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6 But thy compassions, Lord,
To endless years endure;
And children's children ever find
Thy words of promise sure.

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Praising God for Mercies. Ps. 103.

10 BLESS the Lord, my soul !
Let all within me join,

And aid my tongue to bless his name.
Whose favors are divine.

2 O bless the Lord, my soul,
Nor let his mercies lie
Forgotten in unthankfulness,
And without praises die.

3 'Tis he forgives thy sins,
"T is he relieves thy pain,
Tis he that heals thy sicknesses,
And makes thee young again.

4 He crowns thy life with love,
When ransomed from the grave:
He that redeemed my soul from death,
Hath sovereign power to save.

5 He fills the poor with good;
He gives the sufferers rest:
The Lord hath judgments for the proud,
And justice for the oppressed.

6 His wondrous works and ways
He made by Moses known;

But sent the world his truth and grace By his beloved Son.

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MONTGOMERY.

Bless the Lord for his Mercies. Ps. 103.

10 BLESS the Lord, my soul !

His grace to thee proclaim.
And all that is within me join
To bless his holy name.

2 O bless the Lord, my soul;
His mercies bear in mind;
Forget not all his benefits:
The Lord to thee is kind.

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

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

5 He clothes thee with his love,
Upholds thee with his truth,
And, like the eagle, he renews
The vigor of thy youth.

6 Then bless his holy name

Whose grace hath made thee who e; Whose loving kindness crowns thy days; O bless the Lord, my soul!

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TATE & BRADY

Mercy of God. Ps. 103.

1 My soul, inspired with sacred love,
God's holy name forever bless;
Of all his favors mindful prove,
And still thy grateful thanks express.

2 The Lord abounds with tender love,
And unexampled acts of grace:
His wakened wrath doth slowly move,
His willing mercy flows apace.

3 God will not always harshly chide,
But with his anger quickly part;
And loves his punishments to guide
More by his love than our desert.

4 As high as heaven its arch extends
Above this little spot of clay;

So much his boundless love transcends
The small respects that we can pay.

5 As far as 't is from east to west,
So far has he our sins removed,
Who with a father's tender breast
Has such as feared him always loved.

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WATTS.

Praise for Protection, Grace and Truth. Ps. 57. 1 My God, in whom are all the springs Of boundless love and grace unknown Hide me beneath thy spreading wings, Till the dark cloud is overblown.

2 Up to the heavens I send my cry; The Lord will my desires perform; He sends his angels from the sky, And saves me from the threatening storm. 3 Be thou exalted, O my God,

Above the heavens, where angels dwell; Thy power on earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders tell.

4 My heart is fixed; my song shall raise Immortal honors to thy name;

Awake, my tongue, to sound his praise,
My tongue, the glory of my frame.

5 High o'er the earth his mercy reigns,
And reaches to the utmost sky;
His truth to endless years remains,
When lower worlds dissolve and die.

6 Be thou exalted, O my God,

Above the heavens, where angels dwell; Thy power on earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders tell.

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MRS. STEELE.

God our Benefactor.

1 My Maker, and my King!
To thee my all I owe :

Thy sovereign bounty is the spring
From whence my blessings flow.

2 Thou ever good and kind
A thousand reasons move,
A thousand obligations bind
My heart to grateful love.

3 The creature of thy hand,
On thee alone I live:
My God! thy benefits demand
More praise than tongue can give.

4 O let thy grace inspire

My soul with strength divine; Let all my powers to thee aspire, And all my days be thine.

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TATE & BRADY.

God merciful to Sinners. Ps. 25.

1 THY mercies, and thy love,
O Lord, recall to mind;
And graciously continue still,
As thou wert ever, kind.

2 His mercy, and his truth,
The righteous Lord displays,
In bringing wandering sinners home
And teaching them his ways.

3 He those in justice guides,
Who his direction seek;

And in his sacred paths shall lead
The humble and the meek

4 Through all the ways of God,
Both truth and mercy shine,
To such as with religious hearts
To his blessed will incline.

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