Before _Jehovah’s_ awful throne, Ye nations bow with sacred joy; Know that the Lord is God alone, He can create, and He destroy. His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men; And when like wand’ring sheep we stray’d, He brought us to His fold again. We’ll crowd His gates with thankful songs, High as the heavens our voices raise, And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall find thy courts with sounding praise. _Watts._ Ascribe, ye mighty, to _Jehovah_ might And glory, victor o’er his enemies-- Give to _Jehovah_ glory in the height, The glory due unto His name! Adore Him in the beauty of Holiness aright! Thy voice, _Jehovah!_ on the waters hoar Careers; the God of glory thundereth; _Jehovah_ speaks where many waters roar-- Thy voice, _Jehovah!_ is more strong than death-- Thy powerful voice is full of majesty; Thy voice o’erthrows the cedar with its breath. And Lebanon and Sirion before Thee Skip like a calf, and like a unicorn, In youth transcilient, and by nature free,-- Thy voice _Jehovah!_ shakes the desert lorn; _Jehovah_ shakes the wilderness; His voice Maketh the hinds to calve, the forest-born. Within His temple shall His sons rejoice, And all declare His glory. On the sea He sitteth--hushed is its tempestuous noise-- Behold _Jehovah_ sitteth royally Upon the calmed flood, eternal Lord: And strength unto His people giveth He, And them with peace and blessing hath restored. _J. A. Heraud._ The name of _Jehovah_ defend thee! For He from His dwelling above, Shall hear thee in trouble, and send thee The might of His covenant love. His rod of dread powers Shall bind with sweet flowers, In the ark of His covenant love. Then kneel; for the prayer of the lowly As incense, all odour shall be, In the cloud of the holocaust holy, That pleads in His presence for thee. His word, like strong mountains, Still shed forth the fountains Of strength from His presence for thee. _Waring._ JERUSALEM. _Jerusalem_ is builded as a city that is compact together.--Psalm cxxii. 3. O _Jerusalem, Jerusalem_, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.--Matthew, xxiii. 37, 38. _Jerusalem_ shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the time of the Gentiles be fulfilled.--Luke, xxi. 24.