FROM THE LIBRARY OF REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON, D. D. BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO THE LIBRARY OF PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Section *l(a^' y THE \* ' <£ FEB '19 1935 SPRINGFIELD COLLECTION *«8 • . 9* * . OF HYMNS FOR SACRED WORSHIP. SS By WILLIAM B. O. PEABODY. SPRINGFIELD : PUBLISHED BY SAMUEL BOWLES. BOSTON : LEONARD C. BOWLES. 18 35. Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1835, by the Compiler, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. PREFACE. The subscriber offers to the public a collection of Hymns, which he has been preparing for several years. It cannot be said, that a new work of the kind is needed by the churches ; this however, has been made with a view to the wants and feelings of the religious society which he serves, and may be acceptable to others, if there are any, whose taste resembles theirs. The writings of Watts and Doddridge, whose superiority to all others is generally admitted, form the basis of this collection. The subscriber has made no attempt to give the attraction of novelty to his work, since the best hymns are necessarily the most fa- miliar. His object has been to provide, not a book of devotional poetry to be read, but hymns to be sung : to suit them to this purpose, he has abridged many and altered a few : but it will generally be found, that IV PREFACE. what seem like changes, are in fact restora- tions of hymns to their original form. The subscriber claims no advantage for his work over the other valuable collections now in use, except the number and variety of hymns for the Lord's Supper. If it should be adopted by any religious societies, beside the one for which it was made, may it aid the spirit of devotion ; but if it prove un- suited to this purpose, may it never usurp the place which another would more worthily fill. W. B. 0. P. Springfield, Feb. 3, 1835. INDEX OF FIRST LINES. According to thy gracious word, 407 A charge to keep I have, 290 Again our ears have heard the voice, 69 Again the Lord of life and light, 8 A glory gilds the sacred page, 165 Ah wretched souls, that strive in vain, 258 Alas, how fast our moments fly, 250 Alas, it was but clay, 185 Alas, what hourly dangei-s rise, 273 All-seeing God ! 'tis thine to know, 272 All nature's works his praise declare, 496 Almighty Father ! gracious Lord, 73 Almighty Maker ! Lord of all, 282 Almighty God ! thy word is cast, 404 Amidst a world of hopes and fears, 280 Am I a soldier of the cross ? 313 And art thou with us, gracious Lord ? 334 And did the Son of God complain? 138 And now, my soul, another year, 479 And will the Majesty of heaven ? 336 Angel ! roll the stone away, 139 Another fleeting day is gone, 439 Another six days' work is done, 10 Arise, O king of grace, arise, 42 A soldier's course, from battles won, 315 As bodies, when the soul is fled, 287 As every day thy mercy spares, 319 As the hart, with eager looks, 332 At God's command the morning ray, 120 Author of good ! to thee we turn, 231 A voice from the desert, &c, 399 Awake, my soul ! stretch every nerve, 284 Awake, my soul ! and with the sun, 435 Awake, my soul ! lift up thine eyes, 304 Awake, our souls, away our fears, 312 Awake, ye saints, and raise your eyes, 477 Away from every mortal care, 49 Begin, my soul, some heavenly theme, 94 Behold the glass the gospel lends, 394 VI INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Behold the lofty sky, 168 Behold the morning sun, 2 Behold the path that mortals tread, 196 Behold the Saviour on the cross, 416 Behold the Son of God's delight ! 41 1 Behold the western evening light, 484 Behold, where breathing love divine, 270 Beneath God's terrors doomed to groan, 472 Beneath our feet and o'er our head, 194 Be thou, O God, exalted high, 27 Beset with snares on every hand, 340 Be Avith me, Lord, where'er I go, 320 Bless, O my soul, the living God, 21 Blest are the souls that hear and know, 162 Blest day of God ! most calm, most bright, 1 Blest Instructer ! from thy ways, 362 Bright Source of intellectual rays, 331 Bright was the guiding star that led, 348 Broad is the road that leads to death, 3S5 Buried in shadows of the night, 152 By Siloam's cool and shady rill, 171 Can creatures to perfection find ? 117 Children of God, arise ! 371 Christ, the Lord, is risen to-day, 140 Christians, brethren, ere we part, 431 Come hither, all ye weary souls, 160 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly dove, 262 Come, let our voices join to raise, 57 Come, let us join our cheerful songs, 415 Come, my soul, thy suit prepare, 43 Come, said Jesus' sacred voice, 158 Come sound his praise abroad, 35 Come, thou Almighty King, 38 Come to the house of prayer, 51 Come, we who love the Lord, 53 Come, weary souls, with sin distressed, 347 Death may dissolve my body now, 265 Dread Sovereign, let my evening song, 438 Eat, drink, in memory of your friend, 408 Eternal and immortal King, 285 Eternal Father, we confess, 317 Eternal God ! Almighty cause, 61 Eternal Power, whose high abode, 19 Eternal source of every joy, 475 Eternal source of life and thought, 71 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. VII Far from mortal cares retreating, 59 Far from these scenes of night, 212 Far from the world, O Lord, I flee, 274 Father, bless thy word to all, 66 Father divine ! before thy view, 216 Father divine ! the Saviour cried, 412 Father divine ! thy piercing eye, 345 Father, I bless thy gentle hand, 364 Father of all! whose sovereign will, 453 Father of light ! conduct my feet, 261 Father of light ! we sing thy name, 302 Father of mercies ! God of love ! 226 Father of mercies! in thy word, 157 Father of peace and God of love, 151 Father, we own thy sovereign hand, 219 Father, where'er thy people meet, 48 Firm was my health, my day was bright, 450 From Christ, my Lord, shall I depart ? 370 Give me the wings of faith to rise, 369 Give to the Lord immortal praise, 131 Give to the winds thy fears, 234 Glorious in thy saints appear, 68 Glorious things of thee are spoken, 379 Glory be to God on high, 26 Glory to our God on high, 29 Glory to thee, my God, this night, 437 God in his earthly temples lays, 36 God, in the gospel of his Son, 1 55 God is a spirit, just and wise, 62 God is the refuge of his saints, 383 God moves in a mysterious way, 365 God, my supporter and my hope, 110 God of eternity, from thee, 182 God of glory ! God of love ! 502 God of mercy ! God of love ! 251 God of my childhood and my youth, 175 God of my life ! thy constant care, 339 God of my life! through all its days, 179 God of our lives ! our thanks to thee, 223 God of the morning, at whose voice, 433 God of the prophets' power, 167 God, who in various methods told, 156 Go to dark Gethsemane, 410 Gracious Father ! now appear, 46 Grateful notes and numbers bring, 33 Vlll INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Great Author of all nature's frame, • 39 Greatest of beings ! Source of good, 495 Great Father of each perfect gift, 401 Great Framer of unnumbered worlds, 507 Great Former of this various frame, 1 14 Great God, attend while Zion sings, 47 Great God ! beneath whose piercing eye, 490 Great God ! in vain man's narrow view 119 Great God ! indulge my humble claim, 256 Great God ! let all our tuneful powers, 476 Great God ! the heavens' well ordered frame, 126 Great God ! this sacred day of thine, 12 Great God ! we sing that mighty hand, 105 Great God ! whose universal sway, 142 Great is the Lord our God, 384 Great Lord of earth, and seas, and skies, 218 Great Object of thine Israel's hope, 381 Great Ruler of all nature's frame, 363 Great Ruler of the earth and skies, 4S9 Great Shepherd of thine Israel, 504 Great Source of being and of love, 351 Great Source of life, our souls confess, 22 Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews, Hail the day that sees him rise, 141 Happy the heart where graces reign, 245 Happy the man whose cautious feet, 376 Happy the man whose wishes climb, 267 Hark ! for 'tis wisdom's voice, 354 Hark, from the tombs a solemn sound, 204 Hark ! the glad sound, the Saviour comes, 133 Hear, gracious sovereign, from thy throne, 239 Hear what God, the Lord, hath spoken, 385 Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims, 461 He dies! the friend of sinners dies, 414 Here have we seen thy face, O Lord, 420 Here, to the High and holy One, 492 How are thy glories here displayed, 426 How are thy servants blessed, O Lord, 112 How beautiful their feet, 161 How blest the sacred tie that binds, 358 How blest thy creature is, O God, 367 How can we adore, or worthily praise, 34 How did my heart rejoice to hear, 52 How glorious, Lord, art thou, 402 How long shall death, the tyrant, reign, 209 How long shall dreams of earthly bliss, 337 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. IX How long, sometimes, a day appears, 455 How many millions draw their breath, 357 How pleased and blest was I, 55 How pleasant, how divinely fair, 56 How precious is the book divine, 163 How rich thy bounty, King of kings, 375 How shall the young secure their hearts, 374 How shall we praise the eternal God, 129 How short and hasty is our life, 187 How still and peaceful is the grave ! 205 How swift the torrent rolls, 186 How well our great Preserver knows, 95 If human kindness meets return, 417 I lift my soul to God, 99 I'll praise my Maker with my breath, 17 Immortal God ! on thee we call, 149 In all my vast concerns with thee, 88 In all the changing scenes of life, 106 Indulgent God ! with pitying eye, 387 In every opening spring, 481 In glad amazement, Lord, I stand, 72 In life's gay morn, when sprightly youth, 173 Inquire, ye pilgrims, for the way, 307 In sleep's serene oblivion laid, 434 Interval of grateful shade, 440 In the soft season of thy youth, 174 In thine own ways, O God of love ! 469 I read my duty in the word, 136 I send the joys of earth away, 377 I set the Lord before my face, 107 Is there a lone and dreary hour, 70 Is there no kind, no lenient art, 264 Is there on earth a nobler name, 154 Is this the kind return ? 318 Jehovah, God ! thy gracious power, 79 Jesus, and shall it ever be, 153 Jesus invites his friends, 427 Jesus is gone above the skies, 406 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun, 143 Joy to the world ! the Lord is come, 134 Keep silence, all created things, 90 Kind Dispenser of each blessing, 15 Let children hear the mighty deeds, 397 Let every mortal ear attend ! 159 B X INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Let others boast how strong they be, ■ 184 Let party names no more, 268 Let sinners take their course, 215 Let songs of praise from all below, 468 Life is the time to serve the Lord, 183 Lift up, ye saints, your weeping eyes, 201 Light of those Avhose dreary dwelling, 322 Like shadows gliding o'er the plain, 191 Lo ! I am come with joy to do, 447 Long as I live I'll bless thy name, 132 Long have I sat beneath the sound, 378 Look back, my soul, with grateful love, 108 Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing, 67 Lord, how secure and blest are they, 292 Lord, I am thine, but thou wilt prove, 263 Lord, I believe a rest remains, 346 Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear, 11 Lord of the Sabbath ! hear our vows, 6 Lord of the sea ! thy powerful sway, 473 Lord of the worlds above, 50 Lord of the world's majestic frame, 121 Lord, teach a little child to pray, 457 Lord, thou art good, all nature shows 81 Lord, thou hast searched and seen me through, 89 Lord, we adore thy wondrous name, 189 Lord, we have made our steadfast choice, 27S Lord, we have wandered from thy way, 422 Lord, what offering shall we bring, 344 Lord, when iniquities abound, 398 Love divine, all love excelling, 301 Mark the soft falling showers, 164 May we, O Lord, maintain, 299 Mistaken souls ! who dream of heaven, 286 My drowsy powers, why sleep ye so! 295 My Father! cheering name, 221 My God! accept my early vows, 58 My God! all nature owns thy sway, 128 My God ! assist me while I raise 350 My God ! how endless is thy love, 436 My God ! I thank thee ; may no thought 229 My God ! my everlasting hope, 177 My God ! my King ! thy various praise 104 My God ! my strength, my hope, 281 My God ! permit me not to be 275 My God ! permit my tongue 240 My God ! the covenant of thy love 236 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. XI My God ! the steps of pious men 311 My God ! thy service well demands 45 1 My God ! what silken cords are thine, 342 My God ! whose all-pervading eye, 255 My gracious God ! I own thy right, 294 My gracious God ! whose changeless love, 324 My helper God ! I bless his name, 178 My Maker and my King, 237 My righteous Judge, my gracious God, 325 My soul ! repeat his praise, 25 My soul shall bless thee, O my God, 180 My spirit looks to God alone, 93 Naked as from the earth we came, 230 Nations, attend before his throne, 28 Nature, a temple worthy heaven, 480 Nature, with all her powers, shall sing, 31 Nor eye hath seen, nor ear hath heard, 213 Not he, whose baseless hope relies, 288 Not to Sinai's dreadful blaze, 419 Not to the terrors of the Lord, 170 No war nor battle's sound, 506 Now let our mourning hearts revive, 466 Now let the feeble all be strong, 306 Now let our cheerful eyes survey, 144 Now may he who from the dead, 432 Now the morning God hath blessed, 5 Now to the Lord a noble song, 148 Now to that sovereign grace, 101 O bless the Lord, my soul, 1" O bow thine ear, Eternal One, 493 O, come and sing your Maker's name, 30 O come, loud anthems let us sing, 24 O Father, though the anxious fear, 3 O for a closer walk with God, 242 O for a heart to praise my God, 214 O, God of Jacob, by whose hand 341 O, God of yonder starry frame, 454 O God, our strength, to thee the song, 63 O God, we praise thee and confess, 20 O God, who mad'st the earth and sky, 448 O God, within thy power I stand, °6 ? happy Christian, who can say, 360 O happy is the man who hears, °1" O happy souls are they, 360 O Israel ! blest beyond compare, 380 Xll INDEX OF FIRST LINES. O here, if ever, God of love, . 421 O how can they look up to heaven, 486 O how I love thy holy word, 393 O Lord, my best desires fulfil, 228 O Lord, our heavenly king, 96 O, may the Shepherd of the sheep, 409 Once more, my soul, the chosen day, 7 O, render thanks to God above, 44 O, Source of uncreated light, 41 O that the Lord would guide my ways, 260 O that thy statutes every hour, 253 O Thou, before whose gracious throne, 498 O Thou, the wretched's sure retreat, 361 O Thou, by long experience tried, 467 O Thou, to whose all-searching sight, 326 O Thou, who hearest when sinners c^, 252 O Thou, whose arm of power surrounds, 491 O Thou, whose presence glows in all, 497 O, turn, great ruler of the skies, 359 O, 'twas a joyful sound to hear, 54 Our country is Immanuel's ground, 309 Our Father! Source of grace divine, 352 Our Father! we are thine, 372 Our fathers' God, whose eye of love, 494 Our God, our help in ages past, 195 Our heavenly Father calls, 423 Our life is ever on the wing, 192 Our Shepherd is the living Lord, 82 Our souls with pleasing wonder view, 80 O, where shall rest be found, 207 O, ye immortal throng, 145 O, ye who seek Jehovah's face, 271 Peace be to this habitation, 446 Perpetual source of light and grace, 296 Pleasing Spring again is here, 482 Praise the Lord ! ye heavens adore him, 18 Praise to Him by whose kind favor, 64 Praise to God, immortal praise, 224 Praise to the Lord of boundless might, 328 Praise to thy name, eternal God, 297 Praise ye the Lord, 'tis good to raise, 32 Raise your triumphant songs, 150 Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord, 241 Remark, my soul, the narrow bounds, 373 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Xlll Return, my roving heart, return, 276 Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings, 257 Rise, O my soul, pursue the path, 368 Rise, sun of glory rise, 508 Safely through another week, 444 See from on high a light divine, 135 See Israel's gentle shepherd stand, 500 See the leaves around us falling, 483 Servant of God, well done, 499 Shall the frail race of flesh and blood, 400 Shine forth, eternal source of light, 386 Shine on our souls, eternal God, 316 Should famine o'er the mourning field, 471 Should the rising whirlwinds tear, 225 Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive, 249 Sing to the Lord Jehovah's name, 130 Sing to the Lord who loud proclaims, 217 Sing, ye redeemed of the Lord, 308 So firm the saint's foundations stand, 220 So let our lips and lives express, 298 Songs of immortal praise belong, 91 Sons of men, behold from far, 349 Soon will our fleeting hours be past, 65 Sovereign of life ! before thine eye, 1£8 Sovereign of nature! all is thine, 403 Spirit, leave thy house of clay, 460 Stand stiil, refulgent orb of day, 208 Stand up, my soul, shake off thy fears, 303 Supreme and universal light, 254 Supreme in wisdom as in power, 109 Sure to the mansions of the blest, 463 Sweet is the memory of thy grace, 77 Sweet is the work, my God, my Pving, 4 Sweet is the scene when virtue dies, 202 Teach me, O teach me, Lord, thy way, 259 Teach me the measure of my days, 190 Thanks be to God the Lord, 396 That awful hour will soon appear, 200 The Almighty reigns, exalted high, 37 The darkened sky, how thick it lowers, 395 The day approaches, O my soul, 430 The earth and all the heavenly frame, 74 XIV INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Thee we adore, eternal name, • 188 The heaven declares thy glory, Lord, 123 The heavens declare thy glory, Lord, 125 The King of heaven his table spreads, 424 The Law by Moses came, 169 The lifted eye and bended knee, 289 The Lord himself, the mighty Lord, 83 The Lord ! how wondious are his ways, 98 The Lord my pasture shall prepare, 84 The Lord my shepherd is, 85 The Lord our God is full of might, 124 The Lord our God is Lord of all, 87 The morn of life, how fair and gay, 172 There is a glorious world on high, 210 There is a house not made with hands, 206 There is a land of pure delight, 211 The righteous Lord, supremely great, 244 The saints on earth and those above, 428 The spacious firmament on high, 227 The swift declining day, 131 The time draws near when every soul, 390 The traveller, lost in night, 166 They who seek the throne of grace, 92 Thine influence, mighty God, is felt, 321 This child we dedicate to thee, 501 This is the day the Lord hath made 1 3 Thou art my portion, O my God, 279 Though every grace my speech adorned, 247 Thou, Lord, through every changing scene, 111 Thou, mighty God, art Lord alone, 118 Thou, who dwell'st enthroned above, 122 Thrice happy he who fears the Lord, 269 Thrice happy souls, who, born from heaven, 243 Through endless years thou art the same, 115 Through every age, eternal God, 197 Through sorrow's night, and danger's way, 314 Thus far the Lord hath led me on, 441 Thus saith the high and lofty One, 389 Thus saith the first and great command, 246 Thy mercy and thy love, 97 Thy piercing eye, O God, surveys, 329 Thy presence, ever living God, 509 Time by moments steals away, 4'8 'Tis by thy strength the mountains stand, 470 'Tis finished, so the Saviour cried, 413 To bless thy chosen race, ^0 To God, the only wise, 23 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. XV To heaven I lift my waiting eyes, 459 To keep the lamp alive, 235 To-morrow, Lord, is thine, 193 To thee, O God, my days are known, 330 To thee, O God, we homage pay, 147 To thee my wants are known, 425 To thy temple I repair, 445 Triumphant, Lord, thy goodness reigns, 76 Triumphant Zion, lift thy head, 382 'Twas on that dark, that awful night, 405 Unite, my roving thoughts, unite, 327 Unveil thy bosom, faithful tomb, 462 Up to the heavens I send my cry, 333 Up to the hills [ lift my eyes, 102 Upward I lift my eyes, 453 "Wait, O my soul, thy Maker's will, U6 Wait on the Lord, ye heirs of hope, 100 We bless the Lord, the just, the good, 75 We bless the eternal source of light, 429 We hail the anointed king, 146 Welcome, sweet day of rest, 9 We would not seek, with God our friend, 232 When all thy mercies, O my God, 222 When all the hours of life are past, 356 "When bending o'er the brink of life, 452 When blooming youth is snatched away, 465 When daily I kneel down to pray, 456 When darkness long has veiled my mind, 293 Whene'er the angry passions rise, 137 When fancy spreads her boldest wings, 238 When floods of grief assail the mind, 335 When in the vale of closing years, 176 When Israel through the desert passed, 366 When I can read my title clear, 266 When I survey life's varied scene, 227 When Providence, to try my heart, 449 When 'reft of all, and hopeless care, 392 When restless on my bed I lie, 442 When the empress of the night, 443 Wherefore should man, frail child of clay, 283 Wherewith shall we approach the Lord, 343 While here as wandering sheep we stray, 323 While shepherds watched their flocks by night, 505 While some in folly's pleasures roll, 291 While sounds of war are heard around, 48S XVI INDEX OF FIRST LINES. "While thee I seek, protecting Power, 277 While with ceaseless course the sun, 474 Who, gracious Father, can complain, 113 Who is thy neighbor? he whom thou, 487 Who shall ascend thy heavenly place, 388 Why do we mourn departing friends, £03 Why should we lavish out our years, 353 Why sinks my weak, desponding mind, 233 Within these walls be peace, 503 With reverence let the saints appear, 60 With sacred joy we lift our eyes, 45 With songs and honors sounding loud, 485 Ye golden lamps of heaven, farewell, 338 Ye heavens, send forth your songs of praise, 103 Ye humble souls, who seek the Lord, 418 Ye nations round the earth, rejoice, 14 Ye sons of men, with joy record. 78 Ye sons of sorrow, though your tears, . 464 Yet a few years or clays perhaps, Your harps, ye trembling saints, 305 METRES, g # ]yx. Short Metre. Q m ]\1, Common Metre. L. M. Long Metre. L. P. M. Long Particular Metre. 7s. M. Sevens Metre. 8 8 6 M. Eight and Six Metre. 61. L. M. Six line Long Metre. 6, 6, 8 M. Six and Eight Metre. 8& 7 M. Eight and Seven syllable Metre. 10s M. Ten syllable Metre. 10 & Us M. Ten and Eleven syllable Metre. H. M. Hallelujah Metre. p # ]yi. Particular Metre. PSALMS AND HYMNS. INTRODUCTION AND CLOSE OF PUBLIC WORSHIP. 1. C. M. Blessing of the Sabbath. 1 Blest clay of God ! most calm, most bright, The first and best of days ; The laborer's rest, the saint's delight, The day of prayer and praise. 2 My Saviour's face made thee to shine ; His rising thee did raise ; And made thee heavenly and divine Beyond all other days. 3 The first fruits oft a blessing prove To all the sheaves behind ; And they who do the Sabbath love, A happy week will find. 4 This day I must to God appear ; For, Lord, the day is thine ; Help me to spend it in thy fear, And thus to make it mine. Codman's Coll. 2, 3. rUBLIC WORSHIP. Z. S. M. Sabbath Morning. 1 Behold ! the morning sun Begins his glorious way ; His beams through all the nations run, And life and light convey. 2 But where the Gospel comes, It spreads diviner light ; It calls dead sinners from their tombs, And gives the blind their sight. 3 I hear that word with love, And I would fain obey : Send thy good Spirit from above To guide me, lest I stray. 4 In every promise, Lord, O teach our hearts to trust ; Thy laws are holy, sure thy word, And all thy judgments just. 5 My gracious God, how plain Are thy directions given ; O, may I never read in vain, But find the path to heaven. Watts. 3. C. M. The Sabbath of the Soul. 1 O Father, though the anxious fear May cloud to-morrow's way, No fear nor doubt shall enter here, All shall be thine to-day. FUBLIC WORSHIP. 4 2 We will not bring divided hearts To worship at thy shrine ; But each unworthy thought departs, And leaves this temple thine. 3 Then sleep to-day, tormenting cares Of vice and folly born ; Ye shall not dim the light that streams From this celestial morn. 4 To-morrow will be time enough To feel your harsh control ; Ye shall not violate this day, The Sabbath of the soul. Mrs. Barbaukl. 4. L. M. The Pleasure of Worship. 1 Sweet is the work, my God, my king, To praise thy name, give thanks and sing ; To show thy love by morning light, And talk of all thy truth at night. 2 Sweet is the day of sacred rest ; No mortal cares shall seize my breast ; O may my heart in tune be found, Like David's harp of solemn sound. 3 My heart shall triumph in the Lord, And bless his works, and bless his word ; His works of grace, how bright they shine ! How deep his counsels, how divine ! 4 And I shall share a glorious part When grace hath well refined my heart ; My inward foes shall all be slain, And never break my peace again. 5, 6. PUBLIC WORSHIP, 5 Then shall I see, and hear, and know All I desired or hoped below, And every power find sweet employ In that eternal world of joy. Watts. 5. 7s. Sabbath Morning. 1 Now the morning God hath blest Brings its calm and welcome rest ; Drive the shades of sin away ; May we all be thine to-day. 2 Banish doubt and clear our sight, Fill our souls with heavenly light ; May we stand, and watch, and pray, In thy service, Lord, to-day. 3 Save us from our foes around, Keep our haughty passions bound ; Going out and coming in Guard our souls from every sin. 4 When the work of life is past, O receive us all at last ; Night and death will be no more When we reach the heavenly shore. Episcopal Coll. 6. L. M. The eternal Sabbath. 1 Lord of the Sabbath ! hear our vows, On this thy day, in this thy house ; And own as grateful sacrifice, The songs which from thy temple rise. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 7. 2 Thine earthly sabbaths, Lord, we love, But there's a nobler rest above ; To that our laboring souls aspire, With earnest hope and strong desire. 3 No more fatigue, no more distress, Nor sin, nor death, can reach the place ; No groans, to mingle with the songs Which warble from immortal tongues. 4 No rude alarms of raging foes, No cares, to break the long repose, No midnight shade, no clouded sun, But sacred, high, eternal noon. 5 O, long expected day, begin ; Dawn on these realms of wo and sin : Fain would we leave this dreary road, And sleep in death, to rest with God. Doddridge. 7. C. M. Sabbath Morning. 1 Once more, my soul, the chosen day Salutes thy waking eyes ! Once more, my voice, thy tribute pay To him who rules the skies. 2 Day unto day his name repeats ; The night renews the sound, Through all the heaven on which he sits And rolls the seasons round. 3 And we will magnify his name, Our tongue shall speak his praise, Whose hand sustains our mortal frame Through all our passing days. 8, 9. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 4 My God ! may every hour be thine, Till all our days are past ; Bo shall our sun in peace decline, And set in smiles at last. 8. C. M. Watts. The Sabbath Morning. 1 Again the Lord of life and light Awakes the kindling ray ; Unseals the eyelids of the morn And pours increasing day. 2 O, what a night was that, which wrapped The heathen world in gloom ! O what a sun, which broke this day Triumphant from the tomb! 3 This day be grateful homage paid, And loud hosannas sung ; Let gladness dwell in every heart, And praise on every tongue. 4 Ten thousand differing lips shall join To hail this sacred morn, Which scatters blessings from its wings To nations yet unborn. Mrs. Barbauld. 9. S. M. The Day of Rest happy. 1 Welcome ! sweet day of rest, That saw the Lord arise ; Welcome to this reviving breast And these rejoicing eyes. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 10. 2 The King himself comes near And meets his saints to-day ; Here may we sit, and see him here, And love, and praise, and pray. 3 One day amidst the place Where thou, my God, hast been, Is sweeter than ten thousand days Of pleasure and of sin. 4 My willing soul would stay In such a frame as this, And sit and sing herself away To everlasting bliss. Watts. 10. L. M. The Sabbath. 1 Another six-days' work is done ! Another Sabbath is begun ; Return, my soul, enjoy its rest, Improve the day which God hath blest. 2 This day, may our devotions rise, As grateful incense, to the skies, And Heaven that peace divine bestow, Which none but they who feel it, know. 3 This heavenly calm within the breast Is the dear pledge of glorious rest, Which for the church of God remains ; The end of cares, the end of pains. 4 In holy service let the day, And holy pleasure, pass awa}' ; And may its hours, to duty given, Prepare us for the rest of heaven. J. Stennett. 11, 12. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 11. C. M. Sabbath Morning. 1 Lord ! in the morning thou shalt hear My voice ascending high ; To thee will I direct my prayer, To thee lift up mine eye. 2 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. 3 But to thy house will I resort, And worship in thy fear ; I w r ill frequent thy holy court To taste thy mercies there. 4 O, may thy Spirit guide my feet In ways of truth and grace. And make the path of duty straight And plain before my face. Watts. 12. L. M. 61. Worship on the Sabbath. 1 Great God ! this sacred day of thine Demands the soul's collected powers : With joy, we now to thee resign These solemn, consecrated hours ; O may our souls adoring own The grace that calls us to thy throne. % All-seeing God ! thy piercing eye Can every secret thought explore : May worldly cares our bosoms fly, And where thou art, intrude no more : PUBLIC WORSHIP. 13, 14. may thy grace our spirits move, And fix our minds on things above. 3 Thy Spirit's powerful aid impart, And bid thy words, with life divine, Engage the ear, and warm the heart ; Then shall the day indeed be thine : Our souls shall then adoring own The grace that calls us to thy throne. Episcopal Coll. 13. C. M. The Lord's Day. 1 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. 2 This day the Saviour left the dead, And death's dark empire fell ; This day the saints his triumphs spread And all his wonders tell. 3 Blest be the Lord, who comes to men With messages of grace ; Who comes in God his Father's name, To save our sinful race. 4 Hosanna ! in the highest strains The church on earth can raise ; The highest heavens, in which he reigns, Shall give him nobler praise. Watts. 14. L. M. Praise to God. 1 Ye nations round the earth, rejoice Before the Lord, your sovereign king ; 15. PUBLIC WORSHIP. Serve him with cheerful heart and voice, With all your tongues his glory sing. 2 The Lord is God ! 'tis he alone Doth life, and breath, and being give ; We are his work and not our own, The sheep which on his pastures live. 3 Enter his gates with songs of joy ; With praises to his courts repair; And make it your divine employ To pay your thankful honors there. 4 The Lord is good, the Lord is kind ; Great is his grace, his mercy sure, And the whole race of man shall find His truth from age to age endure. Watts. 15. 8s 7s & 4s. Thanks for Divine Mercy. 1 Kind Dispenser of each blessing Which surrounds the human race, May we, gratefully possessing, Still adore thy boundless grace. Halleluiah ! Praise to God, immortal praise. 2 Thus, with humble adoration, We attend before thy throne, And with grateful exultation, Thine abundant mercy own. Halleluiah ! Praise belongs to thee alone. 3 In thine every dispensation Love and mercy we descry ; PUBLIC WORSHIP. 16. Thou, the God of our salvation, To preserve us still art nigh. Halleluiah ! Glory be to God on high ! Exeter Coll. 16. S. M. Praise. 1 O, bless the Lord, my soul ! Let all within me join, And aid my tongue to bless his name Whose favors are divine. 2 O, bless the Lord, my soul ; Nor let his mercies lie Forgotten in unthankfulness, And without praises die. 3 'Tis he forgives thy sins ; 'Tis he relieves thy pain ; 'Tis he who heals thy sicknesses, And makes thee young again. 4 He crowns thy life with love, He ransoms from the grave ; He, who redeems thy soul from death, Hath sovereign power to save. 5 He fills the poor with good ; He gives the sufferers rest ; The Lord hath judgments for the proud, And justice for the oppressed. Watts. 17, 18. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 17. 61. L. M. Praise. 1 I'll praise my Maker with my breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers ; My days of praise shall ne'er be past While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures. 2 Happy the man, whose hopes rely On Israel's God, who made the sky, And earth, and seas, with all their train ; His truth forever stands secure, He saves the oppressed, he feeds the poor, And none shall find his promise vain. 3 The Lord hath eyes to give the blind, The Lord supports the sinking mind, And gives the troubled conscience peace ; He helps the stranger in distress, The widow and the fatherless, And giants the prisoner sweet release. Watts. 18. 8s&7s. Universal Praise. 1 Praise the Lord ! ye heavens, adore him ! Praise him, angels, in the height ; Sun and moon, rejoice before him ; Praise him, all ye stars of light. 2 Praise the Lord, for he hath spoken ; Worlds his mighty voice obeyed ; Laws which never can be broken, For their guidance he hath made. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 19, 20. 3 Praise the Lord, for he is glorious ; Never shall his promise fail ; God hath made his saints victorious, Sin and death shall not prevail. 4 Praise the God of our salvation ; Hosts on high his power proclaim ; Heaven and earth, and all creation, Praise and magnify his name. Dublin Coll. 19. L. M. God above all Praise. 1 Eternal Power ! whose high abode Becomes the grandeur of a God ! Exalted far above the bounds Where stars revolve their little rounds ; 2 Thy throne is in the dazzling blaze Where angels tremble as they gaze ; And through the heaven, thy praise is sung By the rapt seraph's burning tongue. 3 Lord, what shall earth and ashes do] We would adore our Maker too ; Lo ! from the dust to thee we cry, The great, the holy, and the high. 4 Earth from afar hath heard thy fame, And children learned to lisp thy name ; But the full glories of thy mind Leave all our soaring thoughts behind. Watts. 20. c. m. Te Deum. 1 O God ! we praise thee, and confess That thou the only Lord 3 2 21. PUBLIC WORSHIP. And everlasting Father art, By all the earth adored* 2 To thee all angels cry aloud ; To thee, the powers on high, Both cherubim and seraphim, Continually do cry, 3 O holy, holy, holy Lord, Whom heavenly hosts obey, The world is with the glory filled Of thy majestic sway. 4 The apostles' glorious company, And prophets crowned with light, With all the martyrs' noble host, Thy constant praise recite. 5 The holy church throughout the world, O Lord, confesses thee The eternal God, who was, and is, And evermore shall be. Patrick. 21. L. M. Praise to God. 1 Bless, O my soul, the living God ! Call home thy thoughts that roam abroad ; Let all the powers within me join In work and worship so divine. % Bless, O my soul, the God of grace ! His favors claim thy highest praise ; Let not the wonders he has wrought Be lost in silence and forgot. 3 The vices of the mind he heals, And cures the pains which nature feels ; PUBLIC WORSHIP. 22, 23. Redeems the soul from sin, and saves Our wasting lives from threatening graves. 4 Let the whole earth his power confess ; Let the whole earth his goodness bless ; Let all the powers within it, join In work and worship so divine. Watts. 22. L. M. Praise. 1 Great source of life ! our souls confess The various riches of thy grace ; Crowned with thy mercy, we rejoice. And in thy praise exalt our voice. 2 By thee Heaven's shining arch was spread, By thee were earth's foundations laid, And all the scenes of man's abode Proclaim the wise, the powerful God. 3 Thy tender hand restores our breath, When trembling on the verge of death ; Gently it wipes away our tears, And lengthens life to future years. 4 And when by thee our souls are led Through unknown regions of the dead, With joy triumphant shall they move To scenes of nobler life above. Doddridge. 23. s. m. Praise. 1 To God, the only wise, Our Saviour and our King, 24. PUBLIC WORSHIP. Let all that live beneath the skies Their humble praises bring. 2 'Tis his Almighty love, His counsel and his care, Preserves us safe from sin and death, And every fatal snare. 3 He will present our souls Unblemished and complete Before the glory of his face, With joys divinely great. 4 Then all the chosen seed Shall meet around the throne ; Shall bless the conduct of his grace, And make his wonders known. 5 To our Redeemer, God, Wisdom and power belongs ; Immortal crowns of majesty, And everlasting songs. Watts. 24. L. M. Praise. 1 O, come, loud anthems let ussing, Loud thanks to our Almighty King : For we our voices high should raise When our salvation's Rock we praise. 2 The depths of earth are in his hands ; The powers of nature he commands ; The hill, the vale, the sea, the sky, Subjected to his empire lie. 3 O, let us to his courts repair, And bow with adoration there : PUBLIC WORSHIP. 25. For God, the Lord, enthroned in state, Is with unrivalled glory great. 4 Into his presence let us. haste, To thank him for his favors past ; To him address in joyful songs The praise that to his name belongs. Tate & Brady. 25. s. m. Praise to God. 1 My soul, repeat His praise, Whose mercy is so great ; Whose anger is so slow to rise, So ready to abate. 2 High as the heavens are raised Above the ground we tread, So far the riches of his grace Our highest thoughts exceed. 3 The pity of the Lord, To those who fear his name, Is such as tender parents feel ; He knows our feeble frame. 4 Our days are as the grass, Or like the morning flower ; If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field, It withers in an hour. 5 But thy compassions, Lord, To endless years endure ; And children's children ever find Thy promised mercy sure. Watts. 2* 26, 27. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 26. 7s. Praise to God. 1 Glory be to God on high ! God, whose glory fills the sky ; Peace on earth to man forgiven, Man, the well beloved of Heaven. 2 Favored mortals, raise the song ; Endless thanks to God belong ; Hearts o'erflowing with his praise, Join the hymns your voices 'raise. 3 Call the tribes of beings round, From creation's utmost bound ; Where the Godhead shines confessed, There, be solemn praise addressed. 4 Mark the wonders of his hand ! Power, no empire can withstand ; Wisdom, angels' glorious theme ; Goodness, one eternal stream. 5 Awful Being ! from thy throne Send thy promised mercy down ; May thy light, thy truth, thy peace, Bid our raging passions cease. J. Taylor. 27. L. M. Praise. 1 Be thou, O God, exalted high ; And as thy glory fills the sky, So let it be on earth displayed, Till thou art here, as there, obeyed. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 28. 2 O God, my heart is fixed, 'tis bent, Its thankful tribute to present ; And with ray heart, ray voice I'll raise To thee, ray God, in songs of praise. 3 Thy praises, Lord, I will resound, To all the listening nations round ; Thy mercy, highest heaven transcends ; Thy truth beyond the clouds extends. 4 Be thou, O God, exalted high ; And as thy glory fills the sky, So let it be on earth displayed, Till thou art here, as there, obeyed. Tate and Brady. 28. L. M. Praise to God. 1 Nations, attend before His throne, With humble fear, with sacred joy ! Know that the Lord is God alone ; He can create, and he destroy. 2 His sovereign power without our aid Made us of clay and formed us men ; And when like wandering sheep we strayed, He brought us to his fold again. 3 We are his people, we his care ; Our souls and all our mortal frame ; What lasting honors shall we rear, Almighty Maker, to thy name ? 4 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heavens our voices raise ; And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 29. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 5 Wide as the world is thy command ; Vast as eternity thy love, Firm as a rock thy truth must stand When rolling years shall cease to move. Watts. 29. 7 » Praise. 1 Glory to our God on high ! God, whose glory fills the sky ; Lift your voice, ye people all ! Praise the God on whom you call. 2 God, whose wisdom throned on high, Built the mansions of the sky ; And the orbs that gild the pole Bade through boundless ether roll. 3 God, who o'er this earthly ball Looks with equal eye on all, And to every thing which lives, Rich supplies of blessings gives. 4 Sons of earth, the triumph join, Praise him with the host divine ; Emulate the heavenly powers ; Their all-gracious God is ours. 5 Him, whose joy is to restore, Him let all our hearts adore ; Earth and heaven repeat the cry, Glory to our God on high. Walker's Coll. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 30, 31. 30. c. p. m. The Power and Goodness of God. 1 O, come, and sing your Maker's name ; With cheerful thanks his praise proclaim, For ye are all his own ; All — from the angel to the worm ; The vernal breeze, the wintry storm, Confess his power divine. 2 His rainbow still proclaims on high, That mercy, to repentance nigh, Which never shall abate ; The morning on the midnight calls, The day exclaims, till evening falls, That God is good and great. 3 Great, when the thunder rolls along, Great, in the streams of ocean strong, The light, the fountains sweet ; Great God ! if thus thy praises be, Make this devoted heart to thee A sanctuary meet. New York Coll. 31. L. M. Praise. 1 Nature with all her powers shall sing God, the Creator and the King ; Nor air nor earth, nor skies nor seas, Deny the tribute of their praise. 2 Begin to make his glories known, Ye seraphs, who sit near his throne ; Tune your harps high, and spread the sound To the creation's utmost bound 32. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 3 All mortal things of meaner frame, Exert your force and own his name ; While, with our heart and with our voice, We sing his honors and our joys. 4 Yet, mighty God ! our feeble frame Attempts in vain to reach thy name ; The loftiest notes that angels raise, Faint in the worship and the praise. Watts. 32. L. M. Praise to God. 1 Praise ye the Lord ! 'tis good to raise Our hearts and voices in his praise ; His nature and his works unite To make this duty our delight. 2 He formed the stars, those heavenly flames ; He knows their numbers and their names ; His wisdom 's vast and knows no bound, A deep, where all our thoughts are drowned. 3 His mercy melts the stubborn soul, And makes the broken spirit whole ; He crowns the meek, rewards the just, And lifts the lowly from the dust. 4 His saints are lovely in his sight, He view T s his children with delight ; He sees their hope, he knows their fear, And looks and loves his image there. Watts. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 33, 34. 33. 7 S . Adoration. 1 Grateful notes and numbers bring While Jehovah's praise we sing ; Holy, holy, holy Lord, Be thy glorious name adored. 2 Though unworthy, Lord, thine ear Deign our humble praise to hear ; Purer strains we hope to bring, When around thy throne we sing. 3 While on earth ordained to stay, Guide our footsteps in thy way, Till we come to reign with thee, And thy glorious greatness see. 4 Then with angels, we'll again Wake a purer, nobler strain, There in joyful songs of praise, Our exulting voices raise. 5 There no tongue shall silent be, All shall join in harmony, And to heaven's remotest bound Everlasting praises sound. Salisbury Coil. 34. 10s & lis. Te Deura. 1 How can we adore, or worthily praise, Thy goodness and power, thou God of all grace 1 With honor and blessing, before thee we fall 3 Most gladly confessing thee — Father of all. 35. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 2 The heaven and the earth, the water and air, To thee owe their birth — subsist by thy care ; While angels are singing thy praises above, We mortals are bringing our tribute of love. 3 How wondrous thy grace, to send from on high To save our lost race, the Saviour to die ; Invested with glory, on high thou dost sit, While angels adoring, bow down at thy feet. 4 How soon will thy seat of judgment appear ! Prepare us to meet, and welcome thee there; The witnessing spirit in all shed abroad, And bid us inherit the kingdom of God. Dyer's Coll. 35. s. m. Praise to God. 1 Come ! sound his praise abroad, And hymns of glory sing ; Jehovah is the sovereign God, The universal King. 2 He formed the deeps unknown ; He gave the seas their bound : The watery 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 formed us by his word. 4 To-day, attend his voice ; No more provoke his rod : Come like the people of his choice, And own your gracious God. Watts. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 36, 37. 36. L. M. Praise to God. 1 God, in his earthly temples, lays Foundations for his heavenly praise ; And loves to see that worship rise, Which forms his offspring for the skies. 2 His mercy visits every house That pays its night and morning vows ; But makes, a more delightful stay, Where churches meet to praise and pray. 3 There let the church rejoice and sing The hill where living waters spring ; Angels his heavenly wonders show, And saints shall praise him here below. 4 He guides their footsteps lest they stray, He feeds and clothes them all their way ; He guards them with a powerful hand, And brings them to the heavenly land. Watts. 37. L. M. Praise to God. 1 The Almighty reigns ! exalted high, Above the earth, above the sky : Though clouds and darkness veil his feet, His dwelling is the mercy-seat. 2 Rejoice, ye righteous, and record The sacred honors of the Lord ; None but the souls that feel his grace, Can stand with joy before his face. 3 38. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 3 O ye who love his holy name, Hate every work of sin and shame ; He guards the souls of all his friends, And from the snares of death defends. 4 Immortal light and joys unknown Are for the saints in darkness sown ; Those glorious seeds shall spring and rise, And the glad harvest bless their eyes. Watts. 38. p. m. Invocation. 1 Come, thou Almighty King ! Help us thy name to sing, Help us to praise : Father all glorious, O'er all victorious, Come and reign over us, Ancient of days ! 2 Come, thou all-gracious Lord ! By heaven and earth adored, Our prayer attend : Come, and thy children bless, Give thy good word success, Make thine own holiness On us descend. 3 Never from us depart ; Rule thou in every heart, Hence, evermore ! Thy sovereign majesty May we in glory see, And through eternity Love and adore. Anon. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 39, 40. 39. L. M. The fear of God* 1 Great author of all nature's frame, Holy and reverend is thy name ; Against thee who shall lift his hand 1 Before thy terrors who can stand ] 2 But blest are they, O gracious Lord, Who fear thy name and keep thy word ; Thy wisdom guides, thy power defends Their life, till life its journey ends. 3 that my soul, with awful sense Of thy transcendent excellence, May close the day, the day begin, Watchful against each darling sin. 4 Never, O never from my heart May this great principle depart ; But act with unabating power Within me, to my latest hour. Scott. 40. s. m. A blessing on the Church implored. 1 To bless thy chosen race In mercy, Lord, incline, And cause the brightness of thy face On all thy saints to shine. 2 Thus may thy wondrous way Throughout the earth be known, Till distant lands their tribute pay, And all thy glory own. 41. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 3 Then all the desert plains Shall blossom as the rose, Reviving in the gentle rains Which God, our God, bestows. 4 Then God, on every land Shall constant mercies shower, And the whole earth in awe shall stand Of his resistless power. 5 Let all the nations join To celebrate thy fame, And the wide world, O Lord, combine To praise thy glorious name. Tate and Brady. 41. L. M. Divine light implored. 1 O Source of uncreated light ! By whom the worlds were raised from night, Come, visit every pious mind ; Come, pour thy joys on human kind. 2 Plenteous in grace, descend from high, Rich in thy matchless energy ; From sin and sorrow set us free, And make us temples worthy thee. 3 Thrice holy fount ! thrice holy fire ! Our hearts with heavenly love inspire ; Our frailties help, our hearts control, Subdue the senses to the soul. 4 Chase from our path each noxious foe, And peace, the fruit of love, bestow ; And, lest our feet from wisdom stray, Protect and guide us in our way. Dryden. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 42, 43. 42. c. m. The Divine Presence implored. 1 Arise, O King of grace, arise ! And enter to thy rest ; Lo, thy church waits with longing eyes, Thus to be owned and blest. 2 Enter, with all thy glorious train, Thy Spirit and thy Word ; All that the ark did once contain, Could no such grace afford. 3 Here, mighty God, accept our vows, Here let thy praise be spread : Bless the provisions of thy house, And fill thy poor with bread. 4 Establish here thy lasting throne, And as thy kingdom grows, May honor all thy servants crown, And shame subdue thy foes. Watts. 43. 7s. Supplication. 1 Come, my soul ! thy suit prepare ; God delights to answer prayer : Thou art coming to thy king ; Large petitions with thee bring. 2 Lord, I come to thee for rest ; Take possession of my breast : There thy sacred right maintain, And without a rival reign. 3* 44. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 3 As the image in the glass Answers to the gazer's face, Thus unto my heart appear, Printing thy resemblance there. 4 While I am a pilgrim here, Let thy love my spirit cheer ; Be my guard, my guide and friend, To my earthly journey's end. Olney Hymns. 44. L. M. Mercy implored. 1 O, render thanks to God above, The fountain of eternal love, Whose mercy firm through ages past Hath stood, and shall forever last. 2 Who can his mighty deeds express, Not only great but numberless 1 What mortal eloquence can raise A tribute worthy of his praise ] 3 Happy are they and only they Who never from thy precepts stray ; Who know the right, nor only so, But always practise what they know. 4 Who wisdom's sacred prize would win Must with the fear of God begin ; Immortal praise and heavenly skill Have they who know and do his will. 5 Extend to me that favor, Lord, Thou to thy chosen dost afford ; That I the sacred band may join And count their every blessing mine. Tate and Brady. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 45, 46. 45. c. m. Homage and Devotion. 1 With sacred joy we lift our eyes To those bright realms above, That glorious temple in the skies, Where dwells eternal love. 2 Before the awful throne we bow Of heaven's Almighty King ; Here we present the solemn vow, And hymns of praise we sing. 3 Thee we adore ; and, Lord, to thee Our filial duty pay ; Our service, unconstrained and free, We offer up to-day. 4 With fervor teach our hearts to pray, And tune our lips to sing ; Nor from thy presence cast away The sacrifice we bring. Jer VJS. 46. 7s. Prayer for the Divine Presence. 1 Gracious Father, now appear ! Shine upon us with thy light ; Like the spring, when thou art near Days and suns are doubly bright. % Never be thy light withdrawn ; May it cheer us late and long ; Thus we pray at early dawn, This shall be our evening song, 47,48. PUBLIC WORSHIP* As the mother counts the days Till her absent son she see, Longs and watches, weeps and prays, So the mourner longs for thee, 4 Come, and let us feel thee nigh ; Let the hours of sorrow cease ; If thou bless us from on high, Then thy sheep shall rest in peace. Olney Hymns. 47. L. M. Worship. 1 Great God ! attend, while Zion sings The joy that from thy presence springs ; To spend one day with thee, on earth, Exceeds a thousand days of mirth. 2 Might I enjoy the meanest place Within thy house, O God of grace, Not tents of ease, nor thrones of power Should tempt my feet to leave thy door. 3 God is our sun — he makes our day ; God is our shield — he guards our way ; All needful grace he will bestow, And crown that grace with glory too. 4 O God ! our king, whose sovereign sway The glorious hosts of heaven obey, Thy willing servants may we be, For blest are they who trust in thee. s ?'*** 52V//Z % Watts - yf^.y**^ 48. l. m. r^+t^y Divine Presence in Worship. 1 Father, where'er thy people meet, There they behold thy mercy seat ; PUBLIC WORSHIP. 49. Where'er they seek thee thou art found, And every place is hallowed ground. 2 For thou, within no walls confined, Inhabitest the humble mind ; Such ever bring thee where they come, And take thee with them to their home. 3 Great Shepherd of thy faithful few, Thy former mercies here renew ; Here to our waiting hearts proclaim The sweetness of thy saving name. 4 Here may we prove the power of prayer To strengthen hope and lighten care, To teach our faint desires to rise And bring all heaven before our eyes. Cowper. 49. L. M. Public Worship. 1 Away from every mortal care — From this world's worthless joys afar — Away from earth our souls retreat, And wait and worship near thy feet. 2 Within the temple of thy grace We bow before our Father's face ; Thy grace and glory we adore, And learn the wonders of thy pow T er. 3 Here, when our spirit faints and dies, And tears are starting to our eyes, The sun of mercy upward springs With healing beams beneath his wings. 50, 51. PUBLIC WORSHIP, 4 Father, our souls would still abide Within thy temple, near thy side ; But if our feet must hence depart, Still keep thy dwelling in our heart. 50. H. M. Desire of Worship. 1 Lord of the worlds above ! How pleasant and how fair The dwelling's of thy love,. Thine earthly temples, are ; Watts. To thine abode My heart aspires, With warm desires To see my God* 2 O happy souls, that pray Where God appoints to hear ; O happy men, that pay Their constant service there. They praise thee still, Who love the way And happy they To Zion's hill. 3 They go from strength to strength Through this dark vale of tears, Till each arrives at length, And each in heaven appears. Thrice happy he, Whose spirit trusts Alone in thee. W r atts. O God of hosts, 51. S. M. Invitation to the House of God. 1 Come to the house of prayer, O thou afflicted, come : The God of peace will meet thee there, He makes that house his home. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 52. 2 Come to the house of praise, Ye who are happy now ; Iq sweet accord your voices raise, In kindred homage bow. 3 Ye aged, hither come, For ye have felt his love ; Soon shall your trembling tongues be dumb, Your lips forget to move. 4 Ye youths, before his throne, Come, bow ; your voices raise ; Let not your hearts his praise disown Who gives the power to praise. 5 Thou, whose benignant eye In mercy looks on all, Who seest the tear of misery, And hear'st the mourner's call, 6 Up to thy dwelling-place Bear our frail spirits on, Till they outstrip time's lingering pace, And heaven on earth be won. E. Taylor. 52. c. m. Public Worship. 1 How did my heart rejoice to hear My friends devoutly say, " In Zion let us all appear, And keep the solemn day." 2 I love her gates, I love the road ; The church, adorned with grace, Stands, like a palace, built for God To show his milder face. 53. PUBLIC WORSHIP, 3 Peace be within this sacred place ; And joy a constant guest : With holy gifts and heavenly grace, Be her attendants blessed. 4 My soul shall pray for Zion still, While life or breath remains ; There my best friends, my kindred dwell, Where God, my Saviour, reigns, Watts. 53. s. m. Heavenly joy. 1 Come, we who love the Lord, And let our joys be known ; Join in a song with sweet accord, And thus surround the throne, 2 Let those refuse to sing, Who never knew our God ; But children of the heavenly king Should speak their joys abroad, 5 This awful God is ours ! Our portion and our love ; He will send down his heavenly powers To bear our souls above. 4 There we shall see his face, And never, never sin ; There, from the rivers of his grace, Drink endless pleasures in. 5 Then let our songs abound, And every tear be dry ; We're marching through ImmanuePs ground To fairer worlds on high. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 54, 55. 54. c. m. Pleasure of Worship. 1 O t'was a joyful sound to hear Our tribes devoutly say, Up, Israel, to the temple haste, And keep the solemn day : 2 For there, by his divine command, The sons of God repair, To celebrate his glorious name, And offer praise and prayer. 3 May peace within these sacred walls A constant guest be found ; And calm prosperity and joy Through ail thy courts abound. 4 May everlasting peace be thine ; And happy may they be, Thou holy city of our God, Who bear true love to thee. Tate and Brady, 55. p. m. Public Worship. 1 How pleased and blessed was I To hear the people cry, Come, let us seek our God to-day ; Yes, with a cheerful zeal, We haste to Zion's hill, And there our vows and honors pay. 2 Zion, thrice happy place ! Adorned with wondrous grace, With walls of strength embraced around ; 4 56. PUBLIC WORSHIP. In thee our tribes appear, To pray, and praise, and hear The sacred gospel's joyful sound. 3 May peace attend thy gate, And joy within thee wait, To bless the soul of every guest ; The man who seeks thy peace, And wishes thine increase, A thousand blessings on him rest. Watts. 56, L. M. The pleasure of Worship. 1 How pleasant, how divinely fair, O Lord of Hosts, thy dwellings are ! With long desire my spirit faints, To meet the assembly of thy saints. 2 Blest are the saints, who sit on high, Around thy throne of majesty ; Thy brightest glories shine above, And all their work is praise and love. 3 Blest are the souls, that find a place Within the temples of thy grace ; Beholding there thy gentler rays, They seek thy face and learn thy praise. 4 Cheerful they walk with growing strength, Till all shall meet in heaven at length ; Till all before thy face appear, And join in nobler worship there. Walts. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 57, 58. 57. L. M. Praise. 1 Come, let our voices join to raise A sacred song of solemn praise ; God is a sovereign King ! rehearse His honors in exalted verse. 2 Come, let us hear his voice to-day ; The counsels of his love obey ; He is our shepherd, we the sheep His mercy chose, his pastures keep. 3 Come, let our souls address the Lord, Who formed our natures by his word ; Attend the offered grace to-day, Nor lose the blessing by delay. 4 Seize the kind promise while it waits, And march to Zion's heavenly gates : Believe — and take the promised rest ; Obey — and be forever blest. Watts. 58. L. M. Morning or Evening Worship. 1 My God, accept my early vows, Like morning incense in thy house ; And let my nightly worship rise Sweet as the evening sacrifice. 2 Angels, who make thy church their care, Shall witness my devotion there ; While holy zeal directs my eyes To thy fair temple in the skies. 59. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 3 I'll sing thy truth and mercy, Lord, I'll sing the wonders of thy word ; Thy words my fainting soul revive, And keep my dying faith alive. 4 With all my powers of heart and tongue, I'll praise my Maker in my song ; Angels shall hear the notes I raise, Approve the song, and join the praise. Watts. 59, 8s & 7s. Peace and Pardon. 1 Far from mortal cares retreating — Sordid hopes and fond desires ; Here, our willing footsteps meeting, Every heart to heaven aspires ; From the fount of glory beaming, Light celestial cheers our eyes ; Mercy from above proclaiming Peace and pardon from the skies. 2 Who may share that great salvation 1 Every pure and humble mind ; Every kindred, tongue and nation, From the dross of guilt refined. Blessings all around bestowing, God withholds his care from none ; Grace and love are ever flowing From the fountain of his throne. 3 Every stain of guilt deploring, Firm and bold in virtue's cause, Still thy providence adoring, Faithful to thy holy laws — PUBLIC WORSHIP. 60. Lord, with favor still attend us, Bless us with thy wondrous love, Thou, our Sun and Shield, defend us ; All our hope is from above. J. Taylor. 60. c. m. Reverence in Worship. 1 With reverence let the saints appear, And bow before the Lord ; His high commands with reverence hear, And tremble at his word. 2 How terrible thy glories are ! How bright thine armies shine ! What glory may with thine compare ! What power can rival thine ! 3 The northern pole, and southern, rest On thy supporting hand ; Darkness and day from east to west Move round at thy command. 4 Thy words the raging winds control, And rule the boisterous deep ; Thou makest the sleeping billows roll, The rolling billows sleep. 5 Justice and judgment are thy throne, Yet boundless is thy grace ; And truth and mercy, joined in one, Invite us near thy face. Watts. 4* 61, 62. PUBLIC WORSHIP* 61. L. M. The only living and true God. 1 Eternal God ! almighty cause Of earth and seas, and worlds unknown ; All things are subject to thy laws ; All things depend on thee alone. 2 Thy glorious being singly stands Of all within itself possessed ; By none controlled in thy commands, And in thyself completely blessed. 3 Thine be our hearts, and thine our songs, And to thy glory may we live ; Worship to thee alone belongs, Worship to thee alone we give. 4 Spread thy great name through every land ; In every heart erect thy throne ; Subdue the world to thy command, And as thou art, reign, God alone. Browne. 62. c. m. Formal worship, vain. 1 God is a Spirit, just and wise ; He sees our inmost mind ; In vain to heaven we raise our cries, And leave our hearts behind. 2 Nothing but truth, before his throne With honor can appear ; The painted hypocrites are known Through the disguise they wear. 3 Their lifted eyes salute the skies, Their bended knees the ground ; But God abhors the sacrifice Wherein no heart is found. PUBLIC WORSHIP* 63, 64. 4 Lord, search our thoughts, and try our ways, And make our souls sincere ; Then shall we stand before thy face, And find acceptance there. Watts. 63. c. m. God the only Object of Worship. 1 O God, our strength, to thee the song With grateful hearts we raise ; To thee, and thee alone, belong All worship, love, and praise. 2 In trouble's dark and stormy hour Thine ear hath heard our prayer ; And graciously thine arm of power Hath saved us from despair. 3 And thou, O ever gracious Lord, Wilt keep thy promise still, If meekly hearkening to thy word We haste to do thy will. 4 Led by the light thy grace imparts, We would not bow the knee To idols, which our wayward hearts Bet up instead of thee. Spirit of the Psalms. 64. 8s and 7s. Close of Divine Service. 1 Praise to Him by whose kind favor, Heavenly truth has reached our ears ; May its sweet reviving savor Fill our hearts and calm our fears. 65. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 2 Truth ! how sacred is the treasure ! Teach us, Lord, its worth to know ; Vain the hope, and short the pleasure, Which from other sources flow. 3 What of truth we have been hearing, Fix, O Lord, in every heart ; In the day of thy appearing, May we share thy people's part. 4 Till we leave this world forever, May we live beneath thine eye ; This our aim, our sole endeavor, Thine to live and thine to die. Percy Street Coll. 65. c. m. Close of the Evening Service. 1 Soon will our fleeting hours be past ; And as the setting sun Sinks downward in the radiant west, Our parting beams be gone. 2 May He from whom all blessings flow, Our sacred rites attend, Uniting all in wisdom's ways, Till life's short journey end ; 3 And as the rapid sands run down, Our virtue still improve, Till each receive the glorious crown Of never-fading love. Kippis' Coll. public worship. 66, 67, 68. 66. s7. Close of Service. 1 Father ! bless thy word to all ; Quick and poweiful may it prove ; O, may sinners hear thy call, May thy people grow in love. 2 Father ! bid the world rejoice ; Send thy heavenly truth abroad ; May the nations hear thy voice, Hear it, and return to God. 67. 8s&7s. Dismission Hymn. 1 Lord ! dismiss us with thy blessing", Hope and comfort from above ; Let us each, thy peace possessing, Triumph in redeeming love. 2 Thanks we give, and adoration, For the gospel's joyful sound ; May the fruits of thy salvation In our hearts and lives abound. 68. 7s. Dismission Hymn. 1 Glorious in thy saints appear ; Plant thy heavenly kingdom here ; Shine in each believing heart, Light and life to all impart. 2 Then, in every grace complete, Make us, Lord, for glory meet ; Till we stand before thy sight, Partners of the saints in light. Salisbury Coll. 69. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 69. c. m. The close of Service. 1 Again our ears have heard the voice Which makes the dying live ; O may the sound our hearts rejoice, And strength immortal give. 2 And have we heard the word with joy 1 And have we felt its power ? To keep it be our blest employ To life's extremest hour. Montgomery, DIVINE PROVIDENCE AND PERFECTION. 70. L. M. God our Father. 1 Is there a lone and dreary hour When worldly pleasures lose their power J My Father ! let me fly to thee, And set each thought of darkness free. 2 Is there a time of racking grief That scorns the prospect of relief? My Father ! break the cheerless gloom, And bid my heart its calm resume. 3 Is there an hour of peace and joy When hope is all my soul's employ 1 My Father ! still my hopes will roam, Until they rest with thee, their home. 4 The noontide blaze, the midnight scene, The dawn, or twilight's sweet serene ; The glow of life, the dying hour, Shall own my Father's grace and power. Mrs. Gilman. 71. L. M. God the Father of our spirits. 1 Eternal Source of life and thought, Be all beneath thyself forgot, While thee, great Parent-mind we own, In prostrate homage round thy throne. 72. DIVINE PROVIDENCE. 2 While in themselves our spirits see Some faint reflected rays of thee, They, wondering, to their Father rise ; His power how vast, his thoughts how wise ! 3 O, may our souls accepted stand Beneath our Heavenly Father's hand — That gentle hand, so long our joy, And never lifted to destroy. 4 And may we live before thy face, The willing subjects of thy grace ; And through the path of duty move, With filial awe and filial love. Doddridge. 72. L. M. The numberless Mercies of God. 1 In glad amazement, Lord, I stand Amid the bounties of thy hand ; How numberless those bounties are ; How rich, how various, and how fair ! 2 But O, what poor returns of praise, What lifeless thanks my heart repays ; Lord, I confess with humble shame, My offerings scarce deserve the name. 3 Fain would my laboring heart devise To bring some nobler sacrifice ; It sinks beneath the mighty load ; What shall I render to my God ? 4 In deep abasement, Lord, I see The poor returns I make to thee ; Enrich my soul with grace divine, And make it worthier to be thine. Doddridge. DIVINE PROVIDENCE. 73, 74. 73. C M. Blessings of Providence. 1 Almighty Father ! gracious Lord ! Kind guardian of our days ! Thy mercies let our hearts record In songs of grateful praise. 2 In life's first dawn, our tender frame Was thy indulgent care ; Long ere we could pronounce thy name, Or breathe our infant prayer. 3 When reason with our stature grew, How weak its brightest ray ! How little of our God we knew ! How apt from thee to stray J 4 Lord ! when this mortal frame decays, And every weakness dies, Complete the wonders of thy grace. And take us to the skies. 5 Then shall our joyful powers unite In more exalted lays, And join the happy sons of light In everlasting praise. Mrs. Steele. 74. L. M. Universal Providence. 1 The earth, and all the heavenly frame, Their great Creator's love proclaim ; He gives the sun his genial power, And sends the soft, refreshing shower, 5 75. DIVJNE PROVIDENCE. 2 The earth with plenty blooms again, And yields her various fruits to men ; To men, who from thy bounteous hand Receive the gifts of every land. 3 Nor to the race of man alone Is thy paternal goodness shown ; The tribes of earth, and sea, and air, Enjoy thy universal care. 4 Not even a sparrow yields his breath Till God permits the stroke of death : He hears the ravens when they call, — The Father and the Friend of all. Gibbons, 75. L. M. Temporal Blessings. 1 We bless the Lord ! the just, the good, Who fills our hearts with joy and food, Who pours his blessings from the skies, And crowns our days with rich supplies. 2 'Tis to his care we owe our breath, And all our near escapes from death : Safety and health to God belong — He heals the weak and guards the strong. 3 The widow and the fatherless Fly to his aid in their distress ; He breaks the captive's heavy chain. And prisoners see the light again. 4 Sing to his name ! ye sons of grace ; Ye saints, rejoice before his face ; He 's your defence, your joy, your rest ; Proclaim him king, pronounce him blest. Watts, DIVINE PERFECTION. 76, 77. 76. L. M. Divine Goodness. 1 Triumphant, Lord, thy goodness reigns Through all the wide celestial plains ; And its full streams of mercy flow Round the abodes of men below. 2 The cares of Providence are thine ; Through nature's works its glories shine, But grace erects, within our frame, A fairer temple to thy name. 3 O, give to every human heart To taste and feel how good thou art ; With grateful heart and fervent prayer, To know how blest thy children are. 4 Ye saints, with joy the theme pursue ; Its sweetest notes belong to you, Chosen, by your condescending King, Forever round his throne to sing. Doddridge. 77. c. m. The Goodness of God. 1 Sweet is the memory of thy grace, My God, my heavenly King ; Let age to age, thy righteousness In songs of glory sing. 2 God reigns on high, but ne'er confines His goodness to the skies ; Through the whole earth his bounty shines, And every want supplies. 3 With longing eyes, thy creatures wait On thee for daily food ; 78, 79. DIVINE PERFECTION. Thy liberal hand provides their meat, And fills them all with good. 4 Creatures, through all their endless race, Thy power and praise proclaim ; But those who taste thy richer grace, Delight to bless thy name. Watts. 78. L. M. Divine Goodness. 1 Ye sons of men ! with joy record The various wonders of the Lord ; And let his power and goodness sound Through all your tribes the earth around. 2 Let the high heavens your songs invite, Those spacious fields of living light, Where sun, and moon, and planets roll, And stars that glow from pole to pole. 3 View the broad sea's majestic plains, And think how wide its Maker reigns; That band remotest nations joins, And on each wave his goodness shines. 4 But there's a brighter world above, Where lives and reigns the God of love ; That theme demands an angel's lay, And fills a never-ending day. Doddridge. 79. c. m. Increasing Goodness of God. 1 Jehovah God ! thy gracious power On every hand we see ; DIVINE PERFECTION. 80. O may the blessings of each hour Lead all our thoughts to thee. 2 If on the wings of morn we speed To earth's remotest bound, Thy hand will here our footsteps lead, Thy love, our path surround. 3 Thy power is in the ocean deeps, And reaches to the skies ; Thine eye of mercy never sleeps, Thy goodness never dies. 4 From morn till noon, till latest eve, The hand of Heaven we see ; And all the blessings we receive Descend, O God, from thee. 5 In all the varying scenes of Time, On thee our hopes depend ; Through every age, in every clime, Our Father, and our Friend ! Thomson. 80. c. m. Divine Goodness inexhaustible. 1 Our souls with pleasing wonder view The bounties of thy grace ; How much bestowed, how much reserved For them that seek thy face. 2 Thy liberal hand with worldly bliss Oft makes their cup run o'er ; And in the covenant of thy love They find diviner store. 5* 81. 3DIVIKE PERFECTION. 3 Here mercy hides their many sins ; Here love their hearts renews ; Here thy own reconciled face Doth heavenly beams diffuse. 4 But oh ! what pleasures yet unknown In heaven their eyes shall see ; If such the enjoyments of the way, How blest the home must be ! Doddridge. 81. C. M. Universal Goodness of God. 1 Lord ! thou art good ; all nature shows Its mighty author kind ; Thy bounty through creation flows, Full, free, and unconfined. 2 The whole and every part proclaims Thine infinite good-will ; It shines in stars, it flows in streams, And bursts from every hill. 3 It fills the wide extended main, And heavens that spread more wide ; It drops in gentle showers of rain, And rolls in every tide. 4 Through the vast whole it pours supplies Of joy in every part ; O may such love attract the eye, And captivate the heart ; 5 Our highest admiration raise, Our kind affections move ; Employ our tongues in songs of praise, And fill our hearts with love. Browne. DIVINE PERFECTION. 82, 83. 82. L. M. God our Shepherd. 1 Our shepherd is the living Lord ! Our numerous wants are well supplied ; His providence and holy word Are all our safety and our guide. 2 He makes us feed, he makes us rest, In pastures where salvation grows ; The food is all divinely blest, And living water gently flows. 3 Amid the desert and the deep He is our comfort, he our stay ; His staff supports our weary step, His rod directs our doubtful way. 4 And when we wander through the vale Where death and all its terrors are, Our heart and hope shall never fail, For God, our Shepherd, guards us there. Watts. 83. c. m. God our Shepherd. 1 The Lord himself, the mighty Lord Vouchsafes to be my guide ; The Shepherd, by whose constant care My wants are all supplied. 2 In tender grass he makes me feed, And gently there repose ; Then leads me to cool shades, and where Refreshing water flows. 84. DIVINE PERFECTION. 3 He does my wandering soul reclaim. And, to his endless praise, Instructs with humble zeal to walk In his most holy ways. 4 I pass the gloomy vale of death From fear and danger free ; For there his aiding rod and staff Defend and comfort me. 5 Since God doth thus his wondrous love Through all my life extend, That life to him I will devote, And in his service spend. Tate and Brady. 84. L. M. 6 1. God our Shepherd. 1 The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye : My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend. 2 When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain pant, To fertile vales and dewy meads My weary wandering steps he leads, Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow, Amid the verdant landscape flow. 3 Though in a bare and rugged way Through devious, lonely wilds I stray, Thy bounty shall my pains beguile ; The barren wilderness shall smile, With sudden green and herbage crowned, And streams shall murmur all around. DIVINE PERFECTION. 85, 86. 4 Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord, art with me still. Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade. Addison. 85. s. m. God our Shepherd. 1 The Lord my shepherd is, I shall be well supplied ; Since he is mine, and I am his, What can I want beside ? 2 He leads me to the place Where heavenly pasture grows ; Where living waters gently pass, And full salvation flows. 3 If e'er I go astray, He doth my soul reclaim, And guides me in his own right way, For his most holy name. 4 While he affords his aid, I cannot yield to fear ; Though I should walk through death's dark shade, My Shepherd 's with me there. Watts. 86. L. M. Divine Omnipresence. 1 O God, within thy power I stand, On every side I feel thy hand ; O Power, for mortal reach too high ! Too dazzling for the mortal eye. 87. DIVINE PERFECTION. 2 And could 1 so perfidious be As think of once deserting thee, Where, Lord, could I thy influence shun 1 Or whither from thy presence run ? 3 If I should take the morning's wings, And fly where first the day-break springs, Thy presence, Lord, would follow where The winds could waft, or waters bear. 4 Or should I try to shun thy sight Beneath the sable folds of night, One glance from thee, one piercing ray Would kindle darkness into day. 5 O thou, who seest the heart as soon At midnight as the blaze of noon, Reclaim me when I go astray, And guide me in the heavenward way. Tate and Brady. 87. c. m. God's Omnipresence. 1 The Lord our God is Lord of all ! His station who can find 1 I hear him in the waterfall ! I hear him in the wind ! 2 If in the gloom of night I shroud, His face I cannot fly ; I see him in the morning cloud And in the midnight sky. 3 He lives, he reigns in every land, From winter's polar snows, To where, across the burning sand, The blasting meteor glows. DIVINE PERFECTION. 88. 4 He smiles, we live ; he frowns, we die ; We hang upon his word ; He rears his red right arm on high, And ruin bares the sword. 5 He bids his gales the field deform, Then when his thunders cease, Sits like an angel in the storm, And smiles the winds to peace. Kirke White. 88. c. m. Omnipresence of God. 1 In all my vast concerns with thee, In vain my soul would try To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee The notice of thine eye. 2 Thine all surrounding sight surveys My rising and my rest ; My public walks, my private ways, And secrets of my breast. 3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord Before they're formed within ; And ere my lips pronounce the word, He knows the sense I mean. 4 Oh ! wondrous knowledge, deep and high ! Where can a creature hide 1 Within thy circling arms I lie, Beset on every side. 5 The beams of noon, the midnight hour, Are both alike to thee ; Oh may I ne'er offend that power From which I cannot flee. Wattf. 89, 90. DIVINE PERFECTION. 89. L. M. Omniscience of God. 1 Lord, thou hast searched, and seen me through ; Thine eye commands, with piercing view My rising and my resting hours, My heart and flesh with all their powers. 2 My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known ; He knows the words I mean to speak, Ere from my opening lips they break. 3 Within thy circling power I stand ; On every side I find thy hand ; Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, I am surrounded still with God. 4 Amazing knowledge ! vast and great ! What large extent, what lofty height ! My soul, with all the powers I boast, Is in the boundless prospect lost. Watts. 90. c. m. Omniscience of God. 1 Keep silence, all created things ! And wait your Maker's nod ; My soul stands trembling while she sings The honors of her God. 2 Life, death and hell, and worlds unknown Hang on his firm decree; He sits on no precarious throne, Nor borrows leave to be. DIVINE PERFECTION. 91. 3 His providence unfolds its page, And there his wonders shine ; Each opening leaf, in every age, Fulfils some kind design. 4 My God! I would not wish to see My fate with curious eyes ; What cares and sorrows wait for me, Or what bright prospects rise. 5 In the fair book of life and grace, O, may I find my name Recorded in some humble place, Beneath my Lord, the Lamb. Watts. 91. CM. Wisdom of God. 1 Songs of immortal praise belong To our almighty God ; Be his our heart, and his our tongue, To spread his name abroad. 2 How great the works his hand hath wrought ! How glorious in our sight ! Good men in every age have sought His wonders with delight. 3 How beautiful is nature's frame ! How wise the eternal mind ! His counsels never change the scheme Which his first thoughts designed. 4 Nature, and time, and earth, and skies, Thy heavenly skill proclaim : What shall we do to make us wise But learn to read thy name ? Watts. 92, 93. DIVINE PERFECTION. 92. 7s. Divine Presence. 1 They who seek the throne of grace, Find that throne in every place ; If we love a life of prayer, God is present every where. 2 In our sickness or in health, In our want or in our wealth, If we look to God in prayer, God is present every where. 3 When our earthly comforts fail, When the woes of life prevail, 'Tis the time for earnest prayer, God is present every where. 4 Then, my soul, in every strait To thy Father come and wait ; He will answer every prayer, God is present every where. Methodist Coll. 93. L. M. Trust in God alone. 1 My spirit looks to God alone ; My rock and refuge are his throne ; In all my fears, in all my straits, My soul for his salvation waits. 2 Trust him, ye saints, in all his ways, Pour out your souls before his face ; When helpers fail and foes invade, God is our all-sufficient aid. 3 Make not increasing gold your trust ; Set not your hearts upon the dust ; DIVINE PERFECTION. 94. Why will you grasp the fleeting" shade. And not believe what God hath said 1 4 Once has his awful voice declared, Once and again our ears have heard, All power is his eternal due, And man must fear and trust him too. Watts. 94. c. m. Divine Faithfulness. 1 Begin, my soul, some heavenly theme, And speak some boundless thing ; The mighty works or mightier name Of our eternal King. 2 Proclaim salvation from the Lord For wretched, dying men ; His hand hath written all his word With an immortal pen. 3 Engraved as in eternal brass, The mighty promise shines ; Nor can the powers of darkness rase The everlasting lines. 4 O, tell me that my worthless name Is graven on thy hands ; Show me some promise in thy book Where my salvation stands, 5 Then all the glories of my God My joyful voice shall sing ; And call the nations to adore Their Father and their King. Watts. 95, 96. DIVINE PERFECTION. 95. L. M. The Divine Benignity. 1 How well our great Preserver knows To weigh and to relieve our woes ! And whom like Him shall mortals find, Forever good, forever kind ] 2 Grief for a night, unwelcome guest, Beneath our roof may chance to rest ; But joy, with the returning day, Shall dry the transient tear away. 3 His promise, truth eternal guides, And mercy o'er each act presides ; His strength the fainting spirit cheers, And checks our griefs and calms our fears. 4 Thee will we bless, our God, our King ! And never will we cease to sing The mercy shown us from above, The wonders of redeeming love. Merrick. 96. s. m. Divine Condescension. 1 O Lord, our heavenly king, Thy name is all divine ; Thy glories round the earth are spread ; And o'er the heavens they shine. % When to thy w T orks on high, I raise my wondering eyes J And see the moon in brightness walk Across the kindling skies ; DIVINE PERFECTION. 97. When I behold the gtars, Those radiant files of light ; Lord ! what is man, and all his power, To thy resistless might 1 Lord, what is worthless man ! That thou shouldst love him so ; Next to thine angels he is placed, And lord of all below. How rich thy bounties are ; How wondrous are thy ways ; Thus from decaying dust to form A monument of praise. Watts, 97. s. m. Divine Mercy. 1 Thy mercy and thy love, O Lord, recal to mind ; And graciously continue still As thou wert ever, kind. 2 To me thy truth impart, And lead me in thy way ; May I thy holy will regard, And seek thee all the day. 3 His mercy and his truth Our gracious Lord displays, In bringing wandering sinners home, And teaching them his ways. 4 He guides in kindness all Who his direction seek, And with his arm of power sustains The humble and the meek. 6* 98, 99. DIVINE PERFECTION. 5 Through all the ways of God Both truth and mercy shine, To men whose undivided hearts To his blest will incline. Tate and Brady. 98. L. M. Mercy of God. 1 The Lord ! How wondrous are his ways ! How firm his truth ! how large his grace ! He takes his mercy for his throne, And thence he makes his glories known. 2 High as his glorious power has spread The starry heavens above our head, Our Father's love exceeds our praise, And all the highest hopes we raise. 3 How slowly doth his wrath arise ! On swifter wings salvation flies ; The mighty God, the wise, the just, Remembers that our frame is dust. 4 While weary mortals die as soon As morning flowers which fade at noon, From age to age his love shall reign, Nor children's children trust in vain. Watts. 99. s. m. Divine Favor and Forgiveness. 1 I lift my soul to God ; My trust is in his name ; With my whole heart I' 11 raise my song, Thy wonders to proclaim. DIVIN3 PERFECTION. 100 2 From the first dawning light Till the dark evening rise, For thy salvation, Lord, I wait, With ever-longing eyes. 3 Remember all thy grace, And lead me in thy truth ; Forgive the sins of riper age, And follies of my youth. 4 The Lord is just and kind ; The meek shall learn his ways ; And every humble sinner find The methods of his grace. 5 For his own goodness' sake He saves my soul from shame ; And pardons, though my guilt be great, Through my Redeemer's name. Watts. 100. L. M. God waiting to be gracious. 1 Wait on the Lord, ye heirs of hope, And let his word sustain your soul ; Well can he bear your courage up, And all your fears and foes control. 2 He waits his own well-chosen hour, His promised mercy to display ; And his paternal bosom melts While wisdom dictates the delay. 3 Blest are the humble souls that wait With sweet submission to his will ; Harmonious all their passions move, And in the midst of storms are still 101. DIVINE PERFECTION. 4 They bow submissive to the rod, Their hearts with holy firmness glow ; A promised heaven, a present God, Forbid their rising tears to flow. Doddridge. 101. S. M. Divine Grace. 1 Now to that sovereign grace Whence all our comforts spring, Let all our blest and favored race Their cheerful praises bring. 2 Grace first designed a way To save unworthy man, And all the steps that grace display That drew the wondrous plan. 3 Grace taught our wandeiing feet To tread the heavenly road, And new supplies each hour we need. When pressing on to God. 4 Lord, may this matchless grace, Which all thy children see, Make us, of all thy creatures, prove Forever true to thee. 5 Sacred to thee alone Be all these powers of mine ; Then, in the noblest sense, my own, When most entirely thine. Doddridge. DIVINE PERFECTION. 102, 103. 102. L. M. Divine Protection. 1 Up to the hills I lift mine eyes, The eternal hills, above the skies ; Thence all her help my soul derives, There, my almighty Refuge lives. 2 He lives, the everlasting God, Who built the world, who spread the flood ; The heavens, with all their hosts, he made, And the dark regions of the dead. 3 He guides our feet, he guards our way ; His morning smiles bless all the day ; He spreads the evening veil, to keep The silence while his children sleep. 4 Our spirits, thus divinely blest, May rise secure, securely rest, Safe in the Lord, whose heavenly care Defends our lives from every snare. Watts. 103. c. m. Divine Care. 1 Ye heavens ! send forth your song of praise ; Earth, raise thy voice below ! Let vales and mountains join the hymn, And joy through nature flow. 2 Behold ! how gentle is our God ! And hear the lovely strain With which he wakes the sinking heart To life and peace again. 104, DIVIiNE PERFECTION. 3 Thus when the days of darkness come, We need not sadly mourn, As if the Lord could leave us here, Forsaken and forlorn. 4 Can the foud mother e'er forget The infant whom she bore ? She may forget — its cries may move A parent's heart no more : 5 But God shall hear the lightest prayer His children breathe below ; The fountains of immortal love Shall never cease to flow. Scotch Par? ph. 104. L. M. The Greatness of God. 1 Mr God ! my king ! thy various praise Shall fill the remnant of my days ; Thy grace employ my humble tongue, Till death and glory raise the song. 2 The wings of every hour shall bear Some thankful tribute to thine ear ; And every setting sun shall see New works of duty done for thee. 3 Let distant times and nations raise The long succession of thy praise, And unborn ages make my song The joy and labor of their tongue. 4 But who can speak thy wondrous deeds'? Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds ; Vast and unsearchable thy ways — Vast and immortal be thy praise. Watts. DIVINE PERFECTION. 105, 106. 105. L. M. God our Preserver. 1 Great God ! we sing that mighty hand, By which supported, still we stand ; The opening year thy bounty shows, Thy mercy crowns it to its 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 With grateful hearts the past we own ; The future, all to us unknown, To thee commit with humble prayer, And banish every anxious care. 4 In scenes exalted or depressed, Thou art our joy, and thou our rest ; Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise, Adored, through all our changing days. Doddridge. 106. c. m. God our constant Support. 1 In all the changing scenes of life, In trouble and in joy, The praises of my God shall still My heart and tongue employ. 2 His mercy let the mourner tell ; Till all that are distressed From his example comfort take, And charm their griefs to rest. 107. DIVINE PERFECTION. 3 To Him who dries all tears away, 'Tis just that man should raise The offering of a grateful heart, And echo all his praise. 4 He knows the sorrows of our heart, He hears us when we pray ; And never from a suppliant turns His glorious face away. 5 O God, whom heavenly hosts obey ! How highly blessed is he, Who rests his sorrows, hopes and joys, And all his heart, on thee. Tate and Brcdy. 107. c. m. God our Support. 1 I set the Lord before my face ; He bears my spirit up ; My heart and tongue their joy express, My flesh shall rest in hope. 2 God is my portion and my joy ; His love is my delight ; He gives sweet counsel all the day, And gentle dreams by night. 3 He will reveal the paths of life That lead us to his throne ; His courts immortal pleasure give, His presence, joy unknown. 4 My soul would all her thoughts approve To his all-seeing" eye ; Nor life, nor death, my heart can move, While such a friend is nidi. Watts. D1V1JVE PERFECTION. 108, 109. 108. C. M. God our Deliverer. 1 Look back, my soul, with grateful love, On what thy God has done ; Praise him for his unnumbered gifts, And praise him for his Son. 2 How oft hath his indulgent hand My flowing eyelids dried ; And saved me from impending death, When I in danger cried. 3 When on the bed of pain I lay, With sickness sore oppressed, How oft hath he assuaged my grief, And lulled my eyes to rest. 4 He will in his appointed hour Those bright abodes display, Where sin and sorrow, fear and death, Forever flee away. Doddridge. 109. c. m. God our Strength. 1 Supreme in wisdom as in power, The Rock of Ages stands, Though him thou canst not see, nor trace The working of his hands. 2 He gives the conquest to the weak, Supports the fainting heart, And courage in the evil hour, His heavenly aids impart. 3 Mere human powers shall fast decay, And youthful vigor cease ; 7 110,111. DIVINE PERFECTION. But they that wait upon the Lord, In strength shall still increase. 4 They with unwearied feet shall tread The path of life divine ; With glowing ardor onward move, With growing brightness shine. Scotch Paraph. 110. C. M. God our Portion. 1 God ! my supporter and my hope ! My help, forever near ; Thine arm of mercy holds me up While sinking in despair. 2 Thy counsels, Lord, shall guide my feei Through this dark wilderness ; Thy hand conduct me near thy seat, To dwell before thy face. 3 Behold ! the sinneis that remove Far from thy presence, die ; Not all the idols that they love, Can save them when they cry. 4 But to draw near to thee, my God, Shall be my sweet employ ; My tongue shall sound thy works abroad, And tell the world my joy. Watts. 111. L. M. God our Home, 1 Thou, Lord, through every changing scene, Hast to thy saints a refuge been ; Through every age, eternal God, Their pleasing home, their safe abode. DIVINE PERFECTION. 112. 2 In thee our fathers sought their rest ; In thee our fathers still are blest ; And while the tomb confines their dust, In thee their souls abide and trust. 3 Lo, we are risen, a feeble race, Awhile to fill our fathers' place ; Our helpless state with pity view, And let us share their refuge too. 4 Through all the thorny paths we trace In this uncertain wilderness, When friends desert and foes invade, Revive our heart and guard our head. Doddridge 1 12. C. M. God, our Refuge. 1 How are thy servants blessed, O Lord ! How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, Omnipotence. 2 From all our griefs and straits, O Lord, Thy mercy sets us free, When, in the confidence of prayer, Our souls take hold on thee. 3 In midst of dangers, fears and death, Thy goodness we'll adoie ; And praise thee for thy mercies past, And humbly hope for more. 4 Our lives, while thou preservest our lives, Thy sacrifice shall be ; And O, may death, when death shall come, Unite our souls to thee. Addison. 113,114. DIVINE PERFECTION, 113. L. M. God impartial. 1 Who, gracious Father, can complain Under thy mild and equal reign 1 Who can a weight of duty share More than his soul hath strength to bear 1 2 With differing climes and differing lands, With fertile plains or barren sands, Thy hand hath fvamed this earthly round, And set each nation in its bound. 3 And thus the light from heaven displays Unequal brightness in its rays ; But God unfolds to every eye, Some path that leads it to the sky. 4 Large is the bounty of his hand ; He will a large return demand ; Haste then, life's arduous work pursue, And keep the heavenly prize in view. Scott. 114. L. M. God unchangeable. 1 Great Former of this various frame, Our souls adore thine awful name ; And bow and tremble, while they praise The Ancient of eternal days. 2 Beyond an angel's vision bright, Thou dwell'st in self-existent light ; It shines with undiminished ray, While suns and systems pass away. DIVINE PERFECTION. 115 3 Our days a transient period run, They change with every circling 1 sun ; And in the firmest state we boast, Are bending downwards to the dust. 4 But let creation fall around ; Let death consign us to the ground ; Let the last general flame arise And melt the arches of the skies ; 5 Calm as the summer ocean, we Can all the wreck of nature see ; For grace secures us an abode, Unshaken as the throne of God. Doddridge. 115. C. M. God unchangeable. 1 Through endless years thou art the same, O, ever blessed God ! Ages to come shall know thy name, And spread thy praise abroad. 2 The deep foundations of the earth Of old by thee were laid ; And all the beauteous arch of heaven With matchless skill was made. 3 Soon shall this goodly frame of things, Formed by thy powerful hand, Be like a vesture, laid aside And changed at thy command. 4 But thou, O God, art still the same, And endless are thy days ; Thy bright perfections ever shine With undiminished rays. 7* 116, 117. DIVINE PERFECTION. 5 Thy servants' children, still thy care, Shall own their fathers' God, To latest time thy favor share, And spread thy truth abroad. Tate and Brady. 116. L. M. God Unsearchable. 1 Wait, O my soul, thy Maker's will ; Tumultuous passions, all be still ; Nor let one murmuring thought arise, — His ways are just, his counsels wise. 2 In clouds and darkness he resides ; His work performs, his reason hides ; But makes his grace and justice known, The deep foundations of his throne. 3 There is no power that can withstand The might of his resistless hand ; The hand that showers its gifts of love On all below, and all above. 4 O Father, make us faithful still To do and suffer all thy will ; And though thy ways we may not see, With all our hearts to trust in thee. Beddome. 117. L. M. God Incomprehensible. 1 Can creatures to perfection find The eternal, uncreated mind 1 Or can the largest reach of thought Measure and search his nature out 1 DIVINE PERFECTION. 118. 2 "Pis high as heaven, 'tis deep as hell ; And what can mortals know or tell ] His glory spreads beyond the sky, And all the shining worlds on high. 3 He frowns, and darkness veils the moon ; The fainting sun grows dim at noon ; The pillars of heaven's starry roof Tremble and start at his reproof. 4 These are a portion of his ways ; But who can utter all his praise 1 Who can endure his light, or stand To hear the thunders of his hand ? Watts. 118. L. M. The God Unknown. 1 Thou, mighty Lord, art God alone, The King of majesty unknown, And all thy dazzling glories rise Above the reach of angels' eyes. 2 Yet through this earth thy works proclaim The knowledge of thy reverend name, And where thy gracious gospel shines, We read it in the fairest lines. 3 But Oh ! how few of all our race Have learned thy nature and thy ways ; While thousands even in lands of light Are buried in the darkest night. 4 They tread thy courts, thy word they hear, And to thy solemn rites draw near ; Yet, though salvation seems so nigh, Because they know not God, they die. Doddridge. 119, 120. DIVINE PERFECTION. 1 19. L. M. The Unknown God. 1 Great God ! in vain man's narrow view Attempts to look thy nature through ; Our laboring powers with reverence own Thy glories never can be known. 2 Not the high seraph's mighty thought, Who countless years his God has sought, Such wondrous height or depth can find, Or fully trace thy boundless mind. 3 And yet thy kindness deigns to show Enough for mortal man to know ; For w T isdom, goodness, power divine, Through all thy works and conduct shine. 4 O, may our souls with rapture trace Thy works of nature and of grace ; Explore thy sacred truth, and still Press on to know and do thy will. Kippis. 120. L. M. The God of the Seasons. 1 At God's command the morning ray Smiles in the east and brings the day ; He guides the sun's declining wheels Over the tops of western hills. 2 Seasons and times obey his voice ; The evening and the morn rejoice To see the earth made soft with showers, Laden with fruit and dressed with flowers. 3 The desert grows a fruitful field, Abundant food the pastures yield ; DIVINE PERFECTION. 121, 122* The vallies breathe a cheerful voice* And mountains echo back their joys* 4 On every plain his glories shine, His works proclaim his power divine ; In every month his gifts appear ; Great God ! thy goodness crowns the year. Watts. 121. C. M. Man and Nature uniting in Praise. 1 Lord of the world's majestic frame ! Stupendous are thy ways ; Thy various works declare thy name, Resounding with thy praise. 2 The heavens thy matchless skill display, With all the stars of light ; The splendid sun that shines by day, The silver moon by night. 3 And while those radiant orbs of light, That shine from pole to pole, In silent harmony unite To praise thee as they roll, — 4 O, shall not we, of human race, Attempt the theme divine 1 Shall not the children of thy grace The glorious concert join ? Jervis. 122. 7 s. Praise to the God of Nature. 1 Thou, who dwell'st enthroned above ! Thou, in whom we live and move ! 123. DIVINE PERFECTION. Thou, in whom thy children die ! God, forever great and high ! 2 O, how sweet, how excellent, 'Tis, when tongues and hearts consent, Grateful hearts and joyful tongues, Hymning thee in tuneful songs. 3 When the morning gilds the skies, When the stars of evening rise, We thy praises will record, Sovereign Ruler, mighty Lord. 4 Does the spring-flower paint the field 1 Does the earth its harvests yield ? Lord, from thee these blessings flow, Giver of all good below. 5 Sovereign Ruler ! mighty Lord ! We thy praises will record : Giver of all blessings, we Pour our grateful songs to thee. Sandys. 123. c m. Nature praises God. 1 The heaven declares thy glory, Lord, W T hich that alone can fill ; The firmament and stars proclaim Thy wonders and thy will. The dawn of each returning day Fresh beams of knowledge brings ; And from the dark returns of night Divine instruction springs. DIVIDE PERFECTION. 124. 2 Thine is the cheerful day, and thine The calm returns of night ; Thou hast prepared the glorious sun, And every gentler light ; By thee the borders of the earth In perfect order stand ; The summer heat and wintry cold Attend on thy command. 3 O may thy law convert the soul; Reclaim from false desire ; And may thy wonders and thy word The darkest minds inspire ; So shall our prayers and praises be With thine acceptance blest ; And we, secure on thy defence, Our strength and Saviour, rest. Tate and Brady. 124. c. m. God's Power in the Elements. 1 The Lord our God is full of might ! The winds obey his will ! He speaks, and in his heavenly height The rolling sun stands still. 2 Rebel, ye waves, and o'er the land With threatening aspect roar ! The Lord uplifts his awful hand, And chains you to the shore. 3 Howl, winds of night, your force combine ! Without his high behest, Ye shall not in the mountain pine Disturb the sparrow's nest. 125. DIVINE PERFECTION. 4 His voice sublime is heard afar ; In distant peals it dies ; He yokes the whirlwind to his car And sweeps the sounding skies. 5 Ye nations, bend, in reverence bend ; Ye monarchs, wait his nod ; And bid the choral song ascend To celebrate your God. Kirke White. 125. L. M. Nature and the Gospel. 1 The heavens declare thy glory, Lord ! In every star thy wisdom shines ; But when our eyes behold thy word, We read thy name in fairer lines. 2 The rolling sun, the changing heaven, And nights and days, thy power confess ; But the blest volume thou hast given Reveals thy justice and thy grace. 3 Sun, moon, and stars, convey thy praise Round the whole earth, and never stand ; So when thy truth began its race, It touched and glanced on every land. 4 Nor shall thy spreading Gospel rest Till through the earth thy truth has run ; Till Christ hath all the nations blessed, That see the light or feel the sun. Watts. DIVINE PERFECTION. 126, 127. 126. L. M. 6 1. The Book of Nature. 1 Great God ! the heaven's well-ordered frame Declares the glory of thy name, There thy rich works of wonder shine ; A thousand starry beauties there, A thousand radiant marks appear, Of boundless skill and power divine. 2 From night to day, from day to night, The dawning and the dying light Lectures of heavenly wisdom read ; With silent eloquence, they raise Our thoughts to our Creator's praise, And neither sound nor language need, 3 Yet thy divine instructions run Far as the journies of the sun ; Thy light and truth are known abroad ; We see thy smile in Nature's face, And in the pages of thy grace We read, the glories of our God. Watts. 127. L. M. The voice of God in his Works. The spacious firmament on high, And all the blue ethereal sky Spangled with stars, a shining frame, Their Great Original proclaim. The unwearied sun from day to day Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand. 8 128 DIVINE PERFECTION. 2 Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale ; And nightly, to the listening earth, Repeats the story of her birth : While all the stars that round her bum, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole, 3 What though in solemn silence all Move round this dark terrestrial ball ; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found ; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, Forever singing as they shine, ' The hand that made us is divine.' Addison. 128. L. M. The God of Nature. 1 My God ! all nature owns thy sway; Thou givest the night and thou the day ; When all thy loved creation wakes, When morning rich in lustre breaks, And bathes in dew the opening flower, To thee we owe her fragrant hour ; And when she pours her choral song, Her melodies to thee belong. 2 Or when, in purer tints arrayed, The evening slowly spreads her shade — That soothing shade, that grateful gloom, Can, more than day's enlivening bloom, DIVINE PERFECTION. 129. Still every fond and vain desire, And calmer, purer thoughts inspire, From earth the pensive spirit free, And lead the softened heart to thee. As o'er thy work the seasons roll, And soothe, with change of bliss, the eoul, O, never may their smiling train Pass o'er the human sense in vain ; But oft, as on their charms we gaze, Attune the wandering soul to praise ; And be the joys that most we prize, The joys that from thy favor rise H. M. Williams. 129. c. m. Praise. 1 How shall we praise the eternal God 1 The infinite unknown ; Who can ascend his high abode, Or venture near his throne 1 2 The great Invisible ! he dwells Concealed in dazzling light ; But his all-searching eye reveals The secrets of the night. 3 Those watchful eyes, that never sleep, Survey the world around ; His wisdom is a boundless deep, Where all our thoughts are drowned. 4 Speak we of strength ] his arm is strong To save or to destroy ; Infinite years his praise prolong, And endless is his joy. 130, 131. DIVINE PERFECTION. 5 May this great God our guardian prove Through all our coming days ; Then shall our spirits all be love, And all our powers be praise. Watts. 130. c. m. Praise to God. 1 Sing to the Lord Jehovah's name, And in his strength rejoice ; When his salvation is our theme, Exalted be our voice. 2 With thanks approach his awful seat, And psalms of honor sing ; The Lord 's a God of boundless might, The whole creation's King. 3 Earth, with its caverns dark and deep, Lies in his spacious hand ; He showed the seas what bounds to keep, And where the hills must stand. 4 Let princes hear, let angels know, How mean their natures seem ; Those gods on high, and gods below — When once compared with Him. 5 Come ! and with humble souls adore, Come ! kneel before his face ; Oh ! may the creatures of his power Be children of his grace. Watts. 131. L. M. Praise to God. 1 Give to the Lord immortal praise ; Mercy and truth are all his ways ; DIVINE PERFECTION. 132. Wonders of grace to God belong ; Repeat his mercies in your song. 2 Give to the Lord of lords renown ; The King of kings with glory crown ; His mercies ever shall endure, When lords and kings are known no more. 3 He sent his Son, with power to save From guilt and darkness and the grave ; Wonders of grace to God belong ; Repeat his mercies in your song. 4 Through this vain world he guides our feet, And leads us to his heavenly seat ; His mercies ever shall endure, When this vain world shall be no more. Watts. 132. c. m. Praise to God. 1 Long as I live I'll bless thy name, My King, my God of love ; My work and joy shall be the same In the bright world above. 2 Great is the Lord ; his power unknown : And let his praise be great ; I'll sing the honors of his throne, His works of grace repeat. 3 The Lord supports our helpless days, And leads our giddy youth ; Holy and just are all thy ways, And all thy ways are truth. 4 Fathers to sons shall teach thy name, And children learn thy ways ; Ages to come thy truth proclaim, And sound thy lasting praise. Watts. 8* JESUS CHRIST AND THE SCRIPTURES. 133. c. m. The Mission of Christ. 1 Hark ! the glad sound, the Saviour comes ; The Saviour, promised long ; Let every heart a throne prepare, And every voice a song. 2 On him the Spirit, largely poured, Exerts its holy fire ; Wisdom and might, and zeal and love, His sacred breast inspire. 3 He comes, the prisoners to release In wretched bondage held ; The gates of brass before him burst, The iron fetters yield. 4 He comes, from thickest films of vice To clear the mental ray, And on the eyeballs of the blind To pour celestial day. 5 Our glad hosannas, Prince of peace, Thy welcome shall proclaim ; And heaven's eternal arches ring With thy beloved name. Doddridge. JESUS CHRIST. 134, 135. 134. C. M. Coming of Christ. 1 Joy to the world ! the Lord 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 men their songs employ, While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains, Repeat the sounding joy. 3 No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground ; He comes to make his blessings flow To earth's remotest bound. 4 He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of his righteousness, And wonders of his love. Watts. 135. c. m. The Baptism of Jesus. 1 See from on high a light divine On Jesus' head descend ! And hear the sacred voice from heaven That bids us all attend. 2 c This is my well beloved Son, 5 Proclaimed the voice divine ; * Hear him,' his heavenly Father said, 1 For all his words are mine.' 136. JESUS CHRIST. 3 His mission thus confirmed from heaven, The great Messiah came, And heavenly wisdom showed to man In God his Father's name. 4 The path of heavenly peace he showed, That leads to bliss on high ; Where all his faithful followers here Shall live, no more to die. Exeter Coll. 136. L. M. Example of Christ. 1 I bead my duty in the Word Of my Redeemer and my Lord ; But in his life the law appears Drawn out in living characters. 2 Such was his truth and such his zeal, Such deference to his Father's will, His love and meekness so divine, I would transcribe and make them mine. 3 Cold mountains and the midnight air Witnessed the fervor of his prayer ; The desert his temptations knew, His conflicts, and his victories too. 4 He is our pattern ; may we bear More of his gracious image here : And may we trace the steps he trod, Which lead to virtue and to God. Watts. JESUS CHRIST. 137, 138. 137. L. M. Example of Jesus. 1 Whene'er the angry passions rise, And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife, On Jesus let us fix our eyes, Bright pattern of the Christian life. 2 O how benevolent and kind ! How mild, how ready to forgive I Be his the temper of our mind, And his the rule by which we live. 3 To do his heavenly Father's will, Was his employment and delight ; Humility and holy zeal Shone through his life divinely bright. 4 Dispensing good where'er he came, The labors of his life were love ; If then we own the Saviour's name, By his example let us move. Mrs. Steele. 138. L. M. Christ laboring almost in vain. 1 And did the Son of God complain, That he had spent his strength in vain, And stretched his hands for days and )^ears, To men, unmoved by words or tears 1 2 How hard the hearts that could withstand The efforts of the Saviour's hand ! How kind the Son of Man, to bleed Where words and tears could not succeed ! 139. JESUS CHRIST. 3 Fall down, our souls, in humble woe, That we have wronged his goodness so ; And let his gracious kindness move The cold, forgetful heart, to love. 4 May he, whose right it is to reign, Reap all the fruit of all his pain ; And till a nobler scene appear Begin the happy conquest here. Doddridge 6' 139. 7s. Resurrection of Jesus. 1 Angel ! roll the stone away ! Death ! give up thy mighty prey ! See, he rises from the tomb Glowing in immortal bloom. 2 Shout, ye saints, in rapturous song ; Let the notes be sweet and strong ; Hail the Son of God, this morn, From his sepulchre new-born ! 3 Christians, dry your flowing tears ; Calm those unbelieving fears ; Doubt no more his power to save, See his own deserted grave. 4 Powers of heaven, celestial choirs ! Sing and sweep your sounding lyres ; Sons of men, in joyful strain Hail your mighty Saviour's reign. 5 Every note with rapture swell, And the Saviour's triumph tell ; Where, O death, is now thy sting 1 Where thy terrors, vanquished king ? Scott. JESUS CHRIST. 140, 141 140. 7s. Resurrection of Christ. 1 Christ the Lord is risen to-day, Sons of men and angels say ; Raise your joys and triumphs high, Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply. 2 Love's redeeming work is done, The battle fought, the victory won : Lo ! our sun's eclipse is o'er ; Lo ! he sets in blood no more. 3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal ; Christ hath burst the gates of hell ; Death in vain forbids his rise, Christ has opened Paradise. 4 Lo ! he lives, our glorious king ! Where, O death, is now thy sting ] Dying once, he all doth save ; Where thy victory now, O grave 1 Wesley's Coll. 141. 7s. The ascension and exaltation of Jesus Christ, 1 Hail the day that sees him rise, Ravished from our wishful eyes ; Christ, awhile to mortals given, Now ascends his native heaven. 2 There the splendid triumph waits ; Lift your heads, eternal gates, Wide unfold the radiant scene ; Take the king of glory in. 3 Him though highest heaven receives, Still he loves the earth he leaves ; Though ascending to his throne, Still he calls mankind his own. 142. JESUS CHRIST. 4 Ever upwards let us move, Wafted on the wings of love ; Looking when our Lord shall come, Longing for a heavenly home. 5 There with thee may we remain, Partners of thine endless reign ; There thy face unclouded see, Finding all our heaven in thee. Salisbury Coll. 142. L. M. The kingdom of Christ. 1 Great God ! whose universal sway The known and unknown worlds obey ; Now give the kingdom to thy Son, Extend his power, exalt his throne. 2 The sceptre well becomes his hand, And all submit to his commands ; His worship and his fear shall last, Till hours, and years, and time be past. 3 As rain on meadows newly mown, So shall he send his influence down ; His grace on fainting souls distils Like heavenly dew on thirsty hills. 4 The saints shall flourish in his days, Dressed in the robes of joy and praise ; Peace, like a river, from his throne Shall flow to nations yet unknown. Watts. JESUS CHRIST. 143, 144. 143. L. M. The spread of Christ's kingdom. 1 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journies run ; His kingdom reach from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 2 For him shall endless prayer be made ; And praises throng to crown his head ; His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise With every morning 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 Blessings abound where'er he reigns ; The prisoner leaps to loose his chains ; The weary find eternal rest, And all the sons of want are blessed. Watts. 144. c. m. Christ's Intercession. 1 Now let our cheerful eyes survey Our great High Priest above, And celebrate his constant care, And sympathising love. 2 The names of all his saints he bears Engraven on his heart ; Nor shall the meanest Christian say That he hath lost his part. 3 Those characters shall fair abide, Our everlasting trust, When gems, and monuments, and crowns, Are mouldered back to dust. 9 145. JESUS CHRIST. 4 Thus, gracious Saviour, on my breast May thy dear name be worn, A sacred ornament and guard, To endless ages borne. Doddridge. 145. H. M. Christ seen of Angels. 1 O ye immortal throng Of angels round the throne, Join with our feeble song To make the Saviour known : His beauteous face In heaven ye view. On earth ye knew His wondrous grace ; 2 Ye saw the heaven-born child In human flesh arrayed, Benevolent and mild, And in a manger laid ; For such a birth Proclaimed aloud. And praise to God, And peace on earth, 3 Around his sacred tomb A willing watch ye keep. Till that blest moment come To raise him from his sleep. Then rolled the stone, And all adored Your rising Lord With joy unknown. 4 The warbling notes pursue And louder anthems raise ; While mortals sing with you Their own Redeemer's praise : And thou, my heart, With equal flame. And joy the same, Perform thy part. Doddridge. JESUS CHRIST. 146, 147. 146. s. m. The Root of Jesse, the Bright Morning Star. 1 We hail the anointed King Of David's ancient root ; The righteous branch, which thence did spring To give the nations fruit. 2 Our weary souls shall rest Beneath its friendly shade ; Our thirsty lips salvation taste, Our fainting hearts are glad. 3 Fair Morning Star, arise ! With living glories bright, And pour on these awakening eyes A flood of living light. 4 The dreary gloom is fled Before thy rising ray ; Shine, and our wandering footsteps lead To everlasting day. Doddridge. 147. L. M. The Sun of Righteousness. 1 To thee, O God, we homage pay, — Source of the light that rules the day ; Who, while he gilds all nature's frame, Reflects thy love, and speaks thy name. 2 In louder strains we sing that grace That gives the sun of righteousness ; Whose nobler light salvation brings, And scatters healing from his wings. 3 Quickened by him, our souls shall live ; His beams reviving warmth can give : Still on our hearts may Jesus shine With rays of light and love divine. 148, 149. JESUS CHRIST. 4 O may his glory stand confessed, From north to south, from east to west ; And through his heavenly circle run, A bright and never-setting sun. Doddridge. 148. L. M. Divine Glory reflected in Christ. 1 Now to the Lord a noble song ! Awake, my soul, aw T ake my tongue ; Hosanna to the Eternal name, And all his boundless love proclaim. 2 The spacious earth and spreading flood Proclaim the wise, the powerful God ; And thy rich glories from afar Sparkle in every rolling star. 3 But in the gospel of thy Son Are all thy mightiest works outdone ; The light it pours upon our eyes Outshines the wonders of the skies. 4 Our spirits kindle in its beam ; It is a sweet, a glorious theme : Ye angels, dwell upon the sound ; Ye heavens, reflect it to the ground. Watts. 149. L. M. Mercy of God through Christ. Immortal God ! on thee we call, The great Original of all ! By thee we are, to thee we tend, Our sure support, our glorious end. JESUS CHRIST. 150, 2 We praise thy free, thy heavenly grace, Which pitied our revolted race ; And Jesus, our victorious head, The Captain of salvation made. 3 He, thine eternal love decreed Should many souls to glory lead ; And rich supplies through him are given To fit us for the joys of heaven. 4 This theme shall here inspire our tongues, And raise to heaven our noblest songs ; A scene of wonders here we see, Worthy thy Son, and worthy Thee. Doddridge. 150. s. m. Pardon through Christ. 1 Raise your triumphant songs To an immortal tune ; Let the wide earth resound the deeds Celestial grace hath done. 2 Sing, how eternal love Its best beloved chose, And bade him raise our sinful race From an abyss of woes. 3 Pardon and peace from heaven Jesus proclaims abroad, And brings to erring, guilty man, Sure mercy from his God. 4 Then, sinners, dry your tears, Let hopeless sorrow cease ; Bow to the sceptre of his love, And take the offered peace. 9* 151, 152. JESUS CHRIST. 5 Lord, we obey thy call ; We lay an humble claim To the salvation thou hast sent, And bless and praise thy name. Watts. 151. C. M. The Christian perfected through Christ. 1 Father of peace, and God of love ! We own thy power to save ; That power by which our shepherd rose, Victorious from the grave. 2 We triumph in that shepherd's love, Still watchful for our good ; Who brought thy mercy from above, And sealed it with his blood. 3 So may thy Spirit seal our souls, And mould them to thy will, That our fond hearts no more may stray, But keep thy covenant still. 4 Still may we gain superior strength, And still thy grace be given ; Till full perfection crown our hopes, And all are blest in heaven. Doddridge. 152. L. M. Christ our Saviour. 1 Buried in shadows of the night We lay till Christ restored the light, Till wisdom came to heal the blind, And chase the darkness of the mind. JESUS CHRIST. 153. 2 Through him, O God, thy sons possess Grace, wisdom, power and righteousness ; Thou art our mighty all, and we Give our whole selves, through him, to thee. 3 The Saviour takes delight to view The contrite spirit formed anew, And saints and angels join to sing The growing empire of their king. Watts. 153. L. M. Not ashamed of Jesus Christ. 1 Jesus ! and shall it ever be 1 A mortal man ashamed of thee ! Ashamed of thee whom angels praise, Whose glories shine through endless days ! 2 Ashamed of Jesus ! sooner far Let evening blush to own its star ; He sheds the beams of life divine On this benighted soul of mine. 3 Ashamed of Jesus ! that dear friend, On whom my hopes of heaven depend ; No, when I blush, be this my shame, That I no more revere his name. 4 Ashamed of Jesus ! yes, I may, When I've no guilt to wash away ; No tear to dry, no good to crave, No fears to calm, no soul to save. 5 Till then, nor is my boasting vain, Till then I boast my Saviour slain ; And O, may this my glory be, That Christ is not ashamed of me ! Gregg. 154, 155. THE SCRIPTURES, 154. c. m. Ashamed of Jesus. 1 Is there on earth a nobler name Than Jesus to be found? Who can assert a higher claim, Or more with truth abound 1 2 The Son of God, adorned with grace, Commissioned from above, He bears to our rebellious race The messages of love. 3 How noble were the truths he taught ! How pure the life he led ! And shall another Lord be sought, And we disown our head 1 4 Ashamed of Jesus ! shall we let Our heavenly prospects go ? And madly, at defiance set The threats of future woe 1 5 Forbid it, Lord ; nor let us yield To this unworthy shame ; But each with holy courage filled, Rejoice in Jesus' name. Exeter Coll. 155. L. M. The Gospel. 1 God, in the Gospel of his Son, Makes his eternal counsels known ; 'Tis here, his richest mercy shines, And truth is drawn in fairest lines. THE SCRIPTURES. 156. 2 Wisdom its dictates here imparts, To form our minds and cheer our hearts ; Its influence makes the sinner live, Its words immortal peace can give. 3 Our raging passions it controls, And comfort yields to contrite souls ; It brings a better world in view, And guides us all our journey through. 4 May this blest volume ever lie Close to my heart and near my eye ; To life's last hour my soul employ, And fit me for the heavenly joy. BedtJome. 156. L. M. The Gospel of Christ. 1 God, who in various methods told His mind and will to those of old, Hath sent his Bon with truth and grace, To teach us in these latter days. 2 The world shall read the sacred page, That stands the same through every age ; There God reveals his gracious plan Of life to undeserving man. 3 His kindest thoughts are there expressed, To make his children wise and blessed ; The doctrines are divinely true, For counsel and for comfort too. 4 The lands which long in darkness lay, Have now beheld the heavenly ray ; Nations which slept in death's cold night, Rejoice in beams divinely bright. Watts. 157, 158. THE SCRIPTURES. 157. c. m. The Gospel. 1 Father of mercies I in thy wore! What endless glory shines ! Forever be thy name adored For these celestial lines. 2 Here may the wretched sons of want Exhaustless riches find ; Riches above what earth can grants And lasting as the mind. 3 Here the Redeemer's gentle voice Spreads heavenly peace around: And life and everlasting joys Attend the blissful sound. 4 Divine Instructer ! gracious Lord ! Be thou forever near ; Teach me to love thy sacred word, And read salvation there. Mrs. Steele. 158. 7s. Invitations of the Gospel. 1 Come ! said Jesus' sacred voice, Come and make my paths your choice ; I will guide 3 r ou to your home ; Weary pilgrim, hither come ! 2 Thou who houseless, sole, forlorn, Long hast borne the proud world's scorn, Long hast roamed the barren waste, W^eary pilgrim, hither haste ! 3 Ye who tossed on beds of pain, Seek for ease, but seek in vain ; THE SCRIPTURES. 159. Ye, whose swollen and sleepless eyes Watch, to see the morning rise ; 4 Ye, by fiercer anguish torn, In remorse for guilt who mourn, Here repose your heavy care ; A wounded spirit who can bear ! 5 Sinner, come ! for here is found Balm that flows for every wound ; Peace that ever shall endure ; Rest eternal, sacred, sure. Barbauld. 159. c. m. The invitation of the Gospel. 1 Let every mortal ear attend, And every heart rejoice ; The trumpet of the Gospel sounds With an inviting voice. 2 Ho ! all ye hungry, starving souls, Who feed upon the wind, And vainly strive, with earthly toys To fill an empty mind, — 3 Eternal wisdom has prepared A soul-reviving feast, And bids your longing appetites The rich provision taste. 4 Ho ! ye who pant for living streams, And pine away and die ; Here 3'ou may quench your raging thirst With springs that never dry. 160, 161. THE SCRIPTURES. 5 The happy gates of Gospel grace Stand open night and day; Lord, we are come to seek supplies And drive our wants away. Watts. 160, L. M. Invitations of the Gospel. 1 Come hither, all ye weary souls ; Ye heavy laden sinners, come ; I'll give you rest from all your toils, And raise you to my heavenly home. 2 They shall find rest who learn of me ; I'm of a meek and lowly mind ; But passion rages like the sea, And pride is restless as the wind. 3 Blest is the man whose shoulders take My yoke, and hear it with delight ; My yoke is easy to his neck, My grace shall make the burden light. 4 Jesus ! we come at thy command ; With faith, and hope, and humble zeal, Resign our spirits to thy hand, To form and guide them at thy will. Watts. 161. S. M. Blessedness of the Gospel. 1 How beautiful their feet Who stand on Zion's hill ! Who bring salvation on their tongues. And words of peace reveal. THE SCRIPTURES. 162. 2 How happy are oar ears Who hear the joyful sound Which kings and prophets waited for And sought, but never found. 3 How blessed are our eyes That see this heavenly light ! Prophets and kings desired it long, But died without the sight. 4 The watchmen join their voice, And tuneful notes employ; Jerusalem breaks forth in songs, And deserts learn the joy. 5 The Lord makes bare his arm Through all the world abroad ; Let all the nations now adore Their Father and their God. Watts. 162. c. m. Blessing of the Gospel. 1 Blest are the souls that hear and know The Gospel's joyful sound ! Peace shall attend the paths they go, And light their steps surround. 2 Their joy shall bear their spirits up, Through the Redeemer's name ; His righteousness exalts their hope, Nor dares the world condemn. 3 The glorious tidings from above Hath all the nations blessed ; God saves the children of his love, And gives the weary rest. 10 Watts. 163, 164. THE SCRIPTURES. 4 The Lord, our glory and defence, Strength and salvation gives ; Israel ! thy King forever reigns, Thy God forever lives. 165. c. m. Value of the Scriptures. 1 How precious is the book divine, By inspiration given ! Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine, To lead our souls to heaven. 2 O'er all the straight and narrow way Its radiant beams are cast ; A light whose never weary ray Grows brightest at the last. 3 It sweetly cheers our fainting hearts In this dark vale of tears ; Life, light, and comfort it imparts, And calms our anxious fears. 4 This lamp through all the dreary night Of life shall guide our way, Till we behold the glorious light Of never-ending day. Rippon's Coll. 164. H. M. The efficacy of the Gospel. 1 Mark the soft-falling showers Of the reviving rain ! To heaven, from which it came It turns not back again ; But waters earth Through all her pore?, And calls forth all Her ?ecret ^tore?. THE SCRIPTURES. 165 2 Arrayed in lovely green The hills and vallies shine ; And man and beast are fed By Providence divine : The harvest bows The copious seed Its golden ears, | Of future years. 3 So, saith the God of grace, My Gospel shall descend, Almighty to effect The purpose I intend : Millions of souls Shall feel its power, And bear it down To millions more. Doddridge. 165. c. m. Glory of tlie Word. 1 A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic, like the sun ; It gives a light to every age, — It gives, but borrows none. 2 The hand that gave it, still supplies The gracious light and heat ; Its truths upon the nations rise, — They rise, but never set. 3 Let everlasting thanks be thine, For such a bright display, As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heavenly day. 4 My soul rejoices to pursue Its light of peace and love, Till glory break upon my view In brighter worlds above. Cowper. 166, 167. THE SCRIPTURES, 166. s. m. Light and Freedom in the Gospel. 1 The traveller, lost in night, Breathes many a longing sigh ; And marks the welcome dawn of light With rapture in his eye. 2 Thus sweet the dawn of day Which weary sinners find, When mercy, with reviving ray, Beams o'er the fainting mind. 3 To slaves oppressed with chains, How kind, how dear the friend, Whose generous hand relieves their pains And bids their sorrows end. 4 Thus dear the Friend divine, Who rescues captive souls ; Unbinds the galling chains of sin, And all its power controls. 5 My God 1 to Gospel light My dawn of hope I owe ; Once wandering in the shades of night, And lost in hopeless woe. 6 Thy hand redeemed the slave, And set the prisoner free ; Be all I am, and all I have, Devoted, Lord, to thee. Mrs. Steele 167. s. m. The Word of God. 1 God of the prophets' power ! God of the Gospel's sound ! Ride glorious on — send out thy voice To all the nations round. THE SCRIPTURES. 168. 2 With heart and lips unfeigned We bless thee for thy word ; We praise thee for the joyful news Of our ascended Lord. 3 O may we treasure well The counsels that we hear, Till righteousness and solemn joy In all our hearts appear. 4 Water the sacred seed, And give it large increase ; May neither fowls, nor rocks, nor thorns, Prevent the fruits of peace. 5 And though we sow in tears, Our souls at last shall come, And gather in our sheaves with joy, At heaven's great harvest-home. 6 The labor of our life Shall end in heavenly rest, Where every tear is dried away, And every heart is blest. Dyer's Coll. 168. S. M. Nature and Scripture. 1 Behold, the lofty sky Declares its maker, God ! And all the starry worlds on high Proclaim his power abroad. 10* 169. THE SCRIPTURES* 2 The darkness and the light Still keep their course the same, While night to day and day to night Divinely teach his name. 3 In every different land Their general voice is known ; They show the wonders of his hand, And orders of his throne. 4 Ye Christian lands, rejoice ! To you his word is given ; We are not left, from nature's voice To learn the path to heaven. 5 His statutes and commands Are set before our eyes ; He puts his Gospel in our hands, Where our salvation lies. Watts 169. s. m. The Law and the Gospel. 1 The law by Moses came ; But peace, and truth, and love, Were brought by Christ, a nobler name, Descending from above. 2 Within the house of God Their different works were done ; Moses a faithful servant stood, But Christ a faithful son. 3 Then to his new commands Be strict obedience paid ; O'er all his Father's house he stands, The sovereign and the head. THE SCRIPTURES. 170. 4 My soul, forever praise, Forever love his name, Who turns thee from the dangerous ways Of folly, sin and shame. 5 He leads his heavenly flock Where living fountains rise, And love divine shall wipe away The sorrows from their eyes. Watts. 170. c. m. The Law and Gospel compared. 1 Not to the terrors of the Lord, The tempest, fire and smoke, Not to the thunder of that word Which God on Sinai spoke — 2 But we are come to Zion's hill, The city of our God, Where milder words declare his will, And breathe his love abroad. 3 Behold the innumerable host Of angels clothed in light ; Behold the spirits of the just Whose faith is turned to sight. 4 Behold the blest assembly there Whose names are found in heaven, Where God, the judge of all, declares Their earthly sins forgiven. THE SCRIPTURES. 5 In such society as this My weary soul would rest ; The man who dwells where Jesus is Must be forever blest. Watts. LIFE, DEATH, AND ETERNITY. 171. C. M. Youth. 1 By Siloam's cool and shady rill How sweet the lily grows ! How sweet the breath, beneath the hill, Of Sharon's dewy rose. 2 And such the child, whose early feet The paths of peace have trod ; Whose heart, inspired by influence sweet, Is rising up to God. 3 By Siloam's cool and shady rill The lily must decay ; The rose that blooms beneath the hill Must shortly fade away. 4 And soon, too soon, the wintry hour Of man's maturer age Will shake the soul with sorrow's power, And passion's stormy rage. 5 Like Him, whose early feet were found Within his Father's shrine, Whose years, with changeless virtue crowned, Were all alike divine ; 6 O gracious Father, full of fears, We seek thy grace alone, In youth, and all succeeding years, To keep us still thine own. Heber. 172, 173. LIFE, DEATH, &C. 172. C. M. Youth. 1 The morn of life, how fair and gay ! How cheering and how new ! What hopes illume their opening day, And brighten every view. 2 But slippery is the path they tread, In pleasure's dangerous way ; A thousand snares are round them spread, And oft their feet betray. 3 How shall they, then, their course pursue Through life's uncertain road 1 What friendly hand will point their view To duty and to God? 4 In God's own word the way is sure, And plain to every eye ; It leads us in a path secure, To brighter worlds on high. Exeter Coll. 173. c. m. Remember thy Creator. 1 In life's gay morn, when sprightly youth With glorious ardor glows, And shines in all the fairest charms That beauty can disclose ; 2 Deep on thy soul, before its powers Are yet by vice enslaved, Be thy Creator's lofty name And character engraved. LIFE, DEATH, &C. 174, 175. 3 For soon the shades of grief may cloud The sunshine of thy days ; And cares and woes, an endless round, Encompass all thy ways. 4 Soon may thy heart, the woes of age In mournful groans deplore, And sadly muse on former joys, That now return no more. Scotch Paraph. 174. c. m. Youthful Piety. 1 In the soft season of thy youth, In nature's smiling bloom, Ere age arrive, and trembling wait Its summons to the tomb, 2 Remember thy Creator, God ; For him thy powers employ ; Make him thy fear, thy love, thy hope, Thy confidence, thy joy. 3 He shall defend and guide thy course Through life's uncertain sea ; Till thou art landed on the shore Of blessed eternity. Gibbons. 175. c. m. Old Age. 1 God of my childhood and my youth ! Thou guide of all my days ; My life declares thy heavenly truth, And tells thy wondrous ways. 176. LIFE, DEATH, &C. 2 Wilt thou forsake my hoary hairs, And leave my fainting heart *? Who shall sustain my sinking years, If God, my strength, depart ] 3 Let me thy power and truth proclaim To the surviving age ; And leave a savor of thy name, When I shall quit the stage. 4 The land of silence and of death Awaits my next remove ; O, may these poor remains of breath Teach the wide world thy love. Watts. 176. c. m. Age anticipated. 1 When in the vale of closing years My feeble feet shall tread, And I survey the various scenes Through which I have been led ; 2 How many mercies will my life Before my view unfold ! What countless dangers will be past, What tales of sorrow told. 3 But yet, my soul, if thou canst say, I've seen my God in all ; In every blessing, owned his hand, In every loss his call ; 4 If I an aged servant am Of Jesus and of God, I need not fear the closing scene, Nor dread the appointed road. LIFE, DEATH, &C. 177, 178. 5 That scene will all my labors end, That road conduct on high ; With comfort I'll review the past, And triumph, though I die. Anonymous. 177. c. m. Preparation for old Age. 1 My God ! my everlasting hope ! I live upon thy truth ; Thy hands have borne my childhood up, And strengthened all my youth. 2 My frame was fashioned by thy power, With all these limbs of mine ; And since my life's first dawning hour, I've been entirely thine. 3 Still has my life new wonders seen Repeated every year ; Behold, my days that yet remain, I trust them to thy care. 4 Cast me not off when strength declines, And shadows dim my eyes ; And round me let thy glory shine Whene'er thy servant dies. 5 Then, in the history of my age, When men review my days, They '11 read thy love in every page, In every line thy praise. Watts. 178. L. M. Divine Protection through Life. My helper, God ! I bless his name ; The same his power, his grace the same ; The tokens of his friendly care Open, and crown, and close the year. 11 179. LIFE, DEATH, fofc« 2 I, midst ten thousand dangers, stand, Supported by thy guardian hand ; And see, when I review my days, Ten thousand monuments of praise. 3 Thus far his arm has led me on ; Thus far I make his mercies known ; And while I tread this desert land, New mercies shall new songs demand. 4 My grateful soul, on Jordan's shore, Shall raise one sacred pillar more, To bear, in the bright courts above, The memory of immortal love. Doduridge. 179. L. M. Praise through Life. 1 God of my life ! through all its days My grateful powers shall sound thy praise ; The song shall wake with morning light, And warble to the silent night. 2 When anxious cares would break my rest, Or giiefs would tear my throbbing breast, My tuneful praise?, raised on high, Shall check the murmur and the sigh. 3 When death o'er nature shall prevail, And all the powers of language fail, Joy through my swimming eyes shall break, And mean the thanks I cannot speak. 4 But Oh ! when that blest morn is come Which breaks the slumbers of the tomb, With what glad accents shall I rise To join the anthems of the skies. LIFE, DEATH, &C. 180. 5 Soon shall I learn the exalted strains Which sound throughout the heavenly plains, And emulate, with joy unknown, The radiant seraphs round thy throne. Doddridge. 180. c. m. Praise in Life and Death. 1 My soul shall praise thee, O my God, Through all my mortal days ; And to eternity prolong Thy vast, thy boundless praise. 2 In each bright hour of peace and hope, Be this my sweet employ ; Devotion heightens all my bliss, And sanctifies my joy. 3 Nor shall my tongue alone proclaim The honors of my God ; My life, with all my active powers, Shall spread thy praise abroad. 4 And though these lips shall cease to move, Though death shall close my eyes, Yet shall my soul to nobler heights Of joy and transport rise. 5 Then shall my powers in endless strains Their grateful tribute pay ; The theme demands an angel's tongue, An everlasting day. Heginbotham. 181, 182. LIFE, DEATH, &C. 181. S. M. Timely Improvement of Life. 1 The swift declining day — How fast its moments fly ; While evening's broad and gloomy shade Gains on the western sky. 2 Ye mortals, mark its pace ; Improve the hours of light ; And know your Maker can command An instantaneous night. 3 His word blots out the sun In its meridian blaze ; And cuts from smiling, vigorous youth, The remnant of its days. 4 On the dark mountain's brow Your feet shall quickly slide, And from its airy summit dash Your momentary pride. 5 Give glory to the Lord, Who rules the rolling sphere ; Submissive at his footstool bow, And seek salvation there. Doddridge. 182. L. M. Improvement of Time. 1 God of eternity ! from thee Did infant Time his being draw ; Moments, and days, and months, and years, Revolve by thine unvaried law. 2 Silent but swift they glide away ; Steady and strong the current flows ; Lost in eternity's wide sea, The boundless gulf from which it rose. LIFE, DEATH, &C. 183. 3 Yet while the shore on either hand Presents a gay and flattering show, We gaze, in fond amazement lost, Nor think to what a world we go. 4 Great Source of wisdom ! teach our hearts To know the worth of every hour ; That time may bear us on to joys, Beyond its measure and its power. Doddridge. 183. L. M. The Day of Salvation. 1 Life is the time to serve the Lord, The time to insure the great reward ; And while the lamp holds out to burn, The wandering sinner may return. 2 Life is the hour that God has given To escape from hell and fly to heaven ; The day of grace, when mortals may Secure the blessings of the day. 3 The living know that they must die ; But all the dead forgotten lie ; Their hatred and their love are lost, Their passions silent in the dust. 4 Then let us with our might pursue Whate'er our thoughts design to do, Since no device nor work is found, Nor faith, nor hope, beneath the ground. Watts. 184, 185. LIFE, DEATH, &C. 184. C. M. Human Frailty and Divine Support. 1 Let others boast how strong they be, Nor death nor danger fear ; But we'll confess, O Lord, to thee, What feeble things we are. 2 Fresh as the grass our bodies stand, And nourish bright and gay ; A blasting wind sweeps o'er the land, And withers all away. 3 Our life contains a thousand springs, And dies if one be wrong ; Strange! that a harp of thousand strings Should keep in tune so long. 4 It is our God supports our frame, The God who built us first ; Salvation to the Almighty name That saves us from the dust. Watts. 185. s. m. Human Frailty. 1 Alas ! it was but clay That formed our bodies first ; And every month, and every day, 'Tis mouldering back to dust. 2 Our moments fly apace, Nor can we make them stay ; But, like a flood, our passing days Are sweeping us away. 3 Well, if our days must fly, We '11 keep their end in sight ; We '11 spend them all in wisdom's way, And let them haste their flight. LIFE, DEATH, &C- 186. 4 They'll waft us sooner o'er This life's tempestuous sea ; Soon shall we reach the blissful shore Of blessed eternity. Watts. 186. s. m. Frailty of Life. 1 How swift the torrent rolls That bears us to the sea ! The tide that bears our thoughtless souls To vast eternity ! 2 Our fathers ! where are they, With all they called their own % Their joys and sorrows, hopes and fears, Their wealth and honor, gone. 3 But joy or grief remains Beyond death's dreary wave, While the poor remnant of their frame Is sleeping in the grave. 4 God of our fathers ! hear ! Thou everlasting friend ! While we, as on life's utmost verge, Our souls to thee commend. 5 Of all the pious dead May we the footsteps trace, Till with them in the land of light We dwell before thy face. Doddridge. 187, 188. LIFE, DEATH, &C- 187. C. M. Human Folly and Frailty. 1 How short and hasty is our life ! How vast our soul's affairs ! Yet senseless mortals vainly strive To lavish out their years. 2 Our days run thoughtlessly along Without a moment's stay ; Just like a story or a song, We pass our lives away. 3 God from on high invites us home, But we march heedless on ; And, ever hastening to the tomb, Stoop downward as we run. 4 Draw us, O God, with sovereign grace, And lift our thoughts on high, That we may end this mortal race, And see salvation nigh. Watts. 188. c. m. Human Frailty. 1 Thee we adore, Eternal name ; And humbly own to thee, How feeble is our mortal frame, What dying worms are we. 2 The year rolls round and steals away The breath which first it gave ; Whate'er we do, where'er we be, We're travelling to the grave. 3 Dangers stand thick through all the ground To bear us to the tomb ; And fierce diseases wait around, To hurry mortals home. LIFE, DEATH, &C. 189, 190. 4 Waken, O Lord, our drowsy sense, To run this dangerous road ; And when our souls are hurried hence, May they be found with God. Watts. 189. cm. Human Frailty. 1 Lord, we adore thy wondrous name, And make that name our trust, Which raised at first this curious frame, From mean and lifeless dust. 2 Awhile these frail machines endure, The fabric of a day ; Then know their vital powers no more, But moulder back to clay. 3 Yet, Lord, whate'er is felt or feared, This thought is our repose, That he by whom this frame was reared, Its various weakness knows. 4 He views us with a pitying eye, While struggling with our load ; In pain and danger he is nigh, Our Father and our God. Doddridge. 190. cm. The Vanity of Life. Teach me the measure of my days, Thou maker of my frame ! I would survey life's narrow space. And learn how frail I am. 191. LIFE, DEATH, &C» 2 See the vain race of mortals move Like shadows o'er the plain : They rage and strive, desire and love, But all their noise is vain* 3 Some walk in honor's gaudy show ; Some search for golden ore ; Some toil for heirs, they know not who, And straight are seen no more. 4 What should I wisli or wait for, then, From creatures, earth and dust \ They make our expectations vain, And disappoint our trust. 5 Now I renounce my earthly hope ; My fond desires recall : I give my mortal interest up, And make my God my all. Watts. 191. L. M. Shortness of Life. 1 Like shadows gliding o'er the plain, Or like the ocean's rolling waves, Successive generations pass, And hurry onward to their graves. 2 Vain is the boast of lengthened years ; How fast and still they glide away ! Mournful and short alike appears The patriarch's age, the infant's day. 3 O Father, in whose mighty hand The boundless years and ages lie, Teach us the fleeting gift to prize, And use the moments as they fly ; LIFE, DEATH, &C. 192, 193. 4 To crowd the narrow span of life With wise designs and virtuous deeds ; So shall we wake from death's dark night To share the glory that succeeds. J. Taylor. 192. c. m. Shortness of Life. 1 Our life is ever on the wing, And death is ever nigh ; The moment when our lives begin, We all begin to die. 2 Yef, mighty God, our fleeting days Thy lasting favor share ; Yet, with the bounties of thy grace, Thou crown'st the rolling year. 3 Thy friendly hand provides our food, And fills our hearts with love ; Thy grace stands pointing out the road That leads our souls above. 4 Thy goodness runs an endless round, All glory to the Lord ! Thy mercy never knows a bound, And be thy name adored. 5 Thus we begin the lasting song, And when we close our eyes, Let ages down thy praise prolong, Till time and nature dies. Watts. 193. s. m. Shortness of Life. 1 To-morrow, Lord, is thine, Lodged in thy sovereign hand ; 194. LIFE, DEATH, &C. And if its sun arise and shine, It shines by thy command. 2 The present moment flies, And bears our lives away ; O make thy servants truly wise, That they may live to-day. 3 Since on this fleeting hour Eternity is hung, Waken, by thy Almighty power, The aged and the young. 4 One thing demands our care ; O be it still pursued ; Lest, slighted once, the season fair Should never be renewed. 5 To Jesus may we fly, Swift as the morning light ; Lest life's young golden beams should die In sudden, endless night. Doddridge. 194. c. m. Warnings of Mortality. 1 Beneath our feet and o'er our head Is equal warning given ; Beneath us lie the countless dead ; Above, the glorious heaven. 2 Our eyes have seen the rosy light Of youth's soft cheek decay ; And death descend, in sudden night, On manhood's middle day. 3 Our eyes have seen the steps of age Bend downward to the tomb ; And yet shall earth our thoughts engage, And dreams of days to come ? LIFE, DEATH, &C. 195. 4 Turn, mortal, turn ; thy danger know ; Where'er thy feet can tread, The earth rings hollow from below, And warns thee of her dead. 5 Turn, Christian, turn ; thy soul apply To truths divinely given ; All that beneath thee sleeping lie, Must wake to hell or heaven. Heber. 195. c. m. Man frail, and God eternal. 1 Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come ; Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home ; 2 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received her frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 3 Thy word commands us to the dust, "Return, ye sons of men ;" All nations rose from earth at first, And turn to earth again. 4 Time, like an overflowing stream, Is bearing all away ; They pass, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. 5 Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come ; Be thou our guard while life shall last, And our eternal home. Watts. 12 196,197. LIFE, DEATH, &C, 196. L. M. Mortality. 1 Behold the path that mortals tread Down to the regions of the dead ; The fleeting moments will not stay, Nor can we measure back our way. 2 No care our wasting life can save ; Our early friends are in the grave ; Feeble as theirs our mortal frame, The same our way, our house the same. 3 My God, to thee my all I trust, And if thou call me to the dust, I know thy voice, I bless thy hand, And die in peace at thy command. 4 Away with every mortal care, Awake, my soul, thy way prepare, With steady feet that path to tread Which leads us downward to the dead. Doddridge. 197. L. M. Mortality. 1 Through every age, eternal God, Thou art our rest, our safe abode ; High was thy throne, ere heaven was made, Or earth, thy humble footstool, laid. 2 Long hadst thou reigned, ere time began, Or dust was fashioned into man ; And long thy kingdom shall endure, When earth and time shall be no more. 3 Death, like an overflowing stream, Sweeps us away — our life 's a dream — LIFE, DEATH, &C. 198. A tale soon told — a morning flower, Cut down, and withered in an hour. 4 Oh ! teach us, Lord, how frail is man ; And kindly lengthen out our span, Till, though we die, our souls shall be Prepared to rise, and dwell with thee. Watts. 198. L. M. Mortality. 1 Sovereign of life, before thine eye, Lo, mortal men by thousands die ; Banished at once from human sight, To the dark grave's unchanging night. 2 There, friends no more their friends shall meet, No more exchange the welcome sweet ; No more the well-known features trace, No more renew the fond embrace. 3 Yet if my Father's faithful hand Conduct me through this gloomy land, My soul with pleasure shall obey, And follow where he leads the way. 4 The beamings of his gracious eye A lost creation can supply ; And nobler friends than here we leave, In brighter, fairer worlds can give. Doddridge. 199, 200. LIFE, DEATH, &C. 199. L. M. 61. Death. 1 Yet a few years, or clays perhaps, Or moments pass in silent lapse, And time to me shall be no more ! No more the sun these eyes shall view, Earth o'er these limbs her dust shall strew, And life's delusive dream be o'er. 2 Great God ! how awful is the scene ! A breath, a transient breath between ; And can I waste life's fleeting day 1 To earth, alas, too firmly bound, Trees deeply rooted in the ground, Are shivered when they 're torn away. 3 Great Cause of all above, below ! Who knows thee must forever know Thou art immortal and divine ; Thine image, on my soul impressed, Of endless being is the test, And bids eternity be mine. Hawkesworth. 200. L. M. Death approaching. 1 That awful hour will soon appear, Swift on the wings of time it flies, When all that pains or pleases here, Shall vanish from my closing eyes. % Think, O my soul, how much depends On the short period of to-day ; Shall time, which heaven in mercy lends, Be negligently thrown away ? LIFE, DEATH, &C 201, 202. 3 Thy remnant minutes strive to use ; Awake, rouse every active power ; And not in dreams and trifles lose This little, this important hour. 4 Lord of my life ! inspire my heart With heavenly ardor, grace divine ; Nor let thy presence e'er depart, For strength, and life, and death, are thine. Mrs. Steele. 201. L. M. Victory over Death. 1 Lift up, ye saints, your weeping eyes, Suspend your sorrows and your sighs ; Arise and hear the Saviour say, 'The former things are passed away.' 2 Behold amid the glowing skies A new created world arise ! Mark with what light its prospects shine ! How rich, how various, how divine ! 3 No grief shall there assail the heart, No boding fear, no piercing smart ; It opens wide its friendly breast, To take the weary souls to rest. 4 Vain king of terrors ! boast no more How strong thine arm, how wide thy power, Each saint, in Christ, his living head, Shall reign, when thou thyself art dead. Doddridge. 202. L . m. The Death of the Virtuous. 1 Sweet is the scene when virtue dies ! When sinks a righteous soul to rest, 12* 203. LIFE, DEATH, &C- How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves th' expiring breast ! 2 So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; So gently shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. 3 Triumphant smiles the victor brow, Fanned by some angel's radiant wing ; Where is, oh grave ! thy victory now 1 And where, insidious death ! thy sting ? 4 Farewell, conflicting joys and fears ; When light and shade alternate dwell ; How bright the unchanging morn appears ; Farewell, inconstant world, farewell ! 5 Its duty done as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies ; While heaven and earth combine to say, ' Sweet is the scene when virtue dies !' Barbauld. 203. c. m. Death of the Good. 1 Why do we mourn departing friends, Or shake at death's alarms 1 'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends, To call them to his arms. 2 Are we not tending upward too, As fast as time can move 1 We would not wish the hours more slow That bear our souls above. LIFE, DEATH, &C. 204. 3 Why should we tremble to convey Their bodies to the tomb *? 'Twas there the flesh of Jesus lay, And left a long perfume. 4 The graves of all his saints he blessed, And softened every bed ; Where should the dying members rest, But with the dying head 1 Watts. 204. c. m. The Grave. 1 Hark ! from the tombs a solemn sound ! My ears, attend the cry ; Ye living men, come view the ground Where you must shortly lie. 2 Princes, this clay must be your bed, In spite of all your powers ; The proud, the wise, the reverend head, Must lie as low as ours. 3 Great God ! is this our certain doom 1 And are we still secure 1 Still moving downward to the tomb, And yet prepared no more ? 4 Grant us the power of quickening grace To fit our souls to fly ; Then, when we end this mortal race, We '11 rest above the sky. Watts. 205, 206. LIFE, DEATH, &C. 205. c. m. Peace of the Grave. 1 How still and peaceful is the grave ! Where, life's vain tumults past, The appointed house, by heaven's decree, Receives us all at last. 2 The wicked there from troubling cease ; There, passions rage no more ; And there the weary pilgrim rests From all the toils he bore. 3 There rest the prisoners, now released From slavery's sad abode ; No more they hear the oppressor's voice, Nor dread the tyrant's rod. 4 There servants, masters, small and great, Partake the same repose ; And there, in peace, the ashes join Of those who once were foes. 5 All, levelled by the hand of death, Lie sleeping in the tomb, Till God in judgment call them forth To meet their righteous doom. Scotch Paraph. 206. c. m. Absence from the body. 1 There is a house not made with hands, Eternal and on high ; And here my spirit waiting stands, Till God shall bid it fly. 2 Shortly this prison of my clay Must be dissolved and fall ; Then, O my soul, with joy obey Thy heavenly father's call. LIFE, DEATH, &C 207 S We walk by faith in joys to come ; Faith lives upon his word ; But while the body is at home, We are absent from the Lord. 4 'Tis well to trust thy heavenly grace, But better far to see ; We would be absent from the flesh, And present, Lord, with thee. Watts. 207. S. M. Retribution. 1 O, where shall rest be found, Rest for the weary soul 1 'Twere vain the ocean's depths to sound, Or pierce to either pole. 2 The world can never give The bliss for which we sigh ; 'Tis not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die. 3 Beyond this vale of tears, There is a life above, Unmeasured by the flight of years ; And all that life is love. 4 There is a death, whose pang Outlasts the fleeting breath ; And O what gloomy horrors hang Around the second death ! 5 O God of truth and grace, Teach us that death to shun, Lest we be banished from thy face, Forevermore undone. Montgomery. 208, 209. LIFE, DEATH, &C, 208. c. m. The Last Day. 1 * Stand still, refulgent orb of day !' The Jewish victor cries ; So shall at last an angel say, And rend it from the skies. 2 A flame intenser than the sun Shall melt his golden urn ; Time's lingering sands no more shall run. Nor human years return. 3 Then, with immortal splendor bright, That glorious orb shall rise, Which through eternity shall light The new created skies. 4 On the bright ranks of happy souls. Those blissful beams shall shine, While the loud song of triumph rolls In harmony divine. Butcher. 209. c. m. The Resurrection. 1 How long shall death, the tyrant, reign, And triumph o'er the just 1 While the rich blood of martyrs slain Lies mingled with the dust. 2 Lo ! 1 behold the scattering shades, The dawn of heaven appears ; The sweet, immortal morning spreads Its blushes round the spheres. 3 I see the Lord of glory come, With flaming guards around ; The skies divide to make him room, The trumpet shakes the ground. LIFE, DEATH, &C. 210, 21 1. 4 I hear the voice — c ye dead, arise !' And lo ! the dead obey ; And waking saints with joyful eyes Salute the heavenly day. Watts. 210. L. M. Heaven. 1 There is a glorious world on high, Resplendent with eternal day ; Faith views the blissful prospect nigh, And God's own word reveals the way. 2 There shall the servants of the Lord With never-failing lustre shine ; Surprising honor ! vast reward, Conferred on man by love divine. 3 The shining firmament shall fade, And sparkling stars resign their light ; But these shall know no change nor shade, Forever fair, forever bright. 4 How happy then the truly wise, Who learn and keep the sacred road ! How happy they whom heaven employs To turn the wanderers back to God ! 5 Come, Lord, awake our active powers, Our feeble, dying strength renew; And let these fainting hearts of ours Be kindled at the glorious view. Mrs. Steele. 211. C. M. Prospect of Heaven. 1 There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign ; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 212. LIFE, DEATH, &<% 2 There, everlasting spring abides,. And never-withering flowers ; Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours. 3 Sweet fields beyond the swelling Hood Stand, dressed in living green ; So, to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between. 4 But timorous mortals start and shrink To cross this narrow sea; And linger shivering on the brink, And fear to launch away. 5 O, could we make our doubts remove, These gloomy doubts that rise, And see the Canaan that we love, With unbeclouded eyes ; 6 Could we but stand where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore. Watts. 212. s. m. Heaven. 1 Far from these scenes of night Unbounded glories rise ; And realms of infinite delight, Unknown to mortal eyes. 2 There sickness never comes ; There grief no more complains ; Health triumphs in immortal bloom. And purest pleasure reigns. LIFE, DEATH, &C. 213. 3 No cloud those regions know, Forever bright and fair ; For sin, the source of mortal woe, Can never enter there. 4 There night is never known, Nor sun's faint, sickly ray ; But glory, from the eternal throne, Spreads everlasting day. 5 O, may this vision fire Our souls with ardent love ; And living faith and strong desire Bear every thought above. Mrs. Steele. 213. c. m. Heaven for the Holy. 1 Nor eye hath seen, nor ear hath heard, Nor sense nor reason known, What joys the Father hath prepared For those who love the Son. 2 But the good Spirit of the Lord Reveals a heaven to come ; And beams of glory in his word Allure and guide us home. 3 Pure are the joys above the sky, And all the region peace ; No lip profane, nor envious eye, Can see or taste the bliss. 4 Those holy gates forever bar The slaves of sin and shame ; None shall obtain admission there But followers of the Lamb. 13 LIFE, DEATH, &C. He keeps the Father's book of life, Where all their names are found ; The hypocrite in vain shall strive To tread the heavenly ground. Watts, CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES AND AFFECTIONS. 214. CM. The new heart. 1 for a heart to praise my God, A heart from sin set free ; A heart that always feels the blood Of Him who died for me. 2 A heart resigned, submissive, meek, The great Redeemer's throne; Where only Christ is heard to speak, Where Jesus reigns alone. 3 O for a lowly, contrite heart, Believing, true, and clean ; Which neither life nor death can part From Him who reigns within : 4 A heart, in every thought renewed, And full of love divine ; Perfect, and right, and pure, and good, O God, resembling thine. 5 Thy Spirit, gracious Lord, impart ; Come quickly from above, And deeply write in every heart Thy new, best name of love. Methodist Coll. 215,216. CHRISTIAN AFFECTION'S* 215. S. M. Confidence in God. 1 Let sinners take their coarse, And choose the road to death ; But in the worship of my God I'll spend my daily breath. 2 My thoughts address his throne, When morning brings the light ; I seek his blessing every noon, And pay my vows at night. 3 Because they dwell at ease, And no sad changes feel, They neither fear nor trust thy name, Nor learn to do thy will. 4 But I, with all my cares, Will lean upon the Lord : I'll cast my burden on his arm. And rest upon his word. 5 His arm shall well sustain The children of his love : The ground on which their safety stands No earthly power can move. Watts 216. c. m. Constant trust in God. Father divine ! before thy view, All worlds, all creatures lie ; No distance can elude thy search^ No darkness veil thine eye. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 217. 2 From thee our vital breath we drew ; Our childhood was thy care ; And vigorous youth and feeble age Thy kind protection share. 3 Whate'er we do, where'er we turn, Thy bounty ceaseless flows ; Oppressed with woe when nature faints, Thine arm is our repose. 4 To thee we look, thou Power supreme ; O, still our wants supply ; Safe in thy presence may we live, And in thy favor die, J. Taylor. 217. L. M. Trust in God. 1 Sing to the Lord, who loud proclaims His various and his saving names ; O may they not be heard alone, But by our sure experience known. 2 Through every age, his gracious ear Is open to his servants' prayer ; And never shall the just complain That they have sought their God in vain. 3 For still he owns his ancient name ; The same his power, his love the same ; And by a dearer title known, Father and God of Christ his Son. 4 To him our souls in faith arise ■ To him we lift imploring eyes, And boldly through the desert tread, For God will guard where God hath led. Doddridge. 218, 219. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 218. L, M. Trust in Providence. 1 Great Lord of earth, and seas, and skies f Thy wealth the needy world supplies ; And safe beneath thy guardian arm, We live secure from every harm. 2 To thee, perpetual thanks we owe, For all our comforts here below ; Our daily bread thy bounty gives, And every rising want relieves. 3 Our portion may thy wisdom choose, Nor let our hearts thy choice refuse ; On thee, O God, would we depend, The rich, the sure, the faithful friend. 4 And when our souls are called to stand Beneath the chastening of thy hand, We'll learn a lesson from thy Son, And say, " Thy holy will be done." Browne, 219. c. m. Trust in Divine Goodness. 1 Father ! we own thy Sovereign hand. Thy faithful care we own ; Wisdom and love are all thy ways, When most to us unknown. 2 To thee w T e yield our comforts up, To thee our lives resign ; In straits and dangers, rich and safe, If w T e and ours are thine. 3 Thy saints in earlier life removed, In sweeter accents sing, CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 220,221. And bless the swiftness of their flight, That bore them to their King. 4 The burdens of a lengthened day With patience may we bear, Till evening's welcome hour shall show We were our Father's care. Doddridge. 220. c. m. Confidence in God. 1 So firm the saint's foundations stand, Nor can his hopes remove, Sustained by God's Almighty hand. And sheltered in his love ; 2 The olive and the fig may fail, The vine its fruit deny ; Famine through all his fields prevail, And all the herd may die : 3 God is the treasure of his soul, The source of sacred joy ; Which no affliction can control, Nor death itself destroy. 4 Lord ! may we feel thy cheering beams, And share thy saints' repose ; We will not mourn the vanished streams, While such a fountain flows. Doddridge. 221. s. m. Reliance on God. 1 My Father ! cheering name ; O may I call thee mine ! Give me with humble hope to claim A portion so divine. 222. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 2 This can my fears control, And bid my sorrows fly ; What real harm can reach my soul Beneath a Father's eye 1 3 Whate'er thy will denies, I calmly would resign ; For thou art just, and good, and wise ; O bend my will to thine. 4 Whate'er thy will ordains, O give me strength to bear ; Still let me know a Father reigns, And trust a Father's care. Mrs. Steele. 222. C. M. Praise for Divine Goodness. 1 When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love and praise. 2 Unnumbered mercies on my soul Thy tender care bestowed, Before my infant heart conceived From whom those comforts flowed. 3 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart That tastes those gifts with joy. 4 Through every period of my life Thy goodness I'll pursue ; And after death, in distant worlds, The glorious theme renew. Addison. christian affections. 223,224. 223. l. m. Giving thanks in all things. 1 God of our lives ! our thanks to thee, Should, like thy gifts, continual be ; In constant streams thy bounty flows, From life's first opening to its close. 2 From thee our comforts all arise ; Our numerous wants thy hand supplies ; Nor can we ever, Lord, be poor, Who live on thy exhaustless store. 3 If sorrows on our hearts descend, We still can trust our heavenly friend, And bear his gracious words impressed In long remembrance in the breast. 4 Dispose us, each revolving day, For daily gifts, our thanks to pay ; And though withdrawn those gifts should be, In all things to give thanks to thee. Browne. 224. 7 S . Praise to God in Prosperity. 1 Praise to God, immortal praise, For the love that crowns our days ; Bounteous source of every joy, Let thy praise our tongues employ ; 2 For the blessings of the field, For the stores the gardens yield, For the vine's exalted juice, For the generous olive's use ; 3 Flocks that whiten all the plain, Yellow sheaves of ripened grain ; Clouds that drop their fattening dews, Suns that temperate warmth diffuse : 225, 226. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 4 All that Spring with bounteous hand Scatters o'er the smiling land ; All that liberal Autumn pours From her rich o'ei flowing stores : 5 These to thee, my God, we owe ; Source whence all our blessings How ; And for these my soul shall raise Grateful vows and solemn praise. Barbauld. 225. 7s. Praise to God in Adversity. 1 Should the rising whirlwinds tear From its stem the ripening ear ; Should the fig-tree's blasted shoot Drop her green, untimely fruit ; 2 Should the vine put forth no more, Nor the olive yield her store ; Though the sickening flocks should fall, And the herds desert the stall ; 3 Should thine altered hand restrain The early and the latter rain ; Blast each opening bud of joy, And the rising year destroy ; 4 Yet to thee my soul should raise Grateful vows and solemn praise ; And when every blessing 's flown, Love thee, for thyself alone. 226. c. m. Praising God in all changes. 1 Father of mercies, God of love, My Father and my God ; I'll sing the honors of thy name, And spread thy praise abroad. Barbauld. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 227. 2 In every period of my life Thy thoughts of love appear ; Thy mercies gild each transient scene, And crown each lengthening year. 3 In all these mercies, may my soul A father's bounty see ; Nor let the gifts thy grace bestows Estrange my heart from thee. 4 In every changing state of life, Each bright, each gloomy scene, Give me a meek and humble mind, Still equal and serene. 5 Then will I close my eyes in death, Free from distressing fear,; For death itself is life, my God, If thou art with me there. Hegitibotham. 227. c. m. Gratitude and Submission. 1 When I survey life's varied scene, Amidst the darkest hours, Bright rays of comfort shine between, And thorns are mixed with flowers. 2 No harm can ever reach my soul, Beneath my Father's eye ; This thought can all my fears control, And bid my sorrows fly. 3 If pain and sickness rend my frame, And life almost depart, Thy mercy ever is the same, To cheer my drooping heart. 228. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 4 Is glowing health my happy share ] Then let me bless my God : Thy goodness let my song declare, And spread thy praise abroad. 5 While such delightful joys as these Are kindly dealt to me, Be all my hours of health and ease Devoted, Lord, to thee. Mrs. Steele. 228. c. m. Submission. 1 O Lord, my best desires fulfil, And help me to resign Life, health, and comfort, to thy will, And make thy pleasure mine. 2 Why should I shrink at thy command, Whose love forbids my fears ? Or tremble at the gracious hand That dries away my tears. 3 No, let me rather freely yield What most I prize to thee ; Who never hast a good withheld, Nor wilt withhold from me. 4 Wisdom and mercy guide my way, Shall I resist their power '\ A poor blind creature of a day, And dying every hour 1 5 But ah ! my inward spirit cries, Still bind me to thy sway, Else the next cloud that veils the skies Drives all these thoughts away. Cowper. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 229, 230. j, 2 29. l. m. ^^ *r%+*~. Submission. ?'~-~«*U^ 1 My God ! I thank thee ; may no thought E'er deem thy chastisement severe ; But may this heart, by sorrow taught, Calm each wild wish, each anxious fear. 2 Thy mercy bids all nature bloom ; The sun shines bright, and man is gay ; Thine equal mercy spreads the gloom That darkens o'er his little day. 3 Full many a throb of grief and pain, Thy frail and erring child must know, But not one prayer is breathed in vain, Nor does one tear unheeded flow. 4 Thy various messengers employ ; Thy purposes of love fulfil ; And, mid the wreck of human joy, Let kneeling faith adore thy will. Norton. 230. c. m. Submission. 1 Naked as from the earth we came. And rose to life at first, We to the earth return again, And mingle with the dust. 2 The dear delights we here enjoy, And fondly call our own, Are but short favors, borrowed now, To be repaid anon. 3 'Tis God who lifts our comforts high, Or sinks them in the grave ; 14 231,232. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. He gives — and blessed be bis name, v He takes but what he ga-ve-. • *ri . 4 Peace, all our angry passions, then ; Let each repining sigh Be silent at his sovereign will, And every murmur die. Watts. 231. c. m. Acquiescence in God's Will. 1 Author of good ! to thee we turn ; Thine ever watchful eye Alone can all our wants discern, Thy hands alone supply. 2 O, let thy fear within us dwell, Thy love, our footsteps guide ; That love shall vainer loves expel, That fear, all fears beside. 3 And since, by passion's force subdued, Too oft, with stubborn will, We blindly shun the latent good, And grasp the specious ill ; 4 Not what we wish, but what we want, Let mercy still supply; The good unasked, O Father, grant, The ill, though asked, deny. Merrick. 232. c. m. Anxiety Removed. 1 We would not seek, with God our friend, With anxious care to know, Or how, or when, our life shall end, Or what our lot below. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 233. 2 The same kind Power that gave us breath, Still holds us in his hand ; And when he bids us sleep in death, All-wise is his command. 3 If lengthened years our lives shall crown, Then be his praise expressed ; Or, if in this he cuts us down, Still what he does is best. 4 May we, the good each hour supplies Receive with grateful mind ; And when our fairest pleasure dies, Be humble and resigned. 5 How swift our moments steal away ! Even while we speak they fly ; Then let us seize the passing day, And only live, to die. Frisbie. 233. l. m. Anxiety Removed. 1 Why sinks my weak, desponding mind 1 Why heaves my heart the anxious sigh 1 Can sovereign goodness be unkind ] Am I not safe, if God be nigh ] 2 'Tis he supports the fainting frame ; On him alone my hopes recline ; The wondrous glories of his name, How wide they spread, how bright they shine ! 3 My God ! if thou art mine indeed, Then I have all my heart can crave ; A present help in times of need, Still kind to hear, and strong to save. 234. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 4 Forgive my doubts, O gracious Lord, And calm the sorrows of my breast ; Speak to my heart the healing word, That thou art mine, and I am blest. Mrs. Steele. 234. s. m. Encouragement. 1 Give to the winds thy fears ! Hope, and be undismayed ! God hears thy sighs, and counts thy tears, God shall lift up thy head. 2 He every where hath rule, And all things serve his might ; His every act pure blessing is, His path unsullied light. 3 Thou comprehend'st him not ; Yet heaven and earth will tell, God sits as sovereign on the throne, And ruleth all things well. 4 Thou seest our weakness, Lord, Our hearts are known to thee ; O lift thou up our sinking hand, Confirm the feeble knee. 5 Through winds, and clouds, and storms, His hand will clear our way ; We wait his time, and soon the night Shall end in perfect day. Moravian. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 235, 236. 235. s. m. Dependence on God. 1 To keep the lamp alive With oil we fill the bowl ; 'Tis water makes the willow thrive. And grace that feeds the soul. 2 The Lord's unsparing hand Supplies the living stream ; It is not at our own command, But all derived from him. 3 Man's wisdom is to seek His strength in God alone ; For even an angel would be weak Who trusted in his own. 4 Retreat beneath his wings, And in his grace confide ; This more exalts the King of kings Than all your works beside. 5 In him is all our store ; Grace issues from his throne ; Whoever says, * I want no more,' Confesses he has none. Cowper. 236. c. m. Support in God. My God, the covenant of thy love Abides forever sure ; And in its matchless grace, I feel My happiness secure. 14* 237. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 2 What though my house be not with thee, As nature could desire ; To nobler joys than nature gives, Thy servants all aspire. 3 Since thou, the everlasting God, My father art become, Jesus my guardian, and my friend, And heaven my final home ; 4 I welcome all thy sovereign will, For all that will is love : And, when I know not what thou dost, I wait the light above. Doddridge. 237. S. M. Obligation to God. 1 My Maker and my king ! To thee my all I owe ; Thy sovereign bounty is the spring Whence all my blessings flow. 2 Thou ever good and kind ! A thousand reasons move, A thousand obligations bind My heart to grateful love. 3 Thy goodness, like the sun, Dawned on my early days ; Ere infant reason had begun To form my lips to praise. 4 The creature of thy hand, On thee alone I live ; My God, thy benefits demand More praise than life can give. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 238. 5 O, let thy grace inspire My soul with strength divine ; Let all my powers to thee aspire, And all my days be thine. Mrs. Steele 233. c. m. Happiness in God alone. 1 When Fancy spreads her boldest wings, And wanders unconfined Amidst the unbounded scene of things Which entertain the mind ; 2 In vain we trace creation o'er In search of sacred rest ; The whole creation is too poor To make us fully blest. 3 In vain would this low world employ Each false and flattering wile ; For what can yield a real joy, But our Creator's smile ? 4 Let earth with all her charms depart, Unworthy of the mind ; In God alone this restless heart An equal bliss can find. 5 Thy favor, Lord, is all we want, Here would our spirit rest ; O seal the rich, the boundless grant, And make us fully blest. Mrs. Steele. 239, 240. christian affections. 239. l. m. Seeking God. 1 Hear, gracious sovereign, from thy throne, And send thy various blessings down ; When by thy children thou art sought, Oh, hear the prayer thy word hath taught. 2 Oh, send thy Spirit from above, To fill the coldest heart with love ; Soften to flesh the heart of stone, And let thy godlike power be known. 3 Speak thou, and in the haughtiest eyes Shall tears of deep repentance rise ; And all that now thy love disdain, Shall seek thy face, nor seek in vain. 4 Then shall thy gathering children wait In crowds around thy temple gate ; Each pressing on with zeal to be A living sacrifice to thee. Doddridge. 240. s. m. Seeking God. 1 My God ! permit my tongue This joy — to call thee mine ; And let my earnest heart prevail, And taste thy love divine. 2 For life, without thy love, No relish can afford ; No joy to be compared with this, — To serve and please the Lord. 3 In wakeful hours of night, I call my God to mind ; I think how wise thy counsels are, And all thy dealings kind. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 241. 4f Since thou hast been my help, To thee my spirit flies ; And on thy faithful providence My cheerful hope relies. 5 To thee I'll lift my hands, And praise thee while I live ; Not all the pleasures of the earth So pure enjoyment give. W BttS. 241. c. m. Rejoicing in God. 1 Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord, This work belongs to you ; Sing of his name, his ways, his word : How holy, just and true. 2 His mercy and his righteousness, Let heaven and earth proclaim ; His works of nature and of grace Reveal his wondrous name. 3 His wisdom and almighty word The heavenly arches spread ; And by the Spirit of the Lord Their shining hosts were made. 4 He made the moving waters flow To their appointed deep ; The heaving seas their limits know, And their own station keep. 5 He scorns the angry nations' rage, And breaks their vain designs ; His counsel stands through every age, And in full glory shines. Watts, 242, 243. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 242. c. m. Walking with God. 1 O for a closer walk with God ! A calm and heavenly frame ; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb. 2 Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord 1 Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word. ] 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed ; How sweet their memory still ; But they have left an aching void, The world can never fill. 4 Return, O holy dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest ; I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 5 The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. Cowper. 243. c. m. Walking with God. 1 Thrice happy souls, who, born from heaven, While yet they sojourn here, Each day of life with God begin, And spend it in his fear. 2 Midst hourly cares may love present Its incense to thy throne ; CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 244. And while the world our hands employs, Our hearts be thine alone. 3 To aid the better ends of life, Be each enjoyment sought ; And by each various providence. Some wise instruction brought. 4 When by laborious duties called, Or by temptation tried ; We'll seek the shelter of thy wings, And in thy strength confide. 5 In this communion with my God, My life shall pass away ; Nor shall I then impatient wish, Nor fear its closing day. Doddridge. 244. l. m. Glorying in the Lord. 1 The righteous Lord, supremely great, Maintains his universal state ; O'er all the earth his power extends, All heaven before his footstool bends. 2 Yet justice still with power presides, And mercy all his empire guides ; Such works are pleasing in his sight, Such men are always his delight. 3 No more, ye wise, your wisdom boast ; No more, ye strong, your valor trust ; No more, ye rich, with joy behold The growing treasures of your gold. 4 Within your heavenly Father find Your wisdom, power, and wealth combined ; And bend on him thy earnest eyes, Till all thy soul in rapture rise. Doddridge, 245, 246. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 245. c. m. Love to God. 1 Happy the heart where graces reign, Where love inspires the breast ; Love is the brightest of the train, And strengthens all the rest. 2 Knowledge ! alas, 'tis all in vain, And all in vain our fear ; Our stubborn sins will fight and reign, If love be wanting there. 3 'Tis love that makes the cheerful feet In swift obedience move ; 'Tis this shall strike the golden harp, In the sweet realms above. 4 Let heavenly love prepare my soul For life beyond the skies, Where years of long salvation roll, And glory never dies. Watts. 246. l. m. Love to God and Man. 1 Thus saith the first and great command, Let all thy inward powers unite To love thy Maker and thy God, With utmost vigor and delight. 2 Then shall thy neighbor next in place Share thine affections and esteem ; And let thy kindness to thyself Measure and rule thy love to him. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 247, 248. 3 This is the truth which Moses spoke, This did the ancient prophets prove ; For want of this the law is broke, And the whole law 's fulfilled in love. 4 But Oh, how base our passions are ! How cold our charity and zeal ! Lord ! fill our souls with heavenly fire, Or we can never do thy will. Watts. 247. c. m. Love essential. 1 Though every grace my speech adorned, That flows from every tongue ; Though I could rise to loftier strains Than ever angels sung ; 2 Though, with prophetic light inspired, I made all mysteries plain ; Yet, were I void of Christian love, These gifts were all in vain. 3 Though I dispense with liberal hand My goods to feed the poor ; Or, firm to conscience and to truth, A martyr's fate endure ; 4 Nay, though my faith, with boundless power, Even mountains could remove ; 'Twere all in vain, should I be found A stranger still to love. Scotch Paraph. 248. l. m. Religion vain without Love. 1 Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews, And nobler speech than angels use, 15 249. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. If love be wanting, I am found Like tinkling brass— an empty sound. 2 Were I inspired to preach and tell AH that is done in heaven or hell, Or could my faith the world remove, Still I am nothing without love. 3 Should I distribute all my store To feed the hunger of the poor ; Or give my body to the flame, To gain a martyr's glorious name ; 4 If love to God, and love to men Be absent, all my hopes are vain ; Nor tongues, nor gifts, nor fiery zeal, The work of love can e'er fulfil. Watts. 249. l. m. Penitence. 1 Show pity, Lord ! O Lord, forgive ! Let a repenting rebel live ; Are not thy mercies large and free 1 May not a sinner trust in thee 1 % My crimes are great, but can't efface 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 my eyes. 4 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord, Whose hope, still hovering round thy word, Would light on some sweet promise there, To save his spirit from despair. Watts. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 250, 251 250. C. M. Improvement neglected. 1 Alas, how fast our moments fly, How short our days appear ; How soon through various seasons hastes The swift revolving year. 2 Seasons of grace and days of hope — While Jesus waiting stands, And spreads the blessings of his love With wide extended hands. 3 But oh ! how slow of heart are we These blessings to secure ; Blessings, which while all others fail, Forever shall endure. 4 Beneath the word of life we die, We starve amid our store ; And what should lead us home to thee, But makes us wander more. 5 Restore thy children, God of love, And make them truly wise ; So from the seeds of heavenly grace Shall heavenly harvests rise. Doddridge. 251. 7s. Penitence. 1 God of mercy ! God of love ! Hear our sad repentant songs ; Listen to thy suppliant race, Thou to whom all grace belongs. 252. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 2 Deep regret for follies past, Talents wasted, time misspent, Hearts debased by worldly cares, Thankless for the blessings lent ; 3 Foolish fears and fond desires, Vain regrets for things as vain ; Lips too seldom taught to praise, Oft to murmur and complain ; 4 These, and every secret fault, Filled with grief and shame we own ; Humbled at thy feet we bow, Seeking pardon from thy throne. J. Taylor. 252. l. m. Penitence. 1 O thou who nearest when sinners cry, Though all our crimes before thee lie, Behold them not with angry look, But blot their memory from thy book. 2 Create my nature pure within, And form my soul averse from sin ; Let thy good Spirit ne'er depart, Nor hide thy presence from my heart. 3 I cannot live without thy light ; Cast out, and banished from thy sight ; Thine holy joys, my God, restore, And guard me that I fall no more. 4 A broken heart, my God, my King, Is all the sacrifice I bring ; Look down from heaven with pitying eye, And save me that I may not die. Watts CHRISTIAN AFFEECTIONS. 253, 254, 253. c. m. Holy Resolutions. 1 Oh ! that thy statutes every hour Might dwell upon my mind ; Thence I derive a quickening power, There daily peace I find. 2 To thee before the dawning light, My gracious God, I'll pray ; I'll meditate thy name by night, And keep thy law by day. 3 When midnight darkness veils my eyes, I'll call thy works to mind ; My thoughts in fervent prayer shall rise, And sweet acceptance find. 4 And while I long, 1 hope, I wait, For thy salvation still, I'll make thy statutes my delight, And love to do thy will. Watts. 254. l. m. Devout Aspirations. 1 Supreme and universal light ! Fountain of reason ! Judge of right ! Parent of good ! whose blessings flow On all above and all below ; 2 Without whose kind, directing ray, In everlasting night we stray, From passion still to passion tossed, And in a maze of error lost ; 15* 255. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 3 Assist us, Lord ! to act, to be, What thy all-holy laws decree ; Worthy that intellectual flame Which from thy breathing Spirit came. 4 O Father ! grace and virtue grant ; No more we wish, no more we want ; To know, to serve thee, and to love, Is peace below, is bliss above. H. More. 255. l. m. Holy Aspirations. 1 My God ! whose all-pervading eye Views earth beneath and heaven above, Witness if here or there thou seest An object worthy of my love. 2 Not the gay scenes, where mortal men Pursue their bliss and find their woe, Detain my heart, which upward springs, The nobler joys of heaven to know. 3 Not all the fairest sons of light That lead the armies round thy throne, Can bound its flight — it presseth on, And seeks its rest in God alone. 4 This feeble flesh shall faint and die, This heart renew its pulse no more, E'en now it views the moment nigh When life's last movements all are o'er. 5 But come, thou vanquished King of dread, With thy own hand thy power destroy ; 'Tis thine to bear my soul to God, My portion and eternal joy. Doddridge. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 256, 257. 256. L. M. Devout Aspirations. 1 Great God ! indulge my humble claim ; Thou art my hope, my joy, my rest ; The glories that compose thy name Stand all engaged to make me blest. 2 With early feet I would appear Among thy saints and seek thy face ; Oft have I seen thy glory there, And felt the kindness of thy grace. 3 Amid the wakeful hours of night, When weary cares afflict my head, The thought of thee gives new delight, And adds refreshment to my bed. 4 I'll lift my hands, Til raise my voice, While I have breath to pray or praise ; This work shall make my heart rejoice Through all the remnant of my days. 257. 7s&6es. Aspirations for Heaven. 1 Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings, Thy better portion trace ; Rise from transitory tilings Towards heaven, thy native place ; Sun, and moon, and stars decay ; Time shall soon the earth remove ; Rise, my soul, and haste away To seats prepared above. 2 Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course ; Fire ascending seeks the sun, Both hasting to their source ; 258. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. So the spirit, born of God, Pants to view his glorious face ; Soaring up to his abode, To rest in his embrace. 3 Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn ; Press onward to the prize ; Soon the Saviour will return, Triumphant in the skies. Yet a season, and we know Happy entrance will be given ; All our sorrows left below, And earth exchanged for heaven. Rippon's Co. 1 !. 258. l. m. Good Resolutions. 1 Ah, wretched souls, who strive in vain, Slaves to the world and slaves to sin i A nobler toil may I sustain, A nobler satisfaction win. 2 I would resolve, with all my heart, With all my powers, to serve the Lord ; Nor from his precepts e'er depart, Whose service is a rich reward. 3 O be his servce all my joy ; Around lei my example shine, Till others love the blest employ, And join in labors so divine. 4 O may I never faint, nor tire, Nor wander from thy sacred ways ; Great God, accept my soul's desire, And give me strength to live thy praise. Mrs. Steele. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 259,260 259. L. M. Desire of Wisdom and Obedience. 1 Teach me, O teach me, Lord, thy way ; That, to my life's remotest day, By thy unerring wisdom led, My feet the paths of truth may tread. 2 Informed by thee, with sacred awe, My heart shall meditate thy law ; And, with celestial wisdom filled, . To thee its full obedience yield. 3 Give me to know thy word aright, Thy word, my soul's supreme delight; That, raised above the world, my mind In thee its better wealth may find. 4 O turn from vanity mine eye, To me thy quickening strength supply ; And with thy promised mercy cheer A heart devoted to thy fear. Merrick. 260. c. m. Desire of Holiness. 1 Oh that the Lord would guide my ways, To keep his statutes still ; Oh that my God would grant me grace To know and do his will. 2 Oh send thy Spirit down to write Thy law upon my heart ; Nor let my tongue indulge deceit, Nor act the slanderer's part. 261. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 3 From vanity turn off my eyes ; Let no corrupt design, Nor covetous desires, arise Within this heart of mine, 4 Order my footsteps by thy word, And make my heart sincere ; Let sin have no dominion, Lord, But keep my conscience clear. 5 Make me to walk in thy commands, 'Tis a delightful road ; Nor let my head, nor heart, nor hand's Offend against my God. Watte. 261. C. M. Prayer for Wisdom. 1 Father of light ! conduct my feet Through life's dark, dangerous road ; Let each advancing footstep bring Me nearer to my God. 2 Let heaven-eyed prudence be my guide ; And when I go astray, Recall my feet from folly's path To wisdom's better way. 3 That heavenly wisdom from above Abundantly impart ; And let it guard, and guide, and warm, And penetrate my heart, 4 Till it shall lead me to thyself, Fountain of light and love ! And all my darkness be dispersed In endless light above. Smart. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 262, 263. 262. c. m. Prayer for Fervor of Devotion. 1 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly dove, With all thy quickening powers ; Kindle a flame of sacred love In these cold hearts of ours. 2 Look, how we grovel here below, Fond of these trifling toys ; Our souls, how heavily they go To reach eternal joys. 3 In vain we tune our formal songs, In vain we strive to rise ; Hosannas languish on our tongues, And our devotion dies. 4 Father ! and shall we ever live At this unworthy rate 1 Our love so faint, so cold to thee, And thine to us so great 1 5 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly dove, With all thy quickening powers ; Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love, And that shall kindle ours. Watts. 263. l. m. The patience of Hope. Lord, I am thine ; but thou wilt prove My faith, my patience, and my love ; Whate'er my trials, I would see Thy hand in all, and bow to thee. What sinners value, I resign ; Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine; I shall behold thy blissful face, And stand complete in righteousness 264. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 3 This life's a dream, an empty show ; But the bright world to which I go, Hath joys substantial and sincere ; When shall I wake and find me there 1 4 O ! glorious hour, O ! blest abode, I shall be near, and like my God ; And flesh and sense no more control The sacred pleasures of my soul. 5 My flesh shall slumber in the ground, Till the last trumpet's joyful sound ; Then burst the chains with sweet surprise, And in my Saviour's image rise. Watts. 264. l. m. Patience and Hope. 1 Is there no kind, no lenient art, To heal the anguish of the heart ; To ease the heavy load of care Which nature must, but cannot bear? 2 Can reason's dictates be obeyed 1 Too weak, alas, her strongest aid ; O let religion then be nigh, Whose consolations never die. 3 Her powerful aid supports the soul, And nature owns her strong control ; Our fiercest griefs resign their rage, While she unfolds the sacred page. 4 Then, gentle Patience smiles on pain ; Then, dying Hope revives again ; Hope wipes the tear from sorrow's eye, Wliile Faith points upward to the sky. Mrs. Steele. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 265, 266. 265. c. m. Hope in Death. 1 Death may dissolve my body now, And bear my spirit home ; Why do my minutes move so slow, Nor my salvation come ] 2 With heavenly weapons I have fought The battles of the Lord ; Finished my course and kept the faith, And wait the sure reward. 3 God has laid up in heaven for me A crown which cannot fade ; The gracious Judge at that great day Will place it on my head. 4 Nor hath the King of grace decreed This prize for me alone, But all who love, and long to see The appearance of his Son. 5 My hour is come, and o'er me now I feel the shadows roll ; A mortal paleness on my brow, But glory in my soul ! Watts. 266. c. m. The Hope of Heaven. 1 When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes. 2 Should earth against my soul engage, And angry darts be hurled, Then I can smile at all its rage, And face the frowning world. 16 267. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 3 Let cares, like a wild deluge come, And storms of sorrow fall, May I but safely reach my home, My God, my heaven, my all ; 4 There shall I bathe my weary soul In seas of endless rest, And not a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast. Watts. 267. c. m. Prospect of the Christian. 1 Happy the man whose wishes climb To mansions in the skies ; He looks on all the joys of time With undesiring eyes. 2 He knows that all these fleeting thinsrs Must yield to sure decay ; And sees on time's extended wings How swift they pass away. 3 To things unseen by mortal eyes, A beam of sacred light Directs his view ; his prospects rise All permanent and bright. 4 His hopes, still fixed on joys to come, Those blissful scenes on high, Shall flourish in immortal bloom, When time and nature die. Mrs. Steele. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 268, 269 268. s. m. Christian Love. 1 Let party names bo more The Christian world o'erspread ; Gentile and Jew, and bond and free, Are one, in Christ their head. 2 Among the saints on earth Let mutual love be found ; Heirs of the same inheritance, With equal blessings crowned. 3 Let wrath, that child of hell, Be banished far away, And all in kind communion dwell, Who the same Lord obey. 4 Thus will the church below Resemble that above, Where streams of pleasure ever flow, And all the air is love, Beddome. 269. l. m. The Blessing of Charity. 1 Thrice happy he who fears the Lord, Loves his commands, and trusts his word ; Honor and peace his days attend, And blessings to his seed descend. 2 Compassion dwells upon his mind, To works of mercy still inclined ; He saves the wretched from their pain, And asks for no return again. 3 His hand hath cast his alms abroad. His deeds are all before his God ; His heart is safe from every fear, For God with all his power is there. 270. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 4 His hope is anchored on the Lord, And borrows firmness from his word ; Amidst all darkness, light shall rise To cheer his heart, and bless his eyes. Watts. 270. c. m. Christian Charity. 1 Behold, when breathing- love divine, Our dying Master stands ! His weeping followers gathering round, Receive his last commands. 2 From that mild Teacher's parting lips What tender accents fell I The gentle precept which he gave, Became its author w T ell. 3 c Blest is the man whose softening heart Feels all another's pain ; To whom the supplicating eye Was never raised in vain. 4 Whose breast expands with generous warmth, A stranger's woes to feel ; And bleeds in pity o'er the wound He wants the power to heal. 5 Peace from the bosom of his God, My peace, to him I give ; And when he kneels before the throne, His trembling soul shall live. 6 To him protection shall be shown ; And mercy from above Descend on those who thus fulfil The perfect law of love.' Barbauld. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 271, 272. 271. L. M. 61. Charity. 1 O ye who seek Jehovah's face, Bow at his throne, and feel his grace ; Who ask in prayer and own in praise The bounteous love which gilds your days, Catch from above the hallowed flame ; Be worthy of the Christian name. 2 Where'er distress and pain appear, Let pity's ready hand be there ; With cheering wine and fragrant oil Bid languor glow and anguish smile : Though want her lowiiest form may wear, The image of your God is there. 3 When He, the sovereign Judge, draws nigh, And holds the unerring beam on high, Then shall sweet Charity prevail, And angels mark the sinking scale ; Jesus shall call his followers home ; ' Ye blessed of my Father, come !' J. Taylor. 272. l. m. Candor and Charity. 1 All-seeing God ! 'tis thine to know The springs whence wrong opinions flow ; To judge from principles within, When frailty errs, and when we sin. 2 Who among men, great Lord of all, Thy servant to his bar shall call ? Judge him, for modes of faith, thy foe, And doom him to the realms of woe ? 16* 273. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 3 Who with another's eye can read, Or worship by another's creed 1 Trusting thy grace, w T e form our own, And bow to thy commands alone. 4 Correct if wrong, accept if right, While faithful we improve our light, Condemning none, but zealous still To learn and follow all thy will. Scott. 273. c. m. Watchfulness and Prayer. 1 Alas ! what hourly dangers rise ! What snares beset my way ! To heaven then let me lift my eyes, And hourly watch and pray. 2 O gracious God, in whom I live, My feeble efforts aid ; Help me to watch, and pray, and strive, Though trembling and afraid. 3 Increase my faith, increase ray hope, Or soon my strength will fail ; And bear my fainting spirit up When foes and fears prevail. 4 When strong temptations fright my heart, Or lure my feet aside, My God, thy powerful aid impart, My guardian and my guide. 5 Still keep me in thy heavenly way, And bid the tempter flee ; And never let me go astray From happiness and thee. Mrs. Steele. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 274, 275. 274. c. m. Retirement. 1 Far from the world, O Lord, I flee ; From strife and tumult far, From scenes where sin is waging still lis most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. 3 There, if thy presence cheer the soul, And grace her mean abode ; O, with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise. Cowper. 275. l. m. Retirement and Meditation. 1 My God ! permit me not to be A stranger to myself and thee ; Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove, Forgetful of my highest love. 2 Why should my passions mix with earth, And thus debase my heavenly birth ] Why should I cleave to things below, And let my God and Saviour go 1 3 Call me away from flesh and sense ; Thy sovereign word can draw me thence ; I would obey the voice divine, And all inferior joys resign. 276, 277. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 4 Be earth, with all her scenes, withdrawn ; Let noise and vanity be gone ; In secret silence of the mind, My heaven, and thee, my God, I find. Watts. 276. l. m. Communing with our own Hearts. 1 Return, my roving heart, return, And chase these shadowy forms no more ; Seek out some solitude to mourn, And thy forsaken God implore. 2 And thou, my God, whose piercing eye Looks through each deep and dark recess ; In these abstracted hours draw nigh, And with thy presence fill the place. 3 Through all the windings of my heart My search let heavenly wisdom guide ; And still its radiant beams impart, Till all be known and purified. 4 Then, with the visits of thy love, Vouchsafe our inmost souls to cheer, Till every grace shall join to prove That God hath fixed his dwelling there. Doddridge. 277. c. m. Habitual Devotion. 1 While thee I seek, protecting Power, Be my vain wishes stilled ; And may this consecrated hour With better hopes be filled. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 278. 2 Thy love the power of thought bestowed ; To thee my thoughts would soar ; Thy mercy o'er my life has flowed, — That mercy I adore. 3 In each event of life, how clear Thy ruling hand I see ; Each blessing to my soul more dear Because conferred by thee. 4 In every joy that crowns my days, In every pain I bear, My heart shall find delight in praise, Or seek relief in prayer. 5 When gladness wings my favored hour, Thy love my thoughts shall fill ; Resigned, when storms of sorrow lower, My soul shall meet thy will. 6 My lifted eye without a tear The gathering storm shall see ; My steadfast heart shall know no fear, That heart shall rest on thee. H. M. Williams. 278. l. m. The Believer's Unbelief. 1 Lord ! we have made our steadfast choice ! In Christ, the Saviour, we rejoice ; Yet still our pleasure blends with grief, For faith is mixed with unbelief. 2 His promises our hearts revive, And keep our fainting souls alive ; But sins, and fears, and sorrows rise, And hide the promise from our eyes. 279. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 3 Father, before it quite departs, Renew the promise in our hearts ; Nor see that faith in ruins laid, Which thy own gracious power hath made. 4 Do thou the dying spark inflame ; Reveal the glories of thy name, And put our anxious doubts to flight, Like shades before the morning light. Doddridge. 279. c. m. The better Part. 1 Thou art my portion, oh my God; Soon as I know thy way, My heart makes haste to obey thy word, And suffers no delay. 2 I choose the path of heavenly truth, And glory in my choice ; Not all the riches of the earth Could make me so rejoice. 3 The testimonies of thy grace Are set before my eyes ; Thence I derive my daily strength, And there my comfort lies. 4 Thou hast inclined this heart of mine Thy statutes to fulfil ; And thus, till mortal life shall end, Would I perform thy will. Watts. ft CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 280,281 280. L. M. Steady Principle. 1 Amidst a world of hopes and fears, A wild of cares, and toils, and tears, Where foes alarm, and dangers threat, And pleasures kill, and glories cheat ; 2 Shed down, O Lord, a heavenly ray- To guide me in the doubtful way ; And o'er me hold thy shield of power, To guard me in the dangerous hour. 3 Teach me the flattering paths to shun In which the thoughtless many run ; Who, for a shade, the substance miss, And grasp their ruin in their bliss. 4 May never pleasure, wealth or pride, Allure my wandering soul aside ; But through the scenes of mortal ill Safe lead me to thy heavenly hill. Henry Moore. 281. cm. Christian Principles. 1 My God, my strength, my hope ! On thee I cast my care ; With humble confidence look up To thee, who nearest prayer. Give me on thee to wait Till I can all things do ; On thee, Almighty to create, Almighty to renew. 282. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 4 2 I want a godly fear, A quick discerning eye ; That looks to thee when sin is near, And sees the tempter fly ; A spirit still prepared, And armed with jealous care, Forever standing on its guard, And watching unto prayer. 3 I rest upon thy word ; The promise is for me ; My help and my salvation, Lord, Shall surely come from thee. But let me still abide, Nor from thy hope remove, Till thou my patient spirit guide Into thy perfect love. Wesley's Coll. 282. c. m. The Christian Temper. 1 Almighty Maker ! Lord of all ! Of life the only spring ! Creator of unnumbered worlds ! Supreme, eternal King ! 2 Drive from the confines of my heart Impenitence and pride ; Nor let me in forbidden paths With thoughtless sinners glide. 3 Whate'er thine all-discerning eye Sees for thy creature fit, I'll bless the good, and to the ill Contentedly submit. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 283, 284. 4 Let not despair, nor fell revenge, Be to my bosom known ; O give me tears for others' woes, And patience for my own. 5 Feed me with necessary food ; I ask not wealth nor fame ; Give me an eye to see thy will, A heart to bless thy name. Anonymous. 283. l. m. Humility. 1 Wherefore should man, frail child of clay, Who, from the cradle to the shroud, Lives but the insect of a day, — O, why should mortal man be proud ? 2 By doubt perplexed, in error lost, With trembling step he seeks his way ; How vain of wisdom's gift the boast ! Of reason's lamp how faint the ray ! 3 Follies and sins, a countless sum, Are crowded in life's little span ; How ill, alas ! does pride become That erring, guilty creature, man. 4 O Father, to thy suppliant give A meek and unambitious mind ; Content in humble worth to shine, And peace in humble life to find. Enfield. 284. c. m. Zeal in the Christian Race. 1 Awake, my soul ! stretch every nerve, And press with vigor on ; A heavenly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown. 17 285. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS- 2 A cloud of witnesses around Hold thee in full survey ; Forget the steps already trod, And onward urge thy way. 3 'Tis God's all-animating voice That calls thee from on high ; 'Tis his own hand presents the prize To thine aspiring eye ; 4 That prize with peerless glories bright, Which shall new lustre boast, When victors' wreaths and monarchs' gems Shall blend in common dust. Doddridge. 285. l. m. ' Seeing Him who is Invisible. 1 Eternal and immortal King, Thy peerless splendors none can bear ; But darkness veils seraphic eyes When God with all his glory 's there. 2 Yet faith can pierce the awful gloom, The great Invisible can see ; And Avith its tremblings mingle joy In fixed regards, great God, to thee. 3 Then every tempting form of sin Shamed in thy presence, disappears, And all the glowing, raptured soul, The likeness it contemplates, wears. 4 O, ever conscious to my heart, Witness to its supreme desire, Behold it presseth on to thee, For it hath caught the heavenly fire. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 286, 287. 5 This one petition would it urge, To bear thee ever in its sight ; In life, in death, in worlds unknown, Its only portion and delight. Doddridge. 286. c. m. A living and dead Faith. 1 Mistaken souls ! who dream of heaven, And make their empty boast Of inward joys and sins forgiven, While they are slaves to lust. 2 Vain are our fancy's airy flights, If faith be cold and dead ; None but a living power unites To Christ, the living head. 3 'Tis faith that changes all the heart ; 'Tis faith which works by love ; That bids all sinful joys depart, And lifts the thoughts above. 4 'Tis faith which conquers earth and hell By a celestial power ; This is the grace which shall prevail In the decisive hour. Watts. 287. s. m. Faith without Works, dead. 1 As bodies when the soul is fled, As barren trees, decayed and dead, Is faith, a hopeless, lifeless thing, If not of righteous deeds the spring. 288. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 2 One cup of healing oil and wine, One tear-drop shed on mercy's shrine, Is thrice more grateful, Lord, to thee, Than lifted eye, or bended knee. 3 In true and genuine faith, we trace The source of every Christian grace ; Within the pious heart it plays, A living fount of joy and praise. 4 Kind deeds of peace and love betray Where'er the stream hath found its way ; But where these spring not, fresh and fair, The stream has never wandered there. Drummond. 288. l. m. Obedience essential. 1 Not he, whose baseless hope relies On modes and forms that men devise ; Who merely calls the Saviour, Lord, But heeds not to perform his word ; 2 Not he shall tread the courts above, The bright abodes of joy and love ; But he whose prompt obedience shows His w T ish to practise what he knows ;— 3 Whose heart enlarging can embrace As brethren, all the human race ; Who for his friends with ardor glows, And pities and forgives his foes. 4 This is the man whose head shall rise, With glory crowned, above the skies ; Whom Jesus shall in judgment own, And place by God's immortal throne. Butcher* christian affections. 289, 290. 289. l. m. Obedience essential. 1 The lifted eye and bended knee Are but vain homage, Lord, to thee ; In vain our lips thy praise prolong, The heart a stranger to the song. 2 Can rites and forms, and flaming zeal, The breaches of thy precepts heal ] Or fasts and penance reconcile Thy justice, and obtain thy smile? 3 The pure, the humble, contrite mind, Sincere and to thy will resigned, To thee, a nobler offering yields Than fragrant groves or fertile fields. 4 Love God and man ; this great command Doth on eternal pillars stand ; This did the ancient prophets teach, This did the great Messiah preach. Scott. 290. s. m. Faithfulness in Duty. 1 A charge to keep 1 have, A God to glorify ; A never-dying soul to save, And fit it for the sky ; 2 To serve the present age, My calling to fulfil ; O may it all my powers engage To do my Master's will. 3 Arm me with jealous care, As in thy sight to live ; And O, thy servant, Lord, prepare A strict account to give. 17* 291, 292. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 5 Help me to watch and pray, And on thy love rely ; Assured if I ray trust betray I shall forsaken die. C. Wesley. 291. L. M. A good Conscience. 1 While some in folly's pleasures roll, And court the joys that hurt the soul, Be mine that silent, calm repast, A conscience peaceful to the last. 2 With this companion in the shade, My soul no more shall be dismayed ; But fearless meet life's dreariest gloom, And the pale monarch of the tomb. 3 Amidst the various scenes of ills, Each blow some kind design fulfils ; And can I murmur at my God, While love supreme directs the rod ? 4 His hand will smooth my rugged way, And lead me to the realms of day ; To milder skies and brighter plains, Where everlasting pleasure reigns. Cotton. 292. l. m. Peace of Conscience. 1 Lord, how secure and blest are they Who feel the hope of pardoned sin ; Though tempests shake the earth and sea, Their minds have heaven and peace within. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 293. 2 The day glides sweetly o'er their heads, Made up of innocence and love ; And soft and silent as the shades, Their nightly minutes gently move. 3 They place their hopes beyond the sky, Up where eternal ages roll ; Where springs of purest pleasure rise , And fruits immortal feast the soul. 4 They know the joys that seraphs feel While to their golden harps they sing, And sit on every heavenly hill, And sound the triumphs of their king. Watts. 293. l. m. Peace after Trouble. 1 When darkness long has veiled my mind, And smiling day once more appears, Then, my Creator, then I find The folly of my doubts and fears. 2 Sweet truth, and easy to repeat ! But when my faith is sharply tried, I find myself a learner yet, Unskilful, weak, and apt to slide. 3 But oh, my God, one look from thee Subdues the disobedient will ; Drives doubt and discontent away, And thy rebellious child is still. 4 Then I upbraid my wandering heart, And blush that I should ever be Thus prone to act so base a part, Or harbor one hard thought of thee. Cowper. 294, 295. christian affections. 294. l. m* The Happiness of Serving God. 1 My gracious God ! I own thy right To every service I can pay ; And call it my supreme delight To hear thy dictates, and obey. 2 I would not breathe for worldly joy, Nor to increase my worldy good ; Nor all my time and powers employ To spread a sounding name abroad. 3 What is my being but for thee, Its sure support, its glorious end 1 Thy ever smiling face to see And serve, for such a heavenly friend. 4 O may our hearts thy name confess ; And feel thy presence, and thy power Each moment of my life to bless, And keep me in its closing hour. Doddridge* 295. c. m. Spiritual Dullness. 1 My drowsy powers ! why sleep ye so ? Awake, my sluggish soul ; Nothing has half thy work to do, Yet nothing's half so dull. 2 The busy ants, for one poor grain How earnestly they strive ! Yet we, who have a heaven to gain, How negligent we live ! CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 296. 3 We, for whose sake all nature stands, And stars their courses move ; We, for whose guard the angel bands Come flying from above ; 4 We, for whom God's own Son came down, And labored for our good ; How careless to secure a crown He purchased with his blood. 5 Oh, may our active spirits move, Our strong affections rise ; With hands of faith, and wings of love, We fly and take the prize. Watts. 296. c. m. Inconstancy in Religion lamented. 1 Perpetual Source of light and grace ! We hail ihy sacred name; Through every year's revolving round Thy goodness is the same. 2 On us, unworthy as we are, Its blessings still it pours ; Sure as the heavens' established course, And plenteous as the showers. 3 Our former follies, Lord, we mourn; And now thy grace implore To guide our often erring steps, That we may stray no more. 4 Aided by energy divine, May we more steadfast prove ; And with determined zeal press on. To gain thy courts above. 297. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 5 So, by thy power, the morning sun Pursues his radiant way ; Brightens each moment in his race, And shines to perfect day. Doddridge. 297. l. m. Growth in Grace. 1 Praise to thy name, eternal God, For all the peace thou shedd'st abroad ; For all thine influence from above To warm our souls with sacred love. 2 Blest be the hand, which from the skies Brought down this plant of Paradise, And made its heavenly branches grow In this dark wilderness below. 3 But why reclines its beauteous head ? And whither is its fragrance fled % Too plain, alas ! the languor shows The unkindly soil in which it grows. 4 O thou, our Sun ! thy beams display, To drive the fatal blight away ; Nor let the frost, or blast, or storm, Wither and rend its tender form. 5 And let thy sacred Spirit breathe Fresh gales from heaven on all beneath ; So shall they grow, and from them rise An incense grateful to the skies. Doddridge. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 298, 299, 298. l. m. Holiness and Grace* 1 So let our lips and lives express The holy Gospel we profess ; So let our works and virtues shine, To prove the doctrine all divine. 2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad The glorious honors of our God ; When his salvation reigns within, And grace subdues the power of sin. 3 Our flesh and sense must be denied, Passion and envy, lust and pride ; While justice, temperance, truth, and love, Our inward piety approve. 4 Religion bears our spirits up, While we expect that blessed hope, The bright appearance of the Lord, And faith stands leaning on his word. "V*£ ^z_ //'/"Z- "Watts. i/U*, *w Zuil. S. M. S'tt****>*tJ/C- Right of Private Judgment. 1 May we, O Lord, maintain A meek inquiring mind ; Assured we shall not search in vain, But hidden treasures find. 2 Give us the light we need, Our minds with knowledge fill ; From baneful error guard our creed, From prejudice, our will. 3 The truth thou shalt impart May we with firmness own ; Abhorring each evasive art, And fearing thee alone. 300. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 4 With understanding blessed, Created to be free, Our faith on man we dare not rest — We bow to none but thee. Scott. 300. c. m. The Life of God in the Soul of Man. 1 O happy Christian, who can say, 1 The life of God is mine f Happy, though humbled in the dust, Rich in the gift divine : 2 He lives a heavenly life below, And shall forever live : Eternal streams from Christ shall flow, And endless vigor give. 3 That life we ask with bended knee, Nor will the Lord deny ; The God of grace will never see x His humble suppliants die. 4 That life obtained, for that alone We wish continued breath ; And taught by blest experience, own That praise can live in death. Doddridge. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 301. 8s&7s. Divine Love. 1 Love divine ! all love excelling", Jov of heaven, to earth come down ; Fix in us thy humble dwelling, All thy faithful mercies crown. Father, thou art all compassion, Pure, unbounded love thou art ; Visit us with thy salvation, Enter every trembling heart. 2 Breathe, O breathe thy loving spirit Into every troubled breast ; Let us all in thee inherit, Let us find thy promised rest. Come, Almighty to deliver, Grant thy presence to our heart ; Graciously descend, and never From thy temple, Lord, depart. J Wesley's Coll- 302. l. m. The Bounties of Providence acknowledged. 1 Father of light, we sing thy name, Who kindlest up the lamp of day ; Wide as he spreads his golden flame His beams thy power and love display. 18 303. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 2 Fountain of good ! from thee proceeds In copious drops the genial rain, Which o'er the hills and through the meads Revives the grass and swells the grain. 3 Through the wide world thy bounties spread ; Yet thousands of our guilty race, Though by thy daily bounty fed, Despise thy law — reject thy grace. 4 Not so may our forgetful hearts O'erlook the tokens of thy care ; But what thy liberal hand imparts, Still own in praise, and ask in prayer. Doddridge 303. l. m. The Christian Warfare. 1 Stand up, my soul ! shake off thy fears, And gird the gospel armor on ; March to the gates of endless joy, Where thy ascended Saviour 's gone. 2 Sin and the world resist thy course ; Sin and the world are vanquished foes ; For Jesus nailed them to the cross, And sang the triumph when he rose. 3 Then let my soul march boldly on, Press forward to the heavenly gate ; There peace and joy eternal reign, And glittering robes for conquerors wait. 4 There shall they wear a starry crown, And triumph in Almighty grace ; While all the armies of the skies Join in their glorious Leader's praise. Watts. subjects of sermons. 304, 305. 304. l. m. The Christian Warfare. 1 Awake, my soul ! lift up thine eyes, See where thy foes against thee rise, In long array, a numerous host ; — Awake, my soul ! or thou art lost. 2 Here giant Danger threatening stands, Mustering his pale, terrific bands ; There Pleasure's silken banners spread, And willing souls are captives led. 3 See where rebellious passions rage, And fierce desires and lusts engage ; The meanest foe of all the train Has thousands and ten thousands slain. 4 Thou tread'st upon enchanted ground ; Perils and snares beset thee round : Beware of all, guard every part, But most, the traitor in thy heart. Barbauld. 305. s. m. The Weak strengthened. 1 Your harps, ye trembling saints, Down from the willows take ; Loud to the praise of love divine Let every chord awake. 2 Though in a foreign land, We are not far from home ; And nearer to our house above, We every moment come. 3 His grace will, to the end, Stronger and brighter shine, Nor present things, nor things to come Shall quench the love divine. 306. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 4 Soon shall our doubts and fears Subside at his control ; His loving kindness shall break through The darkness of the soul. 5 Blest is the man, O God, Who stays himself on thee ; Who waits for thy salvation, Lord, Shall thy salvation see. Toplady. 306. l. m. God strengthens the Weak. 1 Now let the feeble all be strong, And make Jehovah's arm their song ; His shield is spread o'er every saint, And, thus supported, who shall faint ] 2 Behold the works his hand hath wrought ! The great salvation he hath brought : And still the guardian care of heaven Secures the blessings he hath given. 3 Bound by his word, he will display A strength proportioned to the day ; And where united perils meet, Will show a path of safe retreat. 4 In thee we trust, Almighty Lord, A powerful rescue to afford ; Still be thy mighty arm made bare, For all thy servant's hopes are there. Doddridge. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 307, 308. 307. c. m. The Way to Zion. 1 Inquire, ye pilgrims, for the way That leads to Z ion's hill ; And thither set your steady face, With deep, determined will. 2 Invite the strangers all around, Your pilgrimage to join ; And spread the sentiments you feel, Of faith and love divine. 3 Come, let us join our souls to God In everlasting bands, And seize the blessings he bestows, With eager hearts and hands. 4 So shall our rising offspring learn To love their fathers' God, And never leave the happy way Their youthful feet have trod. Doddridge. 308. c. m. Travellers in Life. 1 Sing, ye redeemed of the Lord, Your great Deliverer sing; Pilgrims, for Zion's city bound, Be joyful in your King. 2 See the fair way his hand hath raised, How holy and how plain ! The simplest traveller need not err, Nor seek the track in vain. 3 No ravening lion shall destroy, Nor lurking serpent wound ; But pleasure, safety, peace and praise, Through all the path are found. 18* 309. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 4 A hand divine shall guide your feet Along the blissful road, Till, on the sacred mount you see The glory of your God. 5 There, garlands of immortal joy Shall bloom on every head, While sorrow, sighing, and distress, Like shadows, all are fled. Doddridge. 309. c. m. The Christian Pilgrimage. 1 Our country is Immanuel's ground ; We seek that promised soil ; The songs of Zion cheer our hearts While strangers here we toil. 2 Oft do our eyes with joy o'erflow, And oft are bathed in tears ; But only heaven our hopes can raise, And sin alone, our fears. 3 We tread the path our Master trod ; We bear the cross he bore ; And every thorn that wounds our feet His temples pierced before. 4 Our powers are oft dissolved away In ecstacies of love ; And while our bodies wander here Our souls are fixed above. 5 We purge our mortal dross away, Refining as we run ; And while we die to earth and sense, Our heaven is here begun. Barbauld. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 310,311. 310. C. M. Wisdom's Ways. 1 O happy is the man who hears Instruction's warning voice ; And who celestial wisdom makes His early, only choice. 2 Wisdom has treasures greater far Than East or West unfold ; And her rewards more precious are Than all the gain of gold. 3 In her right hand she holds to view r A length of happy years ; And in her left the prize of fame, And honor, bright appears. 4 She guides the young, with innocence In pleasure's path to tread; A crown of glory she bestows Upon the hoary head. 5 According as new labors rise So her rewards increase ; Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace. Scotch Paraph. 311. C. M. The Way of the Righteous happy. 1 My God, the steps of pious men Are ordered by thy will ; Though they should fall they rise again, Thy hand supports them still. 2 The heavenly heritage is theirs, Their portion, and their home ; God feeds them now, and makes them heirs Of blessings long to come. 312. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 3 For them, when earthly streams are low, And mortal comforts die, Perpetual springs of life shall flow, And raise their pleasures high. 4 Though all created light decay, And death seal up their eyes ; Thy presence makes eternal day Spring upward in the skies. 5 Beyond the heaven's created rounds Their glorious hopes extend ; Their life outlasts the narrow bounds Where time and nature end. Watts. 312. L. M. Christian Race. 1 Awake, our souls — away our fears, Let every trembling thought be gone ; Awake, and run the heavenly race, And put a cheerful courage on. 2 True, 'lis a straight and narrow road, And mortal spirits tire and faint ; But they forget the mighty God, Who feeds the strength of every saint ; 3 The mighty God ! whose matchless power Is ever new, and ever young; And firm endures while endless years Their everlasting circles run. 4 From thee, the overflowing spring, Our souls shall drink a fresh supply ; While such as trust their native strength Shall melt away, and droop, and die. W cltt?» SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 313,314. 313. c. m. The Soldier of the Cross. 1 Am I a soldier of the cross 1 A follower of the Lamb 1 And shall I fear to plead his cause, Or blush to speak his name ? 2 Must I be carried to the skies On flowery beds of ease, While others fought to earn the prize, And sailed through bloody seas 1 3 No ! we must fight if we would reign ; Increase our courage, Lord ! We'll meet the toil, and bear the pain, Supported by thy word. 4 Through all the warfare of our life, We'll tread resistance down ; And they that perish in the strife Shall wear the martyr's crown. 5 Then, in the dawn of life divine, When all the dead shall rise, The soldier of the cross shall shine Victorious, in the skies. Watts. 314. c. m. The Christian Warrior. 1 Through sorrow's night and danger's way, Amid the deepening gloom, The soldiers of an injured king Are marching to the tomb. 315. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 2 There, when the wars of life are past, And all their powers decay, Their cold remains, in solitude Shall sleep the years away. 3 Their service done, securely laid In this their last retreat, Unheeded o'er their silent dust The storms of life shall beat. 4 Yet not thus lifeless in the grave The vital spark shall lie ; O'er nature's ruins it shall rise, To reach its kindled sky. 5 Then heaven's soft dew o'er every eye Shall shed its mildest rays ;, And the long silent dust shall wake In strains of endless praise. Kirke While. 315. cm. The Christian's Life, 1 A soldier's course, from battles won. To new-commencing strife — A pilgrim's, restless as the sun, Is like the Christian's life. 2 O let us seek the heavenly home Revealed in God's own word ; The land where pilgrims never roam, Where warriors sheathe the sword : 3 Where never more shall grief or death Disturb the Saviour's reign, Nor sin, with pestilential breath* His holy realm profane ; SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 316. 4 Where suns and moons no more are known, Nor night's alternate sway, But where Jehovah's radiant throne Maintains perpetual day ; 5 Where they who meet shall never part — Where grace completes the plan ; And God, uniting every heart, Dwells face to face with man. Gisborne, 316. c. m. Divine Blessings. 1 Shine on our souls, eternal God, With rays of beauty, shine ; Oh let thy favor crown our days, And all their round be thine. 2 Did we not raise our hands to thee, Our hands might toil in vain ; Small joy success itself could give, If thou thy love restrain. 3 With thee let every week begin, With thee each day be spent ; For thee each fleeting hour improved, Since each by thee is lent. 4 Thus cheer us through this desert road, Till all our labors cease ; And Heaven refresh our weary souls With everlasting peace. Doddridge. 317,318. subjects of sermons. 317. L, M. Prayer for Divine Blessings. 1 Eternal Father ! we confess The wonders of thy heavenly grace ; Oh, send thy Spirit from above. To warm our hearts with holier love. 2 Enlightened by thy heavenly ray Our shades and darkness turn to day : Thy inward teachings make us know The source whence all our blessings How. 3 Thy power and glory woik within, And break the chains of reigning sin ; Our raging passions they subdue, And form our wretched souls anew. 4 The troubled conscience knows thy voice : Thy cheering word revives our joys : Thy words allay the stormy wind, And calm the surges of the mind. Watts. 318. s. m. Human Ingratitude. 1 Is this the kind return, And these the thanks we owe ; Thus to abuse eternal love, Whence all our blessings flow ] 2 To what a hardened frame Has sin reduced our mind ; What erring, guilty children we, And God ! how wondrous kind ! 3 On us he bids the sun Pour his reviving rays ; For us the heavens their circles run, To lengthen out our days. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 519. 4 Turn, turn us, mighty God ! And form our souls afresh ; Oh take away these hearts of stone, And give us hearts of flesh : ,5 Then past ingratitude Shall fill our weeping eyes. And hourly, as new mercies fall, Shall hourly thanks arise. Watts. 319. L. M. 61. Imploring Protection through Life. 1 As every day thy mercy spares Will bring its trials and its cares, O Father, till my life shall end, Be thou my counsellor and friend ; Teach me thy statutes all divine, And let thy holy will be mine. 2 When each day's scenes and labors close, And weary nature seeks repose, With pardoning mercy richly blest, Guard me, O Father, while I rest ; And as each morning sun shall rise, O lead me onward to the skies. 3 And at my life's last setting sun, My conflicts o'er, my labors done, Father, thy heavenly radiance shed, To cheer and bless my dying bed ; And from death's gloom my spirit raise To see thy face and sing thy praise. Christian Psalmist. 19 320, 321. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS* 320. L. M* Imploring help of God. 1 Be with me, Lord, where'er I go ; Teach me what thou would'st have rue do ; Show me my weakness, let me 3ee I have my power, my all from thee, 2 Enrich me with thy heavenly love ; My kind protection ever prove ; Thy signet place upon my breast. And let thy Spirit on me rest. 3 Assist and teach me how to pray ; Incline my nature to obey ; From each unworthy path to flee, And only love what pleases thee. 4 O, may 1 make thy pleasure mine. And yield my own desires to thine ; Let all my time, and all my ways, Be spent and ended in thy praise. Christian PsaJmiaS. 32\. c. m. Divine aid implored through Life. 1 Thine influence, mighty God, is felt Through nature's ample round ; In heaven, in earth, in seas and skies. Thy sacred presence found, 2 Thy sacred influence, Lord, we need, While journeying here below ; O, cleanse our souls from every sin, And thy salvation show. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 322, 323. 3 Father of light ! thy aid impart To guide us in our way ; Thy tiuth shall scatter every cloud, And make a glorious day. 4 Supported by thy heavenly grace, We'll do and bear thy will ; Thy grace shall make each burden light, And every murmur still. Salisbury Coll. 322. 8s & 7s. Light implored. 1 Light of those whose dreary dwelling Borders on the shades of death, Come, and all thy love revealing, Dissipate the clouds beneath. Thou, the heaven and earth's Creator, In our deepest darkness rise ; Scattering all the night of nature, Pouring brightness on our eyes. 2 Still we wait for thy appearing, Life and joy thy beams impart, Chasing all our fears, and cheering Every poor, benighted heart. Visit us in kind compassion ; Every burdened heart release ; With the day-spring of salvation, Guide us into perfect peace. Anonymous. 323. l. m. e i. Prayer for Spiritual Light. I While here, as wandering sheep we stray, Teach us, O teach us, Lord, thy way ; 324. SUBJECTS OF SERMON& Dispose our hearts, with saered awe y To love thy word, to keep thy law ; That, by thy guiding footsteps led, Our feet the paths of truth may tread. 2 Great Source of light to all below I Teach us thy holy will to know ; Teach us to read thy word aright. And make it our supreme delight. In every heart let wisdom shine, And give us purity divine. 3 Maker, Instructer, Judge of all ! hear us when on thee we call ; Since inward truth thy laws require, That inward truth, O Lord, inspire ; Preserve us in thy holy ways, And teach our hearts to speak thy praise. Merrick* 4 324. l. m.. Imploring Strength and Safety* 1 My Gracious God ! whose changeless love To me, nor time nor death can part ; When shall my feet forget to rove 1 Ah \ what shall fix this faithless heart 1 2 Cold, weary, languid, heartless, dead, To thy dread courts I oft repair ; By conscience dragged, or custom led, 1 come, nor know that God is there. 3 O God I thy sovereign aid impart, To guard the gifts thyself hast given ; For thou my only treasure art, My life, my happiness, my heaven. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 325, 326. 4 Would aught with thee my wishes share, Though dear^as life the idol be, The idol from my breast I 'd tear, And render all my heart to thee. Chr. Psalmist, 325. l. m. Prayer for Mercy. 1 My righteous Judge, my gracious God, Hear when I spread my hands abroad ; And when I bow beneath thy throne, make thy truth and mercy known. 2 Break off my fetters, Lord, and show The path in which my feet should go ; My heart is faint, and dim my eye, Make haste to help before I die. 3 Teach me to do thy holy will, And lead me to thy heavenly hill ; Let the good angel of thy love Conduct me to thy courts above. 4 There shall my soul no more complain Beneath temptation's heavy chain ; And sin, that was my foe before, Shall never try my spirit more. Watts. 326. l. m. For Guardianship and Guidance. 1 O thou, to whose all-searching sight The darkness shineth as the light ; Search, prove my heart, it longs for thee ; O burst these bonds and set it free. 19* 327. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS'. 2 If in the wilderness I stray, Be thou my light, be thou my way ; No foes, no violence I fear, While thou, my guardian God, art near, 8 When my heart sinks in waves of woe, And rising floods my soul o'erflow, O God, thy timely aid impart, To raise my head, and cheer my heart ; 4 If rough and thorny be the way, My strength proportion to my day ; Till grief, and toil, and sorrow cease, And all be calm, and joy and peace. Moravian. 327. c. m. God speaking peace. 1 Unite, my roving thoughts, unite, In silence, soft and sweet ; And thou, my soul, sit softly down. At thy great sovereign's feet. 2 Jehovah's awful voice is heard ; Yet gladly I attend ; For he, the everlasting Lord, Proclaims himself my friend. 3 Harmonious accents to my soul The sounds of peace convey ; The tempest at his word subsides, The winds and waves obey. 4 O may that voice persuade my soul To give its follies o'er ; And, charmed by melody divine, To grieve his love no more, Doddridge. subjects of sermons. 328, 329. 328. l. m. God shining into the Heart. 1 Praise to the Lord of boundless might, With uncreated glories bright ; JHis presence gilds the worlds above, The unchanging source of light and love. 2 Our rising earth his eye beheld, When in substantial darkness veiled ; " Let there be light," Jehovah said, And light o'er all its face was spread. 3 He sees the mind when low it lies In shades of ignorance and vice ; He darts from heaven a vivid ray, And changes midnight into day. 4 Shine, mighty God ! with vigor shine In this benighted heart of mine ; Till, waking in the heavenly day, Thy radiant image it display. Doddridge. 329. l. it. God tries our Ways. 1 Thy piercing eye, O God, surveys The various windings of our ways : Teach us their tendencies to know, And judge the paths in which we go. 2 How wild, how wayward have they been ; How far within the bounds of sin : With all the light we vainly boast, Without thy guidance we are lost. 3 How much we need thy heavenly aid ; How far our wandering feet have strayed : Oh, may we never search in vain, But find the narrow path again. 330, 331. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 4 Shine, and that path of life reveal ; Conduct us to thy heavenly hill ; No longer from thee let us roam, But bring the weary wanderers home. Doddridge. 330. c. m. The Divine Presence. 1 To thee, my God, my days are known ; My soul enjoys the thought : My actions are before thy face, Nor are my thoughts forgot. 2 The vacant hour, the active scene, Thy mercies shall approve ; And every pang of sympathy, And every care of love. 3 Each secret wish devotion breathes Is vocal to thine ear ; And all my walks of daily life Before thine eye appear. 4 Each golden hour of beaming light Is gilded by thy rays ; And dark affliction's midnight gloom A present God surveys. 5 Full in thy view through life I pass,. And in thy view I die ; And when each mortal bond is broke, Shall meet my God on high. Doddridge. 331. L. M. Divine Instruction. 1 Bright Source of intellectual rays ; Father of spirits and of grace, SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 332. Send down, with energy unknown, Celestial beamings from thy throne. 2 Thy sacred book would we survey, Enlightened with that heavenly day ; And read the lessons of thy word, To teach our souls to know the Lord. 3 So shall our children learn the road That leads them to their fathers' God ; And, formed by lessons so divine, Shall infant minds with knowledge shine. 4 Thus shall the haughtiest souls submit, Till all are humbled at thy feet ; The noisy swell of pride shall cease, And all be everlasting peace. Doddridge. 332. 7s. Psalm 42d. 1 As the hart, with eager looks, Panteth for the water-brooks, So my soul, athirst for thee, Pants the living God to see : When, O when, with filial fear, Lord, shall I to thee draw near ? 2 For in happier times, I went Where the multitude frequent : I, with them, was wont to bring Homage to thy courts, my King ; I, with them, was wont to raise Festal hymns on holy days. 3 Why art thou cast down, my soul ? God, thy God, shall make thee whole : 333, 334. subjects of sermons. Why art thou disquieted ? God shall lift thy fallen head ; And his countenance benign, Be the saving health of thine. Montgomery. 333. l. m. Divine Support. 1 Up to the heavens I send my cry ; The Lord will my desires perform ; He sends his angels from the sky, And saves me from the threatening storm. 2 Be thou exalted, O my God ! Above the heavens where angels dwell ; Thy power on earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders tell. 3 My heart is fixed ; my song shall raise Immortal honors to thy name ; Awake, my tongue, to sound his praise, — My tongue, the glory of my frame. 4 High o'er the earth his mercy reigns, And reaches to the utmost sky ; His truth to endless years remains, Though lower worlds dissolve and die. Watts. 334. c. m. Divine Presence and Support. 1 And art thou with us, gracious Lord, To calm our rising fear ? And dost thou call thyself our God, Our God forever near ? SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 335. 2 Doth that right hand that formed the earth, And bears up all the skies, Reach from on high its friendly aid, When dangers round us rise 1 3 And can a heavenly Father feel For children weak as we ? Thou hearest when we breathe our prayer, In deep distress to thee. 4 On this support my soul shall lean, And banish every care ; The gloomy vale of death is bright, If God be with me there. Doddridge. 335. c. m. Comfort in Trouble. 1 When floods of grief assail the mind, And o'er the spirit roll, Where shall the mourner comfort find, To calm his troubled soul 1 2 Lord, thou hast said, Seek ye my face ; And shall we seek in vain ] And will the ear of sovereign grace Be closed when we complain? 3 Oh no! the ear of sovereign grace Will always hear the prayer, When mourners seek their Father's face, To breathe their sorrows there. 4 Thy Spirit heals the troubled soul With guilty fears oppressed ; Thy Spirit makes the wounded whole, And gives the weary rest. Christian Psalmist. 336, 331. subjects of sermons. 336. c. m. God our Shepherd. 1 And will the Majesty of heaven Accept us for his sheep 1 And with a shepherd's tender care His wandering children keep 1 2 And will he spread his guardian arm Round our defenceless head ] And cause us gently to lie down In his reviving shade ] 3 And will he lead our weary souls To that delightful scene, Where rivers of salvation run Through pastures ever green 1 4 Oh how can tongues of feeble clay Proclaim such love divine ] What thanks can mortal men repay For favors vast as thine 1 Doddridge. 337. c. m. God the Salvation of his People. 1 How long shall dreams of earthly bliss Our nattering hopes employ, And mock our fond, deluded eyes, With visionary joy 1 2 Why from the mountains and the hills Is our salvation sought, While our eternal Rock's disowned, And Israel's God forgot 1 3 The living spring neglected flows Full in our daily view, Yet we, with anxious, fruitless toil, Our broken cisterns hew. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 338, 339, 4 These fatal errors, gracious God, With gentle pity see ; To thee our roving eyes direct, And fix our hearts on thee. Doddridge. 338. c m. God our everlasting Light. 1 Ye golden lamps of heaven, farewell ! With all your feeble light ; Farewell, thou ever-changing moon, Pale empress of the night ! 2 And thou, refulgent orb of day, In brighter flames arrayed, My soul, which springs beyond thy sphere, No more demands thine aid. 3 Ye stars, are but the shining dust Of my divine abode ; The pavement of those heavenly courts, Where I shall reign with God. 4 The Father of eternal light Shall there his beams display, Nor shall one moment's darkness blend With that unvaried day. 5 No more the drops of piercing grief Shall swell into mine eyes ; No more the noonday sun decline Amid those brighter skies. Doddridge. 339. l. m. God the Preserver of our Lives. 1 God of my life ! thy constant care With blessings crowns each opening year ; 20 340. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. These lives so frail thy love prolongs, Be this the burden of my songs. 2 How many precious souls are fled To the vast regions of the dead, Since, from this day, the changing sun Through his last yearly course has run. 3 We yet survive, but who can say, Or through the year, or month, or day, He shall retain his vital breath, Secure from all the shafts of death ? 4 We hold our lives from thee alone, On earth, or in the worlds unkown ; To thee our spirits we resign, Make them and own them all as thine. Doddridge. 340. l. m. The better part. 1 Beset with snares on every hand, In life's uncertain path we stand ; Father divine ! diffuse thy light To guide our doubtful footsteps right. 2 Oh, may this roving, treacherous heart, Like Mary, choose the better part, And scorn the trifles of a day, For joys which none can take away. 3 And let the wildest storms arise, Let tempests mingle earth and skies ; No fatal shipwreck shall I fear, But all my treasures w T ith me bear. 4 If thou, my Father, still be nigh, Cheerful I live, and calmly die ; SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 341, 342. Secure, when mortal comforts flee, To find ten thousand worlds in thee. Doddridge. 341. c. m. Jacob's Vow. 1 O God of Jacob, by whose hand Thine Israel still is fed ; Who, through this weary pilgrimage, Hast all our fathers led ; 2 To thee our humble vows we raise, To thee address our prayers ; And in thy kind and faithful breast Deposit all our cadres. 3 If thou, through each perplexing .patj^ 'Wilt"be our constant guide, If thou wilt daily bread supply, And raiment wilt provide : 4 If thou wilt spread thy shield around, Till these our wanderings cease, And at our Father's loved abode Our souls arrive in peace ; 5 To thee, as to our covenant God, We'll our whole selves resign ; And count, that not our lips alone, But all our lives are thine. Doddridge. 342. c. m. The Bands of Love. 1 My God, what silken cords are thine ! How soft, and yet how strong ! Thy power, and truth, and love, combine To lead our souls along. 343. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 2 The guilt of twice ten thousand sins Thy mercy takes away ; Thy grace, when first the war begins, Secures the crowning day. 3 Comfort through all this vale of tears In rich profusion flows, And glory, through unnumbered years, Thy sacred word bestows. 4 Drawn by such cords, our hearts shall move, Till round thy throne we meet ; And, captive in the willing chain, We fall before thy feet. Doddridge. ^**» **&**• 343. c. m. /am^x/ The acceptable Offering. 1 Wherewith shall we approach the Lord, And bow before his throne 1 Or how procure his kind regard, And for our sins atone 1 2 Shall altars flame, and victims bleed, And fragrant clouds ascend 1 Will these our earnest wish succeed, And make our God our friend ? 3 Let no such hopes our souls delude ; Such pompous rites are vain ; But God hath shown us what is good, And how his love to gain. 4 To men their rights we must allow, And proofs of kindness give ; To God, with humble reverence bow, And to his glory live. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 344, 345. 5 Not bended knees and lifted eyes, But open hearts and hands — These are the daily sacrifice The God of heaven demands. Browne. 344. 7 s. The accepted Sacrifice. 1 Lord ! what offering shall we bring, At thine altars when we bow 1 Hearts — the pure, unsullied spring, Whence the kind affections flow : Soft compassion's feeling soul, In the melting eye expressed : Sympathy — at whose control Sorrow leaves the wounded breast : 2 Willing hands to lead the blind, Heal the wounded, feed the poor ; Love, embracing all our kind, Charity, with liberal store : Teach us, O thou heavenly King, Thus to show our grateful mind ; Thus the accepted offering bring, Love to thee and all mankind. J. Taylor. 345. c. m. Secret Devotion. 1 Father divine ! thy piercing eye Looks through the shades of night ; In deep retirement thou art nigh, With heart-discerning sight. 2 O may that piercing eye survey My duteous homage paid With every early morning ray, And every evening shade. 20* 346, 347. subjects of sermons. 3 I'll leave behind each earthly care ; To thee my soul shall soar, With grateful praise and fervent prayer, Thy goodness to adore. 4 O hear us, Father, when to thee Our secret steps return ; And, kindled by the heavenly fire, Let fragrant incense burn. Doddridge r 346. c. m. The Saint's Rest. 1 Lord ! I believe a rest remains, To all thy people known ; A rest, where pure enjoyment reigns, And thou art loved alone ; 2 A rest, where all our soul's desire Is fixed on things above ; Where sin, and fear, and grief expire, Cast out by perfect love : — 3 O that I now the rest might know, Believe, and enter in ! Now, Father, now the power bestow, And let me cease from sin. 4 Remove all hardness from my heart, All unbelief remove ; To me the rest of faith impart, The Sabbath of thy love. Wesley's Coll. 347. l. m. Rest to the weary Soul. 1 Come, weary souls, with sin distressed, Come, and accept the promised rest ; Your Father's gracious call obey, And cast your dreary fears away. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 348. 2 Oppressed with guilt, a heavy load, Draw near to his divine abode ; Here mercy's boundless ocean flows, To cleanse your guilt and heal your woes. 3 Lord, we accept, with thankful heart, The hope thy gracious words impart ; We come with trembling, but rejoice, And bless the kind, inviting voice. O Father, let thy word of love Confirm our faith, our fears remove ; Its influence shed in every breast, And lead us to eternal rest. Mrs. Steele. 348. c. m. The guiding Star. 1 Bright was the guiding star that led, With mild and welcome ray, The Magians to the lowly shed Where the Redeemer lay. 2 But, lo ! a brighter, clearer light, Is burning in his word ; It shines through sin and sorrow's night, To lead us to the Lord. 3 O haste to follow where it leads ; The gracious call obey ; And bless the radiance that it sheds O'er all thy earthly way. 4 And tread the straight and narrow path While light and grace are given : For they who follow Christ on earth, Shall reign with him in heaven. Spirit of the Psalms. 349, 350. subjects of sermons. 349. 7 S . Star of Bethlehem. 1 Sons of men ! behold from far, Hail the long expected star ! Star of truth, that gilds the night, Guiding weary wanderers right. 2 Mild it shines on all beneath, Piercing through the shades of death ; Scattering error's dreary night, Kindling darkness into light. 3 Nations all, remote and near, Haste to see your Lord appear ; Haste, for him your hearts prepare ; Meet him manifested there. 4 There behold the day-spring rise, Pouring light on mortal eyes ; See it chase the shades away, Shining to the perfect day. Anonymous. 350. l. m. The Sun of Righteousness. 1 My God ! assist me while I raise An anthem of harmonious praise ; My heart thy wonders shall proclaim, And spread its banner in thy name. 2 When gloomy shades my soul o'erspread, " Let there be light," the Almighty said ; And Christ our Sun his beams displays, And scatters round celestial rays. 3 Our souls were darkened o'er with sin, And lo ! his grace hath made them clean ; SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 351, 352. He saves us now from every foe, And full redemption will bestow. 4 Ye saints, assist our grateful tongue ; Ye angels, warble back the song ; For love like this demands the praise Of golden harps and heavenly days. Doddridge. 351. l. m. The healing Stream. 1 Great Source of being and of love ! Thou waterest all the worlds above ; And all the joys that mortals know, From thy exhaustless fountain flow. 2 The sacred fountain, Lord, is found, That springs from out the thirsty ground ; Through desert realms its fountains play, And scatter blessings all the way. 3 To the dead sea its waters flow, And carry healing where they go ; The sea and shore its power confess, And all the sacred fountain bless. 4 Flow, wondrous stream, with glory crowned, Flow on to earth's remotest bound ; And bear us on thy gentle wave, To him who all thy virtues gave. Doddridge. 352. l. m. The living Water. 1 Our Father ! Source of grace divine ! What soul-refreshing streams are thine ; 353. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. Oh, bring these healing waters nigh, Before our spirits droop and die. 2 No traveller through desert lands, Midst scorching suns and burning sands, Can more desire the falling rain, Or pant the cooling stream to gain. 3 Our longing souls aloud would sing, Spring up, celestial fountain, spring ! To a broad river's spreading flow, And cheer this thirsty land below. 4 The fruits and flowers of paradise Around the winding current rise ; And near that stream may I be found, Long as I tread this earthly ground. Doddridge. 353. l. m. One thing needful. 1 Why should we lavish out our years Amidst a thousand trifling cares 1 While, in this various range of thought, The one thing needful is forgot 1 2 Why should we chase the fleeting wind, And famish an immortal mind 1 While angels look with sorrow down To see us spurn the heavenly crown. 3 The Eternal God calls from above, The Saviour pleads his dying love, Awakened conscience gives us pain ; And shall these pleas unite in vain 1 SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 354. 4 Not so the dying- eye shall view The pleasures which we now pursue ; Not so eternity appear When the decisive hour is near. 5 Almighty Power ! thine aid impart To fix conviction on the heart : Thy power unveils the blindest eyes, And makes the haughtiest scorner wise. Doddridge. 354. s. m. The Call of Wisdom. 1 Hark ' for 'tis Wisdom's voice That breathes a gentle sound ; Listen, ye sons of earth and sin, And gather all around. 2 Ye that have wandered long In sin's destructive ways, Return, the heavenly charmer cries, And take the offered grace. 3 Your spirits are but weak, And mortal efforts vain, To strive against the tempting world, And break its mighty chain. 4 My Spirit shall pour down Its influence from above, To arm you with superior strength, And warm your hearts with love. 5 Come, while the offers last, Ye sinners, and be wise ; He lives, who hears the friendly call, While he who slights it, dies. Doddridge. 355, 356. subjects of sermons. 355. l. m. The broad Road. 1 Broad is the road that leads to death, And thousands walk together there ; But wisdom shows a narrow path, With here and there a traveller. 2 'Deny thyself, and take thy cross,' Is the Redeemer's great command ; Nature must count her gold but dross, If she would gain the heavenly land. 3 The fearful soul that tires and faints, And walks the ways of God no more, Is but esteemed almost a saint, And makes his own destruction sure. 4 Lord, let not all my hopes be vain ; Create my heart entirely new ; This, hypocrites did ne'er attain, This, false apostates never knew. Watts. 356. l. m. Heaven. 1 When all the hours of life are past, And death's dark shadow falls at last, It is not sleep — it is not rest — • 'Tis glory opening to the blest. 2 Their mighty Master bids them rise To radiant mansions in the skies, Where each shall wear a robe of light Like his, divinely fair and bright. 3 Angels shall now unite their prayers With those of spirits blessed as theirs ; And light shall gild their heavenly crown From suns that never more go down. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 357, 358. 4 No storms shall ride the troubled air, No sounds of passion enter there ; But all be peaceful as the sigh Of evening gales that breathe and die. 5 There, parted friends again shall meet, In union, holy, calm and sweet ; And earthly sorrow, fear and pain, Shall never reach their hearts again. 357. l. m. Christian Privileges. 1 How many millions draw their breath In lands of ignorance and death, While God appoints my share of time Within his gospel's favored clime ! 2 Shall I receive this grace in vain ] Shall I this high vocation stain 1 Away, ye works in darkness wrought ; Away, eacli sensual, earthly thought. 3 My soul ! I charge thee to excel In thinking right and acting well ; Heighten the force of good desire ; To deeds of shining worth aspire. 4 Strong and more strong thy passions rule, Advancing still in virtue's school ; Contending still, with noble strife, To imitate thy Saviour's life. Scott. 358. l. m. Christian Friendship. How blest the sacred tie that binds In union sweet, according minds ! How swift the heavenly course they run, Whose hearts, whose faith, whose hopes are one 1 21 359. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 2 To each the soul of each how dear, What jealous love, what holy fear ! How doth the generous flame within Refine from earth and cleanse from sin ! 4 Together both they seek the place Where God reveals his awful face ; How high, how strong, their raptures swell, There 's none but kindred souls can tell. 4 Nor shall the glowing flame expire When Nature droops her sickening fire ; Then shall they meet in realms above, A heaven of joy — because of love. Barbauld. 359. l. m. Imploring Mercy. 1 O turn, great Ruler of the skies, Turn from my sins thy searching eyes ; Nor let the offences of my hand Within thy book recorded stand. 2 Thy suppliant's voice attentive weigh ; And bid thy bright and heavenly ray, With healing influence on me rise, Ere death's dark slumber close my eyes. 3 Shall death's long silent tongue, O say, The records of thy grace display ; Or pale corruption's startled ear Thy voice within its prison hear 1 4 O let thy Spirit to my heart Its comfort and its aid impart ; My mind from every fear release, And sooth my troubled thoughts to peace. Merrick. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 360, 361 360. s. m. Sins forgiven. 1 Oh ! happy souls are they, Whose sins are covered o'er ; Divinely blessed ! to whom the Lord Imputes their guilt no more. 2 They mourn their follies past ; They keep their hearts with care ; They live, devoted to the Power, That saves them from despair. 3 When we concealed our guilt, We felt a painful wound ; Till we confessed our sins to thee, And free forgiveness found. 4 Let sinners learn to pray ; Let saints keep near the throne ; Their help, in times of deep distress, Is found in God alone. Watts. 361. c. m. Mercy to the Penitent. 1 O Thou, the wretched's sure retreat ! Who dost our cares control, And with the cheerful smile of peace Revive the fainting soul ; 2 Did ever, Lord, thy gracious ear The contrite prayer disdain 1 Or when did misery humbly sigh, Or supplicate in vain 1 3 Oppressed with grief and shame, dissolved In penitential tears, Thy goodness calms our anxious doubts, And dissipates our fears. 362, 363. subjects of sermons. 4 New life from thy refreshing grace The fainting heart receives ; may we never more offend The God who thus forgives, Mrs. Carter. 362. 7s. Freedom from Error, Folly, and Sin. 1 Blest Instructer, from thy ways Who can tell how oft he strays 7 Save from error's growth the mind ; Leave not, Lord, one root behind. 2 Save us from the guilt that lies Wrapt within our heart's disguise ; Let our hearts, by thee renewed, Each presumptuous sin exclude. 3 Let our tongues, from error free, Speak the words approved by thee ; To thine all-discerning eyes, Let our thoughts accepted rise. 4 While we thus thy name adore, And thy healing grace implore, Blest Redeemer, bow thine ear ; God, our strength, propitious hear. Merrick. 363. c. m. Mercy to the Afflicted. 1 Great Ruler of all nature's frame, We own thy power divine ; We hear thy breath in every storm, For all the winds are thine. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 364. 2 Wide as they sweep the sounding way, They work thy sovereign will ; And awed by thy majestic voice, Their wildest gales ate still. 3 Thy mercy tempers every blast To them that seek thy face ; And mingles with the tempest's roar, The whispers of thy grace. 4 Those gentle whispers let me hear, Till all the tumult cease ; And gales of Paradise shall calm My weary soul to peace. Doddridge. 364. l. m. Blessing of Affliction. 1 Father, I bless thy gentle hand ; How kind was thy chastising rod, Which forced my conscience to a stand, And brought my wandering soul to God. 2 Foolish and vain, I went astray, Ere I had felt thy scourges, Lord ! I left my guide, and lost my way, But now I love, and keep thy word. 3 Great is thy love, and large thy grace ; The mercy promised through thy Son, Which turns our feet from sinful ways, And pardons what our hands have done. 4 Thv light and truth shall guide me still ; Thy word shall my best thoughts employ, And lead me to thine holy hill, My God ! my most exceeding joy ! YV 0.113. 21* 365, $66. subjects of sermons. 365. c. m. Light out of Darkness. 1 God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform ; He plants his footsteps on the sea, And rides upon the storm. 2 Deep in unfathomable mines Of never-failing skill, He treasures up his bright designs, And works his sovereign will. 3 Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take The clouds ye so much dread Are full of mercy, and will break In blessings on your head. 4 His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour ; The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower. Cowper. 366. l. m. The Gospel our Light. 1 When Israel through the desert passed, A fiery pillar went before, To guide them through the dreary waste, And lighten the fatigues they bore. 2 Such is thy glorious word, O God ; 'Tis for our light and guidance given ; It sheds a lustre all abroad, And shows the upward path to heaven. 3 It fills the spirit with delight, And quickens our inactive powers ; It leads our wandering footsteps right, Displays thy love, and kindles ours. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 367, 368. 4 O may it be our cloud by day, Our fire amidst the evening gloom ; And light and lead us all the way In which we travel to the tomb. Beddome. 367. c. m. Light to the Soul. 1 How blest thy creature is, O God, When, with a single eye, He views the lustre of thy word, The day-spring from on high. 2 Behold, through storms that veil the skies, And frown on earthly things, The Sun of righteousness arise, With healing in his wings. 3 The glorious light whose golden beams The fruitful year control, Since first obedient to thy word, His orb began to roll, 4 Has cheered the nations with the joys His radiant beams impart ; But, Jesus, 'tis thy light alone, Can shine upon the heart. Cowper. 368. c. m. Scripture Examples. 1 Rise, O my soul ! pursue the path By ancient worthies trod ; Aspiring, view those holy men Who lived and walked with God. 369. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 2 Though dead, they speak in reason's ear, And in example live ; Their faith, and hope, and mighty deeds, Still fresh instruction give. 3 Confiding in thy heavenly strength, They conquered every foe ; To thy almighty power and grace, Their crowns of life they owe. 4 Lord, may I ever keep in view The patterns thou hast given ; And never wander from the road That led them safe to heaven. Needham. 369. c. m. The Example of Jesus and his Servants. 1 Give me the wings of faith to rise Within the veil, and see The saints above — how great their joys, How bright their glories be ! 2 Once they were mourners here below, Their eyes were dim with tears ; They wrestled hard, as we would now, With sins, and doubts, and fears. 3 I asked them whence their victory came ; They, with united breath, Ascribed their triumph to the Lamb, Who burst the bands of death. 4 They marked the footsteps that he trod ; His zeal inspired their breast ; And following their ascended Lord, They reached the promised rest. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 370,371 5 Our glorious Leader claims our praise For his example given ; While the long cloud of witnesses Show the same path to heaven. Watts. 370. l. m. Abiding in Christ. 1 From Christ, my Lord, shall I depart, And rase his image from my heart? Forsake the beams of heavenly day, And follow nature's feeble ray ] 2 Treasures of power, and grace divine, United, in my Saviour shine ; No other name but his is given, To lead us to the joys of heaven. 3 The living bread his hands bestow ; The living waters round him flow ; And shall I from the fountain fly, And in the parching desert die % 4 Forbid it, Author of my frame ; Great God, from whom my spirit came ; Thy Son can endless life bestow ; To whom but him, then, should I go 1 Christian Reformer. 371. s. m. Follow me. 1 Children of God ! arise, Awake, and understand ; The world's deluding joys despise, For those at God's right hand. 372. SUBJECTS OF SERMON &r 2 There is your happy place, By Jesus Christ prepared - f Ye sons of sorrow and of grace, Receive your great reward. 3 If heaven shall be our rest, And God unfolds the door, Our anxious souls are fully blessed Our hopes can ask no more. 4 We'll drink the bitter eup, We'll tread the thorny road, If we may safely reach at last The mansions of our God* Dyer's CoH 372. s. m. Union with Christ. 1 Our Father ! we are thine, By everlasting bands ; To thee our hearts we would resign, Our souls are in thine hands. 2 Thy Spirit shall unite Our souls to Christ our Head ; Shall form us to his image bright, And teach his path to tread. 3 Death may our souls divide From their abodes of clay ; But love shall keep us near his side, Through all the dreary way. 4 Enough, our gracious Lord, Let Faith triumphant cry ; Our hearts can on this promise live, And on this promise die. Doddridge SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 273, 274, 373, c* Bt« The waste of Years. 1 Rem\rk, my soul, the narrow bounds Of the revolving year ! How soon the years complete their rounds ; How short the months appear. 2 So -fast eternity comes on, And that important day, When, all that mortal life has done, God's judgment shall survey, 3 Yet like an idle tale we pass The swiftly passing year, And study methods to increase The haste of its career. 4 Waken, O God, my trifling heart, Its great concern to see ; That I may act the Christian's part, And give the year to thee. Doddridge. 374. c. m. Divine Instruction. 1 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 once it enters to the mind, It spreads such light abroad, The meanest souls instruction find, And raise their thoughts to God. 375, 376. subjects of sermon** 3 'Tis like the sun, a heavenly light Which guides us all the day ; And through the dangers of the nighf ? A lamp to lead our way. 4 Thy word is everlasting truth * How pure is eveiy page I That holy book shall guide our youth. And well support our age. Watte* 815. c. w. Gospel Treasure in Earthen Vessels. 1 How rich thy bounty, King of kings, Thy favors, how divine I The blessings which thy gospel bring-. How splendidly they shine I 2 Yet, all these treasures of thy grae Are lodged in urns of clay ; And the weak sons of mortal race The immortal gifts convey. 3 Feebly they lisp thy glories forth, Yet grace the victory gives ; Quickly they moulder back to earth,, Yet still the gospel lives. 4 Such wonders power divine can do, Such trophies God can raise ; His hand from dust itself can form Long monuments of praise. Doddridge. 376. l. m. Retribution. 1 Happy the man whose cautious feet Shun the broad road which sinners tread ; SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 377. Who hates the place where atheists meet, And hears the scoffer's tongue with dread ; 2 Who loves to spend the-morning light In high communion with the Ljid, And pass the wakeful hours of night In pondering o'er his holy word. 3 He, like the plant by gentle streams, Shall flourish in immortal green ; And Heaven will shine, with kindest beams, On every work his hands begin. 4 Not so the thoughtless and profane ! As dust before the tempest flies, So shall their flattering hopes be vain, When the last trumpet shakes the skies. Watts. 377. l. m. Danger of Ear.hly Pleasures. 1 I send the joys of earth away ; Away, ye tempters of the mind ; False as the smooth, deceitful sea, And empty as the whistling wind. 2 Your streams were floating me along Down to the gulf of deep despair ; And while I listened to your song, The streams had almost borne me there. 3 Lord, I adore thy matchless grace Which warned me of that dark abyss, Which led me from that treacherous place, And bade me seek superior bliss. 22 378. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 4 Now to the shining realms above I stretch my hands and glance my eyes ; O for the pinions of a dove To bear me to the upper skies ! 5 There in the presence of my God Oceans of endless pleasure roll ; There would I fix my last abode, And drown the sorrows of my soul. Watts. 378. c. m. Want of Improvement. 1 Long have I sat beneath the sound Of thy salvation, Lord; But still how weak my faith is found, And knowledge of thy word. 2 Oft 1 frequent thy holy place, And hear, almost in vain ; How small a portion of thy grace My memory can retain. 3 How cold and feeble is my love ; How negligent my fear ; How low my hope of joys above, How few affections there. 4 Great God ! thy sovereign power impart To give thy word success ; Write thy salvation in my heart, And make me learn thy grace. 5 Show my forgetful feet the way That leads to joys on high ; There knowledge grows without decay, And love shall never die. Watt*. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 379, 380. 379. 8s k 7s. Zion the City of God. 1 Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God ! He, whose word is never broken. Formed thee for his own abode. On the Rock of Ages founded, What can shake thy sure repose ? With salvation's walls surrounded, Thou may'st smile at ail thy foes. 2 See, the streams of living waters, Springing from eternal love, Well supply thy sons and daughters, And all fear of want remove. Who can faint while such a river Will their burning thirst assuage 1 Grace, a stream which, like the Giver, Never fails from age to age. Olney Hymns. 380. l. m. The Israel of God. 1 Oh Israel, blest beyond compare ! Unrivalled all thy glories are ; Jehovah deigns to fill thy throne, And calls thy interests all his own. 2 He is thy Saviour, he thy Lord ; His shield is thine, and thine his sword ; Review, in high and holy thought, The grand redemption he has wrought. 3 From Satan's yoke he sets thee free, Opens thy passage through the sea ; He through the desert is thy guide, And Heaven thy Canaan will provide. 381,382. subjects of sermons, 4 Not Jacob's sons of old could boast Such favors to their chosen host ; Their glories, which through ages shone, Are but dim shadows of thine own. Doddridge, 381. c. m. The Hope of Israel forsaken. 1 Great Object of thine Israel's hope I Its Saviour and its praise ! Attend, while w T e to thee devote The remnant of our days. 2 O thou Eternal Source of good, Whence living waters flow ; Let not our thirsty, erring souls, To broken cisterns go. 3 How wretched they, who leave the Lord, And from his word withdraw ; Who lose the Gospel from their sight, And break his holy law. 4 But, Lord, to thee my heart shall turn, To heal it, and to save ; The joys that from thy favor flow Shall long outlast the grave. Doddridge. 382. l- m. The Holy City triumphant. 1 Triumphant Zion, lift thy head From dust, and darkness, and the dead ; Though humbled long, awake at length, And gird thee with thy Saviour's strength. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 383. 2 'Tis he restores thy honors lost ; 'Tis he disarms the angry host ; Thy foes shall never more invade, Nor fill thy hallowed walls with dread. 3 Put all thy beauteous garments on, And let thy various charms be known ; Reared and adorned by love divine, Thy towers and battlements shall shine. 4 God from on high thy sighs will hear, His hand thy ruins shall repair ; Nor will thy watchful monarch cease To guard thee in eternal peace. Doddridge. 383. l. m. Security of the Church. 1 God is the refuge of his saints, When storms of sharp distress invade ; Ere we can offer our complaints, Behold him present with his aid. 2 Loud though the troubled ocean roar, In sacred peace our souls abide ; While every nation, every shore, Trembles and dreads the swelling tide. 3 There is a stream whose gentle flow Supplies the city of our God ; Life, love, and joy, still gliding through, And watering our divine abode. 4 That sacred stream, thy holy Word, Then all our raging fear controls ; Sweet peace thy promises afford, And give new strength to fainting souls. Watts. 22* 384, 385. subjects of sermons* 384. s. m. Honor and safety of the Church. 1 Great is the Lord our God ! And let his piaise be great ; He makes his churches his abode, His most delightful seat. 2 These temples of his grace, How beautiful they stand ! The honors of our native place, The bulwarks of our land. 3 A refuge in distress, To Zion God is known ; How bright through all her palaces Hath his salvation shone ! 4 Oft have our fathers told, Our eyes have often seen, How well our God secures the fold Where his own sheep have been. 5 In every new distress We'll to his house repair ; We'll think upon his wondrous grace, And seek deliverance there. Watts. 385. 8s & 7s. The future Peace and Glory of the Church. 1 Hear what God the Lord hath spoken, — O, my people, faint and few, Comfortless, afflicted, broken, Fair abodes I build for you. Thorns of heart-felt tribulation Shall no more perplex your ways ; You shall name your walls Salvation, And your gates shall all be praise. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 386. 2 There, like streams that feed the garden, Pleasures without end shall flow ; For the Lord, your faith rewarding", All his bounty will bestow. Still in undisturbed possession Peace and righteousness shall reign ; Never shall you feel oppression, Never hear of war again. 3 Ye, no more the sun descending, Nor the waning moon, shall see ; But your griefs, forever ending, Find eternal noon in me. God shall rise, and, shining o'er you, Change to day the gloom of night ; He, the Lord, shall be your glory, God your everlasting light. Cowper. 386. c. m. Value of the Knowledge of God. 1 Shine forth, Eternal Source of light ! Make thy perfections known ; Fill our enlarged, adoring sight, With glories all thine own. 2 Vain are the charms, and faint the rays, The brightest creatures boast ; And all their grandeur and their praise Are, in thy presence, lost. 3 To know the Author of our frame Is our sublimest skill : True wisdom is to learn his name, True life, to do his will. 387, 388. subjects of sermons. 4 For this may we unceasing pray, This, all our powers pursue. Till visions of eternal day Complete the glorious view. Doddridge. 387. c. m. Prayer for the thoughtless. 1 Indulgent God, with pitying eye The sons of men survey, And see how thoughtless sinners sport In sin's destructive way. 2 Ten thousand dangers lurk around To bear them to the tomb ; Each in an hour may plunge them where Repentance cannot come. 3 Reduce, O Lord, their wandering minds, Amused with airy dreams, That heavenly wisdom may dispel Their visionary schemes. 4 Guide and direct them by thy word, Their dangerous state to see, That they may seek and find the path That leads to heaven and Thee. Doddridge. 388. l. m. The Character of a Christian. 1 Who shall ascend thy heavenly place, Great God, and dwell before thy face 1 The man that minds religion now, And humbly walks with God below ; 2 Whose hands are pure, whose heart is clean ; Whose lips still speak the thing they mean ; SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 389. Who never slanders with his tongue, And will not do his neighbor wrong ; Who loves his enemies, and prays For those who curse him to his face ; And doth to all men still the same That he would hope or wish from them ; Who, when his holiest works are done, Depends upon thy grace alone : This is the man ttiy face shall see, And dwell forever. Lord, with thee. Watts. 389. l. m. The Humble accepted. 1 Thus saith the high and lofty One, * I sit upon my holy throne ; My name is God, I dwell on high, Dwell in my own eternity. 2 But I descend to worlds below ; On earth I have a mansion too ; The humble spirit, and-contrite, Is an abode of my delight. 3 The humble soul my words revive ; I bid the mourning sinner live ; Heal all the broken hearts I find, And ease the sorrows of the mind. 4 The soul that seeks me shall obtain Immortal wealth, and heavenly gain ; Eternal life is his reward, Life, and the favor of the Lord. 5 Watts. 390, 391. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 390. c. m. Man accountable. 1 The time draws near when every soul Its last account shall give ; When its whole life shall be surveyed By him who bade it live. 2 How many talents, O my God, Hast thou bestowed on me ; And yet how few can there be found Devoted, Lord, to thee. 3 My health, my time, my worldly store, And thy more precious word, Thy talents are, for which I must Account to thee, my Lord. 4 Much of my time, alas, is lost, And much have I misspent : How careless of my grand concern, On trifles how intent. 5 O may the slothful servant's doom My earnest care excite ; Each talent may I well improve, And in thy word delight. Exeter Coll. 391. c. m. Salvation. 1 Salvation ! oh melodious sound To wretched, dying men ; Salvation, that from God proceeds, And leads to God again. 2 But oh, may a degenerate soul, Sinful and weak as mine, Presume to lift a trembling eye To blessings so divine ? SUBJECTS OF sermons. 392, 393. 3 In thinking on so bright a bliss, My hopes give way to fears ; And unbelief almost perverts The promise into tears. 4 My gracious God, no voice but thine My dying hopes can raise ; Speak thy salvation to my soul, And turn its tears to praise. Doddridge. 392. c. m. He healeth the broken in heart. 1 When 'reft of all, and hopeless care Would sink us to the tomb, What power shall save us from despair, What dissipate the gloom ] 2 No balm that earthly plants distil Can soothe the mourner's sn art ; No mortal hand, with lenient skill, Bind up the broken heart. 3 But One alone, who reigns above, Our woe to joy can turn, And light the lamp of life and love That long has ceased to burn. 4 Then, O my soul ! to that One flee, To God thy woes reveal - $ His eye alone thy wounds can see, His power alone can heal. Drummond. 393. l. m. Afflictions sanctified by the "Word. 1 O how I love thy holy word, Thy gracious covenant, O Lord ! It guides me in the peaceful way ; I think upon it all the day. 394. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 2 Long unafflicted, undismayed, In pleasure's path secure I strayed; Thou mad'st me feel the chastening rod, And straight I turned me to my God. 3 What though it pierced my fainting heart ; I blessed the hand that caused the smart ; It taught my tears awhile to flow, But saved me from severer woe. 4 I love thee, therefore, O my God, And breathe towards thy dear abode, Where all thy saints forever rest, In thine own presence fully blest. Cowper. 394. c. m. Beholding the Face in a Glass. 1 Behold the glass the Gospel lends, That men their hearts may view ; How free from stain its surface is ; How polished and how true ! 2 Behold that wise, that perfect law, Which noblest freedom gives ; O may it all our souls refine, And sanctify our lives. 3 Not with a transient glance surveyed, And in an hour forgot ; But deep inscribed on every heart, To reign o'er every thought. 4 Great Author of each perfect gift, Thy sovereign grace display, That these rebellious, roving hearts, May hearken and obey. Doddridge. subjects of sermons. 395, 396. 395. l. m. Sowing in Tears to reap in Joy. 1 The darkened sky — how thick it lowers, Troubled with storms, and black with showers ; No cheerful gleam of light appears, But Nature pours forth all her tears. 2 Yet, let the sons of grace revive ; God bids the soul that seeks him live ; And from the gloomiest shade of night Calls forth a morning of delight. 3 The seeds of happiness unknown Are in these watered furrows sown : See the green blades, how quick they rise, And with fresh verdure bless our eyes. 4 In secret foldings they contain Unnumbered ears of golden grain ; And Heaven shall pour its beams around, Till the ripe harvest load the ground. 5 Then shall the trembling mourner come And bind his sheaves, and bear them home : The voice long faint with sighs shall sing, Till heaven with hallelujahs ring. Doddridge. 396. h. m. Thanks be to God who giveth us the Victory. 1 Thanks be to God, the Lord, The victory is ours ; And hell is overcome By Christ's triumphant powers ! The monster sin In chains is bound, 23 And death has felt His mortal wound. 397. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 2 Oppressed with guilt and woe, In darkness long we lay, Till Christ on earth appeared — Then all was bounuless day : With terror struck, The host of night Fled in despair, To shun the light. 3 Now, o'er the vanquished tomb, Behold his trophy blaze ; The banner of the cross, That pours its streaming rays, And upwards guide Our steps to God. To mark the path Which Jesus trod, 4 Give thanks to God, the Lord ; The victory is won ; And up the path to heaven Our march is now begun. The hymn of joy Exulting raise, And shout aloud The Saviour's praise. Drummond. 397. c. m. Blessings in Past Ages. 1 Let children hear the mighty deeds Which God performed of old ; Which in our younger years we saw, And which our fathers told. 2 He bids us make his glories known — His works of power and grace ; And we'll convey his wonders down To every rising race. 3 Our lips shall tell them to our sons, And they again to theirs ; That generations yet unborn May teach them to their heirs. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 398, 399. 4 Thus shall they learn, in God alone, Their hope securely stands ; That they may ne'er forget his works, But practise his commands. r Watts. 398. c. m. Prevailing bad Example. 1 Lord, when iniquities abound, And growing crimes appear, We view the deluge rising round, With sorrow and with fear. 2 Yet, when its waves most fiercely beat. And spread destruction wide, Thy Spirit can a barrier raise To stem the rising tide. 3 May thy resistless arm aw^ake, Thy sacred cause to plead ; And let the multitude confess That thou art God indeed. 4 Our faint and feeble souls support ; Thy saving power display ; And multitudes in vain shall strive To lead us from thy way. Doddridge. 399. us. Prepare ye the Way of the Lord. 1 A voice from the desert comes, awful and shrill ! The Lord is advancing, prepare ye the way ; The word of Jehovah he comes to fulfil, And o'er the dark world pour the splendor of day. 2 Bring down the proud mountain, though towering to heaven, And be the low valley exalted on high ; 400, 401. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. The rough path and crooked be made straight and even ; For, Zion, your King, your Redeemer is nigh ! 3 The beams of salvation his progress illume ; The lone dreary wilderness sings of her God ; The rose and the myrtle there suddenly bloom, And the olive of peace throws its branches abroad. Drummond. 400, L. M. Man frail and unworthy. 1 Shall the frail race of flesh and blood Contend with their Creator, God ? Shall mortal man presume to be More holy, wise, and just, than he ] 2 Behold, he puts his trust in none Of all the spirits round the throne ; And how much meaner things are they Which spring from dust and dwell in clay. 3 From night to day, from day to night, We die by thousands in thy sight : Touched by the finger of thy power, We faint and vanish every hour. 4 Almighty Power ! to thee we bow ; How frail are we, how glorious thou ! Which of the sons of men shall dare With an eternal God compare 1 Watts. 401. c. m. Influences of the Spirit implored. Great Father of each perfect gift, Behold thy servants wait ; With longing eyes and lifted hands We flock around thy gate. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. 402. 2 Oh, shed abroad that gift divine, Thy Spirit from above ; And bless our eyes with sacred light, And fire our hearts with love. 3 With early flight may it descend, And solid comfort bring ; And o'er our languid souls extend Its all-reviving wing. 4 Blest earnest of eternal joy, Declare our sins forgiven ; And bear, with energy divine, Our raptured thoughts to heaven. Doddridge. 402. s. m. The excellency of the Righteous. 1 How glorious, Lord, art thou ! How bright thy splendors shine ! Thy rays reflected gild thy saints With radiance all divine. 2 With lowliness and love Wisdom and courage meet ; The grateful heart, the cheerful eye, How reverend and how sweet ! 3 In beauties such as these Thy children now are drest ; But brighter habits shall they wear In mansions of the blest. 4 In nature's barren soil W T ho could such glories raise 1 We own, O God, the work is thine, And thine be all the praise. Doddridge. 23* 403, 404. subjects of sermons. 403. c. m. The Just, the Portion of God. 1 Sovereign of nature, all is thine ; The air, the earth, the sea ; By thee the orbs celestial shine, And angels live by thee. 2 Rich in thine own celestial store, Thou calPst forth worlds at will ; Ten thousand and ten thousand more Would hear thy summons still. 3 What treasure then wilt thou confess, And thy own portion call 1 What by peculiar right possess, When thou art Lord of all ] 4 Thy children thou wilt stoop to claim, And mark them out for thine ; Ten thousand praises to thy name, For goodness so divine. Doddridge. 404. c. m. Before or after Sermon. 1 Almighty God ! thy word is cast Like seed into the ground ; Now let the dews of heaven descend, And righteous fruits abound. 2 Let not the foes of Christ and man The sacred seed remove ; But give it root in every heart, To bear the fruits of love. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. Let not the world's deceitful cares The rising plant annoy ; But may it bear a hundred-fold Of virtue, peace, and joy. O may thy word, so kindly sent To save us, by thy Son, Return to thee with joy, and tell Of all our duties done. Oft as the precious seed is sown, Thy quickening grace bestow ; That all whose hearts receive the truth, Its saving power may know. Christian Psalmist. THE COMMUNION, AND THE DEATH OF CHRIST. 405. L. M. Institution of the Supper. 1 'Twas on that dark, that awful night, When all the powers of darkness rose Against the Son of God's delight, And friends betrayed him to his foes : 2 Before the mournful scene began, He took the bread, and blessed, and brake ; What love through all his actions ran ! What wondrous words of peace he spake ! 3 ' This is my body, broke for sin : Receive, and eat, — 'tis living food ;' Then took the cup, and blessed the wine i — 1 'Tis the new covenant in my blood. 4 In memory, of your dying Lord, Do this,' he said, ' till time shall end ; Meet at my table, and record The love of your departed Friend.' Watts. 406. l. m. The Memorial Service. 1 Jesus is gone above the skies, Where our weak senses reach him not ; And earthly objects court our eyes, To thrust the Saviour from our thought. THE COMMUNION. 407. 2 He knows what wandering hearts we have, How weak our faith and hope may prove ; And to refresh our minds he gave These kind memorials of his love. 3 Be sinful pleasures all forgot ; Let earth grow less in our esteem ; Christ and his love fill every thought, And faith and hope be fixed on him. Watts. 407. c. m. This do in remembrance of me. 1 According to thy gracious word, In meek humility, This will I do, my gracious Lord ; I will remember thee. 2 Thy body, broken for my sake, My bread from heaven shall be ; Thy testamental cup I take, And thus remember thee. 3 When to the cross I turn my eyes, And there thy anguish see, O, Lamb of God, my sacrifice, I must remember thee : 4 Remember thee and all thy pains, And all thy love to me ; Yea, while a breath of life remains, Will I remember thee. Montgomery. 408, 409. the communion. 408, l. m. Take ; eat. 1 Eat, drink, in memory of your friend ; Such was our Master's last request, Who all the pangs of death endured, That we might live forever blessed. 2 Yes, we'll record thy matchless love, Thou kindest, tenderest, best of friends; Thy dying love, the nobiest praise Our hearts can offer thee, transcends. 3 'Tis pleasure more than earth can give Thy goodness through these veils to see : Thy table food celestial yields To those who give their hearts to thee. Dublin Coll. 409. l. m. Christ the Shepherd of the Sheep. 1 O may the Shepherd of the sheep His little flock in safety keep ; The flock for which he came from heaven, The flock for which his life was given. 2 O hide them from the sultry beam, And lead them near the living stream ; In fertile pastures let them lie, And watch them with a shepherd's eye. 3 O may thy sheep discern thy voice, And in its sacred sound rejoice ; From strangers may they ever flee, And know no other guide but thee. Maclae's Coll. THE COMMUNION. 410,411. 410. 7s. 61. Christ our Example in Suffering. 1 Go to dark Gethsemane, Ye that feel temptation's power ; Your Redeemer's conflict see, Watch with him one painful hour ; Turn not from his grief away ; Learn of Jesus Christ to pray. 2 Calvary's dreary mountain climb ; There, admiring at his feet, Mark that miracle of time, God's own sacrifice complete ; It is finished, hear him cry ; Learn of Jesus Christ to die. 3 Early hasten to the tomb, Where they laid his breathless clay ; All is solitude and gloom ! Who hath taken him away ] Christ is risen from human eyes ; Saviour ! teach us so to rise. Montgomery. 411. L. M. Christ forsaken by the Disciples. 1 Behold the Son of God's delight ! His smiles, how sweet ! his rays, how bright ! A friend of tenderness unknown, To the last breath he loved his own. 2 But lo, his friends, his brethren dear, Fly when they see the danger near ; And not one generous heart remains, To shield his life or share his pains. 412, 413. THE COMMUNION. 3 So frail is man ; so frail are we When unsustained, O God, by thee ; So fails our faith, so sinks 'our love, So poor our strong professions prove. 4 O ma)?- thy Son thy power impart, And bind in cords of love my heart ; The wanderer then no more shall flee, But keep through death his hold on thee. Doddridge. 412. L. M. Thy will be done. 1 * Father divine !' the Saviour cried, While horrors pressed on every side, And prostrate on the ground he lay, ' Remove this bitter cup away !' 2 ' But if these sorrows must be borne, Or helpless man be left forlorn, I bow my soul before thy throne, And say, Thy will, not mine, be done.' 3 Resigned as his our souls would be, With feelings all subdued to thee ; Our hearts, and not our lips alone, Would say, ( thy will, not ours, be done.' Doddridge. 413. L. M. 'Tis finished. 1 ' 'Tis finished !' so the Saviour cried, And meekly bowed his head and died. c 'Tis finished !' yes ; the race is run, The battle fought, the victory won. THE COMMUNION. 414. 2 "Tis finished !' all that heaven foretold By prophets in the days of old ; And truths are opened to our view, That kings and prophets never knew. 3 * Tis finished !' Son of God ! thy power Hath triumphed in this awful hour ; And yet our eyes with sorrow see That life to us was death to thee. J. Stennett. 414. l. m. Death and Resurrection of Christ. 1 He dies, the Friend of sinners dies ! Lo, Salem's daughters weep around ; A solemn darkness veils the skies, A sudden trembling shakes the ground. 2 Come, saints, and drop a tear or* two, For him who groaned beneath your load ; He shed a thousand drops for yon, A thousand drops of richest blood. 3 Here's love and grief beyond degree ; The glorious Saviour dies for men ! But lo ! what sudden joys we see, Jesus, the dead, revives again ! 4 The Son of God forsakes the tomb- Up to the Father's court he flies ; Seraphic legions guard him home, And shout him welcome to the skies. 5 Break off your tears, ye saints, and tell How high your great deliverer reigns ; Sing how he spoiled the hosts of hell, And led the monster, death, in chains. 24 415, 416. THE COMMUNION. 6 Say, Live forever, wondrous King ! Born to redeem, and strong to save ; Then ask the monster, Where's thy sting, And where thy victory, boasting grave ] Watts. 415. c. m. The Lamb that was slain. 1 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 ; Worthy the Lamb, our lips reply, For he was slain for us. 3 Let all who dwell above the sky, In air, on earth, in seas, Conspire to lift his glories high, And speak his endless praise. Watts. 416. c. m. The Cross. 1 Behold the Saviour on the cross ! For us he dies in woe ; See from his deep and bleeding wounds The streams of crimson flow ! 2 Now death's pale ensigns o'er his face And trembling lips are spread ! The light forsakes his closing eyes, And life his fainting head. THE COMMUNION. 417. 3 ' 'Tis finished,' was his latest voice ; Those sacred accents o'er, He bows his head, gives up the ghost, And suffers pain no more. 4 'Tis finished — the Messiah dies For sins, but not his own ; The great redemption is complete, And death is overthrown ! Christian Psalmist. 417. cm. Love strong in Death. 1 If human kindness meets return, And owns the grateful tie ; If tender thoughts within us burn To feel that friends are nigh ; 2 O, shall not warmer accents tell The gratitude we owe To Him, who died, our fears to quell, And save from death and woe ? 3 While yet in anguish he surveyed Those pangs he would not flee, What love his latest words displayed ; * Meet, and remember me.' 4 Remember thee 1 thy death, thy shame, Our sinful hearts to share 1 O, memory, leave no other name But his, recorded there. Noel. 418, 419. THE COMMUNION. 418. c. m. Christ's Death and Exaltation. 1 Ye humble souls who seek the Lord, Chase all your fears away, And bow with transport down to see The place where Jesus lay. 2 His life for us he freely gave ; Such wonders love can do I Thus cold in death that bosom lay, Which throbbed and bled for you. 3 A moment give your hearts to grief, And mourn your Saviour slain ; Then dry your tears and tune your songs, The Saviour lives again ! 4 High o'er the angel bands he rears His once dishonored head, And through unnumbered years he reigns, Who dwelt among the dead. Doddridge. 419. 7s. The dispensation of Love. 1 Not to Sinai's dreadful blaze, But to Zion's throne of grace, By a way marked out with blood, Sinners now approach their God. 2 Not to hear the fiery law, But with humble joy to draw Water, from that well supplied Jesus opened when he died. 3 Lord, there are no streams but thine Can assuage a thirst like mine ; THE COMMUNION. 420,421 'Tie a thirst thyself did give, Let me therefore drink and live. Olney Hymns. 420. The Bread from Heaven. 1 Here have we seen thy face, O Lord, And viewed salvation with oar eyes ; Tasted and felt the living word, The bread descending from the skies. 2 Thy mercy sent thine only Son To shed his blood before our face ; The undefiled and Holy One, To die for man's unworthy race. 3 He is the bright, the morning Star ; He stands beside his Father's throne, And spreads his beams through earth afar, And down to ages yet unknown. Watts. 421. c. m. Reconciliation. 1 O here, if ever, God of love, May strife and hatred cease ; May every heart harmonious move, And every thought be peace. 2 Not here, where met to think of Him, Whose latest thoughts were ours, Shall mortal passions come to dim The prayer devotion pours. 3 No, gracious Master, not in vain, Thy life of love hath been ; The peace thou gavest may yet remain, Though thou no more art seen. 24* 422, 423. THE COMMUNION. 4 c Thy Kingdom come ;' we watch, we wan To hear thy cheering call, When heaven shall ope its glorious gate, And God be all in all. E. Taylor. 422. L. M. The wandering Sheep. 1 Lord, we have wandered from thy way ; Like sheep we all have gone astray : Our pleasant pastures we have left, And of thy guard our souls bereft ; 2 Exposed to want — exposed to harm — Far from our gentle Shepherd's arm ; Nor will these fatal wanderings cease, Till thou reveal the paths of peace. 3 Oh seek thy thoughtless servants, Lord, Nor let us quite forget thy word ; Our erring souls do thou restore, And keep us, that we stray no more. Doddridge. 423. s. m. Invitation to the Supper. 1 Our heavenly Father calls, And Christ invites us near ; With both our friendship shall be sweet, And our communion dear. 2 God pities all our griefs ; He pardons, every day ; Almighty to protect our souls, And wise to guide our way. THE COMMUNION. 424. 3 Jesus, our living Head, How great his bounties are ! Our Advocate before the throne, And our forerunner there. 4 Here fix our roving hearts, In confidence and love, Till the communion be complete In nobler scenes above. 424. c. m. Come to the "Waters. Doddridge. 1 The King of heaven his table spreads, And blessings crown the board ; Not paradise, with all its joys, Can such delight afford. 2 Pardon, and peace, and endless life, To dying men are given, Through the rich blood that Jesus shed To raise our souls to heaven. 3 Millions of souls, ascended now, Were fed and feasted here ; And millions more, still on the way, Shall round the board appear. 4 All things are ready, come away, No weak excuses frame ; Crowd to your places at the feast, And bless the Founder's name. Wesley's Coll. y 425, 426. THE COMMUNION. 425. h. m. Communion Hymn. 1 To Thee our wants are known, From thee are all our powers ; Accept what is thine own, And pardon what is ours. Our praises, Lord, and prayers receive, And to thy word a blessing give. 2 O grant that each of us Now met before ihee here, May meet together thus, When thou and thine appear, And follow thee to heaven our home ; Even so, Amen, Lord Jesus, come. Olney Hymns. 426. c. m. Communion Hymn. 1 How are thy glories here displayed, Great God ! how bright they shine, While at thy word we break the bread, And pour the flowing wine. 2 Here the stern hand of Justice shows Its violated laws ; Here saving Mercy spreads her hands, Like Jesus on the cross. 3 Here waiting Hope impatient stands With heaven-directed eyes ; And Sorrow leans with downward sight That dares not seek the skies. 4 Here may our best affections glow, Our raging passions die ; Then shall our souls be all delight, And all our tears be dry. Watts. THE COMMUNION. 427, 428. 427. s. m. Communion Hymn. 1 Jesus invites bis friends To meet around his board, And join in blest communion here With him, their gracious Lord. 2 For us he gave his life ; For us he gave his blood ; To save from sin our thankless race, And bring them back to God. 3 Our heavenly Father calls Christ and his members one ; We the young children of his grace, And he the elder Son. 4 Let all our souls unite A grateful song to raise ; Pleasure and love fill every mind, And every voice be praise. Watts. 428. c. m. The Communion of the Living and the Dead. 1 The saints on earth and those above But one communion make ; Joined to their Lord in bonds of love, All of his grace partake. 2 One family, we dwell in him ; One church above, beneath ; Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream of death. 3 One army of the living God, To his command we bow ; Part of the host have crossed the flood, And part are crossing now. 429,430. THE COMMUNION. 4 O God, be thou our constant guide ; Then, when thy word is given, May death's cold flood its waves divide,. And land us safe in heaven. C. Wesley. 429. c. m. Ye are the Light of the World. 1 We bless the Eternal Source of light, Who made the stars to shine, And through this dark and clouded world Diffused the light divine. 2 We bless the churches' sovereign King ; His golden lamps they are ; Fixed in the temples of his love, To shine in radiance there. 3 Long be their purity preserved, Long fed with oil their flame ; And deep in every heart inscribed Their Heavenly Master's name. Doddridge. 430. c. m. The Day of Account. 1 The day approacheth, O my souI> The great, decisive day, Which from the bounds of mortal life Shall bear thee far away. 2 Another day more awful dawns, And lo ! the Judge appears ! Ye heavens, retire before his face, And sink, ye darkened stars. ^HE COMMUNION. 431, 432. 3 Yet does one short, preparing hour, Of precious life remain ; Awake, my soul, with all thy power, Nor let it pass in vain. 4 For this, thy temple, Lord, we throng ; For this, the board surround ; There may our service be approved, And with thy presence crowned. Doddridge. 431. 7s. Christian Farewell. 1 Christians! brethren! ere we part, Every voice and every heart Join, and to our Father raise One last hymn of grateful praise. 2 Though we here should meet no more, Yet there is a brighter shore ; There, released from toil and pain, There we all may meet again. 3 Now to him who reigns in heaven, Be eternal glory given ; Grateful for thy love divine, O may all our hearts be thine ! Kirke White. 432. 7s. Benediction. 1 Now may he, who from the dead Brought the Shepherd of the sheep, Jesus Christ, our King and Head, All our souls in safety keep. THE COMMUNION* 2 May he teach us to fulfil What is pleasing in his sight ; Perfect us in all his will, And preserve us day and night. 3 Let us now the Saviour praise, Who for us poured out his blood ; And let hearts and voices raise Loud thanksgivings to our God. Olney Hymr>s» OCCASIONAL HYMNS. 435. L. M. A Morning Hymn. 1 God of the morning ! at whose voice The cheerful sun makes haste to rise, And, robed in splendor, doth rejoice To run his journey through the skies ; 2 Oh, like the sun, may I fulfil The appointed duties of the day ; With steady mind and active will, March on and keep the heavenly way : 3 For thy commands are right and pure, Enlightening our beclouded eyes ; Thy threatenings just, thy promise sure, Thy Gospel makes the simple wise. 4 Give me thy counsel for my guide, And lead me to thy heavenly bliss ; May every wish and hope beside, Be faint and cold compared with this. Watts. 434. l. m. Morning Hymn. 1 In sleep's serene oblivion laid, I safely passed the silent night ; Again I see the breaking shade, I drink again the morning light. 25 435. OCCASIONAL HY3JNS* 2 New-born, I bless the waking hour; Once more, with awe, rejoice to be ; My conscious soul resumes her power, And springs, my guardian God, to thee, 3 O guide me through the various ways My doubtful feet are doomed to tread ; And spread thy shield's protecting blaze Where dangers press around my head. 4 A deeper shade shall soon impend, A deeper sleep my e}ailhig* bad example, 398. The « way of the Lord, 393 Man unworthy, 400. * Divine -* v spirnV30-r. ' Garments of prarse', -402. ;*The just belong to God, 403. Before or after -sermon, 404. » ■*• • ** DEATH OF' CHRIST, AND THE COMMUNION. Institution of the W>ger, 405. 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