

8 He knows how soon our nature dies, Blasted by every wind that flies;

Like grass we spring, and die as soon, Or morning flowers that fade at noon.

9 But his eternal love is sure-

To all the saints, and shall endure : From age to age his truth shall reign, Nor children's children hope in vain.

32- Milbourn Port 183, Arlingtonll, ElimlSl. (Psalm 145. ver. 14, 17, &c.3d Part. C. M.)

Mercy to Sufferers ; or, God hearing Prayer.

1 T ET every tongue thy goodness speak, .Li Thou sovereign Lord of all ;

Thy strengthening hands uphold the weak, And raise the poor that fall.

2 When sorrow bows the spirit down,

Or virtue lies distrest Beneath some proud oppressor's frown, Thou giv'st the mourners rest.

3 The Lord supports our tottering days,

And guides our giddy youth;

Holy and just are all his ways,

And all his words are truth.

4 He knows the pains his servants feel,

He hears his children cry, And their best wishes to fulfil His grace is ever nigh.

5 His mercy never shall remove

From men of heart sincere; He saves the souls whose humble love Is join'd with holy fear.

6 [His stubborn foes his sword shall slay,

And pierce their hearts with pain ; But none that serve the Lord shah say, * They sought his aid in vain.'J

7 [My lips shall dwell upon his praise,

And spread his fame abroad; Let all the sons of Adam raise

The honours of their God.] 33. Ba ngor 231, Walsal 237, Wantage 204. (Psalm 142. C. M.) God is the Hope of the Helpless.

1 FT^O God I made my sorrows known,

A From God I sought relief; In long complaints before his throne I pour'd out all my grief.

2 My soul was overwhelm'd with woes,

My heart began to break ; My God, who all my burdens knows, He knows the way I take.

3 On every side I cast mine eye,

An 1 found my helpers gone, While friends and strangers pass'd me by Neglected or unknown.

4 Then did 1 raise a louder cry,

And call'd thy mercy near, Thou art my portion when I die, ' Be thou my refuge here.'

5 Lord, I am brought exceeding low,

Now let thine ear attend, And make my foes who vex me know Pve an almighty Friend.

6 From my sad prison set me free, Then shall I praise thy name, And holy men shall join with me Thy kindness to proclaim.

34« Devizes 14, Milbourn Port 1&3, MechaeVs

119.

(Psalm 89. 1st Part. C. M.)

The Faithfulness of God.

1 "IX/TY never-ceasing song shall show iTL The mercies of the Lord,

And make succeeding ages know How faithful is his word.

2 The sacred truths his lips pronounce

Shall firm as heaven endure; And if he speak a promise once, Th' eternal grace is sure.

3 How long the race of David held

The promis'd Jewish throne ! But there's a nobler covenant seal'd To David's greater Son.

4 His seed for ever shall possess

A throne above the skies ; The meanest subject of his grace Shall to that glory rise.

5 Lord God of Hosts, thy wonderous ways

Are sung by saints above ; And saints on earth their honours raise To thine unchanging love.

35* Chard 175, Mark's 65, Bramcoate 8.

(Psalm 146. L. M.) Praise to God for his Goodness and Truth.

1 T> RAISE ye the Lord, my heart shall joiu X In work so pleasant, so divine,

Now, while the flesh is mine abode, And when my soul ascends to God.

2 Praise shall employ my noblest powers, While immortality endures;

My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life and thought, and being last.

3 Why should I make a man my trust? Princes must die and turn to dust;

Their breach departs, their pomp and powei And thoughts, all vanish in an hour.

4 Happy the man whose hopes rely On Israel's God: he made the sky, And earth and seas with all their train, And none shall find his promise vain.

5 His truth for ever stands secure ;

He saves th' opprest, he feeds the poor; He sends the labouring conscience peace, And grants the prisoner sweet release.

6 The lord hath eyes to give the blind ; The Lord supports the sinking mind; He helps the stranger in distress, The widow and the fatherless.

7 He loves his saints, he knows them well, But turns the wicked down to hell; Thy God, O Zion, ever reigns;

Praise him in everlasting strains.

36* Newcovrt 173, Jennings's 123, Martin* $'

Lane 67.

(Psalm 146. As the 113 Psalm.)

Praise to God for his Goodness and Truth.

1 T'LL praise my Maker with my breath ;

A And when my voice is lost in death

Praise shall employ my nobler powers: My davs of praise shall ne'er be past While life and thought and being last, Or immortality endures.

37,38

PERFECTIONS OF GOD.

39,40

2 Why should I make a man my trust? Princes must die and turn to dust;

Vain is the help of flesh and blood: Their breath departs, their pomp and power, And thoughts all vanish in an hour,

Nor can they make their promise good.

3 Happy the man whose hopes rely On Israel's God : he made the sky,

And earth and seas with all their train; His truth for ever stands secure ; He saves th' opprest, he feeds the poor,

And none shall find his promise vain.

4 The lord hath eves to give the blind; The Lord supports the sinking mind ;

He sends the labouring conscience peace: He helps the stranger in distress, The widow and the fatherless,

And grants the prisoner sweet release.

5 He loves his saints; he knows them well, But turns the wicked down to hell;

Thy God, O Zion, ever reigns: Let every tongue, let every age, In this exalted work engage;

Praise him in everlasting strains.

6 I'll praise him while he lends me breath, And when my voice is lost in death

Praise shall employ my nobler powers : Mv days of praise shall ne'er be past While life and thought and being last,

Or immortality endures.

37. Miall 240, Bath Chapelt, Great Milton 212

(Psalm 111. 2d Part. C. M.) The Perfections of God.

1 f*i REAT is the Lord ; his works of might vJT Demand our noblest songs;

Let his assembled saints unite Their harmony of tongues.

2 Great is the mercy of the Lord,

He gives his children food ; And ever mindful of his word, He makes his promise good.

3 His Son, the great Redeemer, came

To seal his covenant sure:

Holy and reverend is his name,

His ways are just and pure.

4 They that would grow divinely wise

Must with his fear begin; Our fairest proof of knowledge lies In hating every sin.

38. Tunbridge 103, Bedford 91, London 180.

(Hymn 166. B. 2. C. M.) The Divine Perfections.

1 TJTOW shall I praise th' eternal God, XI That infinite Unknown?

Who can ascend his high abode, Or venture near his throne ?

2 [The great invisible ! He dwells -

Conceal'd in dazzling light; But his all-searching eye reveals The secrets of the night.

3 Those watchful eyes that never sleep

Survey the world around; His wisdom is a boundless deep Where all our thoughts are drown'd.]

4 [Speak we of strength! His arm is strong

To save or to destroy : Infinite years his life prolong, And endless is his joy.]

5 [He knows no shadow of a change,

Nor alters his decrees; Firm as a rock his truth remains To guard his promises.]

6 [Sinners before his presence die;

How holy is his name! His anger and his jealousy Burn like devouring flame.]

7 Justice upon a dreadful throne

Maintains the rights of God ; While mercy sends her pardons down, Bought with a Saviour's blood.

8 Now to my soul, immortal King,

Speak some forgiving word; Then 'twill be double joy to sing The glories of my Lord.

39. Gloucester 12, Chard 175. (Hymn 167. B. 2. L. M.) The Divine Perfections.

1 |~1 REAT God, thy glories shall employ VT My holy fear,"my humble joy;

Mv lips in songs of honour bring Their tribute to th' eternal King.

2 [Earth and the stars and worlds unknown Depend precarious on his throne ;

All nature hangs upon his word, And grace and~glory own their Lord.]

3 [His sovereign power what mortal knows! If he command who dares oppose?

With strength he girds himself around, And treads the rebels to the ground.]

4 [Who shall pretend to teach him skill ? Or guide the counsels of his will ? His wisdom like a sea divine

Flows deep and high beyond our line.]

5 [His name is holy, and his eye Burns with immortal jealousy ;

He hates the sons of pride, and sheds His fiery vengeance on their heads.]

6 [The beamings of his piercing sight Bring dark hypocrisy to light ; Death and destruction naked lie, And hell uncover'd to his eye.]

7 [Th' eternal law before him stands ; His justice with impartial hands Divides to all their due reward,

Or by the sceptre or the sword.]

8 [His mercy like a boundless sea Washes our loads of guilt away, While his own Son came down and dy'<2 T' eng.ige his justice on our side.]

9 [Each of his words demands my faith, My soul can re;-t on all he saith; His truth inviolably keeps

The largest promise of his lips.]

10 O tell me with a gentle voice Thou art mm God, and I'll rejoice! Fill'd with thy love, I dare proclaim The brightest honours of thy name.

40. Old Hundred 100, Rowles 73.

(Hymn 168. B. 2. L. M.)

The same.

1 TEHOVAH reigns, his throne is high, cl His robes are light and majesty; His glory shines with beams so bright No mortal can sustain the sight.

2 His terrors keep the world in awe, His justice guards his holy law, His love reveals a smiling face,

His truth and promise seal the grace.

3 Through all his works his wisdom shines, And baffles Satan's deep designs;

His power is sovereign to fulfil The noblest counsels of his will. B5

41, 42

PERFECTIONS OF GOD.

43,44

4 And will this glorious Lord descend To be my father and my friend ! Then let my songs with angels join; Heaven is secure if God be mine.

41* Portsmouth 144, Resurrection 72.

(Hymn 169. B. 2. I48lh M.)

The same.

1 rpHF, Lord Jehovah reigns,

J. His throne is built on high ; The garments he assumes Are light and majesty;

His glories shine

"With beams so bright

No mortal eye

Can bear the sight.

2 The thunders of his hand Keep the wide world in awe; His wrath and justice stand To guard his holy law ;

And where his love Resolves to blf ss, His truth confirms And seals the grace.

3 Thro' all his ancient works Surprising wisdom shines, Confounds the powers of hell, And breaks then* curs'd designs :

Strong is bis arm. And shall fulfil His great decrees, His sovereign will.

4 And can this mighty King Of glory condescend ?

And will he write his name, 1 My Father and my Friend?*

I love his name,

I love his word ;

Join all my powers,

And praise the Lord.

4f2- Paul's 246, Dresden 178. (Hymn 170. B. 2. L. M.) God incomprehensible and Sovereign. j f^AN creatures to perfection find * V> Th' eternal uncreated mind ? Or can the largest stretch of thought Measure and search his nature out'.'

2 Tis high as heaven, 'tis deep as hell, And what can mortals know or tell? His glory spreads beyond the sky, And all the shining worlds on high.

3 But man, vain man, would fain be wise, Born like a wild young colt he flies Thro' ail the follies of his mind, '

And swells, and snuffs the empty wind.

4 God is a King of power unknown, Firm are the orders of his throne ; If he resohe, who dares oppose, Or ask him why, or what he does?

3 He wounds the heart, and he makes whole; He calms the tempest of the soul ; When he shuts up in long despair Who can remove the heavy bar?

« t He frowns, and darkness veils the moon, The fainting sun grow6 dim at noon ; It The pillars of heav'n's starry roof Tremble and start at his reproof.

* Job. xi. 7. t Job. xxv. 5. ft Job, xxvi. 11, &c.

7 He gave the vaulted heaven its form, The crooked serpent, and the worm ; He breaks the billows with his breath, And smites the sons of pride to death.

8 These are a portion of his ways, But who sha.ll dare describe his face? Who can endure his light? or stand To hear the thunders of his hand ?

43- Tunbridge 103, Abridge 201, Bedford 91.

(Hymn 87. B. 2. C. M.)

The Divine Glories above our Reason.

1 TTOW wonderousgreat, how glorious bright XX Must our Creator be,

Who dwells amidst the dazzling light Of vast infinity !

2 Our soaring spirits upward rise

Tow'rd the celestial throne, Fain would we see the blessed Three, And the Almighty One.

3 Our reason stretches all its wings,

And climbs above the skies ; But still how far beneath thy feet Our groveling i\ ason lies!

4 [Lord, here we bend our humble souls,

And awfully adore, For the weak pinions of our mind Can stretch a thought no more.]

5 Thy glories infinitely rise

Above our labouring tongue; In vain the highest seraph tries To form an equal song.

6 [In humble notes our faith adores

The great mysterious King, While angels strain their nobler powers,

And sweep th' immortal string.] 44. Abridge 201, Bedford 91, James's 163. (Psa!m 36. 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9. C. M.) Practical Atheism exposed ; or, the Being and Attributes of God asserted. ILE men grow bold in wic' And yet a God they own, My heart within me often says, ' Their thoughts believe there's none.'

2 Their thoughts and ways at once declare

(Whate'er their lips profess) God hath no wrath for them to fear, Nor will they seek his grace.

3 WThat strange self-flattery blinds their eyes!

But there's an hast'ning hour When they shall see with sore surprise The terrors of thy power.

4 Thy justice shall maintain its throne,

Tho' mountains melt away ; Thy judgments are a world unknown, A deep unfathom'd sea.

5 Above the heavens created rounds,

Thy mercies, Lord, extend ; Thy truth outlives the narrow bounds Where time and nature end.

6 Safety to man thy goodness brings,

Nor overlooks the beast; Beneath the shadow of thy wings Thy children choose to rest.

7 [From thee, when creature-streams run low,

And mortal comforts die, Perpetual springs of life shall flow, And raise our pleasures high.

8 Tho' all created light decay,

And death close up our eyes,

Thy presence makes eternal day

Where clouds can never Tise.]

45,46

PERFECTIONS OF GOD.

47, 48, 40

45. Aynhoe 108, Simon's 250, Broderip's 2 2.

(Psalm 36. ver. 1—7. S. M.)

The Wickedness of Man, and the Majesty of

God; or, practical Atheism exposed.

1 ■\TI7~HEN man grows bold in sin,

TY My heart within me cries, 1 He hath nb faith of God within, Nor fear before his eyes.'

2 [He walks awhile conceal'd In a self-flattering dream,

Till his dark crimes at once reveal'd Expose his hateful name.]

3 His heart is false and foul,

His words are smooth and fair; Wisdom is banish'd from his soul,

And leaves no goodness there. 4 He plots upon his bed New mischiefs to fulfil; He sets his heart, and hand, and head, To practise all that's ill. 5 But there's a dreadful God, Tho' men renounce his fear; His justice hid behind the cloud Shall one great day appear. C His truth transcends the sky ; la heaven his mercies dwell; Deep as the sea his judgments lie, His anger burns to hell. 7 How excellent his love,

Whence all our safety springs ! O never let my soul remove From underneath his wings.

4g. Wareham 117, Hotham 224. (Psalm 115. 1st. M.)

The true God our Refuge; or, Idolatry re- proved.

1 "VTOT to ourselves, who are but dust, ±S Not to ourselves is glory due, Eternal God, thou only just,

Thou only gracious, wise and true.

2 Shine forth in all thy dreadful name; Why should a heathen's haughty tongue Insult us, and to raise our shame "[long !' Say, ' YA here's the God you've serv'd so

3 The God we serve maintains his throne Above the clouds, beyond the skies, Thro' all the earth his will is done,

He knows our groans, he hears our cries.

4 But the vain idols they adore

Are senseless shapes of stone and wood; At best a mass of glittering ore, A silver saint, or golden god.

5 [With ejes and ears they carve their head, Deaf are their ears, their e\es are blied; In vain are costly offerings' made,

And vows are scatter'd in the wind.

6 Their feet were never m ide to move, Nor hands to sa\e when mortals pray ; Mortals that pay them fear or love Seem to be blind and deaf as they.]

7 O Israel, make the Lord thy hope, Thy help, thy refuge, and thy rest; The Lord shall build thy ruin's up, And bless the people and the priest.

£ The dead no more can speak thy praise, They dwell in silence and the grave ; But we shall live to sing ihy grace, And tell the world thy power to save.

47. Oxford 177, Irish 171, Providence

College 10.

(Psalm 135. C. M.)

Praise due to God, not to Idols.

1 A WAKE, ye saints; to praise your King, xjL Your sweetest passions raise,

Your pious pleasure, while you sing, Increasing with the praise.

2 Great is the Lord ; and works unknown

Are his divine employ; But still his saints are near his throne, His treasure and his joy.

3 Heaven, earth, and sea, confess his hand;

He bids the vapours rise; Lightning and storm at his command Sweep thro' the sounding skies.

4 All power that gods or kings have claimM,

Is found with him alone; But heathen gods should ne'er be nam'd Where our Jehovah's known.

5 Which of the stacks or stones they trust

Can give them showers of rain ? In vain they worship glittering dust, And pray to gold in "vain.

6 [Their gods have tongues that cannot talk,

Such as their makers gave: Their feet were ne'er design'd to walk, Nor hands have power to save.

7 Blind are their eyes, their ears are deaf,

Nor hear when mortals pray;

Mortals, that wait for their relief,

Are blind and deaf as they.]

8 O Britain, know thy living God,

Serve him with faith and fear;

He makes thy chur. lies his abode,

And claims" thine honours there.

48. Stockport 47, Enfield 5, FJim 151. (Psalm 103, ver. 19—22. 3d Part. S. M.)

God's universal Dominion ; or, Angels praise the Lord.

1 fTlHE Lord, the sovereign Kins-,

A Hath fix'd his throne on high; O'er all the heaven y world he rules, And all beneath tile sky.

2 Y'e angels, great in might, And swift to do his will,

Bless ye the Lord, whose voice ye hear, Whose pleasure ye fulfil.

3 Let the bright hosts who wait The ort'ers of their Kingr,

And guard his churches when they pray, Join in the praise they sing.

4 While all his wonderous works, Thro' his vast kingdom shew

Their maker's glory, thou, my soul, Shalt sing his graces too. 4Q. Old Hundred 100, Wareham 117. (Hymn 27. B. 2. L. M.J Praise ye him, all his Angels, Fs. cxlviii. 2.

1 pOD! the eternal awful name

VT That the whole heavenly army fears, That shakes th wide creation's frame, And Satan trembles when he hears.

2 Like flames of fire his servants are, And light surrounds his dwelling-place; But, O ye fiery flames, declare

The brighter glories of his face.

3 Tis not for such poor worms as we To speak so infinite a thing,

But your immortal eyes survey The beauties of your sovereign King. B6

50,51

PERFECTIONS OF GOD.

4 Tell how lie shews his smiling face, And clothes all heaven in bright array ; Triumph and joy run thro' the place, And songs eternal as the day.

5 Speak, (for you feel his burnin? love) What zeal it spreads through aft your frame : That sacred fire dwells all above,

For we on earth have lost the name.

6 [Sing- of his power and justice too, That infinite right hand of his That vanquished Satan and his crew,

And thunder drove them down from bliss.]

7 [What mighty storms of poison'd darts Were hurl'd upon the rebels there ! What deadly javelins nail'd their hearts Fast to the racks of long despair!!

8 [Shout to your King, you heavenly host, You that beheld the sinking foe; Firmly ye stood when they were lost; Praise the rich grace that kept you so.]

9 Proclaim his wonders from the skies, Let every distant nation hear;

And while you sound his lofty praise,

Let humble mortals bow and fear.

50' Newington 61, Bath Chapel 26, Weston

Favel 27.

(Psalm 86. ver. 8—13. (J. M.)

A general Song of Praise to God.

1 A MONG the princes, earthly gods, J\. There's none hath power divine; Nor is their nature, mighty Lord,

Nor are their works like thine.

2 The nations thou hast made shall bring

Their offerings round thy throne; For thou alone dost wonderous things, For thou art God alone.

3 Lord, I would walk with holy feet;

Teach me thine heavenly way*,. And my poor scatter' d thoughts unite In God my father's praise.

How by thy grace my sinking soul Rose from the deeps of hell. 51. Tiverton 109, Irish 171, Stamford 9, (Hymn 71. B. 2. C. M.) Praise to God from all Creatures,

1 rilHE glories of my Maker, God, X My joyful voice shall sing,

And call the nations to adore Their Former and their King.

2 'Twas his right hand that shap'd our clay,

And wrought this human frame, But from his own immediate breath Our nobler spirits came.

3 We bring our mortal powers to God,

And worship with our tongues : We claim some kindred with the skies And join th' angelic songs.

4 Let groveling beasts of every shape,

And fowls of every wing, And rocks, and trees, and fires, and seas, Their various tribute bring.

3 Ye planets, to his honour shine, And wheels of nature roll, Praise him in your unwearied course Around the steady pole.

o The brightness of our Maker's name The wide creation fills, And his unbounded grandeur flies Bejond the heavenly hills,

52* Resurrection 72, Darwells 82, Ports- mouth New 144. (Psalm 148. P. M.) Praise to God from all Creatures,

1 "VE tribes of Adam, join 1 Wit" '

h heaven, and earth, and seas, And oftVr notes divine To your Creator's praise:

Ye holy throng

Of angels bright,

In worlds of light

Begin the song.

2 Thou &un with dazzling ravs, And moon that rules the night, Shine to your Maker's praise, With stars of twinkling light ;

His power declare, Ye floods on high, And clouds that fly In empty air.

3 The shining worlds above

By his supreme command:

He spake the word,

And all their frame

From nothing came

To praise the Lord. 4 He mov'd their mighty wheels In unknown ages past, And each his word fulfils While time and nature last:

In different ways

His works proclaim

His wonderous name,

And speak his praise. Resurrection 72. PAUSE. Grove 125» * Let all the earth-born race, And monsters of the deep, The fish that cleave the seas, Or in their bosom sleep,

From sea and shore

Their tribute pay,

And still display

Their Maker's power.

6 Ye vapours, hail, and snow, Praise ye th' almighty Lord, And stormy winds that blow To execute his word :

When light'nings shine, Or thunders roar, Let earth adore His hand divine.

7 Ye mountains near the skies, With lofty cedars there, And trees of humbler size That fruit in plenty bear j

Beasts wild and tame, Birds, flies, and worms, In various forms Exalt his name.

8 Ye kings, and judges, fear The Lord, the sovereign King; And while you rule us here, His heavenly honours sing;

Nor let the dream Of power and 6tate Make you forget His power supreme.

9 Virgins, and youths, engage To sound his praise divine, While infancy and age Their feebler voices join :

Wide as he reigns His name be sung By every tongue la endless straips,

53

PERFECTIONS OF GOD.

54

10 Let all the nations fear The God that rules above; He brings his people near, And makes them taste his love:

While earth and sky

Attempt his praise,

His saints shall raise

His honours high.

53. Gloucester 12, Wdls 102, Green's Httn- dred 89.

(Psalm 148. Paraphrased. L. M.)

Universal Praise to God.

From distant worlds where creatures Let heaven begin the solemn word, And sound it dreadful down to hell.

Note, This psalm' may be swig to the tune of the old l\2th or vnth psalm, if these two lines be added to every stanza, namely, Each of his works his name displays, But they can ne'er fulfil the praise.

Otherwise it must be sung to the usual tunes of the Long Metre.

2 The Lord! how absolute he reigns! Let ev'ry angel bend the knee; Sing of his love in heavenly strains, And speak how fierce his terrors be.

3 High on a throne his glories dwell, An awful throne of shining bliss : Fly thro' the world, O sun, and tell How dark thy beams compar'd to his.

4 Awake, ye tempests, and his fame In sounds of dreadful praise declare; And the sweet whisper of his name Fill every gentler breeze of air.

5 Let clouds, and winds, and waves agree To join their praise with blazing fire; Let the firm earth, and rolling sea,

In this eternal song conspire.

6 Ye flowery plains, proclaim his skill; Valleys, lie low before his eye ;

And let his praise from every hill Rise tuneful to the neighbouring sky.

7 Ye stubborn oaks, and stately pines, Bend your high branches and* adore : Praise him, ye beasts, in different strains; The lamb must bleat, the lion roar.

8 Birds, ye must make his praise your theme, Nature demands a song from you ;

While the dumb fish that cut "the stream Leap up, and mean his praises too.

9 Mortals, can you refrain your tongue, When nature'all around you sings?

O for a shout from old and young, From humble swains, and lofty kings !

10 Wide as his vast dominion lies Make the Creator's name be known ; Loud as his thunder shout his praise, And sound it lofty as his throne.

11 Jehovah ! 'tis a glorious word, O may it dwell on every tongue!

But saints who best have known the Lord Are bound to raise the noblest song.

12 Speak of the wonders of that love Which Gabriel plays on every chord: From all below and all above,

Loud hallelujahs to the Lord!

54. Finsbury 15.5, Mansfield 154, Falron

Street 209.

(Psa'ni 148. S. M.)

Universal Praise.

1 T ET every creature join J_i To praise th' eternal God;

Ye heavenly hosts, the song begin, And sound his name abroad.

2 Thou sun with golden beams, And nior.n with paler ravs,

Ye starry lights, ye twinkling flames, Shine to your Maker's praise.

3 He built those worlds above, And fix'd their wouderous frame;

By his command they stand or move, And ever speak his name.

4 Ye vapours, when ye rise, Or fall in showers or snow,

Ye thunders murm'ring round the skies, His power and glory" show.

5 Wind, hail, and flashing fire, Agree to praise the Lord,

When ye in dreadful storms conspire To execute his word.

6 By all his works above His honours be exprest;

But saints that taste his saving love Should sing his praises best. Finsbury 153. PAUSE I. Mansfield 154,

7 Let earth aud ocean know They owe their Maker praise;

Praise him, ye watery worlds below, And monsters of the seas.

8 From mountains near the sky Let his high prai e resound

From humble shrubs and cedars higb> And vales and fields around.

9 Ye lions of the wood,

And tamer beasts that graze, Ye live upon his daily food, And he expects your praise.

10 Ye birds of lofty wing, On high his praises bear;

Or sit on flowery boughs, and siBg Your Maker's glory there.

And flies, in all your shining swarms, Praise him that dress'd you so.

12 By all the earth-born race His honours be exprest;

But saints that know his heavenly grace Should learn to praise him best. PAUSE II.

13 Monarchs of wide command, Praise ye th' eternal King ;

Judges, adore that sovereign hand V\ hence all your honours spring.

14 Let vigorous youth engage To sound his praises high ;

While growing babes, and withering age, Their feebler voices try.

15 United zeal be shown

His wouderous fame to raise;

God is the Lord : his name alone

Deserves our endless praise.

16 Let nature join with art, And all pronounce him blest;

But saints that dwell so near his heart Should sing his praises best. B 7

55, 56, 57, 58

CREATION AND PROVIDENCE.

5 v Jersey 15, Devizes 14, Ctt/ori 106.

(Hymn 147. B. 2. C. M.)

The Creation of the World, Gen. i.

1 ]\[OW let a spacious world arise, ■*■* Said the Creator-Lord :

At once the obedient earth and skies Rose at his sovereign word.

2 [Dark was the deep ; the waters lay

Confus'd, and drown'd the. land: He call'd the light; the new-born day Attends on his command.

3 He bid the clouds ascend on high ;

The clouds ascend and bear A watery treasure to the sky, And float on softer air.

4 The liquid element below

Was eather'd by his hand ; The rolling seas together flow, And leave the solid land.

5 With herbs and plants, a flowery birth,

The naked globe he crown'd, Ere there was rain to bless the earth, Or sun to warm the ground.

6 Then he adorn'd the upper skies;

Behold the sun appears, The moon and stars in order rise, To make our months and years.

7 Out of the deep th' almighty King

Did vital beings frame, The painted fowls of every wing, And fish of every name.]

8 He gave the lion and the worm

At once their wonderous birth, And grazing beasts of various form

Rose from the teeming earth. $ Adam was fram'd of equal clay, Though sovereign of the rest, Designed for nobler ends than they, With God's own image bless'd. 10 Thus glorious in the Maker's eye The youn<r creation stood; He saw the building from on high, His word pronoune'd it good, il Lord, while the frame of nature stands, Thv praise shall fill my tongue; But the new world of grace demands . A more exalted song.

56- Horsier/ 205, Rippon's 168.

(Psalm 139. 2d Part. L. M.)

The wonderful Formation of Man.

1 ^rilVVAS from thy hand, my God, I came,

X A work of such a furious frame; In me thy fearful wonders shine, And each proclaims thy skill divine.

2 Thine eyes did all my limbs survey, Which yet in dark confusion lay : Thou saw'st the daily growth they took, Form'd by the model of thy book.

3 Bv thee my growing parts were oam'd, And what thy sovereign counsels fram'd, (The breathing lungs, the beating heart) Was copy'd with unerring art.

4 At last to shew my Maker's name, God stamp'd his image on my frame, And in some unknown moment join'd The finish'd members to the mind.

5 There the young seeds of thought began And all the passions of the man : Great God, our infant nature pavs Immortal tribute to thy praise.

PAUSE.

6 Lord, since in my advancing age I've acted on life's busy stage,

Thy thoughts of love to me surmount TIkj power of numbers to recount.

7 I could survey the ocean o'er,

And count each sand that makes the shore. Before my swiftest thoughts could trace The numerous wonders of thy grace.

8 These on my heart are still imprest, With these I give my eyes to rest; And at my waking hour I find

God and his love possess my mind.

57- Bedford 91, London ISO, Ann's 58.

(Psalm 139, 2d Part. C. M.)

The Wisdom of God in the Formation of Man,

1 WHEN ' with Pleasing wonder stand,

t T And alt my frame survey, Lord, 'tis thy work ; I own thy nand Thus built my humble clay.

2 Thy hand my heart and reins possest,

Where unborn nature grew, Thy wisdom all my features trae'd, And a:l my members drew.

3 Thine eye with nicest care survey'd

The growth of everv part; Till the whole scheme thv thoughts had laid Was copied by thy art."

4 Heaven, earth, and sea, and fire, and wind,

Shew me thy wonderous skill ; But I review myself, and find Diviner wonders still.

5 Thy awful glories round me shine,

My flesh proclaims thy praise; Lord, to thy works of nature join Thy miracles of grace.

58- Millourn Port 183, Irish 171, Elim 1.51.

(Psalm in. 1st Part. C. M.)

The Wisdom of God in his Works,

1 ^JONGS of immortal praise belong >0 To my almighty God ;

He has my heart, and he my tongue To spread his name abroad.

2 How great the works his hand has wrought '

How glorious in our sight ! And men in every age have sought His wonders with delight.

3 How most exact is nature's frame!

How wise th' Eternal Mind! His counsels never chanae the scheme That his first thoughts "defign'd.

4 When he redeem'd his chosen sons,

He fix'd his covenant sure: The orders that his lips pronounce To endless years endure.

5 Nature and time, and earth and skies.

Thy heavenly skill proclaim :

What shall we do to make us wise,

But learn to read thy name !

59, 60, 61 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. 62, 63

6 To fear thy power, to trust thy grace Is our diviuest skill ; And he's the wisest of our race That be^t obeys thy will.

59. Old Hundred 100, Denbigh 54, hlington 40.

(Psalm 100. First M. A plain Translation.)

Praise to our Creator.

1 'VTE nations round the earth, rejoice

X Before the Lord, your sovereign King; Serve him with cheerful heart and voice, With all your tongues his glory sing.

2 The Lord is God; 'tis he alone

Doth life, and breath, and being give: We are his work, and not our own, The sheep that on his pastures live.

3 Enter his gates with songs of joy, With praises to his courts repair, And make it vour divine employ

To pay your thanks and honours there.

4 The Lord is good, the Lord is kind; Great is his grace, his mercy sure ; And the whole race of man s'hall find His truth from age to age endure.

60- Chard 175, Green's Hundred 89, Denmark

(omitting 1st verse) 87.

(Psalm 100. 2d. M. A Paraphrase.)

1 ^ ING to the Lord with joyful voice; ^ Let every land his name adore; The British i'sles shall send the noise Across the ocean to the shore.

2 Nations attend before his throne With solemn fear, with sacrtdjoy; Know that the Lord is God alone; He can create, and he destroy.

3 His sovereign power without our aid Made us of clay, and form'd us ir.ea ;

And when like waudering sheep we stray'd, He brought us to his fold again.

4 We are his people, we his care, Our souls and all our mortal frame : What lasting honours shall we rear, Almighty Maker, to thy name?

5 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heavens our voices raise;

And earth with her teu thousand tongues Shall fi:l thy courts with sounding praise. <i Wide as the world is thy command, Vast as eternity thy love ; Firm as a rock thy'truth must stand When rolling years shall cease to move.

61. Devizes 14, Evans's 190, tfMI 240.

(Psalm 33. 1st Part. C. M.)

Worts of Creation and Providence.

1 "O EJOICE, ye righteous, in the Lord, AV This work belongs to you:

Sin? of his name, his ways", his word, How holy, just, and true !

2 His mercy and his righteousness

Let heaven and earth proclaim ; His works of nature and of grace Reveal his wonderous name.

3 His wisdom and almighty word

The heavenly arches spread ; And by the Spirit of the Lord Their shining hosts were made.

4 He bid the liquid waters flow

To their appointed deep ; The flowing seas their limits know, And their own station keep.

5 Ye tenants of the spacious earth,

With fear before him stand ; He spake, and nature took its birth, And rests on his command.

6 He scorns the angry nations' rage,

And breaks theirvain designs; His counsel stands through every ag?, And in full glory shines.

69. Jennings's 123, Newcourt 173.

(Psalm 33. As the 113th Psalm. 1st Part.)

The same.

1 ~V7"E holy souls, in Go 1 rejoice,

X Your Maker's praise becomes your voice;

Great is your theme, your songs be new ; Sing of his name, his word, his wavs, His works of nature and of grace,"

How wise and holy, just and true !

2 Justice and truth he ever loves,

And the whole earth his goodness proves, His word the heavenly arches spread ;

How wide chey shine from north to south!

And by the Spirit of his mouth Were all the starry armies made.

3 He gathers the wide-flowing seas, Those watery treasures know their place,

In the vast storehouse of the deep: He spake, and gave all nature birth; And fires, and seas, and heaven, and earth,

His everlasting orders keep.

4 Let mortals tremble and adore A God of such resistless power,

Nor dare indulge their feeble rage: Vain are your thoughts, and weak your hands; But his eternal counsel stands,

And rules the world from age to age.

63* Mark's 65, Derby 169, Horsley 205. (Psalm 121. L. M.) Divine Protection.

1 TTP to the hills I lift mine eyes,

\J Tii' eternal hills beyond the skies; Thence ali her help my soul derives; There my Almighty refuge lives.

2 He lives, the everlasting God,

I hat built the world, that spread the flood; The heavens with a!l their hosts he made, And the dark regions of the dead.

3 He guides our feet, he guards our way ; His morning-smiles bless all the day ; He spreads the evening-veil, and kee^s The silent hours while~Israel sleeps.

4 Israel, a name divinely blest, May rise secure, securely rest; Thy holy guardian's wakeful eyes Admit no slumber nor surprise."

5 No sun shall smite thy head by day, Nor the pale moon with sickly ray Shall blast thy couch ; no baleful star Dart his malignant fire so far.

6 Should earth and hell with malice bum Still thou shall go and still return Safe in the Lord : his heavenly care Defends thy life from every snare.

7 On thee foul spirits have no power; And in thy last departing hour Angels, that trace the airy road, Shall bear thee homeward" to thy God

B 8

64,65,66 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. 67,68

64. Froom 255, Hephzibah 77, Weston Favel 27.

(Psalm 121. C. M.)

Preservation by Day and Night.

1 FTH) heaven I lift ray waiting eyes, A There all my hopes are laid :

The Lord that built the earth and skies Is my perpetual aid.

2 Their feet shall never slide to fall,

Whom he designs to keep;

His ear attends the softest call,

His eyes can never sleep.

3 He will sustain our weakest powers

With his almighty arm, And watch our most unguarded hours Against surprising harm.

4 Israel, rejoice and rest secure,

Thy keeper is the Lord; His wakeful eyes employ his power For thine eternal guard.

5 No scorching sun, nor sickly moon,

Shall have his leave to smite; He shields thy head from burning noon, From blasting damps at night.

6 He guards thy soul, he keeps thy breath

Where thickest dangers come ;

Go and return, secure from death,

Till God commands thee heme.

(55* Harwell's 82, Resurrection 72, SivitkbCsAA.

(Psalm 121. As the 148th Psalm.)

God our Preserver.

1 T7PWARD I lift mine eyes, U From God is all my aid;

The God that built the skies, And earth and nature made:

God is the tower

To which I fly;

His grace is nigh

In every hour.

2 My feet shall never slide And fall in fatal snares,

Since God, my guard and guide, Defends me from my fears:

Those wakeful eyes

That never sleep

Shall Israel keep

When dangers rise.

3 No burning heats by day, Nor blasts of evening air, Shall take my health away, If God be with me there :

Thou art my sun, And thou my shade, To guard my head By night or noon.

4 Hast thou not given thy word To save mv soul from death ? And I can trust my Lord

To keep my mortal breath: I'll go and come, Nor fear to die, Till from on high Thou call me home.

(56. Tunbridge 103, Abridge 201, London 180. (Hymn 19. B. 2. C. M.) Our frail Bodies, and God our Preserver. 1 T ET others boast how strong they be, J.J Nor death, nor danger fear; But we'll confess, O Lord, to thee, What feeble things we are.

2 Fresh as the grass our bodies stand,

And flourish bright and gay, A blasting wind sweeps o'er the land, And fades the grass away.

3 Our life contains a thousand springs,

And dies if one be gone; Strange! that a harp of thousand strings Should keep in tune so long.

4 But 'tis our God supports our frame, /

The God that buiit us first; Salvation to th' Almighty Name That rear'd us from the dust.

5 [He spoke, and straight our hearts and brains

In all their motions rose; Let blood (said he) flow round the veins, And round the veins it flows.

6 While we have breath or use our tongues

Our Maker we'll adore; His Spirit moves our heaving lungs Or they would breathe no more.] 67. Walsall 237, Ludlow 8 4, Bur/or d 198.

(Hymn 63. B. 1. C. M.)

Afflictions and Death under Providence.

Job v. 6—6.

1 "VTOT from the dust affliction grows, JAI Nor troubles rise by chance; Yet we are born to care and woes,

A sad inheritance.

2 As sparks break out from burning coals'.

And still are upwards borne,

So grief is rooted in our souls,

And man grows up to mourn.

3 Yet with my God I leave my cause,

And trust his promis'd grace ; He rule9 me by his well-known law* Of love and righteousness.

4 Not all the pains that ere I bore

Shall spoil my future peace, For death and hell can do no more Than what my Father please.

68* Wareham 117, Wells 102.

(Psalm 65. ver. 5—13. 2d Part. L. M.)

Divine Providence in Air, Earth, and Sea; or,

the God of Nature and Grace.

1 fTRHE God of our salvation hears

A The groans of Sion mix'd with tears ; Yet when he comes with kind designs, Thro' all the way his terror shme6.

2 On him the race of man depends, Far as the earth's remotest ends, Where the Creator's name is known By nature's feeble light alone.

3 Sailors, that travel o'er the flood, Address their frighted souls to God; When tempests rage and billows roar At dreadful distance from the shore.

4 He bids the noisy tempests cease ; He calms the raging crowd to peace, When a tumultuous nation raves Wild as the winds, and loud as waves.

6 Whole kingdoms shaken by the storm He settles in a peaceful form ; Mountains established by his hand Firm on their old foundations stand.

6 Behold his ensigns sweep the sky, New comets blaze and lightnings fly, The heathen lands, with swift surprise, From the bright horrors turn their eyes,

7 At his command the morning ray Smiles in the east and leads the day ; He guides the sun's declining wheels Over the tops of western hills.

69, 70 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. 71, 72

8 Seasons and times obey his voice ; The evening and the morn rejoice To see the earth made soft with showers, Laden with fruit and drestin flowers.

S Tis from his watery stores on high, He gives the thirsty ground supply; He walks upon the" clouds, and thence Doth his enriching drops dispense.

10 The desert grows a fruitful field, Abundant food the vallies yield; The vallies shout with cheerful voice, And neighb'ring hills repeat their joys.

11 The pastures smile in green array, There lambs and larger cattle play; The larger cattle and the lamb

Each in his language speaks thy name.

12 Thy works pronounce thy power divine; O'er every field thy glories shine ; Thro' every month thy gifts appear; Great God ! thy goodness crowns the year.

69. Chard 175, Mark's 65, Bramcoate 8.

(Psalm 107. 4th Part. L. M.)

Deliverance from Storms and Shipwrecks ; or,

the Seaman's Song. t "WTOULD you behold the works of God, ▼ T His wonders in the world abroad, Go with the mariners, and trace The unknown regions of the seas.

2 They leave their native shores behind, And seize the favour of the wind,

Till God command, and tempests rise That heave the ocean to the skies.

3 Now to the heavens they mount amain, Now sink to dreadful deeps again ; What strange affrights young sailors feel, And like a staggering drunkard reel !

4 When land is far, and death is nigh, Lost to all hope, to God they cry; His mercy hears the loud address, And sends salvation in distress.

5 He bids the winds their wrath assuage, The furious waves forget their rage; Tis calm, and sailors smile to see

The haven where they wish'd to be. G O may the sons of men record The wond'rous goodness of the Lord! Let them their private offerings bring, And in the church his glory sing,

70- Exeter 4, Cambridge New 74, Providence

College 10.

(Psalm 107. 4th Part. C. M.)

The Mariner's Psalm.

1 npHY works of glory, mighty Lord,

A Thy wonders in the deeps,

The sons of courage shall record,

Who trade in floating ships.

2 At thy command the winds arise,

And swell the tow'ring waves; The men astonish'd mount the skies, And sink in gaping graves.

3 [Again they climb the watery hills,

And plunge in deeps again; Each like a tottering drunkard reek?, And finds his courage vain.

4 Frighted to hear the tempest roar,

They pant with fluttering breath, And, hopeless of the distant shore, Expect immediate death.]

5 Then to the Lord they raise their crie?,

He hears the loud request, And orders silence thro" the skies, And lays the floods to rest.

6 Sailors rejoice to lose their fears,

And see* the storm allay'd : Now to their eyes the port appears; There let their vows be paid.

7 'Tis God that brings them safe to land ;

Let stupid mortals know Th it waves are under his command, And all the winds that blow.

8 O that the sons of men would praise

The goodness of the Lord ! And those that see thy wond'rous ways, Thy wond'rous love record.

71- Rippon's 168, Lebanon 79, Kingsbridge 85.

(Hymn 109. B. 2. L. MJ

The Darkness of Providence.

1 T ORD, we adore thy vast designs, J-i The obscure abyss of providence, Too deep to sound with mortal lines, Too dark to view with feeble sense.

2 Now thou array'st thine awful face In angry frowns, without a smile;

Wre through the cloud believe thy grace, Secure of thy compassion still.

3 Through seas and storms of deep distress We sail by faith and not by sight;

Faith guides us in the wilderness Through all the briars and the night.

4 Dear Father, if thy lifted rod Resolve to scourge us here below, Still we must lean upon our God, Thine arm shall bear us safely through.

72* Harborough 142, Broderip's 252, Wirk.S'

tcorlh 156.

(Psalm 73. S. M.)

The Mystery of Providence unfolded,

1 ^<URE there's a righteous God, "O Nor is religion vain,

Tho' men of vice may boast aloud, And men ofgrace complain.

2 I saw the wicked rise, And felt my heart repine,

While haughty fools with scornful eyes. In robes"bf honour shine.

Their wealth rolls in like flowing seas And grows without their care.

4 Free from the plagues and pains That pious souls endure,

Thro' all their life oppression reigns And racks the humble poor.

5 Their impious tongues blaspheme The everlasting God ;

Their malice blasts the good man's name^ And spreads their lies abroad.

6 But I with flowing tears Imiulg'd my doubts to rise;

' Is there a God that sees or hears 4 The things below the skies ?'J

7 The tumults of my thought Held me in hard "suspense,

Till to thy house my feet were brought To learn thy justice thence. 3 Thy word with light and power Did my mistakes amend; I view'd the sinner's life before. But here I learnt their end, B 9

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9 On what a slippery steep The thoughtless wretches go;

And O that dreadful fiery deep That waits their fall below.

10 Lord, at thy feet I how,

My thoughts no more repine ;

1 call my God my portion now,

And all my powers are thine.

73. Worksop 31, Brighton 208.

(Psalm 73. 1st Part. C. M.)

Afflicted Saints happy, and i)rosj)ero*is Sinners

cursed.

1 "VTOW I'mconvinr'd the Lord is kind JAI To men of heart sincere,

Yet once my foolish thoughts repin'd And border'd on despair.

2 I griev'd to see the wicked thrive,

And spoke with angry breath, ' How pleasant and profane they live ! ' How peaceful is their death !

3 * With well-fed flesh and haughty eyes

' They lay their fears to sleep ; 'Against the heavens their slanders rise,

* While saints in silence weep.

4 ' In vain I lift my hands to pray,

' And cleanse my heart in vain,

* For I am chasteh'd all the day, ' The night renews my pain.'

5 Yet while my tongue indulg'd complaints,

I felt my heart reprove ;

* Sure I shall thus offend thy saints,

* And grieve the men I love.'

6 But still I found my doubts too hard,

The conflict too severe, Till I retir'd to search thy word, And learn thy secrets there.

7 There, as in some prophetic glass,

I saw the sinner's feet High mounted on a slippery place, Beside a fiery pit.

8 I heard the wretch profanely boast,

Till at thy frown he fell ; His honours in a dream were lost, And he awakes in hell.

0 Lord, what an envious fool I was !

How like a thoughtless beast ! Thus to suspect thy promis'd grace, And think the wicked blest. 10 Yet I was kept from full despair, Upheld by power unknown ; That blessed hand that broke the snare Shall guide me to thy throne. 74. Worhsop 31, Bath Chapel 26. (Psalm 9. ver. 12. 2d Part. C. M.) The Wisdom and Equity of Providence.

1 "\T7I1EN the great Judge, supreme and just,

V T Shall once enquire for blood, The humble souls, that mourn in dust, Shall find a faithful God.

2 He from the dreadful gates of death

Does his own children raise : In Ziou's gates, with cheerful breath, They sing their Father's praise.

3 His foes shall fall with heedless feet

Into the pit they made ; And sinners perish in the net

That their own hands had spread. A Thus by thy judgments, mighty God!

Are thy deep counsels known; When men of mischief are destroy'd,

The snare must be their own.

Bath Chapel 26. PAUSE. Ami's 58.

5 The wicked shalhsink down to hell;

Thy wrath deveur the lands That dare forget thee, or rebel Against thy known commands.

6 Tho' saints to sore distress are brought,

And wait and long complain, Their cries shall not be still forgot, Nor shall their hopes be vain.

7 [Rise, great Redeemer, from thy seat

To j dge and save the poor; Let nations tremble at thy feet, And man prevail no more.

8 Thy thunder shall affright the proud,

And put their hearts "to pain, Make them confess that thou art God, And they but feeble nien.J

7,> Wareham 117, Ayliffe Street 241.

(Psalm 36. ver. 5—9. L. M.)

The Perfections and Providence of God ; or,

general Providence and special Grace.

1 XTIGH in the heavens, eternal God, XX Thy goodness in full glory shines; Thy truth shall break thro' every cloud That veils and darkens thy designs.

2 For ever firm thy justice stands,

As mountains their foundations keep ; Wise are the wonders of thy hands; Thy judgments are a mighty deep.

3 Thy providence is kind and large, Both man and beast thy bounty share; The whole creation is thy charge, But saiuts are thy peculiar care.

4 My God ! how excellent thy grace, Whence all our hope and comfort springs! The sons of Adam in distress

Fly to the. shadow of thy wings.

5 From the provisions of thy house We shall be fed with sweet repast; There mercy like a river flows, And brings salvation to our taste.

6 Life, like a fountain rich and free, Springs from the presence of the Lord ; And in thy light our souls shall see

The glories promis'd in thy word.

7'6* Rolhwell 174, Lewton 30, Gloucester 12.

(Psalm 147, 1st Part. L. M.)

The divine Nature, Providence, and Grace.

1 T>RAISE ye the Lord ; 'tis good to raise X Our hearts and voices in his praise; His nature and his works invite

To make this duty our delight.

2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem, And gathers nations to his name : His mercy melts the stubborn soul, And makes the broken spirit whole.

3 He form'd the stars, those heavenly flames, He counts their numbers, calls their names: His wisdom's vast, and knows no bound,

A deep where all our thoughts are drown'd.

4 Great is our Lord, and great his might ; And all his glories infinite :

He crowns the meek, rewards the just, And treads the wicked to the dust. PAUSE.

5 Sing to the Lord, exalt him high,

Who spreads his cloud all round the sky: There he prepares the fruitful rain, Nor lets the drops descend in vain.

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i He makes the grass the bills adorn, And clothes the smiling fields with corn ; i The beasts with food his hands supply,

And the young ravens when they cry." 7 What is the creature's skill or force, I The sprightly man, the warlike horse, \ The nimble wit, the active limb? All are too mean delights for him.

3 But saints are lovely in his sight;

He views his children with delight: I He sees their hope, he knows their fear,

And looks and loves his image there.

77> Southampton 227, Rowles 73, Chard 175.

(Psalm 136. Abridged. JL. M.) God's Wonders of Creation. Providence, Re- demption and Salvation.

1 /~1 I YE to our God immortal praise; VT 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, [more.'

■ When' lords and kings are known ■ no

3 He built the earth, he spread the sky, And fix'd the starry lights on high :

1 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, [more.' ' When' suns and moons shall shine ' no

5 The Jews he freed from Pharaoh's hand, And brought them to the promis'd land : 1 Wonders of grace to God belong,

1 Repeat his mercies in your song.'

5 He saw the Gentiles dead in sin, And felt his pity work within:

* His mercies ever shall endure,

' When' death and sin shall reign ' no more.'

7 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.'

3 Through this vain world he guides bur feet, And leads us to his heavenly seat : ' His mercies ever shall endure, 1 When' this vain world shall be ' no more.'

78- Chard 1/5, Wells 102.

(Psalm 68. v. 19, 9, 20—22. 3d Part. L. M.)

Praise for temporal Blessings ; or, common and

special Mercies.

WE bless the Lord, the just, the good. Who fills our hearts with joy and food ;

Who pours his blessings from the skies,

And loads our days with rich supplies. > He sends the sun his circuit round

To cheer the fruits, to warm the ground ;

He bids the clouds, with plenteous rain,

Refresh the thirsty earth again. ( 'Tis to his care we owe our breath,

And all our near escapes from death :

Safety and health to God belong;

He heals the weak, and guards the strong. [ He makes the saint and sinner prove

The common blessings of his love ;

But the wide difference that remains

Is endless joy, or endless pains.

5 The Lord, that bruis'd the serpent's head, On all the serpent's seed shall tread ; The stubborn sinner's hope confound, And smite him with a lasting wound.

6 But his right hand his saints shall raise From the deep earth or deeper seas ; And bring them to his courts above, There shall they taste his special love.

79- Warehajn 117, AngeVs Hymn 60.

(Psalm 57. L. M.)

Praise for Protection, Grace and Truth.

1 "TVfY God, in whom are all the springs i.»-L Of boundless love, and grace unklaow n, Hide me beneath thy spreading wing.

Till the dark cioud is overblown.

2 Up to the heavens I send my cry, The Lord will my desires perform ; He sends his angel from the sky,

And saves me from the threatening storm.

3 Be thou exalted, O my God,

Above the heavens where angels dwell ; Thy power on earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders tell.

4 My heart is fix'd ; my song shall raise Immortal honours to' thy name; Awake, my tongue, to sound his praise, My tongue, the^giory of my frame.

5 High o'er the earth his mercy reigns, And reaches to the utmost sky;

His truth to endless years remains, When lower worlds dissolve and die.

6 Be thou exalted, O my God,

Above the heavens where angels dwell ; Thy power on earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders tell.

80* Gloucester 12, Carey's 11, Mark's 65.

(Psalm 104. L. M.)

The Glory of God in Creation and Providence.

1 TVfY soul thv great Creator praise; ltX When cloth'din his celestial rays He in full majesty appears,

And, like a robe," his glory wears.

Note, This psalm may be sting to the tune of the old l\2th or \2~th psalm, by adding these hco Una to every t-tanza, namely,

Great is the Lord ; what tongue can frame

An equal honour to his name f Otherwise it must le sung as the 100th psalm.

2 The heavens are for his curtains spread, Th' unfathom'd deep he makes his bed; Clouds are his chariot, when he flies

On winged storms across the skies.

3 Angels, whom his own breath inspires, His ministers, are flaming fires;

And swift as thought their armies move To bear his vengeance, or his love.

4 The world's foundations by his hand Are poi-s'd, and shall for ever stand ; He binds the ocean in his chain, Lest it should drown the eirth again.

.i Wh n earth was cover'd with the flood, Which high above the mountains stood, He thunder'd, and the ocean fled, Confin'd to its appointed bed. 6 The swelling billows know their bound, And in their channels walk their round; Yet thence convey'd by secret veins, Thev spring on hills aiid drench the plains. B 10

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7 He bids the crystal fountains flow, And cheer the" va Hies as they go; Tame heifers there iheir thirst allay, And for the stream wild asses bray."

8 From pleasant trees which shade the brink, The lark and linnet light to drink ;

Their songs the lark and linnet raise, And chide our silence in his praise. PAUSE i.

9 God, from his cloudy cistern, pours

On theparch'd earth enriching showers; The grove, the g-arden, and the field, A thousand joyful blessings yield.

10 He makes the grassy food arise, And gives the cattle large supplies; With herbs for man, of various power, To nourish nature, or to cure.

11 What noble fruit the vines produce ! The olive yields a shining juice ;

Our hearts are cheer'd with gen'rous wine, With inward joy our faces shine.

12 O bless his name, ye Britons, fed With nature's chief supporter, bread ; While bread your vital strength imparts, Serve him with vigour in your hearts.

PAUSE II.

13 Behold the stately cedar stands, Rais'd in the forest by his hands : Birds to the boughs for shelter fly, And build their nests secure on high,

14 To craggy hills ascends the goat, And at the airy mountain's foot

The feebler creatures make their cell; He gives them wisdom where to dwell.

15 He sets the sun his circling race, Appoints the moon to change her face; And when thick darkness veils the day, Calls out wild beasts to hunt their prey.

16 Fierce lions lead their young abroad, And roaring ask their meat from God; But when the morning-beams arise, The sa\age beast to covert flies.

17 Then man to daily labour goes ; The night was made for his repose : Sleep is thy gift ; that sweet relief From tiresome toil and wasting grief.

13 How strange thy works ! how great thy And every land thy riches fill : [skill!

Thy wisdom round the world we see, This spacious earth is full of thee.

19 Nor less thy glories in the deep, Where fish in millions swim and creep, With wonderous motions, swift or slow, Still wandering in the paths below.

20 There ships divide their watery way, And flocks of scaly monsters plav ; There dwells the huge Leviathan, And foams and sports in spite of man.

PAUSE III.

21 Vast are thy works, almighty Lord, All nature rests upon thy word,

And the whole race of creatures stands; Waiting their portion from thy hands.

22 While each receives his different food. Their cheerful looks pronounce it good ; Easfles and bears, and whales and worms Rejoice and praise in different forms.

23 But when thy face is hid, they mourn, And dying to their dust return;

Both man and beast their souls resign, Life, breath, and spirit, all is thine.

24 Yet thou canst breathe on dust, again, And fill the world with beasts and men; A word of thy creating breath Repairs the wastes of time and death.

25 His works, the wonders of his might, Are honour'd with his own delight: How awful are his glorious ways ! The Lord is dreadful in his praise.

26 The earth stands trembling at thy stroke, And at thy touch the mountains smoke; Yet humble souls may see thy face,

And tell their wants to sovereign grace.

27 In thee my hopes and wishes meet, And make my meditations sweet : Thy praises shall my breath employ, Till it expire in endless joy.

28 While haughty sinners die accurst, Their glory bury'd with their dust, I, to my God, my heavenly King, Immortal hallelujahs sing.

81. G. Milton 212, Grove 143, Irish 171.

(Psalm 78. 1st Part. C M.)

Providence of God recorded ; or, pious Edu* cation mid Instruction of Children.

1 T ET children hear the mighty deeds, J_J Which God perform'd of old,

W hich in our younger years we saw, And which our fathers told.

2 He bids us make his glories known,

His works of power and grace; And we'll convey his wonders down Thro' every rising race.

3 Our lips shall tell them to our sons,

And they again to theirs, That generations yet unborn May teach them to their heirs.

4 Thus shall they learn in God alone,

Their hope securely stands, That they may ne'er forget his works, But practise his commands!

THE FALL.

8g. Abridge 201, Elcnborovgh 170.

(Hymn 57. B. I. C. M.)

Original Sin; or, the first and second Adam.

Rom. v. 12. Psalm li. 5. Job. xiv. 4. 1 T> ACKWARD with humble shame we look JLJ On our original ; How is our nature dash'd and broke In our first father's fall!

2 To all that's good averse and blind,

But prone to all that's ill ; What dreadful darkness veils our mind ! How obstinate our will !

3 [Conceiv'd in sin (O wretched state!)

Before we draw our breath, The first young pulse begins to beat Iniquity and death.

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t How strong in our degenerate blood

The old corruption "reigns, I And, mingling- with the crooked flood,

Wanders thro' all our veins!] 5 [Wild and unwholesome as the root Will all the branches be ; How can we hope for living fruit From such a deadly tree ! 3 What mortal power from things unclean Can pure productions bring T Who can command a vital stream From an infected spring ?] 7 Yet, mighty God, thy wonderous love Can make our nature clean, While Christ and grace prevail above The tempter, death, and sin.

j The second Adam shall restore The ruins of the first, Hosanna to that sovereign power That new-creates our dust.

83- Ulverston 179, Pauls 246.

(Hymn 124. B. I. L. M.)

The first and second Adam, Rom. v. 12, &c.

1 TTVEEP in the dust before thy throne \J Our guilt and our disgrace we own ; Great God^ we own th' unhappy name Whence sprang our nature and our shame;

2 Adam, the sinner : at his fall, Death like a conqu'ror seiz'd us all ; A thousand new-born babes are dead By fatal union to their head.

3 But whilst our spirits fill'd with awe Behold the terrors of thy law,

We sius: the honours of thy grace, That sent to save our ruin'd race.

4 We sing thine everlasting Son, Who join'd our nature to his own; Adam the second, from the dust Raises the ruins of the first,

5 [By the rebellion of one man Thro' all his seed, the mischief ran; And by one man's obedience now Are all his seed made righteous too.]

C Where sin did reign, and death abound, There have the sons of Adam found Abounding life ; there glorious srace Reigns thro' the Lord our righteousness.

84. Ulverston 179, PauVs 246, Babylon 23.

(Psalm 51. 2d Part. L. M.)

Original and actual Sin confessed.

1 T ORD, I am vile, conceiv'd in sin; JLi And born unholy and unclean ; Sprun? from the man whose guilty fall Corrupts the race, and taints us all.

2 Soon as we draw our infant breath. The seeds of sin grow up for death; Thy law demands a perfect heart, But we're defil'd in every part.

3 [Great God, create my heart anew, And form my spirit pure and true : O make me "wise betimes to spy My danger and my remedy.]

4 Behold I fall before thy face ; My only refuge is thy grace :

No outward forms can make me clean; The leprosy lies deep within. £ No bleeding bird, nor bleeding beast, Nor hyssop branch, nor sprinkling priest, Nor running brook, nor flood, nor sea, Can wash the dismal stain away.

6 Jesus, my God, thy blood alone Hath power sufficient to atone ;

Thy blood can make me white as snow No Jewish types could cleanse me so. '

7 While gnilt disturbs and breaks my peace, Nor flesh, nor soul hath rest or ease; Lord, let me hear thy pardoning voice, And make my broken bones rejoice.

85- Elembn 170, Charmouth 28, Walsal 237.

(Psalm si. ver. 3— 13. 1st Part. C. M.)

Original and actual Sin confessed and

pardoned.

1 T ORD, T would spread mv sore distress J-J And ?ui!t before thine eve*: Against thy laws, against thy grace,

How high my crimes arise !

2 Should'st thou condemn my soul to hell,

And crush my flesh to dust, Heaven would approve thy vensreaiice well, And earth must own it just.

3 I from the stock of Adam came,

Unholy and unclean ;

All my original is shame,

And all my nature sin.

4 Born in a world of guilt,! drew

Contagion with my breath : And, as ray days advane'd, I grew A juster prey for death.

5 Cleanse me, O Lord, and cheer my soul

W ith thy forgiving love ; O, make my broken spirit whole, And bid my paias remove.

6 Let not thy Spirit quite depart,

Nor drive me from thv face; Create anew my vicious* heart^ And fill it with thy grace.

7 Then will I make thy mercv known

Before the sons of men ; Backsliders shall address thv throne, And turn to God again.

86- Worksop 31, Ami's 58. (Hymn 128. B. 2. C. M.)

Corrupt Nature from Adam.

1 "DLESS'D with the joss of innocence, JL> Adam, our father, stood,

'Till he debas'd his soul to sense, And eat th' unlawful food.

2 Now we are born a sensual race,

To sinful joys inclin'd ; Reason has lo'st its native place, And flesh enslaves the mind.

3 While flesh and sense and passion rei^n;

Sin is the sweetest good : We fancy music in our chains, And so' forget the load.

4 Great God, renew our ruin'd frame,

Our broken powers restore, Inspire us with a heavenly flame, And flesh shall reign no more.

5 Eternal Spirit, write thy law

Upon our inward parts, And let the second Adam draw His image on our hearts.

87- Abridge 201, Croivle 3. (Psalm 14. 1st Part. C. M.)

By Nature all Men are Sinners. 1 T^OOLS in their hearts believe and say JL ' That all religion's vain, ' There is no God that reigns on hi?h, ' Or minds th' affairs of men.' B 11

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90, 91, 92

2 From thoughts so dreadful and profane

Corrupt "d iscourse