o 2 But ere this spacious world was made,
Or had its first foundations laid,
Thy throne eternal ages stood,
Thyself the ever-living God.

3 Like floods, the angry nations rise,
And aim their rage against the skies:
e Vain floods-that aim their rage so high!
--At thy rebuke the billows die.

4 Forever shall thy throne endure: Thy promise stands forever sure: And everlasting holiness

Becomes the dwellings of thy grace.

P. M. FIRST PART. Walworth. [*]
God's Majesty, and Sovereign Dominion.
THE Lord of glory reigns, he reigns on high;
His robes of state are strength and majesty;
This wide creation rose at his command,
Built by his word, and 'stablished by his hand;
g Long stood his throne, ere he began creation,
And his own Godhead-is the firm foundation.
o 2 God is th' eternal King: thy foes in vain
Raise their rebellion, to confound thy reign:
In vain the storms, in vain the floods arise,
And roar, and toss their waves against the skies;
Foaming at heaven, they rage with wild commotion;
But heaven's high arches scorn the swelling ocean.
d 3 Ye tempests, rage no more; ye floods, be still;
And the mad world, obedient to his will:
Built on his truth, his church must ever stand;
Firm are his promises, and strong his hand:
See his own sons, when they appear before him,
Bow at his footstool, and with fear adore him.

P. M. SECOND PART. Dalston. [*]
God's Power, and Zion's Safety.

THE

And royal state maintains;

His head with awful glories crowned;

Arrayed in robes of light,
Begirt with sovereign might,

And rays of majesty around.
2 Upheld by his commands,
The world securely stands,
And skies and stars obey thy word.

g

Thy throne was fixed on high,
Before the starry sky:

Eternal is thy kingdom, Lord.

e 3 In vain the noisy crowd,

d

g

Like billows fierce and loud, Against thine empire rage and roar ; In vain with angry spite,

The surly nations fight,

And dash like waves against the shore.

4 Let floods and nations rage,

And all their powers engage,— Let swelling tides assault the sky: The terrors of thy frown

Shall beat their madness down;

Thy throne forever stands on high.

5 Thy promises are true,

Thy grace is ever new;

There fixed, thy church shall ne'er remove :

Thy saints, with holy fear,

Shall in thy courts appear,

And sing thine everlasting love.

PSALM 94. C. M. FIRST PART. [b] V.1,2, 7-14. Saints chastised, and Sinners destroyed. GOD! to whom revenge belongs,

10 Proclaim thy wrath aloud;

Let sovereign power redress our wrongs,
Let justice smite the proud.

2 They say, "The Lord nor sees nor hears;"
When will the fools be wise?

Can he be deaf, who formed their ears?
Or blind, who made their eyes?

3 He knows their impious thoughts are vain,
And they shall feel his power;

His wrath shall pierce their souls with pain,
In some surprising hour.

4 But if thy saints deserve rebuke,
Thou hast a gentler rod :

Thy providences, and thy book,

Shall make them know their God.

5 Blest is the man thy hands chastise,
And to his duty draw:

Thy scourges make thy children wise,
When they forget thy law.

6 But God will ne'er cast off his saints
Nor his own promise break:
He pardons his inheritance
For their Redeemer's sake.]

C. M. SECOND PART.

Reading. [b]

V. 16-23. Deliverance from Temptation and Persecution.
HO will arise, and plead my right,
Against my numerous foes;

1

WHO

While earth and hell their force unite,
And all my hopes oppose!

2 Had not the Lord, my Rock, my Help,
Sustained my fainting head,

e My life had now in silence dwelt, My soul amongst the dead.

p3"Alas, my sliding feet!" I cried, Thy promise was my prop;

0

Thy grace stood constant by my side,
Thy Spirit bore me up.

e 4 While multitudes of mournful thoughts
Within my bosom roll;

o Thy boundless love forgives my faults, Thy comforts cheer my soul.

-5 Powers of iniquity may rise, And frame pernicious laws;

o But God, my refuge, rules the skies; He will defend my cause.

-6 Let malice vent her rage aloud; Let bold blasphemers scoff;

g The Lord our God shall judge the proud, And cut the sinners off.

PSALM 95. C. M. Bedford. Plymouth. [*] A Psalm before Prayer.

1 SING to the Lord Jehovah's name,
And in his strength rejoice;

When his salvation is our theme,
Exalted be our voice.

2 With thanks approach his awful sight,
And psalms of honour sing;

The Lord's a God of boundless might,
The whole creation's King.

3 Let princes hear, let angels know,
How mean their natures seem,
Those gods on high, and gods below,
When once compared with him.

4 Earth, with its caverns dark and deep, Lies in his spacious hand;

He fixed the seas what bounds to keep,
And where the hills must stand.

e 5 Come, and with humble souls adore;
Come, kneel before his face;

O may the creatures of his power
Be children of his grace.

e 6 Now is the time; he bends his ear,
And waits for your request;

• Come, lest he rouse his wrath, and swear, "Ye shall not see my rest.'"

S. M. Peckham. [*]

A Psalm before Sermon.

1 NOME, sound his praise abroad,
And hymns of glory sing;

Jehovah is the sovereign God,
The universal King.

2 He formed the deeps unknown;
He gave the seas their bound;
The watery worlds are all his own,
And all the solid ground.

e 3 Come, worship at his throne;
Come, bow before the Lord:
-We are his works, and not our own,
He formed us by his word

4 To-day attend his voice,
Nor dare provoke his rod;
Come, like the people of his choice,
And own your gracious God.

5 [But if your ears refuse

The language of his grace,

And hearts grow hard, like stubborn Jews,
That unbelieving race;

6 The Lord, in vengeance dressed,
Will lift his hand and swear,

d"You that despised my promised rest, "Shall have no portion there."]

1

L. M. Blendon. Leeds. [*]

V. 1, 2, 3, 6—11. Canaan lost through Unbelief.
COME, let our voices join to raise

A sacred song of solemn praise:
God is a sovereign King; rehearse
His honours in exalted verse.]

2 Come, let our souls address the Lord,
Who framed our natures with his word;
o He is our Shepherd; we the sheep,
His mercy chose, his pastures keep.
-3 Come, let us hear his voice to-day,
The counsels of his love obey;

e Nor let our hardened hearts renew
The sins and plagues that Israel knew.
4 Israel, who saw his works of grace,
Tempted their Maker to his face;
A faithless, unbelieving brood,
That tired the patience of their God!

d 5 [Thus saith the Lord, " How false they prove! Forget my power; abuse

my love:

'Since they despise my rest,
I swear,
"Their feet shall never enter there."]

a 6 Look back, my soul, with holy dread,
And view those ancient rebels dead :
-Attend the offered grace to-day,

Nor lose the blessing by delay.

o 7 Seize the kind promise, while it waits,
And march to Zion's heavenly gates
Believe, and take the promised rest;
Obey, and be forever blest.

PSALM 96. C. M. Arundel. Christmas.[*]
V. 1-10, &c. Christ's First and Second Coming.

1

ING to the Lord, ye distant lands,

SING

Ye tribes of every tongue;

His new discovered grace demands

A new and nobler song.

2 Say to the nations, Jesus reigns, God's own almighty Son;

e His power the sinking world sustains,

And grace surrounds his throne.