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PORTUGUESE HYMN. 11s.

211.

God our Shepherd. Ps. 23.

1 THE Lord is my shepherd, no want shall I know:
I feed in green pastures, safe folded I rest:
He leadeth my soul where the still waters flow,
Restores me when wandering, redeems when oppressed.

2 Through the valley and shadow of death though I stray,
Since thou art my guardian, no evil I fear:

Thy rod shall defend me, thy staff be my stay;
No harm can befall, with my comforter near.

3 In the midst of affliction, my table is spread;
With blessings unmeasured my cup runneth o'er;
With perfume and oil thou anointest my head:
Oh what shall I ask of thy providence more?

4 Let goodness and mercy, my bountiful God,
Still follow my steps, till I meet thee above:
I seek, by the path which my forefathers trod
Through the land of their sojourn, thy kingdom of love.

MONTGOMERY.

9:48

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DUKE STREET. L.M.

J. HATTON.

214.

"God through all, and in you all." 1 GOD of the earth, the sky, the sea; Maker of all above, below, Creation lives and moves in thee; Thy present life through all doth flow.

1 YES, God is good: in earth and sky, From ocean-depths and spreading wood, Ten thousand voices seem to cry, "God made us all, and God is good."

2 The sun that keeps his trackless way,
And downward pours his golden flood,
Night's sparkling hosts, all seem to say,
In accents clear, that God is good.

3 I hear it in the rushing breeze:
The hills that have for ages stood,
The echoing sky and roaring seas,
All swell the chorus, "God is good."

4 Yes, God is good, all nature says,
By God's own hand with speech endued;
And man, in louder notes of praise,
Should sing for joy that God is good."

5 For all thy gifts we bless thee, Lord; But chiefly for our heavenly food, Thy pardoning grace, thy quickening word:

These prompt our song, that God is good.

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216.

The Lord's Prayer. BIRMINGHAM COL. 2 Yet, through this rough and thorny

1 FATHER, adored in worlds above,
Thy glorious name be hallowed still;
Thy kingdom come in truth and love;
And earth, like heaven, obey thy will.

maze,

I follow hard on thee, my God:
Thine hand unseen upholds my ways;
I lean upon thy staff and rod.

3 Thee, in the watches of the night,
When I remember, on my bed,
Thy presence makes the darkness light;
Thy guardian wings are round my head.

4 Better than life itself thy love,
Dearer than all beside to me;
For whom have I in heaven above,
Or what on earth, compared with thee?

5 Praise with my heart, my mind, my voice,

For all thy mercy, I will give;

My soul shall still in God rejoice;
My tongue shall bless thee while I live.

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