How beauteous shall your souls appear,
Thus sumptuously array'd b

4 Sing, for the day is nigh,

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When, near your Saviour's seat,:
The tallest sons of pride shall lie
The footstool of your feet.
Salvation, Lord, is thine,

And all thy saints confess!T
The royal robes, in which they shine,
Were wrought by sovereign grace.

DR. DODDRIDGE,

261 C. M. Crowle 3. Miall 240. Moderation; or, the Saint Indeed, Phil. iv. 5. APPY the man, whose cautious steps till keen the golden mean;

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Whose life, by wisdom's rules well form'd,
Declares a conscience clean.

2 Not of himself he highly thinks,
Nor acts the boaster's part;

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His modest tongue the language speaks
Of his still humbler heart.

3 Not in base scandal's arts he deals,
For truth dwells in his breast;
With grief he sees his neighbour's faults,
And thinks and hopes the best.

4 What blessings bounteous heaven bestows, He takes with thankful heart:

With temp'rance he both eats and drinks,
And gives the poor a part.

5 To sect or party his large soul

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Disdains to be confin'dek, 101
The good he loves of ev'ry name,als
And prays for all mankind, wol 4
6 Pure is his zeal, the offspring fair⠀ð
Of truth and heavenly love;

The bigot's rage can never dwellȚ
Where rests the peaceful dove, i

7 His business is to keep his heart,
Each passion to controul;
Nobly ambitious well to rule
The empire of his soul.

8 Not on the world his heart is set,
His treasure is above

Nothing beneath the sovereign good
Can claim his highest love.

NEEDHAM.

262 L.M. Portugal 97. Magdalene 214.

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Agur's Wish, Proverbs xxx. 7, 8, 9. &

1 THUS Agur breath'd his warm, desire-
My GOD, two favours I require; /

In neither my request deny,
Vouchsafe them both before I die

2 Far from my heart and tents excluda
Those enemies to all that's good
Folly, whose pleasures end in death,
And Falsehood's pestilential breath.

3 Be neither wealth nor want my lot:
Below the dome, above the cot,
life unanxious lead;

me

And know nor luxury nor need.

4 Those wishes, Lord, we make our own;
Oh, shed in moderation down

Thy bounties, till this mortal breath,
Expiring, tunes thy praise in death!

5 But, shouldst thou large possessions gives
May we with thankfulness receive
Th' exub'rance-still our GoD adore,
And bless the needy from our store!!!
6 Or, should we feel the pains of want,
Submission, resignation grant; ikk
Till thou shalt send the wish'd supply,
Or call us to the bliss on high,itou?!

263 L. M. Bramcoate 8. New Sabbath 122.

Christian Patience, Luke xxi. 19.

PATIENCE! Oh, what a grace divine! Sent from the God of power and love, Submissive to its father's hand, As thro' the wilds of life we rove. 2 By patience we serenely bear The troubles of our mortal state, And wait contented our discharge, ¡Nor think our glory comes too late. 3 Tho' we in full sensation, feel

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The weight, the wounds, our GoD ordains,
We smile amid our heaviest woes,

And triumph in our sharpest pains.
4 Oh, for this grace! to aid us on,
And arm with fortitude the breast,
Till life's tumultuous voyage is o'er
We reach the shores of endless rest!
5 Faith into vision shall resign;'
Hope shall in full fruition die;

And patience in possession endA S
In the bright worlds of bliss on high.

264 L. M. Kingsbridge 88. Gould's 272.

Patience.

1 DEAR LORD! tho' bitter is the cup Thy gracious hand deals out to me,

I cheerfuly would drink it up;

That cannot hurt which comes from thee. 2 Dash it with thy unchanging love; G Let not a drop of wrath be there!

The saints, for ever bless'd above,?
Were often most afflicted herega od 5x^
3 From JESUS, thy incarnate Son,roda „10.2
I'll learn obedience to thy will;eeindr
And humbly kiss the chastening rod

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When its severest strokes I feel. I BEDDOME,

265

C. M. Stillman 66. Hammond 226.
God speaking Peace to his People, Psalm Ixxxv. 8.

1 UNITE, my roving thoughts! unite

In silence soft and sweet;"

And thou, my soul, sit gently down
At thy great Sovereign's feet.
2 Jehovah's awful voice is heard,
Yet gladly I attend:
For, lo, the everlasting GOD
Proclaims himself my friend.

3 Harmonious accents to my soul
The sounds of peace convey;
The tempest at his word subsides,
And wind and seas obey.

4 By all its joys, I charge my heart
To grieve his love no more;
But, charm'd by melody divine,
To give its follies o'er.

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DR. DODDRIDGE.

266 112th. Hoxton 121. Uffculm 93.

A Prayer for the promised Rest, Isaiah xxvi. 3.

1 DEAR friend of friendless sinners, hear!
And magnify thy grace divine ;)

Pardon a worm that would draw near,!
That would his heart to thee resign;
A worm, by self and sin opprest,
That pants to reach thy promis'd rest.
2 With holy fear and reverend love,
I long to lie beneath thy throne;
I long in thee to live, and move,
And stay myself on thee alone:
Teach me to lean upon thy breast,...
To find in thee the promis'd rest.

3 Thou say'st Thou wilt thy servants keep
In perfect peace, whose minds shall be
Like new-born babes, or helpless sheep,
Completely stay'd, dear Lord! on thee:

How calm their state, how truly blest,
Who trust on thee, the promis'd rest!
4 Take me, my Saviour, as thine own,
And vindicate my righteous cause;
Be thou my portion, LORD, alone,
And bend me to obey thy laws:
In thy dear arms of love caress'd,
Give me to find thy promis'd rest!
5 Bid the tempestuous rage of sin,
With all its wrathful fury die e;
Let the Redeemer dwell within,
And turn my sorrows into joy:
Oh may my heart, by thee possess'd,
Know thee to be my promis'd rest!

267 C. M. Bedford 91. Ann's 58.

God hath commanded all Men every where to repent, *. Acts xvii. 30.

10 REPENT! the voice celestial cries, Nor longer dare delay :"

The wretch that scorns the mandate dies,

2 No more the sovereign eye of GoD
Q'erlooks the crimes of men.
His heralds are dispatch'd abroad
To warn the world of sin.

3 The summons reach thro' all the earth,
Let earth attend and fear;

Listen, ye men of royal birth, you re
And let your vassals hear!

4 Together in his presence bow,

And all your guilt confess;

Embrace the blessed Saviour now,

Nor trifle with his

grace.

5 Bow, ere the awful trumpet sound, And call you to his bar:

For mercy knows the appointed bound, 55 And turns to vengeance there.

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