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Lord, Thou hast searched me, and known me.-Ps. 139. 1.

1 LORD, Thou hast searched and seen me
through;

Thine eye commands with piercing view
My rising and my resting hours,

My heart and flesh with all their powers. 2 My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known;

He knows the words I mean to speak,
Ere from my opening lips they break.
3 Within Thy circling power I stand,
On every side I find Thy hand:
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.
4 Amazing knowledge! vast and great!
What large extent! what lofty height!
My soul, with all the powers I boast,
Is in the boundless prospect lost.
5 O may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!
Nor let my feeble passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there!

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Do not I fill heaven and earth saith the Lord.-Jer. 23. 24. ATHER and Friend! Thy light, Thy love, Beaming through all Thy works we see, Thy glory gilds the heavens above,

And all the earth is full of Thee.

2 Thy voice we hear-Thy presence feel, Whilst Thou, too pure for mortal sight, Involved in clouds-invisible,

Reignest the Lord of life and light.

3 We know not in what hallowed part
Of the wide heavens Thy throne may be:

But this we know, that where Thou art, Strength, wisdom, goodness dwell with Thee. 4 Thy children shall not faint nor fear, Sustained by this delightful thought, Since Thou their God art everywhere, They cannot be where Thou art not.

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Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at His footstool.
-Ps. 99. 5.

EXALT the Lord our God,

And worship at His feet;

His nature is all holiness,
And mercy is His seat.
When Israel was His church,

When Aaron was His priest,

When Moses cried, when Samuel prayed,
He gave His people rest.

Oft He forgave their sins,

Nor would destroy their race;

And oft He made His vengeance known,
When they abused His grace.

4 Exalt the Lord our God,

Whose grace is still the same;
Still He's a God of holiness,
And jealous for His name.

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I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever.-Ps. 89. 1.

1 MY never-ceasing song shall show

The mercies of the Lord,

And make succeeding ages know
How faithful is His word.

2 The sacred truths His lips pronounce
Shall firm as heaven endure;

And, if He speak a promise once,
The eternal grace is sure.

3 How long the race of David held
The promised Jewish throne!
But there's a nobler covenant sealed
To David's greater Son.

4 Lord God of Hosts, Thy wondrous ways Are sung by saints above;

And saints on earth their honours raise
To Thine unchanging love.

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GOD

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God is love.-1 John 4. 8.

OD is love: His mercy brightens
All the path in which we rove;
Bliss He wakes, and woe He lightens :
God is wisdom, God is love.

2 Death and change are busy ever,
Man decays, and ages move;
But His mercy waneth never:
God is wisdom, God is love.

3 E'en the hour that darkness seemeth
Will His changeless goodness prove.
From the cloud His brightness streameth:
God is wisdom, God is love.

4 He with earthly cares entwineth
Hope and comfort from above;
Everywhere His glory shineth :
God is wisdom, God is love.

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My God shall supply all your need.-Phil. 4. 19.

Y God!-how cheerful is the sound,
How pleasant to repeat!

Well may that heart with pleasure bound,
Where God hath fixed His seat.

2 What want shall not our God supply
From His abundant stores ?

What streams of mercy from on high
An arm Almighty pours!

3 From Christ, the ever-living spring,
These ample blessings flow:
Prepare, my lips, His name to sing,
Whose heart has loved us so.

4 Now, to our Father and our God,
Be endless glory given,

Through all the realms of man's abode,
And through the highest heaven.

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Bless ye the Lord, all ye His hosts.-Ps. 103. 21.
GOD! we praise Thee, and confess
That Thou the only Lord

And everlasting Father art,
By all the earth adored.

2 To Thee all angels cry aloud;
To Thee the powers on high,
Both cherubim and seraphim,
Continually do cry;

3 O Holy, Holy, Holy Lord,
Whom heavenly hosts obey,
The world is with the glory filled
Of Thy majestic sway.

4 The apostles' glorious company,
And prophets, crowned with light,
With all the martyrs' noble host,
Thy constant praise recite.

5 The holy church throughout the world,
O Lord, confesses Thee,
Eternal Father! infinite

In boundless majesty:

6 Eternal Son! the Christ who came Redemption to confer :

Eternal Spirit! Holy Ghost,
The Almighty Comforter!

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Praise the Lord, all ye nations.-Ps. 117. 1.

1 FROM all that dwell below the skies
Let the Creator's praise arise:
Let the Redeemer's name be sung
Through every land, by every tongue.
2 Eternal are Thy mercies, Lord;
Eternal truth attends Thy word:

Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set no more.

THE WORK OF GOD IN CREATION.

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He that built all things is God. Heb. 8. 4.

1 ISING the Almighty power of God,

That made the mountains rise, That spread the flowing seas abroad, And built the lofty skies.

2 I sing the wisdom that ordained
The sun to rule the day;

The moon shines full at His command,
And all the stars obey.

3 I sing the goodness of the Lord,
That filled the earth with food;
He formed all creatures with His word,
And then pronounced them good.

4 There's not a plant or flower below
But makes His glories known;
And clouds arise, and tempests blow,
By order from His throne.