This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ... SELECTIONS ROM m Sacred Scriptures, FOR USE OH VARIOUS OCCASIONS, or Religious Service, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. THANKSGIYING. I. TDEAISE waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed. O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. Iniquities prevail against me; as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them, away. Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.--Psalm Ixv. 1-4. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of trinmph. For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For God is the king of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.--Psalm xlvii. 1-7. Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: Sing forth the honor of his name: make his praise glorious. Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name.--Psalm lxvi. 1-4. O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heaveus. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and the...