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The House of God.

SALISBURY COL.

1 LO, God is here! Let us adore, And humbly bow before his face; Let all within us feel his power,

Let all within us seek his grace.

2 Lo, God is here! Him day and night
United choirs of angels sing:
To him, enthroned above all height,
Heaven's host their noblest homage bring.

3 Being of beings, may our praise

Thy courts with grateful fragrance fill;
Still may we stand before thy face,
Still hear and do thy sovereign will.

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Delight in God's House. Ps. 84.

1 HOW lovely are thy dwellings fair,
O Lord of hosts! how dear

The pleasant tabernacles are,

Where thou dost dwell so near!

2 My soul doth long, and almost die,
Thy courts, O Lord, to see;
My heart and flesh aloud do cry,
O living God, for thee.

3 Happy, who in thy house reside,
Where thee they ever praise;

MILTON.

Happy, whose strength in thee doth bide,
And in their hearts thy ways.

4 They journey on from strength to strength, With joy and gladsome cheer,

Till all before our God at length
In Zion do appear.

5 Lord God of hosts, that reign'st on high,
That man is truly blest,

Who only on thee doth rely,

And in thee only rest.

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BISHOP HEBER.

Seeking Refuge.

1 FORTH from the dark and stormy sky,
Lord, to thine altar's shade we fly;
Forth from the world, its hope and fear,
Father, we seek thy shelter here:
Weary and weak, thy grace we pray;
Turn not, O Lord, thy guests away.

2 Long have we roamed in want and pain;
Long have we sought thy rest in vain ;
Wildered in doubt, in darkness lost,
Long have our souls been tempest-tost:
Low at thy feet our sins we lay;
Turn not, O Lord, thy guests away.

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The Safety and Protection of the Church.

1 HOW honorable is the place
Where we adoring stand,
Sion, the glory of the earth,
And beauty of the land!

WATTS.

2 Bulwarks of mighty grace defend
The city where we dwell;

The walls, of strong salvation made,
Defy the assaults of hell.

3 Lift up the everlasting gates,
The doors wide open fling;
Enter, ye nations that obey
The statutes of our King.

4 Here shall you taste unmingled joys,
And live in perfect peace,

You that have known Jehovah's name,
And ventured on his grace.

5 Trust in the Lord, forever trust,
And banish all your fears;

Strength in the Lord Jehovah dwells
Eternal as his years.

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The Benefit of Ordinances.

1 AWAY from every mortal care,

WATTS.

Away from earth, our souls retreat; We leave this worthless world afar, And wait and worship near thy seat.

2 Lord, in the temple of thy grace We see thy feet, and we adore; We gaze upon thy lovely face,

And learn the wonders of thy power. 3 If Satan rage, and sin grow strong, Here we receive some cheering word; We gird the gospel armor on

To fight the battles of the Lord.

4 Or, if our spirit faints and dies,

Our conscience galled with inward stings, Here doth the righteous Sun arise,

With healing beams beneath his wings.

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TATE & BRADY.

Public Worship. Ps. 65.

1 FOR thee, O God, our constant praise
In Zion waits, thy chosen seat;
Our promised altars there we'll raise,
And all our zealous vows complete.
2 0 thou who to my humble prayer

Didst always bend thy listening ear,
To thee shall all mankind repair,
And at thy gracious throne appear.
3 Our sins, though numberless, in vain
To stop thy flowing mercy try,
Whilst thou o'erlook'st the guilty stain,
And washest out the crimson dye.

4 Blest is the man, who, near thee placed,
Within thy sacred dwelling lives;
Whilst we, at humbler distance, taste
The vast delights thy temple gives.

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WATTS.

The Pleasure of public Worship. Ps. 84.
1 HOW pleasant, how divinely fair,
O Lord of hosts, thy dwellings are!
With long desire my spirit faints
To meet the assemblies of thy saints.

2 God is our Sun; he makes our day;
God is our Shield; he guards our way
From all the assaults of hell and sin
From foes without and foes within.

3 All needful grace will God bestow,
And crown that grace with glory too,
He gives us all things, and withholds
No real good from upright souls.

4 Blest are the souls that find a place
Within the temple of thy grace;
There they behold thy gentler rays,
And seek thy face, and learn thy praise.

5 Blest are the men whose hearts are set
To find the way to Zion's gate;

God is their Strength, and through the road They lean upon their Helper, God.

6 Cheerful they walk with growing strength, Till all shall meet in heaven at length; Till all before thy face appear,

And join in nobler worship there.

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Acceptable Worship.

J. TAYLOR.

1 O, HOW delightful is the road
That leads us to thy temple, Lord!
With joy we visit thine abode,

And seek the treasures of thy word.

2 O heavenly treasures! glorious light!
From ancient sages long concealed,
Till Christ restored the feeble sight,
And God's unchanging word revealed.

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