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Perpetual Praise.

DODDRIDGE.

1 GOD of my life! through all its days
My grateful powers shall sound thy praise;
The song shall wake with opening light,
And warble to the silent night.

2 When anxious cares would break my rest,
And griefs would tear my throbbing breast,
Thy tuneful praises raised on high
Shall check the murmur and the sigh.

3 When death o'er nature shall prevail,
And all its powers of language fail,
Joy through my swimming eyes shall break,
And mean the thanks I cannot speak.

4 But, O, when that last conflict's o'er,
And I am chained to flesh no more,
With what glad accents shall I rise
To join the music of the skies!

5 Soon shall I learn the exalted strains
Which echo o'er the heavenly plains
And emulate, with joy unknown,
The glowing seraphs round thy throne.

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Hymn to the Deity.

DYER.

1 GREATEST of beings! Source of life!
Sovereign of air, and earth, and sea!

All nature feels thy power, and all
A silent homage pays to thee.

2 Waked by thy hand, the morning sun Pours forth to thee its earlier rays, And spreads thy glories as it climbs,

While raptured worlds look up and praise.
3 The moon to the deep shades of night
Speaks the mild lustre of thy name;
While all the stars, that cheer the scene,
Thee, the great Lord of light, proclaim.
4 And groves, and vales, and rocks, and hills,
And every flower, and every tree,
Ten thousand creatures warm with life,
Have each a grateful song for thee.

But man was formed to rise to heaven;
And, blest with reason's clearer light,
He views his Maker through his works,

And glows with rapture at the sight.
6 Nor can the thousand songs that rise,
Whether from air, or earth, or sea,
So well repeat Jehovah's praise,
Or raise such sacred harmony.

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J. Q. ADAMS.

Ps. 47.

1 O, ALL ye people, clap your hands, Shout unto God with holy mirth;

In fearful majesty he stands;

He is the Monarch of the earth :
Before us nations he subdues,

And prostrates kingdoms at our feet;
For us a portion he shall choose

In favored Jacob's chosen seat.

2 God, with a shout, to heaven ascends;
Sing praises to our God and King:
Hark! the loud tempest ether rends;
Sing praises, praises, praises sing.
His power Creation's orb sustains;

Sing hymns of praise to him alone:
Jehovah o'er the nations reigns;
He sits upon his holy throne.

3 See gathering princes, men of might,
In crowds from earth's remotest shore,
With us in worship all unite,

And Abraham's God with us adore:
The shields of earth are all his own,
And, far o'er human ken sublime,
Eternal pillars prop his throne,

Beyond the bounds of space and time.

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WATTS.

Praise for Protection, Grace, and Truth. Ps. 57. 1 MY God, in whom are all the springs Of boundless love and grace unknown, Hide me beneath thy spreading wings Till the dark cloud is overblown.

2 Up to the heavens I send my cry; The Lord will my desires perform; He sends his angel from the sky,

And saves me from the threatening storm.

3 Be thou exalted, O my God!

Above the heavens, where angels dwell; Thy power on earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders tell.

4 My heart is fixed, my song shall raise Immortal honors to thy name;

Awake, my tongue, to sound his praise, -
My tongue, the glory of my frame.

5 High o'er the earth thy mercy reigns,
And reaches to the utmost sky;
His truth to endless years remains,

When lower worlds dissolve and die.

6 Be thou exalted, O my God,

Above the heavens, where angels dwell; Thy power on earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders tell.

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WATTS.

Praise to God from all Nations. Ps. 117.

1 FROM all that dwell below the skies
Let the Creator's praise arise;
Let the Redeemer's name be sung
Through every land, by every 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.

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Ps. 117.

WATTS.

1 THY name, almighty Lord,

Shall sound through distant lands; Great is thy grace, and sure thy word; Thy truth forever stands.

2 Far be thine honor spread,
And long thy praise endure,
Till morning light and evening shade
Shall be exchanged no more.

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Universal Praise.

FAWCETT.

1 PRAISE to thee, thou great Creator!
Praise to thee from every tongue; ̧
Join, my soul, with every creature,
Join the universal song.

2 For ten thousand blessings given,
For the hope of future joy,

Sound his praise through earth and heaven; Sound Jehovah's praise on high.

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