SECOND VERSION.-C. M. Dedham. Ferry.

Confidence in God.

1 ATTEND, O Lord, unto my cry,
Unto my prayer give ear ;
Behold me with impartial eye,
And by thy sentence clear.

2 Thy wondrous loving kindness show,
Thy grace and love to me,

O, Thou, who dost thy servants know,
That put their trust in Thee.

f 3 When the last trumpet wakes the dead,
Thy face shall I behold,

Uprising from my lowly bed,

To taste of joys untold!

ALLEN.

THIRD VERSION.-S. M. Boylston. Olmutz.

Portion of Saints and Sinners.

1 ARISE, my gracious God,
And make the wicked flee ;
They are but thy chastising rod,
To drive thy saints to Thee.

p 2 Behold, the sinner dies ;-
His haughty words are vain ;
Here, in this life, his pleasure lies,
And all beyond is pain.

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3 Then let his pride advance,
And boast of all his store;

mf The Lord is my inheritance,
My soul can wish no more!

4 I shall behold the face
Of my forgiving God,

And stand complete in righteousness,
Wash'd in my Savior's blood.

5 There's a new heav'n begun,

When I awake from death,
Drest in the likeness of thy Son,
And draw immortal breath.

WATTS.

18. FIRST VERSION.-L. M. Brentford. Appleton.

Rejoicing in God.

1 JUST are thy ways, and true thy word,
Great Rock of my secure abode;
Who is a God beside the Lord?

Or where's a refuge like our God?
2 'Tis He, who girds me with his might,
Gives me his holy sword to wield,
And, while with sin and hell I fight,
Spreads his salvation for my shield.
3 He lives, and blessed be my Rock,
The God of my salvation lives!
The dark designs of hell are broke!
Sweet is the peace my Father gives.
mf 4 Before the scoffers of the age

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I will exalt my Father's name,
Nor tremble at their mighty rage,
But meet reproach and bear the shame.

- 5 To David and his royal seed
Thy grace forever shall extend;

Thy love to saints, in Christ, their head,
Knows not a limit, nor an end.

WATTS.

SECOND VERSION.-L. M. Winchester. Walton. God the Defence of his Servants.

1 WHEN to my God on high I cried,
Then shook the earth and trembled wide;
For He was wroth, and blazing fire

Was kindled by his dreadful ire.

2 He bowed the heav'ns, and He came down ;
Under his feet was darkness strown;

He rode upon the cherubins,

He flew upon the wings of winds!

3 Thick darkness did his throne surround,
Dark clouds pavilion'd Him around,
He thunder'd in the heav'ns on high,
His lightnings darted through the sky!
4 His foes, discomfited, o'erthrown,
Jehovah by his might is known!
Blest are the men, who trust in God,
For them his arm is stretch'd abroad.

ALLEN.

THIRD VERSION.-L. M. Hebron. Uxbridge.

Deliverance from Despair.

Aff 1 THEE will I love, O Lord, most high,
My rock, my tow'r, my sure defence;
On thy strong arm will I rely,

For I have found salvation thence.

p 2 I saw the op'ning gates of hell,

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With endless pains and sorrows there,
Which none, but they, who feel, can tell,
While I was hurried to despair.

8 In grief I call'd on God aloud,

When I could scarce believe Him mine;
To my complaints his ear He bow'd;
Then did his grace appear divine.
mf 4 At his rebuke the tempter fled,-
The blast of his almighty breath;
He chas'd away my fears and dread,
And drew me from the depths of death.
f 5 My song forever shall record
That terrible, that joyful hour,
And give the glory to the Lord,
Due to his mercy and his power.

WATTS.

FOURTH VERSION.-L. M. Yale. Alfreton.
Sincerity: God impartial.

1 LORD, Thou hast seen my soul sincere,
Hast made thy truth and love appear;
Before mine eyes I set thy laws,

And Thou hast own'd my righteous cause.
2 What sore temptations broke my rest?
What wars and struggles in my breast?
But through thy grace, that reigns within,
I guard against my darling sin.

3 The sin, that close besets me still,

That works and strives against my will,mf When shall thy Spirit's sov'reign pow'r Destroy it, that it rise no more?

4 With an impartial hand the Lord
Deals out to mortals their reward:

The kind and faithful soul shall find
A God as faithful and as kind.

5 The just and pure shall ever say,

Thou art more pure, more just, than they;
And men, who love revenge, shall know,
God hath an arm of vengeance too.

WATTS.

FIFTH VERSION.-C. M. Nottingham. Stephens. God gives Victory.

mf 1 WE love Thee, Lord, and we adore;
Now is thine arm reveal'd;

Thou art our strength, our heav'nly tow'r,
Our bulwark and our shield.

2 We fly to our eternal Rock,
And find a sure defence;

His holy name our lips invoke,
And draw salvation thence.

f 3 When God, our leader, shines in arms,
What mortal heart can bear

The thunder of his loud alarms,
The lightning of his spear?

mf 4 He rides upon the winged wind,
And angels in array

In millions wait to know his mind,
And swift as flames obey.

5 Oft has the Lord whole nations blest
For his own churches' sake;

The pow'rs, that give his people rest,
Shall of his care partake.

WATTS.

SIXTH VERSION.-C. M. Nottingham. Tolland.

The Conqueror's Song.

mf 1 TO thine almighty arm we owe
The triumphs of the day;

Thy terrors, Lord, confound the foe,
And melt their strength away.

2 'Tis by thy aid our troops prevail,
And break united pow'rs,

Or burn their boasted fleets, or scale
The proudest of their tow'rs.

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3 In vain to idol saints they cry,
And perish in their blood:

Where is a rock, so great, so high,
So pow'rful,-
-as our God?

4 The Rock of Israel ever lives,

His name be ever blest ;—

'Tis his own arm the vict'ry gives,

And gives his people rest.

WATTS.

SEVENTH VERSION-C. M. St. Anns. London.
The Majesty of God.

1 THE Lord descended from his seat,
And bow'd the heav'ns most high;
He came, and cast beneath his feet
The darkness of the sky.

2 On cherub and on cherubins
Full royally He rode,

And on the wings of all the winds
Came flying all abroad.

3 From heav'n above the Lord most good
Did fetch me from below,

And pluck'd me from the raging flood,
That did me overflow.

4 Unspotted is Jehovah's way,

His word is purely tried:

To such He is a shield and stay,

As in his faith abide.

STERNHOLD.

EIGHTH VERSION.-S. M. Dover. Boylston.

God a Savior.

Aff 1 O'ERWHELM'D, to God I cried,"Hear, O Thou God of love!

Turn not from me thine ear aside,

But save me from above!"

f 2 Then earth in terror shook,

The rock-built mountains steep

Trembled, nor could God's anger brook,
Nor their foundations keep.

3 The Lord from heav'n came down,-
Darkness beneath his feet ;-