Glad homage pay with awful mirth, And sing before him songs of prise: 2 Convinc'd that he is GOD alone,

From whom both we and all proceed; We, whom he chooses for his own, The flock that he vouchsafes to feed. 3 O! enter, then, his temple gate,

Thence to his courts devoutly press; And still your grateful hymns repeat, And still his name with praises bless! 4 For he's the LORD, supremely good, His mercy is for ever sure;

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His truth, which always firmly stood,
To endless ages shall endure.

45.

Long Metre. WATTS.

BEFORE JEHOVAH's awful throne,

Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;
Know that the LORD is GOD alone;
He can create, and he destroy.

2 His sov'reign pow'r, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and form'd us men;
And when like wand'ring sheep we stray'd,
He brought us to his fold again.

3 We are his people, we his care,
Our souls and all our mortal frame;
What lasting honours shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to thy name!

4 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heavens our voices raise; And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 5 Wide as the world is thy command; Vast as eternity thy love;

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Firm as a rock thy truth must stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.

46.

Long Metre. WATTS.
Praise from all nations.

FROM

ROM all that dwell below the skies,
Let the Creator's praise arise!

Let his almighty name be sung,
Thro' ev'ry land, by ev'ry tongue!

2 Eternal are thy mercies, LORD!
Eternal truth attends thy word:

Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set no more.

47.

Common Metre. EDINBURGH COLLECTION. Praise to GoD as the first and the last. AM the first, and I the last;

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I

Time centres all in me:

Th' Almighty GoD, who was, and is,
And ever more shall be.

2 To him let ev'ry tongue be praise,
And ev'ry heart be love;

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All grateful honours paid on earth,
And nobler songs above!

48.

Proper Metre. WALKER'S COLLECTION. Glory to the most high GOD.

GLORY be to GOD on high! Hallelujah!

GOD, whose glory fills the sky:

Lift your voice, ye people all,
Praise the GoD on whom ye call.
2 GOD his sov'reign sway maintains;
King o'er all the earth he reigns:
All to him lift up their eye;
He does ev'ry want supply.

2 Sons of earth, the triumph join,
Praise him with the host divine;
Emulate the heav'nly pow'rs;
Their all-gracious GOD is ours.
4 Happy, who his laws obey!
Them he rules with milder sway;
Pure and holy hearts alone
He hath chosen for his own.

5 Him, whose joy is to restore,
Him let all our hearts adore:

Earth and heav'n

repeat the

Glory be to God on high.

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cry,

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49.

Common Metre. MERRICK.
Universal praise.

ARISE, ye people! clap the hand,

Exulting strike the chord;

Let ev'ry isle and ev'ry land

Confess th' Almighty LORD.

2 Sing to our GoD in loudest strain, Perpetual praises sing:

O'er earth's wide bounds extends his reign; O praise our GOD and King.

3 Prepare, prepare, with tuneful art,
In one assembled throng,

Your shares of harmony to part,
And raise the heav'n-taught song.

4 His sway the sons of human kind
With humble homage own;
And sanctity, with pow'r combin'd,
Supports his lasting throne.

5 For he, whose hands amid the skies
Th' eternal sceptre wield,

To earth's whole race his care applies,
And o'er them spreads the shield.

50.

Common Metre. NEW SELECTION.

Protection and praise.

ET songs of praise from all below
To thee, O GOD! ascend,

Whose bounties unexhausted flow,
Whose mercies know no end.

2 But chief by them that debt be paid,
'Midst dangers circling round,
Who still in thy almighty aid
Have sure protection found.

3 The wand'ring exile, doom'd to stray
O'er many a desart wide;
Who fearless takes his lonely way,
With GOD his guard and guide:-
4 The mariner, who tempts the sea
When storms impending low'r,
Or tempests rage-yet trusts in thee,
And owns thy mighty pow'r:-

5 The wretch who press'd by countless woes, 'That no cessation see,

Still bids his steadfast hope repose,
Almighty LORD! on thee:-

6 All, all shall join to bless thy name,
Whose heav'nly aid they prove;
As all have felt, let all proclaim
Thy boundless pow'r, and love.
51.

Proper Metre. BIRMINGHAM COLLECTION. Good men invited to praise GOD.

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E works of God! on him alone,
His footstool earth, high heav'n his
throne,

Be all your praise bestow'd: