A selection of Psalms ... with hymns for particular occasions, compiled for the use of St. George's chapel, Kidderminster [by W. Villers].

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William Villers
1827

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Page 97 - 1 FROM all that dwell below the skies Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung Through every land, by every tongue. 2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word ; Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suus shall rise and set no more.
Page 71 - For the Morning. 1 AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun, Thy daily stage of duty run ; Shake off dull sloth, and early rise, To pay thy morning sacrifice. 2 Thy precious time mispent, redeem ; Each present day, thy last esteem ; Improve thy talent with due care; For the great day thyself prepare.
Page 79 - laid, 2 Cold on his cradle the dew-drops arc shining, Low lies his bed with the beasts of the stall ; Angels adore Him in slumber reclining, Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all 3 Say, shall we yield Him, in costly devotion Odours of Edom, and offerings divine, Gems of the mountain, and pearls of
Page 73 - 2 Now met to pray, and bless thy name, Whose mercies flow each day the same, Whose kind compassions never cease ; We seek instruction, pardon, peace. 3 Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord ! we love ; But there's a nobler rest above ; O that we might that rest attain From sin, from sorrow, and from pain
Page 99 - 1 THE spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, The spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim : Th' unwearied sun from day to day Does his Creator's pow'r display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand. 2 Soon as the
Page 57 - 1 ALL people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice, Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell Come ye before him and rejoice. 2 The Lord ye know is God indeed, Without our aid
Page 57 - to God. O COME, loud anthems let us sing, Loud thanks to our Almighty King ; For we our voices high should raise, When our salvation's Rock we praise. O let us to his courts repair, And bow with adoration there ; Down on our knees devoutly all Before the Lord our Maker fall.
Page 91 - throne we sinners bend; To us thy saving grace extend. 3 Eternal Spirit ! by whose breath The soul is rais'd from sin and death. Before thy throne we sinners bend; To us thy quickening power extend. 4 Jehovah ! Father, Spirit, Son, Mysterious Godhead ! Three in One ! Before thy throne we sinners bend ; Grace, pardon, life, to us extend. HYMN
Page 89 - by whose breath The soul is rais'd from sin and death. Before thy throne we sinners bend; To us thy quickening power extend. 4 Jehovah ! Father, Spirit, Son, Mysterious Godhead ! Three in One ! Before thy throne we sinners bend ; Grace, pardon, life, to us extend. HYMN
Page 77 - Born, to raise the sons of earth ; Born, to give them second birth. 5 Hark ! the herald angels sing, " Glory to the new-born King; " Glory in the highest heaven, " Peace on earth, and man forgiven.

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