Through ages infinite, shall still
With undiminished lustre shine.

3 Fountain of being! source of good!
Immutable dost thou remain ;
Nor can the shadow of a change
Obscure the glories of thy reign.

4 Earth may with all her powers dissolve,
If such the great Creator's will:
But thou forever art the same;
"I AM," is thy memorial still.

Doddridge.

9.

L. M.

Goodness of God.

Shoel

1 INDULGENT Lord, thy goodness reigns
Through all the wide celestial plains;
And thence its streams redundant flow,
And cheer the abodes of men below.

2 Through nature's works its glories shine;
The cares of providence are thine;
And grace erects our ruined frame,
A fairer temple to thy name.

8 Oh! give to every human heart
To taste and feel how good thou art,
With grateful love and holy fear,
To know how blest thy children are.
4 Let nature burst into a song ;

Ye echoing hills, the notes prolong;
Earth, seas, and stars, your anthems raise,
All vocal with your Maker's praise!

UNIVERSAL PRAISE.

Burder's Col.

10. 8.7.

Sicilian Hymn.

1 PRAISE to thee, thou great Creator!
Praise to thee from every tongue :
Join, my soul, with every creature,
Join the universal song.

2 Father! source of all compassion!
Pure, unbounded grace is thine :
Hail the God of our salvation !
Praise him for his love divine.

3 For ten thousand blessings given,
For the hope of future joy,

Sound his praise through earth and heaven,
Sound Jehovah's praise on high.

4 Joyfully on earth adore him,

Till in heaven our song we raise;
There, enraptured, fall before him,
Lost in wonder, love and praise.

Watts.

11. L. M.

Perpetual thanks.

Winchester.

1 MY God, my life, thy various praise
Shall fill the remnant of my days;
Thy grace employ my thankful tongue,
Till death perfect the grateful song.

2 The wings of every hour shall bear
Some thankful tribute to thine ear;

And every setting sun shall see
New works of duty done for thee.

3 But who can speak thy wondrous deeds!
Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds.
Vast and unsearchable thy ways,
Vast and unceasing be thy praise.

4 Let endless honors crown thy head;
Let every age thy praises spread;
While we with cheerful song approve
The condescension of thy love.

Anon.

12. 6.4.

Italian Hymn.

1 COME, thou Almighty King,
Help us thy name to sing,
Help us to praise !

Father all glorious,

O'er all victorious,

Come and reign over us,
Ancient of days.

2 Jesus, our Lord, arise,
Scatter our enemies,

And make them fall!
Let thine almighty aid
Our sure defence be made :
Our souls on thee be stayed;
Lord, hear our call!

3 Come, thou incarnate Word,
Gird on thy mighty sword;
Our prayer attend!

Come, and thy people bless,
And give thy word success;
Spirit of holiness,

On us descend!

4 Come, holy Comforter,
Thy sacred witness bear
In this glad hour!
Thou, who almighty art,
Now rule in ev'ry heart,
And ne'er from us depart,
Spirit of power.

5 To the great ONE in THREE
The highest praises be
Hence evermore!

His sovereign majesty
May we in glory see,
And to eternity

Love and adore.

A new song. Isa. xlii. 10.

Lyons.

1 O PRAISE ye the Lord! prepare a new song, And let all his saints in full concert join! With voices united the anthem prolong,

And show forth his praises with music divine! 2 Let praise to the Lord, who made us, ascend; Let each grateful heart be glad in our King. The God whom we worship our songs will attend,

And view with complaisance the off'ring we bring.

3 Be joyful ye saints sustained by his might,

And let your glad songs awake with each morn; For those who obey him are still his delightHis hand with salvation the meek will adorn.

4 Then praise ye the Lord! prepare a glad song, And let all his saints in full concert join!

With voices united the anthem prolong,

And show forth his praises in music divine.

1 SING to the Lord in joyful strains,
Let earth his praise resound;
Let all the cheerful nations join
To spread his glory round.

2 Thou city of the Lord, begin
The universal song ;

And let the scattered villages
The cheerful notes prolong ;-

Clifford.

3 Till, midst the strains of distant lands,
The islands sound his praise;
And all, combined, with one accord,
Jehovah's glories raise.