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PART I. Christian Worship, and the Lord's Day.

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Common Metre. WATTS.

The privilege of public worship. 1 THis ark was settled there; HE LORD in Zion plac'd his name,

To Zion the whole nation came
To worship thrice a year.

2 But we have no such lengths to go,
Nor wander far abroad:

Where'er thy saints assemble now,
There is a house for GOD.

3 Here, mighty God! accept our vows,
Here let thy praise be spread;
Bless the provisions of thy house,
And fill thy poor with bread.

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4 Here let the Son of David reign; Let God's anointed shine;

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Justice and truth his court maintain,
With love and pow'r divine.

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2.

Proper Metre. DODDRIDGE.
The house of prayer.

REAT Father of mankind!
We bless that wondrous grace,
Which could for Gentiles find
Within thy courts a place.

How kind the care

Our GoD displays
For us to raise

A house of pray'r!

2 To thee ourselves we join,
And love thy sacred name;
No more our own but thine,
We triumph in thy claim.
Our Father-King,

Thy cov❜nant-grace
Our souls embrace,
Thy titles sing.

3 Here, in thy house, we feast

On dainties all divine;

And while such sweets we taste,
With joy our faces shine;

Incense shall rise
From flames of love,

And GoD approve
The sacrifice.

4 May all the nations throng
To worship in thy house;
And thou attend the song,
And smile upon their vows;
Indulgent still,

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Till earth conspire,
To join the choir,
On Zion's hill.

3.

Proper Metre. WATTS.
Delight in public worship.
ORD of the worlds above,
How pleasant and how fair,
The dwellings of thy love,
Thine earthly temples are!
To thine abode

My heart aspires,
With warm desires
To see my God.

2 O happy souls that pray
Where GOD appoints to hear!
O happy men that pay

Their constant service there!
They praise thee still;

And happy they
Who love the way
To Zion's hill.

3 They go from strength to strength,
Through this dark vale of tears,
Till each arrives at length,
Till each in heav'n appears:
O glorious seat,

When God our King
Shall thither bring

Our willing feet!

4.

Long Metre. MRS. STEELE.

The pleasure and advantage of divine worship. APPY the men, whom strength divine

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With ardent love and zeal inspires!
Whose steps to thy blest way incline,
With willing hearts and warm desires.
2 Still they pursue the painful road;
Increasing strength surmounts their fear;
Till all at length, before their God,
In Zion's glorious courts appear.
3 One day within thy sacred gate
Affords more real joy to me,

Than thousands in the tents of state;
The meanest place is bliss with thee.
4 GOD is a sun; our brightest day
From his reviving presence flows:
GOD is a shield, through all the way,
To guard us from surrounding foes.
5 He pours his kindest blessings down,
Profusely down, on souls sincere;

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