HYMN 87. L. M. Green's. Castle Street. [*] God dwells with the Humble and Penitent. Isa. lvii. 1 15, 16. THU "My name is God; I dwell on high; -2 "But I descend to worlds below; -3 "The humble soul my words revive; HYMN 88. L. M. Armley. Bath. [b] Life, the Day of Grace and Hope. Eccl. ix. 4, 5, 6, 10. LIFE is the time to serve the Lord, 1 The time to insure the great reward; 2 (Life is the hour that God has given, p 3 The living know that they must die, Their memory, and their sense is gone, They have no share in all that's done, -5 Then, what my thoughts design to do, e Since no device, nor work is found. In the cold grave to which we haste; a But darkness, death, and long despair, Reign in eternal silence there. HYMN 89. L. M. YE Youth and Judgment. Babylon. [b] Eccl. xi. 9. sons of Adam, vain and young, Indulge your eyes, indulge your tongue; Taste the delights your souls desire, And give a loose to all your fire. 2 Pursue the pleasures you design, And cheer your hearts with songs and wine; a There is a day of judgment too! e 3 God from on high beholds your thoughts; 4 The vengeance to your follies due Should strike your hearts with terror through: p How will you stand before his face, Or answer for his injured grace? -5 Almighty God, turn off their eyes From these alluring vanities; o And let the thunder of thy word HYMN 90. C. M. The same. Windsor. [b] 10 the young tribes of Adam rise, Fulfill the wishes of their eyes, 2 They give a loose to wild desires; The strict account that God requires, e 3 The Judge prepares his throne on high; 0 The frighted earth and seas Avoid the fury of his eye, And flee before his face. p 4 How shall I bear that dreadful day, I'd give all mortal joys away, HYMN 91. L. M. Geneva. [b] Advice to Youth. Eccl. xii. 1, 7; Isa. lxv. 20. NOW in the heat of youthful blood, Remember your Creator God; e Behold the months come hastening on, When you shall say-My joys are gone. a 2 Behold the aged sinner goes, Laden with guilt and heavy woes, Down to the regions of the dead, With endless curses on his head. 3 The dust returns to dust again; The soul, in agonies of pain, Ascends to God; not there to dwell,a But hears her doom, and sinks to hell. e 4 Eternal King, I fear thy name! Teach me to know how frail I am; -And when my soul must hence remove, Give me a mansion in thy love. HYMN 92. S. M. Dover. [*] Christ the Wisdom of God. Prov. viii. 1, 22--32. 1 SHALL Wisdom cry aloud, And not her speech be heard? The voice of God's eternal Word, Deserves it no regard? d 2 "I was his chief delight, "His everlasting Son, "Before the first of all his works,- 3 ("Before the flying clouds, "Before the fields, before, the floods, 4 "When he adorned the skies, 5 "When he poured out the sea, "I gave the flood a firm decree, "In its own bounds to keep.) 6"Upon the empty air, "The earth was balanced well; "With joy I saw the mansion, where "The sons of men should dwell. 7" My busy thoughts at first, "On their salvation ran, "Ere sin was born, or Adam's dust "Was fashioned to a man. 8" Then come, receive my grace, "Ye children, and be wise; 'Happy the man who keeps my ways, "The man, who shuns them, dies."] 1 HYMN 93. L. M. Christ obeyed or resisted. TH HUS saith the Wisdom of the Lord, "Keeps daily watch before my gates, "And at my feet for mercy waits. o 2"The soul that seeks me shall obtain "Immortal wealth, and heavenly gain; "Immortal life is his reward, "Life, and the favour of the Lord. e 3" But the vile wretch who flies from me, a "Fools, who against my grace rebel, HYMN 94. C. M. Reading. [b *] Justification; or, Law and Grace. Rom. iii. 19–22. AIN are the hopes, the sons of men 1 VAIN On their own works have built; Their hearts by nature are unclean, And all their actions guilt. e 2 Let Jew and Gentile stop their mouths, And the whole race of Adam stand -3 In vain we ask God's righteous law, Since to convince, and to condemn, Is all the law can do. o 4 Jesus, how glorious is thy grace, 1 IIYMN 95. C. M. St. Martin's. [*] Regeneration. John i. 13, and iii. 3, &c. OT all the outward forms on earth, NOT Nor rites that God has given, Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth, 2 The sovereign will of God alone Born in the image of his Son, b 3 The Spirit, like some heavenly wind, o 4 Our quickened souls awake, and rise o On heavenly things we fix our eyes, And praise employs our breath. 1 HYMN 96. C. M. York. [b] Election excludes Boasting. 1 Cor. i. 26–31. B But few of noble race, UT few among the carnal wise, Obtain the favour of thine eyes, 2 He takes the men of meanest name, And thus he pours abundant shame 3 He calls the fool, and makes him know To bring aspiring wisdom low, 4 Nature has all its glories lost, |