3 0, see with what insatiate rage
Thy sons their impious battles wage,
How spreads destruction like a flood,
And brothers shed their brothers' blood!

4 Great God, whose powerful hand can bind
The raging waves, the furious wind,
O, bid the human tempest cease,
And hush the maddening world to peace.
5 With reverence may each hostile land
Hear and obey that high command,
Thy Son's blest errand from above, -
"My creatures, live in mutual love."

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WATTS.

Prayer and Hope of Victory. Ps. 20.

1 NOW may the God of power and grace Attend his people's humble cry; Jehovah hears when Israel prays,

And brings deliverance from on high.

2 In his salvation is our hope,

And in the name of Israel's God Our troops shall lift their banners up, Our navies spread their flags abroad. 3 Some trust in horses trained for war, And some of chariots make their boasts; Our surest expectations are

From thee, the Lord of heavenly hosts.

4 Now save us, Lord, from slavish fear, Now let our hopes be firm and strong, Till thy salvation shall appear,

And joy and triumph raise the song.

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KIPPIS.

National Thanksgiving.

1 HOW rich thy gifts, Almighty King!
From thee our various comforts spring:
The extended trade, the fruitful skies,
The blessings liberty bestows,
The eternal joys the gospel shows,

All from thy boundless goodness rise.

2 Here commerce spreads the wealthy store That pours from every foreign shore; Science and art their charms display; Religion teaches us to raise

Our voices to our Maker's praise,

As truth and conscience point the way.

3 With grateful hearts, with joyful tongues, To God we raise united songs;

His power and mercy we proclaim;
Our land through every age shall own
Jehovah here has fixed his throne,
And triumph in his mighty name.

4 Long as the moon her course shall run,
Or man behold the circling sun,

O, still may God among us reign; Crown our just counsels with success, With peace and joy our borders bless, And all our sacred rights maintain.

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Thanksgiving for Victory.

WATTS

1 ZION, rejoice, and, Judah, sing;
The Lord assumes his throne;
Now let our country own her King,
And make his glories known.

2 The great, the wicked, and the proud,
From their high seats are hurled;
Jehovah rides upon a cloud,

And thunders through the world.

3 He reigns upon the eternal hills,
Distributes mortal crowns;

Empires are fixed beneath his smiles,
And totter at his frowns.

4 Navies that rule the ocean wide
Are vanquished by his breath,
And legions, armed with power and pride,
Descend to watery death.

5 Let tyrants make no more pretence
To vex our happy land;
Jehovah's name is our defence,
Our buckler is his hand.

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Praise for national Peace.

1 GREAT Ruler of the earth and skies,
A word of thy almighty breath

Can sink the world or bid it rise;
Thy smile is life, thy frown is death.

2 When angry nations rush to arms,
And rage, and noise, and tumult, reign,
And war resounds its dire alarms,

And slaughter spreads the hostile plain, 3 Thy sovereign eye looks calmly down,

And marks their course, and bounds their power; Thy word the angry nations own,

And noise and war are heard no more.

4 Then Peace returns with balmy wing;
Sweet Peace! with her what blessings fled!
Glad Plenty laughs, the valleys sing,
Reviving Commerce lifts her head.

5 To thee we pay our grateful songs,
Thy kind protection still implore;

O, may our hearts, and lives, and tongues,
Confess thy goodness, and adore.

1 ETERNAL Sovereign of the sky,
And Lord of all below,

We mortals to thy majesty

Our first obedience owe.

WATTS.

2 Our souls adore thy throne supreme,
And bless thy providence

For magistrates of meaner name,
Our glory and defence.

3 Kingdoms on firm foundations stand,
While virtue finds reward,

And sinners perish from the land
By justice and the sword.

4 Let Cæsar's due be ever paid

To Cæsar and his throne;
But consciences and souls were made

To be the Lord's alone.

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For New Year's Day.

Doddridge.

1 MY Helper, God, I bless his name;

The same his

power, his grace the same; The tokens of his friendly care Open, and crown, and close, the year. 2 I 'midst ten thousand dangers stand, Supported by his guardian hand, And see, when I survey my ways, Ten thousand monuments of praise. 3 Thus far his arm hath led me on; Thus far I make his mercy known; And, while I tread this desert land, New mercies shall new songs demand.

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For a new Year.

DODDRIDGE.

1 REMARK, my soul, the narrow bounds Of the revolving year;

How swift the weeks complete their rounds! How short the months appear!

2 So fast eternity comes on,

And that important day,

When all that mortal life has done
God's judgment shall survey.