Prayer for Protection."

ROSS. P. M.

LORD, my strength, to thee I
Turn not thou thine ear away;
Gracious to my vows attend,
While the humble knee I bend.

pray,

On thy long expected aid,
See my hope for ever stay'd:
Thou my shield, my fortress art;
Thou, the refuge of my heart.

Grant me, Lord, thy love to share;
Feed me with a shepherd's care;
Save thy people from distress,
And thy fold for ever bless.

PSALM XXIX.

The Majesty of Jehovah.

ASIILEY. C. M.

ASCRIBE to God, ye sons of men,

Ascribe with one accord,

All praise and honor, might and strength,
To him the living Lord.

Give glory to his holy name,
And honor him alone;
Give worship to his majesty,

And bow before his throne.

The Lord doth sit upon the floods,
Their fury to restrain;

He reigns above, both Lord and King,
And evermore shall reign.

The Lord shall give his people strength,
And bid their sorrows cease;

The Lord shall bless his chosen race

With everlasting peace.

THEE, Lord, my thankful soul would bless;
Thee, all my powers adore;

Thy hand hath rais'd me from distress;
Thy grace I will implore.

O Lord, my God, opprest with grief,
To thee I breath'd my cry;
Thy healing mercy brought relief,
And dried my tearful eye.

Thy mercy chas'd the shades of death,
And snatch'd me from the grave;
O may thy praise employ that breath,
Which mercy deign'd to save.
To thee, my gracious God, I raise
My thankful heart and tongue;.
O be thy goodness and thy praise
My everlasting song.

LORD, in thy great, thy glorious name,
I place my only trust;

Save me from sorrow, guilt, and shame,
Thou ever good and just!

Into thy hand, O gracious Lord,
My spirit I resign;

O give me grace to trust thy word,
For heav'nly truth is thine.

Blest be my God, for ever blest,
Who bids my fears remove:
The sacred walls that guard my rest
Are everlasting love.

Ye humble souls, who seek his face,
Let courage fill your heart;

Hope in the Lord, and trust his grace,
And he will strength impart.

The Blessings of Penitence.

WAREHAM. L. M.

HE'S blest whose sins have pardon gain'd,
No more in judgment to appear;
Whose guilt remission hath obtain'd,
And whose repentance is sincere.
Resolv'd to hide my sin no more,
I pour'd my prayer, O Lord, to thee;
And humbly did thy grace implore
That mercy might be shewn to me.
For this the just, by fervent prayer,
Shall seek thee, while thou may'st be found;
Thine eye shall guide them in thy fear;
Thy blessing all their steps surround.
Rejoice in God, ye just, rejoice,
And songs of holy triumph sing;
Let ev'ry heart, and ev'ry voice,
To God its thankful tribute bring.

PSALM XXXIII.

God's People rejoice in his Truth and Goodness.

SHELDON. C. M.

LET all the just to God with joy

Their cheerful voices raise;

For well the righteous it becomes
To sing glad songs of praise.
How faithful is the word of God;
His works with truth abound;
He justice loves, and all the earth.
Is with his goodness crown'd.
How happy, then, are they to whom
The Lord as God is known;
Whom he, from all the world beside,
Hath chosen for his own.

The riches of thy mercy, Lord,

Do thou to us extend;

Since we, for all we want, or wish,
On thee alone depend.

THROUGH all the changing scenes of life,
In trouble and in joy,

The praises of my God shall still
My heart and tongue employ.
The hosts of God encamp around
The dwellings of the just
Deliv'rance he affords to all,
Who on his succour trust.

O make but trial of his love;
Experience will decide
How blest are they, and only they,
Who in his truth confide.

Fear him, ye saints, and you will then
Have nothing else to fear;

Make you his service your delight,

He'll make your wants his care.

PSALM XXXV.

Prayer and Praise for Help.

SAVOY. L. M.

ALMIGHTY God, my cause defend;
O'er me thy guardian shield extend:
Say to my troubled soul, "In me
Thy strength and sure salvation see.'

And thou, my soul, with awful joy,
On God thy stedfast thoughts employ;
And, his salvation taught to prove,
Record the wonders of his love.

Lord, whom like thee shall sinners find,
For ever just, for ever kind;

Like thee prepar'd th' afflicted poor
From lawless insult to secure?

For ever blest be Israel's Lord,

The God by heaven and earth ador'd; Who loves his servants' cause to plead, And crowns with peace their favor'd head.

Trust in God's Mercy.

NEW SABBATH. L. M.

THY mercy, Lord, our only hope,
The highest orb of heaven transcends;
Thy sacred truth's unmeasur'd scope
Beyond the spreading sky extends.
Thy justice like the hills remains;
Unfathom'd depths thy judgments are;
Thy providence the world sustains,
And all creation is thy care.

The saints shall to thy courts be led,
To banquet on thy love's repast;
And drink, as from the fountain head,
Of joys that shall for ever last.
Thee for our fount of life we own;
Light in thy light alone we see ;
O hear us from thy heav'nly throne ;
O save us, for we trust in thee.

PSALM XXXVII.

The vain Hope of Sinners, and Confidence of the Just.

ST. MARTIN'S.

P. M.

THOUGH wicked men grow rich and great,
Yet let not their successful state
Thine anger, or thine envy raise:
For all their hope shall quickly pass,
Cut down like flowers, or tender grass,
Whose fading beauty soon decays.
Depend on God, and him obey,
So thou within the land shalt stay,
Secure from danger and from want:
Make his commands thy chief delight,
And he, thy duty to requite,

Shall all thine earnest wishes grant.
God to the just will aid afford;
Their only safeguard is the Lord;
Their strength in time of need is he :
Because on him their hopes depend,
The Lord will timely succour send,

And from the wicked set them free.