3 The earth, with its store of wonders untold, Almighty! Thy power hath founded of old; Hath 'stablished it fast by a changeless decree, And round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea. 4 Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite !

It breathes in the air, it shines in the light:
It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
And sweetly distils in the dew and the rain.
5 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail;
Thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end!
Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend!
6 O measureless Might! ineffable Love!

While angels delight to hymn Thee above,
The humbler creation, though feeble their lays,
With true adoration shall lisp to Thy praise.

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E praise, we worship Thee, O God ;
Thy sovereign power we sound abroad;

All nations bow before Thy throne,

And Thee, the great Jehovah, own. 2 Loud hallelujahs to Thy name, Angels and seraphim proclaim;

By all the powers and thrones in heaven,
Eternal praise to Thee is given.

3 O holy, holy, holy Lord;

Thou God of Hosts, by all adored;
Earth and the heavens are full of Thee,
Thy light, Thy power, Thy majesty.
4 The holy church in every place,
Throughout the earth exalts Thy praise
From day to day, O Lord, do we
Highly extol and honour Thee.
5 Glory to Thee, O God most high!
Father, we praise Thy majesty :
The Son, the Spirit we adore:
One Godhead, blest for evermore.

2-6s & 4-7s.

Psalm xciii.

C. WESLEY. 1854.

JEHOVAH reigns on high

In peerless majesty ;

Boundless power His royal robe,
Purest light His garment is;
Rules His word the spacious globe,
'Stablish'd it in floating seas.
Ancient of days! Thy Name
And Essence is I AM;

Thou, O Lord, and Thou alone,
Gavest whatever is to be;
Stood Thine everlasting throne,
Stands to all eternity.
The floods, with angry noise,
Have lifted up their voice,-
Him the mighty waves obey,
Sinking at His awful will;
Ocean owns His sovereign sway,
Hell at His command is still.
Thy statutes, Lord, are sure,
And as Thyself endure;

Thine eternal house above

Holy souls alone can see,

Fitted here by perfect love,

There to reign enthroned with Thee.
The Lord unrivalled reigns,
His royal power maintains:

Earth, Thine awful Monarch bless,
Own with joy His happy sway,
Him let all Thine isles confess,
All exult their God to' obey.

IGH in the heavens, eternal God,
Thy goodness in full glory shines;
Thy truth shall break through 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 saints 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 Life, like a fountain rich and free,
Springs from the presence of the Lord;
And in Thy light our souls shall see
The glories promised in Thy word.

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C. WESLEY. 1741.

Psalm xviii.

HEE will I love, O Lord, my power !
My rock and fortress is the Lord,

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My God, my Saviour, and my tower,

My horn and strength, my shield and sword Secure I trust in His defence,

I stand in His omnipotence.

2 Still will I invocate His name,

And spend my life in prayer and praise ;
His goodness own, His promise claim,
And look for all His saving grace,

Till all His saving grace

I see, From sin and hell, for ever free.

3 To God, my God, with plaintive cry, I called in agony of fear;

My humble wailing pierced the sky,

My groaning reached His gracious ear;
He heard me from His glorious throne,
And sent the timely rescue down.

4 For who, except the Lord, is God?
Who is a rock but God alone?
My soul He hath with strength endued,
To perfect love He leads me on;
My feet, through Him, the hinds outfly,
And spurn the earth and scale the sky.
5 The Lord for me doth ever live;

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Blessing ascribe to God Most High!
Glory and thanks to Jesus give,
The Rock on which I still rely!
Extol His power, His mercies raise,
The God of my salvation praise!

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HE God of Abraham praise,
Who reigns enthroned above,
Ancient of everlasting days,
And God of love!

Jehovah! Great I AM!

By earth and heaven confest ;
I bow and bless the sacred Name,
For ever blest!

The God of Abraham praise!
At whose supreme command,
From earth I rise, and seek the joys
At His right hand :

I all on earth forsake,

Its wisdom, fame, and power;
And Him my only portion make,
My shield and tower.

The God of Abraham praise!
Whose all-sufficient grace
Shall guide me all my happy days,

In all my ways:

He calls a worm His friend!
He calls Himself my God!

And He shall save me to the end,
Through Jesu's blood.

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He by Himself hath sworn,
I on His oath depend;

I shall, on eagles' wings up-borne,
To Heaven ascend :

I shall behold His face,
I shall His power adore,
And sing the wonders of His grace
For evermore !

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PART II.

THOUGH nature's strength decay,
And earth and hell withstand,
To Canaan's bounds I urge my way,
At His command.

The watery deep I pass,

With Jesus in my view;

And through the howling wilderness

My way pursue.

The goodly land I see,

With peace and plenty blest;

A land of sacred liberty,

And endless rest.

There milk and honey flow;
And oil and wine abound;
And trees of life for ever grow,
With Mercy crown'd.

There dwells the Lord our King,
The Lord our Righteousness,
Triumphant o'er the world and sin,
The Prince of Peace!
On Sion's sacred height,

His kingdom still maintains;
And, glorious with His saints in light,

For ever reigns!

He keeps His own secure,

He guards them by His side,

Arrays in garments white and pure
His spotless Bride :