And, though deliv'rance long delay, Answers in his well-chosen day. 2 Salvation doth to God belong;

His pow'r and grace shall be our song; The tribute of our love we bring To thee, our Saviour and our King. 3 Our temples, guarded from the flame, Shall echo thy triumphant name; And ev'ry peaceful private home To thee a temple shall become. 4 Still be it our supreme delight, To walk as in thine honour'd sight; Still in thy precepts and thy fear, Till life's last hour, to persevere. 5 O when shall time the period bring, When peace shall stretch her balmy wing O'er ev'ry land and ev'ry shore, And raging war shall waste no more!

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HYMN 425. L. M.

AD not the Lord, may Israel say,
Had not the Lord maintain'd our side,
When men, to make our lives a prey,

Rose like the swelling of the tide ;

2 The swelling tide had stopp'd our breath,
So fiercely did the billows roll:
We had been swallow'd up in death;
The waters had o'erwhelm'd our soul.

3 For ever blessed be the Lord,

Who broke the fowler's deadly snare; Who sav'd us from the threat'ning sword, And made our lives his watchful care.

4 Our help is in Jehovah's name,

Who form'd the earth and built the skies;

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Who still upholds all nature's frame,
And guards his church with wakeful eyes.

HYMN 426. P. M. 10s & 11s.

NOW

OW let our songs address the God of peace Who bids the tumult of the battle cease; The pointed spears to pruning-hooks he bends, And the broad falchion in the plough-share ends. His pow'rful word unites contending nations In kind embrace and friendly salutations. 2 While we beneath our vines and fig-trees sit, Or thus within thy sacred temple meet, Accept, great God! the tribute of our song, And all the mercies of this day prolong. Then spread thy peaceful word thro' ev'ry nation, That all the earth may hail thy great salvation.

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HYMN 427. P. M. 7s.

PDwell with rapture on the theme.

EACE! the welcome sound proclaim;

Loud, still louder swell the strain :
Peace on earth! good-will to men!
2 Breezes! whisp'ring soft and low,
Gently murmur as ye blow,

Now, when war and discord cease,
Praises to the God of

peace.

3 Ocean's billows! far and wide, Rolling in majestic pride!

Loud, still louder swell the strain: Peace on earth! good-will to men! 4 Vocal songsters of the grove ! Sweetly chant in notes of love, Now, when war and discord cease, Praises to the God of peace.

5 Mortals, who these blessings feel!
Christians, who before him kneel!
Loud, still louder swell the strain:
Peace on earth, good-will to men!

5. FOR A CONGREGATION.

HYMN 428. L. M.

On Opening a new Place of Worship.
ND will the great eternal God

An earth establish his abode?

And will he from his radiant throne Regard our temples as his own? 2 We bring the tribute of our praise; And sing that condescending grace, Which to our notes will lend an ear, And call us, sinful mortals near. 3 Our Father's watchful care we bless, Which guards our house of pray'r in peace, That no tumultuous foes invade,

To fill the worshippers with dread.

4 These walls we to thine honour raise:
Long may they echo with thy praise;
And thou, descending, fill the place
With choicest tokens of thy grace.

5 And in the great decisive day,
When God the nations shall survey,
May it before the world appear,
That crowds were born to glory here!

HYMN 429. P. M. 6s & 8s.

1 IN sweet, exalted strains

The King of glory praise:

O'er heav'n and earth he reigns,
Through everlasting days.
He with a nod the world controls,
Sustains or sinks the distant poles.
2 To earth he bends his throne,
His throne of grace divine;
Wide is his bounty known,
And wide his glories shine.
Fair Salem, still his chosen rest,
Is with his smiles and

presence

3 Then King of glory! come; And with thy favour crown This temple as thy dome,

This people as thine own.

bless'd.

Within this house, O deign to show,
How God can dwell with men below.

4 Here may thine ears attend

Our interceding cries,
And grateful praise ascend
All fragrant to the skies.

Here may thy word melodious sound,
And spread the joys heav'n around.
5 Here may th' attentive throng
Imbibe thy truth and love;

And converts join the song
Of seraphim above;

And willing crowds surround thy board,.
With sacred joy and sweet accord.

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peace, here may our sons

And daughters sound thy praise;
And shine like polish'd stones,

Through long succeeding days.
Here, Lord! display thy saving pow'r,
While churches stand and saints adore.

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HYMN 430. L. M.

At the Ordination or Settlement of a Minister.

This sisters to preach his word;
THUS spake the Saviour, when he sent

They through the world obedient went,
And spread the gospel of their Lord.
2 "Go forth, ye heralds, in my name;
Bid the whole earth my grace receive;
The gospel jubilee proclaim,

And call them to repent and live. 3 "The joyful news to all impart,

And teach them where salvation lies;
Bind up the broken, bleeding heart,
And wipe the tear from weeping eyes.
4 "Be wise as serpents where you go,
But harmless as the peaceful dove;
And let your heaven-taught conduct show,
That you're commission'd from above
5 "Freely from me ye have receiv'd;
Freely in love to others give:

Thus shall your doctrines be believ'd,
And by your labour sinners live."
6 Happy those servants of the Lord,
Who thus their Master's will obey!
How rich, how full is their reward,
Reserv'd until the final day!

HYMN 431. L. M.

REAT Lord of angels! we adore

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The grace that builds thy courts below:

And, midst ten thousand sons of light,

Stoops to regard what mortals do!