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Children praising God. 1. ALMIGHTY Ruler of the skies,

Thro' the wide earth thy name is spread,
And thine eternal glories rise,
O'er all the heavens thy hands have made.
2. To thee the voices of the young

Triumphant notes of honor raise;
And babes, with uninstructed tongue,
Declare the wonders of thy praise.
3. Thy power assists their tender age
To bring proud rebels to the ground,
To still the bold blasphemer's rage,
And all their policy confound.
4. Children amid thy temple throng

To see their great Redeemer's face;
The Son of David is their song,

And young hosannas fill the place. 5. The frowning scribes and angry priests In vain their impious cavils bring: Revenge sits silent in their breasts, While Jewish babes proclaim their King. 239.

God's love to the Church.

[Ps. 87.

1. God in his earthly temple lays
Foundations for his heavenly praise;
He likes the tents of Jacob well,
But still in Zion loves to dwell.

That pays its night and morning vows:
But makes a more delightful stay
Where churches meet to praise and pray.

3. What glories were described of old!
What wonders are of Zion told!
Thou city of our God below,

Thy fame shall Tyre and Egypt know.
4. Egypt and Tyre, the Greek and Jew,
Shall there begin their lives anew:
Angels and men shall join to sing
The hill where living waters spring.

5. When God makes up his last account
Of natives in his holy mount,

"T will be an honor to appear
As one new-born or nourished there.

3. Yet thou canst breathe on dust again,
And fill the world with beasts and men;
A word of thy creating breath
Repairs the wastes of time and death.

4. His works, the wonders of his might,
Are honored with his own delight:
How awful are his glorious ways!
The Lord is dreadful in his praise.

5. The earth stands trembling at thy stroke,
And at thy touch the mountains smoke;
Yet humble souls may see thy face,
And tell their wants to sovereign grace.

6. In thee my hopes and wishes meet,
And make my meditations sweet;
Thy praises shall my breath employ,
Till it expire in endless joy.

7. While haughty sinners are consumed,
Their glory with their dust entombed,
I to my God, my heavenly King,
Immortal hallelujahs sing.

1. WHERE shall we go to seek and find
A habitation for our God,

A dwelling for the eternal mind,
Among the sons of flesh and blood?

2. The God of Jacob chose the bill
Of Zion, for his ancient rest;
And Zion is his dwelling still,

His church is with his presence blest.

3. "Here will I fix my gracious throne,

And reign forever," saith the Lord; "Here shall my power and love be known, And blessings shall attend his word.

4. "Here will I meet the hungry poor, And fill their souls with living bread; Sinners, that wait before my door,

With sweet provision shall be fed.

5. “Girded with truth and clothed with grace My priests, my ministers shall shine:

Not Aaron, in his costly dress,
Made an appearance so divine.

1. TRIUMPHANT Zion! lift thy head
From dust, and darkness, and the dead!
Though humbled long-awake at length,
And gird thee with thy Saviour's strength!
2. Put all thy beauteous garments on,
And let thy excellence be known:
Decked in the robes of righteousness,
The world thy glories shall confess.

3. No more shall foes unclean invade,
And fill thy hallowed walls with dread;
No more shall hell's insulting host
Their victory and thy sorrows boast.

4. God, from on high, has heard thy prayer; His hand thy ruins shall repair:

Nor will thy watchful Monarch cease
To guard thee in eternal peace.

1. WHEN here, O Lord, we seek thy face,
And dying sinners pray to live,
Hear thou, in heaven, thy dwelling-place,
And when thou hearest, Lord, forgive.
2. When here thy messengers proclaim
The blessed gospel of thy Son,
Still by the power of his great name
Be mighty signs and wonders done.
3. When children's voices raise the song,-
Hosanna! to their heavenly King,-
Let heaven with earth the strain prolong;
Hosanna! let their angels sing.

4. But will, indeed, Jehovah deign

Here to abide, no transient guest?
Here will our great Redeemer reign,
And here the Holy Spirit rest?

5. Thy glory never hence depart;

Yet choose not, Lord, this house alone;
Thy kingdom come to every heart;
In every bosom fix thy throne.

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The Lord my Shepherd.

1 My Shepherd is the living Lord;
Now shall my wants be well supplied;
His providence and holy word
Become my safety and my guide.

2. In pastures where salvation grows
He makes me feed, he makes me rest;
There living water gently flows,
And all the food's divinely blest.

3. My wandering feet his ways mistake;
But he restores my soul to peace,
And leads me, for his mercy's sake,
In the fair paths of righteousness.

4. Though I walk through the gloomy vale,
Where death and all its terrors are,-
My heart and hope shall never fail,
For God my Shepherd's with me there.

5. Amid the darkness and the deeps,

Thou art my comfort, thou my stay;
Thy staff supports my feeble steps,
Thy rod directs my doubtful way.

Attend his household all their days: There will I dwell to hear his word, To seek his face and sing his praise.

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on earth, and all

in heaven.

9:5

1. JEHOVAH reigns-your tribute bring;
Proclaim the Lord, th' eternal King:
Crown him, ye saints, with holy joy,
His name shall all your foes destroy.

2. Thou, Lord, ere yet the humble mind
Had formed to prayer the wish designed,
Hast heard the secret sigh arise,
While, swift to aid, thy mercy flies.

8. Thy Spirit shall their hearts prepare;
Thine ear shall listen to their prayer:
Thou righteous Judge! thou Power divine!
On thee the fatherless recline.

I follow hard on thee, my God;
Thy hand, unseen, upholds my ways,

I safely tread where thou hast trod. 3. Thee, in the watches of the night, When I remember, on my bed, Thy presence makes the darkness light; Thy guardian wings are round my head. 4. Better than life itself thy love,

Dearer than all beside to me;

For whom have I in heaven above,
Or what on earth compared with thee?

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Presence of Christ implored. [Ps. 70. iii.
1. O THOU, whose hand the kingdom sways,
Whom earth, and hell, and heaven obeys,
To help thy chosen sons appear,
And show thy power and glory here!
2. O haste, with every gift inspired,
With glory, truth, and grace attired,
Thou Star of heaven's eternal morn;
Thou Sun, whom beams divine adorn!
3. Assert the honor of thy name;

O'erwhelm thy foes with fear and shame;
Bid them beneath thy footstool lie,
Nor let their souls forever die.