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

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L. M. Blendon. Leeds. [*]

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

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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.

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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.

-3 Let heaven proclaim the joyful day,
Joy through the earth be seen;
Let cities shine in bright array,

And fields in cheerful green. 4 Let an unusual joy surprise The islands of the sea;

d Ye mountains, sink, ye valleys, rise; Prepare the Lord his way.

o 5 Behold, he comes, he comes to bless The nations as their God;

o To show the world his righteousness, And send his truth abroad.

g 6 But when his voice shall raise the dead, And bid the world draw near;

a How will the guilty nations dread, To see their Judge appear!

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The God of the Gentiles.

1LET all the earth their voices raise,
To sing the choicest psalm of praise;
To sing and bless Jehovah's name :
His glory let the heathens know;
His wonders to the nations show;
And all his saving works proclaim.

2 The heathens know thy glory, Lord,
The wondering nations read thy word;
Among us is Jehovah known:

Our worship shall no more be paid
To gods which mortal hands have made :
Our Maker is our God alone.

3 He framed the globe, He built the sky,
He made the shining worlds on high,
And reigns complete in glory there;
-His beams are majesty and light;
b His beauties, how divinely bright!
His temple, how divinely fair!

g 4 Come, the great day, the glorious hour,
When earth shall feel his saving power,
And barbarous nations fear his name;
Then shall the race of men confess
The beauty of his holiness,

And, in his courts, his grace proclaim.

PSALM 97. L.M. FIRST PART. Psalm97th. [*] Ver. 1-5. Christ the Sovereign Judge.

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HE reigns-the Lord, the Saviour reigns:

Praise him in evangelic strains : o Let the whole earth in songs rejoice;

And distant islands join their voice.
e 2 Deep are his counsels, and unknown;
o But grace and truth support his throne:
e Though gloomy clouds his way surround,
-Justice is their eternal ground.

g 3 In robes of judgment, lo, he comes!
Shakes the wide earth, and cleaves the tombs;
Before him burns devouring fire!

The mountains melt, the seas retire!
4 His enemies, with sore dismay,
Fly from the sight and shun the day :
o Then lift your heads, ye saints, on high,
u And sing, for your redemption's nigh.

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L. M.

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SECOND PART. Old Hundred. [*]

Ver. 6-9. Christ's Incarnation.

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HE Lord is come: the heavens proclaim His birth; the nations learn his name : An unknown star directs the road

Of Eastern sages to their God.

2 All ye bright armies of the skies, Go worship where the Saviour lies; Angels and kings, before him bow, Those gods on high and gods below. -3 Let idols totter to the ground,

And their own worshippers confound; o But Judah shout, but Zion sing, -And earth confess her sovereign King.

L. M. THIRD PART.

Green's. [*]

Grace and Glory.

1 THE Almighty reigns, exalted high, O'er all the earth, o'er all the sky; e Though clouds and darkness veil his feet, o His dwelling is the mercy-seat.

-20 ye who love his holy name,
Hate every work of sin and shame :
He guards the souls of all his friends,
And from the snares of hell defends.

o 3 Immortal light, and joys unknown,
Are for the saints in darkness sown;
These glorious seeds shall spring and rise,
And the bright harvest bless our eyes.
• 4 Rejoice, ye righteous, and record
The sacred honours of the Lord;
-None, but the soul that feels his grace,
Can triumph in his holiness.

C. M. Mitcham. Mear. [*]

V.1,3,5-7,11. Christ's Incarnation, and the Judgment.

1 YE shores and isles of every sea,

Rejoice-the Saviour reigns;

His word, like fire, prepares his way,
And mountains melt to plains.
• 2 His presence sinks the proudest hills,
And makes the valleys rise;

-The humble soul enjoys his smiles,

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The haughty sinner dies.

o 3 The heavens his rightful power proclaim;
The idol gods around

Fill their own worshippers with shame,
And totter to the ground.

-4 Adoring angels, at his birth,

Make the Redeemer known:

g Thus shall he come-to judge the earthAnd angels guard his throne.

o 5 His foes shall tremble at his sight, And hills and seas retire;

o His children take their unknown flight, And leave the world on fire.

6 The seeds of joy and glory, sown

For saints in darkness here,

o Shall rise and spring in worlds unknown, And a rich harvest bear.

PSALM 98. C. M. FIRST PART. Sunday. [*]

1

Praise for the Gospel.

our almighty Maker God, New honours be addressed';

His great salvation shines abroad,

And makes the nations blessed.

2 He spake the word to Abraham first; His truth fulfills his grace:

The Gentiles make his name their trust,

And learn his righteousness.

o 3 Let the whole earth his love proclaim, With all her different tongues;

u And spread the honours of his name, In melody and songs.

St. Martin's.

C. M. SECOND PART. Arundel. Bethlehem. [*] The Messiah's Coming and Kingdom.

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to the world-the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King:

Joy

o Let every heart prepare him room,

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And heaven and nature sing.

-2 Joy to the earth-the Saviour reigns! Let men their songs employ;

o While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains, Repeat the sounding joy.

e 3 No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground;

o He comes to make his blessings flow, Far as the curse is found.

g 4 He rules the world with truth and grace;
And makes the nations prove,

The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love.

PSALM 99. S. M. FIRST PART. Peckham. [*] Christ's Kingdom and Majesty.

God, Jehovah, reigns!
Let all the nations fear;

e Let sinners tremble at his throne,

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And saints be humble there.

2 Jesus, the Saviour, reigns!
Let earth adore its Lord;

o Bright cherubs his attendants stand,

Swift to fulfill his word.

3 In Zion is his throne,

His honours are divine:

His church shall make his wonders known;
For there his glories shine.

e 4 How holy is his name!

How terrible his praise!

o Justice, and truth, and judgment join, In all his works of grace.