Thy children form'd and blest by Thee,
With filial love and homage, we
Fall prostrate at Thy feet.
2 Thy name in hallow'd strains be sung,
Let ev'ry heart and ev'ry tongue
The solemn concert join;
In loving, serving, praising Thee
We find our chief felicity,
But cannot add to Thine.
3 Thy righteous, mild, and sov'reign reign, Throughout creation's ample plain, Let ev'ry being own;
LORD, in our hearts, where passions rude
With fierce tumultuous rage intrude,
Erect Thy peaceful throne.
4 As angels round Thy seat above,
With joyful haste, and ardent love,
Thy blest commands fulfil;
So let Thy creatures here below,
As far as thou hast giv'n to know,
Perform Thy sacred will.
5 On Thee we day by day depend,
Our being's Author, and its end,
Our daily wants supply;
With healthful meat our bodies feed,
Our souls sustain with living bread,
Our Souls that never die.
6 Extend Thy grace to ev'ry fault,
Each single action, word, and thought,
O let Thy love forgive!
For Thou hast taught our hearts to show
Divine forgiveness to our foe,
Nor let resentment live.
7 Where tempting snares bestrew the way,
To lead unwary minds astray,
Permit us not to tread ;
Unless Thy gracious aid appear,
T'avert the threat'ning evil near,-
From our unguarded head.
8 Thy sacred Name we thus adore;
And thus Thy choicest gifts implore
With joyful humble mind;
Because Thy pow'r and glory prove
Thy kingdom built on wisdom, love,
Unceasing, unconfin'd.—
VENITE, vide Psalm xcv.
HEE sov'reign GOD!. our anthems praise,
We own Thee LORD in all Thy ways,
Thee, holy FATHER, earth's whole frame,
And heav'n's high powers e'er proclaim.
2 0 HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, LORD!
Great God of Sabbath, they record
With splendour of Thy glory spread,,
Is heav'n and earth replenished..
3 Thy praises fill the Apostles' choir;.
The prophets in Thy praise conspire:
Legions of martyrs swell the theme,
And vocal blood resounds Thy name.
4 O GOD! Thy holy church to Thee
Ascribes infinite majesty,
Thy HOLY SPIRIT and Thy SON,
The sacred Three in Godhead ONE.
5 O King of Glory, CHRIST most high! Thou co-eternal DEITY!
Who, to save sinners from their doom,
Didst not abhor the virgin's womb.
6 We sing Thy conquests o'er the grave!.
Aloud we sing Thy power to save!
The realms of bliss we joyful see
For all believers bought by Thee.
7. At God's right hand enthron'd on high, In all the glories of the sky,
Till Thou in judgment shalt appear
We hail Thee, and adore Thee there..
8 LORD of the living and the dead!
O spare the souls for whom Thou bled;
Unite us with Thy saints above,
Their partners in a SAVIOUR'S love.
9 O bless Thy heritage, defend,
And keep us faithful to the end:
Raise Thou our hearts, direct our way
To magnify Thee day by day.
10 Our suppliant pray'r, O LORD, receive !
FATHER, Thy mercies ceaseless give,
And ever with us LORD be near,
Till we in glory shall appear.
E works of God, on Him alone,
In earth His foot-stool, heav'n His throne,
Be all your praise bestow'd;
Whose hand the beauteous fabrick made,
Whose eye the finish'd work survey'd,
And saw that all was good.
2 Ye angels, who with loud acclaim,
Admiring view'd the new born frame
And hail'd the eternal King;
Again proclaim your Maker's praise,
Again your thankful voices raise,
And touch the tuneful string.
3 Let all who vital breath enjoy,
Their ev'ry faculty employ.
Proclaim His praise divine;
Fire, air, and earth, and seas, and skies,
In one melodious concert rise,
And in full chorus join.
4 Ye thrones, dominions, virtues, pow'rs,
Combine your joyful songs with ours,
With us your voices raise;
Fromage to age extend the lay,.
To heav'ns eternal Monarch pay
Hymns of eternal praise.
5 Ye Priests of God the lay prolong,
Ye saints, exalt the grateful song
To heav'ns eternal throne;
Till wonder seize th' angelic train,
Pleas'd while they hear a mortal strain,
So sweet, so like their own.
6 Ye spirits of the just and good,
Who eager for the blest abode,
To heav'nly mansions soar;
O let your songs His praise display,
'Till heav'n itself shall melt away,,
And time shall be no more.
7 Praise Him, ye meek and humble train,
Ye saints, whom His decrees ordain
The boundless bliss to share;
O! praise Him, 'till you take your way
To regions of eternal day,
And reign for ever there.
8 Praise God who, reigns enthron'd on high, Praise GOD. THE SON, who deign'd to die ;. The HOLY SPIRIT praise.
Join the blest theme, angelic host,
Praise FATHER, SON and HOLY GHOST,.
One glorious Anthem raise.
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