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PSALM xix. 7-14.
I. Watts.

NASHVILLE. L. P. M. Gregorian. Arr. L. Mason.

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LOVE the volume of thy word;

What light and joy these leaves afford,
To souls benighted and distressed!
Thy precepts guide my doubtful way,
Thy fear forbids my feet to stray,
Thy promise leads my heart to rest.

2 From the discoveries of thy law,
The perfect rules of life I draw:
These are my study and delight:
Not honey so invites the taste,
Nor gold that has the furnace passed,
Appears so pleasing to the sight.

3 Thy threatenings wake my slumbering eyes,
And warn me where my danger lies;
But 't is thy blessed Gospel, Lord,
That makes my guilty conscience clean,
Converts my soul, subdues my sin,
And gives a free but large reward.

4 Who knows the errors of his thoughts?
My God, forgive my secret faults,

And from presumptuous sins restrain:
Accept my poor attempts of praise
That I have read thy book of grace,
And book of nature, not in vain.

A-men.

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BADEA. S. M.
German.

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THE

HE Lord my shepherd is,
I shall be well supplied;

Since he is mine, and I am his,
What can I want beside?

2 He leads me to the place

Where heavenly pasture grows,
Where living waters gently pass,
And full salvation flows.

3 If e'er I go astray,

He doth my soul reclaim,

And guides me in his own right way,

For his most holy name.

4 While he affords his aid,

I cannot yield to fear;

Tho' I should walk thro' death's dark shade,
My shepherd's with me there.

5 The bounties of thy love

Shall crown my following days;
Nor from thy house will I remove,
Nor cease to speak thy praise.

PSALM Xxiii.

H. W. Baker.

A-men.

CECILIA. 8-7. Iamb.

J. B. Dykes.

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CECILIA.

2 Where streams of living water flow
My ransomed soul he leadeth,
And, where the verdant pastures grow,
With food celestial feedeth.

3 Perverse and foolish oft I strayed,
But yet in love he sought me,
And on his shoulder gently laid,
And home, rejoicing, brought me.

4

In death's dark vale I fear no ill

With thee, dear Lord, beside me;
Thy rod and staff my comfort still,
Thy cross before to guide me.

5 Thou spread'st a table in my sight,
Thy unction grace bestoweth,
And O the transport of delight
With which my cup o'erfloweth !

6 And so through all the length of days
Thy goodness faileth never;

Good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise
Within thy house for ever!

PSALM XXV.

1. Watts.

A-men.

THATCHER. S. M.

From Handel.

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2 Thy mercies and thy love,
O Lord, recall to mind;
And graciously continue still,
As thou wast ever, kind.

3 Let all my youthful crimes
Be blotted out by thee;

And, for thy wondrous goodness' sake,
In mercy think on me.

4 His mercy and his truth

The righteous Lord displays,

In bringing wandering sinners home,
And teaching them his ways.

PSALM XXV. 15-18, 20.

I. Watts.

HEREFORD.

A-men.

S. M.

L. Mason.

Ι

I MINE eyes and my desire

Are ever to the Lord;

I love to plead his promises,
And rest upon his word.

2 Turn, turn thee to my soul,
Bring thy salvation near;
When will thy hand release my feet
Out of the deadly snare?

3 When shall the sovereign grace
Of my forgiving God

Restore me from those dangerous ways
My wandering feet have trod?

4 O keep my soul from death,

Nor put my hope to shame;
For I have placed my only trust
In my Redeemer's name.

A-men.

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THE

HE Lord of glory is my light,
And my salvation too;

God is my strength, nor will I fear
What all my foes can do.

2 One privilege my heart desires;
O grant me an abode

Among the churches of thy saints,
The temples of my God.

3 There shall I offer my requests,
And see thy beauty still;

Shall hear thy messages of love,
And there inquire thy will.

4 When troubles rise, and storms appear,
There may his children hide;
God has a strong pavilion, where
He makes my soul abide.

5 Now shall my head be lifted high
Above my foes around;

And songs of joy and victory
Within thy temple sound.

PSALM XXXI. 5, 14, 19, 20.

H. F. Lyte.

A-men.

STEGGALL. S. M.

C. Steggall.