-2 Say to the Pow'r that shakes the sky, "How terrible art thou!

"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 ebbing channel dry,
While Israel pass'd the flood;
o There did the church begin their joy,
And triumph in their God.]

g 5 He rules by his resistless might:
a Will rebel mortals dare,
Provoke th' Eternal to the fight,
And tempt that dreadful war!
0 6 0 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 hast prov'd our suff'ring souls, To make our graces shine;

So silver bears the burning coals,

The metal to refine.

g 8 Through wat'ry deeps and fiery ways, We march at thy command,

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Led to possess the promis'd place,

By thine unerring hand.

C. M. SECOND PART. Barby. [*]

Ver. 13-20. Praise to God for hearing Prayer.
WOW shall my solemn vows be paid
To that almighty Pow'r,

NOW

Who heard the long requests I made,
In my distressful hour.

2 My lips and cheerful heart prepare
To make his mercies known;

Come

ye, who fear my God, and hear The wonders he has done.

p 3 When on my head huge sorrows fell,
I sought his heavenly aid;

He sav'd my sinking soul from heli,
And death's eternal shade.

e 4 If sin lay cover'd in my heart,
While pray'r employ'd my tongue;
The Lord had shown me no regard,
Nor I his praises sung.

o 5 But God, his name be ever blest,
Has set my spirit free;

-Nor turn'd from him my poor request,
Nor turn'd his heart from me.

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SHI

PSALM 67. C. M. Bedford. [*]
Prosperity, Temporal and Spiritual.
HINE on our land, Jehovah, shine,
With beams of heav'nly grace;
• Reveal thy pow'r through all our coasts,
And shew thy smiling face.

-2 [Amidst our States exalted high,
Do thou our glory stand;

And like a wall of guardian fire,

Surround the fav'rite land.]

e 3 When shall thy name, from shore to shore,
Sound all the earth abroad?

And distant nations know, and love,
Their Saviour and their God?

o 4 Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands,
Sing loud with solemn voice;

s Let ev'ry tongue exalt his praise, And ev'ry heart rejoice.

g 5 He the great Lord, the sovʼreign Judge,
Who sits enthron'd above,

Wisely commands the worlds he made,
In justice and in love.

-6 Earth shall obey her Maker's will,
And yield a full increase;

Our God will crown his chosen land,
With fruitfulness and peace.

o 7 God the Redeemer scatters round
His choicest favours here!

g While the Creation's utmost bound Shall see, adore, and fear.

PSALM 68. L.M. 1ST PART. Blendon. Truro. [*] V. 1-6; 32-35. The Vengeance and Compassion of God. 1 ET God arise in all his might,

And put the troops of hell to flight

As smoke that sought to cloud the skies,
Before the rising tempest flies.

e 2 [He comes array'd in burning flames,
Justice and vengeance are his names:
e Behold his fainting foes expire,
Like melting wax before the fire.]

g 3 He rides and thunders through the sky;
His name, JEHOVAH, sounds on high:
s Sing to his name, ye sons of grace;
Ye saints, rejoice before his face.
e 4 The widow and the fatherless
Fly to his aid in sharp distress;
In him the poor and helpless find
A judge most just, a father kind.
5 He breaks the captive's heavy chain,
And pris'ners see the light again;
e But rebels, who dispute his will,

Shall dwell in chains and darkness still.

PAUSE.

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

His wond'rous names and powers rehearse;
His honours shall enrich your verse.]

g 7 He shakes the heav'ns with loud alarms;
How terrible is God in arms!

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

o 8 Proclaim him King, pronounce him blest;
He's your defence, your joy, your rest:
g When terrours rise, and nations faint,
God is the strength of ev'ry saint.]

L. M. SECOND PART. Brentford. Green's. [*]
Ver. 17, 18. CaHIST's Ascension, and Gift of the Spirit.
ORD, when thou didst ascend on high,
Ten' thousand angels fill'd the sky;

Those heav'nly guards around thee wait,
Like chariots that attend thy state.
g 2 Not Sinai's mountain could appear
More glorious, when the Lord was there;
While he pronounc'd his dreadful law,
And struck the chosen tribes with awe.

o 3 How bright the triumph none can tell,
When the rebellious pow'rs of hell,
That thousand souls had captives made,
Were all in chains-like captives-led.
s 4 Raised by his Father to the throne,
He sent the promis'd Spirit down,
With gifts and grace for rebel men,

g That God might dwell on earth again.

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L. M. THIRD PART. Weldon. Leeds. [*] V. 19, 9, 20, 21, 22. Common and Spiritual Mercies. VE bless the Lord, the just and good,

1

WE

Who fills our hearts with joy and food;
Who pours his blessings from the skies,
And loads our days with rich supplies.

2 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.

3 'Tis to his care we owe our breath,
And all our near escapes from death:
Safety and health to God belong;

He helps the weak and guards the strong.
4 He makes the saint and sinner prove
The common blessings of his love:
e But the wide difference that remains,
a Is endless joys and 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.]

06 His own right hand his saints shall raise,
From the deep earth, or deeper seas;
And bring them to his courts above,
There to enjoy his perfect love.

PSALM 69. FIRST PART. C. M. [b]

Ver. 1-14. The sufferings of Christ for our salvation, 1 ["AVE me, O God; the swelling floods

["SA

"Break in upon my soul:

"I sink, and sorrows o'er my head,

"Like mighty waters roll.

2 "I cry till all my voice be gone; "In tears I waste the day:

"My God, behold my longing eyes,
"And shorten thy delay.

3 "They hate my soul without a cause,
"And still their number grows,
"More than the hairs around my head,
"And mighty are my foes.

4 "Twas then I paid that dreadful debt,
"That men could never pay;
"And gave those honours to thy law,
"Which sinners took away."

5 Thus, in the great Messiah's name,
The royal prophet mourns;
Thus he awakes our hearts to grief,
And gives us joy by turns.

6 "Now shall the saints rejoice, and find
"Salvation in my name;

"For I have borne their heavy load "Of sorrow, pain, and shame.

7 "Grief, like a garment, cloth'd me round, "And sackcloth was my dress,

"While I procur'd for naked souls

"A robe of righteousness.

8 "Amongst my brethren and the Jews, "I like a stranger stood,

"And bore their vile reproach to bring "The Gentiles near to God.

9 "I came, in sinful mortals' stead, "To do my Father's will;

"Yet when I cleans'd my Father's house, "They scandaliz'd my zeal.

10 "My fastings and my holy groans "Were made the drunkard's song; "But God, from his celestial throne, "Heard my complaining tongue.

11 "He sav'd me from the dreadful deep, "Nor let my soul be drown'd, "He rais'd and fix'd my sinking feet "On well establish'd ground.

12 “Twas in a most accepted hour, "My prayer arose on high;