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4 Thy grace shall dwell upon my heart,
And shed its fragrance there;
The noblest balm of all its wounds,
The cordial of its care.

5 I'll speak the honours of thy name
With my last labouring breath;
And dying, clasp thee in my arms,
The antidote of death.

DODDRIDGE.

HYMN 94. Eights and Sevens Metre.

Praise. Psa.xliv. 8. lxvii. 7. cxxxvi. 1—4.

[IGHTY God, while angels bless thee,
May an infant lisp thy name?

Lord of men, as well as angels,

Thou art ev'ry creature's theme.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujab, Amen.

2 Lord of ev'ry land and nation,
Ancient of eternal days!

Sounded through the wide creation
Be thy just and awful praise.
Hallelujah, Hallelujab, Hallelujah, Amen.

3 For the grandeur of thy nature,

Grand beyond a seraph's thought;
For created works of power,

Works with skill and kindness wrought,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen.

4 For thy providence, that governs

Through thine empire's wide domain;
Wings an angel, guides a sparrow,
Blessed be thy gentle reign.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen.
5 But thy rich, thy free redemption,

Dark through brightness all along;
Thought is poor, and poor expression,
Who dare sing that awful song?
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen.

6 Brightness of the Father's glory,
Shall thy praise unutter'd lie?
Fly, my tongue, such guilty silence!
Sing the Lord who came to die.

Hallelujah, Hallelujab, Hallelujab, Amen. ROBINSON.
HYMN 95. L. M.

Thanksgiving. Psa. xxv. 8. ciii. 8-10. cxlv. 14, 15.

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E sons of men, with joy record

The various wonders of the Lord;
And let his power and goodness sound
Through all your tribes, the earth around.
2 Let the high heavens your songs invite,
Those spacious fields of brilliant light,
Where sun and moon, and planets roll,
And stars, that glow from pole to pole.
3. Sing, earth, in verdant robes array'd,
Its herbs and flow'rs, its fruits and shade:
Peopled with life of various forms,
Of fish, and fowl, and beasts, and worms,
4 View the broad sea's majestic plains,
And think how wide its Maker reigns;
That band remotest nations joins,
And on each wave his goodness shines.
5 But, O! that brighter world above,
Where lives and reigns incarnate love!
God's only Son, in flesh array'd,.
For man, a bleeding victim made.
6 Thither, my soul, with rapture soar;
There, in the land of praise, adore;
The theme demands an angel's lay,
Demands an everlasting day.

HYMN 96. C. M.

DODDRIDGE.

At Charity Lectures. Matt: v. 42. Prov. xi. 25. 1 Cor. xvi. 14.

ATHER of mercies! send thy grace,

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All pow'rful from above,

To form, in our obedient souls,

The image of thy love.

2 O, may our sympathizing breasts
That gen'rous pleasure know,
Kindly to share in others' joy,
And weep for others' woe!

3 When the most helpless sons of grief
In low distress are laid,

Soft be our hearts their pains to feel,
And swift our hands to aid.

4 So Jesus look'd on dying man,
When thron'd above the skies;
And midst the embraces of his God,
He felt compassion rise.

5 On wings of love the Saviour flew,
To raise us from the ground;
And shed the riches of his blood,
A balm for every wound.

HYMN 97. C. M.

DODDRIDGE.

At the Dedication of Children. 1 Cor. vii. 14. Matt. xix. 13,

14, 15.

SEE Israel's gentle shepherd stand

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With all engaging charms!
Hark, how he calls the tender lambs,
And folds them in his arms!

2 "Permit them to approach," he cries,
Nor scorn their humble name;

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For 'twas to bless such souls as these,
The Lord of angels came."

3 We bring them, Lord, in thankful hands,
And yield them up to thee;
Joyful that we ourselves are thine,-
Thine let our offspring be.

4 Ye little flock, with pleasure hear;
Ye children, seek his face;

And fly with transport to receive
The blessings of his grace.

5 If orphans they are left behind,

Thy guardian care we trust:
That care shall heal our bleeding hearts,
If weeping o'er their dust.

HYMN 98. C. M.

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At the Dedication of Children. Matt. xviii. 3, 10. Gen. xvii. 7. Rom. xv. 8. Mark x. 14.

OW large the promise! how divine,

To Abrah'm and his seed!

"I'll be a God to thee and thine,

Supplying all their need."

2 The words of his extensive love
From age to age endure

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The angel of the cov❜nant proves,
And seals the blessing sure,

3 Jesus the ancient faith confirms,
To our great fathers given;

He takes young children to his arms,
And calls them heirs of heaven.

4 Our God, how faithful are his ways!
His love endures the same;
Nor from the promise of his grace,
Blots out the children's name.

WATTS.

HYMN 99. Eights and Sevens Metre.

New Year's Day. Gen. ix. 22. Psa. lxv. 11. lxxiv. 16.

NOME, thou Fount of every blessing,

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Tune my heart to sing thy grace;

Streams of mercy never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise:
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above:
Praise the mount-O, fix me on it;
Mount of God's unchanging love.

2 Here I raise my Ebenezer

Hither by thy help I'm come;

And I hope, by thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home:
Jesus sought me when a stranger
Wand'ring from the fold of God;
He, to save my soul from danger,
Interpos'd with precious blood.
3 O! to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrain'd to be!
Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter,
Bind my wand'ring heart to thee !
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it;

Prone to leave the God I love-
Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it ;
Seal it from thy courts above.

HYMN 100.

C. M.

Gospel Invitation.

LET ev'ry mortal ear attend,

And ev'ry heart rejoice;

The trumpet of the gospel sounds
With an inviting voice.

2 Rivers of love and

mercy here

In a rich ocean join ;

Salvation in abundance flows,

Like floods of milk and wine.

3 The happy gates of gospel grace
Stand open night and day;

Lord, we are come to seek supplies,
And drive our wants away.

HYMN 101. L. M.

The Messiah.

ROBINSON.

ROM Jesse's root a branch did rise,

FROM

WATTS.

Whose fragrance fills the lofty skies; Which spreads its leaves from pole to pole, A healing balm for every soul.

2 The sick, the weak, the balt, the blind, In him do aid and comfort find,

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