6 Then shall my soul, O gracious Gop! (While angels join the lay), Admitted to the bless'd abode, Its endless anthems pay- } 7 Thro' heaven, howe'er remote the bound, And join the choir of saints that sound 524 (2d P.) 112. Claybury 310. Pearce 269. The Heart and Hope of pious Old Age. IN age and feebleness extreme, Who shall a sinful worm redeem? C. WESLEY. FAST AND THANKSGIVING DAYS. 8 525 C. M. Carolina 13. Windsor 247: For a Public Fast. 1 SEE, gracious GOD! before thy throne 'Tis on thy sovereign grace alone 2 Tremendous judgments from thy hand Thy dreadful power display; Yet mercy spares this guilty land, 3 Great GOD! and why is Britain spar'd, O make thy awful warnings heard, 4 What num'rous crimes increasing rise What land so favour'd of the skies, 5 How chang'd, alas! are truths divine 6 Regardless of thy smile or frown, And sink with gay indifference down 70 turn us, turn us, mighty LORD! Then shall our hearts obey thy word, 8 Then should insulting foes invade, 526 C. M. Abridge 201. Charmouth 28. A Hymn for a Fast-day, Gen. xviii. 23–33. 1 WHEN Abram, full of sacred awe, And, with a humble fervent prayer, 2 With what success, what wondrous grace, The LORD would spare, if in the place 3 And could a single holy soul Great GOD! and shall a nation cry, 4 Britain, all guilty as she is, Her numerous saints can boast, 5 Are not the righteous dear to thee, Or does this sinful land exceed Gomorrah in its crimes? 6 Still are we thine, we bear thy name, Long has thy presence bless'd our land; 527 L. M. Wareham 117. Portugal 97. On a Day of Prayer for Success in War. 1 LORD! how shall wretched sinners dare. Look up to thy divine abode? Or offer their imperfect prayer, 2 Bright terrors guard thy awful seat, 6 Our arms succeed, our councils guide, 70 when shall time the period bring When raging war shall waste no more; 8 When shall the Gospel's healing ray (Kind source of amity divine). Spread o'er the world celestial day? When shall the nations, LORD! be thine? 528 L. M. Paul's 246. STEELE. Dresden 178. National Judgments deprecated, and National Mercies pleaded for, Amos iii. 1-6. 1 WHILE o'er our guilty land, O LORD! Oh! whither shall the helpless fly; Let them prevail to save us too. PRESIDENT DAVIES. 529 C. M. Cambridge New 74. Irish 171. Thanksgiving for Victory over, our Enemies. 1 TO thee, who reign❜st supreme above, And reign'st supreme below, Thou God of wisdom, power, and love! 2 The thundering horse, the martial band, "Tis thou hast rais'd our honours high, 4 Their mounds, their camps, their lofty towers Into our hands are given, Not from desert or strength of ours, 5 What tho' no columns lifted high 7 Thus, while we sleep in silent dust, 530 L. M. Derby 169. Peace prayed for. Portugal 97. 1 ON Britain, long a favour'd isle, Now overwhelm'd with grief and shame, the same. 2 Let peace descend with balmy wing, |