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5 ”Come, let us join,” they cry, ”To root them from the ground, ”Till not the name of saints remain, ”Nor memory shall be found.”

6 Awake, almighty G.o.d, And call thy wrath to mind; Give them like forests to the fire, Or stubble to the wind.

7 Convince their madness, Lord, And make them seek thy Name Or else their stubborn rage confound, That they may die in shame.

8 Then shall the nations know That glorious dreadful word, Jehovah is thy name alone, And thou the sovereign Lord.

Psalm 84:1. First Part. L. M.

The pleasure of public wors.h.i.+p.

1 How pleasant, how divinely fair, O Lord of hosts, thy dwellings are!

With long desire my spirit faints To meet th' a.s.semblies of thy saints.

2 My flesh would rest in thine abode, My panting heart cries out for G.o.d; My G.o.d! my King! why should I be So far from all my joys and thee?

3 The sparrow chuses where to rest, And for her young provides her nest: But will my G.o.d to sparrows grant That pleasure which his children want?

4 Blest are the saints who sit on high, Around thy throne of majesty; Thy brightest glories s.h.i.+ne above, And all their work is praise and love.

5 Blest are the souls that find a place Within the temple of thy grace; There they behold thy gentler rays, And seek thy face, and learn thy praise.

6 Blest are the men whose hearts are set To find the way to Sion's gate; G.o.d is their strength, and thro' the road They lean upon their helper G.o.d.

7 Cheerful they walk with growing strength, Till all shall meet in heaven at length, Till all before thy face appear, And join in n.o.bler wors.h.i.+p there.

Psalm 84:2. Second Part. L. M.

G.o.d and his church; or, Grace and glory.

1 Great G.o.d, attend, while Sion sings The joy that from thy presence springs To spend one day with thee on earth Exceeds a thousand days of mirth.

2 Might I enjoy the meanest place Within thine house, O G.o.d of grace, Not tents of ease, nor thrones of power, Should tempt my feet to leave thy door.

3 G.o.d is our sun, he makes our day; G.o.d is our s.h.i.+eld, he guards our way From all th' a.s.saults of h.e.l.l and sin, From foes without, and foes within.

4 All needful grace will G.o.d bestow, And crown that grace with glory too: He gives us all things, and withholds No real good from upright souls.

5 O G.o.d, our King, whose sovereign sway The glorious hosts of heaven obey, And devils at thy presence flee, Blest is the man that trusts in thee.

Psalm 84:3. 14 2 3 10. Paraphrased. C. M.

Delight in ordinances of wors.h.i.+p; or, G.o.d present in his churches.

1 My soul, how lovely is the place To which thy G.o.d resorts!

'Tis heaven to see his smiling face, Tho' in his earthly courts.

2 There the great Monarch of the skies His saving power displays, And light breaks in upon our eyes With kind and quickening rays.

3 With his rich gifts the heavenly Dove Descends and fills the place, While Christ reveals his wondrous love, And sheds abroad his grace.