7 Grace will complete what grace begins,
To save from sorrow or from sins
The work that wisdom undertakes,
Eternal mercy ne'er forsakes.

PSALM 139. L. M. 1ST PT. Bath, Geneva.[*]
The All-seeing God,

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LORD, thou hast searched and seen me through; Thine eye commands, with piercing view, My rising and my resting hours,

My heart and flesh with all their powers r powers. 2 My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known; He knows the words I mean to speak, Ere from my opening lips they break.” ** p 3 Within thy circling power I stand; On every side I find thy hand: A wake, asleep, at home, abroad, I am surrounded still with God.

4 [Amazing knowledge, vast and great!
What large extent! what lofty height!
My soul, with all the powers I boast,
Is in the boundless prospect lost.* ***
5"O may these thoughts possess my breast,
"Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!
"Nor let my weaker passions dare es
"Consent to sin; for God is there."

PAUSE 1.

6 Could I so false, so faithless prove,
To quit thy service and thy love;
Where, Lord, could I thy presence shun,
Or from thy dreadful glory run?],

-7 If up to heaven I take my flight,
"Tis there thou dwell'st enthroned in light;
a Or dive to hell, there vengeance reigns,
And Satan groans beneath thy chains.
-8 If, mounted on a morning ray,

I fly beyond the Western seabane9 o Thy swifter hand would first arrive, And there arrest thy fugitive.

-9 Or should I try to shum thy sight,"
Beneath the spreading veil of night;
One glance of thine, one piercing ray,
Would kindle darkness into day,

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e 10 O may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er 1 rest;
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin; for God is there!

PAUSE II.

11 [The veil of night is no disguise ;-
No screen from thy all-searching eyes:
Thy hand can seize thy foes as soon,
Through midnight shades, as blazing noon
12 Midnight and noon in this agree,-
Great God, they're both alike to thee:
Not death can hide what God will spy;
And hell lies naked to his eye.

13 O may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest;
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin; for God is there!]

L. M. SECOND PART. Portugal. [*]
The wonderful Formation of Man.

1 "WAS from thy hand, my God, I came,

A work of such a curious frame.
In me thy fearful wonders shine,
And each proclaims thy skill divine.
2 Thine eyes did all my limbs survey,
Which yet in dark confusion lay;
Thou saw'st the daily growth they took,
Formed by the model of thy book.

3 [By thee my growing parts were named,
And what thy sovereign counsel framed,
(The breathing lungs, the beating heart,)
Was copied with unerring art.]

4 At last to show my Maker's name,
God stamped his image on my frame!
And in some unknown moment joined
The finished members to the mind.

5 [There the young seeds of thought began,
And all the passions of the man:

Great God, our infant nature pays
Iminortal tribute to thy praise.]

PAUSE. }

6 Lord, since, in my advancing age, I've acted on life's busy stage,

Thy thoughts of love to me surmount
The power of numbers to recount...
7 I could survey the ocean o'er,
And count each sand that makes the shore,
Before my swiftest thoughts could trace
The numerous wonders of thy grace.

8 These on my heart are still impressed;
With these I give my eyes to rest;
And at my waking hour I find
God and his love possess my mind.

L. M. THIRD PART. Bath. [*]
Sincerity professed, and Grace tried.
God, what inward grief I feel,

I mourn to hear their lips profane
Take thy tremendous name in vain.
2 Does not my soul detest and hate
The sons of malice and deceit?
Those that oppose thy laws and thee,
I count them enemies to me.

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thy will!

e 3 Lord, search my soul, try every thought:
Though my own heart accuse me not
Of walking in a false disguise,

I beg the trial of thine eyes.

4 Doth secret mischief lurk within?r, estat Do I indulge some unknown sin ?}

-O turn my feet, whene'er I stray,

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And lead me in thy perfect way.]

C. M. FIRST PART. Wantage. [b]
God's Omnipresence and Omniscience.
all my vast concerns with thee,

In vain my soul would try

To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee
The notice of thine eye.

2 Thy all-surrounding sight surveys
My rising and my rest;

My public walks, my private ways,
And secrets of my breast.

-3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord,
Before they're formed within:
And ere my lips pronounce the word,..
He knows the sense. I mean..!.

4 O wondrous knowledge, deep and high!
Where can a creature hide!
Within thy circling arms 1 lie,
Beset on every side.

o 5 So let thy grace surround me still,
And like a bulwark prove,
To guard iny soul from every ill,
Secured by sovereign love,

PAUSE. Windsor.

a 6 Lord, where shall guilty souls retire,
Forgotten and unknown?

In hell they meet thy dreadful fire,→
In heaven thy glorious throne.

e 7 Should I suppress my vital breath,
To 'scape the wrath divine;

o Thy voice could break the bars of death," And make the grave resign.

-8 If, winged with beams of morning light,
I fly beyond the West;

Thy hand, which must support my flight,
Would soon betray my rest.

9 If o'er my sins I think to draw
The curtains of the night;

o Those flaming eyes that guard thy law, Would turn the shades to light.

g 10 The beams of noon, the midnight hour, Are both alike to thee:

e O may I ne'er provoke that Power, From which I cannot flee.

C. M. SECOND PART. Colchester. [*]
Wisdom of God in the Formation of Man.

WHEN with pleasing wonder, stand,

And my frame survey,

Lord, 'tis thy work! I own thy hand

Thus built my humble clay."

2 Thy hand my heart and reins possessed,
Where unborn nature grew;

Thy wisdom all my features traced,
And all my members drew.

3 Thine eye with nicest care surveyed

The growth of every part;

Till the whole scheme thy thoughts had laid,
Was copied by thy art.

o 4 Heaven, earth, and sea, and fire, and wind, -
Show me thy wondrous skill;

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But I review myself, and find
Diviner wonders still.

g 5 Thy awful glories round me shine;
My flesh proclaims thy praise:

Lord, to thy works of nature join
Thy miracles of grace.

C. M. THIRD PART. York. [*]
The Mercies of God innumerable.

LORD, when I count thy mercies o'er,

They strike me with surprise;

o Not all the sands that spread the shore To equal numbers rise.

e 2 My flesh with fear and wonder standsThe product of thy skill;

o And hourly blessings from thy hands Thy thoughts of love reveal.

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-3 These on my heart by night I keep; How kind, how dear to me!

o O may the hour that ends my sleep, Still find my thoughts with thee.

PSALM 141. L. M. Worship. Dresden. [*] Ver. 2, 3, 4, 5. Watchfulness and Brotherly Love.

1

'MY God, accept my early vows,

Like morning incense in thy house;

And let my nightly worship rise,

Sweet as the evening sacrifice.

e 2 Watch o'er my lips, and guard them, Lord, From every rash and heedless word:

Nor let my feet incline to tread The guilty path where sinners lead. 3 O may the righteous, when I stray, Smite and reprove my wandering way! o Their gentle words, like ointment shed, Shall never bruise, but cheer my head.