Send thy good Spirit from above
To guide me, lest I stray.

6 O who can ever find

The errors of his ways?

e Yet with a bold presumptuous mind,
I would not dare transgress.

7 Warn me of every sin,
Forgive my secret faults,

And cleanse this guilty soul of mine,
Whose crimes exceed my thoughts.
8 While, with my heart and tongue,
I spread thy praise abroad;
Accept the worship and the song,
My Saviour and my God.

L. M. Green's. Leeds. [*]
Nature and Scripture compared.
HE heavens declare thy glory, Lord,
In every star thy wisdom shines;
o But when our eyes behold thy word,
We read thy name in fairer lines.

1

THE

-2 The rolling sun, the changing light, And nights and days thy power confess; • But the blest volume thou hast writ Reveals thy justice and thy grace.

-3 Sun, moon, and stars convey thy praise, Round the whole earth, and never stand;

• So when thy truth began its race,

It touched and glanced on every land.

o 4 Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest,
Till through the world thy truth has run;
Till Christ has all the nations blest,
That see the light, or feel the sun.

e 5 Great Sun of Righteousness, arise;
-Bless the dark world with heavenly light;
Thy gospel makes the simple wise,
Thy laws are pure, thy judgments right,
g 6 Thy noblest wonders here we view,
In souls renewed, and sins forgiven:
Lord, cleanse my sins, my soul renew,
And make thy word my guide to heaven.

1

P. M. Cumberland. [*]

The Book of Nature and Scripture.

GREAT God, the heaven's well ordered frame

Declares the glories of thy name;

There thy rich works of wonder shine: A thousand starry beauties there,

A thousand radiant marks appear

Of boundless power and skill divine. 2 From night to day, from day to night, The dawning and the dying light,

Lectures of heavenly wisdom read;
With silent eloquence they raise
Our thoughts to our Creator's praise,
And neither sound nor language need.

o 3 Yet their divine instructions run,
Far as the journeys of the sun;

g

And every nation knows their voice:
The sun, like some young bridegroom dressed,
Breaks from the chambers of the east;
Rolls round and makes the earth rejoice.

4 Where'er he spreads his beams abroad,
He smiles and speaks his Maker God;

All nature joins to show thy praise:
Thus God in every creature shines:
-Fair is the book of nature's lines;
But fairer is the book of grace.]

PAUSE.

b 5 I love the volumes of thy word;What light and joy these leaves afford

e

To souls benighted and distressed! -Thy precepts guide my doubtful way, Thy fear forbids my feet to stray,

Thy promise leads my heart to rest. 6 From the discoveries of thy law, The perfect rules of life I draw; These are my study and delight: b Not honey so invites the taste, Nor gold that has the furnace passed, Appears so pleasing to the sight.

e 7 Thy threatenings wake my slumbering eyes, And warn me where my danger lies;

But 'tis thy blessed gospel, Lord,

That makes my guilty conscience clean,
Converts my soul, subdues my sin,

And gives a free, but large reward.

e 8 Who knows the errors of his thoughts? My God, forgive my secret faults,

And from presumptuous sins restrain: -Accept my poor attempts of praise, That I have read thy book of grace, And book of nature not in vain.

PSALM 20. L. M. Blendon. [*]
Prayer and Hope of Victory.

NOW

1 OW may the God of power
and grace
Attend his people's humble cry!
Jehovah hears when Israel prays,
And brings deliverance from on high.

2 The name of Jacob's God defends,
Better than shields or brazen walls;
He from his sanctuary sends
Succour and strength when Zion calls.

3 Well he remembers all our sighs,
His love exceeds our best deserts;
His love accepts the sacrifice-
Of humble groans and broken hearts.

o 4 In his salvation is our hope;
And in the name of Israel's God,
Our troops shall lift their banners up,
Our navies spread their flags abroad.

-5 Some trust in horses trained for war,
And some of chariots make their boasts;
o Our surest expectations are

From thee, the Lord of heavenly hosts.

6 [O may the memory of thy name
Inspire our armies for the fight!
d Our foes shall fall and die with shame,
Or quit the field with shameful flight.]

-7 Now save us, Lord, from slavish fear,
Now let our hope be firm and strong;
o Till thy salvation shall appear,
s And joy and triumph raise the song.

PSALM 21. C. M. Sunday. [*]
Our Country the Care of Heaven.

10 Shall in thy strength rejoice;

UR land, O Lord, with songs of praise

And, blest with thy salvation, raise
To heaven their cheerful voice.

2 Thy sure defence, through nations round,
Has spread our wondrous name;
And our successful actions crowned
With dignity and fame.

3 Then let our land on God alone
For timely aid rely;

His mercy, which adorns his throne,
Shall all our wants supply.

4 But, righteous Lord, thy stubborn foes
Shall feel thy dreadful hand;
Thy vengeful arm shall find out those
Who hate all just command.

5 When thou against them dost engage,
Thy just but dreadful doom

Shall, like a fiery oven's rage,

Their hopes and them consume.

6 Thus, Lord, thy wondrous power declare,
And thus exalt thy fame;

Whilst we glad songs of praise prepare
For thine almighty name.]

L. M. Castlestreet. [*]

V. 1-9. CHRIST exalted to the Kingdom.
AVID rejoiced in God his strength,

'D' Raised to the throne by special grace;

o But Christ the Son appears at length, Fulfills the triumphs and the praise.

-2 How great is the Messiah's joy, In the salvation of thy hand!

g Lord, thou hast raised his kingdom high,
And given the world to his command.

-3 Thy goodness grants whate'er he will,
Nor does the least request withhold;
Blessings of love prevent him still,
And crowns of glory, not of gold.
g 4 Honour and majesty divine
Around his sacred temples shine,

Blest with the favour of thy face,
And length of everlasting days.

e 5 [Thine hand shall find out all his foes,
And as the fiery oven glows,

With raging heat and living coals,

So shall thy wrath devour their souls.]

PSALM 22. C. M. FIRST PART. Canterbury. V. 1-16. The Sufferings and Death of Christ.

1

W Nor will a smile afford?

WHY has my God my soul forsook,

(Thus David once in anguish spoke,
And thus our dying Lord.)

2 Though 'tis my chief delight to dwell
Among thy praising saints;
Yet thou canst hear a groan as well,
And pity our complaints.

3 Our fathers trusted in thy name,
And great deliverance found:
But I'm a worm despised of men,
And trodden to the ground.

4 Shaking the head, they pass me by,
And laugh my soul to scorn;
"In vain he trusts in God," they cry,
"Neglected and forlorn."

5 But thou art he who formed my flesh,
By thine almighty word;

And since I hung upon the breast,
My hope is in the Lord.

6 Why will my Father hide his face,
When foes stand threatening round,
In the dark hour of deep distress,
And not a helper found?

PAUSE.

7 Behold thy darling left among
The cruel and the proud;

As bulls of Bashan fierce and strong,
As lions roaring loud.

8 From earth and hell my sorrows meet,
To multiply the smart;

They nail my hands, they pierce my feet,
And try to vex my heart.