3 Grant us Thy peace, Lord, through the coming night,

Turn Thou for us its darkness into light; From harm and danger keep Thy children free, For dark and light are both alike to Thee.

4 Grant us Thy peace throughout our earthly life, Our balm in sorrow, and our stay in strife; Then, when Thy voice shall bid our conflict cease,

Call us, O Lord, to Thine eternal peace. Amen.

Public Worship.

36 "How amiable are Thy Tabernacles.”

PSALM LXXXIV.-PART I.

1 O GOD of Hosts, the mighty Lord,
How lovely is the place

Where Thou, enthroned in glory, show'st
The brightness of Thy face!

2 My longing soul faints with desire
To view Thy blest abode;

My panting heart and flesh cry out
For Thee the living God.

3 Thrice happy they, whose choice has Thee
Their sure protection made;
Who long to tread the sacred ways
That to Thy dwelling lead!

4 Thus they proceed from strength to strength, And still approach more near,

Till all on Zion's holy mount

Before their God appear. Amen.

PART II.

1 O LORD of Hosts, my King and God,
How highly blest are they,
Who in Thy Temple always dwell,
And there Thy praise display!

2 For in Thy courts one single day
'Tis better to attend,

Than, Lord, in any place besides
A thousand days to spend.

3 For God, Who is our Sun and Shield,
Will grace and glory give;

And no good thing will He withhold
From them that justly live.

4 Thou God, Whom heavenly hosts obey,
How highly blest is he,

Whose hope and trust, securely placed,
Is still reposed on Thee!

Amen.

37 "My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth tor the courts of the Lord."

PSALM LXXXIV.

1 LORD of the worlds above,
How pleasant and how fair
The dwellings of Thy love,
Thine earthly temples are
To Thine abode

My heart aspires,
With warm desires
To see my God.

2 O happy souls that pray
Where God appoints to hear!
O happy men, that pay

Their constant service there;
They praise Thee still:
And happy they,

That love the way

To Zion's hill.

3 They go from strength to strength,
Through this dark vale of tears,
Till each arrives at length,
Till each in heaven appears:
O glorious seat;

When God our King
Shall thither bring

Our willing feet.

4 God is our Sun and Shield,
Our Light and our Defence;
With gifts His hands are filled,
We draw our blessings thence:
Thrice happy he,

O God of hosts,

Whose spirit trusts
Alone in Thee.

Amen.

38

"O be joyful in the Lord."

PSALM C.

1 WITH One consent let all the earth
To God their cheerful voices raise;
Glad homage pay with awful mirth,
And sing before Him songs of praise;

2 Convinced that He is God alone, From Whom both we and all proceed; We, whom He chooses for His own,

The flock that He vouchsafes to feed.

3 0 enter then His temple gate,

Thence to His courts devoutly press, And still your grateful hymns repeat, And still His Name with praises bless. 4 For He's the Lord supremely good, His mercy is for ever sure:

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His truth, which always firmly stood,
To endless ages shall endure. Amen.

"Serve the Lord with gladness.”

PSALM C. (OLD VERSION.)

1 ALL people that on earth do dwell,

Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice;
Him serve with fear, His praise forth tell,
Come ye before Him and rejoice.

2 The Lord, ye know, is God indeed;
Without our aid He did us make:
We are His flock, He doth us feed,
And for His sheep He doth us take.
3 O enter then His gates with praise,
Approach with joy His courts unto;
Praise, laud, and bless His Name always,
For it is seemly so to do.

4 For why? the Lord our God is good,
His mercy is for ever sure;

His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.

5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

The God Whom heaven and earth adore, From men and from the angel-host,

Be praise and glory evermore.

Amen.

40 "Come before His presence with a song."

PSALM C.

1 BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne,
Ye nations bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone-
He can create and He destroy.

2 His sovereign power, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and formed us men;
And when like wandering sheep we strayed,
He brought us to His fold again.

3 We'll crowd Thy gates with thankful songs,
High as the heavens our voices raise ;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise.
4 Wide as the world is Thy command,
Vast as eternity Thy love;

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Firm as a rock Thy truth shall stand
When rolling years shall cease to move.

Amen.

"To behold the fair beauty of the Lord,
and to visit His temple.'

PSALM LXXXIV.

1 PLEASANT are Thy courts above,
In the land of light and love;
Pleasant are Thy courts below,
In this land of sin and woe.
Oh, my spirit longs and faints
For the converse of Thy saints,
For the brightness of Thy face.
For Thy fulness, God of grace.