COMPILED AND EDITED BY

ROBERT P. KERR, D. D.,
ASSISTED BY

REV. M. D. HOGE, D. D.
REV. W. S. LACY, D. D.
REV. J. P. SMITH, D. D.

REV. W. A. CAMPBELL, D. D.
REV. T. D. WITHERSPOON, D.D.
PROF. N. BOWDITCH CLAPP.

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HYMNS OF THE AGES.

Psalm c.

1 ALL people that on earth do dwell,
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice;

L. M.

Him serve with mirth, his praise forth tell,
Come ye before him and rejoice.

2 Know that the Lord is God indeed;
Without our aid he did us make;
We are his flock, he doth us feed,
And for his sheep he doth us take.
3 Oh! enter then his gates with praise,
Approach with joy his courts unto;
Praise, laud, and bless his name always,
For it is seemly so to do.

4 For why? the Lord our God is good,
His mercy is forever sure:

His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.

Praise him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Bishop Thomas Ken (1637–1711), 1697.

1 Before Jehovah's awful throne,

Ye nations, bow with sacred joy; Know that the Lord is God alone; He can create and he destroy.

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2 His sovereign power, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and formed us men;
And when, like wand'ring sheep, we strayed,
He brought us to his fold again.

3 We are his people, we his care,

Our souls and all our mortal frame; What lasting honors shall we rear, Almighty Maker, to thy name?

4 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heavens our voices raise; And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 5 Wide as the world is thy command, Vast as eternity thy love;

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Firm as a rock thy truth must stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.

Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748.)
Rev. John Wesley (1703-1791.)

"Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott."

1 A SAFE stronghold our God is still,
A trusty shield and weapon;
He'll help us clear from all the ill
That hath us now o'ertaken.
The ancient prince of hell
Hath risen with purpose fell;
Strong mail of craft and power
He weareth in this hour,

On earth is not his fellow.

P. M.