Could make me so divinely blest, Or raise my cheerful passions so. e 6 [My life itself, without thy love No taste of pleasure could afford; "Twould but a tiresome burden prove, If I were banish'd from the Lord. -7 Amidst the wakeful hours of night, When busy cares afflict my head, o One thought of thee gives new delight, And adds refreshment to my bed.] s 8 I'll lift my hands, I'll raise my voice, While I have breath to pray, or praise; This work shall make my heart rejoice, And spend the remnant of my days. S. M. Newton. [*] Seeking GOD.

1 MY God, permit my tongue

This joy, to call thee mine;

And let my early cries prevail,
To taste thy love divine.
2 [My thirsty fainting soul
Thy mercy does implore:
Not travellers, in desert lands,
Can pant for water more.
3 Within thy churches, Lord,
I long to find my place;
Thy pow'r and glory to behold,
And feel thy quick'ning grace.]

е 4 For life, without thy love,
No relish can afford;

-No joy can be compar'd with this,
To serve and please the Lord.
o 5 To thee I'll lift my hands,

And praise thee while I live;
Not the rich dainties of a feast
Such food or pleasure give.
e 6 In wakeful hours of night,
I call my God to mind;

I think how wise thy counsels are,
And all thy dealings kind.
7 Since thou hast been my help,
To thee my spirit flies;

And on thy watchful providence,
My cheerful hope relies.

• 8 The shadow of thy wings
My soul in safety keeps;
I follow where my Father leads,
And he supports my steps.

PSALM 65. L.M. 1STPART. Weldon. Quercy. [*] Ver. 1-5. Public Prayer and Praise.

1 THE praise of Zion waits for thee,

TH

My God; and praise becomes thy house: There shall thy saints thy glory see, And there perform their public vows. p 2 O thou whose mercy bends the skies, To save when humble sinners pray, o All lands to thee shall lift their eyes, And grateful isles of every sea.

e 3 [Against my will my sins prevail,
-But grace shall purge away their stain;
The blood of Christ will never fail,
To wash my garments white again.

o 4 Blest is the man whom thou shalt choose,
And give him kind access to thee;
Give him a place within thy house,
To taste thy love divinely free.]

PAUSE.

5 Let Babel fear when Zion prays: Babel prepare for long distress; When Zion's God himself arrays, In terrour, and in righteousness. g 6 With dreadful glory God fulfils What his afflicted saints request; And with almighty wrath reveals His love to give his churches rest. 87 Then shall the flocking nations run To Zion's hill, and own their Lord; The rising and the setting sun,

Shall see the Saviour's name ador'd.

L.M. SECOND PART. Nantwich. Truro. [*]

Ver. 5-13. Divine Providence and Grace.

HE God of our salvation hears

THE

The groans of Zion mix'd with tears;

Yet when he comes with kind designs,
Through all the way his terrour shines.]
2 On God 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, who 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 tempest cease,
He calms the raging crowd to peace;
When a tumultuous nation raves,
Wild as the winds and loud as waves.

5 [Whole kingdoms, shaken by the storm, He settles in a peaceful form;

Mountains, establish'd by his hand,
Firm on their old foundations stand.
d 6 Behold his ensign, sweep the sky;
New comets blaze, and lightnings fly:
The heathen lands with swift surprize,
From the bright horrours 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.]

8 Seasons and times obey his voice;
The ev'ning and the morn rejoice,
To see the earth made soft with show'rs,
Laden with fruit, and dress'd in flow'rs.
9 ['Tis from his wat'ry 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 pow'r divine;
O'er ev'ry field thy glories shine:
Thro' every month thy gifts appear;

Great God, thy goodness crowns the year! C.M. FIRST PART. Colchester. Mear. [*] Prayer heard and the Gentiles called.

1

PRAISE waits in Zion. Lord, for thee;

There shall our vows be paid:

Thou hast an ear when sinners pray,
All flesh shall seek thine aid.

e 2 Lord, our iniquities prevail,
But pard'ning grace is thine;

o And thou wilt grant us pow'r and skill, To conquer ev'ry sin.”

-3 Blest are the men whom thou wilt choose, To bring them near thy face;

Give them a dwelling in thine house, ·To feast upon thy grace.

e 4 In answ❜ring what thy church requests, Thy truth and terrour shine;

And works of dreadful righteousness
Fulfil thy kind design.

5 Thus shall the wond'ring nations see,
The Lord is good and just;

o And distant islands fly to thee,

And make thy name their trust. g 6 They dread thy glitt'ring tokens, Lord, When signs in heav'n appear;

o But they shall learn thy holy word, And love as well as fear.

C. M. SECOND PART. Bedford. Arundel. [*] Providence in Air, Earth, and Sea.

19TIS by thy strength the mountains stand, "God of eternal pow'r;

The sea grows calm at thy command,
And tempests cease to roar.

02 Thy morning light and ev'ning shade
Successive comforts bring;

Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad,
Thy flow'rs adorn the spring.

-3 Seasons and times, and moons and hours, Heav'n, earth, and air are thine;

When clouds distil in fruitful show'rs,
The author is Divine.

4 Those wand'ring cisterns in the sky,
Borne by the winds around,
With watʼry treasures well supply
The furrows of the ground.

o 5 The thirsty ridges drink their fill,
And ranks of corn appear;

Thy ways abound with blessings still,
Thy goodness crowns the year.

C. M. THIRD PART. York. [*]
A Psalm for the Husbandman.

1 [OOD is the Lord, the heav'nly king,

GWho makes the earth his care;

Visits the pastures ev'ry spring,
And bids the grass appear.

2 The clouds, like rivers rais'd on high,
Pour out at his command,
Their watʼry blessings from the sky,
To cheer the thirsty land.
3 The soften'd ridges of the field
Permit the corn to spring;
The vallies rich provision yield,
And the poor lab'rers sing.
4 The little hills on ev'ry side,
Rejoice at falling show'rs;
The meadows drest in all their pride,
Perfume the air with flow'rs.

5 The barren clods, refresh'd with rain,
Promise a joyful crop;

The parched grounds look green again,
And raise the reaper's hope.

6 The various months thy goodness crowns, How bounteous are thy ways!

The bleeting flocks spread o'er the downs, And shepherds shout thy praise.]

PSALM 66. C. M. FIRST PART. Devizes. Governing God: or, our Grace tried.

s 1 ING, all ye nations, to the Lord,

SIN

Sing with a joyful noise;

With melody of sounds record
His honours and your joys.