Her various produce nature yields, And plenty smiles o'er all her fields. 4 Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days, Demand successive songs of praise: Oh! be the grateful homage paid, With morning light, and evening shade! 5 Here in thy house let incense rise, As circling sabbaths bless our eyes; Till to those glorious realms we soar, Where days and years revolve no more. PSALM 68. (L. M.) The ascension of Christ and its consequences. v. 17, 18. 4 Rais'd by the Father to his throne, The glory and extent of Christ's kingdom, 1 JESUS shall reign, where'er the sun Doth his successive journies run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more. 2 To Him shall endless prayer be made; To Him eternal honours paid; His name, like holy incense, rise With every morning sacrifice. 3 Remotest realms shall own his sway; And mightiest kings his power obey; Him babes and sucklings shall proclaim; Their lisping tongues shall bless his name. 4 Blessings abound where'er He reigns; The captive drops his loosen'd chains; The weary find eternal rest; And all the sons of want are blest. 5 Where He displays his healing power, Death and the curse are known no more: In Him the tribes of Adam boast More blessings than their Father lost. 6 In loftiest strains, with one accord, Let all creation bless the Lord! Let heaven and earth their voices raise, To sound his everlasting praise ! PSALM 84. 1st version. (P. M.) The house of God the joy of the Christian. 1 LORD of the worlds above, 2 O happy souls that pray Their constant service there! That love the way To Zion's hill. 3 They go from strength to strength 1 2 PSALM 84. 2d version. (S. M.) The house of God pleasant to the Christian. How fair thy dwelling-place, We love to tread its sacred courts, The sparrow finds a place, The swallow builds her nest, S Blest they, who round thy throne They see thy face, thy glory see; |