3 This holy calm within the breast,
Prepares for that eternal rest,
Which for the sons of God remains ;---
The end of cares, the end of pains.

4 With joy, great God, thy works we view,
In varied scenes, both old and new;
With praise we think on mercies past,
In hope, we future mercies taste.

5 In holy duties let the day,

In holy pleasures, pass away:

How sweet this sabbath thus to spend,
In hope of that which ne'er shall end!

5. L. M.

Stennet, alt'd.

God our Shepherd and Guardian. Ps. xxiii.
1 As the good shepherd gently leads
His wandering flocks to verdant meads,
Where winding rivers, soft and slow,
Amid the flowery landscape flow;
2 So God, the guardian of my soul,
Does all my erring steps control:
When lost in sin's perplexing maze,
He brings me back to virtue's ways.

3 Though I should journey through the plains
Where death in all his horror reigns,
My steadfast heart no ill shall fear,
For thou, my God! art with me there.
4 Thine ever-watchful providence
Is my support and my defence:
With thee I am of all possessed,
And in thy favour, fully blessed.

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5 O bounteous God! my
Shall be devoted to thy praise;

And in thy house, thy sacred name
And wondrous grace shall be my theme.

6. P. M.

+ Pope's Collection.

Commencement of Public Worship.

1 Ar the portals of thy house,
Lord! we leave our mortal cares;
Nobler thoughts our souls engage,
Songs of praise and fervent prayers:
Pure and contrite hearts alone,
Find acceptance at thy throne.

2 Hapless men, whose footsteps stray
From the temple of the Lord!
Teach them Zion's heavenly way,
To their feet thy light afford:
Let the world united join,

To extol thy love divine.

7. L. M.

+ J. Taylor.

Praise from all Mankind. Ps. c.

1 BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne,
Ye nations! bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone;
He can create, and he destroy.

2 His sovereign power, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and formed us men;
And when like wandering sheep we strayed,
He brought us to his fold again.

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3 We are his people, we his care,
Our souls and all our mortal frame:
What lasting honours shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to thy name!

4 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs,
High as the heavens our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.
5 Wide as the world is thy command;
Vast as eternity thy love;

Firm as a rock thy truth must stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.

Watts.

1 BEGIN, my soul! the exalted lay;
Let each enraptured thought obey,
And praise the Almighty's name;
Let heaven, and earth, and seas, and skies,
In one melodious concert rise,

To swell the inspiring theme.

2 Thou heaven of heavens, his vast abode,
Ye clouds, proclaim your Maker, God;
Ye thunders, speak his power:
Lo! on the lightning's gleamy wing
In triumph rides the eternal King;
The astonished worlds adore.

3 Ye deeps, whose roaring billows rise
To join the thunder of the skies,
Praise him, who bids you roll;
His praise in softer notes declare,
Each whispering breeze of yielding air,
And breathe it to the soul.

4 Wake, all ye soaring tribes, and sing;
Ye cheerful warblers of the spring,
Harmonious anthems raise

To him, who shaped your finer mould,
Who tipped your glittering wings with gold,
And tuned your voice to praise.

5 Let man---by nobler passions swayed---
The feeling heart, the judging head,
In heavenly praise employ;
Spread the Creator's name around,

Till heaven's broad arch ring back the sound,
The general burst of joy.

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9. s. M.

The Excellency of the Gospel. Ps. xix.

BEHOLD! the heavens declare
The glory of our God;

The starry firmament on high,
Proclaims his power abroad.

Nor can the night return,
Nor sun his beams display,

Ogilvie.

Where not their voice is heard, of God
The knowledge to convey.

3 But from his gospel beams
Instruction more divine:

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There God unfolds an endless day,

There love and mercy shine.

There God reveals his laws

So perfect and so pure,

And there is taught that fear of him,
Which ever shall endure.

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There he instructs the wise,
Reclaims the wandering soul,
And brings to light those hidden joys
Which all our griefs control.

Our lives, from secret faults,
From bold transgressions free;
And make our meditations, Lord!
Acceptable to thee.

10. s. M.

The Book of Nature and Scripture. Ps. xix.

BEHOLD! the morning sun

Begins his glorious way;

His beams through all the nations run, And life and light convey.

The darkness and the light

Still keep their course the same; While night to day, and day to night, Proclaims the Almighty's name.

In every different land,

Their general voice is known; They speak the wonders of his hand, And orders of his throne.

Ye Christian lands! rejoice;

To you his word is given:

We are not left, from nature's voice To learn the path to heaven.

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His statutes and commands

Are set before our eyes;

He puts his gospel in our hands,
Where our salvation lies.