2 How surely stablished is thy throne! Which shall no change or period see; For thou, O Lord-and thou alone, Art God, from all eternity.
3 The floods, O Lord, lift up their voice, And toss their troubled waves on high; But God above can still their noise, And make the angry sea comply.
4 Through endless ages stands thy throne; Thy promise, Lord, is ever sure; The pure in heart-and they alone, Shall find their hope of heaven secure.
SECOND PART. L. M. Duke Street.
1 JEHOVAH reigns-he dwells in light, Girded with majesty and might: The world, created by his hands, Still on its first foundation stands.
2 But ere this spacious world was made, Or had its first foundation laid, Thy throne eternal ages stood, Thyself the ever-living God.
3 Like floods, the angry nations risc, And aim their rage against the skies; Vain floods-that aim their rage so high! At thy rebuke the billows die.
4 Forever shall thy throne endure; Thy promise stands forever sure; And everlasting holiness
Becomes the dwellings of thy grace.
11 1 THE Lord Jehovah reigns, And royal state maintains,
His head with awful glories crowned; Arrayed in robes of light,
Begirt with sovereign might,
And rays of majesty around.
2 Upheld by thy commands, The world securely stands, And skies and stars obey thy word; Thy throne was fixed on high Ere stars adorned the sky: Eternal is thy kingdom, Lord. 3. Let floods and nations rage, And all their power engage; Let swelling tides assault the sky: The terrors of thy frown
Shall beat their madness down; Thy throne forever stands on high. 4 Thy promises are true,
Thy grace is ever new;
There fixed-thy church shall ne'er remove; Thy saints with holy fear
Shall in thy courts appear, And sing thine everlasting love.
1 YE servants of God, your Master proclaim, And publish abroad his wonderful name; The name all-victorious of Jesus extol; His kingdom is glorious, he rules over all. 2 God ruleth on high, almighty to save; And still he is nigh-his presence we have: The great congregation his triumph shall sing, Ascribing salvation to Jesus our king.
3 Salvation to God, who sits on the throne, Let all cry aloud, and honor the Son: The praises of Jesus the angels proclaim, Fall down on their faces, and worship the Lamb. 4 Then let us adore, and give him his right, All glory and power, and wisdom and might; All honor and blessing, with angels above, And thanks never ceasing, for infinite love.
FIRST PART. C. M.
Trusting in God for Help.
1 HAD not the Lord, my rock, my help, Sustained my fainting head,
My life had now in silence dwelt, My soul among the dead.
2 "Alas, my sliding feet!" I cried- Thy promise was my hope; Thy grace stood constant at my side, Thy Spirit bore me up.
mp 3 While multitudes of mournful thoughts Within my bosom roll,
Thy boundless love forgives my faults, Thy comforts cheer my soul.
4 The powers of earth and sin may rise, And frame oppressive laws;
But God, my refuge, rules the skies, He will defend my cause.
1 BLEST is the man, whom thou, O Lord, In kindness dost chastise,
And by thy sacred rules to walk, In mercy dost advise.
2 For God will never from his saints His favor wholly take: His own possession, and his lot He will not quite forsake.
3 The world shall then confess thee just, In all that thou hast done;
And those, who choose thy upright path, Shall in that path go on.
4 My sure defence is firmly placed In thee, the Lord most high: Thou art my rock-to thee I may For refuge always fly.
Exhortation to adore and praise Jehovah. 1 OH come, loud anthems let us sing,
Loud thanks to our almighty King; For we our voices high should raise, When our salvation's rock we praise. 2 Into his presence let us haste,
To thank him for his favors past; To him address, in joyful song, Praises which to his name belong.
3 Oh let us to his courts repair, And bow with adoration there; Down on our knees, devoutly, all Before the Lord our Maker fall.
SECOND PART. L. M. Uxbridge.
1 COME-let our voices join to raise A sacred song of solemn praise: God is a sovereign king-rehearse His honor in exalted verse.
2 Come-let our souls address the Lord, Who framed our natures with his word: He is our shepherd-we the sheep His mercy chose—his pastures keep.
3 Come-let us hear his voice to-day, The counsels of his love obey;
Nor let our hardened hearts renew The sins and plagues that Israel knew.
4 Look back, my soul, with holy dread, And view those ancient rebels dead: Accept the offered grace to-day, Nor lose the blessing by delay.
5 Come-seize the promise while it waits, And march to Zion's heavenly gates; Believe-and take the promised rest; Obey and be forever blest.
THIRD PART. L. M. Sterling
1 TO God our voices let us raise, And loudly chant the joyful strain; That rock of strength-oh let us praise, Whence free salvation we obtain.
2 The Lord is great-with glory crowned, O'er all the gods of earth he reigns; His hand supports the deeps profound, His power alone the hills sustains.
3 Let all who now his goodness feel, Come near, and worship at his throne; Before the Lord, their Maker, kneel, And bow in adoration down
FOURTH PART. C. M.
1 SING to the Lord Jehovah's name, And in his strength rejoice; When his salvation is our theme, Exalted be our voice.
2 With thanks, approach his awful sight, And psalms of honor sing;
The Lord's a God of boundless might, The whole creation's King.
P 3 Come-and with humble souls, adore; Come-kneel before his face:
Oh may the creatures of his power Be children of his grace!
mf 4 Now is the time-he bends his ear, And waits for your request;
Come-lest he rouse his wrath-and swear, "Ye shall not see my rest."
FIFTH PART. S. M. Paddington.
f 1 COME-sound his praise abroad, And hymns of glory sing: Jehovah is the sovereign God, The universal King.
mp 2 Come-worship at his throne, Come-bow before the Lord;
We are his work, and not our own; He formed us by his word.
3 To-day attend his voice,
Nor dare provoke his rod;
Come-like the people of his choice, And own your gracious God.
FIRST PART. L. P. M. St. Helen's. Rejoicing in View of God's universal Reign. 1 LET all the earth their voices raise, To sing a psalm of lofty praise, To sing and bless Jehovah's name; His glory let the heathen know, His wonders to the nations show,
And all his saving works proclaim,
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