'«««» hsflr2ii) i FROM THE LIBRARY OF REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON, D. D. BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO THE LIBRARY OF PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Section /c^Sfo Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/sonsacOOryla '^Co Ijr HYMNS AND V ON SACRED SUBJECTS, BY THE LATE REV. JOHN RYLAND, D.D., Of Bristol, THE GREATER PART OF WHICH ARE NOW PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM THE ORIGINALS. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. Hontron: DANIEL SEDGWICK, 81, SUN STREET, BISHOPSGATE ; HAMILTON. ADAMS, & CO., Paternoster Row. MDCCCLXII. LONDON ! BOWDEN AND BRAWN, PRINTERS, 13, PRINCES STREET, HOLBORN, W.C BIOGEAPHICAL SKETCH. Rtland is a name which has been celebrated in the Baptist denomination for more than a hundred years. The Rev. John Collett Ryland, the father of the late Dr. Ryland was first settled as pastor of the church at War- wick, where he was ordained, July, 26, 1750. He removed thence to Northampton, in 1759, and continued to labour there till 1786. As a preacher, an author, and a scholar, he is entitled to eminence in Nonconformist Biography. John Eyland, his son, was born January 29th, 1753, some years before the removal of the family ; and received his early training from his parents, then residing in the rectory-house, at Warwick. He acquired much scriptural knowledge from his pious mother, who, for the purpose of teaching him, availed herself of the then well-known Dutch pictorial tiles. With his father, the Hebrew lan- guage had become a ruling passion ; he not only considered it the original tongue, but expected it to be the language of heaven, and is said sometimes to have urged the study of it, with a view to greater proficiency for the celestial harmony. Having accordingly furnished his son John with the elements of Hebrew, while yet a mere child, he was not a little elated at his early proficiency ; so that when only five years of age, he read and translated Psalm xxiii. to the celebrated Mr. Hervey ! His father also re- corded, respecting his son's subsequent progress in Greek, " Finished reading and translating the whole Greek Tes- tament, December 12th, Saturday, 1761. The whole done in eight months and twelve days. Aged eight years ten months. , ' The feelings of this docile child were so tender, that instead of repeating the answers of Dr. Watts's catechism, which assert the final misery of the wicked, he was wont to burst into tears. How truly in this respect the child was father to the man, was manifest throughout his minis- try, when the same thoughts, often opening the fountains of grief, choked the utterance of the preacher. An irasci- ble temper may seem at variance with so much compas- sion for souls, yet was he frequently distressed on account of it, in those early days, saying that he " wanted to be like Christ." After this blessed attainment, he was ena- bled successfully to struggle, and to copy from the life of iv Biogra2>hical Sketch his Divine Lord the meek and lowly virtues with which he was adorned. " That disciple whom Jesus loved" was the New Testament type of Byland — and to him were ap- plicable the words spoken to the Old Testament seer, " O man greatly beloved," as is so exquisitely shown in the eloquent eulogy of Mr. Hall, in his "Funeral Sermon." In a short autobiographical sketch, Dr. Eyland records that, what he himself considered to be the great and sav- ing change in his own spiritual life, took place in his four- teenth year — and he marks with special minuteness and accuracy both the date and circumstances of his conver- sion. In companionship with a few youths in his father's school, he was enabled to decide on seeking pardon and eternal life by faith in Jesus Christ. Speaking of evange- lical truth, he says, "I now began to feel more deeply affected by it than I had ever been before, and endeavoured to apply for mercy by earnest prayer." His baptism took place in 1767, and from that time he entertained thoughts of devoting himself to the Christian ministry. For many years, however, as he advanced in learning, he was engaged in teaching, and afforded very effective aid in his father's seminary. In those days a more formal trial of the gifts of candi- dates for ministerial work was customary than in the pre- sent age, and young Eyland, though the pastor's son, was not excused from the ordeal. Indeed, such was the native modesty of the youth, that it may be doubted whether he could have proceeded satisfactorily in his work, without receiving the sanction of the church after frequent exer- cises before them. With this approval, the talented son was soon, and as naturally, associated with his father in the ministry of the word, as he had been in the duties of the school, and finally, in 1781 5 he was ordained as co- pastor of the church. After a few years of associated labour, Mr. Eyland was left sole pastor of the church by the removal of his father to the neighbourhood of London in 1786. The period im- mediately ensuing upon this change was probably the most momentous in his personal history. His mind being greatly enriched and enlightened by deep study and exten- sive reading, with a matured judgment and settled convictions, it was time for such a man to be freed at once from scholastic employments and paternal interference. Eecognised in his own church and in neighbouring com- munities as "a burning and a shining light," he now ex- tended his labours far and wide, preaching the gospel in numerous villages and country places. He also evinced Biogrcqyhical Sketch. v the qualifications of a champion in contending earnestly for the faith, and prepared various small tracts on personal religion. The endowments of his mind were doubtless of the use- ful rather than the splendid order. His strong sense and indomitable industry rendered his acquirements such as would tell powerfully on the important duties to which he was to be called. Though by no means a stranger to such elegant sciences as botany, entomology, &c, his studies were always directed to what proved ultimately the main requirements of his office. No man could better appre- ciate or more enjoy the loftiest speculations of genius, and with the truest relish he felt the charm of genuine elo- quence ; but it was the deep conviction of his early man- hood, and a conviction strengthened by the close observation of maturing years, that the great work of the world's regeneration was, in the main, to be accomplished by men of earnest purpose, even if gifted with only a plod- ding and laborious perseverance, rather than a dazzling brilliancy of parts. Hence there was an extraordinary providential adaptation in the Northampton pastor for companionship and co-operation with such men as Carey, Fuller, and Sutcliffe, with whom he so fully sympathized. He was prepared also to act in most cordial concert, and when recording the casual meeting of these three in his own study, where the project of a mission to the heathen was first discussed, the utmost congeniality was evidently experienced — the holy unsophisticated simplicity of Carey, the solemn earnestness of Fuller's massive mind, and the sagacity of the gentle and devout Sutcliffe, alike captivated the heart of their common friend. Carey had already pre- pared his first publication, and, though it was not then avowed, shortly afterwards it was printed. At a subse- qeunt period, after many a conference on the substance and spirit of the cherished motto, u Expect great things from God — attempt great things for God," the actual an- nouncement of these words from the lips of Carey, as the twofold division of his discourse at Nottingham in May, .1792, produced in the heart of Eyland the most intense emotion, and from that time missions to the heathen, to make known " the unsearchable riches of Christ," became the supreme object of his life. On October 2nd of the same year the Baptist Missionary Society was formed at Kettering. Mr. Eyland was named first on the committee of five, and his signature stands first, as attesting the memorable subscriptions amounting to £13 2s 6d. The second meeting was held at Northamp- vi Biographical Sketch. ton, but neither Carey nor Fuller was able to attend it. The name of Pearce was, however, added to the committee. After another, the third meeting, had been also held at Northampton, from which the " Address of the Society to their Fellow Christians at large" emanated, it may be said that the new missionary era was inaugurated — the birth of a new age in the history of the church of God, and no small portion of the honour of originating it was conferred on Mr. Eyland. Fuller and Sutcliffe, with Pearce as their coadjutor, and some others in the Midland Counties, were competent to conduct the affairs of the infant society in that part of the country ; while Eyland could now be spared for other du- ties elsewhere. Accordingly, about this time, the Divine Providence pointed out another sphere of action where the missionary cause might be more effectively served by him. He who knoweth the end from the beginning, fore- saw the importance of the spirit of missions among the rising pastors of the churches. Bristol was the only institution for ministerial education then in the denomina- tion. Some of the young brethren at this academy were destined, it was hoped, personally to enter the field among the heathen, and all would ultimately possess the means of awakening and extending the rising passion for the sublime enterprise among the churches. The decease of Dr. Caleb Evans had, some time before, left vacant the presidency of the college and the pastorate of the church at Broadmead. Attention was very soon drawn to the pastor of the church at Northampton, who accordingly was repeatedly invited to preach at Bristol. It was grateful to the feelings of the Northampton church to know that his services were so highly approved ; but when, after long correspondence, the supporters of the col- lege added their urgent entreaties to the invitation of Broadmead church, much alarm and displeasure arose at the prospect of losing their highly-prized minister. All parties contemplated the change with painful feelings, yet all ultimately had a conscious satisfaction that the hand of God was in it, as indeed " the mind of Christ" had been most prayerfully sought. It was not easy to find a man in reference to whom there would be sufficient unanimity of opinion as to his qualification for filling the the offices of pastor and tutor. The denomination could not at that time— nor indeed at any subsequent period — have fur- nished one in all respects so gifted and qualified as was the Rev. John Eyland of Northampton. He appeared to have been equally well trained for either task, and it was Biographical Sketch. vii felt to be a great relief to parties most interested, as it certainly gave the widest satisfaction, when he became the recognised pastor at Broadmead, and took the chair and entered upon his professional career in the beginning of 1794. He was aided for a short time, both in ministe- rial and tutorial duties, by the late Eev. Joseph Hughes, afterwards of Battersea, the honoured originator of the British and Foreign Bible Society. After the decease of Mr. Fuller, in 1815, the office of secretary to the mission was also forced upon him, in ad- dition to his numerous and varied duties. The Eev. James Hinton, of Oxford, was associated with him in this service, till, subsequently, the Bev. John Dyer mainly discharged the duties of the secretary in London, whereby his senior was relieved from the most onerous part of the work. This short sketch admits of no lengthened and elaborate attempt to eulogise the unwearied president, who, as " Paterfamilias? was always present at his post ; or the diligent professor, while the Hebrew classes depended exclusively on his tuition — in Latin, also, he afforded ma- terial assistance, and his theological readings were judicious and copious, if not always so acceptable as lectures of his own preparation might have been ; or the equally indefa- tigable pastor, who, while discharging the duties of two men, seems to have neglected the obligations of neither. By a calm uniformity of lile in the privacy of his own study he sustained his reputation in the pulpit as in the chair. To say that he was never surpassed in either would be an unacceptable eulogy, even to his most devoted admirers. But if the vast amount of work performed be any stan- dard by which to measure the capability of the man, while the unerring judgment of enlightened Christians of all denominations be taken as a criterion by which to test its quality, it may safely be said that being one of the "first three" of the fathers of our mission at home, very few have surpassed the president of Bristol College, or the pastor of Broadmead, in consecrated services of the Gospel of Christ ! During thirty years' residence in the western metropo- lis, no Christian minister was better known or more highly appreciated in that city. None were in more constant re- quisition for public services at a distance, especially at the ordinations of pastors and the designation of missionaries, many of whom had been, as students, the very children of his family. The celebrated essayist, John Foster, having once gratified his curiosity by inquiring how many ordina- tions his revered friend had attended in the course of a viii Biograjrfrical Sketch. year, on an average, quaintly exclaimed, on ascertaining the total number to amount to about eighty in twenty years, " That's eighty fighters of the devil, and himself a greater fighter than they all." He was blessed with a singular power for continuous public speaking, and never appeared weary after his efforts ; he used playfully to say, he could preach sermons in succession all day long without fatigue, if only he were conveyed from place to place without the trouble and pain of walking, which was sometimes very distressing to him, and gave a perceptible unsteadiness to his gait. For so much and frequent preaching he was always prepared, by the accumulation of several thousand sermons. These notes were uniformly written on small slips of paper, one and a half inches broad and ten inches long, folded so that the two ends being pasted together, the notes were easily slipped over a leaf of his pocket Bible. All that waswritten, being on only one side of the long slip, the manuscript re- quired to be so exquisitely fine and small, that scarcely any but his own microscopic vision could decipher it, ex- cept, indeed, with the aid of a strong lens. A beautiful facsimile of one of these is given prefixed to the valuable selections from his MSS. sermons, in two volumes, edited by his son, J. E. Kyland, under the title of " Pastoral Memorials." The mechanical art of writing, so irksome to many, was to him a positive amusement. He often seemed to take a pleasure in transcribing large extracts from Indian letters, which were sent to his colleagues, with copious notes of his own in an ample margin. Some specimens of his penmanship, resembled ancient manu- script scrolls, and were as elegantly written ; his Hebrew characters being singularly beautiful. The habit of hold- ing his small Bible in both hands, and so raising it very close to his eyes, gave not the most graceful attitude to a public speaker, but was a peculiarity to which his regu- lar hearers were easily reconciled. Indeed, such was the pathos of the preacher, so clear his reasoning, and so co- gent his appeals to the conscience, that many scarcely noticed any peculiarity of manner as the discourse pro- ceeded. Dr. Kyland always had a firm and manly grasp of his subject. It was obvious to his heaiers that his own per- ceptions were clear and satisfactory to his own mind, and that he was emphatically in earnest ; sometimes, indeed, his voice was raised to an unnatural pitch, or choked for a moment with tears that indicated the strongest emotion. As his stated hearers were rarely solicitous to see a stran- Biographical Sketch. ix ger in the pulpit, so when occupying the quiet and retired family pew, he seemed rather out of his place. A veil of unaffected modesty softened the lustre of his many graces, but in him was verified the truth of the Lord's saying, " He that humbleth himself shall be exalted." No eager ambition on his part conducted him to his honourable ele- vation ; he did not consent to the removal from Northamp- ton till after the third entreaty ; and during his thirty years' residence in Bristol, it is probable that, while ever ready for every duty, however honourable and arduous, he never grasped at a distinction which belonged to another. The productions of his pen were by no means inconsi- derable ; he made some valuable contributions to our theological literature, in the shape of single sermons and pamphlets, besides the two volumes of posthumous dis- courses already mentioned Dr. Ryland often indulged a taste for poetical compositions, and some of his hymns enrich our^ numerous " Collections." Indeed his first ap- pearance as an author was in a poetic garb. But " the fathers, where are they V* The very few now remaining who remember their personal presence must soon themselves be numbered with the dead. Some of these were men of noble presence, robust and muscular, but all were mortal. Before Dr. Ryland reached the ap- pointed limit of human life, he was visited with premoni- tory symptoms. In his 69th year, unmistakable tokens of decay apprised him of coming events, and each year brought him sensibly nearer to the final struggle, till on the 25th of May, 1825, after uttering the words, " No more pain," he departed into rest. " After he had served his own generation, by the will of God he fell on sleep." * This slight sketch will be rendered less incomplete by the following just and discriminating observations from the pen of Mr. Foster, which originally appeared in the Eclectic Review : — : "Dr. Ryland was a man highly and honourably dis- tinguished, during a long period of time, within a sphere which, though it may be denominated local or provincial, Was of considerable compass. He was employed in a di- versity of concerns in the religious department, was of great activity, and maintained a very extensive acquain- tance and correspondence. He was uniformly, during more than half a century, conspicuous in the most genuine * The publisher of this volume is happy to express his acknowledgments to W. Heaton, Esq., for permission to republish this biographical sketch, which appeared originally in ' The Freeman,'' and afterwards in ' The Churchy' from which it has been taken, with a few necessary verbal alterations. x Biographical Sketch. zeal to serve the cause of religion ; a zeal remarkably clear of everything like egotism and display ; and so free from the acrid taint of bigotry, that he commanded the respect and a still kinder feeling of persons of all sects and denominations. His benevolence, in whatever mode he could exert it, was promptly and most unostentatiously manifested on all occasions. His indefatigable assiduity in the improvement of his time was such as often made some of his friends ashamed, by the comparison they were forced to make between him and themselves. In his man- ner of preaching there was a strong and marked pecu- liarity. In the construction of his sermons the scheme was cast, not so much in order to carry the topic through in an agreeable course of illustration, of uniform tenor and bearing, as in a form to throw the force into prominent points, exhibiting strongly the specialities of the subject ; somtimes enforcing it by striking contrasts or parallels, sometimes by remarkable facts from Scripture history or the natural world, sometimes by unexpected applications, but all these pertinent to the topic or the text, and free from anything of petty artifice or affectation, always with the most perfect simplicity of feeling and purpose, for no preaching could bear more palpable evidence than his of serious, direct, simple intentness on the subject, and de- sire to make it useful to the hearers. These striking prominences of his illustration he would often enforce with a vividness of ideas and expression, and with an energy of feeling and manner which was animated some- times into the utmost vehemence. Some disadvantages of voice, or little uncouthnesses of manner, were nearly lost to the perception of those who habitually or frequently heard him, in the perfect demonstration which they in- variably felt of his genuine and earnest piety and zeal. He excelled very many deservedly esteemed preachers in variety of topics and ideas. To the end of his life he was a great reader, and very far from being confined to one order of subjects : taking little less interest in works des- criptive of the different regions and inhabitants of the world, and in works on natural history, than in Jewish antiquities and the other parts of knowledge directly re- lated to theology. And he would often freely avail him- self of these resources for diversifying and illustrating the subjects of his sermons ; an advantage and a practice which we have often been sorry to see ministers decline, when the well-judged use of their various reading affords so obvious a resource for avoiding the monotony in sermons so often complained of by the hearers. Biographical Sketch. xi "Dr. Eyland's early and long addiction to what is called the American school of theology, and to Jonathan Edwards as its great master, imparted a character to his doctrinal views, which was perceptible to the last. But we have understood, and deem it a remarkable and honour- able fact, that, as he advanced into old age, he became less tenacious of any extra peculiarity to system, dis- played a more free and varied action of mind, and was more practical and impressive. It may be added that his language, formed indeed in the theological mould of phraseology, and making no pretension to elegance or polish, was perspicuous and precise in the expression of his thoughts. "All our readers, no doubt, will no doubt recollect the eloquent delineation and eulogy exhibited in Mr. Hall's funeral sermon for Dr. Eyland. Yery just in the main, it has been thought liable to correction in one particular. The description of Dr. Eyland's passive meekness, his want of all power of re-action and contest, is such as to give almost the impression, that he was helplessly and without remedy at the mercy of any who could be hard- hearted enough to assail or trample on him. It is true that he had a painful sensitiveness to opposition, and an extreme horror of harsh, unsparing conflict ; and would, before a bold opponent, shrink and be subdued into silence. But, for this weakness, he was by no means destitute of a compensation, — a compensation in his own competence, independently of that forbearance which the knowledge of his amiable character, and of this weakness in it, obtained for him from all persons of kind and con- siderate temper. He had, for one thing, great tenacity both of opinion and purpose. And for another, he had a great power of persuasion in communicating, in a quiet, amicable, and some-what confidential manner, with indi- viduals ; so that he could do much to disarm, one by one, a number of persons who might otherwise have been dis- posed to join in opposition to him. He had, also, a very great facility in writing, and could by letters give effect to opinions and arguments, with persons with whom he might not have had spirit and nerve enough to maintain them in stout personal encounter. In consequence, he not seldom carried his point, when it might have seemed that he could not do otherwise than surrender it. And this proceeding was not to be denominated artful, in any culpable sense ; for no man could be more upright in his intentions, or more sincere in the arguments and pleadings by which he endeavoured to give them effect." On tfie Death of the late venerable and excellent DR. RYLAND. Lo ! another saint is fled ! He has fought, and has prevail' d ! Heaven her portal wide has spread, And our ransom'd Brother hail'd ! Often in the House of Prayer, We our hearts together rais'd ; Often we forgot our care, While we God our Maker prais'd. When he urg'd the Better Choice, Spoke of Heaven, or warn'd of Hell ; When we heard his earnest voice On the Saviour's mercy dwell ; Joy to nobler worlds allied, Warm'd our heart, and fill'd our breast ; Oh ! our Father, Friend, and Guide ! Blessings on thy memory rest ! Shall thy solemn words, and kind, Strangely to oblivion pass ? Leave our traces on our mind, Like an image on the glass ? To augment thy joys untold, Gazing from thy blissful sphere, May the fruits, a thousand fold, In our hearts and lives appear ! If one soul a crown will gain, Taught from future wrath to flee, What reward wilt thou obtain For the many born to thee ! Shepherd ! child-like ! faithful ! wise ! (Only to thyself severe !) With whose name will ever rise Sympathies that wake the tear ; Our communion now is o'er, We thy face shall never view 'Till we meet on yonder shore And our intercourse renew. We, the same mysterious road Thou hast troddon, soon must tread ; We are hastening back to God, Through the regions of the dead ! May our zeal, like thine, be fir'd From the Hope that cannot fail ; May the Faith which thee inspir'd Cheer us in the Gloomy Vale ! May our Peace be found the same When to Jordan's billows led ! To the Followers of the Lamb — Death is not the King of Dread ! Joseph Cottle. Hymns and Verses ON Sacred Subjects. HYMN I. Hinder me not. — Gen. xxiv. 56. 1 TIT HEN" Abram's servant to procure * * A wife for Isaac went, Kebeccah met, his suit preferr'd, Her parents gave consent. 2 Yet for ten days at least, they urg'd His journey to delay ; " Hinder me not," the man reply'd, " Since God has sped my way." 3 So cries my soul, whom lovely Christ Unto himself did wed, " Hinder me not," nor friends, nor foes, Since God my way has sped, 4 Stay, says the world, a little while, And taste my pleasures sweet ; " Hinder me not," my soul replies, Because the way is great. 5 Stay, Satan, my old master, cries, Or force shall thee detain ; " Hinder me not," I will be gone, My God has broke thy chain. B Hymns and Verses 6 In all my Lord's appointed ways My journey I'll pursue; " Hinder me not," my brethren dear, For I must go with you. 7 Through floods, or flames, if Jesus lead, I'll go where'er he goes ; " Hinder me not," shall be my cry, Let whoso will oppose. 8 Through duty and through trials all I'll go at his command ; " Hinder me not," for I am bound To my Immanuel's land. 9 When Christ's own servant calls me home, Still this my cry shall be, " Hinder me not," come welcome death, I'll gladly go with thee. Dec. ZOth, 1773. HYMN II. On Hosea ii. 14, 15. 1 O WEET was the hour and sweet the place, ^ But sweeter was the love, When first I met the God of grace, And did his* kindness prove. 2 He found me with a heart averse To ev'ry thing divine; But grace persuaded, and allur'd This stubborn will of mine. 3 He led me in a wilderness, And shew'd my lost estate ; Dreadful at first was my amaze, My terror, how great ! On Sacred Subjects. 4 I heard wild monsters round me roar, Nor knew I where to fly ; No help, no food, no shelter near; Alas ! I faint, I die. 5 Thus as I cry'd with fault'ring tongue, And bow'd my trembling knees, My Jesus to my succour flies, My soul with raptures sees. 6 Heav'n shone around his golden head, Heav'n beani'd from both his eyes, And while I felt his kind embrace, I seem'd in paradise. 7 So comfortably did he speak, And swore eternal love ; Sure nothing could be half so sweet, Except the joys above. 8 His presence gave the wilderness A verdure all divine. The loaded vines hung o'er my head, And dropp'd celestial wine, 9 My soul began to sing In strains unknown before ; I wanted then a seraph's voice To praise my Saviour more. 1774. HYMN III. After hearing Rowland Hill preach from Gen. xlix., 22—24. 1 "DLEST is the man, Christ, -*-* "Who's grafted into thee : He, well supplied with sap divine, A fruitful bough shall be. Hymns and Verses 2 may this bliss be mine ! May I on thee depend ! Do thou thy feeblest branch support, And constantly defend. 3 Be thou my heav'nly root, It is in thee I'd dwell : Water me daily with thy grace y Thou everlasting Well. 4 Fed by thy living streams, Which never can be dry, With humble confidence I'd lift My blooming branch on high. 5 Surrounded by thy love, That wall which none can scale, Nor undermine, nor batter down, My foes shall ne'er prevail. 6 My enemies in vain Bend their infernal bow ; They can but only wound my heel, Their arrows fly too low. 7 My vitals are secure, Tho' oft they wound me sore ; But when I climb to thee above, They shall not hurt me more. 8 Poor weakling as I am, I'll never, never yield ; Thy might shall keep my bow in strength, And I shall win the field. 1774. On Sacred Subjects. 5 HYMN IV. On Canticles v. 2 — 3. 1 >rp\VAS the voice of my Saviour that spoke, -L When kindly He knock' d at my door ; I slept, but my heart was awoke ; Lord, leave me to slumber no more ! 2 How tenderly did He intreat, " Come, open, my sister, my love !" But not all His language so sweet My frozen affections could move. 3 u Come, open, my dove, undefil'd ! " Thy Saviour why thus dost thou slight ? " My head with the dew is all fill'd ; "My locks, with the drops of the night." 4 With stupid ingratitude I To frame my excuses begun : My coat of profession laid by, How shall I again put it on ? 5 The scandal of Jesus's cross, 1 thought it my feet would defile: And was loth the world's favour to lose, Who lately had ceas'd to revile. 6 My Saviour was inwardly griev'd ; But, just as he turn'd to depart, My soul an impression receiv'd Which push'd back the bolt of my heart. 7 The force of omnipotent love My languid affections now felt ; My bowels beginning to move, The ice in my bosom to melt. Hymns and Verses 8 I, late so unwilling to stir, Now rose, my beloved to find: I felt my hands dropping with myrrh, Which he on the lock left behind. 9 I open'd, but he was gone ! I fainted with sorrow and shame : My cursed lukewarmness I own; There's none but myself that I blame. 10 My spirit it wounds to reflect How tenderly was it he spake : I treated His love with neglect ; God, how my bosom does ache ! 11 I call, but He answers me not: 1 mourn, and most justly I may ! Me also the watchmen have smote; My vail thy have taken away. 12 Young converts, take warning by me, Of spiritual sloth to beware : And 0, when my Jesus you see, Eemember my case in your pray'r. 13 Methinks, while my story I tell, And mention my Jesus's name, My breast does with extasy swell; It kindles my love to a flame. 14 There's something within me forebodes I shortly shall see him again. His chariot I hear on the road : Eeturn, blessed Jesus ! Amen ! On Sacred Subjects. HYMN V. c< The fire [of divine love] saith not, 'It is enough' " 1 TF I from others differ aught, -*- Lord, 'twas thy grace the diff 'rence wrought : If I one holy wish have known, Thy Spirit gave that wish, I own. 2 To taste thy love is sweeter far Than all earth's dainties, choice and rare : 'Tis heav'n to see thy smiling face, Ten heav'ns to feel thy close embrace. 3 I cannot pay the thanks I owe, For tasting once thy love below : Yet cannot rest, 'till I, above, Shall feast for ever on thy love. 4 The smallest drop of precious grace Demands a ceaseless song of praise : Yet largest draughts from mercy's store But make me long and pant for more. 5 The heav'nly sweets of holy joy Always delight, but never cloy ; More holiness, Lord, impart, Till I am holy as thou art. 6 For teaching this, thy name I bless, That holiness is happiness : Quite happy I shall never be, Till I am quite conform'd to thee. 1775. HYMN VI. Resignation. 1 r\ THOU whose providence divine ^^ Fulfills thine own decrees ; And overturns the schemes of men, Or prospers, if it please ! Hymns and Verses 2 Controling all, by none control'd, Thine arm is ever strong : All- wise, most holy, just, and kind, Thou canst do nothing wrong. 3 Worm as I am, a rebel once, But now subdu'd by grace ; I glory in thy sov'reign love, And there my hope I place. 4 In thee delighting, to thy care I would my way commit : Thou order'st ev'ry step I take, And holdest up my feet. 5 EJOICE, the Saviour reigns. •*-** Among the sons of men ; He breaks the pris'ners' chains, And makes them free again : Let hell oppose God's only Son, In spite of foes his cause go on. The cause of righteousness, Of truth and holy peace, Design'd our world to bless, Shall spread and never cease : Gentile and Jew their souls shall bow, Allegiance due with rapture vow. On Sacred Subjects, 35 3 The baffled Prince of hell, In vain new efforts tries, Truth's empire to repel, By cruelty and lies : The infernal gates shall rage in vain ; Conquest awaits the Lamb once slain. 4 He died, but soon arose, And triumph'd o'er the grave ; And still himself he shows Omnipotent to save : Let rebels kiss the Victor's feet ; Eternal bliss his subjects meet. 5 All power is in his hand His people to defend ; To his most high command Shall millions more attend : All heaven with smiles approves his cause, And distant isles receive his laws. 6 This little seed from heaven Shall soon become a tree, This ever blessed leaven Diffus'd abroad shall be : Till God the Son shall come again ; It must go on — Amen, Amen ! Jan. 19, 1792. HYMN XXXII. L A EM of the Lord ! awake, awake 1 -£*• And all thy foes dispel ; Eescue thy captive sons, and break The iron yoke of helL 2 Long has Abaddon seem'd to claim This guilty world his own : Now, Father, glorify thy name, Assume thy rightful throne. 36 Hymns and Verses 3 Surely thy foe deserves no crown, Though men deserve his chain : Oh pull his cruel empire down, His power usurp'd restrain ! 4 Set thou the lawful captives free ; Eedeem the helpless prey ; Reclaim the bound, to liberty And change their night to day. 5 On those who sit in darkness, shine With thy resplendent rays ; The kingdom and the power are thine, And thine shall be the praise. HYMN XXXIII. Heb. xii. 2. T OOK to the law, and look within ; ■" The awful contrast see : Sure nothing can be found but sin, And want, and misery. ' Look off, to Jesus', and behold The law is magnified : Eiches exhaustless and untold In Jesus Christ reside. Look in, and see how poor thou art ; 'Look off' to him again : He will sufficient grace impart, Thy spirit to sustain. Look round, and see what countless foes Are leagu'd against thy soul ; ' Look off to Jesus,' who well knows Their fury to control. On Sacred Subjects. 37 Look forward ; Death's black river view ; Betwixt thy rest and thee ; i Look off/ to him who cross'd it too, And thy support will be. July 26, 1824. HYMN XXXIV. Ezekiel xxxiii. 10. WHY, thoughtless sinner, wilt thou die \ Can the infernal regions charm ? Or wilt thou yet believe the lie That sin can do thy soul no harm ? God has pronounc'd thy certain doom ; In ruin soon thy course must end : Wilt thou on peace in sin presume, Or on what confidence depend ? Hast thou an arm like God most high, In equal war with him to meet ? Canst thou his thunder-bolts defy ? Or quench his flames beneath thy feet ? Impotent worm ! — beware in time ; Now let the fatal contest cease ; Confess thy guilt, abhor thy crime, And humbly sue for terms of peace. Peace is proclaim'd ; oh bless the sound Of pardon bought with blood divine : God has himself the ransom found, Which could atone for sins like thine. Embrace him with extatic joy ; His praise proclaim with every breath : Who him reject, their souls destroy ; Who hate him, are in love with death. 38 Hymns and Verses HYMN XXXV. Deut. viii. 2. 1 T ET Israel recollect the way ■" The Lord has led him on ; His power and wisdom to display, And makes his mercy known. 2 He found him in a desert land, A barren, trackless wild ; And led him with indulgent hand, And fed him like a child. 3 Those regions ne'er with corn were sown ; No harvest ripen d there ; But manna from above came down, And men ate angel's fare. 4 When to refresh his fainting flock No cooling rill was near, Their shepherd strikes the flinty rock, And copious streams appear. 5 When fiery serpents' poisonous pangs Were spreading death around ; On high the mystic brass he hangs — An instant cure is found. 6 When Amalek besets their way, Insatiate to destroy, Their guide lifts up his hands to pray, And conquest yields them joy. 7 Through all the road his constant care, His love and power, are seen : Need we of Canaan then despair, Though Jordan rolls between ? On Sacred Subjects. 39 Though all the banks its waves o'erflow ; Though wide and deep the stream ; Our ark and priest before us go, We fearless follow Him. He who divided once the sea, Eetains his power to save ; He will our guide and guardian be, Our God beyond the grave. HYMN XXXVI. 1 OWEET is the light of opening day, ^ That shines on all mankind ; But sweeter far the Saviour's ray Illuminates the mind. 2 Dark is the night of clouds, wherein Nor moon, nor stars appear ; But darker far the night of sin, Of error, doubt, and fear. 3 Yet sleeping sinners, in that night, Of happiness can dream ; Darkness they love, and hate the light, Strange as their choice may seem. 4 They do not love aright to think Of God, his law, or sin ; From viewing their own state they shrink, Till God his work begin. 5 His Spirit from the mental eye The vicious film removes ; And then the day-spring from on high, The soul beholds, and loves. 40 Hymns and Verses HYMN XXXVII. 'H AEK, while the grace divine Sweetly commands — ' Arise and shine/ Our rising sun dispels the night, And beams around celestial light. 2 Once overwhelmed by midnight shade, To holiness our souls were dead ; Till the Omnipotent to save Said 'Live !' and life immediate gave. 3 Eais'd by his word, and made revive, We live : then let us truly live ; Leave the dark tombs, and throw away Our grave-clothes, and enjoy the day. 4 The living sure it ill becomes To grovel still among the tombs ; Since Jesus did our souls renew, With darkness what have we to do ? 5 Illumin'd by his cheering ray, Eise, brethren, and improve the day ; Arise, and in his glory shine ; Eeflect his radiance divine. 6 Shine forth, blest Jesus, brighter still ; Excite us to obey thy will ; Scatter the foul remains of night, And let us live like sons of light. HYMN XXXVIII. Am I my hr other's keeper ? — Gen. iv. 9. 1 "AMI my brother's keeper?" — Cain, ■"- How insolent thy plea, and vain ! How could thy patience, Lord, forbear And not the wretch in pieces tear ? — On Sacred Subjects. 41 2 never may my daring tongue Thus justify my brother's wrong; But let me feel my heart conjoin'd In love sincere to all mankind. 3 Nor let me think I do thy will, Not to distress, defraud, or kill, But freed from selfish, private views, I would true happiness diffuse. 4 Write thy own law upon my heart, Deeply engrave each sacred part ; Supremely may I love thyself, And love my neighbour as myself. 5 By bounty, sympathy, and care, By kind rebuke, and fervent prayer, And by my own example too, I would my neighbour's good pursue. 6 My brother's keeper sure I am : Thy love constrains me, bleeding Lamb ! Sinners to thee to recommend, And thee to them, thou Sinners' Friend. 7 My brother's keeper, Lord, am T, But must upon thy grace rely ; grant me daily strength and skill This weighty duty to fulfil. 1786. HYMN XXXIX. All vje like sheep have gone astray. — Isaiah liii. 6. " A LL we like sheep have gone astray," XJL And lpff. .TpTinvflVa fnld • And left Jehovah's fold ; Each fond of some forbidden way, Averse to be controll'd. 42 Hymns and Verses 2 Defenceless in ourselves we are, Expos'd like helpless sheep, Yet did we slight the shepherd's care Whose eyelids never sleep. 3 Impatient of restraint, we sought To overleap the mound, Which should have kept each wand'ring thought From all infectious ground. 4 Unwilling thus to be confin'd To pastures ever green, The sinful, vagrant, carnal mind Has tried a different scene. 5 For, straying through the howling maze, We search'd the desert round, Where poisons of deceitful taste, And beasts of prey abound, 6 An eye we did not then regard Beheld us all the way ; Else we had met our just reward, And been the lions prey. 7 We would that shepherd's love adore, Our wand'ring souls who sought : Our heinous guilt himself he bore, Our lives with his he bought. 8 'Twas he redeem'd us from the pit, With his own precious blood ; 'Twas he turn'd back our wand'ring feet, And brought us home to God. Nov. 4, 1804. On Sacred Subjects. 43 HYMN" XL. " Which say unto God, Depart from %cs ! " Job xxii. 7. 1 A ND does the sinner say " Depart ! " -ft- Thou living God, to Thee ? Who author of his being art, From whom he cannot flee. 2 Who shall propel the crimson stream Through each meand'ring vein ? Who fill his lungs with vital air ? Or who his life sustain ? 3 Who shall protect from countless woes ? Or who his wants supply ? If God, his great preserver, goes, He must that instant die. 4 Then would he fain thine aid enjoy, Yet thoughtlessly disown Thy government and just control,— Lord of himself alone. 5 Ah, wild idea ! wish profane ! Sinner ! the thought abjure ! Ingratitude so base restrain ! Lord, this madness cure ! 6 Eouse thou the monitor within, The mental film remove ; Turn him to holiness from sin, From enmity to love. 44 Hymns and Verses HYMN XLI Isaiah lxii. 1. 1 "C'OE Zion's sake I'll not restrain ■*- The voice of fervent prayer ; Jerusalem shall still remain The object of my care. 2 Ere long as bright as perfect day Her righteousness shall shine ; Her great salvation shall display, The attributes divine. 3 The nations shall thy glory see, Their kings with wonder view ; Thou bless'd by God's own mouth shalt be, And by him made anew. 4 A crown of glory in her hand, A royal diadem, What worldlings fancy rich or good Thou safely mayst contemn. 5 No more forsaken shall thy land In desolation lie, Lov'd, own'd, and honor d shalt thou stand, The home of God Most High. 6 Thy builder shall in thee rejoice, And in his love shall rest ; Thy God shall own thee as his choice, For ever, ever, blest. 1798. HYMN XLII. To he sung at a Church Meeting. 1 TTEKE assembled in thy name, -*"■■ We thy gracious promise claim ; Let thy presence now afford Confirmation to thy word. On Sacred Subjects. 45 2 If the Saviour is not near, We in vain thy word shall hear ; Cold and stupid every heart, Till thy Spirit life impart. 3 As we ought we cannot pray ; Praise will freeze on lips of clay, Till the Spirit from above Fill the soul with faith and love. 4 Touch but thou the mental eye, Mists and darkness soon shall fly ; Shine with thy heart-melting ray, That shall heavenly life convey. 5 Author thou of every good We, the purchase of thy blood, We on thee alone depend. In our every need befriend. 6 Saviour, keep us all in peace 3 Let fraternal love increase, — Let us all united be To each other and to thee. 1785. HYMN XLIII. He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. — Matt. viii. 26. 1 TESUS, who still'd the stormy sea, ** And hush'd the boisterous wind, * With equal ease can grant to me, A holy peace of mind. 2 My soul, impress'd by every blast, Is often in a storm ; Wave after wave succeeding fast, In a terrific form. 46 Hymns and Verses 3 Passion, and guilt, and gloomy fear, By turns disturb my breast ; But let my dearest Lord appear, These billows sink to rest. 4 Thy presence, Jesus, I implore, Whom winds and waves obey, This shall tranquillity restore, And turn my night to day. 5 My Jesus ever dwells above : How blest that world must be ! There stirs no breath but holy love On that pacific sea. HYMN XLIV. Lam. iii. 40. LET us search and try our ways, And turn again to God ; Tall before his throne of grace, And deprecate his rod. Let us lift up heart and hands Unto him that rules on high ; Own our breach of his command, That we deserve to die. We have sinned without a cause, As Lord thou knowest well ! Just and holy are thy laws, Yet we have dar'd rebel. Shouldst thou never, Lord, forgive, Eighteous is our awful doom ; But let guilty sinners live ; let thy mercy come ! On Sacred Subjects. Humbly pleading, who can tell But God in grace may hear ? Should he frown us into hell He would not be severe. But if mercy is displayed, Grace and justice both shall shine Jesus has atonement made, And his was blood divine. Tho' the Lord may long delay, This plea cannot be vain ; Soon the cloud shall pass away, His face shall shine again. Scarlet sins shall be as snow, Crimson shall as wool become : See the fountain open'd flow ! Wash, sinner; here is room. Blessed be the Saviour's name, Whose blood is all my plea : Blessed be the slaughtered Lamb, Who gave himself for me. Blessed be the Father's love ; Blessed be the Spirit's grace, Dwell within me, sacred Dove, And guide me all my days. Jan. 16, 1785, HYMN XLV. Gal. iii. 4. f\F trials I meet by the way ^ I would not presume to complain ; But grant, blessed Saviour, I may Not suffer so often in vain. 48 Hymns and Verses 2 Thy children are chastened, I know, And wholesome correction receive ; Nor would I the blessing forego For all that the world has to give. 3 Could I but get rid of my dross, I'd welcome the furnace of fire, And willingly hang on the cross That raises my spirit the higher. 4 The image of Jesus to share, I would above every thing choose ; If I in his glory have share How can I his sufferings refuse ? 5 But grant I may find that thy love, The curse from the cross has disjoined, And let me thy sympathy prove To stay and to strengthen my mind. 6 I long to be wholly thine own ; Let sin and let self be subdued, Then, Lord, it shall clearly be shewn My trials are working for good. Jwie 3, 1786. HYMN XLVL n^HEY who now surround the throne J- Of majesty above, Worshipping the Holy One, And basking in his love : Once were pilgrims here below, Wand'ring through the desert land, Almost overwhelmed with woe, Beset on either hand. On Sacred Subjects. 49 2 But they have the victory gained, And enter'd into rest ; Have their utmost wish obtained, With endless glory blessed Not by merit of their own Did they win the heavenly prize ; 'Twas the bleeding Lamb alone Who rais'd them to the skies, 3 Not by their inherent might They conquer'd ev'ry foe ; Jesus did their battles fight, And brought them safely through : Out of weakness made them strong, All their numerous wants supplied : He is now their only song, Who for them lived and died. 4 When he lived on earth below A servant's form he wore.; But he reigns in glory now, And all the heavens adore. Once a captive in the grave — Death and hell shall rue the day, — Thence arising strong to save He bore their keys away. 5 Christ himself for ever lives. For evermore he reigns, And eternal life he gives To captives bound in chains. Pardons rebels doomed to die, Prodigals returned he owns, Raises beggars up on high To everlasting thrones. 6 Millions sing his grace above, Now sav'd from every fear ; We have cause to praise and love, Though at a distance here. 50 Hymns and Verses With our former state compared We are brought already nigh ; Glory is for us prepared And crowns above the sky. 7 He who is our guard and guide, A pilgrim never lost : He will all the way provide In him we make our boast. Jesus is our sun and shield, He attends us all the way. Who shall make us quit the field ? Or what becloud our day ? 8 While we look to him alone, He will our fears dispel ; Undismayed we venture on, And face both earth and hell, In his name the field we take, He shall give the victory soon, His meridian beams shall make An everlasting noon. HYMN XLVII. 1 (~\H that I could but walk with God ! ^ And keep the heavenly way ; Tread the same path that Enoch trod, Nor wander once astray. 2 Spirit divine ! oh shed abroad Thy grace thro' all my breast ; And blood-bought peace 'twixt God and me Convincingly attest. 3 The method of acceptance shew, The way of free access ; Teach my once wandering feet to keep The path of holiness ! On Sacred Subjects. 5 1 4 Walking with God, as led by thee, Thus should I know him more ; Nor fear when in his company, Tho' lions round me roar. 5 With him, enjoying converse sweet, His presence and his smile, To Eden shall the desert change, And ev'ry grief beguile. 6 He shall my ev'ry want supply, From ev'ry foe defend ; A present help in trouble nigh, An everlasting friend. 7 All rich, all powerful, all wise, At hand in ev'ry strait ; He in the desert waste and wild Can needful food create. 8 All the long way will he conduct, Till safely I arrive At his fair mansion-house above, For ever there to live. 1773. HYMN XLVIII. 1 "TVTOW let the Lord who reigns above -L^ Eain down the showers of his love ; The weary, thirsty souls revive, And make their with'ring graces live. 2 As heaven distils the cheering rain, Nor thither it returns again, Till it the parched lands refresh, And make them bud and bloom afresh, 5 2 Hymns and Verses 3 So let thy word perform thy will, Thy gracious purposes fulfil ; It by thy Spirit well applied, Shall not return unto Thee void. 4 Attended with his grace divine, Own and evince it to be thine ; Let Zion's wastes rejoice and sing, Clad with the verdure of the spring. 5 So shall thy saints with joy proceed, If in thy way thy Spirit lead ; With singing go from strength to strength, Till they thy glory reach at length. 6 There shall they bless their Father's hand, That led them thro' this barren land ; Their strength renewing day by day, And fed and kept them all the way. 7 Each shall look back upon thy care, Which has convey'd them safely there ; " Grace, grace," shall be the cry alone, And all the glory be thine own. 1773. HYMN XLIX. 1 T^HOU Sovereign of my soul, -*■ Whom I unseen adore ; I trust thy love has reach'd my heart, But fain would love Thee more. 2 Sometimes I can affirm, And bid thee witness bear ; Thou knowst (who searchest hearts) I hold Thee more than all things dear. On Sacred Subjects. 53 3 But all ! this roving heart Is ever prone to stray, And is so cold, so dead at times, I know not what to say. i I sometimes fear I've none, My love's so faint and small ; Yet sure, if all my heart were love, My God deserves it all. 5 Shine out, eternal sun, Enflame my lukewarm soul ; Breathe, heav'nly wind, until my spark Blaze forth without control. 6 Eeign, Saviour ! in my breast, Unrivall'd and alone, And hurl down ev'ry idol thence, That dares attempt thy throne. 7 If Thee I cannot love, Let nothing ever please ; My soul in earth or heav'n above, No other beauty sees. 8 Of all the things in hell, Not to love Thee is worst ; Fill'd with thy love among the damn'd, I could not be accurst. 9 Of all the things in heav'n The love of Christ is best ; And till this heav'n to me is given, I cannot, will not rest. 54 Hymns and Verses HYMN L. 1 'rpWAS at thy word, Almighty Lord, -L That earth from nothing came ; Thy wondrous all-creating pow'r Unnumber'd worlds proclaim. 2 But greater efforts of thy might The new creation shews, Which at thy word, in spite of hell, From worse than nothing rose. 3 Thou holdest ocean in his bed, And canst the seas controul ; Thy mightier pow'r can stop and turn The current of the soul. 4 The heart of man is in thy hand, Thou canst his passions turn, And cause a breast as cold as ice, With heav'nly fire to burn, 5 The hardest, ragged, knotty soul, Thy skilful hand can take, And in the temple of the Lord, A polish'd pillar make. 6 A blazing sun the Lord can form From a dull, earthly clod ; And make a child of wrath become A living child of God. 7 Quickening a soul, once dead in sin, Doth more thy pow'r display, Then even raising all the dead, At the last awful day. 8 And has thine energetic might Been thus display'd on me ? Oh, make Thyself my sole delight, And let me live to Thee. 1773. On Sacred Subjects. 55 HYMN LI. 1 m YJH r HEN I think the sorrows o'er * * Which for me my Saviour bore, Lord, how is it I should be No more fill'd with love to Thee? 2 Give me, with an eye of faith, To behold his awful death ; Overwhelm'd with wrath and blood, Dreadful baptism of our God ! 3 Weep, oh weep, my marble eyes, See, the friend of sinners dies ; See, his choicest blood is spilt, Rebels to redeem from guilt. 4 See him breathe his soul away, Oh, it was a dreadful day ! When the sun withdrew his light, Shrank affrighted from the sight. 5 Hark ! I hear the mountains rent ! Will not then this heart relent ? What, will nothing make it ache ? Smite it, Lord, and it shall break. 6 Let one ray, (as once did dart From thine eye to Peter's heart), Pierce my harder bosom thro' ; Lord ! one look like that would do. 7 That shall melt a heart of snow, Make these stony eye-balls flow ; Shall the pow'r of sin subdue ; Lord ! one look of love will do. 8 Slay this antichrist within ; Be thy death the death of sin ! Eeign within, if aught oppose, Saviour ! crucify thy foes. 56 Hymns and Verses 9 Oh ! I long for that blest day, When my soul shall fly away ; Leave this land of frost and night, For the realms of love and light. 10 There no more shall I lament That thou dost thyself absent ; No heart cold shall feel above, But be all transform'd to love. 1774. HYMN LIT, Eev. ii. 9. 1 T ET every ear attend, •" And ev'ry saint rejoice ; 'Tis to the church the Saviour speaks, And with a loving voice. 2 I know thy works full well, Nor is thy labour lost ; My Spirit wrought them all in thee, Thou hast no room to boast. 3 The little strength thou hast I gave and will increase \ I am the first, I am the last, My love shall never cease. 4 Thy tribulation sad, I know, and notice well, Thy ruin never shall make glad The cursed hosts of hell. 5 Tho' oft and sharply tried, Thou shalt not suffer loss j My love the furnace did provide To purge away thy dross. On Sacred Subjects. 07 6 Thy poverty I know ; But thou art rich indeed, Since I myself on thee bestow, And will supply thy need. 7 Tho' empty in thyself, Thou hast a store divine : In me is everlasting wealth, And all I have is thine. 8 The more thy wants are felt, The more thou'lt live on me ; And never, never will I prove A land of drought to thee. 9 I'll be thy sun and shield, I'll grace and glory give ; I'll drive thy foes all off the field, And thee to me receive. 1775. HYMN LIII. 1 HPHOU living sun, whose heav'nly ray -*■ The fainting soul can cheer, Oh ! shed on me thy radiant day, And let thy face appear. 2 When clouds and darkness from my sight Thy sweetest beamings veil, How sad and dreadful is the night, How do I mourn and wall. 3 My wand'ring feet forget their way Without thy guiding beams ; My love grows cold, and all my soul Benumb'd and frozen seems. 58 Hymns and Verses 4 Without thy light I cannot see, Without thy quick'nings live ; Thine absence nothing can supply, Nor life, nor comfort give. 5 shine and cheer my mourning soul ; My harden'd heart dissolve ; Direct my feet, my strength renew, My gloomy doubts resolve. 6 Shine on the eye of faith, and paint Thine image fair therein ; Shine till thy noon-day beams destroy And burn up ev'ry sin. 1775. HYMN LIV. 1 T\7"HEN our Captain first enlisted * * Openly our foes to fight, Satan soon his course resisted, Full of malice, fraud, and might, God's own Spirit Led our Captain to the field. 2 In the desert wild and dreary, Without food for forty days, Did our Lord the tempter weary, Baffled him in all his ways : Fraud and fury Both were tried ; but tried in vain. 3 Led from Jordan to the battle, Saints, it may be so with you ; But look to your Lord, and that will Inwardly your strength renew ; He who conquer' d Soon shall make us conquerors too. On Sacred Subjects. 59 Shun whatever leads to evil, Self distrust, in Christ confide ; He o'ercame the world and devil, He will be our God and guide ; Thro' our Captain We shall surely win the day. Tread the world and all its glory With disdain beneath your feet ; Christ to heav'n is gone before ye, To prepare for you a seat : There triumphant We who mourn, shall reign in joy. Composed on the road from Kingsthorpe, Feb. 29, 1776, HYMN LV. 1 AH! the dire way that once I trod, ■"• With thoughtless step and gay ; Winding, it led me far from God, And I was pleas'd to stray. 2 At first it all was strew'd with flowers, O'er which I lightly stept ; Or sometimes, in enchanted hours, I laid me down and slept, 3 Secure I slept, and golden dreams My foolish fancy pleased ; Till sudden thunders broke my rest, My soul with horror seiz'd. 4 'Twas tenfold night, and not a beam Of star light in the sky, But oft the lightning's transient gleam Assur'd me hell was nigh. 60 Hymns and Verses 5 The storm beat in upon my soul, Nor could my bow'r defend ; 'Twas wither' d, just like Jonah's gourd, My joys were at an end. 6 Dread was the night, and dread the morn, When late the morn appear'd ; Still raged the tempest threatening loud, And endless woe I fear'd. 7 I looked for refuge all around, But saw no shelter nigh; The scene was chang'd, 'twas desert ground, Nor knew I where to fly. 8 With horror fill'd and black despair I own'd how just my doom ; I tried to call on God by prayer, But hardly durst presume. 9 Mercy, however, heard my cry, Which taught my soul to pray, Glad I discover'd refuge nigh, Heav'n pointed out the way. 10 It was to thee, Lord, my rock, My soul for shelter fled ; I found in thee a hiding place, By thine own Spirit led. 1 1 Defended from the keenest blast, Beneath thy spreading wing, My happy soul securely rests, And all thy praises sing. 1777. On Sacred Subjects. 6 1 HYMN LVI. Psalm lxxxiv. 11. 1 rpHOU, Lord, art my sun and my shield ; J- Thy beams are the source of my day ; Thou only canst gain me the field ; Thou only canst prosper my way. 2 The wayfaring man, tho' a fool, Thy light shall conduct to his home ; And all that submit to thy rule, Thro' thee shall in war overcome. 3 Where thou art the giver of grace, Thy grace thou with glory wilt crown ; When blest with the sight of thy face, On earth with contempt T look down. 4 Thy glory thy saints shall behold ; When thou in the clouds shalt appear ; Thou no real good wilt withhold From those who walk uprightly here. 5 Not monarchs such happiness know, All earth nothing like it can give, As Christians partake of below, When near the Eedeemer they live. 6 If thus in the wilderness blest, What shall they in paradise be ? When each on thy bosom shall rest, And reign in thy kingdom with thee. Oct. 10, 1777. HYMN LVII. A Morning Hymn. 1 npO thee I lift my waking eyes, -*- Who bidst the morning sun arise ; In ev'ry beam thy glories shine, His splendour leads my soul to thine, G2 Hymns and Verses 2 The sun of righteousness thou art, Shine forth resplendent on my heart ; And let thy beams to me convey, The dawn of everlasting day. 3 In darkness born, and bred, and bound, With shades of death encompass'd round, I lay an heir of endless night, Till by thee rescued into light. 4 But oh, what darkness still remains ! How oft my soul thine absence pains ! Rise higher, Lord, and brighter shine, Illume and warm this heart of mine. 5 Let thy blest influence dispel The baleful fogs and clouds of hell ; Be thou my centre, let me prove The full attraction of thy love. 6 When shall I breathe in purer air, And neither fog nor cloud be there ? But all surrounded by thy rays Be lost amid the glorious blaze ! 7 Now, now, beam forth without control ! Burn up my lusts, melt all my soul ! With light transforming shine on me, Till I catch fire and shine for thee. 6 a.m., Oct. 17, 1777. HYMN" LVIII. EDEMPTION'S wise mysterious plan, -" Salvation for apostate man, Which God devised ere time began, Is finished ! 2 'Tis finished ! cried our dying Lord, Hell was appalled to hear that word ; To man what hopes does it afford, Tis finished ! 3 Enough was done that wondrous day God's love and hatred to display ; With joy and grief combined we say, 'Tis finished ! 4 Sin how abhorred, but man how dear ! Both in thy sufferings, Lord, appear, We sing with rapture, joy and fear, Tis finished ! 5 The holy law has had its due, Now God his sovereign love can shew, Apollyon his defeat shall rue. Tis finished ! 6 Now all the arduous work is done, Victory complete our Lord has won, He has to take the spoil begun. Tis finished ! 7 Did he who died the conquest gain ? What shall he do who lives again ? He mounts above all heavens to reign. Tis finished ! 76 Hymns and Verses 8 Abaddon, yield thy trembling prey ; Away, ye host of hell, away ! Bise, rise, ye dead, to endless day. 'Tis finished I HYMN LXXL Ephe. 4. xv. 1 Q UEE it is my chief desire ' ^ In thy likeness, Lord, to grow ; I would constantly aspire More of Jesus Christ to know ; So to know thee, as to be Thoroughly conformed to thee. 2 be thou my living head ; Let my heart with thee be one ; Thus shall I to sin be dead, Thus shall live to thee alone , Shew that I thy purchase am. Holy, spotless, slaughtered Lamb. 3 In me shed abroad thy love, Let it all my soul pervade ; Make me gentle as the dove, Make me of all sin afraid ; Let me wear thy stamp divine, Prove that I am wholly thine. Feb. 26, 1788. HYMN LXXIL 1 O HINE forth, thou uncreated light, ^ And drive away my mental night ; Thou canst the thickest gloom dispel, And dissipate the mists of hell. On Sacred Subjects. 11 2 Thou art all light ; all darkness I, My life, I must without thee die ; Both light and life thy beams display, And guide to everlasting day. 3 Teach me to walk before thy face, Daily enlightened by thy grace ; Thy wisdom shall my course direct, Thy power uphold me and protect. 4 Long had I wandered from thy path, And trod the road that leads to death ; To me the path of truth display, And lead me in the narrow way. 5 Now would I daily walk with God, Mark every step which Jesus trod ; My ransom and my Saviour he, Must also my example be. 6 Holding with him communion sweet, I dauntless all afflictions meet, I can surmount them in his strength, And shall his kingdom reach at length. 7 There shall I dw T ell in perfect light, Nor ever dread returning night ; Sorrow and sin shall flee away, And joy shall crown the endless day. Sept. 1790. HYMN LXXIII. Luke xxiii. 42. ON of the blessed ! who wast seen On earth a man of grief ; But, while thou didst the curse sustain, Couldst bless the dying thief. 1 S \ 8 Hymns and Verses 2 Help me to view thee on thy throne, Thou Lamb, that once wast slain ; And on me shed the blessings down Once purchased by thy pain. S Eemember me, Lord, for good, A sinner mean and vile ; My heart, tho' sorely broken, would Be healed if thou should'st smile. 4 Tho' through a wilderness I stray, And barren feel within, Here let, Lord, thy cheering ray Make paradise begin. 5 Tho' poor and needy I may be, This shall my heart console, My Saviour daily thinks on me, He careth for my soul. 6 Where'er I am, my Lord is nigh, My counsellor and guide ; And where thou art, I trust that I, Shall evermore reside. 7 Still shall thy favour be my shield, From every ill to guard ; And be, when I have gained the field, At last my great reward. Feb. 7. 1795. HYMN LXXIV. Isaiah lx. 8. SAY who are these that like a cloud, To Zion now repair 1 As doves to their own windows crowd, And find protection there ? On Sacred Subjects. 7 9 2 They once were lost, gone far astray, Borne wide on every wind ; Earth sank beneath the deluge lay, And they no rest could find. o The ravenous vulture swift pursued, And thought them all his prey ; But grace their fainting strength renewed, And pointed out the way. 4 Mercy has built her chambers here, Where trembling souls may hide, And they shall dwell secure from fear, Who have a heavenly guide. 5 And let ten thousand, thousand more, To Zion s heights repair, Sufficient room, sufficient store, And sure defence is there. Feb. 1798. HYMN LXXV. 1 rpHOU source of all vigour divine, -*- Sweet Spirit of life and of love, How long shall I languish and pine, And when thy full influence prove ? 2 So far thou hast quickened my heart, It now its own hardness can feel ; When wilt thou more softness impart, And turn it like wax to thy seal ? 3 I trust I oft feel in my breast, Some spark of celestial fire ; Without thee my soul cannot rest, No creature can fill my desire. 80 Hymns and Verses 4 My deadness and coldness I hate ; I long to be all on a flame, With love that shall never abate, But rise to the skies whence it came. 5 Lord, cause my cold bosom to glow, From odious lukewarmness set free ; Invincible ardour bestow, And make me all active for thee. Jan. 17, 1786. HYMN LXXVI. A Baptismal hymn. 1 HPHUS, baptized in Jesus' name, -*- We would sin and self disclaim Thus profess to hold by faith, Fellowship with him in death. 2 Jesus suffered for our sin ; how vile must we have been ! Had we not in law been dead, Jesus would not thus have bled. 3 Jesus died that we might die, In his tomb we seem to lie ; Love of sin be buried here, Self-built hope and slavish fear. 4 Jesus died that we might live, God is righteous to forgive ; Jesus rose, and we shall rise, With him triumph in the skies. 5 Ransomed from the lowest hell, Now we bid the world farewell ; We would now to earth be dead, Risen with our living head. On Sacred Subjects. 8 1 6 May we put the old man off, Never mind though sinners scoff ; Follow Christ, his steps pursue, This is all we have to do. 7 As new creatures may we live, Proof of our vocation give ; Saviour, guide us day by day, To our heavenly rest convey. 8 Jesus died, and so must we, Then our souls our Lord shall see ; He shall sooth our deathbed pain, He shall raise our dust again. Nov. 12, 1785. HYMN LXXVII. Eom. xv. 30. 1 THE love of the Spirit I sing, -*- By whom is redemption applied ; Who sinners to Jesus can bring, And make them his mystical bride. 2 'Tis he circumcises their hearts, Their callousness kindly removes, Light, life, and affection imparts, To those that so freely he loves. 3 He opens the eyes of the blind, The beauties of Jesus to view ; He changes the bent of the mind, The glory of God to pursue. 4 The stubbornest will he can bow, The foes that dwell in us restrain ; And none can be trodden so low, But he can revive them a°ain. 82 Hymns and Verses 5 His blest renovation begun, He dwells in the hearts of his saints ; Abandons his temple to none, Nor e'er of his calling repents. 6 Imprest with the image divine, The souls to redemption he seals ; And each with the Saviour shall shine, When glory complete he reveals. 7 How constant thy love I believe, Which stedfast endures to the end ; Then never, my soul, may I grieve, So loving so holy a friend. 178 HYMN LXXVIII. Isaiah lxii. OH, let the time appointed come, To favour Zion's cause ; To bring her scattered children home, And spread her righteous laws. 2 Let her the faithfulness divine Conspicuously display ; 1 And her salvation brighter shine Than the meridian day. 3 Her righteousness shall nations see, All kings her glory view ; Jehovah in her midst shall be, Her grandeur to renew. 4 Zion shall be her Saviour's crown, His royal diadem ; And all who seek to pull her down, His vengeance shall condemn. On Sacred Subjects. 83 5 The church shall then be termed no more Forsaken and forlorn, Nor she her absent Lord deplore, Nor foes exult with scorn. 6 Faithful is he that pledged his word, His promise to fulfil ; Thy sighs, Zion, have been heard, Thy God regards thee still. 7 Thy great restorer thee shall wed, Thy God in thee rejoice, As the young bridegroom o'er his bride Exults with cheerful voice. 8 Ye watchmen, placed on Zions wall, Believe the word divine ; Pray on, till haughty Babel fall, Till Zion rise and shine. 1805. HYMN LXXIX. 1 HPHE great Immanuel we proclaim, ■*■ Who from the Father's bosom came, To ease our souls from endless flame, Hosanna ! 2 Hosanna ! prophet of the Lord, Thy holy spirit and thy word, Instruction to our souls afford, Hosanna ! 3 Hosanna ! to our great High Priest, Upon whose sacrifice we feast, From condemnation just released, Hosanna ! 84 Hymns and Verses 4 Hosanna in the highest, sing To him who sits on Zion, King, He to his saints will victory bring, Hosanna ! 5 Save now, exalted Lord, we pray, Who didst for us the law obey, And point to endless life the way, Hosanna ! 6 Save us from error, guilt, and sin, Light, peace, and purity within, Shall heaven itself on earth begin, Hosanna ! 7 In ease and trouble, life and death, Put everlasting arms beneath, And let thy praise employ our breath, Hosanna ! 8 Hosanna we at last will sing, And say, death, where is thy sting ? Thy conquest where, terrific king ? Hosanna ! Dee. 25, 1805. HYMN LXXX. 2 Kings ii. 14. 1 WHERE is the Lord, Elijah's God I Jehovah is his name ; Still must his church be his abode,] From age to age the same. 2 let thy wondrous power appear, And all thyself display ; Let Zion find her king is near, To chase her foes away. On Sacred Subjects. 85 3 Let not thy servants be dismayed, But on thy strength rely ; Thou art a very present aid, Nor wilt their prayers deny. •1 Duties nor dangers make us shrink, With so divine a guide ; We stand unawed on Jordan's brink, And view the farther side. 5 Dividing floods, thy will obey A path for us to yield ; With songs we march along the way, God is our sun and shield. 6 He makes our shoes like iron and brass, To tread the rugged road, While through the wilderness we pass To his divine abode. 1796. HYMN LXXXI. . Psalm ii. 1 T17HY do the heathen rage amain? * * Why do the people plot in vain ! The potentates of earth arise, And princes sinful leagues devise. 2 Against Jehovah they combine, Against the great Messiah join ; Now let us break their bands they say, Now wholly throw their cords away. 3 He who resides in heaven shall smile, The Lord shall scorn their impious toil, With angry voice their league dispel, And kindle in their souls a hell. S6 Hymns and Verses 4 " Lo, I my King on Zion place, Adorned with every royal grace ; He on that holy mount shall reign, And power divine his throne maintain." 5 " I will rehearse the Lord's decree, What the great Father said to me, Thou, Messiah, art my Son, And I the near relation own. 6 At thy request I will bestow A wide dominion here below ; To thee the nations I assign, And all the ends of earth are thine. 7 With iron sceptre crush the foes, Who dare thy righteous sway oppose, No brittle vessel formed of clay Shall break in pieces soon as they. 8 And now, ye feeble kings, be wise, Ye earthly judges, take advice ; Serve ye Jehovah, own his law, Be filled with transport, filled with awe. 9 Kiss ye the Son, lest in his wrath, If once it burn, he cut you off ; They perish who his ways detest, But all who trust him must be blest. 1797. HYMN LXXXII. Dum loquimur, fugerit invida A etas ; carpe diem, quam minimum credula poster o. Hot. Car. I. xi. 1 HHIME flies away, -*- Catch, catch the day ; So say the gay, Learn to be happy while you may ; On Sacred Subjects. And so say I Since time will fly, Lay trifles by, And seek the bliss which cannot die. 2 The immortal mind Was ne'er designed On earth to find Bliss real, lasting and refined ; Sinful pleasures, Sordid treasures, And empty fame, These cannot your attraction claim. 8 Let insects play Their life away, Do thou survey The glories of eternal day, The doom is just, The body must Keturn to dust, Whence it was taken at the first. •4 But heavenly grace Can guilt efface, And grant a place Among the happy ransomed race. Now is the time, Hate every crime, Seek joys sublime, And treasures in a happier clime. 1823. HYMN LXXXIIL Prov. xviii 23. 1 rpHE rich, elated with his wealth, -*- May give a rough reply ; Few are superior to himself, Or stands so firm and high. 8 Hymns and Verses 2 The poor appears with downcast mien, And must entreaties use ; Implore and wait his neighbours aid, Nor huff if he refuse. 3 Before the high and lofty One All creatures must be poor ; And sinners ruined and undone Must own this title sure. 4 The very poor must beg or starve, And very poor am I ; No good I at thy hand deserve, Lord, help me or I die. 5 My poverty I'd realize And live upon thy store ; Oh, look on me with pitying eyes, Thy bounty I implore. 6 I think of him who being rich Became extremely poor ; Who now can give me treasures, which For ever shall endure. 7 He used to say : " It is more blessed To give than to receive ;" He loves to succour the distressed Who on his name believe. 8 He had not where to lay his head When he abode below ; But he arose and left the dead, And dwells in glory now. 9 Gifts he received for wretched men, An unexhausted store ; And none more welcome are than when They come and ask for more. On Sacred Subjects. 89 1 May I upon his fulness live Whose grace is rich and free ; Lord, I want all thou hast to give. No less will do for me. Returning from Salisbury, March 18, 1822. HYMN LXXXIV. 1 "pEOM the path of duty -*- I have wandered far swerving, astray ; I have trod the downward way ; Guilty, lost, and underserving, Blessed Saviour, thou alone Couldst for all niy sins atone. 2 thou kind and condescending Jesus, hear thy suppliant's cry ; Quickly hear me or I die. On thy sacrifice depending, This shall be my only plea, Thou hast shed thy blood for me. 3 Thou assuming human nature Didst the holy law obey ; And then give thy life away ; Wondrous love ! none could be greater, Them to save who murdered thee ! Equal love could never be. 4 Sinners thou hast now invited To thy gracious arms to come, Thou hast said : ' ( There yet is room." Never let thy call be slighted, May thine efficacious grace Draw me, Lord, to seek thy face. 90 Hymns and Verses 5 I have heard thy declaration, " He that cometh unto me Never shall rejected be :" For a free and full salvation, Trusting in thy word divine, Lord I come, let all be mine. At Thornbury, Dec. 16, 1822. HYMN LXXXV. 1 TESUS ! thy love unparelleled ** Whenever it is felt, The hardest heart will melt ; If once thy glory is beheld It will transform the soul, And every lust control. 2 Thy love, Christ, the soul constrains Ever to follow thee ; Nor can it easy be Till it that happy state attains Where saints behold thy face, And dwell in thine embrace. 3 Oh, let it daily bear me on, That I with rapid pace, M^y run the heavenly race, Till I arrive where thou art gone, To sing the endless song With all the blood-bought throng. 4 All of the royal priesthood there Shall bow before thy throne, And all shall humbly own The crowns of righteousness they wear To thee must appertain, Who once for them wast slain. On Sacred Subjects. 9 1 5 Honor and blessing, power and praise, Saviour, are thy due ; A song for ever new To thee shall ransomed millions raise ; Angels elect shall join To sing thy love divine. 6 Chosen in thee, tho' not redeemed, By thee from sin preserved, Thee have they gladly served. And this their highest bliss esteemed, To join with ransomed men And add their loud Amen. Dec. 22, 1822. HYMN LXXXVI. HY name I would for ever bless, Immanuel ! But who thy glories can express ? Thy love what tongue can tell ? > T 2 What excellencies in thee shine, Immanuel ! All human virtues, all divine, To thee for ever dwell. 3 Thou didst thy Father's bosom leave, Immanuel ! The fall of Adam to retrieve, And save our souls from hell. 4 Our sins thou barest on the tree, Immanuel ! And when by faith I looked to thee, My burden off me fell. 92 Hymns and Verses 5 The victory thou didst obtain, Immaimel ! And I through thee shall conquest gain O'er all the hosts of hell. 6 And where thou art I hope to be, Immanuel ! Thy glory in the heavens to see, And ever with thee dwell. 1823. HYMN LXXXVIL 1 TEHOVAH like a flock ^ His ancient people led ; Gave water from the flinty rock Their tribes with manna fed. 2 And still he is the same, An ever present aid ; The souls that know and love his name Need never be afraid. 3 He that hath been our guide And help'd us hitherto, Is all-sufficient to provide This toilsome journey through. 4 His path is in the deep, His footsteps oft unknown ; Yet shall his eyes which never sleep For ever guard his own. 5 Those eyes through all the earth Are running to and fro ; His boundless might to all whose hearts Are upright, he will shew. On Sacred Subjects. 93 6 That strength shall best be known When they the feeblest feel, Their utter impotence they own, He will his grace reveal. 7 To them that have no might The Lord will strength increase ; Tho' hosts combined against them fight, Ere long the war shall cease. 8 The serpent's bruised head Can ne'er be healed again, On him the feeblest saint shall tread, And aggravate his pain 9 Begin the conqueror's song, All must be well at length ; When I am weak, then am I strong, For Jesus is my strength. 1823. HYMN LXXXVIII. 1 'HPIS of thy mercies, gracious Lord, -*- That we are not consumed ; Cut off as reprobates abhored, To endless burnings doomed. 2 Thy mercies every morning new, Who fully can relate ? While all my dispensations shew Thy faithfulness is great. 3 Thee as my portion would I claim, My hope in thee would place ; Oh, let me better know thy name, And trust upon thy grace. 94 Hymns and Verses 4 The more unearthly, guilty, mean, And indigent I be, The richer shall thy grace be seen In saving one like me. 5 Good is the Lord to them that wait For his most needful aid ; Continue knocking at his gate, Of no repulse afraid. 6 Ask, and you surely shall receive, Seek and you needs must find ; Oh ! be not faithless but believe, For he is true and kind. 7 The rich are empty sent away, Who merit dare to plead ; But never must a poor man say, " It is too much I need/' S Too much ! for Jesus to supply, In whom all fulness dwells ? Not Satan can believe the lie Which he so often tells. 9 Why should he gain a sinner's ear Of Adam's favor'd race ? Or why should not the sinner fear To limit sovereign grace. 10 Can justice be more magnified In a poor sinner's death, Then his, who on Mount Calvary died, And there resigned his breath ? 11 Would your blood shew the hatred more Jehovah bears to sin, Than that unspotted Victim's gore, Who was all pure within ! On Sacred Subjects. 95 1 2 Oh, how absurd is unbelief ! With what presumption fraught ! Let sinners, let the very chief, Abhor so vile a thought. 1823. HYMN LXXXIX. 1 f\ LOKD, my glory, my support, ^-^ My friend for ever near, To thee alone would I resort, When any ill I fear. 2 In darkness thou shalt be my light, In danger my defence ; Thou art a God of boundless might, I am all impotence. 3 My refuge thou hast ever been In times of deep distress ; Of death and of the world unseen, Thou dost the keys possess. •i In this waste howling wilderness Thou shalt my wanderings guide ; And when through Jordan's stream I press, Its waters will divide. 5 Thou shalt my soul receive at last, With thee to dwell above ; When all the scenes thro' which I passed, Shall manifest thy love. 1823. o HYMN XC. THOU, who art the living Vine, Grant, my soul may be Engrafted into thee ; 96 Hymns and Verses And feel thine influence divine ; Let me thy branch from thee my root, Be filled with heavenly fruit. 2 Nothing without thee can I do My God to glorify ; But let thy grace supply My need, and all my soul renew ; Then I my duty shall discharge, If thou my heart enlarge. 3 Hard would I follow after thee, Upheld by thine own hand ; And all my foes withstand ; Satan himself shall quickly flee, If thou assist me in the fight, By thine unfailing might. 4 For when I feel my weakness most, And look to thee for aid, I then am victor made ; Over Apollyon's cruel host, And over those indwelling foes, Who thy blest reign oppose. 5 Yes, even I can all things do, Thro' Christ who strengthens me ; Tho' impotent I be, My Saviour will my strength renew ; On eagles' wings he'll make me rise To mansions in the skies. Aug. 19, 1824. HYMN XCI. ] TF you would learn the way to run ■*■ With constancy the heavenly race ; Look off to Jesus, God's own Son, So full of truth and full of grace. On Sacred Subjects. 97 2 Tho' difficulties throng around And insurmountable appear, Look off to Jesus, all are found A level plain, when he is near. 3 Tho' hosts of foes in dread array Your soul may threaten to destroy. Look off to Jesus, your dismay Shall turn to victory and joy. i Sin and the world would fain decoy Your footsteps from the narrow road ; Look off to Jesus, and the joy That waits you in his bless'd abode. 5 The best of men are men at best ; Jesus must be to all preferred ; Look off to Jesus, all the rest Have often failed and sometimes erred. 6 Does your own weakness make you fear ? Or guilt your conscience sorely press ? Look off to Jesus, he is near, His strength and grace can none express. 7. For aid, protection, and supply, A perfect pattern, constant guide, Look off to Jesus, and rely On him, and on no one beside. On the road to Barnstable, 1824. 1 HYMN XCIL TTOW dangerous is the preacher's lot ! -*"*- Satan will take peculiar aim, And many a fiery dart be shot, At him who wears the sacred name, ? Hymns and Verses 2 As when a standard-bearer falls Many are seized with sore dismay ; A preacher's sin the church appals, And Satan triumphs o'er his prey. 3 While often he of things divine Is called officially to treat, They may the less affect his mind, Nor seem to be so new and sweet. 4 Called to oppose the foes of truth, He must examine what they say ; Nor may his mind be always proof Against the arts that lead astray. 5 His heart, if he should want success, May be improperly cast down ; Nor is the danger any less That follows popular renown. 6 I would my body under keep, And to my spirit too take heed ; Lest lust, or pride, or sloth, or sleep, My usefulness should e'er impede. 7 Lord, preserve, direct, uphold, Protect and guide me every day ; Oh make me humble, faithful, bold, Watchful, successful, Lord, I pray. 8 How sad if it enough should seem, To others Christ to recommend ; While I of safety fondly dream, But am not found his faithful friend. 9 Oh, let me feel the truths I teach, Feeding upon them every day ; That I may not to others preach, And be myself a castaway. Begun on the road to Barnstable, 1824. J On Sacred Subjects. ) 9 HYMN XCIII. THOU, whose voice can raise the dead, If thou hast put new life within, A soul that once was dead in sin, And art become my living head, More life bestow abundantly, And let me live alone to thee, 2 Let me thy glory still pursue With all my heart and strength and might, And in thy service take delight ; Doing for thee whate'er I do, As knowing I am not my own, Body and soul are thine alone. 3 Bought not with silver nor with gold, But with thy blood, spotless Lamb, Thy rightful property I am ; Thy purchase let me not withhold ; Oh, take thine own, and let me be In truth devoted, Lord, to thee. 4 Work in me both to will and do, Imparting vigour, life, and zeal ; Impress on me thy Spirit's seal ; All that opposes thee subdue, Oh, cleanse me thoroughly from sin, And ever dwell and reign within. 1824. HYMN XCIV. 1 rpHAN my father four months older, -*- Soon my body must decay ; Soon my bones to dust must moulder, Soon this flesh be lifeless clay. 100 Hymns and Verses 2 Shall it be that I've in vain heard Of those saints I never knew, Edwards, Bellamy and Brainerd, Often read their writings through ? 3 Have I oft conversed with others, Newton, Scott and Eobert Hall, Called Fuller, Pearce, and Sutcliffe, brothers, Shared their love, survived them all ! •1 Shall my disembodied spirit Join these saints in realms above, Sing the Saviour's boundless merit, Triumph in his sovereign love ? 5 Thou hast spared my life to enter Now upon my seventieth year; In thine hands my soul I venture, Make my evidences clear. 6 Long have I professed to know thee, Five and fifty years and more ; Let me feel how much I owe thee, And thy matchless grace adore. 7 Let me living then and dying, Look to Christ and him alone ; On his sacrifice relying Which for sinners could atone. 8 Thus, when heart and flesh are failing, If thy strength thou wilt display, Over death itself prevailing I at last shall win the day. Feb, 1822 On Sacred Subjects. 101 Written during Illness. 1 rpHOUGH often my mind is dejected, ■*■ Yet will I not dare to repine ; My trials, I know are selected By wisdom and goodness divine. 2 My father's severest correction, Shall work, in the end, for my good ; Nor ought I to doubt his affection, Though all be not yet understood. 3 Whatever to him brings me nearer, From earth, and from sin, wins my heart, Makes Christ and his Spirit still dearer, I ought to receive in good part, -i I know what perverse contradiction, My dearest Eedeemer once shar'd ; And light is my present affliction, "With joy everlasting compar'd. 5 The conflict will shortly be ended, The conquest and crown are at hand ; When I, to his kingdom ascended, Secure in his presence shall stand. 6 That happiness daily expecting, In patience my soul I possess ; And earth and its shadows rejecting, To glory eternal would pass. 1825 Musings in a Time of Affliction. 1 TN that day, Oh ! grant I may Find mercy, Lord, with thee ; Thro' Him who kept thy holy law, Without a blemish or a flaw, Then died upon the tree. 102 Hymns and Verses 2 Full of sin, And guilt within, No worthiness I plead : If thou iniquity shouldst mark, Dismal my prospects were, and dark, Hopeless my case indeed. 3 Merit none Call I my own ; But my demerits vast : Think of the merits of thy Son ! "What he has suffer'd ! — he has done ! And I am safe at last. 4 Vile I am ; But this blest Lamb His precious blood has spilt ; That blood, thou hast been pleas'd to say, Can wash the foulest stains away, And cancel all my guilt. 5 On him I Humbly rely, All other trust abjure ; Jesus, to thee alone I flee : This hope shall like an anchor be, For ever firm and sure. March, 1825. Imitation of Icelandic Poetry. 1 "DLESSED Babe, at Bethlehem born, ■*-* Born to save our souls forlorn ; Save from wrath and wretchedness, Worse than words can e'er express. On Sacred Subjects. 103 2 Thou wast born to bear our burden, Bear our sorrows and our sins ; When thy coming earth was heard on, Soon the scene of woe begins. 3 Eastern sages told the tidings Unto blinded Jews unknown ; Haughty Herod heard with horror, Startling on his stately throne ; And bid his bloody bands to butcher All the babes near Bethlehem born. 4 Wretched Eachel seemed to sit, Sadly sighing near her tomb ; Tor her children grieved and groaning, O'er their mangled members moaning, Weeping, wailing for their doom. 5 But this Babe by heaven protected Down to Egypt did descend ; Angels him whom man rejected, In his infancy attend. 6 Back from Egypt when he came, Long he lived unknown to fame ; When his ministry began, He was still misused by man ; Ear from finding fond applause ; Hated, tho' without a cause. 7 Him at length the jealous Jews Join to slander and accuse ; Doom to death our dearest friend ; With their cries the air they rend. 8 Calvary's cliff behold he climbs, Falsely charged with heaviest crimes, Now his hands and feet they nail ; Hell is hoping to prevail. 104 Hymns and Venes 9 But behold the baffled foe, Finds a fatal overthrow. Paiined rebels Christ redeems, Frustrates Satan's subtle schemes. It is finished ! Jesus cries, Bows his holy head and dies. 10 Soon the Saviour quits the grave, Sins to pardon, souls to save ; He far above all heaven ascends, And thither can conduct his friends 11 Loud the Lamb is lauded now, Blessed bands before him bow ; All proclaim their prince's praise, Ceaseless sonsrs sublimely raise. 1821. Imitated from the German. TY/'HILE here we sojourn ' * With perils beset, Our hearts let us learn On Jesus to set ; Forgetting things present Which soon shall decay, The painful and pleasant Shall both pass away. The life we possess Is hidden indeed, Not worldlings can guess, From whence it proceeds ; In God with Christ Jesus It's safely concealed, But at his appearance, It shall be revealed. On Sacred Subjects. Yes, he who was slain. For sin to atone, Will soon come again As judge on his throne ; Then all whom his Spirit Had sealed for his. With him shall inherit Perfection of blisa Translated from an Italian Epigram, on seeing a representation of Christ, bound to a pillar to be scourged. " Di marmo e la colana I)i marmo son gli empi." "A r AEBLE the pillar ; marble they ■*■" Who senseless stood around ; Marble the Lord, who there for me With cruel cords was bound. The pillar was by nature hard; Sin turned the Jews to stone; Twas love that hardened thee, blest Lord. To constancy unknown. If I. for whom the scourge he felt, The wondrous sight can see. Not into grateful rivers melt, — I too. must marble be ! FIXIS. 1 2 INDEX OF FIKST LINES. PAGE. Ah! I shall soon be dying, * ... .♦. .*. ..♦ ... 14 Ah! the dire way that once I trod, 59 " All we like sheep have gone astray," * 41 " Am I my brother's keeper?" — Cain, 40 And does the sinner say " Depart ! " 43 Arm of the Lord ! awake, awake ! 35 Blessed Babe, at Bethlehem born, 102 Blest are the dead who die in Christ, 64 Blest is the Man, Christ, 3 Father God, we trust we be 65 For Zion's sake 111 not restrain 44 From Egypt thou hast brought a vine, 20 From the path of duty swerving, 89 God is very good to me, > 16 Good is thy word, Lord 62 Hark, while the grace divine 40 Help me, Lord, to shew, 6Q Here assembled in thy name 44 Holy, holy, holy Lord ! 32 Hosanna to the King 13 How dangerous is the preacher's lot 97 How long, Lord, wilt thou forget 67 How many years hath man been driv'n 12 " I can do all things ! " — wondrous Paul ! 69 If I from others differ aught, 7 If you would learn the way to run 96 In that day, 101 In thee, O Lord, do I confide, 68 Jehovah like a flock 92 Jerusalem my heav'nly home, 11 Jesus the woman's promis'd seed, 25 Jesus ! thy love unparelleled 90 J esus, who still'd the stormy sea, 45 INDEX. 107 PAGE. Let every ear attend, 56 Let Israel recollect the way 38 Let them that love thy glorious name 27 Let us search and try our ways, 46 Let us sing the King Messiah, 33 Look to the law, and look icithin 36 Lord, teach a little child to pray, 15 Marble the pillar ; marble they 105 Now let the Lord who reigns above 51 Now let the slumb'ring church awake, 19 Now let us lift our souls on high 70 every one that thirsteth come, 70 Of trials I meet by the way 42 Oh, let the time appointed come, 87 Oh that I could but walk with God ! 50 Oh thou, whose hand alone sustains ... 17 O Lord ! I would delight in thee, 29 O Lord, my glory, my support, 95 O thou, who art the living Vine, 95 O thou whose omnipotent word 73 O thou whose providence divine 7 O thou, whose voice can raise the dead, 99 Our God, how perfect i3 his way ! 74 O what felicities surround 72 Passing along through A chor's vale, 22 Redemption's wise mysterious plan, 75 Rejoice, the Saviour reigns 34 Say who are these that like a cloud, 78 Shine forth, thou uncreated light, 76 Solitary mourner, why 25 Son of the blessed ! who wast seen 77 Sovereign Ruler of the skies 30 Sure it is my chief desire 76 Sweet is the light of opening day, 39 Sweet was the hour and sweet the place, 2 Than my father four months older, 99 The burning bush which Moses saw 24 The great Immanuel we proclaim, 83 The love of the Spirit I sing, 81 108 INDEX. PAGE. The people whose God is the Lord, 9 The rich, elated with his wealth, 87 They who now surround the throne 48 Though low the vale of Achor lies, 21 Though often my mind is dejected, 101 Thou Keeper of a lovely flock, 18 Thou living sun, whose heav'nly ray # 57 Thou, Lord, art my sun and my shield; 61 Thou Son of God and Son of man, 27 Thou source of all vigour divine, 79 Thou Sovereign of my soul, 52 Thus, baptized in Jesus' name, 80 Thy name I would for ever bless, 91 Time flies away, 86 'Tis of thy mercies, gracious Lord, , 93 To thee I lift my waking eyes, 61 'Twas at thy word, Almighty Lord, 54 'Twas the voice of my Saviour that spoke, 5 When Abram's servant to procure .... 1 When from Esau's vengeful hand, 9 When I think the sorrows o'er 55 When our Captain first enlisted 58 When the Saviour dwelt below, 28 Where is the Lord, Elijah's God ? 84 While here we sojourn 104 Why do the heathen rage amain ? 85 Why, thoughtless sinner, wilt thou die ? 37 Printed for Daniel Sedgwick, 81, Sun Street, Bishopsgate, e,c, by Bowden & Brawn, 13, Princes Street, Holborn, w.c. A Comprehensive Index OF NAMES OF ORIGINAL AUTHORS & TRANSLATORS PSALMS & HYMNS, gl$ttf) tf)e Dates of tjetr bartous SlBotfes. Chiefly collected from the Original Publications, By DANIEL SEDGWICK, i860. Abbreviations: 0. Original; O. & S. Original and Select; O. & T. P. Original and Translator of Psalms ; T. P. Translator of Psalms; O. & T. Original and Trans- lator ; T. Translator. * denotes the Author published a book. A—. J—, O. & S. 1739* Adams, John, Jim, O. 1772 Adams, Sarah F— , O. 1840 Addison, Lancelot, O. 1699* Addison, Joseph, O. & T. P. 172S* Aikin, John, O. 1791* Alcock, Mary, O. 1799* Allen, James, O. 1757* ' Allen, John, O. 1767 Allen, William, 0. & S. 1835* Alexander, Cecil Frances, O. 1849* Arnold, Godfrey, O. 1754 Ashworth, T, Alfred, 0> 1840 Atwood, George, T. P. 1730* Atwood, H— , A—, S— , T. P. 1834* Austin, John, O. & S. 166S* Auther, John, O. 1737* Bailey, John, O. & S. 1813* Baker, Thomas Bagnal, O. & S. 1844* Bakewell, John, O. 177— Balfour, Alexander, O. 1840 Ball, William, O. 1825 Barbauld, Anna Letitia, O. 1774" Barclay, George, O. & S. 1825* Barclay, John, O. 1767* Barnard, John, O. 1752* Barnard, Samuel, O. & S. 1803* Barnes, Dr. Thomas, O. 178— Bartlett, Jeffrey, O. & S. 1710* Barton, William, O. & T. P. 1644* Barton, Bernard, 0. 1826* Barrow, James. 0. 1766* Bathurst, William Hiley, O & S. 1831* Batten, William, O. 1814* Batty, William, O. 1757* Batty, Christopher, O. 1757* Batty, Lawence, O. 1757* Baxter, Richard, 0. & T. P. 1692* Beck, Thomas, O. & S. 1782* Beddome, Benjamin, O. 1818* Bennet, — , O. 1806 Berridge, John, O. 1785* Bethune, John, O. 1840* Bickersteth, Edward, O. & S. 1838* Bickersteth, Edward Henry, O. 1849* Bigg, Nathaniel, O. 1833* Black, Thomas, O. 1775 Black, Jane, O. 1775 Blackall, Elizabeth, O. 1835* Blacklock, Thomas, O. & T. P. 1793* Blackmore, Richard, T. P. 1721* Bocking, Daniel, O. 1782* Boden, James, 0. & S. 1801* Bouar, Horatius, O. 1857* Boswell, Robert, O. 1784* Boswell, Robert Bruce, O. 1838* Boyce, Samuel, O. 1806 Boyd, Zachary, O. & T. P. 1644* Boyse, Joseph, O. 1693* Bowden, John, O. 1805* Bowie, Archibald, O. 1775 Bowring, John, O. 1825* 11 AUTHORS OF PSALMS AND HYMNS. Brackenbury, Robert Can, O. 1800* Bradberry, David, O. 176— Bradford, John, O. & S. 1792* Bradshaw, Thomas, O. 1832* Brady, Nicholas, T. P. 1696* Brainard, — , O. 1806 Braithwaite, Richard, T. P. 1638* Brent, Samuel, O. 1805* Brewer, Jehoida, 0. 179 — Bridgewater, Henry, O. 1824* Brown, Robert, O. 1826* Browne, Edward, O. 1641* Browne, Simon, O. & T. P. 1720* Browne, Moses, O. & T. P. 1752* Browne, Mary Anne, O. 1835* Broome, William, O. 1739 * Brace, Michael, O. 1768* Buchan, C— F— . O. 1854* Buchanan, John, O. 1839 Budden, William, O. 1806 Buhner, John, O. & S. 1835* Buhner, Agnes, O. 1835 Bull, John, O. 1827* Bunting, William M— , O. 1846 Bunyan, John, O. 1701* Burder, George, O. & S. 1784* Burford, Samuel, O. 1772* Burford, Ephraim, O. 1779 Burgess, Daniel, O. & T. P. 1714* Burnham, Richard, O. 1803* Butcher, Edmund, O. 1798* Byrom, John, O. & T. P. 1773* Campbell, Duncan, O. 1756* Carrington, C— , O. 1776 Carter, Elizabeth, O. 1762* Caswall, Edward, O. & T. 1858* Causton, J— D— , O. 1817* Cave, Jane, O. 1783* Cawood, John, O. 18— Cayley, Cornelius, O. 1762* Cennick, John, O. 1742* Chandler, Charles, 0. & S. 1786* Chandler, John. T. 1841* Chapman, R— C— , 0. 1837* Chappel, — , 0. 1806 Chear, Abraham, O. 1672* Cheater, — , O. 1806 Cheffins, Samuel, O 1822* Chesney, John, O. 1803* Clagget, Ann, O. 1754 Clagget, Martha, O. 1754 Clagget, Elizabeth, O. 1754 Clark, John, O. 1799* Clarke, Augustus, O. 1788* Clarke, Ann, O. 1825* Clayton, George, O. 1815 Clayton, John, Jun, O. 1843 Cobbin, Ingram, O. & T. 1817* Cobden, Edward, 0. 1748* Cocks, Mrs. S— , O. 1831* Coldwell, William. T. P. 1821* Cole, Charles, O. 1792* Collins, Hercules, O. 1696* Collins, William, O. 1749* Collins, F— , 0. &T. P. 1826* Colling, Elizabeth, T. P. 1838* Collyer, William Bengo, O. & S. 1812* Conder, Josiah, 0. & T. P. 1856* Conder, Mrs. Josiah, O. 1856 Coney, Thomas, O. & T. P. 1722* Cook, William, 0. 1839 Cooke, Joshua, O. 1754 Cotterill, Thomas, O. & S. 1819* Cotterill, Mrs. J— , 0. 1819 Cottle, Joseph, O. & T. P. 1828* Cotton, Nathaniel, 0. & T. P. 1791* Cowerd, William, O. 1810* Cowley, Abraham, 0. & T. P. 1680* Cowper, WiUiam. O. & T. 1779* Cowper, Frances Maria, O. 1792* Cox, Frances Elizabeth, T. 1841* Crabbe, George, 0. 1807* Cradock, Samuel, O. 1702* Cradock, Thomas, O. 1756* Craig, James, O. 1727* Crashaw, Richard, O. & T. P. 1646* Crossman, Samuel, O. 1664* Crossman, Francis G— , 0. 1829* AUTHORS OF PSALMS AND HYMNS. Cruden, William, O. 1761* Cruttenden, Robert, O. 1763* Cudworth, William, O. & S. 1752* Culy, David, O. 1726* Dale, Thomas, 0. 1822* Daniel, Richard, T. P. 1722* Darby, Charles, T. P. 1704* Darney, William, O 1751* Darracott, Risdon, 0. 1756 Darwin, Erasmus, O. 1807* Davies, Samuel, 0. 1769 Davis, Richard, O. 1738* Daye, Eliza, O. 1798* Deacon, Samuel, O. 1780* Deacon, John, O. & S. 1804* De Courcy, Richard, O. & S. 1784* De Fleury, Maria, 0. 1791* De Lamotte, William, 0. & T. 1754 Dell, Henry, O. & T. P. 1756* Denham, John, T, P. 1714* Denham, David, 0. & S*. 1837* Denny, Edward, O. 1848* Dewhurst, H— W— , O. 1839* Dewhurst, Mrs. E— H— , O. 1839 Dickson, David, 0. 1700* Dickson, Thomas, O. 1834* Dillon, Edward, 0. 1842* Disney, John, O. 1701* Dixon, Lucy, O. 1850* Doane, George Washington, O. 1824* Dobell, John, 0. & S. 1806* Dobell, Samuel, O, & S. 1816* Doddridge, Philip, 0. & T. P. 1755* Dolman, John, 0. & S. 1758* Donald, Robert, T. P. 1815* Donne, John, O. & T. P. 1633* Dracup, John, O. 1787* Dransfield, William, O. 1854* Drummond, D. T. K., O. & S. 1838* Dry den, John, O. 1702* Dyer, George, 0. 1795* Dutton, Anne, O. 1734* Dutton, Thomas, 0. 1789 Dwight, Timothy, 0. & T. P. 1800* Earle, Jabez, O. 1724* East, John, O. 1839* Ecking, Samuel, O. 1779 Eden, John, T. P. 1841* Edmeston, James, 0. 1823* Elflain, Christian Appold, O. 1843* Elliott, Miss C— , O. 184— Elliot, Robert, O. & S. 1761* Ellis, — , 0. 1801 Enfield, William, O. & S. 1772* Erskine, Ralph, 0. 1741* Estlin, John Prior, O. 1840 Evans, John, 0. 17 — Fairweather, Mary, 0. 1833* Fanch, James, O. &T. P. 1764* Farwell, Mrs. — , O. 1806 Farr, Edward, T. P. 1836* Faulkner, William, 0. 1831 Fawcett, John, O. 1782* Fearn, Joseph, 0. 1854* Felton, William, 0. 1835 Fellows, John, 0. 1773* Ferrier, Robert, O. 1775 Fitzherbert, Miss, O. 1772 Flatman, Thomas, 0. 1686* Fleming, Robert, O. & T. P. 1691* Fletcher, Joseph, O. & S. 1815* Fletcher, Thomas, 0. 1840 Flowerdew, Ann, O. 1811* Ford, Simon, O. 1688* Fordyce, James, 0. 1788* Forrest, Alexander, O. 1754* Foster, William, O. 1789 Foster, Catherine, T. P. 1838* Fortesque, Eleanor, T. 1843* Fountain, John, O. 1800 Fowler, Henry, 0. 1818* Foxton, Thomas, O. 1728* Francis, Benjamin, O. 1770 Franklin, Jonathan, 0. 1812* Fry, Caroline, O. 1822* Fry, Henrietta Joan, O. & T. 1842* Furmage, William, 0. 1781 Gadsby, William, 0. & S. 1814* AUTHORS OF PSALMS AND HYMNS. Gale, Thomas, O. 1821* Gambold, John, O. & T. 1754* Gibbons, Thomas, O. & T. P. 1769* Gibbons, John, O. 1772* Gilbert, Ann, O. 1827* Giles, William, 0. & S. 1775* Giles, Joseph, O. 1771* Gisborne, Thomas, O. 1813* Glas, John, O. & S. 1775* Glas, Alexander, O. 1775 Glas, Thomas, O. 1775 Godwin, Edward, O. 1745* Goode, William, T. P. 1816* Grant, James, O. 1784* Grant, Robert, 0. & T. P. 1839* Greig, Mr. — , O. 1744 Greene, Thomas, O. 1780* Greening, Elizabeth, O. 1754 Greenwood, Thomas O. 1830* Greville, Robert Kaye, O. & S. 1838* Grigg, Joseph, 0. 1806* Gruenbeck, Esther, O. 1754 Guion, Delamothe, O. 1801* Gurney, Thomas, 0. 1790* Gurney, Joseph John, O. 1837* Gurney, Priscilla, O & S. 1838* Gyfford, R, Jun, O. 180—* Habershon, Matthew, O. 1841* Hale, Matthew, O. 1651* Hall, Joseph, T. P. 1624* Hall, Newman, O. 1858* Hamilton, R. Winter, O. 1850 Hammond, William, O. & T. P. 1745 Hancox, Joseph, O. 1840 Hardy, Phillip Dixon, O. & S. 1839* Hart, Joseph, O, 1759* Harte, Walter, O. & T. P. 1727* Harrison, Thomas, O. 1719* Harrison, Susannah, O. 1780* Harvie, Christopher, O. 1640* Haweis, Thomas, O. 1808* Hawkes worth, John, O. & T. 1760* Hawker, Robert, O. 1819 Hayward, — . O. 1806 Heath, George, O. 17S4* Heber, Reginald, O. 1827* Heginbotham, Ottiwell, O. 1799* Helling, Nicholas, O. 1838* Hemans, Felicia, O. 1830* Herbert, George, O. 1632* Herbert, Daniel, O. 1813* Hervey, James, O. 1764 Herrick, Robert, O. 1648* Heywood, Thomas, O. 1635* Hey wood, John, O. 1740* Hickson, John, O. 1824 Hill, Rowland, O. & S. 1786* Hill, Elizabeth, O. & S. 1831* Hirst, Thomas, O. 1844* Hodgson, Francis, O. 1820* Hogg, James, O. 1801* Holderness, Mary ; O. 1825* Holland, William, O. 1754 Honeywood, William, O. 179—* Hornblower, Jane, O. 1843* Hooper, Joseph, O. 1835 Hopkins, John, T. P. 1551* Home, John, O. 1754 Home, William, O. 1754 Home, George, O. 1808* Home, William Wales, O. & S. 1823* Hoskins, Joseph, O. 1789* Hough, James, O. & S. 1837* Houghton, Pendlebury, O. 1840 House, William, O. 1821* Hoyland, — , O. 1785* Huie, Richard, O. & S. 1825* ■ Hull, John Dawson, O. 1844* Hume, Alexander, O. 1599* Humphrey, Joseph, O. 1743 Humphrys, Thomas, O. & S. 1798* Humphry, Eliza, O. 1854* Hunt, John, O 1715* Hunt, John, O. & T. 1853* Huntingdon, Selina, O. & S. 176—* Hupton, Job, O. 1808 Hum, William, O. & S. 1813* Hutton, James, O. 1746 AUTHORS OF PSALMS AND HYMNS. Hutton, W. Pepperell, O. 1829* Irons, Joseph, O. & T. P. 1819* Isaac, Benjamin, 0. & S. 1834* Jacks, James, O. 1824 Jacobi, John Christian, T. 1722* James, Mr. M— , O. & S. 1793* James, Samuel, 0. 1817* Jay, William, O. & S. 1833* Jenkyn, Dr. — , O. 1846 Jervis, Thomas, 0. & S. 1795* Jesse O. Jevon, Mary Ann, O. 1835* Johns, John, 0. 1840 Johnson, John, O. & S. 1783* Jones, Edmund, O. 1760* Jones, Joseph, O. 1842* Jowett, William, 0. 1843* Joyce, Eobert, O. 1835* Judkin, Thomas J—, O. & T. P. 1834* Judson, Sarah B— , O. Keach, Benjamin, 0. 1691* Keble, John, T. P. 1839* Kelly, Thomas, O. 1804* Kemp, Miss —.,0. 1806 Kempster, J— J—, O. & S. 1844* Ken, Thomas, O. 1675* Kennaday, Dr. J — , 0. 1846 Kennett, Basil, T. P. 1706* Kent, John, O. 1803* Kessell, Andrew, O. 1787* Kidd, Jane, 0. 1827* KiUigrew, William, O. 1695* Kinchin, Charles, 0. & T. 1754 King, Henry, T. P. 1651* King, Harriet Rebecca, 0. 1832" Kingsbury, Mr. — . O. 1806 Kippis, Andrew, O. & S. 1795* Knight, Mr. — , O. 1806 Knight, Ellis Cornelia, T. 1812* Knot, Richard, O. 1833* Lacey, John, O. 1747* Lamport, William, 0. 1840 Lane, Samuel, O. & S. 1811* Langford, John, O. & S. 1776" Langford, Robert, 0. 1S20* Langley, John Henry, O. 1776* Latchford, John, O. & S. 1808* La Trobe, Benjamin, O. 1789 La Trobe, C— J—, O. 1812 La Trobe, J— A—, O. 1849 Lawson, John, O. 1823* Larisch, Dinah, O. 1754 Lee, Richard, O. 1794* Lee, Thomas, 0. 1795* Leighton, William, O. 1775 Lewis, Thomas, O. 1782 Lewis, William G— . O, 1827* Liddell, George, 0. 1710* Livingston, William, O. 1747* Llewelyn, Penderel, T. 1850* Lowe, Henry, T. P. 1820* Lynch, Mrs. Henry, 0. 1855* Lyster, Thomas, O. 1698* Lyte, Henry Francis, O. & T. P. 1833* Mc Cheyne, Robert M— ., O. 1844* Macdonald, Helen E— , O. 1847* Mc NicoL David, 0. 1836* Madan, Judith, O. 1763 Mann, John, O. 1828* Mant, Richard., 0. & T. P. 1824* Mardley, John, O. 1562 Marriott, John, O. 1816 Marsden, Thomas, O. 1848* Marsh, E. Garrard, T. P. 1832* Martineau, Harriet, O. 1840 Mason, John, O. & T. P. 1683* Mason, William, Esq. O. 1765* Mason, William, 0. 1782* Massereene, & Ferrard, T. P. 1847* Massie, Richard, T. 1854* Masters, Mary, O. & T. P. 1755* Matlock, John, O. & S. 1767* Maxfield, Thomas, 0. & S. 1766* Maxwell, James, O. & T. P. 1759* Medley, Samuel, O. 1800* Meeres, Nathaniel, O. & T. P. 1845* Meikle, James, O. 1807* Mendez, Moses, O. & S. 1767* AUTHORS OF PSALMS AND HYMNS. Merrick, James, T. P. 1763* Mickle, William J—., T. P. 1794* Middleton, Erasmus, O. 1806 Milbourne, Luke, T. P. 1698* Mill, Henry, O. & T. 1856* Miller, J— , 0. 1789 Miller, William Edward, O. & S. 1802* Miller, William, O. 1791* Milman, Henry Hart. O. 1827 Milton, John, O. & T. P. 1645* Mitchell, David, O. 1731*, Mitchell, Thomas, O. 18—* Mollineux, Mary, O. 1702* Monsell, John S— B— , O. 1837* Montagu, Montagu, T. P. 1851* Montgomery, James, 0. & T. P. 1828* Montgomery, Robert, O. 1829* Montgomery, P— V— G— , O.&T. 1856* Moore, Henry, O. 1806* More, Henry, O. 1706* More, Hannah, O. 1780* Morell, Thomas, O. & T. 1732* Morris, Joseph, T. 1854* Morton, Thomas, M— . O. & S. 1786* Mote, Edward, O. & S. 1836* Moultrie, John, O. 1837* Munn, Nathaniel, O. 1735* Murlin, John, O. 1788* Mutter, George, O. & S. 1825* Musgrave, George, T V P. 1833* Neale, James, O. 1763* Neale, John Mason, O. & T. 1851* Needham, John, O. 1768* Neele, Henry, O. 1818* Newborn, James, O. 1830* Newell, Mr. — , O. 1813 Newman, Richard, O. 1819* Newstead, Robert, O. 1825* Newton, John, O. 1779* Newton, James, O. 1800* Newton, Henry, O. 184 — * Niven, Robert, O. 1811* Noel, Baptist W— , O. & S. 1853* Norman, Mr.—, O. 1787 Norris, John, O. & T. P. 1684* Norton, Andrews, O. 1S40 Ogilvie, John, O. & T. P. 1776* Okely, Francis, 0. 1754 Olding, Miss, O. 1806 Olivers, Thomas, O. (1757)* Opie, Amelia, O. 1802* Owen, Charles, O. 1712* Paice, Henry, O. & S. 1821* Park, Thomas, O. 1797* Parnell, Thomas, O. 1758* Parsons, Mary, O. 1819* Parsons, Edward, O. 1782* Parsons, Letitia, O. 1808* Patrick, John, T. P. 1715* Patrick, Symon, O. & T. 1719* Pattison, Samuel, O. 1801* Peabody, William, O. 1840 Peacock, John, O. 1776* Pearce, Samuel, O. 1800 Perronet, Edward, O. 1785* Perry, — ; O. 1806 Phillips, John, T. P. 1698* Phippard, — , O. 1806 Pierpont, John, O. 1816* Pilgrim, Edward Trapp, O. 1837* Pitt, Christopher, T. P. 1727* Pittam, John, O. 1832* Pope, Alexander, O. 1720* Porter, George, O. 1823* Pritchard, Rees, O. 1754* Purday, Victory, O. 1825* Quarles, Francis, O. 1650* Quarles, John, O. 1679* r__., s— P— ., O. 1777 Radford, Joseph, O. & S. 1790* Raffles, Thomas, O. 1820 Ragg, Thomas, O. 1837* Raine, Rosa, O. 1851* Rawlet, John, O. & T. P. 1687* Reece, J— , O. 1829 Relly, James, O. 1758* Relly, John, O. 1758 Rennew, Ann, O. 1714* AUTHORS OP PSALMS AND HYMNS. Rees, John, O. & S. 1826* Reeve, John, O. 16S4* Reynold, Joseph, O. & S. 1822* Rickard, Samuel, O. 1825* Ridge way, John, 0. 1774* Rippon, John, O. & S. 1787* Rippon, Thomas, O. 1822 Roberts, Francis, T. P., 1665* Robinson, Robert, 0. 1787 Robinson, George, O. 1850 Row, Thomas, O. 1817* Rowe, Elizabeth, O. & T. P. 1739* Rowe, John, O. 1750 Rowland, Edward, T. P. 1826* Roscoe, William, O. 1840 Roscoe, William Stanley, O. 1840 Rozzel, William, O. 1823 Russell, Frederick, T. P. 1843* Russell, Thomas, O. & S. 1842* Russell, A — T— , O. 1842 Russell, Joshua, O. 1853* Rutherford, Archibald, O. 1775 Ryland, John, O. 1775* Ryland, Dr. John, O. 1826* Saffery, Maria Grace, 0. 1834* Salwey, Thomas, 0. 1847* Sandeman, Robert, 0. 1775 Sandiland, Robert, O. 1775 Sandy, George, O. & T. P. 1636* Say, Samuel, O. & T. P. 1745* Schoolbred, Andrew, Ewen, O. 1849* Scott, Thomas, O. 1773* Scott, Elizabeth, 0. 1806 Scott, Robert Allan, T. P. 1839* Scott, William, O. 1840* Seagrave, Robert, O. & S. 1748* Seaton, Thomas, O. & S. 1734* Serle, Ambrose, 0. 1787 Seward, Benjamin, 0. 1739 Sewell, William, O. 1835* Shepherd, Thomas, O. 1692* Shepherd, Richard, H— ., O. 1843* Sheppard, John, 0. 1850* Shenston, William, 0. 1833* Shirley, Walter, O. 1770 Shoveller, Mr. — ., O. 1806 Shrubsole, William, O. 1780 Sidney, Philip, T, P. 1823* Sidney, Mary, T. P. 1823* Sigourney, Lydia, O. 1841* Sikes, Sarah, O. 1815* Simpson, David, O. & S. 1780* Sims, Mr. T— , 0. 1742 Sims, Thomas, O. & S. 1839* Simson, Patrick, 0. 1686* Skelton, Philip, 0. 1784* Skurray, Francis, T. P. 1843* Slade, E— W— , O. 1829* Slinn, Sarah, O. 1779 Small, James, O. 1831* Smart, Christopher, T. P. 1765* Smith, Robert, Martyr, O. 1555 Smith. Thomas, O. 1788* Smith, William, M— , O. 1805* Smith, James Edward, O. 1840 Smyth, Miles, T. P. 1672* Smyth, Edward, O. 1780* Sowden, Benjamin, 0. 1769* Spire, R— , O. 1758* Spooner, Thomas, O. 1762* Staines, Matthew, O. 1814* Stebbing, John, O. 1850* Steele, Anne, O. & T. P. 1760* Stennett, Joseph, O. & T. P. 1713* Stennett, Dr. Samuel, O. 1787 Stennett, Samuel, O. 1836* Stenson, John, O. & S. 1855* Stephens, Thomas, O. 1661* Sternhold, Thomas, T. P. 1551* Stewart, John, O. 1803 Stocker, John, O. 1776 Stodart, Mary Ann, O. 1840* Stoddon, Samuel, O. 1702* Stogdon, Hubert, O. 1729* Stonehouse, George, O. 1754 Stonehouse, Maria Theresa, 0. 1754 Storr, Sarah, O. & T. 1857* Stow, John, T. P. 1809* AUTHORS OF PSALMS AND HYMNS. Straphan, J—, O. 1787 Strateer, — , 0. 1806 Stringer, Thomas, O. 1853* Sutclifle, Joseph, O. 1837* Swain, Joseph, O. 1796* Swaine, Edward, O. 1839* Swertner, John, 0. & S. 1789* Symonds, — , O. 1806 Tate, Nahum, T. P. 1696* Taylor, Jeremy, O. 1655* Taylor, Clare, O. 1742 Taylor, John, 0. 1827* Taylor, Jane, O. 1826* Taylor, Emily, O. 1826* Taylor, William, O. 1840 Teate, Faithful, O. 1669* Thistlewaite, Grace, 0. 1842* Thodey, Samuel, O. 1850 Thomson, George, 0. 1776* Thomson, John, O. 1840 Thursby, — , O. 1806 Toilet, Elizabeth, T. P. 1756* Tonna, Charlotte Elizabeth, O. 1840* Toplady, Augustus, O. & T. P. 1759* Towers, John, O. 1770* Trapp, Joseph, O. & T. P. 1748* Trivett, Edward, O. & S. 1755* Tucker, William, O. 1772 Turner, Daniel, O. 1747* Turner, Frances, O. 1852* Tuite, E— D— , O. 1824* Unwin, — , O. 1806 Upcraft, Thomas, O. 1824 Usher, James, T. P. 1823* Vaughan, Henry, O. & T. P. 1655* Vaughan, Thomas, O. 1772 Verner, Thomas, O. 1775 Vilant, WiUiam, O. & T. P. 1689* Vincent, Thomas, O. 168—* Viney, Richard, O. 1754 Voke, Mrs. — , O. 1806 W— gt— n, J— W— , O. 1777 Wadsworth, Thomas, O. 1680* Wallin, Benjamin, O. 1750* Ware, Henry, Jun. O. 1840 Wardlaw, Ralph, O. & S. 1803* Waring. J—, O. 1808* Waring, S— M— , O. 1826* Washbourn, Mrs. S— O. 1822* Washbourne, Thomas, O. 1654* Waterstone, William, O. 1775 Watts, Isaac, O. & T. P. 1709* Wells, John, O. 179—* Wesley, Samuel, Sen, O. & T. P. 1700* Wesley, Samuel, O, 1743* Wesley, Charles, O. & T. P. 1739* Wesley, John, O. &T. 1739* West, John, O, 1754 West, Mrs. — , O. 1833* Westhorp, William, O. 1828* White, Henry Kirke, O. 1803* Wilks, Matthew, O. 1834* Willison, John, O. 1747* Wilson, Thomas, O. 1829 Wilson, Susannah, O. 1814* W T illiams, William, O. 1759* Williams, Edward, O. & S. 1801* Williams, Isaac, O. & T. 1841* Winchester, Elhanan, O. 1794* Wingrove, John, O. 1785* Winkworth, Catherine, T. 1856* Wither, George, O. & T. P. 1623* Woodford, Samuel, O. & T. P. 1667* Worboise, Emma Jane, O. 184 — * Wreford, John Reynell, O. 1840 Wright, John, O. 1727* Wright, George, O. 1778* Wyan, Richard, O. & S. 1739* Yate, Richard, O. 1772 Yates, Richard, Vaughan, O. 1840 Young, John, O. 1827* Zinzendorf, Nicholas, O. & T. 1754 Zinzendorf, Christian R— , O. 1754 Zinzendorf, Anna Caritas, O. 1754 N.B. — The greater portion of this list is copied [from the original works, and refers to first editions ; but where no work has been published by the Author, the date of the collection in which their hymns first appeared is given. — The compiler wishes to make the list more complete, and communications to that effect will be welcomed. Library of Spiritual Songs. REPTJNTED VERBATIM FROM THE ORIGINALS; WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE AUTHORS. I. Mason's (John) "Spiritual Songs," 1683. — ''Penitential Cries/' by Thomas Shepherd, 1692. With Memoirs of tho Authors. 12mo, cloth, 3s. Qd. II. Williams' (William) "Hosannah to the Son of David," 1759.— "Elegy on the Rev. George Whitefield," 1771. — "Gloria in Ex- celsis," 1772. With Memoir of the Author by the Rev. Edward Morgan, A.M. 12mo, cloth, 4s. Ill* Toplady's (Augustus* Montague) "Hymns and Sacred Poems," 1759. With Sketch of his Life and Poetry. 12mo, cloth, 4s. 6d. IV. Seagrave's (Robert) "Hymns for Christian Worship," 1748. With Sketch of the Author. 12mo, cloth, 2s. V. Grigg's (Joseph) "Hymns on Divine Subjects," with "Serious Poems," 1756. With Sketch of the Author. 12mo, cloth, 2s. VI. Sedgwick's (Daniel) " Comprehensive Index of Names of Original Authors and Translators of Psalms and Hymns, with the Dates of their various Works. " 1860. 12mo, 6d. •%* The following Authors are in preparation :— Thomas Olivers, Edward Perronet, John Stocker, Joseph Stennett, Samuel Stennett, John Ryland, Thomas Harrison, Daniel Turner, Job Hupton, &c. N.B.— It is proposed (if a sufficient number of subscribers can be procured) to reprint, in the Series, the beautiful hymns of Miss Anne Steele — a poetess next to Dr. Watts. 12mo, cloth, 6s. Friends approving of the same will oblige by remitting their names to the Publisher, Daniel Sedgwick, 81, Sun Street, Bishops- gate, London ; or Hamilton, Adams, and Co., Paternoster Row, London. Literary Notices. MASON and SHEPHERD. " This collection of Sacred Poetry first appeared in the years 1683 and 1692. It is well worth reprinting, and will supply most valuable additions to our modern hymnals. Mr. Mason's hymns, in particular, have sometimes all the pathos of Watts, with greater eleva- tion and dignity." — Notes and Queries, August 6, 1859. "We some time ago noticed the republication of Williams's hymns— the work before us is another of the same series. It is curious, and will repay examina- tion. There are brief memoirs of the two authors pre- fixed." — Church of England Magazine, August, 1859. " Two remarkable pieces of old divinity, admirably reprinted in a neat duodecimo volume. The ' Spiritual Songs,' by the Rev. John Mason, were first published in 1683, and the 'Penitential Cries/"by the Rev. Thos. Shepherd, in 1692. Long associated with each other in the sweetest sympathies of Christian readers, it is most gratifying to meet with these precious compo- sitions once again, in a form in which the world at large, if it will have them, may participate in the profit of their perusal. The earnest piety, melody of verse, and even the quaintness of diction, combine to enhance their value as sterling portions of the great body of Gospel song." — Christian Cabinet, August 24th, 1859. " The introduction is full of interesting biographical matter, which forms an excellent preparation for the perusal of the subsequent pages, which abound in excellent evangelical sentiment, showing in what light the cross of Christ was viewed by our remote ancestors." — Christian Witness, August, 1859. WILLIAMS. " We have been anxiously waiting for a long time for some Welshman to undertake the task of present- ing his countrymen, as well as his neighbours, the English, with a new edition of Old Williams's English Hymns, but until recently in vain. " We have it now however laid before us ; the volume contains, at least it professes to contain, the whole of the English Hymns of the sweet Songster of Wales. " The Hosannah was published by the Author in the year 1759, a century ago : at that period Mr. Williams had only published one of his Welsh Hymn Literary Notices. 3 Books — the Alleluia — some of the English Hymns in the Hosannah are translations from the Welsh Hymn Book just named ; but by far the greater portion are original, and on new subjects. " The other work in this volume, "Gloria in Excelsis," was composed at the request of Lady Huntingdon, for the service of the Orphan House, built by Mr. White- field, in Georgia, in America : this was printed in Carmarthen, in 1772. " The present edition has been issued by Mr. Daniel Sedgwick, Bookseller, Sun Street, London, and is &fac- simile of the originals published by Mr. Williams himself ; the Bev. Edward Morgan, of Syston, Leicester- shire, has contributed some notes to the work, with a brief review of the Life of the Author. Some of Williams's hymns are as well known as those of Watts or Cowper ; and although the Author has been rather negligent in his language, owing doubtless to his lack of practice in the English, which makes his hymns appear more rugged and less refined than could have been desired, in order to make them acceptable amongst the .highly cultivated English critics, yet no one who has felt the corruption of his own heart, and acquainted with the workings of faith in the Redeemer, can read them without heartfelt rejoicing, and value them as a suitable medicine for pouring out his tenderest feelings — consecrated in words which incline us to consider them almost inspired — and so apposite as to make us believe they were intended for our own individual case." —Translated from the " Traethodgdd" April, 1859. " Williams was one of the first preachers among the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists, and extensively popular as an author of Welsh hymns, among which he first published that very general favourite, "Guide me, O thou great Jehovah. 1 ' His hymns having been for many years exceedingly scarce, Mr, Sedgwick has been induced to reprint them ; and the curious in such matters will doubtless thank him, and add this volume to their respective collections." — Watchman, January 26th, 1859. " This is the first of a Series which it is intended to publish, of the best hymns of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, in the exact words of their Authors. The idea is a good one \ for our best hymns 4 Literary Notices. have been sadly mutilated and spoiled." — Notes and Queries, February 5th, 1859. "This is a volume of considerable interest, more especially to those who knew the good and able man whose name is inscribed on the title-page. Mr. "Wil- liams was a moral hero in his day and generation, a Clergyman of distinguished talents and high character, who spent seventy-four years in traversing this vale of tears. The Rev. Mr. Morgan, Vicar of Syston, has materially added to the value of the book by his interest- ing i ntroductory Essay ." — Christian Witness, Feb., 1 859. "Mr. Williams was born in 1717, and was ordained deacon in 1740 ; but, being refused priest's orders, he joined the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist body, and died in 1791. He appears to have been a most zealous man. He was the author of two well-known hymns, one beginning, " O'er those gloomy hills of darkness," the other, " Guide me, O thou great Jehovah." The volume before us is a reprint of two of Mr. Williams's works, which appeared in 1759 and 1772. The hymns they contain are devotional and impassioned ; and it seems that the productions of his muse have been remarkably popular in the principality. In his own language no doubt they possessed considerable merit ; but he was not sufficiently acquainted with English to express himself in flowing verse. The second hymn which we have mentioned was originally composed in Welsh, and translated into English by another hand. Very few could be introduced into our psalmody; yet we are pleased at the republication of them, and think that this little volume will form an interesting study to the devout mind." — Church of England Magazine, March 31st, 1859. " This volume of hymns was composed by a remark- able character who lived in North Wales during the latter part of the last century, and for at least forty- five years travelled forty or fifty miles every week, preaching mostly in Welsh, all through the Principality. He chiefly wrote iu Welsh, in which he excelled as an Author ; but the work before us he composed in En- glish. That not being his native tongue, there is at times a stiffness apparent in his compositions ; and yet there is a force and originality breathing through his uncouth language, which show that he knew and felt Literary Notices. 5 what he said, and that no mercenary motive or thirst for human praise moved his pen, but that he wrote for the glory of God and the good of his people. A well- known hymn of his begins, " O'er those gloomy hills of darkness," and may be found in most collections." — Gospel Standard, June, 1859. " W. Williams was a Welsh clergyman of the period of Whitefield, and a great hymn-writer and preacher in his day, We are indebted to him for " Guide me, O thou great Jehovah," " O'er those gloomy hills of dark- ness," and other well known-hymns, originally con- tained in the collection named above, which are now reprinted in the volume before us. The poetry is characterized by great spiritual fervour, deep religious feeling, and, frequently, flashes of true genius. But the verses are too rude and unfinished to be generally acceptable at the present day. Many, however, will be interested in the volume as a curious illustration of the state of feeling in the principality a century ago." — Baptist Magazine, July, 1859. " The Rev. W. Williams was, in his time, one of the great leaders and supporters of the Welsh Calvinistic connexion, and, with the gift of poesy largely deve- loped in his mental and spiritual constitution, frequently essayed in verse the glories of the kingdom of peace. He has been spoken of as the " last lyric poet of South Wales," for his muse chose her native tongue at a time when it remained in comparative purity. After the lapse of a hundred years since these works were written, they are now reproduced, with facsimile titles of the originals, from the original Welsh editions, namely, the " Hosannah" and " Gloria in Excelsis ;" and the Christian community have a boon conferred upon them by the placing of such within their reach." — Christian Cabinet, August 24th, 1859. TOPLADY. " It is satisfactory to possess, for the first time, after the lapse of a century, a complete collection of all the hymns composed by the Author of " Deathless princi- ple, arise." — Preface. "The admirers of the great anti-Arminian and anti- Wesleyan champion of the last century, will be doubtless gratified with this elegant and correct reprint of his poetry. And those who are not admirers of 6 Literary Notices. Toplady the Calvinist, yet love the Christian^ and know how to distinguish things that differ, and to separate the precious from the vile, may read this volume to advantage. In his happiest moments, Toplady was so fervent, so forcible and compact, and withal so tender, that his compositions can hardly be distinguished from those of Charles Wesley. It is not wonderful, therefore, that some of his admirers have repeatedly ascribed to him poems which Wesley published before he was born, or during his early childhood. Mr. Sedgwick has performed an act of literary justice in omitting these from the present edition, and pointing out the publica- tions of Wesley in which they may be found. But when the lustre which these shed upon his name is withdrawn, it shines brightly among hymnists. " Deathless principle, arise !" and " Rock of Ages cleft for me," will probably live as long as the English Language; and to have written either might satisfy the aspirations of a Christian ambition." — Watchman, March 21st, 1860. •' Two or three books have lately appeared from the same publisher, re-producing the Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the 17th and 18th centuries. We have noticed these. We are glad to find Toplady's Sacred Poems re-published in the same way. Toplady was no ordinary man : as a hymn- writer he will always be had in honour. His "Rock of Ages, cleft for me" his " Your harps, ye trembling saints," and some others, are worthily preserved in almost every collection. Some hymns have been incorrectly attributed to him, and it is one of the advantages of the present volume that it gives a list of these, with the real authors. On turning over the book before us, we see many excellent hymns. This volume will be welcomed." — Church of England Magazine, March, 1860. " To Mr. Toplady we owe some of our sweetest and most edifying hymns, "Holy Ghost, dispel our sadness," " Deathless principle, arise," " Rock of Ages cleft for me," "Your harps, ye trembling saints," and many others, are familiar and dear to all Christian hearts. We doubt not that many persons will be interested to see the whole of Mr. Toplady's Poetical Works, which they will find collected here without omission, abridg- ment, or alteration." — Baptist Magazine, April, 1860. Literacy Notices. 7 " Blessed Toplady ! his Hymns and Poems, as well as his " Jesus seen of Angels," and many other of his precious and powerfully written pieces, must ever keep alive his memory in the hearts of the Lord's living family. This edition is very clear, and well adapted to the reader, whose sight, like our own, is failing." — Gospel Magazine, March, 1860. "We recommend Mr. Sedgwick's reprints of Mason, Shepherd, Williams, and Toplady, to our readers." — Christian Treasury, April, 1860. " One of the best of Mr. Sedgwick's very useful and interesting Series. The author of " Rock of ages," and " Deathless principle, arise," must always rank among the highest of our hymn-writers. The latter is a noble and truly Christian rendering of the Emperor Adrian's Ode to the departing Soul, which need fear no com- parison with the versions of Flatman, Prior, or Pope." — Notes and Queries, March 16th, 1861. SEAGRAVE. " This is another of the interesting and useful series of reprints, in which Mr. Sedgwick is re-producing the original text of the various compositions of our most popular hymn-writers. Seagrave, like so many of them, was an earnest Nonconformist, but he had the advan- tage of an academical education at Cambridge, and one of his hymns at least — the well-known one beginning, "Rise my soul, and stretch thy wings," — is as much characterised by refined taste as ardent piety, and ought never to be omitted from any collection of English Hymns." — Notes and Queries, October 13th, 1860. " This work is another of the series now publishing of the hymns and spiritual songs of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. We have heretofore noticed some of these reprints. In the volume before us there are several very pleasing hymns, and there is at the end a most useful chronological table of English hymn- writers from the earliest date to the present time." — Chuixh of England Magazine, November 30th, 1860. " The Reverend Robert Seagrave was the author of several pamphlets on doctrinal points, to which con- siderable weight was attached a century and a quarter ago. He was for some years Sunday evening lecturer at Lorimers'-hall, Basinghall-street, all traces of which are 8 Literary Notices. now lost, and frequently preached at the Tabernacle, City -road. The hymns before us breathe throughout a truly Christian spirit, and, as literary compositions, many of them are above the ordinary merits of such productions." — City Press. GRIGG. " This tract is another in the series of reprints which the publisher designates the u Library of Spiritual Songs," and which, if his design is sufficiently encou- raged, will comprise "the best hymns of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, faithfully rej3rinted from the originals." The idea is an excellent one, and we wish it all success. Mr. Grigg (or, as it is more commonly spelt, Greig), will be long known as the author of two hymns which were general favourites in the last gene- ration, "At Jacob's well a stranger sought," and " Behold a Stranger's at the door." The first is now disused, partly, at least, because it was married to an air which modern taste would scarcely approve ; the second, probably on account of its length. But another of this authors compositions retains its hold on general estimation, and is found in most modern collections. Nor is the acceptance it meets with undeserved. Humble and fervent piety in all ages and countries will sympathise with the sentiment it so well embodies — " Jesus, and shall it ever be, A mortal man ashamed of thee?" The editor tells us that this hymn was written by Grigg at the age of ten years. We wish he had given the authorities for this statement in full, for, if true, it is as remarkable an illustration of praise perfected out of the mouth of babes as we ever remem- ber to have met with." — Watchman, Jan. 30th, 1861. " Mr. Grigg was a dissenting minister of the last century. He was the author of some pleasing hymns, contained in the little book before us. We think that Mr. Sedgwick is conferring a boon upon the public by reprinting the productions of so many early hymn- writers." — Church of England Magazine, February 28th, 1861. \* A Catalogue of upwards of 1600 Psalm and Hymn books can be obtained by applying to the publisher and remitting 6 postage stamps. This is the only cata- logue ever issued devoted entirely to divine poetry.