And spread his honors and their joys
Through nations far abroad.

5 Let faith, and love, and duty join,
One general song to raise;

Let saints in earth and heav'n combine
In harmony and praise.

42 A song of praise to the ever-blessed Trinity.

L. M.

LESS'D be the Father and his love;

1 BLES

To whose celestial source we owe

Rivers of endless joy above,

And rills of comfort here below.

2 Glory to thee, great Son of God,
From whose dear wounded body rolls
A precious stream of vital blood,
Pardon and life for dying souls.
3 We give the sacred Spirit praise,
Who in our hearts of sin and wo
Makes living springs of grace arise,
And into boundless glory flow.

4 Thus God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit, we adore,
That sea of life and love unknown,
Without a bottom. or a shore.

43* Christian Thanksgiving. P. M. 9.8.9.8.8.8.

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THAT I had a thousand voices!

A mouth to speak with thousand tongues! Then, with a heart his praise rejoices, Would I proclaim in grateful songs,

To all, wherever I might be,

What 'tis the Lord hath done for me.

2 Dear Father, endless praise I render,
For soul and body strangely join'd;
I praise thee, Guardian kind and tender,
For all the noble joys I find

So richly spread on every side, And freely for my use supplied. 3 What equal praises can I offer,

Dear Jesus, for thy mercy shown?
What pangs, my Savior, did'st thou suffer,
And thus for all my sins atone!
Thy death alone my soul could free
From Satan, to be blest with thee.

4 Honor and praise, still onward reaching,
Be thine too, Spirit of all grace,
Whose holy pow'r and faithful teaching
Give me among thy saints a place :
Whate'er of good in me may shine
Comes only from thy light divine.
5 Accept, O Lord, I now implore thee,
The feeble praise I give below:
In heav'n I better will adore thee,
When I an angel's strength shall know :
There would I lead the sacred choir,
And raise their hallelujahs high'r.

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PRAISE TO GOD.

Praise to God as the Creator and Preserver.

EFORE Jehovah's awful throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy :
Know that the Lord is God alone;
He can create, and he destroy.

BEFORE Jean's ith

L. M.

2 His sov'reign pow'r, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and form'd us men,
And, when like wand'ring sheep we stray'd,
He brought us to his fold again.

3 We are his people, we his care,

Our souls and all our mortal frame: What lasting honors shall we rear, Almighty Maker, to thy name!

4 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heav'ns our voices raise; And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.

5 Wide as the world is thy command; Vast as eternity thy love;

Firm as a rock thy truth must stand, When rolling years shall cease to move.

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Praise for Preservation and Redemption. C. M.

1YWith songs of sacred praise;

E humble souls, approach your God

For he is good, immensely good,
And kind are all his ways.

2 All nature owns his guardian care;
In him we live and move:

But nobler benefits declare
The wonders of his love.

3 He gave his Son, his only Son, To ransom rebel worms;

'Tis here he makes his goodness known In its diviner forms.

4 To this dear refuge, Lord, we come;
On this our hope relies;

A safe defence, a peaceful home,
When storms of trouble rise.

5 Thine eye beholds with kind regard
The souls who trust in thee;
Their humble hope thou wilt reward
With bliss divinely free.

6 Great God, to thine almighty love
What honours shall we raise?
Not all the raptur'd songs above
Can render equal praise.

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Praise for the mercies of God.
IVE to our God immortal praise!
Mercy and truth are all his ways.
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:
His mercies ever shall endure,

L. M.

When lords and kings are known no more.

3 He built the earth, he spread the sky,
And fix'd the starry lights on high.
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:
His mercies ever shall endure,

When suns and moons shall shine no more.

5 He sent his Son with pow'r to save
From guilt, and darkness, and the grave.
Wonders of grace to God belong:

Repeat his mercies in your song.

6 Through this vain world he guides our feet, And leads us to his heav'nly seat.

His mercies ever shall endure,

When this vain world shall be no more.

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'LL praise my Maker whilst I've breath; And, when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler pow'rs; My days of praise shall ne'er be past Whilst life and thought and being last Or immortality endures.

2 Happy the man whose hopes rely On Israel's God, who made the sky,

And earth, and seas, with all their train.

His truth for ever stands secure;
He saves th' oppress'd, he feeds the poor;
And none shall find his promise vain.

3 The Lord pours eye-sight on the blind;
The Lord supports the fainting mind;
He sends the lab'ring conscience peace ;
He helps the stranger in distress,
The widow and the fatherless,

And grants the pris'ner sweet release.

4 I'll praise him while he lends me breath, And, when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler pow'rs; My days of praise shall ne'er be past, Whilst life and thought and being last, Or immortality endures.

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P. M.

6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4.

All creatures praise God.

1 To your Creator God,

Your great Preserver, raise,

Ye creatures of his hand,
Your highest notes of praise.
Let ev'ry voice
Proclaim his pow'r,

His name adore,

And loud rejoice.

2 Thou source of light and heat,
Bright sov'reign of the day,
Dispensing blessings round
With all diffusive ray;
From morn to night,

With ev'ry beam,
Record his name,

Who made thee bright.

3 Fair regent of the night, With all thy starry train,