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PSALM XXXVi. 7. EPHESIANS iii. 19.

AWAKE, our souls in joyful lays,

L. M.

To sing the great Redeemer's praise; Our lips and lives should join to tell, That he has saved from sin and hell. 2 He saw us ruined in the fall, Yet loved us notwithstanding all; He saved us from our lost estate, His loving-kindness, Oh how great! 3 Though numerous hosts of mighty foes; Though earth and hell our way oppose; He safely leads our souls along, His loving-kindness, Oh how strong! 4 Often we feel our sinful heart, Prone from our Saviour to depart; But though we have him oft forgot, His loving-kindness changes not. 5 Soon shall we pass the gloomy vale; Soon all our mortal powers must fail; Oh! may our last expiring breath His loving-kindness sing in death. 6 Then let us mount and soar away, To the bright world of endless day; And sing with rapture and surprise His loving-kindness in the skies.

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AWAKE, our souls! stretch every nerve,

And press with vigour on;

The heavenly race demands our zeal,
And an immortal crown.

2 A cloud of witnesses around,
Hold us in full survey;
Forget the steps already trod,
And onward urge your way.

3 'Tis God's all-animating voice
That calls us from on high;
'Tis his own hand presents the prize,
And brings salvation nigh.

4 Blessed Saviour, through thy grace alone, Have we our race begun;

And crowned with victory at thy feet
We'll lay our honors down.

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PSALM C. GENESIS ii. 7.

BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne
Ye nations bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone,
He can create, and he destroy.

L. M.

2 His sovereign power, our race has made,
Made us of dust, and formed us men,
And when like wandering sheep we strayed,
He brought us to his fold again.

3 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs,
High as the heavens, our voices raise;
And earth with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.

4 Wide as the world is thy command,
Vast as eternity thy love;

Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.

1 BEFORE thy mercy seat O Lord

Behold thy servants stand,

To ask the knowledge of thy word,
The guidance of thy hand.

2 Lord from thy word remove the seal,
Unfold its hidden store ;

And teach us as we read to feel
Its value more and more.

3 Help us to see thy grace and love
Through all its pages shine;
All sloth and unbelief remove,
And make us wholly thine.

4 Let thy eternal truths, we pray,
Dwell richly in each heart;

That from the safe and narrow way
We never may depart.

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1 BEGO

ISAIAH xii. 2.

C. M.

10's.

EGONE unbelief, my Saviour is near, And for my relief will surely appear; Tho' dark be my way, since he is my guide, 'Tis mine to obey, 'tis his to provide.

2 His love, in time past, forbids me to think He'll leave me at last in trouble to sink;

Oh, can he have taught me to trust in his name And thus far have brought me, to put me to shame? 3 Why should I complain of want or distress, Temptation or pain? He told me no less; The heirs of salvation, I know from his word Thro' much tribulation, must follow their Lord. 4 How bitter his cup no heart can conceive That the wretched might hope, and the dying might live;

His way was much rougher and darker than mine, Did Jesus thus suffer and shall I repine?

5 Welcome all that I meet, I am saved by his blood, And trial is sweet, since it works for my good; Tho' painful at present, 't will cease before long, And then, Oh how pleasant the conqueror' song!

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PSALM XIX.

1 BEHOLD the lofty sky

Declares its Maker God;

And all his starry works on high
Publish his power abroad.

The darkness and the light

Still keep their course the same;
While night to day and day to night,
Their Maker's praise proclaim.
In every different land,

Their general voice is known;

They show the wonders of his hand,
The splendors of his throne.

S. M.

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That we have known his word: We are not left to nature's voice,

To bid us know the Lord.

His statutes and commands
Are set before our eyes;
He puts his gospel in our hands,
There our salvation lies.

6 His laws are right and just,
His truth is tried and pure;
His promises sustain our trust,
And his rewards are sure.

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PSALM XIX.

EHOLD the morning sun
Begins his glorious way:

His beams through all the nations run,
And light and life convey.

But where the gospel comes

It spreads diviner light;

It calls dead sinners from their tombs,

And gives the blind their sight.

3 How perfect is thy word,
And all thy judgments just!
For ever sure thy promise, Lord,
And men securely trust.

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Our gracious God, how plain
Are thy directions given!

S. M.