PART II. C. M.
1 LIKE water is my life pour'd out,
My joints are out of frame;
My heart dissolves within my breast,
Like wax before the flame.
2 My strength is like a potsherd dried,
My tongue is parch'd with drought;
And to the dismal shades of death
My fainting soul is brought.
O praise the Lord, and to your praise Sincere obedience join.
3" He ne'er disdain'd on low distress
To cast a gracious eye;
Nor turn'd from misery his face,
But hears its humble cry."
6 Then shall the glad converted world
To God their homage pay;
And scatter'd nations of the earth
One sovereign Lord obey.
7 'Tis his supreme prerogative
O'er all mankind to reign;
'Tis just that he should rule the world,
Who does the world sustain.
8 The rich, who are with plenty fed,
His bounty must confess;
The sons of want, by him relieved,
Their generous patron bless.
9 With humble worship to his throne
They all for aid resort;
That power which first their being gave,
Alone can them support.
10 Then shall a chosen spotless race,
Devoted to his Name,
To their adoring sons his truth
And glorious acts proclaim.
2 In tender grass he makes me feed,
And gently there repose;
Then leads me to cool shades, and where
Refreshing water flows.
3 He does my wandering soul reclaim,
And, to his endless praise,
Instruct with humble zeal to walk
In his most righteous ways.
4 I pass the gloomy vale of death, From fear and danger free;
For there his aiding rod and staff
Defend and comfort me.
5 Since God doth thus his wondrous love
Through all my life extend,
That life to him I will devote,
And in his temple spend
SELECTION 19. C. M.
From the xxiv. Psalm of David.
THE spacious earth is all the Lord's,
her fulness is;
The world, and they that dwell therein.
By sovereign right are his.
2 He framed and fix'd it on the seas;
And his almighty hand
Upon inconstant floods has made
The stable fabric stand.
3 But for himself this Lord of all
One chosen seat design'd;
O who shall to that sacred hill
Deserved admittance find?
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
Shall shower his blessings down;
Whom God, his Saviour, shall vouchsafe
With righteousness to crown.
6 Such is the race of saints, by whom
The sacred courts are trod;
And such the proselytes that seek
Thy face, O Jacob's God.
7 Erect your heads, eternal gates;
Unfold, to entertain
The King of glory: see! he comes
With his celestial train.
8 Who is the King of glory? who?
The Lord, for strength renown'd;
In battle mighty; o'er his foes
Eternal victor crown'd.
9 Erect your heads, ye gates; unfold,
In state to entertain
The King of glory: see! he comes
With all his shining train.
10 Who is the King of glory? who? The Lord of hosts renown'd; Of glory he alone is King,
Who is with glory crown'd.
SELECTION 20. S. M.
From the xxv. Psalm of David.
10 God, in whom I trust,
O let me not be put to shame,
Nor let thy foes rejoice.
2 Those who on thee rely,
Let no disgrace attend;
Be that the shameful lot of such
As wilfully offend.
3 To me thy truth impart,
And lead me in thy way;
For thou art he that brings me help,
On thee I wait all day.
Thy
Lord, recall to mind;
And graciously continue still,
As thou wert ever, kind.
5 Let all my youthful crimes
Be blotted out by thee;
And, for thy wondrous goodness' sake,
In mercy think on me.
6 His mercy and his truth
The righteous Lord displays,
In bringing wandering sinners home,
And teaching them his ways.
7 He those in justice guides
Who his direction seek;
And in his sacred paths shall lead
The humble and the meek.
8 Through all the ways of God
Both truth and mercy shine,
To such as, with religious hearts,
To his blest will incline.
9 Since mercy is the grace
That most exalts thy fame,
Forgive my heinous sin, O Lord,
And so advance thy Name.
10 Whoe'er with humble fear
To God his duty pays,
Shall find the Lord a faithful guide,
In all his righteous ways.
11 For God to all his saints
His secret will imparts,
And does his gracious covenant write
In their obedient hearts.
12 To Israel's chosen race
Continue ever kind;
And, in the midst of all their wants,
Let them thy succour find.
SELECTION 21. C. M.
From the xxvi. Psalm of David.*
JUDGE me, O Lord, for I the paths
Of righteousness have trod;
I shall not fail, who all my trust
Repose on thee, my God.
2 I'll wash my hands in innocence,
And round thine altar go;
Pour the glad hymn of triumph thence,
And thence thy wonders show.
3 My thanks I'll publish there, and tell
How thy renown excels;
That seat affords me most delight,
In which thine honour dwells.
WH
SELECTION 22. C. M.
From the xxvii Psalm of David.
THOM should I fear, since God to me
Is saving health and light?
Since strongly he my life supports,
What can my soul affright?
2 Henceforth within his house to dwell
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 26, 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.
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