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SET FORTH IN GENERAL CONVENTIONS OF SAID CHURCH, IN THE YEARS
OF OUR LORD, 1789, 1808, AND 1826.

STEREOTYPED BY L. JOHNSON, PHILADELPHIA.

Philadelphia:

PUBLISHED BY S. F. BRADFORD.

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1827.

I DO hereby certify, that this edition of the 'Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the United States of America, set forth in General Conventions of said Church, in the years of our Lord, 1789, 1808, and 1826, has been compared and corrected by the standard stereotype edition, and is permitted to be published as a stereotype edition, duly compared and corrected by a suitable person appointed for that purpose. WM. WHITE,

Philadelphia, May 5th, 1827.

Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to wit:

BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the nineteenth day of April, in the fifty-first year of the independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1827, the Right Reverend Wm. White, the Rev. Jackson Kemper, Wm. Meredith and Horace Binney, a committee of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the United States of America, in the year 1826, of the said District, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit:

"Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the United States of America. Set forth in General Conventions of said Church, in the years of our Lord, 1789, 1808, and 1826."

In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, intituled, “An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned"-And also to the act entitled, "An act supplementary to an act, entitled, "An act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints." D. CALDWELL,

Clerk of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

HYMNS.

1. THE HOLY SCRIPTURES.

HYMN 1.

(C. M.)

1

G

REAT God! with wonder and with praise
On all thy works I look;

But still thy wisdom, power, and grace,
Shine brightest in thy book.

2 The stars, that in their courses roll,
Have much instruction given;
But thy good word informs my soul
How I may soar to heaven.

3 The fields provide me food, and show
The goodness of the Lord;

But fruits of life and glory grow
In thy most holy word.

4 Here are my choicest treasures hid;
Here my best comfort lies;

Here my

desires are satisfied,

And here my hopes arise.

5 Lord, make me understand thy law,
Show what my faults have been,
And from thy Gospel let me draw
Pardon for all my sin.

6 Here would I learn how Christ has died
To save my soul from hell;
Not all the books on earth beside,
Such heavenly wonders tell.

7 Then let me love my Bible more,
And take a fresh delight,

By day to read these wonders o'er,
And meditate by night.

1

F

HYMN 2.

ATHER of mercies! in thy word
What endless glory shines!

For ever be thy name ador'd,

For these celestial lines.

(C. M.)

2 Here may the wretched sons of want
Exhaustless riches find;

Riches above what earth can grant,
And lasting as the mind.

3 Here the fair tree of knowledge grows,
And yields a free repast;
Sublimer sweets than nature knows
Invite the longing taste.

4 Here the Redeemer's welcome voice
Spreads heavenly peace around;
And life and everlasting joys,
Attend the blissful sound.

5 O may these heavenly pages be
My ever dear delight;

And still new beauties may I see,
And still increasing light.

6 Divine instructor, gracious Lord,
Be thou for ever near;

Teach me to love thy sacred word,
And view my Saviour there.

G

REAT first of beings! mighty Lord
Of all this wondrous frame!

Produc'd by thy creating word,

The world from nothing came.

2 Thy voice sent forth the high command, "Twas instantly obey'd;

And through thy goodness all things stand, Which by thy pow'r were made.

3 Lord! for thy glory-shine the whole;
They all reflect thy light:

For this in course the planets roll,
And day succeeds the night.

4 For this-the sun disperses heat
And beams of cheering day;
And distant stars, in order set,
By night thy pow'r display.