Teach them immortal souls to gain BEDDOME. 427 (1st P.) 8.7.4. Lewes 63. Helmsley 223. 1 SAVIOUR, visit thy plantation; Grant us, LORD, a gracious rain! All will come to desolation, Unless thou return again : LORD, revive us, All our help must come from thee! 2 Keep no longer at a distance, Shine upon us from on high, Lest, for want of thine assistance, Every plant should droop and die. Lord, &c. 3 Surely once thy garden flourish'd, 4 [But a drought has since succeeded, Lord, &c. LORD, thy help is greatly needed, Lord, &c. 5 Where are those we counted leaders, Fill'd with zeal, and love, and truth? Old professors, tall as cedars, Lord, &c. Bright examples to our youth? 6 Some in whom we once delighted, We shall meet no more below ; Some, alas! we fear are blighted, Lord, &c. 7 Younger plants-the sight how pleasant!- Frosts have nipp'd them in the bud! Lord, &c. 8 Dearest Saviour, hasten hither, Thou canst make them bloom again; O! permit them not to wither, Let not all our hopes be vain: Lord, &c.] 9 Let our mutual love be fervent, Make us prevalent in prayers; Let each one, esteem'd thy servant, Shun the world's bewitching snares: Lord,&c. 10 Break the tempter's fatal power, LORD, revive us, All our help must come from thee. Altered by DR. RYLAND. 427 (2d P.) L. M. Gould's 272. Bab. Streams 23. For a Church in a low condition, Psalm li. 18. 10 GOD of Zion! from thy throne Look with an eye of pity down; Thy Church now humbly makes her prayer- 2 We are a building thou hast rais'd, How kind thy hand, that hand be prais'd! If thou forsake our tott'ring walls. 3 We call to mind the happier days To joys resembling heaven on earth. Our life and liveliness are fled, 427 (3d P.) L. M. China 300. Rochford 22. A holy Glance at happier Days. 1 ONCE more, O Lord, thy children meet To bow before thy mercy seat; But we unite with lessen'd joy, 3 The young, the old, the rich, the poor, 6 Then shall we run thy heavenly ways Our following times the best shall be, 427 (4th P.) 11s. Geard 156. Broughton 172. 10 Comfort for the Church in Trouble. ZION! afflicted with wave upon wave, Whom no man can comfort, whom no man can save; With darkness surrounded, by terrors dismay'd, In toiling and rowing thy strength is decay'd. 2 Loud roaring the billows now nigh overwhelm, But skilful's the Pilot who sits at the helm, His wisdom conducts thee, his pow'r thee defends, In safety and quiet thy warfare he ends. 30 fearful! O faithless! in mercy he cries, My promise, my truth, are they light in thine eyes? Still, still I am with thee, my promise shall stand, Thro' tempest and tossing I'll bring thee to land. 4 Forget thee, I will not, I cannot, thy name Engrav'd on my heart doth for ever remain; The palms of my hands whilst I look on, I see The wounds I received, when suff'ring for thee. 5 I feel at my heart all thy sighs and thy groans, For thou art most near me, my flesh and my bones, In all thy distresses thy Head feels the pain; Yet all are most needful, not one is in vain. 6 Then trust me, and fear not; thy life is secure, My wisdom is perfect, supreme is my power; In love I correct thee, thy soul to refine, To make thee at length in my likeness to shine. 7 The foolish, the fearful, the weak are my care, The helpless,the hopeless, I hear their sad pray'r; From all their afflictions, my glory shall spring, And the deeper their sorrows, the louder they'll sing. L. H. C. 428 8.7.4. Trevecca 37. Kentucky 114, 10'E Longing for the Spread of the Gospel.* May thy morning dawn apace ! ·And in millions To our dear Redeemer flee. Loud resound from pole to pole. 3 Kingdoms wide, that sit in darkness, As of one day sevenfold bright. Freely purchas'd, win the day. 4 Blessed Saviour, spread thy Gospel, Till all nations HAIL and CROWN THEE PRINCE of PEACE. Or-Sway thy sceptre, Saviour, all the world around. PAUSE.-Lewes 63, Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord, Psa, cl. 6. 5 Every creature, living, breathing, In divinely grateful lays, • To avoid several repetitions in this much-loved Hymn, and to give familiar rhyme to the last lines of each verse, alterations are here made, which may be adopted or omitted as it shall seem proper. |