e 2 But, if their hearts rebel, and rise Against the God who rules the skies; If they reject his heavenly word,

And slight the counsels of the Lord ;— -3 He'll bring their spirits to the ground, And no deliv'rance shall be found; a Laden with grief, they waste their breath In darkness and the shades of death. -4 Then to the Lord they raise their cries, o He makes the dawning light arise, And scatters all that dismal shade' That hung so heavy round their head.

5 He cuts the bars of brass in two,
And lets the smiling pris'ner through;
Takes off the load of guilt and grief,
And gives the lab'ring soul relief.

6 Oh may the sons of men record The wondrous goodness of the Lord! • How great his works! how kind his ways! u Let ev'ry tongue pronounce his praise.

L. M. 3rd Part. Pleyel's. [*]
Intemperance punished and pardoned.
1 AIN man, on foolish pleasures bent,
Prepares for his own punishment;
What pains, what loathsome maladies
From luxury and lust arise!

2 The drunkard feels his vitals waste;
Yet drowns his health to please his taste;
Till all his active powers are lost,
And fainting life draws near the dust.
3 The glutton groans and loaths to eat ;
His soul abhors delicious meat;
Nature, with heavy loads oppress'd,
Would yield to death to be releas'd."

4 Then how the frighten'd sinners fly
To God for help, with earnest cry!
He hears their groans, prolongs their breath
And saves them from approaching death

5 No med'cines could effect the cure,
So quick, so easy, or so sure:
The deadly sentence God repeals;
He sends his sovereign word and heals

6 Oh may the sons of men record
The wondrous goodness of the Lord;
And let their thankful off'ring prove
How they adore their Maker's love.]

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L. M. 4th Part. Oporto. [*] Deliverance from Storm and Shipwreck. behold the works of God, His wonders in the world abroad

WOULD You

Go with the mariners, and trace

The unknown regions of the seas.

2 They leave their native shores behind, And seize the favour of the wind; • Till God commands-and tempests rise, That heave the ocean to the skies.

o 3 Now to the heavens they mount amain;
e Now sink to dreadful deeps again :
-What strange affrights young sailors feel,
And like a stagg'ring drunkard reel!

e 4 When land is far, and death is nigh,
p Lost to all hope, to God they cry;
-His mercy hears their loud address,
o And sends salvation in distress.

o 5 He bids the winds their wrath assuage;
The furious waves forget their rage:
-'Tis calm;-and sailors smile to see
The haven where they wish'd to be
06 Oh may the sons of men record

The wondrous goodness of the Lord! -Let them their private off'rings bring, . And in the church his glory sing.

C. M.

Wareham. [*]

The Mariner's Psalm.

1 THY works of glory, mighty Lord,
Thy wonders in the deeps,

The sons of courage shall record,
Who trade in floating ships.

2 At thy command the winds arise,
And swell the tow'ring waves ;
The men, astonish'd, mount the skies,
And sink in gaping gravea

-3 [Again they climb the wat❜ry hills,
And plunge in deeps again;
Each like a tott'ring drunkard reels,
And finds his courage vain.

d 4 Frighted to hear the tempest roar,
They pant with flutt'ring breath;
And, hopeless of the distant shore,
Expect immediate death.]

-5 Then to the Lord they raise their cries,
He hears the loud request;

g And orders silence through the skies, And lays the floods to rest.

u 6 Sailors rejoice to lose their fears,
And see the storm allay'd:

Now to their eyes the port appears;
There let their vows be paid.

-7 'Tis God who brings them safe to land;
Let stupid mortals know,

That waves are under his command,
And all the winds that blow.

o 8 Oh that the sons of men would praise
The goodness of the Lord!

-And those, who see thy wondrous ways,
Thy wondrous love record.

L. M. Last Part. Moreton.

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Leeds.

[*]

Colonies and Nations blest and punished.

WE

VHEN God, provok'd with daring crimes
Scourges the madness of the times,
He turns the fields to barren sand,
And dries the rivers from the land.

2 His word can raise the springs again,
And make the wither'd mountains green;
Send show'ry blessings from the skies,
And harvests in the desert rise.]

3 Where nothing dwelt, but neasts of prey,
Or men as fierce and wild as they,
God bids the oppress'a and poor repair
And builds them towns and cities there
4 They sow the fields, and trees they plan
Whose yearly fruit supplies their want;
Their race grows up from fruitful stocks,
Their wealth increases with their flocks.

5 Thus they are blest: but if they sin, e He lets the heathen nations in; A savage crew invades their lands, Their princes die by barb'rous hands. a 6 Their captive sons, expos'd to scorn, Wander, unpity'd and forlorn : The country lies unfenc'd, untill'd, And desolation spreads the field. -7 Yet, if the humbled nation mourns, Again his dreadful hand he turns; o Again he makes their cities thrive, And bids the dying churches live. 8 [The righteous, with a joyful sense, Admire the works of providence ; And tongues of atheists shall no more Blaspheme the God whom saints adore.] e 9 How few with pious care record These wondrous dealings of the Lord! But wise observers still shall find The Lord is holy, just and kind.

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PSALM 109. C. M. Abridge. [*] Love to Enemies; Example of Christ. GOD of my mercy and my praise, Thy glory is my song;

o Though sinners speak against thy grace, With a blaspheming tongue. -2 When, in the form of mortal man, Thy Son on earth was found,

e With cruel slanders, false and vain, They compass'd him around.

-3 Their mis'ries his compassion move, Their peace he still pursu'd;

e They render hatred for his love, And evil for his good.

-4 Their malice rag'd without a cause;
Yet, with his dying breath,

-He pray'd for murd'rers on his cross,
And blest his foes in death.

5 Lord, shall thy bright example shine
In vain before my eyes?

-Give me a soul akin to thine,

To love mine enemies

o 6 The Lord will on my side engage; And, in my Saviour's name,

. I shall defeat their pride and rage, Who slander and condemn.

PSALM 110. L. M. 1st Part. Blendon. [*]

The exalted Messiah's Power and Grace.

d 1 HUS the eternal Father spake

THU

To Christ, the Son: Ascend and sit At my right hand, till I shall make 'Thy foes submissive at thy feet. o 2 From Zion shall thy word proceed; 'Thy word, the sceptre in thy hand, 'Shall make the hearts of rebels bleed, 'And bow their wills to thy command.

g 3 That day shall shew thy power is great, "When saints shall flock with willing minds, 'And sinners crowd thy temple gate, 'Where holiness in beauty shines.' o 4 O blessed power! O glorious day! What a large vict'ry shall ensue ! o And converts, who thy grace obey, Exceed the drops of morning dew.

Oporto

L. M. 2nd Part. Bath. [*]
The Kingdom and Priesthood of Christ.
HUS the great Lord of earth and sea
Spake to his Son, and thus he swore:

1 [TH

Eternal shall thy priesthood be,

'And change from hand to hand no more.

2' Aaron and all his sons must die:

'But everlasting life is thine,

'To save for ever those who fly

'For refuge from the wrath divine.

3By me Melchisedec was made,
'On earth, a king and priest at once:

And thou, my heavenly Priest, shalt plead,
'And thou, my King, shalt rule my sons."
4 Jesus, the Priest, ascends his throne;
While counsels of eternal peace,
Between the Father and the Son,
Proceed with honour and success.

fspread,

5 Through the whole earth his reign shall

And crush the powers that dare rebel·