Praise to the Only True God. Psalm 86.

1 ETERNAL God, Almighty Cause

Of earth, and seas, and worlds unknown!
All things are subject to thy laws;
All things depend on thee alone.

2 Thy glorious being singly stands,
Of all within itself possessed;
Controlled by none are thy commands;
Thou in thyself alone art blessed.

3 Worship to thee alone belongs;

Worship to thee alone we give;
Thine be our hearts, and thine our songs,
And to thy glory may we live.

4 Lord, spread thy name through heathen lands; Their idol deities dethrone;

Subdue the world to thy commands,
And reign, as thou art, God alone.

1 LET us, with a gladsome mind,
Praise the Lord, for he is kind;
For his mercies aye endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.

2 Let us blaze his name abroad,
For of gods he is the God;
For his mercies, &c.

3 Who, by his all-commanding might, Did fill the new-made world with light; For his mercies, &c.

4 And caused the golden-tressed sun All day long his course to run; For his mercies, &c.

5 The horned moon to shine by night Amongst her spangled sisters bright; For his mercies, &c.

6 His chosen people he did bless In the wasteful wilderness; For his mercies, &c.

7 He hath, with a piteous eye, Beheld us in our misery; For his mercies, &c.

8 All his creatures he doth feed; And with full hand supplies their need; For his mercies, &c.

9 Let us, therefore, warble forth His mighty majesty and worth; For his mercies, &c.

1 THOU, Who sitt'st enthroned above! Thou, in whom we live and move! Thou, who art most great, most high! God, from all eternity!

2 O, how sweet, how excellent,

'T is when tongue and heart consent,

Grateful hearts and joyful tongues,
Hymning thee in tuneful songs!

3 When the morning paints the skies,
When the stars of evening rise,
We thy praises will record,
Sovereign Ruler! mighty Lord!

4 Decks the spring with flowers the field? Harvest rich doth autumn yield?

Giver of all good below!

Lord! from thee these blessings flow.

5 Sovereign Ruler! mighty Lord!
We thy praises will record:
Giver of these blessings! we
Pour the grateful song to thee.

The same subject. Psalm 150.

1 PRAISE, O praise the name divine! Praise him at the hallowed shrine ! Let the firmament on high

To its Maker's praise reply.

2 Let his acts and power supreme
To your songs suggest a theme;
Let the organ in his praise
Learn its loudest notes to raise.

3 All who vital health enjoy,
In his praise that health employ,
And in one great chorus join;
Praise, O praise the name divine!

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Sincere Praise.

ALMIGHTY Maker, God!

How wondrous is thy name! Thy glories how diffused abroad Through the creation's frame ! Nature in every dress

Her humble homage pays,

And finds a thousand ways to express Thine undissembled praise.

3 The lark mounts up the sky
With unambitious song,

And bears her Maker's praise on high
Upon her artless tongue.

4 My soul would rise and sing
To her Creator too;

Fain would my tongue adore my King, And pay the worship due.

5 And yet the songs I frame

Are faithless to thy cause,

And steal the honors of thy name
To build their own applause.

6 Thy glories I abate,

Or praise thee with design; Some of thy favors I forget, Or think the merit mine.

7 Create my soul anew,

Else all my worship's vain;

This wretched heart will ne'er be true, Until 't is formed again.

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J. TAYLOR.

The God of Mercy adored.

1 PRAISE to God, the great Creator,
Bounteous source of every joy,
He whose hand upholds all nature,
He whose word can all destroy!
Saints, with pious zeal attending,
Now the grateful tribute raise;
Solemn songs to heaven ascending
Join the universal praise.

2 Here indulge each grateful feeling;
Lowly bend with contrite souls;
Here his milder grace revealing,
Here no awful thunder rolls;
Lo! the eternal page before us
Bears the covenant of his love,
Full of mercy to restore us,
Mercy beaming from above.

3 Every secret fault confessing,

Deed unrighteous, thought of sin,
Seize, O seize the proffered blessing,
Grace from God, and peace within!
Heart and voice with rapture swelling,
Still the song of glory raise;
On the theme immortal dwelling,
Join the universal praise.

P. M.

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DODDRIDGE varied.

Hymn of Praise.

1 O PRAISE ye the Lord! prepare a new song, And let all his saints in full concert join;