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4 Father, behold Thy dying Son,
And hear the blood that speaks above!
On us let all Thy grace be shown:
Peace, righteousness, and joy, and love,-
Thy kingdom,-come to every heart,
And all Thou hast, and all Thou art.

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PRAISE, Lord, for Thee in Zion waits; Prayer shall besiege Thy temple-gates; All flesh shall to Thy throne repair, And find, through Christ, salvation there. 2 Our spirits faint; our sins prevail;

Leave not our trembling hearts to fail O Thou that hearest prayer, descend, And still be found the sinner's Friend! 3 How blest Thy saints! how safely led, How surely kept, how richly fed! Saviour of all in earth and sea, How happy they who rest in Thee! 4 Thy hand sets fast the mighty hills, Thy voice the troubled ocean stills; Evening and morning hymn Thy praise, And earth Thy bounty wide displays. 5 The year is with Thy goodness crowned; The clouds drop wealth the world around; Through Thee the deserts laugh and sing, And Nature smiles, and owns her King. 6 Lord, on our souls Thy Spirit pour; The moral waste within restore; O let Thy love our spring-tide be, And make us all bear fruit to Thee.

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GREAT God, attend, while Ziou sings

The joy that from Thy presence springs;
To spend one day with Thee on earth
Exceeds a thousand days of mirth.
2 Might I enjoy the meanest place
Within Thy house, O God of grace,

Not tents of ease, northrones of power,
Should tempt my feet to leave Thy door.
8 God is our Sun, He makes our day;
God is our Shield, He guards our way
From all the assaults of hell and sin;
From foes without, and foes within.
4 All needful grace will God bestow,
And crown that grace with glory too;
He gives us all things, and withholds
No real good from upright souls.

5 O God, our King, whose sovereign sway
The glorious hosts of heaven obey,
And devils at Thy presence flee,

Blest is the man that trusts in Thee.

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HALLELUJAH! Raise, O raise

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To our God the song of praise;
All His servants join to sing,
God our Saviour and our King.

2 Blessed be for evermore

That dread Name which we adore!
Round the world His praise be sung,
Through all lands, in every tongue.
O'er all nations God alone,

Higher than the heavens His throne;
Who is like to God most high,
Infinite in majesty?

4 Yet to view the heavens He bends:
Yea, to earth He condescends;
Passing by the rich and great,
For the low and desolate.

5 He can raise the poor to stand
With the princes of the land;
Wealth upon the needy shower;
Set the meanest high in power.
6 He the broken spirit cheers;
Turns to joy the mourner's tears:

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Such the wonders of His ways;
Praise His name,-for ever praise.

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REAT is our redeeming Lord,
In power, and truth, and grace;
Him, by highest heaven adored,
His church on earth should praise:
In the city of our God,

In His holy mount below,
Publish, spread His name abroad,
And all His greatness show.

2 For Thy lovingkindness, Lord,
We in Thy temple stay;
Here Thy faithful love record,
Thy saving power display:
With Thy name Thy praise is known,
Glorious Thy perfections shine;
Earth's remotest bounds shall own
Thy works are all divine.
3 See the gospel church secure,
And founded on a Rock!
All her promises are sure;

Her bulwarks who can shock?
Count her every precious shrine;
Tell, to after-ages, tell,
Fortified by power Divine,

The church can never fail.

4 Zion's God is all our own,
Who on His love rely;

We His pardoning love have known,
And live to Christ, and die:

To the New Jerusalem

He our faithful Guide shall be;
Him we claim, and rest in Him,
Through all eternity.

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OW beauteous are their feet,
Who stand on Zion's hill;

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Who bring salvation on their tongues,
And words of peace reveal!

2 How charming is their voice,
How sweet the tidings are!
"Zion! behold thy Saviour King,
He reigns and triumphs here.
How happy are our ears,
That hear this joyful sound,
Which kings and prophets waited for,
And sought, but never found!
4 How blessed are our eyes,
That see this heavenly light!
Prophets and kings desired it long,
But died without the sight.
5 The watchmen join their voice,
And tuneful notes employ;
Jerusalem breaks forth in songs,
And deserts learn the joy.

6 The Lord makes bare His arm
Through all the earth abroad:
Let all the nations now behold
Their Saviour and their God!

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Psalm ciii.

LYTE.

PRAISE, my soul, the King of heaven;
To His feet thy tribute bring;
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
Who like thee His praise should sing?
Hallelujah!

Praise the everlasting King!

2 Praise Him for His grace and favour,
To our fathers in distress;

Praise Him, still the same for ever,
Slow to chide, and swift to bless;
Hallelujah!

Glorious in His faithfulness!

3 Father-like, He tends and spares us; Well our feeble frame He knows;

In His hands He gently bears us,
Rescues us from all our foes:
Hallelujah!

Widely yet His mercy flows!
4 Angels, help us to adore Him;
Ye behold Him face to face:
All His works bow down before Him,
Through the boundless realms of space.
Hallelujah!

Praise with us the God of grace!

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Psalm 1xili.

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REAT God, indulge my humble claim, Thou art my Hope, my Joy, my Rest: The glories that compose Thy name, Stand all engaged to make me blest.

2 Thou great and good, Thou just and wise, Thou art my Father, and my God;

And I am Thine, by sacred ties,

Thy son, Thy servant, bought with blood.
8 With heart, and eyes, and lifted hands,
For Thee I long, to Thee I look;
As travellers in thirsty lands
Pant for the cooling water-brook.

4 With early feet, I love to appear
Among Thy saints, and seek Thy face;
Oft have I seen Thy glory there,
And felt the power of sovereign grace.
5 Should I from Thee, my God, remove,
Life could no lasting joy afford:

My peace, the sense of pardoning love;
My guard, the presence of my Lord.

6 I'll lift my hands, I'll raise my voice,
While I have breath to pray or praise;
This work shall make my heart rejoice,
And fill the remuant of my days.

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