XIV. C. Jehovah Rophi,—I am the Lord that healeth thee. Chap. xv.

1 HEAL us, Immanuel, here we are,
Waiting to feel thy touch;
Deep wounded souls to thee repair,
And, Saviour, we are such.

2 Our faith is feeble, we confess,
We faintly trust thy word;
But wilt thou pity us the less?
Be that far from the Lord!

3 Remember him who once apply'd,
With trembling, for relief;

"Lord, I believe," with tears he cried,
"O help my unbelief*."

4 She too, who touch'd thee in the press,
And healing virtue stole,

Was answer'd, "Daughter, go in peace, Thy faith hath made thee wholet." 5 Conceal'd amid the gath'ring throng, She would have shunn'd thy view; And if her faith was firm and strong, Had strong misgivings too.

6 Like her, with hopes and fears, we come,
To touch thee if we may;
Oh! send us not despairing home,
Send none unheal'd away.

XV. Manna. Chap. xvi. 18.

1 MANNA to Israel well supply d
The want of other bread;

While God is able to provide,
His people shall be fed.

2 (Thus though the corn and wine should fail,

And creature-streams be dry,

The pray'r of faith will still prevail,
For blessings from on high.)

3 Of his kind care how sweet a proof!
It suited ev'ry taste:

Who gather'd most had just enough,
Enough, who gather'd least.

4 'Tis thus our gracious Lord provides
Our comforts and our cares;

His own unerring hand provides,
And gives us each our shares.

5 He knows how much the weak can bear, And helps them when they cry;

The strongest have no strength to spare, For such he'll strongly try.

6 Daily they saw the Manna come,
And cover all the ground;

But what they try'd to keep at home,
Corrupted soon was found.

Vain their attempt to store it up,

This was to tempt the Lord; Israel must live by faith and hope, And not upon a hoard.

XVI. Manna hoarded. Chap. xvi. 20,

1 THE Manna, favour'd Israel's meat,
Was gather'd day by day;

When all the host was serv'd, the heat
Melted the rest away,

2 In vain to hoard it up they try'd,
Against to-morrow came;
It then bred worms and putrefy'd,

And prov'd their sin and shame.

3 'Twas daily bread, and would not keep,
But must be still renew'd ;

Faith should not want a hoard or heap,
But trust the Lord for food.

4 The truths by which the soul is fed,
Must thus be had afresh ;
For notions resting in the head
Will only feed the flesh.

5 However true, they have no life
Or unction to impart ;

They breed the worms of pride and strife,
But cannot cheer the heart.

Nor can the best experience past
The life of faith maintain;
The brightest hope will faint at last,

Unless supply'd again.

7 Dear Lord, while we in pray'r are found,
Do thou the Manna give ;

Oh! let it fall on all around,
That we may eat and live.

XVII. C. Jehovah Nissi,-The Lord my banner. Chap. xvii. 15.

1 By whom was David taught

To aim the 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;

Who gave him strength to sling,
And skill to aim aright.

Ye feeble saints, your strength endures,
Because young David's God is

3 Who order'd Gideon forth,

To storm th' invaders' camp, With arms of little worth,

A pitcher and a lamp* ?

yours.

The trumpets made his coming known,
And all the host was overthrown.

4 Oh! I have seen the day,

When, with a single word,
God helping me to say,

My trust is in the Lord,

My soul has quell'd a thousand foes,
Fearless of all that could oppose.

5 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 servant to the end.

XVIII. The Golden Calf. Chap. xxxii. 4. 31.

1 WHEN Israel heard the fiery law
From Sinai's top proclaim'd,
Their hearts seem'd full of holy awe,
Their stubborn spirits tam'd.

* Judges vii. 20.

2 Yet, as forgetting all they knew,
Ere forty days were past,
With blazing Sinai still in view,
A molten calf they cast.

3 Yea, Aaron, God's anointed priest,
Who on the mount had been,
He durst prepare the idol beast,
And lead them on to sin.

4 Lord, what is man, and what are we,
To recompense thee thus !
In their offence our own we see,
Their story points at us.

5 From Sinai we heard thee speak,
And from mount Calv'ry too;
And yet to idols oft we seek,

While thou art in our view.

6 Some golden calf, or golden dream,
Some fancied creature-good,

Presumes to share the heart with him,
Who bought the whole with blood.

7 Lord, save us from our golden calves,
Our sin with grief we own;

We would no more be thine by halves,
But live to thee alone.

LEVITICUS.

XIX. The true Aaron. Chap. viii. 7-9.

1 SEE Aaron, God's anointed priest,
Within the vail appear,

In robes of mystic meaning drest,
Presenting Israel's prayer.