And still, through ev'ry age shall own,
Jehovah here hath fix'd his throne,

And triumph in his mighty name.

5 Long as the moon her course shall run, Or man behold the circling sun,

May'st thou o'er fair Columbia reign; Still crown her counsels with success, With peace and joy her borders bless, And all her sacred rights maintain.

Hymn 287. 10's.

Reflections on the Close of the Year. 1 Is this a theme of mirth? who can rejoice, That time, important time, so swiftly flies, And scorn reflection's monitory voice, The friendly pow'r, that woos us to be wise? 2 Forever, ye departed months, adieu!

What heart, that knows your value, can be gay? What heart, that asks reflection's conscious view, How many hours fled unimprov'd away?

3 Yet oft her warning voice, ere yet they pass'd, Cried," seize the precious minutes, make them thine;"

Ah! how wilt thou account for so much waste
Of treasure, lent for purposes divine?

4 O, let my heart her needful dictates hear,
To her the solemn midnight hour I give,
And ask, while musing on the finish'd year,
How I have spent the time, and why I live
5 Jesus, to thee, to thy atoning blood,
To thy unsullied righteousness I fly;

O thou, my Judge, my Saviour, and my Lord,,
Instruct me how to live, and how to die.

Prodigal.

Luke xv. 11-32.

1 SEE how the disobedient son

His Father and his house forsakes,
And, bent on luxury and lust,

To foreign lands his journey takes.
2 His substance spent his health decay'd,
Without a friend to help his wo:
In hope, in fear, he now resolves
Back to his father's house to go!
3 Far off the father spies his son-
His bowels with compassion move;
He runs and clasps him round his neck,
And welcomes with a kiss of love.

4

Father, I own," the suppliant said,

My sins against both heav'n and thee; "Unworthy to be call'd thy son,

"Now like a servant deal with me.

5" Bring the best robe and clothe my son," The father graciously commands;

"Provide with shoes his tott'ring feet

"With rings o

Kanuty deck his hands:

6 "A feast-a sumptuous feast prepare"Pleasure through all my house shall reign, "My son was lost, but now is found

My son was dead, now lives again.”

Hymn 289. S. M.

Support'in Death. Psalm xxiii. 4.

1 BEHOLD the gloomy vale!
Which thou my soul must tread,
Beset with terrors fierce and pale,
That leads thee to the dead.

2

Ye pleasing scenes adieu,
Which I so long have known;

3

4

5

My friends a long farewel to you,
For I must pass alone.

And thou beloved clay,

Long partner of my cares,

In this rough path art torn away,

With agony and tears..

But see a ray of light,

With splendors all divine,

Breaks through those doleful realms of night,
And makes its horrors- shine.

Where death and darkness reigns,
Jehovah is my stay

His rod my trembling feet sustains;

His staff defends my way.

6

Dear Shepherd lead me on,

My soul disdains to fear;

Death's gloomy phantoms all are flown,

Now life's great Lord is near.

Hymn 290. C. M.

Imploring Mercy. Luko.!!!

1 LORD, aty feet in dust I lie,
And knock at mercy's door;
With humble heart and weeping eye,
Thy favour I implore.

2 On me, O Lord, do thou display
Thy rich, forgiving love;

O take my heinous guilt away,
This heavy load remove.

3 Without thy grace, I sink opprest
Down to the gates of hell;
O give my troubled spirit rest,
And all my fears dispel.

4 'Tis mercy, mercy, I implore,
O may thy bowels move:

Thy grace is an exhaustless store,
And thou thyself art love.

5 Should I at last in heav'n appear,
To join thy saints above;

I'll shout that mercy brought me there,
And sing thy bleeding love.

On Admission of New Members. Gen. xxiv. 31.

1 KINDRED in Christ, for his dear sake,
A hearty welcome here receive;
May we together now partake
The joys which only he can give.
2 To you and us, by grace 'tis giv❜n,
To know the Saviour's precious name;
And shortly we shall meet in heav'n,
Our hope, our way, our end the same.
3 May He, by whose kind care we meet,
Send his good spirit from above;
Make our communications sweet,
And cause our hearts to burn with love.
4 [Forgotten be each worldly theme,
When christians meet together thus ;
We only wish to speak of him

Who liv'd, and died, and reigns for us.
5 We'll talk of all he did and said,
And suffer'd for us here below;
The path he mark'd for us to tread,
And what he's doing for us now.]
6 Thus, as the moments pass away,
We'll love, and wonder, and adore;
And hasten on the glorious day,
When we shall meet to part no more.

Hymn 292. 8.7.

Supplicant's Address to the Saviour.

1 JESUS, full of all compassion,
Hear thy humble suppliant's cry-;
Let me know thy great salvation;
See languish, faint, and die.
2 Guilty, but with heart relenting,
Overwhelm'd with helpless grief-
Prostrate at thy feet repenting
Send, O send me quick relief!
3 Whither should a wretch be flying,
But to him who comfort gives?
Whither, from the dread of dying,
But to him who ever lives?

4 On the word thy blood hath seal'd,
Hangs my everlasting all;
Let thine arm be now revealed,
Stay, O stay me, lest I fall!

5 In the world of endless ruin,
Let it never, Lord, be said,
"Here's the soul that perish'd, suing
"For th' exalted Saviour's aid !"

6 Sav'd-the deed shall spread new glory
Through the shining realms above;
Angels sing the pleasing story,
All enraptur'd with thy love.

Hymn 293. C. M.

The Saviour's Commission.

1 HARK, the glad sound! the Saviour comes! The Saviour promis'd long;

Let ev'ry heart prepare him room,
And ev'ry voice a song.