SELECTIONS FROM THE PSALMS OF DAV. I.D IN METRE; WITH HYMNS, BUITED TO THE Feasts and fasts of the Church, AND OTHER OCCASIONS OF PUBLIC WORSHIP. NEW YORK: STANFORD & DELISSER, li Hymns, Denominational -Pistilant Efnicipal church in the 115,6, "BY the Bishops, the Clergy, and the Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, in Convention, this twenty-ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two; this book of Psalms in Metre, selected from the Psalms of David, with Hymns, is set forth, and allowed to be sung in all congregations of the said Church, before and after Morning and Evening Prayer, and also before and after Sermons, at the discretion of the Minister. “And it shall be the duty of every Minister of any church, either by standing directions, or from time to time, to appoint the portions of Psalms which are to be sung. "And further, it shall be the duty of every Minister, with such assistance as he can obtain from persons skilled in music, to give order concerning the tunes to be sung at any time in his church; and especially, it shall be his duty to suppress all light and unseemly music, and all indecency and irreverence in the performance, by which vain and ungodly persons profane the service of the Sanctuary.” SELECTIONS FROM THE PSAIMS OF DAVID IN METRE SELECTION 1. C. M. From the i. Psalm of David. HOW blest is he, who ne'er consents 2 But makes the perfect law of God 3 Like some fair tree, which, fed by streams, With timely fruit does bend, He still shall flourish, and success 4 Ungodly men, and their attempts, 5 Their guilt shall strike the wicked dumb Before their Judge's face: No formal hypocrite shall then Among the saints have place. 6 For God approves the just man's ways; But sinners, and the paths they tread, |