prospect and a bigger hope of much more service to the church by the large improvements of this edition, if the Lord who dwells in Sion shall favour it with his continued blessing.

Note, “ In all the longer hymns, and in some of the "shorter, there are several stanzas included in crotch46 ets thus [], which stanzas may be left out in sing"ing without disturbing the sense. Those parts are "also included in such crotchets which contain words 66 too poetical for meaner understandings, or too particular for whole congregations, to sing. But after "all it is best in public psalmody for the minister to "chuse the particular parts and verses of the psalm or

hymn that is to be sung, rather than leave it to the "judgment or casual determination of him that leads "the tupe."

Note, "Since the sixth edition of this book the Au"thor has finished what he had so long promised, "viz. the Psalms of David imitated in the language "of the New Testament, which the world seems to "have received with approbation, by the sale of some "thousands in a year's time. It is presumed that that 66 book, in conjunction with this, may appear to be "such a sufficient provision for psalmody as to answer most occasio..s of the Christian life; and if an

"author's own opinion may be taken, he esteems it "the greatest work that ever he has published, or evét "hopes to do, for the use of the churches.”

March 3, 172.

TO FIND ANY HYMN BY THE FIRST LINE.

Note---The letters a, b, c, denote the first, second, or third Book; the figures direct to the Hymn.

A

ADORE and tremble, for our God,
Alas! and did my Saviour bleed,
All mortal vanities be gone,
And are we wretches still alive,
And must this body die,

And now the scales have left mine eyes,
Arise my soul, my joyful pow'rs,
At thy command our dearest Lord,
Attend while God's exalted Son,
Awake my heart, arise my tongue,
Awake our souls, away our fears,
Away from ev'ry mortal care,

B

Backward with humble shame we look,
Begin my tongue some heav'nly theme,

Behold how sinners disagree,

Behold the blind their sight receive,

Behold the glories of the Lamb,

Behold the grace appears,

Behold the potter and the clay,

Behold the rose of Sharon here,

a

a 117

68

Behold the woman's promis'd seed,
Behold the wretch whose lust and wine,
Behold what wondrous grace,

- Bless'd are the humble souls that see,
Bless'd be the everlasting God,
Bless'd be the Father and his love,

Bless'd is the man whose cautious feet,

Bless'd morning! whose young dawning rays, b
Bless'd with the joys of innocence,

72

b 128

Blood has a voice that moves the skies,
Bright King of glory! dreadful God!

Come hither all ye weary souls,
Come holy Spirit, heav'nly Dove,
Come let us join a joyful tune,
Come let us join our cheerful songs,
Come let us lift our joyful eyes,
Come let us lift our voices high,
Come we that love the Lord,

D

Daughters of Sion come, behold,
Dear Lord! behold our sore distress,
Dearest of all the names above,
Death cannot make our souls afraid,
Death may dissolve my body now,
Death! 'tis a melancholy day,
Deceiv'd by subtle snares of hell,
Deep in the dust before thy throne,
Descend from heav'n immortal Dove,
Do we not know that solemn word,
Down headlong from their native skies,
Dread Sov'reign! let my ev'ning song,

E

Ere the blue heav'ns were stretch'd abroad,
Eternal Sov'reign of the sky,

B. H.

a 72 b 163

b. 148

b 49

a 27

b 52

a 107

a 124

b 23

a 122

b go

a 2

b 149

133

Eternal Spirit, we confess,

F

Faith is the brightest evidence,

Far from my thoughts vain world be gone,

Father! I long, I faint to see,

Father! we wait to feel thy grace,

Firm and unmoy'd are they,