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3 Great is their peace, who love thy law;
How firm their souls abide!
Nor can a bold temptation draw
Their steady feet aside.

4 Then shall my heart have inward joy,
And keep my face from shame,

When all thy statutes I obey,

And honor all thy name.

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THIRD PART.

C. M. Medfield.

Communion with God.

Aff TO thee, before the dawning light,
My gracious God, I pray ;

I meditate thy name by night,
And keep thy law by day.

2 My spirit faints to see thy grace-
Thy promise bears me up;

And while salvation long delays,
Thy word supports my hope.

3 When midnight darkness veils the skies,
I call thy works to mind;

My thoughts in warm devotion rise,
And sweet acceptance find.

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FOURTH PART. C. M. Dundee.
Delight in God and his Word.

mf THOU art my portion, O my Ged;
Soon as I know thy way,

My heart makes haste t' obey thy word,
And suffers no delay.

2 I choose the path of heavenly truth,
And glory in my choice;
Not all the riches of the earth

Could make me so rejoice.

3 Thy precepts and thy heavenly grace
I set before my eyes;

Thence I derive my daily strength,
And there my comfort lies.

4 If once I wander from thy path,
I think upon iny ways;

Then turn my feet to thy commands,
And trust thy pardoning grace.

5 Now I am thine-forever thine-
Oh save thy servant, Lord!

Thou art my shield—my hiding place-
My hope is in thy word.

119

FIFTH PART. C. M. Litchfield

HOW shall the young secure their hearts,
And guard their lives from sin?
Thy word the choicest rules imparts,
To keep the conscience clean.

2 'Tis like the sun-a heavenly light,
That guides us all the day;

And, through the dangers of the night,
A lamp to lead our way.

3 Thy precepts make me truly wise;
I hate the sinner's road;

I hate my own vain thoughts that rise,
But love thy law, my God.

4 Thy word is everlasting truth,
How pure is every page!-

That holy book shall guide our youth,
And well support our age.

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SIXTH PART. C. M. Warwick.

OH how I love thy holy law!

"Tis daily my delight:

And thence my meditations draw

Divine advice by night.

2 My waking eyes prevent the day,
To meditate thy word:

My soul with longing melts away,
To hear thy gospel, Lord.

3 Thy heavenly words my heart engage,
And well employ my tongue,

And through my weary pilgrimage,
Yield me a heavenly song.

4 When nature sinks-and spirits droop-
Thy promises of grace

Are pillars to support my hope,

And there I write thy praise

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SEVENTH PART. C. M. Barby.

LORD, I have made thy word my choice,
My lasting heritage;

<There shall my noblest powers rejoice,
My warmest thoughts engage.

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2 I'll read the histories of thy love,
And keep thy laws in sight,
While through the promises I rove
With ever new delight.

3 'Tis like a land of wealth unknown,
Where springs of life arise;

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And hidden glory lies.

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4 The best relief that mourners have,
It makes our sorrows blest;

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Len And our eternal rest.

119 EIGHTH PART. C. M. St. Martin's. LORD, I am thine-thy truth I own,

Thy righteous precepts love:
In mercy to my soul, send down
Salvation from above.

2 The wicked stand on every side,
And my destruction seek;
But in thy laws will I abide,
And of thy judgments speak.

3 I love the company of those
Who worship thee in fear,
Obey thy word-observe thy laws,
And hold thy precepts dear.

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O Lord, thy sacred name;

f With joy my thankful voice I'll raise, Thy goodness to proclaim.

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NINTH PART. C. M. Howard's.

OH that thy statutes every hour

Might dwell upon my mind!

Thence I derive a quickening power,
And daily peace I find.

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2 To meditate thy precepts, Lord,
Shall be my sweet employ;
My soul shall ne'er forget thy word,
Thy word is all my joy.

3 How would I run in thy commands,
If thou my heart dischargo

From sin and Satan's hateful chains,
And set my feet at large!

4 My lips with courage shall declare
Thy statutes and thy name;

I'll speak thy word, though kings shall hear,
Nor yield to sinful shame.

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TENTH PART. C. M. St. Austin's

Aff BEHOLD thy waiting servant, Lord,
Devoted to thy fear;

Remember and confirm thy word,
For all my hopes are there.

2 Hast thou not sent salvation down,
And promised quickening grace?
Doth not my heart address thy throne?
And yet thy love delays.

3 Mine eyes for thy salvation fail;
Oh! bear thy servant up;
Nor let the scoffing lips prevail,

Who dare reproach my hope.

4 Didst thou not raise my faith, O Lord?
Then let thy truth appear:

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And trust as well as fear.

119 ELEVENTH PART. C. M. Litchfield

Aff OH that the Lord would guide my ways
To keep his statutes still!

Oh that my God would grant me grace

To know and do his will!

2 Oh send thy Spirit down, to write
Thy law upon my heart;

Nor let my tongue indulge deceit,
Nor act the liar's part.

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3 From vanity turn off my eyes;
Let no corrupt design,
Nor covetous desire arise
Within this soul of mine.

4 Order my footsteps by thy word,
And make my heart sincere ;
Let sin have no dominion, Lord,
But keep my conscience clear.

5 My soul hath gone too far astray—
My feet too often slip:

Yet since I keep in mind thy way,
Restore thy wandering sheep.

6 Make me to walk in thy commands-
"Tis a delightful road;

Nor let my head, nor heart, nor hands
Offend against my God.

119 TWELFTH PART. C. M. Dedham.

WITH my whole heart I've sought thy face;
Oh let me never stray

From thy commands, O God of grace;

Nor tread the sinner's way.

2 Thy word I've hid within my heart,
To keep my conscience clean,
And be an everlasting guard
From every rising sin.

3 I'm a companion of the saints,
Who fear and love the Lord;
My sorrows rise-my nature faints,
When men transgress thy word.

4 My heart with sacred reverence hears
The threatenings of thy word;
My flesh with holy trembling fears
The judgments of the Lord.

5 My God, I long-I hope-I wait
For thy salvation still;

Thy holy law is my delight,
And I obey thy will.