I PRAISE PSALM 1XV. RAISE waits for thee in Zion, Lord, 2 Q thou that hearer art of pray'r, all flesh fhall come to thee. 3 Iniquities, I must confefs, But as for our tranfgreffions, 米銀 4 Bleft *The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper is celebrated in Scotland always upon a Sunday, in the parish church; and 4 Bleft is the man whom thou doft choose, and mak'st approach to thee, That he within thy courts, O Lord, may ftill a dweller be: We furely fhall be fatisfy'd with thy abundant grace, And with the goodness of thy house, PRAYER. and in most places, once only in the year. There is no particular Sunday fixed for this folemnity. On the Thursday and Saturday before it, and on the Monday after it, there is public worship; and fermons are preached upon fubjects fuitable to the occafion. The Thursday is particularly fet apart for folemn fafting; and no labour is that day permitted in the parish. The greater part of perfons of all ranks in the parish, who have arrived at the years of difcretion, join in celebrating this Ordinance, which, partly from this caufe, and partly from its taking place but once or twice a-year, is performed in a manner that is very folemn and devout. The Service begins with the finging of a Pfalm; and which the Minister reads out immediately upon afcending the pulpit. The choice of the Pfalms is, in all cafes, at the Minister's difcretion; and to give the Sacramental Service more completely, fome portions, which are of tes PRAY E R*. "LORD GOD ALMIGHTY! Which was, which is, and which art to come! Thou art the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wife God. All perfections adorn thy nature: Every attribute of Majesty fupports thy Throne. The heavens are thine; thou haft made them bright with thy glory: The earth alfo is thine; thou art the Lord of universal nature. Thou dwelleft in that uncreated light, which mortal eye hath not feen, nor can fee. Thousands of angels and of blessed spirits ftand before thee: Ten thousand times ten ten fung on fuch occafions, are inferted here, in their places. The mufic is entirely vocal. In a few Congregations there is mufic in parts; but in general, the whole Congregation fing in unifon. The Pfalm-tunes are set to flow time: the melody is fimple, grave, and often very affecting. * In the Worship of the Scottish Church, the whole Congregation rife from their feats at the beginning of the prayer, and stand in a devout pofture till it is concluded. ten thousand, minister in thy presence, and perform thy pleasure. The whole hoft of heaven worshippeth thee. "Thon haft formed the mountains, and created the wind. With thee are the treafures of the fnow, and the chambers of the hail. Thou makeft thy pavilion in the dark cloud: Thou fittest on the multitude of waters: Thou walkeft on the wings of the wind; and thy voice in the storm makes the nations adore. The fons of men, generation after generation, return to the duft from whence they were taken. The heavens which we behold shall vanish like the cloud which covers them; the earth which we inhabit, fhall diffolve like the fnows upon its furface; but independent of change, of the revolutions of time, and of the fate of worlds, thou continueft the fame, immortal, unalterable, the Ancient of days, from everlafting to everlafting God. "Thou haft given commiffion unto all thy works, to declare their Maker. The light of heaven reveals to our eyes thine exiftence: |