Moses was sent at their complaints,
Arm'd with his dreadful rod.

2 He call'd for darkness; darkness came,
Like an o'erwhelming flood;

He made each lake, and ev'ry stream,
A lake, a stream of blood.

3 He gave the sign, and noisome flies
Thro' the whole country spread;
And frogs, in croaking armies, rise
About the monarch's bed.

4 Thro' fields and towns, and palaces,
The tenfold vengeance flew:
Locusts in swarms devour'd their trees,
And hail their cattle slew.

5 Then, by an angel's midnight stroke,
The flow'r of Egypt died;

The strength of ev'ry house was broke,
Their glory and their pride.

6 Now let the world forbear its rage,
Nor put the Church in fear:
Israel must live thro' ev'ry age,
And be th' Almighty's care.

PSALM 105. Third Part. C. M.

Israel led through the wilderness to Canaan.

HUS were the tribes from bondage freed,
And left the hated ground;

Egyptian spoils supplied their need,

Nor was one feeble found.

2 The Lord himself chose out their way,
And mark'd their journies right;
Gave them a leading cloud by day,
A fiery guide by night.

3 They thirst: and waters from the rock In rich abundance flow;

And foll'wing still the course they took,
Ran all the desert through.

4 O wondrous stream! O blessed type
Of ever-flowing grace!

So Christ our rock maintains our life,
Thro' all the wilderness.

5 Thus guarded by th' Almighty's hand,
The chosen tribes possest
Canaan, the rich, the promis'd land;
And there enjoy'd their rest.

6 Then let the world forbear its rage,
The Church renounce her fear:
Israel must live thro' ev'ry age,
And be th' Almighty's care.

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PSALM 106. First Part.

Communion with saints.

L. M.

O God the great, the ever blest, Let songs of honour be addrest: His mercy firm for ever stands;

Give him the thanks his love demands. 2 Who knows the wonders of thy ways? Who shall fulfil thy boundless praise? Blest are the souls that fear thee still, And pay their duty to thy will. 3 Remember what thy mercy did For Jacob's race, thy chosen seed; And with the same salvation bless The meanest suppliant of thy grace. 4 O may I see thy tribes rejoice, And aid their triumphs with my voice!

This is my glory, Lord, to be

Join'd to thy saints, and near to thee.

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PSALM 106.

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Second Part.

The unchangeable love of God.
MOD of eternal love,
How fickle are our ways!
And yet how oft did Israel prove
Thy constancy of grace!

S. M.

2 They saw thy wonders wrought,
And then thy praise they sung;
But soon thy works of pow'r forgot,
And murmur'd with their tongue.
3 Now they believ'd his word,
While rocks with rivers flow;
Now with their lusts provoke the Lord,
And he reduc'd them low.

4 Yet when they mourn'd their faults,
He hearken'd to their groans;
Brought his own cov'nant to his thoughts,
And call'd them still his sons.

5 Their names were in his book;
He sav'd them from their foes:
Oft he chastis'd, but ne'er forsook
The people that he chose.

6 Let Israel bless the Lord,
Who lov'd their ancient race;
And Christians join the solemn word,
Amen, to all their praise.

PSALM 107. First Part.

L. M.

Israel led to Canaan, and Christians to Heaven.

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IVE thanks to God; he reigns above;
Kind are his thoughts, his name is love:

His mercy ages past have known, And ages long to come shall own. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord

The wonders of his grace record; Israel, the nation whom he chose, And rescu'd from their mighty foes. 3 In their distress to God they cried, God was their Saviour and their guide; He led their march far wand'ring round: 'Twas the right path to Canaan's ground. 4 Thus when our first release we gain From sin's old yoke and Satan's chain, We have this desert world to pass, A dang'rous and a tiresome place. 5 He feeds and clothes us all the way, He guides our footsteps lest we stray; He guards us with a pow'rful hand, And brings us to the heav'nly land. 6 O let the saints with joy record. The truth and goodness of the Lord! How great his works, how kind his ways! Let ev'ry tongue pronounce his praise.

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PSALM 107. Second Part. .L. M.
Correction for sin, and release by prayer.

ROM age to age exalt his name; God and his grace are still the same: He fills the hungry soul with food, And feeds the poor with ev'ry good. 2 But if their hearts rebel and rise Against the God that rules the skies; If they reject his heav'nly word, And slight the counsels of the Lord;

3 He'll bring their spirits to the ground, And no deliv'rer shall be found: asseb Laden with grief, they waste their breath In darkness, and the shades of death. col 4 Then to the Lord they raise their cries; He makes the dawning light arise; bro And scatters all that dismal shade,

That hung so heavy round their head.ady 5 He cuts the bars of brass in two, frekar And lets the smiling pris'ners through; Takes off the load of guilt and grief, And gives the lab'ring soul relief. 6 O may the sons of men record

The wondrous goodness of the Lord!
How great his works, how kind his ways!
Let ev'ry tongue pronounce his praise.
PSALM 107. Third Part. L. M.
Intemperance punished and pardoned.
TAIN man, on foolish pleasures bent,
Prepares for his own punishment:
What pains, what loathsome maladies
From luxury and lust arise!

2 The drunkard feels his vitals waste,
Yet drowns his health to please his taste;
Till all his active powers are lost,
And fainting life draws near the dust.
3 The glutton groans, and loathes to eat;
His soul abhors delicious meat:
Nature with heavy loads opprest,
Would yield to death to be releas'd.
Behold the frighten'd sinners fly
To God for help with earnest cry!