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- GRATITUDE. L. M.

BOST.

1.

God, how end-less is thy love! Thy gifts are ev-ery even-ing new;

And morn-ing mercies from a-bove, Gen-tly dis til like early dew.

Sel. 21.

[H. 446. 3. When rising floods my soul o'erflow, When sinks my heart in waves of woe; Jesus, thy timely aid impart,

MY God, how endless is thy love!

Thy gifts are every evening new; And morning mercies from above, Gently distil like early dew.

2. Thou spreadst the curtain of the night,
Great Guardian of my sleeping hours;
Thy sovereign word restores the light,
And quickens all my drowsy powers.

3. I yield my powers to thy command, WAIT, O my soul, thy Maker's will,

To thee I consecrate my days;
Perpetual blessings from thy hand,
Demand perpetual songs of praise.

Tumultuous passions, all be still;
Nor let a murmuring thought arise;
His ways are just, his counsels wise.

2. He in the thickest darkness dwells,
Performs his work, the cause conceals;
And, though his footsteps are unknown,
Judgment and truth support his throne.
3. In heaven and earth, in air and seas,
He executes his wise decrees;
And by his saints it stands confess'd,

That what he does is ever best.

4. Then, O my soul, submissive wait,
With reverence bow before his seat;
And, 'midst the terrors of his rod,
Trust in a wise and gracious God.

HAMBURG. L. M.

Gregorian.

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KING-DOMS

LING-DOMS and thrones to God be-long; Crown him, ye nations, in your song:

6.

His wondrous names and powers re - hearse, His honors shall en-rich your verse.

TAY, thou insulted Spirit, stay,
Though I have done thee such despite;
Cast not the sinner quite away,
Nor take thine everlasting flight.

2. Though I have most unfaithful been
Of all who e'er thy grace received,
Ten thousand times thy goodness seen,
Ten thousand times thy goodness grieved;

3. Yet O the chief of sinners spare,
In honor of my great High Priest;
[H. 21. Nor in thy righteous anger swear
I shall not see thy people's rest.

FATHER of all, whose love profound,

ransom for our souls hath found,
Before thy throne we sinners bend;
To us thy pardoning love extend.
2. Almighty Son, incarnate Word,
Our Prophet, Priest, Redeemer, Lord,
Before thy throne we sinners bend;
To us thy saving grace extend.

3. Eternal Spirit, by whose breath
The soul is raised from sin and death,
Before thy throne we sinners bend;
To us thy quickening power extend.
4. Jehovah! Father, Spirit, Son,
Mysterious Godhead, Three in One!
Before thy throne we sinners bend;
Grace, pardon, life, to us extend.

THUS far the Lord has led me on, Thus far his power prolongs my days,

And every even-ing shall make known Some fresh me-mo -rial of his grace.

1. My dear Redeem-er and my Lord, I read my du-ty in thy word;

But in thy life the law ap- pears, Drawn out

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;

And learn the height, and breadth, and Praise him, all creatures here below;

ESCEND from heav'n, immortal Dove, Stoop down and take us on thy wings,

bove The reach of these in fe-rior things: D.C. Where solid pleasures never die, And fruits im - mortal feast the soul. S

[H. 661. Sel. 35.