3 Our life is a dream;
Our time as a stream
Glides swiftly away,

And the fugitive moment refuses to stay.

4 The arrow is flown,

The moment is gone;

The millennial year

Rushes on to our view, and eternity's here.

5 0 that each in the day

Of His coming may say,

'I have fought my way through,

I have finished the work Thou didst give me

60 that each from his Lord

May receive the glad word,

'Well and faithfully done!

[to do!'

Enter into My joy, and sit down on My throne.'

514

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Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness.

PSALM lxv. 11.

SING to the great Jehovah's praise!
All praise to Him belongs:

Who kindly lengthens out our days
Demands our choicest songs.

2 His providence hath brought us through
Another various year:

We all with vows and anthems new
Before our God appear.

3 Father, Thy mercies past we own;
Thy still continued care;

To Thee presenting, through Thy Son,
Whate'er we have or are.

4 Our lips and lives shall gladly show
The wonders of Thy love,

While on in Jesu's steps we go
To see Thy face above.

C.M.

5 Our residue of days or hours
Thine, wholly Thine, shall be ;
And all our consecrated powers
A sacrifice to Thee:

6 Till Jesus in the clouds appear
To saints on earth forgiven,
And bring the grand sabbatic year,
The jubilee of heaven.

515 Thou carriest them away as with a 77.77.7 7.7 7.7.

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flood.-PSALM XC. 5.

WHILE

HILE with ceaseless course the sun
Hasted round the former year,

Many souls their race have run,
Never more to meet us here.
Fixed in an eternal state,

They have done with all below;
We a little longer wait,

But how little none can know.

2 As the winged arrow flies

Speedily the mark to find;
As the lightning from the skies
Darts, and leaves no trace behind:
Swiftly thus our fleeting days

Bear us down life's rapid stream;
Upward, Lord, our spirits raise;
All below is but a dream.

3 Thanks for mercies past receive,
Pardon of our sins renew,
Teach us henceforth how to live
With eternity in view.

Bless Thy word to young and old,
Fill us with the Saviour's love;
And when life's short tale is told,
May we live with Thee above.

516 I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. L.M.

PSALM lii. 8.

1 YREAT God, we sing that mighty hand
By which supported still we stand;

The opening year Thy mercy shows,
That mercy crowns it till it close.

2 By day, by night, at home, abroad,
Still are we guarded by our God:
By His incessant bounty fed,
By His unerring counsel led.

3 With grateful hearts the past we own,
The future, all to us unknown,
We to Thy guardian care commit,
Content with what Thou deemest fit.
4 In scenes exalted or depressed

Thou art our joy, and Thou our rest;
Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise,
Adored throughout our changing days.
5 When death shall interrupt these songs,
And seal in silence mortal tongues,
Our Helper, God, in whom we trust,
Shall keep our souls, and guard our dust.

SPRING AND SEED-TIME.

517 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth. S.M.

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SPARED

PSALM Xcviii. 4.

PARED to another spring,
We raise our grateful songs:

'Tis pleasant, Lord, Thy praise to sing,
And praise to Thee belongs.

2 Ten thousand different flowers
To Thee sweet offerings bear;
And cheerful birds in shady bowers
Sing forth Thy tender care.

3 The fields on every side,
The trees, and every hill,
The glorious sun, the rolling tide,
Proclaim Thy wondrous skill.

4 But trees and fields and skies
Still praise a God unknown,
For gratitude and love can rise
From living hearts alone.

5 These living hearts of ours
Thy holy name would bless;
The blossom of ten thousand flowers
Would please Thee, Saviour, less.
6 Though earth itself decays,
Our souls can never die;

O tune them all to sing Thy praise,
In better songs on high.

518 All Thy works shall praise Thee, O 6 4.6 4.6 6.6 4.

518

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LORD.-PSALM CXlV. 10.

COME,

OME, join the festive song,
Wake voices all;

Chime with the vernal throng,

List to the call.

Hear we in every breeze,

From vale and mountain trees,
Glad notes of nature say,
Join ye my lay.

2 Lord of the rolling year,
Round and above,

Boundless Thy works appear,
Boundless Thy love.

All, all in earth and sky,
As glide the seasons by,
New glories of Thy name
Ever proclaim.

3 Joyous we swell the strain,
Thankful to Thee,
Watched by Thy care, again
Spring-tide we see.

Still in this gospel land

Throngs forth the Sabbath band,
To praise and worship Thee,
Happy and free.

4 Onward for ever flow,

Truth's mighty wave;

Soon every tribe below

Conquer and save.

Sweet as the voice of spring,
Then every tongue shall sing,
Glory to God on high,
Glory for aye.

519 0 LORD, how manifold are Thy works!... IRREGULAR. the earth is full of Thy riches.-PSALM civ. 24.

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FOR

all Thy love and goodness, so bountiful and free,

Thy name, I.ord, be adored!

On the wings of joyous praise our hearts soar up to Thee:

Glory to the Lord!

2 The spring time breaks all round about, waking from winter's night:

Thy name, Lord, be adored!

The sunshine, like God's love, pours down in floods of golden light:

Glory to the Lord!

3 A voice of joy is in all the earth, a voice is in all the air:

Thy name, Lord, be adored!