1 2 3 4 3. s. M. Praise to the Creator. ALMIGHTY Maker, God! Nature in every dress Her humble homage pays; And finds a thousand ways to express My soul would rise and sing Fain would my tongue adore my King, And pay the homage due. In joy, O let me spend The remnant of my days! 4. L. M. The Christian Sabbath. 1 ANOTHER Six days' work is done, Another sabbath is begun; Watts. Improve, my soul! the sacred rest, 2 This day may our devotions rise 3 This holy calm within the breast, 4 With joy, great God, thy works we view, 5 In holy duties, let the day, In holy pleasures pass away: How sweet this sabbath thus to spend, 5. L. M. Stennet, alt'd. God our Shepherd and Guardian. 1 As the good shepherd gently leads 2 So God, the guardian of my soul, 3 Though I should journey through the plains 4 Thine ever-watchful providence 5 O bounteous God! my future days † Pope's Collection. 6. P. M. Commencement of Public Worship. 1 At the portals of thy house, 2 Hapless men, whose footsteps stray 7. L. M. ↑ J. Taylor. Praise from all Mankind. 1 BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne, 2 His sovereign power, which all things made, Gave life to clay, and formed us men; And when like wandering sheep we strayed, 3 We are his people, we his care, 4 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, 5 Wide as the world is thy command; Firm as a rock thy truth must stand, When rolling years shall cease to move. 8. 8, 8, 6 M. Watts, alt'd. Praise from all Nature. Ps. cxlviii. 1 BEGIN, my soul! the exalted lay; Let each enraptured thought obey, And praise the Almighty's name; Let heaven, and earth, and seas, and skies, In one melodious concert rise, To swell the inspiring theme. 2 Thou heaven of heavens, his vast abode, 3 Ye deeps, whose roaring billows rise 4 Wake, all ye soaring tribes, and sing; To him, who shaped your finer mould, 5 Let man-by nobler passions swayed- Till heaven's broad arch ring back the sound, 1 9. s. M. Ogilvie. The Excellency of the Gospel. Ps. xix. BEHOLD! the heavens declare The starry firmament on high, 2 Nor can the night return, 3 4 The knowledge to convey. But from his gospel beams Instruction more divine: There God unfolds an endless day, There love and mercy shine. There God reveals his laws So perfect and so pure, And there is taught that fear of him, |