Ver. 11.

2 Thy word I've hid within my heart,
To keep my conscience clean;
And be an everlasting guard
From every rising sin.

Ver. 63, 53, 158

3 I'm a companion of the saints, Who fear and love the Lord; a My sorrows rise, any nature faints, When men transgress thy word,

Ver. 161, 163.

e 4 While sinners do thy gospel wrong,
My spirit stands in awe ;
My soul abhors a lying tongue,
But loves thy righteous law.
Ver. 161, 120.

p 5 My heart with sacred reverence hears
The threatenings of thy word;

My flesh, with holy trembling, fears
The judgments of the Lord."

Ver. 166, 174.

-6 My God, I long, hope, I wait

For thy salvation still;

o While thy whole law is my delight,

And I obey thy will.

C. M. FOURTEENTH PART.

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Reading. [b *]

Benefit of Afflictions, and Support under them.

Ver. 153, 81, 82.

YONSIDER all my sorrows, Lord;
And thy deliverance send;

My soul for thy salvation faints;

When will my troubles end?

Ver. 71.

2 Yet have I found 'tis good for me
To bear my Father's rod;
Afflictions make me learn thy law,
And live upon my God.

Ver. 50.

3 This is the comfort 1 enjoy,
When new distress begins;
I read thy word, I run thy way,
And hate my former sins.

Ver. -92.

4 Had not thy word been my delight, When earthly joys were fled,

My soul, oppressed with sorrow's weight,
Had sunk amongst the dead.

Ver. 75.

5 I know thy judgments, Lord, are right.
Though they may seem severe;
The sharpest sufferings 1 endure
Flow from thy faithful care.

Ver. 67.

6 Before I knew thy chastening rod,
My feet were apt to stray:
But now I learn to keep thy word,
Nor wander from thy way..

C. M. FIFTEENTH PART.

Holy Resolutions.

Ver. 93.

Bethlehem. [*]

THAT thy statutes, every hour,
Might dwell upon my mind!

Thence I derive a quickening power,

And daily peace 1 find.

Ver. 15, 16.

2 To meditate thy precepts, Lord,
Shall be my sweet employ;
My soul shall ne'er forget thy word;
Thy word is all my joy,

Ver. 32.

-3 How would I run in thy commands,
If thou my heart discharge
From sin's and Satan's hateful chains,
And set my feet at large.

Ver. 13, 46.

o 4 My lips with courage shall declare Thy statutes and thy name;

I'll speak thy word, though kings should hear
Nor yield to sinful shame.

Ver. 61, 69, 70.

-5 Let bands of persecutors rise,

To rob me of my right,

Let pride and malice forge their lies,
Thy law is my delight.

Ver. 115.

o 6 Depart from me, ye wicked race, Whose hands and hearts are ill; o I love my God, I love his ways, And must obey his will

C. M. SIXTEENTH PART. Plymouth. [b]
Prayer for Quickening Grace.
Ver. 25, 37.

P1MY soul lies cleaving to the dust;
Lord, give me life divine;

From vain desires and every lust,
Turn off these eyes of mine.
e 21 need the influence of thy grace,
To speed me in thy way;
Lest I should loiter in my race,
Or turn my feet astray.

Ver. 107.

3 When sore afflictions press me down,
I need thy quickening powers;
Thy word that I have rested on
Shall help my heaviest hours.

Ver. 156, 40.

e 4 Are not thy mercies sovereign still
And thou a faithful God ?...

Wilt thou not grant me warmer zeal,
To run the heavenly road ?

Ver. 159, 40.

5 Does not my heart thy precepts love, And long to see thy face?

e And yet how slow my spirits move, Without enlivening grace!

-6 Then shall I love thy gospel more,
And ne'er forget thy word;

When I have felt its quickening power
To draw ine near the Lord.

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L. M. FIRST PART. Babylon. [b]
Courage and Perseverance under Trials.

Ver. 143, 28.

WHEN pain and anguish seize me, Lord,

All my support is from thy word:

My soul dissolves for heaviness;

Uphold me with thy strengthening grace.

Ver. 51, 69, 110.

2 The proud have framed their scoffs and lies,
They watch my feet with envious eyes,

And tempt my soul to snares and sin;
Yet thy commands I ne'er decline.

Ver. 161, 78.

3 They hate me, Lord, without a cause,
They hate to see me love thy laws;
But I will trust, and fear thy name,
Till pride and malice die with shame.

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L. M. SECOND PART. Quercy. 11
Afflictions sanctified.

Ver. 67,

59.

FATHER, I bless thy gentle hand
How kind was thy chastising rod!
That forced my conscience to a stand,"
And brought my wandering soul to God!
e 2 Foolish and vain, I went astray,
Ere I had felt thy scourges, Lord;
I left my guide, and lost my way,
—But now I love, and keep thy word.
Ver. 71.

P

3 "Tis good for me to bear the yoke,
For pride is apt to rise and swell;
"Tis good to bear my Father's stroke,
That I might learn his statutes well.
Ver. 72.

o 4 The law, that issues from thy mouth,
Shall raise my cheerful passions more
Than all the treasures of the south,
Or western hills of golden ore.

Ver. 73.

-5 Thy hands have made my mortal frame,
Thy Spirit formed my soul within;
Teach me to know thy wondrous name,
And guard me safe from death and sin.
Ver. 74.

o 6 Then all who love and fear the Lord,
In my salvation shall rejoice;

For I have hoped in thy word,

And made thy grace my only choice.

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PSALM 120. C. M. Dorset. [b]

Complaint of Strife, and Desire for Peace.

HOU God of love, thou ever blest,

THOU

Pity my suffering state;

When wilt thou set my soul at rest
From lips that love deceit !

"

2 Hard lot of mine! my days are cast
Among the sons of strife,

Whose never ceasing brawlings waste
My golden hours of life.

3 O might I fly to change my place,
How would I choose to dwell
In some wide, lonesome wilderness,
And leave these gates of hell!
4 Peace is the blessing that I seek,
How lovely are its charms!
I am for peace; but when I speak,
They all declare for arms.

5 New passions still their souls engage,
And keep their malice strong;;
What shall be done to curb thy rage,
O thou devouring tongue!

6 Should burning arrows smite thee through,
Strict justice would approve;

But I had rather spare my foe,
And melt his heart with love.

PSALM 121. L. M. Sheffield. Truro. [*]

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Divine Protection.

to the hills I lift mine eyes,

Th eternal hills beyond the skies;
Thence all her help my soul derives:
There my almighty refuge lives.]

g 2 He lives! the everlasting God,

Who built the world, who spread the flood,
The heavens with all their hosts he made,
And the dark regions of the dead!

-3 He guides our feet, he guards our way;
His morning smiles bless all the day;
He spreads the evening veil, and keeps
The silent hours while Israel sleeps.

o 4 Israel, a name divinely blest,
May rise secure, securely rest;
Thy holy Guardian's wakeful eyes
Admit no slumber or surprise.

-5 No sun shall smite thy head by day;
Nor the pale moon, with sickly ray,
Shall blast thy couch; no baleful star
Dart his malignant fire so far.

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