6 Come then thyself to ev'ry heart

The glory of thy name make known;
The means are our appointed part,
The pow'r and grace are thine alone.

XIV.-Elijah's Prayer *.

Does it not grief and wonder move,
To think of Israel's shameful fall;
Who needed miracles to prove

Whether the Lord was God or Baal?

2 Methinks I see Elijah stand,

3

His features glow with love and zeal In faith and pray'r he lifts his hand, And makes to Heav'n his great appeal :

O God! if I thy servant am,

If 'tis thy message fills my heart,
Now glorify thy holy name,

1

And shew this people who thou art.'

4 He spake; and, lo! a sudden flame
Consum'd the wood, the dust, the stone:
The people, struck, at once proclaim,—
'The Lord is God, the Lord alone!

5 Like him, we mourn an awful day,
When more for Baal than God appear;
Like him, believers, let us pray,
And may the God of Israel hear !

6 Lord, if thy servant speak thy truth,
If he indeed is sent by thee,
Confirm the word to all our youth,
And let them thy salvation see.

7 Now may thy Spirit's holy fire

Pierce ev'ry heart that hears thy word, Consume each hurtful vain desire,

And make them know thou art the Lord! * 1 Kings, xviii.

XV.-Preaching to the dry Bones*.

1 PREACHERS may, from Ezekiel's case,
Draw hope in this declining day;
A proof like this of sov'reign grace
Should chase our unbelief away.

2 When sent to preach to mould'ring bones,
Who could have thought he would succeed?
But well he knew the Lord from stones
Could raise up Abr'ham's chosen seed.
3 Can these be made a num'rous host,
And such dry bones new life receive?
The prophet answer'd, Lord, thou know'st
They shall, if thou commandment give.'
4 Like him, around I cast my eye,

And, oh! what heaps of bones appear!
Like him, by Jesus sent, I'll try,

For he can cause the dead to hear.

5 Hear, ye dry bones, the Saviour's word! He, who when dying gasp'd, Forgive,' That gracious sinner-loving Lord,

Says, 'Look to me, dry bones, and live.'
6 Thou heavenly wind, awake and blow,
In answer to the pray'r of faith;
Now thine almighty influence shew,
And fill dry bones with living breath.
7 O make them hear, and feel, and shake,
And at thy call obedient move;

The bonds of death and Satan break,
And bone to bone unite in love.

XVI.-The Rod of Moses.

1 WHEN Moses wav'd his mystic rod,
What wonders follow'd while he spoke!
Firm as a wall the waters stood†,

Or gush'd in rivers from the rock!

* Ezek. xxxvii.

+ Exod. xiv. 21.

+ Numb. xx. 11.

2 At his command the thunders roll'd, Lightning and hail his voice obey'd*, And Pharaoh trembled to behold

His land in desolation laid.

3 But what could Moses' rod have done,
Had he not been divinely sent?
The pow'r was from the Lord alone,
And Moses but the instrument.

4 O Lord, regard thy people's pray'rs!
Assist a worm to preach aright;
And, since thy Gospel rod he bears,
Display thy wonders in our sight.

5 Proclaim the thunders of thy law,
Like lightning let thine arrows fly,
That careless sinners, struck with awe,
For refuge may to Jesus cry!

6 Make streams of godly sorrow flow
From rocky hearts, unus'd to feel :
And let the poor in spirit know,

That thou art near, their griefs to heal.

7 But chiefly we would now look up To ask a blessing for our youth, The rising generation's hope,

That they may know and love thy truth.

8 Arise, O Lord! afford a sign,

Now shall our pray'rs success obtain Since both the means and pow'r are thine, How can the rod be rais'd in vain?

XVII.-God speaking from Mount Zion. 1 THE God who once to Israel spoke From Sinai's top, in fire and smoke, In gentler strains of Gospel grace Invites us now to seek his face.

* Exod. ix. 23.

2 He wears no terrors on his brow,
He speaks in love from Zion now;
It is the voice of Jesus' blood
Calling poor wanderers home to God.
3 The holy Moses quak'd and fear'd,
When Sinai's thund'ring law he heard;
But reigning grace, with accents mild,
Speaks to the sinner as a child.

4 Hark! how from Calvary it sounds,
From the Redeemer's bleeding wounds;
'Pardon and grace I freely give;
Poor sinner, look to me, and live.'

5 What other arguments can move
The heart that slights a Saviour's love?
Yet, till almighty pow'r constrain,
This matchless love is preach'd in vain.

6 O Saviour, let that pow'r be felt,
And cause each stony heart to melt!
Deeply impress upon our youth
The light and force of Gospel truth.
7 With this new-year may they begin
To live to thee, and die to sin;
To enter by the narrow way,
Which leads to everlasting day.

8 How will they else thy presence bear,
When as a Judge thou shalt appear;
When slighted love to wrath shall turn,
And the whole earth like Sinai burn?

XVIII-A Prayer for Power on the Means of
Grace.

1 O THOU, at whose almighty word

The glorious light from darkness sprung!

Thy quick'ning influence afford,

And clothe with pow'r the preacher's tongue.

2 Though 'tis thy truth he hopes to speak,
He cannot give the hearing ear;
"Tis thine the stubborn heart to break,
And make the careless sinner fear.

3 As when of old the water flow'd

Forth from the rock at thy command;* Moses in vain had wav'd his rod, Without thy wonder-working hand.

4 As when the walls of Jericho

Down to the earth at once were cast† ;
It was thy pow'r that brought them low,
And not the trumpets' feeble blast.
5 Thus we would in the means be found,
And thus on thee alone depend
To make the Gospel's joyful sound
Effectual to the promis'd end.

6 Now, while we hear thy word of grace,
Let self and pride before it fall;
And rocky hearts dissolve apace
In streams of sorrow, at thy call.
7 On all our youth assembled here
The unction of thy Spirit pour;
Nor let them lose another year,

Lest thou shouldst strive and call no more.

XIX.-Elijah's Mantle. 2 Kings, ii. 11-14.

1 ELISHA, struck with grief and awe,

Cry'd, Ah! where now is Israel's stay?" When he his honour'd master saw

Borne by a fiery car away.

2 But, while he look'd a last adieu,
His mantle, as it fell, he caught;
The Spirit rested on him too,
And equal miracles he wrought.

* Numb. xx. 11.

↑ Joshua, vi. 20.