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Psalm 122.

From the cxlviii. Psalm of David.

2 Let them adore the Lord, And praise his holy Name, By whose almighty word

They all from nothing came;

And all shall last from changes free;
His firm decree stands ever fast.

3 Let earth her tribute pay:

Praise him, ye dreadful whales,

And fish that through the sea

Glide swift with glittering scales:

Fire, hail, and snow, and misty air,

And winds that where he bids them blow.

4 By hills and mountains, all

In grateful concert join'd;

By cedars stately tall,

And trees for fruit design'd;

By every beast, and creeping thing,

And fowl of wing, his Name be blest.

5 Let all of highest birth

With those of humbler name,
And judges of the earth,

His matchless praise proclaim;
In this design, let youths with maids,
And hoary heads with children, join.

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SALEM. II. 5.

1. Rise, crown'd with light,

im per ial Sa lem, rise;

Ex - alt thy

towering head and lift.... thine eyes! See heaven its spark- ling por- tals

wide.. display, And break up on thee in.... a flood

Hymn 53.

2 See a long race thy spacious courts adorn,
See future sons, and daughters yet unborn,
In crowding ranks, on every side arise,
Demanding life, impatient for the skies.

8 See barbarous nations at thy gates attend,
Walk in thy light, and in thy temple bend:
See thy bright altars thronged with prostrate kings,
While every land its joyous tribute brings.

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

Doxology.

To God the Father, and to God the Son,

To God the Holy Spirit, Three in. One,

Be praise from all on earth and all in heaven,
As was, and is, and ever shall be given.

of day.

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2 Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;
Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away;
Change and decay on all around I see;

O Thou who changest not, abide with me.
3 I need Thy presence every passing hour;

What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's power?
Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.

4 I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless;

Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
Where is death's sting? where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.

Psalm 37.

From the xlii. Psalm of David.

1 As pants the wearied hart for cooling springs,
That sinks exhausted in the summer's chase,
So pants my soul for thee, great King of kings,
So thirsts to reach thy sacred dwelling-place.

2 Why throb, my heart? why sink, my saddening soul?
Why droop to earth, with various woes oppress'd?
My years shall yet in blissful circles roll,

And peace be yet an inmate of this breast.

3 Lord, thy sure mercies, ever in my sight,
My heart shall gladden through the tedious day;
And midst the dark and gloomy shades of night,
To thee, my God, I'll tune the grateful lay.

CASSOCK.

II. 6.

BISHOP HOPKINS.

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