4 To-day attend His voice,

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Nor dare provoke His rod;
Come, like the people of His choice,
And own your gracious God.

Psalm 99.

THE Lord Jehovah reigns ;

Let all the nations fear;

Let sinners tremble at His throne,
And saints be humble there.

2 Jesus the Saviour reigns;

Let earth adore its Lord;

Bright cherubs His attendants stand,

And swift fulfil His word.

3 In Zion is His throne;

His honors are divine;

S. M.

His church shall make His wonders known,

For there His glories shine.

4 How holy is His name!

How terrible His praise!

Justice, and truth, and judgment join,
In all His works of grace.

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THY

Psalm 117.

HY name, Almighty Lord,

Shall sound through distant lands;
Great is Thy grace and sure Thy word;
Thy truth for ever stands.

2 Far be Thine honor spread,

And long Thy praise endure,

Till morning light and evening shade
Shall be exchanged no more.

S. M.

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Psalm 48.

IIS & 8s.

OH great is Jehovah, and great be His praise ;

In the city of God He is King:

Proclaim ye His triumphs in jubilant lays;
On the mount of His holiness sing.

2 The joy of the earth, from her beautiful height, Is Zion's impregnable hill;

The Lord in her temple still taketh delight;
God reigns in her palaces still.

3 Go, walk about Zion, and measure the length,
Her walls and her bulwarks, mark well;
Contemplate her palaces, glorious in strength,
Her towers and her pinnacles tell.

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Then say to your children,-"Our stronghold is
tried ;

This God is our God to the end;
His people forever His counsels shall guide,
His arm shall forever defend."

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E joyful in God, all ye lands of the earth; O serve Him with gladness and fear; Exult in His presence with music and mirth, With love and devotion draw near.

2 Jehovah is God, and Jehovah alone,
Creator and Ruler o'er all;

And we are His people, His sceptre we own;
His sheep, and we follow His call.

3 O enter His gates with thanksgiving and song, Your vows in His temple proclaim;

His praise with melodious accordance prolong,
And bless His adorable name.

4 For good is the Lord, inexpressibly good,
And we are the work of His hand;
His mercy and truth from eternity stood,
And shall to eternity stand.

BEGIN, my soul, th' exalted lay;

C. P. M.

Let each enraptured thought obey,
And praise the Almighty's name :
Lo! heaven and earth, and seas and skies,
In one melodious concert rise,

To swell the inspiring theme.

2 Ye angels, catch the thrilling sound,
While all the adoring throngs around,
His boundless mercy sing:

Let every listening saint above
Wake all the tuneful soul of love,
And touch the sweetest string.

3 Let every element rejoice;

Ye thunders, burst with awful voice
To Him who bids you roll:
His praise in softer notes declare,
Each whispering breeze of yielding air,
And breathe it to the soul.

4 Wake, all ye soaring throngs, and sing;
Ye feathered warblers of the spring,
Harmonious anthems raise

To Him who shaped your finer mold,
Who tipped your glittering wings with gold,
And tuned your voice to praise.

5 Let man, by nobler passions swayed,
Let man, in God's own image made,
His breath in praise employ ;

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Spread wide his Maker's name around,

While heaven's broad arch rings back the sound,
The song of holy joy!

MY

C. P. M.

Y God, Thy boundless love I praise;
How bright on high its glories blaze!
How sweetly bloom below!

It streams from Thy eternal throne;
Through heaven its joys forever run,
And o'er the earth they flow..

2 'Tis love that paints the purple morn,
And bids the clouds, in air upborne,
Their genial drops distil,

In every vernal beam it glows,

It breathes in every gale that blows,
And glides in every rill.

3 It robes in cheerful green the ground,
And pours its flowery beauties round,
Whose sweets perfume the gale;
Its bounties richly spread the plain,
The blushing fruit, the golden grain,
And smile in every vale.

4 But in Thy word, I see it shine
With grace and glories more divine,
Proclaiming sin forgiven;

There Faith, bright cherub, points the way
To realms of everlasting day,

And opens all her heaven.

5 Then let the love that makes me blest
With cheerful praise inspire my breast,
And ardent gratitude ;

And all my thoughts and passions tend
To Thee, my Father and my Friend,
My soul's eternal good!

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SONGS of praise the angels sang,

Heaven with hallelujahs rang,
When Jehovah's work begun,
When He spake, and it was done.

2 Songs of praise awoke the morn
When the Prince of Peace was born;
Songs of praise arose, when He
Captive led captivity.

3 Heaven and earth must pass away—
Songs of praise shall crown that day;
God will make new heavens and earth-
Songs of praise shall hail their birth.

4 And shall man alone be dumb
Till that glorious kingdom come?
No; the Church delights to raise
Psalms and hymns and songs of praise.

5 Saints below, with heart and voice,
Still in songs of praise rejoice;
Learning here, by faith and love,
Songs of praise to sing above.

6 Borne upon their latest breath,
Songs of praise shall conquer death;
Then, amid eternal joy,

Songs of praise their powers employ.

Psalm 148.

HERALDS of creation! cry,

Praise the Lord, the Lord most high;

Heaven and earth, obey the call,

Praise the Lord, the Lord of all.

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