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The Wonders of Divine Grace

PSALM 103

IIS and IOS

come, my soul, bless thou the Lord thy Maker, And all with-in me

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bless His holy Name; Bless thou the Lord, for - get not all His mercies,

CHORUS

His pardoning grace and sav-ing love pro claim. Bless Him, ye angels,

wondrous in might, Bless Him,His serv-ants that in His will delight.

3 His love is like a father's to his children,

Tender and kind to all who fear His Name,
For well He knows our weakness and our frailty,
He knows that we are dust, He knows our frame.

[Selected Stanzas]

1 My soul, bless the Lord! the Lord is most great; With glo - ry ar-rayed, ma

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jestic His state; The light is His gar- ment, the skies are His shade,

2 He rides on the clouds, the wings of the storm,
The lightning and wind His mission perform;
The earth He has founded her station to keep,
And wrapped as a vesture about her the deep.
3 O'er mountain and plain the dark waters raged;
His voice they obeyed, the floods were assuaged;
Uplifting the mountains He ordered a bound,
Forbidding the waters to cover the ground.

4 He causes the springs of water to flow

In streams 'mid the hills and valleys below;
Beside them with singing the birds greet the day,
And there the beasts gather their thirst to allay.

grass and herbs He sup- plies, Supplying the cattle,

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The seasons are fixed by wisdom divine,

The slow changing moon shows forth God's design;
The sun in his circuit his Maker obeys,

And running his journey hastes not nor delays.

The Lord makes the night, when, leaving their lair,
The lions creep forth, God's bounty to share;

The Lord makes the morning, when beasts steal away
And men are beginning the work of the day.

5 How many and wise Thy works are, O Lord!
The earth with the wealth of wisdom is stored;
The sea bears in safety the ships to and fro,
And creatures unnumbered it shelters below.

6 Thy creatures all look to Thee for their food;
Thy hand opens wide, they gather the good;
Thy face Thou concealest, in anguish they yearn;
Their breath Thou withholdest, to dust they return.

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I Thy Spirit, O Lord, makes life to a bound; The earth is re

2 Before the Lord's might earth trembles and quakes,
The mountains are rent, and smoke from them breaks;
The Lord I will worship through all of my days,
Yea, while I have being my God I will praise.

3 Rejoicing in God, my thought shall be sweet,
While sinners depart in ruin complete;

My soul, bless Jehovah, His Name be adored,
Come, praise Him, ye people, and worship the Lord.

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2 Let God rejoice in all His works,
And let His works proclaim
For evermore their Maker's praise
And glorify His Name.

3 While life shall last, my thankful lips
A song to God will raise,

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[Selected Stanzas]

And while my being I possess,

My Maker I will praise.

4 My heart shall think upon His grace
In meditation sweet;
My soul, rejoicing in the Lord,
His praises shall repeat.

The Unfailing Faithfulness of God

PSALM 105 C. M.

BOARDMAN

Arranged from L. Devereux

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength,
Seek Him for evermore.

3 Ye children of God's covenant,
Who of His grace have heard,
Forget not all His wondrous deeds
And judgments of His word.

All lands His judgments know; His promise He remembers still, While generations go.

5 While yet our fathers were but few,
Sojourners in the land,

He sware that Canaan should be theirs,
And made His covenant stand.