FROM THE LIBRARY OF REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON. D. D. BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO THE LIBRARY OF PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY so8 6^/. 7 V EGIN, my soul, the lofty strain; X) In solemn accents sing A sacred hymn of grateful praise To heav'n's almighty King. 2 Ye curling fountains, as ye roll Your silver waves along, Whisper to all your verdant shores The subject of my song. 3 Retain it long, ye echoing rocks, The sacred sound retain, And from your hollow winding caves Return it oft again. 4 Bear it, ye winds, on all your wings, To distant climes away. And round the wide-extended world The lofty theme convey. 5 Take the glad burden of his name, Ye clouds, as you arise. Whether to deck the golden morn, Or shade the ev'ning skies. 6 Let harmless thunders roll along 7he smooth ethereal plain. And answer from the crystal vault, To ev'ry bounding strain. 7 Long let it warble round the spheres, And echo thro' the sky; Praise to God, 43 Let angels, with immortal skill, Improve the harmony: 8 Whilst we, with sacred rapture fir'd, The great Creator sing. And utter consecrated lays To heav Vs eternal King. 55. Long Metre. Dyer. Hymn to the Deity, 1 r^ RE ATE ST of beings, source of life, vJT Sov'reign of air, and earth, and sea! All nature feels thy pow'r, and all A silent homage pay to thee. 2 Wak'd by thy hand, the morning sun Pours forth to thee its earlier rays. And spreads thy glories as it climbs; While raptur'd worlds look up and praise. 3 The moon, to the deep shades of night. Speaks the mild lustre of thy name; While all the stars, that cheer the scene. Thee, the great Lord of light proclaim. 4 And groves, and vales, and rocks, and hills, And ev'ry flow'r, and ev'ry tree. Ten thousand creatures, warm with life. Have each a grateful song for thee. 5 But man was form'd to rise to heav'n; And, blest with reason's clearer light. He views his Maker through his works. And glows with rapture at the sight. 44 Praise to God, 6 Nor can the thousand songs that rise. Whether from air, or earth, or sea, So well repeal Jehovah's praise, Or raise such sacred harmony. 56. Long Metre. "VV^atts. Universal praise* 1 T EHOVAH! 'tis a glorious word; J O may it dwell on evVy tongue! But saints, who best have known the Lord, Are bound to raise the noblest song. 2 High on a throne his glories dwell, An awful throne of shining bliss! Fly through the world, O sun, and tell, How dark thy beams compar'd to his. 3 Awake, ye tempests, and his fame In sounds of dreadful praise declare; And the sweet whisper of his name Fill ev'ry gentler breeze of air. 4 Let clouds, and winds, and waves agree. To join their praise with blazing fire; Let the firm earth, and rolling sea, In this eternal song conspire. 5 Ye flow'ry plains, proclaim his skill; Valleys, lie low before his eye; And let his praise from ev'ry hill Rise tuneful to the neighboring sky. ^ Praise to God* 45 6 Mortals, can you refrain your tongue, While nature all around you sings? O for a shout from old and young, From humble swains and lofty kings! 7 Wide as his vast dominion lies, Make the Creator's name be known; Loud as his thunder shout his praise. And sound it lofty as his throne. 57. Proper Metre. Watts. The same subject, 1 XT' E tribes of Adam, join JL With heav'n, and earth, and seas, And offer notes divine To your Creator's praise. Ye holy throng Of angels bright. In worlds of light. Begin the song. 2 Thou sun with dazzling rays. And moon that rul'st the night. Shine to your Maker's praise, With stars of twinkling light. His pow'r declare, Ye floods on high. And clouds that fly In empty air. 3 The shining worlds above In glorious order stand, 46 Praise to God, Or in swift courses move By his supreme command.. He spake the word. And all their frame From nothing came To praise the Lord. i 4 He mov'd their mighty wheels In unknown ages past; And each his word fulfils While time and nature last. In difFVent ways His works proclaim His wondrous name, And speak his praise. 58. Short Metre. Watts. Universal praise* 1 T ET ev'ry creature join JLi To praise th' eternal God;" Ye heav'nly hosts, the song begin, And sound his name abroad. 2 Thou sun with golden beams, And moon with paler rays, Ye starry lights, ye twinkling flames, Shine to your Maker's praise. 3 He built those worlds above. And fix'd their wondrous frame; By his command they stand, or move, And ever speak his name. Praise to God, Ai*J Ye vapours, when ye rise, Or fall in show'rs, or snow. Ye thunders, murm'ring round the skies, His pow'r and glory show. Wind, hail, and flashing fire, Agree to praise the Lord, When ye in dreadful storms conspire To execute his word. By all his works above His honours be exprest; But they who taste his wondrous love Should sing his praises best* 59. Long Metre. Williams's Collection. The same subject, CELESTIAL worlds! your Maker's name Resound through ev'ry shining coast: Our God a nobler praise will claim, Where he unfolds his glories most. Stupendous globe of flaming day! Praise him in thy sublime career; He struck from night thy peerless ray. Gave thee thy path, and guides thee there. Ye starry lamps, to whom 'tis giv'n Night's sable horrors to illume. Praise him who hung you high in heav'n, With vivid fires to gild the gloom. 48 Praise to God. 4 Lightnings, that round th' Eternal play! Thunders, that from his arm are hurlM! The grandeur of your God convey, Blazing, or bursting on the world. 5 From clime to clime, from shore to shore, Be the almighty God ador'd: He made the nations by his pow'r. And rules them with his sov'reign word. 6 At once let nature's ample round To God the vast thanksgiving raise: His high perfection knows no bound, But fills the immensity of space. 60. Proper Metre. Ogilvie. The same subject. 1 "O EGIN, my soul, th' exalted lay, X) Let each enraptur'd thought obey, And praise the almighty name; Letheav'n, and earth, and seas, and skies, In one harmonious concert rise. To swell the glorious theme. 2 Ye angels, catch the joyful sound. While all th' adoring throngs around His wondrous mercy sing; Let all who fill the realms above Awake the tuneful soul of love. And touch the sweetest string. Praise to God, 49 3 Thou heav'n of heav'ns, his vast abode. Ye clouds, proclaim your Maker, God; Ye thunders, speak his pow'r: Lo! on the lightning's gleamy wing In triumph rides th' eternal King; Th' astonish'd worlds adore. 4 Ye deeps, whose roaring billows rise To join the :hunders of the skies. Praise him, who bids you roll; His praise in softer notes declare. Each whisp'ring breeze of yielding air, And breathe it to the soul. 5 Wake, all ye feather'd throngs, and sing; Ye cheerful warblers of the spring, Harmonious anthems raise To him who shap'd your finer mould. Who tipp'd your glitt'ring wings with gold. And tun'd your voice to praise. 6 Let man, by nobler passions sway'd, The feeling heart, the judging head, In heav'nly praise employ; Spread the Creator's name around. Till heav'ns extended arch rebound The general burst of joy. 61. Proper Metre. Williams's Collection. The same subject, 1 /^ FOR a hymn of universal praise! ^J Its Maker's name let ev'ry creature raise: E 50 Praise to God. Ye lofty heav'ns, begin the solemn sound. And let it spread the wide creation round. 2 Bless him, thou sun, great ruler of the day, Before whose splendors thine must fade away; To him the honours paid to thee restore, And teach mankind thy Maker to adore. 3 Ye moon and stars, who, with more feeble light, Break thro' the shades and gild the gloom of night, Far as you can diffuse your feeble rays. Tell his great name and propagate his praise, 4 Let mists and clouds and meteors all con- spire In this blest work, and help to fill the choir: While loud his praises foaming billows roar. And seas resound his name from shore to shore. 5 Ye fertile plains, display your gayest pride. Ye valleys, to his honour low subside; And at his call, ye mountains, stately rise. And bear his praises to the neighb'ring skies. 6 Loud as his thunders let his praises sound. From heav'n to earth, from world to world rebound; Let art and n.aure in the song conspire, And the whale world become one sacred choir. Praise to God. 51 62. Common Metre. Mrs. Rowe. Praise from all nature, 1 T^HE glorious armies of the sky A To thee, almighty King! Harmonious anthems consecrate, And hallelujahs sing. 2 But still their most exalted flights Fall vastly short of thee: How distant then must human praise From thy perfections be! 3 Yet how, great God! shall we refrain, When, to our 'raptur'd sense. Each creature in its various ways Displays thine excellence? -i The brilliant lights that shine above, In bright magnificence. Reveal their mighty Maker's praise With silent eloquence. 5 The blushes of the morn confess That thou art much more fair; When in the east its beams revive. To gild the fields of air. 6 The fragrant, the refreshing breath Of ev'ry flow'ry bloom. In balmy whispers owns from thee Their pleasing odours come. 7 The warbling birds, the hollow winds^ And waters murm'ring fall, 52 Praise to God. To praise the First Almighty cause. With different voices call. 8 Thy numerous works exalt thee thus. And shall man silent be? Np, rather let us cease to breathe Than cease from praising thee. 63. Common Metre. Jervis. Praise the peculiar duty of man. 1 T ORD of the world's majestic frame! I ^ Stupendous are thy ways; Thy various works declare thy name. And all resound thy praise. 2 The heav'ns thy matchless skill display, With all the stars of light; The splendid sun that rules the day, The silver moon by night. 3 And while those radiant orbs of light. That shine from pole to pole. In silent harmony unite To praise thee as they roll; 4 Oh! shall not we of human race, The glorious concert join? Shall not the children of thy grace Attempt the theme divine? 5 Not all the feeble notes of time Can show forth God's high praise; Nor all the noblest strains sublime That earth or heav'n can raise. , Praise to God. 53 Yet this shall be our best employ, Thro' life's uncertain days; And in the realms of boundless joy, Eternal be thy praise. 64. ■ Long Metre. Watts. Desiring" to praise God. E thou exalted, O my God! *B Above the heav'ns where angels dwell: Thy pow'r on earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders tell. 2 My heart is fix'd; my song shall raise Immortal honours to thy name: Awake, my tongue, to sound his praise, My tongue, the glory of my frame! 3 In thee, my God! are all the springs Of boundless love, and grace unknown: All the rich blessings nature brings. Are gifts descending from thy throne. 4 High o'er the earth thy mercy reigns, And reaches to the utmost sky: Thy truth to endless years remains. When lower worlds dissolve and die. 5 Be thou exalted, O my God! Above the heav'ns where angels dwell: Thy pow'r on earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders tell. E2 54 Praise to God. 65. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. Everlasting praise, Y God! my King! to thee I'll raise *M My voice, and all my pow'rs: Unwearied songs of sacred praise Shall fill the circling hours. 2 Thy name shall dwell upon my tongue. While suns shall set and rise; And tune my everlasting song, When all creation dies. PART III. The JVorks of God celebrated. &&. Common Metre. Watts. The creation of the world. 1 T ET heav'n arise, let earth appear, X-i Said the Almighty Lord; The heav'ns arose, the earth appear'd At his creating word. 2 Thick darkness brooded o'er the deep: God said, Let there be light! The light shone forth with smiling ray, And scatter'd ancient night. 3 He bade the clouds ascend on highj The clouds ascend, and bear A wat'ry treasure to the sky. And float upon the air. 4 The liquid element below Was gathered by his hand; The rolling seas together flow, And leave the solid land. 5 With herbs, and plants, and fruitful trees, The new-form'd globe he crown'd. Ere there was rain to bless the soil. Or sun to warm the ground. 56 The works of God celebrated* 6 Then, high in heav'n's resplendent arch, He plac'd those orbs of light; He caus'd the sun to rule the day, The moon to rule the night. 7 Next, from the deep, th' Almighty King Did vital beings frame; Fowls of tbe air of ev'ry wing, And fish of ev'ry name. 8 To all the various brutal tribes He gave their wondrous birth; At once the lion and the worm Sprang from the teeming earth. 9 Then, chief, o'er all his works below, At last was Adam made; His Maker's image bless'd his soul, And glory crown'd his head. 10 Fair in th' Almighty Maker's eye The whole creation stood; He view'd the fabric he had rais'd; His word pronounc'd it good. Common Metre. Dodsley's Poems. God the Creator of mankind, 1 f~^ OD of our lives, whose bounteous care vX First gave us pow'r to move! How shall our thankful hearts declare The wonders of thy love? 2 While void of thought and sense we lay, Dust of our parent earth, The zvorks of God celebrated. 57 Thy breath inform'd the sleeping clay, And call'd us into birth. 3 Thine eye beheld in perfect view The yet unfinish'd plan; Th' imperfect lines thy pencil drew, And form'd the future man. 4 O may this frame, which rising grew Beneath thy forming hands, Be studious ever to pursue Whatever thy will commands. 68. Common Metre. Grove. God the Creator. t (^ LORD, how excellent thy name! \J How glorious to behold. Engraven fair on all thy works In characters of gold! 2 OnheavVs unmeasurableface, In lines immensely great; ^ In small, on ev'ry leaf and flow r, Creator-God is writ. 3 Though reason be not giv'n to all, Nor voice to thee, O sun! Their Maker all proclaim, and here Their language is but one. 4 From land to land, from world to world, Thy fame is echo'd round; And ages, as they pass, transmit The never-dying sound. 58 The works of God celebrated, 5 Angels, the eldest sons of God, Began the lofty song; They saw the heav'ns expand abroad, And earth on nothing hung. 6 Then man, the last and noblest work Of all this nether frame. With the first vital breath he drew, Confess'd from whence he came.. 7 O let us all give praise to God, And magnify his name; The wonders of his pow'r and love Let the whole world proclaim. 69. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. The voice of Nature, 1 \ LMIGHTY goodness, pow'r divine, jTjl The fields and verdant meads display; And bless the hand which made them shine. With various charms profusely gay. 2 For man and beast, here daily food In wide diffusive plenty grows; And there, for drink, the chrystal flood In streams sweet-winding gently flows. 3 By cooling streams and soft'ning show'rs, The vegetable race are fed; And trees and plants and herbs and flow'rs, Their Maker's bounty smiling spread. 4 The flow'ry tribes all blooming rise Above the faint attempts of art; The works of God celebrated. 59 Their bright inimitable 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. 70. Long Metre. Addison. The voice of God in his works. 1 npHE spacious firmament on high, X With all the blue ethereal sky. And spangled heav'ns, a shining frame. Their great original proclaim. 2 Th' unwearied sun, from day to day, Doth his Creator's pow'r displayj And publishes to ev'ry land, The work of an almighty hand. 3 Soon as the ev'ning shades prevail. The moon takes up the wondrous tale; And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth: 4 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. 5 What tho', in solemn silence, all Move round this dark terrestrial ball; What tho' no real voice nor sound. Amidst their radiant orbs be found: GO The works of God celebrated* 6 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." 71. Short Metre. Watts. Praise to the Creator* 1 A LMIGHTY maker, God! jTV H)vv wondrous is thy name! Thy glories how diffas'd abroad Thro' all creation's frame! 2 Nature in ev'ry dress Her humble homage pays; And does a thousand ways express Her undissembled praise. 3 My soul would rise and sing To her Creator too: Fain would my tongue adore my King, And pay the homage due. 4 In joy, oh! let me spend The remnant of my days; And oft to God, my soul! ascend In grateful songs of praise. 72. Common Metre. Liverpool Old Collec- tion. Devout contemplation of creation. 1 T OOK round, O man! survey this globe; JLj Speak of creating pow'r; The works of God celebrated* 61 See nature gives a difF'rent robe To ev'ry herb and flow'r. 2 See various beings fill the air, And people earth and sea; What grateful changes form the year! How constant night and day! 3 Next raise thine eye; the vast expanse A pow'r unbounded shows; See round the sun the planets dance, And various worlds compose. 4 Then turn into thyself, O man! With wonder view thy soul; Confess his pow'r who laid each plan. And still directs the whole. 5 And let obedience to his laws Thy gratitude proclaim. To Him, the first Almighty Cause, Jehovah is his name. 73. Common Metre. Gentleman's Magazine, The God of nature invoked. 1 TTAIL, great Creator, wise and good! XjL To thee our songs we raise; Nature, through all her various scenes, Invites us to thy praise. 2 At morning, noon, and ev'ning mild, Fresh wonders strike our view; And while we gaze, our hearts exult. With transports ever new. 62 The works of God celebrated. 3 Thy glory beams in evVy star Which gilds the gloom of night; And decks the smiling face of morn With rays of cheerful light. 4 The lofty hill, the humble lawn, With countless beauties shine: The silent grove, the awful shade, Proclaim thy pow'r divine. 5 Great nature's God! still may these scenes Our serious hours engage; Still may our grateful hearts consult Thy works' instructive page! 6 And while, in all thy wondrous works, Thy vary'd love we see; Still may the contemplation lead Our hearts, O God, to thee! 74. Proper Metre. Merrick. The perfections and providence of God. 1 T I FT your voice, and joyful sing i J Praises to your heav'nly King; For his blessings far extend. And his mercy knows no end. 2 Be the Lord your noblest theme, Who of gods is God supreme; He, to whom all lords beside Bow the knee, and veil their pride. 3 Who asserts his just command By the wonders of his hand: The works of God celebrated. 63 He, whose wisdom thron'd on high, Built the mansions of the sky: 4< He, who bade the watVy deep Under earth's foundation sleep; And the orbs that gild the pole Thro' the boundless ether roUj 5 Thee, O sun, whose pow'rful ray Rules the empire of the day; You, O moon and stars, whose light, Gilds the darkness of the night. 6 He with food sustains, O earth. All who claim from thee their birth; For his blessings far extend, And his mercy knows no end. 75. Proper Metre. Milton. The same subject, 1 T ET us with a joyful mind -L4 Praise the Lord, for he is kind: F(»r his mercies shall endure. Ever faithful, ever sure. 2 Let us sound his name abroad. For of gods he is the God: Who by wisdom did create Heav'n's expanse, and all its state: 3 Did the solid earth ordain How to rise above the main: Who, by his commanding might, Fiird the new-made world with light: 64 The works of God celebrated, 4 Caus'd the golden-tressed sun, All the day his course to run; And the moon to shine by night, 'Mid her spangl'd sisters bright. 5 All his creatures GoD does feed. His full hand supplies their need: Let us therefore warble forth His high majesty and worth. 6 He his mansion hath on high, *Bove the reach of mortal eye: And his mercies shall endure. Ever faithful, ever sure. 76. Proper Metre. Sandys. The harmony of praise. 1 npHOU who sitt'st enthron'd above! A Thou, in whom we live and move! Thou, who art most great, most high! God, from all eternity! 2 O, how sweet, how excellent, 'Tis when tongue and heart consent; Grateful hearts and joyful tongues. Hymning thee in tuneful songs! 3 When the morning paints the skies, When the stars of evening rise. We thy praises will record, Sov'reign Ruler! mighty Lord! 4 Decks the spring with flowVs the field? Harvest rich doth autumn yield? The tvorks of God celebrated. 65 Giver of all good below! Lord, from thee these blessings flow. 5 Sov'reign Ruler! mighty Lord! We thy praises will record: Giver of these blessings! we Pour the grateful song to thee. 77. Long Metre. Doddridge. The year crowned with goodness, 1 T? TERNAL Source of ev'ry joy! Va Well may thy praise our lips employ, While in thy temple we appear: Thy goodness crowns the circling year. 2 Wide as the wheels of nature roll, Thy hand supports the steady pole: By thee the sun is taught to rise, And darkness when to veil the skies. 3 The flow'ry spring, at thy command, Perfumes the air, and paints the land; The summer-rays with vigour shine. To raise the corn, and cheer the vine. 4 Thy hand in autumn richly pours Through all our coasts redundant stores; And winters, soften'd by thy care, No more a face of horror wear. 5 Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days, Demand successive songs of praise; Still be the cheerful homage paid With morning light and ev'ning shade. F2 66 The works of God celebrated, 6 O may our more harmonious tongues In worlds unknown pursue the songs; And in those brighter courts adore, Where days and years revolve no more! 78. Proper Metre. John Taylor. Thanksgiving for fruitful seasons* 1 "p EJOICE! the Lord is King! X\ Your Lord and King adore; Mortals, give thanks and sing, And triumph evermore: Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice, Rejoice, in sacred lays rejoice. 2 His wintry north winds blow, Loud tempests rush amain; Yet his thick flakes of snow Defend the infant grain: Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice, Rejoice, in sacred lays rejoice. 3 He wakes the genial spring. Perfumes the balmy air; The vales their tribute bring. The promise of the year: Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice, Rejoice, in sacred lays rejoice. 4 High from th' ethereal plain Bright suns their influence fling; He gives the welcome rain, That makes the valleys sing: The works of God celebrated. 67 Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice., Rejoice, in sacred lays rejoice. 5 He leads the circling year, His flocks the hills adornj He fills the golden ear, And loads the fields with corn: O happy mortals, raise your voice, Rejoice, in sacred lays rejoice. 6 Lead on your fleeting train, Ye years, ye months and days! O bring th' eternal reign Of love, and joy, and praise: Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice, Rejoice, in sacred lays rejoice. 79. Common Metre. Watts. The providence of God in the seasons, 1 TX7ITH songs and honours sounding VV loud. Address the Lord on high; Over the heav'ns he spreads his cloud, And waters veil the sky. 2 He sends his show'rs of blessings down To cheer the plains below; He makes the grass the mountains crown, And corn in valleys grow. 3 He gives the grazing ox his meat; He hears the ravens cry; But man, who tastes his finest wheat, Should raise his honours high. 68 The works of God celebrated. 4} His steady counsels change the face Of the declining year; He bids the sun cut short his race, And wint'ry days appear. 5 His hoary frost, his fleecy snow, Descend, and clothe the ground; The liquid streams forbear to flow. In icy fetters bound. 6 He sends his word and melts the snow, The fields no longer mourn: He calls the warmer gales to blow, And bids the spring return. 7 The changing wind, the flying cloud. Obey his mighty word: With songs and honours sounding loud, Praise ye the sov'reign Lord. 80. Common Metre. Needham. The seasons ordained by God. 1 npHE rolling year, Almighty Lord! X Obeys thy pow'rful nod; Each season, as it silent moves, Declares the present God. 2 Wak'd by thy voice, out steps the spring. In living green new drest; On hills, in vales, thro' fields and groves, Thy beauties stand confest. 3 The sun calls forth the summer months, Nor do the hours delay; The works of God celebrated. 69 The fruits with varied colours glow Beneath his rip'ning ray. 4 Thy bounty. Lord! in autumn shines, And spreads a common feast; He that regards his favVite, man, Will not neglect the beast. 5 When winter rears her hoary head. And shows her furrow'd brow, In storms and tempests, frosts and snows; How awful, Lord, art thou! 6 The rolling year, Almighty Lord! Obeys thy pow'rful nod; Each season, as it silent moves, Declares the present God. 81. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. Praise to the God of the seasons. ^ 1 O ING to the Lord! let praise inspire O The grateful voice, the tuneful lyre; In strains of joy, proclaim abroad The endless glories of our God. 2 He counts the hosts of starry flames, Knows all their natures and their names: Great is our God! his wond'rous pow r And boundless wisdom we adore. 3 He veils the sky with treasur'd show'rs; On earth the plenteous blessmg pours; The mountains smile in lively green. And fairer blooms the flow'ry scene. 70 The works of God celebrated, 4 His bounteous hand, great spring of good, Prvovidts the brute creation food; He f< cds the ravens when they cry; All nature lives beneath his eye. 5 Dear to the Lord, for ever dear, The heart where he implants his fear; The souls who on his grace rely, These, these are lovely in his eye. 82. Common Metre. Watts. The same subject, 1 ' nr*IS by thy strength the mountains stand, -i. God 'if eternal pow'r! The sea grows calm at thy command And tempests cease to roar. 2 Thy morning light and ev'ning shade Successive comforts bring; Thy plenteous fruits makt harvest glad, Th\ flow'rs adorn the spring. 3 Seasor.-s and times, and moons and hours, Heav'n, earth, and air are thine; When ch>uds distil in fruitful show'rs. The author is divine. 4 Those floating cisterns in the sky, Bornt b\ the winds around. With wat'ry trtra^urts well supply The furrows of the ground. 5 The thirsty ridges drink their fill. And ranks of corn appear: The works of God celebrated. 71 Thy ways abound with blessings still, Thy goodness crowns the year. 83. Common Metre. Watts. The blessings of the spring, 1 /^ OOD is the Lord, the heav'oly King, vJ Who makes the earth his care; Visits the pastures ev'ry spring, And bids the grass appear. 2 The clouds, like rivers rais'd on high, Pour out, at thy command, Their watVy blessings from the sky, To cheer the thirsty land. 3 The soften'd ridges of the field Permit the corn to spring; The valleys rich provision yield, And the poor laborers sing. 4 The little hills on ev'ry side Rejoice at falling show'rs; The meadows, dress'd in all their pride, Perfume the air with flow'rs. 5 The barren clods refresh'd with rain. Promise a joyful crop; The parched grounds look green again, And raise the reaper's hope. 6 The various months thy goodness crowns; How bounteous are thy ways! The bleating flocks spread o'er the downs, And shepherds shout thy praise. 72 The works of God celebrated. 84 Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. Spring, 1 T ^T^HILE beauty clothes the fertile vale, V V And blossoms on the spray, And fragrance breathes in evVy gale, How sweet the vernal day! 2 How kind the influence of the skies? Soft show'rs, with blessings fraught, Bid verdure, beauty, fragrance rise, And fix the roving thought. 3 O let my wond'ring heart confess, With gratitude and love. The bounteous hand that deigns to bless The garden, field, and grove. 4 That bounteous hand my thoughts adore, Beyond expression kind. Hath sweeter, nobler gifts in store, To bless the craving mind. 5 InspirM to praise, I then shall join Glad Nature's cheerful song; And love and gratitude divine Attune my joyful tongue. 85. Long Metre. Merrick. The blessvigs of the year the gift of Providence* 1 ^ I ''HE morn and eve thy praise resound, A Lord! as they walk th' ethereal round; The works of God celebrated. 73 Thy visits teach the grateful soil To recompense the lab'rer's toil. 2 By unexhausted springs supply'd. The river pours its copious tide; A thousand streams, in sportive play, Thro' the rich meadows wind their way. 3 The clouds, in frequent show'rs distillM, Drop fatness on the fruitful field, Break the rough glebe, the furrows cheer, And crown with good the smiling year. 4 The pastures of th' extended waste Thy gifts in rich profusion taste; The hills around exulting stand, And show the bounty of thy hand. 5 Cherish'd at length by lenient skies. Herbage and corn luxuriant rise: The laughing vale assumes a tongue, And bursts triumphant into song. 86. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. Seed-time and harvest, 1 ^T^HE rising morn, the closing day, X Repeat thy praise with grateful voice; Both in their turns thy pow'r display, And laden with thy gifts rejoice. 2 Earth's wide-extended, varying scenes. All smiling round, thy bounty show; From seas or clouds, full magazines, Thy rich diffusive blessings flow. Cx 74 The works of God celebrated. 3 Now earth receives the precious seed, Which thy indulgent hand prepares; And nourishes the future bread, And answers all the sower's cares. 4 Thy sweet refreshing show'rs attend, And through the ridges gently flow, Soft on the springing corn descend; And thy kind blessing makes it grow. 5 Thy goodness crowns the circling year, Thy paths drop fatness all around; Ev'n barren wilds thy praise declare, And echoing hills return the sound. 6 Here, spreading flocks adorn the plain; There, plenty ev'ry charm displays; Thy bounty clothes each lovely scene, And joyful nature shouts thy praise. 87. Long Metre. Gentleman's Magazine. Autumnal hymn, 1 f^ RE AT God! at whose all-pow'rful call VT At first arose this beauteous frame. By thee the seasons change, and all The changing seasons speak thy name. 2 Thy bounty bids the infant year. From winter storms recovered, rise; When thousand grateful scenes appear. Fresh op'ning to our wond'ring eyes. 3 O how delightful ':is to see The earth in vernal beauty drest! The works of God celebrated, 75 While in each herb, and flow'r, and tree, Thy blooming glories shine confest! 4 Aloft, full beaming, reigns the sun, And light and genial heat conveys; And, while he leads the seasons on, From thee derives his quick'ning rays. 5 Around us, in the teeming field, Stands the rich grain, or purpled vine; At thy command they rise, to yield The strength'ning bread, or cheering wine. 6 Indulgent God! from ev*ry part Thy plenteous blessings largely flow; We see — we taste — let ev'ry heart With grateful love and duty glow. 88. Common Metre. Browne. All things made for GoD. 1 f^ REAT first of Beings! mighty Lord VJ Of all this mighty frame! Produc'd by thy creating word, The world from nothing came. 2 Soon as thou gav'st the high command, 'Twas instantly obey'dj And for thy pleasure all things stand Which by thy pow'r were made. 3 Thy glories shine throughout the whole, Each part reflects thy light; For thee in course the planets roll, And day succeeds to night. 76 The works of God celebrated, 4> For thee the earth its product yields, For thee the waters flow; And various plants adorn the fields, And trees aspiring grow. 5 For thee the sun dispenses heat, And beams of cheering light; Far distant stars, in order set, Break thro' the shades of night. 6 Let us, too, Lord! with zeal pursue This wise and noble end; That all we think and all we do May to thine honour tend. 89. Common Metre. Watts. Rejoicing in the works o/'GoD. 1 "O EJOICE, ye righteous, in the Lord, XV This work belongs to you; Sing of his name, his ways, his word. How holy, just, and true! 2 His mercy and his righteousness Let heav'n and earth proclaim; His works of nature and of grace Reveal his wondrous name. 3 His wisdom and almighty word The heav'nly arches spread; And by the spirit of the Lord Their shining hosts were made. 4 He bade the liquid waters flow To their appointed deep; The tvorks of God celebrated, 77 The flowing seas their limits know, And their own station keep. 5 Ye tenants of the spacious earth, With fear before him stand: He spake, and nature took its birth, And rests on his command. 6 Thy glorious works our thoughts engage; How vast thy pow'r divine! Thy counsels stand thro' ev'ry age, And in full glory shine. 90. Common Metre. Watts. The xvisdom of Gob in his works, 1 CjONGS of immortal praise belong O To my almighty God; He has my heart, and he my tongue, To spread his name abroad. 2 How great the works his hand hath wrought, How glorious in our sight! And men in ev'ry age have sought His wonders with delight. 3 How most exact is nature's frame! How wise th' Eternal Mind! His counsels never change the scheme That his first thoughts design'd. 4 Nature and time, and earth and skies, Thy heav'nly skill proclaim; W^hat shall we do to make us wise, But levn to know thy name? G2 78 The ivorks of God celebrated. S To fear thy powV, to trust thy grace, Is our divinest skill; And he's the wisest of our race, Thai best obeys thy will. PART IV. Perfections of God. 91. Common Metre. Watts. The divine glories above our reason. 1 /^UR reason stretches all its wings, V>/ And soars above the skies; But still how far beneath thy feet Our grov'ling reason lies! 2 Lord! here we bend our humble souls, And awfully adore: For the weak pinions of the mind Can urge their flight no more. 3 Thy glories infinitely rise Above our lab'ring tongue; In vain the highest seraph tries To form an equal song. 4 In humble notes our faith adores The great eternal King; While angels strain their nobler pow'rs, And sweep th' immortal string. 92. Long Metre. Watts. God incomprehensible. AN creatures to perfection find Th' eternal, uncreated Mind? c 80 Perfections of God, Or can the largest stretch of thought Measure and search his nature out? 2 His sov'reign pow'r what mortal knows? If he command, who dare oppose? The beamings of his piercing sight Bring dark hypocrisy to light. 3 Great God! thy glories shall employ My holy fear, my humble joy; My lips, in songs of honour, bring Their tribute to th' eternal King. 4 O tell me with a gentle voice, Thou art my God! and Til rejoice: Sustained by thee, I'll still proclaim The matchless honours of thy name. 93. Long Metre. Watts. The incomprehensible nature of GoD. 1 (~^ OD is a King of pow'r unknown; VJT Firm are the orders of his throne: If he resolve, who dare oppose. Or ask him why, or what, he does? 2 He wounds the heart, and he makes whole; He calms the tempest of the soul: When he shuts up in long despair, Who can remove the heavy bar? 3 He frowns, and darkness veils the moon; ' The fainting sun grows dim at noon; The pillars of heav'n's starry roof Tremble and start at his reproof. Perfections of God. 81 4 He gave the vaulted heav'n its form, The crooked serpent and the worm; He breaks the billows with his breath. And smites the sons of pride to death, 5 These are a portion of his ways — But who can utter all his praise? Who can endure his light, or stand To hear the thunders of his hand? 94. Long Metre. Watts. God invisible, i /^UR pow'rs, great God! are too confin'd V-/ To reach thy infinite abode: O 'tis beyond a creature's mind. To raise a single thought to God. 2 The Lord of glory builds his seat Of gems superlatively bright; And spreads, beneath his sacred feet. Thick clouds, and shades of gloomy night. 3 Yet, Lord! thy penetrating eyes Look through, and cheer us from above: Beyond our praise thy grandeur flies: — Yet we adore, and yet we love. 95. Long Metre. Kippis. To the unknown God. 1 /^ RE AT God! in vain man's narrow view vJ Attempts to look thy nature through; 82 Perfections of God. Our laboring powVs with rev'rence 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 minds to know; While wisdom, goodness, pow'r divine, Thro' 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 ! 96. Long Metre. Browne. The One God. 1 INTERNAL God! Almighty cause Xl4 Of earth, and seas, and worlds un- known! All things are subject to thy laws; All things depend on thee alone. 2 Thy glorious being singly stands. Of all within itself possest; By none control'd in thy commands. And in thyself completely blest. 3 To thee, the One Supreme, we bow; Let heav'n and earth due homage pa}^: • Perfections of God, 83 All other gods we disavow, Reject their claims, renounce their sway. 4 Spread thy great name thro' ev'ry land, All idol deities dethrone: Subdue the world to thy command, And reign unrival'd, God alone ! 97. Common Metre. Liverpool Collection. The power of God. 1 ^ rip WAS God who hurl'd the rolling X spheres, And stretch'd the boundless skies; Who form'd the plan of endless years, And bade the ages rise. 2 Eternal is his pow'r and might. Immense and unconfin'd: He pierces through the realms of light, And rides upon the wind. 3 He darts along the burning skies; Loud thunders round him roar: All heav'n attends him as he flies. All hell proclaims his pow'r. 4 He speaks, and nature's wheels stand still; They cease their wonted round: The mountains melt ; the trembling hills Forsake their ancient bound: 5 He scatters nations with his breath; The scatter'd nations fly: 84 Perfections of God, * Blue pestilence, and wasting death, Confess the Godhead nigh. 6 Ye worlds, with every living thing, Fulfil his high command: Mortals, pay homage to your King, And own his ruling hand. 98. Proper Metre. Merrick. The divine majesty and power. 1 O ING, ye sons of might, O sing O Praise to heav'n's eternal King: PowV and strength to him assign, Bow before his hallow'd shrine. 2 Hark! his voice in thunder breaks; Hush'd to silence while he speaks, Ocean's waves from pole to pole Hear the awful accents roll. 3 Now the bursting clouds give way, And the vivid lightnings play; And the wilds, by man untrod. Hear, dismay'd, th' approaching God. 4 He the swelling surge commands; Fix'd his throne for ever stands; He his people shall increase, And with safety crown, and peace. Perfections of God* a5 99. Long Metre. Watts. The same subject. GIVE to the Lord, ye sons of fame, Give to the Lord renown andpow'r; Ascribe due honours to his name, And his eternal might adore. The Lord proclaims his pow'r aloud, O'er the vast ocean and the land; His voice divides the wat'ry cloud, And lightnings blaze at his command. He speaks, and howling tempests rise. And lay the forest bare around; The fiercest beasts with piteous cries. Confess the terror of the sound. His thunders rend the vaulted skies, And palaces and temples shake; The mountains tremble at the noise. The valleys roar, the deserts quake. The Lord sits Sovereign o'er the flood; The Thund'rer reigns for ever King; But makes his church his blest abode, Where we his awful glories sing. We see no terrors in his name. But in our God a Father find: The voice that shakes all nature's frame. Speaks comfort to the pious mind. H 86 Perfections of God, 100. Long Metre. Watts. The glory of Gojy. 1 /^ OD is a name my soul adores, vT Th' Almighty, the Eternal One; Nature and grace, with all their pow'rs, Confess the Infinite unknown. 2 Thy voice produc'd the seas and spheres. Bade planets roll, and suns to shine: But not;hing like thyself appears, Through all these spacious works of thine« 3 Still restless nature dies and grows; From change to change the creatures run: Thy being no succession knows, And all thy vast designs arc one. 4 Thrones and dominions round thee fall, And worship in submissive forms; Thy presence shakes this lower ball, This humble dwelling-place of worms. 101. Long Metre. Pope's Collection. The majesty and glory of God. 1 'VT'E sons of men, in sacred lays, X Attempt ;he great Creator's praise : But who an equal song can frame? What verse can reach the lofty theme? Perfections of God, 87" 2 He sits enthron'd amidst the spheres, And glory like a garment wears; While boundless wisdom, pow'r and grace, Command our awe, transcend our praise. 3 Before his throne a shining band Of cherubs and of seraphs stand; Ethereal spirits, who in flight Outstrip the rapid speed of light. 4 To God all nature owes its birth, He form'd this pond'rous globe of earth; He rais'd the glorious arch on high, And measur'd out the azure sky. 5 In all our Maker's grand designs, Omnipotence with wisdom shines; His works, thro' all this wondrous frame, Bear the great impress of his name. 6 Rais'd on devotion's lofty wing, Let us his high perfections sing: O let his praise employ our tongue. Whilst list'ning worlds applaud the song! 102. Long Metre. Watts. The majesty and condescension of God. 1 'YT'E servants of th' Almighty King, i In ev'ry age his praises sing; Where'er the sun shall rise or set. The nations shall his praise repeat. 2 Above the earth, beyond the sky. Stands his high throne of majesty; 88 Perfections of God. Nor time, nor place, his pow'r restrain^ Nor bound his universal reign. 3 Which of the sons of Adam dare, Or angels, with their God compare? His glories how divinely bright. Who dwells in uncreated light! 4 Behold his love! he stoops to view What saints above and angels do; And condescends yet more, to know The mean affairs of men below. 103. Common Metre. Edinburgh Collection. The condescension of GoD. 1 \ MIDST the heav'nly pow'rs sublime, l\. God's throne is fix'd on high; And through eternity he hears The praises of the sky. 2 Yet, looking down, he visits oft The humble, hallow'd cell; And with the penitent who mourns, 'Tis his delight to dweU: 3 The downcast spirit to revive, The sorrowful to cheer; And from the bed of dust, the man Of contrite heart to rear. 4 With him dwells no relentless wrath Against the human race: The souls which he has form'd, shall find A refuge in his grace. Perfections of God, 89 104. Long Metre. Watts. The condescension of Gob to human affairs. 1 rnpH' Almighty stoops to view the skies, X And bows to see what angels do; Yet down to earth directs his eyes, And bends his footsteps downwards too. 2 He over-rules all human things. And manages our mean affairs: On humble souls the King of kmgs Bestows his counsels and his cares. 3 In vain might earthly monarchs try Such condescending schemes to planj For man was never rais'd so high Above his meanest fellow-man. 4 O could our thankful hearts devise A tribute equal to thy grace, To heav'n our grateful songs should rise, And list'ning angels learn thy praise. - 105. Long Metre. Doddridge. The majestif of Gou. 1 VE weak inhabitants of clay, jL Ye trifling insects of a day. Low in your native dust bow down Before th' Eternal's awful throne. H2 90 Perfections of God, 2 Loud let ten thousand trumpets sound, And call remotest nations round; Assembled on the crowded plains, Princes and people, kings and swains. ^ Join'd with the living, let the dead. Rising, the face of earth oVrspread; And, while his praise unites their tongues. Let angels echo back the songs. 4 The drop that from the bucket falls. The dust that hangs upon the scales, Is more to sky, and earth, and sea. Than all this pomp, great God! to thee. 106. Common Metre. Watts. The eternity of God. 1 13 ISE, rise, my soul, & leave the ground; Xv Stretch all thy thoughts abroad; And rouse up ev'ry tuneful sound, To praise th' Eternal God. 2 Long e'er the lofty skies were spread, Jehovah fiU'd his throne; Or man was form'd, or angels made, The self-existent One. 3 Thy years, O Lord! can ne'er decrease, But still maintain their prime; Eternity's thy dwelling place, And Ever is thy time. 4 While like a tide our minutes flow, The present and the past, Perfections of God. 91 God fills his own immortal Now, And sees our ages waste. 107. Long Metre. Salisbury Collection. God eternal and unchangeable, 1 fk LL-pow'rtul, self-existent God, X jL Who all creation dost sustain! Thou wast, and an, and art to come, And everlasting is thy reign! 2 FixM and eternal as thy days, Each glorious attribute divine. Thro' ages infinite, shall still With undiminish'd lustre shine. S Fountain of being! Source of goad! Immutable thou dost remain; Nor can the shadow of a change Obscure the glories of thy i*eign. 4 Nature her order shall reverse. Revolving seasons cease their round; Nor spring appear with blooming pride, Nor autunui be with plenty crown'd; 5 Yon shining orbs forget their course, The sun his destin'd path forsake, And burning desolation mark Amid the worlds his devious track. 6 Earth may with all her pow'rs dissolve. If such the great Creator's will: But thou fur ever art the same, 1 Am is thy memorial still. 92 Perfections of God, 108. Common Metre. Mrs. Rowe. The eternity and immutability of God, 1 npHOU didst, O mighty God! exist •JL Ere time began his race; Before the ample elements Fiird up the voids of space. 2 Before the pond'rous earthly globe In fluid air was stay'd; Before the ocean's mighty springs Their liquid stores displayed: 3 Ere thro' the gloom of ancient night The streaks of light appear'dj Before the high celestial arch Or starry poles were rear'd: 4 Before the bright, harmonious spheres Their glorious rounds begun; Before the shining roads of heav'n Were measur'd by the sun; 5 Ere men ador'd, or angels knew, Or prais'd thy wondrous name; Thy bliss, eternal Spring of life! And glory was the same. 6 And when the pillars of the world With sudden ruin break, And all this vast and goodly frame Sinks in the mighty wreck: r When from her orb the moon shall start, Th' astonish'd sun roll back, Perfections of God, 93 While all the trembling starry lamps Their ancient course forsake: 8 For ever, permanent and fix'd, Fpom interruption free; Unchang'd in everlasting years, Shall thy existence be. 109. Proper Metre. Mrs. Barbauld. Go D the eternal sovereign, 1 npHIS earthly globe, the creature of a X day, Tho' built by God's right hand, must pass away; And long oblivion creep o'er mortal things. The fate of empires, and the pride of kings; Eternal night shall veil their proudest story. And drop the curtain o'er all human glory. 2 The sun himself, with gathering clouds opprest, Shall, in his silent dark pavilion, rest; His golden urn shall break, and useless lie, Amidst the common ruins of the sky; The stars rush headlong in the wild com- motion, And bathe their glitt'ring foreheads in the ocean. 94 Perfections of God. 3 Bat fix'd, O God! for ever stands thy throne; Jehovah reigns, a universe alone: Th' eternal fire that feeds each vital flame. Collected, or diffus'd, is still the same: He dwells within his own unfathom'd essence, And fills all space with his unbounded pre- sence. 4 But oh! our highest notes the theme debase. And silence is our least injurious praise: Cease, cease your songs, the daring flight control; Revere him in the stillness of the soul: With silent duty meekly bend before him. And deep within your inmost hearts adore him. no. Long Metre. Watts. The all-seeing God. 1 T ORD! thou hast searched and seen me J—^ through; Thine eye commands, with piercing view. My rising and my resting hours, My heart and flesh with all their pow'rs. 2 Within thy circling pow'r I stand; On ev'ry side I find thy hand: Perfections of God, 95 Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, I am surrounded still with God. 3 My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known: He knows the words I mean to speak, Ere from my op'ning lips they break. 4 Amazing knowledge! vast and great! What large extent! what lofty height! My soul, with all the pow'rs 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 weaker passions dare Consent to sin — for God is there! 111. Common Metre. Arbuckle. Universal presence of Gov, 1 TV T Y heart and all my ways, O God! iVJ- By thee are search'd and seen; My outward acts thine eye observes, My secret thoughts within. 2 Attendant on my steps, all day Thy providence I see; And in the solitude of night I'm present still with thee. 3 No spot the boundless realms of space, Whence thou art absent, know; 96 Perfections of God. In heav'n thou reign'st a glorious Kin^ An awful Judge below. 4 Lord! if within my thoughtless heart Thou aught should'st disapprove. The secret evil bring to light, And by thy grace remove. 5 If e'er my ways have been perverse, Or foolish in thy view, Recall my steps to thy commands, And form my life anew. 112. Long Metre. Blacklock. God's omniscience and omnipresence. 1 'C'ATHER of all! omniscient mind! i Thy wisdom who can comprehend? Its highest point what eye can find, Or to its lowest depths descend? 2 What cavern deep, what hill sublime, Beyond thy reach, shall I pursue? What dark recess, what distant clime, Shall hide me from thy boundless view? 3 If up to heav'n's ethereal height, Thy prospect to elude, I rise; In splendor there, supremely bright, Thy presence shall my sight surprise. 4 Thee, mighty God! my wond'ring soul, Thee, all her conscious pow'rs adore; Whose being circumscribes the whole, Whose eyes the universe explore. Perfections of God. 97 5 Thine essence fills this breathing frame, It glows in every vital part; Lights up my soul with livelier flame, And feeds with life my beating heart. 6 To thee, from whom my being came, Whose smile is all the heav'n I know, Inspir'd with this exalted theme, To thee my grateful strains shall flow. lis. The ways of the righteous known to God. 1 npo thee, my God! my days are known; X My soul enjoys the thought; My actions all before thee lie. Nor are my wants forgot. 2 Each secret wish devotion breathes. 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 ev'ry pang of sympathy, And ev'ry 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, I 98 Perfections of God. 5 Full in thy view thro' life I pass, And in thy view I die: Lord, when all mortal bonds shall break, May I still find thee nigh! 114. Short Metre. Watts. The holiness of God. 1 ^T^HE God Jehovah reigns! X Let all the nations fear: Let sinners tremble at his throne, And saints be humble there. 2 Eternal is his throne; His honours are divine: His church shall make his wonders known, For there his glories shine. 3 How holy is his name! How awful is his praise! Justice and truth, and judgment join In all his works of grace. 115. ' Common Metre. Browne. Universal goodness of God. 1 T OR D! thou art good; all nature shows JLi Its mighty author kind: Thy bounty through creation flows, Full, free, and unconfin'd. Perfections of God, 99 2 The whole, and ev'ry part proclaims Thy infinite good will; It shines in stars, and flows in streams, And bursts from ev'ry hill. 3 We view it o'er the spreading main, And heav'ns which spread more wide; It drops in gentle show'rs of rain, And rolls in ev'ry tide. 4 Long hath it been difFus'd abroad, Thro' ages past and gone; Nor ever can exhausted be, But still keeps flowing on. 5 Thro' the whole earth it pours supplies, Spreads joy thro' ev'ry part: O may such love attract my eyes, And captivate my heart! 6 My highest admiration raise, My best affections move! Employ my tongue in songs of praise. And fill my heart with love! 116. Long Metre. Doddridge. The divine goodness. 1 'T^RIUMPHANT, Lord! thy good- A ness reigns Through all the wide celestial plains; X 100 Perfections of God. And its full streams redundant flow, Down to th' abodes of men below. 2 Thro' nature's works thy glories shine; The cares of providence are thine: And thou hast rais'd within our frame A fairer temple to thy name* 3 O give to ev'ry human heart, To taste, and feel how good thou art; With grateful love, and rev'rent fear. To know how blest thy children are. 4 Let nature burst into a song: Ye echoing hills the notes prolong ! Earth, seas, and stars, your anthems raise, All vocal with your Maker's praise! 5 Join, O my soul! the gen'ral song. To thee its sweetest notes belong; Blest above all by love divine. To praise is eminently thine. 117. Long Metre. Doddridge. God adored for his goodness, YE sons of men! with joy record The various wonders of the Lord; And let his pow'r and goodness sound. Thro' all your tribes, the earth around. Let the high heav'ns your songs invite, Those spacious fields of brilliant light: Perfections of God. 101 Where sun, and moon, and planets roll, And stars, that glow from pole to pole. 3 Sing earth, in verdant robes array'd. Its herbs and flow'rs, its fruit and shade, Peopled with life its regions wide, Life, from its plenteous stores supply d. 4 View the broad sea's majestic plain, And sing its Maker's boundless reign: That band remotest nations joins. And on each wave his goodness shines. 5 But O! that brighter world above. Where lives and reigns eternal love. Thither, my soul! with rapture soar, There, in the land of praise, adore. 118. Proper Metre. Fawcett. Delighting in divine goodness. 1 "O ARE NT of good! thy works of might X I trace with wonder and delight; Thy name is all divine; There's nought in earth, or sea, or air. Or heav'n itself that's good or fair, But is entirely thine. 2 Immensely high thy glories rise. They strike my soul with sNveet surprise. And sacred pleasure yield; An ocean wide without a bound. Where ev'ry noble wish is drown d, And ev'ry want is fill'd. 12 102 Perfections of God. 3 To thee my warm affections move, In sweet astonishment and love, While at thy feet I fall; I pant for nought beneath the skies. To thee my ardent wishes rise, O my eternal All! 4 What shall I do to spread thy praise, My God! thro' my remaining days, Or how thy name adore t To thee I consecrate my breath. Let me be thine in life and death, And thine for evermore, 119. Common Metre. Doddridge. The peculiar goodness of God to his people, 1 /^UR souls with pleasing wonder view V^ The bounties of thy grace; How much bestow'd, how much reserv'd For those that seek thy face. 2 Thy lib'ral hand with worldly bliss Oft makes their cup run o'er; And in the cov'nant of thy love They find diviner store. 3 Here mercy hides their num'rous sins. Here grace their souls renews; Here hope, and love, and joy, and peace Their heav'nly beams diffuse. Perfections of God, 103 4 But O! what treasures yet unknown Are lodg'd in worlds to come! If these th' enjoyments of the way, How happy is their home! 5 And what shall mortal worms reply? Or how such goodness own? But 'tis our joy, that, Lord! to thee Thy servant's' hearts are known. 6 Since time's too short, all-gracious God! To utter half thy praise; Loud, to the honour of thy name, Eternal hymns we'll raise. 120, Common Metre. Watts. God hearing prayer, 1 T ET ev'ry tongue thy goodness speak, JLi Thou sov'reign Lord of all! Thy strength'ning hands uphold the weak And raise the poor that fall. 2 When sorrows bow the spirit down, Or virtue lies distrest Beneath some proud oppressor's frown Thou giv'st the mourners rest, 3 The Lord supports our tott'ring days And guides our giddy youth; Holy and just are all his ways, And all his words are truth. 104 Perfections of God, 4 He knows the pain his servants feel, He hears his children cry; And their best wishes to fulfil, His grace is ever nigh. 5 His mercy never will remove From men of heart sincere: He saves the souls, whose humble love Is join'd with holy fear. 6 My lips shall dwell upon his praise, And sound his name abroad: Let all the sons of Adam raise The honours of their God. 121. Proper Metre. Doddridge. Proclamation of God's name to Moses, 1 A TTEND, my soul, the voice divine, J\. And mark what beaming glories shine Around thy condescending God; To us, to us, he still proclaims His awful, his endearing names; Attend, and sound them all abroad. 2 " Jehovah I, the sov'reign Lord, The mighty God, by heav'n ador'd, Down to the earth my footsteps bend: ' My heart the tendVest pity knows, Goodness, full-streaming, wide o'erflows And grace and truth shall never end." Perfections of God, 105 " My patience long can crimes endure; My pard'ning love is ever sure, When penitential sorrow mourns; To millions, through unnumber'd years. New hope and new delight it bears; Yet wrath against the sinner burns." Make haste, my soul, the vision meet, All prostrate at thy sovereign's feet, And drink the tuneful accents in; Speak on, my Lord, repeat the voice, Diffuse these heart-expanding joys. Till heav'n complete the rapt'rous scene, 122. Common Metre. Watts. The goodness and mercy of God. SWEET is the mem'ry of thy grace, O God, my heav'nly King! Let age to age thy righteousness In sounds of glory sing. God reigns on high, but not confines His goodness to the skies; Thro' the whole earth his bounty shines, And ev'ry want supplies. With longing eyes, thy creatures wait On thee for daily food; Thy lib'ral hand provides their meat, And fills their mouths with good. 106 Perfections of God. 4f How kind are thy compassions, Lord! How slow thine anger movts! But soon he sends his pard'ning word, To cheer the souls he loves. 5 Creatures, with all their endless race, Thy pow'r and praise proclaim; But saints, who taste thy richer grace, Delight to bless thy name. 123. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. The same subject. 1 nr^HE praises of my God, my King, X While I have life or breath to sing, Shall fill my heart, and tune my tongue, Till heav'n improve the blissful song. 2 No more in princes vainly trust. Frail sons of earth! man is but dust; "With all his pride, with all his pow'r. The helpless creature of an hour. 3 Happy the man whose hopes divine On Israel's guardian God recline! Who can with sacred transport say. This God is mine, my help, my stay! 4 His justice favours them who mourn Beneath the proud oppressor's scorn; The hungry poor his hand sustains. And breaks the wretched captive's chains. Perfections of God. 107 5 To sightless eyes, long clos'd in night, His touch restores the joys of light; Poor mourners rais'd confess his care; He loves the humble and sincere. 6 If wandVing strangers friendless roam, Divine protection is their home: The Lord relieves the widow's cares, And dries the weeping orphan's tears. 124. Long Metre. Doddridge. God the intellectual light, 1 T) RAISE to the Lord of boundless JL might, With uncreated glories bright! His presence gilds the worlds above, Th' unchanging Source of light an^ love. 2 Our rising earth his eye beheld. When in substantial darkness veil'd; The shapeless chaos, nature's womb. Lay buried in eternal gloom. 3 Let there be lights Jehovah said; And light o'er all its face was spread; Nature, array'd in charms unknown. Gay with its new-born lustre, shone. 4 He sees the mind, when lost it lies In shades of ignorance and vice; And darts from heav'n a vivid ray, And changes midnight into day. 108 Perfections of God. 5 Shine, mighty God! with vigour shine On this benighted heart of mine; There be thy brighter beams reveal'd, As in the Saviour's face beheld. 6 Thine image, on my soul impressed, In radiant lines shall stand confess'd; While all my fciculties unite To praise the Lord, who gives me light. 125. Long Metre. Watts. The divine 7nercy and truth, 1 TVT^W ^^ ^^^ Lord, a joyful song! Xll Awake, my soul! awake, my tongue! Hosanna to th' Eternal Name, And all his boundless love proclaim! 2 The spacious earth, and spreading flood, Proclaim the wise and pow'rful God; And his rich glories from afar Sparkle in ev'ry rolling star. 3 For ever shall my song record The truth and mercy of the Lord; Mercy and truth for ever stand. Like heav'n, establish'd by his hand. 4 Great God! on us thy blessings show'r. Let man's whole race revere thy powV; And, thankful, to their wondVing eyes, Behold thy wish'd salvation rise. 'M Perfections of God, 109 126. Common Metre. Watts. The faithfulness of GojC). Y never-ceasing songs shall show The mercies of the Lord; And make succeeding ages know How faithful is his word* 2 The sacred truths his lips pronounce, Shall firm as heav'n endure: And if he speak a promise once, Th' eternal grace is sure. 3 How long the race of David held The promis'd Jewish throne! But there's a upbler covenant seal'd By David's greater Son. 4 His seed for ever shall possess A throne above the skies: The meanest subject of his grace Shall to that glory rise. 5 Lord God of hosts! thy wondrous ways Are sung by saints above; And saints on earth their honours raise To thy unchanging love. 127. Long Metre. Watts. God ever to be praised, Y God! my King! thy various praise Shall fill the remnant of my days; K M 110 Perfections of God, Thy grace employ my humble tongue, Till death and glory raise the song. 2 The wings of ev'ry hour shall bear Some thankful tribute to thine ear; And ev'ry setting sun shall see New works of duty done for thee. 3 Thy truth and justice I'll proclaim: Thy bounty flows, an endless stream; Thy mercy swift, thine anger slow, But dreadful to the stubborn foe. 4 Thy works with boundless glory shine, And speak ihy majesty divine; Let land to land aloud proclaim The matchless honours of thy name. 5 Let distant times and nations raise The long succession of thy praise; And unborn ages make my song The joy and labour of their tongue. 6 But who can speak thy wondrous deeds? Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds; Vast and unsearchable thy ways! Vast and immortal be thy praise! 128. Common Metre. Watts. The greatness and goodness of God, ONG as I live, I'll bless thy name, God of eternal love! ■L Perfections of God. Ill My work and joy shall be the same, In the bright world above. 2 Great is the Lord, his pow'r unknown; And let his praise be great: I'll sing the honours of thy throne, Thy works of grace repeat. 3 Thy grace shall dwell upon my tongue; And while my lips rejoice. The men that hear my sacred song Shall join their cheerful voice. 4 Fathers to sons shall teach thy name, And children learn thy ways; Ages to come thy truth proclaim. And nations sound thy praise. 5 Thy glorious deeds of ancient date Shall thro* the w< rid be known: Thine arm of powV, thy heav'nly state, With public splendour shown. 6 The world is manag'd by thy hands. Thy saints are ruPd by love; And thine eternal kingdom stands, Tho' rocks and hills remove. 129. Long Metre. Watts. The perfections and providence of Gob* IGH in the heav'ns, eternal God! Thy goodness in full glory shines; H 112 Perfections of God* Thy truth shall break thro' ev'ry cloud That veils and darkens thy designs. 2 For ever firm thy justice stands, As mountains their foundations keep; Wise are the wonders of thy hands; Thy judgments are a mighty deep. 3 Thy providence is kind and large; Both man and beast thy bounty share: The whole creation is thy charge, But saints are thy peculiar care. 4 My God! how excellent thy grace, Whence all our hope and comfort springs! The sons of Adam in distress, Fly to the shadow of thy wings. 5 From the provisions of thy house. We shall be fed with sweet repast; There mercy like a river flows. And brings salvation to our taste. 6 Life, like a fountain rich and free. Springs from the presence of the Lord; And in his light our souls shall see The glories promised in his word. PART V. Government and providence of God. 130. Common Metre. Jervis. The beings omnipresence^ and providence of God. 1 f~^ RE AT God, how vast is thine abode! \J Mysterious are thy ways! Unseen, thy footsteps in the air, And trackless in the seas. 2 Yet the whole peopl'd world bespeaks Thy being and thy pow'r, 'Midst the resplendent blaze of day, And awful midnight hour. 3 Nor all the peopl'd world alone. Rich fields and verdant plains. But lonely wilds by man untrod, Where silent horror reigns. 4 Tempests and storms that sweep the sky, And cataracts sublimes- Volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, That waste the torrid clime; 5 Vast caverns deep, and cloud-topt hills, Huge mountains rude and bare. Terrific rocks and swelling waves — Thy grandeur all declare. K2 114 Government and 6 Through all creation's widest range Th hand of heav'n is near: Where'er I wander in the world, Lo! God is present there. 131. Long Metre. Watts. The divine nature, providence, and grace, 1 T3 RAISE ye the Lord, 'tis good to raise JL Oui hearts and voices in his praise: His nature and his works invite To make this duty our delight. 2 Great is the Lord! and great his might. And all his glories infinite: His wisdom's vast, and knows no bound, A deep where all our thoughts are drown'd. 3 He loves the meek, rewards the just, Humbles the wicked in the dust, Melts and subdues the stubborn soul, And makes the broken spirit whole. 4 His saints are precious in his sightj He views his children with delight; He sees their hope, he knows their fear, Approves, and loves his image there. Providence of God. 115 132. Common Metre. Watts. Fore-knowledge and providence of Gob* ET the whole race of creatures lie L Abas'd before the Lord! Whatever his pow'rful hand has form'd, He governs with a word. 2 Ten thousand ages ere the skies Were into motion brought; All the long years and worlds to come, Stood present to his thought, 3 There's not a sparrow, or a worm, > O'erlook'd in his decrees: He raises monarchs to a throne, Or sinks with equal ease. 4 If light attend the course I go, 'Tis he provides the rays; And 'tis his hand that hides the sun, If darkness cloud my days. 5 Trusting his wisdom and his love, I would not wish to know What in the book of his decrees Awaits me here below. 6 Be this alone my fervent pray'r, Whate'er my lat shall be: Or joys or sorrows, may they form My soul for heav'n, and thee! 116 Government and 133. Short Metre. Watts God's universal dominion, 1 'THHE Lord, the sov'reign King, -I Hath fix'd his throne on high; O'er all the heav'nly world he rules, And all beneath the sky. 2 Ye angels, great in might, And swift to do his will! Bless ye the Lord, whose voice ye hear, Whose pleasure ye fulfil. 3 While all his wondrous works Thro' his vast kingdom, show Their Maker's glory, thou, my soul! Shalt sing his praises too. 134. Common Metre. Watts. God's eternal dominion, 1 jO REAT God! how infinite art thou! VX How frail and helpless we! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee. 2 Thy throne eternal ages stood. E'er seas or stars were made; Thou art the everliving God, Were all the nations dead. Providence of God. 1^^ 3 Nature and time all open lie To thine immense survey, From the formation of the sky, To the last awful day. 4 Eternity, with all its years, Stands present to thy view; To thee there's nothing old appears. Great God! there's nothing new. 5 Our lives thro' various scenes are drawn, And vex'd with trifling cares, While thine eternal thought moves on. Thine undisturb'd affairs. 6 Great God! how infinite art thou! How frail and helpless we! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee. 135. Proper Metre. Doddridge. God's government Zion^s joy* 1 VE subjects of the Lord, proclaim jL The royal honours of his name; ' Jehovah reigns,' be all your song. 'Tis he thy God, O Zion, reigns. Prepare thy most harmonious strains, Glad hallelujahs to prolong. 2 Ye princes, boast no more your crown, But lay the glittering trifle down In lowly honour at his feet; 118 Governmetit and A span your narrow empire bounds; He reigns beyond created rounds, In self-sufficient glory great* 3 Tremble, ye pageants of a day, Form'd, like your slaves, of brittle clay; Down to the dust your sceptres bend; To everlasting years He reigns. And undiminish'd pomp maintains, When kings, and suns, and time shall end. 4r So shall his favour'd Zion live; In vain confed'rate nations strive Her sacred turrets to destroy; Her sov'reign sits enthron'd above. And endless pow'r, and endless love. Insure her safety and her joy. 136. Proper Metre. Watts. Stability of the divine government, 1 '' I ^HE Lord of glory reigns — he reigns X on high; His robes of state are strength and majesty; The universe arose at his command, Buih by his word, and 'stablish'd by his hand: Long stood his throne ere he began creation, And his own godhead is the firm foundation. Providence of God, 119 *2 God is th' Eternal King. Thy foes in vain Raise their rebellions to confound thy reign: In vain the storms, in vain the floods arise, And roar, and toss their waves against the skies: Foaming at heav'n, they rage with wild com- motion, But heav'n's high arches scorn the swelling ocean. 3 Ye tempests, rage no more : ye floods, be still; And the mad world submissive to his will: Built on his truth, his church must ever stand; Firm are his promises, and strong his hand: See his own sons, when they appear before him, Bow at his footstool, and with fear adore him. 137. Proper Metre. Doddridge. Reverence due to the Supreme Governor, 1 ^ I ^HE Lord of glory reigns supremely X great, And o'er heavVs arches builds his royal seat: Thro' worlds unknown his sov'reign sway extends. Nor space nor time his bomjdless empire ends: 120 Government and His eye beholds th' affairs of evVy nation, And reads each thought thro' his immense creation. 2 Lightnings and storms his mighty word obey, And planets roll, where he has mark'd their way: Unnumber'd cherubs veil'd before him stand. And at his signal all their wings expand: His praise gives harmony to all their voices, And every heart thro' the full choir rejoices. 3 Rebellious mortals, cease your tumults vain, Nor longer such unequal war maintain: Let clay with fellow-clay in combat strive, But dread to brave the pow'r by which you live: With contrite hearts fall prostrate and adore him. For if he frown, ye perish all before him. 138. Common Metre. Needham. God no respecter of persons, 1 "T II 7ITH eye impartial, heav'n's high Surveys each human tribe; No earthly pomp his eyes can charm, Nor wealth his favour bribe. 2 The rich and poor, of equal clay His powr'ful hand did frame; Providence of God, 121 All souls are his, and him alike Their common Parent claim. 3 Ye sons of men of high degree, Your great Superior own; Praise him for all his gifts, and pay Your homage at his throne. 4 Trust in the Lord ye humble poor, And banish ev'ry fear; The God you serve will ne'er forsake The man of heart sincere. 139. Long Metre. Scott. Equity of the divine dispensations, 1 Tl^rHO, gracious Father! can complain V V Under thy mild and gentle reign t Who does a weight of duty share, More than hi^ aids and pow'rs can bear? 2 With diff'ring climes, and diff'ring lands. With fertile plains, and barren sands, Thy hand hath fram'd this earthly round, And set each nation in its bound. 3 So various, thy celestial ray Here sheds a full, there fainter day; The God of all, unkind to none, To all the path of life has shown. 4 Large is the bounty of his hand; * He will a large return demand: L 122 Government and Haste, then, life's arduous work pursu(?, And keep the heav'nly prize in view. 140. Common Metre. Newton. The mystery and benignity of providence, 1 /^ OD moves in a mysterious way VJi" 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 great designs, And works his sovereign will. 3 Ye fearful saints! fresh courage take: The clouds yt so much dread Arc 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 Blind unbelief is sure to err. And scan his work in vain' God is his own interpreter. And he will make it pkin. Providence of God, 123 141. Short Metre. Watts. The mystery of providence unfolded, *HERE is a righteous God, T Nor is religion vain; Though men of vice may boast aloud, And virtuous men complain. I saw the wicked rise. And felt my heart repine, While haughty fools, with scornful eyes. In robes of honour shine. The tumults of my thought Held me in deep suspense. Till to thy house my feet were brought To learn thy justice thence. Thy word, with light and pow'r, Did my mistakes amend; I view'd the sinners' life before, But here I learnt their end. Lord! at thy feet I bow; My thoughts no more repine; I call my God my portion now, And all my pow'rs are thine. 124 Government and 142. Long Metre. Bristol Collection. The myteries of providence to be solved here* after. 1 nr'HE heart, dejected, sighs to know, A Why vice triumphant reigns below; Why saints have fall'n in ev'ry age, The victims of tyrannic rage. 2 Fast roll successive years away; Fast hastens on th' important day, When, to th' astonish'd world's surprise, God's high tribunal shall arise. 3 Hark! 'tis the trumpet's piercing sound; The rising dead assemble round; In close procession, see! they come. Each to receive his righteous doom. 4 Lo! there, a vile, degen'rate race; Pale terror sits on ev'ry face: Here, on the right, a joyful band. The sons of suff'ring virtue stand. 5 The sentence pass'd, lo! these arise To bliss and glory in the skies: While those who once stood high in fame. Sink to contempt, remorse, and shame. 6 Thus shall God's providence appear Without a shade, divinely fair; And blushing doubt, with joy, confess The Lord's a God of righteousness. Providence of God, 1^5 143. Common Metre. Watts. Natural and moral providence. 1 ripHE world of nature, Lord! is thine, jL The darkness and the day: Thou didst command the morn to shine. And mark the sun's bright way. 2 Thy pow'r hath trac'd the winding coast, Hath giv'n the sea its bounds; With summer's heat, and winter's frost, In their perpetual rounds. 3 Oh! who can stand before thy sight, When once thy wrath appears? When heav'n shall blaze with dreadful light, The earth lies still, and fears. 4 When God, in his mysterious ways. Comes down to save th' opprest. The wrath of man shall work his praise, And he'll restrain the rest. 144. Long Metre. Watts. The universal providence of God. 1 T TAST are thy works, almighty Lord! V All nature rests upon thy word! - Thy glories in the heav'ns we see. The spacious earth is full of thee. L2 ie'6 Government and 2 The various tribes of creatures stand, Waiting their portion from thy hand; And while they take their diff'rent food, Their cheerful looks pronounce thee good. 3 Whene'er thy face is hid, they mourn. And, dying, to their dust return; Both man and beast their souls resign^ Life, breath, and spirit, all are thine. 4 Yet thou canst breathe on dust again. And fill the world with beasts and men; A word of thy creating l)reath Repairs the wastes of time and death. 5 The earth stands trembling at thy stroke, And at thy touch the mountains smoke; Yet humble souls may see thy face, And tell their wants to sov'reign grace. 6 In thee my hopes and wishes meet. And make my meditations sweet: I, to my God, my heav'nly King, Immortal hallelujahs sing. 145. Long Metre. Liverpool Collection. The satne subject, 1 nnH^ earth, and all the heav'nly frame, X Their great Creator's love proclaim; He gives the sun his genial pow'r. And sends the soft refreshing show'r. Providence of God. 127 2 The ground with plenty blooms again, And yields her various fruits to men; To men, who from thy bounteous hand Receive the gifts of ev'ry land. 3 Nor to the human race alone Is thy paternal goodness shown: The tribes of earth and sea and air Enjoy thy universal care. 4 Not ev'n a sparrow yields its breath, Till God permit the stroke of death: He hears the ravens when they call, The Father and the Friend of all! 146. Long Metre. Dyer. Providence acknowledged. 1 r^ RE ATEST of beings, source of life, VX Sov'reign of air, of earth, and sea! All nature feels thy pow'r, but man A grateful tribute pays to thee. 9 Subject to wants, to thee he looks, And from thy goodness seeks supplies: And, when oppress'd with guilt he mourns. Thy mercy lifts him to the skies. 3 Children, whose little minds, unform'd. Ne'er rais'd a tender thought to heav'n; ^nd men, whom reason lifts to God, Tho' oft by passion downward driv'n: 128 Government and At Those too, who bend with age and care, And faint and tremble near the tomb; Who, sick'ning at the present scenes, Sigh for that better state to come: — 5 Ail, great Creator! all are thine; All feel thy providential care; And, thro' each varying scene of life, Alike thy constant pity share. 6 And whether grief oppress the heart; Or whether joy elate the breast; Or life still keep its little course; Or death invite the heart to rest: — 7 All are thy messengers, and all Thy sacred pleasure. Lord! obey: And all are training man to dwell . Nearer to bliss, and nearer Thee. 147. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. Providence acknowledged, 1 f^ RE AT God! while nature speaks thy \J praise With all her num'rous tongues; Thy saints shall tune diviner lays, And love inspire their songs. 2 Thy pow'r and grandeur they shall sing. The glories of thy reign; Thy wond'rous deeds, almighty King, Shall fill the raptur'd strain. Providence of God, 129 3 Thy kingdom, Lord! for ever stands, While earthly thrones decay; And time submits to thy commands, While ages roll away. 4 To thee, O Lord! for daily meat, Thy creatures lift their eyes; On thee, their common Father wait, From thee receive supplies. 5 Thy sovereign bounty freely gives Its unexhausted store. And universal nature lives On thy sustaining pow'r. 6 The praise of God, delightful theme! Shall fill my heart and tongue; Let all creation bless his name, In one eternal song. 148. Long Metre. Doddridge. The bounty of Providence improved, 1 Tn ATHER of lights! we sing thy name, Jl Who kindl'st up the lamp of day; Wide as he spreads his golden flame. His beams thy pow'r and love display. 2 Fountain of good! from thee proceeds, In copious drops, the genial rain. Which thro' the hills, and thro' the meads, Revive the grass, and swell the grain. 130 Government and 3 Thro' the wide world thy bounties spread; Yet millions of our guilty race, Though by thy daily bounty fed, Affront thy law, reject thy grace. 4 Not so may our forgetful hearts O'erlook the tokens of thy care; But what thy lib'ral hand imparts. Still own in praise, still ask in pray*r. 5 So shall our suns more grateful shine, And show'rs in sweeter drops shall fall. When all our hearts and lives are thine, And thou, O God! enjoy'd in all. 149. Short Metre. Watts. God^s distinguishing goodness to man. LORD! our heav'nly King! o Thy name is all divine; Thy glories round the earth are spread. And o'er the heav'ns they shine. When to thy works above I raise my wond'ring eyes. And see the moon, fair queen of night, In peerless splendour rise; When I survey the stars That fill the vaulted sky. Lord! what is man, that he should stand In thy regard so high? Providence of God, 131 4 Or what the son of man, That thou should'st love him so? Next to thine angels is he plae'd, And lord of all below. 5 Thine honours crown his head, While subject beasts obey; And birds that cut the air with wings, And fish that cleave the sea. 6 How rich thy bounties are! And wond'rous are thy ways! Of dust and worms thy pow'r can frame A monument of praise. 150. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. The same subject, 1 ^ I ^HY wisdom, pow'r, and goodness, X Lord! In all thy works appear; But most thy praise should man record, Man, thy distinguish'd care. 2 From thee the breath of life he drew; That breath thy pow'r maintains; Thy tender mercy, ever new. His brittle frame sustains. 3 Thy providence, his constant guard When threat'ning ills impend. Or will th' impending dangers ward, Or timely succours lend. 132 Government and Af Yet nobler favours claim his praise, * Of reason's light possest; By revelation's brighter rays Still more divinely blest. 5 All bounteous Lord! thy grace impart: O teach me to improve Thy gifts with ever grateful heart, And crown them with thy love. 151. Long Metre. Watts. Divine protection* 1 T TP to the hills I lift mine eyes, V> Th' eternal hills beyond the skies; Thence all her help my soul derives; There my almighty refuge lives. 2 He lives, the everlasting God, That built the world, that spread the flood; The heav'ns, with all their hosts, he made. And the dark regions of the dead. 3 He guides our feet, he guards our way; His morning smiles bless all the day; He spreads the ev'ning veil, and keeps The silent hours while Isr'el sleeps. 4 His servants, thus divinely blest. May rise secure, securely rest; Their holy guardian's wakeful eyes Admit no slumber nor surprise. Providence of God. 133 5 No sun shall smue their head by day, Nor the pale moon, with sickly ray Shall blast their couch; no baleful star Dart his malignant fire so far. S With fiercest rage should malice burn, Still they shall go, and still return, Safe in the Lord; his heav'nly care Defends their lives from ev'ry snare. 152. Proper Metre. Watts, The same subject, 1 T T P WARD I lift mine eyes^ WJ From God is all my aid; The God who built the skies, And earth's foundation laid; God is the tow'r To which I fly: His grace is nigh In ev'ry hour. 2 My feet shall never slide, Or fall in fatal snares, Since God, ray guard and guide. Defends me from my fears. Those wakeful eyes That never sleep. Shall Isr'el keep, When dangers rise. 3^ No burning heats by day, Nor blasts of ev'ning air, M 134 Government and Shall take my health away, If God be with me there. Thou art my sun, And thou my shade, To guard my head By night or noon, 4 Hast thou not giv'n thy word, To save my soul from death? And I can trust the Lord To keep my mortal breath: I'll go and come, Nor fear to die. Till from on high He call me home. 153. Short Metre. Watts. The heavenly shepherd. 1 nr^HE Lord mv shepherd is; jL I shall be well supply'd: Since he is mine, and I am his. What can I want beside? 2 He leads me to the place. Where heav'nly pasture grows. Where living waters gently pass, And full salvation flows. 3 Tho' from his fold I stray. He doth my steps restore, Providence of God, 1-35 And guides me in his own right way, That I may err no more. 4 While he affords his aid, I cannot yield to fear; Tho' I should walk thro' death's dark shade, My shepherd's with me there. 154. Short Metre. Mrs. Steele. The same subject, 1 TTCT'HILE God my Father's near, VV My Shepherd and my Guide, I bid farewell to anxious fear, My wants are all supply'd. 2 To ever-fragrant meads, Where rich abundance grows. His gracious hand indulgent leads. And guards my sweet repose. S Along the lovely scene. Cool waters gendy roll. And kind refreshment smiles serene^ To cheer my fainting soul. 4 Here let my spirit rest: How sweet a lot is mine! With pleasure, food, and safety blest; Beneficence divine! 5 Great Shepherd! if I stray. My wand'ring feet restore; 136 Government and To thy fair pastures guide my way, And let me rove no more. 155. Proper Metre. Addison. The same subject. 1 'T^HE Lord my pasture shall prepare, X And feed me with a shepherd's care; His presence shall my wants supply. And guard mc with a watchful eye: My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend. 2 When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain pant; To fertile vales and dewy meads. My weary, wand'ring steps he leads,, Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow, Amid the verdant landscape flow. 3 Though in a bare and rugged way. Through devious lonely wilds I stray; Thy presence shall my pains beguile. The dreary wilderness shall smile, With sudden greens and herbage crownM, And streams shall murmur all around. 4 Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread; My steadfast heart shall fear no ill. For thou, O Lord! art with me still; Thy friendly hand shall give me aid. And guide me through the dreadful shade. Providence of God, 137 156. Common Metre. Doddridge. God's condescension in becoming the shepherd of men, 1 A ND will the Majesty of Heav'n XjL Accept us for his sheep? And with a shepherd's tender care Such worthless creatures keep? 2 And will he spread his guardian arms Round our defenceless head? And cause us gently to lie down In his refreshing shade? 3 And will he lead our weary souls To that delightful scene, Where rivers of salvation flow Through pastures ever green? 4 What thanks can mortal men repay For favours great as thine? Or how can tongues of feeble clay Proclaim such love divine? 5 Eternal God! how mean are we! How richly gracious thou! Our souls, o'erwhelmM with humble joy, In silent transports bow. M2 138 Government and 157. Long Metre. Watts. Safety in public diseases and dangers, 1 npHEY that have made theirrefuge God, A Shall find a most secure abode; Shall walk all day beneath his shade. And there at night shall rest their head. 2 If burning beams of noon conspire To dart a pestilential fire, God is their life; his wings are spread. To shield them 'midst ten thousand dead. 3 If vapours with malignant breath Rise thick, and scatter midnight-death, Still they are safe: the poison'd air Again grows pure, if God be there. 4 But if the fire, or plague, or sword, Receive commission from the Lord, To strike his saints among the rest. Their very pains and deaths are blest. 5 The sword, the pestilence, or fire. Shall but fulfil their best desire; From sins and sorrows set them free. And bring thy children, Lord! to thee. Providence of GocL 139 158. Long Metre. Watts. The safety of good men amidst ndtional cala» mttieSi GOD is the refuge of his saints, When storms of deep distress invade: Ere we can offer our complaints. Behold him present with his aid! Let mountains from their seats be hurl'd Down to the deep, and buried there; Convulsions shake the solid world; Our faith shall never yield to fear. Loud may the troubled ocean roar; In sacred peace our souls abide; While ev'ry nation, ev'ry shore Trembles and dreads the swelling tide. , 'Midst storms and tempests, Lord! thy word Does ev'ry rising fear control: Sweet peace thy promises afford. And well sustain the fainting soul. ^B 159. Common Metre. Patrick. Security in God. EYOND the limits of the sky, Thy mercy, Lord! extends; 140 Government and Thy faithfulness the narrow bounds Of time and space transcends. 2 Lord! who can duly prize that love Thou bearest to the just? Under thy providence and care Good men securely trust. 3 To those who in thy love confide, Thy kindness still impart; And all thy promises fulfil To men oJF upright heart. 160. Long Metre. Merrick. . God the protector of innocence, 1 ^T'^HINE is the throne, beneath thy reign, X Great King of kings! the tribes profane Behold their dream of conquest o'er. And vanish, to be seen no more. 2 What eyes like thine, Eternal Sire! Thro' sin's dark mazes can inquire? "What hand, like thine, to virtue's foes Such awful judgments can oppose? 3 The meek observer of thy laws To thee commits his injur'd cause: In thee, each anxious fear resign'd. The fatherless a father find. 4 Thou, Lord! thy servants' wish canst read, Ere from their lips the pray'r proceed: Providence of God, 141 'Tis thine, the drooping heart to cheer, To wipe away the starting tear; 5 To vindicate the sufF'rer's cause, To rescue from oppression'^ jaws, To curb the haughty tyrant's will, And bid the sons of pride be still. 161. Long Metre. Bristol Collec. All things work together for good to the/t'igh' teous. 1 "^/TOT from relentless fate's dark womb, xA Or from the dust, our troubles come; No fickle chance presides o'er grief, To cause the pain, or send relief. 2 Look up, and see, ye sorrowing saints! The cause and cure of your complaints: Know, 'tis your hcav'nly Father's will; Bid every murmur then be still. 3 He sees we need the painful yoke; Yet love directs his heaviest stroke: He takes no pleasure in our smart, But wounds to heal, and cheer the heart. 4 Blest trials those that cleanse from sin, And make the soul all pure within, Wean the fond mind from earthly toys, To seek and taste celestial joys. 142 Government and 162. Common Metre, Doddridge. Assurance of the divine presence. 1 A ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ "^' gracious Lord! -fc^ i » dissipate our fear? Dost thou proclaim thyself our God, Our God for ever near? 2 Doth thy right hand, which form'd the earth, And bears up all the skies, Str- *ch from on high its friendly aid, When dangers rotmd us rise? 3 On thy support our souls shall lean, And banish ev'ry 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. 163. Common Metre. Watts. Creatures va'in^ and God all-suffcient. 1 T> LEST is the nation where the Lord JO Hath fixM his gracious throne ; Where he reveals his heav'nl}^ word, And calls their tribes his own. Providence of God, 143 2 His eye, with infinite survey, Docs the whole world behold; He form'd us all of equal clay. And knows our feeble mould. 3 Kings are not rescu'd by the force Of armies from the grave; Nor speed, nor courage of a horse Can the bold rider save. 4 Vain is the strength of beasts or men, To hope for safety thence; But holy souls from God obtain A strong and sure defence. 5 God is their fear, and God their trust, In him their safety's found; His watchful eye secures the just, Though thousands fall around. 6 Lord! let our hearts in thee rejoice, And bless us from thy throne; For we have made thy word our choice, And trust thy grace alone. 164. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. The vicissitudes of providence. 1 nr^HE gifts indulgent heav'n bestows, jL Are variously convey'd; The hu'r.an mind, like nature, knows Alternate light and shade. 144 Government and 2 While changing aspects all things wear, Can we expt- ct to find Unclouded sunshine all the year, Or constant peace of mind ? 3 More gaily smiles the blooming spring. When wintry storms are o'er; Retreating sorrow thus may bring Delights unknown before. 4 Then, Christian! send thy fears away, Nor sink in gloomy care; Tho' clouds o'erspread the scene to-day. To-morrow may be fair. 165. Common Metre. Jervis. Consolatory views of providence, 1 'THHE God of heav'n is kind and just: X Then let not man complain; Nor e'er his providence distrust, His high decrees arraign. 2 Tho' clouds should darken all the scene, Be this thy stedfast aim. Still to preserve a mind serene. Free from all guilt and shame. 3 The lowliest flow'rs that deck the field^ Thy mute instructors are; And wholesome admonition yield Against corroding care. Providence of God. 145 4 O! listen to kind nature's voice: To heav'n direct thine eyes; There nobler objects claim thy choice, And brighter prospects rise. 5 Far from anxiety and care, Still seek that blissful shore, Where discontent and dark despair Shall rend thy heart no more. 166. Common Metre. Jervis. God our consolation in adversity and distress, 1 'T^O calm the sorrows of the mind, X Our heav'nly Friend is nigh. To wipe the anxious tear that starts, Or trembles in the eye. 2 Thou canst, when anguish rends the heart, The secret woe control; The inward malady canst heal, The sickness of the soul. 3 Thou canst repress the rising sigh; Canst sooth each mortal care; And ev'ry deep and heart-felt groan Is wafted to thine ear. 4 Thy gracious eye is watchful still; Thy potent arm can save From threat'ning danger and disease, And the devouring grave. N 146 Government and 5 When, pale and languid all the frame, The ruthless hand of pain Arrests the feeble pow'rs of life, The help of man is vain. 6 'Tis thou, great God! alone canst check The progress of disease; And sickness, aw'd by pow'r divine, The high command obeys. 7 Eternal Source of life and health, And ev'ry bliss we feel! In sorrow, and in joy, to thee Our grateful hearts appeal. 167. Common Metre. Tate and Brady. Encouragement from the experience of God's goodness* 1 rr-iHRO' all the changing scenes of life, X In trouble and in joy. The praises of my God shall still My heart and tongue employ. 2 Of his deliv'rance I will boast, Till all who are distrest From my example comfort take. And charm their griefs to rest. 3 The hosts of God encamp arouad The dwellings of the just: Providence of God. 147 Protection he affords to all Who make his name their trust, O make but trial of his love! Experience will decide, How blest are they, and only they, Who in his truth confide. Fear him, ye saints, and you will then Have nothing else to fear: Make you his service your delightj Your wants shall be his care. PART VI. Thanksgiving. 168. Short Metre. Mrs. Steele. Obligation to gratitude and praise, 1 IV /I Y Maker, and my King! -LVX To thee my all I owe: Thy sov'reign bounty is the spring, From whence my blessings flow. 2 Thou ever good and kind! A thousand reasons move, A thrnisand obligations bind My heart to grateful love. 3 The creature of thy hand, On thee alone I live: My God! thy benefits demand More praise than tongue can give. 4 O what can I impart, When all was thine before? Thy love demands a thankful heart; The gift, alas! how poor! 5 Shall I withhold thy due? And shall my passions rove? Lord! make me to thy service true, And fill me with thy love. Thanksgiving. 149 a O let thy grace inspire My soul with strength divine; Let all my pow'rs to thee aspire, And all nny days be thine. 169. Long Metre. Watts. Praise for temporal blessings. 1 -¥ T T E bless the Lord, the just, the good, \ V Who fills our hearts with joy and food; Who pours his blessings from the skies, And loads our days with rich supplies. 2 He sends the sun his circuit round, To cheer the fruits, to warm the ground: He bids the clouds with plenteous rain Refresh the thirsty earth again. 3 'Tis to his care we owe our breath, And all our near escapes from death: Safety and health to God belong: He helps the weak, he guards the strong. 4 He makes the saint and sinner prove The common blessings of his love; But the wide diff'rence sh^ll appear. When the rewarding day draws near. N2 150 Thanksgiving* 170. Common Metre. Flexman. God our constant benefactor, 1 i^ RE AT God! to thee my grateful vX tongue My fervent thanks shall raise: Inspire my heart to raise the song Which celebrates thy praise. 2 From thy almighty forming hand I drew my vital pow'rs; My time revolves at thy command, In all its circling hours. 3 Thy pow'r, my ever-present guard, From ev'ry ill defends; While num'rous dangers hover round, My help from thee descends. 4 Beneath the shadow of thy wings, How sweet is my repose! Thy morning light renews the springs From whence my comfort flows. 5 In celebration of thy praise, I will employ my breath; And, walking stedfast in thy ways, Will triumph over death. Thanksgiving. 151 171. Long Metre. Doddridge. God the author of our comforts^ our deliver- ancesy and our hopes* 1 /^ RE AT Source of life! our souls con- vJX fess The various riches of thy grace; Crown'd with thy mercy, we rejoice, And in thy praise exalt our voice. 2 By thee the vault of heav'n was spread; By thee, the earth's foundations laid; And all the scenes of man's abode Proclaim a wise and gracious God. 3 Thy quick'ning hand restores our breath, When trembling on the verge of death; Gently it wipes away our tears. And lengthens life to future years. 4 Our lives are sacred to the Lord; Kindl'd by him, by him restor'd; And, while our hours renew their race. May sin no more these hours disgrace! 5 So when, at length, by thee we're led Through unknown regions of the dead, With hope triumphant, may we move To scenes of nobler life above! 1 5*2 Thanksgiving. 172. Long Metre. Merrick. GoB^ preserver^ benefactor ^ and saviour, 1 T TOW well our great Preserver knows X X To weigh, and to relieve our woes! Behold his wrath's avenging blast, How slow to rise, how soon o'erpast! 2 How prompt his favour to dispense Its life-imparting influence! How speedy his paternal love Our deep afflictions to remove! / 3 Grief for a night, obtrusive guest! Beneath our roof perchance may rest; But joy, with the returning day, Shall wipe each transient tear away^ 4 Since thou wilt hearken to my pray'r, Again the face of joy I wear: Thy strength my fainting spirit cheers, And checks my griefs, and calms my fears. 5 With what delight, great God^ I trace The acts of thy stupendous grace! To count them, were to count the sand That lies upon the sea-beat strand. 173. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. The blessings of Providence, 1 A LMIGHTY Father! gracious Lord! JlX, Kind guardian of my days! Thanksgiving, t S3 Thy mercies let my heart record In songs of grateful praise. 2 In life's first dawn, my tender frame. Was thy indulgent care, Long ere 1 could pronounce thy name, Or breathe the infant pray'r. 3 When reason with my stature grew, How weak her brightest ray! How little of my God I knew! How apt from thee to stray! 4 Around my path what dangers rose! What snares o'erspread my road! No pow'r could guard me from my foes, But my preserver, God. 5 When life hung trembling on a breath, 'Twas thy unceasing love, That sav'd me from impending death, And bade my fears remove. 6 Lord, though this mortal frame decays, And earthly comfort flies. Complete the wonders of thy grace. And raise me to the skies. 7 Then shall my joyful pow'rs unite In more exalted lays; And join the happy sons of light In everlasting praise. 154 Thanksgiving, 174. Common Metre. Addison. Gratitude to God. 1 T ^THEN all thy mercies, O my God! Ir V My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise. 2 Thy providence my life sustain'd^ And all my wants redress'd, When in the silent womb I lay, Or hung upon the breast. 3 To all my weak complaints and cries Thy mercy lent an ear, Ere yet my feeble thoughts had learnt To form themselves in pray'r. 4 Unnumber'd comforts on my soul Thy tender care bestow'd, Before my infant heart conceived From whom those comforts flow'd. 5 When in the slipp'ry paths of youth With heedless steps I ran. Thine arm, unseen, convcy'd me safe, And led me up to man. 6 Through hidden dangers, toils, and deaths, It gently clear'd my way; And through the pleasing snares of vice, More to be fear'd than they. 7 When nature fails, and day and night Divide thy works no more; Thanksgiving, 155 My fiver grateful heart, O Lord! Thy mercy shall adore. 175. Common Metre. Addison. The same subject, 1 /^ HOW shall words, with equal warmth, V^ The gratitude declare, That glows in my enraptur'd heart! — But thou canst read it there. 2 Thy bounteous hand with worldly bliss Hath made my cup run o'er; And, in a kind and faithful friend, Hath doubled all my store. 3 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, Which tastes those gifts with joy. 4 When worn by sickness, oft hast thou With health renew'd my face; And, when in sins and sorrows sunk, Reviv'd my soul with grace. 5 Through ev'ry period of my life Thy goodness I'll pursue; And after death, in unknown worlds. The glorious theme renew. 6 Through all eternity to thee A joyful song I'll raise — But oh! eternity's too short To utter all thy praise. 156 Thanksgiving, 176. Long Metre. Doddridge. Gratitude to God for his innumerable mercies, 1 TN glad amazement. Lord! I stand, JL Amidst the bounties of thy hand; How numberless those bounties are! How rich, how various, and how fair! 2 But O! what poor returns I make! What lifeless thanks I pay thee back! Lord! I confess with humble shame, My ofF'rings scarce deserve the name. 3 Fain would my lab'ring heart devise To bring some nobler sacrifice; It sinks beneath the mighty load, " What shall I render to my God?" 4 To him I consecrate my praise. And vow the remnant of my days; Yet what, at best, can I pretend, Worthy such gifts from such a friend! p In deep abasement, Lord! I see My emptiness and poverty; Enrich my soul with grace divine. And make me worthier to be thine. 6 Give me at length an angel's tongue, That heav'n may echo with my song; The theme, too great for time, shall be The joy of long eternity. Thanksgiving, 157 177. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. Blessings of providence and redemption. 1 TV/rY God, what blessings round me XVA shone, Where'er I turn'd mine eye! How many pass'd almost unknown;- Or unregarded, by! 2 Each rolling year new favours brought From thine exhaustless store: But ah! in vain my lab'ring thought Would count thy mercies o'er. 3 While sweet reflection, through my days^ Thy bounteous hand would trace; Still dearer blessings claim my praise, The blessings of thy grace. -4> Yes, I adore thee, gracious Lord! For favours more divine; That I have known thy sacred word, Where all thy glories shine. 5 My highest praise, alas, how poor! How cold my warmest love! My Father! teach me to adore, As angels do above. 6 But frail mortality in vain Attempts che blissful song; The high, the vast, the boundless strain. Claims an immortal tongue. O 158 Thanksgivifw: 178. Proper Metre. H. M. The love of God. 1 TV /r Y God! thy boundless love I praise; iVX How bright on high its glories blaze! How sweetly bloom below' It streams from thine eternal throne; Thro' heav'n its joys for ever run, And o'er the earth they flow. 2 'Tis love that paints the purple morn, And bids the clouds, in air upborne, Their genial drops distil; In ev'ry vernal beam it glows. And breathes in ev'ry gale that blows, And glides in ev'ry rill. 3 It robes in cheerful green the ground. And pours its flow'ry beauties round. Whose sweets perfume the gale; Its bouni:5'is richly spread the plain. The blushmg fruit, the golden grain. And smile on ev'ry vale. 4 But in thy word I see it shine With grace and glories more divine, Proclaiming sins forgiv'n; There, faith, bright cherub, points the way To realms of everlasting day, And opens all her heav'n. Thanksgiving. 159 Then let the love that makes me blest, »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. 179. Long Metre. Watts. Blessings of providence and redemption, 1 XJ LESS, O my soul! the living God, jD Call home thy thoughts that rove abroad; Let all the pow'rs within me join In work and worship so divine. 2 Bless, O my soul! the God of grace; His favours claim thy highest praise: Let not the wonders he hath wrought, Be lost in silence and forgot. 3 Our youth decay'd, his pow'r repairs: His mercy crowns our growing years: He satisfies our mouths with good. And fills our hopes with heav'nly food. 4 The vices of the mind he heals. And sooths the pains which nature feels: Redeems our souls from death, and saves Our wasting lives from threat'ning graves. 1 60 Thanksgiving, 5 He sees th' oppressor and th* opprest, And often gives the suff'rer rest; But will his justice more display- In the last great rewarding day. 6 His pow'r he show'd by Moses' hands. And gave to Israel his commands; But sent his truth and mercy down To all the nations by his Son. 7 Let the whole earth his pow'r confess; Let the whole earth adore his grace; The Gentile with the Jew shall join In work and worship so divine. 180. Short Metre. Watts. The same subject, 1 /^ BLESS the Lord, my soul! \J Let all within mc join, And aid my tongue to bless his name, Whose favours are divine. 3 O bless the Lord, my soul! Nor let his mercies lie Forgotten in unthankfulness, And without praises die. 3 'Tis he forgives thy sins, 'Tis he relieves thy pain; 'Tis he that heals thy sicknesses, And gives thee strength again. Thanksgivings 161 He crowns thy life with love, When rescu'd from the grave; He that redeemM our souls from death, Hath boundless pow'r to save. He fills the poor with good; He gives the suff'rer rest; The Lord hath justice for the proud, And mercy for th' opprest. His wond'rous works and ways He made by Moses known; But sent the world his truth and grace By his beloved Son. 181. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. Praise for the divine goodness, AWAKE, my soul! awake, my tongue* My God demands the grateful song: Let all my nobler pow'rs record The wondrous mercy of the Lord. : Divinely free, his mercy flows, Forgives my crimes, allays my woes; He bids approaching death remove, And crowns me with indulgent love. i He fills my longing soul with good, Substantial bliss! immortal food! Youth smiles renew'd in active prime. And triumphs o'er the pow'r of time. 02 162 Thanksgiving, 4 In him the poor opprt- st shall find A Friend, almighty, just and kind; His glorious acts, his wondrous ways, To all the world proclaim his praise. 182. Long Metre. Watts. Blessings of providence and redemption* 1 /^ IVE to our God immortal praise; vX 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 fix'd 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 sun and moon shall shine no more. 5 He sent his Son with pow'r to save From guilt, and darkness, and the grave: Wonders of grace to God belong: Repeat his mercies in your song. Thanksgiving, 163 Thro' this vain world he guides our feet, And leads us to his heav'nly seat; His mercies ever shall endure, When this vain world shall be no more. 183. Proper Metre. Watts. The same subject, GIVE thanks to God most high, The universal Lord, The sov'reign King of kings, And be his grace ador'd. His pow'r and grace Are still the same; , And let his name Have endless praise. How mighty is his hand! What wonders hath he done! He form'd the ezfrth and seas, And spread the heav'ns alone. Thy mercy, Lord, Shall still endure; And ever sure Abides thy word. ; His wisdom fram'd the sun, To crown the day with light; The moon and twinkling stars. To cheer the darksome night. His pow'r and grace Are still the same; 164 Thanksgiving, And let his name > Have endless praise. 4 He sent his only Son, To save us from our woe, From error, sin, and death, And ev'ry hurtful foe. Thy mercy. Lord, Shall still endure, And ever sure Abides thy word. 184. Common Metre. Berridge. The same subject, 1 np^H Y goodness. Lord! our souls confess, JL Thy goodness we adore; A spring whose blessings never fail, A sea without a shore. 2 Sun, moon, and stars, thy love attest In evVy golden ray; Love draws the curtains of the night. And love returns the day. 3 Thy bounty ev'rv season crowns With all the bliss it yields; With joyful clusters loads the vine. With strength'ning grain the fields. 4 But chiefly thy compassions. Lord! Are in the gospel seen; There, like the sun, thy mercy shines, Without a cloud between. Thanksgiving* ' 165 185. Common Metre. Watts. Assistance and victory in the spiritual warfare^ 1 TT^OR ever blessed be the Lord, Jl My saviour and my shield! , He sends his spirit with his word, To arm me for the field. 2 When all my foes their force unite, He makes my soul his care; Instructs me to the heav'nly fight, And guards me through the war. 3 A friend and helper so divine Does my weak courage raise; He makes the glorious vict'ry mine, And his shall be the praise. 186. Short Metre. Watts. Praise for salvation, 1 rr^O God, the only wise, X Our Saviour and our King, Let all the saints with joyful hearts,^ Their humble praises sing. 2 'Tis his almighty love. His counsel and his care^ 166 Thanksgiving, Preserves us safe from sin and death, And ev'ry hurtful snare. 3 He will present us pure, • Unblemish'd and complete, Before the glory of his face. With joys divinely great. 4 Then, all his faithful sons Shall meet around the throne, Shall bless the conduct of his grace, And make his wonders known. 5 To God, the only wise, All majesty belongs; And be his pow'r and grace ador'd In everlasting songs! 187. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. Light and deliverance, 1 'THHE weary trav'ler, lost in night, JL Breathes many a longing sigh, And marks the welcome dawn of light, With rapture in his eye. 2 Thus sweet the dawn of heav'nly day Lost weary sinners find. When mercy, with reviving ray. Beams o'er the fainting mind. 3 To slaves opprest with cruel chains, How kind, how dear the friend, Thanksgiving. 167 Whose gen'rous hand relieves their pains. And bids their sorrows endl 4 Thus kind, thus dear, that friend divine, Who rescues captive souls; Unbinds the galling chains of sin, And all its pow'r controls. 5 My God! to thy revealed light My dawn of hope I owe; Once, wand'ring in the shades of night, And sunk in hopeless woe. G 'Twas thy blest hand redeem'd the slave. And set the pris'ner free: Be all I am, and all I have. Devoted, Lord, to thee! PART VII. Divine Revelation. 188. Short Metre. Watts. "Phe book of nature and scripture. BEHOLD! the lofty sky Declares its Maker God; And all his starry works on high Proclaim his pow'r abroad. The darkness and the light Still keep their course the same; While night to day, and day to night, Divinely teach his name. In ev'ry diff'rent land Tbeir gen'ral voice is known: They show the wonders of his hand, And orders of his throne. Ye christian lands, rejoice; Here he reveals his word: We are not left to nature's voice To bid us know the Lord. His statutes and commands Are set before our eyes; He put his gospelin our hands, Where our salvation lies. ^ivhie Revelation, 169 6 His laws are just and pure, His truth without deceit; His promises for ever sure, And his rewards are great. 189. Long Metre. Watts. The works and word of God. 1 nnHE heav'ns declare thy glory, Lord} X In ev'ry star thy wisdom shines; But when our eyes behold thy word, We read thy name in fairer lines. 2 The rolling sun, the changing light, And nights, and days, thy pow'r confess; But the blest volume thou hast writ. Reveals thy justice and thy grace. 3 Sun, moon, and stars, convey thy praise Round the whole earth, and never stand; So w^hen thy truth began its race, It touch'd and glanc'd on ev'ry land. 4 Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest. Till thro' the world thy truth has run: Till Christ has all the nations blest That see the light or feel the sun. 5 Father of lights! in glory rise. Bless the dark world with heav'nly light; Thy gospel makes the simple wise. Thy laws are pure, thy judgments right. P 1 70 Divine Revelation, * 6 Thy noblest wonders here we view, In souls rehew'd, and sins forgiv'n: Lord! cleanse my sins, my soul renew, And make thy word my guide to heav'a. 190. Proper Metre. Watts. The same subject, 1 f^ REAT God! the heav'ns' well-or- VT der'd frame Declares the glories of thy name; There thy rich works of wonder shine; A thousand starry beauties there, A thousand radiant marks appear. Of boundless pow'r and skill divine. 2 From night to day, from day to night, The dawning and the dying light, Lectures of heav'nly wisdom read; With silent eloquence they raise Our thoughts to the Creator's praise. And neither sound nor language need. 3 Yet their divine instructions run Far as the journies of the sun. And distant nations know their voice; The sun, in robes of splendour drest. Breaks from the chambers of the east. Moves round, and bids the earth rejoice. 4 Where'er he spread his beams abroad, He speaks the majesty of God: All nature joins to show thy praisf . Divine Revelation. 171 Thus God in ev'ry creature shines: Fair are the book of nature's lines, But fairer is the book of grace. 191. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. The advantages of divine revelation* m 1 T^7HEN Isr'el thro' the desert pass'd, V V A fiery pillar went before, To guide them thro' the dreary waste, And lessen the fatigues they bore. 2 Such is the glorious word of GoD; 'Tis for our light and guidance giv'n; It sheds a lustre all abroad, And points the path to bliss and heav'n'. 3 It fills the soul with sweet delight, And quickens its inactive pow'rs; It sets our wand'ring footsteps right, Displays his love, and kindles ours. 4 Its promises rejoice our hearts; Its doctrines are divinely true; Knowledge and pleasure it imparts; It comforts and instructs us too. 5 Ye favour'd lands, blest with this word! Ye saints, who feel its saving pow'r! Unite your tongues to praise the Lord, And his distinguish'd grace adore. 172 Divine Revelation* 192. Common Metre. Watts. Excellence of scripture, 1 '' I 'HE starry heav'ns thy rule obey, X The earth maintains her place; And these thy sert^ants, night and day, Thy skill and pow'r express. 2 But still thy law and gospel, Lord! Have lessons more divine; Not earth stands firmer ihan thy word. Nor stars so nobly shine. 3 Let all the heathen writers join To form one perfect book: Great God! if oncecompar'd with thine, How mean their writings look! 4 Not the most perfect rules they gave, Could show one sin forgiv'n. Nor lead a step beyond the grave; Bui thine conduct to heav'n. 5 Th> word is everlasting truth; How pure is evTy page! That holy book shall guide our youth, And well support our age. Divine Revelation* 173 193. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. The excellency of the holy scriptures. 1 Tn ATHER of mercies! in thy word X? What endless glory shines! Forever be thy name ador'd, 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 fair tree of knowledge grows,. And yields a free repast; Sublimer sweets than nature knows, Invite the longing taste. 4 Here, springs of consolation rise. To cheer the fainting mind; And thirsty souls receive supplies, And sweet refreshment find. 5 'Tis here the Saviour's welcome voice Spreads heav'nly peace around; And life and everlasting joys Attend the blissful sound. 6 O may these heav'nly pages be My ever dear delight; And still new beauties may I see. And still increasing light! P2 174 Divine Revelation. 194. Common Metre. Doddridge. Perfection of God'^a law, 1 -p ERFECTION! 'tis an empty name, iT Nor can repay our cares; And he that seeks it here below. Must end the search with tears. 2 Great David on his royal throne, The beauteous and the strong, Rich in the spoils of conquer'dfoes, Amidst th' applauding throng, 3 With all his mind's capacious pow'rs, Pursu'd the shade in vain; Not heard in his melodious voice. Or harp's angelic strain. 4 From public to domestic scenes Th' impatient monarch turns— The friend, the husband, and the sire. In sad succession mourns. 5 At length, thy law, eternal God! He through his tears descries. And, wrapt amidst those sacred folds, He finds the heav'nly prize. 6 There will I seek perfection too. Where David's God is known; Nor envy, with this volume blest. His treasures and his throne. Divine Revelation. 175 195. Common Metre. Watts. The consolation of scripture, 1 T ORD ! I have made thy word my i ^ choice. My lasting heritage: There shall my noblest pow'rs rejoice, My warmest thoughts engage. 2 1*11 read the hist'ries of thy love, And keep thy laws in sight, While through the promises I rove. With ever fresh delight. 3 'Tis 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 that mourners have, It makes our sorrows blest; Our fairest hope beyond the grave. And our eternal rest. 196. Common Metre. Watts. The same subject* 1 'T^HE volume of my Father's grace, X Does all my grief assuage: His cheering promises I trace Almost in ev'ry page. 1 76 Divine Revelation. 2 This is the field where hidden lies The pearl of price unknown: The merchant is divinely wise, Who makes that pearl his own. 3 This is the judge that ends the strife, Where wit and reason fail; My guide to everlasting life Through all this gloomy vale. 4 Oh! may thy counsels, mighty God! My roving feet command; Nor I forsake the happy road. That leads to thy right hand* 197. Common Metre. Watts. Instruction to the young from scripture. 1 T TOW shall the young secure their X JL 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. 8 'Tis like the sun, a heav'nly light, That guides us all the day; And through the dangers of the night, A lamp to lead our way. ^B Divine Revelation^ 177 198. Common Metre. Doddridge. The Perfect law of liberty* EKOLD that wise, that perfect law, Which noblest freedom gives: O may it all our souls refine, And sanctify our lives! 2 Not with a transient glance survey'd, And in an hour forgot, But deep inscribed on ev'ry heart, To reign o'er ev'ry thought. 3 Great Author of each perfect gift! Thy gracious pow'r display. That our ungrateful, wand'ring hearts May hearken and obey. 199. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. Light and comfort from the scriptures^ 1 nr^O God, its source, ray soul aspires; X Come, Lord! and fill my vast desires: Be thou my portion; here I rest. Since of my utmost wish possest. 2 O! let thy sacred word impart Its gen'rous influence to my heart; With pow'r, and light, and love divine, Assure my soul that thou art mine. 1 7s Divine Revelation. 3 The blissful word, with joy replete, Shall bid my gloomy fears retreat; And heav'n-born hope, serenely bright, Shine cheerful through this mortal night. 4 Then shall my joyful spirit rise On wings of faith above the skies: And when these transient scenes are o'er. And this vain world shall tempt no more; 5 O! may I reach the blissful plains. Where thy unclouded glory reigns, And dwell for ever near thy throne. Id joys to mortal thought unknown. 200. Long Metre. Doddridge. Scripture teachings^ and their happy conse' quences, 1 T> RiGHT Source of intellectual rays! X3 Father of spirits and of grace! O dart, with energy unknown. Celestial beamings from thy throne. 2 Thy sacred book we would survey, Eniighten'd with that heav'nly day; And seek thine influence with the word, To teach our souls to know the Lord. 3 So shall our children learn the road. That leads them to their fathers' God; And, form'd by lessons so divine. Shall infant minds with knowledge shine. Divine Revelation, ' 179 4 So shall the haughtiest soul submit. With children plac'd at Jesus' feet; The noisy swell of pride shall cease, And thy sweet voice be heard in peace. 201. Common Metre. Cowper. The light and glory of the world, 1 T Tt 7HAT glory gilds the sacred page, V V Majestic like the sun! It gives a light to ev'ry age; It gives, but borrows none. 2 The hand that gave it, still supplies His gracious light and heat; His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set. 3 Let everlasting thanks be thine, For such a bright display. As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heav'nly day. 4 My soul rejoices to pursue The paths of truth and love; Till glory break upon my view In brighter worlds above. i s6 Divine Revelatioii*- 202. , Common Metre. Watts. Delight in scripture. 1 r^ HOW I love thy holy law! \J 'Tis daily my delight; And thence my meditations draw Divine advice by night. 2 How doth thy word my heart engage! How well employ my tongue! And, in my tiresome pilgrimage, Yield me a heav'nly song. 3 Am I a stranger, or at home, 'Tis a divine repast; Not honey, dropping from the comb, So much allures the taste. 4 No treasures so enrich the mind; Nor shall thy word be sold. For loads of silver well refin'd. Nor heaps of choicest gold. 5 When nature sinks, and spirits droop,. Thy promises of grace Are pillars to support my hope; And there I write thy praise. Divine Revelation. 181 203. Common Metre. Reason a divine gift. 1 ITST^HAT heav'nly wisdom has be- VV stowM, O! let not man despise; Reason's a gift our praise demands; It lifts us to the skies. Z How could we know or value truth Without this beam of light? Or conscience feel of right and wrong, Or in God's praise delight? 3 For reason and for conscience too, Accept our praise, O Lord! May this be pure, and that be clear, And both embrace thy word. 204. Short Metre. Scott. The right and duty of private judgment. 1 TMPOSTURE shrinks from light, X 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; Assur'd we shall not search in vaiUj But hidden treasures find. 182 Divvie RevelattoUo 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. 205. Long Metre. Merrick. Religion without superstition, 1 T7^ AR hence each superstition vaii?, J? Wild offspring of the human brain? The truths that fill thy hallow'd page. My happier choice, great God! engage, 2 O, ever faithful to thy word. Do thou thy vital strength afford; Thy help impart, Eternal Sire! Nor let my hope in shame expire. 3 Sustained by thy almighty aid. What danger shall my soul invadef Nor errors cloud, nor arts of sin My soul from thy obedience win. 'B PART VI II. Christ and Christianity. 206. Short Metre. Watts^ The excellency of the gospel. EHOLD! the mornnig sun Begins his glorious way; His beams through all the nations run, And life and light convey. But where the gospel comes, It spreads diviner light, It calls dead sinners from their tombs, And gives the blind their sight. How perfect is thy word! And all thy judgments just: For ever sure thy promise, Lord! And men securely trust. My gracious God! how plain Are thy directions giv'n! O may I never read in vain. But find the path to heav'n! While with my heart and tongue I spread thy praise abroad. Accept the worship and th,e song, My Father and my God, 1^4 Ch ris t and (Christianity, 207. Proper Metre. Wa'^ts* The same subject. 1 T LOVE the volumes of thy word: X What light and joy those leaves afford To souls benighted and distrest! Thy precepts guide my doubtful way; Thv ifear forbids my feet to stray; Thy promise leads my heart to rest. 2 From the discovVies of thy law, The perfect rules of life I draw; These are my study and delight Not honey so invites the taste, Nor gold that hath the furnace past, Appears so pleasing to the sight. 3 Thy threat'nings wake my slumb'ringeyes, And warn me where my danger lies; But tis thy blessed gospel, Lord! That makes my guilty conscience clean. Converts my soul, subdues my sin, And gives a free, but large reward. 4 Who knows the errors of his thoughts? My God! forgive my secret faults. And from presumptuous sins restrain; Accept my poor attempts of praise, That I have read thy book of grace. And book of nature not in vain. Christ and Christianity* 185 208. Long Metre. Watts. The excellency of the christian religion* 1 /^ REAT God! how well thy truths VJT agree! How wise and holy thy commands! Thy promises, how sure they be! How firm our hope, and comfort stands! 2 Though we should trace the globe around, And ev'ry different system scan, There will be no religion found So just to God, so safe to man. 3 The various forms that men devise. To shake my faith with treacherous art, I scorn as vanity and lies. And bind the gospel to my heart, 209. Common Metre. Watts. Praise for the gospel. 1 nnO our almighty Maker, God, X New honours be addrest! His great salvation shines abroad, And makes the nations blest. 2 He spake the word to Abra'm first; His truth fulfils the grace: The Gentiles make his name their trust. And learn his righteousness. 3 Let the whole earth his love proclaim, With all her diff Vent tongues; Q2 186 Christ and Christianity, And spread the honours of his name, In melody and songs. 210. Proper Metre. Salisbury Collection. Praise to the God of our salvation, 1 TT AIL the God of our salvation! XX Triumph in redeeming love; Let us with glad exultation Imitate the blest above. 2 Light of those whose dreary dwelling Border'd on the shades of death, He hath, by his grace revealing, Scattered all the clouds beneath. 3 Father, thou art all compassion, Pure, unbounded love thou art; Hail the God of our salvation! Praise him ev'ry thankful heart. 4 Joyfully on earth adore him. Till in heav'n we take our place; There enraptur'd fall before him, Lost in wonder, love and praise. 211. Long Metre. Doddridge. The christian scheme of salvation worthy of God. 1 TMMORTAL God! on thee we call, X The Great Original of all; Christ and Christianity, 187 From thee we are, to thee we tend, Our sure support, our glorious end. 2 We praise that wise, that wondrous grace That pitied our revolted race. And Jesus, our victorious head, The captain of salvation made. 3 He, thine eternal love decreed, Should many sons to glory lead; And sinful worms to him are giv'n A colony to people heav'n. 4 Jesus for us (O gracious name) Encounter'd agony and shame; Jesus, the glorious and the great, Was by dire suff 'rings made complete, 5 A scene of wonders here we see, Worthy thy son, and worthy thee; And while this theme employs our tongues. All heav'n unites its sweetest songs. 212. Common Metre. Watts. The blessings of the gospel. 1 T) LEST are the souls that hear and know JD The gospel's joyful sound; Peace shall attend the path they go, And light their steps surround. 2 Their joy shall bear their spirits up, Through God's eternal name; His promises exalt their hope; And who shall dare condemn? 188 Christ and Christianity. 3 The Lord, our glory and defence, Strength and salvation gives: Isr'el, thy King for ever reigns, Thy God for ever lives. 213. Short Metre. Watts. The blessings of the gospel. 1 T TOW beauteous are their feet XJL Who stand on Zion's hill! Who bring salvation on their tongues. And words of peace reveal. 2 How charming is their voice! How sweet the tidings are! " Zion, thy King, thy God appears! " He reigns and triumphs here." 3 How happy are our ears That hear the joyful sound. Which kings and prophets waited for. And sought, but never found! 4 How blessed are our eyes That see this heav'nly light! Prophets and kings desirM it long, But dy'd without the sight. 5 The watchmen join their voice, And tuneful notes employ. Far-distant lands break forth in songs, And deserts learn the joy. Christ and Christianity. 189 214. Long Metre. Mr. J. Taylor. The light of the gospel 1 f\ HOW delightful is the road KJ That guides us to thy temple, Lord." With joy we visit thine abode, And seek the treasures of thy word. 2 O heav'nly treasures! glorious light! From ancient sages long concealM; Till Christ restor'd the feeble sight. And God's unchanging word reveal d. 215. Short Metre. Watts. The birth of Christ, t Tl EHOLD! the grace appears, J A The blessing promis'd long; Angels announce the Saviour near In this triumphant song: 2 " Glory to God on high! And heav'nly peace on earth: Good-will to men, to angels joy. At the Redeemer's birth!" 3 In worship so divine Let saints employ their tongues: With the celestial hosts we join. And loud repeat their songs: 4 Glory to God on high! And heav'nly peace on earth; iOO Christ and Chrlstianitif, Good-will to men, to angels joy, At our Redeemer's birth! 216. Proper Metre. John Taylor, Christmas Hymn* (Tune, Adeste Fideies.) 1 T? XULTING, rejoicing, hail the happy Pi morning, The morn of the day when our Christ was born! Angels of mercy, who his birth attended, O bear our loud hosannas thro' the sky! O bear, &c. 2 Salvation proclaiming to the guilty nations, He comes in the glory and power of God, Angels of mercy, who his steps attended, O bear our loud hosannas thro' the sky! O bear, &c. 3 Devoted submissive, on the cross expiring, He bows to the will of his Father, God: Angels of pity, who his death attended, O bear our loud hosannas thro' the sky! O bear, &c. 217. Short Metre. Needham. Birth of Christ. 1 'THHE Prince of Peace is come! X Ye nations shout and sing; Christ and Christianity. 191 Let men and angels join their songs, To hail this glorious King. I Light of the world, he comes! The blind receive their sight; The mind now feels his gladd'ning ray, And all within is light. 3 Evangelist divine! He makes the gospel known: The poor the joyful tidings hear, And their great prophet own. 4 Whilst, gracious God! I hear Thy gospel's joyful sound, May my glad heart, mv tongue, my life. Be all obedience found. 218. Common Metre. Needham. The same subject* 1 f^ LORY to God on high be giv'n, vJT For peace to earth is brought! Good will to wretched, dying men, Surpassing human thought. 2 The time foretold by heav'n is come, The year of Jubilee; The day which kings and saints so long. So much desir'd to see. 3 He's come, the mighty Saviour's come. Hear, and rejoice, thou earth; Let ev'ry tongue, the globe around. Hail the Redeemer's birth. 192 Christ and Christianity, 4 To universal empire born, The charge he well sustains: Nations, rejoice! the mighty Lord, Your king, Messiah, reigns. 5 Glory to God on high be giv'n. For peace to earth is brought! Good will to wretched, dying men. Surpassing human thought. 219. Long Metre. Watts. The same subject. 1 rTpO those who fear and trust the Lord, L His mercy stands for ever sure: From age to age his promise lives. And the performance is secure. 2 He spake to Abr'am and his seed, In thee shall all the earth be bless'd! The mem'ry of that ancient word Lay long in his eternal breast. 3 But now no more shall Isr'el wait; No more the Gentiles lie forlorn; Lo! the desire of nations comes, Behold! the promised seed is born. 220. Long Metre. Merrick. The promised Messiah.. ELCOME the hope of Israel's race' The Messenger of truth and grace! 'W Christ and Christianitif. 193 Your hearts in righteousness prepare; Behold your wish'd redemption near! See glory, bursting from the skies, O'er Judah's land effulgent rise; And fix amidst her coasts its seat, Where justice, truth, and mercy meet: While faith and hope, their offspring dear, Attendant on their steps appear; And join'd in friendly compact move, Bless'd with philanthropy and love. Truth in thy lands, O earth! shall spring, And righteousness her healing wing Expanding, downward cast her eye. While heav'n's great Monarch from on high> The heathen gloom shall chase away. And usher in a glorious day; And, from his own propitious will. The promis'd grace to man fulfil. 221. Common Metre. John Taylor. The mission of Christ. "TJREPARE," th' appointed herald JL cried, " The Lord's straight path prepare: Let valleys rise, let hills subside, And rugged ways grow fair! " Then shall the race of man behold Salvation from on high; R 194 Christ and Christianity. Then shall the Saviour, long foretold, . Commence his ministry." 3 Spotless the hcav'n-taught teacher stood, And meekly bow'd his head, While from old Jordan's sacred flood Baptismal rites were shed. 4 Now spake th' announcing voice of heav'n. While bright the glory shone; " To you the Christ of God is giv'n, Jehovah's chosen son. 5 " Him hear; with him my cov'nant stands, With pow'r I him invest; I place my sceptre in his hands, My truth inspires his breast." 222. Common Metre. Doddridge. The same subject, 1 TTARK, the glad sound! the Saviour XJ. comes! The Saviour promis'd long! Let ev'ry heart a throne prepare; And ev'ry voice a song. 2 On him the spirit largely pour'd. Exerts its holy fire; Wisdom and might, and zeal and love, His sacred breast inspire. 3 He comes the prisoners to release. In wretched bondage held; Christ and Christianity, 195 The gates of brass before him burst, The iron fetters yield. 4 He comes, from thickest films of vice To clear the mental ray; And on the eye-balls of the blind, To pour celestial day. 5 He comes, the broken heart to bind, The wounded soul to cure; And, with the treasures of his grace, Enrich the humble poor. 6 Our songs of joy and gratitude His welcome shall proclaim; Hail to the Prince of peace, who comes In God our Father's name! 223. Common Metre. Watts. The same subject. 1 O ING to the Lord, ye distant lands! O Ye tribes of ev'ry tongue! His new-discover'd grace demands A new and noble song. 2 Say to the nations, Jesus came, A guilty world to save; From vice and error to reclaim. And rescue from the grave. 3 Let heav'n proclaim the blissful day; Joy through the earth be seen; 196 Christ and Christianity, Let cities shine in bright array, And fields in cheerful green. 4 With pleasure lift your wond'ring eyes, Ye islands of the sea; Ye mountains, sink; ye valleys, rise; Prepare the Saviour's way. 5 Behold he comes! he comes to bless The nations from their God; To show the world his righteouanesi, And send his truth abroad, 224. Common Metre. Watts. The coming and kingdom of Christ, 1 TOY to the world, the Lord is come! J The long-predicted king; Let evVy heart prepare him room. And heav'n and nature sing. 2 Joy to the earth; the Saviour reigns! Let men their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains. Repeat the sounding joy. 3 No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make his blessings flow, As far as guilt is found. 4 God rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of his faithfulness, And wonder's of his love. Christ and Christianity . 1 9T 225. Common Metre. Edinburgh Collection. The same subject* 1 T) EHOLD,he comes! your leader comes, Xj With might and honour crown'd; A witness, who shall spread my name To earth's remotest bound. ^ The beam that shines from Zion's hill. Shall lighten ev'ry land; The king who reigns in Salem's tow'rs, Shall all the world command. 3 See, nations hasten to his call From ev'ry distant shore; Isles yet unknown shall bow to him, And Isr'el's God adore. 4 Come, then, O house of Jacob! come, To his blest laws incline; Still walking in the light of God, With holiness divine. 226. Common Metre. Cowper. Christ the sun of righteousness, ^1 TTQW blest thy creature is, O God! Xn When, with a single eye. He views the lustre of thy word. The day-spring from on high! 2 Through all the storms that veil the skies, And frown on earthly things j R2 ' 1 98 Christ and Christianity . The sun of righteousness ht eyes With healing on his wings. 3 The glorious orb, whose golden beams, The fruitful year control, Since first, obedient to thy word, He started from the goal — 4 Has cheer'd the nations with the joys His orient rays impart; But, 'tis the light of Christ alone Can shine upon the heart. 227. Long Metre. Doddridge. The same subjtct. 1 'TnO thee, O God! we homage pay, JL Source of the light that rules the day! Who, while he gilds all nature's frame. Reflects thy rays and speaks thy name. 2 In louder strains we sing that grace Which gives the sun of righteousness, Whose nobler light salvation brings, And scatters healing from his wings. 3 Still on our hearts may Jesus shine. With beams of light and love divine; Quicken'd by him our souls shall live. And cheer'd by him shall grow and thrive. 4 O may his glories stand confess'd, From north to south, from east to west; Successful may his gospel run, Wide as the circuit of the sun. Christ and Christianity. 1 ^9 When shall that radiant scene arise, When, fix'd on high, in purer skies, Christ all his lustre shall display On all his saints through endless day! 228. Short Metre. Lindsey's Collection. Christ the light of the world. BEHOLD, the Prince of peace, The chosen of the Lord, God's well-beloved Son, fulfils The sure prophetic word. No royal pomp adorns This king of righteousness: Meekness and patience, truth and love Compose his princely dress. \ The spirit of the Lord, In rich abundance shed. On this great prophet gently lights, And rests upon his head. i Jesus, the light of men! His doctrine life imparts; O may we feel its quick'ning pow'r To warm and glad our hearts! 5 Cheer'd by its beams, our souls Shall run the heav'nly way: The path which Christ hath mark'd and trod, Will lead to endless day. j 200 Christ and Christianitfj. 229. Proper Metre. Wesley. The star of Jacob, 1 O ONS of men, behold him far, O Hail the long-expected star! Jacob's star, that gilds the night, Guides bewilder'd nature right. 2 Fear not hence that ill should flow, Wars or pestilence below; Wars it bids and tumults cease, Ush'ring in the prince of peace. 3 Mild he shines on all beneath. Piercing through the shade of death; ScattVing error's wide-spread night. Kindling darkness into light. 230 Common Metre. Watts. Light and salvation by Jesus Christ. 1 T> E cv'ry vale exalted high; jD Sink ev'ry mountain low: The proud must stoop, and humble souls Shall God's salvation know. 2 The heathen realms, with Isr'el's land. Shall join in sweet accord: And all that's born of man shall see The glory of the Lord. 3 Behold the morning star arise. Ye that in darkness sit! Christ and Christianity, 201 He marks the path that leads to peace, And guides our doubtful feet. 231. Long Metre. Watts* Salvation by Christ. t Q ALVATION is for ever nigh O The souls that fear and trust the LoRDi And grace, descending from on high, Fresh hopes of glory shall afford. 2 Now truth and honour shall abound, Religion dwell on earth again; And heav'nly influence bless the ground, In our Redeemer's gentle reign. 232. Proper Metre. Doddridge. Christ the living stone, ITH ecstacy of joy Extol hisjglorious name, V>j^ Who rear'd the spacious earth, ■'And rais'd our mortal frame; He built the church who spread the sky, Shout and exalt his honours high. See the foundation laid By pow'r and love divine; In Christ, his best lov'd Son, How bright his glories shine! Who yields to death — in dust he lies. That from his tomb a church might rise. 'W 202 Christ and Christianity, 3 But he for ever lives, Nor for himself alone; Each saint new life derives From him the living stone; His influence spreads through every soul, And in one house unites the whole. 4 To him with joy we move, In him cemented stand, The living temple grows And owns the founder's hand: That structure, Lord! still higher raise. Louder to sound its builder's praise. 5 Descend and shed abroad The tokens of thy grace; And with more radiant beams Let glory fill the place. Our joyful souls shall prostrate fall, And own our God is all in all. 233. Long Metre. Butcher. Miracles of Christ, 1 TXT" HAT works of wisdom, pow'r and VV love Do Jesus' high commission prove! Attest his heav'n derived claim, And glorify his Father's name! 2 On eyes that never saw the day, Ht pours the bright celestial ray; And deafen'd ears, by him unbound, Catch all the harmony of sound. Christ and Christianity* 203 3 Lameness takes up its bed, and goes Rejoicing in the strength that flows Through ev'ry nerve; and, free from pain, Pours forth to God the grateful strain. 4 The shattered mind his word restores, And tunes afresh the mental pow'rs; 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 pow'r, And not the God he serv'd adore! 234. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. The example of Christ, 1 A ND is the gospel peace and love? -Tjl 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. On Jesus let us fix our eyes, Bright pattern of the christian life! 3 O how benevolent and kind! How mild! how ready to forgive! Be his the temper of our mind. And his the rules by which we live. 204 Christ and Christianity • 4 To do his heav'nly Father's will. Was his employment and delight: Humility and holy zeal Shone thro' his life divinely bright. 5 Dispensing good where'er he came, The labours of his life were love: If thtn we love the Saviour's name, Let his divine example move. 235. Common Metre. Watts. The same subj'^ct. 1 /^ OD of my mercy and my praise, VX Thy glory is my song; I'll speak the honours of thy grace With a rejoicing tongue. 2 When Christ among the sons of men. In humble form was found, With cruel slanders, false and vain, They compass'd him around. 3 Their mis'ries his compassion mov'd, Their peace he still pursu'd: They render'd hatred for his love, And evil for his good. 4 Their malice rag'd without a cause; Yet with his dying breath He pray'd for murd'rers on his cross, And bless'd his foes in death. Christ and Christianity, 205 5 O may his conduct, all-divine, To me a model prove: Like his, O God! my heart incline My enemies to love. 236. Long Metre. Watts. The same subject, 1 T READ my duty in the word A Of my Redeemer and my Lord^ ut in his life the law appears Drawn out in living characters. 2 What zeal his mission to fulfil! What def 'rence to his Father's will! His love and meekness, how divine! I would transcribe and make them mine. 3 Cold mountains, and the midnight air, Witnessed the fervour of his pray'r; The desert his temptations knew, His conflicts and his vict'ries too. 4 He is my pattern; may I bear More of his gracious image here! Then shall I find my humble name Among the followers of the Lamb. 237. Common Metre. Dr. Enfield. The same subject. 1 "D EHOLD, where, in a mortal form, JJ Appears each grace divine; S 206 Christ and Christianity, The virtues, all in Jesus met. With mildest radiance shine. 2 To spread the rays of heav'nly light, To give the mourner joy. To preach glad tidings to the poor, Was his divine employ. 3 Lowly in heart, to all his friends A friend and servant found, He wash'd their feet, he wip'd their tears, And heal'd each bleeding wound. 4 'Midst keen reproach, and cruel scorn, Patient and meek he stood; His foes, ungrateful, sought his life; He laboured for their good. 5 To God he left his righteous cause, And still his task pursuM; While humble pray'r, and holy faith His fainting strength renew'd. 6 In the last hour of deep distress, Before his Father's throne. With soul resigned he bow'd, and said, " Thy will, not mine, be done!" 7 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 Christianitt/. 207 238. Long Metre. Doddridge. Christ's submission to his Father'^s wilL 1 "T^ATHER divine," the Saviour JL cried. While horrors press'd on ev'ry side, And prostrate on the ground he lay, " Remove this bitter cup away. 2 " But if these pangs must still be borne. And stripes, and wounds, and cruel scorn, I bow my soul before thy throne, And say — Thy w?7/, not mine, be done^"* 3 Thus our submissive souls would bow. And, taught by Jesus, lie as low; Our hearts, and not our lips alone Would say, — Thy will, not ours, be done* 4 Then, tho' like him in dust we lie. We'll view the blissful moment nigh. Which, from our portion in his pains, Calls to the joy in which he reigns. 239- Common Metre. A. The glory of the man Jesus, 1 X^ELCOME the hope of Israel's race! V V Herald of love divine! Jesus, great prophet! in whose face Celestial glories shine. fi08 Christ and Christianity. 2 Offspring of David! son of man! Brother of human-kind! First-bom of the prophetic train! Ray of the Father's mind! 3 Son of the mental world, he shone, With beams of righteousness; Pour'd forth from the eternal throne, The fount of truth and grace. 4 Nor heav'n-descended truth and grace Alone his glory showM; Virtue illumin'd all his days, His life with virtue glow'd. 3 In thi sad hour of nature's dread, He sought his Father's throne; Brcath'd out his soul, and meekly said, **Thy will, O God! be done." 6 Lo! king of terrors! — there thy prey:— But, see heav'n swift to save! The captive spurns captivty. The conqu'ror is the slave. 7 No more the man of griefs and cares; Of life and glory Lord; He calls his brethren fellow-heirs, Their glory — his reward. 6 Time! hasten on thy chariot wheels; Bring vict'ry from the skies; Descend the everlasting hills; Bid prostrate nations rise. Christ and Christianity, 209 240. Short Metre. Doddridge. Attractive influence of a crucijied Saviour* 1 T) EHOLD th' amazing sight, Xj The Saviour lifted high! Behold the Son of God's delight Expire in agony! 2 For whom, for whom, my heart, Were all these sorrows borne? Why did he feel that piercing smart, And meet that various scorn? 3 For love of us he bled, And all in torture died; 'Twas love that bow'd his fainting head, And op'd his gushing side. 4 In sympathy of love Let all the earth combine; And, drawn by cords so gentle, prove The energy divine. 5 In him our hearts unite, Nor share his griefs alone. But from his cross pursue their flight To his triumphant throne. S2 210 Christ and Christianity, 241. Proper Metre. The death and resurrection of Jesus, 1 T T E dies, the friend of sinners dies! XJL Lo! Salem's daughters weep around! A solemn darkness veils the skies! A sudden trembling shakes the ground! Here's love and grief beyond degree; The Lord of glory dies for man! But lo! what sudden joys we see! Jesus, the dead, revives again. 2 Break off your tears, ye saints, and tell How high our great deliv'rer reigns; Sing how he spoil'd the hosts of hell, And led the monster death in chains: Say, " Live for ever, wondrous king! Born to redeem, and strong to save!'* Then ask the monster,*' Where's thy sting? And where's thy vict'ry, boasting grave?" 242. Long Metre. Watts. Christ glorified in his resurrection, 1 T O! what a glorious comer-stone ■1 A The Jewish builders did refuse! But God has built his church thereon, In spite of envy, and the Jews. 2 Great God! the work is all divine, The joy and wonder of our eyes: Christ and Christianity, 211 This is the day that proves it thine, The day that saw our Saviour rise. 3 Sinners rejoice, and saints be glad; Hosanna! let his name be blest: A thousand honours on his head. With peace, and light, and glory rest! 4 In God's own name he comes to bring Salvation to our dying race; Let the whole church revere their king, And celebrate his Father's grace. 243. Proper Metre. Wesleys. Resurrectio7i of Christ, 1 /CHRIST, the Lord, is ris'n to-day^ \^y Sons of men and angels say; Raise your joys and triumphs high; Sing, ye heav'ns, and earth reply. 2 Love's redeeming work is done, Fought the fight, the batde won: Lo! our sun's eclipse is o'er, Lo! he sets in blood no more. 3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal! Christ has burst the gates of hell; Death in vain forbids his rise; Christ has open'd Paradise. 4 Lives again our glorious king: Where, O death! is now thy sting? Dying once he all doth save: Where thy victory, O grave! 212 Christ and ChristianiUj. » 244. Proper Metre. Scott. The same subject* 1 A NGEL, roll the rock awav; i\ Hallelujah! Death, yield up thy mighty prey; See! he rises from the tomb, Glowing in immortal bloom. 2 'Tis the Saviour! angels, raise Fame's eternal trump of praisej Let the world's remotest bound Hear the joy-inspiring sound. 3 Shout, ye saints, in rapt'rous song, Let the strains be sweet and strong; Shout the Son of God this morn From his sepulchre new-born. 4 Hail! victorious Jesus, hail! On thy cloud of glory sail In long triumph thro' the sky. Up to waiting worlds on high. 5 Heav'n displays her portals wide, Glorious hero! thro' them ride; King of glory! mount the throne. Thy great Father's and thine own. 6 Hosts of heav'n, seraphic fires! Raptur'd sweep your sounding lyres; Sons of men! in humbler strain Sing your mighty Saviour's reign. Christ and Christianity* 2 1 3 7 Ev'ry note with wonder swell; Sin o'erthrown and captiv'd hell! Where is now, O death! thy sting? Where thy terrors, vanqiiish'd king? 245. Common Metre. Doddrige. He is not here^ but is risen, 1 ■\7'E humble souls, that seek the Lord, X Chase all your fears away; And bow with pleasure down to see The place where Jesus lay. 2 Thus low the Lord of life was brought, Such wonders love can do; Thus cold in death that bosom lay, Which throbb'd and bled for you. 3 A moment give a loose to grief, Let grateful sorrows rise; And wash the bloody stains away With torrents from your eyes. 4 Then dry your tears and tune your songs, The Saviour lives again! Not all the bolts and bars of death The conqu'ror could detain. 5 High o'er th' angelic bands, he rears His once dishonour'd head; And thro' unnumber'd years he reigns, Who dwelt among the dead. 214 Christ ajid Christianity, 6 With joy like his, shall evVy saint His empty tomb survey; Then rise with his ascending Lord, Thro' all his shining way. 246. Long Metre. Butcher. The resurrection of Christ. 1 TTOS ANNA! let us join to sing JL a The glories of our rising king; Recount his victories, and tell How Jesus triumphed when he fell. 2 Soon as the morning's earliest ray Brmgs on the third, th' appointed day, Behold the angel cleave the skies, Roll back the stone, and Jesus rise! 3 With strength immortal forth he comes. And pow'r and life from God resumes; The days of pain and sorrow past. His triumph shall for ever last. 4 Ye tribes of Adam, raise the song, And bid angelic harps prolong The triumphs of that day of grace, Which sealed salvation to our race. 5 Salvation! joy-inspiring theme! Best gift of him who reigns supreme; Sv.eet balm of ev'ry human woe, And source of boundless joy below. 6 Salvation! sons of men, record The glories of your rising Lord; Christ and Ch ristianity* 215 The triumphs of the Saviour tell, Who died, and conquer'd when he fell. 247. Short Metre. The same subject* CHRISTIANS! dismiss your fear, ' Let hope and joy succeed; The welcome news with gladness hear; The Lord is ris'n indeed! The shades of death withdrawn, His eyes their beams display: So wakes the sun, when rosy dawn Unbars the gates of day. Angelic hosts above, The rising victor sing; And all the blissful seats of love With loud hosannas ring. Ye pilgrims, too, below. Your hearts and voices raise; Let ev'ry breast with gladness glow. And ev'ry mouth be praise. 248. Long Metre. Edward Taylor. The same subject* OUR Lord is risen from the dead, Our Jesus is gone up on high; The pow'rs of hell are captive led, Dragg'd to the portali of the 9ky. 316 Christ and Christianity, 2 There his triumphal chariot waits, And angels chant their solemn lay: " Lift up your heads, ye heav'nly gates! Ye everlasting doors give way!" 3 Loose all your bars of massy light, And wide unfold th' ethereal scene: He bursts the bands of death and night, And heav'n receives the conqu'ror in. 4 Whom did the Lord of life subdue? The tyrant death his arm o'ercame. The world and hell his pow'r o'erthrew; And Jesus is the conqu'ror's name. 5 Who is the King of glory? Who? The Christ, with God's own pow'r possest; And made our Kmg and Saviour too; Thanks be to God, for ever blest! 249. Long Metre. Watts. The ascension of Christ* 1 TJ EJOICE, ye shining worlds on high, Xv Behold the King of glory nigh! Who can this King of glory be? The mighty Lord, the Saviour's he. 2 Ye heav'nly gates, your leaves display, To make the Lord, the Saviour way: Laden with spoils from earth and hell, The conqu'ror comes, with God to dwell. Christ and Ch nstlanky* 217 Rais'd from the dead, he goes before, He opens heav'n's eternal door, To give his saints a blest abode, Near their Redeemer and their GoD. 250. Short Metre. Watts. The triumph of Chris fs kingdom, 1 TV /TAKER, and sov'reign Lord XVX Of heav'n, and earth, and seas! Thy providence confirniis thy word, And answers thy decrees. 2 Why did the Gentiles rage. And Jews, with one accord, Bend all their counsels to destroy Th' anointed of the Lord? 3 Rulers and kings agree To form a vain design: Against the Lord their powers unite. Against his Christ they join. 4 The Lord derides their rage. And will support his throne; He that hath raisM him from the dead, Hath own'd him for his son. 5 He asks, and God bestows A large inheritance; Far as the earth's remotest ends. His kingdom shall advance. T 21 8 Christ and Christianitif. 251. Long Metre. Watts. The success of the gospel, 1 npHUS the Eternal Father spake -I To Christ his son, " Ascend and sit At my right hand, till I shall make Thy foes submissive at thy feet." 2 " From Zion shall thy word proceed; Thy word, the sceptre in thy hand, Shall make the hearts of rebels bleed. And bow their wills to thy command." 3 " That day shall show thy pow'r is great, When saints shall flock with willing minds, And sinners crowd thy temple gate, Where holiness in beauty shines." 4 O blessed pow'r! O glorious day! What a great vict'ry shall ensue! And converts, who thy grace obey, Exceed the drops of morning dew. 252. Proper Metre. Doddridge. Blessed effects of the gospel. 1 IV /r ARK the soft-falling snow, JlVx And the descending rain! To heav'n from whence it fell, It turns not back again; Christ and Christiatiity. 2 1 ! But waters earth Thro' ev'ry pore, And calls forth all Her secret store. ArrayM 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- "So," saith the God of grace, *' My gospel shall descend, Almighty to effect The purpose I intend; Millions of souls Shall feel its powV, And bear it down To millions more." " Joy shall begin your march, And peace protect your ways, While all the mountains round Echo melodious praise: The vocal groves Shall sing the Got), And ev'ry tree Consenting nod." 220 Christ and Christianitij, 253. Long Metre. Watts. The kingdom of Christ. 1 /^ RE AT God! whose universal sway VX The known and unknown worlds obey; Extend the kingdom of thy son. Till ev'ry land his rule shall own. 2 The sceptre well becomes his hands. And wise and good are his commands; H!« laws protect the humble poor, And bid oppression rage no more. 3 They form to righteousness the mind, To all that's candid, gentle, kind; Inspire with love the human breast. And stormy passions sooth to rest. 4 As gentle rain on parching ground, His gospel sheds its influence round; Its grace on fainting souls distils. Like heav'nly dew on thirsty hills. 5 The heathen lands that lie beneath The shades of ciarkness and of death. Revive at its first dawning light. And deserts blossom at the sight. 6 His throne immoveable shall stand, Upheld by thine almighty hand; Till all shall love thee, and adore, And vice and mis'ry be no more. Christ and Christianity, . 221 254. Common Metre. Needham. Prayer for the spread of the gospel. 1 f~^ RE AT God of grace! arise and shine, VJT With beams ot heav'nly light; From this dark world of sin dispel The long and doleful night. 2 No more may senseless idols share The honours due to thee: May ev'ry nation know thy name, And thy salvation see. 3 No more may persecution dare To lift her iron rod; No longer shed the blood of saints, And plead a zeal for God. 4 With its own pure and native light. Lord! may thy gospel shine: May error fly like noxious mists Before this light divine. 5 Whilst heav'n-born truth her charms re- veals. May love each breast inspire; Nor one base passion ever mix, To quench this sacred fire. T2 1^ Christ and Christianity, 255. Long Metre. Watts. Christ^s kingdom among' the Gentiles, '% ^ I ^O God let fervent prayVs arise X With ev'ry daily sacrifice, The great Messiah's reign to spread, And with new honours crown his head. 2 Soon may he reign where'er the sun Doth his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore. Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 3 Great God! may realms of ev'ry tongue Dwell on thy love with sweetest song; And with united hearts proclaim, That grace and truth by Jesus came. 4 Blessings abound where'er he reigns; The pris'ner leaps to lose his chains: The weary find eternal rest, And contrite hearts with peace are blest. 5 Where he displays his healing pow'r. The sting of death is known no more; In him the tribes of Adam boast More blessings than their father lost. 6 Parent of good! to thee we trace These boundless stores of richest grace; All have their source in love divine, And be the praise and glory thine! Christ and Christianity. 223 256. Proper Metre. Cowper. The future peace and glory of the church. 1 TTEAR what God, the Lord, hath JTX spoken: O my people! faint and few, Comfortless, afflicted, broken; Fair abodes I build for you: Themes of heartfelt tribulation Shall no more perplex your ways; You shall name your walls, salvation. And your gates shall all be praise. 2 There, like streams that feed the garden, Pleasures, without end, shall flow; For the Lord, your faith rewarding. All his bounty shall bestow: Still in undisturb'd possession. Peace and righteousness shall reign; Never shall you feel oppression. Hear the voice of war again. 3 Ye, no more your suns descending. Waning moons no more shall see; But, your griefs for ever ending. Find eternal noon in me: God shall rise, and shining o'er you. Change to day the gloom of night; He, the Lord, shall be your glory, Gqd your everlasting light. 224 Christ and Christianity, 257. Proper Metre. Doddridge. The wilderness transformed^ or the happy effects of the gospel. 1 4 MAZING, beauteous change! -TV A world created new! Our thoughts with transport range The lovely scene to view. In all we trace, Father divine, The work is thine. Be thine the praise! 2 See crystal fountains play Amidst the burning^^sands! The river's winding way Shines thro' the thirsty lands! New grass is seen, And o'er the meads Its carpet spreads Of living green. ^ 3 Where pointed brambles grew, Entwin'd with horrid thorn, Gay flow'rs, for ever new, Th' enamell'd fields adorn; The blushing rose, And lily there In union fair Their sweets disclose. 4 Where the bleak mountain stood^ All bare, and disarray'd, Christ and Christianity. 225 See the wide-branching wood Diffuse its grateful shade! Tall cedars nod. And oaks and pines, And elms and vines Confess the God. The tyrants of the plain Their savage chase give o'er; No more they rend the slain, And thirst for blood no more; But infant hands Fierce tigers stroke. And lions yoke In flow'ry bands. O when, almighty Lord! Shall these glad scenes arise, To verify thy word. And bless our wond'ring eyes?. That earth may raise. With all her tongues, United songs Of ardent praise. 258. Proper Metre. Doddridge. Glory of the church in the latter day, OZION, tune thy voice. And raise thy hands on high; Tell all the earth thy joys, And boast salvation nigh; 226 Christ and Christianity* Cheerful in God, Arise and shine. While rays divine Stream all abroad. 2 He gilds thy mourning face With beams that cannot fade; His all resplendent grace He sheds upon thy head; The nations round Thy form shall view. With lustre new Divinely crown'd. 3 In honour to his name Reflect that sacred light. And loud that grace proclaim Which makes thy darkness bright; Pursue his praise. Till sovereign love In worlds above The glory raise. 4 There, on his holy hill, A brighter sun shall rise. And with his radiance fill Those fairer, purer skies; While round his throne Ten thousand stars In nobler spheres His influence own. Christ and Christianity, 227 259. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. The love of God in the gospel 1 T ORD! we adore thy boundless grace, J_-i The heights and depths unknown, Of pardon, life, and joy, and peace, In thy beloved son. 2 Come, all ye pining, hungry poor! Your Father's bounty taste; Behold a ncvtr-failing store, ' For ev'ry willing guest, 3 Here shall your nurnVous wants receive A free and full supply; God has unmeasur'd bliss to give, And joys that never die. 4 Lord! bring unwilling souls to thee, By thine all gracious pow'r; Thy boundless love let sinners see, And at thy feet adore. 260. Long Metre. Watts. Invitations. 1 /^ OME hither, all yc weary souls! V^ Ye heavy-laden sinners! come: I'll give you rest from all your toils. And raise you to a heav'nly home. 228 Christ and Christianity. 2 They shall find rest who learn of me; I'm of a meek and lowly mind: But passion rages like the sea, And pride is restless as the wind. 3 Bless'd is the man whose shoulders take My yoke, and bear it with delight; My yoke is easy to his neck, My grace shall make the burden light. 4 Great God! we come at this command; With faith, and hope, and humble zeal, Resign our spirits to thy hand, To mould and guide us at thy will. 261. Proper Metre. Mrs. Barbauld. The same subject. 1 /^ OME! said Jesus' sacred voice, Vy Come, and make my paths yout choice: I will guide you to your home; Weary pilgrim, hither come! 2 Thou, who houseless, sole, forlorn. Long hast borne the proud world's scorn, Long hast roam'd the barren waste, Weary pilgrim, hither haste! 3 Ye who, tost on beds of pain. Seek for ease, but seek in vain: Ye, whose swoll'n and sleepless eyes Watch to see the morning rise: Christ and Christianity, 22§ 4 Ye, by fiercer anguish torn, Guilt, in strung remorse, who mourn; Here repose your heavy care: Conscience wounded, who can bear? 5 Sinner, come! for here is found Balm that flows for av'^ty wound; Peace that ever shall endure; Rest eternal, sacred, sure. 262. Common Metre. Watts. The same subject* 1 T ET ev'ry mortal car attend, i-i And ev'ry heart rejoice; The trumpet of the gospel sounds, With an inviting voice. 2 Ho! all ye hungry, starving souls, That feed upon the wmd. And vainly strive with earthly toys^ To fill an empty mind: 3 Eternal wisdom has prepar'd A soul-reviving feast. And bids your longing appetites The rich provision taste. 4 Ho! ye that pant for living streams, And pine away and die, Here you may quench your raging thirst, With springs that never dry. U 230 Christ and Christianity. S Rivers of love and mercy here In a rich ocean join; Salvaiion in abundance flows, Like floods of milk and wine. (i The happy gates of gospel grace Stand open night and day: Lord! we are come to seek supplies, And drive our wants away. 263. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. The same subject* 1 'T'HE Saviour calls — let ev'ry ear X Attend the heav'nly sound; Ye doubting souls, dismiss your fear, Hope smiles, reviving, round. 2 For ev'ry thirsty, longing heart Here streams of bounty flow; And life, and health, and bliss impart To banish mortal woe. 3 Here, springs of sacred pleasure rise To ease your ev'ry pain; (Immortal fountain! full supplies!) Nor shall you thirst in vain. 4 Ye sinners, come! 'tis Mercy's voice; The gracious call obey; Mercy invites to heav'nly joys — And can you yet delay? Christ and Christianity, 23 1 5 Freely approach and welcome taste The blessings of his love ; While hope attends the sweet repast Of nobler joys above. 264. Common Metre* Wesleys. The new creation by Christ* 1 Tj^ATHER of Jesus Christ, my Lord, JL My Saviour and my head; I trust in thee, whose powVfal word Hath rais'd him from the dead. 2 Eternal life to all mankind Thou hast in Jesus giv'n; And all who seek, thro' him, shall find The happiness of heav'n. 3 Obedient faith that waits on thee, Thou never wilt reprove; But thou wilt form thy son in me, And perfect me in love, 4 To thee, the glory of thy pow'r And faithfulness I give; I shall in Christ at that glad hour, And Christ in me shall live. 265. Long Metre. Doddridge. Christ^s second appearing. 1 li/r Y waken'd soul, extend thy wings iVi Beyond the verge of mortal things; 232 Christ and Christianity. See this vain world in smoke decay, And rocks and mountains melt away. 2 Behold the fi'ry deluge roll Through heav'n's wide arch from pole to pole! Pale sun — no more thy lustre boast; Tremble and fall ye starry host. 3 The wreck of nature all around, The angel's shout, the trumpet's sound, Loud the descending Judge proclaim. And echo his tremendous name. 4 Children of Adam, all appear With rev'rence round his awful bar; For as his lips pronounce, ye go To endless bliss or unknown woe. 5 Lord! to my eyes this scene display. Frequent through each returning day; And let thy grace my soul prepare To find complete redemption there. 266. Long Metre. Jervis. The same subject. 1 nr^HAT solemn day will soon arrive, X Th' important, the decisive day, When, from death's awful slumber rous'd, God's dread command all must obey. 2 Deep thunders usher in the morn, And through the heav'ns tremendous roll: Christ and Christianiti/, 2^3 The wide expanse is all on fire. While lightnings blazc from pole to pole. 3 III glory, see! the Judge descends, Array 'd in majesty and might; Attended by ten thousand saints, And angels of celestial light. A The trumpet's loud and dreadful blast, Sounds through the regions of the dead: With terror some, and some with joy, Rise from the dust, their lowly bed. 5 All-righteous and eternal Judge! When summoned at thy bar to stand; May we, acquitted and approv'd, Be crown'd with bliss at thy right hand. 267. Proper Metre. Salisbury CollectioH. The same subject. IT O! he comes from heav'n descending, I J Sent to judge both quick and dead; 'Midst ten thousand saints and angels, See our great exalted head. Hallelujah! Welcome, welcome, son of God. 2 Full of awful expectation, All before the Judge appear; Truth and justice go before him; Now the joyful sentence hear. Hallelujah! Welcome, welcome, Judge divine. U2 534 Christ and Christianity » 3 " Come, ye blessed of my Father, Enter into life and joy; Banish all your fear and sorrow, Endless praise be your employ." Hallelujah! Welcome, welcome, to the skies. 4 Now at once they rise to glory, Jesus brings them to the King; There, with all the hosts of hcav'n, They eternal anthems sing. Hallelujah! Glory be to God on high. W PART IX. PenitentiaL 268. Common Metre. Cowper. Human frailty acknowledged. 1 T 7C TEAK and irresolute is man; V V The purpose of lo-day. Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. 2 Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker partj Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. 3 Life's voyage is of awful length, Through dangers little known: A stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own. 4 But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of heav'n must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost. 236 Penitential, 269. Common Metre. Doddridge. Inconstancy in Religion lamented, 1 -pERPETUAL Source of light and JL grace! We hail thy sacred name; Through ev'ry year's revolving round, Thy goodness is the same. 2 On us, all-worthless as we are^ Its wondrous mercy pours; Sure as the heav'ns establish'd course, And plenteous as the show'rs. 3 Inconstant service we repay, And treach'rous vows renew; False as the morning's scattering cloud, And transient as the dew. 4 Low at thy feet our guilt we mourn, And loud implore thy grace. To bear our feeble footsteps on. In all thy righteous ways. 5 Arm'd with this energy divine. Our souls shall constant prove. And, with increasing transport, press On to thy courts above. 6 So, by thy powV, the morning sun Pursues his radiant way. Brightens each moment in his race. And shines to perfect day. Penitential, 2S7 270. Long Metre. Blacklock. Reliance on God's compassion to human xveahiess. 1 /^ REAT God! if nature, weak and frail, vJX To strong temptations oft give way; If doubt or passion should prevail O'er wand'ring reason's feeble ray: 2 On thy compassion I rely; Let not thy frowns my faults reprove; Regard me with a father's eye. And guide me with a father's love. 271. Proper Metre. John Taylor. Penitential acknowledgements^ and supplica- tions for pardon, 1 /^ OD of mercy! God of love! Vj Hear our sad repentant song; Sorrow dwells on ev'ry face, Penitence on ev*ry tongue. 2 Deep regret for follies past. Talents wasted, time mispent; Hearts debas'd 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. 238 PenitenttaL 4 These, and ev'ry secret fault, Fill'd with grief and shame we ownj. Humbled, at thy feet we lie, Seeking pardon from thy throne* 5 God of mercy! God of grace! Hear our sad repentant songs; 0 restore thy suppliant race. Thou to whom all praise belongs. 272. Long Metre. Watts. The same subject, 1 /^ THOU who hear'st when sinners cryi V^ Though all my crimes before thee lie, Behold them not with angry look, But blot their mem'ry from thy book. 2 Renew me, O my God! within, And form my soul averse to sin: Thy freely pard'ning grace impart. And shed thy love thro' all my heart. 3 Though I have oft offended, Lord! Thy help and comfort still afford; And hear, while prostrate at thy throne, 1 plead, and trust, thy grace alone. 4 A broken heart, my God, my King! Is all the sacrifice 1 bring; The God of grace will ne'er despise A broken heart for sacrifice. Penitential. 239 5 I canDOt live without thy light. Cast out and banish'd from thy sight: Thy holy joys, my God! restore, And guard me that I fall no more. 6 Then will I teach the world thy grace; Sinners shall learn to seek thy face, Forsake the evil ways they trod. And love and serve a pard'ning God. 273. Proper Metre. Merrick. Freedom from error ^ guilty and folly ^ implored, 1 "D LEST Instructor! from thy ways Xi Who can tell how of the strays? Save from error's growth my mind, Leave not, Lord! one root behind. 2 Purge me from the guilt that lies Wrapt within my heart's disguise; Let me thence, by thee renew'd. Each presumptuous sin exclude: 3 So ray lot shall ne'er be join'd With the men whose impious mind, Fearless of thy just command. Braves the vengeance of thy hand. 4 Let my tongue, from error free. Speak the words approv'd by thee: To thy all observing eyes, Let my thoughts accepted rise. 240 Penitential. 5 While I thus thy name adore, And thy healing grace implore, Blest Rtdecmer! bow thine ear; God, my strength! propitious hear. 274. Common Metre. Watts. Want of religious zeal lamented, ONG have I sat beneath the sound, L Of thy salvation, Lord! Yet still how weak my faith is found, And knowledge of thy word! 2 Oft I frequent thy holy place, And hear almost in vain; What faint impressions of thy grace My languid pow'rs retain! 3 How cold and feeble is niy love! How negligent my fear! How low my hope of joys above! How few affections there! 4 Great God! thy gracious aid impart To give thy word success; Write all its precepts on my heart, And deep its truths impress. 5 O speed my progress in the way That leads to joys on high; Where knowledge- grows without decay, And love shall never die. PenitentiaL 241 275. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. Absence from God. 1 ^^ THOU, whose tender mercy hears y/ Who dost our cares control. And, with the cheerful smile of peace, Revive the fainting soul! 2 Did ever thy propitious ear The humble plea disdain? Or when did plaintive mis'ry sigh. Or supplicate in vain? 3 Opprest 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-lov'd attribute, To pity and forgive. 244 Penitential, 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. 279. Common Metre. Jervis. Peace to the returning- penitent, WEET is the friendly voice that speaks s The words of life and peace; Which bids the penitent rejoice. And sin and sorrow cease. 2 No healing balm on earth like this Can cheer the contrite heart; No flatt'ring dreams of earthly bliss Such pure delight impart. 3 Thou still art merciful and kind; Thy mercy, Lord! reveal; The broken heart 'tis thou canst bind, The wounded spirit heal. 4 Let thy bright presence. Lord! restore Peace to my anxious breast: Conduct me in the path that leads To everlasting rest. Penitential. 245 280. Common Metre. Jervis. Penitent supplication. 1 npHOU, Lord! in mercy wilt regard JL The upright and sincere; Thou wilt, with gracious eye, behold The penitential tear. 2 Thou canst restrain wild passion's sway. The pow'r of vice control; Restore bright reason's ray divine, To purify the soul. 3 O God! from error turn my feet, That I no more may stray; And guide my steps direct and safe, In virtue's peaceful way. 4 Let me no more, with wilful mind, Thy righteous laws offend: Then shall I know nor guilt nor fear, If thou be still my friend. 281. Long Metre. Jervis. The guilty mind relieved by the hope of forgiveness. 1 T 7^7HILE, with remorse and woe op- V V prest. Distraction haunts the guilty breast; The broken heart, the troubl'd mind, In God alone shall succour find. X2 246 Penitential. 2 'Tis his the wounds of vice to heal; The charms of mercy to reveal; He grants the penitent relief, And cheers the soul o'erwhelm'd with grief. 3 When by temptation's billows tost, On rocks of ruin well nigh lost; Still, hope, the anchor of the soul, Shall folly's beating wave control. 4 To all the world's delusive joys. Ensnaring wiles, and empty noise, The sinner bids a long farewell, And loves with purity to dwell. 5 In her secure and calm retreat, He now enjoys a tranquil state; Conscious that God will deign to hear The contrite, humble, and sincere. 282. Long Metre. Merrick. I Imploring' divine protection, 1 nr^HINE eyes in me the sheep behold, X Whose feet have wander'd from the fold; That guideless, helpless, strives in vain To find its safe retreat again: 2 Now listens, if perchance its ear The shepherd's well-known voice ma)" hear; Now, as the tempests round it blow, In plaintive accents vents its woe. FenitentiaL 247 3 Great Ruler of this earthly ball! Do thou my erring steps recall; O seek thou him who thee has sought, Nor turns from thy decrees his thought. 283. Short Metre. Watts. Forgiveness of sin upon confession* 1 f^ BLESSED souls are they, kJ Whose sins are cover'd 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 souls sincere. 3 While I conceal'd my guilt, I felt the fest'ring wound; But I renounc'd my former sins. And peace and pardon found. 4 Let sinners learn to pray; Let saints keep near the throne; Our help in time of deep distress, Is found in God alone. PART X. Devout Affections and Good Resolutions. 284. Long Metre. Merrick. The pleasures of devotion. 1 r^ OD of my strength! to thee I cry; VT To thee, my surest refuge, fly: O may thy light attend my way, Thy truth afford its cheering ray! 2 Conduct me to thy hallow'd seat, Where wisdom, truth, and mercy meet; And there, in all its best array. My heart its richest gifts shall pay. 3 Thy mercies, to my heart reveal'd, A theme of endless transport yield; I'hy love does all my bosom fire. Thy praise does all my song inspire. 4 In all our cares, in all our woes, On God our stedfast hopes repose; To God our thanks shall still be paid, Our sure defence, our constant aid. 285. Common Metre. Miss H. M. Williams. Habitual devotion, 1 '\y\/'^^-'^^ ^^^^ ^ seek, protecting Pow'r! VV Be my vain wishes still'd; Devout Affections^ ^c, 249 And may this consecrated hour With better hopes be fill'd. 2 Thy love the povv'rs of thought bestow'd; To thee my thoughts would soar; Thy mtrcy o'er my life has flow'd: — 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 ev'ry joy that crowns my days, In ev'ry pain I bear, My heart shall find delight in praise, Or seek relief in pray'r. 5 When gladness wings my favour'd hour, Thy love my thoughts shall fill: Resign'd, when storms of sorrow low'r, My soul shall meet thy will. 6 My lifted eye, without a tear. The low'ring storm shall see; Mv stedfast heart shall know no fear: — That heart shall rest on thee! 286. Short Metre. Watts. Daily devotion. HILE thoughtless sinners choose The road that leads to death; w 2^0 Devout Affections and I, in the service of my God, Will spend my daily breath. 2 I'll worship at his throne, When morning brings the light; I'll seek his blessing ev'ry noon, And pay my vows at night. 3 With all my anxious cares, I'll lean upon the Lord; I'll cast my burdens on his arm. And rest upon his word. 4 His arm shall well sustain The children of his love; The ground on which their safety stands, No earthly pow'r can move. 287. Long Metre. Walker. Communion with God. i Tj^ NOUGH of life's vain scene I've trod, X-J Sweet is this interval of rest: With cheerful heart I meet my God, His presence hiakes me truly blest. 2 Father and Friend! relations dear, Rejoicing to the human soul; They lift us above ev'ry fear. And ills (if ills there be) control. 3 Pleasant is life, and sweet the light That pours from the bright orb of day, iRevealing to our raptur'd sight The world in all its rich display. Good Resolutions, 251 Pleasant is life, and sweet its ties, The touching charities of man; Friend, fellow, child and parent rise, Endearing life's progressive plan. But light and life would soon be vile, And all their dearest pleasures fall. Nor sun would shine, nor life would smile, Without thy presence gladd'ning all. 288. Common Metre. Watts. God our only happiness* Y God, my portion, and my love! 'M My everlasting all! IVe none but thee in heav'i> above, Or on this earthly ball. In vain the bright meridian sun Scatters his feeble light: Thy brighter beams create my nooni If thou withdraw, His night. And while upon my restless bed. Amongst the shades I roll. If God his light around me shed, 'Tis morning with my soul. To thee I owe my wealth and friends, And health, and safe abode: Thanks to thy nanje for meaner thingsf But they are not my God. 252 Devout Affections and 5 Were I possessor of the earth, And call'd the stars my own; Without thy mercy and thy love, I were a wretch undone. 6 Let others stretch their arms like seas, And grasp th' extended shore, Grant me to see thy blissful face, And I desire no more. 289. Common Metre. Watts. Support and counsel from God. LET heathens to their idols haste, And worship wood or stone; But my delightful lot is cast, Where the one God is known. His hand provides my constant food. He fills my daily cup: Much am I pleas'd with present good. But more rejoice in hope. God is my portion and my joy; His counsels are my light: He gives me kind advice by day, And gentle hints by night. My soul would all her thoughts approve To his all-seeing eyt^; Nor death itself my hope shall move, While such a friend is nigh. G Good Resolutions, 253 290. Common Metre. Watts. God our portion here and hereafter, OD, my supporter and my hope, My help for ever near! Thine arm of mercy held me up, When sinking in despair. 2 Thy counsels. Lord! shall guide my feet Through this dark wilderness; Thy hand conduct me near thy seat To dwell before thy face. 3 Were I in heav'n without my God, 'Twould be no joy to me; And while this earth is my abode, 1 long for none but thee. 4 What if the springs of life were broke, And flesh and heart should faint? God is my soul's eternal rock, The strength of ev'ry saint. 5 Behold, the sinners that remove Far from thy presence, die; Not all the idol-gods they love. Can save them when they cry. 6 But to draw near to thee, my God! Shall be my sweet employ: My tongue shall sound thy works abroad; And tell the world my joy. 254 Devout Affections and 291. Short Metre. Watts. Safety in God. 1 1^^7"HEN overwhelm'd with grief, V V My heart within me diesj Helpless, and far from all relief, To heav'n 1 lift mine eyes. 2 O lead me to the rock Thai's high above my head; And make the covert of thy wings My shelter and my shade. 3 Within thy presence, Lord! For ever I'll abide: Thou art the tow'r of my defence, The refuge where I hide. 4 Thou givest me the lot Of those that fear thy name: If endless life be their reward, - I shall possess the same. 292. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. Refuge and strength in the mercy of GoD. 1 "^/f Y God! 'tis to thy mercy-seat IVx My soul for shelter flies; 'Tis here I find a safe retreat, When storms and tempests rise. Good Resolutions, 255 2 My cheerful hope can never die, If thou, my God! art near: Thy grace can raise my comforts high^ And banish ev'ry fear. 3 My great protector, and my Lord! Thv constant aid impart; And let thy kind, thy gracious word Sustain my trembling heart. 4 O never let my soul remove From this divine retreat; Still let me trust thy pow'r and love, And dwell beneath thy feet. 293. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. Hope in the contemplation of the divine per- fections, 1 T^rHY sinks mywea\ desponding mind? V V Why heaves my heart the anxious sigh? Can sovereign goodness be unkind? Am I not safe, if God be nigh? 2 He holds all nature in his hand: That gracious hand, on which I live, Does life, and tim.e, and death command, And has immortal joys to give. 3 'Tis he supports this fainting frame. On him alone my hopes recline: The wondrous glories of his name. How wide they spread! how bright they shine! 256 Devout Affections and 4 Infinite wisdom! boundless pow'r! Unchanging faithfulness and love!— • Here let me trust, while I adore, Nor from my refuge e'er remove. 5 My God! if thou art mine indeed, Then I have all my heart can crave; A present help in times of need, Still kind to hear, and strong to save. 6 Forgive my doubts, O gracious Lord! And ease the sorrows of my breast; Speak to my heart the healing word, That thou art mine— and I am blest. 294. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. God the only refuge of the troubled mind, 1 4 LMIGHTY refuge of my soul! jHL On thee, when sorrows rise; On thee, when waves of trouble roll, My fainting hope relies. 2 While hope revives, though press'd with fears, And I can say, " my God," Before thy throne I spread my cares, And pour my woes abroad. 3 To thee I tell each rising grief. For thou alone canst heal; Thv word can bring a sweet relief For ev'ry pain I feel. Good Resolutions. 257 4 But oh! when gloomy doubts prevail, I fear to call thee mine; The springs of c'»mfort seem to fail, And all my hopes decline. 5 Yet, gracious God! where shall I flee? Thou art my only trust; And still my soul would cleave to thee, Though prostrate in the dust. 6 Thv mercy-seat is open still; Here let my soul retreat; With humble hope attend thy will, And wait beneath thy feet. 295. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. Desiring assurance of the favour of God. 1 "p TERN AL Source of joys divine! X!j To thee my soul aspires: O could I say, " the Lord is mine," 'Tis all my soul desires. 2 Thy smile can give me real joy, Unmingled and refin'd; Substantial bliss, without alloy, And lasting as the mind. 3 Thy smile can gild the shade of woe, Bid stormy troubles cease; Spread the fair dawn of heav'n below, And sweeten pain to peace. 4 My hope, my trust, my life, my Lord! Assure me of thy love; Y2 258 Devout Affections and O speak the kind transporting word, And bid my fears remove: 5 Then shall my thankful pow'rs rejoice, And triumph in my God, Till heav'nly rapture tune my voice To sound thy praise abroad. 296. Proper Metre. Mrs. Barbauld. Devout aspirations. 1 f^ OD, our kind Master, merciful as just, VJ Knowing our frame, remembers man is dust: His ear is open to the softest cry; His grace descends to meet the lifted eye. 2 He reads the language of the silent tear, And sighs are incense from a heart sincere: He marks the dawn of ev'ry virtuous aim, And fans the smoking flax into a flame. 3 O! set me from all earthly bondage free; Still ev'ry wish that centres not in thee: Bid my fond hopes, my vain disquiets cease. And point my path to everlastmg peace. 297. Proper Metre. Mrs. Barbauld. The same subject, 1 TF, friendless, in the vale of tears I stray, X Where briars wound, and thorns perplex my way; Good Resolutions, 259 Still let my steady soul thy goodness see, And with strong confidence lay hold on ihee. 2 In every creature, Lord! I own thy pow'r; In each event thy providence adore; Thy promises shall cheer my drooping soul, Thy precepts guide me, and thy fear control. 3 Then, when at last I quit this transient scene, Help me to leave it with a heart serene; Teach me to fix my ardent hopes on high, And having liv'd to thee, in thee to die. 298. Common Metre. Exeter Collection. The Lord's prayer imitated, 1 in ATHER of all ! Eternal Mind! X Immensely good and great! Thy children, form'd and bless'd by thee. Approach thy heav'nly seat. 2 Thy name in hallow'd strains be sung; We join the solemn praise: To thy great name, with heart and tongue, Our cheerful homage raise. 3 Thy mild, thy wise and righteous reign, Let ev'ry being own; And in our minds, thy work divine. Erect thy gracious throne. 4 As angels in the heav'nly worlds Thy bless'd commands fulfil; So may thy creatures here below Perform thy holy will. 260 Devout Affections and 5 On thee we day by day depend; Our daily wants supply; With truth and virtue feed our souls, That they may never die. 6 Extend thy grace to evVy fault; Oi let thy love forgive; Teach us divine forgiveness too, Nor let resentments live. 7 Where tempting snares bestrew the way, Permit us not to tread; Or turn all real evil far From our unguarded head. 8 Thy sacred name we would adore, With cheerful, humble mind; And praise thy goodness, pow'r, and truth, Eternal, unconfinM. 299. Common Metre. Doddridge. The prayer of Jacob, 1 /^ GOD of Jacob, by whose hand yj Thine Isr'el still is fed; Who through this weary pilgrimage Hast all our fathers led. 2 To thee our humble vows we raise, To thee address our prayer; And, in thy kind and faithful breast, Deposit all our care. Good Resolutions, 261 3 If thou, through each perplexing path Wilt be our constant guide, If thou wilt daily bread supply And raiment wilt provide; 4 If thou wilt spread thy shield around, Till these our wandVings cease. And at our Father's lov'd abode Our souls arrive in peace; 5 To thee, as to our cov'nant-GoD, We'll our whole selves resign; And thankful own, that all we are, And all v/e have is thine. 300. Common Metre. Select Collection. Aspirations after the christian temper. 1 \ LMIGHTY Maker! Lord of all ! J\. Of life the only spring! Creator of unnumber'd worldsl Supreme, eternal King! 2 Drive from the confines of my heart Impenitence and pride; Nor let me, in forbidden paths, With thoughtless sinners glide. 3 What'er thine all-discerning eye Sees for thy creature fit; I'll bless the good, and to the ill Contentedly submit. 4 With gen'rous pleasure let me view The prosp'rous and the great; 262 Devout Affections and Malignant envy let me fly, And odious self-conceit. 5 Let not despair, nor fell revenge, Be to my bosom known: Oh! give me tears for others' woes, And patience for my own. 6 Feed me with necessarv food: I ask not wealth or fame: Give me an eye to see thy will, A heart to bless thy name. 7 May still my days serenely pass Without remorse or care; And growing holiness my soul For life's last hour prepare. 301. Short Metre. Patrick. Virtuous desires, OD, who is just and kind. Will those who err instruct, And to the paths of righteousness Their wand'ring steps conduct. The humble soul he guides, Teaches the meek his way; Kindness and truth he shows to all Who him in truth obey. Give me the tender heart That mixes fear with love; G Good Resolutions, 263 And lead me dirough whatever path Thy wisdom shall approve. \f O! ever keep my soul From error, shame, and guilt; Nor suffer the fair hope to fail, Which on thy truth is built. 302. Common Metre. Watts. Desire of Virtue, 1 /^ THAT the Lord would guide my V>/ ways To keep his statutes still ! O that my God would grant me grace. To know and do his will ! 2 Order my footsteps by thy word, And make my heart sincere; Let sin have no dominion. Lord! But keep my conscience clear. 3 Assist my soul, too apt to stray, A stricter watch to keep; And, since I've not forgot thy way, Restore thy wand'ring sheep. 4 Make me to walk in thy commands; 'Tis a delightful road; Nor let my head, or heart, or hands, Offend against my God. 264 Devout Affectrons and 303. Common Metre. Watts. Desire of knowledge* 1 'T^HY mercies fill the earth, O Lord! X How good thy works appearf Open my eyes to read thy word, And see thy wonders there. 2 My heart was fashion'd by thy hand; My service is thy due: O make thy servant understand The duties he must do. 3 Since I'm a stranger here below, Let not thy path be hid; But mark the road my feet should go, And be my constant guide. 4 If God to me his statutes show, And heav'nly truth impart, His work for ever I'll pursue. His law shall rule my heart. 5 This was my comfort when I bore Variety of grief ; It made me prize thy word the more. And fly to that relief. 304* Long Metre. Merrick. Desire of instruction, 1 npEACH me, O teach me, Lord! thy A way; That .to my life's remotest day, Good Resolutions, 265 By thy unerring precepts led. My feet thy heav'nly paths may tread. 2 Inform'd by thee, with sacred awe, My heart shall meditate thy law; And, with celestial wisdom fill'd, To thee a pure obedience yield. 3 Give me to know thy will aright, Thy will, my glory and delight; That, rais'd above the worfd, my mind In thee its highest good may find. 4 O turn from vanity mine eye; To me thy quick'ning strength supply; And with thy promis'd mercy cheer A heart devoted to thy fear. 305. Common Metre. Cappe's Selection. Prayer for spiritual and eternal blessings, 1 T^ TERNAL Source of life and light! X-J Supremely good and wise! To thee we bring our grateful vows, To thee lift up our eyes. 2 Our dark and erring minds illume With truth's celestial rays; Inspire our hearts with sacred love, And tune our lips to praise. 3 Safely conduct us by thy grace, Through life's perplexing road, To pleasures, which for ever flow At thy righl hand, O God! Z 266 Devout Affections and 306. Common Metre. Salisbury Collection. Divine influence* 1 "T^HINE influence, mighty God! is felt A Through nature's ample round; In heav'n, on earth, thro' air and skies, Thine energy is found. 2 Father of lights! thine aid dispense To guide our doubtful way; Thy truth shall scatter ev'ry cloud And make a glorious day. 3 Supported by thy heav'nly grace, We'll do and bear thy will; Thy grace shall make each burden light, And ev'ry murmur still. 4 Cheer'd by thy smiles, we'll fearless tread The gloomy path of death; And, with the hope of endless bliss, Resign to thee our breath. 307. Long Metre. H. M. Heavenly guidance implored, 1 4 MIDST a world of hopes and fears, l\. A wild of cares and toils, and tears. Where foes alarm and dangers threat. And pleasures kill, and glories cheat: 2 Shed down, O Lord! a heav'nly ray To guide me in the doubtful way; Good Resolutiom, 267 And o'er me hold thy shield of pow'r, To guard me in the dang'rous hour. 3 Teach me the flatt'ring paths to shun, In which the thoughtless many run, Who for a shade the substance miss, And grasp their ruin in their bliss. 4 May never pleasure, wealth or pride. Allure my wand'ring soul aside; But thro' this maze of mortal ill. Safe lead me to thy heav'nly hill. 308. Common Metre. Watts. Christian zeal and diligence. 1 A RE not thy mercies sovereign still, .l\ And thou a faithful God? Wilt thou not grant me warmer zeal - To run the heav'nly road? 2 I need the influence of thy grace. To speed me in thy way. Lest I should loiter in my race, Or turn my feet astray. 3 Does not my heart thy precepts love. And long to see thy face? And yet how slow my spirits move. Without enliv'ning grace! 4 Then shall I love thy gospel more, And ne'er forget thy word, 268 Devout Affections and When I have felt its quick'ning pow'r, To draw me near the Lord. 309. Common Metre. Watts. Virtuous resolutions. 1 /^ THAT thy statutes ev'ry hour \J May dwell upon my mind! Thence I derive a quick'ning pow'r, And daily peace I find. 2 To meditate thy precepts, Lord! Shall be my sweet employ: My soul shall ne'er forget thy word; Thy word is all my joy. 3 How would I run in thy commands, If thou my heart discharge From vice and passion's hateful bands, And set my feet at large! 4 My lips with courage shall declare Thy statutes and thy name, Whatever loss or scorn I bear. Nor yield to sinful shame. 5 Depart from me, ye wicked raceT Whose hands and hearts are ill: I love my God, I love his ways, And must obey his will. Good Resolutions, 269 310. Common Metre. Watts. Parting' with worldly joys* J "\ /r Y soul forsakes each vain delight, iVA And bids the world adieu: How mean thy boasted joys appear, And full of danger too! 2 No longer will I ask your love, Nor seek your friendship more: The happiness that I approve Is not within your pow'r. 3 There's nothing round this spacious earth That suits my large desire: To nobler and more lasting joys My rising thoughts aspire. 4 Where pleasure rolls its living flood. From sin and sense refin'd; Still springing from the throne of Go» To cheer th' enraptur'd mind. 311. Long Metre. Watts. Devout profession of sincerity, 1 T ET sorrow, Lord, my bosom fill, JLi When impious men transgress thy will: Teach me to mourn when lips profane Take thy tremendous name in vain. Z 2 270 Devout Affections and 2 With indignation may I treat The works of malice and deceit; And ever from their friendship flee, Who dare to scorn thy laws and thee. 3 Lord! search my soul, try ev'ry thought; If my own heart accuse me not Of walking in a vain disguise, I seek the trial of thine eyes. 4 Doth secret mischief lurk within? Do I indulge some unknown sin? O turn my feet whene'er I stray, And lead me in thy perfect way! 312. Common Metre. Doddridge. The heart laid open before God. 1 O EARCHER of hearts! before thy face O I all my soul display; And, conscious of its innate arts, Intreat thy strict survey. 2 If, lurking in its inmost folds, I any sin conceal, O! let a ray of light divine The secret guile reveal. 3 If, in these fatal fetters bound, A wretched slave I lie. Smite off my chains and wake my soul To light and liberty. Good Resolutions, i^T'l 4 To humble penitence and pray'r Be gentle pity giv'n; Speak ample pardon to my heart, And seal its claim to heav'n. 313. Common Metre. Watts. Professions of sincerity^ repentance and obe- dience* 1 ryiHOU art my portion, O my God! X Soon as I know thy way, My heart makes haste t' obey thy word, And suffers no delay. 2 I choose the path of heav'nly truth, And glory in my choice; Not all the riches of the earth Could make me so rejoice. 3 The testimonies of thy grace I set before mine eyes; Thence I derive my daily strength, And there my comfort lies. 4 Whene'er I wander from thy path, I think upon my ways; Then turn my feet to thy commands, And trust thy pard'ning grace. 5 Now I am thine, for ever thine: O save thy servant, Lord! Thou art my shield, my hiding-place, My hope is in thy word. 272 Devout Affections and 6 Thou hast inclin'd this heart of mine Thy statutes to fulfil: And thus till mortal life shall end, Would I perform thy will. 314. Short Metre. Doddridge. The living- sacrifice, 1 A ND will the eternal King x\. So mean a gift reward.'' That ofF'ring, Lord! with joy we bring, Which thy own hand prepar'd. 2 We own thy various claim, And to thme altar move. The willing victims of thy grace, And bound with cords of love. 3 Descend, celestial fire! The sacrifice inflame! So shall a grateful odour rise Through our Redeemer's name. 315. Common Metre. Watts. Holy fear^ and tenderness of conscience, 1 TTtTITH my whole heart Tve sought V V thy face: O! let me never stray From thy commands, O God of grace! Nor tread the sinner's way. Good Resolutiona, 273 2 Thy word I've hid within my heart, To keep me pure within, And be an everlasting guard From ev'ry rising sin. 3 My God! I long, I hope, I wait, For thy salvation still; While thy whole law is my delight, And I obey thy will. 316. Long Metre. Doddridge. The wandering Sheep recovered. 1 T ORD! we have wandcr'd from thy way, X-< Like foolish sheep have gone astray, Our pleasant pastures we have left. And of their guard our souls bereft. 2 Expos'd to want, expos'd to harm, Far from our gentle shepherd's arm; Nor will these fatal wand'rings cease, Till thou reveal the paths of peace. 3 O seek thy thoughtless servants. Lord! Nor let us quite forget thy word; Our erring feet do thou restore, And keep us that we stray no more. PART XL Motives to a virtuous Conduct, 317. Common Metre. Doddridge. Value of the knowledge of God. 1 QHINE forth. Eternal Source of light! O And make thy glories known; Fill our enlarg'd adoring sight With lustre all thy own. 2 Vain are the charms, and faint the rays The brightest creatures boast; And all their grandeur and their praise, Are in thy presence lost. 3 To know the author of our frame, Is our sublimest skill: True science is to learn his name, True life to do his will. 4 For this I long, for this I pray; This let me still pursue, Till visions of eternal day Fix and complete the view. Motives to a virtuous Conduct, 275 318. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. The pearl of great price. 1 "VTE glittVing toys of earth! adieu: JL A nobler choice be mine; A real prize attracts my view, A treasure all divine. 2 Begone, unworthy of my cares, Ye specious baits of sense; — Inestimable worth appears. The pearl of price immense! 3 Should both the Indies, at my call. Their boasted stores resign; With joy I would renounce them all To make this jewel mine. 4 Should earth's vain treasures all depart, Of such a gift possess'd, I'd clasp it to ray joyful hearty And be for ever bless'd. 319. ' Proper Metre. H. M. Unfading Beauty, 1 \ LL earthly charms, however dear, J\ Howe'er they please the eye or ear, Will quickly fade and fly; Of earthly glory faint the blaze, And soon the transitory rays In endless darkness die. 276 Motives to a virtuous Conduct, 2 The nobler beauties of the just Shall never moulder in the dust, Or know a sad decay; Their honours time and death defy^ And round the throne of heav'n on high Beam everlasting day. 320. Common Metre. Watts. Voluntary obedience. 1 "^T OT by the terrors of a slave -LA Do saints perform thy will; But with the noblest pow'rs they have Thy blest commands fulfil. 2 They find access at ev'ry hour To God within the veil; Hence they derive a quick'ning pow'r, And joys that never fail. 3 O happy men! O glorious state Of thy abounding grace; To dwell so near their Father's seat, And see his blissful face! 321. Common Metre. Watts., Progressive virtue, 1 "\/r ERE human pow'rs shall fast decay, 1-VA And youthful vigour cease; Motives to a virtuous Conduct, 277 But those who wait upon the Lord In strength shall still increase. 2 They, with unweary'd feet, shall tread The path of life divine; With growing ardour onward move, With growing brightness shine. 3 On eagles' wings they mount, they soar; The wings of faith and love; Till, past the cloudy regions here, They rise to heav'n above. 322. Common Metre. Happiness seated in the mind. 1 tN vain, alas! from shore to shore, JL In search of bliss we roam, And strange delights abroad explore; Our best reside at home. 2 Within the just and pious heart Our truest joys we find; Which calm and sweet repose impart. And leave no sting behind. 323. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. Religion the way to happiness. 1 /^ HAPPINESS, thou pleasing dream! Vy Where is thy substance found? Sought thro' the varying scenes, in vain, Of earth's capacious round. 2A 278 Motives to a virtuous Conduct, 2 Religion's sacred lamp alone Unerring points the way, Where happiness for ever shines With unpolluted ray: 3 To regions of eternal peace, Beyond the starry skies; Where pure, sublime, and perfect joys In endless prospect rise. 324. Common Metre. Heginbotham. Virtue the source of Peace. 1 T70RSAKE, my soul, the tents of sin; X. How false her joys appear! Noise and confusion dwell within; Peace is a stranger there. 2 The men who keep the laws of God, His choicest blessings share; Or if he lifts his chast'ning tod, 'Tis with a Father's care. 3 His mighty pow'r shall guard the just. His wisdom point their way; His eye shall watch their sleeping dust. His hand revive their clay. 4 Begin, ye saints, the joyful task, His praise employ your tongue; And soon eternity will ask A more exalted song. Motives to a virtuous Conduct, 2T9 325. Proper Metre. Mrs. Masters. The pleasures of religion, >T^IS religion that can give X Sweetest pleasures while we live; 'Tis religion must supply Solid comforts when we die. After death its joys will be Lasting as eternity: Let me then make God my friend, And on all his ways attend. 326. Short Metre. Watts. The same subject, COME, ye who love the Lord! And let your joys be known; Join in a song of sweet accord, And thus approach his throne. The sorrows of the mind Be banish'd from this place! Religion never was designed To make our pleasures less. Th' eternal God is ours. The God whose name is love; He will send down his quick'ning powVs To carry us above. There shall we see his face, And nevermore shuU sin; 280 Motives to a virtuous Conduct, There, from the rivers of his grace, Drink endless pleasures in. 5 The sons of God have found. Glory begun below: Celestial fruits on earthly ground, From faith and hope may grow. 6 Then let our songs abound, And evVy tear be dry: We're trav'ling thro' the paths of peace To fairer worlds on high. 327. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. The comforts of religion* 1 "T 7f THEN gloomy thoughts and boding The trembling heart invade. And all the face of nature wears An universal shade: 2 Religion's dictates can assuage The tempest of the soul; And ev'ry fear shall lose its rage At her divine control. 3 Thro' life's bewilder'd darksome way, Her hand unerring leads; And o'er the path her heav'nly ray A cheering lustre sheds. 4 When feeble reason, tir'd and blind, Sinks helpless and afraid; Motives to a virtuous conduct, 281 Thou blest supporter of the mind, How pow'rful is thine aid! 5 O let my heart confess thy pow'r, And find thy sweet relief, To brighten ev'ry gloomy hour. And soften ev'ry grief. 328. Proper Metre. H. M. The unrivalled beauty and glory of religion. 1 C? OFT are the fruitful show'rs that bring, J^ The welcome promise of the spring, And soft the vernal gale: Sweet the wild warblings of the grove, The voice of nature and of love, That gladden every vale. 2 But softer in the mourner's ear Sounds the mild voice of mercy near, That whispers sins forgiv'n; And sweeter far the music swells. When to the raptur'd soul she tells Of peace and promis'd heav'n. 3 Fair are the flow'rs that deck the ground; And groves and gardens blooming round, Unnumber'd charms unfold: Bright is the sun's meridian ray, And bright the beams of setting day, That robe the clouds in gold. 4 But far more fair the pious breast, In richer robes of goodness drest. Where heav'n's own graces shine; 2 A2 282 Motives to a virtuous Conduct* And brighter far the prospects rise That burst on faith's delighted eyes, From glories all divine. 329. Long Metre. Cotton. A good conscience the best support, ITT tHILE some in folly's pleasures roll, V V And court the joys which hurt the soul; Be mine, that silent calm repast, A peaceful conscience to the last: 2 That tree which bears immortal fruit, Without a canker at the root; That friend, who never fails the just, When other friends betray their trust. 3 With this companion in the shade, My soul no more shall be dismay'd; But fearless meet the midnight gloom. And the pale monarch of the tomb. 4 Though heav'n afflict, I'll not repine: The n >blest comlV.rts still are mine; Comforts vhich over death prevail. And journey with me through the vale. 5 Amidst the various scene of ills. Each sti oke srmie kind design fulfils: And iihall 1 murmur at my God, When love supreme directs the rod? Motives to a virtuous Coiiduct, 283 6 His hand will smooth my rugged way, And lead me to the realms of day; To milder skies and brighter plains, Where everlasting pleasure reigns. 330. Long Metre. Butcher. A good and evil conscience. 1 4 WOUNDEDconscience,what afoe! J\. It poisons every bliss below: A peaceful conscience, what a friend! It leads to joys that never end. 2 Supported by an honest mind. What rich relief can mis'ry find! How doubly joyful is success, W^hen conscience ev'ry step can bless! 3 Almighty God! thine aid we pray To guard us in the trying day; Wherever duty bids us go, A smiling conscience may we know! 331 Common Metre. Salisbury Collection. God the Christianas refuge. 1 "TTTHEN storms hang o'er the Chris- VV tian's head He flies unto his God; And under his refreshing shade Finds a secure abode. 284 31otives to a virtuous Conduct, 2 When foes without, and fears within, Seek to disturb his peace, To God he makes his sorrows known, And straight his sorrows cease. 3 When winds of strong temptation blow. And floods of trouble roll, God is the help, and refuge too, Of his distressed soul. 4 But when tremendous terrors seize, Whtre will the smner fly? He feels a thousand agonies, And no deliv'rer nigh! 332. Short Metre. Watts Difference between the righteous and the xvicked, 1 '' I ^HE man is ever blest, X Who shuns the sinners' ways. Amongst their counsels never stands. Nor takes the scorner's place: 2 But makes the law of God His study and delight, Amidst the labours of the day, And watches of the night. 3 He like a tree shall thrive. With waters near the root; Fresh as the leaf, his name shall live; His works are heav'nly fruit. Motives to a virtuous Conduct. 285 4 Not so th' ungodly race, They no such blessings 6nd: Their hopes shall fly like empty chafF Before the driving wind. 5 God knows, and he approves The way the righteous go: But sinners and their works shall meet A dreadful overthrow. 333. Long Metre. Blacklock. The same subject, 1 T TOW blest the man, how more than IjL blest, Whose heart no guilty thoughts employ! God's endless sunshine fills his breast. And conscience whispers peace and joy. 2 Pure rectitude's unerring way His heav'n-conducted steps pursue; While crowds in guilt and error stray, Unstain'd his soul, and bright his view. 3 By God's almighty arm sustain'd. True virtue soon or late shall rise; Enjoy her conquest, nobly gain'd. And share the triumph of the skies. 4 But fools, to sacred wisdom blind, Who vice's tempting call obey, A difFrent fate shall quickly find, To ev'ry storm an easy prey. 286 Motives to a virtuous Conduct* 334. Long Metre. Watts. The character of a good man. 1 \!\r^^ shall ascend thy heav'nly place, VV Great God! and dwell before thy face? The man who seeks thy will to know, And humbly walks with thee below: 2 Whose hands are pure, whose heart is clean; Whose lips still speak the thing they mean; No slanders dwell upon his tongue; Nor will he do his neighbour wrong, 3 Firm to his word he ever stood, And always makes his promise good; Nor dares to change the thing he swears, Whatever pain or loss he bears. 4 He never deals in bribing gold, And mourns that justice should be sold; While others gripe and grind the poor, Sweet charity attends his door. 5 He doth to all men still the same That he would hope or wish from them: This is the man thy face shall see, And dwell for ever. Lord! with thect 335. Long Metre. Watts. The character and happiness of good men, 1 '' I ^H' Almighty reigns, exalted high X O'er all the earth, o'er all the sky: Motives to a virtuous Conduct, 287 Tho' clouds and darkness veil his feet, His dwelling is the mercy-seat. O ye that love his holy name! Hate ev'ry work of sin and shame; He guards the souls of all his friends, And from the snares of vice defends. Immortal light, and joys unknown. Are for the saints in darkness sown; Those glorious seeds shall spring and riscy And the bright harvest bless our eyes. . Rejoice, ye righteous, and record The sacred honours of the Lord; None but the men who feel his grace Can triumph in his holiness. 336. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. Heaven the reward of virtuous exertions, THERE is a glorious world on high, Resplendent with eternal day; Faith views the blissful prospect nigh, While God's own word reveals the way* There shall the favVites of the Lord With never fading lustre shine; Surprising honour! vast reward! Conferred on man, by love divine. How blest are those, how truly wise. Who learn and keep the sacred road! Happy the men, whom heav'n employs To turn rebellious hearts to God! 288 Motives to a virtuous Conduct. 4 To win them from the fatal way, Where erring folly thoughtless roves; And that blest righteousness display, Which Jesus taught, and God approves. 5 The shining firmament shall fade, And sparkling stars resign their light; But these shall know nor change nor shade, For ever fair, for ever bright. 6 On wings of faith and strong desire, O may our spirits daily rise; And reach at last the shining choir, In the bright mansions of the skies. 337. Proper Metre. Walker's Collection. The voyage of human life. 1 np^HE man whose heart from vice is clear, X Whose deeds are honest and sincere, Whom God and goodness guide; With cautious circumspection wise, The rudest storms of life defies, And stems the mighty tide. 2 He hears the winds tumultuous rise In adverse combat 'midst the skies; But hears without dismay: His pilot, God, the vessel guides. And o'er the steady helm presides, And points the destin'd way. 3 At length he sees the promis'd land. He hails aloud the wish'd-for strand, With heav'nly joy possest: Motives to a virtuous Conduct* 289 His labour past, his toil now o'er, He lands, O Peace, on thy fair shore, And in his God is blest. 33R. Common Metre. Watts. The reward of the righteous, 1 T\ /r Y God! the steps of pious men JLVJ. Are order'd by thy will; Tho' they should fall, they rise again; Thy hand supports them still. 2 The Lord delights to see their ways; Their virtue he approves: He'll ne'er deprive them of his grace, Nor leave the men he loves. 3 The heav'nly h ritage is theirs. Their portion and their home: He feeds them now, and makes them heirs Of blessings long to come. 4 Mark then the man of righteousness! Hissev'ral steps attend: True pleasure runs through all his ways, And peaceful is his end. 339. Long Metre. Doddridge, The one thing needful. HY will you waste, on trifling cares, The lives divine compassion spares, 2B w 290 Motives to a virtuous Conduct, While, in the various range of thought, The one thing needful is forgot? 2 Shall God invite you from above, Shall Jesus urge his dying love, Shall troubl'd conscience give you pain, And all these pleas unite in vain? 3 Not so your eyes will always view The objects which you now pursue; Not so eternity appear. When death's decisive hour is near. 4 Almighty God! thine aid impart To fix conviction on the heart: Thy pow'r can clear the darkest eyes, And make the haughtiest scorner wise. 340. Long Metre. Doddridge. The wise choice, 1 T> ESET with snares on ev'ry hand, JlJ In life's uncertain path I stand: Father Divine! diffuse thy light To guide my doubtful footsteps right. 2 Engage this frail, this wav'ring heart, Wisely to choose the better part; To scorn the trifles of a day For joys that never fade 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. Motives to a virtuous Conduct* 291 If thou, my Father! still be nigh, Cheerful I livt, and joyful die: Secure, when mortal comforts flee, 7'o find ten thousand worlds in thee. 341. Common Metre. Doddridge. Seeking first the kingdom of GoD» 1 "^r O W let a true ambition rise, -LN And ardour fire our breast. To reign in worlds above the skies, In heav'nly glories drest. 2 Behold Jehovah's royal hand A radiant crown display. Whose gems with vivid lustre shine, While suns and stars decay. 3 No more I seek for transient good, Nor longer call it mine: I spring to seize superior joys Immortal and divine. 4 Ye hearts, with youthful vigour warm, The glorious prize pursue; Nor shall ye want the goods of earth, While heav'n is kept in view. PART XII. The Christian Character. 342. Common Metre. Liverpool Coll. The duties of piety, 1 Ti /T Y soul, before thy Maker bow; XVx His wondrous works admire. Till rev'rence and religious awe. Thine inmost thoughts inspire. 2 With humble trust dismiss thy cares. And on his love depend; Leave him to manage thine affairs. To him thyself commend. 3 Let high esteem affection raise, Devotion warm thy breast; Let thankful love excite thy praise; In him alone be blest. 4 To him thy solemn homage pay; His constant aid implore; Give thanks for mercies ev'ry day, And thus prepare for more. 5 Without reserve to him submit; All his commands fulfil; Acknowledge all his actions fit; Nor e'er oppose his will. The Christian Character. 293 343. Long Metre. Doddridge. Faith in the invisible God. ETERNAL and immortal King! Thy peerless splendors none can bear; But darkness veils seraphic eyes, When God with all his glory's there. Yet faith can pierce the awful gloom; The great Invisible can see; And with its tremblings mingle joy, In fix'd regards, great God! to thee. Then ev'ry tempting form of sin, Aw'd by thy presence, disappears; And all the glowing raptur'd soul The likeness it contemplates, wears. O ever conscious to my heart! Witness to its supreme desire; Behold it presses on to thee, For it hath caught the heav'nly fire. This one petition would it urge. To bear thee ever in its sight: In life, in death, in worlds imknown, Its only portion and delight. 2 B2 294 The Christian Character. 344. Long Metre. Doddridge. GoiTs na^ne the encouragement of faith, t O ING to the Lord, who loud proclaims O His various and his saving names; O mav they not be heard alone, But by our sure experience known! 2 Let great Jehovah be ador'd, Th' eternal, all-sufficient Lord; He, thro' the world, Most High confessed, By whom 'twas form'd, and is possess'd. 3 Awake, our noblest pow'rs, to bless The God of Abr'am, God of peace; Now by a dearer title known. Father and God of Christ his son. 4 Thro' ev'ry age his gracious ear Is open to his servants' pray'r; Nor can one humble soul complain That it hath sought its God in vain. 5 What unbelieving heart shall dare In whispers to suggest a fear. While still he owns his ancient name, The same his pow'r, his love the same? 6 To thee our souls in faith arise, To thee we lift expecting eyes. And boldly thro' the desert tread; For God will guard where God shall lead* The Christian Character. 295 345. Common Metre. Watts. Trust in God. 1 nr^HY judgments, Lord! are deep and A high; Unsearchable thy deeds: Thy glory spreads beyond the sky, And all our praise exceeds. 2 The men that know thy name will trust In thy abundant grace; For thou didst ne'er forsake the just. Who humbly sought thy face. 3 Salvation to the Lord belongs; His arm alone can save: Blessings attend thy people here, And reach beyond the grave. 346. Common Metre. Watts. The divine power and wisdom a ground of trust, 1 TT AST thou not heard, hast thou not XjL known. That firm remains on high. The everlasting throne of Him Who form'd the earth and sky? 2 Art thou afraid his powV shall fail, When comes thy evil day? 296 The Christian Character* And can an all-creating arm Grow weary, or decay? 3 Supreme in wisdom as in pow'r, The Rock of ages stands: Tho' him thou canst not see, nor trace The working of his hands, 4 He gives the conquest to the weak, Supports the fainting heart; And courage, in the evil hour. His heav'nly aids impart. 347. Common Metre. Watts. Trust in the divine goodness, 1 T TO my God my ways commit, X And cheerful wait his will; Thy hand, which guides my doubtful feet, Shall my desires fulfil. 2 All my desires to thee are known, Thine eye counts evVy tear: And ev'ry sigh and ev'ry groan Is notic'd by thine ear. 3 Mine innocence wilt thou display, And make thy judgments known. Fair as the light of dawning day. And glorious as the noon. 4 The meek, at last, the earth possess, And are the heirs of heav'n; The Christian Character, 297 True riches, with abundant peace, To hunible souls are giv'n. 348, Long Metre. Watts. Confidence in the promises o/'GoD. \ TJRAISE, everlasting praise, be paid jL To him who earth's foundation laid; Praise to the God, whose sov'reign will All nature's laws and pow'rs fulfil. 2 Praise to the goodness of the Lord, . Who rules his people by his word; Where faith contemplates his decrees, And ev'ry gracious promise sees. 3 O for a strong and lasting faith, To credit what th' Almighty saith; T' embrace the message of his Son, And call the joys of heav'n our own! 4 Then, should the earth's vast pillars shake, And all the wheels of latnre break; Our steady souls should fear no more Than solid rocks when billows roar. 5 Our everlasting hopes arise Above the perishable skits; And firm their basis shall remain, When these to chaos sink again. 298 The Christian Charact er* 349. Common Metre. Merrick. Trust in God^ under the trials of virtue, * /^^- ^°^ "*y ^*^'^^^ '^he dang.;rb move Vy That virtue's paths mciose! While I the wise pursuit approve, Alas, what toils oppose! 2 For see! ah, see! while yet her ways With doubtful step I tread, A hostile world its terrors raise, Its snares delusive spread. 3 Oh! how shall I, with heart prepar'd. Those terrors learn to meet; How, from the thousand snares, to guard And to restrain my feet? 4 But why art thou cast down, my soul? Say why, distrustful still. Thy thoughts with vain impatience roll O'er scenes of future ill? 5 Let faith suppress each rising fear, Each anxious doubt exclude; Thy Maker's will hath placed thee here, Thy Maker wise and good! 6 He to thy ev'ry trial knows Its just restraints to give; Attentive to behold thy woes. And faithful to relieve. 7 Tho' griefs unnumber'd throng thee round. Still in thy God confide; The Christian Character, 299 Whose finger marks the seas their bound, And curbs the headlong tide. 350. Common Metre. Jervis. CoTifidence in God. 1 /^ RE AT God! thine attributes divine, \jr Thy glorious works and ways. The wonders of thy pow'r and might, The universe displays. 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. 351. Long Metre. Doddridge. Glorying in God alone, 1 'T^HE righteous Lord, supremely great, X Maintains his universal state; OVr all the earth his pow'r extends; All heav'n before his footstool bends. 2 Yet justice still with pow'r presides, And mercy all his empire guides; 300 The Christian Character. Such works are pleasing in his sight, And such the men of his delight. 3 No more, ye wise, your wisdom boast; No more, ye strong, your valour trust; Nor let the rich survey his store, Replete with heaps of shining ore. 4 Glory, mv soul, in this alone, That God, thy God, to thee is known. That thou hast own'd his sov'reign sway, That thou hast felt his cheering ray. 5 My wisdom, wealth, and pow'r I find In one Jehovah all combin'd; On him I fix my roving eyes, Till all my soul in rapture rise. 6 All else which I my treasure call. May in one fatal moment fall; But what his happiness can move Whom God the blessed deigns to love? 352. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. Confidence in God our Father, 1 "\/J Y God! my Father! cheering name! IVl O may I call thee mine? Give me with humble hope to claim A portion so divine. 2 This only can my fears control. An 1 bid my sorrows fly; "What real harm can reach my soul Beneath my Father's eye? The Christian Character. 301 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 Whatever thy sov'reign will ordains, 0 give me strength to bear; Still let me know a Father reigns, And trust a Father's care. 5 If pain and sickness rend this frame, And life almost depart; Is not thy mercy still the same To cheer my drooping heart? 6 Thy ways, great God! are little known To my weak erring sight; Yet shall my soul, believing, own That all thy ways are right. 7 My God! my Father! blissful name! Beyond expression dear; If thou admit my humble claim, 1 bid adieu to fear. 353. Long Metre. Browne. Dependence upon Providence, 1 /^ RE AT Lord of earth, and seas, and vT skies! Thy wealth the needy world supplies; And safe beneath thy guardian arm, Wc live secur'd from ev'ry harm* 2C 302 The Christian Character, 2 To thee perpetual thanks we owe For all our comforts here below; Our daily bread thy bounty gives, And ev'ry rising want relieves. 3 To thee we cheerful homage bring; In grateful hymns thy praises sing: On thee we ever will depend, The rich, the sure, the faithful friend. 4 And should thy measures seem severe^ Calmly may we thy chast'ning bear; Without complaint to thee submit, Th' unerring judge of what is fit. 354. Common Metre. Merrick. Acquiescence in the will of GoD. 1 A UTHOR of good! we rest on thee; XjL Thine ever watchful eye Alone our real wants can see, Thy hand alone supply. 2 O! let thy pow'r within us dwell. Thy love our footsteps guide; That love shall vainer loves expel, That fear, all fears beside. 3 And since, by passion's force subdu'd, Too oft, with stubborn will. We blindly shun the latent good, And grasp the specious ill; 4 Not what we wish, but what we want, Let mercy still supply: The Christian Character, 303 The good, unask'd, let mercy grant; The ill, though askM, deny. 355. Common Metre. Cowper. Submission* 1 f^ LORD! my best desires fulfil, V^ And help me to resign Life, health, and comfort to thy will, And make thy pleasure mine. 2 Why should I shrink at thy command, Whose love forbids ray fears? Or tremble at thy gracious hand, That wipes away my tears? 3 No, let me rather freely yield What most I prize to thee; Who never hast a good withheld, Or wilt withhold from me. 4 Wisdom and mercy guide my way; Shall I resist them both? Short-sighted creature of a day, And crush'd before the moth! 5 But ah! my heart within me cries, Still bind me to thy sway; Else, the next cloud that veils the skies. Drives all these thoughts away. 304 The Christian Character, 356. Common Metre. Watts. Love to God. 1 TXT HERE love and all the graces reign, V V The mind is truly blest; For love, the noblest of the train, Aids and exalts the rest. 2 Knowledge, alas! 'tis all in vain, And all in vain our fear; Rude passions will their sway maintain, If love be absent there. 3 'Tis love that makes our willing feet In swift obedience move; This is the grace that lives and reigns In the bright realms above. 357. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. Gratitude* t T ORD! when my thoughts delighted I ^ rove Amidst the wonders of thy love, Sweet hope revives my drooping heart, And bids my fears and doubts depart. 3 Be all my heart and all my ways Devoted to thy fervent praise; And let my glad obedience prove How much i owe, how much I love. The Christian Character, 305 358. Common Metre. Jervis. The same subject, 1 f^ REAT Source of all that we enjoy, VT From whom our comforts flow! To thee, who dost our souls reclaim, Eternal thanks we owe. 2 Though the vast debt we ne'er can pay Of gratitude and love; Yet grant us. Lord! thine aid divine, Thy goodness to improve. 3 Be this, on earth, our chief delight, Our feeble songs to join; In heav'n we'll celebrate thy praise In anthems more divine. 359. Long Metre. Watts. Love to God and man, 1 'T^HUS saith the first, the great com- JL mand: Let all thy inward pow'rs unite To love thy Maker and thy God, I With utmost vigour and delight. 3 Then shall thy neighbour next in place [ Share thy affections and esteem; And let thy wishes for thyself Measure and rule thy love to him. 2C 2 306 The Christian Character. 3 Alas! how base our passions are! How cold our charity and zeal! Lord! warm our souls with heav'nly fire, And mould our spirits to thy will. 360. Common Metre. Edinburgh Collection. Charity essential to the christian character. 1 T^HOUGH perfect eloquence adorn'd JL The sweet persuasive tongue; Though I could speak in higher strains Than ever angels sung: 2 Though prophecy my soul inspir'd, And made all myst'ries plain; Yet, were I void of christian love, These gifts were all in vain. 3 Altho' with libVal hands I gave My goods the poor to feed, Or gave my body to the flames; Still, fruitless were the deed. 4 Nay, tho' my faith, with boundless pow'r> Ev'n mountains could remove; I still am nothing, if Vva void Of charity and love. The Christian Character, 307 361. Common Metre. Doddridge. The law of love, 1 T7' AR from thy servants, God of grace! X? Th' unfeeling heart remove; And form in our obedient souls, The image of thy love. 2 O may our sympathizing breasts The gen'rous 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 fulfiU'd, In ev'ry act and thought; Each angry passion far remov'd. Each selfish view forgot. 5 Be thou, my heart! dilated wide With this kind social grace; And, in one grasp of fervent love. All earth and heav'n embrace. 362. Common Metre. Drennan. The same subject, 1 A LL nature feels attractive pow'r, X\. A strong embracing force; 308 The Christian Character, The drops that sparkle in the show'r, The planets in their course. 2 Thus, in the universe of mind, Is felt the law of love; The charity, both strong and kind. For all that live and move. 3 In this fine sympathetic chain, All creatures bear a part; Their ev'ry pleasure, ev'ry pain Link'd to the feeling heart. 4 More perfect bond! the christian plan Attaches soul to soul; Our neighbour is the sufF'ring man, Though at the farthest pole. 5 To earth below, from heav'n above, The faith, in Christ professed. More clear reveals that God is love, And whom he loves is bless'd. 363. Long Metre. Browne. Love to all mankind. 1 f^ GOD, my Saviour, and my King, V^ Of all I have, or hope, the spring! Send down thy spirit from above, And warm my heart with holy love. 2 May I from ev'ry act abstain. That gives another grief or pain; Still may I feel my heart inclined To be the friend of all mankind. The Christian Character. 309 3 With pity let my breast o'erflow, When I behold a brother's woe; And bear a sympathizing part, Whene'er I meet a wounded heart. 4 And let my neighbour's prosp'rous state A mutual joy in me create; His virtuous triumph let me join; His peace and happiness be mine. 5 Yea, the' my neighbour's hate I prove, Still let me vanquish hate with love; Slow to resent, tho' he would grieve. But always ready to forgive. 6 Let love thro' all my conduct shine. An image fair, though faint, of thine; Let me thy humble follower prove. Father of men, great God of love! 364. Proper Metre. John Taylor. Charity, 1 /^ YE, who seek Jehovah's face, V^ Bow at his throne, and feel his grace; Who ask in pray'r, and own in praise. That bounteous love which gilds your day: ; Catch from above the hallow'd flame, And dignify the christian name. 2 Where'er distress and pain appear. Let pity's ready hand be there; With cheering wine, and fragrant oil, Bid languor glow, and anguish smile: 310 7"he Christian Character. Tho' woe her lowliest form may wear, Yet God has stamp'd his image there. 3 When he, the sov'reign Judge, draws nighi And holds th' unerring beam on high; Then shall sweet charity pr; vail, And angels mark the sinking scale: Jesus shall call his folio .vers home, " Ye blessed of my Father, com^ !" Hallelujah, amen! 365. Common Metre. Hampson, The same subject, 1 TX AUGHTERS of pity, tune the lay; xJ To mourners joy belongs; While he that wipes all tears away Accepts our thankful songs. 2 No altars smoke, no off'rings bleed, No guiltless lives expire; To help a brother in his need Is all our rites require. 3 Our off 'ring is a willing mind To comfort the distrtst; In others' good our own to find, In others' blessings blest. 4 Go to the pillow of disease, Where night gives no repose, And on the cheek where sickness preys, Bid health to plant a rose* 5 Go where the friendless stranger lies; To perish is his doom: 'H The Christian Character. 311 Snatch from the grave his closing eyes, And bring his blessing home. 6 Thus, what our heav'nly Father gave, Shall we as freely give; Thus copy him who liv'd to save, And died that we might live. 366. Proper Metre. Blacklock. Benevolence, AIL, Source of pleasures ever new! While thy kind dictates I pursue, I taste a joy sincere; Too high for little minds to know, Who on themselves alone bestow Their wishes and their care. 2 By thee inspired, the gen'rous breast, In blessing others only blest, With kindness large and free, Delights the widow's tears to stay. To teach the blind their smoothest way, And aid the feeble knee. 3 O God! with sympathetic care. In otr ers' joys and griefs to share, Do thou my heart incline; Each low, each selfish wish control, Warm with benevolence my soul, And make me wholly thine. 312 The Christian Character, 367. Common Metre. Drennan. The luxury of doing good, 1 r^ SWEETER than the fragrant flow'r, V-^ At ev'ning's dewy close, The will, united with the pow'r, To succour human woes! 2 And softer than the softest strain Of music to the ear, That placid joy we give and gain By gratitude sincere. 368. Common Metre. Watts. Justice and equity, 1 /^ OME, let us search our ways and try; V^ Have they been just and right? Is the great rule of equity Our practice and delight? 2 What we would have our neighbour do, Have we still done the same? From others ne'er withheld the due Which we from others claim? 3 Have we ne'er envy'd others' good, Ne'er envy'd others' praise? In no man's path malignant stood, Nor us'd detraction's ways? The Christian Character. 3 \ 3 4 Have we not, deaf to his request, TurnM from another's woe? The scorn which wrings the suff'rer's breast, Have we abhorr'd to show? 5 Then may we raise our modest pray'r To God, the just and kind; May humbly cast on him our care. And hope his grace to find. 6 Religion's path they never trod, Who equity contemn: Nor ever are they just to God, Who prove unj ust to men. 369. Common Metre. Walker. The virtuous love of country. 1 T)ARENT of all, Omnipotent jL In heav'n, and earth below! Thro' all creation's vast extent, Whose streams of goodness flow; 2 Teach me to know from whence I rose. And unto what design'd; Nor private aims may I propose. Since link'd with human kind. 3 But chief to hear my country's voice May my best thoughts incline; 'Tis reason's law, 'tis virtue's choice, 'Tis nature's call, and thine. 2D 314 The Christian Character. 4 Me from fair freedom's sacred cause May nothing e'er divide; Nor grandeur, gold, nor vain applause, Nor friendship false, misguide. 5 To duty, honour, virtue true, In all ray country's weal, Let me my public walk pursue: So, God, thy favour deal! 370. Long Metre. Watts. Christian zeal tempered by charity, 1 /^ RE AT God! whose all-pervading eye, V-X Sees ev'ry passion in my soul! When sunk too low, or rais'd too high, Teach me those passions to control. 2 Temper the fervours of my frame; Be charity their constant spring; And O! let no unhallow'd flame Pollute the offerings I bring. 3 Let peace with piety unite To mend the bias of my will; While hope and heav'n-ey'd faith excite. And wisdom regulates, my zeal: — 4 That wisdom which to meekness turns, Wisdom descending from above; And let my zeal, whene'er it burns, Be kindled by the fire of love. The Christian Character. 31 if 371. Long Metre. Scott. Against persecution and intolerance* 1 \ BSURD and vain attempt! to bind XIl With iron chains the free-born mindj To force conviction, and reclaim The wand'riDg, by destructive flame. 2 Bold arrogance! to snatch from heav'a Dominion not to mortals giv'n; O'er conscience to usurp the throne. Accountable to God alone. 3 Jesus, thy gentle law of love Doth no such cruelties approve: Mild as thyself, thy doctrine wields No arms but what persuasion yields. 4 By proofs divine, and reason' strong, It draws the willing mind along; And conquests to thy church acquires By eloquence which heav'n inspires. 372. Long Metre. Scott. Candour. % A LL-SEEING God! Vis thine to know l\ The springs whence wrong opinions flow; To judge, from principles within. When frailty errs, and when we sin. 316 The Christian Character. 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; W^hile faithful we improve our light, Condemning none, but zealous still To learn and follow all thy will. 373. Short Metre. Birmingham Coll. Christian unity. 1 T ET party names no more Jl-J 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 crown'd. 3 Envy and strife be gone. And only kindness known. Where all one common Father have, One common master own. 4 Thus will the church below Resemble that above. The Christian Character. 317 Where springs of purest pleasure rise, And ev'ry heart is love. 374. Common Metre. Doddridge. (Compassionate intercession for the thoughtless and inconsiderate, 1 TNDULGENT God! with pitying eye X The sons of men surveys Alas! how thoughtless mortals sport In sin's destructive way! 2 Ten thousand dangers lurk around, To bear them to the tomb: Each passing hour may place them where Repentance cannot come. 3 Reclaim^ O Lord! their wand'ring minds, Amus'd by airy dreams; That heav'nly wisdom may dispel Their visionary schemes. 4 Guide and direct them by thy word, Their dang'rous state to see; That they may seek and find the path That leads to heav'n and thee. 375. Common Metre. Needham. Christian virtues, 1 TTAPPY the man whose cautious steps XJL Still keep the golden mean; 2 D2 318 The Christian Character. M^hose life, by wisdom's rules well formM, Declares a conscience cleaa. 2 Not of himself he highly thinks, Nor acts the boaster's part: His modest tongue the language speaks Of his still humbler heart. 3 Not in base scandal's arts he deals. For truth dwells in his breast: With grief he sees his neighbour's faults. And thinks and hopes the best. 4 What blessings bounteous heav'n bestows, He takes with thankful heart; With temp'rance he both eats and drinks, And gives the poor a part. 5 To Sect or party his large soul Disdains to be confin'd; The good he loves of ev'ry name. And prays for all mankind. 6 Not on the world his heart is set. His treasure is above; Nothing beneath the sov'reign good Can claim his highest love. 376. Long Metre. Bristol Collection. Personal virtues, 1 A WAKE, my soul! rouse ev'ry pow'r, S\, Thy native dignity display: Let lust and passion reign no more, No longer own their lawless sway* The Christian Character. 319 2 Thy temper meek and humble be, Content and pltas'd with ev'ry state; From dire revenge and envy free, And wild ambition to be great. 3 Confine thy roving appetites; From this vain world withdraw thine eyeai; Fix them on those divine delights, "Which angels taste above the skies. 4 With eager zeal pursue the prize; Each fleeting hour of life improve: This course will speak thee truly wise. And raise thee to the world above. 377. • Short Metre. Doddridge. The excellency of the righteous. 1 TTOW glorious, Lord! art thou! X X How bright thy splendors shine! Whose rays, reflected, gild thy saints With ornaments divine. 2 With lowliness and love. Wisdom and courage meet; The grateful heart, the cheerful eye, How amiable, how sweet! 3 In beauties such as these, Thy children now are drest; But brighter habits shall they wear In regions of the blest. 320 The Christian Character 4 O God of Isr'el! hear, And make this bliss our own? Make us the children of thy care^ The members of thy son. 378. Common Metre. Watts. Prudence and Benevolence, 1 /^ f 'tis a lovely thing to see V/' A man of prudent heart. Whose thoughts, and lips, and life agree To act a useful part. 2 When envy, strife, and war begin, In little angry souls; Mark! how the sons of peace come in And quench the kindling coals. 3 Their minds are humble, mild and meek. No furious passions rise; Nor malice moves their lips to speak, Nor pride exalts their eyes. 4 Their lives are prudence mix'd with love; Good works employ their day; Tht\ join the serpent with the dove, But cast the sting away. 5 Such was the Saviour of mankind, Such pleasures he pursu'd; His manners gentle and refm'd, His soul divinely good. The Christian Character. 321 379. Long Metre. Scott. Meekness. 1 T|/r ARK! when tempestuous winds arise, iVx The wild confusion and uproar; All ocean mixing with the skies, And wrecks arc dash'd upon the shore! 2 Not less confusion racks the mind By its own fierce ideas tost; Calm reason is to rage resign'd. And in the whirl of passion lost. 3 O! self-tormenting child of pride. Anger, bred up in hate and strife; Ten thousand ills by thee supply'd Mingle the cup of bitter life. 4 Happy the meek, whose gentle breast, Clear as the summer's ev'ning ray. Calm as the regions of the blest, Enjoys on earth celestial day. 5 No friendships broke their bosoms sting, No jars their peaceful tent invade; Secure, beneath th' Almighty wing. And, foes to none, of none afraid. 6 Spirit of grace, all meek and mild! Inspire our breasts, our souls possess; Repel each passion rude and wild, And bless us as we aim to bless. 322 The Christian Character. 380. Long Metre, Watts. Self government, t /^ THOU, whose scales the mountains V^ weigh! Whose will the raging seas obey! Thou who canst boist'rous winds control! Subdue the tumults of my soul. 2 May I with equal mind sustain My lot of pleasure and of pain; May joys and sorrows gently flow. Nor rise too high, nor sink too low. Z Do thou my passions. Lord! restrain, And in my soul, unrivall'd, reign; Then, with whatever loads oppressed, Centered in thee, my soul shall rest. 4 O when shall my still-wav'ring mind This sweetest self-possession find! Fountain of joy! I long to see In thee my peace — my heav'n in thee! 381. Long Metre. Dr. Enfield. Humility, 1 TXTHEREFORE should man, frail VV child of clay. Who, from the cradle to the shroud, Lives but the insect of a day— O why should mortal man be proud?^ The Christian Character. 823 His brightest v">sions just appear, Then vanish, a. d no more are found; The stateliest pile his pride can rear, A breath may level with the ground. ; By doubt perplex'd, 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! t Follies and crimes, 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.- 382. Long Metre. Humility and retirement, 1 T TOW vain is grandeur's purple pride! Jrl And guards, and roofs of gold, hovr vain! Through circling guards may sorrow glide, And gilded roofs are claim'd by pain. 2 Give me, great God! unknown to dwell, Remote from pomp, and care, and strife; Secure from passions that rebel. And shelter'd from the storms of life. 324 The Christian Character, 383. Long Metre. Doddridge. Comynunmg with our hearts. 1 TJ ETURN, my roving heart, return, JLV And chase these shadowy forms no more; Seek out some solitude to mourn, And thy forsaken God implore. 2 Wisdom and pleasure dwell at home; Retir'd and silent seek them there; True conquest is ourselves t' o'ercome. True strength to break temptation's snare. 3 And thou, my God! whose piercing eye Distinct surveys each deep recess, In these abstracted hours draw nigh, And with thy presence fill the place. 4 Through all the mazes of my heart. My search let heav'nly wisdom guide; And still its radiant beams impart, Till all be search'd and purified. 5 Then, with the visits of thy love, Voucb^^afe my inmost soul to cheer; Till ev'ry grace shall join to prove. That God hath fix'd his dwelliBg there. The Christian Character. 32*5 384. Short Metre. Enfield's Collection. Worldly anxiety reproved, WHY should I thus perplex My life with fruitless care, With fears and hopes which idly vex, And oft the heart ensnare? Can anxious thoughts increase My years' appointed sum? Why waste I then my health and peac«. To hoard for days to come? To him, these low desires, This sordid gain I leave. Who to no higher good aspires, Than what this world can give* Then let to-morrow's cares Until to-morrow stay: The trouble which to-day prepares. Suffices for to-day. 385. Proper Metre. Cotton. Contentment. I F solid happiness we prize, Within our breasts this jewellies, And they are fools who roam; 2E 326 The Christian Character. The world has little to bestow, From our ownselves our joys must flow> Our bliss begins at home. 2 We'll therefore relish with content Whate'er kind providence has sent, Nor .aim beyond our pow'r; And if our store of wealth be small» With thankful hearts improve it all, Nor waste the present hour. 3 To be resigned, when ills betide, Patient, when favours are deny'd. And pleas'd with favours giv'n; This is the wise, the virtuous part: This is that incense of the heart, Whose fragrance reaches heav'n. 4 Thus thro' life's changing scenes we'll go, Its checquer'd paths of joy and woe With cautious steps we'll tread; Quit its vain scenes without a tear, Without a trouble or a fear. And mingle with the dead: 5 While conscience, like a faithful friend. Shall thro' the gloomy vale attend, And cheer our dying breath; Shall, when all other comforts cease, X.ike a kind angel, whisper peace. And smooth the bed of death* The Christian Character, 327 386. Long Metre. Watts. A conversation becoming the gospeh 1 O O let our lips and lives express Jo The holy gospel we profess; So let our works and virtues shine, To prove the doctrine all divine. 2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad The honours of our Saviour God; When his salvation reigns within, And grace subdues the pow'r of sin. 3 Our flesh and sense must be deny'd, Passion and envy, lust and pride; While justice, temp'rance, 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. 387. Long Metre. Jervis. Integrity^ fortitude^ and hope, 1 'TpHE man, whose firm and equal mind X To solid glory is inclined, Determin'd will his path pursue. And keep the godlike prize in view. o28 The Christian Character, 2 His calm, undaunted, manly breast, Of virtue, honour, truth possest, Will stem the torrent of the age, And fearless tread this mortal stage. 3 Amidst th' assailing ills of life. Pride, passion, malice, envy, strife; He'll act his part without disguise, Intrepid, gen'rous, just, and wise.. 4 In conscious rectitude secure, This man, unshaken, shall endure Of human woes the num'rous train, Oppression, bondage, sickness, pain. 5 And when, at last, th' eternal Pow'r Shall fix th' irrevocable hour; That solemn hour which none can fly, Since 'tis decreed that all must die; 6 Conscious of sov'reign mercy near. Its voice shall banish ev'ry fear; While faith and hope in joys to come. Waft him to realms beyond the tomb. 388. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. Exemplary virtKe, \ AH wretched souls, who strive in vain, x\. Slaves to the world, and slaves to sin"! A nobler toil may I sustain, A nobler satisfaction win. The Christian Character. 329 2 May I resolve, with all my heart, With all my pow'rs to serve the Lord; Nor from his precepts e'er depart, Whose service is a rich reward* 3 O be his service all my jov! Around let my example shine. Till others love the blest employ, And join in labours so divine, 4 Be this the purpose of my soul, My solemn, my determined choice, To yield to his supreme control. And in his kind commands rejoice. 5 O may I never faint nor tire. Nor, wand'ring, leave his sacred ways; Great God! accept my soul's desire. And give me strength to live thy praise. 389. Long Metre. Watts. Christian fortitude. 1 /^ OUR AGE, my soul! while God is Vy near, What enemy hast thou to fear? How canst thou want a sure defence, Whose refuge is Omnipotence? 2 Tho' thickest dangers crowd my way. My God can chase my fears away: My stedfast heart on him relies. And all those dangers still defies. 2 E 2 330 The Christian Character. 3 Though billows after billows roll, To overwhelm my sinking soul; Firm as a rock my faith shall stand, Upheld by God's almighty hand. 4 In life his presence is my aid; In death 'twill guide me thro' the shade; Chase all my rising fears away, And turn my darkness into day. 390. Long Metre. Jervis. Fidelity in the cause of truth and virtue, 1 Q^ HALL I forsake that Heav'nly Friend, O On whom my noblest hopes depend? Forbid it, that my wand'ring heart From God and virtue should depart! 2 First let the wheels of life stand still, E'er I forget my Father's will; Or dare submit to guilty shame. And bring dishonour on his name. 3 Faithful to him and to his laws. With zeal I would maintain his cause. The cause of truth and righteousness, 'Midst trial, suff 'ring, and distress. 4 If e'er I'm call'd t' encounter death For him, may I resign my breath; And reap, at last, the bright reward Which waits the servants of the Lord. The Christian Character. 331 391. Long Metre. Doddridge. FauVs solicitude to finish his course xvith joij, 1 4 SSIST us, Lord! thy name to praise, Jl\. For this rich gospel of thy grace; And, that our hearts may love it more. Teach them to feel its vital pow'r. 2 With joy may we our course pursue, And keep the crown of life in view; That crown, which in one hour repays The labour of ten thousand days. 3 Should bonds or death obstruct our way, Unmov'd, their terrors we'll survey; And the last hour improve for thee, The last of life or liberty. 4- Welcome those bonds which may unite Our souls to their supreme delight; Welcome that death, whose painful strife Bears us to Christ our better life. 392. Long Metre. Mrs. Barbauld. The christian warfare, 1 A WAKE, my soul! lift up thine eyes; -l\. See where thy foes against thee rise, In long array, a numerous host; Awake, my soul! or thou art lost. 332 The Christian Character, 2 Here giant danger threatening stands, Must'ring his pale terrific bands; There pleasure's silken banners spread, And willing souls are captives led. 3 See where rebellious passions rage, And fierce desires and lusts engage; The meanest foe of all the train Has thousands and ten thousands slain. 4 Thou tread'st upon enchanted ground; Perils and snares beset thee round; Beware of all, guard ev'ry part. But most, the traitor in thy heart. 5 Come then, my soul! now learn to wield The weight of thine immortal shield; Put on the armour from above Of heav'nly truth, and heav'nly love. 6 The terror and the charm repel. And pow'rs of earth, and pow'rs of hell: The man of Calv'ry triumph'd here; Why should his faithful followers fear? 393. Common Metre. Mrs. Barbauld. The pilgrimage of life. 1 /^UR country is Immanuel's ground; V^ We seek that promised soil: Tij> songs of Zion cheer our hearts, Wriile strangers here we toil. 2 Oft do our eyes with joy o'erflow, And oft are bath'd in tears; The Christian Character. 333 Yet nought bat heav'n our hopes can raise, And nought but sin, our fears. 3 The flow'rs that spring along the road. We scarcely stoop to pluckj We walk o'er beds of shining ore, Nor waste one wishful look. 4 We tread the path our master trod; We bear the cross he bore; And ev'ry thorn that wounds our feet, His temples pierc'd before. 5 Our pow'rs are oft dissolv'd away. In ecstacies of love; And while our bodies wander here, Our souls are fix'd above. 6 We purge our mortal dross away. Refining as we run; But while we die to earth and sense, Our heav'n is here begun. 394. Common Metre. Doddridge. The high-way to Zion» ING, ye redeemed of the Lord, . _ Your great deliverer sing; Pilgrims, for Zion's city bound, Be joyful in your King. 2 See the fair way his hand hath rais'd, How holy, and how plain! S 334 The Christian Character, Nor shall the simplest trav'ller err, Nor ask the track in vain. 3 No rav'ning lion shall destroy. Nor lurking serpent wound; Pleasure and safety, peace and praise. Through all the path are found. 4 A hand divine shall lead you on Along the blissful road. Till on the sacred mount you see, The glory of your God. 5 There, garlands of immortal joy Shall bloom on ev'ry head; While sorrow, sighing, and distress. Like shadows all are fled. 6 Jesus your leader's gone before. Pursue his footsteps still; And let the prospect cheer your eye, While laboring up the hill. 395. Short Metre. Doddridge. Singing in the xvays of God. 1 '^T^^ ^^^ ^^^ voices join, X^ To form one pleasant song; Ye pilgrims in Jehovah's ways. With music puss along. 2 How straight the path appears. How open and how fair! The Christian Character. 33;? No lurking gins t' entrap our feet, No fierce destroyer there. But flow'rs of paradise, In rich profusion spring; The sun of glory gilds the path, And dear companions sing. , See Salem's golden spires. In beauteous prospect rise! And brighter crowns than mortals wear, Which sparkle thro' the skies. ) All honour to his name. Who drew the shining trace! To him who leads the wand'rers on. And cheers them with his grace! 5 Reduce the nations. Lord! Teach all their kings thy ways; That earth's full choir the notes may swell, And heav'n resound the praise. 396. Long Metre. Doddridge. Peace proclaimed^ and the fruit of the lips created. 1 TT ARK! for the great Creator speaks — jTx In silence let the earth attend — And when his words of grace are heard, In grateful adoration bend. 2 " 'Tis I create the fruit of praise. And give the broken heart to sing; 336 The ChristiaJi Character, Peace, heav'nly peace, my lips proclaim, Pleas'd with the happy news they bring." 3 Receive the tidings with delight Ye Gentile nations from afar; And you, the children of his love, Whom grace hath brought already near. 4 To these, to those, his sov'reign hand, Its healing energy imparts; Peace, peace be chanted from your tongues, And echo'd from consenting hearts. 5 Knjoy the health which God hath wrought; Nor let the daily tribute cease, Till chang'd for more exalted songs, In regions of eternal peace. 397. Long Metre. Watts, Walking hy faith and not by sight, 1 ^nr^IS by the faith of joys to come, JL We walk thro' deserts dark as night; Till we arrive at heav'n our home. Faith is our guide, and faith our light. 2 The want of sight she well supplies; She makes the heav'nly gates appear; Far into distant worlds she pries, And brings eternal glories near. 3 Cheerful we tread the desert through. While faith inspires a heav'nly ray. The Christian Character, 337 Though lions roar and tempests blow, And rocks and dangers fill the way. 4 So Abr'am, by divine command, Left his own house to walk with God; His faith beheld the promised land, And fir'd his zeal along the road. 398. Common Metre. Salisbury Collection. The power of faith, X TT'AITH adds new charms to earthly X: bliss, And saves us from its snares; Its aid in ev'ry duty brings, And softens all our cares: .2 Extinguishes the thirst of sin, And lights the sacred fire Of love to God and heav'nly things, And feeds the pure desire. 3 The wounded conscience knows its powV The healing balm to give; That balm the saddest heart can cheer, And make the dying live. 4 Wide it unveils celestial worlds. Where deathless pleasures reign, And bids us seek our portion there. Nor bids us seek in vain. 2 F 338 The Christian Character. 399. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. Faith. 1 A H! why should this mistaken mind l\. Still rove with restless pain? Delight on earth expect to find, Yet still expect in vain? 2 Faith, rising upward, points her view To regions in the skies; There, lovelier scenes than Eden knew In bright perspective rise. 3 O! if this heav'n-born grace were mine. Would not my spirit soar. Transported gaze on joys divine. And cleave to earth no more? 4 If in my heart true faith appears, Yet weak the sacred ray; Feebly aspiring, press'd with fears, - Almost it dies away. 5 O Thou, from whose almighty breath It first began to rise. Purge off these mists, these dregs of earth, And bid it reach the skies. 6 Let this weak erring mind no more On earth bewilder'd rove; But with celestial ardor soar To endless joys above. The Christian Character. a39 400. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. The Christianas prospect. 1 T T APPY the man whose wishes climb JlX To mansions in the skies! He looks on all the joys of time With undesiring eyes. 2 In vain soft pleasure spreads her charms And throws her silken chain; And wealth and fame invite his arms And tempt his ear in vain. 3 He knows that all these glitt'ring things Must yield to sure decay; And sees on time's extended wings How swift they flee away! 4 Nor low to earth in sorrow bends, When pains and cares invade; With cheerful wing his faith ascends Above the gloomy shade. 5' To things unseen by mortal eyes, A beam of sacred light Directs his view, his prospects rise, All permanent and bright. 6 His hopes are fix'd on joys to come: Those blissful scenes on high Shall flourish in immortal bloom, When time and nature die. 340 The Christian Character. 401. Long Metre. Watts. The christian race. ^ 1 A WAKE our souls! away our fears! jLjL Let ev'ry trembling thought be gone; Awake, and run the heav'nly race, And put a cheerful courage on. 2 True, 'tis a strait and thorny road, And mortal spirits tire and faint; But they forget the mighty God, Who strength imparts to ev'ry saint: 3 The mighty God, whose matchless pow'r Is ever new, and ever young, And firm endures, while endless years Their everlasting circles run. 4 Swift as an eagle cuts the air. We'll mount aloft to thine abode: On wings of love our souls shall fly, Nor tire amidst the heav'nly road. 402. Common Metre. B. B. The same subject. 1 /^N wings of love the christian flies, \J And upward speeds his way; The empty world neglected lies, Nor can it tempt his stay. The Chrhttan Character* 341 2 Though rav'nous beasts of prey surround, Yet onward still he goes; And resolute maintains his ground, When multitudes oppose. 3 Amidst ten thousand lurking snares. He treads the heav'nly road; Drops, as he goes, his pains and cares, And makes his way to God. 4 From realms of bliss he shall review The labours of the way; No sad event his grief renew, Nor shall his joys decay. 403. Common Metre. Doddridge. The same subject, 1 \ WAKE my soul! stretch ev'ry nerve, SjL And press with vigour on: A heav'nly 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. 5 'Tis God's all-animating voice That calls thee from on high; 'Tis his own hand presents the prize To thine aspiring eye: 2 F2 342 The Christian Char acter* 4 That prize, with peerless glories bright. Which shall new lustre boast, When victors' wreaths and monarchs' gems Shall blend in common dust. 404. Proper Metre. Wesley. The cross and croxvn. 1 T) EYOND the bounds of time and space, JlJ Look forward to that heav'nly place, The saint's secure abode: On faith's strong eagle-pinions rise, And force your passage to the skies, And scale the mount of God. 2 Though sufF'ring with our master here, We shall before his face appear, And by his side sit down: To patient faith the prize is sure, And all that to the end endure The cross, shall wear the crown. PART XIII. Afflictions and Changes of Life. 405. Common Metre. Walker's Collection. Praise to God through all the changes of life, 1 "E^ATHER of mercies! God of love! -i My Father, and my God! I'll sing the honours of thy name, And spread thy praise abroad. 2 My soul, in pleasing wonder lost, Thy various love surveys; Where shall my grateful lips begin, Or where conclude thy praise? 3 In ev'ry period of my life. Thy thoughts of love appear: Thy mercies gild the transient scene, And crown each passing year. 4 In all these mercies may ray soul A father's bounty see; Nor let the gifts thy grace bestows Estrange my heart from thee. 5 Teach me, in times of deep distress, To own thy hand, O God! And in submissive silence, hear The lessons of thv rod. 344 Afflictions and Changes of Life, 6 Thro' ev.Vy changing state of life, Each bright, each clouded scene; Give me a meek and humble mind, Still equal and serene. 7 Then may I close my eyes in deaths Free from all anxious fear; For death itself is life, my God! If thou art with me there. 406. Proper Metre. Mrs. Barbauld. Praise to God m prosperity and adversity* 1 TTJ RAISE to God, immortal praise, Jr For the love that crowns our days; Bounteous Source of evVy 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 gen'rous olive's use. 3 Flocks that whiten all the plain; Yellow sheaves of ripen'd grain; Clouds that drop their fatt'ning dews; Suns that temp'rate warmth diffuse: 4 All that Spring, with bounteous hand, Scatters o'er the smiling land; All that lib'ral Autumn pours From her rich o'ei flowing stores: 5 These to thee, our God! we owe. Source whence all our blessings flow! Afflictions and Changes of Life, 345 And for these our souls shall raise Grateful vows and solemn praise. 6 Yet should rising whirlwinds tear From its stem the rip'ning ear; Should the fig-tree's blasted shoot Drop her green untimely fruit: 7 Should the vine put forth no more, Nor the olive yield her store: Tho' the sick'ning flocks should fall, And the herds desert the stall: 8 Should thine alter'd hand restrain Vernal show'rs and latter rain; Blast each op'ning bud of joy, And the rising year destroy: 9 Yet to thee our souls shall raise Grateful vows and solemn praise: And, when ev'ry blessing's flown, Love thee— for thyself alone! 407. Common Metre. Enfield's Collection. Praise to God in life and death, 1 1\/f Y soul shall praise thee, O my God! ±VJL Through all my mortal days; And to eternity prolong Thy vast, thy boundless praise. 2 In each bright hour of peace and hope^ Be this my sweet employ: Devotion heightens all my bliss, And sanctifies my joy. 346 Afflictions and Changes of Life. 3 When gloomy care, or keen distress, Invades my throbbing breast, My tongue shall learn to speak thy praise, And sooth my pains to rest. 4 Nor shall my tongue alone proclaim The honours of my God; My life, with all my active pow'rs. Shall spread thy praise abroad. 5 And though these lips shall cease to move, Though death shall close these eyes, Yet shall my soul to nobler heights Of joy and transport rise. 6 Then shall my pow'rs in endless strains Their grateful tribute pay: The theme demands an angel's tongue. And an eternal day. 408. Long Metre. Doddridge. Praise to God through the zvhole of our ex- istence, 1 /^ OD of my life! through all its days VT Xvly grateful pow'rs shall sound thy piaise; The song shall wake with op'ning light. And warble to the silent night. 2 When anxious cares would break my rest. And griefs would tear my throbbing breast, Thy tunefal praises, y.\Wd on high, Shall check the murmur and the sigh. Afflktio ns and Changes of Life. CAT 3 When death o'er nature shall prevail, And all its pow'rs of language fail, Joy through my svvimnning eyes shall break. And mean the thanks I cannot speak. 4 But O! when that blest morn is come, Which breaks the slumbers of the tomb. With what glad accents shall I rise To join the music of the skies! 5 Soon shall I learn th' exalted strains Which echo o'er the heav'nly plains; And emulate, with joy unknown, The glowing seraphs round thy throne. 6 * Praise shall employ my noblest pow'rs, * While immortality endures;' A work so sweet, a theme so high. Demands, and crowns eternity. 409. Common Metre. John Taylor. Trust in God through all the changes of life. 1 Tj^ ATHER divine! before thy view, X? 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 vig'rous youth and feeble age Thy kind protection share. 3 Whate'er we do, where'er we turn, Thy ceaseless bounty flowst; ■.348 Afflictions and Changes of Life, Oppress'd with woe, when nature faints, Thine arm is our repose. 4 To thee we look, thou Pow'r Supreme, O still our wants supply! Safe in thy presence may we live. And in thy favour die. 410. Common Metre, Darwin. Trust in God in prosperity and adversiti^, 1 npHE Lord! how tender is his love! JL His justice, how august! Hence all her fears my soul derives, There anchors all her trust. 2 He show'rs the manna from above, To feed the barren waste; Or points with death the fiery hail. And famine waits the blast. 3 Crowns, realms, and worlds, his wrath in- cens'd. Are dust beneath his tread: He blights the fair, unplumes the proud. And shakes the learned head. 4 He bids distress forget to groan, The sick from anguish cease; In dungeons spreads his healing wing, And softly whispers peace. 5 Thy vengeance rides the rushing wind, Or tips the bolt with flame: Afflictions and Changes of Life, 349 Thy goodness breathes in cv'ry breeze, And warms in ev'ry beam. 6 For me, O Lord! whatever lot The hours commission'd bring; Do all my withering blessings die, Or fairer clusters spring; 7 O! grant that still with grateful heart My years resign'd may run; 'Tis thine to give or to resume, And may thy will be done. 411. Common Metre. Bristol Collection. Hope in a£lictton, 1 T ORD! in this wretched vale of tears, X-i What various woes we feel! Diseases, pains, and doubts, and fears Surround thy children still. 2 Darkness and dangers fill the road. And storms and tempests roar; But we march onward to our God, And trust his guardian pow'r. 3 What though no lasting comfort's found Through this long wilderness? When we arrive on heav'nly ground, Pleasures shall never cease. 4 Lord! give us patience in the way, And let our faith be strong; 2G 350 Afflictions and Changes of Life. Direct our footseps lest we stray, And guard our souls along. 5 Death shall convey thy children home; Thither our hearts aspire; There no disease shall ever come, But joy shall be entire. 412. Common Metre. Watts. Hope in God. 1 'T^HE Lord can clear the darkest skies, X Can give us day for night; Make drops of sacred sorrow rise To rivers of delight. 2 The seed, though buried long in dust^ Shall not deceive our hope; The precious grain can ne'er be lost, Since God insures the crop. 3 The seeds of joy and glory, sown For saints in darkness here, Shall rise and spring in worlds unknown. And a rich harvest bear. 413. Common Metre. Doddridge, The divine mercy moderating affliction. 1 /^ RE AT Ruler of all nature's frame! vX We own thy pow'r divine; Afflictions and Changes of Life. 351 We hear thy breath in every storm, For all the winds are thine. 2 Wide as they sweep their sounding way, They work thy sov'reign will; And, aw'd by thy majestic voice. Confusion shall be still. 3 Thy mercy tempers every blast To those who seek thy face; And mingles, with the tempest's roar, The whispers of thy grace. 4 Let me those gentle whispers hear Till all the tumult cease; Sleep in thine arms, and wake in realms Of everlasting peace. 414. V Common Metre. Doddridge^ Divine mercy in affliction* 1 TN thy rebukes, all-gracious God! X What soft compassion reigns! What gentle accents of thy voice Assuage thy childrens' pains! 2 " When I correct my chosen sons, A father's bowels move; One transient moment bounds my wrath, But endless is my love." 3 Our faith shall look through every tear, And view thy smiling face; 352 Afflictions and Changes of Life. And hope, amidst our sighs, shall tune An anihem to thy grace. 415. Common Metre. Drennan. The use of affliction, 1 Ti\rHY does the willof heav'n ordain V V A world so mix'd with woe? Why pour down want, disease and pain, On wretched men below? 2 It was, by sympathetic ties, The human race to bind; To warm the heart, to fill the eyes With pity for our kind: — 3 Pity, that, like the heav'nly bow, On darkest clouds doth shine. And makes, with her celestial glow, The human face divine. 4 Where mercy takes her custom'd stand. To bid her flock rejoice; 'Tis there with grace extends the hand. There music tunes the voice. 5 And he who speaks in mercy's name. No fiction needs nor art; The still small voice of nature's claim Re-echoes thro' each heart. 6 Where pity's frequent tear is shed, There God is seen, is found; Descends upon the hallow'd head, And sheds a glory round. Afflictions and Changes of Life. 353 7 But charity itself may fail. Which doth not active prove; Nor will the pray'r of faith avail, Without the works of love. 416. Long Metre. Salisbury Collection. Patience* 1 "p ATIENCE, O 'tis a grace divine! JL Sent from the God of pow'r and love, That leans upon its father's arm, As thro' the wilds of life we rove. 2 By patience we serenely bear The troubles of our mortal state; And wait, contented, our discharge, Nor think our glory comes too late. 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? 417. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. Submission to God under affliction. 1 'P^ACE,mycomplaining,doubtingheart! X^ Ye busy cares, be still! Adore the just, the sov'reign Lord, Nor murmur at his will. 2G2 354 Afflictions and Changes of Life* 2 Unerring wisdom guides his hand; Nor dares my guilty fear. Amid the sharpest pains I feel, Pronounce his hand severe. 3 To soften ev'ry painful stroke, Indulgent mercy bends, And, unrepining when I plead, His gracious ear attends. 4 Let me reflect, with humble awe, Whene'er my heart complains, Compar'd with what my sins deserve, How light and few my pains! 5 Yes, Lord! I own thy sov'reign hand, Thou just, and wise, and kind! Be ev'ry anxious thought supprest, And all my soul resign'd. 418. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. Trust in God under afflictions, 1 "XliTHY is my heart with grief opprest? V V Can all the pains I feel or fear. Make thee, my soul, forget thy rest. Forget that God, thy God, is near? 2 Mortality's unnumber'd ills Are all beneath his sov'reign hand: Each pain which this frail body feels, Attends, obedient, his command. 3 Lord! form my temper to thy will: If thou my faith and patience prove. Afflictions and Changes of Life, 355 May ev'ry painful stroke fulfil Thy purposes of faithful love! 0 may this weak, this fainting mind, A father's hand, adoring, see; Confess thee just, and wise, and kind, And trust thy word, and cleave to thee! 419. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. Filial submission, AND can my heart aspire so high, To say, "My Father, God!" Lord! at thy feet I fain would lie. And learn to kiss the rod. 1 would submit to all thy will. For thou art good and wise: Let ev'ry anxious thought be still, Nor one faint murmur rise. Thy love can cheer the darkest gloom, And bid me wait serene ; Till hopes and joys immortal bloom, And brighten all the scene. 420. Short Metre. Doddridge. The same subject* HOW gracious and how wise Is our chastising God! And O! how rich the blessings are. That blossom from his rod! 356 Afflictions and Changes of Life, 2 He lifts it up on high, With pity in his heart; That evVy stroke his children feel May grace and peace impart. 3 Instructed thus, they bow, And own his sov'reign sway; They turn their erring footsteps back To his forsaken way. 4 His cov'nant love they seek, And seek the happy bands That closer still engage their hearts. To honour his commands. 5 Submissive, Lord!- we yield To discipline divine; And bless the pains that make us still More uniformly thine. 421. Common Metre. Watts. Submission to o^icthe Providences, 1 INTAKE D as from the earth we came, -L^ And crept to life at first. We to the earth return again, And mingle with our dust. 2 The dear delights we here enjoy, And fondly call our own. Arc but short favours borrow'd now. To be repaid anon. Afflictions and Changes of Life, 357 3 'Tis God who lifts our comforts high, Or sinks them in the grave; He gives, and blessed be his name, He takes but what he gave. 4 Peace, all our angry passions then; Let each rebellious sigh Be silent at his sov'reign will. And ev'ry murmur die. 5 If smiling mercy crown our lives. Its praises shall be spread; Nor will we call unjust, the hand That strikes our comforts dead. 422. Common Metre. Toplady's Collection. True resignation. 1 \ ^r ITH God my friend, the radiant sun Vjr Sheds a more lively ray: Each object smiles, all nature charms; I sing my cares away. 2 I cannot doubt his bounteous love, Unmeasurably kind: To his unerring, gracious will. Be ev'ry wish resigned. 3 Good, when he gives, supremely good; Nor less when he denies: Afflictions, from his gracious hand, Are blessings in disguise. "SSS Afflictions and Changes of Life, 423. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. The same subject, 1 T X TE ARY of these low scenes of night,. V V My fainting heart grows sick of time. Sighs for the dawn of sweet delight; Sighs for a distant, happier clime! 2 'Tis just, tis right; thus he ordains, Who form'd this animated clod; That needful cares, instructive pains. May bring the restless heart to God. 3 In him, my soul! behold thy rest; Nor hope for bliss below the sky; Come, resignation, to my breast. And silence ev'ry plaintive sigh. 4 Then, cheerful shall my heart survey The toils and dangers of the road; And patient keep the heav'nly way, Which leads me homeward to my God. 424. Proper Metre. Mrs. Steele. Complete happiness not designed for ma?i on earth. 1 "pROVIDENCE, profusely kind, JT Whereso'er you turn your eyes, Bids you with a grateful mind View a thousand blessings rise. Affile tions and Changes of Life. 859 2 But, perhaps, some friendly voice Softly whispers to your mind. Make not these alone your choice; Heav'n has blessings more refin'd. 3 Thankful own what you enjoy; But a changing world like this, Where a thousand fears annoy, Cannot give you perfect bliss. 4 Perfect bliss resides above, Far above yon azure sky; Bliss that merits all your love. Merits ev'ry anxious sigh. 5 What, like this, has earth to give? O ye righteous! in your breast Let the admonition live. Nor on earth desire to rest. 6 When your bosom heaves a sigh, Or your eye emits a tear. Let your wishes rise on high. Ardent rise to bliss sincere. 425. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. True and lasting' happiness. 1 TN vain my roving thoughts would find JL A portion worthy of the mind: On earth my soul can never rest. For earth can never make me blest. 2 Can lasting happiness be found. Where seasons roll their hasty round? 360 Afflictions and Changes of Life. And days and hours with rapid flight, Sweep cares and pleasures out of sight? 3 Arise my thoughts! my heart arise! Leave this vain world, and seek the skies; There joys for evermore shall last, When seasons, days, and hours are past. 4 Thy mercy, Lord! to me impart: O raise my thoughtless, wand'ring heart To pleasures perfect and sublime, Unmeasur'd by the wings of time. 5 Let those bright worlds of endless joy, My thoughts, my hopes, my cares employ; No more, ye restless passions! roam: God is my bliss, and heav'n my home. 426. Common Metre. Doddridge. Creatures vain^ and God the salvation of his people* 1 TT O W long shall dreams of creature-bliss Xi Our flatt'ring hopes employ? And mock our fond, deluded eyes With visionary joy? 2 Why, from the mountains and the hills Is GUI salvation sought? While our Eternal Rock's disown'd, And Israel's God forgot. 3 The living spring neglected flows Full in our daily view, M'^h' Afflictions and Changes of Life. 361 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. 427. Long Metre. Watts. The vanity of earthly desires. "^ AN has a soul of vast desires, He burns within with restless fites; Tost to and fro, his passions fly From vanity to vanity. 2 In vain on earth we hope to find Some solid good to fill the mind: We try new pleasures, but we feel The inward thirst and torment still, 3 So, when a raging fever burns, We shift from side to side by turns; And 'tis a poor relief we gain. To change the place, but keep the pain, 4 Great God! subdue this vitious thirst, This love to vanity and dust; O cure the fever of the mind. And feed our souls with joys refin'd 3H 3 62 Afflictions and Changes of Life. 428. Common Metre. Watts. Earthly pleasures dangerous, 1 T TOW vain are all things here below! JL X How false, and yet how fair! Each pleasure has its poison too, And evVy sweet a snare. 2 The brightest things below the sky Give but a flatt'ring light; We should suspect some danger nigh, Where we possess delight. 3 The fondness of a creature's love. How strong it strikes the sense! Thither the warm affections move, 'Tis hard to call them thence. 4 Be faith, and hope, and love divine, My soul's eternal food; And wean my fond, my anxious heart From all created good. 429. Common Metre. Watts. The temptations of the world, 1 "Wf HEN in the light of faith divine, V V We look on things below, Honour, and gold, and sensual joy. How vain and dang'rous too! 2 Honour's a puff of empty breath; Yet men expose their blood, Afflictiom and Changes of Life. 363 And venture everlasting loss To gain that airy good. 3 Whilst others starve the nobler mind, And feed on shining dust; They sacrifice eternal bliss To mean and sordid lust. 4 God is my all-sufficient good, My portion and my choice: In him my vast desires are fillM, And all mypow'rs rejoice. 430. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. True pleasure* 1 XJOW vain a thought is bliss below! X X 'Tis all an airy dream: How empty are the joys that flow On pleasure's smiling stream! 2 Transparent now, and all serene, The gentle current flows: While fancy draws the flattVing scene. How fair the landscape shows! 2 But soon its transient charms decay. When ruffling tempests blow; The soft delusions fleet away. And plf:asare ends in woe. 4 O let my nobler wishes soar Beyond these seats of night; In heav'n substantial bliss explore, And permanent delight! 364 Afflictions and Changes of Life, 6 There pleasure flows for ever clear; And, rising to the view, Such dazzling scenes of joy appear, As fancy never drew. 6 No fleeting landscape cheats the gaze. Nor airy form beguiles; But everlasting bliss displays Her undissembled smiles. 431. Common Metre. Newton. The instability of worldly enjoyments, 1 'Tp^HE evils that beset our path, X Who can prevent, or cure? We stand upon the brink of death, When most we seem secure. 2 If we to-day sweet peace possess, It soon may be withdrawn; Some change may plunge us in distress. Before to-morrow's dawn. 3 Disease and pain invade our health. And find an easy prey; And oft, when least expected, wealth Takes wings and flies away. 4 The grounds from which we look for fruit, Produce us often pain; A worm unseen attacks the root. And all our hopes are vain. 5 Since sin has fiU'd the earth with woe, And creatures fade and die; Afflictions and Changes of Life, 365 Lord! wean our htarts from things below, And fix our hopes on high. 432. Long Metre. Doddridge. God the happiness and support of his people. 1 '% y| Y God! whose all-pervading eye -L^Jl Views earth beneath, and heav'n abov^e; Witness if ht-re, or there, thou seest An obj( ct of mine equal love. 2 Not the gay scenes, where mortal men Pursue their bliss, and find their woe, Detain my rising heart, which springs The nobler joys of heav'n to view. 3 Not all the fairest sons of light. That lead the army round thy throne Can bound its flight; it presseth on And seeks its rest in God alone. 4 Fix'd near th' immortal Source of bliss. Dauntless, and joyous, it surveys Each form of horror and distress, That all its deadliest foes can raise. 5 This feeble flesh shall faint and die, This heart renew its pulse no more; Ev'n now it views the moment nigh, When life's last movements all are o'er. 6 But come, thou vanquished king of dread! With thy own hand thy pow'r destroy; 2H 2 366 Afflictions and Changes ofLifi, 'Tis thine to bear me to my God, My portion, my eternal joy. 433. Common Metre. Bristol Collection. Happiness in God alone. 1 *' I ^HE great Creator, wise and good, JL Who forms th' unerring plan, Implants a strong desire of bliss Within his creature, man. 2 But still these grov'ling minds of ours Forget their noble birth; And, with incessant labour, toil For happiness on earth. 3 Pleasure's delusive form we trace, Or dig for shining ore; At honour's gaudy shrine we bow, Or grasp at boundless pow'r. 4 Ah! cease, my soul, these wild pursuits. And upwards turn thine eyes; See where thy gracious Maker's hand Holds forth the glorious prize. 5 This precious gem is found alone In his paternal love; Be this the centre of my hopes, Nor hence my passions rove. Afflictions and Changes of Life. 367 434. Common Metre. Watts. The hope of heaven our support under trials on earth* 1 X^THEN I can read my title clear V V To mansions in the skies, I bid farewell to ev'ry fear, And dry my weeping eyes. 2 Should earth against my peace engage, And all its darts be hurl'dj Then could I smile to see its rage. And face a frowning world. 3 Though cares like a wild deluge come, And storms of sorrow fall; May I but safely reach my home, My God, my heav'n, my all: 4 In those bright realms, thou, O my soul! Shalt find eternal rest; Nor shall a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast. 435. Common Metre. Doddridge. Present sufferings and future glory, 1 T TOW rich thy favours, God of grace! XTX How various, how divine! Full as the ocean they are pour'd, And bright as heav'n they shine. 2 God to eternal glory calls. And leads the wondrous way 368 Afflictions and Changes of Life* To his own palace, where he reigns In uncreated day. 3 The songs of everlasting years That mercy shall attend, Which leads, thro' suff'rings of an hour, To joys that never end. 436. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. God the life and light of the soul. 1 "\/f Y God! my hope! if thou art mine, XVx Why should my soul with sorrow pine? On thee alone I cast my care; O leave me not in dark despair. 2 Though ev'ry comfort should depart, And life forsake this drooping heart; One smile from thee, one blissful ray, Can chase the shades of death away. 3 My God! my life! if thou appear. Not death itself can make me fear; Thy presence cheers the sable gloom. And gilds the horrors of the tomb. 4 Not all its horrors can affright. If thou appear, my God! my light! Thy love shall all my fears control, And glory dawn around my soul. Afflictions and Changes of Life, 369 437. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. The same subject. 1 l\/r Y God! to thee my soul aspires; JLVA Dispel the shades of night; Enlarge and fill my vast desires With infinite delight. 2 Immortal joy thy smiles impart, Heav'n dawns in ev'ry ray; One glimpse of thee will cheer my heart, And turn my night to day. 3 Not all the good which earth bestows, Can fill the craving mind; Its highest joys have mingl'd woes, And leave a sting behind. 4 Should boundless wealth increase my store. Can wealth my cares beguile? I should be wretched still, and poor, Without thy blissful smile. 438. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. God our portion in the loss of earthly comforts, 1 O HOULD famine o'er the mourning field O Extend her desolating reign. Nor spring her blooming beauties yiey. Nor autumn swell the fruitful grain: 2 Should lowing herds, and bleating sheep, Around their famish'd master die; 370 Afflictions and Changes of Life, And hope itself despairing weep, While life deplores its last supply: 3 Amid the dark, the deathful scene, If I can say, The Lord is mine! The joy shall triamph o'er the pain, And glory dawn, tho' life decline. 4 The God of my salvation lives; My nobler life he will sustain; His word immortal vigour gives. Nor shall my glorious hopes be vain. 5 Thy presence. Lord! can cheer my heart, Though ev'ry earthly comfort die; Thy smile can bid my pains depart. And raise my sacred pleasures high. 6 O let me hear thy blissful voice, Inspiring life and joys divine! The barren desert shall rejoice; 'Tis paradise if thou art mine. 439. Long Metre. Doddridge. The weeping seed-time and joyful harvest. 1 T^HE darken'd sky — how thick it low'rs! X Troubl'd with storms, and big with show'rs; No cheerful gleam of light appears. But nature pours forth all her tears. 3 Yet let the sons of grace revive; Go» bids the soul that seeks him, live; Afflictions and Changes of Life. 371 And, from the gloomiest shade of night, Calls forth a morning of delight. The seeds of ecstacy unknown, Are in these water'd furrows sown, See the green blades! how quick they rise! And with fresh verdure bless our eyes. In secret foldings they contain UnnumberM ears of golden grain; And heav'n shall pour its beams around, Till the ripe harvest load the ground. Then shall the trembling mourner come, And find his sheaves, and bring them home; The voice, long broke with sighs, shall sing. Till heav'n with hallelujahs ring. PART XIV. Liife^ Deaths Judgment ^ and a Future State* 440. Common Metre. Watts. The shortness of life and the goodness of God. 1 '' I ^IME! what an empty vapour 'tis! X Our days, how swift they are! Swift as an Indian arrow flies, Or like a shooting star. 2 Successive moments just appear, Then slide away in haste; Nor can we ever say — " they're here," But only — " they are past." 3 Our life is ever on the wing, And death is ever nigh; To live, no sooner we begin, Than we begin to die. 4 Yet, mighty God! our fleeting days Thy constant favours share; Thy bounties, in ten thousand ways, Still crown the rolling year. 5 His goodness runs an endless round; All glory to the Lord! Life^ Deaths Judgment^ ^c. 373 His mercy never knows a bound, And be his name adorM. 6 Thus we begin the lasting song; And when in dust we lie, Let age to age thy praise prolong, Till time and nature die. 441. Common Metre. Watts. Man mortal^ and God eternal. 1 /^UR God! our help in ages past, V^ Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home! 2 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth receiv'd her frame. From everlasting thou art GoD, To endless years the same. 3 Thy word commands our flesh to dust, *' Return, ye sons of men:" All nations rose from earth at first, And turn to earth again. 4 The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their hopes and fears. Are carried downwards by the flood. And lost in foU'wing years. 5 Like flow'ry fields the nations stand, PleasM with the morning light: The flow'rs, beneath the mower's hand, Lie with'ring ere 'tis night, 21 374 Life^ Death^ Judgment, 6 Our God! our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come! Be thou our guard while troubles last. And our eternal home. 442. Long Metre. Doddridge. Mutability of the creation and immutability of God. 1 /^ RE AT Former of this various frame! vJT We reverence thine awful name; And bow, and tremble, while we praise The Ancient of eternal days. 2 Thou, Lord! with unsurpris'd survey Saw'st nature rising yesterday; And, as to-morrow, shall thine eye See earth and stars in ruin lie. 3 Beyond an angel's vision bright, Thou dwell'st in self-existent light; Which shines with undiminish'd ray, While suns and worlds in smoke decay, 4 Our days a transient period run, And change with ev'ry circling sun; And, in the firmest state we boast, A moth can crush us into dust. 5 But let the creatures fall around; Let death consign us to the ground; Let the last gen'ral flame arise, And melt the arches of the skies; and a Future State. 37S 6 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. 443. Common Metre. Watts, Life^ old age., and preparation for death* 1 T IFE, like a vain amusement, flies; JLj a fable or a song: By swift degrees our nature dies, Nor can our joys be long. 2 Time, like an ever flowing stream. Bears all its sons away; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the op'ning day. 3 There are but few whose days amount To threescore years and ten; And oft, beyond that short account, 'Tis sorrow, toil, and pain. 4 Teach us, O God! the heav'nly art, T' improve the hours we have; That we may choose the better part, And live beyond the grave. 444. Common Metre. Watts. The vanity of human life, 1 T^EACH me the measure of my days, X Thou Maker of my frame! 376 Life^ Deaths Judgment^ I would survey life's narrow space, And learn how frail I am. 2 A span is all that we can boast; A fleeting hour of time: Man is but vanity and dust, In all his flow'r and prime. 3 See the vain race of mortals move, Like shadows o'er the plain; They rage and strive, desire and love, But all the noise is vain. 4 Some walk in honour's gaudy show; Some dig for golden ore: They toil for heirs, they know not who, And straight are seen no more. 5 What should I wish or wait for then, From creatures, earth and dust? They make our expectations vain. And disappoint our trust. 6 Now I resign my earthly hope, My fond desires recall; I give my mortal int'rest up. And make my God my all. 445. Common Metre. H. M. The same subject, 1 /^UR life is but an idle plav, v_>/ Various as winds that blow; We laugh and sport our hours away. Nor heed approaching woe. utid a Future State, 377 2 See the fair cheek of beauty fade! Frail glory of an hour; And blooming youth, with sick'ning head, Droop like the dying flow'r. 3 Our pleasures, like the morning sun, Diffuse a flatt'ring light; But gloomy clouds obscure their noon, And soon they sink in night. 4" Wealth, pomp, and honour, we behold With an admiring eye, Like summer insects, dressM in gold, That flutter, shine, and die. 5 Then rise, my soul, and soar away, Above the thoughtless crowd. Above the pleasures of the gay, And splendours of the proud; 6 Up where eternal beauties bloom, And pleasures all divine; Where wealth, that never can consume, And endless glories shine. 446. Common Metre. Watts. The precarious tenure of life. 1 ^TpHEE we adore. Eternal name! X And humbly own to thee How feeble is our mortal frame, What dying worms are we. 2 Our wasting lives are short'nin still, As months and days increase, 2 12 578 Lifcy Death^ Judgment^ And ev'ry beating pulse we tell Leaves but the number less. 3 The year rolls round, and steals away The breath that first it gave; Whate'cr we do, where'er we be, We're trav'lling to the grave. 4 Dangers stand thick through all the ground,. To push us to the tomb; And fierce diseases wait around, To hurry mortals home. 5 Yet while a world of joy or woe Depends on ev'ry breath. Thoughtless and unconcern'd we go Upon the brink of death. 6 Waken, O Lord! our drowsy sense, To walk this dang'rous road; That we may find, when summon'd hence, The grave the path to God. 447. Common Metre. Doddridge. God's compassion to human frailty, ORD! we adore thy wondrous name, L And make that name our trust. Which rais'd at first this curious frame From mean and lifeless dust. Awhile these frail machines endure, The fabric of a dav; and a Future State, 379 Then, know their vital pow'rs no more, But moulder back to clay. 3 Yet, Lord! whate'er is felt or fear'd, This thought is our repose, That he, by whom our frame was rear'd, Its various frailties knows. 4 Thou view'st us with a pitying eye, While struggling -with our load; In pains and dangers thou art nigh. Our Father, and our God. 5' Gently supported by thy love, We tend to realms of peace; Where ev'ry pain shall far remove. And ev'ry weakness cease. 448. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. Warnings of mortality. 1 '' I ^HAT awful hour will soon appear, 1. Swift on the wings of time it flies, When all that pains or pleases here. Will vanish from my closing eyes. 2 Death calls my friends, my neighbours hence. And none resist the fatal dart: Continual warnings strike my sense; And shall they fail to strike my heart? 3 Think, O my soul! how much depends On the short period of to-day: 380 ^ i/^» Deaths Judgment^ Shall time, which heav'n in mercy lends, Be negligently thrown away? 4 Thy remnant minutes strive to use; Awake! rouse evVy active povv'r! And not in dreams and trifles lose This little, this important hour! 5 Lord of my life! inspire my heart With heav'nly ardour, grace divine; Nor let thy presence e'er depart. Far strength, and life, and death are thine. 6 O teach me the celestial skill. Each awful warning to improve! And, while my days are shortening still, Prepare me for the joys above! 449. Short Metre. Doddridge. Reflections on the state of our fathers, 1 T TOW swift the torrent rolls, Xn That bears us to the sea! The tide that bears our thoughtless souls To vast eternity! 2 Our fathers, where are they. With all they call'd their own? Their joys and griefs, and hopes and cares. And wealth and honour — gone. 3 There, where the fathers lie, Must all the children dwell; Nor other heritage possess, But such a gloomy cell. and a Future Statt, 381 4 God of our fathers! hear; Thou everlasting Friend! While we, as on life's utniost verge, Our souls to thee commend. 5 Of all the pious dead, May we the footsteps trace. Till with them, in the land of light, We dwell before thy face. 450. Long Metre. Doddridge. Our lives in the hand of God, 1 O OVREIGN of life! before thine eye, O Lo, mortal men by thousands die! One glance from thee at once brings down The proudest brow that wears a crown. 2 Banish'd at once from human sight To the dark grave's unchanging night; Imprison'd in that dusty bed, We hide our solitary head. 3 The friendly band no more shall greet; Accents, familiar once, and sweetj No more the well-known features trace, No more renew the fond embrace. 4 Yet if my Father's faithful hand Conduct me through this gloomy land, My soul with pleasure shall obey. And follow where he leads the way. S82 l-\f^-) Death^ Judgment^ 451. Long Metre. Doddridge. The great journey, 1 T) EHOLD the path which mortals tread: X) Down to the regions of the dead! Nor will the fleeting moments stay. Nor can we measure back our way. 2 Our kindred and our friends are gone; Know, O my soul, this doom thy own; Feeble as theirs, thy mortal frame. The same thy way, thy home the same. 3 From vital air, from cheerful light. To the cold grave's perpetual night. From scenes of duty, means of grace, Must I to God's tribunal pass? 4 Awake, my soul! thy way prepare. And lose in this each meaner care; With steady feet that path be trod. Which, thro' the grave, conducts to God. 5 Father! to thee my all I trust; And if my flesh return to dust, 'Tis thy decree, I bless thy hand. And die resign'd at thy command. 452. Common Metre. Edinburgh Collection* The peace of the grave. 1 TTOW still and peaceful is the grave! XX. Where, life's vain tumults past, and a Future State, 38c Th' appointed house, by heav'n's decree, Receives us all at last. 2 The wicked there from troubling ceasej There passions rage no more; And there the weary pilgrim rests From all the toils he bore. 3 There rest the pris'ners, now releas'd From slav'ry's sad abode; No more they hear th' oppressor's voice. Or dread the tyrant's rod. 4 There, servants, masters, small and great, Partake the same repose; And there, in peace, the ashes mix Of those who once were foes. 5 All levell'd by the hand of death, Lie sleeping in the tomb; Till God in judgment call them forth To meet their righteous doom. 453. Long Metre. Doddridge. The wisdom of redeeming time' 1 /^ OD of eternity! from thee vT Did infant time his being drawj Moments and days, and months and years, Revolve, by thy unvaried law. 2 Silent and slow they glide away; Steady and strong the current flows; 384 Life^ Deaths Judgment^ Lost in eternity's wide sea, The boundless gulf from which it rose. 3 Thoughtless and vain, our mortal race Along the mighty stream are borne On to their everlasting home; That country whence there's no return. 4 Yet, while the shore on either side Presents a gaudy flatt'ring show; We gaze, in fond amusement lost, Nor think to what a world we go. 5 Great Source of wisdom! teach my heart To know the price of ev'ry hour; That time may bear me on to joys, Beyond its measure and its pow'r. 454. Long Metre. The lapse of time improved. 1 O WIFT glide the hours of life away; O So shall our vital powVs decay: — Momentous moral to mankind! Deep be it fix'd in ev'ry mind! 2 Time and its joys will soon be past; But virtue, freedom, truth shall last: Let these inspire the glowing breast; For these alone can make man bless'd. 3 The lessons of the good and wise Let not vain mortals dare despise: And while we view time's silent stream, O may it be our stedfast aim — and a Future State. 385 From passion free, and free from strife, 'Midst the tumultuous ills of life, Still calm, unruffled, and serene, To fill our part in this great scene: — And, while life's sands are running out, Prepar'd, without or fear or doubt, T' obey the mandate from on high, The awful summons — Thou must die! 455. Short Metre. Doddridge. A timely improvement of life. THE swift-declining day. How fast its moments fly! While ev'ning's broad and gloomy shade Spreads o'er the western sky. Ye mortals! mark its pace; Improve the hours of light; And know, your Maker can command An instantaneous night. His word blots out the sun In its meridian blaze. And cuts from smiling vig'rous youth The remnant of its days. On the dark mountain's brow. Your feet shall quickly slide; And from its airy summit dash Your momentary pride. 2 K 386 Lifey Deaths Judgmenty 5 Give glory to the Lord, Who rules the roUing sphere; Submissive at his footstool bow, And seek salvation there. 6 Then shall new lustre break. Thro' horror's darkest gloom, And lead you to unchanging light In a celestial home. 456. Common Metre. Doddridge. The near approach of salvation a motive to diligence, 1 A WAKE, ye saints! and raise your Xjl eyes, And raise your voices high: Awake, and praise your Maker's love, Which shows salvation nigh. 2 Swift on the wings of time it flies j Each moment brings it near: Then welcome each declining day, Welcome each closing year! 3 Not many years their round shall run. Nor many mornings rise, Ere all its glories stand reveal'd To our admiring eyes. 4 Ye wheels of nature! speed your course; Ye mortal pow'rs! decay: Sure as ye bring the night of death, Ye bring eternal day. and a Future State. . 387 457. Short Metre. Doddridge. The watchful christian, YE servants of the Lord! Each in his office wait, Observant of his heav'nly word, And watchful at his gate. I Let all your lamps be bright, And trim the golden flame:^ Gird up your loins, as in his sights For awful is his name. 3 Watch! 'tis your Lord's command; And while wt^ speak, he's near: Mark the first signal of his hand, And ready all appear. 4 O happy servant he. In such a posture found! He shall his Lord with rapture see, And be with honour crown'd. 458. Common Metre. Doddridge. Christian watchfulness. 1 4 WAKE, my drowsy soul! awake, J\. And view the threat'ning scene: »^J(^egions of foes encamp around, And treach'ry lurks within. 388 Life, Death, Judgment, 2 'Tis not this mortal life alone These enemies assail; How canst thou hope for future bliss. If their attempts prevail? 3 Now to the work of God awake — Behold thy master near — The various, arduous task pursue With vigour, and with fear. 4 The awful register goes on, Th' account will surely come. And op'ning day, or closing night May bear me to my doom. 5 Tremendous thought! how deep it strikes! Yet like a dream it flies. Till God's own voice the slumbers chase From these deluded eyes. 459. Long Metre. Wesley. The frailtij of life, and the unchangeableness of truth, 1 'THHE morning flowVs display their X sweets. And gay their silken leaves unfold, As careless of the noon dav heats, And fearless of the ev'ning cold. 2 Nipt by the wind's unkindly blast, Parch'd by the sun's directer ray, and a Future State, 389 The momentary glories waste, The short-liv'd beauties die away. 3 So blooms the human face divine, When youth its pride and beauty shows; - Fairer than spring the colours shine, And sweeter than the virgin rose. 4 Or worn by slowly rolling years, Or broke by sickness in a day. The fading glory disappears. The short-liv'd beauties die away. 5 Yet these, new rising from the tomb. With lustre, brighter far, shall shine. Revive with ever-during bloom. Safe from diseases and decline. 6 Let sickness blast, and death devour, If heav'n must recompense our pains; Perish the grass, and fade the flow'r. If firm the word of God remains. 460. Proper Metre. Watts. Life^ deaths and the resurrection, 1 "p TERNAL God! how frail is man! Jli How few his hours, how short his span! Short, from the cradle to the grave; 2K2 390 Life^ Deaths Judgment^ Who can secure his vital breath. Against the bold demands of death, With skill to fly, or powV to save? 2 But shall it therefore. Lord, be said, The race of man was only made For sickness, sorrow, and the dust? Or if thy servants, day by day. Sink to their graves, and turn to clay. Thou hast no kindness for the just? 3 Hast thou not given to thy Son An endless life, a heav'nly crown? Why then should flesh and sense despair? For ever blessed be the Lord, That we can read his holy word. And find a resurrection there. 4 For ever blessed be the Lord! Who gives his saints a long reward For all their toil, reproach, and pain. Let all below, and all above. Join to proclaim thy wondrous love, And each repeat their loud Amen. 461. Long Metre. Merrick. Death and the resurrection, 1 \7'E nations, hear! ye sons of earth, 1 Of highest or obscurest birth! Ye who from wealth's full board are fed. And ye who eat with toil your bread! and a Future State, 391 2 Cease, morta'S, cease your pride, nor dream That riches s':all from death redeem; In vain would fricudship's zeal essay The full equivalent to pay. 3 For man, with erring pride elate, And high in pow'r, in honour great, Shares with the brute an equal doom, And sleeps forgotten in the tomb. 4 Together now behold them laid, As sheep, when night extends her shade; While death within the vaulted rock, Stern shepherd, guards the slumb'ring flock. 5 Ye just, exulting, lift your eyes; Behold the promised morn arise. That bids you, o'er each haughty foe Exalted, endless triumphs know. 6 My soul, amidst your happy train. The wish'd redemption shall obtain; By God adopted, death shall brave, And mock the disappointed grave. 462. Long Metre. Merrick. Hope of a resurrection. 1 1^ ATHER of all! my soul defend, J? On thee my stedfast hopt^s depend; Thee let me bless, the faithtul guide, Whose counsels o'er my life preside. 2 Though to the grave I must descend, (For thus has heav'n's high will ordain'd) 392 Life ^ Death ^Judgmenty Yet hope e'en there, my constant guest, Shall smooth the pillow of my rest. 3 Though death awhile reign o'er my frame, Thou from the grave my life wilt claim; And to my eyes, in full survey, The op'ning paths of life display. 4 Those paths that to thy presence bear; For plenitude of bliss is there; And pleasure's streams, unmix'd with woe. At thy right hand for ever flow. 463. Long Metre. Watts. The same subject » 1 IV /TY faith and hope in God are strong, JLVX If with his gracious presence blest: Be glad, my heart! rejoice, my tongue! My dying flesh in hope shall rest. 2 Though in the dust I lay my head, Yet, gracious God! thou wilt not leave My soul for ever with the dead. Nor lose thy children in the grave. 3 My flesh shall thy first call obey. Shake off the dust, and rise on high; Then shalt thou lead the wondrous way Up to the throne above the sky. and a Future State* 393 464. Common Metre. Edinburgh Collection, The vegetable creation an emblem of the resur- rection of man. 1 \ LL nature dies, and lives again: ±\ The flow'r that paints the field, The trees that crown the mountain's brow, And boughs and blossoms yield; 2 Resign the honours of their form At winter's stormy blast; And leave the naked, leafless plain A desolated waste. 3 Yet soon reviving plants and flow'rs Anew shall deck the plain; The woods shall hear the voice of spring, And flourish green again. 4 So to the dreary grave consign'd, Man sleeps in death's dark gloom, Until th' eternal morning wake The slumbers of the tomb. 5 O may the grave become to me The bed of peaceful rest; Whence I shall gladly rise at length, And mingle with the blest! 6 Cheer'd by this hope, witli patient mind I'll wait heav'n's high decree; Till the appointed period come When death shall set me free. 394 Lifcy Deaths Judgment^ 465. Common Metre. Watts. Triumph over death. 1 /^ RE AT God! I own thy sentence just^ vX And nature must decay: I yield my body to the dust, To dwell with fellow-clay. 2 Yet faith may triumph o'er the grave, And trample on the tombs: Since God, my Father, ever lives, And my Redeemer comes. 3 The mighty conqu'ror shall appear. High on a royal seat; And death, the last of all his foes, Lie vanquished at his feet. 466. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. Victory over death through Christ* 1 TTTHEN death appears before my sight V V In all his dire array, Unequal to the dreadful fight, My courage dies away. 2 How shall I meet this potent foe, Whose frown my soul alarms? Dark horror sits upon his brow, And vict'ry waits his arms. and a ruture estate, 395 3 But see, my glorious leader nigh! Jesus my saviour lives; Before him death's pale terrors fly, And my faint heart revives. 4 O God! be thou my sure defence, My guard for ever near; And faith shall triumph over sense, And never yield to fear. 5 O may I meet the dreadful hour, With fortitude divine! Sustain'd by thy almighty pow'r, The conquest must be mine. 467. Long Metre. Watts. A happy resurrection. \ 'S^ O, rU repine at death no more, XN But, calm and cheerful, will resign To the cold dungeon of the grave, These dying, with'ring limbs of mine. 2 Let worms devour my wasting flesh, And crumble all my bones to dust: My God shall raise my frame anew At the revival of the just. 3 Break, sacred morning! through the skies, And usher in that glorious day: Come quickly. Lord! cut short the hours! Thy ling'ring wheels, how long they stay' 4 O! haste upon the wings of love, Rouse all the pious sleeping clay, 396 Life^ Deaths Judgment^ That we may join in heav'nly joys, And sing the glories of the day. 468. Long Metre. Merrick. God the supreme judge, 1 /^ TELL to all whom earth sustains, V^ O tell them that Jehovah reigns; That all who issue from its womb, Shall hear from him th' unerring doom. 2 Exult, yeheav'ns! exult, O earth! And, partner in the sacred mirth, Let ocean in its fulness rise, And thunder to the distant skies. 3 Rich in his gifts, ye fields, rejoice; While in his praise the woods their voice Exalt, and hail with lowly nod The presence of th' approaching God. 4 He comes, in awful pomp array'd, He comes, to judge the world he made: Truth shall with him the cause decide, And equity his sentence guide. 469. Common Metre. Doddridge. Death and judgment. 1 TTEAV'N has confirmed the great de -1- A cree. That Adam's race must die: and a Future State. 397 One genVal ruin sweeps them down, And low in dust they lie. Ye living men, the tomb survey, Where you must quickly dwell; Hark, how the awful summons sounds In cv'ry fun'ral knell! Once you must die, and once for all; The solemn purport weigh; For know, that heav'n and hell are hung On that important day. Those eyes, so long in darkness veil'd, Must wake, the judge to see, And ev'ry word, and ev'ry thought, Must pass his scrutiny. O may I, in the judge, behold My Saviour and my friend; And, far beyond the reach of death, With all his saints ascend. 470. Long Metre. Merrick. The just judgment of God. THE Lord, th' Almighty Monarchy spake. And bade the earth the summons take; Far as his eye the realms survey Of rising and declining day. 2L 398 Life^ Deaths Judgment^ 2 Reveal'd from Zion's sacred bound. The seat with matchless beauty crownM, Our God his course shall downward bend, Nor silent to his work descend. 3 Heav'n from above shall hear his call, And thou, the vast terrestrial ball! While man's whole race their judge shall meet, In countless throngs, before his seat. 4 Th' applauding heav'ns the changeless doom. While God the balance shall assume, In full memorial shall record. And own the justice of their Lord. 471. Proper Metre. Watts. The sa?ne subject. 1 iT^HE God of glory sends his summons X forth. Calls the south nations, and awakes the north: From east to west his sovereign orders spread, Thro' (distant worlds and regions of the dead. The trumpet sounds; hell trembles; heav'n rejoices; Lift up your heads, ye saints, with cheerful voices. and a Future State, 399 2 No more shall atheists mock his long de- lay, His vengeance sleeps no more: behold the day! Behold the Judge descends! his guards are nigh; Tempest and fire attend him down the sky. When God appears, all nature shall adore him: While sinners tremble, saints rejoice before him. 3 Sinners, awake betimes; ye fools, be wise; Awake before this dreadful morning rise: Change your vain thoughts, your crooked works amend. Fly to the Saviour, make the Judge your friend: Then join the saints, wake ev'ry cheerful passion; When Christ returns, he comes for your salvation. ■472. Long Metre. Watts. Hypocrisy detected and exposed. 1 nr^HE Lord, the Judge, his churches A warns; Let hypocrites attend and fear. Who place their hopes in rites and forms, But make not faith and love their care. 400 Life^ Deaths Judgment^ 2 They dare rehearse his awful name With lips of falsehood and deceit; A friend or brother they defame, And sooth and flatter those they hate. 3 They watch to do their neighbours wrong. Yet dare to seek their Maker's face; They take his cov'nant on their tongue, But break his laws, abuse his grace. 4 And, while his judgments long delay, They grow secure and sin the more; They think he sleeps as well as they, And put far oflFthe evil hour. 5 O dreadful hour, when God draws near. And sets their crimes before their eyes! Anguish their guilty souls shall tear, And no dcliv'rcr dare to rise. 473. Proper Metre. Doddridge. The transitory nature of the world, 1 Qi PRING up, my soul, with ardent O flight. Nor let this earth delude thy sight With glitt'ring trifles, gay and vain: Wisdom divine directs thy view To objects ever grand and new. And faith displays the shining train. and a Future State, 401 2 Be dead, my hopes, to all below; Nor let unbounded torrents flow, When mourning o'er my wither'd joys: So this deceitful world is known; Possess'd, I call it not mine own, Nor glory in its painted toys. 3 The empty pageant rolls along; The giddy, inexperienc'd throng Pursue it with enchanted eyes: It passeth in swift march away, Still more and more its charms dec, Till the last gaudy colour dies. 4 My God! to thee my soul shall turn; For thee my noblest passions burn, And drink in bliss from thee alone: I fix on that unchanging home, Where never-fading pleasures bloom, Fresh-springing round thy radiant throne, 474. Common Metre. Watts. The end of the world, 1 "T X 7HY should this earth delight us so? V V Why should we fix our eyes On these low grounds, where sorrows grow, And ev'ry pleasure dies? 2 While time his sharpest teeth prepares, Our comforts to devour, 2 L2 402 Life^ Deaths Judgment^ There is a land above the stars, And joys above his pow'r. 3 Nature shall be dissolv'd and die; The sun must end his race; The earth and sea for ever fly Before my Maker's face. 4 When will that glorious morning rise, When the last trumpet's sound Shall call the nations to the skies, From underneath the ground? 475. Long Metre. Watts. The hope of the christian, 1 T TE/'HAT sinners value, I resign: VV Lord! 'tis enough that thou art mine: I shall behold thy blissful face, And stand complete in righteousness. 2 This life's a dream, an empty show. But the bright world to which I go Hath joys substantial and sincere; When shall I wake and find me there! 3 O glorious hour! O blest abode! I shall be near, and like my God; And flesh and sin no more control The sacred pleasures of the soul. 4 My flesh shall slumber in the ground, Till the last trumpet's joyful sound; and a Future State, 403 Then burst the chains with sweet surprise, And in my Saviour's image rise. 476. Long Metre. Browne. Seeking the things above. 1 'THO heav'n, my longing soul! aspire, X And soar aloft with strong desire; Here choose thy lot, here fix thy rest, And aim for ever to be blest. 2 Still keep yon blissful world in view. And close the glorious chase pursue; The way leads up to rest above. Through paths of purity and love. 3 This track pursue with ardent zeal; Each lust subdue, each foe repel; Still stretch thy wings, and upward rise; Eternal glory is the prize. 477. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. The christian'* s inheritance. 1 XZE humble souls, complain no more, 1 Let faith survey your future store; How happy, how divinely blest. The sacred words of truth attest. 2 When conscious grief laments sincere, And pours the penitential tear; 404 Life^ Deaths Judgment^ Hope points to your dejected eyes A bright reversion in the skies. 3 In vain the sons of wealth and pride Despise your lot, your hopes deride; In vain they boast their little stores; Trifles are theirs, a kingdom yours: 4 A kingdom of immense delight. Where health, and peace, and joy unite. Where undeclining pleasures rise. And ev'ry wish hath full supplies: 5 A kingdom which can ne'er decay, Tho' time sweep earthly thrones away; The state which power and truth sustain, Unmov'd forever must remain. 6 Great God! to thee we breathe our pray'r: If thou confirm our int'rest there; EnrollM among thy happy poor, Our largest wishes ask no more. 478. Common Metre. Butcher. The same subject. 1 "T 7C 7ITH transport, Lord! we view the V V page Where all thy mercies shine; And joy to tell the rising age What boundless grace is thine. 2 The world, with all its shifting schemes, Time, with its fleeting hours, and a Future State. 405 Life, with its gay and flatt'ring dreams, Its hopes and fears, is ours. 5 Death, also, at our Father's word, Lays all his terrors by; Gently divides the " silver cord," And calls us to the sky. 4 Fain would our hearts a tribute bring Before our Father's throne; A tribute worthy of our King, Whose mercies are unknown. 479. Common Metre. Watts. Hope of heaven from the resurrectibn of Christ. 1 T> LESS'D be the everlasting God, X5 The Father of our Lord; Be his abounding mercy prais'd, His majesty ador'd. 2 When from the dead he raJs'd his son, And call'd him to the sky; He gave our souls a lively hope. That they should never die. 3 What though the frame of man requires That he should see tht dust; Since Christ our pledge and pattern rose. So all his followers must. 4 There's an inheritance divine, Reserv'd against that day; 406 Life^ Death^ Judgment^ 'Tis uncorrupted, undefird, And cannot fade away. 5 Saints by the pow'r of God are kept, Till this salvation come; We walk by faith, as strangers here, Till he shall call us home. 480. Long Metre. Bowden. The happiness of heaven, 1 XT' ROM this world's joys, and senseless X mirth, O come, my soul! in haste retire; Assume the grandeur of thy birth, And to thy native heav'n aspire. 2 Here's nought below deserves delay. Nought that can bribe thy swift remove; No solid ground thy hopes to stay, Nor worthy object of thy love. 3 'Tis heav'n alone can make thee blest. Can ev'ry wish and want supply; Thy joy, thy crown, thy endless rest. Are all above the lofty sky. 4 There dwells the sov'reign Lord of all, The God that all the worlds adore; With whom is bliss that cannot pall, And joys that last for evermore. and a Future State, 407 481. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. The same subject. FAR from these narrow scenes of night, Unbounded glories rise; And realms of infinite delight, Unknown to mortal eyes. Fair distant land! could mortal eyes Bat half its charms explore, How would our spirits long to rise, And dwell on earth no more! There pain and sickness never come; There grief no more complains; Health triumphs in immortal bloom, And purest pleasure reigns. No malice, strife, or envy there The sons of peace molest; But harmony, and love sincere. Fill ev'ry happy breast. No cloud those blissful regions know, For ever bright and fair; For sin, the source of mortal woe, Can never enter there. There, no alternate night is known. Nor sun's faint sickly ray; But glory, from th' eternal throne, Spreads everlasting day. O! may this heav'nly prospect fire Our hearts with ardent love; 408 Life^ Death, Judgment, May lively faith and strong desire Bear ev'ry thought above. 482. Common Metre. Watts. A prospect of heaven. 1 nnHERE is a land of pure delight, A Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There, everlasting spring abides, And never-with'ring flow'rs; Death, like a narrow sea, divides This hcav'nly land from ours. 3 Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood, Stand dressM in living green; So to the Jews old Canaan stood. While Jordan roll'd between. 4 But tim'rous mortals start and shrink. To cross this narrow sea; And linger, shiv'ring, on the brink. And fear to launch away: 5 O! could we make our doubts remove. Those gloomy doubts that rise. And view the Canaan that we love With unbeclouded eyes! 6 Could we but climb where Moses stood. And view the prospect o'er. and a Future State, 409 Not Jordan's streams, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore. 483. Proper Metre. Rippon's Tune Book. The same subject, 1 /^ N wings of faith, mount up my soul, yj and rise, View thine inheritance beyond the skies: Nor heart can think nor mortal tongue can tell, What endless pleasures in those mansions dwell: Here our Redeemer lives, all bright and glo- rious. O'er sin and death and hell he reigns vic- torious. 2 No gnawing grief, no sad heart-rending pain In that blest country can admission gain; No sorrow there, no soul-tormenting fear, For God's own hand shall wipe the falling tear. Here our Redeemer lives, &c. 3 Before the throne a crystal river glides, Immortal verdure decks its cheerful sides: Here the fair tree of life majestic rears Its blooming head, and sov'reign virtue bears. Here our Redeemer lives, &c. 2M 410 L\fe-i Deaths Judgment, 484. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. Hope of imynortality* 1 'T^HOSE happy realms of joy and peace X Fain would my heart explore; Where grief and pain for ever cease, And I shall sin no more. 2 No darkness there shall cloud the eyes, No languor seize the frame; But ever active vigour rise To feed the vital flame. 3 But ah! a dreary vale between, Extends its awful gloom: Fear spreads, to hide the distant scene, The horrors of the tomb. 4 O for the eye of faith divine To pierce beyond the grave! To see that friend, and call him mine, Whose arm is strong to save! 5 Here fix, my soul! for life is here; Light breaks amid the gloom; Trust in Jehovah's love, nor fear The horrors of the tomb. 485. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. Longing for immortality* 1 TMPERFECT creatures of a day, A With sins, and griefs, and pains op- press'd, and a Future State. 41 1 We sigh the ling'ring hours away. And wish, and long to be releas'd. 2 Nor is it liberty alone, Which prompts our restless ardent sighs; For immortality we groan, For robes and mansions in the skies: 3 Eternal mansions! bright array! O blest exchange! transporting thought! Free from th' approaches of decay, Or the least shadow of a spot. 4 There shall mortality no more Its wide-extended empire boast; Forgotten all its dreadful pow'r, In life's unbounded ocean lost. 486. Common Metre. Doddridge^ God the everlasting ligJit of good men, 1 "Y^E golden lamps of heav'n! farewell, i 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 array'd! My soul, which springs beyond thy sphere, No more demands thine aid. 3 Ye stars are but the shining dust Of my divine abode, 4 1 2 Life^ Death, Judgment, The pavement of those heav'nly 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 unvary'd day. 5 No more the drops of piercing grief Shall swell into mine eyes; Nor the meridian sun decline, Amidst those brighter skies. 6 There all the millions of his saints Shall in one song unite; And each the bliss of all shall share With infinite delight. 487. Common Metre. Watts. The communion of saints. 1 "^fOT to the terrors of the Lord, -L^ The tempest, fire, and smoke; Not to the thunder of that word, Which God on Sinai spoke: 2 But we are come to Zion's hill, The city of our God; Where milder words declare his will. And spread his love abroad. 3 Behold th' innumerable host Of angels, cloth'd in light! and a Future State. 413 Behold the spirits of the just, Whose faith is turn'd to sight! 4 Behold the bless'd assembly there, Whose names are writ in heav n. And God, the judge of all, declares Their numVous sins forgiv'n. 5 The saints on earth, and all the dead. But one communion make; All join in Christ, their living head, And heav'nly joys partake. 488. Long Metre. Butcher. Thefnal congregation of good characters, 1 T? ROM north and south, from east and JL west. Advance the myriads of the blest: From evVy clime of earth they come, And find in heav'n a common home, 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 ne'er heard of Jesus name, Yet God admits their honest claim. 2U% 414 Lifi-i Deaths Judgment^ ^c. 4 On earth, according to their light, They aim'd to practise what was right. Hence all their errors are forgiv'n, And Jesus welcomes them to heav'n, 5 See, how along th' immortal meads, His glorious host the Saviour leads! And brings the myriads none can count. To seats of joy on Zion*s mount! PART XV. Particular Occasions, 489. Long Metre. Doddridge. On opening a new place of worship. 1 A ND will the great Eternal God XX On earth establish his abode? And will he from his radiant throne Regard our temples as his own? 2 We bring the tribute of our praise; And sing that condescending grace, Which to our notes will lend an ear, And call us sinful mortals near. 3 Our Father's watchful care we bless, Which guards our house of pray'r in peace, That no tumultuous foes invade, To fill the worshippers with dread. 4 These walls we to thy honour raise; Long may they echo with thy praise; And thou, descending, fill the place With choicest tokens of thy grace. 5 And in the great decisive day, When God the nations shall survey, 416 Particular Occasions, May it before the world ap|3ear, That crowds were born to glory here. 490. Common Metre. Original. The same subject, 1 1^ RE ATEST of beings! Source of good! vT We bow before thy throne, Which from eternity hath stood, And worship Thee alone. 2 No bounds thy high perfections know, But fill creation wide; And wilt thou visit men below? Wilt thou on earth abide? 3 Wilt thou vouchsafe thy presence here? And shed propitious rays, While with united hands we rear An altar to thy praise? 4 Here, then, in ev'ry heart be found The dwelling of thy choice; And here be heard that sweetest sound, The cheerful, thankful voice. J While life etf rnal all pursue, Here may the way be shown. To know thyself, God only true, And Christ thy chosen Son. 6 Here may the mind, while sunk in woes, And comfiTt long delays, On mercy's genile ^^reast rtj>ose, And change its sighs for praise. Particular Occasions, 417 7 May love, with sweet resistless force, Compel her guests to come; Arrest the sinner's downward course And call the wand'rer home. 8 Here be the solemn witness giv'n,* Hence be it spread abroad; "There's none like thee in earth or heav'n, " The Lord alone is God," 491. Common Metre. Salisbury Collection. A baptismal hymn, 1 " T COME," the great Redeemer cries, 1 To dt) thy will, O Lord!" At Jordan's flood, behold! he seals The sure prophetic word. 2 " Thus it becomes us to fulfil All righteousness," he said; He spake obedient, and beneath The yielding wave was laid. 3 Hark! a glad voice; the Father speaks, From Heav'n's exalted height; *'This is my Son, my well-belovM, Myjoy, my chief delight." 4 Jesus, the Saviour, well belov'd! His name we will profess, * Joshua xxii. 24. The children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, called the altar Ed; for it shall be a ivitness between us, that the Loud is God. 418 Particular Occasions, Like him, desirous to fulfil Each law of righteousness. 5 No more we'll count ourselves our own, But his in bonds of love; O! may such bonds for ever draw Our souls to things above. [FOR THE LORD'S SUPPER.] 492. Long Metre. Watts. Institution of the Lord^s supper, 1 'nnWAS on that dreadful, doleful A night, When the whole pow'r of darkness rose Against the son of God's delight, And friends betray'd him to his foes: 2 Before the mournful scene began, He took the bread, and bless'd, and brake: What love thro' all his actions ran! What wondrous words ot grace he spake! 3 " This is my body, broke for sin; Receive, and eat the living food:" Then took the cup, and bless'd the wine, *' 'Tis the new cov'nant in my blood." 4 " Meet at my table, and record The love of your departed Lord; Do this," he cried, *' till time shall end, In mem'ry of your dying friend." Particular Occasions > 419 493. Long Metre. Enfield's Selection^. Celebration of the hordes supper, 1 'THHIS feast was Jesus' high behest, A This cup of thanks his last request; Ye, who can feel his worth, attend, Eat, drink, in mem'ry of your friend. 2 Around the patriot's bust ye throng. Him ye exalt in swelling song; For him the wreath of glory bind. Who freed from vassalage his kind. 3 And shall not he your praises reap, Who rescues from the iron sleep? The great deliverer, whose breath Unbinds the captives ev'n of death? 4 Shall he who, fellow-men to save, Became a tenant of the grave, Unthank'd, uncelebrated, rise? Pass unremember'd to the skies? 5 Christians! unite with loud acclaim. To hymn the Saviour's welcome name; On earth extol his wondrous love; Repeat his praise in worlds above. 494. Long Metre, Exeter Collection. The love of Christ, 1 TXT HEN in obedience to their Lord, V V His followers meet around his board, 420 Particular Occasions. His love may well employ the song, And dwell with praises on the tongue. 2 He lov'd mankind — their welfare sought, In all he did, in all he taught; Their present peace, their future joy, His whole concern, his life's employ. 3 Where deep distress prolongs the sigh, Behold the tender Jesus nigh; He heals the sick, restores the blind. Soothes and consoles the drooping mind. 4 What love, what kindness, from his tongue Invite the willing soul to come To hear his gospel, learn the way W^hich leads, thro' death, to endless day. 5 And shall we fail to l<»ve his name. Who thus to teach and save us came, To show his Father's love to man: And died to seal the gracious plan? 6 While life shall last, O! let us prove Our grateful rev'rence*and our love; In deed and thought, thro' ev'ry day, His Father's holy will obey. 495. Short Metrfe. Watts. The communion. 1 T ESUS invites his saints J To meet around his board; ' Here may his people sit, and hold Communion with their Lord. Particular Occasions. 421 2 Here we show forth his love, Which spake in ev'ry breath, Prompted each action of his life, And triumph'd in his death. 3 Our heav'niy Father calls Christ and his members one; We are the children of his love, And he the first-born son. 4 One faith, one hope, one Lord, One God alone we know; Brethren we are; let ev'ry heart With kind affections glow. 5 Let all our powVs be join'd Our Father's name to raise; Let gratitude fill ev'ry mind. And ev'ry voice be praise. 496. Long Metre. Watts. For the^LorcT s supper . 1 TTOW rich are thy provisions, Lor©, A X Thy table furnish'd from above! The fruits of life o'erspread the board, The cup o'erflows with heav'nly love. 2 Thine ancient family, the Jews, Were first invited to the feast: We humbly take what they refuse; And Gentiles thy salvation taste. 3 Let the vain world pronounce it shame, And fling their scandals on thy cause; 2N 422 Particular Occasions, We come to boast our Saviour's name, And make our triumphs in his cross. 4 With joy we tell the scoffing age, He that was dead has left his tomb; He lives above their utmost rage; And we are waiting till he come. 5 While he is absent from our sight, 'Tis to prepare for us a place, That we may dwell in heav'nly light, And live for ever near his face. 497. Common Metre. Birmingham Coll. Brotherly kindness from the precept and ^.v- ample of Christ, 1 "VT^E followers of the prince of peace, X Who round his table draw! Remember what his spirit was. What his peculiar law. 2 The love which all his bosom fill'd, Did all his actions guide; Inspir'd by love, he liv'd and taughtj Inspired by love, he dy'd. 3 And do you love him? do you feel Your warm affections move? This is the proof which he demands, That you each other love, 4 Let each the sacred law fulfil; Like his be ev'ry mind; Be ev'ry temper form'd by love, And evVy action kind. Particular Occasions, 423 Let none who call themselves his friends, Disgrace the honoured name; But by a near resemblance prove The title which they claim. 498. Proper Metre. Exeter Collection. Desires after Christian obedience. FROM the table now retiring. Which for us the Lord hath spread^ May our souls, refreshment finding, Grow in all things like our Head. His example by beholding, May our lives his image bear; Him our Lord and master calling. His commands may we revere. Love to God and man displaying, Walking stedfast in his way: Joy attend us in believing; Peace from God thro' endless day. 499. Common Metre. Watts. Conclusion of the Lord^s supper, PITY the nations, O our God! Constrain the earth to come; Send thy victorious word abroad, And bring the strangers home. I We long to see thy churches full, That all thy chosen race 424 Particular Occasions. May, with one voice and heart and soul, Sing thy redeeming grace. [FOR CHARITABLE OCCASIONS.] 500. Long Metre. Watts. Comlmssioii to the affiicted, 1 T3 LES 1' is the man whwse heart is kind, -D AaJ mcits with \riiy to the poor; Who, with a sympathizing mind, Feels what his fcUovv-mea endure. 2 His heart contrives, for their relief, More good than his own hand can do; He, in the time of genVal grief. Shall find the Lord hath pity too. 3 This man shall live secure on earth, With secret blessings on his head. Though sword, or pestilence, or dearth, Around him multiply their dead. 4 Or, if with mortal suffVings try'd, Saif 'rings shall all his soul refine; Sweet hope hisrelage shall provide. And mmiscer a bliss divine. 501. Long Metre. Watts. The blessings of the pious and charitable. 1 'THHRICE happy man, who fears the X Lord, Loves his commands, and trusts his word! Particular Occasions » 425 Honour and peace his days attend, And blessings to his seed descend. Compassion dwells upon his mind; To works of mercy still inclin'd: He lends the poor some present aid, Or gives them, not to be repaid. When times grow dark, and tidings spread That fill his neighbours round with dread, His heart is arm'd against the fear; For God with all his pow'r is there. His soul, well fix'd upon the Lord, Draws heav'nly courage from his word: Amidst the darkness light shall rise, To cheer his heart and bless his eyes. He hath dispers'd his alms abroad; His works are still before his God: His name on earth shall long remain, Nor shall his future hopes be vain. 502. Proper Metre. Watts. The same subject, THAT man is blest who stands in awe Of God, and loves his sacred law: His seed on earth shall be renown'd; His house the seat of wealth shall be, An inexhausted treasury. And with successive honours crown'd. 2N2 426 Particular Occasions, 2 His lib'ral favours he extends, To some he gives, to others lends; A gen'rous pity fills his mind: Yet what his charity impairs, He saves by prudence in affairs, And thus he's just to all mankind. 3 His hands, while they his alms bestow'd, His glory's future harvest sow'd: The sweet remembrance of the just. Like a green root, revives and bears A train of blessings for his heirs. When dying nature sleeps in dust. 4 Beset with threat'ning dangers round, Unmov'd shall he maintain his ground; His conscience bears his courage up: The soul that's fiU'd with virtue's light, Shines brightest in affliction's night, And sees in darkness beams of hope. 503. Common Metre. Kidderminster Collec. Hymn for charity children, t O EE the kind shepherd, Jesus, stands, O And calls his sheep by name; Gathers the feeble in his arms, And feeds the tender lamb. 2 He'll lead us to the heav'nly streams, Where living waters flow; And guide us to the fruitful fields. Where trees of knowledge grow» Particular Occasions. 427 3 When, wand'ring from the fold, we leave The straight and narrow way, Our faithful shepherd still is near, To guide us when we stray. 4 The ft-ehlest lamb amidst the flock Shall be its shepherd's care; While folded in our Saviour's arms, We're safe from ev'ry snare. 504. Proper Metre. Broadmead Collection. Another* 1 /^ LORY to our heav'nly King! vJT Bounteous Parent! thee we sing: Gratitude the strain inspires, Humble hopes, sincere desires. Thee we sing, with loud acclaim. Praising thy all-glorious name, 2 God of glory! God of love! Lord of all the worlds above! Thee we bless for daily food, Thee we bless for ev'ry good. Thee we sing, &c. 3 More than all, we praise thee. Lord! For the blessings of thy word, For the tidings Jesus brought, For the precepts Jesus taught. Thee we sing, &c. 4 Gracious Father! heav'nly King! Feeble lips presume to sing; 428 Particular Occasions. Infant voices humbly raise Grateful, fervent songs of praise. Thee we sing, &c. [FOR THE NEW YEAR.] 505. Proper Metre- Doddridge. For New Tear''s day, 1 T T OUSE of our God, with cheerful an- JlI tnems ring, Whileall our lips and hearts his graces sing; The op'ning year his bounties shall pro- claim. And all its days be vocal with his name. The Lord is good, his mercy never-ending, His blessings in perpetual show'rs descending. 2 Thou earth, enl'ghten'd by his rays divine. Pregnant with grass and corn and oil and wine; CrownM with his goodness, let thy nations meet, And lay their crowns at his paternal feet; With grateful love, that lib'ral hand confess- ing. Which thro' each heart diffuseth ev'ry bless- ing. 3 His mercy never ends; the dawn, the shade, StiU see new beauties thro' new scenes dis- pl^iy' Particular Occasions, How swift the weeks complete their rounds! How short the months appear! 2 So fast eternity comes on, And that important day, When all that mortal life has done God's judgment shall survey, 3 Yet like an idle tale we pass The swift advancing year; And study artful ways t' increase The speed of its career. 4 Waken, O God! my trifling heart, Its great concern to see; That I may act the christian part, And give the year to thee. 5 Thus shall their course more grateful prove If future years arise; And bear me, swift as time can move. To joy that never dies. [FUNERAL OCCASIONS.] 512. Common Metre. Watts. A funeral thought. ARK! from the tombs an awful sound! My ears attend the cry: Ye living men! come view the ground, Where you must shortly lie." 'H Particular Occasions. 435 •2 " Princes, this clay must be your bed, In spite of all your towVs! The tall, the wise, the rev'rend head. Must lie as low as ours." 3 Great God! is this our certain doom? And are we still secure? Still walking downward to the tomb, And yet prepare no more? 4 Grant us the pow'r of quick'ning grace, To raise our thoughts on high; That we may end this mortal race, And see salvation nigh. 513. Common Metre. Watts. Meditation on death, 1 Tl /TY thoughts, that oft ascend the skies, JLVA Come, search the dust beneath, Where nature all in ruin lies. And owns the pow'r of death. 2 See, how the tyrant triumphs here! His trophies scatter'd round! What heaps of mouldVing bones appear Through all the hollow ground! 3 Soon must we leave the banks of life, And try death's doubtful sea; Vain are our groans, and vain the strife To gain a moment's stay. 4 Soon shall some friend let fall the tear O'er our cold limbs, and say — 436 Particular Occasioiis, " Once they were strong as mine appear, And mine must be as they." 5 Thus shall our lifeless members teach What now our senses learn; For dust and ashes loudly preach Man's first and great concern. 514. Common Metre. Watts. Death of kindred improved, 1 TV /T UST friends and kindred droop and And helpers be withdrawn. While sorrow, with a weeping eye, Counts up our comforts gone? 2 Be thou our comfort, mighty God! Our helper and our friend: Nor leave us in this dang'rous road, Till all our trials end. 3 O may our feet pursue the way Our pious fathers led; While love and holy zeal obey The counsels of the dead. 4 Let us be wean'd from earthly joys. Let hope our grief dispel; The dead in Jesus shall arise. In endless bliss to dwell. Particular Occasions. 437 515. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. ' On the death of a parent, 1 ry^IiO' nature's voice you must obey, X Think, vvhile your swelling griefs o'erflow, That hand, which takes your joys away, That sov'reiga hand can heal your woe. 2 And while your mournful thoughts deplore The parent gone, removM the friend! With heart resign'd, His grace adore. On whom your nobler hopes depend. 3 Does he not bid his children come Through death's dark shades, to realms of light? Yet, when he calls them to their home. Shall fond survivors mourn their flight? 4 His word — here let your soul rely-— Immortal consolation gives: Your heav'nly Father cannot die, Th' eternal Friend for ever lives. 5 O be that best of friends your trust, On his almighty arm recline; He, when your comforts sink in dust. Can give you blessings more divine, 202 438 Particular Occasions. 516. Common Metre. Mrs, Steele. On the death of a young person, 1 "t "^THEN blooming youth is snatch'd VV avvay By death's resistless hand. Our hearts the mournful tribute pay, Which pity must demand. 2 While pity prompts the rising sigh, O may this truth, imprest With awful powV — 1 too must die — Sink deep in ev'ry breast. 3 Let this vain world delude no more; Behold the gaping tomb; It bids us seize the present hour, To-morrow death may come. 4 The voice of this alarming scene May ev'ry heart obey; Nor be the heav'nly warning vain, Which calls to watch and pray. 517. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. On the death of a child, 1 T IFE is a span, a fleeting hour; 1 ^ How soon the vapour flits! Man is a tender transient flowV, That ev'n in blooming dies. Particular Occasions, 439 2 Death spreads like winter's frozen arms, And beauty smiles no more: Ah! where are now those rising charms Which pleas'd our eyes before? 3 The once lov'd form, now cold and dead. Each mournful thought employs; And nature weeps her comforts fled, And wither'd all her joys. 4 But wait the interposing gloom, And lo! — stern winter flies; And, drest in beauty's fairest bloom, The flow'ry tribes arise. 5 Hope looks beyond the bounds of time, When what we now deplore, Shall rise in full immortal prime, And bloom to fade no more. 6 Then cease, fond nature! cease thy tears: Religion pomts on high; There everlasting spring appears. And joys that cannot die. 518. Common Metre. Doddridge. Comfort for parents on the lofis of children* 1 "VTE mourning saints, whose streaming X tears Flow o'er your children dead! Say not in transports of despair That all your hopes are fled. 440 Particular Occasions. 2 While, cleaving to that darling dust, In fond distress ye lie. Rise, and with joy and rev'rence view A heav'nly Parent nigh. 3 Though, your young branches torn away, Like witherM trunks ye stand. With fairer verdure shall ye bloom, Touch'd by the Almighty's hand. 4 " I'll give the mourner," saith the Lord, " In my own house a place; No names of daughters and of sons Could yield so high a grace." 5 "Transient and vain is ev'ry hope A rising race can give; In endless honour and delight. My children all shall live." 6 We welcome, Lord! those rising tears Through which thy face we see, And bless those wounds which thro' our hearts. Prepare a way for thee. 519. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. Hope in the death of friends, 1 "T 7t THILE to the grave our friends are V V borne. Around their cold remains How all the tender passions mourn. And each fond heart complains! Particular Occasions. 44-1 2 But down to earth, alas! in vain We bend our weeping eyes: Ah! let us leave these seats of pain, And upwards learn to rise. 3 Hope cheerful smiles amid the gloom, And beams a healing ray; And guides us, from the darksome tomb, To realms of endless day. 4 To those bright courts, when hope ascends, She calms the swelling woe; In hope we meet our happy friends, And tears forget to flow. 5 Then let our hearts repine no more, That earthly comfort dies; But lasting happiness explore. And ask it from the skies. 520. Long Metre. Salisbury Collection. A funeral hymn, 1 ^"fHE God of love will sure indulge X The flowing tear, the heaving sigh, When righteous persons fall around. When tender friends and kindred die. 2 Yet not one anxious murmVing thonghtf" Should with our mourning passions blend; Nor should our bleeding hearts forget Th' almighty ever-living Friend. 442 Particular Occasions, 3 Parent, Protector, Guardian, Guide! Thou art each tender name in one; On thee we cast our evVy care, And comfort seek from thee alone. 4 Our Father God! to thee we look. Our Rock, our Portion, and our Friend! And on thy gracious love and truth Our sinking souls shall still depend. 521. Common Metre. Watts, The funeral of a Christian. 1 T Tf THY do we mourn departing friends, V V Or shake at death's alarms? 'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends, To call them to his arms. 2 The graves of all his saints he bless'd, And softenM ev'ry bed: Where should the dying members rest, But with their dying head? S Thence he arose, ascending high, And show'd our feet the way; Up to the Lord our flesh shall fly. At the great rising day. 4 Then let the last loud trumpet sound, And bid our kindred rise: Awake, ye nations under ground! Ye saints, ascend the skie?! Particular Occasions. 443 522. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. Christian patience^ consolation and hope. ITS there no kind, no lenient art, X To heal the anguish of the heart? To ease the heavy load of care. Which nature must, but cannot bear? 2 Can reason's dictates be obey'd? Too weak, alas! her strongest aid; O let religion then be nigh. Her comforts were not made to die. 3 Her pow'rful aid supports the soul, And nature owns her kind controlj While she unfolds the sacred page. Our fiercest griefs resign their rage. 4 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: 5 The promise guides her ardent flight. And joys, unknown to sense, invite Those blissful regions to explore. Where pleasures bloom to fade no more. 523. Common Metre. Doddridge. For a congregation on the death of its minister. 1 T ET our dejected hearts revive, JLi And all our tears be dry: 444 Particular Occasions* Why should those eyes bedrown'd in tear^, Which view a Father nigh? 2 Though earthly shepherds dwell in dust, The aged and the young; The watchful eye in darkness closM, And mute th' instructive tongue: 3 Th' Eternal Shepherd still survives, New comfort to impart; His eye still guides us, and his voice Still animates our heart. 4 To him, when mortal comforts fail^ His suppliant people fly; And on his never-failing care, With cheerful hope rely. 5 The pow'rs of nature. Lord! are thine; And ihine the aids of grace: Thine arm has borne thy churches up. Through ev'ry rising race. 6 Exert thy sacred influence here, Thy mourning servants bless: O change to strains of cheerful praise. Their accents of distress. 524. Common Metre. Doddridge. On occasion of a dreadful fire. TERN AL God! our humbled souls efore thy presence bow: E^b' Particular Occasions. 445 With all ihy magazines of wrath, How terrible art thou! 2 Fann'd by thy breath, whole sheets of flame Like a wild deluge pour; And all our confidence of wealth Lies moulder'd in an hour. 3 Led on by thee in horrid pomp, Destruction rears its headj And blacken'd walls, and smoking heaps, Thro' all the streets are spread. 4 Lord! in the dust we lay us down. And mourn thy righteous ire; Yet bless the hand of guardian love, That snatch'd us from the fire. 5 O may we view, with dauntless eyes. The last tremendous day. When earth and seas, and stars and skies, In flames shall melt away. 525. Common Metre. Mrs. Carter. In a thunder-storm. 1 T ET coward guilt, with pallid fear, i^ To shek'ring caverns fly. And justly dread the vengeful fate That thunders thro' the sky. 2 Protected by that hand, whose law The threatening storms obey, 2 P 446 Particular Occasions, Intrepid virtue smiles secure As in the blaze of day. S In the thick cloud's tremendous gloom, The lightning's lurid glare, It views the same all-gracious Pow'r That breathes the vernal air. 4 Thro' nature's ever-varying scene, By diff'rent ways pursu'd. The one eternal end of Heav'n Is universal good. [NATIONAL HYMNS.] 526. Proper Metre. Merrick. Prayer for national and universal blessings, 1 "\ /T AY God his fav'ring ear incline, -LVX And bid his face on Isr'el shine. That all thy counsels, LordI may know, Where earth extends, or oceans flow, And, thankful, to their wond'ring eyes, Behold thy wish'd salvation rise. To thee, of life th' eternal spring. Invisible, all-potent King! One chorus let the nations raise, One shout of universal praise. 2 Ye distant realms! your voice employ In songs of gratitude and joy; Exult, each tribe! exult, each land! Hcav'u's mighty Loud, with equal hand, Particular Occasions, 447 The balance holds, and earth's domain Shall own to latest age his reign. To thee, of life, &Co 3 So, warmM by genial suns, the field With full increase its fruit shall yield, And God, thy God, O Isr'el! shed His choicest blessings on thy head: God shall on us his blessings show'r, And man's whole race revere his pow'r. To thee, of life, &c. 527. Long Metre. Butcher. Divine judgments deprecated, 1 T ^7HO shall not tremble, mighty God! V V Before thine all- controlling rod? And own the potence of that sway. Which speaks, and sweeps whole worlds away? 2 When daring sins provoke thine ire, Where shall the guilty tribes retire? In vain thro' heav'n and earth they flee, For heav'n and earth are full of thee! 3 Lorb! when, to scourge a guilty race. Thine awful wrath restrains thy grace, Let mercy, like an ark, defend The souls that to thy voice attend. 448 Particular Occasions, 528. Long Metre. Watts. Peace and protection from God. 1 "VT^E righteous! in your King rejoice, X Tho' tyrants rage, and kingdoms rise; He utters his almighty voice, — The nations melt, the tumult dies. 2 From sea to sea, through all the shores, He makes the noise of battles cease: When from on high his thunder roars, He awes the trembling world to peace. 3 He breaks the bow, he cuts the spear; Chariots he burns with heav'nly flame: Keep silence, all the earth! and hear The sound and glory of his name. 4 Be still, and know that I am God; I'll be exalted o'er the lands; I will be known and fear'd abroad; But still my throne in Zion stands. 529. Common Metre. Patrick. National tranquillity and security from God. 1 TN vain opposing nations rage, X If God with us abide; Ooe word of his dissolves iheir strength, And humbles all their pride. Particular Occasions. 449 2 His wisdom sees correction meet; He gives the dread command, And war its desolation spreads Thro' ev'ry trembling land. 3 His purpose wrought, again he speaks, And desolations cease; War's loud alarms are heard no more, And all the world is peace. 4 Mortals, adore his sov'reign pow'r, Nor dare provoke his rod; Thro' all your various tribes be still, And know that he is God. 530. Long Metre. Aikin. Hymn in time of -war. 1 TTCy^HILE sounds of war are heard V\ around, And death and ruin strew the ground; To thee we look, on thee we call. The Parent and the Lord of all. 2 Thou, who hast starop'd on human kind The image of a heav'n-born mind. And in a Father's wide embrace Hast cherish'd all the kindred race; 3 O see, with what insatiate rage Thy sons their impious battles wage; How spreads destruction like a flood, And brothers shed their brother's blood! 2 P 2 450 Particular Occasions. 4 See guilty passions spring to birth. And deeds of hell deform the earth; While righteousness and justice nnourn. And love and pity droop forlorn. 5 Great God! whose pow'rful hand can bind The raging waves, the furious wind, O bid the human tempest cease, And hush the madd'ning world to peace. 6 With revVence may each hostile land Hear and obey that high command, Thy Son'n blest errand from above — "' My creatures, live in mutual love!" 531. Long Metre. Merrick. The same subject. 1 /^ COME, behold a scene of dread! V^ Bt-h'.ld a world with slaughter spread? And know, 'tis God who bids each land Thus feel the terrors of his hand. 2 'Tis his again the earth to cheer To break the bow, to snap the spear. To wrap in flames the glittVing car, And hush the tumult of the war. 3 Behold us. Lord! oppressed with woe, As exil'd from thy care we go: Repuls'd, dispers'd, chastis'd by thee, Grant us again thy face to see. 4 O thou, the God whom we adore! Our breaches heal, our peace restore; Particular Occasions, 451 Our hope, on man repos'd in vain, O let thy strength, great God! sustain. 5 The objects of thy tend'rest love O save, propitious from above! Let us with them thy mercy share. And hear, O hear, our ceaseless pray'r! 532. Common Metre. Tate. National deliverance, 1 '' I ^HY gracious favour, Lord! display, X Which we have long implor'd; And, for thy wondrous mercies' sake. Thy wonted aid afford. 2 God's answer patiently I'll wait; For he with glad success. If they no more to folly turn, His mourning saints will bless. 3 To all that fear his holy name His sure salvation's near; And in its former happy state Our nation shall appear. 4 For Mercy, now, with Truth is join'd, And Righteousness with Peace, Like kind companions, absent long, With friendly arms embrace. 5 Truth from the earth shall spring, whilst heav'n Shall streams of justice pour; 452 Particular Occasions, And God, from whom all goodness flows, Shall t-ndless plenty showV. 6 Before him Righteousness shall march, And his just paths prepare; Whilst we his holy steps pursue, With constant zeal and care. 533. Common Metre. Pitt. God speaking peace. 1 QTILL to the mighty Lord of hosts, O Securely we resort; For refuge fly to Jacob's God, Our succour and support. 2 Hither, yenum'rous nations, crowd, In silent rapture stand. And see, o'er all the earth displa>'d. The wonders of his hand. He bids the din of war be still, And all its tumults cease; He bids the guiltless trumpets sound The harmony of peace. 4 He breaks the tough, reluctant bow, Asunder cuts the spear. And, in the crackling fire, his hand Consumes the blazing car. 5 Hear, then, his formidable voice, " Be still, and know the Lord; Particular Occasions, 453 iJy all the heathen Til be fear'd, By all the earth ador'd." 6 Still, to the mighty Lord of hosts Securely we resort; For refuge fly to Jacob's God, Our succour and support. 534. Common Metre. JervIs. The designs of providence in the changes and revolutions of the world, 1 /^ OD, to correct a guilty world, \jr In wrath is slow to rise; But comes at length, in thunder cloth'd. And darkness veils the skies. 2 His awful banners, lifted high, The nations' God declare; And stain'd with blood, with terrors mark'd. Spread wonder and despair. 3 All earthly glory, pomp and pride. Are in his presence lost: Empires o'erturn'd, thrones, sceptres, crowns, In wild confusion tost. 4- While war and misery prevail, And desolation wide; In God, the sov'reign Lord of all, The righteous still confide. 454 Particular Occasions, 5 Dark and mysterious is the course Of his tremendous way: His path is in the trackless winds, And in the foaming sea. 6 Yet, though envelop'd in the cloud, And from our view concealM, The righteous Judge will soon appear. In majesty reveal'd] 7 Then will he curb the lawless pow'r, The deadlv wraih of man; And all the windings will unfold Of his own gracious plan. 8 Then all the sons of tyranny In ruin shall be hurlM; And light, and liberty, and bliss, Embrace the new-born world. 535. Long Metre. Doddridge. Thanksgiving for national deliverance. 1 TTJRAISE to the Lord, who bows his X^ ear Propitious to his people's pray'r; And, tho' deliv'rance long delay. Answers in his well chosen day. 2 Our temples, guarded from the flame, Shall echo thy triumphant name; And evVy peaceful private home To thee a temple shall become. Particular Occasions. 455 S Still be it our supreme delight To walk as in thy honour'd sight; Still in thy precepts and thy fear, Till life's last hour to persevere. 536. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. Praise for national peace, 1 r^ RE AT Ruler of the earth and skies! vX A word of thine almighty breath Can sink the world, or bid it rise: Thy smile is life, thy frown is death. 2 When angry nations rush to arms. And rage, and noise, and tumult reign, And war resounds its dire alarms. And slaughter dyes the hostile plain: 3 Thy sovereign eye looks calmly down, And marks their course, and bounds their powV; Thy law the angry nations own, And noise and war are heard no more. 4f Then peace returns with balmy wing; Sweet peace! with her what blessings fled! Glad plenty laughs, the valleys sing, Reviving commerce lifts her head. 5 Thou good, and wise, and righteous Lord! All move subservient to thy will; Both peace and war await thy word, And thy sublime decrees fulfil. 456 Particular Occasions, 6 To thee we pay our grateful songs, Thy kind protection still implore: O may our hearts, and lives, and tongues Confess thy goodness, and adore! 537. Proper Metre. Doddridge. Thanksgiving for peace, 1 "^T OW let our songs address the God of X^ peace. Who bids the tumult of the battle cease; The pointed spears to pruning hooks he bends, And the broad falchion in the plough-share ends. His pow'rful word unites contending nations, In kind embrace, and friendly salutations. 2 While we beneath our vines and fig-trees sit, Or thus within thy sacred temple meet. Accept, great God! the tribute of our song, And all the mercies of this day prolong: Then spread thy peaceful word thro' ev'ry nation. That all the earth may hail thy great salvation. 538. Proper Metre. Lewins Mead Coll. On peace. 1 T)EACE! the welcome sound proclaim, X Dwell with rapture on the theufie; Particular Occasions. 457 Loud, still louder swell the strain: Peace on earth! good-will to men! 2 Breezes, whisp'ring soft and low, Gently murmur as ye blow, Now, when war and discord cease, Praises to the God of peace. 3 Ocean's billows! far and wide, Rolling in majestic pride. Loud, still louder, swell the strain; Peace on earth! good- will to men! 4 Vocal songsters of the grove! Sweetly chant in notes of love. Now, when war and discord cease. Praises to the God of peace. 5 Mortals! who these blessings feel; Christians! who before him kneel; Loud, still louder, swell the strain: Peace on earth! good-will to men. [CLOSE OF THE SERVICE] 539. Proper Metre. After sermon. 1 'T^HANKS for mercies past, receive; X Pardon of our sins renew; Teach us henceforth how to live, With eternity in view. 2 Bless thy word to old and young; Grant us, Lord! thy peace and love; 2Q 458 Particular Occasions, And, e'er life's short race is run, Fit us for thy house above. 540. Common Metre. Deacon. Close of the service. 1 /^ FOR a plenitude of grace, \-/ Desc^-nding from above! To animate the human race With peace, and joy, and love. 2 Grant, heav'nly King! what we desire; And send the happy day, When all shall after thee inquire, And cheerfully obey. 3 Then will the nations serve the Lord With purity and zeal; With candour hear his blessed word, With pleasure do his will. 541. Proper Metre. Toplady. The same subject, 1 T ORD! dismiss us with thy blessing; X-J Fill our hearts with joy and peace: Let us, each thy love possessing, Triumph in redeeming grace: O refresh us, Traveling thro' this wilderness. 2 Thanks we give, and adoration, For thy gospel's joyful sound; Particular Occasions, 459 ^lay the fruits of thy salvation In our hearts and lives abound: May thv presence With us evermore be found. 542. Long Metre. At the close of the evening service, 1 T TOW blest is he, whose tranquil mind, X X When life declines, recalls again The years that time has cast behind, And reaps delight in toil and pain. 2 So, when the transient storm is past. The sudden gloom, and drivmg show'r; The sw^eetest sunshine is the last, The loveliest, is the ev'ning hour. 543. Common Metre. The same subject, 1 O OON will our fleeting hours be past; O And as the setting sun Now leaves the clouds in yonder west. Our parting beams be gone. 2 May he, from whom all blessings flow, Our sacred rites attend; Unite our hearts in wisdom's ways. Till life's short journey end: 3 And as the rapid sands run down, Our virtue still improve; 460 Particular Occasions, Till each receives the glorious crown Of never-fading love. 544. Long Metre. Doddridge. The Christian far ewell. 1 '' I 'HY presence, everlasting God! JL Wide thro' all nature spreads abroad: Thy watchful eyes, which never sleep, In ev'ry place thy children keep. 2 While near each other we remain, Thou dost our lives and pow'rs sustain; When sep'rate, we rejoice to share Thy counsels, and thy gracious care. 3 To thee we now commit our ways, And still implore thy heav'nly grace; Still cause thy face on us to shine, And guard and guide us still as thine. 4 Give us, in thy beloved house. Again to pay our grateful vows; Or, if that joy no more be known, Give us to meet around thy throne. PART XVI. Domestic and Private TVorship. fXy It will readily occur to the intelligent reader, that many of the hymns classed under this head are not exclusively confined either to domestic or private worship, but may with great propriety be used in public assemblies of Christians. 545. Long Metre. Doddridge. Family religion, 1 in ATHER of men! thy care we bless, J? Which crowns our families with peace: From thee they sprung, and by thy hand Their root and branches are sustain'd. 2 To God, most worthy to be prais'd, Be our domestic altars rais'd; Tho' Lord of heav'n, he deigns to dwell With saints in their obscurest cell. 3 To thee let each united house, Morning and night, present its vows: Our servants there, and rising race. Be taught thy precepts and thy grace. 4 O may each future age proclaim The honours of thy glorious name; While pleas'd, and thankful, we remove To join the family above. 2Q2 462 Domestic and 546. Long Metre. Miss Scott. Family religion, 1 TTI^HERE'ER the Lord shall build V V my house, An altar to his name I'll raise; There, morn and ev'ning, shall ascend The sacrifice of pray'r and praise. 2 With duteous mind, the social band Shall search the records of thy law; There learn thy will, and humbly bow With filial reverence and awe. 3 If num'rous blessings of the earth Indulgent providence aflford, With warm united hearts we'll pay Our grateful tribute to the Lord. 4 Here may he fix his sacred seat. And spread the banner of his love; Till, ripen'd for a happier state, We meet th' assembl'd church above* 547. Common Metre. D. Taylor's Collec. The same subject. 1 /^ REAT God! where'er we pitch our VT tent. Let us an altar raise; And there, with humble frame, present Our sacrifice of praise. Private Worship. 463 2 To thee we give our health and strength, While health and strength shall last; For future mercies humbly trust, Nor e'er forget the past. 548. Short Metre. Watts, Domestic peace and harmony, 1 T ^» what a pleasing sight i-i Are brethren that agree! How blest are all whose hearts unite In bands of piety! 2 From those celestial springs, Such streams of comfort flow, As no increase of riches brings. Nor honours can bestow. 3 All in their stations move, And each performs his part, In all the cares of life and love, With sympathizing heart: 4 Form'd for the purest joys. By one desire possest; One aim the zeal of all employs. To make each other blest. 5 No bliss can equal theirs. Where such affections meet: While praise devout, and mingl'd pray'rs. Make their communion sweet. 464 Domestic and 6 'Tis the same pleasure fills The breast in worlds above; Where jov like morning dew distils, And all the air is love. 549. Long Metre. Mrs. Barbauld. Pious friendship . 1 TTOW blest the sacred tie that binds XJ. In union sweet, according minds! How swift the heav'nly 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 gen'rous flame within Refine from earth, and cleanse from sin! 3 Their streaming eyes together flow For human guilt and mortal woe; Their ardent pray'rs together rise, Like mingling flames in sacrifice. 4 Together both they seek the place Where God reveals his awful face: How high, how strong, their raptures swell, There's none but kindred souls can tell. 5 Nor shall the glowing flame expire 'Midst nature's drooping sick'ning fire; Soon shall they meet in realms above, A heav'n of joy — because of love. Private Worship. 465 550. Common Metre. Doddridge, Living habitually in the fear of God, 1 "THHRICE happy men who, born from jL heav'n, While yet they sojourn here. Each day of life with God begin, And spend it in his fear, 2 'Midst hourly cares, may we present Our oif'rings to thy throne; And while the world our hands employs, Our hearts be thine alone. 3 As sanctify'd to noblest ends, Be each refreshment sought; And by each various providence Some wise instruction brought. 4 When to laborious duties call'd, Or by temptations try'd, We'll seek the shelter of thy wings, And in thy strength confide. 5 As diff 'rent scenes of life arise. Our grateful hearts would be With thee amidst the social band, In solitude with thee. 6 In solid pure delights like these, Let all our days be past; Nor shall we then impatient wish, Nor shall we fear the last. 466 Domestic arid 551. Common Metre. Doddridge. jfoy and prosperity from the blessing- of Go d^ 1 O HINE on our souls, Eternal God! O With rays of mercy shine: O let thy favour crown our days, And their whole course be thine. ,2 Did we not raise our hands to thee, Our hands might toil in vain: Small joy success itself could give, If thou thy love restrain. 3 With thee let ev'ry week begin, With thee each day be spent. For thee each fleeting hour improv'd. Since each by thee is lent. 4 Thus cheer us thro' this toilsome road. Till all our labours cease; And thus prepare our weary souls For everlasting peace. O O ji^ • Common Metre. Doddridge. Secret devotion. 1 THATHER Divine! thy piercing eye J? Looks thro' the shades of night; In deep retiiement thou art nigh, With heart-discerning sight. Private Worship, 467 2 There shall that piercing eye survey My humble worship paid. With ev'ry morning's dawning ray, And ev'ry ev'ning's shade. 3 I'll leave behind each earthly care; To thee my soul shall soar; While grateful praise and fervent pray'r Employ the silent hour. 4 So shall the visits of thy love My soul in secret bless; So shalt thou deign, in worlds above, Thy suppliant to confess. 553. Long Metre. Watts. Retirement and meditation, 1 TV /TY God! permit me not to be iVX 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 heav'nly birth? Why should I cleave to things below, And let my God, my Father, go? 3 Call me away from flesh and sense; Thy gracious 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: 468 Do?nest2c and In secret silence of the mind, My heav'n, and there my God, I find. 554. Common Metre. Cowper. The same subject. 1 "P AR from the world, O Lord! I flee, A From strife and tumult far; From scenes where sin is waging still Its most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r 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. Sweet Source of light divine; And all harmonious names in one. My Father — thou art mine! 6 Whai thanks I owe thee, and what love, A boundless, endless store. Shall echo thro' tht realms above. When time shall be no more. Private Worship. 469 555. Common Metre. Watts. Devotion in sickness. 1 Tr\ ISEASES are thy servants, Lord! jLJ They come at thy command; I'll not attempt a murm'ring word Against thy chast'ning hand. 2 I'm but a sojourner below, As all my fathers were; May I be well prepar'd to go. When I the summons hear. 3 But if my life be spar'd awhile, Before my last remove, Thy praise shall be my business still, And I'll declare thy love. 55Q: Long Metre. Watts. Healthy sickness^ and recovery. 1 'U' IRM was my health, my day was bright, A And I presum'd 'twould ne'er be night: Fondly I said within my heart. Pleasure and peace shall ne'er depart. 2 But I forgot thine arm was strong, Which made my mountain stand so long; And when thy face was turn'd aside, My health was gone, my comforts dy'd. 2R 470 Domestic and 3 Hear me, O God of grace! I said, And raise me from among the dead: Thy word rebuk'd the pains I felt, Thy pard'ning love remov'd my guilt. 4 I will extol thee, Lord! on high; At thy command diseases fly: Who but a God can speak and save From the dark borders of the grave? 5 Thine anger but a moment stays; Thy love is life and length of days; Tho' grief and tears the night employ, The morning star restores the joy. 557. Long Metre. Merrick. The henejit of divine correction* 1 TN devious paths awhile I trod, A Ere yet corrected by thy rod; But disciplined, Great Sire! by thee, Obsequious bow to thy decree. 2 Blest be thy hand, severely kind. Whose stroke recallM my erring mind, And urg'd me, as to thee I turn. Thy hallow'd institutes to learn. 3 But O! if yet my sins demand The wise corrections of thy hand. Lord! give my pains their bounds to know, And fix a period to my woe. 4 Hence, ye profane! my Saviour hears; While yet 1 speak, he wipes my tears: Private Worship, 471 My Saviour hears; and deigns to save His servant from the op'ning grave. 558. Common Metre. Watts. Benefit of afflictions^ and support under them, 1 /^ ONS^DER all my sorrows, Lord! K^ And thy deliv'rance send: My soul for thy salvation faints, When will my troubles end! 2 Yet I have found 'tis good for me To bear my Father's rod; Afflictions make me learn thy law, A.nd live upon my God. 3 This is the comfort I enjoy When new distress begins, I read thy word, I run thy way, And hate my former sins. 4 Had not thy word been my delight. When earthly joys were fled, My soul, oppress'd with sorrow's weight, Had sunk amongst the dead. 5 I know thy judgments, Lord! are right, Tho' they may seem severe; The sharpest suff 'rings I endure Flow from thy faithful care. 6 Before I knew thy chast'ning rod My feet were apt to stray; 472 Domestic and But now I learn to keep thy word, Nor wander from thy way. 559. Common Metre, Watts. Recovery from sickness, • 1 T LOVE the Lord; he heard my cries, J. And pity'd ev'ry groan; Long as I live, when troubles rise, I'll hasten to his throne. 2 I love the Lord; he bow'd his ear, And chas'd my griefs away: O let my heart no more despair While I have breath to pray! 3 Among the saints that fill thine house*, My off 'rings shall be paid; There shall my zeal perform the vows My soul in anguish made. 4 The Lord beheld me sore distrest, He bade my pains remove; Return, my soul, to God, thy rest, For thou hast known his love. 560. Common Metre. Doddridgi. Recovery from sickness, Y God! thy service well demands The remnant of my days; 'M Private Worship. 473 Why was this fleeting breath renew'd But to renew thy praise? 2 Thine arms of everlasting love Did this weak frame sustain. When life was hov'ring o'er the grave, And nature sunk in pain. 3 Calmly I bow'd my fainting head Upon thy faithful breast j Pleas'd to obey my Father's call, To his eternal rest. 4 Into thy hands, my Saviour God, Did I my soul resign. In firm dependence on that truth Which made salvation mine. 5 Back, from the borders of the grave, At thy command I come; Nor would I urge a speedier flight To my celestial home. e Where thou determin'st mine abode, There would I chuse to be; For in thy presence death is life. And earth is heav'n with thee. 561. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. Support and deliverance in affiction* OW to thy heav'nly Father's praise, My heart, thy tribute bring: 2R2 'N 474 Domestic and That goodness which prolongs my days, With grateful pleasure sing. 2 Whene'er he sends afflicting pains, His n^ercy holds the rod; His powerful word the heart sustains, And speaks a faithful God. 3 A faithful God is ever nigh, When humble grief implores; His ear attends each plaintive sigh, He pities and restores. 4 Lord! I am thine, for ever thine, Nor shall my purpose move; Thy hand, that loos'd my bonds of pain, Has bound me with thy love. 562. Common Metre. Doddridge. Praise for recovery from sickness, 1 O OV'REIGN of life! I own thy hand 0 In ev'ry chastening stroke; And while I smart beneath thy rod, Thy presence I invoke. 2 To thee in my distress I cry'd, And thou hast bowM thine ear; Thy pow'rful word my life prolong'd, And brought salvation near. 3 Unfold the gates of righteousness, That, with the pious throng, 1 may record my solemn vows. And tune roy grateful song. Private Worship* 4>75 4 Praise to the Lord, whose gentle hand Renews our laboring breath: Praise to the Lord, who makes his saints Triumphant ev'n in death. 5 My God, in thine appointed hour Those heav'nly gates display, Where pain and sin, and fear and deaths For ever flee away: 6 There, while the nations of the bleas'd With raptures bow around, My anthems to deliv'ring grace In sweeter strains shall sound. 563. Long Metre. Mrs. Steele. Gratitude and devotion, 1 T T THAT shall I render to the Lord, V V Or how his wondrous grace record? To him my grateful voice I'll raise, And pour libations to his praise. 2 His crowded courts shall see me pay The vows of my distressful day; In life and death the saints shall find Their guardian God for ever kind. 3 Thy servant. Lord! is wholly thine, By nature's ties, and bonds divine; From deep distress, and sorrow free. Anew I give myself to thee. 476 Domestic arid 564. Common Metre. Boyse. Life reviewed, 1 T ^7HEN o'er the trodden paths of life, V V Backwards I turn mine eyes, What varied scenes throughout the roa^ Awaken my surprise! 2 Thousands, to whom my natal hour Imparted vital breath, Just look'd on life, and clos'd their eyes In the fast sleep of death. 3 Thousands, who climb'd to manhood's stage. Safe thro' unnumber'd snares, Travell'd not far before they sunk Amidst its thorns and cares. 4 FoUow'd thro' ev'ry changing stage, With goodness all my days. Deny me not a heart to love, A tongue to speak thy praise. 5 Ten thousand thousand thanks to thee Echo alohg the road; O! may I join those endless songs That fill thy blest abode. Private Worship* ^77 5Q5. Long Metre. Stogdon. Despair no virtue- 1 TTTHAT mean these jealousies and As if my Lord were loth to save? Or lov'd to see us steep'd in tears, And sink with sorrow to the grave? 2 Does he want slaves to grace his throne? Or crush them with an iron rod? Is he refreshed to hear us groan? Is he a tyrant, or a God? 3 Not all th' iniquities thou'st wrought, So much his tender bowels grieve, As this unkind, injurious thought,— That he's unwilling to forgive. Long Metre. Cowper. God /* love. 1 T X THEN darkness long has veil'd my V V 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 wand'ring heart, And blush that I should ever be Thus prone to act so base a part, Or harbour one hard thought of thee. 478 Domestic and 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 try'd, I find myself a learner yet, (jnskilful, weak, and apt to slide. 5 But, O my God! onre look from thee Subdues the disobedient will, Drives doubt and discontent away, And thy rebellious worm is still. 5Q7. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. The presence of God in affliction* 1 TN vain, while dark affliction spreads X Her melancholy gloom, Kind providence its blessings sheds, And nature's beauties bloom. 2 For all that charms the taste or sight My heart no wish respires; O for a beam of heav'nly light, When earthly hope expires! 3 Thou only centre of my rest! Look down with pitying eye, While, with protracted pain opprest^ I breathe the plaintive sigh. 4 Thy gracious presence, O my God! My ev'ry wish contains: Private Worship, 479 With this, beneath affliction's load, My heart no more complains. S This can my ev'ry care control, Gild each dark scene with light; This is the sunshine of the soul, Without it all is night. 568. Common Metre. Cotton. God the refuge of the afflicted, 1 A FFLICTION is a stormy deep, X\. Where wave resounds to wave; Tho' o'er my head the billows roll, I know the Lord can save. 2 Perhaps, before the morning dawo, He will restore my peace; For he who bade the tempest roar, Can bid the tempest cease. 3 In the dark watches of the night I'll count his mercies o'er; I'll praise him for ten thousand past, And humbly sue for more. 4 Here will I rest, here build my hopes, Nor murmur at his rod; He's more than all the world to me, My health, my life, my God. 480 Domestic and 569. Common Metre. Watts. Imploring divine consolation, 1 T% ETURN, O God of love! return; Xv Reveal thy wonted grace: How long shall we thy children mourn Our absence from thy face? 2 Let heav'n succeed our painful years; Let sin and sorrow cease; And in proportion to our tears, So make our joys increase. 3 Thy wonders to thy servants show, Make thy own work complete: Then shall our souls thy glory know. And own thy love is great. 4 Then shall we shine before thy throne, And see thy glory. Lord! And the poor service we have done Meet a divine reward. 570. Long Metre. Jervis. The prospect of sickness and death, 1 T 7t THEN all the pow'rs of nature fail; • V V When sickness shall my heart assail, Shall ev'ry nobler part pervade. And ev'ry earthly wish shall fade: Private Worship, 481 2 When pain, of ev'ry nerve possest, Shall vibrate in my throbbing breast; Or languor o'er my senses steal. And med'cine lose its pow'r to heal: 3 When death shall chill the vital heat; When this fond heart shall cease to beat, This falt'ring tongue forget to speak, " A mortal paleness on my cheek:" 4 When my dim eyes are sunk in death, And God who gave shall take my breath; May he sustain my fainting heart, And comfort to my soul impart. 5 Mav his bright presence bring relief From fear, despondency and grief; His cheering voice direct my way To regions of eternal day. 571. Common Metre. Burns. A prayer in the prospect of death, 1 /^ THOU unknown, almighty Cause V^ Of all my hope and fear! In whose dread presence, after death, I surely must appear! 2 If I have wander'd in those paths Of life I ought to shun; As soraethingy loudly in my breast, Jlemonstrates I have done: ^ 2S 482 Do.mestic and 3 Where human weakness has come sliort, Or frailty stepp'd aside, Do thou. All-good! for such thou art, In shades of darkness hide, 4 Where with intention I have err'd, No other plea I have, But thou art good; and goodness still Delighteth to forgive. 572. Common Metre. Enfield's Collection. Comfort in sickness and death, 1 '^TET'HEN sickness shakes the languid V V frame, Each dazzling pleasure flies; Phantoms of bliss no more obscure Our long-deludtd eyes. 2 Then the tremendous arm of dea.th Its hated sceptre shows; And nature faints beneath the weight. Of complicated woes. 3 The tott'ring frame of mortal life Shall crumble into dust; Nature shall faint — but learn, my stful! On nature's God to trust. 4 The man, whose pious heart is fixM On liis all-gracious God, In ev'ry frown may comfort find. And kiss the chast'ning rod. B Private Worship. 483 Nor him shall death itself alarm; On heav'n his soul relits; With joy he views his Maker's love, And with composure dies. 573. Short Metre. Doddridge. Support in death. EH OLD the gloomy vale, > Which thou, my soul, must tread, Beset with terrors fierce and pale, That leads thee to the dead. 2 Ye pleasing scenes, adieu! Which I so long have known: My friends, a long farewell to you! For I must pass alone. 3 And thou, beloved clay. Long partner of my cares. In this rough path art torn away With agony and tears. 4 But see! a ray of light. With splendors all divine, Breaks thro' these dreary realms of night, And makes its horrors shine. 5 Where death, where darkness reigns, Jehovah is my stay; His rod my trembling feet sustains, His staff defends my way. 484 Domestic and 6 Great Shepherd! lead me on; My soul disdains to fear; Death's gloomy phantoms all are flown, Now life's great Lord is near. 574. Common Metre. Addison. Hope in the divine mercy, 1 "t ^THEN rising from the bed of death, V V O'erwhelm'd 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: 3 When thou, O Lord! shalt stand disclos'd 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 pard'ning 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. 6 And may I taste thy richer grace. In that decisive hour ^ivate Worship. 485 When Christ to judgment shall descend, And time shall be no more. 515. Common Metre. Watts. A psabn for a master of a family. OF justice and of truth I sing, And pay my God my vov/s: With truth and justice, heav'nly King, Teach me to rule my house. Now to my tent, O God! be near, And make thy servant wise; And let me suffer nothing there, That shall offend thy eyes. The man who doth his neighbour wrong. Or dares oppress the poor; The scornful eye, the sland'rous tongue. Be distant from my door. Still may I seek the good and just. And still their help enjoy; Such be the friends that I shall trust. The servants I employ. While sin in others I reprove. Be ev'ry virtue mine; And let the wisdom from above Through all my conduct shine. Who shall the most in love abound, Our sole contention be; So shall my house be ever found A dwelling dear to thee. 2 S 2 486 Domestic and Proper Metre. Merrick. The dwellings of the righteous. 1 ly /f ERCY, judgment, now my tongue JlSIx. Makes the subject of its song: Lord! to whom then shall I sing, But to thee, th' eternal King? 2 Wisdom shall my footsteps guide. Nor permit my feet to slide, Or from thy all-perfect way, Lost in paths of sin, to stray. 3 Come, O come, celestial guest! Let my roof with thee be blest; Let thy beams eifulgent play, And within my mansion stay. 4 Lo! my heart, with studious care, For thy presence I prepare. And my dwelling's full extent Spotless to thy view present. 5 Ne'er shall my presumptuous hand, Dare to break th) just command; Ne'er within me shalt thou find Aught that speaks a faithless mind. 6 Come, ye faithful, just, and good, Eager for the bright abode — Come, ye pure in heart, O come, Sure with me to find a home. *L Private Worship* 487 577. Common Metre. Watts. Instructions to the young, from a review of past dispensations of providence. ET children hear the mighty deeds, j Which God perform'd of old; Which in our younger years we saw, And which our fathers told. 2 He bids us make his glories known. His works of powV and grace; And we'll convey his wonders down Through ev'ry rising race. 3 Our lips shall tell them to our sons, And they again to theirs; That generations yet unborn May teach them to their heirs. 4 Thus shall they learn, in God alone Their hope securely stands; That they may ne'er forget his works, But practise his commands. 578. Long Metre. Watts. Instructions of piety, I /^ HILDREN, in years and knowledge V^' young, . Your parenu' hope, your parents joy! 488 Domestic and Attend the counsels of my tongue; Let pious thoughts your minds employ. 2 If you desire a length of davs. And peace to crown your mortal state, Restrain your feet from impious ways, Your lips from slander and deceit. 3 To humble souls, and broken hearts, God with his grace is ever nigh: Pardon and hope his love imparts. When men in deep contrition lie. 579. Common Metre. Watts. The advantages of early religion. 1 T TAPPY is he whose early years JLjL Receive instruction well; Who hates the sinners path, and fears The road that leads to hell. 2 For youth devoted to the Lord, Is pleasing in his eyesj A flow'r when ofFer'd in the bud Is no vain sacrifice. 3 'Tis easier work if we begin To fear the Lord betimes; While sinners, who grow old in sin, Are harden'd by their crimes. 4 It saves us from a thousand snares To mind religion young; With joy it crowns succeeding years, And makes our virtue strong. Private Worship, 489 5 To thee, almighty God! to tbefe Our hearts we no'v resign: 'Twill please us to look back and see That our whole lives were thine. 6 Let the sweet work of pray'r and praise Employ our daily breath; Thus, we're prepared for future days, Or fit for early death. 580. Common Metre. Salisbury Collection. Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youths 1 T N the soft season of thy youth, X In nature's smiling bloom, Ere age arrive, and trembling wait Its summons to the tomb: 2 Remember thy Creator, God; For him thy pow'rs 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 bless'd eternity. 4 Then seek the Lord betimes, and choose The path of heav'nly truth: The earth affords no lovelier sight Than a religious youth. 490 Domestic and 581. Common Metre. Logan. Heavenly Wisdom, 1 TTOW happy is the man who hears XjL Instruction's warning voice; And who celestial wisdom makes His early, only choice! 2 Wisdom has treasures greater far Than east or west unfold; And her rewards more precious are Than is the gain of gold. 3 In her right hand she holds to view A length of happy years; And in her left, the prize of fame And honour bright appears. 4 She guides the young, with innocence, In pleasure's path to tread; A crown of glory she bestows Upon the hoary head. 5 According as her labours ri&e, So hcY rewards increase; Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace. 582. Common Metre. Watts. The aged Christianas reflections and hopt*- 1 IV/TY God! my everlasting hope! JLVX I live upon thy truth: Prhate Worship. 494 Thy hands have held my childhood uf\j And str^engthen'd all my youth. '2 My frame was fashion'd by thy pow'r, And shows thy skill divine; And from my mother's painful hour IVe been entirely thine. 3 Still has my life new wonders seen, In each revolving year: Behold, my days that yet remain, I trust them to thy care. 4 Cast me not off when strength declines, When hoary hairs arise; And round me let thy glory shine, Whene'er thy servant dies. 5 Then in the hist'ry of my age, When men review my days. They'll read thy love in ev'ry page. In ev'ry line thy praise. 583. Common Metre. Watts, The aged christiarCs prayer. 1 /^ OD of my childhood, and my youth, ^^ The guide of all my days! I have declar'd thy heav'nly truth. And told thy wondrous wavs. »2 Wilt thou forsake my hoary hairs. And leave my fainting heart; Who shall sustain my sinking yeafs. If God, my strength, departr 492 Domestic mid 3 Let me thy pow'r and truth proclaim To the surviving age; And leave a savour of thy name When I shall quit the stage. 4 The land of silence and of death Attends my next remove: O! may these poor remains of breath Proclaim thy boundless love. 584. Common Metre. Williams's Collection. Prayer for support in old age and death, 1 T^ TERNAL Sire, enthron'd on high! ■ ii Whom hcav'nly 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 evVy rule. 3 My flying years time urges on; What's human must decay; My friends, my youth's companions gone, Can I expect to stayf 4 Ah! no— then smooth the mortal hour; On thee my hope depends; Support me with almighty pow'r, While dust to dust descends. Private Worship. 493 585. Common Metre. Logan. Trust in providence, 1 A LMIGHTY Father of mankind! -LJl Do thou my hopes sustain; And when the day of trouble comes, I shall not trust in vain. 2 In early years thou wast my guide, And of my youth the friend; And, as my days began with thee, With thee my days shall end. 3 My God! who causedst me to hope When life began to beat, And, when a stranger in the world, Didst guide my wand'ring feet: 4 Thou wilt not cast me off, when age 5 And evil days descend; * Thou wilt not leave me in despair, To mourn my latter end. 5 I know the pow'r in whom I trust, The arm on which I lean; He will my Saviour ever be. Who has my Saviour been. 586. Common Metre. Cotton. Absence from social worship, THE abundance of thy house. The rich refreshments there! 2T ■o 494 Domestic and To live an exile from thy courts, O'erwhelms me with despair. 2 In worship when I join'd thy saints., How Svveetly pass'd my days! Pray'r my divine employment then, And all my pleasure praise. 3 But now I'm lost to ev'ry joy, Because detained from thee; Those golden moments ne'er return, Or ne'er return to me. 4 Yet, O my soul! why thus depress'd? And whence this anxious fear? Let former kindness fix thy trust, And check the rising tear. 5 When darkness and when sorrows rose, And press'd on every side, Did not the Lord sustain thy steps? And was not God thy guide? 587. Long Metre. Merrick. Prayer for life, 1 'T^O thee, great God! my knees I bend; JL To thee my ceaseless pray'rs ascend; 0 let my sorrows reach thine cars. And mark my sighs, my groans, my tears! 2 God of my fathers! here, as they, 1 walk the pilgrim of a day; A transient guest, thy works admire, And instant to my home retire. Private Worship. 495 '5 O spare me, Lord! awhile, O spare! And nature's ruin'd strength repair. Ere, life's short circuit wander'd o'er, I perish, and am seen no more. 588. Common Metre. Addison. The traveller's hymn. 1 TTOW are thy servants blest, O Lord! XT How sure is their defence! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help omnipotence. 2 In foreign realms, and lands remote, Supprerted by thy care, They pass unhurt thro' burning climes, And breathe in tainted air. 3 Thy mercy sweetens ev'ry soil. Makes every region please; The hoary frozen hills it warms. And smooths the boist'rous seas. 4 Tho' by the dreadful tempest toss'd High on the broken wave, They know thou art not slow to hear. Nor impotent to save. 5 The storm is laid, the winds retire, Obedient to thy will; The sea, that roars at thy command. At thy command is still. 6 From all my griefs and straits, O Lord! Thy mercy sets me free, 496 Domestic and Whilst in the confidence of pray'r My heart takes hold on thee. 7 In midst of dangers, fears, and death, Thy goodness I'll adore; And praise thee for thy mercies past, And humbly hope for more. 8 My life, while thou preserv'st my life. Thy sacrifice shall be; And O! may death, when death shall come, Unite my soul to thee. 589. Long Metre. Watts^ The mariner's hymn* 1 /^ OD of the seas! thy thund'ring voice vJJ Makes all the roaring waves rejoice^ And one soft word of thy command Can sink them silent in the sand. 2 The scaly tribes amidst the sea, To thee, their Lord, a tribute pay; The meanest fish that swims the flood, Proclaims the mighty pow'r of God. 3 How is thy glorious pow'r ador'd Amidst the wat'ry nations, Lord! Yet the bold men who trace the seas, Shall they refuse their Maker's praise? 4 When scenes of wonder here they s^. Then let them raise a song to thee: And, while the flood they safely ride. Bless the kind hand that smooths the tide. Private Worship, 497 590. Long Metre. Watts. The mariner's praise for deliverance, 1 T^OULD you behold the works of His wonders in the world abroad; Go with the mariners, and trace The unknown regions of the seas. 2 They leave their native shores behind, And seize the favour of the wind; Till God command, and tempests rise, That heave the ocean to the skies. 3 When land is far, and death is nigh. Lost to all hope, to God they cry: His mercy hears their loud address, And sends salvation in distress* 4 He bids the winds their wrath assuage^ The furious waves forget their rage: 'Tis calm; and sailors smile to see The haven where they wish'd to be. 5 O may the sons of men record The wondrous goodness of the Lord! Let them their grateful ofF'rings bring, And in the church his glory sing. 591. Long Metre. Merrick. The orphan's hymn* HEAR me, Lord! on the« I call, And prostrate at thy footstool fall; 2T2 o 498 Domestic and Propitious in my cause appear, And bow to my request thine ear. 2 " Seek ye my face with duteous care, And frequent to my throne repair:" Thus to my heart I hear thee speak; Thy face, my heart replies, I seek. 3 Look down, my only hope! look down; Behold me, but without a frown; And ne'er to my desiring eye Thy presence, heav'nly Lord! deny. 4 O let me, on thy aid reclin'd, Thee still my great salvation find; Nor leave me, helpless and forlorn, The absence of thy grace to mourn. 5 When, doom'd the orphan's lotto bear. No father's kind concern I share. Nor o'er me wakes a mother's eye, My wants attentive to supply; — 6 Adopted by thy care, in thee The Parent and the Friend I see; And, nourish'd by thy fost'ring hand, Within thy courts secure I stand. 592. Common Metre. Watts. Hymn for morning or evening, 1 TTQSANNA with a cheerful sound xJL To God's upholding hand! Ten thousand snares our path surround, And yet secure we stand. Private Worship. 499 2 How wondrous is that mighty pow'r, Which form'd us with a word! And ev'ry day, and ev'ry hour, Wc lean upon the Lord. 3 The ev'ning rests our weary head, And mercy guards the room; We wake, and we admire the bed That was not made our tomb. 4 The rising morn cannot assure That we shall end the day; For death stands ready at the door, To take our lives away. 5 God is our sun, whose daily light Our joy and safety brings; Our feeble frame lies safe at night Beneath his shady wings. 593. Long Metre. Watts. A hymn for morning' or evening. 1 ^^ /f Y God! how endless is thy love! iVx Thy gifts are ev'ry ev'ning new; And morning mercies from above, Gently distil like early dew. 2 Thou spread'st the curtains of the night, Great Guardian of my sleeping hours! Thy sov'reign word restores the light, And quickens all my drowsy pow'rs. 500 Domestic and 5 I yield my pow'rs to thy command; To thee I consecrate my days; Perpetual blessings from thy hand Demand perpetual songs of praise. 594. Common Metre. Gentleman's Magazine. Hymn for dgily protection, 1 /^N thee each niorning, O my God! \J My waking thoughts attendj In thee are founded all my hopes, In thee my wishes end. 2 My soul, in pleasing wonder lost, Thy boundless love surveys; And, fir'd with grateful zeal, prepares A sacrifice of praise. 3 God leads me thro' the maze of sleep, And brings me safe to light; And, with the same paternal care, Conducts my steps till night. 4 When ev'ning slumbers press my eyes, With his protection blest. In peace and safety I commit My weary limbs to rest. 5 My spirit, in his hand secure, Fears no approaching ill; For, whether waking or asleep, Thou, Lord! art with me still. Private Worship. 501 595. Common Metre. Mrs. Rowe. God's goodness renewed every morning and evening, 1 /^ RE AT God! my early vows to thee VJT With gratitude I'll bring; And at the rosy dawn of day Thy lofty praises sing. 2 Thou, round the heav'nly arch, dost draw A dark and sable veil, And all the beauties of the world From mortal eyes conceal. 3 Again the sky with golden beams Thy skilful hands adorn, And paint, with cheerful splendor gay, The fair ascending morn. 4 And as the gloomy night returns, Or smiling day renews. Thy constant goodness still my soul With benefits pursues. 5 For this will I my vows to thee With ev'ning incense bring; And at the rosy dawn of day Thy lofty praises sing. 596. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. A morning hymn. 1 T ORD of my life! O may thy praise A-^ Employ my noblest pow'rs, 5(M Domestic and Whose goodness lengthens out my da)-*, And fills the circling hours! 2 Prescrv'd by thy almighty arm, I pass the shades of night, Serene, and safe from ev'ry harm, And see returning light. 3 While many spent the night in sighs, And restless pains and woes; In gentle sleep I closM my eyes. And undisturb'd repose. 4 When sleep, death's semblance, o'er me spread, And I unconscious lay. Thy watchful care was round my bed, To guard my feeble clay. 5 O let the same almighty care My waking hours attend; From ev'ry danger, ev'ry snare, My heedless steps defend. 6 Smile on my minules as they roll, And guide ray future days; And l;.t thy goodness fill my soul With gratitude and praise. 597. Long Metre. Watts. A morning hymn. 1 /^ OD of the morning! at whose voice VJT The cheerful sun makes haste to rise, And like a giant doth rejoice To run his journey through the skies: Private Worship. 503 2 From the fair chambers of the east The circuit of his race begins; And without weariness or rest, Round the whole earth he flies and shines. o Thus, like the sun, may I fulfil Th' appointed duties of the day; With ready mind and active will, March on and keep my heav'nly way. 4 Lord! thy commands are clear and pure, Enlightening our beclouded eyes; Thy threat'nings just, thy promise sure; Thy gospel makes the simple wise. 5 Give me thy counsel for my guide, And then receive me to thy bliss: All my desires and hopes beside. Are faint and cold compared with this. 598. Common Metre. Heginbotham. A morning hymn* 1 O TILL do the wheels of time revolve, O And bear this life along! With thanks I end the fleeting days, And haifthem with a song. 2 Lord! what is man, when, lost in sleep Sense and reflection dies? And yet, from this defenceless state With new delight I rise. 3 Great God of Hosts! accept the song: J own the wondrous grace: 504 Domestic and O may the Guardian of my nights Delight to bless my clays! 4 Tis theirs alone such bliss to know. Who do their Father's will; Resolve, my soul, and, sin subdu'd, Defy each mortal ill. 5 This day shall ev'ry hour correct The follies of the past; And such shall all its actions be As would adorn the last. 599. Long Metre. Watts. An evening' hymn, 1 nr^HUS far the Lord has led me on; X Thus far his pow'r prolongs my days; And ev'ry ev'ning shall make known Some fresh memorial of his grace. 2 Much of my time has run to waste. Arid I, perhaps, am near my home; But he forgives my follies past. And strength supplies for days to come. 3 I lay my body down to sleep; Peace is the pillow of my head: His cver-waichful eye shall keep Its constant guard around my bed. 4 Faith in his name forbids my fear; O may thy presence ne'er depart! And in the morning may I bear Thy loving kindness on my heart! Private Worship, 505 6 Thus, when the night of death shall come, My flesh shall rest beneath the ground, And wait thy voice to burst my tomb, With sweet salvation in the sound. 600. Common Metre. Watts, An evening hymn, 1 T ORD ! thou wilt hear me when I pray, -*^ I am for ever thine : I fear before thee all the day. Nor would I dare to sin. 2 And while I rest my weary head, From cares and bus'ness free, ■Tis sweet conversing on my bed, With my own heart and thee. 3 I pay this ev'ning sacrifice : And when my work is done. Great God ! my stedfast faith relies Upon thy grace alone. 4 Thus, with my thoughts compos'd to peace, I'll give mine eyes to sleep ; Thy hand in safety keeps my days. And will my slumbers keep. 601. Common Metre. Watts. An evening hymn, 1 T ORD ! when I count thy mercies o'er, ■■^ They strike me with surprise ; 2U 506 Domestic and Not all the sands that spread the shore To equal numbers rise. 2 My frame, with fear and wonder, stands The product of thy skill ; And hourly blessings from thy hands. Thy thoughts of love reveal. 3 These, on my heart, by night I keep ; How kind, how dear to me ! O may the hour that ends my sleep, Still find my thoughts with thee ' 602. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. An evening hymn. 1 rpHE man of humble, upright heart, -■- As his peculiar care, The Lord himself has set apart, And when he calls will hear. 2 With pious awe your hearts survey. And ev'ry sin repent ; Let true contrition close the day. And future guilt prevent. 3 Your sacrifice the Lord will own. If thus you seek his face. Thus humbly bow before his throne. And trust his pardoning grace. Private Worship, 307 603. Common Metre. Liverpool Collection, An evening- hym?i. 1 TNDULGENT God ! whose bounteous -*- care O'er all thy works is shown, O let my grateful pray'r and praise Ascend before thy throne ! 2 What mercies has this day bestow'd ! How largely hast thou blest ! My cup with plenty overflow'd, With cheerfulness my breast. 3 Now may sweet slumbers close my eyes, From pain and sickness free ; And let my waking thoughts arise To meditate on thee. 4 So bless each future day and night, Till life's fond scene is o'er; At length, to realms of endless light, Enraptur'd let me soar. 604. Common Metre. Gentleman's Magazine. An evening- hymn, 1 QEE ! the bright monarch of the day ^ In ocean dips his beams; While from his brow a parting ray, In milder glory streams. 508 Domestic and 2 The moon, pale empress of the night, In sweet succession reigns ; And finely paints, with silver light, The mountains, vales, and plains. 3 The planets in progression rise, , And shine from pole to pole : Their pleasing course delights our eyes. And charms th' attentive soul. 4 The starry arch in grandeur glows, Thro' all its ample round : Great God ! thy pow'r no limit knows. Thy wisdom knows no bound. 605. Proper Metre. Doddridge. An eveiiing hymn. 1 TNTERVAL of grateful shade, -*- Welcome to my weary head ! Welcome slumbers to my eyes ! Tir'd with glaring vanities. 2 My great Master still allows Needful periods of repose : By my heav'nly Father blest, Thus I give my pow'rs to rest. 3 Heav'nly Father ! gracious name \ Night and day his love the same ! Far be each suspicious thought, Ev'ry anxious care forgot ! 4 Thou, my ever-bounteous God ! Crown'st my days with various good : Private Worship, 509 Thy kind eye, which cannot sleep, My defenceless hours shall keep. What if death my sleep invade t Should I be of death afraid ? While encircFd by thine arm, Death may strike, but cannot harm. With thy heav'nly presence blest, Death is life, and labour rest : Welcome sleep or death to me, Still secure, — for still with thee ! 606- Proper Metre. Doddridge. Meditations in the night season. "IT^HAT tho' downy slumbers flee, ^ * Strangers to my couch and me ; While with God's protection blest. Cares and fears ne'er haunt my breast. While the empress of the night Scatters mild her silver light ; While the vivid planets stray Various through their mystic way : While the stars unnumber'd roll Round the ever-constant pole ; Far above these spangled skies All my soul to God shall rise : . 'Midst the silence of the night, Mingling with those angels bright, Whose harmonious voices raise Ceaseless love and ceaseless praise : 2U2 510 Domestic and Private Worship, 5 'Midst the throng, his gentle ear Shall my grateful accents hear : From on high will he impart Secret comfort to my heart : 6 Lifting all my thoughts above On the wings of faith and love. — Blest alternative to me, Thus to sleep, or wake, with thee ! PART XVII. MISCELLANEOUS. 607. Short Metre. H. Ballou. On opening a nezv place of worship. ACCEPT this house, O Lord, We dedicate to thee ; In it reveal thy sacred word, From sin, to set us free. May we assemble here, By prayer to seek thy face ; And learn thy holy name to fear. And trust thy boundless grace. With lustre cause to shine Thy holy written word ; Reveal thy gospel, all divine, That we may love thee, Lord. May infancy and age, In sweet devotion join. And may thy mercy all engage, In worship most divine. O may this house be free. For all who wish to pray ; For every sect who worship thee. And do thee honours pay. 312 Appendix. 6 May Zioii's watchmen here, Thy mercy free proclaim ; And sound the gospel loud and clear. In their Redeemer's name. 608. Short Metre. H. Ballou. Leaving earthly enjoyments, 1 A DIEU ! all earthly things ! -^ My soul shall mount on high ; Those courts with heavenly music rings. And pleasures never die. 2 For earthly charms no more. My soul shall vainly strive ; I've made the gospel all my store, Thence all my joys derive. 3 I've sought this world around, Some solid joy to find ; There's none that grows on earthly ground, That's fit to cheer the mind. 4 Then come, without delay, , My soul with progress rise ; And march with gladness on the way. To yonder blissful skies. 609. Long Metre. S. Streeter. Blessings of Chris fs kingdom, Isa. xxxii. 1 —4. 1 A KING shall reign in righteousness, -^ And all the kindred nations bless j Appendix. 513 He's King of Salem, King of Peace, Nor shall his spreading kingdom cease. 2 In him the naked soul shall find A hiding place from chilling wind ; Or when the raging tempests beat, A covert warm, a safe retreat. 3 In burning sands and parched ground, He like a river shall be found ; Or lofty rock, beneath whose shade, The weary trav'ller rests his head. 4 The dimness gone, all eyes shall see His glory, grace, and majesty ; All ears shall hearken, and obtam The words of life, from Christ the Lamb. 610. Common Metre. H. Ballou. Renouncing earthly pleasures. 1 A LL earthly pleasures I'll forsake, -^ Bid carnal joys farewell ! Myself deny for Jesus' sake. And yield unto his will. 2 I've tried the vanities of time. Have felt their deadly sting ; I will not call such treasures mine,— They anxious sorrows bring. 514 Appendix. 3 These sensual baits and tempting snares Entangle us in wo ; Inthrall the soul at unawares. Nor let the captive go. 4< Dear Saviour^ to thy arms I fly, O set a pris'ner free ; And grant thy mercy, or I die ; Thy mercy's all to me. 611. Long Metre. S. Streeter. Nexv Tear, 1 A LL hail, the matchless pow'r divine, -^ That rolls the steady wheel of time ! Thrice hail, the condescending God, Who sprinkles show'rs of grace abroad ! '2 Thy providential dealings, Lord, Are with the choicest comforts stor'd ; Revolving years do all fulfil The countless mercies of thy will. 3 The year that's past will come no more, Propitious heav'n has blest each hour With social sweets, with friendship's wine, And ripen'd clusters from the vine. 4 Winter, though bound in icy chains, Resign'd to spring's more brilliant beams ; Summer and autumn bles;>ings shed, In rich effusions on my head. Appendix, ^1^ 5 What wondVous grace, and potent arm, Has kindly kept my soul from harm ; Granting to me a safe retreat, While fleeting time her numbers beat? 6 O God of grace, and matchless skill, Teach me to know and do thy will ; My lukewarm heart, O Lord, renew With saving grace and wisdom too. 7 From month to month, from day to day, Lord, guide my feet in wisdom's way ; Where'er I rove, where'er I lie, Make me the apple of thine eye. 8 Shaded beneath thy balmy wing. Attune my heart thy praise to sing, 'Till fleeting years and transient days, Shall end in glory's perfect blaze. 612 Short Metre. H. Ballou. Sll things work together for good, Sfc. Rom. viii. 28. 1 A LL things shall work for good, ^ To them who love their God ; When they are rightly understood, His comforts, or his rod. 2 The Lord will act the part Of a kind parent dear ; Tho' he chastise the froward heart, He makes his child his care. 516 Appendix, 3 Thro' fiery trials then, We may be callM to go ; And feel ourselves submissive, when, By love, 'tis order'd so. 4 To God all things are known. He rules in mercy kind ; And he that's brought his God to own, His mercies sure shall find. 613. Long Metre. Cowherd's CollectioxN. Praise to Gob for temporal and spiritual blessings. 1 A LMIGHTY Lord, thou just and true, -^*- What songs of praise to thee are due ! Our happy state to thee we owe. And grateful hymns of praise shall flow ! 2 As we advance in wisdom's ways, Thy love demands new songs of praise ; Our pleasures, joys, and hopes increase, And all within is settled peace. 3 Our foes with weaker pow'r assail. With strength increasing we prevail ; Above our ev'ry tempter rise. And press with zeal to yonder skies. 4 Transporting thought ! celestial state ! For this we live, for this we wait ; And while we take the happy road, Our songs of praise ascend to God. Appendix. 517 614. Short Metre. Cowherd's Collection. Humiliation, 1 A MEEK inquiring mind, -^ Lord, help us to maintain ; That growing knowledge we may find. And growing virtue gain. 2 With understanding blest, Created to be free, Our faith on man we dare not rest. Subject to none but thee. 3 Give us the light we need. With soundest knowledge fill ; From noxious error guard our creed, From prejudice our will. 4 The truth thou dost impart May we with firmness own ; Abhorring each evasive art, And fearing thee alone. 615. Long Metre. Kneel and. For the opening of the General' Convention, 1 A S we are met from various parts, -^ May all our works be done in love ; May heav'nly grace inspire our hearts, Like those who meet in realms above. 2 May this resemble that blest day, When all shall meet with one accord ; 2X 518 Appendix, Where heav'nly love shall tune the lay, To shout hosannas to the Lord. o Meet us in council, Lord, this day, IMay we thy wisdom here proclaim ; O guide us, when we sing or pray, That we may glorify thy name. 4 And when our meeting shall be o'er, May we thy blessing then receive ; That we may learn to praise thee more, And by thy counsel ever live. 616. Proper Metre. Rippon's Collection. The LorcTs Day Morning 1 A WAKE our drowsy souls ! ■^ Shake off each slothful band ! The wonders of this day Our noblest songs demand. Auspicious mom, thy blissful rays Bright seraphs hail, in songs of praise ! 2 At thy approaching dawn, Reluctant death resigned The glorious Prince of life In the dark vault confin'd. Th' angelic host around him bends. And, 'midst their shouts, the Lord ascends. Appendix. 51^ 3 All hail triumphant Lord! Heaven with hosanna rings ; Whilst earth, in humbler strains. Thy praise responsive sings. Worthy art thou, who once was slam. Thro' endless years to live and reign. 4 Gird on, great King, thy sword, Ascend thy conquering car, Whilst justice, truth, and love, Maintain the glorious war. Victorious thou, thy foes shalt tread, And sin and death in triumph lead. 5 Make bare thy potent arm. And wing th'' unerring dart. With salutary pangs. To each rebellious heart. Then dying souls for life shall sue, Numerous as drops of morning dew. 617. Short Metre. S. Streeter. The blessings of the Sun. Psalm xix. 5, 6. 1 "O EHOLD ! the brilliant sun, ^ -D Like to a bridegroom drest. Comes from the curtains of the east. And shines unto the west ! 2 All nature doth rejoice, At his refulgent rays ; The teeming earth, the fruitful trees. Attune their voice to praise. 520 Appendix, 3 Hark ! hear the tuneful birds Begin their morning lay ; The bleating flocks, the lowing herds. Welcome the king of day. 4 Nor man of nobler form, Nor creeping things more mean. Doth he refuse to bless and warm. With his enliv'ning beam. 5 So shall God's only son, In lucid beams of grace, Arise with healing in his wings. And all the nations bless. 6 The woodlands shall rejoice. The vernal warblers sing ; But melody of praise from man, Thro' earth, shall louder ring, 618. Common Metre. Kneeland. The ministers of the New Testament^ not of the letter^ hut of the spirit, \ O EHOLD the ministers of Christy -•-* *Caird by unbounded grace ; Who preach eternal, endless life, To all the human race ! 2 Not with the letter, or the sword, Do they assay to kill ; But by the spirit of the ivord^ With life, their sermons fill. Appendix. 521 3 The dreadful thund'rings of the law ! The light'ning, fire, and smoke ! Shall serve to keep their souls in awe ; But, not destroy their hope. 4 But, far from boasting in their strength, (Altho', in Christ., they're strong,) To God, who brings them home at length, The glory does belong. 619. Long Metre. Kneeland. The true Light., ^c. John i. 9. 1 Tl EHOLD the sun ! whose cheering light D Dispels the darkness of the night, Beams from the east his gentle rays. And in the west his light displays ! 2 So, like the sun, did Christ appear. Or like the bright and morning star, Enlightening all the world below. That ev'ry man the truth might know. 3 The glorious Sun of Righteousness Came down the nations all to bless ; To spread the truth from pole to pole, And bring again the ransom'd soul. 4 The lame, the halt, the deaf, and blind, In yesus shall salvation find ; And in his name shall all confess, He is Th' Lord our Righteousness. 2X2 522 Appendix. 620. Long Metre. Kneel and. Morning, 1 Tl LEST be thy name, my God and King^ " For all the mercies of the night ; O tune my heart thy praise to sing, And fill my soul with sweet delight. 2 Thy guard'an care preserv'd my soul, While nature found a quiet rest ; And now the sun-beams on me roll, And with the morning I am blest. 3 My heart to God shall tune her lays, (While I his mercies still implore,) And join all nature in his praise : All nature's God I will adore. 4 And whilst thou lengthen'st out my life. From night to mom, from, morn to night ; Preserve my soul from sin and strife. And fill my bosom with delight. 621. Long Metre. Cowherd's Collection. Faith of things unseen, Y faith withdrawn, we look from hence. To things unseen by mortal eyes ; We pass the outward bounds of sense. And penetrate the inmost skies. 2 To faith things absent stand in view ; It brings eternal glories near ; B Appendix. 523 Events long past it can renew, And future scenes make present here. By faith a steady course we hold Through rising storms and swelling seas, Surmount those rocks we ne'er behold, And still retain the heav'nly breeze. By faith we pass the vale of tears Safe and serene, though oft distressed : By this subdue the king of fears, And go rejoicing to our rest. 622. Short Metre. H. Ballou. We preach Christ crucified^ £sfr. f^ HRIST crucifi'd we preach, ^ A stumbling block to Jews^ And foolishness unto the Greeks^ They both the cross refuse. The jfews who ask a sign. The Greeks who wisdom sought, To signs and wisdom both were blind — Wisdom which Jesus taught. But tlie believing Jew^ And Gentile^ call'd by grace, Could see God's power and wisdom too. Both shine in Jesus'^ face. This myst ry£rOD conceal'd, In ages past, from man ; But now, in Jesus ^ hath reveal'd Rich mercy's gracious plan. 524 Appendix. 623. Common Metre. Kneeland. Heavenly joy on Earth, 1 riOME all ye saints, who love the Lord, ^ With melody divine ; Tune ev'ry harp, in sweet accord, And all in concert join. 2 Proclaim abroad your sacred joy, To earth's remotest bounds ; In heav'nly notes, your tongues employ. In symphony of sounds. 0 Let ev'ry doubt and slavish fear Be banish'd from the mind ; While joyful songs our spirits cheer, We'll trust the Lord is kind. 4 This is the hill of Zion^ sure, Where pilgrims long to go ; Where heav'nly grace and mercy pure, In gentle currents flow. 5 Then let our joyful songs abound, And ev'ry tear be dry ; We'll travel through ImmanuePs ground, To fairer worlds on high. 624. Long Metre. Kneeland. A call to the youth, 1 i^OME, all ye tender, lovely youth, ^ While health is blooming on each cheek. Appendix, 523 Attend the words of sacred truth, And solid joy and comforts seek. 2 Your youthful days will soon be past, And stern old age come hastening on ; The time will surely come at last, When earthly pleasures must be gone. 3 Or death may take you in the bloom ; Your months, or days, may now be few ; Your sun of life may set at noon. And you must bid this world adieu. 4 Then learn to treasure in your hearts A store of truth and heav'nly love ; The gospel grace this store imparts, And brings your souls to God above. 625. Short Metre. Kneeland. Heavenly joy on Earth, 1 I^OME join in sacred songs, ^ Ye saints, of every name ; With heav'nly music on your tongues. The love of God proclaim. 2 Sing of your Saviour dear. Who gives you endless life ; And banish all your slavish fear.^ And ev'ry hurtful strife. 3 The Lord our God is good To all the sons of men : He feeds our souls with heav'nly food. That we mav life obtain. 526 Appendix, 4 The Lord our God is kind ; His children all will bless ; Nothing from him was e'er designed To make our pleasures less. 5 The Lord our God is love ! He loves the human race ; He sent the Saviour from above, To save the world by grace. 6 Then banish all your fears, And raise your voices high ; The Lord of love will wipe the tears From ev'ry weeping eye. 626. Common Metre. H. Ballou. Where two or three are met^ ^c. 1 /^ O ME let us join in worship true, ^ And call upon the Lord ; Altho' our number be but few, We'll trust the sacred word. 2 Our Saviour saith where two or three Meet in his holy name ; There, in the midst, the Lord will be, Will own and bless the same. 3 Faint not, dear friends, nor be afraid, God's promises are sure ; According to our wants they're made. And ever shall endure. Appendix* ^^'^ i As in thy temple. Lord, we meet, Give us a prayerful mind ; That we may worship at thy feet, And thy rich graces find. 627. Proper Metre. Turner. 7716 kingdoin of Christ and its attendant glories* 1 I'l OME sing a Saviour's power, ^ And praise his mighty name ; His wond'rous love adore, And chant his growing fame. . Wide o'er the world, a King shall reign; And righteousness and peace mamtam. 2 The sceptre of his grace. He shall for ever wield ; His foes, before his face. To strength divine, shall yield. The conquest of his truth shall show What an almighty arm can do. 3 His alienated sons, By sin beguil'd, betray'd, Shall then be born at once, And willing subjects made. Such numbers shall his courts adorn, As dew drops of the vernal morn. 4 His realm shall ever stand. By lib'ral things upheld ; And from his bounteous hand. All hearts with joy be fiUV., .528 Appendix. An universe with praise shall own The countless honours of his throne. 628. Common Metre. H. Ballou. Soarbig to Heaven. 1 f^OULD I but raise my notes as high ^ As Jesus^ honour stands ; The swelling sounds would pierce the sky, And charm celestial bands. 2 Those veil'd before the throne above Would listen to my song ; And in soft melting pleasure move With silence on each tongue. 3 But O, how weak is mortal power ! How mean the mortal lay ! The vent'rous note attempts to soar -, But dies as soon away. 4 Come, heav'nly spirit, tune my harp, And gently move each chord ; Then shall the song rejoice thy heart, And I shall praise thee, Lord. 629. Long Metre. H. Ballou. At the close of the General Convention. 1 TTkEAR Lord, behold thy children here ? -■-^ To us a parting blessing give ; In mercy grant, each brother dear, In union with his God, may live ; Appendix. 529 2 Sweet counsel we together took, Came to thy house in company ; Thy graces, like the water brook, From hatred kept thy children free. 3 Thy banner over us is love, While we in fellowship agree ; O may our thoughts remain above ; — Faithful disciples may we be. 4 From one another we must part. Thy cause and kingdom order so ; O seal us to each other's heart. While we remain on earth below. 5 Succeed our labours through the year, (While in thy vineyards, Lord, we toil, In faithful works of love and fear,) And fruitful make the barren soil. 6 Wilt thou, dear Lord, long time to come, This council bless with heav'nly grace ; Beneath each clear autumnal sun, May many meet to seek thy face. 630. Common Metre. Kneel and. The love of Gob in creation. 1 Tj^ RE time commenced, a darksome night -■^ On nature's bosom lay; Th' Almighty said— "Ze^ there be lights And brought th' effulgent day. 2Y 530 Appendix* 2 The Architect ot nature rose, He spake ! and io, 'twas doi^e ! All heav'n in varied beauty glows, And earth beneath the sun. 3 Wisdom and strength his works proclaim, From north, south, east, and west ; His works all good, and Love — his name, Makes ev'ry creature blest. 4 His goodness gave us being here, His love doth still preserve ; Then let us all his name revere — The great Jehovah serve. 5 Arise and make his goodness known, Loud songs of honour raise ; His name^ his love^ himself — alone — Demand our highest praise. 6 We hail our Master^ Father^ Friend I To him be honours giv'n ; 'Till life and time^ on earth, shall end, And brethren meet in heav'n! 631. Common Metre. Cowherd's Collection. Prayer xvith submission, 1 TC^EED me, O Lord, with needful food : -*- I ask not wealth nor fame : Give me an eye to see thy will, A heart to bless thy name. Appendix, 531 2 What else thy all-discerning eye Sees for thy creature fit ; I'll bless the good, and to the ill Contentedly submit. 3 Let not despair, nor fell revenge Be to my bosom known: O ! give me tears for others' woes, And patience for my ov/n. 4 Thus may my days serenely pass Without corroding care ; And growing holiness my soul For life's last hour prepare. 632. Long Metre. S. Ballou. Man created for the glorij of God. 1 T^OR thy great glory, mighty Lord, -■- Thou didst create the human race ; Thy name by all shall be adcr'd. And ev'iy creature give thee praise. 2 God for his children doth provide. All of his goodness must partake ; Or how can he be glorified. By those he made for glory's sake ? 633. Common Metre. S. Ballou, Thanksgiving, 1 Ci IVE thanks to God, fci he is good, "-^ On us his blessing pours ; 532 Appendix. Provides for us our daily food, And yearly fills our stores. 2 He gives us skill to plant the grains, And health and strength to sow ; He wets with show'rs the thirsty plains, And makes the harvest grow. 3 He makes his rolling orb, so bright, To shine upon this earth; To give his creatures warmth and light, And vegetation birth. 4 While round the board we meet this day, Thy bounties. Lord, to share; To thee our noblest thanks we pay, Who didst the feast prepare. 634. Common Metre. Cowherd's Collection. Prayer with devotion. 1 r^ RANT me, O Lord, an honest mind ^-^ Above all selfish ends. Humanely warm to all mankind, And cordial to my friends. 2 With conscious truth and honour still, My actions may I guide ; Nor know a fear, but that of ill. Nor scorn, but that of pride. > Thee in remembrance may I bear, To thee my tribute raise; Conclude each da}^ with fervent pray'r. And wake each moiTi with praise. Appendix, 535 4 Thus through my life may I approve The gratitude I owe; And hope to share thy bliss above, Whose laws I keep below. 635. Long Metre. H. Ballou* For God's assistance in worship. 1 iTi RANT us a visit, dearest Lord, ^ In gentle streams of grace descend ; Open the treasures of thy word. From ev'ry sin thy church defend. 2 Thy branches bend, thou living vine, Clusters of fruit to us impart ; O may our joys be all divine, May heav'nly love fill ev'ry heart. 3 In unity may we abound. Thy wisdom with our zeal combine ; And joyful sing on heav'nly ground, And keep the golden path divine. 4 O may our worship, Lord, this day, Accepted be in Jesus'* name ; Whether we preach, or sing, or pray, May love be all the sacred flame. 636. Common Metre. Cowherd's Collection. The Church grounded in truth. 1 ri ROUNDED in truth thy church shall ^-^ rise In all thv image. Lord; 2 Y 2 534 Appendix* And with supreme affection prize The doctrines of thy word. 2 Thy truth shall spread on ev'ry hand, In heav'n and earth be known ; Thy holy church for ever stand, Eternal as thy throne. > Thy truth and goodness ever raise Thy sons to perfect light ; 'I'each them thy holy name to praise, And worship thee aright. 4 Thy word is pure, and all divine, It makes the simple wise ; Its beams of heav'nly glory shine, To our astonished eyes. .5 Thy word shall be our only guide, Its wonders we'll explore ; And while in truth we can confide, Its author we'll adore. 637. Proper Metre. Kneeland. CUvi&t tnumphing over all his enemies. Philip ii. 10. t TT AIL ! King Emmanuel^ at whose sway, -*■■- The lower worlds must all obey. With adoration bow the knee ; For thee was all creation made. Thy boundless love will all pervade. From sin and sorrow all set free. Appendix, 535 2 Thy cruel foes shall all confess, Submit and own thy righteouiiness, And cheerfully receive thy grace ; Both things in heav'n and things on earth. And all that nature's given birth, Shall then combine to sound thy praise. 3 The middle wall's partition bound. By Christ shall then be broken down. Between the Gentile and the ^erv; The enmity shall then be slain, Gentiles and ^ews made one again. When Christ shall all things make anew. 4 As flesh and blood we all partake. And all were made for Jesus^ sake. So he, also, took part therein; That through his death he might destroy The sting of death, and him annoy. Who hath the power of death and sin. 5 This is the promis'd Abrd'tn's seed^ In him we are all blest, indeed, With life, immortal, undefil'd : He shall deliver all mankind. Who, thro' a slavish fear of mind, Are kept in bondage all their lives. 638. Long Metre. Cowherd's Collection. The happiness of the meek. 1 TTAPPY the meek, whose gentle breast, -" Clear as the summer ev'ning's ray, 536 Appendix, Calm as the regions of the blest, Enjoys on earth celestial day. 2 No friendships broke his bosom sting. No jars his peaceful tent invade ; Secure beneath his Father's wing, And, foe to none, of none afraid. 3 No storms nor tempests here intrude, The heart is rul'd by love alone ; All pride and envy are subdu'd. And peace sits smiling on her throne. 4 Thou God of mercy, gracious, mild. Let gentlest love our souls possess ! Be evil passions thence exil'd. And our whole spirit thine express ! 639. Common Metre. Cowpierd's Collection. Reformation, 1 TTOPE of the wretched! thou alone ■■■*■ The broken heart canst bind. Ease ev'ry bosom pang we feel. And raise the sinking mind. 2 Oppressed with grief and shame, dissolved In penitential tears. Thy goodness calms our restless doubts, And dissipates our fears. 3 Thy grace the fainting soul revives, To joy again it lives; Oh ! that we may no more offend The God who thus forgives ! \ Appendix. 5 37 4- This grace has caus'd celestial hope To shine serenely bright; And shed its soft and cheering beams O'er sorrow's darkest night. S Our hearts adore thy mercy, Lord, And bless the friendly ray. Which ushers in the smiling mom Of everlasting day* 640. Common Metre. Kneeland* Reformation, 1 TTOW can my soul indifferent be -■"■- To Chris fs alluring charms I What can I in creation see, To wean me from his arms? •2 Can all the baits of carnal mind Afford me real joy? Are not such pleasures all inclin'd My comforts to destroy ? 3 My soul arise, and leave the ground Of sin and jarring strife ; In God alone thy help is found ^• He gives thee endless life. 4 Forsake the things of time and sense, To God obed'ent prove; He calls thy wond'ring spirit hence, To taste his joy and love. 538 Appendix. 641. Long Metre. S. Balloi. The love of God. 1 TTOW far Jehovah's love excels -■-^Our highest praise, our deepest thought ' No malice in his bosom dwells, His love endures and changes not, 2 Love is his nature and his name, His love can neither wax nor wane ; Thro' evVy age has been the same, And will to endless years remain, 3 As well may mortals take their flight, And soar aloft to worlds above ; As well may darkness dwell in light As hatred dwell in boundless love. 642. Short Metre. Cowherd's Collection. Confidence in the Providence of God. 1 TjOW gracious is our God! ■"- How kind his precepts are ! " Come cast your burdens on the Lord, " And trust his constant care." 2 Since he for ever reigns. In him secure we dwell; The hand that bears all nature up Shall guide his children well. 3 O f why should anxious thoughts Oppress the sinking mind ? Go, fall before your father's throne. And sweet relief vou'll find. 4ppendix. 539 4 Devoutly fear his name, And know no other fear : In ev'ry scene of life and death, Your helper will be near. 643. Short Metre. Kneeland. The vanity of earthly enjoyments, 1 XT OW vain a^re earthly things! -"- How false ! and yet how fair ! This world no solid comfort brings, If love be wanting there. 2 See monarchs richly crown'd ! With vassals at their feet ; Their fame is but an empty sound; A word of fond deceit. 3 The riches of this world Are but an empty name ; Just like a story vainly told, Is all their boasted fame. 4 The honours men bestow No pleasures can afford. Nor all the pomp of worldly show, Without thy blessing, Lord! 5 This world must pass away, Like as a running stream ; And life itself will soon decay, And evVy earthly thing. o40 Appendix, 5 Dear Savioin-^ lend thy wings ; Prepare my soul to fly; To soar above these earthy things, To dwell with thee on high. 644. Common Metre. Cowherd's Collection. Love maketh the Christian truly blessed. 1 TF Love with other graces reign, -*- The mind is truly blest; For love, the noblest of the train, Aids and exalts the rest. 2 She suffers long with patient eye ; Her kindness still will last; She lets the present inj'ry die, And soon forgets the past. 3 Meekness and peace her bosom fill, From wrath and malice pure ; She hopes, believes, and thinks no ill ; And all things will endure. 4 With pitying heart and willing hand, The needy she supplies ; And if her enemy demand Her help, she ne'er denies. 5 For ever she will keep her throne, 'Midst bliss without alloy; "When Faith and Hope no more are known. She'll yield a perfect joy. Appendix. 541 645. Common Metre. S. Ballou. Mourning with comfort. 1 T MOURN when friends from me depart, -■- And leave their mortal dust ; Because I have a human heart, A heart that always must. 2 A dying saint will often say, My pains afflict me so ; To thee, O God, call me away, I long, I long to go. 0 'Tis cruel then to hold him here To lengthen out his pain ; So trifling does our loss appear To his eternal gain. 4 He's gone and left this world of sin. This dark and dismal shore ; We only part to meet again. To meet and part no more. 5 The human heart repines and grieves To part with kindred here ; But faith in God the mind relieves, And wipes away the tear. 646. Common Metre. Cowherd's Collection. Confidence in the Providence o/QoTit 1 TN each event of life, how clear -■- Thy hand, O Lord, I see ; 2Z 542 Appendix. Each blessing to my soul more dear, Because conferr'd by thee. 2 In ev'ry joy that crowns my days, In ev'ry pain I bear, My heart shall find delight in praise, Or seek relief in pray'r. 3 When gladness wings my favoured hour. Thy love my thoughts shall fill ; Resign'd, when storms of sorrow low'r, My soul shall meet thy will. 4 My lifted eye, without a tear. Each changing scene shall see ; My steadfast heart shall know no fear. That heart shall rest on thee. 647. Short Metre. H. Ballou. The dcrtf of rest, \ XN songs of highest praise, -■- We shout the day divine ; Which, dawning now with heav'nly rays, Shall soon with lustre shine. 2 Dark clouds shall pass away. And light shall fast increase, 'Till us, the pow'r of perfect dav, From darkness shall release. 3 This is the day of rest, Prefigur'd by the law ; This day shall make all nations blest. This day the prophets saw. Appendix, 54; I This day shall finish sin, (Ye saints, your voices raise,) Shall gather all the outcast in, To sing eternal praise. 648. Proper Metre. Kneeland. God all in all. 1 T SING the gospel day, -*- When Christ shall finish sin ; His wond'rous love display. And conquered rebels bring : They prostrate fall, And humbly own. That God — alone-— Is all in all! 2 The Saviour Christ must reign Till all his foes submit ; And, being freed from pain, Shall worship at his feet : Shall prostrate fall. And humbly ov/n. That God — alone — Is all in all, 3 Then death itself shall die, And life triumphant reign ; No more shall sinners sigh In d.arkness, guilt, and pain. Prostrate they fall. And humbly own. That God — ^alone — Is all in all. 4 Then Christ shall subject be To him who reigns above; 544 Appendix, And ev'iy creature see Complete in heav'nly love ; Shall prostrate fall, And humbly own, That God — alone — Is ALL IN ALL. 649. Proper Metre. Kneeland. The joys of Heaven, 1 T SING the joys of heav'n, -*- When Christ shall finish sin ; And sinners be forgiv'n. Their garments white and clean. When all shall find deliv'ring grace-—* The human race, in concert join'd. 2 " Glory to GOD," they sing. Who did redeem our race : They grateful tributes bring — The trophies of his grace. The Lord shall hear the grateful song. From ev'ry tongue, both far and near. 3 Lo ! heav'n's arches ring. With joy inspiring lays ; Millions their music bring. Reverberating praise. Harmonious sounds, from choir to choir In praise conspire, while love abounds. 4 They hallelujah sing. Unto the Lamb once slain ; For death hath lost its sting, And sinners freed from pain. They'll spend a long eternity In sounding the immortal song. Appendix, 545 650. Short Metre. Kneeland. Prayer for the ruhole xvorld, IS not thy promise pledg'd, O Lord, unto thy son, That thro' the nations of the earth Thy word of life shall run ? " I give the heathen — all — For thine inheritance, And to the world's remotest bounds Thine empire shall advance." Hast thou not said, " The Jews Shall their Redeemer own i And Gentiles hear the joyful news, And worship at thy throne V Are not all nations, tongues, And kingdoms under heav'n, To the dominion of thy son, Without exception, giv'n ? From east, west, north, and south, Then be thy name ador'd ; And all the Avorld in concert shout Hosannas to the Lord 1 651. Common Metre. H. Ballou. The reign of Christ, Psalm Ixxii. JESUS his empire shall extend ; •^ Beneath his gentle sway, 2 Z2 546 Appendix, Kings of the earth shall humbly bend. And his commands obey. 2 From sea to sea, from shore to shore, All nations shall be blest ; We hear the noise of war no more, He gives his people rest. 3 As rain descends in gentle show'rs, In the returning spring, And calls to life each fragrant flow'r. Which makes the turtle sing ; 4 So Jesus by his heav'nly grace, Descends on man below ; His blessings on the human race. In gentle currents flow. 5 Long as the sun shall rule the day, Or moon shall cheer the night ; , The Samour shall his sceptre sway, With uncontrolled might. 6 All that the reign of sin destroy'd The Saviour shall restore ; And, from the treasures of the Lord, Shall give us blessings more. 652. Common Metre. S. Streeter. Praise. 1 TOIN ev'ry heart and ev'ry tongue, •^ And sing Jehovah's praise; Come, shout the wonders of his love. The vict'ries of his grace ! Appendix, 547 Far as the circuit of the sun He makes his mercy known ; To ev'ry soul thro' evVy land He sends his blessings down. So let his sweetest praises sound, By all, thro' ev'ry clime ; While moon and stars reflect their light, Or suns propitious shine, 653. Proper Metre. Turner. • Close of service, "IT" IND Lord, before thy face, -"- Again, with joy, we bow, For all the gifts and grace, Thou dost on us bestow : Our tongues would all thy love proclaim, And chant the honours of thy name. Here, in thine earthly house, Our joyful souls have met ; Here paid our solemn vows, And felt our union sweet : For this our tongues thy love proclaim. And chant the honours of thy name. Thy truth, like ointment shed, Hath breath'd a choice perfume ; Thy light, divinely spread. Hath broke the darksome gloom : For this our tongues thy love proclaim. And chant the honours of thy name. o4.8 Appendix, 4 Now may we dwell in peace. Till here again we come ; And may our love increase, Till thou shalt guide us home : Then shall our tongues thy love proclaim, And chant the honours of thy name. 654. Common Metre. Kneeland. The Blessings of Providence. 1 17' IND Providence to us imparts -"- A rich and plenteous store ; And now commands our grateful hearts. To praise and to adore. 2 Kind Providence our fathers brought To this most fertile land ; When many an asylum sought, From persecution's hand. 3 Here they have rear'd a num'rous seed. The sons of liberty; And Providence supplies our need, O, let us thankful be ! 4 This waste and howling wilderness, To honest labour yields ; By Providence hath long been blest With many fruitful fields. 5 The autumn brings a rich repast Of agriculture's fare ; Our children all the dainties taste. And of the bountv share. Appendix, ^^^ 6 Tlien, all in harmony agree, To sing a joyful song, To Him who gives us liberty. And does our years prolong. 655. Common Metre. Kneel and. Universal Praise, Psalm 148. 1 T ET earth rejoice and nature sing A^ To praise th' eternal God ; Ye heav'nly hosts, the song begin, And sound his name abroad. 2 Thou sun, that glorious orb of light, And moon with paler rays ; Ye stars, that decorate the night. Shine to your Maker's praise. 3 Ye hills and plains, in varied forms, His pow'r and wisdom prove ; Ye beasts, and birds, and creeping worms, Proclaim a God of love. 4 Ye boistVous storms of various kinds. Or zephyrs gently blown ; ^ ,. Ye trees and shrubs, in concert join, To praise the Lord alone. 5 Let all the sons of Adam's race, Of evVy birth and blood. Proclaim abroad redeeming grace, And praise th' eternal God. 550 Appendix, 656. Common Metre. S. Ballou. Leaving earthly for heavenly joys, 1 T ET not my heart, O God, be placM -*^ On mortal things below ; 0 may my soul refuse to taste Of things that gender wo. 2 Those fleeting joys that soon decay, Are pleasures unrefin'd ; They please the sense and pass away, And leave their stings behind. 3 But O the joys ! the joys above ! Are everlasting springs Of consolation, peace, and love ; Which leave behind no stings. 4 Then let us leave these earthly toys, So Vain, and so impure ; And raise our thoughts to nobler joys, To joys that will endure. 657. Common Metre. Cowherd's Collection, All things knoxvn to God. 1 T ORD, all I am is known to thee, -■-^ In vain my soul would try 1 o shun thy presence, or to flee The notice of thine eve. Appendix. 551 2 Thy all-surrounding sight surveys My rising and my rest, My public walks, my private ways, The secrets of my breast. 3 My thoughts are seen by thee, O Lord, As soon as formed within ; And e'er my lips pronounce the word, Thou know'st the sense I mean. 4 O wondrous knowledge, deep and high ! Where shall a creature hide ? Within thy circling arms I lie, Beset on ev'ry side. 5 So let thy grace surround me still, And like a bulwark prove. To guard my soul from ev'ry ill^ SecurM by sov'reign love ! 658. Common Metre. Kneel and. Prayer for America, 1 T ORD, bless Columbia's happy land, -*-^ And make her fruitful be ; Our equal rights wilt thou defend, And grant us liberty. 2 May peace extend her balmy wings O'er all Columbia's soil ; The names of despots, monaixhs, kings, None of her sons beguile. 552 Appendix. 3 May unanimity abound Thro' all her several states ; And stern oppression ne'er be found Descending from the great. 4 May all our officers be peace, Exacters righteousness ; O, may Jehovah never cease, This nation long to bless ! 5 The lib'ral arts and sciences, Long may they flourish here ! In harmony, O may we live. Thro' each revolving year ! 6 Our rulers, may they all be blest. And ruled subject be ; While nought but vice our laws suppress. The government is free. 659. Common Metre. H. Ballou. Prayer, 1 T ORD, from thy holy hill descend, -■^ And bless thy children here ; From doubts and unbelief defend. And banish all our fear. 2 May gentle streams through all our land Meander in our way ; And by thine all preserving hand, Forbid our feet to strav. Appendix. 553 o With single eyes may we behold The beauties of thy grace ; - To us thy mysteries unfold, Reveal thy lovely face. 4 O make this day a jubilee., Make known thy sacred word ; From bondage set thy captives free, That they may love thee, Lord. 660- Common Metre. Kneeland. Spiritual Temple, Eph. ii. 20. 1 T O ! see the brilliant temple rise, J-^ Adorn'd on ev'ry side ; Its tow'ring top salutes the skies, Its base extending wide ! 2 The first elected corner-stone Is Jesus Christ., the Lord ; To him must all the building join, Cemented by his word. 3 The prophets and apostles greet^ The basis to prepare ; In harmony the angles meet. And form a perfect square ! 4 On this foundation, placed firm. The building sure must stand : Erected by the plumb and line., Wisdom^s unerring hand. 3 A 554 Appendix, 5 The laborers to the mountains go, Materials to prepare ; They take the stones from quarries low, And fit them to the square, 6 The timber fell'd from earthy stock, In nature's rural forms ; Is by the hand of Wisdotn wrought, Which ev'ry part adorns. 7 Materials being thus prepared, Now see the Temple rise ! No murm'ring sound of iron heard, To pierce the lofty skies. 8 But love and charity unfeign'd. To God, and to the son ; Like an indissoluble chain. Unite and make them one. 9 This building, like the house of God, Eternal shall endure ; 'Tis reared by his sacred word. And stands for ever sure. 10 And in the same shall all be blest, Who constitute a part ; They enter here as welcome guests^ Where love doth fill the heart. 661. Common Metre. Turner, Natural objects y images of spiritual, 1 T O, what a speaking lustre shines ^ In all the works of God ; Appendix. 655 His wisdom writ in fairest lines, His pow'r declared abroad. 2 The heav'ns, adornM with moon and stars, Express his glorious skill ,* The day his strong impression bears. The night attends his will. 3 Their language thro' the earth is heard ; One all extending voice Proclaims the cheering, peaceful word, Which bids the earth rejoice. 4 Behold yon glowing, radiant sun, Great source of blissful light. Rejoicing, while his course to run, He sheds effulgence bright ! 5 Such is thy law, O God of grace ! Which renovates the soul ; A law of love, and truth, and peace, That makes the wounded whole. 6 Nor shall its moral light grow dim, Or ever fade away ; The present, gentle, rising beam Shall shed a boundless day. 662. Common Metre. H. Ballou. The heavenly Jerusalem. 1 IMTAY sacred heat inspire my tongue, ^^ And ev'ry grace impart ; 556 Appendix, With golden numbers fill my song And animate my heart. 2 Of the eternal fair I sing, Jerusalem above ; Zion^ the city of our King, Where dwells immortal love. 3 Behold ! her walls are great and high, {^Salvation of the Lord) Her gates the ruord of prophecy, And open is the word, 4 From north and south, from east and 'west, Shall all the nations come ; And find in her immortal rest, And an eternal home. 5 On emblematic stones she stands, Where ev'ry grace is found ; Rais'dby the great Jehovah's hands, And on Immanuel^s ground. 6 She like 2l jasper stone most bright. Reflects her cheering rays ; In her there is no gloom of night. But one eternal blaze. 7 Of her the Holy One hath said, (And faithful is his word) Her seed shall bruise the serpent's head ; This seed is Christ the Lord. Appendix, 8 Thus is the male and female out- , " The Lord our righteousness ;" The Covenant and Living Son^ In whom the world is blest. 663 Proper Metre. Cowherd's Collection. Divine xvorship. [ 1iJ"AY truth with love and grace, ■^~-*- Attend this sacred place, To bless the soul of ev'ry guest ! That all who seek in peace, May here their faith increase, And find the way of heav'nly rest. I How pleasant 'tis to see Our gather'd friends agree, In Jesus^ praise their lips to mov^e ! And each to bear a part, With harmonizing heart, In offices of truth and love. 5 The light Himself does shine, Eternal day is mine. While here the gospel truths they tell : And since the Lord is here. To draw his children near, My soul shall ever love thee well. 3 A 2 558 Appendix, 664. Proper Metre. Kneeland. The characters of Christ, 1 lyEDIATOR, So7iofGoYy\ ■^*-*- Spread thy boundless love abroad. Counsellor^ the Prince of Peace ! Fill the world with truth and grace. 2 Suji of righteousness I arise ! Send thy light around the skies. Life of all the quick and dead 1 Feed our souls with living bread. 3 Leader of the halt and blind! Raise to life the sinking mind. Binder of the broken heart! Grace to ev'ry soul impart. 4 Opener of the sealed book ! Cause the world therein to look. Taker of the vail axvay ! Lead us to eternal day. 5 Raiser of the dead to life ! Save the world from war and strife. Saviour of rebellious man ! Prosecute th' eternal plan. 6 Opener of the prison door ! Captive souls to light restore. Lamb of God to finish sin ! Bring thy work unto an end. Appendix: 559 665. Common Metre. Cowherd's Collection Character of the Christian, 1 "E/|ERCY and love inspire the breast ^^ Of ev'ry righteous mind ; Happy to see his neighbour blest, And like his Saviour kind. 2 He aids the poor in their distress, He hears when they complain ; With tender heart delights to bless, And lessen all their pain. 3 Within he feels serene delight. While joys on others roll ; To God and man he yields their right. With dignity of soul. 4 Substantial, pure his ev'ry joy. His Maker is his friend : The noblest business his employ. And happiness his end. 666- Common Metre. Cowherd's Collection Faith without works is dead. 1 IV/ITSGUIDED souls pretend to know ^^ By faith they're cleans'd from sin ; Though outward vices clearly show The evil's lodg'd within. 560 Appendix. 2 Vain hopes are built on faith Uke this ; 'Tis empty, cold, and dead : It cannot form our minds for bliss, Nor join us to our Head. 3 A saving faith will change the heart. It ever works by love ; It makes all sinful joys depart, And lifts the thoughts above. 4 Such faith obeys her Father's will, As well as trusts his grace ; She walks with God on Zion's hill. And sees his smiling face. 667. Common Metre. H, Ballou. The dying Saint ; or a Parody on Dr, Watts' Id Hymn^ 2d Book, 1 1V/f Y thoughts on heav'nly subjects roll, ■^^ Salvation and the dead ; What pleasures seize a ransom'd soul Upon a dying bed ! 2 By faith she stands upon the shores, Impatient with delay ; Till, like an eagle, upward soars, Rejoicing on her way. 3 Then swift and graceful she ascends, Up to the heav'nly coast ; Where millions 'round th< .iltar bend — She joins the heav'nlv host. Appendix, ^^^ There num'rous crowds of ransom'd are, And light illumes the place ; Where joyful praise is all their care, Expecting future grace. They shout the vict'ry thro' the blood, Which for all sin atones ; Through the compassion of a God, Who hearkened to their groans. O what suprising grace we find In God, our Saviour dear ! A God all merciful and kind, In death can banish fear. 668- Short Metre. Kneeland. It doth not yet appear rv/iat zve shall be; or the second coming of Christ. 1 1\rO mortal tongue can tell -^^ How great we shall be made, When all unite in Christ to dwell, Our great victorious Head, 2 When Christ again appears From lucid courts above ; The news shall sound in evVy ear, Sweet as the voice of love. 3 But O, what sad surprise ! What sorrow! grief! and shame! Will fill the Jews' astonish'd eyes, When they behold the Lamb ; ^62 Appendix, 4 Whom they did crucify, And treated ill, with scorn ! Yet for their sakes did Jesus die ! For them was Jesus boni. 5 But God will them forgive — They knew not what they did— In him shall all the Gentiles live ; In him our life is hid. 669- Common Metre. H. Ballou. There is 7io peace to the xvicked, 1 "VrO peace my starving soul can find, -^^ In sin's deceitful way ; No pleasant fruits to cheer the mind, Nor light a single ray. 2 A guilty conscience gnaws within. And I am drown'd with grief; My soul abhors that monster, sin, Dear Saviour ! grant relief. 3 O, why should men in sin remain ? Why walk the tiresome way ? Lord may each sinner grace obtain, And go no more astray. 4 Hast thou not promis'd in thy word, That sin shall finished be ? Fulfil thy testimonies, Lord, And set the sinner free. Appendix, ^^^ 670. Common Metre. KneeLand. Evening. -^ And ev'ning comes apace ; To God I'll raise a grateful song, Who lengthens out my days. 2 Thro' all the labours of the day, The Lord has been my aid ; He ever is my strength and stay, I need not be afraid. 3 Thro' all the dark and silent night, The Lord is ever nigh; And, in return of morning light, Will hear my suppl'ant cry. 4 O grant me. Lord, a quiet rest, May angels guard my bed ; With sleep my body be refresh'd. With grace my spirit fed. 0 And when the morning light is come, May I in health arise ; With gratitude attune my song. And sound it to the skies. 671. Common Metre. Cowherd's Collection, The revelation of God. 1 "VrOW God reveals his glorious name, -^^ And brings his truth to light ; 564 Appendix. And love divine, with ardent flame, Dispels the shades of night. 2 With balnay wing sweet Peace descends, And dwells with man again ; Now sacred Truth her path attends, And love and goodness reign. 3 My soul, pursue the path of peace. The Christian joys attend ! For these for ever will increase. They never, never end. 4 These only can the bliss bestow. Immortal souls should prove ; From one short word all pleasures flow, That blessed word is love. 5 This is the grace that lives and sings. When faith and hope shall cease ; 'Tis this shall strike our joyful strings In the sweet realms of bliss. 672. Short Metre. Cowherd's Collection. Unity of the spirit in the bonds of peace. 1 lyrO W let our powers unite -^^ Thy name, O Lord, to praise, Great source of all that love and truth The gospel wide displays. 2 One faith, one christian hope. One God alone we know ; Brethren we are ; let ev'ry heart With kind affections glow. Apptndix, 56. 3 Let mercy prompt us all, Each other's faults to blot: Be evil passions far remov'd. And selfish views forgot. 4 Warm'd with redeeming love And full of saving grace, May our enlarging hearts expand And all mankind embrace. 673. Common Metre. Kneel and. For the close of the General Convention, 1 "\rOW let us join to praise the Lord, -•-^ And to adore his name ; His mighty acts we will record, And spread abroad his fame. 2 The Lord hath lengthen'd out our days, Thro' his supporting grace ; Then let his name have endless praise, Who brought us to this place. o Together we have had delight. In council, praise, and pray'r ; The Lord doth all our works requite, By making us his care. ■\ Our hearts have been replenish'd well, While we have heard the word ; We've tasted joys which none can tell, But those who love the Lord. 3B 566 Appendix. 5 Now, Lord, a parting blessing give, To all the brethren dear ; And by thy blessing may we live, Thro' each revolving year. 6 May wisdom guide our wand'ring feet, In paths of truth and love ; Until in heav'n we all shall meet, To serve the Lord above. 674. Long Metre. Kneeland. Closing of service, 1 "^rOW, Lord, once more thy church -^^ dismiss. Who've tasted here the sacred bliss, 1^ Which thou dost plent'ously afford To those who meet to hear thy word. 2 O may we treasure in our hearts, Those truths the Saviour here imparts, Who, from the lucid courts above, Sends down the tokens of his love. 3 He, like the glorious sun of light. Dispels the darkness of our night ; And on his church effulgent beams The light of life in lucid streams. 4 O may he shine from pole to pole, Illuminate each darkened soul; From north to south, from east to west : And make all nature richlv blest. N Appendix. 567 675. Common Metre. Kneeland. Redeeming grace. OW shall my inward joys arise And burst into a song; The vent'rous notes shall reach the skies, While pleasure tunes my tongue. Redeeming grace is all my theme, Which doth proceed from God; I love to speak in Jesus'^ name. And spread his truth abroad. The ransom'd shall rejoice to hear The Spirit's mystic dove Proclaim aloud, from year to year, A Saviour^s iDOundless love. The Saviour takes his ransom'd home, To dwell with God on high ; Music shall dwell on ev'ry tongue, And praises fill the sky. 676. Long Metre. Turner. A call to thanksgiving and praise. NOW to our God let praises rise, From all that dwell below the skies ; Throughout the earth his love proclaim, With joys eternal in his name. Know that the Lord is God alone. No rival fills th' eternal throne. We are the creatures of his hand. Our form and frame his praise demand. 568 Appendix, 3 We are the people of his care, His sheep who feed in pastures fair; The objects of his tender love Supplied with blessings from above. 4 Into his earthly temple come, And raise the anthem and the song ; Let gratitude the lay inspire, The bosom glow with sacred fire. 5 For God in endless goodness reigns. And mercy, truth, and love maintains; Nor time, nor years, nor measur'd space, Confines the blessings of his grace. 677. Long Metre. Kneeland. National Independence, 1 XTOW to the Lord, O let us raise ^^ A sacred song of grateful praise : May ev'ry tuneful voice conspire To strike the notes upon the lyre. 2 Columbia's sons and daughters, hail ! Fair liberty doth here prevail ; The emigrants, from far and near, May find a safe asylum here. 3 Nor kings, nor tyrants' haughty sway Shall cloud the brightness of our day.: Nor vassals feel a galling chain. While independence we maintain. Appendix. 569 The arts and sciences shall here A progress make, from year to year; In equal rights our land shall vie With any land below the sky. ' Religion, that most darling theme. Thro' which eternal life is seen. To ev'ry name or sect is free, Who stands in gospel liberty. O, gracious God! propitious smile, And bless Columbia's fruitful soil ; May peace and plenty here abound, And independence be our crown. 678. Common Metre. H. Ballou. Ecstacy. C\ COULD I sing an equal song ^-^ To my Redeemer'' s name ! The swelling floods would it prolong. And winds would waft my flame. The hills would bend each waving tree, The laughing vales would sing ; Roses and lilies too should be Delighted with the theme. The little streams should catch the sound, And, bubbling, join his praise; While reeds and rushes all around, Should rustle to my lays. 3b2 3 70 Appendix. 4 Nor would the mossy grotto stand Indiff'rent while I sung ; He solemn echoes too would lend, 'Till silent was my tongue. 679. Common Metre. Kneeland. Soaring to heaven. 1 f\ COULD I stretch my thoughts above, ^^ Where Jesus ever reigns ! O could I sing my Saviour''s love, In sweet immortal strains ! 2 My Samour would rejoice to hear The melody of sounds ; And ev'ry note the angels cheer, While elders cast their crowns. .) But O, how short my music falls Of what my thoughts aspire ! My spirit on my Saviour calls, To raise my accents high'r. 4 And now I feel its transport rise — The Lord is surely come, To take my soul above the skies* To his eternal home. 680. Common Metre. H. Ballou. Longing for heavenly comforts, 1 r\ COULD I strike some heav'nly strings. ^^ Transporting to my soul; And fly on some seraphic wings. Where heav'nly pleasures roll ! Appendix, 57 \ 2 Soon should I leave this world below, With its deceiving charms; To yonder hills of light would go, And rest in Jesus^ arms. 3 I feel the vital transport rise, Celestial heights I gain ; The heav'nly hills salute my eyes ; I feel a sacred flame. 4 Roll on, ye flaming wheels of love; I soon shall be at rest; Where saints divinest comforts prove; With pilgrims richly blest. 681. Long Metre. H. Ballou. Seeking for light and truth, COULD the scales fall from our eyes, What heav'nly visions would unfold; Fresh springs of bliss would in us rise, And joys too glorious to be told ! 2 O could our ears unstopp'd attend, And hear immortal music play, From some celestial, favour'd friend, Our souls would melt beneath the lay ! 3 O could we walk the golden street, Of heav'nly truth, and perfect light; What matchless glories should we meet ; Be lost in pleasure and delight ! O J 72 Appendix, 4 O, downward come, thou heav'nly Dove ! Strip all these mortal pow'rs away; Clothe me in garments of thy love, And bring me to thy perfect day ! j 682. Long Metre. Turner. Opening of service. 1 f\ GOD of grace, before thy throne, ^^ Thy suppPants bow with holy fear ; Those thou art pleasM to call thine own Invoke thy sacred presence here. 2 Kind SOURCE of light! thy blessing grant, Bestow on us thy cheering rays; Supply our varied mental want, And thus inspire our hearts to praise. 3 Send thy good spirit from above. To dissipate the darksome gloom ; Sweet emanation of thy love ! To these desiring bosoms come. 4 Give to thy word successful course, And spread the triumphs of thy name; May truth exhibit all her force, And put the lying lip to shame. 5 And while we worship at thy feet. Where vailed angels do adore; I Give us in fellowship to meet. To sing thy grace and speak thy powV. Appendix. ^'*^ 683. Long Metre". Kneeland. Invocation, 1 f\ LORD of Hosts! all-gracious God! " According to thy sacred word, Here, in thine earthly court we meet, To worship at Immanuers feet. '2 O tune our lips with heav'nly lays. With one accord to sing thy praise ; May thy rich grace inspire each heart; Thy loving kindness. Lord, impart. 3 Give each thy spirit. Lord, this day. Assist whene'er we sing or pray, In our devotion may we find A consolation to the mind. 4 Send down thy wisdom from above, And warm each heart with heav'nly love, May w^e thy mighty acts record, And shout hosannas to the Lord. 684. Long Metre. Cow^herd's Collection. Reformation, 1 r^PPRESS'D with guilt, or grief, or fear, " Kind Lord, thy humble suppliants hear ! Tho' sunk, we ne'er can sink so low. But thou cans't hear the voice of wo. 2 Should' st thou against each evil deed, 1\\ strict severity proceed; B^- merit, without mercy, tried, None could be clear'd or justified. 574 Appendix, 3 But thou forgiveness dost proclaim, That men may turn and fear thy name ; To thy rich grace, O Lord, we fly, And on thy promises rely. 4 Ye contrite hearts, who guilt deplore. Come seek his face, and sin no more; Then shall ye know that God is kind. And with him full redemption find. 685. Long Metre. Kneeland. Lord's prayer, 1 l~|UR Father, God, in heaven above, ^^ Perfect in wisdom, power, and love ; Be thy great name by all rever'd : Thy precepts lovM, thy judgments fear'd. 2 O may thy kingdom quickly come ; Make every heart thy constant home. Lord, as in heaven, on earth thy will Let all the human race fulfil. o Give us this day our daily bread; Be spirit, soij, and body fed. Pardon of sins may we receive, As we all trespasses forgive. 4 Leave us not in temptation's way; Nor let our souls in error stray. From sin and ill (for ever join'd) Deliver us and all mankind. Appendix, 575 5 Thy kingdom shall for ever stand ; All things adhere to thy command; Firm as thy goodness, glory, pow'r, From age to age, and evermore. 686. Common Metre. Kneeland. Sin, personijied, 1 y IN ! O that monster of the deep ! •^ The bane of every soul; The christian's heart must surely weep, To see his torrents roll. 2 He has ten thousand ugly forms. No comeliness at all; He preys on thoughtless, heedless worms, And does their souls enthral. 3 He, like a lion, fierce and bold. Seeks whom he may destroy; And senseless mortals vainly hold Themselves in his employ. 4 O God, my Saviour, and my Friend! Defend me from this foe ; On thee, alone, I now depend, For help in time of wo. 687. Proper Metre. S. Ballou. The great Jirst cause, 1 rpHE first ALMIGHTY CAUSE, -*- Who did all things create. o76 Appendix, Gave nature all her laws, Unchangeable as fate : The Source of life, the Spring of springs, His praise, all heav'n, and nature sings. 2 Where'er I cast mine eyes. With raptures I behold. Below, or in the skies. Wonders that can't be told! In nature's book, in ev'ry line. His wisdom and perfections shine. 3 On him all worlds depend, To him all bend the knee : But none can comprehend The boundless Deity. He fills all space, lives ev'ry where. Sustains the whole, makes all his care. 688. Long Metre. S. Streeter, All tilings speak the glory o/God. Psalm, xix. 1 — 5. 1 nnHE heav'ns declare thy glory, Lord, -*- And firmament thy skill displays; Ten thousand twinkling worlds record The boundless province of thy grace. 2 Day unto day, aloud proclaims The testimonies of thy word; And night succeeding night, maintains The order of thy goodness. Lord. Appendix, 577 3 Their words thro' all the earth have gone ; From north to south, from east to west, And all that dwell beneath the sun Are by their heav'nly lectures blest. 4 The sun, the lucid king of day. Comes from th« chambers of the east, He chases darkness all away, And makes a vast creation blest. 5 All nature doth rejoice and sing. When he performs his glorious race ; Nor, from the most ignoble thing. Doth he withhold his brightest rays. 6 So shall the Strn of Righteousness^ Who hath with healing beams aris'n, Each groping child of darkness bless, With more substantial joys in heav'n. 689. Common Metre. Kneeland. The ransomed of the Lord returning to Zion, 1 Tim. ii. 4, 6. Col. i. 20. Mat. v. 17, 18. Isa. XXXV. 10. 1 npHE Lord, his boundless love to show, -*- Prepared for us a rest ; He wills that all the truth should know, And be for ever blest. 2 The Mediator^ through his blood, Himself a ransom gave ; To reconcile all things to God, A sinful world to save, 3C 378 Appendix, 3 He shall fulfil the righteous law, The law of life and love ; All creatures to obedience draw, To dwell in realms above. 4 The ransom'd of the Lord shall come, To Zion shall return ; The captive souls shall all come home, No more to weep and mourn. 5 With joy and gladness, lo ! they come, The holy city throng ; The sacred seats prepare them room, Where sounds the grateful song. 6 They shall obtain celestial joy. And grief shall flee away ; The heav'nlv notes their tongues employ, Through an eternal day. 690. Long Metre. H. Ballou. Gospel Provisions, Isa. xx. 6, 7, 8. 1 P^HE Lord in Zion will prepare -■- An everlasting, boundless feast ; And ev'ry soul is welcome there. And made a happy, joyful guest. 2 Marrow and fatness here abound. Wines well refined upon their lees ; Here everlasting fruits are found. On living vines, and heav'nly trees. Appendix. 579 Here God will rend the veil of night, That cloud, that broods on earth and time. And pour his everlasting light On ev'ry soul, thro' ev'ry clime. Death, an eternal death, shall die, Eternal life triumphant prove ; Tears it shall wipe from ev'ry eye, And from the earth rebuke remove. 691. Common Metre. H. Ballou. The same. 1 npHE Lord in Z'lon will provide -*- A universal feast -, The ample board, extending wide. Shall make all people blest. 2 Marrow and fatness crown the board With well refined wines. While fresh supplies flow from the Lord, And ever living vines. 3 The veil that's o'er the nations cast Shall be remov'd away ; The gospel light shall shine at last, An everlasting day. 4 Death shall be lost in victory. And life triumphant rise ; Thus ends the gospel mystery That makes the nations wise. / 580 Appendix. 692. Long Metre. Cowherd's Collection. The Revelation of the Gospel, 1 npHE Lord, in various methods, told -*- His holy will to those of old. And in the gospel still displays His love and truth in latter days. 2 There knowledge of the noblest kind Expands and elevates the mind ; The heav'nly doctrine, plain as true, Instructs, reproves, and comforts too. 3 How brightly there in glory shine Wisdom and goodness all divine ; Whatever can fill the soul with love. And form it for the joys above. 4 Christians, while grateful songs ye raise. Improve the gospel which ye praise ; And aid its progress, till the Lord Have bless'd all nations with his word. 693. Common Metre. Cowherd's Collection. The Blessings of Providence, 1 npHE Lord is all-sufficient good, -■- My portion and my choice ; In him my vast desires are fiU'd, And all my pow'rs rejoice. 2 If light attend the course I go, 'Tis he provides the rays ; And 'tis his hand that hides the sun, If darkness cloud my days. Appendix, 581 3 Trusting his wisdom and his love, I would not wish to know What in the book of his decrees Awaits me here below. 4 Be this alone my fervent prayer, Whatever my lot shall be. Or joys or sorrows, may they form My soul for heav'n and thee. 694. Short Metre. H. Ballou, The goodness of God. THE Lord is good and kind, Rich mercies he'll bestow ; Will raise from death the sinking mind, And his salvation show. If in the Lord I trust. Can I confounded be ? Since he is faithful, good, and just, I shall his goodness see. Must he despise his child I Or cast my soul away. Because I am by sin beguil'd ? By folly led astray \ Behold his loving arms ! To me extended wide ,• He draws me with divinest charms; For me my Saviour died. 3 C 2 582 Appendix, 695. Short Metre. Cowherd's Collection. The blessings of Providence. 1 nPHE Lord my shephvird is, -■- And ev'ry good will grant ; The heav'ns and all therein are his, And I shall never want. 2 In pastures green and fair, He makes my spirit rest ; Preserves me safe from ev'ry snare, And I'm divinely blest. 3 With ev'ry truth and good, He doth my spirit fill ; I eat the soul-supporting food, And drink the limpid rill. 4 These living w^aters flow. Where'er my shepherd leads ; The fruitful pastures richly grow, And there my soul he feeds. 5 I'll bless his holy name. And tell how kind and good ; My shepherd's tender care proclaim, And praise my loving God. 696. Common Metre. Kneeland. All nature speaks the existence of God. 1 npHE whole creation owns a God, •*- All nature speaks his name ; And from his own eternnl word The whole creation came. Appendix, 583 2 The beasts, the birds, and creeping things, His pow'r and wisdom prove ; The fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains, Proclaim a Ood of love. 3 But when we view the creature man, And contemplate his state ; His own existence doth proclaim A God divinely great. 4 'Tis wisdom, knowledge, love divine, That constitutes his soul ,* Goodness, and truth, and power combine, To form the perfect whole. 5 These, like so many copious streams, From God the centre flow ; To quicken us to heav'nly things, That we the Lord may know. 6 The dear relation which I find, Between my God and me, Should ever make me keep in mind A God of purity, 697. Common Metre. Cowherd's Collection. All nature shows the goodness of God. 1 PTIHOU, Lord, art good : all nature shows -■- Its mighty author kind ; Thy bounty through creation flows Unceasing, unconfin'd. 584 Appendix. 2 By thee preserved, the whole remains Vast proof of pow'r divine ; And whatsoe'er this whole contains By sovereign right is thine. 3 To thee, and thee alone, we bow. To thee alone would live ; All that we have to thee we vow, Ourselves to thee we give. 4 Accept what we, with faith and love. To thy high will resign ; And let thy grace preserve, improve, And perfect, what is thine. 698. Long Metre. Kneeland. The creature delivered from the bondage oj corruption^ ^c, Rom. viii. 21. 1 rpHY children. Lord, whom thou didst -*- make Subject to sin and moral death ; Of vanity they all partake. Of every nation, blood, or birth. 2 But glory be to God above. Who doth his wanting children free ; According to his boundless love, He grants the captives liberty. 3 From sin and death, and ev'ry ill, The whole creation shall be freed ; And streams of goodness flowing still. Supplying evVy creature's need. Appendix. ^85 4 Here let my heart begin to melt, While I the love of God record : O may his goodness now be felt, By all who read the sacred word. 5 Let angels strike their loudest strings, And tune their notes in heavenly lays ; Let earth and all created things Combine to sound their Maker^s praise. 699. Long Metre. Cowherd's Collection. Divine worship. 1 rpHY gracious aid, O Lord, impart, J- And shed thy love through all my heart, While I with diligence shall strive, To keep the holy flame alive. 2 My soul shall oft above the skies On wings of contemplation rise ; View all the glorious scenes above, And learn from angels how to love : 3 And oft with gratitude shall trace The riches of thy gospel's grace ; Those tracks of love divine explore, And praise, and wonder, and adore. 4 Thus would I my devotion raise, And learn with greater warmth to praise. Till my now languid flame shall prove A perfect, never-ending love. 586 Appendix. 700. Long Metre. Kneel and. Doxology, 1 ri^O God Jehovah, only wise, -*■ Eternal source of boundless good, Who kindly all our wants supplies — Who feeds our souls with living food ; 2 O be his name, (with mercy storM,) Who hath our numVous sins forgiv'n, For ever praised and ador'd, By all on earth, and all in heav'n. 701. Proper Metre. Cowherd's Collection. Divine worship, 1 fl^O thee, my God and friend, -■- I raise my morning song ; Thou dost my life defend, Thy arm of pow'r is strong. My many foes beset me round ; But sweet repose from thee I found. 2 While on my bed I rest. Amid the shades of night. My wakeful mind is blest With heav'nly love and light. Thy holy word is brought to mind ; And there, O Lord, I pleasure find. 3 Thus cheer'd with mental sight, To thee I give each day ; And in thy love and light. Would still pursue my way ; Appendix, 587 Till thou shalt raise my soul above, Where all is praise, and ail is love. 702. Long Metre. S. Ballou. Consolation to Mourners, TO you who mourn in deep distress. For a departed friend most dear ; I make this solemn, short address, To ease the heart, and dry the tear. Death is the lot of all mankind — God takes no more than what he gave ; And they that mourn shall comfort find; Our hope extends beyond the grave. He"^^ left this world, his toils are o'er. Free from all sorrow, grief, and pain ; To you he will return no more, But you shall meet with him again, i Lift up your heads, wipe off your tears, For soon your souls shall take their flight ; And dwell with hhn^ to endless years, In that dear bosom of delight. 703. Short Metre. Cowherd's Collection. Resignation, TM/'E'RE safe in Jesus'^ hand, * * In ev'ry trying hour ; He is the rock on which we stand, Our refuge and our tow'r. 5 In him Jehovah gives The mercies that we need ; 588 Appendix. By him redeem'd, the sinner lives, From sin and error freed. 3 He makes the simple wise, He gives them truths in store ; And those that heav'nly wisdom prize. May ask, and still have more. 4 He ev'ry good bestows. To all that will apply ; Freely his tender mercy flows. And sinners need not die. 704. Common Metre. Kneeland. Provisions of the Gospel. 1 -WHAT joyful tidings do I hear? * ^ It is the voice of love ; Rivers of gospel grace appear, Descending from above. 2 " Lo, on the mountains of the law. The heav'nly dew distils ! Which prophets, at a distance, saw Run from those sacred hills. 3 " And in this mount the Lord shall make A universal feast ; Each living soul, with joy partake, And be a welcome guest. 4 " The table shall be widely spread, With well refined wine ; Our souls shall all be richly fed, And all in concert join. Appendix. 589 5 " The veil of darkness now o'ercast, Which makes the nations blind, The Lord will take away at last ; And all the truth shall find. 6 " His own soft hand shall wipe the tears From ev'ry weeping eye ; And pains and groans, and griefs and fears, And death itself shall die." 705. Short Metre. H. Ballou. Behold what mamier oflove^ Qfc. "l^^HAT unknown love is this ^^ The Father hath bestow'd, Which makes us heirs of endless bliss, And living sons of God ! W^hen we were aliens, lost, And bound in chains of sin ; It did the blood of Jesus cost, To bring us home again. How faint our mortal love When, Lord, compared with thine ! O send thy spirit from above. And give us love divine. As children of thy grace. May we obed'ent prove ; And sit beneath thy smiling face, In thy blest courts above. 3 D 590 Appendix, 706. Common Metre. H. Ballou, America. WHAT wonders hath Jehovah wrought For this our favour'd land ; Our fathers to this Canaan brought, From fierce oppression's hand ; Them landed on a savage shore, Beneath his watchful eye ; He did defend them by his pow'r, From many dangers nigh. The Lord the hand of labour blest ; Turn'd wilderness to fields ; From savage foes he gave us rest, Such blessings doth he yield. When sore oppress'd by foreign powV, Our land was in distress ; He heard us in a trying hour, And granted us redress. The smiles of peace and liberty Succeed the din of arms ; The Lord in war is majesty. In peace ten thousand charms. \ Let arts and sciences increase. And prosper virtue's cause ; Such are the fruits of welcome peace, And just and wholesome laws. Appendix, 591 707. Long Metre. H. Ballou. The reign of (?oi— From the Revelations, & Isaiah . 1 «^HEN God descends, with men to dwell, ' ^ And all creation makes anew ; What tongue can half the glories tell, Or eye the matchless wonders view ? 2 Zion, the desolate, shall sing, The wilderness with roses bloom ; Carmel and Sharon both shall bring Their spices, and their rich perfume. 3 The weak are strong, the fearful bold. The dumb shall sing in anthems sweet ; The lame shall walk, the blind behold Their God, and worship at his feet. 4 Celestial streams shall gently flow. The wilderness shall joyful be : Lilies on parched ground shall grow, And gladness spring from ev'ry tree. 5 The wolves, with lambs in meadows go, The leopard's harmless as the kid ; The lion shall no anger show. But, with the calf, shall tamely feed. 6 Thus kings and slaves shall meet in love. Old pride shall die, and meekness reign : When God descends from worlds above. To dwell among the sons of men. 592 - Appendix. . 708. Common Metre. H. Ballou. What God hath cleansed, t/iaty call not thou com- mon,— Acts X. 15. 1 TTTHEN God would on the Gentiles rise, * * In light of truth divine ; He blest his holy servant's eyes With visions most sublime. 2 The lazv and prophets open'd were, While he the vision saw : The covenant of grace was there, Descending from the law. 3 Like to a vessel that contained The Gentile and the Jew ; All that the promises had nam'd, Presented were to view. 4 " What God hath cleans'd is not unclean," The spirit truly saith ; Knowledge of things in vision seen, Enlarg'd th' apostle's faith. 709. Long Metre. Kneeland. 0 wretched man that I am^ ^c, HEN I behold th' effects of sin. My heart is fill'd with grief and shame; I loathe myself and ev'ry thing That leads my thoughts from Christ the Lamb, When shall I leave these deadly stings. And, with my Saviour.^ soar above W Appendix. 593 The vanity of earthly things ; Where all is harmony and love ? 0 gracious God ! my only Lord ! Redeemer of my sinful soul ! Cause ev'ry heart to hear thy word, And on them all thy mercies roll. Then sinners shall be turned to thee, And leave this world of sin and strife ; Their humble souls shall willing be To bow before the Prince of life, 710. Long Metre. H. Ballou. God is Love. — 1 John iv. 16. T1/*HEN my astonish'd eyes behold ** My Maker's works, below, above,* And read his name in lines of gold, 1 surely know that God is love. When I observe his written word. His promises of grace I prove ; I wonder men don't praise the Lord, For Scripture saith that "God is love." What gentle streams of pleasure roll ! What quick'ning from the mystic Dove! Now peace divine fills all my soul, And I can shout "my God is love." Now heav'nly courage I'll put on, For far away my fear is drove ; I'll bow before the living Son^ And loud proclaim, "my God is love." 3 D2 594 Appendix, 711. Long Metre, H. Ballou. Contemplation upon iiature, 1 "M/'HEN nature's wonders 1 explore : ^* The sun, the moon, and stars we see. And stretch my thoughts to planets more, Which glow in vast immensity ; 2 Amaze and wonder fill my mind, While I behold the boundless scene ; If I attempt their cause to find. What clouds and darkness intervene ! 3 No voice I hear ! but silence saith, Be still, O man ! and humble be ; Stretch forth thy wither'd arm of faith, And worship on the suppl'ant knee. 4 That arm and wisdom, tho' unknown, Which rais'd this universal frame, Maintains a pure unspotted throne, And LOVE ETERNAL is his name. 712. Common Metre. H. Ballou. The bright and shining way, 1 "ll^HEN strangers meet me on the way, ^ * They warn me to return ; For all Avho walk my road, they say, In pain must always mourn. 2 My road, chey say, is smooth awhile, Weak mortals to deceive : Appendix. 595 But then too late they'll see the guile, Too late, they can't retrieve. 0 True, in my path great comforts are, And when I keep the way ; Nor thorns, nor thistles need I fear, Nor night, 'tis always day. 4 I cannot give my journey o'er, There's darkness all behind ; I see my Captahi's gone before, I'll trust that he is kind. 713. Common Metre. Cowherd's Collection. Mourning with hope, 1 ITITHEN thy assemblies. Lord, do mourn ^^ A servant gone to dust. Oh ! let thy grace his loss supply ; In thee is all their trust. 2 The pow'rs of nature all are thine, And thine the aids of grace ; Thy arm has borne thy churches up Thro' ev'ry rising race. 3 Exert thy sacred influence here. And here thy suppliants bless ! And change to strains of cheerful praise, The accents of distress ! 4 With faithful heart, with skilful hand, May this thy flock be fed ! And with a firm improving pace, To thine abodes be led ! 596 Appendix. 714. Common Metre. Cowherd's Collection, varied. Death, 1 "IJirHILE others, confident and vain, ^ ^ Nor death nor danger fear, We would a lively sense maintain That death is ever near. 2 Swift as the feather'd arrow flies. And cuts the yielding air; Or as a kindling meteor dies, Ere we can say, 'tis there ; 3 So pass our hasty years away, And time pursues his race ; In vain we ask a moment's stay, Nor will he slack his pace. 4 Great God, on what a slender thread Our dearest hopes depend ! To-morrow may behold us dead ; This night our lives may end ! 5 Then let our thoughts be all engag'd, T' improve the present hour ; Until we quit this mortal stage, And fall to rise no more, 6 Till heav'n and earth shall pass away, The trumpet loudly sound ; The dead av.^ike to endless day, In realms of glory cro>ni'd. Appendix. 597 715. Common Metre. H. Ballou. The nerv creation, WHEN will the eyelids of that morn Open upon our sight ; When all creation shall be born, And beauty chase our night ? When will the Sun of Righteousness^ With healing in his wings, The numerous sons of Ada?n bless, With love's eternal springs ? The promis'd day will surely come ; Its beauties shall unfold What Jesus hath for mortals done, W^hile we with joy behold. A new creation then shall rise, By the Almighty's hand ; And though the old creation dies, The new shall always stand. 716. Short Metre. H. Ballou. The joys of Heaven anticipated, T^T'HO dare attempt to sing, * ' The joys of heaven to come. When Jesus our celestial king. Brings all his ransom'd home ? If from some distant shore One exile should be free ; 598 Appendix. To favour be receiv'd once more ; Millions would joyful be. 3 Who then can stretch a thought To half the joys above, When Adam's exil'd race is brought. And fiird with Jesus' love ? 4 No discord shall be found On that celestial shore ; Love shall withev'ry grace abound, And all shall God adore. 5 No diif 'rent creeds shall there Disturb immortal peace ; But union shall be all their care, And boundless be their bliss. 6 O give me wings to fly, To Zion that's above j Bright is the sun, serene the sky, " And all the air is love." 717. Long Metre. E. Winchester. Important questions. 1 TM/'HO will regret that Christ should have ^ * The souls for which he shed his bloodi Who can be sorry should he save. And reconcile all things to God ! 2 Say, can he be too much ador'd, Who tasted death for every man ? Are you unwilling that your Lord Should rescue all the souls he can ? Appendix. 599 3 Will you be angry when* you know That Jesus all the world shall gain ? Are you unwilling all should bow To Christ the Lamb of God, once slain ? 4 Are you afraid that Christ should be Too much ador'd by mortal men ; And that he should too fully see The fruit of all his toil and pain ? 5 If Christ be honour'd by each soul Whom he from sin and death doth save i If ever he shall save the whole, Will he, for this, less honour have ? 718. Proper Metre. H. Ballou. The Pilgrims. 1 Xm/'H Y all this speed, ye Pilgrims, say ? ^* Why travel ye that thorny way ? What comforts in it can you find ? Of riches, wealth, and honour fair. With us you might in plenty share. And fill with joy each longing mind. 2 Why will you waste your time for nought ? This world appears not worth your thought, A moment pause — turn round and see — Here nature's gardens, green and fair, With sweetest odours, fill the air, And pleasant fruits on time's fair tree. 600 Appendix. 3 We once sought happiness with you, Before the pilgrim's path we knew, In meekness, all the pilgrims say ; But now we love what you despise, And hold contempt'ous in your eyes ; The call of God, we must obey. 4 Therefore, farewell, all earthly things, To health and honour that have wings ; O, welcome life and endless joy ! Our path is plain, our fruits are sweet, Our comforts all in Jesus meet; Comforts complete, without alloy. 719. Common Metre. H Ballou. Heavenly union, 1 TM/'HY do not saints a union form ? ^ ^ In christian love agree ? And strive the gospel to adorn. With works of charity ? 2 O could the fire of love consume Those creeds that disunite ? And could the word of truth illume. And give us perfect light ! 3 Then should we all in union join, To war with lust and pride. In love and harmony combine. In him who for us died. Appendix. 601 4 I long to see that heav'nly day, When love shall more abound ; And saints together meet, to pray. And discord not be found. 720. Common Metre. Kneeland. Gaming' the victory over unbelief. 1 Tl/'HY should I doubt thy goodness, Lord, ^^ And cherish unbelief ? When nature's works all do accord To give my soul relief ? 2 Can I not read in nature's book The tokens of thy grace ? Where'er I turn my eyes to look, I see thy smiling face. 3 The seasons which the Lord ordains, To goodness were design'd ; The wind and snow, and show'rs of rain, Show that the Lord is kind. 4 And were these things all order'd so, For nought but temp'ral grace ? O when shall all their Saviour know, And see him face to face ? 5 Why should we harbour unbelief? Away ! ye doubts and fears ! Fly to the gospel for relief. For there the truth appears. 6 "Because I live, so live shall ye,*' (The dear Redeemer saith) ' 3E 602 Appendix, That he did live, he let them see ; This gave th' apostles faith. 721. Long Metre. H. Ballou. Important queries, 1 Tl|rILL they who love the Lord repine, ▼ ▼ To see his mercy brighter shme? To see the world by him restor'd, And ev'ry sinner love the Lord ? 2 Will those who love the cross complam, If Christ should ev'ry sinner gain? Repentance work in ev'ry heart, And his rich love to all impart ? 3 Should Judas humbly bow and cry, To him who did for sinners die ? Would saints with holy sorrow grieve, To see the Lord a pardon give ? 4 Professor, blush, and hide thy face ; Should'st thou repine at such rich grace ! Remember, thy poor soul hath been. By Christy redeemed from equal sm ! 722. Short Metre. Kneeland. Worthy is the Lamb, £5fc.— Rev. v. 12, 13. 1 XVrORTHY the Paschal Lamb! ^^ (For a memorial slain !) Appendix. 603 VVTio came to save rebellious man, And set him free from pain. 2 Riches and poiv^r be giv'n, Wisdom and honour too ; Blessing and strength^ preserv'd in heav'n. And glory ever new. 3 These seven notes of praise Shall on the Saviour roll; In heaven's joy-inspiring lays, From ev'ry living soul. 4 All creatures, high and low, Throughout this vast domain ; Shall strive the Saviour^s love to show, And to exalt his name. 723. Common Metre. S. Thompson. Invitation, 1 XTE favoured children of the Lord, A Ye lov'd, ye ransom'd race ; Come, listen to the cheering word Of our Immanuers grace. 2 O come ! attend the Saviour^s call, He freely life doth give ; His gracious voice, proclaim'd to all. Is, " Come, believe, and live." 3 But man, regardless of his words, From Jesus doth depart ; The joyful sound no life affords His unbelieving heart. 604 Appendix. 4 Hasten^ O God, that glorious day, In thine own plan designed, When thou wilt take the veil away From each benighted mind. 5 Then sinners shall, with grateful hearts. The Saviour^s name adore ; And carnal mind, with subtle arts, Shall tempt their souls no more. 724. Proper Metre. Cowherd's Collection. Divine worship. 1 XTE happy souls that pray ^ Where God appoints to hear, Your christian homage pay ; Behold, the Lord is near! In his abode Let all aspire, With warm desire, To worship God. 2 The Lord his people loves ; His hand no good withholds From those his heart approves, From pure and pious souls : His pow'r and grace Are still the same ; And 1^ his name Have constant praise. 3 Give thanks aloud to God, The great eternal King; Appendix, 60J And while his courts are trod, • In sweetest accents sing : Thy mercy, Lord. Does still endure ; And ever sure Abides thy word. 725. Common Metre. Kneeland. God's faithfulness and ^rwf/i.— Numb. xi. 19, Rom. xi. 29. 2 Cor. i. 20. 1 V^E humble souls, proclaim abroad -*- The honours of your King ; Show to the world a faithful God, His praises ever sing. 2 His ways are ever just and true, According to his will ; All that he ever thought to do Is his own purpose still. 3 He never will himself deny ; His grace he will afford : A God of trjith can never lie, Or break his sacred word. 4 Let rivers to their sources run^ Or streams forbear to flow ; Or planets fall into the sun, And to destruction go ; 5 Let sun and stars forget to rise. Or quit their blest abode ; Or comets fall from yonder skies, And leave their common road : 3E2 606 Appendix, 6 Yet truth eternally shall reign, In spite of all their pow'r ; Not all the art of skilful men Can make it less or more. 726. Common Metre. Birmingham Collection, The example of Christ, 1 XTE followers of the Prince of Peace, ^ Who round his table draw ! Remember what his spirit was, What his peculiar law. 2 The love which all his bosom fill'd, Did all his actions guide ; Inspir'd by love, he liv'd and taught ; Inspired by love, he died. 3 And do you love him ? do you feel Your warm affections move ? This is the proof which he demands, That you each other love. 727. Short Metre. Cowherd's Collection. varied. Regeneration, 1 XTE mourning souls believe, A When tempted, tried, distressed : Salvation you shall soon receive. And be for ever bless'd. 2 When in the garden tried. And on the cursed tree, Appendix, 60/ Then quick the Lord W9.s glorified, From pains of death set free. ; So, when our keenest pain. And sharpest conflicts come, Then let us sing, we soon shall reign, Our souls are just at home. Behold our sorrows end. We feel no cares annoy ; To worlds of peace our minds ascend, And taste of heav'nly joy. 728. Common Metre. Scotch Paraphrases. The invitation* — Isaiah Iv. [ " VE thirsty souls, approach the spring -*- Where living waters flow ; Free to that sacred fountain, all Without a price may go. > '' How long .to streams of false delight Will ye in crowds repair ? How long your strength and substance waste On trifles light as air ? 3 " My stores afford those rich supplies That health and pleasure give ; Incline your ear, and come to me; The soul that hears shall live. i " With you a covenant I will make, That ever shall endure ; The hope which gladden'd David's heart • My mercy hath made sure. 608 Appendix, 5 " Behold, he comes, your Leader comes, With might and honour crown'd ; A witnesss who shall spread my name To earth's remotest bound, 6 " See, nations hasten to his call From ev'ry distant shore ; Islands unknown shall bow to him. And Israel's God adore." 729. Common Metre. Mrs. Steele. The Gospel Feast, 1 VE wretched, hungry, starving poor, ^ Behold a royal feast ! Where mercy spreads her bounteous store For ev'ry humble guest. 2 See Jesus stands with open arms. He calls, he bids you come : Guilt holds you back, and fear alarms. But see, there yet is room ! 3 In Jesus'^ condescending heart Both love and pity meet ; Nor will he bid the soul depart. That trembles at his feet. 4 Come, then, and with his people taste The blessings of his love ; While hope attends the sweet repast Of nobler joys above. Appendix. 609 5 There, with united heart and voice, Before th' eternal throne, Ten thousand thousand souls rejoice, In ecstasies unknown. 6 And yet ten thousand thousand more Are welcome still to come ; Ye longing souls, the grace adore ; Approach, there yet is room. 730. Common Metre. Newton. True and false ZeaL i fJ^EAL is that pure and heavenly flame ^^ The fire of love supplies ; Whilst that which often bears the name, Is self but in disguise. 2 True zeal is merciful and mild, Can pity and forbear ; The false is headstrong, fierce, and wild, And breathes revenge and war. 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 Zeal has attain'd its highest aim, Its end is satisfied. If sinners love the Samour''s name., Nor seeks it aught beside. 610 Appendix. 5 But self, however well employ'd. Has its own ends in view ; And says, as boasting Jehu cried, " Come, see what I can do." 6 Self may its own reward obtain, And be applauded here ; But zeal the best applause will gain, When Jesus shall appear. 7 This idol self, O Lord, dethrone. And from our hearts remove ; And let no zeal by us be shown, But that which springs from love. 731. Common Metre. Richards, varied. Zeal of the Lord of Hosts, 1 fif E AL of the Lord of hosts ! thy zeal, ^^ Zealous to finish sin, Shall of transgressions make an end, And righteousness bring in. 2 Yes ! righteousness divine, complete, The righteousness of God, Which saves the guilty, trembling soul. Through faith in Jcsus^ blood. 3 And will that God, who gave his son. Refuse this faith to give ? Shall not the conqu'ror of the tomb Cause all the world to live ? INDEX OF SUBJECTS. N. B. The numbers refer to the Hymns. A. Absence from God lamented, 275. social worsliip, 586. Acquiescence. See Submission. Adversity^ praise in, 406. trust in, 410, consolation in, 166. God our portion in, 438. Affiictioiiy the use ot; 415, 557. the use of and support under, 413, 414, 558, support under implored, 567. [^568. support and deliverance in, 561. patience under, 416. trust under, 418, submission under, 417, 419, 420. hope in, 294, 411, 568. present, and future glory, 435. Afflicted, compassion to the, 500. Age, old, and preparation for death, 443. Aged, hymns for the, 582, 583, 584, 585. Anxie'y, worldly, reproved, 384. ^ Ascension of Christ, 249. Aspirations, devout, 296, 297. after the Christian temper, 300. See Prayer. B. Baptism, a hymn for, 491. Beauty unfading, 319. See Religion. BenevolencCy 366, 367. and prudence, 578. See Love. 612 Index of Subjects, Birth of Christ, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219. Book. See Scriptitre. C. Candoury o72. Chanty essential, 360. See Love. children, hymns f(M-, 503, 504. Choice, the wise, 313, 340, 341 Chnst, birth of, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219. the characters ot, 664. miss),.n of, 220, 221, 222, 223. crucifit d, the preaching of, 622. conniig and kingdom of, 224. 225, 609, 627, 651. the example of, 726 the sun of righteousness, 226, 227. the light of ihe world, 228. the siar ot Jacob, 229 light and salvation by, 230. salvation by, 231. the hving stone, 232. miracles of, 233. the love of, 494- example of, 234, 235, 236, 237, 497. submission of, to his Fatiiei 's will, 238. influence of his death, 240. death and resurrection of, 241. resurrection of, 242, 243, 244. 245,246, 247, 248. See LorcVs day. hope of heaven from, 479. ascension of, 249. kingdom of, 250, 253, 255, 627, 651. See Go*. pel, Jesus, and Savioio: new creation by, 264. his second coming, 265, 266, 267, 668. triumpliing over all his enemies, 638, 651. Christian temper, aspirations after it, 300. zeal and diligence, 308. character, 19,386, 666. charity essential to it, 360. virtues, ^75. racf 401, 402 403. wau hfiilness, 457, 458. prospect of the, 400. Index of Subjects, 613 Christiaiii hope of the, 475. inheritance of the, 477, 478. farewell, 544. Church the, our delight and safety, 8. the garden of God, 9. See Worship. future peace and glory of, 256, 258. grounded in the truth, 636. Communion with God, 287. of saints, 487, 488. Communing with our own hearts, 383, 553, 554, 600, 602. Co7npassio7i, 500, 501, 502. of God. See Mmi. Condescension of God, 102, 103, 104, 15S. Confidence in God. See Trust. Conscienccy tenderness of, 315. a good, 329. a good and evil, 330. Consolation from God in adversity, 166. on the death of friends, 522. divine, prayer for, 569. Co?itentment, 385, Convention^ the General, for the opening of, 615. at the close of; 629, 673. Country y the virtuous love of, 369. Creation of the world, 66. voice of, 68, 69. 70, 464. devout contemplation oti 72. rejoicing in, 89. wisdom of God in, 90. the mutability of, 442, See Man. new, by Jesus Christ, 264, 715 Creator, praise to the, 71. Creatures vain, and God all-sufficient, 163, 426. Cross and crown, 404. of Christ, not ashamed of it, 496. • D. Veathy preparation for, 443. warnings of, 448. reflections on, 449, 451, 452. 513. life, and the resurrection, 460. 461. victory over, 465, 466. See Christ and Saviour, and judgment, 469. 3 F 614 Index of Subjects. Death of kindred improved, 514. of a parent, 515. of a voung person, 516. of a child, 517. of children, comfort for parents, 518. of friends, 519, 520. and funeral «jf a Christian, 521. of a minister, 523. prospect of, 570, 571. comfort in sickne ss and, 572. support in, 373. Deliverance^ national, 532, ^o5. and support in affliction, 561. public thanks for private, 562, 563. of the creature from the bondage of cor- ruption, 698. Desires, virtuous, 301. 302, See Prayer. Despair no virtue, 565. Devotiouy vain without virtue, 14. pleasures of, 284. and homage, 17. daily, 286. daily and nightly, 22. habitual, 285. secret, 552 Devotion, in sickness, 555. See Communion, Gratitude, and Jforship. Dilis-ence, the near approach of salvation a motive to, 456. Dominion, of God, See God. Doxolog-y, 700. E. Earthly enjoyments, leaving f)f, 608, 610. % the vanity of, 643. Envy deprecated, o7ii- Eternity of God, 106. l07, 108, 109, 441. Evening, hvnuv- to., 599, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606 670. Example of Christ, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 497- F. Faith in the invisible God, 343. Index of Subjects, 615 >'mf/i of things unseen, 621. God's name the encourajrement of, 344. in the promises of God, 348. walking by, 397. power of, 398. desired, 399 without works is dead, 666. Family religion, 545, 546, 547. Farewell, the christian, 544. Fathers, reflections on the state of our, 449. See Death. Fear, holy, 315 Fire, on occasion of, 524. Forgiveness. See Pardon. Forekno-wleclge and Providence of God, 132. Fortitude, christian, 389. professed, 390, .391. integrity, and hope, 387. See Warfare. Friendship, pious, ■>49 Funeral Uymns, 512 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 645, 702, 713, 714. G. Gentiles thankful for the gospel, 2, 43. pleasures renouncing of. 610. joys, left for heavenly, 656. Gentiles, kingdom of Christ among them, 255. See Christ, Gospd, and Kingdom. Glory of God, 100, 101. See Church, Jesus. future, 435. Glorying in God alone, 351. God, his mercy seat surrounded, 15. his blessing implored, 20- exalted above ail praise, 34. the proper object of praise, 35. the universal sovereign, 36. the true exlolled, 37, 3S, 289. the God and Father of Christ praised, 39. the Creator, 66. 67, 68. 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 687, 696,- 697, 711 all things made for, 88. rejoicing in his works, 89. his wisdom in his works, 90. incomprehensible, 91, 92, 93. 616 Index of Subjects. God, invisible, 94. is love, 710 the unknown, 95. the one, 96, 100. power and mai'esty of, 97, 98, 99. glory of, lOO/lOl, 632, 688. - condescension of, 102, 103, 104. majesty of, 105. eternity of, 47, 106. eternal and unchangeable, 107, 108, 109, 442. omniscience and om ipresence of, 110, 111, 112 knows the ways of the righteous, 113. holiness of, 114. goodness of, 115, 116, 117, 118, 694, 697. goodness an- mercy of, 121, 122, 123. the intellectual light, 124. the everlasting light of good men, 486. mercy and truth of, 46, 125. faithfulness of, 126, 725. all nature speaks the existence of, 696. the love of in crefition, 630. the love of, 641, 704. perfections of, proclaimed, 127, 128. perfections and providence of, 74, 75, 129. being, omnipresence, and providence of, 130. the revelation of, 671 nature, providence, and grace of, 131. foreknowledge and providence of, 132, 657. confidence in the providence of, 642, 646, 694. universal dominion of, 48, 133. eternal dominion of, 134, 135, 136, 137. no respecter of persons, 138, 708. equity of his dispensations, 139, our constant benefactor, 170. the author of our comforts, deliverances, and hopes, our preserver, benefactor, and saviour, 172. support and counsel from, 289. our portion, 290 inadversitv, 438. safety in, 291, 331. all in all, 648, 707. assurance of his favour desired, 295. the life and light of the soul, 436, 437. Index of Subjects. 617 God, the supreme and righteous judge, 468, 470, 471. See Absence, Afflicted, Affiiction, Communion, Con- solation. Creatures, Faith, Glorying, Goodness, Gratitude, Happiness, Heart, Hope, Kingdom^ Knowledge, Life, Love, Jilan, JMercy^ JWorning, JVeiv Yearns Day, Peace, Praise, Protection, Pro- vidence, Returning, Righteous, Rod, Shepherd, Sincerity, Submission, Trust. Goodness o^ God, 115, 116, 117, 118, 181. peculiar to his people, 119. encouragement from experience of the, 167. and shortness of life, 440. Good, all things work together for, 612, 646. Gospel, praise for the, 209. provisions of tlie, 689, 690, 691, 704, 729. blessings of vhe, 212, 213, 214, 252, 257. love of God in the, 259. prayer for its spread, 2j3, 254. revelation of the, 649, 692. success of tlie, 25!. invitations, 260, 261, 262, 263, 715. conversation becoming the, 386. See Christ, Kingdom, and Salvation. Government of God. See God. self, 380. Grace, redeeming, 675. Gratitude, reasons for, 168, 174, 175, \76, 367. professed, 357, 358. Gratitude and devotion, 563. See Praise, and Thanksg-iving, Grave, peace of the, 452. Guidance, heavenly implored, 307. H. Happiness, seated in the mind, 322. religion the way to, 323. not complete on earth, 424, 425. in God alone, 288, 290, 433. of heaven, 480, 481. See God, Peace, Religion, Virtue, World. Health, sickness, and recovery, 55Gi. See Gratitude. Harvest and seed time, 86. 3F3 618 Index of Subjects. Harvest^ hymn for, 87. the joyful, 439. Heart, sacrifice of the, 23. laid open before God, 312. Heaven^ the reward of virtuous exertions, 336. the liope of, 434, 484. joys of, 716. aspiring to, 476, 485, 628, 656, 679. prospect of, 482. 483, 486. the happiness of, 480, 481, 649, 656,680, 716, the congregation of, 487, 488. See Christ, Zion. ffolhiess of God, 114 Hope in contemplaiing the divine perfections, 293. in God, 412 fortitude, and integrity, 387. in affliction, 411, 522. of forgiveness, 281, 574, of a resurrection, 462, 463, 475. of heaven, 434,479. See ^1/ercy, andPrt/Y/o;j. Humility, 381, 614, 631. and retirement, 382. Hifpocnsif and sincerity, 13, 92. detected and exposed, 472. I. Immortality. See Heaven. Impartiality of God, 138, 139. Incojistancy in refigion lamented, 269. Independence, h}mns for, 658, 677, 706. Influence, divine, 306. Innocence, God the protector of, 160. Instruction desii ed, 304, 305. See Knoioledge. Integrity, fortitude, and liope, 387. Intercession for the thoughtless, 374. Intolerance deprecated, 371. Invitations, 260, 261, 262, 263, 715, 723, 728. J. Jacob, the prayer of, 299. I he stai of, 229. Jerusalem, the heavrniy, 662. Jesus, ihe glory of ihe man, 239. Joy, heavenly on earth, 623, 625, 678, 679, 680. Index of Subjects, 619 Joy in the works of God, 89135. See Siii^lii g. Judge. See Go/l. Jwlgmenty the future, 142, 469, 470. the divine deprecated, 527. See Christ, and God. private, the rigiit and duty of, 204. Justice and equity, 368. K. Kingdom and coming of Christ, 224, 225. of Christ, successful, 250, 253, 255. of God to be first sought, 341. See Church, Gospel, and Beligion. Knoivledge, desiie of, 303. of God, value of the, 317. See Instruction. L. lAberty, the perfect law of, 198. Life, liuman, the voyage of, 337. the pilgrimage of, 393. praise to God, through the changes of, 405. and death, praise to God in, 407, 408. trust in God through trie changes of, 409. shortness of, and goodness of God, 440. old age, and preparation for death, 443. vanity of, 444, 445, 446. in the hand of God, 450. frailly of, and unchangeableness of truth, 459. death, and the resurrection, 460. reviewed, l73, 564. Life, prayer for, 587. See Gratitude, Praise, Thanksgiv- ing, and Time. Light, God the inteilectual, 124. and truth seeking for, 681. and deliverance, 187. and comfort from scripture, 199. of the gospel, 2l4. See Christ. the true, 619 Lord's Day Monu7ig, 616. Lord^s Day, Uy mns foi- the, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 616. employnienis of the, 33. See Christ, and Jiesurrectio7i. 620 Index of Subjects, Lord's Prayer imitated, 298. Lord's Supper, 33, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498 499 Love of God, better than lift, 16. ' instances of it, 178. in the gospel, 259, 705. God is love, 566. to God, 356. to God and man, 359. of Christ, and to him, 494, tiie law of, 361, 362. to all mankind, 363, 364, 365. of our country, 369. maketh truly blessed, 644, See Benevolence, and ChaHtv. M. Majesty of God, 101, 102, 105. Ma7i, formed for devotion, 55. God the creator of, 67. distinguishing goodness of God to, 149, 150. compassion of God to, 270, 296, 447. his frailty acknowledged, 268. mortal, and God eternal, 441. not designed for complete happiness on earth, 424 See God, Happiness, Life, Love, and Praise. Mariners, hymns fur, 589, 590. Masonic hymns, 630, 660. Master of a family, hymns for, 575, 576. See Fajnih ,,. ligion. ^ Meditation See Communing. Meekness, 379, 638. See Prudence. Melancholy. See Hope, and Love. Mercy and goodness of God, 12^, 123. of God to the penitent, 278. Mercy of God, refuge and strength in the, 292. See Affliction, God, and Hope. Messiah. See Christ. Methuselah, age oi', 508. Ministers of the New Testament, 618. Miracles. See Christ. Mission of Christ, 220, 221, 222, 223. Morning or evening, hymns for, 592,' 593, 594, 595 hymns for the, 596, 597, 598, 620. Index of Subjects. 621 Mortality. See JDeathy Funeral, Lifcy and Man, N. J^ame of God proclaimed to Moses, 121. See God. ^rations, hymns respecting, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 5o^, 537, 538. JVature and Scriprure, the book of, 188, 189, 190, 661, 711 See Creation. J\Vw Year's Day, hymns for, 77^ 78, 503, 506, 507, 508, 509,510,511,611. O. Obediencey christian, 19, 498. voluntary, 320. Old Jlge. See Aged. Omnipresence of God, 110, 112. Omniscience of God, 111, 112, 113. being, and providence of God, 130. Orphaji the, a hymn for, 591. P. Pardon, hope of, 279, 280. hope of relief from the, 281. upon confession, 283. See Mercy. Paschal Lamb, 722. Patience, 416. See Resignation, and Submission , Peace, domestic, 548. of the church, 256. proclaimed, and the fruit of the lips created, 396. and protection from God, 528, 529, 5Zo. to the returning penitent, 279. virtue the source of, 324. See Conscience, Happi- ness, JVations, and Thanksgiving. Pearl of great price, 196, 318. Penitence, 271, 272, 280. Penitent, condescension of God to the, 103, mercy to the, 278, 283. peace to the, 279. hope to the, 281. Perfections and providence of God, 74, 75, 129. of Gud, hope in the, 293. See God. Persecution inconsistent with the spirit of Christianity, 371. See Gospel. 622 Index of Subjects* Pietyy habitual, 550. the duties of, 342, and beneficence, the blessings of, 501, 502. instructions of, 578. See Religion. Pilgrims, the progress of, 718. Pleasure, true, 430. See Religion^ World, and WorsJup- Power of God, 97, 98, 99. Praise, public, 21, 44, 45, 613, 652. to the true God, 35, 36, o7, 38, 700. desiring to praise God, 64. the harmony of, 76. to the God of nature, 54, 71. to the God of the seasons, 81, 82. to God as tlie first and the last, 47. to the most higli God, 48, 613, 652. to the God and Falher of Christ, 39. \mi versa!, 49, 53. 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 655. from all nations, 46 from all the rigliteous, 51, 52. everlasting, 65. the peculiar duly of man, 55, 63. and protection, 50. for temporal blessings, 169. for recovery from sickness, 562. to the divine goodness, 181. for the gospel, 209, to the God of ous salvation, 210, 700. for salvation, 186. through all the changes of life, 405, 406. in life and death, 407- through the whole of our existence, 408. See God, and Thanksgiving. Prcn/er, the house oi, 2. the Lord's, imitated, 298, 685. of Jacob, 299. for the spread of the gospel, 254, 499. for freedom from error and guilt, 273. for virtue, 301, 302. for assurance of God's favour, 295. for knowledge, 303 for instruction, 304, 305. for guidance, 307. for aid and support, 306, 308. Index of Subjects. 623 Praijer, for aid and support in old age and death, 584. wUli submission, 631. with devotion, 634. for the whole world, 650. for Annerica, 658. for assistance inw-orship, 635, 659, 663. LorcVs, paraphrased, 685. Sf. Aspirations. Presence of God, assurance of, 162- See God. Prosljerity and adversity, praise to God in, 406. and adversity, ti'ust in God in, 410. and joy from the blessing of God, 551. Protectionism God, 151, 152. from God implored, 282, 316. See God. Providence of God in the seasons, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87. natural and moral, 143, 534. universal, 144, 145, 146, 147. the blessings of, 173, 642, 646, 654, 693, 695. bounty of improved, 148. and foreknowledge of God, 132. mystery and benignity of, 140. mystery of unfolded, 141, 142. amidst public diseases and dangers, 157,158. vicissitudes of, 164. consolatory views of, 165. dependence on, 353, 585. submisssion to, 421. and redemption, 177, 179, 180, 182, 183, 184, See Gratitude, Praise, and Seasons. Prudence and benevolence, 378. Q. Questions, important, 717, 721. R. Pace, the christian, 401, 402, 403. Pansomed, the return of, 689. Reason, a divine gift, 203. to be used in religion, 204. Rcdejuption, 675. Reformation, 639, 640, 684. Rejoicing. See Joy. 624 Index of Subjects, Religion without superstition, 205. the way to happiness, 233. comforts of, 327. Religion^ pleasures of, 325, 326. beauty and glory of, 328- the one thing needful, 339. family, 545,^546, 547 early, advantages of, 579, 580, 581. inconstancy in, lamented, 269. the christian, excellence of, 208, 211. See Beauty^ and Piety. Repentance. See Penitence. Resignatio7iy 422,423,703. Sqq Submission, scnii Trust. Resolutions, virtuous, 309, 3lO. Rest, the day of, 647. for the people of God, 689. Resurrection, death and the, 460, 461. hope of the, 462, 463, 727. the vegetable creation an emblem of the, 464. a happy, 467. and death of Jesus, 241. of Jesus, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248. See Lord's Day. Retirement and humility, 382, and meditation, 553, 554. Returjiing to God, 276. desire of, 282, 316. Revelation, See Scripture. Reverence. See Devotion, God, and Worship. Ri£;hteous, their virays known to G'»d, 113. peculiar goodness of God to them, 119. their prayers heard by God, 120, 160 their safety, 157,158, 159, 160, 163,331, 337. all things work for good to them, 161. and wicked, difference between them, 331, 332, 333. character of the, 334. excellency of the, 377. excellency and happiness of the, 335, S37, 4.32. excellency and reward of the, 336, 338. God their salvation, 426. Index of Subjects, 625 Highteoiis, God llielr everlasting light, 486. their communion in heaven, 487,488. Roily hearing the voice of God's, 277. S. Sabbath. See LorcVs Bay. ^Sacrifice, the living, 314. of the heart, 23. See Devotio7i, Sinceriii/, Sind WorsJiip. Safety in God, 157, 158, 159, 291. See Gocl, and Protec- tion. Saint, the dying, 667. Salvatiouy praise for, 186. praise to the God of, 210. the christian scheme of, 211. the near approach of a motive to diligence, 456. See Chnst, and Righteous. Saviour, a crucified, 240. See Christ. Scripture and nature, the book of. 188, 189, 190. the excellency of, 191, 192, 193, 194, 205. instruction to the young from, 197, 200. consolation from, 195, 196. light and comfort from, 199. light and glory of the world, 201. the perfect law of liberty, 198. delight in, 202. Seasons, fruitful, acknowledged, 78. See Providence. Seed-time and harvest, 86. the weeping, 439. Self-examination. See Heart, and Sincerity. Service, close of the, 539, 540, 541, .542, 543. Shepherd, the heavenly, 153, 154, 155, 156. Sickness, devotion in, 555. health, and recovery, 556. recovery from, 559, 560, 562. and death, prospect oti 570' See God, and Life. Sin confessed, 271, 272- freedom from implored, 273, 280- the effects of, 709. personified, 686. See Chnstian temper, and Virtue. •SVncenVy and hypocrisy, 13. 3G 626 Index of Subjects, Sincerity, devout profession of, 311. ^ ^ repentance, and obedience professed, ol3. Singing in the ways of God, 395, 623, 625. See Jotj. Simiers. See Wicked. Spring-, 83, 84. Submission, filial, 353, 354. 355, 417, 419, 420, 421. of Christ, 237, 238, 239. See Affliction. Sufferings. See Ji§liction. Snn of righteousness, 226, 227, 617, 619. Superstition abjured, 205. T. Temple, spiritual, 660. Temptations of the world, 429. See Warfare. Thanks oivin^- for fruitful seasons, &c. 78, 505, 633, 655, " 676. public for private deliverances, 562, 563. for national deliverance, 535. for peace, 536, 537, 538. See Gratitude, and Praise. Thnnder-storm, on occasion of a, 98, 525. Time, the wisdom of redeeming- ii, 453. lapse of it improved, 454, 455. reflections on the waste of it, 511. See Death, and Life. Traveller, a hymn for the, 588. Trust in God, 345. 350, 582, 585. in Gi'd, happiness from, 123. in God our Father, 352. in the divine power and M^isdom, 346. in the divine goodness, 547. in the pronriises of God, 348. in God under the trials of virtue, 349. in God through the changes of life, 409. in God in prosperity and adversity, 410. in God in affliction, 418. See Affliction, Faith, God, and Providence. T?-«//j of God, 126. of God unchangeable, and life frail, 459. and mercy of God, 125. Index of Subjects. "627 u. Unity, Christian, 373, 672, 719. See Friendship, God, and Peace. Unbelief, victory over, 720. V. Vanity of earthly desires, 427. (^r human life, 444, 445, 446. See Creatures. Virtue desired, 301, 302. the source of peace, 324. proffressive, 321. exemplary, 388. See Beauty, Happiness, Jich- gion, and Resolutions. Virtues, personal, 376. Christian, 375. W. War, the iniquity of, 530. prayer in time of, 531. rra?/are,'the Christian, 392. , . . ,o- tiie spiritual, assistance and victory in, 18j. See Fortitude. Watchfulness, 457, 458. Way, the bright and shininjr, 712. Wicked, prosperity of the, 141. ^^ and righteous, difference between them, ool, there is no peace to the, 669. Wisdom of God in his works, 90. See God, Instruction, Kno'wledge, and Religion. Works of God. See Creation. World, creation of tiie, 66. its temptations, 429. its transitory nature, 473. its enjoyments uncertain, 431. its pleasures dan.e^erous, 428. its desires vain, 427. its joys surrendered, 310. its treasures surrendered, 318. its end, 474- Worship, public, privilege of, 1, S. 628 , Index of Subjects, TForship, public, delight in, 3, 663. delight in, and advantage of, 4. attendance on, 5, 6, 7. opening a new place of, 489, 490, 607, 663, 682. absence from, lamented, 586. acceptable, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23. humble, 18,42, 626. Christian, 19, 699, 701, 724. reverential, 40, 41, 42, 43. for God's assistance in, 635, 659, 663, 682, 683' for the close of, 653, 674. See Church, God, and Praise. Yeary crowned with goodness, 77, 85. See JSTeiv Yearns day. Yotmg-, instructions to them from scripture, 197. from past dispensations of Providence, 577. hymns for them, 578, 579, 580, 581, 624. Z. Zeal and diligence desired, 308. the want of, lamented, 274. tempered by charity, 370. true and false, 730. of the Lord of hosts, 731, Zi'on, ancient, 1. inquiring the way to, 5. the high- way to,'o94. TABLE OF SCRIPTURES REFERRED TO IN THE HYMNS. Hymns tvhich have this mark * prefixed to them, are founded on tivo or more passages of Scriptxire. "" Hjnnn Hynin Gen. i. 66 Ps. - 8. *599 V.27. 508 viii. 149 xviii. 19. 545 — 150 xxviii. 20—22. 299 ix. 7—10. 345 Exod. xxxviii. 6 — 8. 121 — 10. 344 Nam. xii. 19. *725 X. 160 Deut. viii. 2. *599 XV. 334 Josh. X. 12. 507 xvi. 4—8. 289 xxiv. 15. *388 — 7—11. 462 1 Sam. vii. 12. 509 — 8—10. 463 XXX. 6. 293 xvii. 14, 15. 475 Job i. 21. 421 xix. 70 iii. 17—19. 452 188 V.6. 161 189 vii. 8. 450 190 xvi. 22, 451 — 206 xix. 25— 2r. 465 — 207 xxvi. 93 — 1—5. 688 Ps. i. 332 -5,6. 617 333 — 5-8. *597 ii. *250 — 12—14. 273 — 8. 650 xxiii. 153 iii 5. •599 — 154 iv. 4. 383 155 - 3, 4, 5. 602 — 4. 573 - 3, 4, 5, 8. 600 *162 G2 630 Table of Scriptures Hymn Hymn. Vs. xxiv. 7 , 8cc. 249 Ps. Ivii. 64 XXV. 9, &c. 301 Ix. •531 xxvii. 1—6. 8 Ixi. 1—6. 291 — 7— 11. 591 Ixiii. 1-6. 16 xxix. 98 Ixv. 82 99 83- XXX. 556 — 85 XXXJ. 172 — 86 — 19. 119 — 11. 77 xxxii. 283 Ixvi. 7. 137 xxxiii. 89 Ixvli. 526 — 12, &c. 163 Ixviii. 169 - 13, &c. 138 Ixxi. 5—9. 582 XXXIV. 167 — 5—9, and 19. 583 — 8,9. llfS Ixxii. 253 — 11- -14, and 18. 578 — 254 xxxvi. 5-9. 129 — 651 — 5, 7, and 10. 159 — 255 xxxvii 5, 6, & 11. *347 Ixxiii. 141 - 23, 113 - 23—28. 290 24, 29, 37. 338 — 24 and 25. *597 xxxvii . 9. *347 . — 2.5. 288 XXXIX. 4-7. 444 — 25, 26. 432 — 9, 10, 12, 13. 55o Ixxiv. n43 — 12. 13. 587 Ixxvi. n43 xU. 1- -3. 500 Ixxviii. 577 xlii. 1- -5. 586 Ixxxiv. 3 — 6- -8. 568 — 4 xliii. 3 —5. 284 Ixxxv. 7—12. 532 xlvi. 158 — 9—11. 231 528 - 9-12. 220 — 529 lxxx^ .. 8—12. 38 — *5^1 Ixwvii. 5, 489 533 Ixxxix. 126 xlvii. 43,49 - 15—18. 212 xlix. 461 — 47 &c. 460 1. 470 xc 1—6. 441 471 — 9 511 _ 472 ~ 9—12. 443 li. 271 — 13, &c. 569 272 — 17. 551 Iv. 286 xci. 157 referred to in the Hymns, 631 Hymn Hymn , xcil. 28 Ps. cxvi. 8, 9. 171 — 12, &c. 9 — 12, &c. 563 xciii. 136 cxvii. 46 xciv. 19. 327 cxviii. 18, 19. 562 xcv. 40 — 22—27. 242 — 41 — 24^26. 29 xcvi. 36 — 24—27. 30 — o7 cxix. 193 — 49 — 202 — 223 — 205 — 10—13. 468 302 xcvii. 335 — 303 xcviii. 209 — 304 — 224 — 308 xclx. 114 — 309 c. 44 — 313 __ 45 — 315 ci. 57S — 557 — 576 — 558 cii. 107 — 9. 197 __ 108 — — 374 109 -- 96. 192 — 25—28. 442 194 ciii. 1—6. 181 — 111. 195 — 1—7. 179 — 165. 324 , 180 - 176. 282 — 14. 447 316 — 19, &c. 133 cxxi. 151 civ. 101 — 152 69 cxxii. 6 _^ 87 7 144 cxxvi. 4—6. 412 cvH. 23, &c. 589 - 5,6. 439 _ 590 cxxx. 574 — 31. 117 cxxxi. 300 cix. 1—5. 235 cxxxii. 1 ex. 251 cxxxiii. 548 cxi. 90 — 549 cxii. 501 cxxxiv. 22 502 cxxxv. 35 cxiii. 102 cxxxvi. 74 cxvi. 559 — 75 632 Table of Scriptures * HjTTin Hjtnn Ps. cxxxvi. 182 Isa. XXV. 691 __ 183 704 — 1. S^S xxvii. 8. 413 cxxxviii. 5. 395 xxxii. 1 — 4. 609 cxxxix. 110 XXXV. 1, 2. *257 111 — 9. *707 112 — 10. *689 14 16. 67 — 8—10. 394 — 14, 17, 18. 601 xl. 4 230 — 17, 18. 173 — 6—8. 459 176 — 11. *503 — 19—24. 311 — 15—17. 105 — 23—24. *1.'J — 28. 346 cxliii. 8. *599 — 28—31. 401 cxiiv. 1, 2. 185 — 30,31. 321 cxlv. 127 xli. 10 *162 __ 128 — 18—19. *257 -- 7, &c. 122 xlii. 1. 228 — 10-13,15,16,21.147 xlv. 7. *593 — 14—17. 120 xlviii. 22. 669 cxlvi. 123 Iii. 7. 1,5 — 2. 408 — 7—10. *2l3 cxlvii. 79 liv. 7, 8. 414 — 80 — 13. 2U0 81 Iv. l,&c. 262, 7^8 ___ 131 — 4. 225 cxlviii. 56 — 10—12. 252 57 — 13. *257 — 58 lvi= 4, 5. 518 — 59 — 6,7. 2 60 Ivii. 15. lo3 — 61 — 19. 396 655 Ix. 1. 2,}8 cxlix. 52 — 15—20. 256 cl. 21 486 Prov. iii. 13--17. 581 Jer. iii. 23. 426 xii. 26. 377 ix. 23, 24. 351 xxiil. 17. 550 xiii. 16. 455 Ecclesi. xii. 1. 580 xxviii. 16, 506 Isa. xi. 6—9. •257 1.5. 5 xi. 7. *707 Lam. iii. 23. *593 XXV. 6, 7, 8. ^ 690 Ezek. XX. 37. 420 referred to in the Hymns, 63; Hymn Ezek. xxxvi. 37. 156 Luke xxiv. 6. Dan. xii; 3. 336 John i. 9. Hos- ii.-&,7. 276 iv. 24. vi. 3. 317 — 32. — 4. 269 vii. S7, Amos iv. 11. 524 xii. 32. Mic. vi. 6—8. 11 Acts iv. 24, &c. — 9. 277 viii. 21—24. Hab. ill. 17, 18. 438 X. 15. Zech. i. 5. 449 sx. 24. Mai. i. 12. 494 xxvi. 22. iv.2. 226 Rom . viii 15. — ,. — 227 — 21. Matt. iii. 1, &c. 221 — 28. V. 3. 477 xi. 29. — 16. 388 xii. 1. — 17, 18. *689 xiii. 11. — 45. 148 1 Cor. i. 23. vi. 6. 552 iii. 21—23. — 9—13. 298 vii. 31. — 33. 341 X. 16, 17. — 34. 384 xi. 23—25. vii. 12. 368 xiii 1 — 3. xi. 28—30. 260 XV. 57. 261 2 Cor. i. 20. xiii. 16, 17. *213 iii. 6. — 46 318 iv 6. xviii. 20. 626 — 17. xxi. 37-39. 359 V. 4. xxvi. 42. 238 — 7. Mark x. 13—16. •503 xiii. 11. xiii. 37- 458 Gal. iii. 28. Luke i. 50. 54, 55. 219 Eph. ii. 20. — 74, 75. 525 V. 15, 16. ii. 10—14. 215 Phili p. ii. 10. iv. 18, 19. 222 — 12—14. X. 30—37. 361 Col. .20. — 42. 339 1 Tim. ii 4, 6. 340 Tit. i. 10—13. xii, 35—38. 457 Heb. ii. 10. xiii. 29. 488 iv. 9. xiv. 16. 496 1 ix. 27. 634 Table of Scriptures^ ^c. Hymn HjiTin Heb. xi. 1. 621 1 Pet. il. 4, 5. 232 — 27. 343 V. 10, 11. 435 xii. 1. *403 2 Pet. iii. 11, 12. 265 — 7. 419 Jude 24, 25. 186 — 9. 420 1 John iii. 1. 705 — 18—24. 487 — 2. 668 James i. 4. 416 iv. 16. 710 — 25: 198 Rev. xxi, 3, 4. *707 1 Pet. i. 3—5. 479