TRUSTING IN PROVIDENCE.
Thy bounty shall my pains beguile :
The barren wilderness shall smile,
With sudden greens and herbage crowned,
And streams shall murmur all around.
4 Though in the paths of death I tread,
With gloomy horrors overspread,
My steadfast heart shall fear no ill;
For thou, O Lord! art with me still;
Thy friendly crook shall give me aid,
And guide me through the dreadful shade.
1 AWAY, my unbelieving fear !
Fear shall in me no more have place ;
My Saviour doth not yet appear,
He hides the brightness of his face :
But shall I therefore let him go,
And basely to the tempter yield ?
No, in the strength of Jesus, no,
I never will give up my shield.
2 Although the vine its fruit deny,
Although the olive yield no oil,
The with'ring fig-trees droop and die,
The fields elude the tiller's toil,
The empty stall no herd afford,
And perish all the bleating race,
Yet will I triumph in the Lord,
The God of my salvation praise.
3 Barren although my soul remain,
And not one bud of grace appear,
No fruit of all my toil and pain,
But sin, and only sin is here :
Although my gifts and comforts lost,
My blooming hopes cut off I see ;
Yet will I in my Saviour trust,
And glory that he died for me.
4 In hope believing against hope,
Jesus, my Lord, my God, I claim, Jesus, my strength, shall lift me up, Salvation is in Jesus' name. To me he soon shall bring it nigh, My soul shall then outstrip the wind; On wings of love mount up on high, And leave the world and sin behind. 29. L. M.
The earthly and the heavenly Sabbath.
1 AGAIN our weekly labours end,
And we the Sabbath's call attend;
Improve, our souls, the sacred rest,
And seek to be for ever blest.
2 This day let our devotions rise
To heaven, a grateful sacrifice;
And God that peace divine bestow,
Which none but they who feel it know.
3 This holy calm within the breast
Prepares for that eternal rest,
Which for the sons of God remains;
The end of cares, the end of pains.
4 In holy duties let the day,
In holy pleasures pass away :
How sweet the Sabbath thus to spend,
In hope of that which ne'er shall end !
The Church is the honor and safety of a Nation. 1 GREAT is the Lord our God,
And let his praise be great;
He makes his churches his abode,
His most delightful seat.
PROVIDENCE OF GOD.
2 These temples of his grace,
How beautiful they stand!
The honors of our native place,
And bulwarks of our land.
3 In Zion God is known
A refuge in distress;
How bright has his salvation shone
Through all her palaces!
4 In every new distress
We'll to his house repair;
We'll think upon his wondrous grace,
And seek deliverance there.
31. 7s M. MERRICK.
God our Shepherd. Ps. 23.
1 Lo, my shepherd's hand divine !
Want shall never more be mine :
In a pasture fair and large
He shall feed his happy charge.
2 When I faint with summer's heat,
He shall lead my weary feet
To the streams that still and slow
Through the verdant meadows flow.
3 He my soul anew shall frame,
And, his mercy to proclaim,
When through devious paths I stray,
Teach my steps the better way.
4 Thou my plenteous board hast spread;
Thou with oil refreshed my head:
Filled by thee my cup o'erflows;
For thy love no limit knows.
5 Constant, to my latest end,
Thou my footsteps shalt attend,
And shalt bid thy hallowed dome
Yield me an eternal home.
1 ALMIGHTY Maker of my frame,
Teach me the measures of my days,
Teach me to know how frail I am,
And spend the remnant to thy praise.
2 My days are shorter than a span;
A. little point my life appears :
How frail, at best, is dying man!
How vain are all his hopes and fears !
3 Vain his ambition, noise and show; Vain are the cares which rack his mind : He heaps up treasures mix'd with wo, And dies, and leaves them all behind, 4 O be a nobler portion mine !
My God, I bow before thy throne: Earth's fleeting treasures I resign, And fix my hope on thee alone. 33. S. M.
1 SEE how the morning sun
Pursues his shining way;
And wide proclaims his Maker's praise,
With every bright'ning ray.
2 Thus would my rising soul,
Its heavenly parent sing;
And to its great Original,
The humble tribute bring.
3 Serene I laid me down,
Beneath his guardian care ;
I slept, and I awoke, and found
My kind Preserver near !
4 My life I would anew
Devote, O Lord, to thee;
And in thy service I would spend
A long eternity.
34, 35 DOCTRINES OF THE GOSPEL.
34. L. M. ADDISON.
Being of God proclaimed by creation.
1 The spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue, etherial sky,
And spangled heavens, a shining frame,
Their great Original proclaim.
2 The unwearied sun from day to day,
Doth his Creator's power display ;
And publishes, to every land,
The work of an almighty hand.
3 Soon as the evening shades prevail,
The moon takes up the wondrous tale,
And nightly, to the listening earth,
Repeats the story of her birth;
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 no real voice nor sound
Amid their radiant orbs be found:
6 In reason's ear they all rejoice,
And utter forth a glorious voice;
Forever singing, as they shine,
The hand that made us is divine.'
35. С. М.
The guiding Star.
1 BRIGHT was the guiding star that led,
With mild benignant ray,
The Gentiles to the lowly shed
Where the Redeemer lay.
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