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INDEX OF GENERAL TITLES. 
 
 HYMX 
 
 Praise 1-15 
 
 Supplication 16-49 
 
 Thanksgiving oO-GO 
 
 Public and Social Worship 61-78 
 
 God: his Attributes and Works 79-93 
 
 Jesus Christ and his Offices 94-153 
 
 The Holy Spirit and his Offices... 154-1 68 
 
 The Scriptures 169-184 
 
 The Christian : his Duties, Privi- 
 leges AND Exercises 185-282 
 
 Time and Eternity 283-293 
 
 Death, Resurrection, and the 
 
 Judgment 294-322 
 
 Sunday-school and Teachers' 
 
 Meetings 323-341 
 
 Missionary 342-357 
 
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INDEX OF GENERAL TITLES. 
 
 HYMN 
 
 The Sabbath 358-370 
 
 Morning 371-377 
 
 Evening 378-387 
 
 Morning and Evening 388-393 
 
 Sickness 394-398 
 
 Lord's Supper .'....399-400 
 
 Birth of the Saviour 401-405 
 
 The Seasons of the Year 406-421 
 
 Miscellaneous 422-511 
 
 DoxoLOGiEs 522-529 
 
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UNION HYMNS. 
 
 WORSHIP. 
 
 JL GocTs goodness celebrated, C. M# 
 
 "TT^HEN all thy mercies, my God, 
 * ' My rising soul surveys, 
 Transported with the view, I'm lost 
 In wonder, love, and praise. 
 2 Unnumbered comforts on my soul 
 Thy tender care bestowed. 
 Before my infant heart conceived 
 From whom those comfoi'ts flowed. 
 8 When in the slippery paths of youth 
 With heedless steps I ran. 
 Thine arm, unseen, conveyed me safe, 
 And led me up to man. 
 4 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts 
 My daily thanks employ ; 
 Nor is the least a cheerful heart, 
 That tastes those gifts with joy. 
 C Through every period of my life 
 Thy goodness I'll pursue ; 
 And after death, in distant worlds, 
 The glorious theme renew. 
 
S, 3 PRAISE. 
 
 (^ Wisdom and Jcnotiledf/e of God. L. M 
 
 A WAKE, my tongue, tliy tribute bring 
 -^^ To him who gave thee power to sing; 
 Praise him, who is all praise above, 
 The source of wisdom and of love. 
 
 2 How vast his knowledge! how profound! 
 A depth, where all our thoughts are drowned] 
 The stars he numbers, and their names 
 
 He gives to all those heavenly flames. 
 
 3 Through each bright world above, behold 
 Ten thousand thousand charms unfold: 
 Earth, air, and mighty seas combine 
 
 To speak his wisdom all divine. 
 
 4 But in redemption, oh, what grace ! 
 
 Its Avonders, oh, what thought can trace! 
 Here wisdom shines, for ever bright: 
 Praise him, my soul, with sweet delight. 
 
 O Praise for recoverinrj grace. 8, 7 
 
 /^OME, thou fount of every blessing, 
 ^^ Tune my heart to sing thy grace ; 
 Streams of mercy, never ceasing. 
 Call for songs of loudest praise. 
 
 2 Teach me some melodious measure, 
 
 Sung by flaming hosts above : 
 I would chant, with heavenly pleasure, 
 Praises to thy boundless love. 
 
 3 Jesus sought me when a stranger, 
 
 Wandering from the fold of God ; 
 
PRAISE. 4 
 
 He, to save my soul from clanger, 
 Interposed his precious blood. 
 
 4 Oil, to grace how great a debtor 
 
 Daily I'm constrained to be : 
 Let thy grace, Lord, like a fetter, 
 Bind my wandering heart to thee. 
 
 5 Prone to wander. Lord — I feel it — 
 
 Prone to leave the God I love : 
 Here's my heart; oh, take and seal it, 
 Seal it from thy courts above. 
 
 44 Tlie Lord our SJiejjTierd. L. M. 6 lines. 
 
 'T'HE Lord my pasture shall prepare, 
 -*- And feed me with a shepherd's care ; 
 His presence shall my wants supply. 
 And guard me with a "watchful eye : 
 My noon-day walks he shall attend. 
 And all my midnight hours defend. 
 
 2 When in the sultry glebe I faint, 
 Or on the thirsty mountains pant. 
 To fertile vales and dewy meads 
 
 My weary, wandering steps he leads ; 
 Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow. 
 Amid the verdant landscape flow. 
 
 3 Though in the paths of death I tread. 
 With gloomy horrors over-spread. 
 My steadfast heart shall fear no ill. 
 For thou, Lord, art with me still ; 
 Thy friendly crook shall give me aid. 
 And guide me through the dreadful shade. 
 
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5^ 6 PRAISE. 
 
 4 Though in a bare and rugged way, 
 Through devious, lonely wilds I stray, 
 Thy presence shall my pains beguile: 
 The barren wilderness shall smile, 
 With sudden greens and herbage crowned, 
 And streams shall murmur all around. 
 
 O The goodness and mercy of God. L. M. 
 
 T)LESS, my soul, the living God, 
 
 -*-^ Call home thy thoughts that rove abroad ; 
 
 Let all the powers within me join 
 
 In work and worship so divine. 
 2 Bless, my soul, the God of grace : 
 
 His favours claim thy highest praise : 
 
 Why should the wonders he hath wrought 
 
 Be lost in silence and forgot ? 
 8 'Tis he, my soul, that sent his Son 
 
 To die for crimes which thou hast done : 
 
 He owns the ransom, and forgives 
 
 The hourly follies of our lives. 
 
 4 Let the whole earth his power confess, 
 Let the whole earth adore his grace : 
 The Gentile with the Jew shall join 
 In work and worship so divine. 
 
 6 
 
 Spiritual and temporal mercies. S. M* 
 
 r\ BLESS the Lord, my soul ; 
 ^-^ Let all within me join, 
 And aid my tongue to bless his name, 
 Whose favours are divine. 
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PRAISE. IT 
 
 i bless the Lord, my soul ; 
 Nor let his mercies lie 
 Forgotten in unthankfulness, 
 And without praises die. 
 
 3 'Tis he forgives thy sins ; 
 'Tis he relieves thy pain; ^ 
 
 'Tis he who heals thy sicknesses, 
 And makes thee young again. 
 
 4 He crowns thy life with love, 
 When ransomed from the grave ; 
 
 He that redeemed my soul from hell 
 Hath sovereign power to save. 
 
 I Seeking God to-day. H. ^i, 
 
 /^OME, let us gladly sing 
 
 ^ To God, our Saviour-King; 
 
 With thanks his presence seek, 
 
 In psalms his praises speak ; 
 He's God most high; let all draw nigh. 
 And crown him Lord of earth and sky. 
 
 2 He gave the mountains birth. 
 He made this spacious earth ; 
 His are the sea and land — 
 They rose at his command. 
 
 With reverence all before him fall, 
 And on his name devoutly call. 
 
 3 Come, kneel before his throne, 
 For he is God alone ; 
 
 We are the flock he leads — 
 
 The sheep his bounty feeds ; 
 To-day — to-day — his voice obey ; 
 Grieve not the Holy Ghost away. 
 
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8j 9 PRAISE. 
 
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 Love of God. 7s. 
 
 ^ING, my soul, his wondrous love, 
 
 ^ Who, from yon bright world above, 
 
 Ever watchful o'er our race. 
 
 Still to miin extends his grace. 
 2 Heaven and earth by him were made. 
 
 He by all must be obeyed : 
 
 What are we, that he should show 
 
 So much love to us below ? 
 8 God, thus merciful and good, 
 
 Bought us with a Saviour's blood ; 
 
 And, to make our safety sure, 
 
 Guides us by his Spirit pure. 
 4 Sing, my soul, adore his name. 
 
 Let his glory be thy theme ! 
 
 Praise him till he calls thee home, 
 
 Trust his love for all to come 1 
 
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 Praise to God far his goodness. L. P. M 
 T'LL praise my Maker with my breath; 
 •^ And when my voice is lost in death. 
 
 Praise shall employ my nobler powers : 
 My days of praise shall ne'er be past, 
 While life and thought and being last, 
 Or immortality endures. 
 2 Happy the man, whose hopes rely 
 On Israel's God : He made the sky. 
 
 And earth and seas, with all their train: 
 His truth for ever stands secure ; 
 He saves the oppressed, he feeds the poor ; 
 And none shall find his promise vain. 
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 PRAISE. IO5 11 
 
 Praise to Jesna. L. M. 6 lines. 
 
 TNVITED by a Saviour's love, 
 
 -^ We meet to praise his sacred name ; 
 
 The church below, the church above, 
 
 Unite his glory to proclaim ; 
 And infant voices join to swell 
 The chorus to Immanuel. 
 
 2 Do any ask why children sing, 
 
 And why approach thy heavenly seat ? 
 It is, that we', Lord, may bring 
 
 And lay our tribute at thy feet ; 
 Since thou for children too wast slain, 
 And wilt not deem their praises vain. 
 
 8 Lord, with thy love each bosom fill. 
 And bid each heart aspire to thee ; 
 
 Make us desire to do thy will, 
 From sin and folly set us free. 
 
 Did Jesus die that we might live ? 
 
 To Jesus then our souls we give. 
 
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 Praise for pardoning love. C. M. 
 
 "C^TERNAL Source of joys divine, 
 -*-^ To thee my soul aspires ; 
 Oh, could I say, " The Lord is mine !" 
 'Tis all my soul desires. 
 
 2 My hope, my trust, my life, my Lord ! 
 Assure me of thy love ; 
 Oh, speak the kind, transporting word. 
 And bid my fears remove : 
 
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12 PEArSE. 
 
 3 Then shall my thankful powers rejoice, 
 And triumph in my God, 
 Till heavenly rapture tune my voice 
 To spread thy praise abroad. 
 
 JL/W Confidence in GofVs goodness. C. M 
 
 WHILE thee I seek, protecting Power ! 
 Be my vain wishes stilled ; 
 And may this consecrated hour 
 With better hopes be filled. * 
 
 2 Thy love the power of thought bestowed* 
 
 To thee my thoughts would soar ; 
 Thy mercy o'er my life has flowed: 
 That mercy I adore. 
 
 3 In each event of life, how clear 
 
 Thy ruling hand I see : 
 Each blessing to my soul most dear, 
 Because conferred by thee. 
 
 4 In every joy that crowns my days, 
 
 In every pain I bear, 
 My heart shall find delight in praise, 
 Or seek relief in prayer. 
 
 5 When gladness wings my favoured hour. 
 
 Thy love my thoughts shall fill ; 
 Resigned, when storms of sorrow lower, 
 My soul shall meet thy will. 
 
 6 My lifted eye, without a tear, 
 
 The gathering storm shall see ; 
 My steadfast heart shall know no fear : 
 That heart will rest on thee. 
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PRAISE. 13, 14 
 
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 Praise for redemption. C. M, 
 
 /^OME, let us join our cheerful songs 
 ^^ With angels round the throne ; 
 Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, 
 But all their joys are one. 
 
 2 Worthy the Lamb that died, they cry, 
 
 To be exalted thus ! 
 Worthy the Lamb, our lips reply, 
 For he was slain for us. 
 
 3 Jesus is worthy to receive 
 
 Honour and power divine ; 
 And blessings more than we can give 
 Be, Lord, for ever thine. 
 
 4 Let all that dwell above the sky, 
 
 And air and earth and seas, 
 Conspire to lift thy glories high. 
 And speak thine endless praise : 
 
 5 The whole creation join in one. 
 
 To bless the sacred name 
 Of him that sits upon the throne, 
 And to adore the Lamb. 
 
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 Tlianhsgiving for mercy. CM. 
 
 T^ATHER of mercies, let our songs 
 -^ With thee acceptance find ; 
 Thy loving-kindness we confess, 
 To us and all mankind. 
 
 2 Thanks for creation are thy due, 
 For life preserved by thee ; 
 
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15 PRAISE. 
 
 And all the blessings life affords, 
 So gi'eat and yet so free. 
 
 B Thanks for redemption, above all, 
 To us in Jesus given ; 
 Thanks for the means of grace on earth, 
 And for the hope of heaven. 
 
 4 Oh, let a sense of this thy grace 
 Our best affections move ; 
 That while our lips proclaim ^thy praise, 
 Our hearts may feel thy love. 
 
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 JTosanna to Christ. C. M 
 
 TX/'HEN Jesus to the temple came, 
 * * The voice of praise was heard ; 
 The very children owned his claim. 
 And in his train appeared. 
 
 2 Hosannas made the temple ring. 
 
 For many tongues agreed ; 
 " Hosanna to the heavenly King, 
 To David's holy Seed." 
 
 3 Lord, let the joy be now renewed, 
 
 Let children sing thy praise ; 
 For thou art still as great and good 
 As in the former days. 
 
 4 Oh, sanctify our youthful hearts. 
 
 And this shall teach our tongues ; 
 The love and joy thy grace imparts 
 Shall animate our songs. 
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SUPPLICATION. 16, 17 
 
 Supplicaticin» 
 
 1(3 TTie suppliant. 8, T. 
 
 TESUS, full of all compassion, 
 ^ Hoar thy humble suppliant's cry ; 
 Let me know thy great salvation; 
 See! I languish, faint, and die. 
 
 2 Guilty, but with heart relenting, 
 
 Overwhelmed with helpless grief, 
 Prostrate at thy feet repenting — 
 Send, oh ! send me quick relief. 
 
 3 "Whither should a wretch be flying. 
 
 But to him who comfort gives ? 
 Whither, from the dread of dying, 
 But to him who ever lives ? 
 
 4 On the word thy blood hath sealed 
 
 Hangs my everlasting all ; 
 Let thy arm be now revealed. 
 Stay, oh ! stay me, lest I fall. 
 
 5 Saved — the deed shall spread new glory- 
 
 Through the shining realms above ; 
 Angels sing the pleasing story, 
 All enrapt\u-ed with thy love. 
 
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 Jesus, the friend of the helpless. L. M. 
 
 OD of my life, to thee I call ; 
 Afflicted, at thy feet I fall ; 
 When the great water-floods prevail. 
 Leave not my trembling heart to fail. 
 
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18 SUPPLICATION. 
 
 2 Friend of the friendless and the faint, 
 "Where should I lodge my deep complaint? 
 Where — but with thee, whose open door 
 Invites the helpless and the poor ? 
 
 S Did ever mourner plead with thee, 
 And thou refuse that mourner's plea ? 
 Does not the word still fixed remain, 
 That none shall seek thy face in vain ? 
 
 4 Poor though I am — despised, forgot, 
 Yet God, my God, forgets me not ; 
 And he is safe, and must succeed, 
 For whom the Lord vouchsafes to plead. 
 
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 Prayer for forgiveness. L. ]\L 
 
 A BROKEN heart, my God, my King, 
 -^^ Is all the sacrifice I bring; 
 The God of grace will ne'er despise 
 A broken heart for sacrifice. 
 
 2 My soul lies humbled in the dust. 
 And owns th}^ dreadful sentence just; 
 Look down, Lord, with pitying eye, 
 And save the soul condemned to die. 
 
 3 Then will I teach the world thy ways ; 
 Sinners shall learn thy sovereign gi-ace ; 
 I'll lead them to my Saviour's blood, 
 And they shall praise a pardoning God. 
 
 4 Oh, may thy love inspire my tongue ! 
 Salvation shall be all my song ; 
 
 And all my powers shall join to bless 
 The Lord, my strength and righteousness. 
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 SUPPLICATION. 19, 20 
 
 Xy Prayer for the Holy Spirit. H. M. 
 
 THOU that hearest prayer ! 
 Attend our humble cry ; 
 And let thy servants share 
 Thy blessing from on high ; 
 We plead the promise of thy word, 
 Grant us thy Holy Spirit, Lord ! 
 
 2 If earthly parents hear 
 
 Their children when they cry ; 
 If they, "with love sincere, 
 
 Their children's wants supply; 
 Much more wilt thou thy love display, 
 And answer when thy children pray. 
 
 3 Our heavenly Father, thou ; 
 
 We, children of thy grace : 
 Oh, let thy Spirit now 
 
 Descend and fill the place ; 
 That all may feel the heavenly flame, 
 And all unite to praise thy name. 
 
 ^0 The call to Samuel. L. M. 
 
 BESIDE the ark, by silent night. 
 The lamp of God was burning bright. 
 And there, by holy angels kept, 
 Samuel, the child, securely slept. 
 2 A voice unknown the silence broke, 
 " Samuel" it called, and thrice it spoke ; 
 He rose, and asked whence came the word. 
 
 From Eli ? No. It was the Lord, 
 
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•21, an SUPPLICATION. 
 
 3 Thus early called to serve his God, 
 In paths of righteousness he trod ; 
 Celestial visions filled his breast, 
 And Israel's tribes in him were blest. 
 
 4 Speak, Lord, and from our earliest days 
 Incline our hearts to love thy ways ; 
 
 Thy wakening voice hath reached our ear, 
 Speak, Lord, to us— thy servants hear. 
 
 ^X The Sjjlrit of adoption. CM. 
 
 SOVEREIGN of all the worlds on high. 
 Allow my humble claim ; 
 Nor, when I raise my guilty head, 
 Disdain a father's name. 
 I My Father— God ! How sweet the sound ! 
 How tender, and how dear ! 
 Not all the harmony of heaven 
 Could so delight the ear. 
 y\ Come, sacred Spirit ! seal the name 
 On my expanding heart ; 
 And sho'w that in Jehovah's grace 
 I share a filial part. 
 
 'H/i The pilgrim's prayer. 8. 7, 4. 
 
 GUIDE me, thou great Jehovah, 
 Pilgrim through this barren land; 
 I am we°ak, but thou art mighty ; ^ 
 
 Hold me with thy powerful hand : 
 
 Bread of heaven ! 
 Feed me till I want no more. 
 
SUPPLICATION. 23 
 
 2 Open thou the crystal fountain, 
 
 Whence the healing waters flow; 
 Let the fiery, cloudy pillar 
 
 Lead me all my journey through; 
 
 Strong Deliverer, 
 Be thou still my strength and shield. 
 
 3 When I tread the verge of Jordan, 
 
 Bid my anxious fears subside ; 
 Death of death and hell's destruction, 
 Land me safe on Canaan's side. 
 
 Songs of praises 
 I "will ever give to thee. 
 
 ^^ The mercy-seat. C. M. 
 
 MY Father, to thy mercy-seat 
 My soul for shelter flies : 
 'Tis here I find a safe retreat 
 When storms and tempests rise. 
 
 2 My cheerful hope can never die, 
 
 If thou, my God, art near ; 
 Thy grace can raise my comforts high, 
 And banish every fear. 
 
 3 ]My great Protector, and my Lord, 
 
 Thy constant aid impart ; 
 And let thy kind, thy gracious word 
 Sustain my trembling heart. 
 
 4 Oh, never let my soul remove 
 
 From this divine retreat; 
 Still let me trust thy power and love. 
 And dwell beneath thy feet. 
 
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^4, 25 SUPPLICATION. 
 
 ^Zj Prayer encouraged and offered. 7s. 
 
 COlklE, my soul, thy suit prepare, 
 Jesus loves to answer prayer ; 
 
 He himself has bid thee pray, 
 
 Thou wilt not be thrust away. 
 2 With my burden I begin : 
 
 Lord, remove this load of sin ! 
 
 Let thy blood, for sinners spilt, 
 
 Set my conscience free from guilt. 
 8 Lord! I come to thee for rest, 
 
 Take possession of my breast ; 
 
 There thy blood-bought right maintain, 
 
 And without a rival reign. 
 4 While I am a pilgrim here, 
 
 Let thy love my spirit cheer ; ^ 
 
 Be my guide, my guard, my friend. 
 
 Lead me to my journey's end. 
 6 Show me what I have to do, 
 
 Every hour my strength renew ; 
 Let me live a life of faith— 
 
 Let me die thy people's death. 
 
 25 God our protector. H. M, 
 
 UPWARD I lift mine eyes, 
 From God is all my aid ;— 
 The God that built the skies, 
 And earth and nature made: 
 God is the tower to which 1 fly ; 
 His grace is nigh in every hour. 
 
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SUPPLICATION. 26 
 
 Z My feet shall never slide, 
 And fall iu fatal snares ; 
 Since God, my guard and guide, 
 Defends me from my fears : 
 Those wakeful eyes that never sleep, 
 ■ Shall Israel keep when dangers rise. 
 
 3 No burning heats by day, ^ 
 
 Nor blasts of evening air, 
 Shall take my health away, 
 If God be with me there : 
 Thou art my sun. and thou my shade, 
 To guard my head by night or noon. 
 
 4 Hast thou not given thy word 
 
 To save my soul from death ? 
 And I can trust my Lord 
 
 To keep my mortal breath : 
 I'll go and come, nor fear to die. 
 Till from on high thou call me home. 
 
 viO Prayer fur the divine blessing. C. M. 
 
 OH, that the Lord would guide my ways 
 To keep his statutes still ; 
 Oh, that my God would grant me grace 
 To know and do his will. 
 
 2 Oh, send thy Spirit down to write 
 
 Thy law upon my heart ; 
 Nor let my tongue indulge deceit. 
 Nor act the liar's part. 
 
 3 Order my footsteps by thy word, 
 
 And make my heart sincere ; 
 
JJT, 28 SUPPLICATION, 
 
 Let sin have no dominion, Lord, 
 But keep my conscience clear. 
 
 4 Make me to walk in thy commands ; 
 'Tis a delightful road ; 
 Nor let my head, nor heart, nor hands 
 Offend against my God. 
 
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 Prayer for the Spirit. 8, 7, 4, 
 
 /^OME, thou soul-transforming Spirit, 
 ^-^ Bless the sower and the seed : 
 Let each heart thy grace inherit ; 
 
 Raise the weak — the hungry feed : 
 From the gospel 
 
 Now supply thy people's need. 
 
 2 Help us all to seek the blessing 
 Which thou waitest now to give ; 
 Let us all, thy love possessing, 
 Joyfully the truth receive ; 
 
 And for ever 
 To thy praise and glory live. 
 
 /^O Sincerity and hypocrisy. C. 3L 
 
 /^ OD is a spirit, just and wise, 
 ^^ He sees our inmost mind ; 
 In vain to heaven we raise our cries, 
 And leave our souls behind. 
 
 2 Nothing but truth before his throne 
 With honour can appear ; 
 The painted hypocrites are known 
 Through the disguise they wear. 
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SUPPLICATION. fl9y 30 
 
 3 Their lifted eyes salute the skies ; 
 
 Their bending knees the ground ; 
 But God abhors the sacrifice 
 Where not the heart is found. 
 
 4 Lord, search my thoughts, and try my ways. 
 
 And make my soul sincere ; 
 Then shall I stand before thy face, 
 And find acceptance there. 
 
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 Safety in God. S. M. 
 
 WHEN, overwhelmed with grief, 
 My heart within me dies, 
 Helpless, and "far from all relief, 
 To heaven I lift mine eyes. 
 
 2 Oh, lead me to the Rock 
 That's high above my head ; 
 
 And make the covert of thy wings 
 My shelter and my shade. 
 
 3 Within thy presence, Lord, 
 For ever I'll abide ; 
 
 Thou art the tower of my defence, 
 The refuge where I hide. 
 
 4 Thou givest me the lot 
 
 Of those that fear thy name ; 
 If endless life be their reward, 
 I shall possess the same. 
 
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 The Christian child. CM. 
 
 T)Y cool Siloam's shady rill 
 ^ How fair the lily grows ! 
 How sweet the breath, beneath the hill, 
 Of Sharon's dewy rose ! 
 
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31. SUPPLICATION. 
 
 2 Lo I such the child whose early feet 
 The paths of peace have trod — 
 Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, 
 Is upward drawn to God. 
 
 8 By cool Siloam's shady rill 
 The lily must decay ; 
 The rose that blooms beneath the hill 
 Must shortly fade away. 
 
 4 And soon, too soon, the wintry hour 
 
 Of man's maturer age 
 May shake the soul with sorrow's power, 
 And stormy passion's rage. 
 
 5 Thou, whose infancy was found 
 
 With heavenly rays to shine, 
 Whose years with changeless virtue crowned 
 Were all alike divine : 
 
 6 Dependent on thy bounteous breath. 
 
 We seek thy grace alone. 
 In childhood, manhood, and in death, 
 To keep us still thine own. 
 
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 Seeking after God. C. M. 
 
 /^H that I knew the secret place 
 ^^ Where I might find my God ! 
 I'd spread my wants before his face, 
 And pour my woes abroad. 
 
 2 I'd tell him how my sins arise, 
 What sorrows I sustain ; 
 How grace decays and comfort dies, 
 And leaves my heart in pain. 
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SUPPLICATION. S5I 
 
 8 IIo knows what arguments I'd take 
 To wrestle with my God ; 
 I'd plead for his own mercy's sake, 
 And for my Saviour's blood. 
 
 4 My God will pity my complaints, 
 
 And heal my broken bones ; 
 lie knows the meaning of his saints, 
 The language of their groans. 
 
 5 Arise, my soul, from deep distress, 
 
 And banish every fear; 
 He calls thee to his throne of grace, 
 To spread thy sorrows there. 
 
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 SecJcing after God. C. M. 
 
 COON as I heard my Father say, 
 ^ " Ye children, seek my grace ;" 
 My heart replied without delay, 
 " I'll seek my Father's face." 
 
 2 Let not thy face be hid from me, 
 
 Nor frown m}^ soul away ; 
 God of my life, I fly to thee 
 In each distressing day. 
 
 3 Should friends and kindred, near and dear, 
 
 Leave me to want or die ; 
 My God will make my life his care. 
 And all my need supply. 
 
 4 Wait on the Lord, ye trembling saints, 
 
 And keep your courage up ; 
 He'll raise your spirit when it faints, 
 Aixd far exceed your hope. 
 
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33^ 34 SUPPLICATION. 
 
 OO Prayer for a revival, 8, 7, 4 
 
 Q AVIOUR, visit thy plantation; 
 *^ Grant us, Lord, a gracious rain ; 
 All will come to desolation, 
 
 Unless thou return again. 
 Lord, revive us ; 
 
 All our help must come from thee 
 
 2 Keep no longer at a distance ; 
 
 Shine upon us from on high,* 
 Lest, for want of thine assistance. 
 Every plant should droop and die. 
 
 3 Let our mutual love be fervent. 
 
 Make us prevalent in prayers ; 
 Let each one esteemed thy servant 
 Shun the world's enticing snares. 
 
 4 Break the tempter's fatal power ; 
 
 Turn the stony heart to flesh ; 
 And begin, from this good hour, 
 To revive thy work afresh. 
 
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 Thirsting for God. lOs. 
 
 A S pants the wearied hart for cooling 
 ■^^ springs. 
 
 That sinks exhausted in the summer's 
 chase. 
 So pants my soul for thee, great King of 
 kings. 
 So thirsts to reach thy sacred dwelling- 
 place. 
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SUPPLICATION. 35 
 
 2 Why throb, my heart ? why sink, my sad- 
 dening soul ? 
 Why droop to earth, with various woes 
 oppressed ? 
 My years shall yet in blissful circles roll. 
 And peace be yet an inmate of this breast. 
 
 8 Lord, thy sure mercies, ever in my sight, 
 My heart shall gladden through the te- 
 dious day, 
 And midst the dark and gloomy shades of 
 night. 
 To thee, my God, I'll tune the grateful lay. 
 
 4 Why faint, my soul? why doubt Jehovah's 
 aid? 
 Thy God the God, of mercy still shall 
 prove, 
 Within his courts thy thanks shall yet be 
 paid : 
 Unquestioned be his faithfulness and love. 
 
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 For the blessings of Providence. C. M. 
 "VfOW may the Lord of earth and skies 
 -"^^ Regard us when we call ; 
 'Tis he who bids the vapours rise, 
 And showers abundant fall. 
 
 2 On thee, our God, we all depend 
 
 For life, and health, and food; 
 Oh, make refreshing showers descend, 
 And crown the year with good. 
 
 3 Let grace come down, like copious rain, 
 
 On Zion's drooping field ; 
 
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86, Sf SUPPLICATIOX. 
 
 So sliall our souls revive again, 
 And fruit abundant yield. 
 
 4 Then smiling nature shall express 
 Her mighty Maker's praise ; 
 And we, the children of thy grace. 
 Join her harmonious lays. 
 
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 The appointed way. 78. 
 
 T ORD, Ave come before thee now, 
 ^^ At thy feet we humbly bow ; 
 Oh ! do not our suit disdain ; 
 Shall we seek thee, Lord, in vain ? 
 
 2 Lord, on thee our souls depend ; 
 In compassion now descend ; 
 
 Fill our hearts with heavenly graco, 
 Tune our lips to sing thy praise. 
 
 3 In thine own appointed way, 
 Now we seek thee, — here we stay: 
 Lord, we know not how to go, 
 Till a blessing thou bestow. 
 
 4 Send some message from thy word 
 That may joy and peace afford; 
 Let thy Spirit now impart 
 
 Full salvation to each heart. 
 
 37 
 
 Thou God seest me. 
 
 A LMIGHTY God, thy piercing eye 
 -^-^ Strikes through the shades of night, 
 And our most secret actions lie 
 All open to thy sight. 
 SO 
 
SUPPLICATION. S8 
 
 2 There's not a sin that we commit, 
 
 Nor wicked word we say, 
 But in tlij di-eadful book is writ, 
 Against the judgment-day. 
 
 3 Lord, at thy feet ashamed I lie, 
 
 Upward I dare not look ; 
 Pardon my sins before I die, 
 And blot them from thy book. 
 
 4 Remember, Lord, the dying pains 
 
 That my Redeemer felt, 
 And let his blood wash out my stains. 
 And answer for my guilt. 
 
 38 
 
 Sincere worship, L. M. 
 
 ]V TY Father, when I come to thee, 
 ■^ ■*- I would not only bend the knee, 
 Rut with my spirit seek thy face — 
 With my whole heart desire thy grace. 
 
 2 I plead the name of thy dear Son, 
 All he has said, — all he has done ; 
 Oh, may I feel his love for me, 
 Who died from sin to set me free. 
 
 S My Saviour, guide me with thine eye ; 
 My sins forgive, my wants supply ; 
 With favour crown my youthful days, 
 And my whole life shall speak thy praise. 
 
 4 Thy Holy Spirit, Lord, impart; 
 Impress thy likeness on my heart : 
 May I obey thy truth in love. 
 Till raised to dwell with thee above. 
 
 ai 
 
39^ 40 SUPPLICATION. 
 
 Oc/ The liour of social prayer. L. M. 
 
 TTOW sweet to leave the world awhile, 
 -*"*- And seek the presence of our Lord ! 
 Dear Saviour, on thy people smile, 
 And come according to thy word. 
 
 2 From busy scenes we now retreat. 
 
 That we may here converse with thee ; 
 Ah, Lord, behold us at thy feet ! 
 Let this the gate of heaven I)e. 
 S Chief of ten thousand, now appear, 
 That we by faith may see thy face ! 
 Oh, speak, that we thy voice may hear, 
 And let thy presence fill this place. 
 
 40 
 
 Prayer for daily grace. Ts» 
 
 "lArOP^^DS are things of little cost, 
 ' * Quickly spoken, quickly lost ; 
 We forget them, but they stand 
 "Witnesses at God's right hand, 
 And their testimony bear 
 For us, or against us there. 
 
 2 Oh, how often ours have been 
 Idle words and words of sin ! 
 "Words of anger, scorn, or pride, 
 Or deceit, our faults to hide, 
 Envious tales, or strife unkind. 
 Leaving bitter thoughts behind. 
 
 3 Grant us, Lord, from day to day. 
 Strength to watch, and grace to pray : 
 
 ^2 
 
SUPPLICATION. 41^ 42 
 
 May OTir lips, from sin kept free, 
 Love to speak and sing of thee ; 
 Till in heaven we learn to raise 
 Hymns of everlasting praise. 
 
 41 
 
 The love and fear of God. C. M. 
 
 "PTERNAL God! we look to thee; 
 -"-^ To thee for help we fly ; 
 Thine eye alone our wants can see, 
 Thy hand alone supply. 
 
 2 Lord I let thy fear within us dwell ; 
 
 Thy love our footsteps guide : 
 That love will all vain love expel; 
 That fear, all fear beside. 
 
 3 Not what we wish, but what we want, 
 
 Oh, let thy grace supply ; 
 The good unasked in mercy grant; 
 The ill, though asked, deny. 
 
 42 
 
 Prayer for convertinrj grace. S. M. 
 
 "ly/TY life's a narrow span, 
 -^ -'- A short, uncertain day ; 
 And if I reach the age of man, 
 It soon will pass awcxy. 
 
 I may, for aught I know, 
 This hour the summons hear; 
 To call me where the wicked go, 
 Or where the saints appear. 
 
 Lord, hear my humble prayer, 
 Awake my drowsy sense ; 
 
 3 33 
 
43^ 44 SUPPLICATION. 
 
 My soul for that great change prepare, 
 Before I'm taken hence. 
 
 4 Teach me, with all my heart, 
 Thy mercy to embrace ; 
 
 At once with every sin to part, 
 And seize the hour of grace. 
 
 440 Prayer for a blessing on teachers. C. M. 
 TTEUE, Lord, before thy mercy-seat, 
 -'-'- In Christ's prevailing name. 
 Behold a band of children meet. 
 Their Father's love to claim. 
 
 2 Our foolish hearts, alas I are slow 
 To understand thy way ; 
 Oh, teach us. Lord, thy will to know, 
 And help us to obey. 
 
 5 Kind are the friends who bring us here 
 
 To learn thy holy word ; 
 But vain is all their toil and care, 
 Without thy blessing. Lord. 
 
 4 Fulfil their hopes ; thy grace display 
 In every youthful mind ; 
 And while they guide us in thy way. 
 Let them a blessing find. 
 
 44 
 
 A 
 
 Prayer against temjitation. C. M 
 
 LAS ! what hourly dangers rise, 
 What snares beset my -way ! 
 To heaven, oh ! let me lift my eyes, 
 And hourly watch and pray. 
 
SUPPLICATION. 49» 
 
 2 How oft my mournful tb oughts complain, 
 
 And melt in flowing tears ! 
 My weak resistance — ah, how vain ! 
 How strong my foes and fears ! 
 
 3 Lord, increase my faith and hope, 
 
 "When foes and fears prevail ; 
 
 And bear my fainting spirit up, 
 
 Or soon my strength will fail. 
 
 4 Oh, keep me in thy heavenly way, 
 
 And bid the tempter flee ; 
 
 And let me never — never stray 
 
 From happiness and thee. 
 
 45 
 
 Prayer for a seufiitire conscience. C. M. 
 
 T WANT a principle within 
 -*- Of jealous godly fear ; 
 A sensibility of sin, 
 A pain to feel it near. 
 
 2 I want the first approach to feel 
 
 Of pride, or vain desire ; 
 To check the wandering of the will, 
 And quench the kindling fire. 
 
 3 From thee that I no more may part, 
 
 No more thy goodness grieve ; 
 The filial awe, the fleshy heart, 
 The tender conscience give. 
 
 4 Quick as the apple of an eye, 
 
 God, my conscience make ; 
 Awake my soul when sin is nigh, 
 And keep it still awake. 
 
 36 
 
4:6 SUPPLICATION. 
 
 6 If to the right or left I stray, 
 That moment, Lord, reprove ; 
 Restore me to the narrow way, 
 Uphold me with thy love. 
 
 6 Oh, may the least omission pain 
 My well-instructed soul, 
 And drive me to that blood again 
 Which makes the wounded whole. 
 
 46 
 
 Prayer for Divine guidance. L. M. 
 
 T ET children to their God draw near 
 -^ With reverence and with holy fear ; 
 Let every knee before him bend, 
 Our Judge, our Saviour, and our Friend. 
 
 2 Lord, may thy mercies great and free 
 Fill us with gratitude to thee ; 
 
 And still, as through the world we go, 
 More of these mercies may we know. 
 
 3 Far from our hearts, Lord, remove 
 The evil thoughts that sinners love ; 
 And give us Avisdom, day by day. 
 
 To choose the strait and narrow way. 
 
 4 In times of sickness, times of health, 
 In times of poverty or wealth. 
 
 And in our last and dying hour, 
 Save us by thine almighty power. 
 h Then may Ave join the happy band 
 That in thy heavenly temple stand ; 
 And as thj' goodness we adore, 
 Sing glory, glory, evermore. 
 86 
 
47 
 
 SUPPLICATION. 47, 48 
 
 For a blessing on public worship. C. M. 
 
 TN thy great name, Lord, we come, 
 ^ To worship at thy feet; 
 Oh, pour thy Holy Spirit down 
 On all that now shall meet. 
 
 2 We come to hear Jehovah speak, 
 
 To hear the Saviour's voice : 
 Thy face and favour, Lord, we seek ; 
 Now make our hearts rejoice. 
 
 3 Teach us to pray, and praise, and hear, 
 
 And understand thy word ; 
 To feel thy blissful presence near, 
 And trust our living Lord. 
 
 4 Let sinners now thy goodness prove. 
 
 And saints rejoice in thee ; 
 Let rebels be subdued by love. 
 And to the Saviour flee. 
 
 48 
 
 For a blessing on social icorship. C. M, 
 
 /^ LORD, our languid souls inspire, 
 ^-^ For here we trust thou art ; 
 Kindle a flame of heavenly fire 
 In every waiting heart. 
 
 2 Show us some token of thy love, 
 Our fainting hope to raise ; 
 And pour thy blessing from above, 
 That we may render praise. 
 
 37 
 
49 SUPPLICATION. 
 
 3 May we in faith receive thy word, 
 In faith present our prayers ; 
 And, in the presence of our Lord, 
 Unbosom all our cares. 
 
 49 
 
 Prayer for a child-like spirit. 
 
 QUIET, Lord, my froward heart, 
 Make me teachable and mild, 
 Upright, simple, free from art, 
 ^Nlake me as a weaned chiM ; 
 From distrust and envy free, 
 Pleased with all that pleases thee. 
 
 2 What thou shalt to-day provide, 
 
 Let me as a child receive : 
 What to-morrow may betide, 
 
 Calmly to thy wisdom leave. 
 'Tis enough that thou wilt care : — 
 Why should I the burden bear ? 
 
 3 As a little child relies 
 
 On a care beyond his own ; 
 Knows he's neither strong nor wise, 
 
 Fears to stir a step alone : 
 Let me thus with thee abide. 
 As my Father, Guard, and Guiae. 
 
 4 Thus preserved from Satan's wiles, 
 
 Safe from dangers, free from fears, 
 May I live upon thy smiles, 
 
 Till the promised hour appears. 
 When the sons of God shall prove 
 All their Father's boundless love. 
 
50 
 
 THANKSGIVING. 50, 51 
 
 For the hlessinrjs of the gospel. C. M. 
 
 T ET every mortal ear attend, 
 -'-' And every heart rejoice! 
 The trumpet of the gospel sounds, 
 With an inviting voice : — 
 
 2 Ho I all ye hungry, starving souls. 
 
 That feed upon the wind, 
 And vainh' strive, vrith earthly toys. 
 To fill an empty mind : 
 
 3 Eternal wisdom has prepared 
 
 A soul-reviving feast ; 
 And bids your longing appetites 
 The rich provision taste, 
 
 4 Ho ! ye who pant for living streams, 
 
 And pine away, and die ; 
 Here you may quench your raging thirst, 
 With springs that never dry. 
 
 5 Rivers of love and mercy here 
 
 In a rich ocean join ; 
 Salvation in abundance flows, 
 Like floods of milk and wine. 
 
 51 
 
 For grace in Christ. L. M. 
 
 IV'OW to the Lord a noble song! 
 -'-^ Awake, my soul ! awake, my tongue ! 
 Hosanna to the eternal name ! 
 And all his boundless love proclaim. 
 
 39 
 
52 THANKSGIVING. 
 
 2 See wliere it shines in Jesus' face, 
 The brightest image of his grace ; 
 God, in the person of his Son, 
 
 Has all his mightiest works outdone. 
 
 3 Grace I — 'tis a sweet, a charming theme- 
 My thoughts rejoice at .Tesus' name! 
 
 Ye angels, dwell upon the sound ; 
 Ye heavens, reflect it to the ground ! 
 
 4 Oh, may I reach that happy place 
 Where he unveils his lovely fsce ! 
 Where all his beauties you behold, 
 And sing his name to harps of gold ! 
 
 52 
 
 For covenant mercies. C. M. 
 
 'T'HROUGH all the changing scenes of life, 
 -*- In trouble and in joy, 
 The praises of my God shall still 
 My heart and tongue employ. 
 
 2 The hosts of God encamp around 
 
 The dwellings of the just; 
 
 Deliverance he affords to all 
 
 Who on his succour trust. 
 
 3 Oh, make but trial of his love ; 
 
 Experience will decide 
 How blest are they, and only they, 
 Who in his truth confide. 
 
 4 Fear him, ye saints, and you will then 
 
 Have nothing else to fear ; 
 Oh, make his seiwice your delight ; 
 He'll make your wants his care. 
 
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THANKSGIVING. 53, 54 
 
 53 
 
 Invitation to the house of prayer. S. M. 
 
 /^OME to the house of prayer, 
 
 ^ thou afflicted, come ; 
 The God of peace shall meet thee there ; 
 
 He makes that house his home. 
 
 Come to the house of praise, 
 
 Ye who are happy now ; 
 In sweet accord your voices raise. 
 
 In kindred homage how. 
 
 Ye young, before his throne, 
 Come, bow ; your voices raise ; 
 Let not your hearts his praise disown 
 Who gives the power to praise. 
 
 54 
 
 The (jlory of Christ. L. M. 
 
 ~r\ESCEND from heaven, immortal Dove, 
 -■-^ Stoop down and take us on thy wings, 
 And mount, and bear us far above 
 The reach of these inferior things : 
 
 2 Beyond, beyond this lower sky. 
 
 Up where eternal ages roll ; 
 Where solid pleasures never die, 
 And fruits immortal feast the soul. 
 
 3 Oh, for a sight, a pleasing sight, 
 
 Of our Almighty Father's throne I 
 There sits our Saviour crowned with light, 
 Clothed in a body like our own. 
 
 4 Adoring saints around him stand. 
 
 And thrones and powers before him fall ; 
 
 41 
 
55, 56 THANKSGIVIXG. 
 
 The God shines gracious through the man. 
 And sheds sweet glories on them all. 
 
 5 Oh, what amazing joys they feel, 
 
 While to their golden harps they sing, 
 And sit on every heavenly hill, 
 
 And spread the triumphs of their King I 
 
 55 
 
 The service of God. L. M. 
 
 ly TAY I resolve ■with all my heart, 
 -^ -^ With all my powers to serve the Lord ; 
 Nor from his precepts e'er depart. 
 Whose service is a rich reward. 
 
 2 Oh, he his service all my joy I 
 
 Around let my example shine, 
 Till others love the blest employ, 
 And join in labours so divine. 
 
 3 Be this the purpose of my soul. 
 
 My solemn, my determined choice, 
 To yield to his supreme control, 
 And in his kind commands rejoice. 
 
 4 Oh, may I never faint nor tire. 
 
 Nor, -wandering, leave his sacred ways ; 
 Great God, accept my soul's desire, 
 
 And give me strength to live thy praise. 
 
 56 
 
 God the giver of all good. C. M. 
 
 TT'ATHER, to thee our souls we lift, 
 -*- On thee our hope depends, 
 Convinced that every perfect gift 
 From thee alone descends. 
 42 
 
TUAXKSGIYIXG. ^'7 
 
 2 Mercv and grace are thine alone, 
 
 And power and wisdom too ; 
 Without the Spirit of thy Son 
 We nothing good can do. 
 
 3 Thou all our works in us hast wrought, 
 
 Our good is all divine ; 
 The praise of every holy thought 
 And righteous word, is thine. 
 
 4 From thee — through Jesus — we receive 
 
 The power on thee to call ; 
 In thee, Lord, we move and live — 
 Our God is all in all. 
 
 57 
 
 Blessedness of God's serotce. H. M. 
 
 T ORD of the worlds above, 
 -■^ How pleasant and how fair 
 The dwellings of thy^ love. 
 Thine eai*thly temples, are ! 
 To thine abode my heart aspires. 
 With warm desires to see my God. 
 
 2 Oh, happy souls that pray 
 
 Where God appoints to hear! 
 Oh, happy men that pay 
 
 Their constant service there ! 
 They praise thee still ; and happy they 
 That love the way to Zion's hill. 
 
 8 They go from strength to strength, 
 Through this dark vale of tears, 
 Till each arrives at length, 
 Till each in heaven appears : 
 
 43 
 
58 THANKSGIVING. 
 
 Oh, glorious seat ! when God, our King, 
 Shall thither bring our willing feet. 
 4 To spend one sacred day 
 
 Where God and saints abide, 
 Affords diviner joy 
 
 Than thousand days beside : 
 Where God resorts, I love it more 
 To keep the door, than shine in courts. 
 
 58 
 
 Blessings of prayer. L. M. 
 
 'Y¥/'HAT various hindrances we meet 
 
 ' * In coming to a mercj'-seat ! 
 Yet who, that knows the worth of prayer, 
 But wishes to be often there ? 
 
 2 Prayer makes the darkened cloud withdraw ; 
 Prayer climbs the ladder .Jacob saw ; 
 Gives exercise to faith and love ; 
 
 Brings every blessing from above. 
 
 3 Restraining prayer, we cease to fight ; 
 Prayer makes the Christian's armour bright ; 
 And Satan trembles when he sees 
 
 The weakest saint upon his knees. 
 
 4 Have you no words ? Ah, think again; 
 Words flow apace when you complain, 
 And fill a fellow creature's ear 
 
 With the sad tale of all j^our care. 
 
 5 Were half the breath thus vainly spent. 
 To heaven in supplication sent, 
 
 Your cheerful song would oftener be, 
 " Hear what the Lord hath done for me." 
 44 
 
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 THANKSGIVING. 59, 60 
 
 G* 
 
 Daily mercies. S. M. 
 
 _0D is the fountain whence 
 Ten thousand blessings flow ; 
 To him my life, my health, my friends, 
 And every good, I ovre. 
 
 2 The comforts he affords 
 Are neither few nor small ; 
 
 He is the source of fresh delights, 
 My portion and my all. 
 
 3 He fills my heart with joy, 
 My lips attunes for praise ; 
 
 And to his glory I'll devote 
 The remnant of my days. 
 
 60 
 
 God all in all, S. M. 
 
 MY God, my life, my love. 
 To thee, to thee I call : 
 I cannot live if thou remove. 
 
 For thou art all in all. 
 
 Not all the harps above 
 
 Can make a heavenly place. 
 If God his residence remove, 
 
 Or but conceal his face. 
 
 Nor earth, nor all the sky 
 
 Can one delight afford. 
 No, not a drop of real joy, 
 
 Without thy presence, Lord. 
 
 Thou art the sea of love 
 
 Where all my pleasures roll ; 
 The circle where my passions move, 
 
 And centre of my soul. 
 
 45 
 
61, 62 WORSHIP. 
 
 ^utlic antj Social M^orsfjip. 
 
 61 
 
 Sabbath worship a dtlicjht. S. M. 
 
 "ATrELCOME, sweet day of rest, 
 ' * That saw the Lord arise ; 
 Welcome to this reviving breast 
 
 And these rejoicing eyes. 
 
 Tlie King himself comes near, 
 
 And feasts his saints to-day ; 
 Here we may sit, and see him here. 
 
 And love, and praise, and pray. 
 
 One day amidst the place 
 
 Where my dear Lord hath been, 
 Is sweeter than ten thousand days 
 
 Of pleasurable sin. 
 
 ISIy willing soul would stay 
 
 In such a frame as this, 
 And sit and sing herself away 
 
 To everlasting bliss. 
 
 62 
 
 Tnintation to public tcorship. S. P. !M. 
 TTOW pleased and blest was I, 
 -'-'- To hear the people cry, 
 "Come, let us seek our God to-day!" 
 Yes, with a cheerful zeal, 
 We haste to Zion's hill, 
 And there our vows and honours pay. 
 2 Zion — thrice happy place — 
 Adorned with wondrous grace, 
 And walls of strength embrace thee round: 
 In thee our tribes appear, 
 46 
 
WORSHIP. 63, 64 
 
 To pray, and praise, and hear 
 The sacred gospeVs joyful sound. 
 3 May peace attend thy gate, 
 
 And joy within thee wait. 
 To bless the soul of every guest : 
 
 The man who seeks thy peace, 
 
 And wishes thine increase, 
 A thousand blessings on him rest ! 
 
 vIO Universal worsh)']}. L. M. 
 
 '\\/'ITH one consent let all the earth 
 ' * To God their cheerful voices raise ; 
 Glad homage pay with awful mirth. 
 And sing before him songs of praise. 
 
 2 Convinced that he is God alone. 
 
 From whom both we and all proceed ; 
 We whom he chooses for his own, 
 The flock that he vouchsafes to feed. 
 
 3 (>h, enter then his temple gate, 
 
 Thence to his courts devoutly press ; 
 And still your grateful hymns repeat. 
 And still his name with praises bless. 
 
 4 He is the Lord, supremely good, 
 
 His mere}' is for ever sur.e ; 
 His truth, which always firmly stood, 
 To endless ages shall endure. 
 
 64 
 
 Public icoi-sltip. C. M. 
 
 T ORD, in the morning thou shalt hear 
 -*-^ My voice ascending high; 
 To thee will I direct my prayer, 
 To thee lift up mine ej^e. 
 
 47 
 
65 woRsuip. 
 
 2 Thou art a God "before whose sight 
 
 The wicked shall not stand ; 
 
 Sinners shall ne'er be thj delight, 
 
 Nor dwell at thy right hand. 
 
 3 But to thy house will I resort, 
 
 To taste thy mercies there; 
 I will freciuent thy holy court. 
 And worship in thy fear. 
 
 4 Oh, may thy Spirit guide my feet 
 
 In ways of righteousness ; 
 Make every path of duty straight, 
 And plain before my face. 
 
 65 
 
 Pre2)aration/or worship. S. M. 
 
 T ORD, fix our wandering thoughts, 
 -^ Thy sacred word to hear, 
 "With deep attention and with love, 
 Vvith reverence and with fear. 
 
 2 Let us remember still 
 That God is present here. 
 And let our hearts be all engaged 
 When we draw near in prayer. 
 
 S And when the humble notes 
 Of praise our lips employ, 
 Give us to taste the sweet delight 
 Which saints in heaven enjoy. 
 
 4 Oh, may thy sacred word 
 Sink deep in every breast, 
 And let us all b}' grace be brought 
 To Christ, the promised rest. 
 48 
 
WORSHIP. 66^ 67 
 
 66 
 
 GofVs (jracioiis call to sinners. C. M. 
 
 T ET us adore the grace that seeks 
 -^^ To draw our hearts above : 
 For, lo ! the great Jehovah speaks, 
 And every word is love. 
 
 2 "Come forth," he says, "no more pursue 
 
 The paths that lead to death ; 
 Look up, — a bleeding Saviour view; 
 Look, and be saved by faith." 
 
 3 Lord, speak these words to every heart, 
 
 By thine all-powerful voice ; 
 That we may now from sin depart. 
 And make thy love our choice. 
 
 67 
 
 Praise to God. 7, 6, 7. 
 
 TDRAISE the Lord, who reigns above, 
 -*- And keeps his courts below ; 
 Praise him for his boundless love, 
 
 And all his greatness show. 
 Praise him for his noble deeds ; 
 
 Praise him for his matchless power ; 
 Him, from whom all good proceeds, 
 
 Let earth and heaven adore. 
 2 Publish, spread to all around 
 
 The great Immanuel's name : 
 Let the gospel-trumpet sound, 
 
 Him Prince of peace proclaim. 
 Praise him, every tuneful string : 
 
 All the reach of heavenly art, 
 
 4 49 
 
6S^ 69 "WORSHIP. 
 
 All the power of music bring, 
 The music of the heart. 
 
 3 Him, in whom they move and live, 
 
 Let every creature sing ; 
 Glory to our Saviour give, 
 
 And homage to our King. 
 Hallowed be his name beneath, 
 
 As in heaven on earth adored ; 
 Praise the Lord in every breath ; 
 
 Let all things praise the Lord. 
 
 68 
 
 
 Invocation. C. M. 
 
 UR humble voices. Lord, we raise, 
 
 Before thy gracious throne ; 
 Oh, tune our hearts to sing thy praise, 
 For all thy mercies shown. 
 2 Thy watchful eye, thy guardian hand. 
 Supports us every hour ; 
 And in thy house this day we stand. 
 Thy goodness to adore. 
 
 8 Incline our hearts to seek thy face, 
 The Saviour's name to love ; 
 And form us, by almighty grace, 
 For nobler praise above. 
 
 69 
 
 Trust in God; 8's. 
 
 'THIS God is the God we adore— 
 -*- A faithful unchangeable friend, 
 Whose love is as great as his power, 
 And neither knows measure nor end. 
 
 50 
 
WORSHIP. fO 
 
 2 'Tis Jesus, the first and the last, 
 Whose Spirit shall guide us safe home ; 
 We'll praise him for all that is past, 
 And trust him for all that's to come. 
 
 4 \J Love fo)' Sion. S. M. 
 
 T LOVE thy kingdom, Lord, 
 -'- The house of thine abode; 
 The church our blest Redeemer saved 
 With his own precious blood. 
 
 2 I love thy church, God ! 
 Her walls before thee stand. 
 
 Dear as the apple of thine eye, 
 And graven on thy hand. 
 
 3 For her my tears shall fall ; 
 For her my prayers ascend : 
 
 To her my cares and toils be given, 
 Till toils and cares shall end. 
 
 4 Beyond my highest joy 
 
 I prize her heavenly ways ; 
 Her sweet communion, solemn vows, 
 Her hymns of love and praise. 
 
 5 Jesus, thou friend divine, 
 Our Saviour and our King, 
 
 Thy hand from every snare and foe 
 Shall great deliverance bring. 
 
 6 Sure as thy truth shall last. 
 To Sion shall be given 
 
 The brightest glories earth can yield. 
 And brighter bliss of heaven. 
 
 51 
 
CM. 
 
 1^1 1^2 WORSHir. 
 
 4 X ^^^ ^""^ iforAs ^3)-(«'6e Mm. 
 
 THERE seems a voice in every gale, 
 A tongue in every flower, 
 Which tells, Lord, the wondrous tale 
 Of thy almighty power. 
 2 The birds, that rise on quivering wing. 
 Proclaim their Maker's praise, 
 And all the mingling sounds of spring 
 To thee an anthem raise. 
 
 5 Shall I be mute, great God, alone 
 
 Midst nature's loud acclaim? 
 Shall not my heart, with answering tone, 
 Breathe forth thy holy na*me ? 
 , 4 All nature's debt is small to mine : 
 Nature shall cease to be ; 
 Thou gavest— proof of love divine- 
 Immortal life to me. 
 
 72 Rejoicing in God the Saviour. S. M. 
 
 AWAKE, and sing the song 
 Of Moses and the Lamb ! 
 Wake every heart, and every tongue, 
 To praise the Saviour's name ! 
 
 2 Sing of his dying love- 
 Sing of his rising power- 
 Sing how he intercedes above 
 
 For us, whose sins he bore 
 
 3 Sing on your heavenly way, 
 
 Ye ransomed sinners, sing ; 
 .•62 
 
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 V.'ORSHir. "yS^ '74; 
 
 Sing on, rejoicing; every day 
 In Christ, tlie eternal King, 
 
 4 Soon shall we hear him sa}^ 
 
 "Ye blessed children, come!" 
 Soon will he call us hence away 
 To our eternal home. 
 
 73 
 
 God's greatness adored. C. M. 
 
 r\ LORD, our Lord, how wondrous great 
 ^-^ Is thine exalted name : 
 The glories of thy heavenly state 
 Let men and babes proclaim. 
 
 2 When I behold thy works on high, 
 
 The moon that rules the night, 
 And stars that well adorn the sky, 
 Those moving worlds of light ; — 
 
 3 Lord, what is man, or all his race, 
 
 Who dwells so far below, 
 That thou shouldst visit him with grace, 
 And love his nature so ! 
 
 4 That thine etei'nal Son should bear 
 
 To take a mortal form ; 
 Made lower than his angels are, 
 To save a dying worm ! 
 
 74 
 
 Delight in puhlic tcorship. L. I\L 
 
 T ORD, how delightful 'tis to see 
 -^^ A whole assembly worship thee ! 
 At once they sing — at once they pray — 
 They hear of heaven, and learn the way. 
 
 53 
 
iy5 WORSHIP- 
 
 2 I have been there, and still wouTS go : 
 'Tis like the dawn of heaven below: 
 Not all my pleasures and my play 
 Shall tempt me to forget this day. 
 
 3 Oh, write upon my memory, Lord, 
 The text and doctrine of thy word ! 
 That I may break thy laws no more, 
 But love thee better than before. 
 
 4 With thoughts of Christ and things divine, 
 Fill up this foolish heart of mine ; 
 
 That, hoping pardon through his blood, 
 I may lie down, and wake with God. 
 
 7o The Saviour adored. L. M. 
 
 FAR from my thoughts, vain world, begone j- 
 Let my religious hours alone ; 
 Fain would my eyes my Saviour see : 
 I wait a visit. Lord, from thee. 
 
 2 My heart grows warm with holy fire, 
 And kindles with a pure desire : 
 Come, my dear Jesus, from above. 
 And feed my soul with heavenly love. 
 
 3 Blest Jesus, what delicious fare! 
 How sweet thy entertainments are ! 
 Never did angels taste above 
 Redeeming grace and dying love. 
 
 4 Hail, great Immanuel, all divine! 
 In thee thy Father's glories shine ; 
 Thou brightest, sweetest, fairest one. 
 That eyes have seen or angels known. 
 
 54 
 
 J 
 
I \) Vniversal adoration. L. M. 
 
 BEFORE Jeliovali's awful throne, 
 Ye nations, bow with sacred joy : 
 Know that the Lord is God alone ; 
 He can create — and he destroy. 
 
 2 His sovereign power, without our aid, 
 
 Made us of clay, and formed us men; 
 And when like wandering sheep we strayed, 
 He brought us to his fold again. 
 
 3 We are his people, we his care. 
 
 Our souls and all our mortal frame : 
 What lasting honours shall we rear, 
 Almighty Maker, to thy name ? 
 
 4 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, 
 
 High as the heavens our voices raise ; 
 And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, 
 Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 
 
 5 Wide as the world is thy command, 
 
 Vast as eternity thy love ; 
 Firm as a rock thy truth must stand, 
 When rolling years shall cease to move. 
 
 it The Lord my sheplierd. S. M. 
 
 'T'HE Lord my shepherd is ; 
 ^ I shall be well supplied ; 
 Since he is mine, and I am his, 
 What can I want beside ? 
 
 He leads me to the place 
 Where heavenly pasture grows ; 
 
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 Where living waters gently pass, 
 And full salvation flows. 
 
 3 If e'er I go astray, 
 
 He doth my soul reclaim, 
 And guides me in his own right way, 
 For his most holy name. 
 
 4 While he affords his aid, 
 
 I cannot yield to fear ; [shade. 
 
 Though I should Avalk through death's dark 
 My shepherd's with me there. 
 
 5 In spite of all my foes. 
 Thou dost my table spread ; 
 
 My cup with blessings overflows, 
 And joy exalts my head. 
 
 6 The bounties of thy love 
 Shall crown my following days ; 
 
 Nor from thy house will I remove, 
 Nor cease to speak thy praise. 
 
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 WorsJn'j) concluded. S. M. 
 
 "OW sweet to bless the Lord, 
 And in his praises join. 
 With saints his goodness to record, 
 And sing his power divine ! 
 
 2 Thus may our joys increase, 
 Our love more ardent grow, 
 
 While rich supplies of Jesus' grace 
 Refresh our souls below. 
 
 3 But, oh ! the bliss sublime. 
 When joy shall be complete, 
 
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 In that unclouded, glorious clime 
 Where all thy servants meet. 
 
 4 Then shall the ransomed throng 
 The Saviour's love record, 
 
 And shout, in everlasting song, 
 "Salvation to the Lord!" 
 
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 f J/ Majesty and poicer. C. M. 
 
 nPHE Lord our God is clothed with might, 
 -*- The winds obey his will ; 
 He speaks, and in his heavenly height 
 The rolling sun stands still. 
 
 2 Eebel, ye waves, and o'er the land 
 With threatening aspect roar; 
 The Lord uplifts his awful hand, 
 And chains you to the shore. 
 
 5 Ye winds of night, your force combine ; 
 
 "Without his high behest, 
 Ye shall not in the mountain-pine, 
 Disturb the sparrow's nest. 
 
 4 His voice sublime is heard afar ; 
 
 In distant peals it dies ; 
 He yokes the whirlwind to his car, 
 And sweeps the howling skies. 
 
 5 Ye sons of earth, in reverence bend ; 
 
 Ye nations, fear his rod ; 
 And let unceasing praise ascend 
 In honour of our God. 
 
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 Prai'ie to the Lord. 8, 7. 
 
 T>R AISE the Lord ! Ye heavens, adore him ; 
 -*- Praise him, angels, in the height ; 
 Sun and moon, rejoice before him ; 
 Praise him, all ye stars of night. 
 
 2 Praise the Lord in glory seated, 
 
 Heaven and earth, and sea and land ; 
 At his word ye were created, 
 
 By his powerful strength ye'stand. 
 
 3 Praise the God of our salvation ; 
 
 Hosts on high, his power proclaim ; 
 Heaven and earth, and all creation, 
 Praise and magnify his name. 
 
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 Power and goodness of God. C. M. 
 
 T SING the almighty power of God, 
 -*- That made the mountains rise. 
 That spread the flowing seas abroad, 
 And built the lofty skies. 
 
 2 I sing the wisdom that ordained 
 
 The sun to rule the daj' ; 
 The moon shines full at his command, 
 And all the stars obey. 
 
 3 I sing the goodness of the Lord, 
 
 That filled the earth with food ; 
 He formed the creatures by his word, 
 And then pronounced them good. 
 
 4 Lord, how thy wonders are displayed, 
 
 Where'er I turn mine ej* e ! 
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 If I survey the ground I tread, 
 Or gaze upon the sky. 
 
 5 There's not a plant nor flower below 
 
 But makes thy glories known ; 
 And clouds arise, and tempests blow, 
 By order from thy throne. 
 
 6 Creatures, as numerous as they be. 
 
 Are subject to thy care; 
 There's not a place where we can flee, 
 But God is present there. 
 
 Oi4 ^ocZ glorious in majesty. H. M. 
 
 THE Lord Jehovah reigns, 
 His throne is built on high ; 
 The garments he assumes 
 Are light and majesty ; 
 His glories shine with beams so bright, 
 No mortal eye can bear the sight. 
 2 And can this mighty King 
 Of glory condescend — 
 And will he write his name, 
 My Father and my Friend! 
 I love his name, I love his word : 
 Join, all my powers, to praise the Lord. 
 
 q30 Universal praise, S. M. 
 
 LET every creature join 
 To praise the eternal God ; 
 Ye heavenly hosts, the sDng begin, 
 And sound his name abroad. 
 
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 2 Thou sun with golden beams, 
 And moon with paler raj^s, 
 
 Ye starry lights, ye twinkling flames, 
 Shine to your Maker's praise. 
 
 3 He built those worlds above, 
 And fixed their wondrous frame ; 
 
 By his command they stand or move, 
 And ever speak his name. 
 
 4 Ye vapours, when ye rise, 
 Or fall in showers or snow;* 
 
 Ye thunders, murmuring round the skies, 
 His power and glory show. 
 
 5 Wind, hail, and flashing fire, 
 Agree to praise the Lord, 
 
 When ye in dreadful storms conspire 
 To execute his word. 
 
 6 By all his works above 
 His honours be expressed ; 
 
 But saints, who taste his saving love, 
 Should sing his praises best. 
 
 o4: The glonj of God. L. M. 
 
 'T'HE spacious firmament on high, 
 -■- With all the blue ethereal sky, 
 And spangled heavens, a shining frame, 
 Their great Original proclaim. 
 
 2 The unwearied sun, from day to day. 
 Does his Creator's power display, 
 And publishes to every land 
 The work of an almighty hand. 
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 3 Soon as the evening shades prevail, 
 The moon takes np the wondrons tale, 
 And nightly, to the listening earth, 
 Repeats the story of her birth; — 
 
 4 While all the stars that round her burn, 
 And all the planets in their turn, 
 Confirm the tidings as they roll. 
 
 And spread the truth from pole to pole. 
 
 5 What though in solemn silence all 
 Move round this dark terrestrial ball — 
 What though nor real voice nor sound 
 Amid their radiant orbs be found — 
 
 6 In reason's ear they all rejoice, 
 And utter forth a glorious voice ; 
 For ever singing, as they shine, 
 
 " The hand that made us is divine." 
 
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 Wisdom of God's providence. C. M. 
 
 C INCE all the varying scenes of time 
 ^ God's watchful eye surveys. 
 Oh, who so wise to choose his lot, 
 Or to appoint his ways? 
 
 2 Good when he gives — supremely good, 
 
 Nor less when he denies ; 
 E'en crosses from his sovereign hand 
 Are blessings in disguise. 
 
 3 Whj' should we doubt a Father's love, 
 
 So constant and so kind ? 
 To his unerring, gracious will, 
 Be every wish resigned. 
 
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 4 In thy fair book of life divine, 
 My God ! inscinbe my name ; 
 There let it fill some humble place 
 Beneath my Lord, the Lamb ! 
 
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 God ever-present. L. M 
 
 f^ OD reigns in glory, and on high 
 ^-^ Sits on his throne of majesty; 
 Yet from that glorious throne he bends, 
 And even to a child attends- 
 
 2 As 3ep, awake, by night, by day, 
 When at my lessons, or my play — 
 Altliough the Lord I cannot see. 
 His eye is always fixed on me. 
 
 3 He hears me when I pray or praise, 
 He also ponders all my wa^'s; 
 May I so live as God approves ; 
 May I be one whom Jesus loves ! 
 
 4 God never will forsake his own. 
 He will not leave me all alone ; 
 When not another friend is near, 
 May I remember God is here! 
 
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 Waitinij upon God. C. M. . 
 
 T WATT for thy salvation, Lord, 
 -*- With strong desires I wait ; 
 My soul, invited by thy word, 
 Stands watching at thy gate. 
 
 2 Just as the guards that keep the night 
 Long for the morning skies, 
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 Watch the first beams of breaking light, 
 And meet tliem Avith their eyes. 
 
 3 So waits my soul to see thy grace ; 
 
 And more intent than they, 
 Meets the first openings of thy face, 
 And finds a brighter day. 
 
 4 There's full redemption at thy throne 
 
 For sinners long enslaved : 
 
 The great Redeemer is thy Son, 
 
 And Israel shall be saved. 
 
 OO God's omnipresence. L. M. 
 
 'l^HIS world, God, like that above, 
 -*- Is bright to those who know thy love ; 
 Where'er they dwell, they dwell Avith thee, 
 tn heaven, in earth, or on the sea. 
 
 2 To me remains nor place nor time. 
 My country is in every clime ; 
 
 I can be calm and free from care 
 On any shore, since God is there. 
 
 3 While place we seek, or place we shun, 
 The soul finds happiness in none ; 
 
 But with my God to guide my way, 
 'Tis equal joy to go or stay. 
 
 4 Could I be cast where thou art not, 
 That were indeed a dreadful lot ; 
 But regions none remote I call. 
 Secure of finding God in all. 
 
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 Otr GocV 8 omnipresence and omniscience. CM. 
 1 N all my vast concerns with thee, 
 
 In vain my soul would try 
 To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee il 
 
 The notice of thine eye. ■ 
 
 2 Thy all-surrounding sight surveys 
 
 IVIy rising and my rest ; 
 My public walks, my private ways, 
 And secrets of my breast. . 
 
 3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord 
 
 Before they're formed within; 
 And ere my lips pronounce the word, 
 He knows the sense I mean. 
 
 4 wondrous knowledge, deep and high ! 
 
 Where can a creature hide ? 
 Within thy circling arms I lie, 
 Beset on every side. 
 
 5 So let thy grace surround me still, 
 
 And like a bulwark prove. 
 To guard my soul from every ill. 
 Secured by sovereign love. 
 
 ^\3 Living in the j)resence of God. C. M 
 
 Hj^O thee, my God, ray days are known; 
 ■^ My soul enjoys the thought ; 
 My actions lie before thy face. 
 Nor are my faults forgot. 
 2 Eoch secret prayer devotion breathes 
 Is vocal to thine ear ; 
 And all my walks of daily life 
 Before thine eyes appear. 
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 3 Each golden hour of beaming light 
 
 Is guided by thy rajs : 
 My eye, in dark affliction's gloom, 
 A present God surveys, 
 
 4 Full in thy view through life I pass, 
 
 Full in thy view I die ; 
 And when all earthly ties dissolve. 
 My God will still be nigh. 
 
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 God is everywhere. L. M. 
 
 A MONG the deepest shades of night, 
 -^^ Can there be one who sees my way ? 
 Yes, God is as a shining light. 
 
 That turns the darkness into day. 
 
 2 When every eye around me sleeps, 
 May I not sin without control? 
 No ; for a constant watch he keeps, 
 On every thought of every soul. 
 8 If I could find some cave unknown. 
 Where human feet have never trod, 
 Yet there I should not be alone ; 
 On every side there would be God. 
 
 4 He smiles in heaven, he frowns in hell, 
 
 He fills the earth, the air, the sea ; 
 I must within his presence dwell, 
 I cannot from his anger flee. 
 
 5 Yet I may flee ; he shows me where. 
 
 To .lesus Christ he bids me fly ; 
 And while I seek for pardon there, 
 There's only mercy in his eye. 
 
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 J//W Omniscience of God. L. M. 
 
 T ORD, thou hast searched and seen me 
 -*-^ through ; 
 
 Thine eye commands, ■with piercing view, 
 My rising and my resting hours, 
 My heart and flesh with all their powers. 
 
 2 My thoughts, before they are my own. 
 Are to my God distinctly known: 
 
 He knows the words I mean tp speak, 
 Ere from my opening lips they break. 
 
 3 Within thy circling power I stand. 
 On every side I find thy hand ; 
 Awake — asleep — at home — abroad, 
 I am surrounded still with God. 
 
 4 Oh, may these thoughts possess my breast, 
 Where'er I rove — where'er I rest ; 
 
 Nor let my weaker passions dare 
 Consent to sin — for God is there. 
 
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 Mystery of Providence. C. M. 
 
 /^OD moves in a mysterious way, 
 ^^ His wonders to perform ; 
 He plants his footsteps in the sea, 
 And rides upon the storm. 
 
 2 Deep in unfathomable mines 
 
 Of never-failing skill, 
 He treasures up his bright designs. 
 And works his sovereign will. 
 
 3 Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take 
 
 Q'he clouds ye so much dread 
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 Are big with mercy — and shall break 
 In blessings on your head. 
 
 4 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, 
 
 But trust him for his grace ; 
 Behind a frowning providence 
 He hides a smiling face. 
 
 5 His purposes will ripen fast, 
 
 Unfolding every hour ; 
 The bud may have a bitter taste. 
 But sweet will be the flower. 
 
 6 Blind unbelief is sure to err, 
 
 And scan his work in vain ; 
 God is his own interpreter, 
 And he will make it plain. 
 
 ^41: (^'^d a sovereifjn. S.-M, 
 
 /^OME, sound his praise abroad, 
 ^^ And hymns of glory sing ; 
 Jehovah is the sovereign God, 
 The universal King. 
 
 2 He formed the deeps unknown. 
 He gave the seas their bound ; 
 
 The watery worlds are all his own. 
 And all the solid ground. 
 
 3 Come, worship at his throne ; 
 Come, bow before the Lord : 
 
 We are his work, and not our own. 
 He formed us by his word. 
 
 4 To-day attend his voice, 
 Nor dare provoke his rod ; 
 
 Come, like the people of his choice, 
 And own your gracious God. 
 
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05, 96 JESTTS CHRIST 
 
 c/O The comjjassion of Christ. S. M. 
 
 ITilD Clirist o'er sinners weep, 
 "'^ And shall our cheeks be dry ? 
 Let floods of penitential grief 
 Flow forth from every eye. 
 
 2 The Son of God in tears-^ 
 Angels with wonder see ; 
 
 Be thou astonished, my soul ! 
 He shed those tears for thee. 
 
 3 He wept — that we might weep — 
 Each sin demands a tear; 
 
 In heaven alone no sin is found, 
 And there's no weeping there. 
 
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 Jesus our x>ilot. H. M. 
 
 TESUS, at thy command 
 ^ I launch into the deep, 
 And leave my native land. 
 Where sin lulls all asleep : 
 For thee I would the world resign, 
 And sail to heaven with thee and thine. 
 2 Thou art my pilot wise ; 
 
 My compass is thy word ; 
 My soul each storm defies, 
 While I have such a Lord ; 
 I'll trust thy faithfulness and power 
 To save me in the trying hour. 
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 B Though rocks and quicksands deep 
 Through all my passage lie, 
 Yet Christ -will safely keep 
 And guard me with his eye ; 
 My anchor, hope, "svill firm abide, 
 And every boisterous storm outride. 
 
 t Whene'er becalm'd I lie, 
 And storms forbear to toss ; 
 Be thou, dear Lord still nigh, 
 Lest I should suffer loss : 
 For more the treacherous calm I dread 
 Than tempests bursting o'er my head. 
 
 5 By faith I see the land, 
 The port of endless rest ; 
 My soul, thy sails expand. 
 And fly to Jesus' breast ; 
 Oh, ma}^ I gain the heavenly shore. 
 Where winds and waves disturb no more. 
 
 3 Come, Holy Ghost, and blow 
 A prosperous gale of grace : 
 Waft me from all below. 
 To heaven, my destined place ; 
 There in full sail my port I'll find, 
 And leave the world and sin behind. 
 
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 The Saviour's love. L. M 
 
 ^OFT be the gently breathing notes, 
 ^^ That sing the Saviour's dying love ; 
 Soft as the evening zephyr floats ; 
 Soft as the tuneful lyres above. 
 
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 2 Soft as the morning dews descend, 
 
 While the sweet lark exulting soars ; 
 So soft, to your Almighty friend, 
 Be every sigh your bosom pours. 
 
 3 Pure as the sun's enlivening ray. 
 
 That scatters life and joy abroad ; 
 Pure as the lucid car of day, 
 
 That wide proclaims its Maker, God. 
 
 4 Pure as the breath of vernal, skies, 
 
 So pure let our contrition be ; 
 And purely let our sorrows rise 
 To Him who bled upon the tree. 
 
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 Jesus precious to the believer. C. M. 
 
 TESUS, I love thy charming name ; 
 ^ 'Tis music to my ear ; i 
 
 Fain would I sound it out so loud, 
 That heaven and earth might hear. 
 
 2 Yes, thou art precious to my soul. 
 
 My treasure and my trust; 
 The world compared with thee is nought, 
 And all its treasure dust. 
 
 3 All that my loftiest thoughts can wish 
 
 In thee doth richly meet ; 
 Not to my eyes is light so dear, 
 Nor friendship half so sweet. 
 
 4 Thy grace still dwells upon my heart, 
 
 And sheds its fragrance there, — 
 The noblest balm of all my wounds. 
 The cordial of my care. 
 
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 Chrht jifecions to the believer. C. M. 
 TTOW sweet the name of Jesus sounds 
 -'--'- In a believer's ear ! 
 It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, 
 And drives away his fear. 
 
 2 It makes the wounded spirit whole, 
 
 And calms the troubled breast ; 
 'Tis manna to the hungry soul, 
 And to the weary, rest. 
 
 3 By thee my prayers acceptance gain, 
 
 Although with sin defiled ; 
 Satan accuses me in vain, 
 And I am owned a child. 
 
 4 "Weak is the effort of my heart, 
 
 And cold my warmest thought ; 
 But when I see thee as thou art, 
 I'll praise thee as I ought. 
 
 5 Till then I would thy love proclaim 
 
 With every fleeting breath ; 
 And may the music of thy name 
 Refresh my soul in death. 
 
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 Jesus (lying. L. M. 
 
 'THE Lord of life, the Saviour, dies, 
 -*- For mortal crimes a sacrifice ; 
 What love, what mercy, how divine ! 
 Jesus, and can I call thee mine ? 
 2 Be all my heart and all my days 
 Devoted to my Saviour's praise ; 
 And let my glad obedience prove 
 How much I owe, how much I love. 
 
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 3 Let humble, penitential wo, 
 Witli painful, pleasing anguish flow; 
 And th}- forgiving smiles impart 
 Life, hope, and joy to every heart. 
 
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 God s fflorij. L. M. 
 
 r^ RE AT God ! in vain man's narrow view 
 ^^ Attempts to look thy nature through ; 
 Our labouring powers with reverence own 
 Thy glories never can be known. 
 
 2 Not the high seraph's mighty thought, 
 Who countless years his God has sought. 
 Such wondrous height or deptli can find, 
 Or fully trace thy boundless mind. 
 
 3 Yet, Lord, thy kindness deigns to show 
 Enough for mortal minds to know ; 
 "While wisdom, goodness, power divine. 
 Through all thy works and conduct shine. 
 
 4 Oh, may our souls with rapture trace 
 Thy works of nature and of grace ; 
 Explore thy sacred name, and still 
 Press on, to know and do thy will. 
 
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 The intercession of Christ. C. M. 
 
 ^EE, in the vineyard of the Lord, 
 ^^ A barren fig-tree stands ; 
 It yields no fruit, no blossom bears, 
 
 Though planted by his hands. «, 
 
 2 From year to year he seeks for fruit, 
 And still no fruit is found ; 
 It stands, amid the living trees, 
 A cumberer of the ground. 
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 3 But, see, an Intercessor pleads 
 
 The barren tree to spare ! 
 " Let Justice still -withhold his hand, 
 And grant another year. 
 
 4 " Perhaps some means of grace untried 
 
 May reach the stony heart ; 
 The softening dews of heavenly grace 
 May life anew impart. 
 
 5 "But if these means should prove in vain, 
 
 And still no fruit is found, 
 Then mercy shall no longer plead, 
 But justice cut it down." 
 
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 HnnriHation of Christ. C. M. 
 
 A ND did the Holy and the Just, 
 ■^^ The Sovereign of the skies, 
 Stoop down to wretchedness and dust, 
 That guilty men might rise ? 
 
 'i Yes I the Redeemer left his throne. 
 His radiant throne on high — 
 Surprising mercy, love unknown — . 
 
 To suffer, bleed, and die. 
 
 \ Lord, what heavenly wonders dwell 
 In thy atoning blood ! 
 By this are sinners saved from hell. 
 And rebels brought to God. 
 
 4 What glad return can I impart 
 For favours so divine ? 
 Oh, take my all, this worthless heart, 
 And make it wholly thine. 
 
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 The Tiumt'Iiafion of Chrixt. 7*S. 
 
 pHRIST is merciful aud mild, 
 ^^ He was once a little child ; 
 lie whom henavenly hosts adore 
 Lived on earth among the poor. 
 
 2 Every bird can build its nest ; 
 Foxes have their place of rest ; 
 He, by whom the world was made, 
 Had not where to lay his head. 
 
 3 He who is the Lord most high, 
 Then was poorer far than I,* 
 That I might hereafter be 
 Rich to all eternity. 
 
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 Li V I tat ion to Christ. S. M. 
 
 i'^OME, children, come to God, 
 ^ Cast all your sins away ; 
 Seek ye the Saviour's cleansing blood, 
 Repent, believe, obey. 
 
 2 Say not ye cannot come ; 
 For Jesus bled and died, 
 
 That none who ask in humble faith 
 Should ever be denied, 
 
 3 Say not ye will not come, 
 "When God vouchsafes to call, 
 
 For fearful will their end be found 
 On whom his isj'ath shall fall. 
 
 4 Come, then, whoever Avill, 
 Come while 'tis called to-day; 
 
 Seek ye the Saviour's cleansing blood, 
 Repent, believe, obey. 
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 A litany fi 
 Q AYIOUR, when in dust, to thee 
 *^ Low we boAv th' adoring knee ; 
 When, repentant, to the skies 
 Scarce we lift our streaming eyes ; 
 Oh, by all thy pains and wo. 
 Suffered once for man below ; 
 Bending from thy throne on high, 
 Hear our solemn litany. 
 
 2 By thy birth and early years ; 
 By thy griefs and human fears ; 
 By thy fasting and distress 
 
 In the lonely wilderness ; 
 By thy victory in the hour 
 Of the subtle tempter's power; 
 Jesus, look with jDitying eye ; 
 Hear our solemn litany. 
 
 3 By the blood upon thy brow ; 
 By thine agonizing vow ; 
 
 By the purple robe of scorn ; 
 
 By thy wounds, thy crown of thorn ; 
 
 Cross and passion, pangs and cries ; 
 
 By thy perfect sacrifice ; 
 
 Jesus, look with pitying eye ; 
 
 Hear our solemn litany. 
 
 4 By thy last expiring groan ; 
 By the sealed sepulchral stone ; 
 By thy triumph o'er the grave ; 
 By thy power from death to save ; 
 
 * Litany is a supplicatory prayer. 
 
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 Jesus, our ascended Lord, 
 To thy throne in heaven restored, 
 Prince and Saviour, hear the cry 
 Of our solemn litany. 
 
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 Jesus our solace. 7'8. 
 
 T ORD, it is not life to live, 
 -'-^ If thy presence thou deny ; 
 Lord, if thou thy presence give, 
 'Tis no longer death to die. 
 
 2 Source and giver of repose. 
 
 Lasting happiness is thine ; 
 Only from thy smile it flows ; 
 Mine it is, if thou art mine. 
 
 3 Let me but thyself possess, * 
 
 Real bliss I then shall prove ; 
 Total sum of happiness, 
 
 Heaven below, and heaven above. 
 
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 Je8V84>ur example. 8, 7. 
 
 JESUS CHRIST, my Lord and Saviour, 
 ^ Once became a child like me : 
 Oh, that in my whole behaviour 
 He my pattern still may be ! 
 
 2 All my nature is unholy. 
 
 Pride and passion dwell within ; 
 But the Lord was meek and lowly, 
 And was never known to sin. 
 
 3 I am often vainly trying 
 
 Some new pleasure to possess ; 
 He was always self-denying. 
 Patient in his worst distress. 
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 4 Lord, assist a feeble creature ; 
 Guide me by the word of truth ; 
 Condescend to be my teacher, 
 
 Through my childhood and my youth. 
 
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 Christ, the good shepherd. 7's. 
 
 'I'^O thy pastures green and fair, 
 -*- Saviour, let a child repair ; 
 I will never stray from thee, 
 But thy fold my home shall be. 
 
 2 Like a gentle lamb, I'll stay 
 
 In the meadows fresh and gay ; 
 Peaceful and contented there, 
 Guarded by my Shepherd's care. 
 
 3 By the waters still and clear, 
 I shall wander, without fear ; 
 Happy by my Shepherd's side, 
 All my wants shall be supplied. 
 
 4 Lord, wilt thou my Shepherd be ? 
 Help me then to follow thee ; 
 
 At thy feet myself I cast. 
 
 Thee to serve while life shall last. 
 
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 Christ's kingdom universal. L. M. 
 
 TESUS shall reign where'er the sun 
 ^ Does his successive journe3's run; 
 His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, 
 Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 
 
 2 For him shall endless prayer be made ; 
 And endless praises crown his head ; 
 
Ill JESUS CHRIST 
 
 His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise 
 With every morning-sacrifice. 
 
 3 People and realms of every tongue 
 Dwell on his love with sweetest song; 
 And infant voices shall proclaim 
 Their early blessings on his name. 
 
 4 Blessings abound where'er he reigns, 
 The prisoner leaps to loose his chains ; 
 The weary find eternal rest. 
 
 And all the sons of want are blest. 
 
 5 Let evei'y creature rise, and ^ring 
 Peculiar honours to their King ; 
 Angels descend with songs again, 
 And earth repeat the long Amen. 
 
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 Not asTiamed of Christ. C. M, 
 
 T'M not ashamed to own my Lord, 
 -^ Nor to defend his cause ; 
 Maintain the honour of his word. 
 The glory of his cross. 
 
 2 Jesus, my God ! I know his name : 
 
 His name is all my trust ; 
 Nor will he put my soul to shame, 
 Nor let my hope be lost. 
 
 3 Firm as his throne his promise stands, 
 
 And he can well secure 
 What Pve committed to his hands, 
 Till the decisive hour. 
 
 4 Then will he own my worthless name 
 
 Before his Father's face ; 
 And in the New Jerusalem 
 Appoint my soul a place. 
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 AND HIS OFFICES. 112, 113 
 
 The reign of Christ. C. M. 
 
 TOY to the -world — the Lord is come ! 
 ^ Let earth receive her King ; 
 Let every heart prepare him room, 
 And heaven and nature sing. 
 
 2 Joy to the world — the Saviour reigns : 
 
 Let men their songs employ ; 
 While fields and floods — rocks, hills, and 
 plains, 
 Repeat the sounding joy. 
 
 3 No more let sin and sorrow grow, 
 
 Nor thorns iiifest the ground ; 
 He comes to make his blessings flow 
 Far as the curse is found. 
 
 4 He rules the world with truth and grace, 
 
 And makes the nations prove 
 The glories of his righteousness 
 And wonders of his love. 
 
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 Praise for redemption. S. M. 
 
 "O ATSE 3'our triumphant songs 
 To an immortal tune ; 
 Let the wide earth resound the deeds 
 Celestial grace has done. 
 2 Sing how Eternal Love 
 Its Chief Beloved chose, 
 And bade him raise our wretched race 
 From their abyss of woes. 
 
 8 'Twas mercy filled the throne. 
 And wrath stood silent by, 
 
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114, 115 JESUS CHRIST 
 
 "When Christ was sent ivitli pardons (lo^Yn 
 To rebels doomed to die. 
 
 4 Now, sinners, dry your tears, 
 Let hopeless sorrow cease ; 
 Bow to the sceptre of his love. 
 And take the offered peace. 
 
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 ■ Christ present, tcJierever icorsJiipped. L.M. 
 
 TESUS, where'er thy people meet, 
 ^ There they behold thy mercy-seat; 
 "Where'er they seek thee, thou art found, 
 And every place is hallowed ground. 
 
 2 For thou, within no walls confined, 
 Inhabitest the humble mind ; 
 
 Such ever bring thee where they come. 
 And going, take thee to their home. 
 
 3 Dear Shepherd of thy chosen few ! 
 Thy former mercies here renew ; 
 Here to our waiting hearts proclaim 
 The sweetness of thy saving name. 
 
 4 Lord, we are few, but thou art near ; 
 Nor short thine arm, nor deaf thine ear ; 
 Oh, rend the heavens, come quickly down. 
 And make a thousand hearts thine own. 
 
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 God reconciled in Christ. C. M. 
 
 "TvEAREST of all the names above, 
 -■-^ My .Jesus and my God — 
 Who can resist thy heavenly love, 
 Or trifle with thy blood ? 
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AND HIS OFFICES. 116 
 
 2 'Tis by the merits of thy death 
 
 The Father smiles again ; 
 'Tis by thine interceding breath 
 The Spirit dwells with men. 
 
 3 Till God in human flesh I see, 
 
 My thoughts no comfort find ; 
 The holy, just, and sacred Three 
 Are terrors to my mind, 
 
 4 But if Immanuel's face appear, 
 
 My hope, my joy begins ; 
 His name forbids my slavish fear. 
 His grace removes my sins. 
 
 5 While Jews on their own law rely, 
 
 And Greeks of wisdom boast, 
 I love the incarnate mystery. 
 And there I fix my trust. 
 
 116 
 
 Redemption finished. 8, 7, 4. 
 
 "TTARK ! the voice of love and mercy 
 -'-■- Sounds aloud from Calvary ; 
 See I it rends the rocks asunder — 
 
 Shakes the earth and veils the sky I 
 "It is finished!" 
 
 Hear the dying Saviour cry. 
 
 2 It is finished ! — Oh, what pleasure 
 Do these precious words afford ! 
 Heavenly blessings, without measure. 
 Flow to us from Christ the Lord. 
 
 "It is finished!" 
 Sainrts, the dying words record. 
 
 6 81 
 
11'? JESUS CHRIST 
 
 3 Finislied, all the types and shadows 
 
 Of the ceremonial law ; 
 Finished, all that God had promised ; 
 Death and hell no more shall awe. 
 
 "It is finished!^' 
 Saints, from hence your comforts draw. 
 
 4 Tune your harps anew, ye seraphs, 
 
 Join to sing the pleasing theme ; 
 All on earth and all in heaven, 
 Join to praise Immanuel's name. 
 
 Hallelujah! 
 Glory to the bleeding Lamb. 
 
 117 
 
 Praise to the Redeemer. C. M. 
 
 IV/TAJESTIC sweetness sits enthroned 
 ■^■^ On my Redeemer's brow ; 
 His head with radiant glories crowned, 
 His lips with grace o'erflow. 
 
 2 No mortal can with him compare 
 
 Among the sons of men : 
 Fairer is he than all the fair 
 That fill the heavenly train. 
 
 3 He saw me plunged in deep distress, 
 
 He flew to my relief; 
 For me he bore the shameful cross, 
 And carried all my grief. 
 
 4 To him I owe my life and breath. 
 
 And all the joys I have : 
 He makes me triumph over death, 
 And saves me from the grave. 
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AND HIS OFFICES. 118 
 
 5 To heaven, the phice of his abode, 
 
 He brings my Aveary feet ; 
 Shows me the glories of my God, 
 And makes my joys complete. 
 
 6 Since from his bounty I receive 
 
 Such proofs of love divine, 
 Had I a thousand hearts to give, 
 Lord, they should all be thine ! 
 
 J. _Lo Jesu8 our Shejjherd. 8, 7, 4. 
 
 C AVIOUR, like a shepherd lead us ; 
 ^ Much "we need thy tender care ; 
 In thy pleasant pastures feed us. 
 
 For our use thy folds prepare. 
 Blessed Jesus ! 
 
 Thou hast bought us, thine we are. 
 
 2 We are thine, do thou befriend us. 
 
 Be the guardian of our way ; 
 Keep thy flock, from sin defend us. 
 Seek us when we go astray. 
 
 Blessed .Jesus I 
 Hear young children when they pray. 
 
 3 Thou hast promised to receive us. 
 
 Poor and sinful though we be ; 
 Thou hast mercy to relieve us, 
 
 Grace to cleanse, and power to free. 
 
 Blessed .Jesus ! 
 Let us early turn to thee. 
 
 4 Early let us seek thy favour. 
 
 Early let us do thy will ; 
 
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119, 120 JESUS CHRIST 
 
 Holy Lord, our only Saviour, 
 AVith thy grace our bosom fill. 
 
 Blessed Jesus ! 
 Tliou hast loved us, love us still. 
 
 119 
 
 Redemption. C. M 
 
 TDLUXGED in a gulf of dark despair, 
 -*- We wretched sinners lay, 
 Without one cheerful beam of hope, 
 Or spark of glimmering day ! 
 
 2 With pitying eyes the Prince of grace 
 Beheld our helpless grief; 
 He saw — and (oh, amazing love I) 
 He ran to our relief, 
 
 ^ Down from the shining seats above, 
 With joyful haste he fled, 
 Entered the grave in mortal flesh, 
 And dwelt among the dead. 
 
 4 Oh, for this love let rocks and hills 
 Their lasting silence break, 
 And all harmonious human tongues 
 The Saviour's praises speak. 
 
 120 
 
 The love of God. C. P. M. 
 
 "\ FY God, thy boundless love I praise ; 
 ■^'-^ How bright on high its glories blaze ! 
 
 How sweetly bloom below ! 
 It streams from thy eternal throne ; 
 Through heaven its joys for ever run, 
 
 And o'er the earth they flow. 
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AND HIS OFFICES. 121 
 
 2 'Tis love that paints the purple morn, 
 And bids the clouds, in air upborne, 
 
 Their genial drops distil ; 
 In every vernal beam it glows, 
 And breathes in every gale that blows, 
 
 And glides in every rill. 
 
 3 But in the gospel it appears 
 In sweeter, fairer characters. 
 
 And charms the ravished breast ; 
 There love immortal leaves the sky. 
 To wipe the drooping mourner's eye. 
 
 And give the. weary rest. 
 
 4 Then let the love that makes me blest^ 
 With cheerful praise inspire my breast^ 
 
 And ardent gratitude : 
 And all my thoughts and passions tend 
 To thee, my Father and my Friend, 
 
 My soul's eternal good. 
 
 X/W_i- -Aii sufficiency of the Redeemer. C. M. 
 
 ''rHOU blest Redeemer, dying Lamb 1 
 ^ We love to hear of thee ; 
 No music like thy charming name, 
 Nor half so dear can be. 
 
 2 Oh, may we ever hear thy voice 
 
 In mercy to us speak ! 
 In thee, Lord, let us rejoice, 
 And thy salvation seek. 
 
 3 Jesus shall ever be our theme, 
 
 While in this world we stay ; 
 
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123^ 123 JESUS CHRIST 
 
 We'll sing of Jesus' lovely name, 
 When all things else decay. 
 
 4 When we appear in yonder cloud, 
 With all his favoured throng, 
 Then will we sing more sweet, more loud. 
 And Christ shall be our song;. 
 
 122 
 
 Christ the sinner's friend. 8, 7. 
 
 /^NE there is above all others 
 ^-^ Well deserves the name of* Friend; 
 His is love beyond a brother's. 
 Costly, free, and knows no end. 
 
 2 Which of all our friends, to save us. 
 
 Could or would have shed his blood ? 
 But our Jesus died to have us 
 Reconciled in him to God. 
 
 3 When he lived on earth abased. 
 
 Friend of sinners was his name ; 
 Now above all glory raised. 
 He rejoices in the same. 
 
 4 Oh, for grace our hearts to soften ! 
 
 Teach us, Lord, at length to love ; 
 AVe, alas ! forget too often 
 What a friend we have above. 
 
 J_/^^ Zoving-kindness. L. M. 
 
 A WAKE, my soul, to joyful lays, 
 -^^ And sing the great Redeemers praise; 
 He justly claims a song from me ; 
 His loving-kindness, oh, how free ! 
 
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AND HIS OFFICES. 134: 
 
 2 He saw me ruined in the fall, 
 Yet loYed me notwithstanding all ; 
 He saved me from my low estate ; 
 His loving-kindness, how great ! 
 
 3 Though numerous hosts of mighty foes, 
 Though earth and hell my way oppose, 
 He safely leads my soul along; 
 
 His loving-kindness, how strong ! 
 
 4 When trouble, like a gloomy cloud. 
 
 Has gathered thick, and thundered loud ; 
 He near my soul has always stood ; 
 His loving-kindness, how good ! 
 
 5 Often I feel my sirful heart 
 Prone from my Saviour to depart ; 
 But, though I oft have him forgot, 
 His loving-kindness changes not. 
 
 X/w4: Jesus, dyinrj, risinrj, reigning. L. M. 
 
 HE dies ! the Friend of sinners dies ! 
 Lo 1 Salem's daughters weep around; 
 A solemn darkness veils the skies, 
 
 A sudden trembling shakes the ground : 
 
 2 Come, saints, and drop a tear or two 
 
 For him who groaned beneath your load ; 
 He shed a thousand drops for you, — 
 A thousand drops of richer blood. 
 
 3 Here's love and grief beyond degree : 
 
 The Lord of glory dies for man ! 
 But lo ! what sudden joys we see : 
 Jesus, the dead revives again. 
 
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125 JESUS CHRIST 
 
 4 The rising God forsakes the tomb ; 
 
 (In vain the tomb forbids his rise ;) 
 Cherubic legions guard him home, 
 And shout him welcome to the skies. 
 
 5 Break off your tears, ye saints, and tell 
 
 How high your great Deliverer reigns ; 
 Sing how he spoiled the hosts of hell. 
 And led the monster death in chains : 
 
 6 Say, 'Live forever, wondrous King, 
 
 Born to redeem, and strong to save!' 
 Then ask the monster, 'Where's thy sting?* 
 And, 'Where's thy victory, boasting grave?' 
 
 125 
 
 Christ the refuse. 7*8. 
 
 TESTIS, lover of my soul, 
 ^ Let me to thy bosom fly, 
 While the nearer waters roll, 
 While the tempest still is high. 
 
 2 Hide me, my Saviour, hide, 
 
 Till the storm of life be past ; 
 Safe into the haven guide. 
 Oh ! receive my soul at last. 
 
 3 Other refuge have I none, 
 
 Hangs my helpless soul on thee ; 
 Leave, oh, leave me not alone. 
 Still support and comfort me. 
 
 4 All my trust on thee is stayed. 
 
 All my help from thee I bring ; 
 Cover my defenceless head 
 With the shadow of thy wing. 
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AND HIS OFFICES. 126 
 
 5 Thou, Christ, art all I want, 
 All in all in thee I find ; 
 Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, 
 Heal the sick, and lead the blind. 
 5 Just and holy is thy name ; 
 I am all unrighteousness ; 
 Vile and full of sin I am ; 
 
 Thou art full of truth and grace. 
 
 126 
 
 Christ our sacrifice. S. M. 
 
 - lyOT all the blood of beasts, 
 -^^ On Jewish altars slain, 
 Could give the guilty conscience peace, 
 Or wash away the stain. 
 
 \ But Christ, the heavenly Lamb, 
 Takes all our sins away ; 
 A sacrifice of nobler name 
 And richer blood than they. 
 
 { My faith would lay her hand 
 On that dear head of thine, 
 While like a penitent I stand. 
 And there confess my sin. 
 i My soul looks back to see 
 The burdens thou didst bear, 
 When hanging on the cursed tree. 
 And hopes her guilt was there. 
 5 Believing, we rejoice 
 
 To see the curse remove ; 
 We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice. 
 And sing his bleeding love. 
 
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ISf, 128 JESUS CHRIST 
 
 3-/^i Christ the lir/hf of the world. S,t. 
 
 T IGHT of those whose dreary dwelling 
 -^ Borders on the shades of death ! 
 Rise on us, thyself revealing, 
 
 Rise, and chase the clouds beneath. 
 
 2 Thou, of life and light Creator ! 
 In our deepest darkness rise ; 
 Scatter all the night of nature. 
 Pour the day upon our eyes. 
 
 8 Still we wait for thine appeari\ig; 
 Life and joy thy beams impart; 
 Chasing all our fears, and cheering 
 Evei'y meek and contrite heart. 
 
 4 Save us, in thy great compassion, 
 
 thou Prince of peace and love ! 
 Give the knowledge of salvation. 
 Fix our hearts on things above. 
 
 5 By thine all-sufficient merit. 
 
 Every burdened soul release ; 
 Every weary, wandering spirit 
 Guide into thy perfect peace. 
 
 128 
 
 Christ the rock of ages. 7's, 6 lines. 
 
 T) OCK of ages ! cleft for me, 
 -'-^ Let me hide myself in thee : 
 Let the water and the blood. 
 From thy riven side which flowed, 
 Be of sin the double cure ; 
 Cleanse me from its guilt and power. 
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AND HIS OFFICES. 129 
 
 2 Not the labour of my hands 
 Can fulfil thy law's demands : 
 Could my zeal no respite know, 
 Could my tears for ever flow, 
 All for sin would not atone ; 
 Thou must save, and thou alone. 
 
 3 Nothing in my hand I bring, 
 Simply to thy cross I cling : 
 Naked, come to thee for dress ; 
 Helpless, look to thee for grace ; 
 Foul — I to the fountain fly, 
 AVash me. Saviour, or I die. 
 
 4 While I draw tliis fleeting breath, 
 "When my eyes shall close in death, 
 AVhen I soar to worlds unknown. 
 See thee on thy judgment throne : 
 Rock of ages I cleft for me. 
 
 Let me hide myself in thee. 
 
 129 
 
 The song of the angels. 8, 7. 
 
 TTARKI what mean those holy voices, 
 -'-'- Sweetly sounding through the skies ! 
 Lo ! the angelic host rejoices. 
 Heavenly hallelujahs rise. 
 
 2 Hear them tell the wondrous story, 
 
 Hear them chant in hymns of joy. 
 Glory in the highest — glory ! 
 Glory be to God most high ! 
 
 3 Peace on earth — good-will from heaven. 
 
 Reaching far as man is found, 
 
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130 JESUS CHRIST 
 
 Souls redeemed, and sins forgiven, 
 Loud our golden harps shall sound. 
 
 4 Christ is born, the great Anointed ; 
 
 Heaven and earth his praises sing ! 
 Oh, receive whom God appointed 
 For your Prophet, Priest, and King. 
 
 5 Haste, ye mortals, to adore him ; 
 
 Learn his name, and taste his joy; 
 Till in heaven ye sing before him, 
 Glory be to God most high ! • 
 
 6 Let us learn the wondrous story 
 
 Of our great Redeemer's birth ; 
 Spread the brightness of his glory, 
 Till it cover all the earth. 
 
 X30 ^^^^ ^^ Christ. C. M. 
 
 X\0 not I love thee, my Lord ? — 
 -*-^ Behold my heart and see : 
 And turn each worthless idol out. 
 That dares to rival thee. 
 
 2 Do not I love thee from my soul ? 
 
 Then let me nothing love : 
 Dead be my heart to every joy. 
 Which thou dost not approve. 
 
 3 Is not thy name melodious still 
 
 To mine attentive ear? 
 Doth not each pulse with pleasure beat 
 My Saviour's voice to hear? 
 
 4 Hast thou a lamb in all thy flock, 
 
 I would disdain to feed ? 
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KND HIS OFFICES. 131, 13^ 
 
 Hast thou a foe, before whose face 
 I fear thy cause to plead ? 
 
 5 Thou know'st I love thee, my Lord ; 
 But yet I long to soar 
 Far from the sphere of mortal joys, 
 That I may love thee more. 
 
 _l_OA Daiu/cr of nef/Iectii)g Clirisf. S. M. 
 
 A DREAD and solemn hour 
 -^^ To us is drawina; near, 
 When we, before the throne of God, 
 All present shall appear. 
 
 2 What answer shall we give, 
 When God himself demands 
 
 The uses of such times as these, 
 In judgment at our hands ? 
 
 3 And must we then confess 
 That all was spent in vain ; 
 
 The seasons that were once our own. 
 But cannot be again ? 
 
 4 This will be wo indeed ; 
 To regions of despair 
 
 Our own neglect will sink us down, 
 To mourn for ever there. 
 
 132 
 
 Christ's resurrection. 7s. 
 
 TTARK ! the herald angels say, 
 ^^ Christ, the Lord, is risen to-day! 
 Raise your joys and triumphs high. 
 Let the glorious tidings fly. 
 
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133 JESUS CHRIST 
 
 2 Love's redeeming work is done ! 
 The battle's fouglit, the victory won! 
 Lo ! the siin's eclipse is o'er ; 
 
 Lo I he sets in blood no more. 
 
 3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal, — 
 Christ has burst the gates of hell; 
 Death in vain forbids his rise ; 
 Christ has opened Paradise. 
 
 4 Lives again our glorious King, 
 "Where, death, is now thy sting?" 
 Once he died our souls to save, 
 
 " Where's thy victory, boasting grave ?" 
 
 133 
 
 A sight of the cross. C. M, 
 
 T SAW one hanging on a tree, 
 -*- In agony and blood ; 
 !Methought he turned his eyes on me, 
 As near his cross I stood. 
 
 2 Sure, never till my latest breath 
 
 Can I forget that look ; 
 It seemed to charge me with his death, 
 Though not a word he spoke. 
 
 3 Alas I I knew not what I did ; 
 
 But all my tears were vain ; 
 Where could my trembling soul be hid? 
 For I the Lord had slain. 
 
 4 A second look he gave, which said, 
 
 " I freely all forgive ; 
 This blood is for thy ransom paid, 
 I die, that thou mayst live." 
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AND HIS OFFICES. 134, 135 
 
 5 Thus, while his death my sin displays 
 In all its blackest hue, 
 Such is the mystery of grace, 
 It seals my pardon too. 
 
 134 
 
 Glorying in the cross of Christ. L. M. 
 
 "^TTHEN I survey the wondrous cross 
 * ' On which the Prince of glory died, 
 
 My richest gain I count but loss, 
 And pour contempt on all my pride. 
 
 2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, 
 
 Save in the death of Christ, my God ; 
 All the vain things that charm me most, 
 I sacrifice them to his blood. 
 
 3 See from his head — his hands — his feet, 
 
 Sorrow and love flow mingled down ! 
 Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, 
 Or thorns compose so rich a crown ? 
 
 4 Were the whole realm of nature mine, 
 
 That were a present far too small ; 
 Love so amazing — so divine, 
 
 Demands my soul — my life — my all. 
 
 135 
 
 The gifts of Jesus, 
 
 TESUS gives us true repentance 
 ^ By his Spirit sent from heaven ; 
 Jesus whispers this sweet sentence, 
 
 " Son, thy sins are all forgiven." 
 Faith he gives us to believe him. 
 
 Grateful hearts his love to prize ; 
 
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136 JESUS CHRIST 
 
 Want we -wisdom ? He must give it, 
 Hearing ears, and seeing eyes. 
 
 2 Jesus gives us pure afiFections, 
 
 Helps us do what he commands ; 
 Makes us follow his directions, 
 
 Gives us willing feet and hands. 
 All our prayers, and all our praises, 
 
 We should offer in his name ; 
 He who dictates them is Jesus, 
 
 He who answers is the same. 
 
 4 
 
 8 Lamb of God ! we fall before thee, 
 
 Humbly trusting in thy cross ; 
 That alone be all our glory, 
 
 All things else we count but loss. 
 Thee we own a perfect Saviour, 
 
 Endless source of joy and love : 
 Grant us, Lord, thy constant favour. 
 
 Till we reign with thee above. 
 
 136 
 
 Sitting at the cross. 8, 7 
 
 C WEET the moments, rich in blessing, 
 ^ Which before the cross I spend ; 
 Life, and health, and peace possessing, 
 From the sinner's dying Friend. 
 
 2 Love and grief my heart dividing, 
 
 With my tears his feet I'll bathe : 
 Constant still in faith abidilig. 
 Life deriving from his death. 
 
 3 Truly blessed is the station. 
 
 Low before his cross to lie ; 
 
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AND HIS OFFICES. 13'Y^ 13S 
 
 "While I see divine compassion 
 Beaming in his gracious eye. 
 
 4 Here I'll sit, for ever viewing 
 Mercy streaming in his blood, 
 Precious drops my soul bedewing ; 
 Plead, and claim my peace with God. 
 
 137 
 
 The examjile of Christ. L. M 
 
 ]\ FY dear Redeemer and my Lord, 
 ■^ ^ I read my duty in thy word ; 
 But in thy life the law appears 
 Drawn out in living characters. 
 
 2 Such was thy truth — and such thy zeal, 
 Such deference to thy Father's will, 
 Such love — and meekness so divine, 
 
 I would transcribe, and make them mine. 
 
 3 Cold mountains and the midnight air 
 Witnessed the fervour of thy prayer : 
 
 The desert thy temptations knew, 
 Thy conflict, and thy victory too. 
 
 4 Be thou my pattern — make me bear 
 More of thy gracious image here ; 
 
 Then God, the Judge, shall own my name 
 Among the followers of the Lamb. 
 
 138 
 
 Like Jesus. 
 
 T WANT to be like Jesus, 
 -'- So lowly and so meek ; 
 For no one marked an evil word, 
 That ever heard him speak. 
 
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139 JESUS CHRIST 
 
 2 I want to be like Jesus, 
 
 So frequently in prayer ; 
 
 Alone upon the mountain-top, 
 
 He met his Father there. 
 
 3 I want to be like Jesus, 
 
 For I never, never find, 
 That he, though persecuted, was 
 To any one unkind. 
 
 4 I want to be like .Jesus, — 
 
 Engaged in doing good. 
 So that it may of me be said, * 
 " She hath done what she could. 
 
 5 Alas ! I'm not like Jesus, 
 
 As any one may see ; 
 gentle Saviour, send thy grace. 
 And make me like to thee. 
 
 139 
 
 liighteo inness of Christ. L. M. 
 
 "VTO more, my (foJ — I boast no more 
 -'-^ Of all the du'ics T tiave done: 
 I quit the hopes I held before. 
 To trust the merits of thy Son. 
 
 2 Now, for the love I bear his name. 
 
 What was my gain I count my loss ; 
 My former pride I call my shame, 
 And nail my glory to his cross. 
 
 3 Yes — and I must and will esteem 
 
 All things but loss for Jesus' sake ; 
 Oh, may my soul be found in him, 
 And of his righteousness partake. 
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AND HIS OFFICES. 140, 141 
 
 4 The best obedience of my hands 
 
 Dares not appear before thy throne ; 
 But faith can answer thy demands, 
 By pleading what my Lord has done. 
 
 140 
 
 The way, the truth, and the life. C. M. 
 
 nnO me, Lord, be thou the way ; 
 -'- To me, be thou the truth ; 
 To me, my Saviour, be the life, 
 The guardian of my youth ! 
 
 2 So shall thy way be my delight, 
 That truth shall make me free. 
 That life shall raise me from the dead, 
 And then I'll live to thee. 
 
 141 
 
 Christ crucified. C. M 
 
 A LAS I and did my Saviour bleed, 
 ■^-^ And did my Sovereign die ? 
 Would he devote that sacred head 
 
 For such a worm as I ? 
 
 2 Was it for crimes that I have done, 
 
 He groaned upon the tree ? 
 Amazing pity I grace unknown ! 
 And love beyond degree ! 
 
 3 Well might the sun in darkness hide, 
 
 And shut his glories in. 
 When God, the mighty Maker, died 
 For man, the creature's sin. 
 
 4 Thus might I hide my blushing face, 
 
 While his dear cross appears ; 
 
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14!l^ 143 JESUS CHRIST 
 
 Dissolve my heart in thankfulness. 
 And melt my ej'es to tears. 
 
 5 But drops of grief can ne'er repay 
 The debt of love I owe ; 
 Here, Lord, I give myself away — 
 'Tis all that I can do. 
 
 142 
 
 :A^ Jesus our guide. S. M 
 
 TESTIS, my truth, my way, 
 ^ M^^ sure, unerring light, * 
 On the€ my feeble soul I stay, 
 Which thou wilt lead aright. 
 
 2 My wisdom, and my guide, 
 My counsellor thou art; 
 Oh, never let me leave thy side, 
 Nor from thy paths depart. 
 
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 Jesus 2'>')'ccious to the believer. L. M 
 
 nPHOU only Sovereign of my heart, 
 -'- My refuge, my almighty friend — 
 And can my soul from thee depart, 
 On whom alone my hopes depend ? 
 
 2 Whither — ah ! whither shall I go, 
 
 A wretched wanderer from my Lord ? 
 Can this dark world of sin and wo 
 One glimpse of happiness afford ? 
 
 3 Let earth's alluring joys combine; 
 
 "While thou art near, in vain they call ; 
 One smile — one blissful smile of thine, 
 My dearest Lord ! outweighs them all. 
 
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AXD HIS OFFICES. 1441 
 
 \ LoTv at thy feet my soul would lie ; 
 
 Here safety dwells — and peace divine : 
 Still let me live beneath thine eye, 
 For life — eternal life is thine. 
 
 144 
 
 All-sufficiency of Jesus. 8's. 
 
 TTOW tedious and tasteless the hours 
 -'-'- When Jesus no longer I see ! 
 Sweet prospects, sweet birds, and sweet 
 flowers, 
 Have all lost their sweetness to me ; 
 The midsummer sun shines but dim. 
 
 The fields strive in vain to look gay ; 
 But when I am happy in him, 
 December's as pleasant as May. 
 
 1 His name yields the richest perfume, 
 And sweeter than music his voice ; 
 His presence disperses my gloom, 
 
 And makes all within me rejoice. 
 I should, were he always thus nigh. 
 Have nothing to wish or to fear ; 
 No mortal so happy as I, — 
 
 My summer would last all the year. 
 8 My Lord, if indeed I am thine, 
 If thou art my sun and my song, 
 Then, why do I languish and pine ? 
 And why are my winters so long ? 
 Oh, drive these dark clouds from my sky ; 
 
 Thy soul-cheering presence restore ; 
 Or take me up to thee on high. 
 Where winter and clouds are no more. 
 
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145. 146 JESUS CHRIST. 
 
 145 
 
 Longing to be with Christ. 8*3. 
 
 ^''O Jesus, the crown of my hope, 
 -■- My soul is in haste to be gone ; 
 Oh bear me, ye cherubim, up. 
 And waft me away to his throne; 
 
 2 My Saviour, whom absent I love. 
 
 Whom, not having seen, I adore, 
 AVhose name is exalted above 
 All glory, dominion, and pewei : 
 
 3 Dissolve thou the bands that detain 
 
 My soul from her portion in thee ; 
 Oh, strike off the adamant chain, 
 And make me eternally free, 
 
 4 Then that happy era begins, 
 
 When arrayed in thy glory I shine, 
 And no longer pierce with my sins 
 The bosom on which I recline. 
 
 5 Oh, then shall the veil be removed, 
 
 And round me thy brightness be poured ; 
 I shall see him whom absent I loved, 
 AVhom, not having seen, I adored. 
 
 146 
 
 Love to the Redeemer. S's. 
 
 "ly TY gracious Redeemer I love, 
 •^~-*- His praises aloud I'll proclaim, 
 And join with the armies above 
 
 To shout his adorable name : 
 To gaze on his glories divine 
 
 Shall be my eternal employ ; 
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AXD HIS OFFICES. 147 
 
 To see them incessantly shine, 
 My boundless, ineffable joy. 
 
 2 He freely redeemed, with his blood, 
 
 My soul from the confines of hell, 
 To live on the smiles of my God, 
 
 And in his sweet presence to dwell ; 
 To shine with the angels in light. 
 
 With saints and with seraphs to sing, 
 To view, with eternal delight. 
 
 My Jesus, my Saviour, my King. 
 
 3 Ye palaces, sceptres, and crowns. 
 
 Your pride with disdain I survey ; 
 Your pomps are but shadows and sounds, 
 
 And pass in a moment away. 
 The crown that my Saviour bestows, 
 
 Yon permanent sun shall outshine ; 
 My joy everlastingly flows — 
 
 My God, my Redeemer is mine. 
 
 147 
 
 Christ, a portion. C. M. 
 
 T^ROM pole to pole let others roam, 
 -*- And search in vain for bliss ; 
 My soul is satisfied at home, 
 The Lord my portion is. 
 
 2 Jesus, who, on his glorious throne, 
 
 Rules heaven and earth and sea. 
 Is pleased to claim me for his own, 
 And give himself to me. 
 
 3 His person fixes all my love, 
 
 His blood removes my fear ; 
 
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148 JESUS CHRIST 
 
 And while he pleads for me above, 
 His arm preserves me here. 
 
 4 His word of promise is my food, 
 
 His Spirit is my guide ; 
 Thus daily is my strength renewed, 
 And all my wants supplied. 
 
 5 For him, I count as gain each loss. 
 
 Disgrace for him, renown ; 
 Well may I glory in his cross. 
 While he prepares my crown. 
 
 148 
 
 The Tiosannas of children. 7, 6 
 
 WHEN his salvation bringing, 
 To Zion Jesus came. 
 The children all stood singing 
 
 Hosanna to his name. 
 Nor did their zeal offend him ; 
 
 But as he rode along, 
 He let them still attend him. 
 And smiled to hear their song. 
 
 2 And since the Lord retaineth 
 
 His love for children still. 
 Though now as King he reigneth 
 
 On Zion's heavenly hill. 
 We'll flock around his banner, 
 
 Who sits upon the throne ; 
 And cry aloud, " Hosanna 
 
 To David's royal Son." 
 
 S For should we fail proclaiming 
 Our great Redeemer's praise ; 
 
AJN'D HIS OFFICES. 149, 150 
 
 The stones, our silence shaming, 
 
 Might well hosannas raise. 
 But shall we only ren ler 
 
 The tribute of our words ? 
 No ; while our hearts are tender, 
 
 They too shall be the Lord's. 
 
 The love of Christ const raineth us. 8, 7. 
 
 '\\riIAT a strange and wondrous story 
 
 ' ' From the book of God is read, 
 How the Lord of life and glory 
 Had not where to lay his head. 
 
 ? How he left his throne in heaven, 
 Here to suffer, bleed, and die, 
 That my soul might be forgiven, 
 And ascend to God on high. 
 i Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour ! 
 Let me not ungrateful be ; 
 Let my words and my behaviour 
 Prove I love and honour thee. 
 4 Father, let thy Holy Spirit 
 Still reveal a Saviour's love, 
 And prepare me to inherit 
 
 Glory, where he reigns above. 
 
 150 
 
 Ashamed of Jesus, L. M. 
 
 TESUS, and shall it ever be, 
 ^ A mortal man ashamed of thee ? 
 Ashamed of thee, whom angels praise, 
 Whose glories shine through endless days ? 
 
 105 
 
151 JESUS CHRIST 
 
 2 Ashamed of Jesus ! sooner far 
 Let evening blush to own a star ! 
 He sheds his beams of light divine 
 O'er this benighted soul of mine. 
 
 3 Ashamed of Jesus ! that dear friend, 
 On whom my hopes of heaven depend! 
 Ko ! when I blush, be this my shame, 
 That I no more revere his name. 
 
 4 Ashamed of Jesus ! yes, I may, 
 When I've no guilt to wash away, 
 No tear to wipe, no good to crave, 
 No fear to quell, no soul to save. 
 
 5 Till then, — nor is my boasting vain, — 
 Till then I boast a Saviour slain ! 
 And, oh ! may this my glory be, 
 That Christ is not ashamed of me. 
 
 151 
 
 Praise to the Saviour. 7, 6. 
 
 ^0 thee, my God and Saviour, 
 -'- My heart exulting sings, 
 Kejoicing in thy favour. 
 
 Almighty King of kings ! 
 I'll celebrate thy glory. 
 
 With all thy saints above, 
 And tell the wondrous story 
 
 Of thy redeeming love. 
 
 2 Soon as the morn with roses 
 Bedecks the dewy east. 
 And when the sun reposes 
 Upon the ocean's breast ; 
 106 
 
AND HIS OFFICES. 152 
 
 My voice in supplication, 
 
 Well pleased the Lord shall hear : 
 
 Oh, grant me thy salvation^ 
 And to my soul draw near. 
 
 3 By thee, through life supported, 
 
 I'll pass the dangerous road, 
 With heavenly hosts escorted, 
 
 Up to thy bright abode ; 
 Then cast my crown before thee, 
 
 And all my conflicts o'er, 
 Unceasingly adore thee : — 
 
 What could an angel more ? 
 
 152 
 
 Christ our help in temptation. C. M. 
 
 ^TriTH joy we meditate the grace 
 
 ' ' Of our High-priest above ; 
 His heart is made of tenderness. 
 And overflows with love. 
 
 2 Touched with a sympathy within. 
 
 He knows our feeble frame ; 
 He knows what sore temptations mean, 
 For he has felt the same. 
 
 3 He, in the days of feeble flesh. 
 
 Poured out his cries and tears. 
 And, in his measure, feels afresh 
 What every member bears. 
 
 4 He'll never quench the smoking flax. 
 
 But raise it to a flame ; 
 The bruised reed he never breaks. 
 Nor scorns the meanest name. 
 
 107 
 
£53 JESU3 CHRIST. 
 
 X53 "Itisjiniahed." L. M. 
 
 'HPIS finished: — so the Saviour cried; 
 
 ■*- And meekly bowed his head, and died I 
 'Tis finished : — yes, the race is run, 
 The battle fought, the victory won. 
 
 2 'Tis finished — all that Heaven decreed, 
 And all that ancient prophets said, 
 
 Is now fulfilled, as was designed. 
 In me, — the Saviour of mankind. 
 
 3 ['Tis finished: Aaron now no more 
 
 Must stain his robes with pui-ple gore ; 
 The sacred veil is rent in twain. 
 And Jewish rites no more remain:] 
 
 4 'Tis finished : — this my dying groan 
 Shall sin of every kind atone ; 
 Millions shall be redeemed from death, 
 By this my last expiring breath. 
 
 5 'Tis finished: — Heaven is reconciled. 
 And all the powers of darkness spoiled: 
 Peace, love, and happiness again 
 Return and dwell with sinful men. 
 
 6 'Tis finished : — let the joyful sound 
 
 Be heard through all the nations round : 
 'Tis finished: — ^let the echo fly. 
 Through heaven and hell, through earth 
 and sky. 
 
 103 
 
THE HOLT SPIRIT. 154 
 
 Zi)t Ji^ole spirit antJ i)B (DUirfg. 
 
 Prayer for the S2)ir{L 6, 6. 
 
 r\ SPIRIT of love, 
 
 ^-^ "Who dwellest on high, 
 
 Descend from above, 
 
 And answer our cry ; 
 Thou ne'er hast denied us 
 
 The blessings we crave; 
 Unerring to guide us, 
 
 And mighty -to save. 
 
 t All fallen and weak. 
 
 Polluted and blind, 
 Thy comfort we seek, 
 
 Thy light in the mind. 
 Thy strength against evil, 
 
 Thy succour within, 
 To combat the devil. 
 
 And overcome sin. 
 S Though laden with guilt, 
 
 And covered with shame, 
 Revive us thou wilt, 
 
 "With the blood of the lamb : 
 Receiving his merit 
 
 For peace to the soul. 
 The broken in spirit 
 
 Are perfectly whole. 
 
 4 Thou Comforter true 
 
 To the children of grace, 
 
 109 
 
O' 
 
 155, 156 THE HOLT SPIKIT 
 
 Their love is thy due, 
 
 Their worship and praise ; 
 To thee with the Father, 
 
 To thee with the Son, 
 Our homage we offer — 
 
 The Godhead- is one. 
 
 J_00 Prayer for revival. S. M. 
 
 I II, for the happy hour 
 When God will hear our cry, 
 And send, with a reviving pojver, 
 His Spirit from on high. 
 
 2 We meet, we sing, we pray, 
 We listen to the word. 
 
 In vain — we see no cheering ray. 
 No cheering voice is heard. 
 
 3 Thou, thou alone canst give 
 Thy gospel sure success ; 
 
 Canst bid the dying sinner live 
 Anew in holiness. 
 
 4 Come then with power divine. 
 Spirit of life and love ; 
 
 Then shall our people all be thine, 
 Our church like that above. 
 
 lot) The Spirit implored. S. M. 
 
 pOME, Holy Spirit, come, 
 ^ Let thy bright beams arise ; 
 Dispel the sorrow from our minds. 
 The darkness from our eyes. 
 Convince us of our sin. 
 Then lead to Jesus' blood ; 
 110 
 
AND HIS OFFICES. 157, 15S 
 
 And to our wondering view reveal 
 The secret love of God. 
 
 3 Kevive our drooping faith, 
 Our doubts and fears remove, 
 
 And kindle in our breasts the flame 
 Of never-dying love. 
 
 4 'Tis thine to cleanse the heart, 
 To sanctify the soul. 
 
 To pour fresh life in every part, 
 And new-create the whole. 
 
 5 Dwell therefore in our hearts ; 
 Our minds from bondage free ; 
 
 Then shall we know, and praise, and love, 
 The Father, Son, and Thee. 
 
 Seeking the influences of the Spirit. C. M. 
 
 157 
 
 'T^IS not by power, 'tis not by might, 
 
 -^ But by thy Spirit, Lord, 
 The heart receives the sacred light 
 That beams upon thy word. 
 
 2 Come then, sacred Spirit, down, 
 Our feeble efforts bless ; 
 Our souls refresh, our labours own, 
 And crown them with success. 
 
 XOO The Spirit inviting. S. M. 
 
 ''PHE Spirit, in our hearts, 
 -*- Is whispering, "Sinner, come!" 
 The bride, the church of Christ, proclaims 
 To all his children, " Come !" 
 
 Ill 
 
159, 160 THE HOLY SPIRIT 
 
 2 Let him that heareth say 
 To all about him, "Come!" 
 
 Let him that thirsts for righteousness, 
 To Christ, the fountain, come ! 
 
 3 Yes, whosoever will, 
 Oh, let him freely come, 
 
 And freely drink the stream of life ; 
 'Tis Jesus bids him come. 
 
 4 Lo ! Jesus, who invites, 
 Declares, " I quickly come :" 
 
 Lord, even so I we wait thy hotir ; 
 blest Redeemer, come ! 
 
 159 
 
 Triumphant grace. C. M 
 
 A MAZING grace! how sweet the sound 
 ^^^ That saved a wretch like me I 
 I once was lost, but now am found, 
 Was blind, but now I see. 
 2 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear 
 And grace my fears relieved : 
 How precious did that grace appear, 
 The hour I first believed ! 
 S Through many dangers, toils, and snares 
 I have already come; 
 'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, 
 And grace will lead me home. 
 
 160 
 
 Necessity of sanctification. C. M. 
 
 ^V^OR eye hath seen, nor ear hath heard, 
 -^* Nor sense nor reason known, 
 What joys the Father has prepared 
 For those that love the Son. 
 112 
 
AND HIS OFFICES. 161 
 
 2 But the good Spirit of the Lord 
 
 Reveals a heaven to come ; 
 
 The beams of glory in his "word 
 
 Allure and guide us home. 
 
 3 Pure are the joys above the sky, 
 
 And all the region peace ; 
 
 No wanton lips nor envious eye 
 
 Can see or taste the bliss. 
 
 i Those holy gates for ever bar 
 Pollution, sin, and shame ; 
 None shall obtain admittance there, 
 But followers of the Lamb. 
 
 G' 
 
 161 Grace. S. M. 
 
 _RACE 1 'tis a charming sound! 
 Harmonious to the ear I 
 Heaven with the echo shall resound, 
 And all the earth shall hear. 
 
 Grace first contrived a way 
 To save rebellious man ; 
 And all the steps that grace display, 
 Which drew the wondrous plan. 
 
 Grace taught my wandering feet 
 To tread the heavenly road ; 
 And new supplies each hour I meet, 
 ^Yllile pressing on to God. 
 
 Grace all the work shall crown, 
 Through everlasting days: 
 It lays in heaven the topmost stone, 
 And well deserves the praise. 
 
 8 113 
 
162^ 163 THE HOLY SPIRIT 
 
 162 
 
 Salvation bi/ grace. C. M. 
 
 T ORD, we confess oiar numerous faults, 
 -*~^ How great our guilt lias been ; 
 Fo lish nd v.' in w re al' our thoug -its, 
 I..ad al.. our i.ives ,vere ^in. 
 
 2 But, my soul, for ever praise, 
 
 Forever love his name, 
 Who turns thy feet from dangerous ways 
 Of folly, sin, and shame. 
 
 3 'Tis not by works of righteousness, 
 
 Which our own hands have'done ; 
 But we are saved by sovereign grace. 
 Abounding through his Son. 
 
 4 'Tis from the mercy of our God 
 
 That all our hopes begin : 
 'Tis by the water and the blood. 
 Our souls are washed from sin. 
 
 5 Raised from the dead, we live anew : 
 
 And justified by grace, 
 We shall appear in glory too, 
 And see our Father's face. 
 
 JLOO J^y Spirit shall not always strive. L. M, 
 Q AY, sinner, hath a voice within 
 ^ Oft whispered to thy secret soul ; 
 Urged thee to leave the ways of sin, 
 And yield thy heart to God's control? 
 2 Hath something met thee in the path 
 Of worldliness and vanity, 
 And pointed to the coming Avrath, 
 
 -And warned thee from that wrath to flee ? I 
 114 
 
AND HIS OFFICES. 164 
 
 3 Sinner, it was a heavenly voice, 
 
 It "was the Spirit's gracious call ; 
 It bade thee make the better choice, 
 And haste to seek in Christ thine all. 
 
 4 Spurn not the call to life and light ; 
 
 Regard in time this warning kind ; 
 That call thou may'st not always slight, 
 And yet the gate of mercy find. 
 
 5 God's Spirit will not always strive 
 
 With hardened, self-destroying man ; 
 Ye who persist his love to grieve, 
 May never hear his voice again. 
 
 6 Sinner, perhaps this very day 
 
 Thy last accepted time may be ; 
 Oh, shouldst thou grieve him now away, 
 Then hope may never beam on thee. 
 
 JL04 Regeneration. C. M, 
 
 "VTOT all the outward forms on earth, 
 -'■^ Nor rites that God has given, 
 Nor will of man, nor blood nor birth, 
 Can raise a soul to heaven. 
 
 2 The sovereign will of God alone 
 
 Creates us heirs of grace ; 
 Born in the image of his Son, 
 A new, peculiar race. 
 
 3 The Spirit, like some heavenly wind, 
 
 Blows on the sous of flesh ; 
 
 New-models all the carnal mind. 
 
 And forms the man afresh. 
 
 115 
 
165, 166 THE HOLY SPIRIT 
 
 4 Our quickened souls awake, and rise 
 From the long sleep of death ; 
 On heavenly things we fix our eyes, 
 And praise employs our breath. 
 
 165 
 
 Breath ing after the Holy Spirit. C. M 
 /^OME, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, 
 ^-^ With all thy quickening powers, 
 Kindle a flame of sacred love 
 In these cold hearts of our's. 
 
 2 Look, how we grovel here below, 
 
 Fond of these trifling toys ! 
 Our souls can neither fly nor go. 
 To reach eternal joys. 
 
 3 In vain we tune our formal songs, 
 
 In vain we strive to rise ; 
 Hosannas languish on our tongues, 
 And our devotion dies. 
 
 4 Dear Lord I and shall we ever live 
 
 At this poor, dying rate ? 
 Our love so faint, so cold to thee, 
 And thine to us so great ! 
 
 5 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, 
 
 With all thy quickening powers, 
 Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love. 
 And that shall kindle our's. 
 
 166 
 
 GocVs presence desired. 8,7 
 
 T OVE divine, all love excelling, 
 -'-^ Joy of heaven, to earth come down: 
 Fix us in thy humble dwelling. 
 All thy faithful mercies crown. 
 116 
 
AND HIS OFFICES. 16'^ 
 
 Jesus, thou art all compassion ; 
 
 Pure, unbounded love thou art : 
 Visit us with thy salvation, 
 
 Enter every trembling heart. 
 
 2 Come, almighty to deliver, 
 
 Let us all thy grace receive; 
 Suddenly return, and never. 
 
 Never more thy temples leave : 
 Thee we would be always blessing; 
 
 Serve thee as thy hosts above ; 
 Pray, and praise thee without ceasing, 
 
 Glory in thy perfect love. 
 
 ? Finish then thy new creation, 
 
 Pure and spotless let us be ; 
 Let us see thy great salvation 
 
 Perfectly restored in thee : 
 Changed from glory into glory. 
 
 Till in heaven we take our place ; 
 Till we cast our crowns before thee, 
 
 Lost in wonder, love, and praise ! 
 
 167 
 
 S 
 
 Salvation. C. M, 
 
 ALVATION! Oh, the joyful sound! 
 
 'Tis pleasure to our ears ; 
 A sovereign balm for every wound, 
 A cordial for our fears. 
 
 I Buried in sorrow and in sin, 
 At hell's dark door we lay; 
 But we arise, by grace divine, 
 To see a heavenly day. 
 
 117 
 
168^169 THE SCRIPTURES. 
 
 5 Salvation ! let the echo fly 
 The spacious earth around ; 
 While all the armies of the sky 
 Conspire to raise the sound. 
 
 _I_00 Joy over the rejieiiting sinner. C. M. 
 
 /~\H, how divine, how sweet the joy, 
 ^-^ When but one sinner turns, 
 And with an humble, broken heart, 
 His sin and error mourns ! ^ 
 
 2 Pleased with the news, the saints below 
 
 In songs their tongues employ ; 
 Beyond tlie skies the tidings go, 
 And heaven is filled Avith joy. 
 
 3 Well pleased the Father sees and hears 
 
 The conscious sinner's moan ; 
 Jesus receives him in his arms. 
 And claims him for his own. 
 
 4 Nor angels can their joys contain, 
 
 But kindle with new tire : 
 "The sinner lost is found," they sing. 
 And strike the sounding lyre. 
 
 169 
 
 Ojf Srripturris. 
 
 The poicer of the gospel. S. M. 
 
 TOEHOLD, the morning sun 
 -*-^ Begins his glorious way ; 
 His beams through all the nations run, 
 And life and light convey. 
 118 
 
THE SCRIPTURES. ITO, ITl 
 
 2 But whei'e the gospel comes, 
 It spreads diviner light, 
 
 It calls dead sinners from their tombs, 
 And gives the blind their sight. 
 
 3 How perfect is thy -word I 
 And all thy judgments just ! 
 
 For ever sure thy promise, Lord, 
 And we securely trust. 
 
 4 My gracious God, how plain 
 Are thy directions given! 
 
 Oh, ma}' I never read in vain, 
 l^ut iind the path to heaven. 
 
 170 
 
 Prayer before reading the Bible. L. M. 
 
 TN humble praj'er, oh, may I read 
 -'- Whate'er shall to my Saviour lead ; 
 Lord, send thy Spirit to impart 
 A wise and understanding heart. 
 2 Be thou my teacher, thou my guide ; 
 IV Lay all I read be well applied ; 
 My danger and my refuge show, 
 And let me thy salvation know. 
 
 171 
 
 The martyr's faith. L. M. 
 
 T HOLD the sacred book of God, 
 
 -^ To hear, and keep, and use it free ; 
 
 For holy martyrs shed their blood 
 
 To win this book of life for me. 
 
 2 With steady faith in Christ alone, 
 
 The threats of impious power they spurned ; 
 
 119 
 
I'Y^j HfS THE SCRIPTURES. 
 
 And bold, that holy faith to own, 
 They gave theii' bodies to be burned. 
 
 3 With Jesus they are resting now ; 
 
 We love to speak their honoured names ; 
 Oh, may our lips and lives avow, 
 
 The truth they kept through blood and 
 flames. 
 
 4 So help us. Lord, to own thy name, 
 
 Though hell oppose, and earth deride ; 
 To keep the faith, despising g4iame, 
 That faith for which our fathers died. 
 
 ^ Teachableness. C. P. M. 
 
 T ORD, to thy feet I fain would go, 
 -*-^ What thou reveal est I would know, 
 
 And leave the rest to thee : 
 Patient and teachable and mild, 
 Submissive, as befits a child, 
 
 Clothed with humility. 
 
 2 In matters now for me too high, 
 Oh, may I ne'er presume to pry. 
 
 But on thy truth recline ; 
 That truth my stay, oh ! may I be 
 For evermore resigned to thee. 
 
 Here and hereafter thine. 
 
 Perfection of Scripture. C. M. 
 
 T ET all the heathen writers join 
 -■-^ To form one perfect book ; 
 Great God, if once compared with thine, 
 How mean their writings look ! 
 120 
 
THE SCRIPTURES. 174 
 
 2 Not the most perfect rules they gave 
 
 Could show one sin forgiven ; 
 Nor lead a step beyond the grave ; 
 But thine conduct to heaven. 
 
 3 In vain we boast perfection here, 
 
 While sin defiles our frame ; 
 And sinks our virtues down so far, 
 They scarce deserve the name. 
 
 •i Our faith, and love, and every grace. 
 Fall far below thy word ; 
 But perfect truth and right?ousness 
 Dwell only with the Lord. 
 
 Nature and Scripture comjiared. L. M. 
 
 ^HE heavens declare thy glory, Lord, 
 -*- In every star thy wisdom shines ; 
 But when our eyes behold thy word, 
 We read thy name in fairer lines. 
 
 2 The rolling sun, the changing light, 
 
 And nights and days thy power confess ; 
 But the blest volume thou hast writ 
 Reveals thy justice and thy grace. 
 
 3 Sun, moon, and stars convey thy praise, 
 
 Round the whole earth, and never stand ; 
 So when thy truth began its race, 
 
 It touched and glanced on every land. 
 
 4 Nor will thy spreading gospel rest. 
 
 Till through the world thy truth has run ; 
 Till Christ has all the nations blest, 
 That see the light or feel the sun. 
 
 121 
 
175, 176 THE SCRIPTURES. 
 
 JL I O Instruction from the Scrijitures. C. M. 
 
 TTOW shall the young secure their hearts, 
 -*--■- And guard their lives from siu ? 
 Thy word the choicest rules imparts, 
 To keep the conscience clean. 
 
 2 'Tis like the sun, a heavenly light. 
 
 That guides us all the day ; 
 And through the dangers of the night, 
 A lamp to lead our way. 
 
 3 Thy word is everlasting truth ; 
 
 IIow pure is every page! 
 That holy book shall guide our youth, 
 And well support our age. 
 
 4 Thy precepts make me truly wise ; 
 
 I hate the sinner's road ; 
 I hate my own vain thoughts that rise, 
 But love thy law, my God. 
 
 176 
 
 The Bible. C. M. 
 
 f^ REAT God, with wonder and with praise 
 ^-^ On all thy works I look ; 
 But still thy wisdom, power, and grace. 
 Shine brightest in thy book. 
 
 2 Here would I learn how Christ has died. 
 
 To save my soul from hell ; 
 Not all the books on earth beside 
 Such heavenly wonders tell. 
 
 3 Here are my choicest treasures hid, 
 
 Here my best comfort lies ; 
 122 
 
THE SCRIPTURES. IT'Tj ITS 
 
 Here my desires are satisfied, 
 And hence my hopes arise. 
 4 Then let me love m^^ Bible more. 
 And take a fresh delight, 
 By day to read these wonders o'er, 
 xVnd meditate by night. 
 
 177 
 
 Preciousness of the Bible. C. M. 
 
 TTOW precious is the book divine, 
 -'--'- By inspiration given ! 
 Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine. 
 To guide oui" souls to heaven. 
 
 2 It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts, 
 
 In this dark vale of tears ; 
 Life, light, and joy it still imparts, 
 And quells our rising fears. 
 
 3 This lamp through all the tedious night 
 
 Of life shall guide our way, 
 Till we behold the clearer light 
 Of an eternal day. 
 
 178 
 
 Use of the Bible. ' 
 
 TTOLY Bible ! book divine ! 
 -■-*- Precious treasure I thou art mine ! 
 Mine, to tell me whence 1 came ; 
 Mine, to teach me what I am. 
 
 Mine, to chide me when I rove ; 
 Mine, to show a Saviour's love ; 
 Mine art thou to guide my feet, 
 Mine, to judge, condemn, acquit. 
 
 123 
 
ITO, ISO THE SCRIPTURES. 
 
 3 Mine, to comfort in distress, 
 If the Holy Spirit hless ; 
 Mine, to show by living faith 
 Man can triumph over death. 
 
 4 Mine, to tell of joys to come, 
 And the rebel sinner's doom ; 
 Oh, thou precious book divine ! 
 Precious treasure I thou art mine ! 
 
 179 
 
 A blessed gospel. C. M. 
 
 T)LEST are the souls who hear and know 
 -'-^ The gospel's joyful sound; 
 Peace shall attend the paths they go, 
 And light their steps surround. 
 
 2 Their joy shall bear their spirits up, 
 
 Through their Redeemer's name : 
 His righteousness exalts their hope ; 
 Nor Satan dares condemn. 
 
 3 The Lord, our glory and defence, 
 
 Strength and salvation gives : 
 Israel, thy King for ever reigns. 
 Thy God for ever lives. 
 
 180 
 
 The Holy Scrqitures. C. M. 
 
 T ADEN with guilt and full of fears, 
 -'-^ I fly to thee, my Lord ; 
 And not a glimpse of hope appears, 
 • But in thy written word. 
 
 2 The volume of my Father's grace 
 Does all my grief assuage : 
 121 
 
THE SCRIPTURES. ISl 
 
 Here I behold my Saviour's face, 
 Almost in every page. 
 
 3 This is the .Judge that ends the strife, 
 
 Where wit and reason fail ; 
 My guide to everlasting life, 
 Through all this gloomy vale. 
 
 4 Oh ! may thy counsels, mighty God, 
 
 My roving feet command ; 
 Nor I forsake the happy road 
 That leads to thy right hand. 
 
 181 - The Bible. 
 
 ^FHE Bible, the Bible I more precious than 
 -^ gold 
 
 The hopes and the glories its pages unfold; 
 It speaks of salvation, wide opens the door, 
 Its offers are free, to the rich and the poor. 
 
 2 The Bible, the Bible ! blest volume of truth, 
 How sweetly it smiles on the season of 
 
 youth ; 
 It bids us seek early the pearl of great 
 
 price. 
 Ere the heart is enslaved in the bondage 
 
 of vice. 
 
 3 The Bible, the Bible ! the valleys shall ring, 
 And hill-tops re-echo the notes that we sing ; 
 Our banners, inscribed with its precepts and 
 
 rules. 
 Shall long wave in triumph, the joy of out 
 schools. 
 
 125 
 
182, 183 THE SCRIPTURES. 
 
 AO/^ The Scripture.fi, a solace. CM. 
 
 QPPRESSED with guilt, and full of fears, 
 ^^ I come to thee, my Lord, 
 While not a ray of hope appears, 
 But in thy holy word. 
 
 2 The volvame of my Father's grace 
 
 Does all my grief dispel ; 
 Here I behold my Saviour's face. 
 And learn to do his will. ' 
 
 3 Here living water freely flows. 
 
 To cleanse me from my sin ; 
 'Tis here the tree of knowledge grows, 
 Nor danger dwells therein. 
 
 4 Oh, may thy counsels, mighty God, 
 
 My roving feet command ; 
 Nor I forsake the happy road, 
 That leads to thy right hand. 
 
 183 
 
 " Well not give \ip the Bible." P. M. 
 
 "IT^E'LL not give up the Bible, 
 
 * * God's holy book of truth; 
 
 The blessed stafi" of hoary age. 
 
 The guide of early youth : 
 The sun that sheds a glorious light 
 
 O'er every dreary road ; 
 The voice that speaks a Saviour's love, 
 
 And calls us home to God. 
 
 2 We'll not give up the Bible 
 For pleasure or for pain; 
 126 
 
 J__ 
 
THE SCRIPTURES. 184 
 
 We'll buy the trutli and sell it not, 
 
 For all that we might gain : 
 Though man should try to take our prize 
 
 By guile or cruel might ; 
 We'll suffer all t' at man could do, 
 
 And God defen J the right ! 
 3 Well not give up the Bible, 
 
 But spread it far and wide, 
 Until its saving voice be heard 
 
 Beyond the rolling tide : 
 Till all shall know its gracious power. 
 
 And, with one voice and heart. 
 Resolve that from God's sacred word, 
 
 They'll never, never part ! 
 
 The Scn'])titres the source of light. C. M. 
 
 184 
 
 'I "'HE moon has but a borrowed light, 
 -*- A faint and feeble ray ; 
 She owes her beauty to the night, 
 And hides herself by day. 
 
 2 No cheering warmth her beam conveys. 
 
 Though pleasing to behold ; 
 We might upon her brightness gaze, 
 Till palsied with the cold. 
 
 3 Just such is all the light to man, 
 
 Which reason can impart ; 
 
 It cannot show one object plain, 
 
 Nor warm the frozen heart. 
 
 4 The gospel, like the sun at noon. 
 
 Affords a glorious light ; 
 And when it shines, poor reason's moon 
 Appears no longer bright. 
 
 127 
 
185 THE CHRISTIAN : 
 
 ^is ^utits, J^xihiU^ts mi^ ^xtxtists. 
 
 _I_00 7'he Christian icrestling. H. ^ 
 
 TTARK ! 'tis a martial sound ! 
 -■-^ To arms, ye saints, to arms ! 
 Your foes are gathering round. 
 And peace has lost its charms : 
 Prepare the helmet, sword, an^l shield. 
 The trumpet calls you to the field. 
 
 2 No common foes appear 
 
 To dare you to the fight, 
 But such as own no fear, 
 And glory in their might ; 
 The powers of darkness are at hand ; 
 Kesist, or bow to their command. 
 
 3 An arm of flesh must fail 
 
 In such a strife as this ; 
 He only can prevail 
 
 Whose arm immortal is : 
 'Tis heaven itself the strength must yield 
 And weapons fit for such a field. 
 
 4 And heaven supjjlies them, too ; 
 
 The Lord who never faints 
 Is greater than the foe, 
 
 And he is with his saints : 
 Thus armed, they venture to the fight, 
 Thus armed, they put their foes to flight. 
 
 5 And when the conflict's past, 
 
 On yonder peaceful shore 
 128 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. 1^6^ IS'7 
 
 They shall repose at last 
 And see their foes no more. 
 The fruits of victory enjoy, 
 And never more their arms employ. 
 
 The Christian in affliction. L. M. 
 
 "PATHER, I bless thy gentle hand: 
 
 How kind was thy chastising rod, 
 That forced my conscience to a stand. 
 And brought my wandering soul to God ! 
 
 2 Foolish and vain, I went astray, 
 
 Ere I had felt thy scourges. Lord ; 
 I left my guide, and lost my way. 
 But now I love and keep thy word. 
 
 3 'Tis good for me to wear the yoke, 
 
 For pride is apt to rise and swell ; 
 
 'Tis good to bear my Father's stroke, 
 
 That I may learn his statutes well. 
 
 187 
 
 Christian union. S. P. M. 
 
 TTOW pleasant 'tis to see 
 
 -■-'- Kindred and friends agree ; 
 Each in his proper station move, 
 
 And each fulfil his part, 
 
 With sympathizing heart, 
 In all the cares of life and love ! 
 
 'Tis like the ointment shed 
 
 On Aaron's sacred head, 
 Divinely rich, divinely sweet ! 
 
 The oil through all the room 
 
 Diffused a choice perfume. 
 Ran through his robes, and blessed his feet 
 
 9 129 
 
18S, 1S9 THE CHRISTIAN : 
 
 3 Like fruitful showers of rain, 
 That water all the plain. 
 
 Descending from the neighbouring hills; 
 Such streams of pleasure roll 
 Through every friendly soul, 
 
 "Where love like heavenly dew distils. 
 
 The assaults of temptation. L. M. 
 
 188 
 
 ^piIE billows swell, the winds are high, 
 -*- Clouds overcast my wintr^" sky ; 
 Out of the depths to thee I call ; 
 ]\Iy fears are great, my strength is small. 
 
 2 Lord, the pilot's part perform, 
 
 And guide and guard me through the storm ; 
 Defend me from each threatening ill ; 
 Control the waves : say, "Peace, be still!" 
 
 3 Amid the roaring of the sea. 
 
 My soul still hangs her hope on thee ; 
 Thy constant love, thy faithful care, 
 Is all that saves me from despair. 
 
 4 Though tempest-tossed, and half a wreck, 
 JMy Saviour through the floods I seek : 
 Let neither winds nor stormy main 
 Force back my shattered bark again. 
 
 189 
 
 JTope in God. 8's. 
 
 "PXCOMPASSED with clouds of distress, 
 -^ Just ready all hope to resign, 
 I pant for the light of thy face, 
 And fear it will never be mine : 
 
 130 
 
His DUTIES, ETC. 19© 
 
 Dislieartened -with waiting so long, 
 I sink at thy feet with my load ; 
 
 All plaintive I pour out my song, 
 
 And stretch forth my hands unto God. 
 
 2 Shine, Lord, and my terror shall cease ; 
 
 The blood of atonement apply, 
 And lead me to Jesus for peace — 
 
 The rock that is higher than I : 
 Almighty to rescue thou art ; 
 
 Thy grace is my shield and my tower ; 
 Oh, visit and gladden my heart ; 
 
 Let this be the day of thy power. 
 
 J.J/\/ Pray without ceasing. 7, & 
 
 /^ when the morning shineth, 
 ^^ Go when the noon is bright, 
 Go when the eve declineth, 
 
 Go in the hush of night ; 
 Go with pure mind and feeling. 
 
 Fling earthly thought away, 
 And, in thy closet kneeling. 
 
 Do thou in secret pray. 
 
 2 Remember all who love thee, 
 All who are loved by thee ; 
 Pray, too, for those who hate thee. 
 
 If any such there be ; 
 Then for thyself, in meekness, 
 
 A blessing humbly claim, 
 And blend with each petition 
 Thy great Redeemer's name. 
 
 131 
 
191 THE CHRISTIAN : 
 
 8 Or, if 'tis e'er denied thee 
 
 In solitude to pray, 
 Should holy thoughts come o'er thee 
 
 When friends are round thy way, 
 E'en then the silent breathing, 
 
 Thy spirit raised above, 
 "Will reach his throne of glory, 
 
 Where dwells eternal love. 
 
 4 Oh, not a joy or blessing 
 
 With this can we compare— 
 The grace our Father gives us, 
 
 To pour our souls in prayer ; 
 Whene'er thou pin'st in sadness, 
 
 Before his footstool fall ; 
 Remember, in thy gladness. 
 
 His love who gave thee all. 
 
 Gos2iel adapted to gice peace, L. M. 6 1. 
 
 191 
 
 T)EACE, troubled soul, whose plaintive 
 -*- moan 
 
 Hath taught these rocks the notes of wo ; 
 Cease thy complaint — suppress thy groan, 
 
 And let thy tears forget to flow : 
 Behold the precious balm is found. 
 To lull thy pain, to heal thy wound. 
 
 2 Come, fi-eely come, by sin oppressed, 
 Unburden here thy weighty load ; 
 Here find thy refuge and thy rest. 
 
 And trust the mercy of thy God: 
 Thy God's thy Saviour — glorious word! 
 Forever love and praise the Lord. 
 132 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. 192^ 193 
 
 192 
 
 N 
 
 Acceptance of mercy. S. M. 
 
 I^OW is the accepted time, 
 ■^* Now is the day of grace ; 
 Now, sinners, come, without delay, 
 And seek the Saviour's face. 
 
 2 Now is the accepted time, 
 The Saviour calls to-day, 
 
 To-morrow it may be too late, — 
 Then why should you delay ? 
 
 3 Now is the accepted time, 
 The gospel bids you come ; 
 
 And every promise in his word 
 Declares there yet is room. 
 
 4 Lord, draw reluctant souls, 
 And feast them with thy love : 
 
 Then will the angels swiftly fiy 
 To bear the news above. 
 
 193 
 
 Redeeming love. C. P. M. 
 
 A WAKED by Sinai's awful sound, 
 "^ My soul in bonds of guilt I found, 
 
 And knew not Avhere to go : 
 
 My hopes were by that precept slain — 
 
 The sinner must be born again, 
 
 Or sink to endless wo. 
 
 2 When to the law I trembling fled. 
 
 It poured its curses on my head, 
 
 1 no relief could find ; 
 This fearful truth increased my pain — 
 The sinner must be born again — 
 And terror filled my mind. 
 
 133 
 
i94 THE christian: 
 
 3 Again did Sinai's thunders roll, 
 And guilt lay heavy on my soul, 
 
 A vast, oppressive load ; 
 Alas, I read, and saw it plain — 
 The sinner must be born again, 
 
 Or drink the wrath of God. 
 
 4 The saints I heard with rapture tell 
 How Jesus vanquished death and hell. 
 
 And broke the fowler's snare ; 
 Yet, when I found this truth remain, 
 The sinner must be born again, 
 
 I sank in deep despair. 
 
 5 But while I thus in anguish lay. 
 
 The gracious Saviour passed that way, 
 
 And felt his pity move ; 
 The sinner, by his justice slain, 
 Now by his grace is born again. 
 
 And sings redeeming love. 
 
 194 
 
 Citizen of Zion described. L. M. 
 
 "rVTHO shall ascend thy heavenly place, 
 * ^ Great God, and dwell before thy face ? 
 The man who loves religion now, 
 And humbly walks with God below : 
 
 2 Whose hands are pure — whose heart is clean; 
 Whose lips still speak the thing they mean ; 
 No slanders dwell upon his tongue ; 
 
 He hates to do his neighbour wrong. 
 
 3 He loves his enemies — and prays 
 For those who curse him to his face ; 
 And does to all men still the same 
 That he could hope or wish from them. 
 
 134 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. 195, 196 
 
 4 Yet, when his holiest works are done, 
 His soul depends on grace alone : — 
 This is the man thy face shall see, 
 And dwell for ever, Lord, with thee. 
 
 195 
 
 The end of the icicked. L. ]M, 
 
 T ORD, what a thoughtless wretch was I, 
 -■^ To mourn and murmur and repine 
 To see the wicked placed on high, 
 In pride and robes of honour shine. 
 2 But, oh, their end — their dreadful end I 
 Thy sanctuary taught me so ; 
 On slippery rocks I see them stand, 
 And fiery billows roll below. 
 { Now let them boast how tall they rise, 
 I'll never envy them again ; 
 There let them stand, with haughty eyes. 
 Till they plunge deep in endless pain. 
 l Their fancied joys, how fast they flee! 
 Just like a dream, when man awakes ; 
 Their songs of softest harmony 
 
 Are but a prelude to their plagues. 
 5 Now I esteem their mirth and wine 
 
 Too dear to purchase with my blood ; 
 Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine. 
 My life, my portion and my God. 
 
 196 
 
 Piety contrasted icith sin. C. M. 
 
 'Vy'HY should we spend our youthful days 
 
 In folly and in sin, 
 When wisdom shows her pleasant ways, 
 And bids us walk therein ? 
 
 135 
 
197 THE CHRISTIAN : 
 
 2 Folly and sin our peace destroy, 
 
 They glitter and are past ; 
 They yield us but a moment's joy. 
 And end in death at last. 
 
 3 But, if true "wisdom we possess. 
 
 Our joys shall never cease; 
 Her ways are ways of pleasantness. 
 And all her paths are peace. 
 
 4 Oh, may we, in our youthful days, 
 
 Attend to wisdom's voice; 
 And make these holy, happy ways. 
 Our own delisrhtful choice ! 
 
 197 
 
 Satan's various tempiations. C. M. 
 
 T HATE the tempter and his charms ; 
 -*- I hate his flattering breath ; 
 The serpent takes a thousand forms, 
 To cheat our souls to death. 
 
 2 He feeds our hopes with airy dreams, 
 
 Or kills with slavish fear ; 
 And holds us still in wide extremes, 
 Presumption or despair. 
 
 3 Now he persuades how easy 'tis 
 
 To walk the road to heaven ; 
 Anon he .swells our sins, and cries. 
 They cannot be forgiven. 
 
 4 He bids young sinners yet forbear 
 
 To think of God or death; 
 For praying and devotion are 
 But melancholy breath. 
 136 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. 198 
 
 5 He tells the aged they must die, 
 And 'tis too late to pray ; 
 In vain for mercy now they cry, 
 For they have lost their day. 
 
 G Thus he supports his cruel throne 
 By mischief and deceit ; 
 And drags the sons of Adam down 
 To darkness and the pit. 
 
 7 Almighty God, cut short his power. 
 Let him in darkness dwell ; 
 And, that he vex the earth no more, 
 Confine him down to hell. 
 
 198 
 
 Religion vain tcithout love. L. M. 
 
 TTAD I the tongues of Greeks and Jews, 
 -'--'- And nobler speech than angels use ; 
 If love be absent, I am found. 
 Like tinkling brass, an empty sound. 
 
 2 Were I inspired to preach, and tell 
 
 • All that is done in heaven and hell ; 
 Or could my faith the world remove, 
 Still — I am nothing without love. 
 
 3 Should I distribute all my store. 
 To feed the bowels of the poor ; 
 Or give my body to the flame. 
 
 To gain a martyr's glorious name ; — 
 
 4 If love to God, and love to man, 
 Be absent — all my hopes are vain : 
 Nor tongues, nor gifts, nor fiery zeal. 
 The works of love can e'er fulfil. 
 
 137 
 
199, 200 THE CHRISTIAN : 
 
 199 
 
 Earthly 2il€a8ure8 dangerous. CM. 
 
 TTOW vain are all things here below ! 
 -'--^ How false, and yet how fair ! 
 Each pleasure has its poison too, 
 And every sweet a snare. 
 
 I The brightest things below the sky 
 Give but a flattering light ; * 
 We should suspect some danger nigh, 
 Where we possess delight. 
 
 ? Our dearest joys — our nearest friends — 
 The partners of our blood — 
 How they divide our wavering minds, 
 And leave but half for God ! 
 
 1 The fondness of a creature's love, 
 How strong it strikes the sense ! 
 Thither the warm aiFections move. 
 Nor can we call them thence. 
 
 5 Dear Saviour I let thy beauties be 
 My soul's eternal food, 
 And grace command my heart away 
 From all created good. 
 
 200 
 
 Christ— Lord of all. C. M. 
 
 A LL hail the power of Jesus' name ! 
 -^^ Let angels prostrate fall ; 
 Bring forth the royal diadem, 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 2 Ye chosen seed of Israel's race. 
 Ye ransomed from the fall ; 
 13S 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. 201 
 
 Hail him who saves you by his grace, 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 3 Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget 
 
 The wormwood and the gall ; 
 Go, spread your trophies at his feet, 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 4 Let every kindred, every tribe, 
 
 On this terrestrial ball. 
 To him all majesty ascribe, 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 201 
 
 Tlie heavenly Jerusalem, C. M. 
 
 JERUSALEM! my happy home! 
 ^ Name ever dear to me, 
 When shall my labours have an end, 
 In joy and peace and thee ? 
 
 r When shall these eyes thy heaven-built walls 
 And pearly gates behold ? 
 Thy bulwarks, with salvation strong, 
 And streets of shining gold ? 
 
 8 Oh, when, thou city of my God, 
 Shall I thy courts ascend, 
 Where congregations ne'er break up. 
 And Sabbaths have no end ? 
 
 i There happier bowers than Eden's bloom, 
 Nor sin nor sorrow know ! 
 Blest seats ! through rude and stormy scenes 
 I onward press to you. 
 
 139 
 
SOS THE CHRISTIAN : 
 
 5 Why should I shrink at pain and wo ? 
 
 Or feel at death dismaj^ ? 
 I've Canaan's goodly land in view, 
 And realms of endless day. 
 
 6 Apostles, martyrs, prophets, there, 
 
 Around my Saviour stand ; 
 And soon my friends in Christ below, 
 Will join the glorious band, 
 
 7 Jerusalem ! my happy home ! 
 
 My soul still pants for thee '; 
 Then shall my labours have an end, 
 When I thy joys shall see. 
 
 202 
 
 C 
 
 Self-examination, C. M. 
 
 OME, let us search our hearts, to try 
 
 If all our ways be right ; 
 Is God's great rule of equity 
 Our practice and delight ? 
 
 2 Have we to others truly done 
 
 As we would have them do ? 
 Envious, unkind and false to none, 
 But always just and true ? 
 
 3 In vain we speak of Jesus' blood. 
 
 And place in him our trust ; 
 If while we boast our love to God, 
 We prove to men unjust. 
 
 4 Thou before whom we stand in awe, 
 
 And tremble and obey. 
 Write in our hearts thy perfect law. 
 And keep us in thy way. 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. 203^ 204 
 
 203 
 
 The world renounced. C. M. 
 
 T ET worklly minds the world pursue, 
 -^-^ It has no charms for me ; 
 Once I admired its trities too, 
 But grace has set me free. 
 
 2 Its pleasures now no longer please, 
 
 No more content afford ; 
 Far from my heart be joys like these. 
 Now I have known the Lord. 
 
 3 As by the light of opening day, 
 
 The stars are all concealed ; 
 So earthly pleasures fade away, 
 When Jesus is revealed. 
 
 4 Creatures no more divide my choice, 
 
 I bid them all depart : 
 His name, and love, and gracious voice 
 Have fixed my roving heart. 
 
 5 Now, Lord, I would be thine alone. 
 
 And wholly live to thee ; 
 But may I hope that thou wilt own 
 A worthless worm like me ! 
 
 204 
 
 Parting with earthly joys. L. M. 
 
 T SEND the joys of earth away; 
 -*- Away, ye tempters of the mind. 
 False as the smooth, deceitful sea, 
 And empty as the whistling wind. 
 2 Your streams were floating me along 
 DoAvn to the gulf of black despair; 
 
 141 
 
S05 THE CHEISTIA3T : 
 
 And while I listened to your song, 
 
 Your streams had e'en conveyed me there. 
 
 3 Lord, I adore thy matchless grace, 
 
 That vrarned me of that dark abyss, 
 That drew me from those dangerous seas, 
 And bade me seek superior bliss. 
 
 4 Now to the shining realms above 
 
 I stretch my hands and glance mine eyes, 
 Oh I for the pinions of a dove. 
 
 To bear me to the upper sl^ies! 
 6 There, from the presence of my God, 
 
 Oceans of endless pleasure roll ; 
 There would I fix my last abode, 
 
 And drown the sorrows of my soul. 
 
 205 
 
 Pilgrimage heavemcard. 7'a. 
 
 /CHILDREN of the heavenly King, 
 ^-^ As ye journey, sweetly sing; 
 Sing your Saviour's worthy praise, 
 Glorious in his works and ways. 
 
 2 Ye are travelling home to God, 
 In the way the fathers trod ; 
 They are happy now — and ye 
 Soon their happiness shall see. 
 
 3 Shout, ye ransomed flock, and blest ; 
 You on Jesus' throne shall rest ; 
 There your seat is now prepared — 
 There your kingdom and reward. 
 
 4 Fear not, brethren; joyful stand 
 On the borders of your land ; 
 
 142 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. 206, JJO*? 
 
 Jesus Christ, God's only Son, 
 Bids you undismayed go on. 
 
 5 Lord, submissive make us go, 
 Gladly leaving all below ; 
 Only thou our leader be. 
 And we still will follow thee. 
 
 206 
 
 Communion with God. L. M. 
 
 IV TY God, permit me not to be 
 •^'-*- A stranger to myself and thee ; 
 Amidst a thousiind thoughts I rove, 
 Forgetful of my highest love. 
 
 2 Why should my passions mix with earth, 
 And thus debase my heavenly birth ? 
 Why should I cleave to things below, 
 And let my God, my Saviour, go ? 
 
 3 Call me away from flesh and sense ; 
 
 One sovereign word can draw me thence ; 
 I would obey the voice divine. 
 And all inferior joys resign. 
 
 4 Be earth with all her scenes withdrawn ; 
 Let noise and vanity be gone ; 
 
 In secret silence of the mind. 
 
 My heaven, and there my God, I find. 
 
 207 
 
 Comfort in sorrow. C. M. 
 
 TTOW long shall earth's alluring toys 
 -*-^ Detain our hearts and eyes, 
 Regardless of immortal joys, 
 And strangers to the skies. 
 
 143 
 
SOS THE christian: 
 
 2 These transient scenes ■will soon decay, 
 They fade upon the sight ; 
 And quicklj' Avill their brightest day 
 Be lost in endless night. 
 8 Their brightest day, alas, how vain, 
 With conscious sighs we own ; 
 While clouds of sorrow, care and pain, 
 O'ershade the smiling noon. 
 
 4 Oh, could our thoughts and wishes fly 
 
 Above these gloomy shade;?', 
 To those bright worlds beyond the sky. 
 Which sorrow ne'er invades ! 
 
 5 There joys unseen by mortal eyes, 
 
 Or reason's feeble ray, 
 In ever blooming prospects rise, 
 Unconscious of decay. 
 
 6 Lord, send a beam of light divine, 
 
 To guide our upward aim ; 
 
 With one reviving touch of thine 
 
 Our languid hearts inflame. 
 
 7 Then shall, on faith's sublimest wing, 
 
 Our ardent wishes rise. 
 To those bright scenes where pleasures 
 spring. 
 Immortal in the skies. 
 
 208 
 
 The full assurance of hope. C. M. 
 
 TTOW happy every child of grace, 
 -*-■- Who knows his sins forgiven ! 
 "This earth," he cries, "is not my place; 
 I seek my home in heaven : 
 144 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. 209 
 
 " A country far from mortal sight, 
 
 Yet, oh, by faith I see 
 The hind of rest, the saints' delight, 
 
 The heaven prepared for me." 
 
 2 Oh, what a blessed hope is ours I 
 
 "While here on earth we stay, 
 We more than taste the heavenly powers, 
 
 And antedate that day : 
 We feel the resurrection near, 
 
 Our life in Christ concealed, 
 And with his glorious presence here 
 
 Our earthen- vessels filled. 
 
 209 
 
 The hope of heaven. C. M. 
 
 IT^HEX I can read my title clear 
 ^ * To mansions in the skies, 
 I bid farewell to every fear, 
 And wipe my weeping eyes. 
 
 2 Should earth against my soul engage. 
 
 And hellish darts be hurled, 
 Then I can smile at Satan's rage. 
 And face a frowning world. 
 
 3 Let cares like a wild deluge come. 
 
 And storms of sorrow fall ; 
 May I but safely reach my home. 
 My God, my heaven, my all. 
 
 4 There shall I bathe my weary soul 
 
 In seas of heavenly rest, 
 And not a wave of trouble roll 
 Across my peaceful breast. 
 
 10 145 
 
^lO, 211 THE CHRISTIAN 
 
 210 
 
 Brotherly love. C M 
 
 TTOW sweet, liow heavenly is the sight, 
 -■--^ When those that love the Lord, 
 In one another's peace delight, 
 And thus fulfil his word ! 
 
 2 When, free from envy, scorn and pride, 
 
 Our washes all above. 
 Each can his brother's failings hide, 
 And show a brother's love:-7- 
 
 3 Wlien love, in one delightful stream, 
 
 Through every bosom flows ; 
 And union sweet, and dear esteem. 
 In every action glows. 
 
 4 Love is the golden chain, that binds 
 
 The happy souls above; 
 And he's an heir of heaven that finds 
 His bosom glow with love. 
 
 211 
 
 Retirement and meditation. C. M 
 
 T^AR from the world, Lord, I flee, 
 -*- From strife and tumult far ; 
 From scenes where Satan wages still 
 His most successful war. 
 
 2 The calm retreat — the silent shade. 
 
 With prayer and praise agree ; 
 And seem, by thy sweet bounty, made 
 For those who follow thee. 
 
 3 There, if the Spirit touch the soul. 
 
 And grace her mean abode. 
 Oh, with what peace and joy and love, 
 She communes with her God ! 
 146 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. SIS 
 
 4 Then, like the nightingale, she pours 
 
 Her solitary lays ; 
 Nor asks a witness of her song, 
 Nor thirsts for human praise. 
 
 5 Author and guardian of my life ! 
 
 Sweet source of light divine ! 
 And all harmonious names in one : 
 My Saviour ! thou art mine ! 
 
 6 What thanks I owe thee, and what love, 
 
 A boundless, endless store ! 
 Shall echo through the realms above, 
 When time shall be no more. 
 
 212 
 
 Christian felloicship. S. M. 
 
 T)LEST be the tie that binds 
 Our hearts in Christian love : 
 The fellowship of kindred minds 
 Is like to that above. 
 
 Before our Father's throne 
 We pour our ardent prayers ; 
 Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one. 
 Our comforts and our cares. 
 
 We share our mutual woes ; 
 Our mutual burdens bear; 
 And often for each other flows 
 The sympathizing tear. 
 
 When we asunder part, 
 It gives us inward pain; 
 But we shall still be joined in heart. 
 And hope to meet again. 
 
 147 
 
213 THE CHRISTIAN: 
 
 5 This glorious hope revives 
 Our courage by the way ; 
 
 While each in expectation lives, 
 And longs to see the day. 
 
 6 From sorrow, toil and pain. 
 And sin, we shall be free ; 
 
 And perfect love and friendship reign 
 Through all eternity. 
 
 213 
 
 The one thing needffl, C. M. 
 
 "DELIGION is the chief concern 
 -^^ Of mortals here below ; 
 May I its great importance learn, 
 Its sovereign virtue know. 
 
 2 More needful this than glittering wealth, 
 
 Or aught the world bestows ; 
 Nor reputation, food, or health. 
 Can give us such repose. 
 
 3 Religion should our thoughts engage, 
 
 Amidst our youthful bloom ; 
 'Twill fit us for declining age. 
 And for the awful tomb. 
 
 4 Oh, may my heart, by grace renewed. 
 
 Be my Redeemer's throne ; 
 And be my stubborn will subdued, 
 His government to own. 
 
 5 Let deep repentance, faith and love. 
 
 Rejoined with godly fear; 
 And all my conversation prove 
 My heart to be sincere. 
 
 i4S 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. 214, 215 
 
 214 
 
 Seeking sustaining grace. L. M. 6 1. 
 
 r\ GRANT me, Lord, myself to see, 
 ^-^ Against myself to watch and pray ; 
 How weak am I, when left by thee, 
 How frail, how apt to fall away ! 
 If but a moment thou withdraw, 
 That moment sees me break thy law. 
 
 2 Saviour, the sinner's only trust. 
 
 To thee with trembling hope I call; 
 Oh, raise the feeble from the dust, 
 
 And let me never, never fall : 
 Let not thy grace be given in vain, 
 Nor let me turn to sin again. 
 
 3 The pure, the watchful mind bestow, 
 
 That trembles at the thought of sin ; 
 Let me thy full salvation know, 
 
 Oh, thou who didst the work begin: 
 Preserve me, lest I go astray. 
 Nor let me prove a castaway. 
 
 215 
 
 Christian courage. C. M. 
 
 A M I a soldier of the cross ? 
 ■^^ A follower of the Lamb ! 
 And shall I fear to own his cause, 
 
 Or blush to speak his name ? 
 
 2 Must I be carried to the skies. 
 On flowery beds of ease? 
 "Whilst others fought to win the prize, 
 And sailed through bloody seas ? 
 
 149 
 
216 THE chbistian: 
 
 3 Are there no foes for me to face ? 
 
 Must I not stem the flood ? 
 Is this vile world a friend to grace, 
 To help me on to God? 
 
 4 Sure I must fight, if I would reign; 
 
 Increase my courage, Lord ; 
 I'll bear the toil, endure the pain, 
 Supported by thy word. 
 6 Thy saints, in all this glorious war, 
 Shall conquer, though they die ; 
 They view the triumph from afar. 
 And faith accounts it nigh/ 
 6 "When that illustrious day shall rise, 
 And all thy armies shine. 
 In robes of victory, through the skies — 
 The glory shall be thine. 
 
 -ilO The dangers of delay. 7's. 
 
 HASTEN, sinner, to be wise ; 
 Stay not for the morrow's sun; 
 Wisdom if you still despise, 
 Harder is she to be won. 
 
 2 Hasten mercy to implore ; 
 
 Stay not for the morrow's sun : 
 Lest thy season should be o'er, 
 Ere this evening's course be run. 
 
 3 Hasten, sinner, to return ; 
 
 Stay not for the morrow's sun ; 
 Lest thy lamp should cease to burn, 
 Ere salvation's work is done. 
 150 
 
HIS DL'TILS, ETC. fil.T[ 
 
 4 Hasten, sinner, to be blessed ; 
 Stay not for the morrow's sun ; 
 Lest perdition thee arrest. 
 Ere the morrow is begun. 
 
 217 
 
 "I iciU trnsf." 5,6. 
 
 "OEGONE, unbelief, 
 -'-' My Saviour is near, 
 And for my relief, 
 
 Will surely appear :- • 
 By prayer let me wrestle, 
 
 And he will perform ; 
 With Christ in the vessel, 
 
 I smile at the storm. 
 
 2 Though dark be my way, 
 
 Since he is my guide, 
 'Tis mine to obey, 
 
 'Tis his to provide : 
 His way was much rougher 
 
 And darker than mine ; 
 Did Jesus thus suffer. 
 
 And shall I repine ? 
 
 3 Determined to save. 
 
 He watched o'er ray path, 
 When, Satan's blind slave, 
 
 I sported Avith death : 
 And can he have taught me 
 
 To trust in his name. 
 And thus far have brought me. 
 
 To put me to -shame '! 
 
 151 
 
218 THE christian: 
 
 4 AVhy should I complain 
 
 Of want or distress, 
 Temptation or pain ? 
 
 He told me no less : 
 The heirs of salvation, 
 
 I know from his word, 
 Through much tribulation 
 
 Must follow their Lord. 
 
 5 His love in time past, 
 
 Forbids me to think 
 He'll leave me at last 
 
 In trouble to sink : 
 Though painful at present, 
 
 'Twill cease before long, 
 And then, oh, how pleasant 
 
 The conqueror's song ! 
 
 218 
 
 Youth admonisJted of the jiidf/ment. L. M. 
 
 X7"E sons of Adam, vain and young, 
 -*- Indulge your eyes, indulge your tongue ; 
 Enjoy the day of mirth — but know 
 There is a day of judgment, too. 
 
 2 God from on high beholds your thoughts ; 
 His book records your secret faults ; 
 
 The works of darkness you have done 
 Must all appear before the sun. 
 
 3 Almighty God, turn off their eyes 
 From these alluring vanities ; 
 And let the thunder of thy word 
 Awake their souls to fear the Lord. 
 
 152 
 
mS DUTIES, ETC. 219, 2l20 
 
 219 
 
 Calvary. 8, 7, 4- 
 
 TTEAR, sinner I mercy hails you, 
 -*--■- Now -Nvith sweetest voice she calls ; 
 Bids you haste to seek the Saviour, 
 
 Ere the hand of justice falls : 
 Trust in Jesus ; 
 
 'Tis the voice of mercy calls. 
 
 ^2 Haste, sinner ! to the Saviour, — 
 Seek his mercy, while you may ; 
 Soon the day of grace is over ; 
 Soon your life will pass away ! 
 
 Haste "to Jesus; 
 You must perish, if you stay. 
 
 220 
 
 Sinners incited to Christ. 8, 7, 4i 
 
 /^tOME, ye weary, heavy laden, 
 ^ Lost and ruined by the fall ; 
 If you tarry till you're better, 
 
 You will never come at all : 
 Not the righteous — 
 
 Sinners, Jesus came to call. 
 
 2 Come, ye needy, come, and welcome ; 
 
 God's free bounty glorify ; 
 True belief and true repentance, 
 Every grace that brings us nigh — 
 
 Without money. 
 Come to Jesus Christ, and buy. 
 
 3 Let not conscience make you linger, 
 
 Nor of fitness fondly dream ; 
 
 153 
 
2^1 THE CHRISTIAN : 
 
 All the fitness he requireth 
 Is to feel your need of him : 
 
 This he gives you ; 
 
 'Tis the Spirit's rising beam. 
 
 4 Lo, the incarnate God, ascended, 
 
 Pleads the merit of his blood : 
 
 Venture on him, venture wholly, 
 
 Let no other trust intrude ; 
 
 None but Jesus 
 Can do helpless sinners good. 
 6 Saints and angels, joined in concert, 
 Sing the praises of the Lamb ; 
 "While the blissful seats of heaven 
 Sweetly echo with his name ; 
 
 Hallelujah! 
 Sinners here may sing the same. 
 
 221 
 
 Sinners learned and entreated. C. M. 
 
 ^INNERS, the voice of God regard 
 ^ 'Tis mercy speaks to-day; 
 He calls you, by his sovereign word, 
 From sin's destructive way. 
 
 2 Like the rough sea that cannot rest, 
 
 You live devoid of peace ; 
 A thousand stings within your breast 
 Deprive your souls of ease. 
 
 3 Your way is dark, and leads to hell ; 
 
 Why will you persevere ? 
 Can you in endless torments dwell, 
 Shut up in black despair ? 
 154 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. 2SS 
 
 4 Why will you in the crooked ways 
 
 Of sin and folly go ? 
 In pain you travel all your days, 
 To reap eternal wo ! 
 
 5 But he that turns to God shall live. 
 
 Through his abounding grace ; 
 His mercy will the guilt forgive 
 Of those that seek his face. 
 
 6 His love exceeds your highest thoughts ; 
 
 He pardons like a God ; 
 He will forgive your numerous faults, 
 Through a Redeemer's blood. 
 
 222 
 
 Confidence in the Mediator. L. M. 6 I. 
 
 WHEN gathering clouds around I view, 
 And days are dark and friends are few, 
 On him I lean, who, not in vain, 
 Experienced every human pain ; 
 He sees my wants, allays my fears, 
 And counts and treasures up my tears. 
 
 2 If aught should tempt my soul to stray 
 From heavenly virtue's narrow way, 
 To fly the good I would pursue. 
 Or do the sin I would not do, 
 Still, he who felt temptation's power 
 Shall guard me in that dangerous hour. 
 
 8 When, sorrowing, o'er some stone I bend, 
 Which covers all that was a friend, 
 And from his voice, his hand, his smile, 
 Divides me — for a little while, — 
 
 155 
 
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 223 THE christian: 
 
 Thou, Saviour, seest the tears I shed, 
 For thou didst weep o'er Lazarus dead. 
 4 And oh, when I have safely passed 
 Through every conflict but the last. 
 Still, still unchanging, watch beside 
 My painful bed — for thou hast died; 
 Then point to realms of cloudless day, 
 And wipe the latest tear away. 
 
 ^/^O Repentance. S. M. 
 
 F Jesus Christ was sent 
 To save us from our sin. 
 And kindly teach us to repent, 
 We should at once begin. 
 
 He says he loves to see 
 A broken-hearted one ; 
 He loves that sinners such as we 
 Should mourn for what we've done. 
 
 'Tis not enough to say 
 We're sorry and repent ; 
 Yet still go on from day to day 
 Just as we always went. 
 
 Repentance is, to leave 
 •The sins we loved before ; 
 And show that we in earnest grieve. 
 By doing so no more. 
 
 Lord, make us thus sincere, 
 To watch as well as pray ; 
 However small, however dear. 
 Take all our sins away. 
 156 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. 224, 225 
 
 6 And since the Saviour came 
 To make us turn from sin, 
 With hoi}' grief and humble shame, 
 "We would at once begin. 
 
 224 
 
 Faith prevaih'nr/ in trouble. S. M. 
 
 TF, through unruffled seas, 
 -^ Toward heaven we calmly sail, 
 With grateful hearts, God to thee, 
 We'll own the fostering gale. 
 
 2 But should the surges rise, 
 And rest delay to come. 
 
 Blest be the sorrow — kind the storm, 
 Which drives us nearer home. 
 
 3 Soon shall our doubts and fears 
 All yield to thy control : 
 
 Thy tender mercies shall illume 
 The midnight of the soul. 
 
 4 Teach us, in every state. 
 To make thy will our own ; 
 
 And when the joys of sense depart 
 To live by faith alone. 
 
 225 
 
 At evening time it shall be light. C. M. 
 
 "YY^E journey through a vale of tears, 
 
 ' * By many a cloud o'ercast, 
 And worldly cares and worldly fears 
 Go with us to the last. 
 2 Not to the last ! Thy word hath said, 
 Could we but read aright, 
 
 157 
 
336 THE CHRISTIAN : 
 
 Poor pilgrim, lift in hope thy head : 
 At eve it shall be light. 
 
 3 Though earth-born shadows nowmay shroud 
 
 Thy thorny path awhile, 
 God's blessed word can part each cloud, 
 And bid the sunshine smile. 
 
 4 Only believe, in living faith, 
 
 His love and power divine ; 
 And ere thy sun shall set in death, 
 His light shall round thee shi^e. 
 
 5 When tempest-clouds are dark on high, 
 
 His bow of love and peace 
 Shines sweetly in the vaulted sky, — 
 A pledge that storms shall cease ! 
 
 6 Hold on thy way, with hope unchilled. 
 
 By faith and not by sight, 
 And thou shalt own his word fulfilled, — 
 At eve it shall be light. 
 
 ^/^O ChriM the shepTierd. C. M 
 
 ^EE the kind Shepherd, Jesus, stands, 
 ^-^ With all engaging charms ; 
 Hark, how he calls the tender lambs 
 And folds them in his arms. 
 
 2 Permit them to approach, he cries. 
 Nor scorn their humble name ; 
 For 'twas to bless such souls as these. 
 The Lord of angels came. 
 158 
 
ms DUTIES, ETC. 221 
 
 o He'll lead us to the heavenly streams 
 Where living waters flow ; 
 And guide us to the fruitful fields 
 Where trees of knowledge grow. 
 
 4 The feeblert lamb amid the flock 
 Shall b« its Shepherd's care ; 
 While foMed in the Saviour's arms 
 We'rf safe from evei'y snare. 
 
 227 
 
 Hoi:>e encouraged. 8, 7, 4 
 
 f\ AfY soul, 'what means this sadness ? 
 ^-^ Wherefore art thou thus cast down? 
 Let thy grief be turned to gladness, 
 
 Bid thy restless fears begone ; 
 Look to Jesus, 
 
 And confide in him alone. 
 
 2 Though ten thousand ills beset thee, 
 
 From without and from within, 
 Jesus never will forget thee, 
 
 But will break the power of sin ; 
 
 He is faithful,— 
 Thou the victory shalt win. 
 
 3 Though distresses now attend thee, 
 
 And thou tread'st the thorny road, 
 His right hand shall still defend thee, — 
 Guide thee to his blest abode. 
 
 Bring thee, ransomed, 
 To thy home, thy heaven, thy God. 
 
 159 
 
<J»J8 THE CHRISTIAN : 
 
 i^^Q Donht and anxiety. 
 
 ''FIS a point I long to know, 
 
 J- Oft it causes anxious thouglit; 
 Do I love the Lord or no ? 
 Am I his, or am I not? 
 
 2 If I love, why am I thus ? 
 
 Why this dull, this lifeless frame ? 
 Hardly, sure, can they be worse 
 Who have never heard his name. 
 
 3 Could my heart so hard remain, 
 
 Prayer a task and burden prove, 
 Every trifle give me pain, 
 If I knew a Saviour's love ? 
 
 4 If I pray, or hear, or read, 
 
 Sin is mixed with all I do ; 
 You who love the Lord indeed, 
 Tell me,— is it thus with you ? 
 
 5 Yet, I mourn my stubborn will. 
 
 Find my sin a grief and thrall ; 
 Should I grieve for what I feel 
 If I did not love at all ? 
 
 6 Lord, decide the doubtful case : 
 
 Thou who art thy people's sun, 
 Shine upon thy work of grace, 
 If it be indeed begun. 
 
 7 Let me love thee more and more, 
 
 If I love at all, I pray ; 
 If I have not loved before, 
 Help me to begin to-day. 
 
 160 
 
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HIS DUTIES, ETC. *Zfl9f 230 
 
 229 
 
 Contentment. C. M. 
 
 ' FHE Christian would not have his lot 
 -'- Be other than it is ; 
 For while our Father rules the world, 
 We know that world is his. 
 
 2 We know that he who gave us life 
 
 Will all we need provide ; 
 Assured that every good we ask 
 Is evil, if denied. 
 
 3 When clouds of sorrow gather round, 
 
 Our bosom knows no fear ; 
 We know, whate'er our portion be, 
 That God will still be there. 
 
 4 And when the threatened storm has burst, 
 
 Whate'er the trial be, 
 Something still whispers in our heart, 
 "Be still, for it is He I'.' 
 
 5 We know it is a Father's will, 
 
 And therefore it is good. 
 And would not venture, by a wish, 
 To change it — if we could. 
 
 6 Our grateful bosom quickly learns 
 
 Its sorrow to disown ;• 
 Yields to his pleasure and forgets 
 The choice was not our osvn. 
 
 230 
 
 Resignation. L. M. 
 
 T)E still, my heart! these anxious cares 
 -■-* To thee are burdens, thorns, and snares : 
 They cast dishonour on thy Lord, 
 And contradict his gracious word. 
 
 11 161 
 
231 THE CHRISTIAN : 
 
 2 Brought safely by his hand thus far, 
 Why wilt thou now give place to fear ? 
 How canst thou want, if he provide. 
 Or lose thy way with such a guide ? 
 
 3 When first, before his mercy-seat, 
 Thou didst to him thine all commit ; 
 He gave thee warrant, from that hour, 
 To trust his wisdom, love, and power. 
 
 4 Did ever trouble yet befall. 
 And he refuse to hear thy call ? 
 And has he not his promise past, 
 That thou shalt overcome at last ? 
 
 5 Though rough and thorny be the road, 
 It leads thee home apace to God; 
 Then count thy present trials small, 
 For heaven will make amends for all. 
 
 231 
 
 The courts of the Lord. L. A 
 
 T ORD, 'tis a pleasant thing to stand 
 -^ In gardens planted by thy hand ; 
 Let me within thy courts be seen. 
 Like a young cedar, fresh and green. 
 
 2 There grow thy saints in faith and love, 
 Blest with thine influence from above; 
 Not Lebanon with all its trees 
 
 Yields such a comely sight as these. 
 
 3 The plants of grace shall ever thrive ; 
 Nature decays, but grace must live ; 
 Time, that doth all things else impair, 
 Still makes them flourish strong and fair 
 
 162 
 
232 
 
 HIS DUTIES, ETC. S33^ 23$ 
 
 Submission. L. M. 
 
 "^TrATT, my soul, thy Maker's will ! 
 * * Tumultuous passions, all be still, 
 Nor let a murmuring thought arise ; 
 His ways are just, his counsels wise. 
 
 2 He in the thickest darkness dwells, 
 Performs his work, the cause conceals ; 
 But though his methods are unknown. 
 Judgment and truth support his throne. 
 
 3 In heaven and earth and air and seas, 
 He executes his firm decrees ; 
 
 And by his saints it stands confessed. 
 That what he does is ever best. 
 
 4 Wait, then, my soul, submissive wait, 
 Prostrate before his awful seat : 
 And mid the terrors of his rod, 
 Trust in a wise and gracious God. 
 
 233 
 
 Self-denial. C. M. 
 
 4 ND must I part with all I have, 
 '^-^ My dearest. Lord, for thee ? 
 It is but right, since thou hast done 
 Much more than this for me. 
 
 2 Yes, let it go — one look from thee 
 
 Will more than make amends 
 For all the losses I sustain 
 Of credit, riches, friends. 
 
 3 Ten thousand worlds, ten thousand lives. 
 
 How worthless they appear. 
 Compared with thee, supremely good, 
 Divinely bright and fair. 
 
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S34^ 235 THE christian: 
 
 4 Saviour of souls, could I from thee 
 A single smile obtain, 
 Though destitute of all things else, 
 I'd glory in my gain. 
 
 234 
 
 Submission under affliction. C. M. 
 
 Q UBMLSSIVE to thy will, my God, 
 ^ I all to thee resign, 
 And bow before thy chastening rod ; 
 I mourn, but not repine. 
 
 2 Why should my foolish heart complain, 
 
 "\Vhen wisdom, truth, and love 
 Direct the stroke, inflict the pain, 
 And point to joys above ? 
 
 3 How short are all my sufferings here ! 
 
 How needful every cross ! 
 
 Away, my unbelieving fear. 
 
 Nor call my gain my loss. 
 
 4 Then give, Lord, or take away, 
 
 I'll bless thy sacred name : 
 Jesus to-day, and yesterday, 
 And ever, is the same. 
 
 /WOO Trust in God under trials. 1's. 
 
 TDOOR and needy though I be, 
 
 -*- God my maker cares for me ; 
 
 Gives me clothing, shelter, food, 
 
 Gives me all I have of good. 
 2 He will listen when I pray. 
 
 He is with me night and day. 
 
 When I sleep and when I wake 
 
 Keeps me safe for Jesus' sake 
 164 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. 336^ SSlf 
 
 3 He who reigns above the sky 
 Once became as poor as I; 
 
 He "whose blood for me was shed 
 Had not where to lay his head. 
 
 4 Though I labour here awhile 
 He Avill bless me with his smile ; 
 And when this short life is past, 
 I shall rest with him at last. 
 
 236 
 
 '' It is the Lord." CM. 
 
 ny/TY times of sorrow and of joy, 
 ■^ ■*- Great God, are in thy hand ; 
 My choicest comforts come from thee. 
 And go at thy command. 
 
 2 If thou shouldst take them all away, 
 
 Yet would I not repine ; 
 Before they were possessed by me, 
 They were entirely thine. 
 
 3 Nor would I drop one murmuring word, 
 
 Though the whole world were gone. 
 But seek enduring happiness 
 In thee, and thee alone. 
 
 237 
 
 Confidence in God encouraged. C. M. 
 
 "Y"E trembling souls, dismiss your fears; 
 -*- Be mercy all your theme ; 
 Mercy, which like a river flows 
 In one continued stream. 
 
 2 Fear not the powers of earth and hell : 
 God will these powers restrain, 
 
 k 
 
 165 
 
fl3H, 239 THE christian: 
 
 His mighty arm their rage repel, 
 
 And make their efforts vain. 
 S Fear not the want of outward good : 
 
 He will for his provide, 
 Grant them supplies of daily food, 
 
 And give them heaven beside. 
 4 Fear not that he will e'er forsake. 
 
 Or have his work undone ; 
 He's faithful to his promises, 
 
 And faithful to his Son. 
 
 -<^f)0 Casting our cares on God. S. M. 
 
 TTOW gentle God's commands ! 
 -*--*- How kind his precepts are ! 
 Come, cast your burdens on the Lord, 
 And trust his constant care. 
 2 While Providence supports, 
 His saints securely dwell ; 
 That hand which bears creation up, 
 Shall guard his children well. 
 ■3 Why should this anxious load 
 Press down your weary mind ? 
 Oh, seek your heavenly Father's throne, 
 And sweet refreshment find. 
 
 239 
 
 Joy in God, C. M, 
 
 /~^ OD, my supporter and my hope, 
 ^-^ My help for ever near, 
 Thine arm of mercy held me up 
 When sinking in despair. 
 2 Thy counsels, Lord, shall guide my feet 
 Through life's dark wilderness ; 
 166 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. S40, 241 
 
 Thine hand conduct me near thy seat, 
 To dwell before thy face. 
 
 3 Were I in heaven without my God, 
 
 'Twould be no joy to me ; 
 And while this earth is my abode 
 I long for none but thee. 
 
 4 What if the springs of life were broke, 
 
 And flesh and heart should faint, 
 God is my soul's eternal rock, 
 The strength of every saint. 
 
 240 
 
 I 
 
 • Tlie request. C IVL 
 
 ipATHER, whate'er of earthly bliss 
 -*- Thy sovereign will denies, 
 Accepted at thy throne of grace 
 Let this petition rise : — 
 
 2 " Give me a calm, a thankful heart. 
 
 From every murmur free ; 
 The blessings of thy grace impart, 
 And let me live to thee. 
 
 3 Let the sweet hope that thou art mine. 
 
 My life and death attend — 
 Thy presence through my journey shine. 
 And crown my joui-ney's end." 
 
 /w41 The pure heart. CM. 
 
 /^H ! for a heart to praise the Lord, 
 ^^ A heart from sin set free, — 
 A heart that's sprinkled with the blood 
 So freely shed for me. 
 
 167 
 
!242 THE christian: 
 
 2 A heart resigned, submissive, meek, 
 
 My dear Redeemer's throne: 
 "Wliere only Christ is heard to speak, 
 Where Jesus reigns alone. 
 
 3 A heart in every thought renewed, 
 
 And full of love divine ; 
 Perfect, and right, and pure, and good, 
 A copy, Lord, of thine. 
 
 242 
 
 I Longing for a closer tcalkicilJi God, CM. 
 
 /~\H ! for a closer walk with God, 
 ^^ A calm and heavenl}^ frame, 
 A light, to shine upon the road 
 That leads me to the Lamb. 
 
 2 Where is the blessedness I knew 
 
 When first I saw the Lord ? 
 Wliere is the soul-refreshing view 
 Of Jesus and his word ? 
 
 3 W^hat peaceful hours I once enjoyed ! 
 
 How sweet their memory still ! 
 But they have left an aching void 
 The world can never fill. 
 
 4 Eeturn, holy Dove! return: 
 
 Sweet messenger of rest ! 
 I hate the sins that made thee mourn. 
 And drove thee from thy breast. 
 
 6 The dearest idol I have known, 
 Whate'er that idol be. 
 Help me to tear it from thy throne 
 And worship only thee. 
 I(j8 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. 243^ 244 
 
 6 So shall my walk be close with God ; 
 Calm and serene m}' fi-ame ; 
 So purer light shall mark the road 
 That leads me to the Lamb. 
 
 243 
 
 Christian obligation. S. M, 
 
 A CHARGE to keep I have, 
 -^ A God to glorify; 
 A never-dying soul to save 
 And fit it for the sky. 
 
 To serve the present age. 
 My calling to fulfil; 
 Oh, may it all my powers engage 
 To do my Master's will. 
 
 Arm me with jealous care. 
 As in thy sight to live ; 
 And, oh ! thy servant, Lord, prepare 
 The strict account to give. 
 
 Help me to watch and pray, 
 And on thyself rely ; 
 Assured, if I my trust betray, 
 I shall for ever die. 
 
 244 
 
 Prayer for God's presence. C. ]M. 
 
 C\^, could I find from day to day 
 ^-^ A nearness to my God, 
 Then should my hours glide sweet away, 
 While leaning on his word. 
 
 2 Lord, I desire with thee to live 
 Anew from day to day ; 
 
 169 
 
245 THE christian: 
 
 In joys the world can never give, 
 Nor ever take away. 
 
 3 Blest Jesus, come and rule my heart, 
 And make me wholly thine. 
 That I may never more depart, 
 Nor grieve thy love divine. 
 t Thus till my last expiring breath. 
 Thy goodness I'll adore ; 
 And when my frame dissolves in death, 
 My soul shall love thee more. 
 
 245 
 
 Hinder me not. C. M. 
 
 TN all my Lord's appointed ways, 
 -*- My journey I'll pursue; 
 Hinder me not, ye. much-loved saints, 
 For I must go with you. 
 
 2 " Stay," says the world, " and taste awhile 
 My every pleasant sweet ;" 
 "Hinder me not," my soul replies, 
 " Because the way is great." 
 
 Z "Stay," Satan, my old master, cries, 
 "Or force shall thee detain;" 
 " Hinder me not, I will be gone, 
 My God hath broke thy chain." 
 
 4 Through flood and flames, if Jesus lead, 
 I'll follow where he goes ; 
 " Hinder me not," shall be my cry, 
 Though earth and hell oppose. 
 
 6 Through duty, and through trials too, 
 I'll go at his command ; 
 170 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. S46, 5J4'y 
 
 Hinder me not ; for I am bound 
 To my Immanuel's land. 
 
 6 And when my Saviour calls me home, 
 Still this my cry shall be, 
 ''Hinder me not; come, welcome death, 
 I'll gladly go with thee." 
 
 246 
 
 Coming to Christ, S. M. 
 
 "DETURN, and come to God; 
 ■^^ Cast all your sins away ; 
 Seek ye the Saviour's cleansing blood ; 
 Repent, believe, obey. 
 
 2 Say not, ye cannot come ; 
 For Jesus bled and died, 
 
 That none who ask in humble faith 
 Should ever be denied. 
 
 3 Say not, ye will not come ; 
 'Tis God vouchsafes to call; 
 
 And fearful shall their end be found, 
 On whom his wrath shall fall. 
 
 i Come, then, whoever will. 
 
 Come, while 'tis called to-day; 
 Flee to the Saviour's cleansing blood ; 
 Repent, believe, obey. 
 
 247 
 
 "Blessed are the jioor in spirit." 7's. 
 
 T)LESSED Lord, thy grace impart, 
 -'-' Meek and lowly make my heart ; 
 Poor in spirit may I be. 
 Clothed with all humility! 
 
 171 
 
248 THE CHRISTIAN : 
 
 2 Simple, teachable, and mild, 
 As becomes a little child; 
 Pleased with what my God provides, 
 Weaned from all the world besides. 
 
 3 J'ather, fix my soul on thee. 
 Every evil make me flee ; 
 May I seek the things above, 
 Only happy in thy love ! 
 
 4 From all pride, oh, cleanse my mind, 
 Make me patient and resigned ; 
 Take me, when my life is o'er,' 
 
 To th}' home for ever more ! 
 
 248 
 
 For perfect submission. S. M. 
 
 T WANT a heart to pray, — 
 ■*- To pray, and never cease ; 
 Never to murmur at thy stay, 
 Or wish my sufferings less. 
 
 This blessing, above all, — 
 
 Always to pray, — I want ; 
 Out of the deep on thee to call, 
 
 And never, never faint. 
 
 I want a true regard, 
 
 A single, steady aim. 
 Unmoved by threatening or reward, 
 
 To thee and thy great name ; 
 
 A jealous, just concern. 
 
 For thine immortal praise ; 
 A pure desire that all may learn 
 
 And glorify thy grace. 
 172 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. 349 
 
 5 I rest upon thy word, — 
 The promise is for me ; 
 
 My succour and salvation, Lord, 
 Shall surely come from thee. 
 
 6 But let me still abide. 
 Nor from my hope remove. 
 
 Till thou my patient spirit guide 
 Into thy perfect love. 
 
 249 
 
 Jfoi(?'n ingover spiritual declension. C. M. 
 
 "IT"^HY is my heart so far from thee, 
 
 ** My God, my chief delight ? 
 Why are my thoughts no more by day 
 With thee — no more by night ? 
 
 2 Why should my foolish passions rove ? 
 
 Where can such sweetness be 
 As I have tasted in thy love, 
 As I have found in thee ? 
 
 3 When my forgetful soul renews 
 
 The savour of thy grace. 
 My heart presumes I cannot lose 
 The relish all my days. 
 
 4 But ere one fleeting hour is past. 
 
 The flattering world employs 
 Some sensual bait to seize my taste. 
 And to pollute my joys. 
 
 5 Trifles of nature or of art. 
 
 With fair, deceitful charms. 
 Intrude into my thoughtless heart. 
 And thrust me from thine arms. 
 
 173 
 
S50, 251 THE CHRISTIAN : 
 
 6 Then I repent and vex my soul, 
 That I should leave thee so : 
 Where will those wild aifections roll, 
 That let a Saviour go ? 
 
 250 
 
 Holiness of life. L. M. 
 
 QO let our lips and lives express 
 ^ The holy gospel we profess ; 
 So let our works and virtues shine, 
 To jrove the doctrine all divine. 
 
 2 Thus shall we best proclaim ?.broad 
 The honours of our Saviour God: 
 "When his salvation reigns within, 
 And grace subdues the power of sin. 
 
 3 Our flesh and sense must be denied, 
 Passion and envy, lust and pride ; 
 While justice, temperance, truth and love, 
 Our inward piety approve. 
 
 4 Religion bears our spirits up. 
 While we expect that blessed hope — 
 The bright appearance of the Lord — 
 And faith stands leaning on his word. 
 
 251 
 
 Forsaking all to follow Christ. 8, 7 
 
 TESUS, I my cross have taken, 
 ^ All to leave and follow thee ; 
 Naked, poor, despised, forsaken. 
 
 Thou, from hence, my all shalt be! 
 Perish every fond ambition; 
 
 All I've sought, or hoped, or known ; 
 
 174 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. 251 
 
 Yet how rich is my condition, 
 
 God and heaven are still my own ! 
 
 2 Let the world despise and leave me ; 
 
 They have left my Saviour too ; 
 Human hearts and looks deceive me — 
 
 Thou art not, like them, untrue ; 
 And while thou shalt smile upon me, 
 
 God of wisdom, love, and might, 
 Foes may hate, and friends disown me — 
 
 Show thy face, and all is bright. 
 
 3 Go, then, earthly fame and treasure ; 
 
 Come, disaster, scorn and pain ; 
 In thy service pain is pleasure, 
 
 With thy favour loss is gain. 
 I have called thee Abba, Father, 
 
 I have set my heart on thee; 
 Storms may howl, and clouds may gather, 
 
 All must work for good to me. 
 
 4 Man may trouble and distress me, 
 
 'Twill but drive me to thy breast ; 
 Life with trials hard may press me. 
 
 Heaven will bring me sweeter rest. 
 Oh, 'tis not in grief to harm me, 
 
 While thy love is left to me ; 
 Oh, 'twere not in joy to charm me, 
 
 Were that joy unmixed with thee. 
 
 5 Soul, then know thy full salvation ; 
 
 Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care; 
 Joy to find in every station 
 
 Something still to do or bear. 
 
 175 
 
 /. 
 
*J52 THE christian: 
 
 Think what Spirit dwells within thee ; 
 
 Think what Father's smiles are thine; 
 Think that Jesus died to win thee : 
 
 Child of heaven, canst thou repine ? 
 6 Haste thee on, from grace to glory. 
 
 Armed by faith, and winged by prayer; 
 Heaven's eternal day's before thee, 
 
 God's own hand shall guide thee there. 
 Soon shall close thy earthly mission. 
 
 Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days, 
 Hope shall change to glad fruition, 
 
 Faith to sight, and prayer tc praise. 
 
 /^0(^ Surrendering to Christ. Ts, 
 
 pEOPLE of the living God, 
 -*- I have sought the world around. 
 Paths of sin and sorrow trod. 
 
 Peace and comfort nowhere found : 
 Now to you my spirit turns, 
 
 Turns a fugitive unblest ; 
 Brethren where your altar burns, 
 
 Oh, receive me into rest, 
 
 2 Lonely, I no longer roam. 
 
 Like the cloud, the wind, the wave ; 
 Where you dwell shall be my home. 
 
 Where you die shall be my grave : 
 Mine the God Avhom you adore, 
 
 Your Redeemer shall be mine ; 
 Earth can fill my soul no more, 
 
 Every idol I resign. 
 
 3 Tell me not of gain or loss, 
 
 Ease, enjoyment, pomp or power ; 
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HIS DUTIES, ETC. 253^ 254 
 
 Welcome, poverty and cross, 
 
 Shame, reproach, affliction's hour : 
 
 *' Follow me ;" I know thy voice ; 
 Jesus, Lord, thy steps I see ; 
 
 Now I take thy yoke by choice ; 
 Light thy burden now to me. 
 
 253 
 
 Grace through life. L. M. 
 
 TN life"'s young morn of rising youth, 
 -*- Lord, be thou our God and guide, 
 Direct us in the way of truth. 
 And may we never turn aside. 
 
 2 In manhood's noon be with us still, 
 Director of our every way ; 
 Keep us devoted to thy will, 
 
 Steadfast through life's advancing day. 
 
 'Z And in the chilly eve of age. 
 
 Midst failing strength and drooping power, 
 Still may thy love our hearts engage, 
 And sanctify life's closing hour. 
 
 4 And when we come to yield our breath 
 Prepared for that last mortal strife, 
 May we be faithful unto death, 
 And then receive a crown of life. 
 
 254 
 
 Danger of self-confidence. S. M. 
 
 "OEWARE of Peter's word, 
 -*-^ Nor confidently say, 
 *'I never will deny the Lord," 
 But, " Grant I never may." 
 
 12 177 
 
255 THE christian: 
 
 2 Man's wisdom is to seek 
 His strength in God alone, 
 
 And e'en an angel would be "weak, 
 Who trusted in his own. 
 
 3 Retreat beneath his wings, 
 And in his grace confide ; 
 
 This more exalts the King of kings 
 Than all his works beside. 
 
 4 In Jesus is our store ; 
 Grace issues from his throne ; 
 
 Whoever saj-s, " I want no mor'e," 
 Confe^'^es he has none. 
 
 255 
 
 Unfruitfidnens lamented. C. M 
 
 T ONG have I sat beneath the sound 
 -*^ Of 'hy salvation, Lord ; 
 But sti'i how weak my faith is found — 
 And knowledge of thy word 1 
 
 2 Oft I frequent thy holy place, 
 
 An-i hear almost in vain ; 
 How '^mall a portion of thy grace 
 ^7/ memory can retain ! 
 
 3 Great God, thy sovereign power impart, 
 
 To give thy word success ; 
 Write thy salvation in my heart. 
 And make me learn thy grace. 
 
 4 Show my forgetful feet the way 
 
 That leads to joys on high ; 
 There knowledge grows without decay, 
 And love shall never die. 
 178 
 
256 
 
 HIS DUTIES, ETC. S56^ 257 
 
 Lamenting sj^iritual sloth. C. M. 
 
 "jVTY ch'owsy powers, why sleep ye so? 
 
 "^ Awake, my sluggish soul : 
 Nothing has half thy work to do, 
 
 Yet nothing's half so dull. 
 
 2 The little ants for one poor grain 
 
 Labour, and tug, and strive ; 
 Yet we, who have a heaven to obtain, 
 How negligent we live ! 
 
 3 We for whose sake all nature stands, 
 
 And stars their courses move ; 
 We, for whose.guard, the angel bands 
 Come flying from above : 
 
 4 We, for whom God the Son came down, 
 
 And laboured for our good ; 
 How careless to secure that crown 
 He purchased with his blood ! 
 
 5 Lord, shall we live so sluggish still, 
 
 And never act our parts ? 
 Come, holy Dove, from the heavenly hill, 
 And sit and warm our hearts ! 
 
 6 Then shall our active spirits move, 
 
 Upward our souls shall rise ; 
 With hands of faith, and wings of love, 
 We'll fly and take the prize. 
 
 257 
 
 The convinced sinner's resolution. CM, 
 /^OME, humble sinner, in whose breast 
 ^-^ A thousand thoughts revolve. 
 Come with your guilt and fear oppressed. 
 And make this last resolve. 
 
 179 
 
1258 THE christian: 
 
 2 <'I'll go to Jesus, though my sin 
 High, as a mountain, rose ; 
 I know his courts, I'll enter in, 
 Whatever may oppose. 
 -3 "I'll to the gracious King approach, 
 Whose sceptre pardon gives ; 
 Perhaps he will command my touch, 
 And then the suppliant lives. 
 
 4 "Prostrate I'll lie before his throne, 
 And there my guilt confess ; 
 I'll tell him I'm a wretch undone 
 Without his sovereign grace, 
 
 -5 "Perhaps he will admit my plea. 
 Perhaps will hear my prayer ; 
 But if I perish, I will pray, 
 And perish only there. 
 
 ■6 " I can but perish if I go, — 
 I am resolved to try ; 
 For if I stay away, I know 
 I must for ever die." 
 
 /<^00 The ingratitude of rejecting Christ. CM. 
 
 A ND will the Lord thus condescend 
 -^^ To visit sinful worms ? 
 Thus at the door shall mercy stand. 
 In all her winning forms ? 
 
 2 Surprising grace I — And shall my heart 
 Unmoved and cold remain? 
 Has this hard rock no tender part? 
 Must mercy plead in vain ? 
 
 180 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. 259, 260 
 
 3 Shall Jesus for admission sue, 
 
 His charming voice unheard ? 
 And this vile heart — his rightful due — 
 Remain for ever barred ? 
 
 4 Dear Lord, exert thy conquering grace; 
 
 Thy mighty power display : 
 One beam of glory from thy face 
 Can drive my foes away. 
 
 259 
 
 The gospel message. 8, 7, 4. 
 
 C INNERS, will you scorn the message 
 ^ Sent in mercy from above ? 
 Every sentence — oh, how tender ! 
 
 Every line is full of love : 
 Listen to it ! 
 
 Every line is full of love. 
 
 Hear the heralds of the gospel 
 
 News from Zion's King proclaim — 
 
 "Pardon to each rebel sinner, 
 Free forgiveness in his name :" 
 
 Oh, how gracious ! 
 "Free forgiveness in his name." 
 
 260 
 
 Indicelling sin lamented. C. M. 
 
 WITH tears of anguish I lament, 
 Here at thy feet, my God, 
 My passion, pride and discontent, 
 And vile ingratitude. 
 
 2 Sure there was ne'er a heart so base. 
 So false as mine has been ; 
 
 181 
 
fiQX THE christian: 
 
 So faithless to its promises, 
 So prone to every sin. 
 
 3 My reason tells me thy commands 
 
 Are holy, just and true ; 
 Tells me whate'er my God demands 
 Is his most righteous due. 
 
 4 Reason I hear, her counsels weigh, 
 
 And all her words approve ; 
 But still I find it hard to obey, 
 And harder yet to love. 
 
 5 How long, dear Saviour, shall I feel 
 
 These struggles in my breast ; 
 "When wilt thou bow my stubborn will, 
 And give my conscience rest I 
 
 6 Break, sovereign grace, oh break the charm, 
 
 And set the captive free ; 
 Eeveal, Almighty God, thine arm, 
 And haste to rescue me. 
 
 ^|3JL Repentance. S. M. 
 
 IS this the kind return ! 
 Are these the thanks we owe ! 
 Thus to abuse eternal love, 
 "Whence all our blessings flow ! 
 
 2 To what a stubborn frame 
 Has sin reduced our mind ! 
 
 "What strange rebellious wretches we. 
 And God as strangely kind ! 
 
 3 On us he bids the sun 
 Shed his reviving rays ; 
 
 182 
 
w 
 
 H13 DUTIKS, KTC. *2ii^Z, 2GS 
 
 For us the skies their circles run, 
 To lengthen out our days. 
 
 4 Turn, turn us, mighty God, 
 And mould our souls afresh ; 
 
 Break, sovereign grace, these hearts of stone. 
 And give us hearts of flesh. 
 
 5 Let past ingratitude 
 Provoke our weeping eyes ; 
 
 And hourly as new mercies fall. 
 Let hourly thanks arise. 
 
 /^\)r^J'>i/ in heaven over repenting sinners. L. M. 
 HO can describe the joys that rise 
 Through all the courts of paradise, 
 To see a prodigal return, 
 To see an heir of glory born ? 
 
 2 With joy the Father doth approve 
 The fruit of his eternal love ; 
 
 The Son with joy looks down and sees 
 The purchase of his agonies. 
 
 3 The Spirit takes delight to view 
 The holy soul he formed anew ; 
 And saints and angels join to sing 
 The growing empire of their King. 
 
 ^|30 A penitent lileading for pardon. L. M. 
 
 SHOW pity, Lord ! Lord, forgive ; 
 Let a repenting rebel live : 
 Are not thy mercies large and free ? 
 May not a sinner trust in thee ? 
 
 183 
 
264 THE CHRISTIAN : 
 
 2 My crimes are great, but can't surpass 
 The power and glory of thy grace ; 
 Great God, thy nature hath no bound, 
 So let thy pardoning love be found. 
 
 3 Oh, wash my soul from every sin, 
 And make my guilty conscience clean ; 
 Here on my heart the burden lies, 
 And past offences pain mine eyes. 
 
 4 My lips "with shame my sins confess. 
 Against thy law, against thy grace : 
 Lord, should thy judgments grow severe-, 
 I am condemned, but thou art clear. 
 
 5 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord, 
 Whose hope, still hovering round thy word, 
 Would light on some sweet promise there',. 
 Some sure support against despair. 
 
 864 
 
 Children invited to Christy t*'s. 
 
 /^IHILDREN! listen to the Lord, 
 ^^ And obey his gracious word ; 
 Seek his face with heart and mind ; 
 Early seek, and you shall find. 
 
 2 Sorrowful your sins confess ; 
 Plead his perfect righteousness ; 
 See the Saviour's bleeding side ; — 
 Come ! you will not be denied. 
 
 3 For his worship now prepare ; 
 Kneel to him in fervent prayer ; 
 Serve him with a perfect heart; 
 Never from his ways depart. 
 
 184 
 
265 
 
 HIS DUTIES, ETC. ^65, S66 
 
 27*6 7canderer's return. L. M. 
 
 T> ETURN, wanderer, return, 
 •*-^ And seek an injured Father's face; 
 Those warm desires tliat in thee burn 
 Were kindled by reclaiming grace. 
 
 2 Return, wanderer, return, 
 
 And seek a Father's melting heart ; 
 His pitying eyes thy grief discern, 
 His hand shall heal thine inward smart. 
 
 3 Return, wanderer, return. 
 
 Thy Saviour bids thy spirit live ; 
 Go to his bleeding feet, and learn 
 How freely Jesus can forgive. 
 
 4 Return, wanderer, return. 
 
 And wipe away the falling tear ; 
 'Tis God who says, " No longer mourn," 
 'Tis mercy's voice invites thee near. 
 
 266 
 
 The contrite i^rayer. S. M. 
 
 Tj^ATHER, a weary heart 
 -'- Hath come to thee for peace; 
 The world hath not the healing art 
 To bid its trouble cease. 
 
 2 It brings before thy throne 
 Its weight of wo and care ; 
 
 Do thou accept its pleading tone — 
 The contrite sinner's prayer. 
 
 3 Father, it hath rebelled. 
 Hath wandered from thy path, 
 
 185 
 
267 THE CHRISTIAN : 
 
 Nor heeded when the thunder swelled, 
 The tempest of thy wrath. 
 
 4 But now, a bruised thing, 
 Neglected, pale and bare, 
 
 Lo, at thy footstool it doth bring 
 The contrite sinner's prayer. 
 
 5 Father, it bends before 
 
 Thy throne among the blest ; 
 Peace to the wretched heart restore, 
 Give to the weary rest. 
 
 6 Through Christ's atonement given. 
 It trusteth yet to share 
 
 The glorious heritage of heaven. 
 By lowly, contrite prayer. 
 
 267 
 
 Scr routs of (jikI snj'c. C. M. 
 
 TTOW are thy servants blest, Lord I 
 -'--'- How sure is their defence I 
 Eternal wisdom is their guide, 
 Their help, omnipotence. 
 
 2 In foreign realms and lands remote, 
 
 Supported by thy care. 
 Through burning climes they pass unhurt. 
 And breathe in tainted air. 
 
 3 "When by the dreadful tempest borne 
 
 High on the broken wave. 
 They know thou art not slow to hear. 
 Nor impotent to save. 
 
 4 The storm is laid — the winds retire. 
 
 Obedient to thy will ; 
 186 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. 268, 369 
 
 The sea, that roars at thy command, 
 At thy command is still. 
 
 6 In midst of danger, fear and death. 
 Thy gladness we'll adore ; 
 We'll praise thee for thy mercies past, 
 And humbly hope for more. 
 
 268 
 
 ♦' Come unto me." 7's. 
 
 /^"lOME I said Jesus' sacred voice, 
 
 ^-^ Come, and make my paths your choice ; 
 
 I will guide you to your home : 
 
 "Weary wanderer, hither come. 
 
 : Hither come, for here is found 
 Balm that flows for every wound! 
 Peace that ever shall endure. 
 Rest eternal, sacred, sure. 
 
 269 
 
 The evil heart. S. M 
 
 A STONISHED and distressed, 
 ■^^ I turn my eyes within ; 
 My heart with loads of guilt oppressed, 
 The seat of every sin. 
 
 ! What crowds of evil thoughts, 
 What vile affections there ! 
 Distrust, presumption, artful guile, 
 Pride, envy, slavish fear ! 
 
 8 Almighty King of saints ! 
 These tyrant lusts subdue ; 
 Expel the darkness of my mind, 
 And all my powers renew. 
 
 187 
 
210, 271 THE CHRISTIAN : 
 
 4 This done, — mj cheerful voice 
 Shall loud hosannas raise ; 
 My soul shall glow with gratitude, 
 My lips proclaim thy praise. 
 
 270 
 
 Welco7)te neics. 7's. 
 
 "YyELCOME news the gospel brings, 
 * * Welcome news from heaven above, 
 Tidings from the King of kings, 
 Tidings full of grace and love. 
 
 2 ye sons of men, give ear ! 
 
 Listen to the joyful sound. 
 Better news ye cannot hear : 
 In the gospel truth is found. 
 
 3 Truth, that makes the simple wise ; 
 
 Truth, on which the hungry feed ; 
 Truth, the minister of joj-s; 
 
 Truth, that makes us free indeed. 
 
 4 Welcome news the gospel brings. 
 
 Welcome to the poor and vile ; 
 Gladdened by these glorious things, 
 Guilt and poverty may smile. 
 
 271 
 
 Conviction. C. M. 
 
 T ORD, how secure my conscience was, 
 -^ And felt no inward dread ! 
 I was alive without the law, 
 
 And thought my sins were dead. 
 
 2 My hopes of heaven were firm and bright; 
 But since the precept came 
 
 188 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. '2f 2 
 
 With a convincing power and light, 
 I find how vile I am. 
 
 3 My guilt appeared but small before^ 
 
 Till teri-ibly I saw, 
 How perfect, holy, just and pure, 
 Is thine eternal law. 
 
 4 Then felt my soul the heavy load, 
 
 My sins revived again ; 
 I had provoked a dreadful God, 
 And all my hopes were slain. 
 
 5 I'm like a helpless captive, sold 
 
 Under the power of sin ; 
 I cannot do the good I would, 
 Nor keep my conscience clean. 
 
 6 My God, I cry with every breath, 
 
 For some kind power to save ; 
 To break the yoke of sin and death, 
 And thus redeem the slave. 
 
 272 
 
 Religions education. L. M. 
 
 /CHILDREN, in years and knowledge 
 ^ young. 
 
 Your parents' hope, your parents' joy. 
 Attend the counsels of my tongue : 
 
 Let pious thoughts your minds employ. 
 
 2 If you desire a length of days. 
 
 And peace to crown your mortal state ; 
 Restrain your feet from sinful ways. 
 Your lips from slander and deceit. 
 
 189 
 
2'7'3 THE CHRISTIAN : 
 
 3 The eyes of God regard his saints, 
 
 Ilis ears are open to their cries ; 
 He sets his frowning face against 
 The sons of violence and lies. 
 
 4 To humble souls and broken hearts 
 
 God "with his grace is ever nigh : 
 Pardon and hope his love imparts, 
 When men in deep contrition lie. 
 
 273 
 
 ''Behold, I stand at the door." L. M 
 
 "OEHOLD a stranger at the door! 
 -■^ He gently knocks — has knocked before 
 Has "waited long — is waiting still : 
 You treat no other friend so ill. 
 
 2 Oh, lovely attitude ! He stands 
 With melting heart and open hands I 
 Oh, matchless kindness ! And he shows 
 This matchless kindness to his foes ! 
 
 3 But will he prove a friend indeed ? 
 He will ; the very friend you need ; 
 The friend of sinners — yes, 'tis He, 
 "With garments dyed on Calvarj'^. 
 
 4 Rise, touched with gratitude divine ; 
 Turn out his enemy and thine ; 
 Turn out that hateful monster, sin, 
 And let the heavenly stranger in. 
 
 5 Admit him ere his anger burn, 
 Lest he depart, and ne'er return ; 
 Admit him. or the hour's at hand 
 When at his door denied you'll stand. 
 
 190 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. ^f 4, 215 
 
 274 
 
 The ^of^je? invitation. C. M 
 
 HTHE Saviour calls — let every ear 
 -^ Attend the heavenly sound ; 
 Ye doubting souls, dismiss your fear ; 
 Hope smiles reviving round. 
 
 2 For every thirst}', longing heart, 
 
 Here streams of bounty flow ; 
 And life and health and bliss impart, 
 To banish mortal wo. 
 
 3 Here springs of sacred pleasure rise. 
 
 To ease your every pain ; 
 Immortal fountain ! full supplies I 
 Nor shall you thirst in vain. 
 
 4 Ye sinners, come, — 'tis mercy's voice ; 
 
 That gracious voice obey ; 
 Mercy invites to heavenly joj's — 
 And can you yet delay ? 
 
 5 Dear Saviour, draw reluctant hearts, 
 
 To thee let sinners fly ; 
 And take the bliss thy love imparts, 
 And drink and never die. 
 
 275 
 
 JIi/ son, give me thy heart. C. M. 
 
 /'"1HILDREN, and have you never known 
 
 ^-^ The message from above ? 
 
 "Give me," says Christ, "thy heart, my son ; 
 
 Give me thine earliest love." 
 2 "True, there's another seeks your hearts, 
 
 Another asks your love ; 
 
 191 
 
276, 2*77 THE christian: 
 
 The flattering world tries all her arts, 
 Your infant minds to move." 
 
 o Choose ye, to-day — he calls to-day ; 
 Oh, listen to his voice, 
 And make the Lord, without delay, 
 Your early, only choice. 
 
 276 
 
 Return. 8's. 
 
 "OETURN to the guide of thy youth,— 
 -■-^ Thy Maker, thy Father, thy Friend ! 
 Behold him prepared to receive 
 
 The child who has dared to oflPfend. 
 Return ! The Redeemer invites ; 
 
 Full oft he hath sought thee before ; 
 But, lo ! with unspeakable grace, 
 
 He deigns to entreat thee once more. 
 
 2 Return, and enjoyments are thine, 
 
 Too vast for the heart to conceive ; 
 Enjoyments, which only belong 
 
 To those Avho repent and believe ; 
 A love which for ever expands ; 
 
 Unceasing composure of heart ; 
 A crown of unfading delight ; 
 
 A kingdom which cannot depart. 
 
 277 
 
 Antici})ation of heaven. 7,6. 
 
 TT is not earthly pleasure, 
 ^ That withers in a day ; 
 It is not mortal treasure, 
 That flieth soon away ; 
 192 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. fi'VS 
 
 It is not friends that leave us, 
 
 It is not sense nor sin, 
 That smile but to deceive us, 
 
 Can give us peace "within. 
 
 2 But 'tis religion bringeth 
 
 Joy beyond earth's control ; 
 Rich from the throne it springeth, 
 
 A fountain to the soul . 
 He that is meek and lowly, 
 
 The Saviour's face shall see; 
 To none but to the holy. 
 
 Heaven's gates shall opened be. 
 
 3 Lord, be thy Spirit near us. 
 
 While we thy words are taught ; 
 And may these days that cheer us, 
 
 With future good be fraught ; 
 May we, to heaven invited, 
 
 When youth and life are flown, 
 Teachers and taught united, 
 
 Assemble round the throne. 
 
 278 
 
 Just as thou art. 8, 0. 
 
 TUST as thou art — without one trace 
 ^ Of love, or joy, or inward grace. 
 Or meetuess for the heavenly place, 
 guilty sinner, come. 
 2 Thy sins I bore on Calvary's tree ; 
 The stripes thy due were laid on me. 
 That peace and pardon might be free — 
 wretched sinner, come. 
 
 13 193 
 
279 THK CHRISTIAN : 
 
 2 Come, leave thy burden at the cross ; 
 Count all thy gains but empty dross : 
 My grace repays all earthly loss — 
 O needy sinner, come. 
 
 4 Come, hither bring thy boding fears, 
 Thy aching heart, thy bursting tears : 
 'Tis mercy's voice salutes thine ears ; 
 
 trembling sinner, come. 
 
 5 *' The Spirit and the bride say. Come ;" 
 Rejoicing saints re-echo, Come^: 
 
 "Who faints, who thirsts, who will may come ; 
 Thy Saviour bids thee come. 
 
 279 
 
 Weary soulu iurited to rest. L. M 
 
 f^OyiE, weary souls, with sins distressed, 
 ^-^ Come, and accept the promised rest; 
 The Saviour's gracious call obey, 
 And cast your gloomy fears away. 
 
 2 Oppressed with guilt, a painful load, 
 Oh, come and spread your woes abroad; 
 Divine compassion, mighty love, 
 
 AVill all the painful load remove. 
 
 3 Here mercy's boundless ocean flows, 
 
 To cleanse yoiir guilt and heal your woes; 
 Pardon and life, and endless peace — 
 How rich the gift, how free the grace ! 
 
 4 Lord, we accept with thankful heart 
 The love thy gracious words impart; 
 We come Avith trembling, yet rejoice, 
 And bless the kind, inviting voice. 
 
 194 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. 280^ 2S1 
 
 6 Dear Saviour ! let thy po-werful love 
 Confirm our faith, our fears remove ; 
 And sweetly influence every breast, 
 And guide us to eternal rest. 
 
 280 
 
 The aicakeniiig. 7's. 
 
 C INNER ! rouse thee from thy sleep, 
 ^ Wake — and o'er thy folly weep ; 
 Raise thy spirit, dark and dead, 
 Jesus waits his light to shed. 
 
 2 Wake from sleep — arise from death ; 
 See the bright and living path : 
 Watchful tread that path — be wise, 
 Leave thy folly, seek the skies. 
 
 3 Leave thy folly, cease from crime ; 
 From this hour, redeem thy time; 
 Life secure without delay. 
 
 Evil is thy mortal day. 
 
 4 Oh ! then, rouse thee from thy sleep, 
 Wake ! and o'er thy folly weep ; 
 Jesus calls from death and night, 
 Jesus waits to shed his light. 
 
 281 
 
 Christ's invitation. L, M. 
 
 /^OME hither, all ye weary souls ! 
 
 ^^ Ye heavy-laden sinners, come I 
 
 I'll give you rest from all your toils. 
 
 And raise you to my heavenly home. 
 
 2 They shall find rest that learn of me ; 
 
 I'm of a meek and lowly mind ; 
 
 195 
 
282 THE CHBISTIAN I 
 
 But passion rages like the sea, 
 And pi-ide is restless as the wind. 
 
 3 Blest is the man whose shoulders take 
 
 My yoke, and bear it with delight ; 
 My yoke is easy to his neck ; 
 
 My grace shall make the burden light. 
 
 4 Jesus ! we come at thy command, 
 
 "With faith, and hope, and humble zeal, 
 Resign our spirits to thy hand, 
 
 To mould and guide us at thy will. 
 
 282 
 
 The contrite enconrofjed. ll's. 
 
 f\ H fly, mourning sinner, saith Jesus to me, 
 ^^ Thy guilt I will pardon — thy soul I 
 
 will free ; 
 From the chains that have bound thee my 
 
 grace shall release, 
 Thy stains I will wash, and thy sorrows 
 
 shall cease. 
 
 2 Too long, guilty wanderer, too long hast 
 
 thou been 
 In the broad road of ruin, in bondage to sin ; 
 Thee the Avorld has allured, and enslaved, 
 
 and deceived. 
 While my counsel thou spurned, and my 
 
 Spirit hast grieved. 
 
 3 Though countless thy sins, and though 
 
 crimson thy guilt. 
 Yet for crimes such as thine, was my blood 
 freely spilt ; 
 196 
 
HIS DUTIES, ETC. 2SS 
 
 Come, sinner, and prove me ; come, mourn- 
 er, and see 
 
 The wounds that I bore when I suffered for 
 thee. 
 
 4 Thou doubt'st not my power, deny not my 
 
 will ; 
 Come needy, come helpless, thy soul I will 
 
 fill: 
 My mercy is boundless ; no sinner shall say 
 That he sued at my feet, but was driven 
 
 away. 
 
 Eimt anti ^tcrnitj)* 
 
 /4oO The day of life. C. M. 
 
 T^HIS life is but a summer's day 
 -*- Of shadows and of light, 
 Its brightest sunbeams pass away, 
 And soon give place to night. 
 
 2 Fair childhood is the early dawn, 
 
 And youth, the morning gay, 
 ^Manhood's the morn, so quickly gone, 
 And age the evening ray. 
 
 3 But life eternal, who can tell 
 
 How long it shall endure? 
 The righteous shall forever dwell 
 In mansions bright and pure. 
 
 4 The hours of childhood and of youth. 
 
 Of manhood and of age, 
 
 197 
 
2S4^ 2S5 TIME AXD ETERNITY. 
 
 Should in the love of sacred truth 
 The inmost soul engage. 
 
 o This life was given us to prepare 
 For that which is to come ; 
 Oh, may I gain admittance there, 
 And find a heavenly home ! 
 
 6 And will the Lord my sins forgive 
 Through his redeeming love, 
 And bid me to his glory live, 
 And write my name above ? 
 
 284 
 
 Man's frailty and God's goodness. C, IkL 
 
 /~\UR life is ever on the wing, 
 ^-^ And death is ever nigh : 
 The moment when our lives begin, 
 We all begin to die. 
 
 2 Yet, mighty God, our fleeting days 
 
 Thy lasting favours share ; 
 Yet, with the bounties of thy grace. 
 Thou load'st the rolling year. 
 
 3 'Tis sovereign mercy finds us food, 
 
 And we are clothed with love ; 
 While grace stands pointing out the road, 
 That leads our souls above. 
 
 285 
 
 Passing time. C. M. 
 
 C WIFT as the winged arrow flies, 
 ^ My time is hastening on: 
 Quick as the lightning from the skies, 
 My wasting moments run. 
 198 
 
TIME AND ETERNITY. S$6 
 
 2 Thanks, Lord, to thine unbounded grace, 
 
 That in my early youth 
 I have been taught to seek thy face, 
 And know the way of truth. 
 
 3 Oh. let thy Spirit lead me still 
 
 Along the happy road ; 
 Conform me to thy holy will, 
 My Saviour and my God. 
 
 4 Another year of life is past, 
 
 My heart to thee incline ; 
 That if the next should be my last, 
 It may be wholly thine. 
 
 286 
 
 Heaven in view. L. M. 
 
 A S when the weary traveller gains 
 -^^ The height of some o'erlooking hill, 
 His heart revives, if o'er the plains 
 He eyes his home, though distant still. 
 
 2 Thus when the Christian pilgrim views, 
 
 By faith, his mansion in the skies. 
 The sight his fainting strength renews, 
 And wings his speed to reach the prize. 
 
 3 <"Tis there," he says, "I am to dwell. 
 
 With Jesus in the realms of day ; 
 Then I shall bid my cares farewell, 
 And he will wipe my tears away." 
 
 4 Jesus, on thee our hope depends, 
 
 To lead us on to thine abode ; 
 Assured one home will make amends 
 For all our toil while on the road. 
 
 199 
 
281', 2SS TIME AND ETERNITY. 
 
 287 
 
 The bliss of heaven. L. M. 
 
 TTAPPY tlie chiMren who are gone 
 -*-^ To live -with Jesus Christ in peace, 
 Who stand around Ids glorious throne, 
 Redeemed by blood, and saved by grace. 
 
 2 The Saviour whom they loved below 
 
 Hath kindly wiped their tears away; 
 No sin, no sorrow, there they know, 
 But dwell in one eternal day. 
 
 3 There to their golden harps thpy sing, 
 
 While tens of thousands join their songs, 
 Hosannas to the immortal King, 
 To whom immortal praise belongs. 
 
 4 glorious Lord, and when shall we 
 
 Be brought with them in bliss to join; 
 Thy lovely countenance to see, 
 And sing thy mercies all divine ? 
 
 288 
 
 Prospect of eternity. C. P. M. 
 
 TO! on a narrow neck of land, 
 -^ 'Twixt two unbounded seas I stand ; 
 
 Yet how insensible ! 
 A point of time, a moment's space, 
 Removes me to yon heavenly place, 
 Or shuts me up in hell. 
 2 God, my inmost soul convert. 
 And deeply on my thoughtful heart 
 
 Eternal things impress ; 
 Give me to feel their solemn weight, 
 And save me ere it be too late : 
 Wake me to righteousness. 
 200 
 
TIME AND ETERNITY. 289 
 
 3 Before rae place, in bright array, 
 The pomp of that tremendous day, 
 
 When thou with clouds shalt come 
 To judge the nations at thy bar; 
 And tell me, Lord, shall I be there, 
 
 To meet a joyful doom ! 
 
 4 Be this my one great business here, 
 With holy trembling, holy fear, 
 
 To make my calling sure ! 
 Thine utmost counsel to fulfil, 
 And suffer all thy righteous will, 
 
 And to the end endure ! 
 
 »i Then, Saviour, then my soul receive. 
 Transported from this vale, to live 
 
 And reign with thee above ; 
 Where faith is sweetly lost in sight, 
 And hope in full, supreme delight, 
 
 And everlastins; love ! 
 
 289 
 
 The Jieavenly Canaan. C. M. 
 
 nPHERE is a land of pure delight, 
 -*- Where saints immortal reign; 
 Infinite day excludes the night, 
 And pleasures banish pain. 
 
 2 There everlasting spring abides, 
 
 And never-withering flowers; 
 Death, like a narrow sea, divides 
 This heavenly land from ours. 
 
 3 Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood 
 
 Stand dressed in living green ; 
 
 •2«Jl 
 
290 TIME AND ETERNITY. 
 
 So to the Jews old Canaan stood, 
 While Jordan rolled between. 
 
 4 But timorous mortals start and shrink 
 
 To cross this narrow sea ; 
 And linger, trembling, on the brink, 
 And fear to launch awa3\ 
 
 5 Oh, could we make our doubts remove, 
 
 Those gloomy doubts that rise, • 
 And see the Canaan that we love 
 With unbeclouded eyes ; — . 
 
 6 Could we but climb where Moses stood, 
 
 And view the landscape o'er, 
 Not Jordan's stream nor death's cold flood 
 Should fright us from the shore 
 
 290 
 
 TJie vanity of man as mortal. C. M. 
 
 nPEACH me the measure of my days, 
 -*- Thou Maker of my frame ; 
 I would survey life's narrow space. 
 And learn how frail I am. 
 
 2 A span is all that we can boast, 
 
 An inch or two of time ; 
 Man is but vanity and dust. 
 In all his flower and prime. 
 
 3 See the vain race of mortals move 
 
 Like shadows o'er the plain ; 
 They rage and strive, desire and love, 
 But all their noise is vain. 
 
 4 Some walk in honour's gaudy show ; 
 
 Some dig for golden ore ; 
 202 
 
TIME AND ETERNITY. 291 
 
 They toil for heirs, they know not who, 
 And straight are seen no more. 
 
 5 What should I wish or wait for then, 
 
 From creatures, earth and dust ? 
 They make our expectations vain. 
 And disappoint our trust. 
 
 6 Now I forbid my carnal hope, 
 
 My fond desires recall ; 
 I give my mortal interest up, 
 And make my God my all. 
 
 291 
 
 Frail life and succeeding eternity. C. M. 
 
 ^HEE we adore. Eternal Name,, 
 -*- And humbly own to thee, 
 How feeble is our mortal frame, 
 What dying worms are we ! 
 
 2 Our wasting lives grow shorter still. 
 
 As months and days increase ; 
 And every beating pulse we tell 
 Leaves but the number less. 
 
 3 The year rolls round, and steals away 
 
 The breath that first it gave ; 
 Whate'er we do, where'er we be, 
 We're travelling to the grave. 
 
 4 Dangers stand thick through all the ground. 
 
 To push us to the tomb ; 
 And tierce diseases wait around, 
 To hurry mortals home. 
 
 5 Great God ! on what a slender thread 
 
 Hang everlasting things ! 
 
 203 
 
J92 TIM 3 AKD ETERNITY. 
 
 The eternal state of all the dead 
 
 Upon life's feeble strings. 
 I Infinite joy, or endless wo, 
 
 Attends on every breath; 
 And yet how unconcerned we go, 
 
 Upon the brink of death ! 
 ■ Waken, Lord, our drowsy sense, 
 
 To walk this dangerous road ; 
 And if our souls are hurried hence, 
 
 May they be found with God. 
 
 292 
 
 Uncertainty of life. CM. 
 
 "OENEATH our feet and o'er our head 
 -^ Is equal warning given : 
 Beneath us lie the countless dead, 
 Above us is the heaven. 
 
 ! Death rides on every passing breeze. 
 And lurks in every flower; 
 Each season has its own disease, 
 Its j)eril, every hour. 
 
 \ Our eyes have seen the rosy light 
 On youth's soft clieek decay ; 
 The sun descend, in sudden night. 
 Of manhood's middle day. 
 
 t Our eyes have seen the steps of age 
 Halt feebly to the tomb ; 
 And yet shall earth our hearts engage, 
 And dreams of days to come ? 
 ) Turn, mortal, turn, thy danger know: 
 Where'er thy foot can tread, 
 204 
 
TIME AXD ETERNITY. 293 
 
 The earth rings hollow from below, 
 And warns tl»ee of her dead. 
 
 6 Turn, Christian, turn ; thy soul apply 
 To truths divinely given : 
 The forms which underneath thee lie, 
 Shall live — for hell or heaven. 
 
 293 
 
 Youth. C. M. 
 
 /~^OME, let us now forget our mirth, 
 ^-^ And think that we must die; 
 "What are our best delights on earth, 
 Compared 'with those on high ! 
 
 2 Our pleasures here will soon be past — ■ 
 
 Our brightest jo3's decay ; 
 But pleasures there for ever last. 
 And cannot fade away. 
 
 3 Here sins and sorrows we deplore. 
 
 With many cares distrest, 
 But there the mourners weep no more. 
 And there the weary rest. 
 
 4 Our dearest friends, when death shall call, 
 
 At once must hence depart ; 
 But there we hope to meet them all. 
 And never, never part. 
 
 5 Then let us love and serve the Lord, 
 
 With all our youthful powers ; 
 And we shall gain this great reward, 
 This glory shall be ours. 
 
 205 
 
294^ 295 DEATH, EESUERECTION, 
 
 lieatf), i^fsurrcrtion, antr tje 
 :?utigmcnt» 
 
 <Wt/ Tc Blessedness of the righteous. 8, 7 
 
 /^EASE, ye mourners, cease to languish, 
 ^-^ O'er the grave of those you love ; 
 Pain and death, and night and anguish, 
 Enter not the world above. 
 
 2 While our silent steps are straying, 
 
 Lonely, through night's deepening shade. 
 Glory's brightest beams are playing 
 Round the immortal spirit's head. 
 
 3 Light and peace at once deriving 
 
 From the hand of God most high, 
 In his gloi'ious presence living. 
 They shall never — never die. 
 
 4 Endless pleasure, pain excluding. 
 
 Sickness there no more can come ; 
 There, no fear of wo intruding, 
 
 Sheds o'er heaven a momenfs gloom. 
 
 6 Now, ye mourners, cease to languish 
 O'er the graves of those ye love ; 
 Far removed from pain and anguish, 
 They are chanting hymns above. 
 
 /^^J^y Prayer in vieic of death. C. M. 
 
 'VfT'HEX, bending o'er the brink of life, 
 
 * ' My trembling soul shall stand. 
 Waiting to pass death's awful flood, 
 Great God, at thy command : — 
 206 
 
AND THE JUDGMENT. 296, 29*^ 
 
 2 Thou source of life and joy supreme, 
 
 Whose arm alone can save ; 
 Dispel the darkness that surrounds 
 The entrance to the grave. 
 
 3 Lay thy supporting, gentle hand 
 
 Beneath my sinking head ; 
 And with a beam of love divine 
 Illume my dying bed. 
 
 4 Leaning on thy dear faithful breast, 
 
 May I resign my breath, 
 And in thy kind embraces lose 
 The bitterness of death. 
 
 296 
 
 The house appointed for all living. C. M. 
 TTOW still and peaceful is the grave, 
 -■--^ When life's vain tumult's past, — ■ 
 The appointed house, by heaven's decree, 
 Receives us all at last. 
 
 2 The wicked there from troubling cease — 
 
 Their passions rage no more ; 
 And there the weary pilgrim rests 
 From all the toils he bore. 
 
 3 All, levelled by the hand of death, 
 
 Lie sleeping in the tomb, 
 Till God in judgment call them forth, 
 To meet their final doom. 
 
 297 
 
 Hope of heaven. 7, 6, 7, 8, 6. 
 
 T>ISE, my soul, and stretch thy wings, 
 -■-*- Thy better portion trace ; 
 Rise from transitory things 
 
 Towards heaven, thy native place ; 
 
 207 
 
tJ9>S DEATH, RESr»RECTIOX, 
 
 Sun and moon and stars deca}-. 
 
 Time shall soon this earth remove ; 
 
 Rise, my soul, and haste away 
 To seats prepared above. 
 
 2 Rivers to the ocean run, 
 
 Nor stay in all their course ; 
 Fire, ascending, seeks the sun, 
 
 Doth speed them to their source : 
 So the soul that's born of God 
 
 Pants to view his glorious face, — 
 Upward tends to his abode, « 
 
 To rest in his embrace. 
 
 5 Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn ; 
 
 Press onward to the prize ; 
 Soon our Saviour will return, 
 
 Triumphant, in the skies : 
 Yet a season, and you know 
 
 Happy entrance will be given ; 
 All our sorrows left below. 
 
 And earth exchanged for heaven. 
 
 298 
 
 Life in death. L. M. 
 
 T LIVE to die — I die to live, 
 
 -■- And live, no more to die again ; 
 
 In death, I shall a life receive. 
 
 In worlds remote from death and pain ! 
 
 2 This life I owe to Him who died, 
 
 And rose and reigns in yonder skies; 
 I triumph through the crucified, [rise. 
 
 And dead with Christ, with Christ shall 
 
 208 
 
AXD THE JUDGMENT. 299 
 
 3 His ■wondrous death my life ensures ; 
 
 His wondrous rising, death destroys ; 
 AVhile Jesus lives, my life endures — 
 That life the measure of my joys. 
 
 4 Then let me live, and let me die, 
 
 To him who lived and died for me ; 
 That I may rise with him on high, 
 To life and immortality. 
 
 /^%J%J Hope of the resurrection. S. M, 
 
 A ND must this body die ; 
 ■^-^ This mortal frame decay ? 
 And must these active limbs of mine 
 Lie mouldering in the clay ? 
 
 2 Corruption, earth and worms, 
 Shall but refine this flesh. 
 
 Till my triumphant spirit comes 
 To put it on afresh. 
 
 3 God, my Redeemer, lives, 
 And often from the skies 
 
 Looks down and watches all my dust, 
 Till he shall bid it rise. 
 
 4 Arrayed in glorious grace 
 Shall these vile bodies shine ; 
 
 And every shape and every face 
 Look heavenly and divine. 
 
 5 These lively hopes we owe 
 To Jesus' dj'ing love ; 
 
 We would adore his grace below, 
 And sing his power above. 
 
 1-t 209 
 
300, 301 DEATH, RESURRECTION, 
 
 6 Dear Lord, accept the praise 
 Of these our humble songs, 
 Till tuues uf nobler sound we raise 
 With our immortal tongues. 
 
 300 
 
 " To die is gain." C. ^l 
 
 ^T^HY should our tears in sorrow flow, 
 
 ' * When God recalls his own ; 
 And bids them leave a world of wo, 
 For an immortal crown ? 
 
 2 Is not e'en death a gain to those 
 
 Whose life to God was given ? 
 Gladly to earth their eyes they close 
 To open them in heaven. 
 
 3 Their toils are past — their woi'k is done. 
 
 And they are fully blest ; 
 They fought the fight, the victory won. 
 And entered into rest. 
 
 4 Then let our sorrows cease to flow, — 
 
 God has recalled his own ; 
 But let our hearts, in every wo. 
 Still say,— "Thy will be done !'-' 
 
 301 
 
 The dead icho die in the Lord. L. ^' 
 
 TTOW blest the righteous when he dies, 
 -*--*- When sinks a weary soul to rest ! 
 How mildly beam the closing eyes I 
 
 How gently heaves the expiring breast.' 
 
 2 So fades a summer cloud awaj", 
 
 So sinks the gale when stoi'ms are o'er, 
 210 
 
AND THE JUDG3IENT. 30^ 
 
 So gently shuts the eye of day, 
 So dies a wave along the shore. 
 
 3 A holy quiet reigns around, 
 
 A calm which life nor death destroys ; 
 Nothing disturbs that peace profound, 
 Which his unfettered soul enjoys. 
 
 4 Farewell, conflicting hopes and fears. 
 
 Where liglits and shades alternate dwell i 
 How bright the unchanging morn appears. 
 Farewell, inconstant world ! farewell ! 
 
 5 Life's duty done, as sinks the clay. 
 
 Light from its load the spirit flies ; 
 While heaven and earth combine to say, 
 "How blest the righteous when he dies." 
 
 302 
 
 Asleep in Jesus. L. M. 
 
 A SLEEP in Jesus ! blessed sleep, 
 -^^ From wdiich none ever wakes to weep ; 
 A calm and undisturbed repose, 
 Unbroken by the last of foes. 
 
 2 Asleep in .Jesus! oh, how sweet 
 To be for such a slumber meet ! 
 With holy confidence to sing 
 
 That death has lost his venomed sting ! 
 
 3 Asleep in Jesus ! peaceful rest, 
 Whose waking is supremely blest : 
 No fear, no avo shall dim that hour 
 That manifests the Saviour's power. 
 
 4 Asleep in Jesus ! oh, for me 
 May such a blissful refuge be ! 
 
 211 
 
S03, 304 DEATH, RESURRECTION, 
 
 Securely shall my ashes lie, 
 And wait the summons from on high. 
 5 Asleep in Jesus ! time nor space 
 Affects this precious hiding-place : 
 On Indian plains or Lapland snows, 
 Believers find the same repose. 
 
 € Asleep in Jesus ! far from thee 
 Th}^ kindred and their graves may be ; 
 But thine is still a blessed sleep, 
 From which none ever wakes to weep. 
 
 303 
 
 Funeral hymn, 8, 7 
 
 "PEACEFUL be thy silent slumber, 
 -^ Peaceful in the grave so low ; 
 Thou no more wilt join our number, — 
 Thou no more our songs shalt know. 
 
 2 Dearest brother,* thou hast left us ! 
 
 Here thy loss we deeply feel ; 
 But 'tis God that hath bereft us, — 
 He can all our sorrow heal, 
 
 3 Yet again we hope to meet thee, 
 
 When the day of life is tied. 
 Then, in heaven, with joy to greet thee, 
 Where no farewell tear is shed. 
 
 304 
 
 Burial of a Christian. L. M. 
 
 TTNVEIL thy bosom, faithful tomb ; 
 ^ Take this new treasure to thy trust. 
 And give these sacred relics room 
 To slumber in the silent dust. 
 
 * Or sister. 
 212 
 
AND THE JUDGMENT. 305 
 
 2 Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear 
 
 Invade thy bounds ; no mortal woes 
 Can reach the peaceful sleeper here, 
 While angels "watch the soft repose. 
 
 3 So .Jesus slept — God's dying Son [bed ; 
 
 Passed through the grave, and blest the 
 Rest here, blest saint, till from his throne 
 The morning break, and pierce the shade. 
 
 4 Break from his throne, illustrious morn ! 
 
 Attend, earth! his sovereign word; 
 Restore thy trust — a glorious form 
 Shall then arise to meet the Lord. 
 
 305 
 
 Death of a Christian. 12, 11. 
 
 'T^HOU art gone to the grave ; but we will 
 -^ not deplore thee ; 
 Though sorrows and darkness encompass 
 the tomb. 
 The Saviour has passed through its portals 
 before thee, 
 And the lamp of his love is thy guide 
 through the gloom. 
 
 2 Thou art gone to the grave ; we no longer 
 behold thee. 
 Nor tread the rough path of the world 
 by thy side ; 
 But the wide arms of mercy are spread to 
 enfold thee, 
 And sinners may hope, since the sinless 
 has died. 
 
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306 DEATH, RESURRECTION, 
 
 3 Thou art gone to the grave ; and its man- 
 
 sions forsaking, 
 Perhaps thy tried spirit in doubt lingered 
 
 long ; 
 But the sunshine of heaven beamed bright 
 
 on thy waking, 
 And the song which thou heardstwas the 
 
 seraphim's song. 
 
 4 Thou art gone to the grave ; but 'twere 
 
 wrong to deplore thee, 
 When God was thy ransom, thy guardian 
 
 and guide ; 
 He gave thee, and took thee, and soon will 
 
 restore thee, 
 Where death hath no sting, since the 
 
 Saviour has died. 
 
 306 
 
 Blessed — xcho die in the Lord. C. M. 
 
 TTEAR what the voice from heaven pro- 
 -'--*- claims 
 
 For all the pious dead ! 
 Sweet is the savour of their names. 
 
 And soft their sleeping bed. 
 
 2 They die in Jesus, and are blessed ; 
 
 How kind their slumbers are I 
 From sufferings and from sins released. 
 And freed from every snare. 
 
 3 Far from this world of toil and strife. 
 
 They're present with the Lord ; 
 The labours of their mortal life 
 End in a large reward. 
 214 
 
307 
 
 AND THE JUDGMENT. SOT, 30S 
 
 The dying Chrifitian to Jiis soul. 7's. 
 
 XTITAL spark of heavenly flame ! 
 ' Quit, oil, quit this mortal frame ! 
 
 Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying ; 
 
 Oh, the pain — the bliss of dying ! 
 
 Cease, fond nature I cease thy strife, 
 
 And let me languish into life ! 
 2 Hark, they whisper — angels say, 
 
 "Sister spirit, come away!" 
 
 What is this absorbs me quite, 
 
 Steals my senses, shuts my sight, 
 
 Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? 
 
 Tell me, my soul — can this be death ? 
 8 The world recedes I — It disappears ! 
 
 Heaven opens on my eyes I My ears 
 
 With sounds seraphic ring ! 
 
 Lend, lend your wings ! I mount ! I fly ! 
 
 Grave ! where is thy victory ? 
 
 Death I where is thy sting ? 
 
 308 
 
 Weej) not for me. 8, 4. 
 
 TyHEN the spark of life is waning, 
 
 * ' Weep not for me : 
 When the languid eye is streaming, 
 
 Weep not for me : 
 When the feeble pulse is ceasing, 
 Start not at its swift decreasing, 
 'Tis the fettered soul's releasing ; 
 Weep not for me. 
 2 When the pangs of death assail me, 
 Weep not for me : 
 
 215 
 
309 DEATH, RESURRECTIOX. 
 
 Christ is mine, lie cannot fail me, 
 
 Weep not for me : 
 Yea, though sin and death endeavour 
 From his love my soul to sever, 
 Jesus is my strength for ever ; 
 
 Weep not for me. 
 
 f3vFJ/ TJ^^ ?'8>f»e« of life and death. S. M. 
 
 /^H, -where shall rest be found, 
 ^^ Rest for the weary soul ? 
 'Twere vain the ocean's depths to sound — 
 Or pierce to either pole ! 
 2 The world can never give 
 The bliss for which we sigh ; 
 'Tis not the whole of life to live, 
 Nor all of death to die. 
 8 Beyond this vale of tears. 
 There is a life above, 
 Unmeasured by the flight of years ; 
 And all that life is love. 
 
 4 There is a death whose pang 
 Outlasts the fleeting breath : 
 
 Oh, what eternal horrors hang 
 Around "the second death I" 
 
 5 Thou God of truth and grace ! 
 Teach us that death to shun ; 
 
 Lest we be banished from thy face. 
 And evermore undone. 
 
 6 Here would we end our quest : 
 Alone are found in thee. 
 
 The life of perfect love, — the rest 
 Of immortality. 
 216 
 
AND THE JUDGMENT. 310^ 311 
 
 310 
 
 Fears of death removed. L, M. 
 
 TTTHY should we start and fear to die ? 
 ' * What timorous worms we mortals are ! 
 Death is the gate of endless joy, 
 And yet we dread to enter there. 
 
 2 The pains, the groans and dying strife, 
 
 Fright our approaching souls away ; 
 Still we shrink back again to life, 
 Fond of our prison and our clay. 
 
 3 Oh, if my Lord would come and meet. 
 
 My soul would stretch her wings in haste. 
 Fly fearless through death's iron gate, 
 Nor feel the terrors as she passed. 
 
 4 Jesus can make a dying bed 
 
 Feel soft as downy pillows are. 
 While on his breast I lean my head, 
 And breathe my life out sweetly there. 
 
 311 
 
 The promised land. C. ^ 
 
 f\^ Jordan's stormy banks I stand, 
 ^^ And cast a wishful eye 
 To Canaan's fair and happy land, 
 AVhere my possessions lie. 
 
 2 Oh, the trjfnsporting, rapturous scene, 
 
 That rises to my sight I 
 Sweet fields arrayed in living green, 
 And rivers of delight. 
 
 3 There generous fruits that never fail 
 
 On trees immortal grow ; 
 
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3158 DEATH, RESURRECTION, 
 
 There rock and hill, and brook and vale. 
 With milk and honey flow. 
 
 1 O'er all those wide-extended plains 
 Shines one eternal day ; 
 There God the Son for ever reigns, 
 And scatters night away. 
 
 5 No chilling winds, or poisonous breath, 
 
 Can reach that healthful shore ; 
 Sickness and sorrow, pain and death. 
 Are felt and feared no more. 
 
 6 When shall I reach that happy place, 
 
 And be for ever blest ? 
 When shall I see my Father's face, 
 And in his bosom rest ? 
 
 7 Filled with delight, my raptured soul 
 
 Would here no longer stay : 
 Though Jordan's waves around me roll, 
 Fearless I'd launch away. 
 
 312 
 
 The heavenly rest. 8, 6, 8, 8, 6. 
 
 n^TlEEE is an hour of peaceful rest, 
 -*- To mourning wanderers given ; 
 There is a joy for souls distressed, 
 A balm for every wounded breast — 
 'Tis found alone in heaveif. 
 
 2 There is a home for weary souls. 
 By sin and soi'row driven ; 
 When tossed on life's tempestuous shoals, 
 Where storms arise and ocean rolls, 
 And all is drear but heaven. 
 218 
 
AND THE JUDGMEXT. 313 
 
 3 There faith lifts up her cheerful eye 
 
 To brighter prospects given, 
 And views the tempest passing by, 
 The evening shadows quickly fly, 
 
 And all serene in heaven. 
 
 4 There fragrant flowers immortal bloom, 
 
 And jovs supreme are given : 
 There rays divine disperse the gloom ; 
 Bej'ond the confines of the tomb 
 
 Appears the dawn of heaven. 
 
 313 
 
 The everlasting bliss of heaven. V. M. 
 
 TTEAVEN is the land where troubles cease, 
 -'-'- Where toils and tears are o'er ; 
 The blissful clime of rest and peace, 
 
 Where cares distract no more ; 
 And not the shadow of distress 
 Dims its unsullied blessedness. 
 
 2 Heaven is the place where Jesus lives, 
 
 To plead his dying blood : 
 While to his prayers his Father gives 
 
 An unknown multitude, [days, 
 
 AVhose harps and tongues, through endless 
 Shall crown his head with songs of praise. 
 
 3 Heaven is the dwelling-place of joy. 
 
 The home of light and love. 
 Where faith and hope in rapture die, 
 
 And ransomed souls above 
 Enjoy, before the eternal throne, 
 Bliss everlasting and unknown. 
 
 219 
 
314, 315 DEATH, RESURRECTION, 
 
 314 
 
 The happy land. C, 4. 
 
 j fl^HEKE is a happy land, 
 7 -■- Far, far away, — 
 Where saints in glory stand, 
 
 Bright, bright as day ; 
 Oh, how they sweetly sing, — 
 Worthy is our Saviour King : 
 Loud let his praises ring ! 
 Praise, praise for aye. 
 
 2 Come to that happy land. 
 
 Come, come away ; 
 Why will ye doubting stand ? 
 
 Why still delay ? 
 Oh, we shall happy be. 
 When, from sin and sorrow free, 
 Lord, we shall live with thee, 
 
 Blest, blest for aye. 
 
 3 Bright, in that happy land, 
 
 Beams every eye : 
 Kept by a Father's hand, 
 
 Love cannot die. 
 Oh, then, to glory run : 
 Be a crown and kingdom won; 
 And bright above the sun, 
 
 We reign for aye. 
 
 315 
 
 Judgment. C. M. 
 
 ["TXrHEN, rising from the bed of death, 
 
 ' ' O'erwhelmed with guilt and fear, 
 I see my Maker face to face, — 
 Oh, how shall I appear ? 
 
 220 
 
AND THE JUDGMENT. 316^ 31 '^ 
 
 2 If yet, while pardon may be found, 
 
 And mercy ma}' be sought. 
 My heart with inward terror shrinks, 
 And trembles at the thought, — 
 
 3 When thou, Lord, shalt stand disclosed 
 
 In majesty severe. 
 And sit in judgment on my soul, — 
 Oh, how shall I appear I 
 
 OXO The glorified saints. CM. 
 
 -Z^"' IVE me the wings of faith to rise 
 f vJ Within the veil, and see 
 The saints above, how great their joys, 
 How bright their glories be ! 
 
 2 Once they were mourning here below. 
 
 And wet their couch with tears : 
 They wrestled hard, as we do now, 
 With sins, and doubts, and fears. 
 
 3 I ask them, whence their victory came ; 
 
 They, with united breath, 
 Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb — 
 Their triumph to his death. 
 
 4 Our glorious Leader claims our praise, 
 
 For his own pattern given ; 
 While the long cloud of witnesses 
 Shows the same path to heaven. 
 
 OA • The day of judgment. S. M. 
 
 / A ND will the Judge descend, 
 ' -^^ And must the dead arise ? 
 And not a single soul escape 
 His all-discerning eyes ? 
 
318 DEATH, RESURRECTION, 
 
 2 How will my heart endure 
 The terrors of that day, 
 
 When earth and heaven before his face 
 Astonished, shrink away? 
 
 3 But ere the trumpet shakes 
 The mansions of the dead, 
 
 Hark, from the gospel's gentle Toice 
 AVhat joyful tidings spread! 
 
 4 Ye sinners, seek his grace. 
 Whose wrath ye cannot bear; 
 
 Fly to the shelter of his cross, , 
 And find salvation there. 
 
 OXO Day of judgment. 8, 7> * 
 
 T^AY of judgment, day of wonders ! 
 ■^^ Hark ! the awful trumpet's sound, 
 Louder than ten thousand thunders. 
 Shakes the vast creation round! 
 
 How the summons 
 Will the sinner's heart confound ! 
 
 2 See the Judge, our nature wearing. 
 
 Clothed in majesty divine ! 
 You, Avho long for his appearing. 
 
 Then shall say, " This God is mine !" 
 
 Gracious Saviour, 
 Own me in that day for thine ! 
 
 3 At his call the dead awaken. 
 
 Else to life from earth and sea : 
 All the powers of nature shaken. 
 From his looks prepare to flee ! 
 
 Careless sinner. 
 What will then become of thee? 
 •222 
 
AND THE JUDGMENT. 319, 320 
 
 4 But to those who have confess'd, 
 Loved and served the Lord below, 
 He will say, "Come near, ye bless"d, 
 See the kingdom I bestow ; 
 
 You for ever 
 Shall my love and glory know." 
 
 319 
 
 The day of Judgment. L. M. 
 
 '^FHE day of wrath! that dreadful day, 
 -^ When heaven and earth shall pass away 
 "What power shall be the sinner's stay ? 
 How shall he meet that dreadful day — 
 
 2 When, shrivelling like a parched scroll, 
 The Naming heavens together roll ; 
 And louder yet, and yet more dread, 
 Swells the high trump that wakes the dead ? 
 
 3 Oil. on that day, that wrathful day, 
 When man to judgment wakes from clay. 
 Be thou, Christ ! the sinner's stay, 
 Though heaven and earth shall pass awa}'. 
 
 320 
 
 The j}id<jment-daij anticii^nted. C. P. M. 
 "Al^HEX thou, my righteous Judge, shalt 
 
 ' * come, 
 To take thy ransomed people home, 
 
 -Shall I among them stand? 
 Shall such a worthless worm as I, 
 Who sometimes am afraid to die, 
 Be found at thy right hand ? 
 2 Blest Saviour, grant it, by thy grace, 
 Be thou my only hiding-place, 
 
321 DEATH, KESURRECTION, 
 
 In this, th' accepted day ; 
 Thy pardoning voice, oh, let me hear, 
 To still my unbelieving fear, 
 
 Nor let me fall, I pray. 
 
 3 And when the archangel's trump shall sound, 
 Let me among thy saints be found. 
 
 To see thy smiling face : 
 Then in triumphant strains I'll sing, 
 While heaven's resounding mansions ring, 
 
 With shouts of sovereign grace. 
 
 321 
 
 Behold, Tie cometh. 8, 7, 4. 
 
 T ! He comes, with clouds descending, 
 -'-^ Once for favoured sinners slain ; 
 Thousand thousand saints, attending. 
 
 Swell the triumph of his train : 
 Hallelujah ! 
 
 God appears on earth to reign. 
 
 2 Every eye shall now behold him, 
 
 Robed in dreadful majesty ; 
 Those who set at nought and sold him, 
 Pierced and nailed him to the tree. 
 
 Deeply wailing. 
 Shall the true Messiah see. 
 
 3 All the tokens of his passion 
 
 Still his dazzling body bears; 
 Cause of endless exultation 
 To his ransomed worshippers ; 
 
 With what rapture 
 Gaze we on those glorious scars. 
 224 
 
AND THE JUDGMENT. 322, 323 
 
 i^^(^ Jiidrjment. C. M. 
 
 ^FHAT awful day will surely come; 
 -^ Th' appointed houi- makes haste, 
 When I must stand before my Judge, 
 And pass the solemn test. 
 
 2 Thou lovely chief of all my joys 
 
 Thou sovereign of my heart, 
 How could I bear to hear thy voice 
 Pronounce the sound — "Depart?" 
 
 3 The thunder of that dismal word 
 
 Would so torment my ear, 
 'Twould tear my soul asunder, Lord, 
 With most tormenting fear. 
 
 4 Oh, wretched state of deep despair — 
 
 To see my God remove, 
 And fix my doleful station where 
 I must not taste his love I 
 
 5 Oh, tell me that my worthless name 
 
 Is graven on thy hands ; 
 Show me some promise in thy book. 
 Where my salvation stands. 
 
 SuntJa))'.6rf)ool anti Ccadjcrs' 
 iHcctings. 
 
 O/^O Anniversnvi/ hymn. C. M. 
 
 XJOW pleasant here again to meet, 
 •^■^ How joj'ful thus to raise 
 Our tuneful notes in songs so sweet, 
 To our Redeemer's praise I 
 
 lo 225 
 
324 SUXDAY-SCHOOL AND 
 
 2 To us he lias been ever kind, 
 
 Oh, blessed be his name ; 
 He bears us still upon his mind. 
 His love remains the same. 
 
 3 Then let us strive, while we have breath, 
 
 His precepts to obey ; 
 For soon the solemn hour of death 
 Will summon us away. 
 
 4 The dear delights we now enjoy 
 
 Will then have passed away ; 
 But heaven affords more sweet employ 
 Through one eternal day. 
 
 5 To our dear friends, assembled here, 
 
 A debt of love we owe, 
 For acts of kindness, year by year, 
 Which they on us bestow. 
 
 6 May God in mercy bless them all 
 
 With hope, and joy, and peace. 
 And with us meet, when he shall call, 
 Where pleasures never cease. 
 
 324 
 
 Anniversary. 7, 6. 
 
 "YYTE meet again in gladness, 
 
 ' ' And thankful voices raise ; 
 To God, our heavenly Father, 
 
 We'll tune our grateful praise: 
 'Tis his kind hand that kept us. 
 
 Through all the changing year ; 
 His love it is that brings us 
 Again to worship here. 
 226 
 
teachers' meetings. 3!25 
 
 2 We'll thank him for the Sabbath, 
 
 This day of holy rest ; 
 ■ And for the blessed Bible, 
 The book that we love best; 
 For Sabbath-schools and teachers, 
 
 To us so kindly given, 
 To guide us in the pathway 
 That leads to joys in heaven. 
 
 8 We'll thank him for our country. 
 
 The land our fathers trod ; 
 For liberty of conscience, 
 
 And right to worship God. 
 Lord, our heavenly Father, 
 
 Accept the praise we bring, 
 And tune our hearts and voices 
 
 Thy glorious name to sing. 
 
 4 Soon may thy gracious sceptre 
 
 Extend to every land, 
 And all as willing subjects 
 
 Submit to thy command. 
 Send forth the g05»pel tidings, 
 
 And hasten on the day 
 When every isle and nation 
 
 Shall own Messiah's sway. 
 
 325 
 
 Sunday-school anniversary. 
 
 "AT^ELCOME to our festival, 
 
 ' ' Parents, teachers, children, all ; 
 God has spared us through the year. 
 And in mercy brings us here. 
 
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3^6, SIS? SUNDAY-SCHOOL AND 
 
 2 All unite to praise our God, 
 For his grace on us bestowed ; 
 Hallowed be the songs we raise, 
 Happy songs of grateful praise. 
 
 3 God, who dwells bej^ond the sky, 
 Turns on us a gracious eye ; 
 Still prolongs our day of grace ; 
 Gives us time to seek his face. 
 
 326 
 
 The assembled school. L. M. 
 
 A SSEMBLED in our school* once more, 
 -^^ Lord, thy blessing we implore ; 
 "We meet to read, and sing, and pray, 
 Be with us then through this thy day. 
 
 2 Our fervent prayer to thee ascends 
 For parents, teachers, foes and friends ; 
 And when we in thy house appear, 
 Help us to worship in thy fear. 
 
 3 AVhen we on earth shall meet no more, 
 ]\Iay we above to glory soar ; 
 
 And praise thee in more lofty strains, 
 Where one eternal Sabbath reigns. 
 
 327 
 
 0(^ I Christ with his people. L. M. 
 
 "\1"^HERE two or three with sweet accord, 
 
 ' ' Obedient to their sovereign Lord, 
 Meet to recount his acts of grace, 
 And ofier to him prayer and praise : 
 
 2 "There," says the Saviour, "I will b* 
 Amid this little company; 
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teachers' meetings. 328, 329 
 
 To them unveil my smiling face, 
 
 And slied my glories round the place." 
 
 3 We meet at th}^ command, Lord, 
 Relying on thy faithful word ; 
 Now send thy Spirit from above ; 
 And fill our hearts with heavenly love. 
 
 328 
 
 Teachers' prayer. L. M. 
 
 lyrAY we who teach the rising race 
 -^ -*- Be filled, Lord, with every grace ; 
 And may thy Spirit from above 
 Descend and bless our work of love. 
 
 2 Thy grace to those we teach impart ; 
 Lord, renew each youthful heart ; 
 Help them from every sin to flee, 
 And dedicate their lives to thee. 
 
 3 May we in love to them abound. 
 And zealous in the work be found , 
 And many seals may we obtain, 
 To prove our labour's not in vain. 
 
 4 When at thine awful bar they stand, 
 Oh, welcome them to thy right hand, 
 To join with us the heavenly lays. 
 And sing our great Redeemer's praise. 
 
 329 
 
 Punctuality. L. M. 
 
 nPHE clock has struck, I cannot stay, 
 -*- Oh, let me rise and haste away : 
 I'll quit my bed, and leave my home. 
 The hour of school at length is come. 
 
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330 SrNDAT-SCHOOL AJUD 
 
 2 I would be there when prayer begins, 
 To seek the pardon of my sins ; 
 
 I'd ask the favour of the Lord, 
 And pray to understand his word. 
 
 3 Oh, shall my teachers wait in vain, 
 AVhile my neglect must give them pain? 
 No, let me rather strive to be 
 
 First of their little family. 
 
 4 These Sabbath-days will soon be o'er, 
 And I shall go to school no more ; 
 
 I would not then endure the p»in 
 Of having spent my time in vain. 
 
 330 
 
 I^or a Sundoi/school. C. M. 
 
 i\ LORD, on this our Sunday-school, 
 ^-^ Thy blessing we implore ; 
 On those who teach and those who learn, 
 Thy Holy Spirit pour. 
 
 2 Here we are taught to spend aright 
 
 Thy sacred Sabbath-day ; 
 Then let us not its hours employ 
 In idle talk or play. 
 
 3 Here too we learn with thankful joy 
 
 To seek thy house of prayer ; 
 Then let us hear and praise and pray 
 In truth and spirit there. 
 
 4 And here we read thy blessed word, 
 
 The message of thy will ; 
 May we indeed its truths believe, 
 Its righteous laws fulfil. 
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teachers' meeting. 331, 332 
 
 331 
 
 God's blessing sought. L. M. 
 
 HERE, gracious God, beneath th}^ feet, 
 Friends to the young and thee we meet, 
 Joined by the cord of mutual love, 
 Bound to our common Friend above. 
 
 2 Bless all the plans which we devise, 
 May they be useful, good and wise ; 
 While we our humble labours bend 
 Thy glorious kingdom to extend. 
 
 % Grant us thy presence, God of grace, 
 Now while we meet before thy face ; 
 And may we feel, ere we depart, 
 Thy love diffused through every heart. 
 
 332 
 
 Love for the Sunday-school. 6's. 
 
 T LOVE the Sunday-school, 
 
 And on that holy day 
 My heart is often full, 
 
 When I attempt to pray ; 
 With early steps I come 
 
 To meet my teacher dear, 
 Leaving my happy home 
 
 To seek instruction here. 
 
 2 I love the Sunday-school, 
 The precious volume too. 
 Which is the only rule 
 
 To teach me what to do : 
 Within it I behold 
 
 The rays of gospel light, 
 
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333 SUNDAY-SCHOOL AND 
 
 Richer than gems or gold, 
 And most divinely bright. 
 
 H I love the Sunday-school, 
 
 And wish that every child 
 Would here his name enroll, 
 
 No more be rude and wild ; 
 Wasting his precious time, 
 
 Spending his idle breath 
 In folly or in crime 
 
 Along the road to death. 
 
 4 I love the Sunday-school, 
 
 And wish that all the earth 
 Might knoAV, from pole to pple, 
 
 Its influence and worth : 
 And may God give me grace 
 
 A Saviour's name to love : 
 To see his smiling face 
 
 In mansions blest above. 
 
 333 
 
 Assembling in school. L. M. 
 
 IVTOW we are met to read and pray, 
 
 -'-^ And hear what our kind teachers say; 
 
 Let every child attentive be, 
 
 To Him who every child can see. 
 
 2 He dwells in heaven ; but he is here : 
 He lives on high ; but he is near : 
 He knows our thoughts and wishes too, 
 And knows what we're about to do. 
 
 8 The careless soul, the roving mind, 
 Will not the least instruction find ; 
 
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teachers' meeting. 334, 335 
 
 The serious and the thoughtful youth 
 Will learn the ways of God and truth. 
 
 4 Then let us all be wise and learn 
 How from the ways of sin to turn ; 
 How we may fear and love the Lord. 
 And understand his holy word. 
 
 334 
 
 The Sunday -school. L. M. 
 
 TTOSANNAS by an infant train 
 
 -^-'- Were once within the temple sung, 
 
 While .Jesus listened to the strain, 
 
 And poured his blessing on the throng. 
 
 2 Lord, may thy Spirit seal the truth 
 
 On every heart with power divine ; 
 Renew and sanctify these youth ; 
 
 And make these children wholly thine. 
 
 3 May we our humble voices raise 
 
 Responsive to the heavenly host, 
 In strains of everlasting praise 
 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
 335 
 
 Praise to the Saviour. 6, 5. 
 
 "IT^E gather, we gather, 
 ' * Dear Jesus, to bring. 
 The breathings of love 
 
 Mid the blossoms of spring. 
 Our Maker ! Redeemer ! 
 
 We gratefully raise 
 Our hearts and our voices 
 
 In hymning thy praise. 
 
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S36 SUNDAY-SCHOOL AND 
 
 2 When stoopinf; to earth 
 
 From tlie brightness of heaven, 
 Thy blood for our ransom 
 
 So freely was given ; 
 Thou deignedst to listen 
 
 While children adored, 
 With joyful hosannas 
 
 The bless'd of the Lord! 
 
 3 Those arms which embraced 
 
 Little children of old, 
 Still love to encircle • 
 
 The lambs of the fold ; 
 That grace which inviteth 
 
 The Avandering home, 
 Hath never forbidden 
 
 The youngest to come. 
 
 4 Hosanna ! hosanna ! 
 
 Great Teacher ! we raise 
 Our hearts and our voices 
 
 In hymning thy praise. 
 For precept and promise 
 
 So graciously given ; 
 For blessings of earth 
 
 And the glories of heaven ! 
 
 336 
 
 Sioiday-school morninrj icorship. C. M. 
 
 IVTOW condescend, Almighty King, 
 ■^^ To bless this happy throng, 
 And kindly listen, while we sing 
 Our grateful morning song. 
 
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teachers' meeting. SSK 
 
 2 We come to own the power divine, 
 
 Thiit watches o'ei' our days ; 
 
 For this our cheerful voices join, 
 
 In hymns of grateful praise. 
 
 3 We come to learn thy holy word, 
 
 And ask thy tender care ; 
 Before thy throne, Almighty Lord, 
 We bend in humble prayer. 
 
 i May we in safety pass this day, 
 From sin and danger free ; 
 And ever walk in that sure way 
 Which leads to heaven and thee. 
 
 337 
 
 Sunday-scTiool evening worshij). C. M. 
 
 A LMIGHTY God ! thy word is cast 
 ■^-^ Like seed into the ground ; 
 Now let the dew of heaven descend, 
 And righteous fruits abound. 
 
 2 Let not the foe of Christ and man 
 
 This holy seed remove ; 
 But give it root in every heart, 
 To bring forth fruits of love. 
 
 3 Let not the world's deceitful cares 
 
 The rising plant destroy ; 
 But let it yield a hundred fold. 
 The fruits of peace and joy. 
 t Oft as the precious seed is sown, 
 Thy quickening grace bestow ; 
 That all, whose minds the truth receive, 
 Its saving power may know. 
 
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338 SUNDAY-SCHOOL AND 
 
 ^t3c^ Soiciiiff time. S. M 
 
 OOW in the morn thy seed, 
 ^ At eve hold not thy hand ; 
 To doubt and fear give thou no heed, 
 Broad-cast it round the land. 
 
 2 Beside all waters sow, 
 
 The highway furrows stock, 
 Drop it where thorns and thistles grow, 
 Scatter it on the rock. 
 
 8 The good, the fruitful groulid, 
 Expect not here nor there ; 
 O'er hill and dale by spots 'tis found ; 
 Go forth then everywhere. 
 
 4 Thou know'st not which may thrive, 
 The late or early sown ; 
 
 Grace keeps the precious germ alive, 
 When and wherever strown. 
 
 5 And duly shall appear. 
 
 In verdure, beauty, strength, 
 The tender blade, the stalk, the ear, 
 And the full corn at length. 
 
 6 Thou canst not toil in vain ; 
 Cold, heat, and moist, and dry, 
 
 Shall foster and mature the grain, 
 For garners in the sky. 
 
 7 Then when the glorious end. 
 The day of God, is come. 
 
 The angel reapers shall descend, 
 And shout the " Harvest home !" 
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339 
 
 teachers' meeting. 339, 340 
 
 For a Sabbath-school celebration. 7, 6. 
 ^l^'O thee, blessed Saviour, 
 -L Our grateful songs Ave raise ; 
 Oh, tune our hearts and voices 
 
 Thy holy name to praise. 
 'Tis by thy sovereign mercy 
 
 We're here allowed to meet ; 
 To join with friends and teachers 
 
 Thy blessing to entreat. 
 
 2 And may the precious gospel 
 
 Be published all abroad, 
 Till the benighted heathen 
 
 Shall know and serve the Lord; 
 Till o'er the wide creation 
 
 The rays of truth shall shine, 
 And nations now in darkness 
 
 Arise to light divine. 
 
 O^lvF For a Sunday-school annicersary. S. M. 
 i\ GOD of Zion, hear ! 
 ^-^ Hear and propitious be ; 
 The labours of another year 
 Thy servants bring to thee. 
 
 2 Though weary oft, and sad, 
 Our hope is in thy word ; 
 
 Now shall our hearts in thee be glad. 
 And magnify the Lord. 
 
 3 Thy help in former days 
 We thankfully review ; 
 
 In faith and prayer our hands we raise, 
 The conflict to renew. 
 
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341, 342 MISSIOXART. 
 
 4 All pledged to serve thy Son, 
 In purity and love, 
 
 Until Ave meet before thy throne 
 In perfect joy above. 
 
 5 Upon this gathered host 
 
 Oh, let thy power come down, 
 And make this hour a Pentecost, 
 And make our hearts thine own. 
 
 341 
 
 Ote A Ao success without God's blessing. L. M 
 
 T^^XCEPT the Lord our lab'ours bless, 
 ■'^ In vain shall we desire success ; 
 Except his guardian power restrain, 
 The watchman waketh but in vain. 
 
 2 'Tis useless toil our stores to keep, 
 Early to rise, and late to sleep, 
 Unless the Lord, who reigns on high, 
 His providential care supply. 
 
 3 Grant, Lord, that we may ever flee 
 For guidance and for help to thee ; 
 
 Thy blessing ask, whatever we do, 
 And in thy strength our work pursue. 
 
 342 
 
 iHissionarj}» 
 
 Christ's universal reign. 7'a. 
 
 TTASTEN, Lord, the glorious time 
 -■--'- "When, beneath Messiah's sway. 
 Every nation, every clime, 
 Shall the gospel call obey. 
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MISSIONARY. 343, 344 
 
 2 Mightiest kings his power shall own, 
 
 Heathen tribes his name adore ; 
 Satan and his host o'er thrown, 
 
 Bound in chains, shall hurt no more. 
 
 3 Then shall wars and tumults cease. 
 
 Then be banished grief and pain ; 
 Righteousness, and joy, and peace 
 Undisturbed shall ever reign. 
 
 4 Bless we, then, our gracious Lord, 
 
 Ever praise his glorious name ; 
 All his mighty acts record. 
 
 All his wondrous love proclaim. 
 
 343 
 
 Prospects of the heathen. 8, 7. 
 
 TTARK ! — what mean those lamentations, 
 -*--'- Rolling sadly through the sky ? 
 'Tis the cry of heathen nations. 
 
 Come, and help iis, or we die ! 
 2 Hear the heathen's sad complaining — 
 
 Christians, hear their dying cry ; 
 And the love of Christ constraining, 
 
 Join to help them, ere they die. 
 
 344 
 
 Missionary's farewell. 8, 7, 4. 
 
 "XTES, my native land, I love thee, 
 -'- All thy scenes I love them well ; 
 Friends, connections, happy country ! 
 Can I bid you all farewell ? 
 
 Can I leave you — 
 Far in heathen lands to dwell ? 
 
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344 MISSIONARY. 
 
 2 Home I thy joys are passing lovely, 
 
 Joys no stranger-heart can tell ; 
 Happy home I I'm sure I love thee ! 
 Can I — can I say — fareicell ? 
 
 Can I leave thee, 
 Far in heathen lands to dwell ? 
 
 3 Scenes of sacred peace and pleasure, 
 
 Holy days, and Sabbath bell. 
 Richest, brightest, sweetest treasure I 
 Can I say at last — farewell ? 
 
 Can I leave you, 
 Far in heathen lands to dwell ? 
 
 4 Yes, I hasten from you gladly, 
 
 From the scenes I love so well ! 
 Far away, ye billows, bear me ; 
 Happy native land farewell ! 
 
 Pleased I leave thee. 
 Far in heathen lands to dwell. 
 
 5 In the deserts let me labour, 
 
 On the mountains let me tell 
 How he died — the blessed Saviour — 
 To redeem a world from hell ! 
 
 Let me hasten 
 Far in heathen lands to dwell. 
 
 6 Bear me on, thou restless ocean ; 
 
 Let thy winds my canvas swell : 
 Heaves my breast with warm emotion, 
 While I go far hence to dwell. 
 
 Glad I bid thee. 
 Native land ! Farewell ! Farewell ! 
 
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MISSIONARY. 345^ 346 
 
 345 
 
 " Go teach all nations." C. M, 
 
 f^^ forth, ye messengers of God 
 ^^ Go forth in Jesus' name, 
 Where'er the foot of man hath trod, 
 Salvation to proclaim. 
 
 2 O'er frozen seas, and burning plains, 
 
 Your steady course pursue ; 
 Where sin abounds, and Satan reigns, 
 Let mercy triumph too. 
 
 3 Lord, hasten on thy glorious time, 
 
 That we may soon behold 
 The saints, from every land and clime, 
 All gathered in one fold. 
 
 346 
 
 The church triumphant. ll's. 
 
 TAAUGHTER of Zion, awake from thy sad- 
 ^-^ ness ; 
 
 Awake, for thy foes shall oppress thee no 
 more ; 
 Bright o'er thy hills dawns the day-star of 
 gladness, 
 Arise, for the night of thy sorrow is o'er. 
 
 2 Strong were thy foes, but the arm that sub- 
 dued them, 
 And scattered their legions, was mightier 
 far; 
 They fled, like the chaff, from the scourge 
 that pursued them ; 
 Vain were their steeds and their chariots 
 of war. 
 
 16 241 
 
34*7 MISSIONARY. 
 
 3 Daughter of Zion, the power that hath 
 saved thee 
 Extolled Tvith the harp and the timbrel 
 should be ; 
 Shout ! for the foe is destroyed that en- 
 slaved thee, 
 The oppressor is vanquished, and Zion is 
 free. 
 
 347 
 
 Grateful praise for the gospel. 7, 4 
 
 /"lOME, let our voices raise* 
 ^-^ A song of grateful praise. 
 
 And thankful love ; 
 Let each a tribute bring, 
 Let all awake and sing, 
 Praise to our heavenly King, 
 
 Who dwells above. 
 
 2 The gospel's sacred page 
 Reveals to every age 
 
 Salvation free. 
 Oh, send the joyful sound! 
 And let it echo round, 
 Till praises loud resound, 
 
 God, to thee ! 
 
 3 Accept our offerings, Lord, 
 To spread thy truth abroad, 
 
 Our labours own I 
 At length, at thy right hand 
 May we together stand. 
 And with the angel-band 
 
 Surround thy throne I 
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MISSIONARY. 348, 349 
 
 348 
 
 Jfissionnn'es sent forth. L. M. 
 
 XrE Christian heroes, go, proclaim 
 -■- Salvation in Immanuel's name ; 
 To distant climes the tidings bear, 
 And plant the rose of Sharon there. 
 
 2 He'll shield you -with a wall of fire, 
 With flaming zeal yovir breasts inspire ; 
 Bid raging winds their fury cease, 
 And calm the savage breast to peace. 
 
 3 And when our labours all are o'er, 
 Then we shall- meet to part no more; 
 Meet, with the blood-bought throng to fall — 
 And crown our Jesus Lord of all. 
 
 349 
 
 Good tidings. S, 7, 7. 
 
 C HOUT the tidings of salvation, 
 ^ To the aged and the young ; 
 Till the precious invitation 
 
 Waken every heart and tongue. 
 
 Send the sound, 
 
 The earth around. 
 
 2 Shout the tidings of salvation 
 
 O'er the prairies of the West ; 
 THl each gathering congregation 
 With the gospel sound is blest. 
 Send the sound, &c. 
 
 3 Shout the tidings of salvation, 
 
 Mingling with the ocean's roar ; 
 
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S50 MISSIONARY. 
 
 Till the ships of every nation 
 
 Bear the news from shore to shore. 
 Send the sound, &c. 
 
 4 Shout the tidings of salvation 
 
 O'er the islands of the sea; 
 Till in humble adoration, 
 
 All to Christ shall bow the knee. 
 Send the sound, &c. 
 
 5 Shout the tidings of salvation. 
 
 Till the world shall hear the call ; 
 And with joyous acclamation, , 
 Crown the Saviour Lord of all. 
 Send the sound, kc. 
 
 350 
 
 Departing missionaries. 7, 6. 
 
 "OOLL on, thou mighty ocean; 
 -*-*' And, as thy billows flow, 
 Bear messengers of mercy 
 
 To every land below. 
 Arise, ye gales, and waft them 
 
 Safe to the destined shore ; 
 That man may sit in darkness 
 
 And death's deep gloom no more. 
 
 2 thou eternal Ruler, 
 
 "Who boldest by thine arm 
 The tempests of the ocean, 
 
 Protect them from all harm ! 
 Thy presence. Lord, be with them, 
 
 Wherever they may be; 
 Though far from us who love them, 
 
 Still let them be with thee. 
 
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MISSIONARY. 351^ 35S 
 
 351 
 
 De2)artnre of missionaries. 8, 7, 4. 
 
 1\TEN of God, go take your stations; 
 •^'-■- Darkness reigns throughout the earth ; 
 Go — proclaim among the nations 
 
 Joyful news of heavenly birth : 
 Bear the tidings — 
 
 Tidings of the Saviour's -worth ? 
 
 2 Go — and when exposed to dangers, 
 Jesus will 3'our souls defend ; 
 Go, and when mid foes and strangers, 
 He will still appear your friend : 
 
 His kind presence. 
 Shall be with you to the end. 
 
 ftJ't)^ Gospel messengers. S. M. 
 
 TTOW beauteous are their feet 
 -*--■- Who stand on Zion's hill ; 
 Who bx'ing salvation on their tongues, 
 And words of peace reveal ! 
 
 2 How charming is their voice ! 
 How sweet their tidings are ! 
 
 " Zion, behold thy Saviour King, 
 He reigns and triumphs here." 
 
 3 How happy are our ears, 
 That hear this joyful sound, 
 
 Which kings and prophets waited for, 
 And sought, but never found ! 
 
 4 How blessed are our eyes. 
 That see this heavenly light ! 
 
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353 MISSIONARY. 
 
 Prophets and kings desired it long, 
 But died without the sight. 
 
 5 The watchmen join their voice, 
 And tuneful notes employ ; 
 
 Jerusalem breaks forth in songs, 
 And deserts learn the joy. 
 
 6 The Lord makes bare his arm 
 Through all the earth abroad ; 
 
 Let every nation now behold 
 Their Saviour and their Gqd. 
 
 353 
 
 "The nifjlit t's far sjyctit." 8, 7, 4 
 
 "Y^ES I we trust the day is breaking, 
 -^ Jo3'ful times are near at hand; 
 God — the mighty God, is speaking 
 By his word, in every land ; 
 
 "When he chooses, 
 Darkness flies at his command. 
 
 2 Oh ! 'tis pleasant — 'tis revi's'ing 
 
 To our hearts, to hear, each day, 
 Joyful news from far arriving, 
 How the gospel wins its way; 
 
 Those enlightening, 
 "Who in death and darkness lay. 
 
 3 God of Jacob, high and glorious, 
 
 Let thy people see thy hand ; 
 Let the gospel be victorious. 
 
 Through the world — in every land; 
 
 Then shall idols 
 Perish, Lord, at thy command. 
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MissioxART. 354^ 355 
 
 354 
 
 Millennluni. 7, 6. 
 
 WHEN shall the voice of singing 
 Flow joyfully along? 
 When hill and valley ringing 
 With one triumphant song, 
 Proclaim the contest ended, 
 
 And Him, who once was slain, 
 Again to earth descended, 
 In righteousness to reign ? 
 
 2 Thep from the craggy mountains 
 
 The sacred shout shall fly ; 
 And shady vales and fountains 
 
 Shall echo the reply ; 
 High tower and lowly dwelling 
 
 Shall send the chorus round, 
 All hallelujah swelling 
 
 In one triumphant sound. 
 
 355 
 
 The promised land. C. M. 
 
 T^AR from these narrow scenes of night, 
 -*- Unbounded glories rise, 
 And realms of infinite delight, 
 Unknown to mortal eyes. 
 
 2 Fair distant land ! could mortal eyes 
 
 But half its charms explore. 
 How Avould our spirits long to rise. 
 And dwell on earth no more ! 
 
 3 There pain and sickness never come ; 
 
 There grief no more complains ; 
 
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356 MISSIONARY. 
 
 Health triumphs in immortal bloom, 
 And purest pleasure reigns. 
 
 4 No cloud those blissful regions know, 
 
 For ever bright and fair ; 
 For sin, the source of mortal vro, 
 Can never enter there. 
 
 5 There no alternate night is known, 
 
 Nor sun's faint sickening ray : 
 But glory, from the eternal throne, 
 Spreads everlasting day. 
 
 356 
 
 The gospel light. C. M 
 
 C TRETCH, my soul, thine ardent wing 
 ^ And hail the dawning light ; 
 Behold, what scenes, what visions spring 
 Of infinite delight. 
 
 2 Soon shall the glorious eastern star 
 
 Above the mountains rise ; 
 And rays celestial, beaming far, 
 Illume e'en polar skies. 
 
 3 If angels in their sphere rejoice 
 
 One rescued soul to greet. 
 How will they raise th' enraptured voio.3 
 Whole continents to meet ! 
 
 4 Siberia spreads her frozen arms, 
 
 Released from sin and chains ; 
 And Sharon's rose exhales its charms 
 On Afric's sultry plains. 
 
 5 From Java to the farthest West 
 
 The heavenly light shall reach ; 
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MISSIONARY. Sdl'V 
 
 And truth divine its power attest, 
 In every clime and speecli. 
 
 6 Shed, Sun of righteousness, thy rays 
 On every land of night ; 
 Till all the heathen sing thy praise, 
 And hail the cheerful light. 
 
 357 
 
 Obligation to spread the gospel. 7, 6. 
 
 "C^ROM Greenland's icy mountains^ 
 -*- From India's coral strand, 
 "Where Afric's sunny fountains 
 
 Roll down their golden sand ; 
 From many an ancient river, 
 
 From many a palmy plain, 
 They call us to deliver 
 
 Their land from error's chain. 
 
 2 What though the spicy breezes 
 
 Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle — 
 Though every prospect pleases, 
 
 And only man is vile ? — 
 In vain, with lavish kindness. 
 
 The gifts of God are strown; 
 The heathen, in his blindness. 
 
 Bows down to wood and stone. 
 
 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted 
 
 By wisdom from on high — 
 Shall we to man benighted 
 
 The lamp of life deny ? — 
 Salvation ! — oh, salvation ! 
 
 The joyful sound proclaim 
 
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358 THE SABBATH. 
 
 Till earth's remotest nation 
 
 Has learned Messiah's name. 
 4 Waft — waft, ye winds, his story ; 
 
 And you, ye waters, roll, 
 Till, like a sea of glory, 
 
 It spreads from pole to pole ; 
 Till o'er our ransomed nature, 
 
 The Lamb for sinners slain, 
 Redeemer, King, Creator, 
 
 Returns in bliss to reign. 
 
 OOO Psahnforlhe Lnrd's-doTj. L. M.' 
 
 O WEET is the work, my God, my King, 
 ^ To praise thy name, give thanks and sing; 
 To show thy love by morning light, 
 And talk of all thy truth at night. 
 
 2 Sweet is the day of sacred rest ; 
 
 No mortal cares shall seize my breast ; 
 Oh, may my heart in tune be Vound, 
 Like David's harp of solemn sound ! 
 
 3 My heart shall triumph in my Lord, 
 And bless his works, and bless his word ; 
 Thy works of grace, how bright they shine ; 
 How deep thy counsels I how divine I 
 
 i Fools never raise their thoughts so high, 
 Like brutes they live, like brutes they die ; 
 Like grass they flourish, till thy breath 
 Blasts them in everlasting death. 
 250 
 
THE SABBATH. 359 
 
 5 But I shall shave a glorious part, 
 When grace has well refined my heart, 
 And fresh supplies of joy are shed, 
 Like holy oil, to cheer my head. 
 
 6 Sin (my worst enemy before) 
 
 Shall vex mine eyes and ears no more ; 
 My inward foes shall all be slain. 
 Nor Satan break my peace aga-n. 
 
 7 Then shall I see and hear and know 
 All I desired or wished below ; 
 And every power find sweet employ 
 In that eternal woild of joy. 
 
 359 Etening he/ore the Sahhath. C. M. 
 
 "W'^HEN the worn spirit needs repose, 
 
 ' »* And sighs her God to seek ; 
 How sweet to hail the evening's close. 
 That ends the weary week 1 
 2 HoAV sweet to hail the early dawn, 
 That opens on the sight; 
 When first the soul-reviving morn 
 Beams its new rays of light. 
 8 Sweet day ! thine hours too soon ^ill cease ; 
 Yet while they gently roll. 
 Breathe, Holy Spirit, source of peace, 
 A Sabbath o'er my soul. 
 4 When will my pilgrimage be done, 
 The world's long week be o'er V 
 That Sabbath dawn which needs no sun. 
 
 That day which fades no more. 
 
 •^ 251 
 
360 THE SABBATH. 
 
 360 
 
 Saturda 11 evening. 7'» 
 
 C AFELY through another week, 
 ^ God has brought us on our way ; 
 Let us now a blessing seek 
 
 On the approaching Sabbath-day : 
 Day of all the week the best, 
 Emblem of eternal rest. 
 
 2 Mercies multiplied each hour 
 
 Through the week our praise demand ; 
 Guarded by Almighty power, 
 
 Fed and guided by his hand : 
 Though ungrateful we have, been, 
 Only made returns of sin. 
 
 3 While we pray for pardoning grace, 
 
 Through the dear Redeemer's name ; 
 ShoAv thy reconciled face — 
 
 Take away our sin and shame ; 
 From our worldly cares set free, 
 May we rest this night in thee. 
 
 4 When the moi-n shall bid us rise, 
 
 Let us feel thy presence near ; 
 May thy glory meet our eyes. 
 
 When we in thy house appear : 
 There afford us, Lord, a taste 
 Of our everlasting feast. 
 
 5 May the gospel's joyful sound 
 
 Conquer sinners — comfort saints ; 
 Make the fruits of grace abound, 
 Bring relief from all complaints : 
 
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THE SABBATH. 361^ 362 
 
 Thus let all our Sabbaths prove, 
 Till -we join the church above. 
 
 361 The Lord' s-dny. CM. 
 
 'y HIS is the day the Lord hath made ; 
 
 -*- He calls the hours his own ; 
 
 Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad, 
 
 And praise surround his throne. 
 2 To-day he rose and left the dead, 
 
 And Satan's empire fell ; 
 To-day the saints his triumphs spread. 
 
 And all his wonders tell. 
 i3 Hosanna to the anointed King, 
 
 To David's holy Son ; 
 Help us, Lord I Descend and bring 
 
 Salvation from thy throne. 
 
 4 Blest be the Lord, who comes to men 
 
 With messages of grace ; 
 Who comes, in God his Father's name, 
 To save our sinful race. 
 
 5 Hosanna in the highest strains 
 
 The church on earth can raise ; 
 The highest heavens, in which he reigns, 
 Shall give him nobler praise. 
 
 ejO/W Morning of the Lord's-day. C. M. 
 
 "C'ARLY, my God, without delay, 
 ^ I haste to seek thy face ; 
 "My thirsty spirit faints away. 
 Without thy cheering grace. 
 
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363 THE SABBATH. 
 
 2 So pilgrims on the scorching sand, 
 
 Beneath a burning sky, 
 Long for a cooling stream at hand, 
 And they must drink, or die. 
 
 3 Not all the blessings of a feast 
 
 Can please my soul so well, 
 As when thy richer grace I taste, 
 And in thy presence dwell. 
 
 4 Not life itself, with all its joys, 
 
 Can ni}' best passions move; 
 Or raise so high my cheerful voice 
 As thy forgiving love. 
 
 f30t3 Welcome, day of rest. 
 
 'XT'^ELCOME, welcome, day of rest, 
 ' * To the world in kindness given; 
 Welcome to this care-worn breast, 
 As the beaming light from heaven. 
 
 2 Day of soft and sweet repose, 
 
 Gently now th}- moments run, 
 
 As the peaceful streamlet flows. 
 
 Radiant with a summer's sun. 
 
 3 Day of tidings from the skies, 
 
 Day of solemn praise and prayer, 
 Day to make the simple wise. 
 Oh, how great thy blessings are! 
 
 4 Welcome, welcome, day of rest. 
 
 With thine influence all divine; 
 May thy hallowed hours be blest 
 To this wandering heart of mine. 
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THE SABBATH. 364, 365 
 
 3o4 Welcoming the Sabbath. H. M. 
 
 ^Y'J^LCOME, delightful morn! 
 ' ^ Thou day of sacred rest ; 
 I hail thy kind return ; 
 
 Lord, make these moments blest. 
 From low delights and trifling toys 
 I soar to reach immortal joys. 
 
 2 Now may the King descend, 
 
 And fill his throne of grace ; 
 Thy sceptre, Lord, extend, 
 While saints address thy face ; 
 Let sinners feel thy quickening word, 
 And learn to know and fear the Lord. 
 
 3 Descend, celestial Dove, 
 
 With all thy quickening powers ; 
 Reveal a Saviour's love, 
 
 And bless these sacred hoiirs ; 
 Then shall my soul new life obtain, 
 Nor Sabbaths be enjoyed in vain. 
 
 ^|30 Sabbath evening. 
 
 C OFTLY fades the twilight ray 
 1^ Of the holy Sabbath day ; 
 Gently as life's setting sun. 
 When the Christian's course is run. 
 
 2 Peace is on the world abroad ; 
 
 'Tis the holy peace of God, — 
 
 Symbol of the peace within, 
 
 W'hen his people rest from sin. 
 
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 7's. 
 
366 THE SABBATH. 
 
 3 Still the Spirit lingers near, 
 Where the evening worsliipper 
 Seeks communion with the skies, 
 Pressing onward to the prize. 
 
 4 Saviour, may our Sabbaths be 
 Days of peace and jo,y in thee, 
 Till in heaven our souls repose, 
 Where the Sabbath ne'er shall close. 
 
 366 
 
 An eternal Sabbath anticipated. 8' 
 
 "^^E angels who stand round the throne, 
 -'- And view my Immauuers face, 
 In rapturous songs make him known ; 
 
 Tune, tune your soft harps to his praise. 
 Ye saints who stand nearer than they, 
 
 And cast your bright crowns at his feet, 
 His grace and his glory display. 
 
 And all his rich mercy repeat. 
 
 2 Oh. when will the period appear. 
 
 When I shall unite in your song? 
 I'm wear}^ of lingering here. 
 
 And I to your Saviour belong I 
 I'm fettered and chained up in clay; 
 
 I struggle and pant to be free ; 
 I long to be soaring away. 
 
 My God and my Saviour to see. 
 
 S I long to put on my attire. 
 
 Washed white in the blood of the Lamb : 
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THE SABBATH. 367, 36S 
 
 I long to "be one of your choir, 
 
 And tune my sweet harp to his name. 
 
 I long — oh, I long to be there, 
 Where sorrow and sin bid adieu ; 
 
 Your joy and your friendship to share, 
 To wonder and worship with you. 
 
 f30 4 Openinrj of morning school. L. M. 
 
 T\/"ELCOME, sweet morn, we hail with joy 
 
 ' ' Thy holy light, thy blest employ ; 
 And come, a little favoured band, 
 One sacred hour with Christ to spend. 
 
 2 Our youthful hearts would humbly pray 
 That he will bless our school to-day; 
 To him our joyful notes of praise 
 With one united voice we raise. 
 
 368 
 
 Sabbath in the sanctuary. H. M. 
 
 'yO spend one sacred day 
 
 -*- Where God and saints abide, 
 
 Affords diviner joy 
 
 Than thousand days beside : 
 Where God resorts, I love it more 
 To keep the door, than shine in courts. 
 
 God is our sun and shield. 
 Our light, and our defence : 
 
 With gifts his hands are filled; 
 We draw our blessings thence : 
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369 THE SABBATH. 
 
 He sliall bestow on Jacob's race 
 Peculiar grace, and glory too. 
 
 S The Lord his people loves ; 
 
 His hand no good withholds 
 From those his heart approves, 
 From pure and upright souls ; 
 Thrice happy he, God of hosts ! 
 Whose spirit trusts alone in thee. 
 
 369 
 
 Sahhath evening. 6's. 
 
 rPHE light of Sabbath eve 
 -*- Is fading fast away ; 
 What record will it leave, 
 
 To crown the closing day ? 
 Is it a Sabbath spent, 
 
 Of fruitless time destroyed? 
 Or have these moments lent 
 
 Been sacredly employed ? 
 
 2 How dreadful and how drear, 
 
 In yon dark world of pain, 
 Will Sabbaths lost appear. 
 
 That cannot come again ! 
 Then, in that hopeless place, 
 
 The wretched soul will say, 
 *' I had those hours of grace, 
 
 But cast them all away." 
 
 3 To waste these Sabbath hours 
 
 Oh, may we never dare ; 
 Kor taint with thoughts of ours 
 These 8a<;red davs of prayer 
 
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THE SABBATH. 3TO, STl 
 
 But may our Sabbaths here 
 Inspire our hearts with love ; 
 
 And prove a foretaste clear 
 Of that sweet rest above. 
 
 370 
 
 The eternal Sabbath. L. M. 
 
 'THINE earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love ; 
 
 -*- But there's a nobler rest above ; 
 To that our longing souls aspire. 
 With cheerful hope and strong desire. 
 
 2 No more fatigue — no more distress, 
 Nor sin nor death shall reach the place ; 
 No groans shall mingle with the songs 
 "Which dwell upon immortal tongues. 
 
 5 No rude alarms of raging foes. 
 No cares to break the blest repose ; 
 No midnight shade — no clouded sun — 
 But sacred, high, eternal noon. 
 
 iHorning. 
 
 371 
 
 Morning worship. C. M, 
 
 A GAIN, from calm and sweet repose, 
 -^-^ I rise to hail the dawn ; 
 Again my waking eyes unclose, 
 To view the smiling morn. 
 
 2 Great God of love ! thy praise I'll sing ; 
 For thou hast safely kept 
 My soul beneath thy guardian wing, 
 And watched me while I slept. 
 
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S'Vfi MORNING. 
 
 3 Glory to thee, eternal Lord ; 
 
 Oh, teach my heart to pray, 
 And thy blest Spirit's help afford, 
 To guide me through the day. 
 
 4 Let every thought and word accord 
 
 With thy most holy will; 
 Each deed the precepts of thy word 
 With pious aim fulfil. 
 
 From danger, sin and every ill, 
 My constant guardian prove ; 
 Oh, sanctify my heart, and fi»ll 
 With thoughts of holy love. 
 
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 31orning prayer. 7, 6. 
 
 CO ON as the morn with roses 
 ^ Bedecks the dewy east, 
 And when the sun reposes 
 
 Upon the ocean's breast; 
 Our voice in supplication, 
 
 Jehovah, thou shalt hear ; 
 Oh, grant us thy salvation, 
 
 And be thou ever near. 
 
 2 By thee through life supported, 
 We pass the dangerous road^ 
 By heavenly hosts escorted 
 Up to their bright abode ; 
 There cast our crowns before thee, 
 
 Our toils and conflicts o'er. 
 And day and night adore thee, 
 For ever, evermore. 
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MORNixa. S'VS, S^4L 
 
 fy 4 ^3 ^ morning hymn. L. M. 
 
 /~^ OD of the morning, at whose voice 
 ^^ The cheei-ful sun makes haste to rise, 
 And like a giant doth rejoice 
 
 To run his journey through the skies. 
 
 2 From the fair chambers of the east 
 
 The circuit of his race begins ; 
 And without weariness or rest, 
 
 Round the whole earth he flies and shines. 
 
 3 Oh, like the sun, may I fulfil 
 
 The appointed duties of the d%y ; 
 With ready mind and active will 
 
 March on and keep my heavenly way. 
 
 4 But I shall rove and lose the race, 
 
 If God, my sun, should disappear, 
 And leave me in this world's wild maze 
 To follow every wandering star. 
 
 5 Give me thy counsel for my guide, 
 
 And then receive me to thy bliss ; 
 All my desires and hopes beside 
 
 Are faint and cold, compared with this. 
 
 O I 44 God's goodness acknowledged. C. M. 
 
 /'^XCE more, my soul, the rising day 
 ^^ Salutes thy waking eyes ; 
 Once more, my voice, thy tribute pay 
 To Him who rules the skies. 
 
 2 How many wretched souls have fled 
 Since the last setting sun ! 
 
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375^ 376 MOENIXG. 
 
 And yet thou lengthenest out my thread, 
 
 And yet my moments run. 
 3 Great God, let all my hours be thine, 
 
 While I eDJoy the light ; 
 Then shall my sun in smiles decline, 
 
 And bring a peaceful night. 
 
 O • O Morning thanksgiving. g. ]Vf. 
 
 CERENE I laid me down, 
 ^ Beneath his guardian care ; 
 I slept— and I awoke, and found 
 My kind Preserver near. 
 
 2 Thus does thine arm support 
 This weak, defenceless frame ; 
 
 But whence these favours, Lord, to me, 
 All worthless as I am? 
 
 3 Oh, how shall I repay 
 The bounties of my God ? 
 
 This feeble spirit pants beneath 
 The pleasing, painful load. 
 
 4 My life 1 would anew 
 Devote, Lord, to thee ; 
 
 And in thy service I would spend 
 A long eternity. 
 
 O fl O 3Iorning devotion. C. M. 
 
 ''rHROUGH all the dangers of the night 
 -■- Preserv'd, Lord, by thee ; 
 Again we hail the cheerful light, 
 Again we bow the knee. 
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S. M. 
 
 MORNING. S^H 
 
 I Preserve us, Lord, throughout the day, 
 And guide us by thine arm ; 
 For they are safe, and only they, 
 Whom thou preserv'st from harm. 
 
 3 Let all our words and all our ways 
 Declare that we are thine ; 
 That so the light of truth and grace 
 Before the world may shine. 
 
 ^^ ^ Morning mercies. 
 
 AWAKE ! my heart, awake ! 
 Thy gracious God to praise, 
 Who condescends such care to take 
 And lengthen out my days. 
 
 2 While some have passed the night 
 In restlessness and pain ; 
 I rise in health, to see the light. 
 And seek the Lord again. 
 
 % This day will many die ! 
 
 This hour, what numbers go ! 
 What if my soul be called to fly, 
 And I that change should know ? 
 
 4 Lord, come, and be my guide 
 Through this uncertain space ; 
 k.-.ep me for ever near thy side, 
 And grant a child thy grace. 
 
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3^8, 3^9 EVENING. 
 
 378 
 
 ^benmg. 
 
 An eveninrj Tiymn. L. M. 
 
 f^ REAT God ! to thee my evening song 
 ^-^ AVith humble gratitude I raise ; 
 Oh, let thy mercy tune my tongue, 
 And fill my heart with lively praise. 
 
 2 My days unclouded as they pass, 
 
 And every gentle, rolling hour, 
 Are monuments of ■wondrous grace, 
 And witness to th}" love and power. 
 
 3 And yet this thoughtless, "wretched heart, 
 
 Too oft regardless of thy love. 
 Ungrateful, can from thee depart, 
 And, fond of trifles, vainly rove. 
 
 4 Seal my forgiveness in the blood 
 
 Of Jesus ; his dear name alone 
 I plead for pardon, gracious God ! 
 And kind acceptance at thy throne. 
 
 5 Let this blest hope mine eyelids close. 
 
 With sleep refresh my feeble frame ; 
 Safe in thy care may I repose, 
 
 And wake with praises to thy name. 
 
 379 
 
 Evening devotion, C. M. 
 
 T ORD, thou wilt hear me when I pray ; 
 -■-^ I am for ever thine : 
 I fear before thee all the day, 
 Nor would I dare to sin. 
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EVENING. 3S0, 381 
 
 2 And while I rest my weary head, 
 
 From care and business free, 
 'Tis sweet conversing on my bed 
 V.'ith my own heart and thee. 
 
 3 I pay this evening sacrifice ; 
 
 And when my work is done, 
 Great God, my faith, my hope relies 
 Upon thy grace alone. 
 
 4 Thus, with my thoughts composed to peace, 
 
 111 give mine eyes to sleep ; 
 Thy hand in safety keeps my days, 
 And will my slumbers keep. 
 
 380 
 
 Evening meditation. 7's. 
 
 ^OFTLY, now, the light of day 
 ^ Fades upon my sight away ; 
 Free from care, from labour free. 
 Lord I I would commune with thee. 
 2 Soon for me the light of day 
 Shall for ever pass away ; 
 Then, from sin and sorrow free. 
 Take me, Lord, to dwell with thee. 
 
 381 
 
 Evening worship. C. M. 
 
 f~\ LORD, another day is flown ; 
 ^-^ And we, a little band, 
 Are met once more before thy throne. 
 To bless thy fostering hand. 
 
 2 Thy heavenly grace to each impart ; 
 AH evil far remove ; 
 
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3S2, 383 EVExixG. 
 
 And shed abroad in every heart 
 
 Thine everlasting love. 
 S Oh, still restore our wandering feet, 
 
 And still direct our way ; 
 Till worlds shall fail, and faith shall greet 
 
 The dawn of endless day. 
 
 382 
 
 Gratitude for daili/ mercies. L. ^[. 
 
 1\ FY God, how endless is thy love! 
 -LtX rpjjy gifts are every evening new ; 
 And morning mercies from above, 
 Gently distil like early dew. 
 
 2 Thou spread'st the curtains of the night, 
 Great Guardian of my sleeping hours : 
 Thy sovereign word restores the light. 
 And quickens all my drowsy powers. 
 8 I yield my powers to thy command ; 
 To thee I consecrate my days ; 
 Perpetual blessings from thy hand 
 Demand perpetual songs of praise. 
 
 383 
 
 Evening hi/mn. 8, 7, 7 
 
 THROUGH the day thy love hath spared us, 
 Now we lay us down to rest ; 
 Through the silent watches guard us. 
 
 Let no foe our peace molest ; 
 Jesus, thou our guardian be, 
 Sweet it is to trust in thee. 
 2 Pilgrims here on earth, and strangers, 
 Dwelling in the midst of foes, 
 
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EVENING. 384, 385 
 
 Us and ours preserve from dangers, 
 
 In thine arms may we repose ; 
 And, when life's short day is past, 
 Rest with thee in heaven at last- 
 
 ^^Zj[ Prayer for divine protection. 8,7. 
 
 SAVIOUR ! breathe an evening blessing, 
 Ere repose our eyelids seal ; 
 Sin and want we come confessing ; 
 Thou canst save and thou canst heal. 
 
 2 Though destruction walk around us. 
 
 Though the arrows past us fly, 
 Angel-guards from thee surround us ; 
 We are safe, if thou art nigh. 
 
 3 Though, the night be dark and dreary. 
 
 Darkness cannot hide from thee : 
 Thou art he who, never Aveary, 
 Watcheth where thy people be. 
 
 3oO The night of death. S. M. 
 
 THE day is past and gone ; 
 The evening shades appear ; 
 Oh, may we all remember well 
 The night of death draws near. 
 
 2 We lay our garments by. 
 Upon our beds to rest ; 
 So death shall soon disrobe us all 
 Of what we here possessed. 
 S Lord, keep us safe this night. 
 Secure from all our fears ; 
 
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386, SST' EVENING. 
 
 May angels guard us while we sleep, 
 Till morning light appears. 
 
 4 And when we early rise, 
 And view the unwearied sun. 
 
 May we set out to win the prize, 
 And after glory run. 
 
 5 And when our days are past. 
 And we from time remove ; 
 
 Lord, may we in thy bosom rest, 
 The bosom of thy love. 
 
 386 
 
 Perfect peace. S. M. 
 
 A NOTHER day is past, 
 -^^ The hours for ever fled ; 
 And time is bearing me away, 
 To mingle with the dead. 
 
 ]My mind in perfect peace 
 My Father's care shall keep ; 
 I yield to gentle slumber now. 
 For thou canst never sleep. 
 
 How blessed, Lord, are they 
 On thee securely stayed I 
 Nor shall they be in life alarmed, 
 Nor be in death dismayed. 
 
 387 
 
 Evening. C. M. 
 
 T LOVE to steal awhile away 
 -■- From every cumbering care, 
 And spend the hours of setting day, 
 In humble, grateful prayer. 
 
 268 
 
MORNING AND EVENING. 3SS 
 
 2 I love in solitude to shed 
 
 The penitential tear ; 
 And all his promises to plead, 
 Where none but God can hear. 
 
 3 I love to think on mercies past, 
 
 And future good implore ; 
 And all my cares and sorrows cast 
 On him whom I adore. 
 
 4 I love by faith to take a view 
 
 Of brighter scenes in heaven, 
 The prospect doth my strength renew, 
 While here by tempests driven. 
 
 5 Thus, when life's toilsome day is o'er. 
 
 May its departing ray 
 Be calm as this impressive hour, 
 And lead to endless day. 
 
 iHorning anti (J^bening* 
 
 OOO Daily mercies. CM. 
 
 f\^ thee, each morning, my God, 
 ^^ My waking thoughts attend ; 
 In thee are founded all my hopes^ 
 In thee my wishes end. 
 
 2 My soul, in pleasing wonder lost, 
 
 Thy boundless love surveys ; 
 And fired with grateful zeal, prepares, 
 A sacrifice of praise. 
 
 3 When evening slumbers press my ej^es, 
 
 With thy protection blest, 
 
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i S89, 390 MORNING AND EVENING. 
 
 In peace and safety I commit 
 My weary limbs to rest. 
 4 My spirit, in tliy hand secure, 
 Fears no approaching ill ; 
 For, whether waking or asleep. 
 Thou, Lord, art with me still. 
 
 00«lf Daily loorship. L. M. 
 
 "|V,TY God, accept my early vows, 
 
 -'-'-*- Like morning incense in thy house ; 
 
 And let ray nightly worship *rise, 
 
 Sweet as the evening sacrifice. 
 
 2 Watch o'er my lips, and guard them. Lord, 
 From every rash and heedless word ; 
 
 Nor let my feet incline to tread 
 The guilty paths where sinners lead. 
 
 3 Oh, may the righteous, when I stray, 
 Smite and reprove my wandering way ; 
 Their gentle words, like ointment shed, 
 Shall never bruise, but cheer my head. 
 
 4 When I behold them pressed with grief, 
 I'll cry to heaven for their relief; 
 
 And by my warm petitions prove 
 How much I prize their faithful love. 
 
 DaUxj grace inq^Iored. L. M. 
 
 TTTHEN, streaming from the eastern skies, 
 * ' The morning light salutes my eyes, 
 Sun of righteousness divine. 
 On me with beams of mercy shine ; 
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MORNING AND EVENING. 391 
 
 Chase the dark clouds of guilt away, 
 And turn my darkness into day. 
 
 2 When each day's scenes and labours close, 
 And wearied nature seeks repose, 
 With pardoning mercy richly blessed, 
 Guard me, my Saviour, while I rest ; 
 And, as each morning sun shall rise, 
 Oh, lead me onward to the skies. 
 
 8 And at my life's last setting sun, 
 My conflicts o'er, my labours done, 
 Jesus, thy heavenly radiance shed, 
 To cheer and bless my dying bed; 
 And from death's gloom my spirit raJs^, 
 To see thy face, and sing thy praise. 
 
 391 
 
 To-day. S. M. 
 
 'TO-MORROW, Lord, is thine, 
 -■- Lodged in thy sovereign hand ; 
 And if its sun arise and shine, 
 It shines by thy command. 
 
 2 The present moment flies, 
 And bears our life away ; 
 Oh, make thy servants truly wise, 
 That they may live to-day. 
 
 S Since on this fleeting hour 
 Eternity is hung, 
 Waken, by thine almighty power, 
 The aged and the young. 
 
 4 One thing demands our care, 
 Oh, be it still pursued ; 
 
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392 MORNING AND EVENING- 
 
 Lest, slighted once, the season fair 
 Should never be renewed. 
 
 5 To Jesus may we fly, 
 
 Swift as the moi'ning light ; 
 Lest life's bright beams at once should die, 
 In sudden endless night. 
 
 392 
 
 Morning hymn. 
 
 A WAKE, my soul, and with the sun 
 ■^-^ Thy daily stage of duty run ; 
 Shake off dull sloth, and early rise, 
 To pay thy morning sacrifice. 
 
 2 Redeem thy mis-spent time that's past, 
 And live this day, as 'twere the last ; 
 To improve thy talents take due care ; 
 'Gainst the great day thyself prepare. 
 
 3 Let all thy converse be sincere. 
 
 Thy conscience as the noonday clear ; 
 Think how the all-seeing God thy ways 
 And all thy secret thoughts surveys. 
 
 4 Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart, 
 And with the angels bear thy part, 
 "Who all night long unwearied sing 
 Glory to the eternal King. 
 
 5 Glory to thee, who safe hast kept, 
 And hast refreshed me while I slept; 
 Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wake, 
 I may of endless life partake. 
 
 6 Lord, T my vows to thee renew ; 
 Scatter my sins as morning dew ; 
 
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MORNING AND EVENING. 393 
 
 Guard my first springs of thought and will, 
 And with thyself my spirit fill. 
 
 7 Direct, control, suggest this day, 
 All I design, or do, or say; 
 
 That all my powers, with all their might, 
 In thy sole glory may unite. 
 
 8 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow ; 
 Praise him, all creatures here below ; 
 Praise him above, ye angelic host ; 
 Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. 
 
 ^£/f3 Uvem'ng hymn. 
 
 GLORY to thee, my God, this night. 
 For all the blessings of the light ; 
 Keep me, oh ! keep me. King of kings. 
 Under the shadow of thy wings. 
 
 2 Forgive me. Lord, for thy dear Son, 
 The ills which I this day have done ; 
 That with the world, myself, and thee, 
 I, ere I sleep, at peace may be. 
 
 3 Oh ! may my soul on thee repose. 
 
 And with sweet sleep mine eyelids close : 
 Sleep, that may me more active make 
 To serve my God when I aAvake. 
 
 4 Guarded by thine almighty arm, 
 Though death may strike it cannot harm ; 
 Then welcome death or sleep to me, 
 
 I'm still secure, if still with thee. 
 
 5 Teach me to live, that I may dread 
 The grave as little as my bed ; 
 
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394 MOKNIKG AND ETENING. 
 
 Teach me to die, that so I may 
 "NVith joy behold the jiaclgmeiit-day. 
 
 6 If wakeful in the night I lie, 
 
 My soul with heavenly thoughts supply; 
 Let no ill dreams disturb my rest, 
 No powers of darkness me molest. 
 
 7 Let my blest Guardian, while I sleep, 
 His watchful station near me keep ; 
 My heart with love celestial fill, 
 
 And save me from the approach of ill. 
 
 8 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, 
 Praise him, all creatures here below ; 
 Praise him above, ye angelic host ; 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
 394 
 
 What is life ? 
 
 WHAT is life ? 'Tis but a vapour 
 Soon it vanishes away : 
 Life is but a dying taper ; 
 
 my soul, why wish to stay ? 
 Why not spread thy wings, and fly 
 Straight to yonder world of joy ? 
 
 2 See that glory, how resplendent I 
 Brighter far than fancy paints ; 
 There, in majesty transcendent, 
 
 Jesus reigns, the King of saints : 
 Spread thy wings, my soul, and fly 
 Straight to yonder world of joy. 
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SICKNESS. 395 
 
 3 Joyful crowds his throne STirrounding, 
 
 Sing with rapture of his love ; 
 Through the heavens his praises sounding, 
 
 Filling all the courts above: 
 Spread thy wings, my soul, and fly 
 Straight to yonder Avorld of joy. 
 
 4 Go and share his people's glory, 
 
 Mid the ransomed crowd appear ; 
 Thine's a joyful, wondrous story, 
 
 One that angels love to hear: 
 Spread thy wings, my soul, and fly 
 Straight to yonder world of joy. 
 
 SPECIAL OCCASIONS. 
 
 395 
 
 Sahbnth in a sich-ehamher. C. M. 
 
 'T'HOUSANDS, Lord of hosts, to-day 
 -^ Within thy temple meet ; 
 And tens of thousands throng to pay 
 Their homage at thy feet. 
 
 2 They see thy power and glory there, 
 
 Where I have seen them too; 
 They read, they heiir. they join in prayer. 
 As I was wont to do. 
 
 3 They sing thy deeds, as I have sung, 
 
 In sweet and solemn lays, 
 W'ere I among them, my glad tongue 
 Might learn new themes of praise. 
 
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396 SICKNESS. 
 
 4 I, of such fellowship bereft, 
 
 In spirit turn to thee : 
 Oh, hast thou not a blessing left, — 
 A blessing, Lord, for me ? 
 
 5 Behold thy prisoner ; — loose my bands, 
 
 If 'tis thy gracious will ; 
 If not, — contented in thy hands, — 
 Behold thy prisoner still. 
 
 G I may not to thy courts repair, 
 Yet here thou surely art ; 
 Lord, consecrate a house of prayer 
 In my surrendered heart. 
 
 7 To faith reveal the things unseen ; 
 To hope, the joys untold ; 
 Let love, without a veil between, 
 Thy glory now behold. 
 
 396 
 
 Comforts of the gospel in sicJcness. C. M. 
 
 "ITrHEX languor and disease invade 
 
 ' * This trembling house of clay, 
 'Tis sweet to look beyond our cage, 
 And long to fly away. 
 
 2 Sweet to look inward, and attend 
 The whispers of his love ; 
 Sweet to look upward, to the place 
 Where Jesus pleads above. 
 
 S Sweet to look back, and see my name 
 In life's fair book set down ; 
 Sweet to look forward, and behold 
 Eternal joys my own. 
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SICKNESS. S9K 
 
 4 Sweet to reflect how grace dWine 
 
 My sins on Jesus laid ; 
 Sweet to remember that his blood 
 My debt of suflferings paid. 
 
 5 Sweet on his righteousness to stand, 
 
 "Which saves from second death ; 
 Sweet to experience, day by day, 
 His Spirit's quickening breath. 
 
 6 Sweet on his faithfulness to rest, 
 
 Whose love can never end ; 
 Sweet on the covenant of his grace 
 For all things to depend. 
 
 7 Sweet in the confidence of faith. 
 
 To trust his firm decrees ; 
 Sweet to lie passive in his hands. 
 And know no will but his. 
 
 8 If such the sweetness of the stream. 
 
 What must the fountain be, 
 Wliere saints and angels draw their bliss, 
 Immediately from thee ! 
 
 397 
 
 Longing for heaven. C. M. 
 
 T7ARTH has engrossed my love too long; 
 -^ 'Tis time I lift mine eyes 
 Upward, dear Father, to thy throne, 
 And to my native skies, 
 
 2 There the blest man, my Saviour, sits : 
 The God I how bright he shines ! 
 And scatters infinite delights 
 On all the happy minds. 
 
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S.9S SICKNESS. 
 
 3 Seraphs, with elevated strains, 
 
 Circle the throne around, 
 And move and charm the starry plains 
 With an immortal sound. 
 
 4 Jesus, the Lord, their harps employs ; 
 
 Jesus, my love, they sing ! 
 Jesus, the life of all our joys. 
 Sounds sweet from every string. 
 
 5 Now let me mount and join their song, 
 
 And be an angel too ; 
 My heart, my hand, my ear,- my tongue, 
 Here's joyful work for you. 
 
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 On recovery from sicl-ness. C. ]\L 
 
 ]\ TY God, thy service well demands 
 ■^'^ The remnant of my dajs ; 
 Why was this fleeting breath renewed. 
 But to renew thy praise ? 
 
 2 Thine arms of everlasting love 
 
 Did this weak frame sustain. 
 When life was hovering o'er the grave, 
 And nature sunk witli pain. 
 
 3 Calmly I bowed my fainting head 
 
 Upon thy faithful breast ; 
 Pleased to obey my Father's call 
 To his eternal rest. 
 
 4 Into thy hands, my Saviour God, 
 
 Did I my soul resign, 
 In firm dependence on that truth 
 Which made salvation mine. 
 278 
 
lord's supper. 399 
 
 5 Back from the borders of the grave, 
 
 At thy command I come : 
 Nor would I urge a speedier flight 
 To my celestial home. 
 
 6 Where thou ordainest my abode, 
 
 There would I choose to be ; 
 For in thy presence, death is life, 
 And earth is heaven with thee. 
 
 Horti'isi Supper. 
 
 O^^ " This do in remembrance of me." C. M. 
 
 A CCORDINa to thy gracious word, 
 -^^ In meek humility, 
 This will I do, my dying Lord, 
 I will remember thee. 
 2 Thy body, broken for my sake, 
 My bread from heaven shall be ; 
 Thy testamental cup I take, 
 And thus remember thee. 
 
 8 Gethsemane can I forget ? 
 Or there thy conflict see, 
 Thine agony and bloody sweat. 
 And not remember thee ? 
 
 1 When to the cross I turn mine eyes, 
 And rest on Calvary, 
 Lamb of God, my sacrifice, 
 I must remember thee. 
 
 5 Remember thee and all thy pains. 
 And all thy love to me ; 
 
 27 U 
 
400 lord's supper. 
 
 Yea, T^-hile a breath, a pulse remains, 
 Will I remember thee. 
 
 6 And when these failing lips grovr dumb, 
 And mind and memory flee, 
 "When thou shalt in thy kingdom come, 
 Jesus, remember me ! 
 
 400 
 
 Tlie Lord's Supper instituted. L. M. 
 
 "yWAS on that dark, that doleful night, 
 -^ "When powers of hell and earth arose 
 Against the Son of God's delight. 
 
 And friends betrayed him to his foes : 
 
 2 Before the mournful scene began, 
 
 He took the bread, and blessed and brake: 
 What love through all his actions ran ! 
 What wondrous words of grace he spake I 
 
 S " This is my body, broke for sin ; 
 Receive and eat the living food ;" 
 Then took the cup and blest the wine ; 
 " 'Tis the new covenant in my blood." 
 
 4 " Do this," he cried, " till time shall end. 
 
 In memory of your dying friend ; 
 Meet at my table, and record 
 
 The love of your departed Lord." 
 
 5 Jesus, thy feast we celebrate, 
 
 We show thy death, we sing thy name. 
 Till thou return, and we shall eat 
 The marriage supper of the Lamb. 
 280 
 
BIKTH OF THE SAVIOUR. 401, 409 
 
 401 
 
 The sun of righteousness. 7's. 
 
 TTARK ! the herald angels sing, — 
 -'--*- Glory to the new-born King ; 
 Peace on earth, and mercy mild; 
 God and sinners reconciled. 
 
 2 Joyful, all ye nations, rise. 
 Join the triumphs of the skies ; 
 With angelic hosts proclaim, — 
 Christ is born in Bethlehem. 
 
 3 Christ, by highest heaven adored, — 
 Christ, the everlasting Lord ; 
 Veiled in flesh the Godhead see ; 
 Hail, incarnate Deity ! 
 
 4 Hail the heaven-born Prince of peace ! 
 Hail the Sun of righteousness ! 
 Light and life to all he brings, — 
 Risen with healing in his wings. 
 
 5 Come, Desire of nations, come ! 
 Fix in us thy humble home ; 
 Second Adam from above, 
 Reinstate us in thy love. 
 
 402 
 
 i\"ejcs of the Saviour. C. M. 
 
 "jVrORTALS, awake, with angels join 
 
 -^ And chant the solemn lay ; 
 
 Joy love, and gratitude combine 
 
 To hail the auspicious day. 
 
 281 
 
403 BIRTH OF THE SAVIOUR. 
 
 2 In heaven the rapturous song began, 
 And sweet seraphic tire 
 Through all the shining legions ran, 
 And strung and tuned the lyre. 
 
 d Swift through the vast expanse it flew. 
 And loud the echo rolled ; 
 The theme, the song, the joy was new, 
 'Twas more than heaven could hold. 
 
 i Down through the portals of the sky 
 The impetuous torrent ran ; 
 And angels flew, with eager joy, 
 To bear the news to man. 
 
 5 Hark ! the cherubic armies shout, 
 And glory leads the song ; 
 Good-will and peace are heard, throughout 
 The harmonious angel throng. 
 
 C With joy the chorus we'll repeat, — 
 Glory to God on high I 
 Good-will and peace are now complete ; 
 Jesus was born to die ! 
 
 7 Hail, Prince of life ! forever hail, 
 Redeemer, brother, friend ! 
 Though earth and time and life should fail. 
 Thy praise shall never end. 
 
 403 
 
 TJi e Sa V 10 n r's h irth. C. M. 
 
 '^X'^HILE shepherds watch'd their flocks by 
 ' * All seated on the ground, [night 
 
 The angel of the Lord came down, 
 And glory shone around. 
 "82 
 
BIETH OF THE SAVIOFE. 404 
 
 2 " Fear not," said he, — for mighty dread 
 
 Had seized their troubled mind, — 
 " Glad tidings of great joy I bring, 
 To you and all mankind. 
 
 3 " To you, in David's town, this day. 
 
 Is born of David's line 
 The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, 
 And this shall be the sign. 
 
 4 " The heavenly babe you there shall find, 
 
 To human view displayed, 
 All meanly wrapped in swaddling bands, 
 And in a manger laid." 
 
 6 Thus spake the seraph ; and forthwith 
 Appeared a shining throng 
 Of angels, praising God, who thus 
 Addressed their joyful song : — 
 
 C " All glory be to God on high, 
 And to the earth be peace. 
 Good-will henceforth from heaven to men 
 Begin, and never cease." 
 
 404 The Star of the East. 11, 10. 
 
 J^RIGHTEST and best of the sons of the 
 morning — 
 Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine 
 aid ; 
 Star of the East, the horizon adorning — 
 Guide where the infant Redeemer is laid. 
 
405 BIRTH OF THE SAVIOUR. 
 
 2 Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are 
 
 shining; 
 
 Low lies his head, with the beasts of the' 
 stall ; 
 Angels adore him in slumbers reclining — 
 Maker and Monarch and Saviour of°all I 
 
 3 Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion,] 
 
 Odours of Eden and offerings divine ? 
 Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the 
 ocean, 
 Myrrh from the forest, and gold from 
 the mine ! 
 
 4 Vainly we suffer each ample oblation ; 
 
 Vainly with gifts would hi§ favour secure; 
 Richer, by far, is the heart's adoration ; 
 Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor. 
 
 5 Brightest and best of the sons of the morn- 
 
 ing- 
 Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine 
 
 aid ; 
 Star of the East, the horizon adorning — 
 Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid. 
 
 4»\fO Jfeasiah comes. C. M. 
 
 TTARK, the glad sound, the Saviour comes, 
 
 -^ The Saviour promised long! 
 Let every heart prepare a throne, 
 And every voice a song. 
 
 2 He comes, the prisoners to release. 
 In Satan's bondage held ; ' 
 
 284 
 
SEASONS OF THE TEAR. 406 
 
 The gates of brass before liim burst, 
 The iron fetters yield. 
 
 3 He comes, from thickest films of vice 
 
 To clear the mental ray ; 
 And, on the eyes oppressed with night, 
 To pour celestial day. 
 
 4 He comes the broken heart to bind, 
 
 The bleeding soul to cure ; 
 And, with the treasures of his grace, 
 T' enrich the humble poor. 
 
 5 Our glad hosannas. Prince of peace. 
 
 Thy welcome shall proclaim ; 
 And heaven's eternal arches ring 
 With thy beloved name. 
 
 CJe Seasons of tlje ¥ear* 
 
 406 
 
 Goodness of God in the seasons. S. M. 
 r^ REAT God, at thy command 
 ^^ Seasons in order rise ; 
 Thy power and love in concert reign 
 Through earth and seas and skies. 
 
 2 How balmy is the air ! 
 
 How warm the sun's bright beams ! 
 While, to refresh the ground, the rains 
 Descend in gentle streams. 
 
 3 With grateful praise we own 
 Thy kind, providing hand, 
 
 While grass and herbs and waving corn, 
 Adorn and bless the land. 
 
407, 40S SEASONS OF THE YEAR. 
 
 4 But greater still the gift 
 Of thine incarnate Son ; 
 By liim forgiveness, peace and joy 
 Throusli endless ages run. 
 
 407 
 
 The 2iass{n(j year. C. M, 
 
 IDE HOLD, my soul, the narrow bound 
 -*-^ That marks the passing year ! 
 How swift the Aveeks complete their round! 
 How short the months appear I 
 
 2 So fast eternity comes on, 
 
 And that important day,* 
 ^'hen all that mortal life has done, 
 God's judgment shall survey. 
 
 3 Yet, like an idle tale we pass 
 
 The swiftly gliding year, 
 And study artful ways to increase 
 The speed of its career. 
 
 408 
 
 Goodness of God in the seasons. C. IVjL 
 
 "yiS by thj' strength the mountains stand, 
 
 -^ God of eternal power ; 
 The sea grows calm at thy command, 
 And tempests cease to roar. 
 
 2 Thy morning light and evening shade 
 
 Successive comforts bring ; 
 Thy plenteous fruits make harvests glad, 
 Th}' flowers adorn the spring. 
 
 3 Seasons and times, and moons and hours, 
 
 Heaven, earth and air are thine ; 
 
 286 
 
SEASONS OF THE TEAR. 400 
 
 "When clouds distil in fruitful showers, 
 The author is divine. 
 
 4 Those wandering: cisterns in the sky, 
 
 Borne by the winds around, 
 With watery treasures well supply 
 The furrows of the ground. 
 
 5 The thirsty ridges drink their fill, 
 
 And ranks of corn appear; 
 Thy waA's abound with blessings still. 
 Thy goodness crowns the year. 
 
 409 
 
 Sprixff. S. M, 
 
 ^PARED to another spring, 
 ^^ We raise our grateful songs ; 
 *Tis pleasant, Lord, thy praise to sing. 
 For praise to thee belongs. 
 
 2 The fields on every side, 
 The trees on every hill, 
 
 The glorious sun, the rolling tide, 
 Proclaim thy wondrous skill. 
 
 3 But trees, and fields, and skies, 
 Still praise a God unknown ; 
 
 For gratitude and love can rise 
 From living hearts alone. 
 
 4 While earth itself decays. 
 Our souls can never die ; 
 
 Oh tune them, Lord, to hymn thy praise 
 In better songs on high. 
 
 287 
 
410^ 411 SEASONS OF THE YEAK. 
 
 410 
 
 S])rinfj. C. M. 
 
 "IT/^HILE verdant hill and blooming vale 
 
 ' ^ Put on their fresh array, 
 And fragrance breathes in every gale, 
 How sweet the vernal day ! 
 
 2 Oh, let my wondering heart confess, 
 
 With gratitude and love, 
 The bounteous hand that deigns to bless 
 The garden, field and grove. 
 
 3 The bounteous hand my thoughts adore, 
 
 Beyond expression kind, * 
 Hath sweeter, nobler gifts in store, 
 To bless the craving mind. 
 
 4 That hand, in this hard heart of mine, 
 
 Can make each virtue live ; 
 And kindl}" showers of grace divine. 
 Life, beauty, fragrance give. 
 
 411 
 
 Summer. CM. 
 
 /^NCE more the Lord's indulgent hand 
 ^-^ Hath rolled the seasons round ; 
 And lo, again our fruitful land 
 "We see with plenty crowned. 
 
 2 He gives us rain in copious showers, 
 
 And makes his sun to shine ; 
 And forth a flood of blessings pours, 
 Of blessings all divine. 
 
 3 In vain the husbandman might sow, 
 
 And harrow in the seed, 
 288 
 
SEASONS OF THE YEAR. 4:111, 4^13 
 
 Did God the blessing not bestow, 
 And make his toil succeed. 
 
 4 Then let us join our grateful songs, 
 The God of heaven to bless, 
 To whom alone all praise belongs, 
 For all that we possess. 
 
 412 
 
 Harvest hymn. C. ^I. 
 
 'yO praise the ever-bounteous Lord, 
 -*- My soul, wake all thy powers : 
 He calls, and at his voice come forth 
 The smiling harvest hours. 
 
 2 His covenant with the earth he keeps ; 
 
 My tongue, his goodness sing ; 
 Summer and winter know their time, 
 His harvest crowns the spring. 
 
 3 Well pleased the husbandman beholds 
 
 The waving, yellow crop ; 
 With joy he bears the sheaves away, 
 And sows again in hope. 
 
 4 Thus teach me, gracious God, to sow 
 
 The seeds of righteousness ; 
 Smile on my soul, and with thy beams 
 The ripening harvest bless. 
 
 413 
 
 Autumn. 8, 7. 
 
 C EE the leaves around us falling, 
 ^^ Dry and withered to the ground ; 
 Thus to thoughtless mortals calling, 
 In a sad and solemn sound. 
 
 19 189 
 
414 SEASONS OF THE YEAR, 
 
 2 "Ye on length of days presuming. 
 Think how soon oui' course has fled ; 
 We were lately fresh and blooming, 
 Now are withered, dry and dead. 
 
 8 "Cease presumptuous hopes to cherish. 
 Prize the seasons as they fly ; 
 Like the leaves you rise and flourish. 
 Like the leaves must droop and die. 
 
 4 " But to those in Jesus planted, 
 By a true and living faith, 
 Shall unfading spring be grajited, 
 And a triumph over death." 
 
 414 
 
 Winter. C. M. 
 
 Q TERN winter throws his icy chains, 
 ^ Encircling nature round ; 
 How bleak, how comfortless the plains, 
 Late with gay verdure crowned ! 
 
 2 The sun withdraws his vital beams, 
 
 And light and warmth depart ; 
 And drooping, lifeless nature seems 
 An emblem of my heart. 
 
 3 My heart, where mental winter reigns, 
 
 In night's dark mantle clad ; 
 Confined in cold, inactive chains — 
 How desolate and sad ! 
 
 4 Return, blissful Sun, and bring 
 
 Thy soul-reviving ray ; 
 This mental winter shall be spring. 
 This darkness cheerful day. 
 
 290 
 
SEASONS OF THE YEAK, 415,416 
 
 5 Oh hripp3' state — divine abode, 
 Where spring eternal reigns ; 
 And perfect day, the smile of God, 
 Fills all the heavenly plains. 
 
 415 
 
 Time fleeting. 7, 6. 
 
 npiME is winging us away, 
 -*- To our eternal home ; 
 Life is but a winter's day, 
 
 A journey to the tomb ; 
 Youth and vigour soon will flee, 
 
 Blooming beauty lose its charms ! 
 All that's mortal soon will be 
 
 Enclosed in death's cold arms, 
 
 2 Time is winging us away 
 
 To our eternal home ; 
 Life is but a winter's day, 
 
 A journey to the tomb : 
 But the Christian shall enjoy 
 
 Health and beauty soon above ; 
 Far beyond the world's alloy. 
 
 Secure in Jesus' love. 
 
 416 
 
 God's providence. C. M, 
 
 "TT^HILE through another rolling year 
 
 ' * The care of God we trace. 
 What bounties of his hand have crowned 
 Each moment of its space ? 
 2 His mercy loads each passing hour 
 With some new mark of good ; 
 
 2di 
 
41'T SEASONS OF THE YEAR. 
 
 And gives us, as our wants return, 
 Our home and clothes and food. 
 
 3 Our lives, our health, and all we have, 
 
 Our parents and our friends, 
 Are all among the bounteous store 
 Of blessings that he sends. 
 
 4 Yet the rich treasures of his grace 
 
 Are better far than they ; 
 Oh, let us from our inmost hearts 
 For these best blessings pray. 
 
 417 
 
 The Jlight of time* 
 
 A ND now, my soul, another year 
 -^^ Of thy short life is past! 
 I cannot long continue here. 
 And this may be my last. 
 
 2 Much of my fleeting life is gone, 
 
 Nor will return again ; 
 And swift my passing moments run. 
 The few that yet remain. 
 
 3 Awake, my soul, with utmost care 
 
 Thy true condition learn : 
 • "What are thy hopes, how sure, how fair, 
 And what thy great concern. 
 
 4 Now a new scene of time begins. 
 
 Set out afresh for heaven ; 
 Seek pardon for thy former sins, 
 In Christ, so freely given. 
 292 
 
SEASONS OF THE TEAR. 418 
 
 5 Devoutly yield thyself to God, 
 And on his grace depend ; 
 With zeal pursue the heavenly road, 
 Nor doubt a happy end. 
 
 418 
 
 Metrospect of a year. 7's. 
 
 "^T^IITLE, with ceaseless course, the sun 
 
 * * Hasted through the former year, 
 Many souls their race have run. 
 
 Never more to meet us here : 
 Fixed in an eternal state, 
 
 They have done with all below ; 
 . We a little longer Avait, 
 
 But how little none can know. 
 
 2 As the winged arrow flies 
 
 Speedily the mark to find ; 
 As the lightning from the skies 
 
 Darts and leaves no trace behind, — 
 Swiftly thus our fleeting days 
 
 Bear us down life's rapid stream ; 
 Upward, Lord, our spirits raise ; 
 
 All below is but a dream. 
 
 8 Thanks for mercies past receive ; 
 
 Pardon of our sins renew; 
 
 Teach us henceforth how to live 
 
 With eternity in view : 
 Bless thy word to young and old ; 
 
 Fill us with a Saviour's love ; 
 And when life's short tale is told. 
 May we reign with thee above. 
 
 293 
 
419, 4^0 SEASONS OF THE YEAR. 
 
 4Xy End of the year. CM. 
 
 ^piME hastens on; ye longing saints, 
 -*- Now raise your voices higli ; 
 And magnify that sovereign love 
 Which shows salvation nigh. 
 
 2 As time departs, salvation comes ; 
 
 Each moment brings it near : 
 Then welcome each declining day, 
 Welcome each closing year. 
 
 3 Not many years their course shall run. 
 
 Not many mornings rise, * 
 Ere all its glories stand revealed 
 To our transported eyes. 
 
 420 
 
 God of the seasons. C. M. 
 
 "\\^ITH songs and honours sounding loud, 
 
 * * Address the Lord on high : 
 Over the heavens he spreads his cloud, 
 And waters veil the sky. 
 
 2 He sends his showers of blessings down 
 To cheer the plains below : 
 He makes the grass the mountains crown, 
 And corn in valleys grow. 
 
 8 He gives the grazing ox his meat. 
 He hears the ravens cry; 
 But man, who tastes his finest wheat, 
 Should raise his honours high. 
 
 4 His steady counsels change the face 
 Of the declining year ; 
 294 
 
SEASONS OF THE YEAR. 421 
 
 fle bids the sun cut short his race, 
 And wintry days appear. 
 
 I> His hoary frost, his fleecy snow, 
 Descend and clothe the ground ; 
 The liquid streams forbear to flow, 
 In icy fetters bound. 
 
 € When from his dreadful stores on high 
 He pours the rattling hail, 
 The wretch that dares his God defy 
 Shall find his courage fail. 
 
 7 He sends his word, and melts the snow, 
 
 The fields no longer mourn ; 
 He calls the warmer gales to blow, 
 And bids the spring return. 
 
 8 The changing wind, the flying cloud, 
 
 Obey his mighty word ; 
 With songs and honours sounding loud. 
 Praise ye the sovereign Lord. 
 
 Neio Year's day. C. M- 
 
 421 
 
 T7TERNAL GOD ! before thy throne 
 -*-^ We now with joy appear; 
 And praise thee for thy goodness shown 
 Throughout another year. 
 
 2 Parents and friends thy love has given ; 
 While many Sabbath-days 
 Have pointed out the way to heaven, 
 And filled our tongues with praise. 
 
 295 
 
4!22, 423 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 3 may thy goodness long endure, 
 And may we grateful prove ;. 
 Till "sve shall need these aids no more, 
 But glory in thy love. 
 
 fl^iiSfcUanfoug. 
 
 422 
 
 Jlontiiir/ in school. L. M. 
 
 T^TERNAL God, incline thine ear, 
 -*-^ Accept the tribute we would pay, 
 As once again assembled here. 
 
 We hail, with joy, this sacked day. 
 
 2 Go with us to thy temple, Lord ; 
 There let devotion fill each heart ; 
 And may thine ever-blessed word 
 Eternal life to all impart. 
 
 The Children's friend. CM. 
 
 423 
 
 'pHOU Guardian of our youthful days 
 -*- To thee our prayers ascend ; 
 To thee well tune our songs of praise, 
 Jesus ! the Children's Friend. 
 
 2 From thee our daily mercies flow, 
 
 Our life and health descend ; 
 O save our souls from sin and wo — 
 Thou art the Children's Friend. 
 
 3 Teach us to prize thy holy word. 
 
 And to its truths attend ; 
 Thus, shall we learn to fear the Lord, 
 And love the Children's Friend. 
 296 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 424, 425 
 
 4 Oh. may "we feel a Saviour's love, 
 
 To him our souls commend, 
 "Who left his glorious throne above 
 To be the Children's Friend. 
 
 5 Lord, draw our youthful hearts to thee ; 
 
 And, when this life shall end, 
 Raise us to live above the sky, 
 With thee, the Children's Friend. 
 
 424 
 
 The happy child. S. M. 
 
 'T'HRICE happy is the youth, 
 -*- Who, morning, noon, and night, 
 Reads the blest page of sacred truth, 
 And makes it his delight. 
 
 Who loves the hour of prayer, 
 And takes delight in praise ; 
 The Lord to bless him will be near, 
 With sanctifying grace. 
 
 425 
 
 Prayer for light. C. M. 
 
 T IGHT of the world ! shine on our souls, 
 -*^ Thy grace to us aiford ; 
 And, while we meet to learn thj' truth. 
 Be thou our teacher, Lord. 
 
 2 As once thou didst thy word expound 
 
 To those that walked with thee. 
 So teach us. Lord, to understand. 
 And all its fulness see. 
 
 3 Its richness, sweetness, power, and depth. 
 
 Its holiness discern ; 
 
 297 
 
4!26^ 427 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 Its joyful news of saving grace, 
 By blest experience learn. 
 
 4 Thus may thy word be dearer still, 
 And studied more each day, 
 And, as it richly dwells within, 
 Thyself in it display ! 
 
 426 
 
 He comforts and revews the heart. C. M. 
 
 "PTERNAL Spirit! God of truth! 
 -^-^ Our languid hearts inspire ; 
 Kindle the flame of heavenly love, 
 And feed the pure desire. 
 
 2 'Tis thine to soothe the sorrowing mind, 
 
 With guilt and fear opprest ; 
 'Tis thine to bid the dying live, 
 And give the weary rest. 
 
 3 Subdue the power of inbred sin, 
 
 Whate'er that sin may be ; 
 That we with humble, holy heart, 
 May worship only thee. 
 
 4 Then with our spirits witness bear 
 
 That we are sons of God ; 
 Redeemed from sin and death and hell, 
 Through Christ's atoning blood. 
 
 427 
 
 The Scrijitures reveal Christ. 8, 7. 
 
 XXrHILE each Avretched heathen nation 
 
 ' * Nothing knows, Lord, of thee, 
 In this happy land salvation 
 Richly is revealed to me. 
 
 29S 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 4^8 
 
 ? What a blessing, what a treasure 
 1 possess in thy blest word I 
 There I read, with holy pleasure, 
 Of the love of Christ my Lord. 
 S God's own word reveals the Saviour 
 Sinful children deeply need ; 
 Oh, what mercy, love and favour 
 
 That for sinners Christ should bleed ! 
 
 4 Oh, the blessedness of knowing 
 
 Christ, the tender Saviour's love ! 
 Freely on a child bestowing 
 Grace and mercy from above. 
 
 5 Heavenly Father! give thy Spirit 
 
 To each child who looks to thee ; 
 May we thy rich grace inherit, 
 May we like our Saviour be ! 
 
 428 
 
 Spread of the gospel. 8, 7^ 
 
 "lirESTWARD ! In the desert crying, 
 
 ' * Make a highway for our God ! 
 Where the wilderness is lying, 
 And the trees of ages nod. 
 
 2 Westward ! till the church be kneeling 
 In the forest aisles so dim. 
 And the wild-wood's arches pealing, 
 With a holy people's hymn. 
 S Westward still ! Lord, in glory, 
 Be thy bannered cross unfurled, 
 Till from vale to mountain hoary. 
 Rolls the anthem round the world ! 
 
 299 
 
4:29 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 4 Reign, oh ! reign, o'er every nation, 
 Reign, Redeemer, Father, King ! 
 And with songs of thy salvation, 
 Let the wide creation ring. 
 
 429 
 
 The love of Jesus. 7, 6 
 
 T LAY my sins on Jesus, 
 -*- The spotless Lamb of God ; 
 He bears them all, and frees us 
 From the accursed load. 
 
 2 I bring my guilt to Jesus, 
 
 To wash my crimson stains 
 White in his blood most precious. 
 Till not a spot remains. 
 
 3 I lay my wants on Jesus, 
 
 All fulness dwells in him; 
 He healeth my diseases, 
 He doth my soul redeem. 
 
 4 I lay my griefs on Jesus, 
 
 My burdens and my cares ; 
 He from them all releases, 
 He all my sorrows shares. 
 
 5 T love the name of Jesus — 
 
 Immanuel, Christ, the Lord! 
 Like fragrance on the breezes, 
 His name is spread abroad. 
 
 6 I long to be like Jesus, 
 
 Meek, loving, lowly, mild ; 
 I long to be like Jesus, 
 The Father's holy child. 
 300 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. -130^ 431 
 
 7 I long to be ■with Jesus, 
 
 Amid tlie heavenly throng, 
 
 To sing with saints his praises, 
 
 And learn the angels' sons;. 
 
 430 
 
 Brotherly love and unity. 8, 7,4. 
 
 /^H, 'tis good, when, all combining, 
 Brethren in the Lord are found. 
 Every selfish thought resigning. 
 All in love together bound, 
 
 With one purpose, 
 Spreading happiness around. 
 
 2 Thus they cheer each other's labours, 
 
 Thus each other's burdens bear: 
 Each one's joy becomes his neighbour's. 
 Each his brother's grief will share. 
 
 Fellow helpers 
 Thus they prove, by faith and prayer. 
 
 3 Christian love the soul will nourish, 
 
 'Tis like dew on Zion's hill ; 
 With it every grace will flourish, 
 With it comes the blessing still — 
 
 God's own blessing, 
 Even life for evermore. 
 
 431 
 
 Divine injluence implored. S. M. 
 
 T^ATHER of mercies, hear! 
 -*- On us look kindly down ; 
 Our humble labours deign to cheer. 
 And with thy favour crown. 
 
 301 
 
43!2 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 2 In youthful hearts the seed 
 Of sacred truth we sow ; 
 Now, Lord, the blessing that we need 
 Richly do thou bestow. 
 S That seed will buried lie, 
 Till thou the increase give; 
 Yet then, although it seem to die, 
 It shall revive and live. 
 
 4 O.Sun of righteousness ! 
 Shine in each youthful heart; 
 
 Thine influence on their souls impress, 
 And grace divine impart. 
 
 5 Then, though the sower weep, 
 Ere long with thankful voice, 
 
 Both they who sow and they who reap 
 Together shall rejoice. 
 
 6 Tliou dost the seed prepare, 
 And make it spring when sown ; 
 
 And if a hundred-fold it bear, 
 The praise is all thine own. 
 
 432 
 
 The desired end. L. M. 
 
 /^ LORY to God our Maker's name, 
 ^^ And peace on earth be still our aim 
 In all we do, in all we say. 
 Good-will to men may we display. 
 
 2 Such was the great Redeemer's aim. 
 To seek and save the lost he came: 
 Such, Lord, our one great object be — 
 To lead the wandering soul to thee. 
 302 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 433, 434 
 
 3 No"w, Lord, look down, and deign to bless 
 Our humble efforts with success ; 
 And while we seek the young to train, 
 Let not our labour be in vain. 
 
 433 
 
 Anniversary hymn for a, school. L. M. 
 
 f~^ RE AT God I to thee our thanks we bring, 
 ^-^ For all the blessings we enjoy; 
 May we with grateful feelings sing, 
 
 While words of praise our lips employ. 
 2 From day to day, from year to year, 
 
 Our kind preserver thou hast been; 
 And by thy grace we now are here. 
 
 Kept from the dangerous paths of sin. 
 
 2 Oh, keep us still. Almighty Lord ! 
 Guide and defend our giddy youth ; 
 And grant to those a rich reward, 
 Who seek to lead us in thy truth. 
 
 4 Glory to thee, Lord, we give ; 
 
 Thy providence and grace adore : 
 Oh, may we praise thee while we live, 
 And after death for evermore. 
 
 434 
 
 Anniversary hymn. C. P. M. 
 
 A LMIGHTY God ! to thee we raise 
 -'^ Our tribute of united praise, 
 
 On this returning day : 
 Teachers and children meet once more, 
 Thy sparing mercy to adore. 
 And for thy grace to pray. 
 
 303 
 
435 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 2 Before thy face, Lord, we stand, 
 A large and still increasing band, 
 
 Thy blessing now to seek : 
 While our glad voices thus combine, 
 Oh, touch our hearts with grace divine, 
 
 That we thy praise may speak. 
 
 3 Our happy eyes this day behold 
 WliJit kings and righteous men of old 
 
 Desired in vain to see : 
 And we shall see j'et greater things, 
 When thou, almighty King of kings ! 
 
 Shalt draw all men to thee. 
 
 4 T.ord Jesus I let the rising race 
 Become the children of thy grace, 
 
 To reign with thee above ; 
 Into thy fold the wanderers bring, 
 That they, with us, may learn to sing 
 
 The wonders of thy love. 
 
 435 
 
 Children's praises. CM. 
 
 OLORD, our Lord, whose wondrous name 
 In all the earth is shown, 
 The hosts of heaven can ne'er proclaim 
 The glories of thy throne. 
 
 2 Yet from the mouth of infancy — 
 
 From babes of tender 3'ears, 
 Praises may rise, approved by thee, 
 As music in thine ears. 
 
 3 Thou canst instruct their lisping tongue 
 
 To speak thy praise abroad : 
 304 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 436 
 
 None are too feeble or too young 
 To glorify their God. 
 
 4 Thou dost ordain from such as these, 
 
 Thy cause shall strength receive, 
 To silence scoffing enemies, 
 And make the world believe. 
 
 5 The simple shall confound the wise. 
 
 If God ordain it so ; 
 And the weak things proud men despise, 
 Shall most his glory show. 
 
 6 Father ! Lord of heaven and earth, 
 
 AVe thank thee for th}- grace ; 
 Still own the babes of lowly birth, 
 And bless the rising race. 
 
 436 
 
 The eternal Sabbath, C. M. 
 
 'T'HE Sabbath is the day ©f rest 
 -*- From earthly toil and care. 
 The holy day that God hath blessed. 
 The time for praise xind prayer. 
 
 2 Now we must lay our toys aside. 
 
 And leave our sports and play : 
 Far better things doth God provide 
 For this his holy day. 
 
 3 The Sunday-school, the house of prayer, 
 
 With open doors invite : 
 We see our kind instructors there, 
 And pleasant is the sight. 
 
 4 And there we read and hear that word 
 
 Which makes the simple wise ; 
 
 20 305 
 
4:3*7 MISCELLAXEOrS. 
 
 And learn to know and fear the Lord, 
 And heavenly truth to prize. 
 5 There too Ave sing our Saviour's love, 
 Who from the dead arose ; 
 
 "Who lives, and from his throne above 
 Eternal life bestows. 
 
 G May we improve our Sabbaths more, 
 And thus for heaven prepare ; 
 That we may spend, when life is o'er, 
 An endless Sabbath there. 
 
 437 
 
 Behaviour in the house of jirai/er. C. M. 
 
 AT^HEN to the house of prayer I go, 
 
 ' * Upon the Sabbath-day, 
 It would be very wrong, I know. 
 To trifle or to play. 
 
 2 Tf my companions talk with me, 
 Or rude behaviour show, 
 Let me remember God can see, 
 And I must not do so. 
 
 8 His holy word I ought to hear 
 With reverence and delight: 
 If inattentive I appear, 
 'Tis sinful in his sight. 
 
 4 And when I hear God's word, or pray, 
 
 Or use my voice to sing, 
 How wrong to look about or play. 
 Or mind some other thing 1 
 
 5 I know 'tis wrong, and yet my heart 
 
 So foolish is and vain, 
 306 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 438, 439 
 
 Unless the Lord his grace impart, 
 I may do so again. 
 
 6 Then grant to me thy grace, Lord, 
 To watch my heart with care ; 
 That I may mind and keep thy word, 
 And love the house of prayer. 
 
 438 
 
 On chanriiiig i^lace of abode. L. M. 
 
 C OLE Sovereign of the earth and skies, 
 ^ Supremely good, supremely wise. 
 Fix thou the place of our abode, 
 But let it still be near our God. 
 
 2 On earth we weary pilgrims roam, 
 Nor find, nor hope a lasting home ; 
 We seek a house not made with hands, 
 A heavenly house which ever stands. 
 
 3 Yet while we sojourn here below, 
 Let streams of mercy round us flow ; 
 And when our destined race is run, 
 Give us a mansion near thy throne. 
 
 4oy God all in all. H. M. 
 
 ~OY whom was David taught 
 -^ To aim that dreadful blow, 
 When he Goliath fought, — 
 And laid the Gittite low ?— 
 
 No sword nor spear the stripling took ; 
 
 But chose a pebble from the brook. 
 
 2 'Twas Israel's God and King 
 Who sent him to the fight ; 
 
 307 
 
\440 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 Who gave him strength to sling, 
 And skill to aim aright. 
 Ye feeble saints, your strength endures, 
 Because young David's God is yours. 
 
 3 Who ordered Gideon forth 
 
 To storm the invader's camp, 
 With arms of little worth, 
 
 A pitcher and a lamp ? 
 The trumpet made his coming known ; 
 And all the host was overthrown. 
 
 4 Oh I I have seen the day 
 
 When with a single word* — 
 God helping me to say, 
 
 My trust is in the Lord, — 
 My soul has quelled a thousand foes, 
 Fearless of all that could oppose. 
 
 6 But unbelief, self-will. 
 
 Self-righteousness and pride, — 
 How often do they steal 
 My weapon from my side ? 
 Yet David's Lord and Gideon's friend 
 Will help his servants to the end. 
 
 440 
 
 The song of jubilee, 7's. 
 
 TTARK ! the song of jubilee : 
 -*--■- Loud as mighty thunders roar. 
 Or the fulness of the sea. 
 
 When it breaks upon the shore ; 
 Hallelujah ! for the Lord 
 
 God omnipotent shall reign ; 
 
 -308 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 441 
 
 Hallelujah ! let the word 
 
 Echo round the earth and main. 
 
 2 Hallelujah — hark! the sound, 
 
 From the centre to the skies, 
 Wakes above, beneath, around, 
 
 All creation's harmonies. 
 See .Jehovah's banners furled ; 
 
 Sheathed his sword : he speaks, 'tis done, 
 And the kingdoms of this world 
 
 Are the kingdoms of his Son. 
 
 3 He shall reign from pole to pole 
 
 With illimitable sway ; 
 He shall reign, when, like a scroll, 
 
 Yonder heavens have passed away. 
 Then the end ; — beneath his rod, 
 
 Man's last enemy shall fall ; 
 Hallelujah ! Christ in God, 
 
 God in Christ, is all in all. 
 
 441 
 
 The tcatchman's report, 7*S. 
 
 " "^Tr^TCHMAX! tell us of the night, 
 
 ' ' What its signs of promise are." 
 
 " Traveller I o'er jon mountains' height 
 
 See the glory-beaming star." 
 " Watchman I does its beauteous ray 
 
 Aught of hope or joy foretell?" 
 *' Traveller ! yes, it brings the day — 
 
 Promised day of Israel." 
 
 2 " Watchman ! tell us of the night; 
 Higher yet that star ascends." 
 
 309 
 
442 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 *' Traveller ! blessedness and light, 
 Peace and truth, its course portends," 
 
 "Watchman! will its beams, alone, 
 Gild the spot that gave them birth?" 
 
 "Traveller! ages are its own; 
 See, it bursts o'er all the earth." 
 
 3 "Watchman ! tell us of the night. 
 
 For the morning seems to dawn." 
 "Traveller! darkness takes its flight; 
 
 Doubt and terror are withdrawn." 
 " Watchman ! let thy waiidering cease ; 
 
 Hie thee to thy quiet hom^." 
 "Traveller! lo ! the Prince of Peace, 
 
 Lo I the Son of God is come." 
 
 442 
 
 Ashing for the Holy Spirit. C. M. 
 
 /^UR heavenly Father bids us ask 
 ^^ The blessings of his grace; 
 And 'tis a pleasure, not a task, 
 To seek our Father's face. 
 
 2 He looks on us with thoughts of love, 
 
 And promises to send 
 The Holy Spirit from above, 
 To be our guide and friend. 
 
 3 How much do we his guidance need, 
 
 Who are so prone to stray ! 
 
 The Spirit will to Jesus lead, 
 
 And teach us how to pray. 
 
 4 And he will show us heavenly things. 
 
 And form our hearts anew, 
 310 
 
MISOKLLANKOUS. 443^ 444 
 
 To serve and love the King of kings, 
 
 As saints and angels do. 
 I Lord ! that promised gift bestow, 
 
 And fill us with thy love ; 
 That we may serve thee here below. 
 
 And dwell with thee above. 
 
 44o The guide of youth. L. M. 
 
 HOW shall a young man cleanse his way, 
 And shun the road that leads astray ?— 
 To all his steps he must take heed, 
 x\nd by the word of God proceed. 
 
 2 A thousand foes his path surround, 
 And snares on every hand are found ; 
 How needful is the lamp of truth 
 To guide our inexperienced youth ! 
 
 8 The word of life is in our hands, 
 But who its value understands ? 
 Oh, may we learn to prize it more. 
 And with its truths our memories store. 
 
 4 By this, through life, may we be led, 
 Instructed, warned and comforted : 
 By this a glorious hope attain. 
 And an immortal kingdom gain. 
 
 444 All good from God. CM. 
 
 ALL that is good from God proceeds, 
 All evil from within ; 
 One wicked thought to others leads. 
 And those to acts of sin. 
 
445 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 2 Have I a single good desire ? — 
 
 Then must I freely own, 
 'Twas God who did that wish inspire ; 
 It came from him alone. 
 
 3 And I must cherish it with care, 
 
 That it may take deep root; 
 And daily water it by prayer, 
 That it may bring forth fruit. 
 
 4 My weak endeavours God will bless, 
 
 My best desires fulfil. 
 If onward in his ways I press, 
 And seek to do his will. 
 
 5 Lord, my feeble faith increase, 
 
 And still more grace bestow ; 
 And let me find that inward peace 
 "Which none but Christians know. 
 
 6 Oh, give me power to concpier sin ; 
 
 "With grace my soul defend ; 
 And that good Avork in me begin, 
 "Which shall in glory end. 
 
 445 
 
 Praise to Christ. 8, 7. 4. 
 
 WHY did Jesus come from heaven. 
 Live a suffering life and die ? 
 'Twas that we might be forgiven, 
 And hereafter live on high. 
 
 Let us praise him, 
 Now he reigns above the sky. 
 
 2 Jesus is the only Saviour; 
 
 All our hope from Jesus springs : 
 312 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 446 
 
 Jesus is the world's Redeemer, 
 Lord of lords, and King of kings. 
 
 Let us praise him, 
 For his grace salvation brings. 
 
 3 Jesus kindly will receive us, 
 
 Who to him for refuge flee : 
 Jesus never can deceive us ; 
 Our unchanging friend is he. 
 
 Let us praise him : 
 From our sins he sets us free. 
 
 4 May we know his full salvation, 
 
 And, when this short life is o'er, 
 Reach that heavenly habitation, 
 "Whither he is gone before. 
 
 May we praise him 
 In his kingdom evermore ! 
 
 446 
 
 Praise for religious privileges. CM. 
 
 /^ THOU! whose condescending ear 
 ^-^ Regards e'en children's praise, 
 Now in thy presence we appear, 
 Our cheerful song to raise. 
 
 2 We thank thee, Lord, that we are trained 
 
 To walk in wisdom's way : 
 Our feet from evil paths restrained, 
 Which lead the soul astray. 
 
 3 We praise thy name that we are brought 
 
 So near thy mercy-seat ; 
 By precept and example taught 
 To sit at Jesus' feet. 
 
 313 
 
 I 
 
44'?' MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 4 Oh, "while we hear the gracious words 
 AVhich oiir Redeemer spake, 
 May we resolve to be the Lord's, 
 And ne'er his ways forsake. 
 
 6 Spirit divine ! thy grace impart, 
 To make us all thine own ; 
 Henceforth may we from sin depart, 
 And live to God alone. 
 
 447 
 
 Praise to the Redeemer. 8,7,4. 
 
 T OPtD, while holy angels praise thee, 
 -'^ In their never-ceasing songs ; 
 While thy saints delight to ble!^s thee — 
 
 Thee to whom all praise belongs, 
 Wilt thou hearken 
 
 To the praise of infant tongues ? 
 
 2 Yes, we know our feeble voices 
 
 Thou dost condescend to hear ; 
 Thou canst perfect thine own praises 
 From the mouths of children here ; 
 
 None so humble. 
 But their voice may reach thine ear. 
 
 3 Thanks we give thee, our Saviour ! 
 
 Who didst come to save the lost ; 
 
 Thine own blood, Divine Redeemer ! 
 
 Was the price our ransom cost : 
 
 Thou canst save us 
 Even to the uttermost. 
 
 4 While we sing our glad hosannas, 
 
 While our tongues thy love proclaim, 
 314 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 448, 449 
 
 Pour, oh ! pour thy Spirit on us — 
 Us for thine own children claim ; 
 
 So, for ever, 
 "Will we love and praise thy name. 
 
 448 
 
 The Bible. C. M. 
 
 r^ REAT God : thy -word to us is given, 
 ^-^ To guard our souls from sin ; 
 It shows the only path to heaven, 
 
 And bids us walk therein. 
 2 To read and love thy holy word, 
 
 Oh, may we be inclined I 
 "With reverence may its truths be heard, 
 
 And treasured in our mind. 
 
 S Open our eyes, that we may see 
 The wonders written there ; 
 And turn with our whole heart to thee, 
 And shun each hurtful snare. 
 
 4 Thus may we find the path to heaven, 
 In these our youthful days ; 
 And the blest volume thou hast given 
 Direct us in thy ways. 
 
 449 
 
 On recoverii from sickness. C. M. 
 
 T ORD, thou hast heard my humble voice, 
 -^ For all my pains depart ; 
 Oh, grant that I may now rejoice 
 With thankfulness of heart. 
 
 2 Many have died as young as I, 
 Though nursed with equal care ; 
 
 315 
 
4;50 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 But God in pity heard me cry, 
 And has been pleased to spare. 
 
 3 Let me improve the years, or days. 
 
 Thy mercy lends me here ; 
 And show my gratitude and praise, 
 By living in thy fear. 
 
 4 The kindness that my friends have shown, 
 
 Oh, teach me to repay. 
 By double kindness of my own, 
 In every future day. 
 
 5 And lest I need thy rod again, 
 
 I pray thee to impart, 
 As long as health or life remain, 
 A thankful, humble heart. 
 
 450 
 
 For a trachers' meeting. 7's i 
 
 r^ OD of union, God of love ! 
 ^-^ With thy sanctifying power. 
 From the realms of light above, 
 Bless us in this solemn hour. 
 
 2 Holy Ghost, descend and bring 
 Heavenly peace and godly fear ; 
 And beneath thy guardian wing 
 Shelter all before thee here. 
 
 8 Bless our tender charge ; impart 
 What shall most to thee incline ; 
 Oh, reclaim each wandering heart, 
 Seal them ! Seal them ever thine ! 
 
 4 Bless their teachers I grant to each 
 All our great employments need ; 
 
 316 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 451,452 
 
 Show us rightly how to teach 
 Not by word alone, but deed. 
 I 5 Make us faithful to the end, 
 While our duties we fulfil ; 
 And the promised blessing send, 
 Like the dew on Hermon's hill. 
 
 40JL Superiority of the Scriptxres. S. M. 
 
 r\ LORD, thy perfect word 
 ^-^ Directs our steps aright, 
 Nor can all other books afford 
 Such profit and delight. 
 
 2 Celestial beams it sheds 
 To cheer this vale below ; 
 
 To distant lands its glory spreads, 
 And streams of mercy flow. 
 
 3 True wisdom it imparts, 
 Commands our hope and fear ; 
 
 Oh, may we hide it in our hearts, 
 And feel its influence there ! 
 
 *-l:0(W Loveliness of youtJif III piety. S. M. 
 
 r\ WHAT a lovely sight, 
 
 ^^ To see our tender youth 
 Follow the Saviour with delight, 
 
 And tread the paths of truth. 
 
 They who begin so soon. 
 
 With swifter speed shall run ; 
 More bright and sweet shall be their noon, 
 
 More fair their evening sun. 
 
 317 
 
453, 454 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 3 When we can work no more, 
 They shall the cause extend ; 
 Till every knee, from shore to shore, 
 At Jesus' name shall bend. 
 
 453 
 
 Sympnthi/ with children. C. M. 
 
 '1)E ours the bliss, in wisdom's way 
 -^ To guide untutored youth ; 
 And lead the mind, that went astray, 
 To vjrtue and to truth. 
 
 2 Children our kind protection claim ; 
 
 And God will well approve 
 When infants learn to lisp his name, 
 And their Creator love. 
 
 3 Delightful work ! young souls to win, 
 
 And turn the rising race 
 From the deceitful paths of sin, 
 To seek redeeming grace. 
 
 4 Almighty God, thine influence shed 
 
 To aid this good design ; 
 The honours of thy name be spread — 
 Be all the glory thine ! 
 
 4o4 "Help U8, God!" L. M 
 
 r^ KEAT God ! our feeble efforts own, 
 ^-^ And crown our labours with success ; 
 Grant that the seed in weakness sown. 
 May soon be raised in righteousness. 
 
 2 On babes and children mercy show. 
 And let their souls before thee live; 
 318 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 455,456 
 
 For we may plant and water too, 
 But thou alone canst increase give. 
 
 3 Seal our instructions on each heart, 
 
 And teach them to observe thy ways ; 
 Lead them to choose the "better part," 
 And serve thee in their youthful days. 
 
 4 Then we and they, when time shall end, 
 
 Shall joyful meet thee in the sky ; 
 Before thy gracious footstool bend, 
 And praise thee through eternity. 
 
 4 
 
 OO Blessing ashed. II. M. 
 
 C\^ what has now been sown, 
 ^^ Th}' blessing, Lord, bestow ; 
 The power is thine alone. 
 To make it spring and grow. 
 Do thou the gracious harvest raise. 
 And thou alone shalt have the praise. 
 
 456 
 
 I 
 
 Return of the prodigal. C. M. 
 
 ^HE prodigal, with streaming eyes, 
 -*- From folly just awake, 
 Pteviews his wanderings with surprise ; 
 His heart begins to break. 
 
 2 "I starve," he cries, "nor can I bear 
 The famine in this land ; 
 While servants of my father share 
 The bounty of his hand. 
 
 319 
 
457 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 8 "With deep repentance I'll return 
 And seek my father's face; 
 Unworthy to be called a son, 
 I'll ask a servant's place." 
 
 4 Far off he saw hina slowly move, 
 
 In pensive silence mourn ; 
 The father ran, with arms of love, 
 To welcome his return. 
 
 5 Through all the courts the tidings flew, 
 
 And spread the joy around; 
 The angels tuned their harps anew ; 
 The prodigal is found I 
 
 45 T The use of the lips. S. M. 
 
 ^^^HILE wicked men pretend 
 ' * Their tongues are all their own, 
 Great God I with meekness we confess 
 That ours are thine alone. 
 
 2 For thou our lips hast made, 
 And in the judgment-day. 
 
 How strict the reckoning thou wilt take 
 Of every thing we say ! 
 
 3 Yes, words of angry strife, 
 And foolish words and vain, 
 
 And false and envious and unclean, 
 And words that are profane : 
 
 4 All, all are heard by thee. 
 And if not now forgiven. 
 
 However idly uttered here, 
 Will keep us out of heaven. 
 320 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 458, 459 
 
 5 Then set a watch, Lord, 
 And guard our lips from sin ; 
 
 And lest we ever should oflend, 
 Create us pure within. 
 
 6 Past words of sin forgive, 
 Which we to thee confess, 
 
 And help us, that henceforward, Lord, 
 Our mouths may not transgress. 
 
 458 
 
 God's ])ro}7iise sure, S. M. 
 
 "X FY son ! know thou the Lord, 
 -^'-L Thy father's God obey; 
 Seek his protecting care by night, 
 His guiding hand by day. 
 
 Call while he may be found. 
 
 And seek him while he's near; 
 !?<^v<p him with all thy heart and mind, 
 
 And worship nim in fear. 
 
 If thou wilt seek his face 
 
 His ear will hear thy cry ; 
 Then shalt thou find his mercy sure. 
 
 His grace for ever nigh. 
 
 459 
 
 Hopes of heaven. S, 5. 
 
 TF this life should last for ever, 
 
 -*- 'T would be sad for me ; 
 
 I should see my Saviour never, 
 
 Whom I long to see. 
 All my blissful hopes of heaven 
 
 Soon would fade away, 
 
 21 321 
 
460 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 If to me the boon were given, 
 Here on earth to stay. 
 Then if this life, &c. 
 
 2 Now on hope's bright pinions soaring, 
 Far away from earth, 
 I can feel, with heart adoring, 
 
 Joys of heavenly birth. 
 All the joys of earth are fleeting, 
 
 Dearest friends may die ; 
 But there is a place of meeting 
 At our home on high. 
 
 Then if this life, &c.' 
 
 4uU Tlie Sabbath a good day. S. M 
 
 HOW pleasant is the dawn 
 Of this delightful day ! 
 Now, with our teachers, we would join 
 To read and praise and pray. 
 
 2 And may the God of love 
 Their kind endeavours own. 
 That we and they may meet above, 
 To sing before his throne. 
 
 Z But may we not forget , 
 That this can never be. 
 Except our hearts are changed by graee^ 
 And we from sin set free. 
 
 4 Blest Saviour ! hear our cry, 
 And grant us all thy grace ; 
 Thus make us tit, while here below. 
 To dwell in thine embrace. 
 
 Z2'Z 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 461, 462 
 
 Welcoming a pastor. C. M. 
 
 T^HE sun, that lights yon broad, blue sky, 
 -*- May see his radiance dim ; 
 
 461 
 
 The stars, that circle bright and high, 
 May hush their joyous hymn; — 
 
 2 The spring may breathe her balmy airs, 
 
 Yet earth no verdure show : 
 The purest love a mother bears 
 May lose its wonted glow ; — 
 
 3 But still within the Saviour's breast 
 
 There dwells a quenchless flame ; 
 The earth may. sink, the hills depart, — 
 It lives, it burns the same. 
 
 4 ransomed church I the Son of God 
 
 Still loves thy children well ; 
 For thee the paths of death he trod ; 
 'Tis thine his gi'ace to tell. 
 
 5 Saviour ! thy messenger we greet 
 
 Within this hallowed spot ; 
 Oh, may we here thy presence meet ; 
 Our God ! forsake us not. 
 
 462 
 
 Children hrougTit to Jesus. CM. 
 
 'XT'OUNG children were to Jesus brought, 
 -*- His blessing to obtain ; 
 And never was his blessing sought 
 By old or young in vain. 
 
 2 When his disciples would have sent 
 These little ones away, 
 
 323 
 
4lS3 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 Jesus rebuked the harsh intent, 
 And kindly bade them stay. 
 
 3 "Let little children come to me, 
 
 Nor from my arms be driven ; 
 Tor these, and such as these, shall be, 
 The blessed heirs of heaven : 
 
 4 "Forbid them not to ask my grace. 
 
 Though with a feeble tongue ; 
 Forbid them not to seek my face ; 
 They cannot be too young." 
 
 463 
 
 '' Oh, that will he joyful /" P. M. 
 
 TTERE we suffer grief and pain, 
 -'--'- Here we meet to part again, 
 In heaven we part no more. 
 Oh! that will be joyful! 
 Joyful, joyful, joyful! 
 Oh! that will be joyful! 
 "When we meet to part no more. 
 
 2 All who love the Lord below. 
 When they die to heaven will go. 
 And sing with saints above. 
 Oh! that will be joyful! &c. 
 I Little children will be there, 
 W'ho have sought the Lord by prayer, 
 From every Sunday-school. 
 Oh ! that will be joyful ! &c. 
 4 Teachers, too, shall meet above, 
 And our pastors, whom we love, 
 Shall meet to part no more. 
 Oh ! that will be joyful ! &c. 
 324 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 46''f 
 
 5 Oh, how happy we shall be ! 
 for our Saviour we shall see, 
 
 Exalted on his throne ! 
 
 Oh : that will be joyful ! &c. 
 
 6 There we all shall sing with joy, 
 And eternity employ 
 
 In praising Christ the Lord. 
 Oh ! that will be joyful 1 &c. 
 
 464 
 
 The school fjatliering. L, M. 
 
 '^Y'^E come ! we come I with loud acclaim, 
 
 '* To sing the" praise of Jesus' name; 
 And make the vaulted temple ring 
 With loud hosannas to our King. 
 AVith joyful heart and smiling face, 
 We gather round the throne of grace, 
 And lowly bend to offer there, 
 From youthful lips, our humble prayer — 
 To Him who slept on Mary's knee, 
 A gentle child as young as we. 
 
 2 We come ! we come I the song to swell, 
 To Him who loved our world so well ; 
 That, stooping from his Father's throne, 
 He died to cbiim it as his own. 
 AVith jo}" we haste the aisles to fill. 
 Yet youthful bands are gathering still. 
 Oh, thus may we, in heaven above, 
 Unite in praises and in love ; 
 And still the angels fill their home 
 With joyful cry, '• They come! they come !" 
 
465, 466 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 41:00 A revival of religion implored. S. M. 
 
 pOME, Spirit of the Lord, 
 ^-^ Our Comforter, our Guide ; 
 Oh, sanctify us through thy word, 
 In every heart reside. 
 
 2 Be it our greatest fear 
 The Spirit to provoke : 
 
 His voice within still may we hear, 
 Nor spurn his easy yoke. 
 
 3 Be it our highest bliss 
 
 His gracious fruits to know: 
 His meekness, love and gentleness. 
 Goodness and faith, to show. 
 
 i Still in the Spirit live ; 
 And, walking in his love, 
 We shall all blessings here receive, 
 And reign with him above. 
 
 41:00 For the Spirit's iufluences. S. M. 
 
 /"^ REAT God, now condescend 
 ^-^ To bless the rising race ; 
 Soon may their willing spirits bend 
 To thy victorious grace I 
 
 2 Oh, what unmixed delight. 
 Their happiness to see I 
 Our warmest wishes all unite 
 To lead their souls to thee 
 
 % Lord, thy Spirit pour 
 Upon our infant seed ! 
 326 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 46'Y, 468 
 
 Oh, bring tbe longed-for, happy hour, 
 That makes them thine indeed. 
 4 Thus let our favoured race 
 Surround ihy sacred board ; 
 
 There to extofthy sovereign grace, 
 And praise their dying Lord. 
 
 Zj-Q I For a blessing upon the schools. L. M. 
 
 THOU God of love and mercy, hear 
 Our grateful vows, our fervent prayer, 
 And with thy choicest favours bless. 
 And own, as thine, the rising grace. 
 2 Incline their hearts to learn thy will, 
 Their opening minds with knowledge hll ; 
 Impress thine image on their breast, 
 And guide them to eternal rest. 
 
 4 Oo For the conversion of children. 
 pREATOR! Saviour! God I 
 ^ We raise our hearts to thee : 
 And, resting on thy precious blood. 
 We bend our suppliant knee. 
 
 2 Oh, deign to hear our prayer, 
 And save the youthful race ; 
 
 Convert the children of our care, 
 By thine almighty grace. 
 
 3 Make them to feel thy love, 
 Teach them to lisp thy praise ; 
 
 While strains seraphic from above, 
 Re-echo youthful lays. 
 
 S.M. 
 
 327 
 
 I 
 
4:69 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 4 Oh, guide their roving feet 
 In paths of truth divine ; 
 May rays of heavenly glory meet 
 And round their footsteps shine. 
 
 469 
 
 I 
 
 Body and aoid. S. M 
 
 BLESS ray Maker's name, 
 The good, the wise, the great I 
 From him my life and being came : 
 He only can create. 
 
 2 These active limbs of mine, 
 That serve me at my will. 
 
 Formed of the dust by power divine. 
 Show forth his wondrous skill, 
 
 3 This body will decay. 
 Through sin 'tis doomed to die ; 
 
 And all these limbs of mine, one day, 
 Must in the graveyard lie. 
 
 4 But, oh ! I have a soul 
 That death can never touch: 
 
 This world, if I could gain the whole. 
 Would not be worth so much. 
 
 5 In endless joy or pain 
 My soul alive will stay : 
 
 My body too will live again. 
 At the great judgment-day. 
 
 6 Though sun and moon decay, 
 Jesus is still my friend, 
 
 And when I've past life's fleeting day, 
 To heaven I shall ascend. 
 328 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 470, 471 
 
 Zj^ I \j For a nexc-year or birth-dai/. C. M. 
 
 T ORD of my life I "whose word of power 
 -*-^ Did first inspire my breath, 
 'Tis thou hast kept me to this hour, 
 From danger and from death. 
 
 2 Spared to commence another year, 
 
 The past I now review : 
 How numerous do my sins appear ! 
 How great thy mercies, too ! 
 
 3 I thank thee for thy tender care 
 
 Through all mj infant days. 
 And for each privilege I share, 
 That still thy love displays. 
 
 4 For Jesus' sake, my sins forgive. 
 
 And strengthen me in grace ; 
 That to th}' glory I may live, 
 And run the Christian race. 
 
 5 How long or short my course may be, 
 
 'Tis not for me to know ; 
 But may I yield my heart to thee. 
 And in thy favour grow. 
 
 41: I J. Youthful consecration. 8, 7. 
 
 i^AVIOUR ! while ray heart is tender, 
 ^ I would yield that heart to thee ; 
 All my powers to thee surrender. 
 
 Thine and only thine to be. 
 Take me, now, Lord Jesus I take me, 
 
 Let my youthful heart be thine : 
 
 329 
 
4r'y^ MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 Thy devoted servant make me ; 
 Fill my soul with love divine. 
 
 2 Send me, Lord, where thou wilt send me, 
 
 Only do thou guide my way ; 
 May thy grace through life attend me, 
 
 Gladly then shall I obey. 
 Let me do thy will, or bear it, 
 
 I would know no will but thine ; 
 Shouldst thou take my life, or spare it, 
 
 I that life to thee resign. 
 
 3 May this solemn dedication ' 
 
 Never once forgotten lie ; 
 Let it know no revocation, 
 
 Published and confirmed on high. 
 Thine I am, Lord, for ever, 
 
 To thy service set apart ; 
 Suffer me to leave thee never ; 
 
 Seal thine image on my heart. 
 
 472 
 
 God our Creator. H. M. 
 
 TTOW great, and good, and wise, 
 -*--'- Must God our Maker be ; 
 Who formed the earth and skies, 
 And every thing we see ; — 
 The sun that gives us warmth and light, 
 And moon and stars that shine by night. 
 
 2 And all that live and move 
 In earth and sea and air, 
 His power and wisdom prove. 
 His bounteous love declare : 
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MISCELLANEOUS. 4*73 
 
 Birds, beasts and fishes, great and small, 
 And creeping things, — he made them all. 
 
 3 We are his creatures, too ; 
 
 He formed us for his praise ; 
 That we his will might do. 
 And serve him all our days ; 
 And then, through Christ's redeeming love, 
 Live in a better world above. 
 
 4 Then let us praise the Lord, 
 
 And all his works admire, 
 And seek him in his word, 
 And there his will inquire : 
 Then we at length shall reach the place 
 Where we shall see our Saviour's face. 
 
 473 
 
 Who is God r CM. 
 
 f^^ OD is a Spirit great in might, 
 ^-^ Most holy, just and true ; 
 He dwells in heaven, above our sight. 
 And he can all things do. 
 
 2 Jehovah is his glorious name; 
 
 There is no God beside ; 
 He always was and is the same. 
 And ever will abide. 
 
 3 And he is good as well as great, 
 
 Kin(l, merciful and wise ; 
 
 He, who did all at first create. 
 
 The wants of all supplies. 
 
 4 Him only should we praise and serre, 
 
 To him all worship pay ; 
 
 331 
 
4r7'4, 415 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 His just and holy laws observe, 
 
 And all his will obey. 
 5 Great God! thy face we cannot see; 
 
 Thou reignest far above ; 
 Yet may we ever think of thee 
 
 With reverence and with love. 
 
 4l4 Obedient children. S. M 
 
 "TTTHEX parents love the Lord, 
 * * Their little ones are taught 
 To know the precepts of his ,word, 
 And do the things they ought. 
 
 2 And children, if they pray 
 A happy life to spend, 
 
 Must hear what godly parents say, 
 And to their guidance bend. 
 
 3 A disobedient son 
 Shall surely come to ill ; 
 
 The curse of God will follow one 
 Who so resists his will. 
 
 4 My Saviour I form my youth ' 
 In meekness like to thine ; 
 
 So blessings from the God of truth 
 O'er all my life shall shine. 
 
 475 
 
 God every ichere present. C. M. 
 
 IV'ONE is like God, who reigns above, 
 -'-^ So great, so pure, so high ; 
 None is like God, whose name is love, 
 And who is always nigh. 
 
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MISCELLANEOUS. 4^6 
 
 2 In all the earth there is no spot 
 
 Excluded from liis care : 
 We cannot go where God is not, 
 For he is every where. 
 
 3 He sees ns -when we are alone, 
 
 Though no one else can see : 
 And all our thoughts to him are known, 
 Whatever they may be. 
 
 4 He is our best and kindest friend. 
 
 And guards us night and daj^: 
 To all our wants he will attend. 
 And answer when we pray. 
 
 5 Oh, if we love him as we ought, 
 
 And on his grace rely, 
 We shall be joyful at the thought 
 That God is always nigh. 
 
 476 
 
 Christian life. L. M. 
 
 A ND is the gospel peace and love I 
 ■^^ Such let our conversation be ; 
 The serpent blended with the dove. 
 Wisdom and meek simplicity. 
 
 2 When'er the angry passions rise, 
 
 And tempt our thoughts or tongues to 
 strife, 
 On .Jesus let us fix our eyes, 
 
 Bright pattern of the Christian life ! 
 
 3 Oh how benevolent and kind ! 
 
 How mild ! how ready to forgive ! 
 
 as3 
 
A'W MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 Be this the temper of our mind, 
 
 And this the rule by Trhich we live. 
 
 4 To do his heavenly Father's will, 
 
 Was his employment and delight ; 
 Humility and holy zeal, 
 
 Shone throvigh his life, divinely bright. 
 
 5 Dispensing good where'er he came. 
 
 The labours of his life were love : 
 If then we love our Saviour's name. 
 Let his divine example move. 
 
 6 But ah, how blind ! how weak we are ! 
 
 How frail ! how apt to turn aside ! 
 Lord, we depend upon thy care. 
 And ask thy Spirit for our guide ! 
 
 477 
 
 Lord's prayer. C. M. 
 
 /^UR Father, God, who art in heaven, 
 ^ All hallowed be thy name; 
 Thy kingdom come ; thy will be done 
 In heaven and earth the same. 
 
 2 Give lis this day our daily bread ; 
 
 And as we those forgive 
 Who sin against us, so may we 
 Forgiving grace receive. 
 
 3 Into temptation lead us not ; 
 
 From evil set us free ; 
 And thine the kingdom, thine the power, 
 And glory, ever be. 
 334 
 
478 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 4*785 4*79 
 The tribute and prayer of children. C. M. 
 
 A LMIGHTY Father ! Heavenly King ! 
 -^-^ Who rul'st the world above, 
 Accept the tribute children bring 
 Of gratitude and love. 
 
 2 To thee, each morning, when we rise. 
 
 Our early vows we pay ; 
 And ere the night hath closed our eyes, 
 AVe thank thee for the day. 
 
 3 Our Saviour, ever good and kind. 
 
 To us his word hath given ; 
 That children,. such as we, may find 
 The path that leads to heaven. 
 
 4 Lord, extend thy gracious hand 
 
 To guide our erring youth ; 
 
 And lead us to that blissful land 
 
 Where dwells eternal truth. 
 
 479 
 
 Hijmn for a child. CM. 
 
 T ORD, teach a little child to pray, 
 -*-^ Thy grace betimes impart. 
 And grant thy Holy Spirit may 
 Renew my infant heart. 
 
 2 A fallen creature I was born. 
 
 And from thy grace I strayed ; 
 I must be wretched and forlorn 
 Without thy mercy's aid. 
 
 Z But Christ can all my sins forgive, 
 And wash away their stain ; 
 
 ^5 
 
4SO, 4S1 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 And fit my soul with him to live, 
 And in his kingdom reign. 
 
 4 To him let little children come, 
 
 For he hath said the}'^ may ; 
 His bosom then shall be their home — 
 Their tears he'll wipe away. 
 
 5 For all who early seek his face 
 
 Shall surely taste his love ; 
 Jesus shall guide them by his grace, 
 To dwell with him above. 
 
 480 
 
 GocVs grace rmjjlored. C. M. 
 
 A LMIGHTY God, while earth and heaven 
 -^^ Thy power and skill proclaim, 
 Wilt thou permit a child to sing 
 The honour of thy name? 
 
 2 The early dawn of opening life 
 
 Has proved thy guardian care ; 
 
 Oh. may I through my future years, 
 
 Thy grace and goodness share. 
 
 3 Now, may I give myself to thee, 
 
 And in th}'^ name confide ; 
 Most gracious God, oh, deign to be 
 My Father, Friend, and Guide. 
 
 481 
 
 Pity for the heathen. L. M- 
 
 /"^ REAT God, to thee my voice I raise, 
 ^^ To thee my youngest hours belong ; 
 I would begin my life with praise. 
 Till growing years improve the song. 
 336 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 4:S*2 
 
 1 How do I pity those who dw£ll 
 
 Where ignorance with darkness reigns ! 
 They know no heaven, they fear no hell, 
 Those endless joys, those endless pains. 
 3 'Tis to thy sovereign grace I owe 
 
 That I was born on Christian ground; 
 Where streams of heavenly mercy flow, 
 And words of sweet salvation sound. 
 
 482 
 
 The sjyirit of prayer. C. M. 
 
 'l^HE Lord attends when children pray, 
 -*- A whisper he can hear ; 
 He knows not only what we say, 
 But what we wish, or fear. 
 
 2 He sees us when we are alone. 
 
 Though no one else can see ; 
 And all our thoughts to him are known. 
 Wherever we may be. 
 
 3 'Tis not enough to bend the knee. 
 
 And words of prayer to say ; 
 The heart must with the lips agree. 
 Or else we do not pray. 
 
 4 Teach us, Lord, to pray aright. 
 
 Thy grace to us impart, 
 That we in prayer may take delight. 
 And serve thee with the heart. 
 6 Then, heavenly Father I at thy thronb 
 Thy praise we will proclaim : 
 And daily our requests make known. 
 In our Redeemer's name. 
 
 22 337 
 
483, 484 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 4i:Of3 The child's morning hymn. 4t, 6 
 
 T^HE morning bright, 
 
 -*- With rosy light, 
 Has waked me up from sleep ; 
 
 Father, Ijown, 
 
 Thy love alone 
 Thy little one doth keep. 
 
 2 All through the day, 
 I humbly pray, 
 
 Be thou my guard and guide ; 
 
 My sins forgive. 
 
 And let me live, 
 Blest Jesus, near thy side. 
 
 3 make thy rest 
 "Within my breast. 
 
 Great Spirit of all grace ; 
 
 Make me like thee, 
 
 Then shall I be 
 Prepared to see thy face. 
 
 484 
 
 Tlie child's desire. 
 
 I THINK, when I read that sweet story of 
 old. 
 When Jesus was here among men. 
 How he called little children, as lambs to 
 his fold, 
 I should like to have been with them then. 
 
 2 I wish that his hands had been placed on 
 my head. 
 That his arm had been thrown around me, 
 3o8 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 485, 4SO 
 
 That I might have seen his kind look 
 when he said, 
 "Let little children come unto me." 
 
 3 Yet still to his footstool in prayer I may go. 
 And ask for a share in his love ; 
 And if I thus earnestly seek him beloiv, 
 I shall see him and hear him above. 
 
 4oO Safety of godly children. C. M, 
 
 TTAPPY the children who betimes 
 -*--'- Have learned to know the Lord ; 
 Who, through his grace, escape the crimes 
 Forbidden in his word. 
 
 2 Should they be early hence removed, 
 He will their souls receive ; 
 For they whom .Jesus here hath loved 
 With him shall ever live. 
 
 4I:00 ^ child's prayer in sickness. C. M, 
 
 IV T Y Father ! hear the humble prayer 
 •^ -^ In sickness raised to thee ; 
 Thy word has bid me cast my care 
 On him who cares for me. 
 
 2 A sinful child I know I am ; 
 
 But when I suffer pain. 
 Thy word directs me to the Lamb, 
 Who was for sinners slain. 
 
 3 Oh, help me. Saviour, to repose 
 
 On thine own gracious word ; 
 
 339 
 
48'Yj 488 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 All things shall work for good to those 
 Who fear and love the Lord. 
 
 4 If thou shouldst life and health renew, 
 And strength to me restore ; 
 With richer grace my soul endue. 
 To serve thee evermore. 
 
 487 
 
 Christ liveth in me. 7's. 
 
 . T OVING Jesus, gentle Lamb, 
 ■^^ In thy gracious hands I am ; 
 j\Lake me, Saviour, what thou'art ; 
 Live thyself within my heart. 
 
 2 I shall then show forth thy praise ; 
 Serve thee all my happy days ; 
 Then the world shall always see 
 Christ the holy child in me. 
 
 488 
 
 Evening prayer. 8, 7. 
 
 JESUS ! tender Shepherd, hear me ! 
 Bless thy little lamb to-night ! 
 Through the darkness be thou near me, 
 Watch my sleep till morning light. 
 
 2 All this day th}' hand has led me — 
 
 And I thank thee for th}- care; 
 Thou hast clothed me, warmed and fed me — • 
 Listen to my evening prayer. 
 
 3 Let my sins be all forgiven ! 
 
 Bless the friends I love so well ! 
 Take me, when I die, to heaven, 
 Happy there, with thee to dwell. 
 
 340 
 
489 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 489, 490, 491 
 
 For a sick child. L. M. 
 
 A LMIGHTY God ! I'm very ill, 
 ■^^ Oh, heal me if it be thy will ; 
 For thou canst take away my pain. 
 And make me strong and well again. 
 
 2 Let me be patient all the day, 
 And mind what those who nurse me say ; 
 And grant that all I have to take 
 May do me good, for Jesus' sake. 
 
 490 
 
 Recovery from eichness. C. M 
 
 T THANK the Lord who lives on high, 
 -*- Who heard an infant pray ; 
 And healed me that I should not die. 
 And took my pains away. 
 
 2 Oh, let me love and serve thee too, 
 As long as I shall live ; 
 And every evil thing I do, 
 For Jesus' sake forgive. 
 
 491 
 
 In fa nt pra ise. 8, 7 
 
 TTUMBLE praises, holy Jesus ! 
 -'-'- Infant voices raise to Thee ; 
 In thy arms, Lord, receive us, 
 Suifer us thy lambs to be. 
 
 2 Blessed Saviour ! thou hast bidden 
 Babes like us to come to thee ; 
 Once by thy disciples chidden, 
 Thou didst bless such ones as we. 
 
 341 
 
492, 493 MISCELLAXEOUS. 
 
 3 Thanks to thee, who freely gave us 
 Thy exalted Son to die 
 From eternal death to save us. 
 Glory be to God on high ! 
 
 492 
 
 Infant's prayer. 7's. 
 
 TESUS, Saviour, Son of God ! 
 ^ Who, for me, life's pathway trod, 
 "Who, for me, became a child : 
 Make me humble, meek and mild. 
 2 I thy little lamb would be, 
 Jesus, I would follow thee ; * 
 Samuel was thy child of old, 
 Take me, too, Avithin thy fold. 
 
 493 
 
 The cldliV 8 prayer. 7's. 
 
 TESUS, see a little child 
 ^ Humbly at thy footstool stay ; 
 Thou who art so meek and mild 
 Stoop and teach me what to say. 
 2 Though thou art so great and high, 
 Thou dost view, with smiling face. 
 Little children when thej' cry, 
 
 " Saviour ! guide us by thy grace." 
 8 Show me what I ought to be, 
 Make me every evil shun ; 
 Thee in all things may I see, 
 In thy holy footsteps run. 
 4 Jesus ! all my sins forgive. 
 
 Make me lowly, pure in heart, 
 For thy glory may I live. 
 
 Then be with thee where thou art. 
 342 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 494, 495 
 
 494 
 
 Little child's mis^ionnry hymn. II. M. 
 
 IAN I, a little child 
 Do any thing for those 
 Who are by sin defiled, 
 
 To lighten their sad woes ? 
 I cannot see a reason why 
 I should not, if I really try. 
 
 2 First, then, I would implore 
 
 The Lord to change their heart; 
 Then from my little store 
 
 I freely will impart. 
 That some kind teacher may be given 
 To point out Christ, the way to heaven. 
 
 3 How would such joyful news 
 
 Their inmost souls delight ! 
 And who would then refuse 
 
 To give their feeble mite, 
 That every heathen child may know, 
 What blessings Jesus can bestow. 
 
 495 
 
 Praise to God. 6, 4. 
 
 p LORY to God on high ! 
 
 ^^ Let heaven and earth reply, 
 
 " Praise ye his name !" 
 Angels, his love adore. 
 Who all our sorrows bore ; 
 Saints, sing for evermore, 
 
 "Worthy the Lamb." 
 
 2 Ye, who surround the throne, 
 Cheerfully join in one, 
 
 343 
 
496 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 PraisinjT his name; 
 Ye, who have felt his blood 
 Sealint; your peace with God, 
 Sound through the earth abroad, 
 
 " Worthy the Lamb!" 
 
 3 Join, all the ransomed race, 
 Our Lord and God to bless, 
 
 Praise ye his name : 
 In him we will rejoice, 
 !NLaking a cheerful noise, 
 Shouting with heart and voice, 
 
 "Worthy the Lamb!" 
 
 4 Soon must we change our place, 
 Yet will we never cease 
 
 Praising his name : 
 Still will we tribute bring; 
 Hail him our gracious King; 
 And through all ages sing, 
 
 "Worthy the Lamb!" 
 
 496 
 
 Dismisiiion. 8,7,4. 
 
 T ORD, dismiss us with thy blessing; 
 -*^ Fill our hearts with joy and peace I 
 Let us, each thy love possessing, 
 
 Triumph in redeeming grace ; 
 Oh, refresh us. 
 
 Travelling through this wilderness. 
 
 2 Thanks we give, and adoration. 
 For thy gospel's joyful sound ; 
 344 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 49'^, 49S 
 
 Jtifiy the fruits of thy salvation 
 In our hearts and lives abound ! 
 
 May thy presence 
 With us evermore be found I 
 
 3 Then, whene'er the signal's given, 
 Us from earth to call away, 
 Borne on angels' wings to heaven, 
 Glad the summons to obey — 
 May we ever 
 Reign with Christ in endless day ! 
 
 497 
 
 A little child's prayer. 7's. 
 
 r^ ENTLE Jesus, meek and mild, 
 ^-^ Look upon a little child ; 
 Pity my simplicity, 
 Suffer me to come to thee. 
 
 498 
 
 Children called to Christ. 6, 5. 
 
 T IKE mist on the mountain, 
 -*-^ Like ships on the sea, 
 So swiftly the years 
 
 Of our pilgrimage flee ; 
 In the grave of our fathers, 
 
 How soon we shall lie I 
 Dear children, to-day 
 
 To a Saviour fly. 
 
 2 "When Samuel was young, 
 He first knew the Lord, 
 He slept in his smile, 
 
 And rejoiced in his word ; 
 
 .345 
 
499 JIISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 So most of God's cliildren 
 Are early brought nigh ; 
 
 Oh, seek him in youth, 
 To a Saviour fly. 
 
 3 Do you ask me for pleasure ? 
 
 Then lean on his breast, 
 For there the sin-laden 
 
 And weary find rest. 
 In the valley of death, 
 
 You will triumphing cry, 
 **If this be called dying, 
 
 'Tis pleasant to die." 
 
 499 
 
 Come to Sanday-scliool. 
 
 /^OME ! come ! come ! 
 
 ^-^ Come to the Sunday-school : 
 The hour is past and gone ; 
 
 It is our teacher's rule, — 
 So hasten every one. 
 
 2 Come! come! come! 
 Come to the Sunday-school : 
 
 It is the hour of prayer ; 
 
 We break our teacher's rule, — 
 So hasten, hasten there. 
 
 3 Come ! come ! come ! 
 Come to the Sunday-school : 
 
 Hark I don't you hear the bell ? 
 
 I will not break the rule, — 
 So, lingering child ! farewell. 
 346 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 500, 501 
 
 500 
 
 •' Cuiicerninff Jesus of Xazareth." 8, 7. 
 
 TTAVE you read the "wondrous story 
 -'--'- Of the Saviour's life and death, 
 How he left his throne of glory, 
 And for us resigned his breath ? 
 
 2 May a helpless child approach him 
 
 And his tender pity crave ? 
 Will it not be deemed encroaching, — 
 Will he such a sinner save ? 
 
 3 Yes ; for with compassion beaming 
 
 From his kind and tender eye, 
 While with love- his words are teeming. 
 Hear this blessed Saviour cry ; 
 
 4 "Come and welcome, 'tis my pleasure 
 
 Little children to receive ; 
 Those who seek me find a treasure 
 Which this world can never give." 
 
 5 Lord, I come ; and would surrender 
 
 All I am and have, to thee, 
 While I cry, " What shall I render 
 To the Lord, for calling me ?" 
 
 OvrX Christ crucified. 7's 
 
 T 0, at noon 'tis sudden night ! 
 -'-^ Darkness covers all the sky ! 
 Rocks are rending at the sight ! 
 
 Children, can you tell me why ? 
 What can all these wonders be ? 
 Jesus dies on Calvary ! 
 
 347 
 
50S MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 2 Nailed upon the cross, behold 
 
 How his tender limbs are torn ! 
 For a royal crown of gold 
 
 They have made him one of thorn : 
 Cruel hands, that dare to bind 
 Thorns upon a brow so kind ! 
 
 3 See ! the blood is falling fast 
 
 From his forehead and his side ; 
 Hark ! he now has breathed his last ; 
 
 "With a mighty groan he died. 
 Children, shall I tell you why 
 Jesus condescends to die? ' 
 
 4 He, who was a King above. 
 
 Left his kingdom for a grave, 
 Out of pity and of love. 
 
 That the guilty he might save ; 
 Down to this sad world he flew. 
 For such little ones as you. 
 
 5 We were wretched, weak and vile, 
 
 We deserved his holy frown ; 
 But he saw us with a smile. 
 
 And to save us hastened down. 
 Listen, children ! this is why 
 Jesus condescends to die. 
 
 502 
 
 Parting hymn. 8, 6. 
 
 TTOW pleasant thus to dwell below 
 -^-'- In fellowship of love ! 
 And though we part, 'tis bliss to know 
 The good shall meet above. 
 3J-8 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 503 
 
 Oh I that -will be joyful, jo^-ful, joyful ! 
 Oh I that -will be joyful, 
 
 To meet to part no more, 
 To meet to part no more. 
 On Canaan's happy shore, 
 
 And sing the everlasting song, 
 With those who've gone before. 
 
 2 Yes, happy thought ! when we are free 
 
 From earthly grief and pain. 
 In heaven we shall each other see. 
 And never part again. 
 
 Oh I that will be joyful, &c. 
 
 3 The children who have loved the Lord 
 
 Shall hail their teachers there ; 
 And teachers gain the rich reward 
 Of all their toil and care. 
 
 Oh I that will be joyful, &c. 
 
 4 Then let us each, in strength divine, 
 
 Still walk in wisdom's ways ; 
 That we, with those we love, may join 
 In never-ending praise. 
 
 Oh ! that will be joyful, &c. 
 
 503 
 
 The year of Jubilee. H. M. 
 
 "OLOW ye the trumpet, blow 1 
 ^-^ The gladly solemn sound 
 Let all the nations know. 
 To earth's remotest bound ; 
 The year of Jubilee is come ! 
 Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. 
 
 349 
 
504 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 2 Exalt the Son of God, 
 
 The sin-atoning Lamb: 
 Rc'lemption by his blood 
 To all the world proclaim : 
 The year, &c. 
 
 S Ye who have sold for nought 
 Your heritage above, 
 Come take it back unbought, 
 The gift of Jesus' love : 
 
 The year, &c. 
 
 4 The gospel trumpet sounds, 
 Let all the nations hear, 
 And earth's remotest bounds 
 Before the throne appear : 
 
 The year, &c. 
 
 504 
 
 Attention to God's trord. H. M 
 
 "Al^IIEX little Samuel woke, 
 
 '* Ami heard liis Maker's voice, 
 At every word he sp(>ke. 
 How much did he rejoice I 
 Oh, blessed, happy child, to find 
 The God of heaven so near and kind. 
 
 2 If God would speak to me, 
 
 And say he was my friend, 
 How happy should I be I 
 Oh, how would I attend I 
 The smallest sin I then should fear, 
 If God Almighty were so near. 
 350 
 
MISCELLANEOUS, 505 
 
 3 And does he never speak ? 
 
 yes ! fox^ in his word 
 He bids me come and seek 
 
 The God whom Samuel heard ; 
 In almost every page I see, 
 The God of Samuel calls to me. 
 
 4 And I, beneath his care, 
 
 May safely rest my head ; 
 I know that God is there, 
 
 To guard my humble bed : 
 And every sin I well may fear, 
 Since God Almighty is so near. 
 
 5 Like Samuel, let me say. 
 
 Whene'er I read his word, 
 " Speak, Lord, I would obey 
 The voice that Samuel heard ;" 
 And when I in thy house appear. 
 Speak, for thy servant waits to hear. 
 
 OvrO Creative wisdom, C. 3J 
 
 "VV'HO taught the bird to build her nest, 
 
 ' ' Of wool and hay and moss ? 
 Who taught her how to weave it best, 
 And lay the twigs across ? 
 
 2 Who taught the busy bee to fly 
 
 Among the sweetest flowers, 
 And lay her store of honey by, 
 To serve in winter hours ? 
 
 3 Who taught the little ant the way 
 
 Her narrow path to bore, 
 
 351 
 
506, 507 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 And throTigli the plensant summer day 
 To gather up her store '! 
 4 'Twas God who taught them all the way. 
 And gave them all their skill ; 
 And teaches children how to pray, 
 And do his holy will. 
 
 506 
 
 I 
 
 *' Consider the lilies." C. M. 
 
 LOVE to look upon a flower, 
 I love its pleasant smell ; 
 It tells me much of him whose power 
 Made it and all things well. 
 
 2 It seems to say— How good is God, 
 
 Who made it bright and fair, 
 To please the eye, and cast abroad 
 Sweet fragrance on the air ! 
 
 3 I love to look upon a flower ; 
 
 It tells me God is wise. 
 To comprehend his love and power, 
 My spirit vainly tries. 
 
 507 ^f ^^^if Snbhath. L. M. 
 
 n^HIS day belongs to God alone: 
 J- Me chose the Sabbath for his own ; 
 And we must neither work nor play, 
 Because it is God's holy day. 
 2 Tis well to have one day in seven, 
 " That we may learn the way to heaven : 
 Then let us spend it as Ave should, 
 In serving God and growing good. 
 ■6b2 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 508^ 509 
 
 8 We ought, to-day, to learn and seek 
 What we may think of all the week ; 
 And be the better every day, 
 For what we hear our teachers say. 
 
 4 And every Sabbath should be past, 
 As if we knew it were our last : 
 What would the dying sinner give 
 To have one Sabbath more to live ! 
 
 508 
 
 Exhortation to 7(iu' versa! 2y>'nise, L. M. 
 T^ROM all that dwell below the skies 
 -*- Let the Creator's praise arise : 
 Let the Redeemer's name be sung 
 Through every land, by every tongue. 
 2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord : 
 Eternal truth attends thy word ; 
 Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, 
 Till suns shall rise and set no more. 
 
 509 
 
 Self-examination. L. M. 
 
 TPvID I this morn devoutly pray 
 -*-^ For God's assistance through the day ? 
 And did I read his sacred word, 
 To make my life therewith accord ? 
 I Did I for any purpose try 
 To hide the truth, and tell a lie ? 
 Was I obedient, humble, mild, 
 As well becomes a Christian child ? 
 ) Did I my thoughts with prudence guide 
 Checking ill-humour, anger, pride ? 
 Did I with cheerful patience bear 
 The little ills we all must share ? 
 
 23 353 
 
510 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 4 To all my duties through the day 
 Did I a due attention pay ? 
 
 And did I, when the day was o'er, 
 God's watchful care again implore? 
 
 5 Search me, God, and try my heai't ; 
 If evil lurks in any part, 
 
 Correct me where I go astray, " 
 And guide me in thy perfect way. 
 
 510 
 
 For a dying child. C. M 
 
 IVTY heavenly Father ! I confess 
 ■^ -*- That all thy ways are just; 
 Although I faint with sore distress, 
 And now draw near the dust. 
 
 2 How soon my little strength has fled ! 
 
 My life will soon be past : 
 Oh smile upon my dying bed, 
 And love me to the last. 
 
 3 Once did the blessed Saviour cry, 
 
 " Let little children come ;" 
 On this kind word I would rely, 
 Since I am going home. 
 
 4 Oh, take this guilty soul of mine 
 
 That now will soon be gone, 
 And wash it clean, and make it shine 
 With heavenly garments on. 
 
 5 My heavenly Father ! hear my prayer, 
 
 Accept my feeble praise ; 
 And let me quickly meet thee where 
 A nobler song I'll raise. 
 354 
 
Miscellaneous. 511, 51St 
 
 511 
 
 Ch ild's til o ugh ts of God. L. M. 
 
 "IV'^HEN I look up to yonder sky, 
 
 * * So pure, so bright, so "wondrous liighj» 
 I think of One I cannot see, 
 But One who sees and cares for me. 
 
 2 His name is God 1 He gave me birth : 
 And every living thing on earth. 
 And every tree and plant that grows 
 To the same hand its being owes. 
 
 3 'Tis he my daily food provides, 
 And all that I require besides ; 
 
 And when I close my slumbering eye, 
 I sleep in peace, for he is nigh. 
 
 4 Then surely I should ever love 
 
 This gracious God who reigns above ; 
 For very kind indeed is he. 
 To love a little child like me. 
 
 512 
 
 M 
 
 A morning hymn. C. M, 
 
 Y God, who mak'st the sun to know 
 
 1 V B 
 
 -^ -^ His proper hour to rise ; 
 And, to give light to all below, 
 Doth send him round the skies ; 
 
 2 When, from the chambers of the east, 
 
 His morning race begins. 
 He never tires nor stops to rest, 
 But round the world he shines. 
 
 3 So, like the sun, would I fulfil 
 
 The business of the day, — 
 
513, 514 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 Begin my "work betimes, and still 
 March on my heavenly way. 
 
 4 Give me, Lord, thy early grace, 
 Nor let my soul complain 
 That the young morning of my days 
 Has all been spent in vain. 
 
 513 
 
 The narroio icay. C. M. 
 
 ''INHERE is a path that leads to God, 
 -■- All others go astray : 
 'Tis narrow, yet a pleasant rof>d, 
 And Christians love the way. 
 
 2 It leads straight through this world of sin. 
 
 And dangers must be passed; 
 But those who boldly walk therein 
 Will come to heaven at last. 
 
 3 While that broad road where thousands go 
 
 Lies near, and opens fair ; 
 And many turn aside, I know, 
 To walk with sinners there. 
 
 4 But lest my feeble steps should slide, 
 
 Or wander from the way. 
 Lord, condescend to be my guide, 
 And I shall never stray. 
 
 514 
 
 Sincerity in worship. C. M 
 
 "ll^HEX daily I kneel down to pray, 
 
 ' * As I am taught to do, 
 God does not care for what I say 
 Unless I feel it too. 
 .356 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 515 
 
 2 Yet foolish thoughts my heart beguile; 
 
 And when I pray or sing, 
 I'm often thinking all the while 
 About some other thing. 
 
 3 Oh, let me never, never dare 
 
 To act a trifler's part, 
 Or think that God will hear a prayer 
 That comes not from the heart. 
 
 4 But if I make his ways my choice, 
 
 As holy children do, 
 Then, while I seek him with my voice, 
 My heart will love him too. 
 
 515 
 
 Children's 2^rayer. L. JNj 
 
 r\ LORD, behold before thy throne 
 ^^ A band of children lowly bend ; 
 Thy face we seek, thy name we own, 
 And pray that thou wilt be our friend. 
 
 2 Thou didst on earth the young receive. 
 
 And gently fold them to thy breast, 
 And say that such in heaven should live, 
 For ever safe, for ever blest. 
 
 3 Thy Holy Spirit's aid impart, 
 
 That he may teach us how to pray ; 
 Make us sincere, and let each heart 
 Delight to tread in wisdom's way. 
 
 4 Oh, let thy grace our souls renew, 
 
 And seal a sense of pardon there ; 
 Teach us thy will to know and do. 
 And let us all thine image bear. 
 
516, 511 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 516 
 
 The (joodiiess of God. C. M. 
 
 TTOW kind in all his works and ways 
 -'--^ Must our Creator be ; 
 We learn some lesson of his praise 
 From every thing we see. 
 
 2 The glorious sun that blazes high, 
 
 The moon more pale and dim, 
 With all the stars that fill the sky, 
 Are made and ruled by him. 
 
 3 And this vast world of ours b«low, 
 
 The water and the land, 
 And all the trees and flowers that grow, 
 Were fashioned by his hand. 
 
 4 Yes, and he formed our infant race. 
 
 And he is ever near 
 To those who earl}- seek his face 
 By humble, earnest prayer. 
 
 0_l_ fl Guide of my yontli. S. M. 
 
 "Vj'OW, in my early days, 
 -^^ Teach me thy will to know ; 
 God ! thy sanctifying grace 
 Betimes on me bestow. 
 
 2 Make an unguarded youth 
 The object of thy care ; 
 
 Help me to choose the way of truth. 
 And fly from every snare. 
 
 3 ^ly heart, to folly prone. 
 Renew by power divine ; 
 358 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 518 
 
 Unite it to thyself alone, 
 And make me wholly thine. 
 
 4 Lord ! let thy woi'd of grace 
 My warmest thoughts employ; 
 
 Be this, through all my future days, 
 My treasure and my joy. 
 
 5 To what thy laws impart, 
 Be my whole soul inclined ; 
 
 Oh, let them dwell within my heart, 
 And sanctify my mind. 
 
 6 May thy young servant learn 
 By these to" cleanse his way ; 
 
 And may I here the path discern, 
 That leads to endless day. 
 
 518 
 
 " Suffer them to come." 7's. 
 
 C AYIOUR, may a little child 
 ^ Through i\\j grace be reconciled, 
 "Who can feel, indeed, within, 
 Much of evil, much of sin ? 
 
 2 Yes ; thou saidst, and that's my plea, 
 " Suffer them to come to me ; 
 
 Turn no little child away. 
 
 Heaven is filled with such as they." 
 
 3 Saviour ; to thine arms I fly, 
 Ere my childhood passes by ; 
 In thy fear my years be passed. 
 Whether first, or midst, or last. 
 
 359 
 
519^ 520 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 5X0 Efennti/. C. :\r. 
 
 n^'HE sun that liglits the world shall fade, 
 -*- The stars shall pass away ; 
 But I, a child immortal made, 
 Shall witness their decay. 
 
 2 Yes, I shall live when they are dead. 
 
 Though now so bright they shine ; 
 When earth and all its holds have fled. 
 Eternity is mine. 
 
 3 For I can never, never die, 
 
 AVhile God himself remains; 
 But I must live in heaven on high, 
 Or dwell where darkness reigns. 
 
 4 If heaven and hell ne'er pass away. 
 
 To Christ, oh ! let me flee ; 
 If pain be hard for one short day, 
 What must for evee be ? 
 
 520 
 
 Danger of delay. L. M. 
 
 T\7'HY should I say, " 'Tis yet too soon 
 
 ' ^ To seek for heaven or think of death?" 
 A flower may fade before 'tis noon, 
 And I this day may lose my breath. 
 
 2 If this rebellious heart of mine 
 
 Despise the gracious calls of heaven, 
 I may be hardened in my sin. 
 
 And never have repentance given. 
 
 3 What if his dreadful anger burn, 
 
 While I refuse his offered grace, 
 360 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 521 
 
 And all his love to fury turn. 
 
 And strike me dead upon the place ! 
 
 4 Then 'twill for ever be in vain 
 
 To cry for pardon and for grace ; 
 To wish I had my time again, 
 Or hope to see my Maker's face- 
 
 521 
 
 Temperance hymn. S. M. 
 
 A rOURN for the thousands slain, 
 ItX rpijg youthful and the strong : 
 Mourn for the wine-cup's fatal reign, 
 And the deluded throng. 
 
 Mourn for the tarnished gem — 
 For reason's light divine, 
 Quenched from the soul's bright diadem, 
 Where God hath bid it shine. 
 
 Mourn for the ruined soul — 
 Eternal life and light 
 Lost by the fiery, maddening bowl, 
 And turned to hopeless night. 
 
 Mourn for the lost — but call. 
 Call to the strong, the free ; 
 Rouse them to shun that dreadful fall. 
 And to the refuge flee. 
 
 I Mourn for the lost — but pray. 
 
 Pray to our God above. 
 To break the fell destroyer's sway. 
 And show his saving love. 
 
 301 
 
522 DOXOLOGIES. 
 
 33o.rologic&\ 
 
 522 
 
 Invocation of the Triniti/. fi, 4. 
 
 /^OME, thou Almighty King, 
 ^-^ Help us thy name to sing, 
 
 Help us to praise : 
 Father all-glorious, 
 O'er all victorious, 
 Come and reign over us, 
 
 Ancient of days ! 
 
 2 Jesus, our Lord, arise, 
 Scatter our enemies. 
 
 And make them fall ; 
 Let thy almighty aid 
 Our sure defence be made, 
 Our souls on thee be stayed — 
 
 Lord, hear our call. 
 
 3 Come, thou incarnate Word, 
 Gird on thy mighty sword ; 
 
 Our prayer attend : 
 Come, and thy people bless, 
 And give thy Avord success I 
 Spirit of holiness, 
 
 On us descend. 
 
 4 Come, holy Comforter I 
 Thy sacred -witness bear, 
 
 In this glad hour. 
 Thou, who almighty art. 
 Now rule in every heart, 
 362 
 
DOXOLOGIES. 523 — 525 
 
 And ne'er from us depart, 
 Spirit of power I 
 
 5 To the great One in Three, 
 The highest praises be, 
 
 Hence evermore : 
 His sovereign majesty 
 May we in glory see, 
 And to eternity 
 
 Love and adore. 
 
 523 
 
 H. M. 
 
 nnO God the Father's throne 
 -*- Your highest honours raise ; 
 Glory to God the Son. 
 
 To God the Spirit praise : 
 
 With all our powers, eternal King ! 
 
 Thy name we sing, while faith adores. 
 
 524 
 
 7's. 
 
 OIXG we to our God above, 
 ^- Praise eternal as his love: 
 Praise him, all ye heavenly host, 
 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
 525 
 
 S.M. 
 
 XTE angels round the throne, 
 ^ And saints that dwell below, 
 Worship the Father, praise the Son, 
 And bless the Spirit too. 
 
 363 
 
526 — 529 DoxoLOGiEs. 
 
 526 
 
 "\ TAY the grace of Christ our Saviour, 
 -^'-■- And the Father's boundless love, 
 With the Holy Spirit's favour, 
 Rest upon us from above. 
 
 2 Thus may we abide in union 
 
 With each other and the Lord, 
 And possess, in sweet communion, 
 Joys which earth cannot afford. 
 
 527 
 
 CM. 
 
 T ET God,— the Father, and the Son, 
 ^^ And Spirit, — be adored, 
 Where there are works to make him known, 
 Or saints to love the Lord. 
 
 528 
 
 L. M. 
 
 T)RAISE God, from whom all blessings flow; 
 -■- Praise him, all creatures here below ; 
 Praise him above, ye heavenly host. 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
 529 
 
 L. M. 
 
 'TO God the Father, God the Son, 
 -^ And God the Spirit, three in one, 
 Be honour, praise and glory given. 
 By all on earth and all in heaven. 
 
 36i 
 
INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 HTMX 
 
 A broken heart, mj- God, my King 18 
 
 A charjie to keep I have 243 
 
 A dread and solemn hour 131 
 
 According to thy gracious word 399 
 
 Again, from calm and sweet repose 371 
 
 Alas ! and did my Saviour bleed 141 
 
 Alas I what hourly dangers rise 44 
 
 All hail the powi^r of"Jesus' name 200 
 
 All that is good from God proceeds 444 
 
 Almighty Father, heavenly King 478 
 
 Almighty God. I'm very ill 489 
 
 Almi'jhty God, thy piei-cing eye 37 
 
 Almighty God, thy word is cast 337 
 
 Almighty God, to thee we raise • • -434 
 
 Almighty God, while earth and heaven 480 
 
 Am I a soldier of the cross 215 
 
 Amazing grace, how sweet the sound 159 
 
 Among the deepest shades of night- ■ 91 
 
 And did the holy and the ju.st 103 
 
 And is the gospel peace and love 476 
 
 And must I j art with all I have 233 
 
 And must this body die 299 
 
 And now. my soul, another j'ear 417 
 
 And will the Judge descend 317 
 
 And will the Lord thus condescend 2.i8 
 
 Another day is past 386 
 
 As pants the wearied hart for cooling springs 34 
 
 As when the weary traveller gains 286 
 
 Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep o(i"2 
 
 Assembled in our school once more 3-6 
 
 Astonished and distressed 2f.9 
 
 Awake, and^ingthe song • -, 72 
 
 Awake 1 my heart, awake 37V 
 
 365 
 
INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 HTMN 
 
 Awake, my soul, and with the sun 392 
 
 Awake, my soul, to joyful lays 123 
 
 Awake, my tonjjcue. thy tribute bring 2 
 
 Awaked by Sinai's awful sound 193 
 
 Be ours the bliss, in wisdom's way 453 
 
 Be still, my heart, these anxious eares 230 
 
 Before Jehovah's awful throne 76 
 
 Begone, unbelief 217 
 
 Behold a stranger at the door 273 
 
 Behold, my soul, the narrow bound 407 
 
 Behold the morning sun 169 
 
 Beneath our feet and o'er our head 292 
 
 Beside the ark by silent night -^ 20 
 
 Beware of Peter's word 254 
 
 Bless, my soul, the living God 5 
 
 Blessed Lord, thy grace impart 247 
 
 Blest are the souls who hear and know 179 
 
 Blest be the tie that binds 212 
 
 Blow ye the trumpet, blow 503 
 
 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning 404 
 
 By ceol Siloam's shady rill 30 
 
 By whom was David taught 439 
 
 Can r, a little child 494 
 
 Cease, ye mourners, cease to languish 294 
 
 Children, and have you never known 275 
 
 Children, in years and knowledge j'oung 272 
 
 Children, listen to the Lord 264 
 
 Children of thi' heavenly King 205 
 
 Christ is merciful and mild 104 
 
 Come, children, come to God 105 
 
 Come ! come ! come 499 
 
 Come hither, all ye weary souls 281 
 
 Come, Holy Spirit, come 156 
 
 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove 165 
 
 Come, humble sinner, in whose breast 257 
 
 Come, let our voices raise 347 
 
 Come, let us gladly sing 7 
 
 Come, let us join our cheerful songs 13 
 
 Come, let us now forget our mirth 293 
 
 Come, let us search our hearts, to try 202 
 
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INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 HTMX 
 
 Come, my ?oul, thy suit prepare 24 
 
 Come I said Jesus' sacred voice 268 
 
 Come, sound his praise abroad 94 
 
 Come. Spirit of the Lord 4( 5 
 
 Come, thou Almighty King 522 
 
 Come, thou tount of every blessiiis 3 
 
 Come, thou soul-transforming !»pirit 27 
 
 Come to the house of prayer 53 
 
 Come, weary souls, with sins distressed 279 
 
 Come, ye weary, heavy laden 220 
 
 Creator! Saviour! God 468 
 
 Daughter of Zion, awake from thy sadness 346 
 
 Day of judgment, day of wonders 318 
 
 Dearest of all the names above 115 
 
 Descend from heaven, immortal Dove 54 
 
 Did Christ o'er sinners weep- • • • 95 
 
 Did I this morn devoutly pray .o09 
 
 Do not I love thee, my Lord 130 
 
 Early, my God, without delay 362 
 
 Earth has engrossed my love too lonj 397 
 
 Encompassed with clouds of distress 189 
 
 Eternal God, before thy throne 421 
 
 Eternal God, incline thine ear 422 
 
 Eternal God, we look to thee 41 
 
 Eternal Source of joys divine 11 
 
 Eternal Spirit ! God of truth 426 
 
 Except the Lord our labours bless 341 
 
 Father, a weary heart 266 
 
 Father, I bless thy gentle hand 186 
 
 Father of mercies, hear 431 
 
 Father of mercies, let our songs 14 
 
 Father, to thee our souls we lift 56 
 
 Father, whate'er of earthly bliss- 240 
 
 Far from my thoughts, vain world, begone 75 
 
 Far from the world, Lord, I ttee 211 
 
 Far fioni these narrow scenes of niiiht 355 
 
 From all that dwell below the skies 508 
 
 From Greenland's icy mountains 357 
 
 From pole to pole let others ruam 147 
 
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INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 HTMN 
 
 Gentle Jesus, meek and mild 499 
 
 Give nie the wings of laith to rise 316 
 
 Glory to God on high 495 
 
 Glory to God, our JIaker's name 432 
 
 Glory to thee, my God. this night 393 
 
 Go forth, ye messengers of God 345 
 
 Go when the morning shiueth 190 
 
 God moves in a mysterious way 93 
 
 God, my supporter and my hope 239 
 
 God is a Spirit great in might 473 
 
 God is a Spirit j ust and wise 28 
 
 God is the fountain whence 59 
 
 God of my life, to thee I call 17 
 
 ' God of the morning, at whose voice 373 
 
 God of union ! God of love 450 
 
 God reigns in glory, and on high ■► 86 
 
 Grace! 'tis a elaarming sound 161 
 
 Great God, at thy command 406 
 
 Great God, in vain man's narrow view 101 
 
 Great God, now condescend 466 
 
 Great God, our feeble efforts own 454 
 
 Great God. thy word to us is given 448 
 
 Great God ! to thee my evening song 378 
 
 Great God, to thee ray voice I raise 481 
 
 Great God, to thee our thanks we bring 433 
 
 Great God, with wonder and with praise 176 
 
 Guide me, thou great Jehovah 22 
 
 Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews 198 
 
 Happy the children who betimes — 485 
 
 Ha]ipy the children who are gone 287 
 
 Hark ! the glad sound, the Saviour comes 405 
 
 Hark ! the herald angels say 132 
 
 Hark ! the herald angels sing 401 
 
 Hark ! the song of jubilee 440 
 
 Hark! the voice of love and mercy 116 
 
 Hark ! 'tis a martial sound 185 
 
 Hark ! what mean those holy voices 129 
 
 Hark ! what mean those lamentations 343 
 
 Hasten, Lord, the glorious time 342 
 
 Hasti'U, sinner, to be wise 216 
 
 Have yon read the v^ondrous story 500 
 
 368 
 
INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 HYMM 
 
 He die.<5 ! the Friend of sinners dies 124 
 
 Hear, dinner I mercy hails you "219 
 
 Hear what the voice from heaven i)rochiiui> 300 
 
 Heaven is the land where troubles cease 313 
 
 Here, jjracious Uod, beneath thj- feet 331 
 
 Here, Lord, before thy mercy-seat -13 
 
 Here we suffer <rrief and pain 463 
 
 Holy Bible! book divine 178 
 
 Hosannas by an infant train 334 
 
 How are thy servants blest, Lord ! 207 
 
 How beauteous are their feet 352 
 
 How blest the righteous when be dies 301 
 
 How gentle God's commands 238 
 
 How great and good and wise 472 
 
 How happy every child of grace 2(.8 
 
 How kind in all his works and ways 516 
 
 How long shall earth's alluring toys 208 
 
 How pleasant here again to meet 323 
 
 How pleasant is the dawn 460 
 
 How pleasant thus to dwell below 602 
 
 How pleasant 'tis to see 187 
 
 How pleased and blest was 1 62 
 
 How precious is the book divine 177 
 
 How shall a young man cli anse his way 443 
 
 How shall the young secure their hearts 175 
 
 How still and peaceful is the gi*ave 296 
 
 How sweet, how heavenly is the sight 210 
 
 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds 99 
 
 How sweet to bless the Lord 78 
 
 How sweet to leaye the world a while 39 
 
 How tedious and tasteless the hours- • • • 144 
 
 How vain are all things here below 199 
 
 Humble praises, holy Jesus 491 
 
 I bless my Maker's name 469 
 
 I hate the tempter ami his charms 197 
 
 I hold the sacred book of God 171 
 
 I lay my sins on Jesus • • -429 
 
 I live to die — I die to live ■ 298 
 
 I love the Sundaj^-school 332 
 
 I love thy kingdom. Lord 70 
 
 I love to look upon a flower 5o6 
 
 24 369 
 
INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 TITMN 
 
 I love to steal awhile away 387 
 
 I saw one hanpin^on a tri'Q V.V-i 
 
 I send the joys of eai'th away 1^04 
 
 I sing the almighty power of God I'^l 
 
 I thank the Lord Miio lives on high 490 
 
 I think, when I read that sweet story of old -IS-l 
 
 I wait for thy salvation, Lord 87 
 
 I want a heart to pray 248 
 
 I want a principle within 46 
 
 I want to be like Jesus 1-38 
 
 If Jesus Christ was sent 22,3 
 
 If this life should last for ever -i^-.Q 
 
 If. through unruffled seas 224 
 
 I'll praise my Maker with my breath- • ; 9 
 
 Im not ashamed to own my Lord Ill 
 
 In all mj- Lord's appointed waj's 245 
 
 In all my vast concerns with thee 89 
 
 In humble prayer, oh may I read 170 
 
 In life's young morn of rising j'outh 253 
 
 In tliy great name, Lord, we come 47 
 
 Invited by a Saviour's love 10 
 
 Is this the kind return 261 
 
 It is not earthly pleasure 277 
 
 Jerusalem ! my happy home 201 
 
 Jesus, and shall it ever be 150 
 
 Jesus, at th}- command 96 
 
 Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour 108 
 
 Jesus, full of all compassion 16 
 
 Jesus gives us true repentance 135 
 
 Jesus, 1 love thy charming name 98 
 
 Jesus. I my cross have taken 251 
 
 Jesus, lover of my soul 125 
 
 Jesu.<s, my truth, my way 142 
 
 Jesus. Saviour. Son of God 492 
 
 Jesus, see a little child 493 
 
 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun 110 
 
 Jesus, tender shepherd, hear me 488 
 
 Jesus, where'er thy people meet 114 
 
 Joy to the world — the Lord is come 112 
 
 Just as thou art, without one trace 278 
 
 370 
 
INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 HTMN 
 
 La'len with guilt and fiillHf fears 180 
 
 Let all the heatheu writer;? join 173 
 
 Let children to their God draw near 46 
 
 Let eve ry creature join 83 
 
 Let erery mortal ear attend 50 
 
 Let God. the Father, and the Son 527 
 
 Let us adore the grace that seeks €6 
 
 Let worldly minds the world pursue 20.3 
 
 Light of the world I shine on our souls 425 
 
 Light of those whose dreary dwelling 127 
 
 Like mist on the mountain 498 
 
 Lo! at noon 'tis sudden night 501 
 
 Lo! he comes, with clouds descending 321 
 
 Lo ! on a narrow neck of land 288 
 
 Long have I sat heneath the sound 255 
 
 Lord, dismiss us with thy hlessing 496 
 
 Lord, fix our wandering thoughts • • • 65 
 
 Lord, how delightful 'tis to see • 74 
 
 Lord, how secure my conscience was 271 
 
 Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear 64 
 
 Lord, it is not life to live 107 
 
 Lord of my life, whose word of power 470 
 
 Lord of the worlds above 57 
 
 Lord, teach a little child to pray 479 
 
 Jx)rd, thou hast heard mj' humble voice 449 
 
 Lord, thou hast searched and seen me through 92 
 
 Lord, thou wilt hear me when I pray .379 
 
 Lord, 'tis a pleasant thing to stand 231 
 
 Lord, to thy feet I fain would go 172 
 
 Lord, we come before thee now 36 
 
 Lord, we confess our numerous faults 162 
 
 Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was 1 195 
 
 Lord, while holy angels praise thee 447 
 
 Love divine, all love excelling 166 
 
 Loving Jesus, gentle Lamb 487 
 
 Majestic sweetness sits enthroned 117 
 
 May I resolve with all my heart 55 
 
 May the grace of Christ, our Saviour 526 
 
 May we who teach the rising race 328 
 
 Men of God, go take your stations 351 
 
 McTtals. awake, with angels join 402 
 
 371 
 
INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 HTMX 
 
 lHourn for the thousands plfcn 521 
 
 IMy dear Redeemer and my Lord 137 
 
 Wy drowsy powers, why sleep ye so 256 
 
 My Father, hear the humble prayer 486 
 
 My Father, to thy mercy-scat 23 
 
 IMy Father, when I come to thee 38 
 
 My God. accept my early vows 389 
 
 TMy God, how endless is thy love 382 
 
 3Iy God. my life, my love f 
 
 Mv God. iieVmit me not to be 206 
 
 l>Iy God, thy boundless love I praise 120 
 
 31y G(h1, thv service well demands 398 
 
 My God, who mak'st the sun to know 512 
 
 My pjracious Redeemer I love 1-16 
 
 Wy heavenly Father! I confess * 510 
 
 My life's a narrow span 42 
 
 My sou 1 know thou the Lord 458 
 
 My times of sorrow and of joy 236 
 
 No more, my God — 1 boast no more 139 
 
 None is like God, who reigns above 475 
 
 Nor eye hath seen, nor ear hath heard 160 
 
 Not ail the blood of beasts I'-^S 
 
 Not all the outward forms on earth IW 
 
 Now condescend. Almighty King 336 
 
 Now, in mj^ early days ol ' 
 
 Now is the accepted time 1^- 
 
 Now may the Lord of earth and skies 35 
 
 Now to the Lord a noble song 51 
 
 Now we are met to read and pray 333 
 
 O God of Zion. hear 340 
 
 O Lord, another day is flown 381 
 
 Lord, behold before thy throne 515 
 
 Lord, on this, our Sunday-school 330 
 
 O Lord! our languid souls inspire 48 
 
 Lord, our Lord, how wondrous great 73 
 
 Lord, our Lord, whose wondrous name 435 
 
 Lord, thy perfect word 451 
 
 O my soul! what means this sadness 227 
 
 O Spirit of love, who dwellest on high 154 
 
 'O thou that heaxest prayer 19 
 
 )-.! 
 
INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 HTMK 
 
 thou whose condescending ear 446 
 
 Oh bless the Lord, my soul 6 
 
 Oh could I find from day to day 244 
 
 Oh fly, mourning sinnor, saith Jesus to me 282: 
 
 Oh for a closer walk with God 242 
 
 Oh for a heart to praise the Lord 241 
 
 Oh for the happy hour ■ 155 
 
 Oh grant me, Lord, mj^self to see 214 
 
 Oh how divine, how sweet the joy 1( 8 
 
 Oh that I knew the secret place 31 
 
 Oh that the Lord would guide ray ways 26 
 
 Oh 'tis good, when, all combining 430 
 
 Oh what a lovely sight 452 
 
 Oh where shall rest be f»>und • • -309 
 
 On Jordan's stormy banks I stand 311 
 
 On thee, each morning, my God 388 
 
 On what has now been sown 455 
 
 Once more, my soul, the rising day 374 
 
 Once more the Lords indulgent hand 411 
 
 One there is above all others 122 
 
 Oppressed with guilt, and full of fears • - • '182 
 
 Our Father, God, who art in heaven 477 
 
 Our heavenly Father bids us ask 442 
 
 Our humble voic^es, Lord, we raise 68 
 
 Our life is ever on the wing 284 
 
 Peace, troubled soul, whose plaintive moan 191 
 
 Peaceful be thy silent slumber 303 
 
 People of the living God- • ■ • 252 
 
 Plunged in a gulf of dark despair 119 
 
 Poor and needy though I be 235 
 
 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow 528 
 
 Praise the Lord who reigns above 67 
 
 Praise the Lord, ye heavens, adore him • • • 80 
 
 Quiet, Lord, my froward heart 49 
 
 Raise your triumphant songs 113 
 
 Religion is the chief concern 213 
 
 Return, and come to God 246 
 
 Return, wanderer, return 265 
 
 Return to the guide of thy youth 276 
 
 373 
 
INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 HTMK 
 
 Rise, my Foul, and stretch thy wings •2^<7 
 
 Rock of ages! cleft for me 128 
 
 Roll on, thou mighty ocean 350 
 
 Safely through another week 3o9 
 
 Salvation ! oh, the joyful sound IfiT 
 
 Saviour ! brt^athe an evening blessing 3R4 
 
 Saviour, like a «hephprd lead us 118 
 
 Saviour, may a little child 518 
 
 Saviour, visit thy plantation 33 
 
 Saviour, when in dust, to thee 106 
 
 Saviour, while my heart is tender 471 
 
 Say, sinner, 1 ath a voici^ within Ifi3 
 
 See in the vineyard of the Lord • 102 
 
 See the leaves around us falling 413 
 
 See the kind Shepherd, Jesus, stands 226 
 
 Serene I laid me down 375 
 
 Shout the tidiugs of salvation • -349 
 
 Show pity. Lord. Lord, forgive 263 
 
 Since all the varying .scenes of time 85 
 
 Sing, my soul, his wondrous love 8 
 
 Sing we to our God above 524 
 
 Sinner ! rouse thee from thy sleep 280 
 
 Sinners, the voice of God regard 221 
 
 Sinners, will you scorn the message 259 
 
 So let our lips and lives express 250 
 
 Soft be the gentlv breathing notes 97 
 
 Softly fades the twilight rav 365 
 
 Softly, now. the liirht of day 380 
 
 Sole Sovereign of the earth and skies 438 
 
 Soon as I heard my Father say • 32 
 
 Soon as the morn, with roses 372 
 
 Sovereign of all the worlds on high 21 
 
 Sow in the morn thy seed 338 
 
 Spared to another spring 409 
 
 Stern winter throws his icy chains 414 
 
 Stretch. my soul, thine ardent wing 356 
 
 Submissive to thy will, my God 234 
 
 Sweet is the work, my God, my King .358 
 
 Sweet the moments, rich in blessing 136 
 
 Swift as the winged arrow flies 285 
 
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I^JJKX Ui' riKST LINKS. 
 
 HYM-V 
 
 Teach me the measure of my days -^^0 
 
 That awful day will surely come "22 
 
 The Bible ! the Bible ! more precious than proM • • -181 
 
 The billows swell, the winds are hiLrh 1^8 
 
 The Christian would not have his lot • • • • -29 
 
 The clock has struck — I cannot stay ?>'29 
 
 The day is past and gone -"85 
 
 The day of wrath I that dreadful day 319 
 
 The heavens declare thy glorv, Lord 174 
 
 The light of Sabbath eve- • • - ^ 3fi9 
 
 The Lord attends when children pray 482 
 
 The Lord Jehovah reigns 82 
 
 The Lord my pasture shall prepare 4 
 
 The Lord my Shepherd is 77 
 
 The Lord of life, the Saviour dies 100 
 
 The Lord our God is clothed with might 79 
 
 The moon has but a borrowed light 184 
 
 The morning bright 483 
 
 The prodisal, with streaming eyes 4Ji6 
 
 The Sabbath is the day of rest 4:36 
 
 The Saviour calls — let every ear 274 
 
 The spacious firmament on high 84 
 
 The Spirit, in our hearts 158 
 
 The sun that lights the world shall fade 519 
 
 The sun that lights yon broad blue sky 461 
 
 Thee we adore. Eternal Name ■ • • -291 
 
 There is a happ3' land 314 
 
 There is a land of pure delight 289 
 
 There is a path that leads to God 513 
 
 There is an hour of peaceful rest 31 2 
 
 There seems a voice in every gale 71 
 
 Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love 370 
 
 This day belongs to God alone 507 
 
 This God is the God we adore 69 
 
 This is the day the Lord hath made 361 
 
 This life is but a summer's day 283 
 
 This world, God. like that above 88 
 
 Thou art gone to the grave — but we will not deplore -305 
 
 Thou blest Redeemer, dying Lamb 1 21 
 
 Thou God of love and mercy, hear 467 
 
 Thou Guardian of our youthful days 423 
 
 Thou only Sovereign of my heart 143 
 
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INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 HYMN 
 
 Thousands, Lord of ho.sts. this day 395 
 
 Thrice happy is the jouth 4J4 
 
 Throuirh all the c-haii'^ing scenes of life 52 
 
 Throuirh all the danirers of the ni^ht 376 
 
 Through the da.y thy love hath spared us 383 
 
 'Tis a point I long to know 228 
 
 'Tis by thy strength the mouutains stand 408 
 
 'Tis finished : — so the Saviour cried 153 
 
 'Tis not bj' power, 'tis not by might ♦ 157 
 
 Time hastens on ; ye longing saints 419 
 
 Time is winging us away 415 
 
 To God the Father, God the Son 529 
 
 To God the Father's throne 523 
 
 To Jesus, the crown of my hope 145 
 
 To me, Lord, be thou the way ' 140 
 
 To praise the ever-bounteous Lord 412 
 
 To spend one sacred day 3f'8 
 
 To thee, my God and Saviour 151 
 
 To thee, my Gotl, my days are known 90 
 
 To thee, blessed Saviour 339 
 
 To thy pastures, green and fair 109 
 
 To-morrow. Lord, is thine 391 
 
 'Twas on that dark, that doleful night 400 
 
 Unveil thy bosom, faithful tomb 304 
 
 Upward 1 lift mine eyes 25 
 
 Vital spark of heavenly flame 307 
 
 "Wait. my soul, thy Maker's will 232 
 
 Watchman, tell us of the night 441 
 
 "We come, we come, with loud acclaim 4fi4 
 
 We gather, we gather 335 
 
 We journey through a vale of tears 225 
 
 We meet again in gladness 324 
 
 We'll not give up the Bible 183 
 
 Welcome, delightful morn 3fi4 
 
 Welcome news the gospel brings 270 
 
 Welcome, sweet day of rest 61 
 
 Welcome, sweet morn, we hail with joy 367 
 
 Welcome to our festival 325 
 
 Welcome, welcome, day of rest 363 
 
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INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 BT\tN 
 
 Westward ! In the desert crying 428 
 
 "What a strange and wondrous story 149 
 
 What is life ? "Tis hut a vapour 274 
 
 What various hindrances we meet 58 
 
 When all thy mercies, my God 1 
 
 When bending o'er the brink of life 295 
 
 When daily I kneel down to pray 514 
 
 When gathering clouds around I view 222 
 
 When his salvation bringing - 148 
 
 When I can read my title clear 209 
 
 When 1 look up to yonder sky 511 
 
 When I survey the wondrous cross 134 
 
 When Jesus to the temple came 15 
 
 When languor and disease invade 396 
 
 When little Samuel woke 504 
 
 AVhen, overwhelmed with grief 29 
 
 \Vhen parents love the Lord 474 
 
 AVhen rising from the bed of death 315 
 
 When shall the voice of singing 354 
 
 When, streaming from the eastern skies 390 
 
 When the spark of life' is waning 308 
 
 AVhen the worn spirit needs repose 361 
 
 Wlien thou, my righteous Judge, shalt come 320 
 
 Wlien to the house of prayer I go 437 
 
 AVhere two or three, with sweet accord 327 
 
 While each wretched heatlien nation 427 
 
 While shepherds watched tlieir flocks by night- • • -403 
 
 \\ hile thee I seek, protecting Power 12 
 
 AVliile through another rolling year 416 
 
 While verdant hill and blooming vale 410 
 
 AVliile wicked men pretend 457 
 
 While with ceaseless course the sun 418 
 
 Who can describe the joys that rise 262 
 
 Who shall ascend thy heavenly place 194 
 
 Who taught the bird to build her nest 505 
 
 Why did Jesus come from heaven 445 
 
 AVhy is my heart so far from thee 249 
 
 Why should 1 say, " 'Tis yet too soon 520 
 
 Why should our tears in sorrow flow 300 
 
 Why should we spend our youthful days 196 
 
 Why should we start and fear to die 310 
 
 With joy we meditate the grace 152 
 
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INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 HTMX 
 
 With one conpent let all the earth 63 
 
 AN'ith soDfrs and honours pounding lotid 420 
 
 With tears of anguish I lament 260 
 
 Words are things of little cost 40 
 
 Ye angels round the throne 525 
 
 Ye aniiels who stand round the throne 366 
 
 Ye Christian heroes, go, proclaim 348 
 
 Ye sons of Adam, vain and young 218 
 
 Ye trembling souls, dismiss your fears 237 
 
 Yes! my native land, I love thee 344 
 
 Yes I we trust the daj- is breaking 353 
 
 Young children were to Jesus brought 462 
 
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INDEX 
 
 TO AID IN FINDING HYMNS ADAPTED TO PARTICULAR SUB- 
 JECTS AND OCCASIONS. 
 
 Adoption, spirit of, 21, 49. 
 
 Anniversary occasions, 323, 325, 339, 421, 433, 462. 
 
 Birth-day, 470. 
 
 Children, conversion of, sought, 466. 
 
 encouraged to go to Christ, 461, 478 — iSO. 
 
 missionary hymn for, 494. 
 
 praising Christ, 435, 44(\ 447, 487. 
 
 rejoicing in hope of heaven, 463, 468, 476, 479. 
 
 self-consecration to Christ, 471, 477, 480, 487. 
 
 sj^mpathy with, 452. 
 Christ, a rock, 128. 
 
 a shepherd, 4, 77, 109, 118, 216. 
 
 advent of, 60. 129, 405, 441. 
 
 children invited to him, 264. 275. 422, 500, 518. 
 
 compassion of 94, 97. 115, 119, 1.33. 
 
 cross of glorifying in the, 134, 136, 141. 147, 150. 
 
 danger of neglecting. 131. 
 
 death of KiO, 116, 153. 
 
 faith in, 217. 222, 233. 
 
 faithfulness of, 69. 111. 
 
 glory of, celebrated, 54, 7-5, 110, 124. 
 
 his grace praised, 3. 10, 11, 13, 66, 72, 113, 117, 
 
 135, 140, 151, 429. 445, 491 
 his grace souirht. 30, 106, 109, 118. 
 hosanna to, 15, 148. 334, 335. 
 humiliation of, 103, 140. 
 ingratitude to. lamented, 258. 
 intercession of, 102. 
 
 invitation to come to him, 246, 268, 279, 280. 
 light of the world, 127. 
 love for, professed, 130. 
 love of celebrated, 123, 146> 149, 193, 220, 259, 
 
 484, 501. 
 our pattern, 108, 138. 
 our pilot, 96, 142. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Christ, precious to the believer, 98, 99, 120, 143, 
 rei?:n of. 110, 112. 
 resurrection of. 132, 299. 
 
 the only Saviour, 16, 17, 91. 121,125. 139.144,445. 
 the sinner's friend, 122, 152, 219, 273, 277. 
 universal rei^n of. 342. 
 CJmstian, character of. 194. 229, 250. 
 
 conflicts of, 185. 186, 188, 197, 199, 214. 255, 
 
 consolations of. 191, 195, 206, 223, 
 
 contentment. 240. 
 
 final glory of, 316, 
 
 graces of. 24S. 
 
 his love for the church of Christ, 70. 
 
 hopes of, 201—207, 208. 230. 2S6— 289. 299. 
 
 love and union. 187, 210, 21.3, 430^ 434, 450, 
 
 resignation of, 232, 234—238, 248, 
 
 supports of, 189, 215. 226. 
 
 triumphs of, 205, 227, 301—308, 
 
 Deatli, not terrible to the Christian, 14.5, 289, 295, 29a 
 301. .307, 308. 
 of the righteous a gain, 300. 
 Doxologies, 522 — 529. 
 
 Etirly piety, 20. 
 
 exhortation to, 105, 196, 213, 216, 218, 424, 
 458. 498, 520. 
 
 loveliness of, 451, 476. 
 Eternity, issues of, contemplated. 288, 292. 296. 
 Evening hymns, 378—387, 393, 488. (See Sabbath.) 
 
 Ftith, power of, 224, 225, 267, 308, 439, 
 Forgiveness sought, 18. 
 
 GfxJ, communion with, 87, 211, 242—245. 
 
 confidence in, 12. 25—29, 32, 34, 60, G9, 85. 239. 
 early to be sought, 7. 20. 26, 31, 
 everywhere present, 88, 92. 
 fear and lov" of. 41. 
 general praise. 80, 73, 495. 
 glfiry of seen in his works, 84, 95 — 101, 
 bis glorious nature, 473. 
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INDEX. 
 
 God, his goodness praised, 1, 5, C\ 9. 14, 35, 56, 67, 68, 71 
 81. 406. 420. 472. .505. .506. 516, 
 his greatness adored. 7o. 76. 7'.i. 82. 
 hi.s presence implored. 39, 88, Sv», ItO. 
 his wisdom and knowledge, 2 — 37, 86, 92. 
 loveof, celebrated. 8, 120. 
 providence of, So, 93. 475. 511. 
 service of. desirable. 55. 267. 
 the sinner's return to. 2t'.5, 266, 276, 4.55. 
 Gospel, final triumph of, .^>46. 352. 353, 428, 440. 
 gratefully received. 270, 347, 349. 
 invitations of. 274. 
 power of, 169, 179,184,191. 
 Grace magnified, 161, 253. 
 
 salvation by, 162, 254, 278, 282. 
 supplicated. 4'2. 39a, 425, 443. 
 triumphs jof. 159. 
 
 Ueafhen, prospects of the. 343. 
 
 Ueaveii, bliss oi; 2>>7. 294, 297—308, 311—314, 316, 355, 
 397. 
 duty of Christians to, 345, 348. 
 hope of, 209, 277, 297, 457. 485, 502. 
 Holy Spirit, influences of, implored, 19, 27, 33. 36. 154— 
 157. 192, 250. 271, 327, 431, 442, 464, 465, 515. 
 invitation of the. 158. 
 may be grieved, 163. 
 oflices of, 426. 
 
 Infant hymns, 491 — 193. 
 Jngratitude deplored, 261. 
 
 Jithilpf proclaimed, 440, 503. 
 
 Judgmad, final, contemplated, 31.5, 317 — 322. 
 
 Life., brevity of. 283, 285, 394, 415, 417. 
 
 in death. 298. 
 
 vanity of, 290. 
 LonVs supper celebrated, 399. 
 instituted, 400. 
 Love to all, 198. 
 
 Missionari/, departure of, 350, 351. 
 
 farewell to his native land, 344. 
 
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INDEX. 
 
 Morning hymns, 371, 377, 392, 482, 512. (See Sabbath.) 
 
 Paxior, welcome to oap, 460. 
 
 Pilgrim's praj'er, 22. 438. 
 
 Praise, for cov(*iiant mercies, 52, 57. 
 
 for daily mercies, 59, 388, 389. • 
 
 for gospel blessings, 50, 481 — 185. 
 
 for grace in Christ. 51. 
 Prayer against temptation, 44, 243. 
 
 encouraged, 24, 53, 19i), 482. 
 
 for a blessing on public worship, 47. 
 on social worship, 48. 
 
 for a sensitive conscience, 45. 
 
 for a sick child, 486. 4S9, 510. (See SicTcness.) 
 
 for daily grace, 40, 391. 
 
 for divine guidance, 46, 513. 517. * 
 
 for teachers, 43. (See Teachers.) 
 
 the Lord's, versified, 477. 
 
 Pepentance, of a sinner, gives joy in heaven, 168, 263» 
 
 223, 455. 
 Pent, found only in God, 309, 312. 
 Resurrection, hope in the, 299, 303, 304. 
 
 Sabbath, eternal, 366, 370. 
 
 evening hymn for, 361, 365, 369. 
 improvement of. 507. 
 its delights, 358, 368, 459. 
 morning hymn for, 302, 367. 
 preparation for the, 359. 
 reverence for, 360, 436. 
 welcomed, o&^, 364. 
 Salvation, free, proclaimed. (See Grace.) 
 Sanctijication, complete, desired, 166, 241, 242. 
 necessity of, 160. 
 means of, 164. 
 Scriptures, Holy, attention to. by children, 504, 
 comfort of, 182, 427. 
 instruction from, 175, 178, 180. 
 perfection of, 173, 174. 
 prized, 171, 176, 177, 181, 183, 449. 
 Seed, gospel sowing of, 338. 
 382 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Self-pjinminaH/m, 202, 228, 249, 509. 
 i>icLness. comforts of, 306, 397. 
 devotion in. -ISO. 
 recover_v from. 398, 490. 
 Sabbath in, 395. 
 Sin lamented, 2B0. 269. 
 Slncn-ity desired. 28, 38, 514. 
 Sinners warned of danger. 221, 280. 
 Sinn of the tongue lamented, 456. 
 Sunday-school, evening song for, 337. 
 
 invitation to, 499. 
 
 love for, professed, 332. 
 
 morning song for, 336, 442. 
 
 opening. 326. 3-33. 
 
 prajer for a blessing on, 331, 467. 
 
 privileges of, improved, 329, 330. 
 
 TmcJiahlenesf:, spirit of. implored, 172, 247. 
 
 Teachers, blessing on them asked, 43, 328, 341, 432, 453, 
 
 454. 
 Temperance hymn, 521. 
 
 Wiclifd, the curse of the, 195. 196. 
 
 World renounced. 203, 204, 206, 245, 251, 252, 290. 
 
 Worship, concluded, 78, 496. 
 
 conduct during, 437, 514. 
 
 invitation to, 62. 95. 
 
 preparation for, 65. 
 
 public delight in, 61, 64, 74, 231. 
 
 universal, 63. 
 
 Youth, how secured from sin, 444, 448. 
 eea.son of, how to improve, 293. 
 
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