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2 Blest is the pious house,

Where zeal and friendship meet;

Their songs of praise-their mingled vows,
Make their communion sweet.

3 From those celestial springs

Such streams of pleasure flow,
As no increase of riches brings,
Nor honors can bestow.

4 Thus on the heavenly hills

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The saints are blest above;
Where joy, like morning dew, distils,
And all the air is love.

FOURTH PART. S. P. M.

1 HOW pleasant 'tis to see
Kindred and friends agree,
Each in his proper station move;
And each fulfil his part,
With sympathizing heart,
In all the cares of life and love!

Dalston

2 Like fruitful showers of rain,
That water all the plain,
Descending from the neighboring hills;
Such streams of pleasure roll
Through every friendly soul,

Where love, like heavenly dew, distils.

[Repeat the first stanza.]

S. M.

Praise to God for his Works.

St. Thomas

1 BEHOLD his wondrous grace!
And bless Jehovah's name:
Ye servants of the Lord, his praise
By day and night proclaim.

2 He formed the earth below,

He formed the heavens his throne:
His grace from Zion he'll bestow,
And pour his blessings down.

3 Ye, who his courts attend,

There lift your hands on high:
And let your songs of praise ascend,
In strains of sacred joy.

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FIRST PART. L. M.

Sharon

Exhortation to praise God.

1 PRAISE ye the Lord-exalt his name,
While in his holy courts ye wait,
Ye saints, that to his house belong,
Or stand attending at his gate.

2 Praise ye the Lord-the Lord is good-
To praise his name is sweet employ:
Israel he chose of old, and still
His church is his peculiar joy.

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SECOND PART. C. M.

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Corinth.

1 AWAKE, ye saints, to praise your King,
Your sweetest passions raise;

Your pious pleasure, while you sing,
Increasing with the praise.

mf 2 Great is the Lord-and works unknown
Are his divine employ ;

But still his saints are near his throne,
His treasure and his joy.

3 Heaven, earth, and sea confess his hand;
He bids the vapors rise!

Lightning and storin, at his command,
Sweep through the sounding skies.

- 4 All power that gods or kings have claimed, Is found with him alone;

But heathen gods shall ne'er be named,
Where our Jehovah's known.

5 Ye nations, know the living God,
Serve him with holy fear;

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He makes the churches his abode,
And claims your honors there.

THIRD PART. C. M. St. Martin's
1 OH praise the Lord with one consent,
And magnify his name;

Let all the servants of the Lord
His worthy praise proclaim.

2 For this our truest interest is,
Glad hymns of praise to sing;

And with loud songs to bless his name,
A most delightful thing.

3 That God is great, we often have
By glad experience found;

And seen how he, with wondrous power,
Above all gods is crowned.

f 4 Oh praise the Lord with one consent,
And magnify his name;

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Let all the servants of the Lord
His worthy praise proclain.

FIRST PART. L. M.

Brewer

Divine Goodness and Compassion celebrated.

Semi-chorus.

1 GIVE to our God immortal praise ;
Mercy and truth are all his ways;

Chorus.

Wonders of grace to God belong,
Repeat his mercies in your song.

Semi-chorus.

2 He built the earth—he spread the sky,
And fixed the starry lights on high:

Chorus.

His mercies ever shall endure,

When suns and moons shall shine no more.

Semi-chorus.

3 He sent his Son with power to save From guilt, and darkness, and the grave:

Chorus.

Wonders of grace to God belong,
Repeat his mercies in your song.

Semi-chorus.

4 Give to the Lord of lords renown;
The King of kings with glory crown:

Chorus,

His mercies ever shall endure,

When lords and kings are known no more.

136 SECOND PART. C. M. Judea. Westford.

Solo.

1 GIVE thanks to God, the sovereign Lord,

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Solo.

2 What wonders hath his wisdom done!

Chorus.

How mighty is his hand!

Solo.

Heaven, earth, and sea he framed alone;

Chorus.

How wide is his command!

Solo.

P 3 He saw the nations dead in sin:

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4 He sent to save us from our wo;

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Chorus.

f 5 Give thanks to God, the heavenly King; His mercies still endure:

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Let all the earth his praises sing;
His truth is ever sure.

THIRD PART. 7s.

Solo or Semi-chorus.

1 LET us, with a joyful mind,
Praise the Lord, for he is kind;

Chorus.

For his mercies shall endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.

Solo or Semi-chorus.

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2 He, with all-commanding might,
Filled the new-made world with light:

Chorus.

For his mercies shall endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.

Solo or Semi-chorus.

3 All things living he doth feed:
His full hand supplies their need:

Chorus.

For his mercies shall endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.

Solo or Semi-chorus.

4 He his chosen race did bless, In the wasteful wilderness:

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Chorus.

ff 6 Let us then, with joyful mind,
Praise the Lord, for he is kind:
For his mercies shall endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.

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FOURTH PART. H. M.

Semi-chorus.

1 GIVE thanks to God most high,
The universal Lord;

The sovereign King of kings:
And be his grace adored.

Chorus.

Thy mercy, Lord, And ever sure
Shall still endure,

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Abides thy word.

Semi-chorus.

2 How mighty is his hand!

What wonders hath he done!
He formed the earth and seas,
And spread the heavens alone.

Chorus.

His power and grace
Are still the same;

Semi-chorus.

3 He saw the nations lie, All perishing in sin,

And let his name
Have endless praise.

And pitied the sad state
The ruined world was in.

Chorus.

Thy mercy, Lord, And ever sure
Shall still endure; Abides thy word.

Semi-chorus.

4 He sent his only Son

To save us from our wo,
From Satan, sin, and death,
And every hurtful foe.

Chorus.

His power and grace
Are still the same,

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