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my ways;
And try my reins, and try my heart;
My faith upon thy promise stays,
Nor from thy law my feet depart,

e 2 I hate to walk, I hate to sit
With men of vanity and lies;
The scoffer and the hypocrite
Are the abhorrence of my eyes.

o 3 Amongst thy saints will I appear, With hands well wash'd in innocence; e But when I stand before thy bar, The blood of Christ is my defence.

I love thy habitation, Lord, The temple where thine honours dwell; e There shall I hear thy holy word, And there thy works of wonder tell.

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C. M. SECOND PART.

Ver. 8, 9, 13, 14.

Prayer and Поре.

1 SOON as I heard my Father say, "Ye children, seek my grace," My heart reply'd without delay,

"I'll seek my Father's face.'

e 2 Let not thy face be hid from me, Nor frown my soul away;

e God of my life, I fly to thee In a distressing day.

e 3 Should friends and kindred, near and Leave me to want, or die; [dear,

o My God would make my life his care, And all my need supply.

-4 My fainting flesh had died with grief,
Had not my soul believ❜d,
To see thy grace provide relief-
Nor was my hope deceiv'd.

5 Wait on the Lord, ye trembling saints, And keep your courage up;

o He'll raise your spirit when it faints, And far exceed your hope.

BARBY. ST. ANN'S.

e The fearful hart and frighted hind, Leap at the terrour of the sound.

g 4 To Lebanon he turns his voice, And lo, the stately cedars brak; -The mountains tremble at the noise, The valles roar, the deserts quake.

5 The Lord sits sov'reign on the flood, The Thund'rer reigns for ever king; -But makes his church his blest abode, Where we his awful glories sing.

e 6 In gentler language there the Lord The counsels of his grace imparts; o Amidst the raging storm, his word Speaks peace and courage to our hearts.

PSALM 97.

PSALM 30. L. M. SECOND PART.

Ver. 6.

Health, Sickness, and Recovery.

1 bright, IRM was my health, my day was

And I presun'd 'twould ne'er be night; Fondly I said within my heart,

d "Pleasure and peace shall ne'er depart."

-2 But I forgot thine arm was strong, Which made my mountain stand so long, e Soon as thy face began to hide,

My health was gone, my comforts died.

-3 I cry'd aloud to thee, my God, e "What canst thou profit by my blood? "Deep in the dust, can I declare "Thy truth, or sing thy goodness there?

"Hear me, O God of grace! I said, "And bring me from among the dead:" Thy word rebuk'd the pains I felt, Thy pard'ning love remov'd my guilt.

-5 My groans,and tears,and forms of woe,
Are turn'd to joy and praises now;
I throw my sackcloth on the ground,
And ease and gladness gird me round

o 6 My tongue, the glory of my frame, Shall ne'er be silent of thy name;

o Thy praise shall sound through earth and heav'n,

-For sickness heal'd, and sins forgiv❜n. ARMLEY.

C. M. SECOND PART.

Ver. 13, 18-21. Deliverance from Slander and Reproach. 1 MY heart rejoices in thy name, My God, my help, my trust; Thou hast preserv'd my face from Mine honour from the dust. [shame,

p 2 'My life is spent with grief,' I cry'd, "My years consum'd in groans; [dry'd, My strength decays, mine eyes are And sorrow wastes my bones.'

e 3 Among mine enemies, my name
Was a mere proverb grown;
While to my neighbours, I became
Forgotten and unknown.

4 Slander and fear on ev'ry side Seiz'd and beset me round; -I to the throne of grace apply'd,

And speedy rescue found.

7 Within thy secret presence, Lord,
Let me forever dwell;

o No fenced city, wall'd and barr'd
Secures a saint so well.

NTO thy hand, O God of truth, My spirit I commit;

YORK.

Forgiveness of Sins upon Confession.

BLESSED souls are they,
Whose sins are cover'd o'er;

His watchful eye secures the just,
Among ten thousand dead."

06 Lord, let our hearts in thee rejoice,
Aud bless us from thy throne;
For we have made thy word our choice,
And trust thy grace alone.

COLCHESTER. MEAR.

P. M. FIRST PART.
Works of Creation and Providence.

o 1 YE holy souls, in God rejoice,
Your Maker's praise becomes your voice,
Great is your theme, your songs be new;
Sing of his name, his word, his ways,
His works of nature, and of grace,

How wise and holy, just and true!

2 Justice and truth he ever loves,
And the whole earth his goodness
proves;

His word the heav'nly arches spread, e How wide they shine from north to -And by the spirit of his mouth [south! Were all the starry armies made.

3 He gathers the wide flowing seas, Those watery treasures know their place,

In the vast store-house of the deep: g He spake and gave all nature birth! And fires, and seas, and heav'n and His everlasting orders keep. [earth,

a 4 Let mortals tremble, and adore A God of such resistless pow'r,

Nor dare indulge their feeble rage; -Vain are their thoughts, and weak their g But his eternal counsel stands, [hands; And rules the world from age to age. ST. HELLEN'S.

e 3 The eye of thy compassion, Lord; Does more secure defence afford,

When death, or dangers threat'ning stand:

• Thy watchful eye preserves the just,
Who make thyname their fear and trust,
When wars or famine, waste the land.
-4 In sickness, or the bloody field,
Thou our Physician, thou our shield,
Send us salvation from thy throne:
e We wait to see thy goodness shine;
o Let us rejoice in help divine,

For all our hope is God alone.
CUMBERLAND.

e 3 I told him all my secret grief,

My secret groaning reach'd his ears;
-He gave my inward pains relief,
And calm'd the tumult of my fears.

4 To him the poor lift
their eyes,
up
Their faces feel the heav'nly shine;
A beam of mercy from the skies
Fills them with light and joy divine.

o 5 His holy angels pitch their tents
Around the men who serve the Lord;
-O fear and love him, all ye saints,
Taste of his grace, and trust his word.

6 Thewild young lions, pinch'dwith pain And hunger, roar through all the wood; o But none shall seek the Lord in vain, Nor want supplies of real good.

PORTUGAL. ISLINGTON.

C. M. SECOND PART.

Ver. 11-22.

Exhortations to Faith and Holiness.

1 COME, children, learn to fear the And that your days be long, [Lord; Let not a false, or spiteful word

Be found upon your tongue.