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PSALMS x^Hy^^;^^/

FOR THE USE OF

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AND PROPER FOR ALL

SINGING- SCHOOLS.

PHILADELPHIA:

Printed at the Uranian Press, by YOUNG and M'C U L L O C H, Corner of Cbefnut 8z Sccond-peets.

MDCCLXXXVII.

The Editor to the Pubhc.

-L HE difpofition for cultivating Church- MuQc having become very general through the cityj and there being in contemplation a plan for carrying it into full effecl^ by the eftablifhment of an Inrtitution for the ex- prefs purpofe, free to all, and without ex- pence to the learner, — it has been thought under thefe circumflances, that a fummary of the Pfalms and Hymns^ in general ufe^ comprehending the different metres^ — // not effentially requifite^ ivouldy at leafly be ex- ceedingly convenient for finging focieties of every defcription : correfpondent to this idea, the following colle£lion has been made^ and is now publifhed.

In refieEling upon the nature^ importance^

and pleafure refulting frsm an improved

fiate of Church-Mufic, every lover of this

branch

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branch of InowJedgey mujl he pleafed iviih the fentirnents of the ingenious and philofo* phic Mr, Harrison of London, on the fuhjeEl.

^^ The son G ov V'^.M^Ti is an aB of de- votion^ fo hecomingy delightful^ and excel- lent ^ that ive find it coeval with the fenfe oj Deityy authorifed by the example of all nati' onSy and univerfally received into the Jolem- nities of public ivorfhip. Under the Jewifli Difpenfation the Holy Spirit of God direcl- ed to this expreffton of homage as peculiarly becoming the place where his honour dwel- letb. The book of Pfahiis, as the name itfelf imports y was adapted to the voice of fong.. And the authors of thoje invaluable odes well knew the fweetnefs, dignity and animation that were hereby added to the f acred fervice of the temple. With what rapture do they defcribe its effecls^ with what fervour do they call upon their fellow-worfhippers to join in. this delightful duty : It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and

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to fing praifes unto thy name, O thou Moft High. Praife ye the Lord ; for it is good to (ing praifes unto our God, for it is pleafant, and praife is comely. O fing unto the Lord a new fong ; Ung unto ther Lord all the earth : fing unto the Lordj blefs his name ; fliew forth his falvation from day to day. Nor hath Chriflianity difpenfed with religious fong as an unmeati' Jfjg ceremony y or an unprojitable facrifice. It commands us to addrefs the Father in fplrit and in truth ; hut it neverthele/s enjoins thofe outward acknowledgement^ that fitly exprefs and cherijij the pious temper. Our hlejfed Lord was pleafed to confecrate this aSi of nvorfhip by his own example^ under cir- cumfiances the mofi aff'ecJing. He concluded the celebration of that f upper which luas the memorial of his dying love^ by an hymii of praife. And his apojilcs frequently exhort to the obfervance of this duty. Let the word of God dwell in you richly in all wifdom: teaching and admonifliing one another in pfalms, and hymns, and fpiritual fangs ; A 2 finging

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iinging with grace in your hearts unto the Lord.

Divine Song is undoubtedly the Ian* %uage of nature. It originates from our Jrame and conjlitution. Do lofty contem* platioUy elevated joy^ and fervour of affec* tiony give beauty and dignity to language, <ind affociate with the charms of poetry., by a kindred laiv which the Creator hath ejiablifhedy they pleafngly unite with Jlrains cffweetandfolemnUkViMO'iiY, And there are two principal views in ivhich Muftc *will appear to render eminent fervice to the Jacrifice of praife.

In the FIRST place it fuitably expres- ses the fentiments of Devotion ^ and the fublime delight whic^ religion is fitted to in- fpire» Joy is the natural effeSi of praife^^ €ind SONG the proper accompaniment of joy. Is any merry or glad, let him fing pfalms. And finging is tiot only a general indication of delight, but exprejfive alfo of the prevailing Jentiments and pajjions oj the mind. It can Mccommldaie itfelf to the various modificati- ons

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■ofis of love and joy, the ejjence of a devoti' onal temper. It hath lofty flrains for the fub limit y of admiration ^ plaintive accents ivhich become the tear of penitence thid form roWf it can adopt the humble plea of fuppli- *:atieny or f well in the bolder notes of thanhf- givitig and triumphs ITet it hath been prO' perly remarked y that the influence of fong reaches only to the amiable and pleaiing aj- feBionSy and that it hath no exprejjlon for malignant and tormetiting pqjjtofis, The forrow therejore to ivhich it is attuned ^Jljould be mingled ivith hope, the penitetice ivhich it exprejfes cheered with the fenfe of pardon i and the mournful fcenes on ivhich it fome.' times dwells irradiated with the glorious views and conflations of the gofpel.

In the SECOND place ^ mufic not only de* cently expreffes, but powerfully excites and IMPROVES the devout affeBions. Jt is the prerogative of this noble art to cheer and invigorate the mindy to flill the tumultuous paffionsy to calm the trciibled thoughts ^ and to fix the wandering attention. And hereby fhe

happilj^

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<happily compofes and prepares the heart for the exerc'ifes of piihlic ivorfhip. But fhe far ■ ther hoajis a wonierous ejfficacy in leading to that peculiar temper luhich becomes the fubjedl of praifcy and is favourable to relim _ gious irnprejfion. She cjn Jirike the mind ' ivith folemnity and aive^ or melt with ten • dernefs and love; can animate nvith hope and gladnefs, or call fvrth the fenfations cf de* <uout and affectionate forroiu. Even fepa- rate and unconneEled^ fhe can influence the various pafjlons and movements of the foul, fiutflje naturally feeks an alliance^ and mufl Jbe joined with becoming fentiments and lanm guage in order to produce her full and prO" per effeB, And never is her energy Jo con^ fpicuous and delightful as when confecrated to the fervice of religion ^ and employed z« the courts of the living God. Here fjje dif- plays her noblefi ufe and her hrightefl glory. Here alone Jhe meets with themes that fill the capacity of an i?nmortal mind, and claim its noblefi powers and affeSfions. What voice of ^ongfi3 honourable^ fo devating and delightful?

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To whom /hall the breath afcend in melodious accents^ if not to him who firji infpired it ? IVhere Jhall admiration take her loftiejl flights^ hut to the throne of the everlajling Jehovah ? Or what Jhall awake our glory and kindle Our ivarmeji gratitude^ if not the remernhrance sfhis daily rnercies^ and the praifes of redeem- ing love P TVhen the union of the heart and voice is thus happily arranged; when fublime fuhjecls ofpraife are accompanied with expref- fve harmony^ and the pleafures of genuine de- votion heightened by the charms of finging^ we "participate of the mcfi pure^ rational^ noble, and exquifte enjoyments that human nature is capable of receiving. The foul forgets her confinement with the body^ is elevated beyond the cares and tumults of this mortal Jiate^ and feems for a while tranfported to the blijsful re^ gions of perfect love and joy. Arid it is worthy of remark^ that the facred lOritings delight to reprefent the heavenly felicity under this image. And though fuch language is allowed to be figurative^ though eye hath not feen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the

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heart of man to conceive the things that God hath prepared for them that love him, yet our mojl natural^ our moji juji conception of the happinefs of the heavenly world^ is that which we have been defer ibing^ viz. fublime devotion accompanied luith rapturous delight.

But bsfiics the more immediate propriety and ufe of Divine Song in the ordinances of religion^ its indire6l advantages have a claim to our regard. It is not only in itf elf delight- ful and profitable^ but it gives animation to the other parts of public wor/hip. It relieve^ the attention^ recruits the exhaufted fpirits^ and begets a happy cojnpofure and tranquility. It is peculiarly agreeable as a facial a£i^ and Shat in which every perfon may be employed. Nor is it the leaf of its benefits^ that it affo^ dates pleafmg ideas with divine vjorjhip^ and 7nakes us glad when we go into the houfe of the Lord. // is alfo a bond of union in religious focieties^ promotes the regular attend- ance of their members^ and feldom fails of ad^ ding tn their numbers. The early Chri/iians found their account in a remarkable attach- ment

Intropuction. II

fneni to pfalmocly^ and almoji every riftng feSf have availed themfelves of its important de- lights and advantages. It mujl he confejfed^ that where pleafure is the fole attra£lion^ the motive is of an inferior nature. But is it not G commendable policy to promote regular atten^ dance upon places of worjhip^ by any means that are not reprehenfible P JVill not the moji beneficial confequences probably enfue ? Is then not every reafon to expeSi that per fons who fre- quent the houfe of God with this view alone^ will not be uninterejled in the other fervices of religion. — That they who come to ftng may learn to pray^ that they whofe only wijh was to he entertained may find themfelves injlru6led and improved.

Such is the happy tendency of well-regulated fong in the houfe of God. But alas I how f el- domis this part of the fervice accompanied with its proper effe£l. It was the remark of an eminent writer.^ too applicable to the prefent time, that " the worfhip in which we (hould moft refemble the inhabitants of Heaven, is the worft performed upon

earth/'

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earth." His pious labours ha'ue greatly en- riched the jnvittQr: of fong^ and hereby contri- buted to remove one caufe of this complaint^ but in the manner there jVill remains a yraferable defe^. Too often does a difgraceful ftknce prevail to the utter negleSl of this duty. II oo often are difj'onance and difcord fubjlituted for the charms of melody and harmony ; and the Tinging performed in a way fo flovenly and in- decent^ thai as the fame writer obferves^ '' in- flead of elevating our devotions to the moft divine and delightful fenfations, it awakens our regret, and touches all the fprings of uneafinefs w^ithin us.'"

But is this owing to caufes that cannot be removed^ or doth it not imply reproach and blame ? IVillnot truth oblige us toconfefs, that the fault refis not in the want of natural tajie and abilities nor of fuffcient leifure^ but in grofs carelefsnefs andnegleSl? Moderate atte?i- tion and application would furmount every difficulty^ and lead to a fuitable proficiency in this happy art. An exercife fo pleafing and attraSiive feems only to want regulation and method,"

INTRODUCTORY VERSES.

On the Divine life of Mujtj.

"^TTE fing to thee, whofe wifdom form'J

'^ ' The curious organs of the car ; And thou who gav'ft us voices, Lord, Our grateful fongs in kindnefs hear.

II. We'll joy in God who is the fpring Of facred joy and heav'nly mirth ; Whofe boundlefs love is fitly call'd, " The harmony of heav*n and earth." III.

Thefe praifes, deareft Lord, aloud, Our humbleft fonnets fhall rehearfc, Which rightly tun'd, arc rightly llil'd, " The mufic of the univerfe.'*

IV. We'll hallow pleafures, and reflrain From vulgar ufe our precious voice ; Thefe lips which wantonly have fung, Shall ferve our turn for nobler joys.

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V.

And that we may prepared be, To join the heavenly choir above, While here below we'll learn t© fing The wonders of redeeming love.

Pause.

VI. Mufic religious thoughts infpircs, And kindles in us pure defires ; Gives pleafure to a well-tun'd mind, The moll exalted and refin'd.

VII.

Mufic the cold eft heart can warm, The hardcft melt the fierceft charm j Difarm the favage of his rage, Difpel our cares, and pains affuagc :

VIII. With joy it can our fouls infpire, And tune our tempers to the lyre ; Our paffions like the notes agree. And ftand fubduM by harmony.

SELECT

SELECT

PSALMS AND HYMNS.

LONG M E 7 R E S.

I.

Tra'ife to God. I.

BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne, Ye nations bow with facred joy : Know that the Lord is God alone; He can create, and he deftroy.

II. His fov'reign pow'r without our aid, Made. us of clay, and formM us men ; And when, like wand'ring fheep, we llray'd, He brought us to his fold again*

III. We'll crewd thy gates with thankful fongs, High as the heavens our voices raife, And earth, with her ten thoufand tongues. Shall fill thy courts with foundisg praife.

IV. Wide as the world is thy command ; Vafl: as eternity thy love ; Firm as a rock thy truth muft (land. When rolling years /ball ceafe to moyt,

II.

i6 Psalms and Htmns.

II.

^ For the Beginning of the Year.

I.

ETERNA.L fource of ev'ry joy, Well may thy praife our lips employ, While in thy temple we appear ; Thy goodnefs crowns the circling year.

II. Wide as the earth and planets roll, Thy hand fiipports and cheers the whole ; By thee the fun is taught to rife, >^ nd darknefs when to veil the flcies.

III. The flow'ry fpriiig at thy command, Embalms the air and paints the land ; The fummer-rays with vigour (hine. To raife the corn, and cheer the vine.

IV. Seafons, and months, and weeks, and daysi Demand fucceffive hymns of praife : Still be the cheerful homage paid. With morning light and ev'ning fhadc.

V. O may our more harmonious tongues. In worlds unknown purfue the fongs ; And in thofe brighter courts adore. Where days ajid years r evolve no more.

III.

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III.

Pralfe to God from all Nations. I.

FROM all that dwell below the fldes. Let the Creator's power arife : Let the Redeemer's name be fung Through ev'ry land, by ev'ry tongue.

II. Eternal are thy meixies, Lord ; Eternal truths attend thy word ; Thy praife fliall found from fhore to fhore. Till funs fhall rife and fet no more.

IV.

Sun, J\doon^ and Stars, praife ye thi Lord. I.

FAIREST of all the lights above, Thou fun, whofe beams adorn the fpheres. And with unweary'd fwlftncfa move, To form the circles of our years ;

II. Praife the Creator of the ficies, That drefs*d thine orb in golden rays; Or may the fun forget to rife. If he forget his Maker's praife.

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III.

Thou reigning beauty of the night, Fair queen of filence, filver moon, Wl;ofe gentle beams and borrow'd light. Are fofter rivals of the noon ;

IV. Arife, and to that SovVeign power Waxing and waining honours pay, Who bid thee rule the duflcy hour. And half fupply the abfent day.

V. Ye twinkling ilars who gild the fides, When dai-knefs has its curtains drawn, ' Who keep your watch with wakeful eyes, When bufmefs, cares, and day are gone ;

VJ. Proclaim the glories ef your Lord, DifperfsM through all the heavenly ftreet, Whofe boundlefs treafures can afford. So rich a pavement for his feet.

VII. Thou heav'n of heav'ns, fuprcmely bright, Fair palace of the court divine. Where, with inimitable light. The Godhead condefcends to fhine ;

VIII. Praife thou thy great Inhabitant, Who fcattcrs lovely beams of grace

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On every angel, every faint ; Nor veils the luilre of his face.

IX. O God of glory, God of love, - Thou art the fun that makes our days : With all thy fhining works above, Let earth and dufl attempt thy praifc.

V.

^od's IVon.ijrs cf Crea'.'ion^ Frovidence, and Ridemptloiu 1.

GIVE t© our God immortal praife! Mercy and truth are all his ways : *' Wonders of grace to God belong; *' Repeat his mercies in your fong.

n. Give to the Lord of lords renown. The King of kings with glery crown : ■*' His mercies ever fhall endure, ** When lords and kings are known bo more.

Hi. He built the earth,, he fpread the fky. And fix'd the ftarry heights on high : ** Wonders of grace to God belong ; ** Repeat his mercies in your fong.

IV. He fills the fun with morning light, He bids the ixiooa dir<^ the night ;

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•* His mercies ever (hall endure,

** When funs and moons fhall fhine no more.

V. The Jews he freed from Pharoah's hand, And brought them to the promis'd land : " Wonders of grace to God belong ; ^* Repeat his mercies in your fong.

VI. He faw the Gentiles dead in fm, And felt his pity work within: *' His mercies ever fhall endure, " Wken death and fin fhall reign no more.

VII. He fent his Son with pow*rto favc From guilt and darknefs and the grave : ** Wonders of grace to God belong : ** Repeat his mercies in your fong.

VIII. Thro' this vain world he guides our feet. And leads us to his heav'nly feat : ** His mercies ever fhall endure, ** When this vain world fhall be no more.

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The all-fee'm^ Ged, I.

T ORD thou haft fearch'd and feen me thro', '*-' Thine eye commands with piercing view j

My

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My rlfing and my refting hours,

My heart and flefli, with all their powers.

II. My thoughts before they arc my own, Are to my God diftindlly known ; He knows the words I mean to fpeak, Ere from my op'ning lips they break.

III. Within thy circling power I fland On ev'ry fide I find thy hand ; Awake, afleep, at home, abroad, I am furrounded flill with God.

IV. Amazing knowledge ! vaft and great ! "What large extent ! what lofty height ! My foul, with all the powr*s I boaft Is in the.boundlefs profped: loft.

V. ** O may thefe thoughts poffefs my breail, ** Where'er I rove, where'er I reft ! ** Nor let my weaker paflions dare ** Confent to fin for God is there.

Pause I.

VI. Could I fo falfe, fo fafthlefs prove, iTo quit thy fervic^ and thy love. Where, Lord, could I thy fervice ftiun I Or from thy dread ful glory run ?

VII.

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VII. If up to hcav'n I take my flight, 'Tis there thou dwelPft enthronM in light; Or dive to hell, there vengeance reigns. And Satan groans beneath thy chains.

VIII. If mounted on a morning ray, I fly beyond the weftern fea. Thy fwifter hand would firft arrive. And there arrcft thy fugitive.

IX. Or fhould I try to ftiun thy fight, Beneath the fpreading veil of night. One glance of thine, one piercing ray^ Would kindle darknefs into day.

X. ** O may thefc thoughts poflefs my breaft, ** Where'er I rove, where'er I reft ! ♦* Nor let my weaker paflions dare ** Coafent to fin, for God is there.

Pause II. XI. The veil of night is no difguife, No fcreen from thy all-fearching eyes : Thy hand can fearch thy foes as foon Thro"* midnight ftiades, as blazing noon.

XU.

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XII. Midnight and noon in this agree, Great God, they*rc both alike to thee : Not death can hide what God will fpy, And hell lies naked to his eye.

XIII. ** O may thefe thoughts poflefs my breaft, '* Where'er I rove, where'er I reft! " Nor let my weaker pafTions dare ** Confent to fin, for God is there.

VII.

The GItry of Cod in Creation aud Providence. I.

MY foul, thy great Creator praife : When cloth'd in his ccleftial rays He in full majefty appears -And, like a robe, his glory wears.

Note, Tfj'is Pfalm may be fung to the tune of the Oldliltb, «r IZJt/j Pfalm, by adding thefe li/ies to every Jfanza, viz.

Great is the L«rd ; what tongue can frame An equal honour to his name ?

Otherivife it muf^be fung as the 100th Pfalm. II.

The heav'ns are for his curtains fpread, Th' unfathom'd deep he makes his bed ; Clouds are his chariot when he flies On winged ftorms acroJTs the ikies.

III.

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III. Angels, whom his own breatli Infplres, His minifters are flaming fires : And fvvift as thought their armies more To bear his vengeance or his love.

IV. The world's foundations by his hand Arc pois'd, and (hall for ever (land ; He binds the ocean in his chain, Left it fhould drown the earth again.

V. when earth was cover'd with the flood, Which high above the mountains flood, He thundcr'd, and the ocean fled, Confin'd to its appointed bed,

VI. The fwelling billows know their bound, And in their channels walk their round : Yet thence convey'd by fecrct veins. They fpring on hills and drench the plains.

VII. He bids the chryftal fountains flow, And chear the vallies as they go ; Tame heifers there their thirll allay. And for the ftream wild afles bray.

VIII. From pleafant trees which ftiade the brink. The lark and linnet lisrht to drink ;

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Their fongs the lark and linnet raife. And chide our filencc in his praife.

Pause L

IX. God, from his cloudy ciftern, pours On the parch'd earth enriching fhow'rs : The grove, the garden, and the field, A thoufand joyful bleflings yield.

X. He makes the grafly food anfe, And gives the cattle large fupplies: With herbs for man of various powV, To nouriih nature or to cure.

XI. What noble fruit the vines produce ! The olive yields a ftiining juice; Our hearts are chear'd with genVous wine, With inward joy our faces fliine.

XII. O blefs hie name, ye people, fed With nature's chief fupporter, bread : While bread your vital ftrength imparts, SiTve him with vigour in your hearts.

Pause IL

XIII. Behold the ftately cedar Hands, Rdis'd in the forefl by his hands;

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Birds to the boughs for (hclter fly, And buiid their nefts fecure on high*^

XIV. To craggy hills afcends the goat ; And at the airy mountains foot The feebler creatures make their cell f He gives them wifdom where to dwell.

XV. He fets the fun his circling race ; Appoints the moon to change her face : And when thick darknefs veils the day, Calls out wild beafts to hunt their prey.

XVI. Fierce lions lead their young abroad, And^ roaring, afli their meat fr^)m God j But when tlie morning beams arife, The favage beaft to covert flies.

XVII. Then man to daily labour goes;» The night was made for his repofe ; Sleep is thy gift, that fweet relief From tirefome toil and wafting grief.

XVIII. How ftrange thy works! how great thy ildll J And ev'ry land thy riches fill j Thy wifdom round the world we fee, This fpacious earth is full of ijiee.

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XIX. Nor lefs thy glories in the deep, Where fifh in millions fwim and creep, With wond'roiis motions, fwift or flow, Still wand'ring in the paths below.

XX. There ihips divide their wat'ry way, And flocks of fcaly monlters play ; There dwells the huge leviathan, And foams and fports in fpite of man.

Pause III.

XXL Vaft are thy works, almighty Lord, All nature refts upon thy word ; And the whole race of creatures ftands. Waiting their portion from thy hands.

XXII. While each receives his diff'rent food. Their ch earful looks pronounce it good : Eagles, and bears, and whales, and worms Rejoice and praife in diff'rent forms.

XXIIL But when thy face is hid they mourn, And dying to their dull return j Both man and beaft their fouls refign ; Life, breath, and fpirit, all 15 thine.

XXIV.

2B Psalms and Hymns.

XXIV. Yet thou canft breathe on dufl; again. And fill the world with beads and men ; A word of thy creating breath Repairs the waftes of time and death,

XXV. His works, the wonders of his might. Are honour'd with his own delight : liow awful are his glorious ways ! The Lord is dreadful in his praife.

XXVI. The earth {lands trembling at thy ftroke, And at thy touch the mountains fmoke ; Yet humble fouls may fee thy face, And tell their wants to fov'reign grace.

XXVII. In thee my hopes and wifhes meet. And make my meditations fweet ; Thy praifes fhall my breath employ, Till it expire in endlefs joy.

XXVIIl. While haughty fmners die accurft, Their glory bury'd with their duft, 1 to my God, my heav'nly King, Immortal hallelujahs fing.

VIII.

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VIII.

A ntxu Softc^ for Morning and E-Jimr.r- 1.

MY God, how endlefs is tliy love ! Thy gifts are tv'ry ev'ning new : And morning-mercies from above. Gently didil like morning; dew.

II. Thou fpread'ft thy curtains of the night. Great Guardian of my fleeping hours ; Thy fov'reign word reftores the light. And quickens all my drowfy pow'rs.

III. I yield my pow'rs to thy command. To thee I confecrate my days : Perpetual bleflings from thine hand Demand perpetual fongs of praife.

IX.

Praife to Qo.1 for his trreainefs. I.

OCome, loud anthems let us finff. Loud thanks to our almi^^hty King ; For we our voices high fhould raife. When our falvation's Rock we praife.

II. Into his prefence let us haftc, To thank him for his favours paft,

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3*0 I^sAlms a'hd Hymns.

To him addrefs in joyful fongs, The praife that to his name belongs*

III. For God the Lord, enthron'd in Hate, Is, with unrivaPd glory, c^Tcat; A king fupericr far to all, Whom by his title God we call,

IV. The depths of earth are in his hand, Herfecret wealth at his command; The llrcngth of hills that threat the flcies, Subje£led to his empire lies.

V. The rolling ocean's vaft abyfs By the fame fov'reign right is his; 'Tismov'd by his Almighty hand, That form'd and fix'd the fblid land.

VI. O let us to his courts repair. And bow witli admiration there: Down on our knees devoutly all Before the Lord our maker fall.

X.

The Gad of Thunder. I.

The immenfe, the amazing heightj The boundlefs grandeur of our Goi>,

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Who treads the world beneath his feet, And fways the nations with his nod.

II. Hefpeaks: and lo, all nature (hakes, Heav'n's everlalling pillars bow ; He rends thcclouds with hideous cracks, And fliouts his fiery arrows through.

III. Well, let the nations ftart and fly At the blue lightnings horrid glare; Atheifts and emperors fhrink and die. When flame and noife torment the air.

IV. Let noife and flame confouTid the Ikies, And drown the fpacious realms below ; Yet we will fing the Thunderer's praife, And fend our loud Hofannas through.

V. Celeftial King, thy blazing power. Kindles our hearts to flaming joys. We fliout to hear thy thunders roar, iind echo to our father's voice.

VI. Thus ftiall the God our Saviour come. And light'nings round his chariot play ; Ye light'nings fly to make him room; Ye glorious ftorms, prepare his way.

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XL

A Penitent pleading for Pardon. I.

SHEW pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive. Let a repenting rebel live ; Are not thy mercies large and free ? May not a fmner trull in thej: ?

II. My crimes are great, but not furpafs ^ The power and glory of thy grace : Great God, thy nature hath no bound,. So let thy pard'niTig love be fownd, III.

0 wafh my foul from ev'ry fin,

And make my guilty confcieace clean i Here on my heart the burden lyes. And paft offences pain mine eyes.

IV. My lips with iham£ my fins confefs Againft thy law, againft thy grac^ ; Lord, fhould thy judgment grow feverc^

1 am condemn'd, but thou art clear.

V. Should fudden venj^'ance feize my breath, I muft pronounce thee jull in death : And if my foul were fent to hell, Thy righteous law approves it well.

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VI. Yet fave a trembling finner. Lord, Whofe hope ftill hov'ring round thy word. Would light on fome fweet promife there, Some fure fupport againft defpair.

XII.

On the Glory of, God in the Jlnrry Heavens, J.

THE fpacious firmament on high With all the blue etherial flcy And fpangled heav'ns a fKlning frame, Their great Original proclaim.

II. Th' unwearied fun, from day to day. Does his Creator^s pow'r difplay. And publifhes to every land, The work of an almighty hand.

III. Soon as the evening fhades prevail. The moon takes up the wond'rous tale ; And nightly to the lift'ning earth, Repeats the ftory of her birth :

IV. Whilft all the ftars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn Confirm the tidings as they roll.

And fpread the truth fi^opi pole to pole.

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What though in folemn filence all. Move round the dark terreftrial ball ; What though no real voice nor found Amidft their radiant orbs be found ;

VI. In reafon's ear they all rejoice. And utter forth a glorious voice. For ever finging as they fhine, " The hand that made us is divine.*'

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The Reivard of tie liheral and chdrHail: Man.

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THE foul that's fill'd with virtue's light, Shines brighteft in affli8:ion's night : To pity the diftrefs'd inclin'd, As well as juft to all mankind,

II. His llb'ral favours he extends. To feme lie gives, to ethers leads > Yet, what his charity impairs. He faves by prudence ia affairs.

III. His houfe, the feat of wealth (Kail be An inexhau-fted treafufy ; His goodncfs, free from all decay, Shall blelfings to bis heira C0ttvey>.

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IV. His hands, while they his alms beftow'd, His glory's future harvcft fowM ; Whence he fhall reap joy, peace, renown, A temporal and eternal crown.

XIV.

Man mortal and God eternal. [A mournful Song at a Funeral.]

THRO' ev'ry age, eternal God, Thou art our reft, our fafe abode : High was thy throne e'er heav'n was made, Or earth, thy humble fcotftool, laid-

II. Long hadft thou reign'd e'er time began. Or duft was fafhion'd to a man: And long thy kingdom fhall endure. When earth and time fhall be no more- Ill. But man, weak man, is born to die. Made up of guik and vanity : Thy 'dreadful fentence, Lord, was juft, " Return, ye finners, to your duft."

IV. £A thoufand of our years amount, Scarce to a day in thine account ; Like yefterday's departing light. Or the laft watch of ending night.] r Pause

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FDeath, like an over-flowing fl:ream,'^ Sweeps us away ; our life's a dream ; An empty tale ; a morning flow'r Cut down and wither'd in an hour.

VI. []Our age to feventy years is fet ; How fhort the term ! how frail the ftate! And if to eighty we arrive, We rather figh and groan than live.

VII. But, O how oft thy wrath appears, And cuts off our expefted years! Thy wrath awakes our humble dread ; We fear the pow'r that ftrikes us dead]

VIII. Teach us, O Lord, how frail is man j And kindly lengthen out our fpan. Till a wife care of piety Fit us to die and dwell with thee.

XV.

God fupreme and fdf-fuffic'ient. I.

HAT is our God, or what his name, Nor loen can learn, nor angels teach ; He dwells conceal'd in radiant flame, Where neither eyes nor thoughts can reach-

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IT. The fpaci'ous worlds of hcav'nly light, Compar'd with him, how fliort they fall! They are too dark, and he too bright, Nothing are they, and God is all.

III. He fpoke the wond'rous word, and lo ! Creation arofe at his fcommand : Whirlwinds and feas their limits know. Bound in the hollow of his hand,

IV. There ref^s the earth, there roll the fplieres. There nature leans, and feels her prop: But his own felf-fufficience bears The weight of his own glories up.

V. The tide of creatures ebbs and flows, Meafuring their changes by the moon: No ebb his fea of glory knows : His age is one eternal noon.

VI. Then fly, my fbng, an endlefs round. The lofty tune let Michael raife ; All nature dwell upon the found, But we can ne'er fulfil the praife,

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XVI.

Hciftember your Creator, Scc. Ecclef. I.

CHILDREN to your creator God, Your early honors pay, While vanity and youthful blood

Would tempt your thoughts aftray. II. The memory of his mighty name,

Demands your firft regard; Nor dare indulge a meaner flame, 'Till you have lov'd the Lord. III. Be wife, and make his favour fure,

Before the mournful days, When youth and mirth are known no more, And life and ftrength decay*. IV. No m«re the bleflings of a feafl:

Shall relijfh on the tongue. The heavy ear forgets the tafte And pleafure of a fong* V. Old age with all her difmal train,

Invades your golden years With fighs and groans, and raging pain, And death that never fpares. •

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VI.

What will you do when light departs.

And leaves your withering eyes, Without one beam to chcar your hearts, From the fuperior ilcies ? VII. How will you meet God's frowning brow,

Or {land before his feat, VVhile nature's old fupporters bow. Nor bear iheir tott'ring weight ? VHI. Can you cxpe£l your feeble arms

Shall make a ftrong defence, When death with terrible alarms. Summons the pris'uer hence ? UL The filver bands of nature burfl;

And let the building fall ; ^he^efii goes down to mix with duft,. Its ?ilc original.

X. Uaden with guilt, (a heavy load).

Uncleans'd and unforgiv n, The foul returns t' an angry God,^ To be ihut out from heav'a*

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A Funersi ^k§ught,

A RK \ from the tombs a doleful ifound. My ears atteod the cry, Ye living men come view the ground " Where you muft (hortly lie. n.

" Princes, this clay muft be your bed,

** In fpite of all your tow'rs; " The tall, the wife, the rev'rcnd head

'* Mull lie ao low as ours." II!. Great God! Is this our certain doom?

And are we ftill fecure ! Still walking downward to our tomb.

And yet prepare no more 1 IV. Grant us the pow'rs of quick'ning grace

To fit our fouls to fly j Then when we drop this dying flefh.

We'll rife above the flcy.

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XVIII.

A general Seng of Praife to God, I.

OW glorious is our heavenly King, Who reigns above the fliy ?

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How fhall a child prefumc to fing His dreadful Majefty ? ir.

How grtat his pow'r is none can teU,

Nor think how large his grace ; Not men below, nor faints that dwell

On high before his face. III. Not angels that ftand round the Lord,

Can fearch his fecret will ; But they perform his heav'nly word,

And iing his praifes Hill. IV. Then let me join this holy train,.

And my firfl: off rings brings Th' eternal God will not difdain.

To hear an infant fing. V. My heart refolves, my tongue obeys.

And angels fhall rejoice To hear their mighty Maker's gralfe

Sung from a feeble voice.

XIX.

The Jujl called to fraife God. 1.

LET all the jufl to God with joy Their chearful voices raifs;

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For well the righteous It becomes

To fing glad fongs of praife. II. Let harps, and pfalteries, and lutes

In joyful concert meet ; And new made fongs of loud applaufe

The harmony complete.

III.

Tor faithful is the word of God,

His works with truth alj^und ; He juftice loves, and all the earth

Is with his g-oodnefs crown'd.

IV. By his Almighty word at firfl:

Heaven's glorious arch was rear'd^ And all the beauteous hofts of light At his command appeal 'd. V. The fwelling floods together rolled

He makes in heaps to lie ; And lays, as in a ftorehoufe, fafe. The watVy trcafures by. VL Let earth and all that dwell therein

Before him trembling Hand ; For when he fpake the word, 'twas made^ 'Twas £;^'d at his command*

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v*i. "Whate'er the mighty Lord decrees

Shall ftand for ever fure; The fettled purpofe of his heart

To ages fhaU endure.

XX.

God our SbcpbetH. I.

MY Ihepherd will fupply ray need, Jehovah is his name ; In pailures frefli he makes me feed Befide the living ftream. II. He brings my wand 'ring fpirit back

When I forfake his ways ; And leads me for his mercy's fake In paths of truth and grace.

When I walk through the pathi of death

Thy prefence is my ftay, A word of chy fupporting breath

Drives all my fears away. IV. Thy hand in fight of all my foes

Doth ftill my table fpread, My cup with bleffings overflows.

Thine oil a&oiats my he^.

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V.

The fure provifions of my God

Attend me all my days ; D may thy ho-afe be mine abode,

And all my work be praife ! VI. There would I find a fettled reft,

(While others go and come) No more a ftranger or a gueft,.

But like a child at home..

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^Lt Nativity ef Chriji: I.

« Q HEPHERDS, rejoice,lift up your eyes,. ** 1^ And fend your fears away ; ** News from the region of the Ikies, ** Salvation*s born to day.

•*' Jefus, the God whom angels fear, *' Comes down to dwell with you ;

** To day he makes his entry here, **■ But not as monarchs do.

« No gol6, nor purple fwaddling bandsj.

<« Nor royal fhining things ; «« A manger for his cradle ftands,

«« And holds the King of kings*

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IV. '* Go, flicpherds, where the infant lies,

** And lee his humble throne ; ** With tears of joy in all your eyes, ** Go, (hepherds, kifs the Son." V. Thus Gabriel fang, and flralt around

The heavenly armies throng, They tune their harps to lofty found. And thus conclude the fong : VI.

** Glory to God that reigns above,

** Let peace furround the earth : *' Mortals fhall know their Maker's love,

" At their Redeemer's birth." VII. Lord ! and fhall angels have their foogs.

And men no tunes to raife ! O may we lofe thefe ufelefs tongues

When they forget to praife! VIII. Glory to God that reigns above.

That pitied us forlorn : We join to fing our Maker's love.

For there's a Saviour born.

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Fra'it li/tf urJ fuciecding Eternity,. I.

THEE> we adore, eternal name. And humbly own to thee. How feeble Is our mortal frame, What dying worms are wei 1!. Our wailing lives grow (horter flillj,

As months and days increafe; And ev'ry beating pulfe we tcU, Leaves but the number lefs. III. The year rolls round, and fteals away

The breath that firft It gave ; Wha.te'er we do, where'er we be, WeVe trav'lling to the grave. "

Dangers ftand thick tlirough all the ground

To pufli us to the tomb ; And fierce difeafes wait around.

To hurry mortals home. V, Good God ! on wh^t a flender thread

Hang everlafting things ! Tb' eternal Hates of all the dead

Upon life's feeble firings.

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vr. Infinite joy, or endlefs wo, Attends on ev'ry breath; And yet how unconcern'd we go Upon the brink of death ! VII.

Waken, O Lord, our drowfy fenfe,

To walk this dang'roiis road ; And if our fouls are hurry'd hence,

May they be found with God.

XXIII.

Tbankfgiviug to God for his Mtrcies, J.

THRO' all the changing fcenes of life, In trouble and in joy, The praifes of my God fhall ftill My heart and tongue employ. II. Of his delivVance I will boaft,

Till all that are diftreft, From my example comfort take, And <:harm their griefs to reft.

III. O ! magnify the.^Lord with me ;

With me exalt his name, When in diftrefs to him I call'd, He to my rcfcue came.

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IV. Their dropping hearts were foon refrefh'd.

Who look.'d to him for aid; Defir'd fuccefs in ev'ry face

A chearful air difplay'd. V. *^ Behold, fay they, behold the man

** Whom Providence reliev'd ; ^* So dang'roufly with foes befet^

*' So wond'roufly retrieved !" VI. The hofts of God encamp around

The dwellings of the juft ; Dellv Vance he affords to all

Who on his fuccour truft.

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O ! make but trial of his lore,

Experience will decide, How bleft they are, and only they,

Who in his trull confid^ VIII. Fear him, ye faints, and you will then

Have nothing elfe to fear ; Make you his fcrvice your delight.

He'll make your wiints his care.

XXIV.

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XXIV.

the Vanity of Man as Mortal. I.

TEACH me the raeafare of my days, Thou Maker of my frame ; I would fdrvey hfe's narrow fpace. And learn how frail I am. II. A fpan is all that we can boaft.

An inch or two of time j Man is but vanity and duft In all his flow*r and prime.

III. See the vain race of mortals move

Like ihadows o'er the plain ; They rage and ftrive, defire and love. But all the noife is vain. IV. Some walk in honour's gaudy {how,

Some dig for golden ore; They toil for heirs they know not who. And ftraight are fcen no more. V. What fhould I wirti or wait for then

From creatures, earth and duft, They make our expeftations vain. And difappoint our truft.

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VI. Now I forbid my carnal hope,

My fond defires recal ! I give my mortal int'reft up.

And make my God my all.

XXV.

The Song of Angels. Luke ii. L ■^TTHile fhepherds watch'd their flocks by ^^ All feated on the ground, £night.

The angel of the Lord came down. And glory fhone around.

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« Fear not, faid he, (for mighty dread

had feiz'd their troubled mind ;) " Glad tidings of great joy I bring " To you and all mankind, in, " To you in David's town this day^

** Is born of David's line, « The Saviour who is Chriil the Lord ; ** And this fhall be the fign : IV. '< The heavenly babe, you there fhall find

** To human view difplay'd, *< All meanly wrapt in fwathing bands, *^ And in a manger laid.**

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V. Thus fpake the feraph, and forthwith

Appear'd a fhining throng Of angels, praifing God, who thus

Addrefs'd their joyful fong : VI. *< All glory be to God on high,

" And to the earth be peace ; ** Good-will, henceforth, from heav'n to men-

** Begin and never ceafe.

XXVI.

The Song of Alcn^ refponji've to the Song of Augtis, I.

"XTTHILE angels thus, O Lord] rejoice, ^ ' Shall men no anthem raife? O may we lofe thefe ufelefs ton gues, When we forget to praife ! II. Then lot us fwell refpanfive notes, And join the heav'nly throng ; For angels no fuch love have known As we, to wake their fong 1 III. Good-will to finful duft is fbewn, And peace on earth is giv'n ; For lo ! th* incarnate Saviour comes, With news ^f ^y from heav'n !

IV.

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IV. Mercy and truth, with fvveet accord.

His lifing beams adorn ! Let heav'n and earth in concert ling,

** The promised child is born !* V. Glory to God, in highefl ftrains.

By highefl worlds is paid! Be glory, then, by us proclaim'd.

And by our lives difplay'd ; VI. Till we attain thofe blifsful realms.

Where now our Saviour reigns^ To rival the celeftial choirs

In their immortal ilrains 1

short: m e tl r e s.

XXVII.

I. LEST are the fons of peace,

Whofe hearts and hopes are one,

Whofe kind defigns to ferve and pleafe Through all their aftions run.

11. Bleft is the pious koufc Where zeal and friendihip meet,

Their

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Their fongs of praife, their mingled vows

Make their communion fvveet, III.

Thus when on Aaron's head

They pour'd the rich perfume. The oil through all his raiment fpread,

And pleafure fiU'd the room. IV.

Thus on the heavenly hills

The faints are bleft above, Where joy like morning dcwdiftils.

And all the air is love.

XXVIII.

^be bUJfednefs of Gofpd-iimes. I.

HOW beauteous are their feet Who ftand on Zion's hill. Who bring falvation on their tongue^, And words of peace reveal i II. How charming is their voice. How fweet the tidings are, ** Zion, behold thy Saviour king, ** He reigns and triumphs here/ in. How happy are our ears. That hear this joyful found,

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Which kings and prophets waited for,

And fought, l>ut never found. ! IV. How bleffed are our eyes

That fee this heav'nly light ! Prophets and kings defir'd it long,

But dy'd without the fight. V. The watchmen join their voice.

And tuneful notes employ; Jerufakm breaks forth in fongs.

And defarts karn the joy, VI. Tl'he Lord makes bare his arm

Through all the earth abroad | X,et every nation now behold

Their Saviour and their God.

XXIX.

-~ Thi frailty and Jbortnefs nf life, I.

LORD, what a feeble piece Is this our mortal frame ? Our life how poor a trifle 'tis,

That fcarce deferves the namei

II. Alas, the brittle clay That built gur tody firft !

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And ev'ry month and ev'ry day 'TIs mould'ring back to duft. III. Our moments fly apace, Nor will our minutes flay ; Juft like a flood our hafty days Are fwceping u* away.

IV. Well, if our days muft fly. We'll keep their end in fight. We'll fpend them all in wifdom's way^ And let them fpecd their flight.

V. They'll waft us fooner o'er This life's tempelluous fea ; Soon fhall we reach the peaceful fhore Of bleft eternity.

FARTICULAR METRES.

XXX.

Cod our P refer ver. I.

UPWARD I lift my eyes. From God is all my aid:; The God that built the flcies. And earth and nature made^

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God is the tow'r

To which I fly ;

His grace is nigh

In ev'ry hour.

II. "My feet (hall never flide. And fall in fatal fnares. Since God my guard and guide Defends me from my fears,.

Thofe wakeful eyes

That never fleep

Shall Ifra'l keep

When dangers rife.. III. No burning heats by day. Nor blafts of ev'ning air Shall take my health away,. If G^^ t>e with me there :

Thou art my fun.

And thou my fhade.

To guard my head

By night or nocm. IV. Haft thou not giv'n thy word To fave my foul from death; And T can truft my Lord To keep my jugrtal breath i

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I'll go and come Nor fear to die. Till from on high Thou call me home.

XXXI.

Longing for God, 1.

OGOD, my gracious God, to thee My morning pray*rs fhall offered bc^ For me thy thirily foul does pant ; My fainting flefh implores thy grace, Within this dry and barren place. Where I refreihing waters want, tl, O ! to my longing eyes once more. That view of glorious pow'r reftore.

Which thy majeftic houfe difplays : Becaufe to me thy wond'rous love Than life itfelf does dearer prove, My lips fhall always fpeak thy praifc. HI. My life, while I that life enjoy. In blefling God I will employ.

With lifted hands adore his name : My foul's content fhall be as great, As theirs who choiceft dainties eat. While I with joy his praife proclaim.

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IV. When I lie down, fweet fleep to find, Thou, Lord, art prefent to my mind,

And when I wak.€ in dead of night : Becaufe thou ftill doft fuccour bring, Beneath the fhadow of thy wing,

I reft with fafety and delight.

XXXII.

Rejoicing in God,. I.

OPraife yc the Lord, Prepare your glad voice,: His praife in the great

Affembly to fing. In our great Creator,

Let Ifra'l rejoice, A.nd children of Zion Be glad in their King, II. Let tliein his gr^at name

Extol in the dance ; With timbrel and barp His praifes ^xprefs ; Who always takes pleafurc

His faints to advance, And with his falvation TJie huqablc to blcfe.

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doxologies,

Long Metre.

PRalfe God, from whom all blefllngs flow, Praife him all creatures here below, Praife him above, ye heavenly hod, Praife Father, Son, and holy Ghofl;.

Common Metre.

To Father, Son, and. Holy Ghoft,

The God whom we adore. Be glory, as it was of old.

Is now, and fhall be evermore.

Short Metre.

To God the Father, Son,

And Spirit glory be ; As 'twas, and is, and fhall be fo

To all eternity.

Particular Metre.

To God, the Father, Son, And Spirit, ever blefs'd. Eternal thr^e in one. All worihip be addrefs'd. ; As heretofore It was, is now. And fhall be fo For evermore.

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CHANTS.

OCome, let us fing unto the Lord: let us heartily rejoice in the ftrength of our falvation.

Let US come before hisprefence with thankf- giving : and fhew ourfelves glad in him with pfalms.

For the Lord is a great God : and a great King above all gods.

In his hand are all the corners of the earth: and the ftrength of the hills is his alfo.

The fea is his, and he made it and hi5 hands prepared the dry lands.

O come, let us worfiiip, and fall down ; and kneel before the Lord our Maker.

OBe joyful in the Lord, all ye lands : ferve the Lord with gladnefs, and come before his prefence with a fong.

Be ye fure that the Lord he is God ; it is he that hath made us, and not we ourfelves : we are his people, and the fheep of his pafture. O go your way into his gates with thankf- giving, and into his courts with praife : be thankfulunto him, and fpeak good of his name. For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is ever- lafting : and his truth endureth from genera- t.'on to generation.

FINIS. 0* Pajre^Sf/or Short Metres read Common Metres.

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[]^ After the foregoing luasfiriick ojf^ it ivas thonzht proter to add the following ;J

XXXIII.

Cbri/t's Trii.'/nJ>B. I.

REJOICE, the Lord Is King; Your Lord and King adore; Mortals, give thanks, and fing, And triumph evermore. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice, Rejoice, again I lay rejoice.

II. Jefus the Saviour reigns. The God of truth and love: VVhen he had purg'd our ftalns, He took his feat above. IJft up your hearts, lift up your voice, Rejoice, again I fay rejoice.

III. His kingdom cannot fall, Pie rules o'er earth and heav*n ! The keys of death and hell Are to our Jefus giv'n. Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice, Reioice, ae^aln I fay rejoice.

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IV.

He all his foes fliall quell,

Shall all our fins deilroy.

And ev'ry bofom fwell

With pure feraphic joy.

I^ift up your hearts, lift up your voicey

Rejoice, again I fay rejoice.

V. Rejoice In glorious hope, J.efus the Judge fliall come^ And take his fervants up, To tlieir eternal home. We fooii fiiall hear th' arch angeKs voice. The trump of God (liall found, rejoice.

XXXIV.

From t/jd 136//6 0/ Dwoii!, 1.

r-r^O God, the Mighty Lord, X Your joyful thanks repeat i To hioi due praife afford, As good as he is great.

For God does prove

Our conftant friend.

His boundlcfs love

Shall never end. II, To him whofe vvo^d'rous pow'r All other Gods obey,.

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"Whom earthly kings adore, This grateful homage pay. For God, ^c.

By his Almighty hand Amazing works are wrought; The heav'ns by his command Were to perfect ion brought » For God, &c.

IV. Jle fpread the ocean round About the fpacious la.nd ; And made the riling grouod Above the waters Hand. For God, ySfc\

V.

Thro' heav'n he did difplay His num'rous hotls of light; The fun to rule by day, The moon and flars by nighty

For God, ^c, VI. He does the food fupply, On which all creatures live : To God who reigns on high Eternal praifes give.

Fur God will prove

-Our ^uftant friend,

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His boundlefs love Shall never ei»d.

XXXV.

Pralfe to God for his goodnefs and truth. I.

^LL pralfe my maker with my breath ;

And when my voice is loft in death Praife fhall employ my nobler pow'rs : My days of praife fliall ne'er be paft. While life and thought and being laft. Or iraftiortality endm-es. II. Why fhould I make a man my truft ? Princes muft die and turn to duft:

Vain is the help of flcfh and blood : Their breath departs, their pomp «ud pow*r And thoughts ail vanifti in an hour,

Nor can they make their promife good. III. Happy the man whofe hopes rely ^

On Ifra'l's God : he made the fl<:y.

And earth and feas with all their train : His truth forever (lands fecure ; He faves th' oppreft, he feeds the poor. And none fhall find his promife vain. IV. The Lord hath eyes to give the blind ; The Lord fupporti the fmking mind j

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He fends the lab*ring confclence peace, He helps the Granger in diilrefs, The widow and the fatheilcfs,

And grants the pris'ner fweet releafe. V. "He loves his faints, he knows them well. But turns the wicked down to hell ;

Thy God, O Zion, ever reigns : Let ev'ry tongue, let ev'ry age In this exalted work engage ; Praife him in everlafting drains. IV. I'll praife him w^ile he lends me breath. And when my voice is loft in death

Praife fhall employ my nobler pow'rs^ My days of praife fhall ne'er be paft. While life and thought and being lail, Or immortality endures.

Prom the IX ^fb of David, I.

YE faints and fervants of the Lord, The triumphs of his name record : His facred 'name forever blefs. Where-e'er the circling fun difplays His rifing beams, or fetting rays,

Due praife to his great name addrcfs.

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II. God thro' the world extends his fway* The regions of eternal day

But fhadows of his glory are. To him whofe majefty excels, Who made the heav'n wherein he dwells,

Letno created power compare.

XXXVII.

Chrijl^s AJcittftoflm I.

HAIL the day that fees him rife, Ravilh'd from our wifliful eyes I Chriit a whik to mortals giv'n, Re-afcends his native heaven. There the pompous triumph waits: *' I^ift your heads, eternal gates! " Wide unfold the radiant fcene, " Take the King of glory in!

II. Him though highefl heav'n receives, Still he loves the earth he leaves ; Though returning to his throne. Still he calls mankind his own: Still for us lie intercedes, Prevalent his death he pleads; Next himfelf prepare's our place, Hr.ibinc^er of hunian race.

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III. Mader (may we ever fay) Taken from our head to-day ; See thy faithful fervants fee, Ever gazing up to thee ! Grant, though parted from our fight. High above yon azure height, Grant OHjr hearts may thither rife, Foirwing thee beyond the fides-

VI, Ever upward let us move. Wafted on the wings of love. Looking, when our Lord fliall Gome, Longing, gafping after home ; There we Ihall with thee remain ; Part'ners of this endlefs reign ; There thy face unclouded fee. Find our heav'n of heav'ns in thee.

XXXVIII.

Going to church. I.

HOW pleasM and bleft was I, To hear the people cry, ** Come, let us feek. our God to dayj" Yes, with a chearful zeal We hafte to Zion's nil]. And there our vows andijonours pay.

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Zion thrice happy place Adorn'd with wondrous grace, And walls of ftrength embrace thee round: In thee our tribes appear To pray, and praife, and hear The facred gofpePs joyful found. III. There David's greater Son Has fix'd his royal throne, He fits for grace and judgment there; He bids the faints be glad, He makes the finner fad, And humble fouls rejoice with fear. IV. May peace attend thy gate. And joy within thee wait To blefs the foul of ev*ry gueft ;

The man that feeks thy peace. And wifhes thine increafe, A thoufand bleflings on him reft i

V. My tongue repeats her vows.

" Peace to tliis facred houfe P* For there my friends and kindred dwell ; And fince my glorious God Makes thee his bleft abode. My foul {hall everlove thee well.

XXXIX.

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XXXIX.

The ^btb of David. I.

SING to the Lord a new made fong; Let earth in one aflembled throng,' Her common patron's praife refound* Sing to the Lord and blefs his name, From day to day his praife proclaim. Who us has \\ith falvation crown'd. To heathen lands his fame rehearfe, His wonders to the univerfe, II.

He's great, and greatly to be prais'd* In majefty and glory rais'd

Above all other deities; For pageantry and idols all Are they whom gods the heathen call*

He only rules who made the flcies. With majefty and honour crown'd, J3eauty and ftrength his throne furround:

III. Be therefore both to him reftor'd. By you who have falfe gods ador'd,

Afcribe due honour to his name; Peace-ofF'rings on his altar lay. Before his throne your homage pay.

Which he, and he alone, can claim- To worfhip at his facred court, Let all the trembling ^-orld refort.

JO TsAh'MS AN^5 nYMNS.

IV. Proclaim aloud, Jehovah reigns, Whofe pOw'r the unlverfe fuftains,

And banlfh'd juftice will reftore: Let therefore heav'n new joys confefs, And heav'nly mirth let earth exprefs,

Its loud applaufe the ocean roar; Its mute inhabitants rejoice. And for his triumph find a voice.

V. For joy let fertile vallies Cing, The chearful groves their tribute bring;

The tuneful choir of birds awake. The Lord's approach to celebrate, "Who nov* fets out with awful ftate.

His circuit through the earth to take, prom heav'n to judge the world he's come^ With juitice to reward and doom,

SHOUT M E r R R,

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TO blefs thy chofen race. In mercy. Lord, incliae; And caufe the brightnefs of thy facf On all thy faints to fhinej II. That fo thy wond'rous way

Hay thro' the world be known 4

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Whilfl: diftant lands their tribute pay.

And thy falvation own. III. Let dIfPring nations join

To celebrate thy fame; Let all the world, O Lord, c-ombmc

To praife thy glorious name. IV. O let them (hout and fin^,

Diflblv'd in pious mirth; For thon, the righteous judge and king,

Shalt govern all the earth.

CHANT.

GLory be to God on high, and in earth peace, good, will towards men. We praiic thee, we llefs thfe, we vvorfhip thee, we glorify thi.e, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord GocJ, heavenly king, God the Father Almighty.

O Lord, the only begottea Sen Jefus Chrift; O Lord God, Lamb of God, who haft taken away the fins of the world, and now Cttcfl at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us.

For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Chrifl:, with the Holy Ghofl, art mofl high in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

Table cf Firjl Lines.

BPage EFORE Jehovah's awful throne - - iS Bleft arc the Tons of peace - . - 5a

Children, to your Creator, God, - - S^

Etereal fovuxt oi ev'ry joy - - - - 16

From alt that dwell below the fkles

Faireft of all the lights above

Give to the Lord immortal praife - - ,

Hark ! from the tombs a doleful found

How beauteous are their feet - - -

How pleas'd and bleft was I _ _ _

Hail the day that fees him rife

How glorious is our heav'nty king

I'll praife my maker with my breath -

Lord thoi> haft fearch'd and feen me thro'

Let all the juft to God with joy - - -

Lord what a feeble piece - - -

My foul thy great Creator praife

My God how endlefs is thy love - . -

My flicpherd will fupply my need

O come loud Anthems let us fing - - -

O God my gracious God to thee - - -

O praife ye the Lord - -

O the immenfe the amazing height

Rejoice the Lord is king _ _ -

Show pity Lord O Lord forgive - -

Shepherds rejoice lift up your eyes - - -

Sing to the Lord a new made fong

The fpacious firmament on high - - -

The foul that's fill'd with virtue's light -

Thro' ev'ry age eternal God _ - -

Thee we adore eternal name

Thro' all the changing fccnes of life

Teach me the meafure of my days - - -

To blefs thy chofen race - - -

yo God the mighty Lord - - -

Upwards I lift mine eyes . " ' "

What is our God or what his name - -

While fliepherds watch'd their flocks by night

While angels thus O Lord rejoice - - -

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