\ s - I ^ r -T v ' r f ~ r : ? -., * r , fn C "^ ^ > *^~ - r l~\ ^ -^ r <* ^i I ^ ^x 7- <: ~^x fS ^ ^^^~Q "v O \ -v^-^ l p. ,._ ^^fei " * p " c S r c s' r r f ?^ r V^ Ty D * ^, ^ .^^^ 'r o ^^^s ^**-vX ^ r ^ r ^ o: e J r ?- 2 x ? > . t S - * ? ^ r f v 9 i- S ^. r u r ^ V p; t 0_ ^ ^ r p x^x v D ^ w /^ < *-^> i? 6 ^ - - i r*^ x) f \ 2 o V ' . ^ ^- i f a r^ \ ft r, : fJ K. Pv '. r \~-< f^ t jr 1 1 r >^ 3 -, V ^\ o v. k ' >- v,^^ ^J ^ \ F r^ . ^ i o pxk N > ^ -^ Y ^ rv I o ' ^^ r ^ f ^ J; v r * r~ HYMNS WRITTEN FOR THE USE OF HEBREW CONGREGATIONS, "1 will sing unto the Lord while I live : I will sing praise unto my God while J exist." PSALM civ., v. 33. FOURTH EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED. CHARLESTON,' S. C. : PUBLISHED BY THE CONGREGATION BETH ELOHIM. A. M. 5627. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by the Hebrew Congregation BETH ELOHIM, In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States, for the District of fouth Carolina. ^, . &. C. ] EDWARD PERRV, 'PRINTER, 149 MEETING STREET. 1875. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. Hymns I. CONSECRATION HYMNS 13 II. ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.. 1. UNITY or GOD 4 5 2. IMMUTABILITY or GOD 6 3. OMNIPOTENCE 7 8 4. OMNISCIENCE 9-11 5. OMNIPRESENCE 12-13 6. DIVINE LOVE 14 7. DIVINE MEECY 15-19 8. DIVINE PROVIDENCE 20-22 9. DIVINE PROVIDENCE IN RELATION TO ISRAEL 23-26 III. THE DIGNITY AND DESTINY OF MAN. 1. MAN'S DIGNITY 27 2. MAN, THE IMAGE OF GOD 28 3. VIRTUE 29-30 4. PIETY 31-38 5. IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL 39-43 6. COMMEMORATION OF THE DEAD 44-45 442410 IV INDEX OF SUBJECTS. Hymns. JV. RELATION BETWEEN GOD AND MAN. 1. REVELATION...* 46 2. DIVINE LAW.. 47 3. RELIGION 48-51 4. DUTIES TOWARDS GOD. 1. Acquisition of the Knowledge of the Lord 52 2. Obedience to the Will of God 53-5H 3. Faith in God 57-60 4. Hope in God 61-64 5. Love of God 65 6. Gratitude towards God 66-67 7. Submission to the Will of God 68-81 * 5. DUTIES TOWAEDS OURSELVES. 1. Self-knowledge 82 2 Self-examination 83-85 3. Humility 86-89 4. Contentment 90-94 5. For the Sick 95 6. Preparation for Death 96 6. DUTIES TOWARDS OTHERS. 1. Truth 97 ^ 2. Honesty 99 3. Justice 100 4. Righteousness 101 5. Forbearance 102-105 6. Brotherly Love 106-108 7. Filial Love 109-110 8. Matrimonial Love Ill 9. Charity 112-119 V. MISCELLANEOUS HYMNS. 1. FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE 120 2. PRAYER.. ..121-124 INDEX OF SUBJECTS. V Hymns. 3. DIVINE WORSHIP 125-127 4. DEVOTION..: *! 128-1-!!' 5. PRAISE AND _ THANKSGIVING 130-141 6. MORNING 142 7. EVENING 143 8. SPRING 144 9. WINTER 145-146 10. PEACE 147-148 11. OUR COUNTRY 149 12. PENITENCE 150-1H3 VI. SABBATH HYMNS 164-177 VII. FESTIVAL HYMNS. 1. NEW YEAR (Roshe Hashanah) 178-181 2. DAY OF ATONEMENT (Yorne Hakip- pureem) 182-186 3. TABERNACLES (Succoth) 187-191 4. FEAST OF DEDICATION (Hanuccah) 192-194 5. FEAST OF ESTHER (Pureem) 195-196 6. PASSOVER (Pesach) 197-201 7. PENTECOST (Shabungoth) 202-204 VIII. CONFIRMATION HYMNS.. 205-207 ^T APPENDIX. SCHOOL HYMNS 208-210 HEBREW HYMNS pages 210-212 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Number. Page. ABOVE all honor and all praise 137 135 Affliction cometh not from dust 73 74 All living souls shall bless Thy name 136 134 Almighty God ! Thy special grace 195 190 Almighty God! we pray to Thee 210 209 Almighty God! whose will alone 11 15 A mournful lament for the dead 41 44 Arise! let the souls of the Hebrews rejoice 194 189 BEFORE the glorious orbs of light 4 7 Begin the holy hymn of praise 129 127 Between the past and future year 178 171 Blest are th' enlight'ners of mankind 50 53 Blest is the bond of wedded love Ill HO Blest is the man to whom the Lord 35 39 Bounteous Father ! by what course 115 113 By Babel's streams Thy children wept 2 5 CAST me not from Thy presence, Lord 158 154 Comfort ye, Israel ! and lift no more 186 180 Creator of the universe 163 158 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Vll Number. 1'a.n'f. DAUGHTERS of 'Israel! arise 165 160 Deep silence reigned in Isaac's tent 56 58 Descend into thyself, my soul 83 83 Despond not, my heart 76 76 Divine Disposer of events 10 14 Draw nigh, Lord! unto my soul 70 71 EARLY and late my God I seek 98 96 Eternal, almighty, invisible God 133 131 Eternal love is Thine, God 184 178 Exalted theme of human praise 156 151 Extol the King who, throned above 135 133 Exult, rny soul ! in consciousness proud 28. 33 FATHER of mercies ! on this morning 185 178 Father of nations ! Judge divine 149 144 Father! will abstinence, or prayer, or song 99 97 Fear not, fear not, Jeshurun 25 30 Formless and void creation stood 53 56 Frail, feeble, inefficient man 80 80 From my voice shall virtue's praise proceed 157 152 GATHER and worship! the first sta-r of eve... 164 159 Glorified throughout all time 7 11 Glory and praise to the bountiful Sire 138 135 Glory not in a gift so vain 52 54 Glory to God! whose outstretched hand 200 196 God dwells in light 193 188 God of my fathers ! in Thy sight 207 205 God of my fathers! merciful and just 39 43 God of power ! in Thy gift 29 34 God of the earth, the air, the sea 197 192 God of the Sabbath ! to Thy praise 170 163 God of the universe ! unfailing friend 79 79 Vlll INDEX TO FIRST LINES. Number. Page. God Supreme ! to Thee I pray 68 70 God ! to my spirit's great delight 205 202 Great Arbiter of human fate 192 186 HALLELUJAH ! praise to Thee 199 195 Hallelujah 201 197 Hallow my Sabbaths ! Will Israel respond 174 167 Happy he whom nature mouldeth 206 204 Have mercy on Thy servant, Lord 151 147 Healer of the wounded heart 74 75 Hearken not, man! to the voice of self-love.... 86 86 Hear my voice and grant my pray'r 95 94 Here at this temple's holy shrine 127 125 He spoke; and through the gloom profound 167 161 Holy and everlasting One 144 141 House of Judah, bless the Lord 139 136 How beautiful it is to see 106 104 How cold that man ! to faith how dead 20 24 How desolate thy fields and vales 187 181 How great, how pure is my delight 191 185 How long will man, in pleasure merged 32 37 How oft has man, with " heart of stone" 119 117 How sad the wintry hours seem 146 142 I LIFT mine eyes unto the hills til 63 I saw a palace proud and high 113 111 I tremble not; Thou, Lord, art nigh 13 17 I weep not now as once I wept ." 57 59 I wept when from my eager grasp 71 72 I will extol Thee, my King 19 23 I will still remain with Thee 21 25 If mortal vision may not meet 140 137 In glory, Lord ! dost Thou appear * 85 85 In God, the holy, wise, and just 9 13 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 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In harmony with heaven's peace 171 164 In holiness, eternal Lord 34 38 In perilous probation here 124 122 In the great scales of human life 90 89 Intensely radiant was thy peak. 110 108 Into the tomb of ages past 179 173 Is there within the world's wide bound 148 144 Israel! to holy numbers 3 6 It is the solemn Sabbath-day 166 160 LEADERS of Israel' arise 152 148 Let choral songs of gladness flow 46 49 Let me for present hours borrow 93 92 Let the Lord be ever praised 131 129 Let the standard of truth by Judah be planted 97 95 Let there be love : it is the light 107 105 Let thy heart for ever delight in the Lord 59 61 Let us to prayer ; it is the holy time 202 199 Lift, lift the voice of praise on high 126 124 Lo! lie sleeps and slumbers not 24 28 Look down, God ! with gracious eye 181 174 Lord! let Thy countenance now shine 75 76 Lord! my Redeemer and my Rock 38 42 Lord of the world ! when I behold 183 176 Lord! what is man, that Thou shouldst take... 51 53 Lord! when I hear Thy holy law 47 50 MAN of the world! wilt thou not pause 33 38 Many are the pains and sorrows 77 77 Morn breaks upon Moriah's height 180 173 Mournfully chant ! for our choir accords 160 155 My God, my Father, and my Guide 89 88 My God! my God* to Thee I cling 81 81 My heart is bared to Thee, Lord 182 176 X INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 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NOT lor affliction, gracious God 14 19 Now let the hand of toil suspend 172 165 O'ER all this wide and beauteous earth 17 22 Of all the virtues that we find 102 100 Of heaven's bounties let us sing 190 184 O God ! as we on nature gaze 6 9 God ! to-day our joyful song of praise 196 191 God ! to Thy paternal grace 58 60 God ! within Thy temple walls 27 32 Oh! answer me, my God ! this day 150 146 Oh! blest be he who ne'er forgets the poor 116 114 Oh! ever adverse to the scheme 103 101 Oh! fill our hearts, almighty King 208 208 Oh ! how imperfect, blind, and false 36 40 Oh! how shall man with God contend 54 57 Oh! let us mingle heart and voice 198 193 Oh ! love the Lord with all thy heart 65 67 Oh ! plaintive be the touch and tone 162 157 Oh! sad is nature's aspect now 145 141 Oh! that on morning's dewy wings 69 71 Oh! turn at meek devotion's call 31 36 Oh! what avails my destination 30 35 Oh! whence doth human happiness arise 91 90 Oh! where is he who yesterday 94 93 Oh! worship God! approach His shrine 125 123 Oh! worship not at glory's shrine 154 150 King of glory! when we contemplate 16 21 man! frail child of finite pow'rs 44 47 On dim futurity with idle aim 92 91 One God! One Lord! One mighty King 5 On Shinar's plain see Babel's tower rise 88 Thou! in whom the power dwells.* 72 73 O thou ! possest of health and bloom 96 94 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. XI Number. Page. Thou ! who, as the great Unknown 147 143 Thou ! who dwell'st in heights supernal 45 48 Thou ! whose shrine the sweetest incense bears 112 110 uncreated Holy One 132 130 Out of sorrow's depths I cry 87 87 PRAISE the Counselor supreme 188 182 Praise the Lord God, the glorious Supreme 173 166 Praise to the God of nations sing 177 170 Praise ye the Lord ! for it is good 130 128 Pray in the night, when silence and the stars... 118 116 Pray when the morn unveileth 121 119 Prepare and purify my heart ; 175 168 Princes of earth, bend lowly down 141 138 REBUKE me not, nor chasten me 60 62 Refreshed by sleep, that sovereign balm 142 139 Refuge I seek at the shrine of devotion 128 126 Rejoice in God, our mighty Rock 203 200 Remember, man, while thou art young 49 52 Rest for the Lord! The work is done 176 169 Return, Lord ! and let me be 114 112 Rude are the tabernacles now 189 183 SOURCE of Mercy, Truth, and Grace 168 162 Stranger to that pure ambition 159 154 Stretched languidly upon his couch 117 115 THE heavens, Almighty ! Thy glory declare... 37 41 The Lord, a watchful guardian, reigns 143 140 The Lord of heaven reigns 8 12 The prophet to the people said 100 98 The sun shines on with glorious light 23 28 Though faith's discordant worshipers may rear 123 121 Though I from kindred meet but scorn 62 64 Xll INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Number. Page. Though man of all the ruin hears 42 45 Though sorrows may be multiplied 55 57 To man, with reason's gift endued 67 69 To sjiiile when we on life's breakers are tossed 48 51 Through the valley of tears as we thoughtfully 43 40 Truly and tenderly should 1 108 106 UNLESS the land where ye abide 26 31 Unto Thine altar, King of kings 155 150 WE bless Thee, Lord ! as the bountiful Source 134 132 We bring not to our holy shrine 204 201 We look to Thee, ineffable King 22 27 Weeping, and loth from all she loved to part... 18 22 What cause hast thou, Israel! for tears 105 103 What painful mem'ries from the buried past.... 153 149 When Faith, too young for a sublimer creed.... 1 3 When grief on the heart has weighed 64 Oft When I remember, my God 109 108 When T would smile, remembrance brings 78 78 When light broke forth at God's command 15 20 When morning paints the eastern sky 40 44 When night from nature's kingdom flies 122 120 Wherefore Hallelujah sing 12 16 While man explores with curious eye 82 82 W 7 ho, God of glory ! shall be found 101 99 Who is that angel of the universe 120 118 Why art thou cast down, my soul 63 65 Why, heedless mortal ! dost thou fly 84 84 Why, man ! is not thy soul's desire 104 102 With ardent love and reverence deep 66 68 With grateful hearts of song and praise 209 208 With joyful heart I greet again.. : 169 163 Woe unto Zion 1 she is spoiled 161 15(> HYMNS. HYMNS. 1. CONSECBATION HYMNS.* 1 1 When Faith, too young for a sublimer creed, Her simple text from nature's volume taught, She 'wakened Melody, whose shell and reed, Though rude, upon her spirit gently wrought. But soon from sylvan altars she took wing, And music followed still the angel's flight ; Savage no more, she touched a golden string, And sung of God, in Revelation's light. Lend, lend our chords, ye seraph-pair, The soul of Jesse's son, That we may in harmonious prayer, Exalt the Holy One ! * Hymns 1, 2, and 3 were sung at the consecration of the Synagogue of the Congregation Beth Elohini, on Friday, the 26th of Adar, A. M., 5601. 2 Girt in His ligh'trimg robe, God gave the law. From trembling Sinai, to His eldest-born ; Tablets, that time from memory could not draw, A talisman in Judah's bosom worn. His spirit before thousands past, To one alone revealed ; And 'mid the thunder's awful blast, Faith's covenant was sealed. ' Him first, Him last," Him let us ever sing, Whose promise yet the Hebrew pilgrim cheers ; Who shall His wandering people once more bring Back to the glory of departed years. Bright pillar of our desert path, Through shame and scorn adored ; Thy mercy triumph's o'er thy wrath, Creator, King, and Lord ! 4 Lost is the pomp, that in the land of palms Thy regal temple on Moriah graced ; No wreathing incense here Thy shrine embalms, No cherub-plumes are round its altars placed. Our censer is the " vital urn," Our ark 's upborne by zeal ; To these. Almighty ! wilt thou turn At Israel's appeal. 5 Now, let joyous Hallelujah's ring, The fallen casts her ashes far away ; Behold another fane from ruin spring, In brighter and more beautiful array. Enter in brotherly accord God's holy dwelling-place ; Chastened in spirit and in word, There supplicate His grace. G Hear, Supreme ! our humble invocation ; Our country, kindred, and the stranger bless ! Bless, too, this sanctuary's consecration, Its hallowed purpose on our hearts impress, Still, still let choral harmony Ascend before Thy throne ; While echoing seraphim reply : The Lord our God is One ! p. M. COMFORT YE! COMFORT YE! ISAIAH, CHAP. XL., v. 1. I By Babel's streams Thy children wept ; Then mute, Israel ! was thy choir ; While as thy weary exiles slept, And on the willow hung thy lyre, A seraph's voice, soft as the dew, Fell on their dream with "Nahamoo.'' 2 No song made glad that mournful voice ; No ease was for that bruised breast, 'Till He who led thee to rejoice, Sent forth from Zion His behest ! Firm as thy faith in Him was true, Like manna fell the " Nahamoo." 3 The stranger hath usurped the seat Where, crowned with glory, blaz'd thy 6 " The flow'ry brooks thy hallow'd feet Still wash," Zion ! still remain To mark the ruin and renew The memory of the " Nahamoo." 4 God's mercies shine, a lingering beam, The pilgrim on his path to light ; From Sinai's brow, from Jordan's stream. From off'rings of the heart contrite, His promises all our hopes imbue With blessings of the " Nahamoo." j. c. L. 1 1 Israel ! to holy numbers Tune thy harp's exalting strain ; From its long entranced slumbers * Wake to life its soul again. 2 Give to song its ancient glories, Let the pealing anthems rise, Proudly to rehearse the stories Gem'd with glory from the skies. 3 Gently chaunt fair Miriam's praise, Faith sustained her heart sincere ; 'Twas her first enraptured lays, Sounding timbrils tuned to prayer. 4 Rejoicing went the welcome song, As to heaven up it rose, Sweet spirits would the sound prolong, Half awak'ning from repose. 5 Almighty God ! before this shrine Man his Maker worships free ; Oh ! bless it with Thy love divine, Fill it with Thy charity. 6 God is eternal and alone ! Humbly let us bend the knee, While seraph's guard His sacred throne, Linking immortality. c. M. II. ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 1. UNITY OF GOD. (ADONE NGOLAM.) 1 Before the glorious orbs of light Had shed one blissful ray, In awful power the Lord of might Reigned in eternal day. 2 .At His creative, holy word, The voice of nature spoke ; Unnumber'd worlds, with one accord, To living joys awoke. 3 Then was proclaimed the mighty King, In majesty on high ; Then did the holy creatures sing His praises through the sky. 4 All merciful in strength he reigns, Immutable, Supreme ; His hand the universe sustains. He only can redeem. 5 He is the mighty God alone, His presence fills the world ; He will- forever reign, the One, Eternal, only Lord ! 8 6 Almighty, powerful and just, Thou art my God, my friend ! My rock, my refuge, and my trust, On Thee my hopes depend. 7 Oh ! be my guardian whilst I sleep, For thou didst lend me breath ; And when I wake my spirit keep, And save my soul in death. D. N. c. 1 One God! One Lord! One mighty King ! In unity will Judah sing ; Transmitting e'er from sire to son The truth that God is only One. 2 Thee, Sov'reign of the universe, Through ages, 'mid all sects diverse, The Hebrew child is taught to praise, To lisp Thy name, and learn Thy ways. 3 To Thee alone, when life recedes, The dying Israelite still pleads ; In One Redeemer, God, and guide His fleeting spirit doth confide. 4 Centre and Source of truth sublime] The sun is but a lamp of time, A transient spark by mercy fed, That man might up to Thee be led. 5 Thy law is that eternal Light, That dawning first on Horeb's height, Still deigns on Israel to shine, A proof of grace and love divine. 6 It penetrates the stubborn heart, And purifies its sinful part, The voice of God, Jndah ! hear, And fix His law for ever there. 2. IMMUTABILITY OF GOD. PSALM xc. ? 1 God ! as we on nature gaze, We see through all her mighty maze, The spirit of mutation ; Thou art alone with power endued To triumph o'er vicissitude ; Thou knowest no variation. Stars disappear From heaven's sphere, Yet Thou art there ! Seas shrink to rills,. High rocks to hills ; Such change but nature's law fulfills. 2 Exhaustless Source of countless suns ! Thy voice to earth's unheeding ones This mandate e'er resoundeth : Alike ye abject and august, Sink, downward sink, to kindred dust, Where death his empire foundeth. God of the spheres ! A thousand years One day appears To Thee, whose hand The heavens spanned, And worlds on worlds stupendous planned. 3 We are as flowers of the mead, Bearing corruption's fatal seed Within our heart's recesses ; 10 But, oh ! believe the truth we sing, To soul and blossom conies a spring. That vivifies and blesses. Each hath its tears, Each tribute bears Of sweets or prayers ; But man, whose mind G-od's image shrined, Shall place among immortals find. 4 Behold the grass with dew-drops decked Canst thou in its green spires detect Aught that decay portendeth ? Yet look, at eve, on each young blade That in the beams of morning played, Cut down with dust it blendeth. Type of man's fate ! With youth elate His mortal date Remote appears : 'Till waning years Wither the verdure life first bears. 5 Three-score how small a part is this, Of ages cast in that abyss Where time his victims hideth ; That tomb of many yesterdays, From which a voice proceeds and says To those whom reason guideth : From this our grave, Ye fair and brave, Your morroivs save Lest by neglect These two are wrecked, And buried 'neath oblivion's wave. 11 6 Then count the moments as they pass, Shining or dark, from time's sand-glass, Ere they depart for ever ; From each some blessed thought extract, To each attach some godly act, Or virtuous endeavor. Then shall no change Your peace derange, Your souls estrange From that great guide Who rules the tide, , That past from future doth divide. 7 Immutability is Thine, Creator, King, and Lord divine, In whom perfection dwelleth ! Oh ! bring us nearer to Thy throne, Let us from angels catch the tone That of thy glory telleth. Oh ! bless the meek Who daily seek Thy praise to speak ; Whose efforts blend, Faith to extend In Thee, man's never-changing Friend ! p. M. 3. OMNIPOTENCE. 1 1 Glorified throughout all time, Be the name of God supreme ! Who in heaven reigned sublime, Ere creation felt His beam. 2 He the world's foundation laid By His strength of will alone ; 12 Suns and stars around him played, Catching splendor from His throne. 3 Nature, .at His bidding, brought Atoms into elements ; Works of beauty then were wrought, Worthy of Omnipotence. 4 Mountains towered high and vast, Seas from viewless caverns gushed, Infant winds serenely passed, Flowers into being blushed. 5 Tenants of the air and deep, Animals that tread the ground, Insect tribes that o'er it creep, Were to life and order bound. 6 Man, at last, God's spirit felt Glowing warmly in his soul ; Earth before a sov'reign knelt, And acknowledged his control. 7 With this spark of light divine, Shining o'er the breast within, Mortal, on ! what shame is thine. When thou fallest into sin. p. M. O 1 The Lord of heaven reigns, Eternal and sublime ; All limit he disdains Of power, space, or time. 2 Though ages take their flight, No change in Him it makes, Whose raiment is the light, Whose voice in thunder speaks. 13 3 Stars with His essence fraught, In harmony unite, To praise the Hand that wrought The orbs of day and night. 4 As ocean ebbs and flows, Swayed by its viewless guide, In tempest or repose, God still is glorified. 5 Lord ! let me not fail In trials of the soul ; Let perfect faith prevail, And pious self-control. 6 Desert not Thy frail charge, But with a father's care My heart and mind enlarge, To bear and to forbear. p. M. 4. OMNISCIENCE. Q 1 In God, the holy, wise, and just, From childhood's tender years, Have I reposed with perfect trust My worldly hopes and fears. 2 From every page that time has turned, Since that bright season fled, Some useful lesson have I learned, Some striking moral read. 3 The prize ambition keenly sought, A worthless bauble proved ; The web of gold by av'rice wrought, A mighty Hand removed. 14 4 No self-exalting scheme can man, Unknown to God, project ; No dark device the sland'rer plan, Which He will not detect. 5 In vain would evil-doers hope His scrutiny to fly ; Nought passes beneath heaven's cope, Unnoticed by His eye. 6 Oh ! should my term of life exceed Frail man's allotted days, In age to Mercy would I plead For strength my God to praise. p. M. 4 A 1 Divine Disposer of events ! To whom all praise belongs ; Each attribute of Thine presents A theme for countless songs. 2 Though mortal years were multiplied A thousand thousand fold ; Yet time would scarcely be supplied, Thy powers to unfold. 3 How shall a feeble, finite mind Of Thine omniscience sing? Wisdom for this no words can find, And melody no string. 4 In timid tones if angels speak Of Thee, all-knowing God ! How T then shall man, minute and weak, Thy excellencies laud ? 5 All heights and depths in nature's bound Are visible to Thee, 11 15 The lofty heart, the mind profound, The mountain and the sea. 6 No eye but Thine, eternal King ! Can penetrate the grave ; No hand but Thine from thence can bring The soul Thy grace will save. 7 Oh ! let us then in virtue's scale Strive ever to ascend, And find, beyond this tearful vale, An everlasting Friend. p. M. GENESIS, CHAP, xvi., v. 13. 1 Almighty God ! whose will alone Sufficed the world to fabricate ; Whose comprehensive glance is thrown O'er every empire, realm and state : How from Thy ever-searching eye, Can man the heart's dominion hide ? Where passions among virtues lie, As reptiles among flowers glide. 2 Father of mercies ! aid my soul Its failings to eradicate ; Let truth its every thought control, Its every feeling elevate. Fearless before Thee let me stand, Lord ! in conscious rectitude ; And feel, when human deeds are scanned, That mine with favor shall be viewed. p. M. 16 5. OMNIPRESENCE. 1 Wherefore Hallelujah sing, thou who knowest not Where an omnipresent King May by thy soul be sought? Canst thou fix the point or place That His spirit holdeth ? Earth and heaven, time and space, In His grasp He foldeth. 2 Dust-born atom ! look above, Where lustrous worlds are shrined Ask, if all-pervading Love, To these His light confined ? Let proud ocean's voice attest, (Though fathomless to man,) If ubiquity may rest Within its mighty span. 3 Ask of the blast that rendeth The forest's sylvan robe, Whether it comprehendeth The Kuler of the globe ? Turn from living elements To those by death dissolved ; Ever-present Providence ! Art Thou in these involved ? 4 All repeat as they respond : "What can the boundless hold? ' Answered from the world beyond : " Naught of a finite mould ! " Yet by whirlwinds, stars and seas, The Lord is magnified ; Shall not human praise then please Our omnipresent Guide ? 17 5 Oh ! then let no emotion By which the heart is swayed, Prevent that deep devotion, That should to G-od be paid. Social life and solitude Alike shall prompt the prayer, That faith, hope, and gratitude Before His throne shall bear. p. M. -i 9 1 I tremble not ! Thou, Lord, art nigh, ^-^ All-knowing and all-seeing ! To Tkee, disconsolate, I fly, Kind Gkiardian of my being. From infancy to age mature, Thee only did my soul adore. 2 To ev'ry evil that annoys, To every trial fearful, Thou bringest some light counterpoise, To make earth's vale less tearful. But, oh ! how few interpret right, Either the blessing or the blight. 3 Sad consciousness have I, alas ! Of sinful meditation ; O'er which Omniscience cannot pass Without stern reprobation. Yet doubt shall not my faith debase, That sets no limit to Thy grace. 4 Self-kindled, Thine intelligence The universe enlightens ; Arid darkness, e'en the most intense, To mid-day splendor brightens. Guilt vainly seeks nocturnal shades, Since naught Thy mighty grasp evades. 18 5 A sinner's cry, a seraph's call, Alternate Thou attendest ; A flower's rise, an empire's fall, In one survey Thou blendest. All nature 'neath Thy glance expands, But who Thine essence understands ? 6 " Show me Thy glory ? ' said the seer, Who Sinai's law attested ; " In graciousness will I appear Before Thee manifested." Thus did the voice of God proclaim, Goodness and glory were the same. 7 Invisibly He passeth by His children every hour, Who from devotion's rock descry His majesty and power ; But none among the living seen May contemplate His awful mien. 8 Yet through my spirit, oft I see His countenance all beaming ; When charity, by His decree, Worth is from want redeeming: And man, most like his Maker, shows When this pure love within him glows, 9 I tremble not my heart to bare Before Thee, Judge eternal ! Whose hand will dry contrition's tear, With tenderness paternal. Whose mercy hath to mortals given Promise and foretaste of Thy heaven. P. M. 19 6. DIVINE LOVE. j \ 1 Not for affliction, gracious God ! Sons of dust didst Thou create Blossoms on Thy penal rod, Its keen strokes to mitigate. 2 Buds of joy and thorns of sorrow On the tre ; e of life arise.; Care to-day, content to-morrow, Thus human lot diversifies. 3 Upon the verge of midnight's skies, Dawn's silver herald gleams ; So hope, that on grief's border lies, The heart from gloom redeems. 4 And as night's silence, deep and drear, By morning's voice is broken, So is the stillness of despair, By words that faith had spoken. -5 Winter, inclement and unkind, Yet guards the sleeping flowers, "That spring on its return may find These smiling in her bowers. 6 Adversity's most bitter day From us this world estrangeth ; But for the soul prepares the way To one that never changeth. 7 The thunder-clouds of war contain Elements of peace serene, That brings a rainbow back again, Where martial storm had been. 8 Meek faith converts the couch of pain Into a bed of roses ; 20 For there we moral vigor gain, To bear what Grod disposes. 9 The soul there breaks it carnal shell, Impatient for that station Where saints and seraphs ever dwell, The kingdom of salvation. 10 A God, a Father, holds the scale That good and ill comprises ; Oh ! then let trust in Him prevail, Which e'er of these arises. p. M. 7. DIVINE MERCY. GENESIS, CHAP, ix., v. 13. 1 1 When light broke forth at Grod's command, It brightened ocean, air and land, 'Twas then that clouds, and shells, and flowers Caught vivid colors from its showers. 2 But soon the earth waxed bold in guilt, Defiling shrines by virtue built ; Proud man pursued his evil course, Unchecked by reason or remorse. 3 No ray of light creation cheered ; Skies black as mortal sin appeared ; Then burst the deluge o'er the doomed, And wrath divine a world entombed. 4 Behold ! upon the wings of light, Tremble the rain-drops large and bright ; And, lo ! the tears of recent storm Have taken Mercy's radiant form. 21 5 The bow, the covenant, the token, The promise never to be broken, Expands in beauty o'er the sod, Where Noah rears a shrine to God. p. M. 4 1 King of glory ! when we contemplate Thy majesty and our mean estate ; Thy purity, that by the angels seen, Makes even their bright spirits seem unclean. How wondrously benign dost Thou appear, O'er mortals to extend a father's care ! 2 Oh ! were it not for mercy such as Thine, How could the conscious sinner seek Thy shrine ? How hope for grace, when long arrears of sin Recorded stand upon the soul within ? But Thou, Lord ! with clemency divine, Wilt not the guilty to despair consign. 3 Who more than Judah can this truth attest ? To whom hath goodness been more manifest? Though from the prophet's harp he proudly turned, And inspiration's warning music spurned ; Through ages he to Heaven's promise clings, And far from Zion of salvation sings. 4 Beneath the pressure of a thousand ills, One hope the heart of every Hebrew thrills, That he may yet prove worthy of Thy love, And by repentance ling'ring wrath remove; The frown of Justice change to Mercy's smile, Blest as an Israelite devoid of guile, p. M. -1 ^ 1 O'er all this wide and beauteous earth, * * One God immortal reigns His glory, truth, and unity . Link'd by eternal chains. 2 Let angels join in holy song, Around His heav'nly throne, And mortals, with undying hope, Look up to Him alone. 3 The gratitude of ev'ry heart Its incense bears to Thee, Ruler of the starry sky, The earth and boundless sea ! 4 Thy mercy shines divinely bright, A mild, yet glowing beam, And ev'ry soul that worships Thee, In love wilt Thou redeem. 5 Thy blessings fall like morning dews, To cheer each troubled breast ; Thy presence o'er the universe For ever is confessed. 6 'Tis Thou canst calm the angry waves, And still the tempest's roar, Almighty God ! whose glory gilds Eternity's bright shore. c. M. c. GENESIS, CHAP. xxi. A O 1 Weeping, and loth from all she loved to part, Stood Hagar, trembling at her Lord's decree ; And, oh ! how like a desert was her heart, When from His gentle presence urged to flee. 19 23 2 But Sarah's looks, full of indignant scorn, The truth to her foreboding soul revealed; Forth with her infant son she fled forlorn, And to his /Sire above for aid appealed. 3 Her scanty bread and beverage are spent, Yet Ishmael sleeps unconscious of her pain ; A cry of agony to God is sent : "Would that the child would never wake again !" 4 The earth grows brighter where the mo- ther stands, A hand divine arrests her falling tears ; A cloud of glo^ry gilds the burning sands, And a celestial voice the mourner cheers. 5 "Arise and drink of yonder balmy well ! Nor from the wilderness henceforward roam ; Father of nations here the lad shall dwell, With freedom blest for ages yet to come." 6 Oh, ever Bountiful ! forsake us not, When driven forth to wander through life's waste ; But cheer with beams of love each barren .spot, And let us of the spring of mercy taste. P. M. PSALM CXLV. 1 I will extol Thee, my King ! Thy holiness proclaim ; And earth with ev'ry voice shall sing, The glories of Thy n^ime. 24 2 Thy tender mercies brightly shine, Immortal is Thy pow'r ; Thy love a beaming ray divine, That lights each passing hour. 3 The mem'ry of Thy goodness still Shall grateful hearts pervade ; Thy majesty and glory will For ever be displayed. 4 The eyes all shall wait on Thee, For perfect are Thy ways ; And pious hearts united be, Maker ! in Thy praise. c. M. c. 8. DIVINE PROVIDENCE. 20 How cold that man ! to faith how dead ! Who, having nature's volume read, Finds not, from first to last, % Some truth that to his moral sense Proves an eternal Providence A present, future, past. 2 Below the brute that being ranks, Who fails to render grateful thanks, When he creation scans ; Where mountains lift their heads sublime, Gray witnesses from elder time, Of Wisdom's mighty plans. 3 Where forests wave and oceans flow, And light sheds an impartial glow, Like that of Mercy's rays ; Where gentle flowers yield their sweets, And ev'ry warbling bird repeats. Instinctive notes of praise. 21 25 4 Yet such there are in human kind, Whose souls to worldly claims resigned, With apathy behold, Not only blossoms, hills and streams, But heaven with its starry beams Of incorruptive gold. 5 Blind pilgrims thes'e who grope their way, Without a guide their steps to sway, Until a sudden fall Reminds them, when perhaps too late, Of those vicissitudes of fate Which for religion call. 6 Oh ! then will startled conscience seek Peace with an angry God to make, And lips will move in prayer ; Gracious and long-enduring Lord ! Pardon e'en then wilt Thou accord, If man but proves sincere. p. M. PSALM LXXVII. 1 I will still remain with Thee, My God ! in each vicissitude ; Though misfortune compass me, My trust shall never be subdued. Father ! to Thy hand I cling, Seeking refuge 'neath Thy w^ing. 2 When some bold inquirer asks : Whom callest thou a gracious master ? Is it love that overtasks ? Is it grace that brings disaster? Silencing the scoffer's strain, Faithful still do I remain. 26 3 Once again the scorner speaks : Why should the transgressor flourish ? Him who every statute breaks, Why should Heaven's bounty nourish? Fool ! the sun matures the seeds, Both of flowers and of weeds. 4 But beyond life's little hour, Memory the blossom shieldeth ; For each leaflet of the flower Still a grateful odor yieldeth ; Whilst noxious plant, decayed, Scentless in the dust is laid. 5 Thus embalmed, each spirit pure, By remembrance e'er is cherished ; Where is then the evil doer ? Where the place on which he perished ? Let oblivion answer this, From its dark and dread abyss. 6 Lord ! to Thee will I adhere, Though condemned in grief to languish; Though the whole of my career May be spent in tears and anguish. See I not a better land ? Hold I not a Father's hand ? 7 Source of light and purity ! Living, let truth my mind illume ; God of all futurity ! Unlock the portals of my tomb. Let my soul the blessing gain, With Thee ever to remain. p. M. '27 1 We look to Thee, ineffable King ! Whose spirit dust could organize, Into each bright and beauteous thing, That in the globe's wide compass lies; Paternal, providential Lord ! We look to Thee and praise accord. 2 We look to Thee, protective Power, Whose beauty for no claimant waits ; But freely flowing every hour, Thy children's wants anticipates. To satisfy our soul's desire, We look to Thee, almighty Sire ! 3 We look to Thee when sorrow's season Covers with frost the head and heart ; When suffering from social treason, Friend after friend we see depart. Thus desolate, God ! above, We look to Thee alone for love. 4 We look to Thee when feeling gaineth Mastery o'er the moral sense ; When curb and counsel it disdaineth, By reason brought for its defence. From this dread trial to be free, Searcher of hearts ! we look to Thee. 5 We look to Thee when we discover Death's shadow on our pathway rest ; When all life's interests are over, That once elated or depressed. A better, brighter world to see, Saviour and Lord ! we look to Thee. P. M. 28 9. DIVINE PROVIDENCE IN RELATION TO ISRAEL. 1 The sun shines on with glorious light, And smiles upon this world of ours ; The moon with lustre soft and bright, On earth her silver radiance pours. 2 'Tis God who wreathes the brow of night, With bands of burning, glitt'ring stars ; 'Tis God, with endless power and might, Who moves the morning's golden bars. 3 And He, through all these works sublime, Looks down upon a favored race ; For Israel, from creation's time, Dwelt 'neath the wing of heavenly grace. 4 The light divine of holy love Still sheds on Judah's broken band A halo beaming from above, And kindled by th' Almighty's hand. C. M. c. Lo ! He sleeps and slumbers not, Israel's God and Guide ! Then, w r hatever be thy lot, In Him thy hope confide. To Him be all thy heart resigned, Whose hands alone its wounds can bind. Oh, fear not ! But trust to His paternal care, All that on earth to thee is dear ; Never from remembrance blot : Omnipotence slumbers not. 2 Lo ! it sleeps and slumbers not, The providence of heaven ! But has watched o'er every spot, To which thou hast been driven. Special hath been the protection Of the race of its election. Tremble not ! But ever to his will conform, Whose word can tranquilize the storm. Who (oh ! be it ne'er forgot,) Ever present, slumbers not. 3 Lo ! they sleep and slumber not, God's transcendent powers ! These all radiant beauties wrought, From stars, and gems, and flowers, Brighter than all, man's spirit made, In His similitude array 'd. Despond not ! Love, that nature animated, Will defend what it created ; Rock, worm, bud, in wisdom brought. Say : God's power slumbers not ! 4 Lo ! it sleeps and slumbers not, That deep abiding love ! With forbearing patience fraught, That man's remorse should move. That mightiest of attributes, Which evil into good transmutes. Oh, weep not ! For in this charity divine, Thou hast a token and a sign, That whate'er G-od may allot, His compassion slumbers not. 30 5 Lo ! it sleeps and slumbers not, God's equity supreme ! That casts in every mortal's lot A shadow and a beam. Whose bolt retributive descends On him who 'gainst His law offends. Yet, doubt not That he who acts a righteous part, Will rest upon his Father's heart, When that kingdom shall be sought, Where pure justice slumbers not. 6 Lo ! it sleeps and slumbers not, That all pervading gra'ce, That in palace and in cot, Leaves its benignant trace ; Whose radiations mild are thrown, Unceasingly from zone to zone. Oh ! linger not, Thou wanderer from virtue's way. To Providence contritely pray, Mercy ne'er is vainly sought ; Judah's Guardian slumbers not. P. M. ISAIAH, CHAP. XLIV. 1 Fear not, fear not, Jeshurun, My own, my chosen treasure ! Blessings are for thy offspring won, Yea, mercies without measure. 2 Like willows by the water-course, Ye righteous servants flourish ; My spirit, the unfailing source, That Jacob's seed shall nourish. 31 3 Idols of earth usurp my praise, Beware, cherished nation ! Lest ye your hearts in homage raise, To (rod's abomination. 4 "I am the first, I am the last ;" Woe to the bold blasphemer ! Who shall some monstrous image east, And call it his Redeemer. 5 Beneath the firmament's broad cope, Bear witness as ye gather, That I alone am Israel's Hope, His Judge, his King, his Father. P. M. PSALM cxxvii. O/? 1 Unless the land where ye abide, ^^ The care of Heaven boasts, Falsely to watchmen ye confide The safety of its coasts. 2 Except the Lord will fortify The fabrics ye erect, Vain are the pillars, strong and high, Of mortal architect. * 3 Whether, Judah ! ye sojourn In deserts, towns, or tents, To God, as to your fortress, turn Your tower of defence. 4 On land and sea, enslaved or free, Sis name alone extol ; Who is, who was, and e'er shall be, Guardian and King of all. p. M. 32 III. MAN'S JMUNITY AND DESTI- NATION. . 1. MAN'S DIGNITY. 1 Go.l ! wiUiin Thy temple-walls, Li;jli! my Hpiril :md free, l!e;_';irdle;->; of those worldly cull;-', Tliiit, wit hdr;i,w if of!, from Thee. K:ii!h to the proudest whispers : Here Kich.-s ;i ,re but rii/hicou;- dcrds, And lie who dries ;i, liiiin;iii fc;if, Ne'er to mercy vainly ]>le;id.s. '2 <';in HOJTOW at Thy altnr r;iie Tin; voice, of Umciitiil ion y Oh, no! its plaint is cliiiMi/rd l,u pr;usc v Il.i-'.M-^l, io Itcsi^iuiLiori. To n;ni ; Ldit, ;dl liiiiniMi evil slii'iido\'.' ;dl oi IK-I-H rated : WiUi Thee, Creator t y o commune, In tempi ew consecrated; Tluii. when life's boundary is |>:. More glorious st.ill ;i|>p";i i Since :-;inct ini.ry, we n,t Find in celestial 4 Where no distinction shall be I>efwccn imiiiori;i I hc;i,v'n horn, A nd : pirifs t h;il , hy virtue crowned, ()nce the eh:i,ins of cii.rth li;i,ve woj-n. Mercilul l ( 'al IHT ! ]n;ty Tliy child ( 'hum I his ]>nvile