PSALMS AND HYMNS FOR SCHOOLS AND HOME. PART I. 1 1 8.7.4. PRAISE TO GOD. Bless the Lord, O my soul.-Ps. ciii. 2. 2 Praise Him for His grace and favour 3 Father-like He tends and spares us: Praise Him, praise Him, O sing unto the Lord a new song. 1ING to the Lord a joyful song, [raise; Lift up your hearts, your voices To us His gracious gifts belong, To Him our songs of love and praise. 2 For life and love, for rest and food, 4 For joys untold that daily move 5 Sing to the Lord of heaven and earth, 3 1 J. S. B. MONSELL. 1862. 7s. Praise ye the Lord.-Ps. cxlvi. 1. 1LET a He is kind; ET us with a gladsome mind For His mercies shall endure, 2 He, with all-commanding might, 3 All things living He doth feed, 4 He His chosen race did bless Praise Him, angels in the height; 2 Praise the Lord, for He hath spoken; 4 Praise the God of our salvation; 5 1 HA JOHN KEMPTHORNE. 1810. 78. Again they said, Hallelujah! Rev. xix. 3. ALLELUJAH! Praise the Lord! Praise Him for His faithful Word; For the peace of pardoning love, Praise His name, all names above. Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! 2 Praise Him, all ye stars of light, Ever burning in His sight; Praise Him, earth's green vales below; Praise Him, ocean's ebb and flow. Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! 3 Fathers, brethren, round His throne, Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! 6 Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! ELIZABETH R. TRESTRAIL. 1881. 78. Blessed be Thy glorious name. Neh. ix. 5. 1 SON NONGS 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, 3 Heaven and earth must pass away, 4 And will man alone be dumb, 5 Saints below, with heart and voice, 6 Borne upon their latest breath, 7 78. I consider the work of Thy fingers. ALL things praise Thee-Lord most high, That Thy greatness, thus displayed, 2 All things praise Thee-night to night 3 All things praise Thee-high and low, 3 The earth, with its store of wonders untold, [old; Almighty! Thy power hath founded of Hath stablished it fast by a changeless decree, [the sea. And round it hath cast, like a mantle, 4 Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite? [light; It breathes in the air, it shines in the It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain, [rain. And sweetly distils in the dew and the 5 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail, In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail; Thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end, [Friend! Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and 6 O measureless Might! Ineffable Love! While angels delight to hymn Thee above, The humbler creation, though feeble their lays, [praise. With true adoration shall lisp to Thy SIR ROBERT GRANT. 1837. 9 S.M. He hath not dealt with us after our sins.-Ps. ciii. 10. 1 My mercies are so great; Y soul, repeat His praise 2 3 4 5 Whose anger is so slow to rise, High as the heavens are raised So far the riches of His grace His power subdues our sins; Far as the east is from the west, The pity of the Lord, To those that fear His name, Is such as tender parents feel: He knows our feeble frame. Yet, Thy compassions, Lord, And children's children ever find ISAAC WATTS. 1719. THE CREATOR. 10 1 7.6.7.6. All things were made by Him. ALL things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, 2 Each little flower that opens, 3 The rich man in his castle, The poor man at the gate, 4 The purple-headed mountain, 3 I sing the goodness of the Lord, That filled the earth with food; He formed the creatures with His word, And then pronounced them good." 4 There's not a plant or flower below But makes Thy glories known; And clouds arise, and tempests blow By order from Thy throne. 5 Creatures, as numerous as they be, There's not a place where we can flec, 6 His hand is my perpetual guard, 2 There's not a sin that we commit, 3 And must the crimes that I have done 4 Lord, at Thy feet ashamed I lie, Upward I dare not look; Pardon my sins before I die, And blot them from Thy book. 3 He bids the sun to warm us, And light the path we tread; At night, Jest aught should harm us, 4 He gives our needful clothing, The Bible, too, He sends us, Whose word can save and cleanse us 6 O may God's mercies move us 5. W. PARTRIDGE. 1841. 14 1 6.5. God said, Let there be light.-Gen. i. 3. WHEN o'er earth is breaking WH Rosy light, and fair, Morn afar proclaimeth 2 When the spring is wreathing 3 When the storm is howling 4 All the wide world's treasures, 15 1 AMERICAN. 1860. C.M. The earth receiveth blessing from God. Heb. vi. 7. HERE'S not a tint that paints the THERE Or decks the lily fair, Orstreaks the humblest flower that blows, But God has placed it there. [rose, |