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HYMN 35. Second Part. L.M.
God incomprehensible. (cont.)

5	He wounds the heart, and he makes whole; He calms the test of the soul; When he shuts up in long despair, Who can remove the heavy bar?
6	He frowns and darkness veils the moon, The fainting sun grows dim at noon; The pillars of heav'n's starry roof Trembler and start at his reproof.
7	These are a portion of his ways; But who shall dare describe his face? Who can endure his light, or stand To hear the thunders of his hand?

HYMN 36. C.M.
The third command.

1	HOLY and rev'rend is the name    Of our eternal King; Thrice holy Lord! the angels cry,    Thrice holy, let us sing.
2	Holy is he in all his works,    And truth is his delight; But sinners and their wicked ways    Shall perish from his sight.
3	The deepest rev'rence of the mind,    Pay, O my soul, to God; Lift, with thy hands, a holy heart    To his sublime abode.
4	With sacred awe pronounce his name,    Abhor the lips profane; Let not thy tongue the Lord blaspheme,    Nor take his name in vain.
4	Thou holy God! preserve my soul    From all pollution free; The pure in heart, and hands, and lips,    Alone thy face shall see.

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HYMN 37. First Part. L.M.
Christians may take a religious oath. (cont.)

1	WHEN God his gracious promise made To faithful Abra'm and his seed, To show his grace and truth to both, Confirm'd the promise with an oath.
2	So, by an oath, in ev'ry age, The saints their promise oft engage; When questions rise of death or life, An oath confirms and ends all strife.
3	Christians the truth will ever say, Their yea be yea, their nay be nay; And with conscientious dread refrain From swearing any oath profane.
4	But when great facts demand high proof, They honour God by solemn oath; And thereby teach the world to own The Judge eternal on his throne.
5	The fear of God is thus maintain'd, And men from perjury restrain'd; Religious oaths may be abus'd, But may not therefore be refus'd.
6	Christians, the worthiest men on earth, Who cherish peace, and love the truth, Will put religion's sacred seal To what is held the last appeal.

HYMN 37. Second Part. C.M.
Perjury.

1	LET those who bear the christian name    Their holy vows fulfil: The saints, the follow'rs of the Lamb,    Delight to do his will.
2	True to the solemn oaths they take,    Tho' to their hurt they swear;