2 Thanks we give and adoration,
For thy gospel's joyful sound;
May the fruits of thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound ;
May thy presence

With us evermore be found.

HYMN XXXI. L.M.

The same subject.

1 What pleasure, Lord! thy house attends When the whole heart to heaven ascends; One day thus spent with thee on earth, Exceeds a thousand days of mirth.

2 While we can have the meanest place
Within thy house, O God of grace,
We would not absent from thee live,
For all a tempting world can give.

3 Happy the saints around thy throne,
Who know thee as themselves are known;
Thy brightest glories shine above,
And all their work is praise and love.

4 Happy the souls that find a place
In earthly temples of thy grace;
Here they behold thy gentler rays,
Inquire thy will, and learn to praise.
5 Happy the men whose hearts are set
To find the way to Sion's gate;

God is their strength; and thro' the road
They lean upon their helper, God.

6 Cheerful they walk with growing strength
Till all shall meet in heaven at length,
Till all before thy face appear,
And join in nobler worship there.

HYMN XXXII. C. M.

A general hymn of praise.

1 O God! we praise thee, and confess
That thou the only Lord
And everlasting Father art,
By all the earth ador'd.

2 To thee all angels cry aloud,
To thee the powers on high,
Both Cherubim and Seraphim,
Continually do cry:-

3 O holy, holy, holy Lord,

Whom heavenly hosts obey,
The world is with the glory fill'd
Of thy majestic sway.

4 Th' apostles' glorious company,
And prophets crown'd with light,
With all the martyrs' noble host,
Thy constant praise recite.

5 The holy Church throughout the world,
O Lord! confesses thee,
That thou eternal Father art,
Of boundless majesty.

Hymns.

ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS.

HYMN XXXIII.

C. M.

God may be worshipped in every place.

1 The heaven of heavens cannot contain The universal Lord;

Yet he in humble hearts will deign
To dwell and be ador'd.

2 Where'er ascends the sacrifice
Of fervent praise and prayer,
Or on the earth, or in the skies,
The God of heaven is there.

3 His presence is diffused abroad
Through realms, through worlds un-
known;

Who seek the mercies of our God

Are ever near his throne.

HYMN XXXIV. C.M.

Hymn to the Deity.

1 Let one loud song of praise arise
To God, whose goodness ceaseless
flows;

Who dwells enthron'd beyond the skies,
And life and breath on all bestows.

2 Let all of good this bosom fires,
To him, sole good, give praises due ;
Let all the truth himself inspires
Unite to sing him only true.

3 From thee deriv'd, eternal King,
To thee our noblest powers we bring;
Great Source of intellect, thine ear
Benign receives our vows sincere.

4 In ardent adoration join'd,

Obedient to thy holy will,

Let all our faculties combin'd,
Thy just commands, O God, fulfil.

5 O! may the solemn, breathing sound Like incense rise before thy throne, Where thou, whose glory knows no bound,

Great Cause of all things, dwell'st alone.