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3 Which we from sacred registers
Of ancient times have known,
And our forefathers' pious care
To us has handed down.

4 We will not hide them from our sons;
Our offspring shall be taught

The praises of the Lord, whose strength
Has works of wonder wrought; -

5 That generations yet to come
Should to their unborn heirs
Religiously transmit the same,
And they again to theirs ;-

6 To teach them that in God alone
Their hope securely stands;

That they should ne'er his works forget,
But keep his just commands.

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TATE & BRADY.

God the Deliverer of Nations. Ps. 44.

1 O LORD, our fathers oft have told,
In our attentive ears,

Thy wonders in their days performed,
And elder times than theirs.

2 As thee their God our fathers owned,
Thou art our sovereign King;
O, therefore, as thou didst to them,
To us deliverance bring.

3 To thee the triumph we ascribe,

From whom the conquest came;
In God we will rejoice all day,
And ever bless his name.

4 Arise, O Lord, and timely haste
To our deliverance make;
Redeem us, Lord, if not for ours,
Yet for thy mercies' sake.

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WATTS.

Israel saved from Enemies. Ps. 76.

1 IN Judah God of old was known,
His name in Israel great;
In Salem stood his holy throne,
And Zion was his seat.

2 Among the praises of his saints.
His dwelling there he chose;
There he received their just complaints
Against their haughty foes.

3 From Zion went his dreadful word,
And broke the threatening spear,
The bow, the arrows, and the sword
And crushed the Assyrian war.

4 What are the earth's wide kingdoms else
But mighty hills of prey?

The hill on which Jehovah dwells
Is glorious more than they.

5 What power can stand before thy sight,
When once thy wrath appears?

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When heaven shines round with dreadful light,
The earth lies still, and fears.

6 When God, in his own sovereign ways,
Comes down to save the oppressed,
The wrath of man shall work his praise,
And he'll restrain the rest.

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God the Dwelling-Place of his People through all Generations.

1 THOU, Lord, through every changing scene,
Hast to thy saints a refuge been;
Through every age, eternal God,
Their pleasing home, their safe abode.

2 In thee our fathers sought their rest;
In thee our fathers still are blest;
And while the tomb confines their dust,
In thee their souls abide and trust.

3 Lo, we are risen,
a feeble race,
Awhile to fill our fathers' place;
Our helpless state with pity view,
And let us share their refuge too.

4 Through all the thorny paths we trace,
In this uncertain wilderness,

When friends desert, and foes invade,
Revive our heart, and guard our head.

5 So, when this pilgrimage is o'er,
And we must dwell in flesh no more,
To thee our separate souls shall come,
And find in thee a surer home.

6 To thee our infant race we leave;

Them may their fathers' God receive,
That voices yet unformed may raise
Succeeding hymns of humble praise.

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1 SING to the Lord, who loud proclaims His various and his saving names;

O, may they not be heard alone, But by our sure experience known. 2 Let great Jehovah be adored,

The eternal, all-sufficient Lord,

He through the world most high confessed,
By whom 'twas formed, and is possessed.

3 Awake, our noblest powers, to bless
The God of Abram, God of peace;
Now by a dearer title known,-
Father and God of Christ his Son.

4 Through every age his gracious ear
Is open to his servants' prayer;
Nor can one humble soul complain
That it hath sought its God in vain.

5 What unbelieving heart shall dare
In whispers to suggest a fear,

While still he owns his ancient name?
The same his power, his love the same.

6 To thee our souls in faith arise,
To thee we lift expecting eyes,
And boldly through the desert tread,
For God will guard where God shall lead.

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SIR W. SCOTT.

Imploring the constant Presence of God.

1 WHEN Israel, 'of the Lord beloved,
Out of the land of bondage came,
Her fathers' God before her moved,

An awful guide, in smoke and flame.
2 By day, along the astonished lands
The cloudy pillar glided slow;
By night, Arabia's crimsoned sands
Returned the fiery column's glow.

3 Thus present still, though now unseen,
When brightly shines the prosperous day,
Be thoughts of thee a cloudy screen,
To temper the deceitful ray!

4 And, O, when stoops upon our path,
In shade and storm, the frequent night,
Be thou, long-suffering, slow to wrath,
A burning and a shining light.

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