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L. M. Truro. [*] Creation, Providence, and Grace. IVE to our God immortal praise : Mercy and truth are all his ways: d Wonders of grace to God belong; Repeat his mercies in your song. -2 Give to the Lord of lords renown, The King of kings with glory crown; d His mercies ever shall endure,

When lords and kings are known no more. -3 He built the earth, he spread the sky, And fixed the starry lights on high: d Wonders of grace to God belong; Repeat his mercies in your song. -4 He fills the sun with morning light; He bids the moon direct the night:

d His mercies ever shall endure,

When suns and moons shall shine no more. -5 (The Jews he freed from Pharaoh's hand And brought them to the promised land.

d Wonders of grace to God belong; Repeat his mercies in your song.)

e 6 (He saw the Gentiles dead in sin, And felt his pity work within;

d His mercies ever shall endure,

When death and sin shall reign no more.) o 7 He sent his Son with power to save, From guilt, and darkness, and the grave; d Wonders of grace to God belong; Repeat his mercies in your song.

-8 Through this vain world he guides our feet, And leads us to his heavenly seat:

d His mercies ever shall endure,

When this vain world shall be no more.

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PSALM 138. L. M. Quercy. [*]
Restoring and Preserving Grace.

W T'll praise my Maker in my song;

ITH all my powers of heart and tongue,

Angels shall hear the notes I raise,

Approve the song, and join the praise.

e 2 Angels, who make the church their care,
Shall witness my devotion there;
While holy zeal directs my eyes
To thy fair temple in the skies.

-3 I'll sing thy truth and mercy, Lord;
I'll sing the wonders of thy word;
Not all the works and names below,
So much thy power and glory show.

e 4 [To God I cried when troubles rose:
He heard me and subdued my foes:
o He did my rising fears control,

And strength diffused through all my soul. g 5 The God of heaven maintains his state, Frowns on the proud, and scorns the great: e But from his throne descends to see

The sons of humble poverty.]

e 6 Amidst a thousand snares I stand,
Upheld and guarded by thy hand;
-Thy words my fainting soul revive,
And keep my dying faith alive

o 7 Grace will complete what grace begins,
To save from sorrow or from sins;
The work that wisdom undertakes,
Eternal mercy ne'er forsakes.

PSALM 139. L. M. 1ST PT. Bath. Geneva.[*]
The All-seeing God.

e 1 LORD, thou hast searched and seen me through; Thine eye commands, with piercing view,

My rising and my resting hours,

My heart and flesh with all their powers.
2 My thoughts, before they are my own,
Are to my God distinctly known;
He knows the words I mean to speak,
Ere from my opening lips they break.
p 3 Within thy circling power I stand;
On every side I find thy hand :
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.
4 [Amazing knowledge, vast and great
What large extent! what lofty height!
My soul, with all the powers I boast,
Is in the boundless prospect lost.

!

5 "O may these thoughts possess my breast,
"Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!
"Nor let my weaker passions dare
"Consent to sin; for God is there."

PAUSE I.

6 Could I so false, so faithless prove,
To quit thy service and thy love;
Where, Lord, could I thy presence shun,
Or from thy dreadful glory run?]

-7 If up to heaven I take my flight,

"Tis there thou dwell'st enthroned in light; a Or dive to hell, there vengeance reigns, And Satan groans beneath thy chains. -8 If, mounted on a morning ray,

I fly beyond the Western sea;
o Thy swifter hand would first arrive,
And there arrest thy fugitive.

-9 Or should I try to shun thy sight,
Beneath the spreading veil of night;
One glance of thine, one piercing ray,
Would kindle darkness into day.

e 10 O may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest;
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin; for God is there!

PAUSE II.

11 [The veil of night is no disguise ;-
No screen from thy all-searching eyes:
Thy hand can seize thy foes as soon,
Through midnight shades, as blazing noon.
12 Midnight and noon in this agree,-
Great God, they're both alike to thee:
Not death can hide what God will spy;
And hell lies naked to his eye.

13 O may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest;
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin; for God is there!]

L. M. SECOND PART. Portugal. [*] The wonderful Formation of Man.

1 WAS from thy hand, my God, I came, 'Twork of such a curious frame;

In me thy fearful wonders shine,
And each proclaims thy skill divine.
2 Thine eyes did all my limbs survey,
Which yet in dark confusion lay;
Thou saw'st the daily growth they took,
Formed by the model of thy book.

3 [By thee my growing parts were named,
And what thy sovereign counsel framed,
(The breathing lungs, the beating heart,)
Was copied with unerring art.]

4 At last to show my Maker's name,
God stamped his image on my frame!
And in some unknown moment joined
The finished members to the mind.

5 [There the young seeds of thought began,
And all the passions of the man:
Great God, our infant nature pays
Immortal tribute to thy praise.]

PAUSE.

6 Lord, since, in my advancing age, I've acted on life's busy stage,

Thy thoughts of love to me surmount
The power of numbers to recount.

7 I could survey the ocean o'er,

And count each sand that makes the shore,
Before my swiftest thoughts could trace
The numerous wonders of thy grace.

8 These on my heart are still impressed;
With these I give my eyes to rest;
And at my waking hour I find

God and his love possess my mind.

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L. M. THIRD PART. Bath. [*]
Sincerity professed, and Grace tried.
M'Who pious men transgress thy will!
God, what inward grief I feel,

I mourn to hear their lips profane
Take thy tremendous name in vain.
2 Does not my soul detest and hate
The sons of malice and deceit?
Those that oppose thy laws and thee,
I count them enemies to me.

e 3 Lord, search my soul, try every thought:
Though my own heart accuse me not
Of walking in a false disguise,

1 beg the trial of thine eyes.

4 Doth secret mischief lurk within?
Do I indulge some unknown sin?
-O turn my feet, whene'er I stray,
And lead me in thy perfect way.]

C. M. FIRST PART. Wantage. [b]
God's Omnipresence and Omniscience.

ella vain my soul would try

all my vast concerns with thee,

To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee
The notice of thine eye.

2 Thy all-surrounding sight surveys
My rising and my rest;

My public walks, my private ways,
And secrets of my breast.

-3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord,
Before they're formed within;
And ere my lips pronounce the word,
He knows the sense I mean