3 Through all his ancient works
Surprising wisdom shines,
Confounds the powers of hell,
And breaks their curs'd designs,
Strong is his arm,
And shall fulfil
His great decrees,
His sovereign will.

4 And can this mighty King
Of glory condescend?

And will he write his name,
"My Father and my Friend?"
I love his name,
I love his word;
Join all my powers,
And praise the Lord.

48} PSALM 115. L. M.

Your pious pleasure, while you sing,
Increasing with the praise.

2 Great is the Lord; and works unknown
Are his divine employ ;

But still his saints are near his throne,
His treasure and his joy.

3 Heaven, earth and sea confess his hand;
He bids the vapours rise;
Lightning and storm at his command,
Sweep through the sounding skies.
4 All power, that gods or kings have
Is found with him alone; [claim'd,
But heathen gods should ne'er be nam'd,
Where our JEHOVAH'S known.

5 Which of the stocks or stones they trust
Can give them showers of rain?
In vain they worship glittering dust,
And pray to gold in vain.

6 [Their gods have tongues that cannot

7

Such as their makers gave: [talk,
Their feet were ne'er design'd to walk,
Nor hands have power to save.
Blind are their eyes, their ears are deaf,
Nor hear when mortals pray;
Mortals, that wait for their relief,
Are blind and deaf as they.]
Ye saints, adore the living God,
Serve him with faith and fear;
He makes the churches his abode,
And claims your honours there.

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Gloucester, Bath.
Perfections of God, and vanity of idols.
NOT
OT to ourselves, who are but dust,
Not to ourselves is glory due,
Eternal God, thou only just,
Thou only gracious, wise and true.
2 Shine forth in all thy dreadful name;
Why should a heathen's haughty tongue
Insult us, and, to raise our shame, [long?
Say, "Where's the God you've serv'd so
3 The God we serve maintains his throne 8
Above the clouds, beyond the skies;
Through all the earth his will is done,
He knows our groans, he hears our cries.
4 But the vain idols they adore
Are senseless shapes of stone and wood;
At best a mass of glittering ore,
A silver saint, or golden god.
5[With eyes and ears, they carve their head;
Deaf are their ears, their eyes are blind:
In vain are costly offerings made,
And vows are scatter'd in the wind.
6 Their feet were never made to move,
Nor hands to save when mortals pray;
Mortals, that pay them fear or love,
Seem to be blind and deaf as they.]
O Israel, make the Lord thy hope,
Thy help, thy refuge, and thy rest:
The Lord shall build thy ruins up,
And bless the people and the priest.
8 The dead no more can speak thy praise,
They dwell in silence and the grave
But we shall live to sing thy grace,
And tell the world thy power to save.
PSALM 135. C. M.

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49 St. Asaphs, Devizes, Arlington. Perfections of God, and vanity of idols. 1AWAKE, ye saints, to praise your King, Your sweetest passions raise,

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PSALM 115. P. M.
Walworth, New 50th.
Perfections of God, and vanity of idols.
NOT
OT to our names, thou only just and true,
Not to our worthless names is glory due;
Thy power and grace, thy truth and justice claim
Immortal honours to thy sovereign name; [abode,
Shine through the earth from heaven thy blest
Nor let the heathen say," And where's your God?"
Heaven is thy higher court; there stands thy throne;
And through the lower worlds thy will is done.
Our God fram'd all this earth, these heavens
he spread,

3

But fools adore the gods their hands have made:
The kneeling crowd, with looks devout, behold
Their silver saviours, and their saints of gold.
[Vain are those artful shapes of eyes and ears;
The molten image neither sees nor hears:

Their hands are helpless, nor their feet can move;
They have no speech, nor thought, nor power, nor
love;

Yet sottish mortals make their long complaints
To their deaf idols, and their moveless saints.
4 The rich have statues well adorn'd with gold;
The poor, content with gods of coarser mould,
With tools of iron carve the senseless stock,
Lopt from a tree, or broken from a reck:
People and priests drive on the solemur trade,
And trust the gods that saws and hammers made.]
5 Be heaven and earth amaz'd! Tis hard to say
Which are more stupid, or their gods or they.
O Israel, trust the Lord! he hears and sees,
He knows thy sorrows, and restores thy peace.
His worship does a thousand comforts yield:
He is thy help, and he thine heavenly shield?

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2 How terrible thy glories be!
How bright thine armies shine!
Where is the power that vies with thee?
Or truth compar'd with thine?
3The northern polé and southern rest
On thy supporting hand;

And heavenly mercy walls us round Darkness and day from east to west

Lord, what is man, that worthless thing, Akin to dust and worms! 4 Lord, what is worthless man,

That thou shouldst love him so!
Next to thine angels is he plac'd,
And lord of all below.

5 Thine honours crown his head,
While beasts Hike slaves obey,
And birds that cut the air with wings,
And fish that cleave the sea.
6. How rich thy bounties are!

And wondrous are thy ways:
Of dust and worms thy power can frame
A monument of praise.
[Out of the mouths of babes
And sucklings thou canst draw
Surprising honours to thy name!
And strike the world with awe.
8 O Lord, our heavenly King,

Thy name is all divine;.
Thy glories round the earth are spread,
And o'er the heavens they shine.]

PSALM 68, 1st Part. L. M.

55} Nantwich, Islington.

Vengeance and compassion of God.

ET God arise in all his might,
And put the troops of hell to fight,
As smoke, that sought to cloud the skies,
Before the rising tempest flies.
2 [He comes, array'd in burning flames;
Justice and vengeance are his names:
Behold his fainting foes expire,
Like melting wax before the fire.]
3 He rides and thunders through the sky;
His name, JEHOVAM, sounds on high:

Sing to his name, ye sons of grace;
Ye saints, rejoice before his face,
4 The widow and the fatherless
Fly to his aid in sharp distress;
In him the poor and helpless find
A judge that's just, a father kind.
5 He breaks the captive's heavy chain,
And prisoners see the light again;
But rebels, that dispute his will,
Shall dwell in chains and darkness still.
PAUSE.

6 Kingdoms and thrones to God belong;
Crown him, ye nations, in your song:
His wondrous names and powers rehearse,
His honours shall enrich your verse.
He shakes the heavens with loud alarms!
How terrible is God in arms!
In Israel are his mercies known,
Terael is his peculiar throne.

8 Proclaim him King.pronounce him blest;
He's your defence, your joy, your rest:
When terrors rise, and nations faint,
God is the strength of every saint.

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PSALM 111. 1st Part. C. M. X
Arlington, Dundee, Rochester.
Wisdom of God in his works.
1SONGS of immortal praise belong
To my Almighty God;

He has my heart, and he my tongue,
To spread his name abroad.
2 How great the works his hand hath
How glorious in our sight! [wrought!
Good men in every age have sought
His wonders with delight.

3/How most exact is nature's frame!

How wise th' Eternal Mind!
His counsels never change the scheme
That his first thoughts design'd.
4 When he redeem'd his chosen sons,
He fix'd his covenant sure:
The orders that his lips pronounce
To endless years endure.

5 Nature and time, and earth and skies,
Thy heavenly skill proclaim;
What shall we do to make us wise,
But learn to read. thy name?
6 To fear thy power, to trust thy grace
Is our divinest skill;

And he's the wisest of our race,
That best obeys thy will.

CREATION AND PROVIDENCE.

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HYMN 147. B. 2. €. M.
Rochester, St. Anns.
Creation of the world. Gen. i.
1"NOW let a spacious world arise,"

Said the Creator, Lord:
At once the obedient earth and skies
Rose at his sovereign word.
2[Dark was the deep; the waters lay
Confus'd, and drown'd the land;
He call'd the light-the new-born day
Attends on his command..

3 He bade the clouds ascend on high;
The clouds ascend, and bear
A watery treasure to the sky,
And float on softer air.
4The liquid element below

Was gather'd by his hand;
The rolling seas together flow,
And leave the solid land.

5 With herbs and plants (a flowery birth)
The naked globe he crown'd,
Ere there was rain to bless the earth,
Or sun to warm the ground.
8 Then he adorn'd the upper skies:
Behold! the sun appears;
The moon and stars in order rise,

To mark out months and years.
7 Out of the deep th' Almighty King
Did vital beings frame;
The painted fowls of every wing,
And fish of every name.]
8 He gave the lion and the worm
At once their wondrous birth;
And grazing beasts, of various form,
Rose from the teeming earth.
9 Adam was form'd of equal clay,

Though sovereign of the rest,
Design'd for nobler ends than they,
With God's own image blest.
10 Thus glorious in the Maker's eye,
The young creation stood;
He saw the building from on high,
His word pronounc'd it good.
11 Lord, while the frame of nature stands,
Thy praise shall fill my tongue;
But the new world of grace demands
A more exalted song.

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In me thy fearful wonders shine,
And each proclaims thy skill divine.
2 Thine eyes did all my limbs survey,
Which yet in dark confusion lay;
Thou saw'st the daily growth they took,
Form'd by the model of thy book.
3 By thee my growing parts were nam'd,
And what thy sovereign counsels fram'd
(The breathing lungs, the beating heart)
Were copy'd with unerring art.
4 At last, to shew my Maker's name,
God stamp'd his image on my frame,
And in some unknown moment join'd
The finish'd members to the mind.
5 There the young seeds of thought began,
And all the passions of the man:..
Great God, our infant nature pays
Immortal tribute to thy praise.
PAUSE.

6 Lord, since in my advancing age
I've acted on life's busy stage,
Thy thoughts of love to me surmount
The power of numbers to recount.
7I could survey the ocean o'er,
And count each sand that makes the shore,
Before my swiftest thoughts could trace
The numerous wonders of thy grace.
These on my heart are still impress'd,
With these I give mine eyes to rest;
And at my waking hour I find
God and his love possess my mind.

8

PSALM 33. 1st Part. C. M. *

60 Wareham, Devizes, Cambridge. }

Works of creation and providence-
1REJOICE, ye righteous, in the Lord,
This work belongs to you:
Sing of his name, his ways, his word,
How holy, just, and true!
2 His mercy and his righteousness

Let heaven and earth proclaim;
His works of nature and of grace
Reveal his wondrous name.
3 His wisdom and almighty word

The heavenly arches spread:
And by the Spirit of the Lord.

Their shining hosts were made. 4 He bade the liquid waters flow To their appointed deep;

PSALM 139. 2d Part. L. M. b The flowing seas their limits know,

Armley, Limehouse.

The wonderful formation of man. WAS from thy hand, my God, I 'TWAS

came,

A work of such a curious frame;

And their own station keep.

5 Ye tenants of the spacious earth,
With fear before him stand:
He spake, and nature took its birth
And rests on his command:

WATTE,

B. 2

5 When earth was cover'd with the flood,18How strange thy works! how great thy

And every land thy riches fill : [skill!
Thy wisdom round the world we see,
This spacious earth is full of thee.
19 Nor less thy glories in the deep,
Where fish in millions swim and creep,