II.

To God fing, to his name fing praise,
extoll him with your voice,
Who rides on heav'n by his name Jah
before his face rejoice.

III.

The fame is he that is above

within his holy place, The father of the fatherless and judge of widow's cafe.

IV.

Houses and iffue both he gives unto the comfortless,

He brings the bondmen out of thrall and rebels to distress.

PSALM LXVIII.

I.

THOU didft, O Lord, afcend on high and captive lead them all,

Who in time paft thy chofen flock in bondage did enthrall.

II.

Thou haft received gifts for men

ev'n for thine enemies,

Unto the end that God the Lord might dwell with them likewise.

III. Now

III.'

Now praifed be the Lord for that he pours on us fuch grace, From day to day he is the God both of our health and peace.

IV.

He is the God from whom alonefalvation we obtain,

And to the Lord Jehovah fhall death's iffues appertain.

AFTERNOON.

PSALM LXVIII.

I.

ALL ye kingdoms of the earth
fing praises to this king:

For he is Lord that ruleth all,

unto him praises fing.

II.

To him that rides on heav'n of heav'ns,

which he of old did found,

Lo, he fends out his voice, a voice

in might which doth abound.

III.

Therefore the strength of Ifrael afcribe to God on high,

Whofe mighty power doth far extend

above the cloudy sky.

IV.

O God for thy great holiness
thou'rt fear'd for evermore,
The God of Ifr'el gives us ftrength,
let us his name adore.

Whitfun Monday.

PSALM XLVIII.

In this moft glorious pfalm the church triumphs in her almighty Saviour. He puts his own beauty on her, gives her many invaluable privileges, keeps her fafe from all her enemies; but in this the chiefly rejoices, that God is in the midst of her, well-known to be a fure refuge. This is alfo our ground of rejoicing today. The fame Lord is ftill prefent with us by his Spirit, and we now wait on him hoping to find him in his house and ordinances. May his good Spirit help us to fing in faith. May we make the words our own; fo that while we praise our God for his prefence with his church, he may give us fresh reafon to praise him.

I.

LORD, we wait and do depend
on thy good help and grace,

For which we do all times attend
within thy holy place.

II.

O Lord, according to thy name thro' all the earth's thy praise,

And thy right hand, O Lord is full of righteoufnefs always.

III. To

III.

To Father, Son, and holy Ghost,
the God whom we adore,
Be glory as it was, is now,
and fhall be evermore.

Whitfun Tuesday.

PSALM CXLIII.

This is a prayer for the direction of the good Spirit of God in order to be ftrengthened under the cross, and to be led and comforted in the way of obedience. We want the fame Spirit for the fame purposes. May we ask to-day in faith, nothing wavering. And when we make the words our own, finging them with a sense of our standing in need of the influence of the holy Spirit every moment, may we rely upon his faithfulness, who put the words in our mouths, that he will fulfill them, and grant us our hearts defire.

TEA

I.

EACH me the way that I fhould walk,
I lift my foul to thee,

Lord, free me from my foes: I flee

to thee to protect me.

II.

Thou art my God, thy righteous will inftruct me to obey,

Let thy good Spirit safely lead my foul in the right way.

III.

Revive and comfort me, O Lord, ev'n for thine own name's fake, And do thou for thy righteoufness my foul from trouble take.

Wednesday

Wednesday in Whitfun Week.

PSALM XLVI.

In this pfalm the church triumphs in her fafety in a covenant God. Believers have no reason to fear from any inward or outward troubles: Becaufe God is their refuge and ftrength. And the grace of his Spirit, which comes through Chrift, is always ready to help in every time of need. This grace is throughout the fcriptures compared to water: For what water is to animal life, that is the holy Spirit to fpiritual life. He refreshes, comforts, makes glad the inhabitants of the city of God. He is always prefent with them, almighty to help, and that right early, in the best time, and in the best way. May this river of the water of life revive our hearts to day. While we are finging of its gladdening streams may the holy Ghost give us joy and peace in believing.

A

I.

RIVER is, whofe ftreams do glad
the city of our God;

The holy place wherein the Lord

moft high has his abode :

II.

God in the midst of her doth dwell

nothing shall her remove, The Lord to her an helper will and that right early prove.

III.

To Father, Son and Holy Ghost,

the God whom we adore, Be glory as it was, is now, and fhall be evermore.