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L. M. Blendon. Leeds. [*]

V. 1, 2, 3, 6—11.-Canaan lost through Unbelief. 1 [OME, let our voices join to raise A sacred song of solemn praise:

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God is a sov'reign King, rehearse
His honours in exalted verse.]

2 Come, let our souls address the Lord,
Who fram'd our natures with his word;
• He is our Shepherd; we the sheep,
His mercy chose, his pastures keep.
-3 Come, let us hear his voice to-day,
The counsels of his love obey;

e Nor let our harden'd hearts renew
The sins and plagues that Israel knew.
4 Israel, who saw his works of grace,
Tempted their Maker to his face;
A faithless, unbelieving brood,

That tir'd the patience of their God!

d 5 [Thus saith the Lord, "How false they prove! "Forget my pow'r; abuse my love:

"Since they despise my rest, I swear, "Their feet shall never enter there."]

a 6 Look back, my soul, with holy dread, And view those ancient rebels dead: -Attend the offer'd grace to-day,

Nor lose the blessing by delay.

o 7 Seize the kind promise, while it waits,
And march to Zion's heav'nly gates:
Believe, and take the promis'd rest;
Obey, and be for ever blest.

PSALM 96. C. M. Arundel. Christmas. [*]
V. 1-10, &c.-CHRIST'S First and Second Coming.
ING to the Lord, ye distant lands,

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SING

Ye tribes of ev'ry tongue;

His new discover'd grace demands

A new and nobler song.

2 Say to the nations, Jesus reigns, God's own almighty Son;

e His pow'r the sinking world sustains, And grace surrounds his throne.

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-3 Let heav'n proclaim the joyful day,
Joy through the earth be seen;
Let cities shine in bright array,

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And fields in cheerful green. 4 Let an unusual joy surprise The islands of the sea;

d Ye mountains, sink, ye vallies, rise; Prepare the Lord his way.

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o 5 Behold, he comes, he comes to bless The nations as their God;

o To show the world his righteousness, And send his truth abroad.

g 6 But when his voice shall raise the dead, And bid the world draw near; a How will the guilty nations dread, To see their Judge appear!

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P. M. St. Hellen's.

The God of the Gentiles.

ET all the earth their voices raise,
To sing the choicest psalm of praise;
To sing 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 wond'ring nations read thy word;
Among us 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 light;
b His beauties, how divinely bright!
His temple, how divinely fair!

g 4 Come, the great day, the glorious hour,
When earth shall feel his saving pow'r,
And barb'rous nations fear his name;
Then shall the race of men confess
The beauty of his holiness,"

And, in his courts, his grace proclaim

PSALM 97. C. M. FIRST PART. Psalm 97th. [*] Ver. 1-5.-CHRIST the Sovereign Judge.

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Hreight in evangelic strains.

[E reigns-the Lord, the Saviour reigns:

o Let the whole earth in songs rejoice;

And distant islands join their voice. e 2 Deep are his counsels, and unknown; o But grace and truth support his throne: e Tho' gloomy clouds his way surround, -Justice is their eternal ground.

g 3 In robes of judgment, lo, he comes! Shakes the wide earth, and cleaves the tombs;. Before him burns devouring fire!

The mountains melt, the seas retire! -4 His enemies, with sore dismay,

Fly from the sight and shun the day: o Then lift your heads, ye saints, on high, u And sing, for your redemption's nigh. L. M. SECOND PART. Old Hundred. [*] Ver. 6-9.-CHRIST'S Incarnation.

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THis birth, the nations learn his name:
HE Lord is come: the heav'ns proclaim.

An unknown star directs the road
Of eastern sages to their God.

g 2 All ye bright armies of the skies,
Go worship where the Saviour lies;
Angels and kings, before him bow,
Those Gods on high and gods below.
-3 Let idols totter to the ground,

And their own worshippers confound;
o But Judah shout, but Zion sing,
-And earth confess her sov'reign King.

L. M. THIRD PART. Green's. [*]
Grace and Glory.

1 THE Almighty reigns, exalted high;
TO'er all the earth, o'er all the sky:

e Tho' clouds and darkness veil his feet,
o His dwelling is the mercy-seat.
-2 O ye who love his holy name,

Hate ev'ry work of sin and shame:
He guards the souls of all his friends,
And from the snares of hell defends.

o 3 Immortal light, and joys unknown,
Are for the saints in darkness sown;
These glorious seeds shall spring and rise,
And the bright harvest bless our eyes.
o 4 Rejoice, ye righteous, and record
The sacred honours of the Lord;
-None, but the soul that feels his grace,
Can triumph in his holiness.

C. M. Mitcham. Mear. [*]

V. 1, 3, 5-7, u.-CHRIST'S Incarnation, and the Judgment.

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Y shores and isles, of ev'ry sea,

Rejoice-the Saviour reigns; His word, like fire, prepares his way, And mountains melt to plains.

• 2 His presence sinks the proudest hills, And makes the vallies rise;

-The humble soul enjoys his smiles,

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The haughty sinner dies.

o 3 The heav'ns his rightful power proclaim;
e The idol gods around

Fill their own worshippers with shame,
And totter to the ground.

-4 Adoring angels, at his birth,

Make the Redeemer known:

g Thus shall he come-to judge the earthAnd angels guard his throne.

• 5 His foes shall tremble at his sight, And hills and seas retire;

o His children take their unknown flight, And leave the world on fire.

6 The seeds of joy and glory, sown For saints in darkness here,

• Shall rise and spring in worlds unknown, And a rich harvest bear.

PSALM 98. C. M. FIRST PART. Sunday. [*]

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Praise for the Gospel.

New honours be addrest;
O our almighty Maker God,

His great salvation shines abroad,

And makes the nations blest.

2 He spake the word to Abraham first; His truth fulfils his grace:

The Gentiles make his name their trust,

And learn his righteousness.

o 3 Let the whole earth his love proclaim, With all her different tongues;

u And spread the honours of his name, In melody and songs.

St. Martin's.

C. M. SECOND PART. Arundel. Bethlehem. [*]
The MESSIAH's Coming and Kingdom.
TOY to the world-the Lord is come!

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o Let every heart prepare him room, And heav'n and nature sing.

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-2 Joy to the earth-the Saviour reigns!

Let men their songs employ;

o While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains, Repeat the sounding joy.

e 3 No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground;

o He comes to make his blessings flow,
Far as the curse is found.

g 4 He rules the world with truth and grace;
And makes the nations prove,
The glories of his righteousness,

And wonders of his love.

PSALM 99. S. M. FIRST PART. Peckham. [*] CHRIST'S Kingdom and Majesty.

1 THE God, Jehovah, reigns!

Let all the nations fear; e Let sinners tremble at his throne, And saints be humble there.

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2 Jesus, the Saviour, reigns!
Let earth adore its Lord;

o Bright cherubs his attendants stand,
Swift to fulfil his word.

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3 In Zion is his throne,

His honours are divine:

His church shall make his wonders known:
For there his glories shine.

4 How holy is his name!

How terrible his praise!

o Justice and truth, and judgment jain,

In all his works of grace.

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