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For all in earth, and all on high,
Were made by thee; and all are thine.

3 Hence, Angels, Spirits, Elders fing
Hofannas, in one choral ftrain.

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The Heav'ns they hymn th' Eternal King ;
And earth repeats amen, amen.

HYMN III. L. M. [RIPPON'S COLL.]
Praife for Providence.

THY ways, O Lord with wife defign,
Are fram'd upon thy throne above,

And ev'ry dark or bending line,
Meets in the centre of thy love.
2 With feeble light, and half obfcure,
Poor mortals thy arrangements view,
Not knowing that the leaft are fure,
And the myfterious juft and true.
3 Thy flock, thy own peculiar care,
Though now they feem to roam uney'd,,
Are led or driv'n only where
They beft and safest may abide.

4 They neither know, nor trace the way,
But trufting to thy piercing eye;
None of their feet to ruin ftray,
Nor fhall the weakest fail or die.

5 My favor❜d foul fhall meekly learn,
To lay her reason at thy throne;
Too weak thy fecrets to difcern,
I'll trust thee for my guide alone.

HYMN IV. P. M. [RIPPON'S COLL.]

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Praife for Redemption.

NOW begin the heav'nly theme,"
Sing aloud in Jefus' name :
Ye who his falvation prove,
Triumph in redeeming love.

z Ye, alas! who long have been
Willing flaves of death and fin,'
Now from blifs no longer rove,
Stop and tafle redeeming love,
3 Welcome all, by fin oppreft,
Welcome to his facred reft ;
Nothing brought him from above,
Nothing but redeeming love,
4 When his fpirit leads us home,
When we to his glory come,
We fhall all the fulness prove,
Of our Lord's redeeming love,
5 Fe fubdu'd th' infernal pow'rs,
Those tremendous foes of ours,
From their curfed empire drové s
Mighty in redeeming love,

6 Hither, then, your mufic bring,
Strike aloud each cheerful ftring,
Mortals join the hofts above,
Join to praife redeeming love.

HYMN V. 2. M. [JOHN RELLY.] Praife for Salvation. COME ye lovers of the Lamb, Praife the great almighty name;

To your God, your fongs begin,
To the Lamb, your bleeding King.
2 Jefus, thee we honors give;
Live, almighty Jefus, live;

Thou haft penn'd our fongs with blood,
Thee we hail, incarnate God.

3 We were laden once with fin,

But the Lamb hath made us clean ;
We, who once in darkness lay,
Now behold eternal day.

Strangers once and far from God,
Now brought home by Jefus' blood,
Shining in our wedding dress,
In the Lord our righteoufnefs.

5 Freely we are fav'd by grace,
Heart and hand we this embrace;
This below fills ev'ry tongue,
This above is all the fong.

6 Praises ftill to Christ we fing,
Chrift our prophet, priest and king;

Living waters in us flow,

Glory is begun below.

HYMN VI. L. M. [WATTS PSADM 117.]

Univerfal Praife.

FROM all that dwell below the skies,
Let the Creator's praise arise :
Let the Redeemer's name be fung
Through ev'ry land, by ev'ry tongue.
2 Eternal are thy mercies Lord;
Eternal truth attends thy word:

Thy praise fhall four.d from shore to fhore, Till funs fhall rife and fet no more.

HYMN VII. C. M. [STEELE.]

The Excellence of Scripture.

FATHER of mercies, in thy word

What endless glory shines !

For ever be thy name ador'd,
For these celestial lines.

2 Here may the wretched fons of want
Exhauftlefs riches find;

Riches, above what earth can grant,
And lafting as the mind.

3 Here the fair tree of knowledge grows,
And yields a free repaft;

Sublimer Tweets than nature knows,
Invite the longing taste.

4 Here, the Redeemer's welcome voice,
Spreads heav'nly peace around;
And life, and everlasting joys
Attend the blissful found.

5 O may thefe heav'nly pages be
My ever dear delight;

And ftill new beauties may I fee,
And ftill increafing light.

6 Divine inftru&tor, gracious Lord!
Be thou for ever near ;

Teach me to love thy facred word,
And view my Saviour there.

HYMN VIII. C. M. RIPPON'S COLL.1

All Scripture Precious.

HOW precious is the book divine,
By inspiration giv'n!

Bright as a lamp, its doctrines fhine,
To guide our fouls to heav'n.

2 It fweetly cheers our drooping hearts,
In this dark vale of tears;

Life, light, and joy it fill imparts,
And quells our rifing fears.

3 This lamp, through all the tedious night Of life, fhall guide our way,

Till we behold the clearer light,
Of an eternal day.

R. M.

[COWPER.]

HYMN IX. p. M.

The Ceremonial Law points to Chrift

TSRAEL in ancient days

Not only had a view

Of Sinai in a blaze,

But learn'd the gofpél too

The types and figures were a glafs,
In which they faw the Saviour's face.

2 The Pafchal facrifice,

And blood befprinkled door,
Seen with enlighten'd eyes,
And once apply'd with pow'r,
Would teach the need of other blood,
To reconcile an angry God.

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