e 2 Who knows the wonders of thy ways! Who shall fulfil thy boundless praise! o 4 0 may I see thy tribes rejoice, Join'd to thy saints, and near to thee. S. M. Dover. [*] V.7, 8, 12-14,43-48.-Israel punished and pardoned. OD of eternal love, How fickle are our ways! And yet, how oft did Israel prove Thy constancy of grace! 2 They saw thy wonders wrought, And then thy praise they sung; e But soon thy works of pow'r forgot, And murmur'd with their tongue. 3 Now they believe his word, While rocks with rivers flow; e Now with their lusts provoke the Lord, Till he reduce them low. 4 Yet when they mourn'd their faults, He hearken'd to their groans; Brought his own cov'nant to his tho'ts, And call'd them still his sons. 5 Their names were in his book; He sav'd them from their foes: Oft he chastis'd, but ne'er forsook, The people whom he chose o 6 Let Israel bless the Lord, Who lov'd their ancient race: • And Christians join the solemn word, Amen, to all the praise. PSALM 107. L. M. FIRST PART. Shoel. [*] 1 Israel led to Canaan; Christians to Heaven. IVE thanks to God:-he reigns above; His mercy ages past have known, 4 There they could find no leading road, Nor food, nor fountain to assuage Their burning thirst, or hunger's rage.] 5 In their distress, to God they cry'd ; God was their Saviour and their Guide: He led their march far wand'ring round; 'Twas the right path to Canaan's ground. 6 So, when our first release we gain From sin's own yoke, and Satan's chain, We have this desert world to pass, A dang'rous and a tiresome place, 7 He feeds and clothes us all the way, He guides our footsteps, lest we stray; He guards us with a powerful hand, And brings us to the heav'nly land. o 8 0 let us, then, with joy record The truth and goodness of the Lord! e How great his works! how kind his ways! u Let ev'ry tongue pronounce his praise. 1 L. M. SECOND PART. Bath. [*] FR ROM age to age, exalt his name; love. e 2 But, if their hearts rebel, and rise Against the God who rules the skies; If they reject his heav'nly word, And slight the counsels of the Lord ;-3 He'll bring their spirits to the ground, And no deliv'rance shall be found; a Laden with grief, they waste their breath, In darkness and the shades of death. -4 Then to the Lord they raise their cries; o He makes the dawning light arise, And scatters all that dismal shade That hung so heavy round their head. 5 He cuts the bars of brass in two, And lets the smiling pris'ner through; Takes off the load of guilt and grief, And gives the lab'ring soul relief. 06 0 may the sons of men record The wondrous goodness of the Lord! L. M. THIRD PART. Pleyel's. [*] What pains, what loathsome maladies 2 The drunkard feels his vitals waste; 3 The glutton groans and loaths to eat ; The deadly sentence God repeals, 6 O may the sons of men record 1 L. M. FOURTH PART. Oporto. [*] WOULwyou be ho the world abroad OULD you behold the works of God, Go with the mariners, and trace 2 They leave their native shores behind, o 3 Now to the heavens they mount amain, e 4 When land is far, and death is nigh, o 5 He bids the winds their wrath assuage, The wondrous goodness of the Lord! -Let them their private off'rings bring, o And in the church his glory sing. C. M. Wareham. [*] The Mariner's Psalm. T Thy wonders in the deeps, The sons of courage shall record, o 2 At thy command the winds arise, o The men, astonish'd, mount the skies, And sink in gaping graves. -3 [Again they climb the wat'ry hills, d 4 Frighted to hear the tempest roar, -5 Then to the Lord they raise their cries, g And orders silence through the skies, And lays the floods to rest. u 6 Sailors rejoice to lose their fears, Now to their eyes the port appears; -7 'Tis God who brings them safe to land; That waves are under his command, o 8 0 that the sons of men would praise -And those, who see thy wondrous ways, L. M. FOURTH PART. Moreton. Leeds. [*] Colonies and Nations blest and punished. 1W Scourges the madness of the times, THEN God, provok'd with daring crimes, He turns their fields to barren sand, 2 His word can raise the springs again, 3 Where nothing dwelt, but beasts of prey, 4 They sow the fields, and trees they plant, |