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Public Prayer and Praise

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (3rd ed.) #110 (1786) Topics: Praise and prayer public; Prayer Praise public; Praise and prayer public; Prayer Praise public First Line: The praise of Sion waits for thee Lyrics: 1 The praise of Sion waits for thee, My God; and praise becomes thy house; There shall thy saints thy glory see And there perform their public vows. 2 O thou whose mercy bends the skies To save when humble sinners pray; All lands to thee shall lift their eyes, And every yielding heart obey. 3 Against my will my sins prevail, But grace shall purge away the stain: The blood of Christ will never fail To wash my garments white again. 4 Blest is the man whom thou shalt chuse, And give him kind access to thee; Give him a place within thy house, To taste thy love divinely free. Pause. 5 Let Babel fear when Sion prays, Babel, prepare for long distress, When Sion's God himself arrays In terror and in righteousness. 6 With dreadful glory God fulfils What his afflicted saints request; And with Almighty wrath reveals His love to give his churches rest. 7 Then shall the flocking nations run To Sion's hill and own their Lord; The rising and the setting sun Shall see the Saviour's name ador'd. Scripture: Psalm 65:1-5 Languages: English

Public Prayer and Praise

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #110 (1790) Topics: Praise and prayer public; Prayer Praise public; Praise and prayer public; Prayer Praise public First Line: The praise of Sion waits for thee Lyrics: 1 The praise of Sion waits for thee, My God; and praise becomes thy house; There shall thy saints thy glory see And there perform their public vows. 2 O thou whose mercy bends the skies To save when humble sinners pray; All lands to thee shall lift their eyes, And every yielding heart obey. 3 Against my will my sins prevail, But grace shall purge away the stain: The blood of Christ will never fail To wash my garments white again. 4 Blest is the man whom thou shalt chuse, And give him kind access to thee; Give him a place within thy house, To taste thy love divinely free. Pause. 5 Let Babel fear when Sion prays, Babel, prepare for long distress, When Sion's God himself arrays In terror and in righteousness. 6 With dreadful glory God fulfils What his afflicted saints request; And with Almighty wrath reveals His love to give his churches rest. 7 Then shall the flocking nations run To Sion's hill and own their Lord; The rising and the setting sun Shall see the Saviour's name ador'd. Scripture: Psalm 65:1-5 Languages: English

Public Prayer and Praise

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David, corrected and enlarged, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (2nd ed.) #117b (1786) Topics: Praise and prayer public; Prayer Praise public; Praise and prayer public; Prayer Praise public First Line: The praise of Sion waits for thee Lyrics: 1 The praise of Sion waits for thee, My God; and praise becomes thy house; There shall thy saints thy glory see And there perform their public vows. 2 O thou whose mercy bends the skies To save when humble sinners pray; All lands to thee shall lift their eyes, And every yielding heart obey. 3 Against my will my sins prevail, But grace shall purge away the stain: The blood of Christ will never fail To wash my garments white again. 4 Blest is the man whom thou shalt chuse, And give him kind access to thee; Give him a place within thy house, To taste thy love divinely free. Pause. 5 Let Babel fear when Sion prays, Babel, prepare for long distress, When Sion's God himself arrays In terror and in righteousness. 6 With dreadful glory Gdf fulfils What his afflicted saints request; And with Almighty wrath reveals His love to give his churches rest. 7 Then shall the flocking nations run To Sion's hill and own their Lord; The rising and the setting sun Shall see the Saviour's name ador'd. Scripture: Psalm 65:1-5 Languages: English

Public Prayer and Praise

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #117b (1787) Topics: Praise and prayer public; Prayer Praise public; Praise and prayer public; Prayer Praise public First Line: The praise of Sion waits for thee Lyrics: 1 The praise of Sion waits for thee, My God; and praise becomes thy house; There shall thy saints thy glory see And there perform their public vows. 2 O thou whose mercy bends the skies To save when humble sinners pray; All lands to thee shall lift their eyes, And every yielding heart obey. 3 Against my will my sins prevail, But grace shall purge away the stain: The blood of Christ will never fail To wash my garments white again. 4 Blest is the man whom thou shalt chuse, And give him kind access to thee; Give him a place within thy house, To taste thy love divinely free. Pause. 5 Let Babel fear when Sion prays, Babel, prepare for long distress, When Sion's God himself arrays In terror and in righteousness. 6 With dreadful glory God fulfils What his afflicted saints request; And with Almighty wrath reveals His love to give his churches rest. 7 Then shall the flocking nations run To Sion's hill and own their Lord; The rising and the setting sun Shall see the Saviour's name ador'd. Scripture: Psalm 65:1-5 Languages: English

Public Praise for Deliverance from Death

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #207a (1790) Topics: Public Praise for private Mercies; Public Thanks for private Mercies; Public Praise for private Mercies; Public Thanks for private Mercies First Line: Lord, thou hast heard thy servant cry Lyrics: 1 Lord, thou hast heard thy servant cry, And rescu'd from the grave; Now shall he live: (and none can die, If God resolve to save.) 2 Thy praise more constant than before, Shall fill his daily breath; Thy hand that hath chastis'd him sore Defends him still from death. 3 Open the gates of Zion now, For we shall worship there, The house where all the righteous go Thy mercy to declare. 4 Among th' assemblies of thy saints Our thankful voice we raise; There we have told thee our complaints, And there we speak thy praise. Scripture: Psalm 118:17-21 Languages: English

Public Prayer and Praise

Hymnal: The Psalms of David #110 (1740) Topics: Praise and prayer public; Worship public First Line: The Praise of Sion waits for Thee Lyrics: 1 The Praise of Sion waits for Thee, My GOD; and Praise becomes thy House; There shall thy Saints thy Glory see, And there perform their public Vows. 2 O Thou, whose Mercy bends the Skies To save when humble Sinners pray; All Lands to Thee shall lift their Eyes, And Islands of the Northern Sea. 3 Against my Will my Sins prevail, But Grace shall purge away their Stain; The Blood of CHRIST will never fail To wash my Garments white again. 4 Blest is the Man whom thou shalt chuse, And give him kind Access to Thee; Give him a Place within thy House, To taste thy Love divinely free. Pause. 5 Let Babel fear when Sion prays; Babel prepare for long Distress, When Sion's GOD himself arrays In Terror and in Righteousness. 6 With dreadful Glory GOD fulfils What his afflicted Saints request; And with Almighty Wrath reveals His Love, to give his Churches Rest. 7 Then shall the flocking Nations run To Sion's Hill, and own their Lord; The rising and the setting Sun Shall see the Saviour's Name ador'd. Scripture: Psalm 65:1-5 Languages: English

The Excellency of Public Worship

Author: D. Turner Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCCXLII (1792) Topics: Worship Public Worship; Public Religion First Line: Lord of hosts, how lovely fair Lyrics: Lord of hosts, how lovely, fair, E'en on earth thy temples are: Here thy waiting people see Much of heaven and much of thee. 2 From thy gracious presence flows, Bliss that softens all our woes; While thy spirit's holy fire Warms our hearts with pure desire. 3 Here we supplicate thy throne, Here thy mak'st thy glories known: Here we learn thy righteous ways, Taste thy love, and sing thy praise. 4 Thus with festive songs of joy We our happy lives employ: Love, and long to love thee more, 'Till from earth to heaven we soar. Languages: English

Public prayer and praise

Hymnal: A Selection of Psalms and Hymns #XII (1790) Topics: At the Opening of Public Worship First Line: The praise of Zion waits for thee Lyrics: 1 The praise of Zion waits for thee, My God, and praise becomes thy house There shall thy saints thy glory see, And there perform their public vows. 2 O thou, whose mercies bends the skies To save, when humble sinners pray, All lands to thee shall lift their eyes, And islands of the northern sea. 3 Against my will my sins prevail, But grace shall purge away their stain The blood of Christ will never fail To wash my garments white again. 4 Blest is the man whom thou shalt chuse And give him kind access to thee; Give him a place within thy house, To taste thy love divinely free. Scripture: Psalm 65 Languages: English

Desertion and hope; or, Complaint of Absence from public Worship

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (3rd ed.) #75a (1786) Topics: Complaint of Absence form Public Worship; Complaint of Absence form Public Worship First Line: With earnest longings of the mind Lyrics: 1 With earnest longings of the mind, My God, to thee I look; So pants the hunted hart to find, And taste the cooling brook. 2 When shall I see thy courts of grace, And meet my God again? So long an absence from thy face My heart endures with pain. 3 Temptations vex my weary soul, And tears are my repast; The foe insults without controul, "And where’s your God at last?" 4 ’Tis with a mournful pleasure now I think on ancient days: Then to thy house did numbers go, And all our work was praise. 5 But why, my soul, sink down so far Beneath this heavy load? My spirit, why indulge despair, And sin against my God? 6 Hope in the Lord, whose mighty hand Can all thy woes remove; For I shall yet before him stand, And sing restoring love. Scripture: Psalm 42:1-9 Languages: English

Desertion and hope; or, Complaint of Absence from public Worship

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #75a (1790) Topics: Complaint of Absence form Public Worship; Complaint of Absence form Public Worship First Line: With earnest longings of the mind Lyrics: 1 With earnest longings of the mind, My God, to thee I look; So pants the hunted heart to find, And taste the cooling brook. 2 When shall I see thy courts of grace, And meet my God again? So long an absence from thy face My heart endures with pain. 3 Temptations vex my weary soul, And tears are my repast; The foe insults without controul, "And where’s your God at last?" 4 ’Tis with a mournful pleasure now I think on ancient days: Then to thy house did numbers go, And all our work was praise. 5 But why, my soul, sink down so far Beneath this heavy load? My spirit, why indulge despair, And sin against my God? 6 Hope in the Lord, whose mighty hand Can all thy woes remove; For I shall yet before him stand, And sing restoring love. Scripture: Psalm 42:1-9 Languages: English