4 According as her labors rise,
So her rewards increase;
Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her paths are peace.
1 How shall the young secure their hearts,
And guard their lives from sin?
Thy word the choicest rules imparts,
To keep the conscience clean.
2 When once it enters to the mind,
It spreads such light abroad,
The meanest souls instruction find,
And raise their thoughts to God.
3 "T is like the sun, a heavenly light,
That guides us all the day;
And, through the dangers of the night,
A lamp to lead our way.
4 Thy word is everlasting truth;
How pure is every page!
That holy book shall guide our youth,
And well support our age.
1 The Spirit breathes upon the word,
And brings the truth to sight;
Precepts and promises afford
A sanctifying light.
2 A glory gilds the sacred page,
Majestic like the sun!
PROPHECY AND INSPIRATION.
It gives a light to every age;
It gives, but borrows none.
3 The hand that gave it still supplies
The gracious light and heat;
Its truths upon the nation rise,
They rise, but never set.
4 Let everlasting thanks be thine,
For such a bright display,
As makes a world of darkness shine
With beams of heavenly day.
5 My soul rejoices to pursue
The steps of him I love,
Till glory break upon my view
In brighter worlds above.
Prophecy and Inspiration.
1 'T was by an order from the Lord,
The ancient prophets spoke his word;
His Spirit did their tongues inspire,
And warmed their hearts with holy fire.
2 The works and wonders which they wrought
Confirmed the messages they brought;
The prophet's pen succeeds his breath,
To save the holy words from death.
3 Great God! mine eyes with wonder look
On the blest volume of thy book;
There my Redeemer's face I see,
And read his name who died for me.
4 Let the false raptures of the mind
Be lost, and vanished in the wind;
Here I can fix my hope secure;
This is thy word, and must endure.
Remember thy Creator. 7's & 6's M.
Yarmouth.
1 REMEMBER thy Creator,
While youth's fair spring is bright,
Before thy cares are greater,
Before comes age's night;
While yet the sun shines o'er thee,
While stars the darkness cheer,
While life is all before thee,
Thy great Creator fear.
2 Remember thy Creator,
Before the dust returns.
To earth, its kindred nature,
And life's last ember burns,-
Before, with God who gave it,
The spirit shall appear,-
He cries, who died to save it,
Thy great Creator fear.
1 Now that my journey 's just begun,
My road so little trod,
I'll come, before I further run,
And give myself to God.
2 What sorrows may my steps attend,
I never can foretell;
But if the Lord will be my friend,
I know that all is well.
3 If all my earthly friends should die,
And leave me mourning here,
Since God can hear the orphans cry,
O what have I to fear?
4 If I am poor, he can supply,
Who has my table spread,
Who feeds the ravens when they cry,
And fills his poor with bread.
5 If I am rich, he 'll guard my heart,
Temptation to withstand;
And make me willing to impart
The bounties of his hand,
6 But, Lord, whatever grief or ill
For me may be in store,
Make me submissive to thy will,
And I would ask no more.
1 LORD, teach a little child to pray,
And O accept my prayer;
Thou canst hear all the words I say,
For thou art everywhere.
2 A little sparrow cannot fall
Unnoticed, Lord, by thee;
And though I am so young and small,
Thou dost take care of me.
3 Teach me to do what e'er is right,
And when I sin, forgive;
And make it still my
To serve thee while I live.
1 JESUS, when a little child,
Taught us what we ought to b
Holy, harmless, undefiled,
Was the Saviour's infancy :
All the Father's glory shone
In the person of his Son.
2 As in age and strength he grew,
Heavenly wisdom filled his breast;
Crowds attentive round him drew,
Wondering at their infant guest;
Gazed upon his beaming face,
Saw him full of truth and grace.
3 In his heavenly Father's house,
Jesus loved to spend his days;
There he paid his solemn vows,
There proclaimed his Father's praise:
Thus it was his lot to gain
Favor both with God and man.
4 Father, guide our steps aright
In the way that Jesus trod;
May it be our chief delight
To obey thy will, O God!
Then to us shall soon be given
Endless bliss with Christ in heaven.
1 BEHOLD where, in a mortal form,
Appears each grace divine;
The virtues all in Jesus met,
With mildest radiance shine.
2 To spread the rays of heavenly light,
To give the mourner joy,
To preach glad tidings to the poor,
Was his divine employ.
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