THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT

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PRAISE the LORD, unite to praise

The SAVIOUR mankind.

Our thankful hearts in solemn lays
Be with our voices join'd.

2 But how shall dust His worth declare,
When angels try in vain ;
Their faces veil when they appear
Before the Son of man.

3 O LORD we cannot silent be,
By love we are constrain'd
To offer our best thanks to Thee

Our SAVIOUR, and our Friend!

4 Tho' feeble are our best essays,
Thy love will not despise,
Our grateful songs of humble praise;
Our well meant sacrifice.

5 Let ev'ry tongue Thy goodness show,
And spread abroad Thy fame:
Let ev'ry heart with praise o'erflow,
And bless Thy sacred name.

6 Worship and honor, thanks and love,
TO JESUS CHRIST be giv'n!
By men below,-by hosts above,
By all in earth and heav'n!

Psalm xlii-lxxxvi exii

PROSTRATE, blest SAVIOUR, at Thy feet

guilty sinner lies;

And upwards to the mercy seat
Presumes to lift his eyes.

2 O let not justice frown me hence;
Stay, stay the vengeful storm;
Forbid it that Omnipotence
Should crush a feeble worm.

3 If tears of sorrow would suffice,
To pay the debt I owe,

Tears should from both my weeping eyes
In ceaseless torrents flow.

4 But no such sacrifice I plead
To expiate my guilt;

No tears but those that Thou hast shed,
No blood but Thou hast spilt.

5 Think of Thy sorrows gracious Lord,
And all my sins forgive:

Justice, will well approve the word.
That bids the sinner live.

Psalm lxiii-xcv-cxxvi-cxlvii.

THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT.

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PSALM. LIV

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f Cor. xv. 45.

L. M.

ORD, in the dust, before Thy throne, Our guilt and our disgrace we own; Great GOD, we own th' unhappy name, Whence sprung our nature, and our shame

But whilst our spirits fill'd with awe,
Behold the terrors of Thy Law,
We sing the honors of Thy grace,
That sent to save our ruin'd race.

3 We sing Thine everlasting SoN,
Who join'd our nature to His own?
ADAM, the second, from the dust
Raises the ruins of the first.

Where sin did reign, and death abound
There have the sons of ADAM found
Abounding life, there glorious grace
Reigns thro' the LORD our RIGHTEOUSNESS,

3 All blessings, might and majesty,
Then to our GOD for ever be;

TO JESUS CHRIST Our SAVFOUR raise,
Eternal songs of endless praise.

Psalm li. lxv. ciii. cxiij

PALM SUNDAY.

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PŠALM LX. XX.

195

Heb. ix. 11, 12.

P. M. 8, U

FAIL! Thou once despiséd JESUS!

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H. Hail! Thou Galilean King!

Who didst suffer to release us,

Who didst free salvation bring!

Hail! Thou glorious GoD and SAVIOURA
Who hast born our sin and shame,
By whose merits we find favor, bono
Life is given thro' Thy name! 12!!

2 Paschal LAMB, by GoD appointe!
All our sins were on Thee laid one

By Almighty love anointed,

Thou hast full atonement made,

3. Jesus hail! enthron'd in glory,

There for ever to abide,

All the heav'nly hosts adore Thee,
Seated at Thy Father's side;
There for sinners thou art pleading,
' Spare them yet another year"
There for saints art interceding,
"Till in glory they appear.

4 Worship, honor, pow'r and blessing,
CHRIST is worthy to receive-
Loudest praises without ceasing,
Meet it is for us to give!
Help ye bright angelic spirits,
Bring your sweetest noblest lays,
Help to sing our SAVIOUR's merits,
Help to chaunt IMMANUEL's praise.
Psalm xvi, 2nd. part.

MONDAY BEFORE EASTER,

196

L. M.

Phil. ii. 8, Col ii. 15,

HE mighty frame of glorious grace, That brightest monument of praise! That e'er th'. Eternal GoD design'd, ti s Employs and fills my lab'ring mind. "

Begin, my soul, the heav'nly song, 1
A subject for an angel's tongue:
When angels sound these awful things
They tune and summon all their strings,

3 Proclaim inimitable love,

JESUS, the Lord of worlds above,
Puts off the beams of bright array,
And veils the GoD in mortal clay.

4 He that distributes crowns and thrones
Hangs on a tree, and bleeds, and groans,
The Prince of life resigns His breath,
The King of glory bows to death.