But now my heart is almost broke, AEE
For all my joys are gone.

6 Now, when the evening shade prevails,
My soul in darkness mourns;

And, when the morn the light reveals,
No light to me returns.] ob

7 My prayers are now a chatt'ring noise,
For JESUS hides his face;

I read, the promise meets my eyes,
But will not reach my case. »ià
8 Now Satan threatens to prevail,
And make my. soul his prey.
Yet, LORD! thy mercies cannot fail,
O come without delay.

NEWTON.

316 C. M. Bedford 91. Charmouth 28.

Troubled, but making God a Refuge.

1 DEAR refuge of my weary soul,

On thee, when sorrows rise,

of trouble roll,

On thee, when waves of
My fainting hope relies.

2 To thee I tell each rising grief,
For thou alone canst heal;

Thy word can bring a sweet relief
For every pain I feel..

3 But, O! when gloomy doubts prevail,
I fear to call thee mine;
The springs of comfort seem to fail,"
And all my hopes decline.

4 Yet, gracious God! where shall I flee?
Thou art my only trust;

And still my soul would cleave to thee,
Tho' prostrate in the dust.

5 Hast thou not bid me seek thy face?

And shall I seek in vain?

And can the ear of sovereign grace
Be deaf when I complain?

6 No, still the ear of sovereign gracef
Attends the mourner's prayer;
may I ever find access

To breathe my sorrows there!

7 Thy mercy-seat is open still, Here let my soul retreat;

With humble hope attend thy will,

And wait beneath thy feet.

STEELE.

317 C. M. Cambridge New 74. Hephzibah 77. Persecution to be expected by every true Christian,

2 Tim. iii. 12.

1 GREAT Leader of thine Israel's host,
We shout thy conquering name:
Legions of foes beset thee round,
And legions fled with shame.
2 A victory glorious and complete,
Thou by thy death didst gain;"
So in thy cause may we contend,
And death itself sustain !

3 By our illustrious General fir'd,
We no extremes would fear;
Prepar'd to struggle and to bleed,
If thou, O LORD! be near.

4 We'll trace the footsteps thou hast drawn
To triumph and renown;

Nor shun thy combat and thy cross, 2

May we but share the crown. PODDRIDGE.

318 (1st P.) 8.7.4. Westbury 51. Trevecca 37. Cast down, yet hoping in Gon, Psalm xliii. 5.

10 MY soul! what means this sadness?

'Wherefore art thou thus cast down?

Let thy griefs be turn'd to gladness,
Bid thy restless fears be gone;

Look to JESUS,

And rejoice in his dear name.

2 What tho' Satan's strong temptations Vex and tease thee day by day,

And thy sinful inclinations
Often fill thee with dismay;
Thou shalt conquer,

Thro' the Lamb's redeeming blood.
3 Tho' ten thousand ills beset thee
From without, and from within;
JESUS saith, he'll ne'er forget thee,
But will save from hell and sin;
He is faithful

To perform his gracious word.
4 Tho' distresses now attend thee,

And thou tread'st the thorny road;
His right hand shall still defend thee,
Soon he'll bring thee home to GOD;
Therefore praise him,

Praise the great Redeemer's name.
5 0 that I could now adore him,
Like the heavenly host above,
Who for ever bow before him,
And unceasing sing his love!
Happy songsters!

When shall I your chorus join?

DR. FAWCETT.

318 (2d P.) 8. 8. 6. Chatham 59. Westbury Leigh 278.

Sorrowing self-conversè attended with hope.

I WHY

"

HY are our hearts so full of grief?
What, cannot Jesus give relief

And ease our troubled mind?

To this the contrite all can say,
Had we but now an heart to pray,
We soon should comfort find.

2 But oft, alas! we cannot pray,

We can but just look

up, and say,

Quicken our stupid heart;

Make us what thou wouldst have us be,
We would not live so far from thee,
From thee no more depart.

3 The Lord he hears when thus we moan,
Weighs and considers every groan,
And knows our very sigh;

For reasons best he seems to stay,
He won't forsake, he may delay,
It is our faith to try.

4 Then let us wait to feel his love,
And hope to meet our Lord above,
Beyond the reach of fear;

may his smiles attend our days, And all our future lives he praise, Until safe landed there!

318 (3d P.) S. M. Broderip's 252. Eagle

1

2

Street New 55.

The Wonder...

GOD look'd from heav'n, and saw

Mankind all sunk in sin,

Filthy, abominable, vile,

A UNIVERSE unclean!

Amazing patience which

Surveys a world of foes,

Yet plunges not a world like this

In an abyss of woes!

3 But wonder more, my soul,

If I, of Adam's race,

Am snatch'd from the consuming fire,
And sav'd by sov'reign grace!!

319 C. M. Brighton 208.

1 FAT

The Request.

77 3

Grove House 143.

ATHER! whate'er of earthly bliss
Thy sovereign will denies,

Accepted at thy throne of grace,
Let this petition rise:"

2 Give me a calm, a thankful heart,

From every murmur free;

The blessings of thy grace impart,
And make me live to thee:

3 Let the sweet hope that thou art mine'
My life and death attend;

Thy presence thro' my journey shine,
And crown my journey's end.

320 C. M. Bath Chapel 26. Salem 139.
Watchfulness and Prayer, Matt. xxvi. 41.
LAS! what hourly dangers rise!
What snares beset my way!

1 A

To heaven O let me lift my eyes,

And hourly watch and pray.

2 How oft my mournful thoughts complain,
And melt in flowing tears!
My weak resistance, ah! how vain ;
How strong my foes and fears!

3 O gracious GOD! in whom I live,
My feeble efforts aid;

Help me to watch,* and pray, and strive,
Tho' trembling and afraid.

4 Increase my faith, increase my hope,
When foes and fears prevail;
And bear my fainting spirit up,
Or soon my strength will fail.

5 Whene'er temptations fright my heart,
Or lure my feet aside,

My God! thy powerful aid impart,
My guardian and my guide.

6 O keep me in thy heavenly way,
And bid the tempter flee;

321

And let me never, never stray
From happiness and thee.

STEELE.

L. M. Kingsbridge 88. Rippon's 188.
Prayer answered by Crosses.

1 I
ASK'D the LORD that I might grow
In faith, and love, and every grace;
Might more of his salvation know,
And seek, more earnestly, his face.
* See also Hymn 235.