PART II. C. M. 1 LIKE water is my life pour'd out, 2 My strength is like a potsherd dried, They pierced my inoffensive hands, Yet such a spectacle of woe 5 As spoil, my garments they divide, PART III. C. M. 1 LORD, to my brethren I'll declare 2" Ye worshippers of Jacob's God, O praise the Lord, and to your praise 3" He ne'er disdain'd on low distress 4 Thus in thy sacred courts, will I 5 The meek companions of my grief 6 Then shall the glad converted world 7 'Tis his supreme prerogative 'Tis just that he should rule the world, 8 The rich, who are with plenty fed, 9 With humble worship to his throne That power which first their being gave, 10 Then shall a chosen spotless race, To their adoring sons his truth SELECTION 18. C. M. From the xxiii. Psalm of David. THE Lord himself, the mighty Lord, The shepherd, by whose constant care 2 In tender grass he makes me feed, Then leads me to cool shades, and where 3 He does my wandering soul reclaim, Instruct with humble zeal to walk 4 I pass the gloomy vale of death, 5 Since God doth thus his wondrous love Through all my life extend, That life to him I will devote, SELECTION 19. C. M. From the xxiv. Psalm of David. HE spacious earth is all the Lord's, The world, and they that dwell therein. 2 He framed and fix'd it on the seas; Upon inconstant floods has made 3 But for himself this Lord of all 4 The man whose hands and heart are pure, Whose thoughts from pride are free; Who honest poverty prefers To gainful perjury. 5 This, this is he, on whom the Lord 6 Such is the race of saints, by whom And such the proselytes that seek 7 Erect your heads, eternal gates; The King of glory: see! he comes 8 Who is the King of glory? who? 9 Erect your heads, ye gates; unfold, The King of glory: see! he comes 10 Who is the King of glory? who? SELECTION 20. S. M. From the xxv. Psalm of David. To in whom and voice: O let me not be put to shame, 2 Those who on thee rely, Be that the shameful lot of such 3 To me thy truth impart, And lead me in thy way; For thou art he that brings me help, 4 Thy mercies and thy love, And, for thy wondrous goodness' sake, 6 His mercy and his truth The righteous Lord displays, 7 He those in justice guides Who his direction seek; And in his sacred paths shall lead 8 Through all the ways of God 9 Since mercy is the grace That most exalts thy fame, 10 Whoe'er with humble fear To God his duty pays. Shall find the Lord a faithful guide, 11 For God to all his saints And does his gracious covenant write 12 To Israel's chosen race Continue ever kind; And, in the midst of all their wants, SELECTION 21. C. M. From the xxvi. Psalm of David.* JUDGE me, O Lord, for I the paths righteousness have trod; I shall not fail, who all my trust 2 I'll wash my hands in innocence, Pour the glad hymn of triumph thence, 3 My thanks I'll publish there, and tell That seat affords me most delight, SELECTION 22. C. M. From the xxvii Psalm of David. HOM should I fear, since God to me W Is saving health and light? Since strongly he my life supports, 2 Henceforth within his house to dwell His wondrous beauty there to view, 3 For there I may with comfort rest, And safe, as on a rock, abide In that secure recess. Extract from the Journal of the General Convention, 1832. Resolved, As the sense and declaration of this Convention, that so much of the rubrics in the Form of Consecration of a Church or Chapel as requires the singing of "Psalm 23, verses 6, 7, and 8," will hereafter be duly complied with by singing verses 2 and 3, in the selection from the 26th Psalm, included in the Psalms in Metre authorized by these resolutions to be set forth. |