With voices united the anthem prolong,

And show forth his praises with music divine.

2 Let praise to the Lord, who made us, ascend; Let each grateful heart be glad in its King; The God whom we worship our songs will attend,

And view with complacence the offering we bring.

3 Be joyful, ye saints, sustained by his might,

And let your glad songs awake with each morn; For those who obey him are still his delight,

His hand with salvation the meek will adorn. 4 Then praise ye the Lord! prepare a glad song, And let all his saints in full concert join;

With voices united the anthem prolong,
And show forth his praises with music divine.

Hymn of Praise. Psalm 148.

1 HERALDS of creation, cry,

MONTGOMERY.

Praise the Lord, the Lord most high;
Heaven and earth, obey the call,
Praise the Lord, the Lord of all.

2 For he spake, and forth from night
Sprang the universe to light;
He commanded, Nature heard,
And stood fast upon his word.

3 Praise him, all ye hosts above,
Spirits perfected in love;

Sun and moon, your voices raise ;
Sing, ye stars, your Maker's praise.

4 Kings, your Sovereign serve with awe;
Judges, own his righteous law;
Princes, worship him with fear;
Bow the knee, all people here.

5 Let his truth by babes be told,
And his wonders by the old;
Youths and maidens, in your prime,
Learn the lays of heaven betime.

6 High above all height his throne,
Excellent his name alone;

Him let all his works confess;
Him let every being bless.

P. M.

16.

TATE varied.

Thanksgiving. Psalm 149.

1 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.

3 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.

7 s. M.

17.

MONTGOMERY.

"Glory to God in the highest."

1 SONGS of praise the angels sang,
Heaven with hallelujahs rang,
When Jehovah's work begun,
When he spake, and it was done.

2 Songs of praise awoke the morn,
When the Prince of Peace was born;
Songs of praise arose, when he
Captive led captivity.

3 Heaven and earth must pass away,
Songs of praise shall crown that day;
God will make new heavens and earth,
Songs of praise shall hail their birth.

4 And will man alone be dumb,
Till that glorious kingdom come?
No; the Church delights to raise
Psalms and hymns and songs of praise.

5 Saints below, with heart and voice,
Still in songs of praise rejoice;
Learning here, by faith and love,
Songs of praise to sing above.

6 Borne upon the latest breath,

Songs of praise shall conquer death;
Then, amidst eternal joy,

Songs of praise their powers employ.

L. M.

18.

WATTS varied.

God exalted above our highest Praise.

1 ETERNAL Power! whose high abode
Becomes the grandeur of a God;
Infinite length beyond the bounds
Where stars revolve their little rounds;

2 The lowest step beneath thy seat
Rises too high for Gabriel's feet ;
The awe-struck angel veils his sight,
Nor dares to tempt the wondrous height.

3 Lord, what shall earth and ashes do?
We would adore our Maker too;
From sin and dust to thee we cry,
The Great, the Holy, and the High!

4 Earth from afar hath heard thy fame,
And worms have learned to lisp thy name ;
But, O, the glories of thy mind

Leave all our soaring thoughts behind.

5 God is in heaven, and men below;
Be short our tunes; our words be few;
A sacred reverence checks our songs,
And praise sits silent on our tongues.

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19.

Praise. Psalm 136.

MERRICK.

1 LIFT your voice, and joyful sing
Praises to our heavenly King;
For his mercies far extend,
And his bounty knows no end.

2 Honor pay to heaven's high Lord,
And his wondrous deeds record;
Through the various realms of earth.
Praise him, all of human birth; -

3 Him whose wisdom, throned on high,
Built the mansions of the sky,
And the orbs that gild the pole
Bade through boundless ether roll; -

4 Him who, o'er this earthly ball,
Looks with equal eye on all,
And to every thing which lives
Rich supplies of blessings gives.

5 To the great eternal King
Raise your voice and joyful sing;
For his mercies wide extend,
And his bounty knows no end.

1 FATHER, how wide thy glory shines! How high thy wonders rise!

Known through the earth by thousand signs, By thousand through the skies.

2 Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power;
Their motions speak thy skill;

And on the wings of every hour
We read thy patience still.

3 Part of thy name divinely stands
On all thy creatures writ;