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2 How surely stablished is thy throne!
Which shall no change or period see;
For thou, O Lord-and thou alone,
Art God, from all eternity.

3 The floods, O Lord, lift up their voice,
And toss their troubled waves on high;
But God above can still their noise,
And make the angry sea comply.

4 Through endless ages stands thy throne;
Thy promise, Lord, is ever sure;
The pure in heart-and they alone,
Shall find their hope of heaven secure.

SECOND PART. L. M. Duke Street.

1 JEHOVAH reigns-he dwells in light,
Girded with majesty and might:
The world, created by his hands,
Still on its first foundation stands.

2 But ere this spacious world was made,
Or had its first foundation laid,
Thy throne eternal ages stood,
Thyself the ever-living God.

3 Like floods, the angry nations risc,
And aim their rage against the skies;
Vain floods-that aim their rage so high!
At thy rebuke the billows die.

4 Forever shall thy throne endure;
Thy promise stands forever sure;
And everlasting holiness

Becomes the dwellings of thy grace.

THIRD PART. S. P. M.

11 1 THE Lord Jehovah reigns, And royal state maintains,

Dalston

His head with awful glories crowned;
Arrayed in robes of light,

Begirt with sovereign might,

And rays of majesty around.

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2 Upheld by thy commands,
The world securely stands,
And skies and stars obey thy word;
Thy throne was fixed on high
Ere stars adorned the sky:
Eternal is thy kingdom, Lord.
3. Let floods and nations rage,
And all their power engage;
Let swelling tides assault the sky:
The terrors of thy frown

Shall beat their madness down;
Thy throne forever stands on high.
4 Thy promises are true,

Thy grace is ever new;

There fixed-thy church shall ne'er remove;
Thy saints with holy fear

Shall in thy courts appear,
And sing thine everlasting love.

FOURTH PArt. 10s & 11s.

Lyons.

1 YE servants of God, your Master proclaim,
And publish abroad his wonderful name;
The name all-victorious of Jesus extol;
His kingdom is glorious, he rules over all.
2 God ruleth on high, almighty to save;
And still he is nigh-his presence we have:
The great congregation his triumph shall sing,
Ascribing salvation to Jesus our king.

3 Salvation to God, who sits on the throne,
Let all cry aloud, and honor the Son:
The praises of Jesus the angels proclaim,
Fall down on their faces, and worship the Lamb.
4 Then let us adore, and give him his right,
All glory and power, and wisdom and might;
All honor and blessing, with angels above,
And thanks never ceasing, for infinite love.

FIRST PART. C. M.

Trusting in God for Help.

Dundee.

1 HAD not the Lord, my rock, my help,
Sustained my fainting head,

My life had now in silence dwelt,
My soul among the dead.

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2 "Alas, my sliding feet!" I cried-
Thy promise was my hope;
Thy grace stood constant at my side,
Thy Spirit bore me up.

mp 3 While multitudes of mournful thoughts
Within my bosom roll,

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Thy boundless love forgives my faults,
Thy comforts cheer my soul.

4 The powers of earth and sin may rise,
And frame oppressive laws;

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But God, my refuge, rules the skies,
He will defend my cause.

SECOND PART. C. M.

Bedford.

1 BLEST is the man, whom thou, O Lord,
In kindness dost chastise,

And by thy sacred rules to walk,
In mercy dost advise.

2 For God will never from his saints
His favor wholly take:
His own possession, and his lot
He will not quite forsake.

3 The world shall then confess thee just,
In all that thou hast done;

And those, who choose thy upright path,
Shall in that path go on.

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4 My sure defence is firmly placed
In thee, the Lord most high:
Thou art my rock-to thee I may
For refuge always fly.

FIRST PART. L. M.

Appleton.

Exhortation to adore and praise Jehovah. 1 OH come, loud anthems let us sing,

Loud thanks to our almighty King;
For we our voices high should raise,
When our salvation's rock we praise.
2 Into his presence let us haste,

To thank him for his favors past;
To him address, in joyful song,
Praises which to his name belong.

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3 Oh let us to his courts repair,
And bow with adoration there;
Down on our knees, devoutly, all
Before the Lord our Maker fall.

SECOND PART. L. M. Uxbridge.

1 COME-let our voices join to raise
A sacred song of solemn praise:
God is a sovereign king-rehearse
His honor in exalted verse.

2 Come-let our souls address the Lord,
Who framed our natures with his word:
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;

Nor let our hardened hearts renew
The sins and plagues that Israel knew.

4 Look back, my soul, with holy dread,
And view those ancient rebels dead:
Accept the offered grace to-day,
Nor lose the blessing by delay.

5 Come-seize the promise while it waits,
And march to Zion's heavenly gates;
Believe-and take the promised rest;
Obey and be forever blest.

THIRD PART. L. M. Sterling

1 TO God our voices let us raise,
And loudly chant the joyful strain;
That rock of strength-oh let us praise,
Whence free salvation we obtain.

2 The Lord is great-with glory crowned,
O'er all the gods of earth he reigns;
His hand supports the deeps profound,
His power alone the hills sustains.

3 Let all who now his goodness feel,
Come near, and worship at his throne;
Before the Lord, their Maker, kneel,
And bow in adoration down

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FOURTH PART. C. M.

1 SING to the Lord Jehovah's name,
And in his strength rejoice;
When his salvation is our theme,
Exalted be our voice.

Marlow.

2 With thanks, approach his awful sight,
And psalms of honor sing;

The Lord's a God of boundless might,
The whole creation's King.

P 3 Come-and with humble souls, adore;
Come-kneel before his face:

Oh may the creatures of his power
Be children of his grace!

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And waits for your request;

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Come-lest he rouse his wrath-and swear, "Ye shall not see my rest."

FIFTH PART. S. M. Paddington.

f 1 COME-sound his praise abroad,
And hymns of glory sing:
Jehovah is the sovereign God,
The universal King.

mp 2 Come-worship at his throne,
Come-bow before the Lord;

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We are his work, and not our own;
He formed us by his word.

3 To-day attend his voice,

Nor dare provoke his rod;

Come-like the people of his choice,
And own your gracious God.

FIRST PART. L. P. M. St. Helen's.
Rejoicing in View of God's universal Reign.
1 LET all the earth their voices raise,
To sing a psalm of lofty praise,
To sing and bless Jehovah's name;
His glory let the heathen know,
His wonders to the nations show,

And all his saving works proclaim,

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