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 " Praise ye the Lord ; for it is good to sing praisea 
 unto our God. Sing nnto Mie Lord willi thanksgiving; 
 sing praise upon the harp unto our God." — David. 
 
 IVINETKKNTH KDITIOJV. 
 
 AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION. 
 
 VHU.JJDELPHM: 
 
 NO, 148 CHESJVUT street. 
 
 1827. 
 
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ADVERTISEMENT. 
 
 The favourable reception given to the 
 preceding editions of the Hymn Book, 
 by the friends and teachers of Sunday 
 Schools, has induced the Committee of 
 Publication to stereotype the work, that 
 a constant supply might be ensured to the 
 great and increasing demand.* Before 
 giving to it such a permanent character, 
 they conceived it their duty carefully to 
 revise the collection, to ascertain if any 
 improvement could be made in the choice 
 or arrangement of the Hymns ; that they 
 might be presented as perfectly adapted 
 to the object of their publication, as it 
 was in the power of the Committee to 
 render tliem. Aware, however, of the 
 inconvenience which would temporarily 
 
 * More than 95,000 copies have been soJ<l from 
 the Depository. 
 
VI ADVEIITISEMENT. 
 
 result from alterations, they have avoided 
 any changes, but such as were considered 
 absolutely essential. The inconvenience 
 felt from the want of a proper arrange- 
 ment of subjects, they have deemed it 
 necessary to obviate by an entire new 
 classification of the Hymns ; but as they 
 have in every instance attached to the 
 new number the corresponding one of the 
 old collection, in small figures, they hope 
 little or no inconvenience will be felt from 
 this cause. Some of the old hymns have 
 been omitted, and others substituted in 
 their place, which were believed to be 
 more generally useful. 
 
 The Committee would close these re- 
 marks by committing this little work to 
 the blessing of God, with their earnest 
 prayers, that he would make it the in- 
 strument of promoting ardent and cheer- 
 ful piety among teachers and scholars, 
 and of exciting their frequent gratitude 
 to the blessed Redeemer, 
 
 Philadclphiay 1826. 
 
THE 
 
 SUNDAY SCHOOL 
 
 HYMN BOOK. 
 
 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE 
 
 HYMN 1. (4) S. M, 
 
 Come, sound his praise abroatl, 
 
 And hymns of glory sing ; 
 Jehovah is tlie mighty God, 
 
 The universal king. 
 
 2 He form'd the deeps unknown, 
 
 And gave the seas their bound, 
 The wat'ry worlds are all his own, 
 And all the solid ground. 
 
 3 Come, worship at his throne, 
 
 Come, bow before the Lord ; 
 We are his work, and not our own 
 He form'd us by his word. 
 
 4 To-day attend his voice, 
 
 Nor dare provoke bis jod ; 
 Come, like the children of his choie- 
 And own your gracious God. 
 
Creation and Providence* 
 
 2. 
 
 (8) CM. 
 
 Come, let us join the hosts above. 
 Now in our youngest days ; 
 
 Remember our Creator's love, 
 And lisp our Father's praise. 
 
 2 His majesty will not despise 
 
 The day of feeble things; 
 Grateful the songs of children rise, 
 And please the King of kings. 
 
 3 He loves to be remember'd thus, 
 
 And honour'd for his grace ; 
 Out of the mouths of babes like us, 
 His wisdom perfects praise. 
 
 4 Glory to God, and praise, and pow'r, 
 
 Honour and thanks be given ! 
 Children and cherubim adore 
 The Lord of earth and heaven. 
 
 3. (15) C. M. 
 
 Almighty Fatlier! gracious Lord! 
 
 Kind guardian of my days ! 
 Thy mercies let my heart record 
 
 In songs of grateful praise. 
 
 2 In life's first dawn, my tender frame 
 Was thy indulgent care. 
 Long ere I could pronounce thy name, 
 Or breathe the infant prayer 
 
Creation and Providence. 
 
 3 Each rolling year new favours brought 
 
 From thy exhaustless store ; 
 But, ah ! in vain my lab'ring thought 
 Would count thy mercies o'er. 
 
 4 While sweet reflection through my days 
 
 Thy bounteous hand would trace ; 
 Still dearer blessings claim my praise, 
 The blessings of thy grace. 
 
 5 Yes, I adore thee, gi-acious Lord ! 
 
 For favours more divine ; 
 That I have known thy sacred word, 
 Where all thy glories shine. 
 
 4. 
 
 (139) CM. 
 
 How glorious is our heavenly king, 
 Who reigns above the sky ! 
 
 How shall a child presume to sing 
 His dreadful majesty ! 
 
 2 Not angels that stand round the Lord, 
 
 Can search his secret will ; 
 But they perform his heavenly word, 
 And sing his praises still. 
 
 3 Then let me join this holy train, 
 
 And my first offerings bring ; 
 Tir eternal God will not disdain 
 To hear an infant sin^r. 
 
10 Creation and Providence, 
 
 4 My heart resolves, my tongue obeys. 
 And angels shall rejoice 
 To hear their mighty Maker's praise 
 Sound from a feeble voice. 
 
 5.(140) CM. 
 
 I SING th' almighty power of God 
 That made the mountains rise ; 
 
 That spread the lower seas abroad^ 
 And built the lofty skies. 
 
 2 I sing the wisdom that ordain'd 
 
 The sun to rule the day ; 
 The moon shines full at his command, 
 And all the stars obey. 
 
 3 There's not a plant or flower below 
 
 But makes thy glories known ; 
 And clouds arise, and tempests blow 
 By order from thy throne. 
 
 4 Lord, how thy wonders arc display'd 
 
 Where'er I turn mine eye! 
 II I survey the ground I tread, 
 Or gaze upon the sky ! 
 
 6. 
 
 (141) CM. 
 
 I SING the goodness of the Lord, 
 That fill'd the earth with food; 
 He form'd the creatures with his word, 
 
 And then pronouncM them good. 
 
Creation and Providence. 1 1 
 
 2 Creatures (as nnmVous as they be) 
 
 Are sul^ject to thy care ! 
 There's not a place where we can flee 
 But Gotl is present ther?. 
 
 3 In heav'n he shines with beams of love, 
 
 With wrath in hell beneath; 
 'Tis on his earth 1 stand or move, 
 And 'tis his air I breathe. 
 
 4 His hand is my perpetual guard. 
 
 He keeps me with his eye ; 
 Why should I then forget the Iiord, 
 Who is forever nigh? 
 
 7. 
 
 (146) S. M. 
 
 The praises of my tongue, 
 
 I offer to the Lord, 
 That I was taught and learn 'd so young 
 
 To read his holy word. 
 
 2 That I am brought to know 
 
 The danger I am in, 
 By nature and by practice too, 
 A wretched slave to sin, 
 
 3 Great God, this book of thine, 
 
 Informs me whore to »o 
 For grace to pardon nil my ain, 
 Anil make me hnly too. 
 
12 Creation and Providence^ 
 
 O DKiy thy Spirit teach, 
 
 And make my heart receive, 
 Those truths which all thy servants preach* 
 
 And all thy saints believe. 
 
 8. (165) CM. 
 
 Almighty Father, heavenly King ! 
 
 Who rul^st the world above ; 
 Accept the tribute children bring, 
 
 Of gratitude and love. 
 
 2 To thee, each morning, when we rise, 
 
 Our early vows well pay ; 
 And e'er the night has clos'd our eyes, 
 We'll thank thee for the day. 
 
 3 Our Saviour, ever good and kind. 
 
 To us his word has given ; 
 That children such as we may find 
 A certain path to heaven. 
 
 4 Stretch out, O Lord, thy gracious hand, 
 
 To guide our erring youth ; 
 
 And lead us to that blissful land. 
 
 Where dwells eternal truth. 
 
 9. 
 
 (166) S. M. 
 
 From thee, our bounteous God, 
 
 We every good receive ; 
 Tliou giv'st us clothing, friends, and food, 
 
 And by thy grace we live. 
 
Creation and Providence. 
 
 2 Thy pitying eye beheld 
 
 How we in darkness lay ; 
 From thee this institution came, 
 That we might read and pray. 
 
 3 O let us greatly prize 
 
 These kind instructions given ; 
 For now we read thy holy book, 
 That guides our feet to heaven, 
 
 4 O may thy Spirit bless 
 
 This learning to our good ; 
 And may our benefactors find 
 The favour of their God. 
 
 5 May we and they at last, 
 
 At thy right hand appear ; 
 And when Sie toils of life are past, 
 All meet in glory there. 
 
 10. 
 
 (185) CM. 
 
 I'll bless the Lord from day to day j 
 How good are all his ways ! 
 
 Ye chiliken come, that used to pray, 
 Come, sound aloud his praise. 
 
 2 Sing to the honour of his name, 
 How a poor suff 'rer cried. 
 Nor was my hope expos'd to shame, 
 Nor was my suit denied. 
 
1 1 Creation and Providence. 
 
 3 I told the Lord my sore distress, 
 
 With heavygroans and tears ; 
 He gave my sharpest torments ease, 
 And silenc'd all my fears. 
 
 4 O children, come, and taste his love, 
 
 Come, learn his pleasant ways, 
 And let your own experience prove 
 The riches of his grace. 
 
 11 
 
 CM. 
 
 Almighty God, while eartl^ and heav'n 
 Thy pow'r and skill proclaim, 
 
 Wilt thou permit a child to sing 
 The honour of thy namef 
 
 2 The early dawn of op'ning life 
 
 Has prov'd thy guardian care ; 
 And may I through my future years. 
 Thy grace and goodness share. 
 
 3 Now may I give myself to thee. 
 
 And in thy name confide ; 
 Most gracious God, O deign to be 
 My Father, Fwind, and Guide. 
 
 12. 
 
 CM. 
 
 Lord, 1 would own thy tender care, 
 
 And all thy love to me ; 
 The food I eat, the clothes I wear, 
 
 Arp nil be?tow\l by thre. 
 
Creation and Providence. 15 
 
 2 Tis thou preseivest me from death, 
 
 And dangers ev'ry hour ; 
 I cannot draw another breath, 
 Unless thou give the pow'r 
 
 3 My health, and friends, and parents dear. 
 
 To me by G od are giv'n ; 
 I have not any blessing here. 
 But what is sent from heav'n. 
 
 4 Such goodness, Lord, and constant care, 
 
 A child can ne'er repay ; 
 But may it be my daily prayer 
 To love thee and obey. 
 
 13. (11) L.M. 
 
 From all feat dwell below the skies, 
 Let the Creator's praise arise ; 
 Let the Redeemer's name be sung, 
 Through ev'ry land by ev'ry tongue. 
 
 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; 
 Eternal truth attends thy word ; 
 Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, 
 Till suns shall rise and set no more. 
 
 Your lofty themes, yc mortals, bring, 
 In songs of praise divinely sing ; 
 The great salvation louil proclaim. 
 And shout for joy the Saviour's name 1 
 
16 Creation and Providence, 
 
 % In ev'ry land begin the song ; 
 To ev'ry land the strains belong ; 
 A cheerful sound all voices raise, 
 And fill the world with loudest praise. 
 
 14. CM. 
 
 O Lord, our God, how wondrous great 
 
 Is thine exalted name ! 
 The glories of thine heav'nly state 
 
 Let men and babes proclaim. 
 
 2 When I behold thy works on high, 
 
 The moon that rules the night, 
 
 And stars that well adorn the sky. 
 
 Those moving worlds of light : 
 
 3 Lord, what is man, or all his race, 
 
 That dwells so far below. 
 That thou shouldst visit him witii grace, 
 And love his nature so. 
 
 4 Jesus, our Lord, how wondrous great 
 
 Is thine exalted name ! 
 The glories of thy heav'nly state 
 Let the whole earth proclaim. 
 
 15. 
 
 CM. 
 
 Come, let us join our Lord to prsdse, 
 Whose mercy knows no end ; 
 
 To him our cheerful voices raise, 
 Our Father, and our Friend, 
 
Redemption. 17 
 
 2 In tender infancy, his care 
 
 Preserv'd our lives from harm ; 
 And now he keeps us from the snare 
 Of sin's deceitful charm. 
 
 3 He gently draws our minds to hear 
 
 The kind instructions given ; 
 And by his reverential fear 
 We seek the way to heaven. 
 
 4 He gives us friends, who seek our good, 
 
 And strive to make us wise ; 
 His bounteous hand provides our food, 
 And all our wants supplies. 
 
 5 With girateful praise we will proclaim 
 
 The mercies of our God : 
 And tell of all his wondrous fame, 
 Who bought us with his blood 
 
 REDEMPTION. 
 
 16. (9) CM. 
 
 Pluno'd in a gulf of dark despair, 
 We wretched sinners lay, 
 
 Without one cheering beam of hope, 
 Or spark of glimmVing day. 
 
18 Redemption, 
 
 2 With pitying eyes, the Prince of Grace 
 
 Beheld our helpless g^ef ; 
 He saw, and (O, amazing love !) 
 He ran to our relief. 
 
 3 Down from the shining seats above, 
 
 With joyful haste he fled, 
 EnterVl ffie grave in mortal flesh. 
 And dwelt among the dead. 
 
 4 O, for this love, let rocks and Iiills 
 
 Their lasting silence break, 
 And all harmonious human tongues 
 The Saviour's praises speak. 
 
 17 
 
 (14) 8,7,4. 
 
 Mighty God, wliile angels bless thee, 
 May an infant lisp thy name : 
 
 Lord of men as well as angels. 
 Thou art ev'ry creature ""s theme. 
 
 Hallelujah, 
 Hallelujah, praise the Lord. 
 
 2 Lord of every land and nation. 
 Ancient of eternal days. 
 Sounded through the wide creation, 
 Be Ihy just and lawful praise. 
 
 ' ' 'or the grimdeur of thy nature. 
 
 Grand beyond a seraph's thought, 
 i or created works of power, 
 
 Works witli skill and kindness wrought ; 
 
Redemption. 19 
 
 4 For thy providence that governs, 
 
 Through thine empire's wide domain, 
 Wings an angel, guides a sparrow ; 
 Blessed be thy gentle reign. 
 
 5 But thy rich, thy free redemption, 
 
 Dark through brightness Jill along ; 
 Thought is poor, and poor expression, 
 Who can sing that awful song ? 
 
 6 Brightness of tliy Father's glory. 
 
 Shall thy praise unutler'd lie ? 
 Fly my tongue such guilty silence. 
 Sing the Lord who came to die. 
 
 7 Did archangels sing thy coming ? 
 
 Did the Shepherds learn their lays ? 
 Shame would cover me ungrateful. 
 Should my tongue refuse to praise. 
 
 8 From the highest throne of glory, 
 
 To the cross of deepest wo ! 
 For such love to guilty captives, 
 May thy praise for ever flow. 
 
 9 Rise, ascend, immortal Saviour, 
 
 Leave thy footstool, take thy Ihronp ; 
 Thence return, and reign for ever, 
 Be the kingdom all thine own. 
 
20 Redemption, 
 
 18. S.M. 
 
 Hail, gracious heavenly Prince, 
 
 To Thee let children fly; 
 And on thy kindest providence, 
 
 O may we all rely. 
 
 2 Jesus will take the young 
 
 Beneath his special care ; 
 And he will keep their youthful days 
 From every wo and snare. 
 
 3 He knows their tender frame, 
 
 Nor will their youth contemn ; 
 For he a little child became. 
 To love and pity them. 
 
 4 Nor does he now forget 
 
 His youthful days on earth ; 
 Nor would we ever cease our praise. 
 For the Redeemer's birth. 
 
 19. (2) CM. 
 
 Joy to the world, — the Loud is come ; 
 
 Let earth receive her King, 
 Let every heart prepare him room, 
 
 And heaven and nature sing. 
 
 2 Joy to the earth, — the Saviour reigns; 
 Let children songs employ ! 
 While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains, 
 Repeat the sounding joy. 
 
Redemption. 21 
 
 3 No more let sins and sorrows grow, 
 
 Nor thorns infest the ground ; 
 He comes to make his blessings flow 
 Far as the curse is found. 
 
 4 He rules the world with truth and grace. 
 
 And makes the nations prove 
 The glories of his righteousness, 
 And wonders of his love. 
 
 20. 
 
 (3) CM. 
 
 Father, how wide thy glory shines ! 
 
 How high thy wonders rise ! 
 Known through the eartli by thousand signs, 
 
 By thousands through the skies. 
 
 2 But when we view thy strange design, 
 
 To save rebellious worms, 
 There vengeance and compassion join. 
 In their divinest forms. 
 
 3 How the full glories of the liamb. 
 
 Adorn the heavenly plains I 
 Sweet cherubs learn Immanuel's name, 
 And try their choicest strains. 
 
 O may I bear some humble part 
 
 In that immortal song : 
 Wonder and joy shall tune my heart. 
 
 And love command my tongue. 
 
Redemption. 
 
 21. 
 
 (10) CM. 
 
 Come, let us join our cheerful songs 
 With angels round the throne ; 
 
 Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, 
 But all their joys are one. 
 
 2 ' Worthy the Lamb that died,' they cry, 
 
 ' To be exalted thus I' 
 ' Worthy the Lamb,' our lips reply, 
 ' For he was slain for us.' 
 
 3 Jesus is worthy to receive 
 
 Honour and pow'r divine ; 
 And blessings more than we can give, 
 Be, Lord, forever thine. 
 
 4 Let all that dwell above the sides, 
 
 And air, and earth, and seas. 
 Conspire to lift, thy glories high. 
 And speak thine endless praise. 
 
 22. 
 
 (132) P. M. 
 
 Bj.ow ye, the trumpet blow, 
 The gladly solemn sound ; 
 
 TiCtall the nnl ions know, 
 To enrth's remotest bound i 
 
 The yenr of Jubilee is come ; 
 
 Return, yf nmsom'd -dinners, home. 
 
Redemptioji, 
 
 2 Exalt the Lamb of God, 
 
 The sin-atoning Lamb ; 
 Redemption by hia blood 
 
 Through all the lands proclaim : 
 The year of Jubilee is come ; 
 Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 
 
 3 Ye who have sold for naught 
 
 The heritage above, 
 Shall have it back unbought ; 
 
 The gift of Jesus' love : 
 The year of Jubilee is come ; 
 Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 
 
 4 The gospel trumpet hear. 
 
 The news of pard'ning grace ; 
 Ye happy souls draw near. 
 
 Behold your Saviour's face : 
 The year of Jubilee is come ; 
 Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 
 
 23. 
 
 (134) CM. 
 
 O FOR a shout of sacred joy. 
 To God the sov'reign King ! 
 
 Let ev'ry land their tongues employ, 
 And Iiymns of triumph sing. 
 
 2 Jesus, our Lord, ascends on high, 
 His hcav'nly guard.*? around 
 Attend him vising tbi ough the sky, 
 With trumpcf? joyful sound. 
 
24 Redemption, 
 
 3 While angels shout, and praise their King 
 
 Let children learn their strains ; 
 Let all the earth his honours sing ; 
 O'er all the earth he reigns. 
 
 4 Rehearse his praise with awe profound : 
 
 Let knowledge lead the song ; 
 Nor mock him with a solemn sound 
 Upon a thoughtless tongue. 
 
 24. 
 
 (136) L. M. 
 
 jEStrs shall reign where'er the sun 
 His vast successive course shall run ! 
 His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, 
 Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 
 
 2 To him shall endless prayer be made, 
 And ceaseless praises crown his head ; 
 His name like sweet perfume shall rise 
 With every evening sacrifice. 
 
 3 People and realms of every tongue, 
 Dwell on his love with sweetest song, 
 And infant voices shall proclaim 
 Their early blessings on his name. 
 
 4 Let every creature rise and bring 
 Peculiar honours to our King : 
 An;^els, descend with songs again. 
 And ciirth repeat the loud Ameno 
 
Redemption^ 25 
 
 25. 
 
 (142) C.xM. 
 
 Blest be the wisdom and the power, 
 
 The justice and the grace, 
 That join'd in counsel to restore 
 
 And save our ruin'd race. 
 
 2 Our father ate forbidden fruit, 
 
 And from his glory fell ; 
 And we, his children, thus were brought 
 To death and near to hell. 
 
 3 Blest be the Lord that sent his Son, 
 
 To take our flesh and blood ; 
 
 He, for our lives, gave up his own, 
 
 To make our peace with God. 
 
 4 He honour'd all his Father's laws, 
 
 Which we had disobey 'd ; 
 
 He bore our sins upon the cross. 
 
 And our full ransom paid. 
 
 26. 
 
 CM. 
 
 Mortals, awake, with angels join, 
 And chant the solemn lay, 
 
 Joy, love, and gratitude combine 
 To hail th' auspicious day. 
 
 2 In heav'n the rapt'rous song began, 
 And sweet seraphic fire 
 Through all the shining legions raiK 
 And strung and tunVl the l}Te, 
 
26 Redemption, 
 
 3 Hark ! the cherubic armiea shout, 
 
 And glory leads the song ; 
 Good- will and peace are heard throughout 
 Th' harmonious heav'nly throng. 
 
 4 Hail, Prince of Life, for ever hail ! 
 
 Redeemer — Brother — Friend ! 
 Though earth, and time, and life should iail, 
 Thy praise shall never end. 
 
 21. 
 
 CM. 
 
 O FOR a thousand tongues to sing 
 My great Redeemer's praise ! 
 
 The glories of my God and King, 
 The triumphs of his grace ! 
 
 2 My gracious Master, and my God, 
 
 Assist me to proclaim, 
 To spread, through all the earth abroad, 
 The honours of thy name. 
 
 3 Jesus, the name that charms our fears, 
 
 That bids our sorrows cease ; 
 'Tis music in the sinner's ears ; 
 'Tis life, and health, and peace. 
 
 4 Look unto him, ye nations ; own 
 
 Your God, ye fallen race; 
 Look, and be sav'd through faitli alone, 
 Be justify'd by grace. 
 
Gratitude, 27 
 
 GRATITUDE. 
 
 28. 
 
 (7) CM. 
 
 WnEN all thy mercies, O my GoJ, 
 
 My rising soul surveys — 
 Transported with the view, I'm lost 
 
 In wonder, love, and praise ! 
 
 2 Thy providence my life sustained, 
 
 And all my wants rediest, 
 
 When in the silent womb I luy, 
 
 And hung upon the hrcast. 
 
 3 To all my weak complaints and cries 
 
 Thy mercy lent an ear, 
 Ere yet my feeble tlioughts ha<] Icarut 
 To form themselves in prayer. 
 
 4 Unnumbered blessings on my soul, 
 
 Tliy tender care bestow \l. 
 Before my infant heart conceiv'd 
 From whence those blessuigs flow'd. 
 
 29. 
 
 (144) CM. 
 
 Whene'kr I take my walks abroad. 
 
 How many poor I sec ! 
 What shail 1 render to my God 
 
 For all his gifts to me? 
 
28 Chratttude. 
 
 2 While some poor wretches scarce can tell 
 
 Where they may lay their head, 
 I have a home wherein to dwell. 
 And rest upon my bed. 
 
 3 While others early learn to swear, 
 
 And curse, and lie, and steal, 
 Lord, I am taught thy name to fear. 
 And do thy holy will. 
 
 4 Pixe. these thy favours day by day, 
 
 To me above the rest ! t 
 
 Then let me love thee more than they, 
 And try to serve thee best. 
 
 30. 
 
 (6) L.M. 
 
 Great God, to thee my voice I raise. 
 To thee my youngest hours belong ; 
 I would begin my life with praise. 
 Till growing years improve the song. 
 
 2 'Tis to thy sov'reign grace I owe, 
 That 1 was bom on Christian ground. 
 Where streams of heavenly mercy flow, 
 And words of sweet salvation sound. 
 
 3 How do I pity those that dwell 
 Where ignorance and darkness reign ; 
 They know no heaven, they fear no hell, 
 Those cuilesD joys, those, endless pains. 
 
Gratitude. 29 
 
 4 Thy praise shall still employ my breath, 
 Since thou hast mark'd my way to heaven, 
 Nor will I run the road to death, 
 And waste the blessings thou hast given. 
 
 31 
 
 (131) CM. 
 
 The soul untaught is dark as night, 
 Where every evil dwells ; 
 
 All hail instruction's sacred light, 
 Which all this night dispels. 
 
 2 Our Sabbaths once in vain we spent. 
 
 Neglected and unblest : 
 But now the house of prayer frequent, 
 To keep the sacred rest. 
 
 3 Jesus invites young children near, 
 
 O may we straight obey I 
 Give us, O Lord, th' attentive ear, 
 And teach our hearts to pray. 
 
 32. 
 
 (129) CM. 
 
 Our feeble voices, Lord, wc raise. 
 Before thy gracious throne ; 
 
 O ! tune our hearts to sing thy praise, 
 For all thy mercies shown. 
 
 Thy watchful eye, thy guardian hand, 
 
 Suppoib U3 every hour ; 
 ■^ncl in thy house thif dav "' * "■ 
 
 Thy gr.oflness to adore 
 
30 Prayer, 
 
 3 Incline uur hearts to seek thy fece, 
 The Saviour's name to love ; 
 And form us by almighty grace, 
 For nobler praise above. 
 
 PRAYER. 
 
 33. 
 
 (20) L.M. 
 
 Great God, behold, before thy throne, 
 A band of children lowly bend ; 
 Thy face we seek, thy name we own. 
 And pray that thou wilt be our friend. 
 
 '2 Thy Holy Spirit's aid impart, 
 That he may teach us how to pray ; 
 Make us sincere, and let each heart 
 Delight to tread i»i wisdom's way. 
 
 \i O lei thy grace our souls renew. 
 And seal a sense of pardon there ; 
 Teach us thy will to know and do, 
 And let us all thy image bear. 
 
 34. 
 
 (10) 7's. 
 
 LoRD,wc come before thee now. 
 At thy feet we humbly bow ; 
 O ! do not our suit disdain. 
 Shall wc seek thee, Lord, in vain? 
 
Prayer. 
 
 2 Lord, on thee our souls depend, 
 In compassion now descend ; 
 
 Fill our hearts with thy rich grace, 
 Tune our lips to sing thy praise. 
 
 3 In thine own appointed way, 
 Now we seek thee, — here we stay ; 
 Lord, we know not how to go, 
 
 . Till a blessing thou bestow. 
 
 35. 
 
 (17) CM. 
 
 O FOR a heart to praise my God, 
 
 A heart from sin set free ; 
 A heart that always feels thy blood 
 
 So freely spilt for me ! 
 
 2 A heart resignVl, submissive, meek, 
 
 My great Redeemer's throne ; 
 Where only Christ is heard to speak, 
 Where Jesus reigns alone. 
 
 3 An humble, lowly, contrite heart, 
 
 Believing, true, and clean ; 
 Which neither life nor death can part 
 From him that dwells within. 
 
 4 A heart in every thought renew'd. 
 
 And full of love divine ; 
 Perfect, and right, and pure, ami ^ood, 
 A copy. Lord, of thine ! 
 
S2 Prayer, , 
 
 36. (18) L.M. 
 
 I ASK not wealth, nor pomp»nor powV, 
 Nor the vain pleasures of an hour ; 
 My soul aspires to nobler things, 
 Than all the pride and state of kings. 
 
 2 One thing I ask, and wilt thou hear, 
 And grant my soul a gift so c'.ear. 
 Wisdom, descending from above, 
 The choicest token of thy love. 
 
 3 Wisdom, betimes to know the Lord, 
 To fear his name and keep his Word, 
 To lead my feet in paths of truth, 
 
 And guide and guard my wand'ring youth. 
 
 37. (21) 7's. 
 
 Come, my soul, thy suit prepare, 
 Jesus loves to answer prayer ; 
 He himself has bid thee pray, 
 Therefore will not say thee nay. 
 
 2 Thou art coming to a king, 
 Large petitions with thee bring : 
 For his grace and pow'r are such. 
 None can ever ask too much. 
 
 3 Lord, I come to thee for rest, 
 Take possession of my breast ; 
 There thy sov'reigji right maintain, 
 Ami without a rival reion. 
 
Prayer. 93 
 
 38. 
 
 (22) CM 
 
 I WANT a principle within, 
 
 Of jealous godly fear ; 
 A sensibility of sin, 
 
 A pain to feel it near. 
 
 2 That I from thee no more may part, 
 
 No more thy goodness grieve : 
 
 The filial awe, the fleshly heart, 
 
 The tender conscience give* 
 
 3 Quick as the apple of an eye, 
 
 O God, my conscience make ; 
 Awake my soul when, sin is nigh, 
 And keep it still awake. 
 
 1 4 O may the least omission pain 
 My well-instructed soul ; 
 And drive me to the blood again. 
 Which makes the wounded whole. 
 
 39. 
 
 (23) CM. 
 
 Gbeat God, my sinful heart control, 
 
 Fpom bondage set me free ; 
 Letsov'reign giace new mould my heart. 
 
 And form its powers for thee. 
 
 2 In wisdom's path direct my feet, 
 'Tis a delightful way ; 
 And if new trials I should meet, 
 Renewed strength convey 
 
\ 
 
 S4 Prayer. 
 
 3 Upright and just be all my views. 
 My thoughts and words sincere ; 
 Sti-ict holiness my fixed choice, 
 And sin my constant fear. 
 
 40. 
 
 (24) 8,7. 
 
 Teacher, guide of young beginners, 
 
 Let a child approach to thee ; 
 Thee, who cam'st to ransom sinners. 
 
 Thee, who diedst to ransom me. 
 Into thy protection take me, 
 
 Full of goodness as thou art, 
 After thine own image make me. 
 
 Make me after thine own heart. 
 
 2 Exercise the potter's power 
 
 Over this unshapen clay ; 
 Call me in the morning hour ; 
 
 Teach my youthful mind the way. 
 With a tender awe inspire, 
 
 That I never more may rove : 
 The faint spark of good desire 
 
 Blow into a flame of love. 
 
 41 
 
 (25) C. M. 
 
 Jesus, my Saviour and my Lord, 
 
 To thee I lift mine eyes ; 
 Teach and instruct me by thy word, 
 
 And make me trulv wise. 
 
Prayer, S5 
 
 2 Make me to know and understand 
 Thy whole revealed will ; 
 Fain would I learn to comprehend 
 Thy love more clearly still. 
 2 Help me to read this volume o'er, 
 With new and fresh delight : 
 Help me to love its author more ; 
 To seek thee day and night. 
 4 O let it purify my heart, 
 
 And guide me all my days ; 
 Its wonders, Lord, to me impart, 
 And thou shalt have the praise. 
 
 42. 
 
 (27) 8,8,6. 
 
 Our Father, whose eternal sway 
 The bright angelic hosts obey, 
 
 O lend a pitying ear ! 
 When on thy awful name we call. 
 And at thy feet submissive fall, 
 
 O condescend to hear I 
 
 2 Far may thy glorious reign extend, 
 May rebels to thy sceptre bend. 
 
 And yield to sov'reign love ! 
 May we take pleasure to fulfil 
 The sacred dictates of thy will. 
 
 As angels do above 1 
 
 3 From thy kind hand each tempVal good, 
 Our raiment and our daily food, 
 
 In rich abundance come : 
 
436 Prayer. 
 
 TiOrd, give us still a fresh supply ! 
 If thou withhold thy hand, we die, 
 And fill the silent tomb. 
 
 4 Pardon our sins, O God, that rise, 
 And call for vengeance from tlie skies ; 
 
 And while we are forgiven, 
 Grant that revenge may never rest. 
 And malice harbour in that breast 
 
 That feels the love of heaven. 
 
 5 Protect us in the dangerous hour. 
 And fi-om the wily tempter's power 
 
 O set our spirits free ! 
 And if temptations should assail. 
 May mighty grace o'er all prevail. 
 
 And lead our hearts to thee I 
 
 6 Thine is the power ; to thee belongs 
 The constant tribute of our songs ; 
 
 All glory to thy name ! 
 Let every creature join our lays. 
 In one resounding act of praise. 
 
 Thy wonders to proclaim ! 
 
 43. 
 
 8,7. 
 
 Jestts, Lord of life and glory, 
 Friend of children, hear our lays ; 
 
 Humbly would our souls adore thee. 
 Sing thy name in hymns of praise. 
 
Prayer. 37 
 
 2 O what debtors to thy kindness 
 
 Are we, God of boundless love ; 
 Thousands wander on in blindness, 
 Strangers to the light above. 
 
 3 But 'tis ours to read the pages. 
 
 Where the rays of glory glow ; 
 And, through everlasting ages, 
 We aspire its bliSs to know. " 
 
 4 Jesus, on thine arm relying. 
 
 We would tread this earthly vale ; 
 Be our life, when we are dying — 
 
 Be our strength, when strength shall fail 
 
 44. 
 
 (28) L. M. 
 
 Prayer was appointed to convey 
 The blessings God designs to give ; 
 Long as they live should Christians pray 
 For only while they pray, they live. 
 
 2 Depend on Christ, thou canst not fail ; 
 Make all thy wants and wishes known ; 
 Fear not, — his merits must prevail : 
 Ask what thou wilt, it shall be done. 
 
 45. 
 
 (29) C. M. 
 
 Lord, I confess before thy face. 
 
 How wicked I have been : 
 Look down from heav'n, thy dwelling place^ 
 
 And pardon this my sin. 
 
38 Prayer, 
 
 2 Forgive my temper, Lord, I pray — 
 
 My passion, and my pride ; 
 The wicked words I dar'd to say. 
 And wicked thoughts beside. 
 
 3 For Jesus' sake forgive my crime, 
 
 And change this stubborn heart ; 
 And grant me gi*ace another time, 
 To act a better part. 
 
 46. 
 
 (30) CM. 
 
 Lord, we address thy heavenly throne, 
 Call us poor children thine ; 
 
 Oh ! hear us when we pray to thee, 
 And form our hearts divine. 
 
 2 Give us an humble, active mind, 
 
 From sloth and folly free : 
 Give us a cheei-ful heart, inclin'd 
 To truth and piety. 
 
 3 A failhful memory bestow ; 
 
 With useful learning store ; 
 And still, O Lord, as more we know. 
 May we obey thee more. 
 
 47. 
 
 (35) L.M. 
 
 Assembled in our school once more, 
 O Lord, thy blessing we implore ; 
 We mfcet to read, and sing, and pray. 
 Be with us then through this thy day. 
 
Prayer. 
 
 2 Our fervent prayer to thee ascend 
 
 For parents, teachers, foes, and fric^uls \ 
 And when we in thy house appear, 
 Help us to worship in thy fear. 
 
 3 When we on earth shall meet no mor^^ 
 May we above to glory soar ; 
 
 And praise thee in more lofty strains. 
 Where one eternal Sabbath rei^Tis. 
 
 48. 
 
 (57) C. M. 
 
 And worship near thy throne ; 
 Thou art our Saviour, thou our King, 
 O send thy blessing down. 
 
 2 Hast thou not said, " let children come ? 
 
 'Tis here thy people meet ; 
 And we have learnt there still is room, 
 We bow beneath thy feet. 
 
 3 To thee we give this sacred hour. 
 
 In thee our souls confide ; 
 Beneath the shadow of thy power, 
 Our feet shall never slide. 
 
 49. 
 
 (80) L. M. 
 
 CoMJE, gracious Spirit, source of love. 
 With light and comfort from above ; 
 Be thou our guardian, thou our guide, 
 O'er every thouo-ht and step preside. 
 
40 Prayer, 
 
 2 Conduct us safe, conduct us far 
 From every sin and hurtful snare ; 
 Lead to thy word, that rules must give, 
 And teach us lessons how to live. 
 
 3 The light of truth to us display. 
 
 And make us know and love thy way ; 
 Plant holy fear in every heart, 
 That we from God may ne'er depart. 
 
 4 Lead us to holiness, the road 
 
 That we must take to dwell witli God; 
 Lead us to Christ, the living way, 
 Nor let us from his pastures stray. 
 
 50. 
 
 (89) S. M. 
 
 Creator, Saviour, God, 
 We raise our heaits to thee ; 
 
 And, resting on thy faithful word. 
 We bend our suppliant knee. 
 
 2 Oh ! deign to hear our prayer, 
 
 And save the youthful race ; 
 Convert the children of our care, 
 By thine almighty grace. 
 
 3 Oh \ guide their roving feet, 
 
 In paths of truth divine ; 
 May rays of heavenly glory sweet, 
 Around their footsteps shine. 
 
Prayer, 41 
 
 51. 
 
 (118) CM. 
 
 O Lord, forgive a sinful child, 
 Whose heart is all unclean • 
 
 How base ana I, and all defil'd 
 By the vile work of sin. 
 
 2 How justly might thine anger rise, 
 
 And sink me down to hell, 
 To feel the ^orm that never dies, 
 In endless flames to dwell. 
 
 3 O change this stubborn heart of mine. 
 
 And make me pure within ; 
 Still manifest thy love divine. 
 And save me from my sin. 
 
 4 Then shall I make redeeming love 
 
 My daily, hourly song; 
 And joys, like theirs who sing above, 
 Shall tune an infant's tongue. 
 
 52. 
 
 (160) CM. 
 
 Lord, teach a little child to pray; 
 
 Thy grace betimes impart ; 
 And grant thy Holy Spirit may 
 
 Renew my sinful heart. 
 
 A fallen creature I was born. 
 And from the birth I stray'd : 
 
 I must be wretched, and forlorn, 
 \Vitliout thy mercy's aid. 
 
42 Prctyer, 
 
 3 But Christ can all my sins forgive, 
 
 And wash away their stain ; 
 
 Can fit my soul with him to live, 
 
 And in his kingdom reign. 
 
 4 To him let little children come, 
 
 For he hath said they may ; 
 His bosom then shall be their home. 
 Their tears he'll wipe away. 
 
 5 For all who early seek his face, 
 
 Shall surely taste his love ; 
 Jesus shall guide tbem by his grace. 
 And dwell with them above. 
 
 53. 
 
 (175) CM. 
 
 O THAT the Lord would guide my ways, 
 
 To keep his statutes still I 
 O that my God would grant me grace 
 
 To know and do his will ! 
 
 2 O send thy Spirit down, to write 
 
 Thy law upon my heart ! 
 Nor let my tongue indulge deceit. 
 Nor act the liar's part. 
 
 3 Order my footsteps by thy word. 
 
 And make my heart sincere ; 
 Let sin have no dominion, Lord, 
 But keep my conscience clear. 
 
 4 Make me to walk in thy commands ; 
 
 'Tis a delightful road ; 
 Nor let my head, nor heart, nor hands, 
 Offend against my God. 
 
Prayer, 43 
 
 54. 
 
 (182) L. M. 
 
 Show pity, Lord — O Lord, forgive ; 
 Let a repenting rebel live ; 
 Are not thy mercies large and free ? 
 May not a sinner trust in thee ? 
 
 2 My crimes are great, but donH surpass 
 The power and glory of thy grace ; 
 Great God, thy nature hath no bound. 
 So let thy pardoning love be found. 
 
 3 Oh, wash my soul from every sin, 
 And make my guilty conscience clean ; 
 Here on my heart the burden lies, 
 And past offences pain mine eyes. 
 
 4 My lips with shame my sins confess. 
 Against thy law, against thy grace ; 
 Lord, should thy judgment grow severe, 
 I am condemn'd, but thou art clear. 
 
 5 Should sudden vengeance seize my breath, 
 I must pronounce thee just in death ; 
 
 And if my soul were sent to hell, 
 Thy righteous law approves it well. 
 
 6 Yet save a trembling sinner, Loid, 
 "Whose hope, still hovering round thy word, 
 Would light on some sweet promise there. 
 Some sure ?up\)oii agfainst despair. 
 
44 The Scriptures. 
 
 55. (168) ' CM. 
 
 When daily I kneel down to pray, 
 
 As I am taught to do, 
 God does not care for what I say. 
 
 Unless Ifed it too. 
 
 2 Yet foolish thoughts my heart beguile ; 
 
 And when I pray, or sing, 
 I'm often thinking, all the while, 
 About some other thing. 
 
 3 O ' let me never, never dare 
 
 To act a trifler's part. 
 Or think that God will hear a prayer 
 That comes not from the heart. 
 
 4 But if I make his ways my choice. 
 
 As holy children do. 
 Then, while I seek him with my voice, 
 ""My heart will love him too. 
 
 THE SCRIPTURES. 
 
 56. 
 
 (133) CM. 
 
 Let all the heathen writers join 
 
 To form one perfect book : 
 Great God I if once compared with thine, 
 
 How mean their writings look I 
 
Tlie Scriptures. 45 
 
 2 Not the most perfect rules they gave, 
 
 Could show one sin forgiven, 
 
 Nor lead a step beyond the grave ; 
 
 But thine conduct to heaven. 
 
 3 Thy word is everlasting truth ; 
 
 How pure is every page ! 
 That holy book shall guide our youth, 
 And well support our age. 
 
 57 
 
 (119) CM. 
 
 How precious is the book divine. 
 
 By inspiration given I 
 Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine, 
 
 To guide our souls to heaven. 
 
 2 It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts, 
 
 In this dark vale of tears ; 
 Life, light, and joy, it still imparts, 
 And quells our rising fears. 
 
 3 This lamp, through all the tedious night 
 
 Of life, shall guide our way, 
 Till we behold the clearer light 
 Of an eternal day. 
 
 58. 
 
 (120) CM. 
 
 Father of mercies', in tliy word 
 "What endless glory shines I 
 
 For ever be thy name ador'd. 
 For these celestial lines ! 
 
46 The Scriptures, 
 
 2 O may these heavenly pag^es be 
 My ever deer delight ; 
 And still new beauties may I se* 
 And still increasing light. 
 
 Be thou for ever near : 
 Teach me to love thy sacred word 
 And view my Saviour there. 
 
 59. 
 
 (5) L. M. 
 
 Let us unite to bless the Lord, 
 That we are taught to read his word — 
 To walk in wisdom's pleasant ways. 
 And seek his grace, and sing his praise. 
 
 2 While wicked boys and girls we meet. 
 Breaking the Sabbath in the street, 
 Mispending all that holy day 
 
 In foolish talk or idle play; 
 
 3 We, to thy sacred house of prayer, 
 With gratitude would oft repair, 
 
 T' adore thy name, and seek thy face. 
 And hear the messages of grace. 
 
 4 The truths thy gospel, Lord, imparts, 
 Apply with power to all our hearts ; 
 Whilst tliou art calling, make us hear. 
 And worship thee with holy fear. 
 
The Scriptures. 47 
 
 60. (145) CM. , 
 
 Great God, with wonder and with praise, 
 
 On all thy works I look ; 
 But still thy wisdom, pow^er and grace, . 
 
 Shine brighter in thy book. 
 
 2 Lord, make me understand thy law; 
 
 Show what my Taults have been ; 
 And from the gospel let me draw 
 Pardon for all my sin. 
 
 3 Here I would learn how Christ has died 
 
 To save my soul from hell : 
 Not all the books on earth beside, 
 Such heavenly wonders tell. 
 
 4 Then let me love my Bible more, 
 
 And take a fresh delight 
 By day to read these wonders o'er, 
 And meditate by night. 
 
 61. C. M. 
 
 This is the field, where hidden lies 
 The Pearl of price unknown ; 
 
 Those children are divinely wise. 
 Who make that Pearl their own. 
 
 2 Here consecrated water flows. 
 To quench our thirst of sin ; 
 Here the fair tree of knowledge grows, 
 Nor dansrer dwells therein. 
 
48 The Scriptures, 
 
 3 Tills is the judge that ends the strifo, 
 
 Where wit and reason fail ; 
 Our guide to everlasting life, 
 Through all this gloomy vale. 
 
 4 O : may thy counsels, mighty God, 
 
 Our roving feet command ; 
 Nor we forsake the happy road, 
 That leads to thy right hand. 
 
 6^. CM. 
 
 How shall the young secure their hearts, 
 And guard their lives from sin ? 
 
 Thy word the choicest rules imparts. 
 To keep the conscience clean. 
 
 2 When oace it enters to the mind, 
 
 It spreads such light abroad, 
 The meanest souls instruction find. 
 And raise their thoughts to God. 
 
 3 'Tis, like the sun, a heav'nly light, 
 ^ That guides us all the day ; 
 
 And, through the dangers of the night, 
 A lamp to lead our way. 
 
 4 Thy word is everlasting truth ; 
 
 How pure is ev'ry page 1 
 That holy book shall guide our youth, 
 And well support our age. 
 
Worship, 49 
 
 63. 
 
 (159) 7'3. 
 
 Holy Bible ! book divine ! 
 Precious treasure ! thou art mine 1 
 Mine, to tell me whence I came ; 
 Mine, to teach me what I am. 
 
 2 Mine, to chide me when I rove ; 
 Mine, to show a Saviour's love ; 
 Mine art thou to guide my feet, 
 Mine to judge, condemn, acquit. 
 
 3 Mine, to comfort in distress, 
 Ifthe Holy Spirit bless; 
 Mine, to show by living faith, 
 Man can triumph over death. 
 
 4 Mine, to tell of joys to come. 
 And the rebel sinner's doom : 
 O thou precious book divine 1 
 Precious treasure I thou art mine. 
 
 WORSHIP. 
 
 64. 
 
 (106) S.M. 
 
 Lord, fix our wandering thoughts 
 Thy sacred word to hear, 
 
 With deep attention and with love, 
 With reverence and with fear. 
 
50 Worship, 
 
 2 Let ufl remember still, 
 
 That God is present here ; 
 And let our hearts be all engag'd, 
 When we draw near in prayer. 
 
 3 And when the humble notes 
 
 Of praise our lips employ, 
 Give us to taste the sweet delight 
 ^Vliich saints in heaven enjoy. 
 
 4 O ! may thy sacred word 
 
 Sink deep in every breast ; 
 And let us all by grace be brought 
 To Christ, the promised rest. 
 
 65. 
 
 (167) L.M. 
 
 In God's own house for me to play, 
 While Christians meet to hear and pray. 
 Is to profane his holy place. 
 And tempt th' Almighty to his face. 
 
 2 When angels bow before the Lord, 
 And devils tremble at his word, 
 Shall I, a feeble mortal, dare 
 
 To mock, and sport, and trifle there ? 
 
 3 Great God, compassionate and mild, 
 Forgive the follies of. a child ; 
 
 Teach me to pray and mind thy word. 
 That I may learn to serve the Lord. 
 
Worship. 51 
 
 66. 
 
 (164) C. M. 
 
 OircB more we keep the sacred day, 
 
 Tljat saw the Saviour rise ; 
 Once more we tune our infant song, 
 
 To him that rules the skies. 
 
 2 What numbers vainly spend these hours, 
 
 That are to Jesus due : 
 Children and parents, how they live ! 
 And how they perish too ! 
 
 3 But we, a happier few, are taught 
 
 The better paths of truth ; 
 We hail, once more, the plan of love, 
 That pities wandering youth. 
 
 4 Teach us thy way, while here we learn 
 
 To read thy holy word ; 
 Bless all the kind instructions given, 
 And make us thine, O Lord. 
 
 67, 
 
 (179) L.M. 
 
 Whew to the house of God we go. 
 To hear his word, and sing his love, 
 
 We ought to worship him below. 
 As saints and angels do above. 
 
 2 But God is present every where. 
 
 And watches all our thoughts and ways 
 He marks who liumbly join in prayet 
 And who sincerely sing his praise 
 
52 Lord's Day. 
 
 3 The triflers, too, his eye can see, 
 
 Who only seem to take a part ; 
 They move the lip, and bend the knee, 
 But do not seek him with the he&rt. 
 
 4 O may we never trifle so, 
 
 Nor lose the days our God has given ; 
 But learn, by Sabbaths here below, 
 To spend eternity in heaven I 
 
 LORD'S DAY. 
 
 68. 
 
 (48) CM. 
 
 This is the day the Lord hath made^ 
 He calls the hours his own : 
 
 Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad, 
 And praise surround the throne. 
 
 To-day he rose and left the dead, 
 
 And Satan's empire fell ; 
 To-day the saints his triumphs spread. 
 
 And all his wonders tell. 
 
 To David's holy son ; 
 Help us, O Lord, descend and bring 
 Salvation from thy throne. 
 
Lord^s Day. 53 
 
 69. 
 
 (45) CM. ' 
 
 Come, let us join with one accord, 
 In hymns around the throne ; 
 
 This is the day our rising Lord 
 Hath made and call'd his own. 
 
 2 This is the day which God hath blest, 
 
 The brightest of the seven ; 
 Type of that everlasting rest 
 The saints enjoy in heaven. 
 
 3 Then let us in his name sing on. 
 
 And hasten to that day. 
 When our Redeemer shall come down, 
 And shadows pass away. 
 
 4 Not one, but all our days below, 
 
 Let us in hymns employ ; 
 And in our Lord rejoicing go 
 To his eternal joy. 
 
 70. 
 
 (47) CM. 
 
 Almighty God ! around thy throne 
 
 Adoring angels bow, — 
 Thou art our Maker, and we'll own 
 
 A God and Father too. 
 
 2 Hail ! happy day, which gave us birth, 
 But hail that happier day. 
 That brought salvation to the earth, 
 And taught our souls to pray I 
 
54 Lord's Day. 
 
 3 Hail ! this blest Sabbath, ever hail 
 The day of sacred rest ; 
 The sacred chorus we will swell, 
 All hail ! for ever blest. 
 
 71. (50) CM. 
 
 This is the day when Christ arose 
 
 So early from the dead ; 
 Why should I keep my eyelids dos'd, 
 
 And waste my hours in bed? 
 
 2 This is the day when Jesus broke 
 
 The powers of death and hell ; 
 And shall I still wear Satan's yoke, 
 And love my sins so weU? 
 
 3 To-day, with pleasure, Christiani meet, 
 
 To pray, and hear the word : 
 And I will go with cheerful feet, 
 To learn thy wiU, O Lord. 
 
 12. (52) L.M. 
 
 Thus far we're spar'd again to meet, 
 Before Jehovah's mercy seat, 
 To seek his face, to praise and pray. 
 And bail another Sabbath-day. 
 
 2 Let every tongue its silence break. 
 Let every tongue his goodness speak, 
 Who deigns his glory to display. 
 On eaoh returning Sabbath-day. 
 
Lord's Day. 55 
 
 3 Through the last week what have we done f 
 Yea, what since the last setting sun? ' 
 But grace prevails, and here we pay 
 The tribute of a Sabbath-day. 
 
 73. (60) L.M. 
 
 The clock has struck, 1 cannot stay, 
 
 I let me rise and haste away ; 
 
 I'll quit my bed, and leave my home. 
 The hour of school at length is come. 
 
 2 I would be there when prayer begins. 
 To seek the pardon of my sins ; 
 
 I'd ask the favour of the Lord, 
 And pray to understand his word. 
 
 3 Oh, shall my teachers wait in vain. 
 While my neglect must give them pain ? 
 No ; let me rather strive to be 
 
 First of their little family. 
 
 4 These Sabbath-days will soon be o'er, 
 And I shall go to school no more ; 
 
 1 would not, then, endure the pain 
 Of having spent my time in vain. 
 
 74 
 
 (91) L.M. 
 
 I FAIN would love the day of rest, 
 Would still esteem this day the beat, 
 But oft, alas ! I've need to say, 
 " How bnrren is my soul to-day 1" 
 
56 Lord^s Day. 
 
 2 True — I frequent the house of prayer, 
 I go and sit with others there ; 
 
 I hear, and sing, and seem to pray. 
 But oft my mind is call'd away. 
 
 3 I fain would see the Saviour near, 
 
 Of him would think, and speak, and hear- 
 But vain and sinful thoughts intrude, 
 And draw my soul from what is good. 
 
 4 Redeem'd from earth by Jesus' blood, 
 I fain would give the day to God ; 
 But seldom to my purpose true, 
 
 'Tis mine to plan, but not to do. 
 
 5 Of sinners, Lord, I am the chief; 
 
 O bring thy worthless worm relief- 
 Revive thy work within my soul, 
 And all my thoughts and powers controL 
 
 75. 
 
 (58) 7's.. 
 
 See ! another week is gone ! 
 
 Quickly have the minutes past ; 
 This we enter now upon, 
 
 Will to many prove their last. 
 / /f ercy hitherto has spar'd. 
 
 But, have mercies been improv'd.' 
 Let us ask, am I prepar'd, 
 
 Should I be this week remov'd? 
 Some we now no longer see, 
 
 Who their mortal race have run, 
 Soem'd as fair for life as we. 
 
 When the former week begun. 
 
Lord's Day. 57 
 
 While we pray, and while we hear, 
 Help us, Lord, each one to think. 
 
 Vast eternity is near, 
 
 I am standing on the brink. 
 
 76. (65) L.M. 
 
 We've pass'd another Sabbath day, 
 And heard of Jesus and of heaven ; 
 
 We thank thee for thy word, and pray 
 That this day's sins may be forgiven. 
 
 2 May all we heard and understood, 
 
 Be well remember'd through the week, 
 And help to make us wise and good, 
 More humble, diligent, and meek. 
 
 3 Bless our good minister, we pray, 
 
 Who loves to see a child attend. 
 And let us honoiir and obey 
 
 The words of such a holy friend. 
 
 4 So when our lives are finish'd here, 
 
 And days and Sabbaths shall be o'er, 
 May we along with him appear. 
 To serve and loVe thee evermore. 
 
 77. 
 
 (158) L. M. 
 
 Lord, how delightful 'tis to see 
 A whole assembly worship thee I 
 At once they sing, at once they pray, 
 Tb«y hear of heaven and learn the way 
 
58 L^rd^s Day, 
 
 2 I have been there, and still would go ; 
 'Tis like a little heaven below ; 
 
 Not all my pleasures and my play, 
 Shall tempt me to forget this day. 
 
 3 O write upon ray mem'ry, Lord, 
 The text and doctrine of thy word ; 
 That I may break thy laws no more, 
 But love thee better than before. 
 
 4 With thoughts of Christ and things divine, 
 Fill up this foolish heart of mine ; 
 
 That, hoping pardon through his blood, 
 I may lie down, and wake with God. 
 
 78. 
 
 CM 
 
 When, O my Saviour ! when shall I 
 
 Behold thee all serene ; 
 Blest in perpetual Sabbath-day, 
 
 Without a veil between ? 
 
 Assist me while I wander here. 
 
 Amidst a world of cares ; 
 Incline my heart to piay with love, 
 
 And then accept my prayers. 
 
 Thy Spirit, O my Father, give. 
 To be my guide and friend, 
 
 To light my path to ceaseless joys. 
 To Sabbaths without end 
 
Morning and Evening. 59 
 
 MORNING AND EVENING. 
 
 79. 
 
 (49) S. M. 
 
 AwAK£ I my heart, awake I 
 Thy gracious God to praise, 
 
 Who condescends such care to take, 
 And lengthen out my days. 
 
 2 While some have pass'd the night 
 
 In restlessness and pain, 
 I rise in health t' enjoy the light. 
 And seek the Lord again. 
 
 3 This day will many die I 
 
 This hour what numbers go ! 
 What if my soul be call'd to fly. 
 And I that change should know ^ 
 
 4 Lord, come and be my guide 
 
 Through tliis uncertain space, 
 Keep me forever near thy side. 
 Oh, grant a child thy grace. 
 
 80. 
 
 CM. 
 
 Lord '. in the morning thou shalt hear 
 
 My voice ascending high ; 
 To thee will I direct my prayer. 
 
 To thee lift up mine eye : 
 
60 Morning and Evening. 
 
 2 Up to the hills, where Christ is gone, 
 
 To plead for all his saints ; 
 Presenting, at his Father's throne, 
 Their songs and their complaints. 
 
 3 Thou art a God, before whose sight 
 
 The wicked shall not stand ; 
 
 Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight. 
 
 Nor dwell at thy right hand. 
 
 4 O may thy Spirit guide my feet 
 
 In ways of righteousness ; 
 Make every path of duty straight. 
 And plain before my face. 
 
 81. (53) L.M. 
 
 Awake, my soul, and with the sun, 
 Thy daily stage of duty run ; 
 Shake off dull sloth,«and early rise. 
 To pay thy morning sacrifice. 
 
 2 Glory to Thee, who safe has kept, 
 And hast refresh'd me while I slept ; 
 Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wake, 
 [ may of eudless life partake. 
 
 3 Lord, I my vows to thee renew ; 
 Scatter my sins as morning dew ; 
 Guard my first spring of thought and will, 
 And with thyself my spirit fill. 
 
 4 Direct, control, suggest, this day. 
 All I design, or do, or say ; 
 
 That all my powers, with all tlieir might. 
 In thy bole glory may unite. 
 
Morning and Evening, 61 
 
 82. (54) L.M. . 
 
 My God, how endless is thy love ! 
 Thy gifts are every evening new ; 
 And morning mercies from above, 
 Gently distil like early-dew. 
 
 2 Thou spread'st the curtains of the night, 
 Great Guardian of my sleeping hours ; 
 Thy sovereign word restores the light, 
 4nd quickens all my drowsy powers. 
 
 3 I yield my powers to thy command ; 
 To thee I consecrate my days ; 
 Perpetual blessings from thy hand. 
 Demand perpetu^ songs of praise. 
 
 83. (157) CM 
 
 And now another day is gone, 
 
 I'll sing my Maker's praise ; 
 My comforts every hour make known, 
 
 His providence and grace. 
 
 2 But how my childhood runs to waste ! 
 
 My sins, how great their sum '. 
 
 Lord, give me pardon for the past. 
 
 And strength for days to come. 
 
 3 I lay my body down to sleep ; 
 
 Let angeJs guard my head ; 
 And, through the hours of darkness, keep 
 Their watch around my bed. 
 
62 Opening and Closing Year. 
 
 4 With cheerful heart I close mine eyes, 
 Since thou wilt not remove ; 
 And, in the morning, let me rise, 
 Rejoicing in thy love. 
 
 OPENING AND CLOSING YEAR. 
 
 84 
 
 CM. 
 
 Remark, my soul, the narrovir bounds 
 
 Of the revolving year ! 
 How swift the weeks complete their rounds ! 
 
 How short tlie months appear • 
 
 ? Eternity comes quickly on. 
 And that important day. 
 When all, which mortal life has done, 
 God's judgment shall survey. 
 
 3 Waken, O God ! my languid heart, 
 
 Its great concern to see ; 
 Lead me to act the Christian part, 
 And give the year to thee. 
 
 4 So shall their course more grateful roll, 
 
 If future years arise, 
 And they shall bear my weary soul 
 To joy that never dies. 
 
opening and Closing Year. 6f 
 
 85. (16) L.M. 
 
 Great God, we sing that mighty hand, 
 By which, supported still, we stand : 
 The opening year thy mercy shows ; 
 Let mercy crown it till it close. 
 
 2 By day, by night, at home, abroad. 
 Still we are guarded by our God ; 
 By his incessant bounty fed. 
 
 By his unerring counsel led. 
 
 3 In scenes exalted or depress'd. 
 
 Be thou our joy, and thou our rest ; 
 Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise, 
 Ador'd through all our changing days. 
 
 86. (33) L.M. 
 
 When all my follies I recount, 
 I tremble at the great amount ! 
 In judgment, think on mercy. Lord, 
 And still thy sparing grace afbrd. 
 
 2 Jesus, the great redeeming God, 
 Prevails by his atoning blood : 
 And now another year I see. 
 And mercy still extends to me ! 
 
 3 To thee, my God, my voice I'll raise, 
 In humble songs recor.d thy praise. 
 While I survey thy gracious store, 
 
 My heart shall love and praise thee more. 
 
64 Opening and Closing Fear, 
 
 S. M. 
 
 87. 
 
 Another fleeting year 
 
 Has fled and past away, 
 Since we were taught to worship here, 
 
 On this most holy day. 
 
 2 Years hurry quickly by, 
 
 And we are fading too ; 
 And soon the year when we shall die. 
 Will come upon our view. 
 
 3 If we are ready then, 
 
 For lis it will be well ; 
 Remov'd from this low earth of pain, 
 With God in heaven to dwell. 
 
 4 But if we spurn at all, 
 
 Then each departing year, 
 Dreaded by us, will be the call 
 Of death and judgment near. 
 
 88. 
 
 CM. 
 
 While, through another rolling year, 
 
 The care of God we trace ; 
 What bounties of his hand have crown'd 
 
 Each moment of its space I 
 
 2 His mercy loads each passing hour. 
 With some new mark of good ; 
 And gives us, as our wants return, 
 Our home, and clothes, and food. 
 
opening and Closing Year. 65 
 
 3 Our lives, our health, and all we have, 
 
 Our parents, and our friends, 
 ? Are all among the bounteous store 
 Of blessings that he sends. 
 
 >4 Yet the rich treasures of his grace 
 " Are better far than they ; 
 O let us, from our inmost hearts, 
 For these best blessings pray. 
 
 89. 
 
 CM. 
 
 This year is hastening away, 
 The hours are closing fast ; 
 
 My heart, alas ! has much to say 
 About the time that's past. 
 
 2 How oft I've risen from my bed, 
 j And not remember'd prayer ; 
 
 I Or if a something I have said. 
 
 My thoughts have been elsewhere. 
 
 3 111 temper, passions, hateful pride. 
 
 Have griev'd my friends and Thee ] 
 And seldom I've sincerely tried. 
 Gentle, and good to be. 
 
 4 But, Lord, thou hast already known 
 
 More of my guilt than I ; 
 There's not a fault that I can ow«« 
 Ton small for Coil to sjiy 
 
 (.; 
 
56 For Teachers. 
 
 FOR TEACHERS. 
 
 90, 
 
 (68) C. M. 
 
 Mercy, descending from above, 
 In softest accents pleads ; ,, 
 
 Oh, may each tender bosom move, 
 When mercy intercedes. 
 
 2 Be ours the bliss, in Wisdom's way. 
 
 To guide untutor'd youth ; 
 And lead the mind that went astray. 
 To piety and truth. 
 
 3 Children our kind proteC'tion claim — 
 
 And God will well approve. 
 When infants learn to praise his name* 
 And their Creator love. 
 
 4 Almighty God ! thine influence shed 
 
 To aid this good design ; 
 Tlie honours of thy name be spread. 
 And all the glory thine. 
 
 91. 
 
 (70) S. M. 
 
 Descend, O God of love I 
 And bless our kind design ; 
 
 Send thy good Spirit from above. 
 And make these children thine. 
 
Ibr Teachers. 67 
 
 2 O what a vast delight, 
 Their happiness to see-i 
 Our warmest wishes all unite 
 To lead their souls to thee. 
 
 92. 
 
 (73) CM. 
 
 Almighty Fafher ! God of love ! 
 
 Our supplications hear. 
 Attend in mercy from above, 
 
 To our united prayer. 
 
 2 For blessings on the rising race, 
 
 We bow before thy throne ; 
 May th£ rich influence of thy grace, 
 Our feeble efforts own. 
 
 3 More of thy grace may teachers know. 
 
 Thy Spirit's aid impart ; 
 Much patience, love, and zeal bestow, 
 To stimulate each heart. 
 
 4 O let us not to children tell 
 
 The road that leads to heaven. 
 And be ourselves thrust down to hell, 
 Where mercy's never given. 
 
 93. 
 
 (74) L. M. 
 
 G CD from his high and lofty throne, 
 Stoops to behold all earthly things ; 
 
 To him the minds of all are known. 
 From meanest slaves to mightiest kin; 
 
68 Ihr Teachers, 
 
 2 Does pride, or love of man's applause. 
 
 Usurp dommion o'er my heart ? 
 Or does the love of Jesus' cause. 
 Its sacred energy impart ? — 
 
 3 While I address the young — " Be wise, 
 
 " Oh fly to Jesus and his cross I" 
 Do I all earthly things despise, 
 
 And count them but as dust and dross ? 
 
 4 Lord, search my motives, — try my heart, 
 
 And show me every secret sin ; 
 That 1 may ne'er from thee depart. 
 And thou mayst always rule within. 
 
 94. 
 
 (75) L M. 
 
 Here, gracious God, beneath thy feet. 
 Friends to the young and thee we meet ; 
 Join'd by the cord of mutual love, 
 Bound by our common Friend above. 
 Our hearts thy throne of grace address. 
 Smile on our schools, the children bless ; 
 Whilst we our humble labours bend. 
 Thy glorious kingdom to extend. 
 May wisdom, zeal, and love, inspire 
 Our bosoms with their purest fire ; 
 While faith on thine ow/i word relies. 
 And hope looks joyful to the skies. 
 Grant us thy presence, God of grace, 
 Now while we meet before thy face ; 
 That we may feel, ere we depart. 
 Thy love difius'd through every heart. 
 
For Teachers. 69 
 
 95. 
 
 (81) S.M 
 
 Blest be the tie that binds 
 Our hearts in Christian love ! 
 
 The fellowship of kindred minds 
 Is like to that above. 
 
 2 Before our Father's throne 
 
 We pour our ardent prayers : 
 Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, 
 Our comforts and our cai'es. 
 
 3 We share our mutual woes ; 
 
 Our mutual burdens bear : 
 And often for each other flows 
 The sympathizing tear. 
 
 4 When we asunder pai-t, 
 
 It gives us inward pain ; 
 But we shall still be join'd in heart, 
 And hope to meet again. 
 
 5 This glorious hope revives 
 
 Our courage by the way ; 
 While each in expectation lives, 
 And longs to see the day. 
 
 6 From sorrow, toil and pain. 
 
 And sin, we shall be free ; 
 And perfect love and friendshii' n^v^u 
 To all eternity. 
 
*/'"' 
 
 96. 
 
 CM. 
 
 Let childien who are taught thy word, 
 
 Theii lost condition see, 
 By savini; faith, O may they. Lord, 
 
 To Christ for pardon flee. 
 
 2 More of thy grace may teachers know, 
 
 Thy Spirit's aid impart ; 
 Much patience, love, and zeal bestow, 
 To stimulate each heart. 
 
 3 May children and their teachers rise 
 
 In heaven's triumphant throng. 
 And join to sing their Saviour's praise, 
 In one eternal song:. 
 
 GOD'S OMNIPOTENCE. 
 
 97. 
 
 (12) L.M. 
 
 Before Jehovah's awful throne, 
 Ye nations bow, with sacred joy ; 
 Know that the Lord is God alone, — 
 He can create, and he destroy. 
 
 2 His sov'reign pow'r, without our aid, 
 Made us of clay, and form'd us men : 
 And when like wandering sheep we stray'd, 
 He broujrht us to his fold again. 
 
God^s Omnipotence, 71 
 
 3 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful spngs, 
 High as the heavens our voices raise ; 
 And earth with her ten thousand tongues, 
 Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 
 
 4 Wide as the world is thy command ; 
 Vast as eternity thy love : 
 
 Finn as a rock thy truth must stand, 
 When rolling years shall cease to move. 
 
 98. 
 
 (13) CM, 
 
 Praise to the sov'reign of the sky. 
 Who from his lofty throne, 
 
 Loobs with compassion on the poor. 
 And makes their cause his own. 
 
 2 When we, the helpless sons of grief, 
 
 Low in distress were laid. 
 His pitying heart our sorrows felt, 
 His hands were swift to aid. 
 
 3 Should kindred, near and dear, forsake, 
 
 Or friends and parents die, 
 God lives, and (blessed be his name) 
 Can well the want supply. 
 
 4 His bounty gives our daily bread, 
 
 He fills our daily cup : 
 Bids U3 rejoice in present good. 
 And cheers our hearts with hope. 
 
72 God'^s Omnipotence. 
 
 99. (138) L.M. 
 
 Wait, O my soul, thy Maker's will. 
 Tumultuous passions, all be still ! 
 Nor let a murmVing thought arise ; 
 Hi« ways are just, his counsels wise, 
 
 2 Thick darkness round his throne he draws, 
 His work performs, conceals the cause ; 
 But, though his methods are unknown, 
 Judgment and truth support his throne. 
 
 3 In heav'n, and earth, and air, and seas, 
 He executes his firm decrees ; 
 
 And by his saints it stands confest, 
 That what he does is ever best. 
 
 4 Wait, then, my soul, submissive wait, 
 Prostrate before his awful seat ; 
 And, 'midst the terrors of the rod, 
 Trust in a wise and gracious God. 
 
 100. 
 
 CM. 
 
 God moves in a mysterious way. 
 
 His wonders to perform. 
 He plants his footsteps in the sea. 
 
 And rides upon the storm. 
 
 Deep in unfathomable mines 
 
 Of nei^er-failing skill, 
 He treasures up his bright designs, 
 
 An.l work? hi<: yoA-^ereie-n will. 
 
God's Chnnipresencc. 
 
 3 Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take , 
 
 The clouds ye so much dread, 
 Are big with mercy, and shall break 
 lu blessings on your head. 
 
 4 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, 
 
 But trust him for his grace : 
 Behind a frowning Providence 
 He hides a smiling face. 
 
 5 His purposes will ripen fast. 
 
 Unfolding ev'ry hour ; 
 The bud may have a bitter taste, 
 But sweet will be the flow'r. 
 
 6 Blind unbelief is sure to err. 
 
 And scan his work in vain ; 
 God is his own interpreter. 
 And he will make it plain. 
 
 GOD'S OMNIPRESENCE. 
 
 101. 
 
 (109) L. M. 
 
 Among the deepest shades of night. 
 
 Can there be on<e who sees my way ? 
 Yes, God is as a shining light. 
 
 That turns the darkness into day. 
 When every eye around me sleep<?. 
 
 May I not sin without control ? 
 No ; for a constant watch he keeps 
 
 On every thought of every soul. 
 
74 God-s Omnipresence, 
 
 3 If I could find some cave unknown, 
 
 Where human feet had never trod, 
 Yet there I could not be alone. 
 
 On every side there would be God. 
 
 4 He smiles in heav'n, he frowns in hell. 
 
 He fills the earth, the air, the sea ; 
 I must within his presence dwell, 
 I cannot from his anger flee. 
 
 5 Yet I may flee ; he shows me where ; 
 
 To Jesus Christ he bids me Qy ; 
 And while I seek for pardon there, 
 There's only mercy in. his eye. 
 
 102. 
 
 (147) CM. 
 
 Almighty God, thy piercing eye 
 Strikes through the shades of night, 
 
 And our most secret actions lie 
 All open to thy sight. 
 
 2 There's not a sin that we commit. 
 
 Nor wicked word we say. 
 But in thy dreadful book 'tis writ 
 Against the judgment day. 
 
 3 And must the crimes that I have done. 
 
 Be read and publish'd there ? 
 Be all expos'd before the sun, 
 While men and angels hear ? 
 
God^s Omnipresence. 15 
 
 4 Lord, at thy feet asham'd I lie, 
 
 Upwards I dare not look ; 
 Pardon my sins or else I die, 
 O blot them from thy book. 
 
 5 Remember all the dying pains 
 
 That my Redeemer felt, 
 And let his blood wash out my stains, 
 And answer for my guilt. 
 
 103. 
 
 (177) CM. 
 
 Where shall a guilty child retire. 
 
 Forgotten and unknown ? 
 In hell I meet thy dreadful fire. 
 
 In heav'n thy glorious throne. 
 
 2 Should I restrain my vital breath. 
 
 To 'scape the wrath divine. 
 Thy voice would break the bars of death. 
 And make the grave resign. 
 
 3 If o'er my sins I think to draw 
 
 The curtains of the night. 
 Those flaming eyes that guard thy law 
 Would turn the shades to light. 
 
 4 The beams of noon, the midnight hour, 
 
 Are both alike to thee : 
 O may I ne'er provoke tliat pow'r 
 From which I cannot flee. 
 
76 Importance of Religion. 
 THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIGION. 
 
 104 
 
 (116) CM. 
 
 Religion is the chief conceni 
 
 Of mortals here below ; 
 May I its great importance learn. 
 
 Its sovereign virtue know ! 
 
 2 Religion should our thoughts engage 
 
 Amidst our youthful bloom ; 
 'Twill fit us for declining age, 
 And for the awful tomb. 
 
 3 O may my heart, by grace renew'd. 
 
 Be my Redeemer's throne ; 
 And be my stubborn will subdu'd 
 His government to own I 
 
 4 Let deep repentance, faith, and love, 
 
 Be join'd with godly fear ; 
 And all my conversation provB 
 My heart to be sincere. 
 
 105. 
 
 (150) CM. 
 
 Happy the child whose youngest years 
 
 Receive instruction well ; 
 Who hates the sinners path, and fears 
 
 The road that leads to hell. 
 
Importance of Religion, 11 
 
 2 'Twill save us from a thousand snares 
 
 To mind religion young, 
 Grace will preserve our following years, 
 And make our virtues strong. 
 
 3 To thee, Almighty God, to thee, 
 
 Our childhood we resign ; 
 'Twill please us to look back and see 
 That our whole lives were thine. 
 
 4 O let the work of prayer and praise, 
 
 Employ my youngest breath : 
 Thus I'm prepar'd for longer days, 
 Or fit for early death. 
 
 106. 
 
 (Ill) CM. 
 
 High in the shining courts above, 
 God reigns the sov'reign king, 
 
 And angels round his throne of love, 
 Loud hallelujahs sing. 
 
 2 He sees where children's hearts unite, 
 
 And form a social band ; 
 And Jesus ever takes deliglit 
 To guide them with his hand. 
 
 3 Oh I did the young around, but know 
 
 How great their pleasures are ; 
 They would each sinful joy forego, 
 And seek such blii^s to share. 
 
78 Importance of jReligioru 
 
 107. (163) S.M. 
 
 Let little children learn 
 
 God's holy name to praise ; 
 And with the eye of faith diacern 
 
 The guardian of their days. 
 
 2 Let morning, noon, and night, 
 
 With every act proclaim, 
 That God's their first, their chief deligtit, 
 And Christ their only aim. 
 
 3 Let love of peace and joy, 
 
 The spring of life engage ; 
 Nor let earth's vanities destroy 
 The hope of riper age. 
 
 108. 
 
 (180) C. M. 
 
 There is a path that leads to God ; 
 
 All others go astray ; 
 Narrow, but pleasant is the road. 
 
 And Christians love the way. 
 
 2 It leads straight through this world of sin; 
 
 And dangers must be past ; 
 But those who boldly walk therein 
 Will come to heaven at last. 
 
 3 While the broad road where thousands go, 
 
 Ijies near, and opens fair ; 
 And many turn aside, I know, 
 To walk with sinners there. 
 
7Hme Uncertain. 19 
 
 But, lest my feeble steps should slide, 
 
 Or wander from tliy way, 
 Lord, oondesceiid to be my guide, 
 
 And I shall never stray. 
 
 TIME UNCERTAIN. 
 
 109. 
 
 (96) S. M. 
 
 Mir life's a narrow span, 
 
 A short uncertain day. 
 And if I reach the age of man, 
 
 It soon will pass away. 
 
 2 I may, for aught I know. 
 
 This hour the summons hear. 
 That calls me where the wicked go. 
 Or where the saints appear. 
 
 3 Teach me with all my heart, 
 
 Thy mercy to embrace. 
 And now from ev'ry sin depart, 
 To seize the time of grace. 
 
 4 My eoul from ruin save. 
 
 And cleanse my ev'ry strain ; 
 Then shall I triumph o'er the grave. 
 And paradise regain. 
 
so Time Uncertain, 
 
 110. 
 
 CM. 
 
 Swift, as the winged arrow flies, 
 
 My time is hast'ning on ; 
 Quick, as the lightning from the skies. 
 
 My wasting moments run. 
 
 2 My follies past, O God, forgive ; 
 
 My ev'ry sin subdue ; 
 And teach me henceforth how to live, 
 With glory in my view. 
 
 3 'Twere better I had not been bom, 
 
 Than live without thy fear ; 
 For they are wretched and forlorn. 
 Who have their portion here. 
 
 4 0! let thy Spirit lead me still, 
 
 Along the happy road ; 
 Gonform me to thy holy will, 
 My Father and my God ! 
 
 111. 
 
 CM. 
 
 And now another hour is past. 
 Of Irind instruction given ; 
 
 And this, perhaps, may be the last. 
 On this side hell or heaven. 
 
 2 And is it.so? How dread th€ thought. 
 And yet indeed how true I 
 li I could feel it j»s I ought 
 This day, wliat should I do f 
 
Time Uncertain, SI 
 
 3 Oh ! surely prize it more and more, 
 And pray that God would give 
 A death of gain, If life be o'er. 
 And blessing if I live. 
 
 112. 
 
 (38) S. M. 
 
 Dear youth, repeat his praise. 
 Whose mercies are so great. 
 
 Whose anger is so slow to rise, 
 So ready to abate. 
 
 2 The pity of the Lord, 
 
 To those that fear his name, - 
 Is such as tender parents feel : 
 He knows our feeble frame. 
 
 3 Our days are as the grass. 
 
 Or like the morning flower ; 
 If one sharp wind sweep o'er the field, 
 It withers in an hour. 
 
 4 But thy com>passions, Lord, 
 
 To endless years endure, 
 And children, young as we, may find 
 Thy word of promise sure. 
 
82 Call to Repentance. 
 
 CALL TO REPENTANCE. 
 
 113. (42) 8,7,4. 
 
 Sinners, hear, for God hath spoken, 
 
 'Tis the G od that reigns on high : 
 He whose law the world has broken, 
 y Sends you tidings of great joy ! 
 Hear his message. 
 Hear it, sinners, lest you die. 
 
 2 Hear the gospel, sinners, hear it : 
 
 Joyful news from heav'n it brings : 
 Here's a fountain, O draw near it ! 
 Open'd by the King of kings ; 
 
 Living water 
 Thence in streams eternal springs. 
 
 3 Sinners, hear — ^why will you perish ? 
 
 Death to life, O why prefer ? 
 Why your vain delusions cherish ? 
 Why from truth persist to err i* 
 
 Wisdom calls you, 
 Happy they who learn (rfher. 
 
 114 
 
 (43) C. M. 
 
 Children, and have you never known 
 
 The message from above ? 
 Give me, say* Christ, thy heart, my son, 
 
 Give me thine earliest love. 
 
Call to JRepentanee. 83 
 
 2 True, there's another seeks your hearts, 
 
 Another asks your love ; 
 The flattering world tries all her aits, 
 Your youthful minds to move. 
 
 3 Choose ye ; to-day he calls, to-day 
 
 Oh ! listen to has voice, 
 And make the Lord, without delay, 
 Your early, only choice. 
 
 115. 
 
 (36) CM. 
 
 Sinners, the voice of God regard, 
 
 'Tis mercy opeaks to-day ; 
 He calls you by his sov'reign word, 
 
 From sin's destructive way. 
 
 2 Your path is dark, and le;ids to hell ; 
 
 Why will you persevere ? 
 Can you in endless torments dw«ll. 
 Shut up in black despair ? 
 
 3 Bow to the sceptre of his word. 
 
 Renouncing every sin ; 
 Submit to him, your sov'reign Lord, 
 And learn his will divine. 
 
 4 His love exceeds your utmost thoughts, 
 
 He pardons like a God : 
 He will forgive your num'rous fauUn, 
 
84 Call to Repentance, 
 
 116. (162) CM. 
 
 Come, Children, hail the Prince of Peace ; 
 
 Obey the Saviour's &dll : 
 Come, seek his face, and taste his grace, 
 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 2 Ye lambs of Christ your tribute bring. 
 
 Ye children great and small ; 
 Hosannas sing to Christ your king, 
 O I crown him Lord of all. 
 
 3 This Jesus v/ill your sins forgive, 
 
 For you he diank the gall, 
 For you he died, that you might live, 
 To crown him Lord of all. 
 
 4 Ye angels round his throne unite, 
 
 While we before him fall ; 
 Ye saints assist with all your might. 
 To crown him Lord of all. 
 
 i /^t all these children. Lord, be thine, 
 When sav*d from Satan's thrall ; 
 
 Then we shall meet at Jesus' feet, 
 To crown him Lord of all. 
 
Repentance. 85 
 
 REPENTANCE. 
 
 117. 
 
 (122) L.M. 
 
 Up to thy throne I'll lift my eyes, 
 Thou Vyilt regard my early cries ; 
 God will not frown my soul away, 
 He loves to hear his children pray. 
 
 2 To him I'll dedicate my days, 
 Then shall I prosper in my ways ; 
 And whilst my calling I pursue. 
 His praise shall terminate my view. 
 
 3 O, may his condescending love, 
 Still draw my heart to tilings above, 
 That I among his saints may know 
 The joys of heav'n begun below. 
 
 118. 
 
 (135) CM. 
 
 O THOir whose tender mercy hears 
 
 Contrition's humble sigh. 
 Whose hand indulgent wipes the tears 
 
 From sorrow's weeping eye ; 
 
 2 See, low before thy throne of grace, 
 A wretched wand'rer mourn ; 
 Hast thou not bid me seek thy face ^ 
 Hast thou not said,---ilciurn 1 
 
86 Repentance. 
 
 3 And shall my guilty fears prevail, 
 
 To drive me from thy feet ? 
 O let not this dear refuge fail, 
 This only safe retreat. 
 
 4 O shine on this benighted heart, 
 
 With beams of mercy shine ; 
 And let thy healing voice impart 
 A taste of joys divine. 
 
 119. 
 
 (176) C. M. 
 
 Alas, and did ray Saviour bleed I 
 
 And did my sov'reign die ! 
 Would he devote that sacred head 
 
 For such a worm as I .? 
 Was it for crimes that I had done, 
 
 He groan'd upon the tree .? 
 Amazing pity ! grace unknown I 
 
 And love beyond degree I 
 Well might the sun in darkness hide, 
 
 And shut his glories in. 
 When Christ, the mighty Maker, died 
 
 For man, the creature's sin. 
 Thus might I hide my blushing face. 
 
 While his dear cross appears : 
 Dissolve my heart in thankfulness. 
 
 And melt my eyes to tears. 
 13 at drc>ps of grief can ne'er repay 
 
 The debt of love I owe ; 
 Ilerft, Lord, I ^v« myself away, 
 
 'Ti? all that I can <Xq. 
 
Death of a Teacher* 87 
 
 DEATH OF A TEACHER. 
 
 120. 
 
 (98) CM. 
 
 Farewell, dear friend ! a long farewell, 
 
 For we shall meet no more, 
 Till we are rais'd with thee to dwell 
 
 On Zion's happier shore. 
 
 2 Our friend and brother,* lo ! is dead ! 
 
 The cold and lifeless clay 
 Has made in dust its silent bed. 
 And there it must decay. 
 
 3 But is he dead ? — ^no, no, he lives I 
 
 His happy spirit flies 
 To heaven above ; and there receives 
 The long expected prize. 
 
 4 Farewell, dear friend, again farewell, 
 
 Soon we shall rise to thee ; 
 And when we meet no tongue can tell 
 How great our joys shaU be. 
 
 121. 
 
 (104) C. M. 
 
 Teach me the measure of my day?, 
 Thou Maker of my frame ; 
 
 I would survey life's narrow space, 
 Arnl Icani how frail I am. 
 
 * Or Sister. 
 
88 Death of a Teaelier, 
 
 2 A span is all that we can boast, 
 
 An inch or two of time ; 
 Man is but vanity and dust, 
 In all his flower and prime. 
 
 3 What should I wish or wait for then 
 
 From creatures, earth and dust ? 
 They make our expectations vain, 
 And disappoint our trust. 
 
 122. 
 
 (92) CM. 
 
 Unthinking mortals, ye must die, 
 
 Behold the king of dread 
 Prepar'd to let his arrow fly. 
 
 Which ranlcs you with the dead ! 
 
 2 O could we realize the scene. 
 
 And view the change as near ! 
 This world would then appear more vain } 
 The next employ our care. 
 
 3 May we in waiting posture stand, 
 
 Prepar'd to take our flight, 
 Wh6.n gentle death, with friendly hand. 
 Shall change our faith to sight. 
 
 123. 
 
 (93) S.M. 
 
 A NT) am I born to die .'* 
 
 To lay this body down ; 
 And must my trembling spirit fly 
 
 Into a world unknown.'' 
 
Death of a Teacher. 39 
 
 2 I must from God be driven. 
 
 Or with my Saviour dwell : 
 Must come at his command to heaven. 
 Or else— depart to hell. 
 
 3 Show me the way to shun 
 
 Thy dreadful wrath severe : 
 That when thou comest on thy throne, 
 I may with joy appear. 
 
 4 Thou art thyself the way. 
 
 Thyself to me reveal ; 
 So shall I spend my lifers short day 
 Obedient to thy will. 
 
 124 
 
 (94) L. M. 
 
 That awful hour will soon appear ; 
 
 Swift on the wings of time it flies ; 
 When all that pains or pleasures here, 
 
 Will vanish from my closing eyes. 
 
 2 Death calls my friends, my ntiighbour? 
 
 None can resist the fatal dart : [henc^, 
 Continual warnings strike my sense ; 
 And shall they fail to reach my heart ? 
 
 3 Think, O my soul ! how much depends 
 
 On the short period of to-day ; 
 Shall time, which heaven in mercy lends, 
 
 Bp no'^-lioT'iitlv fhroAvn aivav ? 
 
90 Death of a Teacher, 
 
 4 Lord of my life, inspire my heart 
 
 With heavenly ardour, grace divine ; 
 Nor let thy presence e'er depart ; [thine. 
 For strength, and life, and deaUi are 
 
 125. (95) L.M. 
 
 Only this frail and fleeting breath 
 Preserves me from the jaws of death. 
 Soon as it fails, at once I'm gone. 
 And plung'd into a world unknown. 
 
 2 Then, leaving all I lov'd below, 
 To God's tribunal I must go ; 
 
 Must hear the judge pronounce my fate, 
 And fix my everlasting state. 
 
 3 But could I bear to hear him say, 
 " Depart, ye cursed, far away ; 
 
 " With Satan in the lowest hell, 
 
 " Thou art forever doom'd to dwell." 
 
 4 Lord Jesus ! help me now to flee. 
 And fix my hopes alone on thee ; 
 Apply thy blood, thy Spirit give, 
 Subdue my sin, and in me live. 
 
Death of a Sclwlar. 91 
 
 DEATH OF A SCHOLAR. 
 
 136. (148) L.M. 
 
 There is a God that reigns above, 
 Lord of the heav'ns, and earth, and seas; 
 
 I fear his wrath, I ask his love, 
 And with my lips I sing his praise. 
 
 2 There is a law which he has writ, 
 
 To teach us all what we must do : 
 My soul, to his commands submit. 
 For they are holy, just and true. 
 
 3 There is an hour when I must die : 
 
 Nor do I know how soon 'twill come ; 
 A thousand children young as I, 
 Are call'd by death to hear their doom. 
 
 4 Let me improve the hours I have, 
 ( ^ Before the day of grace is fled ; 
 
 I '■ There's no repentance in the grave. 
 Nor pardon offer'd to the dead. 
 
 127. 
 
 (183) C. M. 
 
 ^Thy voice, great God I has call'd away 
 A soul that on-ce was here ; 
 Silent his tongue, and cold his clay, 
 His eye can shed no tear. 
 
92 Death of a Scholar, 
 
 2 Those hands that held the book to learn. 
 
 Can hold it now no more ! 
 His feet shall never here return, 
 As they had oft before. 
 
 3 Those lips which sung the Saviour's praise, 
 
 Here cannot sing again ! 
 For oh ! a song they never raise. 
 Where death and darkness reign. 
 
 128. 
 
 (63) CM. 
 
 Death has been here, and borne away 
 A Brother from our side, — 
 
 Just in the morning of Aw day. 
 As young as we — he died. 
 
 2 Not long ago, he fill'd his place, 
 And sat with us to learn : 
 But he has run his mortal race, 
 And never can return. 
 
 .3 Perhaps our time may be as short, 
 Our days may fly as fast ; 
 O Lord, impress the solenm thought. 
 That this may be our last ! 
 
 4 All needful strength is thine to give, 
 To thee our souls apply, 
 For gi-ace to teach us how to live, 
 O]) ! make us fit to die. 
 
Judgment. 93 
 
 JUDGMENT. 
 
 139. 
 
 (34) L.M. 
 
 How dreadful, Lord, will be the day, 
 When all the tribes of dead shall rise, 
 
 And those who dar'd to disobey, 
 Be dragg'd before thy piercing eyes I 
 
 2 The wicked child, who often heard 
 
 His pious teachers speak of thee, 
 And fled from ev'ry serious word, ' 
 Shall not be able then to flee. 
 
 3 No teacher, then, shall bid him pray 
 
 To Him, who noic the sinner hears ; 
 For Christ himself shall turn away, 
 And show no pity to his tears. 
 
 4 Great God ! I tremble at the thought ; 
 
 And at thy feet for mercy bend, 
 That,when to judgment I am brought, 
 The judge himself may be my friend. 
 
 130. 
 
 (117) 8's. 
 
 This is the field, the world below. 
 In which the sowers came to sow ; 
 Jesus the wheftt, Satan the tares. 
 For so the word of truth declares : 
 And soon the reaping time will come, 
 And ansrels shout the haivcft home. 
 
94 Judgment, 
 
 2 Most awful truth ! and is it so? 
 Must all the world the harvest know? 
 
 Is every man the wheat or tare ? 
 Then for the harvest, O prepare ! 
 For soon, &c. 
 
 3 To love my sins, a saint t' appear, 
 To grow with wheat, and be a tare, 
 May serve me while on earth below, 
 Where tares and wheat together grow 
 
 But soon, &c. 
 
 131. 
 
 (143) C. M. 
 
 Behold Christ rising from the grave, 
 
 Behold him rais'd on high : 
 He pleads his merits there to save 
 
 Transgressors doom'd to die. 
 
 2 There, on a glorious thi-one, he reigns, 
 And by his power divine, 
 Redeems us from the slavish chains 
 Of Satan and of sin. 
 
 5 Thence shall the Lord to judgment come, 
 And with a sov'reign voice. 
 Shall call, and break up every tomb. 
 While waking saints rejoice. 
 
 4 O may I then with joy appear 
 Before the judge's face ! 
 And with the blest assembly there, 
 
132 
 
 Miscellaneous. 95 
 
 S.M. 
 
 A DREAD and solemn hour 
 
 To us is drawing near ; 
 When we, before the throne of God, 
 
 All present shall appear. 
 
 2 What answer shall we give, 
 
 When God himself demands 
 The uses of such times as these. 
 In judgment at our hands ? 
 
 3 And must we tlien confess 
 
 That all was spent in vain ; 
 The seasons that were once our own, 
 But cannot be again ? 
 
 4 This will be dark indeed ; 
 
 To regions of despair 
 Our own neglect will sink us down, 
 To mourn forever there. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 133. 
 
 (26) 8,8,6. 
 
 Orphan's Hope. 
 O THOU, the helpless orphan's hope, 
 To whom alone my eyes look up 
 
 In each distressing day 1 
 Father, (for that's the sweetest name 
 That e'er these lips were-lau^'ht to framp) 
 
 histruct tliis iieart to pray. 
 
96 Miscellaneous. 
 
 2 Low in the dust my jMirenta lie, 
 And no attentive ear is nigh 
 
 But thine, to mark my wo ; 
 No hand to wipe away my tears, 
 No gentle voice to hush my fears. 
 
 Remains to me below. 
 
 3 To heaven my earthly friends are gone, 
 And thither are my comforts flown, 
 
 But I continue here ; 
 Be thou my pattern, thou my guide : 
 This friendless heart from sorrow hide, 
 
 Reposing on thy care. 
 
 134. 
 
 CM. 
 
 Thou God Seest me. 
 In all my vast concerns with thee, 
 
 In vain my soul would try 
 To shun thy presence. Lord, or flee 
 
 The notice of thuie eye. 
 
 2 Thine all-surrounding sight sUn'^eys 
 
 My rising and my rest. 
 My public walks, my private ways, 
 The secrets of my breast. 
 
 3 O wondrous knowledge, deep and high ! 
 
 Where can a creature hide ? 
 Within thy circling arms I lie. 
 Beset ot» ev'rv side. 
 
Miscellaneous. 97 
 
 4 So let thy grace surround me still, 
 
 And like a bulwark prove, 
 
 To guard my soul from ev'ry ill, 
 
 Seeur'd by sov'reign loye. 
 
 135. c. M. 
 
 Gospel Door. 
 Awake, our souls, and bless his name, 
 
 Whose mercies never fail ; 
 Who opens wide a door of hope. 
 
 In life's most gloomy vale. 
 
 2 Behold the portal wide displayed, 
 
 The buildings strong and fair ; 
 Within are pastures fresh and green, 
 And living streams are there. 
 
 3 Enter, my soul, with cheerful haste, 
 
 For Jesus is the door ; 
 Nor fear the serpent's wily arts, 
 Nor fear the lion's roar. 
 
 136. 
 
 CM. 
 
 The Request. 
 Father, whate'er of earthly bliss 
 
 Thy sov'reign will denies. 
 Accepted at thy throne of grace, 
 
 Let this petition rise : — 
 " Give me a calm, a thankful henit, 
 
 "■ From evVy murmur free ; 
 ' The blessings of tliy grace impurt, 
 ' And make me live to thro. 
 
98 Miscellaneous. 
 
 3 •' Let the sweet hope that thou art miiie, 
 " My life and death attend ; 
 " Thy presence tlirough my journey shine, | 
 " And crown my journey'^s end." 
 
 137. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 The Bible. 
 This is a precious book indeed ! 
 Happy the child that loves to read ! 
 'Tis God's own woi?d, which he has giv'n 
 To show our souls the way to heav'n ! 
 
 2 It tells us how the world was made ; 
 And how good men the Lord obey'd : 
 Hero his commands are written too. 
 To teach us what we ought to do. 
 
 3 It bids us all from sin to fly, 
 Because our souls can never die : 
 
 It points to heav'n, where angels dwell, 
 And warns us to escape from hell. 
 
 4 But, wliE^t is more than all beside, 
 The Bible tells us, Jesus died I 
 This is its best, its chief intent, 
 To lead poor simiers to repent. 
 
 5 Be thankful, childien, that you may 
 Read this good Bible every day ; 
 
 'Tis God's own word, which he has giv'ti 
 1 'o show your souls the way to heavr.ti 
 
Miscellaneous, 99 
 
 138. 
 
 CM. 
 
 The Barren Fig Tree. 
 Seb in the vinejrard of the Lord, 
 
 A barren fig tree stands ! 
 It yields no fruit, no blossom bears. 
 
 Though planted by his hands. 
 
 2 From year to year he seeks for fruit, 
 
 And still no fruit is found ; 
 
 It stands amidst the living trees, 
 
 A cumberer of the ground, 
 
 3 But see the kind Redeemer pleads. 
 
 The barren tree to spare ; 
 Let mercy still withhold his hand. 
 And grant another year. 
 
 4 Perhaps some means of grace untry'd 
 
 May reach the stony heart ; 
 Or the soft dews of heavenly grace, 
 May a new life impart. 
 
 5 But if these means should prove in vaiiv 
 
 And still no fruit be found ; 
 Then mercy shall no longer plead, 
 But justice cut it down. 
 
 139. 
 
 (121) C. M. 
 
 Heaven. 
 O WORLD of bliss ! could mortal eyes 
 
 But half its charms explore, 
 lj«»w would our spirits long to rise, 
 
 An<l dwell on earth no nunc. 
 
100 Miscellaneous. 
 
 2 There pain and sickness never come ; 
 
 There grief no more complains ; 
 Health triumphs in immortal bloom. 
 And purest pleasure reigns. 
 
 3 No malice, strife, or envy there, 
 
 The sons of peace molest ; 
 
 But harmony and love sincere, 
 
 Fill every happy breast. 
 
 4 O ! may this heav'nly prospect fire 
 
 Our hearts with ardent love : 
 
 May lively faith and strong desire 
 
 Bear every thought above. 
 
 140. 
 
 CM. 
 
 Deceiffulness of Sin. 
 
 Sin has a thousand treach'rous arts 
 
 To practise on the mind : 
 With flatt'ring looks she tempts our hearts, 
 
 But leaves a sting behind. 
 
 2 With names of virtue ihe deceives 
 
 The aged and the young ; 
 And v/hile the heedless wretch believes, 
 She makes his fetters strong. 
 
 3 She pleads for all the joys she brings, 
 
 And gives a fair pretence ; 
 But cheats the soul of heav'nly tilings, 
 And chains \\ doAvn to sense. 
 
s 
 
 Miscellaneous. 1 01 
 
 4 So, on a tree, divinely fair, 
 Grew the forbidden food ; 
 Our mother took tlie poison there, 
 And tainted all her blood. 
 
 141. 
 
 (36) L. M. 
 
 Love of Christ. 
 Behold a stranger at the door ; 
 He gently knocks, has knock'd before ; 
 Has waited long, is waiting still ; 
 You use no other friend so ill. 
 
 2 Rise, touch'd with gratitude divine. 
 Turn out his enemy and tliine ; 
 Turn out that hateful monster. Sin, 
 And let the heavenly stranger in. 
 
 3 Admit him, ere his anger burn. 
 Lest he depart and ne'er return : 
 Admit him, or the hour's at hand, 
 When at his door deiiy'd you stand. 
 
 4 Yet know, nor of the terms complain, 
 When Jesus comes, he comes to reign ; 
 To reign, and with no partial sway ; 
 Thoughts must be slain that disobey. 
 
 142. 
 
 (40) C. M. 
 
 Cknst^s Love. 
 See the kind Shepherd, .Jesus, slan(]s. 
 
 With all engaging charms ; 
 Hark, how he calls the tender lambs, 
 
 And folds' them in his arms. 
 
102 Miscellaneous, 
 
 2 Permit them to approach, he cries, 
 
 Nor scorn then- humble name : 
 For 'twas to bless such souls as these 
 The Lord of angels came. 
 
 3 He'll lead us to the heav'nly streams, 
 
 Where living waters flow ; 
 And guide us to the fruitful fields, 
 Where trees of knowledge grow. 
 
 4 The feeblest lamb amidst the flock. 
 
 Shall be its Shepherd's care ; 
 While folded in the Saviour's arms. 
 We're safe from ev'ry snare. 
 
 143. 
 
 (169) C. M. 
 
 " Suffer little children to come" &c. 
 YouN« children once to Jesus came. 
 
 His blessing to entreat ; 
 And I may humbly do the same 
 
 Before his mercy sea*- . 
 
 2 For when their feeble hands were spread, 
 
 And bent each infant knee, 
 " Forbid them not," the Saviour said, 
 And so he says ©f me. 
 
 3 Though now he is not here below, 
 
 But on his heavenly hill, 
 
 To him may little children go, 
 
 And seek a l)lcs?iiig still. 
 
Miscellaneous. 1 
 
 4 Well pleas'd that little flock to see, 
 
 The Saviour kindly sinil'd ; 
 Oh, then he will not frown on me 
 Because I am a child. 
 
 5 For as so many years ago 
 
 Poor babes his pity drew, 
 I'm sure he will not let me go 
 Without a blessing too. 
 
 6 Then, while this favour to implore, 
 
 My little hands are spread. 
 Do thou tliy sacred blessings pour, 
 Lord Jesus, on my head. 
 
 144. 
 
 (61) CM, 
 
 , Dismission of an incorrigible Schoha 
 How painful 'tis to turn away 
 
 A scholar from his place ! 
 May you be careful every day. 
 
 For fear of such disgrace. 
 
 2 What kind instructions we have had, 
 
 And 'tis a poor return. 
 To be as idle or as bad 
 As those who never learn. 
 
 3 We hope that Jesus will forgive 
 
 The one that's gone away ; 
 And grant him time, that he may live 
 To see his fault :ind pray. 
 
104 Miscellaneous 
 
 4 Forgive what we have done amiss, 
 In word, and deed, and thought ; 
 And grant that such a time as this 
 May warn u as it ought. 
 
 145. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 Parting with a hopeful Scholar, 
 
 We offer, Lord, an humble prayer, 
 
 And thank thee for thy grace bestow'd. 
 
 In leading one beneath our care, 
 Thus far in wisdom's pleasant road. 
 
 2 What trials to his lot may fall. 
 
 What toilsome duties to fulfil, 
 We do not know, but in them all. 
 Be thou his strength and comfort stilL 
 
 3 May Jesus be his constant friend, 
 
 The Bible his support and stay ; 
 And may thy Spirit, Lord, descend, 
 To bless and guide him day by day. 
 
 4 We need not supplicate for more ; 
 
 For if he find a friend in thee, 
 
 Then bless'd in basket and in store, 
 
 In soul and body shall he be. 
 
Miscellaneous, 105 
 
 146. 
 
 (77) l^.M. 
 
 071 opening a Jfew School. 
 Great God, thy watchful care we bless, 
 
 Which gives our feeble plans success : 
 Here may we oft delight to meet 
 
 Our youtliful charge at Jesus' feet. 
 
 2 Here let the great Redeemer reign. 
 
 With all the graces of his train ; 
 While power divine his word imparts 
 To conquer youthful sinners' hearts. 
 
 3 And in the great decisive day, 
 
 When God the nations shall survey. 
 May it before the world appear 
 
 That crowds were born for glory here. 
 
 147. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 Seeking Divine Guidance. 
 Beset with snares on every hand, 
 
 In life's uncertain path I stand : 
 Father divine ! diffuse thy light, 
 
 To guide my doubtful footsteps right. 
 
 2 Engage this frail and wavering heart 
 To fix on Mary's better part ; 
 To scorn the trifles of a day. 
 For joys that never fade away. 
 
106 Miscellaneous, 
 
 3 Then let the wildest storms arise ; 
 
 Let tempests mingle earth and skiei ; 
 No fatal shiptvreck shall I fear; 
 But all my treasures with me bear. 
 
 148. 
 
 (103) S. M. 
 
 The Same. 
 Now, in my early days, 
 
 Teach me thy will to know : 
 O God I thy sanctifying grace 
 
 Betimes on me bestow. 
 
 2 Make an unguarded youth 
 
 The object of thy care ; 
 Help me to choose the way of truth, 
 And fly from ev'ry snare. 
 
 3 My heart, to folly prone. 
 
 Renew by power divine ; 
 Unite it to thyself alone, 
 And make me wholly thine. 
 
 4 O ! let thy word of grace 
 
 My warmest thoughts employ ; 
 Be this, through all my future days, 
 My treasure and my joy. 
 
 149. 
 
 (108) L. M. 
 
 Not ashamed of Christ. 
 jESrs 1 and shall it ever be, 
 A mortal man asham'd of thee ? 
 Asham'd of thee, whom angels praise, 
 Whose glory shines throvigh endless days .' 
 
Miscellaneous. 107 
 
 2 Asham'd of Jesus! sooner far 
 
 Let evening blush to own a star : — 
 He shed the beams of light divine 
 O'er this benighted soul of mine. , 
 
 3 Asham'd of Jesus ! just as soon 
 
 Let midnight be asham'd of noon : — 
 'Tis midnight with my soul till he, 
 Bright morning Star, bids darkness flee. 
 
 4 Asham'd of Jesus ! yea, I may 
 When I've no sin to wash away ; 
 No tear to wipe, no good to crave, 
 No fears to quell, no soul to save. 
 
 5 Till then, — nor is my boasting vain, — 
 Till then I'll boast a Saviour slain ; 
 And, O, may this my glory be, 
 
 That Christ is not asham'd of me. 
 
 150. 
 
 (150) C. M. 
 
 Christ^s Condescension. 
 
 Jesus, the great, the mighty God, 
 A man of griefs became ; 
 
 In paths of meekness here he trod, 
 And bore the sinner's shame. 
 
 2 Humility, how bright it shines ! 
 In every act he wrought ; 
 What lowliness of heart and miuil 
 Appear'd in all he taiiglit. 
 
ni8 Miscellaneous. 
 
 3 Led as a lamb, to meet the sword, 
 
 He bow'd beneath the stroke ; 
 Not one revengeful, angry word. 
 The dear Redeemer spoke, 
 
 4 O may his meekness be my guide, 
 
 The pattern I pursue ; 
 How can I bear revenge or pride 5 
 With Jesus in my view. 
 
 151. 
 
 (115) L.M. 
 
 The Same. 
 
 How soft the words my Saviour speaks, 
 How kind the promises he makes ! 
 
 A bruised reed he never breaks. 
 Nor will he quench the smoking flax. 
 
 The humble poor he won't despise. 
 Nor on the contrite sinner frown : 
 
 His ear is open to their cries, 
 
 He quickly sends salvation down. 
 
 He sees the struggles that prevail. 
 Between the powers of grace and sin ; 
 
 He kindly listens while they tell 
 The bitter pangs they feel within. 
 
 Though press'd with fears on every side. 
 They know not how the strife may end, 
 
 Yet he will soon the cause decide, 
 And juilgmcnt unto victory send. 
 
Miscellaneous. 109 
 
 152. 
 
 (170) L. M. 
 
 Confession. 
 
 Lord, lend thine ear while children raise 
 To thee a hymn of humble praise : 
 'Tis by thy great compassion we 
 Are taught to love and worship thee. 
 
 2 What wicked children we have been ! 
 Alas 1 how soon we learn to sin : 
 But now we learn to read and pray, 
 And not to break the Sabbath-day. 
 
 3 O ! if we should again begin 
 
 To grieve our God, and turn to sin, 
 And let our guilty passions loose ; 
 Then shall we be without excuse. 
 
 4 Remember, Lord, we are but dust, 
 'Tis to thy grace alone we trust ; 
 Do thou instruct and guide us still, 
 That we may ne'er forget thy will. 
 
 153. 
 
 (149) S. M. 
 
 Heaven and Hell. 
 There is beyond the sky 
 
 A heaven of joy and love, 
 And holy children, when they die, 
 
 Go to that world above. 
 
1 10 Miscellaneous. 
 
 2 There is a dreadful hell, 
 
 And everlasting pains, 
 There sinners must with derils dwell, 
 In darkness, fire, and chains. 
 
 3 Can such a wretch as I 
 
 Escape this cursed end ? 
 And may I hope whene'er I die, 
 I shall to heaven ascend ? 
 
 4 Then will I read and pray, 
 
 While I have life and breath ; 
 "Lest I should be cut off to day, 
 And sent t' eternal death. 
 
 154. 
 
 (151) L. M. 
 
 Danger of Delay. 
 Why shoiild I say, 'tis yet too soon 
 
 To seek for heav'n or think of death? 
 A flower may fade before 'tis noon, 
 
 And I, this day, may lose my breath. 
 
 !? What if tlje Lord grow wroth, and swear. 
 While I refuse to read and pray, 
 That he'll refuse to lend an ear . 
 To all my groans another day ! 
 
 3 'Tis dang'rous to provoke our God ; 
 
 His power and vengeance none can tell ; 
 One stroke of his almifi;-hty rod, 
 
 Shall seni] young sinners quick to hell. 
 
MisceUan eous. Hi 
 
 Then 'twill for ever be iii vain 
 To cry for pardon and for grace, 
 
 To wish I bad my time again, 
 Or hope to see my Maker's face. 
 
 155. 
 
 (152} L. M. 
 
 TTie Liar's Portion. 
 O 'tis a lovely thing for youth 
 
 To walk betimes in wisdom's v/ay, 
 To fear a lie, to speak the truth, 
 
 That we may trust to all they say. 
 
 2 The Lord delights in them that speak 
 
 The words of truth ; but every liar 
 Must have his portion in the lake 
 
 That burns with brimstone and with fire. 
 
 3 Then let me always watch my lips. 
 
 Lest 1 be struck to death and hell, 
 Since God a book of reck'ning keeps 
 For every lie that children tell. 
 
 156 
 
 (153) C. M. 
 
 Against Scoffing. 
 GoR tongues were made to bless the Lord, 
 
 And not speak ill of men ; 
 When others give a railing word, 
 We must r\(A rail again. 
 2 The lips that dare be so profane, 
 To mock, and jeer, and scoff 
 * ' holy things, or holy men, 
 i he Lord shell cut them off. 
 
112 Miscellaneous, 
 
 3 Great G od, how terrible art thou, 
 To sinners e'er so young ! 
 Grant me thy grace, and teach me how 
 To tame and rule my tongue. 
 
 157.054) L.M. 
 
 Against Swearing. 
 Angels that high in glory dwell, 
 
 Adore thy name.. Almighty God ! 
 And devils tremble low in hell, 
 
 Beneath the terrors of thy rod. 
 
 2 And yet how wicked children dare 
 
 Abuse thy dreadful, glorious name I 
 And when they're angry how they swear. 
 And curse their fellows, and blaspheme. 
 
 3 My hpart shall be in pain to hear 
 
 Wretches affront the Lord above ; 
 'Tis that great God whose power I fear, 
 That heavenly Father whom I love. 
 
 4 If my companions gi-ow profane, 
 
 I'll leave their friendship when I hear 
 Young sinners take thy name in vain. 
 And learn to curse and learn to sweardMj^ 
 
 158. (155) CM. 
 
 Against Evil Company. 
 Why should I join with those in play 
 
 In whom I've no delight ? 
 Who curse and swear, but never pray ; 
 
 Who call ill names and fight ? 
 
Miscellaneous, 113 
 
 '? i hate to hear those wicked songs, 
 Their words offend mine ears ; 
 I should not dare defile my tongue 
 With language such as theirs. 
 
 3 Away from fools I turn mine eyes, 
 
 Nor with the scoffers go ; 
 I would be walking with the wise, 
 That wiser I might grow. 
 
 4 My God, I hate to walk or dwell 
 
 With sirrful children here ; 
 O let me not be sent to hell. 
 Where none but sinners are. 
 
 159 
 
 (156) CM. 
 
 Duty to Parents. 
 
 Let children that would fear the Lord, 
 Hear what their teachers say, 
 
 With rev'rence meet their parents' word. 
 And with delight obey. 
 
 2 Have we not heard what dreadful plkgues 
 
 Are threatened by the Lord, 
 To him who breaks his father's law. 
 Or mocks his motlier's word ? 
 
 3 But those that worship God and give 
 
 Their parents honour due, 
 Here on this earth they long shall live 
 And live hereafter too. 
 
14 Miscellaneous, 
 
 160. 
 
 (171) P.M. 
 
 jiU Invited, 
 When little Samuel woke, 
 
 And heard his Maker's voice, 
 At every word he spoke, 
 
 How much did he rejoice ; 
 
 blessed, happy child, to find 
 
 The God of heav'n so near and kind ! 
 
 2 If God v/ould speak to me. 
 
 And say he was my frie»d. 
 How happy should I be ! 
 
 O how would I attend I 
 The smallest sin I then should fear, 
 If God Almighty were so near. 
 
 3 And does he never speak ? 
 
 O yes ! for in his word 
 He bids me come and seek 
 
 The God that Samuel heard : 
 In Elmost every page I see, 
 Th€ God of Samuel calls to me. 
 
 4 And I, beneath his care. 
 
 May safely rest my head : 
 
 1 know that God is there. 
 
 To guard my humble bed ; 
 And every sin I well may fear, 
 Since God Almighty is so near. 
 
Miscellaneous . 115 
 
 5 Like Samuel let me say, 
 
 Whene'er I read his word, 
 *' Speak, Lord, I would obey 
 
 " The voice that Samuel heard ;" 
 And when I in thy house appear, 
 " Speak, for thy servant waits to hear. 
 
 161. (173) CM. 
 
 Gospel Grace. 
 Let us adore the grace that seeks 
 
 .To draw our hearts above ; 
 'Tis God, the holy Saviour, speaks, 
 
 And every word is love. 
 
 2 Though fill'd with awe before his throne, 
 k; Each angel veils his face ; 
 
 He'll take poor children for his own. 
 And save them by his grace. 
 
 3 O may the child that lives in sin, 
 
 Enslav'd by Satan's power, 
 Meekly obey the call divine. 
 In this appointed hour. 
 
 4 Lord, send thy word to every heart, 
 
 By thine Almighty voice : 
 Early from sin may we depart, 
 And make thy love our choice. 
 
116 Miscellaneous, 
 
 lb£. (178) C. M. '*■ 
 
 The praise of Children acceptable. 
 Childreht of old, hosannas sung', 
 
 To praise the Saviour's name ; 
 We too would join our infant song, 
 
 To celebrate his fame. 
 
 2 Chief priests and scribes were sore dis- 
 
 That children thus should sing ; [pleas'd, 
 But Jesus own'd their early praise, 
 And we our praises bring. 
 
 3 We bless the Lord for all his gifts, 
 
 For life, and food, and ffiends ; 
 We bless him for the word of life. 
 The choicest gift he sends. 
 
 4 God's sacred word we learn to know, 
 
 Where heav'nly wisdom lies ; 
 Here, too, are kind instructions giv'n, 
 That teach us to be wise. 
 
 163. (182) L.M. 
 
 A penitent pleading for pardon. 
 Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive; 
 Let a repenting rebel live ; 
 Are not thy mercies large and free ? 
 May not a sinner trust in thee : 
 1 My crimes arc great, but don't surpass 
 The power and gloiy of thy grace; 
 Great God, thy nature hath no bound, 
 So let thy pard'ning love be found. 
 
Miscellaneous. 117 
 
 3 Oh wash my soul from every sin, 
 And make my guilty conscience clean ; 
 Here on my heart the burden lies, 
 And past offences pain mine eyes. 
 
 4 My lips with shame my sins confess, 
 Against thy law, against thy grace ; 
 Lord, should thy judgment grow severe, 
 I am condemn'd, but thou art clear. 
 
 5 Should sudden vengeance seize my breath, 
 I must pronounce thee just in death ; 
 And if my soul were sent to hell. 
 
 Thy righteous law approves it well. 
 
 6 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord, 
 Whose hope, still hov'ring round thy word. 
 Would light on some sweet promise there. 
 Some sure support against despair. 
 
 164 
 
 (184) L. M. 
 
 Call to Sinners. 
 Sinner, O why so thoughtless grown ? 
 
 Why jn such dreadful haste to die ? 
 Daring to leap to worlds unknown. 
 
 Heedless against thy God to fly ! 
 
 Wilt thou despise eternal love, 
 Urg'd on by sin's fantastic dreams ? 
 
 Madly attempt th' infernal gate, 
 
 And force thy passage to the flames ^ 
 
118 Miscellaneous, 
 
 3 stay, sinner I on the gospel plains, 
 Behold the God of love unfold 
 The glories of his dying pains, 
 For ever telling, yet untold. 
 
 165. 
 
 (186) L.M. 
 
 Closing. 
 Farewell, dear friends, I must be gone, 
 
 I have no home or stay with you ; 
 I'll take my staff and travel on, 
 Till I a better world do view. 
 Farewell, farewell, farewell. 
 My faithful friends, farewell. 
 
 2 Farewell, my friends, time rolls along. 
 
 Nor waits for mortals' care or bliss, 
 I leave you here, and travel on. 
 Till I arrive where Jesus is. 
 Farewell, &c. 
 
 3 Farewell, my brethren in the Lord, - 
 
 To you I'm bound in cords of love : 
 Yet we believe his gracious word. 
 That soon we all shall meet above. 
 Farewell, &c. 
 
 4 Farewell, old soldiers of the cross. 
 
 You've struggled long and hard for 
 heav'n ; 
 You've counted all things here but dross. 
 Fight on, the crown shall soon be giv'n. 
 Fight on, fight on, fight on. 
 The crown shall soon be giv'n 
 
Miscellaneous. 119 
 
 5 Farewell, ye blooming sons of Gwl, 
 
 Sore conflicts yet await for you : 
 Yet dauntless keep the heav'nly road, 
 Till Canaan's happy land you view. 
 Farewell, &c. 
 
 6 Farewell, poor careless sinners too, 
 
 It grieves my heart to leave you here, 
 Eternal vengeance waits for you, 
 O turn, and find salvation near. 
 
 O turn, O turn, O turn, 
 
 And find salvation near. 
 
 166. 
 
 (59) 7's. 
 
 Parting. 
 For a season call'd to part, 
 
 Let us now ourselves commend 
 To the gracious eye and heart 
 
 Of our ever-present Friend. 
 
 2 Jesus, hear our humble prayer, 
 
 Tender Shepherd of thy sheep. 
 Let thy mercy, and thy care, 
 All our soids in safety keep. 
 
 3 What, we each have now been taught, 
 
 Let our memoiies retain ; 
 May we, if we live, be brought 
 Here to meet in peace again. 
 
 4 Then, if thou instruction ble«?, 
 
 Songs of praises shall be given ; 
 We'll our thankfulness express, 
 
 Here on earth, and Avhcn in heaven. 
 
Miscellaneous. 
 
 167 
 
 C. M. 
 
 The Same. 
 Blest be the dear uniting love 
 
 That will not let us part ! 
 Our bodies may far oflF remove, 
 
 We still are one in heart. 
 
 2 Join'd in one spirit to our Head, 
 
 Where he appoints, we g© ; 
 
 And still in Jesus' footsteps tread, 
 
 And show his praise below, 
 
 3 Oh, may we ever walk in him. 
 
 And nothing know beside ; 
 Nothing desire, nothing esteem. 
 But Jesus crucified. 
 
 4 Partakers of the Saviour's grace. 
 
 The same in mind and heart ; 
 Nor joy, nor grief, nor time nor place, 
 Nor life, nor death can part. 
 
 168. 
 
 (187) 8&7. 
 
 The Same. 
 May the grace of Christ our Saviour, 
 
 And the Father's boundless love, 
 With the Holy Spirit's favour. 
 
 Rest upon us from above I 
 
Miscellaneous. 121 
 
 2 ThU3 may we abide in union, 
 With each other in the Lord ; 
 And possess in sweet communion, 
 Joys which earth cannot aflford. 
 
 DOXOLOGIES. 
 
 169. 
 
 (189) L. M. 
 
 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! 
 Praise him all creatures here below : 
 Praise him above, ye heav'nly host : 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost I 
 
 170. 
 
 (190) L.M. 
 
 To God the Father, God the Son, 
 And God the Spirit, Three in One, 
 Be honour, praise, and glory giv'n. 
 By all on earth, and all in heav'n. 
 
 171 
 
 (191) CM. 
 
 Now let the Father, and the Son, 
 
 And Spirit be ador'd, 
 Where there are works to make him known 
 
 Or saints to love the Lord. 
 
122 Miscellaneous, 
 
 172. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 Dismiss ua with thy blessing, Lord ; 
 Help us to feed upon thy word ; 
 All that has been amiss, forgive, 
 And let thy truth within us live. 
 
 Though we are guilty, thou art good ; 
 Wash all our works in Jesus' blood ; 
 Give ev'ry fetter'd soul release. 
 And bid us all " depart in peace." 
 
 173. 
 
 (192) S.M. 
 
 GivK to the Father praise, 
 Give glory to the Son, 
 
 And to the Spu'it of his grace, 
 Be equal honour done. 
 
 174. 
 
 (194) S. M. 
 
 Ye angels round the throne, 
 And saints that dwell below, 
 
 Worship the Father, love the Son, 
 And bless the Spirit too. 
 
 175. 
 
 L.M. 
 
 Let sects and names and parties fall, 
 \ud .Tesus Christ be All in All. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 A 
 ALMIGHTY Father ! gracious Lord . . 3 
 
 Almighty Father, lieavenly King .... 8 
 Almighty God, wliile earth and heav'n . . 11 
 Assembled in our school once more . . .47 
 l\.hnighty God, around thy throne ... 70 
 
 Awake, my heart, awake 79 
 
 Awake, my soul, and witli the sun ... 81 
 <^nd now arioliier day is gone ... 83 
 
 Anotlier fleeting year 87 
 
 Almighty Father, God of love . . .92 
 
 Among the deepest shades of night - . 101 
 
 Almighty God, thy piercing eye ... - 102 
 -And now auoUier hour is past ... Hi 
 ^las, and did my Saviour bleed ^.,, . . -119 
 
 «And am I born to die 123 
 
 A dread and solemn hour 132 
 
 Awake our souls and bless his name . . 135 
 Angels that high in glory dwell . . -157 
 
 B 
 
 BLOW ye the trumpet, blow ... 22 
 
 Blest be the wisdom and tlie power -25 
 
 Blest be the tie that binds . . 05 
 
 Before Jehovah's awful throne 07 
 
 Behold Christ rising from the grave ' U 
 
 Behold a granger at the door '. tl 
 
 Beset with snares on every haji<l . I~ 
 Blest be the dear uniting love 
 
124 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 COME, sound bis praise abroad . 
 Come, let us join the bost above 
 Come, let us join our Lord to praise . 
 Come, let us join our cheerful songs 
 Come, my soul, thy suit prepare 
 Come, gracious spi rit, source of love 
 Creator, Saviour, God 
 Come, let us join with one accord 
 ^'Children, and have you never known 
 *Come, children, hail the Prince of Peace 
 Children of old, hosannas sung 
 
 D 
 
 DESCEND, O God of love . 
 D(?ar youth, repeat his praise • 
 Death has been here, and borne away 
 Dismiss us with thy blessing Lord . 
 
 F 
 
 FROai thee, our bounteous God 
 From all that dwell below the skies 
 Father, how wide thy glory shines 
 Father of mercies, in thy word 
 ^Farewell, dear friends, a long farewell 
 Father, wh ate' er of earthly bliss 
 Farewell, dear friends, I must be gone 
 For a season call'd to part . 
 
 R 
 
 GREAT God, to thee my voice I raise 
 Great God, behold, before thy throne • 
 Great God, my sinful heart control 
 Great God, with wonder and with praise 
 Great God, thy watchful care we bless 
 God from his high and lofty throne 
 God moves in a mysterious way 
 Give to the Father praise 
 Great God, we sing that mighty hand 
 
 H 
 
 HOW glorious is our heavenly King . 
 How sJiall the voung secure tlicir hearts 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Hall, gracious heavenly Prince 
 
 How precious is the book divine 
 
 Holy Bible, book divine 
 
 Here, gracious God, beneath thy feet 
 
 Happy the child whose youngest years 
 
 High in the shining courts above 
 
 Hovtr dreadful. Lord, will be the day 
 
 How painful 'ti^ to turn away 
 
 How soft the words my Saviour speaks 
 
 I 
 
 1 SING the Almighty powerof God 
 I sing the goodness of the Lord 
 I'll bless the Lord from day to day 
 I ask not wealth, nor pomp, nor power 
 I want a principle within 
 In humble accent, Lord, we sing 
 In God's own house for me to play 
 I fain would love the day of rest 
 In all my vast concerns with thee 
 
 JOY to the vv'orld, the Lord is come 
 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun 
 Jesus, my Saviour and my Lwd 
 Jesus, Lord of life and glory, . 
 Jesus ! and shall it ever be 
 Jesus, the gr«at, the mighty Go<l 
 
 LORD, I would own tny tender care 
 Lord, we come before tlice now 
 «»Lord, I confess before thy face . 
 Lord, we address thy heavenly throne 
 Lord teach a little chiM to pray 
 Let all the heathen writers join 
 Let us unite to bless the Lord 
 Lord, fix our wand'ring thoughts 
 Lord, how delightful 'tis to see . 
 Lord, in the morning thou shall hear 
 
126 INDEX. 
 
 Let children who are taught thy word . . 96 
 
 • Let little children learn 107 
 
 Lord, lend thine ear while children raise . . 153 
 
 I-et children that would fear the Lord . . 159 
 
 Let us adore thy grace that seeks . . . IM 
 
 M 
 
 MIGHTY God, while angels bless thee . . 17 
 
 aiortals, awake, with angels join .... 36 
 May the grace of Christ our Saviour . . . 
 
 My God. how endless is thy love ... 82 
 
 Mercy descending from above .... 90 
 
 My life's a narrow span 109 
 
 N 
 
 NOW in my early days 148 
 
 Now let Jhe Father and the Son . . . 171 
 
 O LORD, our God. how wond'rous great . 14 
 
 O for a shout of sacred joy .... 23 
 
 O for a thousand tongues to sing . . . .27 
 Our feeble voices, Lord, we raise ... 32 
 O for n heart to praise my God . . . 35 
 
 Our Father, whose eternal sway ... 42 
 O Lord forgive a sinful child . . , .51 
 
 O that the Lord would guide my ways . . 53 
 Once more we keep the sacred day . . .66 
 O thou wJiosc tender mercy hears ... 118 
 Only this frail and fleeting breatli ... 125 
 O tliou, the helpless orphan's hope . . . 133 
 O world of bliss! could mortal eyes . . .139 
 O 'tis a lovely thing for youth "... 155 
 Our tongues were made to bless the Lord . . 156 
 
 PLUNG'D in a i;ulf of dark despair . . 16 
 
 Prayer was appoint(;d to convey .... 44 
 
 Praise to the sov'r^igJi of the sky . . 98 ■ 
 
 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow . . ]fiO 
 
INDEX. 
 
 RKMARK. my seul, the naitow bounds 
 Religion is the chief concern • 
 
 S 
 
 SHOW pity. Lord. O Dord forgive 
 See another week is gone . 
 Swift as the winged arrow flies • 
 Sinners, hear, for God hath spoken 
 Sinners, the voice of God regard 
 See in the vineyard of the Lord 
 Sin has a thousand treach'rous arts . 
 See the kind shepherd, Jesus, stands 
 Show pity. Lord, O Lord forgive 
 Sinneri O why so thoughtless grown 
 
 127 
 
 THE praises of my tongue . 
 The soul untaught is dark as night 
 Teacher, guide of young beginners , 
 This is the field where hidden lies 
 This is the day the Lord halh made • 
 iThis is the day when Christ arose 
 Thus far we're spar'd again to meet 
 .vThe clock has struck, I cannot stay 
 This year is hastpning away 
 Thine is a path that leads to God 
 Teach me the measure of my days . 
 That awful hour wiH soon appear 
 There is a God that reigns above 
 Thy voice, great God 1 has c^U'd away 
 This is the field, the world below 
 There is beyond the sky 
 To God tlie Father, God the Son 
 This is a precious book indeed 
 
 u 
 
 UP to thy throne I'll lift my eyes 
 Untliinking moilals. ye must die 
 
128 INDEX. 
 
 W 
 
 WHEN all thy mercies. O my God . . . «3 
 
 'Whene'er I take my walks abroad . . .SO 
 
 yWhen daily I kneel down to pray ... 55 
 
 When to the house of God we go . . . C7 
 
 We've pass'd another Sabbath day ... 76 
 
 When, O my Saviour, when shall I ... 78 
 
 When all my follies I recount .... 86 
 
 While through another rolling year . . . 88 
 
 Wait, O my soul, thy Maker's will ... 99 
 When shall a guilty child retire . • . .103 
 
 We offer. Lord, an humble prayer . . . 145 
 
 Why should I say 'tis yet too soon . . . 154 
 
 Why should I join with those in play . . 153 
 
 When little Samuel woke 100 
 
 YOUNG children once to Jesus came . . 143 
 Ye angels round the throne . . . .174