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The Protective Power of God

PSALM 46 L. M.

WALTHAM

J. Baptiste Calkin

1 God will our strength and refuge prove, In all dis-tress

a present aid,

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And,though the trembling earth re-move, We will not fear nor be dis-mayed.

2 Our trust in God shall still abide

Though hills be shaken from their seat,
And though the ocean's swelling tide
Against the trembling mountains beat.

3 A river flows, whose living streams
Make glad the city of our God,
The holy place where glory beams,
Where God Most High has His abode.

4 God has in her His dwelling made,

And she shall nevermore be moved;
Her God shall early give her aid,

Her constant helper He has proved.

5 The kings and nations raged in pride;
He spake, the earth did melt away;
The Lord of Hosts is on our side,

Our fathers' God, our strength and stay.

6 Come, see the works of God displayed,
The wonders of His mighty hand,
What desolations He has made,

What ruin spread through all the land.

7 Through all the peopled earth He makes.
The dreadful scourge of war to cease,
The implements of battle breaks,

And makes the nations dwell in peace.

8 Be still, ye nations, bow in fear,

And know that I alone am God;
To us the Lord of Hosts is near,
Our fathers' God is our abode.

Al-though the mountains quake And earth's foun - da-tions shake,Though an - gry

bil-lows roar And break a-gainst the shore, Our might-y God will hear us.

2 God's city is forever blest

With living waters welling;

Since God is there she stands unmoved

'Mid tumults round her swelling;

God speaks and all is peace,

From war the nations cease;

The Lord of Hosts is nigh,

Our fathers' God Most High Is our eternal dwelling.

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Behold what God has done on earth;
His wrath brings desolation,

His grace, commanding wars to cease,
Brings peace to every nation;

Be still, for He is Lord,
By all the earth adored;
The Lord of Hosts is nigh,
Our fathers' God Most High
Is our strong habitation.

The Universal Sovereignty of Christ

PSALM 47 L. M.

TRURO

Charles Burney

I Re-joice, ye people, hom-age give, To God with voice of

tri- umph sing;

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Jehovah with the trumpet's sound; 5 To praise and serve our covenant God

na - tions, clap your hands, Let shouts of triumph ring,

1 The Lord is great; with wor - thy praise Proclaim His power, His Name confess,

1 With - in Thy temple's sacred courts,With lov-ing and

We con- template Thy grace, O God, And all Thy deeds with mer-cy fraught.

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Meditation and Joyful Gratitude

2 Where'er Thy Name, O God, is known, 4 Encompass Zion, count her towers,

Where'er Thy glorious fame extends, There also is Thy praise proclaimed, Far as the earth's remotest ends.

3 Thy hand is full of righteousness;

Let Zion's gladness then be great, And let her daughters sing for joy And all Thy judgments celebrate.

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And mark her strong defenses well; Consider all her palaces,

And to your sons her glory tell.

5 This mighty God forever lives
Our God and Saviour to abide,
And till our pilgrim days shall end
Will ever be our faithful guide.

The Church of the Living God

WINDERMERE

Ernest R. Kroeger

The right-eous judg-ments of her King Let Zi - on and her daugh- ters

sing.

Copyright, 1901, by United Presbyterian Board of Publication

2 About Mount Zion go,

Her towers and ramparts tell; That ye her strength may know, Mark her defenses well;

Her royal palaces behold

That ye her glories may unfold.

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3 To all the coming race
Repeat the message o'er:
This mighty God of grace
Is ours for evermore;
Yea, He our Saviour will abide,
And unto death will be our guide.