PSALMS AND HYMNS OF PRAISE. With all the angel choirs, With all the saints on earth, Pour out the strains of joy and bliss, True rapture, noblest mirth.

Your clear Hosannas raise, And Hallelujahs loud; Whilst answering echoes upward float.. Like wreaths of incense cloud.

He will not always chide; He will with patience wait; His wrath is ever slow to rise, And ready to abate.

He pardons all thy sins, Prolongs thy feeble breath, He healeth thine infirmities, And ransoms thee from death.

He clothes thee with His love, Upholds thee with His truth, And like the eagle He renews The vigour of thy youth. Then bless His holy name, Whose grace hath made thee whole, Whose loving- kindness crowns thy days;

Oh bless the Lord, my soul. Amen.

571 My God, I thank Thee, who

hast made

The earth so bright; So full of splendour and of joy, Beauty and light;

So many glorious things are here, Noble and right.

I thank Thee too that Thou hast made Joy to abound;

So many gentle thoughts and deeds Circling us round,

That in the darkest spot of earth Some love is found.

I thank Thee more that all our joy Is touch'd with pain; That shadows fall on brightest hours; That thorns remain;

So that earth's bliss may be our guide,

And not our chain.

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For Thou, who knowest, Lord, how Our weak heart clings, Hast given us joys, tender and true, Yet all with wings; So that we see, gleaming on high, Diviner things.

I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou hast The best in store;

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We have enough, yet not too much To long for more:

A yearning for a deeper peace, Not known

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I thank Thee, Lord, that here our Though amply blest,[ souls, Can never find, although they seek, A perfect rest, Nor ever shall, until they lean On Jesus' breast. Amen.

572 REJOICE, ye pure in heart, Rejoice, give thanks, and sing; Your holy banner waves on high, The cross of Christ your King. Bright youth and snow- crown'd age, Strong men and maidens meek. Raise high your free exulting song, God's wondrous praises speak. 137

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With voice as full and strong As ocean's surging praise, Send forth the hymns our fathers The psalms of ancient days.

Yes on, through life's long path, Still chanting as ye go,

From youth to age, by night and day, In gladness and in woe.

Still lift your standard high, Still march in firm array, As warriors through the darkness toil Till dawns the golden day.

At last the march shall end, The wearied ones shall rest,

The pilgrims find their Father's House ,. Jerusalem the blest. Amen.

573 COME, Thou Fount of every

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Tune Thy grace: Streams of mercy never ceasing Call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me, Lord, the rapturouss

measures

Sung by flaming hosts above; Bid me tell the countless treasures Of my God's unchanging love. Here I raise my Ebenezer, Hither by

Thy help I'm come; And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, Safely to arrive at home. Jesus sought me when a stranger, Wandering from the fold of God; He, to rescue me from danger,

Bought me with His precious blood... Oh, to grace how great a debtor Daily I'm constrained to be! Let that grace break every fetter That withholds my heart from Thee: Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it; Prone to leave the God I love: Saviour, take my heart and seal it, Seal it for Thy courts above. Amen.

574 LET us with a gladsome mind

Praise the Lord for He is kind; For His mercies aye endure, Ever faithful, ever sure.

Let us blaze His name abroad, For of gods He is the God,

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