This is the feast of heav'nly wine

Though in the outward church below

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Though Jericho pleasantly stood

Though cloudy skies, and northern blasts
Though troubles assail

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Thus saith the Lord to Ephesus

Thus saith the Holy One and true
Thy mansion is the Christian's heart
Thy message, by the preacher's seal
Thy promise, Lord! and thy command
Time, with an unwearied hand
Time by moments steals away
"Tis a point I long to know
'Tis my happiness below

"Tis past, the dreadful stormy night
To keep the lamp alive

To tell the Saviour all my wants
To thee our wants are known

To those who know the Lord I speak
Too many, Lord, abuse thy grace

U.

UNBELIEF the soul dismays
Uncertain how the way to find

Unless the Lord had been my stay

W.

WEARIED by day with toils and cares
We seek a rest beyond the skies
What a mournful life is mine!

What contradictions meet!

What thousands never knew the road!
What think you of Christ? is the test
What various hind'rances we meet!
When Adam fell, he quickly lost
When first to make my heart his own

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When first my soul enlisted

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When Israel, by divine command

When Israel's tribes were parch'd with thirst

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When Israel heard the fiery law

When Israel was from Egypt freed

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When Joshua, by God's command
When Peter boasted, soon he fell
When sinners utter boasting words
When the disciples cross'd the lake
When the apostle wonders wrought
When descending from the sky

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When Paul was parted from his friends
When on the cross my Lord I see

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When the sun, with cheerful beams
When a black o'erspreading cloud
When slumber seals our weary eyes
When darkness long has veil'd my mind
When my pray'rs are a burden and task
When my Saviour, my Shepherd, is near
When the poor pris'ner, through a grate
When the wounded spirit hears
When Hagar found the bottle spent

Why should I fear the darkest hour?
With Satan my accuser near

With Israel's God who can compare!

Write to Sardis, saith the Lord

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YE saints on earth, ascribe with heav'n's high host 326

Ye sons of earth, prepare the plough

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Zeal is that pure and heav'nly flame
Zion! the city of our God!

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OLNEY HYMNS.

BOOK I.

ON SELECT PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE.

GENESIS.

HYMN I.-Adam. Chap. iii.

1 ON man, in his own image made,
How much did God bestow!
The whole creation homage paid,
And own'd him lord below!

2 He dwelt in Eden's garden, stor'd
With sweets for ev'ry sense;
And there, with his descending Lord,
He walk'd in confidence.

3 But, oh! by sin how quickly chang'd!
His honour forfeited;

His heart from God and truth estrang'd,
His conscience fill'd with dread!

4 Now from his Maker's voice he flees,
Which was before his joy;

And thinks to hide, amidst the trees,
From an all-seeing eye.

5 Compelled to answer to his name,
With stubbornness and pride,
He cast on God himself the blame,
Nor once for mercy cry'd.

6 But grace, unask'd, his heart subdu'd,
And all his guilt forgave;
By faith the promised seed he view'd,
And felt his power to save.

7 Thus we ourselves would justify,
Though we the law transgress;
Like him, unable to deny,

Unwilling to confess.

8 But when by faith the sinner sees
A pardon bought with blood,
Then he forsakes his foolish pleas,
And gladly turns to God.

II-Cain and Abel. Chap. iv. 3—8.

1 WHEN Adam fell, he quickly lost God's image, which he once possess'd: See all our nature since could boast In Cain, his first-born son, express'd! 2 The sacrifice the Lord ordain'd, In type of the Redeemer's blood, Self-righteous reas'ning Cain disdain'd, And thought his own first-fruits as good. 3 Yet rage and envy fill'd his mind, When, with a sullen downcast look, He saw his brother favour find,

Who God's appointed method took. 4 By Cain's own hand good Abel dy'd, Because the Lord approv'd his faith; And, when his blood for vengeance cry'd, He vainly thought to hide his death.

5 Such was the wicked murd'rer Cain,
And such by nature still are we,
Until by grace we're born again,
Malicious, blind, and proud as he.
6 Like him, the way of grace we slight,
And in our own devices trust;
Call evil good, and darkness light,
And hate and persecute the just.
7 The saints in ev'ry age and place
Have found his history fulfill'd;
The numbers all our thoughts surpass,
Of Abels, whom the Cains have kill'd* !
8 Thus Jesus fell-but, oh! his blood
Far better things than Abel's cries +;
Obtains his murd'rers' peace with God,
And gains then mansions in the skies.

III. C. Walking with God. Chap. v. 24.

1 OH! for a closer walk with God,
A calm and heav'nly frame;
A light to shine upon the road

That leads me to the Lamb!

2 Where is the blessedness I knew,
When first I saw the Lord?
Where is the soul-refreshing view
Of Jesus and his word?

3. What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd!
How sweet their mem❜ry still!

But they have left an aching void,
The world can never fill.

4 Return, O holy Dove, return,

Sweet messenger of rest;

I hate the sins that made thee mourn,
And drove thee from my

* Rom. viii. 36.

breast:

+ Heb. xii. 24.