2 O may this bounteous God
Through all our life be near us,
With ever joyful hearts
And blessed peace to cheer us;
And keep us in his grace,

3.

And guide us when perplexed,
And free us from all ills

In this world and the next.

All praise and thanks to God
The Father now be given,

The Son, and him who reigns
With them in highest heaven,
The One eternal God,

Whom earth and heaven adore ;

For thus it was, is now,

And shall be evermore.

534 Ps. 148.

PRAISE

Amen.

T. B. Browne of Mellington, 1817-89. Laudate Dominum.

RAISE the Lord of heaven; praise him in the height;

Praise him, all ye Angels; praise him, stars and light;

Praise him, skies and waterș, which above the skies,

When his word commanded, stablished did arise. 2 Praise the Lord, ye fountains of the deeps and

seas,

Rocks and hills and mountains, cedars and all trees;

Praise him, clouds and vapours, snow and hail and fire,

Stormy wind fulfilling only his desire.

3. Praise him, fowls and cattle, princes and all kings; Praise him, men and maidens, all created things; For the name of God is excellent alone;

On the earth his footstool, over heaven his throne.

535 Ps. 148. PRAIST

Foundling Hospital Coll. (1796).
RAISE the Lord! ye heavens, adore him;
Praise him, Angels, in the height;

Sun and moon, rejoice before him,
Praise him, all ye stars and light :
Praise the Lord! for he hath spoken,
Worlds his mighty voice obeyed;
Laws, which never shall be broken,
For their guidance hath he made.
2 Praise the Lord! for he is glorious;
Never shall his promise fail;
God hath made his Saints victorious,
Sin and death shall not prevail.
Praise the God of our salvation;
Hosts on high, his power proclaim;
Heaven and earth, and all creation,
Laud and magnify his name!

3. Worship, honour, glory, blessing,
Lord, we offer to thy name;
Young and old, thy praise expressing,
Join their Saviour to proclaim.
As the Saints in heaven adore thee,
We would bow before thy throne;
As thine Angels serve before thee,
So on earth thy will be done.

536

J. Neander, 1650-80. Tr. C. Winkworth and others.
Lobe den Herren.

PRAISE

RAISE to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation;

O my soul, praise him, for he is thy health and

salvation :

All ye who hear,

Brothers and sisters draw near,
Praise him in glad adoration.

2 Praise to the Lord, who o'er all things so wondrously reigneth,

Shelters thee under his wings, yea, so gently sustaineth:

Hast thou not seen

How thy entreaties have been
Granted in what he ordaineth?

3 Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work, and defend thee;

Surely his goodness and mercy here daily attend thee:

Ponder anew

What the Almighty can do,

If with his love he befriend thee.

4* Praise to the Lord, who, when tempests their warfare are waging,

Who, when the elements madly around thee are raging,

Biddeth them cease,

Turneth their fury to peace,
Whirlwinds and waters assuaging.

5* Praise to the Lord, who when sickness with terror uniting,

Deaf to entreaties of mortals, its victims is smiting,
Pestilence quells,

Sickness and fever dispels,
Grateful thanksgiving inviting.

6* Praise to the Lord, who when darkness of sin is abounding,

Who, when the godless do triumph, all virtue con

founding,

Sheddeth his light,

Chaseth the horrors of night,
Saints with his mercy surrounding.

7. Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore

him!

All that hath life and breath come now with praises before him!

537

Let the amen

Sound from his people again :
Gladly for ay we adore him.

R

Sir H. W. Baker, 1821-77.

EJOICE to-day with one accord,
Sing out with exultation;

Rejoice and praise our mighty Lord,
Whose arm hath brought salvation.
His works of love proclaim
The greatness of his name;
For he is God alone,

Who hath his mercy shown:

Let all his Saints adore him!
2. When in distress to him we cried
He heard our sad complaining;
O trust in him, whate'er betide,
His love is all-sustaining.

Triumphant songs of praise
To him our hearts shall raise ;
Now every voice shall say,
O praise our God alway:
Let all his Saints adore him!

The first verse may be repeated.

The following are sometimes suitable:

257 (11) Praise God, from whom all blessings flow. 309 For the beauty of the earth.

380 Come, ye faithful, raise the anthem. 461 O praise our great and gracious Lord. 475 Rejoice, O land, in God thy might. 478 Sing praise to God who reigns above.

494 The strain upraise of joy and praise.
517 Ye holy Angels bright.

519 Ye watchers and ye holy ones.

559 God of our fathers, unto thee.

564 The King, O God, his heart to thee upraiseth.

538

FATE

IN TIME OF TROUBLE.

F. L. Hosmer.

ATHER, to thee we look in all our sorrow, Thou art the fountain whence our healing flows;

Dark though the night, joy cometh with the

morrow;

Safely they rest who on thy love repose.

2 When fond hopes fail and skies are dark before us, When the vain cares that vex our life increase, Comes with its calm the thought that thou art o'er us,

And we grow quiet, folded in thy peace.

Nought shall affright us, on thy goodness leaning; Low in the heart faith singeth still her song; Chastened by pain we learn life's deeper meaning, And in our weakness thou dost make us strong. 4. Patient, O heart, though heavy be thy sorrows; Be not cast down, disquieted in vain ;

Yet shalt thou praise him, when these darkened furrows,

Where now he plougheth, wave with golden grain.

The following are also suitable:

394 God moves in a mysterious way.

435 Lord of our life, and God of our salvation.
455 O let him whose sorrow.

482 Still will we trust.

513 When our heads are bowed with woe.

557 From foes that would the land devour.