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4 Wake, all ye soaring throngs, and sing;
Ye feathered warblers of the spring,

Harmonious anthems raise

To him who shaped your finer mould,
Who tipped your glittering wings with gold,
And tuned your voice to praise.

5 Let man, by nobler passions swayed,
Let man, in God's own image made,
His breath in praise employ ;

Spread wide his Maker's name around,
Till heaven shall echo back the sound,"
In songs of holy joy.

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FOURTH PART. H. M. Darwell's.

YE boundless realms of joy,
Exalt your Maker's name:
His praise your songs employ
Above the starry frame:

Your voices raise, And seraphim,

Ye cherubim,

To sing his praise.

2 Let all adore the Lord,
And praise his holy name,
By whose almighty word
They all from nothing came;

And all shall last,

From changes free ;

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His firm decree

Stands ever fast.

FIFTH PART. H. M. Harwich.

YE tribes of Adam, join

With heaven, and earth, and seas,

And offer notes divine

To your Creator's praise.

Ye holy throng

Of angels bright,

In worlds of light

Begin the song

2 The shining worlds above
In glorious order stand,
Or in swift courses move
By his supreme command.

He spake the word,
And all their frame

From nothing came
To praise the Lord.

3 Let all the nations fear
The God that rules above,
He brings his people near,

And makes them taste his love:

While earth and sky His saints shall raise
Attempt his praise,

His honors high.

148 SIXTH PART. 8s & 7s. Westborough

f PRAISE the Lord! ye heavens, adore him;
Praise him, angels in the height;
Sun and moon, rejoice before him;
Praise him, all ye stars of light!

Hallelujah, Amen.

2 Praise the Lord-for he hath spoken;
Worlds his mighty voice obeyed;
Laws which never can be broken,
For their guidance he hath made.

Hallelujah, Amen.

3 Praise the Lord-for he is glorious;
Never shall his promise fai!;
God hath made his saints victorious,
Sin and death shall not prevail.

Hallelujah, Amen.

4 Praise the God of our salvation,
Hosts on high his power proclaim;
Heaven and earth, and all creation,
Praise and magnify his name!

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FIRST PART. C. M. Nottingham

LL ye that love the Lord, rejoice,

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And let your songs be new;

Amidst the church, with cheerful voice,
His later wonders shew.

2 The Jews, the people of his grace,
Shall their Redeemer sing;

And Gentile nations join the praise,
While Zion owns her King.

3 The Lord takes pleasure in the just,
Whom sinners treat with scorn;
The meek, who lie despised in dust,
Salvation shall adorn.

4 Saints shall be joyful in their King,
E'en on a dying bed:

And like the souls in glory sing,

For God shall raise the dead.

5 When Christ his judgment-seat ascends,
And bids the world appear,
Thrones are prepared for all his friends,
Who humbly loved him here.

149 SECOND PART. 10s & 11s. St. Michael's.

O PRAISE ye the Lord! prepare your glad voice,
His praise in the great assembly to sing;
In their great Creator let all men rejoice,
And heirs of salvation be glad in their King.
2 Let them his great name devoutly adore;
In loud-swelling strains his praises express,
Who graciously opens his bountiful store,
Their wants to relieve, and his children to bless.
8 With glory adorned, his people shall sing
To God, who defence and plenty supplies:
Their loud acclamations to him, their great King,
Through earth shall be sounded, and reach to the skies.
4 Ye angels above, his glories who've sung,
In loftiest notes, now publish his praise:

We mortals, delighted, would borrow your tongue;
Would join in your numbers, and chant to your lays.

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FIRST PART. L. M.

Brewer.

praise the Lord in that blest place,
From whence his goodness largely flows:
Praise him in heaven-where he his face
Unvailed in perfect glory shows.

2 Praise him for all the mighty acts,
Which he in our behalf hath done;
His kindness this return exacts,

With which our praise should equel run.
3 Let all who vital breath enjoy,
The breath he doth to them afford,
In just returns of praise employ:

Let every creature praise the Lord.

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SECOND PART. L. M. Rothwell.

f" PRAISE ye the Lord-let praise employ,

In his own courts, your songs of joy;
The spacious firmament around
Shall echo back the joyful sound.

2 Recount his works in strains divine,
His wondrous works-how bright they shine!
Praise him for all his mighty deeds,
Whose greatness all your praise exceeds.

3 Awake the trumpet's lofty sound,
To spread your sacred pleasure round;
Awake each voice-and strike each string,
And to the solemn organ sing.

4 Let all, whom life and breath inspire,
Attend, and join the blissful choir;
But chiefly ye, who know his word,
Adore, and love, and praise the Lord!

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THIRD PART. C. M. St. Ann's.

IN God's own house pronounce his praise,
His grace he there reveals;

To heaven your joy and wonder raise,
For there his glory dwells.

2 Let all your sacred passions move,
While you rehearse his deeds;
But still the work of saving love,
Your highest praise exceeds.

3 All that have motion, life, and breath,
Proclaim your Maker blest;

Yet when my voice expires in death,
My soul shall praise him best.

150 FOURTH PART. 68 & 4s. Italian Hymn.

PRAISE ye Jehovah's name,
Praise through his courts proclaim,

Rise and adore:

High o'er the heavens above

Sound his great acts of love,

While his rich grace we prove,

Vast as his power.

2 Now let the trumpet raise
Sounds of triumphant praise,
Wide as his fame :

There let the harp be found;
Organs, with solemn sound,
Roll your deep notes around,
Filled with his name.

3 While his high praise ye sing,
Shake every sounding string;
Sweet the accord!

He vital breath bestows;
Let every breath that flows
His noblest fame disclose-
Praise ye the Lord.

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FIFTH PART. 7s.

PRAISE the Lord-his glory bless-
Praise him in his holiness;
Praise him as the theme inspires,
Praise him as his fame requires.
2 Let the trumpet's lofty sound
Spread its loudest notes around;
Let the harp unite in praise,
With the sacred minstrel's lays.
3 Let the organ join to bless
God, the Lord of righteousness;
Tune your voice to spread the fame
Of the great Jehovah's name.

4 All who dwell beneath his light,
In his praise your hearts unite;
While the stream of song is poured,
Praise and magnify the Lord.

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Lincoln.

SIXTH PART. 7s. Pleyel's Hymn.

PRAISE-oh praise the name divine,
Praise him at the hallowed shrine;
Let the firmament on high

To its Maker's praise reply.

2 All who vital breath enjoy,
In his praise that breath employ ;
Heaven and earth the chorus join;
Praise-oh praise the name divine.

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