'K2P m wmm ■■HH ■tjUu HHBHiHBB WBBKr ■ BHH! »#y EH FROM THE LIBRARY OF REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON. D. D. BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO THE LIBRARY OF PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY S^8 570 b Digitized by the Internet Archive . in 2010 with funding from Calvin College http://www.archive.org/details/collectionofhymnOOflin < ^"/ i W ^-^»^-V— % C^-^» t- 7 /* ^ ^-e.-+~-cr~% <3s9^t^/- "** ^ OF PBW$5> 3> collecti^ JUL 28 1936 OF <&0fi fCALS HYMNS, FOR THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND HOME. "When music and devotion join, Our heavenward journey^ pleasant is; We travel on with songs* divine, Ravished with sacred ecstasies ; No longer do we pass Through a dry, barren wilderness, But through a land where milk and honey flow; The path to heaven above leads through a heaven below." Anonymous. V J" a. in _ BOSTON: JAMES MUNROE AND COMPANY. 1843. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 18-13, by James Flint, in the Clerk's office oflhe District Court of the District of Massachusetts. CAMBRIDGE: MKTCALF, KEITH, AND NICHOLS, PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY. PREFACE. This Collection of Hymns has been made in compli- ance with a vote of the Religious Society of which the Compiler is pastor. The Collection of his immediate pre- decessor, the late learned and catholic Dr. Bentley, hav- ing been used by the Society for nearly half a century, was out of print, and the books in use wellnigh worn out. That Collection, compared with later Collections, had long been felt to be deficient, not only in the number of hymns it contained, and consequently in variety of topics, but a laro-e portion of its contents — the stiff and unpoetical versions of the Psalms by Tate and Brady — was little suited to the religious exigencies and taste of the present members of the Society. Instead of a reprint of the Old Collection, to which the elder members were attached, from long use and respect to the memory of the compiler, the present pastor was requested to prepare a new one, that should contain such of the hymns in use as were most familiar to all, because the best, and consequently most frequently read from the pulpit. In complying with this request the Compiler has select- ed, from all the various sources accessible to him, four hundred and fifteen hymns, thus exceeding by a few the number to which it was deemed expedient to restrict the Collection, independent of the Ascriptions, Subjects of Anthems, Sacred Airs, &c. Such hymns of the former" Collection are retained as were thought most worthy of a place in the new one, designated by the mark, O. Col. The volume will b"e found to contain the most choice, it is believed, of the hymns in the several Collections used in our churches, together with many others equally choice, to be found in no other Collection in this country, several that have never before appeared in the form of hymns for public worship, and some few original ones, to IV PREFACE. which the names of the Compiler and of one or two of his friends are appended. The Compiler is responsible for a number of changes, that will be found in several hymns, of lines that were false in quantity, or that expressed the sense obscurely, or in bad taste, — of imperfect rhymes, — of transposition of stanzas, — and, in a very few instances, of the ideas of the author, expressing the doctrinal peculiarities of a sect. In justification of these changes the Compiler pleads the example of all who have preceded him in similar works ; a practice that has become so common, that, whether right or not, it is assumed as a conceded privilege by every successive compiler. The number of the stanzas has been abridged in many of the hymns, whenever it could be done without marring the main purport, and natural sequence of ideas, that they might not be too long to be sung entire without wearying alike the choir and the congregation. Whether this Collection be found acceptable to other congregations than that with which the Compiler is im- mediately connected, or not, he will be amply rewarded for the labor he has bestowed upon the work, if it shall meet the reasonable expectations of those at whose re- quest and for whose use especially it has been prepared. And if it shall serve to awaken, animate, and foster in their breasts the devout emotions and affections expressed on its pages, in the house of God, in the family, and the closet, and shall remain as cherished if not as lasting a memorial of the Compiler in the hearts of his charge, till it is superseded by a better substitute, as that which it supersedes has been of his predecessor, he will regard the confidence which assigned to him #ie office he has per- formed as one of the most gratifying of the numberless proofs of their generous and candid estimate of his humble but sincere endeavours to serve them during a happy min- istry of more than twenty years. James Flint, Salem, January 20, 1843. TABLE OF FIRST LINES. A charge to keep I have 255 Adore my soul that awful name 335 Afflicted saint to God draw near 94 Again the Lord of life and light 4 A glory gilds the sacred page 146 Ah wretched souls who still remain 256 All-glorious Lord of heaven and earth 403 All-powerful self-existent God 47 All-seeing God 't is thine to know 275 All that in this wide world we see 55 Almighty Author of our frame 22 Almighty God in humble prayer 121 Almighty God thy wondrous works 45 Almighty Maker God 411 And art thou with us gracious Lord 84 And is the gospel peace and love 207 Angel of Charity who from above 405 Another day its course hath run 372 Another six days 7 work is done 1 As body when the soul has fled 270 As changeful as the moon 303 As Christ hath done so would we do 205 As o'er the past my memory strays 227 Assist us Lord to act to be 254 As the hart with eager looks 120 As the sweet flower which scents the morn 391 As twilight's gradual veil is spread 333 Author of good to thee we come 37 A voice upon the midnight air 188 Awake my soul awake my tongue 63 Awake my soul lift up thine eyes 253 Awake my soul stretch every nerve 252 a* VI TABLE OF FIRST LINES. * Before Jehovah's awful throne 409 Before the awful throne we bow 23 Begin my soul the exalted lay 412 Behold the amazing sight 191 Behold the beauteous western light 332 Behold the blind their sight receive 186 Behold the man how glorious he 182 Behold the Prince of Peace 170 Behold the Saviour on the cross 190 Behold the sun how bright 147 Behold where breathing love divine 203 Behold where in a mortal form 204 Beneath our feet and o'er our head 330 Benignant Saviour 'twas not thine 280 Be ours man's highest wisdom here 261 Beset with snares on every hand 122 Beyond expression blest is he 222 Blest are the pure in heart 263 Blest be the everlasting God - 196 Blest hour when virtuous friends shall meet 360 Blest is the tie that binds 282 Bright was the guiding star that led 165 By cool Siloam's shady rill 251 Calm on the listening ear of night 164 Children of the Heavenly King 39 Come said Jesus' sacred voice 175 Come thou Almighty King 40 Come to the house of prayer 19 Come unto me all ye who mourn 174 Creator Spirit Source of light 30 Dark dark indeed the grave would be 213 Death calls our friends our neighbours hence 329 Despised is the man of grief 192 Ere mountains reared their forms sublime 48 Eternal God Almighty Cause 41 Eternal God enthroned on high 337 TABLE OF FIRST LINES. V1L Eternal Source of life and light 15 Eternal Source of life and thought 11 Eternal Source of truth and light . 13 Far from the world O Lord I flee 244 Father adored in worlds above 33 Father Divine before thy view 73 Father of all in every age 415 Father of eternal love 265 Father of light conduct our feet 262 Father of lights we sing thy name 74 Father of me and all mankind 129 Father of men who can complain 86 Father of mercies in thy word 150 Father of mercies send thy grace 279 Father refuge of my soul 112 Father supply our every need 125 Father thy mercies never fail . . . . ' 365 Father to thy kind love we owe 70 Food raiment dwelling health and friends 307 Forth from the dark and stormy sky 228 Forth in thy name O Lord I go 239 Fountain of being God of love 98 Fountain of light and living breath 240 Fountain of mercy God of love 377 Fountain of uncreated light 414 Freemen we our chartered rights 399 From north and south from east and west • . . 212 Giver of all good gifts to man 406 Give to our God immortal praise 75 Give to the winds thy fears 306 God in the gospel of his Son 151 God in the high and holy place 71 God is a Spirit just and wise 26 God is love his mercy brightens 69 God is our Saviour and defence 77 God moves in a mysterious way &. .... 78 God of eternity from thee 328 Vlll TABLE OF FIRST LINES. God of mercy God of love 223 God of my life through all its days 35 God of my life whose gracious power 79 God of our fathers by whose hand 123 Go suffering habitant of earth 258 Go to dark Gethsemane 189 Go to the grave in all thy glorious prime 388 Gracious Source of every blessing 380 Great Former of this various frame 49 Great God as seasons disappear 376 Great God how endless is thy love 3G8 Great God how infinite art thou 50 Great God in vain man's narrow view 51 Great God our joyful thanks to thee 304 Great God thine attributes divine 60 Great God this sacred day of thine 12 Great God thy peerless excellence 266 Great God to thee our grateful tongues 59 Great God we bow before thy throne 397 Great God wert thou extreme to mark 166 Great God we sing that mighty hand 378 Great Lord of earth and seas and skies 89 Great Ruler of all nature's frame 100 Great Source of life our souls confess 81 Green pastures and clear streams 176 Guide me O thou great Jehovah 309 Hail to the Lord's Anointed 214 Hail to the Sabbath-day 7 Happy is he whose early years 249 Happy the children of the Lord 153 Happy the man whose cautious steps 274 Happy the man whose wishes climb 346 Happy the souls who first believed 209 Happy the unrepining poor 294 Hark the glad sound the Saviour comes 167 Hark what mean those holy voices 163 Heaven is a state of rest from sin 348 Heavenly day awaits our way 350 TABLE OF FIRST LINES. IX Here gracious God do thou - 9 Here in the broken bread 384 Here is a world of doubt • 113 Here Lord when at thy table met 383 Here to the High and Holy One 401 Holy as thou O Lord is none 72 Holy holy holy Lord" 21 Hosanna Lord thine angels cry 25 Hosanna to the Prince of Light 197 How are thy servants blest O Lord 392 How beautiful their feet 202 How beautiful the sight 284 How blest are they who always keep 296 How blest is he whose tranquil mind 338 How blest the righteous when he dies 356 How blest the sacred tie that binds 287 How gentle God's commands 82 How gracious and how wise 83 How happy is he born and taught 300 How happy is the Christian's mind 298 How long shall dreams of earthly bliss 231 How lovely are thy dwellings Lord 8 How precious is the book divine 144 How shall the young secure their hearts 154 How sweet how heavenly is the sight 281 How sweetly flowed the gospel's sound ......... 177 How welcome thy returning beams 5 I cannot shun the stroke of death 341 If God succeed not all the cost 76 If in a temple made with hands 10 If Providence to try my heart 80 Imposture shrinks from light 152 In all thy dealings gracious God 242 In costly fane the pride of art 28 In Judah's rugged wilderness 169 In life's gay morn when sprightly youth 248 In pleasant lands have fallen the lines ...#.... 396 In sleep's serene oblivion laid 362 X TABLE OF FIRST LINES. / la the cross of Christ I glory 193 In the soft season of thy youth 250 In vain our erring race inquires 141 I praised the earth in beauty seen 334 Is there a lone and dreary hour 314 Is there ambition in my heart 291 It is the one true Light 145 I want the spirit of power within 105 Jesus and can it ever be 178 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun 171 Join all ye servants of the Lord 157 Joy to those that love the Lord 301 Let every tongue thy goodness speak 62 Let mountains from their seats be hurled 217 Let party strife no more 277 Lo God is here let us adore 17 Lone traveller in the vale of tears 351 Look up to heaven the industrious sun 364 Lord banish from my wayward heart 110 Lord before thy presence come 18 Lord bring me to resign 241 Lord from whom all blessings flow 286 Lord have mercy and remove us 349 Lord have mercy when we pray 322 Lord how mysterious are thy ways 90 Lord how secure and blest are they 297 Lord I believe a rest remains 138 Lord I believe thy power I own 236 Lord I have made thy word my choice 155 Lord it is not life to live 315 Lord of the harvest God of grace 158 Lord of the Sabbath hear our vows 2 Lord of the winds and ocean's swell 393 Lord of the worlds above 16 Lord teach us how to pray aright 229 Lord thou art good all nature shows 61 Lord thou didst arise and sav 173 TABLE OF FIRST LINES. xi Lord thou hast searched and seen me through ..... 85 Lord through the dubious paths of life 103 Lord we adore thy wondrous name 87 Lord we ask an evening blessing 366 Lord we sit and cry to thee 185 Lord when we bend before thy throne 14 Lord while for all mankind we pray 395 Love divine all love excelling 109 Lowly and solemn be 340 Mark the soft-falling snow 215 Messiah Lord who wont to dwell 172 Messiah now is gone before 198 Morning breaks upon the tomb 194 My dear Redeemer and my Lord 206 My Father's house on high 345 My God I thank thee may no thought 93 My God my Father blissful name 289 My God permit me not to be 243 My God thy boundless love I praise 68 My gracious God I own thy right 238 My soul abjure the ungodly throng 271 My soul before thee prostrate lies 220 My soul shall bless thee O my God 34 Nature a temple worthy heaven 375 Nor eye hath seen nor ear hath heard 347 Not for the pious dead we weep 359 Now let our souls on wings sublime 343 Now Lord we part awhile 408 Now your pleasant labors close 374 O blessed souls are they 232 O bow thine ear Eternal One «... 400 O could I soar to worlds above 324 O deem not they are blest alone 321 O'er life's pale wrecks in loveliness 407 O'er the dark wave of Galilee 179 O for a closer walk with God 237 Xll TABLE OF FIRST LINES. O God accept the sacred hour 385 O God by whom the seed is given 159 O God from thee our spirits come 318 O God I thank thee that the night 371 O God on thee we all depend 99 O God our Father and our King 278 O God our Father when we sink 413 O God our help in ages past 310 O God thy pity will indulge 357 O God to thee the sinking soul 320 O God whose presence glows in all 402 O happy souls that soar on high 299 O hear me Lord to thee I call 101 O help us Lord each hour of need 10i O learn of me the Saviour cried 292 O Lord.my best desires fulfil ' 130 O Lord where'er thy people meet 29 One prayer I have all prayers in one 132 On the dewy breath of even 370 On thy church O Power Divine 218 O sinner bring not tears alone 226 O Source divine and life of all 143 O stay thy tears for they are blest 358 O that my heart was right with thee 115 O that the Lord would guide our ways 102 O Thou from whom all goodness flows 116 O Thou the wretched's sure retreat 233 O Thou to whom all creatures bow 43 O Thou to whose all-searching sight 117 O thou unknown almighty Cause 219 O Thou who dry'st the mourner's tear 135 O Thou who hast at thy command 127 O Thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides .... 106 O timely happy timely wise 363 O 't is a lovely thing to see 272 Our blest Redeemer ere he breathed 199 Our Heavenly Father calls 385 Our Heavenly Father hear 97 Our joy is a created good • 137 TABLE OF FIRST LINES. Xlll Our Maker and our King 20 O what a happy lovely sight 283 O where shall rest be found 342 Patience O ; t is a grace divine 273 Praise to God immortal praise 57 Prayer is the soul's sincere desire 245 Quiet Lord my froward heart 288 Restore O Father to our times restore 210 Return my soul unto thy rest 230 Pude on ride on in majesty 183 Rise my soul and stretch thy wings 140 Rise Sun of glory rise 404 Safely through another week . 373 Salt of the earth ye virtuous few 259 See how he loved exclaimed the Jews 208 See Israel's gentle Shepherd stand 381 See the leaves around us falling 331 Servant of God well done . 389 Shine forth Eternal Source of light 118 Shine on our souls Eternal God 31 Show pity Lord O Lord forgive 225. Since first thy word awoke my heart 126 Since thou the everlasting God 88 Sleep downy sleep come close my eyes 367 Sleep sleep to-day tormenting cares 3 So fades the lovely blooming flower 390 So let our lips and lives express 257 Songs of immortal praise belong 56 Sons of men behold from far 162 Source of love and light of day 235 Sovereign of earth and air and sea Ill Sovereign Ruler of the skies 361 Sow in the morn thy seed 260 Spirit leave thy house of clay 355 Spirit of grace and health and power 32 b XIV TABLE OF FIRST LINES. Spirit of peace who as a dove 285 Spirit of truth on this thy day 200 Supreme Disposer of the heart . ..." 311 Sweet is the prayer whose holy stream 246 Teach me O teach me Lord thy way 156 Teach us O God our King 128 The darkened sky how thick it lowers 92 The fountain in its source 124 The God of nature and of grace 52 The heaven of heavens cannot contain 27 The heavens declare thy glory Lord 216 The hour of my departure 's come 353 The Lord descended from above 44 The Lord is just he made the chain . . . .- 267 The Lord my pasture shall prepare 66 The Lord my Shepherd is 65 There is a book who runs may read 53 There is a God all nature speaks 42 There is a land of pure delight 344 The saints on earth and those above 211 The Saviour comes no outward pomp 168 The Saviour what a noble flame 184 The short-lived day declines in haste 326 The soul's communion with its God 142 The spacious firmament on high 46 The spirit in our hearts 201 The swift-declining day 327 The swift not always in the race 131 The uplifted eye and bended knee 269 The wandering star and fleeting wind 224 This child we dedicate to thee 382 Thou art O God the life and light 54 Though sorrows rise and dangers roll 316 Thou God so rulest such the plan 312 Thou hidden love of God whose height 108 Thou Lord through every changing scene 308 Thou Lord who rear'st the mountains' height 95 Through all the changing scenes of life 36 TABLE OF FIRST LINES. XV Through all the various shifting scenes 67 Through sorrow's night and danger's path 352 Thy gracious aid great God impart 160 Thy people Lord have ever found 91 Thy way is on the deep O Lord 317 Times without number have I prayed 234 T' is gone that bright and orbed blaze 369 To-morrow Lord is thine 325 To thee my God my days are known 139 To thee O God we homage pay 181 To thee O Lord with humble fear 96 Truly the light of morn is sweet 247 7 T was by an order from the Lord .' . . 148 Wait on the Lord ye heirs of hope 302 We bless the God whose bounteous love 58 We would not seek with God our Friend 305 What is the chaff the word of man 161 What works of wisdom power and love 187 When all thy mercies O my God 64 When anguish bows me down I turn 319 When Christ for his disciples prayed 387 When darkness long has veiled my mind 136 When floods of grief assail the mind 134 When human hopes and joys depart 313 When Israel of the Lord beloved 107 When Israel through the desert passed 149 When life as opening buds is sweet 336 When ioud the midnight tempest roaring 394 When musing sorrow weeps the past 133 When power divine in mortal form 180 When rising from the bed of death 339 When sickness shakes the languid frame 323 When the worn spirit wants repose 6 Wherefore should man frail child of clay 293 Wherewith shall I approach the Lord 24 While sounds of war are heard around 398 While thee I seek protecting Power 38 While with ceaseless course the sun 379 XVI TABLE OF FIRST LINES. Whoe'er with humble fear 290 Whom have we Lord in heaven but thee 119 Who shall behold the King of kings 264 Who shall to thy chosen seat 268 With God my Friend the radiant sun 114 With mines of wealth are sinners poor 295 With one consent let all the earth 410 Ye faithful souls who Jesus know 195 Ye golden lamps of heaven farewell 354 Yes prayer is strong and God is good 221 Zeal is that pure and heavenly flame 276 INDEX OF SUBJECTS. I. Commencement of Public Worship, A. M. AND P. M. The Christian Sabbath, 1 to 7, 12. Blessedness of the devout, 8. Worship, a blessing sought on, 9 — around God's altar, 10 — public, 13 — sincerity in, 14, 26 — engagedness in, 18 — acceptable, 24 — pure, in earth and heaven, 25 — in spirit, 29. House of God, 17 — longing for, 16 — invitation to, 19. God the Father of our spirits, 11 — exalted above all praise, 23 — defence of the just, 36 — his blessing implored, 37 — life dedicated to, 31 — everywhere with the true worshipper, 27, 28. Prayer for divine guidance, 15. Di- vine Spirit implored, 30. Praise and thanksgiving to God, 20 to 22 — in every scene, 34 — through all our existence, 35. Habitu- al devotion, 38. God's grace implored, 32. Lord's Prayer, 33. Pilgrim's song, 39. Solemn invocation, 40. II. God, — his Perfections and Providence CELEBRATED. Only true God, 41. His greatness and majesty, 43, 44. In- comprehensible, 51 — in his works and ways, 45. His eternity, 48, 50. Immutability, 47, 49. Declared by the voice of nature, 42. The heavens declare his glory, 46. His glory in creation, 52,54. His works the elder Scripture, 53 — his wisdom in, 56. The world full of him, 55. His goodness to all creatures, 58 — universal, 61 — earth full of, 71. Thanks for his bounties, 57. Our constant benefactor, 59. Confidence in him, 60 — through all changes, 73 — in troubles, 88. Kind and merciful, 62. His mer- cies constant, 63, 64. Our shepherd, 65 ; 66. His paternal provi- dence, 67. His love in his works and word, 68. His loving-kind- ness, 70. He is love, 69. His holiness, 72. His bounties im- proved, 74. His mercies in creation and redemption, 75. His XVlll INDEX OF SUBJECTS. blessing needful in all things, 76. Our refuge, 77. Mysteries of his providence, 78. Our deliverer, 81. His deliverances acknowl- edged, 79. Just, wise, and merciful in afflictions, 80, 83. His care a remedy for ours, 82. Omnipresent, 85. His presence and help, 84. The support of frail man, 87. Equity of his dispensa- tions, 86. Dependence on, and resignation to him, 89. Submis- sion to his all-wise decrees, 90 — under affliction, 91. Weeping seed-time, joyful harvest, 92. Trust in his goodness, 93. As thy day, so thy strength, 94. Faith sees God in small as in great things, 95. His glories celebrated, 96. III. Devout Aspirations and Affections. Lord's prayer, 97. Devout affection, 98. Confidence in God, our Father, 99. God's mercy tempers affliction, 100. Prayer to the Searcher of hearts, 101 — for divine guidance, 102, 103, 123 — for divine help, 104 — for influences of the Spirit, 105 — for divine light, 106 — for knowledge of God, 118 — for constant presence of God, 107 — for the bread of life, 111, 125 — for guar- dianship and guidance, 117 — for the Christian temper, 110 — for the coming of God's kingdom in the heart, 129 — to be made per- fect in love, 115 — to be filled with divine love, 109. Seeking after God, 108. The soul panting for God, 113, 120. Solomon's prayer for wisdom, 121. God our only refuge, 112. Lord, remem- ber me, 116. Resignation, 132 — habitual, 114. Submission to the divine disposal, 130. Folly of self-dependence, 131. God our portion, 119, 141. Choosing the better part, 122. The water of life, 124. Living for God, and to his glory, 126 to 128. Hope, comfort, and consolation in trouble, 133 to 135. Self-reproach for weakness of faith in trouble, 136. Seeking true joys, 137. The saint's rest, 138. Days of the upright known to God, 139. The soul aspiring to heaven, 140. Communion with God, 142. His love, presence, and truth in all things, 143. IV. The Scriptures. The Bible, 145. Light and glory of the word, 146. Light of nature and the gospel, 147. Prophecy and inspiration, 148. The Scriptures, their value, 144 — our light and guide, 149 — their ex- cellence, 150, 151 — searching them, 152 — instruction from them, INDEX OF SUBJECTS. XIX 154. The word of God our portion, 155 — study of, 153 — praise for, 157. Seed of the word, 158, 159. Prayer for a blessing on it, 160. Heavenly bread, 161. Desire of instruction, 156. V. Christ and Christianity. The day-spring, 162, 166. Heavenly heralds of peace, 163. Christmas hymn, 164. The guiding star, 165. Coming of Christ, 167. His sufferings foreshown, 168. His baptism and inspiration, 169. The light of the world, 170. His kingdom among the Gen- tiles, 171. The holy guest, 172. Winds and seas obey him, 173, 180. His invitations, 174, 175. The good shepherd, 176. Jesus teaching, 177. Not ashamed of him, 178. His poverty our rich- es, 179. The sun of righteousness, 181. His entrance into Jeru- salem, 183. Hasting to suffer, 184. His arraignment, 182. Light implored from him, 185. God's miracles by him, 186, 187. We are healed by his stripes, 188. Our example in suffering, 189. His cross, 191 to 193. Redemption by it, 190. Resurrection of Christ, 194 — our hope of heaven, 196 — and ascension, 197. Ris- ing with Christ, 195. Our life hid with Christ in God, 198. The Holy Spirit, the Comforter, 199 — its effusion, 200. Gospel invi- tations, 201. Voice of glad tidings, 202. Christ's precepts of love, 203. His example, 204 to 207. His love, 208. All nations blessed in him, 214. Primitive church, 209. Christian unity, 210. Com- munion of saints, 211. Final acceptance of all the righteous, 212. The gospel, light of on the tomb, 213 — fruitful showers emblems of, 215 — excellence and final success of, 216. The church, its safety and triumph, 217 — its future glory, 218. VI. Human Duty and the Christian Mind. Sins confessed and mourned, 223. The penitent pleading for mercy and pardon, 219, 225. Vain repentance, 234. The true penitent, 226. Blessedness of true penitence, 222. Efficacy of repentance, 221. God's mercy to the penitent, 233. Forgiveness of sins on confession, 232. Inconstancy lamented, 224. The waverer's prayer, 235. Prayer for grace, 220 — for increase of faith, 236. Desire of self-consecration, 227. Seeking refuge, 228. Preparation of the heart, 229. The soul returning to God, 230. Salvation only in God, 231. Walking with God, 237 — service of, XX INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 238 — self-dedication to, 239 to 241. Resignation to the divine will, 242. Religious retirement and meditation, 243 7 244. Prayer, what; 245 — secret, 246. Early religion, 247 to 251. Christian race, 252 — warfare, 253. Wisdom and virtue sought from God, 254. Watching, prayer, and perseverance, 255. Christian reso- lution, 256. Holiness essential to Christian character, 257. Chris- tian pilgrimage and warfare, 258. Christians, salt of the earth, 259. Sowing seed of the word, 260. True wisdom, 261, 262. The pure in heart, 263, 264. Holiness of life, 265. Imitation of God, 266. The just man, 267. Citizen of Zion, 268. Forms without virtue vain, 269. Faith and works, 270. Integrity, 271. Prudence, 272. Patience, 273, 302. Moderation, 274. Charitable judgment, 275. Zeal, true and false, 276. Christian unity, 277. Brotherly love, 278, 281. Kind affections, 279. Compassion for the sinful, 280. Bond of love, 282. Domestic love, 283. Peace and love, 284, 285. Christians one with Christ and God, 286. Christian friendship, 287. Docility and trust, 288. Filial trust, 289. God, guide of the humble, 290. Humility and submission, 291. Meekness and hu- mility, 292, 293. The Beatitudes, 294. Heavenly treasures, 295. Happiness of a holy life, 296, 300 — of a good conscience, 297 — of a real Christian, 298, 299. Devout joy, 301. VII. The Human Lot, Mortal and Immortal. The allotments of life divine, 303. Thanks for all things, 304. Anxiety reproved, 305. Encouragement, 306. God, our portion, 307 — our refuge, 308. Pilgrim's prayer, 309. Man frail, God eternal, 310. Perpetuity of love, 311. Life's ills issuing in good, 312. Solace of faith, 313. God our Father, 314. The supreme good, 315. Trust in God, though he slay, 316, 317. God gives and takes away, 318. Peace of God in affliction, 319. Benefit of affliction, 320, 321. Prayer for mercy in spiritual need, 322. Com- fort in sickness and death, 323. Aged Christian longing for heav- en, 324. Uncertainty of life, 325 — timely improvement of, 326, 327. Redeeming time, 328. Death appointed to all, 329 — thought on, 336 — prayer for support in, 340 — fear of overcome, 341 — prospect of heaven, support in, 344 — rest in, for weary and af- flicted, 351. Warnings of death and immortality, 330. Autumn warnings, 331. Autumn evening, 332. Changes of nature types of immortality, 333. Visible world shadow of the invisible, 334. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. XXI The soul called to immortality, 335. Aged Christian's consolation and happiness, 337, 338. Looking forward to judgment, 339. Is- sues of life and death, 342. View of futurity, 343 — of the home in heaven, 545. The Christian's prospect, 346. Heaven invisible and holy, 347 — preparation for, 348 — welcome only to the pre- pared, 349. The heavenly way, 350. Death, 355. Journeying through death to life, 352. Prayer of dying Christian, 353. Chris- tian's farewell, 354. Righteous blessed in death, 356. Funeral hymn, 357. Blessed who die in the Lord, 358. Mourner's thoughts of heaven, 359. Reunion of virtuous friends, 360. VIII. Occasions Public and Private. Our times in God's hand, 361. Morning hymns, 362, 363 — for a child, 371. Noon-day, 364. Evening, 365 to 367, 369, 370 — for a child, 372. Evening or morning, 368. Saturday evening, 373. Sunday evening, 374. The seasons, 375. Harvest, 376. Seed- time and harvest, 377. New year, 378, 379. Close of year or day, 380. For baptism, 381, 382. Lord's supper, 383 to 387. Death of the faithful in mid-life, 388 — of an aged minister, 389 — of a child, 390, 391. Traveller's hymn, 392. Prayer for friends at sea, 393. Christian mariner, 394. Prayer for our country, 395. Re- membrance of our fathers, 396. Praise for national blessings, 397. Evils of war deprecated, 398. Hymn for American inde- pendence, 399 — for dedication of a church, 400 — on leaving an ancient church, 401 — for ordination, 402 — for a new society, 403. Missionary hymn, 404. For a charitable occasion, 405. For re- formed inebriates, 406. For burial in a rural cemetery, 407. Part- ing to meet again, 408. IX. General Worship, Thanksgiving, and Praise. Praise to our Creator, 409. Worship from all the earth, 410. Nature's praise to God, 411. Invocation to universal praise, 412. Prayer for guidance in all conditions, 413. God is light, 414. Universal prayer, 415. X. Close of Worship, Ascriptions, and Sacred Airs. INTRODUCTORY ANTHEMS. I. MOTET. From the German. Welcome, thou Day of the Lord ! 1 While this da}' its light is shedding, Worldly thoughts and cares forbidding, Let us give our souls to rest ; Let us now, in supplication, Look to Him whose great salvation All the world has freely blest. Welcome, O welcome, thou day of the Lord ! 2 God above ! we bow before thee, Humbly would we now adore thee ; Glad we '11 haste to Zion's gate ; Glad we '11 join those holy praises, Zion's temple ever raises High to thee, so good and great. Welcome, O welcome, thou day of the Lord ! II. Sentence. The Lord is in his holy temple ; let all the earth keep silence before him. III. Sentence. And ye shall seek me and find me, When ye shall search for me with all your heart, Saith the Lord. IV. Sentence. I will arise and go to my Father, and will say unto him, " Father ! I have sinned against Hea- ven and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son." HYMNS. COMMENCEMENT OF PUBLIC WORSHIP, MORNING AND AFTERNOON. 1. JL. lVl. Stennett. Sabbath Morning. 1 Another six days' work is done ; Another Sabbath is begun ; Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest, Improve the day which God hath blest. 2 O that our thoughts and thanks may rise, As grateful incense, to the skies ; And draw from heaven that sweet repose Which none but he that feels it knows ! 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 duties, let the day, In holy pleasures, pass away ; Our Sabbaths thus we love to spend, In hope of one that ne'er shall end. 1 2, 3. COMMENCEMENT OF 2i, Li. IVI. Doddridge. The eternal Rest. 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. 2 Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love ; But there 's a nobler rest above ; To that our longing souls aspire With ardent hope and strong desire. 3 No more fatigue, no more distress, Nor sin, nor death shall reach the place ; No groans shall 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 radiant, calm, eternal noon. 5 O long-expected day, begin ! Our souls, released from toil and sin, Shall quit with joy this weary road, Nor shrink from death to rest with God. 3. O. 1V1. Barbauld. The Sabbath of the Soul. 1 Sleep, sleep to-day, tormenting cares, Of earth and folly born ! Ye shall not dim the light that streams From this celestial morn. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 4. 2 To-morrow will be time enough To feel your harsh control ; Ye shall not violate this day, The sabbath of the soul. 3 Sleep, sleep for ever, guilty thoughts ! Let fires of vengeance die ; And, purged from sin, may we behold A God of purity. 4. O. JV1. Barbauld. The Lord's Day. 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 wrapt 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 welcome morn, Which scatters blessings from its wings To nations yet unborn. 5. COMMENCEMENT OF 5. L. M. Hancox. The Lord's Day. 1 How welcome thy returning beams, Thou fairest morn of all the seven ! Those wake to toil and earthly schemes ; Thou to repose and thoughts of heaven. 2 The six days' noise and rage are o'er ; Appeased the tumult and the strife ; Now may the spirit freely soar, No longer chained to cares of life. 3 We joyful join the grateful throng, And pay to God our early vow, Repeat his praise in cheerful song, And at his footstool humbly bow. 4 He hath revealed a blest abode, In gospel lines divinely fair ; Come, let us seek the heavenly road, That we may not be strangers there. 5 Nor with the Sabbath's parting ray Let us our pious zeal conclude ; But strive to know, each passing day, Some strengthened grace, or sin subdued. 6 Then we may trust our Father's love, That, when we 've passed these days of care, Trained for his blissful courts above, An endless Sabbath we shall share. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 6, 7. 6. U. M. Edmeston. The Lord's Day. 1 When the worn spirit wants repose, And sighs her God to seek, How sweet to hail the evening's close That ends the weary week ! 2 How sweet to hail the early dawn That opens on the sight, And brings — the veil of night withdrawn — The Sabbath's cheering light ! 3 Sweet day ! thine hours too soon will cease ; Yet, while they gently roll, Breathe, Heavenly Spirit, source of peace, A sabbath o'er my soul ! 4 Soon will my pilgrimage be done, The world's long week be o'er, That Sabbath dawn which needs no sun, That day which fades no more ! 7. fe. JM. BULFINCH. The Lord's Day. 1 Hail to the Sabbath-day ! The day divinely given, When men to God their homage pay, And earth draws near to heaven ! 2 , Lord ! in this sacred hour, Within thy courts we bend ; We bless thy love, and own thy power, Our Father, and our Friend ! 1 * 8. COMMENCEMENT OF 3 Bat thou art not alone In courts by mortals trod ; Nor only is the day thine own When man draws near to God. 4 Thy temple is the arch Of yon unmeasured sky ; Thy Sabbath the stupendous march Of grand eternity. 8. C. M. Milton. The Blessedness of the Devout. Ps. 84. 1 How lovely are thy dwellings, Lord, From noise and trouble free ! How beautiful the sweet accord Of souls that pray to thee ! 2 Lord God of hosts, that reign'st on high ! They are the truly blest, Who only will on thee rely, In thee alone will rest. 3 They pass, refreshed, the thirsty vale, The dry and barren ground, As through a fruitful, watery dale, Where springs and showers abound. 4 They journey on from strength to strength, With joy and gladsome cheer, Till all before our God, at length, In Zion do appear. 5 For God, the Lord, both sun and shield, Gives grace and glory bright ; No good from them shall be withheld Whose ways are just and right. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 9, 10. 9. H. M. Breviary. A Blessing sought on Worship. 1 Here, gracious God ! do thou For evermore draw nigh ; Accept each faithful prayer, And mark each suppliant sigh ; In copious shower, On all who pray, This holy day, Thy blessings pour. 2 Here may we find from heaven The grace which we implore ; And may that grace, once given, Be with us evermore ; Until that day When all the blest To endless rest Are called away. 10. L. M. Lamport. " / rcill go to the altar of God" Ps. 43. If, in a temple made with hands, God speaketh still bis high commands ; Let us to that blest place repair, That we may learn our duty there. If, in the ailments of the soul, There be a power that makes it whole ; Let us to that pure fount apply, Lest the neglected spirit die. 11. COMMENCEMENT OF 3 If there be still a sacrifice That may to God with favor rise ; Let us present a contrite heart, Ere from this temple we depart. 4 If, in the dread of death's dark hour, The word of life hath soothing power ; To hear that word O let us haste, Ere yet the pains of death we taste ! 5 Where God would have the oblation made, There be the willing tribute paid, Till to his name we consecrate The worship of an endless state. 11. E. IV1. Doddridge. O. Col. 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. 2 While in themselves our souls survey Of thee some faint, reflected ray, They, wondering, to their Father rise ; His power, how vast ! his thoughts, how wise 3 O may we live before thy face, The obedient children of thy grace, And through each path of duty move With filial awe and filial love ! 4 Call us away from flesh and sense ; Thy Spirit, Lord, can draw us thence ; We would obey the voice divine, And all inferior joys resign. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 12, 13. 12. L. M. 6 1. Mrs. Steele. O. Col. The Lord's Day. 1 Great God ! this sacred day of thine Demands our souls' collected powers ; May we employ in work divine These solemn, these devoted hours ; O may our souls, adoring, own The grace which calls us to thy throne ! 2 The word of life, dispensed to-day, Invites us to a heavenly feast ; May every ear the call obey ; Be every heart an humble guest ; Let all draw near, and, tasting, prove The sweetness of thy boundless love. 3 Thy truth's most powerful aid impart ; O may thy word, with life divine, Engage the ear, and warm the heart ! Then shall the day indeed be thine ; Then shall our souls, adoring, own The grace which calls us to thy throne. 13. L. M. Sir J. E. Smith. Public Worship. 1 Eternal Source of truth and light ! To thee we look, on thee we call ; Lord ! we are nothing in thy sight, But thou, to us, art all in all. 2 Still may thy children in thy word Their common trust and refuge see ; O bind us to each other, Lord, By one great tie, the love of thee ! 14. COMMENCEMENT OF 3 Here, at the portal of thy house, We leave our mortal hopes and fears ; Accept our prayer, and bless our vows, And dry our penitential tears. 4 So shall our suns of hope arise, With brighter still and brighter ray ; Till thou shalt bless our longing eyes With beams of everlasting day. 14. 0. M. Anonymous. Sincerity in Worship. 1 Lord ! when we bend before thy throne, And our confessions pour, Teach us to feel the sins we own, And shun what we deplore. 2 Our contrite spirits pitying see, And penitence impart ; And let a healing ray from thee Beam hope upon the heart. 3 When our responsive tongues essay Their grateful songs to raise, Grant that our souls may join the lay, And rise to thee in praise. 4 When we disclose our wants in prayer, May we our wills resign, And not a thought our bosoms share, Which is not wholly thine. 5 Let faith each meek petition fill, And waft it to the skies ; And teach our hearts 't is goodness still That grants it, or denies. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 15, 16. 15. C. M. Cappe's Sel. Prayer for Divine Guidance. Eternal Source of life and light ! Supremely good and wise ! To thee we bring our grateful vows, To thee lift up our eyes. Our dark and erring minds illume With truth's celestial rays, Inspire our hearts with sacred love, And tune our lips to praise. Conduct us safely by thy grace Through life's perplexing road ; And place us, when that journey 's o'er, In heaven, thy blest abode. 16. H. M. Watts. Longing for the House of God. Ps. 84. 1 Lord of the worlds above ! How pleasant and how fair The dwellings of thy love, Thine earthly temples are ! 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 ! 17. COMMENCEMENT OF They praise thee still ; And happy they That love the way To Zion's hill ! 3 They go from strength to strength. Through this dark vale of tears, Till each arrives at length, Till each in heaven appears ; O glorious seat, When God, our King, Shall thither bring Our willing feet ! 17. Lj. 1V1. Salisbury Col. O. Col. The House of God. 1 Lo, God is here ! let us adore, And humbly bow before his face ; Let all within us feel his power, Let all within us seek his grace. 2 Lo, God is here ! him, day and night, United choirs of angels sing ; To himj enthroned above all height, Heaven's host their noblest homage bring. 3 Being of beings ! may our praise Thy courts with grateful fragrance fill ; Still may we stand before thy face, Still hear and do thy sovereign will. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 18, 19 18. 7S. M. J.Taylor, Engagedness in Devotion. 1 Lord ! before thy presence come, Bow we down with holy fear ; Call our erring footsteps home ; Let us feel that thou art near. 2 Wandering thoughts and languid powers Come not where devotion kneels ; Let the soul expand her stores, Glowing with the joy she feels. 3 At the portals of thine house We resign our earth-born cares ; Nobler thoughts our souls engross, Songs of praise and fervent prayers. 19. S. M. E. Taylor. Invitation to the House of God. 1 Come to the house of prayer ! O thou afflicted, come ! The God of peace shall meet thee there, He makes that house his home. 2 Come to the house of praise, Ye who are happy now ! In 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. 2 20. COMMENCEMENT OF 4 Ye young ! 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 see'st 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 tardy pace, And heaven on earth be won. 20. S. M. Steele. O. Col. Praise and Thanksgiving. 1 Our Maker and our King ! To thee our all we owe ; Thy sovereign bounty is the spring Whence all our blessings flow. 2 Thou ever good and kind ! A thousand reasons move, A thousand obligations bind, Our hearts to grateful love. 3 The creatures of thy hand, On thee alone we live ; Great God, thy benefits demand More praise than life can give. 4 O let thy grace inspire Our souls with strength divine ; Let all our powers to thee aspire, And all our days be thine ! PUBLIC WORSHIP. 21, 22. 21. 7S. M. Salisbury Col. O. Col. Praise and Thanksgiving. 1 Holy, holy, holy Lord ! Be thy glorious name adored ! Lord, thy mercies never fail ; Hail, celestial goodness, hail ! 2 Though unworthy, Lord, thine ear, Deign our humble hymns to hear ; Purer praise 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 no tongue shall silent be, All shall join in harmony ; That, through heaven's all-spacious round, Songs of praise may ever sound. 5 Lord ! thy mercies never fail ; Hail, celestial goodness, hail ! Holy, holy, holy Lord, Be thy glorious name adored ! 22. L. M. Steele. O. Col. Humble Praise to God. 1 Almighty Author of our frame ! To thee our vital powers belong ; Thy praise — delightful, glorious theme ! — Demands our heart, our life, our tongue. 23. COMMENCEMENT OF 2 Our hearts, our lives, our tongues are thine ; be thy praise their blest employ ! And let our songs with angels' join, Nor sacred awe forbid the joy. 3 Thy glories the seraphic lyre. On all its strings, attempts in vain ; Then how shall mortals dare aspire, In thought, to try the unequal strain ? 4 Yet the great Sovereign of the skies To mortals bends a gracious ear ; Nor the mean tribute will despise, When offered with a heart sincere. 5 Great God ! accept the humble praise, Inspire our heart, inspire our tongue, While to thy name we trembling raise The grateful, though unworthy, song. 23. C. M. Jervis. O. Col. God exalted above all Praise. 1 Before the awful throne we bow Of heaven's Eternal King ; To him present the solemn vow, And hymns of praises sing. 2 How weak, great God, our noblest songs To magnify thy ways ! Nor human nor angelic tongues Can show forth all thy praise. 3 Yet be it now our chief delight Our feeble notes to join, Until with angels we unite In anthems more divine. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 24. 4 Lord ! teach our hearts aright to .pray, And tune our lips to sing ; Nor from thy presence cast away The offering we bring. 24. C. M. Browne. O. Col. Acceptable Worship. 1 Wherewith shall I approach the Lord, And bow before his throne ? O how procure his kind regard, And for my guilt atone ? 2 Shall altars flame, and victims bleed, And spicy fumes ascend ? Will these my earnest wish succeed, And make my God my friend ? 3 O no, my soul ! 't were fruitless all ; Such offerings are vain ; No fatlings from the field or stall His favor can obtain. 4 To men their rights I must allow, And proofs of kindness give ; To God with humble reverence bow, And to his glory live. 5 Hands that are clean, and hearts sincere, He never will despise ; And cheerful duty will prefer To costly sacrifice. 2* 25, 26. COMMENCEMENT OF 25. L. M. heber. Pure Worship on Earth and in Heaven. 1 Hosanna ! Lord, thine angels cry ; Hosanna ! Lord, we here reply ; Above, beneath us, and around, The dead and living swell the sound. 2 O Father ! with protecting care Meet us in this thy house of prayer ; Assembled in Messiah's name, Thy promised blessing here we claim. 3 But, chief, within our willing breast, O let thy Holy Spirit rest, And make each soul, as it should be, A temple pure, and worthy thee ! 4 So, when to earth we bid farewell, And wake with angel hosts to dwell, We there, redeemed from sinful stain, Shall swell the sound of praise again. 26. C. M. Watts. Sincerity and Hypocrisy in Worship. Ps. 139. 1 God is a spirit, just and wise ; He sees our inmost mind ; In vain to heaven w r e raise our cries, And leave our souls behind. 2 Nothing but truth before his throne With honor can appear ; The painted hypocrites are known Through the disguise they wear. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 27, 28. 3 Their lifted eyes salute the skies, Their bending knees the ground ; But God abhors the sacrifice, Where not the heart is found. 4 Lord ! search my thoughts, and try my ways, And make my soul sincere ; Then shall I stand before thy face, And find acceptance there. 27. C M. Drennan. " He is not far from every one of us." 1 The heaven of heavens cannot contain The universal Lord ; Yet he in humble hearts will deign To dwell and be adored. 2 Where'er ascends the sacrifice Of fervent praise and prayer, Or on the earth, or in the skies, God's mercy-seat is there. 3 Thy presence, Lord, is spread abroad Through realms, through worlds unknown; Who seek the mercies of our God Are ever near his throne. 28. C. M. Flint. God with the true Worshipper everywhere. 1 In costly fane, the pride of art, Or bowed in lowliest cell, Lord, in the pure and grateful heart Thou dost delight to dwell. 29. COMMENCEMENT OF 2 Thy servants find thee everywhere, Alone, by night or day ; The world is all a house of prayer To souls that love to pray. 3 Yet, with intenser, brighter flame, Devotion's fire will blaze, When many meet in Jesus' name To join in prayer and praise. 4 To thee, the only God, most wise, In heaven and earth revered, Our mingled vows shall duly rise, Our Sabbath hymns be heard. 5 Be here our souls' secure retreat, Our ark on life's chafed sea ; Unheard the storm without shall beat, While we commune with thee. 6 Here, with a Father's gracious eye, Behold the suppliant throng, Oft as they breathe the imploring sigh, Or wake the choral song. 29. L. M. cowper. Worship in Spirit. 1 O Lord ! where'er thy people meet, There they behold thy mercy-seat ; 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, going, take thee to their home. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 30, 31. 3 Here may we prove the power of prayer. To strengthen faith, and sweeten care, Assist our faint desires to rise, And bring all heaven before our eyes. 30. L. M. Dryden. - The Divine Spirit implored. 1 Creator Spirit ! Source of light, That woke the sleeping worlds from night ! Come, visit every pious mind ; Come, pour thy joys on human kind. 2 Plenteous in grace, descend from hig;h, Rich in thy matchless energy ; From sin and sorrow set us free, And make us temples worthy thee. 3 Chase from our path each noxious foe, And peace, the fruit of love, bestow ; And, lest our feet should step astray, Protect and guide us in our way. 4 Thrice holy Fount! thrice'holy Fire ! Our hearts with heavenly gifts inspire ; Make us eternal truths receive, Aid us to live as we believe. 31. O. M. Doddridge. O. Col. Life dedicated to God. Ps. 90. 1 Shine on our souls, Eternal God ! With rays of glory shine ; O let thy favor crown our days, And all their round be thine ! 32. COMMENCEMENT OF 2 Did we not raise our hearts 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 the desert road, Till all our labors cease, And heaven refresh our weary souls With everlasting peace. 32. L. M. J.Wesley. " The healthful spirit of God's grace." 1 Spirit of grace, and health, and power ! Fountain of light and love below ! Abroad thy healing influence shower ; On all thy servants let it flow. 2 Inflame our hearts with perfect love ; In us the work of faith fulfil ; So not heaven's host shall swifter move, Than w 7 e on earth, to do thy will. 3 Father ! 't is thine each day to yield Thy children's wants a fresh supply ; Thou cloth'st the lilies of the field, And nearest the young ravens cry. 4 On thee we cast our care ; we live Through thee, who know'st our every need ; O feed us with thy grace, and give Our souls this day the living bread ! ruBLic worship. 33, 34. 33. L. M. Pope's Col. The Lord's Prayer. 1 Father, adored in worlds above ! Thy glorious name be hallowed still ; Thy kingdom come with power and love, And earth, like heaven, obey thy will. 2 Lord ! make our daily wants thy care ; Forgive the sins which we forsake ; And let us in thy kindness share, As fellow-men of ours partake. 3 Evils beset us every hour ; Thy kind protection we implore ; Thine is the kingdom, thine the power ; Be thine the glory evermore. o4. O. J.VL Heginbotham. Praise to God in every Scene. 1 Mr soul shall bless 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 ; Thy praise refines my earthly bliss, And doubles all my joy. 3 When gloomy care, or keen distress, Invades my throbbing breast, My tongue shall learn to speak thy praise, And soothe my pains to rest. 35. COMMENCEMENT OF 4 Nor shall my tongue alone proclaim The honors of my God ; My life, with all my active powers, Shall spread his praise abroad. 5 When death is past, in purer strains My grateful praise I '11 pay ; The theme demands a nobler song, And an eternal day. 35. Li. JM. Doddridge. Praise to God through the tchole of our Existence. Ps. 146. 1 God of my life ! through all its days My grateful powers shall sound thy praise ; The song shall wake with opening light, And cheer the silent hours of night. 2 When anxious cares would break my rest, And grief would tear my throbbing breast, Thy tuneful praises, 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 O, when that last conflict 's o'er, And I am chained to earth no more, With what glad accents shall I rise, To join the music of the skies ! 5 The cheerful tribute will I give, Long as a deathless soul can live ; A work so sweet, a theme so high, Demands and crowns eternity. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 36, 37. 36. CM. Tate & Brady. O. Col. God the Defence of the Just. Ps. 34. 1 Through all the changing scenes of life, In trouble and in joy, The praises of our God shall still Our hearts and tongues employ. 2 The hosts of God encamp around The dwellings of the just ; Deliverance he affords to all Who on his succour trust. 3 O make but trial of his love ! Experience will decide How blest are they, and only they, Who in his truth confide. 4 Fear him, his children ! you will then Have nothing else to fear ; Make you his service your delight ; He '11 make your wants his care. 37. C. M. Merrick. O. Col. The Divine Blessing implored. 1 Author of good ! to thee we come ; Thy ever-watchful eye Alone can all our wants discern, Thy hand 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 38. COMMENCEMENT OF 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 to our wish, but to our want, Do thou thy gifts apply ; The good, unasked, in mercy grant, The ill, though asked, deny. 38. C. M. H. M. Williams. " In the shadow of his hand hath he hid me." 1 While thee I seek, protecting Power ! Be my vain wishes stilled ; And may this consecrated hour With better hopes be filled. 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. PUBLIC WORSHIP. 39. 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. 39. 7s. M. Cennick. The Pilgrim s Song. 1 Children of the Heavenly King ! As ye journey, sweetly sing ; Sing your Maker's worthy praise, Glorious in his works and ways. 2 Ye are travelling home to God, In the way the fathers trod ; They are happy now, — and ye Soon their happiness shall see. 3 Fear not, brethren ; lo, we stand On the borders of our land ! Jesus, from its summit won, Bids us undismayed go on. 4 Lord ! obediently we '11 go, Gladly leaving all below ; Only thou our Leader be, And we still will follow thee. 40. COMMENCEMENT OF PUBLIC WORSHIP. 40. Jr. M. Anonymous. Solemn 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, to eternity, Love and adore. GOD, — HIS PERFECTIONS AND PROVIDENCE CELEBRATED. 41. L. M. Browne. O. Col. Praise to the only true God. Ps. 86. Eternal God ! Almighty Cause Of earth, and seas, and worlds unknown ! All things are subject to thy laws ; All things depend on thee alone. Thy glorious being singly stands, Of all within itself possessed ; Controlled by none are thy commands ; Thou in thyself alone art blessed. Worship to thee alone belongs ; Worship to thee alone we give ; Thine be our hearts, and thine our songs, And to thy glory may we live. Lord! spread thy name through heathen lands; Their idol deities dethrone ; Subdue the world to thy commands, And, as thou art, reign God alone. 42. L. M. Steele. O. Col. The Voice of Nature. . There is a God, all nature speaks, Through earth, and air, and seas, and skies ; See, from the clouds his glory breaks, When the first beams of morning rise ! 3 * 43. PERFECTIONS AND 2 The rising sun, serenely bright, O'er the wide world's extended frame Inscribes, in characters of light, His mighty Maker's glorious name. 3 Diffusing life, his influence spreads, And health and plenty smile around ; And fruitful fields, and verdant meads, Are with a thousand blessings crowned. 4 The flowery tribes, all blooming, rise Above the weak attempts of art ; Their bright and gayly tinted dyes Speak sweet conviction to the heart. 5 Ye curious minds, who roam abroad, And trace creation's wonders o'er ! Confess the footsteps of the God, And bow before him, and adore. 43. C. M. Tate & Brady. O. Col. The Majesty and Condescension of God. Ps. 8. 1 O Thou to whom all creatures bow Within this earthly frame ! Through all the world how great art thou ! How glorious is thy name ! 2 When heaven, thy beauteous work on high, Employs my wondering sight ; The moon, that nightly rules the sky, With stars of feebler light ; — 3 Lord ! what is man, that thou shouldst love To keep him in thy mind ? O what, I ask, that thou shouldst prove To him so wondrous kind ? PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 44. Him next in power thou didst create To thy celestial train, Ordained with dignity and state O'er all thy works to reign. They jointly own his powerful sway, — The beasts that prey or graze, The bird that wings its airy way, The fish that cuts the seas. O Thou to whom all creatures bow Within this earthly frame ! Through all the world how great art thou ! How glorious is thy name ! 44. (_/. M. Sternhold. Majesty of God. Ps. 18. 1 The Lord descended from above, And bowed the heavens most high, And underneath his feet he cast The darkness of the sky. 2 On cherubim and seraphim Full royally he rode, And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad. 3 He sat serene upon the floods, Their fury to restrain ; And he, as sovereign Lord and King, For evermore shall reign. 45, 46. PERFECTIONS AND 45. C. M. Beddome. God's Works and Ways unsearchable. 1 Almighty God ! thy wondrous works Of providence and grace An angel's perfect mind exceed, And all our pride abase. 2 Stupendous heights ! amazing depths ! Creatures in vain explore ; Or, if a transient glimpse we gain, 'T is faint, and quickly o'er. 3 Though countless mysteries lie concealed Beyond what we can see, Grant us the knowledge of ourselves, The knowledge, Lord, of thee. 46. L. M. Addison. O. Col. " The heavens declare the glory of God." Ps. 19. 1 The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, 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. 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 ; PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 47. Whilst all the stars which round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. What though in solemn silence all Move round this dark terrestrial ball ? What though no real voice nor sound Amidst their radiant orbs be found ? In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice ; For ever singing, as they shine, " The hand that made us is Divine." 47. L. M. Walker's Col. God eternal and unchangeable. 1 All-powerful, self-existent God, Who all creation dost sustain ! Thou wast, and art, and art to come, And everlasting is thy reign. 2 Fixed and eternal as thy days, Each glorious attribute divine, Through ages infinite, shall still With undiminished lustre shine. 3 Fountain of being ! Source of good ! Ever the same thou dost remain ; Nor can the shadow of a change Obscure the glories of thy reign. 4 Earth may with all her powers dissolve, If such the great Creator's will ; But thou for ever art the same, I am is thy memorial still. 48, 49. PERFECTIONS AND 48. L. JVi. Spirit of the Psalms. Eternity of God. Ps. 90. 1 Ere mountains reared their forms sublime, Or the fair earth in order stood, Before the birth of ancient time, From everlasting thou art God. 2 A thousand ages, in their flight, With thee are as a fleeting day ; Past, present, future, to thy sight At once their various scenes display. 3 But our brief life 's a shadowy dream, A passing thought, that soon is o'er, That fades with morning's earliest beam, And fills the musing mind no more. 4 To us, O Lord, the wisdom give So every precious hour to spend, That we, at length, with thee may live, Where life and bliss shall never end. 49. Ju. JVI. Doddridge. Immutability of God. Ps. 102. Great Former of this various frame ! Our souls adore thine awful name ; And bow with reverence, while we praise The Ancient of eternal days. Our days a transient period run, And change with every circling sun ; And, in the firmest state we boast, A moth can crush us into dust. PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 50. 3 But let all creatures fall around ; Let death consign us to the ground ; Let the last general flame arise, And melt the arches of the skies ; — 4 Calm as the summer's ocean, we Can all the wreck of nature see, While grace secures us an abode Unshaken as the throne of God. 50. C. M. Watts. Eternal Dominion of God. 1 Great God ! how infinite art thou ! How frail and weak are we ! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And homage pay to thee. 2 Thy throne eternal ages stood, Ere seas or stars were made ; Thou art the ever-living God, Were all the nations dead. 3 Eternity, with all its years, Stands present in thy view ; To thee there 's nothing old appears ; To thee there 's nothing new. 4 Our lives through varying scenes are drawn, And vexed with trifling cares ; While thine eternal thought moves on Thine undisturbed affairs. 5 Great God ! how infinite art thou ! How frail and weak are we ! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And homage pay to thee. 51, 52. PERFECTIONS AND 51. L. M. kippis. God incomprehensible. 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 Yet, Lord, thy kindness deigns to show Enough for mortal man to know ; While wisdom, 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 name, and still Press on to know and do thy will ! 52. C M. Montgomery. The Glory of God in Creation. 1 The God of nature and of grace In all his works appears ; His goodness through the earth we trace, His grandeur in the spheres. 2 Behold this fair and fertile globe, By him in wisdom planned ! 'T was he who girded, like a robe, The ocean round the land. PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 53. 3 Lift to the arch of heaven your eye ; Thither his path pursue ; His glory, boundless as the sky, O'erwhelms the wondering view. 4 These lower works, that swell thy praise High as man's thought can tower, i re but a portion of thy ways, The hiding of thy power. 53. C. M. keble. The elder Scripture. 1 There is a book, who runs may read, Which heavenly truth imparts, And all the lore its scholars need, Pure eyes and loving hearts. 2 The works of God, above, below, Within us, and around, Are pages in that book, to show How God himself is found. 3 The glorious sky, embracing all, Is like the Maker's love ; Wherewith encompassed, great and small In police and order move. 4 The dew of heaven is like thy grace ; It steals in silence down ; But where it lights, the favored place By richest fruits is known. 5 Thy name, above all glorious names, With its ten thousand tongues, The everlasting sea proclaims, In tones like angel songs. 4 . 54. PERFECTIONS AND 6 The raging fire, the roaring wind, Thy boundless power display ; But in the gentler breeze we find Thy Spirit's viewless way. 7 Thou, who hast given me eyes to see And love this sight so fair, Give me a heart to find out thee, And read thee everywhere. 54. L. M. 6 1. T. Moore. God's Glory reflected in his Works. Thou art, O God, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee. Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things bright and fair are thine. When day with farewell beam delays Amid the opening clouds of even, And we can almost think "we gaze Through golden vistas into heaven ; Those clouds, that make the sun's decline So soft, so radiant, Lord, are thine. When night, with wings of starry gloom, O'ershadows all the earth and skies, Like some dark, beauteous bird, whose plume Is sparkling with unnumbered eyes ; That sacred gloom, those fires divine, So grand, so countless, Lord, are thine. PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 55, 56. When youthful spring around us breathes, Thy Spirit warms her fragrant sigh, And every flower that summer wreaths Is born beneath that kindling eye. Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things bright and fair are thine. 55. L. M. Bryant. The World is full of God. 1 All that in this wide world we see, Almighty Father, speaks of thee ; And in the darkness, or the day, Thy monitors surround the way. 2 The winds, the lightnings of the sky, The maladies by which we die, The pangs that make the guilty groan, Are angels from thy awful throne. 3 Each mercy sent when sorrows lower, Each blessing of the winged hour, All we enjoy and all we love, Bring with them blessings from above. 56. C. M. Watts. O. Col. The Wisdom of God in his Works. Ps. 111. Songs of immortal praise belong To thee, Almighty God ! To thee are due our heart, our tongue, To spread thy name abroad. 57. PERFECTIONS AND 2 How great the works thy hand has wrought ! How glorious in our sight ! And men in every age have sought Thy wonders with delight. 3 How most exact is nature's frame ! How wise the Eternal Mind ! Thy counsels never change the scheme Which thy 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 nam ? ? 5 To fear thy power, to trust thy grace, Is our divinest skill ; And he 's the wisest of our race, Who best obeys thy will. 57. 7S M. Barbauld. O. Col. Thanks to God for his bounteous Provision. 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 ; PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 58 4 All that spring, with bounteous hand, Scatters o'er the smiling land ; All that liberal autumn pours From her rich, o'erflowing stores. 5 These to thee, great God, we owe ; Source whence all our blessings flow ; And for these our souls shall raise Grateful vows and solemn praise. 58. C. M. Watts. O. Col. The Goodness of God to all his Creatures. Ps. 145. 1 We bless the God whose bounteous love Through all creation flows ; Who pours his blessings from above, And life and bliss bestows. 2 God reigns on high, but not confines His goodness to the skies ; Through the whole earth his bounty shines, And every want supplies. 3 With longing eyes his creatures wait On him for daily food ; His liberal hand provides them meat, And fills their hearts with good. 4 Benign Creator ! bounteous Lord ! Where'er we turn our eyes, Fruits of thy wisdom, power, and love In beauteous order rise. 4* 59, 60. PERFECTIONS AND 59. C. M. Flexman. O. Col. God our constant Benefactor. 1 Great God ! to thee our grateful tongues United thanks would raise ; Inspire our hearts to raise the songs Which celebrate thy praise. 2 From thine almighty forming hand We drew our vital powers ; Our time revolves at thy command, In all its circling hours. 3 Thy power, which earth nor heaven can bound, From every ill defends ; While numerous dangers hover round, Our help from thee descends. 4 Beneath the shadow of thy wings, How sweet is our repose ! Thy morning light renews the springs Whence all our comfort flows. 5 In celebration of thy praise May we employ our breath ; And, walking steadfast in thy ways, We '11 triumph over death. 60. C. M. Jervis. Confidence in God. 1 Great God ! thine attributes divine, Thy glorious works and ways, The wonders of thy power and might, The universe displays. PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 61. 2 In safety may thy children rest On thy sustaining arm, Extended still, and strong to save From danger and alarm. 3 O may thy gracious presence, Lord, Chase anxious fears away ! Amidst the ruins of the world, Our Guardian and our Stay ! 61. C. M. Browne. 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 in every part proclaims Thy infinite good-will ; It shines in stars, and flows in streams, And bursts from every bill. 3 We view it o'er the spreading main, And heavens which spread more wide ; It drops in gentle showers of rain, And rolls in every tide. 4 Long hath it been diffused abroad, Through ages past and gone ; Nor ever can exhausted be, But still keeps flowing on. 5 Through the whole earth it pours supplies, Spreads joy through every part ; O may such love attract my eyes, And captivate my heart ! 62. PERFECTIONS AND High admiration let it raise, And strong affection move ; Employ my tongue in songs of praise, And fill my heart with love. 62. C. M. Watts. O. Col. God kind and merciful. Ps. 145. 1 Let every tongue thy goodness speak, Thou Sovereign Lord of all ! Thy strengthening hands uphold the weak, And raise the poor that fall. 2 When sorrow bows the spirit down, Or virtue lies distressed Beneath some proud oppressor's frown, Thou giv'st the mourners rest. 3 Thy grace supports our tottering days, And guides our giddy youth ; Holy and just are all thy ways, And all thy words are truth. 4 Thou know'st the pains thy servants feel ; Thou hear'st thy children's cry ; And, their best wishes to fulfil, Thy grace is ever nigh. 5 Thy mercy never shall remove From men of heart sincere, To save the souls whose humble love Is joined with holy fear. * PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 63, 64 63. L. M. Steele. O. Col. The Mercies of God. 1 Awake, ray soul ! awake, my tongue ! My God demands the grateful song ; Let all my inmost powers record The wondrous goodness of the Lord. 2 Divinely free his mercy flows, Forgives my sins, allays my woes ; He bids approaching death remove, And crowns me with a Father's love. 3 My youth, decayed, his power repairs ; His hand sustains my growing years ; He satisfies my mouth with food, And feeds my soul with heavenly good. 4 His mercy with unchanging rays For ever shines, though time decays ; And children's children shall record The truth and goodness of the Lord. 64. C. M. Addison. O. Col. God's merciful and constant Protection. 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 comforts on my soul Thy tender care bestowed, Before my infant heart conceived From whom those comforts flowed. 65. PERFECTIONS AND 3 When in the slippery paths of youth With heedless steps I ran, Thine arm, unseen, conveyed me safe, And led me up to man. 4 When worn with sickness, oft hast thou With health renewed my face ; And when in sin and sorrow sunk, Revived my soul with grace. 5 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy. 6 Through every period of my life, Thy goodness I '11 pursue ; And after death, in distant worlds, The glorious theme renew. 65. S. M. Watts. O. Col. God ovr Shepherd. Ps. 23. 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. PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 66. t 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. 66. L. M. 6 1. Addison. O. Col. God our Shepherd. Ps. 23. 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. 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, Amidst the verdant landscape flow. Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious, lonely wilds 1 stray, Thy presence shall my pains beguile ; The barren wilderness shall smile, With sudden greens and herbage crowned, And streams shall murmur all around. 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 dismal shade. 67, 68. PERFECTIONS AND o7. Li. M. Anonymous. Paternal Proiidence of God. 1 Through all the various shifting scene Of life's mistaken ill or good, Thy hand, O God, conducts, unseen, The beautiful vicissitude. 2 Thou givest with paternal care, Howe'er unjustly we complain, To all their necessary share Of joy and sorrow, health and pain. 3 All things on earth, and all in heaven On thine eternal will depend ; And all for greater good were given, Would man pursue the appointed end. 4 Be this my care ; — to all beside Indifferent let my wishes be ; Passion be calm, and dumb be pride, And fixed my soul, great God, on thee. 68. 8, 8, &, 6S M. H. Moore. God's Love in his Works and Word. 1 My God ! thy boundless love I praise ; How bright on high its glories blaze ! How sweetly bloom below ! It streams from thine eternal throne ; Through heaven its joys for ever run, And o'er the earth they flow. PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 69. 2 'T is love that paints the purple morn, And bids the clouds, in air upborne, Their genial drops distil ; In every vernal beam it glows, And breathes in every gale that blows, And glides in every rill. 3 It robes in cheerful green the ground, And pours its flowery beauties round, Whose sweets perfume the gale ; Its bounties richly spread the plain, — The blushing fruit, the golden grain, — - And smile on every gale. 4 But in thy word I see it shine With grace and glories more divine, Proclaiming sins forgiven ; There faith, bright cherub, points the way To realms of everlasting day, And opens all her heaven. 5 Then let the love, that makes me blessed, With cheerful praise inspire my breast, And ardent gratitude ; And all my thoughts and passions tend To thee, my Father and my Friend, My soul's eternal good ! 69. 8 &, 7s M. bowring. u God is Love." 1 God is love ; his mercy brightens All the path in which we rove ; Bliss he wakes, and woe he lightens ; God is wisdom, God is love. 5 70. PERFECTIONS AND 2 Chance and change are busy ever ; Man decays, and ages move ; But his mercy waneth never ; God is wisdom, God is love. 3 E'en the hour that darkest seemeth Will his changeless goodness prove ; From the mist his brightness streameth ; God is wisdom, God is love. 4 He with earthly cares entwineth Hope and comfort from above ; Everywhere his glory shineth ; God is wisdom, God is love. 70. L. M. Bryant. Ijnving-kindness of God. 1 Father ! to thy kind love we owe All that is fair and good below ; Bestower of the health that lies On tearless cheeks and cheerful eyes ! 2 Giver of sunshine and of rain ! Ripener of fruits on hill and plain ! Fountain of light, that, rayed afar, Fills the vast urns of sun and star ! 3 Who send'st thy storms and frosts to bind The plagues that rise to waste mankind ; Then breathest, o'er the naked scene/ Spring gales, and life, and tender green. 4 Yet deem we not that thus alone Thy mercy and thy love are shown ; For we have learned, with higher praise, And holier names, to speak thy ways. PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 71. 5 In woe's dark hour, our kindest stay ! Sole trust when life shall pass away ! Teacher of hopes that light the gloom Of death, and consecrate the tomb ! 6 Patient with headstrong guilt to bear ; Slow to avenge, and kind to spare ; Listening to prayer, and reconciled Full quickly to thy erring child ! 71. \-j» 1V1. Montgomery. The Earth full of the Goodness of God. 1 God, in the high and holy place, Looks down upon the spheres ; Yet, in his providence and grace, To every eye appears. 2 He bows the heavens ; the mountains stand, A highway -for our God ; He walks amidst the desert land ; 'T is Eden where he trod. 3 The forests in his strength rejoice ; Hark ! on the evening breeze, As once of old, the Lord God's voice Is heard among the trees. 4 In every stream his bounty flows, Diffusing joy and wealth ; In every breeze his Spirit blows, — The breath of life and health. 5 His blessings fall in plenteous showers Upon the lap of earth, That teems with foliage, fruits, and flowers, And rings with infant mirth. 72, 73. PERFECTIONS AND 6 If God hath made this world so fair, Where sin and death abound, How beautiful, beyond compare, Will Paradise be found ! 72. L. M. Wesley's Col. Holiness of God. 1 Holy as thou, O Lord, is none ! Thy holiness is all thine own ; A drop of that unbounded sea Is ours, a drop derived from thee. 2 And when thy purity we share, Thy glory we alone declare ; And, humbled into nothing, own, Holy and pure is God alone. 3 Sole, self-existing God and Lord, By all the heavenly hosts adored ! Let all on earth bow down to thee, And own thy peerless majesty. 73. CM. J.Taylor. Trust in God through all Changes. 1 Father Divine ! before thy view, All worlds, all creatures lie ; No distance can elude thy search, No action 'scape thine eye. 2 From thee our vital breath we drew ; Our childhood was thy care ; And vigorous youth and feeble age Thy kind protection share. PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 74. 3 Whate'er we do, where'er we turn, Thy ceaseless bounty 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. 74. JL. M. Doddridge. Providential Bounties improved. 1 Father of lights ! 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. 2 Fountain of good ! from thee proceed The copious drops of genial rain, Which, o'er the hill and through the mead, Revive the grass, and swell the grain. 3 Through the wide world thy bounties spread ; Yet millions of our guilty race, Though by thy daily bounty fed, Affront thy law, and spurn 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, still ask in prayer. 5 So shall our suns more grateful shine, And showers in sweeter drops shall fall, When all our hearts and lives are thine, And thou, O God ! enjoyed in all. 5* 75. PERFECTIONS AND 75. L. M. Watts. O. Col. God's Mercies of Creation and Redemption. Ps. 136. 1 Give to our God immortal praise, Mercy and truth are all his ways ; 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 built the earth, he spread the sky, And fixed the starry lights on high ; Wonders of grace to God belong, Repeat his mercies in your song. 4 He fills the sun with morning light, He bids the moon direct the night ; His mercies ever shall endure, When suns and moons shall shine no more. 5 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. 6 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. PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 76, 77. 76. L. M. Watts. Blessing of God needful in all Things. Ps. 127. If God succeed not, all the cost And pains to build the house are lost ; If God the city will not keep, The watchful guards as well may sleep. What if you rise before the sun, And work and toil when day is done, Careful and sparing eat your bread, To shun that poverty you dread ? 'Tis all in vain, till God hath blest ; He can make rich, yet give us rest ; Children and friends are blessings too, If God our sovereign make them so. Happy the man to whom he sends Obedient children, faithful friends ! How sweet our daily comforts prove, When they are seasoned with his love ! 77. C M. Spirit of the Psalms. God our Refuge. Ps. 27. 1 God is our Saviour and defence, A refuge ever near ; Secure beneath his providence, What danger can we fear ? 2 Death may our dearest friends remove ; All human ties shall cease ; But one there is, whose care and love No time shall e'er decrease. 78. PERFECTIONS AND 3 A mother may her babe forget, Nor heed its plaintive moan ; Her love may fail, but never yet Did God forsake his own. 4 In every trouble here below Our refuge is the Lord ; Comfort and strength will he bestow On all who trust his word. 78. C. M. Cowper. Mysteries of Providence. 1 God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform ; He plants his footsteps in 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 big with mercy, and will break In blessings on your head. 4 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace ; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. 5 His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour ; The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower. PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 79, 80. 6 Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain ; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain. 79. L. M. Wesley's Col. Deliverances acknowledged. 1 God of my life! whose gracious power Through varied deaths my soul hath led, Or turned aside the fatal hour, Or lifted up my sinking head ; 2 In all my ways thy hand I own, Thy ruling providence I see ; Assist me still my course to run. And still direct my paths to thee. 3 Whither, O whither should I fly, But to my loving Father's breast, Secure within thine arms to lie, And safe beneath thy wings to rest ? 80. C. M. West-Boston Col. God just and wise in afflictive Appointments. 1 If Providence, to try my heart, Afflictions should prepare, To God submissive may I bend, And keep me from despair. 2 Whate'er he orders must be just ; Then let me kiss the rod, Nor, poorly sunk, at all distrust The goodness of my God. 81. PERFECTIONS AND 3 The Mind, to which I owe my own, To guide this mind is wise ; And he, to whom my faults are known, The fittest to chastise. 4 Then, till life's latest sands are run, O teach me, Power Divine ! Still to reply, Thy will be done, Whate'er becomes of mine ! 81. Li. JM. Doddridge. God our Deliverer. Ps. 116. 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 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. 3 These lives are sacred to the Lord, Kindled by him, by him restored ; And while our hours renew their race, Still would we walk before his face. 4 So when by him our souls are led Through unknown regions of the dead, With joy triumphant may we move To seats of nobler life above. PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 82, 83. 82. O. M. Doddridge. O. Col. God's Care a Remedy for ours. 1 How gentle God's commands ! How kind his precepts are ! " Come, cast your burdens on the Lord, And trust his constant care." 2 While Providence supports, Let saints securely dwell ; That hand, which bears all nature up, Shall guide his children well. 3 Why should this anxious load Press down your weary mind ? Haste to your Heavenly Father's throne, And sweet refreshment find. 4 He hears, and comfort sends To sorrowing souls that pray ; Go, drop your burden at his feet, And bear a song away. OO. fe. 1V1. Doddridge. God wise and merciful in Chastisement. 1 How gracious and how wise Is our chastising God ! And O how rich the blessings are That blossom from his rod ! 2 He knows, when he inflicts The keen, but healing smart, That every stroke his children feel May grace and peace impart. 94. PERFECTIONS AND 3 Instructed thus, they bow, And own his sovereign sway ; They turn their erring footsteps back To his forsaken way. 4 Our Father ! we consent To discipline divine ; And bless the pains that make our souls Still more completely thine. ©4. O. 1V1. Doddridge. O. Col. The Divine Presence and Help. 1 And art thou with us, gracious Lord, To dissipate our fear ? Dost thou proclaim thyself our God, Our God for ever near ? 2 Doth thy right hand, which formed the earth, And bears up all the skies, Stretch from on high its friendly aid, When dangers round us rise ? 3 On this support our souls shall lean, And banish every care ; The gloomy vale of death will smile, If God be with us there. 4 While we his gracious succour prove, 'Midst all our various ways, The darkest shades, through which we pass, Shall echo with his praise. PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 85, 86. 85. L. M. Watts. God omnipresent. Ps. 139. 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 his circling power I stand ; On every side I find his 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. 5 O may these thoughts possess my breast, Where'er I rove, where'er I rest ! Nor let my baser passions dare Consent to sin ; for God is there. 86. Li. JM. Salisbury Col. O. Col. The Equity of the Divine Dispensations. 1 Father of men! who can complain Under thy mild and equal reign ? Who does a weight of duty share More than his aids and powers can bear ? 6 87. PERFECTIONS AND 2 With differing climes and differing lands, With fruitful plains and barren sands, Thy hand hath formed this earthly round, And set each nation in its bound. 3 With like variety thy ray Here sheds a full, there fainter day ; Yet all that seek are shown the road That leads to happiness and God. 4 O the abounding grace which brought To us the w r ords by Jesus taught ! So blest and with such hopes inspired, How much is given, how much required ! 87. O. JV1. Doddridge. O. Col. God the Support of frail Man. Ps. 103. 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 is reared, Its various weakness knows. 4 Thou view'st us with a pitying eye, Whilst struggling with our load ; In pains and dangers thou art nigh, Our Father and our God. PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 88, 89. 5 Gently supported by thy love, We tend to realms of peace ; Where every pain shall far remove, And every frailty cease. 88. C M. Salisbury Col. O. Col. Trust in God under Troubles. 1 Since thou, the everlasting God, Our Father art become, Our Teacher, Guardian, and our Friend, And heaven our final home ; 2 We welcome all thy sovereign will, For all that will is love ; And when we know not what thou do'st, We wait the light above. 3 Thy mercy, in the darkest gloom, Shall heavenly rays impart ; And when our eyelids close in death, Shall warm our trembling heart. 89. L. M. Browne. O. Col. Dependence and Resignation. 1 Great Lord of earth, and seas, and skies ! Thy wealth the needy world supplies ; On thee alone the whole depends, Thy care to every part extends. 2 To thee perpetual thanks we owe For all our comforts here below ; Our daily bread thy bounty gives, And every rising want relieves. 90. PERFECTIONS AND 3 The wastes of life thy power repairs, Thy mercy stills tempestuous cares, And safe beneath thy guardian arm We live secured from every harm. 4 To thee we cheerful homage bring, In grateful hymns thy praises sing, Direct to thee our waiting eyes, And humbly look for fresh supplies. 5 Still from thy rich, exhaustless store, Though having much, we ask for more ; Still on thy bounty we depend, The kind, the sure, the faithful Friend. 6 And should thy measures seem severe, Calmly may we thy chastening bear, Without complaint, to thee submit, The unerring judge of what is fit. 1 Lord 90. L. M. Steele. O. Col. Submission to the all-wise Decrees. ! how mysterious are thy ways ! How blind are we ! how mean our praise ! Thy steps can mortal eyes explore ? 'Tis ours to wonder and adore. 2 Great God ! I would not ask to see What in futurity shall be ; If light and bliss attend my days, Then let my future hours be praise. 3 -Is darkness and distress my share, Then let me trust thy guardian care ; Enough for me, if love divine At length through every cloud shall shine. PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 91, 92. 91. CM. Watts. O. Col. Submission under Affliction. Ps. 119. 1 Thy people, Lord, have ever found 'Tis good to bear thy rod ; Afflictions make us learn thy law, And lean upon our God. 2 This is the comfort we enjoy, When new distress begins ; We read thy word, we run thy way, And hate our former sins. 3 Thy judgments, Lord, are always right, Though they may seem severe ; The sharpest sufferings we endure Flow from thy faithful care. 4 Before we knew thy chastening rod, Our feet were apt to stray ; Now may we learn to keep thy word, Nor wander from thy way. 92. L. M. Doddridge. O. Col. Weeping Seed-time, joyful Harvest. Ps. 126. 1 The darkened sky, how thick it lowers ! Troubled with storms, and big 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. 6* 93. PERFECTIONS AND 3 The seeds of ecstasy unknown Are in these watered furrows sown ; See the green blades, how thick 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 broke with sighs shall sing, Till heaven with hallelujahs ring. 93. L. M. JNORTON. %jl Trust in the Divine Goodness. 1 My God ! I thank thee ; may no thought E'er deem thy chastisements severe ; But may this heart, by sorrow taught, Calm each wild wish, each idle 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 May kneeling faith adore thy will. PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 94, 95. 94. L. M. J. Fawcett. " As is thy Day , so shall thy Strength be." 1 Afflicted saint ! to God draw near ; The Father's gracious promise hear ; His faithful word declares to thee, That as thy day, thy strength shall be. 2 Let not thy heart despond, and say, tc How shall I bear this trying day ?" He has engaged, by firm decree, That as thy day, thy strength shall be. 3 Though weak thy faith and strong thy foes, God all thy spirit's conflict knows, Nor will be slow to succour thee ; For as thy day, thy strength shall be. 4 When called by him to bear the cross, Or sore affliction, pain, or loss, Or deep distress and poverty, Still as thy day, thy strength shall be. 5 When death at length appears in view, His presence shall thy fears subdue ; He comes to set thy spirit free ; And as thy day, thy strength shall be. 95. L. iVl. Sterling. Faith sees God in all Things, the little as in the great. 1 Thou, Lord ! who rear'st the mountains' height, And mak'st the cliffs with sunshine bright ; O grant that we may own thy hand No less in every grain of sand ! 96. PERFECTIONS AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 2 With forests huge, of dateless time, Thy will has hung each peak sublime ; But withered leaves beneath a tree Have tongues that tell as loud of thee. 3 In all the immense, the strange, and old, Thy presence careless men behold ; In all the little, weak, and mean, Be thou by faith as clearly seen. yt>. L. 1V1. From the German. The Divine Glories celebrated. 1 To thee, O Lord, with humble fear The heavenly hosts their voices raise ; E'en mortals share thy bounties here ; Let mortals, too, attempt thy praise. 2 Of all things thou the parent art, Of all things thou alone the end ; On thee still fix our wavering heart, To thee let all our actions tend. 3 Thou, Lord, art light ; thy native ray No shade, no variation knows ; To our dark souls thy light display, The glory of thy face disclose. 4 Thou, Lord, art love ; the fountain thou Whence mercy unexhausted flows ; On barren hearts O shed it now, And make the desert bear the rose ! 5 So shall our every power to thee In love and holy service rise ; Yea, body, soul, and spirit be Thy ever-living sacrifice. DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS AND AFFECTIONS. 97. fe. 1VL. Montgomery. The Lord's Prayer. 1 Our Heavenly Father ! hear The prayer we offer now ; Thy name be hallowed far and near, To thee all nations bow. 2 Thy kingdom come ; thy will On earth be done in love, As saints and seraphim fulfil Thy perfect law above. 3 Our daily bread supply, While by thy word we live ; The guilt of our iniquity Forgive as we forgive. 4 From dark temptation's power Our feeble hearts defend ; Deliver in the evil hour, And guide us to the end. 5 Thine, then, for ever be Glory and power divine ; The sceptre, throne, and majesty Of heaven and earth are thine. 98, 99. DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS 98. CM. Salisbury Col. O. Col. Devout Affection. 1 Fountain of being ! God of love ! To thee our hearts we raise ; Thine all-sustaining power we prove, And gladly sing thy praise. 2 Thine, wholly thine, we long to be ; Our sacrifice receive ; Made, and preserved, and saved by thee, To thee ourselves we give. 3 Heavenward our every wish aspires ; For all thy mercies' store, The sole return thy love requires Is, that we ask for more. 4 For more we ask ; we open, Lord, Our hearts to embrace thy will ; Renew us by thy heavenly grace, And with thy fulness fill. 5 Still may we find thy heavenly love Shed in our hearts abroad ; So shall we ever live, and move, And be with Christ in God. 99. C. M. Browne. O. Col. Confidence in God our Father. 1 O God ! on thee we all depend, On thy paternal care ; Thou wilt the Father and the Friend In every act appear. AND AFFECTIONS. 100. 2 With open hand and liberal heart Thou wilt our wants supply ; Thy heavenly blessings still impart, And no good thing deny. 3 Our Father knows what 's good and fit, And wisdom guides his love ; To thine appointments we submit, And every choice approve. 4 In thy paternal love and care With cheerful hearts we trust ; Thy tender mercies boundless are, And all thy ways are just. 5 We cannot want, while God provides ; What he ordains is best ; And heaven, whate'er we want besides, Will give eternal rest. 100* O. lVl. Doddridge. God's Mercy tempers Affliction. 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. 2 Wide as they sweep their sounding way They work thy sovereign will ; And awed by thy majestic voice, , Confusion shall be 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. 101, 102. DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS 4 These gentle whispers let us hear, Till all the tumult cease ; And gales of paradise shall lull Our weary souls to peace. 101. L. M. Merrick. Supplication to the Searcher of Hearts. Ps. 139. 1 O hear me, Lord ! to thee I call, And prostrate at thy footstool fall ; O Lord, my prayer, propitious, hear,. And bow to my requests thine ear. 2 Searcher of hearts ! my thoughts review ; With kind severity pursue, Through each disguise, thy servant's mind, Nor leave one stain of guilt behind. 3 To thee my inmost heart is known ; Regard me from thy lofty throne ; Nor e'er to my desiring eye Thy presence, Heavenly Lord, deny. 102. CM. Watts. O. Col. Divine Guidance implored. Ps. 119. 1 O that the Lord would guide our ways To keep his statutes still ! O that the Lord would grant us grace To know and do his will ! 2 Since we are strangers here below, Let not thy path be hid ; But mark the road our feet should go, And be our constant guide. AND AFFECTIONS. 103. 3 Order our footsteps by thy word, And make our hearts sincere ; Let sin have no dominion, Lord, But keep our conscience clear. 4 Make us to walk in wisdom's way, 'T is a delightful road ; It leads to realms of endless day, It leads to thine abode. 103. C. M. Exeter Col. O. Col. Imploring Divine Direction. 1 Lord ! through the dubious paths of life Thy feeble servant guide ; Supported by thy powerful arm, My footsteps shall not slide. 2 To thee, O my unerring Guide ! I would myself resign ; In all my ways acknowledge thee, And form my will by thine. 3 Thus shall each blessing of thy hand Be doubly sweet to me ; And in new griefs I still shall have A refuge, Lord, in thee. 4 Lord ! by thy counsel whilst I live, Guide thou my wandering feet ; And when my course on earth is run, Conduct me to thy seat. 104, 105. DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS 104. C. M. MlLMAN. Prayer for Divine Help. 1 O help us, Lord ! each hour of need Thy heavenly succour give ; Help us in thought, and word, and deed, Each hour on earth we live. 2 O help us, when our spirits bleed With contrite anguish sore ! * And when our hearts are cold and dead, O help us, Lord, the more ! 3 O help us, through the prayer of faith, More firmly to believe ! For still the more the servant hath, The more shall he receive. 4 O help us, Father, from on high ! We know no help but thee ; O help us so to live and die, As thine in heaven to be ! 105. L. M. 6 1. C.Wesley. For the Influences of the Spirit. 1 I want the spirit of power within, Of love, and of a healthful mind ; Of power to conquer every sin, Of love to God and all mankind, Of health that pain and death defies, Most vigorous when the body dies. AND AFFECTIONS. 106, 107. O that the Comforter would come, Nor visit as a transient guest; But fix in me his constant home, And keep possession of my breast, And make my soul his loved abode, The temple of indwelling God ! 106. 10S. M. Dr. Johnson. Imploring Divine Light. O thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides ! On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. 'T is thine alone to calm the pious breast With silent confidence and holy rest ; From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end ! 107. L. M. Sir Walter Scott. Imploring the constant Presence of God. 1 When Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out from the land of bondage came, Her fathers' God before her moved, An awful Guide in smoke and flame. 2 By day along the astonished lands The cloudy pillar glided slow 7 ; By night Arabia's crimsoned sands Returned the fiery column's glow. 108. DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS 3 Thus present still, though now unseen, When brightly shines the prosperous day, Be thoughts of thee a cloudy screen, To temper the deceitful ray. 4 And O, when gathers on our path In shade and storm the frequent night, Be thou, long-suffering, slow to wrath, A burning and a shining light ! 108. L. M. 6 1. Moravian. Seeking after God. 1 Thou hidden love of God, whose height, Whose depth unfathomed no man knows ! I see from far thy beauteous light, Inly I sigh for thy repose. My heart is pained ; nor can it be At rest, till it find rest in thee. 2 'T is mercy all, that thou hast brought My mind to seek her peace in thee ; Yet, while I seek, but find thee not, No peace my wandering soul shall see. O when shall all my wanderings end, And all my steps to thee-ward tend ? 3 Is there a thing beneath the sun That strives with thee my heart to share ? Ah, tear it thence, and reign alone, The Lord of every motion there ! Then shall my heart from earth be free, When it hath found repose in thee. AND AFFECTIONS. 109, 110. 109. 8 &, 7S. M. Wesley's Col. Divine Love. 1 Love divine, all love excelling, Joy 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 longing 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, Let us all thy life receive, Graciously come down, and never, Never more thy temples leave. 110. CM. Select Col. Aspiration after the Christian Temper. 1 Lord ! banish from my wayward heart Impenitence and pride ; Nor let me in forbidden paths With thoughtless sinners glide. 2 Whate'er thine all-discerning eye Sees for thy creature fit, I '11 bless the good, and to the ill Contentedly submit. 7 # 111. DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS 3 With generous pleasure let me view The prosperous and the great ; Malignant envy let me fly, And odious self-conceit. 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. 6 Still let my days serenely pass Without remorse or care ; And growing holiness my soul For life's last hour prepare. 111. L. M. Heber. The Bread of Life. 1 Sovereign of earth, and air, and sea ! The hungry ravens cry to thee ; T'o thee the countless tribes that sweep The bosom cf the boundless deep. 2 Thy bounteous hand with food can bless The bleak and lonely wilderness ; And thou hast taught us, Lord, to pray For daily bread from day to day. 3 And, O, when through the wilds we roam That part us from our heavenly home ; When, lost in danger, want, and woe, Our faithless tears begin to flow ; — AND AFFECTIONS. 112. Do thou thy gracious comfort give, By which alone the soul may live, And grant thy servants, Lord, we pray, The bread of life from day to day ! 112. 7S. M. C. Wesley. God our only Refuge. Father ! refuge of my soul ! Let me to thy shelter fly, While the rising waters roll, While the tempest still is high ; Hide me, O my Father, hide, Till the storm of life be past ; Safe into the haven guide ; O receive my soul at last ! Other refuge have I none ; Hangs my helpless soul on thee ; Leave, O leave me not alone ! Still support and comfort me. All my trust on thee is stayed, All my help from thee I bring ; Cover my defenceless head With the shadow of thy wing. Plenteous grace with thee is found ; Cleanse me, Lord, from every sin ; Let the healing streams abound ; Make and keep me pure within. Thou of life the fountain art ; Freely let me take of thee ; Spring thou up within my heart ; Rise to all eternity. 113, 114. DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS 113. S. M. FCRNESS. " As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God!" Ps. 42. 1 Here is a world of doubt, A sorrowful abode ; O how my heart and flesh cry out For thee, the living God ! 2 As for the water-brooks The hart expiring pants, So for my God my spirit looks, Yea, for his presence faints. 3 I know thy joys, O earth ! The sweetness of thy cup ; Oft have I mingled in thy mirth, And trusted in thy hope. 4 But, ah ! how woes and fears Those hollow joys succeed ! That cup of mirth is mixed with tears, That hope is but a reed. 5 What have I, then, below, Or what but thee on high ? Thee, thee, O Father, would I know, And in thee live and die. 114. CM. Toplady's Col. Habitual Resignation. 1 With God my Friend, the radiant sun Sheds a more lively ray ; Each object smiles ; all nature charms ; I chase my cares away. AND AFFECTIONS. 115, 116. 2 God, when he gives, supremely good, Nor less when he denies ; Afflictions from his gracious hand Are blessings in disguise. 3 I cannot doubt his bounteous love, Beyond all measure kind ; To his unerring, gracious will Be every wish resigned. 115. L. M. TOPLADY. To be made jwrfect in Divine Love. 1 O that my heart was right with thee, And loved thee with a perfect love ! O that my Lord would dwell in me, And never from his seat remove ! 2 Father ! I dwell in mournful night, Till thou dost in my heart appear ; Arise, propitious sun ! and light An everlasting morning there. 3 O let my prayer acceptance find, And bring the mighty blessing down ! Eyesight impart, for I am blind ; And seal me thine adopted son. 116. CM. T.Humphries. " Lord, remember me." 1 O thou, from whom all goodness flows ! I lift my soul to thee ; In all my sorrows, conflicts, woes, Good Lord, remember me. 117. DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS 2 When on my aching, burdened heart My sins lie heavily, Thy pardon grant, new peace impart ; Good Lord, remember me. 3 When trials sore obstruct my way, And ills I cannot flee, O let my strength be as my day ! Good Lord, remember me. 4 When, worn with pain, disease, and grief, I have no help but thee, Grant patience, rest, and kind relief ; Good Lord, remember me. 5 When in the solemn hour of death I wait thy just decree, Be this the prayer of my last breath, Good Lord, remember me. 6 And when before thy throne I stand, And lift my soul to thee, Then, with the saints at thy right hand, Good Lord, remember me. 117. L. M. Moravian. For Guardianship and Guidance. 1 O thou, to whose all-searching sight The darkness shineth as the light ! Search, prove my heart, it pants for thee ; O burst these bonds, and set it free ! 2 If in this darksome wild I stray, Be thou my light, be thou my way ; No foes, no violence I fear, No fraud, while thou, my God, art near. AND AFFECTIONS. 118. When rising floods my soul o'erflovv, When sinks my heart in waves of woe ; O God, thy timely aid impart, And raise my head, and cheer my heart. If rough and thorny be the way, My strength proportion to my day ; Till toil, and grief, and pain shall cease, Where all is calm, and joy, and peace. 118. G. JY1. Doddridge. Seeking the Knowledge of God. Shine forth, Eternal Source of light ! And make thy glories known ; Fill our enlarged adoring sight With lustre all thine own. Vain are the charms, and faint the rays The brightest creatures boast ; And all their grandeur and their praise Are in thy presence lost. To know the Author of our frame Is our sublimest skill ; True science is to read thy name, True life to obey thy will. For this I long, for this I pray, And, following on, pursue, Till visions of eternal day Fix and complete the view. 119, 120. DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS 119. (_/. 1YL. Spirit of the Psalms. God our Portion here and hereafter. Ps. 73. 1 Whom have we, Lord, in heaven but thee. And whom on earth beside ? Where. else for succour can we flee, Or in whose strength confide ? 2 Thou art our portion here below, Our promised bliss above ; Ne'er may our souls an object know So precious as thy love. 3 When heart and flesh, O Lord, shall fail, Thou wilt our spirits cheer, Support us through life's thorny vale, And calm each anxious fear. 4 Yes, thou shalt be our Guide through life, And help and strength supply ; Sustain us in death's fearful strife, And welcome us on high. 120. 7S. M. 6 1. Montgomery- The Soul panting for God. Ps. 42. 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 ? AND AFFECTIONS. 121 2 Why art thou cast down, my soul ? God, thy God, shall make thee whole ; Why art thou disquieted ? God shall lift thy fallen head, And his countenance benign Be the saving health of thine. 121. C. M. Montgomery. Solomon' 's Prayer for Wisdom. 1 Almighty God ! in humble prayer To thee our souls we lift ; Do thou our waiting minds prepare For thy most needful gift. 2 We ask not golden streams of wealth Along our path to flow ; We ask not undecaying health, Nor length of years below. 3 We ask not honors, which an hour May bring and take away ; We ask not pleasure, pomp, and power, Lest we should go astray. 4 We ask for wisdom ; — Lord, impart The knowledge how to live ; A wise and understanding heart To all before thee give. 5 The young remember thee in youth, Before the evil" days ; The old be guided by thy truth In wisdom's pleasant ways. 122, 123. DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS iZZ. JL. 1V1. Doddridge, Choosing the better Part. 1 Beset with snares on every hand, In life's uncertain path I stand ; Father divine ! diffuse thy light, To guide my doubtful footsteps right. 2 Engage this roving, treacherous heart Wisely to choose the better part ; To scorn the trifles of a day, For joys that none can take away. 3 Then let the wildest storms arise ; Let tempests mingle earth and skies ; No fatal shipwreck shall I fear, But all my treasures with me bear. 4 If thou, my Father, still be nigh, Cheerful I live, and joyful die ; Secure, when mortal comforts flee, T(/find ten thousand worlds in thee. lZo. O. IVl. Episcopal Col. For Guidance and Protection. 1 God of our fathers ! by whose hand Thy people still are blest, Be with us through our pilgrimage, Conduct us to our rest. 2 Through each perplexing path of life Our wandering footsteps guide ; Give us each day our daily bread, And raiment fit provide. AND AFFECTIONS. 124, 125. 3 O spread thy sheltering wings around, Till all our wanderings cease, And at our Father's loved abode Our souls arrive in peace ! 4 Such blessings from thy gracious hand Our humble prayers implore ; And thou, the Lord, shall be our God • And pprtion evermore. 124. S. M. Mme. Guion. The Water of Life. 1 The fountain in its source No drought of summer fears ; The farther it pursues its course, The nobler it appears. 2 But shallow cisterns yield A scanty, short supply ; The morning sees them amply filled, At evening they are dry. 3 The cisterns I forsake, O Fount of bliss, for thee ; My thirst with living waters slake, And drink eternity. 125. L. M. Wesley's Col. The Bread of Life. 1 Father ! supply our every need ; Sustain the life thyself hast given ; O grant the never-failing bread, The mahna that comes down from heaven ! 126, 127. DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS 2 The gracious fruits of righteousness, Thy blessings' unexhausted store, • In us abundantly increase, Nor ever let us hunger more. 126. P.M. T.Moore. The Christian living f&r God. Since first thy word awoke my heart, Like new life dawning o'er me, Where'er I turn mine eyes, thou art, All light and love, before me. Nought else I feel, or hear, or see ; All bonds of earth I sever ; Thee, O God, and only thee I live for, now and ever. Like him whose fetters dropped away When light shone o'er his prison, My spirit, touched by mercy's ray, Hath from her chains arisen. And shall a soul thou bid'st be free Return to bondage ? — never ! Thee, O God, and only thee I live for, now and ever. 127. L. M. Mrs. Cotterill. Living to the Glory of God. O thou, who hast at thy command The hearts of all men in thy hand ! Our wayward, erring hearts incline To have no other will but thine. AND AFFECTIONS. 128. 2 Our wishes, our desires, control ; Mould every purpose of the soul ; O'er all may we victorious be That stands between ourselves and thee. 3 Thrice blest will all our blessings be, When we can look through them to thee ; When each glad heart its tribute pays Of love, and gratitude, and praise. 4 And while we to thy glory live, May we to thee all glory give, Until the final summons come, That calls thy willing servants home. 128. S« JM. Christian Psalmist, Doing all to the Glory of God. 1 Teach us, O God, our King ! In all things thee to see ; And what we do in any thing, To do it as for thee. 2 To scorn the senses' sway, While still to thee we tend ; In all we do be thou the way, In all be thou the end. 3 All may of thee partake ; Nothing so small can be, But draws, when acted for thy sake, Greatness and worth from thee. 4 If done beneath thy laws, Even servile labors shine ; Hallowed is toil, if this the cause, The meanest work divine. 8* 129, 130. DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS 129. C M. Wesley's Col. " Thy kingdom come." 1 Father of me and all mankind, And all the hosts above ! Let all of understanding mind Unite to praise thy love. 2 Thy kingdom come, control and bless The hearts of all that live ; Thy peace, and joy, and righteousness To all thy children give ; — 3 The righteousness that never ends, But makes an end of sin ; The joy that human thought transcends Into our souls bring in ; — 4 The kingdom of established peace, Which can no more remove ; The perfect powers of godliness, The omnipotence of love. 130. CM. COWPER. Submission to the Divine Disposal. 1 O Lord ! my best desires fulfil, And help me to resign Life, health, and comfort to thy will, And make thy pleasure mine. m 2 Why should I shrink at thy command, Whose love forbids my fears ; Or tremble at thy gracious hand, That wipes away my tears ? AND AFFECTIONS. 131. 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 them both ; Short-sighted creature of a day, And crushed before the moth ? 5 But, ah ! my inward spirit cries, cc Still bind me to thy sway ; Else the next cloud that veils my skies Drives all these thoughts away." 131. CM. Scott. Folly of Self-dependence. 1 The swift not always in the race Shall seize the crowning prize ; Not always wealth and honor grace The labor of the wise. 2 Fond mortals but themselves beguile, When on themselves they rest ; Blind is their wisdom, weak their toil, By thee, O Lord, unblest. 3 Evil and good before thee stand, Thy missions to perform ; The blessing comes at thy command, At thy command the storm. 4 O Lord ! in all our ways we '11 own Thy providential power, Intrusting to thy care alone The lot of every hour. 132. DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS 132. C M. Montgomery. Resignation. 1 One prayer I have, — all prayers in one,- When I am wholly thine ; Thy will, my God, thy will be done, And let that will be mine. 2 All-wise, almighty, and all-good ! In thee I firmly trust ; Thy ways, unknown or understood, Are merciful and just. 3 May I remember that to thee Whate'er I have I owe ; And back, in gratitude, from me May all thy bounties flow. 4 Thy gifts are only then enjoyed When used as talents lent ; Those talents only well employed When in thy service spent. 5 And though thy wisdom takes away, Shall I arraign thy will ? No, let me bless thy name, and say, " The Lord is gracious still." 6 A pilgrim through the earth I roam, Of nothing long possessed ; And all must fail when I go home, For this is not my rest. AND AFFECTIONS. 133, 134. 133. C. M. Noel. Hope in Trouble. 1 When musing sorrow weeps the past, And mourns the present pain, 'T is sweet to think of peace at last, And feel that death is gain. 2 'T is not, that murmuring thoughts arise, And dread a Father's will ; 'T is not, that meek submission flies, And would not suffer still ; — 3 It is, that heaven-born faith surveys The path that leads to light, And longs her eagle plumes to raise, And lose herself in sight. 4 It is, that harassed conscience feels The pangs of struggling sin ; And sees, though far, the hand that heals And ends the strife within. 5 O let me wing ray hallowed flight From earth-born woe and care, And soar above these clouds of night, My Saviour's bliss to share ! 134. Cy. JVl. Christian Psalmist. Comfort in Trouble. 1 When floods of grief assail the mind, And o'er the bosom roll, Where shall the mourner comfort find To soothe his troubled soul ? 135. DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS 2 Lord ! thou hast said, " Seek ye my face ; ,: And shall we seek id vain ? And will the ear of sovereign grace Be deaf when we complain ? 3 Ah, no ! the ear of sovereign grace Attends the mourner's prayer ; The mourner always finds a place To breathe his sorrows there. 4 Thy Spirit heals the troubled soul, With guilty fears oppressed ; Thy spirit makes the wounded whole, And gives the weary rest. 135. CM. T.Moore. " He healeth the broken in heart, and hindeth up their wounds." Ps. 147. 1 O thou who dry'st the mourner's tear! How dark this world would be, If, when deceived and wounded here, We could not fly to thee ! 2 The friends, who in our sunshine live, When winter comes are flown ; And he, who has but tears to give, Must weep those tears alone. 3 But thou wilt heal that broken heart, Which, like the plants that throw Their fragrance from the wounded part, Breathes sweetness out of woe. 4 When joy no longer soothes or cheers, And e'en the hope that threw A moment's radiance o'er our tears Is dimmed and vanished too, — AND AFFECTIONS. 136. 5 O who could bear life's stormy doom, Did not thy wing of love Come, brightly wafting through the gloom Our peace-branch from above ? 6 Then sorrow, touched by thee, grows bright With more than rapture's ray ; As darkness shows us worlds of light We never saw by day. 136. L. M. cowper. Peace after a Storm. 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 Straight I upbraid my wandering heart, And blush that I should ever be Thus prone to act so base a part, Or harbour one hard thought of thee. 3 O let me, then, at length be taught What I am still so slow to learn ! That God is love, and changes not, Nor knows the shadow of a turn. 4 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. 5 But, O my God, one look from thee Subdues the disobedient will, Drives doubt and discontent away, And thy rebellious child is still. 137, 138. DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS 137. CM. C.Wesley. Seeking true Joys. 1 Our joy is a created good ; How soon it fades away ! Fades, at the morning hour bestowed, Before the noon of day. 2 Joy, by its violent excess, To certain ruin tends, And all our rapturous happiness In hasty sorrow ends. 3 Tn vain doth earthly bliss afford A momentary shade ; It rises like the prophet's gourd, And withers o'er my head. 4 But of my Father's love possessed, No more for earth I pine ; Secure of everlasting rest Beneath the heavenly vine. 1 38. C. M. Wesley's Col. 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 fear, and sin, and grief expire, Cast out by perfect love. AND AFFECTIONS. 139. 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. lo9. O. 1V1. Doddridge. Days of the upright knoicn to God. Ps. 37. 1 To thee, my God, my days are known ; My soul* enjoys the thought ; My actions all before thy face, Nor are my faults forgot. 2 Each secret breath devotion vents Is vocal to thine ear ; And all my walks of daily life Before thine eye appear. 3 The vacant hour, the active scene, Thy mercy shall approve ; And every pang of sympathy, And every care of love. 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 find my God is nigh. 9 140, 141. DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS 140. 7 & 6S. M. Rippon's Col. The Soul aspiring to 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 this 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 speed them to their source. So a soul that 's born of God Pants to view his glorious face ; Upward tends to his abode, To rest in his embrace. 141. C. M. Steele. God our Portion. Ps. 4. 1 Tn vain our erring race inquires For true, substantial good ; While earth confines their low desires, They live on airy food. 2 Not all the good which earth bestows Can fill the craving mind ; Its highest joys have mingled woes, And leave a sting behind. AND AFFECTIONS. 142. 3 Begone, ye gilded vanities ! We seek some solid good ; To real bliss our wishes rise, — The favor of our God. 4 To thee, our God, our souls aspire ; Dispel these shades of night ; Enlarge and fill these vast desires With infinite delight. 142. CM. Dr. A. Nichols. Communion xoith God. 1 The soul's communion with its God Words, hymns, cannot express ; T is feeling, pure emotion all, Love, joy, and blessedness. 2 O God, our Father and our Friend ! Our souls are blest in thee ; m Keep them, as now, each thought and wish, With thine in harmony. 3 What can we fear, what more desire ? Our hearts are full of peace, Are full of thee ; the wealth of worlds Could not our bliss increase. ' r r 4 While thus before thy throne of love We worship and adore, Sin, earth, with all their wiles and woes, Can harm our souls no more. 143. DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS AND AFFECTIONS* 143. L. M. Sterling. God's Love, Truth, and Presence in all Things. 1 O Source divine, and life of all, The Fount of being's fearful sea ! Thy depth would every heart appall That saw not love supreme in thee. 2 We shrink before thy vast abyss, Where worlds on worlds eternal brood ; We know thee truly but in this, That thou bestowest all our good. 3 And so, 'rnid boundless time and space, O grant us still in thee to dwell, And through thy ceaseless web to trace Thy presence working all things well ! 4 Nor let thou life's delightful play Thy truth's transcendent vision hide ; Nor strength and gladness lead astray From thee, our nature's only Guide. 5 Bestow on every joyous thrill Thy deeper tone of reverent awe ; Make pure thy creature's erring will, And teach his heart to love thy law. THE SCRIPTURES. 144. C. M. RIPPON'SCOL. 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-waning 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. 145. P. M. E.Taylor. The Bible. 1 It is the one true Light, That, when all other lamps grow dim, Shall never burn less purely bright, Nor lead astray from Him. 9# 146. THE SCRIPTURES. 2 It is love's blessed band, That reaches from the eternal throne To him, whoe'er he be, whose hand Will seize it for his own. 3 It is the golden key- To treasures of celestial wealth, Joy to the sons of poverty, And to the sick man health ! 4 The gently proffered aid Of one who knows us, and can best Supply the beings he has made With what will make them blest. 5 It is the sweetest sound That infant years delight to hear, Travelling across that holy ground, With God and angels near. 6 There rests the weary head, There age and sorrow love to go ; And how it smooths the dying bed O let the Christian show ! 146. C. M. cowper. Light and Glory of the 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 ; His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set. THE SCRIPTURES. 147. 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 The steps of him I love, Till glory break upon my view In brighter worlds above. 147. S. M. T.Moore. The Light of Nature and the Gospel, 1 Behold the sun, how bright From yonder east he springs, As if the soul of life and light Were breathing from his wings. 2 So bright the gospel broke Upon the souls of men ; So fresh the dreaming world awoke In truth's full radiance then. 3 Before yon sun arose, Stars clustered through the sky ; But O how dim, how pale, were those To his one burning eye ! 4 So truth lent many a ray, To bless the Pagan night ; But, Lord, how weak, how cold were they To thy one glorious light ! 148, 149. THE SCRIPTURES. 148. L. M. Watts. Prophecy and Inspiration 1 'T was by an order from the Lord The ancient prophets spoke his word ; His Spirit did their tongues inspire, And warmed their hearts with heavenly fire. 2 The works and wonders which they wrought Confirmed the messages they brought ; The prophet's pen succeeds his breath, To save the holy words from death. 3 Let the false raptures of the mind Be lost and vanish in the wind ; Here I can fix my hope secure ; This is thy word, and must endure. 149. L. M. Beddome. O. Col. The Scriptures our Light and Guide. 1 When Israel through the desert passed, A fiery pillar went before, To guide them through the dreary waste, And lessen the fatigues they bore. 2 Such is thy glorious word, O God ! ? T is for our light and guidance given ; It sheds a lustre all abroad, And points the path to bliss and heaven. 3 It fills the soul with sweet delight, And quickens its inactive powers ; It sets our wandering footsteps right, Displays thy love, and kindles ours. THE SCRIPTURES. 150. 4 Its promises rejoice our hearts ; Its doctrines are divinely true ; Knowledge and pleasure it imparts ; It comforts and instructs us too. 5 Ye favored lands who have this word ! All ye who feel its saving power ! Unite your tongues to praise the Lord, And his distinguished grace adore. 150. C. M. Steele. Excellence of the Scriptures. 1 Father of mercies ! in thy word What endless glory shines ! For ever be thy name adored, For these celestial lines. 2 Here may the wretched sons of want Exhaustless riches find ; Riches above what earth can grant, And lasting as the mind. 3 Here the Redeemer's welcome voice Spreads heavenly peace around, And life and everlasting joys Attend the blissful sound. 4 O may these heavenly pages be Our ever dear delight ; And still new beauties may we see, And still increasing light ! 151, 152. THE SCRIPTURES. 151. L. M. Beddome. Excellence of the Gospel. 1 God in the gospel of his Son Makes his eternal counsels known ; 'T is here his richest mercy shines, And truth is drawn in fairest lines. 2 Wisdom its dictates here imparts, To form our minds, to cheer our hearts ; Its influence makes the sinner live ; It bids the drooping saint revive. 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, Till life's last hour my soul engage, And be my chosen heritage. 152. S. M. Scott. O. Col. Searching the Scriptures. 1 Imposture shrinks from light, And dreads the curious eye ; But sacred truths the test invite, They bid us search and try. 2 O may we still maintain A meek, inquiring mind ! Assured we shall not search in vain, But hidden treasures find. THE SCRIPTURES. 153, 3 With understanding blest, Created to be free, Our faith on man we dare not rest, Subject to none but thee. 4 Lord ! give the light we need ; With soundest knowledge fill ; From noxious error guard our creed, From prejudice our will. 153. O. JV1. Spirit of the Psalms. Study of God's Word. ^ Ps. 112. 1 Happy the children of the Lord, Who, walking in his sight, Make all the precepts of his word Their study and delight. 2 That precious wealth shall be their dower, Which cannot know decay, Which moth or rust shall ne'er devour, Or spoiler take away. 3 For them that heavenly light shall spread Whose cheering rays illume The darkest hours of life, and shed A halo round the tomb. 4 Their works of piety and love, Performed through Christ their Lord, For ever registered above, Shall meet a sure reward. 154. THE SCRIPTURES. .154. C. M. Watts. Instruction from the Scriptures. Ps. 119. 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. 3 'T is like the ^un, a heavenly light, That guides us all the day ; And through the dangers of the night A lamp to lead our way. 4 The starry heavens thy rule obey, The earth maintains her place ; And these thy servants night and day Thy skill and power express. 5 But still thy law and gospel, Lord, Have lessons more divine ; Not earth stands firmer than thy word, Nor stars so nobly shine. 6 Thy word is everlasting truth ; How pure is every page ! That holy book shall guide our youth, And well support our age. THE SCRIPTURES. 155, 156. 155. C. M. Watts. The Word of God our Portion. Ps. 119. 1 Lord ! Ihave made thy word my choice, My lasting heritage ; There shall my noblest powers rejoice, My warmest thoughts engage. 2 I '11 read the histories of thy love, And keep thy laws in sight, While through the promises I rove With ever fresh delight. 3 'T is a broad land of wealth unknown, Where springs of life arise, Seeds of immortal bliss are sown, And hidden glory lies. 4 The best relief tliat mourners have, It makes our sorrows blest ; Our fairest hope beyond the grave, And our eternal rest. 156. L. M. Merrick. Desire of Instruction. Ps. 119. 1 Teach me, O teach me, Lord, thy way ! So to my life's remotest day, By thine unerring precepts led, My willing feet its paths shall 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. 10 157. THE SCRIPTURES. 3 Give me to know thy words aright, -Thy words, my soul's supreme delight ; That, purged from thirst of gold, my mind In them its better wealth may find. 4 O turn from vanity mine eye ! Thy quickening strength to me supply ; And with thy promised mercy cheer A heart devoted to thy fear. l07. L. JM. 6 1. Spirit of the Psalms. Praise to God for his Word. Ps. 56. 1 Join, all ye servants of the Lord ! To praise him for his sacred word, That word, like manna, sent from heaven, To all who seek it freely given ; Its promises our fears remove, And fill our hearts with joy and love. 2 It tells us, though oppressed with cares, The God of mercy hears our prayers ; Though steep and rough the appointed way, His mighty arm shall be our stay ; Though deadly foes assail our peace, His power shall bid their malice cease. 3 It tells who first inspired our breath, And who redeemed our souls from death ; It tells of grace, grace freely given, And shows the path to God and heaven. O bless we, then, our gracious Lord, For all the treasures of his word ! THE SCRIPTURES. 158, 159. 158. C^. 1V1. Christian Psalmist. The Seed of the Word. 1 Lord of the harvest ! God of grace ! Send down thy heavenly rain ; In vain we plant without thine aid, And water, too, in vain. 2 May no vain thoughts, those birds of prey, Defraud us of our gain ; Nor anxious cares, those baleful thorns, Choke up the precious grain. 3 Ne'er may our hearts be like the rock, Where but the blade can spring, Which, scorched with heat, becomes by noon A dead, a useless thing. 4 Let not the joys thy gospel gives A transient rapture prove ; Nor may the world by smiles and frowns Our faith and hope remove. 5 But may our hearts, like fertile soil, Receive the heavenly word ; So shall our fair and ripened fruits Their hundred fold afford. 159. C. M. Heeer. The Seed of the Word. 1 O God ! by whom the seed is given, By whom the harvest blest ; Whose word, like manna showered from heaven, Is planted in our breast ; — 160, 161. THE SCRIPTURES. 2 Preserve it from the passing feet, And plunderers of the air ; The sultry sun's intenser heat, And weeds of worldly care. 3 Though buried deep, or thinly strown, Do thou thy grace supply ; The hope in earthly furrows sown Shall ripen in the sky. 160. C. M. Exeter Col. Supplication for a Blessing on the Word. 1 Thy gracious aid, great God, impart, To give thy word success ; Write all its precepts on the heart, And deep its truths impress. 2 O speed our progress in the way That leads to joys on high, Where knowledge grows without decay, And love shall never die ! 161. CM. C.Wesley. Heavenly Bread. 1 What is the chaff, the word of man, When set against the wheat ? Can it a dying soul sustain, Like that immortal meat ? 2 Thy word, O God, with heavenly bread The children doth supply ; And those who by thy word are fed, Their souls shall never die. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 162. 7s. M. Anonymous. The Day-spring welcomed. 1 Sons of men ! behold from far, Hail the long-expected star ; Star of truth, that gilds the night, Guiding devious nature right. 2 Mild it shines on all beneath, Piercing through the shades of death ; Scattering error's wide-spread 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. 163. 8 & 7s. M. Cawood. The heavenly Heralds of Peace. 1 Hark ! what mean those holy voices, Sweetly sounding through the skies ? Lo ! the angelic host rejoices ; Heavenly hallelujahs rise. 10* 164. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 2 Listen to the wondrous story Which they chant in hymns of joy : " Glory in the highest, glory ! Glory be to God most high ! 3 " Peace on earth, good-will to mortals ! Christ the Lord is born to-day ; Wide he opes the eternal portals, Chasing sin and death away." 4 Sons of men ! repeat the story ; Sing the gladness of his birth ; Spread the brightness of his glory, Till it cover all the earth. 1 04. O. JVl • Anonymous. Christmas Hymn. 1 Calm on the listening ear of night Come heaven's melodious strains, Where wild Judea stretches far Her silver-mantled plains. 2 Celestial choirs, from courts above, Shed sacred glories there ; And angels, with their sparkling lyres, Make music on the air. 3 The answering hills of Palestine Send back the glad reply, And greet, from all their holy heights, The day-spring from on high. 4 O'er the blue depths of Galilee There comes a holier calm ; And Sharon waves, in solemn praise, Her silent groves of palm. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 165. "Glory to God ! " the sounding skies Loud with their anthems ring ; " Peace to the earth, good-will to men, From heaven's eternal King ! " Light on thy hills, Jerusalem ! The Saviour now is born ! And bright on Bethlehem's joyous plains Breaks the first Christmas morn. IbO. O. lVl. Spirit of the Psalms. The guiding Star. 1 Bright was the guiding star that led, With mild, benignant ray, The Gentiles to the lowly shed * Where the Redeemer lay. 2 But lo ! a brighter, clearer light Now points to his abode ; It shines through sin and sorrow's night, To guide our souls to God. 3 O haste to follow where it leads ; The gracious call obey ! Be rugged wilds or flowery meads The Christian's destined way. 4 O gladly tread the narrow path, While light and grace are given ! Who meekly follow Christ on earth Shall reign with him in heaven. 166. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 100. O. lVL. Spirit of the Psalms. The Day-spring from on High. Ps. 130. 1 Great God ! wert thou extreme to mark The deeds we do amiss, Before thy presence who could stand ? Who claim thy promised bliss ? But O ! All-merciful and just ! Thy love surpasseth thought ; A gracious Saviour hath appeared, And peace and pardon brought. 2 Thy servants in the temple watched The dawning of the day, Impatient with its earliest beams Their holy vows to psfy ; And chosen saints far off beheld That great and glorious morn, When the glad day-spring from on high Auspiciously should dawn. 3 On us the Sun of Righteousness Its brightest beams hath poured ; With grateful hearts and holy zeal, Lord, be thy love adored ; And let us look with joyful hope To that more glorious day Before whose brightness sin and death And grief shall flee away. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 167, 168. 167. Q. M. Doddridge. O. Col. The Coming of the Messiah. 1 Hark the glad sound ! the Saviour comes ! The Saviour promised long ! Let every heart prepare a throne, And every voice a song. 2 On him the Spirit, largely poured, Exerts its sacred fire ; Wisdom and might, and zeal and love, His holy breast inspire. 3 He comes, from thickest clouds of vice To clear the darkened mind, And, from on high, a saving light To pour upon the blind. 4 He comes, the broken heart to heal, The bleeding soul to cure ; And with the treasures of his grace Enrich the humble poor. 168. (->. M. Scotch Paraphrases. The Sufferings of Christ foreshoion. 1 The Saviour comes ! no outward pomp Bespeaks his presence nigh ; No earthly beauty shines in him, To draw the carnal eye. 2 Fair as a beauteous, tender flower Amidst the desert grows, So, slighted and despised by man, The heavenly Saviour rose. 169. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 3 Rejected and despised by men, Behold a man of woe ! Grief was his close companion still Through all his life below. 4 Wronged and oppressed, how meekly he In patient silence stood ! Mute as the peaceful, harmless lamb, When brought to shed its blood. 5 'Midst sinners low in dust he lay ; The rich a grave supplied ; Unspotted was his blameless life ; Unstained by sin he died. 6 He shall his friends to victory lead, And baffle all his foes ; Though ranked with sinners here he fell, A conqueror he rose. 169. C. M. F. Fletcher. The Baptism and Inspiration of Jesus. 1 In Judah's rugged wilderness, Where Jordan rolls his flood, In manners strict, and rude in dress, The holy Baptist stood. 2 And while upon the river's side The people thronged to hear, " Repent ! " the sacred preacher cried, " The heavenly kingdom's near ! " 3 Now Jesus to the stream descends ; His feet the waters lave ; And o'er his head, that humbly bends, The Baptist pours the wave. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 170. 4 When lo ! a heavenly form appears, Descending as a dove ; And wondrous sounds the assembly hears, Proclaiming from above : — 5 " This is my well-beloved Son, On him my Spirit rests ; Now is his reign of grace begun ; Attend his high behests." 6 The sacred voice has reached our ear, And still through distant lands Shall sound, till all his name revere, And honor his commands. 170. S. M. Needham. Christ the Light of the World. 1 Behold the Prince of Peace ! The chosen of the Lord, God's well-beloved Son, fulfils The sure prophetic word. 2 No royal pomp adorns This King of Righteousness ; Meekness and patience, truth and love, Compose his princely dress. 3 The Spirit of the Lord, In rich abundance shed, On this great prophet gently lights, And rests upon his head. 4 Jesus, the light of men ! His doctrine life imparts ; O may we feel its quickening power To warm and glad our hearts ! 171, 172. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 5 Cheered by its beams, our souls Shall run the heavenly way ; The path, which Christ has marked and trod, Will lead to endless day. 171. L. M. Watts. Christ's Kingdom among the Gentiles. Ps. 72. 1 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run ; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 2 People and realms of every tongue Shall chant his love in sweetest song ; And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on his name. 3 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 blest. 172. L. M. heber. The holy Guest. 1 Messiah Lord ! who, wont to dwell In lowly guise and cottage cell, Didst not refuse a guest to be At Cana's poor festivity ; — 2 O when our soul from care is free, Then, Saviour, would we think on thee ; And, seated at the festal board, In fancy's eye behold the Lord. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 173. Then may we seem, in fancy's ear, Thy manna-dropping tongue to hear, And think, if now his searching view Each secret of bur spirit knew ! So shall our joy, chastised and pure, Beyond the bounds of earth endure ; Nor pleasure in the wounded mind Shall leave a rankling sting behind. 173. 7S. M. MlLMAN. " Even the winds and the sea obey him." Lord ! thou didst arise and say To the troubled waters, " Peace !'' And the tempest died away ; Down they sank, the foamy seas ; And a calm and heaving sleep Spread o'er all the glassy deep ; All the azure lake serene Like another heaven was seen. Lord ! thy gracious word repeat To the billows of the proud ; Quell the tyrant's martial heat, Quell the fierce and changing crowd. Then the earth shall find repose From its restless strife and woes ; And an imaged heaven appear On our world of darkness here. tJ 174, 175. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 174. C. M. Scotch Paraphrases. Christ's Invitation. 1 Come unto me, all ye who mourn, With guilt and fears oppressed ! Resign to me the willing heart, And I will give you rest. 2 Take up my yoke, and learn of me A meek and lowly mind ; And thus your weary, troubled souls Repose and peace shall find. 3 For light and gentle is my yoke ; The burden I impose Shall ease the heart which groaned before Beneath a load of woes. 175. 7S. M. Mrs. Barbauld. Invitations of Jesus. 1 Come, said Jesus' sacred voice, Come, and make my paths your choice ; I will guide you to your home ; Weary pilgrim, hither come ! 2 Thou, who, houseless, lone, forlorn, Long hast borne the proud world's scorn, Long hast roamed the barren waste, Weary pilgrim, hither haste ! 3 Ye, who, tossed on beds of pain, Seek for ease, but seek in vain ; Ye, whose swollen and sleepless eyes Watch to see the morning rise ; — CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 176. 4 Ye, by fiercer anguish torn, In remorse for guilt who mourn, Here repose your heavy care ! Who the spirit's wounds can bear ? 5 Sinner, come ! for here is found Balm that flows for every wound ; Peace that ever shall endure, Rest eternal, sacred, sure. 176. S. M. Montgomery. The Good Shepherd and his Flock. 1 Green pastures and clear streams, Freedom and quiet rest, Christ's flock enjoy, beneath his beams, Or in his shadow, blest. 2 Secure, amidst alarms, From violence or snares, The lambs he gathers in his arms, And in his bosom bears. 3 The wounded and the weak He comforts, heals, and binds ; The lost he came from heaven to seek, And saves them when he finds. 4 Conflicts and trials done, His glory they behold, Where Jesus and his flock are one, One shepherd and one fold. 177, 178. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 177. L. M. BOTVRING. Jesus teaching the People. 1 How sweetly flowed the gospel's sound From lips of gentleness and grace, When listening thousands gathered round, And joy and reverence filled the place ! 2 From heaven he came, of heaven he spoke, To heaven he led his followers' way ; Dark clouds of gloomy night he broke, Unveiling an immortal day. 3 " Come, wanderers, to my Father's home, Come, all ye weary ones, and rest ! " Yes, sacred Teacher ! we will come, Obey thee, love thee, and be blest. 4 Decay, then, tenements of dust ! Pillars of earthly pride, decay ! A nobler mansion waits the just, And Jesus has prepared the way. 178. L. M. Gregg. Not ashamed of Jesus. 1 Jesus, and can it ever be, A mortal man ashamed of thee ? Scorned be the thought by rich and poor ; My soul shall scorn it more and more. 2 Ashamed of Jesus ! yes, I may, When I 've no sins to wash away, No tears to wipe, no joys to crave, And no immortal soul to save. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 179. 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 Till then — nor is the boasting vain — Till then I boast a Saviour slain ; And O may this my portion be, That Saviour 's not ashamed of me ! 179. L. M. Russell. " That ye through his poverty might be rich." 1 O'er the dark wave of Galilee The gloom of twilight gathers fast, And on the waters drearily Descends the fitful evening blast. 2 The weary bird hath left the air, And sunk into his sheltered nest ; The wandering beast has sought his lair, And laid him down to welcome rest. 3 Still near the lake, with weary tread, Lingers a form of human kind ; And on his lone, unsheltered head Flows the chill night-damp of the wind. 4 Why seeks he not a home of rest ? Why seeks he not the pillowed bed ? Beasts have their dens, the bird its nest ; He hath not where to lay his head. 5 Such was the lot he freely chose, To bless, to save the human race ; And through his poverty there flows A rich, full stream of heavenly grace. 11* 180, 181. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 180. L. M. Sir J. E. Smith. " It is I ; be not afraid." 1 When power divine, in mortal form, Hushed with a word the raging storm, In soothing accents Jesus said, " Lo, it is I ; be not afraid." 2 So, when in silence nature sleeps, And his lone watch the mourner keeps, One thought shall every pang remove ; That thought, frail man, thy Maker 's love. 3 Blest be the voice that breathes from heaven To every heart in sunder riven, When love, and joy, and hope are fled, — " Lo, it is I ; be not afraid." 4 God calms the tumult of the storm ; He rules the seraph and the worm ; No creature is by him forgot, Of those who know, or know him not. 5 And when the last dread hour shall come, While shuddering nature waits her doom, This voice shall call the pious dead, — " Lo, it is I ; be not afraid." 181. L. M. Doddridge. Christ 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 rays and speaks thy name. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 182. 2 In louder strains we sing that grace Which gives the Sun of Righteousness, Whose nobler light salvation brings, And scatters healing in his wings. 3 Still on our hearts may Jesus shine With beams of light and love divine ; Quickened by him, our souls shall live, And, cheered by him, shall grow and thrive. 4 O may his glories stand confessed, From north to south, from east to west ; Successful may his gospel run, Wide as the circuit of the sun ! 182. L. M. Christian Psalmist. " Behold the Man ! " 1 Behold the man ! how glorious he ! Before his foes he stands unawed, And, without wrong or blasphemy, He claims to be the Son of God. 2 Behold the man ! by all condemned, Assaulted by a host of foes, His person and his claims contemned, A man of sufferings and of woes. 3 Behold the man ! so weak he seems, His awful word inspires no fear ; But soon must he, who now blasphemes. Before his judgment-seat appear. 4 Behold the man ! though scorned below, He bears the greatest name above ; The angels at his footstool bow, And all his royal claims approve. 183, 184. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 183. L. M. MlLMAN. Christ's Entry into Jerusalem. 1 Ride on, ride on in majesty ! Hark ! all the tribes " Hosanna ! " cry ; Thy humble beast pursues his road, With palms and scattered garments strowed. 2 Ride on, ride on in majesty ! In lowly pomp ride on to die ! O Christ ! thy triumphs now begin O'er captive death and conquered sin. 3 Ride on, ride on in majesty ! The winged squadrons of the sky Look down with sad and wondering eyes, To see the approaching sacrifice. 4 Ride on, ride on in majesty ! Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh ; The Father, on his sapphire throne, Expects his own anointed Son ! 184. C. M. Cowper. Jesus hasting to suffer. 1 The Saviour, what a noble flame Was kindled in his breast, When, hasting to Jerusalem, He marched before the rest ! 2 With all his sufferings full in view, And woes to us unknown, Forth to the task his spirit flew ; 'T was love that urged him on. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 185, 186. 3 Lord ! while thy bleeding glories here Engage our wondering eyes, We learn our lighter cross to bear, And hasten to the skies. 185. 7 & 8s. M. 6 1. milman. " Lord ! that I may receive my sight." 1 Lord ! we sit and cry to thee, Like the blind beside the way ; Make our darkened souls to see The glory of thy perfect day ; Do thou rebuke our sullen night, And give thyself unto our sight. 2 Lord ! we do not ask to gaze On our dim and earthly sun ; But the light that still shall blaze When every star its course hath run ; The glory of thy blest abode, The uncreated light of God. 186. L. M. Watts. God's Miracles in Christ. Behold, the blind their sight receive ! Behold, the dead awake and live ! The dumb speak wonders ! and the lame Leap like the hart, and bless his name ! He dies ! the heavens in mourning stood ; He rises ! and appears with God ; Behold the Lord ascending high, No more to bleed, no more to die ! 187. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 3 Hence and for ever from my heart I bid my doubts and fears depart ; And to those hands my soul resign, Which bear credentials so divine. 187« Li. JYlt Butcher. God's Miracles in Christ. 1 What works of wisdom, power, and love, Do Jesus' high commission prove, Attest his heaven-derived claim, And glorify his Father's name ! 2 On eyes that never saw the day, He pours the bright, celestial ray ; And deafened ears, by him unbound, Catch all the harmony of sound. 3 Lameness takes up its bed, and goes Rejoicing in the strength that flows Through every nerve ; and, free from pain, Pours forth to God the grateful strain. 4 The shattered mind his word restores, And tunes afresh the mental powers ; The dead revive, to life return, And bid affection cease to mourn. 5 Canst thou, my soul, these wonders trace, And not admire Jehovah's grace ? Canst thou behold thy Prophet's power, And not the God he served adore ? CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 188. 188. L. M. Anonymous. " With his stripes we are healed." 1 A voice upon the midnight air, Where Kedron's moonlit waters stray, Weeps forth in agony and prayer, u O Father ! take this cup away ! " 2 Ah! thou, who sorrowest unto death, We conquer in thy mortal fray ; And earth, for all her children, saith, u O God ! take not this cup away ! " 3 O Lord of sorrow ! meekly die ; Thou 'It heal or hallow all our woe ; Thy name refresh the mourner's sigh ; Thy peace revive the faint and low. 4 Great Chief of faithful souls ! arise ; None else can lead the martyr band, Who teach the brave how peril flies, When Faith, unarmed, uplifts the hand. 5 O King of earth ! the cross ascend ; O'er climes and ages 't is thy throne ; Where'er thy fading eye may bend, The desert blooms and is thine own. 6 Thy parting blessing, Lord, we pray ; Make but one fold below, above ; And when we go the last, lone way, O give the welcome of thy love ! 189. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 189. 7s. jVI. Montgomery. Christ our Example in Suffering. 1 Go to dark Gethsemane, Ye that feel the tempter's power ! Your Redeemer's conflict see ; Watch with him one bitter hour. Turn not from his grief away ; Learn of Jesus Christ to pray. 2 Follow to the judgment-hall ; View the Lord of Life arraigned ; O the wormwood and the gall ! O the pangs his soul sustained ! Shun not suffering, shame, or loss, Learn of him to bear the cross. 3 Calvary's mournful mountain climb ; There, submissive at his feet, Mark that miracle of time, Love's own sacrifice complete ; u It is finished ! " hear him cry ; Learn of Jesus Christ to die. 4 Early hasten to the tomb, Where they laid his breathless clay ; All is solitude and gloom ; Who hath taken him away ? Christ is risen ; he seeks the skies ; Thither learn of him to rise. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 190, 191. 190. C. M. Christian Psalmist. Redemption by the Cross of Christ. 1 Behold the Saviour on the cross, A spectacle of woe ! See from his agonizing wounds The blood incessant flow ; — 2 Till death's pale "ensigns o'er his cheek And trembling lips are spread ; Till light forsakes his closing eyes, And life his drooping head. 3 " 'T is finished ! " was his latest voice ; These sacred accents o'er, He bowed his head, gave up the ghost, And suffered pain no more. 4 " 'T is finished ! " — ritual worship ends, And gospel ages run ; All old things now are passed away, A new world is begun. 191. S. M. Doddridge. Attraction of the Cross. 1 Behold the amazing sight, The Saviour lifted high ! Behold the Son of God's delight Expire in agony ! 2 We see, and we admire, Tn sympathy of love ; We feel the strong attractive power, To lift our souls above. 12 192. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 3 Drawn by such cords as these, Let all the earth combine, With cheerful ardor, to confess The energy divine. 4 In him our hearts unite, Nor share his griefs alone, But from his cross pursue their flight To his triumphant throne. 192. L. M. 61. Hebek's Hymks. The Cross. 1 Despised is the man of grief, Rejected and denied belief, By them whose sorrows he hath worn, For whom he bears the bitter scorn, The shameful robe, the scourge, the thorn. 2 All we, like sheep, have gone astray, And turned aside from wisdom's way ; But he the path of death hath trod, And humbly kissed affliction's rod, To lead our stricken souls to God. 3 O let us cast each vice away, Beneath the cross each passion lay ; With contrite heart and weeping eye Behold the Saviour lifted high, And every sin and folly fly ! CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 193, 194. 193. 8 & 7s. M. Bo wring. The Cross. 1 In the cross of Christ I glory, Towering o'er the wrecks of time ; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime. 2 When the woes of life o'ertake me, Hopes deceive, and fears annoy, Never shall the cross forsake me ; Lo ! it glows with peace and joy. 3 When the sun of bliss is beaming Light and love upon my way, From the cross the radiance streaming Adds more lustre to the day. 4 Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure, By the cross are sanctified ; Peace is there that knows no measure, Joys that through all time abide. 5 In the cross of Christ I glory, Towering o'er the wrecks of time, All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime. 194. 7S. M. CoLLYER. Resurrection of Christ. 1 Morning breaks upon the tomb ; Jesus dissipates its gloom ; Day of triumph through the skies ; See the glorious Saviour rise ! 195, 196. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 2 Christians ! dry your flowing tears ; Chase those unbelieving fears ; Look on his deserted grave ; Doubt no more his power to save. 3 Ye, who are of death afraid, Triumph in the scattered shade ! So returning beams of light Chase the terrors of the night. 195. L. M. Wesley's Col. Rising with Christ. 1 Ye faithful souls, who Jesus know ! If risen indeed with him ye are, » Superior to the joys below, His resurrection's power declare. 2 Your faith by holy tempers prove ; By actions show your sins forgiven ; And seek the glorious things above, And follow Christ, your Head, to heaven. 3 Your real life, with Christ concealed, Deep in the Father's bosom lies ; And glorious as your Head revealed, Ye soon shall meet him in the skies. 196. CM. Watts. O. Col. Hope of Heaven by Christ's Resurrection. 1 Blest be the everlasting God, The Father of our Lord ; Be his abounding mercy praised, His majesty adored. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 197. 2 When from the dead he raised his Son And called him to the sky, He gave our souls a steadfast hope That they should never die. 3 What though our bodies all must die And moulder back to dust ? Yet as our great Exemplar rose, So all his brethren must. 4 There 's an inheritance divine Reserved against that day ; 'T is uncorrupted, undefined, And cannot waste away. 197. CM. Watts. The Resurrection and Ascension of Christ. 1 Ho s anna to the Prince of Light, Who, clothed in mortal clay, Entered the iron gates of death, And tore the bars away ! 2 Death is no more the King of Dread, Since Christ, our brother, rose ; He took the tyrant's sting away, And spoiled our deadliest foes. 3 See, how the Conqueror mounts aloft, And to his Father flies, With scars of honor in his flesh, And triumph in his eyes. 4 Ye angels ! strike your loudest strings ; Your sweetest anthems raise ; Let heaven and all created things Sound the Redeemer's praise. 12* 198, 199. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 198. C. M. Breviary. tJ Your life is hid with Christ in God." 1 Messiah now is gone before To the blest realms of light ; O thither may our spirits soar, And wing their upward flight ! 2 Lord ! make us to those joys aspire, That spring from love to thee, That pass the carnal heart's desire, And faith alone can see. 3 To guide us to thy glories, Lord, To lift us to the sky, O may thy Spirit still be poured Upon us from on high ! lyy. x. 1V1. Spirit of the Psalms. The Holy Spirit, the Comforter. 1 Our blest Redeemer, ere he breathed His tender, last farewell, A Guide, a Comforter, bequeathed, With us to dwell. 2 He came in tongues of living flame, To teach, convince, subdue ; All-powerful as the wind he came, As viewless too. 3 He came sweet influence to impart, A gracious, willing guest, While he can find one humble heart Wherein to rest. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 200. 4 And his that gentle voice we hear, Soft as the breath of even, That checks each fault, that calms each fear, And speaks of heaven. 5 And every virtue we possess, And every victory won, And every thought of holiness, Are his alone. 6 Spirit of purity and grace ! Our weakness, pitying, see ; O make our hearts thy dwelling-place, And worthier thee ! 200. C. M. Heber. For the Day of Pentecost, or Whitsunday. 1 Spirit of truth ! on this thy day To thee for help we cry, To guide us through the dreary way Of dark mortality. 2 We ask not, Lord, thy cloven flame, Or tongues of various tone ; But long thy praises to proclaim With fervor in our own. 3 We mourn not that prophetic skill Is found on earth no more ; Enough for us to trace thy will In Scripture's sacred lore. 4 We neither have nor seek the power 111 demons to control ; But thou, in dark temptation's hour, Shalt chase them from the soul. 201, 202. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 5 No heavenly harpings soothe our ear, No mystic dreams we share ; Yet hope to feel thy comfort near. And bless thee in our prayer. 6 When tongues shall cease, and power decay, And knowledge empty prove, Do thou thy trembling servants stay With faith, and hope, and love. 201. S. M. Episcopal Col. Gospel Invitations. 1 The Spirit, in our hearts, Is whispering, " Sinner, come !" The Bride, the church of Christ, proclaims To all his children, " Come !" 2 Let him that heareth say To all about him, " Come ! " Let him that thirsts for righteousness, To Christ, the fountain, come. 3 Yes, whosoever will, O let him freely come, And freely drink the stream of life ! 'T is Jesus bids him come. 202. S. M. Watts. The Voice of glad Tidings. 1 How beautiful their feet, Who stand on Zion's hill, Who bring salvation on their tongues, And words of peace reveal ! CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 203. 2 How happy are our ears, That hear this 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 Christians ! unite your voice, And cheerful notes employ ; Let the glad tidings swell your songs, Till heathens learn the joy. 203. C. M. Mrs. Barbauld. O. Col. Christ's Precepts of Love. 1 Behold, where, 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 ! The gentle precept which he gave Became its author well. 3 " 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. 204. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 5 ct To gentle offices of love His feet are never slow ; He views, through mercy's melting eye, A brother in a foe. 6 " To him protection shall be shown ; And mercy from above Descend on those who thus fulfil The perfect law of love." 204. C. M. Enfield. . Example of Christ. 1 Behold, where, in a mortal form, Appears each grace divine ; The virtues, all in Jesus met, With mildest radiance shine. 2 To spread the rays of heavenly light, To give the mourner joy, To preach glad tidings to the poor, Was his divine employ. 3 'Midst keen reproach, and cruel scorn, Patient and meek he stood ; His foes, ungrateful, sought his life ; He labored for their good. 4 In the last hour of deep distress, Before his Father's throne, With soul resigned, he bowed, and said. u Thy will, not mine, be done ! " 5 Be Christ our pattern and our guide ; His image may we bear ; O may we tread his holy steps, His joy and glory share ! CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 205, 206. 205. C. M. Beddome. Example of Christ, 1 As Christ hath done, so would we do, Sustained by heavenly grace ; In duties, and in sufferings too, His steps we fain would trace. 2 Inflamed with zeal, 't was his delight To do his Father's will ; May the same zeal our souls excite His precepts to fulfil. 3 Meekness, humility, and love Through all his conduct shine ; may our whole deportment prove A copy, Lord, of thine ! 206. L. M. Watts. Example of Christ. 1 My dear Redeemer, and my Lord ! 1 read my duty in thy word ; But in thy life the law appears Drawn out in living characters. 2 Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal, Such deference to thy Father's will, Such love, and meekness so divine, I would transcribe, and make them mine. 3 Cold mountains, and the midnight air, Witnessed the fervor of thy prayer ; The desert thy temptations knew, Thy conflict, and thy victory too. 207. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 4 Be thou my pattern ; may I bear More of thy gracious image here ; That God, in heaven, may find in me A soul prepared to dwell with thee. 207. L. M. Steele. Example of Christ. 1 And is the gospel peace and love ? Such let our conversation be, The serpent blended with the dove, Wisdom and meek simplicity. 2 Whene'er the angry passions rise, And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife. To Jesus let us lift our eyes, Bright pattern of the Christian life. 3 O how benevolent and kind ! How mild ! how ready to forgive ! Be this the temper of our minds, And these the rules by which we live. 4 To do his Heavenly Father's will Was his employment and delight ; Humility and holy zeal Shone through his life divinely bright. 5 Dispensing good where'er he came, The labors of his life were love ; O, if we love the Saviour's name Let his divine example move ! CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 208, 209. 208. L. M. Bache. " Greater love hath no man than this." 1 "See how he loved," exclaimed the Jews, As tender tears from Jesus fell ; My grateful heart the thought pursues, And on the theme delights to dwell. 2 See how he loved, who travelled on, Teaching the doctrine from the skies ; Who bade disease and pain begone, And called the sleeping dead to rise. 3 See how he loved, who, firm, yet mild, Patient endured the scoffing tongue ; Though oft provoked, he ne'er reviled, Or did his greatest foe a wrong. 4 See how he loved, who never shrank From toil or danger, pain or death ; Who all the cup of sorrow drank, And meekly yielded up his breath. 5 Such love can we unmoved survey ? may our breast with ardor glow, " To tread his steps, his laws obey, And thus our warm affection show ! 209. L. M. C. Wesley. The primitive Church. 1 Happy the souls who first believed, To Jesus and each other cleaved, Joined by the Spirit from above In blessed fellowship of love. 13 210. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 2 On God they cast their every care, Sheltered beneath the wings of prayer ; They joyfully conspired to raise Their ceaseless sacrifice of praise. 3 O what an age of golden days ! O what a choice and holy race ! They all were of one heart and soul, And only love inspired the whole. 4 Ye different sects, who all declare, "Loj here is Christ ! " or, "Christ is there ! " Your claim, alas ! ye cannot prove, Ye want the genuine mark of love. 5 Scattered, O Lord, thy servants roam, Till to thy fold thou call them home, Drawn by the music of thy name, And charmed into a beauteous frame. 6 Unite all souls that look to thee In bonds of perfect charity ; Greatest of gifts, thy love impart, And make us of one mind and heart. 210. 10S. M. Beard's Col. Christian Unity. 1 Restore, O Father, to our times restore The peace which filled thine infant church of yore ; Ere lust of power had sown the seeds of strife, And quenched the new-born charities of life. 2 O never more may differing judgments part From kindly sympathy a brother's heart ! But, linked in one, believing thousands kneel, And share with each the sacred joy they feel. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 211,212. 3 From soul to soul, quick as the sunbeam's ray, Let concord spread one universal day ; And faith by love lead all mankind to thee, Parent of peace, and Fount of harmony ! 211. CM. C.Wesley. The Communion of Saints. 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. 4 O God ! be thou our constant guide ; Then, when the word is given, Bid death's cold flood its waves divide, And land us safe in heaven. 212. L. M. Butcher. Final Acceptance of all the Righteous. 1 From north and south, from east and west, Advance the myriads of the blest ; From every clime of earth they come, And find in heaven a common home. 213. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 2 In one immortal throng we view Pagan and Christian, Greek and Jew ; But, all their doubts and darkness o'er, One only God they now adore. 3 Howe'er divided here below, One bliss, one spirit, now they know ; Though some jpe'er heard of Jesus 1 name Yet God accepts their honest aim. 4 On earth, according to their light, They aimed to practise what was right ; Thus all their errors are forgiven, And Jesus welcomes them to heaven. 213. L. M. gaskell. The Light of the Gospel on the Tomb. 1 Dark, dark indeed the grave would be, Had we no light, O God, from thee ; If all we saw were all we knew, Or hope from reason only grew. 2 But fearless now we rest in faith, A holy life makes happy death ; 'T is but a change ordained by thee, To set the imprisoned spirit free. 3 Sad, sad indeed 't would be to part From those who long had shared our heart, If thou hadst left us still to fear Love's only heritage was here. 4 But calmly now we see them go From out this world of pain and w T oe ; We follow to a home on high, Where pure affections never die. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 214. 214. 7 &, 6S. M. Montgomery. " All nations shall call him blessed." Ps. 72. 1 Hail to the Lord's Anointed ! Great David's greater Son ! Hail, in the time appointed, His reign on earth begun ! He comes to break oppression, To set the captive free, To take away transgression, And rule in equity. 2 He shall come down like showers Upon the fruitful earth ; And joy and hope, like flowers, Spring in his path to birth. ' Before him, on the mountains, Shall peace, the herald, go ; And righteousness, in fountains, From hill to valley flow. 3 Through him shall prayer unceasing And daily vows ascend, His kingdom still increasing, A kingdom without end. The mountain dew shall nourish A seed in weakness sown, Whose fruit shall spread and flourish, And shake like Lebanon. 4 For he shall have dominion O'er river, sea, and shore, Far as the eagle's pinion Or dove's light wing can soar. 13* 215. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. The tide of time shall never His covenant remove ; His name shall stand for ever ; His great, best name, of love. 215. H. M. Doddridge. O. Col. Fruitful Shoicers Emblems of the Gospel. 1 Mark the soft-falling snow, And the diffusive rain ; To heaven, from whence it fell, It turns not back again ; But waters earth Through every pore, And calls forth all Her secret store. 2 Arrayed in beauteous green, The hills and valleys shine ; And man and beast are fed By Providence Divine ; The harvest bows Its golden ears, The copious seed 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." CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 216, 217. 216. L. M. Watts. O. Col. The Excellency and final Success of the Gospel. Ps, 19. 1 The heavens declare thy glory, Lord ! In every star thy wisdom shines ; But in the volume of thy word We read thy name in fairer lines. 2 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. 3 Nor let thy spreading gospel rest, Till through the world thy truth has run ; Till Christ has all the nations blest That see the light, or feel the sun. 4 O may his noonday glory rise, To bless the world with heavenly light ! Thy gospel makes the simple wise, ^ Thy laws are pure, thy judgments right. 5 Thy richest mercy here we view, In hearts renewed, and sins forgiven ; Forgive our sins, our hearts renew, And make thy word our guide to heaven. 217. L. M. Watts. The Church's Safety and Triumph. Ps. 46. 1 Let mountains from their seats be hurled Down to the deep, and buried there, Convulsions shake the solid world ; Our faith shall never yield to fear. 218. CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. 2 Loud may 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, thine holy word, Which all our raging fear controls ; Sweet peace thy promises afford, And give new strength to fainting souls. 218. 7s. JV1. 61. Spirit of the Psalms. Future Glory of the Church. Ps. 67. 1 On thy church, O Power Divine ! Cause thy glorious face to shine ; Till the nations from afar Hail her as their guiding star ; Till her sons, from zone to zone, Make thy great salvation known. 2 Then shall God, with lavish hand, Scatter blessings o'er the land ; Earth shall yield her rich increase, Every breeze shall whisper peace, And the world's remotest bound With the voice of praise resound. HUMAN DUTY AND THE CHRISTIAN MIND. 219. C. M. Burns. The Penitent's Cry for Mercy. 1 O thou unknown, almighty Cause Of all my hope and fear ; In whose dread presence, ere an hour, Perhaps I may appear ! — 2 If I have wandered in those paths Of life I ought to shun ; As something, loudly, in my breast, Remonstrates I have done ; — 3 Thou know'st that thou hast formed me With passions wild and strong ; And listening to their tempting voice Has often led me wrong. 4 Where human weakness has come short, Or frailty stepped aside, Do thou, All-Good, for such thou art, In shades of darkness hide. 5 Where with intention I have erred, No other plea I have But thou art good ; and goodness still Delighteth to forgive. 220, 221. SELF-ABASEMENT AND PENITENCE. 220. L. JVI. From the German. Submissive Prayer fur Grace. 1 My soul before thee prostrate lies ; To thee, its source, my spirit flies ; My wants I mourn, my chains I see ; let thy presence set me free ! 2 In life's short day let me yet more Of thy enlivening power implore ; My mind must deeper sink in thee, My foot stand firm, from wandering free. • 3 Take full possession of my heart ; The lowly mind of Christ impart ; 1 still will wait, O Lord, on thee, Till, in thy light, the light I see. 4 One only care my soul should know, Father, all thy commands to do ; Ah ! deep engrave it on my breast, That I in thee alone am blest. 221. JL. M. Sterling, altered. Efficacy of Repentance. 1 Yes ! prayer is strong, and God is good ; Man is not made for endless ill ; The offending soul, in darkest mood, Hath yet a hope, a refuge still. 2 Repentance clothes in grass and flowers The grave in which the past is laid ; And near to faith's old minster towers The Cross lights up the ghostly shade. SELF-ABASEMENT AND PENITENCE. 222. 3 Around its foot, the shapes of fear, Whose eyes the sinner's heart appall, As sister suppliants, thrill the ear With cries that loud for mercy call. 4 Thou, God, wilt hear ; thy pangs are meant To heal the spirit, not destroy ; And fell remorse, for chastening sent, When thou commandest, works for joy. 222. L. M. Salisbury Col. O. Col. The Blessedness of true Penitence. Ps. 32. 1 Beyond expression blest is he Whose numerous sins are covered o'er ; The humble soul to whom the Lord Imputes his guilty deeds no more. 2 He mourns his sinful follies past, And keeps his heart with constant care ; His lips and life, without deceit, Shall prove his penitence sincere. 3 The man, who hides his conscious guilt, Shall pine beneath a secret wound ; But he, who owns and leaves his faults, With peace and pardon shall be crowned. 4 The Lord hath built a throne of grace, Free to dispense his mercies there, That sinners may approach his face, And hope and love, as well as fear. 223, 224. SELF-ABASEMENT AND PENITENCE. 223. 7S. M. J.Taylor. Sins confessed and mourned. 1 God of mercy ! God of love ! Hear our sad, repentant song ; Sorrow dwells on every face, Penitence on every tongue. 2 Sins and follies long indulged, 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 lie, Seeking pardon from thy throne. 5 God of mercy ! God of grace ! Hear our sad, repentant songs ; O restore thy suppliant race, Thou to whom all praise belongs ! 224. L. M. beddome. Inconstancy lamented. 1 The wandering star and fleeting wind Are emblems of the fickle mind ; The morning cloud and early dew Bring our inconstancy to view. SELF-ABASEMENT AND PENITENCE. 225. 2 But cloud, and wind, and dew, and star, Only a faint resemblance bear ; Nor can there aught in nature be So changeable and frail as we. 3 Our outward walk and inward frame Are scarcely through an hour the same ; We vow, and straight our vows forget, And then those very vows repeat. 4 With contrite hearts, Lord, v we confess Our folly and unsteadfastness ; When shall these hearts more stable be, Fixed by thy grace alone on thee ? 225. L. M. Watts. A Penitent pleading for Pardon. Ps. 51. 1 Show pity, Lord ! O Lord, forgive ! Let thy repenting suppliant live ; Are not thy mercies large and free ? May not a sinner trust in thee ? 2 My sins are great, but can't surpass The power and glory of thy grace ; Great God, thy nature hath no bound, So let thy pardoning love be found. 3 O wash my soul from every sin, And make my guilty conscience clean ! Here on my heart the burden lies, And past offences pain mine eyes. 4 Yet, save a trembling sinner, Lord, Whose hope, still hovering round thy word, Would light on some sweet promise there, Some sure support against despair. 14 1226, 227. SELF-ABASEMENT AND PENITENCE. 226. C. M. Breviary. The true Penitent. 1 O sinner ! bring not tears alone, Or outward form of prayer ; But let it in thy heart be known That penitence is there. 2 To beat the breast, the clothes to rend, God asketh not of thee ; Thy secret soul he bids thee bend In true humility. 3 O let us, then, with heartfelt grief, Draw near unto our God, And pray to him to grant relief, And stay the uplifted rod ! 4 O righteous Judge ! if thou wilt deign To grant us what we need, We pray for time to turn again, And grace to turn indeed. 2i*2i l . Kj, 1V1. MlDDLETON. Desire of Self-consecration. 1 As o'er the past my memory strays, Why heaves the secret sigh ? 'T is that I mourn departed days, Still unprepared to die. 2 The world and worldly things beloved My anxious thoughts employed ; While time unhallowed, unimproved, Presents a fearful void. SELF-AEASEMENT AND PENITENCE. 228, 229 3 Yet, holy Father, wild despair Chase from this laboring breast ; Thy grace it is which prompts the prayer ; That grace can do the rest. 4 My life's best remnant all be thine ; And when thy sure decree Bids me this fleeting breath resign, O speed my soul to thee ! 228. L. M. 6 1. heber. Seeking Refuge. 1 Forth from the dark and stormy sky, Lord, to thine altar's shade we fly ; Forth from the world, its hope and fear, Father, we seek thy shelter here ; Weary and weak, thy grace we pray ; Turn not, O Lord, thy guests away. 2 Long have we roamed in want and pain, Long have we sought thy rest in vain ; Wildered in doubt, in darkness lost, Long have our souls been tempest-tost ; Low at thy feet our sins we lay ; Turn not, O Lord, thy guests away. 229. C. M. Montgomery. Preparation of the Heart. 1 Lord ! teach us how to pray aright, With reverence and with fear ; Though dust and ashes in thy sight, We may, we must draw near. 230. SELF-ABASEMENT AND PENITENCE. 2 Burdened with guilt, convinced of sin, In weakness, want, and woe, Fightings without, and fears within, Lord, whither shall we go ? 3 God of all grace ! we come to thee, With broken, contrite hearts ; Give, what thine eye delights to see, Truth in the inward parts ; — 4 Give deep humility ; the sense Of godly sorrow give ; A strong, desiring confidence To hear thy voice and live ; — 5 Patience, to watch, and wait, and weep, Though mercy long delay ; Courage, our fainting souls to keep, And trust thee, though thou slay. 6 Give these, — and then thy will be done ; Thus, strengthened with all might, We, by thy Spirit and thy Son, Shall pray, and pray aright. 2i30. Li, 1VI. Montgomery, The Soul returning to God. 1 Return, my soul, unto thy rest ! From vain pursuits and maddening cares ; From lonely woes that wring thy breast, The world's allurements, toils, and snares, 2 Return unto thy rest, my soul ! From all the wanderings of thy thought ; From sickness unto death made whole ; Safe through a thousand perils brought. SELF-ABASEMENT AND PENITENCE. 231. 3 Then to thy rest, my soul, return ! From passions every hour at strife ; Sin's works, and ways, and wages spurn ; Lay hold upon eternal life. 4 God is thy rest ; — with heart inclined To keep his word, that word believe ; Christ is thy rest ; — with lowly mind His light and easy yoke receive. 23 1 . O. lVl. Doddridge. Salvation only in God. 1 How long shall dreams of earthly bliss Our flattering hopes employ, And mock our fond, deluded eyes With visionary joy ? 2 Why from the mountains and the hills Is our salvation sought, While our eternal Rock we shun, And spend our strength for nought ? 3 The living spring neglected flows Full in our daily view ; Yet we, with anxious, fruitless toil, Our broken cisterns hew. 4 These fatal errors, gracious God, With gentle pity see ; To thee our roving eyes direct, And fix our hearts on thee. 14* 232, 233. SELF-ABASEMENT AND PENITENCE. 232. S. M. Watts. Forgiveness of Sin upon Confession. Ps. 32. 1 O blessed souls are they Whose sins are covered o'er ! Divinely blest to whom the Lord Imputes their guilt no more ! 2 They mourn their follies past, And keep their hearts with care ; Their lips and lives, without deceit, Shall prove their faith sincere. 3 "While I concealed my guilt, I felt the festering wound ; Till I confessed my sins to thee, . And ready pardon found. 4 Let sinners learn to pray ; • Let saints keep near the throne ; Our help, in times of deep distress, Is found in God alone. 233. C. M. Mrs. Carter. O. Col. Mercy of God to the Penitent. 1 O Thou, the wretched's sure retreat, Who dost our cares control ! Look down, and with thy smile of peace Revive the fainting soul. 2 Did ever thy relenting ear The humble plea disdain ? Or when did plaintive misery sigh, Or supplicate, in vain ? SELF-ABASEMENT AND PENITENCE. 234. 3 Oppressed with grief and shame, dissolved In penitential tears, Thy goodness calms our anxious doubts, And dissipates our fears. 4 New life from thy refreshing grace Our sinking hearts receive ; Thy gentlest, best-loved attribute, To pity and forgive. 5 From that blest source, propitious hope Appears serenely bright, And sheds her soft and cheering beam O'er sorrow's dismal night. 6 Our hearts adore thy mercy, Lord, And bless the friendly ray Which ushers in the smiling morn Of everlasting day. 234. C. M. C. Wesley. Vain Repentance. 1 Times without number have I prayed, " This only once forgive ! " Relapsing when thy hand was stayed, And suffered me to live. 2 Yet now the kingdom of thy peace, Lord, to my heart restore ; Forgive my vain repentances, And bid me sin no more. 235, 236. SELF-DEDICATION TO GOD. 235. 7s. M. guiox. The Waverers Prayer. 1 Source of love, and light of day ! Tear me from myself away ; Every view and thought of mine Cast into the mould of thine. 2 Can I grieve thee, whom I love, — Thee, in whom I live and move ? If my sorrow touch thee still, Save me from so great an ill. 3 Still I choose thee, — follow still Every notice of thy will ; But unstable, strangely weak, Still let go the good 1 seek. 4 Thee relinquished, how we roam, Feel our way, and leave our home ! Thou alone our comfort art, Strengthener of the trembling heart ! 236. C. M. Wreford. For Increase of Faith. 1 Lord ! I believe ; thy power I own, Thy word I would obey ; I wander comfortless and lone, When from thy truth I stray. 2 Lord ! I believe ; but gloomy fears Sometimes bedim my sight ; I look to thee with prayers and tears, And cry for strength and light. SELF-DEDICATION TO GOD. 237. 3 Lord ! I believe ; but thou dost know My faith is cold and weak ; Pity my frailty, .and bestow The confidence I seek. 4 Yes ! I believe ; and only thou Canst give my soul relief ; Lord ! to thy truth my spirit bow ; Help thou my unbelief. 2iS7, O. iM. Cowper. 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 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed ! How sweet their memory still ! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill. 3 Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest ; I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 4 The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. 5 So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb. 238, 239. SELF-DEDICATION TO GOD. 238. Li. JM. Doddridge. Service of G(M. 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 What is my being but for thee, Its sure support, its noblest end ? Thy ever-smiling face to see, And serve the cause of such a Friend ? 3 Thy work my hoary age shall bless, When youthful vigor is no more ; And my last hour of life confess Thy love hath animating power. 239. L. M. C. Wesley. Self-dedication. 1 Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go, My daily labor to pursue ; Thee, ever thee, resolved to know, In all I think, or speak, or do. 2 The task thy wisdom hath assigned O let. me cheerfully fulfil ! In all my w T orks thy presence find, And prove thy wise and welcome will. 3 Thee may I set at my right hand, Whose eyes my inmost spirit see ; And labor on at thy command, And offer all my works to thee. SELF-DEDICATION TO GOD. 240, 241 4 For thee delightfully employ Whate'er thy bounteous grace hath given ; And run my course with even joy, And closely walk with thee to heaven. 240. L. M. 6 1. J. QuARLES. Self-abandonment to God. 1 Fountain of light and living breath, Whose mercies never fail nor fade ! Fill us with life that hath no death, Fill us with light that hath no shade ; Appoint the remnant of our days To see thy power and sing thy praise. 2 Lord God of gods, before whose throne Stand storms and fire ! O what shall we Return to Heaven that is our own, When all the world belongs to thee ? We have no offering to impart But praises and a wounded heart. 3 Great God, whose kingdom hath no end, Into whose secrets none can dive, Whose mercy none can apprehend, Whose justice none can feel, and live ! What our weak minds cannot aspire To know, Lord, teach us to admire. 241. S. M. Moravian. Self-abandonment to God. 1 Lord ! bring me to resign My doubting heart to thee ; And, whether cheerful or distressed, Thine, thine alone to be. 242. SELF-DEDICATION TO GOD. 2 My only aim be this, — Thy purpose to fulfil, In thee rejoice with all my strength, And do thy holy will. 3 Lord ! thine all-seeing eye Keeps watch with sleepless care ; Thy great compassion never fails ; Thou hear'st my needy prayer. 4 O let me still abide, Nor from my hope remove, Till thou my patient spirit guide Into thy perfect love ! 242. C. M. Exeter Col. Resignation to the Divine Will. 1 In all thy dealings, gracious God ! I own thy sovereign power ; And humbly kiss thy chastening rod, In sorrow's darkest hour. 2 For sore affliction's sharpest sting In mercy oft is given, Our thoughtless, erring steps to bring The safest road to heaven. 3 Alike thy providence supplies Each blessing which we share ; Though clouds obscure our morning skies, The evening may be fair. 4 Since, then, our lot of good or ill Is sent with wise design, I '11 bow submissive to thy will, And grateful make it mine. RETIREMENT AND PRAYER. 243, 244, 5 To thee, my God, resigned I pray, Whate'er the path may be ; O guide my feet that peaceful way Which leads to heaven and thee ! 243. L. M. Watts. 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, my Saviour, go ? 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. 4 Be earth, with all her scenes, withdrawn ; Let noise and vanity be gone ; In secret silence of the mind, My heaven, and there my God, T find. 244. C. M. cowper. Religious Retirement. 1 Far from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where sin is waging still Its most successful war. 15 J 6> 245. RETIREMENT AND PRAYER. 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. 5 Author and Guardian of my life ! Thou source of light divine ! And all harmonious names in one, My Father ! — thou art mine. 6 What thanks I owe thee, and what love A boundless, endless store, — Shall echo through the realms above, When time shall be no more. ^40. Ly. iVl. Montgomery. What is Prayer ? 1 Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed ; The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast. 2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near. RETIREMENT AND PRAYER. 246. 3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try ; Prayer the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high. 4 Prayer- is the Christian's vital breath, The Christian's native air, His watchword in the hour of death ; He enters heaven with prayer. 5 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, Returning from his ways ; While angels in their songs rejoice, And cry, " Behold, he prays ! " 6 O thou, by whom we come to God, The life, the truth, the way ! The path of prayer thyself hast trod ; Lord ! teach us how to pray. 246. C M. Anonymous. Secret Prayer. 1 Sweet is the prayer whose holy stream In earnest pleading flows ; Devotion dwells upon the theme, And warm and warmer glows. 2 Faith grasps the blessings she desires ; Hope points the upward gaze ; And love, celestial love, inspires The eloquence of praise. 3 But sweeter far the still, small voice, Heard by no human ear, When God has made the heart rejoice, And dried the bitter tear. 247, 248- EARLY RELIGION. 4 No accents flow, no words ascend ; All utterance faileth there ; But sainted spirits comprehend, And God accepts the prayer. 247. L. M. 6 1. E. Taylor. " Remember thy Creator , tcklle the evil days come not." 1 Truly the light of morn is sweet, And sweet it is to see the sun ; But, cheerful though the hours may fleet, And years pass gayly one by one, O blot not, reckless, from thy mind The thought of darker days behind ! 2 Rejoice, O child of mortal birth ! In all the pride of youth rejoice ; And let the beauteous things of earth Allure thine eye, invite thy choice ; Yet know, for blessings freely given, Thine is a large account with Heaven. 3 And O remember, ere the day, The evil day, of grief shall come, When all the joy is passed away, And nought is left but gathering gloom, — Remember, ere thy pleasures pall, Him first and last, who gave them all ! 248. O. lM. Scotch Paraphrases. " Remember thy Creator," fyc. 1 In life's gay morn, when sprightly youth With vital ardor glows, And shines in all the fairest charms Which beauty can disclose, — EARLY RELIGION. 249. 2 Deep on thy soul, before its powers Are yet by vice enslaved, Be thy Creator's glorious name And character engraved. 3 For soon the shades of grief shall cloud The sunshine of thy days ; And cares and toils, in endless round, Encompass all thy ways. 4 Soon shall thy heart the woes of age In mournful groans deplore, And sadly muse on former joys, That now return no more. 249. C. M. Watts. O. Col. The Advantage of early Religion. 1 Happy is he whose early years Receive instruction well ; Who hates the sinner's path, and fears The road that leads to hell. 2 When we devote our youth to God, 'T is pleasing in his eyes ; A flower, when offered in the bud, Is no vain sacrifice. 3 5 T is easier work, if we begin To fear the Lord betimes ; While sinners who grow old in sin Are hardened in their crimes. 4 'T will save us from a thousand snares, To mind religion young ; Grace will preserve our following years, And make our virtue strong. 15* 250, 251. EARLY RELIGION. 250. C. M. Gibbons. O. Col. " Remember thy Creator" fyc. 1 In the soft season of thy youth, In nature's smiling bloom, Ere age arrive, and trembling wait • The 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 blest eternity. 4 Then seek the Lord betimes, and choose The path of heavenly truth ; The earth affords no lovelier sight Than a religious youth. 251. C. M. Heber. Early Religion. 1 By cool Siloam's shady rill How sweet the lily grows ! How sweet the breath beneath the hill Of Sharon's dewy rose ! 2 Lo, such the child whose early feet The paths of peace have trod ; Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, Is opward drawn to God ! CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR. 252. 3 By cool Siloam's 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 stormy passion's rage. 5 O thou, who giv'st us life and breath ! We seek thy grace alone, In childhood, manhood, age, and death, To keep us still thine own. 252. C. M. Doddridge. O. Col. 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. 2 A cloud of witnesses around Hold thee in full survey ; Forget the steps already trod, And onward urge thy way. 3 'T is God's all-animating voice That calls thee from on high ; 'T is 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. 253, 254, CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR. 253. L. M. Barbauld. O. Col. 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 See where rebellious passions rage, And fierce desires and lusts engage ; The meanest foe of all the train Has thousands and ten thousands slain. 3 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. 4 Come, then, my soul ! now learn to wield The weight of thine immortal shield ; Put on the armour from above, Of heavenly truth, and heavenly love. 5 The terror and the charm repel, And powers of earth, and powers of hell ; The Man of Calvary triumphed here ; — Why should his faithful followers fear ? 254. L. M. Henry Moore. Wisdom and Virtue sovght from God. 1 Assist us, Lord ! to act, to be, What nature and thy laws decree ; Worthy that intellectual flame Which from thy breathing spirit came. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR. 255. 2 Our moral freedom to maintain, Bid passion serve, and reason reign, Self-poised, and independent still On this world's varying good or ill. 3 May our expanded souls disclaim The narrow view, the selfish aim ; But with a Christian zeal embrace Whate'er is friendly to our race. 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. 255. S. M. C. Wesley. Watching, Prayer, and Perseverance. 1 A charge to keep I have ; A God to glorify ; A never-dying soul to save, And fit it for the sky ; To serve the present age ; My calling to fulfil ; O may it all my powers engage To do my Master's will ! 2 Arm me with jealous care As in thy sight to live ; And, O, thy servant, Lord, prepare The strict account to give ! Help me to watch and pray, And on thyself rely ; Assured, if I my trust betray, I shall forsaken die. 256, 257. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR. 256. L. M. Steele. O. Col. The Christian's Resolution. 1 Ah, wretched souls, who still remain Slaves to the world, and slaves to sin ! A nobler toil may we sustain, A nobler satisfaction win. 2 May we resolve, with all our heart, With all our powers, to serve the Lord ; Nor from his precepts e'er depart, Whose service is a rich reward. 3 O be his service all our joy ! Around let our example shine, Till others love the blest employ, And join in labors so divine. 4 Be this the purpose of our soul, Our solemn, our determined choice, To yield to his supreme control, And in his kind commands rejoice. 5 O may we never faint nor tire, Nor wandering leave his sacred ways ! Great God ! accept our soul's desire, And give us strength to live thy praise. 257. L. M. Watts. O. Col. Holiness essential to a Christian Character. 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. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR. 258. 2 Then shall we best proclaim abroad The honors of our Saviour, God, When the 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 our Lord, And faith stands leaning on his word. 258. L. M. roscoe. The Christian Pilgrimage and Warfare. 1 Go, suffering habitant of earth ! Go, conscious of thy heaverify birth, And, 'midst the storms that round thee rise, Retrace thy journey to the skies. 2 What though the wild winds rage around ? Thou wilt not tremble at the sound ; What though the waters o'er thee roll ? They touch not thine immortal soul. 3 See where, arrayed on either hand, The direful train of passions stand ; See hatred, envy, bar thy way, And foes more dangerous still than they. 4 But, robed in innocence and truth, Thou from temptation guard thy youth, And from thy vestment's sacred bound Shake the dread fiends that cling around. >y. THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. 5 Against thee though they all conspire, With taunt and threat, and flood and fire, Thou all their empty rage disdain, That raves, and burns, and rolls in vain. 6 Go, with pure heart and steadfast eyes, Till on thee that bright morn shall rise That gives thee to thy blest abode, To rest for ever with thy God. 259. C. M. barbaut.d. " Ye are the salt of the earths 1 Salt of the earth, ye virtuous (ew^ Who season human kind ! Light of the world, whose cheering ray Illumes the realms of mind ! — 2 Where misery spreads her deepest shade, Your strong compassion glows ; From your blest lips the balm distils That softens mortal woes. 3 By dying beds, in prison glooms, Your frequent steps are found ; Angels of love, you hover near To bind the stranger's wound. 4 As down the summer stream of vice The thoughtless many glide, Upward you steer your steady bark, And stem the rushing tide. 5 You lift on high the warning voice, When public ills prevail ; Yours is the writing on the wall That turns the tyrant pale. * THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. 260. Proceed ; your race of glory run ; Your virtuous toils endure ; You come commissioned from on high, And your reward is sure. 260. S. M. Montgomery. " So is the kingdom of God as if a man should cast seed into the ground." 1 Sow in the morn thy seed, At eve hold not thy hand ; To doubt and fear give thou no heed, Broad-cast it o'er the land. 2 Beside all waters sow, The highway furrows stock, Drop it where thorns and thistles grow, Scatter it on the rock. 3 The good, the fruitful ground Expect not here nor there ; O'er hill and dale, by plots, 't is found ; Go forth, then, everywhere. 4 And duly shall appear, In verdure, beauty, strength, The tender blade, the stalk, the ear, And the full corn at length. 5 Thou canst not toil in vain ; Cold, heat, and moist, and dry Shall foster and mature the grain For garners in the sky. 16 261,262. THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. 261. P.M. Wesley's Col. True Wisdom. 1 Be ours man's highest wisdom here, To serve the Lord with filial fear, With loving gratitude ; Superior sense may we display, By shunning every evil way, And walking in the good. 2 O may we still from sin depart ! A wise and understanding heart, Father, to us be given ; And let us, through thy Spirit, know To glorify our God below, And find our way to heaven. 262. C. M. Smart. Prayer for Prudence and Wisdom. 1 Father of light ! conduct our feet Through life's dark, dangerous road ; Let each advancing step still bring Us nearer to our God. 2 Let heaven-eyed prudence be our guide ; And, when we go astray, Recall our feet from folly's path To wisdom's better way. 3 Teach us in every various scene To keep our end in sight ; And, while we tread life's mazy track, Let wisdom guide us right ; — THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. 263, 264. 4 Till it shall lead us to thvself, Fountain of bliss and love ! And all our darkness be dispersed In endless light above. 263. S. M. Keble. The Pure in Heart. 1 Blest are the pure in heart, For they shall see their God ; The secret of the Lord is theirs, Their soul is his abode. 2 Still to the lowly soul He doth himself impart ; And for his temple and his throne Doth choose the pure in heart. 264. CM. E.Taylor. " The pure in heart shall see God." 1 Who shall behold the King of kings In his fair dwelling-place ? Who shall ascend on seraph-wings, And see him face to face ? 2 He, the foundations of whose hope In humble thoughts are laid ; Who still with cheerful faith looks up For pardon and for aid. 3 Who hastens with the dawn of day The throne of grace to seek ; And, taught himself, would teach the way Of peace to all the weak. 265, 266. THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. 4 Whose fervent spirit eager springs To do 'thy will, O Lord ! Who sees thee in all beauteous things. Who hears thee in thy word. 5 Though frailty mark and error dim That mortal's steps while here ; An eye of mercy looks on him, And warns him not to fear. 265. 7s. M. Montgomery. Life of Holiness. 1 Father of eternal love ! Glorify thyself in me ; Fix my thoughts on things above ; Stay my heart alone on thee. 2 Humble, holy, all-resigned, May I say, " Thy will be done ! Give me, Lord, the perfect mind Of thy well-beloved Son. 3 Counting gain and glory loss, May I tread the path he trod ; Die with Jesus on the cross, Rise with him to thee, my God ! 5) 266. L. M. Browne. Imitation of God. 1 Great God ! thy peerless excellence Let all created natures own ; Deep on our minds impress the sense Of glories which are thine alone. THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. 267. 2 Let these our admiration raise, And fill us with religious awe ; Tune both our hearts and tongues to praise, And bend us to thy holy law. 3 But where we may resemble thee, And in the godlike nature share, Thy humble followers let us be, And somewhat of thy likeness bear. 4 Pure may we be, averse to sin, Just, holy, merciful, and true ; And let thine image, formed within, Shine out in all we speak and do. 267. L. M. W. Taylor. " The just man walketh in his integrity." 1 The Lord is just ; he made the chain Which binds together guilt and pain ; The Lord is just ; he loves to shed His blessings where the virtues tread. 2 Happy the man who dares be just, Refusing to betray his trust ; Though interest tempt him to the deed, Though the seducing passions plead. 3 Happy the man who dares be just, Steadfast, when duty says, " Thou must," Against the tyrant's angry frown, Or the fond crowd, impetuous grown. 4 Him would the storm-vexed ocean's weight, Or lightning barbed with instant fate, Or the last earthquake's awful shock, Unfearing smite ; God is his Rock. 16* 268. THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. 268. 7S. M. Merrick. O. Col. The Citizen of Zion. Ps. 15. 1 Who shall to thy chosen seat Turn in glad approach his feet ? Who, great God, a welcome guest On thy hallowed mountain rest ? 2 He whose heart thy love has warmed ; He whose will, to thine conformed, Bids his life unsullied run ; He whose word and thought are one. 3 He who ne'er, with cruel aim, Seeks to wound an honest fame ; Or to slander's tongue severe Lends with easy faith his ear. 4 Who, from servile terror free, Turns from those who turn from thee ; And to each, who thee obeys, Love and honor ever pays. 5 What he swears, with steadfast will Ever ready to fulfil ; Nor can bribes his judgment guide 'Gainst the guiltless to decide. 6 He who thus, with heart unstained, Treads the path by thee ordained, He, great God, shall own thy care, And thy constant blessings share. THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. 269, 270. 269. L. M. Scott. Forms of Devotion vain icithout Virtue. 1 The uplifted 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 naming 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 Sheba's groves, or Sharon's fields. 4 " Be just and kind," — this great command Doth on eternal pillars stand ; This did thine ancient prophets teach ; Such was thy Son, — thus did he preach. 270. L. JVi. Drummond. " Faith icithout works is dead." 1 As body when the soul has fled, As barren trees, decayed and dead, Is faith ; a hopeless, lifeless thing, If not of righteous deeds the spring. 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. 274. THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. 3 O for this grace to aid us on, And arm with fortitude the breast, Till, life's tumultuous voyage o'er, We reach the shores of endless rest ! 4 Faith into vision shall be changed, Hope shall in full fruition die, And patience in possession end In the bright realms of bliss on high. 274. C. M. nekdham. Moderation. 1 Happy the man whose cautious steps Still keep the golden mean ; Whose life, by wisdom's rules well-formed, Declares a conscience clean. 2 What blessings bounteous Heaven bestows He takes with thankful heart ; With temperance he both eats and drinks, And gives the poor a part. 3 To sect or party his large soul Disdains to be confined ; The good he loves of every name, And prays for all mankind. 4 His business is to keep his heart, Each passion to control ; Nobly ambitious well to rule The empire of his soul. v 5 Not on the world his heart is set, His treasure is above ; Nothing beneath the sovereign good Can claim his highest love. THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. 275, 276. 275. L. M. Scott. Charitable Judgment. 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 ? 3 Who with another's eye can read ? Or worship by another's creed ? Trusting thy grace, we form our own, And bow to thy commands alone. 4 If wrong, correct ; accept, if right ; While, faithful, we improve our light, Condemning none, but zealous still To learn and follow all thy will. 276. CM. J.Newton. True and false Zeal. 1 Zeal is that pure and heavenly flame The fire of love supplies ; While that which often bears the name Is self, in a disguise. 2 True zeal is merciful and mild, Can pity and forbear ; The false is headstrong, fierce, and wild, And breathes revenge and war. 277. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 3 While zeal for truth the Christian warms, He knows the worth of peace ; But self contends for names and forms, Its party to increase. 4 Self may its poor reward obtain, And be applauded, here ; But zeal the best applause will gain When Jesus shall appear. 5 O God ! the idol self dethrone, And from our hearts remove ; And let no zeal by us be shown, But that which springs from love. 277. S. M. Beddome. O. Col. Christian Unity. 1 Let party strife no 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 mutual blessings crowned. 3 Let discord, child of hell, Be banished far away ; Those should in strictest friendship dwell Who the same Lord obey. 4 Thus will the church below Resemble that above ; Where streams of pleasure ever flow, And every heart is love. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 278, 279. 278. L. M. Browne. O. Col. Brotherly Love. 1 O God, our Father and our King ! Of all we have, or hope, the spring ! Send down thy Spirit from above, And warm our hearts with holy love. 2 May we from every act abstain That hurts or gives our neighbour pain ; And every secret wish suppress That would abridge his happiness. 3 Still may we feel our hearts inclined To act the friend to all our kind ; Still seek their safety, health, and ease, Virtue, eternal life, and peace. 4 With pity let our breast o'erflow, Where'er we meet a child of woe ; And bear a sympathizing part With all who are of heavy heart. 5 Let love in all our conduct shine, An image fair, though faint, of thine ; Thus may we Christ's disciples prove, Who came to manifest thy love. 279. C. M. DODDKIDGE. Prayer for kind Affections. 1 Father of mercies ! send thy grace All-powerful from above, To form in our obedient souls The image of thy love. 17 280. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 2 O may our sympathizing breasts The generous pleasure know, Kindly to share in others' joy, And weep for others' woe ! 3 Where'er the helpless sons of grief In low distress are laid, Soft be our hearts their pains to feel, And swift our hands to aid. 4 O be the law of love fulfilled -In every act and thought ; Each angry passion far removed, Each selfish view forgot ! 280. L. M. BULFINCH. Compassion for the Sinful. 1 Benignant Saviour ! 't was not thine To spurn the erring from thy sight ; Nor did thy smile of love divine Turn from the penitent its light. 2 O, then, shall we, who own thy name, A brother's fault too sternly view, Or think thy holy law can blame The tear to human frailty due ? 3 May we, while human guilt awakes Upon our cheek the generous glow, Spare the offender's heart, that breaks Beneath its load of shame and woe. 4 Conscious of frailty, may we yield Forgiveness of the wrongs we bear ; And strive the penitent to shield From further sin or dark despair. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 281. 5 And when our own offences weigh Upon our hearts with anguish sore, Lord ! let thy sparing mercy say, In peace depart, but sin no more." [< 281. C. M. Swain. Brotherly Love. 1 How sweet, how heavenly is the sight, When those who love the Lord In one another's peace delight, And so fulfil his word ! 2 O may we feel each brother's sigh, And with him bear a part ; May sorrows flow from eye to eye, And joy from heart to heart ! 3 Free us from envy, scorn, and pride ; The unfeeling heart remove ; May each his brother's failing hide, And show a brother's love. 4 Let love in one delightful stream Through every bosom flow ; And union sweet, and fond esteem, In every action glow. 5 Love is the golden chain that binds The happy souls above ; And he 's an heir of heaven that finds His bosom glow with love. 282, 283. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 2i02i. fe. J\l. Fawcett. The Bond of Love. 1 Blest is the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love ; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne We pour our ardent prayers ; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares. 3 We share our mutual woes, Our mutual burdens bear ; And often for each other flows The sympathizing tear. 4 From sorrow, toil, and pain, And sin, we shall be free, And perfect love and friendship reign Through all eternity. 283. C. M. Watts. O. Col. Domestic Love. Ps. 133. 1 O, what a happy, lovely sight Are kindred who agree ! How blest the house where hearts unite In bonds of piety ! 2 Where streams of love, from heavenly springs, Descend on every soul ; And sacred peace, with balmy wings, Shades and bedews the whole ! CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 284. 3 All in their proper stations move, And each fulfils his part, In all the cares of life and love, With sympathizing heart. 4 Their souls are formed for joy and peace, Their hearts and hopes are one ; And kind desires to serve and please Through all their actions run. 5 How happy is the pious house Where zeal and friendship meet, Where songs of praise, and mingled vows, Make the communion sweet ! 6 Such pleasure crowns the heavenly hills ; Thus saints are blest above ; Where joy like morning dew distils, And all the air is love. 284. H. M. Montgomery. The Blessing of Peace. Ps. 133. 1 How beautiful the sight Of brethren who agree In friendship to unite, And bonds of charity ! 'T is like the precious ointment shed O'er all his robes from Aaron's head. 2 'T is like the dews that fill The cups of Hermon's flowers ; Or Zion's fruitful hill, Bright with the drops of showers ; When mingling odors breathe around, And glory rests on all the ground. 17* 285, 286. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 3 For there the Lord commands Blessings, a boundless store, From his unsparing hands, Yea, life for evermore. Thrice happy they who meet above To spend eternity in love. 285. O. JM. Spirit of the Psalms. Peace and Love. Ps. 133. 1 Spirit of peace ! who, as a dove, Appeared to human gaze, No richer gift than Christian love Thy gracious power displays. 2 'Tis like the precious oil of old, Which, poured on Aaron's head, O'er all his garment's ample fold In grateful fragrance spread. 3 Sweet as the dew on herb and flower, That silently distils, At evening's soft and balmy hour, On Zion's fruitful hills. 4 So with mild influence from above Shall promised grace descend, Till universal peace and love O'er all the earth extend. 286. 7S. M. Moravian. " That they may be one in us." 1 Lord, from whom all blessings flow, Perfecting thy church below ! Steadfast may we cleave to thee ; Love the mystic union be. CHRISTIAN AFFECTIONS. 287. 2 Join our faithful spirits, join Each to each, and all to thine ; Lead us through the paths of peace On to perfect holiness. 3 Sweetly may we all agree, Touched with softest sympathy ; There is neither bond nor free, Great'nor servile, Lord, in thee. 4 Love, like death, hath all destroyed, Rendered all distinctions void ; Names, and sects, and parties fall, Where the Lord is all in all. 287. L. M. barbauld. Christian Friendship. 1 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 ! 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 ! 3 Their streaming eyes together flow For human guilt and mortal woe ; Their ardent prayers together rise Like mingling flames in sacrifice. 4 Together both they seek the place Where God hath set his throne of grace ; How high, how strong their raptures swell, There 's none but kindred souls can tell. 288, 289. CHRISTIAN MEEKNESS AND HUMILITY. 5 Nor shall the glowing flame expire When nature droops her sickening fire ; Then shall they meet in heaven above, A heaven of joy, because of love. 288. 7S. M. fliwro*. Docility and Trust. 1 Quiet, Lord, my froward heart ; Make me docile, meek, and mild, Upright, simple, free from art ; Make me as a weaned child ; From distrust and envy free ; Pleased with all that pleaseth thee. 2 What thou shalt to-day provide, Let me as a child receive ; What to-morrow may betide, Calmly to thy wisdom leave ; 'T is enough that thou wilt care ; Why should I the burden bear ? 3 As a little child relies On a care beyond his own, Knows he 's neither strong nor wise, Fears to stir a step alone ; Let me thus with thee abide, * As my Father, Guard, and Guide. 289. C M. Steele. Filial Trust. 1 My God ! my Father ! blissful name ! O may I call thee mine ! May I with sweet assurance claim A portion so divine ! CHRISTIAN MEEKNESS AND HUMILITY. 290. 2 This only can my fears control, And bid my sorrows fly ; What harm can ever reach my soul Beneath my Father's eye ? 3 Whate'er thy providence denies I calmly would resign ; For thou art just, and good, and wise ; O bend my will to thine ! 4 Whate'er thy sacred will ordains O give me strength to bear ! And let me know my Father reigns, And trust his tender care. 5 Thy sovereign ways are all unknown To my weak, erring sight ; Yet, let my soul, adoring, own That all thy ways are right. 290. S. M. Tate & Brady. O. Col. God the Guide of the Humble. Ps. 25. 1 Whoe'er, with humble fear, To God his duty pays, Shall find in him a faithful guide In all his righteous ways. 2 He those in virtue guides Who his direction seek, And in his sacred paths will lead The humble and the meek. 3 The meek the Lord will bless, And make them heirs of heaven ; True riches, with abundant peace. To humble souls are given. 291, 292. CHRISTIAN MEEKNESS AND HUMILITY. 291. CM. Watts. ■Humility and Submission. Ps. 131. 1 Is there ambition in my heart ? Search, gracious God, and see ; Or do I act a haughty part ? Lord, I appeal to thee. 2 I charge my thoughts, Be humble still, . And all my carriage mild ; Content, my Father, with thy will, And quiet as a child. 3 Make me in sorrow's hour resigned, Like him we own our Lord, With him the patient, humble mind Shall share a large reward. 2u2. L. lYl. Spirit of the Psalms. Meekness and Loxcliness of Heart. Ps. 131. 1 " O learn of me ! " the Saviour cried, u O learn of me, ye sons of pride ! For I am lowly, humble, meek, No haughty looks high thoughts bespeak." 2 Yes, blest Redeemer ! thou wast mild, Patient, and gentle as a child ; And they, who would thy kingdom see, Must meek and lowly be, like thee. CHRISTIAN HAPPINESS AND HOPES. 293, 294. 293. L. M. Enfield. 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 His brightest visions just appear, Then vanish, and no more are found ; The stateliest pile his pride can rear, A breath may level with the ground. 3 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 ! 4 Follies and sins, a countless sum, Are crowded in life's little span ; How ill, alas ! does pride become That erring, guilty creature, man ! 5 God of my life ! Father divine ! Give me a meek and lowly mind ; In modest worth O let me shine, And peace in humble virtue find ! 294. L. M. Flint. The Character and Happiness of Christians. 1 Happy the unrepining poor ; For them the heavenly rest is sure, Whose patient minds, in every ill, Submissive meet their Maker's will. 294. CHRISTIAN HAPPINESS AND HOPES. 2 Happy the contrite; who lament Their wasted hours in sin misspent ; Reclaimed from sin, they shall obtain Eternal joys for transient pain. 3 Happy the meek, by wisdom taught To check each proud, resentful thought ; For them earth spreads the feast of life, Unmixed with bitterness or strife. 4 Happy the souls that grow in grace, Hunger and thirst for righteousness ; For them a full and rich supply Shall be prepared in worlds on high. 5 Happy the men who mercy show To all that need, or friend or foe ; To them like mercy shall be shown, When God's just sentence all shall own. 6 Happy the pure in heart ; for they, Still holding on in virtue's way, When faith and hope are changed to sight, Shall see their God in cloudless light. 7 Happy the men of peaceful life, Who win to peace the sons of strife ; They shall be called the sons of God, The heirs of his serene abode. 8 And happy those who take the cross, For truth encounter pain and loss, And suffer shame for Christ, their Lord ; For great in heaven is their reward. CHRISTIAN HAPPINESS AND HOPES. 295, 296. Z9o. (_/. 1V1. Spirit of the Psalms. Heavenly Treasures. Ps. 37. 1 With mines of wealth are sinners poor, Unblessing and unblessed ; But rich the man, whate'er his store, Of inward peace possessed. 2 At tender pity's urgent call His mite is gladly given ; Though poor the gift, the offering small, Its record stands in heaven. 3 Ne'er shall he be in life bereft Of God's protecting care ; Nor yet his duteous offspring left Unsolaced ills to bear. 4 And mark the Christian's dying hour ; No fears, no doubts annoy ; His trust is in his Father's power ; His end is peace and joy. 296. CM. Tate & Brady. O. Col. Happiness of a holy Life. Ps. 119. 1 How blest are they who always keep The pure and perfect way ; Who never from the sacred paths Of God's commandments stray ! 2 Thrice blest, who to his righteous laws Have still obedient been ; And have with fervent, humble zeal His favor sought to win ! 18 297. CHRISTIAN HAPPINESS AND HOPES. 3 Thou strictly hast enjoined us, Lord, To learn thy sacred will ; And all our diligence employ Thy statutes to fulfil. 4 O, then, that thy most holy will Might o'er our ways preside, And we the course of all our life By thy direction guide ! 5 Then with assurance should we walk, From all confusion free, Convinced with joy that all our ways With thy commands agree. 297. L. M. Watts. Pleasures of a good Conscience. 1 Lord ! how secure and blest are they Who feel the joys of pardoned sin ! Should storms of wrath shake earth and sea, Their minds have heaven and peace within. 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 Quick as their thoughts their joys come on, Sweet joys, that doubt nor fear can mar ; Their souls are ever bright as noon, And calm as summer evenings are. 4 How oft they view the heavenly bills, Where groves of living pleasures grow ! And longing hopes and cheerful smiles Sit undisturbed upon their brow. CHRISTIAN HAPPINESS AND HOPES. 298, 299. 298. C. M. Salisbury Col. O. Col. The Happiness of a real Christian. 1 How happy is the Christian's mind ! His sins are all forgiven ; A cheering ray confirms the hope, And lights his soul to heaven. 2 Though in a rugged path of life He heaves the pensive sigh, Yet, trusting in his God, he finds Delivering grace is nigh. 3 If, to prevent his wandering steps, He feels the chastening rod, The gentle stroke shall bring him back To his forgiving God. 299. C. M. Watts. O. Col. The Life of a Christian. 1 O happy souls that soar on high, While yet they sojourn here ! Their hopes are fixed above the sky, And faith forbids their fear. 2 Their conscience knows no secret stings, While grace and joy combine To form a life whose holy springs Are hidden and divine. 3 Their pleasures rise from things unseen, Beyond this world and time, Where neither eyes nor ears have been, Nor thoughts of mortals climb. 300. CHRISTIAN HAPPINESS AND HOPES. 4 They want no pomp nor royal throne To raise their honors here ; Content and pleased to live unknown Till they in heaven appear. 300. L. M. Sir H. Wotton. A happy Life. 1 How happy is he born and taught Who serveth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! 2 Whose passions not his masters are ; Whose soul is still prepared for death ; Not tied to this vain world by care Of public fame, or private breath. 3 Who hath his life from rumors freed ; Whose conscience is his strong retreat ; Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great. 4 Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend ; Whose heart, as open as the day, Fears not to call his God his Friend. 5 This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands, He, having nothing, yet hath all. CHRISTIAN HAPPINESS AND HOPES. 301. 301. 7S. M. Barbauld. Devout Joy. 1 " Joy to those that love the Lord !" Saith the sure, eternal word ; Not of earth the joy it brings, Tempered in celestial springs. 2 'T is the joy of pardoned sin, When we feel 't is well within ; 'T is the joy that fills the breast When the passions sink to rest. 3 'T is a joy that, seated deep, Leaves not when we sigh and weep ; Spreads itself in virtuous deeds, Sighs for woe, in pity bleeds. 4 Stern and awful are its tones When the patriot martyr groans, And, the death-pulse beating high, .Rapture blends with agony. 5 Tenderer is the form it wears, Touched with love, dissolved in tears, When, subdued at Jesus' feet, Sinners clasp the mercy-seat. 6 Joy e'en here ! a budding flower, Struggling with the storm and shower, Till its season to expand, Planted in its native land. 18* 302. CHRISTIAN HAPPINESS AND HOPES. 3\)£. Li. JV1. Doddridge. O. Col. 11 Blessed are all they that wait for Him.' 1 Wait on the Lord, ye heirs of hope ! And let his word support your soul ; Well can he bear your courage up, And all your foes and fears control. 2 He waits his own well-chosen hour His treasured mercy to display ; And his paternal bosom melts, While wisdom dictates the delay. 3 Blest are the patient souls that bow With meek submission to his will ; Though sorrows press, they firmly trust, And, in the midst of storms, are still ; — 4 Until their Father's w T ell-known voice Awakes their silence into songs ; Then earth grows vocal with his praise, And heaven the grateful shout prolongs. THE HUMAN LOT, MORTAL AND IMMORTAL. 303. S. M. Scott. The Allotments of Life Divine. 1 As changeful as the moon Is man's estate below ; To his bright day of gladness soon Succeeds a night of woe. 2 The night of woe resigns Its darkness and its grief; Again the morn of comfort shines, And brings our souls relief. 3 Yet not to fickle chance Is man's condition given ; His dark and shining hours advance By the fixed laws of Heaven. 4 God measures unto all Their lot of good or ill ; Nor this too great, nor that too small, Ordained by wisest will. 5 Let man conform his mind To every changing state ; Rejoicing now, and now resigned, And the great issue wait. 304, 305. THE ALLOTMENTS OF LIFE DIVINE. 6 Hopeful and humble, bear Thine evil and thy good ; Nor by presumption nor despair, Weak mortal, be subdued. 304. L. M. Browne. Giving Thanks to God in all Things. 1 Great God ! our joyful thanks to thee Shall, like thy gifts, continual be ; In constant streams thy bounty flows, Nor end nor intermission knows. 2 Thy kindness all our comforts gives ; Our numerous wants thy hand relieves ; Nor can we ever, Lord, be poor, Who live on thine exhaustless store. 3 If what we wish thy will denies, It is because thou 'rt good and wise ; Afflictions, which may make us mourn, Thou canst, thou dost, to blessings turn. 4 Deep, Lord, upon each thankful breast Let all thy favors be impressed ; And though withdrawn thy gifts should be, In all things we '11 give thanks to thee. 305. C. M. Frisbie. Anxiety reproved. 1 We would not seek, with God our Friend, With anxious care, to know, Or how, or when, our lives shall end, Or what our lot below. THE ALLOTMENTS OF LIFE DIVINE. 306. 2 The same kind Power that gave us breath I Still holds us in his hand ; And when he bids us sleep in death, All-wise is his command. 3 That Power whose watchful goodness feeds The warblers of the air, And clothes with flowers the smiling meads, Shall we not be his care ? 4 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. 5 May we, the good each hour supplies, Receive with grateful mind ; And when our fairest pleasure dies, Be humble and resigned. 6 How swift our moments steal away ! E'en while we speak they fly ; Then let us seize the passing day, And only live, to die. 306. S. M. Gerhardt. O. Col. 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 No profit canst thou gain By self-consuming care ; To him commend thy cause, his ear Attends the softest prayer. 307. THE ALLOTMENTS OF LIFE DIVINE. 3 Commit thou all thy woes And griefs into his hands, To his sure truth and tender care, Who heaven and earth commands. 4 Through waves, through clouds, and storms, He gently clears thy way ; Wait thou his time ; so shall the night Soon end in joyous day. 5 He everywhere hath rule, And all things serve his might ; His every act pure blessing is ; His paths, unsullied light. 6 Leave to his sovereign sway To choose and to command ; So shalt thou, grateful, own his way Is wise, and strong his hand. 307. O. M. Montgomery. " Be thou our portion." 1 Food, raiment, dwelling, health, and friends, Thou, Lord, hast made our lot ; With thee our bliss begins and ends, As we are thine or not. 2 For these we bend the humble knee, Our thankful spirits bow ; Yet from thy gifts we turn to thee ; Be thou our portion, — thou. THE ALLOTMENTS OF LIFE DIVINE. 308, 309. 308. L. M. 6 1. Doddridge. O. Col. * God our Refuge through all Generations. Ps. 90. 1 Thou, Lord ! through every changing scene, Ha*t to thy saints a refuge been ; Through every age, eternal God, Their pleasing home, their safe abode ; In thee our fathers sought their rest ; In thee our fathers still are blest. 2 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 ; When friends desert, and foes invade, Be thou, O God, our present aid. 3 And when this pilgrimage is o'er, And we must dwell on earth no more, To thee our infant race we leave ; Them may their fathers' God receive ; That voices yet unformed may raise Succeeding hymns of humble praise. 309. P. M. Oliver. The Pilgrim's Prayer. 1 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah! Pilgrim through this barren land ; I am weak, but thou art mighty, Hold me with thy powerful hand ; Bread of heaven ! Feed me till I want no more. 310. THE ALLOTMENTS OF LIFE DIVINE. 2 Open now the crystal fountain Whence the healing streams do flow ; Let the fiery, cloudy pillar Lead me all my journey through ; Strong Deliverer ! Be thou still my strength and shield. 310. C. M. Watts. Man frail, God eternal. Ps. 90. 1 O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home ! — 2 A thousand ages, in thy sight, Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 3 The busy tribes of human kind, With all their hopes and fears, Pass off like clouds before the wind, And vanish with the years. 4 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all the race away ; They fall forgotten, as a dream Flies at the opening day. 5 Like flowery fields the nations stand, Pleased with the morning light ; The flowers beneath the mower's hand Lie withering ere 't is night. THE ALLOTMENTS OF LIFE DIVINE. 311, 312. 6 O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come ! Be thou our guard while troubles last, And our eternal home. 311. CM. Breviary. The Perpetuity of Love. 1 Supreme Disposer of the heart ! Thou, since the world began, With heavenly grace hast sanctified And cheered the heart of man. 2 Here faith, and hope, and love unite To lift the soul above ; But love alone the same abides, Eternal, changeless love. 3 O holy love ! unfading light ! O shall it ever be, That, after all our sorrows here, Thy sabbath we shall see ? 4 Here, yet awhile, with many a tear, The precious seed we sow ; There treasured lie the promised fruits, The harvest of our woe. 312. L. M. Sterling. Life's Ills made to issue in Good. 1 Thou, God, so rulest, such the plan Of endless change, evolving good, Thou leadest thus desponding man With hope on all thy works to brood. 19 313. THE ALLOTMENTS OF LIFE DIVINE. 2 In all to see one perfect will, For all educing light and life ; Thy blessings born from seeming ill, And peace the end assured of strife. 3 So thou in us, O God, ordain That quiet faith and gladness pure O'er all convulsions past may reign, And root our souls in thee secure. 4 So haggard wrecks of former woe Beneath thy radiant light may shine, And, brightening into beauty, show, O'er all their havoc, bliss divine. 313. L. M. roscoe. The Solace of Faith. 1 When human hopes and joys depart, I give thee, Lord, a contrite heart ; And on my weary spirit steal The thoughts that pass all earthly weal. 2 I cast above my tearful eyes, And muse upon the starry skies ; And think that He who governs there Still keeps me in his guardian care. 3 I gaze upon the opening flower, Just moistened with the evening shower ; And bless the love which made it bloom, To chase away my transient gloom. 4 I think, whene'er this mortal frame Returns again to whence it came, My soul shall wing its happy flight To regions of eternal light. THE TRIALS OF LIFE DIVINE. 314, 315. 314. L. M. Mrs. Gilman. God our Father. 1 Is there a lone and dreary hour, When worldly pleasures lose their power ; — My Father ! let me turn to thee, And set each thought of darkness free. 2 Is there a time of racking grief, Which 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 ; — 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 sick, nay, e'en the dying hour, Shall own my Father's grace and power. 315. 7S. M. TOPLADY. The supreme Good. 1 Lord ! it is not life to live, If thy presence thou deny ; Lord ! if thou thy presence give, 'T is no longer death to die. 2 Source and Giver of repose ! Only from thy smile it flows ; Thee to see and thee to love Perfects bliss below, above 316, 317. THE TRIALS OF LIFE DIVINE. 316. L. M. 6 1. heber. " Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him." 1 Though sorrows rise, and dangers roll In waves of darkness o'er my soul ; Though friends are false, and love decays, And (ew and evil are my days ; Yet e'en in nature's utmost ill, I '11 love thee, Lord ! I '11 love thee still. 2 Though conscience, fiercest of my foes, Swells with remembered guilt my woes ; And memory points, with busy pain, To grace and mercy given in vain ; Though every thought has power to kill, I '11 love thee, Lord ! I '11 love thee still. 3 O, by the woes Messiah bore, And in his griefs was loved the more ; By these my pangs, whose healing smart Thy grace hath planted in my heart ; I know, I feel, thy gracious will ! Thou lov'st me, Lord ! thou lov'st me still. 31 7. O. IVX • Anonymous. " Though he slay me, yet loill J trust in him. ' 1 Thy way is on the deep, O Lord ! E'en there we '11 go with thee, We '11 meet the tempest at thy word, And walk upon the sea. 2 Poor tremblers at his rougher wind, Why do we doubt him so ? Who gives the storm a path will find The way our feet shall go. THE TRIALS OF LIFE DIVINE. 318. 3 A moment may his hand be lost, — Drear moment of delay ; — We cry, "Lord ! help the tempest-tost ! " And safe we 're borne away. 4 The Lord yields nothing to our fears, And flies from selfish care ; But comes himself, where'er he hears The voice of loving prayer. 5 O happy soul, of faith divine ! Thy victory how sure J The love that kindles joy is thine, The patience to endure. 6 Come, Lord of peace ! our griefs dispel, And wipe our tears away ; 'Tis thine to order all things well, And ours to bless the sway. 318. CM. Watts. The Lord giveth and taketh away. 1 O God ! from thee our spirits come In bodies formed of clay ; Soon those return to thee, their home, And these in dust decay. 2 The dear delights we here enjoy, And fondly call our own, Are borrowed joys, awhile possessed Till thou recall the loan. 3 'T is God who lifts our comforts high, Or sinks them to the grave ; He gives, and, blessed be his name ! He takes but what he gave. 19* 319. THE TRIALS OF LIFE DIVINE. 4 Peace, all our restless passions, then ! Be hushed, the rising sigh ! Submissive to his sovereign will, Let every murmur die. 319. L. M. j.roscoe. The Peace of God in Affliction. 1 When anguish bows me down, I turn, O God ! with trusting heart to thee ; And holy thoughts still shine and burn, And cheer my cold, sad destiny. 2 The stars of heaven are shining on, Though these frail eyes are dim with tears ; The hopes of earth, indeed, are gone ; But are not ours the immortal years ? 3 Father ! forgive the heart that clings, Thus trembling, to the joys of time ; And bid my soul on angel wings Ascend into a purer clime. 4 There shall no doubts disturb its trust, No sorrow dim celestial love ; But these afflictions of the dust, Like shadows of the night, remove. 5 E'en now above there 's radiant day, While clouds and darkness brood below ; Then, Father, joyful on my way To drink thy bitter cup I go. THE TRIALS OF LIFE DIVINE. 320, 321 320. C/. lVL Anonymous. The Benefit of Affliction. 1 O God ! to thee the sinking soul In deep distress doth fly ; Thy love can all our griefs control, And all our wants supply. 2 How oft, when black misfortune's band Around their victim stood, The seeming ill, at thy command, Hath changed to real good ! 3 The tempest that obscured the sky Hath set the sufferer free From earthly dreams and sensual joy, And turned his thoughts to thee. 4 Afflictions make the selfish learn To feel for others' woe ; And humbly seek, with deep concern, Their own defects to know. 5 Then rage, ye storms ! ye billows, roar ! Our hearts defy your shock ; Ye make us cling to God the more, To God, our sheltering Rock. 321. L. M. Bryant. u Blessed are they that mourn." 1 O deem not they are blest alone Whose lives a peaceful tenor keep ! The Power who pities man hath shown A blessing for the eyes that weep. 322. THE TRIALS OF LIFE DIVINE. 2 The light of smiles shall fill again The lids that overflow with tears ; And weary hours of woe and pain Are promises of happier years. 3 There is a day of sunny rest For every dark and troubled night ; And grief may bide an evening guest, But joy shall come with morning light. 4 And thou, who o'er thy friend's low bier Sheddest the bitter drops like rain ! Hope that a brighter, happier sphere Shall give him to thy arms again. 5 Nor let the good man's trust depart, Though life its common gifts deny ; Though with a pierced and broken heart, And spurned of men, he goes to die. 6 For God has marked each sorrowing day, And numbered every secret tear ; And heaven's long age of bliss shall pay For all his children suffer here. 322. 7s. M. milman. Prayer for Mercy in spiritual Need. 1 Lord ! have mercy when we pray Strength to seek a better way ; When our wakening thoughts begin First to loathe their cherished sin ; When our weary spirits fail, And our aching brows are pale ; When our tears bedew thy word ; Then, O then, have mercy, Lord ! THE TRIALS OF LIFE DIVINE. 323 2 Lord ! have mercy when we lie On the restless bed, and sigh, Sigh for death, yet fear it still, From the thought of former ill ; When the dim, advancing gloom Tells us that our hour is come ; When is loosed the silver cord ; Then, O then, have mercy, Lord ! 3 Lord ! have mercy when we know First how vain this world below ; When its darker thoughts oppress, Doubts perplex, and fears distress ; When the earliest gleam is given Of thy bright but distant heaven ; Then thy fostering grace afford ; Then, O then, have mercy, Lord ! 323. 0. JM. Heginbotham. O. Col. Comfort in Sickness and Death. When sickness shakes the languid frame, Each dazzling pleasure flies ; Phantoms of bliss no more obscure Our long-deluded eyes. The tottering frame of mortal life Shall crumble into dust ; Nature shall faint, but learn, my soul ! On nature's God to trust. The man, whose pious heart is fixed On his all-gracious God, In every frown may comfort find, And kiss the chastening rod. 324. THE TRIALS OF LIFE DIVINE. 4 Nor him shall death itself alarm ; On heaven his soul relies ; With joy he views his Maker's love, And with composure dies. 324. L. M. Proud. The aged Christian longing for Heaven. 1 O could I soar to worlds above, Those blest abodes of peace and love ! How gladly would I mount and fly, On angels' wings, to joys on high ! 2 But ah ! still longer must I stay, Ere darksome night is changed to day ; More crosses, sorrows, conflicts bear, Exposed to trials, pains, and care. 3 Then let these troubles still abound, Let thorns and briers strew the ground, Let wintry storms and tempests come, Till I arrive at heaven, my home. 4 My Father knows what road is best, And how to lead to peace and rest ; Cheerful to him I give my all, Go where he leads, and wait his call. 5 When he commands my soul away, Not kingdoms then should tempt my stay ; With rapture I shall wake, and rise To join my friends above the skies. UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE. 325, 326. 325. S. M. Doddkidge. O. Col. Uncertainty of Life. 1 To-morrow, Lord, is thine, Lodged in thy sovereign hand ; And if its sun arise and shine, It shines by thy command. 2 The present moment flies, And bears our life away ; O make thy servants truly wise, That they may live to-day ! 3 One thing demands our care ; O be it still pursued ! Lest, slighted once, the season fair Should never be renewed. 4 To thee, O may we fly, Swift as the morning light ! Lest life's young, golden beams should die In sudden, endless night. 326. L. M. Exeter Col. Improvement of the Shortness of Life. 1 The short-lived day declines in haste ; The night of death approaches fast ; With rapid speed the moments run In which the work of life is done. 2 With willing hearts, and active hands, Lord ! may we practise thy commands, Improve the moments as they fly, And live as we would wish to die. 327, 328. FRAILTY, SHORTNESS, AND 32il . O. JY1. Doddridge. 0. Col. A 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 may quickly slide, And from its lofty summit dash Your momentary pride. S2t&. lu. 1V1. Doddridge. O. Col. The Wisdom of redeeming 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 and swift they glide away ; Steady and strong the current flows, Lost in eternity's wide sea, The boundless gulf from which it rose. UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE. 329. 3 With it the thoughtless sons of men Before the rapid stream are borne On to their everlasting home, Whence not one soul can e'er return. 4 Yet while the shore on either side Presents a gaudy, flattering show, We gaze, in fond amusement lost, Nor think to what a world we go. 5 Great Source of wisdom ! teach our hearts To know the price of every hour, That time may bear us on to joys Beyond its measure and its power. 329. L. M. Salisbury Col. O. Col. " It is appointed unto men once to die." 1 Death calls our friends, our neighbours, hence ; Hence, too, must all that live depart ; Continual warnings strike our sense, And shall they fail to reach the heart ? 2 That last dread change is drawing near, As fast as time its coming flies, When all that pains or pleases here Shall vanish from our closing eyes. 3 O teach us, Lord, the heavenly skill Each warning message to improve ; And, while our days are shortening still, Prepare us for the joys above ! 20 330. MORTALITY AND IMMORTALITY. 330. C. M. heber. Warnings of Frailty and Immortality. 1 Beneath our feet and o'er our head Is equal warning given ; Beneath us lie the countless dead, Above us is the heaven. 2 Death rides on every passing breeze, He lurks in ever}' flower ; Each season has its own disease, Its peril every hour. 3 Our eyes have seen the rosy light Of youth's soft cheek decay, And fate descend in sudden night On manhood's middle day. 4 Our eyes have seen the steps of age Halt feebly towards the tomb ; And yet shall earth our hearts engage, And dreams of days to come ? 5 Turn, mortal, turn ! thy danger know ! Where'er thy foot can tread, The earth rings hollow from below, And warns thee of the dead. 6 Turn, Christian, turn ! thy soul apply To truths divinely given ; The boundless fields of light on high Remind thee of thy heaven. MORTALITY AND IMMORTALITY. 331, 332. 331. 8 & 7S. M. Horne. " We all do fade as a leafy See the leaves around us falling, Dry and withered to the ground ; Thus to thoughtless mortals calling, With a friendly warning sound : — " Youth, on length of days presuming, Who the paths of pleasure tread ! View us, late in beauty blooming, Numbered now among the dead. "What though yet no losses grieve you, Gay with health and many a grace ? Let not cloudless skies deceive you ; Summer gives to autumn place. " Yearly in our course returning, Messengers of shortest stay, We proclaim the solemn warning, 'Heaven and earth shall pass away On the tree of life eternal O let all our hopes be laid ! This alone, for ever vernal, Bears a leaf that shall not fade. 332. C. M. Peabody. Autumn Evening. Behold the beauteous western light ! It melts in deepening gloom ; So calmly Christians sink away, Descending to the tomb. > >> 333. MORTALITY AND IMMORTALITY. 2 The winds breathe low, the withering leaf Scarce whispers from the tree ; So gently flows the parting breath, When good men cease to be. 3 How beautiful on all the hills The crimson light is shed ! 'T is like the peace the Christian gives To mourners round his bed. 4 How mildly on the wandering cloud The sunset beam is cast ! 'T is like the memory, left behind, When loved ones breathe their last. 5 And now, above the dews of night, The yellow star appears ; So faith springs in the hearts of those Whose eyes are bathed in tears. 6 But soon the morning's happier light Its glories shall restore ; And eyelids, that are sealed in death, Shall ope, to close no more. 333. C. M. Sir J. E. Smith. The Changes of Nature Types of Immortality. 1 As twilight's gradual veil is spread Across the evening sky ; So man's bright hours decline in shade, And mortal comforts die. 2 The bloom of spring, the summer rose, In vain pale winter brave ; Nor youth, nor age, nor wisdom knows A ransom from the grave. MORTALITY AND IMMORTALITY. 334. 3 But morning dawns, and spring revives, And genial hours return ; So man's immortal soul survives, And scorns the mouldering urn. 4 When this vain scene no longer charms, Or swiftly fades away, He sinks into a Father's arms, Nor dreads the coming day. 334. L. M. 6 1. heber. The visible World a Shadow of the invisible. 1 I praised the earth in beauty seen, With garlands gay, of various green ; I praised the sea, whose ample field Shone glorious, as a silver shield ; And earth and ocean seemed to say, tc Our beauties are but for a day." 2 I praised the sun, whose chariot rolled On wheels of amber and of gold ; I praised the moon, whose softer eye Gleamed sweetly through the summer sky ; And moon and sun in answer said, " Our years are told, when we must fade." 3 O God ! O good beyond compare ! If thus thy meaner works are fair ; If thus thy bounties gild the span Of sinful earth and mortal man ; How glorious must the mansion be Where thy redeemed shall dwell with thee ! 20* 335, 336. MORTALITY AND IMMORTALITY. 335. C. M. Sir J. E. Smith. The Soul called to Immortality by its Creator. 1 Adore, my soul, that awful name To which the angels bow, By which the worlds from nothing came, The heaven of heavens, and thou. 2 The God who sits enthroned above Thy breath of life has given ; His voice, in thunder and in love, Calls thee from earth to heaven. 3 This speck of earth is not thy home, Nor mortal joys thine end ; Beyond the starry, spangled dome Thy boundless views extend. 4 Why fondly pluck the withering flowers That only deck thy tomb, While amaranthine wreaths and bow T ers For thee immortal bloom ? 5 Resign thy joys and hopes to God ; Cast flesh and sin away ; Pursue the path thy Saviour trod, And rise to endless day. oOO. JL. lVj.. Barbauld. JL Thought on Death. 1 When life as opening buds is sweet, And golden hopes the fancy greet, And youth prepares his joys to meet, — Alas ! how sad it is to die ! CLOSE OF LIFE. 337. 2 When just is seized some valued prize, And duties press, and tender ties Forbid the soul from earth to rise, — O, then, how hard it is to die ! 3 When one by one those ties are torn, And friend from friend is snatched forlorn, And man is left alone to mourn, — Ah ! then, how easy 't is to die ! 4 When faith is firm, and conscience clear, And words of peace the spirit cheer, And visioned glories half appear, — 'T is joy, 't is triumph then to die. 5 When trembling limbs refuse their weight, And films, slow-gathering, dim the sight, And clouds obscure the mental light, — 'T is nature's precious boon to die. 337. C. M. Williams's Col. The Consolation of Age. 1 Eternal God ! enthroned on high, Whom heavenly hosts adore ; Who yet to suppliant dust art nigh, Thy presence I implore. 2 O guide me down the steep of age, And keep my passions cool, Teach me to scan the sacred page, And practise every rule ! 3 My flying years time urges on ; What 's mortal must decay ; My friends, my youth's companions gone, Can I expect to stay ? 338, 339. close of life. 4 But thou canst cheer my dying hour ; On thee my hope depends ; Support me with almighty power, While dust to dust descends. 5 Then let my spirit, gracious God ! Be raised to endless day ; And in thy sacred, blest abode Its endless anthems pay. 338. Li. JM. Old Bristol Col. The Happiness of the aged Christian. 1 How blest is he whose tranquil mind, When life declines, recalls again The years that time has cast behind, And reaps delight from toil and pain ! 2 So, when the transient storm is past, The sudden gloom and driving shower, The sweetest sunshine is the last ; The loveliest is the evening hour. 339. C. M. Addison. Looking forward to Judgment. 1 When, rising from the bed of death, O'erwhelmed with guilt and fear, I see my Maker face to face, O how shall I appear ! 2 If yet, while pardon may be found, And mercy may be sought, My heart with inward horror shrinks, And trembles at the thought ; — CLOSE OF LIFE. 340. 3 When thou, O Lord ! shalt stand disclosed In majesty severe, And sit in judgment on my soul, O how shall I appear ! 4 But there's forgiveness, Lord, with thee ; Thy nature is benign ; Thy pardoning mercy I implore, For mercy, Lord, is thine. 5 O let thy boundless mercy shine On my benighted soul ! Correct my passions, mend my heart, And all my fears control. 340. P. M. hemans. Prayer for Support in Death. Lowly and solemn be Thy children's cry to thee, Father Divine ! A hymn of suppliant breath, Owning that life and death Alike are thine. O Father ! in that hour, When earth all succouring power Shall disavow ; When spear and shield and crown In faintness are cast down ; Sustain us, Thou ! 341. CLOSE OF LIFE. 3 By him who bowed to take The death-cup for our sake, The thorn, the rod ; From whom the last dismay Was not to pass away ; Aid us, O God ! 4 Tremblers besicle the grave, We call on thee to save, Father Divine ! Hear, hear our suppliant breath ; Keep us, in life and death, Thine, only thine ! 341. L. M. Broavne. Fear of Death overcome. 1 I cannot shun the stroke of death; Lord, help me to surmount the fear ; That, when I must resign my breath, Serene my summons 1 may hear. 2 'T is sin gives venom to the dart ; In me let every sin be slain ; From secret faults, Lord, cleanse my heart, From wilful sins my hands restrain. 3 May I, my God, with holy zeal, Closely the ends of life pursue, Seek thy whole pleasure to fulfil, And honor thee in all I do. 4 Let all my bliss and treasure lie Where, in thy light, I light may see ; The soul may freely dare to die That longs to be possessed of thee. CLOSE OF LIFE. 342. 342. S. M. Montgomery. The Issues of Life and Death. 1 O where shall rest be found, Rest for the weary soul ? 'T were vain the ocean depths to sound, Or pierce to either pole. 2 The world can never give The bliss for which we sigh ; 'T is 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 ; O what appalling horrors hang Around the second death ! 5 Lord God of truth and grace ! Teach us that death to shun, Lest we be banished from thy face, And utterly undone. 6 Here would we end our quest ; Alone are found in thee, The life of perfect love, the rest Of immortality. 343, 344. prospect of heaven. 343. lu, IVL Salisbury Col. O. Col. A View of Futurity. 1 Now let our souls, on wings sublime, Rise from the vanities of time ; Draw back the parting veil, and see The glories of eternity. 2 Born by a new, celestial birth, Why should we grovel here on earth ? Why grasp at transitory toys, So near to heaven's eternal joys ? 3 Shall aught beguile us on the road, When we are walking back to God ? For strangers into life we come, And dying is but going home. 4 To dwell with God, to feel his love, Is the full heaven enjoyed above ; And the sweet expectation now Is the young dawn of heaven below. 344. C. M. Watts. O. Col. The Prospect of Heaven a Support in Death. 1 There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign ; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never-fading flowers ; Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours. PROSPECT OF HEAVEN. 345. 3 Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood, Stand dressed in living green ; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between. 4 But fearful 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 climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, Not Jordan's streams, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore ! 345. S. M. Montgomery. View of the Home in Heaven. 1 My Father's house on high ! Home of my soul ! how near, At times, to faith's foreseeing eye Thy golden gates appear ! 2 Ah ! then my spirit faints To reach the land I love, The bright inheritance of saints, Jerusalem above. 3 Yet clouds will intervene, And all my prospect flies ; Like Noah's dove, I flit between Rough seas and stormy skies. 21 346. PROSPECT OF HEAVEN. 4 Anon the clouds dispart, The winds and waters cease ; While sweetly o'er my gladdened heart Expands the bow of peace. 5 I hear, at morn and even, At noon and midnight hour, The choral harmonies of heaven Earth's Babel-tongues o'erpower. 6 Then, then I feel that He, — Remembered or forgot, — The Lord, is never far from me Though I perceive him not. 346. C. M. Steele. O. Col The Christian 's Prospect. 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 glittering things Must yield to sure decay ; He sees on time's extended wings How swift they flee 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. PROSPECT OF HEAVEN. 347, 348. 347. C. M. Watts. O. Col. Heaven invisible and holy. 1 Nor eye hath seen, nor e^r hath heard, Nor sense nor reason known, What joys the Father hath prepared For those that love his Son. 2 But the good Spirit of the Lord Reveals a heaven to come ; The 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 wanton lips nor envious eye Can see or taste the bliss. 348. L. M. Montgomery. Preparation for Heaven. 1 Heaven is a state of rest from sin ; But all, who hope that rest to share, Must here that holy course begin Which shall their souls for rest prepare. 2 Clean hearts, O God, in us create, Right spirits, Lord, in us renew ; Commence we now that higher state, Now do thy will as angels do. 3 In Jesus' footsteps may we tread ; Learn every lesson of his love ; And be from grace to glory led, From heaven below to heaven above. 349, 350. THE MORTAL TRANSITION. 349. 8 & 7s. M. milman. Heaven icelcome only to the prepared. 1 Lord ! have mercy and remove us Early to thy place of rest, Where the heavens are calm above us, And as calm each sainted breast. 2 Yet, O God, if our repentance Be not perfect and sincere, O suspend thy fatal sentence, Leave us still in sadness here ! 3 Leave us, Father, till our spirit From each earthly taint is free, Fit thy kingdom to inherit, Fit to take its rest with thee. 350. 7 OL 8S. M. From the German. The heavenly Way. 1 Heavenly day awaits our way ; Here on earth as strangers dwelling, Joys we seek beyond decay, Where pure songs to God are swelling, Heaven's high glory ever telling. Though as pilgrims here we roam, We in heaven shall find a home. 2 Heavenly day awaits our way ; Hope bestows her smiles unceasing ; Sweet her beams around us play, While our earthly life 's decreasing, While we wait our soul's releasing. Though as pilgrims here we roam, We in heaven shall find a home. THE MORTAL TRANSITION. 351 Heavenly day awaits our way ; What though death the bond dissever, Which unites thee to thy clay ? Never dread the gloom ; O never ! Light shall rise and shine for ever. Pilgrims though on earth we roam, We in heaven shall find a home. 351. 8 & 4S. M. Montgomery. Rest for the Weary and Afflicted in Death. 1 Lone traveller in the vale of tears ! To realms of everlasting light, Through time's dark wilderness of years, Pursue thy flight. 2 There is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found ; And while the mouldering ashes sleep Low in the ground, — 3 The soul, of origin divine, God's glorious image, freed from clay, In heaven's eternal sphere shall shine, A star of day. 4 The sun is but a spark of fire, A transient meteor in the sky, The soul, immortal as its Sire, Shall never die. 21* 352, 353. THE MORTAL TRANSITION. 352. C. M. H. K. White. Journeying throvgh Death to Life. 1 Through sorrow's night, and danger's path, Amid the deepening gloom, We, soldiers of a heavenly King, Are marching to the tomb. 2 There, when the turmoil is no more, And all our powers decay, Our cold remains in solitude Shall sleep the years away. 3 Our labors done, securely laid In this our last retreat, Unheeded o'er our silent dust The storms of life shall beat. 4 Yet not thus lifeless, thus inane, The vital spark shall lie ; For o'er life's wreck that spark shall rise To seek its kindred sky. 353. L. M. Logan. Prayer of the dying Christian. 1 The hour of my departure 's come ; I hear the voice that calls me home ; At last, O Lord, let trouble cease, And let thy servant die in peace. 2 The race appointed I have run ; The combat's o'er, the prize is won ; And now my witness is on high, And now my great reward is nigh. THE MORTAL TRANSITION. 354. 3 I leave the world without a tear, Save for the friends I hold so dear ; To heal their sorrows, Lord, descend, And to the friendless prove a Friend. 4 I come, I come, at thy command, I yield my spirit to thy hand ; Stretch forth thine everlasting arms, And shield me in the last alarms. 5 The hour of my departure 's come ; I hear the voice that calls me home ; Now, O my God ! let trouble cease ; Now let thy servant die in peace. ( ■ 354. O. M. Doddridge. The Christian's Farewell. 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 mix With that unvaried day. 355. THE MORTAL TRANSITION. 5 No more the drops of piercing grief Shall swell into mine eyes ; Nor the meridian sun decline, Amid those brighter skies. 6 There all the millions of his saints Shall in one song unite ; And each the bliss of all shall view With infinite delight. 355. 7S. M. Montgomery. Death. 1 " Spirit ! leave thy house of clay ; Lingering dust ! resign thy breath ; Spirit ! cast thy chains away ; Dust ! be thou dissolved in death." 2 Thus the Almighty Father speaks, When the faithful Christian dies ; Thus the bonds of life he breaks,- And the ransomed captive flies. 3 " Prisoner, long detained below ! Prisoner, now with freedom blest ! Welcome from a world of woe ! Welcome to a home of rest ! " 4 Thus the choir of angels sing, As they bear the soul on high ; While with hallelujahs ring All the regions of the sky. THE FINAL PEACE. 356, 357. 356. L. M. barbauld. The Righteous blessed in Death. 1 How blest the righteous when he dies ! When sinks a weary soul to rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes ! How gently heaves the 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 A holy quiet reigns around, A calm which life nor death destroys ; Nothing disturbs that peace profound Which his unfettered soul enjoys. 4 Farewell, conflicting hopes and fears, Where lights and shades alternate dwell ! How bright the unchanging morn appears ! Farewell, inconstant world, farewell ! 5 Life's duty done, as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies ; While heaven and earth combine to say, " How blest the righteous when he dies ! " 357. L. M. Salisbury Col. O. Col. A Funeral Hymn. i O God ! thy pity will indulge The flowing tear, the heaving sigh, The plaint of woe the mourner breathes, When friends beloved and kindred die. 358. THE FINAL PEACE. 2 Yet not one anxious, murmuring thought Should with our grieved affections blend, Nor should our sorrowing hearts forget The almighty, ever-living Friend. 3 Beneath bereavement's severing stroke Though our o'erburdened strength may fail, Yet shall our trust in thee, our God, O'er every gloomy fear prevail. 4 Parent, Protector, Guardian, Guide ! Thou 'rt all these cherished names in one ; On thee we cast our every care, And comfort seek from thee alone. 358. L. M. Norton. 11 Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. 1 * 1 O stay thy tears ! for they are blest, Whose days are past, whose toil is done ; Here midnight care disturbs our rest ; Here sorrow dims the noonday sun. 2 How blest are they whose transient years Pass like an evening meteor's flight ; Not dark with guilt, nor dim with tears ; Whose course is short, unclouded, bright ! 3 O cheerless were our lengthened way ; But heaven's own light dispels the gloom, Streams downward from eternal day, And casts a glory round the tomb ! 4 Then stay thy tears ; the blest above Have hailed a spirit's heavenly birth, Sung a new song of joy and love ; And why should anguish reign on earth ? THE FINAL PEACE. 359. 359. O. M. barbadld. The Mourner s Thoughts of Heaven. 1 Not for the pious dead we weep ; Their sorrows now are o'er ; The sea is calm, the tempest past, On that eternal shore. 2 Their peace is sealed, their rest is sure, Within that better home ; • Awhile we weep and linger here, Then follow to the tomb. 3 And is the awful veil withdrawn, That shrouds from mortal eyes, In deep, impenetrable gloom, The secrets of the skies ? 4 O might some dream of visioned bliss, Some trance of rapture, show Where, on the bosom of their God, They rest from human woe ! 5 Thence may their pure devotion's flame On us, on us descend ; While thither our aspiring hopes, Our faith, our fervors tend. 6 Let these our shadowy path illume, And teach the chastened mind To welcome all that's left of good, To all that's lost resigned. 360. THE FINAL PEACE. 360. C. M. Houghton. The Reunion of virtuous Friends after Death. 1 Blest hour when virtuous friends shall meet, Shall meet to part no more ; And with celestial welcome greet On an immortal shore. 2 The parent finds his long-lost child, Brothers on brothers gaze ; The tear of resignation mild Is changed to joy and praise. 3 Each tender tie, dissolved with pain, With endless bliss is crowned ; All that was dead revives again ; All that was lost is found. 4 And while remembrance, lingering still, Draws joy from sorrowing hours, New prospects rise, new pleasures fill The soul's expanded powers. 5 Congenial minds, arrayed in light, High thoughts shall interchange ; Nor cease, with ever new delight, On wings of love to range. 6 Their Father marks their generous flame, And looks complacent down ; The smile that owns their filial claim Is their immortal crown. OCCASIONS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. 361. 7S. M. Ryland. Our Times in the Hand of God. 1 Sovereign Ruler of the skies, Ever gracious, ever wise ! All our times are in thy hand, All events at thy command. 2 Thou didst form us by thy power ; Thou wilt guide us hour by hour ; All our times shall ever be Ordered by thy wise decree ; — 3 Times of sickness, times of health ; Times of penury and wealth ; Times of trial and of grief ; Times of triumph and relief; — 4 Times temptation's power to prove ; Times to taste a Saviour's love ; — All is fixed, the means and end, As shall please our Heavenly Friend. 362. L. M. Hawkesworth. Morning Hymn. 1 In sleep's serene oblivion laid, 1 safely passed the silent night ; Again I see the breaking shade, And drink again the morning light. 22 363. OCCASIONAL. 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 maze My doubtful feet are doomed to tread ; And spread thy shield's protecting blaze, When dangers press around my head ! 4 A deeper shade shall soon impend ; A deeper sleep mine eyes oppress ; Yet then thy strength shall still defend, Thy goodness still delight to bless. 5 That deeper shade shall break away ; " That deeper sleep shall leave mine eyes ; Thy light shall give eternal day ; Thy love, the rapture of the skies. 363. L. M. keble. Morning. 1 O timely happy, timely wise, Hearts that with rising morn arise, Eyes that the beam celestial view, Which evermore makes all things new ! 2 New, every morning, is the love Our waking and uprising prove ; Through sleep and darkness safely brought, Restored to life, and power, and thought. 3 New mercies, each returning day, Hover around us while we pray ; New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven. OCCASIONAL. 364. 4 It, on our daily course, our mind Be set to hallow all we find, New treasures still, of countless price, God will provide for sacrifice. 5 O, could we learn that sacrifice, What lights would all around us rise ! How would our hearts with wisdom talk, Along life's dullest, dreariest walk ! 6 The trivial round, the common task, Would furnish all we ought to ask, — Room to deny ourselves, — a road To bring us, daily, nearer God. 364. L. M. Wordsworth. Noon-day Hymn. 1 Look up to heaven ! the industrious sun Already half his race hath run ; He cannot halt, nor go astray, But our immortal spirits may. 2 Lord ! since his rising in the east, If we have faltered or transgressed, Guide, from thy love's abundant source, What yet remains of this day's course. 3 Help with thy grace, through life's short day, Our upward and our downward way ; And glorify for us the west, When we shall sink to final rest. 365. OCCASIONAL. 365. L. M. Flint. Evening Hymn. 1 Father ! thy mercies never fail ; Again the evening shades prevail, And soothed I hear the still, small voice That bids me in thy care rejoice. 2 Beneath thy sun's all-cheering ray I 've plied my task another day ; And thrice my strength refreshed hath been With food, and converse sweet between. 3 Thy works, all-beautiful and good, I 've scanned and partly understood ; Clothed in their livery of light, All speak thy wisdom, love, and might. 4 When darkness veils the earth and skies, New worlds and wonders o'er me rise, That tell, in words of flame from far, How vast, how bright thy glories are. 5 Kept by thine all-sustaining power, I welcome now the solemn hour That comes my weary lids to close, And lay me down to sweet repose. 6 Wrapt in the soft embrace of sleep, Let angel guards their vigils keep About my bed, and be my rest With holy dreams and visions blest. 7 While my tired frame in mimic death Lies motionless, save pulse and breath, Let my free spirit heavenward fly, And, without dying, learn to die. occasional. 366, 367. 366. 8 &, 7s. M. edmeston. Evening Hymn. 1 Lord ! we ask an evening blessing, Ere repose our spirits seal ; Sin and want we come confessing. Thou canst save and thou canst heal. 2 Though destruction walk around us, Though the arrow past us fly, Angel guards from thee surround us ; We are safe, if thou art nigh. 3 Though the night be dark and dreary, Darkness cannot hide from thee ; Thou art He, who, never weary, Watchest where thy children be. 4 Should swift death this night o'ertake us, And our couch become our tomb, May the morn in heaven awake us, Clad in light and deathless bloom. 367. L. M. t. flatman. Evening Hymn. 1 Sleep, downy sleep ! come close my eyes, Tired with beholding vanities ; Welcome, sweet sleep ! that driv'st away The toils and follies of the day. 2 On thy soft bosom let me lie, Forget the world, and learn to die ; O Father ! bid thine angels spread Their guardian wings about my bed. 22* 368, 369. occasional. 3 Clouds and thick darkness veil thy throne, Its awful glories all unknown ; O dart from thence one cheering ray, And turn my midnight into day ! 4 Thus, when the morn, in crimson drest, Breaks from the chambers of the east, My grateful song of praise shall rise, Like fragrant incense, to the skies. 368. L. M. Watts. O. Col. Evening or Morning Hymn. 1 Great God ! how endless is thy love ! Thy gifts are every evening new ; And morning mercies, from above, Gently distil, like early dew. 2 Thou spread'st the curtains of the night, Great Guardian of our sleeping hours ! Thy sovereign word restores the light, And quickens all our drowsy powers. 3 We yield our powers to thy command ; To thee we consecrate our days ; Perpetual blessings from thy hand Demand perpetual songs of praise. 369. L. M. Keble. 11 Even the night shall he light about me." Ps. 139. 1 'T is gone, that bright and orbed blaze, Fast fading from our wistful gaze ; Yon mantling cloud has hid from sight The last faint pulse of quivering light. OCCASIONAL. 370. 2 Sun of our souls, for ever near ! It is not night, if thou be here ; O may no earth-born cloud arise, To hide thee from thy servants' eyes ! 3 When round thy wondrous works below Our searching, rapturous glance we throw, Let not our hearts with transport burn, Except in all we thee discern. 4 Abide with us from morn till eve, For without thee we cannot live ; Abide with us when night is nigh, For without thee we dare not die. 5 Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere through the world our way we take ; Till in the ocean of thy love We lose ourselves in heaven above. 370. 8 & 7s. M. Anonymous. Evening Hymn. 1 On the dewy breath of even Thousand odors mingling rise, Borne like incense up to heaven, — Nature's evening sacrifice. 2 With her balmy offerings blending, Let our glad thanksgivings be To thy throne, O Lord, ascending, — Incense of our hearts to thee. 3 Thou, whose favors without number All our days with gladness bless ! Let thine eye, that knows not slumber, Guard our hours of helplessness. 371, 372. OCCASIONAL. 4 Then, though conscious we are sleeping In the outer courts of death, Safe beneath a Father's keeping, Calm we rest in placid faith. 5 Lord ! when life is closing round us, Dark with anguish, faint with fear, Let thy beams of love surround us, Let us know thee, feel thee, near ! 371. L. M. PlERPONT. Morning Hymn. For a Child. 1 O God ! I thank thee that the night i In peace and rest hath passed away, And that I see, in this fair light, My Father's smile, that makes it day. 2 Be thou my Guide, and let me live As under thine all-seeing eye ; Supply my wants, my sins forgive, And make me happy when I die. 372. L. M. PlERPONT. Evening Hymn. For a Child. 1 Another day its course hath run, And still, O God, thy child is blest ; For thou hast been by day my Sun, And thou wilt be by night my Rest. 2 Sweet sleep descends, my eyes to close ; And now, when all the world is still, I give my body to repose, My spirit to my Father's will. occasional. 373, 374. 373. 7S. M. Newton. Saturday Evening. 1 Safely through another week God hath brought us on our way ; Let us now a blessing seek, On the coming Sabbath-day ; Day of all the week the best, Emblem of eternal rest. 2 Mercies multiplied each hour, Through the week, our praise demand ; Guarded by thy mighty power, Fed and guided by thy hand ; Now from worldly care set free, May we rest this night with thee. 3 When the morn shall bid us rise, May we feel thy presence near ; May thy glory meet our eyes, When we in thy house appear ; Holy may each Sabbath prove, Till we join the church above. 374. 7S. M. RoBBERDS. Sunday Evening. 1 Now your pleasant labors close ; Night invites you to repose ; Grateful for the happy day, Now for peaceful slumbers pray. 2 God, our Sun ! the day we own Thine, — in purest pleasures flown ; God, our Shield ! with confidence Thee we make our night's defence. 375. OCCASIONAL. 3 Thee we bless for every thought By thy holy Sabbath brought ; Thee we trust for aid to lead Holy thought to holy deed. 4 Lord ! when life's short day is past, Like this evening be our last ; Like a Sabbath let it cease, Leaving thanks, and hope, and peace. 375. C. M. BOWRING. The Seasons. 1 Nature, a temple worthy heaven, That beams with light and love, Whose flowers so sweetly bloom below, Whose stars rejoice above, — 2 Whose altars are the mountain cliffs That rise along the shore, Whose anthems the sublime accord Of storm and ocean's roar ; — 3 Her song of gratitude is sung By spring's awakening hours ; Her summer offers at the shrine Its earliest, loveliest flowers. 4 Her autumn brings its ripened fruits, In glorious luxury given ; While winter's silver heights reflect The brightness back to heaven. occasional. 376, 377 376. Lt, JV1. Anonymous. " The joy in harvest." 1 Great God ! as seasons disappear, And changes mark the rolling year, Thy favor still has crowned our days, And we would celebrate thy praise. 2 The harvest song we would repeat ; " Thou givest us the finest wheat ;" cc The joy in harvest " we have known ; The praise, O Lord, is all thine own. 3 Our tables spread, our garners stored, O give us hearts to bless thee, Lord ! Forbid it, Source of light and love, Our hearts and lives should barren prove. 4 Another harvest comes apace ; Ripen our spirits by thy grace, That we may calmly meet the blow The sickle gives to lay us low. 5 That so, when angel reapers come To gather sheaves to thy blest home, Our spirits may be borne on high To thy safe garner in the sky. 3/7. O. 1M. Anonymous. " Seedtime and harvest shall not cease." 1 Fountain of mercy ! God of love ! How rich thy bounties are ! The rolling seasons, as they move, Proclaim thy constant care. 7». OCCASIONAL. 2 When in the bosom of the earth The sower hid the grain, Thy goodness warmed its secret birth, And sent the early rain. 3 The spring's sweet influence, Lord, was thine ; The plants in beauty grew ; Thou gav'st refulgent suns to shine, The soft, refreshing dew. 4 These various mercies from above Matured the swelling grain ; A kindly harvest crowns thy love, And plenty fills the plain. 5 We own and bless thy gracious sway ; Thy hand all nature hails ; Seed-time nor harvest, night nor day, Summer nor winter, fails. o7o. JL. lM. Doddridge. O. Col. The continual Heljj of God. 1 Great God ! we sing that mighty hand By which supported still we stand ; The opening year thy mercy shows ; Thy mercy crowns it till its close. 2 By day, by night, at home, abroad, Still are we 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, We to thy guardian care commit, And peaceful leave before thy feet. OCCASIONAL. 379. 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. 5 When death shall interrupt these songs, And seal in silence mortal tongues, Our helper, God, in whom we trust, In better worlds our souls shall boast. 379. 7S. M. Newton. " Here have toe no continuing city." 1 While, with ceaseless course, the sun Hasted through the former year, Many souls their race have run, Never more to meet us here. 2 Dwellers in the eternal state, They have done with all below ; We a little longer wait, But how little none can know. 3 As the winged arrow flies, Speedily the mark to find ; As the lightning from the skies Darts, and leaves no trace behind ; — 4 Swiftly thus our fleeting days Bear us down life's rapid stream ; Upwards, Lord, our spirits raise ; All below is but a dream. 5 Thanks for mercies past receive ; Pardon of our sins renew ; Teach us henceforth how to live With eternity in view. 23 380, 381. OCCASIONAL. 6 Bless thy word to young and old ; Fill us with a Saviour's love ; And when life's short tale is told, May we dwell with thee above. 380. 8 &, 7s. M. Estlin. For the Close of a Year or a Day. 1 Gracious Source of every blessing ! Guard our breasts from anxious fears ; May we, still thy love possessing, Sink into the vale of years. 2 All our hopes on thee reclining, Peace companion of our way ; May our sun, in smiles declining, Rise in everlasting day. OOx. v>». IVl. Doddridge. Dedication of Children to God and Christ. 1 See Israel's gentle Shepherd stand With all-engaging charms ! Hark, how he calls the tender lambs, And folds them in his arms ! 2 " Suffer the little ones," he says, " Forbid them not to come ; Of such is heaven ; and souls like these Shall find in heaven their home." 3 We bring them, Lord, with thankful hands, And yield them up to thee ; Joyful that we ourselves are thine, Thine let our offspring be. occasional. 382, 383. oOZi* JL. 1V1. West-Boston Col. Hymn for Baptism. 1 This child we dedicate to thee, O God of grace and purity ! Shield it from sin and threatening wrong, And let thy love its life prolong. 2 O may thy Spirit gently draw Its willing soul to keep thy law ; May virtue, piety, and truth Dawn even with its dawning youth ! 3 We, too, before thy gracious sight, Once shared the blest baptismal rite, And would renew its solemn vow With love, and thanks, and praises now. 4 Grant that with true and faithful heart We still may act the Christian's part, Cheered by each promise thou hast given, And laboring for the prize in heaven. 383. L. M. E.Taylor. For the Lord's Supper. 1 Here, Lord, when, at thy table met, Our good and evil we survey, O leave us not to vain regret For precious moments passed away ! 2 From selfish aims, from narrow views, O set our willing spirits free ! And every purer thought infuse, Befitting those who come to thee. 384. OCCASIONAL. 3 And here, O Lord, the blessed balm Of comfort let thy mourners share ; And, mortal griefs subdued and calm, Learn, meekly learn, the cross to bear. 4 Thus may the cup of blessing, given From hand to hand, new life impart ; And Jesus, the best gift of heaven, His image see in every heart. 384. S. M. FURNESS. A Communion Hymn. 1 Here, in the broken bread, Here, in the cup we take, His body and his blood behold Who suffered for our sake. 2 Yes ! that our souls might live, Those sacred limbs were torn, That blood was spilt, and pangs untold Were by the Saviour borne. 3 O Thou ! who didst allow Thy Son to suffer thus, Father, what more couldst thou have done Than thou hast done for us ? 4 We are persuaded now That nothing can divide Thy children from thy boundless love, Displayed in him who died ; — 5 Who died to make us sure Of mercy, truth, and peace ; And from the power and pains of sin To bring a full release. occasional. 385, 386. OoO. fe. lVl. Doddridge. 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 Here fix our roving hearts, In confidence and love, Till the communion be complete In nobler scenes above. 386. C. M. Sewall's Col. A Communion Hymn. 1 O God ! accept the sacred hour Which we to thee have given ; And let this hallowed scene have power To raise our souls to heaven. 2 Still let us hold, till life departs, The precepts of thy Son ; Nor let our thoughtless, thankless hearts Forget what he has done. 3 His true disciples may we live, From all defilement free ; And humbly learn, like him, to give Our powers, our will to thee. 4 And oft along life's dangerous way, To smooth our passage through, Wilt thou, on this thy holy day, For us this scene renew ? 23* 387, 388. occasional. 387. C. M. E. Taylor. For the Lord's Supper. 1 When Christ for his disciples prayed, He prayed for all our race, Whene'er their fervent prayer is made, Where'er their dwelling-place. 2 Sweet is the thought, when here we meet, His feast of love to share ; And, 'mid the toils of life, how sweet The memory of his prayer ! 3 O, ne'er in souls that seek his face Let harsher passions reign, To tell the unbelieving race The Saviour prayed in vain ! ooo. 10s. M. Montgomery. The Death of the Faithful cut off in Mid-life. 1 Go to the grave in all thy glorious prime, In full activity of zeal and power ; A Christian cannot die before his time ; The Lord's appointment is the servant's hour. 2 Go to the grave, for there thy Saviour lay In death's embraces, ere he rose on high ; And all the faithful by that narrow way Pass to eternal life beyond the sky. 3 Go to the grave ; — no, take thy seat above ; Be thy pure spirit present with the Lord, Where thou, for faith and hope, hast perfect love, And open vision for the written word. occasional. 389, 390. 389. fe. M. Montgomery. The Death of an aged Minister. 1 Servant of God, well done ! Rest from thy loved employ ; The battle 's fought, the victory won ; Enter thy Master's joy. 2 The voice at midnight came ; He started up to hear ; A mortal arrow pierced his frame ; He fell, but felt no fear. 3 Tranquil amidst alarms, It found him on the field, A veteran resting on his arms, Beneath his red-cross shield. 4 The pains of death are past ; Labor and sorrow cease ; And, life's long warfare closed at last, His soul is found in peace. 390. L. M. Steele. On the Death of a Child. [ So fades the lovely blooming flower, Frail smiling solace of an hour ! So soon our transient comforts fly, And pleasure only blooms to die ! I Is there no kind, no lenient art To heal the anguish of the heart, To ease the heavy load of care, Which nature would, but cannot, bear ? 391. OCCASIONAL. 3 Can reason's dictates be obeyed ? Too weak, alas, her strongest aid ! O let religion, then, be nigh ! Her comforts were not made to die. 4 Her powerful aid supports the soul, And nature owns her kind control ; While she unfolds the sacred page, Her words our fiercest griefs assuage. 5 Then gentle patience smiles on pain, And dying hope revives again ; Hope wipes the tear from sorrow's eye, And faith points upward to the sky. 391. L. jVI. Belfast Select. On the Death of a Child. 1 As the sweet flower which scents the morn, But withers in the rising day, Thus lovely seemed the infant's dawn, Thus swiftly fled his life away. 2 Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fade, Death timely came with friendly care ; The opening bud to heaven conveyed, And bade it bloom for ever there. 3 Yet the sad hour that took the boy Perhaps has spared a heavier doom, Snatched him from scenes of guilty joy, Or from the pangs of ills to come. 4 He died before his infant soul Had ever burned with wrong desire, Had ever spurned at Heaven's control, Or madly quenched its sacred fire. OCCASIONAL. 392. He died to sin, he died to care ; But for a moment felt the rod ; Then, springing on the viewless air, Spread his light wings, and soared to God. 392. C. M. Addison. The Traveller's Hymn. 1 How are thy servants blest, O Lord ! How sure is their defence ! Eternal Wisdom is their guide ; Their help Omnipotence. 2 In foreign realms, and lands remote, Supported by thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air. 3 When by the dreadful tempest borne High on the broken wave, They know thou art not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. 4 The storm is laid, the winds retire, Obedient to thy will ; The sea, that roars at thy command, At thy command is still. 5 In midst of dangers, fears, and deaths, Thy goodness we '11 adore, We '11 praise thee for thy mercies past, And humbly hope for more. 393. OCCASIONAL. 393. L. M. Flint. Prayer for Friends at Sea. 1 Lord of the winds and ocean's swell ! 'T is thine, when angry tempests rave, At will their fiercest rage to quell ; 'T is thine in peril's hour to save. 2 In sickly climes, when tainted airs Breathe in each breeze infection's breath, A charmed life the voyager bears Who makes thine arm his shield from death. 3 In port, or bounding o'er the deep, For friends away we make our prayer ; Each loved one, Lord, in safety keep, Committed to thy guardian care. 4 'Mid favoring gales and skies serene, O keep them mindful still of thee ! So, in each dark and fearful scene, Of them thy love shall mindful be. 5 Havened at home, the dark abyss Of waters passed, all perils o'er, Give us to know the full, glad bliss Of friends long-severed met once more. 6 Then with united heart and voice We '11 wake the exulting hymn of praise, And evermore in thee rejoice, Our Sun and Shield, in all our ways. occasional. 394, 395. 394. 9 &. 7S. M. Flint. The Christian Mariner. 1 When loud the midnight tempest roaring Lifts on high the ocean waves, The intrepid seaman, God adoring, Calmly every danger braves. 2 No perils of the deep can daunt him, While he makes his God his trust, > And has no deeds of guilt to haunt him, All whose ways are true and just. 3 What though the pangs of death assail him, Sinking in the sickly clime ? He has a hope that cannot fail him, Piercing through the veil of time. 4 He hears the billows' angry dashing Booming o'er the reefy shoal ; And, midst the lightnings round him flashing, Stays on God his tranquil soul. 5 He knows the Power, that can deliver, Will deliver, if 't is best ; And unto Him, its Guard and Giver, Yields his spirit, and is blest. 395. C. M. Wrkford. Prayer for our Country. 1 Lord ! while for all mankind we pray, Of every clime and coast, O hear us for our native land, The land we love the most ! 396. OCCASIONAL. 2 Our fathers' sepulchres are here, And here our kindred dwell ; Our children too ; — how should we love Another land so well ? 3 O guard our shores from every foe, With peace our borders bless ; With prosperous times our cities crown, Our fields with plenteousness ! 4 Unite us in the sacred love Of knowledge, truth, and thee ; And let our hills and valleys shout The songs of liberty. 5 Here may religion, pure and mild, Smile on our Sabbath hours ; And piety and virtue bless The home of us and ours. 6 Lord of the nations ! thus to thee Our country we commend ; Be thou her refuge and her trust, Her everlasting Friend. 396. L. M. Flint. Remembrance of our Fathers. 1 In pleasant lands have fallen the lines That bound our goodly heritage ; And safe beneath our sheltering vines, Our youth is blest, and blest our age. 2 What thanks, O God, to thee are due, That thou didst plant our fathers here, And watch and guard them as they grew, A vineyard to the Planter dear ! occasional. 397, 398. 3 The toils they bore our ease have wrought ; They sowed in tears, — in joy we reap ; The birthright they so dearly bought We '11 guard till we with them shall sleep. 4 Thy kindness to our fathers shown, In weal and woe, through all the past, Their grateful sons, O God, shall own, While here their name and race shall last. 397. L. M. Roscoe. Praise for national Blessings. 1 Great God ! we bow before thy throne ; Thy power we see, thy goodness own ; But cherished by thy milder voice, Our bosoms tremble and rejoice. 2 Thy kindness to our fathers shown Their children's children long shall own ; To thee with grateful hearts shall raise Their tribute of exulting praise. 3 Our God, our Guardian, and our Friend ! O still thy sheltering arm extend ! Preserved by thee for ages past, For ages may thy kindness last. 398. L. M. Ai*in. The Evils of War deprecated. 1 While sounds of war are heard around, And death and ruin strew the ground, To thee we look, on thee we call, The Parent and the Lord of all. 24 399. OCCASIONAL. 2 O see, with what insatiate rage Thy sons their impious battles wage ; How spreads destruction like a flood, And brothers shed their brothers' blood ! 3 Great God ! whose mighty hand can bind The raging waves, the furious wind ; bid the human tempest cease, And hush the maddening world to peace ! 4 With reverence may each hostile land Hear and obey that high command, Thy Son's blest errand from above, " Let brethren live in mutual love." 399. 7 &L 5S. M. Flint. Hymn for the Celebration of American Independence. 1 Freemen, we our chartered rights Hold from men who lived the lights, And the bulwark on her heights, Of their country, stood. 2 Tyrants' threats and bribes they spurned, Back the oppressor's hosts they turned, Freedom for their sons they earned By their toils and blood. 3 Be their names immortalized, Who their life-blood sacrificed, That a boon so dearly prized They for us might win. 4 Yet in vain our freedom, Lord, Bought with blood in battle poured, If, unfranchised by thy word, We are slaves to sin. , OCCASIONAL. 400. 5 Freedom without self-control Is but leave to wreck the soul, Passion-driven on pleasure's shoal, To the future blind. 6 Freemen, then, by right of birth, Teach us, Lord, to prize the worth Of that richest gem of earth, Freedom of the mind. 400. L. M. PlERPONT. Dedication of a House of Worship. 1 O bow thine ear, Eternal One ! On thee our heart adoring calls ; To thee the followers of thy Son Have raised and now devote these walls. 2 Here let thy holy days be kept, And be this place to worship given, Like that bright spot where Jacob slept, The house of God, the gate of heaven. 3 Here may thine honor dwell ; and here, As incense, let thy children's prayer, From contrite hearts and lips sincere, Rise on the still and holy air. 4 Here be thy praise devoutly sung ; Here let thy truth beam forth to save, As when of old thy spirit hung, On wings of light, o'er Jordan's wave. 5 And when the lips, that with thy name Are vocal now, to dust shall turn, On others may devotion's flame Be kindled here, and purely burn. 40 J. . OCCASIONAL. 401. P. M. Flint. On leaving an ancient Church. 1 Here, to the High and Holy One, Our fathers early reared A house of prayer, a lowly one, Yet long to them endeared By hours of sweet communion Held with their covenant God, As oft, in sacred union, His hallowed courts they trod. 2 Gone are the pious multitudes That here kept holy time, In other courts assembled now, For worship more sublime. Their children, we are waiting In meekness, Lord, thy call ; Thy love still celebrating, Our hope, our trust, our all. 3 These time-worn walls, the resting-place, So oft, from earthly cares, To righteous souls now perfected, We leave with thanks and prayers ; With thanks, for every blessing Vouchsafed through all the past, With prayers, thy throne addressing For guidance to the last. 4 Though from this house, so long beloved, We part with sadness now, Yet here we trust with gladness soon In fairer courts to bow ; OCCASIONAL. 402. Soon, too, our souls forsaking These bodies, fallen and pale, In brighter forms awaking, With joy the change shall hail. 402. L. M. Frothingham. Ordination of a Minister. 1 O God, whose presence glows in all Within, around us, and above ! Thy word we bless-, thy name we call, Whose word is Truth, whose name is Love. 2 That truth be with the fleart believed Of all who seek this sacred place ; With power proclaimed, in peace received, — Our spirits' light, thy Spirit's grace. 3 That love its holy influence pour, To keep us meek, and make us free, And throw its binding blessing more Round each with all, and all with thee. 4 Direct and guard the youthful strength Devoted to thy Son this day ; And give thy word full course at length O'er man's defects and time's decay. 5 Send down its angel to our side ; Send in its calm upon the breast ; For we would know no other guide, And we can need no other rest. 24 403. OCCASIONAL. 403. L. M. Flint. Ordination Hymn for a new Society. 1 All-glorious Lord of heaven and earth ! When angels sung a Saviour's birth, "Glory to God ! " the song began ; It closed with "Peace and love to man ! " 2 Glory to thee we give this day, That earthly heralds still convey, What angels sung from their bright spheres, Good news to our delighted ears. 3 Eternal life they still proclaim, The gift and Giver still the same ; The same the straight and narrow way, To know thy will, and to obey. 4 Grateful, this lately gathered band Of suppliants, Lord, before thee stand, And join their pastor's heart-breathed prayer, That they may grow beneath his care. 5 Thy dews and sunshine swell the grain, Till ripened sheaves bend o'er the plain ; So be thy Spirit largely given, And souls shall ripen here for heaven. 6 All-glorious Lord of heaven and earth ! When angels sung a Saviour's birth, " Glory to God ! " the song began ; It closed with u Peace and love to man ! " OCCASIONAL. 404, 405. 404 H. M. Pratt's Col. Missionary Hymn. 1 Rise, Sun of glory ! rise, And chase the shades of night, Which now obscure the skies, And hide thy sacred light ; O chase those dreary shades away, And bring the dawning of the day ! 2 Now send thy spirit down On all the nations, Lord ! With great success to crown The preaching of thy word ; That heathen lands may own thy sway, And cast their idol gods away. 3 Then shall thy kingdom come To all our fallen race, And all the earth become The temple of thy grace ; Where pure devotion shall ascend In songs of praise till time shall end. 405. P. M. T. Moore. For a charitable Occasion. . Angel of Charity, who, from above, Comest to dwell a pilgrim here ! Thy voice is music, thy smile is love, And pity's soul is in thy tear. When on the shrine of God were laid First-fruits of all most good and fair That ever bloomed in Eden's shade, Thine was the holiest offering there. 406. OCCASIONAL. 2 Hope and her sister, Faith, were given But as our guides to yonder sky ; Soon as they reach the verge of heaven, There, lost in perfect bliss, they die. But long as Love, almighty Love, Shall on his throne of thrones abide, Thou, Charity, shalt dwell above, Smiling for ever by his side. 406. L. M. Flint. Hymn for reformed Inebriates. 1 Giver of all good gifts to man ! 'T is thine to give, by might within, What outward might nor menace can, — The will and strength to turn from sin. 2 Thou, who art love, by love dost reign O'er all above and all below ; Thy love lets down sweet mercy's chain To lift the fallen from guilt and woe. 3 Persuasive love, not penal law, Best works in man desired reform ; As winter's frost and gloom withdraw Before the sun, but brave the storm. 4 Thy love from lowest depths of vice Hath millions back to virtue won, Touched by the bleeding sacrifice And dying prayer of thy dear Son. .5 " Forgive them, Father ! who have sought Brief solace from the insidious draught, Nor of the unblest ingredient thought That drugged the poisonous cup they quaffed." OCCASIONAL. 407. Thus Pity learned from Christ to pray For all by false delights betrayed ; And grateful myriads bless the day Their vow's the plague of drunkenness stayed. 407. C. M. Flint. For Burial in a rural Cemetery. 1 O'er life's pale wrecks in loveliness These scenes shall yearly bloom, Type of the soul's ethereal dress, Heaven- wrought beyond the tomb. 2 O why, then, mourn that earth to earth, And dust to dust is given ? 'T is but the spirit's second birth, Its coronal for heaven. 3 Though dear the dust that once was warm With life the spirit gave, We dote not on the perished form That moulders in the grave. 4 We yield the body to its doom, The dust in dust to lie ; Yet we may deem, beside the tomb, The spirit hovering nigh. 5 And oft our steps shall linger near, Till, death the veil remove, And kindred spirits, sundered here, Be joined in deathless love. 408. OCCASIONAL. 408. H. M. Wesley's Col. Parting to meet again. 1 Now, Lord, we part awhile ; But still, in spirit joined, Embrace the happy toil Thou hast to each assigned ; And while we do thy blessed will, We bear our heaven about us still. 2 O let us thus go on In all thy pleasant ways ; And, armed with patience, run With joy the appointed race ! Keep us and every seeking soul, Till all attain the heavenly goal. 3 There we shall meet again, When all our toils are o'er, And death, and grief, and pain, And parting are no more, — In the new earth and heaven above, The world of righteousness and love. 4 O happy, happy day, That calls thy exiles home, When sorrows pass away, And wanderers cease to roam ! We meekly wait the soul's release, And labor to be found in peace. GENERAL WORSHIP, THANKSGIVING, AND PRAISE. 409. L. M. Watts. O. Col. Praise to our Creator. Before Jehovah's awful throne, Ye nations, bow with sacred joy ; Know that the Lord is God alone ; He can create and he destroy. PI is 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. 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 ? We '11 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. Wide as the world is thy command ; Vast as eternity thy love ; Firm as thy throne thy truth must stand, When rolling years shall cease to move. 410, 411. GENERAL WORSHIP, 410. L. M. Tate & Brady. O. Col. Let the whole Earth xcorship God. Ps. 100. 1 With one consent let all the earth To God their cheerful voices raise ; Glad homage pay with pious mirth, And sing before him songs of praise. 2 We know that he is God alone, From whom both we and all proceed, We, whom he chooses for his own, The flock which he vouchsafes to fejed. 3 O enter, then, his temple gate, Thence to his courts devoutly press ; And still your grateful hymns repeat, And still his name with praises bless ! 4 For he 's the Lord, supremely good ; His mercy is for ever sure ; His truth, which always firmly stood, To endless ages shall endure. 411. S. M. Watts. O. Col. Nature's Praise to God. 1 Almighty Maker, God ! How wondrous is thy name ! Thy glories how diffused abroad Through all creation's frame ! 2 Nature, in every dress, Her humble homage pays ; And finds a thousand ways to express Her undissembled praise. THANKSGIVING, AND PRAISE. 412. 3 Our souls would rise and sing Our great Creator, too ; Fain would our tongues adore our King, And pay the homage due. 4 Let joy and worship spend The remnant of our days, And oft to. God our souls ascend In grateful songs of praise. 412. P. M. Ogilvie. Invocation to Universal Praise. 1 Begin, my soul ! the exalted lay ; Let each enraptured thought obey, And praise the Almighty's name ; Lo, heaven, and earth, and seas, and skies In one melodious concert rise, To swell the inspiring theme ! 2 Thou heaven of heavens, his vast abode ! Ye clouds ! proclaim your Maker, God ; Ye thunders ! speak his power ; Lo, on the lightning's rapid wings, In triumph rides the King of kings ! The astonished worlds adore. 3 Ye deeps ! with roaring billows rise, To join the thunders of the skies ; Praise Him who bids you roll ; His praise in softer notes declare, Each whispering breeze of yielding air ! And breathe it to the soul. 25 415. GENERAL WORSHIP, ETC. 415. C. M. Pope. The Universal Prayer. 1 Father of all ! in every age, In every clime, adored, By saint, by savage, or by sage, The universal Lord ! 2 Thou great First Cause, least understood ! Who all my sense confined To know but this, — that thou art good, And that myself am blind ; — 3 What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me, more than hell, to shun, That, more than heaven, pursue. 4 Save me alike from foolish pride, Or impious discontent, At aught thy wisdom has denied, Or aught thy goodness lent. 5 Teach me to feel another's woe ; To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me. 6 This day be bread and peace my lot ; But all beneath the sun Thou know'st if best bestowed or not ; And let thy will be done. 7 To thee, whose temple is all space, Whose altar, earth, sea, skies, One chorus let all beings raise, All nature's incense rise. CLOSE OF WORSHIP, ASCRIPTIONS, AND SACRED AIRS. CLOSE OF WORSHIP. I. L. M. Moravian. Prayer for the Living Bread. Thy name be hallowed evermore ! God ! thy kingdom come with power ! Thy will be done ! and, day by day, Grve us our daily bread, we pray. Lord ! evermore to us be given The Living Bread that came from heaven; Water of Life on us bestow ; Thou art the Source, the Fountain thou. II. 7s. M. Anonymous. Happy Worship. 1 If 't is sweet to mingle where Christians meet for social prayer ; If 'tis sweet with them to raise Songs of holy joy and praise ; Passing sweet that state must be Where they meet eternally. 25* CLOSE OF WORSHIP. Father ! may these meetings prove Preparations for above ; While we worship in this place, May we go from grace to grace ; Till we, each in his degree, Fit for endless glory be. III. 8 & 7s. M. Wesley's Col. Close of Service. 1 Lord ! dismiss us with thy blessing ; Fill our hearts with joy and peace ; Let us each, thy love possessing, Triumph in redeeming grace. 2 Thanks we give and adoration For thy gospel's joyful sound ; May the fruits of thy salvation In our hearts and lives abound. IV. L. M. Heber. Close of Service. 1 Lord ! now we part in thy blest name, In which we here together came ; Grant us our few remaining days To work thy will and spread thy praise. 2 Teach us in life and death to bless The Lord, our Strength and Righteousness ; And grant us all to meet above ; Then shall we better sing thy love. ASCRIPTIONS. ASCRIPTIONS. I. L. M. Watts. From all that dwell below the skies Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung Through every land, by every tongue. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ! Eternal truth attends thy word ; Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more. II. L. M. Anonymous. Praise God, from whom all blessings flow ; Praise him, all creatures here below ! To God be praise and glory given By all on earth and all in heaven. III. L. M. Tate & Brady. 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. IV. C. M. ESTLIN. To God let every tongue be praise, And every heart be love, All grateful honors paid on earth, And nobler songs above. ASCRIPTIONS. V, S. M. To God, the only wise, Our Saviour and our King, Let all who dwell below the skies Their grateful praises bring. VI. H. M. Now to the King of Heaven Your cheerful voices raise ; To him be glory given, Might, majesty, and praise. Wide as he reigns, His name be sung, . By every tongue, In endless strains. VII. 7s. M. All, who vital breath enjoy, In God's praise that breath employ ! All in one great chorus join ! Praise, O praise the name Divine ! VIII. lis. M. Come, let us adore Him, come, bow at his feet ; O give Him the glory, the praise that is meet ! Let joyful hosannas unceasing arise, And join the full chorus that gladdens the skies. SACRED AIRS. SACRED AIRS. I. P. M. Anonymous. For Communion. 1 Hark ! the voice of love and mercy Sounds aloud from Calvary ; See ! it rends the rocks asunder, Shakes the earth, and veils the sky ! "It is finished ! " hear the dying Saviour cry ! 2 " It is finished ! " O what pleasure Do these precious words afford ! Heavenly blessings without measure Flow to us through Christ, our Lord. " It is finished !" saints, the dying words record ! II. lis. M. " Are they not all ministering spirits?" 1 How cheering the thought that the spirits in bliss Will bow their bright wings to a world such as this ; Will leave the sweet joys of the mansions above, To breathe o'er our bosoms some message of love ! 2 They come, on the wings of the morning they come, Impatient to lead some poor wanderer home, Some pilgrim to snatch from this stormy abode, And lay him to rest in the arms of his God. III. 8 & 7s. M. From the German. Thanksgiving Hymn. 1 Praise the Lord, when blushing morning Wakes the blossoms fresh with dew ! Praise him, when revived creation Beams with beauties fair and new ! SACRED AIRS. 2 Praise the Lord, when early breezes Come so fragrant from the flowers ! Praise, thou willow, by the brookside ! Praise, ye birds, among the bowers ! 3 Praise the Lord ! and may his blessing Guide us in the way of truth, Keep our feet from paths of error, Make us holy in our youth. 4 Praise the Lord, ye hosts of heaven ! Angels, sing your sweetest lays ! All things, utter forth his glory ! Sound aloud Jehovah's praise ! IV. P.- M. From the German. Praise ye Jehovah. 1 Praise ye Jehovah ! In loud-pealing songs come before him ; Great is his mercy ; With hearts of thanksgiving adore him ; Firm is his word ; Freely his grace is conferred ; Humbly for pardon implore him. 2 Praise ye Jehovah ! His word, like the beams of the morning, Shines on our pathway, With precept, and counsel, and warning ; Holy its light, Guiding to regions where night Never again is returning. SACRED AIRS. 3 Praise him, all nations ! 'T is he that hath crowned you with blessing ; O come before him. Your sinful transgressions confessing ! Worship the Lord, Bow to the claims of his word, Songs to his glory addressing. 4 Angels, rejoicing, Unite in the shout of salvation ; Daily and nightly, They sing to the God of creation, Worthy to reign, Keeper and Saviour of men, O'er every kingdom and nation. V. P.M. Evening Invocation. 1 Fading, still fading, the last beam is shining ; Father in heaven ! the day is declining ; Safety and innocence flee with the light, Temptation and danger walk forth with the night ; From the fall of the shade till the morning bells chime, O shield me from danger, and keep me from crime ! Father ! have mercy, through Jesus Christ our Lord ! Amen ! 2 Father in heaven ! O hear, when I call, Through Jesus Christ, who is Saviour of all ! Fainting and feeble I trust in thy might ; In doubting and darkness thy love be my light ; Let me sleep on thy breast, while the night taper burns, And wake in thine arms, when the morning returns. Father ! have mercy, through Jesus Christ our Lord ! Amen ! SACRED AIRS. VI. P. M. From the German. Song of Praise in the Night. 1 In the night Let our hearts requite The Lord, For grace free abounding ; Earth surrounding, His stars light afford Through the night. 2 O how fair Smiles does Nature bear To God ! She glows with his praises, Glory raises ; In his bright abode All is fair. 3 Mid the spheres, Praise, through circling years, Is sung To God the Creator, King of nature ; O praise him, my tongue, Endless years ! THE END. n#9B3EBHHL «^«r r*--^?