And drooping, lifeless nature seems of ov 3 My heart, where mental winter reigns Confin'd in cold inactive chains, How desolate and sad! (200 4 Return, O blissful sun! and bring This mental winter shall be spring, 50 happy state, divine abode, uod of em B00 Where spring eternal reigns; And perfect day, the smile of GoD,Y 507 L. M. New Sabbath 122. Rothwell 174. gulor Winter. to nivo) 1 SEE, how rude winter's icy hand Has stripp'd the trees and seal'd the ground; But spring shall soon his rage withstand, And spread new beauties all around. 2 My soul a sharper winter mourns, Barren and fruitless I remain: uols at When will the gentle spring return, And bid my graces grow again? 3 JESUS! my glorious sun, arise! .M.D 002 "Tis thine the frozen heart to move; O! hush these storms, and clear my skies, And let me feel thy vital love!giloo 4 Dear LORD! regard my feeble cry!ld wall I faint and droop till thou appear: Wilt thou permit thy plant to die? Must it be winter all the year? gil 5 Be still, my soul, and wait his hour NEWTON. 508 L. M. Gloucester 12. Coombs's 45. T The Seasons crowned with Goodness, Psalm lxv. 11. ETERNAL source of every joy! wo Well may thy praise our lips employ,/. While in thy temple we appear To hail thee Sovereign of the year, noe pomal 2 Wide as the wheels of nature roll, 4 Thy hand in autumn richly poursu 5 Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days, 6 Here in thy house let incense rise, od!) 1 NEW YEAR'S DAY. " ༔གསར་བསྐངས་སྒོ་༈ ! 509 8.7. Jewin Street 222. Welsh 210... Grateful Recollection-Ebenezer, 1 Sam. vii. 12. 1 COME, thou fount of every blessing, Hither by thy help I come; Here's my heart, LORD, take and seal it, Seal it from thy courts above. ཧྰུྃ་ ROBINSON. 510(1st P.) L.M. New Sabbath122. Antigua 120. cals ho Help of God, Acts xxvi. 22. ja soes O New Year's Day.com. 1 GREAT GOD, we sing that mighty hand,^ By which supported still we stand if The opening year thy mercy shows; it till it close. Let mercy crownit 2 By day, by night, at home, abroad, a obr Still we are guarded by our Goph 511-7 By his incessant bounty fed, but not By his unerring counsel ledercorsří 3 With grateful hearts the past we own; The future, all to us unknown, edɔ burż. We to thy guardian care commit, And peaceful leave before thy feet. 77 4 In scenes exalted or depressid, Be thou our joy, and thou our rest Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise, Ador'd thro' all our changing days, 10 5 When death shall interrupt these songs, A And seal in silence mortal tongues, Our Helper, Gon, in whom we trust,,/ In better worlds our souls shall boast. found 510 (2d P.) L.M. Limehouse 242. Virginia 234. At the Beginning of the Year. LORD, we are spar'd, and yet are for In thy own house on praying ground ; one who near us stood, the awful bar of God. Many are 2 We'll think of time's uncertain date, Consider our eternal state; We'll think of our immortal soul, Ere Jordan's waves around us roll. 77 MEDLEY. "Twill be to us a happy yea angdon 217. 511 L.M. Ailie Street 241. 1 GOD of my 8.. The barren Fig-Tree, Luke xiii, 6. 9. Touch'd by thy love, each tuneful chord Resounds the goodness of the LORD! 2 Thou hast preserv'd my fleeting breath, And chas'd the gloomy shades of death, The venom'd arrows vainly fly, l When Gop our great deliverer's nigh. 3 Yet why, dear LORD this tender care? ¡. Why does thy hand so kindly rear A useless cumberer of the ground, On which no pleasant fruits are found? 4 Still may the barren fig-tree stand!! And, cultivated by thy hand, Verdure, and bloom, and fruit afford, 512 78. Alcester 213. Bath Abbey 147. A Birth-Day Hymn, Acts xxvi. 22. 1 IN MY Ebenezer raise quo 2 What may be my future lot, a Father! let thy will be mine; May but all thy dealings provei alterat 4 Guard me, Saviour! by thy pow'r, Save me from the lurking snare. |