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XVII.

Character and Perfections of God,

Works of God in Nature,

Divine Providence and Government,

Mission and Nativity of Christ,

Office and Mediation of Christ,

Example of Christ,

Sufferings and Death of Christ,

Resurrection and Glory of Christ,

Kingdom and Church of Christ,

The Influence of God's Holy Spirit,

The Scriptures,

Supplication for the Divine Favour and Assis-

tance,

The Danger and Misery of Sin,

Repentance and Conversion,

The Joy and Happiness of True Christians, 179

The Christian Character and Life, in general, 189

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COLLECTION OF HYMNS.

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PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING.

HYMN 1. L. M.

BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne,

Ye nations bow with sacred joy:

Know that the Lord is God alone;
He can create, and he destroy.

2 His sov'reign pow'r, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and form'd us men;
And, when like wand' ring sheep we stray'd,
He brought us to his fold again.

3 We are his people, we his care,

Our souls and all our mortal frame:
What lasting honours shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to thy name?

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

5 Wide as the world is thy command;
Vast as eternity thy love;

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

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HYMN 2. L. M.

Y God, my Life, thy various praise
Shall fill the remnant of my days;
Thy grace employ my thankful tongue,
Till death improve the grateful song.
2 The wings of ev'ry hour shall bear
Some thankful tribute to thine ear;
And ev'ry setting sun shall see
New works of duty done for thee.
3 But who can speak thy wondrous deeds?
Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds.
Vast and unsearchable thy ways,
Vast and unceasing be thy praise.

4 Let endless honours crown thy head;
Let ev'ry age thy praises spread;
While we with cheerful songs approve
The condescension of thy love.

HYMN 3. C. M.

1 E humble souls, approach your God With songs of sacred praise;

For He is good, immensely good,
And kind are all his ways.

2 All nature owns his guardian care;
In him we live and move:
But nobler benefits declare
The wonders of his love.

3 He gave his Son, his only Son,
To ransom rebel worns.

'Tis here he makes his goodness known In its diviner forms.

4 To this dear refuge, Lord, we come;
'Tis here our hope relies;

A safe defence, a peaceful home,
When storms of trouble rise.

5 Thine eye beholds with kind regard
The souls who trust in thee;

Their humble hope thou wilt reward
With bliss divinely free.

6 Great God, to thy almighty love
What honours shall we raise?
Not all the raptur'd songs above
Can render equal praise.

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HYMN 4. C. M.

ORD, when our raptur'd thought surveys
Creation's beauties o'er;

All nature joins to teach thy praise,
And bids our souls adore.

2 Where'er we turn our gazing eyes,
Thy radiant footsteps shine;
Ten thousand pleasing wonders rise,
And speak their source divine.

3 The living tribes of countless forms
In earth and sea and air,

The meanest flies, the smallest worms,
Almighty pow'r declare.

4 Thy wisdom, pow'r, and goodness, Lord,
In all thy works appear:
And, O! let man thy praise record,
Man, thy distinguish'd care!

5 From thee the breath of life he drew;
That breath thy pow'r maintains ;
Thy tender mercy, ever new,

His brittle frame sustains.

6 Yet nobler favours claim his praise,
Of reason's light possess'd,

By revelation's brightest rays
Still more divinely bless'd.

7 Ou us thy providence has shone With gentle, smiling rays;

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O may our lips and lives make known
Thy goodness and thy praise!

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HYMN 5. L. M.

IVE to our God immortal praise!
Mercy and truth are all his ways.
Wonders of grace to God belong:
Repeat his mercies in your song.
2 Give to the Lord of lords renown;
The King of kings with glory crown.
His mercies ever shall endure,

When lords and kings are known no more.

3 He built the earth, he spread the sky,
And fix'd the starry lights on high.
Wonders of grace to God belong:
Repeat his mercies in your song.
4 He fills the sun with morning light;
He bids the moon direct the night.
His mercies ever shall endure,

When suns and moons shall shine no more.

5 He sent his Son with pow'r to save
From guilt, and darkness, and the grave.
Wonders of grace to God belong :

Repeat his mercies in your song.

6 Through this vain world he guides our feet, And leads us to his heav'nly seat.

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His mercies ever shall endure,

When this vain world shall be no more.

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ROM all that dwell below the skies,
Let the Creator's praise arise;

Let the Redeemer's name be sung
Through ev'ry land, by ev'ry tongue.