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4. God the Father of his People. C.M.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea I will help thee; yea I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.-ISAIAH xli. 10.

AND art thou with me, gracious LORD,
To dissipate my fear?

Dost thou proclaim thyself my God,
My God for ever near?

2 Dost thou a Father's bowels feel 1
For all thy humble Saints?-
And in such tender accents speak
To soothe their sad complaints?

3 On this support my soul shall lean,
And banish every care;

The gloomy vale of death must smile,
If God be with me there.

4 While I thy gracious succour prove,
'Midst all my various ways,

The darkest shades thro' which I pass,
Shall echo with thy praise.

5. The everlasting power of God. C.M.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.-PSALM Xc. 2.

O GOD, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home!

2 Under the shadow of thy throne,
Still may we dwell secure;
Sufficient is thine arm alone,
And our defence is sure.

3 Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received its frame;
From everlasting thou art GOD,
To endless years the same.
4 A thousand ages in thy sight
Are like an ev'ning gone;
Our lives soon vanish, as the night
Before the rising sun.

5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the op'ning day.

6 O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for time to come,
Preserve us still while life shall last,
And bring us safely home.

6. The greatness and mercy of God. S.M.

PSALM XCIX.

THE GOD JEHOVAH reigns:
Let all the nations fear,

Let sinners tremble at his throne,
And saints be humble there.

2 JESUS the Saviour reigns:

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Let earth adore her LORD!
Bright angels his attendants stand,
Swift to fulfil his word.

In Zion is his throne

With majesty divine:

His church shall make his wonders known,

For there his glories shine.

4 How holy is his name! How awful is his praise!

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Justice, and truth, and judgment join
In all his works of grace.

Exalt the LORD our GOD,
And worship at his feet;
Behold! his glorious holiness
Shines from a Mercy-seat!

7. The Love of God. C.M.

God is love-In this was manifested the love of God towards us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.1 JOHN iv. 8, 9.

COME ye that know and fear the LORD,
And lift your souls above;

Let ev'ry heart and voice accord
To sing that God is love.

2 This precious truth his word declares, And all his mercies prove;

JESUS, the Gift of Gifts, appears
To show that GOD is love.

GOD.

[3 Behold, his patience lengthen'd out,
To those who from him rove;
And calls effectual reach their hearts
To teach them GOD is love.

4 The work begun is carried on

By power from heav'n above; And ev'ry step, from first to last, Proclaims that God is love.]

5 Why then, ye careless sinners, thus Will from JESUS rove;

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"Tis time from sinful ways to turn,
And taste that God is love.

6 Ye doubting souls who (full of fears)
The ways of GOD approve;
Dismiss your guilty fears, and come;
Believe that God is love.

7 O may we all, while here below,
This best of blessings prove;

Till "perfect made" in brighter worlds
We shout that GOD is love!

8. The Long-suffering of God. 8-8-6.

He knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.-PSALM ciii. 14.

MY Father knows my feeble frame ;
He knows how poor a worm I am ;
He knows, he knows it all.

The least temptation serves to draw My footsteps from my Father's law, And make me slide and fall.

2 Of this I give him daily proof, And yet he does not cast me off; But owns me still as his.

He spares, he pities, he forgives, The most rebellious child that lives: So great his goodness is.

8 And shall I thence a pretext draw, Again to violate his law?

My soul revolts at this:

I'll love, and wonder, and adore,
And beg that I may sin no more,
Against such love as his.

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4 O love divine! Eternal source Of good to man, I mark thy course, I mark it with delight:

To Bethlehem I follow thee,

And there the wond'rous babe I see;
A cheering glorious sight.

5 I trace thee then to Calvary,
And there the man of sorrows see,
His body bath'd in blood:

The stream I follow'd from its source,
Now pours with a resistless force
A rapid swelling flood.

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