3 This earthly globe, the creature of a day,
Though built by God's right hand, must pass away;
And long oblivion creep o'er mortal things,
The fate of empires, and the pride of kings:
Eternal night shall veil their proudest story,
And drop the curtain o'er all human glory.

4 The sun himself, with gathering clouds oppressed, Shall in his silent, dark pavilion rest;

His golden urn shall break, and useless lie,
Amid the common ruins of the sky;

The stars rush headlong in the wild commotion, And bathe their glittering foreheads in the ocean.

5 But fixed, O God! forever stands thy throne;
Jehovah reigns, a universe alone:

The eternal fire that feeds each vital flame,
Collected, or diffused, is still the same:
He dwells within his own unfathomed essence,
And fills all space with his unbounded presence.

3 But Oh! our highest notes the theme debase,
And silence is our least injurious praise :
Cease, cease, your songs; the daring flight control;
Revere him in the stillness of the soul:

With silent duty meekly bend before him,
And deep, within your inmost hearts, adore him.

51. c. M.

Mrs. Barbauld.

The Coming and Kingdom of Christ. Ps. xcviii.

1 Joy to the world! the Lord is come;
The long-predicted king:

Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing.

2 Joy to the earth! the Saviour reigns;
Let men their songs employ,
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains,
Repeat the sounding joy.

3 No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;

He comes to make his blessings flow,
To earth's remotest bound.

4 Thus God displays his truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love.

52. c. M.

Watts, alt❜d.

God Kind and Merciful. Ps. cxlv. 14-19.

1 LET every tongue thy goodness speak,
Thou sovereign Lord of all!

Thy strengthening hands uphold the weak,
And raise the poor that fall.

12 When sorrow bows the spirit down,
Or want assails the breast,

Thy love can smooth the invader's frown,
And give the mourner rest.

3 The Lord supports our tottering days,
And guides our giddy youth;

Holy and just are all his ways,

And all his words are truth.

4 He knows the pain his servants feel, He hears his children cry;

And their best wishes to fulfil,

His grace is ever nigh.

5 His mercy never will remove
From men of heart sincere,-
From those, whose humble, fervent love
Is joined with holy fear.

53. 7 s. M.

Watts, alt'd.

The Perfections and Providence of God. Ps. cxxxvi.

1 LET us with a joyful mind
Praise the Lord, for he is kind;
For his mercies shall endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.

2 Let us sound his name abroad,
For of gods he is the God;
Who by wisdom did create
Heaven's expanse, and all its state:

3 Did the solid earth ordain
How to rise above the main:
Who, by his commanding might,
Fill'd the new made world with light:
4 Caus'd the golden tressed sun,
All the day his course to run;
And the moon to shine by night,
Mid her spangled sisters bright.
5 All his creatures God does feed,
His full hand supplies their need:
Let us therefore warble forth
H's high majesty and worth.

6 He his mansion hath on high,
Above the reach of mortal eye;
And his mercies shall endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.

Milton.

54. 7s. M

Praise to God, the Sovereign King. Ps. cxxxvi. ́.

1 LIFT your voice, and joyful sing Praises to your heavenly King; For his mercies far extend,

And his bounty knows no end.

2 Honour 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.

55. L. M.

The House of God.

Merrick.

1 Lo! GOD is here; let us adore,
And humbly bow before his face:
Let all within us feel his power,
Let all within us seek his

grace.

2 Lo! God is here : him day and night United choirs of angels sing:

I

To him, enthroned above all height, Heaven's host their noblest praises bring. 3 Being of beings! may our praise Thy courts with grateful incense fill: Still may we stand before thy face, Still hear and do thy sovereign will. 4 More of thy presence, Lord! impart; More of thine image may we bear: Erect thy throne within our heart, And reign without a rival there.

56. c. M.

Salisbury Coll.

Unprofitableness under Gospel Privileges.

1 LONG have we sat beneath the sound
Of thy salvation, Lord!

Yet still how weak our faith is found,
And knowledge of thy word!

2 How cold and feeble is our love!
How negligent our fear!
How low our hope of joys above!
How few affections there!

3 Lord! ere our feet again retire
From this devoted place,
Our feeble purposes inspire
With thine awakening grace.

4 Oh! shed anew through every heart
A glow of love divine;

Nor let thy fear from us depart,
Till we are wholly thine.

I

Watts, partly.