PSALMS AND While all the armies of the sky Conspire to raise the sound. Glory, honour, praise, and power, Be unto the Lamb for ever! Jesus Christ is our Redeemer; Hallelujah! praise the Lord.

Which daily I receive From Jesus, my Redeemer's hands, My soul, what canst thou give? Alas! from such a heart as mine, What can I bring him forth? My best is stain'd and dyed with sin, My all is nothing worth.

Yet this acknowledgment I'll make For all he has bestow'd, Salvation's sacred cup I'll take, And call upon my God.

HYMNS OF PRAISE.

501 FOR mercies, countless as the Fear him, ye saints; and you will then

Have nothing else to fear: Mak: you his service your delight, Your wants shall be his care.( c)

The best return for one like me, So wretched and so poor, Is from his gifts to draw a plea, And ask him still for more.

I cannot serve him as I ought, No works have I to boast; Yet would I glory in the thought That I shall owe him most.( e)

5020 FOR a thousand tongues to

sing

My dear Redeemer's praise, The glories of my God nd King,

The triumphs of his grace!

Deliverance he affords to all Who on his succour trust.

He breaks the power of cancell'd sin, And sets the prisoner free:

His blood can make the foulest clean; His blood avail'd for me.

O make but trial of his love, Experience will decide How blest they are, and only they, Who in his truth confide.

505 STAND up, and bless the Lord, Ye people of his choice:

Jesus the name that charms our fears, Stand up, and bless the Lord your God That bids our sorrows cease; ' Tis music in the sinner's ears;

With heart, and soul, and voice.

' Tis life, and health, and peace.

He speaks; and, listening to his voice, New life the dead receive; The mournful broken hearts rejoice; The humble poor believe. Hear bim, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb, Your loosen'd tongues employ; Ye blind, behold your Saviour come; And leap, ye lame, for joy! My gracious Master and my God, Assist me to proclaim

504 AWAKE, and sing the song

Of Moses and the Lamb; Wake every heart and every tongue, To praise the Saviour's name. Sing of his dying love; Sing of his rising power; Sing how he intercedes above For those whose sins he bore. Sing on your heavenly way; Ye ransom'd sinners, sing, Sing on, rejoicing every day In Christ, the eternal King. Soon shall ye hear him say, " Ye blessèd children, come:" Soon will he call you hence away, And take his wanderers home. There shall our raptured tongue His endless praise proclaim, And sweeter voices swell the song Of Moses and the Lamb.( c)

And spread through all the earth abroad The honours of thy name.( c)

503 THROUGH all the changing

scenes of life, In trouble and in joy, The praises of my God shall still My heart and tongue employ. O magnify the Lord with the, With me exalt his name: Wheu in distress to him I call'd He to my rescue came. The hosts of God encamp around The dwellings of the just;

Though high above all praise, Above all blessing high, Who would not fear his holy name, And laud and magnify?

O for the living flame, From his own altar brought, To touch our lips, our minds inspire, And wing to heaven our thought! God is our strength and song, And his salvation ours;

Then be his love in Christ proclaim, With all our ransom'd powers. Stand up, and bless the Lord, The Lord your God adore; Stand up, and bless his glorious name, Henceforth for evermore.( e)

506 COME, ye who love the Lord, And let your joys be known; Join in a song with sweet accord, And thus surround the throne. The men of grace have found Glory begun below; Celestial fruits on earthly ground From faith and hope may grow. The hill of Zion yields

A thousand sacred sweets, Before we reach the heavenly fields, Or walk the golden streets.