O THOU, whose glory and whose grace
Celestial hosts proclaim,

Look down from heaven, thy dwelling-place,

Teach us to fear thy Name.

Within the volume of thy word,

We, from our early youth,
Learn of our Saviour and our Lord,
The Way, the Life, the Truth.

Thy word displays the concord sweet
Of fear and holy love:
Mercy and truth together meet,
Descending from above.

O Lord! thy glory and thy grace
Whilst now our lips proclaim,
Come to our hearts, thy dwelling-place,
And make us fear thy Name.

196.

SHEPHERD of Israel, from above
Thy feeble flock behold;
And let us never lose thy love,
Nor wander from thy fold.

C. M.

Thou wilt not cast thy lambs away;
Thy hand is ever near,

To guide them lest they go astray,
And keep them safe from fear.

We want thy help, for we are frail;
Thy light, for we are blind:
Let grace o'er all our doubts prevail,
To prove that Thou art kind.

Teach us the things we ought to know,
And may we find them true;
And still in stature as we grow,
Increase in wisdom too.

END OF THE YEAR.

197.

DAY of Judgment, day of wonders!
Hark! the trumpet's awful sound,
Louder than a thousand thunders,
Shakes the vast creation round!
How the summons

Will the sinner's heart confound!

See the Judge our nature wearing,
Cloth'd in majesty divine!
You who long for his appearing
Then shall in his glory shine.
Gracious Saviour!

Own me in that day for thine!

Then to those who have confessed,
Loved, and served the Lord below,
He will say,
"Come near, ye blessed,

See the kingdom I bestow :

You for ever

Shall my love and glory know."

P. M.

WHILE, with ceaseless course, the sun
Hasted through the former year,

Many souls their race have run,

Never more to meet us here.

Fix'd in an eternal state,

They have done with all below;

We a little longer wait,

But how little none can know.

Swiftly thus our fleeting days

Bear us down life's rapid stream!
Lord, to heaven our wishes raise;
All on earth is but a dream.
Bless thy word to young and old ;
Fill us with the Saviour's love;
And, when life's short tale is told,
May we dwell with Thee above.

GREAT God! what do I see and hear!

The end of things created!

The Judge of mankind doth appear
On clouds of glory seated.

The trumpet sounds! the graves restore
The dead, which they contain'd before!
Prepare, my soul, to meet Him.

200.

O GOD, our Help in ages past,
Our Hope for years to come,
Our Shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal Home!

C. M.

Under the shadow of thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure :
Sufficient is thine arm alone,
And our defence is sure.

Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God,
To endless years the same.

A thousand ages, in thy sight,

Are like an evening gone;

Short as the watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun.

Time, like an ever-rolling stream,

Bears all its sons away;

They fly, forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.

O God! our Help in ages past,
Our Hope for years to come;

Be Thou our Guard while troubles last,
And our eternal Home!

DOXOLOGIES.

1.

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

The God whom we adore,

Be glory, as it was, is now,

And shall be evermore.

2.

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

C. M.

L. M.

The God whom earth and heaven adore,

Be glory, as it was of old,

Is now, and shall be evermore.

PRAISE God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host,

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.