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UNITED STATES OF AMEKICA.
BOOK OF HYMNS
FOB
YOUNG PERSONS.
" The fineness which a

Is
when
hymn or psalm affords,
the soul unto the lines accords."
George Herbert.
CAMBRIDGE:
JOHN BARTLETT.
1854.
3V:353
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by
John Baetlett,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
CAMBRIDGE*.
METCALF AND COMPANY, STEREOTYPERS AND PRINTERS.
INDEX.
PAGE
Almighty Father I am weak

Almighty Father Thou hast many a blessing
Almighty God, in humble prayer
Another day its course hath run
As every day thy mercy spares
13
Awake,
my
soul
stretch every nerve
the
is
man who
fears the
81
....
71
cool Siloam's shady
Calm on the listening

Come to God's altar
!
Father
.64
36
ear of night
thy
draw near
.
light,
thy love
I love to read of thee
Father! whate'er of earthly
37
60
Eternal and immortal King
Father and Friend
rill
0,
79
47
Lord
Bright was the guiding star that led
By
15
....
Behold, where, in a mortal form

Blest
18
bliss
....
.2
1
16
Forth went the heralds of the cross
93
From
27
the recesses of a lowly spirit
INDEX.
IV
.67
Give to the winds thy fears
my
Glory to thee,
God
God
who madest
Have
good that he
so
is
God, this night
faith in
53
earth and heaven
80
man, thy brother
Hark, the glad sound
He came
78
will hear
to bid the
94
the Saviour comes
weary
.38
.87
46
rest
How blest are they whose transient years

How gentle God's commands
How happy is he bom or taught
How sweetly flowed the Gospel's sound
How sweet to be allowed to pray
.
and
66
.... .24
73
43
our fears
84
If love, the noblest, purest, best
45
If all our hopes
In holy books
we
all
read
.... .33
how God hath spoken
In silent sorrow, from the gates of Nain
41
In sleep's serene oblivion laid

Israel's
It
77
Shepherd, guide me, feed
me
61
was no path of flowers
Kneel,
my
child, for
God
50
is
here
......
.....
Like shadows gliding o'er the plain
Lord
teach us children
how
to
pray
Mere human power shall fast decay

Mortals, awake with angels join
My dear Eedeemer, and my Lord
My Father, and my Heavenly Friend
My God accept my heart this day
God,
how
God,
endless
thank thee
is
!
thy love
may
no thought
88
9
74
.39
51
10
'
My
My
....
82
19
INDEX.
None loves me, Father, with thy love
Not for the "childish things" of life
God, alone
Not on this day,
Now in the dawning of my youth
Now in the season of thy youth
Now that our journey 's just begun
.....
57
55
54
76
90
12
59
14
0, help us, Lord each hour of need

Lord
best desires fulfil
!
my
I have, all prayers in
On
the
Christian Sabbath eve
0,
when
first
the hours of
life
25
21
one
are past
72
....
.
who
a book,
There
is
a world above
runs
may
49
28
29
read
...
...
The spacious firmament on high

The truth from God, which Jesus brought
The year begins with promises
Though lonely be thy path, fear not, for He
.
44
11
is
40
.48
63
Teach us to pray
The Bridegroom at an hour unknown
The Lord my pasture shall prepare
The Lord my Shepherd is
There
52
.85
....
from on high, a fight divine

.
how he loved " exclaimed the Jews
See the kind Shepherd, Jesus, stands
Shine on our souls, Eternal God
See,
" See
Press on, press on, ye sons of light
69
75
God I thank thee that the night

God to thee our hearts would pay
God while frequent dangers rise
0, happy is the child who hears
One prayer
26
30
83
.... .89
32
92
...
.
68
INDEX.
VI
Thou, Lord, who
Thy
Thy
will
'T
not the
To
is
will be done
learn
rear'st the
!
be done!
gift,
mountain's height
In devious
23
but
't is
22
95
the spirit
will
uplifted hearts,
we
.70
62
3
.
are,
and
in the
woe
prime
....
65
91
42
34
kneel
for those, frail child of
56
While shepherds watched their flocks by night

While thee I seek, protecting Power
Young though we
.8
Weak and irresolute is man

mat, 'mid the doubtful paths of life
When all thy mercies, my God
When arise the thoughts of sin
When children give their hearts to God
When Israel, of the Lord beloved
When power divine in mortal form
When up to nightly stars we gaze
Why weep
.31
I will not fear
and do thy
When, with
way
...
....
17
35
20
86
58
GOD.
L. M.
1.
" The Lord
is
Psalm cxlv.
good to
all
and
BOWRING.
his tender mercies are over all his works."
9.
Father and Friend thy light, thy

Beaming through all thy works, we
Thy glory gilds the heavens above,
!
And
all
the earth
is full
love,
see
of thee.
"We think not in what hallowed part

Of the wide heavens thy throne may be
But this we know, that where thou art,
Power, wisdom, goodness, dwell with thee,
l
GOD.
Thy
children shall not faint nor fear,
Sustained by
this delightful thought,
Since thou, their God, art everywhere,
They cannot be where thou
S.
L. M.
art not.
Doddridge.
" He that cometh to God must belieye that he
warder of them that diligently seek him."
is,
and that he
Hebrews
xi. 6.
Eternal and immortal King
Thy
peerless splendors
But darkness
When God
none can bear
veils seraphic eyes,
with
all his
glory
Yet
faith can pierce the
The
great Invisible can see
And
with
its
's
there.
awful gloom,
tremblings mingle joy,
In fixed regard, great
God
to thee.
Then every tempting form of sin,

Shamed in thy presence, disappears
And
all
The
likeness
the glowing, raptured soul

it
contemplates wears.
is
re-
; !!
GOD.
ever conscious to
Witness to
my
heart
supreme desire
Behold, it presseth on to thee,
For it hath caught the heavenly
fire.
This one petition would
To
In
its
bear thee ever in

life,
Its
its
it
sight
in death, in worlds
unknown,
only portion and delight
3*
M.
" Surely goodness and mercy shall follow
Psalm
urge,
Addison.
me
all
the days of
xxiii. 6.
When all thy mercies, O my

My rising soul surveys,
God,
Transported with the view, I 'm lost

In wonder, love, and praise.
Unnumbered comforts on
Thy
my
soul
tender care bestowed,
my infant heart conceived

From whom those comforts flowed.
Before
my life."
GOD.
Ten thousand thousand
My
daily thanks
precious gifts
employ
Nor is the least a cheerful heart,

That tastes those gifts with joy.
Through every period of
my
life,
Thy goodness I '11 pursue

And after death, in distant worlds,
The glorious theme renew.
;
L. M.
4.
" 0, come, let us worship and bow down

Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker."
Psalm xcv.
Come
to God's altar!
O, draw near,
In trusting love, in humble fear
He calls you now his face to meet

Come bow and worship at his feet.
O, draw near,
Come to God's altar
And gladly come, for God is here
Come at the call of that kind voice,
!
That bids you
in his love rejoice.
6.
GOD.
Come
to God's altar
O, draw near
With grateful praises gather here

Your Father calls, your Heavenly Friend
;
O, come, and in his presence bend
5.
" Thou shalt
Thou
call,
shalt cry 5
7s.
M.
and the Lord shall answer

and he shall say, Here I am."
Isaiah
Kneel,
Bend
my
child, for
God
is
here
in love, but not in fear
Kneel before him
Thank him
now
lviii. 9.
in prayer
for his constant care.
Praise him for his bounties shed

Every moment on thy head
know
Ask
Ask
for light to
Ask
for faith to lead thee
for love
his will;
thy heart to
fill
on
Son
Ask his spirit still to guide thee
Through the ills that may betide
In the steps of Christ, his
thee
GOD.
Ask
for
peace to put to rest
Every tumult of thy breast
Ask
in awe, but not in fear
Kneel,
my
child, for
6.
God
C.
is
M.
" Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read."
Father
I love to
here
Isaiah xxxiy. 16.
read of thee,
And learn of heaven above

To hear what thou hast done for me
;
By
To
thy unceasing love.
think that
all this
world contains
Was made
and formed by thee

And yet the power which all sustains
Has thought and care for me.
That thou
art ever
kind and good,
My constant blessings prove

My home, my friends, my daily
Speak thy unfailing
love.
food,
GOD.
Father
know each
living thing
Should sing its Maker's praise

O, let me, then, my tribute bring,
My little
7.
offering raise
M.
C.
" Let us haye grace whereby we

xii.
Lyra Cath.
may
serve
God acceptably."
Hebrews
28.
My God
accept
And make
That
it
my
heart this day,
always thine,
from thee no more may

from thee decline.
stray,
No more
Let every thought, and work, and word,

To thee be ever given,
Then life shall be thy service, Lord!
And
death the gate of heaven.
GOD.
8.
%t
Teach
me
to
To
do thy will
learn
for
S.
thou art
and do thy
M.
my
God."
Psalm
cxliii. 10.
will,
Lord, our hearts incline
And o'er the paths of future life

Command thy light to shine.
While taught thy word of
that word receive
truth,
May we
And when we
In that blest
hear of Jesus' name,
name
9.
believe.
C.
M.
" Hear thou in heaven, and teach us the good way wherein we should
walk."
1 Kings
Lord
And
Thou
viii.
36.
teach us children
listen to
hearest
For thou
all
how
to pray,
our prayer
the words
art everywhere.
we
say,
GOD.
A little sparrow cannot fall

Unnoticed, Lord, by thee
And, though
Thy
we
are but
young and
small,
constant care are we.
Teach us
to
When we
do whate'er is right
do wrong, forgive
;
And make it our sincere delight

To serve thee while we live.
Whatever trouble we
To
thee for help
are in,
we '11
call
But keep us more than all from

For that is worse than all.
L. M.
10.
" Hear,
Lord,
sin,
Lord, and have mercy upon me

Psalm xxx. 10.
thou my helper "
:
"be
My Father, and my Heavenly Friend

Who gavest life and health to me
Before thee
Seeking
now
in prayer I bend,
for help
from thee.
GOD.
10
Teach me to pray with soul sincere,

Teach me to love with holy fear,
Teach me with thankful heart to know
The source whence all my blessings flow.
P.M.
11.
"Lord, teach us
to pray."
Teach us
Father,
And
this
we
Luke
xi. 1.
to pray!
look up to thee,
our one request shall be,
Teach us
to pray
Teach us to pray
words will not suffice,
The heart must bring its sacrifice
Teach us to pray
A form
of
Teach us
To whom
shall
to pray
we, thy children, turn
Teach thou the lesson we would

Teach us to pray
learn,
GOD.
Teach us
To
to pray
thee alone our hearts look up
Prayer
is for
us the door of hope
Teach us
12.
"
11
Watch and
O God
to pray
C.
M.
pray, lest ye enter into temptation."
Matthew xxvi.
while frequent dangers
41.
rise,
While snares beset my way,

To thee let me lift up mine eyes,
And hourly watch and pray.
gracious God, in
My
Help
whom
feeble efforts aid
me
to watch,
and pray, and
Though trembling and
When
I live!
strive,
afraid.
strong temptations fright
my
Or lure my feet aside,

My God thy powerful aid impart,
My Guardian and my Guide
!
heart,
GOD.
12
keep me in the heavenly way,

And bid temptation flee
And never let me go astray
From happiness and thee.
Still
13.
" God
is
my
C.
strength and power, and
lie
M.
maketh
my way
perfect."
2 Samuel xxii. 33.
Almighty Father! I am weak,

But thou wilt strengthen me,
If, from my heart, I humbly seek
For help and
light
from
thee.
When
I am tempted to do wrong,
Then, Father, pity me,
And make my failing virtue

Help me to think of thee.
strong,
Let Christian courage guard my youth

That courage give to me,
Which ever speaks and acts the truth,
And
puts
its trust in thee.
13
GOD.
14.
<{
Fear thou not
help thee."
C.
for I
Isaiah
M.
H. H. MlLMAN.
am with thee.
I will strengthen thee
yea, I will
xli. 10.
O, help us, Lord each hour of need

Thy heavenly succor give
!
Help us in thought, and word, and deed,

Each hour on earth we live.
when our spirits bleed,

With contrite anguish sore,
And when our hearts are cold and
O, help us,
O, help
us, Lord, the
more
dead,
O, help us, through the prayer of
faith,
More firmly to believe

For still the more the servant hath,
The more shall he receive.
;
from on high
know no help but thee
O, help us, Father
We
O, help us so to
As
live
and
die,
thine in heaven to be.

2
14
GOD.
15.
C. M.
" If any of you lack wisdom,

liberally,
i.
and
it
let
Montgomery.
him ask
But
shall be given him.
who giveth to
him ask in faith."
of God,
let
all
5, 6.
Almighty God,
in
humble prayer
To thee our souls we lift

Do thou our waiting minds
For thy most needful
We
prepare
gift.
ask not golden streams of wealth
Along our path to flow

"We ask not undecaying health,
Nor length of years below.
We
ask not honors which an hour
May
We
we
should go astray.
ask for wisdom
Lord, impart
The knowledge how
away
ask not pleasure, pomp, and power,
Lest
We
bring and take
to live
wise and understanding heart
To
all
bofore thee give.
men
James
GOD.
16.
u It
is
good that a
tion of the Lord."
C.
man
M.
Mrs Steele.
should both hope and quietly wait for the salva-
Lamentations
hi. 26.
Father! whate'er of
Thy
15
earthly bliss
sovereign will denies,
Accepted at thy throne,
My
Give
humble
me
From
The
let this,
prayer, arise
a calm and thankful heart,

every
murmur
free
blessings of thy love impart,
And make me
live to thee
Let the firm hope that thou
My
life
and death
art
mine
attend,
Thy presence through my journey

And bless my journey's end.
shine,
GOD.
16
L. M.
17.
c<
Renew a
Cast
me
right spirit within me,
not away from thy presence."
Psalm
When, with
uplifted hearts,
10, 11.
li.
we
kneel,
Devoutly bent in earnest prayer,

Thy presence, O our God, we feel
Father,
we know
"When, in
No
that thou art there.
affliction's bitter hour,
earthly hope our souls can
Father,
And
we
feel
in our hearts adore thy will.
When
happiness crowns
all
And
in the midst of light
Our
hearts rise
And own
But when
To
up
our days,
we
stand,
in grateful praise,
in joy thy gracious hand.
life's
lengthen
When
And
fill,
thy holy power,
all
cares
and
toils unite,
the tedious day,
petty trials cloud the light,
small temptations vex our
way
GOD.
17
Too
The
aid which thou alone canst give,
And
restless,
oft
our hearts neglect to seek
ill
Without thee
at ease,
Forgive us Lord
and weak,
world
in the
we
live.
O, touch our hearts

Grant that thy presence we may feel
In daily
And
life's
obscurest parts,
to each hour thyself reveal.
18.
11
" Unto thee,

" Lead
me
&
10s.
M.
lift up my soul."
and teach me."
Psalm xxv.
Lord, do I
in thy truth,
Almighty Father Thou

!
hast
1, 5.
many a blessing
In store for every erring child of thine
For this I pray Let me, thy grace possessing,

Seek to be guided by thy will divine.
:
Not for earth's treasures, for her joys the dearest,

"Would I my supplications raise to thee
Not for the hopes that to my heart are nearest,
But only that I give that heart to thee.
;
2*
IS
GOD.
pray that thou wouldst guide and guard
me
ever
Cleanse, by thy power, from every stain of sin
thy blessing ask on each endeavor,

And thus thy promised peace my soul shall
win.
I will
19.
" Not my
My
Trill,
L. M.
JNORTON..
but thine, be done."
Luke xxii. 42.
thank thee may no thought

E'er deem thy chastisements severe
But may this heart, by sorrow taught,
Calm each wild wish, each idle fear.
God,
Thy mercy
bids
all
nature bloom
The sun shines bright, and man is gay

Thine equal mercy spreads the gloom,
That darkens o'er his little day.
Full
many
Thy
frail
a throb of grief and pain
and
erring child
must know
But not one prayer is breathed in

Nor does one tear unheeded flow.
vain,
; ;
GOD.
Thy
Thy
various messengers employ
purposes of love
fulfil
And, 'mid the wreck of human joy,

Let kneeling faith adore thy will.
20.
" Let
"
all
C. M.
H. M. Williams.
those that seek thee rejoice
God, thou art
While
my help
and
my
and he glad
deliverer."
in thee."
Psalm lxx.
4, 5.
thee I seek, protecting Power,
Be my vain wishes
And may
stilled
this consecrated
"With better hopes be
hour
filled.
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.
In each event of
Thy
Each
ruling
life,
hand
blessing to
how
I see
my
soul
Because conferred by
clear
more
thee.
dear,
GOD.
When
gladness wings
Thy
love
My
my
favored hour,
thoughts shall
when
Resigned,
my
soul shall
fill
storms of sorrow lower,
meet thv
In every joy that crowns
will.
my
days,
In every pain I bear,
My
heart shall find delight in praise,
Or seek
relief in prayer.
CM.
SI.
" Stand perfect in
One
all
Montgomery.
the will of God."
prayer I have,
all
Colossians
iv. 12.
prayers in one,
am wholly thine,
Thy will, my God, thy will be done,
When
And
let
that will be mine.
All-wise, Almighty,
and All-good,
In thee I firmly trust
Thy ways, unknown

Are merciful and
or understood,
just.
21
GOD.
Thy
only then enjoyed,
gifts are
When
Those
used as talents lent
talents only well
When
employed
in thy service spent.
And though thy wisdom
takes away,
Shall I arraign thy will
No,
"
let
me
bless thy
The Lord
22.
and
Thy
will be
gracious
L. M.
" Strengthened with

patience
is
all
name, and say,

still."
Miss Roscoe.
might, according to his glorious power, unto
long-suffering with joyfulness."
done
I will
Colossians
i.
all
11.
not fear
The fate provided by thy love

Though clouds and darkness shroud me
;
know
that
all is
here,
bright above.
The stars of heaven are shining on,

Though these frail eyes are dimmed with tears
And though
the hopes of earth be gone,
Yet are not ours the immortal years
22
GOD.
Father
Thus
And
trembling, to the things of time
bid the soul, on angel wings,
Ascend
There
No
forgive the heart that clings,
into a purer clime.
shall
no doubts disturb
its trust,
sorrows dim celestial love
But
these afflictions of the dust,
Like shadows of the night, remove.
That glorious
This
life
will well repay
life
of toil and care
my
Father! joyful on
To
and woe
way,
drink thy bitter cup, I go.
23.
BOWBIXG.
M.
P.
" Thy kingdom come, thy will he done on earth as
Matthew
it is
in heaven."
vi. 10.
Thy
will
be done
The hurrying stream

Yet
still
way
may run
In devious
of
life
our grateful hearts shall say,
Thy
will be
done
GOD.
Thy
will be
done
If o'er us shine
and a prosperous sun,
!
A gladdening
This prayer shall
Thy
will
Thy
make
it
more divine
be done
will be done
Though shrouded o'
Our path with gloom, one comfort, one,
!
Is ours,
to breathe, while we adore,

Thy
24.
" Teach
How
To
With
O
O,
will be
Psalm
cxliii. 10.
sweet to be allowed to pray

God, the Holy One,
filial
love
and
trust to say,
will be
done
that will, which gave
And an immortal
In joy or grief, in
My
Mrs. Follen.
to do thy will.
God, thy
let
M.
C.
me
done
me
soul,
life
or death,
every wish control.
breath
"
GOD.
my
O, teach
To
Teach me,
Thy
"
heart the blessed
imitate thy
God, in truth to pray,

not mine, be done
will,
25.
C.
M.
" Yield yourselves unto God."
O Lord my best
!
And
help
Life, health,
me
Why should
Whose
COWPER.
Romans
desires
vi. 13.
fulfil,
to resign
and comfort
And make
way
Son
to thy will,
thy pleasure mine.

I
shrink at thy
love forbids
my
command,
fears
Or tremble at the gracious hand,

That wipes away my tears ?
No let me rather freely yield

What most I prize to thee,
!
Who
never hast a good withheld,
Nor
wilt withhold, from me.
25
GOD.
26.
L. M.
" Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind

because he trusteth in thee."
is
stayed on thee
Isaiah xxvi. 3.
None loves me. Father, with thy love,

None else can meet such wants as mine
O, grant me, as thou shalt approve,
All that befits a child of thine
From
folly
O, give to
and from
me
a heart at peace
A heart that, when my days

May
sin release,
never from thy
way
are glad,
decline
And, when the sky of life grows sad,

May still submit its will to thine.
A heart that loves to trust in thee,

A cheerful heart, create in me.
: ;
26
GOD.
S7.
" Hear
my
M.
P.
Lord
prayer,
Bowsing.
my
give ear to
supplications."
Psalm
cxliii. 1.
From
the recesses of a lowly
Our humble prayer ascends
spirit,
O Father
hear it,
Upsoaring on the wings of awe and meekness

Forgive
its
We see thy hand

We hear thy voice
weakness
it
it
leads us,
it
supports us
counsels us and
it
courts
us
And
then
we
turn
away
and
still
thy kind-
ness
Forgives our blindness.
O,
how
long-suffering,
Lord! but thou de-
lightest
To win with
love the wandering; thou in-
vitest,
By
smiles of mercy, not
Man
from
by frowns
his errors.
or terrors,
GOD.
27
Father Almighty! plant within each bosom
The
seeds of holiness
and bid them blossom
In fragrance and in beauty bright and vernal,
And
spring eternal.
Then place them
in thine everlasting gardens,
Where
angels walk, and seraphs are the war-
Where
every flower escaped through death's
dens
dark portal
Becomes immortal.
28.
" The Lord
is
my
L. M.
shepherd.
Addison.
I shall not want/'
Psalm
xxiii. 1.
The Lord my pasture shall prepare,

And feed me with a shepherd's care
His. presence shall
my
And guard me with
My
And
a watchful eye
noonday walks he
all
my
wants supply,
shall attend,
midnight hours defend.
28
GOD.
When
in the sultry glebe I faint,
Or on the
mountain pant,
To
vales and dewy meads
My weary, wandering steps he leads
Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow,
thirsty
fertile
Amid
the verdant landscape flow.
Though in a bare and rugged way,

Through devious, lonely wilds I stray,
Thy bounty shall my pains beguile
The barren wilderness shall smile,
With sudden greens and herbage crowned,
And streams shall murmur all around.
Though in the paths of death I tread,

With gloomy horrors overspread,
My
steadfast heart shall fear
For thou,
Thy
And
Lord
art
friendly crook shall
guide
me
no
ill,
me still
give me aid,
with
through the cheadful shade.
29
GOD.
29.
w I will fear no
comfort me. "
evil, for
Psalm
S.
Watts.
M.
thou art with me.
Thy rod and thy
The Lord my Shepherd
What
they
is
be well supplied
I shall
Since he
staff,
xxiii. 4.
mine, and I
is
can
me
He- leads
am
his,
want beside ?
to the place
Where heavenly pasture grows,

Where living waters gently pass,
And
salvation flows.
full
If e'er I
go astray,
He doth my soul reclaim,

And guides me in his own right way,
For
his
most holy name.
While he
,
affords his aid,
cannot yield to fear
Though
should walk through death's dark
shade,
My
Shepherd
3*
's
with
me
there.
THE WORKS OF GOD.
30.
C.
M.
Keble.
" Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things."
Isaiah
xl. 26.
" He hath made every thing beautiful in
its
time."
Ecclesiastes
There is a book, who runs may read,

Which heavenly truth imparts
And
all
the lore
its
scholars need,
Pure eyes and loving
The works
Within
Are pages
hearts.
of God, above, below,
us,
and around,
in that book, to
How God
himself
is
show
found.
iii.
11.
THE WORKS OF GOD.
31
Thou, who hast given us eyes to see
And
love this sight so
fair,
O, give us hearts to find out thee,

And read thee everywhere
!
31.
"O
them
L. M.
Sterling.
Lord! how manifold are thy works!

all."
Psalm
In wisdom hast thou made
civ. 24.
Thou, Lord, who rear'st the mountain's height,
And
mak'st the
O, grant that I
No
cliff'
with sunshine bright,
may own
less in every grain of
thy hand
sand
With forests huge of ancient time

Thy will hath hung each peak sublime
But withered leaves beneath the tree
Have tongues that tell as loud of thee.
Teach,
Till life
Thou
that not a leaf can
from thee within
it
flow
That not a speck of dust can be,

O Fount of Being! save by thee.
grow
THE WORKS OF GOD.
32
my
with patient gaze,

trace thee in thy various ways
Instruct
soul,
To
To know a plan ordained above,
Begun and ending all in love.
32.
fc
'
L. M.
Addi SON.
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth
Psalm xix. 1.
handiwork."
The spacious firmament on high,

With all the blue, ethereal sky,
And
spangled heavens, a shining frame,
Their great Original proclaim.
The unwearied sun, from day to day,

Doth his Creator's power display
And
publishes to every land
The work
of an almighty hand.
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
his
;;
33
THE WORKS OF GOD.
Whilst
And
all
the stars which round her burn,
the planets in their turn,
all
Confirm the tidings as they roll,

And spread the truth from pole to pole.
What
though, in solemn silence,
Move round
What
though no
Amidst
real voice or
their radiant orbs
In reason's ear they
And
sound
be found
all rejoice,
utter forth a glorious voice
For ever singing, as they

" The hand that made us
33.
all
this dark, terrestrial ball
lis.
&
10s.
M.
shine,
is
divine."
Hartley Coleridge.
" All thy works shall praise thee."
Psabn cxly. 10.
we read how God hath spoken

men in many different ways
In holy books
To
holy
But hath the present worked no sign

Is
God
or token
quite silent in these latter days
THE WORKS OF GOD.
34
O, think
it
God comes
not, dear child!
to us
"With every day, with every star that rises
moment
In every
And
dwells the Righteous,
upon the soul
starts
The word were but a
blank, a hollow sound,
were not speaking still,

all the light and all the shade around
Were aught but issues of Almighty will.
If
If
in sweet surprises.
he that spake
So then
it
believe that every bird that sings,
And every flower that stars the elastic sod,

And every thought the happy summer brings,
To the pure spirit, is a word of God.
34.
L. M.
u The heavens are thine, the earth also
When
up
Where
stars
Sterling.
is
thine."
to nightly stars
we
Psalm lxxxix.
gaze,
pursue their endless ways,
We think we
see,
from
earth's
The wide and shining home
low
clod,
of God.
11.
THE WORKS OF GOD.
35
But could we rise to moon or sun,

Or paths where planets duly run,
Still heaven would spread above us far,
And earth remote would seem a star.
'T
is
vain to dream those tracts of space,
With all their worlds, approach his face

One glory fills each wheeling ball,
One love has shaped, and moves them all.
This earth, with

Is his,
And
no
less
all its
dust and tears,
than yonder spheres

his
and grains of sand,

immediate hand.
rain-drops weak,
Are stamped by
JESUS.
35.
C. M.
Patrick.
"And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the
Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid. And the angel
said unto them, Fear not for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great
Luke ii. 9, 10.
joy.'
'
While
shepherds watched their flocks by night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel
And
"
Lord came down,
glory shone around.
Fear not," said
Had
'
of the
he,
for
mighty dread
seized their troubled
mind
Glad tidings of great joy I bring

To you and all mankind.
37
JEStrs.
"
To
you, in David's town, this day-
Is born, of
The
Saviour,
And
"
David's
who
this shall
is
line,
Christ the
be the sign
The heavenly babe you
To human view
All
Lord
there shall find
displayed,
meanly wrapped in swaddling bands,

in a manger laid."
And
seraph, and forthwith

Appeared a shining throng
Of angels praising God, and thus
Addressed their joyful song
Thus spake the
" All glory
And
be to
God on
high,
to the earth be peace
Good-will henceforth, from heaven to men,
Begin and never cease."
38
JESUS.
36.
"
And suddenly
host, praising
E. H. Sears.
there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly-
God and
peace, good- will to
M.
C.
saying,
men
Calm on
Come
'
"
Glory to God in the highest
'
Luke
ii.
and on earth
13, 14.
the listening ear of night
heaven's melodious strains,
Where wild Judea
stretches far
Her silver-mantled
Celestial choirs,
Shed sacred
plains
from courts above,
glories there
And angels, with their sparkling

Make music on the air.
lyres,
The answering hills of Palestine

Send back the glad reply
And
greet,
from
all their
holy heights,
The day-spring from on
high.
O'er the blue depths of Galilee
There comes a holier calm,
And Sharon
Her
waves, in solemn praise,
silent groves of
palm.
39
JESUS.
"
Glory to God!
sounding skies
anthems sing
Peace to the earth, good-will to men,
From heaven's Eternal King "
Loud with
"
" the
their
Light on thy
hills,
Jerusalem
The Saviour now
And
"
Breaks the
first
37.
M.
When
Matthew
is
born
bright on Bethlehem's joyous plains
C.
Christmas morn.
Spikit or the Psalms.
they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 5,
ii.
10.
Bright was the guiding
star that led,
With mild, benignant ray,

The Gentiles to the lowly shed
Where the Redeemer lay.
But
lo
Now
It
a brighter, clearer light

points to his abode
shines through sin's
To
and sorrow's
guide us to our Lord.
night,
40
JESUS.
O, haste to follow where
it
leads
The gracious call obey;

Be ragged wilds, or flowery meads,
The Christian's destined way.
O, gladly tread the narrow path,
While light and grace are given

Who meekly follow Christ on earth,
Shall reign with him in heaven.
38.
"
me
He hath
to heal
anointed
C. M.
me
to
Doddridge.
preach the Gospel to the poor, he hath sent
the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captive, and
recovering of sight to the blind."
Luke
Hark, the glad sound
iv. 18.
the Saviour comes
The Saviour promised long

Let every heart prepare a throne,
And
He
every voice a song.
comes, from thickest films of vice
To clear the mental ray

And on the eyeballs of the
To pour celestial day.
blind
;
!
JESUS.
He
comes, the broken heart to bind,
The bleeding
And with
soul to cure
the treasure of his grace
Enrich the humble poor.
Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace,

Thy welcome shall proclaim
;
And
heaven's eternal arches ring
With
the beloved name.
39.
C. M.
0, let the nations be glad,
lxvii. 4.
with angels
join,
chant the solemn lay
Joy, love,
To
Psalm
and sing for joy "
Mortals, awake
And
Methodist.
and gratitude combine
hail the auspicious day.
In heaven the rapturous song began;
And
sweet seraphic
Through
And
all
fire
the shining legions ran,
strung and tuned the
lyre.
42
JESUS,
Swift through the vast expanse
And
it
flew,
loud the echo rolled
The theme, the song, the joy, was new,

'T was more than heaven could hold.
Down
through the portals of the sky
Th' impetuous torrent ran
And angels flew, with eager joy,

To bear the news to man.
With joy
the chorus
Glory to
God on
we
high
Good-will and peace are
And heaven
40.
now
complete,
to earth brought nigh.
CM.
Exeter Collection.
"Behold! a voice out of the cloud, which

in
repeat
said,
This
is
whom I am well pleased. Hear ye him.' " MattJieiv
my
beloved Son,
xvii. 5.
See, from on high, a light divine
On
And
Jesus'
head descend,
hear the sacred voice from heaven,
That bids us
all
attend.
43
JESUS.
" This
my
is
well-beloved Son,"
Proclaimed the voice divine

Hear him," his Heavenly Father
;
"
"
For
all his
said,
words are mine."
His mission thus confirmed from heaven,

The great Messiah came,
And
heavenly wisdom showed to man,
In
God
The path
his Father's
of heavenly peace he showed,
That leads
Where
to bliss
"
And he
more
M.
10s.
said unto her,
'
Weep
followers here
to die.
Mes. Joanna Baillie.

not.'
and they that bare it stood still.

unto thee, Arise.' "
Luke vii. 13, 14.
bier
on high
all his faithful
Shall live, no
41.
name.
And he came and touched

And he said, Young man, I
'
the
say
In silent sorrow, from the gates of Nain,
Bearing their dead (the widow's only son),
A band of friends w ent forth, and with that train

T
E'en
she, the
most
bereft,
moved
sadly on.
44
JESUS.
But when the Lord beheld that mournful sight,

He had compassion on her from him broke
;
Soft tenderness of soul, with saving might;
And
Weep
"
not
"
were the gracious words
he spoke.
In deep
affliction,
When
round
Weep
't is
that voice
we
hear,
pitying, helpless friends keep silence
not
there
's
saving power, there
's
com-
fort near,
That will,
It is
e'en in the darkest hour, be found.
an hour of darkest, deepest woe,
When
those
side
Yet weep
we
love are severed from our
not, for
we
soon and surely go
Upon their steps, led by the same blest Guide.

Thank God! He who beheld the widow's grief,
And touched
bands
Her only
And
"
the bier,
set free
son, hath for all
Weep
and from death's
woes
relief,
not " are the words he speaks
to thee.
45
JESUS.
43.
" Lo,
L. M.
it is
Sir
be not afraid."
J.
E. Smith.
Matthew xiv. 27.
When power divine in mortal form

Hushed with a word the raging storm,
In soothing accents Jesus said,
"
Lo,
it is I
So when
be not afraid."
in silence nature sleeps,
And his lone watch the mourner keeps,

One thought shall every pang remove,
Trust, feeble
man, thy Maker's
love.
God calms the tumult and the storm

He rules the seraph and the worm
No creature is by him forgot,
Of those who know, or know him not.
;
And when
the last dread hour shall come,
"While shuddering nature waits her doom,
This voice shall wake the pious dead,

" Lo,
it is I
be not afraid."
46
JESUS.
43.
"
Come unto me, and
How
L. M.
BOWRING.
I will give you rest."
Matthew
si. 28.
sweetly flowed the Gospel's sound
From
When
lips of
gentleness and grace,
listening thousands gathered round,
And joy and
reverence
filled
the place!
From heaven he came, of heaven he spoke,

To heaven he led his followers' way
Dark clouds of gloomy night he broke,
Unveiling an immortal day.
"
Come, wanderers, to
Come, all ye weary
Yes, sacred Teacher,
Obey
my
Father's
ones,
we
thee, love thee,
and
will
home
rest "
come,
and be
blest.
47
JESUS.
44.
"
He
C.
M.
shall feed his flock like a shepherd
with his arm, and carry them in his bosom."
See
he shall gather the lambs
Isaiah
xl. 11.
the kind Shepherd, Jesus, stands,
And
calls his
sheep by
name
Gathers the feeble in his arms,
And
He
'11
feeds the tender lamb.
lead us to the heavenly streams,
Where living waters flow

And guide us to the fruitful fields,
Where trees of knowledge grow.
When, wandering from the fold, we
The strait and narrow way,
Our faithful Shepherd still is near,
To guide us lest we stray.
The
feeblest
lamb amidst the
flock
Shall be the Shepherd's care.
While folded
We
're
in the Saviour's arms,
safe from every snare.
leave
48
JESUS.
45.
L. M.
" If ye love me, keep
Miss Tayloe.
my commandments." John
xiy. 15.
If love, the noblest, purest, best,

If truth, all other truth above,
Will claim returns from every breast,

O, surely Jesus claims our love
His image meets us in the hour
Of joy, and brightens every smile

see him, when the tempests lower,
Each terror soothe, each grief beguile.
;
We
We
see
him when our courage
dies,
'Neath duty's or 'neath sorrow's load
To higher thoughts he bids us rise,

To thoughts of heaven and of God.
Then may we never
turn away,
Forgetful of his tenderest love,
But
joyful his
And
commands
obey,
follow him to heaven above.
;;
49
JESUS.
46.
C. P.
M.
u Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I
Matthew xi. 28.
rest."
you
will give
He came
weary
to bid the
rest,
To heal the sinner's wounded breast,

To bind the broken heart
To spread the light of truth around,
And to the world's remotest bound
The heavenly
gift impart.
He came our trembling souls to save

From sin and sorrow and the grave,
To chase our fears away
Victorious over death and time,
To
lead us to a happier clime,
For ever there to
stay.
Then let our grateful thoughts arise,

With steady purpose, to the skies,
To
use the talents given
And, never
faltering,
may we
tread
The way our Guide, our Saviour,

The way to God and heaven
5
led,
50
JESUS.
47.
ff
C.
M.
Christ also suffered for us, leaving us
follow his steps."
1 Peter
ii.
Enfield.
an example, that we should
21.
Behold, where, in a mortal form,

Appears each grace divine
;
The virtues, all in Jesus met,

With mildest radiance shine.
To spread
To give
To preach
Was
the rays of heavenly light,

the mourner joy,
glad tidings to the poor,
his divine
employ.
'Mid keen reproach and cruel scorn,

Patient and meek he stood
His foes, ungrateful, sought his life
;
He
labored for their good.
In the last hour of deep distress,
Before his Father's throne,
With soul resigned, he bowed and

" Thy will, not mine, be done "
!
said,
51
JESUS.
Be
Christ our pattern
His image
may we
O,
may we
and our guide

bear
48.
" This
is
tread his holy steps,
His joy and glory share
you."
L. M.
my commandment,
Bache.
that ye love one another, as I have loved
John xv. 12.
See how he loved " exclaimed the Jews,

As tender tears from Jesus fell
"
My
grateful heart the thought pursues,
And on
the
theme
delights to dwell.
See how he loved, who travelled on,

Teaching the doctrine from the skies
Who bade disease and pain be gone,
And called the sleeping dead to rise
See how he loved, who never shrank

From toil or danger, pain or death
Who
all
the cup of sorrow drank,
And meekly
yielded up his breath
52
JESUS.
Such love can we unmoved survey ?
may
O,
our breasts with ardor glow,
To tread his steps, his laws obey,

And thus our warm affection show
49.
P.
M.
u While they went to buy, the bridegroom came

ready went in with him."
and those who were
Matthew xxv. 10.
The Bridegroom at an hour unknown

Comes in his splendor suddenly,
And he will ask, What hast thou done
With God's rich gifts to thee ?
Where are the talents thou shouldst bring
To him, thy Maker and thy King ?
In that last hour
how
blest if
we
Can, truly answering, say,
Lord
an earnest love to thee

Our lives have passed away
!
in
Thou know'st our

For thee
hearts, that
we have
to use the talents given.
striven
53
JESUS.
50.
&
10s.
M.
Mrs. Miles.
" In the world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer

John xvi. 33.
overcome the world."
was no path of flowers,

Which, through this world of
I have
It
ours,
Beloved of the Father, thou didst tread

And shall we in dismay
Shrink from the narrow way,
When clouds and darkness are around it spread?
Thou,
who
art
our
Be with us through
Thy
life,
the strife
holy head by earth's fierce storms was
bowed
Raise thou our eyes above,
To
see a Father's love
Beam, like a bow of promise, through the cloud.
And oh if thoughts of gloom

Should hover o'er the tomb,
!
That
light of love our guiding star shall be
Our spirits shall not dread

The shadowy way to tread,
Friend, Guardian, Saviour, which doth lead
to thee.
5*
54
JESUS.
51.
L. M.
Watts.
" For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done
John xiii. 15.
to you."
My
I
dear Redeemer, and
read
But
my
in thy
Drawn
my
Lord,
duty in thy word

life
the law appears,
out in living characters.
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.
Cold mountains, and the midnight
Witnessed the fervor of thy prayer
The desert thy temptations knew,
Thy
conflict
Be thou my
and thy victory

pattern
may
air,
;
too.
bear
More of thy gracious image here

Then God, the Judge, shall own my name
Amongst the followers of the Lamb.
;
"
55
JESUS.
52.
C.
M.
Montgomery.
" Then the same day at evening came Jesns, and stood in the midst, and
saith unto them, Peace be unto you."
John xx. 19.
On the first Christian Sabbath eve,

When Christ's disciples met,
O'er their loved Master's death to grieve,
Nor knew the Scripture
Lo
yet,
form was seen,

The form in which he died
!
in their midst his
Their Master's pierced and
His hands,
wounded mien,
his feet, his side.
So in our midst let faith rejoice

Our risen Lord to view,
And may
our spirits hear his voice

Say, " Peace be unto you "
!
And
while with him in sacred hours
We
May
commune through
his
word,
our hearts burn, and
all
our powers
Confess, " It
is
the
Lord
SPIRITUAL LIFE.
53.
"Ye
shall pray
L. M.
unto me, and I will hearken unto you."
Jeremiah
xxix. 12.
God
good that he will hear

Whenever children humbly pray
is
so
He always lends a gracious ear

To what the youngest child can
His
own most
say.
holy book declares,
That, as a tender father
will,
He listens to our lowly prayers,

And what w^e ask will grant us
still.
57
SPIRITUAL LIFE.
He
loves to hear a youthful tongue
Thank him
And when on
By
for all his mercies given
earth his praise
children's lips,
't is
54.
C.
is
sung
heard in heaven.
M.
" All things work together for good to them that love God."
viii.
Romans
28.
Now
that our journey
Our road
We
'11
And
What
We
But
so
just begun,
's
little trod,
come, before
we
further run,
give ourselves to God.
sorrows
may
our steps attend
never can foretell
we know God is our

know that all is well.
since
We
Father
whatever grief or
For us may be in store,
!
friend,
ill
Make us submissive to thy will,

And we will ask no more.
58
SPIKITUAL LIFE.
55.
M.
C.
Salisbury Coll.
" Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth."
Ecclesiastes
zii. 1.
Now
in the season of thy youth,
In nature's smiling bloom,
Ere age
Its
arrive, and, trembling,
summons
Remember
to the tomb,
thy Creator,
wait
God
For him thy powers employ
Make him thy fear, thy love,

Thy confidence, thy joy.
He
shall
defend and guide thy course
Through
Till
thy hope,
life's
uncertain sea,
thou art landed on the shore
Of blest
eternity.
Then seek the Lord betimes, and choose

The path of heavenly truth
The earth affords no lovelier sight
Than a religious youth.
;
SPIRITUAL LIFE.
56.
When
"
thou
saidst,
Lord, will I seek."
When
'T
It
Seek ye
M.
Watts.
my face, my heart said unto
Psalm xxyii.
thee,
pleasing in his eyes
when
no vain
God,
offered in the bud.
sacrifice.
saves us from
To mind
Thy face,
8.
children give their hearts to
is
flower,
Is
C.
59
unnumbered snares
young
religion
Grace will preserve our following years,
And make
our virtue strong.
To thee, Almighty God, to

Our childhood we resign
J
T will
thee
;
please us to look back
Life's
morning
all
was
and see
thine
Let the sweet work of prayer and praise

Employ our youngest breath
;
Thus we 're prepared for longer

Or fit for early death.
days,
60
SPIRITUAL LIFE.
57.
" The fear of the Lord
the holy
is
is
the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of
understanding."
Now
in the
M.
Proverbs
ix. 10.
dawning
Thou who
of
createdst
my
me
youth,
Taught by the holy word of

May I remember thee
truth,
May
all
my
coming years be spent
In love and piety
Thankful
May
for all
remember thee
And when
at last
Shall yield
My
hope and
Father
thy blessings
my
my
lent,
parting breath
soul to thee,
and death,
trust in life
remember me
SPIRITUAL LIFE.
58.
"Now is
the accepted time; behold,
2 Corinthians
61
M.
now
is
the day of salvation."
vi. 2.
Young though we are, and in the prime

Of life's unfolding powers,
Of all the moments of our time,
This, only this,
is
ours.
We seize Lord, before is

We yield ourselves to thee
it,
Thine be our
And
past,
't
earliest years,
our
last,
our eternity.
5.
C. M.
" Receive the instruction of wisdom."
O, happy
is
the child
Proverbs
who
i.
hears
Instruction's faithful voice,
And who
celestial
wisdom makes
His early, only choice
3.
SPIRITUAL LIFE.
Wisdom
Than
And
has treasures greater far
west unfold
her rewards more precious are
Than
east or
is
the gain of gold.
She guides the young with innocence

In pleasure's path to tread
crown of glory she bestows
Upon
the hoary head.
According as her labors rise,

So her rewards increase
;
Her ways
And
60.
Happy
is
By
all
are
ways
of pleasantness,
her paths are peace.
M.
C.
he whose hope
is
Bishop Heber.
in the Lord his God."
cool Siloam's shady
Psalm cxlvi.
5.
rill
How sweet the lily grows

How sweet the breath, beneath
!
Of Sharon's dewy
rose
the
hill,
SPIRITUAL LIFE.
Lo, such the child whose early feet
The paths
of peace have trod
"Whose secret
Is
By
heart,
upward drawn
with influence sweet,

to
God
cool Siloam's shady
rill
The lily must decay

The rose that blooms beneath
Must shortly fade away.
;
the
hill
And soon, too soon, the wintry hour

Of man's maturer age
Will shake the soul with sorrow's power,
And stormy
O Thou who
We
passion's rage
giv'st
us
life
and
breath,
seek thy grace alone,
In childhood, manhood, age, and death,
To keep us
still
thine
own

SPIRITUAL LIFE.
64
61.
& 7S.
M.
" Thus saith the Lord God, Behold
.... and
seek
the rivers. "

'
them
out,
I,
BlCKERSTETH.
even
I, will
both search
my sheep,
and feed them upon the mountains of
Ezekiel xxxiv. 11,
Israel
by
13.
Israel's Shepherd, guide me, feed me,
Through
my
pilgrimage below,
And beside the waters lead me,

Where thy flock rejoicing go.
Lord, thy guardian presence ever,
Meekly kneeling,
I
implore
have found thee, and would never,

Never wander from thee more.
62.
" Trust in the Lord with
understanding."
What,
Its
Proverbs
L. M.
all
iii.
Norton.
thine heart, and lean not unto thine
own
5.
'mid the doubtful paths of
life,
frequent shades, deceptive light,
'Mid good and
What
ill's
skill shall
perpetual
guide
strife,
my steps
aright
65
SPIRITUAL LIFE.
One skill, which God alone can give

One thought must be my constant stay
To live as conscience bids me live,
To walk where duty leads the way.
;
63
C.
M.
Doddridge.
" God bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us."
Shine on our
With
O,
let
souls, Eternal
rays of beauty shine
God,
;
round be thine
all their
'Midst hourly cares
And
Ixvii. 1.
thy favor crown our days,
And
Our
Psalm
may we
present
offerings to thy throne,
while the world our hands employs,
Our
hearts be thine alone.
As sanctified to noblest ends,

Be each refreshment sought,
And by each various providence

Some wise instruction brought.
6*
SPIRITUAL LIFE.
66
When
to laborious duties called,
Or by temptations
We 'U seek the

And
tried,
shelter of thy wings,
in thy strength confide.
As different scenes of life arise,

Our grateful hearts would be,
With thee, amid the social band,
In solitude with thee.
In solid, pure delights like these,
Let
our days be past
all
Nor shall we then impatient wish,

Nor shall we fear, the last.
04.
" Blessed
is
in the Lord."
the
C.
man who
Psalm
Blest
is
M.
Exeter Coll.
feareth the Lord.
His heart
is
fixed, trusting
cxii. 1, 7.
the
man who
fears the
His well-established mind,

In every varying scene of
life,
Shall true composure find.
Lord
SPIRITUAL LIFE.
67
Oft through the deep and stormy sea
The heavenly footsteps lie

But on a glorious world beyond
;
His
faith
can
Though dark
And
fix its eye.
his present prospects be,
sorrows round him dwell,
Yet hope can whisper to his

That all shall issue well.
soul,
Full in the presence of his God,
Through every scene he goes

And, fearing him, no other fear
His steadfast bosom knows.
5.
" The Lord
will be
is
P.
M.
Gaskell.
with you, while ye be with him
found of you."
2 Chronicles xv.
and
if
ye seek hiin, he
2.
When arise the thoughts of sin,

When unkind feelings entrance win,
When,
to selfish pleasure given,
Droops the love that blooms for heaven,

Lord we would remember thee,
!
Thou our
constant aid wilt be.
SPIRITUAL LIFE.
68
"When, with footsteps faint and slow,

Duty's upward path
we go
When, by toils and hardships pressed,

Round we turn to look for rest
Lord
we would remember
thee,
Thou our Guide, our
Strength, wilt be.
When
dark and drear,
the
way grows
When,
beset by doubt and fear,

can see no beam of light
Struggling through the thickening
We
we would remember thee,

Thou our Comforter wilt be.
Lord
GG.
"
How excellent is
S.
M.
thy loving-kindness,
light
Doddridge.
God
Therefore the children
of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings."
Psalm xxxyi.
How gentle God's commands

How kind his precepts are
!
Come,
And
cast your burdens on the Lord,

trust his constant care.
7.
SPIRITUAL LIFE.
69
His bounty will provide,

His saints securely dwell
That hand which bears creation up

Shall guard his children well.
"Why should
Press
this
anxious load
down your weary mind ?
O, seek your Heavenly Father's throne,
And
peace and comfort
find.
His goodness stands approved,

Unchanged from day to day
I
'11
drop
And
my
67.
M Let
all those
for joy, because
burden at
S.
M.
Moravian.
that put their trust in thee rejoice
thou defendest them."
Give
his feet,
bear a song away.
Psalm v.
let
them eyer shout
11.
winds thy fears

Hope and be undismayed
God hears thy sighs, and counts thy
God shall lift up thy head.
to the
tears
70
; :;
SPIRITUAL LIFE.
Through waves, through clouds and storms,
He
gently clears thy
Wait thou
way
his time, so shall the night-
Soon end
in joyous day.
He everywhere hath
And all things serve
rule,
his
might
His every act pure blessing

His path unsullied
is,
light.
Thou comprehend' st him not

Yet earth and heaven tell,
God sits as sovereign on the throne
He
ruleth all things well.
Thou seest our weakness, Lord,

Our hearts are known to thee
O,
lift thou up the sinking hand,

Confirm the feeble knee
SPIRITUAL LIFE.
68.
10s.
71
M.
" Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing ? and one of them shall not
the ground without your Father. Fear ye not, therefore, ye are of
fall to
more value than many sparrows.
Though
Who
And
Matthew
x. 29, 31.
lonely be thy path, fear not, for
marks the sparrow
fall is
He
guarding thee
not a star shines o'er thy head by night,
But He hath known that it will reach thy sight.
And
not a grief can darken or surprise
Swell in thy heart, or dim with tears thine eyes,
But
To
it is
sent in
mercy and
bid thy helplessness seek strength above.
69.
" Put away childish things."
P.
1
Not
M.
Corinthians
" Put on the whole armor of God."
xiii. 11.
Ephesians
vi. 11.
for the " childish things " of
The appointed hours

I
in love,
wear
are given
to-day, for earnest
The armor
strife,
sent from heaven
life,
SPIRITUAL LIFE.
72
With sword
And
And
of knowledge, shield of truth,
helm of youth,
holiness, bright
faith's
pure banner, to begin
The war with ignorance and
And
thus, with hope
sin.
and courage
clear
my onward course,
For thou, my Guide, art ever near,
My strength's unfailing source
I
hold
Thou
wilt the fainting step sustain
Temptation's strength wilt render vain,
from error free,

walk in light and liberty.
Until at
I
last,
70.
"
C.
Have mercy upon me,
Weak
and
M.
Lord
for I
am
weak."
irresolute is
The purpose
Woven
COWPER.
Psalm vi. 2.
man
of to-day,
with pains into his plan,
To-morrow rends away.
73
SPIRITUAL LIFE.
Some
foe to his upright intent
Finds out his weaker part;

Virtue engages his assent,
But pleasure wins his heart.
Bound on
a voyage of awful length,

Through dangers little known
;
stranger to superior strength,
Man
But
vainly trusts his own.
oars alone can ne'er prevail
To reach the distant coast

The breath of heaven must swell
Or all the toil is lost.
71.
CM.
the
sail,
Doddridge.
" Press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in
Christ Jesus."
Philippians
Awake, my
And
hi. 14.
soul
stretch every nerve,
on
heavenly race demands thy
And an immortal crown.
press with vigor
zeal,
74
SPIRITUAL LIFE.
A.
cloud of witnesses around
Hold thee
in full survey
Forget the steps already trod,
And onward
'T
is
urge thy way.
God's all-animating voice

calls thee from on high
That
'T
is his
To
That
own hand
When
new
shall
victors'
72.
shall
common
L. M.
strong, therefore,
be rewarded."
lustre boast,
wreaths and monarchs' gems
Shall blend in
"Be ye
prize with peerless glories bright,
Which
work
presents the prize
thine aspiring eye
and
let
dust.
Gaskell.
not your hands be weak
2 Chronicles xv.
for your
7.
Press on, press on, ye sons of light!

Untiring in your holy fight,
Still treading each temptation down,
And
battling for a brighter crown.
! ;
;;
75
SPIRITUAL LIFE.
Press on, press on
through
toil
and woe,
With calm resolve, to triumph go,

And make each dark and threatening
Yield but a higher glory
Press on, press on
To Him who
ill
still.
look in faith
still
vanquished sin and death
ye hear God's word, " Well done "
Then
shall
True
to the last, press on, press
73.
L. M.
" Unknown, and yet well known

having nothing, and yet possessing
all
on
Wottok.
.
poor, yet
things."
making many
Corinthians
rich
vi. 9, 10.
How happy is he born or taught

Who serveth not another's will
Whose armor is his
And simple truth
honest thought,
his highest skill
Whose passions not his masters are

Whose soul is still prepared for death
Not tied unto the world with care
Of public fame or private breath
SPIRITUAL LIFE.
76
Who God
More
doth late and early pray
of his grace than goods to lend,
And walks
with man, from day to day,
As with a
This
man
Of hope
Lord of
And
74.
is
brother and a friend

freed from servile bands
to rise, or fear to fall
himself,
though not of lands,
having nothing, yet hath
M.
all.
Scotch Paraphrase.
" They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength they shall
mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, and they
;
shall walk and not faint."
Isaiah
xl. 31.
Mere human power shall fast decay,

And youthful vigor cease
But those who wait upon the Lord
;
In strength shall
still
increase.
They with unwearied feet shall tread

The path of life divine
With growing ardor onward move,
With growing brightness shine.
;
MORNING AND EVENING.
75.
" One thing have I
the days of
my life,
C. M.
desired, that I
to behold the
Gaskell.
may d^vell in
the house of the Lord
beauty of the Lord."
Psalm xxvii.
Not on this day, O God, alone,

Would we thy presence seek,
But we its hallowing power would own
Through
If
all
the
coming week.
calm and bright its moments prove,

Untouched by pain and woe,
May
To
they reflect a thankful love

thee,
from
7*
whom
they flow.
all
4.
78
Or should they bring us
griefs severe,
Still may we lean on thee,

And though our eyes let fall the
At peace our
tear,
spirits be.
In every scene, or dark, or bright,
Thy favor may we seek

And oh do thou direct us
!
right
Through every coming week.
76.
M I laid
Vsahn
ill.
me down and
L. M.
slept
awaked
PlERPO.NT.
for the
Lord sustained me."
5.
O God
thank thee that the night
In peace and rest has past
And
away
that I see in this fair light
My
Father's love, that
makes
it
day.
Be thou my guide and may I live

Remembering thine all-seeing eye
!
Supply
And
my
take
wants,
me
my
to thee
faults forgive,
when
I die.
77
l
-
Cause
trust.
my
me
Cause
to
L. M.
79
Hawkesworth.
hear thy loving-kindness in the morning
me
to
soul unto thee."
know
the
Psalm
way wherein
for in thee do I
;
for I
lift
up
cxliii. 8.
In sleep's serene oblivion

I safely
I should walk
laid,
passed the silent night
Again I see the breaking shade,

Again I hail the morning light.
Once more
I bless
the
waking
hour.
New-born, with awe rejoice to be

My conscious soul resumes her power,
And springs, my guardian God, to thee.
O, guide
My
me
through the various maze,
doubtful feet must this day tread
And spread thy shield's protecting blaze,

Where dangers press around my head.
A deeper shade will soon impend,

A deeper sleep my eyes oppress
Yet then thy strength
Thy goodness
still
will
still
defend,
delight to bless.
80
That deeper shade will pass away,

That deeper sleep will leave my eyes
Thy light shall

Thy love the
78.
" I will both lay
dwell in safety."
Glory
rapture of the skies.
L. M.
me down in
Psalm
give eternal day,
Bishop Ken.
peace and sleep
for thou, Lord,
makest
iv. 8.
to thee,
my
God,
this night,
For all the blessings of the light

Keep me, O, keep me, King of kings
Beneath thine own almighty wings.
Forgive me, Lord, through thy dear Son,
The ills which I this day have done

That with the w^orld, myself, and thee,
I,
ere I sleep, at peace
may
be.
Teach me to live, that I may dread

The grave as little as my bed
Teach me to die, that so I may
With joy behold the judgment day.
me
81
O, may my soul on thee repose,

And with sweet sleep my eyelids close
Sleep that shall me more vigorous make,
To serve my God when I awake.
70.
" Cause
to
me
L. M.
to
do thy will."
know
the
Christian Psalmist.
way wherein I should walk
Psalm cxlhi.
Teach
8, 10.
As every day thy mercy spares

Will bring its trials or its cares,
Father,
till
Be thou my
Teach
And
let
When
And
me
my
life shall
counsellor
thy statutes
end,
and friend
all divine,
thy will be always mine
each day's scenes and labors
wearied nature seeks repose,
With pardoning mercy, richly blest,

Guard me, my Father, while I rest
And
as each
O, lead
morning sun
me onward
shall rise,
to the skies
close,
me
MORNING- AND EVENING.
82
80.
M.
P.
" The night shine th as the day

alike to thee."
Psalm cxxxix. 12.
God
Bishop Heber.
:
the darkness and the light are both
who madest
earth
and heaven,
Darkness and light
Who
For
May
day
the
for toil
hath given,
rest the night
thine angel guards defend us,
Slumber sweet thy mercy send

Holy dreams and hopes attend
us,
us,
This livelong night
81.
14
Thou
wilt keep
Isaiah xxvi.
him
L. M.
in perfect peace
whose mind
is
stayed on thee."
3.
Another day
And
PlERPONT.
its
course hath run,
God, thy child is blest

For thou hast been by day my sun,
And thou wilt be by night my rest.
still,
83
Sweet
And now, when
my
I give
My
body
spirit to
is
all
eyes to close
the world
is still,
to repose,
my
82.
" It
my
sleep descends,
Father's will.
L. M.
Watts.
a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises
unto thy name,
Most High
To show forth thy loving-kindness in the

Psalm xcii. 1, 2.
morning, and thy faithfulness every evening."
My
God, how endless is thy love

Thy gifts are every evening new
And morning mercies from above
!
Gently
Thou
distil like early
dew.
spreadst the curtains of the night,
Great Guardian of
my
sleeping hours
Thy sovereign word restores the light,

And quickens all my drowsy powers.
my
powers to thy command,

To thee I consecrate my days
Perpetual blessings from thy hand
I yield
Demand
perpetual songs of praise.
IMMORTALITY.
83.
"And
them
S.
there shall be no night there;
light. :?
Revelation xxii.
There
is
M.
....
for the
Lord God giveth
5.
a world above,
and bright;
And those who love and seek the Lord
All beautiful
Rise to that world of
There sin
Nor
tears,
is
light.
known no
more,
nor want, nor care
There good and happy beings dwell,
And
all
are holy there.
I\I
L. M.
84.
" If in this
85
MORTALITY.
BOWEING.
only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most

But thanks be to God, who hath given us the victory."
life
miserable
1 Corinthians xv. 19, 57
If all our hopes
Were
If,
and
prisoned in
all
our
life's
fears,
narrow bound
travellers in this vale of tears,
We
saw no
better world beyond,
who could check the rising sigh ?

What earthly thing could pleasure
O, who would venture then to die ?
O, who could then endure to live ?
O,
give?
And such were life, without the ray

From our divine religion given
;
is this
'T
is this
Bright
is
makes our darkness day,

that makes our earth a heaven.
that
the golden sun above,
And beautiful the flowers that bloom

And all is joy, and all is love,
Reflected from a world to come.
8
86
IMMORTALITY.
85.
"
And
L. M.
Peabody.
there shall be no night there
light of the
sun
reign for ever
for the
and ever."
and they need no candle, neither

Lord God giveth them light and they shall
;
Revelation xxii.
5.
when the hours of life are past,

And death's dark shade arrives at last,
O,
It is
'T
is
not sleep,
it is
not
rest,
glory opening to the blest.
There parted hearts again shall meet

In union holy, calm, and sweet
The weary
rest,
and never more

them to deplore.
Shall sorrow call
No
No
storm shall vex the quiet
air,
voice of passion enter there
Bat all be peaceful as the sigh

Of the soft wind, when eve is nigh.
The blest have conquered, they have past

Through life, still faithful to the last,
Have reached the home toward which they trod,
And
dwell in heavenly peace with God.
IMMORTALITY.
86.
L. M.
" But he said,
Weep
w.J.Lobing.
not."
Luke
viii.
52.
Why weep for those, frail child of woe,

Who 've fled and left thee mourning here
Triumphant o'er their latest foe,
They glory in a brighter sphere.
Weep
not for them
beside thee now
Perhaps they watch with guardian
And
care,
witness tears that idly flow
O'er those
who
bliss of angels share.
Or round their Father's throne above,

With raptured voice, his praise they
Or on his messages of love
They journey with unwearied wing.
sing,
Space cannot check, thought cannot bound

The high exulting souls, whom He,
Who formed these million worlds around,
Takes to his own eternity.
88
IMMORTALITY.
Weep, weep no more their

The song of triumph high
;
voices raise
to God,
And, wouldst thou join their song of praise,
"Walk humbly in the path they trod.
87.
L. M.
" His soul pleased the Lord
Norton.
therefore hasted he to take
him away."
Ecclesiasticus iv. 14.
How
blest are they,
whose
transient years
an evening meteor's flight

Not dark with guilt, nor dim with tears,
Pass
like
Whose
course
is short,
unclouded, bright
O, cheerless were our lengthened way,
But heaven's own
light dispels the gloom,
Streams downward from eternal day,

And sheds a glory round the tomb
MISCELLANEOUS.
88.
L. M.
John Taylor.
" So teach us to number our days that we
wisdom."
Psalm xc. 12.
may
apply our hearts unto
Like shadows gliding o'er the plain,

Or clouds that roll successive on,
Man's busy generations pass
;
And
while
we
gaze, their forms are gone.
Father, in whose mighty hand

The boundless years and ages lie,
Teach us thy boon of
And
use the
life
moments
8"
to prize,
as they
fly
90
MISCELLANEOUS.
To crowd the narrow span of life

With wise designs and virtuous deeds
So shall we wake from death's dark night,
To share the glory that succeeds.
89.
"
C.
M.
Thou crownest the year with thy goodness."
Psalm lxv. 11.
The year begins with promises

Of happy days to come,
Of pleasures lengthened through
And love in every home
its
course,
Of
seed-time, with
Soft dews and

Its
its
gentle winds,
fertile
swollen streams, and
And
birds
showers
meadows
and opening flowers
Of summer, with
its
ripening sun
Poured on the shady leaves
Of autumn, with its harvest rich

Of fruits and golden sheaves
;
green,
MISCELLANEOUS.
Of
91
countless mercies from our God,
Who
changing year,
leads us to his world above,
And
By
rules the
blessings given here.
90.
C.
M.
" Great are thy tender mercies
thy loving-kindness."
O God
Gaskell.
Quicken me,
Lord, according to
Psalm cxix. 156, 159.
to thee our hearts
would pay
Their gratitude sincere,
Whose
love hath kept us night and day,
Throughout another
year.
Of every breath and every power,

Thou wert the gracious source
From thee came every happy hour,
Which smiled along its course.
;
Each ray which made the prospect shine,

Each flower which marked the road,
Each holy thought, each hope divine,
All were thy gifts.
O God
MISCELLANEOUS.
92
And
if
sometimes across our way
shadow threw,
The glory of eternal day
Was brought more clear to view.
cloud
its
For joy and
grief alike
Our thanks
And
we pay
above
only ask to grow each day
to thee
More worthy of thy
91.
love.
L. M.
Scott.
" And the Lord went before them, by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead
them by the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light."
Exodus xiii. 21.
When
Lord beloved,
Out from the land of bondage came,
Her fathers' God before her moved,
An awful guide, in smoke and flame.
By
Israel,
day, along the astonished lands
The cloudy
By
of the
pillar glided
slow
night, Arabia's crimsoned sands
Returned the
fiery
column's glow.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Thus present
When
still,
93
now
though
unseen,
brightly shines the prosperous day,
Be thoughts of Thee a cloudy

To temper the deceitful ray
And oh when
!
screen,
gathers on our path,
In shade and storm, the frequent night,
Be Thou,
long-suffering, slow to wrath,
burning and a shining light
92.
L. M.
BOWRING.
Psahn cxvii.
John xiv.
u The truth of the Lord endureth for ever.'

" I am the way, and the truth, and the life."
1
The
truth from
2.
6.
God, which Jesus brought,
Pours inexhaustible supplies,
Whence sagest teachers may be taught,

And wisdom's self become more wise.
More
glorious
New
still,
as centuries
regions blessed,
Expanding
roll,
new powers
unfurled,
with the expanding soul,
Its virtues shall o'erflow
the world
94
MISCELLANEOUS.
Flow to restore, but not destroy

As when the cloudless lamp of day
Pours out
floods of light
its
And sweeps
and
joy,
such lingering mist away.
03*
C.
M.
Gaskell.
" Our fathers trusted in thee they trusted, and thou didst deliver them."
;
Psalm
xxii. 4.
Forth went
No
the heralds of the cross,
dangers
They counted
For
made them pause

all
the world but loss,
their great Master's cause.
Through looks of
fire,
and words of
Serene their path they trod
scorn,
And, to the dreary dungeon borne,

Sang praises unto God.
Friends dropped the hand they clasped before,
Love changed to cruel hate,

to them was home no more
Yet mourned they not then* fate.
And home
; ;
MISCELLANEOUS.
In
all his
dark and dread arrav,
Death rose upon
But calmly
And
95
their sight,
they kept their way,
still
shrank not from the
fight.
They knew to whom their trust was given,

They could not doubt His word
Before them beamed the light of heaven,
The presence of their Lord.
O,
may a faith
And shed as
as true be ours,
pure a light
Of peace across the darkest hours,

And make the last one bright
94.
" Why dost thou
set at
&
6s.
naught thy brother ?
fore the judgment-seat of Christ."
M.
For we shall
Romans xiv. 10.
Have faith in man, thy brother,

Thy Heavenly Father's child
And in thy judgment of his heart,
Be
merciful
and mild.
all
stand be-
MISCELLANEOUS.
96
Have
O,
faith in
let
man, thy brother
not cold distrust
Nor mean suspicion come between

Thee and thy kindred dust
Have love for man, thy

Though lowly be his
For by the mighty God
He
never
brother,
lot
in heaven,
is forgot.
God, be good to all,

As God is good to thee,
Have love for man, thy brother,
then, like
Whoever he may
95.
be.
& 4s.
M,
" The Lord looketh on the heart."
'T
is
not the
but
gift,
Bowring.
't is
Samuel
the spirit
With which t is given,

That on the gift confers a merit,
As seen by Heaven.
?
xvi. 7.
MISCELLANEOUS.
'T
is
not the prayer, however boldly

It strikes
It
mounts
If
'T
is
97
the ear
in vain,
it falls
but coldly,
not sincere.
not the deeds the loudest lauded
That brightest shine
many a virtue
And yet divine.
There 's
'T
is
unapplauded,
not the word that sounds the sweetest,
That
A sigh,
's
soonest heard
May
retreatest,
be preferred.
The outward show may be
A cheating name,
The
when humbled thou
inner spirit
Of worth
is
delusive,
conclusive
or shame.
THE END.
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Almighty Father I am weak

stretch every nerve

cool Siloam's shady

Calm on the listening

I love to read of thee

Father! whate'er of earthly

Eternal and immortal King

Father and Friend

Bright was the guiding star that led

Behold, where, in a mortal form

Forth went the heralds of the cross

the recesses of a lowly spirit

Give to the winds thy fears

God, this night

earth and heaven

man, thy brother

Hark, the glad sound

the Saviour comes

How blest are they whose transient years

If love, the noblest, purest, best

If all our hopes

how God hath spoken

In silent sorrow, from the gates of Nain

In sleep's serene oblivion laid

Shepherd, guide me, feed

was no path of flowers

Like shadows gliding o'er the plain

Mere human power shall fast decay

0, help us, Lord each hour of need

I have, all prayers in

Christian Sabbath eve

The spacious firmament on high

from on high, a fight divine

Press on, press on, ye sons of light

God I thank thee that the night

Thou, Lord, who

for those, frail child of

While shepherds watched their flocks by night

Weak and irresolute is man

I will not fear

his tender mercies are over all his works."

Father and Friend thy light, thy

"We think not in what hallowed part

children shall not faint nor fear,

this delightful thought,

Since thou, their God, art everywhere,

They cannot be where thou

" He that cometh to God must belieye that he

warder of them that diligently seek him."

Eternal and immortal King

none can bear

veils seraphic eyes,

faith can pierce the

great Invisible can see

tremblings mingle joy,

In fixed regard, great

Then every tempting form of sin,