5 To teach them that in God alone That they should ne'er his works forget, 1 Now to the Lord a noble song! Awake, my soul, awake, my tongue! Hosanna to the Eternal Name, And all his boundless love proclaim. The spacious earth and spreading flood But in the Gospel of thy Son 4 Our spirits kindle in its beam : 1 BEHOLD, the morning sun Begins his glorious way; His beams through all the nations run, And life and light convey. 9 But where the Gospel comes, It spreads diviner light; It calls dead sinners from their tombs, 3 How perfect is thy word! 4 My gracious God, how plain Instruction from the Scriptures. Psalm 34. 1 How shall the young secure their hearts 2 When once it enters to the mind, 3 'T is like the sun, a heavenly light, 4 Thy word is everlasting truth; That holy book shall guide our youth, And well support our age. 1 BLEST are the souls that hear and know 2 Their joy shall bear their spirits up, 3 The Lord, our glory and defence, 1 Searching the Scriptures. IMPOSTURE shrinks from light, And dreads the curious eye: But sacred truths the test invite, They bid us search and try. 2 O may we still maintain A meek, inquiring mind; 3 With understanding blest, Created to be free, Our faith on man we dare not rest, 4 Lord, give the light we need; 5 The truth thou shalt impart, May we with firmness own; Abhorring each evasive art, And fearing thee alone. The Excellency of Scripture. Psalm 119. 1 LORD, I have made thy word my choice, My lasting heritage; There shall my noblest powers rejoice, 2 I'll read the histories of thy love, 3 'T is a broad land of wealth unknown, 4 The best relief that mourners have, Our fairest hope beyond the grave, 1 LET all the heathen writers join To form one perfect book; Great God, if once compared with thine, 2 Not the most perfect rules they gave 3 I've seen an end of what we call How short the powers of nature fall, 4 Our faith, and love, and every grace, But perfect truth and righteousness C. M. 220. RIPPON'S COL. The Value of the Scriptures. 1 How precious is the book divine, Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine, 2 O'er all the straight and narrow way A light whose never weary ray |