PSALMS AND But that thou canst save from sin, To thy cross I fly.

Others, long in fetters bound, There deliverance sought and found, Heard the voice of mercy sound, Surely so may I.

There on thee I cast my care, There to thee I raise my prayer, Jesu, save me from despair,

Save me, or I die.

HYMNS OF PRAISE.

When the storms of trial lower, When I feel temptation's power, In the last and darkest hour, Jesu, be thou nigh.( v)

Psalms and Hymns of Praise. 490 ALL people that on earth do

Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice: Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell, Come ye before him and rejoice. The Lord, ye know, is God indeed; Without our aid he did us make: We are his flock, he doth us feed; And for his sheep he doth us take. O enter then his gates with praise, Approach with joy his courts unto: Praise, laud, and bless his name always; For it is seemly so to do. For why?

Extend to me that favour, Zord, Thou to thy chosen dost afford; When thou return'st to set them free,

skies,

Let thy salvation visit me.( a) 493 FROM all that dwell below the Let the Creator's praise arise; Let the Redeemer's name be sung Through every land, by every tongue. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord, Eternal truth attends thy word: Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,

Till suns shall rise and set no more.( a)

494 SING Alleluia forth in duteous citizens of heaven: in sweet notes raise

An Alleluia!

Ye next who stand before the eternal In hymning choirs re- echo to the height

An endless Alleluia!

The Lord our God is good; His mercy is for ever sure; His truth at all times firmly stood; And shall from age to age endure.( b) 491 O COME, loud anthems let us

sing,

Loud thanks to our almighty King, And high our grateful voices raise, As our Salvation's rock we praise. Into his presence let us haste To thank him for his favours past; To him address, in joyful songs, The praise that to his name belongs. For God the Lord, enthroned in state, Is with unrivall'd glory great; The depths of earth are in his hand, Her secret wealth at his command. O let us to his courts repair, And bow with adoration there; Low on our knees with reverence fall, And on the Lord our Maker call.( a) 492 RENDER thanks to God

above,

The fountain of eternal love, Whose mercy firm through ages past Has stood, and shall for ever last. Who can his mighty deeds express, Not only vast, but numberless? What mortal eloquence can raise His tribute of immortal praise? Happy are they, and only they, Who from his judgments fear to stray, Who know and love his perfect will, And all his righteous laws fulfil.

The holy city shall take up your strain, And with glad songs resounding wake again

An endless Alleluia! In blissful answering strains ye thus rejoice

To render to the Lord with thankful voice An endless Alleluia!

Ye who have gain'd at length your palms

in bliss,

Victorious ones, your chant shall still be this­

An endless Alleluia! There, in one grand acclaim for ever ring The strains which tell the honour of your King­

An endless Alleluia!

This is the rest for weary ones brought back:

This is the food and drink which none shall lack:

An endless Alleluia! While thee, by whom were all things made, we praise

For ever, and tell out in sweetest lays An endless Alleluia!

Almighty Christ, to thee our voices sing Glory for evermore: to thee we bring An endless Alleluia! Amen.

495 I'LL praise my Maker with my

breath,

And when my voice is lost in death,

Praise shall employ my nobler powers: My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life and thought and being last, Or immortality endures. Happy the man whose hopes rely On Israel's God: he made the sky, And earth, and seas, with all their train:

His truth for ever stands secure; He saves the oppress'd, he feeds the poor, And none shall find his promise vain.