e 21 hate to walk, I hate to sit,
With men of vanity and lies;
The scoffer and the hypocrite
Are the abhorrence of my eyes.

o 3 Amongst thy saints will I appear,
With hands well washed in innocence;
e But when I stand before thy bar,
The blood of Christ is my defence.
-4 I love thy habitation, Lord,

The temple where thine honours dwell, e There shall I hear thy holy word,

And there thy works of wonder tell. -5 Let not my soul be joined at last With men of treachery and blood; Since 1 my days on earth have passed Among the saints, and near my God.

PSALM 27. C. M. FIRST PART. Bedford. [*]
Ver. 1-6.-The Church our Delight and Safety
HE Lord of glory is my light,

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THER

And my salvation too;

o God is my strength; nor will I fear What all my foes can do.

-2 One privilege my heart desires-
с O grant me an abode

Among the churches of thy saints,
The temples of my God.

-3 There shall I offer my requests,
And see thy beauty still;
Shall hear thy messages of love,
And there inquire thy will.

e 4 When troubles rise, and storms appear,
There may his children hide;

o God has a strong pavilion, where

He makes my soul abide.

85 Now shall my head be lifted high,

Above my foes around;

And songs of joy and victory

Within thy temple sound.

St. Martin's.

C. M. SECOND PART. Barby. St. Ann's. [*]

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Ver. 8, 9, 13, 14.-Prayer and Hope.

OON as I heard my Father say,

SOON

"Ye children, seek my grace,"

-My heart replied without delay,
"I'll seek my Father's face.'

2 Let not thy face be hid from me,
Nor frown my soul away;

e God of my life, I fly to thee,
In a distressing day.

e 3 Should friends and kindred, near and dear, Leave me to want, or die;

o My God would make my life his care, And all my need supply.

-4 My fainting flesh had died with grief,
Had not my soul believed,

To see thy grace provide relief-
Nor was my hope deceived.

5 Wait on the Lord, ye trembling saints,
And keep your courage up;

o He'll raise your spirit when it faints, And far exceed your hope.

PSALM 29. L. M. Psalm 97. [*]

Storm and Thunder.

IVE to the Lord, ye sons of fame,

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Give to the Lord renown and power:

Ascribe due honours to his name,

And his eternal might adore.

o 2 The Lord proclaims his power aloud, Over the ocean and the land;

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His voice divides the watery cloud,
And lightnings blaze at his command.

3 He speaks, and tempest, hail, and wind,
Lay the wide forest bare around;

The fearful hart, and frighted hind,
Leap at the terror of the sound.

g 4 To Lebanon he turns his voice,
And lo, the stately cedars break;
The mountains tremble at the noise,
The valleys roar, the deserts quake.

5 The Lord sits sovereign on the flood;
The Thunderer reigns forever king;
-But makes his church his blest abode,
Where we his awful glories sing

e 6 In gentler language there the Lord
The counsels of his grace imparts;
o Amidst the raging storm, his word
Speaks peace and courage to our hearts.

PSALM 30. L. M. FIRST PART. Quercy. [*]

Sickness healed and Sorrow removed.

WILL extol thee, Lord, on high;
At thy command diseases fly:

Who but a God can speak and save,
From the dark borders of the grave?
o 2 Sing to the Lord, ye saints of his,
And tell how large his goodness is;
Let all your powers rejoice and bless,
While you record his holiness.

-3 His anger but a moment stays;
His love is life and length of days:
e Though grief and tears the night employ,
o The morning star restores the joy.]

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L. M. SECOND PART. Armley. [b]

Ver. 6.-Health, Sickness, and Recovery.

FIRM

IRM was my health, my day was bright, And I presumed 'twould ne'er be night; Fondly I said within my heart,

d" Pleasure and peace shall ne'er depart."

-2 But I forgot thine arm was strong,

Which made my mountain stand so long; e Soon as thy face began to hide,

My health was gone, my comforts died.

-3 I cried aloud to thee, my God,
e "What canst thou profit by my blood?
"Deep in the dust, can I declare

"Thy truth, or sing thy goodness there?

4 "Hear me, O God of grace! I said, "And bring me from among the dead:" o Thy word rebuked the pains 1 felt,

Thy pardoning love removed my guilt.

-5 My groans, and tears, and forms of woe,
Are turned to joy and praises now;
1 throw my sackcloth on the ground,
And ease and gladness gird me round.

o 6 My tongue, the glory of my frame, Shall ne'er be silent of thy name;

o Thy praise shall sound through earth and heaven, -For sickness healed, and sins forgiven.

PSALM 31. C.M. FIRST PART. Canterbury.[

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Ver. 5, 13-19, 22, 23.—Deliverance from Death.

NTO thy hand, O God of truth,

IN

My spirit I commit;

Thou hast redeemed my soul from death,
And saved me from the pit.

2 The passions of my hope and fear
Maintained a double strife;

o While sorrow, pain, and sin conspired, To take away my life.

d 3" My times are in thy hand," I cried,
"Though I draw near the dust;

-Thou art the refuge where I hide,
The God in whom I trust.

e 4 O make thy reconciled face
Upon thy servant shine;

And save me for thy mercy's sake,
For I'm entirely thine.

PAUSE.

5 ['Twas in my haste my spirit said, "I must despair and die,

"I am cut off before thine eyes;"
But thou hast heard my cry.]

-6 Thy goodness, how divinely free!
How wondrous is thy grace,
To those who fear thy majesty,
*And trust thy promises!

o 7 O love the Lord, all ye his saints,
And sing his praises loud;

-He'll bend his ear to your complaints,
And recompense the proud.

C. M.

SECOND PART.

York. [*]

V.7—13, 18—21.-Deliverance from Slander and Reproach,

1 MY heart rejoices in thy name,

My God, my help, my trust;

Thou hast preserved my face from shame,

Mine honour from the dust.

p 2 "My life is spent with grief,” I cried, "My years consumed in groans;

"My strength decays, mine eyes are dried, "And sorrow wastes my bones.”

e 3 Among mine enemies, my name
Was a mere proverb grown;
While to my neighbours, I became
Forgotten and unknown.

4 Slander and fear on every side
Seized and beset me round;
1 to the throne of grace applied,
And speedy rescue found.

PAUSE.

5 [How great deliverance thou hast wrought, Before the sons of men!

The lying lips to silence brought,

And made their boasting vain!

6 Thy children, from the strife of tongues,
Shall thy pavilion hide :

Guard them from infamy and wrongs,
And crush the sons of pride.]

7 Within thy secret presence, Lord,
Let me forever dwell;

o No fenced city, walled and barred, Secures a saint so well.

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PSALM 32. S. M. Dover. [*]

Forgiveness of Sins upon Confession.

BLESSED souls are they,

Ο Whose sins are covered o'er;

Divinely blest, to whom the Lord
Imputes their guilt no more.

2 They mourn their follies past,
And keep their hearts with care;
Their lips and lives, without deceit,
Shall prove their faith sincere.

3 While I concealed my guilt,
I felt the festering wound;
-Till I confessed my sins to thee,
And ready pardon found.

• 4 Let sinners learn to pray,

Let saints keep near the throne;