HYMN LXXXIV. Ye know not what a day. James iv. 14. TO-MORROW, Lord, is thine, Lodg'd in thy sov'reign hand; And if its sun arise and shine, It shines by thy command. The present moment flies, And bears our life away ; Oh! make thy servants truly wise, That they may live to-day. Since, on this winged hour, Eternity is hung; Awaken by thy mighty pow'r, One thing demands our care, Be that one thing pursu'd, Lest slighted once, the season fair, Should never be renew'd. HYMN LXXXV. Suffer little children. Mark x. 14. To Jordan's banks the Saviour's fame, Judea's thousands brought; He heal'd the sick, restor❜d the lame, And wisdom's lessons taught. Fond mothers with their infants came, "Forbid them not," the Saviour cried, "For to such babes is given, "To dwell with God the glorified, "And worship him in heaven.” Jesus! to thee our youth we bear! HYMN LXXXVI. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills. Ps. cxxi. 1. Up to the hills I lift mine eyes, Th' eternal hills beyond the skies; He lives, the everlasting God, That built the world, that spread the flood; The heav'ns with all their hosts he made, And the dark regions of the dead. He guides our feet, he guards our way, On them no evil shall have pow'r, Shall bear them homeward to their God. HYMN LXXXVII. What shall I render to the Lord. Ps. cxvi. 12; WHEN all thy mercies, O my God! Oh! how shall words with equal warmth, That glows within my constant heart; Ten thousand thousand precious gifts, Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy. Through ev'ry period of my life, And after death in distant worlds, The glorious theme renew. HYMN LXXXVIII. Here have no continuing city. Heb. xiii. 14. WE'VE no continuing city here; This may distress the worldling's mind, We've no abiding city here, It shines with everlasting light. Joyful abode of peace and love, But peace my soul, nor dare repine, And his to fix thy time of rest. |