145 THIRD PART. C. M. Corinth. mp SWEET is the memory of thy grace, f ་་ P Let age to age thy righteousness 2 God reigns on high-but ne'er confines Through all the earth his bounty shines, 3 How kind are thy compassions, Lo- f dol 4 Sweet is the memory of thy grace, <Let age to age thy righteousness ་་ 145 f FOURTH PART. C. M. Berwick. GREAT is the Lord!-our souls adore! Thy power, O God, who can explore, 2 How large thy tender mercies are! On thy beneficence and care The universe depends. 3 Thy praise shall be my constant theme; I'll speak the honors of thy name, And bid the world adore. 4 Thy name shall dwell upon my tongue, And tune my everlasting song In realms beyond the skies. 145 FIFTH PART. C. M. Dunchurch LET every tongue thy goodness speak, Thy powerful hands uphold the weak, And raise the poor that fall. 2 With longing eyes thy creatures wait Thy liberal hand provides their meat, 3 Thy mercy never shall remove Thou sav'st the souls whose humble love 4 My lips shall dwell upon thy praise, Let all the sons of Adam raise 145 SIXTH PART. C. M. Bedford. TO thee, my righteous King and Lord, From day to day thy works record, 2 Thy greatness human thought exceeds, Through ages shall descend. 3 Thy wondrous acts, thy power, and might, mp 4 The Lord is bountiful and kind, f All shall his tender mercies find, 5 From all thy works, O Lord, shall spring 6 Throughout all ages shall endure Thine high dominion, firm and sure, 146 FIRST PART. L. M. Mendon. Praise to God for his Perfections and Providence. PRAISE ye the Lord—my heart shall join My days of praise shall ne'er be past, 2 Happy the man, whose hopes rely 3 His truth forever stands secure ; The widow and the fatherless. 4 He loves the saints-he knows them well, But turns the wicked down to hell: f Thy God, O Zion, ever reigns; Praise him in everlasting strains. 146 SECOND PART. L. P. M. St. Helen's. I'LL praise my Maker with my breath; Praise shall employ my nobler powers: 2 How blest the man whose hopes rely And earth, and seas, with all their train: He saves the oppressed-he feeds the poor, 3 I'll praise him, while he lends me breath; Praise shall employ my nobler powers: 147 P f WIT ITH songs and honors sounding loud, 2 He sends his showers of blessing down He makes the grass the mountains crown, 3 His steady counsels change the face He bids the sun cut short his race, 4 His hoary frost, his fleecy snow 5 He sends his word and melts the snow, He calls the warmer gales to blow, 6 The changing wind-the flying cloud, With songs and honors sounding loud, 148 f FIRST PART. L. M. Old Hundred. OUD hallelujahs to the Lord, [dwell: From distant worlds, where creatures Let heaven begin the solemn word, 2 Wide as his vast dominion lies, p<3 Jehovah!-'tis a glorious word! Oh! may it dwell on every tongue! f 4 Speak of the wonders of that love Loud hallelujahs to the Lord! 148 SECOND PART. S. M. St. Thomas. ་་ LET every creature join To praise th' eternal God; Ye beavenly hosts, the song begin, 2 Thou sun, with golden beams, 3 Ho built those words above, 4 By all his works above, His honors be expressed; But saints, who taste his saving love, 148 THIRD PART. C. P. M. Rapture. Kew ་་ BEGIN, my soul, th' exalted lay, And praise th' Almighty's name: Lo! heaven and earth, and seas and skies, To swell th' inspiring theme. 2 Thou heaven of heavens, his vast abode, 3 Ye deeps, with roaring billows rise, Praise him, who bids you roll ;— |