HYMNS AND SACRED SONGS

FOREWORDS TO THE HYMNS AND SONGS.

This collection of hymns, sacred songs, and music has been drawn from a wide range of authors. It includes over one hundred hymns among the best in our language, many of which have been sung by the church universal, and are still so sung, and will continue to be sung till the millennium. Among the others are many of the most popular sacred songs of recent times, and some which have been written for this book.

In its sufficiency to meet the tastes and needs of both old and young, and in its adaptation to the purpose for which it is made, it is believed that this collection excels any other now before the public.

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Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, As it was in the beginning,

is now, and..

ever

shall be, world with-out end. A MEN.

2 His sovereign power, without our aid,

Made us of clay, and formed us men;

And when like wandering sheep we strayed,

3 Your lofty themes, ye mortals,
bring;

In songs of praise divinely sing;
The great salvation loud proclaim,
And shout for joy the Saviour's

name.

4 In every land begin the song;
To every land the strains belong;
In cheerful sounds all voices raise,
And fill the world with loudest praise.
ISAAC WATTS, 1713.

He brought us to his fold again. 3 We are his people, we his careOur souls, and all our mortal frame; What lasting honors shall we rear, Almighty Maker, to thy name? 4 We'll crowd thy gates with thank-5 ful songs,

High as the heavens our voices raise;

And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,

Shall fill thy courts with sounding
praise.

5 Wide as the world is thy command;
Vast as eternity thy love;
Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand,
When rolling years shall cease to

O earth, and all ye heavens, rejoice!
THE Lord is King! lift up thy voice,
From world to world the joy shall
ring,

The Lord omnipotent is King

2 The Lord is King! who then shall
Resist his will, distrust his care?
dare
Holy and true are all his ways:
Let every creature speak his praise.
3 The Lord is King! exalt your
strains,

Ye saints, your God, your Father
reigns!

One Lord, one empire, all secures: He reigns, and life and death are yours.

4 Oh, when his wisdom can mistake, His might decay, his love forsake, Then may his children cease to sing,

The Lord omnipotent is King!

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CARL MARIA VON WEBER, 1782-1826.

1. Praise the Lord; ye heavens! adore him; Praise him, angels in the height! 2. Praise the Lord, for he hath spo-ken; Worlds his mighty voice obeyed, 3. Praise the Lord, for he is glorious; Nev-er shall his prom - ise fail; 4. Praise the God of our sal-va- tion, Hosts on high! his power proclaim;