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Thrice holy, Lord! the angels cry:
Thrice holy, let us sing.

2 Holy is he in all his works,
And saints are his delight;
But sinners and their wicked ways
Are hateful in his sight.

3 The deepest rev'rence, homage, love,
Pay, O my soul, to God;

Lift with thy hands a holy heart
To his sublime abode.

4 Thou, righteous God! preserve my mind
From all pollution free;

Thine image form within my breast,
That I thy face may see.

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1 GOD is a Spirit, just and wise;

He sees our inmost mind.

In vain to heav'n we raise our cries,
And leave our souls behind.

2 Nothing but truth before his throne
With honour can appear.

The painted hypocrites are known Through the disguise they wear. 3 Their lifted eyes salute the skies, Their bended knees the ground: But God abhors the sacrifice, Where not the heart is found.

4 Lord! search my thoughts, and try my ways And make my soul sincere:

Then shall I stand before thy face,

And find acceptance there.

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God no respecter of persons.

WITH eye impartial, heav'n's high King
Surveys each human tribe;

No earthly pomp nis eyes can chat m,
Nor wealth his favour bribe.

2 The rich and poor, of equal clay,
His pow'rful hand did frame;
All souls are his, and him alike
Their common Parent claim,

S Ye sons of men of high degree,
Your great Superior own;
Praise him for all his gifts, and pay
Your homage at his throne.

Trust in the Lord, yc humble poor,
And banish ev'ry fear:

The God you serve will ne'er forsake
The man of heart sincere.

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God faithful.

1 THE promises I sing,

Which love supreme hath spoke;

Nor will th' eternal King

His words of

grace revoke.

They stand secure

And steadfast still:

Not Sion's hill

Abides so sure.

2 The mountains melt away,

When once the Judge appears;
And sun and moon decay,
That measure mortal years:
But still the same,

In radiant lines,

His promise shines
Through all the flame.

3 Their harmony shall sound

Thro' my attentive ears,

When thunders cleave the ground,
And dissipate the spheres.

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Midst all the shock

Of that dread scene,

I'll stand serene,

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Thy word my rock.

(51) C. M.

God benevolent and merciful.

HY ceaseless, unexhausted love,
Unmerited and free,

Delights our evil to remove,
And help our misery.

2 Thou waitest to be gracious still;
Thou dost with sinners bear;
That, sav'd, we may thy goodness fe...
And all thy grace declare.

3 Thy goodness and thy truth, tɔ m2,
To ev'ry soul abound;

A vast unfathomable sea,

Where all our thoughts are dro✔✔
4 Its streams the whole creation rea .n,
So plenteous is the store;
Enough for all, enough for each,
Enough for evermore.

5 Faithful, O Lord, thy mercies are;
A rock which cannot move:

A thousand promises declare
Thy constancy of love."

6 Throughout the universe it reigns,
Unalterably sure;

And, while the truth of God remains,
His goodness must endure.

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P. M.

God is love.

1 MY God, thy boundless love I praise; How bright on high its glories blaze. How sweetly bloom below!

It streams from t eternal throne;
Through heav'joys for ever run,
And o'er the earth they flow.

2 'Tis love that paints the purple morn,
And bids the clouds, in air upborne,
Their genial drops distil;

In ev'ry vernal beam it glows,
And breathes in ev'ry gale that blows,
And glides in every rill.

3 It robes in cheerful green the ground,
And pours its flowery beauties round,
Whose sweets perfume the gale;
Its bounties richly spread the plain,
The blushing fruit, the golden grain,
And smile on ev'ry vale.

4 But in thy gospel see it shine
With grace and glories more divine,
Proclaiming sins forgiv'n.

There faith, bright cherub, points the way
To realms of everlasting day,

And opens all her heav'n.

5 Then let the love, that makes me blest,
With cheerful praise inspire my breast,
And ardent gratitude;

And all my thoughts and passions tend
To thee, my Father and my Friend,
My soul's eternal good.

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God gracious to all.

SWEET is the mem'ry of thy grace,
O God, my heav'nly King!

Let age to age thy righteousness

In sounds of glory sing.

2 God reigns on high, but not confines
His goodness to the skies.

Through the whole earth his bounty shines,
And ev'ry want supplics.

3 With longing eyes, thy creatures wait
On thee for daily food;

Thy lib'ral hand provides their meat,
And fills their mouths with good.

4 How kind are thy compassions, Lord!
How slow thine anger moves!
But soon he sends his pard'ning word,
To cheer the souls he loves.

5 Creatures, with all their endless race,
Thy pow'r and praise proclaim;
But saints, who taste thy richer grace,
Delight to bless thy name.

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God's mercies unutterable.

OUR souls with pleasing wonder view

The bounties of thy grace;
How much bestow'd, how much reserv'd,
For those that seek thy face.

2 Thy lib'ral hand with worldly bliss
Óft makes their cup run o'er;
And in the cov'nant of thy love
They find diviner store.

3 Here mercy hides their num'rous sins;
Here grace their souls renews;
Here hope, and love, and joy, and peace
Their heav'nly beams diffuse.

4 But oh! what treasures yet unknown
Are lodg'd in worlds to come!
If these th' enjoyments of the way,
How happy is their home!

5 And what shall mortal worms reply?
Or how such goodness own?
But 'tis our joy, that, Lord, to thee
Thy servants' hearts are known.
6 Since time's too short, all-gracious God,
To utter half thy praise;

Loud, to the honour of thy name,
Eternal hymns we'll raise.

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God's mercy great and eternal.

MY soul, repeat his praise,

Whose mercies are so great;

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