Yet when he comes with kind designs,
Through all the way his terror shines.]
2 On God the race of man depends,
Far as the earth's remotest ends;
Where the Creator's name is known
By nature's feeble light alone.

3 Sailors, who travel o'er the flood,
Address their frighted souls to God;
When tempests rage and billows roar,
At dreadful distance from the shore.
4 He bids the noisy tempest cease,
He calms the raging crowd to peace;
When a tumultuous nation raves,
Wild as the winds and loud as waves.

5 [Whole kingdoms, shaken by the storm, He settles in a peaceful form;

Mountains, established by his hand,
Firm on their old foundations stand.
d 6 Behold his ensign sweep the sky;
New comets blaze, and lightnings fly:
The heathen lands, with swift surprise,
From the bright horrors turn their eyes.
7 At his command the morning ray
Smiles in the east, and leads the day;
He guides the sun's declining wheels
Over the tops of western hills.]

8 Seasons and times obey his voice;
The evening and the morn rejoice,
To see the earth made soft with showers,
Laden with fruit, and dressed in flowers.
9 ['Tis from his watery stores on high,
He gives the thirsty ground supply:
He walks upon the clouds, and thence
Doth his enriching drops dispense.]
10 The desert grows a fruitful field,
Abundant food the valleys yield;
The valleys shout with cheerful voice,
And neighbouring hills repeat their joys.

11 [The pastures smile in green array,
There lambs and larger cattle play;
The larger cattle and the lamb,

Each in his language, speaks thy name.]

12 Thy works pronounce thy power divine;
O'er every field thy glories shine;

Through every month thy gifts appear;
Great God, thy goodness crowns the year!

C. M. FIRST PART. Colchester. Mear. [*] Prayer heard and the Gentiles called.

1 PRAISE waits in Zion, Lord, for thee ;

There shall our vows be paid:

Thou hast an ear when sinners pray;
All flesh shall seek thine aid.

e 2 Lord, our iniquities prevail,

But pardoning grace is thine;

o And thou wilt grant us power and skill To conquer every sin.

-3 Blest are the men whom thou wilt choose,
To bring them near thy face;

Give them a dwelling in thine house,
To feast upon thy grace.

e 4 In answering what thy church requests,
Thy truth and terror shine;

And works of dreadful righteousness
Fulfill thy kind design.

5 Thus shall the wondering nations see
The Lord is good and just;

o And distant islands fly to thee,

And make thy name their trust.

g 6 They dread thy glittering tokens, Lord, When signs in heaven appear;

o But they shall learn thy holy word, And love as well as fear.

C. M. SECOND PART. Bedford. Arundel. [*] Providence in Air, Earth, and Sea.

1 'TIS by thy strength the mountains stand,

God of eternal power;

The sea grows calm at thy command,
And tempests cease to roar.

o 2 Thy morning light and evening shade
Successive comforts bring;

Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad,
Thy flowers adorn the spring.

-3 Seasons and times, and moons and hours,
Heaven, earth, and air are thine;

When clouds distil in fruitful showers,
The Author is Divine.

4 Those wandering cisterns in the sky,
Borne by the winds around,
With watery treasures well supply
The furrows of the ground.

o 5 The thirsty ridges drink their fill,
And ranks of corn appear;

Thy ways abound with blessings still,
Thy goodness crowns the year.

C. M. THIRD PART. York. [*]
A Psalm for the Husbandman.

OOD is the Lord, the heavenly King,

1G Who makes the earth his care;

Visits the pastures every spring,
And bids the grass appear.

2 The clouds, like rivers raised on high,
Pour out, at his command,
Their watery blessings from the sky,
To cheer the thirsty land.

3 The softened ridges of the field
Permit the corn to spring;
The valleys rich provision yield,
And the poor laborers sing.
4 The little hills on every side,
Rejoice at falling showers;

The meadows, dressed in all their pride,
Perfume the air with flowers.

5 The barren clods, refreshed with rain,
Promise a joyful crop;

The parched grounds look green again,
And raise the reaper's hope.

6 The various months thy goodness crowns;
How bounteous are thy ways!

The bleating flocks spread o'er the downs,
And shepherds shout thy praise.]

PSALM 66. C. M. FIRST PART. Devizes. [*]

1 S

Governing God; or, our Grace tried.

ING, all ye nations, to the Lord,

Sing with a joyful noise;

With melody of sounds record

His honours and your joys.

-2 Say to the Power that shakes the sky,
"How terrible art thou!
"Sinners before thy presence fly,
"Or at thy feet they bow."

3 [Come, see the wonders of our God;
How glorious are his ways!
In Moses' hand he puts his rod,
And cleaves the frighted seas.

4 He made the ebbing channel dry,
While Israel passed the flood;

o There did the church begin their joy, And triumph in their God.]

g 5 He rules by his resistless might: Will rebel mortals dare,

a

Provoke th' Eternal to the fight,

And tempt that dreadful war!

o 6 O bless our God, and never cease
Ye saints, fulfill his praise:

He keeps our life, maintains our peace,
And guides our doubtful ways.

-7 Lord, thou hast proved our suffering souls,
To make our graces shine;

So silver bears the burning coals,

The metal to refine.

g 8 Through watery deeps and fiery ways, We march at thy command,

Led to possess the promised place,

By thine unerring hand.

C. M.

SECOND PART. Barby. [*]

Ver. 13-20. Praise to God for hearing Prayer.

1 No that almighty Power,

OW shall my solemn vows be paid

Who heard the long requests I made,
In my distressful hour.

2 My lips and cheerful heart prepare
To make his mercies known;

Come ye, who fear my God, and hear
The wonders he has done.

p 3 When on my head huge sorrows fell,
I sought his heavenly aid;

o He saved my sinking soul from hell, And death's eternal shade.

e 4 If sin lay covered in my heart,
While prayer employed my tongue,
The Lord had shown me no regard,
Nor I his praises sung.

o 5 But God, his name be ever blest,
Has set my spirit free;

-Nor turned from him my poor request,
Nor turned his heart from me.

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PSALM 67. C. M. Bedford. [*]

Prosperity, Temporal and Spiritual
HINE on our land, Jehovah, shine,
With beams of heavenly grace;

Reveal thy power through all our coasts,
And show thy smiling face.

-2 [Amidst our States exalted high,
Do thou our glory stand;

And like a wall of guardian fire,
Surround the favorite land.]

e 3 When shall thy name, from shore to shore,
Sound all the earth abroad?

And distant nations know, and love,
Their Saviour and their God?

o 4 Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands,
Sing loud with solemn voice;

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s Let every tongue exalt his praise, And every heart rejoice.

g 5 He the great Lord, the sovereign Judge
Who sits enthroned above,

Wisely commands the worlds he made,
In justice and in love.

--6 Earth shall obey her Maker's will,
And yield a full increase;

Our God will crown his chosen land,
With fruitfulness and peace.

o 7 God the Redeemer scatters round
His choicest favours here!

g While the Creation's utmost bound Shall see, adore, and fear.

PSALM 68. L.M. 1ST PT. Blendon. Truro.[*] V. 1-6; 32-35. The Vengeance and Compassion of God.

IET God arise in all his might,

And put the troops of hell to flight;