4 Though in the paths of death I tread,
With gloomy horrors overspread;
My steadfast heart shall fear no ill,
For thou, O Lord, art with me still;
5 Thy friendly crook shall give me aid,
And guide me through the dreadful shade:
Though in a bare and rugged way,
Through devious lonely wilds I stray,
6 Thy bounty shall my pains beguile,
The barren wilderness shall smile,
With sudden greens and herbage crown'd,
And streams shall murmur all around.

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HYMN XVII.

For the Mercies of Redemption. LL-glorious God, what hymns of praise Shall our transported voices raise What ardent love and zeal are due, While heaven stands open to our view! 2 Once we were fall'n, and O how low! Just on the brink of endless woe; When Jesus, from the realms above, Borne on the wings of boundless love, 3 Scatter'd the shades of death and night, And spread around his heavenly light! By him what wondrous grace is shown To souls impoverish'd and undone ! 4 He shows beyond these mortal shores, A bright inheritance as ours;

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Where saints in light our coming wait,
To share their holy, happy state!

SA!

HYMN XVIII.

For Public Mercies and Deliverances. ALVATION doth to God belong; His power and grace shall be our song; From him alone all mercies flow; His arm alone subdues the foe! 2 Then praise this God, who bows his ear Propitious to his people's prayer; And though deliv'rance he may stay, Yet answers still in his own day. 3 O may this goodness lead our land, Still sav'd by thine Almighty hand, The tribute of its love to bring To thee, our Saviour and our King; 4 Till every public temple raise A song of triumph to thy praise; And every peaceful private home To thee a temple shall become. 5 Still be it our supreme delight To walk as in thy glorious sight;

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Still in thy precepts and thy fear,
Till life's last hour, to persevere.

HYMN XIX.

On God's Dominion over the Sea.
MOD of the seas! thine awful voice
Bids all the rolling waves rejoice;
And one soft word of thy command
Can sink them silent in the sand.
2 The smallest fish that swims the seas,
Sportful, to thee a tribute pays;
And largest monsters of the deep,
At thy command, or rage or sleep.
3 Thus is thy glorious power ador'd
Among the wat'ry nations, Lord!
Yet men, who trace the dang'rous waves,
Forget the mighty God who saves!
HYMN XX.

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Which may be used at Sea or on Land.
ORD! for the just thou dost provide ;
thou art their sure defence !

Eternal wisdom is their guide,

their help Omnipotence.

2 Though they through foreign lands should roam. and breathe the tainted air

In burning climates, far from home; yet thou, their God, art there. 3 Thy goodness sweetens every soil, makes every country please; Thou on the snowy hills dost smile, and smooth'st the rugged seas!

4 When waves on waves, to heaven uprear'd, defy'd the pilot's art;

When terror in each face appear'd,

and sorrow in each heart;

5 To thee I rais'd my humble prayer, to snatch me from the grave!

I found thine ear not slow to hear,
nor short thine arm to save!

6 Thou gav'st the word---the winds did cease,
the storms obey'd thy will,
The raging sea was hush'd in peace,
and every wave was still!

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7 For this my life, in every state,

a life of praise shall be;

And death, when death shall be my fate, shall join my soul to thee.

HYMN XXI.

Prayer and Hope of Victory.

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Nattend his people's humble cry;

the God of grace and power

Defend them in the needful hour, and send deliverance from on high. 2 In his salvation is our hope,

and in the name of Israel's God Our troops shall lift their banners up; our navies spread their flags abroad. 3 Some trust in horses train'd for war,

and some of chariots make their boasts; Our surest expectations are

from thee, the Lord of heavenly hosts! 4 Then save us, Lord, from slavish fear, and let our trust be firm and strong, Till thy salvation shall appear,

and hymns of peace conclude our song.
HYMN XXII.

For the Use of the Sick.

1 WHEN dangers, woes, or death are nigh,
Past mercies teach me where to fly :
Thine arm, Almighty God, can aid,
When sickness grieves, or pains invade.
2 To all the various helps of art
Kindly thy healing power impart ;
Bethesda's bath refus'd to save,
Unless an angel bless'd the wave.
3 All med'cines act by thy decree,
Receive commission all from thee:
And not a plant which spreads the plains,
But teems with health, when heaven ordains.

4 Clay and Siloam'st pool, we find,

At heaven's command restor❜d the blind;
And Jordan's waters hence were seen
To wash a Syrian leper clean.

5 But grant me nobler favours still,
Grant me to know and do thy will;
Purge my foul soul from every stain,
And save me from eternal pain.
6 Can such a wretch for pardon sue?
My crimes, my crimes arise in view,
Arrest my trembling tongue in prayer,
And pour the horrors of despair.
7 But thou, regard my contrite sighs,
My tortur'd breast, my streaming eyes;
To me thy boundless love extend,
My God, my Father, and my Friend.
8 These lovely names I ne'er could plead,
Had not thy Son vouchsaf'd to bleed;
His blood procures for human race
Admittance to the throne of grace.
9 When sin has shot its poison'd dart,
And conscious guilt corrodes the heart,
‡ 2 Kings v. 10.

John v. 4.

+ John ix. 7.

On Recovery from Sickness. THEN we are rais'd from deep distress, our God deserves our song;

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We take the pattern of our praise from Hezekiah's* tongue.

2 The gates of the devouring grave are open'd wide in vain,

If he that holds the keys of death
command them fast again.

3 When he but speaks the healing word,
then no disease withstands;
Fevers and plagues obey the Lord,
and fly, as he commands.

4 If half the strings of life should break,
he can our frame restore,

And cast our sins behind his back, and they are found no more.

5 To him I cry'd, "Thy servant save, "thou ever good and just;

"Thy power can rescue from the

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thy power is all my trust!"

grave;

6 He heard, and sav'd my soul from death,

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and dry'd my falling tears: Now to his praise I'll spend my breath, through my remaining years.

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HYMN XXIV.

On the same.

Y God, since thou hast rais'd me up, thee I'll extol with thankful voice; Restor❜d by thine Almighty power, with fear before thee I'll rejoice.

2 With troubles worn, with pain oppress'd,
to thee I cry'd, and thou didst save;
Thou didst support my sinking hopes,
my life didst rescue from the
grave.
3 Wherefore, ye saints, rejoice with me,
with me sing praises to the Lord;
Call all his goodness to your mind,
and all his faithfulness record.

* Isaiah xxxix. 9, &c.

4 His anger is but short; his love,
which is our life, hath certain stay;
Grief may continue for a night,

but joy returns with rising day!
5 Then what I vow'd in my distress,
in happier hours I now will give,
And strive, that in my grateful verse
his praises may for ever live.
6 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
the blest and undivided Three,
The one sole Giver of all life,
glory and praise for ever be.

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HYMN XXV.

Funeral Consolations.

TEAR what the voice from heaven declares

HEAR voice

to those in Christ who die!

"Releas'd from all their earthly cares,

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they reign with him on high."

2 Then why lament departed friends, or shake at death's alarms? Death's but the servant Jesus sends to call us to his arms.

3 If sin be pardon'd we're secure, death hath no sting beside;

The law gave sin its strength and power; but Christ, our ransom, died!

4 The graves of all his saints he bless'd, when in the grave he lay;

And, rising thence, their hopes he rais'd
to everlasting day!

5 Then joyfully, while life we have,
to Christ, our life, we'll sing,
"Where is thy victory, O grave?
"and where, O death, thy sting?"

Christ's Commission to preach the Gospel. St. Matt.

chap. x.

1 10 forth, ye Heralds, in my name, sweetly the Gospel trumpet sound;

The glorious Jubilee proclaim,

where'er the human race is found.

2 The joyful news to all impart,

and teach them where salvation lies; With care bind up the broken heart, and wipe the tears from weeping eyes. 3 Be wise as serpents where you go, but harmless as the peaceful dove, And let your heaven-taught conduct show that ye're commission'd from above.

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