4 The seas shall waste, the skies to smoke decay, Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away; But fixed his word, his saving power remains; Thy realm shall last, thy own Messiah reigns.

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235.

NEWTON.

The Church God's chosen Residence.

1 GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God!

He whose word can ne'er be broken
Chose thee for his own abode.

2 Lord, thy church is still thy dwelling,
Still is precious in thy sight,
Judah's temple far excelling,
Beaming with the gospel's light.

3 On the Rock of Ages founded,
What can shake her sure repose?
With salvation's wall surrounded,
She can smile at all her foes.

4 See, the streams of living waters,
Springing from eternal love,
Well supply her sons and daughters,
And all fear of want remove.

5 Round her habitation hovering,
See the cloud and fire appear,
For a glory and a covering,
Showing that the Lord is near.

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S. P. M.

236.

WATTS.

1

Delight in the House of God. Psalm 122.

How pleased and blest was I
To hear the people cry,

"Come, let us seek our God to-day!'
Yes, with a cheerful zeal,

We haste to Zion's hill,

And there our vows and honors pay.

2 Zion, thrice happy place, Adorned with wondrous grace,

And walls of strength embrace thee round; In thee our tribes appear,

To pray, and praise, and hear
The sacred gospel's joyful sound.

3 May peace attend thy gate,
And joy within thee wait,
To bless the soul of every guest;
The man that seeks thy peace,
And wishes thine increase,
A thousand blessings on him rest.

4 My tongue repeats her vows, -
"Peace to thy sacred house!"
For there my friends and kindred dwell;
And since my glorious God
Makes thee his blest abode,
My soul shall ever love thee well.

H. M.

237.

DODDRIDGE.

The Glory of the Church in the latter Day. Isaiah lx. 1.

1 O ZION, tune thy voice,

And raise thy hands on high;

Tell all the earth thy joys,
And boast salvation nigh.
Cheerful in God,
Arise and shine,

While rays divine
Stream all abroad.

2 He gilds thy mourning face
With beams that cannot fade;
His all-resplendent grace
He pours around thy head.
The nations round

Thy form shall view,
With lustre new
Divinely crowned.

3 In honor to his name

Reflect that sacred light;

And loud that grace proclaim,
Which makes thy darkness bright:
Pursue his praise,
Till sovereign love

In worlds above
The glory raise.

L. P. M.

238.

WATTS.

The God of the Gentiles. Psalm 96.

1 LET all the earth their voices raise,
To sing the choicest psalm of praise,
To sing and bless Jehovah's name;
His glory let the heathens know,
His wonders to the nations show,
And all his saving works proclaim.

2 He framed the globe; he built the sky;
He made the shining worlds on high,
And reigns complete in glory there;
His beams are majesty and light;
His beauties, how divinely bright!
His temple, how divinely fair!

3 Come, the great day, the glorious hour,
When earth shall feel his saving power,
And barbarous nations fear his name;
Then shall the race of man confess
The beauty of his holiness,

And in his courts his grace proclaim.

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1 'T was by an order from the Lord, The ancient prophets spoke his word; His Spirit did their tongues inspire,

And warmed their hearts with heavenly fire.

2 The works and wonders which they wrought
Confirmed the messages they brought;
The prophet's pen succeeds his breath,
To save the holy words from death.

3 Great God! mine eyes with pleasure look
On the dear volume of thy book;
There my Redeemer's face I see,
And read his name, who died for me.

4 Let the false raptures of the mind
Be lost, and vanish in the wind;
Here I can fix my hope secure ;
This is thy word, and must endure.

L. P. M.

240.

The Works and Word of God.

WATTS.

1 GREAT GOD, the heavens' well-ordered frame Declares the glories of thy name;

There thy rich works of wonder shine;

A thousand starry beauties there,
A thousand radiant marks appear
Of boundless power and skill divine.