.p cr 5 O glorious hour! O blest abode! I shall be near, and like my God; And flesh and sin no more control The sacred pleasures of the soul. pp 6 My flesh shall slumber in the ground 'Till the last trumpet's joyful sound; Then burst the chains, with sweet surprise, And in my Saviour's image rise. cr vi. f 18. FIRST PART. L. M.-Luton. ex. Deliverance from temptation and despair. 1 THEE will I love, O Lord, my strength, agll 2 Death, and the terrors of the grave, p Stood round me with their dismal shade; 3 I saw the op'ning gates of hell, With endless pains and sorrows there, 4 In my distress I call'd my God, When I could scarce believe him mine, He bow'd his ear to my complaint, Then did his grace appear divine. f 5 My song for ever shall record cr 18. That terrible, that joyful hour; SECOND PART. L. M.-Uxbridge. 1 LORD, thou hast seen my soul sincere, Before mine eyes I set thy laws, And thou hast own'd my righteous cause. [2 Since I have learn'd thy holy ways, I've walk'd upright before thy face; Or if my feet did e'er depart, 'Twas not with a presumptuous heart.] ex 3 What sore temptations broke my rest! !! 4 The sin that close besets me still, That works and strives against my will; 5 With an impartial hand, the Lord 6 The just and pure shall ever say Thou art more pure, more just, than they f. ex But men that love revenge shall know God hath an arm of vengeance too. 18. THIRD PART. L. M.-Park-street. !! 1 JUST are thy ways, and true thy word, Great Rock of my secure abode; Who is a God besides the Lord? cr -P And where's a refuge like our God? 18. FOURTH PART. C. M.-Colchester. Victory over temporal enemies. d 1 WE love thee, Lord, and we adore: Thou art our strength, our heavenly tower cr 2 We fly to our eternal Rock, His holy name our lips invoke, 3 When God, our leader, shines in arms, f. ex The thunder of his loud alarms, vi 4 He rides upon the winged wind; And angels in array, m ff 5 In millions wait to know his mind, He speaks, and at his fierce rebuke His voice, his power, his angry look, di 6 Oft has the Lord whole nations bless'd 18. cr The powers, that give his people rest, FIFTH PART. 10's.- Portsea. New 50th. Applied to the American Revolution. 1 TO bless the Lord our God in strains divine, With thankful hearts and raptur'd voices join : To us what wonders his right hand hath shown, Mercies his chosen tribes have scarcely known: Like David blest, begin th' enraptur'd song, Let praise and joy awaken every tongue. f 2 When, fir'd to rage, against our nation rose Chiefs of proud name, and bands of haughty foes, P cr He train❜d our hosts to fight, with arms ar- With health invigor'd, and with bounty fed, 3 No more against our land let strangers rise, cr 4 But 0, thou Power belov'd! our shores di cr f 19. around Be every virtue, every blessing found: Here bid thy seasons crown the fruitful plain; Here bid fair peace extend her blissful reign; Let laws, let justice hold perpetual sway, The soul unfetter'd and the conscience free. 5 With clearest splendor, here, let knowledge shine, Here, every glory beam from truth divine; Till nations shall become thy bright abode, FIRST PART. 8. M.-Watchman. 1 BEHOLD, the lofty sky 2 The darkness and the light Dwight. Still keep their course the same; di 3 In every diff'rent land, cr Their gen'ral voice is known: f 4 Let Christian lands rejoice, 11 5 His laws are just and pure, [6 While of thy works I sing, Accept the praise, my God, my King SECOND PART. 8. M.-Clapton. 19. The Bible-watchfulness, &c.--for the Lord's day morning. cr f 1 BEHOLD, the morning sun His beams through all the nations run, 2 But where the gospel comes, It spreads diviner light: It calls dead sinners from their tombs, di 3 How perfect is thy word, And all thy judgments just! 4 My gracious God, how plain PAUSE. 5 I hear thy word with love, aff 6 0, who can ever find The errors of his ways? Yet, with a bold presumptuous mind, 7 Warn me of ev'ry sin; Forgive my secret faults: And cleanse this guilty soul of mine, 19. THIRD PART. L. M.-Rothwell. Sterling. |