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568.

L. M.

WATTS..

The Mariner's Hymn. Ps. 107.

1 WOULD you behold the works of God,
His wonders in the world abroad,—
Go with the mariners, and trace
The unknown regions of the seas.

2 They leave their native shores behind,
And seize the favor of the wind;
Till God commands, and tempests rise
That heave the ocean to the skies.

3 When land is far, and death is nigh,
Lost to all hope, to God they cry:
His mercy hears their loud address,
And sends salvation in distress.

4 He bids the winds their wrath assuage ;-
The furious waves forget their rage;
'Tis calm; and sailors smile to see
The haven where they wished to be.

50 may the sons of men record

The wondrous goodness of the Lord!
Let them their private offerings bring,
And in the church his glory sing.

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L. M.

The Same.

C.WESLEY.

1 LORD of the wide-extended main !

Whose power the winds and seas controls, Whose hand doth earth and heaven sustain, Whose spirit leads believing souls ;

2 Throughout the deep thy footsteps shine;
We own thy way is in the sea,
O'erawed by majesty divine,

And lost in thine immensity!

3 Infinite God! thy greatness spanned These heavens, and meted out the skies; Lo, in the hollow of thy hand,

The measured waters sink and rise.

4 Thee to perfection who can tell?
Earth and her sons beneath thee lie
Lighter than dust within thy scale,
And less than nothing in thine eye.
5 Yet in thy Son, divinely great,
We claim thy providential care;
Boldly we stand before thy seat,-
Our Advocate hath placed us there.
6 With him we are gone up on high,
Since he is ours, and we are his;
With him we reign above the sky,
And walk upon the subject seas.

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L. M. 61.

ANONYMOUS.

The Same.

1 LORD of the sea!-thy potent sway
Old ocean's wildest waves obey;

The gale that whistles through the shrouds,
The storm that drives the frighted clouds,-
If but thy whisper order peace,

How soon their rude commotions cease!
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2 Lord of the sea!-the seaman keep
From all the dangers of the deep!
When high the white-capped billows rise,
When tempests roar along the skies,
When foes or shoals awaken fear,-
O! in thy mercy be thou near!

3 Lord of the sea!-when, safe from harm,
The sailor rests in slumbers calm,
May dreams of home his spirit cheer,-
Dreams that shall never false appear;

May thoughts of friends, and peace, and thee,
His solid consolations be!

4 Lord of the sea!-a sea is life,

Of care and sorrow, woe and strife!
With watchful pains we steer along,
To keep the right path, shun the wrong:
God grant, that after every roam,
We gain an everlasting home!

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C. M.

WATTS.

The Same. Ps. 107.

1 THY works of glory, mighty Lord!
Thy wonders in the deeps,
The sons of courage shall record,
Who trade in floating ships.

2 At thy command the winds arise,
And swell the towering waves;
The men, astonished, mount the skies,
And sink in gaping graves.

3 Then to the Lord they raise their cries!
He hears their loud request,

And orders silence through the skies,
And lays the floods to rest.

4 Sailors rejoice to lose their fears,
And see the storm allayed:
Now to their eyes the port appears;
There let their vows be paid.

5 'Tis God that brings them safe to land; Let stupid mortals know

That waves are under his command,
And all the winds that blow.

6 O that the sons of men would praise
The goodness of the Lord!

And those that see thy wondrous ways,
Thy wondrous love record.

OCCASIONS IN PRIVATE AND FAMILY DEVOTION.

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*DODDRIDGE & MERRICK.

Family Worship. Ps. 128.

1 BLEST is the man who fears the Lord,
And walks by his unerring word;
Comfort and peace his days attend,
And God will ever prove his friend.
2 To him who condescends to dwell
With saints in their obscurest cell,
Be our domestic altars raised,
And daily let his name be praised.

3 To him may each assembled house
Present their night and morning vows;
Their servants and their rising race
Be taught his precepts and his grace.

4 Then shall the charms of wedded love
Still more delightful blessings prove;
And parents' hearts shall overflow
With joy that parents only know.

5 When nature droops, our aged eyes
Shall see our children's children rise;
Till pleased and thankful we remove,
And join the family above.

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