Nor heart can think, nor mortal tongue can tell, 3 Before the throne a crystal river glides, 4 No rising sun his needless beams displays, No sickly moon emits her feeble rays The Godhead here celestial glory sheds, Th' exalted Lamb eternal radiance spreads! Here our Redeemer lives, &c. 5 One distant glimpse my eager passion fires!Jesus! to thee, my longing soul aspires! When shall I at thy heavenly home arrive,When leave this earth, and when begin to live? For here my Saviour is all bright and glorious, O'er sin, and death, and hell, he reigns victorious. 585 (2d P.) C. M. Boston 159. Matthews 34. 1 The Grapes of Canaan; ́or, Heaven anticipated. For happiness below, But earthly joys, though dearly bought, 2 At length, thro' sovereign Grace I found d 3 As I have tasted of the grapes, 13 Jurad zaš I sometimes long to go Where my dear Lord his vineyard keeps,..!! 4 And can I long, and taste the fruit, No, those who taste the fruits of grace 586 (1st P.) C. M. Elim 151. Stamford, 9. Otford 106 Happiness approaching, Rom. xiii.11. 1 AWAKE, ye saints, and raise your eyesAnd raise your voices high; Awake, and praise that soy'reign love 2 On all the wings of time it flies,. 3 Not many years their rounds shall run, Ere all its glories stand reveal'd To our admiring eyes. 4 Ye wheels of nature, speed your course Fast as ye bring the night of death, ST A -DR. DODDRIDGE. 586 (2d P.) 8s. Limefield 94. Lambeth 59. The Year of Release is at hand-Deut. xv. 9. 1 THE year of release is at hand; What rapture the thought should convey! To Canaan's fair beautiful land, 3 Confind like a bird to its cage, 5 The bondage of sin there is o'er, 6 But who this release To bondence can convey as we ? Gethsemane, Calvary,-say- 7 Then help us to wait for the day, The year 587 L. M. Martin's Lane 67. Coombs's 45. Bromley 104. The Worship of Heaven, John xvii. 24. 1 FOR a sweet inspiring ray, To animate our feeble strains, 。 From the bright realms of endless day, The blissful realms where Jesus reigns! 2 There low before his glorious throne, Adoring saints and angels fall; And, with delightful worship, own His smile their bliss, their heav'n, their all. 3 Immortal glories crown his head; And love and joy, and triumph spread 4. He smiles, and seraphs tune their songs. ر Ten thousand thousand joyful tongues ་ 587 (2d P.) 11. 8. Sweet Hope of STEELE, Calne 69. Pithay 101. no the blissful Society above. 1 HOW bright is the prospect the saint has in Let present things be as they may; [view, Omnipotent mercy shall bring him quite through, And guide him to regions of day. 2 Alas! sin and sorrow attend him while here, And frequently injure his peace; 『,,", But faith beholds now the sweet season as near, 3 With rapture he'll mount his celestial abode, 5 United with these, he shall hear them relate The conflicts and toils of their militant state, How grace had supported them through. 6 When this having heard, he rehearses to them The mazes thro' which he has trod From great tribulation by grace how he came, And reach'd the fair city of God, 7 Now all strike their harps, and one chorus they Salvation by grace is their theme; raise; Thanksgiving, and honour, and blessing, and And GLORY TO GOD and THE LAMB [praise, The late JOHN FOUNTAIN, one of the Missionaries in Bengal. 588 C. M. Elim 151. Cambridge New 74. Bradford 2687 76* The Everlasting Song. + EARTH has engross'd my love too long! 'Tis time I lift mine eyes. Upward, dear Father, to thy throne, And to my native skies. 2 There the blest man, my Saviour sits: The God! how bright he shines! And scatters infinite delights On all the happy minds. 3 Seraphs with elevated strains Circle the throne around i And move and charm the starry plains 4 Jesus, the Lord, their harps employs :- Jesus, the life of both our joys Sounds sweet from ev'ry string. ཨི 5 [Hark, how beyond the narrow bounds The Godhead of the Son.atlan 6 And now they sink the lofty tune, 7 O sacred beauties of the Man! His flesh all pure without a stain, T |