174 C. M. TATE & BRADY. God the Defence of the Just. Ps. 34. 1 THROUGH all the changing scenes of life, In trouble and in joy, The praises of my God shall still 2 O, magnify the Lord with me, When, in distress, to him I called, 3 The hosts of God encamp around 4 O, make but trial of his love, How blest they are, and only they, 5 Fear him, ye saints, and you will then Make you his service your delight; 175 L. M. WATTS. God's Care of the Saints. Ps. 34. 1 LORD, I will bless thee all my days; Thy praise shall dwell upon my tongue; My soul shall glory in thy grace, While saints rejoice to hear the song. 2 Come, magnify the Lord with me; My secret groaning reached his ears; And calmed the tumult of my fears. 4 To him the poor lift up their eyes; Their faces feel the heavenly shine; A beam of mercy from the skies Fills them with light and joy divine. 5 His holy angels pitch their tents Around the men that serve the Lord: O, fear and love him, all his saints; Taste of his grace, and trust his word. 176 C. M. WATTS. The Saints' Trial and Safety. Ps. 125. 1 UNSHAKEN as the sacred hill, 2 Not walls nor hills could guard so well As those eternal arms of love 3 Deal gently, Lord, with souls sincere, To the bright gates of Paradise, 177 C. M. WATTS. God's Control over the material and spiritual Worlds. 1 INFINITE Power, eternal Lord, How sovereign is thy hand! 2 With steady course thy shining sun 3 The raging fire and stormy sea 4 While my wild passions rage within, And flesh and sense, enslaved to sin, 5 Great God, create my soul anew; Melt down my will, and let it flow, 178 L. M. Grace and Providence. COWPER. 1 ALMIGHTY King! whose wondrous hand 2 Thy providence supplies my food, 3 My streams of outward comfort came 4 Forgive the song that falls so low 179 L. M. WATTS. The Ministry of Angels. 1 HIGH on a hill of dazzling light 2 Thy winged troops, O God of hosts, 3 Are they not all thy servants, Lord? 144 180 C. M. WATTS. Providences of God recorded. Ps. 78. 1 LET children hear the mighty deeds Which in our younger years we saw, 2 He bids us make his glories known, 3 Our lips shall tell them to our sons, 4 Thus they shall learn in God alone That they may ne'er forget his works, 181 Ć. M. TATE & BRADY. Commemoration of God's Benefits from one Generation to another. Ps. 78. 1 HEAR, O my people; to my law Let the instruction of my mouth 2 My tongue, by inspiration taught, Dark oracles, but understood, And owned for truths, of old; |