SELECTION

OF

Psalms and Hymns,

FOR THE

USE OF THE CONGREGATION

OF

St. Stephen's Church,

147.

REDDITCH.

"Serve the Lord with gladness, and come before His presence
with a song."

MAUND AND PALMER, BROMSGROVE; AND
W. T. HEMMING, REDDITCH.

1855.

26.242.

ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL.

Preface.

A new Collection of Psalms and Hymns having long been much needed, and thinking the present, when we are about to take possession of the New Church, a fit opportunity for introducing one, I have selected from different sources the following, believing that it will be found sufficiently comprehensive to meet every occasion of Divine Worship, as well as adapted to move the hearts of the Worshippers. And may God shed His blessing upon the use of it, that it may tend to the edification of His holy Church, the salvation of souls, and the promotion of His honor and glory.

GEO. FRED. FESSEY.

REDDITCH PARSONAGE.

SELECTION.

PART I.

The Psalms.

PSALM 1.

The blessedness of the righteous, and the end of the ungodly.

How blest is he who ne'er hath lent
To wicked men his ear;

Nor trod in sinful paths, nor sat
The scorner's voice to hear.

But makes the will and word of God
His study and delight;
Devoutly reads therein by day,
And meditates by night.

For he shall prosper like a tree
Planted the waters nigh;
Whose boughs, unwithering, in due time
Their plenteous fruit supply.

For God approves the good man's ways,
To happiness they tend;

But all the paths that sinners tread,
In sure destruction end.

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