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THIRD PART. S. M. St. Thomas.

THE Saviour's glorious name

Forever shall endure,

Long as the sun, his matchless fame

Shall ever stand secure.

2 Wonders of grace and power
To thee alone belong;

Thy church those wonders shall adore,
In everlasting song.

3 O Israel, bless him still,
His name to honor raise;
Let all the earth his glory fill,
Midst songs of grateful praise.

4 Jehovah God most high!
We spread thry praise abroad;
Through all the world thy fame shall fly,
O God, thine Israel's God!

FOURTH PART. 7s.

HASTEN, Lord, the glorious time,
When, beneath Messiah's sway,

Every nation, every clime,

Shall the gospel call obey.

Lincoln.

2 Mightiest kings his power shall own,
Heathen tribes his name adore;
Satan and his host, o'erthrown,

Bound in chains, shall hurt no more.

3 Then shall wars and tumults cease,
Then be banished grief and pain;
Righteousness, and joy, and peace,
Undisturbed shall ever reign.

4 Bless we, then, our gracious Lord,
Ever praise his glorious name;

All his mighty acts record,

All his wondrous love proclaim.

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FIRST PART. L. M. Middlebury.
Folly of envying the Prosperity of Sinners.

LORD, what a thoughtless wretch was I,
To mourn, and murmur, and repine,
To see the wicked placed on high,
In pride, and robes of honor shine!
Aff2 But oh! their end-their dreadful end!
Thy sanctuary taught me so;
On slippery rocks I see them stand,
And fiery billows roll below.

3 Now I esteem their mirth and wine Too dear to purchase with my blood; Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine, mf My life, my portion, and my God.

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SECOND PART. C. M. Dundee.

God the Portion of the Soul.

GOD, my supporter, and my hope,
My help forever near,

Thine arm of mercy held me up,
When sinking in despair.

2 Thy counsels, Lord, shall guide my feet,
Through this dark wilderness;
Thine hand conduct me near thy seat,
To dwell before thy face.

3 Were I in heaven, without my God,
'Twould be no joy to me;

And while the earth is my abode,
I long for none but thee.

4 What if the springs of life were broke,
And flesh and heart should faint,
Thou art my soul's eternal rock,

The strength of every saint.

5 Then to draw near to thee, my God,
Shall be my sweet employ ;

My tongue shall sound thy works abroad,
And tell the world my joy.

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THIRD PART. C. M.

Corinth.

WHOM have we, Lord, in heaven, but thee,

And whom on earth beside?
Where else for succor can we flee,

Or in whose strength confide?

2 Thou art our portion here below,
Our promised bliss above;

Ne'er may our souls an object know
So precious as thy love

3 When heart and flesh, O Lord, shall fail,
Thou wilt our spirits cheer;

Support us through life's thorny vale,
And calin each anxious fear.

4 Yes-thou shalt be our guide through life,
And help and strength supply;

Sustain us in death's tearful strife,
And welcome us on high.

FOURTH PART. S. M. Olmutz.

Folly of envying the Prosperity of Sinners.
SURE there's a righteous God,

Nor is religion vain;

Though men of vice may boast aloud,
And men of grace complain.

2 I saw the wicked rise,

And felt my heart repine,

While haughty fools, with scornful eyes,
In robes of honor shine.

3 The tumult of my thought
Held me in hard suspense,

Till to thy house my feet were brought
To learn thy justice thence.

4 Thy word with light and power
Does my mistake amend;

I viewed the sinner's life before,
But here I learn his end.

5 On what a slippery steep
The thoughtless wretches go!
Len And oh! that dreadful, fiery deep
That waits their fall below!

6 Lord, at thy feet I bow;
My thoughts no more repine;

<<I call my God my portion now,
And all my powers are thine.

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H. M.

Bethesda.

God only to be feared and worshipped.

THY glories, mighty God!

Alone our reverence claim:

Thy terrors spread abroad,
How awful is thy name!

Thine anger shown, Who dare appear

Thy judgments near,

Before thy throne?

2 Let man his anger raise,

With persecuting rage,

His wrath shall work thy praise,
The rest thy hands assuage:

Then still obey

Your offerings bring,

Th' eternal King, And vows repay.

3 Let all, who round his throne
With holy gifts draw near,
There lay their offerings down,
Jehovah claims their fear:

Before his word

And princes know

The world shall bow, Thy terrors, Lord.

C. M.

Despondency forbidden.

Dedham.

TO God I cried, with mournful voice;
I sought his gracious ear,

In the sad day when trouble rose,
And filled my heart with fear.

2 Will he forever cast me off?
His promise ever fail?
Has he forgot his tender love?
Shall anger still prevail?

3 But I forbid this hopeless thought,
This dark despairing frame,

Remembering what thy hand has wrought-i
Thy hand is still the same.

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4 I'll think again of all thy ways,
And talk thy wonders o'er-
Thy wonders of recovering grace,
When I could hope no more.

5 Grace dwells with justice on the throne;
And men who love thy word
Have in thy holy temple known
The counsels of the Lord.

The Works of God recounted to Posterity.
ET children hear the mighty deeds,
Which God performed of old;

Which in our younger years we saw,
And which our fathers told.

2 He bids us make his glories known,
His works of power and grace;
And we'll convey his wonders down
Through every rising race.

3 Our lips shall tell them to our sons,
And they again to theirs,

That generations yet unborn

May teach them to their heirs.

4 Thus shall they learn, in God alone
Their hope securely stands,

That they may ne'er forget his works,
But practise his commands.

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S. M.

Pardoning Mercy supplicated.

THOU gracious God and kind,

Oh cast our sins away;

Nor call our former guilt to mind,
Thy justice to display.

2 Thy tenderest mercies show,
Thy richest grace prepare,
Ere yet, with guilty fears laid low,
We perish in despair.

Boxford