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The notice

of thine eye.

112.

"Whither shall I flee from Thy presence?"
PSALM CXxxix.

1. In all my vast concerns with thee,
In vain my soul would try
To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee
The notice of thine eye.

2 Thine all-surrounding sight surveys
My rising and my rest;
My public walks, my private ways,
The secrets of my breast.

3. My thoughts lie open to the Lord,
Before they're formed within;
And ere my lips pronounce the word,
He knows the sense I mean.

4. Oh, wondrous knowledge, deep and high!
Where can a creature hide?
Within thy circling arms I lie,
side.

Beset on every

3. If, winged with beams of morning light, I fly beyond the west,

Thy hand, which must support my flight,
Would soon betray my rest.

4. If o'er my sins I think to draw
The curtains of the night,
Those flaming eyes that guard thy law
Would turn the shades to light.

5. The beams of noon, the midnight hour, Are both alike to thee:

Oh, may I ne'er provoke that power
From which I cannot flee!

114.

"The Lord searcheth all hearts."

1. GOD is a Spirit, just and wise;
He sees our inmost mind:
In vain to heaven we raise our cries,
And leave our hearts behind.

2. Nothing but truth before his throne
With honor can appear;
The painted hypocrites are known
Through the disguise they wear.

3. Their lifted eyes salute the skies;
Their bended knees the ground;
But God abhors the sacrifice,

Where not the heart is found.

4. Lord, search my tho'ts, and try my ways, And make my soul sincere;

Then shall I stand before thy face,
And find acceptance there.

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Thy glories round the earth are spread,
And o'er the heavens they shine.

2. When I survey the stars,

And all their shining forms, Lord, what is man, that worthless thing, Akin to dust and worms!

3. Lord, what is worthless man,

That thou shouldst love him so! Next to thine angels is he placed And lord of all below.

4. O Lord, our heavenly King, Thy name is all divine;

Thy glories round the earth are spread, And o'er the heavens they shine.

4. High as the heavens are raised Above the ground we tread, So far the riches of his grace Our highest thoughts exceed.

117.

"As a father pitieth his children."
PSALM Ciii.

1. THE pity of the lord

To those who fear his name,
Is such as tender parents feel:
He knows our feeble frame.
2. He knows we are but dust,

Scattered with every breath:
His anger, like a rising wind,
Can send us swift to death.

3. Our days are as the grass,

Or like the morning flower; If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field, It withers in an hour.

4. But thy compassions, Lord,
To endless years endure;

And children's children ever find
Thy words of promise sure.

118.

"Beautiful for situation, the joy of the
whole earth." PSALM xlviii.

1. FAR as thy name is known,
The world declares thy praise;
Thy saints, O Lord, before thy throne,
Their songs of honor raise.

2. With joy thy people stand

On Zion's chosen hill,
Proclaim the wonders of thy hand,
And counsels of thy will.

3. How decent, and how wise!
How glorious to behold!

Beyond the pomp that charms the eyes,
And rites adorned with gold.

4. The God we worship now

Will guide us till we die;

Will be our God, while here below.
And ours above the sky.

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ev'ry heart pre

him room, And heaven and nature sing.

2. Joy to the world! the Saviour reigns! Let men their songs employ;

While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains

Repeat the sounding joy.

3. No more let sin and sorrow grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground:

He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.

3. He comes, from thickest films of vice To clear the mental ray,

And on the eyes long closed in night
To pour celestial day.

4. He comes, the broken heart to bind,
The bleeding soul to cure;
And, with the treasures of his grace,
Enrich the humble poor.

5. Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace,
Thy welcome shall proclaim;
And heaven's eternal arches ring
With thy beloved name.

121.

"Unto us a Child is born."
ISAIAH ix. 6, 7.

1. To us a Child of hope is born,
To us a Son is given;

Him shall the tribes of earth obey,
Him all the hosts of heaven.

2. His name shall be the Prince of Peace, For evermore adored;

The Wonderful, the Counselor,

The great and mighty Lord!

And makes the nations prove

The glories of his righteousness,

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And wonders of his love.

His reign no end shall know; Justice shall guard his throne above,

And peace abound below.

4. To us a Child of hope is born,
To us a Son is given;
The Wonderful, the Counselor,
The mighty Lord of heaven.

Doxology.

LET God the Father, and the Son,
And Spirit be adored,

Where there are works to make him known,

Or saints to love the Lord!