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127.

C. M.

BROWNE.

Universal Goodness of God.

1 LORD, thou art good! all nature shows
Its mighty Author kind:

Thy bounty through creation flows,
Full, free, and unconfined.

2 The whole in every part proclaims
Thy infinite good will;

It shines in stars, and flows in streams,
And bursts from every hill.

3 We view it o'er the spreading main,
And heavens which spread more wide;
It drops in gentle showers of rain,
And rolls in every tide.

4 Long hath it been diffused abroad,
Through ages past and gone;
Nor ever can exhausted be,

But still keeps flowing on.

5 Through the whole earth it pours supplies, Spreads joy through every part:

O may such love attract my eyes,
And captivate my heart!

6 My highest admiration raise,
My best affections move!

Employ my tongue in songs of praise,
And fill my heart with love!

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Holiness of God. Ps. 99.

1 EXALT the Lord our God,
And worship at his feet:
His nature is all holiness,
And mercy is his seat.

2 When Israel was his church,
When Aaron was his priest,
When Moses cried, when Samuel prayed,
He gave his people rest.

3 Oft he forgave their sins,
Nor would destroy their race:
And oft he made his vengeance known,
When they abused his grace.

4 Exalt the Lord our God,
Whose grace is still the same:
Still he's a God of holiness,
And jealous for his name.

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WESLEY'S COL.

Holiness of God.

1 HOLY as thou, O Lord, is none !
Thy holiness is all thine own;
A drop of that unbounded sea
Is ours, a drop derived from thee.

2 And when thy purity we share,
Thy glory we alone declare;
And, humbled into nothing, own
Holy and pure is God alone.

3 Sole, self-existing God and Lord,
By all the heavenly hosts adored,
Let all on earth bow down to thee,
And own thy peerless majesty.

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C. M.

MONTGOMERY.

The Lord is Righteous. Ps. 11.
1 THE Lord is in his holy place,
And from his throne on high,
He looks upon the human race
With omnipresent eye.

2 He proves the righteous, marks their path;
In him the weak are strong;
But violence provokes his wrath:
The Lord abhorreth wrong.

3 The righteous Lord will take delight
Alone in righteousness;

The just are pleasing in his sight,
The humble he will bless.

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WATTS.

Faithfulness of God. Ps. 89.

1 My never-ceasing songs shall show
The mercies of the Lord;

And make succeeding ages know
How faithful is his word.

2 The sacred truths his lips pronounce
Shall firm as heaven endure;

And if he speaks a promise once,
The eternal grace is sure.

3 How long the race of David held
The promised Jewish throne!
But there's a nobler covenant sealed
To David's greater Son.

4 His seed forever shall possess
A throne above the skies;
The meanest subject of his grace
Shall to that glory rise.

5 Lord God of Hosts, thy wondrous ways Are sung by saints above;

And saints on earth their honors raise
To thine unchanging love.

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H. M.

DODDRIDGE.

God's Fidelity to his Promises.

1 THE promises I sing

Which sovereign love hath spoke;
Nor will the eternal King

His words of grace revoke;
They stand secure,
And steadfast still;
Not Zion's hill

Abides so sure.

2 The mountains melt away
When once the Judge appears,
And sun and moon decay
That measure mortal years;
But still the same
In radiant lines
The promise shines
Through all the flame.

3 Their harmony shall sound
Through mine attentive ears,
When thunders cleave the ground,
And dissipate the spheres;
Midst all the shock
Of that dread scene,
I stand serene,

Thy word my rock.

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The Attributes of God our Confidence.

1 GREAT GOD! thine attributes divine,
Thy glorious works and ways,
The wonders of thy power and might,
The universe displays.

2 In safety may thy children rest
On thy sustaining arm,
Extended still, and strong to save
From danger and alarm.

3 0 may thy gracious presence, Lord,
Chase anxious fears away;

Amidst the ruins of the world,

Our guardian and our stay!

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WATTS.

Perfections of God. Ps. 111.

1 GREAT is the Lord; his works of might

Demand our noblest songs:

Let his assembled saints unite

Their harmony of tongues.

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