2 The universal King

Let all the world proclaim;
Let every creature sing

His attributes and name:

Him three in one, and one in three,
Exto to all eternity.

3 In His great Name alone
All excellences meet,
Who sits upon the throne,

And shall forever sit:

Him three in one, and one in three,
Extol to all eternity.

4 Glory to God belongs;
Glory to God be given,
Above the noblest songs,

Of all in earth and heaven:

Him three in one, and one in three,
Extol to all eternity.

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11th P. M. 76, 76, 77, 76. The Triune God of truth and grace.

EET and right it is to sing,

M In every time and place,

Glory to our heavenly King,

The God of truth and grace: Join we then with sweet accord, All in one thanksgiving join; Holy, holy, holy Lord,

Eternal praise be thine.

2 Thee the first-born sons of light,
In choral symphonies,
Praise by day, day without night,

And never, never cease;

Angels, and archangels, all

Praise the mystic Three in One; Sing, and stop, and gaze, and fall O'erwhelm❜d before thy throne.

3 Vying with that heavenly choir,
Who chant thy praise above,
We on eagles' wings aspire,-
The wings of faith and love;
Thee they sing, with glory crown'd;
We extol the slaughter'd Lamb;
Lower if our voices sound,

Our subject is the same.

4 Father, God, thy love we praise,
Which gave thy Son to die;
Jesus, full of truth and grace,
Alike we glorify;
Spirit, Comforter divine,

Praise by all to thee be given,

Till we in full chorus join,

And earth is turn'd to heaven.

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9th P. M. 87, 87

The Triune God glorified.

LORY to the' almighty Father,
T Fountain of eternal love,
Who, his wand'ring sheep to gather,
Sent a Saviour from above.

2 To the Son all praise be given,
Who, with love unknown before,
Left the bright abode of heaven,
And our sin and sorrows bore.
3 Equal strains of warm devotion
Let the Spirit's praise employ;
Author of each pure emotion;

Source of wisdom, peace, and joy.

4 Thus, while our glad hearts, ascending,
Glorify Jehovah's Name,

Heavenly songs with ours are blending;
There the theme is still the same.

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3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 Ss.

Longing for the house of God. ORD of the worlds above, How pleasant and how fair The dwellings of thy love,

L

Thine earthly temples, are;

To thine abode my heart aspires,
With warm desires to see my God.
2 O happy souls that pray
Where God appoints to hear!
O happy men that pay

Their constant service there!
They praise thee still; and happy they
That love the way to Zion's hill.

3 They go from strength to strength,
Through this dark vale of tears,
Till each arrives at length,

Till each in heaven appears:
O glorious seat! thou, God our King,
Shalt thither bring our willing feet.

4 The Lord his people loves;

His hand no good withholds From those his heart approves, From humble, contrite souls: Thrice happy he, O God of hosts, Whose spirit trusts alone in thee!

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19th P. M. 664, 6664.

Invocation of and praise to the Trinity.

COME, thou Almighty King,

Help us thy Name to sing,
Help us to praise :

Father all-glorious,

O'er all victorious,

Come, and reign over us,

Ancient of days.

2 Jesus, our Lord, arise,
Scatter our enemies,

And make them fall;

Let thine almighty aid
Our sure defence be made;
Our souls on thee be stay'd;
Lord, hear our call.

3 Come, thou incarnate Word,
Gird on thy mighty sword,
Our prayer attend;

Come, and thy people bless,
And give thy word success:
Spirit of holiness,

On us descend.

4 Come, holy Comforter,
Thy sacred witness bear
In this glad hour:
Thou who Almighty art,
Now rule in every heart,

And ne'er from us depart,
Spirit of power.

5 To the great One and Three
Eternal praises be

Hence, evermore.

His sov'reign majesty
May we in glory see,

And to eternity

Love and adore.

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L. M.

Joy of public worship.

REAT God, attend, while Zion sings

G The joy that from thy presence springs;

To spend one day with thee on earth
Exceeds a thousand days of mirth.

2 Might I enjoy the meanest place
Within thy house, O God of grace,
Not tents of ease, or thrones of power,
Should tempt my feet to leave thy door.
3 God is our sun, he makes our day;
God is our shield, he guards our way
From all assaults of hell and sin,
From foes without, and foes within.

4 All needful grace will God bestow,
And crown that grace with glory too;
He gives us all things, and withholds
No real good from upright souls.

5 O God our King, whose sov'reign sway The glorious hosts of heaven obey, And devils at thy presence flee,

Blest is the man that trusts in thee.

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Solemn reverence.

TERNAL Power, whose high abode
Becomes the grandeur of a God:
Infinite lengths, beyond the bounds
Where stars revolve their little rounds:

2 Thee while the first archangel sings,
He hides his face behind his wings:
And ranks of shining thrones around
Fall worshipping, and spread the ground.
3 Lord, what shall earth and ashes do?
We would adore our Maker too;
From sin and dust to thee we cry,
The Great, the Holy, and the High.

4 Earth, from afar, hath heard thy fame, And worms have learn'd to lisp thy name: But the glories of thy mind

Leave all our soaring thoughts behind.