5 Ye just, exulting lift your eyes,
Behold the promis'd morn arise,
That bids you, o'er each haughty foe,
Exalted-endless triumphs know.
6 My soul, amidst your happy train,
The wish'd redemption shall obtain,
By God adopted, death shall brave,
And mock the disappointed grave!

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HYMN XXVII.

The Sinner's Confession. Ps. li. 4--8.

1st Part. MERRICK.

RIGHT is thy sentence, holiest Lord;
God of my hope, thy every word

In truth's unvarying balance weigh'd,
Thy every act by justice sway'd.

2 Thou from the birth my soul couldst view,
As shap'd in sin my breath I drew,
And seest me guilt's transmissive stain
Through life's revolving course retain.
3 But thy decrees, almighty Sire,
Integrity of heart require ;

Thy hand, corrective of my will,
Shall wisdom in my breast instil.

4 With blood atoning sprinkled o'er,
My soul it's spots shall mourn no more,'
But, cleans'd by Thee, the whiteness know,
That clothes the new-descended snow.

5 How shall my ear thy pardoning voice
Transported welcome! how rejoice
My bones, with vital moisture fill'd,
That, crush'd by Thee, by Thee are heal'd.

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4 Their hope, thus fond, thus faithless found, Their sons assume; in endless round Another and another race

Their fathers' wayward steps shall trace. 5 Together now behold them laid,

As sheep, when night extends her shade, While death within the vaulted rock, Stern shepherd, guards the slumbering flock. 6 Corruption there it's work shall ply, And, wrapt in darkness as they lie, Each feature fair, each boasted grace, . With unrelenting hand efface.

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HYMN XXVI.

The same. Ps. xlix. 15--19. 2d Part.

MERRICK.

IET not the sight thine heart dismay,

If man's proud offspring thou survey, With growing wealth incircled round, Or mark his house with honours crown'd. 2 Think not his treasures, at his end, Shall with him to the grave descend, Or the vain pomp, that strikes thy view, Through death's dark shade it's lord pursue. 3 His life with each delight was fraught, How blest his pamper'd soul it's lot! Thee too, while pleasure crowns thy days, Admiring crowds perchance may praise! 4 Yet thou, like him, the way shalt tread, Which, one by one, thy sires have led, And 'midst th' impenetrable gloom Shalt find with them thy lasting home.

5 Ye just, exulting lift your eyes,
Behold the promis'd morn arise,
That bids you, o'er each haughty foe,
Exalted-endless triumphs know.
6 My soul, amidst your happy train,
The wish'd redemption shall obtain,
By God adopted, death shall brave,
And mock the disappointed grave!

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HYMN XXVII.

The Sinner's Confession. Ps. li. 4--8. 1st Part.

MERRICK.

RIGHT is thy sentence, holiest Lord;
God of my hope, thy every word

In truth's unvarying balance weigh'd,
Thy every act by justice sway'd."

2 Thou from the birth my soul couldst view,
As shap'd in sin my breath I drew,
And seest me guilt's transmissive stain
Through life's revolving course retain.
3 But thy decrees, almighty Sire,
Integrity of heart require;

Thy hand, corrective of my will,
Shall wisdom in my breast instil.

4 With blood atoning sprinkled o'er,
My soul it's spots shall mourn no more,'
But, cleans'd by Thee, the whiteness know,
That clothes the new-descended snow.

5 How shall my ear thy pardoning voice
Transported welcome! how rejoice
My bones, with vital moisture fill'd,
That, crush'd by Thee, by Thee are heal'd.

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HYMN XXVIII.

The Backslider's Prayer. Ps. li. 9--13. 2d Part.

1

MERRICK.

TURN, great Ruler of the skies,

Turn from my sin thy searching eyes,
Nor let th' offences of my hand
Within thy book recorded stand.
2 Give me a will to thine subdu'd,
A conscience pure, a soul renew'd,
Nor let me, wrapt in endless gloom,
An outcast from thy presence roam.
3 O let thy Spirit to my heart
Once more his quickening aid impart,
My mind from every fear release,

And soothe my troubled thoughts to peace.
4 So shall the souls, whom error's sway
Has urg'd from Thee, blest Lord, to stray,
From me thy heavenly precepts learn,
And humbled to their God return.

HYMN XXIX.

For the Jews.

MERRICK.

HO, mightiest Lord, to Israel's eyes
Shall bid the wish'd salvation rise,

From Sion's hill it's healing ray

Extend, and round them pour the day?

2 Hail, fairer than the sons of men! Grace on thy lips and beauty reign,

That speak Thee honour'd from above; Thou, thou shalt bless the world with love! 3 Hail, Thou, whom nations own their Lord! Gird on thy thigh the glittering sword, By mercy, truth, and justice led, Ride glorious on, thy conquests spread. 4 When Thou thy captives shalt restore, Thy praise shall sound through Judah's shore, And ceaseless shouts,through heaven's wide frame Loud echoing, Jacob's joy proclaim.

HYMN XXX.

For the Spread of the Gospel among the Jews and the Gentiles. Ps. lxvii.

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MAY

MERRICK.

AY God his favouring ear incline,
And bid his face on Israel shine,
That all thy counsels, Lord, may know,
Where earth extends, or oceans flow,
And, thankful, to their wondering eyes
Behold thy wish'd salvation rise.

To Thee, of life th' eternal spring,
Invisible, almighty King,

One chorus let the nations raise,
One shout of universal praise.

2 Ye distant realms, your voice employ
In songs of gratitude and joy;

Exult each tribe, exult each land;
Heaven's mighty Lord with equal hand
The balance holds, and earth's domain
Shall own to latest age his reign.