5 I'll praise him while he lends me breath, And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers; My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being, last, Or immortality endures. 108 C. M. DODDRIDGE. The divine Bounty inspiring Gratitude. 1 OUR souls with pleasing wonder view How much bestowed, how much reserved 2 Thy liberal hand with worldly bliss And in the covenant of thy love 3 Thine eyes shall read those grateful thoughts No language can express; Yet when our liveliest thanks we pay, 4 Since time's too short, all-gracious God, Loud to the honor of thy name 109 S. M. WATTS. Praise for spiritual and temporal Mercies. Ps. 103. 1 O, BLESS the Lord, my soul; Let all within me join, And aid my tongue to bless his name, 2 O, bless the Lord, my soul; 3 "Tis he forgives thy sins, 4 He fills the poor with good; 5 His wondrous works and ways But sent the world his truth and grace Abounding Compassion of God. Ps. 103. 1 MY soul, repeat his praise, 2 High as the heavens are raised Our highest thoughts exceed. 3 His power subdues our sins, WATTS. 4 The pity of the Lord, To those that fear his name, 5 Our days are as the grass, 1; Or like the morning flower; If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field, 6 But thy compassions, Lord, And children's children ever find 111 L. M. TATE & BRADY. God's Mercy to the Righteous. Ps. 106. 1 O, RENDER thanks to God above, 2 Who can his mighty deeds express? - 3 Happy are they, and only they, 112 L. M. J. Q. ADAMS. Ps. 103. 1 MY soul, before thy Maker kneel; And still thy lips with blessing crowns. 2 The Lord of mercy and of grace, 3 Far distant as the adverse poles, Our sins he scatters to the wild, Pities the frailties of our souls A father's pity for his child: He knows our frame; our days are grass; The fading floweret's bloom is o'er; Let but a breeze of morning pass, The place shall never know it more. 4 But far beyond the bounds of time The mercies of the Lord are sure; Throughout eternity sublime His truth and justice shall endure: His grace of those who keep his law 113 C. M. DODDRIDGE. God's Grace. 1 HOW rich thy favors, God of grace! How' various and divine! Full as the ocean they are poured, And bright as heaven they shine. 2 He to eternal glory calls, And leads the wondrous way To his own palace, where he reigns 3 The songs of everlasting years Which leads, through sufferings of an hour, 114 L. M. Grace and Glory. Ps. 97. WATTS. 1 THE Almighty reigns exalted high 2 Immortal light and joys unknown |