o 2 [His covenant, which he kept in mind For numerous ages past,

To numerous ages yet behind,

In equal force shall last.]

-3 He sware to Abraham and his seed,
And made the blessings sure;
Gentiles the ancient promise read,
And find his truth endure.

d 4 ["Thy seed shall make all nations blest," Said the almighty voice,

"And Canaan's land shall be their rest, "The type of heavenly joys."

-5 How large the grant! how rich the grace, To give them Canaan's land;

When they were strangers in the place,
A little feeble band !]

6 (Like pilgrims through the countries round Securely they removed;

And haughty kings, who on them frowned,
Severely he reproved.)

d7" Touch mine anointed, and mine arm
"Shall soon avenge the wrong;
"The man that does my prophets harm
"Shall know their God is strong."

8 Then let the world forbear its rage,
Nor put the church in fear:
Israel must live through every age,
And be th' Almighty's care.]

PAUSE I.

9 When Pharaoh dared to vex the saints,
And thus provoked their God;
Moses was sent at their complaints,
Armed with his dreadful rod.

10 [He called for darkness; darkness came, Like an o'erwhelming flood:

He turned each lake, and every stream,
To lakes and streams of blood.

11 He gave the sign, and noisome flies
Through the whole country spread :
And frogs in croaking armies rise,
About the monarch's bed.

12 Through fields, and towns, and palaces. The tenfold vengeance flew

Locusts in swarms devoured their trees,
And hail their cattle slew;

13 Then, by an angel's midnight stroke,
The flower of Egypt died;

The strength of every house was broke,-
Their glory and their pride.

d 14 Now let the world forbear its rage,
Nor put the church in fear;
Israel must live through every age,
And be th' Almighty's care.

PAUSE 11.

-15 Thus were the tribes from bondage brough,
And left the hated ground;

Each some Egyptian spoils had got,
And not one feeble found.]

16 The Lord himself chose out their way,
And marked their journeys right;
Gave them a leading cloud by day,
A fiery guide by night.

17 They thirst; and waters from the rock
In rich abundance flow;

And, following still the course they took,
Ran all the desert through.

o 18 O wondrous stream! O blessed type
Of ever-flowing grace!

o So Christ, our Rock, maintains our life
Through all this wilderness.

-19 Thus guarded by th' almighty hand,
The chosen tribes possessed
Canaan, the rich, the promised land,
And there enjoyed their rest.

g 20 Then let the world forbear its rage,
The church renounce her fear;
Israel must live through every age,
And be th' Almighty's care.

PSALM 106. L. M. Shoel. Castle Street. [*]

Ver. 1-5. Praise to God: Communion with Saints.

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God, the great, the ever blest,

Let songs of honour be addressed,

His mercy firm forever stands;

Give him the thanks his love demands

2 Who knows the wonders of thy ways:
Who shall fulfill thy boundless praise!
o Blest are the souls who fear thee still,
And pay their duty to thy will.

-3 Remember what thy mercy did
For Jacob's race, thy chosen seed:
And, with the same salvation, bless
The meanest suppliant of thy grace.

o 40 may I see thy tribes rejoice,
And aid their triumphs with my voice!
-This is my glory, Lord, to be

Joined to thy saints, and near to thee.

V. 7, 8, 12-14, 43-48. Israel punished and pardoned.

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OD of eternal love,
How fickle are our ways'
And yet, how oft did Israel prove
Thy constancy of grace!

2 They saw thy wonders wrought,
And then thy praise they sung;

e But soon thy works of power forgot,
And murmured with their tongue.

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3 Now they believe his word, While rocks with rivers flow; e Now with their lusts provoke the Lord, Till he reduce them low.

4 Yet when they mourned their faults,
He hearkened to their groans;
Brought his own covenant to his thoughts,
And called them still his sons.

5 Their names were in his book;
He saved them from their foes:
Oft he chastised, but ne'er forsook,
The people whom he chose.

6 Let Israel bless the Lord,
Who loved their ancient race:

• And Christians join the solemn word,
Amen, to all the praise.

PSALM 107. L. M. FIRST PART. Shoel. [*]

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Israel led to Canaan: Christians to Heaven.

IVE thanks to God:--he reigns above;

G'Kind are his thoughts; his name is love;

His mercy ages past have known,

And ages long to come shall own.

2 Let the redeemed of the Lord
The wonders of his grace record;
Israel, the nation whom he chose,
And rescued from their mighty foes.
3 [When God's almighty arm had broke
Their fetters and th' Egyptian yoke ;
They traced the desert, wandering round
A wild and solitary ground!

4 There they could find no leading road,
Nor city for a fixed abode;

Nor food, nor fountain, to assuage
Their burning thirst, or hunger's rage.]
5 In their distress, to God they cried;
God was their Saviour and their Guide:
He led their march far wandering round;
'Twas the right path to Canaan's ground.
6 So, when our first release we gain
From sin's own yoke, and Satan's chain,
We have this desert world to pass,
A dangerous and a tiresome place.

7 He feeds and clothes us all the way;
He guides our footsteps, lest we stray;
He guards us with a powerful hand,
And brings us to the heavenly land.

o 80 let us, then, with joy record

The truth and goodness of the Lord! e How great his works! how kind his ways! u Let every tongue pronounce his praise.

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L. M. SECOND PART. Bath. [*]
Correction for Sin; Release by Prayer.

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ROM age to age, exalt his name;
God and his grace are still the same
He fills the hungry soul with food,
And feeds the poor with every good.

e 2 But, if their hearts rebel, and rise Against the God who rules the skies; If they reject his heavenly word,

And slight the counsels of the Lord ;— -3 He'll bring their spirits to the ground, And no deliverance shall be found; a Laden with grief, they waste their breath In darkness and the shades of death.

-4 Then to the Lord they raise their cries; o He makes the dawning light arise, And scatters all that dismal shade That hung so heavy round their head.

5 He cuts the bars of brass in two, And lets the smiling prisoner through; Takes off the load of guilt and grief, And gives the labouring soul relief. 06 O may the sons of men record

The wondrous goodness of the Lord!
e How great his works! how kind his ways!
u Let every tongue pronounce his praise.

L. M. THIRD PART. Pleyel's.
Intemperance punished and pardoned.
AIN man, on foolish pleasures bent,
Prepares for his own punishment;
What pains, what loathsome maladies
From luxury and lust arise!

2 The drunkard feels his vitals waste;
Yet drowns his health to please his taste;
Till all his active powers are lost,
And fainting life draws near the dust.

3 The glutton groans and loathes to eat;
His soul abhors delicious meat;
Nature, with heavy loads oppressed,
Would yield to death to be released.

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4 Then how the frightened sinners fly
To God for help, with earnest cry!
He hears their groans, prolongs their breath,
And saves them from approaching death.
5 No med'cines could effect the cure,
So quick, so easy, or so sure:
The deadly sentence God repeals;
He sends his sovereign word and heals