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"Fly, like a timorous, trembling dove,
To distant woods, or mountains fly"?
2 The Lord in heaven has fixed his throne,
His eyes survey the world below:
To him all mortal things are known,
His eyelids search our spirits through.
3 If he afflict his saints so far,

To prove their love, and try their grace;
What must the bold transgressors fear!-
His very soul abhors their ways.

4 The righteous Lord loves righteous souls, Whose thoughts and actions are sincere; mf And, with a gracious eye, beholds

The men that his own image bear.

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C. M.

Grafton.

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Divine Aid invoked in Times of great Wickedness.

HELP, Lord, for men of virtue fail,

Religion loses ground

The sons of violence prevail,

And treacheries abound.

2 Their oaths and promises they break,
They act the flatterer's part:
With fair, deceitful lips they speak,
But with a double heart.

3 Lord, when iniquities abound,
And blasphemy grows bold,
When faith is hardly to be found,
And love is waxing cold,—

4 Is not thy chariot hastening on?
Hast thou not given the sign?
May we not trust, and live upon
A promise so divine?

5 Yes-saith the Lord-now will I rise,
And make oppressors flee;

I shall appear to their surprise,

And set my servants free.

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FIRST PART. L. M.

Medway.

Complaint under the Hiding of God's Countenance.
OW long, O Lord, shall I complain,
Like one that seeks his God in vain?
How long shall I thine absence mourn,
And still despair of thy return?

2 Hear, Lord, and grant me quick relief,
Before my death conclude my grief;
If thou withhold thy heavenly light,
Len I sleep in everlasting night.

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3 How will the powers of darkness boast,
If but one praying soul be lost!

mf But I have trusted in thy grace,
And shall again behold thy face.

4 Whate'er my fears or foes suggest, Thou art my hope, my joy, my rest: <My heart shall feel thy love-and raise My cheerful voice to songs of praise.

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SECOND PART.

C. M. Dundee.

mp HOW long wilt thou conceal thy face,
My God, how long delay?

When shall I feel those heavenly rays,
That chase my fears away?

2 How long shall my afflicted soul
Wrestle, and toil, in vain?

Thy word can all my foes control,
And ease my raging pain.

mf 3 Be thou my sun, and thou my shield,
My soul in safety keep:

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Make haste, before mine eyes are sealed
In death's eternal sleep.

4 Thou wilt display that sovereign grace,
Whence all my comforts spring;

f I shall employ my lips in praise,
And thy salvation sing.

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THIRD PART. 7s.
Aff LORD of mercy, just and kind,
Wilt thou ne'er my guilt forgive?

Never shall my troubled mind
In thy kind remembrance live?

Benson.

2 Lord, how long shall Satan's art Tempt my harassed soul to sin, Triumph o'er my humbled heart, Fears without and guilt within? 3 Lord, my God, thine ear incline, Bending to the prayer of faith; mf Cheer my eyes with light divine, Len Lest I sleep the sleep of death. mp 4 But on mercy I rely

Mercy, heavenly Lord, impart : mf Mercy brings salvation nigh; Mercy shall rejoice my heart. 5 Lord, I lift my voice in praise, All thy bounty to adore; From eternity thy grace

Flows, increasing evermore.

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Aff LORD, my God, how long by thee
Shall I quite forgotten be?

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Lord, how long?-for ever?-say-
Wilt thou turn thy face away?

Norwich.

2 Ceaseless thoughts my soul perplex;
Daily griefs my spirit vex:

O'er me, lo! my foes bear sway:
Lord, how long?-for ever?-say.
3 Lord, my God, at length arise;
Mark my sorrows-hear my cries:
Lighten thou my eyes that weep,
Lest the sleep of death-I sleep.
4 On thy mercy I repose:

Thee my heart her Saviour knows;
Leaps for joy; and hymns thee, Lord,
Thee, her shield, and great reward.

FIRST PART. C. M. Grafton.

Atheism arising from Depravity.

FOOLS, in their hearts, believe and say,

That all religion's vain;

There is no God, who reigns on high,
Or minds th' affairs of men.

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2 The Lord, from his celestial throne,
Looked down on things below,
To find the man that sought his grace,
Or did his justice know.

3 By nature, all are gone astray;
Their practice all the same:
There's none that fears his Maker's hand,
There's none that loves his name.

4 Oh that salvation might proceed
From Zion's sacred place,

Till Israel's captives all are freed,
And sing recovering grace.

SECOND PART. C. M. Dedham.

ARE sinners now so hardened grown,
That they the saints devour?
And never worship at thy throne,
Nor fear thine awful power?

2 Great God, appear to their surprise;
Reveal thy dreadful name:

Let them no more thy wrath despise,
Nor turn our hope to shame.

3 Dost thou not dwell among the just?
And yet our foes deride,

That we should make thy name our trust:
Great God, confound their pride.

4 Oh! that the joyful day was come

To finish our distress!

f When God shall bring his children home, Our songs shall never cease.

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FIRST PART.

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L. M. Uxbridge.

The Citizen of Zion.

WHO shall ascend thy heavenly place,

Great God, and dwell before thy face?The man who loves religion now,

And humbly walks with God below:

2 Whose hands are pure-whose heart is clean; Whose lips still speak the thing they mean;

No slanders dwell upon his tongue;

He hates to do his neighbor wrong.

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3 He loves his enemies-and prays
For those who curse him to his face;
And does to all men still the same
That he could hope or wish from them.
4 Yet, when his holiest works are done,
His soul depends on grace alone :-
This is the man thy face shall see,
And dwell for ever, Lord, with thee.

SECOND PART. C. M. Nottingham.

WHO shall inhabit in thy hill,

O God of holiness?

Whom will the Lord admit to dwell
So near his throne of grace?

2 The man who walks in pious ways,
And works with righteous hands;
Who trusts his Maker's promises,
And follows his commands;-

3 He speaks the meaning of his heart,
Nor slanders with his tongue;
Will scarce believe an ill report,
Nor do his neighbor wrong;-

4 The wealthy sinner he contemns,
Loves all who fear the Lord;
And though to his own hurt he swears,
Still he performs his word ;-

5 His hands disdain a golden bribe,
And never wrong the poor :-

mf This man shall dwell with God on earth,
And find his heaven secure.

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THIRD PART. 7s.

Lincoln.

WHO, O Lord, when life is o'er,
Shall to heaven's blest mansions soar;
Who, an ever welcome guest,

In thy holy place shall rest?

2 He, whose heart thy love has warmed;
He, whose will to thine conformed,
Bids his life unsullied run;

He, whose words and thoughts are one ;

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